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MEN DRAPERY GOODS, &c. NifIT4LIAM NELSON, 22, OLD HAYMARKET, i 8 DOW OFFERING the REMAINING PART OF HIS STOCK AT AN IMMENSE REDUCTION, PRIOR TO HIS FINALLY CLOSING ON THE 31ST INSTANT. No reasonable price will be refused. TO THE CLERGY OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. THE PATENT OL M S TE D ST OV E, for warming Churches or other spacious Buildings, is very elegant in appearance, and, from the peculiarity of its construction, possesses the desirable qualification of diffusing an equal tem perature throughout the building. Price Twenty Guineas. For ordinary-sized Churches, One Stove, Ditto Two Stoves, and the Agents guarantee that all Churches hall be to the satisfaction of the Minister and Churchwardens, or the Stoves taken back after one month's trial. will be sufficieri References may be obtained to the Churches and Public Buildings where they are now in use, on application to BETTELEY and HIGGS, 41, South Castle-street. ANTHRACITE COAL, of superior quality TO TILE NOBILITY, CLERGY, GENTRY, AND PUBLIC IN GENERAL. E. S. TUTON, CORINTHIAN ESTABLISHMENT, LORD-STREET, TAULY appreciating the liberal p a t ronage w i t h w hi c h hi s numerous Friends and Customers have so long favoured him, respectfully takes leave to tender his warmest thanks, and, at this time, to assure them that no exertion will be spared to maintain a succession of their favours, being determined PERSONALLY to SUPERINTEND the ESTABLISH MENT; and begs to state, the STOCK in BOTH SHOPS is now very COMPLETE, and solicits an early inspection of the NEW and FASHIONABLE Materials for WINTER CLOTHING. CHENI ROYAL, CHENI CHUSAN, RICH CHENI SILKS, SATINET'S, Black and Coloured DUCAPES, SATINS, &c., Very Cheap Black and Coloured SILK VELVETS, Also every Shade in COTTON VELVET, from the narrowest width of Ribbon to the full Velvet width. NEWEST STYLES in CLOAKING. Fashionable NIANTELETS and CLOAKS. 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Old No., 65 and 66, New No., 62 and 61, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL EXECUTION IN LONDON, The awful punishment of death was on Monday morning inflicted on Job John Ward, who was convicted at the last November Sessions of the Central Criminal Court, of the wilful murder of Timothy Ested, an infant, aged only one year and nine months. The wretched culprit, who was in the prime of life, his age being only 28 years, has ever since his condemnation suffered the most accute mental anguish, and yesterday, during the condemned sermon, he fainted away in the chapel of Newgate, and the service was suspended for nearly a quarter of an hour in consequence. The same thing had occurred at his condemnation, and we understand that during the brief interval which has since elapsed, fits of a similar nature have been of frequent re currence. From all these circumstances it had been feared that his strength of nerve would have failed him in his last awful moments. Such, however, was not the case. Shortly before eight o'clock the rev. ordinary, the sheriffs, and other officers were in attendance upon the prisoner in his cell. The prisoner was seated on a form, and Mr. Sheriff Magnay sat by his side. Mr. Carver asked him whether he admitted the justice of his sentence, and he replied, " Oh dear, yes." Mr. Sheriff Magnay then asked him whether he he wuuld now wish to state anything as to the manner in which the child was killed; he replied, that the child was lying in the bed, and he struck it with his fist twice ; he added, that when he did so, he had not the least idea or in tention to kill it, and he concluded by declaring positively, that he never made use of the hammer. The Sheriff then asked him whether it was true that he was intoxicated at the time ; to which he replied that he was, and he at the same time said, that he hoped all working men would refrain from drink, for that had been the means of placing him in his present dreadful situation. Upon another occasion he told the ordinary, that it was drink which put the idea of striking the child into his head, and that he wished liquor had been a guinea a quart on that day, as it would have prevented the unfortunate occurrence taking The Sheriff then asked the prisoner whether it was not possible that the head of the child might have come in con tact with the chair or the bed-post, but he replied that that could not be, and again repeated, that the only injury in flicted upon the child were the blows with his fist, adding that at the time he had not the slightest intention of killing it, but as those blows were the cause of death, he acknow ledged that he was justly charged with the murder—and was, therefore. liable to the punishment he was about to suffer. When the prisoner was pinioned, he expressed a wish to shake hands with the sheriffs and ordinary ; and having done so, he exclaimed, " God bless you! I thank you for all your kindness." The usual hour, eight o'clock, having arrived, the culprit was led to the scaffold, with the usual procession. He ap peared very faint, and was . supported by one of the turn keys and Mr. Holding, one of the surgeons. The appear ance of the wretched man on the scaffold was the signal for a burst of cheers, mingled with groans, from the assembled crowd. He appeared to struggle for about a minute before life was extinct. At nine o'clock the body was cut down, and will be in terred by the side of Blakesley. l We are informed and Earl that theGrlieukeo. of Buckingham, the Duke of Beaufort, de y 1; are candidates f o r th e bl ue the riband vacant by the death of late i Earl of Westmo r l an d. It has not been definitively arranr,e: pon whom the selection will fall, but it is understood that the claims of the Duke of Beaufort will probably be preferred. SAYINGS AND DOINGS.—We learn from the best autho rity that there is every prospect of th e excellent crown prince it l appears, of Hanover recovering his sight. The operati on from which so much good was anticipated, failed o,n , I st which there was no guardingy through well as could he wished. The‘ t h o "ry ; -11 formed in the pupil, and hinder e d p e netrating pen etrating to the back of th A, when a convulsive motion of the b y ali .cent all at once into such a position that rdinary coolness of Dr. Graafe it must have -If, and destroyed all capacity of vision ; bad just time to touch the spring by - as kept in its place, and the result e horny substance fell back again Into the bed from which it had been removed. We learn, however, that Dr. Graafe is in great hopes that by the mere process of absorption this will be got rid of, or, if not, that in bout a year from this date the amiable and interesting patient will be in a state to undergo a second operation. Meanwhile it is most satisfactory to know that the retina is not destroyed, that the real powers of vision are quite per fect, and that nothing keeps the Prince from enjoying the full blessing of sight except this foreign and, as it would seem, removable obstruction to the passage of the rays of light to th e b ac k o f th e eye . Th e Prince, we are assured, is in excellent health and 'spirits, and is himself very sanguine as to the result.—Johtt an acclde thing had substance brought t injured t indeed, Dr. Gr rumen prtiort of t THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVF.RPOin. MOST EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. AIR. J. H. ANDERSON, (Great WIZARD OF THE 111- NORTH,) begs to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that he will open the Theatre-Royal for Ten Nights during this season of festivity, for the purpose of giving a Series of CONCERTS D'HIVER, on the same scale of magnificence and low prices as those given at the London Theatres, Drury-lane and the English Opera-House. In addition to the Concert, he (the GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH) will, for the last time, give an extraordinary display of his peculiar powers in the AMBIDEXTEROLO GICAL SCIENCE. On MONDAY' NEXT, the 27th instant, The Entertainments of the Evening (which will be without parallel in Liverpool) will commence with the First Part of the .COCERT on which occasion the Band will D'HIVER, consist Of FIFTY PERFORMERS I CLARIONETS. VIOLINS. Messrs. Aldridge, jun D. Stubbs Mons. Simon Messrs. H. Tivendell Hammond Johnson Mackenzie. VIOLAS. Messrs. Wilberforce Hilton. Messrs. Leonard Joliffe. FAGOTTI Messrs. Jones Smith CORNI Messrs. Edwards Thompson. CORNET A PISTON Messrs. J. Fisher Harrison. TRUMPET. Mr. Hanson. VIOLONCELLOS Messrs. J. Tiveudell Cooke TROMBONZS DOUBLE BASSES Messrs. Taylenre Hornby Green. FLUTE. Mr. Fisher. Messrs. Druce Brindley, jun . DOUBLE DRUMS Mr. Fileen. GRAND CASA, TRIANGLES, CYMBALS, ETC. Mr. Fileen, jun Mr. Scruton PROGRAMME.: Overture—" Locadie" Waltzes—" Rosenden" Quadrille—" Krakoviak" Solo, Clarionet—Mr. Leonard. Gallon—" On subjects from Huguenots" . Auber . Lanner, Musard, PART FIRST Williams. Meyerbeer's Opera of Les Strauss. AN INTERVAL OF FIFTEEN MINUTES After which, he (THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH) will open his MODERN LABORATORY of CABALISTIC PHENOMENA, and perform with his GORGEOUS and SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS more Wonders, ala Magique, than were ever accomplished by man; proving himself to be the GREAT WIZARD and MYSTERIACHIST OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY! During this part of the Entertainment, Miss LAIDLATV will preside at the Piano-Forte. 'The whole will conclude with the Second Part of the Concert. PROGRAMME.-PA ra SECOND. Overture—" Der Frieschutz" Weber. Waltzes—" Cacilien" Hia latest composition, for the first time in Liverpool. Solo, Horn—Mr. Edwards Baekofen. Quadrille—" Le Rendezvous de Chasse" Musard. " La Gitana Galoppe" Lanner. Finale—" God save the Queen." Leader and Conductor.. Mr. H. F. ALDRIDGE, Jus. Boxes (Dress Circle), 2s. 6d. ; Juveniles with Parties, Is. Gd. Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Juveniles with Parties, ls. Pit, Is. Gallery, Gd. Doors open at Half-past Six ; the Performance to com mence at Seven, and terminate at Eleven precisely. The Box-office will be open from Ten till Four, where places may be secured for the Dress Circle. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL UNDER THY MANAGEMENT OF MR. EGERTON AIR. EGERTON begs leave most respectfully to intimate to the Nobility and Gentry of Liverpool, that he has entered into an arrameunent with MR. DUCROW, for a limited number of Representations, with the whole of his splendid and talented London Establishment (being on its last provincial tour), including his peerless and pre-emi nent Stud of Beautiful Horses, Fairy Ponies, British and Foreign Riders, Acrobat Professors, ere. forming an extensive treble company—Dramatic and Gymnastic. OPENING NIGHT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27. On MONDAY next, and during the week, for the First time in Liverpool, Mr. Ducrow's London Grand Equestrian Romance, founded upon the Crimean War of Independence, entitled the CONQUEROR'S STEED KARABAGH ; OR, THE PROPHET OF THE CAUCASUS. The Circle will present an extraordinary routine of novel ties and Grand Union of Equestrian Talent, with unequalled feats of Horsemanship by Ducrow's extensive Foreiin and British Establishment, commencing with, first time in Li verpool, one of the most varied, splendid, and effective Equestrian Pageants of the olden time, executed by Twenty seven Horses, Dames, and Cavaliers, called the SUMMER'S MORN OF 1656; OR, THE WHITE WREATH AND THE FLITCH OF BACON. With Minuet, Gavotte, and the old Country Dance of ROGER DE COVERLY. Sir Roger De Coverly ...... Mr. Hillier. First appearance in Liverpool of Sig. ALLARD as the VENETIAN RIDER. Madame ALLARD, the great French Female Equestrian horn Franconi's, Paris, will make her first appearance. Likewise, for the first time in Liverpool, Mr. Ducrow's highly trained Cream Horse Palfrey, tutored by Sig. Hillier, called THE HORSE OF THE SUN; OR, THE STEED OF MEXICO. Mr. STICKN EY, the American Rider, as the Youth of Olympus. To be succeeded by the Equestrian Prodigy Le Petit Ducaow. Mr. HICKEN, the celebrated British Horseman, whose performances excel all other competitors in the art, will make his appearance. For the first time in Liverpool, Mr. Ducrow's Classical and Mythological Delineation, executed by him and the Equestrian Prodigy, Le Petit Ducrow, entitled the EVENING STAR; OR, CUPID AND THE MISCHIEVOUS SPRITE. Zephyr Mr. Hicken. Cupid.. Mischievous Sprite Le Petit Ducrow. The Scenes in the Circle will conclude with the unequalled act of Horsemanship, executed on two fleet steeds, by Signor Hillier and Mr. Allard, as the TWO HERCULESES. The peculiar and extraordinary exercises of this scene pre sents an entire new style of Equestrianism. THE ANTIPODEAN PROFESSOR Will occupy the intervals with his wonderful exercises of flexibility, assisted by the drolleries of the grotesque Buffoon and Acrobats, Messrs. Cotrill, Bullock, and Frazer. Riding Masters—Signor HILLIER, J. W. WIDDICOMD, and Mr. CHAPMAN. To conclude with a New Melo Drama, entitled SELF-ACCUSATION. Principal characters by Messrs. Beverly, Howard, &c., &c., and Mesdames Nunn, Emery, F. Carman, &c. Tickets and places to be had of Mr. CARMAN, at the Box office, from Eleven till Three.—Boxes, 3s. ; Side Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d, Second Price, at Nine o'clock : Boxes, 2s. ; Side Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.—For particulars, see future Bills. The Manager has great pleasure in announcing to the No bility and Gentry, that he has, at a great expense, secured the services of MONS. JULLIEN and the whole of his celebrated and unrivalled Band of Mu sicians, for the purpose of giving THREE GRAND MORNING CONCERTS at the Royal Amphitheatre. The First on WEDNESDAY next, the 29th instant ; the Second on WEDNESDAY, the sth of January, 1842 ; the Third and Last Morning Concert, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th January. To commence at One o'clock. Notwithstanding the great expense attendant on the en. gagement of Mons. JULLIEN and his numerous Band, the prices of Admission will be—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gal lery, Is. TO CORRESPONDENTS Surely sufficient has been said on the subject alluded to by " Waltoniensis," and, if the grievance of which he corn plains is not remedied, no censure can attach to the press for not bringing it prominently forward. The letter of " Mr. William Jones" can only be inserted as an advertisement. Ebe Cbtrpool tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1841. If ever there was a time when the Mercury was a lead ing and influential journal in Liverpool, we should ask no other proof than such a fact, of the low state of sound opinion within the district. It boasts at this day of a very extensive circulation ; but it is no longer a lead ing journal; and its influence, if not altogether de- stroyed, is at least counteracted, and, in some mea- sure, neutralised, by journals which row in an opposite direction. It cannot be a matter of indifference, how ever, at any time, to what ends an instrument of such acknowledged power as a public journal, commanding the attention of a considerable aggregate of readers, may be directed; it is a proper subject for animadver sion, and more particularly so if we have reason to think that the ends towards which it moves are dan gerous and pernicious. With a view to assist inquiry on this head, with respect to a local contemporary, we directed the attention of our readers, in our last, to a leading article in the Mercury of the 17th instant, en titled "An humble Attempt to expose Clerical Buffoons and other Humbug;" and we selected from it a spe cimen of what the author probably considered, and certainly designed, as quite a tremendous exposure. The individuals, or party against whom this satire was levelled, doubtless, felt the most thorough contempt for a production so purely fictitious, so entirely tainted and rotten with falsehood as regarded them, and so j lerfectly inefficient as it must necessarily prove, in lying any sensible consciousness of restraint upon the spring and energy of their own determinate course of action; but the inefficacy of a blow proves nothing as to the malice of an assailant ; the indifference of the assailed a ff or d s no extenuation of the criminal inten tion of the party assailing. On this ground we revert to the article; we take up the weapon; and we fancy ourselves not unprofitably employed, whilst weighing the stone and examining the sling, in endeavouring to ascertain the character and animus of the thrower, and, if we discover the m to b e of dark and suspicious corn- Pxinin giving noti ce to the police, and warning all honest folk, in general, to beware of those who have the misfortune to support them. We traty be told, who are placed as watchmen in the city, ought to flou rish our rattle, and repeat our signals of admonition to the simple. Those who have glanced at the filthy libel just now in question must have perceived that it was expressly set forth as a manifesto against what the authors de nounce as " fanaticism," and that against the thing so entitled they pledge themselves to a perpetual warfare. Now, this being so, we would call the attention of our readers to this fact, that here is a public journal, en joying the largest circulation of any in Liverpool, which openly avows itself the antagonist of what we hold, and proclaim to be, not fanaticism, mental aber ration, or excess of any sort, but pure and undefiled religion—the religion which the Church of England teaches, and the constitution of England has adopted, endowed, and established. The attempt of the enemy to screen his operations by the use of a convenient term--by calling the religion of the Bible " fanati '—is a measure of commendable prudence on his part ; but it makes no change in the essential and un alterable constitution of things. The following is the introductory observation of the article. It only speaks, it is true, of fanaticism in general; but the fa naticism in contemplation is unequivocally indicated by the subsequent portion of the chapter Religious fanaticism is one of the besetting sins of the present age, and, we may add, one of the peculiar charac teristics of our country. In no other land do we see news papers teeming with perpetual discussions about points of speculative belief, and preaching a crusade of persecution against those whom chance has caused to be born within the pale of any particular church. In no other country in mo dern times do men quarrel and persecute each other on ac count of differences in matters of professed religious'opinion, which, in ninety-nine cases out of the hundred, are the result of pure accident." cism You will not find the writer of this diatribe uttering one word of exception against the fanaticism which breaks forth from time to time with most extraordinary virulence in the Pope's church.; not a syllable against Popish priests, who, whilst the fit is on, do cut the most outlandish capers : heading mobs at elections, carrying off voters by night, cursing them by day, and displaying other such odd branches of the mono mania ; on such fanaticism there is not a line or a let- ter in our transcendental contemporary. Nor again, with regard to the fanaticism of a congregation of the " all-denominations"—the prayerless ministers who labour so hard out of their vocation- 7 -the anti-bread tax evangelists—has he a word in his jaw. Respect ing all such fanaticism he is meek as a mouse, and ten der as a sucking dove ; he is, in short, ferocious as he may seem in our particular case, quite a dumb dog. The only fanaticism that rouses his ire is Church of Englandism, and church principles carried out with any degree of zeal and effect. This is in reality what he means by the term; and it is against this, which he 'elsewhere describes as " humbug, hypocrisy, and non sense," that he has drawn his awful cutlas. If the church would only go to sleep—if her clergy would be content to doze in cathedral stalls, or set others to sleep with a dull weekly homily, and leave all inter vening time to a profane world to disport itself at its own pleasure—if men would he content with church manship as a mere lifeless theory, and not make them selves troublesome with it in the world—questionless such rationalists as the Mercury would be found more manageable, and members and ministers of the church might procure for themselves a little unenviable peace and obscurity ; but if they refuse to enter into such a compromise —if they are so obstinate as to reject such terms—then they must make up their minds to figure in the columns of Mercuries and Chronicles, ad infini tum—to be gibetted in print—to be caricatured, lam pooned, and vilified, and treated with the utmost ridi cule and contempt. Vilification of this sort, it is true, does not, and will not affect the minds of men of strong sense and sound judgment ; but there are others whom it does—others whom it indisposes to hear truth, and confirms in the ways of folly and per verseness. On this ground then we say that such a journal as the Mercury is a common nuisance, and only different from some Social gazette or New Moral World in degree, but not in kind. If it assails Church of Englandism as frenzy or "fanaticism," what, we should beg to know, is the religion which it espouses, or would defend as rational ? It is concluded by most thinking people that the world cannot get on satisfac torily without religion of some sort : the Mercury, therefore, need not be ashamed to make a declaration on this head. We would pause for a reply, but that we have long since made up our minds to regard it as a matter of indifference of what religion Englishmen may say they are, if they are so silly and so stupid as to quarrel with that which our laws have established for us; and we shall altogether dispair of the man who could be so absurd and so demented, or so corrupt, as to denounce it as fanaticism. Of such a one, we simply say, hic niger est—and we bid all our country men beware of him. In another column we give insertion to a second letter from our respected townsman, Mr. E. W. Jack son, explanatory of a portion of his original commu nication, and in reply to the remarks which we offered upon it in our last publication. With respect to the conclusion at which our correspondent arrives, viz., that, " with an average price of 565. per quarter for English wheat, and an average duty of Bs. per quarter, the protection to the English agriculturist is 47 per cent.," we are still unmoved from our former opinion. The mode of calculation adopted by our correspon dent, as we shewed in our last, leads to establish a fallacy, —as will be seen by the application to it of that test which is styled by our mathematicians the " re ductio ad absurdum." The true mode of calculating the per-centage of protection, in all cases where the duty upon an article is not an ad valorem one, is by estimating the proportion which it bears to the price which the home grower can afford to receive in average seasons; and in the present case, assuming 565. to be that price, the amount of the proposed duty and charges (together 18s.) constitutes a protection of 32 instead of 47 per cent. We stated previously, however, that the correctness or otherwise of this calculation did not at all interfere with the intrinsic value of Mr. Jackson's proposition; but it is of importance nevertheless that the degree of protection should be correctly stated, as it tends to prove that, with the first scale of prices and duties laid down by our valued correspondent, the agriculturist would not be receiving a greater protec tion than that afforded by the legislature to almost every branch of industry throughout the kingdom. Mr. Jackson is guarded in refraining from the ex pression of any opinion with respect to the sufficiency of the protection which—assuming his preference for the first scale of prices and duties—his plan would afford to the agriculturist. We cannot, however, omit here the opportunity of expressing our own conviction, that it would not he an adequate one. We are quite aware of the fact, that, by the mode which he proposes of taking the averages, the price throughout the king dom would seldom reach that which is returned as the general average under the present system, notwith standing the returns being made, under Mr. Jackson's system, of the prices of " sound, merchantable wheat" only. Under the present system, it is well known that the average prices are materially advanced by the returns of sales—in many cases fictitious —f rom t h e large marts demand import and and theexpense consumption, theextensive of transport from the place of growth, the actual prices are in ge neral higher than . .those throughout the kingdom. But, although the mode proposed of taking the ave- rages from the returns of prices, merely, from the va rious markets of the kingdom, irrespective of the quantity sold in each, would somewhat reduce the rate of the general average, and apparently justify the adoption of a lower scale to regulate duties, we must not lose sight of the effect which will be produced by the substitution of the proposed gradually ascending r scale of duties for the present jumping scale. Thi s effect would be, that at all times the foreign i mporter would be able to realise in the British market, if not at a profit, at least without that enormous loss which is imposed by the sudden rises in the present scale; an d the native grower would therefore be subjected to the liability of prices being pressed down, by a constant glut, below a remunerating point. perhaps, that our work is one of supererogation as re gards a journal of such long standing as the Liverpool Mercury; that its pen is by this time no slander; and that it has always been as consistent as it has been no torious as a purely party organ, doing the work of agi tator and defamer against things established, and all that we, in our conservative simplicity, deem most sa cred and venerable. This may be so ; hut, neverthe less, we think the remembrance of the thing should be kept fresh, and that, as fresh occasions arise, we, ENGLISH WHEAT IS 52s 538 54s 555 375 ll5. *sBs *los. 60s 618 62s 638 The average price and duty are thus respectively 58s. and los., instead of 565. and Bs.; and when it is borne in mind that the real average of the last ten years, which have been far from remunerating years to the farmer, has heed 565. ltd., the additional protection cannot be deemed. unreasonable, and we are not quite certain as to its being sufficient We are the more induced to hold this opinion, be cause we are satisfied that the present prices of foreign wheat are not at all those which ought to guide us in framing a permanent scale of import duty for this country. There can be no question that, by the en couragement afforded to the foreign grower, by the price and duties which we have laid down, and by the regularity of the scale, the cultivation of wheat for the British market would be materially stimulated, and the price in foreign ports reduced to such an extent, as to enable it to be introduced into consumption, with a profit to the importer, when the average of the market in Great Britain was 535. or 60s. We have besides, however, another motive for insisting upon the eleva tion which we have proposed ; and which, it may be urged, is uncalled for, when we take into consideration the progressive improvement which is taking place in the science of agriculture in Great Britain. We are not admirers of that ultra liberality which would con cede all to the foreigner and ask for nothing in return. One great object, contended for by the free traders, is the promotion of the consumption of British products by the foreign corn grower. The reduction of our import duties must, to accomplish this object, he met on the part of other governments by a modification of their tariffs in favour of British manufactures ; and to enable us to insist upon this quid pro quo we must re tain power in our hands, by the imposition, in general caees, of a somewhat higher scale of duties than might be otherwise required, in order to be in a position to offer special advantages to the governments of those coun tries which may be willing to meet our concessions in a reciprocal spirit. It may also be deemed desirable, looking forward to the increasing productiveness of British corn lands, and the effect which must result from our improvements in culture, and with a view as well to discourage continual agitation of tha question of agricultural protection, to engraft upon any perma nent measure which may be adopted, a provision for a gradual decrease of the duties imposed —upon the prin ciple by which the gradual modification of the Ame rican tariff was provided for in 1832 ;—and in such a case it is important that the scale fixed upon in the first instance should not he one calculated to check, rather than to encourage, that very developement of the capabilities of the soil, upon which we ground our expectations of being able, in time, to dispense with a great portion of the amount of protection afforded to the agriculturist under our existing system. Upon the concluding portion of our correspondent's letter, (with respect to the mode of taking the averages) we have no remarks to offer. The plan pointed out—the appointment of an authorised official in every large market, or in districts throughout the kingdom, to make a weekly return to government o the ruling price of " sound merchantable wheat" we think, pcifectly feasible, and would involve no greater expense than that incurred under the present law. As to the number of weekly returns, upon which the average for duty should be founded, a mature consideration only satisfies us that it ought not to be materially decreased; for although the proposed graduated scale offers little inducement, as compared with that under the existing law, for speculative opera tions upon the averages, yet it is indispensable that the revenue, and the farmer as well, should he adequately protected from the effect of any sudden panic, arising from the state of the weather, or induced by interested agency, which, were the averages regulated by only one or two weeks' prices, might deluge the market with foreign grain at a low duty when, unfounded fears and speculation apart, no such supply was re quired by the country. Since the above remarks were in type, we have re ceived the report of an able speech, addressed by Mr. Christopher, the Conservative M.P. for Lincolnshire, to a meeting of his constituents at Lincoln, which not only from the high talent and reputation of the speaker himself, but, as well, from the character of the con stituency by whom it was received with enthusiastic approbation, is entitled to be viewed as containing the demands of the great bulk of British agriculturists upon this important question. From a careful perusal of Mr. Christopher's address, we are enabled to arrive at the following gratifying conclusions, which convince us that no difficulty need be apprehended by Govern ment from the agricultural body, in the settlement of the corn-laws ; and that, from the close similarity of that gentleman's views to those put forward in our publication of this day,—and which, we are confident, will not be viewed with distaste by the commercial body,—such settlement will be received with satisfac tion by the great majority of the entire community. Mr. Christopher expresses himself, in the first in stance, as favourable to an entire remodelling of the mode of taking the average, which he contends—and proves also—leads to great frauds, to the prejudice alike of the agriculturist and the consumer. He is not prepared, however, to give an unqualified approval of any definite plan, although he suggests, as the most simple, one which is to exclude altogether the returns from the large corn-markets, such as Wakefield, Lon don, Hull, &c., and to form the average for duty from the returns from purely agricultural districts. He mentions also, with approbation, a plan which has been suggested to him, by which the returns (to prevent fraud) are to be made both by producers and consu mers,—the average, however, to be calculated from the former, and the latter to serve only as a check. We must confess that we` prefer the simple plan of our re spected townsman, Mr. Jackson, to either of those mentioned by Mr. Christopher. The most important part of the address, however, is the admission of the principle of the sliding scale as preferable to that of the jumping scale, as it is termed by Mr. Christopher himself; the reduction of the " pivot" of that scale, and the proposal to fix a mini mum point of duty for the purpose of deriving revenue. He expresses himself willing to accept of 655. as the point at which the minimum duty of ss. is to operate; we have proposed, above, 645. as the price and 4s. the duty, and Mr. Jackson 60s. and 4s. ; and when it is borne in mind that the returns by Mr. Jackson's pro position will be made from the price of " good, mer chantable" samples only, the difference is not percep tible. Mr. Christopher, however, is unwilling, until further informed as to the prices at which foreign wheat can be purchased in average years, to fix the maxi mum to which the duty shall rise. On this point, however, we do not anticipate that any material difli- culty can arise. Regarding, as we think we are entitled to do, the address of Mr. Christopher as the MANIFESTO of the class which he represents; viewing also his past inti mate connexion with the Duke of Buckingham in the discussions and movements which have taken place with respect to the corn question, and pre- . suming that, although he disclaims any knowledge of the present opinions of that nobleman since his accession to office, he must be perfectly acquainted with the opinions with which he became a colleague of Sir Robert Peel, we are compelled to conclude that he has laid down the basis of the measure which is in the contemplation of Government; and we cannot, there fore, but congratulate our readers upon the temperate views by which it is characterised, and which afford ample evidence of the approaching ' settlement, upon satisfactory terms, of this most important and difficult question. In this light it is viewed by our contempo rary of the London Times, whose remarks we here subjoin : " Mr. Christopher considers that the law should aitn at fixing the price of wheat as nearly as possible between 565. To obviate so seriJus a discouragement as this would prove to the growth and prosperity of British agricul ture, we would propose to raise the scale of prices and duties by an additional 45., the effect of which would he to produce a scale as follows, viz.:-- WHEN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE DUTY and 655. the quarter. This he•pronounces to he the extent of protection which may be justly claimed as necessary to the farmer's well-being, and conceded without unfairness to the rest of the community. And this, or something like this, he proposes to secure, by affixing a minimum duty of ss. per quarter on wheat, when the averages amount to or exceed the sum of 655. ; arid then, as prices decrease, increasing the duty (at what rate it does not mention) tillit arrives at its maximum of at least 205., or at most 30s. For ourselves we could scarce suppose that Sir Robert Peel would suggest even the least of these stuns—an anticipation which would not be. weakened by considering the body to whose tastes Mr. Christopher was adapting his proposals. But taking it at 205., it must be allowed that this would be a very material change. As the scale at present stands, the duty on wheat when selling at 655. per quarter is 21s. Bd. ; when at 503., is 365. Bd. ; when at 365. per quarter, it mounts to the absurd height of 535. Bd. A concession which substitutes ss. for 215., and 20s. for 535., is certainly no inconsiderable abatement of the claims of the agriculturists, and we may probably consider Mr. Christopher in a great measure as speaking in the character of their rept•e sentative. The administration of the Whigs was luxuriant in promise, futile in changes, and unsparing in bold attempts; but the conclusion was - lame and impotent to a most extraordinary degree—and they departed, leaving to their successors a splendid legacy of false moves to be recalled—intricate and dangerous entan glements to be removed—ill-founded expectations to be set at rest, and financial deficiences to be made good. It is no wonder that a minister of sound judg ment, integrity, and talent on whom it devolved to assume the government of the country after such men, should declare that he would not be in any haste to in timate what his plans should be; feeling, we say, that it would take some time to ascertain the full extent of the complications bequeathed to him, it is not surpri sing that he should impose upon himself the necessity of silence till he had sounded the depths of that dark mystery. Meanwhile; without any great flourish of trumpets having preceded, events and circumstances have come to pass, which disclose in a most favourable light the actual and efficient operations of the new go vernment, and give assurance that under its direction the most effective steps are steadily but unostentati ously being taken to repair the errors, blunders, and omissions which in a long and calamitous series marked the career of the degraded Whigs. On last Monday a convention was signed at London by the ministers of the five great powers of Europe, namely, Great Bri tain, France, Russia, Prussia, and Austria, which may, for various reasons, be regarded as of the first import ance at the present moment. This convention at length fulfils the stipulations entered into at the Con gress of Vienna twenty-six years ago, and makes the slave-trade, so far as Europe is concerned, piracy—a crime of the deepest dye by the law of nations. France, by becoming a party to the compact, does not indeed give any new or unexpected proof of her sin cerity in desiring to put an end to this greatest of na tional crimes ; but, in addition to her late disarma ment on a scale which divests the act of all grounds of suspicion, she does, by her accession to this treaty, give an assurance of her pacific intentions, and of her willingness to resume her relations of friendly compact and alliance with the other great European powers. The convention acquires some incidental importance and interest from this circumstance; but it is on its own account, and for the favourable results which it is calculated to work out in behalf of the unhappy African race, a deed of the highest moment. The great European states are now as one united family respecting the tyrannous usagl of a portion of our fellow creatures on no other ground than that they are black and defenceless—and those powers known as the mutual right of search, they fully and freely concede fir conform to each other. It is a source of just pride to every enlightened Englishman, that Great Britain has ever led the way towards the redemption of Afri cans from the cruel degradation to which the cupidity of white men has subjected them,—and to those who confidently look to the administration of Sir Robert Peel for that pilotage of the state which shall have the tendency to render the country prosperous at home, and respected abroad, the execution of this treaty affords an earnest, and pledge that their hopes hid fair to be in due time accomplished. The Conservative Foreign Minister has in a short period succeeded in doing most effectually that which his Whig prede cessor, with ample space for performing it in, left un done,—and to the Earl of Aberdeen the highest credit is due. It will not fail to be remarked then, and we expect remembered, that since Lord Palmerston has had leisure to visit his estates, and reply to an address of congratulation, (for alas, there was but one,) and the noble Earl has filled his place, France has thrown off her hostile guise —proceeded to reduce her armies by a fifth portion, and entered into the convention of which we are now speaking, which unites Europe in a firm, and, we might almost say, indissoluble compact for the high and holy purpose of putting down the African slave-trade. But there is yet another aspect, and by no means the least important, in which he may view this happy effort of Lord Aberdeen's diplomacy—we mean that in which it is so well calculated to discourage, and dimi nish, if not altogeth e r e x ti ngu i s h t h e f ract i ous and in- subordinate airs of the Yankee republicans. They will not forsooth permit us to search their vessels when presenting themselves under suspicious circumstances on the African coast, or elsewhere ; it is a pretension on our part which they cannot submit to, and it would be a confession of inferiority on 'their part intolerable to their national pride. Such has been the language of some of their leading journalists —speaking the voice, doubtless, of a strong and influential party—for some time,.and war, war, was glibly talked of, unless England, by a prudent abandonment of her claims and practices, desisted from annoying the national flag, and affronting Americans by suspecting them of dealing in negroes. This matter, then, has formed a very itn portant ingredient in what we may call our western complications, and its removal cannot but tend in a very essential degree to bring our relations with the States to an even and satisfactory adjustment. They cannot declare war with all Europe, in order to pre serve to themselves a privilege which the great Euro- pean powers have freely conceded to each other. If they war with England on this score, they war also with France, and Russia, and the other allied powers. In short, there is an end to the dispute; the conven tion signed on Monday is a fatal blow to Yankee in subordination, and with whatever grace she may stoop, their stiff and haughty assumption of independence must be given up. This is another important circum stance favourable to the general relations of peace and amity which we hope to enjoy under a Conservative government, and it is also one which bodes good to the unhappy victims of legalised thraldom and cruelty in the west. Young America will at last be shamed out of the foulest blot by which the institutions of any country could be contaminated, and which in an espe- cial manner affixes opprobrium and disgrace upon her. At all events she will not be permitted to play the pirate. A pirate, says Sir Edward Coke, is hostis huntani generis—the enemy of the human race, and old Europe has declared that in this character she cannot by any means be permitted to perform. LOCAL NEWS ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—One of the ferry steamers, on Monday last, in crossing the river, in consequence of the dense fog, ran foul of a vessel which was lying at anchor, and carried away her own bowsprit and chimney, and stove in her bows. The Woodside boats, we understand, did not begin to ply till nine o'clock, and a bell was kept constantly ringing till they approached the respective landing-places. Similar precautions were most probably adopted by the other steamers. THE LIVER THEATRE.—This little theatre has been so embellished, decorated, and beautified throughout the in terior, that the visitcrs will be greatly astonished upon enter ing it on Monday night next, when the season commences. The boxes have been greatly improved: they are now entirely inclosed ; the screen at the back, which was a complete nuisance, having been made into a partition; thus affording greater comfort and warmth in this part of the house. Three private boxes have been made on each side of the house, which are a great acquisition, and will be the means of bring ing the elite of the town to witness the performances here, who kept away in consequence of the absence of them. The fronts of the boxes are beautifully and chastely decorated with gold mouldings, of a very graceful and elegant pattern, which with the rest of this department, are from the manufactory of M r. Bieletield, of North John -street. These mouldings are on a cream-coloured ground, and have a very tasteful appearance. The proscenium and " act-drop " are costly, yet chaste. The latter represents a curtain, the prevailing colours being green and white. The arms of her Majesty and Prince Albert are emblazoned an the right and left of the stage in their very rich heraldic colours. The papering of the boxes (by Mr. Henry Dodd, of Bold-street) is of a green, white, and crimson pattern, and harmonises with the rest of the theatre. The seats have been re-covered, curtains and cushions in the private boxes have been added. The ceiling is handsomely painted. New scenery has been added to a great extent, to give effect to the new pieces to be produced. The company is a first-rate one, as will be seen by reference to the bills. Many new faces and many old and favourite ones will appear in the course of the season. In fact every exertion will be made to " carry on the war", vigorously and with effect,—By the way, Mr. Rayniond seems to have been scurvdy used in respect to his patent, the private influence of one person having prevailed over the wishes of upwards of 1-0. "t, of the most respectable inhabitants of the town. Mr. It ' .'•nd must—petition! petition ! petition! as his friend, 0' .nnell, says. FREEMASONRY: THE CESTRLO? LOD Cestrian Lodge, 615, keep the festival of S day next, at the Royal Hotel, Ches' J. Finclutt Maddock, Esq., in the chair er. The D. P. G TRIBUTE TO A CLERGYMAN.-1 tic ......... niss, on being admitted into priest's orders, has been presentee with a full suite of canonicals, by some of the ladies of the congregation of Holy Trinity Church, North Birkenhead. We untiozstand that the chwellor of the Du c hy h as b een pleased to nominate John !Me-, Esq., of St: Michael's Mount, Toateth-park, to the commission if the 'pact for the county. _ arias Ma t On Tuesday, b e i ng St. Thomas's .day, the. I ° l4'r:re:ell and wardens of St. Thomas's Church distrilmtrid; a: u,50141,0n ()Me that day, aft er morn i ng prayer, f if ty-two loaves ad' amongst the poor of the congregation,.ag,recahly to a bequest in the will of the late Mr. Okill, dated 15th February, 1769. NEW MAGISTRATES Fort THE BOROUGH OF LIVER POOL.—The undermentioned gentlemen have been placed on Orel commission of the peace for this borough : William Pot ter; Thomas Case, George Grant, Charles Turner, Charles Chsloner, William Shand, John Fletcher, John Crosthwaite, Stanley Percival, Richard Moon, C. S. Parker, and Charles llorsfall, Esquires. SOUP KITCHENS.—On Tuesday, a meeting of the soup committee was held in the board-room of the Parish-office, Fenwick-street, John Eason, Esq., in the chair, when the treasurer's accounts for the past year were read and passed. After the usual routine business was disposed cf, the meet ing came to the resolution to opin the soup establishments, Picop-street in the north, Flint-street in the south, and Gill street in the east, this day (Friday), and make the same ar rangements for the sale of tickets as during the last winter, at the Courier and Mercury offices. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. E. SMlTll.—lmmediately after the meeting called to forward this object, and held a fortnight since, a book, with the names of rix subscribers to the fund, was placed OR the table of the Lyceum News Room, and though it has remained from that day to this, how many ad ditional signatures does the reader think have been added to the list? Oh, tell it not in Gath. The hook has not been marked with one single stroke. We would recommend to the promoters of this subscription to write to their friend Mr. O'Connell, in order to obtain some information as to a more likely mode for raising the " ways and means." CONVERSIONS FROM ROMANISM.—A correspondent in the hit Record, who dates from Nice, and subscribes his name, gives some interesting particulars connected with the conversion of three Popish Priests, and thirty laymen, who have lately joined the Reformed Church there; It will be remembered that three priests of the Church of Rome were also lately admitted by the Bishop of London to the university of the Church of England; in 'Whitehall Chapel. These facts, in connection with occurrences of,a like nature in our own town, and in several places through the country, are en couraging amidst the declensions of the Spencers and the Sibthorps. THE FIRE AT MANCHESTER.—The Manchester Guardian of Wednesday, in giving an account of the destruction of the carriers' warehouse, the particulars of which appeared in our last, says, with reference to the damage, that " it is wholly impossible to ascertain it, chiefly from the fact, that what goods were in the warehouse belong to a great number of persons, many of them either country manufacturers, having purchases of cotton sent them from Liverpool ; or country grocers and shopkeepers, whose tea, sugar, flour, butter, tallow, &c., is thus conveyed to them from Liverpool. These parties not residing in the town, and the books of Messrs. Patchett and Jones being in the iron safe, which is some where in the ruins, it is, we repeat, difficult to ascertain even all the parties having goods lodged in the warehouse, and to state the relative quantities of these goods is wholly out of the question." THEFT BY BREAKING A WINDOW.-011 Tuesday last Jane Murray was placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with having stolen a watch, the property of Richard Howarth, a pawnbroker, residing at the corner of Hatton-garden. Mr. Howarth stated that, between five and six o'clock on Friday night last, he was in his shop, when he heard a pane of glass broken. He ran out immediately, saw that the pane of glass had been broken, and that a silver watch had been stolen from the window. He gave information to the police. On Monday he heard that a watch had been stopped at the shop of Mr. Grindrod. He subsequently saw the same watch in the possession of Mrs. Grindrod, and identified it as the pro perty which had been stolen from his window. The prisoner was taken into custody whilst offering the watch in pledge to Mrs. Grindrod, who had received previous notice of the rob li bery. She was committed for trial. SEAMAN'S WAGES CASE. —At the police-court, yester daY, William Welsh carpenter of a vessel, from Tenworth, to a foreign port, and thence back to Britain, preferred a claim against the captain, for £l9 10s. for wages. The cap tain said he did not dispute payment, as he considered it due, but 'he had received notice from a gentleman in the town since his arrival not to pay the amount, as the claimant was his apprentice, and the wages were due to him. Mr. R. L. Karkill said that tha the applicant was indentured to him for seven years, from the sth January, 1835, and that in permit ting him to go to sea for wages at the rate of X-la-month, he had agreed to di v id e t h e amount with him. The indentures were produced, but were found to be altogether informal. No proper contract had been made, and the man was going in his twenty-second year. Mr. Rushton accordingly said, that he was entitled to his wages, from the informality, and his being over age, and he would not withhold the order for the payment thereof. He added that lie must receive the whole amount, but must pay his own costs. DEPARTURE OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL SPEAMERS.— Four of the superb fleet which is intended to be such au im portant adjunct to the commercial prosperity and naval force of England, have already left Southamptbn, to take their stations in the line which is to bring into rapid communica tion the whole of the West India islands, and portions of North and South America —the Forth on Thursday, and the Solway, Tweed, and Clyde . on Saturday last. Another of these tine ships will be despatched on the 25th instant, and a regular communication on the Ist and 15th of every month will 'commence, and continue on and after the Ist of next month. The power and speed of these vessels, the' perfec tion of their equipment, and the skill and reputation of their commanders, selected from the navy, haVe raised high expec tations of their performances. We have seen sketches and plans of these very beautiful vessels, executed by Mr. John R. Isaac, of Castle-street; he having been specially engaged to take them by the company. They roust be certainly fine vessels. We hope that they will before long sail from this port, CHESHIRE CORONERSHIP.—The sheriff held his court at twelve o'clock on Wednesday, in the Shire-hall, pursuant to notice, for electing a coroner for the Chester division of the county of Chester, in the room of Faithful Thomas, Esq., resigned ; and having read the precept, Mr. I3arnston pro posed in a few words, and Mr. Orton seconded the nomina tion of Mr. Edward Churton, of Chester. Mr. Brundrit, merchant of Runcorn, proposed Mr. Massey, of Chester, as a fit and proper person to fill the situation, the more so as he had, in fact, for a very considerable period, actively per formed the duties of the office for his uncle, Faithful Thomas, Esq. Mr. Hazlehurst, after a very feeling and forcible speech, seconded the nomination of Mr. Massey.— The sheriff then called for a show of hands (at this time the Shire-hall was crowded to excess), and which he declared to be in favour of Mr. Massey, by a very large majority. A poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr. Churton, and the election is fixed for Monday and Tuesday next, the 27th and 28th instant. Mr. More, who was a candidate for the office, has been advised to withdraw. Two CASES OF BURNIN G.—Yesterday, an inquest .was held before the borough coroner on the body of James Bailey, a child of five years old. The deceased, who lived with his parents at No. 3, Ward-street, was on Saturday week left by his mother in a room, with two younger children, while she went to the cellar for some water. On her return, in a minute or two, she found him in flames. She wrapped a sheet round him and got the fire out. lie was severely burnt on his right side, arm, and throat. She applied flour, and immediately took him to the Infirmary; but he neyer re covered and died on Tuesday night. There was a middling good fire in the grate. Verdict —that the deceased died from the burning, but how his clothes became ignited there was no evidence to show.—Same day, an inquest was held on the body of James Keel', aged five years and three months. His mother lives in Fishe r - s t ree t. O n Friday afternoon, while a female who was in the house was cleaning the bed room, she heard some one screaming, and, on looking through the windo w , saw th e d ecease d i n fl ames in the A neighbour was called who put out the fire. 1 hedeceased s mother had gone out f o r some coa l, l eav i ng him with another boy about five ye ars o ld i n th e cellar. She had not b een absent above five minutes when she was told that the de ceased was burnt. A surgeon was ca ll e d directly who ordered him to be taken to the Infirmary, when every at tention was paid to him, but he died on Tuesday. Verdict as in the former case. A KIND BEGG AIL.—A young man, who is in the h a bi t of executing in chalk, o n th e flags of the footwaiks, highly or namented appeals to the benevolence of passers-by, and wh o had just bee n lib era t e d front gaol, after seven days' confine ment therein for begging, was placed at the bar of the police court, on Tuesday, ag a in c h arg ed with soli ci t ing charity. The sum of 3s. 4-}d. was found in his pocket. When asked what he had to say, the sturdy beggar endeavoured, with but indifferent success. to attune his strong voice to the low and lachrymose whining of a feeble alms-asker, and s t at i ng that he had gone o u t on S a t ur d ay n i g ht with his chalk, merely to gain a few pe nce t o o bt a i n something for his wife, w h o h a d fallen int o a fit, an d was excessively ill. " Yes, sir," said the wife, advancing slowly, and leaning her plump face side wards, as if she were too feeble to supp ort her heavy head. Mr. Rushton told the prisoner that he had a parish, and that he might be sent thither, but that he should not be permitted to beg in the streets. He must go to gaol for a month, and if his wife were unwell, she should, in the meantime, be taken care of. "If you please, sir, to let her have a shilling of the money," said the beggar. "Of course," said Mr. Rushton. " Thank you kindly," responded the beggar. " I don't know why she should'nt have it all," observed the magistrate, " unless you object." The prisoner was silent for a few moments, and when distinctly asked whether he was willing to let his wife have the whole amount found on bhn, he replied " No." Mr. Rushton hereupon said, " Then she shall have the shilling, and I will order the remainder to be approp r i a t e d t o your ma i ntenance in gaol. " Prisoner—" Oh, she shall have it all, sir." (Great laughter.) ASSAULT EY AN ATTORNEY.—Matthew Chester. a re spectable looking man, was charged before Mr. Rushton, on Tuesday, with having assaulted Mary Quick. The complain ant stated that last week she employed the prisoner to defend her husband at the intermediate sessions. He went to her, and asked her if she would want counsel, and she said. yes. He said if he got Mary Dawson's case, he would do it for less. She asked him what was the lowest he could take. H e replied £1 15s. She had but one pound at that time, which she gave him. Next day she gave him three shillings, and in the evening of the same day twelve shillings. He re quested her, if she knew any other persons who wanted coun sel, that she would recommend them to him, as he would d o the busine ss " reasona bl e ." Sh e replied she would ; but she hoped not to know many persons who had occasion for coun sel. He said he would give the brief to Mr. Murphy; but he never did so. She spoke to him several times on the sub ject, and at last she followed him, and refused to quit him, and he went up stairs and through a private door into the court, saying that he would speak to Mr. Murphy about it. He went to Mr. Murphy, and asked him if - he would defend her husband, and Mr. Murphy said he would not unless he were paid. He then went away out of the court, and she fol lowed him, and refused to leave him unless'he defended her husband or gave her the money. He told her to come to his private office, and she followed him till he led her into an empty room, which be quitted almost immediately. She still followed him, and as she was passing down stairs, he stopped, turned round upon her, and ran away. Mr. Murphy heard in court of what had occurred, and be mentioned it publicly to the Recorder, who requested him to bring the case before Mr. Rushton. Mary Dawson had been served in the same way. He got the money from both of them, and promised to get counsel, but did not, and the consequence was that both her husband and Mary Dawson's brother had been transported for ten years. Mary Dawson then gave a detail of precisely similar treatment from the prisoner, who, in his defence, alleged that he ought to have received two pounds from each of the defendants, and that he stated positively his determination not to interfere without that amount in hand. Ile offered them a sovereign in return, which they refused to take. The c om pl a i nants sa id there was not one word of truth in this statement. After some conversation between Mr. Rushton, M r . W ar dl e, an d M r. E llis, the former, addressing. the prisoner, said this was a case of th e most aggravated wrong that could be conceived, and t o the attorneys who practised in these courts it was of the most vital moment, and he hoped so me p rocee di ng wou ld be taken by them, which ' would mark their o pi n i on o f suc h conduct. He regretted that all he had in his power was to inflict a fine for the as sault. Mr. Rushton ordered that the prisoner should pay a fine of £5, .or be imprisoned two months. RSCRIPTI We untlerstand 0 - kat the su b scription list to these concerts is rapidly filling up. The Rev. C. W. Richards, of this town, has beeri a ppointed to St. Chadls Church, Lic'lfield MVSICAIJ INSTRUCTION advertisement of Mr. 'I eg to call attention to the _____ Miss S. Venables, whose lectures and illustrations on national music, at the Literary Institution, received our favourable notice recently. THE CHASE.—The Cheshire hounds meet this day (Fri day), at Kelsall tollbar ; on Monday, at Booth's Obelisk; on Wednesday, at Appleton-hall ;on Thursday, at Bartiug ton Heath ; and on Saturday, Jan. 1, at the Fox and Barrel, at half-past ten o'clock. THE TOLBOOTH CHURCH, EDINBURGH.—Mr. Tweedle has been appointed minister of this church by the Edinburgh Town Council, in the room of Mr. Marshall, who, it will be remembered, recently relinquished the charge which is in connection with the Scottish church, and joined the ministry of the Church of England. r 1 RELIEF OF THE POOR AT STOCKPORT.-011 We dnes day last, a meeting of the inhabitants of Stockport and the neigh bourhood, was held in the Town-hall there, for the purpose of raising a fund for the relief of the multitudes of suffering poor in that district. The mayor took the chair, and at the close of the meeting, subscriptions were sent in, amounting to upwards of £l2OO, in addition to which the London Ma nufacturers' Relief Fund have promised the handeome sum of £5OO, and a similar institution has forwarded £2OO. FEROCIOUS ATTACK.—On Wednesday evening, as Mr. Barnabas Waugh, an aged and retired gentleman, was pro ceeding along Grove-street, on his way home, he was attacked by two men who knocked him down, and after_ abusing him in a m os t i n h uman manner , r ifled his pockets of their contents, and, for aug ht th e y car ed, left their vic tim _ deprived of life. Mr. Wa ug h i s th e f a ther of the person of the same name, who carries o n th e bu s iness of a boot and shoe-maker at the top of Lord-street. STEALING POULTRY.—WiIIiam Whalley and Henry The' chall, the latter the son of a respectable farmer, were COw.: mitted, on Tuesday last, to take their trials, at the next, Kirkdale sessions, for stealing th ree h ens , the property 0 . 1 Mr. George Webster, of R a i n ford. Th e hens were sans ': to roost in a tree near th e h ouse , and Mr. Webster.' saw them there on the night of th e 18th i ns t a nt ; but on ing them to feed the following morning, he found they VT . gone. They were after w ard s t race d t o th e prisoners We e ' sion, and subsequently found secreted in a shippon. THEATRE ROYAL,—Mr. Anderson commences on MOn w day a series of Concerts D'Hiver, interspersed with h is ° , clever performances ; truly the Liverpool amusement seek era will have their attention occupied this winter. N'e Dever remember so many " attractions" for those who keep holi day. By the number of concerts announced, we would s r pear to be a musical community. ndSte d DUMFERMLINE.—The Earl of M or t on h av i n g alic, j h of the Rev. Dr. Ralph, of Liv e rp oo l, t o th e vacant chili-tiler Aberdour, in this presbytery, we u n d ers t an d th a t some ° so d parties have the intention to apply th e " ve t o " to bite , that the Rev. John Tod Brown, one of the ministers of tli town, being appointed to s er ve a t th e i n d uc ti o n, has writte n to Mr. Peterkin, of Edinburgh, for advice on the eubject."— Glasgow Chronicle. —The CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL EXAMINATION . -- annual examination of th e c hild ren , a ll f ema l es , who are do! educated thr oug h th e exemp l ary b enevo l ence o f Mrs. Gr e e nail, the lady of T. G reena ll, Esq., in the neat scho ol at tached to St. Th omas ' s Church, St. Helen's, took place °a Monday last. A hi g hly respe ctable party of ladies were sel . sembled by invitation, and continued attentively, for thcaree. hours, listening to the interesting display of juvenile edu, Le tion. The children were examined in the scriptures by the Rev. J. Lynn, incumbent of St. Thomas's, who afterw ards complimented them on th e p ro fi c i ency w hich they bad - tained. At the co nc l us i on o f th e exam i na ti o n, one of the girls, on behalf of her com p an i ons , b r i e fl y re t u rned their k ir i a thanks to Mr. Lynn for hi s ass i s t ance i n i ns tructing the m in the mysteries of the et erna l G o d. On Saturday last the St. H e l en ' s an d R u ncorn Gap way Company despatched a s p ec i a l t ra i n t o the bottom c e Sutton incline, to meet one from Liverpool, which cont ained Lord Granville Somerset an d Al exan d er Pringle, Esq., MY,: The noble lord a n d hi s co ll eague were b roug ht on to S. Helen's, and on their arrival immediately proceeded to the II avenhead Plate Glass Company's Work, where they were received by F, Fincham, Esq., the governor, and conducte.cl, through the wo r k. Th e y rema i ne d t h ere a f ew hours, and, after having inspect e d th e w h o l e apparatus o f p l a t e glass mak ing, took their seats on the railway for Manchester. AMPHITHEATRE.—We perceive by the bills that W. Ducrow, the far famed, h as b een engage d t o a pp e ar with h is stud at this theatre. It may not be generally known that this will be the last visit Mr. Duc row w ill pa y to this town , as he intends retiring at the close o f th e presen t tour. M. h Ducrow brings with him a very strong com p an y, who, wit the present one of Mr. Egerton's, will b e a bl e to surpri se " the natives." We perceive that on W e d nes day next , th e 29th, Monsieur Jullien will give a morning concert here, h s !:; ing been engaged by Mr. E g erton. The s e c ond concert w ill take place on the 2d January, and the concluding one on the 12th. This is a new experiment, and we hope it may succee d . TAKING AN UMBRELLA RATHER SUSPICIOUSLY. —At the police-court, yesterday, a man named William Hodgs on was accused of carrying off an umbrella, not his proper t y , from a public-house. Some parties bad assembled enjoyiog themselves, and when the owner of the article was about to depart, he found it gone, and was told that the prisoner had taken it. A clue was found to his house, but all the inmates had gone to bed. In the morning it was demanded and re stored to the officer. The prisoner said that he ;had gone to the public-house with an umbrella, and had taken it, thinking it was his own. He discovered his, error in the morning, and gave it up. The prisoner was discharged, there being no po sitive proof but that his story was correct. COMMITMENTS.—At the police-court yesterday , two bo y s, William Travis and Charles Williams, were commit ted to gaol for three months, for attempting to stead a pair of shoes from the shop of Mr. T. Fidgin. The prisoners, who were old offenders, had been seen together loitering about the shop, from which several pairs of shoes had lately been missed ; and one of them was detected by him in taking down the pair in question from a nail.—Patrick Farrell was committed for seven days, for stealing a tub from a vessel in the Clarence Dock ; and Catherine Davies for the same time , for stealing about 61b. of old copper, and a small quantity of copper from a vessel in one of the docks.—Patrick Duffy w as 'sent for trial at the sessions, for robbing a compahi° — money to the amount of upwards of £2, at a public-hous e ' HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT ST. HELEN'S. 011 Sun d a y morning last, a man, name d J ames A ckers, a cooper, 71,4 resides at Parr, in goi ng a l ong a street i n St. Helen ' s ce and Brow, another m t Williamm amate. The Cartwright, o t intoa notorious conversation, ,"- r S a m ct i e th r, y an had some ale t oge th er a t a public -house, after which they agreed to toss for money, and Ackers was soon deficient in 55., which had been won by Cartwright's companion. He remonstrated with the man, and wished his money to be re turned; but he refused to do it, and walked off. Cartwright and Ackers followed th e l uc k y person up the ra il wa y in Sut tont ; but be kept a -h ea d o f them and Ackers down, and when they bad go ne considerable distance, C ar t wr i g h t a l robbed him of ss. Bd. with , all the money h e h a d u pon him, an which he ran away. Ackers shortly a ft er gav e informationinformationto the police at St. H e l en ' s , an d C artwr i ght was appre hended the same day by S er j ean t B ranwoo d . CHORAL SOCIE TY .—Th e f our t een th pu bli c per formance of the Liverpool F es ti va l Ch ora l S oc i ety too k p l ace o n Tues day evening last, a t th e Music-hall, in Bold-street. T he fame of the La ncas hi re c h or i sters is now spread far and wide, and we w ere excee di ng l y grat ifi e d a s h ort t i me a g? to see honourable m en ti on ma d e o f t h em, i nc id en t a lly, in , a notice of a musical p er f ormance w hi c h too k p l ace in Palls' Amongst the chorus singers of Lancasire, those of Liver pool hold a respectable rank, and their efforts on Tuesday night, individually and collectively, were such as to sustain their high reputation. The performances were selected from Handel's fine composition of the " Messiah." The prhi ci " pal vocal parts were taken by Miss Stott, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Morrow, Mr. J. Crank, Mr. Stott, Mr. Earnshawt Mr. Davies, and Mr. G. Lunt. The band was led by Mr. G. Eyton, Mr. M. M a yb r i c k pres id e d at t h e organ, an d G. Holden officiated as conductor, each of these gentlemen fulfilling the duties of hi s d epartment w i t h hi s usua l ability' The band was s t rong b ot h i n numbers and talent, an d the choruses were exceedingly full and efficient. With such an assembly of performers the sublime passages selected were given with a force, precision, and effect seldom surpassed. The audience, which was numerous and highly respectable, indicated the high gratification experienced by the warmth of their applause. Several of the pieces were encored, and the whole performance passed off exceedingly well. THREE SISTERS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. —Yesterday , at the Police -court, two young females, sisters, and of rather good attire, named Hannah Dempsey and Mary Ann Hard ing, were placed at the bar under the following circumstances. A police-officer stated that about a quarter before six o'clock on the previous evening, while he was on duty in Queen square, he observed the prisoners, and on going up to them, found that one of them (Dempsey) had something under her cloak, which he found to be the barometer produced. She said it belonged to her father and mother, and that the latter had sent her to pledge it for the rent. While he was talking to her, the other prisoner, Harding, escaped, but be after wards found her, and she said her sister had taken it against her wish, from a public-house in Great Charlotte-street. Both were taken into custody. Elizabeth Thomas said she kept an inn in that street. About six o'clock, two females, like the prisoners, came in, and while they had something to drink in the snug, she went behind to her tea. They went out abruptly, but she did not miss anything then. About eight o'clock the policeman came and inquired how the wea ther was indicated by her barometer—when she immediately found it was gone. She identified it as her property. The prisoners also stood charged, on suspicion, with stealing a picture from another public-house, which it appeared had been pledged. The complainant in this case did not, how .. ever, see it taken, and Mr. Holland, with whom it wa pledged, could not identify either of the parties, on oath, at having pledged it. Mr. Dowling said there were many other similar charges, if true, were given, that could he lirought. against the prisoners, who had been busy in several parts of the town. They were committed for trial on the charge of stealing the barometer, and ordered to be detained in the Bridewell until the following (this) day. Hannah Dempsey stated that she was married to William Dempsey ; Mary Ann Harding said that she was single. In about an hour it was announced that the third sister, named Harding, had been found, who, it was suspected, was concerned in stealing the picture. She is a tall, good-looking, well-dressed girl, and at first appeared in open court, but was taken into custody, and the three sisters were all placed at the bar. A female, who kept another public-house, said that on the same evening, two young women had two glasses of all in her house, and about an hour and-a-half after they had gone, she missed the picture —a large water-coloured print, in a gilt frame, which she identified. Mr. Holland identified the prisoner just taken into custody, as one of the two parties who pledged it. She was also committed for trial. ALLEGED CONTEMPLATED INCREASE OF POSTAGE — A WEAK INVENTION OF THE ENEMY.—The scribes of the Whig-radical press have laboured incessantly to induce the belief that it was in the contemplation of Sir Robert Peel's government to do away with the present penny postage, and to substit u t e f or i t a uniform rate of threepence. This ab surdity we have never been at the trouble to contradict; for we can scarcely think that our readers have formed so low an estimate of the legislative resources of the present govern ment, as to dream of their being driven to resort, in order to make up the deficiency of revenue left them as an inheritance by their corrupt predecessors, to a step which would now, we must admit, be extremely unpopular. Our own conviction was, that whatever might have been, in their opinion, the impropri e ty, as to time and the then state of the revenue, o f Passing that measure, the government of Sir Robert Peel would adher e s t r i ct l y to and that, in the hands of the present Po s t m aster-General it would become. what it never yet has been, a good working measure. In this view we are fully confirmed by the following decisive y notification, w hi c h we quote f r om the City article of the Times of Wednesda last A deputation from the Lon don Merc an til e Committee on Postage waited, in the course of last week, on the Postmaster-General, with the view to urge upon his attention the great benefit that would accrue,. of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of penny postage. The chief r not only to the public but to the revenue, from the perfecting points brought before Lord Lowther . s notice were the the suburbs,l the carrying out in the metropolis and . and cessity of increased facilities for posting and delivering let tersthe chief provincial towns, besides 81 . 1 of like measures in extension of Post-office conveniences to country districts at present destitute of them. The representations the deputa tion made were received with all due courtesy, and were promised full - consideration by hi s l or dship, who assured them that he was as willin g as hi s pre d ecessor t o c arr y out Mr. hill's plan. We should imagine this would satisfy our c ontemporaries, one and all,—fr"om the blusterer of the Morning Chronicle to the twaddler of the Liverpool Mer-