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V A RISII OF LIVERPOOL.—The SELECT 441 i Ir STRY of thi s PARISH are prepare d to rec ei ve 14/APons from C an did ates for the Off i ce of H E A D DRESS at the Industrial Schools, Kirkdale. Salary ai at 47,Annum, with Board, Washing, and Lodging io the . u irnent.—Applications, accompanied by . Festimo latel?,`,? be delivered at the Office of the undersigned, not ~'iipt i, `"an the 16th instant. The Candidate to state age, liit) le tt ,Married or single, and what her avocations have Pai l ueen. CHARLES HART, Vestry Clerk. Brawnlow-hill, sth May, 1854. Zo be 5 I b or let. SALE.--A Dark Chesnut MARE, 6 years, EO`; good Hack and Hunter. To be seen at the norm., Dale-street. TO be SOLD, Highfield, Oxton, a commodious m ile W el l -built HOUSE, erected two years since, about two 444 fr om Woodside Ferry, commanding one of the finest Th e Host extensive views in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. 1 ) 716 , n g use contains Entrance-hall. 23 by 9, Dining-room, 22 ,taleentlwl-room, 24 by 16, Breakfast-room, 20 by 15, ' 4 114 rantry and Kitchen, all on Ground Floor, and well Tiern,e'd beneath, Six large Bedro , ms, with Two Dressing tejsalhl•oorn, Water-closets, Sze., and Gas throughoot. to f alto 'Vends on a little over two acres of Land, which laid out, and has a well stocked Gard , •n, small tt4 "vat b -Sio n eq. Two-stalled Stable, Coach-house, &c. Pos. .arri t „ean be given in June.—Apply to JAMES BEA ZLEY, Redcross-street. e > ' be SOLD by PRIVATE TREATY, a compaCt ~Ile‘pa:S I ATE, with 75 acres of LAND, near, Liverpool. Ar"-I , l _ l 'o, with 10 acres of LAND. A splendid MANSION east of Liverpool, with 10.001 yards of LAND. Peb4.4 o , near Walton, with about 6,000 yards of LAND. LAN' ,at Mosley-vale, with about 7,000 square yards 1) , and an excellent FARM-HOUSE, with upwards of 4 EB4' ) „" LAN, at West Kirby, Cheshire. Several splendid fizz ' , NCES in some of the principal streets in the town, lt rli heti f o rd-street. Huskisson-street, Rodney-street, Upper to c m ent-street St. James's-road. and Shaw-street. Also, 4 4 5 LET a I d'd SHOP, with fixtures complete, in e l'h • • P en a , - street. One DITTO, Renshaw-street; one DITTO, I,l r eet. e c'rge-street; and an excellent HOUSE in Bedford ;.ew _.A splendid MANSION to be LET, FURNISHEI), at t4th e 'l r r ighton ; one DITTO, at Rock Ferry ; one DITTO, at 14 and ; one DITTO, near Wavertree ; and one DITTO, ndennere 1 ake —A to \ t as. WILLIAMS, 47, Rane '. • IT ' • ' , er e ,or Philadelphia Chambers,.Melon s-hey, excellent DOUBLE OFFICE is to be LET. NEW _Music. 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Having done so, the shell-woman accused her of giving a spurious ridding, and gave her in charge to a policeman. Our correspon dent complains chiefly, that the officer showed gross partiality in refusing to have the accuser searched, and that lie used harsh manners, and very impr,tper language towards her.. She was taken to the Police-station, and afterwards to Bridewell, on the charge made by the she; l - woman, who, however, did not appear to prosecute, and the case against the complainant was dismissed. She • has, she states, since then, made application to have the matter investigated, and the conduct o r th e p o li ce - o tli cer , as well as that of another constable, who she says in sulted her, inquired into, but without success. Without pretending to offer any opinion on this case, it cannot be doubted that very gross injury may be inflicted on an innocent individual in the manner referred to; and every meths of justification should be afforded to the accused. Mt- We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica tions on subjects of local or general interest. Booxs, Btc., FOR REVIEW, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. The ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD is 20s. in advance—or 225. on credit. Eibcrinot tailbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1854. BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA. WE have at length authentic intelligence of a movement on the part of the combined fleets in the Black Sea, which gives earnest of active hos r tilities against the common foe of Europe. The apparent dilatoriness of Admiral DUNDAS had led to the belief that he was acting under private in structions from the PREMIER not to do more than he could help ; and it was said that the Turkish Government suspected the fidelity of England, because so little had been achieved to realise the many promises of support. This distrust must, however, now be dispelled, for the thunder of British cannon has sounded on the shores of Russia, and the dismantled forts of Odessa testify to the striking fact that England at last is terribly in earnest. A steamer that had been sent to Odessa with a flag of truce, to bring off the British Consul, was fired upon in violation of the usages of civilised warfare, and brought the startling news to the British fleet of the insult to , which she had been subject. It had an electric effect; it aroused the spirit of all, from the Admiral to the cabin boy, and forthwith a squadron of s t eamers was despatched to take a fearful retribution. How they•performed their task the despatches will tell. The duty was performed by nine men-of-war, and the attack was completely successful. The Im perial mole and the land .batteries were entirely destroyed, with all the Russian ships lying in the outer mole ; the great powder magazine exploded ; and all the loss sustained by the assailants was eight men tilled and eighteen wounded. The ac count, which was despatched from Belgrade, con cluded with the significant intelligence that imme diately after the attack upon Odessa the combined fleets sailed for Sebastopol. This early success will no doubt lend vigour to our soldiers and sailors in their future encounters with the enemy, and will also tend considerably to disarm any oppo sition to voting the necessary ways and means for carrying on the war. The expenditure• will of necessity involve additional taxation—an evil ine vitable to all warlike operations—but we believe the great majority of our population will willingly contribute their share of the pecuniary burden, in order to vindicate the honour of England, and curb the grasping ambition of the Northern despot. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE GREEK THRONE. WE have, as a people, so long been accustomed to entertain a jealous feeling for what is called the liberty of the subject and the privileges of English -men, 'that we have unconsciously been induced to , consider the free action of the Royal Family as :antagonistic to the preservation of constitutional freedom, and to think and speak of the SOVEREIGN r and her immediate relatives as beings whose con duct is especially under popular surveillance. This 'is no new idea, but the growth of many years ; though - it can neither be justified by constitutional :traditions nor reconciled in any way with a due sense of propriety or consistency. It has long been the popular belief that the SOVEREIGN has no legal right to leavethe country, without special leave asked and granted ; and for many generations the greatest freedom enjoyed by a monarch ®f ;England was a visit to'his Hanoverian .dominions.. To the credit of'Queen VICTORIA., she dispelled the popular error, broke through the trammels which had no stronger authority than have those of fashion, and, by her visits to France, to Belgium, and to Prussia, showed that she was inclined to enjoy some share of that freedom which all her subjects had so 'largely at command. Ideas as little justified by reason, pre- cedent, or common sense, prevailed also with re ference to the immediate heir to the throne. When GEORGE 111. was king, the younger sons of the Royal Family held a kind of nominal employment, which involved little or no responsibility ; but the heir-apparent was believed to be exempt frcrn, or rather disqualified for, any useful occupation, and pitilessly left to all the temptations of profligacy and dissipation, without even the opportunity which his great ancestor (HENRY V.) had—" to show the incredulous world the noble change which he had purposed." Our own Prince of WALES is yet at an age when there is sufficient time to look forward to, so that he may be saved from the quicksands in which his great-uncle floundered, and realise the fond hopes which are entertained of his future career. There is, however, another member of the Royal Family who, though now occupying an im portant position in the British army in the East, may be destined for a far higher sphere of useful ness, It is stated in the Russian journals that the visit of his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE to Vienna, though ostensibly to do honour to the nuptials of the Emperor of AUSTRIA, had the ulte rior object of negotiating his elevation to the throne of Greece, in the room of King OTHo. 81101 an assertion may not have a particle of truth, but there is no solid reason why it should not be true. King OTHo has not only shown himself utterly incapable of governing the people entrusted to him, but the avowed support which he has lent to the insurrec tion against Turkey has demonstrated the grossness of his ingratitude towards the powers by whose aid he obtained his ill-deserved dignity. As a Mo narch to secure the independence of Greece, and resuscitate the dormant energies of its people, he is utterly worthless ; and it is doubtful if any better plan could be devised than to punish his treachery by dethronement, and to confer the kingdom upon the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, under the same guarantees. If England, France, and Austria were favourable to such an arrangement, no other States need be consulted, for Russia has excluded herself from the family of European nations, and the others are too unimportant for their approval or disapproval to be of any consequence. The pro gress of the war will necessarily involve new territorial settlements by treaty ; and the long misgovernment of King OTHo, consummated by manifest treachery and open rebellion, will amply justify a change which present every prospect of being signally beneficial, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GE,N.EILAI 0011DIERCIAL ADVERTISER decent and orderly maintenance of God's service and the relief of the poor. Proper arrangements will be made, so that the time of service shall not be lengthened, and sermons will occasionally be preached in the afternoon, to collect the alms of those worshippers who do not attend in the morning. The number of what are called " charity sermons" will of course be diminished, but we must have three : —two for the Moorfields school, and one in obedience to the Queen's letter. (Signed) AUGS. CAMPBELL, Rector. PROPOSED MAGDALEN ASYLUM. IT has frequently excited remark that no institution should exist in Liverpool, whose peculiar object is to reclaim to the paths of virtue those erring and unfortunate females who have been allured into the ways of vice and the abodes of misery and shame. Within a brief period, however, we are glad to learn that the attention of the philanthropist and the charity of the Christian have been attracted in this direction. A suggestion, which has been warmly responded to, has been made to the Venerable Archdeacon BROOKS and his colleague, the Rector CAMP BELL, to co-operate in the establishment of such an insti tution. Those gentlemen, ever alive to the true interests of their countrymen and countrywomen, at once consented to lend their countenance and aid in furtherance of the objects of those who contemplate the establishment of a home for the houseless —a refuge for outcast woman—an asylum from the degradation and horrors of prostitution. An advertisement in another column will apprise our readers that a meeting of the friends of the proposed Magdalen Asylum is to take place in the Savings' Bank , Bold-street, this day, at three o'clock, when the plan on which the proposed institution is intended to be carried on will be submitted for the sanction and adoption of the meeting. Though not fully acquainted with the plan in its details, and even though we were, it would be impru dent to publish those details before they had been fully digested by those through whose instrumentality they will have to be carried into effect ; still we may safely say that in their main features they bill be found such as to merit the approbation and secure the support of all Christians. The fact of so many of our clergy uniting cordially in the formation of this much-needed charity speaks favourably of its prospects, and affords a guarantee that, under their united influence, a way will be found for our fallen sisterhood to regain their lost place in society, and through the adoption of which they may be enabled to escape from an eternity of woe. The opportunity thus afforded to the affluent and charitable Laity, to assist in carrying out the benevolent intentions of the movers in this charitable work, will not, it is hoped, be lost, but that they will rally round the clergy and cordially aid in the establishment of this most important charity. INCREASE OF GOLD-ITS EFFECT UPON COMMERCE. How exceedingly rare are the occasions on which we . find a priori reasoning fully borne out by the course of subsequently occurring events, is an observation so fre quently made as to have become trite; and probably in no instance has the fallibility of speculative theorists been more palpably demonstrated than when those theories were directed to the probable results of the gold discoveries of recent years. According to the received opinions of our curry theorists, the commercial equilibrium of the world could only be maintained in its integrity by securing the existing relative values of gold and silver, or so slowly changing them that the difference would be imperceptible and self-adjusting. Any sudden or extensive increase in the quantity of one or other of those precious metals, would, they said, be attended by suet= a ffisturbance in the relative values of all commodities, ts these are measured by money, as would lead to inextricable confuSion in mer cantile arrangements, and result in such commercial dis- aster as inevitably follows pecuniary derangement. What comment has experience enabled us to make upon this theory ? Within the last four years, gold hasbeen thrown upon the market of the world, -- to an extent reaching nearly £100,000,000 in addition to that derived from all the other previously known sources of production, while the amount of silver, during the same period, has ex perienced little or no perceptible augmentation. In the face of this fact, and in defiance of the political economist's theory, no commercial revolution has occurred. Gold has not been depreciated in value to any sensible extent, nor has silver risen in its marketable worth; the general prices of commodities have not been enhanced, unless in instances in which the cause of increase can 'be readily traced to circumstances unconnected with the influx of gold. If the hoc propter hoc form of argument is - to be maintained, and,it is asserted, tbat:since gold has increased greatly in quantity without enhancing the value of sih•er, therefore the production of silver must have also increased in an equal degree: waving every deduction which might be made from the absence of any positive intimation of the fact, as has been afforded in the case of gold, let us see how the argument would then present itself. Iu that view of the case we should find that instead of one hun dred millions' worth of precious metal we should have two hundred millions' worth of representative value added to the world's stock within the brief period of a year or two. Such an augmentation, upon the economic theory, must have produced a vast increase in the money value of all commodities, or, that increase must have been warded off by a corresponding increase in industrial production. In other words, the world must, within four years, have received an augmentation of its actual wealth to the extent of X 400,000,000, over and above its ordinary production and rate of increase ; a condition of matters too flattering to be readily understood or safely adopted. It would be as fatiguing as it - is unnecessary to demon strate, what every one is' aware of, that in all instances in which commodities have not been affected by inclement seasons, or by war, or the approach of war and its conse quences, they have not risen in price, notwithstanding the great and admitted influx of gold. In many instances, indeed, they are cheaper than before the auriferous ple thora, as in the case of coffee, sugar, wool, and cotton ; arrd if corn and other breadstuffs are dearer, scant crops and a deficient . harvest throughout Europe and America are sufficient to account for the rise, without reference to the relative plenty or scarcity of gold. Such being the case, the conclusion forces itself on us, that although the world is unquestionably richer than it was before the dis coveries of such prodigious quantities of gold as have been met with in California and Australia, the results to be drawn from preconceived theories have not accompanied those discoveries nor flowed from their consequent wealth. If the question be asked, in what direction has the ad vantage flowed, and who are the parties chiefly benefited ? The answer must be, to the first query, in a greatly aug mented, permanent, and increasing market, for the pro duce of our industry and skill—to the second, the great family of man, savage as well as civilised. As an example of the former, take our Australian colonies. Prior to the gold discoveries, our exports of British produce to Aus tralia were for the year, £2,600,000, and that was con sidered great; now they reach £9,000,000, which, calcu lated for the population at per head, gives a consumption nearly thirty fold higher than that of any other country in the world. Large as this is, the prospective view, as respects that country, is yet more encouraging. Before the gold fields lent their impetus to increase the number of their inhabitants, the population of all the Australian colonies did not exceed 400,000 ; by this time, so far as can be ascertained, it is double that number. Nor is it from gold alone that those noble colonies derive their chief consideration in this point of view. If ever the " diggings" cease to be productive on a limitless and ex- travagant scale, the plough and the sheep-crook, corn and cattle, sheep and wool, will prove other and less precarious mines ; and the population of that land will go on increas ing, secure in the prolific capabilities of the colony; uniting their exhaustless treasures — animal, vegetable, and mineral —which shall distribute more equally and more equitably, a wealth derived from honourable and well-directed industry. Consumption in every article of our produce is still on the increase, the rate of increase being also rapidly augmenting. So far as present appearances war rant the conjecture, within ten years Australia will have a population as large as that of the United States at the declaration of their independence, and considerably more wealthy. If the gold discoveries have already done so much and promise so much more for the colony, what, let us ask, have been their effects on the mother country ? On a recent occasion, Mr. JAMES BAINES pointed out the action of these discoveries on the trade of Liverpool, and incidentally on that of London, in the following pregnant observation.s "In 1851 London sent out 224 ships, of 114,217 tons ; during the same year Liverpool sent out 32 ships, of 23,224 tons. In 1852 London dispatched 341 vessels, with a . burthen of 186,289 tons; and Liverpool in the same period dispatched 128 ships, of 99,347 tons, The increase in the Liverpool trade being 96 ships, and 76,142 tons. On the 27th. April, 1850, there were on the berth at Liyer pool only four ships, having a burthen of 2,948 toils ; on the corresponding d a y i n 1851 there were three ships,. burthen 2,716 tons ; but in the ptesent year there were 39 ships, of 36,721 tons burthen. By many persons the American trade had been looked upon as greater than the Australian trade, and probably they would be scarcely prepared to believe him when be said that there were at FINANCIAL BLUNDERING, IT would seem that the administrative talent for which the Peelite faction claimed so much credit, and for the display of which they submitted to be submerged in the slough of Liberalism, has not been very successful in the finance projects of Mr. GLADSTONE, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. All are familiar with the miserable failure of his attempt, last year, to reduce the interest of the National Debt ; and now we have, if possible, a more signal failure in his attempt to raise six millions for the expenses of the war, by an issue of Exchequer Bonds. Last year his failure was attributed to his not having applied for tenders, as to the rate of conversion ; and this year his failure is attributed to his having pursued that course; so that, whichever way he turns, he seems sure to be wrong. It cannot, however, be denied that he is entitled to credit for ingenuity, but, unfortunately for his reputation as a finance minister, ingenious projects are not the best suited for operations in the money market. In order not to alarm the country with his improvident arrangements, he quietly asked for six millions, at an interest of three-and-a-half per cent., but it now appears that, by a little shuffling of the cards, the interest will be really equivalent to four per cent., and even at this rate he is not able to raise the first two mil lions without making a second appeal. It is cer tainly a striking instance of Mr. GLADSTONE'S financial ability, to pay off six millions and more, bearing three per cent. interest, and then, within a few months, attempt to borrow it again, at an increased rate of one per cent. interest, thus in volving a positive loss of £60,000 a year. He has indeed proved a costly Chancellor of the Exchequer, and it may need more ingenuity than even Lord JOHN RUSSELL possesses to persuade the country that it has gained by a Coalition Ministry, which furnishes such proofs of its utter incapacity. We are paying the price of the folly committed in rejecting Lord DERBY for such a mongrel combi nation of political pretenders to statesmanship. Notwithstanding the assertion of the ministerial organ that Mr. GLADSTONE would require only the first instalment of two millions, it will be seen by the supplemental estimates, which we publish in another column, that no less than £5,595,863 ad ditional is demanded for the expenses of the war. Of this sum £4,553,731 is for the navy, including £3,096,700 for the transport of troops and horses:; £300,000 is for the army, and £742,132 for the ordnance department. This may appear at first sight a great outlay, because we have been so long accustomed to milder figures ; but it is very mode rate when compared with the enormous expenditure during the last war. Considering, however, the immense extent of the national resources, there is nothing to create any disinclination to prosecute the war with vigour, and increase the probabilities of success by the amplitude of provision for all contingencies. The only cause of regret is, that it should have been rendered inevitable through the want of a firm tone of resistance in the first instance. TREATMENT OF CRIMINALS. A QUESTION has been brought before the House of Lords by the late Chancellor, Lord ST. LEONARDS, respecting the new mode of treating criminals, by granting them tickets of leave, to anticipate their term of imprisonment, as a reward for good conduct. He instanced the case of a man who, shortly after his liberation, was 'again apprehended for a fresh offence, which he attributed to starva tion, owing to his having been unable to , obtain employment,The police, as he stated, having warned those who might have employed him of his con dition as a discharged felon. Upon this Lord ST. LEONARDS took occasion to con4emn the system as inefficacious for the object proposed, and called upon the Government to give their serious atten tion•to a subject of such importance. It appears, upon further inquiry, that the statement was un true as far as concerns the alleged conduct •of the police, and that the destitution of the man was owing to his dissipated habits ; but this explana tion does not much affect the necessity for some more effectual means being taken for the reforma tion of criminals. It is useless to discharge a prisoner with a ticket of leave if, when he is at liberty, he have no means of obtaining employ ment, and, only newly reformed from evil cotrrses, he has to resist the still stronger temptation of destitution. Instead of gaols being comfortable lodging-houses for those who would submit to almost anything rather than apply themselves to steady labour, prison discipline should have suffi cient terrors to awe the most hardened froia recklessly hazarding. -an encounter of them. But, in order that criminals should be reformed from their vicious courses, it is abso lutely indispensable that provision be made for them on the termination ,of their imprisonment, so that the excuse of want of employment may be altogether removed. This is partially done in some places by what is called an Asylum for Dis charged Prisoners, supported by voluntary contri butions ; but such aid is manifestly inadequate for the purpose required, and the aid of the State should be offered to carry out the intention fully. Such an institution should be established in every county, and whether supported by a grant from the Consolidated Fund, or from the county rate, it would prove a far more economical expenditure than the immense sums annually raised for the prosecution and punishment of offenders against the laws. It is a subject in which the whole com munity is largely and directly interested, for every offence against property involves a loss in the goods abstracted, a second loss in the punishment of the offender, and a third in the diminution of so much productive labour. In every way it is a serious evil; and while 'the reformation of the offender is the object to he especially sought, it can only be accomplished by affording him the means of honest labour, which his want of charac ter has denied to him from society at large. For this reason it becomes an imperative duty, from motives of self-interest as well as of humanity, that such means should be provided, and the attention of the Legislature cannot too soon be called to the subject. ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH. TILE Rev. Rector CAMPBELL has just issued the follow ing address to his congregation : St. Nicholas' Church, May 6, 1854. _ . The parishioners having refused a church rate, it is necessary that we should provide a fund for the mainte nance of public worship ourselves. I invited the heads of families to meet me after the service last Sunday morning, to consider in what mode this fund should be raised. Between thirty and forty attended, and appointed a committee to consider the sub ject. They met last Wednesday, and came to the unani mous resolution to recommend the mode prescribed by the Church and sanctioned by Holy Scripture, of a Weekly Offertory. In the lGth chap. of St. Paul's Ist epistle to the Corin thians, the apostle says, " upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him." The rubric directs that after the sermon " The priest shall return to the Lord's table and begin the offertory, saying one or more of the sentences following." * * * and then " while these sentences are in reading the deacons, churchwardens, and other fit persons appointed for that purpose, shall receive the alms for the poor and other devotions of the people." This ancient ordinance of the church, thus sanctioned by the word of God, will not, I hope, under the circum stances, be unacceptable to the congregation, and I trust that each member of it will be disposed to give " after his power," and "as Clod bath prospered him," to the the present moment 4,008 more registered tons of ship ping in Liverpool for Australia than for all parts of the United States put together." From the statement of Mr. BAINES, then, we learn that the Australian trade has, within the last three years, become one of the highest commercial importance to Liverpool, and has also been greatly on the increase in London ; and that in both places ships of larger tonnage are being gradually employed in it; while, from other sources, we learn that the quality of those ships, for sea-worthiness and speed, has improved in an infinitely greater ratio than their increased capacity of I stowage. Nor have those advantages been confined to the trade and shipping of the two ports named, other ports : also having largely participated in the benefits. While advantages so obvious have been secured to the shipping interests and the seaports, how has the rest of the com munity fared ? The effects of the gold discoveries on our home relations may be to some extent, although only imperfectly, judged of by the following facts 1851, before the discovery of the Australian gold, the value of our exports, of our own produce and manufacture, was somewhere about £68,531,601 ; last year their value exceeded £87,357,306 ; thus exhibiting, within two years, an increase of nearly nineteen millions sterling in the value of our exports ; the difference alone Impeding the entire value of all the exports from some n ns which call themselves great. Although the whole amount of this increase may not belong to the gold influx, and although averse to indulge in theorising, even where the theme is a tempting one, with such facts before us as those above referred to it is impossible to forbear anticipating a brilliant future. Clouds may, indeed, intervene between us and the full fruition of the harvest ; but, from the facts which have already tran spired, we cannot but foresee that capital and stock of all kinds will accumulate and multiply with vastly accele rated speed. From these augmented means, and to meet those increased requirements, we shall have more docks and more ships, more railways, and more factories. Industry, receiving a great additional impulse, will be remodelled and reinvigorated; and stupendous enterprises will be conceived ana carried out with an amount of bold ness, and with a degree of vigour, compared with which the past will have no parallel to offer. SECOND EDITION. Standard Os'Yee, One o'clock, a.m. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA, BY the British and North American Royal Mail steam ship America, Capt. Lang, which reached here last night, we have intelligence to the 26th ult., being four days later than by the Hermann. The America left Boston on the 26th, at o'2o p.m., and at 2'o p.m. passed the Royal mail steamship Arabia, bound iu. On the 28th, at &p.m., she arrived at Halifax, after a detention of thirty hours by a dense fog, off Lambro. Sailed from Halifax •on the 29th, at 9'48 a.m., and arrived in Liverpool on the Bth of May, at 9'40 p.m. The America, has brought 105 passengers, and 106,500 dollars in specie. PASSENGERS.---F. Glenson and lady, Mrs. Soldan, Mr. Farran and two friends, Geo. C. Johnston and lady, Mr. Small, lady, and sister, R. Smith and lady, M. A. Brown, H. Griffiths, J. Robertson, Mr. M'Andrew, Otte Moller, Redmond Uniake, W. Muller, Isaac Marks, W. J. Cham berlain, Edward Osborne, H. B. Northup, John Higgins, P. Grant, lady, child and servant, Mr. Guidin, Chas. Brown, Geo. B. Crighton, lady, child and nurse, John Bellward, Mrs. A. Hoyle, Chas. Wallender, John Anisler, C. Grosvenor, John Hill, Michael Grant, Mr. Blustner, lady and four children, John Groom, Mrs, Stenson and son, Chas. Mortison, Mr. Morris and daughter, R. H. Currier, F. Moore and lady, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. P. Jones, and child, Mr. Watts, Mrs. W. Smith and child, B. Wainwright, Joseph Harrison, Mrs. Boyers, J. J. Ibbotson, A. Ibbitson, B. Ibbitson, D. Thomson, W: Lewis, John Glass, A. W. Moore, A. W. Thomson and lady, J. Smith, W. Holmes, R. Grieswood and lady, Mr. Porle and lady, Miss Porle, six children and nurse, Mr. Fanshawe, Mr. and _Mrs. Colquhoun, Mr. Stewart, Dr. Street, Mr. Brown, Mr. Humphreys, Mr. Atkins and six children, J. B. Ulm. The Chase, White, the Ontario, Holmes, the John and Albert, Crowell, and the Harkaway, Breck, all from hence, arrived at Charleston on the 19th ult. The steam-ship Sarah Sands, hence, arrived at Portland on the 18th ult. A despatch from Montreal, dated 20th inst., states that the ice a in the St. Lawrence was breaking up. The New York Herald says :—" Alarming accounts of the approach of the cholera are daily reaching us. The ship Tonawanda, arrived at Philadelphia from Liverpool on Saturday, had about fifty deaths during the passage of a disease said to resemble cholera, and the Blanche, at St. John, also from Liverpool, reports thirty-five deaths from the same disease." The schooner Manhattan ran ashore about half a mile below the scene of the Powhattan's wreck. Out of a crew of nine men one only was saved, and he was thrown violently into the surf and was washed ashore insensible. No intelligence has been received of the steam-ship City of Glasgow, hence for Philadelphia. The ship Underwriter, ashore on Squan Beach, was hauled some 40 feet from off the bar, and it was antici pated that she would be got afloat the next tide. - The barque Glasgow, from Liverpool for Savannah, passed Charleston Bar on the 20th ult. The steamship Baltic, of the Collins line, is being thoroughly overhauled for the first time since she was built. During the last three years the Baltic has crossed the Atlantic forty-eight times, running more thau one hundred and fifty thousand miles equal to six times the circumference of the world. There is a rumour of a new treaty with Nicaragua, de signed to supersede that of April 19, 1850, and to place on a new footing the arrangements securing the transit com munication from ocean to ocean. Another provision of this reported treaty is the annexation of the Mosquito territory to Nicaragua. Resolves against the repeal of the fishing bounty, against the repeal of the duty on lumber, and against th row i ng open the coasting trade, admitting foreign-built vessels to American register, &c., have passed both houses of the legislature of Maine. The Aspinwall Courier, of the 14th April, states that the Panama Railroad Company are employing 5,000 men, and will continue to do so until the track is laid within working distance of Panama. CALIFORNIA.- The steam-ship United States, from Aspinwall, 17th instant, has arrived at New Orleans, bringing California advices to the Ist of April. She re ports that the Mail steam-ship Illinois sailed from Aspinwall for New York on the 17th with 750 passen gers and about one million dollars in treasure, brought down to Panama by the steam-ship Oregon. A duel had taken place between the editors of the San Francisco Times and the Alta California, in which the latter was severely wounded. The trial of Col. Watkins, one of the Walker Expedition, had resulted in a verdict of guilty, but with a recommendation to mercy. The British ship Challenge had been seized for a violation of the revenue laws. The markets continued excessively depressed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK. ; 25T11 APRIL. A slight decline is observable at the stock Board. Erie R. R. Shares declined to Ili. The large shipments of coin to Europe last week will serve to curtail the bank accommo dations. The demand for.exchange has been moderate. We quote : London, 10i3 to 1093 .; Paris. 5.10 to 5.131 ; Amsterdam, 413 to 41i ; Frankfort, 413 to 41i ; Bremen, 791 to 80 ; Hamburg, 303 to 37 ; Antwerp, 5.12} to 5.131. Corro N .—(From railcott BrothereCircular.)—The market has improved since our last ie. to ic. on the fair market prices then current, and as compared with forced sales, which though few in number were made, fc. At New Orleans, on receipt of the advices per America and Arctic, prices declined tic., middling being. quoted .on the 19th at 73c. ; subsequently, on receipt of the Asia's accounts, an advance of was es tablished, with an active demand, freight to Liverpool having also aslvanced to 15.16 d. The latest despatches (private), namely those of the 22nd, quote middling ftic , and freight 15-16 d.„ snaking the cost to sell in Liverpool 5 90-00 e. Receipts at all the ports since Sept. Ist, 2,348,136; same time last year, 2,9J1,319; deficit, 553,183. Export to Great Britain, 907,671 ; same time last year, 1,235,908; deficit, 269,237. The market closed here to-day with large sales at the annexed quotations:— NEW YORK CLASSIFICATIONS. N. Orleans Uplands. Florida. Mobile. and Texas. Ordinary Middling Middling fair.. 10 Fair Fair of all growths scarce and the valve arbitrary. BREA DSI UFFS.—Choice brands of flour are firm, with a fair demand for home use, whilst common brands, in the al,scnce of shipping orders, are dull. Canada flour is held at 7.75. Wheat is firm-700 bushelsf of Staten Island red sold at 1871 c. Corn was in fair demand—about 40,000 bushels sold at 80c. to 82c. for white, and 80c. to 84c. for yellow. Oats are firm at 51c. to 55c. FROVISIONS.—SaIes of mese pork were made at 814,50, and of prime at 813. Lard— Prime, 10 to 102 cents. Beef—City Mess, 8131 to 814; prime, .872 to .88 ; country mess, .891 to 812 ; prime, 7 dots. to 72 dots. Butter—Old, 18c. to 24c. ; new, 24c. to 27c. Ohio, ac. to 14c. Cheese, 101 c. to 122 c. per lb. . FREIGHTS to Europe are dull. We quote :—To Liverpool : Cotton, square bales, per lb., 11-32 d. ; flour, per bbl., 3s. 6d. to 45.; rosin, 3s. 9d. to 4s. ; heavy goods, per ton, 355. to 405. ; grain, per bushel, Ild. to 12d. NEW ORLEA NS, Aran. 22.—Receipts here, 1,160,000 bales; deficit in receipts at all the ports, 508,000 bales. Cotton active—strict middlin4. 82c. to 81c. SOIREE MUSICALE.—The third of the series of these charming musical re-unions, given by Mr. and Mrs. Scarisbrick, at the Royal Assembly-rooms, took plaoe on Monday, last week, and gave much gratification to a fashionable audience. The selection and the performances were characterised by the usual taste and feeling which have distinguished the entertainments given by these artistes. The fourth, and .concluding one of the series, takes place, we perceive, in the same place, on Monday evening next, under the patronage of Sir Thomas Hesketh and the Officers of the 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia. The brass band of the regiment will, we understand, be present on the occasion, and perform a selection of favourite music. AMUSEMENTS OF THE WEEK.—At the Royal Amphi theatre the stock company have been engaged' in the per formance of a variety of popular dramas. On Friday evening the entertainments were announced as for the benefit of Mrs. Wallis. The performances of the Bernais ssing•ers formed a pleasing addition to the dramatic repre seniations during most evenings of the week.--At the Concert-hall, on Saturday evening, Mr. Bunn repeated his -Visit from John to Jonathan, which was relieved by Herr Claustliall giving some sweet Tyrolean melodies.— The Queen's-hall, Bold-street, on Saturday evening, was filled by a large company, to hear the Ty ro l ese m i nstrels, whose performance gave high satisfaction. --The Zoological Gardens attract large numbers . of visitors by the dis play of beautiful fireworks 040144 at that scene of amusement. THE LYCEUM NEWS ROOM.- AN NUAL MEETING, YESTERDAY -Tian annual meeting of the proprietary of this noble news -room was held last evening in the Library, in Bold street—Mr. John Robinson, of the firm of Messrs. Robia son and Duke, in the chair. Mr. PEERS, the Master of the Room, read the following Report : - The Committee have to report to the proprietors that nothing has occurred during the past year which will have to be submitted to their consideration. The pneceedings have been of the most ordinary description ; and they have exercised the utmost economy in carrying on the establishment consistent with the comfort and privileges of the members of the institution. " From the Treasurer's accounts, it will appear that the balance in favour of the institution, to the Ist instant. is £49 16s. ld., being £43 15s. Bd. of an increase during the last year. " According to the laws, eleven of the present Commit tee retire, and are disqualified for re-election at the present meeting of the proprietors. "The committee having taken into their consideration the 2nd law, which prevents the committee from disposing of any of the forfeited shares of the institution until the number of shares are reduced below 600, determined to recommend to this meeting to rescind that law, and sub stitute one which will enable the committee to dispose of the forfeited shares when they can do so on advantageous terms ; and, agreeably to the notice convening the meeting, a resolution will be submitted to you for that purpose. "The committee have great pleasure in stating that the servants of the institution have given them every satis faction during the past year." The statement of accounts, presented by Mr. Eckersley, the treasurer, was next read. It appeared from the items of expenditure, that there had been paid last year for newspapers and other publications £597 10s., and for electric telegraphic intelligence £5O, the total expenditure, being £llO7. From the receipts it appeared that the newspapers had sold after their first use for £2o3,—that there were 631 subscriptions at £1 ls. each, and 32 an nual subscriptions from parties not proprietors, producing £4B. Dr. ANDERSON thought that the whole of the report was very satisfactory as far as pecuniary matters went, and should willingly move at once its confirmation, were it not for the reeommendatien to rescind law 2. The CHAraaIAN explained that that would afterwards be submitted as a substantive motion, and Dr. ANDERSON then moved the adoption of the report. Mr. RIDING seconded the motion. Mr. CAFFERATA asked if the proprietary of the Library held a lease of the portion of the premises they occupied for forty years ? The CITAIIIINIAN said they did not, but he believed there was astipulation in the agreement, that it should bebinding for forty years. Mr. CAFFERAT_A. thought they had the place too low. The CHAIRMAN said that had nothing to do with the motion before the meeting. Mr. JOSEPH BOULT then mowed the passing of the Treasurer's accounts, and the motion was seconded by Mr. Downey, and carried. The following gentlemen were then elected to supply , vacancies on the committee :—Messrs. Hugh Molyneux, J. H. Gregory, John Downey, Richard Edwards, Gilbert Harrison, Dr. Imlack, Mr. Venn, Dr. Anderson, Mr. Urquhart, and Mr. John Hall. In answer to a question by Dr. Anderson, it was stated that the committee had power to fill up any vacancies which might occur during the year, but that they gene rally selected those who stood highest in the number Gf votes, when nominated at the annual meeting. The next business was the proposed alteration of the law, and, at the request of the Chairman, Mr. Peers read the law as it now stands; which is :—" That every member shall pay a sub4cription of a guinea per annum in advance for each share he holds ; and, when shares shall be reduced by forfeiture or otherwise to a less number than GOO, thin the committee may sell for the benefit of the institution so many of such a number of forfeited shares as will make up the number of shares to 600." Mr. Wrarx then rose to propose the alteration. There had been an attempt made to alter the law, and revert to the original number of 800 shares; but it had been stated by gentlemen, that by the retention of the forfeited shares in the hands of the committee till they came below 600, the value of the shares would rise ; but it appeared to him that the existing was the most suicidal laW which could be formed by any institution. Although their actual number of shares was 800, they were not to be allowed to sell one till the number was reduced to 599. By keeping those shares back, a capital of about £450 was kept dormant, and they lost besides £199 in subscrip tions. Had they had that money, they could have in creased the usefulness of the institution by that amount, but, as it was, they seemed to be "dragging their slow length along," and they were obliged, from the state of their balance sheet, to employ one, if not two, of their servants, from six o'clock in the morning till eleven at night, because they could not find means to employ an additional porter.. He begged to move, " That law No. 2 of the institution be altered, and the following substi tuted That every member shall pay a subscription of one guinea per annum in advance for each share he holds, and that the committee may sell from time to time such shares as are. forfeited as will make up the shares to 800 originally subscribed.' " Mr. CULSHAW, architect, seconded the motion. Dr. ANDERSON, at great length, and with considerable I ingenuity, opposed it. It was no new question, but had I already been twice negatived by the proprietary; and he complained that no sufficient reasons had been given for the proposed change. It was known .to most of the shareholders that the proprietary consisted of about 630 shares, when, according to the misconduct of the officers I of the establishment, the shareholders were obliged to recognise about 50 fictitious shares, which they had sold. It was then enacted that all forfeited shares should fail ir, for some years, till the number was reduced t o th a t con templated, 604. There must be a limit somewhere, and he contended they did wisely to limit it to COO. His reason was that the number of shares in the market was too great for the claimants for the shares, and their value consequently was going down. The former price. of the shares was £7, £6, and £5, but only last week two had been sold in open market, one for 41s. and another for 375. If they were to offer more shares, as proposed, on the market, they would be reduced to a most absurd value (Hear, hear, • and applause), and they should look upon the shares of that noble and valuable institution not only in a literary point of view, but as A property. Were the nevi - shares issued, the value might come down to £1 or even a few shillings ' • they might fix a certain price, but he defied them t o ge t it. (Applause:) Dr. Anderson then urged a variety of other objections, amongst them being that an increased number of share holders could not be comfortably accommodated, sinless, indeed, it were made a provision that each should bring his own chair. He gave credit to the committee for the plentiful supply of newspapers that they provided, which was proportionately as great as in the Exchange News room. Mr. JosEnt BOULT replied to Dr. Anderson's argu ments. He (Dr. Anderson) appeared to think that the committee would have so little discretion that they would put the whole 200 shares at once in the market ; but ha (Mr. Bonit) could not think that any committee would act so indiscreetly. They would be "payed out," as sailors " pay" out their ropes, according to the demand. The pre sent worth of anything was just as much as it would bring, and the way to increase the value was to tell the public that they had shares to sell. To restrict the shares in order• to raise their value, and attempting stock-exchange tricks, to enable them to bull and bear the value of the news-room, was a course unworthy of that noble institution, and would not succeed as intended. Supposing that they only got a guinea a share for the shares they sold, they increased their capital a guinea, and their income a guinea for every share they sold, and every one who got a share would . feel a deeper and warmer interest in the establishment than if he were a mere nominee. He knew, as a committee-man, that during the last year there had been various propositions to increase the comfort of the members, which had all been stopped by the declaration that there were not funds for the purpose. Now, if they had a larger capital, they could accomplish all those. If they restricted the number of shares, they would be falling into the atrophy into which the Union News-room in Duke-street had fallen, and the tendency of the present time was quite in the opposite direction. Dr. MICINTTRE also replied at some length to ?Dr. Anderson, and after an interesting debate, and a few words at the close from Mr. WYLIE, The meeting divided to the right and left of the room, when it appeared that there were 44 for the motion, and 32 against any alteration of the law. As by the rules a majority of two-thirds of those present is requisite to treeeind a law, the motion was consequently lost, to the eVident disappointment of many of the gentlemen. The proceedings closed With a vote of thanks to the eh-Lim -lan, and a like acknowledgment to the committee of the library for the use of the room. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. CHARGE OF ABDUCTION AND ROBBERY.—OD Saturday, a young man, well dressed and of respectable appearance, named William Barnes, stated to be a clerk with Mr. Norris, solicitor, Southampton-buildings, London, was brought before the Police Magistrate on a charge of hav ing absconded from London on the 17th of last month, and carrying with him four bank notes for £2O, seven' £lO notes, £lO in gold, and several articles of value, the pro perty of Mr. J. E. B. Smyth, Mornington-road, Regent's park, London. He was also charged with the abduction of a young lady, aged about sixteen, daughter of a gentle man named Watson, likewise described as of Southampton , buildings. It appeared that,• after securing the money, and eloping with the, young lady, the prisoner had her conveyed to Manchester, where they had resided for some time. The father of the young lady, it farther appeared, having had some idea of their flight being northward, proceeded to Liverpool in hopes of meeting with the fugitives, but without success. On Saturday week, the young lady, who was described as handsome, was put into a train at Manchester, by Barnes, and returned to London. On Friday night, from information received by the police, Barnes was taken into custody inLiverpool, and the above named charges preferred against him. In reply, the prisoner admitted the charges generally, as true, but said the case had been compromised. To ascertain the truth of this he was remanded till yesterday, when he was again brought up, but, in the meantime, the authorities having been advised that the allegation of compromisihvas true, Barnes was discharged. PASSING BAD MONEY.—AUD McDade, charged with passing a base half-crown upon Mr. Fisher, a publican, in Crosshall-street, on Saturday night, and also with passing another bad half-crown piece on the same per son, at the same place, on the preceding Tuesday night,. was remanded for a week. ROBBING A LABOURER.—AIice Smith, charged with stealing 14s. 2d. from the person of a labourer, on Satur day night, was discharged from want of evidence. It appeared the prosecutor accompanied her to her lodgings; where the robbery was effected— how he could scarcely tell. The magistrate said the prosecutor was a foolish fellow, and dismissed the case. ROBBING CHILDREN.—John Prince, a smart-looking lad, about 14 years of age, and William Swindlehurst, were 'charged with robbing a boy named Doran, in St. James's-street, on Saturday afternoon. From the evi dence, it appeared that Donau, who goes errands for different individuals, . and was on Saturday sent by Mrs. Goulbonrn, residing in Gore-street, in the Park, with two half-crowns, three shillings, two sixpenny pieces, and two halfpennies, together with a bill of sums due to Mr. Leicester, in Great George-street, which he was to pay As Dorran was looking in at a tobacconist's win - dow, Prince spoke to him, and said if he had any money he had better take care of it, as some boys, had been trying to rob him (Prince). Dorran replied that he had money, when the other advised him to wrap it care fully up and put it in his pocket ; adding, " How clumsily you do it," on seeing Dorran attempt the process, "give it me and I will put it right for you," at the same time apparently putting the parcel into Do rran ' s poc k e t , a ddi ng , " Now, if I had been a thief, I might have stolen the money." He then made off, and .shortly after Dorran missed the money. The two prisoners being found to gether, and the money and papers being found on the person of Prince, they were both taken into custody.. Swindlehnrst, the elder of the two, who said he knew nothing about the robbery, and that he had an offer from his brother to be taken out to America, pled hard to be discharged ; he was remanded till this day (Tuesday), to. allow time for inquiry into the truth of his statements. Prince, against whom another charge was brought of robbing a girl in a similar manner, in the month of - February last, was committed f , ' , ll at tI or tria, lions on both eha'rges, SUSPECTED CHARACTERS.—James Smith and Henry Seymour were charged by Carlisle, the detective officer, with attempting to pick pockets in the front of Messrs. Busby's omnibus office, in Dale-street, on Saturday. No one appeared to h ave b een robbed, but the officer said he saw them make several attempts at the pockets of both ladies and gentlemen. Smith he' represented as one of the most noted pickpockets in Liverpool : the other was not known. Smith was sentenced to be impri soned for three months ; Seymour was remanded, in order to allow time for inquiry being made respecting him. SERIOUS ASSAULT UPON THE PoLicr.—John Jordan and Frederick Rose, the latter a militia-man, were charged with an aggravated assault upon police-constables Nos. 128, 509, and 619, in Dale-street, at the corner of Preston street, on Sunday morning, between twelve and one o'clock. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoners, along with a number of prostitutes and other dissolute charac ters, were making a great disturbance and fighting at the time and place mentioned. On the police interfering, the first (No. 128) was assailed with blows, was knocked down, kicked, and severely injured on the head and face by stones which were thrown by Jordan and others, who took a violent part in the affray. Rose also, it appeared, was very outrageous till he was accidentally felled by a stone thrown by one of his fellow-rioters. Ultimately the two u ere se cured ; and Jordan was ordered to pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned for two months; Rose, in consideration that he had received severe punishment by the blow he had accidentally received in the brawl, was discharged with a suitable admonition. ROBBERY AT THE ELLESMERE HOTEL. John Teague and James Wright, who now gave his name as .11`.Lauch lan, were brought up on remand, charged with having robbed Daniel Parkyns of the sum of £5B instead of £BO, as he had formerly stated, on Saturday, the 29th ult., in the Ellesmere Hotel. No new matter was elicited, except that 31`Lauchlan had the sum o f £l5 i n hi s pos session the night of the robbery ; although he was known to be very poor previously. Both prisoners were commit ted for trial. STEALING FOWLS AT BOOTLE.—JOIIII Chiswell, a boy, was charged with the theft of a fowl, belonging to Mr. Bradshaw, of Bootle. Mr. Bradshaw stated that depreda tions of the sort referred to had been carried on of late to a great extent at Bootle and its neighbourhood ; he him self having lost about two dozen, while he believed Mr. Ackers had lost about five dozen, some of them very valu able. The case was remanded till to-day, that further in quiry may be made. ASSAULTING THE POLlCE.—Philip Welsh and Patrick Mul!oy were severally ordered to pay a fine of 40s. each, or be imprisoned for one month, for assaulting the police. ME_ETLYG OF DOCK LABOURERS.. STRIKE. AT THE ALBERT DOCK. YESTERDAY, at noon, a meeting of the dock labourers of the town, who have beenbut on strike, was held at the Concert-hall. There was a crowded attendance. The meeting had been adjourned from Thursday night last, for the purpose of determining what steps should be taken to secure an advance of wages, &c. At a meeting held last week in the Concert-hall, it was agreed by the men that they should strike ye3terday (Monday) morning, if a series of resolutions which they then carried should not be agreed to by the master stevedores. These were—that the rate of wages in future should be 4s. a day instead of 3s. 6d. as heretofore ; that 7s. should be charged for night work, or 7d. an hour ; and that the charge for Sunday work, when it might occur, should be Bs. To secure these terms, a majority of the hands employed at the south-end left their employment and repaired to the meeting. At thiS, it was announced that the master stevedores had assented to the conditions imposed upon them, and so at once the strike virtually, terminated. There is one section of the men who struck, however, who are not likely so readily to get their demands. Yes terday morning the extra-labourers at the Albert Dock warehouses, to the number of about 500, left their employ 'meat, their demand being for 4s. a day and an allowance of half-an-hour at noon for refreshment. Their hours already are shorter than those of the men employed out side ; and we understand that, but for the great pressure of shipping at present, their places would be easily supplied at the old rates. As it was, many offered. SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—From an advertise ment it will be seen that Mr. Travers, a brother, we are informed, of Miss Reiner, will, on Saturday evening, at the Concert Hall, give his celebrated entertainment, en titled " Nelson, or the Life of a- Sailor." The incidents narrated are happily illustrated by several of Dibdin's most highly popular songs. Of Mr. Travers'performance the London press speaks in terms of high commendation, and from his antecedents we are inclined to augur most favourably of the entertainment. Tun EUROPA, British and North America Royal Mail steamship, Captain Shannon, took her departare hence for New York, on Saturday, with a full cargo, a large mail, and eighty-four passengers, among whom were the Earl of Elgin (who goes out to resume his official duties in Canada) and suite ; the Hon. Mr. Rinks and family ; the Hon. Mr. Perrie and son ; and Sir C. P. Roney, Royal Commissioner to the Crystal Palace of New York. STRIKE OF RAILWAY PORTERS.—The Manchester Courier, of Saturday, states that the goods porters, to the number of two hundred, employed at the Salford Goods Station, struck ou Friday morning for an advance of wages, and that the company have, in consequence; an nounced their inability to undertake the forwarding and delivering of goods to or from any station north of Preston. ANNUAL DINNER OP TUE LIVERPOOL LITERARY AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY. —Last night the annual dinner of this society, whose literary talents (as sh o w n b y th e manuscript inagazine)would reflect credit ou the metropolis, and v: hose dramatic efforts have so far been extended only in charity, was held last night at Mr. Whiteman's elegant new hotel, in Clayton -square. About 50 members sat down. The chair was filled by Mr. Thos. Hughes, and the vice-chair by Mr. Cummins. The repast, which was sewed up of course in the first style, being over, the cloth was withdrawn, and song and sentiment succeeded, — refined wit and hearty and correct eloquence giving life to the festive board. The usual loyal toasts having been honoured and disposed of in due precedence, that of the Army and Navy was drunk with a burst of enthusiasm. Mr. R. Crompton then proposed the health of the Mayor, and the patrons of the recent performance on behalf of the families of the brave fellows who have gone to fight their country's battles in the East.—Mr. James Hughes then gave the toast of the evening, " The Literary and Dramatic Society."—The Chairman next gave the senti ment of "Literature and the Drama," coupling with it the immortal names of Shakespeare and Sheridan, which was responded to by Mr. Lorraine, the chief tragedian of the Theatre Royal. Mr. J. C. WlCenzie proposed the health of the president and officers of the society, and the chairman, the author of the clever prologue and epilogue, spoken at the late performance. Mr. Robert Crompton, who, after responding, proposed the health of Mr. Lloyds, the conductor of the society's dramatic entertainments. Other toasts, of a social character, succeeded, and a very cordial and happy evening was spent. INCENDIARISM AT MANCIIESTER.—On Sunday week, three attempts at incendiarism were made at Manchester. About half-past two o'clock in the afternoon the police found some bundles of twist in flames at the warehouse of Mr. Hodgkinson, Strutt-street. A piece of cotton waste was lying on the top of the bundles, which had evidently been thrown through a sqare of broken glees in ee th l e la c r ell o a f rs tshe i In the of fingfl A an re i s e r w s. Lereodwiescoavnd Walton, ered in the n, manufacturers of-Hessinn canvas, in Fo u nt a i n - s t ree t. Th e third fire took place on the premises of Me ssrs . Waters, twist-dealers, in the same street. The fires were in e ac h case extinguished before much damage was done. • NORTH ASUTON, NEAR WlGAN.—Through the inde fatigable exertions of th e R ev . Shi r l ey W oo l mer, the pre sent minister of this parish, assisted by the churchwar dens, drily schools have been established. for affording the most improved means' of education to the young of both sexes, and the services have been engaged of an efficient master and mistress from the model schools at Canterbury. The master instructs the boys above six years of age and the elder girls in arithmetic, writing, grammar, geography, &c., while the mistress devotes her attention to the sewing and knitting department, in addition to which there is an • infant school. These advantages are afforded on terms varying from a penny to sixpence a week, and there is also 'an evening school for adult classes. Besides these means of extending the blessings of sound and Christian instruc tion, lectures on history, agriculture, and science are pe riodically delivered, to which the scholars, classes, parents, and parishioners generally have fre e admission, so that no effort is left untried to win: the labouring population from the debasing influence of the ale-house mei fii e beer-shop. The parish, however, is not a rich one, and, according to the publiShed statement, there is a debt on the schools amounting to £l5, while a large sum will be requieel_ f g la r the purchase of fittings, desks, maps, books, &C. population, the only practical mode of evangelizing the s and those who " do good by stealth, and fame," might here find an opportunity ofxer minister in benevolence by affording aid to the exemplary his good work. cl somewhat suddenly b e lush cis t lg e rheir t The PRESTON STRIKE /MS closed, long foreseen. The at last, though the issue rsantrdontghefodir dimi nished demand for goods, have unreasonably on one side, men ; and a contest main masters, assisted by the high Price but considerable self-control on harshly ou the other, an unconditional surrender. Let. both, has terminated 6 pr i i i ce rov o ed f fo oo od misery endured—borne, we must say, with wasted, much •on and unrepining patience. Some the results. Much wealth has been have been permanently thrown out five th°usajid people jealousy and isolation of the two of work. The mutual • ed. The maxim hes been lastingly mcr that classes be regulated by the law of supply and wages shall ont.y which destroys the • I - ri ti n s fi s in ee Chi v n h g at re a so re a demand—a maxim only the commercial relationbetween the employer and his " hands"—has been enunciated in th e ru d est and most unqua lified forma. Strikes, on this principle, are of course the just and legitimate because the only practicable means which the workman has of keeping up the price of hie labour. The defeat of the men is a less evil than their victory would have been, but it is not a result to be proud of on either side.—Guard;:,, --- pHILHARMONIC-IIALL. A GRAND CHORAL PERFORMANCE, THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), the 9th instant. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. MONEY TAKEN AT THE DOORS. • To prevent disappointment, Parties are requested to pur chase Tickets at the Philharmonic-hall, Exchange-court, THIS DAY (Tuesday), the 9th instant. (See Advertisement.) 10 ' ) 11 ilr tie;