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FEBRUARY 20 IS3B LI\EII THEATRE, QlltilidH-STREET ►I7IIIS present TUESDAY, a,nd following. Evenings, a new -4 1 and popular Drama, fuouded on Lovers celebrated Novel, with alterations and additions, adapted to this Theatre, called RORY O'MRE! . Rory O'More Mr. Raymond. Kathleen.. Miss Maturin Mary.. Miss Cross. To which will be added, a new latighabtelnterlude, not acted here these three ye;:rs, called L'ESSON FOR I,oVtil,Sl Mandeville Mr. Lee I Splash..... :Ir. Howard. Mary.. Miss Cross I Amelia.. Mrs. Raymond. To conclude with a new and splendid Comic Pantomime, which has been in prepration for several weeks, with new Scenery painted by Mr. PARKER, new Proper . ti,e,v;Tricks, &c., called HARLEQUIN LITTLEAD-PEEP ; OR, THE OLD WOMAN THAT LIED IN A SHOE. Clown - Mr. Ktba. I Harlequin Pantaloon Mr. Brown. Columbine.. Mrs. Gibson. ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. GRAND SPECTACLE EXTRAORDINARY, AND • CHOSEN WEEK OF NOVLL PRODUCTIONS!! ___ • _ THE GRAND SELECTION of NOVELTIES given for Mr. BATES'S benefit last night, not only produced one of the greatest houses this season, but hundreds could-not obtain seats: Mr. B. will, therefore continue the Gran Classi cal Entertainment, which is submitted to the Pu , Artists, and the rising generation, called CRICHTON; OR TTIE DARK DAYS OF CATHERINE EDTCIS. Written by Mr. James Brooks; never a ed before; and got up at a very great expense to Mr. Bates, as his own exclusive pro- Petty. The New Music by Mr. Nazeby; Scenery by Mr. Matthews. To give an effect never before witnessed in England, a double Terrace has been formed to the Stage; connecting the Circle, which. will present to the eve of every spectator a Treble action of the Equestrian, Dramatic, and - Terpsichorian Entertain tnents, which the resources of this Theatre alone can enable them to convey an adequate representation. NEW HISTORICAL SCENES.in; the CIRCLE, in which will appear• Mr. Ryan, Mr. Powell, Master and Miss •Ginnett, Mr. Price, Mr. Parry; Mr. Rondall, &c. &c. The CHIARINI FAMILY on•the TIGHT ROPE. Tbe - Whole of the abbve rnnstsPlendid vrodUctions will conclude with the brilliant Auestrian :Pageant and Entree, which has been fortuonths in preparation, And now procluced'for the first time, with•entire new-and gorgeous Dresses, Equipments, Pro lierties, Banners, Music, Decorations, &e. &c. The whole ar ranged and produced under the direction of Mr. Buckley, and ontitled E•N G I. A N D'S _ Q U E'EN - - In which- Mr. Ryan's extensive Stud and . brilliant Company of Equestrian Artists will display some rapid Evolutions and groupings of clasical grandeur and effect. The same splendid rotation of performances will be repeated every Evening during the. Week • • • • • • Proprietor, Mr. BATES. Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE. DURING THE PLIESENT WEEK. THE HOLY CITY -OF JERUSALEM. AT THE. LARGE ROOM, QUEEN'S ARMS HOTEL, `( Entrance by Cook-street,) which is kept warm by two large fires. AIR. LAID LAW begs to intimate to those who wish to view il. his universally admired. PANORAMA, which displays not only the City, hut all the interesting Stations r tioned in Scripture. within twenty miles of it, that it wil ortly be re moved from• Liverpool. This Panorama was sited by nearly the whole of the adult population at Manc ster, Leeds, Shef field, York, and Hull. " The public is certainly indebted t Mr. Laidlaw for the introduction of a Panoramic subject so congenial to the feelings of the present age ; not only the beauty of the painting, but the name of Jerusalem invites the attention of the community at large.”—Sheffieid Iris. • The 'VIEWS of CAPTAIN ROSS'S VOYAGES, where he passed four years, and his happy rescue; the BOULEVARDS of PARIS, FIESCHI FIRING OF F THE MACHINE, form also a part of the Panorama. Day Exhibition punctually at One o'clock, in the Evening at Seven, and again at half-past Eight o'clock. Boxes, 25.; Gallery, Is. Children under ten years of age, Half Price.,--Book and Plate of Jerusalem, 6d. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received the following donations from James Hatton, Esq., Edge-lane : Soup ES'ablishment . £2 10 0 District Provident Society. 2 10 0 The " Verses to Agnes J—" do not suit us. " Castigator" and " Penny Postage" have been received. We must positively decline inserting any further communica tions on Phrenology. :Our readers universally complain that they are " sick of the subject." Ettusrum.—ln our notice of the late soiree in our last paper. the Latin proverb " Experientia docet" occurs, whichliy one of those unaccountabke transformations which take place con : tinua,ily in all printing offices, and though afterwards cor rected in the press, appeared as " Experientia doei." Our contemporary of the Chronicle, whose pages exhibit a strange compound of vulgarity, stupidity, and inane attempts, at wit, who must have seen th a t this was a "p rinter's error," attempts the facetious about it. and'essays the pedagogue. His three or four lines of notice to.correspondeuts,, which contain This .bright idea, .are, however unintelligible, from a similar cause—natnely, a printer's error. This will, perhaps, teach him not to be so ready to cavil in future. At present, while the public cannot find, out what he means by his " very doceo," they must think him a " very" ass. We may re mark that the whole article alluded to, was copied, without acknowledgment, and without any alteration but of the word in question," by the Chronicle.. our contemporary has not even the grace of a street beggar; for he begs alms from us, and abuses us for what he gets at the same time. je itherpool ,Stantiarb. Binary. "proor " The black captive is an unwilling slave, wild, if he attempts TNT LIVE!ZP(I , OL STANDARD TUESDAY . MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1838, {lam' The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn- ing at 5 o'clock LATEST NEWS FROM CANADA.—By the Hibernia, Captain Cobb, which arrived • here yesterday, xe have received New York papers up to the 28th ultimo, inclu sive. We proceed to extract from these papers such extracts•as hear upon the affairs of Canada. It appears from the following, which we quote from the New York Courier and Enquirer of the 26th ult., that the scene of operations was transferred from Navy island to the upper part of Lake Erie : (From the Albany Argus of yesterday.) FROM TH i E FRONTIER. 'The scene of operations seems now to be transferred from - Navy Island to the upper part of Lake Erie—to Detroit, Mal &c. Our latest advices from that quarter are via Toronto. .The Patriot of the 16th 'contains Detroit dates of the 12th, four •das later than received from Detroit direct. . The Detroit Past.contains the official despatches addressed by Th. J. Sutherland, brigadier general of the patriot army, U. C.," Gen. Yea Rensselaer, commander-in-chief, &c., &c., giving an account of the movements in that quarter. They are slated at Boiaßlanc,.Ut C. nn the 10th and 11th instant. The 'first despatch states that Sutherland found himself on the 7th 4 ' at the head of a very respectable - and gallant force," with which, on theith, he landed on Bois Blanc Island, under cover' of the guns mounted on a small schr., captured the island, pulled down the enemy's flag, and hoisted the patriot tri-color. The British force, consisting of about two hundred, principally .negroes and Indians, fled on the first tire, leaving moat o f th e i r camp equipage, a large quantity of ammunition, &c. The second despatch details the loss of.the schooner, with its 'three pieces of artillery, two sixes and one nine pounder, a small quantity of ammunition, and thirteen persons ; including Gen. Theller, Col. Dodge, and Captain Davis of the infantry, :and CoL Brophey, of the engineers." It seems that in the at tempt to moor the schooner so as to bring her guns to hear • upon a scow-built sloop that was preparing, as was supposed, to attack Bois Island, she ran aground, parted her cable, and Vitally drifted over to the British side, and within gun shot of t itle force there, and was tired into and until after she had sur madered, 'The ".despatches" include also three proclamations by Butherland, addressed to the " Patriot Army 'of Upper Ca ;nada," and " To the deluded supporters of British tyranny in . 4Jpper Canada." (From the Detroit Free Press of Jan. 11.) The steamboat Erie was forcibly, taken from. this Port on `Tuesday night, by a body of men belonging, it is supposed, to The pattiot force on Whitewood Island. The alarm bells were -rung and our citizens generally rallied as soon as possible to the wharf, but before any considerable number had collected the , boat and her men were out of the reach of our authorities. We tunderstand that the proper officers - proceeded yesterday to the seat of war, 'to recov=er the boat and arrest the offenders. (From the Evening Star of January 27.) FROM THE FRONTIER. The Bois Blum (or Whitewood) Island expedition of •Judge €uthetland on Like Erie, appears to have had as inauspicious termination as that of Van Rensellaer at Navy Island, Gov. Ma:son; it is now stated, went down the river from Detroit, dispersed the .patriOt forces, and arrested several of the ring leaders. The Detroit Advertiser of the 13th gives the names. • T. Du.fert and D. D. I%4'Kit - they, was yesterday held to bail ,by the Judges of the U. S. District Court of Chambers. John B. Norton, jun., and J. B. Vallee, were received as bail for the former, and T. C. Shuldon, and John Largy as bail for the latter. The'derendants are recognized to appear at the Circuit Court of th e United States,ib June next, the principal in 3000 dol lars, and-in each security in l 501) dollars. Gen: Sutherland was arrested yesterday afternoon, and taken before the'Distiict, Judge After the loss of the schooner the patriots retreated to Gib raltar on the American shore, 20 miles below Detroit, where they, in. violation of every principle of neutrality. openly en cored, and remained until broken up by t he active' young Governo r of Michigan who is, as we recollect, thow , h young, an old soldier, having served in the Great Tried° Border War with credit. The Governor recovered and brought back the arms. Gen Sutherland had Frevioti , dy gone op to Detroit vhere he wa s arrested, Ue was rid the next day before Judge Wilkins of the U. S. District Court, then sitting, and acqUitted. The General pleaded his own case, and when the decision was made known he was enthusiastically cheered. The Detroit Paper very cooly adds as the conclusion to this business, which really places us in a very unpleasant, nit to - say disreputable light in the eyes of other nations, " the General is still in the com mand, and it is expected that another expedition will be under taken without delay." A bill passed the popular branch of the legislature of Michi gan, making provision for 2000 men to protect the frontier. It would seem, therefore, that though the patriot force may be dispersed, the materials remain there ready to congregate whenever occasion presents, as the inhabitants seem to gene rally approve of their illegal movements. LATER INTELLIGENCE.—By the Cleveland papers to the2Oth, we learn that a large number of Indians had come down in one of the steam boats, from the upper lakes, destined for the royalist force at Malden. One of the persons killed of the patriots in the schooner [the Ann] captured off Malden, was from Cleveland. Dr. Theller, the leader, was wounded under the eye. There is said to be no doubt, that he and all the other patriots taken alive were massacred. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.—Under this title the Mer cury of Friday last follows up its remarks of the week before upon the pamphlet recently published by the Rev. H. M‘Neile. Now, we object, in limine, to the applica tion of. such a term as " religious persecution" to the language or the acts of the rev. gentleman, or of any other clergyman who deems it to be his duty to declaim against Popery. With exactly the same propriety might the charge of " religious persecution" be brought against Mohammedanism or Heathenism. With equal justice might such an accusation be brought against our Saviour and his apostles for denouncing the false doc trines, hypocrisy, and tyranny of the Scribes and Phari- The editor of the Mercury knows, or ought to know, that it is the bounden duty of every minister of the Church of England to endeavour to root out all " heresy" from the land. This obligation xlerives additional force from the circumstance that such '" heresy" may be fraught with danger to our national institutions and sub versive of our civil and religious liberty. This is pre cisely the character of Popery. It is not only opposed to scripture, but is likewise an enemy to every species of rational freedom. The clergy are therefore bound to oppose it, not only as preachers of the gospel, but . also as citizens of a Protestant community. • The Mercury insinuates that the Rev. H. M`Neile ,wishes to persecute the Papists for the purpose of con verting them to the Protestant faith. The editor of the Mercury knows or ought to know, that the rev. gentle man disavows any such intention. The whole tenor of ' his ministration proves that, while he detests Popery, he entertains the most charitable sentiments towards its de luded victims. In fact his detestation of Popery must spring from his anxiety to save those who have imbibed its poison from their misery. Let the editor of the Mer curt' peruse the following description of the enslaving influence of Popery, and say whether it be a blessing or a curse to mankind. if he acknowledges that it has proved a curse to the Iriman race, then let him show his own consistency in abusing those who seek ,to remove this curse from the face of the earth. We quote the fol• lowing from the eloquent speech of the Rev. R. J. M‘Ghee at a recent meeting of the Glasgow Protestant Association : The Rev. Gentleman spoke as follows:—" Mr. Chairman, I never stood up to address a public meeting with a feeling of more solemn satisfaction than that with which I stand here this evening, to advocate that sacred principle which we are con• vened to vindicate and discuss. The great principle that we come to advocate this night, is the principle of spiritual free dom for our fellow-men—the right, the inalienable right of man, uncontrolled by his fellow-worm, to read for himself the word of the eternal God—that word which teaches him his guilt—that word which proclaims ,his pardon—that word, according to which he shall be judged—that word which reveals the Re deemer , by whom alone he can be saved—that word which con tains the will of his God, which it is his duty to know; the will of his God, which it is his duty to do. If it is granted that it is the duty of man to do the will of his Creator, it must be con ceded that it is also his duty to know it ; and if it is his duty to know it, it must be granted that it is his right to know it. Duty is More than right. Right implies but a privilege; duty im plies an obligation. The marl who dares to interfere with the right of his fellow-man to read the Word of his Creator, inter feres not only with his right, but with his duty to his Creator; and he arraigns the power that gives him the right, for he ar raigns the power that alone imposes the obligation of duty' Therefore he who invades the right and obstructs the duties of his fellow-man, arraigns the power, and flies in the face of his Creator. The Church of Rome does this. She stands between the sinner and his God. She sets herself up as the authorised interpreter of God's will to man. She denies his right to apply to the Wor I of his Creator; for she insists upon his duty of submitting to her authority. She usurps the prerogative of the Deity, and imposes upon the souls of men the basest subjection. It is to show the falsehood of this—to bring the principle to the 'test—to bring it to such a test that the poorest man can under stand it—to prove the guilt of that tyranny and superstition, and vindicate the right of man's immortal soul, that we are con vened here to-night; and I hOpe that God, in whose house we are assembled, will hear that prayer just offered at his footstool, and that we will be enabled to assemble in the spirit of the eternal God, to be edified and built up in his eternal truth; and in the spirit of devoted philanthropy, and true benevolence, and love to the souls of our fellow-men. * * "Now this is that lash of spiritual tyranny which the church of Rome holds over the souls of men, to depriye them of their right of reading and considering and appealing to the Word of God for themselves ; for though they say we let them read the Scriptures, how does the Roman Catholic take these Scriptures. up ? Why, he takes them up under this feeling, that hedare not exercise upon them his private judgment; that he dare not in terpret one point contrary to the dogmas of the church, because the church is the only interpreter. Therefore, though he takes the Bible in his hand, he takes it with his heart so bound under the tyranny of the church of Rome, that he dares not let out upon it that intellect and those talents and capacities which God has given him—he dare not consider the question, What does God say here for my eternal salvation ?' (Hear, hear.) Now we say this is a false principle, and we wish to show the people that it is fundamentally false—that it is a mere spiritual lash of tyranny held over them (like some object of affright presented to the mind of a child in the dark) to frighten them from exer cising their faculties as rational and immortal beings. You know that the people are taught to receive this creed from their infancy—it is instilled into their minds—and therefbre they are accustomed to think that there is a sense of interpretation, put upon the Bible by the church, and that which the priest tells them are the dogmas of the church which he has learned; and that, therefore, when they hear him they hear the church. Now we say if there is any sense of interpretation, and if we are to receive tha Scriptures in the sense the church has laid down, what is that sense ? We call on the priests to give that sense to the people, if' it has only existence but in the tyranny of the church of.itorne. * * " Now, 1 care not of being accused of being an enemy to what is called peace here, when I remember who they were of whom it was said, these fellows that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.' (Hear.) , But this is my answer to Bishop Murdoch and his professions and letters on peace. If the Church of Rome desires to make peace with Protestants, let them honestly come out and renounce the horrid weapons of war and tyranny in which they bind all who attempt to assert and vindicate the rights of conscience; but I sav that when it is written in the Word of God that there is no peace to the wicked'—when it is written that the way of peace they have not known'—when it is written that 'the chastise meat of our peace was laid on Christ, and that by his stripes we are healed' —when it is written that he is our peace,' that he has made peace by the blood of his cross,' and that the blessed message of his gospel is good tidings of great joy, and on earth peace and o.ood will to men'—l know no peace, and will teep no peace With a system that shuts out the lightof my IRedeemer's face, and the blessings of his word, the blessings of his peace, and the blessings of his salvation from the souls of my fellow men. The servant that makes peace with the man who robs his master is a knave; the soldier that snakes peace with the rebel against his monarch is a traitor; and I will snake no peace with a system that robs my God," my master , of h is glory, and my fellow-men of the right and liberty of rational and immortal beings—the right to read the word of their Cre ator. (Cheers.) My soul should be delighted to hold out the right hand of peace and love to all my Roman Catholic friends and neighbours, but it must be a peace that is ratified by the God of peace, it must he a peace which will not leave an.aCcusa lion upon my conscience for a guilty neglect of nay fidelity to my fellow -men." (Cheers.) This is the spirit in which the Rev. H. M'Neile would address Roman Catholics—not f6r the purpose of inti midating them into a belief of the Protestant faith, as the Mercury would insinuate—but for the purpose of seeking•to liberate them from the spiritual thraldom in which they are held by their priests. The Mercury, af ter quoting the Rev. H. WNeile's parallel between sla vers' and Popery, endeavours to prove that it is " ima ' The following is, we suppose, intended as his to escape from his' bondage, may he shot, hanged, or flogged. The Catholic, notwithstanding what the Rev. H. ONeile asserts to the contrary, is a free agent, inasmuch as he can at any time„ and without incurring any penalty, quit the Catholic fold, and . become'a member of the orthodoi church of St. Jude's if his inclination should lead him in that diection. We know seve ral persons whohave become Protestants after having been edu cated at Catholic seminaries, and having long continued mem bers of the Romish church, but we never beard any of them complain of having been subjected to the slightest inconvenience in consequence of the change ; and as we can place more reli ance upon what we have witnessed than we can upon the mere assertion of the man who repeatedly declared that the bible was excluded from the Liverpool Corporation schools, we shall not waste any more words upon the ReV. Hugh M‘Neile's parallel, which is as defective as the inferences he has laboured to deduce from such false premises." This passage certainly proves one thing—that the editor of the Mercury is neither a man of candour nor a man of sense. He shows his want of candour by stating that the Roman Catholic is subjezt to no persecution for assuming the profession of protestantism : he shows his want of sense in hazarding an assertion the stupidity of which is as glaring as its falsehood, and which must make him the laughing-stock of the veriest school-boy. Did the editor of the Mercury never hear of a horrible dungeon called the Inquisition, in which persons only suspected of Protestantism were immured for life and subjected to the most excruciating torments? Has he never read of the myriads of martyrs who have, from age to age, suffered the vengeance of the Church of Rome for their renunciation of her -faith ? In short, is the editor of the Mercury entirely ignorant of the history "of his own country ? Does he want a modern instance of the tyranny and persecution of the Romish Church? Let him take the following : In the diocese of Waterford resides a popish gentle man, a Mr. Galwey. This gentleman had some political difference, the nature - of which he does not explain, with Dr. Abraham, his bishop. In this temporal matter he refused to. yield to the bishop's authority. His wife, in . the meantime, was visited with a severe illness, and could not leave the house. The festival of the incarna- tion was approaching. Mrs. Galwey was desirous of receiving the sacrament at home, and Mr. Galwey ap plied to the priest of the parish to administer it. The priest refused, assigning as his reason that the bishop had put Mr. Galwey's house under an interdict of the ordi nances of the church. Mr. Galwey wrbte to the bishop, to remonstrate. He received no answer. He became indignant at such treatment, wrote the bishop a second letter, and published both his letters in the newspapers. The following are the letters:— TO THE RIGHT REV. DOCTOR ABRAHAM, R.C. BISHOP OF W ATERPORD. Duckspool, January, 8, 1836• My Lord,—On the 29th of last month I had delivered to your lordship a letter on the subject of the unpleasant situation in which my family have been placed, in consequence of your pro hibition to allow Mass being celebrated in my house; not having since received any answer to my letter, I am now driven to the painful necessity of sending (through the press) a copy of my letter to your lordship, with a hope of getting some redress from the archbishop, and in default of his attention to the prayer of my communication, to appeal to his holiness the Pope. Before I conclude, 1 beg respectfully to ask whether any act of my life, as a Catholic, merited such conduct either towards myself or any of my family, or whether it is not solely on account of political dPrences this system of tyranny is attempted to be practised towards me ! I remain, my lord Bishop, your humble servant, JOHN MATTHEW GALWET. COPY OF MY LETTER OF THE 29TH DECEMBER. Duckspool, 29th Dec., 1835 My` Lord,—l beg to ask your lordship, whether it is your intention to persevere in prohibiting the priest of my parish celebrating mass in my house, and to know on what grounds (except political differences) you have issued such a preremptory order as . the Rev. Mr. Shanahan says he has received from you to this effect. I should not address your lordship on the subject but for the illness of Mrs. Galwey, and the state of mind in which I had seen her on Christmas-day, deprived of the opportunity of re ceiving the sacrament, and having prayers in my house in the same way we have had them celebrated for, over twenty years, before those political differences occurred. Your lordship cannot, (I regret to say) have been' ignOrant of Mrs. Galwey's illness ; for a week previous to Christmas-day the priest of my parish mentioned the circumstance to you at a month's mind held at Stradbally, and be has said remonstrated with you on the hardship of a female, (unable eve❑ to come down stairs) being deprived on such a holiday, of those reli gious consolations, which, to her, would be such a source of comfort. I beg you to excuse my saying, whatever differences your lordship, some of your priesthood and myself, may have on the subject of politics, it is an act of cruelty that a religious female, in a had state of health, and unable on Christmas-day to leave her bedroom, should be the sufferer. I can scarcely bring myself to believe that revenge is your object; but if it is, I freely acknowledge you have had ample satisfaction, for there is no man of family who must not feel at having seen a good wife and a good mother surrounded on her sick bed by her children, deprived (on his account) of the rites of her church.. Requesting your lordship may re-consider this subject, and waiting your answer, I am, my lord Bishop, your obedient hum ble servant, JOHN MATTHEW GALWEY. The Right Rev. Doctor Abraham, R.C.. Bishop, Waterford. P.S.—I beg to add, this line of conduct is a bad return for the many thousands given by Mr. Galwey's family towards erecting chapels, convents, monk-houses, schools, &c. We'have much more to say in reply to the Mercury, but must reserve our concluding remarks until Friday. THE BALLOT.—We are glad to find, that Mr. Grote's annual motion on this nostrum has been once more ne gatived by a very decisive majority. The radicals a ffect to believe that this question is gaining ground in the country. .As far as Liverpool is concerned, we believe the reverse to be the case. The last petition in favour of the ballot from this town, after lying for signature for nearly a month, 'could only boast of 5000 signatures ; the previous one had upwards of 8000. It has, therefore, lost ground here most materially. Nor is the division in the House of Commons indica tive of any reaction in favour of the ballot, as will be evident to any one who will take the trouble to consult the calculations which we have given, in our last page, from the London Standard. The progress of the ballot question, since 1833, as shown by the different divisions, is as follows : 1830—For the ballot Against it 18.35—F0r the ballot Against it 1836—Fur the ballot Against it 1837—For the ballot Against it 1838—For the ballot Against it _ - As usual, the rejection of Mr. Grote's motion was effected through the instrumentality of the conservative opposition. The Spectator acknowledges that of the 317 who composed the majority no fewer than 252 were conservatives. What effect the opposition of ministers to the motion may have upon the state of parties we can not conjecture. The radicals have ascertained their own strength by the division. They may perhaps use this knowledge in embarrassing the government, or in com pelling the " squeezeable materials" to adopt a more liberal line of policy. ELECTION PETITIONS.—Nothing of a decisive cha racter has taken place since our last in reference to the petitions ‘ now under the consideration of the several committees in the House of Commons. On the Belfast election committee there are ten conservatives and 1 liberal. On the Sligo petition there are 3 conservatives and 8 liberals. On the Bristol committee there are 3 conservatives and 8 liberals. The chances, so far, are against us; but the most important ballots are to come. CATHOLIC CHARITY BALL.—In the Chronicle of last Saturday, the editor took occasion to congratulate us on our advocacy of this benevolent Institution. We can as sure our contemporary that although he may have been in ignorance of this trait in our character, it is by no means a novelty. The party which we represent have ever been foremost in works of charity, without'any re gard to political or religious distinctions ; and had the sapient editor been as alive to public events as he should have been, be might have noticed in our own town an association of gentlemen throwing aside all difference of opinion and cheerfully uniting in relietifig the distresses of their fellow-creatures - And we hope that whilst there exists a necessity for the exercise of the virtue, there will always be found men who know how to cast aside their peculiar prejudices and predilections, and combine for the purpose of doing good to their fellow-men. But if our contemporary means to iltSinuate that in recommending the charity to the patronage of the public we have com promised our principles, We can assure him he is egre giously mistaken. To Popery we must always be opposed so long as its acknowledged principles are at variance With civil anti religious Melly, and so long as its policy is opposed to the spirit and temper of the British consti tution. We believe it to be a system dishonourable to God and degrading to man, inasmuch as it strips Deity of its rightful attributes and denies to'man the free exer cise of his reason—the noblest quality with which lie is endowed. But we would not on this account pollute the sources of charity or dry up those springs of true benevo letice which cheer and gladden the hearts of thousands. It is sufficient for us that misery exists toclaim our warmest sympathy and support. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILROAD. We haVe very great pleasure in laying before our readers the following extract of a letter from Loudon, relative to this rail way—a project likely to do more for Scotland than all the laws which have been placed on the statute book, on her behalf, since the union _ " LONDON, FEB. 16, 1838.—The select committee of the House of Commons on standing orders, to whom the report of the sub-committee, declaring non-compliance with the standing orders, was referred. have had this important measure before them, and have this day decided—' That the parties be permitted to proceed with this bitt on proving to the committee thereon that a DEPOSIT of ten per cent, on the amount subscribed is made, and that the committee do report how far such order has been complied with." It is scarcely necessary to add, that the promoters of the bill regart this decision as a triumph, fer it is well known how ex ultingly the opponents of the measure considered the difficulties arising from the new standing orders as quite insurmountable. The decision of the select committee will place this bill precisely as it stood when the death of William IV. suddenly put an end to its progress in the House of Lords. CUSTOMS' REGULATIONS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIPTERPOOL ST/IND4RD. SlR,—Can you inform me in what way Mr. Councillor Blackburn obtained a situation in the Customs of Liverpool for an Irishman named Menagh, who formerly kept a bacon shop in Scotland-place? This man is upwards of forty years of age, and the Customs' regulations prohibit any person obtaining a commission after he has attained the age of thirty years.-1 am, &c., A CONSTANT RgADER. [Perhaps some of our corresvondents can furnish an answer o the above question.--E. L. S.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4ND✓IRD, St tt,—l beg, through the medium of your journal, to call the attention of my brother merchants to Mr. Rowland Hill's scheme for Postoffice reform, and to suggest that a meeting be called, as soon as practicable, to consider the expediency of petitioning parliament on so important a question.—l am, &c., A LIVERPOOL MERCHANT. Water-street, Feb. 17th, 1838. PREFERMENT.—The Lord Bishop of Chester has appointed the Rev. I'. B. Ingham, Curate of Sandbach, to the living 'of Congleton, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. C. B. Hodges, M.A. COURSE OF LECTURES AT ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.—We understand the Rev. H. M'Neile will deliver the lecture to morrow evening. The subject is baptism. On Monday last, a number of houses, the property of Mr. John Catlin, situated in Vauxhall-road, at the corner of Crow ther-street, were entirely stripped of the lead from the cornicing and ridging of the roofs. A similar depredation was also com mitted last week on some premises, the property of the same gentleman, situated at the south end of the town. This does not speak much for the vaunted vigilance and efficiency of the nets police, since such depredationsas these must require.a very, considerable time in committing them. SCAGLIOLA.—An advertisement will be found in another part -of this day's paper, announcing the establishment of a scagliola manufactory. The specimens we have seen of Mr. Jones's manufacture are beautiful in the extreme, and equal to the finest marble or phorphory. We understand that the pillars for the Royal Bank, now in progress of erection, are being made of this material. DISTRESSED POOR.—ST. JUDE'S CHURCH.—On Sunday last, she Rev. Hugh M`Neile, at the close of his sermon, after stating the expenditure in bread, coals, and potatoes, of the collection made in his church three weeks ago, amounting to a hundred and eleven pounds, reminded his congregation of the continued distress inevitably consequent upon the continued severity of the weather; andsaid, that although he could not solicit another collection froth pew to pew, he would give them the opportunity of adding to their contributions in plates held at the doors. The congregation responded to the affectionate appeal of the minis ter, and left £Bl 2s 4d on the plates. • THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Last evening Mr. Bates, the spirited manager of this theatre, took his benefit and had, we are glad to learn, a very excellent house. Mr. Bates fully deserves his success, for he lacks in no exertion to obtain it. A new piece is announced for this evening, entitled " Crichton," which has been written for, and is brought out by Mr. Bates, at considerable expense. LAIDLAW'S PANORAMA.—Now that the panorama has be come more generally known in the town it begins to attract good attendancies. The panorama is divided into three sets of views : one set represents the adventures and travels of Captain Ross in the Polar regions; the second set, views of the Holy City of Jerusalem; and the third the Boulevards of Paris and Fieschi firing the Infernal Machine. All these views are on a very large scale, and are splendidly painted and got up. A number of Esquimaux dresses are also to be seen. On the whole, the exhibition is a most pleasing one, and the gratifica tion is of easy attainment. THE CATHOLIC CHARITY BALL—Last evening, the annual ball, for the benefit of the Female Orphan House, and other catholic charities, was held at the Town Hall. We are glad to announce, for the sake of the objects of the charity, that the • ball was exceedingly well attended, the campauy being more numerous than in former years. Amongst the more distin guished visitors were Lord . Molyneux and Viscountess 14Ioly neux, the lady patroness with a large party from Croxteth, Sir Win. Flowell and party, &c.. &e. The company for the o most part, was composed of the p rinci p al gentry and merchants the town and neighbourho od, and the attendance of so large a majority of Protestants in support of the catholic charities is another bright example of protestant toleration, liberality, and truly catholic charity. Carriages began to set down soon after 8 o 'clock, and continued to do so without intermission till after 11. We understand upwards of 1000 tickets were disposed of. Mr. Horobin's quadrille band was in attendance, and played during the evening many favourite and new pieces. bancing was kept up till Eilltte, or rather early hour, the ball passing off very delightfully. THE LIVER THEATRE.—The steady exertions of the lessee know w t n h o a t n where Nvithin an the hour% walls of is more of this theatre to secure g ood and respectable houses, by conti nually bringing f o rward attractive novelties, well g ot u p , a n d p e rformed by a clev er com p an y of comedians, ar e beginning to be appreciated rational by enjoyment ic. theu b c l be obtained V e of this little theatre. The visitor is sure t o see a goo d d rama, well got up , an d cleverl y p erformed in a l l its parts. There is always ,also that other re q uisite to e njoyment , a comfortably filled house; we know nothing calculated so soon to drive an individual from a theatre as the cheerless aspect of empty benches. Last evening we were much pleased with a new version of the drama of " Rory O'More," which was here brought out. We know not which the most to admire Mr. Raymond's natural and clever representation of Rory O'More, or Mr. Thompson's De Welskein, the French brandy merchant, which was an admirable performance. We never saw a finer piece of dramatic acting. Mr. Howard, as Scrubs, the Captain of Yeomanry, was as amusing as Usual. Miss Maturin also played Kathleen very fairly. She possesses a fine figure. a good appearance, and a good voice, and with care will make a clever actress. She must endeavour, however, to eschew as much as possible, a slight affectation of manner into which she is apt to fall. Nothing is so charming, whether on the stage or in real life, as unaffected simplicity of manner; affectation is always seen through, and when seen through, theaffected party is invariably laughed at or despised. Mrs. Raymond was as lively and charming as ever, in an amusing interlude called " Lessons for Lovers..' The performances concluded with a clever Pantomime, entitled " Harlequin Little Bopeep," in which the usual number of laughable incidents were intro duced, and several good scenes taken from Liverpool and its neighbourhood. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 12.—The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint William Blundell, of Crosby Hall, Esq., to be sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster, for the year ensuing. ALLOWANCE TO WITNESSES.—The ends of justice in this country are likely to suffer most materially by a recent resolu tion of the magistrates assembled in county court at Preston. The allowance to witnesses attending the assizes on the crown side has hitherto been 7s. 6d. per day, but we understand that the rnaaistrates have determined it shall be reduced for the fu ture to'is. per day. The alteration will have the effect of de terring many witnesses from appearing against prisoners in cases which are likely to be sent to the assizes, and the ends of justice will be proportionally frustrated. MOST SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—The well-known libe rality of Lord Francis Egerton has again been manifested, by directions having been given to the principal agent at Worsley, to distribute amongst the needy of the tenantry one hundred tons of coals. At this inclement season a more suitabl!dona- lion could - not h;vel3een - iQde; its value was enhanced by the coals having been gratuitously carted to the very doors of the recipients. In addition, several poor widows, and families wherein sickness and old age prevailed, have been supplied with flannel, from a fund left by Lady Francis Egerton prim• to her departure from Worsley. Under the patronage of her lady ship a Ladies' District Visiting Society has been formed, for visiting the cottages of the poor, the good effects of which are already manifested in the .domestic and moral improvement of the visited, who receive with much kindness the attention of their more opulent neighbours. Such examples are above all praise, and elicit from us that well-known sentence to all the wealthy of our land, " Go and do ye likewise."—Manchester Courier. THE VIADUCT OVER THE WEAVER,—We have much plea' sure in drawing attention to a splendid line engraving, just published by Messrs. Wrightson and Webb, of Birmingham, of this magnificent work of art. The Dutton Viaduct, as many Of our readers are probably aware, is the most stupendous work of the kind in this kingdom, consistinir of 20 arches, each of 60 feet span,' the height to the top of the parapat 73 feet, and its entire length over the wally of the Weaver 1400 feet. Being situated in a rich countrY, and surrounded by picturesque scenery, it forms a beautiful landscape. The engraving, which is on, steel, is finely executed from a picture by Creswick, an artist of distinguished ability; and is of large dimensions. Alto gether as a work of art it is highly creditable to the taste and talent of the parties engaged upon it ; and we have.nii-doubt its merits will be highly appreciated by the public.' We recom mend it to the notice of oar readers, not merely a§ an engrav ing deserVing of public patronage, hut as a memorial of the accomplishment of one of the greatest and roost important pub lic works resulting from modern British enterprize.-11fanches er Courier. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, .Tuia STEWAAD'S Loa—Among the appliedists to Mr. Hall, on Wednesday. was a lubberly-looking sailor ; who appeared to complain of his captain for striking him. The ainisplainant said he had been steward on board the captain's vessel, and that the captain, iii the course of the voyage, hart given him several beatings, of which he had kept a regular tog, which, with the permission of the Court, he would read. The uiegistrate said he certainly should have no objection to hear such a curiosity. The steward accordingly produced a paper, on which were the following iteMi to the credit of the captain. Jane sth.—Wind fair—captain hi a foul bad humour; only said there leas no land like the baud of Liberty, (meaning America,) for which captain said He would take the " liberty" to give me a kick in the stern post ;, and so accordingly gave a cruel hard one. June 7. Wind changeable ;—was remarking that the breeching of a gun was out of order. Captain desired me to mind my own; at the same time his foot let me know that my Bark was turned towards him. Remarks:—Captain can't 'bear any one say his ship be'nt the best on the station. June 2.lth.—:Wind S.S.E. Told captain, could not grind any more coffee. " You can't grind ?" he "No" says I. any what use have you with all them grindert ?says he ; and he knocked out my frontaooth. Remarks : Captain would go more than an arm's length for a joke. D—d fowl af puns. I'll post-iSh him for them yet. July Ise—Fine strong,breeze; ship going ten knots an hour; only told captain the beef was any thing but sound: he told me I de 7 served a sound thrashing for saying so; said I couldn't let asit. of it into my stomach; as it was as tough as a cable; "then ; ," says he, "you shall have your belly full of a rope's Captain too smart with an answer; will make him smart for it. July 10.—Captain scolding me all day, and gave ine a blow on the cheek; Lord knows, captain bas too much jaivof his own at all times, to attempt having anyahleg to do with another's: I'll make him laugh on the wrong side of his mouth for all this; be sha'nt be always letting his hand go cheek by jowl with my chaps; no chap could stand it." Complainant was about to pro ceed with his extraordinary bringitig down the series of assaults to the arrival of the vessel in which he sailed in St. George's Channel, a few days ago, tint the magistrate said he thought he had heard sufficient, and after complimenting him on the ingenuity and novelty of his log-book, directed a sum mons to issue; calling upon the captain to answer the com plainant. IMPOSITIONS BY A BAILIFF.—On Friday, at the police office, John Gerard, a bailiff, living in Key-street, was brought before Mr. Halton a charge of having fraudul en tly appropriated to his own use, the sum of £5 Os. 6tl , which he had received from a tenant on whom he had been employed to levy a distress of rent. There was also a further charge against him of having demanded 19s. 6d. from the tenant for his own expences, part of which had been paid. Mr. John Youds, 58, Sawney Pope street, stated that he had let a cellar in the above street, to Ann Smith, a widow, living in Fox-street. On her husband's death she was in arrears for rent £5 Os. 6d., for the recovery of which he was obliged to make use of the prisoner's services. On the 3rl instant he sent him to Mrs. Smith's cellar with a distresa warrant, signed by his wife , but he had never seen the pri; soner from that clay till Thursday night, when he was in the custody of Barton, the constable. On the Tuesday following, Mrs. Smith called at his (Mr. Yowls') house with a fresh week's rent, and he was then informed, for the first time, that the debt had been paid.—Mrs. Smith stated that Gerard called at her cellar on Saturday, the 3d inst., when, after making known his business, he told her in addition, that if he remained to keep possession of the cellar, previous to the rent being paid, she would be charged ss. a day, but if he went out, only 2s. 6d. On hearing this she delivered up the key of the cellar to Mr. Youds, jun., who locked it up. Gerard then desired her, if she had anything to communicate relative to the rent to callon him at Armstrong's beer-shop, Manchester-street. She called on him the same evening with money to settle the rent. Gerard then, after pretending to make some calculations, said that the rent was £5 Os. 6d., and the expences 19s. 6d., making £6 in the whole. Mrs. Smith paid £5 12s. for which she received a receipt, and got back the keys. On Thursday, the Bth instant, Gerard came to her for the remaining Bs., when she paid him 2s. 6d., and he said he would send for the balance on Monday. On Thursday Mrs. Smith was apprised of the fraud when she went to pay her week's rent to Mr. Youds. Information hav ing been given to the police, Gerard was taken into custody by Barton the constable, on Thursday night. When Barton asked him why he had not handed the money over to Mr. Youds, he answered that he had been robbed of one part of it, and had spent the other. After the above facts had been stated, and the prisoner having declined to say anything in defence, he was committed to take his trial at the next sessions. DRUNKENNESS AND ItOßßEßY.—Yesterday , at the Police office, an Irishman and his wife, named Dugdale, were placed at the bar, charged with having stolen a quantity of bed-linen from the house where they were lodging. A lodging-house keeper, in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall-road, stated, that she discovered on Friday, that a blanket, three sheets, a pillow, a holster, and two pillow-cases were missiug from the bed of the room which she let to the prisoners • she accordingly gave them both into custody. Policeman 175 deposed, that on taking the prisoners into custody, he found a number of pawretickets in the possession of the woman, and by them found the missing articles at Mt. Higgins's, pawnbroker, in Park-lane. A young man attended from Mr. Higgins' shop and deposed, that the articles were pledged in October last. The complainant said she had not missed them before Friday. The female prisoner said she pawned the clothes through distress, and that the complain ant knew she had done so, and it was all malice which made the complainant brieg her there. This the complainant denied. It appeared that the female prisoner had raised 12s. on the articles. Mr. Hall inquired if she was known? Mr. Parkin son said, she had been tried and convicted in 18 months impri sonment. Prisoner. " Well, you need hot tell that; it was a false charge." The husband here said he had nothing to do with the pledging, and that his wife had pawned them for drink. He had promised to redeem them out of his wages. Mr. Hall ordered the woman to be committed to take her trial, and dis charged the husband. STEALING COALS.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a man named Harrison, in the dress of a coal heaver, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a quantity of coals. Inspector Angus stated, that about half-past five o'clock on Sunday morning he was corning over Chisenhall-bridge, when he saw the prisoner coming out of a coal-yard with a sack of coals. He endeavoured to conceal himself, when he took him into custody. Mr. Robinson was the owner of the coals, but said he could not swear to them. He had had a great deal stolen within the last few weeks. When he (the Inspector) took the prisoner, he said, " The police is very hard to take a fellow fora bag of coals," and offered him drink if he would let him off. The prisoner, putting a bold front on the matter denied, that he was ever near the place. He was remanded for the attendance of Mr. Robinson. A NOBLE DISCIPLE OF TEETOTALISM.—At the Poliee-office . yesterday, a young man of very unprepossessing, appearance, who represented himself as a son of Lord Kennedy, and the heir to immense property, was placed at the bar, charged with having swindled an individual named Fallows, the keeper of the Temperance Coffee-house in Islington, of three or four days' board and lodging. An individual stated, that he met the prisoner in Vauxhall-road, and knowing the charge against him, and that the police were looking out for him, he gave him into their custody. The complainant, Fallows, who ap pears to have been so long a disciple of " teetotalism," and to have deluged himself with slip-slops and tea so much that his wits have become very milk-and-water, then preferred his complaint as follows "He came to my house, the Tem perance Hotel, in Islin g t on , on Wednesday- night, and' told me that he had been in the society for four years, and showed me a ticket for the Wigan branch of the Grand United Teetotal Society, and wanted board and lodging, but had very little money. He says, did you ever hear tell of Robert Taylor, Esq.' No,' says I. ' Well', says he, he was a gentleman, and a relation of mine.' (A laugh.) lie then said that his father was Lord Kennedy, and showed me at the same time a will, in which he was left a deal o' money.'—Mr. Hall.—" What do you bring him here for?" Complainant.—" Why he's been in my place since Wednesday, and never paid use anything." Mr. Dowling here read a part of the will, which was produced, to the court, It was a large sheet of paper, plastered on paste bOard, with a Queen's Arms cut at the top, and filled up as ver. bosely as most lawyers could, with a relation of the prisoner's being an illegitimate child of Lord Kennedy, and that he had' left him by his will a copy of which purported to be embodied, £60,000 a year, and sundry landed and other estates. This was attested by a number of signatures, forgeries of course, some of "which were very laughable specimens of orthography; under one signature was written "justice of the piece." The reading of this document excited much laughter. Mr. Hall.—" If there were nut such exceedingly stupid persons as you in the world, the prisoner would not deceive them by telling them such a pre posterous story as that he was left £69,000 a year. Complain ant.—'There is many going about under the garb of teetotalism swindling the public, and magistrates ought to put a stop to them. lie would deceive any of us, sir." (A laugh.) Mr. Hall.—" I don't know but what he is a teetotaller." Com plainant.—" I think he doesn't act as one; he has deceived other people besides." Mr. Hall.—"l venture to say that there is not half a doien other men in the town ahem he would deceive by telling them that Lord Kennedy had left him £60,000 a year. Discharge him." • ACCIDENT ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAIL WAY.—On Wednesday evening an accident, unattended with any serious personal injury, but resulting in the destruction of some goods, and a considerable detention to several trains, oc curred on the Liverpool and Manchester railway, at Collins Green, nearly opposite the Brand stand, on the Newton ~racec ourse. At this place one of the waggons in a train of go.ds, proceeding from Liverpool to Bolton broke an axle, and the cotton bags with which the waggons were loaded were thrown off upon the other line of rails. The grand junction half-past six o'clock train from this town to Birmingham reached the soot immediately afterwafds, and the engine ran over the bags which were lying across the line. The engine, the Tender, and one or two of the carriages, were thrown off the line; one of the axles of the mail carriage was broken by the shock, and three bags of cotton were set on fire ; but though several passengers were severely bruised, and others stunned for a time, we under stand no very serious personal injury was sustained. The bags of cotton, though not. wholly destroyed, were, we believe, ren dered useless, except as waste. The train which left Liverpool at half-past five o'clock for this town, came up soon afterwards; and signals being made , the train was stopped, and, as well as the seven o'clock train from Manchester to Liverpool, was de tained upwards of half an hour before it could proceed. There does not appear to have been any blame attributable in the outset of this accident; and it is said that the Birmingham train was at the spot before the men on the Bolton train bad time to rembVe the Cotton, or even to make signals.—Manches ter Guardian. ACCIDENT ON THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAy.—On Tues day evening last, a fatal accident occurred on the Grand Junc tion Railway, between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The second class train, drawn by the Dragoh engine, consisted of nine carriages; the three first being laden With nine horses, and the six following with passengetS. It started from Wolver hampton at ten o'clock, and proceeded at a moderate rate until its arrival upon the embankment between James's Bridge and Willenhall; when; suddenly the passengers were alarmed by a violent, irregular movement of the carriages, and, in an instant they found they had been thrown off the trains, and were evi dently running over the embankment into an adjoining field. 1 In the course of less than a minute, four of the carriages—the three first containing horses, and the fourth passengers—were turned over; and the engine and tender, which had been dis engaged from the other vehicles, were dragged down the em bankment about fifty yards into the field. The descent from the embankment is in depth about ten feet, and is :note than usually steep and rugged. Upon examination it was discover ed that a horse, which had strayed from the field into which the engine had runs had been lying Upon the railway, and that this obstruction had been the cause of the mischief. It was some time before it became known, that any of the passengers or servants of the company were injured; but, upon inquiry, Hewitt, the engineer, was found to have been thrown into the field upon the descent of the engine, and to have been severely cut upon the head. Further inquiry led to the discovery of James. Hewitt, his brother, the fireman, who was found dead, underthe overturned tender. It appears that deceased had kept his plate for a considerable distance in the field, and that it was not until the tender was upset that he log his footing, and was crushed under. its weight. The poor fellow, when discovered, with great difficulty was taken from utider the tender, hut death must have been instantaneous. Of the nine horses in the three first carriages which were upset. only one was killed, although they were all more or less injured; Fortunately; not one of the passengers in the fourth carriage suffered any serious injury.— ibid; GREAT STORM AND DESTRUCTION OF SHIPPING AT COVE. rFrotii the Cork gd . ruthern Reporter of SCttilhitiy;) • Reporter Qffice, Six o'clock, 77turiclity Evenlmp The following has . just been received : , Cori,, Three o'clock, p.m.—Within the mernoty _of the oldest intiabitot do such gale as that of last night;..tind hill cantina, WK. has taken place. It commenced at. tivq , u clock. in evening, and nearly every vessel in port here driven on *bomb or received damage, -and some are totally loss: The damage on the coast must be Very great': .aUtl, we t heard.in the offing, and great alarm. prevails, Seieral of th wharfs and Iniusen are damaged.. The sea in the harbour is so heavy that it is impossible for a boat to put off. One boat that went to the assistance of the Neptune is swamped.. The 'melt/ that appear .10 ride the gale, are H. N. ship Herc ules; the Ma gistrate for Sydn4, the Alert,•for the Cape, the Foyle packet. the Enterprise, and ,Wick ham revenue cruiser. , The French frigate Terpsichore, drove ashore; boat& stove in, and firing signals of •distress. The barque Nailer, from Africa, for Liverpool; ashore at White Point. . . ........ —..... • . ~ , . . The schooner Enimd,. for 14eiffoundlatid, dismasted, and ashore : likely to be a total *r'ecit , . The Eliza,' for Madeira, ashore al White Point, ~ „. The Temperance scuttled; . siii(l aShote,on the midis; also the schooner Julia, hence for NewfoUndlatid; and discharging on the beach. .. . ... The brig Henry, coal laden, is ashcit'e. , The Victoria and Adelaide, are yet riding safely, bat aril very near the shore. The, pilot boat that went off to assist the. Neptune is swamped; and several of the pilot hosts are bilged apd,ashore, There is a report of a French frigate from otarbon; being in the offing ; but no craft can stir out. . Two 'attaches stove to pieces. Two sunk. The revenue boat is upset. Cove, Friday; Feb. I6.—Since veiterdaY it Etas b een blowi ng * so hard that little assistance could be given to the vessels irk distress. Late last evening the Alert drove foul of the Govern-. or Douglas, and lost both her masts, bowsprit, &c. and receive 4 considerable damage besides. The brig Henry hai sunk in the Channel. The Albion and Isabellugot in contact former lost mixen,- . mast, &c.; latter borisprit sprung, lost figure-heed; cutwater, &c. All the other vesselS are oh shore as described yesterday. . Extracts from letters received by Sir W. Daniels this morn ing : BALLYCRONEEN, Feb. 16; 183 .—l . ytrite,to acquaint yod that the schooner Tiger, of Miratnichi, last frOm Southampton, for Swansea, in ballast,. came on snore in Kelly's Cove, at about 2a. m.; crew saved. A quantity of dead pigs have been washed, ashore, which leads me to suppose that a vessel ha's been lost to windward. •. "Signed THOMAS Woob, Chief BOatmab." "CROSSHAVaN .STATION, Feb. 14.—h is my painful duty to inform you .of the total loss of a brig at 4.p.m. bearing S. by Et from the Lighthouse quarter of a mile distant. Two of my men saw her scudding for the harbour under foresail and reefed fore top-sail. She was struck by a tremendous sea, which threw bar, on her beam ends, and being struck by a second sea, she foundered. She appeared to have a yellow ribbon, painted ports, and very white sails. (Signed) " HENRY RICHARD GLYNN." Saturday.—Our accounts from Cove came down to a late hour this morning. There was no, fresh, disaster there last night ; and the weather had greatly ihoderatird. The beach, from Sniith Barry's Quay to White Point, is strewed with wrecks and fragments of wrecks., The Tereperance, also noted above, is reported to have her keel broken, and the Henry, of Cork, is sunk off the Yacht Battery. . The Emma, of Hallfai, is lying at Hawlholine quite disL abled, having lost bulwarks, topmast, spars, &c.„ and is in jured in the hull. The only vessels which appeared to have rode out the gale besides H. M. ship Hercules, 74, Wickham Revenue cruiser, and the water.guard boat—the two latter having run up to Passage fot shelter—are the Foyle, packet, Henneritta for London, and Hentiefitta; for Ply-Mouth, which are Iving safely in the harbour. . . The French frigate Terpsichore, is on the bank to the east ward of White Point, with her yards and topmast struck. In the midst of the storm on Thursday, the Hercules observing the frigate in distress, despatched in anchor ireigbing. 73 cwt. to her, but the boat in which it was intended to be conveyed was swamped, the hands escaping. Four o'clock.—We have just received the following from our correspondent at Cove : CovE, Saturday, Two :o'clock.—Arrved = Crescefit, Ryderi Liverpool, general cargo for Bilboa, lost sails and other damage; Peregrine, from Newport, coals. We - have a change of weather to-day, after the preceding stormy weather, and some of the vessels have been able to get off the shore, and men are engaged in recovering the inchori and cables. • 5613101 VISHERIES.—The two very extensiVe talthon fish eries, known by the name of the Portrush and Portstewarc4 have, we understand, been taken by our enterprising townsmani Mr. Joseph Newton, fishmonger; St: John's Market. It is to be hoped that the connoisseurs In `salmon frinn "the north" wilt no longer have to complain o. want of flavour in the salmod which are brought to the Liverpool market. NOVEL. EXPORTACION.—Our readers are nit, fieubt. aware that pies are occasionally imported here from the continent,, That the roast beef of Old England has become an article of export will astonish them. Such, however, is the fact,' for we, find "one box roast beef" amongst the article; of taste, if not virttl, entered during the week, at our Custom=house; for ship ment to Pernambuco. POSTOFFICE REFORM. —The attention of our readeri is Chill to an advertisement in another part of our paper, on the mos important subject which has agitated the public mind of late years. It will be seen that Dr. Epps, who has drawn such large audiences to his lectures on physiology, at the Mechanics' Institution, has consented to deliver an address on Rowland Hill's excellent plan for penny postages to all , parti of the kingdom, at the Music-hall, on Thursday; tit. 6even; As this is a reform which has no reference to pOlitieii having been supported by Lord Ashbuttott, in the I - lOuse ut Lords, and Lord Lowther, in the House of COmmons, and hating heed opposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, nothing will he introduced to offend the political opinions of tiny party. The i proceeds will be devoted to the agitation of this question alt over the kingdom. DUI3I.IN AND DROGHEDA RATLiTAY.—A meeting of the, Manchester shareholders iri the Dublin and Drogheda Railway took place on Wednesday last, at the Corn Exchange Inn; chiefly, we believe, for the purpose of receiving information respecting the extent of aid which government would give to the undertaking; this information, however, had not been obtained by the directors; but there is good ground for the expectation that it will be liberal. The meeting was so well satisfied that the prospects of the company are good, acid that it is desirable to proceed in the undertaking with energy, that a resolutiod was carried unanimous, that the Call now dice Should be promiitlY paid, and the directors will be fully prepared to advertise for contracts in the course of the next Month. ,The delay which hal taken place is expected, to be ultimately very advantageous; having put the directors in possession of a mass of valuable in formation derived from the costly experience of other compa nies, which will cause a great saving in the construction of the . line, engines, and carriages, as well as considerable improve ment from the deliberate manner in which the engineer has been allowed to proceed.—Manchester Guardian. A VassEt. RUN DOWN AT SEA.—By the Shit; Troy, Wood; which arrived at this port on Wednesday, froth Charleston, we have the following particulars of the melancholy loss of a ves sel, name unknown, which was run foul of by the Troy, on thei night of Saturday, the 29d ult. They are taken froth ,the book of the Troy :—" Strong breezes from south, and rain—quite dark. Soon alter eleven, p. m. ran foul of a small brig not previously seen, although we had two men on the top-gallant forecastle placed there to keel) a look out. The brig swung im mediately round upon out starboard or weather bow : some one on board the brig called out to put our helm bard up, which was immediately done, and the brig was clear of us at once. She sank rapidly, and befote we had passed eath other, tier hull had sunk with all on board, and before she was half Our length astern, her topsails were out of sight, arid bothing but some very small articles floating from her, nothing large enough to support a man. Two men were observed struggling in the water, but were lost sight of before we could afford any relief. It was almost instantaneous, and could not have been three minutes from the time we eame in Contitet before she sank en-: tirely out of sight I—put the ship round as goon as possible, but could see nothing. It blew quite fresh at the time, with rain; the ship under all sail except top-gallant sails. The brig bad topsails only. We struck stem on, but it all happened io quick that we cannot say which way the brig was standing, W struck her either forward or abaft her masts, for she wind e d round in our starboard bow without getting foul of our jibboom. [Judge from circumstances that she was standing the same way with ourselves, and that we struck her stern or near it; because our rigging to secure the bow-sprit and jibboom down were carried away, without injuring either of them, and the brig swung clear of them.l We lost cut-water-head and head.: rails, bobstays, gammoning of bowsprit, &e. Tried the pump, and found the ship did not leak. Had not,seen a sail before for six days. Lat. 3948, lon. 50 55." LIVERPOOL TOWN MtsslON.—A quarterly Meeting of the friends of this valuable Society was held last night in the Insti tution Housei Slater street, W. Crosfield, Esq. in the chair. The Rev. J. J. Carruthers opened the meeting bV prayer. A letter was read from Isaac Crewdson, Esq. of Manchester (who was expected to have been present), stating his deep interest in Town Missions, and his regret that he could not itttend the meeting. Four of the agents of the society gave an interesting account of their labours—the difficulties they had to encounter —the ignorance and wretchedness they met with—and the en couraging success which attended their exertions. The Rev: J. Tunstall stated that he had frequently attended the weekly meetings held by the agents, and spoke to terms of high com mendation of the agents and their labour* The .Rev. W. Bevan expressed his hearty approbation of the iecieti, and liii willingness to co-operate with its agents, The ltei:J 3. Car ruthers read several pleasing extracts froth the rePert, of the Manchester Town Mission, which, though of verY,recentOrigin; has raised £l2OO, and is employingnineteeti agebts.,, Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting. It appears that the Liverpool Town Mission is able to employ only ten stipendiary agents, and consequently to occupy only a very . small portion of the town. The sum of £ll. Is. 10d. was received from the ladies who had volunteered to collect subscriptioni for the so ciety. The Secretary read numerous extracts from the journals of the agents describing the suffering and distress now prevail ing in the town. Some of these extracts appear in another column, and to them we would beg particular atentien: The . sum of £l7. Bs. ld. was immediately raised as a speCial fund for alleviating the distresses of the poor, to be applied under the direction of the committee of the society, ,Copies of the last re port may be obtained at the Institution House, Slater-street. A committee meeting of the lords of her Majesty's most hon., privy council was held on Tuesday, at the council -o ffi ce, to consider petitions for and against granting Charters to Birming ham and Chatham. There were present the Lord President; the PreSident of the Board of Trade, and the Secretary at War; The Petersfield election committee, balloted for on Tuesday; was composed of nine reformeri and two tories; whilst upon the Belfast committee, hall , ted for on the same day; there are ten tories and only one reformer. SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM RAILWAY.—the 40T S I IS undertaking are rapidly approaching to completion; arid in all probability the line will be gperied for traffic about Midalinmer. The engines are now being constructed by R. Stephenson and Co. and the first class cart iages have been ordered from Man= chestes: Workmen are etnploved day and night. . We are glad to hear that Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. M. P.; has ptomtsed to attend the next AnniVersary..Dinner of tbci Leeds Operative Conservative !Society, a•hiCh will take place on or before Easter Monday. TutiN-OuT AT MAcctEspiatt).—We underitand that 114 silk weavers in the employ of John Brocklehurst, Esq. , the liberal M. P., for Macclesfi eld have turned out against an at.: tempted reduction of a ages._ BRADFORD COMMERCIAL BANKING COMPANY. —A diViderlet of ii per cent. on "the paid-op capital has been declared, and 21 per cent. appropriated to the guarantee fund. We understand that General. De Lacy Evans; M. P, f o ir Westminster is, or will he appointed to i6tt6td Sir A. Han As' elerk of the titdritotttet ' .~