The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-19 00:00:00

not sef sition Repea of spec out, in a le stitutior as of G ()re unt AS UNI It is ti notonous and not um-Whir nature, a lents. Ireland must pure an, ALONE, i 8 .14 let us a loos effusion —Vhlls Can Ir We submit, no ND LE sk, is the obv land mus tish rul t of tt supremacy- n internal co )roject, however, it is sh subjects, and the sfaction )eration of Is the obj y to an a most enthu- s in the hab ainly, perhaps, to , aders of th nst the character itain, thus expressing people, possessed of and deensive .1 - s and feelings 4ny existing resem- REEDOM WOULD AND RUSSIA s not a law nor f narrow and mo- great aehievements ch follow their own len in - sands and inci J before it can be lead us, most rapidly ra which Ireland will ATE FOR HERSELF ious meaning of this 3n-Saxonised." 1 to be un-Saxonised nd to British laws of the land is Saxon property ? It is scarcely to be supposed that the laws and the constitution of Great Britain can long bind a peo freedom" is to wernment they British would be t ful re s ult b I and to so r so pliant Deliberate' A to sacrifice con L.ll€l we be assured ti int; and, when our contfln .ace, anti advantage to )1d dear and all-impor- .ary demonstrates to us the certain( of such a result, w do so? We r of our pu ter think tnnbarb 1 O'Connell e rest of the world, proceeds to supply Her Majesty, we are told, the air which followed went on to startle and perplex her minister" with pointed to Scotland, " restless and uneasy, on ac count of her Church matters"—Wales " in a state of turmoil and uproar," and Ireland,—what of Ireland, think you, reader ? Her Majesty is ima gined, by our amusing friend of the Albion, to have hinted to Sir Robert Peel that " the calm and repose, (.9 which the inhabitants of the sister kingdom enjoyed under Lord Melbourne's government, are entirely Impudence more consummate than this is scarcely conceivable. " The calm and repose enjoyed under Lord Melbourne's government entirely gone" I What wag that calm and repose? What was the government which produced it ? The first was the calm of the turbid stream rushing unchecked to de solate and ravage the land ; the second was the stu died withdrawal of every barrier which could arrest its destroying progress. Agitation unchecked, — sedition unrestrained,—incipient treason, fed, bit by bit, with concession ;—these are ordinarily produc tive of infinite calm and repose. Murderers and felons released from gaol, at the gracious bidding of a Whig lord-lieutenant, during a quasi-royal pro gress, are most grateful beings! They would mur der, maim, and rob no more—under so conciliating and paternal an administration ! They reposed. The combined elements of disturbance were calm, sated by the spoils thrown to appease their rage— crunching the bones of the victims given to their in- satiate jaws. • Under Lord Melbourne's government, with its " conciliation" and benignity towards midnight ruffians and assassins, Ireland would—our contem- porary seems to imagine—have been tranquil now ; would have enjoyed " calm and repose." The Repeal of the Union, we suppose, would by this time have been granted. Her gracious Majesty would have been minus this jewel in her crown—this portion of England would have submitte ti to all this, as the price of a Whig— . a Melbourne government I Would ae, most sapient contemporary ? But proceed we a little further The Albion warming on his rocking horse, becomes most gra- " Unless we are greatly deceived by our informants —(our informants !) her ✓Majesty , to use a homely phrase, is, at the present moment, I _ , _e' to the altered feelings of the country, and will be found quite ready to act for and with her people the very instant they put forth their united strength to throw ' wide aw off the incubus of Toryism." There's for you, gen- tlemen 1 Ponder on that, Sir Robert ! ," Our in- —the intimate confidant of Royalty—the depositary of the most secret thoughts and wishes of Royalty—assures us that her Majesty is " wide awake"—(did this communication come from the stables of Windsor, or has Queen Victoria taken into uo- I her councils one of her scullery maids, learned in the formant' slang of the prize ring and "Life in London"?)—and, astounding fact ! she is " quite ready to act for and with her people the very instant they put forth their to upset tobert F awful ; and yet, when her people thus put forth their united strength, we cannot very well se her Majesty is to do otherwise than act "for and with them." "When the sky falls, we may catch larks;" and when the people of England are united in an effort to bring back again the reign of Whig- gery, we may see even funnier things than the spec tacle of a constitutional sovereign paying deference Our contemporary the Albion, under the head of k. Rank Tory Joh," has a paragraph, quoted from the London Globe, in which the writer notices a rumour that Mr. Leigh Trafford, of Manchester, is, on the retirement of his father, Trafford Trafford, Esq., from the office of chairman of the quarter sessions of the county of Chester, to be appointed a stipen diary magistrate for that county "at a handsome salary." Such an appointment the Globe (and our - . contemporary adopts the spiteful feelings of that journal) treats as, in every respect, " a gross job ;'' Home Secretary to be carried out We, ours trust that it wild be carried out, although we do not know that it is even contemplated. We are quite convinced that Mr. Leigh Trafford, from his long of a commissioner et to the propriety of ma readily be entertained," and that advantage to the county of Ches their consideration was not within the scope of our county. h res article, ,—is most fit for such an office ', or any other e whom " a year make as unlike to thos have been devised "as France and Russia." But for whos there could r t or tendenc Ye is irresistible emain any doubt with respect to the of Repeal, ti concluding pas land is to " live, trade, legislate, for HERSELF ALONE !" NATION, independent of the British Crown,—no longer to draw the sword for England, no longer to legislate for British interests, or to contribute to the support of the institutions of Udall( s to be A d to th Vill she submit to She WILL NOT miserab .1-Radical faction ,ander to the traitors ipers who, for the ho thus openly pro but England—loyal England gratification of their bad s, would plunge r people in anarchy and her noble institutions in ntemporary C Tabours, to whit the Wh Radical party with th t, in i. The first two pa. lestion v rvative print has favoured ur last week's are disposed to gratify spectacle of a Conservative offer a brief graphs of the article in they are merely Our cc says that the article in our notice of some re- ist nu of Frazer's Magazine— Our the Irish priests ply that from the commencement conclusion, including the c tations which we gave from Frazer, there was not a Rae upon the subject ! I article, he says, .1 is therefore fur the first never cated the measure Feeling, per w•eakr, I the ground on is, our contemporary attempts to g that thellikle in had quoted with commendation, e Irish priesthood. It xtent which he would lead and he was xtracted from that ar- aware of but warr Toject IOLIC CLE GY BY HE STA ire free to confess It comes ailed at v little int I. It mig ation Bill passed we are far from ial results from ;meat, be to give ourselves w, would, in our poor judg quoting from that article a passage which, tak apart from its context, is not unexcep- tionabl Le hint, lacy recommend his purpose to bta 4 PAYMEN for this charge rrowed69 from the Dublin States- nts us as having adopted its senti that " the main features of the the policy, mind—' —or it did not snit approval were the measures recornmended by Frazer, _. . " for th people from which he I filled the offs d that the very passage bus dishonestly quotes an isolated sentence, stated the last ten years , aders to to trouble our readers w tone—the insolent any lengthy remarks upon th tide. If he thinks m in thinkincr servative organ, w•e ar .e quite ready to acknowledge ked abu rary would heat us, even were we willing (which we battles for the maintenance of those interests whi both profess to support Our contemporary, the Albion, occasionally per- lade peculiarly his own ; but, yesterday he was ively funny, the inspiration being the fu that 1 immediately on her arrival at Tamwortb, the re- e wor " A very fine day, Sir Robert The key -note having been given, our friend, who is wiser than tt and his supporters at wanton and unprovo, tisfied to leave the Iterial portion of our eontempor Ilich we d CI and character, on ti sent and th British peon Upon thi )r►nci} ;ays, c ment by the State of the R The Anti-Corn Law League, we are informed Their efforts to raise a fund of THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. own part stian i ,teratic tune in assurin y been suc- g us that e sum will ultimately be raised. For our ~ we doubt it not. The Millocracy of the it contributions by their own agniticent exampl be stipulated hundred d pounds will be raised ; and what then at is the amount of successful agitation which It may buy a few boroughs Durham, and quaker-ridden like Ken- I will purcha& lal. I the paper and printing ink with which such sapient gentlemen as the members Monopoly Association obtrude their and their opinions before the public. It id bunloaf for assemblies of ping bipeds of the male species, throughout the kingdom ; but that it can nd distrusted by the great a party people to dictate terms to that people, we can nes believe, until we see that party in pos sympathies, the affection, and the re- for whose benefit, in especial, their efforts are professedly directed The League has not, however, the respect, the e confidence, of the working classes It never can have such respect, love, or confidence, re intrinsically opposed to the true interests and happiness of thos classes : and must ever remain tween it and them Ask a member of the Anti- Corn La ue to stir a foot in opposition to which lacerates the feelings lopulation of Great Britain ; and what will be his ictims; and e response will be a sneer Appeal to his sym- pathies, in behalf of the infant slaves whose very rely, to cement one insecure fabric of manufacturing prosperity— at sutscri lions towards the carrying out of it favourite measure; and the reply will be some- thing about the inexpediency of _legislative inter ference between the labourer and his em You may legislate against cruelty to the brute cre ation—so argues onr modern philosophers ; but the infant population of Great Britain is to be left beyond the pale of legal protection. Man—" the image of his Maker" may be defaced and mangled in body, and stunted in mind, with impunity, so able in his na- ture—the sacrifice of his soul itself—can be made to contribute to the increasing of the capital of his mammon-worshipping employer—to the cheapening of a pound of twist or a yard of calico. Can men who entertain such principles as these— such cold-blooded abstractions—be ever the objects of love or confidence on the part of the working people of England ? No, no, Gentlemen of the Anti-Corn-Law League! Here, at least, your in fluence isnaught. You may spout—you may cover the land with your lying tracts—you may libel your opponents and wheedle the countless gulls who swarm in this world—but further you cannot pene- Protestant democracy defies your worst efforts ; and even your own oppressed population, ground down by your own exactions, crippled and distorted in body and soul, despise your crawling approach and laugh to scorn—bitserly laugh at — your loud professions of ultra philanthropy, and exclusive enlightenment. LECTURE. — Last evening Mr. Brindley delivered the lecture, to which he had been invited, on mental improve ment and self culture. He was most attentively listened to, and very cordially thanked, for the many useful " hints" he introduced. He stated to his audience that he felt it necessary to say, that he must in future decline all invitations to lecture, as his present engagements fully occupied his attention, but being indebted to his Liver pool friends for such constant support on former occa sions. he could not refuse the very kind invitation with which he had been honoured at this time. We consid ered the remarks of Mr. Brindley on self cultivation peculiarly opposite and judicious. DISTURBING DIVINE WORSHIP.—Three men, Wm. Cuthbertson, John LPwton, and John Burns, were yes terday placed before Mr. Rushton, (who, pending the assizes, occupies the Nisi Prius Court for the police business.) on a charge of entering the chapel opposite Everton Crescent, on Sunday evening,. and conducting 51 J selves in so indecorous a manner, as three times to interrupt the clergyman in the discharge of his official duties. It appeared that they were drunk at the time, and had been seen in that state, knocking about the neighbouring streets. One of them stated that he had gone there to look for his wife, that he had no intention I of doing wrong when he entered, but was ordered out with his companions, and that he was sorry for what had happened. The other two did not attempt a defence Mr. Rushton said it was bad enough to be drunk in the streets on Sunday, and still worse io disturb divine wor ship, and he ordered them to pay each ss.and costs, or be imprisoned seven days. FESTIVITIES AT SIR JOHN GERARD'S.—Last week Sir John Gerard entertained a large and fashionable Willows. Amongst the visiters were Lieut,-General Arbuthnot, and his Aide-de-camp,. Captain Fane, Sir Philip and Lady Grey Egerton, Mr. and Mrs. P. Towne ley, Mr. Townly Parker. Mrs. and Miss Herbert, and Stubbs's Harmonic Band were sum- many otner mooed to tend on Wednesday evening, and on their rival Sir John Gerard looked at them from head to foot; and after they had fallen in, in military order, called out General Arbuthnot, Captain Gerard, and the ladies and gentry to see them. The General expressed his surprise at their soldier-like appearance, and even in spected them as if they had been under his command on a field day. He had, he said, seen none more neat and perfect in their appointments, and inquired what pen sions they ceived,&c. He was surprised on learning that they did not belong to the service, remarking that they could only be more complete by being in reality in it. They and their leader were also highly compli mented by the whole company. . After dinner the band played choice selection from " Semiramide," " Norma," &c., also waltzes and quadrilles, and were much corn- plimented on their performance ASSAULT 'ON A POLICE OFFICEB..—At the Police•court, yesterday, two men, Ward and Mahara, were charged with a violent assault on police-officer Gri- AVAGE plainant, who a Seared with ;ed up and tiloody, said that on Saturday night . last, about eight o'clock, he stopped the prisoners, whom lie knew to be bad characters, in Grayson-street. He found they had upon them a great quantity of lead, and endeavoured to detain them, when they both set upon him, knocked him down, and before he could procure assist ance, inflicted four severe cuts on his heads, which stupi fied him, and he was taken to the hospital. Another offi cer came up and s-cured one of the prisoners, The other then escaped, but was apprehended by inspector Townson, in Heath-street. Tosteth-park, about one o'clock on the following morning. Both of them were well known as notorious thieves, and had before been several times com mitted. The lead, it was supposed, had been taken from buildings in Peel-street, near the Dingle, from which quarter there have recently been large robberies of the ar ticle ; and the prisoners, (who will no doubt be committed for trial, probably at the present assizes,) were remanded until tbis day, in order that further evidence may be ob tained as to the ownership. THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NlGHT.—Consols for the ac count left off to-day at 951 to j ex. div., several good purchases having been effected duri.ig the early hours of business. The conclusion of a bargain to the amount of £50,000 gave the first impulse, and the advance of about one quarter per cent. which followed was well maintained at the close of the market. It has been remarked, as a fact accounting in some degree for the great steadiness of the national securities, that ever since the dispute with France on the Turco-Egyptian question, the quantity of French Rentes held in this country has gradually lessened, , and hence it is generally presumed they have been con- (educed, or rai Bank Stock left off 1824 to 183 ; Three per Cent. , ed, 96k to 98k; Three-and-a-Ilia per Cent. Re , 1021 to 1021; Long Annuities, 12 9-16; India 735. to 755. premium ; and Exchequer Bills, 575. e payment of tt e dividends to-day, ut from 11 will have the effect o 3 Or other parties to come forward wit'. left off 1 e other Half per Cents. closed 54 to 55; Brazilian, 73 to 74; Belgian, 103 to 104 ; Mexican.3ll i ; Colombian, 14 to 4.; Chilian, 991 to 1001; and Danish, 854 to 864. 11 co ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL went took place on Tuesday last ;t the Lecture Boom of the Institution, in the presence of the largest assemblage of ladies and gentlemen that we ever witnessed being present on any former similar occasion. The body and gallery of the room were crowded with elegantly-dressed ladies, who on their entrance to the vestibule had been received and escorted to their seats, with great courtesy and politeness. by the young gentlemen of the institution ; and we noticed among the gentlemen present several members of the town council, (the Mayor being prevented from attending in consequence of engagements, as a magistrate. at Kirk- dale,) with many of tfie principal merc►'ants, and also several clergymen of the established church. The proceedings cf the day commenced with tation as announced in the syllabus, as follov 1. Woodgate ,e reci- Cicero expostulates with Antony 2. Boutflower 3. Petty .... 2d Philippic. Volumnia to Coriolanus .Shakspeare. The Renegade and his Lord Byron. Betrothed Szegeqfeorinth Death of Priam Dryden'sVirgil Fltemon and Antigone.. Sophocles. 4. Knox 5. Lightfoot 6. Crowder 7. Craig . 8. Iliff ... 9. Stewart }Samson nistes Final Scene The Patriotism of for• Demosthenes , mer days Dido on the departure of Eneas . . . defending Z Lays of An ... 5 cient Rome. Oxford Prize Poems. Manaoh • . Chorus .. Messenger 10. Wood 11. Chilton Horatius - the Bridg , Pompeii.... 12. Fletcher The above recitations were all given with exceeding good taste, and with a tons and feeling which fully showed that the youths had not learnt the pieces merely " by heart," but had fully comprehended and entered into the spirit, and could heartily sympathise with the feelings of the several authors, and the subject on which they had treated. It would be difficult to decide, and might appear invidious to name, which of the selections were best re cited, when all were so excellently given, but as a mere matter of individual opinion, we should say that those re cited by Petty, Woodgate, and Chilton, met with our ap- probation the most, particularly th from the " Lays of Ancient Rome." After the recitations, the equally pleasing, and, to the youths present, doubtless the most important and most pleasing part of the business of the day commenced, by Dr. FRECKLETON, the chairman, announcing which had been awarded in the following ordc For Classics.... .. 1. Chilton For Mathematics..l. Chilton, For Composition .. The CH AIRMAN said, that three first prizes the Prizes, 2. Boutflower 2. Lightfoot. Chilton with great applause by the audience, and with feelin 4 s of delight and exuberant joy by the youths belonging to the Institution. Or► delivering the prizes, the CHAIRMAN congratulated Chilton on his having again, as on former years, obtained the first prizes, and he ►rusted that the same perseverance and industry which he had exhibited whist at the institu tion would be maintained by him whilst at the college, in which he was about to enter, and if so, he (the chairman) did not doubt that still higher honours than those which he had already acquired would be awarded to him further highly-complimentary remarks, the chairman begged, in his own name and in that of the committee of the institution, in the presence of that large assembly, to express his thanks to the pupil before theip, for the man ner in which he had conducted himself, and for the credit he. had thus c ,nferred upon their institution; he begged also to express his own and the committee's sincere wishes for his future welfare, and doubted not that he would at tain all the success in his future career which his former and present conduct and attainments justly entitled his friends to anticipate. In this expression of the chairman's wishes, all the au dience appeared most fully to participate, and it was for some time before the vociferous acclamations of the youths permitted the chairman to award the second prize to Bout flower, also a successful candidate on former occasions ; and on awarding to Lightfoot the third prize, the CHAIR MAN remarked that he had great pleasure in doing so, on two grounds, firstly, on account of the youth himself, and, secondly, on, account of his brother, who had lately left the institution, and had already distinguished himself at the university, and he trusted he would emulate the exam ple thus afforded him, and meet with the like success. Before the meeting broke up, the chairman read a letter which he had received that morning, signed on behalf of several students at the Uuniversities of Oxford and Cam bridge, formerly pupils at the Royal Institution, announc ing that they had subscribed among themselves, a sum of money, which they were ready to place at the disposal of the Committee, to aid them in founding an exhibition or scholarship for the boys of the school, and that this sum which now amounted to £2OO ! they expressed a hope, would serve but as the nucleus for a still larger sum, which they doubted not, the friends and patrons of the Institution, would cheerfully subscribe, to carry out the object proposed. The chairman expressed himself as highly pleased, in having such a letter to read before such an assembly, and considered the proposal, and the conduct of the young men as highly honourable to them, and douhted not that such an appeal, with such an example, would not be without its due effect, on the present assem bly,—and he fully anticipated that ere long the Committee would have a good fund to meet the wishes and carry out the views of all the well-wishers of the Institution. After thanking the audience for their presence and kind attention be resumed his seat, loudly cheered by the par tie, present. Jolts ASHTON YATES, ESQ,., (the firm and enthusi astic friend of the Institution) then arose, and declared his willingness to subscribe his mite, towards the highly creditable object just announced. He doubted not, but that the Committee would obtain a good round sum, and he would do his best to aid them in their endeavours. The thanks of the meeting were proposed, and carried by acclamation, for the able manner in , which Dr. Freck leton had disharged his duties as chairman, and the pro ceedings of the day (as far as the public were concerned) were brought to a dose; but we cannot thus bring our impefect account of this most interesting meeting to a close also, without giving expression to the feelings of delight, and high gratification which we derived from being present on this occasion, on witnessing the intellec tual appearance and gentlemanly deportment of the youths belonging to the Institution. The " esprit du corps " which we witnessed, in the youths among the spectators, formerly pupils of the school, was quite refreshing, nor could any appearance of envy, or disappointment be dis cerned in the countenances of any of the pupils present, but all appeared to consider the honours conferred on the successful candidates to be well merited, and justly awarded. We were informed that several" young men had left their colleges at Oxford and Cambridge on the pre vious evening, and had travelled all night.in order to be present to testify their sympathy and delight with their uondam schoolfellows, on this delightful occasion In conclusion, we may. safely say, that all present, left the meeting highly delighted and gratified with the pro ceedings of the day, and al . fully impressed with the con viction, that the school had attained under the able superintendence of the talented Dr. Iliff and his assist ants, an eminence, rarely to be equalled, and certainly not to be excelled by any similar scholastic institution in the United Kingdom. THE CUNARD STEAMERS.—The NEW York Morning Herald has again stated that " . the western terminus of cone apparent detail, it is necessary to mention that no such intention exists, but that the vessel& run between Liverpool and H alifax and Boston GEEAT'MEETING OF TH ' E• ANTI-MONOPOLY AESOCT- Amor; I—Last night, a meeting of this loyal body took place, at the OnntrELLows'-hall, Fleet-street, in ac cordance with a circular issued by Mr. C. E. Rao;hos, jun., Hon. Sec., for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr.. Murray, of Manchester. The time of meeting ar rived, when—lo and behold I . —there were•but two repeaters in the room, and neither of them was Mr. Murray. At the time our informant left, which was considerably after the time the meeting was called for, he counted nine odd fellows in this Oddfellows%hall. Very odd, no doubt, those nine odd fellows thought the non-attendance of their expected dupes ! TRE GREAT WESTERN A.ND GREAT BRITAIN.- 2 New York Herald says that the Great Western, ate ship " will begin hei trips early next spring, under the command of Captain Matthews, who was her first officer under Captain Hosken. She will befollowed by the Great Britain, the new iron monster steamer, which is to be placed under the command of Captain Hosken. These two fine steam packets will commence their regular trips about the same time that the French steam-ships begin theirs. The French government are pushing their Atlan tic steamers towards completion at a rapid rate for the pur pose of an early start in the spring. Four of them will be ready to leave Havre when the Great Western and Great Britain leave Liverpool. Eleven steam-ships will, there fore, be employed in 1844 in running from Liverpool and Havre to New York. These will give us at least one a week." THE MORMONITES.—ANOTHER PERSON DROWNED THROUGH RIVER BAPTISM. - It iS but a fortnight ago since we had to record the death of a female at Crewe, who had been persuaded to be baptised in a brook, and who, during theoperation, was carried away by the stream, which was swollen, and drowned. A fatality of similar kind has also occurred near Rotherham, but in this case the sufferer was the officiating priest himself. A man named Robert Turner, aged 35, and by trade a cutler, having recently embraced the religion of the Mormonites, or Latter Day Saints, after preaching at Hansworth, Woodhouse, on Sunday the 19th ult., announced that he would attend on the following morning, and baptise any one who believed in the religious principles he professed, an the river Ruther. Early next morning several persons accordingly met him at a place called " Fairy Meadow," and after praying and singing, and being admonished by bnother preacher from Sheffield, of the necessity of others eeing born of water and of the Spirit,_ or_ they could not snter the Kingdom of Heaven, several of their disciples dtripped, and Turner plunged into the river, which was heep and swollen by the rains, followed by a collier, whom we baptised, and who got out safe. Another man then dent in, and after being plunged over head and nearly srowned, also escaped, but Turner on letting him go, rtepped into the deep water, was carried away by the cur rent, and sank to rise no more. Though daily search was t 25 yard s from the spo here he was drowned he jury returned POLYTECii SOCIETY Mr. DEWRANCE, superintendent of the engine -build ing department of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway exhibited some very perfectly cast and beautiful specimer,ti of the " Patent Metalic Bearings, or steps, for Locomo tives," which had been found to be superior in practice to those previously used, and which, the metal being soft, considerably diminished the friction, by working more smoothly, while at the same time they lasted much longer than was anticipated. One engine had run with them a distance of 4480 miles without requiring renewal or repair, and another (the identical bearings of vvhici were produced) had run 1000 miles, without additiona giving or vibration. The substances toithe part in whicl the axles worked, which he had combined in one instance and found to be effective, were, x parts of tin, eight o antimony, and four of copper, forming (as we understoo a solder. lie also pointed out variott- an equal supply of oil. He lA._ pplause, and the specimens were highly approved of After a few observations by Mr. ADIE on - '• rosin, & Mr. Dewranc( 3uld in a lean! with mud Dec 19. 1843._ DEATH OF THE EX-KING OF HOLLAND. 13 eropf-tbe Death of his AlajAty K g William' Frederick, ',"""deep ___ ....,.., .... 6 dom will participat e i r o uged afflictioninto theTorodvaaly,fatuatil w yti h a7 c f-day, h i as sp P enor t twelve o clocs, ‘,°: ace til t arrived from Berlin, with the melancholy iteell'gLeif his the Almighty had been pleased to take la ~,,I_,-,Ru, on Majesty King William Frederick, Cuunt of N s ;,au, . • . ruing' dof sst eight in the nno.,„ ea 2 a to expect so spat!, qoeu H e had been ~.s s gle• de-camp sitting in his own chair, s l tr w u a c s k fo b u Y ndaby4 " tis 'e '° li f 1119:r; plexy, and apparently dead. All the attempts 0 1 : l o e ss. immediately made to recover hi s Majesty proved;; „rot, —Extraordinary supplement of the Stea ls u ° " December ]5. ~f big The late King of Holland was in the 72nd Year-rriedi age, having been born August 24, 1772. H e 11;jeg Oct. 1, 1791, the Princess Wilhelmina, daughter f ita iest! William 11. of Prussia, and by her had issue his h'iabdi* the present King of Holland, (in whose faveu r ," - derici l ' cated in 1840), born Dec. 6, 1792 ; Prince Nr e bore born Feb. 28, 1797; and the Princess Marianne, His May 19, 1809, married to Prince Albert of Pre s t . ro tess e late Majesty's morganatic marriage with the uhrc. d'Oultremont will be in the recollection of t he ra" the life of the venerable prince in business that very morninz. I We understand that Mr. Just ce Wightman wi" our the Mayor with his company at dinner on Wednes""' co aatil William Garnett, Esq., the High Sheriff o f this soda/ Vended divine service at St. Jude's Church on - - R [nag. m a The Chancellor of the Duchy has been please d to v ke e al' the younger, son of the late James Clarke, Esq., der of Liverpool, a mu g .— _ COr' The London Times of yesterdaF, (a letter fromt6rono respondent at Teflis,) which we are happy to saY opt. corroborates the belief (hat Colonel Stoddart alThsta, Conolly still live, though confined in prison at B" Istrate for the county OYSTERS Is the season at which oysters are,3t aste t h at who wish to te of excellent quality at Barton the greatest perfection, andthos, in Rauelagh-place. . i ' s tet The Rev. Wm. A Cave Brown Case, M.A., m n dto of St. Philip's Church, in this town, has been intitute to the rectory of Stretton-en-le- Field, Derbyshire, ctto, Presentation of his brother, Sir John Cave 13Nwil Bart. CHRISTMAS DAY.—Monday next, being Ch rist . sl -fe day, our office will be opened at two o'clock , open during the remainder of the day ; but pillb us advertising friends, wherever practicable, lac° with their orders on Satur( and con hIY %r to refer aders st meetin g Oth T ,, h d e e . ar , l i°de, eoitre °erat'dlhoe TMAS CAE to the annual important Christmas another column by Feeney Brother one that do r novelty certainly surf establishments in town A deputation from tl Associa - t h Americam an Ir. Brown, and ith the Earl o ci f Aber; in relation to comineral composed of Ir. G. A n of Liverpool Watson, Mr. Grave din, had an deen, at t Foreign-o matters connected with Mexico —,ers, whose advertisement will bey f°-11Tdci another part of our paper, have just introtht' it is the notice of the public their compressed cell t'l or an invention of the utmost importance to cart'r"oce° others going to sea, as the coffee submitted to thisloor retains for an incalculable time all the strength ao Vey Brotl of the fresh roasted and ground article. r t 15 9: THE WINTER ASSIZE.—That portion of the i a r oa B ally practising in the Crown Court of the northern edrday will be divide% during the prese t assizes , as I, '' t gr. was the opening day both in this town and Ynr • of Justice Wigbtman will go to Chester, for the PerP° disposing of the criminal business there, at the teurlool tion of the assizes at Liverpool. Ther will be nO iy , or mission for the city of York, nor indeed for anY c town in any of the circuits. f Ore' FREEMASONRY.—A Provincial Grand Lodge .hirer thren resident within the Western Division o f Lane one was held in Liverpool on Wednesday last , at %ch ic ns ac• hundred and fifty brethren attended. After the treodges, tions of labours in the Craft and Provincial Grand Lodges, to upwards of one hundred of the brethren sat ook'noter, splendid banquet at the Adelphi Hotel, J• Prin Esq., D.P.G.M., in the chair, and J. P e rrin, were P.G.S. W., vice. The usual loyal and other bro ketne s aP W drank with the greatest cordiality, and the O' the at a good hour. We have only to add— PrsP' art.." e r Of MR. RYALLS' CONCERT. — This talent ed teacn h ort, singing will give a vocal and instrumental gran d f ° 6res t to-morrow evening, at the Royal Assembly-1.001r,, Mr' George-street. Amongst the performers engege,u IWO Lindley, sen., (violoncello,) Mr. Blagrove. (vi° ll ",ar ff. Whitnall and the Misses Williams, (vocalists.) Gill V. Lewis will preside at the pianofo r t e . Selectionesoise be given from Belle's new opera of " The sod Girl," which has-caused great sensation in tioflur ,"bigo the performances, it is fully expected, will ages' - treat.—(See advertisement.) m r Miss E. GEOR&E'S CONCERT. — This very' - °' ourprioingly gi ft ed ohild wit 4 giro the first Of 4 ; G e org e, ce conrts at the Royal Assembly Rooms, WO' gK street, this evening, when the child will exhibit 1 4 ha ve in playing a variety of airs on the accordion., " acq uire before had occasion to notice her extraordina r y meats when she performed at the Collegiate Instipeueiti and trust the musical public will encourage such P r- treats of talent, and at the same time afford themselves o c bo or by numerously attending. Mr. Leach (of the lganesioo3l Concerts) is engaged, as well as others of high profe distinction. ; EDUCATIONAL EFFORT OF THE CONOREG,"'-° IST9,—At the conference of ministers and delegi e rsod the congregational body :in London, on Wednesa,4;bed Thursday, the handsome sum of £17,795 was so c n or the towards raising a sum of £lOO,OOO for providin better instruction of the people. There are seven r e iith, of £lOOO each ; four of £5OO eachof X 2 ' aiae ; twelve Tuo- amongst whom we perceive the names of Mr- f this Blackburn, and Messrs. S. Blackburne and Co. , ° sual s. town, besides a number of subscribers for smaller.,ected We see the following-other names of gentlemen cien-j. with Liverpool; Mr. C. Robertson for X125,„r Jones for £lOO, and the Rev. John Kelly for .z . ‘'''' uo CHILDWALL..--The Rev. J. Bonwell, 7, se dh, s been appointed to the the curacy of Chita °, ue`o-t• 1i 1 ministerial duties on Sunday week, at theffnu rc e - 8 0 " . Trinity, Preston, where he has been recently We learn from the Preston papers, that the sacre:lieoes was filled to overflowing on the occasion. On li.rootat day, after the farewell weekly lecture in the Sc bas the, reverend gentleman was presen ted by one ot,ble day'. School teachers with a superbly bound v L i vit ll ,; prayer book; and, what is still more gratify atte n d u claw tte d °per , handsome silver watch• subscribed for by the a at t' lectures;:. chiefly poor individnalso° .he evening atives to whom the subscription was confined „oil, 1 0 I THE COMET.—Mr.. Wm. Lassell, of thi s sa ys, o k b t t t a e i r n teodalacsotnntiegmhtpoaraLyoddoabtesdervtahteioln3otlfi Zzt.nres,,:coule" otro - A w o la rn ic i h ea m i r a e y ad pe e r r l s l . aps T b h e e aiencsetr.ttiambelenttowistohmv,e,hoiteTinat esccatogr°l:„si served is an equatorially-inounted Newtonian rer, pow er a nine inches aperture and 112 inches focus, ana h b :i - , l lit , to used were 96 and 150. The comet is pretcY not to be overlooked for a moment with this tel 9 - _ 01 •Jal Lg.,. • F.A.VIC•as,Q. •• assa than is necessary to render the thick have wires , ste h meter just barely visible. It appears I!' ° vv. - r ea nucleus, or at least a point in which the lip apeace, much condansed. The diameter of the c?w e r th-P re t eg• to be about IA minutes, with an evident tall re °_,, 3 ,ie ding, and extending in that direction about th ;. Bcoo r , u ly Its place I ascertained with care, and untl_er., aok ; It TIDE TABLE )f 53, G roV e-str v r Great O r ford-s te , r.GEoaan's bausetiNT,LlVNaF xlesst JOSHUA FLETCHF At No. 4 Ze" - a7)11 ft i a Le zud C(,) 9 jr f> HEIGHT HOLYi _.• on is ah 58m ih LIVERPOOL 0 11 0 444i .L . 4sVM he: ts umi Ins:e lel :7 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1843. PRINTED AND PUBLISHE D 1,1 1 . 10 TUESDAY INIOR.OI.' and r uer , _Co o r i Red t the J,!!..;:,a6LteetrAn- : le! 'man Odors SUDDEN DEATHS.—On Friday afternoon last, a young O and and Co. Twin belonging to the Magalette, schooner, lying in frequently done before ; but as he was an over-grown youth, upwards of six feet high, though but 21 years of age, his ailment was attributed to growing pains, and no for and administered to him ; go to the North- s arms suspicions are expressed, b t and, so for a t the c j ~,,, g one of Asiatic cholera. 'lac incinesr win. no neru to ou, him in strongly condemning the rash and inconsiderate when the mystery will be solved. On Saturday, a black conduct of the parties. Surely some steps could be taken belonging to an AfricLn barque dropped down dead on to peveeut such lamentable occurrences as these, the pier. The inquest will also be held this day, erdict 0 —the coroner Liou.conrt, Fl danger was apprehended. tin the occasion stated, no w - Coffee.hc ever, he appeared to he seriously ill—complaining of pains row; N( —and some cough drops were sent needle-st He, however, continued to Ca., Sise becomine alarmed, roused their No' e year £1 18, cred is ' rms of u'l)seription for this one year, £1 3s. ; hatf-ycnr, lis. 0 4 4, advance—on half-year? lOst r. Clarke the thanks of the meeting were ♦oted tc NT (J. Grantham, Esq., C. I to deliver his annual address, and was received with mucl applause. He commenced by saying that, in presenting himself now for the third time, to address them in hi: capacity as president, at the close of the sixth session o the society, he should adopt a course differ' measure from that which he had pursued on casions. Finding that he had but f make on the state and prospects of the society—so ever The PRESI ) then ro observations tc scenes of the times—be should introduce to their notii a topic of public interest, suited to the character of the meetings; the subject he alluded to was the p esent state of steam navigation. After some introductory observa• Itions, as to 'the failure of the science as a profitabl mercantile speculation, he called their attention to th Iscrew propeller, as a substitute for paddle-wheels,—at improvement which he had great hopes would do muct to place steam navigation on a firmer foundation. Several short notices of the screw-propeller bad ap peared in scientific publications, but they we perfee . . however, been referred to more satisfactorily in a mot written by Mr. El:jab Galloway, the potentt - • " 3f piddl wheels, in an appendix to Tredgold's work on the steam engine. But the author had not formed a decided opinion on the question, and did not establish its superiority. The French claimed to be the original inventors of the screw propeller, and few would di.pute with them the honour as due to the English V11A1,1: • The lecturer here referred to a French paper detailing the performances of the French war-steamer Napoleon, which were certainly satisfactory. He next noticed a number of instances in which the screw had been em ployed, even from the year 1699. It was also tried by different partie. in 1713 and 1763. In 1802 the Doncaster transport, which had been becalmed, was worked into harbour at Malta at the rate of 1 mile an hour, by eight Pell. She weht 7 leagues with a screw, and the ed to have contemplated every kind of pro- men at parties se peller since patented by others. In 1825 the screw was applied to a vessel in the Thames. In 1828 a patent was taken out for a screw by Mr. Charles Cummerow. in 1832 M. Sauvage also applied it. In the same year Mr. Wooderoft of Manchester took out his patent, in 1836 Mr. Smith his, and in 1838 Ericssort also obtained one. Cummerow's and Smith's were much arke. He then explained the principle of the screw (or in clined plane), and its advantages over the paddle-wheel, assuming for argument's sake that, simply as a propeller, there was no preference to be given to either. lie re ferred to cross sections of two vessels of the same dimen sions, one with the paddles and the other with the screw; also to longitudinal sections of the same. By pointing to these, he clearly showed the several advantages of screw vessels. There were several kinds of screw propellers, but the principle was the same in all—an inclined plane turned round a spindle or cylinder. (This he showed by wrap ping a piece of paper•, in the form of a right-angled tri angle, round a roller; and the hypothenuse, or slanting edge of the paper, described the worm of the screw, which might be made of any pitch.) And if a screw were made to revolve in a solid, by giving it one revolution it would move forward or backward a distance equal to the pitch. There might be several threads in the same screw, but although this constituted a difference in form, the principle remained smattered. Mr. Smith's filst experiments were made with a single thread, or incline wound round an axis, making an entire revolution, and presenting. to the eye, when looking in the direction of the axis, the form of a complete disc. Erics son's, and others consisted of a short portion of the screw, with many threads or inclines, in some cases appearing to the eve when placed in the direction of the axis, as a complete disc. but not necessarily so. (He here described the number of blades on the screw, and how they were formed.) Wooderoft (who obtained his patent in 1832) adopted a slightly different system. Instead of the thread being uniform, and the incline the same at all points, he proposed an increasing pitch at the after end. His object would be understood by considering a fish's tail, more particularly that of the eel (to a drawing of which, as if it were in motion, he pointed.) In the evolutions made by its body and tail they each continued to increase ; and, consequently, the rapidity with which it struck the water increased also, and compensated for the loss of effect oc casioned to the tail by the motion given to the water by the body. In like manner, by giving this constantly in creasing angle to the screw, the same result would follow. This he (Mr. G ) conceived to he a very beautiful modi fication of the original screw propeller. The principle did not escape the attention of others ; and it was to be re gretted that it had not been tried earlier and made known. He had alluded to the plans of Messrs. Smith, Erick son, and Woodcroft, to the first two as being best known, and because he believed the award of superiority, was by almost common consent given to it. Mr. Smith was the originator of a company that built the Archimedes—a vesserthat circumnavagated England, and performed other long voyages. This first drew public at tention to the sub ject. Great credit was due to that spirited company, and to Mr. Smith for these experiments, which were con ducted on a liberal scale; hut this was not the first vessel that had been propelled by a screw. Ericsson had pre viously dime much, and displayed great originality of thought. The form of his propeller, although not the subject• of his patent. bad never yet been surpassed, and it required only the elongated pitch to make it the most efficient yet constructed. He(the lecturer) was influenced by this opinion when recently called upon to construct the small vessel called the " Liverpool Screw," which had been at work on the Mersey. He had taken care not to infringe any patent in the screw he adopted, and was sm.- prised'to find, on looking over the list, that these valuable plans'had been overlooked. Several experiments had been made by Messrs. Brun nel, Claxton, and Guppy, at Bristol, under the superin tendence of the latter, upon various forms of screw in the Archimedes. In these some curious facts were observed, and it was then suggested that it was possible to propel vesserfaster by the screw, than the screw itself would have gone had it worked in a solid medium. He at first con ceived that there was an error in the calculations, but sub sequent observation induced him to believe it possible to obtain such a result, and that all vessels having the screw s to expect— if this tendencv weie increased it would at a loss of C... 4 1-‘ , . flip mnnner in which the eddy formed by the pier of a bridge, in which, case the • • - -• • Was stationary anc latite positions were the same in both. The conclusion, therefore, was, that though the relative effect between the screw and the vessel appeared to be favourable, yet that being obtained at a great sacrifice of power, such a result' might arise from defects in the form of the vessel, and was thf 7 refore no good indication, and that the utmost 9 a effi- circumstances, to, be as follows :—Decernu.. 0 ciency would be obtained' when the speed of the screw 53 m. mean time, right ascension, 5 h. 15,m'' was from 1-15th to 1-20th part greater than that of the nation, north, 3 (leg. 44 min. 46 sec " vessel The Lecturer then noticed some of the most remark able screw vessels that yet appeared, and the forms of the the 9410 that some of the objections to it were groundless. He showed by diagrams of two vessels of equal' size, that where paddle-wheel vessels could not easily have any beams over the engine-room, on the plane of the lower der' 's the engine, &c., rose to the deck above Potatoes „, beams might be introduced in screw vessels at that g"' . point, not only greatly strengthening the vessel' where Shgr s t..to . p . s . she most wanted it, but admitting of a clear range of Cattle saloons or cabins fore and aft, with little or no inter- Turnips, ruptt'n. Carrots A short interesting discussion took place, in• the course of which the chairman ably and convincingly replied to the questions propounded, on the supposed. lateral pres sure of the screw. He then addressed some well-digested Mn. N remarks to the society on its progress and prospects, ea ,pressing a hope that the present mayor, as his two prede- Tuesday 19 9 9 cessors had done, would favour them with his company Wednes. 20 10 5 and countenance. (cheers.) He complimented the Thurs... 21 1 59 committee on their attendance and great attention to the Friday.. 22 11 46 interests of the society, and concluded by saying ” May rtur a day 2 . 4 3 0 5 ? .3 we strive to preserve our present unanimity, to continue Monday 25 135 our steady onward career ; and may these meetings, which have been the source of so much interest and pro fit to ur all, long maintain that agreeable and instructive character for which they are now so generally distin guished." (Loud applause.) A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman for his able address, and his conduct as president, and the meeting EVERY ___, ____ 10. °sc. .11 LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET,. "'",, e d wit, l , l - to it Cattle market to-day has been well suPt.iroll --rvios „ 00 . ~., gT, LLVERPOOL HAY AND POTATO $ a 0 1 „ °1 DECEMBER IS. Q ,z. , 0 Iv qlb 0 ' --- Gi \ gm... S. d. s. d. 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