The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-16 00:00:00

- F ESA ISA.RY 16 1 , 4 8 _. ~ _~~~ _ . . . xroPtted that freculeut occabluns of delicate negotiatiop v4i:l ati,e. • "We do-not distrust Air. Van Buren's . government.' We he lieve thstt isiust'enoneh, and wise.enough with England. We believe the same of •the Congress; btit in such au extensive country as the United States, a democratical government is, as regards external relations, no goVetnment, and the President and Congress must prove their desire for peace by looking wish nut-Any real or affected jealoniy upon the defensive measures of those neighbours whom they cannot restrain their subjects from offending. Let any one in the United States make the ease Gillis own country—let him suppnse a band of Canadian Onttows,.or Indians, organised at "Queenston—let him suppose this banditti to provide themselves with artillery and arms from the Queen of En g l an d' s stores, an d thus organised, armed, and equipped, to take - possession of Grand Island, receivinedail♦ Supplies from Chippewa, under cover of the guns of the fort. `llow would he expect—how would he demand- the British go rnment to act? Would he not say that it was our business to 'pursue our pirates, and to disgrace and punish all British Offi cers and subjects abetting or conniving at their crimes? and the demand would nut have to be made twice upon Great Britain ; Such is the difference between Monarchy and democracy." PROSPECTS OP TILE MINISTRY.—" Coming events cast their shadows before them." The truth of this sav ing is likely to he realised in the eat ly dissolution of the imbecile Whig ministry. The many recent appointments which have taken place under the present temporary go vernment affiad an infallible proof of the tottering con dition of the cabinet. The whip; ministers thems.!lves hate contrived to retain oilier for a sufficiently lung pe riod to entitle each of theni to a retiring pension ; but their needy relatives and dependants have been long kept in abeyance. 01 late, however, wonderful alacrity has been displayed on the part of ministers to secure for their retainers some permanent provision, whilst an equal degree of readiness has been evinced by the lat ter to " catch at any o pp o int inen t" o f w hi c h - they are not likely to be deprived when the whig cabinet receives its quietus. The projected„missiorrof Lord Dothan) has already atiorded 4 the ineans-of,proxidirig for several "nice young gentlemen" of whit principles. The appoint ments of sir , L. Hay and of Mr. Rich ird Sheil - nre likewise'indipOive4.a,desite ,on the part of the thiek 4nti•thin SuPpOrters of the Melbourne cabinet to secures: snug birth before it becOrnek too late. We may cimfi dently look for several additional appointMents of the same description in the course of a few dais. Whig patriots are notoriously fund of promotion to offiCes of emolument. • From the eagernes' manifeqe3 by the most active par= tisans of the ministry, to obtain permanent appoint ments, as well as from other causes, we are justified in stating that Lord Melbourne and his associates are plaid in embarrassing circumstances, and that their speedy re tirement from office may be calculated upon. It. is well known that they have been forced to adopt an apparently conservative line of policy in obedience to the wishes of her Majesty. This has been made palpably evident since the present session con,nrenced. In consequence of this constrained adoption of conservative measures, the ministers. have lust the confidence of the ultra-radical party, and have been forced to rely almost excldsively upon Sir Robert Peel and the members of the opposition for the support necessary to carry on the government of the country. We do not say that the whig ministers have voluntarily thrown themselves upon the aid of the conservatives. Their inclinations evidently went the other way ; but. they had nu alternative—they were corn pelled to do so onto resign, and resignation is a word of which they have not learnt the meaning. The position of the ministers in reference to their quondam radical friends- ins-) be inferred from the foll Ow - notice of motion given by Sir William Mulesworth for the 6th of Match : "To move au address to tll-!. Queen, respectfully expressing the opinion - of the house that, in the present critical state of many of her Majesty's foreign possessions in various parts of the world, it is essential to the well-being of her Alajest}'s co lonial empire, and of the many and important domestic inteiests whith depend on the prosperity of the colonies, that the Colonial - Minister should be a person in whose diligence, fore-thought, judgment, activity, and firmness, the house and the public may be able to place reliance; and declaring, 'With all deference to the constitutional prerogative s fthecrown, that her Majesty's present.Secrelar y of State for the Colonies does not enjoy the 'confidence of the house, or of the country." How this motion will be disposed of it is impossible to form any conjecture. Should the consPrvatit es deem it worth their while to vote'in favour of Sir William Moles worth's declaration, Ministers must be ouitoted. The probability is, that the motion will be got rid of by an "adjiturnment. No trial of sttength has yet taken place between the ministerial party and the conservatives. Such a trial Can only take place on so►ue question of impoitance, *Giving a tangible principle on which both parties ate Professedly at variance. Will the thinhitery tenture upon the introduction of such a question ? Will they bring forward the Irish Municipal Bill—the Chinch Rate Bill ---or the Irish Tithe ISill ? They dare not. ELECTION PETITIoNS.— Several of the election peti tions, which were fixed for consideration in the earlier part of this month, are now undergoing investigation be fore committees of the House of Commons, and a few have been already decided. Of the latter, the only case that has disturbed the balance of parties has been that of retersfield. The committee in thiS case have decided that Sir H. Millie,. the Conservative candidate, was not duly elected, and that Mr. Hector was duly chosen to serve in the present parliament. This will cause a difference, on a division, of two votes in favour of the Radicals. The decisions in the cases of Salford and county of Longford have been in favour of the sitting members. The Roxburgh and Ipswich Election Committees hate not yet termina►ed their enquiries. The latter is likely to issue in favour of the Consert atives. The following was the state of the pull at the close of Tuesday' s p i ceedings Gibson (conservative) Kelly (conservative) Tuffnell (radical) 'Wagon (radical) Should the_ decision of the committee be in favour of Mr. Kelly it will 'exactly c•omterhalance the loss siis . tained by the Conservatives in the case of Peterfiehl. The Belfast Election Committee was halhated for on Tuesday evening. The following are the members : Col. Rolleston, Mt. Logan, 111 e. P. W. Miles, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Halford, Lola Villiers, Mr. :Chute, Lord Griniston, Mr. Eaton, Lord Paget, and Mr. St. - • '• • In the case of Bridge - north the Radical member vety ; prudently resigned previously to titt`' ballot, anti a new writ was moved for by Mr. W. Holme.s. This, t‘e lime .po doubt, will give an ad litional., vote to the Conserva tives. 4t is a singular fact in connection with the balloting for election committees, that the majoriries, in •every instance excepting that of the Ipswich hat ebeen in favour of the Radicals, and that this has taken place notwithstanding the diligent attendance of the Conserva tive members, fewer of whom have been returned as absent than of their opponents. This circumstance may account fur many decisions of an adverse nature : such, AinfOrtunatelv, is the sense of honour among the Radical members.. TH E EMIGRATION BROKERS.— We have frequently endeavoured to excite the public sympathy on behalf of that Class - of society who, driven frcm their natit e . shores by adVerse fortune, are led to seek an a" him in foreign ]ands. The frequent impositions Factised upon these individuals by the passenger brokers, with but sery few exceptions, called for the jive' ference of our local au lhorities, and application was made to the Colonial Office for the appointnient of a go% eminent agent, who should superintend the fitting out of ships for the riot grati'On seeviee, and afford' a poWerful protection to the unfortunate emigrant. The.choice fell upon Lieut. I.A.w a n . 44licer who had sery with distinction in her Ma jesty:s navy for set era years, and %Ito) was stet 1 , 0% re laounnended by the 'anions ( , ITivets under whom lie had ,lierred. The apja,in:rnent t.f a resid,tll got eitm:etit * genbt;atiirailv excited 11le j4-alcus:. (A the pio., , etTes bl°lo -1 T. and from .et end a t:,(t (Ii VACOP-I'VimitiQuittOftv . ou-rett to orate n prejudice against. Lieut. Low. It . ‘Y1 . 11; hotVever, he sa tisfactory to the public to know, that this gentleman has receitied testimonials of appro‘ al from the local authori ties,-who have had the best upport unity of judging of his conduct and estintating the value of his sera ices. We Intimated in our last that a pamphlet has very recently been pnislished, under the iitle"of " A Letter to Lieut. Low, by a Passenger Broker." If this pamphlet is intended for a vindication of the conduct. of the emi gration brokers, it is• a miserable failure. The records of the police-court, as well as the books kept at the go vernment ollice, prove beyond all controversy the guilt of many of these parties. During the year 1837 no less than 2866 complaints were lodged at the govfrnment office, and "redress obtained for 894. Now, how :does the writer of this pamphlet meet this charge ?• by declaiing his belief that the 894 cases were the only ones requiring redress! This appears a very convenient mode of getting rid of the charge ; but ad who are ac quainted with the nefarious system adopted by many of these brokers know that com iction is only obtained by the most careful and persevering inquiry. In many in stances the restitution of the money wrested from the poor emigrant has been enforced hr the authority of law. The sum of £523 ls. 84(1. was recovered between May 7, 1533, and December 31, 1837, during which time two prosecutions took place at our assizes, on both of which convictions were, obtained. This speaks volumes in fa vour ad Lieut. Low's administration, not to mention the adVantages and comfort secured through his interference to the unfortunate emigrants. We must now proceed to notice the pamphlet more particularlt. The writer appears most anxious that the mist which haSso lung obscured the perception of the public through"the fallacious representations of news paper reports should be dispelled. Now we claim for ourselves and our contemporaries the public confidence with regard to the various statements which have ap peared on `the subject of emigration. We have endea voured to actiMparrially, and in this spirit we have, on several occasiOh's,O'peried our eolumns to both parties. Our - - reason for.discontimaing the practice was, that we found the variotrs-chargesmade . against Lieut. Low were quite groundless„and that the complaints made by Lieut. Low were confirmed by the records of the police court and other incontrovertible evidence. These books are open for the inspection of the public, although this is denied by the «rites of the pamphlet before us in the following pa rag a : " The &unrifled newspaper stated that Lieut. Low's books were open to the vublic, and, in consequence of that declaration, a person called at his uffice and politely requested to see them. Ile WdS asked by what authority he called there, and replied that he had a friend in the emigration business, and that, if he could discover that his friend had been guilty of the crimes at tributed to the passenger brokers, his friendship for him would beiminediatel annibi.ated. Ile was then informed that if be had come with a note front a newspaper office he might have had the permission to see them; but, as he had no authority for seeing them, he could not be allowed that privilege. This is only a part of the same system., So then, the people connected with the press may see his libellous books, in order that the libelling system may still continue in full force against us. But why are we, or our ft lends, who are most deeply interested in the matter, to lie deprived of a sight of them ? Ilere is justice. Whi not reveal to us the secrets of those mystical books, which resemble Pandora's box, with all manner of evils therein, but nut tike hers; with hope at the bottom ? Why not allow us to read our crimes in their most hideous aspect and with their most frightful trappings, that so he may cherish the hope or.ur amendment? But the misfmtmw is that, if we all amend these will be no need of his services. Thus, the system is admirably: concocted, and has hitherto worked well. It we see the books, "the cat might get out of the ba:.r." But ne wish for an open investigation of those books; not a partial examination, but a minute scrutiny. If they have been fait!) . kept, there is no cause of fear." • The statement here made is, in our opinion, false from begitrning 'to end, and for this Siople reason, that in a conversation we held with some of the brokers con cerned in the publication of this pamphlet, they allotted that the books were kept for a public inspection. But these men know the general indiffetence of the public to these matters, and hope for concealment through such neglect. We had our attention called a short time sin ce to a paragraphAlhich appeared in the STANDARD, repect ing a summons which had been obtained against one of these brokers for Swindling some poor emigrants. The paragraph was headed "Swindling Emigrants." The broker,_in consetpteri.ee,:paid • us a visit, in order to re monsirate with Ili on the improPriely of inejudging the question. He stonily asserted his own innocence— boasted of his moral integrity, and stated that he never even had been suspected of such base conduct. He shud dered as he related a 'Scene which occurred at his own house, when the charge was understood, and described in glowing ter os the indignation of his amiable vs ife, and the sympathy of. his: children. This most affected narrative tadtmally 'moved its to pity, ani we regretted that so worthy an individual should stiffer unjustly. But a few boors banished, this feeling ; for on our visit to Lieut. Low's office we were surprised to find the name of this individu a l in almost every Evrge of the book of complaints. He has since deemed it necessary to enter an action'against us for the better vindication of his cha racter. And yet such men are loud in their outcry against being exposed to the public censure ! They tell us they court inquiry —full inquiry—minute inquiry— an impartial, patient scrutiny. And to give strength to their assertion, they challenge. Lieut. Low to produce a single•instance of direct swindling, and to name the per sons who were swindled. Now this appears very fair and honourable, but we doubt if the publication of these facts would be unattended with injury. Let these brokers who hale written the pamphlet accept our challenge, and testily to the world their wish to have the matter fairly investigated. Let them give us a, guarantee that we shall not be subject to legal prosecution for the pub lication of the facts, and we will produce numerous cases of fraud, and name the parties %%Ito have been defrauded. Further, we are anxious to do justice to those tnokets who are not engaged in this system of villanous imposi tion, and therefore we will throw open our columns to publish any instance of fraud practised by the emigrants upon the brokers, pros ided they be confirmed by un dunbied testimony. We must, however, dismiss the subject for the present. The approaching season of the year in which emigration takes place to a very considera ble extent, has led us to notice more particolady t he pamphlet before its. And we would urge it on the at• tention of onr friends to recommend emigrants to the office of the government agent, where they are sure of protection. There are se% etal cases fur Ilia] at the en suing aAsiZei C?lll:Weted wills this question, which will afford the public the opportunity of judging, more eor reedy of the:eharacter of the pretensions put, forth in the pamphlet under notke. THE ANTI SPOTTISWOODE CONSPIRACY.—A public meeting of the reformers was announced for Monday List, at, the house i►f Mr. Eastwood, the Royal Hotel. Several resolutions were to be submitted, pledging the society to use every efl'o►t to defeat the Spottiswoode gang - in the attempts.to destroy tl►e freedom of vlection in Ireland. We have searched the columns of the Tek graph, but cannot final any report of the proceedings at this important. meeting. At the hour appointed hit ihr meeting, the only members present u ere Mr: H. T. At kinson, and two other miserable hacks in the employ of the Reform Association. No business of course could be transacted—no resolutions could be adopted,and no sub scriptions could be obtained. Thus the farce terminated, and the three worthies, something after the fashion of the three tailors in Tooley street, retired to the tap to refresh, themselVes with a pot of heavy Wet. TF!P: QUER/1.-111r, I,avey is reqiieste4 by 11r. Moor, Ike pufrislier of Cha!on's forthcoming:ollle poitrait of her NLijesty ; to ann..une e i .„ l . l fi m pity with the prospeltis, the (nice ut the engr,vin g nill be raised from £3. 3s. to lA. -Is. Proofs in verspeetive to all - whose names ate hill in the sol.,erintiou tern k before the fiat of Xlait•li next. Ihe etclittiJ nt.iv be sect' and stOtscriiters values entered at Mr. Lacey's, tit, Bold-street. 'Fite litrertor s of the Ches.er ;mil Birkenhead are abon' to ( -tin vont .a. it for the waking of two mites and thitty. tw 0 liiitillS of ILe . line. «mewling frow liaLt-iihenil ill New at-ti lot three miles and tun ty-six chains, extending from New' herit io E.aolinin. 1)1:AWING AN INYI,IIII.NCE.-1 he proprietor of au immence outolol (It %% a' t. r 5 1 ,1,4 L 6, 1 ,11111111. who ba S raised hims e lf by iwitoory, to he a Man of consideidlole itroperi, being' in t loge convetsitlitoi llith a gentleman ith. (It p m , pi t .1, 111 ss, at.lietl ht the if he could ilia% no infer nt " Not I,"' said h., " but I 1..11 , 411 a has 11:111e the other 41;i Y. and I'll lay a live law od Lott: that die di ale/ it if does not mac thaizioui tow." . , 111 1 4 : 1,1 VER P< )01. ST NDA RD GEORGE 1101.1)E,N'S CONCER,T. On Tuesday evening last, this einwert, which has been for stone time announced to the public, took place at the Theatre Itoyal. We have rarely attended a concert .:norelniltiantly at teotted or which gave greater satisfaction. It we may form any opinion from the crueli:, - of the audience in encoring almost every piece, we .hoard say it was much delighted. Every part of the house was qutte•full, and the boxes were hued with many of the principal families of the town. The mayor also, accion pained by a large party of ti tends, honoured the performance with his presence. The concert opened with a grand symphony iu C, from Beethoven, which went tiff rather tamely. The syinvhony, though distinguished by a continuous succession of ti,,,eet melodies, has in it few striking passages. The -piece which succeeded, a madrigal by Benet, quite enchanted the audience, and put it into a good humour for the evening. The chorus singers of Liverpool, under the able superintendence of Mr. George Holden, have long been noted. In the present piece, the effect which they produced by their great precision as to time, and the beautiful chords they struck, was charming. The hues " With sug'red gloses among these roses, Fa la la la. fa la la Is, was given with strikingly beautiful effect. The next piece, a recitative and aria, by Mozart, train the opera of 'The Mar riage of Figaro," introduced Miss Bruce. This lady possesses a voice of great sweetness, but not of much power, and she is greatly deficient in articulation.: It is rarely that we ever ad mired an ltadan Song when sung by au Englishwoman; it is out o f th e ir proper province, and their voices ill accord with the style of . musit., which is better adapted to brilliant vivacity of style and manner and the stuffier voice of the Italians. This piece passed off rattle, tamely Mr. Machin next was intro duced, and sang a scour, "T!te Battle of Hohenlinden," by C. Smith. It is almost unnecessary to add our 'need of approba thth to t h e l ong li s t of to;inirers of MI:. Machin's singing. Ile is possessed of a splendid bass voice, which he knows well how to use, lie is rising rapidly in reputation, and blots fair to ap proach the pinnacle of the vocalists of the kingdom. He sung this scena splendidly,' At the commencement of the second verse , "But Linden saw an o th er s i g ht , When the drum beat at dead of night, Commencing, tires of death to liiht The darkness of her scenery!" The effect he produced was quite thrilling; and at the conclusion, • "And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre!" • he gave one of those splendid deep bass perorations tot which he is distinguished, and left the stage amidst tumultuous applause. Mrs. Allred Shaw then appeared, and sung a Recitative ed Aria, by Rossini, from the opera of " Italians in Algein." She sang it very sweetly, and her peculiar toned voice contrasted well with Miss Bruce's. Her articulation was beautifully distinct. Then followed a duetio from Rossiiii's opera of " lI Barbiere di Sivigha," by Mr. Machin and Miss Bruce, which was spirit edly and well sung, and met with an encore. Miss Bruce proved - upon the audience much in this piece. The next was a song by Mr. Walton, Love unperceived, with cautious art, Steals seductive o'er the heart— Hangs on the sense with witching wiles, Deluding most, when most he smiles. Then who would love?" This pretty simple melody, he sang with great sweetness. It is well fitted to Mr. Walton's voice, whit h is a tenor of much sweetness, but not of great power. Ile was encored; and flout this time, the audience, which 'appeared to have been growing warm in musical enthusiasm, in suite of the cold area ti e, would not suffer a song to pas s wi th ou t an encore . The next piece was a trio by Cimarosa, from " 11 matinhunio segrettle, which was to introduce Mrs. Hiles, along with Nitss Bruce, and Mrs. Alfred Shaw, That lady, however, we understand, owing to a domestic affliction, did tint attend, and her place was sup plied by Mrs. Brand. This piece passed off veil well, but Mts. Brand was nervous. Mr. M4einu, next sang a beautiful ballad by Knight, " She wore a wreath of roses the night that first we met." which he sang exquisitely', and met t%dh a rapturous encore. Mr. Brown next appeared, and plotql a grand fantasia the introdut lug the Irish air " Savo.uineen Deehsh." His execution, and inodulutien of lone i u this sweet instrument, was splendid ; the audience was quite delighted. The nexi, piece in . . • !winced the audience to a new, and verykauttlut ins lumen!, he cornet a piston, whit h has lately been invented, possessing . . . a very twatitiluilv modulated ineilow tone, very sithoar to the . French horn, which was played by Mr. l'bonipson. as on ac companiment to Mrs. Allied Snow, in the beautilut ballad commencing " The light of other days is faded, And all their glory's past-" 'his was enchantingly sung, and the instrumental accompani listened to %%ill, toeatliless aiteution. We have no mbi, that when this beautiful instrimielit becomes more• kbow it, hal it will let info vet) general use. Without the drHi~ult of roducisig a lone, which us the great draw back sits Ilse tingle, possei.bea all wols a noicli solles, and mellower lune, and IS a (1E44011111 acoat , panintent to the plan() loile. A few of then, are to be seen at the Ittoso. shops, at 111 r. Thom p sun's. in I,onoon-road, aunt 6toilh's, 11l Lord-siteet, A march &It'd CIiCIEUS, twin Beef haven, coneltntett first part. 'the sectool pair or nail with d grand °cerium from '• lis 11l roid • Miss truce then exquisitely saw , an Irish ballad, '• Kate Kearney," to which she was euco,t d, In tfie ballads, ant pieces - which the most de . .5 , e; g y e s. t w was a Scotch air, bv Mrs. All ie d Sha, Johnnie noun'," whiru ',tat, sung woh much taste, though she (*annul sing wish a &well Wtu.st speaking of these ballads, all the evident 8 , 01,1i1010a, anti ple a sure a h,ch they gave to all, we cannot but regret that a vile fashion wi•l stlt k into the hands it our English sweet songstresses ahyll ingbut their native bal lads, in which only, they isatosillty. as well as really excel. We think the pleasure of hearing an Italian tine piece of music is, with the greateSt majotity at least, fully enuntetballanced by being deprived of its proper 4ccompanintent of expi ession, and feeling. A number of Italian lines ' often barbar o u s ly phi nouneed, and at b es t, un d erstoo d but by a tithe of the audience, and ihat imperfectly, add neither expi essinti nor feeling to the music, which is lett for effect on its own unaided powers. We imagine this is a part of that wreiched taste. which, formerly, was dismiss uaiversal, but which. we 11,4. is now dying a way, of adinising every thing but what was Eit!,/O.h, and despising every tuing that was so, In 'conclusion. eta can only add, !nut the conceit passed off extremely well, and appeared to give great, and general satisfaction:. THIRD SOIREE AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTIO.i. The third of these delightful and rational assemblages was held on Wednesday evening la s t. It bas beets our pleasiffi, task on the occasions or the f o rmer so l i e, s , to spea k tavouraol Z of them, we feel it doubly incumb e nt up on us so to notice the one held on Wednesday evening List; fur a more brilliant, crowded, and fashionabie aSsemolage, and a s cene o f mote complete and rat usual enjoyment we have rarely witnessed. The t.ritie was in, eves y respect superior to those which have preceded it; ant that degree of tameness and approach to ennui which, in a stigiit degree, was perceptible in the last. was tio where to he tonna in the present one. We have heard much of " the Lancashire Wiithes"—perhaps inure than we have seen of them; the soirée at Wednesday evening, however, has con vi used us that this title of the tatr daughters of Lancashire has not taken its rise in poetic !Jitney only; to never did we behold so numerous a collocation, or so gi eat a maj , iisty of lovely and bewitching faces. Expel ientia duel is a proverb not the less true for being somewhat musty ; soil the committee have evidently protitted much by , the experi e n ce t h ey have oo tallied from tile former soirees. principal entran ce an d t h e passages leading to the lecture room, were relieved fr om t h e i r former sombre appearance, by a brilliant light thrown through stained glass placed ovei the statue. The museum was enriched by numerous accessions; the most rensaikabie and curious of whicn were a number of toy at autogra p hs horn the time of Henry VIII. doss to that of William t V., int:mil:mg also the autographs of tnany of the Fiench reigning Caudle • during the last two centuries, each aulogiapn n.iving a small engraved likeness of the patty attached to it. The w hole formed a vrt y curious and valoah a col, eetton. Souse of the noes bearing royal signatures, were very amusing. On anyther stand was exhibited the jaw lit a shut k of immense size, finely preserved; and near it a Ave' amulet, of most curious , win kinau s h i p, i n whicli was enclosed a complete copy of th e Koran. A number of beautiful Mosaic paintrags, were also hung about. The room up mails was rendeted more attractive by collection o' Vert, splendid etchings, front many of the stanuard pictur es o f thel est masters. Another very pleasing Improvement consist ed in the swelling notes of a Set aphine, placed at the lisp of toe staircase, mid which was played miring the greater part of the evening. Wm. Wallace Curti..., Esq. acted as pleSltiellt lit the evening. 'Toe Mayor, accompanied by a large parts, honoured the soiree with his presence ; and a number of that august body, the Liverpool Town Council, were to be observed here and there. As eight o'clock arrived the company began to pour down to the lecturedroom, which was, with the exception of a few seats in the gallery, soon tilted in every pail. The Pub.siohNT iu opernog the philosophical part of the evennig's entertainment, said tie shoual lot be ginity tat the h a d taste of describing the advantages of these suite:es alter what his predecessors had stated but shoual at once introduce Jr. Wins,,trile3 to them. who would read to Ineni the essay for tile evening, o n "the wive -tilla g es of the cultivation of the title arts." Tins was a subject to which Alf. Vtinistaritey had de voted a great poi ion or ills lite, and in w he had attained ,onsioerahie proficiency' and a hignly cultivated t as t e (ap plause.) . WINSTANLET Said in bringing forward the preseil paper, it was on:y Lis wish to Wake himself useful, and unt from any fueling of vanity. He had watched the 'lse anal pro.' of the LliS iu Liverpool for the last quarter of a century, anti he was happy tat say that they were now mole prospering than 'they ever were. 'This was a sign of the advancing rethieine.tt of tile town. The rclinenh-nt of the•peopte had ever kept pace with the, progress of the arts. Ile was cauviticed that the apathy %lath was generally found to exist towards the tide' dots, was to be tweed 10 a wain ut knowledge of the history of painting; and he was stile ilia( any one who would sit (Moo for a tew hours to study the art, wout.i lee! delighted on rising, to find that he had obtained a knawiedge of what were the heri nes of paintings, and at being able to distinguish a tine paint ing from the spiti Mos productions Mien placed lielote the pub lic. num the earliest ages of inankiiid the arts hail heel) pro minent in the promo:ion of religion and Could any one view the tea ritic painting of "The Last Judgement," by the divine Angelo. without tieing col:mit:ea of Its I"'"eal4i elicits MI Inc human min t. Noi was at pos.title t o he ti;itid to its efferts ii practuring [Hannay by setting (anti the evils of vice, nor of its influence 1)11 the affections, lay handing down the likeness of at pall rill or a child. The nits were" of na tarty: the% acre like the glorious sun of heaven, which d , trused its light over a.l. 11, should commence Input the revival of paint ing in Italy—but first he would explain what w..ti meant by the revival of —On the &cline tof the early pmt.'s of Greece and 'tome, the arts der tined also. Antiquarians, how ever, were of opinion that the art at' painting was never iost ; that the light tat the art was never wholly extinguished doting eentuties of daikness aid obscurity, but emitted a feeble ray. About the sixth century the mosaic style of pai ing came into vogue. There were to this day, in many parts of Italy, paintings of the Matlimas of a vary early alas, some of which were said lir posses's miraculous parr. The, principal artists cif that day were :he Greek's. Several of the paintings. to which miracti loos power was attributed, were said to be painted by. St. ' Luke the Evaugelist ; but this was incorrect, as they were khoatu In be the paintings of an artist of the 10th century named Lucca, who, bring of a devout turn of mind, liecanie a monk. HIM died in the odour of sanctity, and his works are much sought after. So late as the twelfth century, the Greek anists, assisted by those at Italy, continued to ornament our churches with mesate wink Stain after this period, the Italians emancipated themsekes 1111111 the hard thy al% e of the Greek painteis, and that has been touted the revival of the arts in Italy. Firon this period, the graceful flawing outline tat' the 1 all m school began to he jilt rod tired, Alt.NV.i hen traced the' pro gio.s of the art:step ti) step, from this its earl) infancy down to its fulness ut power at the end of the fifteenth century. 'Mato of the early pain' tugs were of peculiar shapes, which it w.as difficult to ace , iiiit for, excep.ing trout the fact of their being given aspre sents at marriages. Some of the old paintings cure walks of having beeu nailed to caskets. I'6dr - custom arose anoingst the Greeks, and Was folloatal even naw in Switzei laud; and were eu4 a custour prevalent in Eirgland at ibis) time, it would be . , . attended with great achrantatres; it. would show the gallantry rof the - bridegroom and the taste of the bride. Mr. Winstan ley then pioceeded to show the various styles of painting from .the rwelfih to the end of the fifteenth century, amongst a valuable and ch o i ce collection of old paintings, which were loing in the lecture-room. He also show e d Some specimens orilluminated missals. showing the gonzeons style in which the Roman missal was forinerlY - got up.' In conclusion, he said, he should be am ply repaid if he had awakened any interest in the tine arts. lie sat down amidst mod applause. The Pit P.SIDENT said they owed a debt of gratitude to Mr. inst anley for the instruction he had afforded them. lie an ticipa led great public benefit from essays of this kind, He trusted that the Noireh had done away with the feeling which had formerly existed against the lineal Institution and t ha' it has now no longer a kind of terra ineagaga. He believed that previously to the introduction of these soirees 99 nut of 100 per sons did not know what the institution contained, and were Madly' ignorant of its various rich stores of information. He hoped that parents would send their children to avail themselves of the various specimens of art which the institution contained and thus cherish the rising spark of genius. Aftei the mental recreation which they had had Dr. Reynolds proposed to give them a little bodily excitement, and galvanize any who wished . . it, gratis. It was a most delightful sensation to those who liked it: for hi. own part he did not. IA laugh.) Da, REysoi.ios then proceeded to explain the mode ofcharg ing and the action of the galvanic battery. A new kind of the galvanic apparatus had been invented which was much superior to the old one. The galvanic fluid, in the old appa• ratus, became exhausted after the battery had been charged about four hours from the action of the acid dissolving the zinc plates and depositing the zinc upon the surface of the copper plates, and thus rendering them in eff.. e r, al so zi nc . In the new battery this was avoided. A number of distinct t roug hs of copper were made, and then charged with acid. in these were placed bags made of skin, which were charged, also, with acid. and in these hills were placed bars of zinc ; thus, the zinc, and the copper had each a distinct. and separate Hai , ' of their own. The galvanic current was then united at the top. This kind of battery would continue in lull force till the acid was Toite exhausted. He then threw a current of the galvanic fluid from this battery into a bottle of water, the water in which. was thereby decomposed into its elements, oxygen, and hydrogen gas. This gas, when collected, and forced through a small tube, on a light being applied to it, produced a most brilliant light. and a very intense heat. A project had been mooted of applying this mode of heat to steam boilers to generate steam. He little doubted it would he found to succeed ; and if applied to' marine boilers would do away with the necessity ofcarrving fuel. All that world be necessary, would be a proper galvanic bat tery of sufficiept power, and a few bottles .of acid; the sea wa ter would supply the fuel. He exhibited a number of other interesting experiments; after which, the company took tea and coffee, at the ditt'rent refreshment rooms promenading was resumed till ten o'clock. when the assemblage began to dis perse, apparently highly delighted with the evening's entertain ment: PHRENOLOGY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE. LIVERPOOL SLIND.I RD. Stn,-1 shall now endeavour tdanswer the principal objec thins brought forward by tuy opponent, and. in doing so , as { his " facts" are derivect(preperly enough) from the experiments of others, any severity of remark 1 may think fit to use cannot, and is not intended to be personal to himself. The first objec tion. is to my phystognoinical mode of proving phrenology; and it is asserted, that phrenology and crattiology' are used synony mously by writers on the subject. It . he had said by writers ayainst the subject, who are ignorant of its very eleinen•s, he would have been correct. Phrenology means a discourse upon the mind; craniology a discourse upon the skull; and although it was thri ttgli the: phy.rimjnumy of the skull that phrenology was discuvertd, yet the ulelaphlsical knowledge of the cottslitutiou of our uuuda is perfet•tty inilepend"Ut of craniology, and nut only professes to he the ugly hue" mental stirnce,' t but what 1s strange, toils the very ctri•ner Shiite of the btliitlingr is seldtrtlt attacked, or attacked b} those who know Sit little of the subjel t as to confrund phrenology with craniology, and to ask, with great simplicity, why . phrenologists do not call jMignient a pri mitive fatuity ? The qu 'scions as to the effect of size and quality are set at rest by such parts of my lectures as you have found room for ; and the argument. that the convolutious at the base of the skull, which, Miring life, we cannot examine, may develope fa culties oppt,s,l to those manifested by organs which we can ex amine, affects not phrenology. Ctaniology is of course Imper fect, and will remain so, as long as the office of any' one part of the brain snail remain .unknown; and althrou A ll we cannot ma- Intimate the lemon) of the brain during life, yet post morten, examinations, particularly of diseased functions, not attribut able to any know n organ, will, I doubt not, eventually till up the chasm at present existing; but be it remembered, that the separate kn wn Fuuttion of each known part of the brain is " positive and not relative;" and the die:cover) . of an antago nizing, power to any one faculty would no more affect the exact uatule and value of the known taetiltv than the discovery of a new island it) the southern part of the globe, peopled by a new rate, would alter the character and ittrinbel• of the individuals inhabiting a place tailed " litigland." the effect would be, to add a new fact to geography', and to render the •• science of sta- Mill more "uncertain" than it is at present; tint I doubt wht'thei this new discovery would (as my critic assumes) destroy the " science of statistics" or geography altogether. I still should call thetn "sciences," although lie would not; lie- valise. he says. that the meaning of the word science implies a "rut' undeistanding of the a hole subject about aluch it treats," and gives an example ft ow mathematics, which is no example at .11, and would not affect the :tegument if it were. But, ac cording to him, mathemai it s can be no science, because we can not, as yet, squat e the circle: chemistry is no science, because we are ignorant of some of the laws which regulate natutal com binations; and geography is unworthy of the name, because it hat b not yet mapped out the mountams of the moon, or given a deseription of the subterranr au. caves which vomit forth their contents through the volcano's mouth. Aly opponent asserts, that "if the mind of a cobbler were so directed, It is capable of attainieg as much perfection it) fiddling as cobbling." I might well leave so abstiid a proptisition to the universal ridicule every man's own personal expetience will make 111 CqUitill good hock? The r i l f ss e e s r e u r t Y tti g t7:e H r l it t s ." n b ( l ) )l :n r s t a .' e u r k ; this la a l a F i l k l i t r i s l ih:, ( l, . e. i g l i lf l : s .lai h t,lti l) pel i t* it! alitirlosotn only the ' o k t) only "i : metaphysical objection " plurality of our primitive powers," I refer to my lectures for the positive proofs of !herr existence. llr sa‘s, that - 'l'urk's bead is round, thetefore " 'Fmk's cli4iarier should be per feet." Now, it so !lappet's that a Tut k's head is not a sphere, but very neatly a hemisphere. fits " there fare." then. is a non sequitur. But a craniologist • would tell you, that such a head would evidence a very large preponder ance of the animal passions, and knowing faculties, great firm ness and veneration, with small benevolence and 'effective powers. Perhaps some of your readers will tell me it the Turks are such people. In Dr. !Instant's case, phrenology meets with unexpected support. If the clitie will look at the spot in the brain so loose ly described, be will find it marked No. 12. Her eautiousness, Chet), and not her sect et iyeness. her fears nod not her cunning', w o uld be morbidly aroused. She would. tinder such an affec tion, "he continually terrified;" and as her madness was occa sioned " by religious enthusiasm," het eternal salvation would be the subject of tier terrors. Ili-ally all the argurnen•s as such, in support of the •' unity of the mind and the unity of the brain," are so futile, that shall ctruclude this part of my subject by him to account upon his theory fora difference of charac terer, and then I shall be " satisfied." But whilst one but d Orent/IoV,ltit est, tell how it hap. pens, . v i n n or t %%a-in) an y one men, the one shall have strong intellect and weak passions. the other weak intellect and strung pass;ons; or, if lie will enable us, by any known (10cum..., to understand " Atintunania," how the mind shall be diseased upon one point and healthy upon ,41 others; why then I will at k ledge, that he places himself iu a positirrti which gives him some small in sight into human character, at present it is to him a sealed bottle. One remark more. Phrenology is not answerable for the bit„,rintlr s oi.disant prolessers. If a man c h oose to vo l unteer an absurd theory Thurtell's moti ves i n mur d er i ng Weare, h„uii is as little afrected thereby as i s re li g i on, because e , s gy i there sue many stupid professors of re li g i on, and much false duct rune. Space will not allow me to examine the measurements of 111 r. Scott, ir force of the ced form them, may be est limited froin one. Ile measures the amount of In: ihne value,t'ront I l fi t:r ui s a i s i t i r l e 7 e g sl to the middle it t i t .' u t r i i ; e n e t r . f e , ;:7 , lll; de . o c i rf p . o iL t e e e e t y t over the e. N.'W. it •Ar evident, that thisdislance may be great, either because the lot ehead is prominent, or because the bead is wide al the ears and th e difference a ill be ynereY.. th it, ill one case, intellectual power, in the other, animal pro. pensities will be developed : but this is a small matter to your tho t oughurring anti phrenologist —ex turn dinar Trines. in my next. which wi 1 be my last, I will show some of the absurdities into which Mr. Flourens and his disciples have fallen.-1 ain. Sir, your obedient servant, Q UM BA Li n, L p . [We shall await Mr. Rumball's second triter, and may h if aes' e. occasion, offer some ctruclodiog remarks. Perhaps, in strictness, according to the rules observed in discussions, we ought not to avail outselves of t. reply upon a reply; but really there is _bill.? to reply to. We may safely refer our rea.'ers b ark to the articles we have written iti answer to Mr. Itumball as a full and sufficient answer to the present letter.l On Sunday, the I lilt instant, a et lieetion was made in St. Mark'sehtneh. wi , iulut any previous notice having been !ziven, when the sum 4it £L2 was c o ll ected in behalf t,f our stiff-ring poor, which is iu course of distribution in coals, potatoes, and bread. Sam Scott, the celebrated American juniper, has now made a most extraordmaty jump from the house Of Mr. Junes, at Warrington,. viz.—to the tread-mill, at Kit kdale. ::The Liverpool Anti-Slavery Society have determined to pub -10) Mi-,Blackbuin' s speech on the apprenticeship riy stein in the . form of a pamphlet, together with an offir ial report of the speeches delivered at the anti-slaVery meeting held on the 19th and 211th December.—[We hope that it) so doing the Aoti * aver) Society will have the honesty to rick tlttw ledge Ito gait ins to the Lire/pea/ Standard, that tel the only news paper in which anything like a correct and fuil report of any of the speeches have appeared.] Y EVIiNT —On Wednesday la't. Mr. Doe ling, the active conimissionei 44 police, was app. ed to by Mt. Green metchant ot this town, to take means for SCellting piling man employed in his cffice. who was labimring under snispoprine prs isierfi*t.iti r other.sii,tity ~and who, he was afraid, woubl he injur ig uThe day before he had taken a loaded pistol trout him, and he had reason to lieiieve that he still had possession of fire-arms, lie had threatened to di) hint an injury, and his medical man had premature(' the unfortunate %lath, man to be qui t e insane, and that it was not safe he shall(' be at large, Upon this representation, Mr. Dowling went himself to seek out the young man, and discovered him it) a state of great excitement, parading up and down the Exchange Newsroom, with his hat compressed fiat 'into the shape of a cocked hat, and creating much alarm by his excited and wild appearauce. Mr. Dowling succeeded in persuading him, by qnietty talking to hint, that he had some important communication to make, to him, if he would step into his office. Mr. Dowling then told him. that be was given to understand, that he had fire-arms in his possession, and wished hint to give them up. The young man sail, Mr Dowling had no authority to require them from him, and he w ou ld not give them up; and tout it they were taken from him, it must be by hove. Mr. Dowling then told him. that if h e did not give them up, he must lie force. The young man then said. he had a pistol, and Mr. Dowling shook' have the contents of it. Mr 11) , 4wting immediately seized him by one atm. whilst Ainsworth, the officer, sprang behind and seized his whet hand as he was drawing it out of his pocket. In this hand he had a small double-barrelled pistol, which was eneked, and wits found to be cupped mid loaded. A fie t his had been taken from him, he became very violent, rod it required great fo lt eh, hold him. It was afterwards found nece.sary In dune lain, until the arrival a proper persons to fake charge of hint ; but he was so violent that he broke the chain, and tore ever% thing loose: Ina slcmt time. Slaires arrived, and it pt him r :uve%e I to the asy nun, Ile is described as being am•ex ceediuglV flue and powerful young man; and it is believed that a disappointment of a tender ualucto Lai thiveu him lulu his kreseut cuelauchulk stats, POLICE IN7'ELLIGEIVCE. APPEIT A PiiELIC-60USB Tuesday two men 'of colour, named Wilson and Sewed, were charged before the ma• gist rates with having violently assaulted a straorau whose name did not transpire. Wilson, who is an elderly luau, keeps a pub lic house or beer-shop somewhere about the doi4s; . and Sewell. it stout, muscular young '' nigger," with a' tot bidding - anti somewhat ferocious expression of countenance, is an initiate of the house, and acts, it was said, as champiou for hiS elderly friend in cases of emergency. The complairtant, whose head was boundt•op with a handkerchief, staled that on Monday night he went into Wilson's house, where he sat. down, Awl got a pipe of tobaCco. While sitting quietly, Sewed came forward, and, Wilbont provocation, struck him on the bead, or witch he inflicted several wounds. A witness deposed that on going up the street, where Wilson•l house is situated, he heard a noise, and his shipmate's voice calling out for help. He shoved the door open, and saw Sewell spike the complainant, and knock hint down ; afterwards heed him down and struck him. Witness then •` bolt" through the door, and " hauled" his companion out. A shirt of the complainant's was here pro duced, which was stained in different places with blood. Sewell, in defence, entered into a Minnie detail of the whole circuit"- stances, from which it appeared that there had been previouily three other men along uith the complainant, who had raised a row in the house, and assaulted : •and on his (Sewell's) attempting to defend him, they aimed a blow at his side with a knife, which he parried with his ani", in which he received a severe cut. (S-well was here iecoired to show the •cut iu his I arm, which he did.) The men atterWards broke the door, anti then departed, leaving the complainant alone. In .answer to Mr. Hall, the witness for the complainant said that when he went to the house three men came runnfrig nut; he could not tell_ who they here, but when he entered the hose he saw Wil son and a woman striking the prisoner. Wilson gave similar evidence to Sewell. Mr. Hall conceived that the statement of Sewell and Wilson was confirmed by the admission of the COW. - plainant's witness, as well as by the injury which Sewell hal sustained in his arm. and said, before the magistrates could punish the prisoners, they most lie perfectly satisfied as to the previous conduet of the complainant. Under the circumstances the prisoners must be discharged. STEALING BOoES }ROM A IiAILWAY CARRIAGE.—On Tues. day, an old offender, named John Worthington. was placed at the bar of the Police -court, to answer to a charge of having stolen a pared containing books to the value of 355.• from one of the railway carriagts. Richard Roonev stated that he was a canvasser for periodical publications. anti resided, in Liver street, Manchester. On Thursday afternoon he came by one of the railway trains to Liverpool. lie had a parcel of books and specimens which he placed in the cirriage beside him. There were two other men in the carriage, one of them was muffled up. He had occasion to alight at Pink-gale. and be fore he could get back the train hart started for ,Liverpool. When he arrived by the next conveyance, he went to the Rail , way-offle, but was there informed that no parcel such as he de scribed had come forward. He could not say that the prisoner stole it. One of the officers •stated that he saw .the. prisoner crossing from Lord-street to Whitechapel with the parcel of books produced, and on asking how he had come by them, was infor m ed by th e pr i soner t h at h e h a d purchased them - from a bookseller at Rainhill. The officer told him there was no book seller at Rainhill, and took him into custody. The books were then taken to the prosecutor's lodgings, Who named them all before he had seen the parcel opened. The prisoner, in answer to Mr. Hall, said he had found the parcel by -the side of a hedge at Rainhill. He was committed for trial. EXCISF. INFORM ►TION.—OU TtleSdaV, John Stirling, cook on hoard the John Min rim. from Si. Joini's, N.B , appeared be fore the magistrates to answer to au inform .tion chargitw him with having smuggled 451bs. of manufactured tobacco Mr. Stokes, acting tide-wader to the Customs. deposed to havmo searched the vessel on the 3I illSlntli. and (mind the tobacco iu question stowed in the coat-hote. On the sth instant the pri• sower gave ltilusel f lip. in order to meet the penalty he h a d placed about £l6 of his wages in the hands of the 'Captain's brother; but NI r. Hall told him that the in igislrates had no dis cretionary power: they must inflict the futi penalty of £101). ur six months' imprisonment. Taking, into 'c nsideration, how-. ever, that he hail given himself op, and that he bad a wife and Gently, 'n aintly, they ought make a representation to the Board in his favour , 'The captain was then ordered to give up the money in his il , trids, and the prisoner's clothes, to Mr. Dowling, to be taken care of. Itottumty —Yesterday, an abandoned female, named Moore, was brought before the magis tate along with two other females, cha.rged with 114 vine robbed a man of his watch the night be foil-. The complainant, an art ILati, stated that ou Wednesday evening he met the three pi isoners, anti stood talking with the prisoner Moore, for a shot! time, when he discovered that she had picket! his picket of his watch. The other two prisoners were standing near at the time. lle immediately called a pi,- licem , n. and gave the whole of them in chatge. As there was no evidence implicating any of the prisoners lint nittre, the oilers were dischar,ged. More was committed for three mouths to Ki kdale, In the trearlrmill. JoKK Ann NO JO K K.— Yestenla y, at the Police-of f ice, a lad employed in a Mondry m this town, was placed helo t , th e gist rates, charted with knocking at the Burial:zit Jail door, anti running 11,Va%. An officer deposed that Ike was on duty near the Borough Jail altout one 'o'clock that morning, is hen he saw tho prison er knock at the 13 , troogh Jail door, and run away, - and he in consequeno e took hint into custody. A person Irmo the Jail stated ;lon it WfOi a very common practice fur people to knock at the Jait door at one or two o'clock in the morning, and when he hail g :1 up and gone to see what was the matter he found tot person there. The prisoner said that he awl' some others uere going home frion their work. and were iurkiny, and they th.tught it would be a flue hid; to tan tan at the Jail door, and knock up the Jailer. Air. Ball said lie shi,uld fine him ss. and costs, or send him for seven days to the place he had been SO MIXIOOS to get admittance into. MARK ET WOMEN'S SQ UA BBLI,S. —Scarcely a day passes but some of the holders of stalls in the di..ereren. markets are iitiln• molting some of their neighhouting stall-keepers before the magistrates for assaults: all the parties are invariably women. We know not how this Can be explained, unless we resort to the phrenological theory, which will perhaps tell us, that the belligerents have all the combative organ Yen fully developed; ergo, wherever the organ of combativeness is largely developed, it follows, ntirenologicaliy, that the individual possessing the unftatunate tmoulterant-e is a market woman. -Leaving, how ever, that philosophical disquisition to the pro and anti phrenolo gists profoundly to determine upon, we proceed to the particular anti individual troubles tit* Mrs Biddy Cairn s - an d M ts . T a bi. h a Powell, of l i owooll-sq u are mat ket. Mrs Bally Cairus is a rat anti short little limn:111, of that - description termed "dumpy;" anti were it not for the pouting lip she had, and the tear which glistened on her smooth. round cheek, she would have present ed the appearance of those good•hutuoured and jolly personages who belting to the "laugh and grow fat" yeasts. . tier daily and s eentimental occupation, as she nerself set forth, is to attend al au nyster.stall. Mrs. Tabithit Foweli, on the contrary, who ap peared as the defendant, like her n amesa k e, Mrs.Taloilm Brant bit.. of hon. repute, was or tall, thin, bons, spare, vinegar, brunt. hie-busby appearance, deeply pitted also with the smitil•pox, increasing the ovens helining unanunt of her charms. Mrs Bid dy Cairns, after pathetically wiping her eye with the corner rat a very much sidled white apron, dropped a courtesy to t he Ma gistrate, and proceeded to state her heavy grievauces. Trial person's servant, sir, came to rite to ax me to lend her the luau of a stool, sir, as Mrs. Powell she said, had a pertickler wish to sit down as site wits a heating. Well, sir, 1 lent her a stow, for to heat her dinner Minn—this was on the Fritiay, you mind, in Pownall-square market • anti situ see, I've 'tidily been late!) in that market."—Mr. " Never mind how long you base been there, I don't want to know ; tell me the assault."--Alrs. Biddy " NVell ; a b out seven o'clock I went back for the stool; she Veepsa stand a good way off me. When I went she was not at her stand, hot as I was coining att ar . s h e came and say. 10 me, Wity have you been at my standing? —you had no right to flitch the stool;' and then She called ine such names!" —Mr. Hall: What did she do? I want to come at that; never mind the names."—Mistress Biddy: " She called me Yen bad names; shocking names !''—Mr. Hall: "That is doing nothing."— Mistress Biddy: " Well, she tuk my oysters gut itt my basket and threw 'em at me, anti cut my face with 'rm."— She called a witness, who gave similar testimony. Mts. Tabi tha was then called on for her defence. She said, " A lady— Mrs. Hemingway., came to me and said ' Will you take case tit my stool?' which I did, anti it is not that person's (camplaiii• ant's stool at all; anti when sit , took it daily, I went to her and said, by Mrs. Hemingway's borders, will you give me that slued?' when site vatic(' rue everything amiss, and said I was over kind with married, and I've been 25 yea's a widely, the monster ! So, I said to her, ' Did you hever se the done anything amiss t o the v a l ea ti on o f a hoyster ?' taking one out of her basket; and sne said • she did;' when I put the holster dots n again on the basked and it fell nit th,. door, can yfiti dein it ht.u, ?" ninth and !wild: saw'' at the e piaitiant.) An ether maiCet woman nanieo kobinsen. bete stood up in the witness box to give evidence on behalf of the defendant. She said --" I stand right hltpustle and seed tile quarrl; and because Mrs. r"w-II wttaiti her the table, :he cal e kd As,ten Mrs. can Els, sue is a very little ill-natured. beg , Lidding ; she's olers a quarrelling it ith one or oibet': - 1 don't 101 ,, w that titer's a hiller uatred woman in the Im'e market; she's con t ineally a brewing some tuischiel " Mistress Cairns, Ott hear lug this chemical nevus:46,d), elevated tier e)es, "as ducks are won't to do in thunder," and slowly and impressively ,jacu 14ted "Oh, mi!" Mr. all said the nest time he heard of an) squabbling of this kind t inting on 10 t lie ma: ket. he should sent. for Mr Graham the inspector, and arrive at the truth. and pun ish those who deserved it. At present there wet e witnesses on each sole tendering opposite evidence, and there was U 0 arriving at the truth. Complaint discharged. THE ROY AL Astputin lime.— Mr. Bates, the spirited manager of Ibis theatre, takes his benefit on Monday night. The toils announce great attractions for the eveutug. Iheie is little doubt but that he obtain a bumper. THE LlViiit THEATRE.—Alliaetive ni)velties-coutitthe to be brought out at this agreeable. little theatre. On Monda), even ing, a nes% piece called " Rory l/More," is going to be brought out, Mr. lianiuntt playing the part. of Rury 1:ore. .1u sentations of Irt,h character Mr. lia)niund is inferiour to uo actor on the stage. Mr. JAMES RUSSELL r. Russell takes his 'benefit at the Theatre Ito)al, Manchester, on Monday. hits Rory ()Wore is svokeu of. CATHOLIC CHARITY BAft..—The annual ball in aid of the Rinds. of the, beni:yotent lustnution will tak e place on Monday evening ilex!. The arrangements are under the direction of a linna)e r of gent ientun, who will act as stewards, and we don hi not eve' y thing will he conducted on the Pa ins liberal scale as has tontine, The refreshments wi.l be ptoyided by Nlr. Horne, asskteo Li) Mr. Ty rreli, of Sutton, the gentlemeu who catered so successfully tor the Bachelors' Ball. \Ve hope the attemi allett will lie such as to evince the zeal which the public of Li verpool feel in prosecuting any lieuevolent purpose. This in stitution has very powerful claims to the public patronage, and we hope the liberality of our townsmen will enable the i.ommit. ice to carry out their plans ut beueuolence by enlarging their sphere of action. HINTS FOR PUNSTERS.—If you can make a pun, you vrill pass for a wit. A few blots, the' efore, on the part of punning tray be acceptable. If gentleman. meets von, and in tar course of conversation expresses !►is surprise how such a one gels his bread, say, you think he .assorts lies priieuies It at the baker's and sometimes at the chandler's Shop. If the. saint gentleman observes, he did not exactly mean that, but was a nxious to know how the other lived. you can reply. " ►ouch as usual—sometimes a joint, sometimes a pudding." These smart rejoinders will stamp you at iinve Cl wit 01 the first Wafe r; b u t if any of your friends are so dull as nut to comprehend the force and hi illiaucy of your jokes, laugh youiseil—the eacoethes ridendi" being contagious, you are sure to infeet the mast in sensible Never tniral the bitter sarcasm of oue Samos: John son, LL.D. He was very ignorant, althou:!lt he did eampile tlietiona►y. liltratdtce a pun whenever you see alp oPportunity. Should %tat be waking with a very shirt friend, tap him on the shoulder. mid SAV. " 8., VIM ate a happy dog." Ili- demands the reason. " Z•sutida li. you never wear a great coat, or lie tang in I►etl." You could not ni•tke a .e btiillant reply. T•ke care that lotus be west-tiniest, and ala•ats at the expense id the aged and helpless. Fur instance. flan elderly I..entlts maii, travelling with you. iu the same Stage, Should exi.iess a desire to gel oni and strach his legs when the coach changes horses, say. " For heaven'avakey dval u tiiii-four &e fa Sue .lufax ciltAtelt IZ kv-Gta:4l, Si..l - X()NP EDTTION. Standard Office, Three o'Ciock. The, Bristol Mail had not arrived . at Birmingham viiiien the train left. T.x delay is aselibed to a heavy fall of snow.' The► Liverpool Steeple Chase is postponed to Montiy, the SAI Wadi,- and the Grand Coursing Meeting is also' postponed to Tuesday, the 6:h, and lirv;dne:qa?, , the 7th Match, weather permitting. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN MARKET-- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1838. Although the wind frloWs strongly from the gast with intense frost, many vessels' contfune to find their way into this port daily from various parts of the wovld, bat none with foreign Grain or Flour of late: those however, coastwise and from lie laud since Tuesday, add to ths; arrivals then stated, 5,000 qrs. Wheat, 900 qrs. Barley*, 10,9(X► qrs. Oats, 717 Vs. Beaus, 5,000 sacks Flour, and 13,5(X) of Irish Oatmeal; which with 16,959 of Oatmeal. the amount of last week's supply, make upwards of 31,0(X) sacks of this article in the course of the last tett days, and is the' largest quantity we eve? recollect iu the same space of time, To 'fleet these arrivals and samples offering from granary, we have had a fair demand for Wheat at this da%'S market, from both consumers and speCulative buyers, with increased fijmness in the trade; and though the canals are still closed, an advance of 2 , 1. per 70Ibs. upon Tuesday's rates . has been t•enerally obtained.—Four, at the carne time, was in moderate request, and held steadi!y on full as high ►erms as before. The Oat trade. exhibiting more animation than of late, sales to a tolerable extent were effected, chiefly to hold over, and, in some instances. an improvement of V. per 45.1i5. was realized, yet the advance towards the close of businesi appeared rather to check the detinand. Oatmeal. attended with a fair inquir y and more disposition to purchase, an amendment of 3,1. per `Ziollis. was acquired, but the majority of samples being ivithheld, and still higher prices partially asked, the transactions on the uh cle , in consequenCe were not considerable. Barley. Malt, Beans, and Pease, continued to rule in the same languid state as last tiotti'd, but without any decided chango in value: In bonded articles, the only sales which Piave transpired since our last retort are limited to a few hundred sirs. of inferior hard Wheat at 34 10.1. per 70tbs., and 1500 to 2000 barrels of old States' Plait. at 254 to 254. 6d. pet barrel. Alf ERIG If; lithe ES, 41" 71 1 !As. s d x.l BR s, Imp. met 4(I I 0 Irish aged red.. 6 8 fir 710 Irish . .... 4s oal6 0 Do. dried white, 7 6.. k 6 FLOUR, tr , 2go ttiS. Do.tindried new 6 6 6 1 En..r.lt Irish sop. 45 0 47 0 Thrflish Canada ..... 0 0 0 U Do. meeo uls OA TN, 45 His_ Do. thirds.-- 18 0.. 22 0 Irish i t 4f , 60 IhS Do. fish ..3 3 . 3 8 BRAN, 440.:11151... 1 0.. 1 3 AVEItAt;E PIIICE OF BurrEß, S U sl,l Bacon, 49• cwt 46 47 0 limns, dry 64 0 64 0 Do. wet — 0 0 Firkin Lard, 5l 0 0 I Bladdered d 0..... 64 0 .. 6I 0 Greas, Butter .... 40 0 .. 41 I'r:!ur Mess Beef, V - tierce, 98 0 -110 Prime 1111- , s Pori. ' 4Y Lirrel, 78 0.. 80 0 sn S D nbrid'D. ...... • • 81 0 ` 1 " Waterford. Coleraio. Carlow L meriek B •ifast •• 0.. 0 9J 0.. 110 0 Derry Cork, 2ds — 0 . ii Newry Dundalk ,Sligo. - _ U ARRIVAL From the 6th February. to S OF COI the 12th F 'elatiary, inclusive. DESCRIPTION. COAST- ) S ES. T S . T 6tr:". Wheat , QrN Bark) Oats trti Flour Sachs Ditto Barrels Nlalt Cwt Oat ',cal Loads Bran Beans Qrs Peas Qrs Rye.... Shelled t Batleseed Indian Corn. Qrs 891:? 131 8967 9365 177 5046' 90t3 CO'I"R)N MARKET.—'I Wu o'curert. There . has been rather more doing to-day; the sdles amount to fully 30(.X1 bags at steady prices; the business of the week is 18,550 hags, all to the trade. §IIIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 13.—Wind E.S.E. ARRIVED.—Lion. Bailer . f-orn Detnerara, with loss of mizenyard. boats I ,nlwarks. Cannon, Broatlfuot. from N ew O r l eat:s -- liepfillle', Williams. f ow New Yttrk: OFF Tlt6 PORT —3. hn Stamp, Payne, fm Bornhay—Wegtmoreland. Brizstoek, from Nfatiritins —Ellen, 'falin. from % * alliaraiso—Chieftain. Ntioney, from Itattiii— Ilaytoo, from Ceara— Sovhia. Itirkett. from Demerara—Dampier, Newlam , s, fro in Sa , anillii—eltaleo, Die kingon, from Laguna— Formosa, Mitchell ; Elirt '%artciek, Vl rich ; and William Goddard, Smith, from New Orleing—Lyons, Davenport; and Isitte Hicks. In2ersoll. from N tete z —Hermit's. Snow. from % . loloilo—Oconee, Wilson, from St. Mark's—Alex:tinier Grant. Brow.; Emiurtint, Petrie ; and Prolong's, Pratt, from SAvaimah—V etoria. Candler from Charleston—Byron. Peninetoo and Albion. Putnam, Mint New York—El en Mi.:Wield, fin MarseLles—tichenis Constiaut. from Senegal and Boutdeaux. Frederiek Iluth. Toby, from London, nt the Cape of Godd hope Sir John fierestord. from Sing..pore, nit Plymouth ll;vron. of Belfast. was pissed on the sth instant, in lat. 49. long. 26; MSlll7lB[l4l and watorlozged Livi.rpool, Meyler, from Waterford for this port, sunk yusteiday in Beamnaris Bay : crew saved _ _ ........ Adelaide. Grov..s. from Halitim at Cove. with damage : master washed orprl,o3rd—boond to Loothol tin Vernor Doitd.S. from PadAtoW to St John. N.B. at Ceve, with losii : e , .rpenter aud four men washed uverboord, and hull very much damatted Bolin; Furness. from Waterford for Nevrfoundland, at Core, with loss of salts. spars &e., t` . 2ree mouths out Euterpe, Telfer, from Demerara, at Cove Nailer, -, from Bonny, at ditto Sir Francis and Lady Burdett gave it grand dintvir on Sakti'_ day evening to a numerous patty of the nobihiy and gentry, to meet 51t. Charles Kean. The estimated cost of the twenty-seven railways now in pro gress in England and Waies is upwards of 1:22,(Xig000 sterling. NORTHERN HOSPITA L—A meeting of the snbscribers and friends of this charity is announced to lake place this evening at seven o'dock, at which the worshipful the Mayor will pre side, on which occasion we sincerely hope that our benevolent townsmen will attend, and liberally contribute to the funds of one of the most valuable Institutions of the town. The Lord Bishop of Lincoln has presented the FM of eight hundred pounds towards the erection and endowment of a ne' einsti•p • • •a I chapel in a part of the parish of lii n b eac h , consider abl% distant from the church.—Liacoien Merest, y, . MonE A 13SENCII OF M Philadelphi a journalist recolds. ' that an old farmer who resides in Toledo, United States, in the Act (dividing more fuel to his tire, actually put the chunk of ;if wood in his arm chair, and threw himself ou the fire for a hack long. The time') arrival of his wile relieved him. but he Came off minas his luat and pa ntalfilins lIIGIIL.tND saws.-.A family in Edin • !. ( ,' N ,,, , .!, an ' ii ' t . ti - , - ei - igaged a Highlander to serve hem during a vi_it from a"Man of fashion. Dinner having awaited an unreasonable time one day for the guest, Drmm . t%dB sent into his room to inform him that it was on the table. But he not coming, Duncan was sent again : still th e y wait e d, and the lady at last said to the mau, " What can the gentle man be doing ?'"• Please ye, Madam," said Duncan, " the gentleman was only sharpening his teeth." CoPEN II AG N. J. N. 22.—The ice now extends to Sweden, and is so strung that sledges al rived here some da i s ago from looen. Th, soon lis entirely covered with ice, and the con t . munication between Elsinore and floeen is said to be very active. Successive shocks of an earthquake have almost totally de. stroyed the limn of Acapulco, while the gorgeous city o fm ex i co tself was suljecteil to a violent and prolonged shock; happily, ilowever, in the latter instance no injury resulted. The details ~t the earthquake at Acipulco are frightful. Repeated shucks of extreme violence and devastation have nearly reduced the its to a mass of ruins.—New Oilcans Bee. MElDocioh.—A wag was rallying Dr. on his want skill. which the doctOr took lathe' gravely. " 11I) patients ,ever complain of toe," he said, " That is exactly what I should crave Supposed." tephed his tormentor. A win much addicted to drinking, being extremely ill with a fever, .a consultation was held in his bedchamber by three phy sicians, how to cure the fever, and abate the thirst. " Gent le. ,neo," said he. " I will take half the truuble off your hands; you cure the fever, and I will abate the thirst myself." The Ohio Netes is acquainted with a man who is so much euiaeiateu, that he must be fattened in order to make a good akeletou. Five children were poisoned, a few days ago, at Epinal, in the Vosges. iu France, by sugar plums containing arsenic, al►ich were given to them by a liftman dressed as a peasant, who was a stranger to the place. She had taken her departure berme the eeorwitl wasdistovered, but the officers of justice are in pursuit of her. ORTHOGRAPHIC& EzEnetsas.—A paper may be seen in the window of a tailor's shop in Ligh,street, Burton -crescent, on which is written " Prizes of the Neste materiels and sound wurkmanship with Inn." In Marchttiont-streel, a window. " ts" a hill, from which the billowing is correctly copied " Wanted a harrand boy and a plane conk alsoe a short:inn." Blasius GA AM LlAlt. A gentleman told his friends that he wits Mon in Birmingham, and though he loved the country, sod respected its inhabitants, )et he must in justice necktie, that all people born in that town, and its vicinity, were the :prates, liars in the universe. "Then," says a gentleman present, "if you speak truth. you lie; and if you Ire, you speak truth." A nvica To LA Ladies, always delightful, and not the !east so in their undtess, are ant to ilepti‘e themselves of some of their hest morning beams by appearing with their hair in papers. We give notice, that essayists, and, of course, all peo. ple of taste, pterer a cap, if there must be anphing; but hair a tlllllltill tine's over. 'loser grapes in paper bags is bad eu"s'gh ; but the rich lucks of a lady in papers, the toots of the hair twist ed up like a rituttinier's, and the forehead staring bald instead of being gracefully tendrilled and shadowedl—it is a capital offence—a defiance to the love and admiration taf the other sex —a provocative to a paper war ; and we here accordingly de c lore the said war nit paper, out baring env ladies at ba n d i n carry it at once iu'o their head quarters. We must all o w., at the saute they ate fey . ) ich) , .o! SKing ie t R in this con• diti , in,iintswing well enough bow Enoch of theft strength, like Sampson's, lies that gilled oroaucent ifilt Lave ki:usiti a whole parlour of thew fluueted elf. like a dose c. .Ig. ::040 siebt ota Mend tositAg up thpstudet.-144011