The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-18 00:00:00

tt : t SINGING AT SIGHT.—PEBNER'S SYSTEM OF SINGING IN CLASSES.—We understand that Mr. Venables has a class of children, who commenced learning on this method last T hursday, sufficiently advanced to sing in two parts, at his lecture next Thursday, having had previously no acquaint ance with musical notation. MISS HAMILTON'S CONCERT.—On Thursday night Miss fiamilton's concert was fashionably attended. The fair °eneficiare greatly exerted herself. Mr. Willoughby Weiss sung in fin e sty l e . If M r . W e i ss d oes not reac h th e top o f hisprofession it will be his own fault. Nature has done great things for him, and Art has lent her aid. Will the English encourage their own countrymen ? PORTICO Room.—A very ingenious exhibition is now open at this room. It consists of automaton figures, dancers, jugglers, & c . Th ere i s a l so a v i ew o f t h e army o f Napoleon crossing the Alps ; the troops are seen wending their way across the mountains in a very picturesque manner. This place has been well filled every night, and the performances appear to give satisfaction. THE NEW TARIFF.—FOREIGN MEATS.—Messrs. Smith, of Islington, it will be seen, are advertising salt provisions at an extraordinary low price. These meats are all of very best quality, and if properly cooked will be found to be excellent. We have tasted some of them, and can speak from experience the Canadian hams are equal to English in flavour. IS I R. WOOLLEY AND MISS BRYERS.—Mr. Woolley and , Bryers, whose case has recently excited so much noto riety, are both natives of the city of Chester. Mr. Woolley was brought up at the Bluecoat School, and was afterwards a pprenticed to Mr. Berrington, a cabinet-maker, in Chester. The father of Miss Bryers was a watchmaker, and kept a shop in Eastgate-row, where he carried on a very good busi ness for many years. MR. HAMMOND'S BENEFIT.—We beg to draw the atten tion of the playgoing community to the announcement that Mr. W. J. Hammond has fixed his benefit to take place on Monday next. The pressure of the times has visited the theatre as well as every where else, and we believe the season has been anything but a prosperous one. The public have 110 W an opportunity of proving whether Mr. Hammond is deserving of support and encouragement. His activity and attention to business are admitted to have been very great. His enterprise in bringing out so many beautiful pieces in first-rate style, alone gives him a claim for patronage. THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY NIGHT.—NO essential altera tion has taken place in the value of government securities to day, but a small sale made by a broker operating on private account gave a shade of flatness to the market, which con tinued up to its close. Consols for money left off 93 sellers ; ditto, account, 931 to a ; Exchequer-bills, 2d. and 21d. issue, 555. to 575. premium ; Bank Stock, 161 to 166 ex. div.; India Stock, 250 to 252 ; 3 per Cents. Reduced, 921 tot ex. div. ; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 100 ex. div. ; and "'Ong Annuities, 121 to In foreign stocks, Dutch 21 per Cents. were quoted 521 to ; ditto 5 per Cents., 100 to -. 1 . ; :Mexican, 3 9 1 to 1 ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 361 to 7.1 ; do. 3 per Cents., 211 to 2 1 ; Spanish Actives, 16 to : ditto 3 Per Cents., 214 to 1 ; Colombian, 201 to 4 ; and Brazilian, 63 to 64. -• THE MANCHESTER " SQUANDER."—Amongst the suf ferers by this wretched affair, it is understood that there are many, not ()Ely in the class of " depositors," but that of small shareholders, who will be thrown upon the world al most, if not entirely, penniless as the result of its failure. Amongst these we regret to notice that the widow of the late Dr. WAIL has lost every penny of her fortune, and is left totally unprovided for; and doubtless many more widows and orphans will be doomed to pay a like penalty for their unwise confidence in the integrity of canting "liberalism." Surely the directors, notwithstanding their own losses, will feel themselves morally called upon to raise a fund for the repayment to these sufferers of a portion at least of the losses Which they have sustained. NEW LINE OF PACKET-SHIPS BETWEEN NEW YORK APA LIVERPOOL.—We understand that a new line of packets 2 8 shortly to be established between this port and Liverpool. It ix to be composed of four fine ships, with the following names;-- Rochester.... Captain Woodhouse 900 tons Hottinguer Bursley l,OOO „ Southerner „ Palmer BOO „ New Ship.... ~ Eldridge These packets are all of the first class, and commanded by e xperienced navigators. Captain Bursley once commanded the Orpheu s , th en th e C am b r id ge , an d, l as tly, hi s f arm . Captain Palmer commanded the Garrick, and is heir to I r ablates Land, in the South Seas. Captain Eldridge was a Ong time in the Huntsville, and has made two hundred voyages to New Orleans, including stops, and Captain Woodhou se is known all over the world, except, perhaps, in Pekin. The keel of the new ship has recently been laid in the yard of Brown and Bell, and will be one of the largest and most finished vessels ever built in this city. We be ileye the Rochester will be the pioneer of the line. and will S all from Liverpool to New York on the 17th of next No "mller.—New I ork Herald. I; IRE.-....About nine o'clock on Friday night, a fire was dis tl!a?3vecommand, asred hy Inspecto r they To were going on duty, wers and the division in tof police under Ifi r. Henne r y, li nen -d ra p er , o pp os ite St. J am e s ' s Church. ear. Towers immediately despatched an officer to the Fire- Police station, and in a very short time Mr. Hewitt, with t hree engines, was in front of the premises. Mr. Whitty and Mr. Maxwell were in attendance almost as soon as the e ngines. By the time the engines had arrived, the fire had attained a considerable head, and all their efforts could not save the shop or property of Mr. Henery. The fire ran from 91e shop upwards, and consumed entirely the interior of the house. There was, however, we understand, not much fur taiture in the house, as Mr. Henery and his family did not 4e, on the premises. The flames communicated to the ' e nrol? of Mr. Fletcher, brash-manufacturer, next door, and tke other side to that of Mr. Harrison, ironmonger. The 'Lama& which these shops sustained was not of a serious nature, as the playing of the engines in a short time com pletely e.stinguished the flames, and preserved most of the property. Very fortu na tely, some g unpo w der, which was in r. Harrison's premises, was removed at an early period, •ptllerwise, had it exploded, very serious consequences would reve been the result. The property of Mr. Henery, we un rstand, was insured, but how the fire originated we have not learned. (Ch 'sTuarcTrNG THE POLICE.—The Chartist orator, Ber ard Macartney, appeared in the dock of the police court, yesterday, before Mr. Heywood, Mr. Wm. Brown, and " neyworth, on a charge of assaulting and obstructing the police whilst in the execution of their duty. It appeared that about twelve o'clock on Sunday night, the pollee were conveying to the lockups a person charged with assault, named John Dogherty, along Manchester-street. Macart ty with some companions was passing at the time, and either seeing, or fancying he saw, the police performing their duty 4 13 manner which he considered improper, he inter fered. Officer No. 256 said, Macartney struck him, and Ithreateuei what he would do if he .took the prisoner ; be. (sides this, he tried to excite the mob on which he was taken Into custody. Mr. Davenport, who appeared for Macartney, c ross-examined ( the witnesses, but his testimony was not affected thereby. Officer No. 263 corroborated this evi dence, and added that Macartney said he was the paymaster 4 2t the police, consequently he had authority over them.— Macartney struck him. In answer to this Macartney called two of the persons who were with him at the time. They said he had certainly interfered when he saw the police ill using the prisoner, but he did not strike them. He was, however, very ill-used by them, for his coat was torn to P i eces, and his hat was lost. Mr. Heywood said the magis trates thought it was a great pity he should have interfered with the police. If he had had any complaint he should have preferred it in the proper place, and not in the street. Ike Must be discharged. The other prisoner was fined ss. GALLANTRY ON SITIPROARD.—We believe the majority of 0 1W fair countrywomen view with considerable dismay a ' O ng voyage by sea, not so much on account of any perils 'Ppattected with it, as owing to the tedious monotony which Is attached in their minds inevitably with every day's pro ',..eeedings. It would appear, however, from the reports which 're, see frequently in the transatlantic apers, and some of si bich we have published ourselves, that p no slight hilarity and laiVld humour prevail on board the vessels, and that every :i ng possible is done to enliven the passengers. On the re ''ent voyage home of the Acadia, shortly before her arrival, Parting dinner took place on board, and after several toasts ' been given with much animation and good humour,our ex 'eellent friend, Lieut. Parsons, was called upon to propose the health of " the ladies," which he did in excellent style. The te)ee ch has been handed to us by one of the passengers, and we 4(3, 1 4 e our gallant friend will not be offended by our giving it hlieity, at the request of the gentlemen and ladies on board. Lieut. Parsons said, " Gentlemen,—lt is with no common feelin g of satisfaction that I propose the health of the ladieswho new honour us by their company, and enliven us by their not p s lY cheering, but endearing, smiles. When the Great First ase sent these beautiful and fascinating beings as his great 'at blessing to man, he endowed them, not only in person but alind, as a superior grade in the scale of his vast and beauti 'niereation, resembling angels in form. He gave them their purity, patience under afflictions, heroic fortitude under Auffering dnd in the hour of danger, and pious resignation hurler every trial. Contemplate woman ! and with admiring lrender contemplate her, in her different stations, as the devoted mother—the faithful and a f fectionate wife—the ', e nder and impassioned maid. Is a particle of selfishness ' l . O be found in her pure and innocent heart ? No ; it is filled rim love, and through the windows of the soul, in her br illiant eyes ; you may read it. Gentlemen, were I fully to e xpress my sense of their merits and virtues, you would d eem Inc an enthusiast ; and so I am, for deeply do I love every thing admirable. Gentlemen, `The ladies who now grace the saloon of the Acadia; and may heaven shield and bless them both here and hereafter.' " Our readers will not i e surpri se d t o l earn th a t Li eu t enan t P ars ons' hand was s hook with considerable enthusiasm after such expressions , nf his sentiments. IVRE BOTTLING WINE TRADE—TREATY WITH PORTU -1114..—A highly respectable meeting of the wine trade was or c t Thursday, at the Cotton Sales-room. It appears that the Chancellor of the. Exchequer was overwhelmed, a short ti m e ago, by a number of applications from different Parties, re treating permission to bottle port wine under Ex 'eise survey, which should be held until the pending treaty With Portugal should be finally arranged, and which should t hen_ be ad m itt e d i n t o use a t th e reduced rate of duty. The chan cellor, by way of disposing of these applications, re ^erted to the Wine Association of London, who came to the re solution, that such a system, instead of being a relief, t m °4l d be an injury to the trade, as it would eventually ex ;;::'s'e them to a disadvantageous competition. Other parties O nld come into the market with stocks matured at a smaller Chou of expense, and would be able to undersell them. The cellor of the Exchequer upon this returned a negative ans wer to all the applications. The meeting of Thursday w called to consider a communication from certain parties tiristol, who were dissatisfied with the result. Mr. Christo er Bushell was called to the chair. He briefly introduced vt.Aubject to the meeting : a discussion then took place, in 'eh it was argued, on the one side, that the proposed i„ e Pokve would improve the stagnant condition of business, 7,114 f LI enable parties to go on with their sales and the renewal Oft dit i at De k s . On the other hand, it was contended, in ad ..,..,1011 to the arguments above quoted, that the present tar v aition of b us i ness i s as a d van t ag eous to the Portuguese go rn eh meat and the wine-growers as It is to the British mer aia, and that these considerations, together with the falling , t i of upwards of half a million in the British revenue, would 4: 14 2, 1 f -to all parties to put an end to the uncertainty as uY as possible. The meeting then divided, when there Le - -for the Bristol proposal to reconsider the Chancellor's .e-uorposition--12; for the amendment, that the meeting con forrjd i n the view of the London merchants-15; majority vi s i r ,",amendment 3. The meeting then appointed a pro `7er'rlat committee to make arrangements for forming a Li ge P "I Wine association, voted thanks to the chairman and Parated. Tl tz ev INCOME TAx.—We have heard of a tragi - comic then - having recently occurred at Portishead, resulting from fo i i ti mPosition of this tax. An elderly man, unmarried, and I TO any incumbrance, whose income amounted to about i nc ,i° Per annum, was so much annoyed and irritated at find albat he should be obliged to contribute towards the tax, o f hr.Nuently to declare that he knew it would be the cause 0 0 ,. ; H Lckeath. being determined to claim an exemption, if ai l d n ' u le, ha applied to an attorney to make out his return ; etas - 0 11 1,, b ! eing questioned as to the sources of his income, he 0 , 4 In u.ged to acknowledge that he had such and such sums c 'neY out on mortgage, the interest of which amounted I...._ ll o Pwards of Xl5O per annum. He was then told it was gsible he could avoid the tax as the persons from whom there ived the interest would be ' sure to deduct it. Finding he was ~t no ch ance o f escap i ng th e paymen t, it appears that wi t r i c ,mined to sacrifice his life rather than submit to part 9a r e!s. money, and which determination he appears to have t he Into effect, for body was last week found drowned - nei ghbourhood of his residence.—Bristol Mirror. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS. The anniversary services of the Liverpool Society foe pro moting Christianity among the Jews commenced on Sunday, when sermons appropriate to the occasion were preached in the different churches of the town. The great annual meet ing was held last evening in the Royal Amphitheatre. The spaciuos edifice was crowded in every part. On the platform we observed the following : Reverends W. Ayerst; J. H. Stewart; J. W. Brooks • H. Al`Neile ; F. Ould •' Shackley, York ; C. Taylor, Chester; ; Maginnis ; W. Butler ; J. Bush; W. W. Ew bank ; W. Coles ; F. Barker ; Wilson ; J. Cordeaux • T. Nolan ; B. A. Marshall ; T. Jones ; D. James ; W. Mori arty ; D. Stewart ; J. C. Hamilton ' • Jos. Baylee ; S. Cragg ; J. E. White; H. Carpenter; F. Parry; J. R. Connor; Hughes ; W. Rawson ; R. Davies ; H. Jones, Northop ; Jones, Bagilt ; W. Maynard ; A. Knox ; W. Falloon ; R. Cargill ; Curry ; S. Penton ; H. H. Higgins ; H. S. Joseph : G. Stokes ; James Parker, Esq. ; W. Jones, Esq. ; C. Cotesworth, Esq. ; J. Howard, Esq. ; Keeling, Esq. ; J. Rigby, Esq. ; C. Boutflower, Esq. ; R. Bickersteth, Esq. ; R. Houghton, Esq. ; E. Batty, Esq. ; A. Sherlock, Esq. ; W. Brocklebank, Esq. The Rev. CHANCELLOR RAISES having taken the chair, the meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. H. S. JOSEPH, secretary to the society. The Venerable CHAIRMAN commenced his address by observing, that the appearance of the meeting justified him in saying that the interest taken by the inhabitants of Li verpool in the Society for the Promotion of Christianity among the Jews had suffered no diminution during the last year. In truth, it would have been a subject of surprise if any diminution of interest in this cause had taken place, so wonderful were the interests, and so vast the great objects, which the society contemplated. When he looked back, as some of his friends upon his right and left might do, upon the state of public opinion some 25 or 30 years back, he could not have anticipated that in the year 1842 such a meeting would have been exhibited in the town of Liverpool. It was, he must own, one of the signs of the times upon which a Christian heart delighted to dwell, with gratitude to God. Let him remind them that it was no common cause, and a cause of no common interest, that united them. He consi dered it inexpedient to attempt any comparison between the great societies which occupied the attention of the Christian public at the present moment ; but, at the same time, he must be permitted to remark that there was something in the character of the Jewish people which had a peculiar tendency to solemnize the feelings of those engaged in promoting their interests, and which gave a holy sanctifying character to all the efforts made to promote their spiritual welfare. With regard to that which might be doing in other nations of the world, without wishing to draw insiduous comparisons, we must be conscious of the glories yet to be revealed for this wonderful people. If we looked back upon the early history of the heathen world we were disgusted and grieved at the sordid mythology in which they were brought up; but if we turned to the early history of that wonderful people the Jews, to the book in which they were brought up, to the history of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, what a series of wonders were developed, and how much of sacred interest was spread over the earliest steps in their wonderful and miraculous history •'. (Hear, hear, and great applause.) Or again, if we looked forward, and anticipated, as we were justified no doubt iu doing, that every converted heathen was like a child rescued from datiger, and restored to the family of God, we rejoiced over their acceptance; still they did but seem blended down into the general mass of Christianity ; the family was increased, but the family joy received no special augmentation ; the number was enlarged, but no fresh features were added to the family character ; whilst, upon the other hand, if we looked forward to the mighty purpose likely to be developed through the conversion of the Jews ; when we thought what they may be and what they must be, when rescued from their present state of alienation, converted and brought hack to the house of their Heavenly Father, then only search the volume of prophecy, and your hearts would be gladdened with the prospect of the glories yet to be revealed. (Hear.) A new era of things seemed involved in the restitution of that people, " which eye had not seen, or ear heard ; and which it had not entered into the heart of man to conceive." Thus was he amply justified in saying, when he contemplated the purpose which had brought that ereat assembly together, that compared with the objects before us—compared with the ends we were endeavouring to promote and labouring to forward—all those mighty opera tions upon which the destinies of empires seemed to depend, and which men of the world called great, magnificent, and wonderful, sank into nothing when compared with the mighty destinies of the Jewish people, and the work which this country, in humble dependence upon the grace of God, was endeavouring to promote. The reverend and venerable Chairman then resumed his seat amidst loud cheers. The Rev. H. S. JOSEPH then read the report of the com mittee, of which the following are the most interesting pas sages : The report entered at great length into the scriptural warrants for advocating the cause of the Jews. The follow ing is the state of the society's funds : THE FUNDS. " The aggregate amoWntOf - Coni;ibutions received during the past year, towards the general and special purposes of your society, is £24,699 Bs. 9d., being an increase of £1,760 9s. 7d. above the receipts of the preceding year. This, which is the largest sum ever received by your society in one year, is a gratifying proof of the increased interest which is felt by the Church of Christ in the Jews. This amount has been contributed in the following proportions : £ 8. d. General Purposes of the Society, includ ing the Jerusalem Mission and Scrip ture Funds . 22,841 13 8 Hebrew Church at Jerusalem . Hospital at Jerusalem Jewish Converts' Relief Fund, Jeruselem 51 1 0 Operative Institution, Jerusalem . 51 0 0 School of Industry, Jerusalem Temporal Relief Fund . . £24,699 8 9 " And when your committee add, that, althirugh there is a diminution of £307 14s. 7d. under the head of Jerusalem Church Account, and of £433 15s. 10d. under the head of Temporal Relief, you will be glad to perceive that the increase of the general fund actually amounts to £2,502. This result is the more satisfactory, inasmuch as the largest augmenta tion arises from the contributions of your auxiliary societies, upon which there is an increase of £2,255 19s. 2d. From the Irish Auxiliary the sum of £2,200 has been received during the past year, showing an increase of £3lO ]os. over the remittances received from that country during the pre ceding year. After defraying the expenses of the year, your committee have in hand, for general purposes to carry on the work of the society, the sum of £B,OOO vested in exchequer bills, and £1,788 19s. 2d. in the hands of the treasurer. On account of the Hebrew Church at Jerusalem, they have £1,554 Os. 10d. in the treasurer's hands ; and, on account of the different funds for temporal relief, already enumerated, they have £5OO in exchequer bills, and £364 lls. in the hands of the treasurer • making a total balance of £8,500 in exchequer bills, and £3,696 11s. in the hands of the trea surer." Eleven hundred and sixty-six Bibles, 1642 New Testa ments, 2028 Pentateuchs, and 2970 copies of the Psalms, all in the Hebrew language, have been issued by the society, to • gether with a number of English Bibles, and upwards of 7000 tracts. During the past year six adults and five children have been baptised at the Episcopal Chapel, making a total of eleven individuals admitted into the Church of Christ. The number of recorded baptisms now amounts to 332, The state of the schools, and of the Hebrew College, is spoken of as very encouraging, and the mission of the Rev. J. C. Reichardt in London is stated to be extremely satisfactory. The report concludes with the correspondence between Sir T. Baring and the Chevalier Bunsen, on the occasion of the munificent donation and subscription of his Majesty the King of Prussia, and with the circumstances detailing the relation of the Jerusalem Bishopric to German Protestant congrega tions in Palestine, which have been already published. Mr. BOUTFLOWER, the treasurer, then read a statemen of his accounts. He afterwards mentioned, that in cause quence of the Amphitheatre having been engaged for tha evening for public performances, the committee had been placed in a state of considerable doubt as to where the meet ing should be held. They were in the habit of paying a cer tain sum for the use of the Amphitheatre for this meeting ; but this year, in consequence of the circumstance he had stated, they were required to pay double. He trusted that this fact would be borne in mind in their contributions. It was a fact, too, that the interest of this anniversary increased every year, for this year nearly 2,000 people had been disappointed in obtaining tickets of admission. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. J. H. STEWART moved the first resolution, which proposed that the report be printed and circulated, and the re-appointment of the committee. He considered as a high honour conferred upon our gracious Queen that she had been the first monarch to put the sign manual upon a deed appointing a converted Jew to be the Bishop of Jerusalem ; and also, that she had signed an order for the conveyance, in a British man-of-war, of that estimable prelate, his wife, chaplain, and a large company of converted Israelites. He regarded the union of Prussia and Great Britain on this subject as affording the brightest promise; and from these circumstances be urged that both nations had drawn, and would continue to draw down the blessings of Almighty God upon them. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. JOHN SHACKLEY, Minister of St. John's, York, one of the deputation from the Parent Society, se conded the resolution in an appropriate speech. He ob served that the contributions of the Liverpool Auxiliary, although they amounted to about £7OO, bore but little pro portion to the wealth and prosperity of the town ; and considering that we were indebted to the Jews for the pre servation of the Holy Script,ures, the society bad an especial and a pre-eminent claim upon the sympathy of the Christian public. The resolution was then carried. The Rev. W. ERHURST, late Missionary to the Jews in Germany, and now Foreign Secretary to the Parent So ciety, moved the second resolution, which was to the effect, that the meeting rejoiced in the accession of funds which growing interest in the Jewish people had brought into the treasury of the secretary ; and prayed that, under the same blessing, more means might be wisely and efficiently directed to the furtherance of the salvation of Israel. The rev. gen tleman delivered a most animated address, in the course of which he related many circumstances relative to the spread of Christianity among the Jews upon the Continent. Since the accounts were made up there had been a considerable in crease of funds, compared with the sums received during the same period of time in the last year; but, at the same time, he must remind the meeting that, though it had pleased God to bless them with an increase of funds, it had pleased the same God to lay upon them greater honour by opening vineyards formerly unknown to them. He had heard some of the best friends of the society say that Jerusalem would be their ruin it cost so much money. Was not this a sad thing? Was it not a mercy to have a hospital and a bishop there ? It was ; they required more funds, and God had hitherto given them more, and though their work had increased, they must put their trust in God who called them to the work. They dared not, therefore, shrink back from it ; and they must go for ward, trusting in God, and they would most assuredly pros per. (Cheers.) As to the second part of the resolution the rev. gentleman, after commenting upon the responsibility of standing in the great congregation, stated that the Jews were now using the Bible for their instruction ; yet, whilst they were well acquainted with it, they were most ignorant of it. How was this ? If he went into the house of a Jew he did not see there a complete copy of the Bible, unless they had obtained it from the Bible Society or those which this society had published. They read the five books of Moses ; and also the Lamentations of Jeremiah, which they still sung with mournful melody ; they also read the Psalms of David, but as to the entire Bible—why, we often found that the most learned rabbi was most ignorant of it ? And why ? He went from what le called the law of God to the oral law, and thus trusted in things which could not save him. After en larging on this the rev. gentleman urged tnat we were bound to attempt to circulate the entire Scriptures among them, seeing that we were indebted to them for the very language of our liturgy. The conversion of the Jews on the continent was impeded, indeed prevented, by the difficulty in which they were placed : they were there surrounded either by Socinianism or Popery, so that they had only the prospect of infidelity or idolatory before them, and it was this which prevented them from embracing the religion of Christ. Mr. Ayerat narrated many anecdotes illustrative of this state of effairs, very curious and instructive ; after which he proceeded to show chiefly by narrative, that thy true method of converting the Jews was not by perpetually . calling them a stiff-necked people but by addressing them in the language of love and conciliation. He concluded by shewing from Scripture that it was impossible for the Jews to forget Jerusalem; and an eloquent exhortation to Christ ians to aid in their conversion. The Rev. G. W. BROOKS, vicar a Clareborough, seconded the resolution. The- fiist thing to which be should c a ll atten tion was the difficultiesthe society's agents had to contend with, arising from the melancholy aspect which Christianity presented to the Jews the consequence of the infidelity and the immoral lives of Christians on the Continent. There the Sabbath was desecrated, and the people were reckless of the interests of morality. Besides this, there were the per secutions which they had experienced at the hands of Chris- tians of various principles; all these tended to indispose the Jews to conversion to Christianity. Another difficulty was the rabbinical principles with which many of the Jews were embued which kept them in a state of of intellectual spiritual bondage. He rejoiced, however, in common with every member of the society, at the blessed prospect which was being opened to them of liberty, and of being brought to the Lord Jesus Christ. Some persons objected to the society on the ground that it had done, or was doing, nothing ; or rather that its operations were not attended with a commensurate degree of success. How stood the fact? From the year 1822 there had been a great awakening of the Jews ; the society's missionaries then began to be followed by them. They then began to receive tracts ; they had not since objected to receive the New Testament; and in the numerous instances in some parts of the continent, the lodgings of the missionaries had been pressed by crowds which came for the books which were to be presented to them. In numerous instances they had actually to have the gendarmes ; and from many statements published in the society's report, it appeared that the same excitement was still continu►ng. The next question was, what were the results of this spirit of enquiry and of this excitement? Why, in the first place, there were a great many Jews who, although they had not become Christians, were convinced of the folly of rabbinism ; and even in this country they were separating themselves from the oral law. He perceived, too, that the reading of the Old Testament was encouraged by the Rabbis ; and what was the reason ? Why, that the reading of it led to Scepticism ; and that was to unbelief in the Talmud, and the next step was to lead to Christianity, which was a re markable test of the divine origin of Christianity, shewing the accordance of the Old Testament with the New, and how, as we read it, it brought us to the reception of the New Testa ment. (Hear.) Besides this, a proof of success was to be found in the number of baptisms which were taking place. Many friends of the society said that, though there were nu merous conversions, there were more among the heathen. Now he would try the justice of this by a very simple test. There were assumed to be about six millions of Jews in the world; and there were six hundred millions of heathens. The present was the 34th year of the existence of the society. There had been 4,000 baptisms, but, for the sake of conve nience, he would take them at only 3,400, being one hundred baptisms every year. Now, the heathen conversions neces sarily ought to be one hundred times more, or 340,000 alto gether, to be in the same proportion; but all the societies together could not boast of so many ; therefore it appeared that God had greatly blessed the society in this respect. (Loud cheers.) The rev. gentleman concluded by applying a passage from St. Paul to the opponents of the society : he wished, he said, that they were not only almost, but altoge ther, such as the society was. The'resolution was then unanimously carried. The Rev. H. S. JOSEPH moved the next resolution, which stated that the meeting had heard with great satis faction and gratitude that the important object the society had had in view by the establishment of the Anglican Church at Jerusalem, had been promoted by the King of Russia, and the facilities afforded by the Queen of these realms ; and they desired to acknowledge their increased gratitude for having been made the instruments of promoting a descend- ant of the house of Judah to the office of bishop and head of the mission to that important station. Mr. Joseph stated that Dr. Alexander, who was now bishop of Jerusa lem, first came to this country, he was directed by provi dence to Ireland, where he subsisted as a teacher of the Hebrew language. Ile was:soon !brought into connection with the clergy ; and it happened that some one of the clergy represented his case to the late Archbishop of Dublin. Dr. Alexander was consequently introduced to his lordship, and eventually he was ordained to the office of deacon and afterwards to that of priest. He (Mr. Joseph) ad mitted the designation given to our church : it was called the United Church of England and Ireland, and he felt there was something (interesting in the fact of the Bishop of Jeruslem being ordained deacon and priest in Ire land and bishop in Ireland. This was a circumstance which shewed, stronger than he could explain, how completely the church was connected. As to the Bishopric of Jerusalem, it was said in the Scriptures, that of God's Church " Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and Queens thy nursing mothers ;" and this was a prophecy which seemed to be exemplified in a most remarkable manner. In the good providence of God we had seen a Jehosaphat raised up in the person and character of the King of Prussia, and through his instrumentality a bishop had been sent to Jerusalem, his Majesty having contributed the munificent sum of £1,500 towards the endowment of the see. Here, indeed, we saw a personal fulfilment of the promise of Kings being raised up as nursing fathers; and we were also promised that Queen's should be her nursing mothers. It was not generally known that the late Duke of Kent laid the foundation stone of the first Jewish Episcopal Chapel in this country. His daughter our most gracious Queen, (loud cheers) God bless her, (re newed cheers) had been the honoured instrument of signing the first Jewish bishop's mandate in this country ; thus the father had built the first Jewish church, and the daughter had sent forth the first Jewish bishop. lear, hear hear.) Let us in this acknowledge the hand of God, and take cou rage in the work we are engaged in ! (Cheers.) The rev. gentleman then detailed the different attempts made to lay the foundation of a church at Cathedral ; they had all been unsuccessful, and eventually the foundation-stone was laid by a Jewish bishop. He was, as they all must be, glorified greatly in that we were here again permitted to re cognise the hand of God. (Cheers.) Then, again, there came reports that Dr. Alexander was not well received ; and where did they originate from ? They came from Rome. (Hear, hear.) Rome said, "We will have a bishop there." They, therefore, consecrated a bishop, and sent him there with the high and scriptural title of the " Bishop of Babylon !" (Hear, hear.) Now, if we gave the Church of Rome credit at all for being scriptural, it must be in this ; and we had not sent forth false reports that the Bishop of Babylon had been stoned, and unkindly treated. Now, in the providence of God, we had at Jerusalem a bishop, priest, and deacon, and the gospel was again to go forth from Jewish lips ; and he trusted it would go forth in the power of God to the salvation of every one that believed, and "to the Jew first.". The rev. gentleman, in conclusion, stated that the liturgy of the church of England had been rendered into Hebrew for the use of the church at Jerusalem, SO that the Jews would now have an opportunity of knowing that she was not an idola trous church. He proposed the resolution. The Rev. R. DAVIES seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A collection was here made, and during the time it was made a hymn was sung, in which the meeting joined most heartily. The Rev. HUGH WNEILE proposed the next resolution, which stated that the meeting regarded the present state of the Jews as :shown by the rejection of the oral law upon the part of so many in this country, whilst they still adhered to the word of God, and the spirit of inquiry among them as most encouraging in that it opened a door for Missionary labour and the circulation of the sacred Scripturers. The address of the rev. gentleman was most eloquent and Scrip. tural, but owing to the late hour at which the meeting con cluded we are unable to report it. The Rev. Dr. TATTERSALL seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. The usual thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. WIGAN.-MONDAY NIGHT. FATAL ACCIDENT,—A melancholy accident happened on Tuesday evening last to Mr. John Caldwell, of Amberwood Common Farm, in Ince. Mr. Caldwell was proceeding from his own home, about seven o'clock, to go to Shuttleworth's Farm, by a private foot-pad across the fields. In his way he had to cross a coal-pit brow, which has lately been sunk. The night was foggy, and there was a large fire burning on the pit brow, which must have misguided the deceased, as the coal-pit was between him and the fire. A man near the fire called out to deceased ; but before he could properly apprise him of the danger he was in, deceased walked into the pit, which is about eighty yards deep. A man was work ing in a tub about half way down the shaft, but the deceased only grazed him slightly as lie fell. He was found lying on his back, quite dead, and with one leg and an arm broken, and his body much lacerated. It is a dangerous practice to leave the pit shafts so unprotected, by which the lives of numbers of individuals have been sacrificed. A trifling expense would furnish railings that would prevent such calamities occurring both to persons and cattle. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The Annual Church Missionary meeting was held on Thursday evening last, in the National School. The chair was taken by the Rev. C. Bisset, who opened the meeting with prayer. The attend ance was by no means throng, though respectable. The Rev. Mr. Carpenter, of St. Michael's Church, Liverpool, attended as the deputation from the Parent Society, and ad dressed the meeting at considerable length, enumerating the great blessings disseminated by the society, and recounting instances of the most Christian and zealous labours of the agents and teachers appointed by the society to carry the glad tidings of the gospel into those heathen hands, .some parts of which they have, by the blessing of God, raised from a condition of barbarity to civilization, and where they have, as monuments of their successful labours, erected houses devoted to His service and to His glory. Th e ot h er gentlemen who addressed the meeting and proposed the several resolutions were—Rev. J. Lomas, Rev. M. Coombs, Rev. Mr. Powell, and Thomas Woodcock, Esq. • The col lection at the door did not amount to £3. CALIGRAPHY.—A well known learned sergeant was said to have the facility of writing three hands—one the learned sergeant himself could make out, but which his clerk could not; another which his clerk could decipher, but which the learned sergeant could not; and a third which neither clerk nor sergeant could in the least comprehend. If the learned gentleman had only placed himself under the tuition of Mr. Thompson, of this town, he might have written as fair a " Roman" hand as her Majesty herself, who is :a beautiful penwoman ; indeed her Majesty has set quite an example to those around her, who now consider that to write a bad hand is to be essentially out of the fashion. If a good hand is therefore required for those who have their livelihood to seek, how much more necessary is for those who wish to get on in the world to become good writers ; as one of the first questions put to an applicant for employment is, " What sort of a hand do you write ? " Many a deserving young man has lost a good situation from his bad caligraphy. We recommend, therefore, all who are desirous to excel to apply to Mr. Thompson. THE MARKETS.—Our markets are still abundantly sup plied with provisions, and the price of every article continues low. Butcher's meat, too, is falling in price, and those butchers who are selling at the " new price" dispose of large quantities of an inferior quality of mutton. TILE LAST HOURS OF MAGINN.—On the Sunday before he died, Maginn bad been remarkrbly cheerful, eloquent, and witty. These qualities, indeed, he possessed to the last ; but I had often seen him in health when he was not so brilliant as now in his setting, and within a brief space of the twilight of death. During the day he had related innumerable stories of all the great writers with whom he bad lived in intimacy ; had talked about books and men with that mingled vein of humour and philosophy which was the great ornament of his conversation ; and had amused himself in detailing one of those literary projects on which his mind was always running, but which, alas! were never fated to be fulfilled. Death had not at any time entered into his discourse ; apparently he sought to keep it altogether out of his thoughts. Though so weak as to require to be lifted in my arus across the room, he seemed to think dissolution by no means near ; or, if he knew that he was dying, he certaiwly bore it with a philosophy that would have immortalised his name in the days of Socrates or Cato. About four o'clock I left for an hour or two, when he slept, and returned to him in the evening. He was then up, propped by pillows in an arm-chair, and as gay and in telligent as if he had never been ill. After we had talked a short while, " said he, " shall I ta ke some w ork out of you ?" I, of course, assented ; and having got some ~ paper and ink, I sat down opposite to him. He then took Homer in his hand ; and after a brief interval of thought, dictated the latter part of the following ballad (Nestor's First Essay in Arms), evidently with no mental labour, but with an ease that could have resulted only from his intimacy with the Greek, and his extraordinary power of versification. When he bad finished, I read for him the entire translation, and marked out the Greek for the printer. He desired me to correct the proofs. I have done so, but I scarcely antici pated when we sat together that it was to be the last of his compositions,—Fraser' Magazine. NORTH AND SOUTH TOXTETH WARD. Last night, a public meeting of the Conservative Electors of these Wards was held at the Toxteth Hall, for the purpose of nominating candidates respectively to represent them in the Town Council, at the ensuing municipal election. Mr. ALEXANDER SMITH, Jun., was called to the chair, and opened the business of the evening in a very neat address, in the course of which he congratulated the meeting that the two out-going candidates were radicals, whom they would, no doubt, be enabled to replace by staunch conservatives. A few years ago these wards were represented exclusively by radicals, but, through the spirit and principle of the electors, a great change had taken place; and, he believed, that no opposition would be offered to the gentlemen about to be proposed,—gentlemen, whose characters and principles were such that he fully anticipated they would meet with the warmest support from all who beard him. The town council had for some time been engaged in matters of great impor tance, but he apprehended that the peculiar interests of the Toxteth Wards had not been sufficiently attended to. He hoped and trusted they would, ere long, experience a different state of things, and that the return of the proposed candidates would secure to them great and important improvements in their locality, and fully realize all their views. Mr. HARBORD, surgeon, proposed the first resolution, which, he said, he would not have undertaken had the task required any .gift of eloquence. But it was a pleasure to him, inasmuch as the previous services of the gentleman he should propose to their notice was his best recommendation. The resolution put into his hands was—That John Shep pard, Esq. is a fit and proper person to represent North Toxteth Ward; and in proposing him that the meeting re turn him their sincere tbsnks for his unwearied assiduity and exertions in all matters connected with the welfare of the township and the interests of the electors for the last four years, during which he had been an active member of many local boards of the township. This was seconded by Mr. RICHARD KNEESHAW, and on being put from the chair, was carried with enthusiastic approbation. Mr. JAMES ROBINSON moved the second resolution. He trusted that the electors would exert themselves on this occasion. He strongly recommended Mr. Ambrose Lace to their notice as a gentleman strongly entitled to their suffra— ges. a man of business, a sincere churchman, and a friend to Scriptural education. The resolution was—" That this meeting had great pleasure in proposing Mr. A. Lace as a candidate for South Toxteth Ward—being fully persuaded from his business habits, high integrity, and sound conserva tive and Protestant principles, that his conduct as our re presentative will be such as to give entire satisfaction." This was seeonded by Mr. PEARSON, and was also carried by acclamation. The two candidates (who had been in the ante-room) were then introdnced to the meeting, and their appearance was the signal for long and loud demonstrations of enthusiastic applause. Mr. SHEPPARD expressed his grateful acknowledgements to the meeting for the honour done to him. In times of war the arms of theircountry had gone forth triumphant over the world ; and in peace their commerce and manufactures had flourished as triumphantly. And would these advantages be surrendered by genuine Englishmen, by their ceasing to support those admirable institutions from which such bless ings flowed ? No ! As Englishmen they would prove, that as the autumn winds scattered the fallen leaves,—so would they scatter to confusion the enemies of their peace and prosperity. He alluded to a heartless outcry that had been raised against Sir Robert Peel, of whose policy he approved as conducive to the glory of the nation and the welfare of in dividuals, and adverting to the school education question. contended that the Roman Catholics had no just ground of complaint ; that the original donors of the funds for the sup port of the schools never contemplated, other than an edu cation founded on the New Testament, and that the Roman Catholic children were not excluded if their parents permitted the use of the uumutilated word of God,—in which there could be no error, and which would render the rising gene ration virtuous in domestic life, and hood members of so ciety. (Loud cheers.) Mr. LACE then stepped forward, and was most cordially received. He thanked the electors for the honour they had conferred upon him in selecting him as a candidate, and should be happy to give his utmost attention to their interests. The first and greatest object, should he be elected, was to attend to the comfort and convenience of the working classes in the ward. A great deal had been said and done in behalf of other classes, but (as had been properly stated by a previ ous speaker) too little had been done for the labouring com munity. The subject of education had been dwelt upon, and on this point he had to say that he had long been a trustee for the Hunter-street School, which was a Church of En gland institution ; and in which the whole Bible (not in ex tracts, of which so much had been said) was taught. The comfort and satisfaction of the parents of the children at that institution was so great and universal, at that book being so taught, that he was determined, from the conviction of its efficacy in his own mind, to support it. (Loud cheers.) He entertained no bigotted feeling towards any class of re ligionists; but he should ever insist, whenever he had the power, on the Bible being read by the laity. (Continued cheers.) He wished to make all comfortable and happy, but in this, he should ever insist as a principle in the system of education at the public Schools. (Loud and repeated cheers.) Mr. ROY DEN moved a resolution to the effect that, the meeting pledge itself to support the two candidates proposed by all honourable and legitimate means.—This was also passed by acclamation. Thanks were then cordially passed to the chairman, and afterwards to many gentlemen who had been active in their support of the good cause, (including Mr. Harbord and his brother, " the doctor,") and the meeting, which was enthu siastic throughout, separated in excellent humour, and fully prepared to " Do their Duty " on the Ist Nov. STAFFORD SPECIAL COMMISSION.-FRIDAY. SENTENCE ON PRISONERS. Thomas Murray, Henry Howard,' John Cunlffe, William Ellis, Elijah Clay, Joseph Green, Thomas Roberts, and William Fearn, convicted on Monday last of the demolition of the house of the Rev. Robert Ellis Aitkens, were brought up to the bar to receive sentence. Mr. ALLEN, on the part of the prisoner Ellis, said that he appeared not to move in arrest of judgment, nor to pray for a new trial, but to ask hia lordship to take a note of an ob jection which he had omitted to urge upon the trial. This was was an indictment under the statute for demolishing a house, and the means by which the demolition was to be af fected was, by are. Now it had been ruled repeatedly in cases of arson, that persons who had come to the place ig nited after it had been set on fire, could not he convicted of setting fire to the house. The case of Ellis came under a different statute, but requiring the same exactitude in proof of the offence. Now, the evidence did not show that he was there at the commencement of the fire, and there was no fact in the case from which the jury could deduce the conclu sion that hp had been present- at its commencement. He had reason to believe that Mr. Baron Parke was somewhat impressed with the view which he (Mr. Allen) took on the subject, and therefore he hoped his lordship would enable him, by reserving the point, to argue the case before the judges. The offence charged against him was complete when the house was set on fire, and he contended that parties who came up afterwards could not be indicted as principals, but only as accessories after the fact. The !LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that if be had felt the force of the objection he would have reserved'the point, but this was an offence quite of a different character from arson. The indictment charged persons with riotously and tumul tuously assembling together, to the disturbance of the pub lic peace, and while they were so assembled together, and while the rioting continued, with demolishing the house. He could not, therefore, reserve the point for the consideration of the judges, but the learned counsel might apply to the Crown. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE then addressed the prisoners in the following terms :—Prisoners at the bar, you have been found guilty of the offence of riotously and feloniously assem bling yourselves together and destroying by fire the dwelling ' house of the Rev. Robert Ellis Aitkin, at. Stoke-upon-Trent —a crime than which one more pernicious to the general happiness and security of social life can scarcely be imagined pr described. The miseries which have been proved to have been infficted by yourselves and others upon peaceable, un offending, and meritorious individuals within this county, both in respect to their property, and, in some instances, to their persons, far exceed those which would be occasioned by an invading enemy, who spare the habitations, the pro perty, and persons of private men, where no resistance is offered. But the law of your country, which you have set at defiance, has now resumed its sway, and it is your un fortunate lot to give a warning to all others by the example of your own suffering, that the offence of the destruc tion of property by a riotous multitude is that of all others which must be put down by the severity of punishment which it entails upon the offender. bon Thomas Murray and Henry Howard, have been shown to be the persons who were present at the actual firing of the dwelling-house, and who either put the torch to the materials or fed the flames ; and you, William Ellis, although not present at the com mencement, were proved to the satisfaction of the jury to have been actually present with the mob during the continuance of the flames, and to have been one of the most immediate promoters of the crime by your violent and exciting language to the multitude who were assembled in the morning of the day. Under these circumstances, the sentence upon you, and each of you, is, that you be transported beyond the seas for the term of 21 years. For you Elijah Clay, John Con liffe, Joseph Green, and Thomas Roberts, who, though pre sent, have taken less part in the commencement of the offence, the sentence is, that you be transported beyond the seas for ten years. And for you, William Fearn, who ap pear to have been the least engaged in the offence, the sen tence is, that you be imprisoned in the House of Correction and kept to bard labour for 12 calendar months. The prisoner Cunliffe wept bitterly, and said, " You had better hang me up s j-iy the ne c k a t once ; I am as innocent as the child unborn. -- ----- MANCHESTER " SQUANDERS."—Now, I say there never was a greater abun:e of any word in the English language than the word " bank:: (Laughter.) We have had in this town the " Northern and Central" squander. We have had the " Imperial " squander. We have had the " Commercial" squander. We have had the " Manchester and Liverpool" squander; and as if the town had not been sufficiently dis graced, we are called together this day to testify to the " Manchester" squander, which, though not last, is, I am sorry to say, not the least. (Hear, hear.)—Mr. Greig's Speech at the Bank of Manchester Meeting. A SWINDLER CAUGHT AT WARRINGTON.— 011 Tuesday last Mr. Jones, the deputy constable at Warrington, re ceived a letter froin New Brunswick, in America, informing him that a man of the name of John Hall had robbed a London gentleman in that town of a quantity of Texian notes, of the value of 5000 dollars, and had taken his pas sage about a fortnight before for England. The letter, after giving the man's description, stated that it was believed he originally came from Warrington. Mr. Jones accordingly commenced making inquiries, which in a short time led to Hall's apprehension. Mr. Jones met with him, as he was about to leave the town again, and took him to bridewell, when it was discovered that nearly the whole of the notes were in his possession. Hall was brought before the magis trates on the Wednesday, when it appeared from the state ments that he was formerly bound apprentice to a druggist in that town, whose daughter he married. On the expiration of the term of his apprenticeship, he commenced business on his own account, at Winsford, near Northwich, where he carried it on until about nine months ago, when he decamped with whatever he could lay his hands on, leaving nothing wherewith to pay his creditors , and sailed America. It did not appear how he supported himself during his sojourn there, but it seems, at the time he committed the robbery, he was engaged as a warehouseman in New Brunswick. It seems he called, on the day in question, at an inn, with the intention of remaining there all night, and' that in the course of the evening the London gentleman before named entered the room, bringing with him a small box, which attracted the prisoner's attention, but whether it formed a subject of con versation between them is not known. In the morning, however, both he and the box were gone. The proper steps were taken immediately, and have fortunately ended in the apprehension of the prisoner with most of the property in his possession. The magistrates had no jurisdiction, and it is not known what will be done with Hall, but it is presumed p l he will be delivered up to the proper authorities to be dealt with according to his proper deserts. This is the third case of the kind which has been brought to light, in Warrington, within the present year. A briefless barrister ought never to be blamed, because it is most decidedly wrong to abuse a man without a cause. " Bob, I understand you are on a cruise after Dick, to cow hide him." " Yes, lam off on a whaling expedition." " A play upon words," as the fireman said when he thrust his hose into the bookseller's store, to put out the flames. CORRESPONDENCE. MR. ROBINSON AND GREAT GEORGE WARD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—I hope you will permit me to trouble you once more with a few comments on the address which besmears the walls of Liverpool, purporting to be from Thomas Robinson, Esq., the retiring conservative councillor for Great George Ward, and which comments I sincerely hope and trust will be carefully and constitutionally considered by those electors who have it now in their power to send to the council a man of free and uncompromising principles. Brother electors !—the time is fast approaching when an other annual sacred duty will devolve upon you, viz., to return as your representative to the common council a true and faithful conservative. Now, as it regards the past con duct of Mr. Robinson, only behold the ambiguous paragraph in his address to you on the education question. "On this question," says he, " great diversity of opinion exists " (which idea is according to his dormant and lukewarm Pro testantism) ; and he wishes you to believe the same, but you know to the contrary, as well as I do, that only two opinions have been and ever will be manifest on this most vital and important subject, viz., Protestantism and Popery ; and that it is by a diversity of individuals with wavering opinions, who falsely style themselves, on the hustings and at our meetings, protestants and conservatives. Again he says : " There is no doubt but that the system of education, as now established in those schools, is most unexceptionable, if the children of protestants were alone to be studied ; " and in the same paragraph he states, that " it will be very desirable to see relaxations made in the system ; " at the same time he says, " although a promoter and firm supporter of the Church of England schools." I now ask you all, who are electors of any ward, where is there language more je suitical than this? The education which is now being in culcated in the schools in question, we must maintain, as it is in accordance with that sublime article of our church, viz. the sixth, which teaches that " Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation ; so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be re quired of any man that it should be believed as an article of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation," &c. From this Mr. Robinson has essentially departed, and, we tell him plainly, from such an article there must be no relaxation at all, otherwise we shall bring to those once Li verpool Colleges of Maynooth that system which is an idola trous superstition—a gross perversion of Christianity—a substitution of darkness for light—a crafty organised system, put together at different times, to invest its priesthood with absolute dominion and pretended spiritual powers. If you have such men as Mr. Robinson to make, or cause to be made, any relaxations in the present system of education, then you forsake all that is dear to you and your posterity. —I remain, sir, your obedient and humble servant, A PROTESTANT CONSERVATIVE VOTER, AND A LAYMAN. Liverpool, 17/h Ocluber, IS 12. EXAMINATION OF THE MASTERS AND MATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—lntelligence having been brought to our court, by our cousin " lEolus," that you have commenced exerting yourself in behalf of our loving subjects, I am requested by his Majesty to write you an " autograph letter, in acknow ledgement of your valuable exertions. His Majesty would have done so himself had his other onerous duties afforded him time; but, owing to the great respect he entertains for his cousin " Victoria," he could not allow any of her chil dren to pass the equator without being regularly initiated into those " baptismal rites" which confer on them the pri vileges of freemen throughout his dominions; and the for mer bad advisers of his august cousin having rendered it ne cessary to send out a greater number of her children than formerly, in order to uphold her dignity in China and Aff ghanistan, his Majesty's time has been fully occupied. By the way, his Majesty desires me to say he has found all ani mated with the very best spirit. , You will perceive, Mr. Standard, that, though a queen, a good deal of the woman . will peep out; for (between ourselves) I am uncommonly fond of gossipping a little with his Majesty's friends; and as he is not at all jealous or displeased at my so doing, why, I indulge occasionally ; indeed, I sometimes think he is rather pleased than otherwise ; at least, I often hear him speak of humility and condescension being our brightest ornaments • and as I am very par ticular in not making free with any one but those for whom he has great friendship, he could hardly be otherwise than pleased : this brings me to mention that his Majesty requested me to direct you to send him without delay all in formation respecting "common badge porters;" on this point he particularly wishes to know whether it is a mark of disgrace, or wgether it is a token of honor and honesty, si milar to what is worn by our " Tritons." From his Ma jesty's intimate friendship with Captain Fitzroy, who has visited our Court several times, he thinks it must be the lat ter ; if so, his Majesty wishes you to make known, through your respectable paper, his opinion on the subject, viz., that if it is a badge of honesty, for the wearing of which only men of good character are selected, then it is as invaluable to them in their sphere as the " ribbon" at the breast, the noble's " star," or the " badge" of the " garter," that decorates the beautiful arm of our sacred cousin; more especially if it be worn on the same arm. You must be particular in giving his Majesty information on this point, as it will assist mate rially in guiding his judgment. 1 am further directed by his Majesty to request you will caution his cousin's erring children against the boo boo non sensical cry they are attempting to raise of there being no ne cessity for " examinations ;" they may depend on it if they are so foolish as to push it to the proof, there will he such an expose as will cause their countrymen's ears to tingle for years to come. His Majesty only desires me to say further, that he shall expect one of-your papers by every ship, and that he hopes none who own fealty to him will allow your exertions to go unrewarded. From under our hand and seal at our Equinoctial Palace, on the Equator, this 15th day of October, 1842, ' AMPHITRITE. P.S. Our barber has orders to prepare a sharp razor for the refractory. LOSS OF THE BRIGAND, IRON STEAMER. The following letter has been received from the captain of the Brigand, iron steamer, which was unfortunately wrecked, off the Scilly Islands, on Wednesday last : " I have the misfortune to acquaint you that the Brigand struck on one of the sunken rocks to the westward of the Scilly Islands, called the Bishop's Ridge, between four and five o'clock on Wednesday morning last. I had made St. Agnel: Light some time before, broad on the larboard bow, and steered S.W. by W., a course which you will perceive, on every reasonable calculation, sho u ld h ave t a k en me c l ear many miles. The wind was east at the time, and th e morn ing hazy, making the light appear far more dist an t th an it really was ; an effect (as the inhabitants informed me) always the result of similar circumstances, and which set ordinary calculation at defiance. I myself first saw from the quarter deck the ripple of broken water. The helm was instantly put hard a-port, when the vessel touched on her larboaril bilge, before the paddle wheels. Two plates, at each side of the water-tight bulk's-head, which separate the engine -room from the fore hold, were broken in. The engine pumps were immediately rigged, and every endeavour made, but in vain, to staunch the leaks. In expectation that the water-tight compartments, forward and aft, still free, would keep the vessel afloat, all hands were set about throwing overboard 20 tons of patent fuel, stowed between decks; but she settled down so rapidly by the head, that it became my duty to order them to the boats. We were 28 in number, and with 14 in each boat, we shoved off. One boat, in charge of the first mate, I directed to be pulled immediately to the islands, and returned in the other close to the vessel, in order to board her again if she remained above water. About a quarter of an hour afterwards, rising perpendicularly half her length aft, she went down with a fearful noise, head foremost, the water spouting through her cabin windows high into the air. You may imagine the varied feelings that crowded on my mind as our boat, gunwale down, with her load of 14 souls, floated on the brink of the vortex made by our sunken ship. After six hours rowing we reached the shore. But amongst all my cares, I have one solitary gratification to record—the conduct of the crew. Not a man went near the boats until I gave the order to do so ; and from the moment the vessel struck until I took leave of them all safe at Bristol, on Saturday morning, the same obedience and respect was shewn me as when I walked the deck, their commander. With the assistance of the Society for the Benefit of Shipwrecked Seamen, and from their own willingness to remain under my controul, I had the happiness of being able to provide for their wants, and to forward them all to their homes.—Sincerely yours, " ROBERT M. HUNT." The Brigand was one of the largest and most beautiful iron steamers ever yet built, being of 600 tons burden, and 200 horse power, and was remarkable for the beauty of her work manship, the splendid fittings of her saloon, and her extra ordinary speed. She cost in building £32,000. The Brigand was built to trade:between Bristol and Liverpool, in which trade she has been employed for the last two years; but she left the station about a fortnight since for the purpose of pro ceeding from London to St. Petersburgh, for which port she was to sail on Thursday next. At the time she struck the vessel was on her way to London, whence she was to sail for St. Petersburgh. She had on board upwards of 200 tons of coals, and a large quantity of patent fuel for her consump tion. The rocks upon which she was lost have proved peculiarly fatal ; no longer ago than 1811 the Thames steamer was wrecked within three miles of the same spot, and seventy or eighty lives lost. Various suggestions have been made by nautical men here as to the cause of this wreck, some saying that the steamer ought not to have gone within many miles of the Scilly Islands; and that the wea ther being moderate she was not driven there ; while, on the other band it is urged, that from the haziness of the weather she was not aware that she was so near until too late, the refraction of light deceiving them as to the distance of the St. Agnes' light ; and the current, which is very strong there and runs for nine hours in the one direction, and only three hours in the other, having set them down on the rock. Un fortunate, however, as this accident has been, it has decid dedly proved the advantage of iron vessels built in compart ments, for had the leak affected only one compartment, she would undoubtedly have been saved, and even although, by the extraordinary fact of her rebounding and strikingi a se cond time, two compartments were burst, yet it is seen that she floated for more than two hours and a half enabling the crew to save themselves, while, if she had been built of wood, she must with such injuries have gone down in less than 10 minutes, and all hands would have perished. AMERICANISMS. BRIEFLESS BARRisTE2.—Our last batch of American newspapers are more deficient than usual in backwood jokes. The only good novelty we observe is one which argues that a briefless barrister ought never to be blamed, because it is most decidedly wrong to abuse a man without a cause! The follbwing are not so smart, but characteristic of the sort of fun amongst our transatlantic brethren : INIURTHER.-" Gentlemen of the jury," said a Western lawyer, " would you set a rat-trap to catch a bar." Would you make d—n fools of yourself by endeavouring to spear a buffalo with a knitting-needle? Or would you attempt to empty out the Mississippi with a gourd? No, gentlemen, I know you would not. Then how can you be guilty of the absurdity of finding my client guilty of manslaughter for taking the life of a woman 7" COLLOQUY.—" How do you do, Mr. Smith ?" "Do what ?" " How do you find yourself?" " I never lost my self." " How do you feel." " Pretty smooth, I guess—feel of me and see." " Good morning, Mr. Smith." " Good! No; it's rather a bad one—it's wet and nasty. A SOLEMN REFLECTION.—When the storm-tossed ocean rises to lash the sky ; when the wild tornado is abroad ; when the bosom of the solid earth is shaken by internal throes, or beneath the glory and beauty of night ; when the eyes of love are drinking the light up from your soul—at such a moment, oh ! let a sensitive m ind reflect "How, in thunder, am I going to pay that note to-morrow." SHORTS.—" Bob, I un d ers tand you are on a reona 7 C vh ru a i l s i e ng after Dick to cowhide him." " Yes, lam off ex pedition." "A play upon words, as the fireman said, when he thrust his hose into the bookseller's store to put out the flames." WHITE MAN VERY UNSARTIN.- 4 Boy, who do you belong to ?" asked a gentleman, the other day, as he stepped on board of a steam-boat, and saw a ' 6 darky" listlessly leaning on the guards. " I did b e long to Massa William, sir, when I come aboard ; but he's been in the cabin playin' poker wid de captain 'above a hour : I don't know how I 111ong to now. RAIL Tl' Al' INTELLIGENCE. NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. THE COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION. The annual amount o f sa l ar i es an d w ages paid by the com pany, according to the number of servants employed on the 10th of August, is something more than £40,610. Out of this sum, the committee which lately sat to examine into the position of the company, recommend reductions amounting to X 17,788. We understand, however, that the directors had already made or given notice of reductions amounting to be tween £5,000 and .1 - ;6,000. In the locomotive department the committee propose reductions to the amount of about X 9,600 a year out of about £ - ;19,000 ; in the coaching and stations department they propose reductions to the amount of £4,600 ; in the secret:..ry's, superintendeut'si engineer's, and audit offices, they propose consolidations and reductions to a great extent. The directuis ask for detailed statements of the establishment which the committee recommend, and these details will, no doubt, be furnished by the committee ; alter which the directors will consider them, and will pro bably submit them with their own remarks to the share holders; and, having done this, they will call a Special gene ral meeting of the shareholders to determine on the whole matter. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—Great is the change already effected by the railway in the appearance and condi tion of Brighton. With the exception of the coaches run ning to the provincial towns, and two or three which are still kept on the road to London, for the purpose of accom modating those places, such as Horsham and East Grinstead, which lie wide of the railway, coaching is all up ; the only vehicles to be met with in the streets are, as in London, cabs, flies, and omnibuses ; and a thriving trade they seem to carry on. It is stated' that the demand for property in the town was never greater than at present; and it is ex pected to be still more next year, when the Paris and Rouen line will be opened. AMALGAMATION OF RAILWAYS.—A few weeks ago we suggested the propriety of amalgamating into one strong company the Midland Counties, North Midland, and Bir mingi.arn and Derby Railways, and we are happy to find that the hint has attracted considerable attention. Since that time it has been put to us, whether it would not be much better for the proprietors of these lines, and much more conducive to the convenience of the public, that the Midland Counties and Birmingham and Derby lines should be leased to the London and Birmingham Company, and the North Midland to the York and North Midland. We know not how . such a proposition would be received by the directors and shareholders of the companies thus proposed as lessees, but assuredly the scheme would benefit every other party. The success of the London and Birmingham and York and North Midland managements is universally acknowledged. That something must be done to rescue these three-under takings from their present position is daily becoming more apparent.; and if the question be only met in good faith, and with earnestness of purpose, we make no doubt that the best scheme will speedily be devised. For the sake of the long suffering shareholders, we sincerely trust it may.—Railway Times. STATE OF TRADE. MANCIIESTER.—A perfect retrogression from a state of activity to a panic, (temporary, we feel sure,) may with truth be reported ; for in every branch of the Manchester trade here, for the last two weeks, but more particularly this, a complete cessation is visible to all; and, consequently, prices, for any quantity of goods, may be said to be nominal. We perhaps ought to except 40-inch ahirtings, and other low i goods suited for the India market, fo r th e y, we learn, are n good demand. The yarn market is not quite so bad, for the Germans are buying where they can meet with a lot a shade below the current rates. In London we are pleased to hear that the country houses have been extremely busy; but so alarmed are they at the stoppage of the Bank of Manchester, that they dare not order Manchester goods. We feel certain that, when the real characte r o f th e B an k o f M anc he s ter is correctly estimated, and people begin to reflect, it will be viewed in the light of a public good rather than a calamity. There is another point on which we wish to warn Manchester houses, and beg of them to be careful where they send theil , goods in London ; for we know an instance of a house last week offering goods from Manchester, just after they had arrived, at 15 per cent. off the invoice price. Power-loom printers may be quoted as follows :-66's 27-inch, 4s. 3d. to to 4s. 71d. ; and 72's, 4s. 10A. to ss. sd.—Manchester Ad vertiser of Saturday. TRADE OF LEEDS.—There was a more extensive demand for balk goods in our market on Saturday than has been no ticed for some time past ; the finer qualities of cloth being more in request than, of late, and the transactions in beavers, tweeds, and fancy cloakings more active. On Tuesday, as usual, the dealings were more limited. The wool market continues much in the same state, the principal dealing being in the inferior qualities of wool.—Leeds latelligencer of Sa turday. BRADFORD MARKET.—We had a good attendance of mer chants and other buyers at this market on Thursday, and rather more business was done than last week, particularly in figured goods, but former rates chiefly ruled. The yarn market presented no features worthy of remark. If any thing there was more doing, prices as before. The wool market was not quite so firm as of late with regard to the superior qualities, but the middle and inferior sorts sold more readily.—Leeds hitelliyencer of Saturday. ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. MANCHESTER, SATURDAY. Last night, about eleven o'clock, an alarming fire broke ont in the premises known as the " Irwell Foundry," situate in Stanley-street, Salford, and occupied by Messrs. Ellis and Norton, millwrights and engineers. The foundry comprised a pile of buildings on the Salford side of the river Irwell, which were formerly used as a lying-in hospital for poor wo men, and also as a school for the deaf and dumb. The pre mises are rather extensive, reaching about 50 yards along Stanley-street, immediately opposite to the New Bailey pri son, and were full of valuable machinery. At the time above mentioned a light was discovered in a room called the " pat tern room," in the topmost story of the building, which was four stories high. It was soon ascertained that the contents of the room were in flames, and information was sent as quickly as possible to the superintendents of the Salford and Manchester fire police departments. Three engines from Manchester, under the direction of Mr. Ro s e, an d also the Salford engines, arrived in less than half an hour after the fire had been discovered ; but by this time the conflagration had made extensive progress, the whole of the upper story being in a complete blaze. Mr. Rose soon ascertained that the plugs near the building were not adequate to supply the enginea with a sufficiency of water; but fortunately he had with him a quantity of patent hose, by means of which water was obtained from plugs at full 200 yards distance from the scene of action. Notwithstanding, however, that the great est exertions were made by the firemen, it was found to be utterly impossible to save the building. The whole of the wooden flooring of the upper story was burnt through with fearful rapidity : the burning wood-work, together with the heavy machinery contained in that story, f;,11, of course, upon the floor beneath, breaking the floor, and setting fire to it and the contents of the rooms at one and the same time ; and in this way the flames were communicated:to each story in succession, until the whole building was enveloped in one vivid blaze. The crushing noise of falling machinery, during the progress of the fire, was most awful. For full two hours the flames raged with uncontrollable fury, and there being no prospect of saving the foundry, Mr. Bose took every pre caution to prevent the conflagration extending further, and his efforts were happily successful. Between one and two o'clock, aided by a shower of small rain, the water from the engines began to have a visible effect in reducing the flames, ' which were totally extinguished by five o'clock. The build ing is literally gutted, there being nothing but the bare walls standing, and the whole of the machinery it contained is a complete wreck. How the fire originatedis a mystery, nor is it probable that the fact can be ascertained. The total loss to the stock and builditig is estimated at £lO.OOO. The building (which was merely rented by Messrs. Ellis and Co.) is insured for about £2700. The .stock was also insured, but it is understood that the loss will exceed the amount of insurance by about £2OOO. THE FLOATING ISLAND.—ThiS curious formation has nearly all sunk below the surface of Derwentwater, although the lake is unusually low at this time.—Carlisle Patriot. AFFECTING ANECDOTE OF THE RETREAT FROM GIME NEE.—The death of Lieutenant Lumsden and his young wife is confirmed, and the details of their fate as now narrated are of a most melancholy and painful character. It is stated, that when he fell desperately wounded, his young wife threw herself upon his body, and implored him not to leave her to fall into the hands of the enemy ; when he, with a last effort, drew his pistol from his belt and put an end first to her suf ferings and then to his own.—Calcutta Star. THE ROOT CROP.—The farmers are busily employed in all parts of the country in harvesting their crops of winter potatoes, and the weather is peculiarly favourable in York shire and in Lancashire for these important operations, as well as for cleansing the land and leading off the wiseals. The turnips are nearly at their full growth, and ready for getting, though the Swedes will keep in the ground till February or March without injury. This crop is not so heavy as was ex pected, the summer having been too dry for the bulbs to at tain at their usual growth.—Leeds Mercury AMSTERDAM, OCT. 13.—The Austrian frigate Bellona, o_ 66 guns, commanded by the Archduke of Austria, bound from Portsmouthfor Holland, is stated in a letter from the Texel of the 12th of this month to have stranded on the previous evening, in a thick fog, on the Erisland ; the masts were immediately afterwards cut away and the guns thrown overboard, but soon afterwards the back was broken, and the frigate partly went to pieces during the night. One hundred and forty-nine of the crew, including eleven officers, were brought on shore by the safety boat, but the remainder of the crew were drowned.—October 14.—We yesterday copied from the Zeepost a report of the loss of the Bellona, but as we have received no information of this event this morning, either from the Texel or the Helder, we have made all possible inquiries at houses who have correspondents at the Texel and the Helder. None of them, nor the Austrian Consul, nor the governors of these provinces, who• have letters from the Helder dated yesterday, have received any intimation of such a disaster. Now, as the shipping lists of yesterday, the 13th, received this morning from the Helder, do not mention it, the report given in the Zeepost, if not a mere fiction, certainly requires confirmation, At all events, the Archduke is in England, and cannot have been on board the ship. --7 Handelsblad. IMPORTANT INVENTION. POWERFUL CHECK TO HORSES.—We are happy to learn, that Mr. Miller, of Lothian-street, an ingenious saddler in this city, has devised a mode capable of preventing even the strongest and wildest horse from escaping the control of his rider or driver. On Wednesday last Mr. Miller made a public trial of liiisirvemr.n -tion in Queen-street, in presence of Professor Dc eludin Wordsworth, seve and a number of individuals, ral of the country gentlemen, and all of app ,d knowledge. For this purpose, a strong, active, hardpntliri„,angdg7otori i when ous runaway horse was procured, and yoked in a q Mr. Miller boldly took his seat , company to irritate the animal, with which some of the u they desire re luctantly complied. Off set the horse, but he bad scarcely made Miller a few springs when Mr. at once subdued hi m , bringing him to a literal stand still. This was repeated seve ral times, every means being employed to provoke still further the restive animal ; but he was as often brought up by Mr. Miller, and apparently with a ready facility. All present expressed themselves delighted and surprised, not more by the efficiency than the neatness and simpli c i ty of the invention.—Edinburgh Standard. NEW FOOD FOR Hoasns.—A proposition has been made to the French Minister of War by a M. Longchamp to try a new method of feeding horses, which, he asserts, will pro duce a vast saving in the amount of forage necessary for the army. This gentleman proposes to make a sort of bread, three-fourths potatoes and the rest oatmeal, with which the horses are to be fed in place of oats. The average quantity of oats for a horse per day M. Longcamp estimates to be 1016 costing about thirteen sous. He proposes to replace this food by 101 b. of the bread made with oats and potatoes, the price of which will be only five sous, leaving a saving of eight sous a day. As there are 80,000 horses in the army, a saving would arise on the whole of the cavalry of 11,680,' francs a year. M. Longchamp co ns id ers thi s f oo d to be more nua tritious than the food genera lly g i ven t o horses,forth e inati g a ret . , portion of the oats taken by a horse is imPeric cated, and therefore the nutritive qualit i es are c anowect to remain latent. Heat and moisture , he declares, are neces sary to bring forth fully the qualities of the fecula of oats, and this can be procured most effectually by subjecting it to the heat of an oven, after having bean moisten ed an, well mixed up. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN. Oti Wednesday night, at eleven o'clock, the Great Wes tern anchored in Kingroad, bringing intelligence from America to the 29th ult. We learn from the papers before us that considerable political excitement prevailed in Canada, to explain which we take the following remarks from a Canadian paper: "In Lower Canada there were the British party and the French party—in Upper Canada the Reformers and what were generally known as the Family Compact. But besides these, in the Upper Produce, there were many who did not adopt the principles or views of the Reformers, and yet were opposed to the power and influence of the Family Compact. Of these last Sir Allan INl`Nab has. lately at least, if not al ways, been a prominent member—we believe, indeed, that he may be called their leader. " The power of the Family Compact, as it is called, was in a great measure broken up by Lord Sydenham, whose policy was to be himself the leader, ruler, originator, and controller of all government measures ; but the talents, experience, and high standing of the gentlemen so collectively designated, na turally gave them great weight under his administration, and until very recently they occupied the most important official stations in the united province. " It was understood, for some time prior to the assem bling of parliament, that further efforts would be made to re duce the influence of the Family Compact, or the party bear ing that name ; and the means to accomplish this end were pointed out in a coalition of the French party, the Reformers, and the party under the lead of Sir Allan M'lslab, to carry a vote of want of confidence. " Anxious to avoid the unpleasant circumstances in which they would find themselves should the motion prevail, and wishing to appear liberal to the Lower Canadians, the Ca binet were anxious that arrangements should be made for effecting this desirable object, and proposed to his Excellency to admit to office Messrs. Baldwin and Lafontaine. Mr. Attorney General Draper, considering that he could not act with some of those whom it was proposed to admit to the Council, tendered his resignation to his Excellency. It ap peared he had done so three times during the 48 hours pre ceding the meeting of the house ; anti it was presumed Mr. Ogden could not hold office upon his own principles, it was contemplated that he should retire, and in this way make room for Messrs. Baldwin and Lafontaine. " It appears also that Mr. Draper, wishing to adopt this policy toward the Lower Canadians, had tendered his resig nation some months ago, but his Excellency would [not re ceive it until matters would be in a better position for carry ing out his views. " The Governor General entered into communication with these gentlemen upon the subject, offering them the vacant offices—Mr. Baldwin the Attorney Generalship of Canada West, and Lafontaine that of Canada East. These offers they contemptuously refused, and have given their reasons, but how satisfactory to the country they are remains yet to be seen. In consequence of their refusal to take office another course was pursued, and Mr. Baldwin, in speaking upon the resolutions to the speech, and upon the speech itself, con cluded by moving a vote of want of confidence in the present ministry. Mr. Neilson proposed that the house resolve it- . . self into a committee of the whole house, to consider and deliberate upon the question, which was agreed to. In this committee several interesting speeches were delivered, and the house adjourned at a late hour without coming to any vote." The issue of all this appears to have been postponed; ne gociations were renewed, and the result was the acceptance by Messrs. Lafontaine and Baldwin of the proffered offices, Messrs. Draper and Ogden, the previous occupants, retiring. Mr. Baldwin appears to represent the Reformers of Canada West, and is said to be a barrister of some considerable ability. M. Lafontaine may be regarded as an exponent of the principles of the French Canaians of the Lower Pro vince, and during the last rebellion was of some notoriety, £5OO having been offered for his apprehension. The conduct of of Sir Charles Bagot has given great satis faction, and on a resolution of the house voting thanks to him, it was passed by a majority of 54 to 5. A resolution has also passed the house declaring it to be the opinion of its members, that an equal proportion of Canadians should be admitted to office. The excellent letter of Sir C. Bagot to M. Lafontaine, offering him the Attorney Generalship of Lower Canada, with a seat in the executive Council, has been published. We are unable to express at present any opinion as to the policy of these attempts at conciliation, but it is evident from the tone of the press that considerable opposi tion will be offered to them. The news from the United States is not important. With respect to the money market, the New York Commercial Advertiser of the 29th ult. has the following : " The money market continues abundantly supplied, and the demand for business purposes is quite limited, although the moderate improvement in trade which has taken place since the passage of the tariff and the settlement of the boundary question, has increased the offerings at the banks. They are, however, in a condition to extend their discounts far beyond the wants of the community, and equal to any contingency which can possibly arise for months to come.— Some of the banks, we understand, have been investing in treasury notes to save interest, and the small amount in market has put the price above par. Very few have been issued recently ; indeed none, we believe, under the new law, and it is difficult to obtain any quantity even at a pre mium at 1 per cent. " A moderate business has been done in foreign exchanges for the Great Western. We quote—On London 108 1081, Paris 5,311, 5,30, Hamburgh 35k, Amsterdam 39k 394, Bremen 76 764. The American commissioners are on their way to St Fran cis and the head quarters of St. John, in order to make an explanatory survey of the new line of boundary. Major Graham, Captain Talcott, and others of the commission, are said to be desirous of setting about it with all possible diligence. Lord Morpeth returned by the Great Western. IMPORTANT PROM YUCATAN. From the New Orleans Bulletin of 19th Sept. " The Mexican expedition which sailed from Vera Cruz the latter part of August, consisting of the schooner Liberty (New York built), the City of Dublin steamer, a man of war brig, with the new iron steamer Guadaloupe, and two barques and two schooners as transports, conveying a force of about 2000 men, reached Laguna early in September, and landed 1200 to 1300 men. The Yucatan force at Laguna at thetime• consisted of 280 men, and one armed brig and two armed schooners, who, on being summoned by the Mexicans, sur rendered without the least resistance or asking any terms. The Mexican commander afterward offered such of the prisoners as desired it a free passage to Campeachy, where the whole body of them landed on the 10th. TM" result seems to have deprived Yucatan of her entire naval force, and given to Mexico the full command of the coast. The Guada loupe steamer had returned to Vera Cruz, it was said, for the purpose of convoying another fleetof transports with men and stores. The Yucatecos, in the mean time, it is under stood, do not despond, but feel confident of being able to expel the enemy, and are calling all the energies of the coun try into immediate requisition for that object. " It is said that the Mexican vessels are principally manned by English or American sailors (200 having arrived re cently) and that the officers are all English. The sailors shipped in England were paid in advance, and the govern ment had pledged itself to keep them so paid. " It has been officially ordered that in each department a janto shall be organised to raise contributions to aid the government in prosecuting the war against Texas, the general depot for the contributions to be at Matamoros. " An important treaty has been concluded with the nu merous tribe of Mescalera Indians residing principally in the state of Chihuahua, signed by twenty of the chiefs, who bind themselves to join in the war against Texas, the Mexicans agreeing to furnish arms, ammunition, &c." ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA. The fine steam ship Acadia, Captain Ryrie, reached the Mersey last night, soon after nine o'clock. She sailed from Boston ou the first, and from Halifax on the third, and has made the run in thirteen days, including a detention of eleven hours at Halifax. She brings thirty-four passengers. The news by this arrival has been anticipated in a great measure by the Great 'Western, with intelligence to the 29th ult., which will be found in another column. Only one day's later news from New York has conic to hand by the Acadia. A vessel, called the St. Louis, belonging to Boston, was found burning to the water's edge, by the Impulse, on her way from Baltimore to Kingston. The crew and passengers, twenty-four in number, were taken on board the latter, just at a moment when their destruction seemed inevitable. President Tyler was expected at Washington during the first week of the present month. Changes in the Cabinet, it was rumoured, were on the eve of taking place. Mr. 'Web ster, it is stated, would not return to Washington in an official capacity. In the treasury department, Mr. Cushing was expected to succeed Mr. Forward. The new tariff and the contest between Mr. Tyler and Mr. Clay, for the next Presidency, are warmly discussed in the papers. The parties connected with the late prize fight, which ter minated fatally, had been indicted by the grand jury of West chester County for manslaughter in the first degree, and were about being arraigned for trial. Mr. George Vandenhoff was playing at the Park Theatre with considerable success. The British Queen arrived at New York on the 29th. Colt, who was convicted of the murder of a man named Adams, in September, 1841, under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, was sentenced to be hanged in November. The commercial intelligence by this arrival is merely a transcript of that brought by the Great Western. LIST OF PASSENGERS. From Boston.—Mr. Isaac Lombard, Mr. J. Mulholland and lady, Miss Lewis, Mr. Chadwick, Mr. H. A. Amore. lung, Mr. W. Kilhand, Mr. D. Bellhouae, lady,M Mr. Macintosh, a c c h i i n i t d o r s e h n , Air. Wm. Benton, Mr. Bird and lad y . From Halifax.—Mrs. Colebrook and son ; Mrs. U n i ac k , son, and two daughters ; Mr. Wall, and servant ; Mr. Adam , M r. De Lisle, Mr. S tarr, Mrs.' Fitzwilliam and daughter , Mr. Buckstone ; Dr. Quigley, child, and servant; Lt.-Col. Greenwood, Mr. P. W u _ matIUS. ABSTRACT OF THE LOG. 1 moderate breeze started from Boston and O coast. Running along the Oct. 1.-5 2. — arrived in Halifax ; 5 p.m. left Halifax, and 6 a tri d on the voyage. proceeded —easthepr..m. w t course East, distance 195 miles, lat. 44 38, long. 59 2, fresh breeze and clear weather. s.—Wind variable, course N. 83 E., distance 218 miles, lat. 44 56, long. 53 56, moderate breeze and clear weather. 6.—Wind N.E., course N. 81 E., distance 210 miles, let. 45 27, long. 49 3, moderate breeze and cloudy. 7.—Wind N.E., course N. 79 E., distance 212 miles, let. 46 6, long. 44, stro ng b reeze and cloudy weather. B.—Wind N.N.E., course N. 80 E. , distance 230 miles, lat. 46 39, long. 38 28, strong breeze a nd cloudy weather. 9.—Wind N. 8., course N. 78 E., distance 208 miles, lat. 47 19, long. 33 28, strong gales and cloudy weather. 1 miles, 10. Wind N.E., course N. 84 E. distanc e Ild weather. lat. 47 39, long. 28 52, strong gales and cloudy , distance 248 miles, 11.—Wind E.S.E. course N. 75. E ." dcloudy weather. lat. 48 39, long. 22 44,' moderate breezean 243 miles, lat. 12..—Wind E., course N. 61 E., distan ce de weather. 5 0, long. 16 40, moderate breeze an distance 236 miles, lit. 13.—Wind E., course N.• 60 E eeze and fine weather. At 50 59, long. 11 13, moderate breeze and 7 p.m. Cape Clear bore W.N.11" , and arrived in Liveepool at 9 14.-3 p.m. off H °loe- ss ' age from p Boston in 13 day s , in .m. ; us makng th e t !J o a n at Halifax. eluding th 11 hours i d ' eten BALLINASLOE E t/R . —Subjoined are extracts of letters giving some particulars of the result of this, the best fair of Ireland :—"Ballinastoe, Oct. 9, m 1842.—0ur fair i s a t l ength ov er, and the fall in prices has been much more than I ex pected, from 40s• cop Os. a head; but of this I am perfectly sure, that the tariff has nothing to do with the reduction. The fall in prices is mainl y attributable to the distemper with w hi c h the cattle is still attacked. Some actually died of it on the fair green ; and this at once, and very naturally, caused a still greater panic. In fact, su c h w as the state of alarm which prevailed, that' on the second 3.—Horned day, purch a ses cou ld not be effected at any price. Oct. . Hor nl last year'scattl e s old in some instances from £2 10s. to £3 under prices, but prime heifer beef sold from £2 2s. to £2 ss. per cwt. ; inferior quality sold freely at £1 Bs. per cwt. Sheep sold under last year by 3s. 6d. each. The top lot of wethers- , of 150 were bought by Mr. Tul • te ' Av of Westmeath,. ftbn:ol‘li. ..!.!• " Pat Telf for £2 155., an d the and were lot of ewes ere•.botight, by Mr. William Chute, .',. :. , ' ~. • lot consisted of fifty from Mr. S e y mour , for, fig.' 'This., ' • Also two splendid ram 1 3 , were bought to go to Kerry:'• .-• , mend the breed in KeryO. from Mr. Telf, we sn n e from Mr. Holmes and the other - ' '.', und erstand, =• at £2O each. ThiX ought t6 . ' , •.. - . !..- .. , . . - ~ ~