The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. We beg respectfully to call the attention of Merchants, Brokers, Auctioneers, and others, to the important fact that the LIVERPOOL STANDARD can ei of M A most important security for the commercial public is proposed to he given, by a clause which renders it imperative to register all mortgages, grants, assignments, bills of sale, &c.; which render a debtor's ostensible property unavailable to bis creditors ; such registers to be made in the county or district where the debtor may reside, and a copy to be filed. in a general office in London. Such registers may be inspected on payment of a fee of Is. It is further. proposed, for the more facile relief of debtors, that a person in embarrassed circum stances may at any time, and whether in or out of custody, petition the court, and procure a vesting order to protect his estate against hostile creditors; and on filing a proper schedule or balance sheet, should be permitted to proceed with as little delay as possible to his final discharge and certificate. Mr. Laidman also recommends that the absurd and unjust anomaly, by which a fraudulent bankrupt is punishable by transportation for life, or imprison ment with hard labour, whilst the equally fraudu lent insolveht is only punishable with imprisonment for two years, without hard labour, should be got rid of, and a more consistent course be adopted, by which the punishment in both cases should be made the same. It is proposed, further, that both debtor and cre ditor should have a power of appeal to the Vice- Chancellor, whose decision should be final, unless Wild report the case specially for the Chancellor. The present power of that judge s decision of appeal House of Lc Without t Mr. Lai( livision courts, and ultimately to the s, Mr. Laidman treats as unnecessary. ing in our adhesion to the whole of lan's views, we can recommend his commercial r reform of t regarded BIRKEN On Sett Is held a I that by to whom the simplification and laws of bankruptcy must shortly be work which can no longer be deferred. ), LANCASHIRE. AND CHESHIRE UNCTION RAILWAY. meeting of this company ead, and was nume- 7ed that the traffic had continued to in half-year : savings had also been effected £1,200 per annum— ling of the new £27 10s. shares through [,:e, a further saving would be c&ctect of irectors purpose to make legal calls for all ,ey in arrear, in justice to those who have 1 best serve the shareholders by prose works on the line. The amount expected I enable them to open the traffic between trringtonin autumn, 1849, and soon after ble extent Several resigna- n place. To supply these va- Lrs. J. Bancroft and W. Gibb, srs. F. Shand and J. H. Ray en secured to the board, and ich one of the directors has 1 attention to the in- the accounts was read, and the report Hostage, relative to the in the balance of £166,283 6s. ), debt dne by the Birken- Wurehou nipany Several share- opinion that there was no clan. w-clerk, said he was not in Ale, and he had taken legal was no clause to authorise Then I have to move that the report Here is £50,000 lost to lance, which I thought out to Ad, but which turns rdinary manner, Fe not ,een made by the of that sum, it ? ne- r)IaUS, to a questfon. that the pro- ver t Ne Company IS NOW THE ONLY M PUBLISHED WEI can be 'd on t of 31anul Turers THE TM A.NCH 77se STANDARI s taken and r surrounding 'OND Two, in time A MARKET may arrive ebt TUESL ruptey and it almost univel intcre lawye practi chin' vrejt larg( of a Com inor ex pen althc horn pour havi , persc wanto his pri to frie prove, of an prove i he has tediotu the sul will, length the„(, pose Ther( the h or( foi in till of all )usine scond monti WSPA PER LY ON TUESDAY, y by the thqzesayds nd others attending MARKET IN ESTER. at all the Newsrooms qt town and the ing district published at Half-past Mails, containing the ews of importance that e of the morning 1 kstaittiarb. C, FEB. 29, 1848 laws relating to bank ar to be regarded with injurious alike to the debtors. Drawn up by of that experience and e kind of relations ordi )tors and creditors which ~ hey are found inapplica- ing, to the case of y in fee &c., ti a.ve been availat ; whilst tl t is found to ( n order to e creditor ht not to ex w be relicv an expen ic) not exceed p insolver 'uptcy court at an 1-trader, however. wantonly and d nt of thous he is left of protect I before his money, r yet, u difficult ti Imost eves t his dishonesty- pending ) possess Fated entirely h such debtor Jr, it a tcy, by the an ,ners for the r r bar is interp ; and the C( e unlucky credit() ler the fiat, rend( -rata share of such hardships involved injuriously both the which cry lou require .ed endurable by tbstitution for it of a t:clause of wliich itatute-book every )pholes for dishonest % pamphlet contain s upon the subiect. ) the Right lion: I Lyndhurst, Lord e merchants and , by John Laid- rich contain ects of the present •actical sag stlons yCourt judges, those n, generally unversed y law, should such re- is that the cases z f5OO should be London district by Insolvent Debtor's 0 should come 3ankruptcy both in his regulation, he distribution of ti proposes next to her; to give power )f an inte nurse of law, and commissioners to nverting his the ordinary co pis creditors, ire of an act of bank ying be or not the not yet at maturity trustees for the all not authorise the esting order, " unless a Enx calendar v such debtor, should tifiablt holders at first t I there!' have ti confest; t 3 comp, but I av way. it' ea As the fact plied t He had procured an dated 10th August, v lyn, and Br( Royal P Tipany c Lead to ti Lecounted for 10 of tb I minutes, PreFent, ton of bill of availab cum sta 01 his a creditor be mad training vent f the pe debts ti of such pr tam executed by ev ,fter the execs t the executi as prescribed by owing £2O and upwards, powers given - to the vesting or being a. f the commissioner ) such demand of the c two suffi )Urt, to pay the amount ad in any actin - dthen brought r shall issue. To obviate the ced in serving the ons, &c., be proposes that such notice or sum- his wife or servant, or in ° be found to post upon t known place of 1 have been made, no ache's order, shall be ', who must prov debtor in embarrassed c r a creditor to sell s iudiee of his other cr hall be made of his est a few months of such deemed guilty of fraud, and mt. The court is to have a ecial orders, with consent of , by which arrangements may ave the expense now incurred N. clause is also proposed, res and administrators of insol ig undue preferences, under ade personally liable for any By this clause the affairs ent will be placed under the t, ane the executor thus re cretion might suggest. onsibility. Provision is also made Mr. WM. LAIRD expressed similar sentiments. he proving of debto. A SHARELIOLDZA thought the course which tho Mr. Tile Rev. Mr. MALEY, after many expressions of regret called, amid applause, upon those directors concerned in the loans to the Dock Company, &c., to resign their trust. Mr. JOHN LAIRD said he should wait the result of the inquiry about to be instituted first. He was quite willi ng that the matter should be fully gone into. As far as his conduct was concerned in regard of the company he had nothing to fear. He had been connected with the com pany since its formation. There might be errors of judg ment, but every thi ng h e h a d d one was f or t he best. After theinvestigation, he would take the course which his dis. he cour ;ect tli ,ock, to vsting 'ects )n to IT the ex , ;rsons fr nis left decease( Lion of t itating t from tl read as follows having reported that the K of Liverpool would give three-and-a-half per est for money left in their hands, subject to .• .•-•• , red more caved, that £30,000 be ad- latter, at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent., the principal to be returned in five months; also £20,000, at four per cent. interest; this last sum to he repaid at one month's notice. Finance Committee, 7th ' • secretary reported the following Birkenhead Dock Company, on tem ber, 1846. '1 [e to t ,hese payments be eon- Mr. HOST asked, i e the loan was made, of directors were not also .ustees for the Dock Company the Dock Cowr ie president of John Laird ; and that William Potter, Mr. A. Torn a list, t amongst the nembers were l Radcliffe, and Mr. F. Brownr The Rev. W. BIRLEY, a some strong remarks, r of the Birkent Lion Company. fnr t that occasion, oc nd Che )rietors of which he Lancashire time occupying the y, to explain and justify the —(Applause.) the time the loan was 131 e, when the railway corn the bank,.to seek for a sum stment. He was requested the time re not aware that there ng ; and the security was Hear, hear.) He had no called upon cupied the c chair of the Dock C proceeding . to the meetin Mr. JOAN LAIRD rose man of had a la i an advant to inqu the low considered am al fu lion to Mr. 13aoAangN T asked if the loan was made upon bond ? Mr. J. B. LLOYD explained its character. The minute read showed that it was merely a loan for a temporary purpose, part to be returned after one, the other part after It was like depositing money as luently, it was not on the bonds of ilway company might have been in the company. TI )r recover . 'lt as acommon debt. The Dock t individually and collectively. ss, repu lers. He The Rev. W. Bri Mr. I\loßTo wed on the same sentiment. of the £106,000 had been . He asked what items were 56,000 ? unsatisfactori included in the remaining .1 Birkenhead (township)Cornmis- ied by then of the corn vas the amount of the iissioners were to pay interest 'ance the principal. He was to say, for he wished to con- !ever, in z from t hat they were not Hear, hear.) The ue from M 'l2, for a large plot of land sold to him. owing by the Birkenhead Commissioners nds, and, consequently, in a worse position in, in reply to questions, that £20,000 paid in cash; and that of £222,183 called up, the amount paid was £165,437. Mr. HOSTAGE moved that such part of the report only referred• to the dividend should be adopted ; and that • •-- with the statement accounts, should ..pan holders, to report to a The Cum: the balan f £106,000 v special meeting on the subj After considerable discussion, of a somewhat unplea sant but interesting character, a motion, proposed by Mr. Catterall, and seconded by Mr. Trevor, of Chester, was passed, to the effect that the rep or t s h ou ld be referred back to the directors, with a request, on the part of the ,hareholders, that they would call a meeting as soon as hey were in a position to do so, to report on the general iosture of the company's affairs, and of the accounts espe- mount. against the t bad you to insti- Upon whoee Authority son to doubt the f the gentlemen who :I. But I bought my all up ; and I must acting this £106,000 ), and I am surprised honk! have been fent to this company has no connexion I have to speak in such terms ; t should till such a glarin the board ithout le matter, and that it been brought before us in a manly left_ to be fished . out by questions. ins 'it is totally mjus= .re those gentlemen his knowledge served, 1, that he had not yet had time to in respect to the manner in ment of accounts he board THE LIVF,R#OOi .STANDARD. Lairds proposed was quite right ; and Mr. Howard, who had tendered his resignation, was induced to withdraw it. Some conversation ens ue d on the appointment an nounced in the report of a director to devote his whole time to the company's concerns, and at four o'clock the meeting was adjourned t o th e Bth ; of April next. The ad journed meeting is also to be made special, to consider the propositiOn for throwing open to the shareholders the book in which.the number of shares held by each proprietor is entered. The vacant office of Admiralty 'agent for the mails at this port,baa been conferred on Lieutenant W. T. Bellair. Among the bills read the second time on Monday, were the Birkenhead Dock Company, the Herculaneum Dock, and the Liverpool Dock Bill. The Rev. Edward Lawson Bowman, 8.A., of St. Pe ter's College, Cambridge, has been licensed to-the curtsey of St. Philip's. CAUTION To BOYS.—On Wednesday several boys were sent to gaol for having been found throwing stones in Park-lane, whereby a number of windows were broken. The auxiliary screw steam-ship Sarah Sands, Captain Thompson, hence, arrived off the bar of New I ork on the night of the 9th instant, after a run of eighteen and a-half days. 'She reached the city the following morning. The royal mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Harrison, after having been detained one day by Admiralty order, took her departure on Sunday for Halifax and New York, with the usJal mails and a large number of passengers. A deputation from the Manchester Commercial Asso ciation was to have an interview with the directors of the East India Company yesterday, (Monday,) for the pur pose of laying before them some interesting information as to the cultivation of cotton in India. • EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES,-At a meet ing of the Board of Examiners held on the 25th instant, Captain Anthony East' rby, late master of the screw steamer Aram ' of Liverpool, and Capt a i n Willi am Con nell, master of the Isabella, of Irvine, were examined and both found duly qualifiA forfirst class masters' certificates. On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Ship Inn, Great Crosby,. on view of the body of John Rushton, who died suddenly on Sunday week, at a beer-house in the same village. The deceased had been drinking for some days, and on Sunday afternoon week he was found quite dead in bed at the beer-house. - - A. silver box, bearing the following inscription, has been presented to Captain Postle, R.N.:—`• Presented to Captain Charles James Postle, R.N., by Messrs. Charles Horsfall and Sons, of Liverpool, as a slight acknowledg ment of the service ren•iered by him on the occasion of the wreck of the cutter Lord Nt Lon, at Dun talk." The Liverpool Health Committee have applied for, and obtained, drawings of the pumps and apparatus used for emptying cess-pools under the direction of the Metropoli tan Commissioners of Sewers. These pumps continue to act so successfully as to give the utmost satisfaction, and in every quarter an uncompromising war has been deciared against filth. _ _ - LAUNCII.—On Tuesday last, at the building-yard of Messrs. Smith and Rodger, Govan, near Glasgow, there was launched a fine new screw steamer, named the Bri gand. She is intended as the consort to the Pirate, and for the Glasgow and Liverpool trade. The •-•••••••••••,,,,•• ../u VeSSel is .I.OU feet in length, breadth 24, and depth 15 feet. She is 370 tons, 'and propelled by a double acting screw-driver, by two engines of 30-horse power each. THE PEACE SOCIETY.—The more active members of this association, in Liverpool, availed themselves of the general unpopularity of the ministerial financial policy, to get up a meeting on Friday. in the Music-hall, Bold street, to protest against the proposed increase in the esti mates for the army and navy, and to adopt a friendly ad dress to the people of Marseilles. Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., took the chair, and Elihu Burritt and James Silk Buckingham addressed the meeting. A special meeting of the- Birkenhead Commissioners was held on Thursday evening, to consider the propriety of running the steamers from Woodside at fixed inter vals. A motion was proposed by Mr. R. Bryant, seconded by Mr. J. H. Hind, that the steamers should start every twenty minutes, thus retaining the hour boats, but dis pensing with the half-hour ones. An amendment proposed by Mr. Watson, and seconded by Mr. Horner, that the subject be referredto the Ferry Committee, was however carried by a majority of one. WALTON AND FAZAKERLY PLOUGHING MATCH. — This match came off on the 17th instant, in a held be longing to J Naylor, Esq., Watton Hall, and occupied by Mr. Richard Seddon. Eighteen ploughs started, and finished their respective lots in the given time, namely twelve hours to the statute acre. The field being cleared, the judges, Mr. Robert Birch, farmer, Stand-park ; Mr. John Johnson, Fazakerley-hall; and Mr. Dal id Caldwell, Liverpool; after a minute and careful inspection, awarded the prizes:-Ist. To Daniel M'lntyre,with Mr. Skirving. 2d. To Andrew Bell, with Mr- Richard Seddon. 3d. To Edward Berry, ploughman to Mr. John Birch. 4th. To William Howard, son of Mr. Thomas Howard, Knowsley. sth. To Mr. Win. Lilley, foreman to Mr. Smithies, Bickerstaffe-ball. About flue o'clock, the judges, and upwards of forty gentlemen, proceeded to the Plough Inn, Walton, and partook of an excellent dinner, provided by Mr. Woolall. The chair was ably filled by Mr. Muir, Walton ; vice-chair by Mr. Birch. It is worthy of remark, that the ploughs which gained the three first prizes were made by Mr. Honderwood, imple ment maker, Walton. DEATH FROM ALLEGED IMPROPER MEDICAL TREAT MENT.—On Friday an. inquest was held on view of the body of Anne Davies, 23 yeaas of age, wife of a laboOring man in Toxteth-park. She had been attended by , two surgeons from the South Dispensary, and in some way a repott got abroad that she had died - from improper medi cal treatment, which, reaching the tars of Mr. Appleby, he Saw he eoroner uporythe subject. Mr. Appleby stated that 'he was himself a subscribii: to that institution, and he stated several instances where, after having been at tended once by the surgeons of the dispensaries, the parties were referred to the parish-oflice. The prescrip tions (with one exception) which had been given for the deceased were read, and the coroner made some rather strong remarks upon the way in which they had been made out. Mr. Appleby suggested that the surgeons of th e dis pensary ought to have their prescriptions entered into a book ; and the coroner said he should make a representa tion to the dispensary committee, and also inform them of the cases in which parties had been referred to the parish surgeons. .Ultimately the jury returned a verdict of death by the visitation of God. The evidence of Mr. Archer was to the effect that the surgeon's treatment was judicious. NORTH AMERICAN PASSENGERS.—A bill with the above title has just been published on the subject of the regulation of, and making further provision for, the car riage of passengers by sea to North Americl. It was in troduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Labouchere and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The first clause enacts that no ship shall carry more passengers on board than in the proportion of one passenger to every two tons. By the second clause it is provided that two children under the age of 14 shall be computed as one passenger. Each passenger is to be supplied at least twice a week with 3klbs. of beef or pork, or 31lbs. of bread or biscuit, and in addition thereto, 6 lbs. of bread, flour, biscuit, oatmeal, or rice. Potatoes, however, may be substituted. The sixth clause provides that a superintendent of emigrants is to be taken in every ship carrying as many as 100 pas sengers. By the eighth clause it is enacted that the su perintendent shall be provided with proper accommoda- tion and messing by the owners of 'tlie ship, and that he shall be entitled on each voyage to receive from the master of the ship £2O, and the sum of ls. for every pas- senger landed alive. The fifteenth clause enacts that ships carrying fewer than one passenger to twenty-five tons shall be exempted from the operation of this act. MORTALITY OF IRISH EMIGRANTS.—We find the fol lowing statement as to the clnss of emigrants amongst whom the deadly Mortality of last year occurred, in a let ter addressed to the president of the board of trade, by Messrs. J. and W. Robinson, of this port :—" We crave your especial attention to the fact, that the great mortality last year did not occur amongst the ordinary class of emi grants, viz.:—those who . pay their own passages, and ge nerally have means to provide suitable bedding, clothing, and food, but was confined almost exclusively to that un fortunateclass whose:passages were paid by Irish landed pro prietors :—thousands of this class were s3nt out last sea son, both from this port and various Irish ports, and we can state from our own observation of those who sailed hence, that they were, for the most part, entirely without bedding, ill-clad, and literally half starved, and const quently predisposed to sickness ;—" poor naked wretches, " their unfed sides, and looped and windowed raggedness' was most distressing to behold ;—ejected from the littl, plots of lands they had held for years—, necessity from their native country, whit evident reluctance—they weredispirited and beart-broken, and having neither physical strength nor mental vigour to 'resist the first s feeble attack 'of diseae, they speedily be, came a sacrifice to its ravages. Gre a t an d fearful as was the mortality even among this class, it must he borne in mind, that it was equally great among the same class at . ~, , ..... home in Ireland. 'What humanity requires of govern ment appears to us to be, special regulations for the emi grants cleared off Irish estates, and sent out at the ex pense of the landlords,—and not new and needless, but expensive, regulations affecting emigration generally. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF LIEUTENANT PEREGRINE Bowiert, R.N.--A painful amount of sensation was created at the Mansion-house, London, on Wednesday, by the announcement of the suicide of this unfortunate gentleman, charged with forging .a will, who was to have undergone a second and final examinaion 1 ore the Lord Mayor on that day. He held, up to his apprehen sion, the Admiralty agency of one of her Majesty's mail packets trading between Liverpool and Dublin. His brother, Lieut. William Boiven, R.N., died in China in March, 1846. Previous to his departnre there he made a will, which was proved by the executor. but after this will had been admitted to t r will was 3roduced by • Peregrine Bowen, by which all the property was left to him. Subsequently a person, attires as a sailor, presented himself at Doctor's Commons as an attesting witness to the will, an himself in gave as lis name ohn Wooc h en ded The forgery of the second will was subsiantfaied but he persisted in declaring that he knew nothing of the fraudulent transaction. He was remanded till Wednes day, when he would have seen fully committed to New gate for trial. All the parties were in attendance at the Mansion-house at twelve o'clock, and shortly after the Lord Mayor had taken his seat, a message arrived, com municating to his lordship the self-destruction of the un fortunate man. It appeared that he rose that morning at the usual hour, and from the conversation he had with his fellow prisoners, itseemed that he had made up his mind for the worst. His conduct, apparently, was not different to that he had generally evinced, and about nine o'clock he was missing. One of the warders proceeded in quest of him, and soon discovered his body suspended to the iron gratings of the window, with slips cut from his shirt. He was immediately cut down, and the prison surgeon called in, but life was quite extinct. The de ceased was between sixty and seventy years old, and at Liverpool, where he resided, was much respected. LORD PALMERSTON AND MR. BANCROFT , TO TILE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR, — The correspondence between Mr. Bancroft, the American minister, and Lord Palmerston, on ere Naviga tion Laws, presents to my mind the most remarkable in stance of Yankee impudence on the one part, and Whig gish simplicity or sometbing worse on the other, that it has ever fallen to my lot to witness. Here we have the representative of a self-styled great nation (great certainly with reference to repudiating notoriety) coolly addressing Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with assertions and offers that cannot but be con demned by the unprejudiced as an insult to a British statesman in the indifferent estimation of his mental powers and amor patrice that they evince. Nations, even as in dividuals, having their own interests at heart, should cer tainly in all bargains take care that they are not over reached by giving more than they receive in return. Now what equivalent, may I ask, have the Americans to offer in return for the privileges at present so justly exclusively enjoyed by the British shipping interest in the extensive colonial and coasting trade of this country, and in the prohibition to foreigners of the " indirect" trade ? Where are the American colonies ? Would not her coasting trade, even as her trade with this country, be almoit mo nopolised by her own ships ? Let our rulers look to the effects already produced in this respect by the spirit of reciprocity th"•s tar indulged in. Is not the carrying trade between England and America which employs the major part of the shipping of the latter al►nost entirely in the hands of the Americans ? The cause of this lies not, as many have asserted, in the superiority of their vessels and their captains, but in the anti-English spirit that per vades American society, the commercial community of the United States almost to a man giving the ships of their country a preference both in the shipments of Ame rican produce, and by orderis.g return shipments of British produce and manufactures to be made in American bottoms. is not American produce, of which we take the major part, admitted duty-free into consumption in this country with the exception of their filthy useless weed, and are not British manufactures taxed in America with an almost prohibitive duty ? Can this be called reciprocity ? Mr. Bancroft says nothing with re ference to a reduction of duties on British goods, all that he holds out in return for the abrogation of our naviga tion laws, and the consequent opening of a splendid pros pect to the shipping interest of the United States, in a participation in the benefits of a trade created and hitherto sustained by British capital and industry, is in fact, from its limited extent, the nearly worthless privilege of carry ing goods from foreign parts to America, arm which the British shipowner need never expect to be able to avail himself Of, so long as an American ship is to be found in the same port. The advantages to the citizen.; of the United States that the contemplated bargain exhibits, are well understood; they have been long and eagerly sought mere moonshine The advocates of free-trade must not imagine that the navigation laws come within their rules, they are essenti ally an exception, as not affecting the consumer of foreign produce to an appreciable extent. and as not haviru nn rqui va....L in any privileges of a nice nakure that can be offered by foreign nations. Let it also be borne in mind that the wealth these laws are the m e a n s o f secur i ng to the British shipowner, is expended in England amongst her tradesmen and artizans, whereas on their repeal the foreigner will he enriched at their expence. May our rulers pause ere thay commit so suicidal an act as the abrogation of these laws would be. Abler pens than mine have descanted upon the impor tance of the navigation laws, as affecting our maritime su premacy and national safety, and on the impossibility of British shipowners competing . with foreigners—with re ference to their advantages in cheapness of material, and their low scale of wages. I will not, therefore, occupy more of your time in this matter than toexpressa fervent hope that parliament will entertai.: a proper view of the value to England of her navigation a,t. Respectfully yours, QUID PAO QUO Liverpool, 23d February, 1848 INCOME TAX APPLICABLE TO IRELAND, TO THE EDITOR OF 771 E LIVERPOOL ,STANDARD. SlR, — Thousands,feel as do the injustice of the pro posal of the Prime Minister to exempt Ireland from the operation of the property tax. but no person has yet taken the trouble to enforce the remedy. The letters of " B. S." and of " A 1 3 ',:0r .Barrister," in serted in the London Times, of the 24th and 25th instant, may have more effect in calling public attention to the subject than anything I can advance. The Prime Minister, dreading the power of the aristocracy, and. fearing the alienation of the votes of certain Irish members, proposes the exemption of Ireland on the fallacious ground of recent Irish distress, although England has more than equally participated in such distress so far as the advance of money was required for the removal of the evil. Now, Sir, it is evident that an individual in Ireland, in the receipt of an income exceeding £l5O per annum (the result of mental exertion, independently of real property,) can as well (or better,) afford to pay is. in the £1 on that income than an individual in England earning by the same exertion an income of similar amount. No one will have the boldness to assert that the untaxed Irishman has con tributed to-alleviate Irish distress in the same degree as the Englishman. Why, then, should the class of Irish men to whom 1 allude be exonerated !rum the imposition laid upon the Englishman. It may be asserted that the tax, if impo,ed in Ireland, would return only a stnail reve nue to blw Imperial Exch. quer. sir, that is no sufficient or satisfactory answer to the laborious Englishman who requires that equal justice should be done to Ireland as to England also. • In Liverpool there is an immense amount of wear and tear of intellect to obtain au income by unwearied and painful exertion, independently altogether of capital, and I beg leave to urge the inhabitants of Liverpool to take the lead in this righteous adjustment of taxation, as here tofore they have on ninny momentous questions promi nently stood forward. I perceive, by an advertisement in your last impression, that several influential gentlemen of Liverpool have already recommended a National Confederation for the adju6t ment of taxation. - The ability and zeal displayed by these gentlemen cannot be more usefully exercised at the pre sent important crisis than in promoting a petition to the House of - Commons to compel the performance of this act of justice to the suffering people of England and Scotland. The example of Liverpool would be speedily and promptly followed by other great towns in Lancashire, and the effect of an extensive movement in this direction would immediately be felt in the House of Commons, where there are many coadjutors now silent, because, in the ab sence of petitions in support of their views, they cannot advocate this important principle. But if public feeling be once conducted in the right direction the result must he decisive, because the object is honest, just, and rea sonable. The petition might, as usual on such occasions, be placed for signature in the Exchange News Room and elsewhere. No time should be lost, for the occasion is I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, A SUFFERER FROM IRISH DISTRESS GRATIFYING PRESENTATION, Ou Tuesday evening, at the close of the service, the I members of St. John's Church congregation presented their curate, the Rev. R. W, Wolseley, with a very hand some pocket communion service on the occasion of his taking priest's orders, and as a small mark of their esteem and r rd for his zeal and assiduity in the performance of his ministerial duties among them. The presentation was accompanied with an affectionate address, of which we subjoin a copy along with the reply to it. The surplus that remained after the purchase of the service was handed over at the same time in a purse to the reverend gentle man, who returned thanks in a very suitable and interest- REVEREND AND DEAR SIR, We, the members of St. John's conaregation, cannot allow the opportunity presented by your admission to the high and holy order of Priest of the Church of England, to pass, without testifying in some manner our high esteem and regard for you as a Minister of Jesus Christ, and a Thou,h your connexion with us, as curate, has been short, yet it has keen long enough to assure us of y , ur zeal for your your fervent desire to win souls to His vation of all men," through for this, we glorify God on I's glory, at desire you to - accept it as a small, but sincere proof of our re -.wet for yOu personally, and our gratitude for your unwearied 'a.ence and Ministerial exertions amongst the flock, during -‘t eventful year; and we trust, that the Cod of all grace noble you to abound yet more and more in your work and Jr of love, and cause you to rejoice in the day of Christ you have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. We or •Gr that you I to enrich you, by His Holy Spirit, with every ft, to grant you unction and utterance, and le you with His counsel, and cause His that so, is your going in and blessed in your own soul, and of others. nest wishes for the welfare of your dear wife !ful. and affectionate friends —I hardly needed this additional testi- convince me of -- 7 the congregation of St e affection and regard entertained John's; and whilst I feel Lily or tne least or all the many—the very many kindnesses which from time to time I have received from you, I do trust that I feel deeply thankful to Almighty God that He has been pleased in His disposing wisdom to cast my lot amongst a people so ready to bear with and to overlook my many faults and failings. The inscription gratifies me much, for it serves to remind I have held and;yhrci and as such -.:- permit me to appropriate the prayer of Solomon, "And now, lord, lam bnt a little child. I know not how to go out or come in. And thy servant is in the midst of thy peo whi,.}. . - •• rstanding heart to discern between good andbad." leaCa me to reflect upon the year that is ?ast,-- 7 the year during 1 it Has been My privilege to minister "the office of ll' a in the Church of God,"—and although in the reflection nuch to humble, yet blessed be God, 1 have_ much to en- , MU. n/CCII pleased to bless my feeble instrumentality, soiiiai" my labour has not been in Yam in the Lord." Follow up then my dear friends, this your valuable gift by your still more valuable prayers, that at all times, in all places, whether visiting the house of sorrow or the house of joy, I may be enabled to speak faithfully, earnestly. and affectionately as a messenger of peace from the Lord of Hosts, the mighty God of Jacob, so that many poor wanderers may be brought home to Jesus, many weak ones strengthened, many sorrowing ones comforted,—thus adding glory to our Saviour, lustre to His diadem, peace to their own souls, and endless Wass throughout eternity And for yoU S M - I . dear and valued friends, my heart's desire and .prayer to God is, that you may km saved. May God Almighty bless you in your souls, in your families, in your business,—and make you to prove a. blessing to one another and to• all, for Jesus Chait's sake, o„ur Saviour and Redeemer. K. W. WOLSELEY. LOCAL MEETINGS. LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—OR Tuesday eien. ing, the annual dinner of the Liverpool Guardian Society was held at the large room of the Queen's Hotel, Lime.. street, and was in every way worthy of the excellent landlord of that admirably-conducted establishment, Mr. Henry Curchod, and of this most popular and useful of our local institutions. Upwards of ninety gentlemen sat down. The chair was occupied by the president of the society, Mr. Richard Crossley. The vice-presidents were Mr. Wiliam Smethurst and Mr. Pemberton, of Duke-street. Upon the right of the chair we noticed Thomas B. Horsfall, Esq., the mayor, several members of the Town Council, and the leading tradesmen of the town. After the usual loyal toasts, Mr. John Smith pro posed, " The Members for the County and Borough." He hoped the members would still continue to advocate the reduction of the tea and other duties which pressed down the energies of the people.—(Applause.) The chairman; in a complimentary speech, proposed the " Mayor and Town Council." The mayor responded at some length in an excellent speech. He alluded to the efforts the society had made to rethlce the gas and tea duties, and expressed his abhorrence of the budget the premier had brought forward on Friday night.—Mr. Shand returned thanks for the Town Council--The other toasts were of the usual complimentary character ; and the company, after a happy evening, separated at a late hour. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The new dock bill, as altered by the Council, was submitted, and the alterations adopted. A memorial was read from Messrs. C. and D. M`lver, praying for an alteration in the present plan of booking vessels for turns, as such a system was injurious to them, and would be still more so on the arrival of the new steamers. The letter concluded by stating if some alteration were not effected, they should petition govern ment for the removal of the station. Mr. Tobin said it would not do to make any alteration- in the present plan. Mr. Aikin understood that a dock was especially set apart for these large steamers. Mr. Nicol said that, as a dock was enlarged for these vessels, it ought to be kept especi ally for their use, and any other vessel in it would only be on sufferance. Mr. Royden said it might be that a vessel would meet with adverse winds, and he detained for three days longer than she was expected, or the time appointed ; and, therefore, he did not consider it right to keep the dock free, to the detention of other vessels. Mr. Aikin said, now that they had railways in every nook and cor ner of the kingdom, it was possible that any opposition of that kind would cause them to move the station. He did not wish them to act on that principle, but upon the prin ciple of doing everything they could for the accommoda tion of mail steamers. The Chairman ttionaht a tion ought to be made with these steamers. The memo rial was referred to the Harbour-masters Sub-committee. A letter from Rooney, as to the theft of copper nails from • TN 1 . . the Canning Dock, was referred to the surveyor. Mr. Aikin said, the custom of captains of vessels selling their sweepings and rubbish. ought to be prohibited, as it led to much theft.. F . HE BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS —On Sa leld at the n- the purpose of further considering the Birkenhead Dock Bill, (transfer of the power of the cotninissioners),and for the purpose of consi dering certain aniecdrnents proposed to be introduced solicitor. There were . Nicholls, Wat- Mr. Wein, the The letter said it slTlllton-square into the bill by but six commis son, Hind, Bry law-clerk, read t seemed to be admitted that the acquiitio❑ of trade to the docks would he gradual, and it was for the interest of all that the timber trade should be accommodated as speedily as possible. The writer was conSeqUently gratified to find that, during the late government inquiry, Mr. Rendell had announced such to be the intention of the promoters of the works. He pointed out that, by the preamble of the bill and the 41st section, £21,000 of the funds to be forthcoming from the Woods and Forests, instead of be ing so applied, were to be devoted to the less important object of completing the river wall on the north side of the pool. Mr. Waln also read a minute, from which it appeared that the matter had already been before the Works' Committee ' who resolved that it be referred to the solicitor of the bill and the engineers, to take such steps as they may deem requisite. Mr. Waln said he ought to mention that since those amendments were sub-. mitted, he had received a letter relative to the maintain ing of a permanent level of water in the Wallasey Pool of thirteen feet above the old dock sill of Liverpool. unless previous notice were given, and the consent of the con servator of the river obtained. Mr. Cole thought that, as the commissioners had acted with the bondholders through out, it would be better to consult with them before com ing to a determination. He did not think the bondholders knew the alterations which had already been made in the hill. It was resolved to leave the matter as the committee had proposed-. A conversation followed, from which it transpired that the bill (now before parliament) has been. divided into two; the one part authorizing the govern ment grant. to. be promoted by government; the other part by the commissioners. TOWN COUNCIL PRO, CEEDINGS On Wednesday a special meeting of the Council was held at the Town-hall. The Mayor having announced that the first object of the meeting was the. Bill of the Dock Committee, Clauses 1,2, and 3, were read and passed. Clauses 4 and 5 were proposed to be struck out. Mr. HORNBY thought it injudicious to haye'the exist ing dock quays lying idle, and he moved 0 - at the 4th clause, which provided for the immediate erection of dock - WfirehouSe4 — e - rvnt. lat.rxutic ou.t. The Council divided, when the motion was carried by a majority of 25 to EVANS moved that. clause 5, which related to transit sheds at the Prince's Dock, be reinstated in the bill. Mr. MANN opposed the motion, as did also Mr. Hodtt- Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said the transit sheds at present occasioned an annual loss to the dock estate of £llOO. The Council divided, when the motion for reinstating the clause was lost by a majority of 25 to 22. The next clause was a manuscript clause, copied from the Albert Dock Act, and was to the effect that the oc cupancy of the new dock warehouses should be subject to the payment of all parochial rates and all other local rates, now or hereafter to be levied in the same manner as if the occupancy of the warehouses were beneficial. _ _ The I‘.lAYott.—lt is perfectly understood that the bill will be wit hdrawn if the rating clause be not inserted. k,iause i 3 was amenoeu, reserving tne quay space. Clause 16 authorised the Dock Trustees to purchase the strand at the North Shore from the Earl of Derby and Lord Stanley. The reading of this clause gave rise to a lengthened discussion, but it was ultimately adopted by a majority of 40 to 5. Clauses 17, 18, and 19 were passed, as was also clause 20, upon the understanding that the Dock Committee should obtain the power to construct additional docks, but would not exercise it unless they were imperatively called for. The motion, enabling £500.090 additional to be bor rowed for the building of warehouses, was lost by a ma jority of 23 to 15. A motion, by Mr. Tinne, to borrow £500,000 for ware houses and other purposes connected with the act, was carried by a majority of 28 to 10. Clause 41 was a manuscript clause, enforcing payment for goods deposited in the transit sheds. Tile clause was struck out by a majority of 22 to 9. The remaining clauses were then passed, and the bill was adopted. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—COMPENSATION. The Health Committee reported that Mr. Deane, soli.. citor, had agreed to accept of an annuity of £450 from the first of January, 1847, and £2OO, being the amount of costs he had incurred, for his loss of office under the Highway Board. They thought the case of Mr. Snow ball must be decided in the Superior Courts, and they had accordingly made an application to the Court of Queen's Bench, and the case was now on the Crown paper for ar gument. They had agreed to pay the following sums also tor the loss of office, and the parties to whom the offer er asd 1 costsatie ;limadr.acpcelip,kteednsiotn: £4l costs. M an 'A d u £3 liff 6 e c£o2st7so; Mr, Rogers, £lB9, and £34 costs; and M r . G r iffith £320, and Mr. Lace moved the confirmation of the proceeding ,n, the motion was carried POLICI INTELLIGENCE, JUVENILE DELINC witness from day to day the number of children, some mere infants, that are brought up in our Police-court for petty thefts—some for stealing flour, Indian corn, and the like, from our quays, and others for purloining the scraps of metal which lie strewed about the Graving Dock ; and not a few for the graver offence of entering unoccupied houses and cutting away the piping and taps. Boys guilty of the above offences were brought before the magistrates on Friday, many of them belonging to honest parents, plunged into poverty from want of work. They were dis posed of by, in a few instances, being given up to their parents ; in some cases they were handed over to the over seer, and some were sent to prison. The evil is growing to a magnitUde that calls imperatively for the establish ment of a house of refuge. STEALING SIX BALES OF COTTON.—Charles Paul, ware- Gilfillan and Co., was charged with )m Mr. W. Roberts and Co.'s houseman to Messr stealing six bales of wareho - use, It appeared that Mr. Gilfillan had 253 bales of cotton in the above warehouse, and a short time ago sixty of the bales were sold. An order was produced for their delivery, and, in a few days after wards, another order for six more, signed by the prisoner. The goods were delivered, and shipped by the Old Quay Company for Manchester. Information_ being received respecting the robbery, officers Kehoe and Bates went to Manchester, and found the cotton, which was marked R, still at the wharf, and consigned to John Roberts. Port- but no such person being in that street, the s waited till the prisoner appeared to take the bales The prisoner was remanded. OW TO TEACH ENGLISH.—On Tuesday a Welshman, named Williams, appeared to prefer a charge against a man named Cain, of offering him counterfeit coin. He affected to have no knowledge whatever of English ; but Mr. Rushton, knowing that such excuses were often groundlessly made, thought that self-interest might elicit an answer, and asked the complainant if he brought mut ton to market. The complainant seemed to understand this question perfectly well, and replied with great prompti tude, and amidst the laughter of the court—" Yes, sir, I do." Mr. Rushton : " How do you sell it P' This in terrogatory seemed to light up the countenance of the Welshman, who, no doubt, thought the worthy magistrate was about to do business with him, and he immediately answered, "0, yes, hur was sell it at 6d. and 7d. the pound." This caused a roar of laughter in the court, in which the magistrate could scarcely refrain from taking a part. •He then told his tale flgentlr, au4 tl prison wag remanded, Feb. 29, 1848. PLAYING AT BILLIARDS ON THE SABBATH.-011 Fri.. day, Alfred Copps' was summoned for permitting gala_ tiling on the Sabbath, in a licensed billiard-room, kept by him, in Parker-street. Inspector Muir went up at half. past one o'clock on Sunday morning, the 6th instant, and found two gentlemen playing a match. Mr. Coppall stated, in defence, that the transgression occurred entirely without his knowledge and during his absence from town. Mr. Rushton inflicted the full penalty of £5 and costs, and said if another case oc c u re d d e f en d an t' s li cense would be suspended. . _ _ OBTAINING MONEY FROM THE BISHOP OF BANGOR BY FALSE PREITNCES.—On Wednesday, James Gold smith, who had been remanded from Monday, on a charge of rai.ing money by using the name of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, was again brought up. Mr. Dowling, the Head Constable, stated that a letter had been received from the Bishop of Bangor, addressed to the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. It was to the effect that the Bishop :iad re ceived a letter, with a signature purporting to be that of the Rev. Hugh M•Neile, soliciting subscriptions on be half of the distressed Irish. He understood that exer tions were being made on their behalf, and, taking it for granted that the letter had been sent by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, he forwarded the check for X. 5, which had been referred to. From what had subsequently taken place, he had no doubt the letter was a trap laid for him to ob., tain money by false pretences. He had destroyed the letter. Mr. Rushton, addressing the prisoner, said, " You have escaped in consequence of the letter being destroyed, otherwise I should have sent you for trial. This exposure will save the public from any more imposi tions on your part, but if you are brought here atain, and the case made out, you shall be punished most severely." The prisoner was about to speak, and had uttered the words " Gentlemen of the jury," when Mr. Rushton said there was no jury. unfortunately, in the case, and- told him to go about his business. , V 1.401.1111.11 is rtrt pitus. In the cotton mills of Bolton, generally, the number of working hours is on the increase. CONVERTS TO PROTESTANTISM.-011 Sunday week, four persons, members of the Church , of Rome, received, the Holy Communion at St. James's Church, in this town, and were admitt e d as mem b ers , o f the Church of England.—Preston Pilot. • . FEROCITY OF THE HAWK.—A few"days ago a large sparrow hawk, attracted by a caged canary in the window of a house at Lancaster, dashed through the glass at the little warbler but missed it, and f e ll onfit's back in the room. It afterwards escaped. THE PORT OP PRES CON. — Arrangements have been made for exporting salt from this port, —an excellent ar ticle of back carriage from foreign traders. The Content is now loading the first cargo from Preston. to. Rostock, in Prussia. This will be a great advantage to the trade of the port, as,. formerly, foreign vessels, after discharging their cargoes at Preston, had to go round to Liverpool to obtain salt.—Preston Chronicle. ALTCAR OPEN MEETING.—We learn that on the 10th and 17th of March there will be an open meeting (the last, we presume, for the season) upon the splendid crotnain, and under tha patronage of the Earl of Sefton , : The stewards are James Wickstead Swan. Esq., of Chorlton hall, near Chester, and W. G. Unsworth, Esq., of Meg. hull, near Liverpool. Mr. Swan is the honorary secretary, and Mr. M'George will be judge. FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO A HOUSE AT BROUGIITONi• BY ARMED MEN.—At about eight o'clock, on the evening of Friday last, five men, apparently navvies, with their fueen blackened, and armed with' fire-arms, entered the farm house of Mt. Richard Cottam. Crow-hall, near Brough , ton, and demanded money. Mr. Cottam and a party of friends were playing a game at the time the men entered the house. A gun was fired 'by one of the robbers, but, we have not herd what property was taken. POTATOE STORES.—The growers in the neighbourhood' of Garstang have commenced opening their stores, mad 6, in November last, to take to market, and find they are • free from disease, which makes them fear that it will re— duce the price to at least one half what they obtained last spring ; but, notwithstanding this, they will pay far better - than any other produce of their farms ' as it is not alone - the produce of the potatoe th a t they look at, but that it is the best means of cleaning the land for a crop of grain the following year. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A poor girl, named Pearsall, occasionally subject to syncope, on Wednesday, the 16th inst., at the house of her master, Mr. Richard Tees, blacksmith, of Stourbridge, was descending the cellar steps to draw some beer for dinner, when her foot slipped, or a fit seized her, which, cannot be ascertained, and she fell heavily to the bottom, her mouth coming in contact with a barrel, which forced two of her teeth com pletely through her tongue, and rolled upon her as she lay in a state of insensibility.. The cellar seems to have been half full of water at the time, and the unfortunate girl was found in about half an hour after the fall, im mersed in it, with the barrel_upon her, quite dead. LANCASTER ASSIZES.—The following were the princi pal cases :—W. H. Shaw and John Hamer were indicted for a conspiracy to defraud the Yorkshire Insurance Company. The prisoners conducted business as cotton spinners, at Haslingden. The machinery and stock in the mill was, in November, 1846, insured with the York shire Insurance Company, and it was burnt in April, 1847. It was alleged that false accounts had been made up for the purpose of increasing the amount of the alleged loss. After a lengthy trial, the jury broug,la in a verdict of not guilty. Mr. Hamer obtained a verdict on the fol lowing day for false imprisonment, damages £39.—Wm. Myers was indicted for• the wilful murder of William Johnson, at Dalton, by stabbing hint with a knife,. - Th f c deceased and the prisoner *ere navigators, and on the 2nd of October, on receiving their wages, had, with others, become intoxicated at Dalton. The prisoner and deceased quarrelled, when the former inflicted a stab on the arm, which caused death. The prisoner was convicted of man slaughter, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. PRESENTATIQN.—The Rev. Thomas Greenall to the rectory of Grappenhall, on the presentation of Thomas' Greenall, of Grappenhall Hall, Esq. The Bishop of Worcester has appointed the Rev. J. H. Hastings, Rector of Areley Kings, and Rural Dean, to the Honorary Canonry vacant by the promotion of the Rev. James Prince Lee, D.D., to the See of Manchester.. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are in treaty for the purchase of Alkrington Hall for the residence of the Bishop of Manchester. Alkrington Hall is about a mile from Middleton, and four miles from Manchester. The day named for confirming the election of Dr. Sumner as Archbishop of Canterbury, is Friday, the 10th of March. The ceremony will take place as usual at Bow Church. The Cambridge Chronicle, a tolerably good authority, states that Dr. Waddington, Dean of Durham, and a sup porter of Quaker Bright, will be the new Bishop of CheSter. The stall in the Ca'hedral of Durham, which has b c )me vacant by the ele ration of the Bishop of Chester to the Archbishopric of Canterbury, has hitherto had an income attached to it of £2284, but, under the provisions of an act of parliament, it will hereafter bo limited to £lOOO, the surplus going to the augmentation of small livings. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting for Oxford and its vicinity was held at the town hall ore. Monday. The Lord Bishop of Oxford in the chair; sup-. ported by the Rev. the Vice Chancellor, the Master of . Pembroke .College, the Provost of Worcester College, many influential Members of the University, and several of the parochial clergy. The. Bishop of Oxford briefly addressed the meeting, and expressed his gratification, at. being a:.a'n able to preside over its anniversary. _ THE BISHOP OFCHESTER.-A strong desire is felt by many of the clergy in the diocese of Chester, to present• to our beloved bishop on his translation to the see of Canterbury, a more substantial testimonial than mere addresses from the several deaneries, as a grateful acknow ledgement of his many services to the church ; and as an expression of the high respect in which he is held by the clergy over whom he has been an affectionate and vigilant overseer fur nearly twenty years. The suggestion, we doubt not, wilt readily meet with a general response throughout the diocese. RUGBY SCHOOL.—The Rugbeians have, within the last two years, carried off no less than 25 first-rate University . honours. In the list of those who have thus highly dis tinguished themselves may be enumerated, at Cambridge, four wranglers; five first class men in the classical tripos, one of these senior; one senior Chancellor's medallist; one Browne's medallist, for Latin ode; one Browne's medallist, for Greek and Latin epigrams; and one mem ber's prizeman. At Oxford, six first class men in classics, one Hertford Latin scholar, one Ireland scholar, the two Latin verse prizemen, one senior mathematical scholar, anon Johnson theological scholar. The Manchester Courier, speaking of the new Bishop ; of Manchester, says :—" Our readers may judge of tho kind of feeling that has been inspired by his lordship's appearance here, when we state that one gentleman, has. already communicated to the Archdeacon his intention to give £lOOO towards the endowment of a church ; and that another has offered an estate suitable for the episcopal palace, including a house which contains six entertaining rooms and ten bedrooms, at whatever price the surveyor of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners may fix as reasonable, be it £5OOO or .£lO,OOO, that amount, whichever sum it may be, to be expended in the building of churches in this parish." DR. HOWLEY AS A PREACHER. — Amidst all• the appa rent gentleness of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, there might at all times be seen a certain force of charac ter which tended to augment the deference that his dicta commanded, while the, moral purity of his life and the eminence of his station, gave a sort of prestige, to his ser mons whenever it happened to be the pleasure of his Grace to occupy a pulpit. Notwithstanding these adven titious aids; however, he was by no means a distinguished preacher ;—without much ingenuity. without the power to render learning popular, without imagination, without fervour, he was scarcely even impressive ; but the " gift of preaching " not being a necessary qualification for the office of a bishop, he may be pronounced worthy of the high station which he filled even by those who cannot help admitting that eloquence could not be included in the catalogue of his accomplishments, or political inde pendence in the number of his virtues. He was not only no great preacher, but he was not even successful in what may be called compositions of supplication or gratitude. It is well known that all occasional forms of public prayer or thanksgiving go forth under the imprimatur at least of the Archbishop of Canterbury. They may not always be written by his own hand, but the presumption is to that effect ; at all events, for the literature and theology of such productions the Primate for the time ben'' , has usually been considered responsible ; and it certainly must be acknowledged, that, amongst the great mass on the church-going population of the present day, the prayers and thanksgivings ordered by (the Sovereign if Conned, and prepared by the Archbishop of Canterburb, did not greatly excite either the admiration of the echvi. Wed or the fervour of the pious,