The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-11 00:00:00

5111.;errcso1 f anbarb. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING TIIOSE who have been soldiers in their youth amuse the rising, and the risen generation too, with the history of marvellous exploits, performed in the da:, s when &lONA PARTE, besides being the bug-bear with which hard hearted nurses frightened children into peaceful slumbers, amused himself with making kings wipe his jack-boots, and emperors wait while he looked to the grooming of a favourite nag. None of these camp reminiscences, how ever, including BONET'S unparalleled bulletins, can com pete, for a moment, with the marvels of the electric tele graph. If we are to credit the flashes of intelligence which emanate from the Vienna pole of that wonder working instrument, all the parties professing to watch the movements of the Russian troops have been looking through the wrong eye. Their object was, it seems, in a great measure, to prevent the Russians from crossing the Danube, and to oppose this movement every available point, as it was thought, was seized upon. With a facility only rivalled in a melo-drama, however, it would seem all the watchers have winked with such an excess of good will, that the Russian hordes have crossed that noble river precisely at the point, or points -- for the accounts are circumstantial—where resistance could most easily have been made. It is true that several versions of the same story have, from time to time, arrived, each varying from the other, as . much as all of them, no doubt, do from the truth; yet through their means is set at work another telegraph as mysterious in its workings, and scarcely more reliable in its tidings than that which dates from the Austrian capital. The indicator on the London 'Change has been observed to vibrate in so surprisingly sympathetic a manner as to countenance a belief in the very widely spread if not absolutely universally disseminated " odillic influence" of the mesmerists. Indeed, some men, who are admitted to possess as much wisdom as ever was indicated in the shake of Lord BLIILEIGII'S wig, do not scruple to say that certain " peoplish," not difficult t o b e i met with n the region occupied by the Exchange and the Mansion-house, in connexion with their kindred in Vienna, have a better knowledge of how, and where, and when, as well as by what means the Russians ought to cross the Danube or any other river or boundary, real or imaginary, than the AUTOCRAT and all his generals to boot ; and that the same persons know better which party should be beaten than all the commanders in all the armies. This is, unquestionably, one of the many mysteries of modern science, and one the unravelling of which would be both pleasant and profita ble. Talking of mysteries, suggests that many of them at present occupy a good deal of general attention. One of 'these is the position Austria in reality means to occupy in the Turko-Russian squabble ; this is generally admitted to be greatly more difficult of solution than the Asian mystery, as it will depend so much upon the chapter of accidents. Another, and one which a carnivorous peo ple like the English have much interest in unravelling, is the mystery as to who proposed to feed the equi of HER MAJESTY'S cavalry with surreptitious lamb, the explana tion resting, it is said, midway between his Grace of NEWCASTLE and the SECRETARY of the ADMIRALTY. In all probability, however, the mystery of mysteries will be found in the singular union of patriotism and love of gain which constitutes so singular a mixture in the com bination of Jona Bum,. From one end of the island to the other, popular indignation is raised against the EM PEROR of RUSSIA. His breaches of faith, his hypocrisy, his tyranny, form the topics of popular oratory, from the PREMIER —no, not the PREMIER—yes, from the PRE MIER downward all classes denounce and anathematize him. In the midst of these popular demonstrations, under the very nose of the ministry, and in defiance of its orders, an industrious and ingenious ship-builder on the Thames is for months and months quietly joining in the patriotic outcry—yet, patiently proceeding with the construction of two w.ooden screw steam-frigates, destined for the use of the very despot whom it seems an object of general emulation to thwart and humble. More singu lar still, the diligence of the builder was known to my lords, and some months since they communicated with .Mr. PITCHER—that is the gentleman's name—upon the subject, while he placidly held on " the even tenour of his way," clamping plank upon plank ; but with a modest distrust in his own pecuniary resources, only equalled, some think, by his prudence, he also kept drawing instal ments of the CZAR'S roubles. On Tuesday the game was blown up ; Mr- SCANLAN, of the Custom-house, pounced upon the unlucky hulls, and confiscated them to HER MAJESTY'S use. In this adventure we have an admirable Instance of private benefit being made conducive to the public interest. The exchequer of the enemy is impover ished, that of Mr. PITCHER is improved. If the grasping CZAR could have been persuaded to have all his building yards on the silver Thames, and all his ships constructed by the simple-minded Mr. PITCHER, Sir CHARLES NA PIER might still have been knocking in vain at the Ad miralty in search of employment, and DUNDAS have been snoozing—l beg pardon—cruizing off Lisbon, undisturbed by the bustle of hostile preparation, and careless of sound ings in the Exuine. An allusion to " the clime of the East, the land of the sun," immediately conjures up the gathering of our gal lant army in the Orient, and naturally starts the inquiry as to when the campaign will be opened. That, at pre sent, remains another of the mysteries, the practical solution of which, however, cannot be a distant one. In the meantime it is gratifying to learn that, so far as ap pearances go, it will be conducted in a gentlemanly style. Her MAJESTY has presented the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE with a splendid camp service of silver plate, prior to his startin g for the Danubian provinces, symbolical, no doubt, of the fact, that ease, comfort, and gentility, are to be combined in this war. Another gratifying evidence of this satisfactory conjecture is furnished by the circum stance that the commanders of both branches of the ser vice have, prior to leaving Old England, been treated to a banquet. The feed at the Reform Club, in which NA.PIER was lionized, and some say quizzed and obfuscated, has been in some degree countenanced by the Commander-in- Chief—Lord Viscount Hai:arms giving a farewell banquet on Thursday evening, at his mansion, in Great Stanhope-street, to the officers about to proced on active service to the East. The guests included his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, Lord RAGLAN, the Earl of Lucast, the Earl of CARDIGAN, Lord DE Ros, Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN, General WETHERALL, General FRBETH, General YORKE, Brigadier-general AIREY, Brigadier BULLEN, Brigadier EASTCOURT, .General Sir RICHARD ENGLAND, Colonel STEEL, Lieut.-Colonel Marns, Lieut.-Colonel MUNDAY, and the Hon. A. HARDINGE. On the present occasion, the quiet, orderly, and decorous proceedings offered a marked contrast to the saturnalia, at the Reform Club. The absence of Radicals and popularity-hunters ensured the omission of spouting and froth. Still, as the initiatory ceremonies in both instances commenced with a good dinner, they afford a practical recognition of the principle, that fair feeding is no bad preparation for starting on a campaign, and infer a vigilant attention to the commissariat—a kind of atten tion, by the way, very carelessly acted on by our govern ment in numerous instances. . . • In England, dining, it is well known, is assumed to have many virtues. Here it has been recognised as the approved valedictory operation of a soldier or sailor about to encounter the vicissitudes of war. It is also assumed to be equally suitable as the approving welcome of a states man on his return from an arduous foreign or colonial mission. If the future laurels of our heroes may be planted, and their roots lubricated at the social board, as suredly the civic coronal may, with equal felicity, be anointed under similiar auspicies, ere it is placed on the brow of him who has been and is destined to wear it. An Illustration of this was afforded on the same evening as the military banquet to which I have referred,—an elegant dinner, unique in its style of.splendour, being given by a number of noblemen and gentlemen in the London Tavern, as a welcome-home to the Right Honourable the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE, K.T., Governor-Gene ral of Canada. The chair was occupied by Lord Joule RUSSELL; but care was taken to avoid any appearance of political partizanship, every shade of opinion in connexion with the colony being suitably represented. In all, up wards of three hundred noblemen and gentlemen were mustered on the occasion, several gentlemen from Liver pool being included in the number. The oratory, as is customary on such occasions, was complimentary, spiced with colonial and family allusions. The Earl of ELGIN spoke in high, very high terms, of the r e s o u rces of Canada, an ex tensive and fertile country, inhabited by a population derived from th e most active' and energetic races of men, Englishmen, Frenchmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen ; and b or dered by a youthful and vigorous Republic. Conspi cuous among the notabilities present was Mr. BUCHANAN, representative of the United States Government at the British Court, who stated, in replying to the toast of his health, that the recent declaration in favour of neutral r i g hts would be r eceived with the g re atest approbation in I and he characterized that decl ara ti on as worthy America ; country. Allusion to the import ance of B of a great and elvilicivili zed ritish Americ and an authoritative d ec l arat i on a, of good feeling on the part of the United States, are topics which cannot fail to be welcome . and to meet with a ready re sponse in Liverpool, considering the frequent and extensive intercourse,and the reciprocal i n terests already existing and rapidly extending between its inhabitants and those of the American Continent. The opportunity . was, therefore, a fitting one, and it was most grat ifPng to behold the in terests and feelings of the great Bltish-American empo rium represented and displayed by Liverpool merchants of acknowledged character and standing. The attractions of the banquet-hall, albeit numerous and seductive, must not be permitted to engross more of o your readers' attention, else it would be an easy dilate upon the gastronomic scene displayed on thek t occa sion last referred to ; to descant on the odorous sweets which exhaled from the beautiful exotics that filled the vestibule; and to charm the willing ear with even imper fect allusion to the galaxy of female beauty, whose radiant smiles and sparkling eyes imparted a splendour to the scene as rare as its fascinations were incredible. Thursday was, indeed, a red-letter day, comprising in its vesper shades two notable banquets, and a parliamentary skirmish on the merits or demerits, which you will, of Mr. , STONOR and his Irish patriotism. Extensive as these claims to notoriety may appear, that evening presents yet another and a more attractive one. A re-appearing star rose above the horizon of the Italian opera, in the person of Madlle. Boom, as Elvira in V ERDI ' S opera of Er nani," which she " enriched , with graces not its own.!! She was supported by TAMBEELIII, the singing of the twain exciting quite afurore. In the mean time, what have our friends in Downing street been doing, and how have they contrived to keep up the ministerial farce of individual freedom and conjoint dependence ? The forlorn-hope CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER has had the bearing of his financial load enli vened, if not lightened, by the revenue returns, which show an increase of income from most of the sources of national income on the year. It is true the increase is not great, but "These little things are great to little men." and, considering the dreary field of unproductive projects the right honourable gentleman has had to contemplate for so many uncheeredmonths, no heart, not made of ada mant, could forbear sympathising in his modicum of exhi laration. Few rays of either hope or joy have heretofore crossed his official path ; therefore, let no one dash his cup of transient bliss by an admixture of diminished Excise returns. The Easter holidays are now at hand, and these he may find more readily convertible into days of domestic quiet and social peace than his notable project for the conversion of the funded debt. The mention of the holidays brings to memory the numerous escapes the ministry of " all the talents" have succeeded in effecting, through a series of blunders, more rapid in their sequence and more damaging than any Ministry of less adhesive plasticity could by possibility have survived. In two minorities, upon questions of such vital importance as the Poor-law Removal, and the in spection of Nunneries; and subject to the exposure of internal dissension, as indicated by the temporary secession of Mr. BAINES from their ranks, must have proved fatal, had the coalition not been possessed of an accommodating vitality, to which the nine lives of a cat are as nothing. In their prostrate and exhausted condition, even a brief respite must be, indeed, a blessing, as it will relieve them from the thankless task of wearing masks to cloak their quarrels—so transparent as to deceive no one—so flimsy, indeed, as to provoke instead of stifling inquiry. In vain do they concoct such serio-comic interludes as the STONOR inquiry —itself a piece of as discreditable ministerial jugglery as every disgraced an administration. As some of your readers may not be fully aware of the particulars in this case, a word or two upon its merits may not be out of place. Every one is aware, from the revelations of the last two or three sessions of Parliament, that there are such men as may be called constituency diplomatists —dealers, in fact, in Parliamentary free-and-easy seats. These gentlemen and their nefarious dealings have been exposed from time to time—now by Mr. CoprocK, and now again , it seems, by Mr. S TONOR , an d now by o th er equally virtuous: and, some say, equally ill-used men. To go at present into the nature of their exposures is not necessary, and I shall not attempt it ; but STONOR'S case, the one in hand, may be briefly stated thus. Mr. HENRY STONOR is an English barrister, and had considerable practice as a conveyancer. He is a Roman Catholic, and is connected, closely, I believe, with a Roman Catholic nobleman, Lord. CAMOYS, one of the Lords in Waiting to the QUEEN ' • Mr. STONOR, it is further rumoured, is en gaged to be married to a sister of Mr. F. PEEL. At the contested election for Sligo, in which Mr. TOWNLEY, cousin to Mr. STONOR, was elected, the last-named gen tleman acted as his agent. Subsequently Mr. TOWN LEY was unseated for bribery, and the committee, in its report, did not omit allusion to Mr. STONOR'S agency in the election. In reference to this affair, Mr. STONOR is said to have made a clean breast of the:affair, and to have placed papers in the hands of Government completely explaining all the Sligo transactions. After he had done this—but of course before his connexion with these transactions was known—the Roman Catholic and other influence he possessed procured for him the appoint ment of Chief Justice, in Melbourne; and, on the faith of this appointment, he, on the 15th of February, set sail for Australia. Scarcely had the revealing—dare I write repentant—Parliamentary and Roman Catholic Agent sailed, before the Government, affecting a distaste of bribery, and assuming a stamp of purity, which made Mr. SADLIER and others face about, discarded Mr. STONOR, and recalled his appointment ; so that, while this Sligo Agent and newly-made Judge is careering over the Pacific waves, impressed with the hallucination that he is Chief Justice of Melbourne, he has been stripped of his honours, and his case is undergoing Parliamentary investi gation. How far this style of proceeding may be in accordance with the policy for which the PREMIER'S countrymen have obtained proxerbial, though, I think, undeserved credit, that of being either behind-hand, I shall not pretend to say. The current opinion, however, is; that STONOR has been shabbily treated; and many say that he has been made a stalking-horse on which the heterogenous virtues of the Ministry will ride across the stream of public opinion : to such sad expedients have they, it is said, been driven. The hollowness of their pretences, and their general incapacity, have long been topics of discussion ; but the inaptitude, vacillation, and imbecility they have manifested in the Russo-Turkish business appear to have brought down the reprehension of all classes on their heads ; and they have been this month denounced by Blackwood and the Dublin Magazines, the two leading political monthlies, with a power and. heartiness such as have not been displayed by either of those periodicals for many a day. The name of Blackwood, and reference to its talent and political integrity, recalls with vivid and melancholy force the sad truth that another intellectual luminary has waned and set. Professor WILSON, the world-renowned " Christopher North," of Maf.,•a, died peacefully at his pleasant home in Edinburgh, on the morning ,of 'Monday last. For some time past his health has been in so pre carious a state as to be a source fruitful of anxiety to his family and friends, and the event was not unexpected by them or by the public. By the world generally he was admired for if e versatile freshness of his genius, the masculine strength of his intellect, and the rich exuberance of his fancy. By those who enjoyed the felicity of his friendship and intimacy he was beloved and adored for the generous warmth of his disposition, his enthusiasm, and his worth. The personel of such a one was not, and could not be a matter of indifference, as it reflected in no slight degree the mental image of the man. " His form was of the manliest beauty." Tall, strong, and muscular, he possessed a frame whose broad, expansive chest and shoulders, and singularly active limbs, conferred on him the form and the power of an athletT, dangerous to antagonists, alike in the wrestling ring or on the long hill-side, where, bounding like a wild deer, he outstripped competition with the stride of a giant, and a foot whose nimbleness and agile grace might chal lenge comparison with the fays and fairies of the green wood gay. His features, though not of the class styled beautiful, were eminently characterised by varied yet ever cheerful expression ; his mouth was strictly beautiful, with lips whose delicacy of flexure and exquisitely graceful curve rendered his countenance eminently susceptible of displaying every variety of intellectual emotion, but of which the natural characteristic was generous warmth of heart. His intellect was of the highest order. In him a wild and wayward fancy was successfully held in check by strong good sense, and an innate delicacy of feeling. His bodily and mental character are fully embodied in his charming Recreations of Christopher North, of which it is difficult to say whether the rough, homely, natural strength of sentiment, or the polished delicacy of feeling, with which they abound, is the most charming peculi arity. Of so extraordinary a man, and one so mixed up with and so beloved by artists, of course numerous por traits exist, all of them displaying more or less the energetic earnestness of purpose and restless activity of mind which, particularly during his youth and the middle period of his life, so strongly marked his character and. countenance. The best of these—and lam familiar with not a few—is a portrait painted many years ago by Sir JouN WATSON GORDON ; but, next to his recreations, his intellectual form and bearing are best delineated in the noble bust executed for the Mechanics' Institution, in Paisley, his native town. It is from the chisel of FILLANS, now also, alas ! no more. WILSON'S career, as a literary and public man, has been a long as well as a brilliant one. Commencing with Blackwood's Magazine, amidst the political tempests of 1817, he launched with gladiatorialtipirit into the thick of the melee, and fearlessly did doughty - battle on the Tory side. Associated with such champions as Sir WALTER SCOTT, LOCKHART, and a host of other men of brilliant attain ments and lustrous fame, he sustained his position in the foremost rank, and after the turmoil and the noise of bat tle were allayed, he was allowed to wear his laurels un grudged by even his opponents. Professor WILSON held the chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh for the long period of thirty-four years, he having been elected in 1820. In discharging the duties of that important office, he laboured assiduously, and con amore ; and if his prelections occasionally diverged from the strict scholastic form, the science of intellect suffered no detriment—for in his hands the study of man was no mystic page. In variety of talent and intellectual power, the present generation will hardly " look upon his like again." THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday. Present : Messrs. Turner (chairman), Rankin, Robinson, Brocklebank, Shand, Gladstone, Holme, Barber, Steele, Bigham, Holden, Rounthwaite, Smith, Palmer, Royden, and Lockett.—On the motion of Mr. Rankin, seconded by Mr. Lockett, Mr. Shand was re elected to the office of deputy-chairman ; he was also appointed on those committees of which he Wati formerly a member.—John Griffiths and John Benyon were ap pointed, at the recommendation of the marine committee, seamen on board the lightships, in place of two men who had been transferred to the landing-stage.—Mr. Palmer, the newly-elected member sent by the dock ratepayers, was appointed on several committees.—Mr. Bigham d rew attention to a matter which he said was not partic u l ar ly interesting, yet it was of sufficient importance to warrant the interference of the committee. He had made it his business to visit the landing-stage at George's Pier, on Sunday evening, and he found the description given of it in the Liverpool Chronicle to be not only correct, but the actual facts were worse than there stated. Young boys were travelling about issuing improper prints, one of which he held in his hand. Those prints were given not only to boys but to young females, and there was no guarantee against their being placed in the hands of their daughters when they had occasion to go on the landing stage. What use the youths, in their desire for curiosity, might make of them, he could not tell. He had no desire to interfere with the liberty of the subject, but still he thought a stop should be put to such proceedings, else the landing -stage would only be resort for thieves, prostitutes, and vagabonds. Perhaps a strong representation to the watch committee might have the desired effect. The chairman admitted the existence of the evil, which, he said, had bee n mentioned some time ago by 'Mr Holine The only mode of dealing with it was thro ug h th e police : ' it was their bu s i ness to preserve order on the landing stage, and the dock committee could not make any regu lation. The Chairman said the committee had no autho rity beyond paying for the st age an d k eep i ng i t i n order. He thought an efficient body of police, with two or three superintendents who would act with discretion, would put an end to the nuisance.—Mr. Shand said a suggestion had been made to throw chains across the stage, f orm i ng pas sages to the ferry boats, and it was thought that it would in a great measure repress the nuisance complai ne d o f.— After some further conversation, it was agreed that the chairman should have an interview with the chairman of the watch committee on the subject . — This was the whole of the general basineoul THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. PROTESTANT REFORMATION SOCIETY MEETING LAST NIGHT. A very numerous and influential meeting was held last night, in the hall of the Collegiate Institution, in order to afford the public an explanation of the objects and opera tions of the Protestant Reformation Society. The Rev. W. F. Taylor, incumbent of St. John's, in the chair ; and, amongst those on the platform, were the Rev. Dr. Butler, formerly of St. Anthony's Romanist Chapel, Liverpool; Rev. Dr. Blakeney, of Claughton ; Rev. H. Carpenter; Rev. J. B. Lowe ; and the Revs. Messrs. Marlen, Cowan, Read, Matthews, Vance, &c., &c. The Rev. Dr. BUTLER, formerly known as 'a distin guished Romanist controversialist, was, in himself, suf fient attraction, and the large hall was crowded. After prayer by the Rev. Mr. IRELAND, The CHAIRMAN said that they had met to have the objects of the Protestant Reformation Society explained to them, a society which had for a considerable time, he might say for 29 years, occupied a prominent position in the Protestant movement of the day. It was a society insuf ficiently known ; but it was not inferior to any, either as to the nature of its operations or the objects that were in view. Its object was to promote the religious principles of the Reformation, to which we owed nearly all that we enjoy —social, domestic, and political. The Popish num bers, by the late religious census, were proved to be not so numerous as they had been set down to be, still there was gound enough to make us pray that the light of evange lical Christianity might be shed into their hearts . (Applause.) He then said that they had around them a constellation of champions of the faith : the mention - of the Rev. Dr. Butler's name calling forth the most hearty and enthusiastic applause. The Rev. H. CARPENTER moved the first resolution, which was, that "the principles and objects of the P rotestant Reformation Society deserve the cordial sup port of every true Protestant, and that the plan of operation pursued by the society is highly calculated' under the Divine blessing, to, be attended by the best result." The speaker expressed his cordial approval Of the sentiments of the resolution, and showed how Romanists looked rather to their saints than our Saviour for salvation referring particularly to a p a p er effigy of the Redeemer,, which is now common amongst them, and which, according to the inscription upon it, is supposed to be a preservative against accidents and disease. The Protestant Reforms lion Society required continuous, persevering work, for even whilst Protestants were attending their meetings, Romanist emissaries were at work. The object of the society was fourfold—first, to employ clerical agents ; next to employ lay agents able to argue with the most subtle of the Church of Rome ; the third object was to employ Scripture • readers, and the last to employ school masters. The necessity for each of these agencies ; Mr. Carpenter enforced. He said, it was in fact a Pastoral Aid Society,- having a special mission to the Roman Catholics, and he expressed his approval of it as one of the most important organizations of the day. He was sure it was high time that Protestants should apply themselves with steadfastness and earnestness to oppose the Church of Rome, for no adequate conception was formed of the- danger. It was the most powerful con spiracy against truth and. justice which had ever existed in any country, and destructive to the liberty and religion of every country in which it was established. (Applause.) The Rev. Dr. BLA.KENEZ, in a most effective speech, seconded the resolution. The Rev. J. B. LOWE, incumbent of St. Jude's, then addressed the assembly. He referred wittily to the placard convening the meeting. It had. announced it as a "great" Protestant meeting.. It was so in point of number, in point of spirit, and he hoped they would pray for the blessing of God that in point of result it would be greater still. (Applause.) He referred to the aspersions cast upon the Rev. Dr. Butler, and then enlarged upon the admirable objects sought by the Protestant Reformation Society, who had now a special mission, to the Roman Catholics. The society, he said, worked for the Church of Scotland as well as the. Church of England, and asked if they were not more at heart with a man like Dr. Cumming than they were with Romanists ? They ought to rise above sectional differences, and should not stand aloof, but should join in raising together the standard of the Reformation. (Applause.) Them might be some diversity of opinion, there might be a dif ference of discipline, according to the armour which they carried to thq field ; but were they not all fighting under one banner, and was there not one cause the success of which depended upon their union and. exertion ? He moved a resolution to the effect that the present aggres sive attempts of the Church of Rome on our civil and religious liberty called for the most strenuous exertions on the part of Protestants generally, not only to preserve our brethren in the faith from the dangers of apostacy, but also to rescue others who are the victims of delusion. The Rev. Dr. Burixn was received with a waving of handkerchiefs and the most tumultuous applause, mingled, however, with a slight hiss. He thanked God, in the first place, that he was not dead.. (Applause.) He was still in the land of the living, andle might add to that, that he was still a Catholic, hut not a Roman Catholic. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) . He liked that cheer. When he was aßoman Catholic, he was chamberlain to Pope Gregory the Sixteenth. (A Voice : " Never mind that.") There was a.certain old gentleman, he would not mention his name, but when 'the shoe pinched him, he was sure to speak; and they might depend upon it, before they retire& from his presence, they would have much pinching and squeaking. (Laughter.) He liked their cheering and reception for two reasons. He liked. it, first, because it was a proof that in the good old town of Liverpool there, was a sound, strong, Protestant feeling. (Applause.) In the next place, he liked it because he knew that they were indebted for it to the very Pope of Rome. (Laughter and applause.) They (the Protestants) were asleep, but the Pope was not ; he was up and stir ring ; and he (Dr.' Butler) said, from the bottom of his heart, that although he abhorred above all things religi ous excitement, still he should like to see another Papal . aggression. (Applause.) As to St. Patrick, who had been mentioned by one of the previous speakers, he denied that he was a member of the Church of Rome. It had been said by the Church of Rome —first, that he was an Irishman; then, that he was a Scotchraan (laughter) ; thirdly, that he was a Frenchman ; and further, that he was a Dutchman ; and, if he was not mistaken, there was a breviary in which he was said to be an Italian. (Laughter.) So much. for the unanimous consent of those called Fathers. (Applause.) What was the object for which he stood before them ? What was the object of tire. Protestant Reformation Society? It was simply the salvation of Roman Catholics, through the one, only medium,—of Christ's blood. Roman Catho lics were present, and might naturally say, " Why seek. after our eternal salvation, are we not Christians ?" He stood_ before them and the Great Searcher of the , heart, and said that he believed, and forcibly believed, that which God had spoken to man. He believed that they pos sessed at that moment the Revelation of that God to man. He held in his hand testimony, to. show that what was esteemed such, was not really the Church of Christ ; and if it were not so, it was no t ev en a branch of it,, It had apostatized the Bible. He defied, any man to find, in the Holy Volume any principle of Romanism. I - f..e owned with all Protestants, that there were many truths in the Church of Rome, but they were so neutralised by a complication of the most mischievous errors, that we might easily come to. the conclusion; that the Church of ROM slid not offer the true Christ. (Hear.) After a reference.to St. Peter's circumstances on the day of Pentecost, Dr. Butler said that Rome was apostatizing for the Primitive Church and the teaching of the fathers. He begged not to deceive his Roman Catholic brethren, for he had been deceived himself before. The priests said, as a blind, that they were Catholics. It was a mistake ; they were Protes tants. The head of the Roman Catholic Church had taught a very solemn lesson to the Protestants of these king doms ; he hadtaught us to speak the truth, and call things by their proper names. We should then meet the enemy by the truth, and comfort him with it and the infallible Word of God. That might be considered bold language, but he had long wished to have that evening. When he had read in the papers of his supposed death, he had often said oh, how he wished to be in Liverpool, that he might speak to the Roman Catholic heart and understanding. that was renounced u, asm Romanism. The Roman Catholics of Liverpool would him,He w and d r ready t might i g g h i give g a . t reasonherfrom for give him credit for this, that he was not brought up in that why ho h these kingdoms in the principles of relig ion. When he was exceedingly young he left his native country. Ho left Ireland—and he gloried in the fact of being an Irishman—for one of the colonies, where he was. brought up. As well as he could remember, the first impressions made on his mind were, that he was a member of the true Church of Christ, and that only through it did the living God speak to the heart and understanding of man. In the next place, he was in structed to regard the priest in a most extraordinary point of view ; he was instructed to regard him as stand ing in the place of God Almighty himself. (Sensation.) He was instructed to consider that he had extraordinary powers confided to him. He was instructed that the pr i es t h a d power to pardon sin. Would the sins pardoned by the priest be confirmed by God in the Kingdom of Heaven ? Whether they were or not, was made all to depend upon the priest. Then, as to Protestantism, as a boy, when he could first discern good from evil, he was asked who were connected with the Church of Christ ? Who were its, members — who were they ? an d th e :answer was None, excepting infidels, heretics, an d ex-communicated persons." Then, according to the catech i sm, if he were asked who were heretics, he should say, Protestants of every denomination. ' Let it never be forgotten that the Romish Church taught the doctrine of exclusive salvation. He had often, when a priest, met people in Liver pool, and heard the, exclamation, " What a pit y th at they are Protestants; ". — implying therebythat there was no hope for them in the life to come. It was almost impossible for a Priest of . the Church of R ome, not b rought up in a Roman Catholic country, to know all the superstitions and slavery of the Church of Rome. There was a marked difference between the Church of Rome, where she was a state church, and where sh e was su bj ect to the pressure of Protestantism, as here. Durst a Roman Catholic or his priest read the Bible in a thoroughly Roman Catholic country ? Durst he introduce it ? He might ; but he was not at liberty to use his j u d gment over any single text. Now, as to his own studies, he had the honour, as Roman Catholics would call it, of passing his divinity course in Rome. He graduated there by right, independent of the Pope. But to return to the Bible, he might be asked was it a sealed book in the University —was the priest to Iread it—was it explained to him—did it form any part of his ecclesiastical studies ? He was sent fromßome by the Propaganda, and they might ask him what Gospel he preached ? It was not the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but tll9 Gospel of the Church of Rome, As to their COMMERCIAL 4. MO2vETARY NEWS MONDAY NIGHT. THE monetary world appears to have recovered in a great measure from the panic with which it was afflicted the previous week. The value of public securities has been gradually advancing, and money for commercial purposes has been con siderably easier, and the apprehension that the Bank of England would again increase the rate of discount has been for the time allayed, notwith standing that we have no victories by sea or land to record ; nor can political affairs in the East be said to be in a more favourable position, though some weight may be given to the proffer of peace by Russia, as indicative of her intentions to suc cumb to the Western Alliance. This apparent restoration of confidence has had a beneficial effect upon all descriptions of investments, though the uncertainty which still prevails as to the future, prevents any speculative operations in mercantile affairs. A great advantage, however, is gained by the diminished apprehension of monetary difficul ties, as there is no present reason to fear that any real ground for alarm will arise. The returns of the Bank of England on Friday, again show a diminution in the stock of bullion to the extent of 2179,564; but this is owing to the recent arri vals not being included in the account ; and, as the shipments to the Continent are not so large as heretofore, we may shortly anticipate an improve ment. The circulation has increased no less than £443,465, and an increase in " other securities" of £765,122, shows that the Bank of England has been extending its accommodation. In the manufacturing districts there is still great depression, though not to the same extent as immediately after the declaration of hostilities with Russia. Merchants are evidently disinclined to enter into any speculative transactions, though it must be clear that very little difference can be created by the stoppage of trade with Russia, so long as it is open in every other quarter. The amount of exports was comparatively trifling, so that the whole would ben° great loss, while much of it will, no doubt, be carried on through other channels. The decline in prices has led to a notice from the spinners at Stockport to reduce the wages of their operatives, taking off the increase which was made last year, when the men struck for an advance. The ill success of the movement at Preston will, it is hoped, prove a warning to the working class ; and if the reduction be followed up in other places, it may check the weekly supplies which encourage the disaffection at Preston. The rise in the Corn Market has proved but of short duration, as on Friday there was again a general decline, not only in this market, but many others. This has, no doubt, been caused by the recent large arrivals, and the continuance of fine weather for the growing erops, which promise an abundant harvest. The rise has, however, had a beneficial effect, in enabling several large holders, who stood to lose heavily, relieving themselves to a considerable amount, as the sales have been very large during the previous ten days. As for the extent of the decline, it would be difficult to state it with accuracy, so much difference of opinion exists amongst those in the trade. We quote from four circulars issued on Friday. One stated Flour to have declined in price 6d.. to Is_ per barrel; another circular said ls. to ls. 6d.. ; a third ls. 6d. to 2s. ; and a fourth 2s. to 2s. 6d. per barrel. Who shall decide, when doctors disagree ? Owing to continued purchases on the part of the public, and to the scarcity of stock, prices in the SHARE MARKET have been steadily improving each day all week, and close this evening at the best of the week. An advance of from four to six per cent. has taken place throughout the list. We annex prices .—Caledonians, 261 8 7 61c 7 68 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 611 1 2 114 2 ;. London Stock, 97 8 ; Sheffield Stock, 201 ; Midland Stock, 60 + 1 60 591 60 *1 591 ; Dover Stock, 171 I 13-16; 8 Shrewsbury and Chester gar.. pref. 8 per cent., 161 : Dutch Rhenish, 4 1-16 d; Royal Insurance, 11p. The advices from St. Petersburg state that an amount in gold equal to about six millions of silver roubles, or nearly £1,000,000 sterling, has been removed from the fortress, for the purposes, it is to be presumed, of the war. Allegations were at the Same time circulated that a total equal to about £19,000,000 or £20,000,000 sterling remained. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the Ist of April gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits ... £4,41,5,788; Increase £21,981 Other deposits ... 11,037,153; Decrease 55,073 Rest ... 3,757,568; Increase 13,371 On the other side of the account— Government securities £11,607,616, Decrease £184,500 Other securities ... 16,522,726; Increase 765,122 Notes unemployed ... 5,998,255; Decrease 633,280 The amount of notes in circulation is £21,684,240, being a increase of £443,465 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £14,449,718, showing a decrease of £179,564, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTAIENI'. Notes issued ... £27,6B2,4os'Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Goldcein & bu11'n.13,682,405 ;Silver bullion ... £27,682,495 BANKING DEPARTMENT. £27,682,495 Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000'G0v. Securities £11,807,616 Rest , 3,757,57610ther Securities 16,522,726 Publie Deposits 4,445,788 Notes 5,999,255 Other Deposits 11,037,153 Gold & Silver Coin 767,223 7-day & other bills 1,102,303 £34.895,820 £34,895,820 COTTON.—The market during the week has been dull, owing to the same causes which have affected all commercial operations,. but towards the close a much better spirit was manifest. Consols were improving, and the money market being consi derably easier, holders did not display so much disposition to sell. The sales for the week, dp to Friday, amounted to 34,480 bales, of which 2,810 were on speculation and 2,060 for export. The advices per Arabia were received on Saturday ; but, as the market is less affected by operations in America than by affairs on this side the Atlantic, they made no impression, although, under ordinary circumstances, they would have been deemed favourable. TO -DAY there was a much improved demand, and prices were higher, although the increase was not sufficient to alter the quotations. The sales were between 7,000 and 8,000 bales, and the market closed firmly with some animation,. the demand having been more general, and for larger lots, than. for some time past. The following is a comparison of present rates with those of the corresponding period of last year :- 1853. 1854. New Orleans, middling... qd. 51d. fair 614. Uplands, middling Old. 5 5-161.1. . 6fd. I I SALES. IMPORTS. ( STOCK ,---.A.. 71 ~...-..4.--_, ---. 'DESCRIPTION. PRICES. Week ; Prey]. Week mi . ending i ously ending w ' lA pl. 7 1 ear. , Apl. 7,this yr. Apl. 7 Sea Island 9 @25 3201 i 5900 Stained 5,1 94 20, 500 125126 175610 flowe<ls 4 64, 8930 102600 , 406590 Mobile 4 6ki 5130 1 43610 1 4369 , 306957 1 New Orleans. 3k 8 12960 233000 i Pernains, &c. 0 6il 690 • 11740 2821 1 104481 20200 [labia, &c 64 6 1 3 1 340 7540 .... 9669 11950 Maranbain Dernerara,Stc 7 74 10 230 .... 124, 150 4 . 0 . 20 1 79 1560 () } 11229 1 91378 208500 Egyptian 6 Cli 1440 31796 .... i 9332 1 60460 67 1174 3500 :.1 . .& .. c.. — 3l --_ ,li .... 1790 . 880 1341 974, 3680 -- -- ..••, _...--- -- -,--, - C sß i ear m n(aigr . tal 134480 530300 83065 616951 733090 Wooo.—The market has been very inactive since our public sales, and the prices of the few transactions which have transpired have been much the same. There is no particular press on the market yet ; and, in the absence of which, we do not expect to see prices much lower—in fact, there seems to be , an opinion prevalent, that prices have seen their lowest point—in such case we may expect to see some activity shortly. Imports for the week, 561 bales, viz.: 373 East India, 133 Portugal, 5 Mediterranean ports, 22 Scotch, 5 Irish, and 23 coastwise. PRODUCE.—The markets generally have been dull, with little business doing in Sugar, Tea, Rice, Coffee, &c., but without any change in prices. For Saltpetre there has been an improved demand, at a considerable advance in prices. Palm Oil and Tallow have been rather lower. To-DAY the Sugar market continued in a very inactive state, and, in cluding Saturday's business, the sales were confined to 1,500 bags Bengal, to the grocers, chiefly mid dling white Benares, at 375. 6d. to 385., including a few Dates, at 345. 6d. to 355. 6d. per cwt. There is nothing to report in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee. The Tea market continues to show symptoms of improvement, and quotations for common Congou rule from about llfd. to 111 d. per lb. ; there is a better feeling in the medium kinds also. The business in Rice is confined to 350 bags Madras, at 12s. 9d. per cwt. 50 tons St. Domingo Logwoood have been sold at £6 ; 50 bales Sunn Hemp, at £3O Per ton ; and 30 cases Castor Oil, at 41d. per lb, A CONCEIT IS PROUD that he has learitect SO much; isilom humble that he known no mom knowledge of the Bible, he had no hesitation in saying that if they brought a single Roman Catholic priest to the platform that night, they would not have one single verse stated correctly. (Hear, and applause.) There was a tendency, at the present moment, in the Church of Rome . to make the Bible the rule of faith for a Roman Catholic. Now, be must let a cat out of the bag. (Laughter.) The Pope had given a commission for the purchase of an , accurate copy of the Scriptures •and the Rev. Mr. Ken ' drick, Roman Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia, was just a man cut out for the work. What had he done? He was an excellent Greek and Latin scholar, and he had taken up the work, and had issued an edition of the Bible as an authority for the Roman Catholics of America. (Dr. Butler showed the important and Protestant alterations which he had made from the original Douay version, and continued:) But it was, perhaps, as well that he should lay before them what were the sentiments of Cardinal Wiseman as to the Bible. In writing the book from which he (Dr. Butler) was about to read them an extract, no doubt the Cardinal thought that he was going to Rome, never again to return to this country; for if he had imagined that he was to have come back again to England, he would not have published such a document as was contained in the following extract. The speaker then read the following extract from a recently pub lished work of Cardinal Wiseman on the free circulation of the Scriptures. Speaking of this country, the Cardinal said. "Though the Scriptures may be here permitted, we do not urge them on our people. We do not encourage them to read them. We do not spread them to the utmost among them." What did the Cardinal mean ? "Though the Scriptures may be here permitted !" Diu he forget that the Scriptures were the Word of Almighty God 1 That they were the property of every man, woman, and child—that every descendant of fallen Adam had a right to their unfettered perusal, and to exercise his private judgment upon them just in the same manner as every child of man had the privilege of breathing the air of heaven ? (Loud cheers.) They mast, therefore, protest against any cardinal, Roman Catholic bishop, or priest who could make use of the impious and anti-Christian lan guage, "The Scriptures are here permitted to be read." (Hear and cheers.) The Cardinal said, "Though the Scrip tures may be here permitted, we dolnot urge them on oar people." Plain speaking this. "We do not encourage them to read them." Very plain ! "We do not spread them to the utmost amen; them." Why, was any Roman Catholic— and he would appeal to such if they were present—encou raged to read them ? (Hear and cheers.) What was the obvious effect of thus keeping back the Scriptures ? If they took away from a man the revelation made to him by God, they took away from that man all the reasons he had to know God. Suppose ior a moment that we had no Bible, how should we ever have known of the fall of Adam—of the atone ment—and of its acceptance for our sins on the part of our Heavenly Father? The rev. doctor, in continuation, pro. ceeded to rentte the position in which he was placed with re gard to the Bible, when he was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. He said his instructions were to this effect.. Ile was to destroy every Protestant Bible and holy Protestant work that he could lay his hands upon. Bronght up, as he had been, in a colony, which was very superstitious and at tached to St. Peter's, he bad been, for a certain period in Wa rne, devoted to the Church of Rome. Alter relating an anec dote in connexion with the death of a Protestant soldier in the hospital of the place where the speaker was stationed, and who bequeathed b) him (Dr. Butler) a religious tract, entitled "The Sinner's-Friend," be remarked, that lie stored up this tract, but did not read it for some time afterwards. In course of time, he was, in the Providence of God, in the greatest possible mental distress ; anti in afflictions such as these, they all knew that the human heart would have re course to anything for relief. In this situation he was first induced to take up this tract, and this was the first time that he ever took up anything of a- Pro testant character to read, and, from the perusal of that tract, he received great consolation. From a perusal of that tract, he saw as clearly as the light of day, that the principles of the Church of Rome were wrong and anti-Christian. (Cheers.) The reverend doctor,. in continuation, related se veral circumstances, personal to himself, in proof of the anti scriptural and tyrannical spirit of the Church of Rome, and then remarked that he now came to a most important period in his life. When in Rome, - it came to his knowledge that in reference to the appointment of the Roman Catholic Archbi shop of Malta, the Cadinats had promised to the Popish King of Naples that the Pope would , not appoint any person Arch bishop except one recommended by the King. At the same time he discovered that at the very moment when this pro mise was made a document was also forwarded to the English Ambassador at Florence, that no appointment would se made except that recommended by the English Go vernment. He (Dr. Butler.) obtained possession of the document forwarded to the King of Naples, as well as the promise made to the Queen of Enland, through her Ambassador at Florence. They were sent to England, and laid before the government, which led to a special messenger, Colonel Hankey, being sent as the bearer of despatches to the Court of Rome. He (Dr. But:er) accom panied the colonel in his interview-with the csrdinal at Rome, and, in the cardinal's presence, the box containing the de spatches-was opened for the first time since leaving London.. The two documents, the one promising the appointment of the Archbishop of Malta, on the nomination of the King of Npleft, and the other promising the appointment on the nomination of the English Government,.were both sub mitted to the cardinal, but be• was silent In reference for both. Failing to reply, the colonel then said, "I am oraered by my government to receive from you at this moment a. paper signed by the present Pope, and in which he shall pledge himself and his successors. that the choice of the appointment of the bishop of Malta shall rest with my government. If I do not get this paper. signed, lam in structed to withdraw our consul from Rome, to request alt English residents to leave Rome, arid to-declare, on the part of our government, tint she is resolutely determined to assert her rights!' It was then that the cardinal broke silence, but his reply was, that it could not be signed, as-thee Pope was very ill. This was Pope Pius the Ninth. He said that the Pope had received the holy sacrament, and was dying. "Oh," said the old colonel, "dying or dead, you always profess to have a head in Rome, and I must have this paper signed." (Loud. cheers...). He (Dr. Butler) MIS- a witness-of the cardinal's taking.the papers from Colonel Hankey'S-hands, and return ing with them signed by the dying Pope a short time after wards. It was a positive fact - that both the hands and arms of the Pope were supported whilst signing these papers which England demanded, and when they were signed, the old colonel remarked to the cardinal, " What do you think of the infallibility of your Church now ?" (Loud cheering.) The rev. doctor then referred in detail to- , the more immediate reasons which had induced him to leave the Church of Rome. When he returned from Malta, where he was stationed, he fires commenced the work of controversy, and lie then discovered on reading, that the so-called fathers of the Church of Rome—as he said iu the outset of his remarks— were in reality not Roman Catholics, Nit Protestants. Having read so much, and studied deeply, he saw nothing befo re hi m bat to leave her communion. In doing this, lie had to make great personal sacrifices. He had a-pension granted to him for life whilst he remained at Malta,..and a house and garden to live in. The speaker, after some further remarks, referred to his connexion with this town before he actually withdrew himself from the Church of Risme ;- and dwelt with much force on the persecuting spirit to which he was expotecl. When he resigned the situation beheld in connexion with St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Chapel in this town, they matt all know how he was treated. They might ascertain it by referring to the Standard, the Mail, or the Mercury. A deputation of Roman Catholics waitedupon the Popish -Bishop to prefer a charge against his moral character, but the bishop's answer was, " 'Aare not the slightest charge to makaagainst this man-" The bishop well knew, much as be was opposed to him, that he had no charge whatever against him. But, its addition to the persecution which he .had to submit to in this town at the time, it had recently been placarded in the West of England that be left Liverpool indebted to almost every tradesman in the place. Again, it had been- seated in Liverpool that lie was dead, and a copy of a newspaper, con taining this announcement, Ms sent to all his. relations in' Ireland, accompanied by a communication that his death was a warniag to all apostates. (Cries of "Shame.") Well, three weeks ago a letter h a d b een written by.. the so-called Catholic Bishop of Liverpool calling him an abandoned cha racter ; but he could only ne w say to his Protestant fr i ends, that, by God's grace, he had been en:tided to overcome every sort of persecution. (Tremendous cheering ) ) , He had no wish at present to dwell further on the abominations of Popery ; but he could state things to them which would bar row up their feelings sufficient to make them pull down every Roman Catholic chapel in Liverpool. God, forbid, however, that he should have any such feeling., (Hear.) He was now a Protestant minister. He belonged to the Protestant Reformation Society, and he had only tn.asld that he had as great. a horror of Tractarianism and Puseyism as he bad of Popery itself. (Great cheering.) . lii would tell them an aneodote respecting Puseyism. About the time he was ad mitted into the Protestant Church, he had an interview with Dr. Pusey, who advised him to continue to go to confession, es usual, and to receive absolution from o ne o f hi s (D r . P usey ' s) friends. (Hear, hear, and.shame.). That_ was a proof that they had as much to fear, from tractarjanism as from actual popery. They might depend upon it, that if ever again he. felt disposed to confess his sins. to,man, rather than to his. God, he should once more resort to,St, Anthony's, in Liver pool, rather than to the votaries. of puseyism. He trusted in. God that he might be apared.to enjoy the privileges he now possessed as a Protestant, and, in conclusion, he earnestly. asked of them to give their support to the Protestant Reformation Society. Let them do what they could in its behalf. either by annual subscriptions or by taking collect ing cards, and he fervently prayed for God's blessing on Their efforts. At the conclusion of his_ speech, the rev. doctor was greeted with loud and protracted cheering. A collection was then.mede, during which a hymn was-sung, and the proceedings closed shortly before eleven o'clock. EX3CUTION.—On Saturday, William Thompson, who was found guilty at the late assizes of the wilful murder of Loran Beha, a travelling watchmaker and jeweller, was hanged on the dxop in front of Norwich Castle, Lsw BIZEIXERS.—As a sheriff's-officer of Rosshire was recently proceeding to serve summonses on two farmers, he was met by a, large crowd of men and women, who stripped hiai almost naked, burned the summonses, and turned hint out of the parish. It is said that the magis trates are-determined to maintain the law,_ and the mob to resist it. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ROWING-MAZCII took place ou. Saturday, at Putney. When thasigual was given for the boats to go on, the Oxonians started with terrific effects. At once they shot ahead of the Cantabs, but shortly after the Cantabs nearly got ahead of them. The Oxford gentlemen were on the Middlesex side, and the Cambridge gentlemen on the Surrey side. As they started it was the almost universal impression that both handled their oars with precision and effect. After an exciting struggle, amidst the cheers of their supporters, Oxford won easily. The distance was about four miles and a.half, which they performed in about seventeen minutes. One of the Cantabs fainted. CENTRAL CRIMINAL Covnr.—On Friday, Adolphus Harrison, alias Feistel, thirty-two, described as an agent, and Alexander Desaux, sixty-three, baker, were tried for misdemeanour, in having unlawfully conspired together to procure the defilement of a young Belgian girl, named Alice Leroy. The judge ordered Harrison to be impri soned and kept to hard labour for two years. The other prisoner, Desaux, was then placed at the bar, and he pleaded guilty to the same count. He was ordered to enter into a recognizance of £lOO to appear and receive judg ment when called upon to do so, and he was advised to leave this country, which he stated it was his intention to do at once. THE STEIRE OF THE NORTH-COUNTRY SEAMEN has been completely abandoned. The Sunderland seamen gave up on Monday, the North Shields men on Tuesday, and the South Shields men went to their vessels on Wednesday. A considerable fleet of collier vessels of a light draught of water left the Tyne on Wednesday for London. Loss OF THE PETREL STEAMER.—The screw-steamer Petrel, trading between Hull and Rotterdam, had made a good voyage, having left Hull on Wednesday week, and was within 30 or 40 miles of Rotterdam, when she went ashore on the Hinder. The weather was quite moderate at the time, and the passengers and crew were got off in safety. Shortly after the accident it came on to blow, which naturally contributed to the injury of the ship, even if she had not been beyond hope from the first. Captain that Dawson, he e pas sed s t e d h e the e g reir w el h o i n ch S ar ul v a ed y, o a n nd Th fo e u sda nd y ih re at po t rt he s greater part of the cargo had been got out. There was no possible chance but that she will go to pieces. A Lem MAKER—On Saturday, at the Marlborough street Police-court, a member of parliament was fined £2 for being drunk, and for having assaulted a police constable. THE COURT continues in town, but, according to pre. sent arrangements, her Majesty and the Royal Family will arrive at Windsor Castle, for their usual Easter sojourn, on Thursday next. Her Majesty will hold a drawing-room at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the 27th instant, and a levee on Wednesday, the 3d of May. THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL at Exeter-hall, en Wednesday evening, for the benefit of the widows and children of the workmen killed by the accident at the Crystal-palace, was very successful, GREIT CROSBY.—The anomalous position of this fine rural locality, as respects Church accommodation on the great festivals of the Church, have been represented to us by several of the residents. The district forms part of the parish of Sefton, and although recently a very hand some new church has been built and beautifully fitted up, still, on Christmas-day, Easter• Sunday, and Whit-Sunday, there are no Church-services in Great Crosby, these taking place in the parish church at Sefton. This is felt by the inhabitants to be both a hardship and a scandal, and they express a strong desire to be relieved from the anomaly. MASKS AND FACES AT CLAYTON-HALL.—The popu larity of these clever entertainments by Mr. Coleman have of late been well tested. Mr. Coleman, anxious to obtain patronage by deserving it, has brought forward various entertainments, and engaged different performers of merit. These, although fairly attended, never reached the amount of attractive power attained by the amuse ments he first presented, and he has returned to them once more. On Saturday he had a full and warmly ap plauding audience. CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A SEA CAPTAIN. — Yesterday, at the Police-court, Captain John Wright Chapman, late of the ship Cleopatra, of this port, to Bonny River, was brought before Mr. Mansfield, by detec tive-inspector Carlisle, who stated that, in consequence of information received from the solicitors to the Treasury, he apprehended the prisoner on the charge of having caused the death of a seaman, named James White, on board the Cleopatra ; on her outward voyage to Calcutta. He met the captain that morning in Dale-street, and told him the charge against him, and took him into cus tody. Carlisle reminded Mr. Mansfield that the prisoner was before him for the Dame offence in July last, but was dismissed, as the evidence was then incomplete. Since then additional evidence had been obtained, and the case was laid before the Secretary of State ; and at the last August assizes the Grand Jury had brought in a true bill against the Captain for the offence now ch arge d. The prisoner said : I have been. in the port sir weeks on Friday last. I paid my crew off at the Sailors' Home, and have gone publicly through the streets, in order that I might be seen. I hate been attending at the assize courts, having been• subpoenaed three weeks ago.—Carlisle said he had seen the prisoner at the assizes, but not having the writ, of course he could not apprehend him.— Mr. Radcliffe, attorney, said most certainly the prisoner had not been keeping out of the way, and under these circum stances the magistrates would perhaps admit him to baiL Mr. Mansfield said that. could be done by habeas corpus. The proper course was to make application to the Judge, now in town, to bail him ; but, a bill having Leen found by the grand jury, he had not the power, or, if he had the power, he thought it would not be proper for him (Mr. Mansfield) to bail him cut. The prisoner was , then re moved to Kirkdale, pending the application for bail, and he is. to take his trial at the next assizes. LOSS OF A LIVERPOOL VESSEL.—The ship Mary Scott, of Yarmouth, which sailed: froth the Mersey for Beaton, had her bow port knocked in by the ice, on the 15th of February, in lat. 47 N., lon. 43 W. She sank in about 20 minutes afterwards. The crew took to the longboat, and, after five days' tossing about the ocean, were picked. up and landed at St: John's. Before they were rescued, one man died. from exhaustion. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 10. LONDON. — After official hours• the market further receded, and closed much depressed—Consols, 88i I. On 'Change, business almost at a stand: Sellers of P.Y.C. Tallow at 675. on the spot, and 68s for June and July. Hemp, £7O. Scotch Pig Iron, 80s. Saltpetre and other articles dull and unaltered. THE WAR. The Russian who has arrived in Paris has no mission to the Emperor. He came to see his mother, who is ill. Nothing new from the Baltic or Turkey. ConstantinopV letters give the following details of the Russian attack.. on British merchantmen :—"On the 22nd ult. the British barque Bedlington, with a cargo of grain and salt meat, was sunk by the-Russian batteries in front of Sulina, while legally sailing down the Danube. The captain and crew were in time to reach the Turkish territory. The British. ship Annie, in tow of the British steam-tug Crescent, were fired into and boarded. The captain and crew were taken prisoners:, On the following day they were released, and the Annie reached this port, but the Crescent was abandoned." GREECE The latest accounts agree in stating_that the Greek in surrection made no progress. Constantinople letters say that a_.fitetion had risen in Greece who wished to depose the King, and elect a native Greek in his place. (From Me Second Edition ti the Times.) TIE RUSSIANS IN SERVIA. VIENNA, MONDAY MORNING. It was knowatlast night in the highest military circles that the Russians have violated the Servian territory. They crossed the Danube at Radovaey, above Widdin.. There is no doubt that Austria will immediately occupy. Servia with a large force ; and the-Danubian Steam Com• pany have received orders to hold all their vessels ak Semlin and Orsova in readiness-to transport troops for the Austrian government, The Journal 'Oest Correspoadez confirms the inteX gence as to•the signing of a protocol by the four powers, asserting the principles laid down by the Vienna con ference. The Times' Paris correspondent writes, on Sunday evening—" It was rtunoured yesterday and the day before, that a Russian of rank had arrived in Paris with a scret mission, the object of which was not clearly stated. lam assured that no such agent is known to the French government, and that no overtures, director in direct, of the nature hinted.,at have been made to them," BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—Tars Dar. GEMAT.NORTIIERN I:I4NDICAP.-4 to 1 agat Virago, tk 9 to 2. NIMMARBET liAlcrav,Ar.-6 to 4 agst Virago,. tk. Two THOUSAND GUINXAS.-3 to 1 agst Roiarcio, tk; 6 to .1 agst Ruby, off. CHESTER Cur.-8. to 1 agst Marc Antony; 12 to 1 agst Baalbec, tk ; 12, to 1 agst Star of Surrey, tk . ; 1,000 to. 35 agst Newminstar, off. DERBY. —5 to 1 agseAutocrat, tk ; 7 to 1 agst Dervish, off ; 33 to 1 agst Marsyas, tk . ; 40 to 1 agst.Scythian, tk ; 50 to I.agst New Warrior, tk. HOUSE.OE LORDS.-31oNDAT, Ary..ll. 10. Their lordships met at five o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS. Tne Earl of WICKLOW asked Lord I.;ilhurst when he intended to bring in his bill on the subject,of oaths. Lord LYXDIMIST replied, that a measure , on this subject had been introduced by government in, the other house It would be extremely inconvenient to: have two measures running on,the same subject, one in. either house ; there fore, as soon as he knew the course whi c h government took with their' measure, he would determine on the- steps he would. take with regard to his own, The Earl. of WiemOw remarked that the two , measures were esseAtially different. _ Lord,LxiirmunsT had read there, both, anti they were as nearly alike as possible. The hisuop of LoNnos . intimated that neither of them would pass through their lordships' house without opposition. t4EI7URE OF SIR H. SEYMOUR'S PROPERTY. Lord LYNDHURST asked, government whether it was true that the Russian govexnment had, as was reported, seized the property not only. of Sir H. Seymour, but that of Lady Seymour, at St. Petersburgh. If this were true, it was a gross violation of the admitted law of nations, that excluded Russia from the class et civilized nations. The Marquis of LANaeowws said the Foreign-office had received no information of the proceeding alluded to. If it had happened, of course, government could give no. explanation of it. Lord LENDuuRsT repeated the question, and said that Sir Hamilton Seymour had stated the fact. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he had no doubt Sir H. Seymour might have received such information, but none had been received by government. The Income-tax bill was read a second time. Lord CA.XPBELL called attention to the importance of a better distribution among the public of the papers printed for their lordships' house. No inconvenience would arise from folloming the example of the other house, and selling these papers to the public ; and he asked, Lord Granville, who had had the subject under his consideration when he intended to bring in a measure relative thereto. Lord GRANVILLE replied that he intended to bring in a Measure on the subject very soot. after Easter. The Earl of ELLENBOROIIII observed that a great many papers were printed that were never read, and which were comparatively useless. The Lord CHANCELLOR made a few observations to the same effect. _ _ _ The subject then dropped, and the house adjourned at six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, APRIL 10. Mr. W. FATTEN moved that it be an instruction to the Committee of Selection to appoint a chairman to the General Committee of Railway and Canal Bills. Mr. E. DENISON opposed the motion, and recommended its postponement until after the second reading of the Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill. Mr, PATTEN asked his honourable friend to allow the proposition to stand as it did, upon the understanding that the Committee of Selection should not appoint a chairman till after the Easter holidays. Mr. E. DENISON assented, and the motion was then agreed to. • Sir G. GREY brought up the report of the Committee of Selection, which stated that the following members had been appointed the select committee on Mr. Stonor's case : Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Hors man, and Sir J. Duckworth. THE REILL. Sir E. DE RING enquired of ORM Lord ß John Russell whether it was his intention to move the second reading of the Reform Bill on the day he announced. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that he was unable to answer the question at that moment. He should, however, be prepared to make a statement to the house on this subject to-morrow evening, on moving the adjournment of the house. After some other questions, on the motion for going into committee on the Bribery Billl TUESDAY, APRIL 1 Lord J. RUSSELL announced his that the bill should be referred tc, had been suggested by Mr. Verno evening. The Bribery Prevention Bill of the Controverted Elections 13111 select committees. The Railway Regulation Bill was read a second COLONIAL CLERGY DISA On the motion for going into co' Clergy Disabilities' Bill, Mr. DUNLOP moved an amendmi the purport of which was to relic from all controul of the Archbis! the heads of the church in this co example of the Presbyterian Churcl Mr. E. &Lice supported the am , Mr. Hum hoped that the bill pass without removing the group that would exist if the title and the episcopal office were observed. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL rep) He stated the objects of the h disabilities it was intended to re that the synodical aetion and of behalf of the colonies would, be altog6ther inconsistent with Colonial Church as regar&•the Esta country ; what was desired was clergy on the same footing and power which was enjoyed by other colonies, and relieve them from: val pressed upon them. After considerable discussion, in Mr. ADDERLEY, Mr. R. PuILLTO O HALEY, and Mr. WALPOLE toot • Mr. DUNLOP replied, and the co) the• amendment, 81; against it, 31 words were then added to the clause Mr, DUNLOP then moved another clause. Mr: J. B. SMITH complained th, become unintelligible, and thereto , chairman leave the chair. Mr. T. CICAMBERS seconded the reason. Mr. ROUNDEL'. PALMER design& factious. After some observations from Si KINNAIREI Mr. PEEL, Sir G. GREY MIALL, and Mr. HOSSMAN, the nu The SOL/CITOR-GENERAL then purposes of the bill,. and of the disa , the colonial clergy were labouring. bond of union consisted in their Established Church of England and Mr. J. PIIILLIMORE disputed t: the Solicitor-General as , to the spirit Crown, for opposing which Sir T. The object of the bill, disguise it h. establish a convoeation of the Chu which was refused in this ccuntrY passed, they would; before long, be went derived from. their confessi' every distrust on any proposal for tical assemblies, by which the Chum been brought to ruin; Mr. GLADSTONE complained, that. tain distinct amendments before into a discussion on , the principle that the reason had, been correctly member, or that it would have ticipat,eci. Mr. NAPIER saw his way less ch, the explanation offered by the Soll going into detail on some portions of cession, he declared his intention the bill, unless his objections to it we Mr. SERGEANT SANE pointed out tion of the colonial clergy, who wool( a.miserable minority, as compared ivi Mr. DUNLOP considered it needful ment, which related to a matter of s , The house then divided : ayes, 43 against the amendment, 35. A desultory discussion took place of the clause, and several verbal ama ) Bested and disposed of, the SoLic' arising to take the bill home and propositions made to him in the cow. It was then move& that the chairia 3ll Mr, FAGAN stating that 5 hours ha' sussing 41 lines. Lord J. RUSSELL stated that the bill with on Monday, the 24th instant. VENTILATION OF THE Mr. SPOONER moved that the reP°_,' on ventilation of the-House be agre e state of ventilation was intolerable . recommended several alterations t ° recess. He strongly recommended tb, ney's plan of bringing in the air fr° °3 the bottom. The whole cost of th ( only be £1,700 a year. Sir W. MoLuswomqr caution ed tb big hastily to suggestions of theg„,"for much whether the changes uvula:Cori the expenses would:be so low 1 " 9 : to e ff, House desire it, he would carry made in the report during the rece ss ' , After some further discussion, in ‘ le Mr. PETO, and others participated, In' agreeing that matters might be bed( but could not be worse, Lord J. RussEl:n co - 61d not nuclei lation, which was generally found so house, should have been so much bet being said to be on the same principle , required explanation. If the how the experiment of Mr. Gurney to be object. Sir W. MouswonTn consented of the committee should be carried ott Mr. FnENolnoved that the nom:. Colonel Greville be added to the Jed4 lo Bill, when Mr. CRAWPORD moved that the ho' 40 members not being present, the house adjourned at 25 minutes 4 FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHAR P: o n li, - e 4 . The reported success of the Turkish ar a ras t - t s s and rumours of an anti-warlike feelicl u ois i ', combined with the announcement - that ',,glisbej Vienna protocol, produced a rise in •''' r oe , / forenoon of 1 per cent., but thisowing t?, oe sales, was not maintained. Consols, lo ur' ial buyers at 89, but closed i per,cent• pa d s Jo market is very active, and prices W il iness' at, finally. closed with a tendency. to heaT a rtS, 1 Bank descriptions, transactions are tITZsYe" di tions a..shade higher. Foreign Stocks f i 7sac e "i r animation, and generally closed at an "" ..:i CLOSING. P11tC1...g......,.3. Consols, Account .. 1 ~,, i Bank S.,,'Fa s , 1 , . ''' l' Do.. Money.... i • 1 8 < EXCIr• 8. . 14. Three& Qr per Cents 88i, 2.. ' 0 Ks 'ye s ..•• FOREIGN STOC.- ° p oi ...,, . ill Mexicans 244, 5 Spaols!! •' .'' i ll,' Spanish Deferred Do. Threes 3si. 6' DO- '. ~,,,•;r a ;.6 RA lI.WAY SHA l,s ,4rene., , ';ol • Amber ~N ottingham, Leeds •'` s, z ?••;firai'l9i• and E. Junction — Loudon 4, r., ..- 591 f 53*. 2 London CaledonianX i'pc, ,•' ~,.. 50 Eastern Counties Bast Lancashire 62' . LincolP:toc" ,••• 5 s ' Great Northern Do. A : 8 7; 8 8 iN Ni o id rt ia h u t 3d , r : i lf ti o sl k il l)* lre ; C ia t 64 ti Do. B l9l 3 North S` ro soot, , O r Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire. 61 .4 York, t c y •••',.‘i'i, Do. Fifths... ~ , London,Brighton,and York an fret' li, South Coast 97 3 i D 0 .,. ;14 0 MINING sit AR.- ..• i l, i Novean.Monde .......... ••• ' • .••• I tO/ ; California Gold ......... •• • ' . .I . ' LAND SHARlt v et..,;;;:',.. Australian Agricultural 37* BiTeel • 0 8 ° 'ts ' A S. Australian — Van rl o strsh S. Australian. Invest l2 / N. 1 3 . `" P c 1 7 -L-.1. t of AA --- I: r. '' ba .th , ,rf CORN MA rt— -g. two Al .riti r, Of V.diti'r The supply of English Wheat is .' s rota e t • Irr fair. In, English, at present there I nch aai,po,l o trade is very dull; prices nominal!) . log. oe' l Flour is.unaltered; American rather oatS f° .• not cheaper. Beans a n d Peas stead steady ter , fair sale, at last Monday's prices. , 905 sanivs l . B • ifis••• English. 952 5262 56 61) • 3 1 § 1678 20 1 1 . ;5 ":. 6774 ...- 1 55 1 • 1 1,p, 822, .... 1 E i. y e t . : 176 ...- .. ol i o e i , , 2050 c °e l ' l 9° l, SECOND REPORT.—The Wheat tr: r de t h b ao - l et % " , ll g4fr wards the close. English 2s. chel fct ed4ol, efil Foreign not pressed, bu t ,. to have . ~ . '., 00'0 cline must have been submitted 1,. 11s ote kmerican is ts. lower. Malt very djli od e ' 'le P sales r e tail a t tormer t e rms. " 0 0 1, , but inferior is rath er l ower . •ei'• fi lli pq ---- . il g PRO:DUCE I - -I a , 0,0 ;, V ict Sugar: Foreign is not much in denl: . , 9 osi ee ocjili t o( dine from last week's prices—Y o , ll , ° , o "oe A d r o ° 4 s6 ,) 21s. 6d. to 265. ; Refined is in goo d is is ' F%tY ~ fi,,e Grocery Lumps, 445. to 475. Co ff ee 3d•A f ili! i 1 3 ',1 Teadem demand —ct Native Ceylon, 455. to 435 : n ry fir'tD e , 112 d. to is. e, R a ic n e d : fraaitresbuasrienea4_va‘nvcl,o4:llo:o;er tt, 14s. 9d. ; Madras, 12s. 9d. to 13s• 3 "' t 19 1 ' ,rt f , not better, but no decline. Wool, d ull s A te f TALLUFTIA R re T IA e re f I i OI e rtrI t: 11)11° Tallow, slow of sale, and price s l ola so u l : ss ° 0 11 Stock, 34,194 casks, against 29,60 9 c,. 5 6 ., cis Deliveries, 1,404 casks, against % a ' ,Py r e' IA l' i year. ' gEI% st. 4 3 ' i' CATTLE 31- 0 day i s de ','s . 0 i, , i rea ß d e i a ly st a s t a a n d d v S a h n e c e e p d Sheep : Trade a as fe o w n c l i gi n ce n ia er ,,,A : o ° s" 4 1 tal l' in demand, at Friday's rates. ... .. ~ s Beef pors • Mutton 3 2 s s 2d 6d to to 5 4 5 5 saalvAl.r.s ......... 00 Beasts 4495 i Call ` .I.lOr tjr ;19 23610 1 Pigs. ' . 1 44 ..• 0 'Sheep and Lambs .. • • .00113, a ..' ~ 6 1 0 4 d d I tes .. .l ..... .. *.:-..... ::: , , • Cambridge, Leicester, Li .... ...•• ~... ampton Beasts ......•••• ~.....,:.. oil Holland Beasts •• • • ...... , ...• • "..•• .. Do. Sheep .............. ..........,... Do. Calves ............... ......•..... Scotch Beasts ............... .... •• • _,O, Wheat Barley Oata Malt Beaus Peas .. 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