The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-07 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS —Owing to the late period in ght) at which we received the Reader," we have not the ength between the by reference, with the precise two points stated; but we shall is request in our next publication, avail- If the best authority. comply wits We have received several communications upon the sub ject of the recent scrutiny into the polling for Scotland Ward, all of them agreeing in opinion with respect to the impropriety, and indeed indecency, of the course taken by Mr. Chalmers, and the unjustifiable leaning of the authorities to the statements and opinions of so strong a partisan as that gentleman. From the repre sentation of one of our correspondents—" Dicky Sam"—it appears that, in the first place, the usual legal questions were not put to the voter ; his vote was recorded and placed on the file without legal opposition being offered ; Mr. Vernon's committee were never made aware of the objection subsequently taken, and the man objected to was struck off on the authority principally, as to his insanity, of this same Mr. Chal- a canvasser of Mr. Thornhill, and who had previously bulli:d the man into an agitated or irritated state, which was the only symptom, according to our orrespondent, of any insanity. The same corres ndent urges an application to the Court of Queen's ground of the irregularity of the whole Jceedings, and the perfect sanity of the voter ; and if latter can be proved, as we are told that it can to satisfaction, by unexceptionable evidence, we are quite - -Qoondent's opinion that the application J. Whilst upon this subject we must we cannot at all comprehend the course roceeding adopted in the case of disputed votes in It seemed to us, from all that we Bench, on th 13' should be made confess t icipal matters witnessed during the scrutiny last week, that there was a little too much irresponsible power somewhere, a little less law than caprice in the principles which guided the decisions, and rather too much forward chattering from certain very young lawyers. ter Ziberpool &tanimrl3. TUESDAY 1110Y.AING, NOV. 7, 1843 At a crisis of such momentous interest as is the Protestant community—with e anniversary of one of the foulest efforts of Po- the ent y impressing upon us its solemn warning from past, and a Popish rebellion, not even yet shed, reminding us of the unchanged and un- hangeab spirit of that dark apostacy, we may e excused, by the great bulk of our read f we diverge for a moment from the usual to- pics which occupy these columns, and direct our remarks to the influences which aie now at work, stute and well-practised hands, to sap the foundations of the monarchy, the church, and elded by the constitution of this land, and to erect in supre macy, upon their ruins, that blighting and desolat clime and in all past time, Seen found fatal, alike to the happiness and the 'iberties of mankind. ing power which, in e is POPERY, in its worst and most dan- gerous form, which is just now agitating the whole frame-work, and stirring the foundations of society throughout Great Britain, it needs not one to rise from the dead to inform us. Cloak herself as she may in specious professions--walk amongst us with stealthy muffled tread—speak in her blandest voice, vith her blandest smile—her presence unmistakeable. Whether and he crawl in the shade, or parade herself amid the cs of rebellion, we know her, and know, too, she is to be feared and shunned. Baffled in cherished designs a hundred times, she is still shing agony of defeat passed by) to be found advancing again to the onset, with increased wari and guile, and with added bitterness of spirit In such a position is Popery at the pre sent moment in this Protestant land. Baffled by the spirit of our fathers—thrown back into the slime of in which is her congenial more: far advanced— further than for centuries past—upon the way to triumph and revenue. and purpose ehoods and frat is now once Lis see what is er own opinion of the pros pects which are opening to her ambition. We give it in the words of a recent address of Cardinal Pacca, a member of the order of Jesus, and one high in authority in the Propaganda. After referring, in row and regret, to the fallen state of n Spain and Portugal, the Cardinal ttomanism proceeds " It is consider :nt feelings that I shall now anothei country, where for zroanir. under the most secution ed even the consolation of a s even proscribed temples and m in thos znificent Ca 'my same r€ ots and monasteries are being h sexes— tendered to a beneficent .n that I am advert- se facts are most consoling Roman sm in Er growing strength and impudence of gland is "most consoling" ! The lent of Jesuits' Colleges and Houses of the Sisters of Mercy in the very strongholds of protes tantism, throughout the land, is " most consoling." But more consoling still must be the spread of those politicians lan, infidel, or " liberal" principles amongst by which Popery hopes to be able to rample beneath her feet the protestantism of Eng and. Upon this subject, too, we ask, not of Con ' --q and Church of England Protestants only, who, by their active hostility to ervatives but of Dissenters forms and temporalities of the church, are aid- to their utmost, the realization of the designs opery, to read the remarks of the same Jesuit Cardina: 'e must .eady do, that the s of flatter ourselves as some persons ect denominated Anglican is already ing. It is quite true that it is daily und, abandoned as it is by innumerable have already fallen into complete incre many others, who, enlightened by the . e returning to the bosom of their mother, Dt ceased to love their at Anglican church is aired and tott s of the clergy ords of that - country shall be ) their brethren, children, and It revenues of the episcopal manses, benefices, amounting annually to 32,800,300 Roman scudi;it is in vain to s that that sect will disappear. But if the ; to bless the zeal and labours of our clergy e Protestant pastors will soon be aban arger portion of their flock. It is not long Protestant rector of a parish in Ireland had hiouers but his wife, children, and maid all events, that which the Anglicans call which we call conversion, will force the reflect seriously. In other times it might t would but serve to render per t in the present state of Eu- rable to the cause of the Ca- Yes, destroy the t consolation -amidst Church in L( avy blow none but rest oralities of the Established in; heap upon her head discouragements ;" and rable to the cause of the cted from it" Will " libe ral" Churchmen—will Protestant Dissenters—who fondle the serpent thing which is thus preparing ,em in its folds—be warned at length, and it true position, and their only safe po he front ranks of the defenders of that has so faithfully and perseveringly t the errors of intolerant and perse. .holics can I take t church wtiti protested ag cuting Rome It is not, however upon the destruction of the Church of England alone—it is not in this country alone—but throughout Europe and the world, that Popery is progressing in her dark machinations. m by the order of Jesuits, she is everywhere as in this country an( in this town, her favourite instrumentality is the as sumption of a control over the education of the people. In a neighbouring country, France—semi infidel and Popish France even—it will be perceived, with gratification by all Protestants, that a spirit of opposition is already being aroused against the in sidious encroachments of this body. In a series of discourses, delivered in Paris during the past sum mer, by Messrs. Michelet and Guinet, "on the cha racter, the objects, and the practices of Loyala," to which attention has been drawn by our able con temporary, the Dublin University Magazine, the following impressive warning is addressed to the people of France and to the people of every country in which this detestable society has established its influence : Jesuits You have," writes M. :Nichelet, addressing the pf France, " forty thousand pulpits, which you ~se to speak either willingly or per force. You have iundred thousand confessionals, whence vou influence entire families. You hold within your grasp that which is the influencing spirit of the family (and of the world !) —you hold the mother ; the child is but an accessory. What choice is left to the father when she rushes in distractedly, when she flings herself into his arms, cry ing out, lam damned ! ' You are certain that the following day he will yield up his son to you. Twenty thousand children in your seminaries ; two hundred hich you direct ; thousand just now in the school millions of women who act only " And we, what are we z ,s you will s opposed to this great power' A voice, and nothing more—a voice to cry out to France. She is now warned, let her do as she will ; she sees and feels the n e t i n w hi c h it was th oug ht to take her while she slumbered. One farewell word to all loyal hearts—to all, laymen or priests (and may those latter, from the depths of their bondage, hearken to a free voice !)—let them aid us with brave words or silent sympathy ; and let all united bestow a blessing from their hearts and from their altars on the holy cru sade we are beginning for God and for liberty ! " God speed them, say we, in that crusade; and may England be warned that the time has come upon her when her Protestant people can no longer slumber in a fancied security! There is a warning voice abroad, and signs and portents in every quarter of the political horizon, which tell us in language at once impressive and fearfully intelligible, that the Protestants of England and of the empire must from henceforth lay aside their inactivity and rally to the old watchwords and the old principles, by the maintenance of which alone the Protestant in stitutions of their country and the liberties of Europe and the world are to be preserved from destruction. Menaced though we are by the evil influences of Popery on every side—threatened in one country by rebellion and massacre, and in another by the insididious approaches of a power almost omnipotent for ill—we must remember in the hour of danger the just and truthful remark of our greatest poet, that " Nought can make us rue, " If England to herself do prove but true '" When we look back upon the series of victories by which, within the past eight or nine years, so total a change has been wrought in the composition of the Municipal Council of Liverpool,—and indeed in those of the great majority of the corporate towns of England,—it is impossible to repress the convic tion that there must be something in the nature and the projects of " liberalism" which is alien to the hearts and the tastes of the British people. In the management of the affairs of the empire, we have always been in the habit of seeing the confidence of the community given alternately to Tory and to Whig. As the activity and zeal of one party has flagged, after the achievement of power, its compe titor has struggled gradually upwards to seize the reward which awaits success. But no such alterna tion of power appears likely to attend the two par ties in local matters. Liberalism, once ejected from the possession of local authority, gathers no favour in its day of adversity; but, on the contrary, ap pears year by year to be spurned more con temptuously, and kept down in its abject position with less of effort. Its struggles for renewed su premacy become year by year more ridiculously abortive; and we almost look forward to the time when pure shame will deter it from the folly of sub mitting its claims to public notice. There is something in this apparently unaccount able. It is strange that to men, whom we acknow ledge to be honest and estimable in private life, we cannot entrust the conducting of the mere business questions of a corporation. But the reason becomes perceptible when we approach to a closer survey of their general policy and character. The Whig- Radical, or—to use the more comprehensive term— the " Liberal," never permits himself to act from the impulses of his nature ; but is, from the first hour of his attainment of power, intent alone upon ad vancing the interests of his party, and furthering the objects, however irreconcileable with honesty, which that party has at heart. He becomes at once, his individual character laid aside, a portion merely of a soured and unrelenting faction, which pursues, with a virulence of hate almost unparalleled, the de- etruction of those institutions, religion, customs, and manners, which are looked up to with reverence and affection by the majority of Englishmen. Nor is he content with inflicting injury only upon these, but where the power is wanting to effect injury, he contents himself with insulting. That this is no more than the truth, the career of " Liberalism" in our own borough will sufficiently illustrate. Its followers came into the possession of office with an overwhelming majority. And what were their first acts ? They swept the public offices of every employe, who differed from them in politi cal opinions, however well qualified otherwise for the due discharge of his duties ; and they filled those offices with the sycophantic hangers-on of their own party. Their next step was to enter the lists against the Established Church. They attacked the Schools of the Corporation, and exchanging a Scriptural for a Popish and semi-infidel system of Education, alienated the minds of the great mass of the Protestant community. And here one might have thought they would have rested—that it would have been sufficient for them to revel in the enjoy ment of the vast patronage and authority which the possession of almost unchecked influence in the corporate body afforded them; but no—such was not the course of Liberalism. It was discovered that the property, as well as the influence of that body, could be wielded for the destruction of their political opponents ; and forthwith was dragged to light " the warehouse question." The Corporation and the Dock Committee would become warehouse owners, and compete, with the public money, against a body of men by whom a large amount of capital had been embarked in the erection of buildings neces sary to the trade of the port ; and in addition to this object, it was not lost sight of that " Liberalism" would thus, by becoming an employer, erect for it self a vast influence over the acts and opinions of a great portion of the tradesmen of the town. Throughout all its public proceedings, the same shameless spirit was displayed, until at length an indignant public succeeded in paring the nails and Igagging the unruly tongue of so palpable a nui- Nor has it learnt humility by its fall. Reduced now to a mere handful in the Council, its followers still lose not an opportunity of directing insult month after month, meeting after meeting, against the great mass of that community by whom they are distrustcd and spurned. They will not allow us to t their intolerance when in power, or to over- ook for a moment the certainty that their restora- tion would be the commencement of a new course of insult and injury, dishonest perversion of their trust, and reckless dilapidation of the public estate. They will not allow us to mistake their character and ob jects ; and small wonder it is therefore that Eng .. lishmen reject their serpentlike approaches, and re fuse to place weapons in hands which are so certain to use them for dishonest and injurious purposes. The termination of the municipal year, and the approaching election of a gentleman to fill the office of mayor for the ensuing year, remind us of a duty —on this oc, asion a gratifying one—which we owe to him whose term of office is now about to expire. We hailed with pleasure, in common with a great majority of this community, the elevation of Mr. Robertson Gladstone to the mayoralty of his native town. We felt that, to a member of a family whose name is so intimately associated with the growth of the commerce and the port of Liverpool, --to the brother of one who now worthily occupies - - a seat in the councils of his sovereign, and the son of one whose advice and warning are never withheld from that sovereign in the hour of difficulty—such a tribute was due from his fellow townsmen. And it was due also to the private worth of Mr. Glad- stone himself—to the zeal and ability with which he had ever stood forward, in public and in private, as the unflinching and unswerving advocate of the in- terests of the borough. We were certain that in his hands the office and dignity of chief magistrate would be firmly and faithfully upheld, and that the charac ter of the "good old town" would in his keeping sustain no tarnish or injury. attributable. They had ample notice of the inten de sale ; and full opportunity of purchasing any por tion of the land which they might require. We give, in our second page, a summary of the news from India and China, which reached us last night, by the arrival of the Overland mail. It will be seen that, nothwithstanding our recent successes in this quarter of the world, the vastly increased prestige of the British name, and our immense ac quisition of territory and influence in the East, we are still apparently destined to be drawn into further extension of our Empire—perhaps not to stay un til the whole of the fertile possessions of the turbu lent despots of India are subject to British rule, and brought within immediate contact with European civilization and the light of christianity. At this late hour, and in the present crowded state of our coloums we shall not attempt to enter upon any ex amination of our position, and the probable policy of the British government in that country; but, referring our readers to the summary of events with which we have furnished them shall resume the sub ject on a future occasion, when we shall doubtless have more ample information before us. FREE TRADE.—A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE OF lOWA.—The gobemouches of the Anti- Monopoly Association were delighted, last week, by an address from some Yankee gentleman upon the resources, fertility of soil, &c., of ,the State of lowa. We are not aware whether the State in question has entitled itself, by repudiation of its just debts, to the notice of the Rev. Sidney Smith ; but if is this pleasing predicament I-OWE-A has, at all events, the merit of confessing its obligations. It is a nice name for a portion of the repudiating republic. And we have not been deceived;—nay, our anti cipations have been more than realised. The ability, A RESPECTABLE (!) CORPORATION.—Our firmness, and dignified urbanity which have dis- good neighbours in Manchester are happy folks. tinguished the conduct of the present mayor, during They have a corporation, amongst the members of which, as respectable men decline to mingle, they his term of office—in his capacity alike of chief are fast drafting that class of persons whom nature magistrate, and as the dispenser of the hospitalities and fortune destined to be ornamental portions of of the corporation —are universally acknowledged, other audiences. Amongst the gentlemen elected and have called forth th e t r ib u t e o f appro b a ti on even on the first of November, we observe an itinerant spouter of the Anti-corn Law League ; a vendor from political opponents •;—from some indeed, in of chartist publications; a publican (who on a con days past his persevering and relentless revilers. In test has had the honour of beating a tailor !) ; a the council chamber, as its chairman, Mr. Gladstone pawnbroker, and sundry other persons of similar has repressed with a fi rm h an d th ose unseem ly p er - rank and standing in the world. Our own Town council, it is said by the Radical portion of the coin sonal ebullitions, which must a t ti mes occu r, in ail munity (with little consistency by the bye) is he popularly elected assemblies. In that chamber, too, coming not altogether so select and aristocratic as he has displayed an unwearying devotion to the it ought to be; but as yet, it can scarcely afford to elbows with the very . en mobocrac public business, and an atte n ti on t o th e l eg itimately who compose the Corporation of lightene —(save d y the mark (!) expressed wants of the community out of doors, —the port of Manchester ! which are most praiseworthy. And upon the bench, as a magistrate, he has upon every occasion shewn poßp:lyarlititlelvhßeaTtrHeEhtT,Re, E. d — u n h g e tfacrplaensttewrseekofextpheis an anxious regard for the preservation of the peace I rienced the full benefit of the act of parliament by which ot he her I p r e r t fm a b o u r ntz c e e p o a f t t e h n e t I e u g s i t t a i 11 ) 1 s t n d e ra n m ts a w ;e s vpermittedour of the town, and the distribution, amongst friends and political opponents alike, of impartial even- standard dramas have been presented with an efficiency, so handed justice, far as regards scenery, dresses, &c., which could scarcely have been looked for within so short a period as has been We are proud therefore of the duty of recording allowed for preparation ; and, so far as the merit displayed these things of Mr. Gladstone, and of assuring is r e c a o t n e c r e e r dl t ed u , du' o n t h h e a d s e i g r r i e te e d of e u x n cellen a c n e d w t ti e ch eu reflects hitri, in the name of his Conservative f e ll ow towns- g which he has P provided. P ln par m ticja g r e , r we may instance men, men, that however high was the position which he beautiful ol e play com u tke tew of "The ad S e tran e gn, l " acting of previously occupied in their esteem and affection, of Mrs. Gordonra n s y llfrs. Haller, c y alled down of Mr. Phelps en he has not forfeited that position —nay, he has in- thit over siastic the plaudits s in gno:0;a our crow tu d w ed nsm ho u u n se irr. We must Hime,not pass creased his claims to it—by his conduct in the civic whose benefit, we perceive, is fixed for Wednesday. Mr. chair. To those who reflect upon the arduous na- Hime possesses a sweet voice, and much taste and manage ment ; and will, with more experience, be an acquisition ture of the duties and obligations attached to the to the stage. possession of that chair—upon the importunities THE . FUNDS, t. SATURDAY EVENING. —The s r public ot b been unreasonable expectations of friends to v c e u r r y itic i lai t n o- aLn y a goodbut nevertheless position. Business Consols for money be resisted, and the envious bitterness of ene- and the account closed 96 to ; Bank Stock left 0ff,_179 . 4 miss to be appeased, —it will appear no t 5 0 t0 1 1, 0 , 4 . B , As r I nd i a pp Three r to Cents. 64s.premium; Reduced, 9s+ to light panegyric when we can say of a gentleman, 1; Three-and-a-Hali per Cents. Reduced, 1021 to 4; who has stood thus, the mark, the observed of his n N u e i New e T s h r l e; - 9 a . t u a l - s H . a a l f n per Indiad en T 3; Bonds, s per Long ong A annum.n fellow citizens,—who has passed through the fire— In the foreign market Mexican was done at rather firmer that he will bear with him into his private station pr . ices, and . finally closed 324 to 4, and the Deferred 10 to t Spanish Actives were steady at 221 to i; the Three the respect and love of many added friends, and the per Cents., at 311 to 32. The other stocks generally closed with a favourable appearan ce; D u t c h Two-and-a deserved dislike of not one additional enemy. Half per Cents, left of 544 to s ; the Five per Cents., 994 to 4; Peruvian, 221 to 23; Portuguese Converted, 431 to 44 ; Colombian, ex Venexula, 114 to 12 ; Chilian, 100 to 101 ; Braxilian, 721 to 731; and Belgian, 1021 to 1031, THE LIVERPOOL ORANGEMEN.-On Sunday last, being anniversary of the sth of November, the Rev. H. M'Nelie delivered two excellent sermons in St. Judes Church, which was attended upon the occasion by several hun dreds of the Loyal Orangemen of our Town. The text in the morning was the Ist verse of the 44th Psalm—"We have heard with our ears, 0 God, our fathers have told us what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old." That in the evening was a portion of the 21st verse of the 2nd chapter of Daniel— He removeth kings, and setteth up Kings." The sermon of the morning had special reference to the deliverance of the country from the consequences of the Gunpowder Plot ; that in the evening comprised a luminous explanation to his congregation of the duties of loyal protestant subjects in such a crisis as that which presented itself before and upon the accession of the pre sent Hanoverian Dynasty to the throne of these realms. A portion of the Orange body attended St. Bar nabas Church at which sermons suitable to the occasion were preached by the Rev. T. Nolan. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—We are requested to insert the following extract from a letter received from an office bearer of the Established Church of Scotland, who had been applied to for authority to contradict a statement made by a correspondent of the Liverpool Journal, that the late minister of the Scotch congregation in Rodney street would not be allowed by his own church to preach there, provided a minister of the free church is appointed. It will be observed this allegation is quite unfounded. Our contemporary will, we hope, have the goodness to correct the error to which his columns gave publicity.— " Edinburgh, Nov. 4, 1843.—1 can say from undoubted authority, it is quite a mistake that any minister of the Church of Scotland is prohibited from preaching in any other church. We know that every year a Scotch minis ter goes up to London to preach for the Wesleyans—last year it was the Rev. James Smith, of Greenock, (before the disruption ;) the year before, I believe, the Rev. James Bennie. My informant says there would be no objec tion, and he would have none, to preach in a Catholic church!!!" An argument was offered by Mr. Alderman Evans,, during the discussion in the Council, on Monday week, upon the subject of the proposed 'sale of a portion of the Cheshire property, so obvi ously absurd and irrational that we should have thought it unworthy of a moment's notice had it not been referred to in other quarters as one character ised by the extreme of wisdom. " They" (the Fi nance Committee) " had been in a great hurry," urged the Alderman, " to put the land" (Wallasey Pool) " out of their hands, for fear it might be made amenable for any good purpose. Mr. Isaac Holmes had very properly said, that they might have made the pool very useful—that they could have had it as a receptacle for a certain description of vessels. It would have been a lumber room for Liverpool—the very thing that Liverpool wanted." Now it is quite possible that Wallasey, or any other Pool, might be turned to very convenient and useful account, as a receptacle for vessels on sale— for " a lumber room" in fact ; and had the property now proposed to be sold belonged to the Dock Committee, we might have thought that they were "in a great hurry" in their disposal of it. But really Mr. Evans might remember that such pro perty belongs to the burgesses of Liverpool ; that it has cost them some hundreds of thousands, the in terest of which hangs like a dead weight upon their revenue; and that before it can be converted into a " lumber room," for the especial use of the Dock Committee, its fair market value will be expected from that body. If Mr. Alderman Evans had been prepared to recommend its purchase from the Cor poration, well and good. It might then have been made into a lumber room, or any other kind of re ceptacle which the Committee fancied ; but the no tion of appropriating it witho - At any payment at all, is perfectly outrageous, and juite inadmissible. We are very ready to ant that there may be objections to the course taken by the Finance Com mittee, with respect to the disposal of this land. It may at some day, less remote, perhaps, than is ge nerally supposed, be found necessary to look out for a site upon the Cheshire side of the Mersey, not only for a lumber room, but even for one or more wet docks or graving docks. The growing disposi tion of the Dock Committee to swallow up every available yard of land on this side of the water for dock purposes, warehouses, &c., may shortly corn. pel us to turn our eyes to the opposite shore, in search of accommodation for some of the dispo sessed branches of our shipping and ship-building trades. But it is scarcely reasonable that the Cor poration, with its revenue already burthened suffi ciently, and unable to do more than barely escape the necessity of a borough rate, should be asked to hold this property in a state of entire unproductive.. ness until the Dock Committee, a richer' body, re quire its occupation. Let that body purchase it, if they either require it now, or see its growing value. But do not tell us that the Finance Committee of the Council are justified in continuing upon the shoulders of the burgesses, for untold years to come, a pressure of £12,000 per annum, the present inte rest payable upon the debt contracted for its pur chase. By the sales already made £7300 of this annu a l pressure will be taken off, and the surplus revenue of the Corporation increased to this amount. A great boon, we submit, has thus been conferred upon the burgesses of Liverpool. The Council h as now the prospect of being able to go on with those measures of local improvement, the necessity o f which is becoming daily more apparent; and if, b y the mode in which this advantage has been gained, a possible future benefit to the Dock Estate has been lost sight of, to the want of forecast on the e D., ODD-FELLOW'S HALL.—We learn from an advertise ment in another column that a meeting wlil be held on Wednesday, the 29th instant, for the purpose of further ing the purchasing some suitable premises to be converted into an Oddfellow's Hall. The building in view is the Lord Nelson Assembly Rooms, in Lord Nelson-street, which, at present, belongs to a company of share-holders, who are desirous of selling it. The premises which are very commodious, are every way suitable for the purposes of the Order, and eligible for letting off to other bodies for public meetings, lectures, &c. The situation is also a good one, being near the centre of the town, and in a respectable and improving neighbourhood. The purchase money is to be raised in shares of 30s. each, payable in three enstalments. We have no doubt that the under taking will be a successful one, as the very means so in fluential a body possess of letting such an establishment, in addition to the utility it will be to themselves, will be sufficient to secure a lucrative remuneration for the outlay. EARLIER HOURS OF CLOSING DRUGGISTS' SHOPS. — EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.—We cannot resist the oppor tunity afforded us, by an advertisement in another column, —announcing the intention of our neighbour, Mr. Lath bury, of Castle-street, to close his shop in future, during the winter months, at least, at eight in the evening,—of calling the attention of the public, and the trade, to the unreasonably long hours during which the apprentices and assistants of the druggists of this town are at present confined to business. We can see abundant reasons to induce some avaricious tradesmen to keep open their shops, and confine their young men to a late period of the night. The puffing shopkeeper may do it, to shew off his well lighted shop, and push off, in the glare of the light, the trashy fabrics which will not stand daylight inspection. A dealer in the necessaries of life may sometimes be com pelled to afford additional facilities for ourchasing to the poor family, whose members have not the opportunity of expending their money in the day. But that the druggists, except on extraordinary occasions, when applied to for medicines in cases of extreme sickness, have any neces sity for pursuing their business till nine and ten o'clock, and even later, in the evening, is what we cannot believe, and what the public—if the trade will not—ought to pro test against. There is no class more requiring, more deserving of relaxation, and more likely to turn it to valuable use, than the apprentices and assistants of drug gists. They have a branch of science to make themselves masters of, most important to the interests of humanity, and in which the experience and research of every day is disclosing new features. They sae under the present state of things, the medical advisers of a great portion of our working poor; and it is of the utmost importance that they should be placed in the possession of some:little leisure for the pursuit of those studies, without which they can only become machines, as ignorant as the pestle and mortar, the gallipot, or the unguents which they use or sell. We hope earnestly, therefore, that we shall see the good example of Mr. Lathbury followed, as it deserves to be, by at least the respectable portion of the trade. Whilst on this subject of early hours we may express our opiniat that the practice of druggists, keeping open their shops during the Sabbath is, in nine cases out of ten entirely unnecessary. It may be consistent enough for the lazy housekeeper, who has forgotten to provide her spices, her vinegar, or any other similar article during the week, to have the druggist to resort to on the Sunday ; but it is unreasonable and improper that some hundreds of youne men should be deprived of the opportunity of attending divine service or enjoying a day of rest, upon a pretence so flimsy as is usually assigned for the prevailing practice. ^lc Committee the , evil is alone fairly IMPROVED STEAM COMMUNICATION BE TWEEN INDIA AND SUEZ.-THE STEAM SHIP HINDOSTAN. The attention of the mercantile community connected with the East India and China trade, as well as of others more remotely, yet seriously, interested in the regularity of our communication with our vast oriental possessions, has recently, in consequence of the non-arrival of the ex pected mail some time ago, been earnestly directed to the importance of adopting measures to secure a more speedy and certain means of intercourse between those distant countries. The delay of the mail-ship Memnon, and her subsequent loss, (since ascertained,) together with all the letters and despatches, created much inconvenience and loss ; and a meeting was held a short time ago, in the Hall of Commerce, in London, at which Mr. Abel Smith pre sided, with a view to urge the government and the East India Company to adopt means to prevent the recurrence of such a disaster. A committee wag then appointed to carry out the views expressed ; but it does not appear that the matter has again been brought forward, and the trade (for aught that we can learn to the contrary) may still continue to be jeopardized by the occasional employment, on the part of the East India Company, of small steam ships, inadequate successfully to encounter the monsoons prevailing for many months of the year on the Indian ocean between Bombay and Aden, several of them having already failed. The Morning Chronicle, in a recent article, states that he has received several letters on the subject, one of which, signed " An East India Merchant," and also pub lished in the Morning Post, dwells on the importance of having steamers of large tonnage and powers for the con veyance of the mails from Calcutta to Suez, and illus trates the advantages of such vessels over the small boats —such as the Atalanta, the Victoria, and the Cleopatra, employed by the East India Company—by furnishing some details of the voyage of the fine steam-ship Hindos• tan in August last, showing her great superiority in navi gating that stormy sea, and making extraordinary way even against the adverse winds. The statement is exceed ingly gratifying, inasmuch as it establishes the fact that all that can be desired may be effected by the exclusive use of large and strong vessels, propelled by adequately powerful engines ; and we feel not a little proud that the first ship that has fully overcome the difficulties of a passage by many deemed almost insurmountable, was built at, and " hails" frorri, our own port. Before, however, furnishing a few extracts from the letter alluded to, and which is evidently the production of a practical man, and a quick observer, we submit the following documents with which we have been favoured from a quarter that stamps them with authority : Abstract of the Hindostan's Second Voyage Homeward, from Suez to Calcutta, in May, 1843. Hours of Miles of Average Delay Steam. distance. per lir. Coaling. 128 1325 10.3 Aden. 42 hrs 216 2131 9.7 Ceylon 44 „ 544 571 10.4 Nladrasl64„ 681 691 10.0 Suez to Aden .... Aden to Ceylon .. Ceylon to Madras . Madras to Calcutta Sandheads 4671 4718 10.1 Total Total days of steaming 1021. hrs detention, 19 days 111 hours 4 „ 61 Total length of passage .... 23 days I7i hours. Rom MORESBY. Commander. Abstract of the Hindostan's Third Voyage Outward, from Calcutta to Suez, in August, 1843. Hours of Miles of Average Steam. distance. per hr. Calcutta Sandheads Delay Coaling, to Madras ..... Madras to Ceylon Ceylon to Men . Aden to Suez ... 791 695 8.6 Madras 20 'ars 69 550 8.0 Ceylon 47 „ 2851 2215 7.6 Aden . 524 „ 169 1327 7.7 603 4787 119 k hrs Total days of steaming .. „ detention of coaling 25 days 3 hours 5 ~ 0 p, Total length of voyage 3O days 3 hours, against fresh head-winds and contrary currents. ROBT. MORESBY, Captain Suez, Sept. 16th, 1843 It will be observed, from the first of this abstract, that the Hindostan is a remarkably fast vessel under the ordinary circumstances attending a voyage not beset with continued contrary winds ; and from the second that she is but little inferior in speed, even when going head to wind in what is invariably acknowledged by nautical men, who have traversed one of the most boisterous and agi tated tracts of ocean that are known. The writer of the letter alluded to, states with reference to the last passage, of which he had, it appears, obtained accurate informa tion. " In making this passage against the monsoon it is evi dent the Hindostan must have traversed nearly as straight a course as she would have done had the fine season pre vailed, for the difference of distance run between this and her former voyage is under 100 miles. " I have seen several of the passengers, and they declare the wind was blowing hard, and almost dead an end the whole way, and what is rather singular at that season, that the wind was also blowing stronc , right down the R e d Sea; but, notwithstandi ng thi s , the Hindostan's average speed was over seven knots and three-quarters per hour, having steamed 4,787 miles in 600 hours, or 25 days. " It therefore follows that had a boat, equally efficient in tonnage and poser, left Bombay on the 26th of August, she would have reached Suez, allowing twenty. four hours for coaling at Aden, in seventeen days, or on the 11th of September : or, supposing her to have left Bombay on the 7th of September, she would have arrived at Suez on the 23d of the same month ; whereas the Victoria was out five days, and having steamed 550 miles, gave it up ; and the Cleopatra, which left Bombay on the 7th of September, did not reach Suez till the 2d of October, having occupied within two days as much time to traverse 3,000 miles as the Hindostan did 4,787 miles. " Perhaps the most conclusive proof of the superiority of boats with large tonnage and power over smaller ones in heavy weather has been manifested by the steamer Hindostan, as compared with the East India Company's steamer Atalanta. The► left Suez together in March, with a strong head wind and rough sea. The Hindostan beat the Atalanta 51 hours to Aden, in a run of 1,350 miles !" The writer concludes by expressing his surprise that the responsible parties should start such a boat as the Victoria on a forlorn hope, when they had comparatively better vessels at command; and justly complains that the com mercial correspondence between the two countries should be perilled, with all the evils concomitant on such a state of things, by the delay in taking measures to secure a more efficient means of transit, by (as we understand him to imply) the exclusive employment of fine steamers as the Hindostan. It must be gratifying to the commercial community connected with the east to find that that ves sel has proved herself so efficient; and when the Ben tinck, her sister ship, is fairly on the station, both running alternately between Calcutta and Suez, we shall entertain little apprehension of another disappointment similar to the last. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The lectures upon astro nomy by Mr. Wallis continue to attract increasing audi ences, and prior to their close we hope to find the spacious Lecture-ball overflowing. The attendance at these lec tures is a deserved tribute to a deserving man, for never were the truths of science more clearly elucidated, nor snore practically and cleverly illustrated, than they have been in this course. The sixth will be given this evening, in which the able lecturer will continue his dissertations upon planetary motion. Nothing can be more beautiful than the apparatus used by Mr. Wallis, and in this lec ture, we are told, it will be more strikingly so than even in the preceding ones. REPEAL PENSIONERS.—We have been informed that James Lennon, whose pension was suspended for attend ing the repeal meeting, is to be rewarded by his friends and admirers by the purchase of an annuity in the place of the pension. It has been said that he had a pension of ls. 10d. per day, but we learn that it did not amount to more than 6d., so that if the annuity is of any amount it will amply repay him for his politics, and be an induce ment for others to follow so profitable a course of politics. It is due to the government to state that he was offered the restoration of his pension on promise of abstaining from attending these meetings. MUSICAL MEMORY.-A remarkable instance of pow ers of memory in music was exhibited by our gifted young pianiste, Miss Christiana Weller, at a concert lately given at Beaumaris. There being no conductor to be found in the town, the duties of that office were undertaken by Miss Weller, in addition to the piano -forte solos she had engaged to perform ; and, although the vocal pieces were only submitted to her two or three days before the con cert, she accompanied the whole of them in the most beautiful style, took part in a vocal trio, and executed, with her characteristic power and brilliancy, three grand pieces for the piano and a capriccio, composed by herself for the occasion, all without the aid of a single bar of printed music. KING'S PATENT REGISTE STovEs.—The Calorific Register Stove Grate, patented by Mr. King, and now on sale at Mr. T. G. Maddox, grate manufacturer, Bold street, is one of the most elegant and useful we have yet seen. By means of polished reflectors, and the pro jection of the fire bars, it emits abundance of heat, with a small expenditure of fuel, and can be regulated in draft to a nicety ; and is entirely free from the nuisance of smoke. Could our forefathers " revisit the glimpses of the moon," they would be truly astonished to see such an improvement in an article for the effectual heating and enlivening of apartments,—of the practicability of which, in those earlier days of science, they had formed no con ception. We strongly recommend housekeepers, builders, and others, to an inspection.—See Advt. THE BIRKENHEAD PARK.—Whilst the sound of the hammer, the trowel, and the chisel, is daily to be heard in the numerous streets of Birkenheo, busily engaged in filling up vacant spots to complete hiindsome streets, the spirited commissioners are actively pushing forward the operations of the new park in the vicinity of Claughton. About half a mile from Birkenhead, in this direction, numerous divisions of men are busily engaged in forming the new road on the northern extremity of the park, on the way to Claughton village. The road, which a few weeks ago was a mere muddy lane, is now assuming a tangible and handsome appearance. It is twenty yards wide, and will cross the southern end of Bidston Hill, where it will join the road to Upton. The rocky ascent to Claughton is now being reduced by workmen, and the shelly part of the stone is used to form the foundation of the new road. When this road is completed, it will de cidedly be the finest in the neighbourhood of Birkenhead, and will not be surpassed by many in England. It will be lit up with gas. At the foot of Claughton village, a handsome gas obelisk will be erected, furnished with a light sufficiently powerful to illuminate the whole neigh mb o a u r r g h i n o o o d f . t T h o h u i‘ s i o w r s e o h y v b e e a a u noble n g t o andw o e t e t n h di n o r itself with unexavepled rapidity. THE LIVERPOOL gTANDARD Nov. 7, 1843. LATEST FROM IRELAND• sth• SUNDAY EVENING, I.OV. bay Nothing new connected with the approaching cris is L es transpired today, Generally speaking , in the churctit, in this city the service appointed to be perf ormed oo tba day in commemoration of the deliverance from Gunpowder Plot and of the accession of King William to the throne of those realms was read. There v as ' meet meeting of the Irish Universal Suffrage Socie7 day, to puabtl notice,)ic eir roomfso, for the 14 purpose NorthN orth of briAnne-street,ngin about 3 nor conciliation between O'Connell and Feargus and the Chartists, and thereby reinforcing the repeal ranks by by the addition of three millions and five h os t' dred thousand English chartists. The tneet.ing : ., addressed at considerable length by a Mr. Higgr3re leading man amongst the small body of chartists wan... in this city : he ascribed all the evils under which _l7 United Kingdom is labouring to the want of ;Ain, suffrage, and told his hearers that if they could To universal suffrage they would obtain something gr,es,, than repeal, for they would have the power then Op curing either repeal or the redress of any grie i fie which they complained in spite of any government' do also attributed the present condition of Ireland tct, abolition of the forty shilling freeholders in th e Yearito when the Catholic Emancipation Act was passed. l'atbi ever, he did not seem to meet with any great slw,,P in to from relish the hi smajori insinuationty of his th a audience, n anything who o u d i i u d 1;:t arc s aiblY better than repeal. I understand that in case bills found by the grand jury to-morrow, the travel; e t counsel will immediately move to have the venn echi l l i oold from the City of Dublin. If anything of moment t r ek occur to-morrow, I will send you an account of it "- press in time for your second edition. pursure, kmlt oi neF T rguer h giso e deefanh ß yts ht o nahe y si t a gsßv l hpei leave Boston on the Ist instant. rm t o h w e an Q o(r ue mii e e n odun h se a es s l b aa e yn e ) n d, pleased to approve of Mr. ° er tbs AiOr 4 THE CHASEThe Cheshire Foxhounds Meet trfr' - s c MondayHiber n i a n m a y , n Thursdol,..., o a n t s A n b tu be r ' d y av F , ie a l t d village , each morning at half-past ten. ' NEW PARISH -RATES S.— W7A A 10,1631 SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY ,--- o rre THE JEW Imp and one (Wednesday) aid of 0 s e u i l te at co L n i t v a e i r n p s oo a l n , forol hciiasilll.lloajtitcestltahrl funds of this valuable society, in St. Marks Church' o f one h p e e r n e n s y p in besbe:P;sl the Rev. Hugh M'Neile n t ha Denny e e spneonrumynoidnnw perceive wtaFhsioefl onrßl o pho m sLenun p i nvidradE;eca and oph d w do sesecy°sd,t;tntet:c_:;:..:,:sobot i l i i ; M'Neile. from the Churchwardens of a new poor-rate of T. tvr ra v te 0 ( respective churches throughout the town' Of GERMAN FAIR AT THE LIVET BAZAAlt''''.4 fair f at lctaihhkssiaesolnct:sc,OpeelweonfhdaeitxdncTeoevodeyilncglhyarvaac valuable lies establishment.to articles. i b t e i o s opened e b d' e t e ll o i s ,.. .,l o — c o tet t those e he pr N i t n tpho c i i sb p .wew le aAurnß o df f pow: B —ti oy's fine art distributon,,4 the discovered mination. One of the voters for Mr. ThornwiL WY, this ATW E S T E ul I I I:yNa'eet unfortu na te) t i an d to uu Th i#, 01 for that reason excused from serving on juries. oPe C the Pr course,re • mains to be en • d intobef ore quire authorities. init hill irLiheaAlt purchase to a small amount are en chance THE GREAT left art F ' ' • I: 'litol, to remain q -it is t `' insane, yhT n e d h. e r s s o t n a pe n i dedndt fromid a k t : l itte r. hdais ii : La c e r i : , :col:gesraitaciolonoanssnzt.eoarmb-esfho steam-ship .a IA .on riday night for Bristo►, -- seoci ti e• during the winter season. We are informed thatit - hg to vier intention of the directors of this coroPanY much anxiety to see the latter vessel not , iii fitted is s reat Britain to pay us a visit about Christi:nil); 0 0 ti c i count of her extraordinary size but because eile the up in such a novel style. 1 . 4 t being d ill FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.—On Stillaill .-- t 110 - r ayer W a lg for t s fifth day of November, the form of P most, if not all, of the churches in this taw intendedehsatpapteysdoe li d' the t „„d ilr 'i arrival of his Majesty fl massacre deliverance England y fromKg i i l n n Jamesg ptobwe - 01 deliverance King W d m e i r o ll i a t of our church and nation." neat' $ wo oing by b 6 BLUE COAT HOSPITAL.—On Sunday ?e h, ~,,s1 sermon will be preached in St. Peter's Chtidast ir nal Rev. Rector Brooks, in behalf of this our ; : o ceoP - te l charity, on which• occasion, according toon c o essio ri 0 i n p r° the /11fl ar it is expected the new Mayor will walk the church, accompanied b • such members of ta boo 0 Council and - other friends I f ee l d' !W ed Heed s° 4' as may is a.. .... - his worship• with their company. We hope tubet 00 P m c will be numerous, andthe collection is , th e the institution entitle its friends to expect. '- itsTcrilaEimTsowwiilcl h c a o ve uN an ci a L b . l_e_ T an o d .un ze o a r l r o o n w s s a dv: e e f s ti t : l i irpo o ,gi * town-council will be held for the purpose ° o f seo4 some person to act pro tempore in the_9 l6 ,.. ce goset •~ amtnradoitiirosi,fsod; stibefohrap.46 at-mace, vacant by the death of Mr. w • g ',he 0 311 "iests on Thursday, according to the provisions 01 • - „ -- , 0 rtfe,,,.40 act, another meeting will be held for the PorPo the one e io n g su a i n g g e y n e t a l r e . m a If M t o r . succeed sand s b M e , Mr. sGislavdesrt y on i e i:et t s r fo ge ,,r o,te : chair, and of appointing the various coallo i , t1 " iv, o d e• as chief magistrate for the ensuing year/, ll° l)oel‘ C iftbe man will have to- be appointed chairman or tu e 0 sci,t - •det mittee, and without wishing to interfere 3t ni a l iee°Tiode subject,there is one gentleman, however, wi i ,L, - ...-0 1 1- eminently qualified for that important 01 " - to Alderman J. Bramley-Moore. 6. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Novsm°°ll Wind at Holyhead, West, strong breeze in t he w- ,billiO r at noon; W.N.W. moderate in the evening' , „urro,f,' 01, ir gl' : j ilt 3:6;ei tsi Off Holyhead, at 2 p,m. No, 6195, John " New Orleans. a ds A schooner, in want' of a pilot, off Great Gans „ LIVERPOOL PROVISION MAR.- - 4) o is' c y Of. g ood„' „Of We do not notice any. change in the curree. „, is d P•• our last report. The demand for all descriPb n " ricklevor c h a t , upon speculation, and for actual cowncePt i°e „ . o ted 1 ,.„. ° ' bo lo has met a fair enquiry, and prices may be ' l 7 nu alW ; I d ~.edc higher. Beef and Pork, particularly of the be!"„,er, 6 ativf,e• higher; Os. to i Hos. per tierce is got for the roi.- 0 asc•;/ tOl4, dos per barrel for the latter. It is now prettY Wseopplf is h'id, Supply ort that the government contractors for the pal e loc. reP ..4. articles will be no inconsiderable losers. FI ~e of ',, Icel.' firmly, and is likely to look up, in Hand an" partial failure of the potatoe crop, both in Sce"' -,"'". TIDE TABLE iter. 5645 ,2 1 0 106, / , Tuesday 7 11 10 Wednes. ll 42 ::11 E 1 : 25 ; H s E s lo 96 nT_ s Thurs 9 - 14 15 9 ‘ ,V e V s e s ta 9 049 „„f TO ' Friday.. 15 031 04s 16 1 va,,,,f -s tifh i lov - Saturdayll 1 4 :1 21 15 6 w ar tgls' Sunday 12 140 15g 14 9 2-n- Monday 13 220 12 42 14 1 11 4; NORTHERN HOSPITAL, N °ir ' lg [WEEKLY REPORY•J aOS - DiSCO A ADMITTED. MRN teO t i "vi 13 I ;1 Cured • • • • •",t o•-A t ie0- ' Relieved a> l oo ..••• 19 Attending -- • • •• Irregular • ......•. 32 Pied .....''go• Remaining in the Hospital. Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation House Consulting Visites, g q. Treasurer, R. W. Bateson..',oo, ref Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Hughes.--Hou se-Sur6e STu.rllgFrnnb, [MONTHLY REPORT.,./ it y. 0 0' 4 EYE AND EAR INFIRL"„,..OO CORNER OF HARFORD-STREET, 74(00" Surgeons Dr d an Treasurer.... dwards Henryr Crossfield, New Patients admitted in et • • : 4° Patients prescribed for, and who have Ir s c , e to ber .• • o,l° assistance during the month of E n tphE—e—PmAoßn'rtliMoll4olCt_olybed Total since the corntnencen'ePt Patients prescribed for, Via 17 1 assistance during the Month or _ c epa Total since the comet EAltanDdEwPhAoßThalsilEe:rteoivbeeclr.iliSo.....l::::. 7,01 - ° o i '' sit- we° MEETINGS OF CREDITORS F°l4 cote' . frir ict It Nlo , OEMBER. . PIP jfitP" i s V James Brown Carson, (2nd) ..... • •• 'rig) O P 1 10, Robert Youd and %%imam Rennards, % p ittOi .1 14, Thomas James Whidborne, (2nd) •' • ' o itto , ' 4l 14, William Hughes, (2ud) ......... ••• •• •W it tco i 14, Owen Jones, (2nd) .............. .• •• ;On I! 15, Thomas Parry,(proof and div.) ••• • ' . 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