The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

RESIDENT GOVERNESS —A LADY, hi her 24th year, wishes for a RE-ENGAGEMENT in a Gen tleman's Family. She undertakes to instruct in every branch of English with Writing, Arithmetic, the Use of the G lobes, French, Music, and the rudiments of Italian and Drawing, if required. The most satisfactory references can be given, both as regards competency and respectability of f amil y .— Address H. C., Post-office, Guildford, Surrey. T° be SOLD, (for the remainder of the Lease , Navin about thirteen years,) a SPIRIT VAULT and TAVER N, ILving a Concert-room. together with the GOODWILL and FI TTINGS-UP and FURNITURE, which are complete , a nd p excellent condition . The Premises are in one of the best thor oughfares in Liverpool, and now command a good busi ness, which only requires c apital to be considerably increase d. For further particulars apply to Messrs NEAL and MARTIN, Solicitors, Liverpool. TO b e LET , a small convenien t WAREHOUSE, and in the upper part of Moor-street, containing six rooms _ T dry cellar. Rent £l2O per annum. — Apply to ROBERT HobtAs 9 , Old Ropery. TO be LET, in Lots to be agreed upon, about the 83 ,800 square tirds of LAND, lying to the westward of and Liverpool Canal, on the south side of the Locks G 4 re u n t lg from the Canal to the Stanley Dock, and eastward of novrard-street. And about 19,000 square . yard . s b o ,; •-• on the north side of the Canal Locks, fronting Light desirous of renting the same may ob. 'VI further information by applying to DANIEL MASON, Dock Secretary's Office, Liverpool. Do ck -office, Liverpool. 10th October, 1953. WM. WILLIAMS, ESTATE AGENT, 47, Bane bas the and Hall of Commerce, 3, Hackin's-hey, owing very valuable PROPERTY to OFFER for 2-- e n, viz : veral splendid COUNTRY MANSIONS , from Three to ifwAelslvne Thousand Pounds. One with about 300 Acre s of 'te r one. about 3 miles from town, with about 10 es of LAND; and several other smaller ones in different lo calities, with a few commodious FA MILY RESIDENCES, ln some of the most fashionable parts of the town. Also, upwards df 6 00,000 square yards of LAND, in various locali ties, and i n di fferent lots, to suit purchasers, upwards of ti","'t own of which wo u ld b e exchanged for good property in e 'fro To be LET , a few delightful COUNTRY RE SIDENCES, m two to fo ur m i les from the Exchange. O ne a t Seaforth, "! at Hnyton. one near the Prince ' s-par k , one i n Edge-lane, with n a few excellent H Doses in Cheshire, and an excellent W is hed HOUSE near St. Bride's Church. An excellent G 4 A and DOUBLE OFFICE in Hackin's-he3 ; and a g o od CHOOL-ROOM in Gerard-street. AT 4 PUBLIC MEETING, held at the CO3l - m aRcIAL HALL, HaCkin's-hey, on FRIDAY, the 13th -.nary 1814 . It w as BUSHELL, Esq., in the Chair, R o „ as moved by THOMAS P OUCH, Esq., and seconded by .ERT MACFIE, Esq That this Meeting •s " of opinion that the continually in ereasing Trade of the Port, and the Transit of Goods and passengers along the Dock Quays, render it absolutely neces saryithat greater facilities should be given for loading and di scharging vessels, as well as for obviating the obstructions •arising from the narrowness of the present thoroughfares. and the expenses and delays entailed by the great extent of the line of docks. It was moved by THOMAS VERNON, Esq., and seconded by EDWARD HIOOIN, Esq.. That this Meeting, while it refrains from pledging itself to 'any particular system, yet recommends to the serious atten tion of the Town Council and the Dock Committee, the pro- Posal made to form a High-level Railway, and a complete system of Cranes, worked by machinery, as some such facili ties seem p eremptorily demanded. bi„,was m oved by CHARLES GRAYSON, Esq., and seconded •pr, •J. TOMLINSON Esq., at i ;„", 4 l it is the opinion ' of this Meeting that a Committee •rith e s 7 be formed to consider the question, and adopt such vie" o r rleasures as may be deemed advisabl!za to promote the re lgtat r the Meeting, and that the following gentlemen be ed to act, with arnes Beazley, Esq. Thomas F. Bennett , Power to add to their number : Edward Jones, Esq.. James Bland, Es 'E N.. James' Wtienry, Esq., Thomas Bouch, E sq, Walter F. Macgregor, Esq., Christopher Bushell "Es Charles Moore, Esq, Charles Cotesw ' Es -- ,? , John G. Morris, Esq., William Fisher, ° E rt , ; h 4 , --.*, J. P. Palmer, Esq., John Grantham, Es . William Potter, Esq., Charles Grayson, Es ", Edward Hig g i n, Escil _; Thos. Robinson. jun., Esq., Thos. H. Holderne F. I Halsall Segar, jun., Esq., Charles Holland, Es _sq., 1 Arthur Steains, Esq., Joseph Hubback, Esq' , Wm. John Tomlinson, Esq., . -sq., Thomas Vernon, Esq., CHRISTOP ____ ER BUSHELL, Chairman. LIVERPOOL SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGENT BLI ND. The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this Corporation Will be held at the School, on FRIDAY next, the 20th instant, at Eleven o'clock, for the purpose of ELECTING a President, /o ur Vice-Presidents a Treasurer, and a Committee , in pur suance of the a c t of parliament. All persons wh o h ave contr ib ute d t h e su m of .€lO at one time as a donation, or not less than £1 is. as an annual sub scription, and continue to pay the same, are members of this C orporation. The Treasurer begs to acknowledge the receipt of the follow ing Legacies, Donations, &c.:— LEGACIES. • Joseph Willday, late of Atherstone. County of Warwick, Esq. (died 27th October 1852. ) p e r Burrows £lOOO 0 0 Kirby and Chas. Phillips, Esqrs Less duty, .€lOO ; 2 icp . enses, .€3 38. ; interest, .t° O. ... . . 123 3 0 £876 17 0 `Mrs. Olivia M`Lean, late of Low-hill, Liverpool, per Mrs. Barton and James Barton, Esq. 'Mrs. Ann Archer, late of Chelten ham, per Sidney Taylor, Esq , Bridlington Less duty, &c., £2l 4s. ; law expenses. £5 115. Rev. Thomas Yeoman, late of Liver pool, per George Fletcher, Esq., of B ridlington -quay, Yorkshire 25 0 0 Leas duty, &c. DONATIONS. 50 0 0 Ric hard V Yates. Esq., Liverpool Henry Steele, Esti 20 0 0 W. P. Freme, E (I . " ditto 10 10 0 Charles Maclver, B ditto 10 10 0 Francis Braun, Et! 'i ' ditto 10 0 0 . q., ditto Mrs. Ripley, Aberc_ronaby. 10 0 0 -John Drink water . square, ditto 10 0 0 wa er. Esq., Miss Boardman. Delph-lane, Krby ... ditto J. S. A., p er R ev. H. Marten, All -Saints' Church 10 0 0 The British a n d North American Royal Mail I Steam-packet Company, per Messrs. D. and C. i Maclver, being portion of money collected for admitting visitors to view their ships John Smith and E. T. Kearsley, Esqrs., Chapel Wardens . •.n SALE, GOODS Manufactured at the Institution, con frming of all kinds of BASKETS, WORSTED HEARTH and ...__ OR RUGS ilLmr, , LOBBY CLOTHS, WINDOW SASH and B$Al,l-1.,:-'ORD, HAIR PLATTING, TWINE, MATS, FOOl - B ic, at reasonable prices. , THOMAS MILLS, Treasurer. Hard Man-street , January, 1854. --------___ W°RICING MEN'S REFORMATION un e 4 —r 4. , SOCIETY, .e Patronage of Mr. Alderman EDMUND it a MOIXNEUX. Bea n -,, PUBLIC MEETING, held in the Society's Room, on w ,, reet, on FRIDAY EVENING last, Lord palmersto to perfoed intention of endowing Roman Catholic Priests 08 tat A l° the superstitious and idolatrous rites of the Ap - _ e ...hurch in P 'sons and Hulks was brought under our ri . consideration, and the following Petition to the Legislature iii,urbinitted and unanimously adopted "44.. e Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of (..ricrVE.qtain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled.. in th e itoretition of the undersigned Working Men, residing .. That rough of Liverpool, humbly Sheweth, non" wirlilulr Petitioners beg to approach your Honourable arid with sentiments of loyalty to our most beloved Queen, ta d a eelings of deep veneration for the Protestant Insti ..The..a by law established within these realms.. bee n _ . Your Petitioners , believing those Institutions to have e formaTtnal4Bhed °n the sound basis of the Protestant e sub;A„._ _t and that they have conferred blessings which In th/..,...7.4u7ttlinnonotiller country enjoy, feel deeply solicitous that tio That, % g i ...Paired. . etitionera v us toter • e Your Petitioners would perpetuate the reli- YOur p . .ation w h. ,_ . the . uanger lik I Jen is characteristic of the English nation, pointment enture to submit to your Honourable House the N e Y to arise to those Institutions from the ap of it, o ,_ — avY or A '"mat. Catholic Chaplains to our Gaols, or to that that r eligio r ri — L'i„ in astnuch as your Petitioners believe head of which is pro-ie. to beg that your H onour Y above Kings and Princes ; and thorny of the Legisit:stsuaerld:albwise authorities by permission, the . Church should order that wl the Priests of the House will interpose the au gSitoare,wnootr. permitted to notii:tel7)rfeerpeaiidn outa n y of way, tl ef with u d t s h o e f re th l ie -0 f ~ all carried onwithin ' of the public buildings the %Jude I(' any " And Yo ur Kingdom. 1 Petitioners will ever pray." Li4r ati o bnli tting the above petition to the working men t:if asse_p a ol. we feel that no explanation is necessary. All who o Rogirtandld maintain the universpl supremacy of the Rue n de- f within these realms and renounce, abjure, and 'test any allegiance whatever to any foreign power or pote o n c: tile, ecclesiastical or civil, will protest against the int_rod.ier .I,4"a_s,Romish priests into prisons or elsewhere , . by l is ta l e er t Y ;11 Government. to teach that religion which Her real loyalistsa sworn to be superstitious and t.d.oenatiOus. All by Parlia- Ment to .must believe that the support g i v en 'Senate, this idolatrous system is a dishonour to the British All , and a disgrace to this free and Protestant nation. ,_ who love true religion and genuine liberty know being I,nei o 'Y is essentially opposed to the genius of both,._ f ~..51 ral in its principles, injurious to the well-being . society, and subversive of thel Protestant institutions and the ,established religion of England. We therefore appeal to ail real loyalists, and to every sin cere Christian mai in Liverpool, and earnestly invite them to lose no time but at once sn the petition to stop tri • mining andwho lack but t but wtth Romish priests, ~ Smithfield, be power to rekindle in England the fires of further and to re-enact in Ireland the murderous and perfidious scenes of 1641 and 1798. T HE PETITION LIES FOR SIGNATURE , at the STAN DARD. J. PARSONAGE, . IsT'NET President . ioi .' ec Office; at the I NSTITUTE , B eau - s t r eet ; at the SEC RE TA RY 'B. 60. town. Great Homer-street, and in various parts of th e ST. PAUL'S CHURCH,LIVERPOOL CONTROVERSIAL SERMONS to be RESUMED on THURSDAY EVENING next, by the Rev. J. BARDSLEY. Subject: "THE MASS, ITS PRIESTS, ALTAR, AND SACRIFICE." THE ANNUAL MEETING of the RAGGED SCHOOL UNION will he held in CLAYTON-HALL, Clayton-square, on THURSDAY EVENING, the 26th instant, at Half-Past Six o'Clock. The Mayor will preside. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.-- The ANNUAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS will he held at the INSTITUTION, Oxford.street East, on THURS DAY next, the 19th instant, at Eleven o'clock, a.m., to receive the Report and Accounts of the past year, and to elect the Officers and Committee for the year ensu. EDWARD BANNER, Hon. Sec. THEEDGE -HILL MISSIONARY TREE and SALE of WORK, on behalf of the CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY and the SOCIETY FOR IRISH CHURCH MISSIONS TO THE ROMAN CATHOLICS, will (D.V.) be held on FRIDAY next, the 20th instant, in the Boys' School-room, Edge-hill. The Doors will be opened at Two o'clock and Six o'clock. Tickets to be procured at Mr. GREEN'S, Post-office, Edge hill. Single Tickets, 6d. ; Three Members of the same Fa mily, Is. BANK OF LIVERPOOL.-FORTY - TH IRD DIVIDEND.—The Directors of the BANK OF LIVER POOL do hereby give Notice to he Proprietors, that they have declared a Half-yearly DIVIDEND, at the rate of £8 per Cent. per Annum, on the increased paid-up Canital of the Company (being 10s. per Share), from the Ist of July to the 31st December, 1853; and that such Dividend will be payable at the Bank of the Company, in Water-street, on and after FRIDAY, the 20th day of January instant, between the hours of Ten and Tilt ee on each day. Dated at Liverpool, this 10th day of January, 1854. By order of the Board, JOSEPH LANGTON, Manager. Each Proprietor will be expected (if required), on applying for his Dividend, to produce the Certificate or Certificates of his Shares. The Transfer Books will be closed until the 20th instant, inclusive. IRYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.—At a MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS and FRIENDS of the EYE and EAR INFIRMARY, held at the Clarendon rooms, the 16th January, 1854 , WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, The Honorary Secretary having read the Report of the Com mittee. and the Treasurer having read the Annual Statement of Accounts, it was Moved by ADAM HODGSON , Esq., and seconded by THOMAS A. BUSHEY, Esq.: 1. That the Treasurer's Accounts, together with the Report of the Committee, as read, be passed; and that the same be printed, and circulated among the subscribers. Moved by ISAAC HADWEN,Esq., and seconded by Jolt N W. CROPPER, ESQ.: 2. That the thanks of this Meeting are due, and they are hereby given, to the Corporation of Liverpool, for its liberal donation of £lOO, and to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have presented Donations during the past year. Moved by R. C. GARDNER, Esq., and seconded by JOHN ELLISON Esq. : 3. That ' the thanks of the Meeting are due, and they are hereby given, to the President, Vice-President , and Com mittee, for their services during the past year; and that the following Gentlemen be appointed the Officers for the current year : [Here follows the list of names.] Moved by Rev. Dr. HUME, and seconded by HENRY CROS FIELD. Esq.: 4. That the thanks of this meeting are due, and they are hereby given, to the medical officers ; for their services during the past year, and that they are hereby re-appointed for the . current year. WM. BROWN, Chairman. Moved by GEORGE GRANT, Esq., and seconded by H. NEILL, Esq. : 5. That the thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby given to William Brown, Esq., M.P., for his kindness in tak ing the chair to-day. QOUTHERN and TOXTETH HOSPITAL. — K 7 At the ANNUAL MEETING of the Trustees and other Friends of the SOUTHERN and TOXTETH HOSPITAL, held at the CLARENDON ROOMS, South John-street, on Mon day. the 16th January, 1854, MATTHEW GREGSON, Esq., President, in the Chair, The following Resolutions were moved, seconded, and unanimously adopted : Moved by Mr. INonAm, and seconded by Dr. PETRIE, " That the Report now read be adopted, and that the Trea surer's Accounts. having been Audited, be passed, and, to gether with the Report, be,printed and circulated among the Trustees and Subscribers.' Moved by Mr. YATES , and seconded by Mr. CH aTsTIE, " That the warmest thanks of this Meeting be given to the P res ident, Matthew Gregson Esq., for his uniform attention to the interests of the Institution, and that he be respectfully requested to continue his valuable serv ices durin g the ensu ing year." Moved by Mr. MINSHULL, and seconded by Sir. STUDLEY MARTIN, '' That the thanks of this Meeting are due, and be here andby given to John Job, Esq., Josh. Brooks Yates, Esq., James Ingram, Esq.. V i ce -P r esidents, for their continued a ttention to the interests of the Institution." Moved by Mr. YATES, and seconded by Mr. INGRAM, " That the warmest thanks of this Meeting be given to W. Fisher, Esq.. the Treasurer, for his successful exertions ; and to John Aikin and Joseph Russell, Esqrs., the Auditors, and that they be respectfully requested to continue their efficient services for the ensuing year." Moved by Dr. CAMERON, and seconded by Mr. RUSSELL, " That the best thanks of this Meeting be given to the Rev. D. T. Barry, A. 8., Honorary Chaplain, for his valuable ser vices to the Hospital." Moved by Mr. FISHER, and seconded by Mr. YATES, "That the best thanks of this Meeting be given to the Honorary Medical Officers of the Institution, for their con tinued and most efficient services during the past year." Moved by Dr. CAMERON, and seconded by Mr. STUDLEY MARTIN, "That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to the Clergy and Dissenting Ministers who have advocated the claims of the Hospital during the past year." Moved by Mr. CHRISTIE, and seconded by Mr. FISHER, "That the best thanks of this Meeting be given to the Donors who have so liberally responded to the calls made upon their benevolence, and to those ladies who have kindly furnished linen and other useful articles for the use of the Hospital during the past year." I Moved by Mr. INGRAM, and seconded by Mr. !tumult, "That the thanks of the Meeting be presented to the House Surgeons and the Matron, for their uniform attention to their arduous duties, and to the interests of the Institution." Moved by Mr. FISHER, and seconded by Mr. INottAxr, "That the following Gentlemen constitute the Committee for the ensuing year : Matthew Gregson, Esq., President. John Job, Esq., J. B. Yates, Esq., }Vice Presidents. James Ingram, Esq., W. Fisher, Esq., Treasurer. John Aikin, Esq., }Auditors. Joseph Russell, ESQ., Mr. W. Josh. Horsfall, Rev. Thos. Bold, Mr. Harmood Banner, Mr. James Houghton, Mr. Charles Challinor, Mr. Samuel Job. Mr. Edward Cropper, Mr. R. S. James, Mr. Robert Christie, Mr. Edward Lawrence, Mr. Roger Fisher, Mr. Studley Martin, Mr. John Farnworth, Mr. W. J. Marrow, Arthur P. Fletcher, Mr. Benjamin Platt. Mr. Charles Ha rrison Rev. John Robberds, B.A. Mr. Gilbert Harrison. Mr. John Rogers, Rev. Henry Hampton,A.l%l., Mr. James Smith, Rev. Wm. Hesketh, A.M., Mr. W. R. Sandbac h . Mr. T. H. Holderness, The Rev. D. T. Barry, 8.A.. Honorary Chaplain. MEDICAL OFFICERS John Grindrod, Esq., M.D., Honorary Consulting Physician. John Cameron, Esq., M.D., Physician. Joseph Churton, Esq., J. S. Nlinsbull, Esq., }Surgeons. Jas. Petrie, M.D., The Treasurer acknowledges, with pleasure and gratitude, the following Donations, &c., which go far towards liquida ting the Debt which the Institution has so long been bur• thened with : Je. a. d. A. P. Fletcher, Esq. 10 10 0 J. Huddleston Esq., sth donation _._. 100 0 0 G.H.Lawrence, Esq 45 0 0 F. L. Hausburg and T. Maxwell,Esqrs. (matter in dispute 2 10 0 A Friend per C. Grayson, Esq. 1 1 0 F. T. Leyland, Esq 5 0 0 Miss M. Lupton, be in z a legacy from Miss Alice Goose 9 19 6 M. Brown, Esq 1 0 0 Mr. W. Walker J. R. M'Guffie (arbi tration fee) Mrs. Woodsworth M. . . Missßrown,perßev D.T. Barry Welch Calvanists Collection at St. Bar nabas'Church after sermons by Rev. D. T. Barry Portion of Church collections after si multaneous ser -135 12 7 mons M. Gregson, Esq 5O 0 0 W. Fisher, Esq . 20 0 0 G. W. EVVIng, Esq.. 20 0 0 Messrs. Houghton and Smith SG 0 0 Henry Steele, Esq lO 0 0 Sharples,Jones,&Co. 10 0 0 Halhead, Fletcher, and Co 2O 0 0 Mackay,Rutherford, and Co lO 0 0 A. F. and D. Mackay 5 0 0 s.d. Mercer, Brothers 5O 0 J. Farnworth, Esq 20 0 0 John Brown, Esq 5 0 0 Henry Pierce, Esq 10 0 0 R. L. Jones, Esq 25 0 0 Mersey Steel & Iron Company 2O 0 Edwd.Chaloner, Esq 10 0 0 Jas. Robertson, Esq. 5 0 0 A. F. Messrs. Anthony and Robinson Jas. M`Miirdo, Esq. 5 0 0 Messrs. Ogden and Barnes Messrs. Massey and Molyneux 5 0 0 Jas. Houghton, Esq. 10 0 0 John Sl`Nicol, Esq lO 10 0 Chas. Ch a loner, Esq. 20 0 0 R. V. Yates, Esq. Jos.Steele, jun—Esq. 5 0 0 Cato, Miller, and Co. 5 0 0 T. Vernon and Sons 5 0 0 John Stewart, Esq lO 10 0 Messrs. Clover and Koyle lO 0 0 Josias Booker, Esq. 10 0 0 Bryce Allan, Esa. Robt. Christie, Esq. (arbitration fee) Chas. Grayson. Esq. 3 3 0 N. M`Graw, Esq. D.&C.M‘lver,Esqrs. 20 0 0 Edward Oliver Esq. 5 0 0 James Bland, Esq 2O 0 0 G. M. Mackay, Esq. 5 0 0 James Baines, Esq.. 5 0 0 John Laird, Esq 5 0 0 Thos. Koyden, Esq. 5 0 0 Samuel Job, Esq lO 0 0 PRIEST BROWN AND THE REFORMATION SOCIETY AT BIR KENHEAD. WE have been requested to insert the following letter, a copy of which has been addressed to the Rev. Mr. Bnowx, Roman Catholic Priest of Birkenhead, and to which no reply has as yet been returned :- 18, Claughton•terrace, Claughton-road , Jan. 12, 1854. REV. SlR,—Circumstances have occurred which compel me, as a matter of duty, to address you . in your capaety as a spiritual adviser and director of a portion of the inhabitants of Birkenhead. I beg to do so respectfully, and in as few words as the nature ourhose specialismcircumstace! will admit. In the fulfilment of my dies as ca issionary in con nexion with the Protestant Reformation Society, I have found that you have used the most unvvorthy.means in attempting to entrap and pervert the female children of Protestant parents. Ido not conceive it honest or Just to present any mem ber of the Roman Catholic Church t o be received into the Church of which I am a member, w.ithout first pointing out to them the soul-destroyig doctrines of your system, and being fully persuaded that they are genuine corverts, able to point out the fundamental errors of Romanism, by undeniable proofs, drawn from the word of God ; thus I am enabled, if you think proper, to offer you an opportunity of testing the sincerity of those who have publicly recanted the errors of your church, through my instrumentality, blessed by Divine agency, and at the time to prove you guilty of the following charges:— same First, A youngfemale adult be in g induced by associations and acquaintances to attend your chapel, you privately baptized her, and received her into the communion of your system, without pointing out one single error in the church in which she was brought up, and without her knowing either the doc trines or creed of the church she was joining. Secondly, You have in the confessional asked her questions of so indecent a c haracter that she would be ashamed to u tter them to either her father or mother. Thirdly, You have held out in ducement.s, such as the offer of getting her a situation, and sending tor her to clean the chapel ; both of which, to her credit, .. w s s l ni i r e c, I paid elrgs:. ld attention b, ne ign el a, d f o t t o ro . t hmee ourp p o o u se i o n f t h i n e q p u r i e r s i n e c t o o f tyhoßeurae‘bo'ove. 'Waiting an immediate answer, I remain, your obedient servant, for Christ's sake, Rev. Mr. Brown. CHARLES P. ArCARTHY. TILE ANNUAL AI/ITTRRE CHARITY BALL will be held in the Grand Stand, Aintree, early next month, wider the patronage of the Countess, of Sefton TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1854. 'i'o antal. WANTED, a respectable YOUTH, as an UNDER ASSISTANT, at Mr. CLARK'S Infant and JuTenile Academy, 22, Myrtle-street. WANTED, CARTS and HORSES for the CONVEYANCE of COALS.—Apply at the Ince Hall company's Yards, Crown-street and Lightbody-street, Stan ley Dock. LAW.—WANTED, a SHARE in a respectable Practice in Liverpool or its neighbourhood.—Address, With real name, terms, &c., to K. L., Standard-office, Liver pool. AYOUNG MAN, of active business habits, is desirous of INVESTING a MODERATE CAPITAL in a Lucrative Business. Applications, with real Name and Address, to Z. A., 6, West Derby-road, will receive prompt !Mention. The SHIP STORE Business would not be ob jected to. Zo be gzolb or let. WOOD FOR SALE —A fine OAK COP PICE, of Forty Acres, more or less, suitable for o rgrg and such like purposes ; also a considerable number p or i - :: 0( TREES, standing within 17 miles of the shipping -t o iv,„Palnackie and Kirkcudbright. —For particulars apply • 'Hosti.s M`CAuL, Factor, Dalry by Castle Douglas. sad .„ j narY, 1854. SALE, the Property of a Gentleman de ceased a SHARE in the ATHEN2EUM, Liverpool ; a LE SHARE in the WELLINGTON-ROOMS, Ditto.— "in Writing, to SEPTIMUS W. ROUNDELL, 91, Mount- Pleasant. Liverpool, 16th Jan., 1854. 151 18 8 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. TO CORRESPONDENTS. MR. PARTRIDGE will perceive that the subject of his letter has been noticed in another column. tt:7- We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica tions on subjects of local or general interest. BOOKS, &C., FOR REVIEW, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed '• to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably re quisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. - - The ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD is 20s. in advance—or 225. on credit. tiberpoot tanbarb. TUESDAY .21101LVING, JAN. 17, 1854. THE near approach of another session of Parlia ment, the ruinous condition of the Coalition Ministry, and the confident opinion entertained of a speedy change in political parties, have aroused public attention fro pr the apathy in which it ap peared to have sunk, and produced a reaction of excitement which must shortly be amply gratified. It must be useless even for the most devoted of Ministerial organs to dispute the fact that the vaunted union of " all the talents" has proved a rope of sand, unable to stand the first shock of a Parliamentary encounter ; and the most interest ing question is that once ably put by the late DUKE of WELLINGTON, " How is the Queen's Government to be carried on 9" The Whigs, as a body, are politically defunct ; the Peelites form an infinitesimal section of the House of Commons, strong only in official experience ; the Radicals are unendurable, even by those who once hailed them as the friends of public liberty ; and the only resource is the numerous body Of Conservatives who were returned at the last election to support the Administration of the EARL of DERBY. It is true that, through the treachery of the party who ought to have supported him, and the profligacy of the Irish Brigade, who sold themselves, he was compelled to resign the office which he had so worthily occupied, but the causes which led to his discomfiture are not now in operation. The vexed question of the renewal of the Income-tax has been settled for at least six years to come ; even the dreaded question of perseverance in free trade policy would now receive fewer supporters ; and the Whigs would be unable to play again the game of deception with which they lured their ancient foes into ill-assorted union with them. Were the EARL of DERBY called upon to resume the seat from which he was so treacherously displaced, there is far more probability of his success than existed a year since. The respectable Whigs, who acknowledge the 31A.RQuis of LANSDOWNE as their leader, would gladly hail the accession of a Con servative Administration after the bitter experience of the past year, and the disappointment of all the hopes so blandly foreshadowed by Lord ABERDEEN of making the Conservatives Liberal, and the Liberals Conservative ; the Peelites would wil lingly retreat from a position which they have long since found untenable, and even lend their support to a Conservative Administration, by way of de monstrating the sincerity of their repentance ; Lord PALMERSTON has only consented to remain with the coalition to save them from breaking up befde a Parliamentary explanation has been afforded ; and even the Irish Brigade, in bitter mortification at the deception practised on them in the affair of the Income-tax on Ireland, will gratify their feelings of revenge by the depth of their hostility to the Whig-Radicals. As for Lord Josx RUSSELL, it matters little what becomes of him : he may sink into the obscurity from which nothing but a political mania could ever have elevated him, and indulge his leisure in amateur authorship ; and his compeer, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, may he benefited by cooling his disordered brain on his native hills. The country has too long endured the infliction of political charlatans, whose sole object has been personal aggrandisement, and their means concessions to vulgar clamour ; but it is full time that the mighty interests of Great Britain were governed by the principles of honour and honesty, and guided by common sense. The intelligence of England is unmistakeably in favour of a Conserva tive Government ; every day is strengthening the growth of Conservative principles in public opinion, and though much of the advantage has been lost through want of union and co-operation, the ex perience of the past year must have taught a useful lesson, of which we should experience the benefit. A few weeks may serve to solve the mystery, and we confidently look forward to the meeting of Parliament for a complete and bene ficial change in the position of political parties. POLITICAL feeling appears recently to have taken a new turn, both rampant Radicals and pr etende d Conservatives having indulged in attacks upon the PRINCE CONSORT upon the slender foundation of anonymous communications. His Royal Highness is accused of unconstitutional interference with political affairs—of taking a too active part in foreign policy, and, indeed, assuming a kind of dictatorship in public business which renders the duties of responsible Ministers impracticable. It will be remembered that when Lord MELBOURNE was obliged to give up the office he was never fitted to occupy, the Times gave currency to the slander, " the QUEEN has done it all," and some such motive may have induced the present outcry. The Coalition Cabinet is crumbling to pieces, and the real cause is attempted to be concealed under this absurd charge against the CONSORT of our SOVEREIGN, whose career since his naturalisation has been one of untiring devotion to English interests, and studied independence of political parties. The charges, too, are in themselves absurd. It is said that he is always present when either of the Ministers has an audience of the Sovereign. Admitting this to be true, what does it amount to P Is the QUEEN, in affairs in which she is called upon personally to act or to give an opinion, to receive no counsel or advice from her own husband ? or is it strictly constitutional for the Sovereign to be guided solely by her own judgment, whatever that may be, without even receiving a suggestion from those nearest and dearest to her ? Such a conclusion is positively preposterous. It may be said that the QUEEN has her responsible advisers ; but it is in her interviews with them that the presence of Prince ALBERT is alleged as a grievance ; so that it must be on her own acts, and not those of her advisers, that he exercises any influence —a position of complaint almost too ridiculous to require refutation. Again, it is asserted that Prince ALBERT corresponds with British Envoys at foreign courts, and that his interests are inimical to those of Great Britain. Such a charge is as absurd as the former one. All instructions to British Ministers abroad must pass through the FOREIGN SECRETARY to render them of any value ; that officer is responsible for the nature of the advice contained in them, whoever may have suggested it ; and it is, therefore, a question for which the FOREIGN SECRETARY is answerable, if he betray the trust reposed in him by permitting any undue interference with his duties. It may suit the notions of modern democracy to believe that Ministers of State are merely servants of the people ; but the Constitution recognises them as responsible advisers of the SOVEREIGN. For all public acts they are accountable ; and, as far as concerns the views to which HER MAJESTY may give expression, she has as much right to consult her husband, as any man has a right, if he so pleases,to be guided by the opinion of his wife. Thus much for that portion of the charge which accuses his Royal Highness of being present at Ministerial audiences. It may be true or false ; but, though it is of trifling consequence, if true, we should be more inclined to judge by the past, and refuse to believe that Prince ALBERT has all at once for feited his previous high character for prudent reserve, particularly when it would be difficult to show that any object has to be gained by his inter ference. There may, however, be something to gain from the charge. The Coalition Ministry have deservedly acquired popular odium for their foreign policy, and the cowards, to screen their own misdeeds, circulate insinuations that the Prince CONSORT has been the cause of them. Such a charge is worse than contemptible. No act of Sovereignty can be done except through a Minister ; and if the Royal will is contrary to his sense of duty, he ought to practise the virtue of resignation— a task more difficult to a Whig than to stoop to the most pitiful evasion. THE very high price of the chief article of food, which has been augmenting for some months past, has led to riots and violence in several towns of the West of England ; and as ill deeds, when there is no lack of a stimulant, rarely want imitators, it is to be feared that we have not heard the last of such displays of popular violence. When the orators of the Manchester League were full of their great design to throw open the trade in corn to unrestricted competition with all the world, it was confidently predicted, and the con trary would not be listened to, that the effect would be not only to ensure abundance, but such a steady range of prices as completely to obviate the fluctuations which had taken place under the pre vious system of corn-laws. The sliding-scale was denounced as worthy only of barbarians, and as all wisdom was in the Whigs, so the only wise plan of dealing with the food of the population was in that freedom of trade by which the poor were to have permanently secured to them a cheap loaf, unembittered by the sense of injustice. The old system was unsparingly denounced as impolitic and unjust, leading to mischievous fluctuations, and benefiting the producer to the injury of the consumer, while the new system was lauded to the skies as the only one which would ensure our population a sufficiency of food, which would be nefit the manufacturers, without, in any way, doing injury to the agricultural classes. It may be use less to repeat the assertion that the Anti-corn-law League was established by the manufacturers of Manchester, in the first place, to distract the at tention of their operatives from their threatened attacks on the cotton-mills, into which they were goaded by the agitators against the new Poor-law ; and, in the second place, to enable them to reduce wages by the promise of cheaper bread. But we have the simple fact before us, that twice within the few years since the repeal of the Corn-laws bread has been at so high a price that men have broken out into open violence and robbery, in order to save themselves from starvation, while, in the interval, the price of wheat has been so low that farmers seriously debated the necessity of discontinuing its cultivation, because the crop would not pay the expense of producing it. Such was not the result of the sliding-scale introduced by the DUKE of WELLINGTON, during the thirteen years it was in operation the price of wheat having averaged seven shillings a bushel ; whereas, since, it has been lower than five shillings and as high as seventeen shillings. The country has become so inoculated with notions of the benefits of free trade—forgetful that all the alleged advantages have been directly produced by the gold discoveries in California and Australia—that it is difficult for a nation to confess the egregious error into which it has fallen ; yet it might be as well to consider, with more deliberation than it has yet received, a subject of commercial policy which was adopted in haste, carried by treachery, and persevered in from an obstinate pride to be consistent even in error. We shall be told that human laws can have no controul over climates and' seasons, and the pro ductiveness of harvests ; but reverses in the hopes of the husbandman from inauspicious weather oc curred as often during the days of protection as they have done since, and yet, without the huge supplies of foreign corn which have since been received, bread never reached a famine price dur ing all the time that the sliding-scale was the law of the land. It may be difficult for the public mind to trace effects to their causes, or even to perceive the importance of a population being in dependent of foreign nations for a supply of the first necessaries of life, but surely they can under stand the simple fact, which the inclemency of the weather will make more impressive, that bread is now, for the second time within seven years, at a much higher price than it had reached before Sir ROBERT PEEL cancelled the services of a long po litical life, by turning traitor in his old age to all his previous convictions. It may be prudent to give way for a time to ainational mania, untilthere be a return :to common sense ; but it will be a mania, notwithstanding, as was the rage above twenty years ago for that reform which its chief author is now so studious to undo. If the people are wise, the system of free trade in corn will undergo further consideration ; and, if it be judged by its fruits, the verdict of those who suffer by it will hardly be favourable. THE mania for railway speculation which afflicted the country a few years since was attributed, in a great measure, to the abundance of unemployed capital, and the subsequent reaction to the conse quence of more capital having been employed in this pursuit than could be spared with safety from the ordinary requirements of business. Viewed in this light, it was believed by numbers who suf fered from the depreciation of this description of property that time only was requisite to retrieve much of the loss which they had experienced, and that, when capital should again be abundant, rail way shares would once more rise in the market. Money has since been plentiful, bullion has been almost a drug, interest has been at its lowest ebb, the Funds have been above par, so as to tempt a CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to reduce the National Debt, and yet all have been unsuccessful in restoring public confidence in the security of railways as a means of investment. The hope of revival has proved a delusive dream, and some other cause must be sought for railway depression than the mere want of means to embark in such enterprises. Something must, of course, be at tributed to the bitter experience of previous ven tures in this direction, to the sad fate of those who gave £250 for shares for which now they could not obtain £9O, and who eagerly paid a high pre mium for scrip which since has become worth something less than waste paper. Many, also, must remember the large amounts in law costs and other expenses which they had to pay for the questionable honour of being members of provi sional committees ; and wounds were inflicted during the railway panic which have not since been healed over, while many a princely fortune has through the same means—the indulgence in the sinful haste to get rich—been scattered to the winds. These causes, however, powerful as they may operate among those who were the sufferers, are insufficient to account for all the subsequent depression, which has prevailed even at a time when speculation took another direction, and gold mining companies, of apocryphal origin, issued shares at increasing premiums. The truth has become evident, that the reckless expenditure of railway directors in fruitless litigation, and the construction of unprofitable branches, clings as an incubus upon the profits of shareholders, and has banished the hopes which were once indulged of large and increasing dividends. Traffic has in creased to an extent fully equal to the most sanguine expectations, but expenses have also ne cessarily increased, and, though the returns may be large, the immense amount of capital over which it has to be divided confines the interest within very narrow limits. Experience has proved that, in many cases, efficient lines of railway may be constructed for about £lO,OOO per mile, but many of the existing lines cost more than five times that amount, without in any way adding to the means of increasing the earnings, so that present divi dends are low in order to pay for previous follies. There is also the unprofitable rivalry which is still going on between great companies, not even afford ing the advantages to the public ordinarily derived from competition, while shareholders are compelled to admit the unwilling truth that their interests are in no way consulted in such contests. There was a time when Government supervision was looked upon as a kind of unwarrantable intrusion on the rights of individual property, but we be lieve that many may be found at the present day who would gladly see the transfer made without waiting until the dividend has reached the ten per cent. reserved by the act of Parliament. Amidst the many great improvements which modern en terprise has carried out, there are few, if any, of more practical utility than the extension of railway communication throughout the empire. It has even proved remunerative, as far as concerns the legitimate expenditure, but it has in reality proved a serious loss to those whose capital has been em barked in it through the folly, or something worse, which appears to have prevailed in railway manage ment. But, notwithstanding these drawbacks against the hopes which were once indulged, railway pro perty does not now command that value to which it is fairly entitled. In many large companies the abuse of power by directors has been met by active exertions on the part of the shareholders, and it may reasonably be anticipated that future manage ment will be conducted on equitable principles, so that the present low rates are not likely to go lower, and in many lines an increase in the rate of dividend may fairly be expected. If this view of the case be sound, and there appears little reason to doubt it, then railway shares ought to command a higher value than they do ; for it will be seen, by comparing the quoted prices with the rates of di vidend, that most of them are paying a higher rate of interest than almost any other description of investment. Few are paying less than five per cent., while the Funds yield little more than three per cent., and yet, in point of security, there is not much to choose, particularly if we are on the eve of a war, which will have the effect of injuring one, and,", perhaps, of benefiting the other. The public, however, have been too long accustomed to identify railway shares with speculative operations rather than as a means of permanent investment, or they would have absorbed a much larger amount than they have done of unemployed capital. THE reports from the seat of war in the East have again assumed a new phase, and we hear once more of Turkish victories, with great slaughter of the Russian forces. Making due allowance for the apocryphal character of all news from the same quarter, it would appear that the tide of success has again taken a northerly direction, so as to convince the Czen that the army in which he ap pears to trust is not invincible. This may have the effect of inducing him to listen to reason, a conclusion to which .10 1 gbilr, 'perhaps, be more likely inclined to arrive, as the four mediating powers have agreed upon the terms of settlement, to which the SULTAN of TURKEY has given his adhe sion. If reliance can be placed upon the cordiality which appears to have prevailed, no other course is left to the CZAR than to submit ; for it would be madness for him to dare a war, single-handed, against the powers of Europe. Should he perse vere, it can only be from a secret understanding with his neighbour of Austria, with whom he is said to be holding a second conference ; and the apprehension of such an affiance should make the Western powers more vigorous in pressing the question to a settlement. We have already gone I too far to recede, and though we may not be called upon to employ the fleet which has entered the Black Sea, in aetive hostilities, inasmuch as it is said the Russian fleet has retired into winter quarters at Sebastopol, as though desirous to avoid an encounter, it can hardly be doubted but that the veteran diplomatists of Russia will exer cise the extent of their skill in endeavouring to outwit those who may be opposed to them in the business of negociation. The vacillation which has marked the whole course of English policy has afforded ample encouragement to Russia, in her attempt to retain possession of the Danubian pro vinces ; and unless a more decided tone is now evinced, the affair may still be protracted beyond all reasonable length. It was apparent from the first that the object of the CZAR was the extension of Russian territory, for which a plausible pretext was afforded him 1:1r the foolish interference of Louis NAPOLEON in the affair of the Holy Places. It was equally apparent that he endeavoured to gain his object by diplomacy, but without any aversion to resort to military force, should Turkey be his only opponent. It was the want of deter mination on the part of England which encouraged him to proceed ; and should negociation once more be entered upon, owing to the more determined front shown by the Western powers, it will only be taking the step which might have been taken in the first instance. So much human blood has been spilled, so much treasure has been wasted, so many ships have been destroyed, and, perhaps, it is not going too far to say that all tffis loss may be laid at the door of the English Cabinet, who coquetted with the danger until it became serious, and virtually encouraged the EMPEROR of Rums. to proceed, until the quarrel has reached a point when it has become a matter of grave doubt whether the whole of Europe may not once more be convulsed with sanguinary warfare. But, ad mitting that this dread alternative may yet be averted, there is not one advantage now to be gained which could not have been accomplished equally as well at the commencement of the affair, and even better; for the blood which has already been shed must tend to embitter those relations of national intercourse which it should have been an especial object to preserve unimpaired. If Turkey be preserved from her oppressor, she will have no cause for gratitude to England for her preserva tion ; and if the anxiety for peace should lead to concessions to Turkish obstinacy, aroused by the necessity for armed resistance, the effect may be to render the condition of the Christian population of this Mahometan- state worse than it was before the EMPEROR of RUSSIA. raised the standard of war for the protection of 'the Greek Church. A DARWIN "delegate" has absconded with £lOO which had been subscribed for the Preston operatives. PHILHARMONIC-HALL. LAST WBEK BUT ONE! MISS RANSF ORD, the inimitable English Ballad Singer, AND THOMAS'S UNRIVALLED BAND OF SIXTY, AND SIXTEEN SOLO PERFORMERS, EVERY EVENING, at HALF-PAST SEVEN o'clock. (Look for particulars iR another rage.) TO GENTLEMEN DINING IN LIVERPOOL. FEENY'S MERCHANTS' DINING ROOMS. THE UPPER-SALOON, in the Merchants' New Dining Rooms, is unequalled by any similar room in the kingdom, for the magnificence of its decorations, and its general comfort and elegance, being light and well ventilated, and perfectly free from the smell of the cuisine. The Joints are taken hot to each Table, and carved by a professional carver. at the discretion of the customers. REVISED BILL OF FARE FOR THIS DAY (TUESDAY). JAN. 17TH, 1854. SOUPS, ready at Eleven o'clock, s. d. Mock Turtle and Hare, and Chesterfield Vermicelli and Maccaroui Mutton Broth and Pea 0 6 FISH. Fillet of Soles au Gratin Fillet of Sole ala d'Hotel 1 0 Large Fried Sole, is.; small Sole Fried Cod, I s.; small Ditto Cod and Oyster Sauce, Is. 3d. ; small Ditto 0 10 Curried Oysters, Is. ; small ENTREES. Served in Ten Minutes after Order, comprising : Cutlets, Curries, Salmis, Sautes, &c..... from Is. 3d. to 1 5 LOWER SALOON. DINNERS FROM JOINTS, POULTRY, GAME, &c. From 10d. to Is. Gd. Single Chop Dinner Ditto o 8 1 2 Small Steak! Dinner Ditto 1 2 SWEETS. Apple and Orange Fritters, Pancakes, Sweet and Savoury Omelettes, Puddings, Tarts, &c. UPPER SALOON. _ _ _ Dinner, including Soup, Joint, Vegetables, and Cheese.. 1 6 Ditto, with Soup, Fish, Joint, and Sweets , ... 2 0 WINES. Port and Sherry—Octave, 6d.; Half-pint, Is.; Pints, 28. Bottle, 45. Superior Ditto—Ditto. Bd. ; Ditto, I 5. 3d. ; Ditto 3s. ; Ditto, ss. ALES, PORTER, &c. Burton Pale Ales, 2d. per Glass ; London and Dublin Porter, 2d. per Glass. Half•piut Bottles—Ale and Porter, 3d.; Pints Ditto, 6d.; Quarts Ditto, Is. Cup of Tea or Coffee, 4d. ; Ditto, with Toast or Muffin, 6d.; Plain Tea or Coffee, Is.; Ditto, with Cold Meat or Chop, Is. 3d Mt- SLATER COURT. Castle-street, three Doors from Corner of Dale-street. IMPORTANT DECISION IN THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, YESTERDAY. MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY gave judgment, yesterday in the case ex parte Larmoor and Conway, in the matter of Mr. Joseph Johnson, lime-burner, of this town, a bank rupt. In doing so, he set forward a full statement of the facts. _ _ _ This was a motion submitted to the court by Mr. Lowndes, solicitor, on behalf of Messrs. Larmoor and Conway, trustees under the marriage settlement of Mrs. Johnson with the bankrupt, praying that certain furniture in the custody of the messenger might be ordered to be deli vered up to them. This furniture was admitted to be of two classes, class one being furniture in the possession of the bankrupt at Liscard, at and before the date of his marriage settlement, and class two being furniture acquired since that date. The settlement bore date the 20th April last, and was said to have been executed on the 21st of April, the day on which the marriage took place. It comprised the terns furniture, plate, and other articles, then in the house of the bankrupt, and on this ground the claim to the several articles included in class two was abandoned by Mr. Lowndes at the hearing. The furniture and effects in class one were purchased, but not paid for, so shortly before the marriage, that, in one instance, a note was written by the bankrupt to a Mr. Corkhill, on the 16th of April, pressing him to send home the furniture ordered of him, and which was sent home. It further appeared that, on giving the order, the bankrupt expressed a wish that it might be completed on the 19th of April, saying that his intended father-in-law was about leaving the town, and that he was very anxious to have the things in his house, so that his father. in-law might see them, and that he expected his father-in-law to make him a present of a freehold house. The bankrupt had denied this, but would not undertake to swear that no such conversation took place. The bankrupt, who was then in trade, was admitted, immediately preceding the execution of the settlement, to have been indebted to several creditors, including the tradesman supplying the furniture, in amounts which he had not the ability to pay. Amongst the creditors was a Mr. Robinson, who bad advanced to the bankrupt, in March, two sums of £lOO each. Of this debt it was admitted that Mrs. Johnson was well aware before the marriage, but it was said that Mr. Robinson contemplated becoming a partner, upon terms advantageous to the bankrupt, who had represented his circumstances to his father-in-law as promising, and that Mr. Robinson only declined becoming a partner after the bankrupt's return from his wedding trip. At a meeting of creditors, which took place prior to the bankruptcy, the debts appeared to be about £1,485, and the assets to promise about two shilling in the pound. Mr. Lowndes, in support of the application, cited the cases of Campion v. CottoQ7th Vesey, 263 ; and ex parte M`Burnie, Ist De Gex ArNaughten and Gordon, 441. These cases his honour minutely examined. Mr. Evans, on behalf of the assignees, had contended that the settlement was void, as being fraudulent against creditors, and so in itself an act of bankruptcy. In respect of that position, he had rested mainly upon the case of Columbine and Penhall, heard before the Vice-Chancellor, and in which judgment was delivered in March last. The circumstances of this case, quoted from the 15th vol. of the Law Times, were also detailed at length by his honour, who cited, in addition, the case of ex parte Mayor, reported in Montague, 292, and ex parte , Rutherford. The learned Commissioner concluded :—Having consi dered these cases, and the circumstances of the present case, however reprehensible may have been the course pursued by the bankrupt in obtaining credit for the furni niture, settled, I do not think that the case made out by the assignees, in opposition to Mrs. Johnson's trustees, ought to prevail so far as regards the furniture and effects in the house, at the time of the marriage. Ido not think that the fact of knowledge by Mrs. Johnson before her marriage that her hushand was indebted to Mr. Robinson, when considered in connexion with the intention of the latter to enter into partnership with the bankrupt, an in tention not abandoned at the time of the marriage, can affect the validity of the settlement. Those articles in class 1 must therefore be delivered up by the messenger, the others being retained for the benefit of the creditors PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO MR. BRADLEY.—About I one hundred of the friends and constituents of Mr. Bradley assembled at the house of Mr. W. Cole, Waterloo-road, on Thursday evening, for the purpose of presenting him with a testimonial as a mark of esteem for, and confidence in, him as a public man. THE REV. DR. JAMES has suceeeded in bringing the Llandovery Institution into a very efficient state. The education there given is of a very superior kind, and great advantages are presented to natives of the principality in the shape of scholarships, and exhibitions to the universi ties of Oxford and Cambridge. Dr. James was on a visit to Liverpool last week. SALE OF HOLMES'S FARMING STOCK, &c.—The sale of the farming stock, crop, and implements, at Ballacregga, commenced on Wednesday, but did not terminate until Friday. Amongst the large and respectable attendance present were observed his Honour Deemster Heywood, E. M. Gawne, Esq., Captain Murray, Captain M. Goldie &c. There were present a number of bidders, and the spirit manifested by them indicated no scarcity of money ; consequently everything sold well.—Manx Sun. THE CORPORATION, which has now paid for more than twenty years past the rent of the Post-office-place, where the Liverpool academy have held their annual exhibition, is, it is said, about to cancel its bond, and throw the cost on the artist. This item, amounting, we believe, to some thing like £250 a-year, is so fomidable, and the funds of the acaademy are so low, that the withdrawal of the Corpora tion support is likely to be followed by the permanent closing of the annual exhibition. BALTIMORE AND LIVERPOOL STEAMERS.—The efforts to place a line of ocean steamers between Baltimore and Liverpool has resulted in laying the foundation for such communication. A screw-propeller, the City of Baltimore, will be placed on the line between Liverpool and Balti more in the spring. She was built for the Philadelphia trade, but will not run there as stated. The City of Baltimore will touch at Norfolk. There is another screw propeller, owned by the same company, which, we are informed, will be also placed on the line to run in con junction with the City of Baltimore, if the proper en couragement is given.—Baltimore Times. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF Scimrcs.—On Friday a meeting of the general committee for promoting the proper reception of the British Associ ation in this town was held in the Town-hall. The Mayor presided. About forty members were present. After the transaction of some routine business, it was arranged that a public meeting should be called by the Mayor, towards the latter end of March or beginning of April, to which Professor Phillips should be invited ; that time being chosen as most convenient to him. The subscription-list was then augmented by the names of many gentlemen present, the amounts varying from £5 to £25. The names of several individuals were added to the committee, which now consists of about 150 persons. A vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor for the kind manner in which he had forwarded the objects of the committee and the sub-com mittees, and the meeting separated. The amount already subscribed is about £3OO. The amount required is about £1,500. Mr. M'Andrew, the treasurer, will receive the names of any who are willing to become donors to the local fund. Tux WEITIIEB.—The weather throughout the week has been variable, severe frost, however, being the pre dominant feature. On Thursday night we were visited by a fall of sleet, and as the snow and rain froze on reaching the ground, the streets and roads were, in the morning, covered with a thick coating of ice. On Friday the squares in the upper part of the town, as well as many of the roads in the outskirts, presented a novel appearance, being occupied, at intervals, by expert skaters, who pur sued the invigorating exercise without the fear of moles tation by the police, since the stipendiary magistrate has decided that skating on a public high road is not an offence within the meaning of the bye-law. The canals were blocked up with ice of great thickness. On Sunday morning rain fell ; a rapid thaw set iu ; and by the even ing the dangerous coating of ice had disappeared from the streets ; but yesterday the wind again changed to E. S.E., and was followed by another frost. FOLIC ESTEILDAT. ILLEGLL Pews ING.—Margaret Baker was charged with taking a waistcoat, a pair of trousers, and other articles, from the house of Ann Gellately, in 29, Northampton— street, on Saturday last, and pledging them for 30s. Prisoner did not deny the charge. She was ordered to pay 30s. and a fine of £6., or to be imprisoned for three months. _ PROM THE SHIP SENATOR.—John John.. son, a seaman, discharged from the ship Senator, just put into the Nelson Dock, on Sunday morning was seen coming out of the ship, where he had no business. He was taken into custoday, when he affected to be quite drank. He had a waistcoat, a pair of trousers, and is shirt, belonging to one of the apprentices of the ship, and also some handcuffs, belonging to the Senator. Pri soner was sentenced to one month's imprsonment. ATTEMPTING TO ROB A TILL.--Christopher Adams was charged with attempting to rob the shop till of Elizabeth Bird, 66, Renshaw-street, fin Saturday night. Prisoner was detected with his hand m the till ; he was known to the authorities, having ona previous occasion been sentenced to three months' imprisonment. He was sentenced to be imprisoned three months and to be whipped. STEALING BEEF.—Jane Murphy was charged with stealing a piece of beef from a butcher's shop in Portland square, on Saturday night. Prisoner did not deny the charge, but said that it was the first time she had ever been guilty of anything of the kind. She was sentenced to be imprisoned for five days. ROBBING AN EMPLOYER.—Fanny Farrell, Catherine Kemp, and Margaret Harrold were charged with stealing a quantity of cotton cloth, the property of Messrs. Johns son and Co., oil-cloth makers, in Surrey-street, and offer mg it in pledge at the shop of Mr. Heckle, in Park-lane, on Saturday last. Farrell, who had been several years in the employment of Messrs. Johnson and aid she had got the cloth from Mr. John son as a Co., Present. Mr.. Johnson, who was evidently in bad health, emphatically denied that he had ever given the cloth or anything else as a present, or that Farrell had authority for taking- it. The other two prisoners, it appeared, had acted only am messengers for Farrel. The case was remanded till to-day.. STEALING A TABLE.—Charles M'Queeny was charged with stealing a table from the shop of Clarke, 30, Fonteuoy-street, on Saturday last. He did not deny the charge ; but, as he was not known at the office, the case was dealt with leniently, and the prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned for fourteen days. STEALING FROM THE PERSON.—Mary Ann Risevegir was charged by an old man, mamed Thomas Woodcock, with robbing him of three half-crowns and a shilling, at the corner of a street, on Saturday evening. Prisoner, who was well known to the police, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. STEALING BY A SERVANT.—Mary Ann Edwards, a servant girl, was charged with stealing from the house of her master, Mr. Ring, 94, Bedford-street, where she had been in service for several months past, two salt-sellers, and some other articles of property. She admitted the charge, and was sentenced to be imprisoned for twenty one days. PASSING A BASE HALF-CROWN.--Ann Williams, a middle-aged woman, was charged with attempting to pass a base half-crown, in a public-house in Myrtle-street„ on Saturday evening. She stated she had got the half crown, along with other money, in change, and was ignorant that it was spurious. The case was remanded for a week. SUSPECTED CFILRIXTERS. — John Lorraine, John Lang, and Dennis Ward, were charged with being in the Clarence Graving Dock on Saturday afternoon, about three o'clock, with intent to steal scrap-copper and iron, considerable quantities of which were lying about where they were. On seeing they were observed by police-con stable 493, they all ran off, but were ultimately secured and taken into custody. No stolen property was found on any of them. Lang was discharged ; the other two, being known offenders, were sentenced each to fourteen days' imprisonment. INDECENT ASSAIGLT. - -Two rather ferocious-looking young men, named James Belliant and William Francis, were charged at the instance of Margaret Bridge, aged 22, with having committed an indecent assault upon her in the neighbourhood of Sandhill Bridge, on the canal, on the night of Monday the 9th instant ; and also with rob bing her of a bundle containing a bedgown, three aprons, a chemise, and other articles. From the evidence of the prosecutrix, it appeared she had been acquainted with both prisoners for a considerable time past ; that on the after noon of the day in question she met the prisoners acci dentally, about two O ' clock, near Chissenhall Bridge, and told them she was on her way to North Meols, and that she was then looking out for a boat to take her there. They told her there was no boat, but offered to escort her a part of the way to which she gave consent. They then induced her to go to several public houses where drink was obtained of which she (prosecutrix) partook, but sparingly. They under various pretexts, detained her front leaving Liverpool, and ultimately conveyed her to the spot where the alleged assault and robbery were committed. The prosecutrix was subjected to a severe and searching cross-examination on the part of the prisoners, by an attorney; but from her evidence, which she stedfastly persevered in, there could be no doubt that a serious assault had been committed on her by Belliant, who is a married man. After a protracted investigation, the pri soners were remanded for a week. ASSAULT ON A. POLICE CONSTABLE.—James Bever, a labourer at the gas-works, was charged with assaulting police constable 40, while the latter was endeavouring to induce Bever, who was intoxicated, to go home, on Satur day night. Prisoner said he was drunk and did not recoi led anything about it. He was ordered to pay a fine of ten shillings and costs. ASSAULT WITH A SwonD.—Thomas Hanburgh, an elderly and squalid-looking little Patlander, was charged with assaulting and wounding a countryman of his own, named McGarry, about half-past seven on Sunday night, in court No. 6, Adlington-street. It appeared the assault arose out of a sort of miscellaneous family squable, in which Hanburgh and his wife took a very active part; the latter attempting the defence of her better half, by the aid of a shillelagh, while he, exercising more pot-valourthan discretion, laid violently about him with a rusty old sword. The prosecutor, in endeavouring to save his head front serious damage, tried to lay hold of the weapon by which his personal safety was endangered, in doing which the fingers of his right hand were severely cut. Hanburgh made a rambling statement in his own defence, at the conclusion of which he was committed for trial at the sessions. SERIOUS CHARGE OP STABBING.—WiIIiam Alexander Cupp was charged with assaulting and stabbing James Gilroy on Sunday night, about a quarter to nine o'clock, at the corner of Flint-street. The case was not gone into, as the wounded man, who had been conveyed to the Nor them Hospital, was too ill to attend. Evidence was adduced to prove that the prisoner at the time and place named stabbed Gilroy with a knife in the right breast and left loin. The case was remanded for a week, in the hope that Gilroy will be so far recovered as to enable him to attend. NEW AMERICAN CLIPPER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE. WE announced a few weeks ago, that Messrs. James Baines and Co., the enterprising owners of the Black Ball Line of Australian packets, had entered i n t o a contract with Mr. Donald M`Kay, the eminent shipbuilder of Bos ton, U.S., to build two clipper ships for their line. We now learn that one of them was successfully launched on the 2nd instant. She was named the Lightning, and when we mention that her construction was superintended by Captain J. N. Forbes, the successful commander of the Marco Polo, and that he writes that she is everything he could desire, and also, that in his opinion she will prove faster than any ship he ever saw, we think we shall con vey a very good idea of what she is. The Boston Atlas, alluding to the launch, says :—" The splendid clipper Lightning, for the Black Ball line of Liverpool Australian packets, was launched yesterday, and was afterwards! towed to Captain Brewster's shears to be masted. She is a splendid vessel; is longer, wider, and sharper than the famous clipper Sovereign of the Seas, and is designed to eclipse her in speed. She is the strongest built ship we ever saw, and not surpassed for beauty by any ship Mr. M`Kay ever built." Certainly the eulogium passed by the Boston Atlas is very favourable, and which, if realized, will leave the owners of the Black Ball line no room to regret travelling across the Atlantic for their ships. The se ond clipper was in a very forward state, and would be launched early in March. The Lightning will be here about the middle of February, and will be immediately placed on the berth for Australia. The owners of the Black Ball line yesterday despatched the fine ship Mazeppa, Captain Jones, for Geelong; the Conway, 1200 tons, Capt. Liston, sails to-day with 387 Government emigrants for Geelong; and to-morrow their splendid clipper Indian Queen, Mill, commander, will sail with 300 passengers for Melbourne. Her sailing qualities are well known, and she is expected to make a very rapid run, her last voyage having been made out and home in six months and ten days. They have also on the berth the fine ships America and Fortune, to sail from Southampton, the former with 230, and the latter with 235 Government emigrants ; the Mary Winch, toisail from London for Adelaide ; and the ship Switzer land, from Birkenhead, with 220 Government emigrant!! and cargo for Sydney. The succeeding ship in the line from this port for Melbourne is the new clipper Saldanha, of 1000 tons register, and 3,000 burthen. She is not excelled by any ship in the trade, and has every essential requisite and convenience for passengers. PEE STEAMSHIP CHARITY. This magnificent iron screw steam-ship, which was built by Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead, for the African Steam-ship Company, has been since purchased for the Canada line of steamers, under the management of Messrs- M`Rean, 3/Marty, and Co. During the winter, whe n the navigation of the St. Lawrence is closed, she will run to Portland, in connexion with the Grand Trunk Railway- She is a really fine vessel, having, indeed, been found too large for the African trade, where she has made one voyage which was performed within a few days of the time fixed by mail contract. She registers about 1,300 tons, and her engines are nominally 300-horse power , b ut capable a working to 450-horse power. She has excellent accommo dation for cabin passengers, and her steerse aceommoda. tion is peculiarly light and commodious. Yesterday, the enterprising owners entertained a Part board, Tti°n just previous to her departure for Portland „ a large cargo, cabePabnoilitd.eosubotf tchaallatalan. and a fair number of passengers. -31r. ont stated that Mr. Laird was then building, for_ the company, l arge steamers of 2,000 tons burthen, and 450-horse power ; so that, in a very short time, they would be. enabled to per. form their mail contract with an efficient fleet, equal d h , e th co e l r o e ni ( ll n to bec a t z e o m th o e re r line. app immense amount of traffic will shortly be carried on with this port. The Charity was to sail this m • orning on her first voyage. - - appreciated, . u% FEARFUL STATE OF TIIE POOR d ay * i e b o dy of young, active, healthy me , ployment, filled the hall of the cite of Limerick - -Cahn\ t out. ot-kte- House, desirous of an interview with the Mayor, stating \ living—and that they should have bread or plunder. 1ti....i employment—that they had no means oCA, they were out of em would appear that certain provision stores and bakeries -.. were threatened at an early hour, of which the Mayor was apprised, and w hi c h he took measures to prevent. W e believe that Mr. D argan is about to,coMmeßce_the Fce 3 Railway immediately. —Limerick Reporter..: