The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-01 00:00:00

hanmels C 3, as a Spanigh Smuggles Serjeantson Miss Julia, as Catherine Seaton Stalker Robert H, as a student of Salamanca Samuel Ellen, Neapolitan Flower Girl Small Charies, as. Sir Roger de Coverley Sandland Mr, as a nobleman of Hungary Sands Benson, in a Turkish dress Sharpe Miss, as a Lancashire Witch Scott:William, as Quentin Durward Simpson George, in an Hungarian costume, and looked his character exceedingly well Simpson Miss, of Hill Foot Villa, Woolton, in an elegant Fancy-Ball dress Sales Mrs, as a French Countess of the time of Louis Fourteen Sales Mr, as a Forrester • Stei N nbrugge Ch ar l es, as a M id sh i pman i n her Majesty's Roya Navy Syers A L, of Everton, as a Polish Cavalier Syers Miss Mary, of Everton, as a - Young Lady of the 16t1 century. She looked perfection Still 11, as.a Gentleman Commoner of Corpus College, Ox ford Stanley Miss, of Leamington, in a Scotch fancy dress Stevenson Miss, as a Greek Slave Samuel Mr, of Percy-street, as a Field Marshal Samuel Mrs Henry, in a fancy dress of velvet and pearls Samuel Miss Rose, as Diana Vernon Sunderland Mr Wm Elstrobe, as a Corsrir Sanderson, jun, Mr H J, Everton, as a Tyrolese Nobleman Shand W Walcott, in a Greek dress Samuel Miss Fanny, as a Circassian Smith Horace, of Strangeway's-hall, Manchester, in a Cour dress Shand Alexander, as a Sclavonian Nobleman Salisbury H. S, as John O'Gaunt's Bowman • Stewart Charles, of Rock Ferry, as Caspar, (German For rester.) Sheppard Sherbourne, Mill-street, as James Fitz-James : " Midst furs and silks and jewels sheen, He stood in simple Lincoln green, The centre of the glittering ring— And Snowdown's Knight is Scotland's King." Spence James jun, as Francis the First : a splendid dress of crimson Genoa velvet, worked in silver ; mantle of purple velvet and white satin ; hat and plumes Strubing, Count 'Ulric V. de, in the unif o rm of an Offi cer o f the Swi ss S taff, with the cross of the Swiss Confederation on the left arm Stuart, Mr, Theatre Royal, in a full court suit Shand S W arner, as a Forester' Sylvester L S, as a Lieutenant in the royal navy Stafford Henry, as a Greek Samuel Miss Julia, as a Swiss Peasant Girl Samuel Miss Matilda, as a Greek Lad l Samuel Mrs, Percy -street in a Court - dress • Swainson Miss, Islington, graced an old English costume Searight Miss Jane, Park -place, as a novice of Santa Maria de los Dolores Searight Miss Isabella, Park-plaC i e, as Flora Macdonald Shaw John, as a Hungarian Searight Mrs James, Park-place, as an Eastern Princess Scott J. as a Greek Smith, Miss as an Algerine Smith Henry, as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, looked " every inch a sailor" • Steele Mrs, as Mary Queen of Scots Seignette Mr, as Lord St. Clair Swainson John jun, Cambridge-street, as Rochester, admi rably dressed, as was his royal master, the Merry Monarch who accompanied him St ewart Mrs Duncan, as Clemanthe SSmith Frederick, as a Venetian Nobleman tGeor g e M r, of the Royal Artillery St. W, as an Officer of Yeomanry Cavalry Albin,r, Chester, in a Russian costume Smith James Houlbrooke, as Baron Von Muller Tinley G A. as Sh e ikh o f M uscat 4r°llghton Win, in the costum e of th e age o f L ou i s XIV turner the Hon Miss, as May Quee n , a ver y e l egan t, light, arid airy dress Tl at tersall Miss, as an old lady of 1745 o wer Sa mue l , j un, as a Spanish Grandee Twirou"litort T M, as a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge .nanie James, in a fancy dress ' n ame John G, D u k e - street , h ussar un if orm TMwinatne Da v id, D u k e - street, as an off i cer of the Polish guard eton Gilbert Edward, as a Greek t 3 l4 ,, r eY R J, as a Spanish don Thu°las Frederick, as a Midshipman Th o 4l Psort Walter, as a Midshipman lkomasson C, as . Hamlet 4,T otoassoti MissrA, as Anne Page Th masson Miss, as a Lady'of Morocco Pluou George B, of Liscard, Cheshire, as a Tyrolese Tayrsant irrouor,Riehard,„of Sackville-street, as a Polish . Nobleman th _gaton ja n jun, in'a Court Dress of the reign of Louis Ta Fourteenth of I{tn W H, of LondOn, i n a Cavalier dress of the rei gn Charles the Second " His dress'hecanie him : how could it else? His was a form where grace and elegance Shone in each movement." TrrQughton Benj am i n , Li eutenant R N tic'elighton Mrs Thomas B, in a fancy dress Edward, as a Turkish Boy ),tor Mrs Thotnas as a Swiss Peasant T a a }le ur Henry as Ja' ck Sheppard I.4Y.leur Mrs Ifenry as a Dutch Lady ,}!eur William, in'a Court dress T a , l rur Mrs William, in Albanian costume IV v i e ur Mr, as one of the 79th Hi g hl an d ers Tr CJohn s,aut'ain Ed as anwar as Officer a Carabineer ' o d, Ton u4letitb eck Miss M, as a Circassian Captive ()h , Henry ,us a Turkish .sailor Trrgiltott t M,'as a fellow of King's College, Cambridge "gilar, Miss Ilannah,. as Mrs Pry 'N'sl,l'burne 19r as a Danish Cavalier of the Court of Alfred Twinner J H, in a Spanish Costume Turt i ,. 4lll r .%W, Duke,s,treet,:in a Grecian costume . as Don Felix, a superbly figured Spanish Dress 1, °coked well Ta ta , c ‘i Y „Mr Copperas-hill, as the " Stranger" I t*r .°l.ll er:ry tastle-street, as. Sir Roger de Coverlet nor j a real Chilian costume t re Li ss, in a splendid fancy dress, gold embroidery V-".r3r kiss Mary as a Rhetiisfr lady' . Vans Ann, as Lallah Rookh art y Mi ss, -u hunias in a Grecian costume —' ' as'a Hi gh land Lady . W. N . v V is ott IN Ali- • v, •a n Ai. Miss 'Shaw-street in !11ia 1.4 , 1 Liss m, Shaw-street, , a Polish dress . reet, in a Polish dress Iv i l l on 3 s i ,), as a Greek vilteh o \--.• as an Irishpi •• driver Ve e i ho use Mr ;1 „. ,II an _ Wiltell, A ,!'se Mr : . 1 . ,' , _ i ~.... Indian costume i itie‘. .l„!•, as a i`e'rsuilcolicassian Chief Vilei l V , as a Mex . '. w il soa - J r , as a Circassian .naii ranchero ara omas _ i ,vreign etanrge, St , Jan n an ' lndian costume es s-terrace, as a Royal page in the ~,itro J al Elizabeth loll ll , l ,. ° se i p St.Ja t tri i es's-trrace, as Harom Al Raschid Watehe"" Joshua, • i v ilki n dd Captain J W a; as Kosciusko ~ H, HCS, in uniform I \re e h ie e h bl. 4 o 9 a n t Ai th_e ‘ , i n i n nito! . -m of a Commissariat l Wrliale,,lr, as, a . Court dress 441,' ',1i55. 4.r.enrsia,n noble oitre_Y Baroness,i__ . a Scottish fancy dress y .. zitso , af A. Caroline M, as a Spanish Lady of the pro ,v.,, n „ ercia W it t t b , s o t erir ll t U s r , y a , s o a f , 1 1. F., ,a v r e l r ,: t is o i n l , as a 'Mohican Indian Lady Iv eot r , Ross,in "The Made v s IN- ovel a n s t . ' Cleveland,Smuggler," f rom The Pirate" I%;laritijartaedearic_s,- a - Venetian Nobleman ,! titt r a iley ii,4.Admiral Hardy ~,i4a, riley Q ,s Julia, as a Lady of Verona ,411eilliey T,L a . s a Knight of Malta I, n , L itt y h . , , Mrs S, as a Lady of Athens oite c.:.,:ies., in a . Turkish costu • Iksitt'll i: a Midshipman '1" Vlie 4 ,l l Fret i•P splendid Trkisl d ~ i iii aloe . click, as an Albanian . t ress l llki th s J a s ' of IlzdneY-street . d a sHamlet his iiso o Oes . , Lord-street, as' British . Seaman iii g outh, ia , a4l, Lord-street, as King Henry the Bth in 1 1 ‘. 1 : ! 1 ( t hl iti li_ e s° 4 1 ( 1 1 9 0 f , ford-street, in a Full Court dress V,!lli‘us k r n, as Count Almavi ~ , ,11,1;_las s Joseph, attired in a v ;a y dress % . , !i tht Joseph, as a Courtier of the time of George 111 Ivilietinalla Mrs,' in an Old Englishcostume ed attractive as Ger -111419 in 94,,,, Seymour-street lo b tl ie eg g lie Loan of a Lover"' o l egs Edward, o Chatham-street, in the Court dress of eore he Third Nonc e Joshu a jun t as a Polish Nobleman mra , ead j wes, jun., as a Cannock Forester 41 ( i ley T , 1 , as Falstaff A l it m is... Brunswick-roadas . a Dutchman, and 1' 44 0n, j all No,ve s r S, Islington, as his Wife, looked the charac or Esq, Rock Park, in his robes, " for TIE Is the ESte"! Egremont 'i • C ty . wro Dow , ^attended by Mr W , bailiff and i j s ri coroner epyh.Ackeni• Chamley, t o th eir ° ,l , commissioner extraordinar thetuicii afficial dresses. Baynes, Sundry . other' members of the tery far attended his Worship : much a truly orthodox phalanx t o of red, and attractedattention. Severalmem oe4r t i , ao above unreformed corporation, after the •1-e the a• npaeared in the uniform of the Royal Rock ri ll ta o 3 W ° •- r eejh' atte \i i t ° lise 1 ed by their re -id9 Circassian chief, ok d 'remarkably well, 0 .4 fi , •• i ir, as aCi • crt, it •&c 1,, sure, and Vvi i Lis W, supported the character e to the life Irlittit , pia rns ß e Ai , s o . f l3 Georgeatoisrleadli.'se.trirriealeectse,,aass art Ensign of the 10 Lancers the Third Oki ti. Charlesin Greek character of Fum Fi Iv t tlitt B i,e m iglilsso,f ka ew s a v L er a r t y ly , of the Century Cheshire, in a Court costume of otsittieg_ Queen Anne i of George Edward, Chatham street, in a court dress of the p,tl7brri"eorge 111 - \\, ,, 4iii i iii4Oza T G, in :a splendid velvet dress kl uoh ititi,leyll, Clayton-square o , as a military officer as Duke a r,Atccompanied by Mrs Walms 4iel Pljripishua, the Miss Walmslev as a Flower O N . IF . Court dresses y 1 . 1 is Worship and' h r is fair companion's looked ex- Kt 11,14 well 11041 1. 49 , , zs e i , ii , in ... a Fancy Dress 1, 4 J o _ _ Y Lord Tom Nod nathan, as a Greek dy Ste%44 k Y 4 b r, i n 1,01,...1ii, a Court d • o ilt.krsa Huskisson-street, as Abbas Ni lirza the Schab 4 ttrtiii ' of iess \,4titioi,elvitietlii6llis, of Huskisson-street, as a Persian Lady of i I l'icz A ,. / V F, as a Highlander r, in a Spanish dress. tii til er rrl Z all James, dress officer of the Frankfort yeomanry -...........w...... 11(),6 ADDITIONAL NAMES. 04. M i ss 'V 1 4 ~ 1 , a lovely " paysanne a la cachoise,"—one of \ol,tis°"'l?eautiful - ersonations in the room 'oj, 4?;' 9, in a court P dress_ of Charles 11., exceedingly ty \t/ i '. 4 _ t he character well sustained . hlicli o ,.s, New Perry, in a splendid Court dress of the u a ti Zed 1: Queen Anne —most beautiful. .She was accom ti 1 11 V gallant kniolit, admirably attire( . . _, AA :4 „ Illiain jun was' splendidly and " classically ' at -4 ~a t 4 e i a Chief of ' ltalian Banditti. This was one of the of ''orill4t:acteristic personationsin the room. (N ttthe P)lsaioner Dowling•appeared at home as a . Captail I't e e e 4 t. If e Guards, and sustained the character with mud , 1 , Of „ttt e . . . 'Ot,. let Henry John, appeared as a Highland Chieftain + l4 a 44 Ito kr , \ A ,4t e ol a „ na 'al t l' It Aspinall, in a splendid Turkish costume it:iille,,--,,,,an elegant Greek dress • . AlpoI:' 'tiii ''''', inn. appeared ' in the 'character of a Polish Al i ,e t tai ri . 4 a rich dress trimmed with ermine, and a ft sty -9 square tipp e d cap • . • 1 4 . '• la 4 4 ". appeared as a cavalier, in the time of Charles pi ( ''cle, a , very splendid dress of gren velvet, richly AN We ~Tv'erand trimmed with gold e late. The hat and e Peculiarly characteristic, The history of our country was last night turned topsy turyy. This is the especial glory of a FANCY BALL. People may come there with.the most individual ideas in the world. What matters it ! When there, as the black man says in the play, " Who can controul his fate ?" The association, and " mingle, mingle, mingle," derange every thing. No sooner had the music struck up than Capulet danced with Montague,—Whigs with Tory,—honourable Radicals with outlawed brother Chartists. 'We saw Cavaliers of all coun tries shake hands with others of the same kidney. Followers of the incapable Stuarts drank wine with the worldly parti zans of the piebald James. Jacobins laughed at and with Bourbons and Bonapartists The quadrilles did this, in " fours," " eights," " sixteens,'' and " thirty-twos." In the dancing-room, after supper, the floor was full. The Costumes could then be appreciated. Those in Greek dresses were the most correct. One Highland fellow surprised every one : The tapers wink, the fiddlers shrink ; A stranger " goes." Well ! amidst the crew A form was seen in tartan ireer;: — And the " form" astounded the assembled company. No one could decipher him. A group conspicuously stationed at the right hand entrance, from the audience part of the vestibule, was appealed to. The fact was, it was " after supper" and no honest men could make the eccentric out. As a relief we thought of the lines of our Eton Chum Byron : The more intently the people gazed, the less Could they distinguish whose the features were ; Our " devil" himself, seemed puzzled even to guess ; They varied like a dream, now here, now there ; And several " people" swore from out THE PRESS He was " their' father : upon which another Was sure he was his mother's cousin's brother. Ah ! that is the way that we and others are served—on inquiry—at a ball. We note the thing, nevertheless, in ur disturbed good humour as strikingly characteristic. The Cavaliers were a gay set; they were their own adven- turers. The Danish and Italian fellows had the best of it. This reminds us of Dean Swift's remark, that each party grows proud of that appellation which their adversaries first intended as a reproach. Of this sort were the Guelphs and Gibelines, Huguenots and Cavaliers. We noticed several handsome fellows, clean licnbedinen, on whose persons the eye of a female judge could fall with - pleasure. . It was our intention to have noticed Groupes. But on this occasion there were none of a classical character. The Ball was equal to that of the Festival seven years since, but in no way superior to it. There were superfluous Hamlets with few Ophelias, and therefore unnecessary Gravediggers. Perhaps four Laerteses were the census of that fiery population. We saw an admi rable .Tack Sheppard (Mr. Atkins), who bowed to us after affecting to pick a gentleman's pocket with whom we were indulging in wine with a violent tea-totaller. There were some fair Flora Macdonalds, and an admira ble " Moll Flagon, " with whom we drank spiced whiskey on our way ont, obstructed by that characteristic " lady. " The supper was excellent ; and the bands in full play. The only defalcation was on the part of the committee of manage ment. It may have had individual exceptions ; but we wish to confine our remarks to the general, which was most cen surable in its paltry proceedings towards the press. No facilities were offered. The whole active work has been done by two establishments, which produced what they could get up this day ! and against time. This should have been otherwise. Charity covers a multitude of sins, but next Charity Ball, we wish irrespective of more years, to have men of business on the Committee ! This ball with the above drawback, was worthy of Liverpool. P.S.—Let us not forget, else we should adjudge ourselves worthy of nothing less than the fate of a rat-trap. One of the best characters of the evening was of this pretension. [t w•as exquisite : " Sole guardian of a nation's cheese." Miss Tobin, Miss Fayrer, the Lafone family, and a thou sand others left impressions behind them which the cause of charity cannot efface. Nevertheless, bless the fair ladies who graced with their presence this noble Ball! The exact number of persons at the Ball was 1014. PROTESTANT MEETING AT MANCHESTER.—A meeting was held in the large room in Bywater's Hotel, Manchester, on Tuesday night, for the purpose of adopting a petition against any further grant to the Popish College at Maynooth. The admission was by ticket. The Rev. Hugh Stowell oc cupied the chair, and the proceedings were of great length. The chairman, in accounting for the absence of the Rev. H. M`Neile, said that that gentleman was reserving his strength for the intended meeting in Manchester, to petition for the repeal of the Catholic relief bill. Several resolutions, ex pressive of disapprobation of the annual grant to the college of Maynooth, and of the national education scheme, were proposed and carried, and a petition founded on the resolu tions was adopted. Lady Charlotte Greville, with the family of Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, left rome on the 20th ult. and are expected to arrive early in the ensuing week. SLAVE TRADE.—A very pretty schooner, the Vixen, is now lying in the Salthouse-dock. She measures 43 tons, and when captured, no less than 320 slaves were found on board. ASCENSION OF NAPOLEON.—This striking exhibition took place on the premises belonging to Mr. MTardy, Burlington street North, on Wednesday evening last, at seven o'clock, and delighted thousands who witnessed the ascent. The figure was of enormous size, inflated with hydrogen gas. It rose very majestically and rapidly in an easterly direction, giving the gentry of Evertor a splendid spectacle, being in view for half an hour. We are given to understand that Mr. Merridy has made several attempts previously, but has suc ceeded at last in avoiding the slightest disappointment. It is his intention to send father and son up together early in next month. THE ART OF RIDING.—Many of our townsmen may be at a loss for a riding-school, and an excellent teacher of the " art equestrian." To such we can most cordially recom mend Mr. Smith's establishment. The fondness of our gracious Queen for this fashionable exercise has, of late, rendered its adoption almost universal. Perfection in it has become a " polite accomplishment" upon which no ordinary value is placed. We feel convinced that M r . S m i th ' s suc 1, airy, an d salubrious cess as a teacher will secure for his school an i ncreased mea s situationu re of u o b f s school patronage. ls a very h great The c e rit r arecommendation.—See Advt. BENNISON'S MAP OF LIVERPOOL. — We have just had an opportunity of examining this splendid and unique map of the ! " good old town. It is most elaborately and beautifully executed, and reflects the highest credit on the spirited pub . - lisher, Mr. Bell, of Lord-street, and the talented engraver, Mr. J. Dower, of London. It is on a large scale, 48 inches by 32, but reduced in dimensions from Mr. Bennison's first map. It embraces the whole of the town and suburbs, to gether with a large extent of the adjacent country. E very street, public building, church or chapel, charitable institu tion, &c., is distinctly traced. The ward boundaries are also marked, and each ward has its distinct colour. This map embraces all the recent improvements in the town and neigh bourhood, including those now in progress. It ought to be introduced into every public establishment, inn, and office in the town, to each of which it would prove a decided orna ment ; the border, (four inches in width) which surround it, presenting a succession of accurate and striking views of our principal public buildings, churches, &c., which are alone, we may say without any exaggeration, worth the price of the map. The present only costs about one-third of the price of the former. We may, perhaps, be allowed to suggest, that this map wou ld f orm a ver y acc ept a bl e p resent to di stant friends, who may feel an interest in this town. As a proof of our own appreciation of its merits, we have just had the Standard -office fitted up with Mr. Bennison's map.—See advt. THE MAGISTRATE AND Tiff', Ass. — llenry IV. of France passing through a small town perceived the corporation as sembled to congratulate him on his arrival. Just as the prin cipal magistrate had commenced a tedious oration, an ass began to bray ; on which the king, turning towards the place where the noisy animal was, said gravely, " Gentlemen, one at a time, if you please." THE ROOINIS AFTER NINE O'CLOCK* As caterers to the public, we were amid the throng of " characters" shortly after nine o'clock. The difference of effect, referable to the lights, on what had been previously seen during the day, struck even practised eyes with the surprise of difference. It was a wondrous scene. Every observer seemed delighted. Those who came early did not know how to occupy themselves ; they seemed at a loss how to fill up their time. It was otherwise with the ladies. All of them looked well, and on the best possible terms with themselves and party. Oh ! what a scene a genteel Fancy Ball is. How different from vulgar masquerades, which, however, should be res pected, like Popery, inasmuch as being the herald of a wel come change of better manners, feelings, hopes, and promise ! There it is. Last night, or rather this morning, motley was the only wear. Those who have travelled with Puckler Muskau, or sailed round the globe with Cook, Basil Hall, or the dream ers with Columbus, may possibly talk of the Havannah, or of the piebald costume of New Orleans and Mexico, against what glorious and ever-new Liverpool can produce. Their attempts are abortive. Fortunately this was a fancy ball. Strangers were among us ; and strangers who were no stran gers to manners or expectancy. All joined, as we do, in a meed of praise to the female beauty of the scene. The Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire " display" was such as to keep up and to justify the female rivalry of those splendid counties. Pressed for space and tied to time as we are, we shall not be provoked to break away from this refer ence, without recording an agreeable justifier ; and it is this : Liverpool has been true to itself. Its fancy-ball will take rank in the history of all such fashionable displays as one of the chief in Victoria's reign. The very genius of manly chi valry seems to have dawned on the susceptible counties of England ; and matches, in embryo, from this auspicious night we prophecy will eventually perpetuate the allied names of Victoria and Albert. Let us leave the general, to notice what we could of the individual. We saw, on the way to supper, a Yorkshire peasant treading on the heels of the peer. This was an illus- tration of Shakspeare, and we looked for truth " turning up" from the literal apostle of mankind ! This ball was without a personal representative of the bard of Avon, but his genius and his works were diffused, übiquitously, throughout a room honourably dedicated to charity, and the kindly and human feeling of which he was the manly, as well as the poetic re presentative, We have just adverted to a representation of the state of Yorkshire :it was Mr. Reay. Nobly did he sustain it. He lives in the memory of ball frequenters, these four years. Some one encroached upon him, and the best bustling apology of the evening followed, with which our ears were assailed. Such a look of grace from the fair creature who hung on the arm of a very Turk, never emanated from the " windows of the mind" of a Cleopatra or Hero, in their most satisfied moods, THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS ROMER, And the Last Night but Five of MISS ROMER and MR. G. STANSBURY. THIS present ,MTFRIDAY ay 1, 1840, will be performed 1 Barnett's celebrated grand romantic Opera, entitled the MOUNTAIN SYLPH. Eolia Miss Romer Mr. G. Stansbury I Donald Christie Mr. Beker Bailie Macwhapple Mr. P. Crowe Jessie.... Miss Grant To conclud e with the Grand Musical Drama called GUSTAVUS III.; OR, THE MASKED BALL. Gustavus .. Mr. Chaplin f Colonel Lillienhorn .. Mr. Barker Captain Ankarstrom .... Mr. P. Crowe. Christian Englehart Mr. Baker Arvedson .... Miss Cleaver Madame Ankarstrom On MONDAY next, the favourite Comic Opera of the LOVE SPELL. Adina, Miss Romer; Dulcamara, Mr. G. Stansb ur y ; Belcore, Mr. P. Crowe; Gianetta, Miss Grant. To conclude with the Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. Glo'ster, Mr. Stuart; Henry the Sixth, Mr. Gray; Richmond, Mr. W. Howard; Lord Mayor, Mr. Baker ; Queen Elizabeth, Miss Cleaver ; Duchess of York, Mrs. Baker, Lady Anne, Mrs. W. H. Bland. Hela. Mr. Barkei TO CORRESPONDENTS. Zibrrpool FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1840, "We are quite ready to give to the Quakers any credit they can fairly claim for their past efforts in the cause of negro emancipation. 'We admit the indefatigable zeal with which they have worked, and the liberality with which they have contributed funds in aid of that cause ; but we can neither allow them that pre-eminent merit for their past efforts which the Morning Herald assigns to them, nor admit that the course which they are now pursuing in con nexion with the Anti-Slavery Society is one which is consistent with their claim to be regarded as the ex clusive friends of the negro. We entertain ourselves, against slavery in every fOrm, as strong a feeling as any one. We would not tolerate its existence in any part of the British possessions, and should gladly witness its abolition throughout the world. Undoubtedly the day will arrive when this happy consummation shall be accomplished—when the tread of a slave shall not be allowed to pollute the earth, or the clank of a fetter to mock the free breath of heaven, " from Indus to the pole." But that the course which the Anti-Slavery Society are pursuing is calculated to hasten the arrival of such a period, we most emphatically deny. On the contrary, we know that slavery, in all its most aggravated features, is in creasing at the present moment, and will continue to increase, so long as England, led by the restless agita tion of mock philanthropists, is willing to feed it from her own hands, by allowing to be wrested from her the only power which she ever, possessed, or ever can possess, of putting an end to its horrors,—viz., the power of competing successfully with the foreign slave-owner, and of driving his blood-stained com modities from the market, with the produce raised by free labour in our own colonies. We believe that the present Anti-Slavery Society are inflic ing, by the course of agitation which they still keep up against our colonial interests, a deep and fa' - al wound upon those principles of true humanity of which they assume to be the sole guardians; and, having convinced ourselves of this fact, we certainly :eel, like our contemporaries, disposed to call things by ;heir proper names, even at the risk of occasionally offending by our plain speaking. The real fact of the matter is, that a great number of pretenders to superior sanctity have for the last half -century existed upon the . questi on o f negro emancipation. The .sufferings, real and ideal, of the black population of our West India colonies, has furnished, as our Manchester friends would say, both the warp and the weft of the stuff of which these saints are woven. From the sleek and sly member who pursues the humble occupation of a vender of tea, coffee, tapes, and tracts, to the demure aristocrat who carries on the more lucrative pursuits of a banker or a merchant, the tale of negro sufferings has been a " stock piece," at the ,production of which the whole House would dissolve in tears, and an immediate de- mind be created for pocket-handkerchiefs and free labour sugar. At the name of a West India planter the young 'ramifies would fall into fits, and every hair upon their well-combed heads stand up, " like quills upon the fretful porcupine;" whilst at the eupho nious cognomen of some woolly-headed African an affected sympathy would brim their swimming eyes, and they would paint, in their diseased imaginations, the poor flat-nosed negro as the embodiment of every grace and virtue under Heaven—the representative of those " Sons of the desert, men whose stately tread Starts from the dust the sounds of Liberty !" The abolition of slavery in our colonies has been, in truth, a heavy blow to these people. The itinerant lec turer, who has been wont to elevate his saintly eye brows and lengthen his demure chin at the contem plation of its horrors, is deprived of a subject upon which to exhaust his overflowing affection for the human race. The meek and saintly person, who has been accustomed to shine forth at the periodical ga therings of the society as the very paragon of philan thropy, is reduced to the simple condition of a mere mortal, inflicted with a grievous propensity to disfigure and deform the person which nature has allotted him, by the adoption of an uncouth garb and a studied sin gularity of speech and manner. The saint, in short, has become a mere man, and in that position we would fain allow him to remain. But we cannot, unfortunately, discover in this meddling body a disposition to rest contented with the good work which they have assisted in promoting. The name and substance of slavery has been banished from the possessions of Great Britain, but the bitter feeling, with which they have been accustomed to re gard that foul blot upon our national reputation, kp. pears to have been transferred, from the object which excited it, to a body of men who, whatever may have been their past delinquencies, ought certainly now to be allowed to pursue their avocations without molesta tion. The agitators of the anti-slavery party appear disposed to continue their restless interference until every vestige of prosperity shall have been driven from our %Vest Indian possessions, and those mines of Bri tish wealth shall be abandoned to sterility and deso lation. We were told, when the emancipation of the slaves in our colonies was granted, that under a system of free labour the cultivation of our West Indian islands could be satisfactorily and profitably carried on. The planters and owners of those noble possessions con ceded more than was even demanded, and, by the voluntary termination of the apprenticeship system, entered at once fully and freely into a trial of the question. They anticipated, what has since been fully verified by experience, that, from the natural indolence of the negro race, which generally confines its exer tions to the limit of its necessities, the quantity of free labour which they would be able to command would he insufficient for the purpose of developing fully the resources which nature had placed within their reach. They endeavoured, therefore, to supply the deficiency by encouraging the voluntary immigration of labourers from amongst a portion of the degraded popu lation of our East Indian possessions ; but here the senseless outcry of a mock philanthropy was allowed to prevail with the legislature, and this mode of procuring a supply of labour was stopped. Sufficient, however, had been already done to serve, at least, as an experiment of the value of their project; and now, when its working has been found to he suc cessful, and a disposition has been manifested by Go vernment to arrest the gradual decline of our colonial prosperity, by allowing, under proper regulations, the adoption of a system of immigration, the outcry of the enemies of the West Indian interest is again raised, and every weapon of offence, which the most malig- " A Friend " wishes us to draw the attention of the public and of the authorities of the town to the nuisance occa sioned by the parading of the tee-totallers, accompanied by their bands, and surrounded by a set of the worst characters in town. This annoyance the inhabitants are frequently subjected to at as late an hour as half-past eleven. We must apologize to our distant subscribers for not for warding the STANDARD to post at the usual hour; but we felt assured they would prefer receiving a complete ac count of the festivities, though a few hours later than what has been customary. A Stamped Supplement accompanies the paper, which has enabled us to afford a full list of the visitors at the Fancy Ball, without curtailing our customary intelligence, and we have to express our acknowledgments to those parties who yesterday kindly favoured us with their names for insertion, which greatly assisted our own " extraordinary" exertions. A SUPPLEMENT is publisi►ed with .the LIVERPOOL STANDARD of this day. nant ingenuity and the most unprincipled falsehood can suggest, is directed against the efforts of the planter—of the British merchant who has invested his capital in colonial property—to maintain and improve that possession which, relying upon the faith of the British Parliament, he has bought and paid for. Looking at the subject in all its bearings, we cannot but think that a feeling, which is not genuine, unmixed huma nity, actuates this partyin their proceedings. We cannot remember that we have lately observed much parade of that preference for the produce of free labour, in our West Indian possessions, which used to be given to the free labour of other countries. On the con trary, we fancy that the introduction of the slave grown sugars of the Brazils to the English market would- not, at this moment, if advocated by a liberal administration, meet with much opposition from our pseudo philanthropists. We have . pointed out to them again and again, and we have strengthened our posi tion by an array of facts which no casuistry can weaken, that the true policy of the conscientious opponent of Slavery is to encourage the cultivation, by free labour, of our own possessions, which, from their extent and fertility, are more than ten times sufficient to supply to the whole world those commodities, for the pro curing of which the curse of slavery is entailed upon the human race. We have PROVED this fact again and again, and, from the result, we are compelled to believe that the hatred of slavery which is ever upon the lips of the philanthropists of the present day might be more correctly termed the diseased longing of shal low minds for popular applause, mingled with the hatred which penniless adventurers ever bear towards those whose well-directed industry has achieved its just reward. We will suggest to these gentlemen a direction in which their efforts might possibly be productive of benefit to the cause which they profess so loudly and with such fervency to advocate. Let the Anti-Slavery Society allow and encourage the growth of free labour in the British Colonies, and turn their wrath upon the open and undisguised traffic in slaves, at present carried on by the liberal government of France —the France of July ! England has poured out her blood, like water, has thrown away millions of treasure, in the honest attempt to put down this infamous trade; and yet under a liberal government, under a government supported by nine out of ten of our present humanity-mongers ; she has alloWed France openly and insultingly to purchase the African negro, and the vessel in which the living cargo is stowed, to be convoyed by two French ships of war, carrying the tri-colour, Liberty's chosen ensign, at their mast heads. 'We refer for the particulars of this bare faced infraction of " the inalienable rights of men," by the government of France, to an able letter given in another column, which we copy from the Morning Herald of Wednesday; and we ask of the Anti-Slavery Society, we demand of them in the name of humanity— in the name of consistency—in the name of religion— to raise their voice against a nation which so grossly insults and outrages the liberties of man—the image of his Maker!—and against a British ministry—how unworthy of the name !—which allows and winks at the profanation, But will these gentlemen listen to us? Not they. We should as soon expect to see the Ethiop washed white as this faction, which parades its regard for the interests of humanity so prominently take any honest step in furtherance of their own avowed purposes, if by doing so one drop of the sweets of official pay and patronage, could miss their offered lips; or one stroke, aimed at the objects' of their bitter hatred, should fail in its work of destruc tion We beg to direct the particular attention of our readers to the letter in question, and trust that the statement which it conveys will not escape the notice of the true friend s of the Negro in the House of Com mons. Perhaps Mr. Scoble, the veracious itinerant of the Anti-Slavery Society, may even find it worth . iris perusal, although, by the bye, we have not yet heard that either he or Mr. Cropper have found it conve nient to examine the documents offered to their inspec tion at the late meeting, by our townsman, Mr. Semple. At any rate, we know they have not had the manliness to acknowledge publicly the impression produced by their perusal. The Manchester Guardian, our vuondam, strong, opponent On the s ubject'otih. corn lawS, has recently drawn upon itself the censure of the 4nti-Corn.,Law Circular, on account of "the exceptions taken by the Guardian to Mr. Edward Baines's speech"----in which the latter gentleman assigned " the eauses 'of the manufacturing distress to the corn-laws exclusively." , The Guardian assumes, on what we conceive to be satisfactory data, that, " so far as related to the cotton manufacturer, orertrading, the prostration of credit in America, and the conduct of the American Bank, I\ad, in reality as much or more to do with that distress." It is some consolation to the agricultural interests to find one of the staunchest advocates of the manufac turers making such a striking acknowledgment. When an allusion was made at the late Anti-Corn-Law Meeting in Liverpool, to overtrading as a probable cause of the existing distress among the operative class, the speaker was greeted with loud cries of " no, no." But " yes, yes" exclaims the leading organ of the manufacturers. " Overtrading" has had "as much or more" than the corn-laws to do with the distress, We cannot resist quoting the following additional rebuff which the Guardian has administered to the selfish agitators of the Anti-Corn-law league :—" To detect and correct the errors of the Anti-Corn-Law Circular is a task which we have never set ourselves, or possibly it might have had less reason to complain of the little notice it has received from us. We have always been the reverse of anxious either to sneer or cavil at the proceedings of the league ; but we must admit, that of many of those proceedings it was im possible for us honestly to speak in terms of commen dation." We wish the honesty of the Guardian had been carried a little farther, and that it had refrained from bestowing is commendation on the objectionable principles of the league. However, we hope that the Guardian, in common with the great mass of the most respectable manufacturers, is beginning to find out its mistakes on the subject of a free trade in corn, and that it will forthwith retrace its steps, and repair the mischief it has done. Though the question of the corn-laws may be con sidered as set at rest, so far as the present House of Commons is concerned, still we must urge upon the landed and agricultural interests the necessity of keeping up a wholesome system of agitation in their own defence. This is indispensably necessary in order to neutralize the active and persevering efforts of the Anti-Corn-Law league. The lectures, pamphlets, and public meetings of this mischievous association must be met by counter lectures, pamphlets, and public meetings. The Whig-Radical party have little to congratulate themselves upon, in the result of their various anti church movements during the past week. At Walton, Manchester, and Lambeth—wherever in fact the at tempt has been made to insult and haras the mem bers of our national Establishment—the combined forces of Popery, Socialism, and Atheism have been signally roused. In some of the strongholds of their party, places in which hitherto dissent has beenrampant, the defeat has been the most disgraceful .; and we can not find an instance throughout the whole kingdom in in which they have been allowed to wage a successful contest. We are heartily glad to observe the feeling which the triumphant result of these factious attempts ma nifests in favour of the cause of true religion. We are not sorry that they have been made. The s up porters of the Church of England are none the worse for an occasional " shake up" ; and such a one as they have had during the past week will serve to open th e eyes of some of them, especiay of those whose opi— nions on political matters lean towards Whiggery, to the true character of the party with which they have weakly suffered themselves to become entangled. They could not (good, easy souls !) believe that the enlight ened patriots, whose glozing speech and plausible pre tences had bemuddled their intellects, entertained any feelings of hostility towards their religion and the reli gion of their fathers. They could not believe that intolerant hatred of that religion rankled in the hearts of men f rom w h ose li ps pro f ess i ons of liberality flowed so glibly. They could credit nothing of this; but we fancy that the proceedings of the past week will have rendered some of them " sadder and wiser men." In some places we know that the result of this anti. church agitation is pregnant with important benefits to the Conservative cause. The disgusting slanders, and the reckless personalities which have been everywhere resorted to by the losing faction, during the bitterness of defeat, have created a revolting sensation in the minds of many who have hitherto ranged themselves, although churchmen, amongst the forces of Whig- Radicalism, whilst others, who have hitherto been careless and lukewarm supporters of the Conservative cause, have been aroused and goaded to the necessity of active and unwearied exertion in its behalf. The friends of the Church of England have been taught a lesson, which they will not, we trust, forget, that energy and united effort, are all that are required to enable I them to crush and defeat its enemies. We may especially allude, as an instance of this fact, to the signal defeat which the Whig-Radical faction have sustained at Manchester, and its probable con sequences, as evinced by the soreness with which it is alluded to by their press. The Manchester Guar dian, speaking of this defeat, affects to treat it as no real manifestation of the opinion of the parish, inas much as the Whig-Radical voters were deprived, by an alleged deficiency in the arrangements for taking the poll, of the opportunity of recording their votes. How the Conservatives managed, being, as the Guar dian would have us believe, the weaker party, to poll double the number of their opponents we are at a loss to conceive; but we certainly are a little amazed at the huge draft upon the credulity of his readers with which our contemporary endeavours to alleviate their disap pointed feelings. " We believe," says the Guardian, " that there are about sixty thousand voters in the parish who.would probably be able to give somewhere about 100,000 votes." Of these he tells us the Conservatives polled 9,942 votes, and that altogether were polled by both parties, "perhaps not more than an eighth of the votes in the parish." Now we must confess ourselves sceptical as to the calculations of our contemporary. Amongst 60,000 votes, all whom must be householders, we con ceive that 50,000 must be married men with families. Now taking man and wife, and an average of three children to - constitute a family, these fifty thousand voters would represent a population of 25,000 souls, and adding ten thousand bachelors, the 60,000 would represent a population of 260,000 persons. Amongst these 60,000 voters, all of whom, we repeat must be householders, we may fairly allot 50,000 Household Servants and parties otherwise employed by them in domestic pursuits ; and we have thus a population of 31,000 persons in the parish of Manchester indepen dently of the immense number of inhabitants who not being rated in the parish books, must of course be added to this number to enable us to arrive, on the Guardian's data, at the real population of the parish o. Manchester. We certainly have an indistinct recollection of our contemporary's former celebrity in this kind of calcu lation, and Manchester may even be a greater place than we have ever conceived it to be; but we really cannot be induced to swallow what to us appears so outrageous an assumption. Besides, we cannot, after . all, see. how the fact—if it be a fact —of. there being 60,000 rate-payers in the parish of Manchester, ac counts for the circumstance of Whig-Radicalism being so outrageously beaten in the late contest. We believe, however, that it may contribute some thing to ensure for the faction another beating in a con test which is fast approaching. Mr. Robert. Henderson, of the Observatory, Mount gardens, has been recently appointed Master of the Christ Church National School. There were seventeen crndidates for the situation. VICTORIA BIRTH -NIGHT CLUB.—The members, and several of their friends, of the Victoria Birth-night Club, usually held at Meacock's, Berry-street, met at Mr. Ford's, King's Arms, St. John's-lane, to celebrate the natal day of one of toe respected members. A sumptuous dinner was provided by the worthy host, whose wines, &c. the company pronounced excellent. The chair and vice-chair were filled by two gentlemen much respected by the members ; and after several appropriate speeches, well-selected toasts, glees, songs, &c. the company retired highly gratified with the evening's entertainments. On Saturday next will be launched from the building-yard of Mr. Peter Cato, west side of Brunswick Dock, a fine new new vessel, burthen about 320 t ons , b u il t for Messrs. Chap man and Willis, and intended, we believe, for the East India and China trade. CAUTION.—The inhabitants of Birkenhead are cautioned against a gang.of gipsies, at present located in the neigh bourhood of Chester-street. One of them has favoured some of the shopkeepers with a visit, stating that they will require a considerable quantity of articles for a wedding, to take place in a month, and promising to bring the money before hand,; since which the back-doors have been visited under the retext of sellin lace. It I.e well, erere, for housekeepers to be on g will their guard during the th two months which they state is to be the term of cantonment. His Worship the Mayor was, on Monday last, admitted a free and accepted mason. A splendid banquet was afterwards partaken of by the brethren of the lodge, including the new member, who acknowledged the congratulations with which he was greeted, in suitable and masonic terms. LIVERPOOL OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.— At a special meeting of the members of this association, held on Tuesday evening last, at the Operative Conservative News room, Houghton-street, Mr. Crisp in the chair, the follow ing resolution was unanimously passed, on the motion of Mr. Ratcliffe, seconded by Mr. Leatherbarrow :—" That this meeting highly approve of the address of the Finsbury Operative Protestant Association to their Protestant brethren throughout the country, and beg most heartily to join with them in every sentiment contained therein, and to congratu late them upon the success with which it has pleased Al mighty God to crown the exertions of the Protestant asso ciations throughout the kingdom, and bid them God speed in their holy work."—Many interesting and encouraging statements were made, and practical suggestions given, by various operative members, which will shortly be acted upon. One of the most important is the establishment of a library for the use of the members, which will at once be carried into effect ; and any donations, either of books or money, will be thankfully received, for such purpose, by the Secretary. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S PORTRAIT.—We beg to call the attention of our readers to the announcement in another column respecting this admirable portrait, which has elicited universal approbation, as it appears that the pri vate view will CLOSE EARLY TO-MORROW, when the picture will be returned to London, to be placed in the hands of the engraver. We strongly recommend those who have been favoured with tickets not to lose the opportunity afforded them of viewing this last likeness of the great Duke. FELONY BY A SERVANT.—Margaret Smith was brought up at the Police -court on 'Wednesday, charged with having robbed her employer, Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo llotel. It appeared that for about eighteen months the prisoner had been occasionally employed in the kitchen of the Waterloo Hotel. A few days since, Mr. Lynn received a letter, giving him some information respecting the prisoner, in consequence of which he made application to the Police -office. Constable Lloyd was sent to the house of the prisoner, in a court in Banastre-street. He there found two napkins, two sheets, some kitchen towels. three glasses, some pie dishes, plates, tart-pans, knives and forks, sugar and soap, part of which articles had on them the name of Mr. Lynn, and were by him identified as his property. The prisoner was committed to take her trial. The barn and cottages at the rear of Croxteth-hall, were burnt to the ground on Sunday night last. The origin of the fire is unknown. THE ANATOMICAL VENUS. —The exhibition which we have repeatedly announced under this extraordinary title, since its introduction to Liverpool, has been greatly attrac tive. We have in a former number minutely described it, and on the present occasion we shall content ourselves with recommending all who have not paid a visit to Mr. Santi, the ingenious artist, to lose no time in doing so. It will be perceived by the advertisement in another page, that our respected townsman Mr. Alexander Mackenzie, has removed from Cable -street to that spacious and comfortable establishment in Duke-street, the Caledonian Hotel, (for merly the Duke -street Hotel,) where, from his well-known attention to the comfort of his friends, and his moderate charges, he cannot fail to merit the continued confidence and support of the public. PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—We under stand that the portrait of the Duke of Wellington, painted by H. P. Briggs, for his Grace himself, and presented by him to the late Earl of Eldon, with his autograph on one of the scrolls, will be shortly exhibited at the rooms of Mr. C. S. Burland, in Church-street. Reports speaks very highly of the merits of this portrait. WOOD v. IRON.—That very superior new steam-ship Ad miral arrived here yesterday, on her first voyage out, making the passage from Greenock in less time by half an hour than the from boat, which started before her.—Mail of yesterday. [We are authorised to state that the Royal George, iron steam-ship, left Greenock at 12 minutes past 7, and the Admiral, wooden steamer, at 20 minutes past 8. The iron steamer arrived at the Rock at 3 o'clock, and the wooden steamer at - past 4. The time, therefore, occupied from Glasgow to Liverpool by the wooden steamer was 20 hours 10 minutes, and by the iron steamer 19 hours 48 minutes ; leaving a di f ference in favour of the iron steamer of 22 mi nutes, exclusive of 25 minutes a-taking cargo at Renfrew and detention at Greenock, which would make a total gain of 47 minutes in favour of the iron steamer.] MR. VAUCHER'S PATENT Pumps.—At noon on Friday,, there was a very interesting exhibition of the power of M. Vaucher's patent pumps on board the Alonzo, in Prince's Dock, in the presence of several ship-owners, captains, and others. The construction of these pumps includes various improvements or inventions for which letters patent have been granted to M. Faucher. The principal feature in this invention are, the simplicity of the machinery, a new metallic packing to supersede the use of leather for rendering fluid tight the movable surfaces in the construction of hydraulic machines, which is also applicable to steam engines, and a new nozzle, called a fan-jat, which spreads the water like a shower, and which may be applied to any length of hose-pipe. By means of M. Vaucher's improvements the hydraulic appa ratus to which they have been applied may be used either as a dura double acting lifting pump, or as a force pump of superior billity, power, cheapness, and simplicity. 'We understand these pumps have been adopted by the City of Dublin Steam Navigation Company, the Pacific Steam Navigation byC the :pany, and others, and that they are highly n approved anost scientific and practical men in the o k f i m g a d n o these we may mention Mr. Fairborn, Manchester. The commanders expressed Amongst it, and Captain Engledue and other be considered complete .exhibition gave the highest satisfaction to all who witnessed their conviction that no vessel couldiees pumps. ps, The trial of without one or more of M. lifting, or force pumps, was repeated last these double-acting, and again gave the greatest Tuesday, on the Exchange flags, who witnessed it. Vaucher's um satisfaction to the numerous spectators We understand M. Vaucher is the same gentleman who has published a work on marine insurances, whi c h b o th i n Eng laud and abroad has been highly approved. i~ ♦ A .It 9 s:°. HOSTILITIES WITH NAPLES. (From the Malta Times of the 15th of April.) The Hydra war steamer returned from Naples and Palermo (at which latter port she called to communicate with the British Consul) on the Bth inst., after laying two days-and, a half at Naples. By this arrival we learn that His Sicilian Majesty persists in his refusal to break his contract with the sulphur monopolists, insisting that it is not, as pretended, in violation of the commercial treaty with Great Britain. Pre parations to resist any British naval force are making upon a grand scale as far as regards the manning and fitting out of gunboats, and a very large force of cavalry and infantry has been marched through Calabria, and thence conveyed by steamers to various parts of Sicily. In Messina alone, it is said 16,000 men-have been added to the garrison. It would appear that France is understood with Great Britain in the point at issue, for it is stated that the French Charg6 d'Affaires at Naples has pointed outto the Kingthe irregularity of his proceedings, and the consequences which may result from a rupture with so strong a naval power, whereupon His Majesty observed; " That there had been one Napoleon in in the world, and he saw no reason why another should not start up." ' On Saturday last the following notification was published by the Government of Malta . "MINUTE BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. " The Governor is pleased to publish, for the information of the merchants and others concerned in the trade between this island and Naples and Sicily, the following communica tion made to him by his Excellency Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.B. G.C.M.G., Com mander-in -Chief of Her Majesty's N ava l F orces i n the Mediterranean : " ' " ` Princess Charlott e , M a l ta, April 10, 1840. Sir,—Having received directions from the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty to place myself in communica tion with Her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Naples, and, when called upon by that. Minister to do so, to proceed myself, or send some other officer to Naples with a sufficient force, and cause all Neapolitan and Sicilian ships which may be met with either in the Neapolitan or Sicilian waters to be seized and detained until such time as notice shall be re ceived from Her Majesty's Minister at Naples that the just demands of the British Government regarding the monopoly of the sulphur mines in Sicily in violation of the treaty of 1816 between the two Governments have been complied with ; and having received despatches from the Minister at Naples, acquainting me that His Sicilian Majesty refused compliance therewith, I have the honour to acquaint your Excellency, that I shall proceed with all possible despatch in prosecution of my orders, that your Excellency may make the same known to all concerned, in such way as your Ex cellency may think proper. " I have the honour to be your Excellency's most obedien humble servant, OBERT STOPFORD, Admir " ' To his Excellency " Lieu R t.-General Sir H. F. Bouver al. ie, G.C.M.G., K.C.8., Governor of Malta, &c." " By command of his Excellency, " H. GREIG, Chief Secretary to G overmneut. " " Palace 'Valetta, April 10, 1840." In the evening of the 10th instant the Hydra, towed out the Bellerophon, which vesse l i n company with the Jasseur immediately made sail for Messina. Palermo, and Naples. The Hydra was suddenly despatched in the same direction during the night. His Excellency the Admiral in the Princess Charlotte with the Tyne and Phcenix will follow as soon as the Prometheus arrives from Marseilles with the London overland mail on the 4th instant, which arrived on Monday night. THE QUEEN AND THE FOURTEENTH DRAGOONS. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) • On Saturday last, during the progress of her Majesty and Prince Albert from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace, the following laughable incident alarmed the town of New and Old Breutford from its propriety, and for a minute or two occasioned feelings of excitement amongst the inhabi tants. It appears that on the arrival of the Royal cortege opposite the Coach and Horses Inn, nearly adjoining the seat of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, where a relay of horses is customarily stationed, it was found that the fresh escort of the 14th dragoons, which ought to have met them there to conduct her Majesty to London, was not in attend ance. Colonel Cavendish, on observing the omission, im mediately acquainted her Majesty with the circumstance, who directed that the escort which ought to have been re lieved should continue their attendance to town. After a delay of about ten minutes, they accordingly proceeded on (heir route, but had not advanced more than 500 yards before the expected escort was observed in the rear, coming at full gallop from Hounslow barracks, having mistaken the time appointed, and been made aware of their error by see ing the Royal carriages . pass along the road. Just as the Royal carriage had crossed the bridge, and entered New Breutford, her Majesty was made acquainted with the ap proach of the relief escort, and she ordered her carriage to be stopped, which was done opposite the church, where the first escort drew up on each side of the road, with the exception of the advanced guard, who kept posting on in the direction of town. Inspector Marquard, of the T division, who was on horseback in advance of the Royal carriage, instantly gal loped after them to fetch them back, closely followed by a private of the Dragoons, the horses of both being at their utmost speed. That portion of the road where the Royal carriage had drawn up being by an angle hidden from the view of the other parts of the town, the circumstance of see ing an advanced guard galloping with drawn swords along the road, followed by a mounted inspector of police, who was shouting after them, and he followed by another Dragoon at a still greater speed, urging his steed and as it were trying to ride over the inspector, brought all the inhabitants to their doors and windows, numbers of whom followed in the wake as far as the cage in the centre of Old Breutford, where the single Dragoon having headed the advanced guard, opposed their further' progress until his comrades could be made to understand that they were relieved. So rapid was the speed ' at which the escort, on discovering the mistake, proceeded from Hounslow, that on the arrival of the Royal cortege at Turnham-green, one of the horses was found to be dead beat, and was obliged to be left in the stables of the White Hart Inn, and the horses of the remainder on their arrival in London were covered with foam and scarcely able to stand. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL 2 9.—This being the first day of Easter Term a congregation was holden for granting degrees, &c., when the following were conferred : BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. —The Hon. and Rev. 11. W. Bertie, Fellow of All Souls College. MASTERS OF ARTS.—The Rev. Francis Thomas New, of St. John's College, grand compounder; Edward B. Smith, Queen's College; Rev. H. Manic, Queen's College; Rev. J. Saundeas, Queen's College; Rev. R. Lee, Lincoln Col lege; Edward A. Litton, Oriel College; Thomas Henry Sheppard, Oriel College. The following days are appointed for holding congregations n for granting degre es , &c. during the present term : Thursday, May 7 Thursday, May 21 Thursday, May 14 Saturday, June 6 The new proctors for the ensuing year were admitted into office bn taking the customary oaths, &c. this day at two o'clock. A melancholy accident occurred, on Tuesday, to the son of Captain Ellice, M.P., about 12 years of are. He had been out with a companion, a son of Captain B as il H a ll , with a powder-flask, with which the young gentlemen were amusing themselves in obtaining flashes, when, unfortunately, the whole went off, and severely shattered the arms, face, and eyes of Master Ellice. The reports of mutinies among the Carlist insurgents in Spain are revived ; and it is said that Espartero had pledged himself to put an end to the civil war in Arragon and Cata lonia by the month of September. Meanwhile, the budget of the Minister of Finance shows an estimated excess of ex penditure over income of nearly seven millions sterling. POLITICAL CHARACTERS --VISCOUNT MELBOURNE.— Lord Melbourne's oratorical powers are of the most con temptible kind. It is positively painful to hear him speak. If he is even asked a simple, straightforward question, he hums and haws, and stutters and stammers, for some seconds before he can contrive to gasp out his usual answer. "My —my—hum—my—Lords—l know nothing—haw—noth— noth—my Lords—haw— nothing—hum—about the matter — hum—to which the noble lord refers—haw —but I will in quire, my Lords, and let him know to-morrow." Be the question what it may, whether it relates to the destruction of a fleet of battle ships to the loss of an important colony, to frightful riots and fearful loss of life at Birmingham or Newport, or to any subject of the most insignificant import ance, the noble premier's answer is always and invariably the same ; like the laws of the Medes and Persians, it changes not. It is but right to state that Lord Melbourne appears to be fully aware that he is not a Demosthenes, or a Cicero, a Pitt or a Burke, a Canning or a Brougham, and ; therefore, wisely enough, when he does speak he makes his observa tions as brief as possible ; nothing, in fact, seems more dis agreeable to him than to have to make a speech, and he always appears to rise on compulsion. The matter of his speeches is generally poor stuff, badly put together, and badly delivered ; some of his sentences are of a most alarming length, and sadly involved; he repeats himself frequently, and when he has occasion to withdraw a word, it costs him some moments before lie can find another to supply its place. Lord Mel bourne is under as much obligation to the reporters as any man in either house of parliament. To report one of his speeches, exactly as delivered, would annoy him excessively, " callous" as he is, and afford great amusement to the mul titude ; it would, 1 think, be an unexampled specimen of oratory. Lord Melbourne speaks in a low tone of voice, and uses but little gesticulation ; occasionally, however, he strikes the table, and when he is much excited (an event which happens but rarely, for he is too slothful to be easily excited) by any remarks of his " noble friend," Lord Brougham, or by a tender trouncing from Lord Lyndhurst, he knocks his knuckles about most vehemently • and some times, but only som e ti mes, w h en in the whirlwind of his passion (if such a phrase may with propriety be applied to such a speaker), his retorts to his political opponents arc not unhappy. Among them may be particularly mentioned the reply he gave to Lord Brougham. when that noble and learned lord taunted him with " glozing," an d fl atter i ng, and bending the k nee a t court."—Oxford Herald. The public will rejoice to learn that an honest, industrious townsman of Nottingham, named Edward Godfrey Leman, is likely to succeed to-the title, honour, rank, and dignity of baronet, and is i n a f a i r way to o b tain several valuable es tates, which belonged to his ancestors, the Lemans of Nor thaw. We are also happy to learn that some gentlemen of the legal profession, who have been successful in similar cases, have kindly undertaken to prosecute the claims of Mr. Leman.—Nottingham Review,. VIENNA, APRIL 18.—The Emperor has so far recovered • from his late attack as to be able to attend to public business as usual. His Majesty is notstrong enough to be present to day, to-morrow, or the next day, at the solemn procession and other religious ceremonies that are to be performed in the imperial palace. The celebration of the Emperor's birthday, which is to-morrow, is put off till the 21st. It is still confi dently believed, that his Majesty will close the session of the Hungarian Diet, in person, in the first fortnight in May. The Diet of Transylvania will be convoked at the end of this year or at the beginning of the next. For some days past a report has been circulated of a projected marriage between a prince of the imperial family and the daughter of a foreign king. Duke Adolphus of Nassau will not leave Vienna till the end of May. Count Fiquelmont, the Austrian ambassador to the court of St. Petersburgh, is preparing to return to his post; it is believed his excellency will set out next month. About the same time Prince Esterhazy will return to Loudon, to be present at the conferences, It is believed that the reso lutions of the Diet respecting the Jews will not receive the royal assent. WEST'S PICTURE OP THE ANNUNCIATION.—Yesterday the splendid transparent picture of the Annunciation, painted by the late Benjamin West for the rectory church of St. Marylebone, was brought to the hammer by Mr. Graves, of Mortimer -street, under the orders of the present radical vestry. This picture, which is of very large dimensions, originally cost £BOO. It occupied, from the year 1817 to 1826, a large space in the centre of the organ-loft of Maryle bone New Church, but was subsequently placed by the pre sent vestry in the Queen's Bazaar, but for nearly fourteen years it has been lying useless in a lumber-room at the Mary lebone Court-house. The auctioneer read the following ex tract from the vestry minutes of St. Marylebone, in refer ence to the picture, dated ',February : 15, ;1817:—" I have always regulated my charge for historical paintings, and under these regulations 1 charge the parish £BOO for the picture now in the new church of St. Marylebone. Were 1 a man of independent fortune, I would request the vestry to honour me by accepting this picture as a gratuitous mark of my profound respect for the parish. Benjamin West. Feb. 14, 1817." Whereupon it was moved that £BOO be paid to Mr. West. An amendment thereunto haying been moved and seconded, that a committee be appointed to obtain the opinion of the academicians as to the value of the transpa rency painted by Mr. West, and to get any other opinion they may think necessary, there appeared to be 12 in favour of the amendment, and 36 against it. The original question was then put by the chairman, and there appearing to be 30 in favour thereof, and 10 against the same, it passed in the affirmative." After reading this document, the auctioneer proceeded to expatiate on the merits of the picture, and the. fame.of the artist by whom it was painted, in glowing terms. A considerable period elapsed before a bidding could be got at all. At length, however, the sum of ten guineas was offered, and, notwithstanding the auctioneer promised that the receipt with the autograph of the late Benjamin West should be given to the purchaser, not a bidding could be obtained above tile first sum offered. It is understood that during the time the picture occupied a place in the Queen's Bazaar, the sum of £lOO was offered to the vestry for it, and refused.—Times of yesterday. NOBLE EXAMPLE TO PROPRIETORS OP MILLS, FAC TORIES, FOUNDRIES, &C., AND TO SHAREHOLDERS IN RAILROADS, CANALS, DOCK'S, MINES, &C.—lt is parti cularly gratifying to record the several instances which occur, in different parts of the country, of the recognition of the principle that it is the duty of the employer to provide for the spiritual instruction, as well as the secular education, of the employed. The liberality, disinterestedness, and purity of motive which prompted the proposal made in the following letter to the Vicar of W—, in the county of Lancaster, in behalf of as poor, illiterate, and destitute a place as can well be found in any of our manufacturing dis tricts, or in the most neglected section of any of our over grown towns, cannot but be admired : nor ought the example therein set to be lost upon those among us who, fur thei r own increase in wealth, induce our population to congregate in places destitute of-accessible means of grace, and io such numbers as to far exceed the influence of tile parochial clergy.—Copy of a letter dated 30th March, 1840, omitting; names:—" Rev. Sir,--My brother, Rchd. B—, who resides at Leeds, and myself, are joint proprietors of a mill and some other property in the township o f C —, a place that we consider very "destitute of church accommodation ; and be lieving that if the inhabitants could be imbued with church • principles they would be better disposed towards the es tablishments of their country, both political and religious, we feel inclined to endow a church, if through your influence one of moderate capacity could be erected near the part cal led C— Waterside. We have been led to understand that the person who endows is entitled to present to the church. I am, Rev. Sir, &c. H. A. B—." It is worthy of re mark that this munificent offer is made but in the second year of their proprietorship, and in the first of the actual working of the mill, and that it comes, too, simultaneously with an extensive enlargement of the premises anti a very considerable outlay in machinery, &c. Surely such a pro posal ought to meet with the suppo--t, it so richly deserve!: and who can doubt an attendant blessing upon commercial enterprise, when the first fruits (and in this case more than the first fruits) are dedicated to the God of all our mercies ? —Blackburn Standard. A RICH CANDIDATE FOR A HUSBAND.—It will be re membered that about three months ago a dashingly dressed middle aged lady was driven up in a gig, accompanied by a servant in livery, to the Marylebone station-house, and that she expressed her determination to marry an inspector of the D division, if she could find one to her mind, at the same time stating that she was possessed of £ 5 OOO a-year, the whole of which would be at her husband's disposal. At the period in question there were two inspectors present, Mr. Stubbs and Mr. Stedman, both of whom she eyed from top to toe, and after pronouncing the fornier to he too tall, and the latter too short, she r e - entered the vehi c l e, h av i ng pre viously promised to call again. Last Friday afternoon she did so , and requestedh aving le t a o rn s t ee th h a i t m a . n s e e i w n s a p s e a c c to c o r r h d a il d ig l l t : e ; e i t i t a t r t o p - - dpuocinetdedt'o Mr. Black, a.fine young man of military appear ance, and to him, in accents bland and smooth, unfolded the object of her visit. Struck with astonishment at the singu larity of the proceeding, and wishing to -get rid of the lady, whose looks were not remarkably prepossessing, he told her at once that his affections were engaged, upon which she flew into a most violent passion, and declared that, as she could not, with all her trouble, persuade an inspector to marry her, she would bestow her hand and fortune on a common con stable. She then hastily left the station, and getting into her gig, was driven off in the direction of Manchester-square. POST MORTEM EXAMINATION OF THE LATE MR. DRUM MOND.—I understand that a large concretion, or ball, was discovered in the vicinity of the ilio-coecal valve in the body of Mr. Drummond. This was quite sufficient to account for the fatal termination. Intestinal concretions are not very common in this country. In Scotland they are far more frequent, more especially among the lower classes. Nei,- tenteney to them is thought by many to arise from the large quantity of coarse oatmeal mixed with the husks of grain which enters into the food of the inferior orders of the Scot tish population. The husks, it is imagined with much pro bability, form the first nucleus of a concretion, which goes on increasing in bulk until it fills up the calibre of the, intes tines, and necessarily brings on a fatal issue by interrupting a function so indispensable to vitality as is the free passage through the intestinal canal. The common use of magnesia has by some persons been supposed capable of bringing on a liability to the formation of intestinal concretions; other persons, however, deny that magnesia has any such tendency. Probably it has not when it produces a deCided purn'ative ef fect.—Arenagh Guardian. JESUITISM.—The following anecdote is current in Ger -many, and illustrates the disguises often assumed by Jesuits to forward Popery. When the duke and duchess of Anhalt Cothen embraced the Romish faith a few years back, the court followed their example, with the exception of one maid of honour, who abided by her Protestant principles. Shortly after, a young gentleman arrived from Vienna, who won the zn affections o f th e l ady, but informed her that being a ttoalt Catholic, h e could not ally himself to a heretic. • She con sented, after a struggle, to forsake Protestantism, but fainted when her recantation was made. The lover then informed her, that he had paid his addresses to her for the good of her soul, marriage being out of the question, as he was a priest and a Jesuit—a fact of which she was convinced, wbeb talc ing off a wig which he' wore, he showed her the tonsure, or shaven crown, which is a distinguishing mark of popish priests. 4 1 1,., , .N 1 -•-- --.1i.t, ; ,. re ''' t'.."!.t'i .It, ~ ~":•Y 4 1ir r: 'ld/ ):Atti: -Z .I'l' • .-:: ~.... o ANOTHER. NEW SCHEME. Mr. Feargus O'Connor has found out another new scheme for gulling the people. In last week's paper he calls on them to "perform an easy and pleasant service for three short months, in order to ensure an eternity of bliss !" Alas, poor Feargus ! who ever knew of any true scheme by which an eternity of bliss could be had as a reward for three months easy and pleasant service ? As to whether any of his readers will believe him, that is another question. He has already more than once promised that the people will have their liberty in three months, but his promises have all failed. " Will you hear what I prescribe to you—what I advise to you—and what, if necessary, I will command you to perform ? Will you perform an easy and a pleasing ser vice for three short months, in order to ensure an eternity of bliss ? Yes ; let your enemies revile you—let your oppressors condemn you—let your foes despise you as they may, still I do love you in my heart, because, in the bottom of that heart, I believe in your virtue, your worth, and your pa triotism. I now speak to you only with the blistered hands, the fustian jackets, and the unshorn (tins ; I seek not to associate you with any other party in the state. I tell you that their warfare is that of the rich oppressor against the poor oppressed ; that you must stand alone or fall together. My editor--as good, as honourable, as conscien tious and virtuous agentlernan and patriot as lives—together with many other good friends, has endeavoured to induce the middle classes to join you. I tell you, and I tell you truly, that they never will join you. Your weakness is their strength, and from your poverty springs their aggrandisem en t. " As well may the lamb with the tiger unite, The mouse with the cat, or the lark with the kite!" Take this, without further explanation, as a truism. The law has been turned against you—the institutions of the country have been perverted for your ruin; how then, independently of the law and the institutions, can you right yourselves? I will tell you. For three months show your real sympathy for your incarcerated leaders by subjecting yourselves to the regimen imposed by law upon them. Abandon all orders but your own—desert the house of profligacy and dissipation—rnark with your strongest indignation the man who violates the sacred pledge of absti nence—and let that pledge be, the sacred oath to abstain from every thing profitable to your taskmasters. Thus you cut off the very sinews of war, and carry desolation into the ranks of your oppressors. This is but one step—for Ido not wish you to give up your constitutional agitation, and your persevering demand for the establishment of the char ter of your rights." Lady Skelmersdale is gradually approaching convalescence. DATES OF POPISH ERROItS.—The Church of Rome often boasts of her antiquity, and her members taunt Protestants with the falsehood, " Your church came into the world 1500 years after ours." Now, if antiquity is to decide the matter, we do not know whether the Jew might not say to the Ro manist, " Our faith must be right, because it is the most an cient of all." But we have no fear for Protestantism on the score of antiquity. It is not one day younger than Christ and. His Apostles. Let the Papist, if he can, point to a single ar ticle of the Protestant faith which was not held by our bles sed Saviour and the Apostles. We appeal to the Bible, and we defy Popery to find one doctrine in our creed which we cannot abundantly prove from Scripture. But the case is far different with Popery. We challenge Roinanists to prove their doctrines from Scriptures. We ask them to show us where in Scripture is the doctrine of Image worship—of seven sacraments—of purgatory—of indulgences —of forbidding to marry—and so on. And not only so, we can fix the date of many of their abominable doctrines. So far from their being old, they are modern inventions. Protestantism is, in fact, the old religion—the religion of th e Bib le—the religion of Christ—the religion of the first Christian ages. But Popery is the new religica. We ask Romanists, " Where was your doctrine of Purg ory before the year 1432 ?" We defy them to prove it a day older. We ask them, " Where was the doctrine of Transubstantiation before 1215 ?—Of Venial Sins, and the Sacrifice of the Mass, before 1563 ?"—We defy them to prove them a day older. We might go through the list of their errors, and prove them to have been brought in by wicked Popes and corrupt Councils. But we will content ourselves by furnishing our readers with a table of the dates of the principal Popish errors, so that they m a y say to t h e i r adversa r i es , w h en accused of holding new doctrines, " Your's are the new doctrines, our's are the old." Invocation of S a i n t s A.D. 700 Image Worship 787 Infallibility 1076 Transubstantiati on Supremacy Half Commu n i on 1415 Purgatory Seven Sacrame n t s 1547 Apocryphal Books 1547 Priestly Intention Venial sins Sacrifice of the Mass Indulgences introduced in the fifteenth cen t ury, b ut not sanctioned by a Council till A.D. 15637-Penny Protes tant Operative. THE WEATHER.—We continue to enjoysingularly delight ful weather in this quarter—the weather of July rather than of April ; and the face of nature already presents much of the bloom and beauty of refulgent summer. No rain has yet fal len—it is still dry, serene, and sunny, w i th the atmosphere sometimes even sultry—and still does vegetation in all its forms, appear to be making rapid progress. We find that similar weather prevails all over England and Scotland ; and it is justly regarded as the promise of a most auspicious season for yielding, in great abundance and perfection, the kindly fruits of the earth.—Scottish Standard. A FRIEND INDEED. —An Irish physician at Naples, in wr iti n g to a friend in Cork, says :—" 1 know you are fond of a laugh,—what do you think of the following ? A priest here bad long.been dunned by his candle-maker, with whom he had run up a long bill. One day lately the candle-dealer was called on by a stranger, who demanded the Padre's bill, paid it, and took away a receipt. The following day came the priest himself, who, upon hearing the circumstance, and receiving a description of his friend in need, declared that it must have been St. James or St. Anthony. Come with me,' he says, 'to the church.' Upon arriving there what was the astonishment of the man of tallow and the spectators, to see the statue of St. Anthony holding in his hand the receipt for the muttons. The dunning chandler was horri fied at having taken money from a holy saint. He instantly refunded it through the priest, and the latter has received the. personal congratulation of the king upon his interest in heaven." / ) .---, /'7 Z,v _~ j