The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-03-18 00:00:00

set down nitaf title, but there is g such a title to any of John F at a printer atta ma a certain stateme correspondent some Jilts put forward by a th reference to Mr. Cardwell. We have withdraW them at the last moment. Our ho was an admirer of the honourable rincip!es, and who is well known on 'Change, Mr. Cardwell has given satisfaction, or that he ha has t ho voted for Mr. ( Ithrn best means of ascer vorld, declares that if 11 4 11, their present senti ould not find one in a MORNING, antiarb. RCH 18, 1851 Ministry, since its re- have been charact a degree iifficult to account could never ha sell and his col e helm of affairs rorfn than to get over f the present Session; Sovereign, by and to enable the a period as pos- s any opinion in ich a cours t to b to such a svd ecl-4- mroaching Grand Show. r which Lord vrt of her Ma- ught to ng a coned' cergenc, kelihood of serious ons occurring to impede the hich could not be pos )oned s to bare entered Ferent spirit to that nd whilst regarding to have f m of the only man al eircum 1. He has of tia y and hauteur at has deliberately at ma and detern his i neffi t he has not achieved Mir e Irish Roman of one, in which it, on Lord Dun been averted by be H went, v T ; a I the .•iustUf Ndtnin i Thursde n of Jewi made for it by h wonlil ' damn ti n ; an d the con- sury, Mr. H hip to the a ecessful That gentleman Ecient He bad taken ,ed to sa le did not succeed in induc or boor orlti Al, •ht by this fact ? mons regards the fiord .1 n Russell gue, B a ron Rothschild, as a ug ; a very small tub Jewish whale, and to Etch, Bevis Marks. b;mself and his rence of a contest s o❑ this question, ave been, ought never to worthy Baron or so of his claim to be an , at I belie s con John Russell on also of making a he notice which given r vect to )ut of town, and 1 Monday. But House itte to tt B notic s for the t to an do not sent moment, le corn- eat many of its most een nearly at a stand- y prevailing with res s to he made by the equer ; yet it is to continu ertained whe- approves, or disap- representative in C if affirmed ,e of c ensure ; if 3 will no doubt The fate of rmined by its rnment done Why, nothing because he felt h confidence on as cert my not gained 'ct of Papal much Aggres in the he has retrograded se and of t r would I move his standing by opinion of the hot count the a ave Ty Budget and it certi of the ( r's co, to find his lordship so ready to avail himself of some other Wooden obstacle to run his head against. Such a threat of resignation, as the result of the absence of the blind assent of Parliament to every act which his government has perpetrated from the -slich - a dictatorial tone on Friday—might be lordship , or a Pitt, ;, a Canning or a Peel Lord Jc 1, however, is no heaven- ip should bear in mind itn ra ler as a mer out the substance ens of an official position v men more equal to the pre- to be e was in e, we perce ved that Mr. Baillie ha details of the ced forthwitl: bill brc r of Con It forward by the me, for Xm eri can purpose of procur It:Lon of the Doci ee, or, in other words, of handing over ' r the Dock Estate of Liverpool to the r. aliens or otherwise, who may • 'Ring, to be payers of dock partial hearing in committee, three weeks. The promoters iled to make out a satisfactory the interference of Parliament ; yet, hay- parties, whet for the tune happen rates, has lave appear fluential friends in the committee and in the house, many of whom would be but too glad of a decent opportunity for striking a blow at the prosperity of Liverpool, they are permitted to have these three weeks, in which to make an attempt to screw some concessions from the bur gesses and the constituted local authorities. The animus of some of these promoters themselves, we are afraid, has not been of too patriotic a character. The movement, if the names of a few of its authors and supporters present in London last week are correctly given, stet= rather to have Nen suggested arently nothing to pi the prosy pas We have receiN turn to of for on o been imaf. two i-iou aible. favor o of procee( functions a Papal A We do not he piece of folly as o The cirwrr John took ated to him tory t the I Question ere not c find upon which there was nces ar discus progress of Lord Jot uties in a he cribed chee as the dernie upon his which we h stances evinced tt. once pith) thrown as the natior Ecelesiast Lis eviden Cath( can's m an earnest cou n ti his or bers impossible himself an confession; Chancellor fession of tpr_ CMPR fl as a*d attends that ii of an What ought to be Df his co thrown out to c bring down the M and Petticoat-lane the Cit 1110111€ for of ' 25th- as has t ineree of the cellor of the cnmA rlpftd Hear, hear,) prove TO CORR FS PO S DENTS, Hake at the it we nev DO bad or Uommon The motion of Mr. Bail] Rtit_ 1 8 did as a retaliation for slights, real or imagined, than from any well-founded conviction that any mate rial change in the constitution of the Trust was required For example, the legislature was asked to alter the constitution of the Trust by enacting that 16 members should be elected by the Dock Rate payers, and 5 from the Council, the Chairman being one of the sixteen, instead of the committee being formed, as at present, of 13 members chosen by the Council, and eight by the Ratepayers, the Chairman being chosen by the latter body. The inference obviously intended to be drawn by Parliament was that the dock ratepayers were in a minority in the committee. It is proved, however, —and it would be a rather singular thing if such were not the case in a council composed like that of Liverpool,—that, of the 13 members elected by that body, no less than 8 are ratepayers. The pre sent chairman, Mr. Thomas Littledale, is as largely interested in the trade of port and in the good ma nagement of the Dock Estate, as any other gen tleman in Liverpool. It is stated that, in consequence of their position before the parliamentary committee, the promoters of the bill have been induced to make various offers of compromise. Amongst other concessions, they are willing to accept the removal of the veto at present possessed by the Council upon the Dock Committee's proceedings, as the price of the with drawal of the proposed bill. We must most strongly demur to any such concession. The power of vetoing the proceedings of a body which, at some future time, may be composed of individuals having not a farthing of property at stake in the town, — of mere agents, in fact, representatives of foreign and other shipowners and merchants,—ought natu rally to be in the hands of a popularly elected Council, interested in the permanent welfare of the Dock and Corporate Estates, and the property of the entire port, and liable to he called to an account h . l their representatives, the burgesses. Any mate rial abuse of its power by such a Council would be promptly corrected. The only concession which we conceive might advantageously be submitted to, in the present state of affairs, is a waiver by the parochial authorities to press the clause for rating the docks to the relief of the poor. This would he a prudent course, sur rounded as we are with enemies both open and secret, and blessed with a House of Commons which is anything but disposed favourably towards those communities which have not prostrated them selves in abject worship of the popular dogmas:of the day. WHILST the free trade party in this country are endeavouring to delude us with assurances that foreig n nations are only waiting for the opportunity to imitate our mad policy, and to precipitate their industrious classes into a struggle for the attain ment of " cheapness," at all hazards, intelligence fortunately reaches us, day after day, which flatly contradicts their bold assertions. By the arrival of the mail steamer, Baltic, yesterday, we are in pos session of intelligence from the United States of America which will, perhaps, tend to shake any anticipations entertained by the party in question of concession from that quarter. In our publication of the 11th ultimo we ex plained the provisions contained in a new tariff for the United States, by which it was proposed to exchange the advalorem duties at present levied upon bar and pig iron. anvils, machinery, and some descriptions of manufactured gcods, for specific duties ; and sheaved that, by the threatened measure, the duty upon pig and manufactured iron would be rendered almost prohibitory. In the New York Courier and Enquirer, one of the most influential newspapers in the Union, under dat of the sth instant, we find a summing-up of the shortcomings of the present Congress, from which we extract the following : " First and foremost among these, is the neglect to Tariff, so as to make the duties on imports modify the specific, instead of ad valorem. The consequences of this neglect, will be another year of excessive importation, the closing of the few blast furnaces still struggling for existence, the shutting up of one-fourth of the cotton and woollen manufactories now in operation, the lessen ing of a home market for agricultural produce, and the increase of agricultural laborers and 'agricultural pro duce, with diminished markets and diminished remune ration to the laborer; and all, that the pauper laborer of Europe may be benefitted at the expense of the free labo rer of the United States! Another year of ad valorem duties and excessive importation, will do much to reduce nll hihnp in the linited States to the standard of tl ,ur of Europe ; and at t e destruc- home markets; manufactories, will so tion of our bee chew 3 agricultural producte, that ultimately our far-, mere will cake up to the conviction that this question of a protective tariff, is one in which they are more directly •ested than anybody else." There are, however, more than these evils in pros pect, as the result of the maintenance by America of her present low tariff. From the city corres pondent of the New York Herald of the same date we gather the following significant hint : " As a general thing, the circulation is safe and sound throughout the country ; and although large sums are going - to Europe to pay Iterest on pliblic s held by foreigners, and although we imported some thirty millions more than we exported last year, and may import as much this, yet there is no cause for danger, or explosion, Just now ! There is much in these two words. But we proceed to give the opinions of the Courier and Enquirer upon the condition of England : land, we - sincerely hope and believe, is awakening lovitahlP A-loaf-motion which skuntita bar fonliuh /vat, and we doubt not but e will return to a f eight shillings per quarter on wheat,—a measure will save her from the threatened destrucion, with- dollar, or in any way lessening the amount of breadstuffs we shall send her. Experience has given her a lesson upon this subject which will arouse all who take an interest in her prosperity to the necessity of action—prompt and efficient action. And if the people of England have only required time to perceive the injury "ree trade in breadstuffs, be assured that juring us a resulting from our own people will not be long in ascertaining to what they are indebted for increased agricultural productions with a contracted market and depressed prices. This day will assuredly come. Then the parties who have caused tability for their the distress will be I ...aitish iron and British manufactures of every description, will continue to flood the country, to the injury of all our countrymen engaged in manufactures ; and the unexhaustible wealth of our hills and our valleys trust remain undeveloped, in order that fo and, in the n ..ign manufactures and foreign labours may be e orted at the expense of American enterprise and tmerican labour ! The country asked not prohibitory Inties. It asked not even an increase of existing duty. We wanted competition, not prohibition ; and sought prohibition only against the pauper labour of Europe, by insisting that the duty which the law actually imposes shall be collected, by making it specific instead of ad valorem, which is only another term fcr fraud. But this - 72 st has been refused by the Loco Foco , and the consequence cannot fail to be disas- Not immediately so ; but another year will tell a which will carry with it a lesson not soon to be for- , nable reqt We recommend the whole of this passage to the careful perusal of our readers of all classes ; and v on fore The writer, who, we repeat, is a very intelligent authority, assures us that such a duty may be levied, " without injuring America one dollar, or in any way lessening the quantity of breadstuffs which she will send us." gn grain will se ously diminish im- portation OUR free-trade organs are becoming more and more puzzled to account for the present low prices of grain. This fact we are little disposed to wonder at. Charlatans, who assume the prophetic vein, are liable to make sad mistakes; and the advocates of our present suicidal policy have been particularly It is tolerably safe to prophecy an h is to take place a couple of hundred hut the prophet is little worse than a in° draws short-dated bills upon futurity. 'as for both drawer and zptor, if the return is one of "no assets !" The mchester Guardian has made himself conspicuous ongst the would-be-wise of his party; and has I the farmers of England, some scores of times, prices they might be assured of getting for luce, so soon as the world should reach of delusion which would the rather material fact that there are more sellers than buyers. And our con t em porary has accordingly been for months past explaining away at a most awful rate, racking his own brains, and devouring blue hooks and " cooked" statistics, in the hope of getting out of the sad dilemma in which experience has placed him, and of sheaving to all mankind that his pro phetic assurances would have been all right but for —a sad derangement of the world's affairs, unnoted amongst the speculations of the political econo mists. On Wednesday last he devoted a good column to the aforesaid " explaining away" style of argument, in r e pl y t o w hi c h we shall take the liberty of offering a fe w f a cts. First of all, however, we must quote our contem porary's premises. He says : " The continued decline in the prices of all descriptions Of grain, not only in this country but on, the continent, unfortunate !vent v hence l'hey come due and, al that comfortable state enable them to overlook engages the earnest attention of statesmen and public writers, as a problem not only of great importance, but of considerable difficulty." . . A tolerably fair admission; but as to there being any problem in the case, we believe that the prices of grain are just about where every sensible man expected they would be. Either we were to have cheap bread, or we were not. The League•said that we should have " a big loaf"—the bigger the better. We have got it; and certainly League journalists ought not to be treating such a fact as "a problem," only to be solved with " considerable difficulty." But to proceed : " That the price should be low in England surprises nobody, because the abolition of the corn law seems to account for the fact : but then, how comes it that, in those countries from which our supplies of foreign grain are derived, and where an English demand, in addition to that which previously existed, ought rather to have raised prices, there is also an unexampled depression 7" The conclusion which our contemporary draws from this is, that we ought to look forward to the " inevitable approach" of " a general scarcity, which will follow the depressed state of the grain markets with as much certainty as night follows day." Lest his readers should be very greatly alarmed at this awful prospect, we beg to inform the Guardian that the " unexampled depression" of which he speaks is a mere phantom of his own brain. Prices are not lower in any of the principal markets of the world, than they were before free trade was established. Five years ago, and for many years previously, the winter contracts for wheat at the northern ports of Europe were made at prices ranging from 265. to 28s. per quarter, free on board. This winter and spring buyers have been paying 325. to 335. per quarter in these ports; and thus, whilst importers have lost heavily, the foreigner has been able to pocket from ss. to 6s. extra price, as the result of our markets being opened to him. When this extra price shall be got rid of, which event will take place only when the average price of wheat in this country ap proaches to 30s. per quarter, the agriculturist of the north of Europe may possibly begin, as sug gested by the Guardian, to think about devoting his land to the growth of some other description of produce. We have, however, according to our contemporary, scarcity to fear, instead of low prices : " What may be the amount of stocks on hand in this country at the present time, we have not the slightest information ; but, judging from the general disinclination of all classes of persons,—whether farmers, dealers, or speculators,—to keep stocks of grain, on account of the long-continued decline of prices, we fear it will be found. —in case the late extraordinary and unseasonable winter all over Europe should be succeeded by an equally un seasonable summer,—that stocks are, not only in this country but elsewhere, dangerously low ; and a few weeks of wet and cold weather next July and August may sud denly convert the present apparent abundance and unex ampled cheapness into scarcity and dearth. " Of course it is by no means certain that any such results will be experienced during the present year. Favourable weather and a fourth good harvest all over the continent may, to a great extent, counteract the un questionable tendency of the present low prices ; but, sooner or later, those prices will involve us, and the people of Europe generally, in very serious consequences." " Disinclination of all classes of persons to keep stocks of grain"! Why, it is notorious that the warehouses of every port in the kingdom are crammed full of foreign grain and flour, the stock of which is augmenting every day. From the . Mediterranean alime, we'find, from the circular of an eminent firm in Mark-lane, that in the week ended 28th February 70 cargoes arrived off our coasts, and in the week following we had 109 cargoes reported from the same quarter; and this is notwithstanding the fact, that, as stated in the circular of Messrs. Sturge of the sth instant, " both the Danube and the port of Odessa had been closed with ice since the second week in January, with no immediate prospect of opening." The imports into Liverpool alone, during the week ended the 10th instant, comprised 26,425 quarters of wheat from Europe, &c., and 6341 sacks of flour. From the United States, during the same period, we received 56,610 barrels of flour. The stocks on hand throughout the Continent are not at all " dangerously low," as represented by our contem porary. There are still ample supplies left for us in the north of Europe, and the Mediterranean has still a fair quantity to offer. In the port of Odessa alone we find, from the yearly circular of Messrs. J. Zuckerbecker and Co., the stock on hand on the 24th of January was 615,400 chetworts of wheat, against 365.000 in 1849, 605,000 in 1848, and 594,000 in 1847. In 1846 the accumulated stocks, waiting no doubt for the opening of our markets, amounted to 798,000 chetworts. And it must be borne in mind that the increased stock this year, which is over one-third of the entire exports of 1850 and 1849 respectively, is not attri butable to the last year having been one of the four years of good harvests mentioned by our contemporary. On this point we quote from the same authority : " WHEAT.—the quantity imported of this article during the past year has been smaller by 170,000 chetwerts than in 1849, and by 1,200,000 chetwerts in 1847. The reason of this diminution is partly to be found in the low range of prices abroad and the consequently increasing demand from thence, and partly in the failures of our crops, which have given rise to many complaints, especially from ' Poland • the reports from other - districts, however, parti cularly from Bessarabia, are favorable in almost every point; and taking into consideration that our present stocks are comparatively larger than at this time during the last three years, and that further supplies, much favoured by the present dry weather, will reach us, we feel induced to anticipate a further decline in prices, unless an impulse is given to the trade by an increased demand from abroad." We beg to direct particular attention to the concluding lines of the above paragraph. They rather upset Mr. Cobden's notions of a " natural price" for wheat. The rates in the Mediterranean countries are obviously regulated by the " demand from abroad." We beg to assure the Guardian that he need not entertain the slightest fears of an approaching scarcity of grain, as the result of present prices. They pay the foreign grower very well. Further reduction of prices however he may look foward to as the result of an abundant harvest in this coun try, aided by foreign supplies. Last year, as any intelligent factor will assure him, the harvest in this kingdom was a deficient one. The yield in the eastern counties of England was not much above a third of an average crop. Yet we have wheat at 365. per quarter. With a full crop 30s. would have been nearer the mark. We may re mind him also that the present unexpected low prices may in part he accounted for by the blun dering of our free-trade statisticians. For example, the great authority, Mr. M'Culloch assured us that "the charges attending the importation of Odessa wheat to England, including insurance, &c., would amount to from 15s. to 16s. per quarter." Of this he puts down 12s. per quarter for freight alone. We beg to hand him a statement of the freights paid at Odessa last year : ...... 5/ to —, per quarter, Februt March April . May . June . July . August September October . November.... .... 5/ to 7/ December.... n .... 7/ to The charges, for which we undertake to find an influential firm to undertake the landing, &c., of wheat in Liverpool are : Insurance from 15s. to 60s. per cent. or say per quarter ... Duty Dock and Town-dues Landing charges 67 to 7/ 61/ to 8/ 61/ to 8/ 61/ to 9/ 7_l/ to 9/ 74/ to 9/ 6/ to 7 2s. 10d Brokerage for selling is of course charged upon British as well as Foreign and therefore need not be considered. We have therefore Mr. loch's 15s. or 16s. of protection in the shape of freight and charges, reduced to an average of about 9s. 6d. ; and the price of foreign grain in the mar kets of Great Britain will, therefore, be 6s. below the calculations of that ingenious. gentleman. LARGE CARGO.—The ship Tempest, Captain Patten, cloared at the Custom-house yesterday, for Liverpool, having on hoard 3.504 bales Upland cotton, weighing 1,513,388 lhs., and valued at 193,146 dollars. —Savannah Republic, Feb. 28. BRITISH CONSULAR FEES ABROAD.—W 3 understand that the heavy charges made by British Consuls abroad, has become the subject of inquiry by a sub-committee of the Shipowners' Association of this port, lately appointed to inquire into the burthens and restrictions affecting British shipping, and that strong efforts will be made to procure the total abolition of fees taken by British Con suls, and to remunerate them by fixed salaries in lieu thereof. At all events, it is hoped that the strong facts which will be brought before the Government will induce them to see the propriety of greatly reducing the amount of the fees. We would suggest to any of our mercantile friends who have suffered from this grievance, to lose no time in bringing their cases below the Shipowners' Asso. ciation. a result THE LIIERPOOL STANDARD. A SPECIMEN OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM The New York Herald for Europe, received by the mail steamer, yesterday, contains a statement which, absurd as it is, and evidently written only to pander to the tastes of the United States mobocracy, deserves a line of refutation. The Herald says,— " The English Government, with the express view and pur pose of driving the Collins line of steamships off the ocean, has increased the rate of allowance given to the Cunard steam ships, for carrying the mails between England and the United States. That government bas stepped in between Mr. Cunard and Mr. Collins, and aided the former by its heavy purse to injure the latter." There is not a word of truth in the whole paragraph. The contract with Government for the services of the Cunard packet, up to the sth of April this year, has been £145,000 per annum. Up to the sth of April, 1852, it is fixed at the same amount. We feel certain that neither the Collins Company, nor their respectable agents in this port, will thank the Herald for such an unfounded asser tion. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT. Monday Night. The general tone of our Markets is that of extreme dullness, arising in a great degree from tha uncertain position of Lord John Russell's Government. Since Friday our Sugar refiners have bought freely, and have taken a cargo of new Mauritius, at 38/9 ; 5000 mats clayed Manilla, at 37/3 ; which are lower prices. The first load of new Barbados was sold, on Saturday, at 37/6 to 42/6 per cwt. Coffee, Molasses, and Rum are neglected. The low prices of Saltpetre have attracted the attention of speculators, and 1000 bags have been sold at 23/ to 23/3, for 11 to 12 per cent. refraction.—There has been some wild work in the Share Market, and prices have sus tained a check, and in some cases a decline of £1 to £2 per share has taken place. The advance has been un warrantably great, and the fear is that it will not be sus tained, and that heavy losses will accrue.—On Saturday there was a strong market for Cotton, and 6,000 hales changed hands. The Baltic, steamer, arrived this morn ing from New York ; and although the receipts were again in excess of last year, and prices had fur_her declined, so great is the confidence in a moderate crop, that the sales here to-day sum up 8,000 bales, at a small advance on Saturday's prices. From advices just received per Baltic we learn that the accounts from England per Africa had the effect of forcing down prices to the extent of fully one cent. The general estimate of crop now runs from 2,100,000 to 2,200,000 bales. The receipts at the ports since September, exclu sive of the arrivals from Mobile, Florida, and Texas, are 667,372 bales, against 581,886 bales same time last year. The increase of the receipts at all the ports up to the latest dates, as compared with last year, is 112,491 bales. The exports from the United States to foreign countries as compared with same dates last year show an increase of 75,400 bales to Great Britain, 61,500 bales to France, and 34,800 bales to other foreign ports. Middling ordinary is quoted at 101 c.; freight from New Orleans and Mobile, 3s. 6d. • exchange, 71 to 71. Import since Friday : Up land, 4,063 ; Apalachicola, 2,318 ; Surat, 2,638—t0ta1, 9,019. The character of the 4 business of our Share market con tinues much the same as has been described in our few last weekly reports. Speculation is still rife, and the advance makes progress. Several of the lighter shares have risen considerably from the failure of dealers and the consequent exertions of buyers to replace the shares, the bankrupts were unable to deliver. On Saturday a great move took p'ace in French shares, which has conti nued to-day, and a general advance in these of from Li to £3 per share has taken place. North British shares have been in great demand.:The market closes good this evening, the business of the day has been at the following prices : Aberdeen, 194; Caledonian, 171 161 171; Do. pref., 71; Chester and Holyhead, 261; East Lancashire, 181 1 4 212 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 40 404 40 ; Edinburgh Perth and Dundee, 11 ; Glasgow, P. and Greenock, 141; Do. Halves, 71; Great Northern, 181; Kendal and Win dermere, 12 ; Old Leeds, 641- 4 ; Do. Fifths, 6 5-16 d ; Do. £2O F shares, lid ; Do. preference, 131; Leeds and Thirsk, 211 ; L'pool Crosby and S'port, 11 1p ; London stock, 133 21 : Do. new Quarters, 61 4-1 1p ; Do. Fifths, 6 6 1-16 6a ; Do. C quarters, 31p M'chester Shef and L'coln,4o; Do.preference,l2l ; Do.new preference,ll-16p; Midland, 661; Midland Halves, 124-d ' • North British, 12$1 11 •, North Staffordshire, 51d ; North Western, 91 Id ; S'bury and Birmingham B shares, 761 ; Old Dovers, 281 ; South Staffordshire, 3d ; York, Newc. and Berwick unpaid-up preference, Id ; York and North Mid land, 281 4 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 35 41 35 ; Gt. Sou thern and Western, 454 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 10 ; Dutch Rhenish, 31 1d ; Northern of France, 4d par ; Rouen and. Havre, 111; Sambre and Meuse, 41 ; Tours and Nantes, 84 Id ; Commercial Bank, 1211 1 ; Steam Tug. 718. The following review of the iron trade for the last fort night is from the Birmingham Gazelle of to-day : This trade presents no new feature since our last notice, but appears to be taking precisely the same course as at the cor responding period of last year. The same absence of all specu lative impulse still prevails ; orders continue to be partially distributed—some works being plentifully provided, while others have scarcely half employment, and it is a subject of universal complaint that in every-branch business is being transacted without remuneration- During the fortnight buyers have again had the advantage, though towards the close of last week the tone of feeling rallied a little—still tnere has been some underselling, which would doubtless be carried further were it not impracticable with the present scale of wages. In forge pigs a few inconsiderable purchases have been made, and holders seem rather more anxious to sell; but for foundry iron there is a better demand—prices remain unaltered. Scotch pigs are reported to have met with a very dull 'sale, though the shipments of last month have considerably revived again. The United States and British America are consumers of full one half of the whole quantities exported, and the accounts by the last mail state that the business there is very inactive, and that for English bars the demand is- still more limited. The de pression of the home trade, which peculiarly bears upon the Staffordshire markets, and the low figures by which the Welsh makers are endeavouring to secure the lion's share of Rail and Foreign orders, added to the introduction into our district of so much inferior material, seem to have put aside all prospect of obtaining any improvement in prices during the Spring or Summer months. Some anxiety is also felt as to the effect that the approaching Exhibition imay produce upon our busi ness, and it appears questionable whether commercial matters will not generally suffer to a serious extent through the diversion of public attention during that protracted holiday. To-morrow (Wednesday) we shall have the highest tid of the year Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., continues in an infirm state of health at Paris. We had during all last week fine spring-like weather. Yesterday, however, the rain fell incessantly, and the atmosphere was raw and cold. The screw-steamer Corkscrew took fire on Wednesday, in Nelson Dock. The damage, fortunately, did not exceed XIO. The County Court will re-open to-day. George Atkin son, Esq., will preside. The arrear of business is very great. The workmen in the employ of . Messrs. S. and J. Holme, have presented to Mr. Ray, their late foreman, a very handsome fifteen-day timepiece, made by Mr. Flower, of Renshaw-street. On Saturday evening, a fire broke out on board the ship Ranee, in the Prince's Dock. The flames were first discovered underneath the poop, and at first it was thought the damage was considerable ; but on the vessel being put on the gridiron it was found that she had sustained little injury, and she will be docked again to-day, after being fully repaired. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—A special meeting of the council of the Chamber was held on Friday. when a mo tion on the subject of the adulteration of coffee was brought forward, and a special committee appointed• on the sub ject. A petition to Parliament was also agreed to, pray ing for an inquiry into the rules, practice, and manage ment of the customs. VESSEL LOST.—The John and Joseph. Richardson, W. Murphy master, from Strangford, at this port, picked up, on Friday last. the 14th instant, at four P.M., off the Calf of Man, the master and crew of the lugger Cherub, of and from Pbrt St. Mary, with a cargo of lime, which ves sel was on fire and went down shortly after. Captain Murphy landed the crew at Port St. Mary. ROCHDALE.—Mr. S. Crawford has signified his inten tion to resign his post as representative of the borough of Rochdale at the next dissolution. Mr. Peto has been mentioned as his successor, as he is.con3ected with Roch dale by marriage, his wife being a native of the borough, and he has lately become owner of a neighbouring town ship, Middleton, which was the property of Lord Suffield. CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION.—The concluding lecture of the series given by this institution will be deli vered in the Amphitheatre, by. the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, on Monday evening next, as will be seen by reference to our advertising pages. The subject of the lecture is, " The world as it shall be, or the good time that's coming." The spacious edifice will no doubt be crowded by an intel ligent audience, which will be valuable to the institution . at the close of this its first year. THE MUNICIPAL REFORMERS AND THE DOCK BILL.— Mr. Rathbone ought to know that his present proceeding has surprised alike those who love and will always love him, and those who have even opposed him on political principles. It was a lesson to diminish confidence in the permanence of opinion to find Mr. Rathbone and Mr. Maxwell allied with Mr. Nicol and Mr. Bramley-Moore in an endeavour to despoil the new Town Council of its authority —recognised in the municipal charter—while the advocates of the old Town Council, Mr.. Littledale, Mr. Holme, Mr. Tobin, Mr. Bold, Mr. Turner, and others, were labouring for the preservation of the rights of the reformed Corporation. Through what new stages we may pass is a question without an answer, while no thing is unchangeable but change.—Journal. PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL.—On Friday even- ing last a select party of gentlemen, friends of Mr. John Reid, chief steward of the favourite Liverpool and Glas- gow steam-ship Princess Royal, dined together at Mr. Heatley's, James's -street, preparatory to presenting him, as a token of their regard and esteem, with a handsome silver tankard, upon the occasion of his retirement from the situation which he has so ably and efficiently filled for a very long period. The tankard bore a suitable inscrip tion. The general urbanity of his mariners, and uniform attention to the wants and comforts of the passengers have gained for him an esteem which time will not efface. Mr. R. D. Whittingtontook the chair, the vice being filled by Mr. Robert .Mossman. The usual toasts having been given, the chairrian called attention to the object of their meeting, and in a terse, vigorous, and eloquent address set forth the distinguished merits of their highly esteemed guest, and asked the company to join with him in wishing every success to Mr. Reid's new undertaking, he hav ing, in conjunction with Mr. John Orme, Mr. John Sherer, and Mr. John Ballardir, (all of Glasgow,) become pro prietor of the Thames, plying between Glasgow and Rothsay. Mr. Reid replied in a most feeling manner, and acknowledged, with deep emotion, his gratitude to the friends around him. Neat and appropriate addresses were afterwards delivered by Mr. Alexander Clark, Mr, Wm. Kerr, Mr. Robt. Nuttall, Mr. John Swift, Mr. Joseph Lang, Mr. N. Mackleod, and others. The even ing was spent in a most intellectual manner. POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The monthly meeting of the members of the Polytech nic Society was held last evening, at the Royal inrAitution. William Milner, Esq., was in the chair, and amongst the gentlemen present were Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Statham, Mr. Horner, Mr. N. Raynor, Mr. Duncan, deputy bo rough engineer, &c., &c. Mr. SALT, the secretary, an nounced that a donation of the first part of a work on the " Statistics of British Commerce" had been made to the society by the author, Braithwaite Poole, Esq.—The CHAIRMAN observed, that no person had a better oppor tunity than Mr. Poole of collecting information on the particular subject to which his work was devoted ; he had great pleasure in moving a ballot for the election of Mr. Poole as one of their members. Mr. GLAD3TONE seconded the motion.—The CHAIRMAN next introduced Captain PURNELL, who read a paper, the object of which was to elucidate a method by which vessels at sea might be pre vented from being water-logged ; the importance of such an invention must be apparent, when it was considered that at present the lives of eleven-sixteenths of our sea men were curtailed by accidents at sea. The invention consisted in having two tanks on each side of the vessel into which, by the oscillation of a water logged vessel. the interior rod is received and ejected alternately. Self acting valves would be so arranged as to prevent the sea water from entering by the passage which conveyed the interior water away. Details of this invention having already been published, a more elaborate reference here is unnecessary. Mr. Gladstone, in returning thanks to Captain Purnell, made some comments on the construc tion of the tanks and other parts of the machine. Mr. Salt seconded the motion of thanks. Captain Purnell explained more fully the principle of the invention, —Mr. N. RAYNER alluded to a water-logged timber ves sel which had been taken into Sligo ; and contended that a vessel would sail under canvas when water-logged. —Mr. WALKER said there was something remarkable about the case adduced : the vessel was abandoned in a storm, but taken into harbour in a calm ; it had been abandoned, too, and never could have been navigated in such weather as that which prevailed at the time it was abandoned. HADROT'S PATENT MODERATOR LAMP Mr. Robert M. Walker introduced several of these ex cellent lamps, amongst which was one made transparent in order to show its working principles. The invention, he stated, was a French one ; and had been so successful in that country that its originator had been induced to protect it in England by letters patent. The ohjections to lamps, when contrasted with gas or candles, have hitherto been numerous, but the chief of these were here removed. Instead of the absorbent powers of the wick being the only means of conducting the oil to the flame, a spiral spring, to which was attached a piston, was intro duced, which forced the oil, fountain like, over the top of the burner ; the residue, being again deposited in the original reservoir, where it could be, at will, brought under the action of the pressure of the spiral spring by turning a small handle, which raises the piston by a pinion wheel and rack. The piston is so contrived that, while it allows the oil to pass downwards, it will not permit of its ascen sion, except through the burner. From the pressure thus attained, the article consumed is deposited in the base of the lamp, and, therefore, no shadow is created from the retort, as in other lamps. The invention is altogether most simple and efficacious. The light is most brilliant ; and the several lamps exhibited met with great approval for their utility and elegance of design. The prices are most moderate. It was stated that Mr. Allen, of Parker-street, had introduced them into Liverpool. NEW DETECTOR LOCK. Mr. Cotterill, of Birmingham, then produced a beauti fully-worked specimen of his " patent climax detector lock," which is very ingeniously constructed, defying the skill of the most accomplished burglar, and the principle and detail of which are totally different from and appa rently superior to anything heretofore introduced. We have no doubt that Mr. Cotterill will be liberally sup ported by the public ; and we understand that the worthy president of the society, who ought to be a good judge, has given an order to the inventor for a quantity of these articles. The principle consists in a cylindrical barrel, containing a number of steel slides, which move in radi ating channels, in the face of the barrel, and are pressed towards the centre by helical springs contained therein. A circular groove is cut in the face of the barrel and of the slides, so that when the slides are forced outwards by the key a continuous circular channel is formed by the coincidence of each of these with that in the barrel's face; when the key is withdrawn, each of the slides is forced in different degrees towards the centre, so that their solid portions intercept the groove in the barrel, and in this position the barrel is held fast by a fixed circular ring fitting into the groove, and notched on its face so as to embrace each of the slides. The key consists of a cylin drical stem, having a number of inclined grooves cut in its circumference, agreeing with the number of the slides in the lock ; these grooves are cut longitudinally in the barrel of the key, and they all vary in depth, slope, and the angle formed by their bottom with the axis of the key. When the key is placed in the lock for the purpose of opening it, the inclined bottom of each groove forces out a slide until the openings in the latter coincide with the notched ring, and the barrel may then be turned by the key in either direction. Should an attempt be made to open the 10. k with a false key, the slides are projected too far and are retained in that position by spring catches or detectors, which fall into the groove, so that the true key cannot open the lock until by a peculiar backward movement the detectors are disengaged. Any violent application of an opening instrument or false key will not affect the works injuriously, owing to the slides being firmly fixed in deep grooves formed in the revolving bar rel, and secured down by a steel ring, which precludes every approach to the movement by any other means than the legitimate key, which, from its peculiar formation, it is impossible to take a correct impression of an advantage no other key possesses. The slides merely move along the grooves, under cover, and return by the pressure of the helical springs, which are equally distri buted around, and these having such a very slight amount of duty to perform, are not liable to set or break, but sup posing such an improbable thing could occur, it would not injure the action in• be slightest degree, as the secu rity of the lock rests solely on the exact distance the slides are forced from the centre, not in their returning to any particular place, consequently the security of the lock must remain unimpaired even if the whole of the springs. were damaged. Where the slightest friction occurs in the works, a counter one has been provided, in order to , prevent derangement ; in fact, this lock has treble the strength and durability of any lock in the market, and possesses none of the liabilities to get out of order. The keys are cut by a newly-invented machine, which can be varied whilst working to such an extent, that millions of keys may be cut, and yet every one shall differ. The locks are all made to the keys, which at once removes the possibility of any but the legitimate keys opening them. A vote of thanks was then moved to the respective ex hibitors, and the meeting separated. ORDINATION AT CHESTER The following gentlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Chester, on Sunday last, at the Cathedral, Chester : DEACONS N. G. M. La College. Licensed to wrence, 8.A., Queen's, Oxford,_St. John's, Duckinfield. Hutton Rowe, B'.A., Magdalen-hall Do. Ormskirk. Stephen Eversfield, 8.A., St.John's,Camb., Bebington. James S. Padley, 8.A., Do., Do., Holy Trinity, Ulverston. Do., Magill'll. Do., Grappenhall Do., Scarisbrick, Ormskirk. Chas. L. Pemberton, 8.A., Do., Do., Haigh. Henry Beaumont. 8.A., Trinity, Dublin,. Trinity,l Southport. D 0.,. St. Saviour's, Liverpool. Do., Tintwistle. Do., Hurdsfield. Do., Nantwich. Do., Thurstaston Do., St. Augus tine's, Everton. Mottram-in- Longa endale. Billinge. St. Bartholo mew's, Liverpool. Theological, Bir- Rudheath, kenhead, Davenham. P. Shepperd, Licentiate Bishop Hatfield's St. Mary's, in Theology, Hall, Durham, Kirkdale. By letters dimissory from the Archbishop of Dublin. W. D. Murray, 8.A., Trinity, Dublin. George Howson,. 8.A., John Owen, 8.A., James Pearson, BA., Christ's, Trinity, Do., Thomas. Bowman, 8.A., E. B. Chalmer, 8.A., John M. Farrar, 8.A., Edw. Geoghegan, M.A., Edw. Heastie, 8.A., Wm. T. Newenham, B.A , Do., Do., D 0,, . D 0., . Do., Charles Abbott, St. Bee's, George Fielding, Thomas Wolsteneroft, Thomas S. Pepper, PRIESTS Name. College Roger Burrow, 8.A., Queen's, Oxford Wm. N. Dampier, P.,.A„ Lincoln, Do. John L. Kay, M.A.., Magdalen-hall, St. Peter's, Licensed to Oxford, Everton. John R. Pilling, 8.A., Do., Do. G. A. Perryn, M.A., Brasenose, Do., Guilden, _ _ _ _ Sutton. Francis C. Royds, M.A Henry F. Cann, 13. A., Ambrose Jones, 8.A., Peter Jones, 8.A., Do., Do. Christ's, Comb. St. John's, Do. Trinity, Dublin Do., Do. William I.o;ve, 8.A., Thomas Prescott, 8.A., Henry E. Phillips, B.A. Joseph Wilson, 8.A., James Battersby, Do., Do. Do., Do., Do., Do, Theological. Bir- Joseph Nadin, Wiliam Jos. ltundell, Joseph Preston Ward, kenhead.. Do., Do. Do., Do. Do., Do., Much Woolton Henry Whitehead, Do., Do. By letters dimissory from the Archbishop of Dublin, Stevenson, 0in,i3830.A,y from the.,Trin BishopityDu blin* of Derry and Raphoe. W. R. Weir, 8.A., J. B W iletr Do., Do. H. W. Brougham, 8.A., Do., Do. On dit, that Mr. Cardwell will be Lord John Russell's new Chancellor of the Exchequer in December next. The Earl and Countess of Sefton have left town, on their return to Croxteth- park, and do not intend returning to town until the latter end of May. THE BUSINESS OF THE POLICE-COURT.—It IS quite evident that some new arrangement is demanded for dis charging the magisterial duties of our Police-court. The business goes on steadily increasing, and this is again prolonged by the recent innovation of taking the deposi tions in committed cases in the court at the time of the committal. Some ide a of the amount of daily busyness may be formed when we state that Mr. Rushton was seated on the bench last evening after the clock had struck six, with plenty of work Wforo birch March 18, 1851; ST. ANNE'S ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL► AT EDGEMLL. LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE, YESTERDAY. Pursuant to announcement by public placard, the -6 4.‘, 111 ; dation stone of Schools in conne c ti on w ith St. All * Roman Catholic Chapel, Ed g ehill, was l a id ye5te,...74/0 with more than usual cere m o n y. B e i ng St. Faro. Day, there was a procession formed to the Chapel,' t o tended by a band of music,— w hilst th e pa li sa d e s 111 1 50 of the building, as we ll as the b ur yi ng-groun d an ° tei site of the contemplated s c h oo l s , were pro f use l y decerato with ships' flags and banners. Soon after half-Peet f o'clock, high mass was comm ence d i n th e prese nce ° OO tolerably numerous con grega ti on , w h ose a d m i ss i o n to oo services was by paid ticket s . Th e mass ff as sung ek, a , Rev. Bernard O'Sullivan, 0.5.8.8. A. ( w h a t e ver tu'i o letters may mean), assisted by the Rev. C. Price, desce,,, and the Rev. W. Gillet, sub-deacon ; the " master of t b i t ceremonies" being the Rev. J. A. Clarkson. A- h i g t he wrought panegyric was preached, after the gospel, Di Rev. J. Sheridan, on the excellence of the varied iit t e l i l d . attributed to the patron, St. Patrick ; am i on the-c 012 , ( 1 sion of the mass, a procession of the officiating priests congregation, chaunting the litany of the saints , te w i formed, and moved to the rear of th e c h ape l, i mm edia beyond the burying ground, where it is intended to er i r s h the schools. The building will be of the early fl„gf e et style of architecture; and its i n t er i or b e i ng a b ou t 9• , .. 0 . by 30, it is computed th a t it w ill a ff or d amp l e a ccorn e dation for about 850 boys, girls, and infants. It isglio erected, it was stated, f rom a d es i gn b y Mr. V/.udoi Lloyd, of St. George's, Hull ; and as it is to b e pr egee te a with at once, it is exp ec t e d th a t it w ill b e corni s l e a , within the present year. Already, we learn, has the P,,• chase money of the land be en con t r ib ute d b y su bseli tions, amounting to about £6OO ;—the total estials cost of the erection, including the land,. being £2. 00° .% 1 0 It was stated in the published h an dbill s , th at t h e Re'"ot Catholic Priest, denominated the " First Lord Bishl o o Liverpool," would preside on thi s occas i on , b u t he ,10 not present, and the foundati on s t one wks l a id b y Very Rev. Peter Greenough, " Provincial of I tlr O. T. B." sof The weather, throughout th e w h o l e of theEe day' universally unpropitious, and w h en th e procession 111°_to cv' from the chapel to the gro un d w h ere t h e ceremony ' take place, the rain was much heavier than it bad 1 1 during the earlier part of the forenoon. On a rrivicgm the site, and beneath the p ro t ec ti on o f um b re llas, 1 1 ;1, Rev. Mr. Sullivan re a d th e i nscr i p ti on on the parc hre; e 4 which was afterward s pl ace d i n a g l ass tu b e and dePO5.lBO in the foundation stone. Th e i nscr i pt i on was fi rs t gl° o , in Latin, and then followed the annexed trans ie terl' tL, (appended to which were th e names o f the coat collectors, secretary, and othe r o ffi cers , w hi c h it is necessary to give here.) "This foundation-stone of St. Anne's Catholic Schools 0,, laid by the very Rev. Peter Greenough, Prov. of York, on the feast of St. Patrick, A.D., 1851, being the fifth ye ar of the pontificate of Pius IX., first ye ar o f G eorge first his„reeli Liverpool, and the tenth year of the r ei gn o f Victoria 1.,'" of Great Britain and Ireland." n er Three cheers we r e ca ll e d f or an d g i ven as the tiP,Art stone descended on t o th e f oun d a ti on one, i n the ee';,/0, of which the glass tube, with coins of the realm, 80 '0 1 deposited. As the machinery by which it was losc,i f ,' ascended, three more cheers were given by the asses 0 e The customary forms on these occasions having been fi r , through, the asse m bly was a dd ressed b y the Rev. `,O Marshall, Mr. Aspinall, and Mr. J. Yates. Three cb,, e ee having been give n f or " C ar di na l Wi seman, " and t'Bs, for the so-called " First Bishop of Liverpool," the Pr° G tl sion returned to the chap e l, an d t h en separate d , the boioto in the meantime playing the National Anthem, and proceedings concluding at half-past two o'clock. T 1 ABSTRACT OF LOG, OUTWARDS, " cIT-y GLASGOW" STEAMER, FROM LIVER?'"no 0 TO PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY, 1851. Feb. 13th.--Wind W. to S., course Channel, dis. 1 64 r i her; lat. 51 58 N., lon. 06 34 W . Li ght winds and fine Wei " abreast Sallees at noon. Feb. 14th.—Wind S. to W., course S. 77 W., dis. 20 6 ]: 3 11 0 lat. 51 10 N., lon. II 56 W. Moderate and light whin' calms. 2 13 Feb. 15th.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W., course S. 82 W., d is c iog miles, lat. 50 40 N., lo n . 17 34 W. M o d erate winds a nd weather. dig' Feb. 16th.—Wind S.S.W. to N.N.W., course S . 76 11'01 211 miles, lat. 49 47 N., lon. 22 54 W. Moderate, fresh , strong breezes; drizzling rain.. 1 65 Feb. 17th.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W., course S . 7 8 W., *ao"; miles, lat. 49 11 N., lon. 27 54 W. Light, moderate, fresh , strong winds, and baffling Cross sea. dig. Feb. 18th.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W., course N. 75 a 'fre'sh A 88 miles, lat. 49 34 N., 1•n. 29 14 W. Moderate anu.,, 50' gales, and high cross sea; drizzling rain; reefed spencers 0; Feb. 19th.—Wind W.N.W. to N. N.W., course S. 59 "740 0 192 miles, lat. 47 36 N., 10n..33 01 W. Fresh and 8 " . br Feb. 20th.—Wineezes. an d N.W . d high cross atop tro S. u W. ghout. and W. course S. 575" dis. 162 miles, lat. 46 08 N., lon. 36 20 W. Moderate , go , and strong winds; variable till 9 30 a.m., when a suddenba4iocl, burst upon the ship from the north, and with a whi r, " jiff which p"ssed about two hundred yards ahead of the shiPz t 4 1 ing the sea to a great height ; took in st orm t o p sa ils, i tb ship before wind and sea, which rose to a frightful he breaking over the ship till midnight. dis IP Feb. 21st.—Wind N. and N.W., cour se S. 10 W., heel miles, let. 43 17 N., lon. 37 01 W. Strong gales an. ~l es s squalls, with hail and rain; a dang erous sea u p ; fresh the end. 149 Feb. 22d.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W., course S. 40 W., 4 ' 5. 00 miles, lat. 41 23 N., lon. 39 12 W. Strong gales an d very Be throughout ; spray breaking over tbefunnel. Feb. 23d.—Wind N.W., course S. 71 W., dis. 130 rilb es 'grto 4040 N., lon. 41 53 W. Fresh gales and high sea; latter f o g. baffling winds and confused topping sea; threatening w 1 16 4,, Feb. 24th.—Wind S.W. to N.W., course N. 79 W. , nre s ", miles, lat. 41. 10 N., lon. 45 28 W. First and middle parn. e eie" breezes from S.W. and W.S.W. - ; latter part, strong' 1 " from N.W. dis 192 Fe m b ile 2 s 5 , th ia — t. W 4 i o nd 52 N N .N ., .E lo . n t . o 4 N 9 .7 1 ., Feb. 26th.—Wind N.N.W. to E., course S. 89 . 9 h go lei fresh gale, and high confused sea up throughout. (1 ; 5 ,0 miles, lat. 40 50 N., lon. 54 21 W. Strong breezes, fre s and high sea ; threatening weather. Feb. 27th.—Wind E. to N., course S. 81 W. dis. 249 sit lat. 40 11 N., lon. 59 43 W. Fresh and strong to i squally; high sea throughout. Feb. 28th.—Wind N. to S.S.W., course S. 85 W., miles, lat. 39 52 N., lon. 65 01 W. First part, strong',o o ' middle and latter part, light breezes, fine weather, and sea. oie s i Wco.urSsetrSon'gB4brlefes4 March I.—Wind S.W. to N., course S. 79W., dis. 19 5 t roll lat. 39 16 N., lon. 69 09 W. Moderate, fresh, and winds, and variable; short sea. q oiled March 2.—Wind N.W. to S. course S. 81 W., dis. 2L-as 8 ,0 lat. 38 44 N. lon. 73 47 W. ' Moderate and light " 1 ' 4 ,0' calms • at 10 9 30, p.m., came to anchor in the DelaWa" Reedy Island. , ~.—. Mr. G. F. Young has been invited to offbaetlre, to th e candidate for Cambridgeshire. hela A Cabinet Council of three hours duration was - 1 the Foreign-office on Saturday. Mdlle. Caroline Duprez will make her debut ° Oi l vocalist in this country, at her Majesty's Theat re ' O D Saturday next, as. Lucia di Lammermoor. b Considerable fears are entertained concerning the,. 10 1 of the Bishop of London. For several months . 1 , 4 t ie been unequal to‘ any great mental exertion, an d the u favourable symptoms are said not at all to deers:tie: 4 e! The sailors at Lynn are still on strike, and as ti:iv iio to no advance in freight, the shipowners are not ae5,,,, 1° 00 0 1 n en u tage hands, though the men have been two , ei °# SPOT ON THE, SIIIV.—It may interest some of otirl se 0 ers to know that there is now traversing the suns u/ el ° spot m A o u f unusual y ve p r o y itT. _ A projectsize, ha distinctlysitdBbhieebee been se t a i fl is o i unassisted but by smoked glass or fog. i , tt auspices Lxlc ai Olivalelmnsr,pitTionyohNi ou, is freaswntdeldraisyeyt Belfast.—Carlisle m m ewmlaef a otar g erse n dnt d. a rne t a e sgt t s cr xta ro e hy f leie . o Railway, to form a company for the purpose of nu rc vof'' the Royal Victoria steamer as a trader betwixt MO , ' A to ot amount of £30,000 were effectedthe building " upon , tb ° four years ago. 0 d The number of suicides occurring in France, frc ) .Ao o ( . lye") : VI. fica rht a era r iin y on p ttss o T. u, r The eaniodssu: Ist of January, 1835, to the 31st December, r l aQ B ll 4 tice6a , : a lP ll :: : to 33,032, that is to say 2,752 per annum, or one, d i./ every 12,646 inhabitants. Among this number 0. 1 , 0 7 - 1 0. 3 the relative proportions of the sex e s wer e as fal l ' Or Of the male sex, 24,762 or 2,062 per annum; of the lf sex, 8,270 or 690 per annum 1 )- M: Lr Go l 7,'''tio ',MATH OF A.. R. ANTON, THE " BISHOP OF —On Wednesday, Mr. Linton, well known 4 % PTO Bishop of Gretna," died at his residence, Gret°;oo'lo after a few days' illness. His decease will be , by all his friends, and doubtless, by many a leicoflot t o , who have been looking to him for the exercise 0 1 le r tent spell which, should bind them for life.—caritS' triot. THE NEWMARKET ROBBERY —ITS SEW:EL.—IP4 of Mr. Arthur Preston, alias P unes t on , w h ose c one 7 0 1 / with the got-up affair at Ne wmar k e t must b e fresh; 07 memory of our readers, was f oun d i n a p on d a t Ist e ;g o Uxbridge, on the 3d instant, in so advanced it decomposition that it could only be identified_"o clothes and the initials on the linen. It is suPP „ have lain in the water about two months. Il cO P HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—MadIIe. Caroline V A ), accompanied by M. and Madame Duprez, rcaehe,Ke don on Thursday. Calzolari, Signor Bianchi, a De: ;(' and Madame Fiorentini are already at their poe'olo7 season will be inaugurated with the " Lucia di P i/ deb i,o ; moor," in which Madlle. Duprez will make h et et) 0 1 Auber's grand opera of " G us t ave " i s i n a ctive 13 Auber's tion, and will afford esp ec i a l i n t eres t f rom the tl it h Madlle. Duprez' p er f ormance o f t h e Page, 14' Madame Ankerslrom of Fiorentini. 0 14 :1;11 THE CONDEMNED CRIMINALS AT CREL..-, / Verd e ? Thomas Drory, convicted of the murder of Jae , he eV has confessed the crime. His confession is to r 7berf that he had meditated the crime, and had carried ~g Gip{ about with him for the purpose some time before I ' o o mission—that he accomplished the murder by t i i er c ° o o' behind her as they were walking, and slipping r ite i se over her neck.—Mrs. Chesham, the other eloP,erlioll tinues to protest her innocence of the murder of ;10 band, though she admits she " has taken off see r .0 persons" by arsenic. THE MEETING AT LORD STANLEY'S.--The f° o o ll k, paragraph appears in Saturday's Glol'e :--" contemporary states that at a meeting held by ti e waao, vatives at Lord Stanley's, on Th urs d ay , th e Cons: 4 110/ who voted with Lord Duncan were blamed for s e ;pe l oc precipitate a premature crisis." There was ii i rloO l tai° ing of Conservatives at Lord Stanley's on 'net', and at the meeting on Friday no such occurr_ae' place as that to which our contemporary refen CSI must be scarce when our evening conteniporarY r e pelled to go into th e scandal-market to pro gu j gestion.—Morning Herald. LIVF:RPOOL : TUESDAY, MARCH 18, Ig s '" o'' PRINTED AND PUBLISIIRD EVERY TUESDAY „ l eo By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Groveteett LEONARD ADDISON, of 14; GreatOrfordt`o o NO. 4, ST. faiEolors CWIVICZNitt LIY2III.-