The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. ~~ ~~~ M 3. OASTLEtt AND TIIK MERCO,I7'S LAST SLANDERS.—After having fired his poisonous ,rrows in the dark f or wee k s, and, like a bush-fighter, when attacked, dying from shelter to shelter. and iron' cli,r4e to charge, our contemporary con descended, on Friday last, to give us an idea what was the real matter to which he had referred, as connected with Messrs. Rawson Cousin, and Clayton, and Mr. Oastler; and added, from his private storehouse of malignity, another charge, aboat some mill of Mr. Thornhill's at Brighouse. A letter from Mr. Oastler, in reply to these detailed slanders, will be found in another column ; and to that we refer our readers. In the meantime let us see what is the Mercury's position in this affair. He challenged us originally to write to Messrs. Rawson and Co. about some discreditable circum stances within their knowledge, affecting the character of 111 r. Oastler. - At first we did not feel called upon to do so; but nearly a fortnight ago we wrote to these gentlemen, and, as we expected, we have, to this moment, received no answer! The Mercury. therefore, must now, unless he wishes to be branded as a deliberate libeller, and his statements as forge ries, himself prove the truth of those statements, and bring forward their author. In tne meantime, let not the Mercury's discreditable animus he lost sight of. These charges were made by him for the purpose of crushing a political opponent, of whose person he knows nothing, but whose sufferings in a debtor's prison are sweet objects of contemplation to so " libe ral" a mind ! Pray will our good Mercury tell us whether, in truth, any Re porter at that time or now connected with his paper, reported the speech of Mr. Oastler, to which he at first referred, or whether his assertion, like his cowardly insinuations, were borrowed from Manchester. We have some curiosity on this subject, for if we remember right, about the time of these charges being made—and especially that affecting Messrs. Rawson and Co.,—the Anti Corn Law League had a meeting in this Town, Verbum sap ! We have received from George Beley, Esq., of this town:— For Oastler Liberation Fund Relief of Messrs. Branckers' Men 0 0 And for the former fund Cs 6d from W.M. QLbe ' 4l lb • et Daiol k)tanDarb. addition of nearly £7OOO to our last half-year's amount of dock-rates, as compared with that of the corresponding six months of the year preceding; and taking into consideration, as well, the effects of improvements to be made in internal navigation, we may fairly look forward to a vast increase of the de mands of commerce upon us, to take place within a very few years. To meet these, we have many conflicting proposi. Lions. Dock warehouses are the nostrums of one party ; the conversion of our outward basins, and our dock-yards, &c., into docks, is the suggestion of another; whilst a third, supported by a majority in the Dock Committee, boldly propose the purchase of the Harrington Company's property, its conver sion into wet docks, and the formation of a large steatn dock at the north extremity of the existing Dock Estate, with a dock for coasters, having a communication with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. From the opinions expressed above, the public will have no difficulty in arriving at a knowledge which of these propositions we advocate. The large mea sure is that which the Dock Committee should re solve boldly to grapple with. Of its details, which we recently laid before our readers, we of course can say nothing. But its main features are ably con ceived; and their adoption, we are confident, would serve materially to advance the interests of the port. To a discussion of the question, as regards these various plans, we shall address ourelves in our next publication. In the meantime, in order to direct our readers to an attentive consideration of our position, we may point out to their notice a few facts. The existing want of dock room is not de nied ; but it is said that the opening of the Albert Dock will fill up this deficiency. In part, perhaps, it may do so. But two years must elapse, in all probability, before that dock can be opened ; and then. e have the declaration of the Dock Surveyor that the trade of that dock will be one peculiar to itself. It will not accommodate the timber trade of the port, which is sustaining. fr,m the effect partly of the new tar „, gigantic increase. And within th.o two years, the increase of our general trade will have outrun the amount of additional dock faci lities thus afforded. We must go to parliament now for increased dock-room somewhere, either north or south ; and when we have seen, from expe rience, the encroachments made upon our privileges, during past applications to parliament, it is surely better to approach that tribunal for a bold and am- ple measure at once, than to throw ourselves open, by fresh applications, every session or two, to the onslaughts of the opponents of our local prosperity. Besides, docks, it must be remem- bered, are not the work of a day ; nor are acts of parliament got in a day. The act for the Albert Dock, which cannot be opened until 1846, was first applied for in 1839; and either of :he proposed docks, north or south, will occupy, at he least, four years in construction, during which time the Albert, with its warehouses, can do little more than merely stave off the pressing difficulties, under which we are labouring. Despatch and de termination are therefore earnestly required, to avert consequences which, in our present position, threaten serious and permanent injury to our port. Well ! the great "AGGREGATE MEETING" of the Catholics of Ireland has taken place—the meet ing which we were taught to look forward to as W another monster Mullaghmast or Tara Hill. And where, does the English reader imagine —upon what vast plain, or lofty mountain—did this aggregate assembly thunder forth its denunciations against the proceedings of the Irish Government ? The meeting was held in the Music Hall, Abbey-street„ Dublin !—a place which, notwithstanding the enor mous gift of exaggeration possessed by the Repeal press, is only estimated by its reporters as capable of containing 3,500 persons I As well might any one of our annual Protestant meetings in the Liver pool Amphitheatre, have been styled an " aggregate meeting" of the Protestants of Great Britain, as this wretched affair have been designated in terms so pompous and inflated. But if in numbers it was a miserable abortion, compared with the past gatherings of the Repeal faction, its object and its proceedings were perfectly contemptible, and even farcical. This aggregate of the Catholics of Ireland—these representatives of the unanimous feeling of the nation—met to protest against the iniquity, on the part of the Crown,. of striking off every pledged repealer from a jury panel, before whom is about to be tried the legality or ille gality of the proceedings of an association, of which they themselves are members, and of proceedings to which they were, in all probability, parties ! How reasonable the complaint ! How exquisite the judg ment of men who could imagine that the law-officers of the Crown, at a crisis so threatening as the pre sent, would hesitate to use firmly all the powers which the law has placed in their hands, to secure an honest verdict !—and this, too, while the tra versers themselves had equal powers, and exercised them throughout against those jurymen supposed to be hostile to the agitation sought to be put down. The Crown struck out twelve jury men, eleven of whom were Roman Catholics, and, we believe, known repealers. The traversers struck out twelve names, the whole of whom were known Protestants and loyalists. Surely, then there is little cause o f complaint on either side ! The Aggregate Meeting, however, complains of the course thus taken by the Government advisers, as (save the mark !) an insult to the Catholics of Ireland—a declaration that they are not to be trusted upon their oaths as jurymen !—and this, too, in the face of the attempts, openly made by the Repeal body in Dublin, to swamp the jury panel with their own creatures, and their chuckling boasts that, with a single Roman Catholic on the jury, a verdict for the Crown could not be had ! Call it perjury, or what you will, which, assize after assize, procures the acquittal of offenders against the law in Ire. land—which enables murderers and felons to walk free; in the teeth of evidence the most conclusive as to their guilt—there is scarcely a sane man in that country who does not know that the admission of two or three Roman Catholics and repeal jurymen, to sit in judgment upon O'Connell and his fellow traitors, would have enabled them to have defied the law,defied justice, and laughed at the clearest evidence of crime which could have been brought against them. And more than that, there is not a conscien tious Roman Catholic juryman, whose name has been struck off the panel, who does not in his secret TUESDAY MORAING„TAN. 16, 1814. There was never, perhaps, a period, since Liver pool was ranked amongst the leading ports of the empire, at which her prosperity appeared more ca pable of large increase or decline, according as the circumstances with which she is surrounded shall be wielded with judgment and firmness, or the re verse, than the present period. A universal feeling appears to have grown upon the public mind that, vast as are its present capabilities —as already the se cond, and at no distant date destined to become the first port of the greatest commercial country in the world,—t his locality has still mighty resources to be developed, and that the time of their development is at hand. Oa every side a disposition is ""Ig evinced to seize opportunity by lL mrelock—to look and to operate in -a. ante of present neces sities it -cu.( becomes us therefore, as jour nalicf-5 anxious for the welfare of our town, and for the increased prosperity of its inhabitants, to draw attention to the policy, on the part of those who have the management of our public estates, which we conceive best calculated for the crisis in which we are placed. Let us, for an instant, glance at all the varied cir cumstances of our position. For the past half cen tury we have been engaged in erecting, upon the shores of our river, within the bounds of our cor porate estate, one of the most noble properties to be found in. any city in the world. We have nearly reached the extremity of those limits. Our docks extend, now, in a continuous line from the furthest point of land which we possess in the south of the town, to the extremity of our estate on the north ; and our commerce still loudly dernands increased dock space. Our necessities have thus far grown with, if not faster than, our means to supply them; and the all important question meets us—in what direction are we to turn ourselves in search of these means ? Meantime we are not left calmly and coolly to de liberate the best, steps to be taken, and leisurely, as in times past, to pot those steps into execution. We have a pressure from without--a threatened compe tition—impelling us to decide upon, and proceed with at once, some GREAT EFFORT, to relieve the vast ,commerce which resorts to our river from the in conveniences and the onerous charges to which it is at present subjected. A demand is made upon us by the people of the adjacent manufacturing dis tricts for the admission of their produce direct through the port of Runcorn. We have been threat ened by them with ;an improvement in the naviga tion of the river irwell—with the establishment of bonding and other warehouses in Manchester itself. And these proje ts, wild as they appeared to us once, are at the present moment assuming a pros pect not only of ultimate but of speedy and vigorous realization. A powerful proprietor—the owner of the Bridgewater Canal—has already possessed him self of the navigation of the river Irwell, to Man chester, by the purchase of the entire property of the Old Quay Company; and with this important adjunct to his former great influence, aided by the spirit of enterprise and determination with which his Lordship's property is wielded, we cannot dis guise from ourselves the fact that in him we have a competitor for a valuable portion of the trade of the port and the town—one whose power we cannot afford to despise. We cannot stand still now. We cannot trifle with half measures now. We must go on, unless we wish to see Liverpool thrust back from her present eminence, and commencing a course of certain, if not of rapid decline. Again, if we direct our eyes to the opposite shore of the Mersey, we have the prospect of future dock competition reminding us of the necessity of vigo rous efforts to maintain our present preeminent po sition. An active and enterprising community, there, have possessed themselves of a site, late the property of the Corporation of Liverpool, having eminent facilities for dock purposes, and which is well capable of being wielded, conjointly with the Bridgewater property and the new purchases of its noble owner, for the infliction of no small amount of injury to the commerce and the property of this port. That ad/ the projects of the new proprietors of Wallasey Pool will be carried into effect, at any early period, we do not say. The acceptance or non-acceptance of the additional plots of land in that neighbourhood, offered them by the Council, will afford us some idea of the bona-fide character of their intentions. Notwithstanding any doubt, however, which might reasonably be entertained of immediate competition from this quarter, the mere agitation of such extensive schemes ought to warn us that the time for acting, on the part of the authorities of Liverpool, has arrived ! We regard none of these projects with alarm. We trust that their realisation is destined to be the forerunner, as it is the omen, of a vast acquisition to the capabilities of the Mersey, as the inlet for the commerce of the world to the manufacturing dis tricts of England. But still Liverpool must do its duty—must claim her share in the advantages to be derived. She must prepare for this expected influx of commerce by widening her boundaries—by ex- tending the capabilities of the port. And it is not a • trifling additionhere, or a doubtful experiment soul rejoice at the circumstances which have relieved him from th a t ecc lesiastical ban, and that clan ._ there, which will suffice for our wants. A large measure, we repeat, is now required. We must ger from fire, bullet, or steel, which would have provide, not for a few years to come—not for a been the result of 'his concurrence in a verdict of trifling increase of th e t ra d e o f our r i ver ; but for guilty against the prisoners ! many years, and for a large i ncrease —l arger p ro ba- One great consummation, however , this "Aggre hly in its ratio to our present accommodation than gate Meeting of the Catholics of Ireland," in the has ever heretofore been called for. Taking into Music Hall of Dublin—this huddling together of sevenmillions of peopl e i n a p i n t bottle—has served consideratiot; the circumstances of the times, the trade of this port is already increasing more rapidly to accomplish. It has enabled that poor Whigling, than it has ever done heretofore. The commercial Richard Lalor Shiel, to e merge f ro nt his sulky re depression of the past three or four years has affected tirement, in which he has been for months past ru the revenue of nearly every description of property minating over his denouncement by the arch-agi -railways, canal s , & c .—dependent upon the activity tator, and grieving for the sweet sops of office wh ich of the trade of the country. But the Dock Estate of he has lost, to take the initiatory step toward the Liverpool stands alone in its increased productive- adoption by his, party, in the coming session, of the ness ; and, with the revival of commerce, which is weapon which Irish disaffection offers them for the embarrassment of Sir Robe r t P ee l. L or d John even now visiting us, and has shewn its effect in an THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Russell, with the little hero of Pen enden Heath aid hitn, is about to hug treason; and they trust, in return, to be dragged back, in the chains of it s burly and braggart head, to the soft cushions of Downing-street, and another to revel upon the pros trate institutions and the ruin of their country. THEY WILL BE DISAPPOINTED ! They mistake widely the feelings of the English nation upon this subject ! Our Whig-Radical contemporaries are dissatisfied with the explanation of Mr. Sands, as to his manage- ment of the negociation with the directors of the Harrington Company; and their grumblings are echoed, if not prompted, by two much greater authorities in such matters, Messrs. Evans and Aikin. The formergentlemen at the recent meeting of the Dock Committee "continued to think" that there had been, on the part of the late chairman, "a most unwarrantable suppression of offers which he had for (of) the land. He had received no satis faction from the letter of the chairman, nor did he consider that it, 'in the slightest degree, exculpated him ;" and the latter defended throughout the harsh expressions of his colleague towards Mr. Sands. We have already expressed our opinion pretty fully upon this subject ; and we shall certainly not at tempt to " satisfy" either of the gentlemen in ques tion when the conduct of a political opponent is concerned. They are - too " good haters" to be moved from their position of hostility by either facts or reasoning. Mr. Sands was, perhaps, not quite so communicative upon the subject of the details of his negociation with the Harrington Company as he might have been. He might have communi cated the absurd offers of 425. and 35s.—both of them intended, obviously, as obstacles to the selling of anything less than the whole of the property. But he would have told the committee nothing more, in effect, than that the company were indisposed so to dit'idc their property, unless the Dock Estate would consent to stultify themselves by the purchase of the worst portion at a price per yard greater than they were willing to take for the whole. The public, hoatever, see through the animus of Messrs. Evans and Aikin in this matter; and we shall say no more on the subject than remind them, that if they still wish for their 40,000 or 60,000 yards of the worst land at 355. they will be accom modated. Let either of them at once make a motion for its purchase, and spare us this ceaseless growling with which they pester the Dock Committee and their fellow -townsmen ! THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The pleasing result which has attended the change, made in the mode of publishing the LIVERPOOL STANDARD' six months ago, and is every week more satisfacto rily developing itself, induces its proprietors, while return ing their sincere thanks• to that portion of the public, to whose kind appreciation of their labours it is due, to lay before them a brief statment of their present position, as compared with the past. At the close of the half-year, previous to the enlargement of the STANDARD, its circu lation was about 1,100 copies each publication. At the end of the first quarter after that period its circulation had risen steadily to an average of 1,500 copies ; and at the end of the last quarter, as will be shewn so soon as the usual Parliamentary returns are published, the circu lation of the STANDARD had reached a weekly average of upwards of 2,000 copies. The proprietors beg to direct the attention of advertisers to this gratifying circumstance. LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION MEETING. Yesterday evening, a numerous and respectable meet ing of the members of the Protestant Operative Asso ciation and their friends was held in Christ Church School-room, (St. Anne's Ward,) for the purpose of furthering the cause of Protestantism, and of enrolling the names of new members. Mr. Councillor James Parker ably occupied the chair, and, after prayer being offered up, addressed the assembly in a brief but effec tive manner. He expressed the cordiality with which he joined in the cause, and appreciated the services of the Protestant operatives : he knew, indeed, no difference between them and the Protestant tradesmen of the town. If they looked to the state of parties in Ireland — whether Papists or Repealers—their sole object was to overthrow the Church of England. If they looked to the outbreaks in Wales, a n d toThe agitatio n - going on in this country—all showed that the object was the same, and that the time had arrived when they must buckle on the armour of resistance. and manfully stand up for the salvation of the empire. Never was there more need of co-operation on their part. It rested with them (the electors) who should go to the council, or to parliament. They bad certainly gained Scriptural education in the Corporation Schools ; but they had not the security for its continuance so fully as they might think. A motion was on the books in the council with a view to subvert that system, and he feared that some who called them selves conservatives might support it. So long, however, as they remained trueto their principles and active in their support, and so long as th e m i n i sters o f their church and other influential individuals contintted to rally around the standard of conservatism, they need not fear for the result. He concluded by stating that the object of the meeti ng was to d isseminate so far as pos sible the principles of Protestantism—and through this and other meetings in the several wards to refute the calumnies, and put down the false and insidious doc trines of the Anti-Cor n -L aw L eague, who had recently been active amongst them. (Loud cheers.) Mr. WH ATHAM rose to move a reso l u ti on as f o ll ows : That this meeting, fit mly believing that Holy Scripture enjoins, and the continuance of the national prosperity is inseparably connected with, the maintenance of Protestant ascendancy, cannot but consider that grants of public mo ney, for the support of Popery, are alike dishonouring to God and prejudicial to the safety of the state." Mr. Whatbam, though in ill health, addressed the meeting in a very spirited manner, urging that Protestant ascendancy was, notwithstanding the epithets annexed to it by their opponents, nothing more than the ascendancy of Christi anity. He lamented the concessions that had been made to the demands of Popery, and showed, by reference to the history of our country, that all our glories and advan tages had resulted from Protestantism—all our perils and losses from the inroads of Popery. He adverted to the signal defeats of the League in Toxteth, and announced that they had since met with a third total discomfiture in his ward—West Derby. Let, he said, other wards follow the example. He had no fear for the country while the Protestant operatives stood to their posts; but he com plained that those above them in rank and circumstances did not, like their worthy chairman and some others around him, appear more amongst them on such occa sions. They would, he concluded, carry these meetings into every ward of the town ; and when the day of battle came, he trusted they would crowd to the hustings to maintain those principles which were essential to the prosperity of the kingdom, and which might be summed up in the words " Protestant ascendancy." (Cheers.) Mr. RADCL I F FE , i n secon di ng the resolution, spoke at considerable length on th e var ious topics that i it involved, showing the e v il s of P o p er y—its idolatry, its ncon.sis ittenbcoythiatss falsehood. Christians a ndas They must, patriots,he said,for if i t protest s pr e aadgatns fur ther, " the sun of England would set." The depression t of the country had been attributed by one party to the corn laws, by another to the non-introduction of chartism, and by a third to the non-prevalence of teetotalism. He, however, felt assured that all the evils we laboured under here, and more particularly in Ireland, resulted from our tam perings with Popery, and that we should never have the blessing of God upon us until its encroachments were boldly resisted, in place of being encouraged as they unhap pily had been, even in parliament- He regretted that the absence of two clergymen, who would have attended but from imperative circumstances, had. thrown the weight of the meeting upon himself and Mr. Whatbam, who were not prepared to address them at such length, nor desired to put themselves forward so prominently. (Loud cheers.) The !notion being unanimously carried, the Chairman complimented , the speakers, and told an amusing anecdote of a recent interview at Rome between the Pope and an ex-Alderman of the town, which excited much laughter. Thanks being voted to the chairman, new members were enrolled, and the meeting separated. The Blackburn Standard announces that John Fowden Hindle, Esq., of Woolfold Park, near that town, will be High Sheriff of this county for the present year, al though his appointment is not yet gazetted.. TURN-OUT OF COLLIERS—ST. HELENS.—The long expected turn-out Of the colliers at St. Helens and the neighbourhood has at length taken place, for a higher rate of wages than that which they have hitherto been in the habit of receiving. The strike took place on Thursday last, when the hands of several of the collieries left off work, in consequence of the masters refusing to give them an advance of one penny per ton. Hitherto, how ever, the turn-out has not b een ver y ex t ens i ve , as many of the masters have acceded to the demands of the men, while others refuse them. Amongst those who have ac ceded to the advance are Messrs. Bourne and Robinson, Greenough, Bromelow, Johnson, of Parr. and Yates, of Present. The latter g entleman is on such is uud terms with his men that he treated them to a supper on Satur day evening. The men allege that, although they work from ten to twelve hours per day, they do not on an average get above thirteen shillings per week., after the deductions from the wages for drawers, powder s &c. ; and, as the employers have lately raised the price of coal about Is. Bd. per ton to the public, they think they can well afford out of that sum to advance their wages one penny per ton, which would increase their wages about half-a-crown per week. Should this strike be of long duration, it will cause great inconvenience to the men, as out of their small earnings they cann o t h ave l a id muc h by to serve them in time of need. Independent of that, there can be little or no doubt that, in proportion as the various stocks of coal vanish, the proprietors will charge still higher for the remainder to the public. MISS WELLER'S CONCERT.—We have much pleasure in announcing that Miss Christiana Weller's Grand Soiree Musicale will take place at the Royal Assembly Rooms, Great George-street, to-morrow evening, when she will give Piano-forte Recitals from the first works of the classical and the modern schools of composition ; and will also perform with her sister Miss Anna De. lancey Weller, Thalherg's celebrated Norma Duet, for two pianofortes, (as played by the author and herself in Dublin with great applause,) introducing also a Grand National Fantasia of her own composition. The services of the celebrated Mrs. H. Chatfield, (from the Nobility's Concerts, London,) are engaged for the vocal department ; and Miss Whitnall and Mr. Ryalls, both deservedly favourites, will also appear ; conductor Mr. H. F. Al dridge, leader of the Philharmonic Concerts. On those of the musical world who have heard Miss Weller, we feel assured, we need urge no invitation to attend : they will avail themselves of the occasion to enjoy another genuine treat. But we are somewhat at a loss how to address those who are strangers to her powers ; for though far beneath her worth Were all the praises that we can bestow," _ _ _ we feel a delicacy in expressing our own convictions, in adequate terms, well knowing that her modesty is only equalled by her merits. Suffice it therefore to say, that this young, amiable, and accomplished lady has, within the short period of her public career, created a strong, and, we may add, a delightful sensation wherever sbe has appeared; and the high opinion entertained of her talents as a pianist, by Thalberg and other eminent masters and connoiseurs, is a sufficient guarantee of her extraordinary genius and attainments. We have not had the pleasure of hearing Miss D. Weller, but we are informed that she, too, will be hailed as a brilliant rising star in the world of music. A numerous and fashionable attendance is fully anticipated at the'soiree. WEST DERBY UNION IV ORKROUSE Scßoor.s.—On Tuesday, the 2nd inst., the half.yearly examination of the children educated at the West Derby Union Workhouse took place, in the presence of the Guardians. The l ursoGs respective Guardians. Girls,upefao ucearo useful edu cat ion, othi s eaairdnvsns a ued: r ch.a e tnotadoi d ividedhnAfwate In fants,frearrtsos hrihtdaenhiyen i ge n tadhhw t lce o teythhrhvi eetleand q ue stion e dr progressr g e oe e rnu esadw cred i tabletee es r a t e r t t ose m aax tst madeeahi branches s n mteof t oiaif s brnc , yt ate several examined e z hvoni rb . eeu , rynt Boys,paodu theirapti ninhd-se know ledge of the scriptures, by the Rev. Thomas Dwyer, the chaplain, whose zeal and attention to the temporal and spiritual welfare of all the inmates of the workhouse—but particularly the "lambs" of his flock, is deserving of the highest commendation. The chairman of the Union, John Sheppard, Esq., afterwards interrogated the chil dren, generally, on the gospel of St. John, with which a great number appeared fully conversant. The result of the whole examination showed such a proficiency in the attainments of these poor children, as would put to the blush the majority of " children of a larger growth" Many of the children are orphans, but some have parents in the house, these were allowed to be present at the ex amination, and it was truly affecting to witness the anxiety evinced by such parents in the gratifying proof of the care and attention which had been bestowed upon their helpless and destitute offspring • one of the children, a girl about ten years of age, delivered a most affecting address to the Guardians, expressive of the gratitude of herself and fellow scholars, for the home and education provided for them, in which she acknowledged not only the attention and patience of the chaplain, the school master, and schoolmistress, but also the affectionate care and kindness bestowed upon them by Mr. and Mrs. Lythgoe, the master and matron of the House, in whom she said the orphan had found a " father and mother, — the language, the tone and manner of the little represen tative were simple and unaffected, yet firm and intelligent, —and many tears were found trickling down the cheeks of those unaccustomed to weep. At the conclusion of the examination, the -chairman addressed the children in a very appropriate, affectionate, and encouraging manner, urging upon them the obligation of a continuanee of good conduct in return for the many privileges with which they were blessed, and contrasting their happy and improving condition with that of thousands of other children who were destitute of the comforts and advantages which they enjoyed. The chairman also complimented the teachers on the result of their efforts, and expressed the gratifica tion felt by the Guardians in the care and attention be stowed upon the children, by their excellent master and matron, as exhibited in the healthful, cleanly, and happy appearance of such children. After the examination was concluded a subscription was trade by the Guardians, with the proceeds of which the children were regaled with plum cake, &c. SELECT VESTRY AFFAIRS. We have been requested by Mr. Ford to insert the fol [owing correspondence : TO THE REV. MR. CRAGG. Rev, and Dear Sir,—Will you do me the favour to refer to Mr. Thornely's speech, as printed in the Journal, of Saturday last, and say if his remarks, which have reference to a conversation I had with him in Castle-street, upon the day the report of the Poor-law Commissioners upon Mr. Nightingall's case was received at the Parish-office, bears any resemblance to what I really did say to him upon that occasion. As you were the only person present, I am reluctantly compelled to ask you to become the arbiter between Mr. Thornely and myself. The remarks of the editor of the Journal oblige me publicly to notice the matter. Your permission, there fore, ta publish whatever reply you are pleased to make will oblige your obedient, EDWARD FORD. Thursday morning, January 11, 1844. My Dear Sir,-1 have seen the report in the Journal of what is there represented as the conversation between yourself and Mr. Thornely, in Castle -street, when I was present, and, still remembering what was: really said, declare it to be utterly incorrect; neither correct as to facts nor in the version given in the newspaper.—l am, my dear sir, yours, very truly, To Mr. E. Ford. S. CRAGG. [Of course, we knew perfectly well, and recently told our readers, how those so-called reports, which appear from time to time in the Mercury, are concocted ; and it is no surprise to us to see, as in the above case, that they are spiteful, one-sided, and lying. We know, unfortu nately, of no remedy, which we would adopt willingly_ The admission of reporters for the local, press, would be only to deluge the community with a further supply of the frothy trash of these frothy spouters, and to add another to the number of our talking public bodies. Our conservative friends must, therefore, consent to suffer on, satisfied that none but kindred spirits believe the slanders of their assailants and their organ—the Mercury. —Ed. L. S.] THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGH.T.—OOII9OIS leave off a shade firmer, though the market has not experienced any great accession of business during the day. The last quotation for money and the account was 964 to y. The other English stocks were fairly steady, and for the most part fully maintained late quotations. The Three per Cents. Reduced closed 97a tat ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1021 to I ; New Three-and-a- Half per Cents., 10l to 102; Long Annuities, 121; Exchequer Bills, 635. to 675. premium ; Bank Stock, 186 to 187; and India Stock, 272 to 274. Spanish Stock was also rather better. A few purchases occasioned this im proved feeling, and the market closed tolerably well. Tha Three per Cents. were last quoted 301 to 1; and the five per Cents., 221 to *. In other respects the foreign secu rities showed no essential aiteration. Mexican closed 321 to ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54 to+ ; the Five per Cents., 100' to -R. ; Peruvian 221 to -I; Portuguese, 44 to 3 ; Danish, 86 to 87 ; Colombian, 11 to Chilian 99 to 101 ; B raz ili an , 75 to 75 ; and -; Belgian, 1031 to 1041. THEATRE ROYAL.—The " stars" at this theatre, during the past week, have been Mr. Fitzwiiliam and Mr. Buck stone who have drawn very good and fashionable Audi ences, the pieces performed being principally the produc tion of the latter able comedian and pleasing dramatic writer. The principal of these, which has had an uninter rupted run during the week, 'and drawn down rapturous applause, is entitled " Josephine," in which Mrs. Fitz william appears as an orphan, or a deserted girl, adopted by the soldiers of the 23rd regiment during the wars of the Emperor. The plot contains little of interest, being adapted principally to display the neculiar style of that lady. It was beautifully put upon the stage, and the cha racters throughout well supported. Mr. Compton in par ticular, personated well a veteran sergeant, the favourite protector of Josephine. It is invidious however, to particularize, where all the members of the company did full justice to the parts allotted to them. The other pieces performed were of that slight, but laughable des cription in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam is inimitable ; and like the principal piece (Josephine) drew down nightly bursts of applause. During the present week Madame Celeste herself re-appears, and in addition Mr. J. P.- Cook, the only sailor upon the stage, will go through his most ce lebrated pieces ; and the house, as indeed it was last night to witness his acting " Blackeyed Susan," we dare predict will be crammed every night. WARRINGTON. ALARMING FIRE. —On Saturday evening, at half-past six o'clock, a fire broke out in Mr. John Haddock's printing establishment, at the Market gate •, and, from the situation of the premises, serious apprehensions were entertained that the flames would ex tend to the adjoining buildings. The alarm was imme diately given, and the fire-engines were, with as little delay as possible, brought up to the spot. The fire burned with unabated violence for about half an hour, or from that to three quarters, when the engines were brought to play upon it in some degree. It was near nine o'clock before the fire was quite extinguished. The want of a regularly organised body of firemen was much felt ; for, although assistance was promptly rendered, yet, in consequence of the great confusion, and as there was no competent person to direct the efforts of the parties, much time was lost. The fire showed a tendency to spread to the adjoining buildings, occupied by Mr. Fidgen,. but owing to the prais ewort h y exert i ons o f a few indivi d uals it was confined to the upper stories of Mr. Haddock's premises. Several rumours are afloat as to the probable cause of this disaster ; but the most authentic seems to be, that, after the other men were leaving the printing-office, to receive their wages, one man remained behind to light his pipe, and, instead of extinguishing the paper, he threw it, lighted, upon the floor in his hurry, and so set fire to the remnants, or waste pieces, of paper which were lying there ; for it was observed that, in less than five minutes after the men had entered the shop to receive their wages, the upper stories were in flames. The property, it is said, is insured. Much injury has been done to the stock, and the buildings have suffered considerably. LATEST FROM IRELAND. THE STATE TRTALS. On Thursday Mr. Moore, Q.C., applied to the Court of Queen's Bench on the part of the traversers, that the panel of special jurors be quashed and set aside, or can celled, and that a mandamus, or order in the nature of a mandamus, should be issued, directed to the Right Hon ourable the Recorder of the city of Dublin, commanding him to place on the list of jurors for the year 1844, in the county of the city of Dublin, in their proper order, the names of divers persons—to wit, of twenty-seven persons, whose qualifications respectively to be placed on the list was legally proved before, and allowed by the Recorder as special jurors. The Attorney-General said he could not abstain from expressing his opinion, in alluding to the affidavit made by Mr. Mahony, if it were true that what•was stated by him and Mr. Ford, that sixty-four were left out of the list, of which only fourteen or fifteen were Roman Catho lics, that he should not mention that in the affidavit in question. What was the meaning of making it appear by the affidavit, that all the parties whose names were omitted were Boman Catholics, but to create an excitement which was not just, and to create a feeling against the officers of the crown by the suppression of facts which ought to have been fairly set out and stated in court. The affidavit did not state that these were the entire of the names omitted ; but it implied as much, while the allegation in the affida vit was that sixty-four names were omitted, fourteen or fifteen of which were Roman Catholics ; it was sought to be conveyed to their lordships that only the names of Ro man Catholics were omitted, and not those of any other creed ; and that was followed up by a charge, that the omission was effected corruptly, although Mr. Mabony, who swore the affidavit, did not attempt to state on whom the charge lay, or venture to prove it. After a lengthened argument, the Chief Justice pro ceeded to give judgment, viewing the question in all its bearing fully and fairly, the court could not but arrive at the conclusion that the present application was a very un precedented one, and at variance with reason and princi ple. Things might have occurred with respect to the jury lists the occurrence of which was to be regretted ; but he was not sure that a fair ingenuous representation had been made in support of that application in the particular in stance relied on by Mr. Kemmia, and particularised by the Solicitor-General. He alluded to the fact of Mr. Kemmis having in his affidavit alleged that when first a complaint was made upon this subject by Mr. Ford, that gentleman stated that 65 names that had been allowed by the Recorder had been omitted from the list. Of these 65, 15 only were Roman Catholics, and this circumstance was one which ought certainly to have been fairly and candidly stated if the party coming before the court to make his application desired to act an ungenerous part. It ought not to have been unequivocally stated to the public that 15 Roman Catholics whose names were on the revised lists, were omitted from the sheriff's book without making the slightest allusion to the fact that the residue of the 65 were Protestants, and that their names also were omitted, for this would have completely altered the character of the imputation. Mr. Ford.—We did not know the names of the other persons omitted, and consequently could not particularise them. Mr. Justice Perrin said he agreed with the learned Chief Justice that the application should be refused, but he could not help adding that there was matter for great suspicion in the case, of gross neglect somewhere; and it was to be regretted that there was not more care taken with that authenticated document. On Saturday the Attorney-General moved, on the part of the crown, for an order that, in the event of the trial in this case not having terminated on or before the 31st instant, that Thursday, the Ist of February, and every day until next term, or as many as shall be necessary, shall be fixed by the court for the purpose of said trial, and be deemed and taken to be part of the present Hilary Term. He could not say the precise time that would be necessary for the trial, but he thought it well to have the order made. The motion was granted, judge Perrin dissenting, but saying it was unnecessary for• him to give his reasons. The Attorney-General asked at what hour their lord ships would sit on Monday (yesterday), when the Chief Justice replied, that the court would sit punctually at ten. AGGREGATE MEETING. This assemblage was held this day in the Music Hall, Lower Abbey-street. The hall was crowded from an early hour. Amongst those present were D. O'Connell, Sir T. Esmonde, Sir J. Power, Sir Valentine Blake, and the Lord Mayor, who was called to the chair. One of the principal speakers was Mr. R. Shiel; and, after several addresses, the following resolutions were agreed to : " Resolved,—That we, the Roman Catholics of Ire land, yield to no portion of the Queen's subjects in true loyalty to the throne, or strict observance of the religious obligation of an oath. "That the officers of the crown, in striking from the special jury panel all the Roman Catholics who were placed thereon by ballot, have inflicted upon our body a wrong and an insult, and that it becomes our duty, in the face of the empire, to vindicate our character for worth, loyalty, and honour. , " Resolved,—That he omission of sixty-three names of special jurors, including a large proportion of Roman Catholics, as well as liberal Protestants, making up the special jurors' list, affords grounds for more than suspicion that fair dealing has not been practised,. and calls for a full parliamentary investigation. "That an humble petition be presented to the Queen, praying her Majesty that she will be graciously pleased to direct her attention to the conduct of the Irish Govern ment in carrying on state prosecutions under the circum ottaracco riforcolatd. " That a petition be presented to both Houses of Par liament, setting forth the facts embodied in these resolu tions, and praying for inquiry into the facts." THE AMERICAN COTTON MARKET. We extract the following from the circular of Messrs. Stewart and Wright, of New York, made up for the Hibernia steam-ship, which arrived here on Saturday from America :--- " The present conveyance carries out important news in relatien to cotton, as will have been noticed from our late circulars; a feeling of speculation, founded upon data, entirely local, has been manifest in this city for some monthe past ; but up to the date of our last circular, no evidence had reached us of a similar spirit, from any of the southern cities ; since then, however, we have re ceived accounts from every section of the country of a large and important advance having taken place in the price of cotton, and heavy operations having been entered into, chiefly by speculators; the origin and basis of this movement, being the wet and unfavourable weather ex perienced for picking in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and West Tennessee, and the belief in a consequent diminution of the supply at New Orleans, from the amount calculated upon early in the season. In New Orleans particularly, the price has been carried up by speculation, until their quotations are quite as high as those of this market; orders have been sent thence to Mobile, to SavannahJand Charleston, and even in this market, purchases have been made on New Orleans ac count. We are informed that the banks in South Carolina and Georgia have been making advances on cotton and are under engagements to hold the same for four months. In New Orleans and Mobile, arrangements various in character, but to the same effect, have also been made. These movements have somewhat checked the legitimate course of the cotton trade, by driving from the market the buyers for English and French ac count; and the re sult must be an accumulation of heavy stocks in all the ports, but more particularly New York ; we estimate the stock here ; now, at 65,000 bales, and th ere i s shipping at, and on the way here from the south, ab out 4 0,000 bales. Much less cotton is in process of shipm ent to Great Britain than, at the same time, for many yea rs past, and the exports for the next month must show a very documentr ed cotton from New Orleans to Great Britan, from th e e gr l e e a a t rn fa f l r l o in m g off,e° same compared lastth that the the exports of We Ist September to December the 16th , 1 8 43, were 64 , 87 0 bales; whilst, in the corresponding amounted to 117,013. From Mobile, Savannah, Charles ton, and New York, the exports to this country, for the period of 1842, they former period, were only 71,851 bales, whilst, during the latter time, they reached 128,371. The receipts into the various American ports, from September Ist to about the middle of December, 1843, were 588,468 bales ; whilst, in the same period of 1812, they amounted to 712,730. At the end of 1842 the stocks on hand were 306,799, and at the close of 1843 they were 413,804. It will he seen that yesterday there was considerable ex citement in our Cotton Market in consequence of this in tellioence • CAUTION TO CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICERS.—An investi gation took place at the Police-court on Saturday, upon the subject of a parcel of hides lying in a bonded ware house unclaimed, which had, by the permission of the owners of the warehouse, Messrs. Lockett's, been sold by two Custom-house officers, named Edwards and Kennel, to a marine storekeeper. It appeared, during the inves tigation, that the hides in question, forty id number, had laid in the warehouse for nine years, and no rent been paid. Under these circumstances the warehouseman of Messrs. Lockett was directed to remove them, and by permission of the Custom-house officer in charge, this was done. This officer and his colleague, it appears, procured for them the sum of £2 9s. 6d., which they divided be tween them. Mr. Rushton commented severely upon the conduct of the officers, and directed it to be represented to the collector. MRS. lIILES' CONCERT.—This lady's annual concert took place on Monday evening, the Bth instant, in the Royal Assembly Rooms, Great George-street, and was attended by a crowded and respectable audience. The most prominent features of the evening's performance were " Tremate empi Tremati," by Beethoven, sung by Mrs. Hiles, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Wareing. Handel's duett, " 0 Lovely Peace," sung by Mrs. Hiles and Miss Linacre, was vociferously encored. This duett was decidedly the gem of the evening, Mrs. Hiles' sweet singing and shaking delighting the audience, and Miss Linacre's fine contralto voice having a very beautiful effect. The glee "If Sadly Thinking," sung by Mrs. Hiles, Messrs. G. Holden, Taylor, and T. Hornby, and the quintello from Guy Mannering, (in which Mr. Gleaves' rich humour as Domini Sampson created great laughter) was also encored. Mr. Taylor was likewise encored in Braham's song "The Anchor's Weigh'd," which he sang with great effect. In the second part Miss Linacre sang Hargreaves' ballad " He's better far than Bonny►" in a very pleasing style, and received an unanimous encore. The duetto, " List to the Convent Bells," sung by Mrs. Hiles and Miss Linacre, was also encored. Mrs. Hiles sang Bellini'e bravura song, "Do not Mingle," very delightfully, and was rapturously en cored. Mr. Charles Wilberforce presided at the grand piano -forte with his usual ability. MONTE VIDEO. Extract of a l e tt er f rom M onte Video, dated the 4th November, 1843, an d rece i ved in this town yesterday..., " On the 31st ult. a large body of troops marched frt this early in th e morn i ng, and reached the Buceo out any interruption. They there destroyed six be stores by fire, and t oo k possession of a large quantity' money ; made some prisoners, killed many more, a ll returned to town without any very considerable 1 °° 1 ; being scarcely annoye d b y O ribe, so much was the lat t panic struck. This affair has elated very much tP' troops; and this day we are told nearly 100 men In,, ° ll joined th e li nes, b e i ng principally Italians, making It force within the c ity upwar d s of 5,000 strong • and 1 "' major part b e i ng F renc h , much may reasonably be el" petted from them. From Rivera, however, we have D ° certain accounts, but it is st a t e d th at h e i s marching °I the city. The Brazilians are determined not to interfere , notwithstanding the insults offered to them by ROO; so that, as the belligerents are thus left entirely to theW selves to fight it out, the result is rendered very unee tain ; while the loss to foreign merchants and all o thell i will be se r i ous l y augmented by the procrasti na tion ta, this desolatin g war, caused by th e i n i qu it ous i nvas i o n °` this country by the Governor of Buenos Ayres. W e shall not, however, be surprised if it lead eventually t 0 his overthrow; as experience in the case of Napoleon, a i in other instances, shows that inordinate ambition proye l the way to its own ruin." The Dublin Mail states that threatening notices ha le been served upon one or more of the gentlemen whOit names appeared on the reduced list of the special jury. ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S Cuußco.—The t opening of thi s c h urc h h as b een postponed throng° unavoidable circumstances until next Sunday. THE CHASE.—The Cheshire Foxhounds meet to-rnor' row (Wednesday), at Wrynehill ; on Thursday, at Wilk: sky Village; and on Saturday. at R en b urey ; — es o morning at half-past ten. BIRKENHEAD INFANT SCHOOLS.—On Sunday morn' ing last after a sermon by the Rev. F. Ould the sum £43 was collected in aid of the infant schools in connne' tion with St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead. ALBION NEWS Rooms.—lt will be seen by an adver• tisement in another page, that the proprietor of this room has made arrangements for the receipt of all tho Irish papers during the ensuing state trials. On Monday last, Mr. P. Murphy, M.D., of this towns forwarded the sum of £348 to the treasurer of tha O ' Connell fund, Dublin. The sum raised last year W 5 under £lOO. The customs revenue for the port of Liverpool has ex ceeded four millions sterling for the year just ended, being an increase over that of the preceding year to the extent of £218,000. REV. T. D. GREGG.—This gentleman has been in vited by a number of his Protestant friends in this town, to meet them at a great Protestant demonstration, to be held on Monday, the 29th instant, and the rev, gentle man has consented to be present. A tea party will be., held on the f o ll ow i ng evening, at which Mr. Gregg will also be present. Hunaun GALLERY.—The positive closing of thiS unique portrait-gallery is advertised in another column. Those who have already secured their portraits, should lose no time in completing their family groups —a single glance at the specimen production is sufficient to con.. vince all of the unerring accuracy of these likenesses, and this is not their only recommendation, they are finished with a f reedom that is certainly peculiar to thiS Artist. ANTI MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.—CIa Friday nigh this busy but useless body met with another signal det e at. A meeting of the electors of West Derby Ward was held on that evening, convened - by circular, from the secre tary of the Anti Monopoly Association. It was extremely well attended ; and after a lecture from the renowned Mr. Murray, a resolution expressive of the opinion of the meeting that the lecturer had entirely failed in showing that free trade would be advantageous to the interests of the country, and in favor of protection to British Agri culture, was carried by a majority of two to one. A RUNAWAY YOUTH.—A rather genteel-looking youths a minor, named James E. Topping, was yesterday placed before Mr. Rushton, under the folluwing circumstances. It appeared that a letter had been received at the police office from his father, who resides in Derby, requesting he might be looked for and apprehended if found. He had come by railway on Saturday, and was taken into custody on the following day by Police-officer Lloyd. He brought with him a box of tools, and was about to emi grate to America. He told the officer he had but £lO with him, but on his being searched £35 Ms. was found. He said the money was his own, though he was not of age. He was remanded, and his father has been written to. THE WEATHER.—Since our last publication the weather was mild and damp for three days, with some occasional rain. On Friday ni g ht, h owever , we h a d a smartish frost, which has since continued nightly, and in the country slightly, in the shade during the day. Hitherto, the thermometer has not fallen much below the freezing point, even in the night, and the last four days have been agreeable sunny almost throughout. Out-door occupa tions, amongst field or other labourers, have consequently been little if at all retarded. The wheats look remarkably forward i n this the .neighbourhood—in eason ; and w s some parts, a p r a c r e t i s y , indeed,r emember rather o nave seen toe grass neids so beautifully green at so ad.. vanced a period of the winter. Vegetables were yeti abundant in our markets on Saturday, and butcher's meat and poultry were also plentiful, and lower in price. Soms turkeys of fine size and quality were sold at the close of the day as low as from ls. Gd. to 2s. each. THEATRE ROYAL, CHURCH -STREET.—During the past week, Mrs. Waylett has been delighting the frequenters of this pretty little Theatre, with her unrivalled singing of English Ballads. She has been accompanied by Mr. Ale xander Lee ; and their united attraction must have }roved much to the benefit of the spirited manager. Mrs. Ray mond—such at least was our imp,emsion—was never in better voice or sang with such unrivalled expression. Tt iS week it will be observed that a new Musical Drama, (The Traveller) arran ged by M r . Al exander Lee, and the prin cipal character in which .is supported by Mrs. Waylett, has been produced, as well as a new Farce entitled " Bor rowing a Husband,'; Verily, in Theatricals, the going a-head system appears this season to be extensively adopted; and even with the reduction of prices made at both Houses, and the consequent decrea&e of the profits of a full House, we are of opinion that both the Managers of this and the patent Theatre will find a per severance in theit present endeavours to please the public their best policy THE IMPERIAL HOTEL. —This new, commodious and extensive establishment in St. John's-lane and Roe-street, near the railway station, is now open for the reception of families and commercial gentlemen. The proprietor, Mr. Morgan, long known as landlord of the St. George, in Fenwick-street, has spared , neither pains nor expense to conduce to the comfort and satisfaction of his guests. The accommodations are extensive, including dining and sit ting rooms, of various sizes, to suit the convenience of travellers or private parties, and all elegantly but not gau dily furnished, and cheerfully lighted. The coffee-room is about 50 feet in length and 16 in breadth, with windows to both frontages, commanding views of the railway station, the new assize courts, St. John's church, &c.; and though the situation is central, we know of few or none in the town more open, enlivening, and, we may add, salubrious. There are thirty-seven bedrooms, variously and comfortably fitted ; and hot, cold, and shower-baths, &c. The walls of the principal rooms (which are hand somely papered) are adorned by paintings and busts ; and all the subsidiary arrangements are in a corresponding scale of neatness and convenience. The choicest viands, wines, &c. may be obtained on the shortest notice, and the attendance is at once prompt and polite. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JAN. 15. There appears to be a considerable demand in all the Irish markets, for fine Butters, on London account; and such high prices ate given, that the trade of this place is entirely scared from the competition. Hence the heavy supplies of indifferent Butter now here, and the flogging business we have lately ex perienced. Since our last circular no animation whatever IS noticeable, and prices are entirely nominal. Heavy and primer Beef and Pork are fully as high, as on this day se'nnight. The former we quote 85s to 92s 6d per tee., and the latter 49s to 5 55 per barrel as in quality. Bacon is held very steadily at 3.4 s to 355; prices, which, to a moderate extent,' dealers accede to. large quantity of American Beef offered by auction on Thurs day la t, met With only poor encouragement. A few tierces of very fine quality, were we understand disposed of after the sale . at a price that did not transpire ; —the rest being inferior W e withdrawn ;—the bidding not being higher than Ss for tie, and 2US per barrel. There was a lair sprinkling of the trade in attendance. TIDE TABLE. DAYS. MRN. EYN. FIEIGHT HoLTDAYs, ETC. Tuesday 16 748 827 1$ 10 Wednes. 1 17 9 9 59 10 0 9 26 31 14 11 J upiter sets 7h 17m. Thurs... 8 16 1 5 Pisca: • 10 50 11 13 17 Friday ..Saturd 1 9 ay2oll 35 11 56 18 2 Fabian. Sunday 21 - 016 18 8 3d Sunday after Epiph. Monday 15 036 055 18 6 Vincent. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1844. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53,Grove-street, aid LE ONARD ADDISON , of 14, Great Orford-street, At N 0.4, S T.Gsonois's CRESCENT;LIVERFOOD. Oders and Adv ert i sements are received by Messrs. Newtonand Co-, Warwi c k -square; Barker, Fleet-street; Deacon Walbrook ; Reynell, Chancexy-lane; . 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