The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-14 00:00:00

the administration of public affairs during the regime: , o f the Whi gs th an man y are awa re. We have, happily, .brok en off the yoke of the oppressor for the present ; but, the system, we :grieve to find, still has its advo- cates. That it should be necessary to enter into con troy ) err. has,on such a topic !—but the inveteracy of an evi l habit we fear, made it so. The best argument on this head, however, will be a practical one, and will con- Bist not in talking about it, but in actually governing th e country independently of Nlr. Daniel 0' Connell, any of his myrmidons, either here or elsewhere. In e"nection with this important point, we shall borrow another excellent passage from the noble earl : " The difficulties peculiar to Ireland," says his lordship, w Zhich s t an d i n th e way o f a d ue observance of the laws, ~j u l be materially diminished by a firm adherence to prin •P•e• It is only when men's minds are tossed about, at one time •nt • ghly elated, at another deeply depressed , by fals el y exc ited hopes and fears. that agitation is likely to succeed, r„to bec orne t ur b u l en t or alarming. Let the laws be faith :l'lY and imp ar ti a lly a dministered—let crime be diligently r u ght out and punished—let men be selected to fill the dif ferent situations under government patronage for their moral n. intellectual fitness—let the appointments in the Esta nslted Church be conferred on men whose lives are devoted ' 0 their sacred calling—let protection be afforded to life and doPerty as far as in the government lies—and whilst tolera nr full and free, is extended to every religious sect, let cle oura , rernent and protection be given to the truth, and I 44'0►nedoubt but that Ireland will soon become different . ._ ° ' ll what she is, and make equal progress in civilization, in Nolality, and in religion, with other parts of the empire." - -- We have nothing to add to observations so sound, to truly liberal, and just. Popery is the curse and r uin of Ireland, and with Popery, cost what it may, we c an have no peace, but what will be ultimately injuri °Ns to ourselves. "No peace with Rome " must still be the motto on our banner, under all circumstances ; !or it is the only ensign that can conduct to any thing I vhich can be called peace, or preserve us from a truce /Lore to be dreaded than open war. The my s tery which still overhangs the Exchequer „ fraud, affords a fine opportunity for the invention aw l propagation of tales, intended as solutions, of I vlnch everybody is at liberty to believe just so much nothing at all, as he pleases. That there are " high Parties involved whom it is the wish of the government to screen," is one of these fictions, but one in which, f or our part, we place no faith whatever. It contains a slanderous imputation, however, which we would gladly see repelled by some further disclosures. It is to be presumed that Smith has by this time re vealed all that he knows of the business—an amount which, one should suppose, would leave nothing more for curiosity to desire ; yet the prosecution of the mat ter, on the part of the crown, seems to have ended. I taPallo is discharged.; Beaumont Smith is sentenced to transportation, and so the matter rests. With re gard to the money, there is• not the least idea that any Part of it will be recovered from the parties, whoever t hey were, to whose plans the unfortunate Smith was lo powerful an assistant. On this head the London 717 nes makes the following interesting observations : "To those who have been used sometimes to read and hear °f city failures, whether mercantile or on the Stock-Exchange, t here will appear nothing strange or unaccountable in the u t ter (t Ikkipation of £300,000 without any gain to the parties ; nor 411 Y expectation that a hoard could be dis covered, even b y t racking every single bill through all its stages to its ulti- Mate resting-place. The present autumn has already witnessed several, nay, many failures, in London and the larger towns, of amount !quailing, or even exceeding, the exchequer-bill fraud, and M each of which it might with quite as much propriety be What can have become of all this money ?' We have Been bankers, once worth £300,000 or £400,0 1 0, now deficient Perhaps nearly as much ; booksellers, in a few years, minus t l OO,OOO or £150,000 ; and warehousemen who , in two y ears, have dissipated £BO,OOO ! Yet none of these occupations offer so easy and rapid a method of getting rid of money as the !Hue-bargain system on the Stock - Exchange. Where, then, 18 the wonder, that two or three persons, without exciting ', t nY observation, should, in the time which seem s to have been spent in the work, have got rid of the sum now in ques tion:—not £300,000, we apprehend; but only such amount 48 may have been advanced on Exchequer-bills apparently of that value ?" So much as to the money; as to the,parties, it does certainly seem passing strange that all other besides Smith and Rapallo are yet unnamed. If Smith's con feshion is to be believed, other parties there certainly were, and they more guilty even than himself. " Al lured and beguiled by plausibility, power, and talent," he say s in his confession, " I became entangled beyond escape, and while Exchequer bills were obtained from one to an enormous extent, I never derived benefit even to the small extent necessary to relieve me from my comparatively trifling embarrassments." From another Part of his written statement it would appear that he had determined not to withhold any information what- eve r of which he was possessed in connection with the transaction, and it is presumable that he has since given it. Some commiseration is due to the fate of this unhappy man. He has been guilty of a tremendous breach of trust Which has been the means of defraud- ing innocent parties to an immense amount; and yet it appears that he sought nothing for himself, and with ample opportunity to do so, forbore to make any pro vision against the day of discovery, which he knew would certainly come. Finally, he made no attempt to escape, and tendered to that justice which he had so grievously wronged all the amends in his power. These -at least are circumstances of mitigation, and shew him to be a man of some conscientiousness ; indeed, if his .own story be true, fatuity is the most remarkable feature of his conduct. LOCAL NEWS Ora Dr rs.—Amongst the presents which have already been received from this town by the lady patronesses of the ap proaching Anti-Corn-Law Bazaar, are, we understand, a pair of very fine white ducks, late the property of a well known venerable colonel ; a very curious tile, from the roof of an ex-quaker ex-member of the council, in fine preserva tion ; and a curious and very 'carce copy of the Municipal Reform Act, full-bound calf, plain edges, not lettered, which has recently been discovered by an eminent authority in West Derby Ward. We are informed that it is in contemplation to forward also for sale an authentic copy of the correspon dence between a celebrated anti-corn ex-dignitary of Liver pool and her Majesty's late Home Secretary, upon the occa sion of an expected promotion to the dignity of the baronetcy. We shall bid for this lot, and buy it if it goes worth money, •as a new year's present for our readers. DEATH FROM APOPLEXY.—An inquest was held yesterday ; before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Charles Houlgrave, 'The deceased was employed, as an anchorsmith, at Mr. Mo• lyneux's smithy, in Orford-street. On Saturday morning 'while he was at work, he suddenly dropped down in a fit, am `was for some time partly insensible. \\ hen he came to him self he resumed his work, but in about five minutes again became ill, complaining of his breast. As he soon afterward appeared to be dying, a surgeon was sent for, but he expires lbefore he arrived. It appeared from an examination of the body that the deceased died from congestion of the brain, or apoplexy. Verdict accordingly. ASSAULT ON SHERIFF'S OFFICERS.—OR Friday, Sarah 'Roberts, wife of Roberts, MiGuire-street, and two boys, Robert and Richard Roberts, his sons, were charged at the Police-court with a violent assault on three borough officers, while in the execution of their duty. Mr. W. Law ton, sheriff's officer, said that on Tuesday night, between seven and eight o'clock, he went with his two assistants, Shannon and Lord, to execute a warrant for debt at the pri soner's house. He immediately went up stairs to seize the goods, followed by Shannon, when they were grossly assaulted by Mrs. Roberts and her sons. The witnesses could not, however, swear to the identity of the elder boy, Robert. In cross examination it was admitted, no notice of the declaration had been served. This it appeared was not requisite in law, and the case being proved, the mother was fined 205., or to be imprisoned seven days, and the younger boy, Richard, 2s. 6d. for the assault. Robert, the other son, - was discharged. MILK AND WATER AGITATION OF THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE.—At a meeting of merchants, bankers, &c., &c. — ‘(most magniloquent are the concocters of these kind of go , therings!)—held on Thursday last, at Derby, the celebrated :Mr. Richard Cobden is reported to have made several extra ordinary discoveries, and, among the rest, that, in calling for .a total repeal of the corn and provision laws, the gentlemen 'of the League are not going half far enough ! " I predict," 'exclaims this philosopher and prophet, " that we who now claim the total and immediate repeal, will, in less than a twelvemonth, be looked upon as a moderate, milk and water :Party! And what does the reader suppose are the ulterior views of these milk and water gentry ? What are they to do after having succeeded in withdrawing all protection from the British landowner ? Why, only to compel him to contribute, 'in addition to this sacrifice, the trifling sum of twenty mil lions per annum of direct taxation ! After such a modest :Proposition, are we not compelled to ask ourselves whether sheer insanity or mendacious rascality predominates amongst these agitators ? In the present instance, the absurdity and impossibility of such an extortion as is talked of by the cot. 'ton prophet, is too grogs and glaring to excite anything ex• 'crept ridicule and contempt for its utterer, and for the gobe. 'mooches who swallowed it; but the animus is quite plain We know well from it what such men would do, if the power vas theirs, to consummate their infamous and dishonest , scheines. What gulls must be the Fitzwilliams, and other liberals of their class, who help to set in motion this body which, if able to go alone, would crush them with no more , compunction than they would immolate as many beetles! SMITH'S LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL ALMANACKS AND DIARIES FOR 1542. By Alexander Brown, A.M.—These ulmanacks and diaries are highly creditable to the publisher, -Mr. Smith, of South Castle-street, who has presented to the Public a series of very neat and comprehensive little works, at an exceedingly moderate price, and to the editor, who has made a judicious selection of the materials most suitable for 41 local almanack, and has arranged them with a view to ge neral utility. The tide-table, which is in each edition, appears to have been calculated with great care, and we un slerstand that in comparing the tide-tables in the Commercial Alniatiack for die present year with those in the other Liver pool almanacks, they have been found nearest the actual .observation. Among the contents of the Commercial Almanack, we notice considerable additions since last year, 'the most important of which are, the List of the House of 'Commons, distinguishing the politics of each member, the Parish Authorities, Election Notices, and the recent Dock Regulations and Signals, the political opinions of the mew l)e rs of Council, &c. Full particulars are also given of all lire Railway, Steam-packet , and Postoffice Arrangements, List of the Bonded Warehouses, &c., and the whole of the ;information is of the m ost varied and useful description. The sheet and miniature editions contain an abridgment of It the Co mmerc i a l Almanac k, an d the neatness of the printing.,ll..eelega nce o f t h e sty l e i n w hich they at e got up, com bi ne d h their ex t reme l y mo d era te price, rend er th em d eserv i n g of an extensive circulation.--Mercury. Tiie Rev. E. R. Jones, BA., late Scholar of Brasenose College, Oxford, eldest son of the Rev. J. Jones, M.A., in cumbent of this town, was elected on Tuesday last to a Fel lowship at Queen's College, in that university. HAIR OIL.—We have been requested by the proprietor of the Liverpool Botanic Hair Oil to state that its properties are of the most valuable nature. He states,. that the use of it completely prevents the hair from changing colour—that it keeps the sealp moist. We are told that this oil has the merit of aiding in the preservation of the eye sight. DISCUSSION ON SOCIALISM.—WC are informed that the committee appointed to arrange the discussion on socialism, between Mr. Brindley and Mr. Lloyd Jones, the socialist, have placed in the hands of the Mayor the sum of £7O 3s 3d, being the proceeds of the four nights' debate, after discharg ing the usual expenses. The amount is, we believe, to be divided between the Infirmary and the Dispensaries. GAME PIES :—THE RAINBOW. - Mr. Lawton, the pur veyor of the finest game pies in England, has commenced making for the season. His fame is established far and wide, and those who wish to place a delicious dish on their Christmas tables, must lose no time in favouring him with their orders. The Caledonia, British and North American royal mail steamer, which left Liverpool on the 4th ultimo, arrived at Boston on the 18th. She would sail from that port on the lst,and Halifax on the 3d, inst., and may be expected to ar rive here to-morrow. MEETING OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.`—This body would assemble on Monday week, the first in the month. The Message transmitted by the President would be read on the next day. As copies of it would not reach New York until the Bth, the packet-ship Independence pro bably would be detained until that day, to convey the Mes sage to Europe , in that case, she may be expected, with fair winds, to arrive about Christmas-day. But, should the ship have a long passage, the royal mail steamer, which will leave Boston on the 16th instant, will arrive with the Message on or before the 30th instant. Pitts.—On Sunday morning, at three o'clock, a fire was discovered in a warehouse in Wilde-street, belonging to Mr. Jones, London-road. The alarm was the greater in conse quence of its being known that there was a quantity of blast powder deposited on the first floor. The floor was on fire, and an attempt was made to persuade Mr. Hewitt, on his arrival with the fire-engines, not to enter the street, but that excellent officer, considering that the speedy suppression of the tire was the grand point, drove on. and in a few minutes succeeded in gaining a position secure from danger in case of an explosion. Mr. Jones arrived in a few minutes, and at great personal risk, rushed to where the powder was depo sited, and flung it into the street. (four casks). The fire was completely subdued in about an hour. It originated among some straw, the lower part of the building being used as a stable. Mr. Whitty, Mr. Maxwell, and other officials were promptly on the spot. MALTREATMENT OF A MOTHER BY HER SON.-Nester day, at the Police-court, a stout young man named George Walkington, was charged by his mother, an old woman, with gross abuse and annoyance of her on Saturday night. She stated that she lived in Redcross-street, and had done a great deal for the prisoner, and was willing to do the utmost for him, if he would conduct himself with propriety, but found it in vain. On Saturday night he went to her place and demanded 3s. from her, which he would have squan dered had she given it him ; and on her refusing be became exceedingly violent, and assaulted her, and she was obliged to send for the police-officers, when he struck and kicked her. He had got married to a woman with whom lie could not live, and she bad long supported him, and had his wel fare so much at heart that she would do so yet, if he would behave himself, but he kept her in continual fear and misery, so that she could not go to bed with her clothes off, lest he might come in at any moment and attack her. She added that he had spent all his week's earnings, 175., on Saturday and Sunday, in drinking, and that drinking made him mad. She did not think she could long survive his violence. Mr. Rushton : "Oh yes, you will ! You are still a stout woman, and will live a good while if you do not distress yourself about him. His conduct has been most disgraceful and un manly, and you must not trouble yourself further about him, or interfere to get him released, otherwise he may some day take your life. I will take him into keeping. He must pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned for two months for the assault, and further find sureties to keep the peace, himself in £3O, and two others in £2O each, or be further im prisoned for one month." The Prince Wales is to be " the pet of the petticoats ". according to his royal highness's nativity, by Raphael, in the Prophetic Almanac, in which little work for 1842 it appears at full length, together with 108 pages of useful and very amusing articles, illustrated with a large coloured Hierogly phic on zinc, and an exquisite steel plate called " The M a g ic Mirror." The successful position of Raphael's almanac has enabled the proprietor so to improve it as to merit the appel lation of being " the best "of the smaller annuals. On Winter evenings, " the laughable Wheel of 'Pythagoras " and the Cabilistic Numbers; and in leisure moments, the poeti cal extracts, afford light and gratification.—(See advt.) .CONVERSIONS FROM ROMANISM.—We have observed lately frequent instances of persons publicly recanting the errors of Popery, and embracing the Scriptural doctrines of Protestantism. It will be seen from an advertisement, that a special form of service, to be used on such occasions , has been compiled by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, from one pre pared by the Archbishop' Tenison, in the year 1714, at the command of Queen Anne ; the only addition being the introduction of a few questions used and recommended by the late Archbishop of Dublin. As the want of such a form has long been experienced, we have no doubt there will be a great demand for it. ST. MICIIAEL'S CHURCH. — On Sunday last, two excellent sermons were preached in this church by the Rev. John Jones, and the Rev. J. H. Stewart, in behalf of St. Michael's week-day and Sunday schools. The mayor, and several members of the town council, were present on the occasion. ' The collections amounted to 1:47 4s. 6d. The school chil dren attended at each service, and it was pleasing to hear them sing the appropriate hymns chosen for the occasion. hi the afternoon they were cathechised in the church, when many of the congregation, as well as the parents of the chil dren, were gratified by their good answering in the Scriptures, as well as their correct repetition of their hymns and cate chism. The pew rents, in this church, we are glad to learn, are to be reduced from Ist February next. This will be a great boon to the congregation and neighbouring inhabitants. Hitherto the price charged was nearly uniform throughout the entire church ; but in future a graduated scale will be adopted, so that individuals in different circumstances of life will be accommodated with pews or sittings in proportion to their means. _ . . THE ALBION'S LATEST !-Our contemporary. the Albion, has been rubbing up his Latinity, and has made three dis tinct discoveries—first, that Fidus Achates is not Fides Achates ; secondly, that Fidus Achates kept bad company ; and lastly, that Fidus Achates is not the Reverend Hugh M'Neile. The Albion is right this time in his orthography; right too in his identity; but with respect to his second po sition—the character of the Pius Eneas—there is nothing --- INQUEST ON A CHlLD.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, touching the death of Jane Griffiths, a child of eleven years old. The deceased lived with her pa rents, in Thurlow-street. On Sunday evening, during their absence, the deceased called in another little girl from the next house to keep her company ; and while the former was pour ing some coffee from a kettle into a cup, her clothes ignited at the bars of the grate, in which there was a brisk fire, and she was soon in flames. Her companion endeavoured to ex tinguish them by throwing water upon her, but being unable, called her mother, who extinguished the fire with a blanket, but not before the deceased was so much burnt that she died in a few hours. Verdict, " Accidental death." STEALING A CHEESE. — At the Police-court yesterday, two boys, William Tatlock and Michael Regan, werecharged with having stolen a cheese. It appeared that about six o'clock on Saturday night, a police officer observed the pri soners, one of whom had a cheese ; and as, on being ques tioned, they gave no satisfactory account of it, he detained them, and made inquiry in the neighbourhood, the result of which was, that the cheese was identified as belonging to Mrs. Ball, shopkeeper, Byrom-street, being marked B, and missed from others similarly marked. One of the prisoners stated that he had picked it up in the middle of the street — saving it from being run over by a coach ! They were each committed to gaol for three months. REVENUE IN ay IRY. — The commissioners Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Baring, and Mr. Pringle, arrived here on Friday, to commence their examination into the state of the revenue establishments. One main object of the inquiry is to provide increased facilities for commerce; and, we un derstand, that in consequence of a communication to this effect from Lord Sandon to the mayor, all the mercantile associations of the town have appointed deputations to con sider matters to be brought before the commissioners. The deputations meet daily at the rooms of the East India arid China Association, when the communications of facts or suggestions for improvements in the present system may be addressed to the chairman of the deputations. THEFT PROM THE PERSON. — Yesterday, at the Police court, a young woman, named Mary Roach, was charged with stealing a sum of money from the person of a gentleman in the street. Mr. John S. Williams said he was a builder in Birkenhead, and that on Saturday night, as he was passing down Ranelagh-street, he was accosted by the prisoner. He had scarcely spoken to her, telling her he would have no communication with her, when he missed his money, and immediately told her she had robbed him of a half-crown and two shillings. He detained her, observed she had the money in her mouth, and called a police-officer, who took her into custody. She screamed out murder, and collected a con ; course of people. The officer searched her, but found no money in her possession. On returning, however, to the 'r spot, after depositing his charge in the station-house, he t found the money amongst the stones. She was committed for trial. DEATH FROM A WOUND IN THE HEAD—SURGICAL CASE. — An inquest was, on Saturday, and, by adjournment, yesterday, held before P. F. Curry, Esq., on view of the body of a boy. 9 years of age, named John Garland. A youth, named Connolly, was in custody, on suspicion of having caused his death. The prisoner's brother, Abraham Con nolly, said he was an apprentice at Messrs. Rodick and Co.'s, merchants. About three months ago he and his brother had - some words at home, and after going out, the latter threw a stone at him in Hale-street, at the bottom of which there are some steps into Dale-street. He evaded the stone by going off the parapet, and it bounded towards the steps. Directly after he heard a boy screaming, and saw him with his hand to his head. Some persons collected, and said the boy was hurt. Witness went away, and did not see him afterwards. It appeared that the deceased, who lived with his parents, in Bachelor-street, went home, and had the wound dressed. He was attended by several doctors, including Mr. Baylis and Mr. Murphy. Mr. C. 0. Baylis, surgeon, said he called to see the deceased, Dr. Murphy was then going to perform an operation on his head. He was wounded on the left fore head—the wound had imperfectly healed—the bone was much discoloured—and there was evidence of disease of the brain. The operation was performed by Dr. Murphy. A portion of the bone of the skull was, on removing the scalp, found absorbed. Four days afterwards he called, by request of Mr. Murphy, and found a portion of the brain had come through the opening made by the trepanning. The disease of the brain and of the bone of the skull was, no doubt, the cause of death—produced by external violence. Mr. Ley cock said he attended the deceased about ten days. He found inflammation of the brain, and applied the usual re medies. After ten days he considered him convalescent, but on again visiting him, found he had been trepanned, and a soft substance protruding through the opening. He called two surgeons from the Dispensary in consultation, and used the usual means, but the patient died on Friday, from hernia of the brain, which frequently followed trepanning, but could not be foreseen by the operator. He could connect the cause of death with the wound and inflammation of the brain, for which he was first called,—nor could he say whether the operation was necessary or not, as it was performed several days after he was first called in. When he left off first visit ing him, the wound was quite healed. Mr. Cooper, surgeon, made a post mortem examination. He found a large wound, evidently made for surgical purposes. The skull was exposed. There was a considerable hole of an angular shape, having more the appearance of bone removed by ulceration or ab soiption than by surgical operation. Trepanning had been performed, and he found a large cavity in the brain, and an ulcerated hole in the dura mater corresponding with that in the skull. He described other appearances. Matter pre vailed throughout the whole of the cavities of the brain, and was one of the most extensive cases of abscess of the brain he had ever seen. The abscess was the cause of death. It was not of frequent occurrence from natural causes, but more frequently from blows or wounds of the skull. A blow given two or three months ago might produce it. The jury re turned a verdict to the effect, that the deceased died of the abscess, but how produced there was no evidence. The pd. soner was discharged. We are informed that the Duke of Portland having resigned his office as Lord-Lieutenant or Custos Rotulorum of the county of Middlesex, the Marquis of Salisbury will be ap pointed in his place.—Times. Tiix LATE Mn. CLOUGII. — We trust our musical friends will not forget the cniwert this evening, to take place at Mr. Lassell's Rooms, for the benefit of the widow and infant son of the late Mr. Clough. The programme is well selected and most attractive. POST OFFICE PLACE GALLERY.—This delightful place of public resort is, we are sorry to find, positively to close on Saturday next. Those who have not been must really lose no time, and those who have should take " a last fond look." WEST INDIA MAILS.—As the West India steam-packets do not take the mails until the Ist of January next, an in quiry was addressed to the postoffice as to whether the steam-packets sailing from Southampton previous to the Ist of January would be allowed to take letters as ship-letters, to which the following answer has been received:— " General Postoffice, Dec. 10, 1811. " Sir,—ln reply to your inquiry, 1 beg to inform you that the Postmaster-General has authorized ship-letter bags to be made up and forwarded by the steam-vessels about to sail from Southampton for the \Vest India Islands, prior to the com mencement of the new arrangement of the transmission of the regular mails to the West Indies. " I am, &c., " THOMAS LAURENCE, Assistant Secretary. " Messrs. Powles, Brothers, and Co., 13, Austin Friars." THEATRE ROYAL.--it will be seen, by the advertisement, that Mr. Slaiter takes his benefit to-morrow evening. We are sure this unpretending, clever, and humourous actor-- the best country boy, by the way, on the stage—deserves the support of the public. He has been attached to this theatre some years. Monday next will be the last night of the sea son, when Mr. Clarke will have his benefit. Many will go on that occasion to take leave of one who has so long and so successfully administered to the amusement of the public. He retires with honour to himself, and in it is a beacon for the younger members of the profession, to show them what perseverance, and industry, and uprightness will do. We cannot but think that the profession ought to show him some little token of regard, in a manifestation of which numbers of Mr. Clarke's wellwishers would gladly join. CHARGE OF ROBBERY .-A female, named Julia Cambrin, was yesterday charged at the Police-court with robbing a Mr. Dillon of his purse, containing twelve sovereigns and sonic silver. It appeared from the complainant's evidence that he had treated another female, and afterwards the prisoner, at a public-house. The former went out, and did not return. The prisoner, after the other had gone, asked him to search his pockets, and see that all was right, which he did, and missed his purse, which he had not shown to either of them. The evidence being inconclusive against the prisoner, and nothing being found upon her, she was discharged. Mr. D. then preferred a charge of want of courtesy and rude lan guage towards him by the keeper of the Vauxhall Station house. The charge was but trivial, and was to a considerable extent explained away by the accused. Mr. Rushton said it was the duty of all officers to conduct themselves civilly to everybody. The parties then left the court. PROPOSED JUNCTION LINE THROUGH MAN CHESTER, BETWEEN THE MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AND THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAYS. Our contemporary of the Railway Times is this week a little severe upon the directors of the Menchester and Liver pool Railway Company, on account of their declining, for the present at least, to hurry on the formation of the pro posed junction line between their present terminus in Water street, Manchester, and the Manchester and Leeds line, for which, it will be remembered, the requisite powers have already been obtained. The Liverpool and Manchester directors allege, it appears, as one of their objections to going on with the junction in question, that, on enquiry, they have found the estimates of the traffic likely to come upon it very much overrated; and our contemporary—dis satisfied with the allegation itself, and with the means as well, by which the estimates are said to have been tested — calls upon the directors either to employ the same means in examining the estimates as those used in framing them, or, as the alternative, to give up the powers of their act of par liament for executing the line into other hands. Now, with due submission to our able contemporary, we cannot see that the directors of the Liverpool and Manches ter line are bound to accept either of these two alternatives, or to proceed with the junction line as at present laid down, without being fully satisfied as to its being the best commu nication that can be formed through the town of Manchester. Upon this point we are not at all so well satisfied; and con sider, besides, that circumstances and measures which are at this very moment in contemplation, may contribute to render the profitable working of any junction line whatever through the town of Manchester very problematical. The principal benefit which has been held out as likely to arise from the formation of a junction line has been the saving to be effected by merchandize and produce being forwarded direet'from Li verpool to the manufacturing towns upon the Leeds line—the saving of unloading and reloading, cartage, porterage, &c. The supposition upon which the companies have ever gone has been that Liverpool was to continue the depot for bonding this produce; and now, when it has become almost matter of certainty that the privilege of bonding is about to be con ferred upon Manchester itself, and that a portion at least of the foreign produce for which the consumers in the manu facturing towns upon the Leeds line have heretofore looked upon Liverpool as their market, will in all probability, before long, be deposited under bond in Manchester—this saving by through carriage is no longer so practicable, or the advantage and profitable working of a junction line so evident. But eve►► conceding the fact (which we are quite prepared to (10), that a junction line must ultimately be made between the Manchester and Leeds and the Liverpool lines, are there not, we ask, other lines from Manchester to the south and north which have a claim to be considered in the formation of such a junction ? The Manchester and Sheffield and Manchester and Birmingham lines seek, as well as the Man chester and Leeds, a connexion with Liverpool ; and we think it must strike our contemporary that if it is possible to pro ject a line which will satisfy the wants of these companies and the reasonable claims of the Leeds Company as well, that line it is which, under existing circumstances and exist ing prospects, ought to be taken up by the Liverpool and Manchester Company. _ _ That such a line can be made has already been shewn—a line, we believe, even less expensive than the present pro jected line ; and we are not perhaps far wrong when we state, that to the prospect ultimately of uniting themselves at once by this line with the three railways which seek a communi cation with them, is to be attributed this justifiable unwil lingness to be dragged into the formation of a junction with the Leeds and Manchester solely. EFFECT OF REDUCTION OF RAILWAY FARES, We have been favoured from an official source with a comparative statement, showing upon a small scale the effect of a reduction of railway fares. The lino upon which the reduction referred to took place, is the Canterbury and Whitstable, six miles in length. On the Ist of February, 1841, the fares were reduced from 9d. to Gd., and the follow ing is the result :- 1840. 1841. February March April . 538 May Bl6 .. 2,168 June July August 1,468 September October November .. T0ta1...... £9,388 £23,719 Balance in favour of low fares, £14,331. —Railway Times. Satisfactory as must be the above statement, as to the in crease of gross receipts which results from the reduction of railway fares, the example would be far more likely to be followed if a better arrangement could be come to with the government with respect to the mode of levying the passen ger duty. The amount per head charged by the revenue ought surely to be proportioned to the amount levied by the company ; and we would suggest that railway directors could not be better employed during the approaching session than by impressing the justice of such an arrangement upon the present Chancellor of the Exchequer. GREAT NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW BAZAAR Our liberal neighbours of Manchester are moving—not heaven and earth—but middle-aged ladies, sympathetic misses, blue stockings young andold, and philosophers of every grade, to aid them in the holding of a bazaar there upon the most ex tensive scale, and with a splendour unparallelled. Needles:are being plied with unexampled celerity and zeal ; fair pencils are engaged by hundreds; samplers, flowers, gimcracks of every description which fair fingers can put together, are in preparation ; coins, (principally of copper,) autographs, bee tles, classified and duly stuck through with pins, stuffed birds —every thing " rich and rare" which can be scraped up for sale—are anxiously sought after by patrons and patronesses, M.P.'s, and knights and " squires of low degree" ; and the produce, it is not to he doubted, will be almost sufficient to pay the national debt, to build a score of churches, or endow a few hundred alms-houses. Good, kind, charitable, " liberal" ladies and gentlemen of Manchester ! Of course this vast effort is intended for some one or other of these laudable purposes ! Your starving weavers are to starve no more ; the shivering factory child, running shoeless to his work in the bitter winter mornings, is to run shoeless no more ; destitution is to be taken out of your streets, and brightness and warmth to be introduced to the poor man's hearth, a pillow to his weary head, and a blanket to cover his toil-worn frame ! " Not at all"—is the reply of each tart blue-nosed spinster, as, looking unutterable scorn, her busy fingers knit, net, sew, paint, or patch with a feverish velocity. "It is for no such vulgar, low, worldly, unenlightened object that our sympathies are moved. There is the new poor-law and the union workhouse for such wretches as these. We have nobler, more comprehensive ends in view—the advancement of the happiness of thewhole human race—the promotion, in short, of the agitation of the Anti-Corn-Law League !" Sweet George Thompson "—" ecellerit . eloquent mar —he cannot astonish and4enrapture the world without moue , " Clever Mr. Arland "—he cannot do without money ; an the funds are very low—very ! Agitation is " hard up "—I vulgar phrase, but expressive,)—and a Great National Ant Corn-Law Bazaar is just the thing to relieve it ! Charit philanthropy. humanity,—Fudge! They have a very La effect, all the political economists and philosophers agre upon the character of poor people. Th e workhouse test ar cheap bread are the proper remedy. The league alone c regenerate the world " and " sweet George Thompson," at his fellow speechifiers, therefore, it is for whose especi benefit is intended the proceeds of the " Great Nation Anti-Curn-Law Bazaar!" What next? The grand exchequer-bill fraud might still have been car. ried on four years, perhaps, before final explosion, but for those monetary derangements which rendered it every day more difficult to obtain advances of money on deposit of bills, excepting on conditions so usurious as could not fail to excite misgivings that the security deposited was not come by legi timately. Hence detection of the existence of duplicate numbers of bills by an astute banker applied to for advances of money on his own terms, whatever those might be, which arousing his suspicions, led to those examinations and colla tions of bills by himself and others, which resulted in verifi cation of the fact suspected. CORRESPONDENCE, THOUGHTS ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY, WITH HINTS FOR ITS IMPROVEMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In the present state of this country, when almost every department of industry is paralysed,—when the home trade is depressed almost beyond example, and our com merce with foreign nations threatened with gradual extinc tion,—it becomes important to ascertain what remedies may be applied for its improvement. No nation ought to be poor that is in the possession of the means of feeding, clothing, and lodging its population. Wherever the elements necessary by the application of judi cious labour for these results are not found in a country, that country becomes, to the degree in which these are defi cient, dependent upon foreign nations; and it is requisite that arrangements should be made to exchange the surplus productions of one country for that which is wanted from another. . _ To develope the resources possessed at home to their full est capability, seems at once the interest and the duty of each individual state ; and so long as hostilities exist between nations, to be independent for primary necessaries of exist ence of countries that are or may become hostile, seems not only the dictate of reason and prudence, but the duty of each particular state. This, however, should not be cherished on any selfish ground, but only as a necessary caution where confidence cannot be placed. It cannot be doubted by those who take a large view of the variety of production scattered over the earth, and the instinctive desire planted in the minds of men to participate in the possession of this variety, that we ought to consider mankind as a great family—parts of one whole, whose loca tions, habits, productions, and pursuits are capable of har monious amalgamation, concurring alike to general and in dividual advantage ; and hence the necessity of arrangements for the production and distribution of the resources of each country on the largest possible scale. This can only be effected by the voluntary concurrence of each state to co-operate with surrounding nations; and so long as ignorance, error, or prejudice prevail, an harmoni ous interchange cannot be expected. The prejudices of nations, however, frequently fall before a conviction of their interests ; and hence countries not al together friendly continue to exchange their productions. It not being in our power to regulate the laws of other countries, or to insure from them that reciprocation which enlightened policy might dictate, renders it the more neces sary that the internal resources of our own should be deve loped as fully as possible, and that we should cease to de pend from abroad for that which can be found abundantly at home. _ _ . The capability of our production of food admits of consi derable extension, and there can be no doubt that the growth of our own soil is as nutritious as that of other countries. Whenever the supply fails in quantity or quality, our at tention must be directed to obtain the deficiency from other nations. Those who have witnessed the amount of production ob tained by judicious labour from a few acres of land near London, will have no grounds of apprehension that our own soil is at present insufficient to supply the wants of our in habitants in food. That the same results are attainable at home for the sup ply of clothing, is evidenced by our warehouses groaning with abundance, which we have not yet found the means of distributing. The raw material, indeed, is mostly the pro duction of other countries ; but no difficulty is likely to arise to prevent our obtaining of that what is requisite. To erect for our population good and suitable habitations, needs no argument to prove it to be in our power,or to supply their requisite furnishing when erected. How is it, then, that a country possessing ample means of supplying itself with food, groaning under the load of its clothing, and capable of housing its whole population to an extent almost without limits, should be in that state of de pression and difficulty which is at present experienced in Britain ? The possession of all these articles of wealth, when undis tributed, contributes no more to the national comforts than the mere sight of a feast appeases the appetites of the hun gry ; and from hence we are poor amidst plenty—famished at a feast. Probably the means of distribution is co-extensive with our love and charity, and will not be improved until these mental elements are further developed. It may be allowa ble, notwithstanding, to suggest what seems likely to prove useful. Gold and silver have for ages been amongst mankind the most approved means of distributing the produce of society ; and were gold and silver plentiful enough for the purpose, and capable of regulation, there is no doubt that the preju dice in its favour stands upon a just basis : but, in the ab sence of sufficient quantity, or sufficient power of regulation, some substitute must be found. Civilised nations have adopted a recognised paper money as this substitute, but never with that arrangement necessary for its efficiency and permanence. To obtain this efficiency, it seems requisite that a power should be somewhere vested to supply what experience has sliewn to be necessary for the wants of one country and no more, and a credit given to this supply which should render its value unquestionable and permanent. This country has already been educated in a paper system issued by the Bank of England, and during our wars it was made permanent and unconvertible • but after the wars, when gold began again to visit our shores, it was thought desirable to retreat from the exclusive use of paper. Attempts have again and again been made to bring the transactions of a very extended paper system within the very contracted limits of a gold and silver one, but always unsuc cessfully ; nor does it seem likely that they can ever be suc cessfully combined, as attempted by our present Bank of England. So long as our gold is liable to be withdrawn from the country by the wants of foreigners, it seems impossible to found a paper issue upon it that shall be capable of giving us a steady home trade. Fluctuation in price and in demand must necessarily be produced by fluctuations in the amount of our circulating medium. When the country possesses an ample currency, good employment, good wages, and general success result from it. When an excess is issued, specula tion and feverishness arise ; and when a deficiency occurs, depression necessarily follows. Experience has shewn these effects to be the uniform re sults of the past management of our monetary system, and it seems to point out an easy and ample remedy. If one bank of issue alone were founded under the super intendence of government, nothing can be easier than CON TROLLING THE AMOUNT, and its circulation in the country rnayi be effected without prejudice to any of the existing banking interests. We should thus possess a national hope capable of being extended or diminished, as circumstances required, and being accepted by the government for taxes would be a legal tender to all other parties. This national hope would furnish us with the immediate and permanent means of domestic trade—would set into activity the industry of the country, and rapidly circulate amongst society the na tional productions, and thus create plenty at home. However extensive the productions of labour become, ex cess in supply would only have the effect of cheapening in price, or, in other words, of giving each person a larger quantity in return for his labour. It would not be possible for distress to exist at home so long as the industry, skill, and enterprise of our population was kept in activity, and the Divine Providence afforded us his accustomed blessing. Gold being removed as our circulating medium all fluctua tions arising from its abundance or scarcity, as far as our home trade is concerned, would be at an end, and it would take its place as a mercantile commodity, to be bought and sold with our paper money as an article of merchandise. The effect of this domestic monetary arrangement could not be injurious to our foreign commerce, as that would always depend upon our capability of exchanging goods upon equally advantageous terms, with rival manufacturing nations. If the whole energy of Britain became but moder ately exercised, so illimitable would be its production that, after an abundant supply of the home market, we should have an excess that would nearly supply the world. That other nations not so favourably situated as ourselves for ob aining manufactures, and more favourably situated for ob aining other productions equally necessary to us, would be of an equitable exchange does not admit of dispute, and n the balance of exchanges had to be paid in gold, it Id pass from us as a mercantile commodity without in the slightest degree deranging our monetary system. This arrangement would also have another evident advan tage in almost enforcing foreigners to take our goods in ex change for those which they seat to this country. The flourishing state of our population would enable them to obtain and consume a vast increase of the production of other countries, and Britain would become the best market the world. E. W. Ivy-street, Birkenhead. TRINITY CHURCH ORGAN TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD - - - SIR, -- W i ll you, through the medium of your journal, oblige the congregation of Trinity Church by calling the at tention of those in authority to the disgraceful way in which the musical part of the service is conducted ? The fault rests principally with the individual who plays, or, I should say, attempts to play the organ ; for he knows as much about an organ, or the management of one, as an infant. It is impos sible for the choir to keep in with him, and as for the congre gation joining, it is totally out of the question. The sounds he produces occasionally are most ludicrous, and the organ is really a most excellent one, as we have had proof, by a good player officiating sometimes. By inserting this letter you will oblige a number of people, and perhaps gain the desired end, as nothing can be done by private appeal.—Yours, &c., A SUFFERER. THE REVENUE INQUIRY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,--4 wish, briefly, to remind the Commissioners of Enquiry, sent hither to investigate into the management of :he customs, as regards both retrenchment to the state and facility to the merchant, that all their labour will be in vain if they bring with them any of the London prejudices and jealousy that have hitherto operated so powerfully against the interest of the merchant on the one hand and the officer on the other. Let the commissioners bear in mind that the revenue of Liverpool amounts to nearly one million more than all Scot. land and Ireland, and nearly one million snore than all the outports of England, excluding London ; whilst her exports are greater than those of London, and more than one-third the experts of the UnitedKlngdoin. With these facts the Liverpool merchants have a right to ask for every possible facility to business which cannot be expected so long as the officers are overworked and under paid. The great trade at this port, her swelling and increasing revenue, now nearly equal to half that of London, demand that her fair and legitimate claims be attended to immediately. Contrast the staff in London with quit in Liverpool, and no man of intelligence connected with ?he customs can say that the supply of officers at this port is at all equal to the amount of business. Hence the detention of ships, the obstruction of business, the delays in loading and discharging vessels, and the shameful and unjustifiable obstacles which are thrown in the way of a speedy discharge, which is of such vast importance to the shipowner. If the government cannot afford to increase the establish ment, they ought, at once, to do away with a great part of the quay duty, such as the weighing of each bale of cotton, &c., and the searchers' examination of excise goods. Either the excise seals are of use, or they are not of use—if not of use, do away at once with the expense and trouble of excise packing examinations; and if of use, why subject the mer chant to the trouble, breakage, and loss consequent upon the searchers' examination ? It appears to me that these twq, classes of officers have nothing to do but to keep each other honest, whilst the merchant is the sufferer for the vigilance thus displayed. The landing-waiters must be paid by fees, if work is to be done—no other plan will do—they have opportunities for idleness such as no other officers have, and when they have no strong motive to work—no strong incentive, either in pay or promotion—it is fully to expect much zeal from them ; searchers should not be appointed to that important office until they are fully qualified ; the system of making landing waiters into searchers, and especially the present system of perpetual change is fraught with the worst consequences to the merchant and the crown. Holt's frauds took place when the old and well-educated searchers were removed from the Prince's Dock, and landing waiting searchers took their place. No landing-waiter should ever be made a searcher. His education and habits disqualify him, generally speaking, and it should be only in special cases, and under proper preparation, that a landing waiter should ever be admitted to the duties of a searcher. And to prevent the trouble, expense, and delay that result in so many petty cases of detention of goods, and ap plications of daily occurrence that have to be made to the board of London, why not delegate, to the chiefs of the cus- toms here, the power to settle such matters, or appoint a local board for that purpose ?—I am, sir, your obedient servant, R. JOHN FINCH AND SOCIALISM TO THE .3 EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—In answer to your correspondent " Enquirer," I beg to say that Mr. John Finch, agent for the Low Moor Iron Works, is the same John Finch, the head of the Socialsts of Liverpool.—Yours, &c., Liverpool, December 6, 1811 TRUTH TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,—After the late accident, in which the lives of two persons were sacrificed, by the falling of a great mass of stones at a place where girls and women get sand, in the Park-road, I still perceive numbers of those persons at the same place; and unless there are some means used to put a stop to the practice there will be a further loss of life. After the remarks of the coroner and jury I was in hopes some means would be adopted to put a stop to so dangerous an occupation; and I hope notice will be taken of this in the proper quarter.—Yours, &c., J. H. Park-road. THE LETTER-WRITING DOUBLE X Poor, unfortunate, neglected, unhappy William Rathbone ! In what an excited and uncomfortable state must be thy " organisation " ! Ejected from the council; no longer permitted to brawl and fume and shriek forth thy elfish notes in worshipful and aldermanic society ; no longer pri vileged to have thy crudities and impertinences conveyed to the world gratis through the medium of the reporters, but condemned—most miserable radical !—to resort to the scrib bling of letters, to satisfy the world that thou bast not yet become quite innoxious—that the bitterness of thy temper has not- yet all left thee—that, although not able to climb into a position to strike at the head of thy opponent, there is still life enough left to enable thee to throw dirt at his boots, or at the skirts of his coat. Did you ever, reader, watch the struggles of an urchin just breeched to scale a six-foot wall, or perform any other feat in imitation of urchins of maturer age? Did you ever see Lord John Russell endeavouring to elevate himself to the standard of manhood ? Did you ever hear a miserable street ballad-singer endeavour to emulate the tones of Lab lache ? Did you ever see a village pedagogue swell himself into the importance of a Newton or a Bacon? Did you ever see a sparrow peck at; an eagle—a miserable cur whelp at the lord of the forest—a donkey throw up its heels at the high mettled racer? If you have seen or heard any of these ridi culous things, you have seen something which approaches to the present position of Mr. William Rathbone, and which resembles his recent unhappy efforts by his pen to force himself once more into notoriety. if you have not, we de spair of conveying to you a notion of their ridiculous nature. CORONER'S INQUEST UPON SIR PHILIP COURT NAY, BART. AT THE ALELPHI HOTEL. On Saturday morning last, an inquest was held at the Adel phi Hotel, Ranelagh-place, before the coroner, upon the body of Sir Philip Courtnay, Knight, who had that morning been found dead in his bed—it was supposed from the effects of poison. The inquest was adjourned until nine o'clock in the evening, in order to give time for the post mortem ex amination being made of the body ; and it was further ad journed until three o'clock yesterday, in the expectation of some of the deceased's friends being able to be present, and to give evidence as to his general state of mind and habits previous to the lamentable occurrence which resulted in his death. _ _ By the evidence it appeared that the deceased, who was a barrister, residing at Davenport, visited the Adelphi Hotel about three weeks ago upon his way to Dublin, upon family business, and returned after a few days absence, when he wrote home, stating the result of his journey, and intimated his intention of starting in a day or two afterwards to De vonport. He was again, however, summoned to Dubiin, and on his return, having injured one of his legs accident ally, he acquainted his family of his intention to remain a day or two longer in Liverpool for the benefit of his health. On Friday evening he came home to the hotel rather late, and retired to rest, and in the morning was found dead, as we have before stated, from the effects of morphine, a bottle which had contained this poison being found in his room. From his youth, it appeared in evidence, the deceased had been in the habit of taking anodynes ; and it had been told him by his brother—a physician resident in London—that on some occasion he would be incautiously injuring himself. On the present melancholy occasion, the opinion of the jury was that on his return, after entering his chamber, he had applied himself to a bottle of morphine which he carried about with him, and had swallowed a dose, from the effects of which he had never awaken. The unfortunate deceased had a son, who was lost with the ill-fated ship President, which it was thought had affected his spirits, but not in such a degree as to lead to the supposition that his death had been any other than accidental. The verdict of the jury was to the effect that the deceased died from the effects of taking an overdose of morphine. One of his sons was in Liverpool, but did not appear in the inquest room. On the morning of the Queen's confinement, Lord Hill was amongst those who were summoned to attend at the Palace. His lordship was rather late, and when he arrived at the Palace he met the Duke of Wellington, who was re turning home. In answer to Lord Hill's inquiry as to how matters were, his Grace said, " All over—fine boy, very fine boy—almost red as you, Hill !" LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN SPAIN.—It appears that at the present moment in Spain a public law officer is charged to denounce all offences of the press to the "jury of accusa tion," and to conduct the prosecutions of any journals that may be incriminated before the " jury of judgment." The fees of this officer are paid out of the fines to which the jour nals arc condemned. A law officer performing these func tions, M. C. Nocedal, has just given in his resignation, and has addressed a letter on the subject to the Corresponsdl, of which the following is an extract :—" At the moment of quitting my post I can at least boast of having obtained some results worthy of b y political friends. The Cangrejo, over whelmed by the weight of my requisitories, has ceased to exist ; the Huracan is dead as a journal, in consequence of my prosecutions; and the Correo Nacional itself, though supported and franked in its expenses by the principal leaders of the moderate party, has been unable to publish a number to-day, for want of a responsible editor."—Galignani. Doctor Lardner is now creating a great sensation in all our fashionable and scientific circles. Some attack him on principles of morality, and others defend him on principles of astronomy. The issue can be easily defined—it will fill his lecture-room, and leave the moral questions as unsettled as the north-eastern boundary. A tew months after the arrival of the Doctor with Mrs. Heaviside in this country, they were married in Philadelphia, under a law of Pennsyl vania. The issue of this marriage has been a fine fat girl. It seems also that all the property in his English copy-rights has been swallowed up by the verdict given to Captain Hea viside. He has, therefore, been reduced to the necessity of working or starving—for it seems Mrs. H., now Mrs. L., has no property, except a contingency on a death hereafter. Of course Doctor L. prefers hard work at every risk.—New York Herald. " WHAT A SHOCKING BAD HAT!"—The origin of this singular saying, which made fun for the metropolis for months, is not involved in the same obscurity as that which shrouds the origin of Quoz, and some others. There had been a hotly contested election for the borough of South wark, and one of the candidates was an eminent hatter. This gentleman, in canvassing the electors, adopted a somewhat professional mode of conciliating their good-will, and of bribing them without letting them perceive that they were bribed. Whenever he called upon or met a voter whose hat was not of the best material, or being so, had seen its best days, he invariably said, " What a shocking bad hat you have got; call at my warehouse and you shall have a new one !" Upon the day of election this circumstance was remembered, and his opponents made the most of it, by inciting the crowd to keep up an incessant cry of " What a shocking bad hat !" all the time the honourable candidate was addressing them. From Southwark the phrase spread over all London, and reigned for a time the supreme slang of the season.—Mackay's Popular Delusions. SALE OF THE HENBURY ESTATE, &C.—On Wednesday last, the Henbury Hall estate was submitted to public auc tion, at the Macclesfield Arms Hotel, by Mr. Winstanley. The first bid offer was by Major Marsland, of £50,000 ; there were several other bidders tendered, but the highest was £51,500 by the same gentleman. It was then declared by the auctioneer, that the reserved bid was £60,000; and as no one offered that sum, the lot was withdrawn. The second lot offered was the Life Interest in a sum of £30,000. For this there was a large competition, and it was knocked down at £9,000, a sum exceeding it was said, by X 1,600, the reserved bid. The remaining lot was a Policy of Insurance for £5,000 ; this realised £1,370. These two lots, we are glad to state, were purchased by the friends of the family imme diately interested therein. A sale of Henbury Hall, with the Manor and Estate, comprising nearly 1,000 acres, has since been completed for the sum of .C 58,000 ; and we congratulate our neighbours that the purchaser is Major Marsland, the late worthy M.P. for the unworthy borough of Stockport. We have reason to believe that Major Marsland intends to make Henbury Hall his future residence. The price realised by the sale of this estate will fully cover the cost incurred by its respected owner, Mr. Ryle.—Macclesfield Courier. ROMAN CATHOLIC OUTRAGE AT ST. LUClA.—Another of those disgraceful scenes, unfortunately of too frequent oc currence in this colony, arising out of the license given by the executive government to the public display of the absurd ceremonies practised by the foreign catholic priests, took place in the village of Micoud last week. During two or three days the utmost confusion existed; a riotous as semblage took place ; acts of great violence were com mitted ; and all this caused by congregating the people, and drawing the peasantry from their proper occupations to wit ness the admission of some six or eight neophytes, old negro women, into the bosom of the Roman Catholic Church. A great concourse of idle people, from different parishes, assembled in the little village of Micoud; and it appears by the evidence taken before a bench of justices who investigated the affair, that a Mrs. De Brossard, who resides in the village, imagined she overheard two women discussing some plan that was in contemplation by some young men from a distant parish, to attack the priest. Full of the im portance of this discovery, she went to inform his reverence, Abbe Piacintini, who is a Corsican, and, after the manner of his country, upon hearing of the intended attack, it is said he armed himself with pistols, and with a glittering poignard i❑ his hand rushed into the street, announcing to his flock that he was threatened with assassination. The alarm spread like Wildfire, and immediately all the old women communicants tucked up their petticoats, armed themselves with sticks, and formed a body-guard to protect their pastor; scouts were also despatched to seek the assistance of the justice of the peace, Toraille, who, on receivin g the information of the enieute, blew his conch shell, and assembled all the labourers in his neighbourhood as a posse comitatis, and having buckled on his sword and pistols, he put himself at their head, and rushed to the field of action. There the first man he saw was a labourer of the name of Louison, who was acting as a sentinel at the door of the priest's house, to prevent the intrusion of the supposed assassins ; but the justice, mistaking the functions of the innocent Louison, attacked the poor man, and, with a blow of his " long sword," felled him to the earth ; and this was a signal to his follow ers to tall upon the prostrate victim, who was within an ace of being immolated on the threshold of the Christian pastor. We learn that Mr. Richardson subsequently af forded assistance to the man, and by bleeding him recalled him to life. Two or three other persons were more or less wounded, but fortunately other justices of the peace ap peared upon the scene, and through their exertions further bloodshed was prevented ; but it was not without the aid of a strong body of special constables peace was ultimately restored, and the affair judicially investigated. The whole disorder turned out to have originated in the ridiculous report made to the priest, and his ignorance of the difference of manners between his native Corsica and a little West Indian village. There is to be a government investigation into this ridiculous but tragical affair.—St. Lucia Indepen dent Press. LITERARY NOTICES. Fraser for December Fraser particularly rich this month. The first article is very charmingly written. The author must be an enthusi astic lover of the country and country scenes—" he prates most eloquently of green fields." Some delightful quota tions from the poets enrich the original matter. " Old and Lesser Stars of Pall-mall," introduces us to Queen Anne Boleyn, John Kingston, the musician, Oliver Cromwell, Gibbons, Sir Roger L'Estrange, and Quin, the bass singer, Purcell, the composer, Quin, the comedian, Tom D' Urfey, Handel, Dr. Johnson, George 111.. Nell Gwynne, and otln• celebrated people. Many of the anecdotes are very curious and characteristic. " The Condemned Cells," from the note book of the Ordinary, presents us with some particulars of Ikey Solonions, whose remarkable escape occupied much of the public notice a few years ago. The rev. writer shows the absurdity of the working out of the law in some cases, which visits the extreme penalty upon the receiver equally with the thief. The detail of the case of the young man who was convicted and hung as a receiver of supposed stolen goods, is cited as an instance. Every one must deplore that affair as one of peculiar hardship. Nine times out of ten the receiver is worse than the thief. " Wanted a Clerk"—an advertisement—is a clever, piquante, and witty poem in Haynes Bayley's style. The object is to obtain a clerk for a mercantile house. The multitudinous duties are humourously enumerated. " Our true British Queen," by Robert Storey, is a very spirited national song—the title willshow its purport. " Anecdotes of Actors" gives us some good jokes touching John Kemble, Claremont, Mathews, and Spring. The sketch of Dignum is capital. " A Plea for the Porkers" is a bit of pleasantry worth laughing at but not remembering. " Signs of the Times" is evidently from the pen of an ob server. In the series, " The Dogs of several of my Ac quaintance," we find droll " Memoirs of Mr. Delastro's Tohy, and Mr. Bramble's Hero." The " Hoggarty Dia mond" is brought to a close. It has been well sustained throughout, and is written in a bitter vein of satire.—" A Dublin Mayor's Nest" closes this amusing number. Burnaby Rudge. Waring Webb, Liverpool The clock has stopped ; and the old gentleman is no more. We have often commended this tale in its progress, and stil think that it is one of much ability, originality, and talent; if not altogether equal to other works of Mr. Dickens', it is in parts far superior to them. We have more originality in the characters than those7of Pickwick or Nicholas Nickleby : although there is not that intenseness of interest awakened by the story, we are still satisfied with the work on the whole, and look upon it as an ornament to the literature of the present day. In the present number we find Barnaby reprieved, Joe Willett and Dolly Varden married, Edward Chester and Miss Haredale committing the same act of gentle violence—everybody is made happy except Mr. Chester, who is killed by Haredale in a duel; Miggs becomes a turnkey, old Willett retires to a cottage at Chigwell, and Joe is in ' stalled " mine host" of the Maypole. Barnaby leads a happy life with his mother. Master Humphrey, we are told in con elusion, is found dead ; his friend thus feelingly and patheti cally writes of him : As he did not appear among us at his usual hour next morning, we knocked gently at his door. No answer being given, it was softly opened ; and then, to our surprise, we saw him seated before the ashes of his fire, with a little table I was accustomed to set at his elbow when I left him for the night, and at a short distance from him, as though he had pushed it away with the idea of rising and retiring to his bed. His crutch and footstool lay at his feet as usual, and he was dressed in his chamber-gown, which he had put on before I left him. He was reclining in his chair, in his ac customed posture, with his face towards the lire, and seemed absorbed in meditation,—indeed, at first, we almost hoped he Going up to him, we found him dead. I have often, very often, seen him sleeping, and always peacefully ; but I never saw him look so calm and tranquil. His face wore a serene, benign expression, which had impressed me very strongly when we last shook hands : not that he had ever any other look, God knows : but there was something in this so very spiritual, so strangely and indefinably allied to youth, although his head was grey and venerable, that it was new even in him. It came upon me all at once, when on some slight pre tence he called me back upon the previous night, to take me by the hand again, and once more say " God bless you." A bell-rope hung within his reach, but he had not moved towards it, nor had he stirred, we all agreed, except, as I have said, to push away his table, which he could have done, and no doubt did, with a very slight motion of his hand. lie had relapsed for a moment into his late train of meditation, and with a thoughtful smile upon his face, died. I had long known it to be his wish, that whenever this event should come to pass, we might be all assembled in the house. I therefore lost no time in sending for Mr. Pickwick and for Mr. Miles ; both of whom arrived before the messen ger's return. It is not my purpose to dilate upon the sorrow, and affec tionate emotions, of which I was at once the witness and the sharer. But I may say, of the humbler mourners, that his faithful housekeeper was fairly heart-broken ; that the poor barber would not be comforted ; and that I shall respect the homely truth and warmth of heart of Mr. Weller and his son, to the last moment of my life. " And the sweet old creetur, sir," said the elder Mr. Weller to me in the afternoon, "has bolted. Him as had no wice, and was so free from temper that a infant might ha' drove him, has been took at last with that 'ere unawoidable fit o' staggers as we all must come to, and gone off his feed for ever ! I see him," said the old gentleman, with a moisture in his eve which could not be mistaken, " I see him gettin', every journey, more and more groggy ; 1 says to Samivel, My boy ! the grey's a going at the knees ;' and now my pre delictions is fatally verified; and him as I could never do enough to serve or shew my likin' for, is up the great uni wersal spout o'natur." I was not the less sensible of the old man's attachment, because he expressed it in his peculiar manner. Indeed, I can truly assert, of both him and his son, that notwithstand ing the extraordinary dialogues they had together, and the strange commentaries and corrections with which each of them illustrated the other's speech, I do not think it possible to exceed the sincerity of their regret ; and that I am sure their thoughtfulness and anxiety, in anticipating the discharge of many little offices of sympathy, would have dune honour to the most delicate-minded persons. Speech delivered at the First Annual Dinner of the Teach ers and Officers of the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution. By W. B. Hodgson. Marples, Liverpool. p.p. 8. The speech delivered by Mr. Hodgson, thetalented secretary of the Mechanics' Institution, at the annual dinner of the teachers and officers, in January last, has just been published by the wish of those present. It is a clever address, and deserves great attention. There is good sound sense in it, with a fair sprinkling of the "flowers of rhetoric." It ought to be found in the hands of all who have the educa tional interests of the young at heart. The Governess. Madame Riofray, London This unpretending little work maintains the even tenor of The present number is not a whit behind any of its predecessors. We recommend it to the notice of all its way teachers Illustrated Shakspeare. Tyas, London 20 to 30 contain the conclusion of Romeo and Juliet, and the commencement of King Lear. A beautiful edition is this of our sweet bard's sweet works. When completed, this will be one of the best editions extant. The text is a fine specimen of typography, and the illustrations very grace ful and well designed. Reasons for a New Edition of Shakspeare's Works. By J. Payne Collier, Esq., F.S.A. Whittaker and Co., London. p.p. 52. Why, where can a man find reasons for publishing another edition of Shakspeare ? The answer is, you will find them in this pamphlet, set down with a vigour and force that will convince the most sceptical. Mr. Collier is a clever man, and one who is not to be daunted by difficulties. It seems he has applied to the Duke of Devonshire and Lord Francis Egerton—whose collections of the great bard's works are well known to be very valuable—for permission to search their libraries for material. They have granted the permis sion with a readiness that does them honour. The admirers of Shakspeare will, no doubt, all read this brochure, and it will well repay them for the time and trouble they bestow upon it, if trouble it can be called to be so pleasingly occu pied. Mr. Collier points out many of the glaring errors that exist in the present editions of Shakspeare, and thereby render evident passages which now appear indistinct. The author puts forth these " reasons" as a forerunner to the issuing of an edition of Shakspeare to be publishad in eight quarto volumes. We give the following extracts to show the style of the work : PRINTED AUTHORITIES cheaper I shall, with the most plodding diligence, go over every line, word, and letter of each play or poem, in order to be sure that the new edition corresponds with the ancient copies, as far as they are to be followed, and that no syllable is passed over or omitted that can be corrected or recovered. Upon this task I have been more or less employed for many years, as I was able to procure copies of the original editions ; but of late I have enjoyed facilities for the purpose of going through the plays again, and of completing my undertaking, such as, I may confidently assert, no other editor ever possessed. tipott landowners, and Rural classes generally, the superior advantages of model mapping (by which is meant the construction of maps or plans of estates, towns, &c., of some plastic material, so as to show, along with its mere acreage, and lineal form and divisions, the irregularities upon the surface) over the ordinary maps in use, as being far more intelligible, and at the same time allowing accurate data for ascertaining, without the necessity of continually surveying and taking levels upon the land itself, the best direction for carrying drains, and diverting water for the purposes of irrigation, The importance of proper drainage of land cannot be too much insisted upon the friends of nativ agriculture ; and we must express our conviction that the adoption of the plan of mapping, explained by Mr. Denton, will materially facilitate and cheapen ultimately the operation of the practical farmer, to whom we, therefore, cordially recommend its perusal. The Asiatic Journal, for December, 1841. W. H. Allen, and Co., Leadenhall-street. We are compelled to defer for the present a detailed notice of this valuable publication, which has only just come into our hands. The mass of useful and interesting matter which it contains deserves attentive perusal ; and to all those who are interested in the state of our Indian empire, must at the present crisis be of increased value. We shall return to it perhaps in our next. SECOND EDITION. Standard-ojjice, Three o'clock LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—Tats DAY (From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular.) Prevented by frequent gales of wind, we have scarcely any Grain up Coastwise since this day week, and except a further good supply of Oatmeal, the receipts from Ireland are very moderate. Of Foreign and Canadian produce, the arrivals fresh In contain 5510 qrs. of Wheat, a few parcels of Beans and Pease, with 3382 barrels of Flour, as specified below. Although we had a tolerable number of town and country millers at this day's market, the demand for all descriptions of free Wheat continued upon a very moderate scale; holders in general, however, remained firm, and the currency of this day week was supported in the sales which took place. A few further parcels of bonded Wheat, in granary and to arrive, have changed hands, on terms rather exceeding the rates stated on Friday. Free States and Canadian Flour continued to meet a steady sale at the advance above mentioned ; but English and Irish, nearly without inquiry, scarcely sustained former remaining prices. Malting Barley continued in very languid request, at the reduced rates of Friday ; and grinding parcels were nominally a shade lower in value.—Malt was dull, and Is. per quarter .—Beans were in moderate demand, and the turn dearer. Oats, appearing to claim somewhat more attention than of late, fully maintained our last quotations, and very fine qua lities, if at hand, would have realised some amendment. Oatmeal, upon an improved demand, commanded 3d to 6d per 240 lbs, over the rates of this day se'nnight. NEW EVIDENCE ON THE CHRONOLOGY 1 now come to some very interesting and decisive evidence with regard to the chronological order of the plays, which has only been brought to light within the last few months. The precise nature of it, and the depository where it was dis covered, will be stated in detail in the introductions to the plays themselves, when we come to print them : in the mean time I may mention that I shall be able to show, most in disputably, that the subsequent plays by Shakspeare, his name being given in connexion with the titles, were repre sented at court at the dates hereunder specified. LIFE OF SHAKSPEART The biography of Shakspeare, and the relations subsisting between him and his contemporaries, will form an important portion of our first volume. In order to render it as com plete and perfect as possible, I shall resort to no second hand authorities, but shall examine the original sources of information, from the register of his baptism to the proof of his will. Of late years, and even within the last few months, many new facts, of great interest with reference to Shak speare's life and residence in London, have been brought to light; and we shall, of course, take care that none of them, however minute, are omitted. Some points of the history of our great dramatist must still rest upon reasoning and con jecture, but not a few particulars, which in the time 6f Ma lone, were mere matters of speculation, have since been dis tinctly ascertained. Although Malone went on nearly to th e day of his death, collecting such materials as he could pro. cure, he never (as far as any printed evidence remains to us) was able to add anything important to his previous stock of information, and expired, leaving the biography of Shakspeare to be completed by Boswell from the scattered papers which devolved into his hands. * * * Outline of a Method of Model Mapping, by J. Bailey Denton, Surveyor, Gray's lun Square. London :J. Neale, 59, High Holborn; William Grapel, Church-street , Liverpool, 1841. The object of the writer of this pamphlet is to impress ARRIVALS OF CORN, a the 7th to the 13th December, 1841, inclusive „ON I IRK- I COAST- ICANADA I LAND. 1 WISE. I& LT.STS.I REIGN. TOTAL Qrs. 4 Malt Oats Rye Beans .. Pease . Shelled Barb Indian Corn Rapeseed Oatmeal Flour Ditto Into Run , 742 qrs.. 0: EXPO RTS.- qrs. ; Oat meal, 15 qrs. ; Beal . Qrs. Flour, - - I qrs.; Mal qrs. ; Pea! Flour, 10 Averao VVlleat 635. Wheat.. Sacks! 1018 Beans 9s. C Wheat ... Beaus.. a: corn, Ireland and Coastwise attneal, 2146 Ids; Flour, 311 1 2072 630 9110 1020 3382 1376 i Wheat, qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Barley, 0 qrs. Malt, 0 qr. ; Indian Corn. qrs. ; Oat sacks, 10 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 1307 —Foreign. Wheat s, 492 qrs.; Pease loads ; Flour, us, - qrs. , ; Indian Corn, 10 qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Jarrels.---Coastwise. Wheat, 981 qrs. ; Barley, 138 t, 49 qrs. ; Oats, 10 qrs. ; Beans, Sag qrs. ; Rye, se, 24 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 50 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 49 Ids. ; ! sks, 283 barrels. prices of Grain, for the week ending Dec. 3, 1841 1 Barley 31s. gd. 1 Oats.. 225. 2.1. 1 Rye.. 414. Beans.. 394. 4a. Pease.. 39,. 7d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Id. l Barley 325. dd. I Oats.. 225. 4d. ! Rye.. 419 Beans.. 40s. 7d. Pease.. 40s. 2d. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. 6a. Pease Is. lon. oars 13S. go. Kye.. ao. ()I go. 6d. I hid. Corn Os. od. I Flour 13s. 0, Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. ss. Od. I Parley.. 2s. 6d. I Oats .. 2s. Od. Rye.... Os. 6d s. Pease.. 3s. Indian Corn.. Os. Od. I Flour.. as. Od. ,iverpool Averages, week ending Dec. 6, 1811. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. Pease. 580 831 525. Ild. Os. Od. 225. Od. i I Os. Od. 1 Os. Od ERPOOL COTTON MARKET, 3 P.M The demand has been so limited to-day that the sales do not exceed 1500 bales, at barely yesterday's prices. There is an evident desire to push off the new Bowed, but buyers look very shy at them, consequently little progress is made in sales, and what little is done is at lower prices, for the old crop SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14 —Wind W.N.W., blowing fresh. A RRIVED.—AmweII, Hesse, from Calcutta Newfoundland. Asia, , from Water Lily, —, hence at Corfu Panope, sailed from Leghorn for this port 25th Nov. Pere Joilet, Roy, hence at Nantes Tyro, hence off Jersey Ocean Queen, Jolly, from St John, N.B. at the Downs Helen Hamilton. Nicol, hence for La Guayra, was splzen 30th November, with loss of jibboom and two men Theodore, Behrendt, hence at Stromness for Danzig Off the port, I barque, I brig, and 2 schooners SECOND NATURE.—Physical force, moral force, and the police, are all very powerful things, and so is the force of habit. It killed a young gentleman last week at Spring-vale Academy. He was the only boy left at school in the holi days, and the very first walk he took, be split himself—poor fellow !—in trying to walk two and two. Congratulatory addresses have been presented to the Queen and Prince Albert, from the bishops and clergy of the episcopal church of Scotland.—Standard. INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF RAILWAYS. — In consequence of the recent promotions in the army, Sir Frederick Smith gives up the appointment of Inspector-general of Railways, and assumes an important command at Chatham. The new inspector-general is Major-General Pasley, of the Royal Engineers, so well known among engineers as Colonel Pasley. EFFECTS or RAILROADS.—At the toll-letting on the Sheffield and Wakefield turnpike-road, a few days ago, there was not a single tender delivered, and the trustees of tho road were therefore compelled to take the tolls themselves. There was a similar scarcity of contractors at the letting of the iron bridge tolls on the Wakefield and Denbydale road. —Leeds Mercury. The preparations that are making for the baptism . of the infant prince are said to be upon a style of real magnificence. The ceremony, we are told, will take place early in next month, when one of the names to be bestowed on England's hope will certainly be Edward. With respect to sponsors, nothing more is known than that the King of Belgium and the Duke of Wellington will be two of them ; and it is even whispered in circles which profess to know something, that the duke w ill have the honour of giving one o f hi s ill us trious names to the royal neophyte.—John Bull. The annual expense of the late army and navy promotions, presuming no casualties to occur, would be £21,000•- - Hampshire Telegraph. AGRICULTURAL TOAST.—At a late agricultural dinner ill Massachusetts the following toast was given :—" The game of fortune ; shuffle the cards as you will, spades will always win." FRINCE OF WALES FUND.—The Prince of Wales Fund for the poor of the city has reached nearly to £3,000, which will prove a great boon to our distressed working population during the winter, as it is to be distributed in meal, potatoes, and coals.—Edinburgh paper. The Univers, a Paris paper, quotes an extract of a letter from its London correspondent, which states that not only are great armaments carried on in the docks and arsenals of Great Britain, but that an unusual and prodigious activity reigns in the Foreign-office. Lord Aberdeen is said to spend whole days, and even nights, in the despatch of besiness, with indefatigable ardour, without his most intimate friends being able to guess at the particular subjects which seem to absorb his attention. The greatest mystery envelopes the plans of the Cabinet, and nothing is known of the designs of our statesmen. Two melancholy accidents have recently occurred in the fashionable world at Vienna. The Countess 11leshazy wa s reading in bed, to which she was confined by indispositio n , when her taper caught the curtains, set the bed in flames, and the unfortunate lady was so dreadfully burnt that she died the next morning. On the same day the Count Lu gansky, of the Cuirassiers , was thrown from his horse and killed.—Galignani's Messenger. We are informed, upo n authorit y on w hich we can rely , that a paragraph which has lately appeared in sever a l jour nals, announcing h er Majesty's intention to grant a pardon to convicts, on the single ground o f t h e bi rth o f t h e Prince 'i aless'erroneous. We are as sured ri isoprecedeut entirely for the ext ens i on o f the royal ncethaotf there mercy to criminals in any similar i ns t ance. an d t h a t th ere i s no intention of exercising the prerogative of the Crown on the present occasion.—Times. POPISH OPPOSITION TO TITHE.—The payment of tithe is, according to Roman Catholic principles, a religio., enjoined upon Roman Catholics by the Council of . 1 and by the popular catechis ms i u which the people are in s tructed, with this addition, that the payment he made to th "lawful pastors."—(Vid e Christian Doctrine.) The griev ance of tithe is not the pecuniary amount, nor that in addition they have to pay their own pastors; but the fact, that they are obliged to pay tithes at all to the ministers of an heretical sect. Whatever equivalent may be given to the itotuish priesthood, still, so long as the tithe itself is withheld from them, the Church of Rome will be dissatisfied with its ap propriation.—Lord Roden's Letter. BRETON of W Quinaper Journal gives a WEDDING.—The h n e n marriage h e of the daughter of a wealthy lon A g farmer of Ploare, in that department, named Peuerez. The bride is said to have been dressed in a robe of scarlet,_em broidered with gold and silver, which cost upwards of 500 f. The bridal pa rt y , includi ng friends and relatio ns, amounting to 500, a ll proceeded from the farm to the church, mounted on horses decked with ribbons and favors. Numberless oxen, s h ee p, and calves, were killed for the marriage feast, and the consumption of liquor was not less than sir barrels of wine, two of brandy, besides a great number of casks of cider. i The bridal garment s o f th e gues t s were resplendent n colours and texture. The feast was kept op for eight si!ccessive days and even then was not terminated, as, according to ancient custom in Brittany, the table is constantly replenished with fresh viands until the last which are put upon it remain un , touched.