The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-19 00:00:00

)I.IOTWOOP 1. I I/ FASIIIPNA :it the favour of an inspe :ctioil from s opportunity of returning thanks to favours, and hope for a continuance and meribers have great pleasure in submitting for )n their present Stock of TW E ED S, KERSEYS, S, PILOTS, CLOAKINGS, LLAMAS, Patent EAVERS, with every variety in WOOLLEN anted for ti WINTER SEASON. PHILLIPS AND HOLME, LIVERPOOL CLOTH ESTABLISHMENT 99, LORD-STREET. )ALBROOK DALE _COMPANY announce, that they have now EXTENSIVE PREMISES, in Li- OD, HOOP, AND SHEET IRON. RI- E BARS, AND BOILER PLATES. General Assortment of AND IRON GOODS, sportation, an inspection of which is JOSEPH ROBINSON, Agent. James-street and Sea-brow. STINGS TO CONSUMERS OF CORKS PH MARSTON AND CO., CORK AIANUFACTURERS, y respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and blic generally, that they have opened extensive n the CLARENDON-13U1LDINGS, JOHN-STREET, for supplying a superior quality of CORKS, at rices, and hope, by prompt attention, to merit a is patronage. tneilies, Wine, Porter, and Spirit Merchants, lrysalters, and Grocers, Ale and Porter Brewers, and Ginger Beer Manufacturers, and others, upon being supplied upon terms that will insure ion and Country Orders executed on the shortest I Goods forwarded to all parts of the United The Tr pplied on liberal terms ARTHUR NEW LING PECTFULLY informs his Friends and the Public at Mr. JOSEPH DAVENPORT has disposed of his Printing business, No. 6, LAWTON-STREET, to him agreed upon by Mr. John Harrison, of Os Hart, and Mr. David Marples, of Liver f Mr. Davenport, with the understanding as altogether declining the Printing business in compensation was made accordingly. o state that the Office is furnished with large suitable for every description of Printing, and solicits a share of public patronage. -street, Liverpool, Oct., 1841. SELLING OFF PRESENTS kNI3 - GENTLEMEN'S DRESSING CASES, WRITING DESKS, WORK BOXES, A.ND PAPER CASES, --LLING OFF AT A SACRIFICE, r GLASGOW HOUSE RS SAVE 25 PER CENT. CHANDELIERS, AND R S L I D E S, CONSUME N BURNERS Warranted of the best construction), AT GLASGOW HOUSE, J 3, CH URCH• STREET, LIVERPOOL NSON AND I‘l`N E I L L, 5, DALE-STREET. OREIGN AND BRITISH SPIRITS. pale BRANDY, 725. per Dozen, or 365. per Gall. very fine, 30s. per Gallon. .st old Jamaica, 16s. and 17s. per Gallon. DS, genuine old Schiedam , direct from Rotterdam of 1 Dozen, or 21 Gallons, at 725. per Dozen, de. 1 from bond, duty paid. ry superior, 10s. and 12s. per Gallon. CEY, Old Islay, 16s. 6d. per Gallon. Campbelton, 16s. per Gallon. TO, Old Irish, (as used in Dublin,) 16s. 6d. and 16s. GIN. \VMS I CORK PORTER, 4s. 6d. per dozen quarts, p,r dozen pints. DON DITTO, ss. Gd. per dozen quarts,.3s. per dozen in Six and Eight Gallon Casks, at 2s. per n ; casks to be paid for and allowed when returned. INDIA pale ALE, Gs. 6d. per dozen quarts, 3s. 9d. 0 DITTO, •1 per dozen quarts, and' 2s. 6d. per dozen WINES IN WOOD. • • ad-delivered (in Liverpool) free of expense. :erling quality, £32, £36, £39, £4l per Hhd., £lB 10s., £2O, £2l per Quarter Cask. _, first marks, £3l, £34 10s., £42 10s., £4B 10s. -„I, or £l6, £l7 10s., £22, £2 410 5. per Quarter Cask. )NTE MADEIRA, or MARSALA, (Florio,) £2l 10s., -Hhd.., £ll ss. per Quarter Cask. CAPE MADEIRA, £l7 10s. per Hhd„ £9 per Qr. Cask. STS, of WINES IN 'BOTTLE )RTS, very superior, 245., 305., 345., 365., 425., and 48s HERMES, best marks, 245., 305., 365., 425., and 48s. per Dozen. -• HAMPAGNE, very superior, 548., 605., and 78s. per Doz VANILLA, licate article, for making Blancmange, resembling Isinglass, but much ~eat purity and highly nutritious qualities (in ts cheapness) render it quite a desideratum to ains a vessels, and Families, and if kept dry )d any length of time, and in any climate. A. will prove its excellence. 1, with printed directions , for using, of Mr. Aspi ist, 135, St. James's-street; Mr. Cumming, 5, e-street ;Mr. Nixon, corner of Castle-street and ; and*Mr. Carter, 8, Bold-street. NEW and very IVERPOOL AND HOLYHEAD TELEGRAPH. TO SHIPOWNERS, CAPTAINS, 4 , c. HE DOCK COMMITTEE DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that from and after the first day of January, ?,, Watson's Code of Signals will be entirely discontinued , g the Line of Telegraphs between this Port and Holy ; and that from and after the first day of November, ?, none other than MARRYAT'S NEW CODE will be I along the said Line. By Order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. lock-office, Liverpool, 14th Oct. 1841. Just Published, price Five Shillings, RENEZER :—A NARRATIVE of the LORD'S 12 A DEALINGS with ONE of his ANCIENT PEOPLE. Dedicated, by permission, to The REV. HUGH M`NEILE. Amongst many remarkable instances and providential de iverances are interspersed minute and copious Illustrations )f Jewish Institutions, Religious Worship, and Ceremonies, tc.: for instance—The early training and education of Jew sh Children, discipline of their Schools and Colleges, and )(mks taught in them —Marriage Ceremonies, and Contracts —the " Phylacteries" and " Talith," and mode of using hem in Prayer—the office and qualifications of the " Sho cat," or Slaughterer—the " Khasidim," a Jewish sect, vhose doctrine, discipline, and mode of worship, are de scribed from the Author's personal knowledge of them in Russia—Christianity as exhibited by the Greek Church in Russia—abstracts from very interesting letters the Author has received from his Jewish Parents—Frontispiece, a Rus sian Jew in full dress for Prayers. Sold by H. PERRIS, Bookseller, 6, Church-street ; also by A. NEWLING, Ranelagh-street ; and by the Author, J. G. LAZARUS, 59, Soho-street, Liverpool. GREAT GEORGE WARD. a numerous and highly-respectable MEETING of the CONSERVATIVE ELECTORS of the above , held on MONDAY evening, the 18th instant, in Mr. at Parr's Large Room, St. James's-street. JAMES INMAN, Esq., Chairman, following resolutions were carried unansmously :- oposed by G. H. LAWRENCE, Esq., and seconded by .hanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby mes Lawrence, Esq., one of our Representatives Council, whose past services fully entitle him out in nomination as a Candidate to represent the ensuing Election. by W. L. COLLBURN, Esq., and seconded by Esq., ting pledges itself to use every constitutional re-election of James Lawrence, Esq ,ar. Councillor COOPER, seconded by Mr. NSON, and carried by acclamation, anks of this meeting be given to Mr. James 3 secure th for his conduct in the chair TVERSITY INTELLIGENCE (From the Oxford Herald.) Philip Wynter. D.D., President of St. John': xford, has been nominated Vice-Chancellor 01 the ensuing year, and his nomination has beer Al W. Rev. John Fearon, 8.A., of Queen's College, has , pointad to the Curacy of Kirk Deighton, near We. Rev. Richard Payne, 8.C.L., Fellow of New College, ;n instituted to the Vicarage of Downton, Wilts, void death of the Rev. Liscombe Clarke, M.A. of New atrons, the Warden and Fellows of Winchester Col- M. West, Vicar of St. Anne's, Dublin, and Chaplain krchbishop of Dublin, has been promoted to the Rec . St. Werburgh's, and to the Chancellorship of St. s, Dublin ..... Rev. William Henry Wickworth Simpson, Vicar of Bex ill, Sussex, to the Prebend of Heathfield, void by the death f the Rev. Martin Davy. Rev. Malken Mills, to the Vicarage of Scalford, Leicester hire, void by the death of the Rev. G. Evans ; patron, the )uke of Rutland. Rev. John Harwood Hill, to the Vicarage of Welham, :ticestershire, void by- the death of the Rev. Edward riffin ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. Rev. Frederick Hamilton Bennett, to the Chaplaincy of e Daventry Union, Northamptonshire. Rev. Charles O'Neill Pratt, Curate of Middlewich, to the aracy of Christ Church, Macclesfield. Rev. Daniel Cooke, Minister of the Episcopal Chapel, swton, to the Incumbency of the New Church, Goldenhall, Lawler, Assistant Minister of St. James': wood, to the Incumbe ncy o f St. Michael's ,Middleton. _ _ , M.A., to the Vicarage of Ulting, cession of the Rev. J. Lupton. on, to the Rectory of Church Lend], 1 by the death of the Rev. S. Wellings; illiam Bailey, n, the Lord Chancellor_ v. W. G. Sawyer, Incumbent of Old Dalby, Leic has been licensed , by the Lord Bishop of Peterburoug e -form Divine Service according to the Church in ch h a ' t Seg's Hill, near O ld Dal'oy, for the benefit of th; litants residing near the spot, Mr. Sawyer having ously offered to perform this extra duty gratuitously. ••-••••_ A SPORTING DOCTOR.—The medical profession furnishes its quota of (fox-hunting) enthusi asts, and many highly honourable traits are recorded of them. The following, for example :—A medical gentleman, of the name of Hanster, residing' near Newbury, ordered his gardener to set a trap for some vermin that infested his garden. As ill luck would •ox was found in it in the morning with his leg Pik ' h.O its being taken to the doctor, he exclaimed, ...4 " , mier_AisliyANlAt call me up in the night, that I might set ...- ••X4', ',lY9tta, late than never; he did set the leg • the. im. -•••l'Fs4l.ql,l6laiva was killed in due form after a capital ° run. Q# 44l efirkerwt ..7 ..". =. • , t 1 . i .,, ,, , 1 4 7.: •-• „ loft 4:-Wt tr. ~, -1 -•: N tl' - • 1 7: - . - - -- "- t"' !!.V T aT4rig Vie gave tL follpwing impaitivs4 intellige4,,,4, 440)444 by the New York packet-ship' SkeNan, which arrived in the river on Friday morning,' a second edition of our last uumber. The occurrences detailed are calculated to increase the anxiety already felt concerning the issue of the NPLeod trial; and whilst - they serve in some degree to add to the aLlount of our " Western complications," afford at the same time a clue by which the mystery of these transactions may be, without much difficulty, unravelled There is a lawless rabble thirsting for plunder, and ripe for any mischief, on the one hand, and a weak government, willing, perhaps, but unable to restrain them, on the other. The proclamation of Mr. President Tyler is the stron , iest evidince on the former point; it establishes th a t " sun dry secret lodges, clubs, and associations exist on the northern frontier ; that they have collected fire-arms and other military materials ; and thi.t. their object is to make hostile incursions into our territory or, in other words, that the old system of "sympathising" or conspiration on the part of American citizens with the base and disloyal among our 0% n people, is once more revived and in full operation. The President issues his proclamation with a view to deter these parties from pursuing their danger ous and nefarious practices, and is entitled to full credit for being sincerely anxious to put a stop to them ; but neither his good faith, nor friendly disposition, nor good sense, it is lamentable to say, affords any sufficient guarantee to us that he will be able to accomplish his just and amicable pur poses. If the federal government were possessed of due authority, the existing complication arising out of the arrest of Mr. M'Leod would never have been heard of, not only ..- in its more recent, but in its earliest stages ; no " Caroline" would have been burnt, because an efficient Executive would have permitted no Caroline to be laden with war-like stores within the boundary of the Union,—and " sympathising" would have received its quietus on the very first symptom of its appearance. Again, could the Executive have prevented it, we do most potently believe that Mr. M`Leod's confine ment would have been but of very short duration, and that it must now feel very heartily ashamed of the disgraceful exhibition of impotency which it makes in its own peculiar, and of the flagitious outrage which it is forced to acknowledge has been committed in the name of the republic. Arguing from these premises, we may yet hope, but we must at the same time greatly fear, that the friendly disposition—if we may use the phrase—manifested by Mr. Tyler's proclamation will be able to carry the American government through its present difficulties. The arrest of Grogan by our soldiers, if the American ver sion of the affair may be in any degree credited, is rather an untoward circumstance ; not that it can affect by any reflex operation the perfected and unalterable circumstances of the case of Mr. M`Leod, but that it may have the effect of in flaming the brutal and murderous appetite of the mob, and of rendering the critical position of the administrative still more arduous and embarrassing. If any wrong or indiscre tion has been committed by our soldiers, they will not be screened by the authorities ; and as our government has the disposition, so it unquestionably has the power, to make am ple atonement for the injury. On that subject there can be no just cause of quarrel at present ; the immediate question is, what is to follow in the event either of Mr. M'Leod be ing sacrificed, whether by the process of the ordinary or the extraordinary—the State, or the Lynch law of the country ; or his liberation being still delayed after the mockery of trial to which he has been so insultingly committed, has con cluded ? _ _ " We conceive that beyond all doubt "—says a London contemporary—" the government and people of the United States must be held responsible for the life of this British subject. If the government be so feeble, so timid, or so dis organised that it cannot' enforce the law, and vindicate its peace, among its own people ; the foreign state, outraged by reason of such imbecility or incapacity, must visit, without hesitation or delay, the penalty of such abject infirmity or collusive felony, one or the other, on that government." There will be no dissent from this opinion,—and therefore it is we say, that the relation of war and peace at this moment does not depend so much on the feeble wishes, or inefficient good dispositions, of a powerless Executive ; but upon the passions or caprice of that many-headed monster whice is the vertical ruler in the State. Let our subject who has suffered such cruel indignity, and in whose person the country to which he belongs has been deeply dishonored, be lynched by the mob, or lynched with the forms of a court of justice, or let him any longer endure a wrongful imprisonment; it is not for us to inquire, or to know by whose error, or weak ness, or aggression the crime is committed, and the deed done ; it is on the part of the republicans a national offense, and as such must be atoned for. They have had notice which I they have not attended to, and by the fact of that neglect become responsible for whatever consequences follow from it. Most devoutly is it wished that the casus belli may not arise in that aggravated form which would make war inevitable; but if such should unhappily not prove to be the case, then it will certainly be a matter of strong consolation that Britain has not assumed a hostile attitude, or risen in her might to vindicate her wrongs, till the wrong was clearly established and made manifest in the sight of all men. If the magis trate may not " bear the sword in vain" towards the culpable and disobedient placed under his authority, most assuredly he is justified in defending his people against injuries sought to be inflicted on them by others, or in obtaining redress and indemnity for them if actually committed. If America provoke a war, on her head be the consequences •, we have not sought it. ,We demand from her a British subject whom she detains unlawfully. In that detention she has already committed a great crime, , and flagrant offence towards this nation • should she consummate it by depriving the indivi- Able' cilife, or by still refusing to set him at liberty, we can -not see how our Sovereign, as the legitimate protectress of her people, can do otherwise than vindicate their rights by demanding satisfaction from, or inflicting chastisement upon, the guilty authors of such an outrage. War is a great evil, a scourge, a curse, a pest; but a war undertaken in such a cause, and for such an object as this, would, as it appers to us, have at least justice on its side. We now give the intel ligence received by the Sheridan, as it appeared in our second edition of Friday. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas it has come to the knowledge of the Government of the United States that sundry secret lodges, clubs, or as sociations exist on the Northern Frontier ; that the members of these Lodges are bound together by secret oaths ; that they have collected fire-arms, and other military materials, and secreted them in sundry places ; and that it is their pur pose to violate the laws of their country, by making military and lawless incursions, when opportunity shall offer, into the territory of a power with which the United States are at peace ; and whereas it is known that travelling agita tors, from both sides of the line, visit these Lodges, and bar rangue the members in secret meeting, stimulating them to illegal acts ; and whereas the same pet-40ns are known to levy contributions on the ignorant and credulous, for their own benefit, thus supporting and enriching themselves by the basest means ; and whereas the unlawful intentions of the members of these lodges have already been manifested in an at tempt to destroy the lives and property of the inhabitants of Chippewa, in Canada, and the public property of the Bri tish government there being ; now therefore, I, John Tyler, President of the United States, do issue this my proclama tion, admonishing all such evil-minded persons of the con dign punishment which is certain to overtake them ; assur ing them that the laws of the United States will be rigor ously enforced against their illegal acts ; and that if in any lawless incursions into Canada, they fall into the hands of the British authorities, they will not be reclaimed as Ame rican citizens, nor any interference made by this govern ment in their behalf. And I exhort all well meaning but deluded persons who have joined these Lodges immediately to abandon them, and have nothing more to do with their secret meet ings, or unlawful oaths, as they would avoid serious conse quences to themselves. And I expect the intelligent and well-disposed members of the community to frown on all those unlawful combinations and illegal proceedings, and to assist the Government in maintaining the peace of the country against the mischievous consequences of the acts of these violators of the law. Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, the twenty fifth day of September, A.D. one thousand eight hun [t.s,] dred and forty-one, and of the independence of the United States the sixty-sixth. JOHN TYLER By the President : DANIEL WEBSTER, Secretary of State. The Herald says that the organization of these lodges and secret societies is very extensive and per fect, and then proceeds to give the following particu lars, which are designated as a shameful violation of neutrality. If there be any truth whatever in the nar ration, which we very much question, the men en gaged in the transaction were merely volunteers, and altogether unauthorised in their proceedings. ANOTHER ATROCIOUS INVASION OF THE AMERICAN SOIL BY THE CUT-THROAT BRITISH SOLDIERY.-By a letter from Alburgh we learn that another atrocious invasion of our territory has been perpetrated by our amiable neigh bours, the British. On Sunday night last, a party of twelve British soldiers, fully armed, crossed over into Alburgh, Vt., from Canada, in three waggons. They then proceeded to the house of Mr. Brown, which is situated four miles this side of Me lines, who is brother-in-law of Colonel Gro gan, one of the political refugees of 1838, and who has re sided upon this side ever since. This was about mid night. The brave band of British midnight assassins then stealthily entered the house with bayonets fixed. A portion of them proceeded to the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, and with bayonets at their throats threatened them with in stant death in case they made the least noise. The others went to the bed where Col. Grogan was sleeping, seized, gag ged and bound him hand and foot, thrust a bayonet through his leg, another into his side, and in this horrible state, nearly destitute of clothing, he was hurried into a wagon and driven off into Canada. These are the circumstances of this infer nal affair, from a source entitled to the fullest confidence. Colonel Grogan is an American, but for a few years pre ceding the outbreak of 1837, he resided on Caldwell's Manor, some two or three miles from Alburgh, on the Canadian side. An enthusiastic republican, he early in the contest became an object of suspicion and hatred to the loyalist cut throats of Canada. In the winter of 1838, the British soldiery sur rounded his house, drove his helpless wife and children to this side of the lines, on foot, through the inclemency of a Canadian winter, burned his house, and plundered and laid waste his property, to the amount of upwards of 6,000 dols. They will now complete their vengeance by murdering him on the testimony of some perjured scoundrels, such as Bri tish gold never fails to procure. The people now have some of the fruits of Mr. Webster's truckling subserviency to English insolency. The murderer M `Leod, who boasted that lie assisted to massacre unarmed American citizens, came voluntarily into the State against whose peace and dignity the atrocious crime was committed, and boasted of his participation it. He was arrested like any other criminal, and ordered to trial before the State Courts. The British Minister demanded his release. Mr. Webster, our federal British Secretary of State, is very sorry his power cannot reach the case. If the matter was left to him, he said he would take the greatest pleasure in surrender ing up this wholesale murderer of American citizens. What further license can the British ruffians ask, than is thus given them by our Secretary of State, for any deed of murder, or kidnapping, which their hellish passions may prompt them to commit. The Canada Tories very well know the powers that he will never trouble them. If this alleged outrage took place at all, there are not the slightest grounds for supposing it was com mitted with the sanction of the British authorities. The account is written in a tone of exaggeration which leads us to have some doubts of its truth, but that Bri tish magistrates connived at it is utterly absurd and improbable. We can afford to bear the abuse of the angry loco focos much better than they will bear the chastisement our arms will inflict upon them in a cer tain contingency. The New Era of the 27th contains the names of the jury who were to try M`Leod, and who, it says, are all good men, candid, and intelligent. improved.th'er h 2 e 6t m . one A y m la a r r g k e e a t m w o a u s n b t r o i s f ke s r p , e a c nd iew p a ri s c r e e s c g e e ir n e e d ra o ll i y l u to st th b e e states. . The question of the corn trade was becoming very interesting to The Herald states that the our first resource, as that country is capable of becomin g an immense • Mr. Adams, of the firm of seliateghraarind-garnodwiAngdamonse, with proper encouragement. Iprinters. New York, bad been bri:toamrameitsutteerdleforoenrdiruisaAvepieornsoonf of the name of J. C. Colt had been arrested being the murderer, and had bee SECOND EDITION, Standard Office, Three o'clock THE PACKET-SHIP SOUTH AMERICA FROM NEW YORK The South America, which left New York on the Ist in- stant, was off the port when our second edition went to press, but we have not yet received our file of papers. We shall announce in a subsequent edition the intelligence we may receive, which is expected to be highly important. THE CALEDONIA STEAM SHIP This vessel from Halifax and Boston, was telegraphed off Holyhead at twelve o'clock to-day. She may be expected in the river about live this evening, but until then, of course it is impossible to assign any reason for the slight delay in her arrival. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—Tics DAY. (From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular.) The arrivals into this port since the ]2th instant contain a good supply of Wheat coastwise and from Ireland, includ ing a moderate quantity of Oats, Flour, and Oatmeal from the latter source ; the receipts from abroad during the same period, comprising little more than 2000 qrs. of Wheat and 800 qrs. Beans from Europe, with 4467 brls. of States and Canadian Flour as specified below. The Wheat trade to-day opened with an improved feeling on the part of holders, and for all descriptions of Foreign somewhat higher prices were required ; but, notwithstanding the continuance of unfavourable weather, the anticipations formed could not be realised, and the sales, altogether, pro ceeded rather slowly, without the least amendment upon the rates of this day se'nnight : home-grown Wheat, on the contrary, was more saleable, and prime samples, which were more plentiful than heretofore, rather exceeded our last quotations, the general runs of Irish remaining dull, on the reduced terms of Friday. English and Irish Flour supported late prices ; and foreign, although not in lively request, was Gd per barrel dearer. Barley, upon a limited supply, maintained its former value ; and Malt of fine quality obtained an advance of is per quarter. Beans appeared to attract some inquiry, and Egyptian commanded an improvement of 6d to is per 2401b5. Pease were also held on rather higher terms. Oats exciting little notice, merely supported late prices.— Oatmeal, attended with a moderate demand, and not being offered freely, realised Gd per 2401bs over the currency of this day se'nnight. ARRIVALS OF CORN, 'th to the 18th October, 1841, inclusive From the 12, I COAST. iCANADA DESCRIPTION LAND. I IS - R. IBC U.STS.I REIGN. TOTAL. Qrs.l 6854 i Qrs.l 12 205 Qrs. 10 500 Qrs.l 5672 Qrs.( 104 800 i 988 5 Pease Qrs.! Shelled Barley Qrs.! Indian Corn . . Qrs.: Rapeseed Qrs.; Oatmeal .. . . Loads I 5948 Flour Sacks 2458 Ditto . Brls. I 1 Go 4467 i Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Oats, qrs.: Oatmeal, 760 Ids.; Flour, sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Oats, 179 qrs. ; Flour, 6 brls.--Ireland. Wheat, 853 qrs. ; Malt, qrs.--Coastwise. Wheat, 811 qrs. ; Barley, 45 qrs.; Malt, 89 qrs. ' • Oats, qrs. ; Beans, 15 qrs. ; Oat meal, 261ds. ; Flour, 212 sacks, 704 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Oct. 8, 1841. Wheat.. 61s. 6d. ; Barley 315.10 d. f Oats.. 21s. 7d. ; Rye.. 355. led Beans.. 40s. Sd. , Pease.. 38s. Id. Aggregate average of the six weeks Wheat.. 665. id. (Barley 375. Id. I Oats.. 225. 10d. Rye.. 38s. 4d Beans.. 435. ad. Pease.. 435. 4d. Duty on Foreign Grain, &e. this week. Wheat2os. Bd. I Barley 6s. 4d. I Oats .. . 13s. gd. j Rye.. 12s. 64 Beans ss. Oci. Pease.. ss. 04..1 Ind.. Corn Os. Od. Flour 12s. 5d Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat ss. Od. I Barley.. Os. 6d. I Oats ..2s. Od. I Rye.... 3s. Od Beans.. 6d. Pease.. Gd. I Indian Corn.. Os. ad. Flour.. 3s. ad. Liverpool Averages, week ending Oct. 12. 1041. Wheat. Barley. I Oats.' Beans. I Pease. Qrs lO9B 1669 i 130 Prices 595. 2cl. Os. d. 21s. gd. 1 4.55. Od. Os. Od. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, 3 .P.Ar Our market possesses no new feature to-day—the demand has been general ; and the announcement of the anxiously looked for steamer being off Holyhead has suspended further operations till the nature of her intelligence is known. The quantity sold to-day is estimated at from 200 t) to 3000 bales, a few hundred (some say 500) of them on speculators' ac count. Prices without change from yesterday. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19.—Wind lg.i/C, blowing fresh Arms/ED.—Marchioness of Ely, French, from Sligolilinerva, Connor, and Brothers, Price, from Wicklow—Princess, Saarsfield, from Dublin—Celander, Vincent, from Falmouth—Rock, Thomp. son, from Dundalk. The steamer Caledonia, fm Halifax, was off Holyhead at 12 noon An American ship, with a black ball in her foretopsail, was off Point Lynas at 10 a.m. It is supposed to be the South America, New York packet ship of the Ist John Bull, Rodger, from Calcutta at St Helena Jamaica, from Calcutta to this port, was spoken Dth September, In lat 12 N, long• 21 W Marmion, hence for Singapore, was spoken 14th September, in lat 10 N, long 21 W Alcyone, Gales ; Clyde, Matches ; Rockshire, Barclay ; Agenora, Gibney ; Queen of the Ocean, Tilley ; Malabar, Barker ; Granville Bay, Taylor; Magnet, Morton ; & Retrive, Tuzo, hence at Quebec Juff Garrelts, Kreltz, hence at Helvoet Jane, M'Lellan, hence at Swinamunde Actif, Maars, hence at Copenhagen Britannia, Farmer, and Monarch, Jackson, hence at ditto Mecklenburg, Ahren, hence at Hamburgh Cammin Packet, Parlow, hence at Elbe Maid of Athens, Boufellow, hence at Alexandria, and sailed 15th August for Constantinople Maria Jane, Reid, sailed from ditto 23d August ; Neried, Reeves, sth Sept. ; Fifteen, Dangerfield, 9th ; Helen Maria, Fisch, 10th ; Keldy Castle, Balmer, 17th Sept. Hebe, Warren, hence at Syra Sphynx, Conniber, hence at Malta Zephyr, Barlack, sailed from Malta for this port Ist inst. Cornish Diamond, Hodge, and Tom Roberts, Sumace, hence at Leghorn David and Robert, Ratt, sailed from Leghorn for this port Ist instant CARNARVON, OcT. 18.—The Mountaineer, Williams, from Rio Hache to Liverpool, was driven on shore on this bar early this morning in a heavy gale from N.W., and it is feared will be a total wreck ; crew, except one boy, saved HOLYHEAD, OCT. 18.—The Lady Eleanor, from Liverpool to Li merick, that put in here yesterday, was struck by a sea which started her head and cutwater. 16th instant, off Tuskaf, spoke the Aurora, from Africa to Liverpool, with sails split, and leaky A FIRE ROUND A MAGAZINE.—WhiIe the Phaeton was off Genoa a most alarming fire took place in the after cock pit, just before the magazine bulk-head. It was in the eve ning, while the ship's company were at quarters, and the captain and all the officers at their stations. The intelligence was quietly conveyed to Captain Morris first, and in an in stant calmness and self-possession were displayed in the clearest manner. " Mr. Beaufort," he said, " form the marines round the hatchways, and let them load with ball cartridge, and allow no one to come on deck. Firemen, with their buckets, attend me on the lower deck." Arrived on the lower deck, he commanded silence, and himself superin tending and directing them, the men drew the wa t er , an d, g uided by the column of thick smoke, kept up a continual stream of water. For a time the smoke increased in dense ness and quantity, and each one near the spot could have had no other expectation than that of a speedy flight into the air. Captain Morris, however, remained unaltered, and not a feature gave evidence of the anxiety which must have existed within his breast. At length, the man who had occasioned the fire was in a great measure the cause of the preservation of the ship. The place where the fire commenced was a locker, in which were the match-tubs and matches for present use, an d a l so t h e quarter l anterns, and it appeared that the purs er ' s s t ewar d h ad also been in the habit of putting the purser's lanterns in the same place. The cooper (who was , as usual, the s t ewar d' s assistant) had been drawing off spirits, and, having imbibed rather plentifully of the fumes, or probably, liquor, carelessly deposited his lan tern, with the candle unextinguished, in this locker, whence arose the dangerous fire. Sobered by the awful circumstances of his recklessness, the man endeavoured to make the best atonement in his power, and, aware of the exact position of the fire, actually jumped into the smouldering heap, at the imminent risk of suffocation, and threw the burning matches into the cockpit, where they were•quickly extinguished by the quantity of water thrown down by the firemen, and the danger was happily overcome, but not till the bulk-head of the magazine was half burnt through. Captain Morris, re lieved from this passing anxiety, spoke with the utmost satisfaction of the ship's company, not one of whom was heard to utter a word during the whole time. But while justly lauding the officers and men for their attention to his orders, they in return were aware that it was his presence of mind and example which materially contributed to so desira ble an end.—United Service Journal THE LATE THEODORE HOOK.—In 1813 Mr. Hook was appointed to the offices of accountant-general and treasurer of the Mauritius, whither he proceeded with every prospect of fortune before him. He held these offices from 9th Octo ber, 1812, to 28th February, 1818. In 1814 he was made su perintendent of the government press, which duty he per formed to April 15, when a regular editor was appointed. In April, 1818, he was sent home a prisoner ; and in October, the same year, he was released, the law officers declaring there were no legal grounds to detain him. The public were taught to believe that his dismissal from office arose from peculation ; but in this affair gross injustice has been done to Mr. Hook. It is true that a defalcation did exist in the cash balance, but it is equally true that the subject of our memoir was innocent of all participation in the abstraction of the cash ; morally, he was perfectly innocent ; but legally, and insomuch that a principal should be accountable for the acts of his subordinate, he was to blame. The truth is, that General Hall, the Commander-in-Chief, had reason to be lieve a deficiency existed in the military chest, and he issued an order that on a certain day he would investigate the ac counts, and see that the balance corresponded with the books. The day arrived, the balance was found correct, and the books were verified by the General. Subsequently, howe ver, he had cause to suspect that monies were got together from various parts of the island, with which to make up the balance, and this gave rise to an order that on the morrow morning, at nine o'clock, he would again investigate the accounts. On that morning Mr. Hook's deputy destroyed hi ms elf. Hook was of course answerable for his acts, and was thus called upon to make good the deficiency, which was upwards of 50,000 dollars, or about £12,000, of which about one-third has been paid. All Hook's property was seized, and he was sent home a prisoner. Party spirit was strongly directed against him in this affair, and while he ae t e Hemp different s i t o i c ra k e . s u , p and he house was, as a tory, on all hands abused, the p u bli c were little aware that another individual, of pre-eminent t a l ent also, and one of whom his country is j ustl y p ro u d, was also the victim of a deputy's dishonesty ! However, Mr . Hook's trifling was pro pertyfor s x was m in Shire-lar e, and for twelve m onths afterw ards a prisoner in the King's Bench. This wa s in the years 12234, and 5, when in the month of May of the latter year he wa s dis os seized a a c n l d o s s e o prisonerlsold at three r after acquired property that property would be still li a bl e for the deficiency. Even within the last year some of H oo k' s charged, with the intimation con ve ye d to h im that if he ever effects were sold in the Mauritius, and carried to government account. 'fiiitialtgfltOYlvLi LINT:811ml 11$0 allantlyeinei i of Mr. 0144-I.IiKE, Nile Lesge. Tho Performances, until further Notice, will commence at Half-past Seven. Doors to be Opened at Seven. The Last Night but Three of the Engagement of Mrs. WOOD, Mr. WOOD, Mr. GIUBILEI, POOLE, Mr. BROUGH, and Madame GIUBILEJ. THIS present 'TUESDAY, Oct. 19, will be performed, for the fifth time here, with new and appropriate Sce nery, &c., Bellini's Opera of NORMA. Norma. Elberta. .. Mr. Wood. Mr. Giubilei. Mrs. Wood. Claudian Miss Poole. I Orveso.. At the end of the Opera, PAS DE 110 IS, " LA TYROLIENNE," By Madame Giubilei, Miss C. Webster, and Master Webster. To conclude with the Musical Farce of • THE REVIEW. Looney M`Twolter, Mr.T.Lec'. I John Lump... Mr. Slaiter C'aleb Quotem .... Mr. Baker. I Lucy.... Miss E. Honner TO-MORROW (Wednesday), for the BENEFIT of MISS POOLE, the favourite Opera of FRA DIAVOLO. Zerlina, Mrs. Wood ; Lady Allcash. Miss Poole ; Fra Dia volo, Mr. Wood; Beppo, Mr. Giubilei; Giacomo, Mr. Brough.—After which, a variety of Singing and Dancing.— To conclude with the Farce of THE OMNIBUS. Pat Rooney, Mr. T. lee; Tom Dobbs, Mr. Baker. On THURSDAY, a favourite OPERA, and other En tertainments. On FRIDAY, Mrs. WOOD'S BENEFIT, and positively the Last Night of the Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Miss Poole, Mr. Giubilei, Mr. Brough, and Mad. Giubilei. TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS! ! THE MOST GORGEOUS FAIRY SPECTACLE EVER PRODUCED! ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Doors open at Half-past Six, and commence at Seven. Performances to terminate as near Eleven as possible. Second Night of the GRAND EQUESTRIAN FAIRY TALE ; and Second Week of the celebrated PONY RACES. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 19th instant, and during the Week, will be produced a splendid Equestrian Spectacle, entitled SIR HUON OF GUYENNE ; Or, The Christian Knight in Fairy Land. Sir Hum). of Guyenne Mr. Howard, (his second appearance here.) Mr. H. Beverly, (his second appearance this season.) SCENES IN THE ARENA, Sadak, by Master Miller, the Hibernian Youth, Messrs. Guest and Nicholo, and Mr. Wells and his Pupil, Master Arnold. THE PONY RACES; Or, Doncaster in Miniature. The whole to conclude with the laughable Extravaganza, entitled THE TAILOR OF TAMWOI{TH. Gregory (the Tailor) Mr. H. Beverly TO CORRESPONDENTS " Anti-Bolus " is not sufficiently careful in his composition ebt 7Liberpoot g9tanZiatti. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1841 That Tories are good canvassers, and rather skillful in the management of election affairs, we have the ac knowledgment of adversaries who desire nothing so much as to profit by their example. The acknowledg- ment is at once gratifying and stimulative. It is gra tifying, because there is virtue in a proper use of the attainment ; and it is stimulative, because it leads us to look for success where the talent is plenarily called nto exercise. There is a good occasion at the present moment for a little display of this species of artistic ability ; and we would earnestly beg of our Tory friends in Liverpool not to disappoint the public in general by declining to gratify them with a taste of their quality on this occasion. We are called upon, in the first place, to be consist ent ; we say consistent, because in our choice of par liamentary representatives we have declared, in corn mon with the majority of the nation, that a Whig mi nistry is not worthy of our confidence ; and it will certainly be both strange and inconsistent if we do not act upon the same rule, locally, in our choice of muni cipal representatives. There are some, indeed, who pretend to see a distinction between the cases. Local government, say they, is a different thing from na tional; there is no need to embarrass it with political .ingredients ; give me a man that will stand up for our local interests, and look fairly to the good of our town, and I care not whether he be Whig or Tory, or what colour he may be of in general politics ; I shall sup port him as my representative in the Council irrespec tively of such considerations. Now if the individuals who delude themselves with such an hallucination be longed to the Whig party, which we have rarely, if ever, found to be the case, we should be exceeding sorry to attempt awaking them from their dream ; but as they are almost invariably Conservatives, or persons who,.on other. questions and in other respects, may fairly be reckoned as of our party, we shbuld esteem no pains thrown away that would be likely to relieve them from so great an error. And a great error it is ; because, in the first place, it is casting a stigma on Conservative principles ; it is leaving it to be implied that Conservatism is not the best form of patriotism . for every purpose, and that the Conservative body does not affbrd a sufficiently ample collection out of which to choose a fit and proper municipal councillor. Now a Conservative, if he were well instructed and sufficiently enlightened, would by no means think so meanly of his own principles, or of the party to which. he belongs. If he understood the principles of Con servatism thoroughly, he would perceive that they in clude the duties of a good citizen not less in a limited_ than an enlarged sphere of action towards his locality, as well as towards the state ; and to admit that there is any other better code of rules for his direction in the one relation than in the other, or any so good, is really to admit that there is something unsound in the system itself; and this, we say, is dishonouring to it, doing it despite and injury, and a manifestation of gross ignorance as to its genuine character. But on the other hand, if the doctrine be good, and the sys tem sound for national purposes and general adminis tration, upon what principle should the municipal boundary of a town be debarred from its operation ? There is no such isolation known in our country. Conservatism, or the necessity for it, can be excluded by no such arbitrary demarkation. To administer the local affairs of a district well, they must be adminis tered on the Conservative principle, or there is no truth in it, and, as a necessary consequence, by men who hold that principle; and the Conservative who votes for any other than a Conservative is, consequently, no friend to the immediate circle and community to which he belongs, whatever he may profess or suppose him self to be. The simple question then is, is not every Conservative municipal elector bound to vote for a Conservative municipal candidate ? We answer that question by saying that the man is a traitor to his principles who does not. It is a mistake—quite a mistaka—to imagine that the grand political distinctions of Conservatism or Ra dicalism can, or ought to be, shut out from a munici pal contest. If our local affairs were in their charac ter as far removed from anything connected with ge neral politics as the management of a turnpike trust .or a river ferryage, which they are not, yet it would be our bounden duty, for other reasons and for other pur poses, to give to the town the advantage of a Conser vative corporation. 'Why did we struggle so long and so hard to re-establish Conservatism in the national councils ? Because we were convinced of its value; because daily experience taught us that Radicalism would prove destructive ; because, in short , we had no choice left betwe en th e r e -i ns tatement of a Conservative Ministry and restoration of a Conservative policy to the State and absolute ruin. Shall we, so far as Liver pool is concerned, now stultify-ourselves by exhibiting indifference in the choice and composition of our municipal government ? Shall it be said, that though we esteemed and actually discovered that Conservatism was essential to the prosperity of the country nation ally, yet that Radicalism, or Liberalism, or any other ism of that sort would do well enough for our town ? We use these plain arguments because, though of a very simple and obvious kind, they should, if borne in mind, be quite sufficient, in our humble opinion, to stir up the Conservatives to the achievement of an object which, until it is accomplished, leaves their public, political work but half done, and Liverpool in an anomalous state, which is anything but creditable to them. • With .regard to any specific measures which we might expect a Conservative council would adopt, in contradistinction to those carried out by the Radicals, it is, we conceive, not only premature, but unnecessary to speak just now. The Mercury, indeed, foreseeing the probable issue 'of the contest, jumps to some con clusions to which we, who creep along the ground, are quite unable to follow him. He drawi his inference, on one head, from the little discussion which took place at the last meeting of the Council between Mr. Har bord, Mr. Alderman Sheil, Mr. Hodgson, and other members, relative to the appointment of Mrs. Boyce to the situation of second mistress to the South School, and a remark made by Mr. Hodgson that the thin; wa4 to whof4 r.ach iligeoi4fort6 would nbt b. likely to wa4tA tam time of Council, But.wo know of no warrant which any prt of the discussion would afiord for the Mercury's lacnbration ; that which, we conceive, will be generally thought most remarkable in that conversation was the consummate folly of Mr. Alderman Sheil and his worshipful brcker, the mayor --the umistakable doodle and noodle of the transac tion. The one would not allow their schoolmistress to be asked of what religion she is of ; the other clinches the argument by declaring that it is " impertinent" to propose such an interrogatory. Now, we would hum bly ask, are not these very fit persons to have the care of schools, or the appointment of teachers for the rising generation ? We have to thank Mr. Harbord for put ting the question, and eliciting such an exhibition of Popery and Socinianism in the persons of the two worthies above-named, and Mr. Hodgson for the manly candour with which he avowed his opinions ; but we repeat, that as to what measures a conservative council will adopt on the subject of education, it is pre mature as yet to speak, and the question need not now be agitated What we have at present mainly to look to is the ex clusion of radicals, and the election of conservatives — to make our municipal and parliamentary policy homo geneous, and to give to Liverpool what it has too long wanted, A DECIDEDLY CONSERVATIVE GO• VERNMENT ! The recent arrivals from the United States have not solved for us the question of peace or war between Great Britain and the people of that republic ; and yet they have disclosed a state of things existing upon the frontiers of our Canadian possessions which it is im possible to contemplate without serious misgivings. The power of precipitating a collision between the two countries is at this moment placed absolutely in the hands of a band of lawless and savage " sympa- thizers" in the northern states of America, whom the government of that country either will not or cannot restrain within the bounds of law and order ; and al- though it is quite possible that the immediate cause of jealousy between the two countries—the trial of M`Leod —may have passed over without those results which have been anticipated, yet it is quite clear that without some immediate and stringent measures are resorted to by the government of the United States to repress the violence of tone and conduct towards Great Britain, displayed by their frontier population, the disastrous calamity of a war between the two countries may be averted for a time, but must ultimately, and at no dis- tant period, be the issue. We are no advocates for war, at any time or with any country ; and especially we should view with deep sorrow any serious embroilment with America. As a =lion we have no quarrel with her which could justify a resort to the sword for its settlement. As a nation, we do not think that she entertains towards us those feelings which would hurry her government into the adoption of a hostile policy towards us. But the ques tion nevertheless arises and presses for solution—" Can we much longer remain at peace with a country which, whilst it professes towards us sentiments of friendship and respect, neglects, at the same time, to take ade quate steps to restrain its lawless and savage popula tion from making continual inroads upon our territory, and abetting rebellion and outrage amongst a portion of our people ?" This question, we submit, presses urgently for solution; and it must be solved satisfac torily to the British nation before we can hope for any security for our Canadian possessions, or look forward to the enjoyment of any permanently peaceful relations with the American government. It may be said, indeed, that the government of the United States has, within the last few weeks, taken measures to repress the hostile aggressions of its fron tier population upon 'our Canadian possessions. The President has indeed issued a proclamation for the pur pose ofdiscouraging the formation of secret associa tions, amongst the citizens of America, for purposes of hostility to Great Britain ; and threatens those to whom it is addressed with the certainty of condign punish ment—and, moreover, with the withdrawal of Ameri can protection, in case, during any of their lawless . incursions, they should fall into the hands of the tish Canadian authorities. But is thiS all, we . ask, which the government of the United States is entitled to perform ? Is it sufficient for a nation, claiming to be a civilized nation, and to be recognised as such, to declare merely her own non-participation in the out rages which may be committed by the individual peo ple or states which compose it, and to entail upon the country which has the misfortune to be its neighbour the necessity of a constant watch and ward to restrain the commission of those outrages ? On the contrary, it is certainly the duty of such a nation, herself, to take strong and prompt measures upon all occasions when she anticipates that they may be required, to compel her subjects to maintain inviolate her own relations with foreign nations, and to treat any attempt to vio late those relations as an act of, rebellion, to be put down with the same rigour as if it had been directed against her own internal arrangements. The government of the United States has not done this ; and the tardy proclamation of her President can not and ought not to be accepted as evidence of a sincere desire for the preservation of peace with Great Britain. It is an acknowledged fact, that the " sym pathisers" of the American frontier, to the number of fifty or sixty thousand men, avowedly waiting only an opportunity to rush into a war of aggression in Canada, are provided with arms from the arsenals of America herself; and it was undoubtedly the dutyof the Ame rican government, with the experience of the past be fore it, to take care that an opportunity of providing themselves with such arms should 'not be left within the reach of its unruly citizens. The American exe cutive is, or is not, able to coerce its people into the order which is required to be observed in a civilised country. If it is thus able, it is deeply to be censured for having neglected to exert that ability; if it is not, it has no right to usurp the character and to be treated as an independent power. We trust that, still, we shall be able to preserve our present peaceful relations with the United States; but we cannot conceal from ourselves the fact that the pre sent anomalous position of the government of that country with respect to its state legislatures presents abundant grounds of fear for the permanency of those relations. The American government must strengthen its executive power. That government must put down from within the prmdatory spirit of its frontier popula tion ; unless it is resolved to draw down upon itself the just hostility of every country which has established institutions and order to protect- 7 -unless it is resolved to throw itself beyond the pale of forbearance from every civilized state. America has its points of weak ness as well as Great Britain; and if by her own " laches" with respect to the conduct of a portion of her people•she - wantonly provokes retaliation, she must not be surprised if Great Britain, or any other nation, should cauterize those points of weakness, and stir up the same strife within her own bosom which she is ob viously bent upon raising within those of her oppo nents. The debilitating curse of slavery is upon her. The population of her southern states are within the reach of the breath of agitation ; and that breath may fan into existence a flame before which all the powers of her democracy will strive in vain. Let her, then, not depend too much upon the world's forbearance, unless she desires to see her advancing prosperity struck down at one desolating blow, and the fabric of half a century's growth prostrated in one hour of wild outrage by the manacled hand whose blood and toil have cemented it together ! We had not intended to discuss Mr. WNEILE'S claims on the fair consideration of a Conservative go vernment for promotion, but to leave the facts to speak, which in this case they do most loudly. But the elaborate article upon the subject which appeared in the Chro n i c l e o f S a t ur d a y last, written with an affecta tion of candour, but with real malice, must plead our apology with the reverend gentleman for a defence which we could well wish had fallen into abler hands. Before Mr. McNeile came to Liverpool, his talents, eloquence, and activity in the cause of ou r nat i ona l church, had made a deep impression on the religious portion of the community ; and wherever he was an nounced to preach or speak, whether in London or the country, the churches and rooms were found too small to accommodate the multitudes of all classes who thronged to hear him. We well remember. the dense masses of attentive auditors by whom he was periodi cally surrounded in the Church of St. Clement Danes, Ire the Stvdmi, It wu tvfiat porinti of his higory that he resigted with ouch 03 igwil fillet;;C:ca tho spread of the Irvingite heresy, In Liverpool he was soon felt. No description of ours can do justice to the almost miraculous effects produced throughout the town by bis unwearied minis try in the pulpit, in the school-room, and in the private chamber : for as yet he had not appeared upon our platforms. Gentlemen from all the congregations in the town and neighbourhood, strangers from all parts of the world passing through, dissenters of all denomi- nations were to be seen from week to week at St Jude's. The impression made upon dissenters was manifested by the numbers of Baptists and Quakers whom the reverend gentleman received into the church by public baptism ; and the permanent religious effects may in some degree be estimated by the fact that the congregation of St. Jude's contains now between 500 and 600 communicants. The writer in the Chronicle does not kntw Mr. M'Neile. He admits, indeed, (as who can deny) the brilliancy and power of his speeches on various sub- jects, but he can form no idea of the scriptural research, the solemnity, gravity, depth of reasoning, and clear ness, beauty, and simplicity of illustration which give such a charm to the professedly religious instructions of the reverend gentleman. Frequently have we heard the remark, and felt its justice, that Mr. "M'Neile's reading of the scriptures was in itself an elucidating commentary It was the education question that brought him fully before the Liverpool public, as an orator as' well as a divine. It is not too much to say, that our new Church of England Schools would never have been built but for Mr. M‘Neile. The success of the enterprise depended upon the sympathy and liberality of the town at the moment ; and no one conversant with the facts of the case will deny, that, the meeting at the Amphitheatre, where that success was secured, would have been a failure, exciting little sympathy and producing little money, but for his burning eloquence on the occasion. His sermon on the subject, preached the week pre vious, and briefly reported in the Courier, had been made the theme of abuse in the Town-council, and the reverend gentleman himself denounced as a pestilence to the Liberals. This added immensely to the interest excited by that celebrated meeting, and Messrs. Rath bone and Blackburn have good reason to remember the recoil. Mr. M‘Neile next defeated the designs of the volun taries against our church-rates. A meeting of the op ponents of the church was held upon that subject. A meeting of the friends of the church followed, at which the reverend gentleman spoke with his usual efficiency. And when the dissenters called a third meeting, and by a quibbling requisition endeavoured to give it the character of a town's public meeting, Mr. M`Neile at tended, endured patiently the brutal treatment be re ceived, maintained his ground, extorted from an un willing chairman the confession that the meeting was a private one of the friends of a particular measure, and then immediately withdrew, when nearly one-half of the meeting followed him. 'These things checked amongst us the overflowings of liheralism which followed the passing of the muni cipal reform bill, and gave returning weight and influ- ence to the friends and supporters of the Church. It was the reluctant acknowledgment of Mr. M'Neile's bitterest enemies, that Mr. Cresswell was mainly in debted for his triumph over Mr. Ewart to the results of Mr. M`Neile's labours in the town. Those labours have been continued with unabated energy. We need not speak upon the important sub ject of church building. St. Silas is a standing monu ment of the reverend gentleman's unprecedented eili cieriCy with his cOngregatiOn, and all who • know the history of it, know that his energy on that occasion gave practical impulse to the Liverpool Church Build ing Society. His appointment, beyond all competition to be one of the trustees of that society, bore honour able testimony of the estimation. in which he was held by the subscribers. To come to events of a later ' date, Mr. M`Neile's unrivalled exposure of the practical abuses of the Irish registration system is well known, and held in grateful rernetimbrance by every admirer of Lord Stanley and advocate of his lordship's bill. Mr. M`Neile's: speech upon the corn laws was ano ther master- piece ; and however our contemporary of the Chronicle may affect to sneer at the reverend gen tleman's scriptural argument from the 'history of Tyre, it is gratifying to, observe that Sir James Graham thought it of sufficient consequence for adoption in one of his speeches to his constituents, and introduced it as having been used " with vast skill by. an eminent and dignified divine." It is our deliberate conviction that no one individual in the kingdom has contributed more than Mr. M'Neile to our late anti-revolutionary reaction. And this he has done chiefly by awakening among all classes of the community a renewed and intelligent attachment to the Established Church. He has defended the church, not with the mere assertion of arrogant pretension, but by scriptural arguments, which commend themselves more and more to the good sense of the nation. It is not the smallest part of Mr. M`Neile's well earned praise, that in the midst of his popularity, naturally exciting envy, he has remained friendly with .all his reverend brethren, and cordially co-operates with all: Is a-Missionary or Protestant movement to be made by the evangelical clergy, Mr. M`Neile is the chief mover of the town. Is a church building or diOcesan education movement to be made by the high church clergy, .(as they are commonly but improperly called,) Mr. M`Neile gives it the crowning impulse for adop tion and support. We know not whether any serious intention of pro moting the reverend gentleman be entertained by the government, but we are assured no appointment could be more serviceable to the best interests of the church in these agitating times ; and we are assured that no appointment would be more popular, or so popular, with the great bulk of the conservative electors of the United Kingdom. LOCAL NEWS. A RIVAL TO Mn. ALDERMAN EvANs.—A correspondent of the Albion suggests, indeed earnestly recommends, to the reformers the propriety of their putting Mr. John Holmes in nomination for the mayoralty. We should be glad to see both gentlemen nominated. Lord Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at the Adelphi Hotel, on Thursday evening from London, and em barked, on Friday night, for Dublin, in the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company's Contract mail-packet the Princess. EMBEZZLEMENT.—Edward Scott was put forward before Mr. Rushton on Friday on a charge of having embezzled is. the property of John Rooney, a baker, of No. 20, Spring field-street. The complainant deposed that the prisoner had been in his service about ten or eleven weeks, and that he supplied his customers with small bread. The prisoner was employed to carry it out and to deliver it to his customers. His duties were to receive payment for the bread which he delivered, and to hand over the amounts to his employer. He served Mr. Brannen, of No. 20, Hanover-street, with bread to the amount of 35., and Mr. Lund with bread to the amount of 4s. About two o'clock on Monday afternoon he sent the prisoner to receive the moneys due from those par ties ; after having been paid by them he put the ,amount in his pocket, and was subsequently arrested in a state of intoxi cation in Vauxhall-road. He was committed for trial, STEALING A BOlLER.—William Thompson was charged before Mr. Rushton, on Friday, with having stolen a boiler, the property of Mr. Samuel Martin, of No. 14, Netherfield road North.—Joseph Robertson depbsed that he was an ironmonger and locksmith, and that his shop was in Vaux hall-road. About eight o'clock on Wednesday evening last the prisoner and another man brought a hand-cart, with a copper boiler, and a leaden flange, to his door. They said they had brought it from the house of a gentleman who would call in the morning about its value. Witness asked his name. They said he lived in the New-road, but refused to name him. Tne prisoner and his companion then left the boiler in the shop and went away. About eight o'clock the following morning the prisoner called again and asked whe ther the gentleman had come to the shop in the interim. Witness said not. The prisoner said he came to be paid for his trouble, and that he would await the gentleman's arrival.. Witness then went out and procured the assistance of con stable 827, by whom the prisoner was taken into custody. John Carty, gardener to Mr. Martin, deposed that he left the boiler safe in the washhouse on Wednesday night, and that on the following morning it was missed. The boiler found was identified as the property of Mr, Martin. The prisoner was committed for trial. STEALING &MAR. —George Bird was put forward at the Police-office, on Friday, on a charge of having stolen five pounds weight of sugar, the property of Sir Thomas and Jas.. Brancker. George Swindles deposed that he was an acting locker in her majesty's customs, and that on Wednesday last he was , on duty at Leicester's No. 165. bonded ware house, in Sefton-street. About half-past eight o'clock in the afternoon of that day Mr. Birkett had a lorry at the warehouse door in question. The driver came in and said he had called for Messrs. Brancker's sugar. Knowing that the Messrs. Brancker had sugar in the bottom room, witness weighed a number of bags of it, and knew that one bag, num bered 474, weighed before leaving the warehouse 1 cwt. 1 qr. 13 lbs. When the lorry had been partially loaded, constable • 350 came up and gave witness some information whichcaused him to reweigh the bag of sugar No. 474, and he discovered a deficiency of 5 lbs. The prisoner had been employed by Mr. Birkett as a porter to remove the sugar from the room to the lorry, and when the deficiency was ascertained he was missing. James R. Eastwood, a clerk, deposed that be saw the prisoner make a hole in the bag after it had been placed in the lorry, and scoop the sugar thereout. He was Cora- Rifted for trial. Ronfigny }l, M Tl:r rfair*ON o :4170.—Wa have, ort . two forroor oceasiony;, untieed tini robbery by some prostitutes or £l7O from the person of '1 oas Kelly, immediately on his arrival from America. A esierday another of the parties who robbed him, calling her name Sarah Marshall, was examined at the Police-court, when Kelly swore that she held his arms whilst the others robbed him, but that she also saved his life by requesting her companions not to kill him. She made no defence. Committed to the sessions. SHOCKING ACCIDENTS. — On Tuesday afternoon John Dye, a poor Irish reaper on his return from harvest, was passing along Great Howard-street, when a bale of cotton fell from a warehouse several stories high, and struck him to the ground. He was immediately conveyed to the Northern Hospital, Leeds-street, and found to be so dangerously iti jured that but slight hopes are entertained of his recoNexli.— On the same day Patrick Cormick, while engaged in unkad ing the ship Martha Ritchwood, now lying in the Prince's Dock, fell from the deck into the hold. He was immedi ately conveyed to the same hospital, when it was found that he had sustained a dislocation of the shoulder, compound fracture of the leg, and a severe wound of the hip. He now lies, as may be supposed, in a very precarious state. THE PORTICO CONCERTS.—The second portico concert _ . took place on Friday last, and was extremely well attended. Many of the songs and glees were encored ; indeed, the audience appeared as if they were determined to have enough, and to applaud to the very echo, " till echo did applaud again." Mr. Stott sung Wade's " I've culled every flower" very well. •` Lady of beauty" was capitally and effectually given by Miss Stott. Messrs. Case, - Stott, and Davies. Hutton's ballad of "The first adieu" was sung by Miss Stott. This young lady has a sweet voice, but her enunciation is very bad. We could not ascertain what the song was about; and had it not been announced in the bill as an English song, we should have been in difficulty to state whether it came, as neighbour Constance says, from " Italy, or Germany, or France." The chorus, " Daughter of error," was encored. Mr. Davies sung Purcell's fine scena, " Mad Tom," "As it fell upon a day," by Mrs. Armstrong, and Miss Stott was amongst the repetitions : they sung it with much taste. " When a little farm we keep," by Miss Stott and Mr. Horuby, was encored they gave it wits much spirit. Last evening the third concert came off, and was equally well supported as the others. We believe some pro menade concerts are to begin here upon a novel plan. A. BEGGING IMPOSTOR.—Patrick Murphy, a man having the appearance of a decent mechanic, was placed before Mr. Rushton on Saturday last, charged with having solicited alms from a gentleman named Frost, and with having pre sented a begging petition bearing forged signatures. Mr. Frost, on examining the signatures, immediately perceived that several of them purported to have been written by parties with whom he was intimate, and that they were forgeries. He ordered a police officer to be called in : upon which the prisoner, whose demeanour had hitherto been most bland and gentle, as became one who humbly sued for alms, began to show, that, as well as the cunning of the fox, there was in him a spice of the wickedness of the wolf. Rushing at Mr. Frost, he endeavoured forcibly to re-possess himself of the petition. He knew well where the shoe pinched. Could he destroy the petition, the chief testimony againSt him would be wanting. Mr. Frost, however, held it fast, while the pri soner tugged manfully to carry his object. Finding that he could not get,the petition to his mouth, he endeavoured to carry his mouth to the petition, his great object being evi dently to eat his own words. Mr. Frost, however, foiled him, and in due time the officer arrived and took him into custody. In reply to the Questions put to him, he said he re sided in Scotland-road, and had received the petition from a person named Smith. The officer sought for this Smith at the place where Murphy said he resided, but no such person could be found. Mr. Rushton asked the prisoner what he had to say for himself. He replied that he was passing Mr. Frost's door, when a person requested that he would take that document (the petition) in and give it to the master, waiting for an answer. Mr. Rushton committed the prisoner to gaol for three months. A COOK IN A MEss.—The master of one of the vessels belonging to this port appeared, on Saturday, before Mr. Rushton, to show cause why he refused to pay to William Allen a balance of wages claimed ,by the latter. Allen proved, that he shipped at this port to go to Donegal, thence to Quebec, and back to Liverpool, in the capacity of cook, at £3 per month. The defence set up by the captain was, that Allen, having shipped as cook, was unable to perform the duties of that office. In the first place, he was a man of very filthy habits. He kept his galley in such a condition that it became necessary, at length to turn him out of it in order that it might be put and maintained in decent order. Mr. Rushton requested to be informed, specially, of the rounds for the allegation that he was unable to perform the duty for which he had shipped. The mate and sevaral of the men were called to testify touching the plaintiff's qualifica tions as a cook. From their testimony, it appeared, that when the applicant attempted to make soup, lie made, what the sailors called " a regular mess of it." By the way of making it extra good, he put into the pot all the materals he could think of, boiling herrings, peas, pork, barley, potatoes, and dumplings all up together, thinking, thereby, " to make the gruel thick and slab." Then, it appeared; he had no notion when any articles of food were done. Eggs he boiled too bard, potatoes too soft ; he would do a piece of pork till it was nothing but fibre, and the next day send to the men a piece of beef half raw. Moreover, and above all, he had, spoiled the captain's cakes. Mr. Rushton: " How was that ?" Mate : "He sent some cakes into the cabin, and they were not fit to eat." Allen : " I didn't' make 'em. The steward made 'em. He brought 'm to me ready made. It wasn't my business to make cakes." Steward " Well, if it warn't you business to make 'em, it were' - your business to bake 'em. They were properly made, but - iliej , were not properly baked. The complaint was, that theYsVere not pro. perly done." Allen : " Well, "the steward came to me, and he would have 'eni whether they were done or not." It was proved, generally, that Allen was but an indifferent cook. The captain, very fairly, called upon the seamen to say what the complaint was worth. One said 30s. a month would be fair wages ; another thought he was entitled to £2. The captain expressed his willingness to give him £2, which was awarded. ROBBETLY BY A SHOPMAN.—At the Police-court yester day a genteelly-dressed young man, named Henry Jutres, was charged with having robbed his employer, Mr. Minton, mercer, of Bold-street, The prosecutor stated, that the prisoner was his service as a shopman, and having some reason to doubt his honesty, he asked him on Saturday for the key of his trunk. He produced it, and they went uP stairs together, when six silk handkerchiefs and several pairs of gloves were found in it. In the first instance he said big mother had given him the property, but .therwards he con , fessed to the robbery. The prisoner. had been in his service a month. Mr. Minton then handed up a paper to the bench, which we understood to be a recommendation of the prisoner to mercy on the ground of his respectability, Mr. Rushton said, he should be glad to attend to the recommendation, but the public had a right to be protecied against depredations of this sort. Felony by a person in the situation of the prisoner was aggravated by the respectability of his position. A poor creature who stole from necessity there was no sym pathy for, except in common with all the unfortunate ; but where a man in good clothes, and without the temptation of necessity plundered, the respectability of his position came in to weaken justice. This was the exact position in which the prisoner stood. Mr. Minton had made this charge against him, and though it was . a painful duty to send the prisoner for trial, it was his duty, and lie should do it. The prisoner was then sent for trial at the ensuing sessions. ST. HELEN'S.—SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—A tradesman of this place, a brazier and tin-plate worker, named John Critehley, met with his death on Saturday week, under most painful and exciting circumstances. The deceased, accom panied by his wife, had been out the evening previous, and, before returning home, called at a public-house, where they continued until the multiplicity and strength of their pota tions subdued the husband's propriety. When they left the carousal, which was at an early hour after midnight, Critch ley was much inebriated. On their arrival home, a quarrel ensued between the husband and wife, the consequence of which was that the latter determined to take up lir!. /Wart , ment separate from the husband for the night, Soon 'after she had retired she heard a noise, as of some one falling; bud imagining it was merely her husband staggering to and fro in his room, she contented herself, and went to sleep. She arose at her usual hour next morning ; but shocking, indeed, to her feelings must it have been when, on descending the stairs, she found her ill-fated husband a stiffened corpse. Ifedical assistance was, however, procured, and it was found that the neck of the deceased was dislocated, and, by other bruises on his body, there was'no doubt but he had fallen down stairs, which caused the noise his wife heard before going to sleep, but, perhaps, unfortunately attributed to an- . other source. An inquest has been held, and a verdict of " found dead" returned. • PRESTON AND WYRE RAILWAY.—On Tuesday the half yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at their office in Kin William-street, London. The chair was taken by Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, Bart. It appeared from the report, that in spite of the manufacturing distress and the unfavourable state of the weather, the traffic on the railway from the Ist of April to the Ist of October had been to the extent of 107,920 passengers, which was considerably beyond that of the former half-year. A steamer, called the Epress, daily plied on the lakes, and other steam-boats were now going between Fleetwood and the Isle of man, White haven, Liverpool, and Glasgow, and a large traffi c was g oing on between Belfast and the manufacturing districts of Lan cashire. The commerce of the port of Fleetwood had in creased so extensively as to dictate the necessity of a dock for large vessels, and to leave the quay free for steam-boats and coasters. The iron facing of the wharf at Fleetwood, and a pier for landing cattle at all times of tide, were comp l e t e d. A large edifice, called the North Euston Hotel, had been erected, and a church had been finished and consecrated, and the new town of Fleetwood was forming rapidly. The works of the railway stood well. The total cash for traffic during the half-year was £20,811, which left a net profit after ex penses of £8,504 Is. 5d., which was to be appropriated to the payment of a dividend of £1 ss. per sharp of £25. The total cash received on account of the railway was 1:;310,000, and towards the harbour £67,000. A large sum Wing, still necessary for the completion of the other works a the com: rainy, a further issue of new shares of £25 and a reduced rate was proposed by the directors. Mr. Phillpetts having suggested an alteration in th e re p or t, it was agree d t o a n 4 then adopted. A vote of thanks was then passed to the . directors for their g ra t u it ous serv i ces , an d th e mee ti ng ad. journed. GROSS MISCONDUCT, AND DISMISSAL OF A. POLICS. OFFICER. — Two young men, of respectable appearance , named Abraham Hollis and Frederick Buxton, appeared at the police-court, yesterday, before Mr. Rushton and Mr. Houghton, having been admitted to bail to answer a charge preferred azainst them.by police-officer No. 114, whose name is William 'fon, The officer stated that, about ten o'clock on Saturday night, he observed the prisoners in St. John's Market going about from s tall to, stall without purchasing any thing, and suspecting them, he took them both to the market-office. There he searched them and found two rabbits upon them which they said they had hongbt in the market. On being asked where they had obtained them they pointed out the stall, and it was found that their statement wa,s MP' yet, notwithstanding this, he carried them to Hotbarnrstrer4 Bridewcll, where he booked them as drunk and disorderlY: Mr. Rushton asked the officer why he had not set them liberty when he had ascertained that their story was true? The officer replied that he was afraid of being reported to the Watch Committee. Mr. Rushton then said the conduct of the cfficer had been most disgraceful. Having ascertaine d that the story of the young men was true, and clearly know ing that to be the fAct, in order to save himself, he came into court and said he had lopked them up although he knew the m to be innocent. The :office; must be brok en , an d h e s hould Th not enter the force again. e younz men must be dis charged. He was very sorry for what had&c& - urred to them; their only remedy for what they had suffered war by a i ct.ipPt at the same time it was a sacrifice whiCh all good men reA ls .,t make up their minds to submit to. The 'condUct of not be taken on th e f orce aga i n, a dd h e k, o ff icer h a d ,been ,unfeeling, but h e cou ld only p l e dg e hipse!A that he si,Leuldn ew that he would not be admitted with out hi s (M r . Rushton s) consent. The nfficer on duty at Botham-street Bride we 4 sa id when the officer brought the young men there, be . 54i ci he knew them to be bad chrzActers, and he had taken tb.0 1 ,,, h u pon suspicion, and on thi s accaupt h e i ns i s t e d upon hav,Wo t h em booked. Witne ss was rather doubt f ul o f t h e ca s t e, De" cause he observed that the officer was the wors,e for liquot, n evertheless he did b oo k t h em, but tol d t h e head popstabr immediately on his arrival. Mr. Rushton.—You ox,loo have sent to me an d 1 would hive discharge d them.- 2,a Whitty said the bridewell keeper's instructions were to sep, his great surprise they forthe inspector, in all such cases. On his (Mr. Whitt). l !Y arrival be thought the young men were not booked, bufiatS been a want of due caution on the part ,of the briu were. Mr. Rushton said the i rp oie s keeper, and it must not occur again. The hrhlaw.eil i i_ k ‘, c 6 1 x 11,4 eF sairthe was very sorry for what had occurred , Da ' be more caref u l in future. The parties then left the Amt'