The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-02-24 00:00:00

balrg in, gurtion lip, "°ll7l-611 F71TURE, WAVERTREE. — • BYFORD will SELL by AUCTION, on Ar e • Nei.next. the 26th instant, at . Eleven o'clock ,Ptt rt 0 '; uPon the Premises, Sandown-lane, NN avertree, k , „‘ 4 i et i b!hegenteel and useful HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, -sae, a„.Pßnoforte, by Broadwood, Mahogany Glazed Book k Gerureu Drawers under, Chimney Glass, and other Effects of h Th e I N T any changing his residence. ..l'eflgt,,,,,ReurryttE includes Mahogany Four-post and French teittb e "ml, with hloreen and Chintz Furniture, good seasoned Val) pr..,13e(18. Painted Dressing Tables and Washstands, Vral ° B ;;;'Y and Painted Chests of Drawers, Dressing Glasses, .1406 and ad Kidderminster Carpets, Mahogany Dining, Pem titrilbirard Tables, Wheel Barometer, Child's Mahogany " r e 11.4"t - day Clock, Mahogany and Birch Chairs, Fenders, .To b e R few Kitchen Requisites, and ether Effpcts. o ,l'e h ad viewed on the Morning of Sale, when Catalogues may °4 the Premises, or at the Office of Mr. BYFORD, IVI R . y p l".* ( l)4t ,D N I T E, s E WAV LL E b r y itF ACTION, on c t,4ely „FiltbAY next, will 27th instant, at Eleven o'clock pre `,ll,ieon the Premises, No. 29, Orford-street, Sandown- The svertree. IN a La,eful HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and other Effects, Ma y changing her residence. "e viewed O F n the Morning of Sale. HE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE CHARLES STUART MIDDLETON, ESQ. El yE , ' O Oll - 7°Alr, the Mr. 1 lth AMBRO of March next, at BYFORD the Clarendon arid A ", !,?out John-street, Liverpool, in One or more Lots, L,, li ,et to co n di t i ons o f S a l e t o b e pro d uce d a t the Sale, that Pi ece of LAND, s i tuate on the west side heti'? berby-road, Bootle, containing in front then-to 254 'dep th ' ) ' e hets, and in width at the back 246 feet, and running in t, ta hei,,! l ;kwards on the north side thereof (exclusive of 2 yards e e b to Derby-road) • , 91 feet, and on the south side 298 ,uotind,, e , the said several dimensions thereof more or less. the g oii ;,4 the north by Mr Joseph Mason's Leasehold, on bY Mr. Thomas - Peters' Leasehold, and on tbe west Of L Ars .;l called Summel seat. And, also. al that other Piece tOtit 4 i P. situate on the west side of Summer seat aforesaid, lo th e a s i k ng in front thereto 195 feet 7 inches, and beiog in width ber t h "ore 164 feet. and running in depth to on the , t eet, i'tte thereof 363 feet, and on the south side thereof 362 .160 , th e , the said several dimensions thereof more or less, and the r 'ed on the west by the Strand of the River Mersey, on t i , Nilr rth I, Y Mr. James Clement'e Leasehold, and on the south The C hadwick's Leasehold. for ih o at mve Premi ses are L ease h o ld un d er t h e E ar l o f D er by tltM h ` r te rto of Seventy-five Years, commencing the 25th day 1 846. subject to a Ground Relit. ke, , , N ,,tive Pieces of Land from their close proximity to the ek "rto Dock s, and particularly the contemplated Timber ar e well worthy of the attention of Capitalists. klieritrUrther particulars apply to Messrs. CARSON and ELLis, " ,. ..... t ...._ )rs, __Talbot-cliambers, 3, Fenwick-street. Man tril - - DRAPERY TRADE. WANTED, ASSISTANTS.--Apply to JOHN BRIFeoe. oidhan-street. nA,TED, MANTLE MAKERS, ASSISTANT woitelli-iNrItS, and a number of hands as P LAIN l 'thor t , It it l 3, who have been a ccu s to me d to th e Trad e , and 'NSra'it 112 , bold-t-I,4am employment will be given. street. h4 " ,EßNEbSES.—Engagement without expense, ,14NQA,..,„the Governess Institntion , y-, virty' 43,l ENTS are ARRANGED wi thout se t expe to either Full particulars may be had on inquiry. W. H. BAINBRIGGE,I Hon. Secretaries. JNO. LW HTBODY, •" C AMBRIAN & UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY, I tequi GI. Af 00RGATE-NTRE KT, LONDON, ‘Alier!To i( s really active and efficient AGENTS in this and various Pig of the District. te r l lll te u t he Commission and Allowances are very liberal and kr,,lVlusiness t ransacte d em b races Li fe an d F i re Insurance Pr os e granting of Marriage Dowries and Annuities, 144,P:closes, terms, &c. to be had from, and applications 61, af0 HENRY FELTON, Manager. orgate street, London. I:ANLIVERPOOL SAILORS' HOME. / i- ED, a HOUSE STEWARD for the SAI '4II p t . - 0 ` , .tS' HOME. Salary not to excued .4150 per Annum, An p l ivai rke , with testimonials, to be sent under cover, tat 4 A pplication—House Steward." and directed "CI air- the Sailors' Home, Liverpool," on or before the 17th 'll, teallt:Mulertneutioned will be WATED shortly ; in the tegthrionials may be sent in. N E KEEPER, PANTRY STEWARD, COOK, &c. rlpit tIVERN)OL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. b tv _O r MNiITT . Eh:: are prepared to receive TEN .o7othe sUPPLY of NEW BOOKS to the above 6 ; 1 ee,,_ n t .en ne Yet!r.. I,: i L i a sion ,:prifying the Discount in which will betaken addressed . to the )le l -1 1r i n trie Co l =t i e l e st o t tl e ti sent i , o r t , , pverpool," on or beforr the ree lst Pl i ' l l .: ltc oPkl rary, i ','4( , , , o k k e s .B lN r •i e ll ei have to be delivered carriage 'y free atartl'ihe TO IRONFOUNDERS. r rtlt L BOROUGH . OF LIVERPOOL. t (>\;, , ,re rI.GII,ITING COMMITTEE of the COUNCIL litAe. 3 to receive TENDERS for SUPPLYING by k e uill it • tine Hundred CAST-I ltoN LA MP- POSTS, with , iro n t o a Lantern Frames, Pitchina: Irons. Nuts, Screws, t o lpeo4'''e, and to be made similar in Pattern and quality The 1 ;! ° W deposited for inspection in th e Y ar d at t ac h e d 4, 5 e 1. 40 .,.;' 1c- nflices, Cornwallis-street. TRPposts are to weigh not less than 4 nor more than cib s acll, the Lantern Frames and the Pitching or thereabouts, and to be Painted over with li t „rard? l good Black Paint. To be delivered complete at tr o l, t o he 'll ,poke -street, on or before . tIT 2d o day of Apri , t p e ",_leti very hmtl for in Cash at the expiration One Month t l ;evy s t l . 3 , o sentling in Tenders are requested to state a Price ~i t or the whole of the Requirements, whether made of t o p f ur :1 )0 2111 Iron. leaf 4-e,;."er information may be had on application at the 1,4 4 , e d Tp„'"'s Office, Public-offices, Cornwallis -street, where 14;,(if 'ers must be left not later than FRIDAY the 27th ce,o)ritary instant, addressed to the Cliairtna ' n of the r oinittee, and marked " Tender for Lamp-posts." Wll. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk. 1852. LIP.LTRFOOI Ct' UNTY COURT. ,Th e • YESTERDAY. Pollock, Esq., took . his net J udge of this court, Joseph The foll.owingiesnat 11 44 141 ° n the bench at ten o'clock. k elsi ar Y of the business luding 2 inn' cas , 4 ' I,°tli----Orii I plaints, 1174, Inc of the court during its present a pp after judgment, 64 , eage . sum. l ele °j • q118-5111 s e t 'l cag e - T.711; lications for new tr . ia i l t s it , e .t rp ; cak.l4lB, 6°.r Fornmitmen! .ich - d lesaudmer s,,, ,rstisolvents i ,wr N. Fi tt 0 ts,roll2i, Court , 1 a nd 9th Victoria, cap. ' 127. 2 and 1 indictment under the jeoetie 4LIIO O , v• Al' GREGort.—I heard previous at a errteen,tpin this ' cause, which was lis Honour delivered ttal The • t in dispute was whether a bankrupt, /NT nompaoinfiat had been issued on his own petition, kleetßlP,l,e to pay the messenger'scharges Nts fade to to realize a sufficient Sb:r,tlie hankruptcv• untto in de e f a ra s y e the her judgment o n f m e n o 7 t a e s d e e x a c s e e e s d , i n e g ri l y . ttiltlic.ate ' cit ing a large number etiliirt ii°Pinions given i e l illfckri circumstancebsy of the a pmilar_ m . ;. the•iticae concluded i l ( d g not be held per . - by delivering u I ent in favour lb I"eltu t I I e thought, c9u le hi s -et 11114h:tiliLk.le,P aiswthleo'lelgal presumption was ti r . s P ' -4 ue en filed for the benefit of all the n c e r x e t ditor i ti r i ti r l it: t eP in vtili PHILLIPS.—His Honour . delivered ' kir 111448 t courts Case,Tl a , so ._ . wpiliaeinhtiff'aswheard legatee dn rin t t g x o r t h £ e s s o i t , t i u e n g 8 - a' "P 4 t lle e r l i itor a . n un ie c . le, who had i let an l d oo £l to oo h t e o r theiiith'''ander; £oo to I er sister Jane; defe ct waa ~,411 Mother. It had, ' liow h ev e e en r, r b e e e t e , n iv c e o d nt h e y n i d tt e hh d ee ted-tideritg,o,Proof of assets having„ heete,) h,,ltrie e xecutor) to m t ee s t u t ffi lie ei l e e n gacies . . 11 1 , 4 , ddu'ew_eer, thought himthato e vi i i: e ge t i e :u , to enabledeal with i e vi the d question. enie e le r e e vv ilhad d the sum '4 , T liee tt, mo.,,ether amounted to £3OO, and . there Tl, at ißl ,ver.now that the executor had receive 3 O i vt oiAld „'. 1 1 , 1 above the amount of the testator's t (le e b s t o s f . t eat 3 1. ,I' l ,C a thst . ribution , to the several lea l e nte. •k46BlllceiB;,or each .C . .)0, to wlich £l6 35., making . the whole been INd 16 9. 4,0, a mounting to must be adze It i oil '. It appeared thatthe plaintitl had £4l ti eti • lel. $ u account. That reduced te th re the ory 00 toe w ill had given executor i t a t d o . iiedinairite?.! apply both . the p t ri i n e cipal and interest se to e legatees, w"dweon teh„er„age, and education o v f e _l th itil ‘u of th tin? tt .had been pro .. d_ that he had pai thiti,Wite tiaeePtiaintiff, the sum ot £45 which was n; o o re . 11 54 1 ; te huhdistri er. There was, therefore, in .faet,_t.i cell party a 191r Il eee Rive n e• As, however,th s c e i a n a f t o y 7atlon which e r) , li th e e,, bathe court was very /IA 'est t "se s heard seeming to have aintaine te'liftlie Lofror,d as little evidence of the facts . as permission thepPPly, dilg.c) would reserve topossible, be ti ' l he flirting the present court, a the pla n i o n n ti - t s f uit anon-suit, should .., lq w. , , tiler information to offe f r o ; r but that could only 1 e no r rin the payment of costs by the plaintiff. In if), l 4 thtleli application were made, the judgment must Ir e tai et, (iefendant.—The solicitor for the plaintiff asked al —His ec4 . 4 ll• ltgt not be allowed to move for a new tr t i he . same Ivi.tiltiatlc°o,lLl not grant a new trial except on tit ~illitotilnat the costs of the first were previously me position fl _ ti ori„,,, ( . l Place the parties in much the paid, pec 1.4.,4 ult. g hl 4e ANI) REEn JONES. —This was an . action to otipttli.7st,hewtaolll3 oi a r. suit of supplied by the . tliti Was have44Payttierslliu carrying on the business of toetehne son of the defendant, a minor. an Qtk4tmtheyillilltted that'the goods . had been furnished, d th° Nit, at the time the debt was contracted, his son, 41r te cei vi der age, was out of his time as an apprentice, t it' he f t 2F a salary of £BO, and was maintaining him to tO kitle defend t) had never authorised the plain :letill?:astl44ll;,gleoods a o n n his accopnt nor was he . at all , „irtetti4itli thern" atrrsa.cdtion. His ' son bad previously f what he bad, and in tlip ti:tlattlat.tee htilsostlrig'iniTbli.lall had " b en made out, and del!. :tee d 15 4 th i . o u u rit and it was _ti e t till his son had los . t his ".0 1 .: wh o i ,_ . gn as regular habits, induced by the plaintiff 1 10- e' et abl e T e t a Pnblic-house, saendallowed young men the thtectie t re o ti o d ke,a r c e qu fo;th g of gambling, that he with any of the circumstances. 1.-erstreet,. notte his son, to keep him from starving in 11 4 84 oti . i ,__ and shortly after the bill in question and thatt, htte:rs, Were sent in to him (the father). The ta..elt, he 4 . giving a patient h . earum all the facts, said to hich the judges of thripot. e o Z t o cases bef?re him, th e k ed b y a rn s n ad decided that where inw debts were . con **. 40 M edge nor (11. , who s s upporting himself, "'a of hi parens the minor him with.out 11 4 4 p c ii i not Parent,thesalietl° shou s ld be responsible. He, •'wetii-, thought that, under the circumstances, the tee rble - Z e mast be non - suited, especially as Reed had 1001‘r notice to attend the court, but had neglected to ikidtkent according'''. THE CABINET. The Earl of DERBY—First Lord of the Treasury, Sir E. Su G DEN —Lord Chancellor, with a peerage The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND—First Lord of the Admiralty Mr. WALPOLE—Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Earl of NIALMESBURY—Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mr. DlSRAELl—Chancellor of the Exchequer The Earl of HARDWlCKE—Postmaster-general. Lord J. MANNERS—Secretary for the Colonies. Earl LONSDALE—President of the Council. Mr. HENLEY — President of the Board of Trade. Mr. HERRlES—President of the Board of Control Mr. BEREsFonD—Secretary at War. GEORGE A. HAMILTON and FORBES MAC- KENZIE—Joint Secretaries of the Treasury. Lord NAAs—Secretary for Ireland The following noblemen and gentlemen will moat likely be appointed to office without the Cabinet : Sir F. TIIEsIGER probably Attorney-general. Messrs. NAPIER and WHlTEsinE—Attorney and Solicitor general for Ireland The Earl of EGLINTON, who, in all probability, will go to Ireland as Viceroy. Lord STANLEY, probably Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lord DESART, Mr. NRWDEGATE, Mr. A. STAF- PORD, Mr. BAILLIE, the Marquis of CHANDOS, the Marquis of SALISBURY, Sir J. PAKINGTON, Lord JOCELYN, Sir J. Y. BULLER, and several other gentlemen to whom offices have not as yet been allotted Precisely at one o'clock yesterday, an important meeting was held, consisting of the Conservative members of both Houses of Parliament, at the Earl of Derby's mansion. St. James's•square. The leading members of the new Cabinet were present on the occasion ; and the meeting lasted only a few minutes over half an hour At the termination of the meeting, the Earl of Derby entered his carriage, which was in waiting, and proceeded straight to Buckingham-palace, to have an audience of her Majesty, and submitted for her approval the names of the noblemen and gentlemen composing the new Administration. It is reported that Lord Lyndhurst is of the Ministry, but without office, The rumour at the clubs is, that a dissolution will not take place till about Easter, in order that several bills of pressing importance may be passed. In a very few days we hope to be able to announce the names of two Conservative candi- dates for Liverpool; but at the hour of going to press, there is nothing sufficiently definite known on the subject. The Conservative associations of the various wards are, however, already exerting themselves, adopting such measures as will tend to secure the success of the candidates. We are authorised to correct an erroneous state- ment put forth by a contemporary on Saturday last. It appears that our excellent townsman, 'l'iios B. HORSFALL, Esq., to whom the public have long looked forward as a probable candidate, will not offer himself for Liverpool. However we may TM LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1852. TO CORRESPONDENTS. AN OLD READER OF THE STANDARD. —The lines appeared in print years ago. A STRANORR.—It will be sufficient if you leave a note at the Parochial-office, Brownlow-hill, and one at the Public offices, Cornwallis-street. We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications on subjects of local or general interest ; and if our friends will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. Eibtrpoot :=)tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 24, 1852 THE NEW MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS. The following list of the new Ministry is taken from the first and fourth editions of the Morning Herald, of yesterday, and may be relied upon as correc regret this resolution, in common with many others of his townsmen, it is cnly right to state the fact distinctly. But he has formed no such resolution in reference to any other constituency, and we hope to see him in the House of Commons after Easter, as a zealous supporter of Lord Derby. We have been in possession of his views on the former sub- ject for several weeks, and, therefore, studiously abstained from mentioning his name in connexion with this borough ; but we have reason to believe that his prospects are of the most flattering kind in another very respectable borough, and that it would be a serious disappointment to the electors if he were not to consent to become their repre- sentative. The following has hpnn verpivpd by ph.ctri, telegraph : " There is nothing later in the Evening Papers than the extract from the Fourth Edition of the Herald, which may be considered as the official list :---` London, 5 P.M.—lt is understood, in well informed quarters, that the Earl of Malmesbury only retains the Foreign Secretaryship until it be known whether Sir Stratford Canning will accept that office. The office of Master-General of the Ordnance will probably be offered to Lord Har dinge, and, in the event of his declining, to Lord Combermere, or Sir Howard Douglas.'' CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS, BOND STREET AND CORNWALLIS STREET. — On Sunday evening last, after a sermon by the Rev. James Philip Shepperd, curate, a collection was made, in aid of these schools, at St. Arary's Church, Kirkdale. and the sum of XII ss. was collected. We are sorry to learn that these large and useful schools, which are entirely dependent on pr►vate subscriptions, and collections at churches, have been for several years in great difficulties for want of adequate support. The example thus set early in the year by the Kirkdale people will, we trust, be followed in most of the churches in the town and neighbourhood, that the heavy debt against the schools may be wiped off; and means obtained to con tinue the schools in efficient operation, WELSH CHARITY SCHOOLS.— It has always been admitted that these schools, which have been established in this town nearly fifty years, have been of the greatest service to a vast number of children, who have been, from time to time, educated in them, and still, by the exertion of a few patriotic gentlemen, the same advantages are afforded to about four or five hundred children, principally offsprings of parents belonging to the Principality. It is to be hoped that those residing in this town, natives of Wales, who are advocates for the education of youth, will take the opportunity of being present at the annual examination, on Monday next, at 12 o'clock, so that they may witness the useful and sound secular tuition afforded to the schools, and that based upon a pure Protestant scriptural foundation. THE END OF THE WHIG-RADICALS. THE Session of Parliament has begun with its usual incident—a defeat of the Whigs, and a resig nation, " positively for the last time." Lord JOHN RUSSELL has been consistent during all his poli tical life in raising petty quarrels on petty questions, and "nothing in that life became him like the manner of his leaving it." He had bravely stood against the important defeat on the profound ques tion of the Assistant•surgeons of the Navy messing in the Cockpit. He had borne like an ancient Roman the disastrous reverse on the Attorneys' Certificate Doty ; and shown " the blood of a RUSSELL" when Lord NAAS liberated the Scottish and Irish distillers. He had even faced and con querred the mighty motion as to the estimable Mr. BIRCH and his £3,500 paid for slander. It was clear that his fall was destined for " No nameless combat and no tameless hand," and accordingly he perished on a'great point of " internal defence," as he designates the subject of the Militia, on which he clearly courted defeat rather than on the several other questions, which must have inevitably thrown him out. There was something of poetical justice in his punishment. PALMERSTON, who had been " dismissed,"—as the Times loves to repeat, with the air of a lady's maid reprimanding a kitchen wench—driven to desperate courses, sought for a desperate remedy, and came hack, like CORIOLANUS with the Volscians, heading an army of Protectionists and Free Traders, Radicals and Tories, hound together only in the common belief that Lord JOHN'S Ministry bad existed too long. To this decision, however obtained, it was, in point of honour and in point of policy, necessary to come. Never in the history of modern adminis trations —never, certainly, since the "cabal" of CH ARLES IL—was this country insulted by such a Government as that which has just fallen. A very little reflection could see in it every element of a vicious administration. Corruption, happily, no man now charges against an English Ministry; but (that charge excepted) what other can we except ? Incapacity marks every department of the Government. The PRIME MINISTER dealing with questions so absorbing as the religious position cf the country, merely on the impulse of a moment, and retreating from his word. The COLONIAL MINISTER, by rare ingenuity, exciting the hatred of every colony of the Crown—Australia, the Cape, the West Indies ; but, as we are not writing a folio, we cannot enter on the blunders of Earl GREY. The MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS coquetting with democracy, and approving the most odious, perjured, and cowardly despotism that has cursed the world since the fall of the Roman Empire. The LORD CHANCELLOR consistently impeding the reform of the law ; and the whole aggregate mass unable to carry a single important measure. Surely, it is not too much to say that whatever ministry may follow must be some im provement on the late cabal. Nobody, of course, believes that Lord JOHN RUSSELL went out on account of a very proper amendment of his very ridiculous Militia act. Whatever the economists may say, saving money is bad policy when you thereby endanger your entire substance ; and what man, allowed to go at large, would place the friendship of France on any earthly ground but that of her fears ? It is, however, useless to go into the question upon which of the grave charges they have merited—the Minister must have fallen. Lord JOAN RUSSELL, despising the Devonshire proverb, " rode out to meet his troubles." To fall on a Militia Bill was better than to fall on the case of the disastrous Kaffir war, or on the question of the non-descript Reform Bill. Besides, the Cabinet, it is notorious, has been divided for a considerable time, and the country has been sick of a system that had not even the certainty of one week's uniform policy. It was a spark of long eclipsed desire of decency for Lord JOHN to quit office on a new and necessary question. Happily he has quitted office ; and with him has ended a family administration combining the recklessness of SHAFTESBURY'S, the dissen sions of HARLEY'S, the want of principle of WALPOLE'S, with a nepotism of which, we are glad to say, we can recall no precedent. FRANCE AND RUSSIA. A FEW weeks ago, we announced several facts respecting France, which showed a strong disposi tion on the part of the PRESIDENT to assume the imperial purple. The people of France seemed to expect it, the military fully calculated upon it, and, small as the transition would have been from the fact to the form, it would have thoroughly awakened the warlike feeling of the country, and increased the prestige for conquest. We were not, however, quite prepared for the announcement,which was made shortly after, that the republican title of President was to be religiously preserved. The explanation is now before the public. It appears that a strong remonstrance arrived from the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, through his minister in Paris, not only advising a complete abstinence from imperial dignity, but in effect prohibiting it; so that poor LOUIS NAPOLEON had no alternative but to accede to it with a good grace, and admit himself to be " the temporary chief of the French govern ment." There are already nominally three emperors in Europe, but practically only one. The CZAR is chief of several of the ancient kingdoms; Austria is a rope of sand, and its unity can only be preserved by foreign bayonets; Turkey is also weaker than many of the kingdoms of Europe, and exigts nnly by the Raferanre of the others. NICHOLAS objects, then, to admit an additional monarch of the first class, on the same principle that a Duke might object to an increase of that branch of the peerage; but he has the further and mere fundamental objection, that Louis is really not a monarch at all, but merely one seated for a time in the chair of the kings. Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, a man supposed to be named John Bibby, as found lying on his face at the entrance to a cellar in Jarvis-street. At the time he was so discovered the man was breathing, but diedshortly afterwards. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—In our notice of the steamship Great. Britain last week, we omitted to mention the names of Messrs. Vernon and Sons, as contractors for the iron work, and those of Messrs. Miller and Mackay, as the erectors of the splendid deck saloons and accompanying offices. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The success (3 4 . this so ciety is no longer a matter of doubt, and our readers will see, by adveraisement, that Monday next is the last day for receiving members' names. Clergymen and ministers of all denominations should lend their aid to this society, as it is pre-eminently calculated to be of essenti a l serv i ce in promotin g th e cause o f sacre d music. We are glad to see the projectors have secured the services of Dr. Bexfield, who is one of the finest organists in London, and a com poser of no ordinary pretensions, as his new oratorio, " Israel Restored," will testify. APOLLO GLEE CUM. —The fifty-fifth anniversary of this society took place at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday evening last. Amongst those present were his Worship the Mayor, Sir John Bent, Mr. Charles Turner, Mr. J. B. Lloyd, Mr. James Holme, and Mr. Arthur Holme, the latter gentleman presiding. Mr. Samuel Taylor occupied the vice-chair. The dinner was such as Mr. Radley invariably provides, substantial, seasonable, and good. Afterwards, toasting and glee singing were the order of the evening. The selection of glees was excellent, and the singing, under the conductorship of Mr. George Holden, was such ae to call forth rapturous /*plow, LOCAL MEETINGS. WITHIN the past week, the usual amount of disputing has been increased by a rompus of a minor kind in each of several of our public bodies. It is not possible, of course, for men who are differently constituted, both mentally and bodily, to take the same view of any parti cular question ; but it is desirable that they should always keep their temper, and make the least, not the most, of any difference that unhappily arises. As if it were not bad enough for the Town Council to he at loggerheads with the Magistrates, the latter are in a position of antagonism with the West Derby Guardians. It appears that two girls, inmates of the Workhouse, went out of it ; upon which they are charged with steal ing the clothes of the Union. The natural reply is, that if the small fault of irregular retirement is committed at all, it is not usual, in England, whatever it may he on the coast of Africa, or in the South Sea Islands, even for honest people to go naked through the streets. But it appears that each of them had double clothing on ; and the reply to this is that the weather had been unusually severe ; a reply that we should readily have given ourselves, had we been charged with the crime of putting on an extra coat. The magistrates, thinking that no burglary had been in tended, dismissed the case; the Secret„ry of State is therefore appealed to. He decides in favour of the magis trates, and then Mr. Badnall moves for another applica tion to him ; on the principle, we presume, of the appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober. Surely such a paltry matter has gone far enough already; especially as the decision was on the special facts of the case, and does not really affect the principle of workhouse discipline. There has been a breeze in the Select Vestry, too. Mr. Hughes, it seems, was anxious to get two promising lads into the Industrial Schools, and, with the best intentions in the world, acted a little irregularly. Messrs. Bradley and Earle took exception to the irregularity ; and they were quite right in doing so, for if each individual in a uublic body were now and then to assume the powers of the entire board, there would be an end to all official acting. Upon this, Mr. Hughes writes a vindicatory let ter to the Mercury of Friday last ; hut instead of confin ing himself to the simple facts, and to his own conscien tious motives,—on which grounds any reasonable man would have at once excused him,—he assails those who differ from him, in a tirade of bitter personalities. This will not do, Mr. Hughes; your letter is not a reply so much as an attack ; and you will be sure to injure some body by it, viz., yourself. Some of the heath Committee,—we wish them their own health,—have been in hot water again. Mr. Earle had a letter in one of our contemporaries, imenening Mr. Dover's public conduct on the wit hdriwal of the Sanatory Bill lately before the Council, and Mr. Dover first spoke his reply in his place, and then had it published. It appears that the latter had spoken in general terms of " the landowners" being opposed to the bill ; and the former had instanced some of the most prominent as if Mr. Dover had mentioned them by name. Both of these gentlemen are useful public men ; and it is from a good wish for them both, and an anxiety to see public bodies follow after business instead of recrimination or exculpa tion, that we now allude to the subject. On the whole, however, and notwithstanding this sin gular concurrence of squabbles in three of them, the tone of discussion is much improved of late in our local public assemblies. We hope that it will long continue so. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. IT appears that we gave some of our townsmen credit for a more accommodating spirit than they naturally possess in this matter ; we do not regret, however, having erred on the side of charity, though we are sorry to see the results what they are. It will be borne in mind, that the bill which the Town-council have already brought before parliament, respecting a Library and Museum, provides for additional members of committee acting jointly with the members of council; thus conceding one of the long contested points. It was also unanimously agreed by the council, at its last meeting, that the donation of the collection of the Royal Institution be received like any other donation ; but before the subject dropped, it was farther agreed that the Derby trustees be empowered to take charge of that collection also, jointly with their own. On Wednesday last, the new committee of the Royal Institution met to reply formally to these proposals, or rather to the latter of them, and three resolutions were passed, on the motion of Theodore W. Rathbone, Esq., the late president. In the first, the committee decline to allow their collection to be received in the same manner as ordinary donations ; on the ground that it is already securely protected by charter, and also in the doubt whether either their proprietors or the legislature would consent. In the second, they decline to allow their articles to be handed over to the Derby trustees, without a distinct recognition of themselves as part of those trustees ; and this they think they are entitled to, f►om the value of their col lection, either actually, or by comparison with the Derby Museum. The third isnot so much a resolution as an asser tion and argument. The comparativevalue and importance of a public donation are dwelt upon, as compared with a private one ; and the council are again reminded of how much they have lost in the convenience of the Royal Insti tution buildings, while their present temporary apart ments are spoken of in anything but complimentary terms. We never defended, for a moment, the resolution of the Town-council, adopted in May last, which upset the original arrangement, and the bill of last year. We were as little able to excuse the resolutions of the sth of December ; for it is undeniable that private pique had at least as much to do with that decision as public principle. But both parties having acted unwisely, in other words after an offence and retaliation, the first opportunity should have been taken by both parties to seek the golden mean. We think that the Town-council have made suit able advances towards an adjustment of differences ; it is a pity that they have not been met in a better spirit. We admit, to its fullest extent, the dignity and importance of those who preside over the destinies of the Royal Institu tion ; we agree with many of themselves, that it was an evil day in which they tied up their own hands with a royal charter ; but we beg of them to bear in mind that there is a third consideration more important than either, viz. public usefulness. The town can exist without their collection ; and every year, yes every month, will make us more independent of it ; but what, on the other hand, will they do with it themselves ? They dare not propose to transfer it to any other provincial town, as Manchester ; nor would there be twenty members in either house of parliament who would vote to give them such extensive powers of sale. A bill to transfer it entire to the British Museum , would, perhaps, pass after much opposition ; and the proprietors would thus rob themselves and their fami lies, in order to give a slap in the face to the corporation of their own town. I,IIURCII OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION.—The lecture before the members of this institution and public gene rally, on Monday evening next, will be on the subject of the May nooth Endowment, a question very much agitated at present. The Rev. F. Ould will show th e i ncons i stency of such endowment with the principl es o f our constitution, while at the same time he will prove that en d owment, i n the abstract, is a clear and incontrovertibl e position. Mr. Ould is judicious in his choic e o f a su bj ect, as i t i s one in which the public are at present very much interested. LECTURE BY FATHER GAVAZZI.—A l ecture on the " Holy Inquisit i on" was delivered yesterday morning, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, by Father Gavazzi, the proceeds of which aro to be applied to the relief of the sufferers by the destruction of the Amazon and by the bursting of the reservoir at Holmfirth. The attendance, we regret to say, was comparatively small, though we understand that a considerable number of tickets had been purchased, but the holders of which did not attend. The Rev. R. P. Blakeney was in the chair, and introduced the padre to the auditory in his friar's costume, as when ho was seeking to incite the Italians to cast off the slavish domination of the Pope over their minds and bodies. The lecture was delivered energetically, and with that eloquent flow of language for which Gavazzi is remarkable ; and the translation was listened to with deep attention. The lecturer took his departure by train an hour or two after the close of the proceedings for Glasgow. ANTI-GAROTTE BATON.—A baton, bearing the above name, has been invented by Mr. Blisset, of this town, and registered by him. With the prevalence of the " Ga rotte system," in Liverpool, of which so many instances have occurred of late, this seems to be eminently worthy of the attention of gentlemen residing on the outskirts of the town. The instrument is a small staff of bard wood, neatly turned, which may be readily used at any moment as a bludgeon, and by taking off the top a glass globe is disclosed, which, on being struck against any object, throws up an instantaneous and brilliant light, of the nature of a " blue light." which may be seen for five miles round. This, if aimed at a person attacking the holder, will, in a few seeonds, burn through his clothing, and inflict intense agony by its intense heat. It must, therefore, be almost superfluous to add that with a life preserver of this description a man need not fear an en counter with ono lalf-down ruffians armed in the orth nail way. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON, MONDAY EYENINO, The change of Ministry has produced a more favourable feeling in the Produce markets, from a conviction that free trade principles will be arrested, and consequently that prices will advance. _ . The Foreign news is unimportant. Fives done in Paris on Sunday at 103 45. THE NEW MINISTRY. (From the Second Edition of the Standard.) We believe we are right in stating that no alteration in the construction of the Administration has taken or is likely to take place. The E:trl of Derby returned fro-n his interview with Her Majesty to-day, at Buckingham Palace, at about half-past two o'clock, the conference having lasted about three quarters of an hour. The Earl of Wilton had an interview with the Earl of Derby, at St. James's-square, shortly after the noble earl's return from the Palace. Earl Hardwicke, the new Postmaster- General, had an interview with the noble earl between four and five o'clock this evening. Up to the hour of going to press, there can have been no further intelligence of any moment relative to the New Ministry. HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY. The Lord Chancellor pro tern. took his seat. on the woolsack shortly before five o'clock. The attendance of Peers was very numerous, and the space behind the bar was crowded with strangers. The Earl of Derby was not present.—Lord BROUGHAIsi stated that he had taken into consideration the suggestions of Lord Lyndhurst, relative to the expediency of introducing into the County Court Ex tension Bill a clause for the limitation of legal costs, and that he intended to adopt his recommendation. — The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then entered into a state ment similar to that made in the House of Commons by Lord John Russell ; and said, that toeing firmly con vinced that the prolongation of the existence of a weak administration was only productive of evil to the country, he had signified his acquiescence in and approbation of Lord John Russell's determination to resign the very instant he was made acquainted with it; and he was authorised to state that all his colleagues had, on the same day, unanimously and unhesitatingly con curred in that opinion. The noble Earl, not present — Derby—had accepted office, and was now engaged in forming an administration ; and although it was not for him to give any assistance, he should be the last to create any impediment to his success, even if it were in his power. Considering his present position, it was most improbable that he should again, under any circumstances,' address their lordships from those benches ; and he might. therefore, be allowed to say that, although he should always feel it to be his duty to attend in that house, and take part in various important impending questions, he thought the time had arrived when he might reasonably dispense with a con stant and compulsory attendance upon their proceedings. The noble and venerable Marquis concluded by thanking his personal and political friends for the support they had continually given him and the noble lords opposite and the house at large for the courtesy, kindness, and for bearance which he had constantly experienced from them. —The Earl of MALMESBURY expressed his hope that the house would not lose the benefit of the advice and exam ple of the noble marquis for many a day.—Some routine business was disposed of, and their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes past six, u;)on the motion of Lord LANDS DOWNE. until Friday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY. The Speaker took the chair at a quarter to tour o'clock, and immediately afterwards Mr. Herd, the new member for Kinsale, took his sear, in the place of Mr. Hawes. At this time there was a very full attendance of members, nearly three hundred being present. The ministerial benches were nearly empty, the only gentlemen there connected with the late government being Mr. Cornwa'l Lewis, Sir D. Dundea, and Mr. W. Cooper. Forty-one private bills were read ihe second time. At 20 minutes past four o'clock, Mr. Disraeli entered the house, and took his accustomed seat upon the front bench (the opposition side). Lord J. Russell, who Was accompanied by Mr. Hayter, took his swat in his usual place, exactly at half: past four. Lord Palmerston entered a few minutes atter wards.—Mr. SPOONER postponed his motion respecting endowments to the Raman Catholic College of Mavnooth till after Easter.—Lord J. RUSSEI.I„ at twenty minutes past five o'clock, rose and said,—After the majo rity of lest Friday night, the house will be prepared for the announcement I have now to make. At a meeting of her Majesty's servants on Saturday, we considered the course it was incumbent upon us to pursue. It appeared to us impossible to carry on satis factorily the business of the government in this house after the events of the preceding night. We considered the alternative of advising her Majesty to use her prerogative of dissolving it. We considered there were such objec tions to such a course that we declined to recommend it to the Crown. We therefore determined humisly to lay our resignations before her Majesty. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to accept our resignations, and has since sent for the Earl of Derby, who, I understand, has undertaken the task of forming a Government. We, therefore, hold our offices only until such time as our successors are appointed by her Majesty. After this, therefore, I shall not wish to recur to the various events that have taken place since the commencement of the Session, and which may form the subject of debate hereafter ; but I cannot conclude what, I have to say on this occasion without expressing thanks to those who have supported her Majesty's Govern ment, and who, during upwards of five years, have enabled me to support duties to which otherwise I should have been totally unequal. Having their confidence, and having had the advantage of their support, I have been en abled during that period to so conduct affairs, that we shall not leave them in any great branch of our domestic or foreign relations in a state of which we need at all to he ashamed. (Hear.) I wish further to say, with regard to one of my colleagues, towards whom I am peculiarly situated, that it is to the temperate wisdom and the respected character of Lord Landsdowne the Govern ment owe the facility of being enabled to carry mea sures of great importance through the House of Lords, where a ministry composed of the party to which I belong had not hitherto had any great support. (Hear, hear, hear.) Sir, as I said, I do not wish to recur to past events, or to those matters which ma y g l e e rise to difference of opinion as to the future. I shall think it my duty to oppose out of office, as I have opposed in office, any proposal for a restoration of the duties on corn —(hear)—whether under the name of protection or of revenue. (Hear.) I shall think it my duty to support an extension of the suffrage to those who are fitted to exercise the franchise for the welfare of the country, be lieving that such extension will be solidity to the British constitution. I will say further, that 1 shall use the little influence I may possess for the maintenance of all the blessings of peace. (Hear.) I have only further to add, that since I came into the house T have had a communi cation from Lord Derby, stating it to be his wish, if it be convenient for the house, that the house should adjourn till Friday ; and therefore I beg to move that this house at its rising do adjourn till Friday next. (Hear.)—Mr. HUME said he understood that there was to be a dissolu tion. If that was so, he hoped the party now in office would state to the country the policy which they were prepared to carry out.— The motion was then carried, and the house adjourned at twenty minutes to six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S BETTING—MONDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE-CHASE.—II to 1 agst Victress ; 11 to 1 agst Chieftain; 12 to 1 agst La Gazza Latin ; 12 to I agst Miss Mow bray. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.-2 to 1 agst Surprise; Bto 1 agst Abbess ofJerveaux. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-10 to 1 agst Hesse Homburg; 20 to 1 agst Sally Warfoot colt; 25 to 1 agst Captain Flash. CHESTER Cur.-18 to I agst High Sheriff; 20 to 1 aitst Con fessor—taken ; 25 to 1 agst Scarecrow ; 40 to 1 agst Ringleader ; 40 to 1 agst Neasham. llsanv.-5 to 1 agst Hobble Noble—taken; 15 to 1 agstOrelio 18 to 1 agst Augur; 20 to 1 agst Claverliouse ; 20 to 1 agst Lapi. dist ; 20 to 1 agst Kingston. LONDON MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS—MosmAv. Consols opened at best price of Saturday, improved * per cent, closing as quoted, just at the close a large seller appear ing and lowering the market. Railway Shares very dull in morning, but closed better. Very little real business doing. Gold Mining Shares flat, nothing doing. Foreign market steady. Closing prices :—Consol Account, 971 ; Ditto Money, 97; Three and Quarter per cent, 994 i; Bank Stock, 2173 18; Exchequer Bills, Long and Short, 61 4 pm; Mexicans, 373 3; Spanish Actives, 232 4; Ditto Threes, 413 2; Ditto Passives, 54. Railway Shares:—London Stock, 1183 19; Ditto Quarters, 33 3 pm : Midland Stock. 573 ; South Eastern and Dover, 203 3 ; Ambergate, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction, 54 3; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 283 93 ; Caledonian. 14/ 153 ; Ditto Preference, 73 3 ; Eastern Counties, 71 ; East Lancashire, 154 ; North British, 63 2; Ditto Preference, 53; East Anglian, 35 ; Great Northern, 184 3 ; Great Western, 844 2; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 664 2; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 93 4 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 174 9; Ditto Preference, 32 3 dis.; York and North Midland, 213 ; Ditto Preference, 14 dis. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.--MoNDAy. The following are the closing quotations:—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 604 ; Midland, 56i; South E.,stern, 20 3-16. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—MoNnny. Closing quotations :—Caledonians, 15; East Lancashire, 151; Midland, 57. LONDON CORN MA RKET—MosoAr. Show of wheat moderate at commencement. An advance demanded but millers cautious, and a fair clearance effected at Monday's prices. Fine firm at full terms. Flour fully as dear. Barley, beans, and peas in steady demand, but not higher. The quantity of oats moderate at fully former rates. English White Wheat 445. to 495. per quarter. „ Red Ditto. 415, to 465. „ Barley, Malting 33s. to 375. ~ „ Grinding 23s. to 265. ~ „ Distilling 26s. to 28s. ~ ARRIVALS. Wheat Barley Oats .. Malt .. Flour English. Irish. Foreign 2702 6253 2001 1678 2271 5543 20601 - - 3143 and 3364) brls LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—Mori . oay. brown lumps 44 home goods less active, but S. 6(1. Coffee : supply moderate . Sugar: Of Foreign few buyers, but no decline. Refined Prices increasing. Native firm, at 38s. 6(1. to 395. 6d. Tea : The demand better, but no advance. Rice : More doing in East India, at full rates. Cotton firm, at pre vious terms. . in price, but sales limited. Fine new Y. Russian LONDON TALLOW RETURNS.—MONDAY. r s m d. on the spot.. The stock is 52,755 casks against t year: being an increase this year of 10,065 43 25 T :6. a 9 0 : 0 1 o c s k. . ia s casks. The deliveries were 2,480 casks against 1,911 casks last year; Increase 569. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Dexterous, sailed from Cagliari for Liverpool loth Dec. John Bunyan. from Shanghai; Eagle. from Hong Kong ; Sir Bevis, from China ; D a lh ous i e, from 'Calcutta ; Mary Anne, from Madras; A m i ty, and Missionary, from Mauritius ; Lord Hardinge, from V a l para i so; Rajah Goal, from Callao; Khron, and Princess Car o li ne , f rom Ber bi ce; Pek i n, from Demerara ; and Andre and Rierwhe. from Alexandria.-01/ at Gravesend 23nd Want. SHROVE TUESDAY. " Now every man and maide doe take their turtle, And tease their pancakes up, for feare they burne ; And all the kitchen doth with laughter sound To see the pancakes fall upon the ground." OUR readers are, of course, aware that the present is art interesting anniversary, associated with pleasant recol lections, and looked forward to by the young with joyful anticipations. Shrove Tuesday is almost equally well known with Pancake Tuesday; but few, in these Protes tant times, see either the connexion between the two names, or the reason for either. On the day before Lent, it was a custom in the medi aeval times to go to confession at an early hour, in order that each might start with a clean breast, if not with a clear conscience, on the mortifying period of Lent. From the Anglo Saxon word scrffan, to confess, we have the old English words " shrive" and " shrove," and hence one of the names. The remainder of the day was to be spent in innocent mirth, but not in eating prohibited food ; and thus fritters and pancakes came to be identified with this day. This accounts also for the second name. The clown, in " All's Well that End's Well," uses the illustration, " As fit as a pancake fo r Sh rove T ues d ay, or _ _ _ a morris for May-day." The day preceding Shrove Tuesday was known u " Collop Monday," because our ancestors salted and took leave of their beef for a period of six weeks. In the Roman Catholic countries of the continent, these days are still known as the carnival (from carni-vale—farewell to flesh), a period in which folly and mischief unite to keep their holiday. At an early hour in the morning it was usual to ring the bell of every church, that the people might proceed to confession; and the bell came to be called the Pancake Bell. The nominal hour was eleven ; but in 1630. when the austere practices had long given place to mere amuse ment, Taylor, the water poet, complains that, " by the help of a knavish sexton, it is commonly rung before nine. the sound whereof makes thousands of people dig. tracted, and forgetful either of manners or humanitie." The cathedral of York used to be a scene of great con fusion on these occasions. The morning service was completely interrupted ; the crowds thronged to the nave, the transepts, and the spire; and the bells were kept ring ing all day. Dr. Lake, who was deprived of the bishopric of Chichester. in 16!9, for not taking the oaths, in reference to William and Mary, had previously put a stop to the practice, though remonstrated with by the clergy. "It was very near costing him hi life," says an ancient writer; " however, he did make such a corn bustion and mutiny, that I daresay York never remem bered nor saw the like." In our own neighbourhood, the ceremonies were of much interest. The guilds or corporations of trades, which had existed in Chester from a remote period, had abandoned, even before the Reformation, the annual custom of representing some portion of Scripture history as a play. But thoui,li Whitsun-week saw no more of the mysteries at the " Pentice," the unions still existed. The annual custom was for the saddlers to present to the drapers, on Shrove Tuesday, a wooden ball decorated with flowers ; and this was carried in procession on the point of a lance. At the same time, the shoemakers delivered to the drapers a leathern football, the origin of both of which customs is unknown to us. These articles were presented at the cross which formerly stood on the present racecourse, in the presence of the mayor and a large assemblage of citizens. The spot was called the Rodhee, or Rodehee, (as if the island or plain of the cross;) and the name is still retained with little alteration. In 1540, an important change took place. The games with the football had been found to be inconvenient in the crowded streets, so that the shoemakers agreed to give annually six " glayves" of silver, value 3s. 4d., to tLe most distinguished in a foot-race. At the same time, the saddlers undertook to present a silver bell, of the value of at least 3s. 61, to the successful competitor in a horse-race. It would appear that, for nearly eighty years, this prize was a fixed one, permanently deposited with the corporation ; and, like seals at office, only temporarily held by the winner. It served, however, to originate the proverb, both here and elsewhere, of " bearing away the bell." In 1624, the bell was enlarged, and was given annually, a subscription being made by the citizens, amounting to £8 or £lO ; and the horses were to run live times round the course. About sixty years after, we find it having assumed the form of a cup, which was won by the unfor tunate Duke of Monmouth; and those of our readers who take any interest in the turf know that there has been very little change since. We will not consult Soyer on the best mode of cooking a pancake, for the simple reason that every one knows as well he does ; but we will present our readers with ; receipt from an old author, who, evidently, was not fond of them. Perhaps he had the gout, poor man ; or, more who probably, had he missed uas a • g et t i l n io a p t e l l i e e s s ring n and n hard ene d e 'Thered old bachelor, , a 7 thing called wheaten floure, which cookes do mingle with water, eggs, spice, and other tragicall, magical! inchantments ; and then they put it, by little and little, into a frying -part of boiling suet, where it makes a confused dismal) hissing, until! at last, by the skill of the cootie, it is so transformed into the form of a flip-jack, card a pancake, which ominous incantation, the ignorant people doe deyoure very greedily." The quaint old Tusser speaks more respect tully of the interesting ceremonies, when he tells us in his rude rhymes, that the pancake which fell on the floor was given to the maid who lay longest abed in the morning. As no one was willing to admit the soft impeachment, this one generally fell to the share of the dog, at last. Horatio Smith, who ought to he a good-natured fellow, for he writes about "Festivals, Games, and Amusements," seems to condemn pancakes; and, conscious flirt we will have the public on our side, we may venture to quote the following general remarks :—" No religious ceremonies are so long maintained, and so punctually observed by the vulgar, as those that have reference to the sensual enjoy ments. Although a supper of eggs and fat bacon may not prove them to be good Christians, it will at least show that they are not Jews; wherefore, the gammon has always been reverenced as an orthodox dainty. They like no odour of sanctity so well as that which fumes up to them from the kitchen; they haves wonderful tenacious memory for all eating and drinking anniversaries, and never fail to observe with a becoming zeal all those religious rites and ceremonies which are celebrated in the stomach !" There were other customs associated with the day, which are now happily almost completely abolished. It is interesting to contemplate them, in comparing " the past and present," for we thus see the progress that has been made in civilisation and humanity. The boys of the public schools in London, used to bring cocks to their teachers for the purpose of setting them to fight ; and cock-fights were common all over the country. But this was not all ; it was not unusual to tie the bird by the leg to a post and to throw at it with sticks, the person who succeeded in killing it being entitled to take it away. Occasionally, when the legs were broken, it was supported with sticks, that the brutal sport might not be interrupted. Lancashire was not without its share in these degrading practices; and we have an impression that we were told of them within the last few years. The origin of the custom is variously accounted for. Some say that a cock crowed in the morning when our Saxon King Ethelred the Unready was about to slaughter the Danes, and thus gave warning to the victims; others, that the clergy introduced the practice, because a candidate far ordination was too late, in consequence of a cock mali— ciously refusing to crow at his usual time! Of course this was very wrong, if lie did so. Others, still, say that as gaffes denotes either a Frenchman or a cock, (whence the well-known symbol of the Gallic cock,) our countrymen are only paying off ancient national grudges, under a convenient disguise. It is somewhat unfortunate for this last explanation, that the French are just as uncivil to their poultry as we are ; and that the custom existed in both countries before their quarrels had commenced. s e to o n i n e s, , enclosure, striking att ethilileirenentiesaleiropanrne sdoeofnmtae,ndct Nor is even the hen spared, for in rural districts of England the poor bird is similarly murdered, not killed, in a coarse game of blind - man's-buff. She is tied on the oaeiepntuyaae.t our pancakes with quiet thankfulness, hack of a man who has little bells fastened on his dress; and several others blindfolded pursue him through an Magazine for 1749, and appealing in strong terms to her merciless tormentors, by a lucky stroke,. Everyk kills D s a lyießr.ookl; quotes e ote G s e t z i l i t e le a n r i t a i n cl ' e s l ge i r n p n o o o e l e n t t h a a t n d t h e interesting , vitin c 0 c b k u s t p not ur. as s n ancient speaking,ocr e a n Th t l ir h e i , o i n n e as n w h i i s s h to extend the kindness which we owe to rudeness of a darker age. rat n s a Liverpool ,nl r . years a Dissenting Chapel, while that on the borders of aspwi t lnt l rtir l eitle e isisvoieco b uten r tgt u awhfharwe t ae o rwsena c a ec r fdsso e cbv e a oroet et accompanying Aintree Race-course is converted into a Church. We shall, therefore, unshriven and unabsolved and we strongly recommend to our readers to do the same. ROBBERY BY A CUSTOM-HOUSE CLERK.—On Saturday a young and respectably-dressed m an , name d James Caf. feran, was brought up at the Police- c ourt charged with having stolen a gold watch under the following circum stances :—The prisoner was in the employ of Messrs. j S a o c m ° o t 'tim Th e g y a lor o , th a i n s firm received dTippe Tipper as from sC New Custom-house clerk. Orleans a par. eel which should have contained a gold w a t c h f or M r. George Lawson Loughlin, a resident of New Orleans, who is now in Liverpool. On Messrs. Jacot and Co. receiving the parcel, one of the corners was broken, and the watch was found to be missing. The p r i soner , a s Custom-house clerk, rece ived the parcel, and he stated it was broken when ho got it. After some inquiries had been made, suspicion fell upon the prisoner, who was taken into cus tody, on 'Frid a y even i ng, b y I nspector Bates, on suspicion of stealing the watch. When told what he was apprehended for, he denied the" charge, but on his way to the police-office he attemptekto escape. The prisoner, when searched, had the watch (minis per too. He W 5 remanded for saran days.