The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-22 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS, the public, and to g ff Eig Zibtrpool Ota .barb of the Potato crop, and a nnio ,nd the r ho had , or 0" hed and 'ces greaA lier of •hich have months, I, it genera- procr the c the commercial and I power-o--1: yen 1 lo can place his hand I all pure balderdash We give a specimen of the adroitness with which the chamber contrive to throw (Inse in the ev:s of )m the real qn a, ve navein sert ed utspiacect several at issue. ~er remarking upon the distress of . the advertisement of 1845, and its influence in bringing about the repeal Uorn-laws, the report proceeds— " The autumn of 1846 again displaxed a second failure harvest, not sery which has since been suffered, that in every country ks_upon the I except our own the promptest measures were taken to On the 14th of October. of that Bank had fallen to bullion in the ye of not I an earnest memorial to th t Peel's administratfon, i 3515,7155, lords of ng them forth- Ltion to and then in those markets where food was procurable, but when s other and wiser c priority over t ks had tries, which had, By this cruel and i intensity of our calamities greatly " th )ove, mar Will any one in his I ind whilst the merchants 'ery erchants of Great ion of an income at 1 obvious to all the worl me man in ten who I of all other county leclare, that he has I market for alone, with rising prices in their own markets, and d, positive and a merely nominal duty in existence, were doing A man,—an nothing —were waiting until some unprompted of railway or other stock, agency should fill their empty stores and ware ",as n, 1 -" led sacrifices houses ? ' Can any one, with only a moderate share 'e ? . Yet of assurance, expect to persuade the world that we -v übmitted unre- waited for the announcement of the suspension of -.r. rather the Corn-law, and that "then Gni , - " )ut that he asiona' There is not did we set e j out to sec f I by the b The chamber, le foreign marke 3serted that " then only the income-tax act allowed to become competitors in those. an assertion which, conning from a bo ) COM- we expect will haN e bought as early, ar upon as ay , other natior and that so t, wes nd smr ,nd whose in- the utmost I mercially learned Itartling our Ls, however, that who favourable terms ,on incomes ar from having crammed with bank bil "Vh their airs was painful I merc have re- hey had been paying, and which it was 1. But an addition to th. impost, un- ink boon„ upon a narting under to keep ich they are We understand that the Drowsed measure for the am ndment Mr. Shaw a corn— ,ey never reaped, who with our pockets ,bbed themselves and sovereigns, on that auspicious 21st January, when ternative than that of the suspension of duties was announced, a goodly 1 overhauling of books number of our merchants and speculators had snug ales of profit, which hoards laid up, the 4s. duty upon which they acquittal of the sin of managed very quietly to place in their own pockets. circumstances, but more pro- But what has all this to do with the question, a as galling as solution of which we anticipated from this corn -;al body, viz.—the question where is the re turn for our own vast purchases of foreign grain ? We have spent with the various corn-growing countries of the world, since the passing of Sir Robert Peel's measure, at the lowest estimate, £35,000,000 sterling in breadstuffs alone. Yet our exports to those Countries, with only one ex ception, have diminished, whilst we were taught to believe they ought to have immensely increased ; the native industry of the country, which was to have sustained a large developement from this policy, is steeped in suffering; mercantile credit is shaken to its base ; bankruptcy has been seen in quarters where his presence would a few years ago have been deemed a miracle, and the Bank of England itself has been within a few hours of the awful necessity of suspending specie payments. Such have been the results, thus far, of our Free-trade policy. It may be said, however, that they might have occured under the operation Df,our old laws. _ It is quite possible that they might and would have Occurred in any case of greatly extended importation. The two-fold result of the admission is difficult to escape from. If, as undoubtedly would have been the case, the elastic properties of the Corn-law of 1842 would have an us a sufficient supply of food at the nominal duty of the scale, we have little for which to thank the act of 1846, as to such supply and the cheap ness realised. On the other hand, as large impor tations of foreign food have been accompanied with diminished exports of British products in re turn for them ; if large importations have pro duced only a large drain for specie, as such return, we see nothing as yet to assure us that continual importations, more limited and less unwieldly in amount will not lead to continual yearly recurrtng drains of specie to pay for them. government e Passengers sarneincref +ha shipowners of this port; and that a Meeting in reference to it is to be held to-day, in the Under writer's Room, at which Henry C. Chapman, Esq., will preside. A rule absolute has been granted for a new trial in the case of Syers v. Jones, tried at the last Liverpool assizes. The Manchester Courier gives currency to a rumour that Dr. Hampden will be removed from Hereford to Chester bishopric. We are glad to learn that the excellent Chancellor of , Chester has completely recovered from his recent severe indisposition. On Sunday afternoon, a boat, with three men in, was capsized in the river, but they were all rescued after a little difficulty. A special nieeting of the Council will be held to-morrow on the Dock Bill, and on the claims of compensation from the Sanatory Committee. THE REV. DR. M'NEILE'S CHLTRCII.—We may again state, as some little doubt has been raised as to the fact, that the Bishop of Chester will consecrate St. Paul's Church on Thursday, the 2d March, as originally in tended. SPECIMEN OF LITHOGRAPHY. — We have great pleasure in directing attention to a very beautiful view of the new Church of St. Paul's, Prince's Park, (erected for the Rev. Dr. M'Neile,) executed by Messrs. Geo. Smith, Watts, and Co., an impression of which may be seen in our office window,—See Adv. THE BISHOP 01 ? - eHESTER.—His lordship preached last Sunday evening in St. Peter's Church, Chester, to the class of newly ordained candidates, a list of whom we give elsewhere. The congregation was unusually large, and tha discourse was attended to with the most intense inte rest. His lordship left Chester yesterday morning, by an early train, for London. It is understood that he will still consecrate St. Paul's Church, on the 2nd of March, as originally fixed by him. CHESTER AUXILIARY TO TH,E IRISH SOCIETY.—The annual meeting was held yesterday (Monday) morning, in the Assembly Rooms, Chester, the Rev. Canon Thurlow in the chair; and by adjournment in the evening, when the Rev. Canon Eatotk presided. Allusion was made by every speaker to the deserved elevation of the good Bis -3rimac to the x t of all England, an event in which the whole meeting cordially rejoiced. Sermons were preached at the churches in Chester on Sunday, in aid of the Society. - I The deputation consisted of the Revs. Henry Carpenter ntion of the causes I and Thomas Nolan, both of this town. representative in the room of das held on Sa disastrous years on I turday, when, no other candidate appearing, Mr. Joseph Napier. Q.C., was declared duly elected. The learned paying t t in th railwa ever t on 6 t and ther to screw ian to were ea less than the last dividend. The -western have declared 4 per cent. y not to be borne— z good nature sufficiently find tongues v man facturini d is- d in poverty; view 1 quarries, our suspended )loyed labourers I Enter ge seaports, and see the I up unsaleable, except their owners to the Etu - ssell and his incapable n tell us if this is a time e by whom, a single ad- 't of taxation can be imposed ersal storm of indignation d that such is the feeling ted in Liver -1 classes and all parties ;11 a feeling must have !e, and a powerful one, which will be heard choed in every part of the _empire. It must al proposal has e e frittered away in idle the clubs ; b .umblir gson'Change .Liverp t be a united and trades- )inion upon ordinary Political mat- Ind to resist y has borne more than its suffering. Our town has i Lazar house by Ireland's fever-stricken have had to feed and de hospitals and graves for, thou , lepraved, or helpless wretches, who, in their flight from famine in their own land, were directed here as to a place in whose streets the means of life might be had in abundance for ask- This greatest commercial port in the world 'e of the na ,tional Ettepay ing has peculiar sons for taking the lead in a deter- mined opposition to this preposterous measure ; and her claim to such a leading position will not only be admitted, but will be followed, by every community through the length and breadth of the then, upon our fellow-townsmen to n upon this matter; and to ned by the Mayor for ie meet 7 sum this very subject; and eeting prepared to pass s of the most uncompromising character. s the thanks of the town—yes, of for consenting so readily to con la a meeting, dealing as it will have to do with t of such absorbing interest to all classes of nunitv. and upon which the minds of men of noreover, t The Mayc re so much in unison ssariiy, be prompt, in that a sufficient array of Public feeling may up, in time to arrest the measure when it before the House on Monday next. In connection with this subject we would direct ttention of our readers to a prospectus of onal Confederation for a more direct and nal and local taxa fer more pointedly next adjustment of n we Sthall ntered upon of the Mar Chainbi this do T of Commerce, hope ti at least, - imir .uu n, CAFILIIIICU u my, I I gentleman was proposed by the Rev. Dr. Singer, the Rev. -increased imports of breadstuffs and --.: , Mortimer O'Sullivan seconding the nomination. The 'vine other commodities, our exports to nearly speaking was on an unusually limited scale. Mr. Napier foreign country have declined ; but we found paid a graceful tribute to the memory of the late Pro a explanation. The committee treat us with lessor M'Cullagh, and with equally good taste referred in roceedings with respect to the " Corn-laws," terms of regret to the cause which deprived the electors of of late ber. l the uties ter and cheese ," the " reduction VALUE services OF THE the ELECTRIC T ELEGRAPH IN CASES OF duty ' e " sugar duties," " navi- SIC K NESS.—On th e 9th i ns t an t, ;young man, the s'teP n laws,' bar ~' "bankruptcy and son of a London merchant, arrived here in the Cambria, vent laws," " London morning mail," "post labouring under the delirium of fever. As there was great munication with South Wales," " direct steam difficulty in obtaining accommodation for him under those circumstances, he was conveyed by the steward of the "mow Orleans," "letters by American packet ship to the Northern h _ Hospital. At seven o'clock in the " " Birkenhead docks," (!) and tters; but what might readily form his friends, n:nYsio=Nerlre:,seelenetothLeonnedEotnintoevinn: aimed would form the leading sub- log his step-father, who resides five miles from the sta is quietly disposed of in a tion, was at his bed-side in the hospital. We are glad to say that the young man sp ee dily recovere d, an d h as s i nc e n!" We must endeavour been safely removed to London. understand them, the STE ALING A WATCH, &c.—At the police-court yester pleading of the asso- day, a respectable-looking man from tee country was the complainant against a girl named Elizabeth Holding, and in of mind displayed a man named Michael Short, wh om h e c h arge d w ith ent of this apolo- stealing his watch, worth £7, some mone y i n s il ver , &c. Complainant, lt app to eared,had on Saturday ni g ht, ow i ng - 'dered at when toNi r e l rain, i resolved remain in town untilthe morning, - ;(zned them and on making inquiry of the female fo r a b e d was ta k en 1 --At the by her to a house which appeared respectable. I n the 1 vast on . but on tea, - ' " tidal hours insolvent laws, currency, other ma in con ter in which is r is considered 'D be 1$ e Free -trad e po li cy o f thi s cou ntry should morning he misses toe property stated, an d g i v i ng t h e alarm, the prisoners were taken. The male prisoners had so clouded by adverse circumstances as offered the watch in pledge to Mr. Cunningham, who find almost true to say that the commencement ;no he could give no good account of it very or"-- • Et to take place ! NT— • -^ l l. who was waiting for 3-' announced ,Now, whatever may him and the girl... _ _..... .um at the door ...e referred to as having into custody. The prisoners were committed for trial , of our Free -t ra d e po li sy , we FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, Mr. Thomasn —et that policy had bee n i n opera'tion Houghton, the overlooker of the Gas Works at St. Helen's, for upwards of a year and a half, and that its corn- was returning home from this town by the express railway stations,. and Mr. H. mencement was precipitated by more than two train, which only stops at a t few . years. 'The Corn Importation and Tariff Bills re- off, near orde the t S t t e H m eN t s no s t a b i e o c n a , kn e c d ai f i u t r io t li ie s r ly a ju n rsp n ed ceived the royal assent on the 26th of June, 1846; doubt, und r er the a idea migh t he would not be hu'rt. The and,. although a small sliding duty was retained, unfortunate gentleman, however, fell upon the rail, and ranging from 4s. to 10s. per quarter, until the Ist the wheels passed over and broke both his thighs. Hi s of February, 1849, when it was to cease altogether, st a blecries were h e ard after the train had passed , . and the con. we might virtually have been said to enjoy perfect fou nd and iim inspector ie at the statiop b vf e ent an in d se r a e r le c t h e , d an to d freedom, the minimum . of 4s. having never been ex- them the Manner i w n as whrl i l seeded ,up to the time of the suspension of all railway te the se gi s s l aster occurred. The officers sent him with all possible speed back t e o st L e i n Trol, and took him to the . Infirmary, as the near - duty whatever, which took place on the 21st ofWe lerrn from the news brought by the Overland mail, place for surgical aid. Amputation . of both which arrived in London yesterday, that commercial January, 1847. From that date we have had no limbs was es t t re carefully performed, but be died on Sun- affairs at Calcutta remained very much as they were a day morning. fortnight before. The creditors of Cockerell and Co. will Great uneasiness has been manifested during the last few days on the Paris Bourse, in consequence of the deter mination of the Reform party to hold the contemplated banquet ; and despite the exertions of the " Bulls," a depression of Government securities has regulted. The Three per Cents. closed on Saturday at 74f. 10c. ; the New Loan, 74f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents, 116 f. 80c. The Commercial Bank of Dubois and Co., of Havre, duties whatever. is expected to resume payments very shortly. Advices from Paris announce the failure of the highly respectable banking establishment of M. L. Luuyt. Mention .has also been made of the failure of Jacques Reinach and Co., bankers, of Mentz, with liabilities £40,000, and assets £16,000. y enhanced THE LIVERPOOL stANDAID. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE, YESTERDAY The budget of Lord John Russell has struck the corn h universal panic. Trade for the present is utterly prostrated, and nothing was heard on 'Change but expressions of surprise and indignation at the mercial world v the audacity of t day, as if by general consent, a requisition to the mayor to call a public meeting was drawn up and left in the Ex- change News-room for signature, which was eagerly and numerously 'signed by persons of every shade of political opinion, and of the highest respectability, between two and three hundred firms having appended their names in Et coup. We subjoin a copy fIR,—We, the undersigned, inhabitants of the borough of rpool and its vicinity, respectfully request you will call a is meeting to take into consideration the financial state : made to the House of Commons by the First Lord of the sury, on the 18th instant, in order to petition the legisla- In compliance with the requisition the Mayor has cor. 'hursday nest, al twelve, in the ouse, whi I should be crowded was a very dull day in tl offered at lower pi e SHARE MARKET, ices—the cause was to be French n he market has not undergone any change of moment ; not much business has London and Sort although this is also a lower dividend, yet from very satisfactory statements made by Mr. Glynn at the meeting, len in price, and is much asked for in the market. A special meeting of the Demerara company has been held, since when an address has been issued to the shareholders on the subject of calls in arrears. Great expectations are entertained that this will be a paying line even in the present distressed state of the West India colonies. The Lancaster and Carlisle have made a divi share, and 4s. per third share. The Lon- I of 203. p, _ nade to " wind up" the Great Luxemburg Company— ie shares are £7 . paid, and the market price is only about £l. It is said £3 or £4 could be divided. The government of Belgium are about to return their deposit . . money to assist in comp .ting a portion o 1 :ne in a forward 1 will pay very well. A body rs here and in London wish the remaining ie line to be given up. The meeting of the Saturday_ whpri. dividend of 7 and one w lidland Co. held o y, was c ki the immense surplus of £45,000 Meetings of the following companies will take Tuesday next :—Ambergate, &c., 25th ; ana county Down, nth ; Birkenhead. Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 26th ; Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire, 24th ; Brighton and Chichester, 28th ; Bristol and South 'Wales .Innetin. 95th raledo- • " • • OJ ULI,I , IVII, GJLIi , man, 25th ; Cheltenham and Oxford, 26th ; Cork and ' Waterford. 25th ; Cornwall, 23rd ; Direct London and Portsmouth, 25th ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 23rd ; Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham, 26th ; East Lin colnshire, 23rd ; Easter) Counties, 261 h ; East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction, 24th ; Fleetwood, Preston. and West Riding Junction, 28th ; Great North ern, 24th ; Great Western and Uxbridge, 28th ; Great Western and Wycombe, 28th ; Hartlepool Dock and Railway, 24th ; Huddersfield and Manchester, 26th ; Leeds and Thirsk. 26th ; London and Blackwall, 22nd; Manchester and Southport, 28th; Shrewsbury and Ches ter, 22nd ; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 22nd ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 24th ; South Wales, 23rd ; Tenby, Samdersfoot, and South Wales, 23rd. In the COLONIAL MARKETS, up to last evening. we have to report a very dull trade. The demand for Sugar continues very limited : grocers purchase cautiously, and the refiners are not disposed to pay previous rates. The sales for the last two or three days are trifling. Holders are firm and do not show any anxiety to realise in the present dull state of the market. Burn is also quiet, few purchasers are to be met with, and to effect sales lower prices will have to be taken. Molasses are more en quired after, and a fair business doing. Rice moves off very slowly,-the article is not much wanted,-the stock being large will prevent any advance taking place on the present low quotations. There is still a fine demand for all kinds of Coffee, which will most likely continue. The Tea Market presents a very different appearance since the Budget came out. The Market is very much depressed, and common Congou may be quoted a shade lower. For Greens there is a fair enquiry, the good and fine qualities are much wanted.- In London the markets, except as respects indigo, have presented very little animation during the week, and prices of many descriptions of produce have receded. The indigo sales, at which great animation in the biddings has been shown, terminated yesterday. The tendency of the CorroN MARKET throughout the whole of last week (for Friday always closes the cotton week), was downwards, and we then quoted it kd to Id for the highest point in low and middling qualities; on Saturday, however, there was a slight re-action, par ticularly for low cotton, which was continued yesterday ; our market has a firm though rather a subdued tone about it, and buyers try in vain to knock it down. The extent of import is now the barometer; last week it was very fair, and on Sunday and yesterday we number three or four cotton laden ships amongst the arrivals; these droppers in keep us going very nicely, and tend to keep the holders of " mad cotton" very civil. The Scotch pig IRON MARKET IS firm, and prices may be quoted 50s. 6d. to 51s. in Glasgow for 3-sths No. 1, and 2-sths No.• 3, nett cash. Higher rates have in many instances been obtained, and with a likelihood of being maintained. Bars are now quoted in Wales at £7 ss. The TIMBER TRADE has exhibited a firmer tone during the past week at an advance of prices. A cargo of good St. John Pine has been sold at 171 d. per foot, the aver age being 18 7-12 inches. A cargo of 18,895 St. Andrews spruce deals of 2FI. per foot of two inches. By auction about 18,000 feet of Quebec pine was sold at 13}d. per foot, 2,500 feet at 131 d per foot, 17,116 feet at 124 d., and 2000 feet at 14}d. per foot, 2000 feet of red pine at 20d. per foot, and 8,600 feet, at 191 d. per foot ; 22 logs Quebec oak at 2s. per foot, 146 logs of Lower Port pine at 12d. per foot, 200 logs birch at 12d. per foot, and 100 of larger size at 171 d. per foot ; 19 birch planks at 3d. per foot of two inches, 247 Quebec yellow pine deals at £lO. 12s. 6d. per standard, and 2,530 at £9 10s. per standard. Some hemlock deals at 10. to 1 11-16 d. per foot of two inches ; St. Petersburg lathwood at £9los. per fathom of 8 feet long, and Sweedish at £6 2s. 6d. per fathom of 6 feet. Notwithstanding the discouraging accounts which con tinue to pour in of the almost universal depression of the CORN trade, a slight reaction took place towards the close of last week in the LIVERPOOL MARKET, and on Friday, as will be seen from our report of that day's mar ket, in another column, the prices of Wheat, Flour, and Indian Corn and Meal, took an advance. Since that date, up to last evening, there has been a steady business doing. We have to note an increasing export of Indian Corn and Meal to Ireland. The accounts respecting the aspect of the country continue favourable ; the autumn-sown wheats have a very healthy appearance, and the spring tillage is geing on encouragingly. In the LIVERPOOL PROVISION TRADE we have to note an improvement in the best qualities of new Irish and American bacon. Prime hams in demand ; old and in ferior nearly unsaleaMe. There is little variation eitlu in the value or demand of butter since our last ; full prices are obtainable for fine qualities, which are rather scarce ; middling sorts are little inquired for, and our quotations for these kinds may be considered nearly nominal. The arrivals from the 15th to the 21st instant, inclusive, were- Butter, 5,113 firkins, 1,213 crocks ; bacon, 91 bales ; hams, 67 hhds. ; lard, 3 tierces, 35 firkins, 192 kegs.-The prices in Liverpool are-Butter : Waterford, 88s. to 945. ; Kilkenny, Carlow, and Clonmel, 88s. to 925. ; Carrick, 86s. to 88s. ; Wexford, Carlow, 88s. to 89s. ; Belfast, 88s. to 925. ; Ballymoney and Coleraine, 86s. to 89s. ; Banbridge, 84s. to 88s. ; Newry and Dundalk, 808. to 82s. ; Dublin, Carlow, 84s. to 88s. ; Sligo, 80s. to 86s. ; London derry, 82s. to 865.-Bacon : Long Middles, free from bone, new, 565. to 60s. ; Short Middles, do. do. 58s. to 605.; American, 40s. to 545.-Lard : Fine Keg, 60s. to American, 58s. to 60s The English Funds opened with much buoyancy on Friday, owing to the prevailing certainty that there would he no funding, coupled with the statement of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer as to the increase in the Bank reserve ; considerations of the inevitable unpopularity of the contemplated addition to the income-tax, however, produced a considerable reaction. Foreign securities dull. A more unanimous feeling of disapproval has perhaps hardly ever been observable in the city than that which was expressed on Saturday, in relation to the minis terial proposition of Friday evening. The English funds, after opening heavily, experienced a rapid decline of a half per cent., and although in some degree they subse quently recovered, they still left off a quarter per cent. below the closing prices of Friday. The first quotation of Consols was 891, whence they receded to 891, closing at 891 to For the 13th of April the last price was 891. Bank Stock left off 200 to 202 ; Reduced Three per Cents., 891 to I. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.; Kt to I; India Stock, 242 to 245 ; India Bonds, 6s. to 10s. premium ; and Exchequer-bills (March), 235. to 26. ; (June), 245. to 28s. pm. According 'to some calculations made on Saturday, it appears that the income tax, as it applies to the holders of Long Annuities which have now only 12 years to run, will amount to an annual charge of 15 per cent. per annum. In the Foreign market the sole transactions of the day were—Brazilian, Small, at 86; Granada, at 201; Spanish ,nts., at 901; Dutch Two- -- and-a-lialf per Cents., at ; and the Four per Cent. Certificates at 85. The payment of a third dividend of ss. in the pound by essrs. Scholes, the bankers, of Manchester, has been consider themselves fortunate if £120,000 of available assets can be recovered from the wreck ; the Union Bank has refused payment of all considerable sums; but it has not publicly avowed a stoppage. The produce-market was stationary, and the tendency of prices was downwards. The import trade was dull, though latterly there had been a renewal of inquiry. Exchange had slightly advanced, the market having been fairly supplied with document bills. The last quotations are-6 m. s. with documents, ls. 11d. to Is. Ild. 114-d. per rupee. In other descriptions of paper little business has been done. Freights rose ss. to 10s. per ton for dead weight shortly after the last advices. At the enhanced rates business was done for London, but to Liverpool could not be maintained. The last quotations are £6 ss. to £6 10s. to London, and £5 15s. to Liverpool, for sugar. At Bombay there was a general dulness in trade. For cotton goods the demand was limited, and the amount of business done was small. The Bombay cotton market was in an exressivpin dull afftto Thn rn.fn of frpiallf tn ritain had declined to £3 ss. per ton, at which several engagements had been made, with a trifling one or two at £3 7s. 6d., and which was the last range of rates, and with a good supply of tonnage. To China engage ments were done at 14r. to 141 r. per candy, the latter being the last quotation. The rate of exchange on Lon don has advanced, bank paper being is. 10d., Barings' credits ls. 101-d. at 1, and local paper with shipping do cuments Is. 104 d. at ls. IO d. per rupee, six months' sight, in all which transactions had been done. Three months' sight bank paper was still is. 911., and thirty days' is. Rd. per rupee. On Calcutta the rate is 994 r., thirty days' sight ; and China 210 r. per $lOO, sixty days' sight. Mauritius advices extend to Nov. 25, when the news of the home failures had not transpired, although one firm in the island were understood to be in possession of im- Lars per Trade at Hong-Kong had been materially affected by the excitement during the month. The quotations for most of the staple articles of import were considerably under last month's rates. The sales of raw cotton did not exceed 10,000 bales, and prices had seriously declined. The total export of tea from China to Great Britain, from the Ist July to 30th December, is —black, 28‘,573,4101b5. ; gree. 2,287,9201b5. ; total, 30,861,3301b5. The total ex port of silk during the same period was 14,819 bales. Exchange on England, 4s. 41d for first class bills, others 4s. 41d. to 4. sd. A few transactions in Company's bills on Bengal, and rat to London £4 10s 21st instant. Tral cloths 10c. b :es as high as 218 for accepted. Freights . From Shanghae our dates are to the LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRES LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. At this day's market there was only a limited supply of English Wheat, which met a steady sa l e a t flip nf r extent of business was transacted at in wincn a about former rates. We have no change to report in barrel Flour. There is les pressure of Indian Corn, and sellers display greater firmness and but few floating. en 1 . 0.111.12 nnsv nfrarin r• oat. h n a l the iY n The sveti HIM 1.111C11116 'or male. buyers turn narilney their was favour.rather beyond the demand, and We have again a large' arrival of E nelish Oats. and a alnw_ dragging trade, although all descriptions are freely offered at a further reduction of fully is. per qr. Malt, Beans, and Peas a slow sale, and Is. per qr. under last week,. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. reign stock were plentiful, but prices were _well supported. :ive at an ai vapee . of 2d. per 81.1; Calves moved off steadily at full prices The Pork trade was far prom active. MONEY MARKET YESTERD. The market fo, . y .anute 1.111 morning, and but a small amo un t o f business c has .t been iv trans acted. Consols have been alternately buyers and sellers at 89# for the account, but beyond that slight oscillation no change can be noticed in the simularunria of -a-- ia iae appearance or tne market. Reduced Three per Cents: have been done atl39/ 1; and the Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. at 901 Bank Stock has been sold at 201 199. and India at 2421 4. The advertised Exchequer Bills are quoted at 24, the June bills 29. and India Bonds at 7,1).112. EXPRESS FROM PARIS, The arrangements for' the Paris banquet have been de finitively made. rt will take place to-day (Tuesday) at noon, in the Rue de Chaillot. Negotiations between the liberal Conservatives and members of the Opposition for having the banquet put off, had, after some promise of success, failed. The way from the Place Vendome to the Barriere de l'Etoile, Champs Elysees, through which the procession to the banquet will pass, will be lined by , 10,000 National Guards, unarmed, but in uniform, and all sym pathisers. - The news from Italy is:important. The constitution has been well received at Naples, and negociations were going on favourably. At Rome there was great agitation on the 11th. The people want a constitution, which the Pope is not inclined to give. Lombardy was generally agitated. INDIA AND CHINA, We have received by extraordinary express from Mar seilles our letters from India in anticipation of the over land mail on the 15th of January. The dates so received are from Calcutta to the 9th, Madras to the 14th, and Bombay to the 16th of January. From China we have intelligence down to the 30th of December last. Lord Dalhousie, the new Governor - General, had touched at Madras, and his arrival at Calcutta was hourly expected when the mails left. Among the last acts of Lord Hardinge's Government was a notification, prohibiting, under the penalties of imprisonment and confiscation of property, the perpetra— tion of Suttee and infanticide in the territories of the Punjaub. The notification further announced, that his- Lordship bad directed his thanks to be expressed to the Maharajah of Lahore, as well as to all those princes (23 in number, mentioned by name) who had co-operated during the last three years with the British Government in suppressing these cruel practices within their several territories. Another robber chief had been secured, named Ragojee- Bangria, lately as noted in the south of India as Doongur Singh had been in the north. This man, with a numerous band, had infested for some time back the Concan and eastern routes from Bombay. After many fruitless ef forts, he was captured by Lieutenant Gell, who, disguised as a Brahmin, traced the freebooter to the celebrated shrine of Punderpoor, and, getting sight of him while in the act of ablution in one of the sacred tanks, entered and effected his capture. A smart shock of an earthquake was felt at Delhi on the Ist of January. . - The Scinde prize-money was about to be distributed, the Royal warrant and order of the Court of Directors to that effect having reached India. By the present arrange ment Sir C. Napier will receive a 1-16th share, or about £27,000. His claim to the share of Commander-in- Chief, or one-eighth, is still held in abeyance, to be paid, if admitted, out of the proceeds not yet distributed. An announcement is made by the Calcutta Star, that a column 150 feet in height is to be erected at Calcutta to commemorate the victories in the Punjaub, and that the captured Sikh guns are to be set up in it, muzzle to muz zle, in fluted compartments; the summit to be crowned with three figures—Britannia and two native soldiers. A resolution passed by the Governor-general in Coun cil, and dated the 31st of December, declares that cotton shall henceforward be exempt from export duty through out India. It is hoped that the measure in question will relieve the cotton trade of India. It must at least prove an additional boon to the traders from India with China, The late export duty of nine annas per Indian maund, of cotton, at the rate of value some years back, is said to. have been equivalent to a tax of from five to eight per cent. Orders had been received in India from the court of Directors for the remittance home of £500,000 sterling in specie. Our correspondent at Hongkong writes under date Dec. 30 " We have this month to record a dreadful tragedy in the horrid murder of six English gentlemen by the Chi nese, about three miles from Canton, on the sth of tnis month. After church they went up the river, and landed to take a quiet walk, and shortly after they found them selves attacked by a body of Chinese, and cut off from their boat. In this attack one or two of the party fell; the others, being overpowered, attempted to escape, but were taken at one of the villages and confined, and, by the evidence of the Chinese on the coroner's inquest, it appears too true that, up to the morning of the 7th, they were alive, when they were cruelly put to death. The names of the gentlemen are—Mr. W. Rutter; Mr. Small, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Brown, Mr. Balkwill, and Mr. M` Carte. A force was immediately sent to Canton and his Ex cellency Sir John Davis went up in the Thedalus to demand redress. After much negotiation with Keying, four Chinese were executed on the 21st instant, and eleven were under trial. Sir John returned here on the 24th, having given Keying to the 20th proximo for his final answer to his demands. It is understood that steamers have been sent for from Singapore, and men-of-war ordered down from the coast, to be prepared should any coercive measure be necessary. All, however, may end in negotiatio n . It i s t o b e hoped every advantage will be taken of the present state of matters to secure permanent security for the future, seeing that hitherto nothing but deceit has been practised by Keying, who has been unable to controul the Chinese, though making the English authorities suppose he had the ability to do so.. expired. SUDDEN DEATII.—On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, John - Morris, seventy-three years of age , livin g Horatio-place, went into a neighbour's house , appa rently in his usua l h ea l t h . Soon after, while handing his snuff box to a femal e , h e fell back in his chair and in . FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night, Ann Thomp son, aged si x t y -f our years , w h o resided in Back Bittern street, was cross i ng P ar k-l ane , when a spring cart came up, and th e s h aft striking her s h e was k n ocked down, and the near wheel went over her body. She died on Sunday. The horse was walking at the time. The driver and two other men in the cart were taken into custody. The great success of the introduction of Melton Mow bray pork-pies has given rise to the establishment of a shop, in Commutation-row, for the sale of Birmingham pies of the same material, which are not only excellent in quality, but are made sufficiently small to suit every taste. —See advertisement. One of the splendid shops in Elliot-street, known as Manifold Buildings, has been opened by Messrs. Hamilton and Co. in the provision trade. The style is perfectly novel in Liverpool, being a prototype of the metropolis. The stock is abundant, various, and excellent, been d CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY The eighth anniversary of the Liverpool Auxiliary Branch of the Church Pastoral Aid Society was held last evening, in the lecture-room of the Collegiate Institution. In the absence of the Chancellor of the Diocese, who was prevented from attending by indisposition, the chair was taken by the worshipful the Mayor, T. B. Horsfall, Esq.. The attendance of ladies and gentlemen was nume rous, the body of the hall as well as the lower gallery be ing well filled. On the platform we noticed, in addition to the deputation, about thirty of our local clergy. Prayer having been offered up, The CHAIRMAN said that he would not detain them by any general observations of his own in reference to the advantages afforded by that Society, for he felt that any such observations from him were unseemly, as he had no doubt many of his friends around him would lay before the Meeting its practical usefulness and benefit during the last year, and if there was one amongst them who_doubted its usefulness, he would ask them only to go through the Borough Gaol, which was origi nally calculated to accommodate only 400 or 500 persons, and there were now in it upwards of 1000. He would further ask them to look at the rapidly increasing population of the town, and say whothar Juvu uy tine unurcn, and' it, tneretore, tnose wants were not provided for by the Church they would not be provided for at all.—(Hear, hear.) Before calling for the Report he could not forbear calling attention to the last occasion on which he had the opportunity of appearing on that platform. The person fillirw i tke t affice which he (the Chairman) then oc - - cupied was at that time Bishop of Chester, but who now, to the' honour of 1,901 John Russell, was the Archbishop of Canter bury. (Cheers.) Whilst they reg etted the loss they had sus tained in that estimable prelate's- promotion, they could not but regard it, at the same time, as of gre . at benefit when it was considered in connection with that Society, because it might be concluded that the Archbishop of Canterbury, as Chairman of that Society would, doubtless, be the means of uniting many individuals with it who, from conscientious scruples on many points in Christian discipline, had hitherto abstained from becoming members of it. He would only hope for in creased co-operation from all those who had hitherto sup ported the Society, and that those who had not yet joined it would' do so. The SECRETARY (the Rev. C. W. Law] „ THE REPORT. 'ence) then read "Your committee, who at the conclusion of the years 1846 and 1847, had the happiness of declaring an increase in the re turns of the Auxiliary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, must this year have the pain of communicating a decided decrease in the amount which its labours have been permitted to transmit to the pr.rent society. The last year's return was .ieBol, the present return amounts to £672. A sum of about .50, raised as a special fund, had certainly swelled the amount. Still, ex clusive of that item our annual return falls short of the past by about 'l2O. Thus it should seem that the distress which has affected so many institutions, and overthrown so many privat establishments bas made itself felt in our humble association riot as immediately , affecting any in this town y uas no weeitiy expenditure, or cumbrous esta blishment to maintain, but they must remember painfully the steady, though reluctant, refusal with which petitions from needy cures must be met by a parent committee, staid ini their career of benevolence by the diminution of their resources. A most momentous year for the town and for the empire has just elapsed. A storm has - passed over the face of the commercial world, which might deserve to be described in the mighty words of Scripture,—" A great and strong wind: has rent the moun tains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord." Our colossal state still trembles under the experien e and recollec- non or what she has gone through ; the violence of the convul sion is seen in many directions. It is felt to a far greater extent than it is seen. And shon/d it please the disposer of the destinies of nations that we should "renewour strength," generations must - cs away before 1847 will be forgotten. But though there s little likelihood of the year being forgotten, your committee permit themselves to observe that something more than remem brance is required of such a dispensation : it is improvement that ought to be extracted from it. It may supply subject of gratitude to those who hare been able to support our society, that they have had the opportunity of doing so, while others, amidst their own personal distress, have lost the privilege. And if among our friends there are any whom the tide of prOs parity has forsaken, we may say confidently that no retrospect will be more grateful ; no past expenditure will be so unques tioned and satisfactory to the conscience (which under such circumstances will consider the past expenditure) as the con trail:awn which was freely given while power remained to mi nister to the spiritual or temporal sorrows of men. But, per haps; there may be those who may or should hear in the whirl wind voice of the Lord reclaiming that wealth which its possessors knew not how to improve to his glory 1 How tardily has the stream of wealth which has flowed in this town been employed to communicate the Gospel to its own crowded popu -1 1.1. lation, and now the stream has ceased to flow. It has gone, but left behind the responsibility and the guilt of unrighteous stew ardship, In examining into the nature of the diminution of their returns;they are able to trace it to a diminution in the church col lections, where, to a certain extent, it might expect to be found. The collections connected with the feature of diminution, stand in some instances in startling contrast with the grants which the society is supplying to the incumbent. Your committee conceive that these facts, especially the last, speak pointedly to the clerev of the town. And though it' is for the laity of the community to supply the resources, and they must gi; : e account of their stewardship, they venture to express a hope that the urgent claims of our own town and count r y are sub mitted to their congregations with that decision, earnestness, and distinctness of men who are aware that there is a respon sibility upon th e nation to provide for As own wants, which is not incurred in any other . direction whatever. If any provide not for his own, and especially for those of . his, own household, h e is worse than an infidel, and hath denied the truth." Neither need they omit to add,. that the society -must - look upon such incumbents as have enjoyed her ready aid, to the loosening their own burthens, as bound by the benefits received, and by the experience which they have tasted of the weight of the excessive cures to exert themselves to make such returns to her as may enable her to prosecute her mission throughout the land. Your committee most earnestly entreat both laity and the clergy of the town, who approve of the principles of the Pastoral Aid Society, and through the enlightening grace of the Spirit are able to sympathise with ber in the pursuit of her objects, the salvation of souls and the glory of God, to bestir themselves this coming year for the regaining that fina nc i a l position which they trust is only lost for a season. It is ca pable of being regained, though not without energy, not with out self-denial. This is not a moment for an Englishman to flag. This is not a society which can be allowed to wither, at least compatibly with the honour of our Lord, the comfort of our consciences, and the existence of our church. The energy of men is now busy visiting the crowded and pestiferous alleys of our town ; and public opinion awakened listens, with something of horror, to well-supported information; the drift of whose testimony is that human life, through the want of fresh air, fresh water, and personal cleanliness, is curtailed in the case perhaps of millions of that proportion which the laws of God had appointed. Men, women, and children are de prived of some years of their brief existence ; and astartled community is rising up . to their rescue . Your committee can sympathise; with suffering humanity. .But they "believe." They believe that there is an . immortality beyond the grave. They believe that without holiness no man shall see the Lord,' and would learn from the worth . which is assigned to this . pre sent life, and from the pains which are . bestowed upon its pre servation, what value ought to be assigned, and what pa ins ought to be bestowed, upon the sa l v ation of a soul. ' From 28th January, 1847, to 21st February, 1848. Collections in churches Boxes, ezc 34 16 10 Donations 23 0 0 Subscriptions .e 672 10 04 The Rev. G. W. WARE, in moving the firstreSolution;that the report and accounts be received and passed by the meeting, said, it was a somewhat singular coincidence, that the report and accounts which had been read should have dwelt so much upon financial matters. The coincidehce was, that the whole country seemed to be engaged in subjects of finance. The state ment made in the British House of Commons, on Friday last, was one great iaroof of this position. It seemed from that statement that the state owed £3,000,000 more than from her present sources of revenue she was able to meet, and it appeared that, on the part of the minister there was a proposition to meet the expences of the state; but there did not appear to be any desire to meet the current o ex pen ces . of the church. The I ri f io e t the whatu ch ever was question, then, of the spiritual destitution mentioned in the , in report, naturally arose. It would not, he thou g h t , be denied that it was of the greatest importance that every facility should be given for the reception of Christian truth to those who w ere disposed to embrace it. It was, also, a moral as well as a bound Christian to circulateduty, theevery t r n baptized th in h isnei membergh bo capacity of life he might be placed. As a proof of this they had only to appeal to the state of their own town. The speaker then referred at some length to the scenes which as a minister of the gospel he had to witness in the town, and depicted, in painful colours, the spiritual and moral degradation which was to be seen in the cellar occupations around them. There were cases in which he had been summoned to the death bed of those sinking under typhus and other diseases, where he had found it physically impossible to make any imoression on those gre a t matters which concerned the soul, and his only consolation had been that in some of those cases he had found that the sufferer err had been regular attendants at churches where the truth only was preached. In suchcases, it was consoling to reflect thal souls had not perished. But he had visited many, very many cases, where he had found them without the knowledge of the living God. In the present Society they had two distinct means of operation. The first was through the instrumentality of the duly ordained Minister of the Gospel, and the second through their lay agents. To the first appointed means, no true member of the Church could urge any valid objection. The ordained Ministers of Christ had a power over the people which no other individuals or body could command. He re peated it, and he did , so with all Christiay humility, that they had a command over them which no other persons could have, and therefore, to fulfil their high mission it was necessary that their numbers should be increased in a degree commensurate with the increase of the population amongst which they la boured. Then with regard to the question of lay agency, if they found a class of individuals built tip in holy faith, and in holy resolutions, who were content to work with them, surely they should encourage such merits, and enlist them under their banner. After some further ouservations, calling upon all classes to assist them when " multitudes were perishing for lack of knowledge," the speaker said that it was not In the ca pacity of a beggar that he appeared before them. He pleaded, not for the haughty God of Mammon ; but he did plead for taxation, and, peradventure, on Monday next, they would find that they would have to submit to taxation. If then, they were compelled to submit to such contributions for earthly purposes, surely they could not refuse the appeal made on behalf of the King of kings for a tax which embraced peace and blessing to thousands of immortal souls. Some would tax their luxuries, some their talents, and incumbents like himself would be delighted to welcome all who would assist them in visiting the bed of sickness, and the couch of death, to impress upon all the realities of religious truth. The speaker then referred to lending libraries, and to the injurious books which tinder the name of religion were often improperly placed in the hands of readers, and stated that it was our great duty to guard against the circulation of such books. In the course of his ministry, a book belonging to a lending library had Cbme into his possession, which gave an account of a pious minister, though not of their church, who, it said, being filled with the love of God, went out to China, and on the passage the ship was wrecked, when the minister,though, as he had before said, not a member of their church, was seen struggling in the water, giving the drowning people absolution, and burying them in the deep. The plain English of the story was, that the boqk to which he alluded represented a Popish priest from Popish France, and was one of the cunning devices of Popery to deceive the foolish, and to endeavour to injure the real cha racter of the Protestant religion and its ministers. The work to which lie alluded was published by a person, .who though, perhaps a pious person, had been led away by Popish advocates, and was now in his 'Taper place as a member of that church. He advised them, whenever• they saw the name of Burns to any publication, at once to close the book as one in some way belonging to Popery. The speaker then resumed, his seat, having proposed that the report be received. The Rev. W. GREENE ARMITAGE, one of the deputation from the parent society, next came forward, and said that there were thousands and tens of thousands of people, in different parishes of this country, who were destitute of pastoral instruction. For instance, there was one large parish in this county, which, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, contained six thousand inhabi tants and fifteen churches, or one clergyman to each four hun dred inhabitants ; but in the year 1845 there were in that county one hundred thousand inhabitants, whilst at the same time the number of churches had only increased from fifteen to seven teen. (Hear.) When he (Mr. Armitage) first joined the Pas toral Aid Society, he ascertained that there were in one district 40,000 inhabitants, with only two churches, and he also knew of one clergyman who had 30,000 souls under his charge. (Hear.) He next alluded to two parishes near London, where Sunday trading' was carried on, and where 1064 shops had been noticed as being open on Sunday morning, and in that district 12,527 did not attend any place of public worship. He next entered into some statistics with regard to a parish which had come under the notice of the society, and in which the parties were principally Socinians, Papists, or Mormonites, and lie dwelt upon the desirableness of the society being enabled to Peb. 22, MS. Isend its pastors into such b en i g ht e d p l aces. He could not say that the Church-people of Liverpool had been unfaithful, but he wished them to take up this as a personal question, and he felt that they must be personally identified with this movement. 34,znchester, Stalybridge, and Warrington were places which stood in peculiai• need of the exertions of the society, and he felt convinced that some years ago it was mainly owing to the welt direeted exertions of this society th a t the labouring classes had been restrained from deeds and acts of violence. They had to report that in Manchester and Liverpool, and the manufacturing districts, there had not been that amount of subscriptions which they had a right to expect, but he did not despair. True it was that there had been great distress in those districts, but then it must be borne in mind that there had been similar distress in the agricultural districts; and, notwithstanding this, the subscriptions of the agricultural aistricts had increased ;. and, notwithstanding all the defalcations of the manufacturing districts, they were able to report an excess in the past year of .t'l2o, It must be borne in mind that there were 332 incumbents with an aggregate population of 2,094,958 souls under their charge, who had at the present time grants from the society to provide stinend% 9SI rlovirtr- j7lay namirsTuLay Ytt al grants shall be occupied, of seven grants for clergymen, and are expected to be occupied 'lrma' charge, when all file. I. Two hundred and fifty seven more grants for curates ter the next ordination, which will cius , ne . G.1.211.1.11C 1.0 ue .*2Vrat.. The society's present rate of income is estimated at £24,700, which is .e 5,128 less than the actual expenditure. There were also in the list approved applications for 28 curates and 26 lay assistants, requiring £3,750 per annum to provide the neces sary stipends. The rev. gentleman concluded by seconding the report, which was carried. The Reir. W. BRUCE,VCumbent of Wicker, Sheffield, re. lated many interesting facts, showing that through the labours and effects of the society large districtsy that were before plunged in moral darkness, were now redeetned to virtuous, kindly, and religious feelings —to honourable dealings amongst themselves, and to fear and love towards their - God. He nar rated numbers of affecting instances, giving names and places, proving the truth of his pre m i ses , and showing the benign in fluence of the truth on all classes and on all ages. The effects were' alike in the manufacturing and in the mining districts, including the coal fields. He feared, however, that too much was attempted to " educate " the people without a regard for their souls, in place of endeavouring to "evangelize" them— without which they could not become true to others or them selves. He, in conclusion, appealed strongly to his auditory for funds in behalf of the numerous communities who had made applications to the society (fifty-four in all), and who numbered upwards of 300,000 souls. Mr. LAWRENCE then proposed a collection, and while it was proceeded with a hymn was sung. The Rev. J. B. MARSDEN, Vicar of Great Missenden, then addressed the assemblage in a very effective speech. The society deserved their support from its object, its attachment to the Church of England, and its being sanctioned by the Head of the Church. It was an unassuming, an almost silent society ; but he liked it the better on that account. This showed its serious character. Noise was an indication of po verty of mind, and, in the operations of vegetable as well as moral nature great changes were accomplished by silent pro gress. He considered lay agency as a l most of the very " essence" of the church, and would rejoice were it more forcibly brought into operation in behalf of the society. He gave several affecting anecdotes. A vote of thanks was passed amidst much applause to the CHAIRMAN, who said that he was always glad to promote any institution having for its object the glory of God, and the amelioration of his fellow men. The SECRETARY congratulated the meeting on the amount of the collections on Sunday, which he would hereafter parti cularise. A public breakfast will take place this morning, at the Adelphi Hotel, at which the Rev. Dr. M`Neile will pre side. The adjourned meeting will be held this evening, in the Concert-hall, at which Adam Hodgson, Esq. will take the chair. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FRAUD BY USING THE NAME OF THE REV. DR. M`NEILE. Yesterday, at the Police-court, a young man, with an aqueline nose and black whiskers, an d w h o gave his name as James Goldsmith, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having surreptitiously obtained a bank check. The Rev. Dr. M'Nerie appeared on the bench. Mr. Dowling, head constable, stated the particulars of the case. He said that the prisoner had written to the Postoffice here, stating that he expected a letter would arrive, addressed to the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, D.D. No. 41, Jervis-street, and requesting that it might, without mistake, be delivered there. A letter so addressed did arrive, and the postman on taking it to the house stated, that he was told by the female who opened the door, that no such person as the Rev. Hugh M'Neile resided there; but Mrs. Broad hurst, who kept the house, hearing what was going on, said that a man named , formerl there, had called the day Gol bef d ore, smith an who d had had stated that he lodge ex d pected to receive a letter, but not addressed in his own name; — adding that it would be directed to the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, and that when it came he wished to forward the letter to. Manchester to the address of the person for whom it was, and which address he, at the time, wrote with a pencil on a piece of paper which he left with Mrs. oadhurst. he postman, hav- g some suspicion, did not leave the letter T with Mrs. Broad hurst, but returned it to the postmaster, Mr. Banning, who. forwarded it to the Rev. H. M'Neile, at Aigburth. On its being opened by the reverend gentleman, he found it to be a letter from the Bishop of Bangor, in reply to one supposed to have been written by himself ( soliciting a contribution), and en closed was a check on Williams's bank, of. Chester, for five guineas, towards the relief of the poor Irish in Liverpool. Mr. M'Neile not having made any such application, at once re turned the letter and check, in an enclosure to the postmaster, who informed the police; and the letter, still enclosing the check, was given to the postman for delivery in the usual way. Yesterday ( Monday) morning, the postman enquired at 4 sa li d J ,— erAs- a s in tre t e b t e , R fo e r v t . h H e u l: h evitH ,Neile, . a e n il d e, th w e h l en ette t r h i e s f p o r r is m on e e4 . He received it ; and some of the police being placed in the vici nity, he was apprehended, and the letter and che que were f oun d upon him. M r . Dowling added that the Bishop of Bangor had been written to on the subject, in hopes that the letter written' to his lordship, applying for the donation, would be forthcom ing. The wom an w h o kept the house in ' Jervis street (as well as Dr. M`Neile) being present, he (Mr. D.) thought sufficient' proof would b e a dd uced through them to justify the magistrate in remanding the p r i soner. The Rev. Mr. M‘Neile, in gentleand expressive term s , s t ated the facts as to all that had fallen within his knowledge. He said that it was unfortunate that the case should come before the public ' • but some person ha d written to the Bishop of Bangor—not he. Mr. Dowling said that he had some reason to believe that a similar letter had been written to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, The prisoner being called upon for his defence, stated that about five years ago he had been converted to Christianity, and had been bap tized. He expressed in grateful terms the kind treatment he then received from the Rev. H. M'Neile, and said that he had just come from the United States : that he had, since his ar rival, became known to two gentlemen, one of whom called himself the Rev. Mr. M`Neile; that they had employed him in going errands, and had induced him to receive the latter as Mr. M`Neile, at the house in Jervis-street, where he had before lived. The gentleman who had called himself Mr. M'Neile to him had, he felt certair, absconded. The prisoner was then remanded, it being expected that the letter sent to the Bishop of Bangor will be received, to complete the evidence. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE COURT OF ROME. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, FEB. 18. LORD • EGLINTOUN'S AMENDMENT. " That it should not be lawful for her Majesty to receive as such ambassador, envoy extraordinary, minister pleni potentiary, or other diplomatic agent. any person being in holy orders in the Church of Rome, or a priest or a mem ber of any other religious order, community, or society, of the Churchof Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows." For the amendment, 67 ; against it, 64 ;—majority against Ministers, 3. MAJORlTY.—Bishops—Winchester, Chichester, Exeter, Ro chester, Llandaff, London. Dukes—Wellington, Richmond, Beaufort, Manchester, Buckingham, Newcastle, Montrose. Marquises —Exeter, Cholmondeley, Aylesbury, Salisbury, Breadalbane, Downshire. Earls—Aberdeen, Sandwich, Erne, Malmesbury, Warwick, Delawarr, Hardwicke, Ellenborough, Stanhope, Eglintoun, Waldegrave, Pomfret, Eldon, Orkney, Digby, Lonsdale, Harrowby, Verulam, Dartmo u th, Egmont, Clanwilliam, Roden. Viscounts—Combermere, Hill, Strang ford. Barons—Middleton, Redesdale, St. John, Sheffield, De Ros, Dc L'lsle, Rayleigh, Sondes, Stanley, Crofton, Abinger, Lyndhurst, Colchester, Tenterden, Kenyon, Faversham, Ash burton, Saltoun, Skelmersdale, Southampton, Colville, Wyn ford. M INOR ITY. -- Archbiahop —York. Bishops— St. David's, Worcester, Manchester. Dukes—Norfolk, Roxburgh, Leinster.. Marquises Lansdowne, Anglesey, Clanricarde, Donegal. Earls—Stafford, Fitzwilliam, Grenville, Radnor, Spencer, St. Germans, Scarborough, Shrewsbury, Charlernont, Auckland, Gosford, Huntingdon, Grey, Morley, Essex, Fitzhardinge, Cowper, Chichester, Devon, Clare, Bruce, Sefton, Mornington, Kingston. Viscounts —Sydney, Canning, Falkland. Barons— Cottenham, Hatherton, Foley, Carew, Baron de - Walden, Campbell, Catneys, Beaumont, Erskine, Sudeley, Monteagle, Keane, Dacre, Vaux, Cremorne, Carrington, Kinnaird, Glenelg, Montfort, Elphinstone, Mostyn, Crewe, De Mauiy, Holland, Monson, Langdale. The Court left Buckingham Palace for Claremont or Friday. — i e r r s e R a e n h d i n minersg in STRIKE AT TREDEGAR.—In consequence of a very great 7 s in r e e l d e u p c o t u i o n n d_ o ft pound—the-coll iers c oel.sls a or t e he i s n e stanc exten sive works struck on Monday, and it is possible that the furnaces will soon be out of blast in consequence. Harriet Parker, aged 38, was yesterday executed at Newgate, for the murder of the two children of the man with whom she cohabited. She showed great penitence- A man, named Parker, is charged in London with an attempt to murder two females, mother and daughter, with the latter of whom he cohabited. PERFECTION.—AIas ! and alas.! A perfect church, a to p be erfecktngoowvenrnumeponntt,hoisr;repseernfetcetapreth : but,ople,ae things never " ! people keen, For change, to whom the new looks always green." beware how you desire a revival of Popery, and deem this change to be green and pleasant to your view, because the abuses and perversions of the Romish church have been so long kept out of view by your long support of the pure and primitive Church of England :—Ernesi Singleton. A SMART ANSWER.—As the Rev. Mr. Field, formerly of Westminster, Vermont, went to give his vote at an election, a man o f opposite politics expressed surprise at seeing him there ; and, to confirm his objection quoted the remark of the Saviour, that His "kino m was not cf g d this world." " H as no man a right to vote," rejoined Me witty clergyman, "unless he belong to the kingdom of Satan." LIVERPOOL AND YOUGIIAL.—It Will be gratifying to the public, as well as to traders, to learn that a steam communica tion has been established between this port and Youghal. The Countess of Lonsdale, which has been fully overhauled,—hull and machinery —and fitted with new boilers, is engaged for the station. The Company have engaged as their agent, the re• - srected conductor of the Glasgow boats, Mr. R. Lamont. We" wish the company every success. 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