The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-16 00:00:00

!AMERICA p, Caledonia, arrived yesterday, on Davers to the Ist, and Halifax nce is )rought this vessel respecting Sent, and the apprehensions as to her safety fore considerably increased. The British to Halifax on the 30th ult., having ) her paddles, in consequence i in contact with ice; but the requisite needilv effected, and she sailed a day or er appointed port. Mr. M‘Leod had been postponed to the in October, in consequence of an error ie by the County Clerk, he having negligently not .1 notice for drawing the jury, an omis- iv York Herald insinuates was evi- Paled() ?assengers, including Sir ate Governor of 'Upper Canada FINAIN The Journal CE AFFAIRS AND MARKETS. If Commerce has an article on the United es strong grounds against legislation in , and expresses the conviction that the sas bad, or worse, than the new. "The Journal, " while acting And again—" More ,tional bank.' e capital was sunk while the national charter ex e Globe, in a long article, agrees with the Journal. aTON, MARCH 23.—The members of the cabinet sily employed in arranging their various bureaux cents. They have commenced, and are carrying iination of the finances of the country, the amount by the prececeding administration, its liabilities, ies, &c., which, in all branches, are multiform n. the call of the Extra Session was the . ____t it was impossible to meet the expenses —rnment after August next. New books will be I, and the precise amount of debt will be stated to the next C( YORK MONEY MARKET MARCH 31-8 P.M.—The steamboat has not earance, and public expectation is still directed In the stock market there is no material small, and U. S. Bank improved 1 per d Hudson 1; North American Trust and arrival Sates a cent. ; Delawat Ea' Uompany declined 4 per cent. ; Long Island z ; ngton rose 1 per , cent. Sales of bills .on Philadelphia ) 4 ; Illinois 6's , 504 ; Indiana s's, 53.—New York Id. of 31st March —This is packet-day for h leaves Boston to-morrow. Mush disap ails at the non-arrival of the British Queen wering letters by this conveyance. The bill ertheless been active both yesterday and to ly of bills being good, however no material is taken place in rates, which are as follows. s 61 to 7 or 4 dols. 74c. to 4 dols. 75c., on to sf. 35c. ; the former rate has ruled to-day. Hamburg 35i ' • Bremen 76 to 76k. The ttances is large by this packet. Market has improved to-day. Sales at the ) a fair extent, at a rise of 1 per cent. in Bank ; a per cent. in North American Trust Co. ; Stonington rose 11 per Delaware Ison declined per cent. Sales on Bills on Phila t to 4}: New Orleans 6 to 7. MARCH 31, 6 P.M he rates are still on the decline. STEAMERS.—No British Queen had two o'clock this day, making 21 days 2: are no apprehensions of her safety, supposed to have produced the delay. smer, from Liverpool to Boston, which sailed now out 12 days, and is daily expected at mld be odd if the latter should arrive first. — n. of-the New York Herald, of the 31st been an up There been out The Aca 1 Editi ER TO ENGLAND.—Some of the papers are aug- Mr. Evans, of Maine, as a suitable person to repre is country at the court of St. James. There is no antry better qualified, but he cannot well be ►e senate. Mr. Evans will be wanted for Le finance committee. He must sustain the to the present administration, that Mr. )re to the last, and it will be a happy thing for _it Harrison and his cabinet, and the country too, if able to discharge his duties as acceptably.—New York from tt Herald of the 3lat GOVERNOR OF CUBA.—The new governor, Geronimo Valdes, has taken the command of the Island of Cuba, he having been lately appointed in the place of Prince An- [ALES ON OUR COAST.—A whale of the right whale , s, as we learn from our correspondent, was killed on ith instant, off the South shore of Edgartown, by some prising whalemen of that town. It is said it will make 40 to 45 barrels of oil. ording to the Little Rock Gazette, buildings intended government arsenal there, were progressing rapidly. nain building, with an octagonal tower, was nearly :d, and is represented as a fine piece of masonry, not dby anything in the south-west. It now contains stand of small arms, with accoutrements complete, large quantity of amunition, and field-pieces, the latter temporary sheds. lbany Argus of the 26th ult. says ;—The moderate - last few days, with the rain of yesterday, have _zssion on the ice. It started yesterday, r the town is now tolerably clear. The ice clear on the 27th, that a steam-boat made led imr ad the river way up to Albany counts received from Buenos Ayres, that country very unsettled state. The Governor of the Banda had raised 8000 troops to protect his province from r Resa. They were pressing for the army all the y could find in both provinces. Produce of all kinds r scarce and high. Stevenson sent home from England by the last steam rived at Boston, a large amount of dispatches, the na d character of which are not known, but presumed reference to the case of M'Leod and the N.E. boun- Vew York paper SNOW.—The Norfolk Beacon states that from Tuesday night of last week, to Thursday night, snow fell in that bo rough to the depth of two and a half feet ; and adds—" It is the deepest snow which has fallen within our recollection for many years, even in the midst of winter ; and here we have it in the middle of March 25th ult. A disastrous fire had broken out at St. John's, N. 8., and destroyed eight fine stores, and several buildings in the rear of them, among which were the Obsesver and Morning News printing-offices. A woman and two chiidren perished in the flames. There had also been a destructive fire at Augusta. Mr. Matthew Holdsworth, of the firm of Holdsworth and Daniel, fell through a hatchway in the second story, and was so much injured that he survived but a few moments. ie legislature of New Brunswick have voted £l5OO to ure a service of plate to be presented to Sir John Harvey :is retirement from the government of that province. vote passed the House of Assembly 20 to 9. Canadian papers state that a general order for the orga `,on of the Royal Canadian Regiment (to consist of who have served fifteen years) was issued by his Excellency Sir R. Jackson, commander of the forces, on the The pay of this regiment is to be the same as Foot Guards, and the men are to be allowed to ;e in agricultural labour and handicraft, when not em d in military duties. 4th instant that of the large number of ten hundred and sixteen letters were A at the Albany post•ofce on Tuesday. from the ship Caledonia.—New York Express of 27th ult. )od, the vocalist. left the packet ship Washington, when 'ales, and landed at Milford, whence he posted to Lon don, with his shares of the United States Bank in his pocket, all of which he sold at 60. The Washington reached Portsmouth two days afterwards, with the news of the stop age of that institution. This is " coming Yorkshire" with a vengeance. 23d tilt., a destructive fire broke out in Augusta large buildings were burnt. A gentleman, named Good in attempting to prevent the Kunnebec Hotel from tire, by pouring water, fell through the roof and was usly injured merican of the 26th gives an interesting account of steam voyage performed from Peru to Chili, by the amer, with 113 passengers. siness of Insurance at New Orleans had been very s. Several houses had become bankrupt, chiefly osses on cotton policies in steam-boat bottoms. ew York Express of the 31st ult. states that on the morning, no fewer than 700 passengers arrived from owing of the ice on the river having operated Albany, removal of an embargo. ,:s received at New Orleans from Matamoras and the Mexico, &c., state that General Arista has succeeded, " pitched battles," in chasing the Camanche Indians 1 the frontiers, capturing all the horses, money, &c., they had robbed from the department of Coahuilas, I releasing 42 captives the savages had carried away pri- Arista arrived at Matamoras on the 14th of Febru qved by the inhabitants with every demon- Yew York Daily Express. —On Saturday the Columbia, a new „itended to ply between this city and Hudson, launched from the yard of William Hathern, at Wil iburg. She is built for Mr. J. Bame, the enterprising rietor of the Hudson River line, and it is supposed will e to be one of the fastest' oats on the river; thus adding )ther to the far-famed floating palaces on the Hudson. he is 195 feet long, 26-i beam, has 43 inch cylinders, 11 feet :roke, and 26 feet wheel. The machinery was made by T. Secor and Co ; the joiner's work by Decker and Hatboro. he is to be commanded by Captain Thomas P. Newberry, ow of the Legislator. Ind was r STEAMBOA CORN TRADE Flour is firm in this market at 4 dollars 87 cents a barrel. This will probably be the price till the canal is open. Then it must fall, unless a greater demand comes from England. Prices have improved in Baltimore, though sales are small. Howard-street sells at 4 dollars 50 cents. Wheat is held at 85 to 93 cents a bushel. In Boston the grain market is a shade firmer. Nothing ing in flour. Yellow flat corn 51, White 47 cents a bushel. COTTON TRADE. his market remains in an uncertain► condition. At the st advices from abroad the dealers were undecided in re- ation to the extent of the crop. The immense efforts and inremitting mi sre p resen t a ti ons o f th e l arge h ouses an d their , that are baying reckless in the southern market, had ,duced the impression that the crop would be much short, id there was consequently some firmness displayed. On is side the attentio n of th e d ea l ers i n a ll t h e ports is direct. to the Liverpool mar k e t s , an d h ol d ers are firm, while imate buyers are driven back by the agents of large , s, who buy at any rates all they can get on credit. In Creme south there is a large amount of foreign orders at prices below those which the more reckless dealers g. This latter class have used the greatest exertions the cry of short crop, i n or d er to mitigate their as possibly. The facts, thus far, do not cments. VERY LATE FROM JAMAICA. Extract of a let ter from Kingston, dated March 2d, 1811 To give you an ide a of h o w thi n gs are going on here would piire the most horrid d etail of distress in trade th a t Ja dayaica s ever known. Of mon e y there is none. The e ver nouncement is of failures to an alarming extent. I b e li ev ey must amount to at least 500,000 dollars since the coin. micement of the year, and in my opinion the worst is not t known, for I imagine many others will follow. Our market is overstocked with American produce—there ist be at least 50,000 barrels of flour in our market yester y, with more expected. Our Colombia trade is stopped by the revolution there, d 1 see no room to hope for improv emen t for some time his our present news from Jamaica. I hope in mY ay be . able tocominunicate something Is the result of the abolition of slavery. — New d, 31st ult. more agreeable; MONIY MARKET,e—WA;S:slitumv The transactions in the fund p Age been inconsiderable, but the quotations improved anhi y7gre well supported. Con sols for money and this acconnt were 901 to 1, and for the next amount 90j to 1. Bank Stock 1711 to 21. India Stock 254 to 6. Exchequer Bills lls to 13s premium. The settlement of the half-monthly account in Foreign Stocks took place to-day, ;but eresented no special ferture. 1 Dutch Two-and-a-Half p er C en t s were 52 to , the Five per Cents 981 to 9. Belgian 101 to 3. Brazilian 69 to 70. Mexican 301 to 11. Colombian 224 to 34, Sprnish Active with the Coupons 231 to 3a. Portuguese Five per Cents 331 to I, the Three per Cents 20 to +. It is understood that a fiat has issued against the Messrs. Wakefield to-day, whose liabilities are carried by report as high as £200,000, which however appears an incredibly large sum, considering the limited extent of their banking busi ness. The profitable appointment of stockbrokers to that ponderously wealthy concern, the Equitable Assuraece Com pany, which they had long enjoyed, has been conferred to day upon Messrs. Capel, Cuertons, and Candy, a firm of well-known respectability and high standing on the Stock Exchange. Two or three failures of an unimportant character were re ported to-day in the vicinity of Fenchurch-street. But one occurred in the tea trade of an old-established concern to a more serious amount ; not, however, said to exeeed £60,000. The tea market notwithstanding was more firm to-day, and prices rather better. The delay which must intervene before any arrivals can be expected from the coasts of China, and even before cargoes can be taken in and completed at Wham poa, supposing that the preliminary convention of Captain Elliot be confirmed and a treaty founded on it finally con cluded, which many people are inclined to doubt, has con tributed to allay the panic among the holders of tea and to stop the downward tendency of prices. THE GREAT ROWING MATCH BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITIES OF CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD. This long• expected and interesting contest, which has ab sorbed the attention of sporting men of all grades during the past fortnight, was, on Wednedsday, brought to an issue, and afforded a very high treat to the patrons of aquatic sports. In these diversions the good folks of London and its vicinity have, from time out of mind, taken a peculiar interest ; in early times, however, the matches, or conten tions, on the bosom of Old Father Thames, were confined to watermen and persons in the more humble walks of life, but in later years the thing has assumed a different and ten fold more attractive form in consequence of the patronage bestowed upon it by the aristocracy of the country, gentle men of distinction not only encouraging others by their pre sence, but themselves participating in the exercise and sport. The gentlemen of the Universities have been long celebrated for equatic prowess. They have been from early boyhood used " to guide the bark, To walk the waters like a thing of life." And within the last four years, since the establishment of the Cambridge club-rooms, more attention has been be stowed upon this manly and scientific amusement than even heretofore. The first of the metches between the Universities on the London river took place in 1836, and in cluding the one of that year, until the present period, three races have been contested, in all of which the Cantabs have been successful. With a laudable desire to retrieve their lost laurels, a month ago the Oxonians again challenged their more successful rivals, who at once accepted the in vitation to the contest. The Oxonians had on former occa sions derived great advantage from the tuition of Combes, the well-known waterman, whose repeated successes against men of tier superior weight have brought him up next in repute to the Champion of the Thames, and again availed themselves of his valuable assistance. The Cantabs, how ever, as on former occasions, judged for themselves, and courted no " professional" aid, nor did they indeed take so early to practise in their boat as the other gentlemen. The Oxonians were first out on the water allotted for this test of stamina and skill on Wednesday fortnight, although all their crew were not in town, while, on the other hand, the Cam bridge men did not get into their boat until Friday week. The matches that have within the last five years taken place between the rival Universities have excited the greatest inte rest amongst all lovers of aquatic sports, but more particu larly amongst those whose happy stars have given them good fortunes, and whose only difficulty appears to be in which way they can dispose of them with the greatest gratification. This, and the interest naturally excited in a contest amongst gentlemen, will account for the thousands which depended upon the result of this conflict, looked forward to, as it was. with a degree of anxiety and excitement never surpassed in contests of this description. The former success of the Cantabs had predisposed sporting men in their favour, but all were loth to lay out money in wagers until they had an opportunity, by personal observation, of viewing the training efforts of each day. During the last week, at the club. houses at the West-end, betting has been 5 to 4 on Cam bridge, odds which increased a point on Tuesday ; and yes terday, at the time of starting, 7 to 4 was in many instances laid. At 6 o'clock precisely, both the University boats moved to the station at Westminster-bridge, and Cambridge having won the choice, took the Middlesex side. At this moment the sight was extraordinary. Westminster-bridge had long been impassable, and along the craft and land on either side of the Thames, as far as the eye could reach, it met thousands of animated and eager spectators. On the water, arranged almost in a row between Westminster-bridge and Lambeth Palace, were the Eclipse, chartered by Coombes and Kippen, the celebrated watermen, for the occasioa, the Vivid, the Lilac, the Primrose, and the Richmond, the whole of which were crowded with anxious spectatorr. The start took place at 10 minutes past six precisely, and on Mr. Searle firing the pistol, both crews, who had stooped in readiness for the stroke, went to work. Eight-oared Put ters have not so soon way upon them as lesser boats, and for the first half dozen strokes they drew their length along but slowly ; stroke succeeded stroke as quick as lightning, and it was evident, directly the boats were at full speed, that Cam bridge had got the best of the start. Amidst the almost deafening shouts of thousands, both crews strained every sinew, and there never was a finer exhibition in the way of rowing than that between the starting place and Battersea bridge. It was truly a spirit-stirring scene to witness the efforts of the young patricians, the future aspirants to fame and fortune the pulpit, at the bar, in the senate, to say nothing of those who " seek the bubble lihnour in the can non's mouth," manfully but fearlessly contending for victory on that which may fairly be termed their adopted element. At the Horseferry the Cambridge men were clear of their adversaries ; and as. they rowed round the point facing the Penitentiary, they had half a length a-head. As they neared Vauxhall -bridge, they were again greeted with loud plaudits, and, encouraged by the presence of so many admiring hun dreds, both dashed through the bridge in admirable trim. Here the Cambridge men were 10 seconds a-head ; but the Oxonians, nothing daunted, made a desperate effort to over haul their opponents, but in vain. They neared slightly in the reach of the water towards the Red-house. but it was but a spirt ; indeed, it was even doubted by some whether they did at all shorten the distance between their adversaries and themselves. _ _ _ _ _ _ Off Chelsea Hospital, the Cantabs, who had eased slightly for a few strokes, laid down to their work, and shot the cen tre arch of Battersea-bridge, 32:seconds a-bead of their op ponents. The least dilemma would have turned the fortune of the day, but the " race was to the swift," and the Cantabs first passed through Putney-bridge, greeted as the victors by thousands, at 3.3lminutes after the time of starting, and 1 minute and 5 seconds in advance of the Oxonians. The coup d'ceil at Putney-bridge was grand and imposing in the extreme. It was crowded by horsemen and splendid equipages of every description, and among the first-rate spectators were many elegantly attired ladies, whom not the dampness of the evening or lateness of the hour could deter. Cambridge has thus added another laurel to her brow, and although the victors, were not so distressed as persons would imagine, after so trying a struggle. BUILDING OF CHURCHES (From a Correspondent of the Times) The energy and power , Which the - Church of England has put forth, of late years, is quite astonishing ; and yet it seems still to increase and grow. The efforts which the last seven years have seen would have been deemed incredible a quarter of a century since, and still every succeeding month brings tokens of a further growth. In the year 1820 the voluntary contributions received by the three great church societies were as follow : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge £51,822 Church Missionary Society Society for the Propagation of the Gospel In the year 1810 the receipts of the same three societies were— -•- Church Missionary Soeiety £100,251 _ . Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge .. 81,970 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (about) 40,000 Being far more than a doubling, in the space of twenty years. But this is only a single feature. The National Society, in 1820, collecting £2500 per annum, raised, in the course of last year, about £15,000. Two societies also have recently sprung up, for providing additional curates, and these raised, in the last twelve mouths, about £30,000 between them. The main effort, however, is directed to the supply of our overgrown parishes with new churches and ministers. The total sum raised and spent on this object in the course of the last 10 years must be very great. In London we have seen £120,000 raised in four years by the Metropolitan Churches Committee, and £46,000 since then, for the single parish of Bethnal-green. Other districts, too, have made their separ ate efforts. Islington, when the present Bishop of Calcutta took the vicarage, had one church and one chapel of ease. It has now ten churches and chapels connected with the Esta blishment. A very remarkable effort of this kind has just been made in Manchester. The Rev. Hugh Stowell, who is incumbent of a church at Salford, called together a few of his friends, and proposed to them to make an attempt to build and en dow ten new churches. The sum necessary to be raised was £lO,OOO. In about three weeks they succeeded in collecting £22,000. Meanwhile a spirit of emulation sprang up in another part of that immense town, and a meeting was called, with the dean in the chair, to concoct a similar but independent scheme ; or rather to revive an old church building society, which had latterly fallen asleep. And this second subscription has already reached £17,000 ; in addi tion to which, one wealthy individual has engaged to build and endow one church at her own cost ! Amidst all these plans and efforts, a very natural inquiry is made, why the government remains quiescent, and lends no aid in this im portant work ? And the people are already beginning to call upon the House of Commons to contribute some help in furtherance of their undertaking. Now, the mere fact of the earnestness and costliness of the public movement constitutes in itself some claim on the attention of the legislature. Any proper and laudable object on which the people have set their affections becomes, from that very circumstance, a matter worthy of the consideration of the House of Commons. Even the embellishment of, and free access to, a piece of one of the parks, is quite mat ter enough for the mind of parliament, if the people reason ably desire it. _ _ _ Sir It. H. Inglis 's motion is to be renewed, we perceive, shortly after Easter; and a good many petitions in its favour have already been presented. Their number, we anticipate, will be greatly increased as the period fixed for making the motion draws near. The King of Hanover has given directions for the dis mantling of his apartments in St. James's Palace ; waggon loads of valuable articles are daily sent off. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER DATED MACAO, JAN. 22: " Regarding the terms of Captain Elliot's treaty with the Chinese, I have not temper to speak. He had the Chinese at his feet, and might have had what he wished ; and what has he got? A few paltry dollars and a barren island, where to be sure there is a tine harbour, but it is 100 miles from Canton, the seat of business, which will always have the pre ference. If all foreigners were excluded from Canton, it would do very well, but while the Americans and others go there we must do so likewise. There is no doubt that had Elliot taken the Bogue forts, which would not have cost a sin gle life, and pushed up to Canton, the people would have forced the Commissioner to make peace on any terms. The Chinese cannot fight, and the panic occasioned among them by the shells and Congreve rockets is beyond description ; they are greater cowards than ever I thought them. Their numbers are of no avail, indeed a disadvantage. You wili see we have not gained even liberty of trade to the northern ports, on which our hopes of increasing the sale of British manufactures were founded. I cannot believe that Parlia ment will approve Captain Elliot's conduct. The Chinese are already chuckling, and say they have got the best of it. It makes me quite sick to think of it, and there are not half a dozen people either on s h ore or afloat who are not quite furious." FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1841 The Brindle will cause, which occupied so much time at our assizes, and which was settled so much to the satisfaction, we 'doubt not, of the Rev. Thomas Sherburne, popish priest, furnishes to our mind just an additional and very striking proof of the grasping and encroaching principle of Popery. If there be any advantage to which the reverend legatee and father confessor is entitled, personally, from the circumstance of the heirs at law having given in without entering into a rebutting case, we freely concede it to him. The case, as made for Mr. Sherburne, was different from what the public expected. There seems. to have been no fraud—no attempt to convert into an available tes tamentary paper an instrument that was not legally such, nor any legal incapacity on the part of the testa tor to make a will and leave a handsome estate of above £460 per annum to Father Sherburne, a total stranger to him by blood or connection, if so it were his mind to do. On this head the counsel for the heirs at law and the learned judge who tried the case, after hearing a great deal of evidence, were satisfied, and an ar rangement was entered into which put an end to all further litigation, and will secure Mr. Sherburne or his church in the enjoyment of this piece of good fortune. Thus far, we grant, the advantage is all on the defend ant's side. He has his bond ; the law awards it to him, and he may not be denied the fruits. If the issue had gone to the jury, the material ques tion for them to determine would have been, whether Mr. William Heatley was of sound mind at, till time he executed the disputed will and on that point, we allow, it would have been impossible (the evidence ad duced in support of the affirmative standing uncontra dicted) to have decided otherwise than in favour of the will. But let us suppose that the issue had been a little different, and that the question to be determined were, whether the disposition of his property made so largely in favour of the priest by the testator was, or was not, attributable mainly to the " influence and as cendancy of popish superstition over his mind"—we are much mistaken or the verdict would have been such as to give new honours to the "acquisitiveness" of that wakeful and amazingly self-enriching system. The testator, though not deficient in ordinary busi ness, was, it seems, under strong impressions as to the efficacy of Romish services for the good of his soul, strict in the observance of all the ordinances of reli gion, and in the habit of entertaining priests pretty frequently at his house. A band of monks and other ecclesiastics used, as admitted by one of the witnesses, to hold " conferences" thereat ; and it is certain that he was a wealthy old bachelor. With these facts we would submit to a discerning and enlightened jury an exposition of Romish doctrines touching confession of sins to a priest, absolution by the same, purgatory, masses, prayers for the dead, and so forth; and, after this, some thousand-and-one well-authenticated and unresistible histories of actual acquisitions made by that church with its immense corporatioh of bachelors prowling about and seeking whom they may devour; and, having thus arranged our case, and put it into the hands of some able lawyer, such as Mr. Cresswell or Sir W. Follett, we would with great confidence look for a verdict in favour (if we may call it so) of the Church of Rome ; that is to say, they would decide that although in this case the attending confessor ob tained for himself, or his church, a snug estate, with out imputation of any actually fraudulent or unlawful practice, (in common parlance,) he got it, nevertheless, through that influence, and that alone, which popish doctrines on the one side, and extreme credulity ,on the other, enabled him to exercise, or placed at his com mand. The Church of Rome possesses inexhaustible sources of self-enrichment in various modes ; but this of in ducing her votaries to bequeath their wealth in her favour in the prospect of death, has ever been one of the most fruitful. The innumerable abbeys and reli gious houses, says Blackstone, which were built in this country within a century after the conquest, and en dowed so amply, owe their origin to the due appliance of the Romish ecclesiastics, who taught the overgrown lords and their adherents in those times of civil tumult, that founding a monastery a little before their deaths would atone for a life of incontinence, disorder, and bloodshed. And the doctrine inculcated was, "that whatever was so given to, or purchased by, the monks and friars, was consecrated to God himself; and that to alienate, or take it away, was no less than the sin of sacrilege." It is the inevitable tendency and effect of Romanism to enrich the church and starve the people. Look to Ireland at this moment, where this process is carried on with the most lamentable success. There the Po pish ecclesiastics are acquiring immense riches, and building magnificent chapels, whilst the unfortunate, fleeced people are steeped in poverty to the very lips. Their machinery for extortion is unequalled in any thing ever before known in the world, and it is ever at work. We may acquit Mr. Sherburne, then, on the evi dence in the Brindle will cause, of using any unlawfnl means; but we certainly do not acquit his church of being the great instrument by which he, a bachelor priest, and a total stranger to the testator, obtained, in preference to his two nieces, who had large families, and with whom he (the testator) was on the most friendly terms, an estate of f 460 a-year and upwards. And this fact only shows that if Popery rears its crest once more in this country, it will do so with all its ancient pernicious influences and powers. It is rather a sore point with the free-trade agitators that if the corn duties were lowered or abolished, wages must be lowered in proportion. This is a proposition which throws a stumbling-block in their way of no small amplitude, and we find that they bestow a great deal of indignation, if not of argument on those who advance it. Yet it appears to us that there can be no thing more obvious or unquestionable. Mr. Charles Holland contends that if we take the corn of foreign countries, we must therefore this is a non sequitur.ereforesendthemou There our ,eis such a thing—in commodi ties in exchange ; bu practice, at least, if not in theory — as a "reciprocity all on one side," and we have experi enced it abundantly before now. The foreigner, h e says, will not give us his bread for nothing. No, of course not; but he will for hard cash; and this is just what is to be apprehended. We should take his corn ; but it is not a necessary sequence that he should take our goods in exchange. Nay, the cheap-corn-men ac tually negative the idea of our holding out any induce. ment cp hir4 to do on; (pr the shy, cheaper bred, but not lower wi 4 ges. Can they pos,iibly lie serious in ad vancing such absurdity—such transparent humbug ? 11 wages arc not to be lowered, bow shall our commo dities find a more easy vent in foreign markets than they do at present ; and if they are to be lowered, what advantage will the operatives. derive from altering or even Pbolishing the corn duties ? Here is a dilemma out of which we defy the democracy of free trade to escape. Cheap bread does not imply low wages, said Mr. Thornely, else why the great number of vessels now in the docks of Liverpool advertised to take emi grants from the labouring portion of the population to. the United States and to Canada? Would these la bourers emigrate except for the inducement of higher wages in those countries ? This was his proof that cheaper bread would not lessen wages in this country. Surely the honourable member for Wolverhampton (the colleague of Mr. Villiers) must have been jesting when he adduced this fact by way of proving that a different price of bread in this country would have no effect upon wages. In America it is the inadequacy of the supply of labour to the demand which causes the high rate of wages ; but let the proportion of demand and supply be altered.in favour of the latter, and wages will immediately come down; and commerce being re gulated by the price of food, there is no parallel in the cases which he attempts to compare. In this country the labour market is overstocked, and the price of food is the most important ingredient which regu gulates its hire; in America a state of things exactly the reverse prevails, and wages are consequently de termined chiefly by the supply in the market, and not by the price of corn; and they are high not because corn is cheap, but because labour is scarce. The ho nourable member says that all the representations about the cheapness of corn bringing down wages are a " de lusion" ; but we say that any other representation is a delusion, and nothing but a delusion, whilst the rela tions of demand and supply as, to labour continue such as they now are. Oh, but there will be an increased de mand for our manufactures in consequence of the corn trade being opened; but what will produce that, unless by lowered wages we shall be better able to compete with the domestic manufactures of foreign countries ? We are assured by Sir Joshua Walmsley, another great cheap-loaf authority, that " if we should cease to be an exporting country of manufactures, we should sink as rapidly as we have risen." But how have we become an exporting country ? It was not by having an unprotected agriculture that we became so—by subjecting the heavily taxed British farmer to a ruinous competition with the lightly taxed, or the altogether untaxed, serfs of Poland and boors of Germany. It was not with such a system we pros pered ; and with such a system it would have been im possible for us to have arrived at that position of inde pendence and great political consequence which we have enjoyed. But we have been now so long at peace with the world, that it is imagined, we suppose, we are never to be at war again, and that every other conside ration must give way to our trading interest. Well, be it so. We abolish our corn duties then, not to lower wages but to increase exports ; the farmers and gentry are despoiled to give a little additional employ ment to our shipping, and to supply the factory people with cheaper bread, and some trifling increase" does take place (let us suppose) in our exports ; "Peter" is robbed and " Paul" is paid ; let us suppose this, although if employers are to derive no direct advantage from the change of system, we cannot conceive how it can well be ; but no matter—let us suppose it. But then agri cultural industry is prostrated ; inferior soils are thrown out of cultivation ; rents fall ; and distress necessarily overtakes all whose fortunes are bound up with the produce of the soil, and its price in the market. Now, do the manufacturers imagine that they will sustain no loss in the home market in consequence of this fata lity, which would perhaps more than nullify all their gains derived from a trifling increase in their exports ? Here is a " respect that should give them pause," if they will only look at it. The "little Corsican," in spleen and spite, vexation and bitterness of soul, did, once upon a time, call us, in the way of contempt and disparagement, " a nation of shopkeepers ;" but he had found to his cost, that we were " ugly customers" as well, and that we have a way of " dealing" both by wholesale and retail—and though preferring to be civilians, in general, that we can spew fight " sometimes." But there are twaddlers amongst us who really take this speech. of the defunct Corsican as if it contained a serious truth, and who would have us act as if we really were what the " sa tirical knave" said here. Yes, they would sweep away our farm-houses—let our corn-fields run to waste — pauperise our gentry, and exile our " bold peasantry — their country's pride,"—in order to cover the whole land with factories, and train the rising generation in the healthful and intellectual operations of factory la bour. Fine reformers these —men of great souls, and wondrous patriots. But we beg pardon—the phrase is "children of light"—they are children of light; so Mr. William Rathbone calls them. And certainly by his splendid oration on the stage on Monday, he gave great proof that he is himself a most promising babe of the illumination. He boasted on this occasion that they had ensnared the Tories by the recent meeting in the Court House, and committed them to the principles of free trade. Why, what meanness and trickery are here ! But the statement is absolutely untrue. The Tories were not ensnared, whatever intention might have been entertained to that effect by Mr. W. Rath bone, or his cofreres—nor were they committed to any thing beyond what they are now perfectly willing to abide by. The Corn Duties were specially exempted from the matters to be discussed at the Court House meeting ; and there is not the slightest inconsistency in assenting to a general principle, but maintaining, at the same time, that there are exceptions to the rule which must be strictly and rigidly guarded. Monim or DUBLIN.—We recommend our readers to visit this very ingenious model. It is the best worth seeing of any that has of late been exhibited. " TEN THOUSAND A YEAR."-Mr. Martin's clever drama of this name has been just published. We have enjoyed a hearty laugh over it, while the recollection of the capital way in which it was played at the Liver is fresh in our memory. We are glad to see this demand for a drama first played in Liverpool. It is very amusing; the dialogue is well sus tained and full of spirit. We recommend it to those who have a taste for dramatic literature. DEATH BY FALLING INTO A CELLAR.—On the after noon of Wednesday a little girl, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Moses Moss, Clarence-buildings, Mansfield-street, fell into an unprotected cellar, in that neighbourhood, and was se verely injured. She was carried home, and two surgeons were immediately in attendance, who paid her every atten tion ; but she died at three o'clock yesterday morning, ill consequence of the injuries she had received. An inquest will be held to-morrow. DEATH BY BURNING.—On the sth instant, as Catharine Bell, a woman 67 years of age, who was much addicted to drinking, was sitting alone, and partly undressed, in the cel lar in which she lived, under No. .14, New Bird-street, a spark from the candle ignited her clothes, and she rushed into the street, in a blaze. A mau named Smith went up to her, and succeeded in putting out the fire. She was soon after attended by a surgeon, but lingered on until Tuesday morn ing, when she expired. In the opinion of the surgeon, the immediate cause of death was the burning. though the de ceased had previously injured herself by inebriety. An in quest was held yesterday on view of_ the body, and a verdict of—died by being accidentally burned—w?s returned. Some other parties,—abandoned characters — live in the cellar, but were all absent when tho accident occurred. YOUNG MEN'S ESTABLISHED CHURCH SOCIETY. —Last evening a most admirable sermon was delivered in St. Jude's Church by the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, to the members of the Young Men's Established Church Society, on " the position of the Christian ministry relatively with the civil ruler, and the connection between a national e stablishment of the c h urc h, and the permanence of such Scriptural position." The rev. gentleman selected his text from the 13 and 14th verses of the 2d chapter of the First Epistle general of Peter—" Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether it be to the king as supreme, or unto governors as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and to the praise of them that do well." The dis- couase, which we understand will speedily be printed, occu pied about an hour and a quarter, and was listened to with the most profound attention by a crowded congregation. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. —The contracts for eleven miles:of this line (from Bridgewater to Taunton) have all been let so as insure the completion of the whole distance within twelve months. The terms are £lB,OOO a mile, in cluding the permanent way, and every other expense. This line is now likely to return a handsome dividend to the pro prietors, as well as confer incalculable benefits upon the surrounding country. THE SILK GOWN.—" To be or not to be" is the question which is now agitating the Wesleyan body througho u t t hi s country, on the snbject of wearing clerical gowns in th e pul pits of the Society, by its itinerant ministers. Mr. Welsh, in a pamphlet which he has published, states that the system, if adopted by all the itinerant preachers, will cost the Society £7OOO a-year. The Rev. S. D. Waddy, the most popular Wesleyan preacher in this town, having had a silk gown pre sented to him by some ladies in his congregation. has ap peared therein in public, but his so doing has riot met with the approval of th e o ffi ce b earer s of the Society in Hull. The Rev. Mr. Bunting, at Manchester,. also appeared in one on the same day as Mr. Waddy, which circumstance being strongly disapproved of, Mr. B. has withdrawn himself until the Conference , when the matter will com e on for discussion. —Hull Paper. REPRESENTATION OF LONDON•^"A number of citizens have pressed Sir Peter Laurie to allow himself to be nomi nated at the next election • he has accepted their invitation. Xrthur, to ba THEE TRE-ROYAL, LIVhRPOOL Undeo the Mouggement of Mr. CLARKR, 9ple Law , EASTER HOLIDAYS The Public are respectfully informed, that the celebrated Vocalists, Miss DELCY, whqse success was so decided. last season, at the Theatre-Rdyal, Drury-lane; and Mr. TEMPLETON, of the same Theatre, are engaged for TEN NIGHTS, and will make their fifth appearance here THIS EVENING, Friday, Aprill6.. To give additional effect to the Operas, an arrangement has been made with Mr. F. GARDNER, of the Theatre- Royal, Bath, (pupil of Mr. T. WELSH,) for the period for which Miss Delcy and Mr. Templeton are engaged. The Opera of FRA DIAVOLO, which was most rapturous ly received last night, will be repeated early in the ensuis►g week. The Opera of LA SONNAMBULA, in which Mieelcy was greeted with most enth us i ast i c app l ause i n le cha racter of Amina, and Mr. Templeton was received in his original character of Elvino with the warmjst tokens of approbation, will be repeated This Evening. The Opera of CINDERELLA, having leen received on Monday and Tue s d a y w i t h most disc , guished applause, will be repeated pre v i ous t o t h e termi tion of the engage ment of Miss Delcy a n d M r . Temple on. THIS present FRIDAY, th e 'l6th i ns t., w ill b e per f orme d Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. The Musical Arrangements Conducted by Mr. Rophino Lacy. Leader of the Orchestra (which will be considerably aug- mented) Mr. Aldridge. Amina.... (betrothed to Elvino) Miss Delcy. Elvino. Rodolpho.. Mr. G. Horncastle. Liza.. Miss E. Honer, After which, the popular Romantic Melo-Drama, called THE WOODMAN'S HUT. Moritz. Mr. Baker. Amelia.. Mrs. W. H. Bland. TO-MORROW (Saturday), the Tragedy of DAMON AND PYTHIAS. Damon, Mr. Stuart; Pythias, Mr. H. Holl ; Calanthe, Mrs. W. H. Bland ' • Hermion, Miss Clea ver.—To conclude with the Music a l Play of GUY MAN NERING. Col. Mannering, Mr. G. Horncastle ; Henry Bertram, Mr. F. Gardner; Dominie Sampson, Mr. Baker; Julia Mannering, Miss E. Homier; Lucy Bertram, Mrs. Barton ; Meg Merrilies, Miss Cleaver. On MONDAY next, Mr. TEM PLETON's BENEFIT, and the last night but four of the engagement of Mr. Tem pleton and Miss Delcy. TO CORRESPONDENTS The advertisement of Mr. M`Neile's lecture was, owing to an oversight, omitted in the STANDARD of Tuesday last. Ebe Ztherpool &tanbarb. COAI MODORE NA PIER It wilt afford our readers no small gratification io learn that ip all probability Commodore Sir Charles Napier will grace by his presence a public dinner given to him by the inhabitants of Liverpool, on landing in Europe after his glorious achievements in the East. Immediately on its being ascertained that the Commodore was on board the .Oriental, a requisition was set on foot, with praiseworthy alacrity, expressive of the sense entertained of the great services rendered by him to our beloved country, and to the interests of Europe, and requesting the honour of his com pany to a public dinner immediately on being released from quarantine. This was signed in a few hours by about two hundred of the principal gentlemen of the town, of all par ties, and was headed by the signature of the Mayor. A deputation, consisting of the Mayor, John Garnett, William Brown, John Taylor, William Stewart, T. C. Dunlevie, Jaques Myers, R. Woodward, J. Pollock, Esqrs., and other gentlemen, yesterday proceeded in the Redwing, which was kindly placed at their disposal l Captain Bevis, to the Quarantine Ground, to present the requisition to the Com modore, and the result of their interview leaves no doubt that the object of their visit will be attained. A meeting of the requisitionists is convened to-day, and will be found advertised in the usual place. The gallant old veteran i s expected to land to-day at one o'clock, and no doubt will be greeted, as he deserves, with a hearty welcome. CLOSING OF PUBLIC HOUSES One of the greatest improvements of modern till's in the metropolis is the regulation by which every tavern, gin palace, beerhouse, or coffee-house, is compelled to close its doors precisely at twelve o'clock on the Saturday night, and is not allowed to re-open till one o'clock in the afternoon of Sun day. Instead of the orderly church-going inhabitants being shocked continually in their way to their places of worship with the sight of crowds of drunken men and women, just turned out of the dens in which they have been drinking all night perhaps or from an early hour in the morning, to loiter about until the hour for re-opening, the sight of a drunken person on a Sunday morning is now rare indeed. The interval between the Saturday night's excess and one o'clock on Sunday is sufficient to allow of the return of so briety. The poor man has time to collect his senses; and the beneficial result is, that instead of the whole of his week's earnings being squandered in one uninterrupted debauch, he is compelled, even against his inclination, to be sober for at least a portion of the Sabbath ; and in very many cases there is no doubt that he spends the remaining portion in a manner worthy of a rational and thinking being. Perhaps it would be well if those liberal gentlemen in the Town Council who a few years ago were so anxious to pro vide quoiting and skittle grounds, baths, and other similar relaxations for the working classes, would turn their atten tion to the vast amount of real advantage to be conferred upon those classes by the procuring of such a regulation with respect to the hours of closing these places of resort in Li verpool. It is a well-known fact that there are thousands of our population to whom Sunday is a day appropriated exclusively to drunkenness—who never arrive at a moment of sobriety on that day. Thousands, it is well known, lie down in their clothes on a Saturday night, in order to be ready to reel to the ginshop or the beerhouse by daybreak. The fields and the lanes in the outskirts of the town afford ample evidence how the church-hours are passed ; and the scenes of riot and disorder which disgrace our streets on the Sunday evening, are sufficient to shew with what zest they have returned, after these temporary rests in the process of bestialization, to the enjoyment of their darling vice. With such a regulation as that which is strictly enforced in the metropolis, it is probable, nay certain, that much of this crying evil would be avoided. The working man would be enabled to sit down to a comfortable meal with the money which he now spends in prolonging his Saturday night's re vel ; and, perhaps, instead of returning to the spirit-vaults after church-hours, he might be induced to spend the day soberly with his family, or even to attend a place of worship. It may be urged that by such a regulation the interests o the publicans would be injured. It may be said to savour of Andrew Agnewism. Be it so. With respect to the publican s, however, there is little doubt that the respectable portion of that body in Liverpool, as in London, would gladly welcome the regulation in question ; and as to the Andrew Agnewism, let it he judged by its fruits, which would be an increase in the comforts of the working man's home—in the decency of his wife and his children—and an increase too in the stock of public morality. We throw out these hints in the hope that sonic member of the Council, or some of our magistracy, will direct their attention towards the subject. We have ourselves very recently had an opportunity of witnessing the regulation in its working, and can cordially recommend its adoption. SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION One of the most entertaining and useful lectures we have ever listened to was given by Mr. Purnell, at this rising in stitution, on Monday evening last. The subject was Mental Nautical Astronomy, which, as described by the lecturer, is an exceedingly ingenious way of working astronomical pro blems, without the aid of pen, book, or map : and when it is considered that the mariner is often unable to obtain these helps when most anxious to ascertain his position, the sub ject assumes an importance and value which cannot be too strongly impressed upon nautical men. Previous to the opening of the lecture, Mr. Rowatt addressed the company, and stated that he had studied the science under Mr. Pur nell some years ago, and could bear the strongest testimony to the great utility of it from his own experience. He felt, therefore, the greater pleasure in introducing that gentleman, who had so handsomely responded to the call made upon him al the close of Mr. Hunt's last lecture, and whose reputation for thorough knowledge of the subject about to be brought forward was so well known. Mr. Purnell commenced his address by a modest and elo quent appeal to his hearers on behalf of his favourite study, and then proceeded to expound the system in detail. Our limits will not allow us to follow the talented lecturer so much at length as we could wish, and we must content our selves with a brief sketch of its leading features. Mental nautical astronomy is founded upon mnemonics, the nume rals being represented by the consonants of our alphabet. A student is supposed to place himself in the centre of a square, or four-sided room. He draws an imaginary line round the middle of the walls, and considers the space above the line as the northern, and the space below as the southern hemi sphere. Each wall comprehends a season in annual calcula tions, six hours in daily reckoning, and ninety degrees in the earth's measurement. Along the equinoxial line the mind places the twelve signs of the zodiac, three on each wall, and by associating some pictorial association with their names, they are easily and firmly fixed in the memory. In like man ner, by a longitudinal and horizontal subdivision of the walls nto imaginary spaces, and placing the fixed stars, in their pictorial character, within them, the mind soon acquires a recollection of their positions which, in the ordinary way, is rarely completely mastered. The calculations of the appa rent movement of the sun and fixed stars in the heavens, caused by the motion of our earth, are then carried on by means of short pithy sentences, containing the consonants, which give the results sought for ; and the right ascension of the sun on any given day, the hour any star passes the meri dian, or, in fact, any problem of calculation in astronomy, is arrived at by this method in a manner surprisingly rapid and easy, as was demonstrated by the quick replies the lecturer elicited from his auditors, some of whom, to our knowledge, had never heard of the system previously, and all of whom were certainly at that moment deprived of the aid of their old friend Norie. Tyros in astronomy were amazed at find ing themselves, in the space of a few minutes, capable of cal culating movements of heavenly bodies, the mere names of which they were scarcely acquainted with before, and not a few of the veteran commanders made up their minds (if we mistake not) to remedy the neglects of early education, by studying this rail-rotd key to that all-important science which opens to the mariner the ends of the earth, and enables him to steer his bark in safety over the pathless deep ! At the conclusion of the lecture the audience testified their high sense of Mr. Purnell's abilities, and of the entertain ment and instruction he had given them, by loud and conti nued plaudits. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed, accompanied by a request that he would not only continue the subject at a future day, but that he would repeat the lec ture of that evening at an early period, in order that they might have the pleasure of hearing it again, and be enabled to afford their friends the benefit of the whole series, by at tending at the repetition. Mr. Purnell, with that generous disregard of time and trouble which characterises the man of genius and learning, most kindly, and without hesitation, assented to the wishes of the company, and promised to " begin again" on Monday evening next, at half-past six in the evening, when we shall be much surprised if the room of the association will contain the candidates for admission. The oldest bridge now existing in England is the triangular bridge at Croyland,in Lincolnshire, (sometimes called Crow land) which is said to have been erected about A.D. 860, but with what view it is difficult, if not altogether impossible to determine. It is obvious that utility was not the object of the builder, though it may be allowed to claim the qualities of boldness of design, and singularity of construction, as much as any bridge in Europe. It is formed by three serni-arches, whose bases stand in the circumference of a circle ' equidis tant from each other, and uniting at the top. Nicholson says that this curious triune formation has led many persons to imagine that the architect intended to suggest an idea of the Trinity thereby. This venerable bridge is now nearly 1,000 years old ! CAMBRIDGE.—BEAUTIFUL WORKING OF THE POST OFFlCE.—Considerable excitement has for some time past prevailed, owing to a number of letters and newspapers not having reached the hands of the parties to whom they had been addressed ; and on Friday suspicion having fallen upon William Jervis, one of the letter carriers in this town, the superintendent of police and an officer searched his dwelling house, where they discovered 261 letters and 74 newspapers, all of which had been embezzled; and on apprehending him in the afternoon 41 letters were found on him which should have been delivered in the morning. Information having been given to the mayor, Jervis was examined, and remanded for further examination till Friday next, to allow time for the Postoffice authorities to come forward to prosecute. On being taken to the gaol and searched by the gaoler, four other letters were found secreted on his person, one of which, at least, was a money letter.—Cambridge Advertiser. THE ?RESIT ENT STEAM-SHIP Although we have yet no intelligence of the President, we Loy no means despair of her safety. It is admitted on all hands that she was faithfully constructed, and of the best materials ; and her captain and officers men of talent and . experience ; and we cannot but entertain a strong hope that she will yet make her appearance. Numerous have been the speculations put forth respecting her, and we have ourselves suggested some probabilities, which have been caught up by our contemporaries in the metropolis, as well as in the pro vinces. Fayal, Madeira, and laterally the Bermudas, have been pointed out as points to the southward, to one or two of which she might have borne up, after a breakage in her machinery or steering gear, or any other casualty that might have befallen her, during gales that prevailed on the western side of the Atlantic, soon after her departure from New York. We must in candour state that had she reached either of the first-named places, we should in all probability have learned the tact before now, the wind having prevailed from the westward, and vessels thence being in frequent transit to thisjsland, and to ports on the European continent. With respect to Bermudas, which is in about the same latitude as Madeira, (3G deg.) we think it improbable that she would make, or endeavour to make, that cluster of small islands, inasmuch as it is much further west than Fayal or Madeira, and, with - the prevailing west winds, (supposing them to have been met with,) after she had made a considerable offing from New - York, St. George's would 'have been a precarious, because somewhat of a windward port.— We must now look at a brighter side of the -question. —We yesterday conversed with a nautical gentleman, well versed in ocean steam navigation, and who has sailed in an official capacity in the President, and he has it from good authority, that Captain Roberts had stated to a brother captain, that in his homeward voyage he would take the northerly or direct course, in the assurance that he would not be at so early a period of the season interrupted by the ice. It has, however, occurred that the ice in the north sea, has broken up this spring earlier than usual ; and he thinks it likely, particularly as the British Queen has thereby been disabled and obliged to put into Halifax, that the President had encountered bodies of ice, which damaged her paddle-wheels and boxes. Captain Roberts would then be thrown upon his sails, and if the sea were heavy she might, from rolling, have lost one or more of her spars, which she could not readily replace even by ajury mast. In such a case she might tumble about amongst the ice, almost helpless for a considerable number of days before she could extricate herself, and that, too, without actual danger to those on board, and without meeting with any vessel that could convey to us any knowledge of her temporary predica ment. The same argument would hold true if she had car ried away her rudder. Moreover, as we feel bound to notice every incident which may allay the public anxiety, we extract the following from the Dublin Evening Mail of Wednesday, and hope that the inference which is drawn by our contem porary may prove to be correct : " THE PRESIDENT.-IMPORTANT, " Just as we were going to press, the following facts were communicated to us : " A letter this day reached Dublin, bearing the Havre post-mark, of the 10th of April, vi hich was posted at Quebec on the 2d March, and directed to be sent by the President. " It bears the New York date stamp of the Bth of March, three days prior to the day fixed for the sailing of that ves sel; therefore• it is inferred that the letter came by her — that she is safe,.or, at all events, that her crew and passen gers have escaped the fate to which it was feared they had been doomed." THEATRE ROYAL, The young prima donna, Miss Delcy, whose first appear ance we noticed in our last, has proved a loadstone to the iron-hearted public, by drawing excellent houses. Miss Delcy has 'excited much attention in the musical world, and the amateurs of this town have had their anticipations raised by the reports of her excellence, that have reached them. Their expectations have been quite realized, and we can safely pronounce her as the most successful debutante that has appeared since the time of Miss Inverarity, whose pro mise of excellence was quite equal to Miss Delcy's. Taking into consideration her extreme youth, and want of experience, bright hopes may be indulged in, that she will achieve the very highest step in the professional ladder, which many es say to climb, but few surmount. Nature has commenced a goodly work, which science has continued, hut which time only can complete. Miss Deley's voice is of a fine quality, full and round in tone, and of good compass. Her execution is brilliant and effective, without appearing forced or strained; her style is chaste, without that extreme mannerism per vading more or less in artists of every degree. In person, Miss Delcy is petite, her face is pretty and expressive, her eye brilliant, and her carriage graceful. Her knowledge of music is great, she shews excellent tuition; but to compare her with Mrs. Wood or Miss Sherriff would be unfair; they have reached that summit which Miss Delcy must climb — that she will do so and maintain her position, there can be no doubt of, if health and strength permit. Miss Delcy has faults—and who is without them—all of which a further in timacy with her art will cure. " Cinderella" was delight fully done; Miss Delcy's Cinderella was tasteful, natural, and unforced. Her " Now with grief" was a delicious effort of skill. The other parts in this opera are too well, known in Liverpool to need comment. We ought not, however, to avoid noticing two features in it, the first, Mr. George Horn castle's playing Baron Pompolino, and secondly, the intro duction by Mr. Templeton of " I love her, how I love her." The former was inimitable, and deserved the highest praise; the latter was a sample of bad taste. It is most vile to introduce a.vulgar clap-trap gallery ballad into an opera of high pre tensions, and ought to be reformed altogether.. Although the song was encored, it was in our opinion undeserved, for Mr. Templeton did not sing—but shouted—it ; ,a habit, by the way, we have noticed during his present engagement. On Wednesday Bellini's exquisite opera of " Sonnambula" was performed. Miss Delcy, as Amina, fully sustained the favour won by her in Cinderella. Without the passionate fervour of Miss Sherriff, or the vigour of Mrs. Wood, Miss, Delcy seemed to take a line of her own, bringing out the character by simplicity and artlessness most touching and winning. She occasionally electrified the audience by startling effects, shewiug plainly what she will do when time has matured her powers. One drawback is, that Miss Delcy does not clearly enunciate her words—she is all tone : this we particularly remarked in Amina. Some pretend to like it ; we cannot say we " follow on the same side." Mr. Tem pleton does not sing Elvino so well as he was wont ; he has lost a great deal of that purity 'of manner which he once possessed. His ".All is lost now" was very clever and beau tiful, and was encored ; but we have heard him sing it in finitely better. The effect of it was much marred by the absurdity of the audience, in encoring and applauding before it was half over : really the frequenters of the Theatre-Royal have heard " Sonnambula" often enough to know better. Mr. George Horncastle dressed, acted, and sang the Count 1?odolpho excellently. He sang the scena, " When 1 view these scenes," very well. We like him in it as well as any one we have seen. Mr. Eaton, as Alessio, made his first bow before a Liverpool audience on this occasion ; be possesses much humour, and reminds us strongly of Buck stone in voice and manner. He played Alessio well, but dressed it most ridiculously and injudiciously. He wore a monstrous tall straw hat, like a Kentuckian's, and a dress which was more fitting for an amphitheatrical buffoon or a Chinese morris dancer. The eye must be pleased ; the " monstrosity" of the dress may make the unskilful laugh, but it will cause " the judicious to grieve." Miss E. Honner played Lisa very prettily, but it was evident that she has not the power to sing the difficult songs in the part as they ought to be sung. Miss Honner tried to do her best. We have heard her sing ballads, and think she will step upon " Kate Kear ney's" heels in warbling them. This is not said in dispa ragement; Miss Honner is a great acquisition to the theatre. The songs of Lisa are difficult, and require a voice of no or dinary compass. Taken altogether, " Sonnambula" was capitally done, and will prove a Treat to all who listen to it. An excellent farce, called " Lodgings for Single Gentlemen,'► has been produced, in which Mrs. Clarke, as an inquisitive and meddling landlady, kept the house in a continuous and positive roar of laughter. Mr. Holl's Captain Postlethwaite was very good, and full of vivacity. This evening" Son nambula" will be repeated. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT AT SEA.—On Thursday last, during the passage of the John Bull, steamer, from Ham burg to London, an accident of a most singular nature hap pened to a young man, named Clark, an apprentice on board, who is nearly out of his time. Clark was sent into the main chains, some hours after the vessel left Hamburgh, for the purpose of heaving the lead. He was on the larboar'd side of the vessel, and had been engaged for some time in taking soundings, when he was suddenly missed by the mate, who was at the wheel. and who heard a noise resembling that of a man splashing his hands and feet in the water. The vessel was immediately stopped, and backed a-stern, the boat lowered, and the men who rowed it looked about for nearly 20 minutes, but without being able to find him. The boat returned to the steamer, and was hoisted up, and the vessel proceeded on her voyage, every one supposing he was lost. Directly afterwards some of the men went to the side of the vessel, and hauled in the lead line, and to their great surprise pulled up the body of Clark, who had been for nearly 20 minutes in the water suspended by the line , which had made a complete hitch-knot round his kneck. Captain Corbin, the commander of the ship, Mr. Gibbs, the mate, and all the hands that could be spared, lost no time in using every means in their power to save him. He was conveyed to the fore-cabin, stripped, and placed in a hot-bath, water having been pro cured from the boilers for the purpose. Captain C. and his mate applied the means recommended by the Royal Humane Society for saving life, but it was long before the young man exhibited the least signs of animation. The Captain and his men would not despair, they continued their exertions, and exactly one hour after the sufferer was taken out o f the water he began to show some signs of lite. Stim u l ants were then judiciously supplied to him, and he soon aft erwar d s b ecame conscious of his situat ion. His neck and throat were much swollen, and inquiries were made of the passengers on board for leeches, and at last a man agreed to suppl y a f ew f rom a case in his possess i on, on being paid 2s. 6d. for them. There was no time to resist such a demand, the necessity for the leeches was urgent, and the money was paid. The swelling was soon reduced by the application of the leeches, and by the time the vessel reached London the young man appeared to be out of immediate danger. He is now doing well. It ap pears that when he fell overboard his head was kept above water while the ship was moving, and he was dragged through the sea with it, but when the vessel stopped he sunk and re mained suspended under water with the rope round his neck. Perhaps a more singular occurrence never happened. The passeuger who exacted 2s. 6d. for his leeches was very pro perly served by Captain Corbin, who made him pay 10s. freight for the case of leeches, which would bate been passed among his luggage in the usual manner, but for the hard bargain he drove while a f e ll ow - crea t ure was suffering. SMITH LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZE 6 CROWN COURT.-TUESDAY. EARNED . AND OTHERS V. HAMILTON The plaintiffs in this action, which was tried before a spe cial jury, were Mr. Israel Earned, Mr. Lewin Mozley, Mr. Elias Joseph Mozley, and Mr. Charles Mozley, bankers, of this town ; the defendant Mr. John J. Hamilton, merchant, also of this town. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plain tiffs, and Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Martin for the defence. The action was brought to recover from the defendant the sum of £1,337, the loss sustained on the resale of 200 quarter shares in the Grand Junction Railway, which had been con tracted for by him. The defendant pleaded that he had not promised as alleged ; that the company - did not make and create the new shares in manner alleged ; that the plaintiffs did not offer to sell and deliver and cause the shares to be transferred ; and that he (the defendant) was induced to en ter into the agreement by fraud. Mr. KNOWIIES detailed the features of the case to the jury with much precision and perspicuity. On behalf of the plaintiffs it was alleged, that though the Grand Junction Railway was formed at what was considered a cheap rate, yet, in consequence of the expence of the formation hav ing exceeded the original estimate, a debt had been incur red, to liquidate which, an act of parliament was obtained for the purpose of raising funds, by the creation of addi tional shares. On the 20th May, 1840, a resolution was passed confirming a report of the chairman, and ordering a summary to be prepared for the creation of such shares, it being notified, that the dividend on the new shares would be the same as on the old. The directors lost no time in giving notice to the stock exchange in this town of the intention. The measure only wanted the confirmation of the proprietors, and were immediately to bear the same rate of interest as the others. The new shares, which were quarter, or £25 shares, immediately became the subject of traffic in the share market. Mr. Hamilton, it was believed, thought it would be a good time to speculate. He was a holder of some of the old shares, and would, therefore, become entitled to an allotment. On the 25th May, he called upon Mr. Read, a sharebroker, of this town, and asked him if there were any of the new Grand Junction quarter shares in the market. Mr. Read told him that there had been fifty of them offered that day at £35 per share. Mr. Hamilton was anxious that the purchase should be made at that rate, but was informed that the stock exchange was closed. Mr. Read went over, how ever, to the office of Messrs. King and Son, sharebrokers, and purchased the lift) shares which had been mentioned at £35 per share. Mr. Hamilton expressed very great anxiety that one hundred more shares should be purchased at the earliest opportunity ; and accordingly one hundred more shares were purchased first thing next morning at the same Ste. On the 26th or 27th May, Mr. Hamilton again called and ordered Mr. Read to purchase for him 350 more shares the same price. Mr. Read thought it his duty to remonstrate with Mr. Hamilton ; and he told him that he thought he was going rather deep. Mr. Hamilton replied that he should stand to lose £2,000 to £3,000; but if the shares got up, as he anticipated, he should get a considerable profit, perhaps twice as much as he had mentioned. Mr. R. said, as the order was so large, he would be obliged to Mr. Hamilton, if he would give him a written direction to pur chase. Mr. Hamilton was greatly offended at this request, and he asked Mr. Read if he could not trust him. Mr. Read thought, as the order was so large, it should be given in writ ing; and, after some demur, this was complied with. Mr. Hamilton gave an order, signed with his name, to purchase 3.50 shares ; the order to remain in force till countermanded. Mr. Read went to Messrs. Reynolds and Son's office, and found that they had some shares to dispose of. Messrs. Reynolds and Son were the brokers for Messrs. Barned and Mozley. Mr. Reynolds had deemed it his duty, when the new shares were about to come into the market, to call upon Messrs. Barned and Mozley, and to ask them if they would be buyers or sellers. They told him that they would be pur chasers at £3O, and sellers at £35. Mr. Read at once pur chased from Messrs. Reynolds 100 shares at £35. He then offered to purchase another 100 shares if Messrs. Reynolds would take a lower price. The latter said they did not think a lower price would be taken, but they would consult with the holders. Mr. Read said, " I will take another 100 shares at £34 155." Mr. Reynolds consulted with Messrs. Barned and Mozley, and they agreed to accept the offer. Bought and sold notes were exchanged between Mr. Read and Mr. Reynolds in the usual manner. About the middle of July the market began to change, and Mr. Hatnilton, it was pre sumed, became alarmed. He went to Mr. Read, and asked him if he could get rid of some of the shares for him. Mr. Read said it was a large number to bring into the market, and there would be some difficulty, as there were no buyers. Mr. Hamilton requested him to try if he could induce the parties front whom the purchase was made to take them back, or to rescind the bargain. This, of course, could not be ef fected. Mr. Hamilton at that time made no pretence of fraud, but attributed his desire to annul the bargain to the falling state of the market, and to the prospect of ultimate loss. On the sth of August Mr. Read received a letter from Mr. Hamilton, saying that he had just heard the intention in creating the new shares was expressly to lower the dividend : if that proved correct, he should consider all the contracts for the shares which he had bought void. Mr. Read wrote back to Mr. Hamilton expressing his surprise, as at the time the shares were purchased nothing whatever had been said touch ing the dividend : it was a matter of uncertainty what the dividend would be, and it could not be ascertained whether it would be less than seven per cent. at the end of the then next half-year ; nor could the contract be cancelled without the consent of the parties from whom the purchase had been made. On the 24th of August Mr. Hamilton again wrote to Mr. Read, referring to his former letter, and stating that a misrepresentation had been made respecting the dividend at the time when the shares were sold, which was the reason why he considered the contract null and void. On the 20th of October, at the office of Mr. Mallaby, the defendant's solicitor, a personal tender was made of the shares, and a declaration made that the Plaintiffs were ready to transfer. The defendant said he would not take the shares, and that he had been imposed upon at the time of the sale. The present action only related to the 200 shares belonging to Messrs. Mozley, which were purchased for £6975. Mr. Read was called, and he detailed the circumstances leading to and arising upon the transaction, in substance as above stated. Mr. William Reynolds, jun., sharebroker, proved that Mr. Lewin Mozley told him that he was at liberty either to buy at £3O or sell their shares at £35, that he sold Mr. Read 100 shares at £35, and submitted to Mr. Mozley the offer to purchase 100 more for £34 10s., which was agreed to. The shares were purchased for Mr. Hamilton, say 100 at 41.5, and 100 at £3l 10s., amounting to - ASSion.. , raervrere, after the tender, sold at an average of £2B 13s. per share, amount ing on the whole to £5,637 55., exhibiting a difference of £1,337 15s. On cross-examination by Mr. CRESS WELL, Mr. Reynolds stated that the prices of shares, as indicated by actual trans actions, ranged, on the 21st of August, from £3O to £3O 55., on the 22d from £3O ss. to £3O 10s. Mr. Cresswell cross examined Mr. Reynolds. with the view of showing that the shares were not a joint property, but nothing to that effect was elicited, Mr. Reynolds stating that he communicated with Mr. Lewin Mozley on behalf of the firm. Mr. Thomas Goalan, a clerk in the G ran d Junction Rail way-office, produced a book of the minutes of the meeting of proprietors, and turned to that of a general special meeting of the 10th of August. The minutes of this meeting were read, from which, it appeared, that a dividend of 4:7 per cent. had been declared, and a further bonus of 15s. per share out of the clear profits of the undertaking, and that 17,627 new shares of £25 each were created, all of which were to be re gularly numbered, &c., and be apportioned amongst the pro prietors. The bonus was made out of the surplus, which was not carried forward to the next half year, in order that the new propri should not participate in that accumulated fund. Ou cross-examination by Mr. CRESSWELL, Mr. Goalan said, Mr. Lewin Mozley was one of the directors of the com pany. lie could not say that he was present at that meet ing. A certain sum was always carried forward, which would form a part of the dividend of the next half year. On this occasion there was a deviation from the usual practice. This was the only occasion on which a bonus had been declared. The dividend at the end of the next half year, was £1 12s. 6d. per quarter share, or 63 per cent. If the money distributed by the bonus had been reserved •, if the bonus had not been declared, the dividend would have been about one per cent. more. By Mr. KNOWLES.—The dividend was the same on all the shares : it was declared in February, 1841. Mr. John Swift, clerk to the GWaiidYunction Company, said, Mr. Hamilton had some shares, and consequently had some of the new shares allotted to him. By Mr. CRESSWELL. - Mr. Lewin Mozley had thirty-nine .E:00 shares, sixty £5O shares, and eighty £25 shares. Mr. Barned had three £5O shares, Mr. Elias Joseph Mosley had nine £lOO shares, eight £5O shares, and forty-eight £25 shares. Mr. Charles Mosley had ten £lOO shares, thirty £5O shares, and eighty-eight £25 shares. A note was put in from Mr. Mallaby, expressing regret that after all the trouble that he had taken, the affair should have to come to a law-suit, ar d expressing a desire that the tender should not be made. Mr. CRESSWELL addressed the jury for the defence. His remarks were first directed to the bonus which had been made, which had the effect, he said, of depriving the purcha sers of new shares of a share of the profits of the concern which they had a right to expect. Messrs. Barnard and Co. he said, had acted a little on the sly, for the public knew no thing of the resolution passed by the directors, the object of which was to bring down the shares from 4;35 to-X3O. Mr. Hamilton, he thought, had been hardly used in the transac tion. As he, (the learned counsel,) however, did not get the broker, Mr. Read, to give the evidence which he expected, he was therefore driven to say, as a lawyer, that he had no answer to the case, and, therefore, the question would be one of damages merely. In justice, he thought Mr. Hamilton ought not to pay any damages. The jury, however, would fix the damages according to the circumstances of the trans action. There was a repudiation of the bargain on th e I s t of August, and another more distinctly expressed on the 24th. In the first letter written, Mr. Hamilton said, be had heard for the first time that the real intention in creating the new shares was expressly to lower the dividend. If this proved correct, he would consider the bargain as null and void. Now this did prove correct, so that the repudiation ought to be considered to have taken place at the time. On the 24th, the directors having divided the bonus which would have kept up the value of the shares, Mr. Hamilton declared that he considered the contract null and void. On the 24th the shares were at £3O 10s. to £3l 10s., and on the 24th and 26th they were at £31155. to £32 10s. He thought, as•they would not probably be sold at once on the 24th, with a rising market, but would probably be kept a day or two, they might therefore take them at £32, as sold on the 26th. His LORDSHIP said he thought the lowest price on any one day ought to be chosen, as such a large parcel of shares would probably not be easily sold at the highest price. Mr. CRESSWELL would take them at £3l 155., which would make them £6,350, a difference under the amount claimed of £7OO, reducing the loss to £625. That, he thought, would be the true measure of the damages. His LoßnstuP put the case briefly to the jury, remarking slightly on the amount of damages that would probably meet the case according to the period when the jury thought the repudiation occurred. The jury retired, and, after an absence of about half an hour, returned into court, and delivered in a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £1,337 15s. FOULDS 27 . . IV.ILLOUGHBY The plaintiff in this case is Mr. Alderman Foulds, residing in Ray-street, in this town, and the defendant, Mr. Wil loughby, the proprietor of the Birkenhead Hotel and ferry. The action was brought to recover the sum of £42, the value of two horses which were alleged to have been illegally sold by the defendant. Mr. Watson and Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Martin for the defendant. On behalf of the plaintiff it was set forth, that Mr. Foulds was o ver two horses f rom t h e fair at Birkenhead, in ) and that whe n h e h a d got them on board the p last,we were forcibly t a k en f rom, h i m, driven on shore, en a d c(kb ecttheytoer bringingretained by Mr. Willoughby, and ultimately sold. In defence it was alleged that the plaintiff was intoxicated, and that he behaved very indecorously on board the packet. The jury retired at a quarter-past five o'clock. They re turned in ten minutes, and delivered a verdict for the plain tiff —damages, £3B for the horses, and £2 for the saddle and bridle—total, £4O. OCCLESITAW V. MAGRATII. In this case the plaintiff, a shopkeeper at Standish, near Wigan, sought to recover a sum of £26 and odd, being a ba lance of amount for board, lodging, and attendance given and supplied to the defendant, who was represented as formerly having been an o ffi cer i n th e army fhe having lost an arm in the service of his country), but at the time he occupied the lodgings in question, reduced to comparatively humble cir cumstances, and he accepted a small clerkship at a colliery. The defendant had paid the sum of Xl7 int° court, as being sufficient to cover all the value he had received, but the plaintiff not content with this amount, prosecuted the pre-