The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-30 00:00:00

J. ATHERTON , TAILOR AND DRAPER, 18, SOLTTIL CASTLII-STREZT, LITIRPOOL, AVING returned from his periodical visit to the London► 1.1. and Parisian Mark.ts, informs his Friends and the Public he has now received A CHOICE SELECTION OF GOODS, or nu riswist DESIGNS, of which he solicits an early inspection. SERMONS, MEETINGS, CONINIITTEES,Sc TRIAL S faithfully REPORTED, on moderate terms, by Mr. ARTIS, PD,OFESSOa AND TRACKER. OF SHOAT-HA)D. Mr. A. has long been connected with the London pleasing Parties desirous of receiving Instruction in the pleasing Art of SHORT HAND, are informed that a List of . ferences, containing the names of the most distinguished Members of both Lniversities, gentlemen of the press, and others, may be had at 25, Mount-street, opposite the Me- chanics' Institution. Applicants will Also be referred to Mr. A ' s pRESIXT A CLASS will assemble on WEDNESDAY EVENING next Private Tuition on moderate terms. ANTIQUE AND MODERN SCULPTURE PAUL SQUAGLIA, ARTIST IN ROMAN CEMENT AND PLASTER FIGURES, EGS most respectfully to announ ce to the Nobility, B Gentry. &c. of Liverpool and its Vicinity, that he has commenced Business on the Premises. No. 8, FLEET STREET. OLD DISTILLERY I : A RT), where he has now a large Stock of Casts, correctly Moulded from Antique and Modern Sculpture, appropriate Ornaments for Entrance Halls, Galleries, Libraries, Pleasure Grounds, Gardens, Grottoes, &c. &c., consisting of Full Statues, from six feet high, Grouper, Vases. Pedestals, Brackets, Figures for Lights, Colossal and other Busts, Basso Relievo, &C. &c. Anatomical Casts from Nature for the use of Artists. Phrenological Specimens. P. S. flatters himself that an early inspection (which he respectfully invites) will be found highly satisfactory to the Patrons and Admirers of the Fine Arts who may favour him -------- BARCLAY, PERKINS, AND Co.'s CELEBRATED LONDON PORTER, AND EAST INDIA PALE ALE. A N e xtensive STOCK of the ab ove celebrated PORTER and INDIA PALE A LE is constantly on vari hoAs at theua- Store, 7, Seel-street, in Cas ks of all sizes, on. and q lilies, suitable for the Trade and Exportati JOHN TYRER, Sole Agent, Office, 4, Wolstenholnae-square. NEW HAT SHOP. 'THOMAS WA.LKER begs to call the Public attention to 1. his NEW HAT and CAP ESTABLISHMENT, LIVER HOSE, 99, Si'.JAMES-STREET, w h e re he has U the largest and best of HATS and CAPS in c hased for Cash, assortment and he is determined to sell Liverpool, Purc ouch small profits as will insure a ready sale and a second ca, T. W. ( cannot let .6 opportunity pass without returning . thanks to his Friends, and the Public in gener r al , .0 have favoured him with a call, and hopes, by stict attention, to merit patronag e and support, at OBSERVE 99, ST. JAMES-STREET, A FEW DOORS BELOW DUNC A SPRING SHAWLS, SILKS, CACHMERES, Scc., No. 62, OLDHALL-STREET. JOHNBRISCOE begs to announce his return from London, where he has ma de very extens i s purases in Satin Turca, Dress Satins, Striped and Watered Silk, Du capes, Gros de Naples, Ottomans, Moire Glace, Cachmeres, Delaines, Tanguarines, Balzarines, Printed Nluslins, and SHAWLS, IN LONG AND UARE, PAISLEY, SQ and French Manufacture. Satin and Ottoman Cardinals and Scarfs, Parasols, Gloves, Ribbons, Neckerchiefs, and alost every other Fashionable Article of Dress of superior qu a)ity and richness, such as to warrant him in saying they are scarcely excelled. J. B. respectfully invites attention to STOCK, GE NERAL DRAPERY com p r i s ing Grass-bleached Irish Linens , Sheeting' , Table Linens and Covers, Counterpanes, Quilts, Blankets, Bed ticks, Scc. The following Lots will he found amazingly cheapfull 3800 Fast-coloured Cotton pocket Handkerchiefs, Size, 2d. and 2/d., worth 6d. 2400 Printed Lama Neckerchiefs, 6d. to 10/d. 1100 do. Velvet do. 30. to 6d. 4 1d 238 India Silk Handkerchi efs, Is. . 252 Bordered Indiana Shawl s, 3s. 3d. t o 3s. 6d. 140 Paisley Filled Shawls, new Patterns, 169. 100. to 235. 9d. 318 Printed Dresses, Fast Colours, 2s. 6d. 91 7-4 Damask Table Covers, 2s. 4d. 80 8-4 do. do. 3s. 3d. PROMOLI AND HAUSBURG R ESPECTFULLY direct the attention of th N obility ,e "valuable Stock o f and Public, to their extensive and_.Es DRESSING CASES, DESKS, WORKBOX , _ENVELOPE CASES, and all descriptions of Cabinet Goods. under their by their own workmen on the premises der their immediate direction, ensuring to the pur the most superior quality and prices, that cannot fail fi to de p u r c ove satisfactory, and induce the continuance of the con chaserhighly with which the Establishanent has been so favored for upwards of 15 years. P. and H. take the li berty of submitting selection of to notice their 8 TABLE Cti'TLERY, made expressly for them (and every with their name) of the most superior description, Tritßlade being warranted i SET OF 50 PIECES FULL SIZED, BA.LANCED, IVORY HANDLES. composed of I DOZ. PAIR KNIVES and FORKS 1 DOZ. PAIR DESSERT DIT TO,} for £2 2 0 1 PAIR CARVERS (8 in.) A Smaller Size Do. Do• AN ALL WARR TED G. PROOLI AND HAI:S3II M OLD posToFFICB BUILDINGS. IGN e r COLONIAL INTELLIGENCB. FORE ........---- HIBE RNIA ARRIVAL OF THE STE.Of-SHIP ....—... The British and North American royal mail steamer the :rnia, Captain Judkins, arrived at this port on Sunday morning, at six o'clock. She left Boston on the 16th inst., at one o'clock in the afternoon, and Halifax. where she stopped eleven hours, on the 18th, at three o'clock in the afte f rnoon. The passage from Halifax to Liverpool was performed in the unprecedenteilly short space of 9 daysn yud. 1 . h ours, and the passage from Boston to LivFrpoo i. 1 . ding the stoppage of eleven hours dayalifax, in the equal y e u npreeedentedly short space of 11 s and 12 hours, or in onl d' actual st ! This i s the shortest passag d ever 11 made ay s between Boston and Liverpool. Her outwar •-d 14 days. N e w York papers brought by this cun on:es uy: 2d to the 15 th instant, they are sarren of interest. passage occupie Although the 1 13 6 aace reach from the The National intgencer, a 'Waper , an ashington nouncesand the the resignationointment of of r. Webster , as Specretary of ate, appMr. Hug hS. Legere, Attor- St n e y-Ge n eral of ths United States , as his successor, ad inte- __ e Mr. Cushing had been appointed to the Chinese rnissiion: come to this country and proceed by thove r ar.]d m ai will l. to India. The frigate Brandywine, the sloop ows, and th e s t eam ship Missouri, were on the point of sailing for the China sea. 'Mr. Tyler, the President's son, would, it was stated, acconvany Mr. Cushing as his private and con- fidential secretary. The Kingston papers of the 9th instant say that Sir Chas; Bagot's h ea lth was, on the whole, better• It was unaerstooa that h e i s t o l ea ve Canada in a canal boat in tow of a steamer, the boat to enter the canal, and to come with him and his family directly on board the Warspite, at New York. Col. Colley L. F os ter, Assistant Adjutant-General in the arrny for the western section of the province, died at Kingston on the 10th instant A rough private at the Governa of Great Brita' predatory war the instructions to York o days and 13 ho the citizens by surprise, to a larg, su pplieS low pric' " The mated, the market rop is hig owing c Our m of unen anks, has .. m... .$7 - stated in It is cc /54W continued very unsettled. The revoludon had broken out anew, and a reinforcement of three regiments of troops were daily expected to arrive at Gonelves from Port au Prince, to the city of St. DOlDingo. Orleans Bee states that it has information, orrespondents, " which renders it certain eats of the United States, of France, and have joined in rerxionstrating aeinst the 'ed on by Mexico against Texas, an d that the United States Minister were quite ex plicit in declaring the war, as conducted by Mexico, to be runit e rary to the laws of nations. It also states, that it has doubt that the United States Charge in Texas has been directed to offer the mediation of this Government between the two powers, and to discourage retaliatory irruptions into Mexico. I s lands the Britishf, on A n a rrival from the Sandwich had br ou g ht the in telligence, that those islands had been ceded to Crown on the th f Febuary, an d taken possession o the same da by Lord George Paulet, cma omnding the Carysfort, 2Gy 25 o r guns, in the name of her Maj still held out, esty. andA b d r yi , c , e from Yucatan state that Cam peachy - was little prospect of the Mexicans recapturing the t. pturing at there v... ace. e steam-ship Great Western, Lieutenant Hosken, R.N. sailed from this port on the 29th ult., arrived at .N• night of the 11th instant, after a passage of 12 :rs, the shortest ever made between Liverpool New York. Her arrival was quite unexpected ,ad on took She was to leave New o the 25th for this port. New Y or k American, in its money a rticle for the Hi : The hernia, gives the following accou nt of the mon ey, stock , an produce markets : " The Great Western came upon us unexpectedly, and in a remarkably short passage, last week, adding too r previous large amounts of specie somewhat like a million and a half more, and with advises that some two or three millions addi tional would reach us in the course of the present month. " But the tide s s already beginning to turn. Exchange on London, choice bills, has been sold at 109 ; and on Paris at f. 522 1-2. The latter rate cannot be sustained, as it is bet ter to ship specie ; and even to England we bear of one par cel of £15,000 that goes back in the Hibernia, rather than take bills at 109 ; so that the specie current may now be con sidered as having found its level. " The "^P" ; "" -` -' g of the canals, which a lways ra imparts life e and e circle of trad e, the comp a tive bareness of of dry goods and groceries, in to et interior, and all combine d to give impulsebness. 'or cotton has been somewhat m l ore ani material change in price. n bread "'dining downw ard, and the ap • hly promising. both in abun dant, and the excess ital both in private bands and in the led to considerable rise in the stocks. S. Jaudon, so well known in Europe and in this ~utry as the efficient agent of the late Bank of the United States of Pennsylvania, will go out to England in the Great Western, that leaves h ere on the 25th instant "ers• e Philadelphia pap,. commissioned by Gov. Porter to sr r the sale of the p ublic works of thst this gentleman wil ate, for the benefit of the state creditors We have no certain information on the su Chasbje "In Foreign Exchange , as stated above, there been a Saturday tia ra fair business, but the rates prevailing on ave and a b e q uoted brought into market a large supp l y of bills, t the mo ment of writing this, Exchange on London may Q 3 • on Paris 5 27i to 5 324. from S to h The Hibern lias brought sixty passengers, a list of whom, with a copy of her we subJ F THE STEAM-SHIP HIBERNIA from Boston at 1 30, P•m r Halifax a.m. ; sailed again wed at Halifax Lat. 45 4 N N. 80 E., wind P to noon light breezes and 5-1 W. W.S.W. and N.W., 200 miles course N. 81 E., wind N.W., 257 miles : light breezes and clear wvatber. 21st.—Lat. 47 N., lou. 46 54 W., course N. 73 E., Wind on. 52 5 -I o'cloc W.S.W. and S.W., 260 miles : light breezes and clear FOREIGN LOANS AND BRITISH COLONIES. weather. 22d.—Lat. 47 51 D.R., lon. 40 34 D.R. , course N. 79 E.. (From the Standard) 262 miles : light breezes and cloudy weather. We could wish to se e a statement of all the money earned wind 2.3 d S.l" .... . . . .1:t. 48 57 D.R., lon. 36 56 D.R., course N. 76 E. by the labour of Englishmen, and, we grieve to add, of Eng wind S.W. and souther l y, 270 miles : light breezes and thick lish women and English infants, that has passed from this weather. country without return in the course of the last 20 or 25 24th.—Lat. 50 17 DAL, lon. 27 11 D.R., course N. 73 E., years. We know that it would amount to some hundreds of wind variable, 274 miles : strong breezes and thick weather. millions sterling, to more than the Church and the Crown 25th.—Lat. 51 38, lon. 21 31, course N. 64 E., wind S.E., have cost the coun try for half a century, but there is no corn -237 miles : strong breezes and clear weather. At 6 o'clock , plain t of this. Pleasant men," indeed, like the partieu a.m., exchanged numbers with the Creole, of Liverpool. larly Reverend Sydney Smith, may break biting jes t s p 26th.—Lat. 51 4 1 , lon. 14 39, course S.E., wind S.E. and the bad faith of the cheats, but they have not aw ord to offer easterly, 255 miles : light breezes and clear weather. against the " setters," for the cheats who encouraged the 27th.—At 5 30, a.m., Cape Clear bore N.N.E. -I; E. cheats by constant speeches and occasional guarantees, still 28th.—Arrived at Liverpool at 6 o'clock, a.m. less against that most unpatriotic greediness of the lenders, PASSINGERS BY TIM STEAM-SHIP AIBERNIX. that dragged them into the trap set for them. Political From Boston to Halifax. — Mr. W. H. Sch wartz, Mr. F. economists can no doubt prove it an excellent thing to work infants to death, in order that millowners may realise mil- R. Starr, Miss Starr, and servant, Miss Isa. Hill, Mr. H. lions, to be thrown into the sea, or the not less ungrateful Shaw, Mr. C. D. Hunter, Mr. Jos. Yates, Mr. Almon abyss of republican treasuries in North America and South Wood, and Mr. R . M*Lean.-10. America, or new kingdoms like Greece. But whatever po- From Boston to Liverpool.—Mr. Henry Oxward, Mr. litical economists may prove in the case, common-sense men L ore nze Papanti, lady , and servant , Mr. J. D. Steele, Miss will think that the money would have been better applied in S. T. Pratt, Mr. George Pratt, Mary Myers, Mr. J. G. aiding British men to add cultivated continents and islands Ward, Mr. John Bottomley, Mr. William Lottimer, Mr. to the British empire, to multiply customers in the British Lewis Atterbury, Mr. B. B. Atterbury, Mr. A. Munkittrick and lady , Re v . R. H. Neale, Mr. J. C. Martin, Mr. Mere- market, and to secure some return for the outlay. Let us suppose that the hundreds of millions that have been given di t h Colhoun , Colon el Sam p son and lady, Mr. Thomas away to stranger* had been invested in Australasia, the Cook, Mr. Mr. Jacob Hittinger, Mr. Henry Eyre, Rev. R. nadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, South Africa, how Turnbull, Mr. 0. Haney Jocs, Mr. Wm. 0. English, Col. very different would have been the result? We care not for Thomas, Mr. Eugene Rousseaus, Mrs. T. S. Perry, Mr• the argument of partial failures upon a small scale, because Joshua Leavitt, Mr. Leonard J. Wyeth, Mr. Crawford, we know that these failures occurred because the unsuccess- Mr. Charles L. Roberts, Mr. Alexander Urquhart, lady, ful enterprises were partial, and because they were upon a nurse, and child, Don E. Calderon and lady, Miss M'Leod, small scale. This is the truth not to be disputed, that an Mr. F. A. Campbell, Mr. H. W. Barlow, Mr. John Parrott, , M r. J. R. Willmer, Mr. J. H. 'Wilson , Mr. Stephen industrious and intelligent population, planted in a healthy climate, and one fertile soil, in sufficient numbers for recipro- Crocker, Mr. F. A. Huntington, Mr. Wm. A. Ryan, Mr. cal aid and protection, and with an adequate supply of money , John .Maulso n, and Mr. John Arrowsmith.-50. must succeed, and succeed rapidly. The British colonies From Halifax to Liverpool.—Mr. Ed. Binney, Mrs. present all the conditions required for success. Our native Widdicornbe and infant, Colonel Oldfield, Mr. C. Hamel, population are certainly intelligent and industrious , and they Major M'Queen, H. Green, (D. A. C. General,) Judge are said to be excessive : indeed, in a highly cultivated coon- Haliburton, Mr. J. Lewis, and Mr. J. Woodman.-10. try, the farmer class must always be excessive, because, though men multiply, farms do not. The money, too, has been abundant to excess. Why, then, are we only beginning a rational system of colonisation ? Because the foreign swindlers, intending never to pay, held out a higher rate of interest than, under a bad system, our own colonies seemed to promise. Whigs and political economists held out the republicans of the new world as men whose honour was above suspicion, and as men whose liberal institutions—that was the cant—would qualify them to cultivate the desert much more effectually than it could be cultivated by the subjects of the British Crown. As to the honour of republicans, we refer for it to the Rev. Sydney Smith, and the other patriotic holders of American stock ; but surely it was the strangest notion in the world to entertain, that the most intelligent and industrious people in the whole world, and the greatest foun ders of whatever colonies have prospered in the new, should not be able to make as much of equally good land as Spaniards, and Portuguese, and German, and their descendants. Our old system of colonial government was very bad—scarcely anything could be worse ; but still it was at least as honest as the system of government upon the faith of which the fa cetious author of " Peter Plymley's Letters" hazarded the profits of his living and his canonry—profits all created, let it not be forgotten, by the labour of Englishmen. If the successive governments of the last twenty-five years were not otherwise chargeable with the prodigious waste of the savings of the nation in foreign loans, it is impossible to ac quit them of the guilt of not having prevented it by invest ments to the British colonies ; to this guilt, however, the whigs added the guilt of positively encouraging the prodiga lity by their guarantees of loans to strangers. AUSTRALIA. The advices received from Sydney reach to the sth of February, and these state the failure of Messrs. Willis and Sludeman, merchants trading in the colony, for an amount, according to the estimate of some persons, as high as £lOO,OOO to £120,000. The report of the general condition of the markets is, that although they have wanted the ac tivity which usually characterises them at this particular season of the year, a moderate amount of business had been transacted, while prices were pretty well maintained. For wheat and flour there was no great demand, and there was every probability of a further reduction in quotations. The last rates quoted were ss. to ss. 6d. for wheat, according to sample, and 13s. to 235. for flour. Manufactured goods continued in fair demand at paying prices. An account of the Port Philip revenue for the years and quarters ending respectively the 31st of December, 1841 and 1842, had been published in the Government Gazette. From this it ap peared that the total amount of revenue for the year 1842 was £76,836, being an increase of 11,000 on the previous year. The principal items occasioning the advance in re venue were £5,000 in Customs' receipts ; £2,000 for fees at public offices, and 2,000 increased assessment on stock. Post-office department also showed an increase from £1,360 to £1,240. The land revenue exhibited a frightful decline. The proceeds of such sales in 1841 reached £71,152, and in 1842 they declined to £2,729. The gross amount of revenue for the year 1842 was £87,371, a decrease as compared with the previous year of £56,230. The total quantity of spirits on which duty was paid in 1842 was 67,139 gallons, an in crease of 7,000 gallons in the year. In the Sydney papers we find a few extracts from New Zealand, but they are not interesting to the general reader. The Union, arrived from Port Nelson, gave a very unsatis factory description of the emigrants there, who are stated to be suffering from the lowness of wages and the high prices demanded for provisions. Rates in the domestic markets averaged as follows .—Mutton ls. 2d. per lb ; beef Is. ; pork Bd.; coffee 2s. Bd. alive ; tea 3s. 6d.; bread Is. 2d. per 41b. loaf ; and pigs,, per carcass, 4id. per lb. CAPTAIN CONNOLLY AND LIEUTENANT STODRART.— It is with great delight we have to state that we have seen a letter from India, which flatly contradicts the report of the murder of Messrs. Connolly and Stodhart by the barbarians. The account comes via Meshio, and is grounded on letters received by certain Jewish houses in that place. The writer has no doubt of their veracity.—Dublin Evening Post. Baazu RETURN or M. Ews.—Her Majesty's ship Malabar has arrived with accounts to the Ist of April from Rio de Janeiro, and the 11th March, from Buenos Ayres. Mr. Ellis, the British Special Envoy, has returned in her, after having received the most special marks of favour from the Emperor and all the elite of Brazilian haul ton. In fact, his short residence seems to hare worked a most friendly feeling in favour of British interests, and tbere can be no doubt, we conceive, judging by the tone of the Government organs of Rio de Jadeiro, that negociations will be imme diately opened in London for the purpose of effecting a new commercial treaty. Prince Joinville had arrived in Brazil, ' and the Court festivities on the occasion are described as being very brilliant ; though it is proper to mention that Mr. Ellis was an honoured guest upon these occasions. Ex change 26, and Stock 69. There were to be more paper is sues. Cape of Good Hope papers of the 6th of August have ar rived by the Vernon off Falmouth. In reference to politics, these journals afford nothing particular, except a confirma tion of the generally quiet condition of the north-eastern frontier, and the disposition of the Boers to settle themselves in their various occupations. On the state and prospects of the new settlement at Algoa Bay the accounts are favoura ble. At the latest date there were 17 vessels in the port— a criterion of the increase of trade, and the opening it affords to extend the employment of the shipping connected with the colony. The export of wool during 1842 from Port Elisabeth was in amount 905,7361 b., and the rapid progress cf the bu siness of the place is shown by the comparison of the value of produce shipped from Table Bay and. Algoa Bay for the last 21 years. The Table Bay returns in 182 - 1 gave the amount at £130,578, and in 1842 at £167,134; while the returns of Algoa Bay for 1821 were £1,500, and in 1842 £112,871. From Natal there is nothing worth detailed men tion. An official announcement of the government:in Hol land of its opinions and views respecting the affair with the Boers had been published in all the journals, clearly showing that the supercargo of the Dutch vessel Brasilia, who had gone so far as to publish a pamphlet for distribution among the disaffected, holding out hopes of succour from the Hague were the contest continued, and attempting to establish an indisputable right to their occupance of the soil, was not war ranted in giving utterance to such opinions, or encouraging the malcontents in their opposition to the English troops. Abundance of rain had fallen in the neighbourhood of Caffre land, and for many years the country had not been refreshed by so copious a supply of water. The interior of the colony had also received much benefit from this change in the wea ther, and the Fish River with the other streams were full for future wants. The destructive disease known as the " glan ders" had again broken out at the Cape and some of the ad joining districts. The governor had issued a notice cn the subject, in which he instructs the field cornets to destroy every infected animal found at large, and exhorts the inha. bitants to put to death at once every horse showing symp toms of the contagion, and to use their utmost endeavours to prevent its further progress. SPAIN. A telegraphic despatch received through Paris, and dated Madrid, May 20th, gives the following intelligence : -- " 1 The Cabinet is - formed—the Ministers of the Interior, War, and Navy are Messrs. De la Serna, Hoyos, and Cuetos. The Minister of State is not yet named. The President of the Council has announced to the Congress the suspension of its sittings until the 27th. " There has been a great deal of agitation, but all is tran quil again." TAR IiVEIEAT CROP.—The Cincinnati Gazette says :- 4' We feel well assured, by information from the wheat growing region, that the growing crop promises more than an average yield. The frost has not affected it to any consi derable extent." The Trenton Emporium says :—" A farmer, residing in the neighbourhood of Trenton, informs us, that the wheat and rye never looked more promising at this season of the year. The prospect of an abundance of fruit, he also says, is at present very good." MILK IN BOSTON.—The consumption of milk in Boston annually Is set down at 2,000,000 gallons, and in London, with a population 15 times larger, the estimated annual con sumption is only 2.500,000 gallons. One man brings into Boston, over the Worcester railroad, about 200,004.1 gallons yearly. —New Orleans Herald. On Sunday a shoemaker of St. Cloud, named Briet, on his return home at eleven o'clock at night, from the environs, where he had been with some shoes, found his wife and his child, aged six years, lying murdered on the floor. Their beads had been battered in with a hammer. The police have commenced an active search after the author or authors of this atrocious murder.—Paris paper. CLNVCR FRACDS. — The Journal de Calais of the 24th instant states, that an ingenious fraud was discovered by chance at Boulogne . during the last week. A quantity of British lace , inclosed in leaden boxes, conveyed by fishing boats, was thrown carelessly on the shore and covered with se a weed. At a convenient opportunity persons were sent to carry the boxes into Bologne, which was done by conceal ing them in carts . of sand. At Calais, a quantity of British mule concealed in beer barrels, constructed with a double was discovered hy a Custom-house officer, who, ' som e suspicions, pierced them with a sword. NOIIANIA CURD.—The Belgian journals relate the havingbo 10 0/12 E following strange occurrence :—" A gentleman, named B—, a native of Holland, has been confined in a madhouse at Brussels for religious monomania. He one day got loose, an d climb u one of the Those trees, with the design, he said, to go straight ed to heaven. below who saw him climbing u p feared a fall, and the director of the establishment ordered mattresses to be placed under the tree. Before this could be done, be ju , mped down, came on his feet, and was but little hurt. The shock, strange to say, cured his mental alienation, and a few days since he left the madhouse per fectly well." T wo men, named Martin and Cantavella, both Spanish s' were tried at Montpellier on the lith inst., for the rneltuurgdeeerof two . Poles, named Adamousky and Schesky. It wa s provekin evidence that the deceased were quietly play ing cards with another Pole, named Vezyk, in a cabaret at Cette, when the prisoners came in, and, after asking the landlord some questions, inquired who the persons were who were playing. On his replying that they were Poles, the Spaniards exclaimed that " all Poles were pigs !" On hear ing this Adamousky rose, and, going up to the intruder, told him not to come quarrelling there, but to leave them quiet. The other immediately drew his knife, and stabbed the un fortunate Pole in the stomach, who fell lifeless on the floor. His comrades immediately rushed forward, and Schesky was stabbed in the belly so severely that his bowels pro truded, whilst Vezyk was wounded in the hand. With great difficulty the prisoners were got out of the house. The third Pole ran and gave information to the police, and the Spaniards were arrested on board a boat in the harbour. The two Poles died the same day; Adamousky, without having spoken a word, and the other, after having given a full account of the transaction to the juge d'instruction. On the trial the prisoners endeavoured to make out that the Poles had commenced the attack, but this was most fully disproved. They were condemned to hard labour for life, and exposure on the pillory. HORRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE. - If the following statement, given by a Radical paper, the Limerick Reporter. be a cor rect version of the affair, the " peaceful demonstration" at Nenagh, has been attended with loss of life under; these cir cumstances :—" Mr. Brereton, who, resides near Nenagh, directed two of his men, one of them an Orangeman, to watch his plantations on Wednesday night with fire-arms suspecting that some persons might have recource to them for green boughs, to adorn their houses at the approach of Mr. O'Connell yesterday into Nenagh. It would appear the interposition of Providence prevented any of the people from having recourse to the premises of this, their well known friend, or dreadful, indeed, would have been their lot ; for, horrible to relate, the Orange watchman having, it is supposed, mistaken his fellow watchman for one of the peo ple, tired at him, shattering his abdomen all to pieces. On last evening the unhappy victim of this sanguinary wretch was not expected to survive many hours. We understand Mr. Gason and Mr. Poe, two protestant gentlemen, Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Millview, and other neighbouring gentlemen, Protestant and Catholic, afforded large quantities of green boughs, and in many instances whole trees for the occasion." STATE OF TRADE. MAN CR ESTER.—The market this week has been very calm. Prices have suffered no declension, and the reason that a smaller amount of business has been transacted during the week is the anticipation, from the large arrivals of cotton, that a speady fall in the price of the raw material will take place. In this condition the market presents no feature calling for any remarks on our part. For the prices we refer to our previous quotations.—Manchester Advertiser, of Saturday. BOLTON.—The prospects of trade in this town have be come rather less alluring during the last fortnight than they have been for a short time past. Counterpanes have not materially changed in demand. Fancy goods, muslins, have received a slight check. Power-loom cloths have been much less in demand, and cotton yarns equally less. The mills continue working full time, and the stocks are as yet very low. Brass and iron foundries are equally brisk with what they have been during the late improved state of the trade. Bleach works are not quite so throng of work as they have been of late. During the short time the improved state of trade has continued, the condition of the people has strikingly improved.—lbid. BLACKBURN.—For 30's, 32's, and 3•l's jacconets there continues a very brisk demand, but heavy cambrics, com monly called domestics, are rather dull. Fine and fancy goods have a moderate sale at remunerating prices. Stocks are very lcw, and weavers of some descriptions of work receive an extra price for their labour if taken to the ware house in a given time. Yarns still remain firm, and some sorts are a shade higher; but buyers and sellers are very cautious in their dealings. Hand-loom weavers continue to be better employed, and as weaving continues to be very brisk, manufacturers can scarcely get hands to meet their demands. Power-loom weaving is about in the same state as we noticed a fortnight ago. Weavers, at several establish ments, have given notice for an advance in wages; other factory operations have full employment; but masons, joiners, and house-builders have not full work. Block printing con tinues brisk.—lbid. TRADE of LEEDS.—There is scarcely the same amount of briskness in the woollen trade of Leeds and the neighbour hood as there was a few weeks back ; but the manufacturers who recently commenced working full time have not relapsed into shortened hours. As stocks of goods are low, and as little has yet been done for the autumn trade, we have reason to hope that our markets will speedily improve. —Leeds In telligencer, of Saturday. DDERSFIE LD.—Scarcely an average amount of business has been done in the fancy goods trade here this week, the demand on Tuesday being less than that of the two or three preceding market days. Prices, however, remain steady.— HALIFAX. —The business done in the Piece Hall, on Sa turday, was about equal to that of the preceeding week. Long and short noils are still in good demand, but long wools are not so much sought after. The demand for yarn is steady. BRADFORD.— The market was well attended both by buy ers and sellers on Thursday, and a large amount of business was transacted. The prices are firm for plain as well as for fancy goods. There has been an average demand for yarn, but no advance in price. There is a good business doing in the wool trade more particularly in the combining sorts. Short wools and noils meet ready sale at advanced prices.— Ibid. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET. — There continues to be a steady demand for all kinds of combining wools, at last quo tation. Blanket wools are more enquired for, and some sales have bee❑ made at the full rates lately held out for.--/bid. LEICESTER. — The glove branch, so important to Leicester, is extremely dull : many of the hands are wholly unemployed, and the great body but partially. The Lisle thread season appears to have ended sooner than usual: the weather, hitherto, has been cold, which, it is conceived, is the cause of the early falling off, as it has been observed that a warm spring prolongs the season for these light articles, whilst cold has the same effect on the woollen glove trade. Hopes, however, are entertained that this depression will not last. The cut-hose branch is a shade better. The fancy hosiery trade keeps improving, and, in all probability, i❑ a few weeks, will employ a considerable additional number of hands. The worsted spinning trade is expected to be affected, in some in. stances, by the stoppage of the bank of Messrs. Phillips ana Co. : but, where this is not the case, the millowners are doing a fair amount of business. The fancy sock branch still keeps in a very depressed state.—Nottingham Journal, of Friday. HOSIERY AND LACE TRADIIB.—The wrought cotton hose branch may now be said to be in rather a flourishing state, the hands, especially in Arnold and the villages in the east of the county, being fully employed. There is a singularity in this demand, which is principally for hose under 40-gauge, above that quality being extremely dull, though it is the most profitable manufacture, very few hose are made in this district under 30-gauge. Some few years since the demand for fine cotton hose was such, that 70-gauge were made, and found a market at twenty shillings a pair. There is a peculiar circumstance connected with cotton hosiery, which is, that, though the price of cotton yarn varies in a progressive ratio us to number of hands to the pound, yet the difference of the value of the material between the finest and the coarsest cotton hose is not great; the increased value consisting in labour and profit. The silk hosiery trade is still languishing, and is gradually, though sensibly, diminishing. The French bounty system has nearly annihilated all the export trade, and very few hut gossamer hose are now made, great quan tities having cotton tops and feet. These, too, are prohibited in France and Spain, and in all their colonies. There is something of a revival in the plain bobbin-net trade, which is sensibly felt in some of the factories.—lbid. ROCIIDALIC FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY MAY 22. There has been another good market : the merchants have bought freely, but the manufacturer cannot yet obtain an advance in price. There has also been a better feeling in the wool market ; though there is no decided change in price, yet the prevailing opinion is, that the raw material will pro gressively advance in value. TRADE OF KIDDERMINSTICR.—A decided improvement has taken place in the carpet trade of Kidderminster. A gradual revival of trade in that town has been observed for the last month or six weeks, and many firms now are in full work, and a great deal of bustle and activity prevails through out the town generally.— Worcester Journal. BANE OF ENGI„VND.—The following notice was posted at the Bank of England on Thursday : " The Governor and Company of the Bank of England are ready, until further notice, to receive applications for loans upon the deposit of approved bills of exchange not having more than six months to run, Exchequer Bills, and East India Bonds ; such loans to be repaid on or before the 18th of July next, with interest, at the rate of 3 per centum per annum, and to be for sums of not less than £2,000 each. " Bank of England, May 25, 1843." The rate declared in this is precisely the same as on the last occasion, and the notice will have no effect on the money market, as money can be readily obtained for less than two per cent. Indeed, within the last two or three days, before which period money was getting a little into demand, there has been so great an abundance, that all sorts of conjectures have been set on foot in order to account for it, the most current rumour being, that the Bank of England has lent largely upon Console, though upon inquiry it turns out that this rumour has no other foundation than in the fact that the transfers of the stock in question have been made into the names of the Bank brokers. TRANSPORTED CONVICTS. — An important act was passed on the 3rd ult., respecting transported convicts, with the view of amending the law relating to " tickets of leave." By the statute 2 and 3 William IV., c. 62, a period was defi nitely fixed before the governors of the respective colonies could grant " tickets of leave" to the numerous convicts. In transportation for seve❑ years, four years of service was required before a " ticket of leave" could be granted ; if transported for fourteen years, a period of six years ; and eight years on a sentence of transportation for life. The present act repeals the former law respecting tickets of leave, and declares by the second section, that the governors shall, from time to time, recommend such felons as they shall think fit to be recommended for as absolute or conditional pardon. Persons who hold tickets of leave can, under the act, possess personal property, as well as bring actions, not withstanding a conviction. The property so acquired, on the ticket of leave being revoked, to vest in the crown, and to be disposed of at the discretion of the governors of the colonies. The operation of the act is provided for by the fifth section :—" And be it enacted, that this act shall be proclaimed by the governor or lieutenant-governor of every place to which felons and offenders have been, or now may be, transported by law, within six weeks after a copy of it shall have been received by him, and shall take effect in every such place from the day of the proclamation thereof; and in case her Majesty shall be pleased, with the advice of her Privy Council, to appoint any new place or places beyond the seas to which felons and other offenders under sentence or order of transportation may he conveyed, this act shall take effect in every such place from the time of such ap pointment." Varliamtntarr VrorObingg. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDkY. The House of Lords did not sit. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. I❑ reply to questions put by several hon. members, Lord STANLEY said, that Canada could produce a supply of corn beyond the quantity required for its own population. The Canadian legislature in passing the bill was nearly unani mous, in support of which assertion he would lay upon the table some extracts from the journals of the House of Assem bly. The noble lord also declared, that it was not at present the intention of the Government to extend the principles of the Canadian Corn Bill to our other colonies. In reply to a question from Mr. W. 0. STANLEY, Sir R. PEEL said, that it was the intention of the Govern ment to uphold the decision of the legislature, in support of the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph, but he was quite willing to give early consideration to the means of in creasing the efficiency of the Church Establishment in North Wales. . . Mr. CHRISTIE mover; for leave to bring in a bill to abolish certain oaths and subscriptions now imposed in the Univer sities of Oxford and Cambridge, and to provide for the exten sion of education in the universities to persons who are not members of the Church of England. The hon. member en tered at great length into the nature and objects of the uni versities, and argued that it was competent for the state to interfere with their regulations on the ground of their being public institutions. He was of opinion that it was expedient to abolish all religious tests except as qualifications for de grees in divinity, and thus to admit the dissenters to the ad vantages of the universities on equal terms with members of the Church of England. The result of the adoption of his views would be that sentiments of Christian charity would prevail through all classes, and Jew, Catholic, and Protestant would be linked together by feelings of universal toleration. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER contended that the establishment of the London University had taken from the hon. member the strongest grounds upon which such a mo tion might have been founded, as that university had the power of conf err i ng d egre es in medicine, which was the chief view the dissenters alleged for their desire to be admitted to the universities. He objected to the motion as holding out a premium for the infraction of university discipline, and as an interference with the arrangements of the whole sys tem. He was resolved to maintain the statutes of the uni versities, and thus to fulfil the intentions of the pious men who had bequeathed those endowments upon which they were founded. Mr. M. Ginsost said that by educating religious sects in separate universities, they were perpetuating sectarian feel ings, which would almost of necessity, be softened down were they to be educated together. He contended for the right of the dissenters to the emoluments and advantages of the uni versities, which were not intended exclusively for the study of theology. He would not speak of Oxford, for he did not know how matters were there ; but at Cambridge it was ab surd to say that there was anything like religious instruction afforded. The instruction was almost entirely classical and scientific, and, as was said by the Bishop of St. David, theo logy formed the smallest possible portion of the system of education in that university. Sir R. INGLis was prepared to refuse his assent to the mo tion, whether sought as a boon or claimed as a right, on behalf of the dissenters. The Catholics could scarcely lay a claim to these endowments, because three-fourths of them had been made since the reformation ; while the dissenters, as such, never had any shadow of claim to them, for not a single en dowment had ever been given by a dissenter. Religion was at Oxford a supreme element of education, and he was aware of instances in which the want of religious knowledge had im peded the progress of men in other respects distinguished for their abilities. There did not appear to be at present any spirit of conciliation on the part of the dissenters, and though he would at any time have opposed the motion, he should upon that account be more than ever opposed to it at the present moment. He feared if this bill were agreed to, the effect would be to cause a laxity of discipline in the universities, while there was no sufficient reason for the intrusion of dis senters, as their grievances had been removed by the esta blishment of the London University. Sir 11. W. Bsatitoss referred to Trinity College, Dublin, where Protestants, Catholics, and dissenters were educated together, without any disadvantage to the cause of religion. Foreign universities presented to us an example of toleration which it would be well to imitate. Mr. SHAW said that in the Dublin University the students were not compelled to reside within the walls, and this difference in the point of residence neutralised the applica tion of the argument drawn from the practice in Trinity Col lege. Lord STANLEY contended that Cambridge was not so ex clusive as it was said to be, and cited the cases of members of the Church of England and Roman Catholics who had been educated together in that university. He was of opinion that the relief which had been already given to the dissenters had in a great measure broken the force of their complaints. He thought the present motion calculated to revive all those animosities which had in 1834 been hushed into quiet. It would, in fact, destroy the connection between the Established Church and the universities. On the other hand, he would say that he did not approve of the compulsory attendance at chapel enforced on the students, conceiving that it was not calculated to elevate their ideas of religion, for if they took up the notion that in attending chapel they were merely ful filling an imposed duty instead of attending Divine worship, it must weaken the effect of religion upon their minds. He believed it would be a positive benefit if this rule were to be relaxed, but this was a matter for the consideration of the dissenters themselves. Lord J. Russizu, said it was no answer to the claims of the dissenters to be admitted to Oxford and Cambridge, to say that their grievance in this respect was much alleviated by their admission to the London University. Oxford was altogether exclusive, and although Cambridge admitted Ro man Catholics and dissenters, yet they could not aspire to university honours ; while in Dublin University those honours were open to them. The noble lord concluded by cordially supporting the motion. Mr. WYSE said he had been educated at Trinity College, and resided within the walls, as did also some 400 other students. The consequence of the system pursued in that college was, that the most enduring friendships were formed between Protestants and Catholics; and this system might, in his opinion, be advantageously extended to Oxford and Cambridge. Mr. C. WYNN opposed the motion ; for, although some changes might be advantageously made in the discipline of the universities, that change should be made by themselves, and should not be imposed upon them by parliament. Mr. REDINGTON supported the motion, contending that as these universities were established in catholic times, by Ca tholics and for catholic purposes, it was rather hard that ca tholics should be deprived almost altogether of any advantage arising from them. Mr. ROL:BUcK commented on the course of proceeding at the universities in calling upon boys to sign the Thirty-nine Articles, which had puzzled all the scholiasts from the first promulgation of Christianity to the present hour. This calling ' upon boys to subscribe to their belief in what it was impos sible for them to understand was a strange way of teaching the ingenious arts. He denied the ameliorating effect of the peculiar religious teaching in the universities, and believing the whole system to be unwise and unjust he would sup port the motion of Mr. Christie. The hon. and learned gentleman, in the course of his speech, asked if it would be said that members of the Church of England were better men than dissenters ? Sir R. Isrous.—Certainly. Mr. ROEBUCK said that this avowal was neither favour able to the Christianity or the modesty of those who assented to it, for it savoured of the prayer "'We are not as other men." Lord SANDON advocated the necessity of religious educa :ion. Mr. R. YORKE stated, that he had purchased immunity when at college from attending seven times a week at church, and had the attendances reduced to two. Now, he was at a loss to know the value to religion of such attendance at church, if some £5O extra expenditure would decrease the ratio of worship from seven to two. Mr. CHRISTIE replied, After which the house divided, and the motion was nega tived by a majority of 175 to 105. Sir V. IhnlcE moved for leave to bring in a bill to appor tion and regulate the overwhelming labour and business of parliament, in a manner calculated to allay discontent, and to preserve and maintain the inviolability of the united empirs upon a satisfactory arid permanent foundation. The hon. baronet read his bill amidst the laughter of the house, for it was drawn up in most eccentric terms, and went the length of repealing the unions between England and Ireland and England and Scotland. There was no seconder of the motion, and it fell to the ground amidst general laughter. Mr. G. W. WOOD obtained leave to bring in a bill to exempt from parochial and municipal taxation buildings used for li terary and scientific purposes. The house then adjourned HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY In reply to a question from the Marquis of LONDON DERRY, The Duke of WELLINGTON said he had reason to believe that Mr. O'Connell and other magistrates in Ireland had been deprived of the commission of the peace for the part they had taken in the agitation for the repeal of the union. Ha r d notice been given of the question, he would have been able to answer tha question positively. In reply to a question from the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, The Duke of WELLINGTON said it was the intention of the government to advance £21,000 towards public works in Ireland. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL presented several petitions from Ireland complaining of the operation of the new tariff in that country. A desultory conversation ensued. It was long a n d so f ar tedious that when the Earl of Mountcashel, who was the last speaker, sat down, The Duke of WELLINGTON asked if there were any more to speak. The question was answered by a laugh, and soon afterwards their lordships adjourned. The only practical result of the measure would be to transfer the income hitherto received by our own exchequer into that of Canada. Id e could not see the policy or advantage of thus throwing away revenue for no earthly purpose. Mr. 0. GORE, notwithstanding that her Majesty's present ministers were essential to the welfare of the country, yet he felt bound to oppose them in this instance, for he thought the measure ill-timed and injudicious. The measure had come like a thunder-clap upon the farmers, who had not as yet recovered from the effect of last year's measures. After some further observations the committee divided, and the amendment of Lord Worsley was negatived by a ' majority of 203 to 102. It again divided on the resolutions, which were carried. by a majority of 218 to 137. The house then resumed. A motion of Lord CLEMENTS respecting the disbanding of the yeomanry corps of Ireland led to considerable discussion, but the motion was ultimately withdrawn, with a view to be ing again brought forward prior to the discussion of the Arms (Ireland) Bill. In reply to questions from Mr. M. J. O'CONNF.I.L, Sir J. GRAHAM said he had received that morning a corn munication from the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, intimating that he had felt it his duty to remove Mr. O'Connell and Lord Ffrench from the commission of the peace, in conse quence of their presiding at repeal meetings. In answer to other questions Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the conduct of the Lord Chancellor in the course he had pursued was approved of by the Government. He also said the Government had received no intimation of any breach of the peace at the repeal meetings, with the exception of one at which a repealer had been killed, but there was great ex citement, and her Majesty's peaceful subjects were in a state of alarm. He believed the Lord Chancellor had intimated to Lord Ffrench that it would not be consistent with his duty to preside over a repeal meeting. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL gave notice that on Monday next he would move for the production of the correspondence on he subject. AThe other business before the house was then disposed of and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. Sir J. Gam-lAm, in reply to ,1 question from Mr. Lawibton, said that no further progress could be made with the Factories Bill until after the Whitsuutide recess, at which period he would take the sense of the house upon the educational clauses. The house then resolved itself into committee on the reso lutions respecting the Canada Corn Bill, and Lord J. RUSSELL moved the omission of words from the first resolution, having the effect of making the legislation of this country dependent on that of the Canadian Assembly. Lord STANLEY denied that they were making the legisla• tion of this country dependent on that of Canada. They bad merely waited to ascertain what course the Canadian Assem bly would adopt, in order that the British agriculturist might be protected before they attempted to admit the corn of Canada free of duty. Mr. F. BARING said that the fact still remained uncontra dieted, that the legislation of this country was made depen dent on that of Canada. Colonel «'Y•Nnrtnat expressed his determination to oppose every thing that was connected with free trade. They were told that under the corn law of last year prices would range from 5.15. to 585., instead of which they ranged 10s. or 12s. below those figures. What else could be expected when it was a fact that Mr. Gladstone did not know a cow from a donkey or a plough from a wheelbarrow. (Great laughter.) Yet such were the men upon whom the agricultural interest of England was now dependent. The committee divided, when Lord J. Russell's amend ment was rejected by a majority of 203 to 91. Lord WORSLEY thek moved the following amendment :- 1 "That it is inexpedient to make an alteration in the provi sions of the act of last session, regulating the duties on the importation of corn, by which alteration the protection in tended to be given to the British producer of wheat no longer rests nn duties which are imposed by the imperial legislature, and the produce of which is not available, in aid of the burden of taxation under which this country is now labouring." Colonel Woon was of opinion that the alarm raised re,. lative to this proposition was as absurd as the panic which prevailed relative to the importation of cattle. He con fessed, at the same time, that had not this been a portion of the measures of last year, he should not approve of it, but the honour of the government was committed ; and after all it was better to encourage the importation of corn from colonies of our own than from foreign countries. Mr. C. Woon said that the Canadians were very reluctant to impose the duty of 35., and would not have done so but in consideration for the reduction of duty in this country. '0 MERCHANTS, BROKERS, AND OTHERS The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest. Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver- ising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability 'o do justice to the interests committed to their care. TO CORRESPONDENTS The Rev. Henry Carpenter thankfully acknowledges the receipt of five pounds from " A Friend of Missionary Labours among the Heathen," which will he applied, as the donor seems to wish, to the funds of the Church M issionary Institution in Sierra Leone, fur educating native African Missionaries. In answer to " AN INTENDING TRAVELLER," we have not heard that cheap train tickets are at a premium yet, but we do understand they are likely to " rise in the market" if they go off as rapidly as they have done during the last few days. Some of the present holders, we have heard, have purchased on speculation. Ebt Eibrrpool g.) tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1843 Our excellent contemporary, the Morning Herald, remarks thus upon the proceedings of government and the Conservative party, with respect to the Edu cation Bill : Sir James Graham is, it will be seen by his reply last night to Mr. Hedworth Lambton, resolved that the responsibility of a rejection of the government attempt to give to the fac tory children a sound religious and secular educatio❑ shall rest on the House of Commons, for the right hon. baronet pledged himself to take the sense of the house upon it after Whitsuntide recess. And if, in the meantime, the clergy and the laity of the Church of England only do their duty ; if they only arouse themselves from the apathy into which they have hitherto rested ; if they only let their voice and sentiments be heard, as those of dissent and non-conformity have been in the House of Commons, there is no fear that the front of might and menace presented against this offering of humanity will be irresistible. We have elsewhere inserted the form of a petition, and we implore the cle:gy to adopt its form and to procure the signatures of „their parishioners thereto. There is, we assure them, no time to be lost. We also direct the attention of our local Conservative contem poraries to this form of petition, and beg of them to urge its adoption on their readers. May we impress upon the friends of religious edu cation in this town to be up and stirring upon this question ? Let an aggregate petition be prepared, and extensively signed ; and let every separate conyrega tion—every separate body of Protestant Conservatives —send up their petitions to strengthen the hands of the government upon this important question ! If this measure he lost, upon the Church, and the Church alone, will be the responsibility ►! There is surely a line of boundary, beyond which even the privileged incendiary, O'Connell, ought not to be permitted to carry his mischievous agitation. Putting aside for a moment the question whether that agitation is one for the dismemberment of the British Empire, or merely for the repeal of an existing act of Parliament—whether it is a legitimate or an unconsti tutional object which it has in view—there is surely a limit, beyond which the peculiar means put in requisi tion cannot, with safety to the peace of Ireland, be permitted to extend. Assemblies of hundreds of thou sands of excited and ignorant men, brought together to listen to the insolent ravings of a reckless fanatic, can scarcely be considered to have any other action upon the constitution, except through the medium of the terrorism which they must create; and whenever agitation, however legitimate its object, assumes this shape, it has certainly far exceeded the limit, within which it may, with prudence, be tolerated by any go vernment. The repeal agitation in Ireland has, we contend, ex ceeded such limit. Its gatherings are no longer to be viewed as legitimate and constitutional expressions of popular opinion. They are but demonstrations of unarmed rebellion, which the occurrence of a day or an hour—the overflowing of one drop of the cup of sedi tion which is held to the lips of the excited masses which compose them—may lash to violence and out rage. It is true they are within " the letter of the law ;" but they are in flagrant violation of its spirit. They are, overtly, peaceable, but in reality they are aggressive upon the forms of the constitution and the svill of the legislature. They threaten no violence, in words; but they " darkly hint" at violence, as their ulterior purpose They say to the united legislature, " We, a section of the empire, have determined upon being severed from the main body ;" and, when asked by what means they hope to accomplish such an ob ject, reply, significantly, " by our numbers, by our union, by force, if you put force in exercise to prevent such accomplishment"! Such is the present position of the repeal agitation. Such is, virtually, the threat which these assemblies direct against the legislature and the peace of the em pit e. And when we reflect upon the nature of the in struments by which they are organised ; that those in struments are a priesthood solenznlu vowed to the de struction of British supremacy in Ireland ; when we reflect, too, upon the character of the man, whose fiat can convert these aggregate meetings—these mere " demonstrations" —into an avowed insurrection of bloodthirsty and savage traitors ;—can their continued toleration by the executive be regarded as any other than an act of conscious weakness or of utter madness Day by day, hour by hour, the loyal and peaceably disposed amongst our Irish fellow-countrymen are placed by this incendiary agitation upon the brink of a precipice. Day by day, the very existence of the Bri.,ish Empire, in its entireness, is threatened with attack, and thousands of loyal Protestants in Ireland menaced with impending slaughter; and between the consummation of this disaster is interposed only the will of one man (!) and that man the most heartless de magogue that ever fastened himself upon the credulity and fed upon the unruly passions of a nation ! As an example of the furious ravings, by which these assemblies are worked up by this incendiary to the verge of actual outrage, we turn to the reported proceedings of a recent demonstration held in Cork, in which he thus openly dares the executive to interpose for the preservation of the peace and good order of the country. Speaking of the promised effort of govern ment to repress his favourite agitation, he exclaims— " Let them attack us ; and if they do—what will be the consequence ? What will be the state of the three per cents. ? If they did attack us, and some penniless, shoeless Irishman found his way, on the deck of a steamer, to Manchester or St. Giles's, and collected a number of Irishmen around him, and one would ask, What news ?' to which he would reply—' Your father was cut down by a dragoon—your mother was shot by a policeman, or your sister'—but I will not say what happened to her. Let him but say that ; and I will ask Peel ' How MANY FIRES WOULD BLAZE OUT IN THE MANUFACTORIES OF ENG LAND ?' (Hear, hear, and tremendous cheering.)" Can language of more direct import than this be con ceived ? Can anything more atrocious in sentiment — more suggestive of violence—he imagined ? The legislature of Great Britain are to stand by and witness the forcible severance of Ireland from the British Crown, on pain of seeing the towns of England— wherever a degraded and vicious Irish population is to be found—involved in conflagration and outrage ! But proceed; and mark how recklessly this suggester of incendiarism goes on to lash into fury the wild pas sions of his ignorant listeners. " They shall not," he continues, " MASSACRE (1) us. No—we are safe; for Ireland reposes in peace." (Peace " Her thousands are aroused"—&c. And again—" I offer you the Repeal of the Union ! (here the entire audience rose and cheered for several minutes.) Ido not talk to you or warn you to be afraid ? no, that would be ludi crous. (Hear.) I tell you this : ENGLAND IS INCA PABLE OF PUTTING YOU DOWN ! (Tremendous cries of hear, hear,' and deafening cheers.)" What, we ask, is the meaning of this ? " England is incapa• hle of putting down" an agitation thus threatening to the peace of the country I Indeed I Is this so ? Is the fiat of Daniel O'Connell, in reality, paramount over the will of the united British Nation ? Has this mer cenary tool of POPERY already his foot upon the necks of the Protestants of Irelond ?—his torch already within reach of the dwellings, and his dagger at the throats, of Englishmen ? No—no—no ! There is a stern and resolute defiance seated deep in the hearts of the British people, which, when the hour comes, will paralyse the threats of the traitor, although surrounded by all the brute power with which Popery can encircle his audacious front. And that hour, we contend, has come. The hour has come when, at length, this ferocious bullying of the British nation, by a factious incendiary, must be put down. It may be that his reckless violence is within the forms of the constitution. The arm of the law may not at present be strong enough to put down —because it has never contemplated the task—his ruffianly gatherings. The tolerant spirit of the British Constitution permits the full expression of public opi nion ; but it has never contemplated these displays of physical force as a legitimate expression of that opi nion. If it be, however, the care—which we doubt— that these tumultuous assemblages, which in England would be promptly put down, are in Ireland above the powers of the law, then, we say, boldly and unhesi tatingly, that the law ought to be furnished with new powers; for certain it is, that this continued violation of its existing powers can no longer be tolerated with safety to the institutions or the peace of the country ! We are happy to notice that, at length, steps, which at least are in the right direction, are being taken to put down this dangerous sedition. The leader of Irish agitation—the author of a vast portion of the system of outrage, which fills with murder and crime that un happy land—has, with nine or ten of his confederates, been deposed from their position upon the magisterial bench. Let the government of Ireland go on in this vigorous course of action. Let them declare, in prac tice, that the proceedings which they thus discourage are dangerous and illegal. Let them arrest the pro grees of their authors ; and they will deserve and re ceive the thanks of all good men and loyal subjects ! The remarks, in our last, upon the virtual admission made by the Manchester Guardian, that the Repeal of the Corn Laws was sought by the manufacturing body as the means of obtaining cheap labour, appear to have somewhat ruined the usual serenity of his temper, if we may judge by the following passages which appear in his Saturday's publication : " We well knew he (the Standard) would not attempt to grapple with" (the position of the Guardian,) "or even to quote it in his columns : and we have looked to the Standard with some curiosity to see how he would contrive to give it the go-by. On Tuesday last he said—nothing. In the Standard of yesterday, however, there is an article on the subject, which is certainly a curiosity in its way. The editor has, of course, entirely shirked the real point at issue ; and with the view of keeping the point out of the sight of his readers, has garbled and falsified our words in the most flagrant manner." The fairness of the Guardian himself is, of course, proverbial ; but putting that aside at present, let us see how far we have deserved this somewhat hard lan guage of our angry contemporary. We quoted in illus tration of our position, that cheap bread was sought with a view to the reduction of wages, the admission of the Guardian that the manufacturing body " have long been aware that foreign manufacturers are rapidly acquiring the same advantages of capital and machinery which they themselves possess; and with the further advantage of food at half price, the foreigners mnst eventually beat them out of every market;" and for the purpose of our argument we had quoted quite suf ficient. The League party had again and again de clared that they had no such object in view as a re duction of the price of labour. The Guardian himself has always treated, as perfectly absurd, the position that the price of food has any connexion with the price of labour. And yet, here we had him admitting that the foreigner was beating us in every market, one of his most powerful weapons being " the advantage of food," (and, of course, labour) "at half price !" But the Guardian had appended to his assertion that " the foreigner must ultimately beat us out of every market," an alternative. The entire paragraph stated that we must either submit to be thus " beat in every market to which both parties had access on equal terms, or the English manufacturing labourer must submit to be half-fed." We omitted this portion ; and for the sim ple reason that it raised quite a different question to that which we were discussing ! We were not entering upon an inquiry as to the comparative advantages of half wages and half bread. We were not discussing the manufacturer's position in the struggle of competition with the foreigner ; but simply sheaving that he sought to aid himself in that struggle by means which he had strenuously repudiated 1 We showed that he sought for cheap labour; and it was perfectly beyond our pur pose to enquire whether the working was to be bene fitted or injured by the reduction of his wages; whether such reduction was to he preferred to the alternative mentioned by the Guardian—(a reduced quantity of food)—or whether such alternative was the true one. By this omission, and especially of the words marked in italics, the Guardian urges that we have " substi tuted a totally different question for that which he proposed to us." We beg his pardon. We chose, and had perfect liberty to choose, our own question. We distinctly stated, moreover, what that question was ; and we proved it to our own perfect satisfaction, and, we rather suspect, to the Guardian's annoyance. And although the Guardian may think that the fact of " a journal professing to be at, the head of the Con servative press of Liverpool being driven to this pitiful and contemptible course "—(hard words these, Sir Oracle !)—" proves that its conductors feel the diffi culty of supporting the interests o f monopoly in a place tile prosperity of which depends upon free trade," &c., we maintain that the course which we adopted proved only that we had discretion sufficient to confine ourselves to the consideration of one subject at once ! In conclusion, we beg to inform our contemporary that we have never " shirked," or been afraid to grapple, any question which lie or any other man pro posed to us ; and if he will now put into a specific shape the particular question which he wishes us to meet, we are quite prepared to oblige him. We are perhaps aware what this question is, already ; but its more distinct proposition will prevent mistakes. Our fellow-townsmen are of course aware that, in the person of the editor of the llercury, they have a GENtus quite competent to settle satisfactorily the entire catalogue of political and social questions, which distract the mind of this great country. The condition-of -England" question We have frequently had the opportunity of remarking upon, as illustrated by our sage contemporary; but we do not remember to have seen the puzzling matter, which has been the stumbling-block of politicians for years pastvi ., the remedy for Irish discon tent—discussed by the Mercury, or any other English j ournalist, in the ono candid spirit as it is discussed in his last Friday's publication ; and we take the liberty, t herefore , to place our contemporary's oracular wisdom before our readers, and particularly before the British Cabinet " t hat " We do not believe," remarks the Mercury, C a repeal of the legislative union between the two tries would remedy the chronic maladies of Ireland." A g reed ! "We are not prepared to say that unive chargrsa, l suffrage, rote by ballot, a repeal of the tithe rent e of the grand jury cess, together wit h the adoption of a fixity of tenure act, which are Mr. O'Connell 's neces sary sEauENTs "—what means this?—" " would prove N e ither any modification of Ireland's social evils. are we. " But this, we are sure, tha t THE' WOULD ,E SUBSTANTIAL REVOLUTIONS IN PROPERTY' Nho doubts it ? " Abolition of t h e tithe ren t charge Ciluacit 'S CONFISCATION OF THE PROTESTANT Again we say, " Doubtless." " The grand jury cess is an abuse which imposes hardships upon them, which we in this country have no concep of tion. Fixity of tenure' is nothing more or leis th an a co untry' that last desperate remedy to regenerate (?) and to give its inhabitants a stake in the hedge, which, in the last extremity of the Prussian monarchy, wa adopted by Prince Hardenberg, who, by a stroke o f his pen, converted the tenants of the soil into freeholders-- and by Lord Cornwallis, who constituted t h e ryots o f Land b eing India proprietors in the same manner. (!) ossess ioa the only means of existence in Ireland, its p gives the proprietors a power unknown in this country. O'Connell would transfer it from its present owners to the occupiers, subject only to a rent charge . Tills Is T HINGS ! HIS ONLY WAY TO A BETTER STA TE OF IS°S-; THE 0 %FLY GLEAM OF HOPE FOR THE FIYI'LJRg• 0 Bad indeed must be the state of th e country, where THE ONLY CHANCE OF GOOD I S IN TRENCIIINO UPON THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY, however badlY acquired." (! !) Exquisite morality this ! The abolitio n of the tithe rent charge is a "confiscation of the Protestant Church, revenues" ; ergo, it is a boon to be prayed for, and doubtless is prayed for, hy this Popish scribe ! "F i.s ; ity of tenure" is nothing more than the robbery °` Protestant landowners ; ergo, it is " the only c hance o f f good" for Ireland ! How beautiful the propriety () any one of these sentiments, from the most extensively circulated journal of this Protestant and loyal c on ' nit ! " A stroke of the pen," only, it requires to gig effect to the Mercurial remedy for Irish discontent; " a stroke of the pen," which will merely convey th e property of Protestant and other landowners to the various tenants and squatters, who veget ate upon the lands of Ireland, and enable that fine country to sub scribe itself as the REVENUES." " First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea , of and, above all, the most productive gem in the tiara Rome ! We really were not precisely aware tha t this Pecuji::: arly O'Connellite morality could be mooted in t of loyal town. We were not aware that the '` fixitY ;enure" morality—the morality by which " He may take who has the power, And he may keep who can" — was the morality even of " Liberalism" in the Pre se i ll i : age There is certainly a modifying feature hl t . ty Mercury's honest philosophy—that, along with " fil t i be of tenure," we are to have a " rent chargei; h at m - d, " fixity" of that rent charge must be greatly h it is when we look at the summary mode in whi ch .t t be proposed to get rid of another " rent charge " tithe rent charge" I We leave the whole effusion of our conten)P ‘erall:o however, for the consideration of the public; °(ithsti would suggest an especial consideration of it t° 0 1, owners of property in this good town o f LiverP°t $ " where Irish most do congregate." WhY n i ° , a ll- " fixity of tenure "in the classic regions of - Va ul t o road and Marybone, accompanied by a rent e harge 'yer be got rid of when it suits the purposes or the e P ° ' o f of such moralists as he of Derrynane and. sage the Mercury ? We have already, on several occasions, 11°tI tn te certain strange decisions of the stipendiary ni a g is : : of who presides in our Police-court ; and sotnetinl-30 the equally strange latitude which he permits, to of criminality or involving a fine to some of the ° • 11. ..,, - persons under him. We have done so with as on , forbearance and good feeling to those whom we n s of sidered at fault as was consistent with the oP ini°. : the constitutional principles of justice which g en et: pervade our laws, and with the consequent inter: in s .. : oo ll the public; and we hoped that the hints we had t-ula out (for we can scarcely call them reprehensions) ;11-141 be taken in good part, and have saved us the Ptair or task of animadverting on new cases of a sh Tl T o pe s analagous nature. Unhappily, however , our h ope` analagous have not been realized ; and we have now t° • e%' attention to a report, in another column, of e ert3l° nd traordinary proceedings in that court on Frival, 3 Saturday last. o for' The former day is set apart for the hearing o' i t • o ve mations against publicans and beersellers fo r infracloll of the recently-procured act, requiring them not°ova' from midnight on Saturday until one o'clock orl day afternoon; and also to close during divine 9(irecllY on the afternoon of that day. Of this law ive de' sat approve, as regards the time of closing—though' t°,,,,a the least, it is peculiarly stringent in its provisions we severe in its penalties ; and judging from the 1335tt'air are constrained to say that our police rnagistr!,,elik° pears—contrary to his accustomed practice 'oct, cases (as for instance in that of the small tenem p re' in which he requires the strongest proofs that theto be vious proceedings have been strictly accurateb e lie ve, contented to arrive at a conviction on wha t, we we' the public will generally deem to he very ic tse 'i k lo st rested, isolated, and even questionable evidence. ice to men find an occasional hobby on which they re fitte d, ride ; and magistrates must be occasionally pe r ° st , be we presume, to bestride theirs too ; but care far to taken that this recreation be not carried s° f° , cause unnecessary annoyance or injury to oth er i . to n'e may unluckily come within reach of it. Mr. ittis i a n present hobby is assuredly the act a lluded t°to its whether it be that he had something to tI° : 1 os ed parentage, or from other causes, he apnea rs , - „ i :1 1 : di to drive it to the top of its speed—albei t a '"..,..,§eh for 11 ' w cretion would perhaps be more wholesome to and the public interests. A od The two cases to which we have allude-' con, which we refer our readers, bear us out in ° ; 11 1 ; IVY elusion, and what are the reflections to ' vb. :dou bt : give rise ? Why, first, that there can exis t 11.. . ir 0n - JP' in the mind of any reasonable man, but that red to conviction and a heavy fine would have foll°%vhe informations of Haines in both c ases, had t 0 1° fendants not gone to the expense of etnl )l° %% ir t and energetic counsel in their behalf. lia'"ejoil; believed implicitly nearly throughout, and till as 1)11- of his labouring under misapprehension "coodiP, slowely raised in the mind of the mag as te that istrate• 5e s tet' it appears to he determined to pursue a I ' d f e eli°,; espionage, which is alike abhorrent to Eng bs :l 3 ‹: and to English constitutional justice--if 13°- t, At er to d eteC ec es si t / sending out police-officers in disguise all, petty delinquencies, for which there is 11° 11 . 06 idi ° , 1 1 for such extraordinary and, we may ad d ; ii i rop er means. Such missions may be correct an d r f the detection of thieves and secret plotter° ag °iP i ) g e sedition, or treason ; but their emploYrn e- dy of ` iie mere sellers of ale, is an insult to a large and, ° at t '" community, whether sellers or purchasere, s ve ° same time, amounts to an admission (w bic or rov e ; selves do not originate or assume) th at e%Y eti° i; force, well paid and well clad at the p ublic of tb e er are incompetent to the performance of Ol e o le o simplest and easiest duties. Why, we h3s , i e o der f ' t 6 l r e, than six to seven hundred of these we n - s i o ttal (or sticks if you will), who, bating an oce 3 . 03 1r , 0 r or a rare and slight popular commotion, P oly ei o d time on their hands to look after, n' t a nd g 0 t o offenders, but to conserve the public Pe ac i e t o r cV e ly order. T d hey have power at all times, ng° 018 ' • 11°' enter any public-house in the to wn, an to , Wi t . eg ; sufficiently enforce the new act affecting I' le b o f 'priri being degraded to the condition and g ar t herF. for such are men employed as Haines an d ° ()l ice be Rushton calls these emissaries th e detective P e a. to w o p c should prefer a preventive force; but IL t he t o an somewhat the order of the day to wat ch l i t o b r e r mission of offence so as to punish it, r•._ . l ota abide by the old maxim that " prevention