The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-05-11 00:00:00

,____, Fetts bo Afiction, °'iIttIIORSES---------,CARTS,LORRIEt to o By Messrs. LUCA: nnd Co., . lve o'clock, ftbATS,GEARS,&c, 1111 °Nv (W ednesday), the 12th instant, at T r li ee e t 'OWE aCtitVrßenila:lren2Vila:rdt.,te-astna 'GEARS '1 WE excellent flack Mare, for Farming purposes. ov,l_nr_e Cart Horses, Lorry,,,Ftbat, and Gears : tiqp'tiart and Van H orse' viords of Thhity-Carts, Spring Carts, Scc ,ALDF4nt,t;„BLe,--ears in great variety : , ......._____P ace 'lke 1 ""&r.and GUERNSEY On NN EDNESDAY, the 26th instant also, several ,tch Carts, Lor. 'xt SALE will LUCAS'S LIVERPOOL SELECT SALE 30 VALUABLE HOIViES. 13 4 TRuk, By Messrs. LUCAS an d C o . • nAy next 3 , the 13th i ns t an t, 0 v their R epository, Great Charlotte-street, aluable HORSES, consisting of 12 Well-bred Summer HACKS, 4ig BS nd Phaeton HORSES, A well- , trained LADIES' PAD, 5 Well-bred HUNTERS, 44 On v. 2 Brou g h am HORSES. l E _ This Day (Tuesday).—Every facility afforded for q"ci, n' — xtT'derneY and Guernsef 'Cows.—Mr. E. Parson Pow mt6tei •mPortation wiltbec 4 old by Auction on WEDNESDAY, Instant. A. choice of 30. e o'clock, a 4 41' T /i --------------- - -- F Ory,Q -OX COVERS, SPITAL, NEAR BEBINGTON. 4 ,.,ZYti priLD FURNITURE PIANO-FOR7'E, PLATE uIL a',ITED ARTICLE:S, CHIMNEY GLASSES, 400 .icg` "T INGS,FINE ENGRAVINGS, MAHOGANY R . N B, .c. ~,, by GREEN has received instructions to SELL ,„1",„ 0, ,0N on TUESDkY next, the lsth instant, at Tae Fax c i , e ) . °°k in the Forenoon.. upon the Premises, called liew,_Yers. near Bebington Church. 14 1 E. u e.,c ie of the genteel and useful HOUSEHOLD FUI:NI -1.,0„1°any4,,, °f a Gentleman removing, consisting of Eight bij i giaß cern ed Chairs, in Damask, and Couch to match, Ito -- 41 - W2'rg, in Hair Cloth, Circular, Loo, and Teltscope ta t 7„ Chily.,:;? , Mahogany Bookcase, with Glazed Doors, Rose fore Ch a qier, with Plafe Glass Back and Marble Top, Maho- Slo e ' bY 4,. ' 111 Half" Cloth, powerful-toned Cabinet Piano 44.mettrii,, oadtcood cud Son, in Mahogany Case, Brussels and Aetlath"":r Carpets, Mahogany-framed Sofa and Couch, in r , l'a,l„ . .,fttLw„c• *v l , , Ch... -- 4 ° O Nl FURNITURE comprises Mahogany am' °Sei'N't ti,„"'s of Drawers, Toilet Tables, Glasses and Ware, a 1,11 1 Chairs, French and Tent Bedsteads, Feather Beds, .0,,,.. sakets & t 40E u eter ' c • ui t ,,, SR ~, I tod Hall Lamp, with the usual Kitchen Requisites. inlbSt •''' oe LET, situate within a few minutes' walk of the b e po t ,. /iret 4 14 1 ." Ted on MoNnAY next, the 17th instant, when Cats 'l, tid_oe hreetad at Hie Auction Mart, Birkenhead, and at "6-St, Egremont. 1, ,4. 4 ,-,,, THURSDAY NEXT, OF MODERN AND GN -ANG..`"-)SEHOLD FURNITURE , OF A FAMILY t: naIROAD, i t he .tr„GR. IcE respectfully announces he has n next, ,ela ti , , ctions to SELL by AUCTION, on THU RSDAY m . ses ~`ll4;"attant, at Eleven o'clock promt, on FURNITURE, 1 , 'titt,itiectittteet, the whole of the valuable coi n-11.144%,. -f-t "04. Mahogany Four-post Bedsteads and Hangings, Toile.ester Ditt Beds and Blankets, Pair of 3411111tilisirria,13Y1IV4 ard7lrhoPbeil,maCrebolmFeemtoohdPeear' handsome Dressing Glasses, hi ll e itt line d Chamber Articles.' Mahogany Drawers, and the It/n r Itotft Wl 'vo and Sirri NO Roots include Sets of Chairs, Ciirs4,-"c°°dCarpsibies, Lo . o Table, and a Couch to match, 0, ale s ente, and a canital Oblong Pfible, pair Mahogany kn t rip,,,, , bprtdso me Brussels Carpets elegant Chimney Th"relt o 4 C hair , and Lounging Ditto, 'handsome Fenders 1,„ eti p , e. enZ ie on - l l 'a - ecom is furnished with capital Sofas, Dinin g _ reee,s_Bo4',,.°lll:niass'ive carved legs, Pedestal Sideboard, han d- yepita,l Cutlery ,' _, eaTrtiys, d Dessert Ser %tin; i n tilt; het T able I Orna large Plate of *lit , Pen,_ ra_Me, Sets of Mahogany Chairs, China k44!(ii' e l r i ls 4Fire d: irona, Carpets, te, Ga s s , Chandeliers. Together y nil Hall Table, Hatstand, iolliewiM, Staira& C p u t lina n r d Effects. kaselt.ilitlferorniu4Ymbre. v r 4e e ß w i s e c 'd E a , on the Morning of and Cats -40, Whitechapel, or l on the Pre 114.P0m,PARELISIINARY NOTICE OF SALf... _ B,4",_ther,' iii ~,r SALE of LAND, adjoining the els, and fronting the River Mersey. sikthtlie ve___ v$ cable Y will be OFFERE for known Property, a th 1 4 1 4 al er tY is most eiigifile for any purposes of Trade re -4 silo : t er Frontae, which is here both deep and pro !Jot % 01 11(1,, n ., 9,be Pdrtion is already formed a vessels. Dock, be made available for coasting turther particulars apply to Mr. STRPousEcor';; bstielitreet ord r t, London ; Messrs. LAW, s II2 O 7I, an( N Birkenhead iiirkelpehttad'n Y 'veo TiTe l s ; r d k r ti eW. H. Ist 3fay, 1852. t r o be c•olb or let. GtN 81. 1 * r &LEMAN can be accommodated with a "%;°4 l— ur - ROO‘i and BED-ROOM in a healthy situa (l lt nel s •half miles from the Liverpool Exchange, and Ito 11 . s t "in every hour. - To the house is attached a good Ply ki c able and Groom if required. 11 W., STANDARD-OFFICE. : 11° b be AIGBURTH. ~ 0 11,— b • , With early possession, a Semi-detached 1 43 1 4tot it „ - ,. , ,, situate within a short distance of the Omnibus eaDining-room, Drawing-room, Bath, Rater I k 4 , 1, - ,6 o Q ' Xl :Bedruos , ;. : Btible Coach-house, and good i t tkr4 G n e t . Aart t lep e t . e neighbourhood of the above, .i,berrP...articulars apply to Mr. S. WATERHOUSE, Land " 7- square, St. George's Church. Ltp tlegantly F WEST u D RNISERY. B HED, a superior RES . I -aty , with d t• Garden and excellent Stabling ni Pr""ve • Drawing-room, iv or and *, ng-room of goo.. dimensions, 4 11"arti cu l lye Bedroomo.-- %to t . ars and peribission to view. apply to Mr. S. 4 E, Land Agent, 4, ion HIR E FIVE MILES FROM SHRF:.IVSBURY. it ;_ Ntsrot hri ' 1 FAMILY MANSION, w ith Pleasure Gardens, and Meadows of Eight Acres. It Rec ption - -rooms, noble oak Statrcpse, t)°lt, Three Dr e esstaglooms, and very conyentent 91 1 ' lt- house Stables, and other Outhouses in good Ak rat • hent ' At, tiler b er tarticular g , apply to M r. S. WATHRHOUSE, Land _ square, St.'George , s Church. It4 t h i h i Stl l t E T , Furnished, for Two, Three, or Four oa t; 4 l , l l ,esirable VILLA RESIDENCE, situate in the to nth. ; ril_oeurhood Claughton-uark, Birkenhead, op„eßiL r _ook le, 74.ritertaining,-rooms, Six Bedrooms, Two 4 44 teiZ. n-room, Butler's-pantry, and everymodern 4 te li and C a apo.y _o . ATzmoousE, t, D er rds s w bi.square, St. George's Church. litb.... spip,.„ t o Ltr"-, ALE, AND PORTER MERCHANT S. ? t : ( !Iit , 1 2 Of Ls extensive VAULTS, running from the k% ^ 4 1167 r d-street to Cable-street, formerly bonded, and th e late p rescr ib e d b on di ng di s t ance f rom th e 4 e t i , slivdoU At l ta would be LETtra Counting-house and 1 ,1/44 4 , htwf i l, s ti k now occupied tkrlViessrs. Dodgson, the Cellars 4r" o Nl e ,;" communicate with the Vaults. "" r s• soN and FLETCHER, Wason-buildings, Olt-stret. NI LAKE RESIDENCE. 11-4 ti lr n e a lt , eaIi SIT ED MANSION to be LET for One bp oo - 1 the p ed LAIRTHWAITE, situate near Kes . wic, r a ti n w d . ktpeettl (or Laylsh Church of ate containing w ___ Zei t i„ted lt uich is a powerful 'Organe use of whicl VNea, sacil).eDarately), ijining-room, Four best Bed-room t , j,Vey • Taa,(73.ath 'Rooms, Kitchen and extensive apptir t _e i; G. /t h h 4t tt L a l e is elevated , commanding a south view_ of 1 -gt of D . qta ea ue a . erwentwater, and is surrounded with Ole htkl rautLful Shrubbery,,ifttached are Two Kitcl i ie e n_ '144. Tha ho hared DoupeCoach-house, and a Five-sta 1 d Votpteli 'Ntee is wellTurnished, and may be entered upon , ity ey er ni • na °l..keallw-re'rarticulars apply to Mr. GEORGE WATSON, Ii,sAt.ppoRTANT TO DRUGGISTS. blllieVtOilee;:iiii)(l.Y PRIVAT E TREATY, the COODWILL, 414, 1 Irtyye_ FIXTURES of a Druggist's t Shop, esta bJionka. la Liverpool, being contiguous o the Wap kleti." b", 7 an Course of construction. A considerable khit made betao its alsiady fo r timrant shipping con iii'Dog as tt i lits At i ,'„ e „, lB a gOtithOuse attached to the shop. di ',aki - .'eater` to Mr SHEFFIELD, at I , Stevenson - —lVe rP(rol t W ROWETT, 8, Commercial ) ater-street. o r. 1 SAL IN. kt4N 4I I,I)ER) by PR/TATE TREATY, the HOUSE, )1: 41 . it a 4f h ar aeveand GROUNDS, at the south end of Everton . Years .the residence of the late Samuel to cm P r With or without the Stables, Coach-house, Ith, 41s h o eillisea on the east side of Everton-terrace, oppo 'llbil o u I L . h a ieQ At i acc ommodaliOn for a large and respectable 1011%, sme:4ltostpraufiall enclosed and very well finished. 1 1 4 1 „ 11 1, wi t a L Ml nds are by substantial brick tlh,"ving e House, occupy 3,774 square yards of irontage of about 63 yards to Evertou-terrace, :ioNetherfield-noad South. et e- 4 8 /S-i may_ be viewed by permission of the llc .t ay t ' 3 e D n i_ o rtl i' , • and D. Busby and the House and Gcounds .Only,. which, with further particulars, may be - ••oi t 1,1 Mr. JOHN STEWART, Leigll-Street,Or to ' s ntN, Old Churchyard. Mantrb. _ E BRY TRADE. 'l4a4ll :trtr eel MtANTED. M A R p e ply to Joms Bniscoz, W . ANTED. fp' vriti jltit v f Of X2O requireti for Fourteen Days. N I , d e o .the most ample and unexceptionable charac : Aotot,,,,AGsited with the Lendel and a Bonus of .e 3 paid 'eat trZ t !datio n . ' •W. leß. Post-office. Liverpool. hk ... 7 ,,, ~..EST DERBY UNION. i , z4W/Ngn•UILDER.s AND OTHERS. 0164 1 XCTO, and S PECIFICATIONS for the I , ' l'att , nlait b" of a NEW HOSIPTAL for the WEST DERBY rit, 4 .les w r ii ,, Seen at the Workhouse, in Mill-lane,Everton, /411 te `"ng to CONTRACT for the same, on and after mall tlolf ckna4iilte 15. th instant. ;4eillecl.Be. -, .„ l en will lie furnished by the Guardians, at a I N Dtttp; e nders (''''' 411 • e sent to me, „,tso t )to b tnarittollrder for the West Derby Union I+ l OW TUESDAY , -44.7.!iefore the 25th tt r•nrthe„et 'reticle ',LAN' i nfot tbm. :r ','JKot necessarili - be accepted. 1. 0, A r - iumay be obtained at the Office of Mr. A. 914-ent, Evertor' Village. BY order of the Board, WILLIA3I CLEAVER, Clerk. 2 ,1, eta 44verPool 'ND° t:Nr) ORTII-WESTI AI`iNUAL \V H ITS'UTIDE RN RAILWAY EXCURSIONS 14 0 N 1 , TO sjjON AN D I 'ATURD M 20t1 ail 0 4 AY y "DAY, AIAY 31st, 4 1 , 1 1, 41 1ia t A N D Aron ) / DX Y JUNE 2(1 t e 03 bky inudon on t ixeEveni ' no•s of FRIDAY, June 4, 44 re a,; ( 1 141 e, , awl" FRIDAY', June 18, at Half-past o'Clock°.ll 419.XDAY Aiorning, June 14, at a Quarter u'ther E N , ti cui ß ar Es. As lisr *L . tsl( R . A T m future Ad • t - AaAR ser I CUS. Man,— ArrA„ -.s.iternents .• 41 •11 a,):11, the abov THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1852. TO CORRESPONDENTS We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications on subjects of local or general interest ; and if our friends will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. Riberpoot tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1352. RADICAL DIFFERENCES. of Beauty which a distinguished artist once announced was that of "uniformity I THE theory and, upon this principle, the oppo sition to the present Government must be a beau tiful party. Their uniformity consists in the position which they occupy as opponents of Lord DERBY, and their desire to thwart his measures for the good government of the country ; their variety consists of points which, as the advertisements say, " are too numerous to mention." They are one, yet distinctly divisible. They fight in the same battle, yet there are coats of all colours in their regiment; "motley's the only wear." From the Peelite, who consented to abolish the Corn Laws on the same principle that he admitted Emanci pation, viz., as "a great necessity," down to the Chartist delegate that would give us a republic in spite of the lesson taught by France, hardly half a dozen could be found whose political creed exhibits a marked coincidence. Radicalism, like the kindred spirit of infidelity, is a great negation ; it is marked, not so much by what it professes as by what it denies; and while steadily opposing that which is fixed and formal, it eludes the grasp as soon as we would examine itself. From its very nature, there fore, it exists in degrees; some having progressed further than others down the slippery decline. It is, truly, a sliding scale, and facilis descensus. One simply opposes himself to the re-imposition of duties on corn; and though assured that that is not.a point to be raised, from evil communications he maintains his attitude ; another earnestly advo cates every measure that makes for the manufac turer, while abusing the landowner and declaiming against "class interests." One believes that the expenditure for the army and navy should, if possible, be curtailed; another, who has nothing to lose, and who might gain something in a scramble, would dismiss all our defenders to the spade, the plough, and the workhouse. The advo cates of education exhibit their phases as well as the others. Some would wish the state to exhibit a stepmother's care of her children, and to leave education to voluntary efforts exclusively ; others, again, care not how knowledge is propagated, provided it be separated from religion ; and others, still, would retain its connexion with religion, and extend the means of its diffusion. In ecclesiastical matters, one class would separate the Church from the State, for the sake of the former; they think that they would then manage both her resources and her internal polity better. Another would destroy the union between Church and State, that, like the boys in the fable, they might break the rods more readily when separated. Some would be contented with having the country practically a Christian one, but would not exclude the Jew from either House of Parliament ; others do not see why even Christianity should be an established church, and would abolish all laws enjoining respect for the Sabbath. This, it is true, would be out-Francing France; yet it is the principle to which Voluntaryism consistently and inevitably leads. Some would allow property no weight or representation in the State, though admitting the claims of intelligence and numbers ; others would abolish all money qualifications, as those for county magistrates and members of parliament; and others, again, would destroy the patriotic prestige which secures for the country services that gold could never buy, and would raise up a class of representatives to whom a small payment would be an object. There are a few, who make up for the smallness of their numbers by union and energy, to whom royalty appears a mockery that should be discarded; while others hold, that, except in the matter of salary, a monarch is a harmless sort of toy. amid variety ;' nearly 1,300 ! The occasional onslaughts of Sir BENJAMIN HALL and Mr. HORSMAN are not without their uses, though they are not always in a becoming spirit; and we can well understand how the sug gestions of such men are received with suspicion by many who ardently desire to see the efficacy of the Church increased. But in the case of Lord BLANDFORD, there is sound churchmanship and benevolent intentions ; he would legislate avowedly in a kind spirit, and he will not fail to secure an amount of respectful concurrence, co-operation, and success, which would not be the lot of an angry partisan. In the age of the Reformation England was the stronghold of Protestantism and liberty of conscience ; in the days of ELIZABETH the nation regarded her as truly the " defender of the faith ;" and in our own days the position which England may assume and maintain, will influence the faith of millions elsewhere. If Protestantism lengthen her cords and strengthen her stakes in these islands, those who are battling against scepticism and super stition elsewhere will thank God and take courage. If the aggressors gain the upper hand either by their energy or our remissness, the attempt to with stand them will be vain, on the continent or in America. For these reasons, with others, we rejoice to see a measure of wholesome reform introduced under such auspices. OUR AUSTRALIAN POSSESSIONS, AND THEIR DEMANDS UPON US. WHILST short-sighted politicians are urging upon us to snatch the temporary boon of " cheapness," derivable from throwing open our markets to the non-reciprocating countries of Europe, an all-wise Providence is opening out to our view a far higher destiny which is in store for Great Britain. During the past two years, the enterprise of the Saxon race has been attracted westwards, to the rich virgin soils of America, and to the golden stores of her recent Californian conquests. It seemed, indeed, as if in that direction solely the spread of civilisation and Christianity was to reach the eastern hemi sphere, and to break through the barriers, which have so long guarded the Oriental races from all contact with the more energetic people of these latitudes. Australia has interfered to change this phase of things. British industry and enterprise have discovered in that splendid portion of our empire an accumulation of mineral as well as of agricultural wealth, which promises to be almost boundless in extent; and a few more years will probably see in that far off country the foundations of an empire laid, owning the British sway, which is destined to work a social revolution over the entire face of Asia. The longing eyes of millions of our over-toiled population—of the youth, the strength, and the hardihood of Britain—are now turned towards this new El-Dorado. The rewards of plodding industry and sober commerce tempt in vain, when placed in contrast with the sudden riches to be won from the mines, or from the streams, of that land. Its already settled popula tion are deserting their agricultural and other pur suits; the flocks roam unheeded on the plains; the harvests perish for lack of reapers; its once rising towns are deserted ; and, as cargo after cargo of emigrants disembark in its ports, they are absorbed in the general rush to the gold fields, where easily won wealth awaits the fortunate, and competence is certain of achievement by all. It is a serious question—What is to be done by the British Government in such an emergency? Are we to allow these rich discoveries to become a curse to us, or shall we endeavour to convert them into a blessing ? Is Australia to become a moral desert, and its growing population to degenerate into an aggregation of human fiends ; or shall we accept our destiny, and the greatness which they offer us ? " Fes est ab hoste &cert." At the very moment that men of all these varied shades of opinion are banding together, suspecting and suspected by each other, some of our contem poraries are amusing their readers by showing the variations of opinion among the supporters of Lord DERBY. It is true, that in those who defend as well as those who assail, opinion respecting essen tials exists in degree; and the carrying of every important measure brings into prominence two classes of men—those who believe that it should be final, and those who regard it merely as the insertion of the wedge. The great feature of Lord DERBY'S Government, however—and a most im portant one it is—is, that it has met the democratic spirit full in front, and is turning the current of public opinion strongly against it. The effeminate Emperors of Rome bribed the barbarians of the north to stay away, and thus whetted their avarice and worked their own ruin. The same game was playing in England at the same time, by the puny monarchs who could not resist the Saxons; and as history has its parallels, so Lord JOHN RUSSELL would pave the way for the moral Goths and Vandals to overthrow this empire. The present Government would fix limits to aggression; and show that good government is perfectly compatible with the principle, " thus far shalt thou come, and no further." We willingly adopt the solution of the difficulties contained in the following remarks of a political opponent—the Journal of Saturday last—which are the more striking as coming from the organ of a party which has systematically decried the colonial system of this country, and urged the self-support ing power of our manufacturing system " A great rivalry is upon us. The United Stales already compete with us in all our foreign markets : already they consume one-third as much cotton as they send to us; and they want only what we are sending, more people, to encroach seriously on our prerogative. The continent of Europe, too, has imbibed our skill, does not want taste, and is not now deficient in enterprise. THERE IS A WORLD BEYOND THE MAIN WHICH IS ALL OUR OWN. There we may raise a population fire times that of England, and in them provide customers to consume thrice the amount of manufactures which we now ship to all the world." Mr. CARDWELL, and the smatterers in political science who worship him, will perhaps not thank our contemporary for the above admission. We thank him for it, and have ever maintained the same opinions. America is competing with us in manufactures; and we are now forwarding to her shores all that she requires to enable her to do so with increasing success—the cheap labour of Europe. Continental nations compete with us in most branches of manufacture, and excel us in some. Our consolation under these circumstances is, that "THERE IS A WORLD BEYOND THE MAIN WHICH IS ALL OUR OWN." Nay more there are WORLDS. We have possessions in every zone, willing and able to consume ten times the quantity produced by British labour and skill, which we can profitably dispose of in the open markets of the world, opposed as we are there by the competition of foreign and rival countries. Her colonies ought to be the brightest gems in Britain's diadem; but modern legislation, in its selfishness, has despised, reviled, and almost alienated them from our side. The strength which they are calculated to afford us has been the envy of other nations. Through them, as the advanced posts of civilization, the philanthropist hoped to carry Christianity, and the influences of British laws and commerce, amongst the heathen nations, But the Manchester school bias compels them to look upon only one aspect of of politicians have preferred an insane cosmopolitan the question ; they close their eyes to the fact that policy to the more safe one of pursuing the great even in England, since the Church has become most ness of the empire through paths guarded by the true to herself, active dissent and apathetic irreli- sturdy arms, and smoothed for us by the enterprise gion are daily diminishing; and they look only to of our own confiding and adventurous fellow the items of scandal on money matters, that find subjects. their way from the episcopal benches through the Here, in our Colonial Empire, is a field of exertion newspapers. The astronomer, it is true, can look at i worthy of the best days of British statesmanship ; the spots upon the surface of the sun, and forget and we look to the administration of the Earl of for the time that it is the source of light and heat, DERBY to occupy it. The Indies, in both hemi and the promoter of animal and vegetable life ; but spheres, disclose to us their rich tropical products, it is only when he looks through an artificial capable of being won without the taint of slavery medium, and not with the naked eye. Lord BLAND- being affixed to them. Cotton, Sugar, Coffee, and FORD'S bill will improve the arrangement of duties raw materials and luxuries of every kind, are ours and exercise greater economy on the subject of in abundance sufficient to supply the world, if we revenues. It will provide that the life of one man will only do justice to the cultivators of these fine is not a continual festival, while the life of another possessions. Canada claims encouragement to the is a continual fast ; that one is not a prey to temp- settlers on her vast prairies—New Zealand is the tation through idleness, while another is a prey to germ of a future great country ; but, most urgently disease through overwork. Yet the large sutn of iof all, Australia points out to us at once our true £60,000 a-year will be disposable from the resources interest and our high destiny. That rich possession of the Church herself; and after restoring the dio- —rich in the fertilityof its soil and climate, as much cese of Bristol which was merged in 1836, and as in its mineral abundance—calls upon the legis erecting Westminster into a new diocese, there lature for a wise and comprehensive system of would still remain £27,000 a-year for the general colonization to supply the labour of which she is so purposes of the Church. This would be a most urgently in need. It is not a pettifogging aid given important means of endowing new districts or to desultory emigration which will do this. She increasing small livings, especially at a time when demands not the sweepings of our workhouses, the greater efforts are made than on any former occa- decayed sempstresses, or the reformed criminals, of sion to throw our Churches freely open to the poor. our large towns—not the restless and unsettled Surely the right rev. prelates themselves would spirits amongst our population ; but an organized rejoice as heartily as their clergy to see an additional supply of industry, sound in health and morals. T division of dioceses, especially as we find that the The true policy of the parent country is to plant in Bishop of Exeter has more than 900 clergy to each of these countries the nucleus of a well superintend, Lincoln more than 1,100, and Norwich regulated community, protected by social and, religious institutions ; and, by a fostering Imperial Legislation, to ensure that in every colonist whom tve send out to them we shall find a loyal British subject, and a consumer of the manufactured pro ducts of the population of his native land. To get rid merely of the pauperism and idleness which are to be found swarming in our streets and highways is not the boon at which we should aim. Such a policy is the throwing away of sources of infinite strength. and prcgress. The policy at which we ought to aim is one which will bind the population which is flocking to these distant possessions, by the ties of afection and interest, to Great Britain ; and if we can do this we shall assuredly reap a rich reward. With respect to the mineral wealth in Australia, it is impossible that it can continue to yield its present rate of return to those engaged in the search. The population which is flocking to that country must ultimately produce one or both of the following results. Gold must be so far depreciated by the abundant supply as no longer to serve for a basis to our own, or any other monetary system ; and either in this event, or by the operations of mining becoming less satisfactory from the increased expense attending them, the bulk of the settlers in Australia must return to agricultural pursuits, and to supplying the British manufacturer with wool, and other valuable products of its rich soil. Let that soil be once cultivated, and the energy of a healthy industry be restored to the colony, and its population will probably become, next to that of Great Britain itself, the most valuable consumers of British products. Pursue the same fostering policy towards our other colonies in every quarter of the globe—extend to them material advantages to be derived from British connexion, and we shall no longer have to supplicate the governments of Europe or elsewhere, " with bated breath," for trifling modifications of their tariffs, or for reciprocal dealings with this country, THE LIVERPOOL CORPORATION WATER WORKS BILL. THE Lords' Committee, yesterday week, declared the preamble of the Liverpool Waterworks Bill not proved, so far as regards the proposed deviation of the line of piping, &c., through Sir JOHN GER. , RARD'S estate. The original line is therefore forced upon the town; and unless the engineer, and our local authorities, have had no sufficient grounds for advocating the deviation, which is unlikely, the decision arrived at must be injurious to the scheme. This is unfortunate ; for, whatever may have been our conscientious objections to the new mode of supply, it is most desirable that, having once been adopted, it should be carried out in the best practicable manner. The deviation proposed was intended to avoid the danger of car rying the pipes over a country extensively mined under, and liable to subsidence, or through a dis trict where their rapid corrosion is inevitable; and it would be most distressing if, at some future day, through the successful opposition to this bill, the port of Liverpool should be, even for a time, de prived of an adequate supply of water for the daily wants of its population. Apropos of this scheme, we observe that a con troversy is going on between the Manchester Guar dian and the Economist London newspaper, origi nated by the latter having commented upon the fact that, owing to the late drought, the corporation of Manchester have had to purchase 200,000,000 gallons of water from the owners of the reservoirs of the Peak Forest Canal. The Guardian contends that the necessity for doing this has occurred solely from the fact of the storage reservoirs of the corpo ration not having been completed in sufficient time to retain safely the large quantity of rain which fell in the winter months. This reply, however, is suggestive of coming difficulties in the way of an adequate supply being insured to Liverpool, by the Liverpool Pike scheme. Unusually heavy falls of rain do sometimes occur ; and embankments, as in the case of the Holmfirth waterworks, as well as in that of Manchester itself, are not always to be depended upon. With respect to the Derbyshire Hills,—the locality of the Manchester supply,—we know that the ordinary rainfall is great; and there is spring water on the gathering ground, which the Manchester Guardian says "in the driest weather will average from seven to ten million gallons per day." But we have not that confidence in the pro ductiveness of the Rivington Hills; and hence we deplore anything which tends, as the decision in the Lords' Committee does, to imperil the security of the Rivington works. We should much like, also, to be assured that, during the long drought which has recently prevailed, the rivulets in the Rivington district have given indications of being able to afford us any supply at all, in case of acci dent to the reservoirs, upon which we are afraid we shall have exclusively to depend in such seasons. MEETING AT THE LYCEUM. The annual meeting of the proprietors of this institution was held in the library last evening. Dr. MACINTYRE occupied the chair, and road the report of the committee for the past year, which showed the institution to be in a flourishing condition, and that the room had been considerably improved, so far as the comforts of its frequenters were concerned. From the treasurer's report it appeared, that, after satisfying all demands upon the institution, there remained a balance in the hands of the treasurer of £146 6s. 2d. Dr. ANDERSON moved the adoption of the report, and that the accounts be passed, and congratulated the com mittee on the improvement and comfort which had been secured to the proprietors. Mr. PRITCHARD seconded the motion, which was una nimously adopted. The following gentlemen were then appointed on the committee for the ensuing year, namely, Messrs. R. Cooper, W. Furness, John Daniel, W. Groom, James Chesney, James Eekersley, Fishwick, Bryan Henshaw, William Dooley, and Hill. On the motion of Dr. lamAcx, seconded by Mr. RAEY, an alteration was made in one of the rules respecting no minees, to the effect that in case a nominee should die, or give notice in writing of having surrendered his nomi nation, the proprietor should be allowed to resume his share, hut not to make use of his nomination until the Ist May following. On the motion of Mr. OWEN, seconded by Mr. THORNELEY, an alteration was made in rule 22, as an addition that no motion for altering salaries, or for any extraordinary expenditure of the funds of the Institution, should be adopted unless at least one month's notice be given. Mr. WYLIE then proposed an alteration in rule 2, (he object of which was to increase the number of shares from 600 to 800, and to give the committee a discretionary power to fix the price. This led to a lengthy discussion, but, on a division, was lost by a large majority. After some other business, Thanks were voted to the proprietors of the Exchange Rooms for favours conferred, to the committee for their efficient services during the past year, and to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT. MEETING OF THE FREEMEN OF EXCHANGE AND VAUXHALL WARDS, LAST NIGHT. A meeting of the Conservative Freemen of Exchange and Vauxhall Wards was held yesterday evening, in the large rcom of the Cross-Keys Inn, Moorfields ; Mr. FRANCIS SIIAND in the chair. Unfortunately a miscal culation had been made as to the number expected and, as the result, the room was most uncom. ortably crowded, and a large n her were compe remain on the stairs and lobby outside, and in an adjacent chamber. Near the Chairman, we observed Mr. N. D. Bold, Mr. Alexander Shand, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Colborne, Mr. J. Taylor, Mr. iiigson, Mr. John Griffiths, Mr John Thorpe, Mr. Jackson, Mr. \V. lligso - lumber of the st respe able tra CHAIRMAN, in openir very for of the old freemen of Liverpool ; and tiring that interval he could not say that the town had Arrived at a greatly-advanced position. They had heard and a larga meeting a bo a great deal al)out the march of intellect, a. heard many boasts of the improvements which it had produced ; but he did not see that whe lie looked at th Cotrimoa Council of Liverpool, although the civic chair had been respectably filled. tie did not see amongst that bo mcn who had risen amongst them, and ere known to he did not see the old families, the Ilorsfalls and others, echo had fought their political battles in old times THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM BILL. On Monday, the 3rd inst., the Royal assent was given to the Liverpool Library and Museum Act, which is therefore now the law of the land. It provides for the formal establishing of a public library, museum, and gallery of arts in the town ; makes provision for the re ception of the Earl of Derby's specimens, illustrative of natural history ; and authorizes the Town Council to purchase or lease land or buildings, in appointing a suit able place for the reception of the articles. By it, the Council are also enabled to add whom they please to the Library and Museum Committee; they are authorized to appoint suitable officers, including lecturers, on the sub jects of science and the arts; and they may levy a special rate for their payment and for the general maintenance. The Council therefore only require time to enable them to place the whole in a condition of thorough efficiency; and much will also depend upon the degree of apprecia tion which the public show, for the arrangements which are made on their behalf. After the numerous difficulties and delays that have occurred, it is gratifying to see mat ters in a fair way for securing the credit of the town, and the intellectual advantage of the community, YESTERDAY There was an unusual number of the ordinary Fort of disorderly cases, and of petty thefts, heard yesterday morning at the Police-court : but none of them, with one exception, possesed any interest. . . CHARGE OF STEALING BUTCHER'S MEAT.—In the case in question, the servant girl of a butcher in New ington was charged with stealing 4i lbs. of meat, the property of her master, and a respectable young woman with receiving the same, on Sunday morning lest. The latter prisoner was defended by Mr. Owen, who endeavoured to show, first, that she had purchased the meat from her fellow prisoner, and, secondly, that she might have had it given to her as payment for altering and repairing her dress, which she had brought home that morning. The evidence, however, of the first prisoner's mistress showed that the mode in which the meat had been cut from various joints in the shop precluded the idea of there having been an honest intention, and both were committed for trial. A gentleman, whom we understood to be Mr. Arnold, one of the stipendiary magistrates of London, was upon the bench with Mr. Mansfield, during part of the sitting. THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—" TEE EDUCATION QUESTION," cogently alluded to in your leading article of last Tuesday, was well worthy a perusal. My attention was especially directed to our own locality, by " Men subscribe for the support of the schools near their residences, and thus there is always most money where it is least required ; but in the neighbour hood of their offices, the poor are left in ignorance and heathenism, each one trying to shift the burthen to some one else ;" because I am hereby reminded that St. Paul's Church is in the neighbourhood of offices, and is at present without its corresponding national school ; that St. Nicholas's Church, fronting the river, is otherwise surrounded by offices, and is without its own national school edifice (for, surely, the school kept in that dismally dingy-looking place in Moorfields is not a suitable sub stitute for a national school); that St. George's is in the centre of offices, and has no national school ; that St. Thomas's Church is in the neighbourhood of offices, and stands very much in need of a new, suitably large national school ; that even St. Peter's, in Church -street, has never had its own necessary national school (for the Blue-coat Hospital is an institution as much distinct in itself as either the Industrial School, at Kirkdale, or the Orphan Boys' Asylum) ; and that other churches, cer tainly not far from offices, are, some without, and some with only a nominal national school. Wherefore it is obviously and painfully true, as you infer, that " the poor are kept in ignorance and heathenism." The ques tion, however, to which you have so forcibly referred, is, indeed, deserving a practical solution, more particularly so when it is considered that there are churches in densely-peopled districts without schools, near to which there are neither " offices" nor " residences" such as those to which, of course, you point. What, then, is to be done ? For many years there was a large edifice in Paradise-street occupied as a placeof worship by Unitarians, who also kept a sort of school in that wretched place called Manesty-lane ; but these people, so far humane, have taken to higher ground, to worship and teach, and left their old chapel to be converted into a gin palace, smoking nuisance, or place of free admission for evening entertainments ! It should, however, be remembered that this is in the district of St. Peter's Church, being almost close by; and instead of giving the enemy of the souls and bodies of men the free occupation of such ground, the congregation of St. Peter's ought at once to plant their own national school in or about this demo ralised district, for the reclamation of the ignorant and heathen so sunk in wickedness and vice. If I cast my eye to Eldon-street, I see a substantial stone edifice just erected by Romanists, for the accommodation or recep tion of, I should suppose, five or six hundred children ; and if I turn my attention again over by Edge-hill, I behold a good stone edifice nearly completed, for the instruction, perhaps, of seven or eight hundred children, under the immediate superintendence of the Pope's sub ordinates; and it is deserving of notice, that, in order to the completion of this school at Edge-hill (where, I am sorry to think, the respectable congregation of St. Mary's District Church have not secured as good a suite of school-rooms for the education of their increasing popu lous neighbourhood), a grant of £7OO has been obtained from the Committee of Privy Council on Education. When this is considered, it is not too much to suppose that some co-operation would be given if similar efforts were made in each of the districts above referred to. In regard to those churches which belong to the Corporation, something should at once be done by the municipal authorities. The Health Committee might do something in regard to those schools which are held underneath church edifices. A sanatory bill might be drawn up, and laid before Parliament, for the shutting of such places, as well as burying grounds within the borough, and providing that three halfpence be granted, by way of compensation, for every cubic foot of space contained in such submural school-rooms, which would aid each dis trict to take steps for the procuring of suitable school premises. The education question is one of local and national importance, and it deserves the best considera tion of the magistrates and influential inhabitants of the borough, as well as of her Majesty's Government. Trusting to your courtesy for the insertion of these remarks, I remain, yours, truly, J. G. Liverpool, Ist May, 1852. MUZZLE YOUR DOGS! To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—I hope the authorities will cause the destruction of every dog found in the streets unmuzzled. The time of the year demands the precaution. _ On Saturday last a Clog bit a boy belonging to Mr Smith, Netherfield-road, and also tore the cheek of ano ther child at the bottom of Roscommon-street. The feel ings of the parents may be imagined ; but others will have to bewail the fate of their children unless the authorities act without further delay.—l am, Sir, &c., CIVIS. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The anniversary meeting of this society will be held in the Collegiate In stitution on Monday next, at 11 a.m., the worshipful and Rev. Chancellor Raikes in the chair; and by adjournment on the same evening at 7, the Bishop of Chester in the chair The sermons will be preached in the various churches on the previous day, and on the Tuesday morn ing the annual public breakfast will take place at the Adelphi. The deputation this year consists of the Rev. Daniel Wilson, of Islington, London, the Rev. J. 13. Marsden, of Birmingham, and the Rev. Canon Stowell, of Manchester. OPENING OF A NEW ORGAN AT RUNCORN.—On Sunday last, a new organ, built by Mr. Wm. Rushworth, of Pudsey-street, in this town, was opened in the Brunswick Wesleyan Chapel, Runcorn. The occasion drew together a more than usually numerous congregation, the edifice being densely thronged. The organ, which, apart from any consideration of it as a musical instrument, is a chaste and fitting adornment to the chapel, was ge nerously presented by T. Hazlehurst, Esq., of Runcorn, who defrayed from his own private purse every farthing of expense incurred. Mr. Wilkinson, the talented organist of Stockport, admirably developed the capabilities of the instrument in a most masterly style, to the universal satisfaction of all who heard it. The organ is of great power for its size, combining all the latest improvements which science has suggested, and which skilful workman ship could carry into effect. The rev. gentleman who conducted the religions services of the day, in the course of his discourse, passed some appropriately complimentary observations upon Mr. llazlehurst for his handsome a donation. A few weeks ago a local contemporary , in notice of the instrument. whilst still in process of building, inserted the following paragraph :—`o branchi\'nGA in Liverpool has advancement of late been more conspicuous th an in that of organ building. A few weeks ago a hig h c om p lim ent was paid of the mechanical arts BUILDING IN LIVERPOOL. —Perhaps in no other by the Manx Sun to our townsman, Mr. Jacks on , o f s with pl easure oSrpgrainngffioerldth-setreeheutr,cfhorahtisiLkuilgllaisn; the ald i it constructi o n i of an we now bear testimony to th e a b ility of another Liverpo o l builder, Mr. William Rushworth, of P u d sey-street, who Wesleyanof viewing C h t a h p e e i l, Runcorn.nstrument, and of h ear i ng had has now in an advanced state of completion the Brunswick it tested by Mr. Wray, organist o f t h e Church for the Blind, whose skilful playing ad m i ra bl y developed its fine c apabilities. It is of two manuels, from CC to Fin alt., th e pleasure pedals, two octaves, and a f ourth. The great organ con tains six stcps ; open diapason, 8 feet ; stop diapason, 8 feet; principal, 4 feet; twelfth, 3 feet ; fifteenth, 2 feet; octave-fifteenth, 1 foot. The swell organ : keraulophon, 8 feet ; open diapason, 8 feet ; stop diapason, 8 feet; priacipal, 4 feet ; trumpet, 8 feet. Coupler and compo sition pedals. The instrument is 14 feet high, 9 feet in front, and 7 at the back : the width across the front is 9 feet ; there are 12 stops and 536 pipes." CHURCH REFORM. THE MARQUIS OF BLANDFORD'S recent appli cation for leave to bring in a bill on the subject of Church Reform, gave general satisfaction within the house, and it will be not less gratifying out of doors. It is a movement in the right direction; for there has of late been a growing conviction both with clergy and laity that something should be done. The old principle of laissez faire will not do in these days, when no two subjects are viewed with more scrutiny than financial and Church matters. The Church of the people should be built up in the hearts of the people ; and, for this pur pose, everything that is offensive to one's feelings of equity and propriety should be permanently removed or promptly amended. The increased and increasing fidelity of the clergy, which has made itself felt during the last thirty years, is not enough ; though as a fact, it is extremely gratifying. What ever has been done for recovering the masses to christianity and social order, should be done with additional facilities ; in other words, besides the readiness of both officers and crew to do their duty, the good ship must he made thoroughly seaworthy. At this conviction the thinking portion of the com munity seem to have all arrived ; but, beyond it, one is bewildered with the variety of suggestions, and the different quarters from which they come. There are many, of course, who, under the spe cious name of reform, seek the destruction of the Church. They would clip her wings, and then wonder that she does not fly ; they would disar range the machinery, and then be astonished that it does not work well. Among reformers of this class are many of the parliamentary orators from the sister island. They have sworn not to do any thing to the injury of the Established Church, but then, kind souls, their plans are only for the lop ping off of abuses ! But when we come to the question of what constitutes abuses, it is alleged that nothing is right ;—though the energy of the Church and the force of circumstances are every hour diminizbing the objection that the creed of the State is not '11:9 creed of the people. In this country, there are many whose political and religious had recently experienceda difficulty in findingsuitablemen Parliament, and :1 back with shame to the period when they had to come forward to represent their tow ie looke presented to their choice the clog of Cant-, g, and the ability of Huskisson and Sandon. (Loud cheers The old freemen of Uverpool returned these men as their representatives ; they were never disgraced until they returned a Ewart, and he trusted they would not return Evart, to Parliament, and were afterwards branded as having taken bribes, the freemen 'ere not the pa who were most to blame - When left behind on the day's poll, and it was resolved by his friends to resort to bribery, Mr. J. C. Ewart was one of the midnight council who met to buy the election, and one of the most active agents in tempting them to their destruction. (" He was—We'll have none of Ewart.") Mr. J. C. Ewart was an advocate of annual parliaments, of vote by ballot, of free trade, and talked about a large loaf. Had they ever asked him if he was an advocate of free trade in religions Was he not the nominee of the Roman Catholics of Liverpool ? (" He is.") The free men were, he was sure, not prepared to vote for him. With regard to Mr. Cardwell, he referred them for his character to his former friends. He (Mr. Shand) had not, been deceived by him at the last election, even when he stood with the Chairman of the Dock Committee on one hand, and the Chairman of the Shipowners' Association on the other. He used on that occasion words which had a double meaning : one as lie interpreted them to himself, and the other as he intended his hearers to interpret them. He (Mr. Cardwell) had lately paraded some figures in his election address, showing a great increase in the trade and prosperity of the country ; but he appealed to the com mercial men of Liverpool whether this prosperity was shown in their ledgers. (" No 1") Was it experienced by the tradesmen and shopkeepers ? (" No, no !") He warned them not to trust in Mr. Cardwell's figures, or they would be deceived. He now came to consider the claims upon them of Mr. FORBES .111 AC KENZIE, a gentleman whom Mr. William Earle calls " a goose." (A voice: "Not a Yorkshire goose.") In doing so, Mr. Earle uses words suitable to the company he keeps. 1 t was enough for him (the chairman) that Mr. Mackenzie had been selected as fit to fill a most responsible office by Lord Derby, than whom a more high-minded and honourable statesman did not exist. Mr. Mackenzie was a perfect man of business; and one of his political opponents in Liverpool had stated to him that he had never met with a better. With respect to the other can- - didate, Mr. Charles Turner, he was well known amongst them. On all occasions he had fulfilled his duties to the people of Liverpool; and in conducting the business of dock chairman he performed duties than which those of few members of parliament were more important. He was a clear-headed man, who never made use of words which he did not mean. The Chairman concluded by recommending the two candidates to the approval of his brother freemen. (Loud cheers followed the conclusion of his speech.) . , Mr. ROBERTS, as a brother freeman, proposed the first resolution, which will be found in our advertising columns. He contended very ably that the foreigners had all the ad vantage of our present unjust system of miscalled Free trade; and any one would acknowledge it when, in proceed ing along our line of docks, he saw so many British ships laid up, with the broom at their mastheads. The Chair man had very ably dissected the four candidates before them ; and he accepted his dissection. With respect to Mr. Cardwell, he had always said that lie had been brought up in a bad school ; and he urged his brother freemen to give their confidence to the men who would support the Earl of Derby's administration. Mr. Roberts concluded a forcible address, by referring to the sin and hypocrisy of those who destroyed the West India interest, and after wards admitted foreign slave-grown sugar duty free. (Cheering.) Mr. COLBORNE, as a member of that much maligned body, the old freemen of Liverpool, had very great plea sure in seconding the motion. (Cheers.) Being a ship owner, he felt that he had a considerable stake in the prosperity of the town ; but it was not because of the in terest he felt in that particular trade, but because he considered the shipping interest to be the real bulwark of the country. (Cheers.) Destroy the wooden walls of old England and her greatness was gone. (Continued cheers.) The question, however, for decision at the next general election in Liverpool, was not one affecting free trade. The Roman Catholics had done in this town what they had not ventured to do in any other part of the coun try. (Hear.) They had attempted to dictate to the elec tors of this Protestant community in a manner such as no section of that party dare attempt in England since the reign of James. (Applause.) It appeared to him most astonish;ng, that in the year 1852 they were called upon to settle the question whether there should be Roman Catholic or Protestant ascendancy ; yet it was quite clear, that because Sir Thomas Birch, a Free Trader, bad voted iN fo i r av tl n ie ee E th cc , l l e l s e ia w s a ti s cal eh T el i T t e le d s . B in il e h b a e n d d ien ag ee ain te st t t i h ie e d g i r c a ta n t t io t il o of the Roman Catholics. (Hear.) The question, however, was not so much one of free trade as of free imports ; and therefore it behoved them to support men who would, by their measures, restore this town to that prosperity which it enjoyed before the introduction of this one-sided system. (Loud cheers.) When men like Lord Derby, who was a man of ability, of rank, of fortune, who had a large stake in Liverpool, in the country, is Ireland, had taken Mr. Forbes Mackenzie into his counsels, he (Mr. Colborne) for one considered that a sufficient recommen dation, and should vote for him, feeling perfectly confi dent that so high-minded a nobleman could not fail to have discovered talents and capability for office, or he would not have been selected. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) As to Mr. Turner, he need say nothing—they knew him— he was brought up amongst them. He had filled the most important office connected with the commercial affairs of the town ; and as he had shown that he could take care of their local funds. they might depend upon it lie would take care of the funds of the country. (Hear, bear.) The resolution was then put and carried with loud acclamation. Mr. JAMES TAYLOR, in proposing the next resolution, said that the election which would shortly take place was one of the most momentous that had taken place for years past. He trusted, however, that they had not so far de scended in the scale of society as to support a branch of the Ewart family —a family which had done their best to rob them of the privileges they enjoyed. Sir Thos. Birch had been: rejected at the demand of about 1200 Roman Catholics, whilst the same parties professed to treat with contempt about 2500 of the old freemen. (Hear, hear.) After expressing a hope that they would exert themselves in behalf of the Conservative candidates, the speaker con cluded by proposing the motion, which was seconded by Mr. BOLD and carried unanimously, and amid great applause. The CHAIRMAN said that was the whole of the busi ness on the paper for that evening. When he consented to take the chair, he told the parties who waited upon him he hoped they would have a room large enough. He was, however, sorry to find it was not half large enough, but it rejoiced him to find they were so earnest and unani mous in the cause. (Cheers.) They know as well as he did that they had been going down hill for some time, and therefore it was gratifying to find that they were deter mined to reverse the order of things, and support the government of Lord Derby. (Loud cheers.) Mr. ROBERTS then proposed a vote of thanl, chairman, which was seconded by Mr. JACKSON, in an able speech of some length, which we regret we have not room for; and after three cheers had been given for the Queen, for the candidates, for the Earl of Derby, for the chairman and for the freemen of Liverpool, this satis factory meeting separated ; previously to doing so however, it was suggested that the next meeting ought to be held in a much larger room, as the Carpenters'-hall, Bond street, and the Chairman said he should be happy to at. tend on such an cfrasion. s to the CONFESSIONS OF A BURGLAR. — At Huntington, Hall, nvib t h oeh e ftioc:l, ; e o th t i‘ie o nf r ir i mc o . u u pss s itimocdaiytteh.a burglar, Tstilhxl eemy hasgodori more emadeassociatesnri not governor, a o s na tfinodnu confine their ol d : ch i astounding disclosures eod officers, rv,ehk drosLa deeds in to the county of Huntingdon, but scoured every corner of Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Cambridgeshire, confederating with other desperate characters wherever they went to commit plunder. A policeman on the Eastern Counties Railway, near to Peterborough, was knocked down and robbed, and, because he resisted, his life was taken. The body was then dragged across the tails, so that the next train going thereon might run over the lifeless body, and make it appear that the poor fellow had lost his life through an accident. For nearly thirteen - 5 gang carried on their robberies. years tl AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—The rather dull routir which Irish electioneering affairs was rapid' --- b;!en raised by a little " - affair of honour'' It appears that, in the course of the is progressing there, a Mr. 9'Hanlo " liar" to Mr. Gartlan, one of the candidates • that stated that Mr. Gartlan " acted as a liar persisted in standing as a cand• nromised that he would withdr ngry ca applied the term provided - a majority of the liberal constituency gency which Mr. o'l'anion Mr. Gartlan holds that it The result w-as a long corre d had arrived, alt . emains to be p and friends in the usual style on such occasions, termi nating in the arrest of Mr. Gartlan, at the early hour o four o'clock in the morning, while taking hi _ . a a covered car, and about to :eed to tohert V. Thacker; of a sor,