The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-18 00:00:00

111ar. 18, 1845. total anb Vrobinrial The new Bankruptcy Courts, in South John-street, were opened for business on Wednesday. On Thursday there were sixty gentlemen from Liver- Pent in attendance on committees of the House of Com- Mons. vrarYThack er y, o f Chester, has presented his n 3— to the Infirmary, for the u of the youn lion hers of the Chester profession connected with that institu g s LIVE RPOOL AND ISLE OF M A N.—The Mona's herald t at es that su b scr i ptions have b een entered i nto for t h e i g is Pose of r unn i ng a fi rst-c l ass i ron steamer b etween s tusey, Isle of Man, and Liverpool. e!c , i Mted Miller, lat e h ea d- consta bl e o f Li verpoo l, h as b een chief superintendent of prisons at Glasgow with a wi ttrY of £650 a year. He succeeded by the narrowest t aaiori „_tY, the c as ti ng vo t e o f t h e c h a i rman, hi s opponen t being Mr. Machisson. „,,4ln azzegstENT.—On Thursday a respectably dressed i„" tl g man, named John Platt, was committed for trial r receiving several sums of money belonging to his em- PlaYer, Mr. Dalziel, linen and woollen draper, Russell street, and not accounting for the full amount. 11.4RRINGTON DOCK COMPANY.—On Friday the an stlat meeting of this company was held at the Clarendon iicii°ll.9{. The report, which was adopted, recommended t e dissolution of the company, the objects of its consti utiau having been accomplished. k a Tile The atre- R oyal i s to open on Monday, t h e 12t h o f d Y. (Whit M on d ay. ) Th e pr i ces o f a d m i ss i on, we un ti"stand. are to be, boxes. 3s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; and e t, ! Is. 6d . The charge for admission to the gallery, we heve, has not been decided upon. I GUA RDIAN GAS BILL.—The petition for this bill has ren reported, and the bill ordered to be brought in by Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas. On Wednesday the billwas presented and read a first time, and has been ordered to be read a second time. r°linxis MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The subscriptions 11 1 the various Manchester auxiliaries to this association were lest year as follow :—Christ Church, £502 St. X4C2 ; St. Saviour's, £316 ; St. Matthias's, ; St. John's, £lO7 ; and £lO5 from others. .e, i 'atvristas.—A remarkably fine Mersey salmon was V i g,ht a few days back by the Eastham fisherman, Moses just under the Eastham shore, weighing 22 1 b5., Deg etch the good wife of Moses lost no time in taking off to where she sold it to a fishmonger for is. 6d. lt,1 *() „ Tuesday Mr. Rushton committed a woman, named r M'Donald, to prison for three months, for having beee„lved, since February, 1840, ten shillings a quarter i i lkl er Mrs. Molvneux's charity, through representing that a nnt, a Dom: bed-ridden old woman, who died at the Period mentioned, was still living. sn . sh ilat nßaTioN.—The tide of emigration never flowed 4 1 - ' 1 greater vi gour to t h e U n i te d S ta t es t h an at present, Proof of which Messrs. Harnden and Co., Waterloo- Lo,, d 13 nave shipped the following number this month : tthe Yorkshire, which sailed on the 18th March, 400 ; i V the Governor Davis, on the 13th March, 300 ; by the a l tilbr idge, on the 16th March, 318. tII: 4 PUDENT ROBBERY.—On Tuesday last, as Mr. Wm. a r ' a . Eut•lican, of Little Crosby, was proceeding along ju'eat Howard -street, in his gig, a thief, named Graham, w:Ped up behind and stole a bundle containing a shawl ler Ft ,e h four guin eas , an d n i ne y ar d s o f p r i n t. H e was ob ta tae bY a person and given into custody, and committed sessions for trial. ti7 R EET RODD ERY .—O n T u e s d a y even i ng l as t, as O wen ei e l d '.°Y, who had just arrived from Manchester, was pro -0 uP Bachelor -street, he was accosted by a f ema l e , di t ook £3l out of hi s i ns id e wa i s t coa t p oc k et . Imme shatOY three men came up, seized him by the legs, and o , e w him do wn , an d h e ld hi m w hil st t h e g i r l escape d . of and named Berry, was subsequently appre ended, committed to trial at the sessions. tiaAssauvr.—On Tuesday a respectable-looking man, tutnsd Francis Cook. was fined 405., and ordered to find s a ,,Ties, himself in £lOO, and two in £5O each, for an as p "It on , dra James Macgregor, assistant to Messrs. Earp and Pets, Lord-street. The defendant had been several 'l:T:eat the sh op us i ng v i o l ent l anguage ; an d on t h e d ay ?1 the assault was committed he had with him a large gek ale from which a small spear protruded. With this he t ei r o thrusts at Mr. Macgregor, who, however, dex yllalY evaded the blows. 3 1 .!' VISITO R FROM C HINA. —A c hi nese " man o f l etters " et 7, du ring the last few days, bee n inspecting the public vErablishme in this . town. He is a well-made man, featY s tout. (the stan d ar d o f b eauty i n Chi na , ) h as fi ne ti, 4 ll , r ea of the T artar cast, an d b e i ng arraye d in h is na ° t - H " uab iliments he is a considerable object of curiosity lab classes. Possessing, unfortunately, very little Eng thoi, L he is approachable only through an interpreter, tis o ltu to him this seems a slight defect, his natural taci sp:ltY or want of appreciation prompting him to make bei„ ° r no remarks. He is from an inland province, and stiCgone of th e li terat i , possesses, according to the con- Hah_atlon of society, considerable rank in his own country. P ret urns to China in a few weeks. as,— to eer .saio AND S EWERAGE C OMMISSIONERS .—A t th e soaln ft on Thursd a y M r . J o h n H o l mes pres id e d. Th e t h e divid e d on the quest i on as to the propriety of pur- Co i l in g a quantity of blocks from the Metropolitan Rood Yardit a tlY- The motion of Mr. Aspinall, that 7s. per be off ere d f or the lot, w.ss carried by a majority of gehif."-Upon the motion of M r . K a y e . th e f o ll ow i ng te e . e men were appointed the Street Watering Commit- Ns-Messrs. Hodeson, Copeland, Gladstone, Ki:shaw, Tinne, Ka"e, Leyland, Ackers, and Whitby. ol io _ Kaye said theie would, doubtless, be great com a,;,?tds that t h e water-carts were not out; but the public til's see that, if t h ey were sent out suc h weat h er as th i s, treetB would soon be one sheet of ice. Tt s tei bo o HIG H S HERIFF OF CHESHIRE.—There is an es ti! feeling amongst the inhabitants of Wirral to pay NV ill i our to th e popu l ar Hi g h Sh er iff for Cheshire. Sir eity - l a a r :reY Stanley, Bart., by ac com p an yi ng h im in t o th e the l',Ulester, on Saturday, the 29th instant, to meet !Sstaiituaes of Assize. It is said that the gentlemen who h unt with Sir William' s h oun d s i n t en d to a p pear Worti' l. 'et• A splendid thjeuner will be given by the en voi Y baronet previous to starting, at his hospitable hi t s,„° ll , Hoot on H a ll . Th e persona l cortege o f t h e atii.' h erifr, in the splendour of its equipage, wilt be hi s t ! of the head of the illustrious house of Stanley -11,4 te carriage ail( be drawn by six splendid chesnut Pointed ,Pl a i n ble Archdeacon Clarke has been ap kPoced c to Sir William. ir laR , , C OMMITTEE.—The shed on the west side of the !Pt! D o ck was ordered to be extended up to the north 'ae eqy and the berth for the vessels engaged in the vi,lediterranean trade was ordered to be removed to t he t t . e _ S t aide. A permanent berth for vessels engaged in to ellt 7de to Constantinople was fixed upon as an experi patch Or t hree months, the parties undertaking to des so IL not fewer than three vessels a month. The quay or o ," north side of No. 2, Clarence Graving Dock, was f il ao t t i D e : Bs lo be pav ed or mac adamized. A swing-bridge for `abb e e nSers, was directed to be placed over the lock t , aouth of Prince's Dock. The Harbour Masters' attere-tltattittee on the suggestion of Mr. Henderson, L a ini o re quested to obtain returns, with the view of ascer '44 g W hether the graying dock ' s were sufficient for the th °l s t he Port. A letter as to the renting of a portion :„"tatringtr; estate, ' and another from the landing 'Nem.? a t the ton Dock, were referred to the sub -Nee t f h works. go e r, V ESTRY.—On Tuesday a special meeting of ]4lr th e was held to consider Sir James Graham's bill k r. peatnendul,nt of the law of parochial settlement. tli oti o4 tguson, after some remarks, brought forward a h e evil s ° t .he effect that the measure would not correct Of 0 the present system, and that this vestry do tGat sh; ar liament for the abolition of the law of settle eous ° t iler, and that the poor be provided for out of hered bolicisted f un d . O n w hi ch an amen d ment was 114 50 1 1104 . 1 ! t r• Bremner. seco n d e d by Mr. Ch urc h war d en 4,, (N ed s foll ows , v i z. —" T hat a comm i ttee b e now 13 0 ;sabi e ' to consid er th e bill now b e f ore par li ament on to ab et of Parochial settl e me n t, arid to report to their t „ he % t ether any and what alo-rations should be sought anted therein." An interesting discussion en the t a :, h .jeti both the Rectors, the movers and seconders to t lnan c i'l,un arid amendment, end the Vestry-clerk fibre el4ed for t he Psrt. On coming to a division the following Vaia, ne motion, vz. : Rev. Rector Campbell. (the t,,,tltilsy",,"nd Messrs. Ferguson, Bright, Hand, Benne tt, . li e the ' 'laynard, and Alolyneux ; and the following sni:ses. tritieridinerit viz. : Rev. Rector Brooks, arid the : th e 2".gllton, Bremner, Mayor. arid Blackburn, esi, s ° l lo„; 7 "ali mail declared the motion to he carried, and I,IY it members were appointed a sun-committee to ynardout. viz. : Messrs. Ferguson, Bright, Bennett, 1 , and Ts, i ta t orn ey. „;auPoot, COMMERCIAL BANK.—The annual Le on ss' s . the sharehold, ra of this establishment was Itio"N'oo i l' a rdaY week, at the Clarendon-rooms, and was tl it a lif ts V attended. J. C. Jask, Esq., deputy-chair totio"e direct ev e Ino, s Uri:, took the chair, and regretted that e lks L il ted I ndisposition of the chairman of that body uhr, "Is a ttendance, and also induced him not to tik e tt le Be lf for NIN E re-election. After some congratulations aelaelenage r ae tory st a t e o f th e b an k' s affairs, he called on r , _the c t o read th e report. F rom th i s document we d e flg 4 ' 4o 0. , 1 , !lowing principal facts :—The capital is d!kti n wag , f . 7" ret-ervel surulus fund at the beinning ir e . '" B4 -278. The net profits of 1844, after de 'lA 0 1 1 .9 41 e tax, were £45,632. Two halt-yearly .pr bit asid , , 1 4 Per cent. each, amounting to £27,088, had ;Ss fu ns &16,444 has been added to reserved t ' , l ' e ss no.. which is thereby raised to £200./22. Tint 004 s t?Ot tiri atabij i aufficie ri t to meet all the purposes for whic of tilai e shed, and the directors do not, therefore, th the '9Y additions being made to it. The propor e , e aPitat• . si - se tc -ese r P l aced in Divestments is less than iths or of surplus fund. The directors obtained h oo a ...rte frontage to Castle-street in the begin datied7 n e w al t, and immediately arranged for . the e_re te4aeti I °Ps, a banking-house, &c., which, it is ott Oti on e completed within twelve months. (A fa i toe Zreetil.iese splendid buildings wa . s given in . this It 'N I ward ." ago.) The directors, in conclusion, t p 4 t z i - r ed a, e nd a w s ith satisfaction in t-e ..ope of continued lyog th i .i r s are the proprietors that no efforts will he t. tre at°, Part to promote it,—adding that the out_ a t i o a nley p: 'A:ere Mr. H. Hill, Mr. T. Murray, arid theteeed, v r „.cival. It wand. that the rsport th e ru,'lrr ti ri r r. Murray Mr. Percival were the di s ti l Of 4, and war. James Dalglish was elected in has e i t tors f r, Hill. A vofe of thanks was passed to g Or th 'et e a A heart yr great attention to the interests of ti iii tie dt Reim vote of thanks was also passed to tios 4 lar t) ,l l) oth g „ ° l. the manager. Thanks were re -41 t i, uolder"roPlitnen.s. The meeting then separated aearning much gratified by the exposi- A deputation from Liverpool, respecting the re,trictions by the Board of Customs on the trade of the port, con sisting of Lord Samion M.P., Sir Howa r d D oug l as , M.P. Mr. T. B. Horgan, "Ale. David Hodgson, Mr. James Aikin, and Mr. Bramley-Moore, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Wednesday. THE POOR LAW COMMTSSIONEMS v. THE ROCHDALE GUARDIANS.-011 Wednesday last the Poor-law Guar dians of the Rochdale Union, to the number of eighteen, were served - with notice of trial at the next Liverpool As •.. , sizes, for refusing to obey the Poor-law Commissioners. The greatest interest is excited in supporting the Roch dale Guardians in opposing the introduction of the new poor-law. The rate-payers of Oldham, Ashton, and other towns, are also supporting the Rochdale Guardians by subscriptions. THE HOM.EPATIIIC SYSTEM OF MEDICINE.—On Fri day last an inquest was held before Mr. Waklev, on the case of Mr. Henry Cordage'', formerly a solicitor of this town, who, it was supposed, had died in consequence of having been improperly treated by a practitioner under the homaepathic system. It appeared that the deceased had died of hcemorrage from the bowels, but it was proved that Dr. Currie, his medical attendant, had not, for many d-rys, allowed him any sustenance but cold water. The jury returned a verdict accordant with the evidence, but severely reprobated the starving system adopted, in hich expression of opinion Mr. Wakley fully concurred. DEATHS BY BURNING.—On Friday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, touching the death of Mary Ann Stephens, aged twenty. The deceased worked at Messrs. Ashton, Neale, and Co.'s iron foundry, in St. Anne street. On Wednesday morning last, while she was tak ing some saucepans out of a stove, the door of the tire of which was open, and was handing them to another per son, her clothes caught fire, and, before the flames could be extinguished, she was so dreadfully burnt that she died at the Infirmary on Thursday. The jury returned a ver dict of "accidental deatb."—Same day, on view of the body of Mary Loud, aged three years. Deceased, who lived with her parents in Liver Mill-yard, Love-lane, was left in the house with her half-sister, aged ten, on Tues day last, when her clothes caught fire, and though assist ance was soon got, she was so much burnt all over the body that she died, at the Northern Hospital, on the evening of the same day. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased died from the burning, but how her clothes took fire there was no evidence to show. DISCOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY TO A VERY LAROE AMOUNT.—On Wednesday, a man named Edward Ford, a tailor, of No. 28, London-road, was placed at the bar of the Police-court on a charge of having been the receiver of stolen property to the amount of upwards of £6OO. Mr. Dowling, head-constable, said that the prisoner had carried on business as a draper as well as a tailor, and had hitherto been a good character. Recently, however, Mr. Superintendent M`Donald had received information of some stolen property being in the prisoner's possession, and, accompanied by other officers, he had the house searched. The result was that a variety of articles, espe cially in the drapery line, was found, to the estimated amount of from £5OO to £l,OOO. The pieces of cloth were new, and they were cut in various ways, the tickets mark ed with the price taken off, and the whole thrown about the rooms in complete confusion. There were an immense number of dress and body coats, satin, silk, and figured vests, ladies' dresses, of the most beautiful and costly patterns, shawls, boas, mantles, and every other descrip tion of female wearing apparel. A portion only had yet been identified by the respective owners, and these parties were called as witnesses. Mr. Williams, of Great Homer street, whose hcuse had been broken open on the 30th December last, identified several articles of wearing appa rel then stolen. Mrs. Bond, of Islington, whose house had been broken open on the 3d January, identified a pair of candlesticks. Mr. Walker, watch and clock maker, Stanley-street, identified some pieces of watch machinery ; Mr. Griffiths, leather dealer, Bevington-bush, a quantity of leather, stolen in July last; Mrs. Parker, of Plump ton-street, a handsome time-piece and tea-caddy. The prisoner's wife stated to Kissock, the officer, that she had purchased those at Prornoli's two years ago. A Mrs. Robinson, of Spring-place, identified acme gowns and other articles, stolen from her in December last. Mr. Davenport, who appeared for the prisoners, said the pri soner was a " piece broker," or dealer in every thing, and if the case was sufficiently strong against him, he submit ted that the wife had, it was to be presumed, spoken un der his directions. Mr. Rushton said he should commit them both. Ford implored the magistrates to deal leni ently with his wife, as her health was in a precarious state. Mr. Rushton said it was well for both of them that the sessions were so near. The evidence was then taken, and they were committed for trial. It is said that about four cart loads of stolen property were taken from the house to the commissioners office. THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The twentieth an nual meeting of the friends and members of this institution was held on Wednesday, Mr. T. Blackburn, president, in the chair. The chairman congratulated the meeting on the success of the establishment. He noticed the mort gage debt of £1,500, and hoped the friends of the institu tion would do all they could to liquidate it by next year, when the institution shall have attained its mbjurity. It would require only 150 persons to become life members to do so ; and the contribution should net be regarded as a gift, as in fact it would he a good investment, giving the donor a title for life to all the lectures, and the free use of 12,000 volumes. About 1,700 pupils were constantly being educated at the institution. Mr. Hogg, the secre tary, read the report. Great progress had been made in every department of the institution during the year. The following is a statement of the funds :—Balance against the institution in March, 1844, £ll3 15s. 2d.; expendi ture in 1844.45, £10,365 7s. 23d.; making a sum of £10,479 2s. 41d. ; which deducted from the receipts in 1814.45, namely, £10,937 4s. Bd., left a balance to the credit of the institution on the Ist of March, 1845. of £458 2s. 41d. ; and if the debit balance of last year be taken into account there would be a balance on the year of £561 17a. 64d. The number of members and subscri bers was greater than at any former period, and the changes in the terms made in November, 1843, had worked well. The number of members, according to tickets issued, was 3,763. In the evening schools much had been done to extend that department, and tender the classes more useful. The progress made by the pupils was highly satisfactory. The same remarks applied to the Lower School, in which the number of pupils had increased. In the High School there were 265 pupils. whose progress was generally satisfactory, and the discipline there exer cised bad been successful in maintaining order and obe dience. The committee referred to the success which bad attended the formation of the Girls' School with particular pleasure. After paving all expenses there would remain in the hands of the treasurer a balance of £502. In conclusion, the report referred to the general efficiency of the whole departments connected with the institution, which were never in so prosperous a condition. The report was adopted. Thanks were voted to donors to the library, and to the retiring committee. The list of prizes awarded to pupils in the various departments was then read, also the names of those honourably mentioned. Votes of thanks were passed to the teachers and officers of the institution; and to the contributors to the building fund of the Girls' School. Directors were elected for the ensuing year, and H. Booth, Esq., president. Thanks were voted to the retiring president, which be acknow ledged, stating, in addition, that Mr. Hodgson would henceforward devote a considerable portion of his time to the teaching of several of the gasses, by which great benefit world accrue to the institution. The meeting then separated. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.—OR 'Wednesday a public meeting of the licensed victuallers of this town was held at the Parthenon Rooms, Great Char lotte-street, to receive the report of the committee rip. pointed by the society recently established for the protec tion of the rights and capital of publicans. The chair was taken by Mr. Mart hall, of the Edge-hill Coffee-house, who opened the business by a sketch of the origin, objects. and progress of the society, which was stated by himself and three others. The committee, thirty in number, had regularly met three times a week, and in a short time num bered upwards of 300 members. He called upon tirose publicans present to come forward and join a society formed solely for the purpose of supioiting the trade in all its branches. Mr. Carden read a report. of which the follow ing are the principal heads. Shorly after the origin of the Society, rules were published, and the members in creased as stated. The first object was " Protection against vexatious prosecutions and assaults on the persons and depredations on the property of the members," and they had on several occasions defended subscribers, sum moned before the magistrates, with success The second object was to watch the proceedings of the legislature af fecting the trade, so as to be prepared for any emergency ; and the committee had received positive information that it was in contett plation to revive the bill, twice before discussed, to enable any person to retail spirituous iiqu , .rs upon payment of a small annual sum, the licenses to be granted by the excise, and not by the magistrates. If such a measure were passed, the trade would be seriously affected, and those who had invested large sums especially. There were many grievances affecting the trade—local taxes, &c.—and the committee hoped that their next re port would shew that their efforts had placed the trade on a better footing in this and other respects. It had been reported that this society was in opposition to the Chari table Association, but this was not the fact, as many mem bers of that association were favourable to this society, and the one was for charitable purposes, and the other solely for protection. The report concludes with a c.infi dent hope that such of the trade as are not members will lose no time in joining as subscribers.— Mr. Rawlinson (secretary of the Benevolent Fund) entered into an expla nation relative to the •` bottle bill," from which it ap peared that it would not be brought for ward this session of Parliament, nor at all without due notice to the public. He thought the publicans should wait until they were at tacked before they showed any intention of resistance. — Mr. Parkinson expressed a different opinion on the sub ject, as he believed the bottle bill was not yet dead, but only put to sleep for a titre, for a great revenue might be expected from it. He noticed the various imposts to which publ cans especially were subject; th e gr i evous d ec i s i ons of the magistrates againstthem; th e impossibility its most cases of individuals obtaining redress upon appeal to the quarter sessions, for want of funds ; and the consequent advantage of all publicans joining th e soc i ety , so t h at f or a small annual sum they might be protected.—Mr. May considered the new society unnecessary, as the old one was protective in its nature. He moved that the report be adopted, and that the soc iety should oppose all parliamen tary infringements.—This was seconded by Mr. Godfrey. —The Chairman said it had long been at a stand-still, its members being only about3 oo , while that or the p u bli cans was 1500. H e . was still of opinion that there was amp l e room for the operation of both soc i eties, without inter fering with each other.—The motion was . canted nearly unanimously.—A resolution was then carrie din the effect that the two societies should meet by deputation, to en deavour to make arrangements to work harmoniously to gether. This too was carried, and after a vote of thanks, and receiving the names of a number of new members, tke meeting separated. THE LIVERPOOL WrANDARD WIRRALL FARMERS' CLUB. —The anniversary meet ing of this society took pl ace o n T u e s day l ast , Wood side, and a number of infl u e n ti a l g entlemen and far..litr , were present. Colonel Sr E. Cost, who was to havt: presided, was prevented from attending by a farn:.ly be reavement. The show of stock and implements took pllce at the back of the hotel, but as no premiums were given, but few were shown. Rewards were adjudged to a considerable number of servants and labourers, for length and fidelity of servitude, bringing up the largest families without parochial assistance, &c., amounts from £1 to £3. A new and useful machine for cutting up pastures, and rendering cross-plowing unnecessary. was sent by Mr. Jackson of Noctorum. A fine bull was shown, the property of Mr. Webster ; three store pigs (China breed,) and a cow, by Mr. Jackson, and two fine cart horses. by H. Littledale, Esq. The dinner took place in the coffee room of Gough's Hotel, John Formbj, Esq. in the chair. Mr. Jackson, of Noctorum, vice; number present about 60, including many of the influential on that side of the water, but few farmers. The usual loyal and other toasts on such occasions were drunk and ably responded to, the principal speakers being the chairman, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Mortimer, and Mr. Moore. The entertain ment passed off with much spirit, though the absence of landowners and farmers was regretted. FORTUNE TELLING.-At the Borough Court, Manches ter, on Saturday, Anne Chrimes. a professional fortune teller, was charged with defrauding several poor simple tons of their money by pretending to " rule their stars," tell their fortunes, &c., &c. One of them, a widow of the ripe age of sixty, being exceedingly anxious to revisit the shrine of Hymen, consulted the wise woman as to the probability of her obtaining a second husband, and being promised one by the first of May, paid sixpence for the information, receiving, however, twopence out, and a quarter of an ounce of tobacco, she being very poor. Nancy Bradley, a middle-aged married woma residing at Heaton Norris, consulted the sage about her husband, of whom she was jealous. She was told that four young women had bewitched him, and that if he were not un bewitched he would very soon go off in a galloping con sumption. Mrs. Chrimes undertook to cure him and make him a good husband for ten shillings, and was so accommodating as to offer to take the money by instal ments.—stipulating, however, for a silk handkerchief, or something else belonging to him, as necessary for the pro cess of conjuration. She received a shilling by way of earnest. A young woman, named Ellen Simpson, was offered a charm for her sweetheart, at various prices, from three shillings to fifteen shillings each, and told that the higher the price the more effectual they were, and that the beau of one of her acquaintance, who had bought a charm, had come " ranting after" her, he having previ ously been rather a lukewarm wooer. It so happened, however, that Ellen Simpson was already married, and wished to consult the stars not about love matters, bat as to the time of her becoming rich, a process which was not going on so rapidly as she wished. There were many other cases against the prisoner, and she was committed for three months with hard labour. SEAMEN'S READING-ROOM, DAILY SCHOOL, AND NAVIGATION SCHOOL On Friday evening the annual meeting of this institu tion, in connection with the Mariner's Floating Church. George's Dock, was held in the Music-Hall. Owing, probably, to the extreme severity of the weather, the at tendance was not so numerous as on the previous anni versary. The Rev. Mr. Maynard opened the proceedings by stating that his Worship the Mayor would have been present, but had had an at'ack of illness, which rendered it imprudent for him to go abroad on such a night. Mr. Adam Hodgson, Mr. James Aikin, and Mr. T. B. Hors fall, all warm friends of the institution, were also absent from unavoidable engagements. The Rev. J. H. STEWART was then called to the chair, and opened the business by an exposition of the objects of the institution. The whole of the community was inte rested in the cause for which they had met, for all were in gratitude and duty bound to do their best for the be nefit of the seaman. To the tars of old England they were indebted for protection in time of war, and for many of the comforts of life during peace. It was to sailors, too, that they were indebted for the glad tidings of salvation. The disciple whom Jesus had most loved went down to the sea, and " did his business in the great waters." Surely, therefore, they ought to befriend the sailor. The first object of the institution was to support a reading room, wherein the seamen might enjoy each others com pany, and be led to know their only true God, and not to become the prey of those harpies who, on their arrival from a voyage, were ever seeking whom they might de vour. Another part was to support the school for the orphan children of seamen—that the society might supply their fathers' place. Another was to instruct the young men in navigation, which would be a benefit to the mer chant, as it would enable those youths to conduct a ship in safety to the haven of her destination. The Rev. Mr. MAYNARD read the report. It stated that a reading-room had been provided, and supplied so far, but more books were much wanted, and they there fore took that opportunity of soliciting donations of books or tracts, which the seamen received with gratitude. Many of them gladly availed themselves of the room, and evinced their sense of its comfort and advantage by at. tending every evening whilst they were ashore. During the past year fiity.five apprentices and twenty five seamen have received instruction in navigation from the master who has been appointed, and who attends from six to half past nine in the evening. The committee would particu larly call the attention of the merchants to this object, and remind them that sub-cribers of a guinea are privileged to send their apprentices and others free of charge. Tbe number of girls in the daily school has increased during the past year. At the close of it there were seventy-five on the books, and the average attendance has been from fifty to sixty. With regard to the Sunday school, they have reason to be thankful; it is now going on satisfac torily, and the number of children in attendance is about eighty. (1 he Report here quoted the gratifying report of the last examination of the school from the STANDARD.) The receipts for the past year amounted to £l6B, and the expenditure was £l2O, leaving a balance in band to the amount of £4B. The Rev. Mr. CONKER moved the adoption of the re port in a long address, in which he contended that in place of supporting only one mariner's church and schools, the merchants and others ought so to come forward that there would be a chaplain, a church, and a school, to every dock. _ _ Mr. Alderman CHILTON seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. NOLAN moved the next resolution, ex pressive of thankfulness to God for the success of the in stitution so far, and a hope that through his goodness it might go on in increasing usefulness. The rev. gentle man spoke at considerable length, and with great effect, on the be.iefits that would arise from it, and urged the propriety of our merchants and shipowners contributing towards it, for their own sakes as well as for the seamen they employed. The Rev. DAVID STEWART seconded the resolution. dwelling strongly on reliance being placed on the divine blessing in this and ali other undertakings. It was carried. The Rev. Mr. PARRY moved, in effect, that it was the urgent desire of the meeting that the merchants and ship owners of the port should give that support to the insti tution of which it was in every respect so well worthy. Mr. W. MooRE feelingly seconded the resolution, which was passed. Mr. MAYNARD said he had much pleasure in stating that her Majesty the Queen warmly interested her,elt on behalf of seamen, as a proof of which she had promptly consented to become the patroness of the Liverpool Sail' rs' Home, recently originated. (Cheers.) He pro posed a vote of thanks to the Chili' man, which was passed by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and after reading the doxology the meeting separated. A collection in behalf of the institution was made at the doors as the company retired. PROGRESS OF WORKING IN IRON, &c.— SPLENDID GRATE AND FURNISHING ES TABLISHMENT. We had, some time ago, occasion to denominate the present times " the iron age"—alheA out of the proper application of iron comes " gold"; and we are daily con firmed in our (minion by the rapidly-imm-easing use of the former material, and its acknowledged adaptation for many commercial and domestic purposes which our fore fathers never dreamt of. Iron roads and iron ships have, comparatively speaking, be n long known, and are All gaining in public appreciation : but since our last general notice on the subject, we have seen iron houses, and even an " iron palace" for a sable monarch, constructed in our own locality; and in articles of furniture, and even of vertu, the metal, malleable or cast, appears to be capable, under the hands of our skiPul artificers and designers, of being fashioned or moulded into any form, from the largest line-of-battle ship, or a cannon carrying a 2001 b. ball (one of which, of beaten iron, is actually in preparation for a foreign power at one of our foundries), to the minutest and rno.,t classical chimney ornament. The talisman of science has, in tact, rendered this formerly-con.idel , ,4 hardest nd most obdurate of metals as ductile as 11-. id ; and we have now iron bedsteads, iron easy chairs, iron statuary—iron everything,—muA lighter in appearance, and often in reality, and in all cases more durable, than their predecessors in wood. . . _ We are led to these remarks by a first visit, a few days ago, to the Show Rooms of Mr. Bennett, Sir Thomas's buildings, which have recently been greatly enlarged, and Corm an architectural ornament to that street. The pre mises (near Whitechartel) are of two stories in height as seen from without, but over one part there is a spacious attic. We first visited the " BED-STOCK ROOM," in which is displayed a variety of elegant iron bedsteads, of all sizes and patterns, with handsome and diversified head and foot rails. Some of these have elegant canopied roofs, of iron, or of gilded brass. They are beautiful in design (English, French, &c.). and may be instantly put together or taken to pieces, without the trouble of screwing —the joints of the stocks forming each a sort of circular tapered dove tail, that fixes firmly of itself. Some of them have beau tifully coloured, polished, and tastefully gilded posts, and other fittings, and so varied in design and richness, that the prices range from thirty shillings to twenty guineas. There is also an assortment of small bedstocks and chil dren's cots, all of metal. The whole of this room is lined round with black stove or register grates, marry of them with Venetian backs to regulate the draft, and with neat ornamental mouldings cast in relief. Here also are fen ders, in great variety, to correspond. The " ' LARGE Snow /loom," adjoining, is one of the finest arartments for the purpose in the kingdom. It is about 30 yards long, extending backwards, and 10 to 11 yards broad. It is lighted from the street by a lofty w n dow the full width of the room, and at the further end by another nearly as large, making a thorough light. Here we found ourselves amongst avenues of the most splendid register grates of polished steel, bronze (on iron castings), black, gilt,—or a combination of these to suit every ' taste. Many of the ornamental c, s ti ngs , i n wrea th s o f flowers, foliated and shaft work, china, &c., are extremely I elaborate, sharp, and beautiful, and so contrived that they be partly taken to pieces, and eas ly kept clean. Three pf the most approved of these parlour or drawing roam grates were in full fire, tie b u ildi ng b e i ng con st ueted s , „) to allow their respecti ve d raug ht an d e ff ec t, without any aOPeararle 6 ' o f chimneys. Ora of these— Stephens's patent—struck us as peculiarly excellent, though comparatively plain in ornament. The fire-place is rec.- s-ed in the form of a square funnel, from the po lished interior sides of which the heat is so powerfully radiated, that it emits thirty per cent. more warmth than th,se grates that were lot merly c, , rosidered the ne plus ull , a in this respect. The bars of most of these modern grates are considerably lower than iti the ordinary kind — a resumption of the olden mode; and the general decora tions, in foliated ornaments in alto. relievo, flowers, &c., partake of the styles of Louis Quatorze am! the Eliza bethan age. They have the combined advantage of beauty, pod draught (which may be regulated to a nicety), and a smaller consumption of fuel. The chimney-pieces, representing marble, &c. are massive and elegant. In this room there are also beautiful iron drawing-roOrn stands, tastefully painted and japanned, or richly inlaid with m , ,ther-of-pearl, &c.. amid enamelled. The hat and time umbrella stands are highly ornamental. One of them is a fa.t-simile of a large stalk of Indian corn, the leaves of which serve as the pegs, and a large sea-shell below re ceives the water from the umbrellas. The whole stock. in fine, is the most modern in design, and of the best manufacture—including splendid plain and ornamental polished steel fire-irons A large room be!ow is appropriated almost solely for stoves, of all kinds, sizes, and patents —many of them rich in castings and classical in form. The adjoining room is filled with kitchen ranges, of Mr. Bennett's highly-approved design, and of which he is the sole ma nufac'urer. One of them (in which the fire was burning brightly) has a large oven, and a hot closet below it on one side ; a large boiler forming the back of the grate ; and a hot hearth at the other side. To this is attached a smoke-jack, spit-apparatus, &c., and the whole is highly finished and compact. These ranges may be had of any size, and more or less comprehet.sive for extensive or for plain cooking. We also saw a superior and most ingeni ous steam-cooking range. There are likewise show-rooms for minor articles in the trade; but refraining from de tails, we recommend an inspection of the establishment, which cannot fail to gratify and interest the visiter. Mr. Bennett is, we learn, agent for Stephens's patent grates, and also for Day's patent windguard—an invention which, for the curing of smoky chimneys, is considered the most effectual that has yet been devised. WA RRI G7'ON. STAG HUNT.—On Tuesday last Sir J. Gerard's stag hounds assembled near Rainhill, where a numerous set of sporters appeared from all parts. Two stags were un carted : the first was drowned in the Mersey ; the second ran famously, and was caught in Finger-post-lane, San key. in a field belonging to Mr. Dumbell, completely ex hausted, the dogs soon surrounded her; the dead stag wus given to the owner of the land by Sir John ; the dogs were much fatigued. FRASER'S EVININGS.—On Monday last this talented family completed their fifth evenings' entertainments; they have had, during their stay here, a very fair attend ance. MUSICAL SOCIETY.—OD Tuesday last a public per formance of sacred music took place in the Town-hall, Market-place, the vocalists were Mrs. Woods, Miss Had, field of Manchester, Miss Schofield of Rochdale, with Miss Stirrup and Messrs. Brown, Broadhurst, Taylorh and Lawton of Warrington, assisted by the usual mem bers of the choir ; the orchestra was led by Mr. Gillins of Preston ; Mr. Eande presided at the organ. The at tendance was numerous and highly respectable. SUICIDE fly' DROWNING.—On Wednesday last, Miss Cartwright, of the Roebuck Inn, Bridge•street, had been having some words with her family, and having been out with a young man, returned home about eight o'clock in the evening ; she sat down, then got up, and ran to the river side, left her shawl and bonnet on the the pier head, and deliberately jumped in ; a young man, who was stand ing on the bridge at the time, soon gave the alarm, and a boat was procured, but the body has not yet been found. WILD GEESE.—On Wednesday and Thursday several droves of wild geese passed over liewsey, near this town ; they say this is a sign of rough weather. MEETING OF GUARDIANS.—This board met as usual. on Wednesday last, at the Workhouse. W. Kerfoot, Esq., the chairman, presided ; there was a very fair attendance of guardians present ; it appears from the returns that Mr. Cruikshank, the relieving officer for the Warrington district, relieved 451 cases with £l5 10s. in kind, and in money £32 15s. Mr. Owen had relieved in the rural dis trict 488 with £4 6s. 3d. in kind, and £46 Is. 6d. in money ; making in both districts £9B 12s. 9d., and leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer ut £l7 I2s. 9d.; it further appeared that there were 78 inmates in the War rington Workhouse, and 50 in the Newton Workhouse, making a total of 128. Nominations must be sent to the clerk by the 26th inst., or they will be invalid ; the voting papers are to be delivered on the sth of April, and collected on the 7th of April ; the clerk m ill wait at his office to receive all objections of persons nominated on the 9th, otherwise they will be declared duly elected, except there be an opposition, but that will not be the case here. NEW STREIT SWEEPING MACIIINE.—The scaven gers' committee, on behalf of the police commissioners of Warrington, are about to contract with the Street Sweep ing Machine Company for the use of one of these ma chines for twelve months. It is expected to be working shortly in our streets; the present old men will still be kept on to clean the footpaths and corners. THE YEAR OF JEW-BILL-EE (From the Dublin Mail.) In Parliament, Turk. Jew, or Atheist, Is welcome now, as well as Papist ; And England is grown intolerant Of all, except Church-Protestant. 'Till 1828, the British constitution, partaking of the character of the National Church, was CHRISTIAN— PROTESTANT—EPISCOPALIAN. In that year, the repeal of the Test Act, by admitting Protestant Dissenters into the legislature, eflaced the episcopalian character of the constitution, but left it still Christian and Protestant— not long, however, to remain so ; fur in the succeeding year, the abolition► of the civil disabilities of the Roman Catholics admitting Popery to an equal share in making the laws and administering the affairs of the church as well as realm ; and the constitution, still retaining its Christianity, ceased to be Protestant. For those stupendous changes in the national constitu tion, the leading members of the present Government — Sir Robert Peel, to wit, and the Duke of Wellington —are responsible to the country and to posterity. Would it not be strange—or would it ?—if the extinction of the last remaining and most important of those ancient cha racteristics—namely, Christianity itself—were to be the consummation of the national sin perpetrated by the ad vice and under the influence of those two men? It is now but fifteen years since the last of those reli gious revolutions took place. And now, in the year of Grace—yea, in still more emphatic words, in the year of our Lord-1845, we are tbteatened with the obliteration of those distinctive mat ks which separated the Christian from the Jewish polity ; and a measure is now before the mongrel legislature, which if carried into a law, will leave the constitution of the United Kingdom all-but Atheistic. This is the work of the Peel-Wellington administration. moved by its Lord Chancellor, supported by its members and adherents, and not opposed by even the overseers of our church. " It is not—nor it cannot come to good.' COURSE OF CIVILIZATION It is a singular fact, that civilization and the seat of empire have progressed in a particular direction along the surface of the earth, the line of progress intersecting the equator at 80 degrees, east longitute, advancing in a north west direction to near 60 degrees, north latitude, and then bending southwards again, as if it formed the segment of a zone entirely encircling the globe. The ern Aire of Nim rod was established at the Mouth of the Euphrates A.c. 2247 ; after a period of 1923 years, the empire which had deserted Asia, established itself in Greece under Alexander A.C. 324, at a distance of 27 degrees from Chat des ; from Greece its seat was transferred to Italy, a dis tance of 41 degrees. The Roman sway reached i•s cli max during the reign of Augustus at the Christian era. Imperial power disappeared from Italy to establish itself again in France in the hands of Charlemagne, A.D. 800, having travelled 11 degrees. and passed Raulerna and Lombardy in its way. Again it turned its hack on France, and now after a lapse of 1043 years, we find it in the Is land of Great Britain, whose power extends from east to west, and nearly engirdles the globe. It thus appears that the causes determining civilization among mankind have passed along about 4,000 miles of the earth's surface in as many years, in a north west direction from the head of the Persian Gulf, the respective intervals between the Chaldean, Macedonian, Roman, Frankish, and British Empires, being about 1,900, 300, 800, and 1,000 years ; and the distances between the seats of those empires re spectively about 1,900, 300, 800, and 1,000 miles, giving an equal rate of progress of a mile in a ye ar . N ear ly a sixth pent of the earth's circumference has been already traversed by this singular march, during the 4000 years of history, and it should require 25,000 years to complete one revolution of the globe, since the entire measure of its circumference, is 25,000 miles. In a letter addressed to the Athencetint, by Mr. T. Price, in which attention is directed to these facts, he points to the prob a bility that in 2,000 years, Empire will have left our shores to take up its passing abode near the ea ,- tern coast of Labrador; and he assumes that there is a subtle influence analagous to that of magnetism, traversing the zone marked out like a tide at a slow and even rate of pro gress acting upon hu man intellect, exciting and stimulating the mind to in creased activity, and extending itself round the centre of its position but with decreasing power to about twenty degrees. 'Whatever may be said of the theory of Mr. Price, and whether the explanation of the mysterious in fluence be sought in some subtle physical agency, or in the distribution of the various races of the Caucasian family of mankind, the results cannot be otherwise than of the greatest interest, and that interest is not diminished by the singular coincidence of the rate of equinoctial pro cession with the rate of progressive civilization. The cycle of both appears to occupy about 25,000 years. No fewer than nine vessels, amounting in the aggregate to 2,400 tons, were launched into the river Wear during last week. ADDRESS TO PROTESTANTS " To endow Popery once more in a land that has been rescued from its yoke, is a madness little short Of high treason against Protestant fellow-subjects,—We fire' soon to be called upon to nylke a further grant of public money for the support of the religion of the Church of Rome. Her Majesty's Government, on the first d'iy of the pre- sprit session of Parliament, spoke in very plain and intel ligible language to this effect through the prime minister. The College of Maynooth, at which students are trained for the Romish priesthood, is to receive " a liberal" in crease of support from the public purse, and there is to be no investigation of the doctrines inculcated at the col lege, or of its discipline and management, lest the of the boon should thereby be lessened. No doubt her Majesty's ministers intend by this, and other proposals with regard to Ireland, to conciliate the Roman Catholic population there, to put an end to the cry for the Repeal of the Union, and to remove from the Romish priesthood and from political agitators, certain grounds of complaint and alleged injustice. But how little do they appear to have profited from past experience. if they are seriously entertaining the expectation that the steps they now propose to take, will make the Roman Catholic population of Ireland a peaceable and con tented population ! How numerous and solemn were the promises and assurances given before the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act in 1829, that all would be peaceable and tranquil, if Roman Catholics were admitted into Parliament, that this would be the sure method of rendering the established religion in Ireland secure, and producing general content and sa tisfaction. grace The step was taken, and other privileges have since been granted, and now the Established Church is the " monster evil" of Ireland, which must be removed; and it is too plain that no artangements will be satisfactory which do not leave the Church of Rome supreme and dominant. The power and influence, which by various provisions have been couferred on the Roman Catholics, instead of making them tranquil and grateful subjects of the United Empire, have been and still are employed, for the ad vancement of their further objects, and being emboldened by what they have already obtained they tell you plainly they will not be satisfied, if this and that object of their desires be withheld from them. Br other Protestants,—Are you acquainted with the cha racter of the books which are used at the College of May nooth ? We know the tiles of these books, and who were the authors of them ; for a Parliamentary document declares them to us ; and the books themselves may be referred to, for copies of them are deposited in the public libraries of Oxford and Cambridge. But whatever the character of them may be, it seems no inquiry is thought desirable, no investigation of any kind is to be made of them ! I am acquainted with the contents of some of these books; and I declare to you that many of the doctrines inculcated from them into the minds of the students for the Roman Catholic priesthood, whom you are liberally to support, are such as all honest and sincere Christians would shudder at. I affirm to you that under the direc tion of such doctrines, if circumstances might allow a practical appeal to Ihem, our Protestant monarch would not be safe upon her throne, the liberty, the property, the lives of our Protestant ftllow-countrymen would not be secure. And you are to contribute to the training up of priests who are to be taught out of these books, and who will disseminate what they learn through the length and the breadth of the sister island ! Nay, more, you are to con tribute to the training up of men, who, as priests of the Church of Rome, will have to teach and preach doctrines which you verily believe to be highly dishonourable to your Divine Redeemer, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords, and to be destructive to the souls of men. Such of you as are members of the established church are to aid the training of men who are to propagate tenets, which, according to the articles of your religion, you de clare to be " blasphemous fables and dangerous deceits," errors " vainly invented and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the word of God." I ask you, will you yield to this without the energetic and uncompromising use of all legitimate and constitu tional means to avert the disgrace, the danger, the sin, that are threatening to befall your country ? Will you not pour your petitions into parliament from every city and borough, from every village and hamlet, from every con gregation loving Protestant truth ? Will not such of you as take any part in the election of members of parliament assure your particular representatives that they represent not your feelings and desires if they shall yield to the pro posal of the go werument, and thus forward measures which in your consciences, yo❑ believe to be politically unwise, because inoperative to effect the end desired, and nation ally sinful, provoking the displeasure of the Most High, and calling down upon your country his righteous judg ment ? As you value his favour, as you deprecate his frown, as your berths and your altars are dear to you, as you would retain and enjoy :or yourselves, and transmit to your children, the blessings and privileges which belong to you as Protestants, I beseech you to oppose with all zeal and firmness, with all temperance and calmness, with all loyal attachment to your Sovereign—with all union among yourselves—with all charity towards all men—with all prayer and supplication towards God—this fresh inroad about to be made upon your consciences,—this new and deep wound to your highest and holiest feelings. And I call upon you the more anxiously to do this, be cause the measure proposed seems to be not only wrong in itself, but to be one which, if unopposed, will lead to greater evils. What if your efforts may not be successful ? Still, in making your solemn protest against the intended evil. and using your earnest endeavours to arrest it, you will have done your duty, and it will but remain for you to commit your cause to him who is over all, and t. own the fearful responsibility of the proposed measure on the quarter to which it belongs. Believe me to be, Your faithful friend and servant, JOHN PLUMPTRJS. London, March 10, 18-15. NEW SUGAR DUTIES TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER Dear Sir,—l have had the honour to receive your note of yesterday's date. Whilst I lament my inability to pro duce any change in your determinations, I feel the more desirous to record betore you the opinions I entertain, with the facts on which they rest, that the test of expe rience may hereafter be applied to them. _ . The fey; friends the West. Indians have in Parliament have made a public and unavailing effurt to stem the tide that so strongly sets against , them there, and those who advocate the cause of the sugar-growers in our eastern possessions have retired from the contest satisfied with the effort they have made, but without having gained any concession or advantage from you, that I am able to dis cover. In the last session it was agreed to admit foreign sugar generally to this market at a differential duty of lOs per hundredweight. I then remonstrated against clayeds being included, and assioied my reasons why they ought to be subject to an additional rate. You have now adopted th4t principle to a very limited, if not illusory extent, by charging foreign white clayed sugars, and such as are of a similar quality, with I4s differential duty, reducing that cn all ottu rs to 9s 4d, at the same time adding 2s 4d to the duty payable on British that are of a quality equal to white clayeds, or in other words, as the West Indians have no effective means for claying their sugars, the few fine Muscovatt , s they are able to make of a quality which gives them a preference for the scale, whilst too weak for the pan, probably be chargeable with this additional duty. . . . . I will endeavour to show the fallacy or delusion of the system you have adopted, with the injurious effects it is likely to inflict upon the British planters, by the manner in which I expect it will work in this market, attended with the only hope I have, that its results will hereafter be the exensio❑ of the differential duty on white clayeds to all foreign sugars made by that or any similar process. I am of opinion that whilst foreign clayed sugars of all descriptions, white excepted, are admitted at the differen tial duty of 9s. 4d., it is not for their interest to send white clayeds here (whilst I name white clayeds, I mean to include ail of similar quality) whilst subjected to an additional duty of 4s. Bd. per hundredweight. During the present year a few thousand tons may come from Java, shipped whilst they are ignorant of the measures we have adopted; but as the difference in price they will bring is not sufficient to protect or remunerate them for this duty, they will send no more white sugars subject to pay it, but they will mix them with the strong d, but browner description of clayeds, until these bring them all to be of a class that will pass them, as nut being of a quality equal to white clayeds, and, therefore, admissible at the lower tuty of 9s. 4d., in place of I.ls. This sys tem will be much mote heneticiil to the toteigner, whilst our refiners, in consequence of the increased quantity of sacchariue matter they contain, will give them a decided preference at higher prices over our Muscovados. It is thus evidently for the interest of the foreign growers, w'th the advantages they possess in most abun dant and cheap labour, to clay all their sugars and to make them all of good quality, whilst they wilt keep them of a class below the quality of white-clayeds ; they will pro duce to our refiner fully 161 b. per cwt. more of refined sugar than he can obtain for British Muscovados, which will be worth to him about 4d. per lb. more than he can obtain for the molasses and bastards of the Muscovados, or ss. 4d. per cwt.; thus, of your additional duty of 9s. 4d., the foreign grower will receive ss. 4d., the remaining 4s. being ail that will be lest for the protection of the British planter or the increase of the revenue. I believe that in making this statement I am rather under than over the facts of the case. With such inducements the foreigners will prefer this market to those of the continent, unless prevented by a considerable advance in prices there, which may be the case for a time, as the sugars to be sent here, having hitherto necessarily gone to those markets, will cause some deficiency there ; but it will only stimulate to in creased production on their part, and increased supply to the markets tf Europe, with consequent 1 wee prices. Such a state of things will not be difficult to arrive at, or be long delayed ; in the present year, horn favourable seasons in the west, with increased powers of labour in the Mauritius and the extension going on in our eastern possessions, our crop is expected to exceed the last by about 40,000 tons; the la.t w a s above the consumption and left a surplus, the foreign growths being at present fully to the consumption of the continent. By these causes the prices everywhere, ere long, are likely to be forced down to the lowest point at which sugar can be anywhere produced, to leave angthing for remuneratusn to the growers. With this state the foreigners ails struggle, for they can only occupy themselves in pro ducing sugar; and in our East India possessions too. where they have similar advantages from abundant arid cheap labour, they may also keep their heads above water and submit to reduced prices, the fruits of competition ; but how the distressed West Indians, when thus sacri ficed to the foreigner, are to maintain such a competition I cannot conjecture. You tell them their cultivation, under all the disadvantages infl:cted upon them, will be protected by a differential duty of 9s. 4d., and at the same time you reduce it to about 45., by giving fhe ss. 4d. in what assumes the character of bounty to encourage the foreign sugar-grower ! The great staple production of the tropics are sugar, coffee, and cotton. Since the gene; al peace took place the cultivation of each has neoessArily been extended the prices declining, and the supply and consumption in creasing. In the United States the produce of c, ttotx has become so large that for the enormous crops they noes produce (for they cannot substitute any other consumablV cultivation,) they do not receive a greater amount lir money than they did only a few years ago for those not exceeding half the quantity; the case with coffee every succeeding year becomes more similar, and the increasing production of sugar promises a like termination; against which, whilst the consumers everywhere are reaping the benefit, the cultivators in our colonies and possessions, particularly in the first, bearing burdens and labouring underdisadvantages to which they are subjected by measu, es forced upon them by the mother country,—that they must, if persevered in, in my humble opinion, terminate in in creased poverty and distress to them, and all connected with them, whilst the sources of their support are trans ferred to foreigners. The consum - pti , n of sugar is expected by many to in crease rapidly and largely here. If we are to judge from cases where similar results were expected, I think to realize them prices must sink considerably under what the reduction proposed to be made in the duty will admit of. Take tea for an instance. In the days of the Com pany our annual consumption was 30,000,0001 b to 32,000,0001 b. Since then the price has fallen one-third, or more, and our population greatly increased ; yet, after an interval of about ten years, our consumption does not now exceed 40,000,0001 b to 42,000,0001 b. I have the honour to be, dear Sir, yours faithfully, JOHN GLADSTONE. _ _ _ _ Carlton-gardens, March 11 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—THuRsDAv The Chester Cup business was unusually dull, and, be yond advancing Obscurity a point on Monday's quota tion, was utterly void of interest. On the Derby it was a shade better, and from the spirit with which Clear-the way and Old England were backed, and the repeated, but unsuccessful, attempts to bick Idas, was not altogether unimportant. Taking it as a whole, however, it was flat, and, except in two or three instances, in which the mar ket prices' were set at nought, unprofitable. We give the average odds at the close of the few horses noticed in the course of the day : CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst the Irish lot (taken) 8 1 the three-year olds (taken) 15 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity (taken) 25 1 Mr. Bell's Winesour 33 1 Mr. Meiklam's Trutboy (taken) 33 1 Mr. Davis's Yheoman ac Knock (taken) 1000 —l5 Mr. Irwin's Faugh.a.Ballagh (taken) 1000 —lO Lord Stanley's Ambition (taken) 66 1 Mr. Armstrong's Advice 9 1 Obscurity and Winesour (taken) THE DERBY 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm (taken to £2OO, and afterwards offered) 13 1 Lord Stradbroke's Idas 16 1 Col. Peel's Cobweb colt (taken, and after wards offered) 18 1 Mr. Ferguson's Clear•the_way (taken) 25 1 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip cult (taken, and afterwards offered) 30 1 Mr. St. Paul's Mentor 30 1 Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster (all in. taken) 40— 1 Mr. Gully's Old England (taken to £150) 40 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale (taken) 40 1 Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen (tk) 50 l Mr. Lintoff's Cabin Boy (taken) 50 1 Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse (taken) 1000 —2O Col. Cradoc,'s Jinglepot (taken, and after wards offered) 1000 —l5 Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger (taken) LATEST BETTING IN MANCHESTER. FRIDAY EVENING. CH ESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Cataract 13 1— Era 14 1 Obscurity (taken freely) 14 1 Semiseria 20 -- 1 Winesour 25 1 Zenoni 25 1 St. Lawrence 30 1 Yheotnun.sc-Knuck 33 1 Celeste (offered) 33 1 Trut-boy (offered) 40 1 Queen of Tyne (tk 50 to 1) 40 1 Fitz-Allen (tk 50 to 1) 50 1 Extravaganza (offered) 60 1 Mystery (taken) The odds quoted against The Era and Cataract are no. minal, no business haling been transacted upon them whereby to determine a price, and an offer several times to back the latter for £5OO at evens against each of any three also proved unavailing ; but upon Obscurity, 14 to 1 (an elevation of a couple of points since Tuesday) was taken rather eagerly, £75 constituting the whole amount her backer could invest, the same odds being laid to a small amount against Semiseria ; 14 to 1 was subsequently asked for about Obscurity, but a point less was the most any one wont , : lay. Winesour and Mystery was backed to small amounts, but beyond what we have just stated nothing else of interest was done. 8 to 1 would have been accepted upon either the Irish lot or the three year olds. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Alarm l 2 1 ldss 13 1 Kedger 16 1 Cobweb colt 16 1 Clear-tbe-Way 20 1 Pam 25 1 Miss Whip colt 30 l Mentor 33 1 Pantasa 40 I Old England 40 1 Annandale 40 1 Fiiz-Allen 50 1 Young Eclipse 50 1 Cab i n Boy 200 7 Cabin Boy and Lycurgus Clear-the-Way was backed ye;terday in ponies at 20 to 1, and came so prominently into notice afterwards that 18 to 1 could not be obtained ; to-day, he was backed to £5O at 18 to 1 (wanted in hundreds), and, at the close we very much doubt whether anything over the price quoted would have been laid. Idai, to a small sum, at 12 to 1, and Old England, twice in ponies, at 40 to 1, were the only other bets that we heard taken. 13 to 1 was all that was offered against Kedger. MATCH AT AINTREE.—A match for £2O a-side came off over the course at Aintree, on Wednesday last, be tween Mr. Davidson's br horse the Viper, and Mr. Hen derson's bay mare Blos. - ml, which was won in a canter by Blossom. The Viper was backed at evens before start ing, but in running, after going the first two miles, 10 to 1 was freely laid on the mare, without takers. The dis tance was four miles. MATCH BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND CULVER• THORPE.—The match between Agricuture and Culver thorpe, which was to have come off at Aintree, on Satur day week, was for £5OO a side and 200 forfeit, owners to rule, and the articles were signed by " William Scott" arid '' James Mason." There was also a " bye bet " of £1,200 to £l.OOO laid on Agriculture at the time. It afterwards turned out that Culverthorpe was and is now the property of Mr. John Tilbury, and this circumstance having come to the knowledge of Scott, lie of jected to Mason's riding. and expressed his detet initiation of abid ing by the articles, and claim of forfeit, unless Mr. Til bury rode the match. A plain statement of the case was laid before Mr. Martin, and that learned gotleman, we are informed, was decidedly of opinion that, Mr. Tilbury bring the owner of his horse, as such he ought to be up." At the appointed hour, both Scott arid Mason appeared dressed cap-a-pie, ready for action ; but Scott made no further object;on to Mason's riding. The stakes having been &posited a delay was occasioned by the ab sence of the Earl of Sefton, (the umpire,) who was una ble to attend. In the mean time Mr. O'Brien. a friend of Mr. Scnitt's, had an interview with Mr. F. Clarke, (on the part of Mr. Tilbury,) when the matter was apparently satisfactorily twanged betw: en those gentlemen, and it was announced that the match was " off, but it was ge nerally believed that Culvetthorpe would receive forfeit. THE IMMENSITY or THE UNIVERSE.—The space in which the systems composing the universe move is illi mitable. Were we to attempt to assign its limits, what could we imagine to be beyond ? The number of worlds is infinitely great ; it is inexpressible, indeed, by numbers. A ray of light traverses 180,000 miles in a second of time. A year comprises millions of seconds, yet there are fixed stars so immeasurably distant, that their light would re quire billions of years to reach our eyes. We are ac quainted with animals possessing teeth, and organs of motion and digestion, which are wholly invisible to the naked eye. Other animals exist, which, if measurable, would be found many thousands of times smaller, which, nevertheless, possess the same appatatus. These crea tures, in the same manner as the larger animals, take nourishment and are propagated by means of ova, which must, consequently, be again many hundreds of times smaller than their own bodies. It is only because our organs of vision are imperfect, that we do not perceive creatures a million times smaller than these. What variety and what infinite gradations do the constituents of our glebe present to us in their properties and their conditions! There are bodies u hich are twenty times heavier than an equal volume of water • there are others which are ten thousand times li g hter, the ultimate parti cles of which cannot be known by the most powerful microscopes. Finally, we have starlight—that wonderful messenger which brings us daily intelligence of the con tinued existence of numberless worlds, the expression of an immaterial essence which no longer obeys the laws of gravitation, and yet manifests itself to our senses by in numerable effects. Even the light of the sun—wit)] the at rival of which upon the earth inanimate nature receives life and motion—we cleave asunder into rays, which, without any power of illumination, produces the most important alterations and decompositions in organic na ture. We separate fr :m light certain rays, which ex hibit among themselves a div ersity Lettern as o great as exists amongst colours. But nowhere do we observe eitherbeginning or an end.—Lieliq p How many insects make a landlord ?—Teu-ants,.' t. . '