The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-02-25 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS P. P." are sad cumsta " A Ftra the mui the late hour at which ain the whole of the itant" a lit ,dent who writes abont the Wirral plowing have been a little more explanatory of the cir- not c!early understand his st, at Great mplains grievous! aye!, and correspondent whi prosecution of the SDA I -110RIVIN' 3, FEB The town o Liverpool has ever ranked Lion of its r tantism ew oft 0.1,be R.tinmool .kstanbarb 25, 1845 bremost onstituencies of England in th ple to the cause of loyalty and Protes- With wi lat alacrity and - disgust t th Bi whL, which the F ed for a time around their necks ! With at earnestnsss, too, did they set themselves to the inure difficult task of ejecting the scum and froth of Radicalism, which the municipal Reform Bill had introduced, and was designed to perpetuate, in their Council chamber ! How nobly, a few years ago, they struggled to repel each infidel blow, which a revolutionary government and a factious local clique levelled from day to day against the Protestant esta blishments of their country and of " the good old town !" The voice of Liverpool was then heard and felt throughout the land—a stirring voice to the faithful and the loyal, and a voice dreaded by the plotters in Downing-street, and by traitors to the constitution in other places. Where is the spirit gone which animated those struggles and prompted that voice ? We pause for a reply. __ It has fled, and there is none to tell us where or why. And yet never—we say it earnestly and from a deep conviction of its truth—never was a crisis in the history of this land which more imperiously than the present demanded the energies and the watchful ness of the loyal and Protestant people, not only of Liverpool, but of the empire ! We have in office, sup ported by a powerful majority, and calling itself con servative, a government whose almost every measure is directly or indirectly subversive of those institu tions and principles, for the maintenance of which we have striven—whose policy is to discourage the loyal and the peaceable, whilst it traffics with, and re wards, the turbulent and disaffected. Throughout too, a fatal poison is spreading, and has al ready made fearful progress. We have ceased to look at principles as the basis of individual action or of national measures, and submit to instalments of evil as placidly as if we knew not that further payments and the final consummation, to which they tend, were to follow. We are, as a nation, travelling down a steep, without a lock upon the wheels, or a hand raised to restrain the moving power, and yet with no more thought of the issue should have if it were possible to go down s ever without arriving at the crash, which than v awaits us at the end of our career ! No man can blind himself to these facts. They We ask of our readers, who are acquainted with the extent, in detail, of the advantages which the port of Liverpool has derived from its local resour ces, and for which other towns are compelled to pay in inordinate taxation, to contemplate this pic ture; and having done so—having looked at the grasp of mind and the energy of action which cha racterized the magnates of Liverpool in the olden time—to place by its side, as a companion picture, a sketch of the rulers of Liverpool in the present day. Enter the Finance Committee ; and you will see that important body—the elite of the Council Chamber—busily and anxiously, as if the fate of worlds hung upon the issue, discussing the relative merits of samples of pins and wafers, testing bottles of gum water, or proving the qualities of rival black lead pencils ? The venerable antiques in the one picture are Nettling the purchase of property, from which a succeeding generation are to reap a large harvest of commercial and local advantage. The moderns, with the money in their pockets produced by the sagacious forethought of their predecessors, are cutting down the Town-hall expenditure in corkscrews and crockery—scraping up candle-ends and waste paper—whilst a property, which the po licy of the olden time would have added to the Dock Estate of Liverpool, is being permitted to pass into the hands of speculators, to be wielded against the interests and the estate of the town. The one is looking forward into the future, and, at the cost of temporary inconvenience and sacrifice, providing for its wants; the other is poking its mi croscopic vision into the present, with about the same degree of adaptation of means to the end as would be displayed in an attempt to build a church, or a bridge, of the pilfered materials of a mac adamised turnpike. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET FOR THE WEEK The share market during the past week has maintained a firm tone, both in old stocks and in the projected lines, although the transactions have not been so extensive as we have noticed. Grand Junctions appear to be recover ing from the shock recently dealt against them, and may be quoted fully £4 per share better than last week, which may in part be attributed to a report which is confidently put forth that there is still a probability of an arrange ment being effected between the two giant companies, for which object • negociations are pending. Amongst the new stocks the transactions generally have shewn a down ward tendency. Trent Valley Shares, however, with a few other favorite stocks have improved. The transactions yesterday were very limited, owing to its being the last day before the commencement of the next account. Prices, however, were maintained with tolerable firmness. We have been impelled to make this contrast by circumstances which have transpired during the past week, the contemplation of which is really humiliating. A few years ago, it will be remem bered, a company of projectors possessed them selves of a valuable property at the south end of the Liverpool Dock Estate, and procured an act of parliament, authorising the construction of the Herculaneum Docks and Warehouses, and con taining the necessary powers to levy dues, &c. The property in question was subsequently and recently in the market. It was offered to the Corporation ; and though acknowledged to be ca pable of being worked to the serious disadvantage of the Liverpool Dock Estate, the offer to sell was rejected. It has just been purchased by the pro moters of the Birkenhead Dock Warehouses ; and is to be made an adjunct, and a powerful one too, of one of the mo't strenuous efforts ever made to depreciate the property and the privileges of the Dock Trustees and the Corporation of this town. Is there any man hold enough to assert that the Finance Committee of the old Corporation of this town could have committed so weak and fatal an error as this may prove ? Would they, with the growing commerce of the port before their eyes— with the certainty too before them that a railway communication with the south and east must ulti mately he driven to this end of the Dock Estate— have permitted such a property as: h ; Herculaneum Estate to pass into any hands but their own? Cer• tainly not. What plea then can the Corporation offer in defence of their remissness in this matter ? Want of money it cannot be ; for they have at their disposal the large fund realised by the sale of the Wallasey Estate, and could readily barrow in addi tion at a very low rate of interest. Was the Dock Committee opposed to the purchase ? Not at all. On the contrary, the chairman and the majority of that body were decidedly in favour of such pur chase; and only regretted that their own powers, independently of the Finance Committee, would not permit them to make it themselves. The whole affair, on the part of the Council is perfectly inde fensible. ST. BARNABAS' CHURCH SCHOOLS The incumbent and churchwardens of St. Barnabas' Church have issued an appeal in behalf of the schools at tached to the church, preparatory to the sermons to be preached on Sunday next. We take the following extract from this document, which, we confidently trust, will be liberally responded to : " These schools, capable of accommodating 713 chil dren, have been built at an expense, including the cost of the site, of nearly £3,000; of this, about £3OO is still de ficient, the remainder having been raised in the following manner. It is now just two years since sermons were preached in St, Barnabas' Church, by the same preachers who have kindly consented to repeat their advocacy now also, and collections made in furtherance of this object. Donations and subscriptions have been collected from the congregation, and from the public generally of this great town ; and grants also have been voted by the Lords' Committee of Privy Council on Education and the Na tional Society. The result of all these has brought us within £3OO of the sum required ; but, according to the rules of both the before-mentioned societies, the grants voted by them cannot be paid until we are able to certify that all the difference is in hand between the sums voted by them and the entire estimate. It becomes thus a matter of paramount arid imperative importance to us to raise this deficient sum, to which an enhanced value now belongs, as the schools are now completed, and it only remains that we pay the contractors in order at once to open wide our doors and say, " Come, ye children, hearken unto me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord." " Under such circumstances, of, we think, no ordinary interes , , whether we regard the destitution of the district belonging to St. Barnabas' Church, or the inability of those concerned to remedy it of themselves, we make an appeal once again to the same Christian benevolence that has so nobly befriended us already, whose reward will be found not in any grateful acknowledgements of ours, but in the blessing that, we trust, will attend the work to which they have contributed, and in the humble inward consciousness of having endeavoured to fulfil His wit, who hath promised Inasiauch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.' " THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The funds have exhibited a steady and good appearance, and business has increased. The Chancery broker was a large purchaser of Exchequer-bills, and altogether there was more stability in the market. Consols advanced about one quarter per cent., the quotation for money being 100 to 4, and for the account 1004 to 4. Exchequer-bills rose nearly 10s. premium, closing at 675. to 695. premium for the adver tised issues, and 68s. to 70s. premium for the non advertised. Bank Stock closed at 2121 to 2131 ; India Stock, 282 to 284; Three per Cents Reduced, 1004 to 4; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 1044 to 4 ; Long Annui ties, 113; and India Bonds, 755. to 765. premium. The foreign securities have undergone very little alteration. There was a fair amount of business transacted, but it was not of a character to influence the market. At the close of the day quotations were—Spanish Five per Cents., 28 to 4 ; the Three per Cents., 404 to 4; Russian, 119 to 120; Peruvian, 30 to 31 ; Portuguese, 59 to 60 ; Mexican, 354 to 4; the Deferred, 154 to 164; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 63 to 634; the Five per Cents., 994 to ; Danish, 891 to 904; Colombian, 134 to 144; Chilian, 100 to 102 ; Buenos Ayres, 43 to 44 ; Brazilian, 891 to to 901 ; and Belgian, 101 to 102. The Railway share market has been quiet, with a rather decreased amount of business. The reports of the Board of Trade have ceased to excite the attention they formerly possessed, and prices, as will be seen by the usual lists, have fluc tuated in a very trifling degree. FRANCE.—The French ministry, on Friday, had a ma jority of twenty-four on the Secret Service Bill, and, after wards, upon the original proposition for a mil lion francs, the majority for ministers was 176, the opposition having retired after the vote on the amendment. One circumstance may indeed be urged in extenu ation. The Finance Committee had before them the very important matter of cheapening the Town hall stationery, upon the success of which laudable effort we beg to tender them our congratulations. They have succeeded in getting respectable trades men to undertake the supply of paper, pens, ink and other commodities, without a fair profit ; and although the undertaking has involved the necessity of throwing the business of the Conservative Coun cil of a Conservative town into the hands of Radi cals, that circumstance only shews in greater promi nence their own astonishing liberality. What body save the Town Council of Liverpool ever dreamt of so brilliant a feat, as this of administering a slap in the face to their own supporters, whilst they pamper and fondle the most virulent of their oponents, under the plea of economy ? The "old" and "rot ten body," by whom the vast property which sur rounds us was amassed, never arrived at the achieve ment of getting their business done for nothing. Let it not be supposed that personally w 9 care one jot about this matter. The supply of the Town ball with stationery and printing has, since the coming into power of Conservatism in the Council, been tolerably evenly divided amongst respectable tradesmen of every hue of politics. Conservatives have had no exclusive possession of the Corporation favours, nor have we ever wished that they should have. We do not speak, either, as disappointed can didates for their patronage ; for we never even ten dered, although invited to do so, for their business. On the contrary, we intimated to the Finance Com mittee our resolution, based on principle, to decline such a course,which we conceived would be untrades manlike in us to accede to, and derogatory to the Council to propose. For she execution of an ex tensive public work, just or the supply of any article whose quality can readily be tested, th e s y s t em o f con tracting may be enough ; but where the matter affects so small a portion of theexpenditure a wealthy body as the amount of the printing and stationery of the corporation—where the articles to he supplied are so various, and the question of quality is, one which requires such intimate acquaintance with the trade to determine—we consider that it would have been infinitely more wise, more dignified, and ! NEW YORK.—The packet ship Cambridge arrived yes terday from New York, bringing advices from that port to the Ist inst., being one day later than the news brought by the steam-ship Cambria. There is no intelligence of importance. The stock market was improved. SWITZERLAND.—Advices from Lausanne of the 17th inst. state, that the provisional government had convoked, for the 24th inst., the electoral assemblies charged with choosing the members of the new Grand Council, which was to meet at Lausanne on the 3d of March. The Grand Council of Geneva voted on the 15th the instruc tions to its deputies in the Diet, as drawn up by the Council of State, by a majority of 111 against 35. Those instructions not being agreeable to the radical party, since they laid no injunction on the deputies to vote for the expulsion of the Jesuits, considerable agitation prevailed throughout the town on that day. 500 or 600 citizens collected at the Town-house to maintain order, and re mained the entire night under arms. A battalion of the contingent was called out on the 10th, the men of which were hooted by the populace as they proceeded to the place of rendezvaus. A scuffle even occurred between two officers and a party of radicals, blows were exchanged, but no serious consequences ensued. The report of this collision, magnified by the apprehension of danger, spread terror throughout the lower quarter of the town, where most of the shops were closed. aiu. The depth of water along the river frontage intellectual impriiVement. He had recently attended an is as great as at any of the Liverpool docks; and, from examination of them, and was deeply impressed with their A contemporary, i n spea ki ng o f t h e Herculaneum its stillness, an hour longer is afforded every tide for ves- proficiency, in replies to Scriptural questions, as well as purchase, noticed elsewhere, stated on Saturday sets to dock. The distance from the railway station in in other branches, and in useful acquirements. Since the that " The Dock Trustees looked wistfully, but the Wapping is not greater than that from the Prince's Dock, last annual meeting, it would be found several of them had echo of a former noise still lingering about the and it is in immedi a te connex i on w ith t h e Bridgewater been sent out to service, and had co n d uc t e d th e m se l ves i n and to whom ru the Ellesmere Canal Copanys' Carrying concerns, a praiseworthy m anner; an d h e t rus t e d th e w h o l e o f t h em Harrington, scared t' em from a wise purpose ; and the company sold land for two docks. An ap- would be impressed by this example, and the kindness it was talked about that in due time the Council plication was accordingly made to P ar li amen t f or th e w i t h w hi c h t h ey were treate d , so to comport themselves would step in, save appearance , an d t h en t rans f er t o necessary powers ; and, in the session of 18,0, an act was as to do honour to the institution and credit to themselves. the Hydraulic Estate, the trustees of which sate at passed, authorising the constructio n o f the intended docks jln complimenting the treasurer (Mr. H. Banner), he said the Custom-house, under the presidency of Mr. and warehouses, and r e li ev i ng vesse l s en t er i ng t eem f rom t h e l anguage of the ancient writer might well be applied to the payment of all ra' es to the Liverpool Do c k Estate, him—" Nil tetigit quid non ornavit, " for the words might b h - Bramley-Moore. They delayed, and lost an oppor- excep t th ose l ev i e d f or maintaining buoys, landmarks, et us translated—" Wh a t ever h e touched became gold." tunity which can never occur again." telegraphs, light-houses, and other matters necessary for (Hear.) But, however satisfactory was the pecuniary We have already said sufficient upon the subject ensuring the safe navigation of the river. condition of the institution, they must not consider that of this purchase to show that our contemporary was The plan s determined upon cons i s t e d o f t wo docks, it was too rich, and, therefore, relax. They had certainly , li t t i le a wet ii basin between, of the following dimensions:— done much, but much more yet remained to be done, and misinformed when making this statement. The u t in w o i c d k t h was r intended to be 669 feet in length, by 290 feet e so God had given them the power. At present there were Dock Committee cannot be blamed at all for losing containing a water space of about upwards of seventy children, but the building would ac thi s " opportunity which can never occur again," 44 acres. The north dock was to be 669 feet long, by comrnodate 150, and he, therefore, trusted the good work inasmuch as they never had the power of taking ad- 310 wide, or 44 acres of water space. The wet basin be- would go on. He concluded by requesting Mr. H. Ban vantage of such opportunity. The Dock Committee, tween the two was to be 325 feet long, and 189 feet wide, nor, the secretary, to read the report, which he did. however anxious to purchase the Harrington Es- i . vi h t e h f l ron d t gates l to the river. and side gates to each dock. Th e report, on t hi s t h e sth annual general meet i ng, fate—and a majority of them with their Chairman, tc) the EllesmereEanalompany for_ a stated that a lengthened statement was happily unneces dock adjoins the the north dock, and t , Bridgewater Dock sary, as a brief record and the statement of the account we have already said were a nxious to become its is between that and the Harrington E s tat e , J ust purchased would assure the subscribers that the benevolent interest possessors—could not, independently of the Corpo- by the Dock Committee. On the east side of each dock, which the institution bad excited continued unabated, ration, make such purchase; and the refusal of the abutting upon Sefton-street, powers w er e g ive n for the an d t h at i t m i g h t b e expected that it would keep pace Finance Committee of that body to negotiate for the erection of 16 warehouses, between which and the dock j with its growing requirements, even to th e fillin g of th e walls were to be rows of close sheds. On the west side h ouse , w hi c h m i g h t b e ant i c i pate d at an ear l y per i o d . of the estate in question put them entirely out of the dock, lines of open sheds were to be constructed on Seventy-eight children had been admitted since the corn field. the quays and close sheds next the river wall; and on the mencement of the institution in 1840, and there were The statement, however, of the "noise about the south of the property graving docks, &c., were to be con- now 73 in the house. The new building was opened with Harrington" scaring the Dock Committee is not a strutted. A marine parade was to be formed facing the 48 children. Several of those admitted within the year the river ; and railways were to be laid down round the were from the neighbouring townships,including Cheshire, little laughable. Our contemporary himself, we s d h o e clls . for T tad c i o n s g t a o n f d t l , i e nlo n a o d t i t t h ig into the t a h n e d w h a a r s e in ou w s i e t s i t i ar e —showing that the institution was becoming known and believe, made a little of that "noise." He would pp eciated throughout the district to which it extended have had the Dock Trust to lose that " opportunity warehouses, sheds, engine -house, &c., w a s estimated at appreciated within a distance of seven miles from the town: which could never occur again." It was a job. j £262,477 ; and that at the south at £257,655—in all in- Some of the elder girls were considered ready to enter The price was an extortionate price ; and pure volving an outlay of £520,112, which it was proposed to into service. The first, had expressed a wish hands, which never dipped in the public purse— raise in shares. to remain in the institution, and was accor di ng ly ap in abeyance, Since the passing of the act, the scheme has lain partly prenticed to the mat ron . Th ree o th ers h a d b een p l ace d never rewarded political or personal friends— but some small portions of the land origi- with respectable families. (The report here entered into were upraised in pious horror. Yet what was nally purchased, and not nece s sa r y for the docks and the terms on which the girls were apprenticed till twenty that price, and what is the price of the bargain warehouses, have been sold to shipbuilders and others. years of age—those employi ng th em b e i ng requ ir e d t o which the Dock Committee are reproached for The purchase, however, by the Corporation, of the liars supply them with all requisites, and to pay £1 a year 4 during each of the last three years, which was to be de having lost ? The Harrington Estate was bought rington Estate adjnioing, naturally attraled d attentili t for 31s. 6d. per square yard. It is nearer to tendert hs pr o o p f e r i - t t y t o ; d that a were advise to _ ea It was actually offered to the posited in the savings' bank, and to this sum £2 is to be added if they procure certificates of good conduct— the centre of the town and more eligible in Finance Committee ; and the policy of their purchasing ma ki ng a sum of £5 for their use when they leave their first every respect for dock and other purposes than it was, we believe, strongly urged, or, at all events, would service.) As the girls were brought up with a full share of the Herculaneum Estate. It had upon it, more- have met with the ready concurrence of the chairman and , the house duties of the establishment, and were kept apart over, a dock and river wall partly constructed, the many of the influential members of the Dockeommittl, from the society of the vicious. and religiously instructed, cost of which, of course, was saved to the pur- f a who r consideredeo;tie port that a o t f a a infinite thn ehaa importance o t o h possible f the t river future r o w. : t - it was to be hoped they would prove to be good and fai.th chasers. What then can be so conclusive that thetaken e s n er t z t ts ti ; ,e ybut should a good 1; deal wouldrom d tre m ead oti co e m s rpeabniolling age shouldbe secured for further dock accommodation " noise" of our contemporary and others was purely when wanted. The offer was, however—for what reasons s hip a nd contamination of kept other servants. There had factious as the fact that the Herculaneum Estate we know not—declined by that committee. It was ten- been but one death during the year, and the business had has been bought for within a shilling or two of the dered also to the Grand Junction Railway Company, and procee d e d w i t h t h e greatest regu l ar i ty un d er t h e same price per square yard which was paid for the Har by them declined,—a circumstance which they may, at no distant date, have reason to eplore; teacher and matron. It was gratifying to state that the d institution had received a legacy of £lOO from the execu rington Estate ? The Herculaneum property, it is A no th er se t o f gent l emen , h owever , possesse d o f more tors of the late James Heyworth, Esq. ; and a similar given forth to the world was purchased at 255. per enterprising spirit and larger views, have not been so j legacy from the executors of the late Richard Leyland, square yard, and we are informed that the price was i blind as the Finance Committee or the Grand Junction Esq. The report concludes with a strong expression of chased Comp by The h project . in question has just been pur- gratitude to the clergy for their valuable services in their even more. If it is such a cheap bargain, surely parties interested be in carried out Dock respective churches in behalf of the institution, during the the more preferable Harrington Estate cannot be Waiehouse t sc e he out with the year. so very dear, and its purchase by the Dock Corn- vigor and enterprise which th e same gen tl emen h ave dis- Mr. BANNER then read a statement of the account, mittee so rank a "job." On the contrary we have played in the conduct of their oth er p ro j ec t s . We are commenting upon several of the items as he proceeded. a right to treat it henceforth as a very excellent informed, too, that they are in treaty with the Earl of We have but room to state generally that it was most investment. Sefton for the purcha s e of a b ou t 47,000 y a rds adjacent grat if y i ng , th e pr i nc i pa l f ea t ure b e i ng t h at, no t on l y was and in addition to the present property, which will ma- the whole building already paid for, but upwards of terially increase the capabilities of the estate. It is in- £l2OO had that day been vested in Dock Bonds. tended, we understand, that a little variation will be The Rev. Thos. Bold moved that the report and the made in the plans—probably to enable the property to be treasurer's accounts be passed, printed, and distributed, worked as an adjunct to the Wallasey scheme. One large which was duly seconded and agreed to. dock is to be substituted for two, as originally proposed; I Mr. BANNER then introduced the proposition before and we see no reason to believe that the change will be alluded to, to the effect that in two parts of the rules the for the worse. It has all along been urged as a strong ob- words "not exceeding 15 years" should be omitted. He jection to the plan of constructing docks i n Wallasey ' said it had been agreed upon by the two committees that Pool, that they would be chiefly resorted to as lumber 1 this would be desirable, and the effect would be to allow docks, on account of the improbability of a vessel being ' a greater discretion to the ladies.—This was agreed to. able to get from that side of the river a general cargo. By Mr. JACKSON' moved a vote of thanks to the clergy, placing these docks, with their warebouses, and proximity and took occasion to notice in grateful terms the great to the carrying concerns and depBts of the commerce of kindness of the ladies. This. was seconded by Mr. H. T. Liverpool, in the hands of the Bi r ke n head Comp a ny, this Brown, and also unanimously carried. objection is in a great measure got rid of; and whilst the , i The Rev. J. H. STEWAr.T moved a vote of thanks to , a allasey estate may afford them a n import dock, every Mrs. Banner, president of the ladies' committee, and to purpose of an export dock can be answered by the Joshua Edwards, Esq., rresident. He dwelt on the construction of the Herculaneum Dock. The import- Christian duty of supporting such an institution.—The ant feature of the purchase, however, consists in imotion was carried. another adaptation which the present purchasers are Mr. FAIRCLOUGH moved, and Mr. E. BROWNE se about to make of this property. It is well known that conded, a vote of thanks to the medical officers. Carried. the Grand Junction Company, during the present Mr. BANNER moved that the two committees for the session, brought before the public an abortive scheme ensuing year be formed according to lists read by him, but for shortening the route by their line from Bir-wing- he invited other nominations. The lists proposed were ham direct to Liverpool—of cutting off the angle seconded by Mr. R. L. CARR., and agreed to without ad formed by the present route by Warrington. They have dition. since announced a project of crossing the estuary of the Mr. HARWOOD moved that the thanks of the meeting Mersey, at Runcorn, by a bridge, of a span capacious be given to Mr. Banner, and that he he requested to con enough to get rid of the objections of the Admiralty to tinue his efficient services as secretary and treasurer for their former scheme; and to this crossing it is under- the next year. It was seconded by Mr. R. GIBSON. stood that the purchasers of the property in question have The PRESIDENT remarked, that Mr. Banner's exer projected a line of railway, by which the Herculaneum tions for the institution were beyond all praise, and he did Dock and works will be made the terminus of the railway not know of any one who would, after him, accept of the communication from London to this port. Amongst the office of treasurer especiaFy.—Motion carried. parties forming the company, who are purchasers, will be Mr. BANNER said his services were at their disposal, noticed the name of Sir Richard Carr Glynn, Bart., the for the interest he had all along entertained in behalf of chairman of the London and Birmingham Railway Coro- the institution had in no degree abated, nor was likely to pany ' • and looking at the railway communications pro- a b ate, w h en o bj ects so i n t eres ting were befo r e th em . posed to the south, by the Trent Valley Line, and the Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and after a Churnet Valley Line, under the immediate auspices of hymn from the children, the meeting separated. the London and Birmingham Company, and to the ma nufacturing districts by the Birkenhead and Manchester Junction, the leading supporters of which are amongst the purchasers of the estate, it is not too much to pre sume, if even we had no further information to go upon, that the Herculaneum Docks and Warehouses are des tined to become, in the hands of the present part es, im portant feeders of the Birmingham and London Line and its tributaries, as well as of the Altrincham Line to Man chester. That, by such a railway communication it must command a large portion of the trade to and from the Potteries is evident, as also it is that it must seriously affect the traffic of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail way, which the parties first getting hold of it at this end, and having also the command of the same lines from the Cheshire side of the water, can of course direct to what ever line of railway they may think most conducive to their own interests. We have elsewhere expressed our regret that such a property should have been permitted to pass from the hands of the Corporation and Dock Trustees of our town. We are satisfied that the effect of such an omission on their part cannot be for the good of Liverpool. We leave the question, however, to be decided by the public, with this plain statement of facts to guide them. QUEtIY TO THE ROMISH CLERGY. TO WHICH AN ANSWER IS EXPECTED. Why have we no miracle -working images and reliques in this country, like the Continent? And why not start some—just for a trial—to see how the air and climate will agree with them? * * * * ON THE INCREASE OF THE WINDOWS IN A CHURCH What use, the windows to augment, When all her priests, with one assent, The influx of the light prevent ! THE CHASE. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Saltersford Bridge Thursday. 27, at Saturday, March 1, at ..... . Warmingham Mill At Holf-past Ten o'clock. Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Friday. 28, at Saturday, March 1, at At Half-past Ten o'clock * * * The subject of this evening's lecture at St. Andrew's Church is " The Christian in his work of Faith and labour of Love." THE WEATHER.—The gre•iter part of the past week, since our last publication, has been a prolongation of the previous severities of winter, with generally frost in the night and frequently in the day, together with a peculiarly chilling atmosphere for so advanced a season, taking the average of recent years. Saturday was exceedingly cold; and wet underfoot. On the night of that day a violent fall of rain mingled occasionally with hail took place, and on Sunday morning the ground was again covered with snow to a depth of probably 2i inches. As the day ad vanced a thaw prevailed, but not so rapid as to melt all the snow even in the town. Yesterday was on the whole a fine day, with at one time (about two o'clock) a brilliant sun,indicating the near proximity of spring. Though the winter has been comparatively long, and trying for some constitutions, it has no doubt been favourable for the land, and if we be blessed with a fine summer, we may anticipate an abundant product. We learn that more than the usual breadth of wheat was sown in the:autumn, and that the plant so far looks well and healthy. THE MERCURY AND THE IRISH SCHOOL QUESTION. —Our contemporary seems never to tire of the utterance of misstatements, when the object is to be obtained of advancing the influence and spread of popery, or of da. maging the clergy of the Established Church. In his last publication, in commenting upon a speech of the Rev. Fielding Ould, delivered at the recent annual meeting of the Sunday School Society, for Ireland, in which the rev. gentleman treated the sum, now paid for the main tenance of the national education system in Ireland, as so much virtually paid to enable the Romish priesthood "to teach those doctrines which our senators have sworn to be damnable and idolatrous," states that Mr. Ould, " must know" that the system of the National Board " does not exist for the benefit of any particular sect, and that all parties partake of its advantages." He states, moreover, that " the Scriptures are rot excluded from the schools of the National Board," that Mr. Ould " must know" this and, consequently, is a deliberate utterer of untruths. It is scarcely worth while to contradict the Mercury or to prove facts which everybody besides himself has long ago admitted. The schools under the board in question are so conducted that Protestant chil dren are excluded from the benefits which they might be made to afford ; and are as effectually popish or infidel seminaries, as if they were endowed for the express' pur pose of: propagating error instead of Protestant truth. Our contemporary would never have revived this worn out controversy, except that it afforded him an opportu nity of venting his spleen and bitterness against a clergy man of the Church of England. COTTON.—The following extract from the circular of Messrs. Holt and Co., illustrates the effect of abandon ing the duty on cotton :—" The subject of gre..t interest during this week has been the abandonment of the cotton duty. This wise and salutary measure would have been more felt and appreciated had the cotton manufacture of Great Britain been in a less flourishing condition. No doubt it will materially tend to retain in this country tbat ascendancy in the production of cotton fabrics of all qualities which our ingenious arid industrious artisans so well deserve, and will be duly valued accordingly as of national importance. So far, however, as regards the operations of our market in this place, and the immediate transactions of the week, we have suffered much embar rassment from the want of the specific details of the mea sure. Both buyers and sellers inquire, with equal interest, when the duty will be remitted, and whether it will apply to the cotton in bond, or only to that which may arrive after such a day ? No doubt a very short time will put us in possession of these facts, giving both native and foreign buyers an unfettered dealing in this most important ready-money staple, and have a tendency to make this port more completely the great cotton market of Europe. This week's business has not been large, from the causes above alluded to. DEATH OF THE EARL OF MORNINGTON.—This cele brated nobleman died, on Saturday night, at Grosvenor square, London. Lord Mornington was, in his day, known by several names or titles : first, he was the Hon. William Wesley ; then the old orthography of the name was revived, and he became Mr. Wellesley ; then Mr. Wellesley Pcle ; next he obtained the prefix of Right Honourable ; this was followed by the title of Lord Maryborough ; and finally, in the month of September, 1842, he became Earl of Mornington. The noble earl was born in the county of Meath, on the 20th of May, 1763, and married the eldest daughter of Arthur, first Viscount Dungannon; and of this marriage the late earl was the second son, the eldest being the late Marquis Wellesley, the third the Duke of Wellington, the fourth the Hon. and Rev. Dr. D. G. V. Wellesley, and the fifth Lord Cowley, now British Ambassador at Paris. His lordship, in 1809, succeeded the Duke of Wellington (then Sir Arthur 'Wellesley) as Chief Secretary of Ire land. In 1821 his lordship was created Baron Mary borough, and was appointed Master of the King's Buck bounds. During the few months of Sir R. Peel's admi nistration in 1834-5, be held the office of Postmaster- General. On the death of his elder brother, in 1812, the marquisate of Wellesley became extnct, but the Irish earldom of Mornington devolved upon the subject of this memoir, and has now descended to his only son , who was since byiseaursoeklen,oswdneaatsb,Mbre.s borne Long the Wellesley;and Viscount Wellesley. This noble lord is now fourth Earl courtesy-title wh oof of Mornington. His lordship is in the 57th year of his age; he married, first, in 1812, Miss Tylney Long; secondly, in 1828, the third daughter of Colonel Patter son, and relict of Mr. Edward Bligh. The present Lord Mornington is author of some pamphlets on Ireland, and of a work on the Court of Chancery. GeAss.—The announcement of Sir R. Peel as to the reduction of the duty on glass has caused a great reduc tion in the price, and many stocks are to be sold off— amongst the most extensive is that of Mr. Atherton, in Hanover-street, advertised in our paper to-day. are palpably evident on whatever side we turn our eyes. We see everywhere conces:i )n to error, and nowhere encouragement and aid to the truth. Does Popery bluster; a Conservative Government admi nisters, as a sop, the sacrifice of some principle or institution which Protestants venerate. Does Dis sent spit forth its venom, or Infidelity howl forth its hate : some buttress of the constitution falls—some landmark of our liberties is removed to appease them. Yet we look on with folded hands, as if the sacrifice concerned us not—as if the things sacri ficed were not our own ! A strange infatuation has got possession -of the public mind ; and we are unblushingly told, by men, too, who in past times have stood the most strenuously against concession to error, that we may now give way a little— that Popery is not so very dangerous a thing, after all—that Dissent and Infidelity are not so very noxious—that, in fact, having secured the blessing of a Conservative administration, we may " afford" to throw from us, one by one, or at once, every principle for which we have contended, and proceed very quietly to the enactment of the very measures, or even of worse, against the iniquity of which, when proposed by other men, we were the loudest in our protest! _ _ _ It is painful to see this sad falling off; and more especially it is painful to have to acknowledge it in our own town, which has taken so prominent a posi tion, and been so influential by the example which it has set, in support of the Protestant institutions of the realm. It is painful to have to ask—where are the Conservative Associations—where are the Protestant Associations—where are the Clergy of Liverpool at a crisis like the present ? Alas, with respect to one portion of the Protestant people of our town, the wily statesman whose hands are so filled with mischief has found a powerful instrument for inducing them to quiescence. Sir Robert Peel has discovered that the way to some men's hearts is through their pockets—that financial and com mercial prosperity is a wonderful mollifier, of zeal in behalf of protestantism. Humiliating enough it is to confess the fact ; but the success of Sir Robert's specific is too convincing a proof of the acumen of the physician by whom it bas been pre scribed. A. slice of additional protection to Colo nial sugar, an alteration of the timber duties, the withdrawal of the tax on cotton, a favourable ie port from the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, or a flourishing business on the Stock Ex -change, can keep the majority of the merchants of Liverpool in their counting-houses or by their household comforts and luxuries whilst the cry of their country and their religion is unheard. Alas that it should be so ! We are not, however, utterly fallen, degraded and humiliated though we are, as a protestant people. The voice of some true and honest hearts amongst us will still be heard by the legislature, in support of protestant truth, and in protest against fatal con cessions, although those do fall away whose voices and countenance in times past have animated and strengthened the fainting spirits of thousands of their fellow-countrymen. It is with pleasure and pride that we have to point to the following resolu tions; which were agreed upon at a meeting of the members of the Loyal Orange Institution, held on Saturday night in the Commercial Hall, the pro ceedings at which, however, we regret that we cannot give a report of owing to the meeting being held in Lodge. Most sincerely do we wish that we could have done so. Most sincerely do we wish that the Conservative merchants of Liverpool, and our noble Representative, Lord Sandon, could have been pre sent to witness the devotion of these loyal men towards principles which others seem to have for gotten. They would have been taught a lesson, and have had held before them an example worthy of their imitation. At the meeting in pestion many hundreds of the constituency of Liverpool were pre sent. We quote the resolutions : " That it has been satisfactorily shown to this meeting, that the Imperial Legislature is under no compact what ever, either express, or implied, to continue the present, or to afford any pecuniary grant, for the maintenance of the College of Maynooth ; and further, that no such grant for maintenance was ever made by the Irish Parliament, from whom the compact to continue it is said to be inhe rited by the United Kingdom. " That this meeting therefore views with alarm and re ,gret, as pledging the country to the maintenance of an institution hostile to our Protestant establishments, and to the spread of Protestant truth in Ireland, the proposal of government to increase this grant, a measure which, though offered as one of conciliation, will never operate as such, but will only place in the hands of the Romish hierarchy, in Ireland, increased power and funds, to be used for promoting disturbance of peace between the two countries, and the ultimate severance of Ireland from the British Empire. " That we desire, with the utmost respect and affection for our noble representative, Lord Sandon, to place on record the deep concern with which we have heard that his lordship is prepared to sanction such increased grant, when brought forward by the British government, and we earnestly entreat of his lordship, before so doing, to direct his powerful mind to an examination of the validity and existence of the alleged compact which he bas adduced as influencing him in a course which we are convinced is not such as his feelings would have prompted. " That the Worshipful the Deputy Grand Master be respectfully requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolutions to the Right Worshipful the Grand Master of England, the Right Honourable the Earl of Enniskillen, and to our respected representatives, Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas. " That the thanks of this meeting are justly due, and are hereby tendered, to the Worshipful D.G.M., for his prompt compliance with the wishes of the requisitionists, in calling this meeting ; for the courteous ability with which he has presided over us this evening, and for his uniform attention to the interests of our noble institu tion." We make no comment upon these resolutions. We make no comment either upon the speech of Lord Sandon making the announcement which prompted its being called. But we must respect- fully and earnestly assure his lordship that the feel ing of reprobation of the course which he has de clared it to be his intention to pursue, which the Orange body have here expressed, is by no means confined to that body, although none other have had the manliness to give it expression. We lay no stress upon the fact—and we are sure that, were we to do so, it would not for a moment influence his lordship's conduct—that the Orangemen of Liverpool, humble as is the position in society of many of them, can command, we are informed, upwards of 1000 votes; and we humbly submit that the feelings and wishes of such a body of men, consisting, as they do, of what may well be termed the lifeblood of the constituency, ought to have some weight with his lordship, and induce him at least to weigh evidence, and ascertain the exist tnce of this compact upon which he relies, before violating what we are sure are his own principles, _ are the principles of Orangeme n . Another matter, too, we might advert to, in con nexion with this question. We might ask if this is to be the only movement in Liverpool against a measure which, if announced a few years ago, would have convulsed this Protestant town with alarm and indignation. Is the Orange body to be the sole index of the feeling of the Protestants of Liverpool ? We hope not. We hope sincerely that our Pro testant and Conservative Associations, our Mer chants and our Clergy, are not dead but only asleep. as they When we glance over the splendid property in the possession of the Corporation of Liverpool— when we observe the revenue of that body expand ing with the growth of our commerce and meeting, without difficulty, every want or necessity which that commerce is from day to day creating—when we view the stupendous line of docks which front the Mersey, filled with the shipping and the produce of all nations,—we are irresistibly impelled to admire the judgment, forethought, and self-denial of the men, whose conduct of our local affairs, in past times, has entailed such vast benefits and facilities upon the present generation. Look back for fifty or sixty years, and enter in imagination the Council Cham ber of the " old," " close," " rotten" Corporation of Liverpool, then but in the infancy of its present giant proportions ; and you will see them sedulously, thoughtfully, and regardless of all temporary consi derations, laying the foundations of our present enormous superstructure of local wealth. No hesi tating timidity,—no niggardly reckoning of the cost of trifles—no pinching, patching principle—actuated the policy of these men. It is not too much to say of them that they saw in prospect the mighty in crease which half a century would bring about in the importance of their town ; and, wisely and well, they devoted themselves to the task of providing for such increase, by securing the possession of the river frontage, and of a great portion of the land, upon which a modern Tyre was to be erected. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD more just on the part of the Corporation to rely upon PURCHASE OF THE HERCULANEUM DOCK the character of respectable men, and to suppose ESTATE BY THE BIRKENHEAD WARE that they could be honest in such a matter as the HOUSE COMPANY. supply of a gross of pens or a box of wafers, than to The serious influence which the purchase of this estate set a precedent for mean men to imitate, which, if by the above pa r ti es , an d t h e pro j ects f orme d i n connex ion carried out to the full extent of which it is capable, with it, are calculated to exercise over local interests, would render business of every description a game rende d rs it desirable that the whole subject should be fullyi: i i i a e c refore for b theefore p u ub o l n i c . it Ntl'ee space e e w il l ? , ch a p4 i 3 t lo w g r li of pitch and toss, and set tradesmen to exercise all their ingenuity to undersell each other, at the ex- occupy in our present bestowing publication. Although ac its objects pence of the poor working classes, whosa labour pro- and tendencies may be known to many of our readers, it duces the articles which they vend. will be desirable, in order to arrive at a thorough under- As the plan has commenced, however, we trust standing of the question, to recapitulate the leading fea that it will be proceeded with : that economy will tu T re i s le o ll f t e h r e cu o i r a ig ri i e i u m m l scheme. be carried even unto (he candle-end and rubbing- consisting of a plot of land comprising about 31 acres, upon which stood a pottery, stone departments of the public expenditure. Never with a small coasting dock, extends from Sefton-street, mind new docks or new buildings—never mind at the south end of the Liverpool line of docks, to the river; and was purchased, in 1839, by a number of par inpublic improvements—but take care that the floors constructing ties, oof eminent upon standing Liverpool, and a eminent for meili onue sn t e h t sea. advantages. purpose For this h ? s f the Town-hall are not scrubbed with floor-clo ths, ircc i ii i s it was considered to possess w the makers and venders of which are so extravagant purpose vantages. and unenlightened as to expect to live by their The whole property is a bed of solid sandstone, upon trades ! which the requisite foundations emir. be easily and ch lv laid. Ti- ' LIVERPOOL FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM. Yesterday afternoon the annual general meeting of the guardians of this institution was held at the Asylum, in Myrtle-street, to transact the usual business, and also to consider a proposition, of which notice had been given, so to alter one of the rules as to admit of a greater discre tion as to the age at which the children should leave the establishment. The attendance was numerous and highly respectable, especially (as might be expected, from the nature of the charity) of ladies. The children appeared in a room adjoining that in which the meeting was held, a communication being made by opening large folding doors. They were all dressed in black and white, with aprons and caps, and presented a very interesting appear ance. In the absence of the President of the Gentlemen's Committee, Joshua Edwards, Esq., The Rev. W. HESKETH. of St. Michael's, Toxteth park, was called to the chair, and opened the meeting by appropriate prayer. In afterwards addressing the meeting, he lamented the unavoidable absence of the pre sident, yet had to congratulate those present on the effici ent and satisfactory state of the institution. The children, he rejoiced to say, were healthful, and in a rapid state of Feb. 25, 1845. INDIA AND CHINA. (Express from Marseilles,) By express from Marseilles despatches hare been re, ceived from Indi a an d Chi na , i n an ti c i pa ti on o f t he no' which left Calcutta on the Bth ult.,—the first of the sen d for bi-monthly communication. The mail was brougle, Suez by the Peni n sul a r an d O r i en t a l C ompany ' s o , l ' Hindostan, and arrived the re on th e 4th i nstan t, bat; left Madras on the 13th, Ceylon on the 18th, and Ad d on the 28th ult. She brought also no less than 90 sengers. The news by this mail is of rather more importances° o interest than the overland mail has brought f o r sal' months. The Punjaub is again in commotion. A red °'. broke out, a n d H eera Si ng h, th e R a j a h , an d Je Pundit, have been killed. As usual, there are several sc counts of the cause, &c., but the following is said to most authentic :—From the very ill feeling that has isted for some time between the mother of the Mahara/ gl and Heera Singh, an explosio n was l oo k e d f or , soo ner' later, as inevitable. She applied to Heera Singh for son" command of trust for her b ro th er , an d was b ac k e d in be demand so warmly by the c ounc il o f th e army , us ual , ; such occasions, that He era go t a l arme d, an d put off L„,, matter until next day, befo re d a yli g ht o f w hi c h h e was ',I his way, with SOO troops, to some place in the vicinity, Jumboo. The Khalsa troops in Lahore, on hearing tbli, pursued him, and, on coming up, killed him, Jells Poa dit, and several others of the Rajah's adherents. I f .' heads of the Rajah a n d J e ll a P un dit were b roug ht toe, hore, and carri e d i n p rocess i on roun d t h e streets. 1`: next day salutes were fi re d, an d t h e mo th er o f the lga°,,•• rajah held a durhar. Th e E ng li s h government h a d , it virb believed, no idea of interfering in this instance, (thong,, the time may not be far off when it will be obliged tol so,) not being in the s li g ht es t b oun d to ass i st or or b° either party or ministry. A revolution had taken place also in Nepaul, but 0 1 the circumstances it is genera lly b e li eve d th a t it ras a got-up affair. The R a j a h h a d prom i se d to a bdi ca te 1 ' favour of his son. Wh en th e ti me came h e re f us ed, .° 0 which the son, assisted by some chiefs, deposed bl,I; The new Rajah is only 17 years old and an idiot. Government would be compelled to interfere. The however, was expected to be one of diplomacy rathertb of arms. The news from Scinde is still unfavourable. Highlanders at Sukkur were still dying off. Upwards 200 men, women, and children, had perished since tb arrival. They were to be removed immediately. There had been rather a serious disturbance at Hi kong, in consequence of a reg i s t ra ti on d ecree i ssu ed Government, which was r es i s t e d by th e Europeans, o in an address to council styled it as " iniquitous, Crary, unconstitutional, and despotic." A good deal bickering was the result between Government and t w Europeans, as the former refused to answer the a ddres4 Three thousand Chinese left the island, and at last ty Government deemed it fit " to amend and modify registration ordinance. There were still, however, OP articles in the " modified" decree which were o bj e ction,.: able; for instanc e , th a t o f o bli g i ng a ll Chi nese vesse ls P report themselves immediately, and to register their PI, sengers within 24 hour s . Th e consequence o f this that while Macao is crowded with junks, few or 1: 1 °P it have come to Hongkong. M os t o f th e Chi nese w ho le'', the island had, however, returned. The report that ° j ig Emperor had abdicated in favour of a near relation totally without confirmation. The supercession of Colonel Outram is altogether (I „ e ' nied by the D e lhi G aze ll e o f t h e 24th u lti mo. It 0 '; scribes, " on competent authority," the act to have bet e purely voluntary on his part, as from the beginning ',I had undertaken the duty o f i nqu i r i ng i n t o th e caus es ; the disturbances in the M a h ra tt a coun t ry as mer elY temporary affair, having been promised by his own Or, vernment some lucrative positi on i n th e B aro d a .O re° l dency, and that he declined the office of permanent Burg pean agent of the Kolapore co un t r y, o ff ere d hi m b y Sir Arthur, subject, of course, to the approval of the sopre o , o government. The Bombay papers speak of his going Europe by this mail. The non-arrival of the ships Runnymede and Brittniff the former from L c nd on w ith recru it s , an d the latteit from Sydney, with a detachment of her Majesty's fl o regiment, and nine offi cers , t oge th er w ith a ll th e ra „, plate is causing great unea s i ness , an d grea t f ears are ea tertained for their safety. Th e C om p an y' s s t eamer V I I ; terprise had been sent in search of them. Some ofl ex-Ameers of Scinde proceeded by the Hindostan to Div rope. The first opium sal e was h e ld on th e 6 t h ult.; td prices were lower than was expected ; the average,e, Patna being about 1,235 rupees , and the Benares ltu'" ce the largest sale of I n di go ever h e ld i n I n di a took Piao the day before th e d eparture o f t h e ma i l. 1,683 c he' were sold, and the prices were uncommonly good. .4 The imports and exp or t s a t C a l cutta h a d no t vat'l' t, since the previous advices. Money continued a bundanj The transactions in sugar were limited, but the dero 9 4, for silk goods continued. Freights to Li ver p oo l £3los The Bill for extending the Birkenhead railway frog Grange-lane to Bridge-end, has passed the Stand' Orders Committee. The Valparaiso, which was driven on shore 0 4 Formby during the rec en t di sas t rous ga l e , h as b ee n off and brought into dock. 0 1 FOREIGN AID SOCIETY.—On Sunday last the £45 9s. was collected at St. J u d e ' s Church, in aid of society, after a sermon by the Worshipful and Rev. Raikes, M.A., Chancellor of the Diocese. W et 1' g, DEATH OF THE REV. S YDNEY S MITH. —Th is known reverend gentleman, o ne o f th e canons of St, Paul's, died on Sunday morn i ng , a ft er an ill ness o f se ver months, in the 73d year of his age. Aletter has been received from Mr. Wainwright by a I l t ; spectable firm in this town st a ti ng th a t " a ll go ods bonded warehouses which have not paid duty will op. pay, on delivery from wa re h ouse , suc h d u t y as t h e ert i cle may be subject to at the time of delivery." 1 ° THE CONVICT DALM AS .—It now appears that 0 no man, convicted of the dreadf u l mur d er o f a female ,'"„i Battersea Bridge, is to be tr ans p orte d f or lif e, as , dullr, his confinement at Millbank Penitentiary, he has not ei hibited any symptoms of insanity. Mr. De la Rue, professor of music, at Hampstead,v iiii r brutally murdered and robbed of his watch and other 4 tides on Friday night on bi s wa y h ome . H e was foa f i, lying dead almost immediat e ly a ft erwar d s , b ut th e rak e ans have not been yet captu re d, th oug h th ere i s a c which will lead to their discovery. - - A' ELFCTIONS.—On Thursday, W. H. P. C are w, •••• V o f was returned unopposed for East Cornwall in the room its Lord liot. On Friday, Ch r i s t op h er T ower , E sq . returned for Buckingha ms hi re . All t h e mem b ers ci filo f t o , ministry who have had to resign their seats in con quence of changing their offices in the government 10 been returned unopposed. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24.—Wind W.N.W. ARRIVED.—WiId Irish Girl, Graham, and Emma, from Bombay—Queen of England, —, and London, 1 4 2;0' (sailed from St. Helena gth Jan.) and Ha rr i son Chilton, 1", o/ ham, from Calcutt a —M ary Mu i r, Williams, from Vaipara!o'pef Governor, . from the Cape of Good Hope—M .) l o' Davidson, and Integrity, from Ichaboe— Ida, Telfer, froo l oo tigua —Origon, Glidden, an d L ondon, Baker, from New 00:',00 —Susan E. Howell, B a il e y, from Mobil.—Tallahassee, 7 t lie Apalachicola—British Queen, fr om St. J o h n, N. 8.-1 a dy Lake, from Terceira—Touka, Medianieh, and Antoinette ,, lano, from Trieste—lnvincible, Newman, from Cephalo o 2 s l Index, Bennett, from Z an t e — Pet, Shotten, from Bourde,'' and Rose, Stewart, from Havre. Thomas Arbuthnot, Smith, hence at Calcutta 2iith Dec. Susan, Ager, ditto 2Sth. Matilda, Roskell, dittb 2gth John Macvicar, M'Leod, sa il e d f rom S augor for Liverpool December o:cur-de-Lion. Kendal, hence at Demerara Integrity, late Johnson. from Ichaboe, at Cove Rhoda, Key. honce off ditto Shannon, Tozer, from Honduras, off ditto Lady Mary, from Ichaboe. off Carnarvon st . Evening Star. hence to N e w O r l eans, was spoken i n I o o) , long. 45; Satellite, hence to Mobile. 13th Jan. off St. Dorr",p, Victoria, hence to New Orleans, 16th Jan. off Little c0r1137„/ TELEGRAPH OFFICE, FEBRUARY 24 01 Wind at Holyhead, NW . f res h b reeze during the nlOlll ; ditto, moderate in the evening. P O' Off Holyhead. inw a rd b oun d, a t 12 3o p.m. No. 3796• guard, brg, and 3896, Fisherman, schooner, outward bo o ,:de Off Point Lynas, inw ar d b oun d, a t 1 p.m. No. 408, gv d i brig, from Afr ea. Off the port, at 3 p.m. 3 ships, 2 barques, 2 brigs aA schooners. . LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, FED t rY Great dullness still perva tes our Butter market, but the.„ri V L do not submit to any r e d uc ti on i n pr i ce. Pickled Buttfi about 25. per cwt. lower ; resp ec t a bl e b rands offering ee „ Provisions are in fair request, a t f u ll prices ; severa l I' board sales of Pork were made last week, at 60s. to 62. ' barrel. ".40 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—FEB. 45 eq ° Pending the uncertainty of the time of passing the tarift_Lefid lutions through THE BIG tiovss, the Cotton Market bed daily harder and de arer. M any b uyers would operate 'lO5 provided holders wo u ld di v id e t h e d uty on the other ha° fen holders show their stocks sparingly, and speculators are i eeo purchasers at rather dearer rates than were current last o p 5,0 w) bales have been sold to-day, and the market closes firm and healthy tone about It. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, FEB. ittt:, We have had a fair supply of a ll ki n d s o f C a t t l e at mare su day ; a numerous a tt en d ance o f b uyers. Pr i ces much tilesv as of late. Anything goo d eager l y sought after, and ' sold• Beef from 54d. to 6d.; Mutton 6id. to 7d. LIVERPOOL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1845 AND NT 0' EVERY PRINTED TUESDAY PUBLISHED MORNI - BY JOSHUA FLETCIIER LACE, of 53, Grove-street, a nd LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street , At N 0.4, ST. 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