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Mar. 4, 18b5. Manta'. ANTED ' in a small Family, a DAILY GOVER NEStNESSS a Member of the Church of England, corn ato Ins truct Pupils, the el rftften, in the usual r A n elb's of E location. PPlic ations stating &cations ant references, ad rSed r .3) E. C. Box 18 Postoffice, Liverpool, will, if t ' ta be immediately attended to. `lE v TO CAPITALISTS. E RAL SUMS of MONEI ,varying in amount rufk‘rom X9OO to £2OOO, WANT MORTGAGE `A 'I,EKHOLD PROPER , and for which Interest ta per Cent ••. , will be p ce • , • Pl y o p - Birkenhead. N A TO MERCHANTS. - r . 1,. n GENT of many years' standing, engaged as a o —uv er by some of the first Mercantile Firms in Lon °n trading to China, the East and West Indies, for all l eser iPtlons of G oo d s a d a pt e d f o r those Markets, wishes his Business. He has a Person situated in each a ii e. ma nufacturing Districtt,..affais — personally engaged nt our Market, is prepafed to offer considerable ad 78,ages t o an Export Mefchant. References will be giren Ilea ,ss of the mos t refspectable firms in London. .ur Il ey. , to d. J. C. TAYLOR and Co., 27, Change- LIVERPOOL DOCKS. ru.t; „ COALBERT DOCKAREHOUSES. MMI TEE of t he LIVERPOOL DOCKS lANreoesirous of engaging the services of a GENTLE NT aVetent to fill the Office of CHIEF SUPER. ENDENT of ALBERT DOCK WAREHOUSES. eur itY will b e requ i re d. Th e S a l ar y will not be less a i n X5OO pe r A nnum. • bq. PPlic ations, stating age, and inclosing Testimonials of i and character, must be ssalcd: - iddressed to the ad Chai rman of th e Committe f the Liverpool Docks," ° " s ed "Albert Dock rehouses," and be sent under _tver the Secretor • not later than TUESDAY, the l e 4 ent to h day of Apr' ext. ° a4 . l)l 'event inco nv e n i enc e a nd expense to parties resid ers,,' ad istance, and ren d e r unnecessary at present any sta n ce application, the Committee propose, in the first 4d r i, to ex am i ne t h e a p p li ca ti ons and testimonials, :lea such as, in their judgment, shall appear to them must eligibl e; an d t h en to invite the parties to a ersoea linterview, on a day to be fixed upon; and will ,Yoir3ltle.rtravelling expenses of those who may not succeed Thealki inR the appointment. PPlications and Testimonials of such Applicants „„ 5' n btsappear to the Committee to be eligible for the rtfPiatment will be returned to the respective parties. y!urther information may be obtained •apon application letter to the undersigned. By order. DANIEL MASON, Secretary Office, Liverpool, 2Uh Feb,, 1845. th littbitrattons. WJust Published, price One Shilling, ANT OF WATER. A Letter to HAEmecin 'N\r R ANNEtt, Esq., in Reply is Pamphlet entitled "Jobe."." Together w it eport on the Sanatory ittc,n of Liverpool. y SAMUEL HOLME. la t d ve LP o ol: Public LAcE and ADDISON, 'Stan ; and En be had of all the Booksellers, CHRIST This day published, ~ OUR ALL IN ALL. L, ".OBERT MONTGOMERY, A.M., RgR &c. &c. 1 ,, Also, b y the RIME Author. Second Edition of ti r ,„ l l.E GOSPEL BEFORE T AGE ; an Exposi. tor th e Imes. Pies • L 'ECTIVE BIS URSES on Leading Princi 01,the Gospel Sy m. to , si -Luo tt; F. . LER, 124, Oxford-srreet ; H AMIL e(). ; and all Booksellers in the United Kingdom. By the Rev Author of Ero "SAS AND HIS CALUMNIATORS. *INGHAM WILSON, 11, Royal' Exchange, has TtipDa Pubished. price:, 6d., T AST- y 10E and l POLICY of if a TRIPLE AL ,,FII4I,;',IA,NCE INTERVENTION of ENGLAND, 'end BRAZIL, in —AFFAIRS of the 1 1% PLATE, cons id er L e tt ers to the Right Por,,,the.Earl of Aberde , K.T., T.R.S., Secretary of Ems„Afi'airs & ALFRED MALLALIEU, I ' 4 rPnol: WE y ttn, Castle-street. This day are published, H T'S W E EKrLY VOLU t tin Vol. XXXVI. IL)r,' ,IS HANi'S TABLE ;BOOK, Part 111. THE'LAS JEItROLD'S MAGAZINE, Part ,pti ILL USTRATED SHAKSPERR, Part 11. rE'GALLERY OF NATUR Part 11. . n,OR IAL GALLERY A S, Part 11. 1,11 LE) ENGLAND, Part 'Bllir„ - Y MAGAZIN , art • L. 111A+ p ar ' t Ep i lENT T THE PENNY CYCLOPA , "re AL G t WEBB, Witeesale Bookseller, Castle et ' 00. pi r , ---- ---__ - - - t ti m A... D UBLIN . UNIVERSITY . MAGAZINE fo; q a l'en, price 2s. 6d., contains . . Chi Pters of Railroad `Romance; by Tilbury Tramp,_ . A 71,4:8 M essenger —No. lll.—Fast Asleep and wide 13 0 w ,7; or, the Train for the " Overland." Illron de f It o e , Travels in Luristan and Arabistan. Earl of 'liteBB'9'! Tele scope—Posgible Discoveries. A Student's e:airliscenee of the "QUatter Latin." Robert Burns— lair'd Article. A pilgrimage to Caldaro. Sergeant lar,.°lr, Va Catioll R bles. Song by Robert Gilfil ,iu e n ' he late Mrs. James 4 Gray,--White's Three Years Pord:nstantinople. A Snovidfop. Memoir of Samuel st t es'a Cork Artist. T riton's Rousing Song. The ...elle"- The Nevilles darretstown; a Tale of 179,. c ha oPter , 146 t , .. 4 ,..20(V11 I. A ' , Masquerade Night in Dublin -1„`"4,,...1X.—TKA Ballad-singer. , 05uu,...: WILLIAM OURRV, JUN. and Co.; Liverpool , : be hadk witi.tisLEv, and ell Booksellers ; of whom may ' 137 THE :CrDONOGH. AR H Ry LOIVREQpEtt. UE NO. 111. 11l tratlons by - Pniz. Price One Shilling , Contrarts. ~W4 o l lf „ 17) , T irs?DJETzfEo JOINERS, 8 :1; IN E 11 - ''eted rUR IC-H OUSE and SHOP, o , be cool- Plans'Et'u., latter end of May. )Iti l T and S Pecifications may be se n from Thursdcy tilt Thr e e on Saturday, and ' . era be reemod I),ADDly e t °'°l °P-k on Monda !owing. 41'144. .-. mr. streH. W £MAN Accountant, Juba-ea ord.et 4 March P T411187-i"(---)----P LIVERPOOL. ilt SELFONTRACTS WANT ED. of tlie'r "VESTRY aredesirous to CONTRACT , 4 th e e' 3 u PLY of the undermentioned ARTICLES Septets*che ll 'e of the Liverpoel Workhouse and Industrial at liirkdal f the 25th March to tbe. - S6tl3 I,oi7uer next e'el;om vit---best 'suatnntii T ref pa of 2401b5.._ An s. cl P AT H SnPerfi%4ku a r, - at pack of 280 lb EAsp--AL---b of at,p Load of 2401b5. •r e ,O 'rtkii- A a t ,t Per bushel of , • 'IRO - —",,,5--b • bll/4ea sure ettiths est epo s sat ' gt P e er sample , at'per --, • eonstythg of Sugar as I' -goodßice East India, at Best Treacle, at per cwt. Tea, Congou, at per lb. rwankay, at per lb. T_ . - • - Jamaica.;Coffee, at per lb. Sago, at per lb. lb. lb. Arrowroot, at perat per Clove Pepper, -- per lb. Black Pepper, at I:A tm Mustard, superfine, at SL AP l ' B , at per doz. of 121b5.. , first quhlby, at per cwt. '())),, first, first quality, at pa" 41 i' a t Per cvvt. 11 13 , i , r ;.,; , t per ton. AVIL,"111, best Salt, a t per cwt. 1,.`1' Port duty - exceed £65 per p i p e GI V `ll, gall o' Paid, not to of pipe i, Sh '44 ' exceed £6O per , r „ it % tairY, duty paid, not to ex NkillAr,.., c'aa• ,‘-ak;o, at per lb. tLou, at pe r i .4100' Men's Won , n's and Children's. , .., , , -....e -2-9 . ,-.. ~ ', n ic, AN " ' te ll 81 Women 8, and U4/16 e 111111%.4t1.., ALt -.A* differe t descriptions lit.„,and h.!, .... „zit iltil,l\l. 'lull' I'INOCkNIQED y. tAt Al, ~,,Itt• ". Tops, at per lb. 141aLtr-ilt, strong and lighter Sole andlroP tl , q li. ATI° : iler IN tlttr. i f the het ° , 4°4 willin g to tend for tbe•GGPP'Y o „ r Atlernreetlentinned- Arlein a T re en r d e e q r u s ested to 4 V 'c o lo s c o k o , ad - '4,.,Nated-6,4t,tlthY., :the 15th March, at -4'1"..4) It!aa'Lle ,—,,`: Senaetary of the Select Ve.stthrYihe tqt,,titier` ertneatino Of the Articles, wt-__licatio, to.the. ~e ,tary„ 4q,tisred.,e:lnay he seen on , a er a. 2, repwciicktn b e 4'4 . km thelr.c*t Vetstrye-d probable tie t h i 1,7! con ra n c c l in such the ..,l'iaerhict:ed ilt the for hwil‘glluabeatfteuieutt:raaest latieet7V4*"(Bllo,3BlZB'tilie Industrial Schoo ls , received Italess fitelatrY may direct; and no Tenders will behadon ital'lestio'" 'IP on a prioted form, which may be The hto the Secretary as above. kfirle ttahnent for th '• l contracted for will be bill e firs t I t 1467 Partie-,ar month,ondayeirletZreys.provided d in with each Sev en ( 7.!_ 8 shalt have been delivered of payment. that Coearlty writ be to the day `-natracts. 111 4e required for the due performance of the liY order of the Select Vestry, 2, P en . NATHAN LITHERLAND, 114) , telek.atreet, 25th Feb. 1845. t'tti. ,-- -------____ Secretary. l''Clilrt, ---------- I ITHS, &c. , ENs%„IrTS, BRICKLAYERS, B 'll be granted liart44ll6l4aCterirnii: ProdvineiVATG,lBTwof a most im- t ith tii4nd scientific c: un er a _ . knot e Igeeltest of which naracter,.w h is being carried ou .. poe pro w . w. ,. 11 b success in thtr-etropolis, D b 9 it ill it , P f it u l l' x i e P it ar , toicuilaekl, i vaedess, prepaid, to t M i r h . s A 1 L 4 7 1 , A i w n : • 4 . 1 111 I?. , **Lee for Patents of Inren- Cs ; k/45 ) ,wni -'.(610, irkin of 6-fibs GREAT PARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY.- I CAPITAL Fr. 200.000,000 (£8,000,000) in Fr. 500 (£2O) SHARES. DEPOSIT Fr.so (X 2) PER SHARE. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE M. Le Comte De La Pinsonn!ere, Pair de France, Mem- bre du Conseil General d'lndre et Loire. Le Lieut.-Gen. Comte De Ruoaigny, Aide-de-Camp du Roi, Administrateur du Chemis.Ale—Fer de Lyon I /1. el. • St. Etienne M. Gilbert Coubayon, de L , Entrepreneur General des Transports du Go ernement. M. F. Oudet, Adminis teur des Messageries Laffitte, CaiHard, et Cie./ M. Batbier Ste. 111‘fie, Administrateur des Messageries Laffite, Caillard, et Cie. W. T. Copeland, Esq. Alderman and M.P. Sir Arthur de Capell Broke, Bart. John Gillyatt Booth, Esq. Hon. William Ashley. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Henry Lewis Smale, Esq. Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. John Rawson, Esq. Capt. Chamier, R.N. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. In Paris—M. A. Gatlin (Depute) et Cie Laffitte et Cie. late Jacques Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co. Union Bank of London. Messrs. Cocks, Bidduiph, Biddulph, & Co The Commercial Bank of London. MBER OF DEPUTIES.--SESSION 1844. In London— Extract from the Projet de Loi, presented by M. S Damon,. Minister of Public Work:. _ _ _ "The liailway from Paris to Lyons is of all Lines to establish one of those to which the country attaches most importance. To unite the Ocean and the North Sea to the Mediterranean ; Paris, the capital of the kingdom, with Lyons, which is its second town, and with Mar seilles, the firzt of its seaports ; in fine, to connect the North and South of France. Such are the principal results to be realised by the Railway from Paris to Lyons. At the same time, by a branch from Dijon to Mulhouse, this Railway will connect Marseilles with Strasburg, the Mediterranean with the Rhine; and will thus secure to France tne contkuance of the commercial transit which Austria and Ita'y seek to take from her.y' Rctract from the Report of the Commission charged vita the examination of the '" Prqet de Loi." "The erect Railway going from Paris in opposite direc ms, joining the Ocean and the Mediterranean, Havre, 3ttiogne, Calais, Dunkirk, the frontier of the North and the great port of Marseilles, uniting Paris and Lyons, our two great centres of population and strength, of y and industry, has alw;iyis fixed the attention of the Government, the Legislature, and the country at large, and should command prompt execution. Already a Line is established from the English Channel, by Havre and Rouen, to Paris.; and the Great Northern Line is being pursued with vigour. At the other extremity, Avignon will soon be united to Marseilles ; and it is high time that the central part uf this great Line, through the heart of the kingdom, through the midst of its rich population and its principal towns, should be executed." Applications for Shares and Prospectuses to be made to Messrs. PARKES, Small, and Co., Solicitors, 12, Bed ford-row; Messrs. SUTTON, GAMBLE, and Co., Brokers, 8, Cornhill; to R. W. CARDEN, Esq., Sharebroker, 61i, Threadneedle-street, or to the SECRETARY, at the Com pany's Offices, , 63, Moorgate-street, Landow; at Liver pool, to Messrs. 'REYNOLDS and SONS, Brokers; at Man chester, tO :JOHN DUNCUFT, Esq., Broker ; at Leeds, to Messrs. 11. and C. BRADSHAW, Brokers ; at Glasgow to ANDREW BRAND, Esq., Sharebroker. The last day for applications for Shares March, 184 By order, s the 15th Fehruar:l2 th, 184 ESSEX A CAPII W. IRWIN, Secretary JD SUFFOLK RAILWAY COMPANY 4L, £750,000, in 30,000 £25 SHARES. DEPOSIT £2 PER SHARE Provisionally Registered puns/cant to-7 and 8 Vic.,•cap, 110, S. 4. PROVISIONAL *OM E. Alt.lhuts, Richard, Foxearth-h• , Essex. Allen, Robert Alfred, Esq. allingdon Grove, Essex. Bevan, Robert, Esq., T Bank, Bury, and Sudbury and Rougham, Suffolk. Blurden, Thomas, sq., Cranmore, Melford. Brown, Stephen arket Hill, Sudbury. Churchyard. John, maaufacturer. Long Melford, Sugaik. 'Freeland, Rev. W. Coyte, Rector of Chilton. •Green, John, Lavenham. Harding, Charles, Great Henny, Essex. Hitchcock, Thomas, woolstapler, Lavenham. 'James, John, manufacturer, Sudbury. ;Jones, Thomas Esq., Alderman, Sudbury. ' , King. Isaac Esq., Wickham Essex. Lambert Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, Essex. - .Nilson, Maurice Esq., Sudbury. Mumford, George, Esq.,'Lavenham. Murray, Alexander, Esq., Eriswell, Suffolk. The Mayor of Sudbury. Musgrave, William, merchant, Sudbury. Nottidge, George, Esq., Castle Fledingham. Pattison, Captain, Maldon, Essex. Peck, William, Esq., Lavenham. Pratt, Thomas, Esq., Otten Belchamp. Raymond, Samuel Milbank, Esq., Belchame!W.ll, Essex. Raymond, Rev. Oliver, Rector or ItliddletonsoeiVicar of Balmer. Rogers, P. Esq., Ivy Hill, Margaretting. Sikes, John Esq., Sudbury. Sperling, George Esq., Attwood's, Halstead. Stewart, P. Esq., Yorkcterrace, Regent's' Park. Tatham, Thomas James, Esq., Three Ash, near Nlaldon, and London. Tinting, Charles, Esq.,(llessett'and Pakenhatt, Suffolk. Turner, Thomas, Woolstapler, Lavenham. Walker, George, Esq., , Over Hall, Guestingtlzorpe. Wright, William, Esq.,"Eyston Hall, Essex. With power to add to their number. 'JtANKERS. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan. and Co., Lombard-street. Messrs. Strahaa, S,r , S. D. Paul and Co., Strand. Messrs. Oakes, Bevan, and Co., Bury and - Sudbury Messrs. Sparrow and Co., Maldon and Halstead. N. Stevens ,and Fearon, 1, Gray's-inn-square, London. Messrs. G. W. Acdrews, Sudbury. -611CRE7 ARY. Robert Mapletoft, Esq., Stansted,'Suffolk SOLLCITORS. _ Messrs LOCAL AGENTS BRAINTREE—Henry-Jackson, Esq. H ALSTEAD —Messn. Sperling and Harris. MA.LnoN—Wm.Codd, Jun., Esq., and Messrs. Crick THETFORD—Messrs. Ciarkeand Son. Messrs. G 43triiVEYORS. E. Hadden and J. 0. Browne PROSPECTUS E proposed line will form the connecting link be tween the Norwich .and Brandon Railway at Thet ford, and the Eastern Counties line, near Chelmaford, whence it will be continued to the town and •port of Mal don, accommodating in its course the important and po pulous towns of Bury-St. Edmunds, Lavenhani, Long Melford, Sudbury, Halsted, Bocking, Braintree, and Maldon, and forming at once the most direct and econo mical line to Norwich.rfollowing the old coach route through the populous:towns which that traffic has contri buted to foster, and opening a communication between the fertile agricultural interior of Essex and the.cea. This line will also -secure at the same time the exten sive traffic between Malden and the Dengey Hundred and Chen: ford arid London, the distance being no more than by the coach road,—advantages afforded by no other line, .as even supposing Parliament to sanction one line from Braintree to Chelmsford, , ond another via Witham to Maldon, the whole of the'Maldon and Chelinsfot.ectraffic would still be lost, from the distance being increased to 15 miles. This line will gain this, and save the:construc tion of nearly 10 miles of railway (equivalent to, say £130,000), at a sacrificeof abaut a mile between Thetford and Chelmsford. Instead of passing through z thinly inhabited,distrizt, as is the case with the London and Norwich direct line, reported against by the Board of Trade, this Railway will accommodate a population of upwards of 150,000-scud& Seven Market Towns, and Three Boroughs, returning each Two Members to Parliament. The intersnediate trkt& therefore, particularly on market-days, will be ery considerable, and will form e considerable source of emokunent, not possessed by any other line to Norwich. Independently of Passengers, a considerable income will be derived not only from silk and other manufactured geode, but from the vast quantities of Corn, Flour, Wool, Malt, &c. &c. ; Beats, Sheep, and Pigs, dead Meat and Poultry, which are annually sent from the entire district, and from East Norfolk to the London Markets, The.adual existing Traffic is sufficient, after deducting 40 per cent. for maintenance of way..working power, ma nagement, and other expenses, to pay.Gl per cent. on the Capital required, without calculating upon any antici pated increase from the sources before-mentioned. The claims of the Line, therefore, to public support, rest as much upon its intrinsic merits as on the recog nized principle of Protection to Vested .Interests,—while, so far from •beiag inimical to the Lines it joins, it will be the means of i preventin ,, a diversion of the greater part of the Norwich and Brandon Traffic, and must act as an important feeder to the Eastern Conoties Railway, em ploying more of their Line than the present Coati Traffic. Four per cent. Interest will be allowed on Deposits and Calls until the completion of the line. ---- Detailed Prospeateses and a Plan may be obtained at the Temporary ()Zees of the Company, 1, Grays Inn Square, or of the Secretary, Solicitors, or Local Agents, D. 1%1'1%1m,, Esq., Angel-court, Throgroorton-street, London ; Messrs. CWKWELL and SONS, Manchester; G R EAvEs,fLiverpooll; COLLINSON and FLINT, Hillis JAMES JAMIESON, Leeds ; and TATE and NA -543,, Bristol. N.B.—No APPLICATION FOR SU ARES CAN BE RECEIVED EXCEPT IN TFIE Stii3i/CINED FORM. To the Provisional Committee of the Essex and Sv.ffolk Railway. Please allot me Shares in the pro posed Essex and Suffolk Railway, o i a the terms men tioned in the Prospectus; and I agree to take all such Shares, or so many thereof as may be allotted to me, and to pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribe's' Agreement when re quired so to do. Referepp Witness THE LIVERPOOL S'I`ANFARD. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. PLANS FOR LANDING STAGES. TO ENGINEERS. THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS are desirous of receiving PLANS FOR THE MOST CONVENIENT MOPRITP LANDING OR EMBARKING PA:perns, CARRIAGES, &c. &c., at GEORGE'S RHEAD. Each Plan to be distinguished by a tto or Cypher, accompanied by a Sealed Letter, c. , nraining the name and address of the Party, bearing on the outside a Motto or Cypher, cor responding with the Plan ; which Letter will not be opened, unless the Plan be approved. A Premium of Two HUNDRED POUNDS will be given for tha Plan se• lected and acted upon by the Dock Trustees; and a Pre mium of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS will be given for that Plan which may be deemed by them to be the next in utility. A Plan of George's Pier, &c., with the necessary Sec tions, and general information as to what is required, may be had on application by letter or otherwise, at the Office of the Secretary of the Liverpool Docks. The Plans must be sent, Sealed, addressed to " The Chairman of the Committee of the Liverpool Docks," and delivered, under cover, at the Office of the Secre tary, not later than WEDNESDAY, the nineteenth day of March next. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary Dock Office, Revenue Buildings, Liverpool, 6th February, 1845. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND.) ADDITIONAL SHARES. FIRST CALL OF £2 10s. PER SHARE IVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance .1.11 of a Resolution of the Board of Directors, the Pro prietors of the Additional Shares in this Company are required to PAY A CALL OF £2 10s. PER SHARE on their respective Shares into yof the undermentioned Banks, on or before THU AY, the 6th day of March next. interest at the ratkerfFour per Cent, per Annum, pay able half yearly, w . ji e allowed on the amount of Deposits and Calls paid up, until the Railway is. completed. Should any Callt remain unpaid after the day above named, interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum will be charged thereon. - By order, WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary. 3, College-preen, Deblin, GM Feb., 1845. Bank of Ireland • . Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mill- Bank of Liverpool...... Manchester and Salford Bank Borough Bank Dublin ►s, and Co London. Liverpool. Manchester, Liverpool. the doctrine that is according to godliness, than such a diversion of the clerical mind of the nation from the sub stance of religion to the forms of external worship. It was not with a view to liturgical investigations like these, that candidates for holy orders were exhOrted to the ' daily reading and weighing of the Scriptures, that there by they might wax riper and stronger in their ministry.' Nor is it easy to perceive how such inquiries can help to the knowledge of the same.' Far from it.. Both the na ture of the controversy itself, and the spirit which it has a tendency to generate, are so contrary to the views and feel ings of every one who is seriously interested in the ' work pertaining to the salvation of souls,' that it must be most burdensome to those who are aware of its comparative insignificance ; most injurious to the Divine growth and usefulness of those who devote to it their understandings and affections ; most dangerous to the young, the weak. and the unwary, by drawing away their cares and studies from God's word, and the higher and holier things of their vocation. With sentiments like these I would gladly have avoided any attempt to prolong, by writing upon it, a controversy I condemn. But whatever may be the relative insignificance of the points in debate, when compared with the weightier matters of religion, such language has been used, and such principles laid down by several writers, who think they have a right to speak with authority, as have given an adventitious importance to the subject, and rendered it impossible for any conscien tious minister of the Church of England any longer to view it with indifference. His own conscience is deeply interested in the proper determination of the dispute, and his own future conduct cannot fail to be influenced by the guides he follows, and the opinions he forms.”—'From a Pamphlet by the Master of the Temple. VALUE OF CATTLE, &c.-160,000 head of cattle are sold in Smithfield market alone, without including calves, or the dead market—the carcases sent up from various parts of the country. If we reckon this to be a tenth part of the cattle slaughtered in the United Kingdom, it follows that 1,600,000 cattle are sent to the butcher every year, and averaging the life of the ox or the cow at five years, the value of British cattle, estimated at £lO per head, will be £80,000,000 sterling. 1,200,000 sheep, 36,000 pigs, and 18,000 calves are also sent to Smithfield in the course of a year, and if we reckon these to be one tenth of the whole number, and allow only two years as the average duration of the lives of sheep, and pigs, and value the calves at £2 10s. each, the pigs at £2, and the sheep at £1 10s., we shall arrive at the additional sum of nearly £10,000,000 ; so that we may safely compute the actual value of cattle, sheep, and swine, to be nearly £120,000,000, sterling.—Professor nue,. FIRST Use OF COALS IN ENGLAND.—About the end of the twelvth century a notice of coal first appears as an article of traffic, and as a staple element in the social comfort of our own country. In the Leges Burgorum, enacted at Newcastle about 1140, the especial privilege of not being distrained but for their own debts, is granted in Scotland to the inbringers of fuel, which is described to be wood, turves, and pelts.' With respect to coal there is 'a complete silence, from which it has been some what hastily concluded, that though coal must have been known, it was not used as fuel. The first legal notice we have of this mineral is a grant made in the reign of Wil liam the Lion, by William de Vetereponte, to the monks of Holyrood, of a tenth of his coal at Carideo ;' and in the Chartulary of Newbottle, there is a grant in 1189 to the monks by De Quincey, Constable of Scotland, of the coal between Whiteside and Pinkie, which is also con firmed by King William. In 1239, Henry 111., granted a charter to the inhabitants of Newcastle to dig for coal, which is the first legal mention of fuel in England. CHELMSFORD AM) BURY RAILWAY, BRAINTREE BOCKING, HALSTEAD, SUD- BURY, AND LAV.ENHA.II, WITH 'PROJECTED EXTENSIONS TO THETFORD AND MALDONJ LENGTH, THIRTY-NINE MILES. CAPITAL £750.000, IN SHARES OF £25 EACH DEPOSIT £1 7s. 64... PER—SHARE. Reyistered Provisionap pursuant to Act :7 and S PIOVISION AL 'COMMITTEE Sir John Tyss'en '1 yrrell, Bart., M. I'. for Esser, Boreham House. near Chelmsford. - Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., Melford Hall, Suffolk. 'Sir John Pose Wood, Bart., Glazenwood House, Essex. 'Colonel T. F. Addison., Chilton Lodge, Sudbury. N. C. Barnardiston, Esq., the Ryes, Sudbury. Philip Bennet, jun.., Esq., Rougham Hag, Bury St. Ed monds. The Rev. Edward Bull, Pentliw Rectory. James Brewster, Esq., Little Maplestead Hall, Essex. J. W. Cater, Esq., Lyston Hall, Essex, and Liverpool. Samuel Courtriuld, Esq., Foley House, Bocking. John Chauniler, Esq., 'Friday-street, London. John Edmunds, Esq, Sudbury and London. Robert Emmett, Esq., Peckham. The Rev. H. B. Faulkner, Westgate House, Melford. J. F. S. Gooday, Esq., Sudbury. R. E. Greenwood, Esq , Bank, Halstead. George Haycooli, Esq., Chelmsford. Josiah Beale, Esq., Gray's Inn. John Hubbard, Esq., Sible Hedingham. Thomas Jennings, Esq., Siblefiedingharn, Essex. T. R. Kemp,'Esq., Abchurch-lane, London. W. D. King, Esq., Bank, Sudbury. The Rev. Thomas Ludbey, Cranharn Rectory, Essex. Horace W.ldeteyard, Esq.,'Cliatham-place, Blackfriurs. Onley Savill Onley, Esq., Stisted Hall, Essex. Charles George Parker, hsq., Springfield-place, Chelan- ford. John D. Piper, Esq., Cohie Engaine, Essex. George Weller Poley, Esq., Boxted Hall, Suffolk. John Weller Poley, Esq ,•Boxted Hall, Suffolk. Joseph Sewell, Esq , Halstead. Robert F. Stedman, Esq., Sudbury. John Taylor, Esq., Sible Hednigharn, Essex. harles'Valter, Esq., The Howe, Halstead. Vhite, Esq. ' Manor House,WeathersfieldlEssex (With power to add to their number.) 1 Thomas etCGINEER. R. W. Thomson, Esq., C.E fI;I,NKERS. London—Brown, Janson, and Co., Abehnrch-lane. Chelmsford and Braintree—Messrs. Sparrow arrd.Go. Halsted—London and , County Bank. Sudbury—Messrs. Alexander and Co. Bury—Messrs. Oakes,:'Beran, and Co. Liverpool—Bank of Liverpool. 'SOLICITORS. Messrs. White and Borrett, Lincoln's Inn Fields Messrs. asunder and Westwood, Gray's Inn Sourze. LADT:AL AGENTS. Chelmsford—James Parker, Esq. Braintree—Messrs Cunnington, Veley, and Cunnir.gton Halstead—D.Sewell,.' , Esq., and G. P. Arden, lisq. Sudbury—Messrs. Stedman. LoneMelfordßiebarl Almack, Esq. For further particulars the Public are referred to the Prospcotus, copies ofwhich may be obtained at theCom pany's,Offices, 3loorgate-street, London, •of the Solicitors or Agents to the Company, or to the 'under mentioned Brokers. Applications for Shares to be addressed to the Compa ' ny's'Offires, or to the Solicitors and Agents,rand also to the following Brokers:—L. M. Simox, Esq., Warnford court, London ; 'I4IOI4AS FORSYTU, Esq., Liverpool ; Haar BENTON, Esq-, Manchester; Messrs. Bilu.t. and Raronse, Leeds ; Vi, ILLIAM MASON, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire ; and Messrs. DUNCAN and HurcutsoN, Glasgow ; and also at the Argyle Inn, Bury St. Edmund's. No Applications for Shares wilt be received after the 10th instant. MISCELLANEOUS. At the Newcastle District Bankruptcy Court onMtes day, ahankrupt, named Joseph Bridick, late a bookseller at Durham, was committed by the commissionerto prison for the:'unsatisfactory manner in which be answered re specting a , sum of £825. of which be alleged he was.rob bed in Covent Garden Theatre, on the 18th January.last. AMERICAN WHEAT 4MPORTED INTO C kislisiDA -AND GREAT listir,Arri.—L-We learn from a parliamentary paper that the total quantity of wheat imported from the United States, into Canada, from the llihOctober; 1043, to the 31et.July, 1844,,anaounted to 31,265 loaners, the amount of duty received thereon being £4,689. the quantities of wheat imported into tke united kingdom from the United States, (for home consumption), :from the 11th of October, 11$48, to the sth of July, 1844, amounted t0'2,421 quartere, paying a duty of £2,048; and of wheat,flonr„ 30,950 cwts., paying a duty of £9,579.. The quantities of wheat and wheat-flour, the produce of Canada, imported into Great Britain and Ireland, (for home consumption), from the 11th of October, 1843, to the 31st of December, 18t4, amounted as follows: wheat, 50,139 kuarters, paving a duty of £2,627; awl wheat-flour, 882.261 ewts., paying a duty of .054.23. RUBRICAL praaoTroszs.—The controversy that has been raised in the Church of England with regard to the rubrical directions of the Boole of Common Prayer, has grown with a rapidity, reached to an extent, and is now carried on with a ,bitterness which is most deeply to be lamented. One of its great evils is the time, the study, the legal inquiries and antiquarian researches which it .entails upon the whole body of the clergy. At a moment l in which all their energy is required to maintain true re aigion, and promote religious education among the people. ,they are called upon, either at once to submit to the de ,cress of their own bishop—opposed as they may be to the practice and opinionsof many otheribishops and dioceses, ,onto examine at great length, andmith much difficulty, a number of ceremonial questions in their own nature of very little importance. Whether,.or,when the surplice or the gown is to be used in preaching..; whether lights are to be .placed, and if placed. when to be lighted, on the communion-table ; whether the , Offertory sentences and the,arayer for the Chureh militant ought to follow every sermon which is preached at the,rocgning service ; in whate,ases the minister is to turn his Ace to the east, and ifs back or his side to the congregation.; whether the practice of bowing towards the communion-table when approaching it, and the church on entering or quitting it, is authorixei or repudiated by any canonical regulations ; whether the bread and wine are to be placed on the sacra mental board before or after the service of the Lord's Supper begins;'-these and many other Liturgical nice ties are forced upon the attention of the clergymen of our Established Church, with a pertinacity in some, and a tone of authority in others, which their comparative in significance, and the obscurity that attends them, are quite unable to justify, The necessary consequence is, that in order to become acquainted with these lesser du ties, men are compelled to sacrifice to them a great por tion of those thoughts and hours, which would otherwise have been more usefully devoted to the weightier matters of their sacred profession, or the active duties of their bishopric of souls. The history of the Liturgy interferes with the history of the Bible; the controversial confer ences at Hampton Court and the Savoy, disturb the re gularity cf ministerial conferences with parishioners • and the First and Second Books of King Edward the Sixth, in connexion with the alterations in the reign of Eliza beth, and the canoes and Act of Uniformity in those of James I. and Charles the 11., are to be compared and considered, instead of the historical books of Kings and Chronicles in the Old Testament, and the harmony of the Gospels in the New. Nothing can be imagined more adverse to the building-up of her people in the faith and bolipegi of Christianity, iii dfr pgAgr; well instructed SAINT DAVID'S DAY The anniversary of the Patron Saint of the Principality occnrringtbis year on Saturday, it was agreed to celebrate it yesterday-, instead of Saturday, the Ist instant. On Sunday, three sermons, in behalf of the Welsh Charity Schools, were preached, in St. David's Church, by the Rev. Wm. Hughes, Wel.4h lecturer of St. Paul's, in the evening by the Rev. R. Richards, the rector of Caer wys, in Welsh, and an English sermon was preached by the Rev. D. James. Yesterday morning a most respecta ble<congregation assembled in St. David's Church, when prayers were read by the Rev. B. Morgan, the esteemed minister of the church, and a most eloquent, impressive, and truly scriptural sermon was preached by the worthy Rector of Caerwys, from 1. John, iii chap. 17 verse, in 'the language of the ancient Britons, and the pathetic ap :peal made to the congregation by the revered minister, evidently produced a deep effect upon the minds {of his hearers. After each of tl►e sermons a collection was made in behalf of the charity, and about £l6 realized. After the service, the annual examination of the chil dren belonging to the schools't , olt place, in the presence of a crowded and respectable audience, amongst whom we noticed Thos. Barber, - Esq., Jonathan Roose, Esq., Rev, R. Davies, Rev. D. James, of Kirkdale, Rev. Wm. Hughes, Rev. R. Richards, Rev. J. James, mate of St. David's, Owen Williams, Esq , Rev. Evan Joues, Ellis Jones, Esq., John Jones, Esq., Rev. Thomas Dwyer, Rev. Thos. Harris, R.-P.-Davies. Esq., f&c.,.&c. The children were examined in the usual branches of elementary instruction, and acquitted themselves remark ably well, more especially in Scripture and geography, with which they showed themselves intimately acquainted. Indeed, the whole examination reflected the highest credit on the master and mistress (Mr. Sims and Mrs. Cotteen), whose care and attention to their charge were highly spoken of by those intimately connected with the charity, and the knowledge and aptitude of the scholars prove be yond question that they are well qualified for the situations they fill. At the close of the examination, the Rev. B. MORG AN (who presided in the absence of Wm. Jones, Esq., the president,) briefly addressed the children. He observed that it must be highly gratifying to those present to hear the examination •vkich had just taken .place, and the knowledge shown by the children in the Scriptures, as the principal object of the institution was to give them instruction founded en the word of God, on which educa tion to be useful must be based, for it must he borne in mind that they must be trained for eternity as well as time. He thought, after the answers given by the chil dren that day to the questions which had been asked, it would be admitted that the children had -attained that acquaintance with the Scriptures, equal, if not superior, to what might be expected from children of their age. The mode in whith• they had conducted themselves re flected the greatest credit on the masters-and mistress, and he hoped the children really felt what shey had ex pressed. He hopid the children would be frequently offering up their little prayers, to enable them to practise their duty to God; to their Redeemer, and to their fellow creatures—that they -would live to His glary here, and finally been') e inheritors of his everlasting•kirgdom. After singingthe National Anthem a number of prizes were distributed to the children. who wereregaled with coffee, buns, and roastbeef. 13127,TeR , OF TM CAMBRIAN SOCIST At five O'clock in the evening about one hundred re spectable persons sat-down to an excellent dinner at the York Hotel, Wi!Hannan...square. Tue chair was occupied by Mr. Thos. , Griffith President of the Society,supported on the right by the :Rev. B. Morgan, the Rev. R. Richards, the -Rev.. Robert Davies ; and on his left by Mr. E. P. Jones, Idr..J. Parry, Mr. Ellis Jones, =MT. Marsh, Mr. W. Jones, Mr. Roberts, &c. &c. The Vce-chair was occupied hy Mr. John Jones ; and during the.even ing Mr. John Jones, , chard from Llanwrst,.played a number of appropriate air& on the harp. After the removal of the cloth the President gave the health of The queen, which was drank with throe times three, and followed by the glee of " God Save the Queen." The PRIESIDEVW , said .hchad no doubt the next-toast would be drank Jay; all with very great pleasure-7it was " The Prince of Wales, the 'Welshman's hope." ,The toast was drank with three-times three, and loud arid most enthusiastic cheers. Then followed the healths of " Prince Albert and the Royal family. (Three, times three.) The VICE-PRESIMENT proposed the health of ." The Lord Bishop and Clergy of the: Diocese." The liev..B. MORC;.:N, on behalf of our much-beloved -and esteemed bishop and his brother clergy, returned rtikanks for the honour conferred upon them, and he did :this with the more pleasure believing as he did that the toast was proposed and respondeo to not as a mere mat terof course but as a real sincere e d cordial feeling.-- (Cheers.)—As regarded the Bishop of the Diocese—that health and long lifeshould be extended to him, he believed, .svouid be desired and prayed for by every man who could appreciate worth, merit, and talent.—(Cheers.)—He (the ,rev. ; _gent.) had not long resided iothe,Diocese, but he had resided, long enough to enable Ivin to say that the Bishop dwelled in the affections not only of his clergy but also of the laity. (Applause.) it gave too, great plea sure,.to hear the manner in which his lordship's name was spoken of in public, acid : it was .a high gratifi. ttion :to hear him spoken at w .such ;terms of en dearment.; but it was doubly gratifying for him to find that he had established a high ,reputation, for the very Ifaithful manner in w hich be bad withstood heresy 'that had lately - spread in the cliurok. (Loud cheers.) Whilst, however, he acknowledged the errors which bad arisen in the church, he hoped no one who was not a member of it would, in consequence, be ,prajudiced against it, Olear-) He had heard it stated that our Church =Lust be' rotten at the core or there would not be such errors in it : Now such an argument might be raised against receiving any truth at all in the Church, and they would recollect the parable of the mower in th e Bible, which was an. ptillustration of the point. Accord ing to the Bible it would be found that tares were sown among the wheat -T—it was in the wheat field that they were sown ; if there had been no wheat the enemy would not have sown tares the r e. So it might be with the church, if the truth had not been there our enemy would not have been so very ready in sowing tares. (Loud cheers.) At all events they were v ery much indebted to the Bishop for the stand he had made against error. (Loud applause.) As regarded the clergy he believed no diocese possessed a body of men more pious, more talented, and more devoted to their du ties than were to be found in this diocese. (Cheers.) How highly privileged was Liverpool in that respect. (Continued cheers.) Of course, in this he did not include himself. (Cheers.) Therefore, whilst lie thanked them for the honour done to the bishop and the clergy, he could not refrain from expressing the high gratification he felE at the sight before him—to see so many of his countrymen assembled together in honour of St. I)avid's Day, and he hopod such en occasion would always bring together 'Welshmen, in order that they might indulge in Phe feeling which go peculiarly distinguished them, namely, attachment to their country—attachment to their language. How delightful it was to see so many of them in a strange bend, manifesting that it was impossible to forget GLOLAD FY NGENEDIGAETH. (Tremendous cheers.) The rev. gentleman then proceeded to argue in favour of an alteration in the courts of law and in the bishoprics ; instead of attempting to abolish the Welsh language they ought to restore Welsh bishops and Welsh judges, observing that he was very glad to see a move ment starting on the subject. and be trusted, if persevered in, it would not be long before the matter would be ac complished. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. R. DAVIES, being loudly called for, also re sponded to the toast, in the course of which he highly eulogised the conduct of the Bishop for the noble stand he had made against what he would call, in the language of their ordination vows, a damnable heresy (Loud cheers.) The rev. gentleman concluded a talented speech by a strong appeal to the company in behalf of the Welsh Charity Schools. The Rev, J. JAMES, curate of St. David's, also re sponded to the toast in Welsh. Harp.—The Bells. The PRESIDENT proposed the health of the Mayor and Town Council of Liverpool. (Cheers.) Mr. WILLIAM JONES proposed the health of the Presi dent, after paying a deserved eulogy on him for his indefatigable exertions on behalf of the society. (Threg times three.) The PRESIDENT returned thanks. Mr. E. JAMES, after speaking at some length in praise of the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Richards, of Caerwys, and of the sermon he had preached in behalf of the Welsh Charity School, proposed the health of that gentleman, which was warmly responded to. The PRESIDENT returned thanks. The VICE-PRESIDENT proposed the health of the stran gers who have this day honoured us with their presence. (Three times three.) The Rev. WM. HUGHES, of St. Paul's, proposed the next toast, which was " Prosperity to the Cambrian So ciety." After some appropriate and eloquent remarks on the condition of man as a dependent creature, and on the compassion implanted in our breasts by the Divine Being, the rev. gentleman went on to say—We are so connected in society as to require that our compassion should be often brought into exercise. No one in the highest rank can supply his own wants with out the co-operation of others; thus, all are so linked together as to be impelled by many motives to assist each other in times of need. Compassion is a sense of our own misfortunes in those of others. It is a wise foresight of those disasters that may befall us which induces us to assist others, in order to engage them to return the same on like occasions, so that the services we do to the unfortunate are in reality so many anticipated kindnesses to ourselves. This applies to your society. In contributing to it, you relieve the distressed, •but you anticipate a like al lowance for yourselves when similarly circumstanced ; you give towards maintaining the general fund, others are receiving from it, but you expect that others will be con tributing to the general fund one day, when you are re ceiving from it, thus the dependence is mutual, and com passion beeames a sense of our own misfcr, nue, in those of others. A great man used to say, that it was a proof of a generous soul to receive a small present with one hand, and if he were able, to bestow a large one with the other. Your Society does this, it receives your driblets with one hand, and with the other it amply relieves the unfortunate. Daily observation clearly demonstrates, the utility of societies like the present. Nothing at night can make up for the absence of the sun, or in other words nothing can give equivalent light, but .ve know in a place like Liver pool, that a good number of lamps, placed not too far from each other, make a very good substitute, thus when we are in the dark days of affliction, nothing can fully make up for the loss of health, but an allowance like the present makes a very good substitute. As Welsh men, we are connected by many endearing ties. We have lisped the same language i n infancy ; we have been accustomed to the same tender accents from a mo ther's lips ; the injunctions of a pious father were conveyed to us in the same terms ; the gambols of our boyhood have been identical ; those strains from the pulpit, which perlaps produced the first religious impressions, we can not easily forget; and it is not a matter of surprise, that while touching appeals in another language fail to reach the Welsh heart, a few sentences in his own language are often found effectual to produce salutary emotions of penitential sorrow and holy resolve. We have been used to the same customs; we have enjoyed the same pleasing variety of hill and dale; we have witnessed those sceneries that enchant the traveller—those lofty mountains, enno bled by so many chivalrous acts of the ancient sons of Cambria. Since we are so united, instead of undermi ning, let us give a helping band to each other, and shew ourselves worthy of the honour of being called the de scendants of our noble ancestors. It is said that a Welsh farmer in the time of Shakspeare thus addressed the im mortal writer— Touch a Welshman, if you dare, We the ancient Britons are Who kept our country safe and sound Before you Saxons trod the ground. We may borrow the words of an eminent barrister in de scribing the Welsh character,—" The heart of a Welsh man is by nature bold, and he confides ; it is tender, and he loves ; it is generous, and he gives ; it is social, and he is hospitable." Where is the country whose prisons are so empty as those in Wales? Can any country boast of a greaterdergee of morality? The bible is the every day book of the Welsh ; divinity is their table-talk ; their re'i gion is pure; theirlympathy great ; and their ht vitality is proverb. Well did the great prince of Bards sing respect 7 ing the Welsh : '' Their God they still worship, Their language remains, Though theehildren of strangers DWell on their green plains, 'Yet the mother of mountains still clasps to her breast, - Of her offspring the eldest, the bravest, the best," Mr. J. JONES then read a brief but gratifying state of the proceedinus of the society for the past year. Mr. E. :P. JONES, in an eulogistic speech, presented two handsome silver medals to the two Marshals of the society, Mr. Thos. Hughes and Mr. John Williams, bearing the following inscription :--- " Presented by the Cambrian Society to Mr. John Williams, As a token of esteem for his unwearied services as Marshal for upwards of twenty years. March 1, 1845." Mr. MORRIS proposed the health of the Vice-President, which that gentleman responded to. Then followed the immortal memory of St. David, the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Stewards, and the Press, after which the company separated, at too late an hour fur us to give a more lengthened report. The evening was spent inthartnony and good fellowship. DINNER OF THE AYCIENT BRITON'S SOCIETY This society celebrated, inn convivial manner, the an niversary of the day, by -partaking of a substantial and excellent dinner, at the house of Mr. Levi Williams, in Williamson-street. The company was numerous and filled the spacious room above stairs to repletion. Amongst them were many of our most respectable towns men, natives of, or connected with the Principality. The room was tastefully decorated with flags, emblematic of the history and nationality of Wales. and also by ever greens and other ornaments. In the temporary absence of Mr. Alderman Griffith. who lad promised to preside. but was for some time dslayed by unavoidable business, Ellis Jones, Etq., was called to the chair. On the viands being disposed of, the toast of " the queen" was given, most appropriately introduced—as were all the subsequent toasts—by the chairman. This was followed by the national anthem in Welsh. The following toasts followed—all of which were re ceived with equal enthusiasm :-.=" The Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family" —song " St. David's Day ."—" Sir Robert Peel and her Majesty's Ministers" —" kale Britannia;"—" The Army and Navy, and long life to theiDuke of Wellikton"—" Hearts of Oak," on the harp;—" The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese." The Rev. Mr. JAMES, of St. iiiary's, Kirkdale, re turned thanks in the Welsh language, which elicited un bounded applause, but as we are in no degree con7ersant with that tongue we regret that we cannot supply even an outline. The next toast was " Sir W.;:itkin William Wynn, Bart.',—Air—" Sir Watkin's march." Then came " John Roberts, Esq., the Chairman of the Ancient Britons' Society." He,returned thanks in an animated manner in Welah. The health of the then chairman, Mr. Ellis Jones was then drunk, and ably responded to. About this time Mr. Alderman Griffith entered the room, was received with the loudest ehe,rs, and was in ducted into the chair. His health was proposed, and drunk with great enthusiasm, and he acknowledged the compliment in Welsh, explaining the cause of his I,:te ness, in a manner which elicited thegreatest approbation. He afterwards introduced in a few pertinent and well wordedoemarks, " Wham Bulkeley Hughes, Es.q., and the:rest of the members for the Welsh boroughs,' drunk with great applause, and followed by the Song of " Ar ei mad es ill Rydydren an gyrenen," given in a tasteful manner. Mr. THOXAS 1-lUGII;KE gave the health of the present " Mayor Mr, Lawrence, the first tradesman who had at tained that distinguished office." This was received with great Approbation. The CUMRMAN acknowledged the toast in a brief but forcible-.address. He said, in effect, that the last speaker had remarked that the present mayor was the first tradesman who had arrived at that dignity, and be could with equal truth state that he was the first Welsh man who had become a councillor in the , borough. (Cheers.) He lamented that amongst so many of his countrymen who were inhabitants of the town—in all amounting to perhaps forty thousand—so comparatively few of that number should be present with them, or join in their objects on St. David's Day. He felt assured, however, that a better spirit - would arise amongst them, and that many of them, who happened to have been long in Liverpool, would not continue to say that they were not altogether Welshmen, but " Dicky Sams," would rally round them in the :rue spirit of ancient Britons. Though he was the first Welshman who had obtained a Rat in the council, he yet hoped to see many of his countrymen in the same position ; be hoped to see more enthusiasm amongst them, for these stations were open to all who put themselves honourably forward. He disavowed hay ing any merit equal to those around him, and all who aimed at the distinction might attain the same honour. lie again thanked them for the kind manner in which they had drunk his health. The previous chairman, (Mr. Ellis,) who appears: to be an especial favourite with his countrymen, mule some facetious remarks in Webb, which we understood to be complimentary to the chairman, and this was followed by a fine Welsh air on the harp, with variations, by Mr. P Edward Jones, a professional player of much talent. In proposing the health of the members of the Society, the chairman remarked OD fI)P f the Welsh Cho. rity Schools, of which he was secretary, and which were open, in lack of children of their own country, to those of Englaod, Scotland and Ireland—without regard to sect —their only object being to give a useful education founded in the Bible. Although the funds were flourish ing, he had no need to appeal to them for immediate support, be did hope that at their future meetings they would take the object they had in view into their con sideration, end whether they gave little or much it would be acceptable to enable them to extend the sphere of the usefulness of these schools, (Applause.) IV Mr. EDWARD HUGHES foilonid up _ale argument in behalf of the schools in very effecti— ma, and propose? "The Directors of the WP I -' ' which was, of course, drank ww- hoots in very effective tei s of the Welsh Schools, ‘1 great applause. Mr. R. HU,HES (of Birkenhead) spoke highly of the system of the schuols and expressed an opinion that an extensive and liberal education given to the children of the poor would bring about a general blessing to the country. _ _ Many other toasts and sentiments were responded to, and many excellent songs su en and ably , in Welsh entertainment went off with a spirit of i-rn and fellowship rarely carried out un such a length of time at a convevial meeting iterruptedly for THE NEW OBSERVATORY The Observatory, recently erected by the Corporation, near the south-west corner of the Waterloo Dock, and a few yards from the river wall, has become an object of considerable interest to nautical and astronomical men; and as it is not yet generally known, we have availed our selves of the politeness of ,the Superintendent, Mr. Hart nup, (who, a few days ago, showed us through the build ing,) to furnish a few particulars of its progress and plant so far, the whole being, to a certain extent, yet incomplete in internal fittings and instruments, though already well adapted for the practical purposes for which it was esta blished. The building is of handsome I ,ewn red free :e, two stories in height. The principal front is to the south, with a central semicircular projection, part of that portion in tended for an equatorial instrument. There is a smaller frontage to the west, affording a fine view of the river and the Cheshire shore, from several of the rooms of the Su plrintendent, whose domicile is included in the basement story. The premises are chiefly distinguishable by an elevated iron post or staff, surmounted by letters on an horizontal cross, indicating the precise cardinal points of the compass; an d; by a large black signal ball. tnoteable on the staff, the use of which we shall hereafter explain. Proceeding from the lobby of the superintendent's house we were shown into " THE CHRONOMETER Room," a small but appropriately fitted apartment, chiefly for the reception of those fine wa , ches so much de pended upon by modern navigators for ascertaining the longitude at se.,, and for the nice manufacture of which :br ate d as our own town is. we believe, as justly eel,- in the kingdom, or in the world. Here chronometers are carefully and precisely rated ; and though we are not our selves cogniz•.nt of the art, an accidental question, put by us from curiosity, as to whether peculiar temperatures, or transitions from heat - c '' aff , •' acted these delicate ot. durable machines, elicited a reply from the Superintend ent, to the effect that it was so, in some instances, where the watch was not accurately compensated to meet expan sion and contraction ; and that from this (then) cold room he occasionally took chronometers into his warmer parlour below ; noted the difference in their going in the two climates, and, in delivering them back, advised the owners of the same, so that th-y might make the due al lowance, as a difference of a few miles might "- sions, endanger the safety of the ship. _ saw a chronometer that had been made eighty years ago, and which still kept time as well as ever,—a proof, by the way, that with all our habitual vaunting, we had not, in some fine sciences, so far outstepped our forefathers, as is generally supposed. In the same room there is fixed a very fine barometer, by our towsman, Mr. Adie, of Bold street. It is the finest and largest instrument of the kind we have ever seen, and reads to even thousandth-parts of an inch. The tube which cctttains the Mercury is nearly an inch in diameter. The effect is, we learn, much greater precision than can be attained by barometers of smaller In This room we dimensions in indicating the atmospheric pressure We next passed into THE TRANSIT Room," in which there is a most valuable transit instrument, of five feet in length, and with a four-inch object.glags. This is scien tifically adjusted between two Portland stone pillars, with. all the appliances for rectitude in any position which mo dern mechanical ingenuity can devise. The axes may with ease be reversed, and the three corrections eliminated and applied to each observation, so as to render it what it would have been had it been made with the instrument exactly in the meridian. The instrument is, with its two supports, cruciform, and resembles a cannon on its car riage. It is a "great gun," however, which, without powder, has a prodigious " reach." A star of the third.. magnitude may be distinctly seen by it at noon day, or at any other time when the weather is clear; but we had not the good fortune to enjoy such a treat, as the day of our visit was both cloudy and hazy. By this instrument the precise "time" may be accurately obtained at any hour, in fine weather, by observations of the standard stars, then observable. An ingenious couch enables the spects,--. tor to recline at ease on his back in making observations; and while in this position, the party may readily turn the instrument with his hand, so finely is it poised, although it weighs nearly a hundred-weight. In this room, and . within sight when observations are being taken, there is in a corner a very valuable siderial clock, and another fine astronomical clock, hiving the mean time, is within hearing; being in the adjoining chronometer room ; so that the one tray he compared with the other by coincident beating. In proof of the degree of accuracy with which time may be obtained by the transit instrument, and of terwards kept by these clocks, we were informed that one. second is the greatest error that the ball has been subject todlincc its erection, note ithstanding that during Inv we er this winter, a week on several occasions elapsed without a sight being obtained. The SIGNAL BALL is-for the purpose of giving the true, time once daily, for the benefit of captains and others having chronometers. It is elevated by very ingenious machinery within a conical wooden structure in an area within the premises. A windlass is employed to wind it up to its elevation shortly before one o'clock each day, and precisely at one o'clock by G eenwich mean time it is dropped. This is done instantanecusly by the Super-. intenderit, who watches the moment in the chronometer room, and by pressing a trigger there fixed in a small re cess in the wall, and communicating by rods, &c. with the apparatus by which the ball is suspended aloft, it is instantly thrown out of gear, and drops somewhat in the manner of the ram,.or hammer, of a piling machine. So accurately is the time taken, that could the eye reach over such a distance, the ball, and that at the Greenwich Ob servatory, would be seen to drop simultaneously. We next visited " The Equatorial Room," necessarily yet unfinished, it being destined for a fine equatorial in strument, which is not yet received from the maker. This room has now a temporary wooden roof, but it will here after be covered by a revolving spherical dome, as the in strument is purposed to range round the whole circuit el the horizon. In the apartment below this room, and reaching to its full height, there is erected a massive solid :Anne pier, upon which the equatorial instrument is-to be kr al. This pier we found to be thirteen feet.and a halt in length, with rounded or segmental ends, and five feet in thickness. It is founded on the solid rock, as the slightest giving way would render inaccurate the observations on so delicate an instrument. The officers attached to the tri gonometrical survey have erected a wooden mark on the roof of this room, with a view to obtain the correct lati tude and longitude of the spot,—which is already taken as tronomically ' • and it will be interesting to see how this will agree with the results of the survey. The primary object of the Observatory is not so much for general astronomical observations, or possiblediscove ries—though it is applicable to that also—as for the prac tical purpose of ascertaining the true time, for the accu rate rating of ships' chronometers ; in other words, for the immediate use and benefit of this port in this respect—a desideratum which has long been wanted, and which it is creditable in the Corporation. following in the wake of ad vancing science in other parts, to supply. We entertain no doubt but it will be found to be highly beneficial to nautical men, and also to eronemeter makers in the town who have not the same means and leisure to attain,the true time, though it has given rise to some little jealousy in the first instance amongst some of them who posssse transit instruments, and rate chronometers. An opinion has been expressed, by some parties,. that the situation is not so favourable a one as might Intvebeen selected ; but from what we learn from the superinten.ient4- . and froM scientific men who have visited it, a; well as fr 0. 70 our own conceptions, (which we edmit are of but secon dary eonsideration,) we believe that a better site could not lave been chosen on this side of the river. It must be admitted that during easterly winds, which are here gene rally ae.zompanied by haze, and have moreover a tendency to drive the smoke of a portion of the town over the spot —the situation is not so favourable as might be desired. It is, however, known to astronomers that easterly winds, in this country, are not suitable for good definition, so that the disadvantage is equally felt elsewhere within the realm. But, as a set off, easterly winds are not generall' prevalent in this quarter, though. we haro had more than. our usual proportion• of them during the past wintea months this season. Westerly winds—taking the average ofyeats—are more prev a l en t he r e, an d t h ese genera ll y. bring a clear atmosphere, and carry off the smoke and other impurities of the atmosphere, rendering it suitable for the minutest observations. The Observatory is, be sides adjacent to the grea t mass of th e s hi pp i ng; and ae our highest tides occur about, or soon after mid-day, and' the building is nearest to the north end of the town, which all ships in going out must pass, captains have an oppor tunity, by looking out, of correctly noting true Greenwich% tints at ohs o'clock. The reason - for adopting the Greenwich mean time is that all the calculations given in The Nautical Alma neck, published by the Admiralty, and most correctly• given in that valu , ble work, are adapted to that time. no ball drops at about twelve minutes before one o'clock by Liverpool time. The difference of longitude between the Observatory and that of Greenwich is twelve minutes and• two-tenths of a second, so that the ball drops as nearly as possible by that time before ore o'clock, for the meridian of this Observatory. The Superintendent politely skewed us the books in which the several and frequent observations are duly re gistered, together with his logarithmic calculations. There is a printed form, applicable to the standard stars, ruled in- Columns, and regullrly filled up. These documents are extremely interesting to those who study the sublime science of astronorny, acid exhibit much industry in the Superintendent, who evidently petseveres in his vocation • con e cG nble r e person. Tle a r upon t t ro h u e l n 9 re- 4 - - 1 ; s n on the m as an astrooomer. In fine, we w r re muc h gratified by a vi s it t o t h e este-- eg: 47 7 o t l competent the ai inspection of an blishment, and doubt not hut when its merits becorl e osit. fatly developed, its utility will become d u ly appreciated b ••ip 4r, the public at large, V: - 4E41