The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-30 00:00:00

RVOUS .1 n_ .. : ___ ~, 1!: Qtrt sq N rod on Of Grim IT RES D-ACHE ithout the aic nue to enjoy God's greatest blessin s I have reaso n t o b e gra t e f u l, an d do recon Snuff to all I know. A. Z. M., Nottingham The following is one of Don G. Lobe's letters Havannah, 14th August, 1841. ir,—l had the pleasure to receive in due time your orrespondence and supply of Eye Snuff on the 15th t, also the 13th October last'year however, from ncreased consumptiOnOf ;OUTdelightfu Snuff. I tak COMM( with six months vicinity of the to which r mant ,cres for til accompnsne rentiv direc point c ,bout X 7 opinion tal and bpon non••product ere hea hole capital and In addition t country (includ b., at a t ssiri for tt OPERATION OF THE NEW PRICE OF PRON The effects of Sir R. Peel's tariff (s Journal) are now have declined in p in Ma` I of herE Anown as Grinatone's Eye I asking you to forward by first ship 1500 nlo last. Sir,—l have enclosed von a bill, slat Pinto Perize and Co., Crutehed-friars I further thank you for the appointment Consul, Don Pedro Ortiz de Zugasti cat Britain. Please to send the abov possible sr ourt of Grc ceived ed, with a large quantity of Spanish This article has become a favourite amongst of nobility and gentry, both for its medicinal Indeed it appears to keep off diseas( I remain, s n as other snuffs DON G. LoT del Leon, Consul General de S es Bajos et Isle de Cuba, Agente ommercio Nederlands, Chiandel, London warded above quantity is „very Three Montt VE the INVENTOR'S SIGNATURP •With the Patronage of His late Maje-' 4d., Is. 3d ial commis )rdshire on for S t Stafford. 1. he city of London was is or one million piece on hand, so that it has turned out arket with a iie is now in toe -- rice of from 9d. to is. per p iece, whereby it is calculated it he will net a clear profit of from £70,000 to £BO,OOO. veral other houses, too, it is said, will make a handsome m by the like occ urrence. THE NEW DEAN OF WESTMINSTER.—Dr. Turton, the ily-appointed dean, was senior wrangler - in 1815. Pre to his appointment as Dean of Peterborough in 1830, ich he succeeded Dr. Monk, the present Bishop of ster and Bristol, he was fellow and tutor of St. Kathe '3ll ; and, in 1827, he succeeded Dr. Kaye, Bishop of is reii .q us professor of divinit y. D r. T urton ' s suc will be the Rev. D r. Graham, chaplain to i s g aid hness Prince Albert, D TIN umThat '` Love l aug h s a t l oc k • een over and over again verified ; but that t religious distinctions" as well as at the exemplified in the following romantic -erred in our fair city. The facts of shor M rs. G t time b ac k 4 -----—, a western county, car..,, L. titer, a young lady of the considerable personal at. Ids of others .4. -c ripened into walk wit It becou 75,000 I+ .s ititempo: cond d )EAFNESS C STIES fr ,ppiicatir is a rtain Ince filE is the eye.—Luke UTTA SERE 44 Yard, London able Ey Hest pr the time I remain of Dale-st :t : Mr. P et ; Mr. T geon, z usly, that 0, Sir, dear , . ,„, way th ough still air 4 11nitsti lit ta i ls s , 4 vital. Z PA, . ....; •;. kili k ; 7- f , !iiftz 7 -. , 'NJ'' - - d• 47 mignflammations of tt M,Heada, Lett. Ol4hall-st: ,sts, Moor-fiell .oad ; Mr. Roberts, Dr Howell, Druggist, Da W. NI,IMSTONE I Cairo Snul lanufactory f 7 . Grimstone, 1 ned it in Dre I rea excruciating Roman Ca ted_ and so , Soho - 1 Mrs.: Y at Mrs. ( oung la re can t flowed f iss L Mr. Hig 119. P al 'Town and City in th Merchant ary, m 5 ny relief and free )n each H.R.H. and Bd. ited to the i that at made h a p py the indissoluble t ily Housi Grimitone's I Ddoriferous lierbao •s, is 3d, 2s 4d, 4s Tizinal testimonials Itt or I 15s 6d with each h Foreign and British. It can be prinaival towns an 8, owa, captains, and all yen nuf. This lebrdted if' is shipped rid retains its bE 411 sn'uffs and cigars shipp - ed on the MONIALS OF SIGHT Nottingham, 28th August, 1841. unary cure is attested by Mr. Jas. Wilcockson t Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. rimstone . 39. Broad- street,Bloomsbury,London t pleasure in sending iraculous curl lerformed On myself of 1-114 pd, hay ow chafte of cli, or my advanced r of yo ' m may mak ticson and n so well known in Nottingh-a mir obliged servant, ANNIS ZENIA MASSENIA 3, Edge-terrace, Kensington Gravel Pits entor of Eye Snuff. " sth December, 1840 .s the f I, I do 1 in 39, Bro; f I he ied y 3d. can er, c reatly relie d t L. S. BREWER To Wrn. Grimstone, Esq November 6,1841 I am, yours gratefu M. HACKETT )nrt, Broad-st 10th December, 184( licted t ur valuable e 4d. canistc pains, and can read-t lthough I am in the 67th year of ms happy to my residence t, Edgewar Marylet without stating es became clea instantaneous I of glass —Sight 1 ut for six years I have been deprived ( eto follow my business. Ido most sincere! I have remained in darkness and pain, but fo Agent, Mr. Wilcock to be facts, and will others will vouch for:its Wers to this gentleman, being your :, and make oath if required to do so, Snuff cured Shall be happy to tefally, ts, I inquired of some e Head-ache and )y persevering in its use very frequently I small pr Ind 1, from pulation tailors, joiner the los To impress more forci ) loads ty for the same for five allons of beer 1,000,050 pail y famil of flour, a quantity sufficient In fact, gr same pric would have fetched O'Connor got £ll 1 sold a lot of 20 heif Mr. Kennedy gave Mr. Thor -head 1 t on tt n securing their crops, consistir ets, and selling •ly the same as least s of all descriptions were ve aer than at the late Britford the fair very few rem 245. to 30s k few d ago a gentlen ated that s d. I. is now coming plenti principally of oats into the various so low in some of the inland markets as 9s to lOs per cwt. Potatoes of excellent quality are also selling at 2d per stone, enabling the poor to provide themselves with wholesome and naing fall it comic I on ling thi we hay no doubt f. Th doubt lar; e course of a f beef and pork , old ship store any price, before ti Brighton Herald. p fair, on II R. Peel's tariff The gr Wethers I ad lambs 1 in this town rec )ocl American salt con, and, upwards of 40,000 sheep and lambs from 17s to 325, and lambs from 1_ _ fered 20s per head for 1000 sheep ; the off rejected, i seller expecting to get at At the close of the fair he offer of the grazier. who den] sale of M Two years enty rams, five only v the - sloop Le i importe LISH 13 ;e'nnight, fr 1k of IV. The highes s.—Brighton Herald. st importation of 1 dy purch T at NV certain tradesman in the town .h foreign p by a butcher, to inform the public English potted-b, almouth, on Wednesd last WedneV i mit t ey were v alised £lO a I PlOmer and Mr principal purchasers, and seve but offered no bid! gate, on '1 ) SUBST his town for ,f shoes of all bedding, and furni tr it would pay the TARIFF UPON TH ISIONS. y) very few siderable re le price they reduced in . valt ,welvemontl and he got re all £2 Ad. Mr VII.. Well I cows d a letter hat price hot wea- rid of at e of Si med. Ewes fetched 1. grazier of- s cavalierly offer, knowing little or nothing of the nature On Saturday lest 26 fine fat oxen were seen on _... Royal Tar steamer, in Falmouth harbour, on their passage from Vigo to Southampton.—West Briton. the cattle board the NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE—IMPORTATION.—The graziers of North Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire are already suffer ing greatly from the importation of cattle into Hull from many and Holland, and it is feared that parties who have in the' - f selling their stock at Barton and Hedon kets v find Peel's tariff an infliction of no ordinary acte' as Hull is in more constant communication with sr ng countries than any other port in England. Th' Irtat may never b been in the habit o the eau( of sea i much of their value in cc competition th, tion of catt larnford Mercury IMPORTATION o day and Monday last w burg, 62 larg ufficiently extensive Co affect the nmediate neighbourhood upplied them, must lose sequence of the unjust and unequal to contend with. Peel's i rnporta• !ate local evils and do no genera -On Sun stein breed, o ported by Mr for that ng day EIGN CATTLE eeds Mereunt I quantity eani I the hio,.. .._., lent writ of Kent FOR . GRAVEL expensiv FOREIGN INT ,ters fro AND PERSIA rzeroum, of the 15th of A ELLIO TURKEY that a corps of GOO Persians tachment of 2 The lattt environs of Bayaz superior force, charged the as y, routed, and pursued them to Persians lost 30 three t 3 many wounded 1 that part of the frontier, at, abandoning the positions they me in thi the Ott ult, for Bayazid, to ay were ti lets of Bayazid your of t: of all arms the close o of artillery inople, and intended for the art ibout on ti ame let- Sabri Pasha left Erzeroum on the assume the command of that army. iiiexandria is of the 6th inst. The or the different vessels composing the Egyptian fleet "n paid one years arrears on the 28th ult., three were towed out by the steamer Nile, and on more, with three frigates, two brigs, and four sowed. The fleet was cruising in sight, commu ith the land by means of two steamers. On the iediately after the departure of his daughters for ro, Met , - Ali ...,,,emet Ali intended to repair on board the admi i-s ship, and to remain at sea during five or six days. On e 2d, Colonel Barnett having waited on the pasha, the lat r invited him to accompany him in his naval excursion ; it the colonel declined the excursion, saying that he was ady to follow him to Cairo and Upper Egypt, but that he d not like the sea. On the 4th the pasha received a des- Ltch from Samy Pasha, informing him that the sultan con mplated conferring on Mehemet Ali the rank of grand zier, and had ordered the Sadaret Nishane, or honorary signia of that dignity, to be forwarded to him immediately r Samv Pasha. in the Raschid steamer, which was expected daily at Alexandria. The pasha bad been greatly flattered by this mark of distinction ou the part of the sovereign, and declared that if he were invited to repair to Constantinople, he would not hesitate an instant to go and throw himself at the feet of the sultan, and that if he received no such invita tion, he would solicit leave to proceed to that capital in the course of next year. The pasha had been suffering during some days from want of sleep, and expected to derive some benefit from the freshness of !II,: sea air. According to letters from. Cairo, of the 4th instant, mor- Dog the cattle in the chiftliks of the Pasha, had No less than 13,000 oxen 00 on le lands of Ibrahim Pasha single beast had survived on those of Samy Pasha. accordingly feared that the chiftliks could not be cul- The Nile at that date reached the height of 22 cubits THE CABOOL PRISONERS The following letter appeared in the London papers of " Dublin, September 23. ne Morning Chronicle and other newspapers in the and pay of the late government have been endeavour -e the cruelty and lack of honour on the part of -t. and also of the British troops, hampered in -t advancing (without means of transport) .miscue of our unhappy countrymen and ladies now in the hands of Akhbar Khan and the other Affghan sirdars. " It will perhaps be as well to state, on the very best that on the first advance of the British army into an, the most peremptory orders were issued by jommander-in -chief, forbidding ladies, or women of eription, to join the troops in active service in the A.ffghanistan, in tic .ti the I Affghanist t " As long as the Commander-in-chief, General Sir Henry 'ane, was with the army this order was probably obeyed ; ut long before he quitted India ladies and multitudes of omen hastened to Cabool and other places then in our pus 3ssion, released from all military obligations by civil au- " They are all prisoners, and it will be seen that these very unfortunates will be the means of further disgrace and dis honour to the British arms. " It will be the women that ;could alone prevent any ad vance on our part (even supposing that our troops were per fectly equipped for a forward movement on Cabool.) " Akhbar Khan, at the first intimation of a move on his capital. will send in such a message as this : 3 to giv d last obtained v £7 10s. Out of )p price fc took at ti rbourg, as well as a quantity Stamford M rs. Car evening that a ded 700 in wei cream uth, were th were in 11 appeared at a lc .endano what to and habits of Ito the ly darn ag our whi Pervious to E ;, and whose g coal tar with coarse id when of the con- now affects it t your peril : I have hitherto treated your ladies kindly, but the first move towards Cabool I ivself released from all obligations towards 11 consider m and you " I believe such a message (and such an one will most as suredly be sent) would even puzzle the writer of the Indian rticles of Morning ChrOrticle. ---- . l l;Cie writer only inquire what treatment Christian ladies and women might undergo in the hands of furious and bigoted Mahometans; if he did, he would learn that which might in common charity (leaving the defence of the whig policy aside) deter him from urging measures which would only lead to outrages upon our unhappy women a hundred times worse than death itself. " HENRY FANE, Lieutenant-Colonel, Aide-de-Camp to the late Commander in-Chief-in India." A. NEW NAVY FOR SPAIN etter is from the Madrid correspondent of MADRID, September 18 _ . at three weeks since a commission was formed by f the Spanish government, to enquire into the utility 'ect submitted on the part of a British company by ar. Henry Misiey, for the purpose of rendering available to ,he state, for the reconstruction of its navy, the valuable oak timber of the magnificent royal forests of Santander, Galicia, &c. The commission has not yet reported progress, but the ministerial paper, La Iberia, took up the subject yesterday in its leading article in a way which shows that there remains little to be done towards the completion of the project, but t a proj to deprecate the national jealousy at the concession of such luable materials to the hands of foreigners. As the sub is one which promises to be not only of considerable h, but also to British, maritime inter ders with a brief outline of the tance to op— ., I shall present your ,roposal submitted to the Spanish government . building, equipment, and maintenan ce o f th e S panis h navy. ' " To this extent the company offer to furnish the Govern ment for an indefinite number of years with all the materials necessary for the construction and arming of seven ships of war, including steamers, per annum ; receiving in exchange a proportionate number of oak trees, which the Government are to furnish at the usual selling price of the part of the country where they are situated. The company only pro poses to cut two or three per cent. per annum of the trees ''at fit for the p ur p ose b y a G overnmen t eng i neer , so 'at copsewood may arise, and to plant nurseries for their 'cement, beginning in the splendid forests of Liebana, in _der, where some of the oldest and largest oaks in the ld are to be found. They offer to erect saw-mills, rail s, common roads, canals, slips, stores, foundaries, &c., to given up to tho Government, on a valuation, at the con tusion of the contract ; engaging also to allow 5 per cent. per annum additional on the value of the timber taken, till the first year's price be doubled, and further to allow of 2 per cent. per annum on the cost of the iron ma terials fabricated for the equipment of the vessels, until the cost of the equipment of the vessels, until the cost of the manufactured metal be brought down to 3 per cent. They propose to obtain the other materials of construction, pro vision, and ammunition in Spain, by public contract, and to deliver an account of the same to the government, as well as the wages of shipwrights, labourers, soldiers, and sailors em ployed, at the actual cost, and a-half per cent. commission thereon. They will establish, on account of the govern ment, wherever it may please, a manufactory of naval steam-engines ; furnish the royal docks and workshops with the newest models and most approved machinery; and instruct the pupils whom the government may wish to employ in the maritime steam service. During the first and second years, the company will furnish the royal arsenals with sufficient , timber to provide materials for construction in future years ; and at the same time engage to furnish 14 vessels of war (in fulfilment of the strict terms of the contract) to be fitted np in British ports. They demand the exclusive right of cutting in the Royal forests : also of cutting timber fit for ship-building in forests appertaining to the pueblos of Spain—paying, of course, ac cording to valuation ; to be guaranteed and protected in all things by the state, which shall furnish soldiers to the com pany for all defensive purposes. The company offer to em ploy these troops in their productive works, and pay, feed, and clothe them, while so occupied ; guarantees to be ex changed ; accounts to be settled once a-year, and all misun derstandings-to be arranged by arbitration. " Such is the project for raising Spain once more to the rank of a naval power in Europe. It is already taken up and warmly defended against the narrow envious spirit of Repo noliem, which would crush it as a " foreign invention," and if the matters of " the guarantees" can be satisfactorily ar ranged, we may' expect to see Spain again in possession of an Armada on the waters. The royal oak woods in Galicia, which furnishes the unfortunate " Invincible," in the days of Philip 11., are now inaccessible only for want of a read, and this the government has not resources to make ! In fact, without the help of foreigners, the oaks of Spain might rot from age to age on their mountains. In the forest of Liebana alone, it is stated that from 22 to 24. millions of cubic feet of oak fit for ship building exist. Ih the Sierras de Segura alone 48 millions are reckoned on ; and throughout Spain it is caiculated that there are fully 200 millions of cubic feet suitable for naval piirposes. This" is but one of the many materials of national wealth yet waiting the hand of enter prise to tarn to good account in Spain. for the re- CARISTANA, SEPT. 9.—The motion relative to the per mission for Jews to reside in Norway has been rejected by the Storthing. It is true that 51 members voted for it, and only 41 against it; but as it is a question involving a change in the constitution, which requires two-thirds of the votes, it was of course lost. The accounts received from Russia of a destructive fire at Kasan, in which about 1,500 houses, and a large amount of merchantable property, were destroyed, forms a melancholy parallel with the great disaster which has occurred at Liver pool. Kasan is a capital of some importance amongst the Russians, and as it is stated that much of the property was uninsured, it may be surmised that the event will occasion some distress among the inhabitants. Isabella 11. Queen of Spain, will on the 12th of October, the 12th year of her age. This is the age at which, according to the text of the old Spanish law, the minority ceases. Now, the new Spanish constitution has not modified these laws ; Queen Isabella will therefore be at the end of her minority next month, and on the day on which she attains that age the functions of M. Arguelles will cease, as those of Queen Christina would do. DISCOVERY or FOSSIL REMAINS. —We hear from Breda that.there was lately found at Ooslerwich, at the depth of six feet below the surface of the earth, the remains of one of antediluvian animals which, it is supposed, ought to used with the elephant. It is said to be a mostodan. remains, though petrified, are in a good state of pre ion, especially the grinders, seven in number, which 13 pounds. It appears certain that one of the canine must have been five feet in length. These monstrous ins are being collected with great care, and it is intended tly to publish a description of them. PETERSBURG.—Next in numbers ecidedly the English, w h o form in ous respects a more distinct colony than the Germans, many of the latter having . become citizens of Peter s b urg and Russian subjects, or having always been such, w hil e the former merely belong to the "foreign guests," as they are called. who, in time of peace, enjoy the advantages of denizenship, without its burdens. The English mercantile body call themselves the Petersburg factory. Th ey h ave own chapel, and despising all other nations, but m ore their protectors, the Russians, they live shut up h horses and carriages, go bear as they go tiger-hunting on the Ganges, disdain to lift the hat to the Emperor himself, and, proud of their indispensableness and the invincibility of their fleets, defy everybody, find fault with everything they see, but are highly thought of by the Government and by all, because they think highly of thethselves, and reside chiefly in the magnificent quay named after them, where, however, many wealthy Russians also have splendid mansions. — Kohl's Russie and the Russians. TP the LADY who accepted a Copy of the ONGS Sung 1: by WILSON on SATURDAY EVEN t, has no ob jection to send her Address to W. E. avistock Hotel, Covent-garden, London, she will ob ' e one who does not request the favour from mere curiosity. IR. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAINMENTS LIVER THEATRE. ONGS in the Entertainrne... •-) EVENING, at Eight o'clock. PART Jock'o' Hazeldean," "Th Birks of Aber- Wife of Aldivalloch, My jo Janet," • My Boy Ta ." " The Braes aboon Bon ;" " Thou bast left " "Saw ye Johnnie cumin', quo' she ?" p in the morning early," and " Saw ye my wee thing ?" Tickets and Programmes may be had at the Box-office. TO-MORROjf(Saturday) " Roy Waefu' - Heart,' PART II me ever .6 TT., ;.. WOODSIDE Mr. WILSON will give his PRINCE CHARLES' EN TERTAINMENT on THURSDAY next, the 6th October, and not This Evening, (Friday.) TO CORRESPONDENTS We regret that a press of matter obliges us to postpone an account of the Everton and Kirkdale Dahlia, &c. Show, which we shall, however, furnish in our next publication. Eiturpool ;:t tanban. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1842 When the tariff of Sir Robert Peel was first brought before the political world, we were assured by the brawlers of the Anti-Corn-law League that its provi sions would have no effect in reducing the price of food to the people. The admission of foreign cattle was said to be a measure which could be productive of no sensible .result. We should receive no such im portations as were promised us ; and the permission to import was therefore treated as something little better than insult and mockery of the public. Again, with respect to the reduction of the duties upon foreign salted beef and pork, and the abolition of the prohibition which had previously existed against the introduction of these articles in a fresh or slightly preserved state, the boon thus conferred upon the consumer was openly scoffed at by the very men who had been most active in agitating in its behaif—by the very men who had painted in such glowing colours the quality of the beef and pork of America and other lands, and expatiated most loudly upon its cheapness. The agricultural interest, on the other hand, looked upon these changes with the utmost alarm, as likely to operate to the serious disadvantage of the native grazier and breeder. Our fairs were to be inundated with the cattle of the neighbouring countries, whilst our pro vision markets were to be filled with the cheap beef and cheap pork of the United States and of Germany. We cannot, as yet, point to any evidence, as to the operation of the measure, to shew whether on the side of the free traders or of our agricultural alarmists the greatest amount of truth and reason lies. As a whole, indeed, the measure can scarcely, up to this time, be said to have had a trial. Many of its provisions do not take place until after the loth of October; and, under any circumstances, the importation of a large quantity of provisions, (not being such salted provisions as experience has shewn will not be consumed by any class in the country, however low the price,) can never take place in the summer months. We have, how ever, even now before us sufficient indications of the mode in which "the measure must operate upon the interests of the agriculturists and the public. Already, as may be seen by reference to the accounts in another column, the price of cattle, sheep, &c. has fallen in every recent fair throughout England and Ireland ; and, now that the weather is approaching which will permit of curing, we may fully calculate upon large arrivals of \ barrelled beef, pork, &c., from the United States and some of the ports of Europe, which, if not equal in quality to the best or even middling meats of Great Britain, must, by interfering with the sale of the lower qualities, consumed by the poor, have a sensible effect upon prices generally. That such a result is an ticipated by parties who may be presumed to be in pos session of the best information, may be gathered from the fact that, in the face of markets which will not at present warrant it, the contract for the navy provisions has just been taken at prices for pork about 305., and for beef about 265. per tierce lower than the same con- tract was executed at last season The angry growl of the free-trader, at the non eiEeiency of this enactment, is, therefore, we are con fident, both factious and unreasonable. The fears of the agriculturist are, we feel equally confident, exag gerated. We shall have, and, we may add, we ought to have, as the result of the new tariff, the price of butcher's meat considerably reduced. The consumer expects this, and the agriculturist must prepare him self for it ; and we know not that we can do better, in a publication which must go into the hands of many of the most influential and best-skilled farmers in the district, than to enforce upon their consideration this truth. It may be an unpalateable one. We have no doubt it will be so. These, however, are not times when men pursuing any avocation can hug themselves in se- curity that competition cannot reach them. That the farmers of England have lagged behind the march of science and improvement cannot be concealed. They have gone on in the " old ways"—which are good when principles are concerned, but bad when we come to the common business of life—until the community who depend upon their industry for bread and meat are compelled to cast about for a cheaper and better supply : they,have by so doing weakened the hands of those who were disposed to be their fast friends; and they can only right themselves by putting forth the same energies which are used by other portions of the great family of mankind. We are ourselves, it is well known, although living in the heart of a commercial district, supporters of the agricultural interest. In the same voice with which we would pray for the prosperity of " ships, colonies, and commerce," we nave ever prayed to " speed the plough." We love the homesteads of England, and the calm and quiet happiness of agricultural life, better —far better—than the gilded luxury of the manu facturer or the merchant, accompanied as it is by vice and squalid poverty; and we trust that our earnest entreaties to the agricultural classes of Great Britain, to put forth their best energies, as their surest pro tection against the competition of the foreigner, may be taken, as the entreaties of one to whom their best interests are dear. To them we would say depend not upon the prophecies of those who tell you that by the present tariff you will not be affected. Depend not, either, upon the continuance of a large amount of pro- The agriculturist must make up his mind to meet and overcome competition, by the adoption of the best modes of cultivation which science can point out ; and, if he does not this, he may depend upon it that the most strenuous efforts of his friends will be in vain to turn back the march of ruin from his doors. tection LOC.AL NEWS, LORD SANDON.--Our noble representative, on Tuesday last, presided over 'the annual meeting of the Stafford Church Missionary Society„ which was held in the Shire Hall, Staf ford. Lord Harr° Kby was also present. - - MUNICIPAL RE GISTRATION.—We have been informed by Mr. Marrow, the secretary of the Conservative Association, that the objections in Castle-street Ward have been mutually withdrawn, so that neither radical or conservative objected to need appear. SCOTCH MANUFACTURES. —We were favoured yesterday, by Messrs. Jeffery and Morrish, with a n ins p ection of the table-cloth t'aat carried away the prize lately at Edinburgh, as being the most beautiful specimen of Scotch manufacture. It is a splendid specimen of skill. We have no doubt any person can see it on application. QUICK TRAVELLING. — The " Panther," locomotive en gine, Thomson, engineer, Ashton, guard, left Manchester, on Thursday, at twenty-two minutes to one o'clock, and arrived in Liverpool at eighteen minutes past one, comple ting the journey in forty minutes We believe the distance has never before been done in so short a time since the open ing of the railway. It was a special train, engaged by L or d Eglinton's trainer, who, we understand , was on the race course within an hour and ten minutes from the time he left Manchester, a distance of forty miles. —Liverpool Albion. • MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE. —The following members were present at the meeting of the Dock Commit tee yesterday :—Messrs. Sands (chairman), llorsfall, Holt, Holmes, Smith, Molyneux, Chilton, Bulley, Mellor, Evans, Bold, Shand, Martin, Middleton, Nicol, and Aikin. It ap peared from the proceedings of t he last meetin g , t hat on Thursday last the committee retiolved that the extensive dock, now being constructed, should be called Albert Dock. Mr. Mellor inquired whether any business had been done in the new transit sheds on the we st side of Prince's Quay. Mr. Bold replied that they were mot, as the committee were obliged to publish the rates before they could begin to work the sheds. Mr. Horsfall stated that this course had been adopted on the advice of the town-clerk. After some fur ther conversation the subject droppe d. A let ter from the Rev. J ames Willi ams, o f Anglesi, announced that a b eacon had been erected on the rocks on the northern point of the island. The dues, received at Ru neorn were re - ported to be £5l 19s. 9d. on 9 vessels, being ; a decrease from th e cor responding period of last year of' 24 vessels, and £6 12s. in cash. The race Ling then separate ;d. MR. WasoN'S ScOTT/3g ENTERTAII I / 4 19INTS.—Mr. Wilson has been drawing crowded houses to his Scottish Entertainments at the Liver Theatre. His audiences have been delighted with his singing, and have shown their satis faction by repeated encores. We reco m me n d ou r readers to attend these interesting lectures. THE CHURCH.—The following appointments have taken place :—The Rev. Matthew Wilson, 8.A.,0f St. Catherine's Hall, has been appointed to the perpetual curacy of Eden field, Bury, Lancashire. Value, £ll7. .The Rev. John W. Watson, 8.A., of Trinity College, to the perpetual curacy of St. Mary, Preston, Lancashire. Value, £l3O. The Rev. Thomas Barker Ingham, 8.A., of Queen's College, to be minister of the church recently erected at Rainhill. NEW ORGAN AT ST. SILAS'S CHURCH.—It will be seen that sermons are to be preached on Sunday next, in the above church, and collections made towards defraying the cost of the new organ. The Rev. J. Cordeaux, minister of the church, officiates in the morning, and the Rev. F. Parry, of St. Clement's, Windsor, in the evening. The organ is built by Messrs. Bewsher and Fleetwood, of this town, and we believe is-an instrument of considerable power. MONEY MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The Stock market to day was without a feature. Consols 92R io a for money, for account 924 to India Stock 247 to 9. Exchequer Bills at 24-d per day 50s to 525, those at 2d 29s to 51s premium. Except a slight improvement in Spanish stocks there is no alteration to notice in the Foreign market. Spanish Actives Fives ex Coupons were 16 to 4, the New Three per Cents 204 to 14. Portuguese Five per Cents 354 to 4, the Three per Cents 21 to 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents 511 to 4, the Five per Cents 102 to 4. Belgian 104 to 31. Bra zilian 66 to 7. Mexican 35 to -4. Colombian 204 to 1. Peru vian 15 to 16. The Railway market was rather on the im proving order and firm. London and Birmingham 93 to 5, Great Western 151 to 164 premium. North Midland 56 to 7, Brighton 344 to Blackwall 64 to 7 per share. DENTITION.—There is perhaps no part of the human frame which more admirably exemplifies the wisdom and bounty of the Creator than the structure and arrangement of the Teeth; for while among the animal races, some tribes are endowed with teeth which allow them to live only on vegetable diet ; others being furnished with an apparatus calculated only for animal food; man is provided with teeth which render him omniverous, and enable him to live either on animal or vegetable substances, as either may be most conducive to his well-being. The embellishment, care, and preservation of these important parts of the human economy are objects highly important; and, among the various pre parations offered for the purpose the " ODONTO," invented by the Messrs. ROWLAND, of Hatton-garden, stands unri valled as a dentrifice excelling all others, in its capability of embellishing, purifying, and preserving the Teeth and Gums. —See advt. DEATH OF THE MARQUIS WELLESLEY.—This melan choly event took place at the late noble marquis's residence, Kingston-house, Brompton, between three and four o'clock on Monday morning. From the alarming symptoms of the last few days it was not unexpected. The late Marquis, Rd., Colley Wellesley, was D.C.L., and a Privy Councillor; he was born in 1760, and consequently was in the 82d year of his age. His lordship is eldest brother of the Duke of Wel lington, and was created Marquis Wellesley in 1792. The Earl of Maryborough succeeds to the title. The late re spected nobleman was Custos Rotulorum of the county of Meath, a Knight of the Garter, had been Governor General of India, filled the offices of Lord Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Aflairs, and had been twice Lord Lieute nant of Ireland. GREAT FIRES.—The two great fires that have proved so extensively destructive at Liverpool, it will be curious to the lovers of coincidences to remark, which occurred in the month of September. The former immense one took place on the 14th of September, 1802 ; and the recent tremendous devas tation commenced early in the morning of the 23d instant. September, indeed, appears to have been expensively dis tinguiahed in the annals of extraordinary fires, as the follow ing few selections may show :—Covent-garden Theatre was burnt 20th of September, 1808 ; Devonport Dock-yard, 27th of September, 1840; Moscow, 14th of September (the anni versary of the first terrific fire at Liverpool) ; and " last, though not least," undoubtedly, the great fire of London— " the fire," par excellence—occurred in September, 1666. MANCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting, exhibition, dinner, and distribution of premiums and rewards of this society, took place on Tuesday—the meeting and dinner at Hayward's Hotel, Bridge-street, and the show in the Manchester Police Yard, Clarence-street, which was granted by the police-commissioners. The exhi bition was opened from twelve to one o'clock, at an admis sion of 2s. 6d. ; and from one to four o'clock, at ls. admis sion ; and it was thronged during the whole of the afternoon. The show may be described as being decidedly superior to any previous one here, both as regards numbers and quality. Some individual ,specimens have not been excelled in any show in any part of the kingdom. The exhibition of oxen was capital ; and certainly there were three shown of a size and description rarely equalled in any country. The dinner took place in the large room of Hayward's Hotel, Bridge street, where about 140 gentlemen sat down. Mark Phillips, Esq., M.P.,presided ; at his right were Wilbraham Egerton, Esq. ; T. .. Tatton, Esq., of Withenshaw ; Peter Legh, Esq., of Booths ; and Hyde John Clarke, Esq. On his left were the Hon. Bootle Wilbraham, M.P., Shakspeare Phil lips, Esq., and Peter Greenall, Esq., of St. Helen's. The premiums of plate were tastefully displayed in a small room behind the chairman, and, the folding door being thrown wide, it was visible to the greater part of the company. The usual toasts were drunk, and many speeches delivered. The following statement was made relative to the society's fi nances. Last year a balance was due to the secretary of £77. Paid for silver plate presented that and the previous year, £323; total, £4OO 14s. 4d. The society received by sub scription last year £314; and by admittance at the show yard, £100; together, £414; leaving a balance is the hands of the secretary of £l3 9s. Bd. There was a reserve of £l3l in the bands of Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. The society was now indebted for the plate presented this year, and other debts and claims, to the amount of £350. To meet these they had the subscriptions of the present year ; and they had had received this day, at the show yard, £lll 10s. It was also stated that Mr. Hampson had retired from the office of secretary, and Mr. Brady had been appointed as his suc cessor. CORRESPONDENCE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, was exceedingly pleased with your leading article on the working of the new corn laws, which I read on Thurs day last, in passing through Liverpool. According to my view, Mr. Editor, Sir Robert Peel's financial measures are effecting a silent, but actual, confiscation of the landed pro perty of the country. All the sources of national wealth are now to be abandoned and destroyed at the dictation of the free traders and your modern political economists, to whom Sir Robert Peel has given great cause of triumph by the adoption of their ruinous speculations. And who is to be benefitted ? Not the consumers—not the poor. The latter will be in a worse condition ; for these measures will be at tended to them with lower wages and less employment. The producing classes and the operatives will all be injured ; the aristocracy and landed proprietors will be robbed and ruined ; and the only gainers will be millowners, andmiddlemen, and overgrown wealthy merchants. Thus agriculture, which has been always considered the basis of public wealth, and, in this country, of all our free institutions, will be sacrificed to commerce and the delusions of free trade. But this will not last long. Commerce in the end must suffer too, if it does not already : the home trade will be destroyed ; and as to your foreign trade, other countries can and will manufacture for themselves. It is idle to think they will take our goods except in exchange for hard cash ; so that, in the end, it will be found that we have destroyed ourselves to aggrandize other nations on our ruin. Such is the enlightened and the upright statesmanlike policy of Sir Robert Peel and his col league in power, Prosperity Robinson.—l am, sir, very re spectfully, your obedient servant, VIATOR. Sepieliibir 28, 1842 WIGAN, FIRE IN THE SCHOLES.—The inhabitants of Wigan were thrown into a state of considerable alarm on Tuesday night last, about half-past ten o'clock, by the ringing of the fire bell at the town-hall, and the loud cries raised in the streets of " Fire." The cause of this alarm was a fire at the house of Mr. John Blinkhorn, manufacturer, of Scholes. Mr. Blinkhorn was from home, and his wife and sister were awaiting his return, Mrs. Blinkhorn, perceiving a strong sulphureous smell, went up stairs, and in the large front room, which is used as a warehouse, found some bundles of bleached cotton-yarn, which were piled on rafters fixed ho rizontally across the room, all in a blaze. She immediately, with great presence of mind, pulled down the burning yarn and threw it through the window, which was already open. The fire being straightway noticed by persons in the street, the door was broken open, and nearly all the property in the warehouse was got safely out, and conveyed for safety to Mr. L. Baldwin's. One of the fire-engines belonging to the town was got in readiness, though not brought out in conse quence of the speedy extinction of the fire. The damage will amonnt to nearly £2O. It is not known how the fire originated. OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—A blacksmith, named John Heyes, was brought before the ma gistrates, at the town-hall, on Wednesday last, on a charge of obtaining a quantity of iron from Mr. Moore, iron merchant, under false pretences. Mr. Moore stated that, on Friday last, the defendant came to his warehouse saying that Mr:Thomas Tyrer, of Blackrod, had sent him for some iron to " ring" a pair of wheels with. He allowed him (the defendant) to select some to the value of £1 15s. 2d., and was told to send the invoice to Mr. Tyrer, who was to pay for the iron. The defendant a'so wished him to charge the iron 10s. per cwt. instead of 95., and give him (Heyes) the difference for himself. He would not have allowed the de fendant to take the iron without paying for it. had it not been for the misrepresentation which he made. Mr. Tyrer said he never authorised the defendant or any other man to go and obtain iron from Mr. Moore in his name. Heyes had asked his permission to fetch some in his name, to ring a pair of wheels belonging to himself, but he refused, and told him to send back the wheels if he could not find iron to repair them. Heyes, in defence, said he had ringed the wheels belonging to Mr. Tyrer with the iron which be got from Mr. Moore. He was committed to take his trial at the next sessions, but he may put in bail, as the offence is only a misdemeanour. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The farmers in this neighbourhood have succeeded in " housing ' their most excellent crops, without having had them in any way injured by the rains. Some few acres of oats yet remain out, on ac count of the greenness of the straw, but have not been da maged. One of our most extensive farmers in this neigh bourhood has three fields, containing most heavy third crops of clover; and in general the potatoe crops are heavy, though in some parts the farmers arc suffering from the rot ting of their potatoes. Our market still continues to be ex tremely well supplied with market produce, and the prices are lower than for many years past. THE THANKSGIVING PRAYER The following is the prayer of thanksgiving to Almighty God for the great blessing which, in his mercy and goodness, He bath vouchsafed to this nation, in the late abundant har vest, to be used at morning and evening service, after the general thanksgiving, in all churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-on-Tweed. on Sun day, the 2nd of October next, as ordered by her Majesty in council : " 0 God, through whose good Providence the earth yield eth food for the sustenance of man, we offer unto Thee our hearty thanksgivings for Thy late mercy vouchsafed to us, in blessing the labours of our husbandmen with plentiful increase, and preserving the fruits of the field for our use. Give us grace, we beseech Thee, that whilst we receive Thy bounty with thankfulness, we may regard the blessings be stowed on us as a call to repentance, and turn from the evil of our ways. Remove from amongst us all causes of strife and contention ; put an end to our unhappy divisions ; and grant that all conditions of men, impressed with the fear of iThy judgments, and trusting in Thy fatherly care, may faith tully serve Thee, in loyalty . to their Sovereign, in obedience ro the laws, in kindly affection one to another, and in dutiful esignation to Thy will ; that so, under the guidance of Thy Holy Spirit, we may pass through this world in peace and contentment, and finally, by Thy mercy, attain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." THE GREAT FIRE Thd following appeared in our Second Edition only of Tuesday last Standard-office, Two o'clock, Tuesday, Sept. 27 The lofty N.W. corner of Rayner's warehouse in Formby street still stands, peering over the centre of the ruins, a sad monument of the surrounding destruction. The Rotunda Tavern (formerly a windmill) was, last night, during the second outbreak of the tire, crowded with persons of both sexes, whose figures showed in the glare cf the flames and lurid smoke from the adjacent masses—which still burned fiercely here and there, as well as from the livelier brilliancy of the premises at the bottom of Crompton -street — like warriors and Amazons on an outer bastion of a fired city, determined on being immolated rather than surrender. The yards and outbuildings of the premises immediately burning in Crompton-street extended southward to withi❑ a short distance of the Rotunda, and but for the exertions of the fire-police, the parties within and on the top would have shown " the better part of courage " by an evacuation of their stronghold, which, with other buildings, including a pile of cottages on the east, would certainly have taken fire• We may add that the stable in which the horses were burnt was covered with timber and tarred paper. The fire reached the shed nearer Waterloo-road, formerly belonging to Mr. Maw, which was partly burnt, the flames reaching the premises of Mr. Sixsmith at the lower corner, which, however, escaped. The engines have been busily at work all night and this morning. The fire is much subdued, and is now confined within the boundaries stated, so that no further loss will accrue. ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE BODIES OF THE THREE MEN WHO PERISHED THROUGH THE FIRE OF FRIDAY. This day, shortly after eleven o'clock, the inquest on the bodies of the three men, Martin, Smith, and Bell, who came to their death by the fire, (and of which we liave furnished the evidence adduced yesterday,) was resumed, before Mr. Curry, with a view, we believe, to a clearer elucidation of the facts as bearing on the cause or origin of the conflagration. Nothing definite was, however, elicited ; but as the evidence, though not taken—with the exception of a small portion of it—upon oath, is interesting, and as the verdict, moreover, goes to exonerate an individual who had previously been deemed culpable of, at least, negligence, we supply an outline of the principal facts : Catherine Coyle, wife of Bernard Coyle, the watchman employed to look after the several premises in Crompton street, in which the fire first broke out, was called, and in a preliminary investigation (without being sworn) stated some particulars of the occurrences of Friday morning, with rela tion to herself and her husband, which were not afterwards taken on oath, as being irrelevant to the object in view. She supplied, it appeared, a hatchet, thrown from the window of the house, nearly opposite Mr. Peniston's, to the police officers who first came up that morning, and with which they broke open the gate. Mr. Peniston himself was present at the inquiry, and handed to the Coroner an epistle written on half a sheet of letter paper, apparently in a school-boy hand, which he had received through the post, and, of which the following is a copy verbatim et literate : Malus Bonus Behold Love Reason and Justice lay Beauty for Ashes where The Poor asked Bread but the Rich gave Stones Behold the Cross . Adore the Crown Now Christ casts guilty nations down In blood and fire millions rattle The Devil Bankrupt falls in battle Great Babylon " Beat your ploughs into swords, and your scythes into spears"—Read 3 Joel. Brale tout ELIAS This epistle is superscribed as under : Mr. Penniston, Wood-st. North, Liverpool. (With the postmark 24th Sept., 1842.) A gentleman, Mr. George Wade, appeared in the court, and requested to be heard in behalf of Mrs. Isaac, as to the origin of the fire, which was readily agreed to by the coroner. He said that he was desirous of removing some obloquy that had attached to Mrs. Isaac, relative to whom a report was current that the fire had originated in her premises. He had, he stated, lived in the immediate neighbourhood for thirty years, and was well acquainted with Mrs. Isaac's premises in Crompton-street. He could not throw any light on the im mediate origin of the fire, inasmuch as he did not reach the ground on Friday morning until four o'clock ; but when he got there Mrs. Isaac's buildings were not on fire. Indeed, they were amongst the last in the area in which they were situated to be consumed, after taking fire and burning com paratively slowly. After several inquiries were made by the coroner, and some of the jury, of other parties present, who it was thought would throw some light On the subject, Mr. Inspector John Abraham was sworn and heard. He entered into some details relative to his first seeing the glare of the fire from Vauxhall-road, about five minutes before three o'clock on Friday morning. He proceeded to the spot, where he found several of the police, including Inspector Massey, (before examined.) He saw the fire first in Mr. Peniston's only. He found the door of the fire-grate of the engine boiler, which is a little below the level of the ground, open, as is customary, and even safe, in " gathering" or slacking an engine fire for the night. Every precaution seemed to have been taken as a security from fire from that quarter the fire WWI slow when he entered, and he did not think that the materials or buildings had ignited from it. He found a bench or table on fire in a shed on the same premises, and it had communicated to the wooden tarred roof, from which it rapidly spread along the roof of another building. running south, (also on the premises,) as if by a train of tur pentine or gunpowder. He and others got on the roof, to extinguish it, but were obliged, from the head which the fire gained upon them, to come down. Mrs. Isaac's buildings caught fire afterwards, and burned slowly, owing to the direction of the wind, which was then strong at N.W. —they being in some degree protected by the brick building or shed immediately below to the west. He thought the fire had not originated in Mrs. Isaacs's, otherwise he would have seen it there first. He was decidedly of opinion that the fire had originated with the bench, or table, but how, he could not tell. He had heard that a chimney in Stewart-street, of the north, had been strongly on fire at nine o'clock on the previous night, and flakes of soot from it, as he supposed, felt in Mr. Peniston's yard after he got there. To a question put he added, that he saw no aperture or opening in the shed where the bench was by which the burning soot from the chimney could have entered. No. 24 police-officer, who had been earlier on the ground, and had seen the watchman Coyle, was called, but could give no information as to the real origin of the fire. The Coroner said that there was no evidence as to the origin before the jury, and after recapitulating the principal points of the evidence as affected the death of the three un fortunate men, and pointing out the technicalities of the se veral verdicts they might return, left the case in their hands. The jury returned a verdict, founded on the evidence, to the effect that the deceased " accidentally" came to their death by injuries received by the falling upon them of part of the warehouse in which they were removing cotton in Nep tune-street ; and that the said warehouse was broken by the falling of another warehouse at the back of it, which was de stroyed by fire ; but how the fire originated there was no evidence to show ; and they appended a clause to their ver dict to the effect that the premises of Mr. Peniston were not wilfully set on fire. The Coroner then remarked that the letter (above) sent to Mr. Peniston was evidently the effusion of a religious enthu siast, and unworthy of notice. It was, moreover, intended probably as an address to the nation at large, and in place of tending to implicate Mr. Peniston, went to support the opi nion of the jury. ---.....-. FURTHER PARTICULARS Standard-office, Thursday Evening, Sept. 29 We noticed, in an earlier part of our account, that a great quantity of oil, mixed with tar, turpentine. &c., the casks containing which had been crushed by the ruins in cellars and sheds, had found its way into the common sewer, and thence into tte Prince's Dock Basin, whence much of it was laded from the surface into casks and tubs by the boatmen. A great quantity, however, ran into the river with the tide. This flood of oil, &c., was at its height on Sunday forenoon, and has continued to run more or less every day since. It is, as may be expected, in a damaged state, being a mixture of which floating dirt, cotton, sticks, &c., form a part; but, after being somewhat purified, it may be useful for oiling wheels, or other coarse purposes, though even as such it will form only a trifling salvage. On the retiring of the tide on Monday, a considerable quantity of the turpentine, tar, &c., which was left deposited in thick beds at the outer part of the basin, gave employment and amusement to numbers of men in taking it up. A large quantity of it, chiefly oil, also floated to the Cheshire side of the river, particularly between Seacombe and New Brighton, where, during the week, par ties have been busily engaged in securing it in casks, buckets, and other vessels, ranged along the beach. Eleven o'clock, p.m We have visited the scene of the fire several times during the day, and are happy to state that, notwithstanding the great body of burning and smouldering materials under the piles of bricks and building materials, particularly in Formby street, the exertions of the fire-police have not only entirely subdued all appearance of flame, but so far cooled down the before-threatening parts of the ruins, that little more than comparatively small volumes of steam now rise from some portions of the area on the south. Great exertions have been made during the last two days to reach the remains of Samuel Hodson, the fire-police offi cer, who had charge of the pipe of No. 1 engine in Formby street, on Friday morning, and was buried instantaneously in the falling ruins of a warehouse, as before noticed. The body has not, however, yet been found, owing to the immense mass of materials that had to be removed, as well as to some uncertainty as to the precise spot where he met his death. At noon yesterday, however, a considerable length of the hose, attached to the branch which he held at the time, were discovered, and appeared to be uninjured, at least by fire, and it is fully expected that his remains, dreadfully crushed, but not burnt, will be found this morning (Friday). The whole ground and ruins, at the bottom of the inclined plane forming the top of Formby-street, are some two or three feet deep in water. From this locality a great quantity of bricks, &C. ' as well as loose half bur nt cotton, has been carted during the day. The ruins present appearances at once interesting and painful. They may now be mounted by those timid of fire, if they be not apprehensive of a sprained ancle, or the like, in scrambling on the loose hills of bricks that form the super structure. Several of the ruined warehouses have evidently been most insecurely built, and all similar erections in future ought to be looked after under the improvement act. Many masses of curiously conglomerated materials, slate, stone, iron, brick, &c., are to be found —some vitrefied into a glassy substance, by the intensity of the fire in those quarters. There is a large quantity of iron, in bars, rods, &c., still in apparent preservation, but of course damaged. Other smaller rods, &c., of the same materials, have been reduced by fusion to congregated masses. Eight or nine engines are still at work at the late hour at which we write, and the voices o f th e men w h o wor k t h em , shouting and singing, is beard t o ec h o am id s t t h e ru i ne d walls and remaining buildings on the outskirts of the scene of the fire. Amongst the men missing, and suppos3d to have perished, was Jeremiah Tooney, a blacking-manufacturer, who lived in Sawney Pope-street, and who has left a wife and a large family. MEETING OP Tll LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY The annual meeting of this society, for the show of live stock, implements of husbandry, roots, seeds, &c., took place yesterday, in a field at the top of Sackville-street, im mediately north of the top of Roscommon-street, and close to the wooded base of the higher part of Evertor. _ The day was fire. though inclining to cold ; and though it became cloudy about two o'clock, and a few drops of rain tell, it again brightened up, and was, on the whole, very fa f3urable for the exhibition. In consequence of the occupation of the Old Infirmary Yard, (where the show has hitherto been held,) by the building of the new Court-houses, the site stated was chosen as the most appropriate and the nearest to the centre of the town that cou:d be obtained ; and with the exception of the distance, (a little too far to the north,) it appeared to us to be, in every respect, a profitable site. A square,. of about a Cheshire acre and a half, was enclosed for the show, by walls previously built on three sides, and by wood, in the west or front side ; outside of which latter is a vacant piece of ground. which afforded accommodation for carriages, cars, a tent for refreshments, &c., and which was crowded during the after noon. Subscribers were admitted (gratis) to the show yard, after the judges had awarded the prizes, shortly before one o'clock, and non-subs a cribers were admitted, at the same time, on payment of b lf-a-crown. After two o'clock the ground was thrown open to the public, each paying a shilling. The attendance, at the first opening, was but slender; but after two o'cloek it greatly increased ' • and, though at no pe riod very numerous, was, on the whole, most respectable. Some of the most distinguished gentlemen who patronise the society, were, from various causes which they could not con trol, not in attendance, as usual,—including Lord Stanley, who was expected to preside at the dinner, but was, we learn, unavoidably occupied in the metropolis, in the discharge of his important ministerial duties. Amongst those present, we observed, Sir Thomas de Trafford, Bart., of Trafford Hall; Rowland Hill; Esq. and brother; Colonel Tempest ; John Ireland Blackburne, Esq., M.P., of Hale Hall; Capt. Blackburne ; James Heath Leigh, Esq. ; Sir Thomas Deane ;_ and other influential gentlemen connected with agricultural pursuits in this and the neighbouring counties, as well as strangers of distinction. The arrangements on the ground were most judicious, and reflect much credit on the " management." A considerable sr ice (perhaps one-third of the whole area on the east) was ~ :ed off for the stallions. The remainder was penned and otherwise divided off, respectively. for horses, horned cattle, sheep, pigs, &c. On the south side of this part of the field, a tent was pitched for seeds and roots, and a commodious space beyond it for the implements. The show, taking it in a general point of view, was, we feel some regret in stating, rather inferior to that of last year, as regards the number of animals exhibited of all kinds, as well as the quantity of roots, grain, &c., and the variety of the implements. It was, however, fully redeemed, in the eyes of competent judges, by the superiority of specimens produced in several departments, more especially in the cattle (particularly bulls), and in the pigs. It was universally acknowledged, indeed, that at no former show of this society, or, indeed, of any other, have these been surpassed in excel lence,—there being scarcely an animal amongst them which was not admired for some peculiar quality esteemed by scientific breeders. We subjoin (as has been our custom) a few remarks on each department : HORSES There was a fair show, particularly of draft horses. We noticed from:B to 10 fine stallions. " Valiant," a fine car riage -horse, 17 hands high, and of fine symmetry, obtained a medal. He was bred by Mr. Cobb, near Hull, and his progeny are much esteemed. A black stallion, 4 years old, shown by Mr. Ashton, of Burton Wood, near Warrington, was much admired, and obtained the second prize of 5 sovs. A grey stallion, (draught horse), bred by Mr. Massey, Acton Bridge, near Northwich, 9 years old, got the first prize of 10 sovs. There were other good stallions on the ground, chiefly young, and of good promise. There were also a few fine fillies and geldings, and some capital draft and farming horses, of great muscle. Amongst these for agricultural purposes, were a pair of fine greys, from Mr. Knowles's, of Bootle, which obtained a prize of .£5. Under this head we must notice a beautiful Shetland pony, a black " stallion, 34 inches high,—and beautifully formed. This handsome little creature (not much bigger indeed than a good-sized Newfoundland dog), excited great interest, and no little merriment, when it came alongside of some of the comparatively giant specimens of its own kind. It is, we have learned, the property of Captain Phipps, of this town, and was sent to diversify the show. CATTLI The bulls were, with scarcely an exception, excellent : we never, indeed, saw so fine a stud at any show. The largest and finest was a white bull, with a brown or roan curly neck, 'shown by Mr. Almond, afterwards noticed. A white bull, 2 years old, bred by Mr. Pilkington, Windle Hall, near St. Helen's, was also much admired, and won a prize of 15 so vereiggs. A fine roan bull stood next to him, of larger size, but deficient in symmetry. Mr. Richard Eastwood, of Burnly, showed two fine young bulls for farming purposes. One of them, 13 months old, obtained a prize of 10 sove reigns. There were also several excellent cows and heifers ; but in this department Mr. Richard Almond, of Orrell Mount (late of Standish), near Wigan, bore' off the bell. This gentleman, who was well known some years ago as a most successful breeder, had for a considerable time relin quished the pursuit, but has latterly, we are glad to say, re sumed it, and with such skill and devotion, that, successful as he was in his earlier years, he seems to have surpassed his former fame as a breeder and rearer. He last year won a prize for a splendid team of waggon horses, and another for a bull—the second prize at the society's show in that depart ment. At the show under review he produced horned cattle only, and has carried off no fewer than six first prizes, showing only seven animals, namely:— The best bull, " Violet," which won the second prize last year. A beautiful animal, of great weight, just sufficiently fat for " active service." Prize, £2O. The best fat ox—an amazing mass of prime English beef the wonder of the show, £7. The best two-year old heifer, £5. The best yerling ditto, £3. The best in-calf milking cow, £5. Making, in all, £45 in prizes. Every one of these animals was scrutinously ex amined and admired by " the knowing ones ;" and it was impossible, on viewing them, to come to any other conclu sion than that the judges had, in their award, acted with the utmost impartiality. We should not omit to notice a fine brown ox, bred by Mr. Michael Ashcroft, of Bank Hall, near this town—one of our best agriculturists—which obtained a prize of £5. The pigs (of which there has all along been a good show at the previous meetings) were, it may be said, tine on the whole, though a few of them, it must be said, were too much fattened up to make a more imposing show on the occasion. We noticed a very large breeding sow, bred by Mr. Robert West, at his " Belmont printworks," near Bolton. This animal (which is to be pitied for its corpulency) weighs 3 0 , score 121 b., and shows an astonishing breadth and genets' bulk. Though in perfect health, it could scarcely be induced to get on its legs. It obtained a prize, as will be seen by the list. It was, we were informed, fed on coarse flour, pota toes, and bran. A boar, of the large breed, also shown by Mr. West, was much noticed ; but it appeared to us to , be too fat and heavy for service. There were several excellen t breeding sows. Several of the best boars and pigs were of the Salford breed, and amongst the successful boar -keeper s of that town present were B. Martin and J. Seddon. In SHEEP we have nothing particular to remark. Th e show was but scanty, though on the whole good ; and we must refer it to the list of prizes. The IMPLEMENTS were ingenious, but we saw little that was novel. Our townsman Mr. Cartmell, produced a num ber of grain bruisers, for oats, beans, &c., of a superior eon' struction and manufacture ; an oil cake bruiser on an entirely anew principle ; iron ploughs, one with a pair of wheels—much c dmired,—a set of zig-zag iron harrows ; a capital turnip' utter for sheep ; hay and straw chaff cutting machines, &C. These machines, and a few others attracted much attention , but the supply, with the exception of Mr. Cartmell, was but limited.eff THE ROOTS, SEEDS, &c. were shown in a commodious tent, but the specimens shown were, we regret to say, el" eeedingly scanty, from what cause we know not. A feW sacks, and bundles in the straw, of fine wheat, and som e grass and other seeds were shown ; also some fine mangel wurzel, turnips, &c., but only a comparatively small portion of the benches was occupied, and the show was rather unin teresting. We know not whether this arises from the Wad?" quate premiums offered ; but the society should look to it. We noticed a fine specimen of the Bokhara clover, grown by Mr. Leigh, of Belmont, in Cheshire, and 10 or 11 feet 10 length. Indeed, we must say, that the show wanted very much i d variety, as well as in amount of " produce," as con3Par_, e ., with the last year and former years, though in some few u ` partments (as noticed) quite equal to the former shows , r almost indicating a falling off. We missed many of 0 1 1 ,, former contributors, and we hope that a strong effort will vv made to render the next annual show more attractive, in t he several departments in which there has, on this occasion. a 1... peared to be a deficiency. There are materials enough I n' an excellent agricultural show in this and the adjoining n 0 0 7.. ties, and it is for the committee, and the friends of agricu tural generally, to " cultivate" them. THE DINNER The dinner was held in the large room at Lucas's Reposi tory. The Hon. R. B. WILBRAHAM in the chair. We o b. / served the following gentlemen present :—To the right o i the chairman—J. I. Blackburne, Esq., M.P.; Henry Bo lt- Houghton, Esq. ; Alfred Castellain, Esq . . ; Richard Earle, Esq. ; Robert Neilson, Esq. ; Cottingham Moss, Esq'' John Formby, Esq. ; William Harper Formby, Esq. ; Pe te Greenall, Esq., M.. To the left of the Chairman—TV, Mayor of Liverpool, John Shaw Leigh, Esq. ; Samuel San d ' bach, Esq. ; Sir Thomas Deane, Bart. ; Richard Edwar u, Esq.; and five gentlemen whose names we did not learn. The CHAIRMAN, the cloth having been withdrawn, rose' and said that in a country so noted for its loyalty as this, b e confidently anticipated that the toast he bad to proPc 6e would be received with enthusiasm ; it was "The Que eli ' Duchess of Lancaster." The next toast was " The Queen Dowager, Prince Albert' and the rest of the Royal Family." " The Army and the Navy." The next toast is " The Liverpool Agricultural Society we are indebted to Providence this year for a season favour' able to the farmer. I may now proceed to say that from report of the judges the stock in the yard appears to be afl improvement upon last year. Upon horses the inaproveli ment, I am sorry t o say , i s no t so apparen t. The R 1 3,10 Agricultural Society last year offered a premium for the R e seed wheat. He then stated some particulars r especo2; Dr. Sillar' s ex p er i men t s w ith f our se l ec t e d s orts. I 'Ra Chairman then proceeded to remark upon the importance 4 draining, arid to congratulate the society upon the incrl i ' le and the use made of the library of the institution. 4 funds of the society there was every reason to believe we , greater than at any previous meeting. With a few other re' marks, the speaker proposed " Prosperity to the LiverPc" Agricultural Society." The CHAIRMAN then announced that the Secretary would proceed to read the REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 1842* " The period has again arrived when it is due from tu b committee of this society to report to the members s u re changes in its state and circumstances as have arisen sip-, the last annual meeting. The first subject on which to,, e ) feel called upon to speak, is one of congratulation and tbsel'••• fulness that it has pleased the Almighty Disposer of good tg, send such favourable weather, that the fruits of the earn may truly be said this year to have been reaped in due se r son. The next subject is one of regret, that a slight ditiiirda; tion should have taken place in the number of their merebe r a; There is nothing, however, 'in this to alarm the real frieehe of the society as to its future prospects f‘nd usefulness. d„. causes may partly be traced to the r( ent commercial Ze pression, but more particularly to the establishment of tt i Royal Agricultural Society, to whom some, who do not fee l disposed to contribute to two societies, have given the P I : ference • and to the formation of local agricultural assoeui_, tions and' farmers' clubs, which, whilst they are, doubtles3_, calculated to do much good in the district over which the 4 extend, and afford a nursery for additional claimadentts tIR!.., the premiums of this society, are, if any thing, from our supplies , by causing a few members to transfer a te t h e i r s ubscriptions to the assoc i a ti on i n th e ir own imineu t i hß , raeu ne i g hbourhood. At th e ti me o f t h e esta bli s hment of e a soc iety, hi 1830, few, if any, of these association s exist w hilst now nearly the whole of that part of the district e?..fct, of the Mersey is u n d er th e i r influence. The presen t dieL"