The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS lilt.O.asrt.Ga AND TU,I Mnucuav's LAST SL having fired his poisonous ~riows in the dark tHr weeks, and, -like a bush fighter. whin att„lcked, flying from shelter to shelter, and trom clyar„.e to charge, our con, eindorary con descended, on Frid ,y last, to give us an idea what was the real matter to which he had referred. as connected with Messrs. Rawson Cousin, and Clayton, and Mr. Oastler; and added, from his private storehouse of malignity, another charge, alio It some mill of Mr. Thornhill's at. Brighouse. A letter from Mr. Oastler, in reply to these detailed slanders, will be found in another column ; and to ti,at we refer our readers. In the mca,time let us see what is the Mercury's position in this affair. /le challenged us originally to write to Messrs. Rawson and Co. about some discreditable circum stances within their knowledge, affecting the character of Air. Oastler. At first we (lid not feel called upon to do so; but nearly a fortnight ago we wrote to these gentlemen, and, as we expected, we hare, to this moment, received no answer! The Mercura therefore, must now, unless he wishes to be branded as , :z deliberate libeller, and his statements as forge ries, himself prove the truth of those statements, and bring forward their author. In tie meant me, let not the Mercury's discreditable animus be lost sight of. These charges were made by him for the purpose of crushing a political opponent, of whose person he knows nothing, but whose sufferings in a debtor's prison are sweet objects of contemplation to so " libe ral" a mind ! Pray will our good Mereary tell us whether, in truth, any Re porter at that time or now connected with his viper. reported the speech of Mr. Oastier, to which he at first referred, or whether his assertion, like his cowardly insinuations, were borrowed from Manchester. We have some curiosity on this subject, for if we re e , oer right, about the time of these charges being made—and especially that afi'ecting Messrs. Rawson and Co.. —the A ati Corn Law League had a meeting in this Town, Verburn sap ! We have received from George Beley, Esq., of this town:— For Oastler Liberation Fund.. £l 0 0 Relief of Messrs. Branckers' Men gl 0 0 And for the former fund Cs lid from W.M. Riinrpool gPtailbaM TUESDAY NO RAING, JAN. 16, 1844. There was never, perhaps, a period, since Liver pool was ranked amongst the leading ports of the empire, at which her prosperity appeared more ca- pable of large increase or decline, according as the - circumstances with which she is surrounded shall .be wielded with judgment and firmness, or the re verse, than the present period. A universal feeling appears to have grown upon the public mind that, vast as are its present capabilities—as already the se -emu], and at no distant date destined to become the .first port of the greatest commercial country in the world,—this locality has still mighty resources to be developed, and that the time of their development is at hand. On every side a disposition is being evinced to seize opportunity by the forelock—to look and to operate in advance of present neces sities ;—and it well becomes us therefore, as jour nalists, anxious for the welfare of our town, and for the increased prosperity of its inhabitants, to draw attention to the policy, on the part of those who have the management of our public estates, which we conceive best calculated for the crisis in which we are placed. Let us, for an instant, glance at all the varied cir cumstances of our position. For the past half cen tury we have been engaged in erecting, upon the shores of our river, within the bounds of our cor porate estate, one of the most noble properties to be found in any city in the world. We have nearly reached the extremity of those limits. Our docks extend, now, in a continuous line from the furthest point of land which we possess in the south of the town, to-the extremity 'of our estate on the north ; and our commerce still loudly demands increased dock space. Our necessities have thus far grown with, if not faster than, our means to supply them; and the all important question meets us—in what direction are we to turn ourselves in search of these means ? • -Meantime we are not left calmly and coolly to de liberate the best steps to be taken, and leisurely, as in times past, to put those steps into execution. We have a pressure from without—a threatened compe tition—impelling us to decide upon, and proceed with at once, some GREAT EFFORT, to relieve the vast commerce which resorts to our river from the in conveniences and the onerous charges to which it is at present subjected. A demand is made upon us by the people of the adjacent manufacturing dis tricts for the admission of their produce direct through the port of Runcorn. We have been threat ened by them with an improvement in the naviga tion of the river Irwell—with the establishment of blinding and other warehouses in Manchester itself. And these projeis, wild as they appeared to us , once, are at the present moment assuming a pros pect not only of ultimate but of speedy and vigorous realization. A powerful proprietor—the owner of the Bridgewater Canal—has already possessed him self of the navigation of the river Irwell, to Man ithester, by the purchase of the entire property of the Old Quay Company; and with this important adjunct to his former great influence, aided by the spirit of enterprise and determination with which his Lordship's property is wielded, we cannot dis guise from ourselves the fact that in him we have a competitor for a valuable portion of the trade of the port and the town—one whose power we cannot afford to despise. We cannot stand still now. We -cannot trifle with half measures now. We must go on, unless we wish to see Liverpool thrust back from her present eminence, and commencing a course of certain, if not of rapid decline. Again, if we direct our eyes to the opposite shore of -the , Mersey, we have the prospect of future dock competition reminding us of the necessity of vigo rous efforts to maintain our present preeminent po sition. An active and enterprising community, there, have possessed themselves of a site, late the property of the Corporation of Liverpool, having eminent facilities for dock purposes, and which is well capable of being wielded, conjointly with the Bridgewater property and the new purchases of its nbble owner, for the infliction of no small amount of injury to the commerce and the property of this port. That all the projects of the new proprietors of Wallasey Pool will be carried into effect, at any early period, we do not say. The acceptance or non-acceptance of the additional plots of land in that neighbourhood, offered them by the Council, will afford us some idea of the bona fide character of their intentions. Notwithstanding any doubt, however, which might reasonably be entertained of immediate competition from this quarter, the mere agitation of such extensive schemes ought to warn us that the time for acting, on the part of the authorities of Liverpool, has arrived ! 'We regard none of these projects with alarm. Ve trust that their realisation is destined to be the forerunner, as it is the omen, of a vast acquisition to the capabilities of the Mersey, as the inlet for the commerce of the world to the manufacturing dis tricts of England. But still Liverpool must do its duty—must claim her share in the advantages to be derived. She must prepare for this expected influx , of commerce by widening her boundaries—by ex tending the capabilities of the port. And it is not a trifling addition here, or a doubtful experiment there, which will suffice for our wants. A large measure, we repeat, is now required. We must provide, not for a few years to come—not for a trifling increase of the trade of our river ; but for many years, and for a large increase—larger proba bly in its ratio to our present accommodation than has ever heretofore been called for. Taking into consideration the circumstances of the times, the trade of this port is already increasing more rapidly than it has ever done heretofore. The commercial depression of the past three or four years has affected the revenue of nearly every description of property —railways, canals, &c.—dependent upon the activity of the trade of the country. But the Dock Estate of Liverpool stands alone in its increased productive ness; a nd, with the revival of commerce, which is even now visiting us, and has shewn its effect in an addition of nearly £7OOO to our last half-year's amount of dock-rates, as compared with that of the corresponding six months of the year preceding; and taking into consideration, as well, the effects of improvements to be made in internal navigation, we may fairly look forward to a vast increase of the de mands of commerce upon us, to take place within a very few years. To meet these, we have many conflicting proposi- Dock warehouses are the nostrums of one party ; the conversion of our outward basins, and our dock-yards, &c., into docks, is the suggestion of another; whilst a third, supported by a majority in the Dock Committee, boldly propose the purchase of the Harrington Company's property, its conver sion into wet docks, and the formation of a large steam dock at the north extremity of the existing Dock Estate, with a dock for coasters, having a communication with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. From the opinions expressed above, the public will have no difficulty in arriving at a knowledge which of these propositions we advocate. The large mea sure is that which the Dock Committee should re solve boldly to grapple with. Of its details, which we recently laid before our readers, we of course can say nothing. But its main features are ably con ceived; and their adoption, we are confident, would serve materially to advance the interests of the port. To a diQcussion of the question, as regards these various plans, we shall address ourelves in our next publication. In the meantime, in order to direct our readers to an attentive consideration of our position, we may point out to their notice a few facts. The existing want of dock room is not de nied ; but it is said that the opening of the Albert Dock will fill up this deficiency, In part, perhaps, it may do so. But two years must elapse, in all probability, before that dock can be opened ; and then, we have the declaration of the Dock Surveyor that the trade of that dock will be one peculiar to itself. It will not accommodate the timber trade of the port, which is sustaining, from the effect partly of the new tariff, a gigantic increase. And within these two years, the increase of our general trade will have outrun the amount of additional dock faci lities thus a f forded. We must go to parliament now tion s. for increased dock-room somewhere, either north or south ; and when we have seen, from expe rience, the encroachments made upon our privileges, during past applications to parliament, it is surely better to approach that tribunal for a bold and am- pie measure at once, than to throw ourselves open, by fresh applications, every session or two, to the onslaughts of the opponents of our local prosperity. Besides, docks, it must be remem bered, are not the work of a day ; nor are acts of parliament got in a day. The act for the Albert Dock, which cannot be. opened until 1846, was first applied for in 1839; and either of ;he proposed docks, north or south, will occupy,. at he least, four years in construction, during which time the Albert, with its warehouses, can do little more than merely stave off the pressing difficulties, under which we are labouring. Despatch and de termination are therefore earnestly required,. to avert consequences which, in our present position, threatem serious and permanent injury to our port. Well ! the great "AGGREGATE MEETING" Of the Catholics of Ireland has taken place—the meet ing which we were taught to look forward to as to another monster Mullaghmast or Tara Hill. And where, does the English reader imagine —upon what vast plain; or lofty mountain—did this aggregate assembly thunder forth its denunciations against the proceedings of the Irish Government ? The meeting was held in the Musie Hall,. Abbey-street, Dublin !—a place which, notwithstanding the enor mous gift of exaggeration possessed by the Repeal press, is only estimated by its reporters as capable of containing 3,500 persons I As well might any one of our annual Protestant meetings in the Liver pool Amphitheatre, have been styled an " aggregate meeting" of the Protestants of Great Britain, as this wretched affair have been designated in terms so pompous and inflated. But if in numbers it was a miserable abortion, compared with the past gatherings of the Repeal faction, its object and its proceedings were perfectly contemptible, and even farcical:. This aggregate of the Catholics of Ireland—these representatives of the unanimous feeling of the nation—met to protest against the iniquity, on the part of the Crown, of striking off every pledged repealer from a jury panel, before whom is about to be tried the legality or ille gality of the proceedings of an association, of which they themselves are members. and of proceedings to ' which they were, in all probability, parties ! How reasonable the complaint ! How exquisite the judg, ment of men who could imagine that the law-officers of the Crown, at a crisis so threatening as the pre sent, would hesitate to use firmly ail the powers which the law has placed in their hands, to secure an honest verdict !—and this, too, while the tra versers themselves had equal powers, and exercised them throughout against those jurymen supposed to be hostile to the agitation sought to be put down. The Crown struck out twelve jury men, eleven of whom were Roman Catholics, and, we believe, known repealers.. The traversers struck out twelve names, the whole of whom were known Protestants. and loyalists. Surely, then there is little cause o f . complaint on either side ! The Aggregate Meeting, however, complains of the course thus taken by the Government advisers, as (save the mark !) an insult to the Catholics. of Ireland—a declaration that they are not to be trusted upon their oaths as jurymen !—and this, too, in the face of the attempts, openly made by the Repeal body in Dublin, to swamp the jury panel with their own creatures, and their chuckling boasts that, with a single Roman Catholic on the jury, a verdict for the Crown could not be had I Call it perjury, or what you will, which, assize after assize, procures the acquittal of offenders against the law in Ire. land—which enables murderers and felons to walk free, in the teeth of evidence the most conclusive ag to their guilt—there is scarcely a sane man in that country who does not know that the admission of two or three Roman Catholics and repeal jurymen, to sit in judgment upon O'Connell and his fellow traitors, would have enabled them to have defied the law,defied justice, and laughed at the clearest evidence of crime which could have been brought against them. And more than that, there is not a conscien tious Roman Catholic juryman, whose name has been struck off the panel, who does not in his secret soul rejoice at the circumstances which have relieved him from that ecclesiastical ban, and that dan ger from' fire, •bullet, or steel, which would have been the result of his concurrence in a verdict of guilty against the prisoners ! One great consummation, however, this "Aggre gate Meeting of the Catholics of Ireland," in the Music Hall of Dublin —this huddling together of seven millions of people in a pint bottle—has served to accomplish. It has enabled that poor Whigling, Richard Lalor Shiel, to emerge from his sulky re tirement, in which he has been for months past ru minating over his denouncement by the arch-agi tator, and grieving for the sweet sops of o ffice which he has lost, to take the initiatory step toward the adoption by his party, in the comi ng session, of the weapon which Irish disaffection o ff ers t h em for the embarrassment 4( Sir Robert P ee l. L or d jQIIII THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Russell, with the little hero of Pen enden Heath aid him, is about to hug treason ; and they trust, in return, to be dragged back, in the chains of it s burly and braggart head, to the soft cushions of Downing-street, and another to revel upon the pros trate institutions and the ruin of their country. THEY WILL BE DISAPPOINTED ! They mistake widely the feelings of the English nation upon this subject ! Our Whig-Radical contemporaries are dissatisfied with the explanation of Mr. Sands, as to his manage ment of the negociation with the directors of the Harrington Company; and their grumblings are echoed, if not prompted, by two much greater authorities in such matters, Messrs. Evans and Aikin. The formergentlemen at the recent meeting of the Dock Committee "continued to think" that there had been, on the part of the late chairman, " a most unwarrantable suppression of offers which he had for (of) the land. He had received no satis faction from the letter of the chairman, nor did he consider that it, , in the slightest degree, exculpated him ;" and the latter defended throughout the harsh expressions of his colleague towards Mr. Sands. 'We have already expressed our opinion pretty fully upon this subject ; and we shall certainly not at tempt to " satisfy" either of the gentlemen in ques tion when the conduct of a political opponent is concerned. They are too " good haters" to be moved from their position of hostility by either facts or reasoning. Mr. Sands was, perhaps, not quite so communicative upon the subject of the details of his negociation with the Harrington Company as he might have been. He might have communi cated the absurd offers of 425. and 35s.—both of them intended, obviously, as obstacles to the selling of anything less than the whole of the property. But he would have told the committee nothing more, in effect, than that the company were indisposed so to divide their property, unless the Dock Estate would consent to stultify themselves by the purchase of the worst portion at a price per yard greater than they were willing to take for the whole. The public, hol\ever, see through the animus of Messrs. Evans and Aikin in this matter ;• and we shall say no more on the subject than remind them, that if they still wish for their 40,000 or 60,000 yards of the worst land at 355. they will be accom modated. Let either of them at once make a motion for itss purchase, and spare us this ceaseless growling with which they pester the' Dock Committee and their fellow-townsinen LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION MEETING. • Yesterday evening, a numerous and respectable 'meet . ing of the members of the Protestant Operative Asso ciation and their friends was held in Christ Church School-room, (St. Anne's Ward,) for the purpose of furthering the cause of Protestantism, and of enrolling the names of new members. Mr. Councillor James Parker ably occupied the chair, and, after prayer being offered up, addressed the assembly in a brief but effec tive manner. He expressed the cordiality with which he joined in the cause, and appreciated the services of the Protestant operatives : he knew, indeed, no difference between them and the Protestant tradesmen of the town. If they looked to the state of parties in Ireland — whether Papists or Repealers—their sole object was to overthrow the Church of England. If they looked to the outbreaks in Wales, and to the agitation going on in this country—all showed that the object was the same, and that the time had arrived when they must buckle on the armour of resistance, and manfully stand up for the salvation of the empire. Never was there more need of co-operation on their part. It rested with them .(the electors) who should go to the council, or to parliament. They had certainly gained Scriptural education in the Corporation Schools ; but they had not the security for its continuance so fully as they might think. A motion was on the books in the council with a view to subvert that system, and he feared that some who called them selves conservatives might support it. So long, however, as they remained trueto their principles and active in their support, and so long as the ministers of their church and other influential individuals continued to rally around the standard of conservatism, they need not fear for the result. He concluded by stating that the object of the meeting was to disseminate so far as pos sible the principles of Protestantism—and through this and other meetings in the several wards to refute the calumnies, and put down the false and insidious doc trines of the Anti-Corn-Law League, who had recently been active amongst them. (Loud cheers.) Mr. WHArnAta rose to move a resolution as follows: " That this meeting, firmly believing that Holy Scripture enjoins, and the continuance of the national prosperity is inseparably connected with, the maintenance of Protestant ascendancy, cannot but consider that grants of public mo ney, for the support of Popery, are alike dishonouring to God and prejudicial to the safety of the state." Mr. Whatham, though in ill health, addressed the meeting in a very spirited manner, urging that Protestant ascendancy was, notwithstanding the epithets annexed to it by their opponents, nothing more than the ascendancy of Christi anity. He lamented the concessions that had been made to the demands of Popery, and showed, by reference to the history of our country, that all our glories and advan tages had resulted from Protestantism—all our perils and losses from the inroads of Popery. He adverted to the signal defeats of the League in Toxteth, and announced that they had since met with a third total discomfiture in his ward—West Derby. Let, he said, other wards follow the example. He had no fear for the country while the Protestant operatives stood to their posts;. but he com plained that those above them in rank and circumstances did not, like their worthy chairman and some others around him, appear more amongst them on such occa sions. They would,. he concluded, carry these meetings into every ward of the town ; and when the day of battle came, he trusted they would crowd to the hustings to maintain those principles which were essential to the prosperity of the kingdom, and which might be summed up in the words " Protestant ascendancy." (Cheers.) Mr. RADCLIFFE, in seconding the resolution, spoke at considerable length on the various topics that it involv:!d, showing the evils of Popery—its idolatry, its inconsis tency, its falsehood. They must,he - said, protest against it both as Christians and as patriots, , for if it spread fur ther, "° the sun of England would set." The depression of the country bad been attributed by owe party to the corn laws, by another to the non-introduction of Chartism, and by a third to the non-prevalence of teetotalism. He, however, felt assured that all thTevils we laboured under here, and more particularly in Ireland, resulted from our tamperings with Popery, and that we should' never have the blessing of God upon us until' its encroachments were boldly resisted; in place of being encouraged as they unhap pily had been,even in parliament. He regretted that the absence of two clergymen, who would have attended but from imperative circumstances, had' thrown. the weight of the meeting upon himself and Mr. Whatbam, who were not prepared• to address them at.such length, nor desired to pub themselves forward so prominently. (Loud cheers.) The 'notion being unanimously carried; the Chairman complimented the speakers, and told an amusinganeedote of a.recent interview' at Rome between the Pope and• an ex—Alderman of the town,. which excited. much-laughter. Thanks being voted to .the chairman, new. members were enrolled, and thirmeeting separated. The Blackburn , Standardannounces that John Fowden Hindle, Esq.. of"Woolfokl Pork, near that town, . will be High Sheriff of this county for the present year, al= though his appointment is•noi'yet gazetteck- TctaN-onT OF COLLIERS--ST. HELEsra...—Thielong-- expected turn-out of the colliers at St. Helens and the neighbourhood his- at length taken place, for a higher rate of wages than , that which they have hitherto been in' the habit of receiving. The strike took place on. Thursday• last, when the hands. of several of the collieries left off' work,_ in eonsequence. of the masters refusing to • give them an advance of one penny per ton. Hitherto, how ever, the turn-out has not been 'very extensive, as -many of the masters have • acceded to the demando of the men, while others refuse them. Amongst those who have ac cededite the advance are Messrs. Bourne and Robinson, Greenough, Bromelow, Johnson, of Parr, and Yates, of Prescot. The latter. gentleman , is on such. good terms with hie men that be treated them to a supper on Satur day evening. The men a11eg , ...-that; although they work from len to twelve hours per day ; they do not on an average get above thirteen shillings per week, after th&deductions from the wages for drawers, powder, &c. ; and, as the employers have lately raised the price of coal about Is. Bd. per ton to the public,. they think they can well afford out of that sum to advance their wages one penny per ton, which would increase their wages about half-a-crown per week. Should this strike be of long duration, it will cause great inconvenience to the men, as out of their small earnings thecannot r havelaid much by to serve them in time of need. Independent of that, there can be little onno doubt that; in proportion as the various stocks of coal vanish, the proprietors will charge still higher .for the remainder to the public.. M rss WELLER'S CoNczar.—We have much pleasure in , announcing that Miss Christiana Well( r's Grand= Soiree Musicale will take place at the Ro.yal Assembly Rooms, Great George-street, to-morrow evening, when she will give Piano-forte Recitals from the first works of the classical and the modern schools of composition ; and will also perform with her sister Miss Anna De. lancey Weller, Thalberg's celebrated Norma Duet, for two pianofortes, (as played by the author and ,herself in Dublin with great applause,) introducing also a Grand National Fantasia of her own composition. The services of the celebrated Mrs. H. Chatfield, (from the Nobility's Concerts, London,) are engaged for the vocal department ; and Miss. Whitnall and Mr. Ryalls, both deservedly favourites ) , will, also appear; conductor Mr. H. F. Al dridge, loader of the Ehilharmonic Concerts. On those of the nwsical world who have heard Miss Weller,.w.e feel assured, we need urge no invitation to attend : they will avail themselves of the occasion to enjoy another genuihe treat. But we are somewhat at a loss how to address those who are strangers to her powers ; for though _ far beneath her worth Were all the praises that we can . bestcom,',* we feel a delicacy. in expressing our own convictions, in adequate terms, well knowing that her modesty is only equalled by. her merits. Suffice it therefore to say, that this young, amiable and accomplished lady., has, within the short period of her public career, created a strong, and, we may add, a delightful. sensation wherever she has appeared ;• and, the high opinion entertained of her talents as a pianist, by Thalberg and other eminent masters and connoiseurs, is a sufficient guarantee of her extraordinary genius and attainments. We have not had the pleasure of hearing Miss D. Weller, but we are informed that she, too, will be bailed as a brilliant rising star in the world of music. A, numerous and , fashionable , attendance is fully anticipatod at the soiree. WEST- DERBY UMW WOU.KHOEME SCHOOLS.—On Tuesday, the 2nd inst., the half-yearly examination of the children educated at the West Derby Union Workhouse took place, in the presence of the Guardians. The schools are divided - into three departments, Boys, Girls, and Infants',' and the progress made by the pupils_ of each,school waa,highly creditable to their seAeral in structors, and afforded the greatest satisfaction to. the Guardians. After the children were exarninad by their respective teachers in the various branches of e,sound and useful education, they were questioned as to their know ledge of the scriptures, by the Rev. Thomas Dwyer, the chaplain, whose zeal ani attention to the temporal and spiritual welfare of all the inmates of the wor,khour,e—but particularly the "lambs" of his flock, is deserving of the highest commendation. The chairman of. the Union, John Sheppard,. Esq., afterwards interrogated the chil dren, generally, on the gospel of St. John, with which a great number appeared fully conversant. The result of the whole examination showed such a, proficiency in the attainments of these poor children, as would put to the blush the majority. of "children. of a larger growth" Marty of the children are orphaus,,but some have parents in the house, these were allowed to be present at the ex amination, and it was truly affecting to witness the anxiety evinced by such parents in the gratifying proof of the care and attention which had been bestowed upon their helpless and destitute offspring • one of the children, a girl about ten years of age, delivered a most affecting address to the Guardians, expressive of the gratitude of herself and fellow scholars, for the home and education provided for them, in which she acknowledged not only the attention and patience of the chaplain, the school master, and schoolmistress, but also the affectionate care and kindness bestowed upon them by Mr. and Mrs. Lythgoe, the master and matron of the House, in whom she said the orphan had found a " father and mother, — the language, the tone and manner of the little represen tative were simple and unaffected, yet firm and intelligent, —and many tears were found trickling down the cheeks of those unaccustomed to weep. At the conclusion of the examination, the chairman addressed the children in a very appropriate, affectionate, and encouraging manner, urging upon them the obligation of a continuanee of good conduct in return for the many privileges with which they were blessed, and contrasting their happy and improving condition with that of thousands of other children who were destitute of th e co mforts and advantages which they enjoyed. Th e c h a i rman a lso complimented the teachers on the result o f th e i r e fforts, and expressed the gratifica tion felt by the Guardians in the care and attention be stowed upon the children, by their excellent master and matron, as exhibited in the healthful, cleanly, and happy appearance of such children. After the examination was concluded a subscription was made by the Guardians, with the proceeds of which the children were regaled with plum cake, &c. LATEST FROM IRELAND. THE STATE TRIALS. On Thursday Mr. Moore, Q.C., applied to the Court of Qaecn's Bench on the Dart of the traversers, that the panel of special jurors be quashed and set aside, or Can celled, and that a mandamus, or order in the nature of a mandamus, should be issued, directed to the Right Hon , ourable the Recorder of the city of Dublin, commanding him to place on the list of jurors for the year 1844, in the county of the city of Dublin, in their proper order, the names of divers persons—to wit, of twenty-seven persons, whose qualifications respectively to be placed on the list was legally proved before, and allowed by the Recorder as special jurors. The Attorney-General said he could not abstain from expressing his opinion, in alluding to the affidavit made by Mr. Mahony, if it were true that what was stated by him and Mr. Ford, that sixty-four were left out of the list, of which only fourteen or fifteen were Roman Catho lics, that he should not mention that in the affidavit in question. What was the meaning of making it appear by the affidavit, that all the parties whose names were omitted were Roman Catholics, but to create an excitement which was not just, and to create a feeling against the officers of the crown by the suppression of facts which ought to have been fairly set out and sated in court. The affidavit did not state that these were the entire of the names omitted ; but it implied as much, while the allegation in the affida vit was that sixty-four nameswereomitted, fourteen or fifteen ✓ of which were Roman Catholics; it was sought to be conveyed to their lordships that only the names of Ro man Catholics were omitted, and not those of any other creed ; and that was followed up by a charge, that the omission was effected corruptly, although Mr. rdahony, who swore the affidavit, did not attempt to state on whom the charge lay, or venture to prove it. After a lengthened argument, the Chief Justice pro ceeded to give judgment, viewing the question in all its bearing fully and fairly, the court could not but arrive at the conclusion that the present application was a very un- precedented one, and at variance with reason arid princi ple. Things might have occurred with respect to the jury lists the occurrence of which was to be regretted ; but he was not sure that a fair ingenuous representation had been made in support of that application in the particular in stance relied on by Mr. Kemmis, and particularised by the Solicitor.Generat. l-le alluded to the fact of Mr. Kemmis having in his affidavit alleged that when first a complaint was made upon this subject by Mr. Ford, that gentleman stated that 65 names that had been allowed by the Recorder had been omitted from the list. Of these 65, 15 only were Roman Catholics, and this circumstance was one which ought certainly to have been fairly and candidly stated if the party coming before the court to make his application desired to act an ungenerous part. It ought not to have been unequivocally stated to the public that 15 Roman Catholics whose names were on the revised lists, were omitted from the sheriff's book without making. the slightest allusion to the fact that the residue of the 65' were Protestants, and that their names also were omitted, for this would have completely altered the character of the imputation. Mr. Pord.—We aid not know the names of the other persons omitted, and consequently could not particularise lietn. Mr. Justice Perrin. said he agreed with the learned• Chief Justice that the application should be refused, but he could not help adding that there was matter for great suspicion in the case, of gross neglect somewhere; and it was to be regretted' that there was not more care taken with that authenticated document. On Saturday the Attorney-General moved, cn the part of the crown, fo' an order that, in the event of: the trial in this case not having terminated on or before the 31st instant, that Thursday, the' Tat of February, and' every day until next termy•or as many as shall he necessary, shall be fixed by tbs court for the purpose of said trial, and he deemed and taken to be pert of the present Hilary Term. He could not say the precise time that would be necessary for the triai',-but he thought it well to have the order made. The motion was granted, Judge Perrin dissenting, but saying it was unnecessary , for him to-give his reasons. The Attorney-General' asked at what hour their lo7d ships would sit oil Monday (yesterday), when the Chief Justice replied, that the - court would' sit punctually at ten. AGGREGPA Y E MEETING , This-assemblage was held this day in the Music Hall„ Lower Abbey-street. The hall was crowded from an early hour. Amongst those - present were-D. O'Connell, Sir T. Esmonde, Sir J. Power, Sir Valentine Blake, and the Lord Mayor, who was called to the chair. One of the principal speakers was Mr. R. Shiel; and, after several addresses, the following resolutions were agreed to :-- " Resolved,—That we, the Roman Catholics of Ire land, yield.touo portion of the - Qneen'esubjects in true loyalty to the throne, or strict observance of the r eligious obligation of an oath. " That the-officers of the crown, in striking, from the special jury panel all the Roman Catholics who were placed thereorybrballot, have inflicted upon our body a wrong and aninsult, and that it becomes our duty, in the face of the empire, to vindicate our character for worth, loyalty, and honour. "Resolved,—That t,e omission , of sixty-three names of special jurors, including a large' proportion cc Roman Catholics, as well as liberal Protestants; making up the special jurors' list, affords grounds for more than suspicion that fair dealins_has not been practised, and calls for a full' parliamentary investigation. _ _ _ "'That an humble petition be presented to the Queen, praying her Majesty that she will ba graciously pleased to direct her attention to the conduct of the Irish Govern ment in carrying on state prosecution:a under the circum stances aforesaid:- " That a petition be presented to both Houses of Par liament, setting forth the facts embodied in these resolu tions, and praying for inquiry into the,facts." THE AMERICAN COTTONMARKET: We •extract the- following from the circular of Messrs. Stewart and Wright, of New York, made up for the Hibernia steam-ship, which arrived here on Saturday from America " The present , conveyance carries est important news in relatien to cotton, as will have been noticed from our late circulars; a feeling of speculation, founded .upon data, entirely local, has been manifest in-this city for some rnonthe past ; but up to the date of our last circular, no evidence had reached. us of a similar spirit, from any of the southern cities ;, since then, however, - ,we have re ceived accounts from every section of the country of a large and important advance having.. taken placs•in the price of cotton, and heavy operations having been entered into, chiefly by speculators; the origin and basisof this movement, being the wet and unfavourable weather ex perienced for picking in Lonisiana,Mississippi, Arkansas, and 'West Tennessee, and the belief in a consequent diminution, of the supply at New. Orleans, from the amount calculated upon early in. the season. In New Orleans particularly, the price has been carried up by speculation, until their quotations are- quite as.• high as those of this market; orders have been sent thence to Mobile,.to,Savannah,rand Charleston, .and even in this market, purchases have been made on New Orleans ac count. We, are informed that thebanks in South, Carolina and Georgia have been making advances on-cotton and are under.engagements to hold the same for four months. In New Orleans and Mobile, arrangements- various in fe character, but to the same ef'et, have also, been made. ; These movements have somewhat checked,tb e l eg iti m ate course of the cotton trade, by driving from the market the buyers for r English and French -account and the re sult must be an accumulation of heavy stocks in all the ports, but more particularly New York ;- we estimate the stock here ;: now, at 65,00(rhales, and there is shipping at, and on the way here from the south, about 40,00 p bales.. Much less cotton. is• in, procesa-. of shipment to Great Britain than, at the same time,, for many years, past, and the exports for the next month must show a very great falling off, compared with last year." We learn from the same document that the exports of cotton from New Orleans to Great Britain, from The. Ist September to December the 160., 1843, were 61,870, bales whilst, in the corresponding• period of 1842, they amounted to 117,013. From Mobile, Savannah, Charles ton, and New York,. the exports to this country, for.. the former period, were only 71,85 k bales, whilst, during th e latter time, they reached 128,371. The receipts into the various American ports, from September Ist to about the middle of -December, 1843, were 588,468 bales ' whilst, in the same period of. 1842, they amounted to 712,730. At the end of 1842. the stocks on band were 30,799, and at the close of 1843 they were 413,804. It will be seen that yesterday there was consillerable ex citement in. our Cotton Market in consequence.of this in.. telligenee. CAUTION TO CUSTOII-lIOUSE OFFICER:I.—An investi gation took place at the Police-court on Saturday, upon the subject of a parcel of hides lying in a. bonded ware house unclaimed, which had, by the permission of the owners of the warehouse, Messrs. Lockett's, been sold by two Custom-house officers, named Edwards and Kennel, to a marine storekeeper. It appeared, during the inves tigation, that the hides in question, forty in number, had laid in the warehouse for nine years, and no rent been paid. Under these circumstances, the warehouseman of Messrs. Lockett was directed to remove them, and by permission of the Custom -house officer in charge, this was done. Thisbfficer and his colleague, it appears, procured for them the sum of £2 9s. 6d., which they divided be tween them. Mr. Rushtoticommented severely upon the conduct of the officers, and directed it to be represented to the collector. MRS. HILES' CONCERT.—This lady's annual concert took place on Monday evening, the Bth instant, in the Royal Assembly Rooms, Great George-street, and was attended by a crowded and respectable audience. The most prominent features of the evening's performance were " Tremate empi Tremati," by Beethoven, sung by Mrs. Hiles, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Wareing. Handel's duett, " 0 Lovely Peace," sung by Mrs. Hiles and Miss Linacre, was vociferously encored. This duett was decidedly the gem of the evening, Mrs. Hiles' sweet singing and shaking delighting the audience, and Miss Linacre's fine contralto voice having a very beautiful effect. The glee "If Sadly Thinking," sung by Mrs. Hiles, Messrs. G. Holden, Taylor, and T. Hornby, and the quintello from Guy Mannering, (in which Mr. Gleaves' rich humour as Domini Sampson created great laughter) was also encored. Mr. Taylor was likewise encored in Braham's song " The Anchor's Weigh'd," which he sang with great effect. In the second part Miss Linacre sang Hargreaves' ballad " He's better far than Bonny," in a very pleasing style, and received an unanimous encore. The duetto, " List to the Convent Bells," sung by Mrs. Hiles and Miss Linacre, was also en cored. Mrs. Hiles sang Bellini'e bravura song , "D o Charles usual Wilberfi ability, presided at the grandirce irte wit not or e i very delightfully, and was rap t urous l y en - pano-fo ." LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1844. 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Haddock, and Messrs. J. and W. Booth, Book sellers, Warrington ; Mr. Clarke, Pilot-office,Prestcn; ant Mr.Coope, 33, Union-street, Birmingham. Terms of Sub sc ription for this p a p er : —O n cre dit, one year, £1 3s. ; advance— Q ue year; half-year, 10s. 6d, halt-y.-zr. I i s . , d.—lf p a id in THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The pleasing. result which has attended the change, made in the mode of publishing the LIV . 2IIPOOL STANIYA.RD six months ago, and is every week• more satisfacto— rily developing itself .induces its proprietors, while return ing their sincere thanks to that portion of the public, to whose kind appreciation of their labours' it is due, to lay before them a brief statment of their present'position, as compared with the past. At the close or the half-year, previous to the enlargement of the STANDV.RD, its circu lation was about 1,100 copies each publication. At the end- of the first quarter after that period its• circulation had risen steadily to an average of 1,500 copies; and at the end of the last quarter, as will be shewn' so soon as the usual Parliamentary returns are published; the circu lation of the STANDARD had reached a weekly-average of upwards of 2,000 copies. The proprietors beg' to direct the attention of advertisers-to this gratifying circumstance. SELECT VESTRY AFFAIRS. We- have been requested by Mr. Ford to insert'the fol- Lowing correspondence : TO THE REV.= MR. CRAGG. Rev. and Dear Sir,—Will you do me the favour to refer to M-c..Thoniely's speech, as printed in the Twined, of Saturday last, and say if his remarks, which have reference to a conversation I had with him in Castle-street, upon the day the report of the Poorilaw Commissioners upon Mr. Nightingall's case was received at the Parisir.office, bears-any resemblance to what I really did say to -him upon that occasion. As , you were the only persom , present, I am relactantly compelled to ask you to become - the arbiter between Mr. Thornely and myself. . The remarks of the editor of the Journal oblige-me publicly to notice the matter. Your permission } . there.. fore,.t.., publish-whatever reply you are pleased termake will oblige your obedient, EDWARD FORD. Thursday morning, January 1' 7 _1844. My Dear Sir,-1 have seen they-report in the- Journal of what is there represented as the conversation between yourself and Mr. Thornely, in Castle-street, when I was present, and, still remembering what was; really said, declare it to be utterly incorrect; neither correct as to facts nor in the version given in the newspaper,—l am, my dear sir, yours, very tally ? To Mr.. E.. Ford. S. CBAGG. [Of course r , we knew perfectly well, and recently told our readers, how those so-called reports, which appear from time to time in the Merattry, are concocted ; and it is-no surprise to us to see, as in the above case, that they are spiteful, one-sided, and lying. We know, unfortu nately, of no remedy, which we would adopt willingly. The admi s sion of reporters foil the local press., would be only to deloge the community with a further supply of the frothy trash of these frothy spouters, and to add another to the number of our talking public bpdies. Our conservative friends must, therefore, consent tnsvffer on, satisfied that none but Lindred spirit& believe the slanders of their assailants and their organ--ihe Mercury.. —Ed. L._S.) THE DYNDS, SATURDAY' NIGHT.—COMOIS leave (A a shade firmer, though the market has not experienced any great accession of business during the day. The last quotation for money and the account was 961 to 8. The other English stocks were fairly steady,, and for the most part fully maintained late quotations. The Three per Cent's. Reduced closed 971 to a ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1021 to New Three-and-a- Half per Cents., lOli to 102 ; Long Annuities ' 121; Exchequer Bills, 655. to 675. premium ; Bank Stock, 186 to 187; and India Stock, 27a , to 274. Spanish Stock was also rather better. A few purchases occasioned this im proved feeling, and the market closed tolerably well. Tha Three per Cents. were last quoted: 30/, to ; and the five per Cents., 229 to I. In other respects the foreign secu rities showed no essential aiteration. Mexican closed 32 to 4; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,, 54 to ; the Five per Cents., 1004 tot ; Peruyian 229 to Portuguese, 44 to 4 : Danish, 86 to 87 ; Colombian, 11 to 4 ; Chilian, 99 to 101 ; Brazilian, 75 to 75 ;, and. Belgian, lo3to 1044. THEATRE ROYAL.—The" stars" at this theatre, during the past week, have been Mr..Pitzwilliam and Mr. Buck stone who have drawn very good and. fashionable Audi ences, the pieces performed being principally the produc tion of the latter able comedian and pleasing dramatic writer. The principal of these, which has had an uniuter rupted ru.n during the week, and drawn down rapturous applause, is entitled "Josephine.'' in which Mrs.. Fitg william appears as an orphan, or a deserted girl, adopted by the soldiers of the 23rd regiment during the. wars of the emperor. The plot contains little of interest, being adapted principally to display the peculiar style of that lady-. It was beautifully put upon the stage, and the cha racters throughout well supported. Mr. Compton inpa%. titular, personated well a veteran sergeant, the favourite protector of Josephine. It is invidious. however, to particularize, where all the members of the company did full justice to the parts allotted to them. The ether pieces performed were of that slight, bssb laughable des cription in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam is inimitable; , and like the principal piece (Josephine) drew down nightly. bursts of applause. During the present week Madame Celeste herself re-appears, and in addition Mr. J. P. Cook, the only sailor upon the stage, will go through his most ce lebrated pieces ; and the house, as indeed it was last n i g ht to witness his acting " Blackeyed Susan," we dare predict will be crammed every night. WARRINGTON. ALARMING FIRE.— On Saturday evening, at half-past six o'clock, a fire broke out in Mr. John Haddock's printing establishment, at the Market gate; and, from the situation of the premises, serious apprehensions were entertained that the flames would ex tend to the adjoining buildings. The alarm was imme diately given, and the fire-engines were, with as little delay as possible, brought up to the spot. The fire burned with unabated violence for about half an hour, or from that to three quarters, when the engines were brought to play upon it in some degree. It was near nine *o'clock before the fire was quite extinguished. The want of a regularly organised body of firemen was much felt ; for, although assistance was promptly rendered, yet, in consequence of the great confusion, and as there was no competent person to direct the efforts of the parties, much time was lost. The fire showed a tendency to spread to the adjoining buildings, occupied by Mr. Fidgen, but owing to the praiseworthy exertions of a few individuals it was confined to the upper stories of Mr. Haddock's premises. Several rumours are afloat as to the probable cause of this disaster ; but the most authentic seems to be, that, after the other men were leaving the printing-office, to receive their wages, one man remained behind to light his pipe, and, instead of extinguishing the paper, he threw it, lighted, upon the floor in his hurry, and so set fire to the remnants, or waste pieces, of paper which were lying there; for it was observed that, in less than five minutes after the men had entered the shop to receive their wages, the upper stories were in flames. The property, it is said, is insured. Much injury has been done to the stock s and the building: have 4c..fferCd '2o4siderably. MONTE VIDEO. Extract of a letter from Monte Video, dated the . November, 1 , -13, and rece i ve d i n t hi s tow n yes t e rdaY " On the 31 s t u lt. a l arge b o d y o f troops marc h e d fr,°,, this early in th e morn i ng, an d reached the B u ck) so use ' out any interrupti on . Th ey t h ere destroyed six h°of stores by fire, and took possession of a large qu autitl i money ; made so me pr i soners, kil led many more , 17 returned to town without any very considerable 10 j being scarcely annoyed by Oribe, so much was the latP panic struck. This affair has elated very much the troops; and thi s d a y we are to ld nearly 100 men 11 e joined th e li nes, b e i ng pr i ncipally Italians, making, force within the city upwards of 5,000 strong ; and "' major part being French, much may reasonably be e pected from th em . F rom Ri vera, however, we Wel° certain accounts, but it i s s t a t e d t h at h e i s march i n g the city. The Brazilians are determined not to interfer e ', notwithstandin g the insults offered to them by ROO' so that, as th e belligerent s are . thus left entirely to therl ? selves to fight it out, the result is rendered very line °. tain ; while the loss to foreign merchants and all otherl ol will be seriously augmente d b y t h e procrastination j this desolating war, caused by th e i n i qu i tous i nvas ion; this country by th e G overnor o f B uenos Ayres. NT„,6 shall not, h owever , b e surpr i se d if it lead eventual ly' his overthrow; as experience in the case of Nap o leon, a l , in other instances, s h ows th a t i nor di nate ambition prol v the way to its own ruin." The Dublin Mail states that threatening notices ba ll , been served upon one or more of the gentlemen W names appeared on the reduced list of the special jury ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S CHURCH.—The opening of this church has been postponed thrall unavoidable circumstances until next Sunday. THE CHASE.—The Cheshire Foxhounds meet to-Mar . row (Wednesday), at Wrynehill ; on Thursday, at Wilk' sley Village ; and on Saturday, at Renburey ;—each morning at half-past ten. BIRKENHEAD INFANT SCHOOLS.—On Sunday morn' i ing last after a sermon by the Rev. F. Ould the sum . - £43 was collected in aid of the infant schools in canno' tion with St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead. ALBION NEWS Rooms.—lt will be seen by an advet:' tisetnent in another page, that the proprietor of th_li room has made arrangements for the receipt of all tog Irish papers daring the ensuing state trials, On Monday last, Mr. P. Murphy, M.D., of this town' forwarded the sum of £348 to the treasurer of the O'Connell fund, Dublin. The sum raised last rear WO under £lOO. The custorni rev nue for the port of Liverpool has- e%. seeded four miNions sterling for the year just ended; bein# an increase over that of the p rece di ng year to the eatenl of £218,000. REV. T. D. GR.EGG.—Thia gentleman has been' vited by a number of his Protestant friends in this town, to meet them at a great Protestant demonstration, to" . 4 8 , held on M on d ay, the 29th instant, and the rev. gentie° man has consented to be present. A tea party will 1? 6 ,„ held on the f o ll ow i ng evening, at which Mr. Qregg wilt also be present. Ilruaan GALLF.RY,*'Ti3e' positive closing of thit unique portrait-gallery is advertised in another column , Those who have already secured their portraits, should lose no time in completing - their family groups —a single glance at the specimen production is sufficient to con vince all of the unerring accuracy of these likenesses, and this is not their only recommendation, they are finished with a freedom th a t i s certa i n l y pecul i ar to thIS Artist.• Ax Tv NroNopoLy AssocrAHrom,—On gliday nigh% this busy but useless body met with another signal defeat. A meeting of the electors of West Derby Ward was held on that evening, convened by circular, fro m the secre tary of the A n ti Monopoly Association. It was extremely well attended ; and after a lecture from the renowned Mr. Murray, a resolution expressive of the opinion of the meeting that the lecturer had entirely failed in showing that free trade would be advantageous to the interests of the country, and in favor of protection to Britisb Agri culture, was carried by a majority Jf two to one. A RUNAWAL%YOOTII.—A rather genteel-looking. youth. a minor, named James E. Topping,- was yesterday. placed before Mr. Rushton, under the following circumstances. It appeared that. a letter had been reoeived at the police offiee from his father, who resides in Derby, requesting he might be looked for and apprehended if found.- He had come by railway on Saturday, and was taken+ into custody on the following day by Police-officer Lloyd. He brought with him abox of tools, and was about to> emi grate to America. He told the officer he had but £lO with him, but on his-being searched £3s'l6s. was found. He- said the money was his own, though he was not of age. He was re man d e d , an d his father has been written to. • Tin WE ATH ER. — Since our last publication the weather was.mild and damp for three days, with some occasional rain.. On Friday night, however, we hada smartish frost, which has since continued nightly, and,in the country slightly; in the shade during the day. Hitherto,. the thermometer has not - fallen much below the freezing point, even in the night, and the last four-days have bees agreeable sunny almost throughout. Out-door occup.a- , tions, amongst field orother labourers, baveconsequently been little if at all retarded. The wheats look. remarkably well in this neighbourho o d—i n so me parts, indeed, rather ‘1 forward for the season ; and we scarcely, remember to have seen the grass fluids so beautifully green at so wit-- vanced a period of the winter. 'vegetables - were lay * abundant in our m a r k e t s on S aturday, and butcher's meat and boultry we re a l so p l ent if u l , and lower in price. 40 4 Soms turkeys of fine size and quality were sold at the 0 ' close of the day as low as from Is. 6d. to 2s. each. THEATRE. ROYAL, CRIIRCH-STREET.--DUTillg thergiO T 1 e h tt e a h t a r s e b e w e i n t h delighting r frequenters i t y h a e lled singi ng of . a ander Lee • and their united attraction must have pro v ed l iW a tt d la s eY . She.has been accompanied by M r . Al e s -. n t E w h e nu i e s ge k hl p; s r ti M e lo t s t t r y he s a : l l benefit of the spirited manager. Mrs. Ray mond—such at l eas t was our i m p ress i on — was never i n better voice or sa ng w i t h such unrivailecrexpression. Ti is week it will be observed th a t a new mus i ca l . D rama,, (The Traveller) arranged by Mr. Alexander Lee, and the prin cipal character in which is supported by Mrs. Waylett, has been produced, as well as a new Farce entitled " - Bor-, rowing 'a Husband,':' Verily, in Theatricals, the going a-head system appears this season to be extensively adopted; and even with the reduction of prices made at both Houses, and the consequent decrease of the profits of a full Hoase, we are of opinion that both the Managers of this and the patent Theatre will find a per severance in their present endeavours-tuplease the public their best policy , THE IMPERIAL. HOTEL.—This new, _commodious and extensive establishment in St. John's -lane and Roe-street, near the railway station, is now open. for the, reception of families and commercial gentlemen.. The proprietor,.Mr. Morgan, long known as landlord of the St. George, in Fenvrick-street, has spared neither pains nor expense to conduce to the comfort and satisfaction of his guests. The aceouamodationsare extensive, including dining. and sit ting rooms, of various sizes, to suit- the convenience of travellers or private parties, and all elegantly but not gau dily- furnished, and cheerfully lighted. The coffee-room is-about 50 feet' in length and 16 in ,breadth,:with. windows to both frontages, commanding, views of the railway station, the new assize courts, St. John's church, &c.; and though the situation is central, we know of few or none in the town more open, enlivening, and t i.we may add, salubrious. There are thirty-seven bedrooms, variously and comfortably fitted ; and hot, cold, and. shower-baths, Sae. The walls of the princioal rooms (which are hand somely papered) are adorned - by, paintingis and busts; and all the subsidiary arrangements are in a corresponding. ) scale of neatness and convenience. The choicest viands, wines, &c. may be obtained on the- shortest notice, and: the attendance is at once iitaunnt and polite. LIVERPOOb PROVISION MARKET, JAN. 15i.. Thcre appears to be a considerable , demand in all the Irish. markets, for f ine Butters, on London. account; and such high price& are given, that tile- trade of this place is entirely scared. from.the competition. Hence the hoavy supplies. of indifferent Rutter now here, and the flogging business we have lately ex, perienced. Since our last circular no animation whatever It noticeable, and prices:are entirely nominal. Heavy and prime, Beef and Pork are fully as high, as on this day se'nnixilt.' The former we quote 85s tp 92s 6d ver tce., and the latter-4gs to LW per barrel as in quality. Bacon is held very steadily af 34a to 35s ; prices, which,, to a moderate extent, dealers accede to.. A large quantity of American Beef offered by auction on Thurs day la t, met with.only poor encouragement. A few-tierces of very fine quality, were we understand disposed of after the sale at a price that did, not transpire ;—the rest being inferior was withdrawn ;—the bidding not being higher than, so tar tierce and 208 per barrel. There was a fair sprinitllnS of the trade in attendance. TIDE TABLE. DA a• MaN. EYN• -• HZUMT HOLTDATS ETC. •—• Tuesday 16 748 827 13 la Wednes. 17 9 0 931 14 1.1. Jupiter sets 7h 17m. Thurs... 18 59 10 26 16 1 Pisa,. Friday.. 19 10 50 11 13 17 5 Saturday2o 11 35 11 56 18 2 Fabian. Sunday 21 0 16 Monday 15 036 053 1 8 8_ 3d Sunday after ph. la 6 Vi RO Vincent.