The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-21 00:00:00

LONDON MONEY-MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The stock-markets were not active to-day, nor was there any news which could be sup posed to influence them ; nevertheless the English funds were nut nearly so good as yesterday, although the actual decline quoted in prices was hardly more than 4 per cent. Money was easy at 3 per cent. Consols for money left off 89 to 4 ; Ditto for the account, 894 to 4 ; Bank Stock, 166 to 167 ; India Stock, 246 to 247 ; Exchequer-bills, 16s. to 18s. pre mium ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 891 to 4 ; Three and a Half per Cents. Reduced, 991; New Tbree and a Half per Cents., 984 ; Long Annuities (expiring Jan. 5, 1860), 12 9-16; and India Bonds, 10 to 12 premium. The foreign funds were quiet and steady, but some of the brightness was taken off their market by the weakness of our own stocks. Spanish Actives left off 244 to 25 ; Mexican, 291 to 30 ; Danish. 80 to 81 ; Colombian, 22 to 1 ; Brazilian, 63 to 65; Portuguese Five per Cents., 34 to ; Ditto Three per Cents, 204 to ; Belgian, 101 to 102 ; and Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 51 to 4. . . . Brazilian Imperial shares Were done at 7 ; Real del Monte, unregistered, 3 +; Bristol and Exeter, 25 ; Eastern Counties, debentures, 10i; Great Western, 87; Ditto, new. 611; Brighton, 37i ; Birmingham, thirds, 574 ; South-Western, 58 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 28 ; Midland Counties, 82i ' • South-Eastern and Dover, 27 ; York and North Mid land, 91k to 92; and Provincial Bank of Ireland, 40 to 40k. INDIGO.—The sales which commenced yesterday, inclu ding 5,320 chests, continued to-day at even easier rates than those current yesterday, which were as follow :—Benares, good to fine violet, 6s. 6d. to 7s. Id. ; ordinary and middling ditto, ss. 3d. to 6s. sd. ; violet and copper, ss. to Gs. 3d. ; consuming qualities, 3s. 6d. to ss. 9d. ; trash and low ditto. ls. Bd. to 3s. 3d. ; Oude, 2s. 3d. to 4s. About 2,221 chests passed to-day. SUGAR. —In consequence of the bad state of the weather, the sales of British plantation were limited to 100 hogsheads at former rates. There were no public sales of other sorts. COFFEE.—The only sale of this article consisted of 240 bags fine Ceylon, and 710 bags damaged East India, the for mer was nearly all taken in at 80s. to 85s. ; a few fancy lots of pea berry brought 105 s. 6d. to 115 s. The market is gene rally steady. kice.-4,800 bags low middling Bengal sold at 10s. to and of 8,300 bags Java offered, about 1,000 of the round were disposed of ; good ordinary yellow, to fair bold white, 9s. to 10s. 6d. SALTPETRE.-Of '1,500 bags offered, 3,000 found buyers ; good gray, refraction 51, 265. 6d. to 275. ; refraction 81, 265. Madras, 1,600 bags, refraction 10, 255. 6d. to 265. ; the re mainder was taken in at 285., for refraction 31, which are considered steady prices. i,iV! fiIIIMAKMONIC SOcIETY; MEMBERS are hereby informed tbat the OPEN RE HEARSALS, during the present Quarter, take place THIS EVENING, the 21st instant, and on .FRIDAY EVENING, the 18th February Doors to open at Seven o'clock. 17th January, 1842. W. SUDLOW, Secretar STRANGERS are respectfully solicited to INSPECT the STOCK of superior JEWEL LE R Y, S I LVE R PLATE, and SILVER-EDGED PLATED GOODS, all of which are of the Newest Designs, and marked at very Moderate Prices. DISMORE, 35, BOLD-STREET. SPLENDID MAHOGANY AND ROSEWOOD BAGATELLE BOARDS, Manufactured of well-seasoned Materials, beautifully French polished, round corners, cushioned sides complete, with IVORY BALLS, Mace, Cue, Bridge t &c. &c., arranged to play The NEW and FASHIONABLE GAMES of MISSISSIPPI, TROUMADAME, AND SANS EGAL Five feet long, Six feet long at the following EXTRAORDINARY LOW PRICES Mahogany. ~ £2 16 0 3 15 0 Rosewood £3 3 0 4 4 0 5 5 0 Seven feet long . LEATHER BACKGAMMON BOARDS With Draught Men and Dice Cups suitable for playing the Games of Chess, Draughts, and Backgammon Thirteen inches long—Fourteen inches wide Fifteen inches long—Seventeen inches wide Eighteen inches long —Twenty inches wide 3s. Od 4s. Od ss. Od KENDALL'S ORIGINAL. CIVET C No. 5, CHURCH-STREET, TRIM DOORS FROM WHITECRAPEL, LIVIIRPOOI N.B.—Billiard and Bagatelle Balls accurately Turned V UOYAi (From the London Pap . - On Monday the ceremonial of laying the first stone of the truly natio? al edifice, which must bear the title of the new Royal Exchange, took place, as had been previously arrari . . . _ gni . . The city - (min au early hour presented a most lively and animated appearance, and long before the hour which had been appointed by the beloved consort of our most gra cious Sovereign for his arrival amongst the denizens of "great London town," groups of holiday folks assembled in various parts of the line of route which it had been an nounced the cortege would take. Our readers are already aware that the Latin and English inscriptions of the plate deposited with the coins in the foundation-stone are from the pen of the Bishop of London. At the hour it had been announced at which his royal highness would arrive, all the avenues in the vicinity became densely crowded with spec tators on the tiptoe of excitement. The Guildhall was kept closed against the public generally ; but a few select indivi duals were admitted. On entering we found a large body of the city wetermen in waiting with their banners, &c., to form a portion of the procession. Precisely at half-past 12 o'clock, his Grace the Duke of Wellington arrived, arid en tered the hall unattended, and before any of the civic func- His grace wore tionaries were in their places to receive him costume of Constable of the Tower. The only authority corporate body was the venerable city erlain, Sir James Shaw, Bart. His grace, after pro menading the corridors, remained some time in waiting in connected with t the chamberlain's office. The council chamber was soon filled, by the visiters who bad obtained the advantage of the entree. Of these the number of the fair sex greatly predo minated. A chair of state on the right hand of the lord mayor was prepared for his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Exactly at one o'clock, the lord mayor, attended by the sword-bearer, the mace-bearer, and usual state officers, and with the Duke of Wellington on his, left hand, entered the council chamber, amidst general plaudits, the company stand ing. The following ministers then arrived in the order in which we have named them :—Sir H. Hardinge, Sir E. Knatchbull, Sir R. Feel, (who was hailed with tumultuous applause,) the Earl of Ripon, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Haddington, the Chancellor of the Excnequer, Lord Fitzgerald, Lord Stanley, and Sir James Graham. The whole of these distinguished personages wore the usual court dress of the privy councillors, with the exception of Sir R. Peel, who was attired in the plain Windsor uniform, mad Sir H. Hardinge, who appeared en grand tenue as a lieutenant general. Pending the time which elapsed before the arrival of the prince, the Duke of Wellington kept up an animated conversation with the lord mayor, Mr. Lambert Jones, and the architect, Mr. Tite. The curiosity of the spectators was at the utmost stretch, when Mr. Brown, city Marshal, an nounced the prince. His royal highness, who appeared in a simple frock-coat, was most enthusiastically greeted, and seemed much pleased with his hearty and cordial reception. He was received by the lord mayor on the dais, and took his seat amidst oft-repeated plaudits. The plans. &c. were then submitted to his royal highness by the architect and con tractor, and then, after a brief retirement, and precisely at a quarter past two o'clock, the royal and civic party set out from the Guildhall in procession. Exactly at twelve o'clock the doors of the avenue leading to the magnificent pavilion in which the first stone of this great national edifice was to be laid were thrown open, and immediately afterwards, those who had been fortunate enough to obtain tickets of admission began to arrive in quck suc cession. The pavilion has been erected at a cost of about £2.000, and the seats, which were all covered with scarlet cloth. tastefully festooned and decorated, were built for the accom modation of 1,450 persons. The fluor of the pavilion was also covered with scarlet cloth, and the entire presented a most splendid appearance. The stone, which is of granite, and several tons weight, was divided into two compartments, the one portion being fixed in its proper position, and the other suspended over it at a height of about two feet by strong ropes and pullies, and further supported by four upright pieces of timber. At the end nearest the entrance the zinc plates were deposited, wheron was a Latin inscription, of which the following is a translation : WINDSOR COURT CIRCULAR.-WEDNESDAY Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at tended by Lord Charles Wellesley and Colonel Bouverie, took equestrian exercise, in the new riding-school, between one and two o'clock this afternoon. This spacious building is now completed, and it is the fiat time the Queen has take❑ exercise in it. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has not left the Castle to-day. The Prince of NN'ales and the Princess Royal are in the enjoyment of excellent health. There have been no arrivals or departures to-day. There will be no addition to the royal dinner party this evening. _ _ In consequence of the extremely unfavourable weather which has prevailed for some days past her Majesty has not taken her usual carriage-airings since the return of the court from Claremont. The dinner parties at the Castle, since that period, have been confined to her Majesty and the royal household. The band of the 72d Highlanders were in attendance at the castle, last evening, and performed the following pieces before her Majesty and the court:- 1. Overture, Zauberflotte—Mozart. 2. Waltzes, " Der Albert"—Labitzky. 3. Selections from I Purilani—Bellini. 4. Quadrilles, " Les Diatuans de la Couronne" 5. Galop—Labitzky. 6. Saxon March—Alhus —M usard It has been considered as rather curious, that the Duchess of Inverness has not been invited, to accompany the Duke of Sussex, to be present at the christening of the Prince of Wales. Such, however, is stated to be the fact. It would, perhaps, be better to leave the really " curious" in such mat ters to assign " th e w hy an d t h e w h ere f ore. " Th e v i s i t o f his royal hiehness at the castle y esterday is said to have had some reference to this " affair. The beautitul silver-gilt trowel. which was used by his Royal Highness Prince Albert at the laying of the foundation stone of the Royal Exchange. on Monday, was this morning exhibited to her Majesty, by whom it was much admired. THE ROYAL CHRISTENING NV'sDsoß, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Al bert, who take a great interest in everything relating to the extensive preparations making for the christening of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, have frequently pro ceeded over the state and private apartments at the Castle, inspecting the various alterations, improvements, and em be lishmenta, as they are effected under the directions of the Lord Chamberlain and the superintendence of Mr. Saunders, of the Lord Chamberlain's department. It is feared that the late extremely wet and unfavourable weather, rendering the park in a most unfit state for a mili tary display, will cause the grand review, which had been decided upon, to be postponed. Should, however, there he a review, it is not expected to be, for the reasons alluded to, upon anything like so extensive a scale as had been contem plated. It is not believed that any troops will be ordered to Windsor from the neighbourhood of London, Ipswich, and Hounslow (as it has been rumoured), but that the military upon that occasion will consist only of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) and the 72nd Highlanders. The Ist regiment of Foot Guards, of which his grace the Duke of Wellington is colonel. will arrive at Windsor by the Great Western Railway on the morning of the christening, to be in attendance on her majesty during the day as a guard of honour. The regiment will return to town by the same conveyance in the evening. The lieutenant-colonel was in attendance at the castle this morning for the purpose of re ceiving her majesty's commands upon the subject. Another rehearsal of the music selected by his royal high ness Prince Albert to be performed by the combined bands of the Royal Horse Guards and the 72d Highlanders, in St. George's-hall, during the banquet, took place this morning at the Infantry-barracks in Sheet-street. Lord C. Wellesley, clerk-marshal and chief equerry to her majesty, the Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot, Colonel Bouverie, equerry to Prince Albert, and several other persons of rank were present. Wednesday next (the day succeeding the christening) is the period at present fixed upon for the consecration and pre sentation of new colours to the 72d t I iglilanders. The co lours will be presented by his Grace the Duke of Wellington in the Quadrangle, in the presence of her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the whole of the royal and illustrious vis!ters at the Castle. _ A large portion of the new stabling connected with the recently-erected riding-school in the Home-park will be completed and fit for the occupation of the horses of the vi alters to her Majesty. The stabling in two of the courts is finished. The temperature in St. George's chapel yesterday evening, and the whole of to-day, has been at 58 degrees, sufficiently high, (and higher than it was expected it could be raised,) for all the purposes intended. The platform in front of the altar has been completed. It is of sufficiently large dimensions to admit of at least from 40 to 50 persons. COURT OF CHANCERY-I—TuzsDAy CLARKE V. TIPPING. In this case Sim on Clarke , pl aintiff, pr ev i ous t o the ye ar 1831, employed the defen d ant, th e John Tipping, of Liver pool, as his factor, and made consignments plaintiff became to him of g oods to a consid erable amount. In 184 em barrassed in circumstances, and by deed, d messrs. Andersonated the 2d o f De eember, be assigned certain property to arid WiisOn, as trustees for th e cre di tors, who agreed that each should have a certain sum, in the proportion his debt sh ou ld bear to £7,600. John Tipping represented to the pl a i n tiff that his debt amounted to the sum of £2,000, but this was and not as certained , a nd he consented to the arrang ement , in consideration of the proposal bein g carried into effect, he executed a release. Both the deeds of arrangemen t and re l. tse had schedules f or s p ecifying the debts attac h e d to them, but the amount of th e debt claimed by the defend ant was not menti one d in either. The p laintiff subse q uentl y considere that h e h a d been deceived by the defendant with respect to the amount of the tlebt claimed by Mr. Tipping, an d not flub' w as th e sum of .£2,000 pounds not due to him, b u t h e had reason to suppose that if th e accounts w ere properly taken there w ould be a balanc e in favour of him, the plain t, and accordingly he filed the p resent bill to have an ac- Count taken, and to be relieved f rom the deed of arrange ment so fa r as it related to the sum of X 2,000 the estimated amount of the debt claimed by John Tipping, but he asked that the defendant might be confined to that sum if anything this ouultimately be found due to him on the account. To _ bill a demurrer was put in for want of equity, and also for want of parties; the first on the ground fi • that if the plain tiff made no sufficient offer to account or to pay i f any thing due from should be fou nd d that the defen dant might he held to the rn him, but he as ke d it might be set aside in arrangement in one event, and that , to the debt claimed upon the so as to confine the defendant deed, instead of giving him any larger sum in the event of its bei ng f oun d d u e ; arid the se cond because it was insiste that the whole of the creditors parties to the arrangement ought also to be parties to the suit. Lord Langdale on the first ground considered that this was not a case for a general demurrer, on the ground that the court at the hearing might direct an account to be taken against the plaintiff. On the second ground, for want of par ties, also the demurrer could not be sustained, for, notwith standing some slight inferences to the contrarY, the allega tions were positive that . no creditor had any interest in the subject matter of the suit. On these gro un d s, therefore, he could not allow the demurrer. A Fox TRAP.—A correspondent furnishes us with the following novel mode of catching a fox farmer residiO; near Newton, Montgomeryshire, was alarmed the °the : morning by a noise amongst his geese, and upon going d o ,,„_ to the yard he discovered a fox in the act, of carryi ng oft . " a goose. Reynard was so intent upon securing his prey th at he was unaware of the approach of the fiirrner, who took him by his neck as he was in the act of making off with his burden, and succeeded in securing him.—Worcester Herald. " SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, KNIGHT, Erected at his own charge a Building and Colonnade, for the convenience of those persons who in this renowned mart might carry on the commerce of the world, adding thereto, for the relief of indigence, and for the advancement of litera ture and science, an Almshouse and a College of Lecturers, the City of London aiding him, Queen Elizabeth favouring the design, and when the work was complete, opening it in person with a solemn procession : having been reduced to ashes, together with almost the entire city, by a calamitous and widely-spreading conflagration ' • they were rebuilt in a more splendid form by the City of London and the Ancient Company of Mercers, King Charles the Second commencing the Building on the 23d October, ' A.D. 1667 • and when they had been again destroyed by fire on the 10th January, A.D. 1838, the same bodies undertaking the work, deter mined to restore them at their own cost, on an enlarged and more ornamental plan, the munificence of Parliament provi ding the means of extending the site and of widening the approaches and crooked streets in every direction, in order that there might at length arise, under the auspices of Queen Victoria, built a third time from the ground, an Exchange worthy of this great nation and city, and suited to tbr vast ness of a commerce extended to the circumference of the habitable globe. His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, consort of her sacred Majesty, laid the first stone on the 17th January, 1842, in the Mayoralty of the Right Hon. John Pirie. Architect, William Tite, F.R.S. May God preserve and ward off destruction from this build ing and from the whole city ! _ _ Shortly after one o'clock the company began to arrive in rapid succession, and before two the capacious and elegant pavilion was densely crowded in every part, except those seats which were 'reserved for the aldermen and distinguished visiters. The Aldermen, in their scarlet robes, accompanied by the Recorder, Sheriffs, City Pleaders, and other civic functiona aries, took the places allotted to them. Immediately after wards the fine military band struck up the national anthem, during which his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Lord Mayor, entered the pavilion, and took his place near the stone. On his Royal Highness entering all the company imme diately rose and enthusiastically cheered the jllustrious con- sort of our beloved queen. His royal highness was dressrd in a dark frock coat and black trousers. He appeared much affected at the enthusiastic manner in which he was received. At the conclusion of the national anthem his Royal High ness and the Lord Mayor took their seats in splendid chairs near the stone. At this moment the scene was one of the most interesting description. . . Mr. Jones, chairman of the joint committee, then handed to his royal highness a glass bottle, and Sir J. Shaw, the City Chamberlain, delivered to the prince two of all the coins in gold, silver and copper of the present and last reign, which his royal highness minutely inspected, and then deposited them in the bottle, and immediately afterwards placed them in the cavity of the stone intended for their reception. The glass brick bearing the written inscription in Latin and English was then presented to Mr. Barnes. The zink plate and the rough brick having also been inspected by his royal highness, Mr. Tite, the architect, read the inscriptions, at the conclusion of which the audience gave three cheers. The formula of depositing the glass bottle containing the coins, ere., having beea performed, Mr. Jones, chairman of the joint committee, presented to Prince Albert the splendid silver trowel. His Royal Highness having received the trowel, proceeded to spread the mortar in a workmanlike manner, and which elicited the loud and long-continued cheers of the company. The other pacts of the ceremony having been concluded, the city mace, sword, and other emblems of civic dignity were placed upon the stone, when the Lord Mayor's Chap lain, in an impressive tone, read a prayer, which, we under stand, was composed for the occasion by the Bishop of Lon don. At the conclusion of the prayer the National Anthem was admirably sung by members of the Sacred Harmonic Society and the boys of Broad-street Ward Charity School. The Aldermen and several distinguished visitors and their ladies were presented to his Royal Highness, and this inter esting ceremony terminated. THE BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE. The most splendid preparations vl ere made at the Mansion House for the reception of His Royal Highness. In the Egyptian Hall the whole of the Lord Mayor's plate and that of the Goldsmiths' Company was exhibited upon sideboards, placed at the top and bottom of the hall. At the east end was erected a gallery, which was decorated with crimson dra pery, and in which the band of the life guards was stationed. The appearance of the room was magnificent in the extreme. At five o'clock the dinner was a nnounced in the drawing room. The Banquet was of the most sumptuous description. After the cloth was removed the Lord Mayor rose and pro posed the healths of the Queen and Queen Dowager, both of which were drunk with the utmost enthusiasm. His lord ship then gave "Health and every happiness to His Royal Highness Prince Albert." His Royal Highness Prince Albert, who was greeted with loud and rapturous cheering, then rose and ,aid,—" I return my most sincere thanks for this toast, and beg to express to you my lively satisfaction at the kind and flattering manner in which you have received me. (Cheers.) It must ever be a gratifying recollection to me to have. by a trifling act of mine, connected my name with the erection of that import ant building, of which we have laid the first stone to-day— an edifice of which it may truly be said that It will become the heart of the commerce of this great country—(loud cheers)—a country to which I feel myself attached by the dearest ties—a country in which I daily feel myself more at home—a country whose kindness I daily more appreciate. (Loud cheers.) Again thanking you for the honour you have done me, I beg now to propose " the health of the Lord Mayor, whose guest I am this day, and the Corporation of the City of London." (Loud and protracted cheering.) The following toasts were then drank with the utmost en thusiasm :—" The health of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and with him the rest of the Royal Family." " The health of the Lord Bishop of London and the esta blished church." " The Army and Navy." The Lord Mayor : My lords and gentlemen, the happiness and prosperity of our beloved country, and especially of her merchants, depends upon the direction of her affairs being in the hands of a talented and•ponerful administration ; this benefit I trust we shall for a long time be permitted to enjoy. With such a government as the present, under the direction of a statesman so able and experienced as the right hon. bart., we cannot doubt that, with all other important subjects, the prosperity of this ancient city, and of our commerce, will re ceive the utmost encouragement and protection. I beg, therefore, to propose " Long life, health, and happiness to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, and the rest of her Ma jesty's Ministers." The toast was followed by loud cheers and universal ac clamation. Sir R. Peel, in acknowledging the toast, said, that in his own behalf and the other ministers of the crown, he returned their most cordial thanks for the manner in which their health had been received. It was most grateful to them to have the opportunity of beholding the important ceremony of that day. It was impossible not to feel that the spot on which they had stood was to be, as A had been in former times, a centre of attraction to the commerce of all nations, and where they would forget all national antipathies and jealousies. His royal highness had that day laid the founda tion of a building not merely dedicated to commerce, but to peace (cheers) ; and it was the wish of her Majesty's govern ment that the future progress of that building should cor respond with the favourable auspicies under which its foun dation was laid. (Cheers.) On the part of his colleagues he again returned their respectful and cordial thanks for the honour they had done theni, arid begged to drink all their good healths. (Loud and continued cheers.) The Lord Mayor proposed the next toast, " Prosperity to the New Royal Exchange and the Trade of the City of Lon don," arid in connection with this toast the " Health of the noble earl the President of the Board of Trade." (Cheers.) The Earl of Ripon returned thanks. The Lord Mayor proposed the health of " Field Mai-shal his grace the Duke of Wellington." (Loud cheers.) The Duke of Wellington - then rose arid said, he begged leave to return them his sincere thanks for the honour they had done him in drinking his health, and for the manner in which the company had th ou g ht p ro p er to receive it. This was not the proper time to advert to the circumstances of a former period of his life to which his lordship (the Lord Mayor) had alluded. He met peace (loud c rs d h that h d e r e lyt l o_c a el n ebrat e e and promote the arts of again trusted that in his time he sh ould never celebration of the arts of war. (Loud cheers.) H Th know is the ship had been pleased to include in toast he had given, lorcl e a House of Lords." On the part of his colleagues who were members of that house he begged to return their best thanks. The House of Lords was the conservative branch of the con stitution. (Cheers.) He was much gratified on receiving • t he invitation to attend in the city on this occasion, and boa been pleased this day to lay the kat otoim, would prova not only a monument of the arts of this great nation, and the taste of Ws royal highness, but also a lasting convenience to the commerce of the country and the (Loud cheers.) Sir Robert Peel proposed "The health of the Lady Mayoress." (Cheers.) The Lord Mayor returned thanks. The Lord Mayor: My lords and gentlemen, I have next the honour to propose to you the health of the representatives of the people in the Commons' House of Parliament, and I feel great pleasure in connecting with them the name of the noble lord the Secretary for the Colonies—" The Right Hon. Lord Stanley aud the House of CoMmoni." (Hear, hear.") Lord Stanley said that it was with surprise to himself, and he was sure to others, that in the presence of the premier and other distinguished members of her majesty's government, he heard himself called upon to return thanks on behalf of the House of Commons ; but at the same time he must say that the surprise was mingled with gratification at finding himself selected as the organ of a body consisting of the most power ful and influential representati% es of the commerce of the united empire. (Cheers.) He did not know how he could return thanks in. the name of a body consisting of such dis cordant materials. Perhaps, indeed, this very. circumstance of the conflict of opinions formed one of the great materials for the security of the interests of the community. Every public man was compelled not only to give his judgment upon questions of great political importance, but to give his lea sons for the course be followed. (Cheers.) It-was impossible to witness that sight without feeling the great importance of the trust reposed in the House of Commons, or without an increased sense of the magnitude of the commercial interests of this great community. He trusted that whatever conflicts might take place in that house, its members would never be forgetful of the high interests which were intrusted to their care, and that they would always show a devoted attachment to the constitution. (Cheers.) After several other toasts had been proposed, the company broke up, and as the Prince and her majesty's ministers rose from their seats the cheering was tremendous. FRIGHTFUL INTELLIGENCE FROM COSTA RICA COPY OF A LETTEh FROM THE CITY OF HEREDIA (From the Correo Sernenarzo del Salvador.) The earthquake was so sudden, that those persons who escaped had hardly time to get out of their houses before the falling of the walls. _ . Ina second the department of Cartago has become a total ruin. The destruction is so great, that the site of any par ticular edifice is hardly to be distinguished among the ruins. In the city, the houses, even to the stone-work, were thrown upwards by the shock, and fell down again in heaps of rub bish. It is painful to dwell upon this event. The loss of life is very great among all classes—all ages; the number is not even to be estimated at the present moment. The inhabitants of those villages in the department which have suffered the least, have assembled, by order of the go vernment, with spades and picks, to disinter the bodies. They are now hard at work, and will continue digging while necessary. People perished in the streets, in the piazzas, and in the churches. Ail our provisions are beneath the ruins, and we are suffering a horrible state of want, which is likely to continue, for the fences having been thrown down, the cattle are destroying all they can reach. In Turidaba, Tresrios, Cartago, Paraiso, Ujames, and even to the vicinity of Matina, there is not left a single shed; and in every one of the valleys, and on the haciendas, we find proportionate destruction. From San Jose to this place, and to Alajuela, the ruin is considerable. In San Jose a number of edifices were thrown down, and those houses that are standing are uninhabitable. We are hardly better off in this city ; and Alajuela has fared worse than vie have. Tranquillino Bo nilla and his family are among those taken from the ruins. They are alive, but bruised and crippled. The number of sufferers is very great. Bodies are disinterred that cannot be recognised—shapeless masses and headless trunks — everything in horrible confusion. Up to the present moment there has been no eruption from the neighbouring volcano ; the shocks continue w►thout cessation, and no one can tell how it will end. [The great shock took place at six o'clock on the morning of the 2d of September.] PROCLAMATION OF B. CARILLO, CHIEF OF THE STATE OF COSTA RICA Inhabitants of Costa Rica !—At half-past six this morning a terrific earthquake totally ruined the department of Car tago, and caused most terrible ravages in San Jose, leaving comparatively uninjured the other departments of the state. The latter particularly are under obligations to succour their unfortunate fellow-citizens of the former, who have suffered to such a degree that there is hardly a straw shed left to shelter them from the rigour of the season. The city of San Jose, which has suffered also in the common disaster, will lend all the aid in her power to those of the unfortunates who may come to take refuge with ber ; and on the part of the government all the assistance it can give will be afforded. People of Costa Rica !—You are all of one family. The misfortunes which are suffered by any portion should be, and in fact are, felt in common. Hospitality has always been a distinguishing feature among you - ; but now more than ever must you manifest to the world that you truly possess that virtue. Be generous, and extend a protecting hand to the afflicted. Hasten to aid them—build up sheds to protect their families from the weather—carry them provisions, and feed their helpless children, who weep for the loss of their parents—take them to their houses, and give ear to those who ask your charity. It is a duty, and you will fulfil it. You will thus strengthen those bonds of friendship which unite the whole state in a single brotherhood. San Jose, Sept. 2, 1841. B. CARILLO. STATE OF TRAD MANCHESTER, JAN. 19.—We regret to say that the flat tering appearances of improvement, which presented them selves in our market a fortnight ago, have entirely disap peared, and prices, both of goods and yarn, have sunk to the extremely low rates which prevailed about three weeks ago; and even at those rates it was not easy to make sales yester day, some of the purchasers demanding still further conces sions in several descriptions of yarn and goons. This decline occurring so shortly after an impression that trade was about to revive, shows the extreme feebleness of the market, arising mainly from the inability of large numbers of spinners and manhlacturers to bold their produce ; in consequence of which the slightest check in the demand causes a pressure to sell, and an immediate reduction of price. Nor can any substantial or durable improvement be expected without an extensive revival of credit and confidence throughout the country; a revival which, under existing circumstances, must necessarily be slow and gradual, and therefore any ex pectations of rapid amelioration in the trade of the district cannot reasonably be looked for. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JAN. 17. — The market has been dull and heavy to-day, and the business transacted very limited. Wool may be quoted at last week's prices. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, JAN. 18.—We have again to report as had a market day as, perhaps, was ever known in Huddersfield. Buyers were few, and the purchases made were generally at a loss. In fact, the more business is done, under existing circumstances, the greater is the loss to the energies of an industrious people. Profit is out of the ques tion ; to exist for a time seems to be the sole object of the present commercial struggle. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHS AND THE PENNY POSTAGE Improvements generate improvements, oftentimes, in most unexpected directions. It seems almost absurd to say, that the reduction of the duty on salt has cheapened literature ; it is so, nevertheless. The reduction of this duty led to the manufacture of a very cheap bleaching liquid, which, acting upon coloured rags, rendered them suitable for white paper; the manufacture of ? which, before this discovery, was limited to white rags. The consequence has been, that paper is mach cheapened. A somewhat analogous instance is afforded, by the exten sion of mercantile telegraphs, along the chief headlands of the coast ; which may be attributed to the existenee of the penny postage. The establishment of these telegraphs and private enterprise, quite unconnected with government, is mainly established for the purposes of rapid communication, on subjects connected with mercantile shipping. Great must be the commerce, and deep its interests, to support a system of telegraphs for its own use. Public attention has been re , cently called to the subject, by the completion of a line of telegraphs between London and Dover ; being a part of the general system. The system began some years ago, by Lieutenant Watson (of the Royal Navy), who formed a line of telegraphs at the port of Liverpool, and subsequently at Hull, and projected the establishment of telegraphs at the chief headlands along the whole coast. Their advantages in communicating with vessels at sea, and procuring timely as sistance, in cases where the want of it has led to serious losses of life and property, were felt to be very valuable. But the cost of the necessary correspondence, between the telegraphic stations and the central office, with the owners and other parties interested, was found to be so great under the old rate of postage, that the extension of the system to the headlands was abandoned. No sooner, however, did the penny postage loosen the bonds which fettered correspond ence, than Lieutenant Watson appears to have commenced the extension of his telegraphs. The reduction of postage (he states) offered such facilities for transmitting intelligence to all parts of the kingdom, that it was determined to extend the system to the principal head lands round the coast. Telegraph stations are now at work at Flamborough Head and the North Foreland; at the Needles, Isle of Wight, to Southampton, whence, by the rail road, communications are received six times a-day in Lon don; at Skirra Head, Pentland Firth, Peterhead, Aberdeen shire ; and others are in progress from the Start to Dart mouth, and other principal headlands; including the Bristol Channel, the Clyde, and the southwest coast of Ireland. Cutters, as floating telegraphs, will be constantly cruising in the Downs, and off the Isle of Wight, for the purpose of communicating with vessels as they pass. Such telegraphs, when established, will enable vessels from every quarter of the globe to report themselves, or forward intelligence immediately on making the British shores. Th e y may communicate to their owners, consignees, or others in terested, in case of accident or distress ; if out of time, or detained by adverse winds ; if in want of stores or provisions; the state of foreign markets ; notices of arrivals out, &c. and they may frequently save pilotage, port charges, and loss of time, by calling off any of the telegraph stations for orders. It may not be uninteresting to adduce some instances where the service of these telegraphs has been very apparent. Ist, The shii;Consbrook . , from Bombay, unable to save her tide into Liverpool, came to an anchor off the floating light. She had but one anchor on board : at low water a gale com menced from the westward, and as the flood made she drag ged towards the hanks : she could not slip and claw off against wind and tide, nor could she run into port for want of water ; she therefore telegraphed as follows :- 1545. In want of an anchor and cable. 1531. Weight of anchor, 16 cwt. These were supplied, and brought the vessel up within 150 yards of that fatal spot, the North Spit Bank. The vessel and cargo were estimated at about £65,000, and were under written in London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, 6th. In a snow storm, a brigantine, 68 tons register, with a cargo on board estimated at £12,000 value, having sailed from Hull the previous day, was driven ashore on that dange rous point, the Binks, off Spurn. Early in the morning, the telegraph announced the fact of " a brigantine being ashore ; but as the vessel had not been provided with the necessary flags for signals, her name could not then be an nounced. At eleven o'clock, however, some means of com munication having been effected between the vessel and the telegraph on board the Humber boat, intelligence was in stantly forwarded that she was the Mary, Captain Lancaster, bound to Dunkirk, which information might have been re ceived several hours earlier had the vessel possessed the sig mas. On its being communicated to the parties interested, they secured the means of rendering efficient assistance, by sending dow n a steamer, and hiring lighters , which suc c e eded blowing wig f in discharging an d translipping this valuable cargo dur in g the night ; and th us, i n conseq uence of the rapid intelligence conveyed by th e telegraph, placing the cargo in safety befo re theto thei it the time the ac c id ent could have been known i n H u ll th e the ordinary m eans. Indeed, the telegrap h may f a i r ly lay claim time, n e, w merit as o ning. having savedresn gale both, andvessel a heavynd cargo, sea r u a n s at There seems but little relationship between a penny-post letter and the safety of a ship's ca go of several thousand pounds in value, yet that such is the fact, these telegraphs seem to prove ; and we doubt not that, as post-Office im provement becomes more and more developed, beneficial re sults, not less remarkable, will be traced to its existence. - S lurclay Magazine. THE NIERCLIA REA (From I, 'he Dublin Xvening Pae,kel,.) Why, we would ask, do not the merchants of Landon or Liverpool meet and take steps for founding a Marine College ? Let such a school be formed, and make it matter of usage, if not imperative, that every lad aspiring to the officer class shall undergo a certain course of tuition. Let the practical parts of seamanship, such as splicing and serving ropes, turn ing in blocks and dead-eves, reefing aed furling sails, the marks of the lead lines, &c., be taught here. Masts might be rigged in the ground ; or the college itself might be held in some large old vessel moored in the river. Lads from such a school would no longer go on board a vessel ignorapt of every thing around them ; and, capable df being made im mediately useful in the actual navigation Of the vessel, the temptation of employing-them in the menial service of the ship would be less. In any event, however, this latter practice should be speedily and promptly abolished. if the masters of the ves sels do not admit these lads to their own tables—and we do not see why they should not—let a mess be formed in the after-part of the ship, or in some other part, bulk-headed off from the crew, for the second or third mate and the young sters. Where one or two only of such lads are employed in a vessel, we would make it imperative that they should mess with the master, so as to be shut off from the influence of the crew. If the lad be articled to the merchant, broker, or mas ter. it would be imperative on them, when the vessel arrives in port, to send the lads to their friends, or to the Marine College above contemplated, and not to let them run down Wapping or Ratcliffe Highway, as is too often the case at present. The commanders also should receive a special in junction to see to the conduct of the lads in foreign ports. At present they get their " shore leave" indiscriminately with the men, and are, consequently, led by them into every haunt of vice with which all the seaports unfortunately abound. These are crying evils—evils that come home to the bosom of almost every family in these maritime kingdoms ; and it is matter of surprise to us that they should have been so long tolerated, without any attempt at remedy. We would urge the necessity of some board of examiners, to be appointed by Government or by Lloyd's, or by some other competent authority—we care not how, so it be efficient —for the examination of masters and mates of vessels. It is astonishing how careful we are of little things, whilst we ut terly neglect those far more important. A man may not presume to administer a doze of salts to an old woman in a country village without his certificate of capability ; but he may undertake the command of a vessel in which 300 or 400 lives are entirely dependant on his skill, without having been subjected to any public test whatever! This should not be. There is not a nautical man of any experience but could ad duce numerous instances of vessels and lives lost from the sheer ignorance of those to whom they were intrusted. What care the owners ? They are fidly insured—and you, if a pas senger, may insure your life, 'if you will, for the benefit of your next of kin. We do trust to see this state of things altered. The spirit of the age—nay common humanity demands it. A young gentleman, carefully nurtured and well educated, who may choose the sea as a profession, should not be made the com mon drudge of every sailor in the vessel—nor should he, when (with mind debased and principles perverted, under their re gimen,) arrived at man's estate, be allowed to assume the command of a ship, when the lives of many valuable mem bers of society depend on his skill, without having undergone some public test of his fitness for the important trust com mitted to him. _ _ _ The whole subject is one of such vital interest that it loudly demands the attention of the legislature, and the interference of all good men. [Our contemporary will be glad to hear that the defect to which he so forcibly alludes is about to be removed, by the establishment, at the Collegiate Institution in this town, of such a school as he recommends. It is deter mined to introduce there the Greenwich system of train ing, and periodically to grant certificates of proficiency. upon the examination of experienced commanders, to de serving students. For want of such a desirable institu tion, our merchants have been in the habit of obtaining apprentices from the Royal Nautical Schouis at Green wich ; but as the Collegiate Institution is supported by the great shipping interest of the port, and directed by the most wealthy and enterprising of the merchants of Liver pool, any such well-digested project emanating from it is certain to be crowned with success. An outline of this plan was given in the original prospectus, and, we are glad to hear, has met with the greatest degree of enthusiasm. — En. L. S.] GERMAN NOTIONS OF ENGLISH POLICY. (From a German paper.) We read in the Allgemeine Zeituny of the 27th of Dec., a more favourable account of the state of the Niger expedi tion. We need not tell our readers that the pretended object of this new and colossal enterprise of England is the aboli tion, or rather prevention, of the slave trade. But Europe is not to be cheated any.longer by such pretexts. We are sur prised that the usually sharp and clearsighted writer in the Allyemeine Zeitung did not immediately detect and hold up to Germany the insidious and grasping projects which lie concealed under this pretended philanthropy. For the ambi tion and cupidity of England it is well-known no aim is too bast, and no means too corrupt. We have seen her progress in Asia. The world is beginning to see clearly what are her designs in that quarter of the globe. After having wasted the treasures of India, amassed for ages, and exceeding all that the imagination of the west could represent to itself ; after exhausting the soil, reducing the formerly free and en lightened natives to the condition of slaves,and overthrowing the peaceful and solid thrones of the rulers under which they lived ; after having made this venerable seat of ancient culture the victim of a grovelling industrial egotism, the En glish are now preparing to repeat the same process in China. The gold of England will corrupt the fidelity of the servants of the celestial empire, and it has before reduced enemies whom her arms failed to subdue. It is indeed a feature in the detestable machiavelism which characterises these insatiable traders that their greediness assumes the air of bou n dl ess profusion. This is one of th e many singular app earances which has imposed on the world. The whole of Asia, then, with the exception of the provinces over which the Russian eagle keeps guard, may be regarded as already within the gripe of England. Very shortly the Chinese will see them selves compelled to take frOm E n gland, not only her opium, but her porcelain and hardware,-her cottons and woollens. The exquisite manufactures of China will be suppressed (verdriingt) to make way for the fabrics which England is compelled, by a law of her existence to force upon the world. The pretext that s h e receives other p ro d uc ti ons i n return, is too empty merit an answer. All who are not blinded by the doctrines of her economists —men hired to varnish over the act of a reckless egotism—can see that Eng land has no other view than that of forcing other nations to take what she produces ; what they have to give does not even occupy the attention of these selfish shopkeepers. Asia being thus her doomed prey (and if any one doubts it we refer him to a series of articles which have lately appeared in the Ausland,) the wily traders are beginning to spread their nets around the unsuspecting inhabitants and princes of Africa. Already we see them exploring th ese new an d rich regions of the earth, forming treaties and winding their insidious coils round the unfortunate sovereigns whom they affect to protect. When events are ripe the mask will be thrown off, and the manufactures of those betrayed people will be immolated at the shrine -of the Moloch of English commerce. . . vv Already the English are in possession of the southern ex tremity of Africa; for many yea's, in contemplation of this gigantic conquest, has a settlement been maintained on the western coast, where thousands of Englishmen have fallen victims to the far-reaching ambition of which they were the blind tools. It must be e vident.to every reflecting mind that Sierra Leone has been held solely as a stepping -stone to the conquest of Africa. Here, too, we find the true key to what is called the Eastern q uestion. Mehemet Ali m i g ht have proved a formidable antagonist in the north. It was important to cripple him. There remains now only the French power in Algiers. Abd-el-Kader is already in the pay of England, and has had placed at his disposal large funds with which to secure other Arab chiefs. We need say no more. We have unveiled the secret and rapacious pro jects of the Queen of the Ocean, and our readers can easily follow out the' details. Asia and Africa having now become provinces of England there remains only America. Here, however, the English encounter a foe as crafty and as greedy as themselves ; in short, their lineal descendants. In North America there is little chance for them, except from the execution of an infer nal project already announced by their press—of arming the blacks and exciting a servile war. Their eyes are therefore tnrned to the south. If our readers doubt what are the views of England on this pOint, let them read in the Allgemeine Zeitun9 of the 28th of December the fearful account of " the net with which England seeks to encircle the extra-European world " (t o use the author's expression) ; in other words, the lines of steamers communicating with every part of the globe. That these vessels are to be used as means of subjugating all those regions there can be no doubt. Companies are formed, money is poured out like water, incredible efforts of ac tivity and skill are made—and for what end? For the con veyance of passengers and goods? There was a time when in our German simplicity and true heartedness we might have believed this; but, Heaven be praised, we are grown wiser. Our neighbours have awakened us by their insolent aggressions from such dreams. The idea that these cumaing and practised traders embark such enormous gums in these enterprises with the mere view of getting a return for their capital—in short, because, to use their characteristic phrase, "it will answer," is too shallow to delude us. We see deeper. We have not alluded to the already constituted empire in New Holland, nor to the infant, but robust, colony of New Zealand. It may not be known to our readers that a consi derable number of young men of family are gone to the lat ter country, under the specious pretext of growing flax, and of finding for the moderate capital of kyounger brother a more productive employment than in the crowded mother-country. These are the fables (nziiherehen) with which it is sought to entertain us goodnatured children. As if young men trained in the luxuries of an artificial civilization would abandon their cherished " comforts" for such humble and commonplace (alltaglich) reasons. Other young Englishmen are, under the pretext of love of adventure or of antiquities, exploring every corner of the earth. Such travellers as Lane, Fellows, and many others do not, however, impose on us. Why should young men who are not learned by profession (gelehrten) consume their youth, their health, and their for tunes in hazardous expeditions, from which they can neither derive nor expect personal benefit ? What has a young hanker to do with ancient Syria? But in this respect you, of all nations, may learn of these haughty islanders. Their country's aggrandizement is an object they never lose sight of. As missionaries, as ar c h aeo l og i s t s , as men of science (naturforsehen), as sportsmen, or simply as ennuyes, all are actuated by one spirit and tend to one point—" the drawing this new net of conquest completely over the whole extra- European world." THE COFFEE TRADE.—A movement is just now beingmad in the coffee trade for a modification of the duties levied on the various descriptions ; and the promoters have, it is said, already prepared a petition to the president of the board of trade, embodying their wishes on the subject. The matters discussed in the petition, which has gone the round and re ceived the signatures of all the leading houses in the trade, are not new, but have before been broached, though without without any practical success, and the reason they are again renewed is the confident knowled g e of the desire of the pre sent government to look into the various evils complained of as existing in our commercial system, with the view of ren dering all necessary relief. The petitioners appear to consi der that the reduction of the present duties levied on coffee are not only necessary to the existence and prosperity of the trade, bat also that the revenue would be greatly increased by the alteration, and show that the duty has been reduced frini ls. per lb.to 6d. per lb. there has been an increase in the col lection by the customs and excise of nearly doable the amount originally collected. The scale of duties proposed, and which are stated to be sufficient for the protection of the various interests indentified with the trade, if proper measures are adopted to prevent the enorm ous a d u lt era tion now in practice by disreputable dealers, is 3d. per lb, on c ertificated British plantation coffee ; 3d. per lb. 011 Mysore, which is stated to be in reality British plantation ; Vd. per lb. on coffee impor ted from British ports within the limits of the East India Company's charter, without a certificate of growth ; and 71,d, per lb. on all foreign coffee direct ; which. it will be observed, is a reduction of one-half of the existing d u ties, except it on the case of Mysore, which is red uce d one -third, to bring on a level with the admisSion of the produce of our colonies, and for the reason before stated. There is every reasonable ex pectation, seeing the high respectability and character of the parties who hav e t a k e n the- ma tt er u p, of its receiving atten tion in the proper quarter.—London Times. NOW EXI - TIBMING, IN Vtil? 1,2'0(;ri.11 POO2ll - 8, 1.10,41).51'.11E8V, FrHE DIORAMA and - PANORAMA:, froin Landoll PAST FIRST. THE GRAND MOVING PANORAMA,' illustrating a Tour through TURKEY and SYRIA. • PART SECOND-DIORAMA THE BURNING OF THE TOWER OF LONDON PART THIRD-DIORAM A THE HOLY SHRINE OF THE NATIVITY AT BETH LEH EM, where Jesus was born, in the days of Herod the King.—Mat. ii. 1. Hours of Exhibiting—Morning, at Twelve o'clock ; Evening, at Half-past Six o'clock and Eight. Admission—l One Shilling, Childreti Half Price Descriptive Catalogues, Sixpence each. ROYAL AMPHITEIEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL Under the Management of Mr..F.gerlon, Sole Lessee, THE LAST THREE NIGHTS OF THE SPANISH BULL FIGHT. UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS!! DUCROW'S NATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT, In Two Spectacles the same Evening HIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 21st instant, and during the week only, (as it must positively be withdrawn for other novelties,) owing to the Company's limited stay in Liverpool. Mr: DUCItOW'S London magni ficent Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacle, in two A cts, aided by new and splendid Appointments, Scenery, Cos tumes, and other accessaries, introducing the Double Stud of Horses, and Treble Company of Equestrian, Gymnastic, and Dramatic Artistes, entitled THE SPANISH BULL FIGHT; OR. THE MULETEER AND HIS HORSE OF THE PYRENEES. Principal characters by Messrs. Howard, Broadfoot, Hil lier, Weston, and Le Petit Ducrow, Mrs. Weston, and Mrs. Emery. _ _ To be succeeded by DUCROW'S SCENES OF THE CIRCLE, Including THE GREEKS OF THE MOREA, By Signor Hillier, Messrs. Stickney, Hicken, &c., and Mes- dames Hillier, Stickney, Madame Allard, and Mademoiselle Suzanne. THE AFRICAN SPRINGERS, By Le Petit Ducrow. assisted by Masters P. and H. Adams THE GIRL OF THESSALY, By Mademoiselle Suzanne. ADONIS OF THE CHASE, ' By Mr. Hicken, the first British Horseman. LOVE WAS A MISCHIEVOUS BOY, By Le Petit Ducrow, the Equestrian Phenomenon. THE TROUBADOUR OF NAPLES, By Mr. Stickney, the Great American Rider. The whole to conclude with TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK. Introducing the original effect of Turpin's unparalleled flight, leaping the gate at Hornsey, and death of Black Bess. Tickets and places to be had of Mr. F. CARMAN, at the Box-office, from Eleven till Three :—Boxes, 3s. ' • Side Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, is. 6d. ; Gallery, is . ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Nine o'clock : Boxes, 2s. ; Side Boxes, hi. 6d. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. The PUBLIC are most respectfully informed that a GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL Will be given, in the ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, on the joyful occasion of the CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, ON THE EVENING OF TUESDAY, the 25TH INSTANT. An ingenious mechanical arrangement has been made for the purpose of covering the Circle, enclosing the Stage, and converting the whole extensive area into the most magnificent Ball-Room in the kingdom in the course of a few minutes. Admission by Ticket only. Quadrille and Promenade Bands will attend. Tickets to be obtained from Mr. F. CARMAN, at the Box office. Gentleman's Ticket, ss. ; Lady's, 3s. ; Double Tickets for a Lady and Gentleman, is. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CIIURCII-STREET, LIVERPOOL. BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED. Under the Patronage of the Right Honourable the ___ EARL OF SEFTON, - and a large Party of Fashionables Last Night but One of Mrs. WAYLETT. Mr. ALEXANDER LEE has the honour to announce that his BENEFiT will take place THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, January 21, 1842. The Evening's entertainments will commence with the admired Comedy of NAVAL ENGALTEMENTS. Admiral Kingston Mr. Tilbury. Mrs. Mortimer .. Mrs. Waylett. After which, the laughable Interlude, translated from the French, called BAILIFFS AND BLUNDERS; OR, TAE FANCY BALL. _ _ . Captain O'Dedimus (of the Buffs, much sought after by . _ Bailiffs and Bill Bi7okers).. Mr: R. M. Raymond. To which will be added, the New Drama of THE BOARDING SCHOOL. Cornet Kavannah Mr. R. M. Raymond. Caroline Blythe To conclude with the new Burletta, called THE LADIES' CLUB !! Mrs. Fitzsmyth TO-MORROW EVENING. (Saturday.) January 22nd, 1842, A VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENTS, being the last appearance of Mrs. WAYLETT this Season. STAGE MANAGER. Mr. HIGGIE. Tickets and Places for the Public Boxes to be bad of Mr. J. Fogg, at the Box-office, from Eleven till Three. Also, for the Private Boxes for Full Dress Parties. . . The Manager respectfully intimates, that, anxious to afford every accommodation to the fashionable community who honour the Theatre with their presence, for the future. Private Boxes shall be placed, without restriction or limita tion, at the service of Patties visiting the House in Full Dress.—No charge will be made beyond the actual number of Seats occupied. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Gd., (to which the number will be limited. Second Price—Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls. Doors to open at Half-past Six, and performance to begin at Seven. Second Price at Half-past Eight. TO CORRESPONDENTS We have much pleasure in correcting a mis-statement which appeared in a few copies of our Tuesday's impression, an nouncing the death of our excellent townsman, Edward Gibbon, Esq. We received the information which misled us at a late hour on Monday night, from an authority upon which we are accustomed to place implicit reliance ; and it will sincerely grieve us if its circulation amongst Mr. Gib. bon's friends, at a distance, shall have inflicted pain, as the gentleman in question is, we are glad to find, in excellent health. The mistake of our informant probably arose frbm the death of a gentleman of nearly similar name, Mr. Joseph Gibbons, in honour of whose memory were in tended the demonstrations of respect to which we alluded. We have never yet seen the " Critic in and out of Parlia ment," though the author politely told us above a month since he had forwarded us a copy. Our correspondent, " Another Enquirer," who dates from Egremont, we suspect is more familiar with the handle of a hod than with a pen, and is himself one of that " body of people that calls themselves Papists.' " We regret that we cannot transfer his " illigant" pothooks and extra ordinary grammar to our columns; and would suggest to him to send a copy of his communication to his Papist friend of the Mercury, who would, no doubt, be at the ex pense of lithographing so nate a production. A correspondent enquires of us what is the regular charge in Liverpool for " a shave." We are no authority upon the subject, as we never submit our faces to be operated upon by any of the shaving fraternity ; but if our correspondent will make:the enquiry (of course privately) from a cele brated Greek scholar, who vegetates amongst the glades and Dingles of Toxteth, and who, we are informed, has paid considerable attention to the subject, we believe he will be furnished with a proper scale of charges. More than twopence is an imposition ; but no gentleman is en titled to enter a hairdresser's shop, and require a professor of the cutting and curling art to degrade himself so low as to an operation upon the chin, without making a gentle manly remuneration. Upon this point we understand this gentleman has some ultra notions, from which we entirely dissent. TO ADVERTISERS With a view of affording additional advertising facili ties to a class upon whom our present scale presses rather heavily, we have been induced to make an alteration in our charge upon all advertisements which relate to Situations for Clerks or Household Servants, Houses to Let, Apartments, and other subjects which come under the head of " Wants." In future we shall insert all advertisements of this description, not exceeding FOUR LINES, for THREE SHILLINGS each; and we need scarcely impress upon the attention of advertisers that the well-known respectable circulation of the LIVERPOOL STAN DARD at all times insures valuable notice being drawn to their advertisements. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE AND STATIONERY ESTABLISHMENT, 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT. LACE & ADDISON beg leave to intimate to their Friends and the Public, that every description of MERCANTILE LETTERPRESS AND LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING Is neatly and expeditiously executed at their establishment, and that they have always on hand an extensive Stock of STATIONERY FOR EXPORTATION AND GENERAL PURPOSES Proceedings of Public Meetings, ac., Reported and Printed at the shortest possible notice. BOOKWORK, POSTING &H AND BILLS, CARDS, &c ACCOUNT BOOKS Made on the most approved principle. BANKRUPTCY and other LAW FORMS. Afew Copies of RYALL'S CONSERVATIVE PORTRAITS on hand. tbt Ziberpool APtanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1842 If the cargo of the " brig Creole " be the property of brother Jonathan, it is a species of property which in this country we do not recognise, and in which, within the British dominions, we do not allow that any • man, whether native or foreigner, can have a rightful possession. This being the case, it necessarily follows that we must negative any claim to compensation for loss of such property, by whomsoever it may be made. Our readers are aware of the facts connected with the case of the Creole : they are briefly these. The Creole sailed from Richmond, U.S., to New Orleans with a cargo of 133 slaves. On the voyage, the slaves rose against their masters and keepers, killed one and wounded others, and compelled the crew to carry them to the English port of Nassau, New Providence. On areiv4v, theve tit Aine ,rs Conrail begged the C. veriloe to place is guard on board and prevdat thz3 cia% from landing, which was accordingly done, till the matter bad been investigated by two inagititrates captain took the testimony of the passengers and crew ; 19 slaves were identified as having participated in the mutiny and murder. They were placed in confinement until further orders, the Governor refusing to have them sent to America under the circumstances. The other 114 slaves were liberated by her Majesty's au- thorities, on the ground that the slaves must be con sidered and treated as passengers, having the right to land in boats from the shore tvhenever they thought proper Upon these facts the Americans pretend to found a claim for compensation against the British authoriies. The case is thus argued by the New York Courier and Enquirer:— " We take it that the United States have as clear a right to say what shall constitute the property of her citizens, as any other independent nation, and it is not for England to call in question the validity of title to that property when it happens to be driven by stress of weather or by mutiny and murder, within her jurisdiction. If we choose to make even a portion of our white inhabitants slaves, Great Britain has no more right to question the legal ownership of that part of our property, than she has to confiscate a cargo of Jamaica rum, because her tee-total - societies have denounced the manu facture of that article an act of piracy against civilization. We choose to consider our slaves as property—property descended to us through the instrumentality of British on porters—and if a cargo of that property chances to get into British waters, we have the same right to retain it that a British shipowner has to be protected in his cargo of iron in the port of New York. The negroes on board the Creole were the bona fide property of those who claim them—pro perty recognised by the law and by the constitution of the country. We should like to know, therefore, what semblance of right the British government has to call in question the validity of an ownership sanctioned and protected by the government of an independent country." Our astute transatlantic contemporary might have seen, if the villany which he seeks to justify had not blinded his eyes, that his argument involves its own refutation. We take his parallel between a cargo of slaves and a cargo of iron ; the iron is safe in the port of New York ; but why ? Simply because it is an ar ticle of traffic pet milted and legitimized by the laws of the State, and upon no other ground. The State of New York, or the Federal Union might, if it pleased, prohibit the importation of iron, and render it contra band ; and, in such case, no future importer of the ar ticle would have a right to complain if it were seized by the authorities of the country, and confiscated to the public service. Every state has a right to make all such laws concerning property as are not contrary to natural justice, or the rights of independent nations, within its own dominions ; and, in the enjoyment and exercise of this clear right, England makes laws within the limits of her jurisdiction in favour of the human race. She certainly does not place the rational and im mortal being, man, quite on a level with a lump of inert matter, or a piece of cold iron ; and, therefore, not merely declares that the " article is contraband," but decrees further, that whether by " stress of wea ther," or by whatever other casualty the said "article" may be brought in durance within her territory, he is free. There is no more an ownership in him ; " his soul walks abroad in her own majesty," and his body stands " redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled." The Yankee journalist evidently conceives that the strength of his case lies in the circumstance, that the entry of the Creole into a British port was not a vo luntary act on the part of her captain or owners, and, therefore, that to take advantage either of a casualty or a piratical act committed against her, by which she was brought within our power against the consent of the parties concerned in her, is a departure from the usage of civilised nations in similar cases. And the American would be right, if the commodity introduced into port were any other than a cargo of MEN. It is this trifling circumstance which makes all the diffe rence ; for, in defence of our fellow-creatures and of human liberty, we go the length of saying, that not only shall no slavery exist under our own immediate authority, but that we will permit no slaves to be held by others within any part of our dominions; and, moreover, that we are justified in so saying and acting by an abstract principle of right and justice superior to all national or conventional law whatever. We do not interfere with America in her own in ternal regulations ; we do not make remittances, nor are we aware that any of our people do, for the pur pose of inflaming an insubordinate spirit, or exciting an insurrection among the coloured inhabitants ; there is n 6 " hunters' club " among us for this purpose ; but if her slaves do, by any accident, reach our terri tory, American or any other laws of human degrada tion do immediately cease at once to have any opera. tion ; her slaves,— " If their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall." The New York journalist follows up his miserably futile argument in the following cavalier and jaunty " We wish with all our hearts," he says, " that neither England nor ourselves had any slaves ; but while we both of us have them, we shall teach the government and people of that country, that while we have no wish to interfere with their domestic institutions, we have not the slightest idea of permitting them for a moment to interfere with ours. Our slave system may be very wrong, but the wrong is no concern of others. Whatever we may see fit to consider property is property; when it may chance to get within the jurisdiction of a government which has just thought proper to relinquish her own ownership in the same kind of property, we shall maintain the majesty of our own laws by claiming and re claiming it. If the British authorities see fit to aid our negroes i❑ running away from their owners, they must pay for them, that is all." It would be a waste of time to offer any serious re ply to such a piece of sheer impertinence as we have submitted to us in this passage. We will only say, that it would indeed be very well for the " experimen tal republic " if she had " no slaves " nor law of sla very in her states. It would, amongst other things, save her the disgrace of affecting to keep pace with the old states of Europe in an enlightened condemna tion and repression of the traffic in human beings, and yet, with the consciousness of a thief who carries the property he has stolen about his person, refusing to join with them in a treaty of mutual search which would test the sincerity of her professions. It would relieve her journalists also from the necessity of deal ing in such wholesale falsities and ridiculous swagger as the Enquirer exhibits in his commentaries. The British authorities in New Providence have done no more than give due effect to British law; they have set the strangers who called at their port at liberty, since there was no other charge against them but that " they were black ;" they have denied the claim to property in them, or any others of the human family, standing upon the glorious foundation of our British charter, and they have wisely and prudently left the American claim of compensation to be settled else where. The visit of the King of Prussia to this country upon so interesting,an occasion as the baptism of the_ infant heir to the throne, is an event by which all ranks of her Majesty's faithful subjects feel intensely grati fied. The selection by her Majesty of such a sponsor — and the gracious and emphatic manner in which the royal personage so selected, has undertaken to do honour to the request—constitute in their combina tion a circumstance replete with suggestions of the most lively and agreeable kind. People naturally look upon it as auspicious when their rulers manifest an en lightened concern for the sacred duties of religion— are diligent, though not ostentatious, in the discharge of their duties themselves—and still further follow up such excellent beginings, by cultivating the friendship of, and cementing their alliance with, other princes and rulers of like sentiments and disposition with them selves ; and it is the happiness of the people of this country at the present moment, to witness this pleasing concurrence of events, and to rejoice in the observance of them. They will welcome, probably on this very day, the good King of Prussia to their shore, and hail his arrival as the personal friend of our Gracious Queen; they will pay him every honour, not merely because he bears a crowned head, and constitutes an important member of the European alliance of Sovereigns, but because he subscribes to the same religious faith with themselves—because he is a Protestant Prince—and has given proof that he is by no means willing to bear that honourable title in vain. We feel quite persuaded that our infant Prince of \Vales could not have a more suitable godfather; the nation was delighted by the announcement of the choice, and they will now wit ness with untningled satisfaction the assumption of that character by the Prussian monarch in person in the approaching truly august and solemn ceremonial. It is an apt occasion for drawing more closely the bands of an holy alliance and lasting friendship. Our illustrious visitor has already testified in a very re markable manner his earnest desire to unite himself and people with England -on the sacred basis of a C62llMOrt faith ens comman religious intettutions, He bona tbii; by big princely donation for the i,utiow., went of a Church of England Bishopric at Jerusa lem—investing the gift at the Caine time with all the graces of a singular modesty, deference towards this country, and disinterestedness so far as he is himself concerned. He advances £15,000 as his contribution towards maintaining the new See, and yet he is con tent that the Bishop shall be subject to the Archbishop of Canterbury—that Prussia shall have only an alter- nate right of appointment with England, and that the Archbishop shall have an absolute right of veto over all nominations made by the Prussian Crown. His Majesty could scarcely have paid a higher compliment to our national church. Protestant Germany cannot fail to profit by so signal an instance of veneration for her doctrine and discipline ; nor should even the oldest members of her community be insensible to the ho nour or lightly esteem the acquisitions which she will necessarily make. England has thus found a royal and right worthy associate in her benevolent and evan- gelising missionary labours. "With regard to an alliance of a more ordinary and secular character—though we should be far from re garding it as in itself unimportant,—it falls not for the present within the scope of those views suggested by the circumstances before us. We hope that the time may be far distant, if ever it shall arise, when, Protes tantism would have to sustain itself by the power of the material sword ; we fervently hope that the day is gone by when a Protestant confederation would be again necessary to defend the religion of Protestants from Rotnish aggression, or persecution from any other quarter ; but as what has happened may happen again, and many more things do daily come to pass than have been dreamt of in this World's philosophy—there is no harm, and there may be much advantage in being fore armed. If England would be the protectress of perse- cutril Christianity in whatever part of the world it may uLLappily be found, she must not only be valiant for the faith in a moral sense, but strong in her physical resourses also—strong in her position, and strong in her alliance with powers of like disposition, and if pos sible, faith with herself. We do then appreciate most highly our cordial alliance and growing sympathy with Protestant Prussia, and that of Prussia and her excell ent Sovereign, with us—on every ground, but chiefly, as we have already remarked, because by such unani mity and friendly co-operation, the great and para mount work of Christian civilisation bids fair to be carried on extensively yet peaceably through the world. We have read a report from the committee of a political society professing to give minute statistics of distress prevailing in Liverpool. We know not what reliance may be placed on the detailed statements set forth in that document ; where a political object suggests a motive to exaggerate, it is only prudent to arm oneself with a moderate portion of incredulity; but when such a report concurs with information which reaches us from sources untainted by suspicion, it certainly serves to confirm us in the conclusion warrantable upon other authority; that there does ex ist in our locality a very lamentable amount of distress, of a description which calls for the administration of immediate as well as extraordinary relief. Meetings have been held, and subscriptions raised in a few in stances, for the purpose of, i❑ some degree, respond ing to the urgent requirements of the moment—and by these efforts, though partial and limited, many poor persons have been assisted, and much extreme suffering has been alleviated or averted ; but nothing, we regret to say, has been done proportionate to the extent and urgency of the destitution still in existence. The affluent have not yet come forward, and given of their abundance as they should do at such a time. The clergy of Liverpool are, we well know, ever ready to respond to the call of benevolence—foremost, in deed, in every charitable work; but as yet collections have not been made in every church, (as we humbly conceive they should be,) to raise a fund commensu rate to the appalling aggregate of wretchedness of which, in its various dark defiles and narrow retreats, this great town is at present, unhappily, the abode. Public meetings have not been convened in each ward, nor has any suitable plan been organised to raise and distribute the contributions of the wealthy or the liberal in the most beneficial manner for all elasseS. In a word, there is at this moment great distress in Liverpool—distress such as the ordinary operations of law, or the common exercises of charity, cannot meet —and public sympathy does not move with its need ful, and we will say, its wonted activity. This must not be ; hunger and nakedness cannot brook delay, though luxury be unwilling or hard to be disturbed. It is commonly said, that, in cases of public misfor tune of a kind like this, all political feelings and party differences should be laid aside ; and that nothing should be thought of but the wants of suffering fellow creatures and the luxury of doing good; but for our part we never desire to see Conservatives oblivious of their proper character. Let them shew it and sustain it now by a generous liberality to the sons and daugh ters of affliction. Conservatives have never been want ing when called upon in this way, and we expect they will not be so at this time. But we do not confine our appeal Merely to those who permit themselves to be distinguished by a political designation. We plead for the poor, and address ourselves to all who have hearts to feel for, and means to relieve, their necessities. For our advocacy there is a cause—a cause that may not be refused ; let us not then labour in vain ; let it not be said that the princely merchants of this great seat of commerce are insensible to the wants of their destitute fellow-citizens—and above all, those whom misfortune. has overtaken without any fault on their part ; for such. is the case of those, in general, for whom we plead. The poor of Liverpool are a patient, unobtrusive, fru gal, and, when not denied the opportunity, an indus trious class ; the immediate cause of their present ca lamitous condition is wont of employment. There is• no blame attributable to them, and no excuse assigna ble for those who, being apprized of their urgent need, and having the means to mitigate the poignant anguish. of their distress, fail to do so. It will be seen, by a reference to our report of the Dock Committee's proceedings yesterday, that Mr. Chapman, one of the members of the committee, has sent in his resignation, "in order," as expressed in the letter in which this determination is conveyed to us, " to give to the rate-payers an opportunity of declaring their sentiments on the late decision of the committee respecting the shipwrights' yards, and the increasing encroachments of the Dock-yard establishment on the land of the estate." We must confess that we regret this step on the part of Mr. Chapman. We do not knw that the rate-payers at large are at all inclined to adopt the views developed by that gentleman, in his opposition to the " powers that be" in the Dock esta blishment, upon this and other questions ; and we much deprecate the attempt thus made by means of a species of voluntary martyrdom on his part to entrap the public, by his re-election„ into an implied sanction of those views. The small amount of support re ceived by Mr. Chapman in the committee upon the motion, whose rejection has led him to adopt this course, will, we believe, be quite conclusive in the , public mind, with respect to the propriety of the con-• duct of the sub-committee of works, on the particular occasion which he complains of; and, although we• are perhaps as confident as the gentleman himself of: his being re-elected, we do not think that such re-• election should be taken as establishing the correct ness of Mr. Chapman's views, and thus, by implica tion, condemning the course pursued by other mem bers of the committee, who are equally with him re presentatives of the rate-payers of the port, and equally averse to any jobbing spirit being allowed to be introduced into the management of the Dock estate. We understand that it is the intention of a section of the " liberal" party in the town to bring forward Mr. Benn as a candidate for the vacant seat. They may save themselves the trouble. The Conservative body, although not unanimous at all upon the question, which has led to Mr. Chapman's resignation, will not allow their strength to be so far weakened by division, as to afford the " liberal" candidate a chance ; but will he unanimous in their support of their candidate, whe ther it be Mr. Chapman himself, or some other equally eligible gentleman. We would not be misunderstood as implying, even, in the above remarks, a general approbation of the management of the dock estate under the present committee. On the contrary, we have seen much that s fault, prefer i obliged recting and po ground that gel and to ' culty w in the c 31st in Commit to b e sil in the n advertis We fir reference. 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