The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-11 00:00:00

1), ) 11 4 ,---- -- - l ' ' ' 4 '• "N r- ZRNORS & SUBSCRIBERS P-‘)...r.4 1 itl k kA l 3-- TO %ME ) 400, L ' EVE Als.M EAR INFTRVARY. ,tiiti ; 03 1E S, AND GENTLEMEN,—A VACANCY tr,Nt tp''',,lhis Institution by the resignation of Dr. ,41 - 1 1 , 1 te s or,,."PFER 'MYSELF as a CANDIDATE, and otd7t,:ll:l ti,.°f your Totes. i have for some time been '4l,,il k :Oortl,f';a Charity as Assiotant-Surgeon, and I am ve t ih o e aat I have the• full confidence of Mr. Nei)! ti 4 . 4 11111 Y qualifications for the officeoand their 01, es), hav e e the honourto be, my Lords, Ladies, "lip % jhr ent servant, Oxford -s n IERBECiIi NE 7,1854 VINS,. AI.D., MALC.S. lt Iv, treet, Ap E ,0 A • 11),'(!q b - - - AN VIGOROUS 'HEALTH: I .,,NY„te;`, I , 3 IAL BALII ;OF LEBANON. A i'MNlrrous Debility, Mental and Bodily Decay. • 4eNib l b. l mas of Appetite. Indigestion, Depression :414i_ ;am 'flt 2 ; and Shakiwg of the whole Frame, and 'h ? ' l lk from the fadties and intemperance.of , ' Lqk ~I ° l -I NI PRIESTLEY, )‘l l , ," - STREET, LIVERPOOL. ‘ ti. .r.ig 'll Bottles, at Its. and 335. tt i T'T 7i, Eg ''''' x , Y'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS, 14 keNe'llAillasn DIN H ' ' ,)ll l ,4, l li titTe i } n ee deAdedly T th E e l b 'E C:t ß a l P B eltent and anti-1 0 , 1,.!if ( li:2 .. .general use, as they need no confinement ,`4, 4 711, 461 4, therefore may betaken at all seasons. iot i , ,„ 1 1 1 Y JOHN PRlESTLEY,Chermat,s2,•Lord \t,, Jl - 1-a.,,,, 0 7 . e5. Is. lid.. 2s. 9d.. and.4s. 6d. , 11L k‘i ll INI).:ii,i 1 ,,.b IMUID EXTRACT OF THE 1 e 'etfki,." . ED JAMAICA SARSAPARILLA. \ 41,1.4 :. I ;t e n ! :t a v or d a ttr e eea j b A le „ preparation of it th i a l Aw 4 7ll . - ' 'by„, e- `'nliar and scientific . method ; and th e . expe i 1 ip 1 , ;1., us -fully es p ta o llis t l i i ie ed vi t r l t i u e e i s 'eg f uttion ro o ot • 14 li 'k tIq'arati t o ' n ulg . Ve or beneficial effects have been si ,t_i,,4 1 , 1 4 `g in the.fwinr, complaints : Noctamial k 4 . 7 te t • ..scrofulous Enlargement of the Gands, ‘t,,,iter .! ° IA., Chronic'ftheumatisin, &c. ; in freeing k: ~‘, l l, q • ourse of Mercury its beneficial effects are 11,0,11 t ,invites the blood and by g iving to the iltti l tfi r , t . a ileaithy and ,regular action , it removes • ii t l i l l,i iko4 l Er ywipelatous Inflammation from which , kii, 4l lo/ 1 4, e ria iigZelly suffer; and when taken in the 0t01iy,T03,,..i.0,,e that 'ar as an alterative Medicine, it will l ik i iNrt rine . , :lat st.i'ength to the constitution which is ao, k _t . ). ~,1 1 of fi e th. good appetite, and . frvihness of qtet,` It ti r o person , a of a ple th oric habit it is most k I liel Dr ey ''s and pr,linetes a free circulation of the l t , ai), l ,:t!ting attaCke of apoplexy. wli ii 4 ::y Als in a highly concentrated form, and iikt , ti e l : e. g i: . % f a m i l le o s f sert t spo r o e n pa fu r l at t i i o e n i e ng equal in ) li qtocii . 4 s. 6d.. 7s. 6d n . ' ,11.n p ., and 225., a . t 52, Lord „'v'' TAb , 0 1 11* „" I , E PURIFYING PILLS. Nitllnecikfquire no confinement' or restraint. They ~tal e let ';' r e that can be taken foi• removing all erup , ith I)4,,,lia r i t . 9nl the face, arms, arid body, and for Nl' 4 ` p les , e Y, i n: : : the blood and inviorating the vs ghsi,, he i i „.;,•ding in warm climates, or proceeding IN xe, 4 , 4l able. • k• l ' L t ~,,- 9(1 ., 411. 6d. Its and 2V. each. 4 t t S ' i ,, ,ukt 1 . 8 AROMATIC , TONIC 1,60 s 4,•, Pleasant and agreeable remedy for 'P I '"'ti . : n2 z fr o `'l ) Pqlte. Wind, Flatulency, and all : Nt,,,, , tr,oni Inward Debility*, Weakness, &c. i t Ft b V EGETABLE 17:AIR OIL is t i e .t ti, th e e hul) excellent discovery for invigorating I ( VI. k4 lif ti i man hair, prevents it falliTig Off, pro -I,4tio,loftnes.rTll natural curl, and gives- artificial 11 1 t.'il i i 41(11e, not ( t i e r i ‘ c , ti t i i r , e and luxuriant appearance. . 'l l 3 l l , Waties at is. th e hair. 3s each. y,ll e k aril 6 PURNITURE. PASTE, for It• , of paste .Polithin.. Furni ture . r l'l 4 ' n e ls t . ,: ;s w ithout labour ri* Cleaning and Polishing every , '4li,!r for't t .,, , : i whatever preparation may have been t k Date at purpose. It adds a fine lustre to ‘ l 4 il 11 8 .6e rin ac . h. or three rots for 2s. 6d. t 4 i f tcl;cory,„;:-LALLIC LUSTRE. This 44411 % 1 a nd n e tt to Housekeepers for Cleaning \N:4 4, ti rb er ldera ilver plate, metal teapots, pewter llt' e rl i, - , - • coye,!., c andlesticks, stair rods, brass k dry ' „ iti, 0 ,,,! , &c., rations half the usual labour ll?Ve%le i alish " Ti er Prepa. The above lustre t . „ ,,, a re n %,,, a ?... the metal. , o ,4 l,?, !i prep ar " e qs at 6d. and Is. each. . A ~‘ k o tit Vt, 5 2, L rd Sold by JOHN PRIESTLEY, "114 ' 4 1 :1 3 lIAL, rd-street, Liverpool. t t, lllyy lis t OF SYRIACUM, DETERSIVE apply 4,„, "le Pound Cases on hand. TuEsbAV, APRIL 11, 1854 l t i , - ---______ c4.7 4 -itu IA 37, d tt. GRA:‘,. it ftit,, u • --- To be SOLD, a stylish London ow . , JUG a Am 1 .1, t o m .. , nearly new, and in excellent con ' • i JOHN CHADWICK, 12, Lord-street, k ---- _ i-LE2Ehe at n the Woolton,an excellent COTTAGE, Otltc o g'round floor, and large Fruit Garden. nine aa•—Apply t o the owner, 140, Park-lane. be Lt, IJRNISHED COTTAGE, Moor-lane, Great Crosby, con rlour, Kitchens, &c., with Gar y to CIIAPXIAN and C ALLIS, 21, CHRISTIAN, No. 1, Moor-lane, ie 12th day of May next,'an iG-HOUSE, pleasantly situated at Taal Station, on the Lancashire and further particulars apply at the Mr. M'Clut E, Harrington-street, IPERTY, CASTLE-STREET."- ITE TREATv,aI I those PREMISES, and No. 23, Lower Castle-street, rests respectively of 18 feet. and Insisting of Two SHOPS and an :S, producing an aggregate rental The Tenure is Leasehold under cpireci term of seventy years.—For Lsox, Solicitor, 30, Castle street. IPERS.-CHELTENHAM. )TEL, to be LET. This celebrated •ms the centre of the l`romenade, in the town for business. Con.. Lre by Mrs. Joseph, who realized ..4e perfectly free. Amount of (n -es• at the option of the tenant. Fix '4L ltrnediate possession may be bad. The '44, 4 ' 14 14 adapted for a Club-house.—Apply to Cheltenam. s k, l 4 KEEPERS AND PUBLICANS. 110, 1 ,1,` - p, 1 2 1 by PRIVATE CONTRACT, the TENANT' , S FEREST in srvall HOTEL and SPIRI flll l I_,`.4e FIXTURES and FITTINGS in the same, a t e en - - 4- S on the said Premises foF upwards of bp"Pired. The situation unexceptionable, and N,y i e ,‘% l ' or spirit merchant.—For farther part!- ' oo*k - nio 'l y l ri li i‘ l VlLLlAll WHITBY, at Whittakel's I 4 k r ZS . BIRKENTiEAD.—To be kV:T n rnay be entered upon immedia . tely, tl i !Co p ,„.good working* condition, with Malt 1%1 k i ree ti rrS Coolers, Fermenting Tuns, &c., situate_ I.4ltll7 o Wa c l u k notfionthoefWlTrod.7olenFargrr,.—Bil•kpeptily lterillx;o°, Lch P itect, Birkenhead , and 34, Castle *l or at No. 16, James-street, Liverpool. S e 'f o ,V e r_SOLD, with immediate possession, cattl_i Brewery," FREEEIOLD BREWERY, 'formerly in the possession of tuate In Chaucer-street and Meadow h,q(ll!tio' 'minding On ' . 973 square yards of land, and Witt 379 square yards of vacant land adjoining. t, i ;gfl p 7ce! s ` t ° l , l _s!st of •grewhouse. Warehouse-rooms, thane w at i id commodious D . welling-hou_se. 44iryklArek,4.111:g ed gndition,wanesdt c i a m p im e i, eti)rfi brewing rut-s a nd z i t s i Vtll!,± gait Ty ; the Plant consists of Steam•engine and A,`7 4 1 11), Tlvo Coppers, Mash Tun, with Mash %ha kt% t ille llt; `Parger, Underbeck, Coolers, with a Refri- Tuns and Stil lazes ; there are also several N 4 lit t ti , 3 ring Porter and strong Ale. There is an t ones) i of Water from Springs on the premises, f t lone, ) s , admirably adapted for the brewing of Dn!Chasfe les keepimng.ay I rema in' f sold f on mortgage, a considerable 14 4„lie or on ey i .Ir,,,Orc4 aser. —Ap p ly to Mr. THOMAS REES, at LAVerpoei. SOL'D 7 by RIVATE TVEATY, a very Ikt:Nyt is '''' , FATE, about six miles East of Liverpool, c 'n, .Station, containing 75 Acres of Land in a sA3.r4ltlvation. The House consists of tree'good ti room 1" Two Kitchens, Butler's Pantry,• and ' ' 't -• .1 4 V I C trld • ESC?. FE. near uwall, with . l 0 of ; Large MANSION at West Derby, with 7 . -11 4,,1 4 nd. Two large HOUSES and Four COT- Itl4,'"eY-vale, with upwards of 7,000 Square Yards I ' ,limards of 500,000 Yards of Building LAND, gl„,c,l s ta 'kJ and in Lots to -wait Purchasers. The ttiteort,-.RT:—A splendid HOUSE and SHOP, with 1 1 , 1,, r eel! We , in Ranelagh-street ; One Ditto, Great s',,n.e Ditto, Renshaw-street; One Ditto, [lir ' p'rince's-park complete. An excellent - Family ' ri lice's-parli • One Ditto, 'Netherfield-road; 11C o nl One Ditto , 2 Fairfielcll . one'Ditto, Bootle -0 ,YILLIAMS, 47, Ranelagh-street, or Philadel itb‘ 7466 Vis 3, be Hackn's-bey, where an excellent to LET. VL/1017 — be L F R „ -XE HALL, - NEAR DERBY.- , r 4, with Immediate possession, either from Nlitif,,; Gardens,r of Years, completely run NISH ED, yl t rret n ;` is Lake (well stocked with' fish), and t41;c: 45 .., er and. upwards of 2,000 acrli of excellent .400 ting. The' Had, which r§ s Paejous Entrance-hall, , Dining ! Library, and .11ti e with numerous Bed-rooms and. Dressing k„,t,.,Per's-rootn, Butler's-pantry, Kitchen, Scut .or4ell.l,::all. and excellent Oces,- also suitable Sta ll tlr kno t i „'Ps, and Out There is. a plentiful 01,,es 4id water, the locality is dry and healthy, the well wooded, and the scenery picturesque. h l 4l, l , ,q qad, if required. Tao Packs of Hounds meet 1 , 10, 4) ,1 , rh00d. The Derby. Kegworth, Willington, - ' , ons of the Midland:Railway are about neven i,l l :k t iCi s o view the Premises, and for terms, apply to Ltiett ,, ltrne, near Derby ; aiso, for terms, apply to ve,,,Ni_oi Derby, Solicitor; .or to Messrs. HALL and , 4, 4 ,;t!tors, Manchester; or to Mr. COCKNEY, of fit“place, London, Solicitor. .1447 LET, a Fi 414 situated in ao otir Bed•rooms, :7Zr4nd front.—Appy Cr ol e b et ; or to Mrs. Y' itl i err 4 ..,1,14 'F from th( i'ent VIVELLI NG the , e " the Preston roe , re ' Stat le-- . -F " see rtet, ~v ,9r to erpoot. be 414 Itbetr,,,ABLE PROT icb uLI), by PRIVAI .! ,ilia"! Castre-street, 50,e 41 ,,a to the said st isf NI 4 71 92 feet cot e 4,- of OFFICE: on Der annum. •ir for an unext i 'PpIY to Mr. Wit h 114e°11TtL REEF kzIZIAIA.L HfOrl r/t;srtlt'e b "i s t i ' t ' u en a:io ° ll it Wenty-SeVen yeat c si the ex, re• The honsi ail illiSiitokin,es entirely at ete. tb. jer Os' ACAPTAIN, from the West of England, de sires a RE-ENGAGEMENT in the same capacity. References to former owners as to ability, good conduct, &c. —Apply to Messrs. PRESTON and WATSON, . Merchants, Water-street, for further particulars. B 0 0 K-K EE P I NG.— An experienced ACCoUNTANT, having part of the week disenzaged, would behappy to devote it to assistance in BOOK-KEEPING or BALANCING ACCOUNTS, on tnoderate terns.—Address D. M., Standard-office. Liverpool. BOOKSELLER., STATIONER, PRINTER, &c., Church of England Societies' Depot, 75. Renshaw street, Liverpool.—RlCH AEI) C. SCRAGG has a VACANCY for an APPRENTICE, either resident or partially resident. A Youth whose Parents have brought him up in Church of England principles would be preferred. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. The following MASTERS will be shortly WANTED :- 1. A Writing Master. 2. A Junior English Master. 3. A Master to Teach Writing and Mental Arithmetic. Applications to he made to the Rev. J. S. Howson, M.A., Principal of the Institution. - F . IVERPOOL DOCKS. - TENDERS FOR .4 OLIVE OlL—The COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS are ready to receive TENDERS for the supply of THREE THOUSAND GALLONS of REFINED OLIVE OIL, for the use of their Lighthouses, to be delivered at the Buoy Store, Toxteth Dock, Liverpool, free of all charges, not later than the 20th May, 1854. Payment by Bankers' 11111, one month after the delivery has been found satisfactory. The Casks, when empty, will be returned to the Contractors' order. A Sample of not less than Two Gallons to be sent to the Office of the Dock Surveyor. Dock-yard, south sire of Coburg Dock, not later than the ISth instant. The Samples will be paid for, if required. .Each Sample must bear a mark, which, it is requested, may not indicate the party s , nding it; and the corresponding. Tender must contain a similar mark, for the purpose of identification. Au interval of one fort night will necessarily elapse between the receipt of the Samples and the acceptance of the Tender, in order to afford time for carefully testing the samples. The Tenders must be sealed, and addressed " To the Chairman of the Sub-com mittee for the Marine Department," endorsed "Tender for Oil," and be sent under cover to the Secretary. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock-Office. Liverpool, April 6, 1854. THE WAR. COLONEL COLT has received a government order for 4,000 of his revolvers, which, it is understood, are to be supplied to the fleet. STEAM Cori.—An ample supply has gone off from Shields to the Baltic, for the use of the English fleet. Between" 30 and 40 collier vessels are emOoyed carrying out coals. THE DUKE OP CAMBRIDGE and Lord Raglan start to day for Paris, en roite for Constantinople. A very large portion of the staff, with several medical aneers, embarked on Friday, at - Woolwich, on board the Emperor. TnE Press says, " A report is current in London that orders have been given by the Emperor Nicholas forbid ding the removal from Russia of the heavy baggage and effects belonging to Sir Hamilton Seymour.' THIRVI-TWO army assistant-surgeons belonging to depSts of regiments have been ordered to attend in London to receive instructions previously to their immediate embarkation for the East. TEE BALTIC FLEET, when complete, will consist of about 29 screw-vessels, of 12,400 horse-power, and carry ing 1,917 guns, and 19,580 seen ; 5 ships without steam, carrying 434 guns, and 3,940 men ; 16 paddle-wheel steam frigates and sloops, of 5,980 •horse-power, and carrying 4,970 men, and 147 guns. CAVALRY. - It is intended to make as little display as possible with the cavalry, or indeed any portion of the troops proceeding to the , theatre of war. Each regiment 'will proceed at once from the post nearest to which it has 'been stationed to the destination intended by the secretary at-war, the Duke of Newcastle. _ _ VISCOUNT HAIIDINGE, as General Commanding-in- Chief, gave a farewell banquet on Thursday, at his man sion, in Great Stanhope-street, to the officers about to proceed on active service to the Enst. The guests included the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Raglan, the Earl of Lucan, the Earl of Cardigan, Lord de Ros, &c. DAY OF PRAY/DR. — From a statement made by the Earl of Aberdeen in the House of Lords, it appears that the government have referred the appointment of a days of humiliation and prayer, on account of the war, to •the Archbishop of Canterbury, and that his Grace has fired on Wednesday, - the26th instant, for the purpose. It is stated that the arrangement for sending all-the cavalry regiments through France has undergone -some modifications, and that the Bth Hussars and I'th Lancers are to take the long sea voyage from Portsmouth to Ply mouth. The 4th and sth Dragoon Guards and 11th Hus sars will, it is said, go from Ireland to Dover, and thence to the continent, while the Ist and 6th Dragoons and the 13th Light Dragoons will cross the Channel from Folk stone to Calais. The folloviing vessels are to be immediately fitted, and will proceed to the Baltic :—The Pigmy, paddle-wheal steam-vessel of 100 horse power ; the Prospero, paddle wheel steam-vessel of 144 horse-power; the Medina, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 312 horse-power ; the Medusa, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 312 horse power ; the Minx, 3 guns, iron screw steam-vessel of 10 horse-power; the Harpy, iron paddle-wheel steam vessel of 200 home-power; and the Jackal!, iresi paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 150 horse-power. All these are to have their armament considerably increased, . and are to be under the command of Captain Ommaney ; •of the Eurydice, 26 guns, , at Portsmouth, for service in the Baltic. HISTORICAL FACT.—In the year 1543 the Sultan ; Salim 11., at the. request of the King of France, sent a large army and' leet to his assistance, under the, command of the celebrated Turkish Admiral Barbarossa, who, accor ding to the record, was the grandson of a French rene gade. This army and fleet occupied the town and port of Toulonut the express wish of Francis 1., from the end of September, 1543, to the end of Mar,e11,1544. And, on this last. day of March ' a French army and fleet has sailed from the .same port of Toulon to succour the descendant of the Sultan Salim in his distress. TICE SECRET MEMORANDUM AGAIN.—We (Press) have received an authorative communication from an individual who " desires to be described" as " one compe tent to .:make a statement with respoct to the secret memorandum of 1811." This communication refers ton speech.delivered in the House of Lords by the Earl of Aberdeen, on Friday, the 31st ult., in reply to a leading article which appeared in this journal on the 25th of the same month.. Our correspondent states that the descrip tion of theeaecret memorandum, as " the key of the re lationsbetween England and Russia," were not contained, as stated by .us, in a private letter from. the Emperor of Russia to the present Prime Minister of England, but in a private letter addressed by Count Nesselrode to his Excellency Baron Brunnow, then Russian minister at the Court of. St. James's. This letter our correspondent assures. us he. has the best reasons for believing was com municated to 'Lord Aberdeen, and he cannot doubt that a copy of it must exist in England. Our correspondent adds, that there is no other portion of the article in the Tress which he is prepared to question, and w hi c h ; • article, in his belief, "conveys an accurateTicture of a dliplomatic transaction, that was not only intended to be secret, but the :secrecy of which, until this .year, 1854, had been successfully preserved." RUSSIAN ME.RQIIANT3IEN. — The London Gazette con tains an order in council, dated April 7, stating that Rus sian merchant vessels which at this date shall be in any port or place in Her Majesty's Indian territories, under the governmentef the East India Company, or within any of tier Majesty!s foreign or colonial possessions, -shall be allowed thirty days from the time of the publication of this order for loading : and,departin„ and if met at sea by any of Her Majesty's ships shall be permitted to proceed if, upon examination, it shall appear that their cargoes were taken en .board before the expiration of the above term, providing they have, not on board any officer in the:naval or military service of, the enemy, or any article prohibited, or contraband of war, or .despatch to the Russian govern ment. Also,.that.any Russian vessel which, prior 4 the 29th of March, shall have sailed from any foreign port, and for Her Majesty's Inc Dan territories or colonial pos sessions, slntill be permitted to enter such port or place and discharge theirmargoes, and .afterwards forthwith depart without molestation ; and .that any such vessel, if Metat sea by any of Her Majesty's ships, shall be permitted to continue their imoyage.to,any port not blockaded. MUTINY.—AD occurrence ofa very exceptional kind-has thrown a cloud oKer .the.prospeets of naval matters. The Cumberland, 72, Captain Seymour, arrived on Wednesday at PortSmouth, from the North-American station. The intelligence that the vessel was to be sent at once to the Baltic was received in a manner almost mutinous. On. War-Admiral Berkeley informing the crew that the ,country required theirimmediate service, some of the men .asiked for' , 4B hours' leave, and six mouths' pay, and on his .saying that the country required them to go up the Baltic instanter, they asked for 24 hours' 'leave and three months' pay. He replied that he could not grant a single hours' leave, on which some of the them shouted out—" No money, no work." After he left, some of the crew re sorted to violence, throwing shot about the deck, and refusing to clean the lighters alongside. After a good deal of trouble five of the ringleaders were placed in chains, and three of them were then selected and sent prisoners to the Victory, flag-ship, where they were kept an board.all night in irons. The following morning they were returned to their ship, and each had administered to him three dozen lashes. Two of them were also sent to Winchester gaol, and are, after their imprisonment, to be turned out of the service. On Thursday all was quiet on board, and it is not expected that further. trouble will arise. The Cumberland has been taking twelve -months' stores on board, and will sail for the Baltic at once. THE BALTIC FLEET. Sir Charles Napier's "order of the day" has been com municated by telegraph. It is as follows : "SIR CILLILLES NABIER'S ADDRESS, MADE BY SIGNAL, TO TIIE FLEET IN KIOGE BAY. "Lads,—War is declared. We are to meet a bold and numerous enemy. Should they offer us battle, you know how to dispose of them. Should they remain in port, we must try to get at them. Success depends upon the quick ness and precision of your fire. Lads, sharpen your cut lasses, and the day is your own„" Some of the gallant admiral's friends regard this as worthy to be placed alongside of the signal of the immortal Nelson—others insist that it was cut and dried at the Reform Club banquet. The style is certainly after-dinner like, and the construction of the short-breath sentences looks hic-cuppy. It will be remarked that the "lads" are told that " success depends upon the quickness and preci sion of their fire;" therefore the "lads are to sharpen their cutlasses, and the day is their own." This puts one in mind of the famous comedy of the Rivals, in which cut and thrust pistols and double-barrelled swords are recom mended. We shall next expect to hear of an order sent hone from Sir C. Napier for a supply of these well-known weapons for the use of the fleet. THE DEATH of Sir Richard Armstrong, colonel of the 30d Regiment, and late Commander - in - Chief at Madras, took place on his passage to England. APPROACWNG MARRIAGES are announced betwedn the Earl of Itouacharles, eldest son of the Marquis Conyng ham, and the Lady Jane St. Maur Stanhope, daughter of the late Earl of Harrington ; the Hon, Augusta Chiches ter, sister of Loi".l Templemore, and Robert Edward King, Esq., grandson of Viscount Lorton; and the Hon. Miss Hobhouse, daughter Of IfOrd, Brotlghton ? and Captain Carleton, EXTENSION OF COMMERCE. WHILE independence of foreignaid in the supply of raw material for our manufactures formsan im portant featurein the extension of our commerce,the British possessions at the Cape of Good Hope ofrer facilities of which no sufficient advantage has yet :been taken. It was asserted some time since that the settlement at Port Natal was a favourable locality for the cultivation of cotton, but, some attempts having been unsuccessful, it was for .a time abandoned. Since then, however, it has been stated that other attempts to grow cotton have turned out more favourable, and there seems no reasonable doubt that, if the requisite skill were exercise& it might prove valuable auxiliary to our other sources of supply for this important article. -Indeed, now that the war with the Kafirs may be considered at an end, and the colony placed on a footing of security for the exercise of the arts of peace, its advantages Of soil and climate might be made available for very large additions to com mercial operations, There are hundreds who leave our shores to settle in other countries, tempted by descriptions of the benefits to be enjoyed, to whom the advantages to be gained by a settlement in Southern Africa have never yet been unfolded; and it is a matter of some consequence, when so many forsake the protection of the British Govern ment for the Republican institutions of the United States, that emigration may be encouraged where we shall at least secure customers for our future exports. Commerce is necessarily based on each party having desirable surplus products which they may exchange, and this advantage may be amply secured in the several settlements at the Cape, the resources of which have never been sufficiently developed. Wine has been produced, but with so little regard for quality, that it has become a bye word for inferiority ; but those well acquainted with the colony have declared that with proper care it may be grown of first-rate excellence, and, as it lies on the high way to our East India and Australian possessions, its geographical position is peculiarly favourable for carrying on a very exten sive trade. Some progress has been made in the establishment of steam communication, but much more remains. The public, and particularly that class which form the bulk of our emigrants, should be made acquainted with the peculiar advantages possessed by the Cape settlements, in climate, fer tility, salubrity, and situation, and the vast amount of capital which here is almost unproductive might there be beneficially employed in plantations and other establishments, by which employment would be secured to the poorer class of settlers and com mercial intercourse promoted. As a station for raising provisions for ships' use, it can hardly be equalled; and, if its resources are still further developed by raising supplies of wine, cotton, and other products, under efficient management, Cape Colony, including Algoa Bay and Natal, will be by no means among the least important of the British possessions. We alluded, last 'week, to the attempts which had been made to obtain a supply of cotton from India, and the difficulties with which the question was surrounded, owing to the baleful system of management pursued by the East India Company. Another great want is a more ample supply of Tea, which experience has proved may be cultivated with great success in the district of Assam. Use has rendered this article almost a common neces sary of life, and we are under no such particular obligations to the Chinese people as to confine our immense demand to them, if we can obtain it from our own possessions. If tea were cultivated to a large extent in India, it would necessarily give profitable employment to considerable capital, and greatly increase the consumptive demand for our exports, which is now chiefly confined to the ser vants of the East India Company. What is re quired is the breaking up of that exclusive system, by which all independent exertions have been fet tered, and the opening up of the vast resources of this magnificent Empire to the capital, the enter prise, the skill, and the industry, by which English men have become virtually the masters of the globe, and the pioneers of civilization, extending the arts of commerce and the blessings of Christianity amidst Pagans and barbarians. Our exertions for the increase of British Com merce need not be confined to the dependencies of the Crown, but may be extended in other directions, with manifest advantages to both parties. How little has been done to avail ourselves of the vast facilities for successful trading afforded by the numerous islands in the Indian Archipelago and the fierce Malay races, although the individual enterprise of Sir JAMES BRooKE, the Rajah of Sarawak, would show how much may be done by judgment and enterprise. Almost alone, he boldly ventured among a race which had been noted for their ferocious violence, and devoted himself so earnestly to the work, that he became the indepen dent sovereign of a petty state •; and we have now the advantage in the supply of a substance called gutta percha, which, for its applicability to almost every purpose, is perhaps surpassed by none. The same locality presents an almost exhaustless field for enterprise of a similar nature, and from which we have hitherto been deterred through fear of the savage Violence which had long made those seas a terror'to peaceful traders. The example of Rajah BROOKE should not be without its uses, and, now that 'his gallantry, aided by the British navy, has struck a blow at the piracy which formerly raged there to such a fearful extent, some progress may be made in availing ourselves of the opening, and the wholesome dread of - the British arms, to show these people the advantages of mutual interchanges of products. There are few insensible to the desire of gain, when restrained from acts of violence ; and, though it would not be exactly a realisation of the old formula of conversion—the Bible in one hand, and a sword' in the other—it might at least be 'a proffer of friendly negotiations under the pro tection of sufficient fine to repel violence or treachery. America has already commenced oper ations to extend her trade in this neighbourhood by the expedition which is to-compel the EMPEROR of JAPAN to open his ports to their merchant ves sels ; and it will be seen 'that not many Tears will elapse before she wilt prove a powerful rival to us in those seas, which the eminent commercial spirit of the Spanish and Portuguese found so profitable. Great Britain must, therefore, not be behind, for, though, in the first place, there will be many diffi culties to overcome, our means are ample, if we have but the inclination to employ them. THE LIVERPOOL StANDAR,D, AND GENE AL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. TO CORRESPONDENTS. c We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica- Vans on subjects of local or general interest. DEAF AND DUMB.—In ottr list of births last week was that or three children, both of whose parents are deaf and dumb. We understand from Mr. David Buxton, the principal of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, that he has satisfied himself. by personal enquiry, that charitable aid would be well bestowed in the'alniv'e case, and he will be glad to take charge of anything that may be contributed. PROPHECY.—A correspondent, who signs himself a "Con stant Reader," says, that, about fifty years since, he saw the fragment of a pamphlet on the book of Daniel, in which the writer considered England was alluded to, and he wishes to obtain some information as to the , •uthor of the pamphlet be refers to. This is a very unprofitable kind of investigation, for it is not difficult, by a little in genious shifting, to make prophecies suitable to any cir cumstances on a similar principle to Moore's almanack, which took the day before, or the day after, as sufficiently near for the purpose. SHAKING CARPETS.—Another " Constant Reader" complains that his wife, snaking a carpet in the street at half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday night, was forbidden by the police, on the ground that it was only legal to perform such duties before eight o'clock in the morning. Upon this, he enters into a tong argument to show, that such a law, not only prevented cleanliness,. but sanctioned and encouraged the desecration of the Lord's Day, a conclu sion by•no means clear, though it serves to show the ex tremes to which an argument may be pushed by a writer who takes a personal interest in the matter on which he argues. The PRESS-GA N(3.-It has been resolved, for the present at least, to dispense with compulsory service in the army and navy. A Protestant" suggests that, should im pressment become necessary, the first persons seized should be the Romish priests. Such an arrangement would be doubly beneficial. Their absence would do good at home, while their services on board the or in the ranks, might be made to do good abroad. The PRESTON LOCK-OUT.---G. W. M. complains, and with much show of justice, on the conduct of the Mill-owners with reference to the wages of their operatives They, by agitation, obtain a repeal of the corn-laws, and w h en bread has, in consequence, been reduced from 6d. to 5 I. per loaf, they lower the wages of their workmen accord ingly. The reduction in price discourages the cultiva tion of home-grown corn, and bread rises from sd. to 9d. per loaf, but the masters make no corresponding rise in wages. Free-trade has, therefore, been a positive injury to the operative class—for whose benefit it was enacted. BOOKS, FOR REvtew., may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably re quisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understoOd that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinioTrs or statements of his correspondents. The ANNUAL SORSEatPTION to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD is Ms. in advance—or 225. on credit. STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, 4, T. GEORGIVS-CRES'ENT, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. LETTERPRESS PRINTING of every description, including PAMPHLETS. , FORMS, INVOICES, nERAZONS, BILLS OF LADING, CUSTOM- HOUSE REPORTS, CARDS, ENTRIES, CATALOGUES, CIRCULARS, &C. &C., SH A REROKERS' POSTING BILLS OF Bonus, EVERY SIZE, • EXECUTED WITH THE GREATEST PROMPTITUDE. In Stock, and Mannfactued to Order, LEDGERS, DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, JOURNALS, LETTER BOOKS, COPYING BOOKS, BILL BOOKS, AND WASTE BOOKS, IN EVERY VARIETY OF STYLE. LITHOGRAPHIC AND COPPERPLATE PRINTING. MACHINE RULING. Sic. iliberpoot :tanbarb. TLPJ?SDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1854. THE NATIONAL REVENUE. THE customary tables of the National Income for the year and quarter ended sth April, were published on Thursday. last week . we gave the statement usually made in •anticipation of the re sults, but it will be seen upon reference that it has not been realised. It is true that upon the total of the quarter there isan increase of £213,744, but it is made up solely by direct taxation, the most oppressive of all means =of raising revenue. Taxes show an increase of £87,833, and Property-tax of £415,481, and here the improvement ends. The Customs show a decrease of £106,891 ; the Excise, a decrease of £155,231; Stamps, a decrease of £6,056 ; Crown-lands, .a decrease of £7,000 ; and Miscellaneous, a decrease Of £8,831; the Post office returns being exaCtlythe same. Here is no flattering picture of Mr. GDA.DSTONE'S financial ability, and no pleasant prospect for the future, when it is remembered that the source to which the screw has already been applied ‘ is the only one which he seems able to makeavailable for the exi gencies of 4 the cominr , war. This is a manifest injustice, for the class which is now burdened with a tax amounting, in. the year just ended, to L 5,975,677, and from. which the rest of the com munity is exempt, has been already called upon to contribute three millions more within the next six ' months ; and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER is unable to devise any means by which the bur den may be more equally distributed. The account for the year is much more favourable, there being n increase* under every separate head, with the . exception of Miscellaneous. ; the total on Ordinary Revenue being £1,041,412, and the gross amount of increase; 21,485,050; so that, upon the whole, the national resources are in as fair a condition as, under existing circumstances, might have been anticipated. In the items of . expenditure is a charge of about two millions for paying off non commuters of certain stocks, which, with the ad ditional amount devoted to the Sinking Fund, and the interest of Exchequer Bills, reduces the sur plus ;to £1,581,775, instead of £3,359,284, which was the amount at the corresponding period of last year. The Exchequer Bills, which will probably be required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, are stated at not less than £5„852,048, so that the interest at the present increased rate will form an additional item of expenditure, notwith standing Mr. GLADSTONE'S ingenious schemes for saving. THE WAR WITH RUSSIA. IN our second edition last week we were enabled to give intelligence, which was just then received by electric telegraph, that the EMPEROR of RUSSIA. had made a virtual offer of peace in a letter to the KING of PRUSSIA, in which he declared that if the Western powers obtained from the SULTAN, tT treaty, the emancipation of the Christians in Turkey, -he would consent to withdraw his troops from the Danubian provinces upon the withdrawal of the allied fleets from the Black Sea. So little dependence can be placed on telegraphic reports, that the statement was scarcely believed, but the truth of it has been confirmed by subsequent accounts. There is something extremely plausible in this new•proposition of the EMPEROR of RUSSIA. He is evidently in dread of the warlike prepara tions made to repel his aggression upon Turkey, and the ingenuity of his Chancellor, Colmt NES SELRODE, was !taxed to devise a scheme by which he should avoid the encounter, and yet, apparently, not surrender his claim. By the mode adopted he not only affords himself a means of escape from the difficulty, but publishes to the world the moderation of his views. He virtually declares that, so far from haNing any ambitious designs for the extention of the Russian territory, he was solely influenced by his zeal for the Christian faith and his concern for the ,condition of the Christians ander Moslem rule, and that, if this can be ac complished by the negotiations of the Western Powers with the Ottoman government, his object will be gained. This appears very fair when taken by itself, which, no doubt; it will be by the greater part of the European population ; but, when judged of in connexion with the secret cor respondence which has just been published, its hollowness and insincerity are apparent. It is, moreover, clogged with a condition to which the Western Powers will not assent. They have already demanded the evacuation of the Provinces, without any condition, and declared their deter mination not to enter into negotiations until this has been done. It may then be a question how far it will be advisable to withdraw the allied forces, and upon what footing Russia shall be placed for the future with reference to her exclusive posses sion of the Black Sea. The former treaties with Turkey under which Russia enjoyed this privilege, have been broken, and Turkey is unwilling to renew them on the same terms•; so that Russia will be compelled to retrace not only her present false step, but many previous ones made in the same direction. The long arrears of injustice charged against her will have now to be satisfied, and some guarantee afforded, as far as possible, that no similar encroachments be again attempted. It is said that the letter of the CZAR has been favourably received by the German Powers, and that, in all probability, another conference will shortly be held to deter mine on their joint course of action. However this may be, it is clear that• the Western Powers have already agreed, and that now a stand must be taken to preserve that balance of power which is indispensable to the peace of Europe. . Another, and•by no means unimportant, feature i n the affair is the • insurrection in Greece, with which the government of that country is openly charged by the British Minister. King OTHO is indebted for his kingdom to the states whose policy he is now endeavouring to defeat, and it may be that the same authority which raised him will give the kingdom to a better man. At any rate, a change can hardly be for a worse one. Like the CZAR, he has been attempting to extend his territory out of the plunder of Turkey, and, like him, also, may find that England and France combined present a force which none can resist with . impunity. True to the instinct of Russian policy, which stoops to conquer, and never hazards defeat where an encounter can be avoided. the E3r- PEROR has ordered the island of Aland, for formerly taken from Sweden, to be disarmed, and all the fortresses on the Baltic shores to be dis mantled. This course may deprive Admiral NAPIER of the eclat of an early victory, and it may also assist the views of the CZAR, if his object is to gain time to open further negotiations, through the means of the mediating influence of Austria and Prussia, but it cannot, and ought not, to pre vent that redress of wrongs committed on the Danube, which it is the object of England and France to gain. Russia has boldly thrown down the gauntlet to Europe, and no settlement can be satisfactory that does not include the immediate surrender of the recent plunder, and such arrange ments for the future as shall prevent its repetition. Satisfaction must also be made for the consequences. In common with France, we have been at the expense of naval and military expeditions ; for many months our commercial and monetary affairs have suffered from the paralysing influence of uncer tainty, and all this is in addition to previous aggressions, which were submitted to from an unwillingness to involve Europe in the horrors of warfare. Russia has a long account to settle, and should victory incline to the side of justice, may be compelled to surrender Finland to Sweden, Poland to an independent government, and the northern shores of the Black Sea, including Cir cassia and the Crimea, to Turkey, while the more important question of the Christian population may be left to the protection of the Powers who have now been compelled to resort to arms. THE REFORM BILL. The Reform Bill is given up for the session. Here is another failure of the Administration of All the Talents. Verily their name is " Legion." —.Morning Herald of yesterday. LIVERPOOL TOWN DUES. HER MAJESTY'S Commissioners will hold a public meeting to-morrow (Wednesday), in St. George's Hall, "for the purpose of enquiring into all charges, other than custom duties and the like, which are levied or leviable in any of the ports or .harbours •a the United Kingdom, by any person or persons, body corporate or local authority, upon ships, or upon goods carried in ships, whether in the nature of passing tolls or otherwise, and to report upon the nature and amount of such charges; the title or authority in law under which the same are levied; the application of the same, and whether, and how far they are applied to any purpose from which the person paying the same derives any benefit ; also upon the exemption, if any, of any particular persons, or classes of persons, from any of sucl - "Barges." The men of Manchester have lately dis cove A, new grievance in h av i ng to pay the town dues of Drarpool, for such of thei r goo d s as have the advantage of the port, and their Town-clerk is instructed to use all his eloquence, to persuade the Commissioners that this is au injustice to which they ought not to be subject. The real grievance, however, is that the Borough has a mag nificent corporation estate, and the inhabitants are lightly taxed ; while the new made City has very little property, its affairs are - indifferently managed, and the inhabitants are heavily rated. They would not derive any advantage, however, if the dues were taken off, as the only gainers would be a few of the large merchants and shippers. REDUCTION OF WAGES. MICNUFACTURERS and spinners finding that their stocks are accumulating, notwithstanding the low prices that are current, begin to think more seriously of the adoption of short time, or a reduction of wages, and notices to this effect have made their appearance in several quarters. At Stockport, on Wednesday, an adjourned meeting of the master manufacturers' association resolved, in order, if possible, to avoid working short time, to reduce the wages. the ten per cent. conceded at the time of the strike last spring, leaving them at the level of last May, and the following notice to this effect is put up in the factories : " To our tcorkpeople : At the termination of one week from this date, the wages paid at these works will be re duced to the same as those paid iu May last. April sth, 1254." It remains to be seen (says the Manchester Guardian) whether the operatives of Stockport, wisely reading the lesson of the last few months, have learned voluntarily to yield to the force of circumstances, which no combinations can succeed in permanently resisting; or whether they will make the vain attempt, and bring upon themselves the disastrous consequences which their brethren at Preston are suffering. The endeavour to force up wages has everywhere signally failed; and the success previously achieved at Stockport, before employers began to suffer loss, can no longer be maintained, now that oar staple trade has become worse than unremunerative in nearly all its departments. That, under these circum stances, a forced advance can be obtained at Preston, or upheld at Stockport, can be hoped for by those alone who have not intelligence enough to understand the manifest relation of cause and effect. At Hyde, several mills commence short time this week. At Blackburn, two of the mills commence running only three days this week, whilst in another mill notice of a reduction of ten per cent. in weavers', and five per cent. in spinners' prices, has been given. MODEL OF ANCIENT LIVERPOOL.—SOMe months since we had pleasure in directing attention to a well-executed and interesting model of Liverpool as it existed about' two hundred years ago. Since then, its ingenious fabricator, Mr: Augustus Harding, has reconstructed it on a scale identical with the splendid model of the town as it now exists, which was displayed at the Great Exhibition, in 1851, and is now deposited in the Derby Museum. To that model, the one now under notice forms a highly in teresting supplement, showing, as it does with great accu racy, the early condition of the land and water on which the most denselypopulated portions of Liverpool, as it at pre sent exists. The various boundaries and divisions ofproperty, the distinctive landmarks, and the objects of interest, from which many of the leading localities derive their uow somewhat ambiguous names, are clearly and accurately laid down. The model is exhibited at No. 9, Slater-street, and is well worthy of an attentive . inspection. ROBBERY . BY A. LIVERPOOL POSTOPPICE CLERK.—For some time past suspicion has existed that letters, containing money and small articles of value, have been abstracted in their transit through the Liverpool Postoffice, and Mr. sales, inspector of letter-carriers, was instructed to keep an attentive eye upon what was passing. In compliance with the suggestion, Mr. Bales, in course of his watchful neis, on Sunday evening observed Frederick Pentley, a clerk in the establishment, put a letter in his pocket. On perceiving this, he invited Pentley into an adjoining apartment, where he mentioned what he had observed. Pentley denied having any letter in his possession; he was accordingly searched, and in his pockets several money letters were found, which did not belong to him. Sullivan, the detective officer, was immediately sent for, and Pentley was given into custody on the charge of abstracting the letters found in his possession. Search was made in the prisoner's lodgings, in which a number of undelivered letters were found, and also a gold breast-pin, with a coral branch head, a shawl-pin, a red silk and bead purse, a Porte-movie, an American half cent, several pawn-tickets for shirt-breast studs, and some small articles of jewellery. Pentley was brought up before the police magistrates yes terday, where the above facts were stated, and on the ap plication of Mr. Bales, the prisoner was remanded for seven days. ASSArLT ON A POL/CEMAN IN A BEER-HOUSE.--Mary Ann Grady, a beer-house• keeper in the Park ; Alice M'Evoy, her mother.; - Rose-Ann Toiler, and John Thomas, were charged by Police-constable Green, No. 58, with hav ing seriously assaulted }dm on the morning of Sunday, at about twenty minutes past midnight. Green stated that, when passing Grady's house at the time mentioned, his attention was attracted by a noise in the house, and it being past the legal hour for selling liquor, he went in. He found ten men and three women in the parlour, with a jug of ale and drinking glasses before them. On seeing him, Grady suddenly took up the jug, and proceeded with it to the kitchen, where she offered to throw the ale into the sink. He told her it was useless to do that, as he had seen the drink, and must lodge an information against the house.. On his saying this, she threw out the. ale, placed the jag in a tub among water, and struck witness violently in the face. She was immediatelyjoined is this .assault by M'Evoy, who seized witness by the hair, and held him while her daughter struck at him. M'Evoy then seized witness by the arm with her teeth, biting completely through the coat, and inflicting a severe wound on his arm. The prisoner Thomas then joined the assailants of witness, and struck him several blows with a poker, Grady calling on them to murder him. Toller, it appeared, was little more than a witness of the fray. Green resisted as well as he could, and called for assistance, when Constable 705. came to his aid, by which time he had succeeded in wrest ing the poker from Thomas, and was defending himself with it. Additional assistance was procured, and the pri soners were taken into custody. This testimony was cor roborated by the other constable. The prisoners were defended by an attorney, who alleged that the officers were the assailants, and said that M'Evoy had been severely assaulted by them. He called several witnesses in supped of that allegation, none of whom, however, saw the com mencement of the riot, and they contradicted each other in several particulars. The case occupied a considerable time, and ended in the magistrates discharging Toiler, and ordering each of the others to pay a film pf 10s. and costs, or to he iicapriSened for seven days, TE4 VERTREE BOARD OF HEALTH. TICE monthly meeting of the Board was held last 'evening, at the Public-oft!, Wavertree, the Rev. W. Badnall presiding.. The Chairman was re-elected for the year ensuing, together with the following members of the Board :—Messrs. Thomas Chaffers, Henry Davis, William Rishton, and Hilton Halhead. , The next business was the appointment of committees, when the following were appointed : FINANCE COMMITTEE.—Mr. Murray, Mr. Bowers, and Mr. Gore were unanimou s ly appointed,. on the motion of Mr. Chaffers, seconded by Mr. Hothead. PUBLIC WORKEL—The Chairman observed that although nine gentlemen had been previously elected, he thought six practical men would be sufficient. The following gen tlemen were then appointed :—Messrs. Rishton, Chaffers, Murray, Gore, Anderton, and Bowers. COMMITTEE ON NUISANCBS.—The Chairman called the attention of the board to an important subject. During last autumn the Board of Health had sent a great number of orders to prevent nuisances and enforce the provisions of the act which had been passed with reference to low lodgings and other places where nuisances existed. It was necessary, therefore, in anticipation of a visitation of cholera, that a committee should be appointed to abate the nuisances which exist at present, or might exist in future. Some conversation then took place relative to various swampy places, and the general want of drainage which existed. It was ultimately agreed, on the motion of Mr. Chaffers, moved by Mr. Rishton, that the whole board constitute a Sanatory Committee. EXTENSION OF DRAINAGE.—The report of Mr. J. Newlands was then read, recommending an extension of the sewerage through Mill-lane to Olive-mount. Mr. Newlands also suggested that the contracts be entered into for the completion of the sewers, but not for their subsequent maintenance.—Mr. Rishton moved that the plan of Mr. Newlands, as laid before the committee, be acted upon, exclusive of the sewerage of Mill-hine. Car ried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN called attention to a paper he had re ceived relative to a very great nuisance. Every person was entitled to a circulation of pure air, which was im possible in the locality to which he called attention. He then read a paper which had been sent to him, signed by Mr. George Stubbs, and other parties, relative to the dreadful stench arising from Mr. James Ashcroft's pre mises. Mr. Stubbs stated that, if necessary, medical certificates could be procured to verify the facts. At the suggestion of the Chairman, Mr. Young was sent for, who said he had examined the premises, and they had been emptying several tubs of garbage and blood. He also saw a cesspool and three dead pigs near the public road. In answer to the Chairman, Mr. Young said Mr. Ashcroft got the garbage and blood from Liverpool, and mixed it with manure. The stench was intolerable, to those persons who had to pass near these premises, on their way to church. A gentleman stated that Mr. Ashcroft had a number of what the neighbours called "broth tubs," containing pig-food, which he brought from Liverpool, the stench from which was very bad. The pigs were also kept in a filthy state. On the motion of Mr. Chaffers, seconded by Mr. Rishton, it was resolved that Mr. Young be desired to take the necessary steps to abate the nuisances com plained of. On the motion of Mr. Halheakl, seconded by Mr. Gore, the wages of David Bunny, Thomas Woods, and Owen Carroll, workmen on the highways, were raised from 2s. to 2s. 6d. per day. This closed the business of the meeting. ST. LUKE'S CHURCH; GREAT CROSBY. A MEETING of the owners and occupiers of pews in the church at Great Crosby, was held last night, in the school-room, for,the purpose of taking into consideration the appointment, by the patron, of an incumbent in the room of the late Rev. Richard Walker. The meetinc , was numerously attended by a highly-respectabl e assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, among the latter of whom we observed Mr. John Myers, of Crosby-house, Mr. Gerrard, Mr. Harbridge, Mr. T. C. Dunlevie, Mr. Canis, Mr. Leatherbarrow, Mr. Molyneux, Messrs. Richmond, - Mr. May, Mr. Hodson, Messrs. Bradshaw, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Foster, Mr. Davis, Dr. Barnes, Mr. C. Welshy, Mr. King, Mr. Hartley, Mr. Bellshaw, Mr. Halewood,. &c., &c. Mr. MYERS was called to preside, on the motion of Mr. Callis. Mr. Mesas, on taking the chair, said the object of the meeting was one of the very greatest importance to the inhabitants of Crosby generally, Y and to the fathers and heads of families in particular . He need not do more on the present occasion than merely allude to thehope, which had been very generally indulged in the village and neigh bourhood, 'that some time would have been allowed to elapse ere the place of their late lamented pastor had been filled up ; and they had even thought it would not have been more than the circumstances warranted, had their wishes been consulted. In those suppositions, however, they had been disappointed, and he (the chairman) for one had been taken by surprise, when informed by the Rev. Mr. Clarke that he had been appointed by the Rector to the incumbency. This intimation was so far from satis factory, that several gentlemen, among whom he himself was one, waited on the Rector to ascertain the truth or otherwise of the statement. M an interview with the reverend g entleman, he wasinformed that the statement was quite true, the Rev. Mr. Rothwell telling them that he had given his word positively to Mr. Clarke, and could not retract it. He (the chair Man) and the gentlemen who were with him then intimated most respectfully, yet firmly, that the appointment of Mr. Clarke to the incumbency would not be one of an acceptable nature to the inhabitants of Crosby, who could not feel satisfied to receive him as their spiritual superintendent. Under these circumstances, it appeared to him (the chairman) that, without offering. anything like a factions opposition, every legal means ought to be used to get the appointment set aside, if that could be done. It appeared that the rector had been in duced, at some time, to make a promise which he did not think it likely he should be called upon to fulfil. Still, the Church of England is not in such a condition as to afford going backward,—as persevering in such an appoint ment would be doing here. We do not (said time chairman) wish any harm to or entertain any ill-feeling towards Mr. Clarke, but we cannot have him here. Fixed in this belief, himself, and one or two other gentlemen whom he had consulted, had prepared a memorial, addressed to the Rev. Mr. Rothwell, respectfully remonstrating against the ap pointment. The memorial, after admitting the undoubted right of the rector to make the appointment, pointed out several reasons why the appointment, if persistedin, would be most repugnant to the feelings of the memorialists. In conclusion, he moved the adoption of the memorial. Mr. Camas seconded the motion, and in doing so' took occasion to remark, that, although comparatively a stranger in the district, he was deeply sensible of the great obliga tions the inhabitants of Crosby were under to Mr. Myers, for the great exertions and liberal aid he had afforded in getting the neighbourhood supplied with so handsome and noble a temple dedicated to the worship of God. In the name of the ladies and gentlemen assembled, he might, he felt assured, without presumption, promise the most unsparing assistance, and that, in rendering that aid, assuring him that they would acquit themselves like men and Christians. The question having been put from the chair, the memorial was unanimously adopted. The chairman and the churchwardens were then ap pointed to see that all had opportunities of signing it. Mr. DUNLEVIE, in a few complimentary remarks, pro posed a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was carried by acclamation. The CHAIRAIA.N returned thanks, and concluded by paying a warm tribute of respectful regard to the memory of the late pastor, the Rev. Richard Walker, and also expressed a wish that the good feeling and condolence of the meeting might be expressed towards his bereaved widow and amiable daughter. • . This proposal was cordially concurred in, after which the Meeting broke up. Numerous signatures were appended to the memorial before the meeting separated. EXECUTION.—The man named Holman, convicted at the Cornwall Assizes of the murder of his wife, was hanged on Monday last week, at Bodmin. THE HIPPOPOTA3II7' 8, which excited so much attention at the Jardin des Planets, was taken ill a few days ago, and though every possible attention was paid him, he died on Wednesday. The Parisians will greatly regret his loss, as he was the most popular " lion ' of the day.— Paris Paper. FINANCIAL STATEMENT.—The Chancellor of the Ex chequer has placed on the " votes" a notice that he will, to-day, lay the balance-sheet upon the table of the House of Commons, and make a statement respecting the revenue for the year now closed, the condition of the public ha dances, and the condition of the unfunded debt. - THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, who has recently succeeded to the title and estates, has announced his intention of disposing by auction of the ecclesiastical benefices in his gift. The benefices offered for sale:are the vicarage of Monmouth, the vicarage of St. Thomas's, Monmouth, the vicarage of Mayn, the vicarage of Redchurch, the rectory of Lansoy, the rectory of Uwerneeney, the vicarage of Monkswood ; the incumbency of Lanischen, the incumbency of Trelleckgrauge, the incumbency of Chapel-hill, and the incumbency of St. Awan's. GRAND BALL.—The Press says :—" We have reason to believe that her Majesty has signified her intention to be present at a grand bat costume at the new French em bassy on the 12th of May. The greatest interest and excitement will prevail in political circles when this is generally known, it being the first occasion upon which the Sovereign has ever honoured any ambassador with her presence." THE LATE MARQUIS' Or LONDONDERRY'S WILL con sists of a few lines, giving all his estates, real and personal, to his Marchioness, absolutely, appointing her sole execu trix. The will bears au unattested endorsement in his own handwriting, recapitulating its contents in terms of the most affectionate endearment. The personal estate in the province of Canterbury has been sworn under £15,000, which, when added to that within the province of York, which is under £250,000, and in Ireland under £40,000, makes an aggregate of personal property amounting to £335,000, exclusive of all the vast settled estates and col lieries of the Vane and Londonderry families in England and Ireland, in the former of which Jae is succeeded by Lady Londonderry, and in the latter by the present Marquis. EFFECTS OF WAR UPON TRADR.AI — eSST3. Littledale & CO., in their monthly circular, say:—" Though there need be no apprehension as to the final issue, the disarrange ment of trade, a check to exports, and to some extent the creation of mistrust, will be the immediate effect, but we confess we were not prepared for the state of panic which appeared in the Money market and on the Stock Exchange. on the actual announcement of hostilities. For the first six weeks or two months, from the very uncertainty and novelty to the present generation of a state of war, we may probably see money continue dear, • and our produce markets depress from an unreasonable anxiety of holders to be freehanded at any cost, but 'after that time, even should no decisive action take place in favour of our arms, -we feel confident that trade will more or less revive. Our stocks of produce are moderate, indeed small in many articles, and the reluctance shown by merchants to import,. . the difficulty.of obtaining shipping, a n d the high rates of freight all over the globe, must tend to support prices here, whilst our consumption, even allowing for a moderate check in trade, will continue good. We would recommend due caution and lower limits for imports, but certainly not the sacrifice of produee ilt a mo ment of undefined apprehension," NOTES, NO OPE_VIONS. Br JOHANNES RIISTICUS. XVV.—CHURCH ACCOILMODATIOS7 FOR THE POOR; `)..) Foremost among the spiritual wants of this large and rapidly extending town Bishop of Liverpool. It is no reflection on the character or ability of our pre sent excellent and zealous Diocesan to make this assertion, for the extent and populousness of the diocese of Chester is such as to demand that a division of its labours should take place, and Liverpool, with its suburbs and adjacent villages, are quite sufficient of themselves to engage the unceasing exertions of a bishop. A suitable church for a cathedral we are already possessed of ; nor need we travel beyond that church to find a suitable occupant for the episcopal throne. The whole matter could be arranged without exciting the slightest envy, jealousy, or strife, of any description. But whether this can be effected or no, the ne c essity for more churches and more clergymen is imperative. The official report of Horace Mann shows that there are 63,541 persons in Liverpool, capable of at tending public worship, for whom no accommodation has been provided by any religious body. Will the church men of • Liverpool permit the same deplorable state of things to be recorded in the nest census returns ? Street • after street, and court. after court, - is rapidly built up at the north end, and tenanted as rapidly, bat scarcely a religious edifice of any description is to be seen erected or in course of erection, though every street contains a popu lation exceeding that of hundreds of country parishes.. Certain " town improvements," consisting chiefly of widening streets and forming new thoroughfares, have lately been much discussed, and, by some, have been strongly advocated on sanitary grounds. There seemed to be no doubt as to the possibility of raising the tens of, thousands of pounds which it was estimated such im provements would cost. ' Well, now the north end pre seats an opportunity of effecting, at a very moderate cost, an " improvement " far more necessary, more important, and more immediately pressing, than any new thorough fare can possioly be; and more conducive to the sanitary, because promoting the moral, reform of the people. Let our "merchant princes" look to this; and before the whole area is covered with warehouses, and manufactories, and stoles, and dwelling-houses—not forgetting the "vaults" at three out of every four corners—set apart, here and there, a space for a church, for a school-house, for a read ing-room. Some may say the people do not want churches, and will not go to them, nor send their children to the schools. Perhaps not : but at all events our duty to offer them the privilege remains the same. Now the responsi bility is ours—then it would be theirs—and should we be roused from our beds some morning to find our streets in possession of a mob, our shipping destroyed, and our warehouses in flames, we shall not be doomed a prey to • the dismal reflection that so horrible a calamity might have been averted by the timely labours of the school master, and the elective ministrations of the clergy. XXV.—TnE PRESTON STRIKE.—It appears that on the morning of the 30th March, 1851, (census Sunday,) there were present at church but 2,479 persons, out, of 69,542, the population of the town of Preston. If this be a fact, the strike, with all its calamitous consequences, is easily accounted for. How can men, who pay no respect or homage to a Heavenly King and Master, be expected to. do their duty to an earthly one ? It is not possible. •If - these men had been in the constant habit of attending' the services of the church, it is a moral impossibility that there should have been a strike for wages. There may have been remonstrances -and appeals—there may have been a change of masters—but there could not have been a concerted turn-out, and plotted intimidation and threatening of those who remained in. Other large towns, and especially manufacturing towns, may take warning by this. It is the fashion in moat of them to treat the church clergy with contempt—to ridicule their teaching—to dis pute their authority—and to oppose and thwart them, if for no other reason, because they are legally appointed ! Behold the result. A state of society in which servant is arrayed as master—workman against his fellow— lawless 'combination against unjustifiable association— poverty struggling with avarice—helpless want with mis used power. Where will it end ? Loss of wealth—loss of health—loss of respect—loss of character—loss of strength —perhaps even loss of life from bitter starvation, are among the evils already produced by this unhappy strife! God grant we may not have to add to the catalogue calamities still more dire. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCR. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. J. Armstrong, ALA., Prebendary of Wells Cathedral, and Rector of Hinder, near Bristol, to be Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Somerset. Rev. C. Bailey, 'M.A., to the Rectory of Elsdon, near New castle. upon-Tune. Rev. H. A. Barratt, ALA., to the Perpetual Curacy of Lang ley, Norfolk. Rev. .1. Deedes, AI.A., Vicar of :garden, to the Rural Deanery of Sutton. Rev. C. Escker:•ail, ➢I.A., to the Incumbency of Lower 'deeding. near ilorsharn, Sussex. Rev. W. [3. Findlay, [S. A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of Atherton, near Manchesier. _ . Rey. GI Freenia , ,, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Emmanuel Church, Bolton-le-Moors. hey. J. Ge:(lart, M A., to the Rectory of Podington, or Pod d•nngt'n, Bedfordshire. Graves, to the Vicarage of Kilmocar, Kilkenny. Rev. J. G. Harries, M.A., to be Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Brecknockshire. Rev. H..(. Hawke, NI.A., to the Rectory ot Willingham-by- Stow. Lin-olnaliire. Rev. J. W. Hill, M.A., Incumbent of Waverton, near Chester, to be Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Flintshire. Ite , ; , . R. Hughes, 8.A., to the Curacy of \Vest Bagborough, near Taunton. Rev. S. J. Jerram, M.A., to the Vicarage of Chobbam, Surrey. Ret; . . G. A. Langdale, M.A., late Curate of Bexley, to the Curacy of Compton with Upper Martien, Sussex. Rev. 11. M. Lower. M.A. Senior Curate of St. Nicholas' C'mrcli. Sidi/iota to be Archdeacon of the'diocese :Montreal, Lower Canada. Rev. W. S. AV/toilet!, 111. A., to the Rectory of Ousden, near Newnts rk et. Rev. Dr. J. B. Mountain, Rector of Blunharn, near Biggles wade, to he Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire. Rev. J, D. Paltnonr, M.A. Rector of Lutichnrch, and In cutnhe•it of reynoldston, to the Vicarage of Jeffreyston, near Narbertb. Rev. G. Pilkingtln, M.A., to the Sunday evening lecture ship at St . An irevr's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Rev. J. Pilling, to the Perpetual Curacy of G7tinsargh. Rev. F. J. Poole, 8.A., to the Cnracy of the Parish Church of St. John the Bvanzeliit, Leeds. Rev. G. V. Reed, M.A., to the Rectory of Hayes, Kent. Rev. W. Richardson, M.A., Incnlnhent of St. David's, and Vicar of Jeffreyston, to a Canon Reiidentiary in the Cathedral Church of the diocese. Rev. T. Smith, M.A., Curate of Trinity Church, Upper Chels?a, to the Curacy of Cheltenham. Rev. W. P. S. Stanhope, M.A., to the Curacy of Stutton. near Ipswich. Re•'. G. Swift, M.A., Curate of Christ Church, Bradford, to the Ministry of St. John's Chapel, Beverley. Rev. F. K Tower, to the Rectory of Elmsthorpe, and to the Peroetna I Curacy of Earl Shifter) Leicestershire. .Rev. H. M. T ur t on , M .A., to 'the Curacy of Kirtiington, Oxfordshire. Rev. W. Verdon, 51. A., to the Incumbency of St. John'S Pendlebury. Rov. A. Watson, 8.A., Fellow of B:asenose College, Oxford, to a Mastership in Marlborough College. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. CONSECRATION.—ST. LUKE'S, GREAT CROSEY.—The enclosed ground or yard surrounding this church was con secrated by the Bishop of Chester on Tuesday last, the 4th instant, for interments. Of2DlNATlON.—Candidates for ordination by the Bishop of Chester on Trinity Sunday are required to send all their necessary papers complete to Charles T. W. Pairy, Chester, his lordship's secretary, on or before Monday, the Ist May next at the latest. As A MEMORIAL of the late Bishop of Salisbury, the clergy and laity of his diocese intend restoring the chapter house of the cathedral. THE Gazette of Tuesday night contains an order in council, announcing Her Majesty's approval of the pro posal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for fixing the number and salary of the minor canons of Bristol Cathe dral. The number is reduced from six to three, and the annual stipend of each is fixed at £l5O. THE REV. ROBERT SCOTT was, on Tuesday, elected' Master of Balliol College, Oxford. Mr. Scott was Ireland scholar in 1833, and formerly fellow and tutor of Balliol, is a prebendary of Exeter, and rector of South Luffenham, near Stamford. The new Master voted for Mr. Gladstone, in 1847, 52 and 53. DEGREES.—During the past year 278 gentlemen were admitted to the degree of B.A. at Oxford, 339 at Cam bridge, and 218 at Dublin; and 259 gentlemen were ad mitted to the other degrees at Oxford, 305 at Cambridge, and 9$ at Dublin. CONVOCATION.-Four seats are at present vacant in the convocation of the province of Canterbury —namely, for Salisbury Chapter by the elevation of Mr. Hamilton to the Bishopric ; for the chapter of Bristol Cathedral by the elevation of Dr. Jackson to the Bishopric of Lincoln; for the diocese of Canterbury, by the death of the Rev. Dr.: Mill ; and for the chapter of Ely Cathedral, by the death of the Rev. Henry Fardell. In the convocation of the province of York two seats are vacant, viz. :—From the chapter of York, by the death of the Rev. W. H. Dixon;, and for the diocese of York, by the acceptance of prefer ment by the Rev. S. Gamlen, in the province of Canterbury. DIOCESE or M A.NCRESTER. — Preferments : —On Tues day, at the Diocesan Registry, the Bishop of Manchester, in addition to licensing the Rev. W. Verdon t o th e in cumbency of St. John's, Pendlebury, and the Rev. Gage Earle Freeman to Emanuel Church, Bolton. licensed the Rev. George Alker, 8.A., to th e stipendiary - curacy of St. Peter's, Preston, on the nomination of the Rev. W. M. Ferish, the incumbent. The Rev. John Sparling, M.A., has been presented to the rectory of Eccleston, near Chorley. The living is in the gift of the;rev. gentleman's father, and is considered to be one of the most valuable . pieces of Church patronage in this diocese. The Bishop of Manchester intends to hold an ordination - on Triniti Smnlay. HORTICULTURE. ________ w .„-............. ST ' , oi,E, CONSERVATO RY , ' &c.--The t em perature of the stove should now be 70' to 80' by day, and 65 ° at night ; that of the conservatory 55' to 60 ° by day, and 4.5 at night. Watering must he carefully attended to, recol lecting that those which have now passed the flowering season must be Watered very sparingly, whilst those whlct are growing vigorously require a liberal supply. Succu lent plants, as aloes, cacti, &T., which have been kept dry during the winter, will now require a moderate supply of water. Admit air liberally at midday to the conservatory and greenhouse, but close early, so as to retain a g oo d share of the sun's warmth. Roses which are forced will req; s iire ni f E um F i L g o a ‘ t v t a to .tit kee DE p lc d .— ow s n oli t Many of those sown in March have failed, through dry cold winds which have so lon g prevailed. Propagate the dahlias, and keep the lawns and paths we • ell rolled an d swept... KITCAEN GARDEN.—Many of the advancing crops; such as peas and beans,.will require to have the soil drawn to the stems. Sow carrots, celery, and pot-herb seeds ; plant out cauliflowers ; strike cuttings of sage if the crop. has suffered from frost, f u , - •.,............•ir....C, J.JUIILtUII, 0U.14.41.1.n • 1, 4 '46Av pi,* NN I ~..a b . 01%C.1Z vie, , \ aluable.Prediold.and Copylaolcl tq1 1 ,44 - q Alt t ,tfroud Green:— . . , r t " , ,,,,,,‘`' d 'itu i ve-*,,„AisID (now in one:, in Cbildwati, on !he C ,",rep'°li4t 1 4 1 leading from W - tivertree-nook to Child 11, As 1 1*. 32p., statute measure, or thereabouts. El ) s'll er st or i4 ce klePtii 1 1 11 6,-„ I 'AISTo (now in one , ), in Childwall, on the re COp; q t , p," 4 , ( l . leadir, fruci W-avertrne-nook to Ck li k q . 4 - !, Co„ - ' 4 11,,,* "Al-HOUSE and Outbuildings thereon vi tie ,o te ' PTli f q sa . . 0r..33p., statute measure, or there i'lt, liSti,,GT'°f inheritance. 06..nk1a,,,.,D in West Derhy, lying tetween the \Vriti':r.„ *" the ' London and Nortb:western Railway, 44 ,1 1 - oe , state measure, or thereabouts. Copyhold :t ti o %.*: 4 y , l ) ° e l a ilt i t rn he me o i c ,a u t i l a 3 t .. ion .of Mr. h Webster, but 1 0 1 11 , - urchyard. v gtt 1 1,kppl e - , 0 AWOCIATION 'FOR THE AR ylivut,-MENT OF SCIENCE. BOROUGH OF ,I,lll4.itace--2101-Ilsr BUCK LLOYD, ESQ., MATql. t - - )Viej , )l lo itil the request conveyed by a Requisiti?n, i t 4 i i t ) , t h ' C I and:teqlectablv sned./ do hereby appoint V. 6. 1, 4;3 c , E'l'i NG of the INIUBITAN FS of this lilittijl` t ,,''e held--in the Session's -house, Chapel-street, k.tk e k,! 4 er ,),.theiith instant, at twelve o'clock at Wir,„ 4 rsti,,„., 4o Pl such resolutions as will secure the V1 1 6 , 1 1 _, , i i „ . `tir1 % ,7. , 0 ,1 the Inhabitants in the arrangements Ot l tt4tice:',.rel3 . - ritish Association for the IClsvaton,cven. t r r te .ich is appointed to be held in this I N Iliei"--..._ Professor PHILIPS. Assistant ' General lw ot .`"uciation, will atten . di I order 91e t aed Mode of OK ti ritil ) . is of-Hie Association : its V i k l l '' I 5 detail. 1 m ' API ! , , - . .h._ . 4 a54. \,,,......_ JOHN 8.. LLOYD, Mayor.