The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-22 00:00:00

Mr. E. Elton, late midshipman of the Cambridge, whose' case:has excited a good deal of attention, was on Wednesday morning released from the Marshalsea by order of the Lords ofithe Admiralty.—Standard. MANCHESTER Poucu.—Thirteen thousand three hun dred and forty-five persons were taken into custody in the year 1841, by the Manchester police-force, of which the late Mr. Delahunt was a member. Of these, ten thousand two hundred and eight were dismissed. A JEWISH CONVERT.—The Univers publishes an account of the extraordinary conversion of M. Alphonse Rattisbonne, a wealthy Israelite, of Strasburgh, to the Roman Catholic faith, at Rome, where he received the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and the eucharist, on the 31st of January last. EXTRAORDINARY INVITATION.—" Mr. Richard Shackell very kindly invites those persons who have already taken a part of his turnips from a field known by the name of Towns end-field, to attend on the said premises between the hours of ten and twelve o'clock this day, when he will be there for the purpose of delivering the remaining part. Only the per sons who have taken the others will be expected." The above was published by the crier through the village of Sampford Peverell on the 21st of January.— Western Times. GOING BY STEANr.—A letter from Blois of the 10th inst. states, that in the course of last week a family from Chau mont proceeding to that city, their carriage caught fire from a chaqfirrette, and was totally consumed. A peasant, who was ridin,T on horseback behind the carriage, having been re proachedior looking on whilst the carriage was burning with out apprizing the travellers of their danger, coolly replied, " Ma foi ! there are so many new inventions now-a-days, that 1 thought you were travelling by steam." Sunday week, the Gth March, is appointed for another col lection in the outstanding parishes in support of the O'Con nell tribute. It is a positive fact (says the Limerick Chroni cle), of which the public are not yet aware, that the funds annually raised in the name of the O'Connell tribute, are disposed of in a manner quite foreign to the intentions of the contributors, and that scarce half the sum paid is received by Mr. O'Connell or his family, the other moiety being shared amongst his political staff, whose number and description would greatly surprise the country. The following are the receipts of railways fOr the past last week, that is to say, up to the dates to which the respective returns were made :—Birmingham £13,409 • Great Western £9,511 ; South-Western £3,790 ; North Midland £3,698 ; Midland Counties £2,503 ; York and North Midland £1,468 ; Great North of England £1,341; Birmingham and Glouces ter, £1,303 ; Greenwich, £697; Eastern Counties £656 ; Blackwall £538; Manchester and Birmingham £322; and Croydon £275.. FIRST PLAY PRINTED IN ENGLAND.—" GOD Hys Pro mises," a tragedie, or interlude, manyfestynge the chyefe promises of Con unto man in all ages, from the begynnynge of the worlde, to the deathe of JESUS CURISTE, a mysterie, 1538. "This play (says Baker) was written by Bishop Bale, and the first dramatic piece printed in England." It was reprinted by Charlewood, in 1577, and was acted by the youths, upon a Sunday, at the Market-cross of Kilkenny, in Ireland. It is a remarkable fact that, upon the last occasion of the present corn laws being discussed at length in the House of Commons—viz., when Mr. Villiers brought forward (in May, 1840) his annual motion for a committee to consider the laws relative to the importation of foreign corn, the majority against his proposition was exactly 123, the same as the ma jority by which, on Wednesday night, Lord J. Russell's amendment was thrown out. The numbers on the occasion we allude to were 177 to 300. OLIVE OIL.—CANDIA, DEC. 6.—The lrop of olive oil in the Island of Candia, for 1841, is estimated at from 5,665,000 to 6,232,000 kilegrammes, which at the average price of 72f. per 100 hillegt amines, represent an amount of from 4,248,000 f. to 4,674,0001. The manufacture of soap, and domestic con sumption will employ nearly a fourth part of that produce, and the rest will be exported. A large quantity of oil, pro ceeding from the abundant crop of 1840, was either consumed or lost during the late disturbances, whieh likewise prevented the inhabitants from engaging in the sponge fishery. Ad vices from Corfu announce that the crop of olive oil, which, it was thought from appearances, would amount to 150,000 lonian barrels, will not exceed 100,000. This reduction was occasioned by the rain and frost, which destroyed a consi derable portion of the fruit before it reached maturity. The same letters state, that the price of currants has fallen to 47f. per 100 killegramrnes. It was 30f. in September lrst.—.3fo nitetir. POLICE PHYSICIANS.—On Tuesday morning, between eleven and twelve, a tall, gaunt old Woman, well known to the police, was observed tottering and staggering along Broad-street, and occasionally holding on by the iron railings of the Court of Excise, apparently in violent spasms, and ejaculating all sorts of descriptive sentences. Several gentle men went up to her to offer her assistance. She declared she was dying—could not, at all events live long—would like to reach home, &c., when her practised eye caught sight of two policemen leisurely approaching on the other side of the way. " The Lord be praised," said the old impostor, in broad Derrynane accents—" The Lord be praised, poor ould Molly 's betther now." " What 's been the matter," said one of the policemen—" What 's the matter, old Molly ?" " Devil secure to yez," replied Molly—" Shure and its no body can git an annest liven now for the likes iv ye."—Lon don paper. SHOCKING ATTEMPT TO MURDEG.—The village of Bur' mer, near Sudbury, on Sunday morning last was thrown into the greatest consternation by a report that Mr. Samuel Vial!, farmer, of the above place, had shot his wife, which unhap pily proved to be true. The facts of the case are as follow : —Mr. Viall had been spending the evening of Saturday at the Plough Inn, in the above parish ; one of his workmen quarrelled with him, from which some blows were struck. Mr. Viall then went home, about eleven o'clock, and quar relled with his wife. She ran into another room, and held the door after her. He (Mr. Vial!) then fired a gun, which was loaded with shot, through the door. Part of the charge entered his wife's left breast (carrying part of the door) in an oblique direction. She then made her escape to a cottage on the Halsted-road, and obtained the assistance of two men, who returned with her. They found Mr. Vial! in bed with a double barreled gun by his side •, one of the barrels appeared to have been recently discharged. Medical assistance having been procured her wounds were dressed, but she cannot be pronounced out of danger at the prese n t. I t i s s t a t e d th at Mr. Viall maintains th most dogged silence as to the tran saction.—Essex Standard. LEWIS'S TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.—The case of Lewis and Co., which has excited such intense interest throughout the country, and which commenced on Wednes day morning at ten o'clock, concluded the following evening. It was seven o'clock when his lordship, the chief-baron, pro ceeded to charge the jury. The whole question at issue was, whether the defendants had supplied a work fully equal to the terms of the prospectus, and if the inaccuracies pointed out in it were so much beyond what might be reasonably expected in a book of the kind as to release the defendant from the contract he had entered into. His lordship con cluded his charge at half-past eight o'clock, and the jury, after being absent a few minutes, returned with a verdict for the plaintiffs. This decision will put upwards of twenty thousand pounds into the pockets of Lewis and Co., as all the defaulting subscribers will now come in and pay. The matter at issue in the present case was only four guineas, being the price of a small paper copy of the work. The costs of the trial, it is said, will exceed £4OO, and the defendant, on whom the costs fall, is a poor Protestant curate. The case was tried in one of the Irish courts. AFFLICTING ACCIDENT.-011 Monday last, some work men in the employ of Mr. Lucas, bricklayer, of St. Peter's place, Hammersmith, were engaged in opening a cesspool, in Mr. Chatham's garden, which, finding it dangerous from the accumulation of foul air to descend, they left open until they commenced their operations at night, without taking any precautions to pr,event persons falling in. In the course of the afternoon Mrs. Chatburn left home, to proceed to Knightsbridge, after the character of a servant, and contrary to her usual custom, left a bov about eight years old in the care of Mr. Chatburn and the female assistant, a woman of family nearly 60 years of age. Mr. Chatburn, previous to the children going into the play-ground, carefully cautioned them not to go near the cesspool.; and being aware of the volatile spirits of the deceased, and his habit of jumping, he took him by the arm, and particularly cautioned him to be careful. While in the play-ground Mr. Chatburn watched them from a French window, which overlooked the whole of the premises, and on their coming in he conceived they had all gone up to their rooms under the care of the assistant. In the evening Mr. Chatburn (who while giving his evidence appeared deeply affected at the lamentable accident) attended a lecture at Hammersmith, and on his return home was sur prised to find that the deceased had in the interim been missed, and could nowhere be found. The cesspool was im mediately thought 'of, and assistance sent for, when a jobbing gardener, named Mott, with sergeant Reynolds, T. I, tried to descend, but it being found that even a candle was extinguished by the action of the foul air, the cesspool being at least twenty feet deep, a long pole, to which a large butcher's hook was attached, was used, and a few minutes before ten o'clock the deceased was got out quite dead. MURDER IN ATHENS.—A horrible murder has just been perpetrated in this city. The house of Mons. Negroponte was forcibly entered at night by assassins, who stabbed him through the heart while in bed with his wife. No cause has been assigned for. this diabolical act; the victim had only recently returned to his family from England, where he had resided as a Greek mercnant for some years, and was justly esteemed for his amiable disposition and upright dealings. This is the third assassination which has occurred at Athens during the last month, and, with shame be it said, with im punity, as the police is too much occupied in espionage for political purposes to find time to look after such trifles. Many respectable Greeks are contemplating quitting the country, and others, who had sent persons here to report to them the actual state of affairs before bringing their families from Italy and Russia, will now receive accounts which will scarcely tempt them to establish themselves here, under such a frightful state of things. In sober truth, what a dis graceful contrast does the present utter uncertainty of life and property within the very capital of regenerated Greece now afford to the. perfect security enjoyed by all classes under the Turkish rule before the Greek revolution. It is well known that, for many years previous to that event, mur ders and robberies in Greece were almost unheard of; and when those, or any other outrage against the person did take place, the offenders were sure to be detected and punished. The Morning Chronicle blunders in attributing to the Herald a contradiction of the Earl of Elgin's appointment as Governor of Jamaica. We gave no such contradiction ; but we expressed our deep regret at the removal of Sir Charles Metcalf, whose services we thought undervalued by the John Bull, who announced the change. The very fact of Lord Stanley appointing Lord Elgin to the colony, is an ample testimony to us that the noble lord is not without qualifica tions to represent his sovereign in that fine island, although we may not be aware of the noble lord's merits. Sir Charles Metcalf was, it is but justice to the Colonial office to remark, originally appointed Governor of Jamaica to restore tran quility to the island, and win back the affection of its Legis lative Assembly to Downing-street. He has most ably ac complished his mission; and there his task was to terminate. But that the services of Sir Charles will be lost hereafter to his country from neglect of the present ministers, is a mon strous supposition—and one that never passed through our imagination. We will venture to predict Sir Charles Met calfe's speedy nomination to some more important post. Herald. DISGRACEFUL OUTR A GE AND INTERRUPTION OF DI VINE SERVICE.—On Friday last, between the hours of two and three o'clock in the atternooon, the remains of the wife of a respectable Protestant, named Baker, who resides in the town of Cloyne, were brought for interment to the Ca thedral, and were met, according to custom, at the gate of the church-yard, by the clergyman of the parish, the Rev. Richard Chester, who had no sooner commenced the burial service, than the coffin was seized upon, violently hurried off from the church, into which it was being carried, thrown into the grave, and the earth heaped upon it, amidst the most furious yells and violent gestures upon the part of the rioters. The clergyman followed the coffin to the grave, and again commenced the service, but being jostled by the crowd, and the tumult being redoubled, the attempt was useles s . M; The police ere then sent for, or, and were immediately in at tendance, but not being accompanied by a magistrate (of whom the nearest resides at a distance of two miles from the town), and being only four in number, they were unable to quell the riot, which momentarily increased, and, after ano ther ineffectual effort to perform his duty, the clergyman was obliged to retire. It is but justice to the Roman Catholic in habitants of Cloyne; a great number of whom were present, to state that they not only totally abstained from joining in the lumult, but that several of them exerted themselves to put it down. The offenders, who are from an adjoining pa rish, and some of them distant relatives of the deceased, are known, and will be made amenable to the law. The deceased was originally a Romanist, but had many years since con formed to the true catholic faith.—Cork Conditution. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Under the Management of Messrs. J.H. ANDERSON and W. J. 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TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1842 We commence with this publication the fourth year •of our.proprietorship of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD; .and we cannot permit the opportunity to pass by with• l out returning our cordial and grateful thanks to our friends for the prominent position which their kind support has enabled us to assume amongst the journals of our own town and of the district in which we cir- . culate. The STANDARD is now confessedly a LEAD ING ORGAN of the great Conservative party in Liver pool; to its columns a great majority of the press of Great Britain look for a faithful transcript of the opi nions and transactions of the commercial body of this the second port in the united kingdom ; and to them, as well, they look as the'vehicle by which those sound constitutional and PROTESTANT opinions, in the maintenance of which our town has stood forth so proudly pre-eminent, are circulated, and from which they are echoed throughout the length and breadth of Great Britain. We commenced our present undertaking with no very flattering prospects before us, but relying, with full confidence, in the honesty and determination with which we were prepared to advocate the cause of con stitutional liberty and the best interests of our fellow townsmen, to enable us to press it to a successful re sult. " In the course of our exertions we have kept steadily in view that cause and those interests; we have never truckled for support to any party, high or low ; and we can look back with pride upon our past career, and say, with confidence, that we have never sacrificed a principle or betrayed any who have placed their trust in us. It is with pride, therefore, no less than with satisfaction and thankfulness, that we view the success which has attended, thus far, our exer tions; and to a discerning and discriminating public the position in which its kindness has placed us is no less honourable than to ourselves. A reference to our columns will show the degree of favour in which we are held by our advertising friends, whose favours, we are happy to state, as well as our circulation, are steadily and weekly increasing, not withstanding the exceeding depression of the times. For the purposes of those with whom it is an object that their advertisements should come before the notice of the leading capitalists and influential middle classes of the district, our journal offers, now, advantages not exceeded, if, indeed, they are equalled, by those of any of our contemporaries ; and we can, therefore, with confidence and perfect justice, impress our claims in this respect upon their support. With respect to. our political principlesand themode in which the LIVERPOOL STANDARD is conducted, we need scarcely do more than refer to the past. We have endeavoured hitherto, whilst maintaining fear lessly the integrity of the cause of which we set out as the advocate, to render our columns attractive, as well to the general reader as to the politician—equally suit able for the family circle and for the table of the news room. We shall stand fast by the same great cause ; we shall still endeavour to maintain, unimpaired and unimpeached, the Protestant principles of our consti tution in church and state; we shall continue to watch over the welfare of " ships, colonies, and commerce ;" we shall still be the faithful defender of local interests; and, above all, it will ever be our pride so to mingle the "utile et dulce"—so to blend in our columns in struction with amusement—as to entitle us to be re ceived, with the same favour which we at present en joy, in the houses and by the firesides of our fellow townsmen. Our contemporary the Liverpool Journal appears to think—for we can scarcely convince ourselves that so astute an observer of the world is serious in expressing such an opinion—that we have treated too lightly the threatening attitude assumed by the anti-corn-law peo ple, in their determination to refuse payment of all taxes until their demand of a total repeal of the corn laws is conceded by the legislature. The Journal would fain have the world believe that there is something be yond mere balderdash in these ravings—something hor ribly alarming; that they are " signs and portents of a kind not to be misunderstood," and which ought to put a Conservative government and the Conservative people of England in a state of indescribable and unutterable consternation. We really must be excused, however, for differing with our contemporary upon this matter. We have lived long enough in this world to distinguish between Bobadilism and serious and active determina tion. We could tell the difference between the voice of " Bully Bottom the weaver" and the roar of the king of the forest ; and, however irreverent it may ap pear in the eyes of our contemporary, we must, posi tively, have our laugh out, and continue to enjoy the outrageous absurdity of these absurd people. The Journal, simple man, believes, we presume, that the cottonocracy of Manchester have nothing to do but simply hold up their fingers, profess adherence to the five points of the charter, join the anti-corn-law agita tion to agitation for universal suffrage, and reign at once and for ever in the hearts and in the confidence of the working classes of the manufacturing districts. We are told that the proposal of Sir Robert Peel has " gone far to reconcile all dissensions between masters and workmen ;" and are to conclude that the Brookses and Harbottles, the Cobdens and Potters, are to be come from henceforth the leaders of the moral and physical force of Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Lancashire. But is this so ? No! We must tell our contem porary that much more than has, as yet, been con ceded by the cottonocracy to the working classes, is necessary to enable either Mr. John Brooks or Tho mas Harbottle, Richard Cobden or Sir Thomas Potter, knight, to play the part of Jack Cade, and lead a mob of weavers and spinners to Blackheath or London stone. " The Ethiop" must " change his skin" before the Lancashire operatives will place their trust in a free trade factory lord ! We have some trifling ac quaintance with the habits and the feelings of these men. We know the value which they place in " libe ral " professions. We know that they have minds and memories; and have no idea, therefore, that they will become the dupes of anti-corn•law agitation, although it may be glossed over with coincident professions of anxiety for universal suffrage, vote by ballot, annual parliaments, and the other panacea of ultra Chartism. We have no fear, then, of the threats put forth by the Manchester leaguers, and for these several, and, some of them, very weighty reasons. rn the first place, the party who compose the league are a very pal try portion of the manufacturing interest, are devoid of any great influence amongst the manufacturing the eo n munity, and have no hold upon the confidence o f working population. In the next place, they are a very, very selfish set ; and are wise enough in their own generation to know that the consequences of any outbreak would devolve upon themselves. They can not lead the working classes from any feeling of love borne towards their own persons or confidence in the sincerity of their professions; and although it is true that they may, as it is threatened, 66 close their mills and turn their populations into the streets" in the hope of wringing from their violence the objects of which they are in search, we are confident, however, that they will not resort to a proceeding so diabolical—although, on other grounds, some of them are quite capable of it—for the simple reason that, whilst it would probably plunge a great portion of their duped dependents into the clutches of the law, it would, with equal certainty, lead not a few of themselves into the London Gazettc. We have hitherto given our contemporary of Mon day the credit of exercising a little more discernment and fairness, in remarking upon men and measures, than the mass of his brethren of the Liberal press. In his publication of Monday, however, whilst express ing his condemnation of the policy of Sir Robert Peel, the Albion seems to have exerted himself to ap pear as absurd and as stilted as the rest of his frater nity. That statesman, remarks our contemporary, " has proved himself to be exactly a man of the stature at which we ever rated him." Mark the magnificence of that WE "He has fully justified the notion that he is no master statesman fit to preside over the desti nies of a mighty empire, but a mere journeyman, ready for any kind of jobwork for the faction whose convenient tool he is." What a mistaken notion the world has hitherto entertained with respect to Sir Ro bert Peel's " stature" and capabilities ! The Liverpool Albion thinks him "a mere journeyman:" We would give something for his opinion of the Liverpool Al bion. Looked at through the same diminisher which has brought down the first statesman of the age to the " stature " of " a mere journeyman," the Albion, if visible at all, would, we should imagine, be a very small 'prentice indeed ! But what, it may be asked, has Sir Robert done to lessen himself in the eyes of this great magician Why, he has let slip the faireSt opportunity ever pre sented to a minister of distinguishing himself as the prince of apostates and"the most unprincipled of pre tenders. He has not proposed a Whig settlement of the corn question. But—most grievous sin of all ! he has not appreciated correctly the amazing virtue of the "liberal party" ! Had Sir Robert Peel been wil ling, after good Whig example, to turn his back upon and despise the power which has so lately placed in his hands the administration of the government, we are assured by our contemporary that " the liberal party, true to their principles whether in place or out of it, were prepared, laying aside all political hostility, with heart and soul to help" him in so excellent a stultifica tion of himself. Beautiful disinterestedness ! • Con summate patriotism ! Really we scarcely know whe ther most to laugh at the notion of a 6 ` liberal party, true to their principles whether in place or out of it" (! or to wonder what kind of a settlement of the corn laws that would be which this " liberal party" would aid him to carry. Will the Albion tell us ? Or, will he tell us who compose the liberal party ? Upon either of these matters it would be a treat to all mankind to be enlightened. Our contemporary of yesterday, under the heading " American flour and provisions," furnishes us with the following unproved assertions and unauthorized deductions—the staple, by the way, of anti-corn-law diatribes : We have been favoured with an extract from a circular addressed to the Liverpool Asti-Monopoly Association, by Messrs. F. de Lizardi and Co., dated New Orleans Jan. 17, 1842. It shows how admirably the soil of the valley of the Mississippi is adapted for the growth of the food of man, and what supplies of flour a nd p r o v i s i ons might be drawn from New Orleans alone for the subsistence of our people, thousands of whom are now famishing for want of the bare necessaries of life. Nor would it be necessary to export one farthing in money to pay for this flour and these provi sions. The farmers of the United States would gladly receive British manufactures in return for the produce of their farms. Thus a most extensive and rapidly increasing market would be opened to our cottons and our woollens, our cutlery and our hardware, giving employment and good wages to artisans, as well as supplying them with bread at a lower price than they could ever hope to buy it while, our own agriculturists enjoy the monopoly of the home market. We fear that the corn-laws, with Sir Robert Peel's latest " improvements," will'effectually seal the Mississippi, so far as the export of flour and provisions is concerned, and cut us off from all supplies from that quarter, while, even under a moderate fixed duty, not to speak of a system of free trade, an extensive import from the New World would take place. We will not dwell upon the gratuitous promise here held out, that the American farmers " would gladly receive British manufactures in return for the produce of their farms," for it would, in our humble judgment, be much more " germane to the matter" if our con temporary could have assured us that the povernment of the United States would permit this barter—which, however, he knows they will not—by relaxing, one iota, their almost prohibitory tariff. We must, however, deny that the operation of Sir Robert Peel's tariff " will effectually seal the Mississippi, so far as corn and flour is concerned, and cut us off from all supplies from that quarter ;" and we shall substantiate our denial by the data furnished us from Messrs. De Lizardi, as quoted by our contemporary. These gentlemen state the price of superfine Ame rican flour at N ew O r l eans as " d u ll a t 5 dollars 75 cents per barrel, or 225. 6d. per 196 lbs." Let us add then to this price the freight from New Orleans, which ris 3s. 9d. to 45., and we find the price on board in Li verpool 265. 3d. to 265. 6d. Something must be added for charges —say ls.—and the account will stand thus: Cost in New Orleans per barrel 225. 6d. Freight, say Charges in Liverpool 275. Gd Duty per Sir Robert Peel's scale upon average of this week 345. 2d. Latest price for best American flour in Liverpool, 365., leaving for commmission or importers' profit, at pre sent prices, is. tod. per barrel- A very brief examination of the law which regulates transactions between principal and factor cannot fail to convince those, even, who are the least acquainted with the intricacies of commercial matters, that a change is imperatively called for. The act of 6, Geo. 4, c. 94, was undoubtedly an important amendment of the then existing law, which held that a person advancing money to an agent, upon the security of goods entrusted to him, could not retain them for his advance, although he had no means of knowing the fact of agency. But whilst legalizing advances in the case of an agent, known or riot known to be so, this act imposed a re striction which, in practice, has neutralized almost all the beneficial results which it was doubtless intended to effect. The objections to this act, in practice, are prinCipally those which arise out of the 2d, 3d, and sth sections; and the mode of their operation has for some time. been • felt as a very serious drawback upon the safety Of com mercial transactions. By the 2d section it is enacted, that "Any person entrusted with a bill of lading, India warrant, dock warrant, warehouse-keepers' cer tificate, w.harfingers' certificate, warrant, or order for delivery of goods, shall be deemed the owner of the goods, so as to make valid any sale or pledge thereof, for advances made upon the faith of such documents, without notice that he is not the owner." By this clause it was evidently intended to protect merchants and other parties in making advances upon bills of lading of goods consigned to them, or similar docu ments of title pledged with them, with a bona fide intention. And yet it is doubtful whether, in accord ance with decisions of law, in cases where advances have been made upon an advice of a consignment and before the arrival of the bill of lading, which is the ordinary course of business, such advances would not be barred by the third section, and treated as an ante cedent debt, which the arrival of the bill of lading in due course would not secure. It has been held also— so closely has this clause been construed and the facilities it was intended to confer narrowed—that an advance made on a Saturday upon a promise to deposit documents of title to goods on a Monday, which were ach-ally deposited accordingly, was not within the pro tection of the act, because the advance was not made " upon the faith of the documents," but only upon a promise of the documents, and before they were really pledged, and that it was therefore defeated by the third section, which enacts that " no person shall acquire security upon goods from an agent for an antecedent debt beyond the agent's own lien." The sth section enacts that "any person may take goods, or any document, in pledge for an agent, though known to be such." But the application of this direct permission is immediately narrowed by a proviso, which it must be evident to every one who is acquainted with the detailed working of our commercial system, it is quite beyond the power of the merchant or broker ad vancing to protect himself against; for it is enacted by the same clause, that "he shall only acquire the same interest as the agent himself possessed." It is obv►oustly impossible that the London or Liverpool merchant, receiving consignments of foreign produce, which are drawn against by the shipper himself, in nine cases out of ten an agent only, can tell what lien that shipper may have against the owner; and yet he most either refuse acceptance of the bills drawn in the ordinary course, or run the risk of advancing be yond the amount advanced by the foreign agent, and of being called upon to pay over again the amount of that excess to the original owner. It is plain that some material alteration must be made in this law; and we really cannot see that any thing effectual can be done, short of the course recently recommended by the merchantile associations of Li verpool, and impressed by their deputation upon the attention of Government. It is undoubtedly desirable, and it seems to have been the anxious care of the legis lature, that the interest of the owners of goods should be protected against the malversations of agents. But it must be borne in mind that, by the existing law, the agent is placed upon the same footing as owners with respect to actual sales ; and when we know that the system of making advances upon deposits has now become the general course of trade, and is essential to the healthy course of commercial operations, we are satisfied that the only proper course for the legislature to pursue is to give to advances made to agents the same protection which is afforded to those made to the owners. STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c, The state of the market for our raw materials continues very languid, and shows, as yet, little tendency towards im provement. The demand for cotton during the week has been moderate, and a trifling decline in some qualities must be noticed. Considerable firmness is, however, displayed by holders, who do not seem inclined to be moved by the re presentations from the manufacturing districts. On Satur day the market was firmer than at the commencement of the week, with 3COO bales sold, and closed steadily yesterday with 3500 sold, 500 of which were for export. The sales of the week, up to Friday, were 19,630 bales. The demand for manufactured goods in Manchester has been very flat ; but prices from the small amount of business done, cannot be said to have altered sensibly. The great ma jority by which the motion of Sir Robert Peel was carried appears to have damped the spirits of those who expected re lief from a large reduction in the duty upon foreign corn. These parties look, nevertheless, with considerable interest to the result of Mr. Villiers's amendment, and will, probably, be influenced by the hopes which the number of the minority in its favour may seem to justify, in the extent to which they settle themselves down to serious business. The same dul ness pervades the Yorkshiti markets, with the exception of Leeds, in which the measure of Sir Robert Peel is at length beginning to be viewed with more composure, and a better business has been done. VOTES OF THE LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE MEMBERS, On Lord John Russell's amendment,—" That this house, considering the evils which have been caused by the pre sent corn-laws, and especially by the fluctuations of the graduated or sliding scale, is not prepared to adopt the measure of her Majesty's government, which is founded upon the same principles, and is likely to be attended by similar results."—For the sliding scale 349, against it 226; majority 123. For. Against. Lord Stanley North Lancashire.. J. W. Patten Lord F. Egerton lion. R. B. Wilbraham Ditto Lord Sandon Liverpool Sir H. Douglas _ _ — M. Philips - Manchester ...... - T. M. Gibson T. G. Greene Lancaster G. Marton Ditto J. Brotherton Salford P. Ainsworth. Bolton J. Bowring Sir H. Fleetwood ...... Preston Sir G. Strickland J. Hornby Blackburn W. J. Fielden J. Fielden General Johnson I. Blackburne S. Crawford Rochdale ...... .. C. Hindley Ashton . . R. Walker Bury M. Wilson P. Greenall Wigan T. B. Crosse W. T. Egerton G. C. Leigh Sir P. Egerton J. Tollemache. Lord R. Grosvenor .... Chester - J. Jervis J. Brocklehurst Macclesfield T. Grinisditch H. Marsland .......... Stockport IL Cobden Ditto LOCAL NEWS, THE GREAT WESTERN STEAM-Slllr.—Bristol, as well as London has been compelled to admit, that Liverpool is the port of transitifor passengers as well as goods to the United States. After running their splendid steam-ship for several seasons 'to and from New York, her owners have resolved to run her alternately from Bristol and Liverpool to New York, and thence alternately to Liverpool and Bristol. By the new arrangement, the Great Western will, during the season, sail twice from and thrice to this port ; thus com peting directly with the British and North American royal mail steamers. It will be seen by our advertising columns, that the inde fatigable champion of Christian truth as opposed to the foul and demoralising system of Socialism, Mr. John Brindley, is to deliver a lecture or address, at the Music-hall, to-mor row (Wednesday) evening; and that he is to be presented, on this occasion, with a small testimonial of regard for his unpaid exertions in this holy cause. We can only wish that the testimonial were not a small one, for never was a cham pion better deserving of public support than Mr. Brindley. who has sacrificed emolument, comfort, and ease, to carry on the warfare against this foul system. The surplus pro ceeds of the meeting to-morrow is to be handed to the Pro testant Operative Association, and it could not be better bestowed. THE REV. HUGH M'NEILE.—His personal appearance is singularly striking and prepossessing; in stature, he is considerably above the middle size, and his features are regu lar and remarkably expressive of benignity and intelligence. His mode of address is particularly pleasing, and attractive, and there is an ease and dignity in his manner, denoting the perfect gentleman. His attitudes in the pulpit appear at first sight, too studied, but this impression after a while wears off ; they certainly, however present points for criti cism as well as for admiration. His style of oratory is bold and vigorous, and, in an extraordinary degree, perspicuous. The great secret of his eloquence, though, consists in his c ommanding voice, and distinct articulation. He seizes up on a word, and holds it in his utterance between his teeth, as it were, till it yields up the very soul and essence of its mean ing. No part is suffered to escape, - each syllable is made to speak out, and is converted almost into a separate expression. For this reason a great disparity is apparent in Mr. M'Neile's sermons as published, compared with the same when preached : the former seem tame and meaningless in corn parison.—Ecclesiastica; or, The Church, Her Schools, and Her Clergy, by E. IL Rowe. DAMAGE TO A VESSEL IN THE RIVER. —At the Police court, on Thursday. a complaint was made by information against a pilot, on a charge of negligently causing damage to a schooner called the Racer. It appeared that the pilot was on board of the ship Georgiana on the 26th January, during the gale then blowing ; and the mate stated that the anchor was started while she lay off the Prince's Pier, the wind then blowing fresh from the N.W. She sheered across the river, and while doing so the pilot shouted to the master of the schooner to put his helm a-starboard, which he neglected to do, and the ship from that neglect fell foul of her. A wit ness on the other side (a nautical man) said that the wind was from nearly the opposite direction, and that the putting of the helm to starboard would not have saved her, as she had two anchors out, and it was blowing hard, so that she could not have got out of the way. Besides the ship, which had let go an anchor and dragged it, had another anchor her bow, which, had it been dropped as it ought to have been, would hive brought her up clear of the schooner. It ap peared, however, that under the circumstances of the tide and wind, the pilot seeing a ship near the schooner, had only preferred the lesser of two evils, as, in avoiding the schooner, he would have run into the ship. The court, therefore, de cided that its jurisdiction in such a case did not reach the pilot, and the complaint was dismissed. DEATH FROM I MM ERSlo.N.—Yesterday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Robert Mooney, a labourer, aged 37. ..On the Bth instant the de ceased was taken out of the slip at the Clarence Dock, into which he had fallen, by what means was not known. He was taken to the receiving house (Tindall's,) but not recover ing, he was thence carried to the Northern Hospital. He remained there for a week under medical care, when he left the establishment of his own accord, being then affected in his head. He was afterwards attended at his own home in Frederick-court, Steward-street, by Mr. Arnott, Dispen sary surgeon, who found him labouring under cough and slight delirium. He died on Saturday night. On a post mortem examination he found the right lung much inflamed. The other organs were all healthy. The inflammation was the cause of death, and might have been caused by the im mersion in the water. The jury returned a verdict to the effect, that the deceased died from the inflammation, caused by the immersion. DEATH BY A FALL ON BOARD Sum—Yesterday an in quest was held before Mr. Curry. coroner for this borough, on view of the body of Edward Ellis, a youth of fifteen years of age. The deceased was ship's cooper of the ship Success, lying on the east side of the King's dock. Yesterday week, between two and three o'clock, the men had knocked off work, and while some of them were in the hold, engaged in clearing for bricks, the deceased fell into the hold upon two pieces of cant idge iron. He fell with his left side upon the iron, and his legs under him, and must have fallen from the deck, from the fore-hatch, a height of about twenty feet. When lifted up he complained of his right foot. He was soon after carried to the Southern Hospital, Greenland street. Mr. Okell, surgeon of the Southern and Toxteth Hospital, said that the deceased when brought there was in jured about the right foot, and had ruptured several small vessels in the ankle joint. He was put to bed, and every attention paid to him. For the first three days he went on improving, but became delirious on the third night. He sank rapidly from that time, and died on Saturday at noon. On a post mortem examination , witness found the principal injury of the bladder. There was also inflammation of the stomach and right lung. The injuries might arise from a fall into a ship's hold, and were the cause of his death. The deceased stated to witness that he had slipped into the hold from a rope he had hold of. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from the effects of the fall, but from what cause he fell there was no evidence to show. • Sir Howard Douglas had an interview with Lord Stanley, on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The British and North American royal mail-steamer Acadia, Captain - Ryrie, sailed from Liverpol on Saturday for Hali fax and Boston. She carried out the mails and passengers belonging to the Caledonia, as well as a large additional quantity of letters and papers and several new passengers. ROBBERY BY AN APPRENTICE.—At the police-court, yesterday, Benjamin Harrison, an apprentice to Mr. Neville, of Back Lime-street, brass-founder, was committed for trial at the next sessions, on a charge of having stolen 12 lbs. of metal, the property of his master. DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—We are glad to learn that the collection in tie Scotch Church, Rodney -street. after a ser mon by tie Rev. John Park, last Sabbath, amounted to £B5. We hope that this good example will be followed by other congregations. AreEatc.k.—The New York Packet-ship South America, Capt. Faber, arrived at this port at an early hour on Friday morning, bringing papers one day later than were brought by the steam-ship Britannia. Accounts at New York from Philadelphia, give the opinion that the interest on the state debt will not be paid. State Stock had fallen as low as 45 dollars. The exchange on England had advanced a shade, and considerable business had been done at the increased business. LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAL INSTITU TION.—Mr. W. Farmer, the secretary to this institution, will deliver his first lecture to the members on Friday even ing. We are unacquainted with the talents of this gentle man, not having had an opportunity of hearing him lecture; but we understand that he was secretary to a literary institu tion in another part of the kingdom some few years since, and have no doubt that, in his lecture on Friday evening, he will do credit to himself and to the institution with which he stands officially connected.—See Advt. DEATH FROM APOPLEXY.—An inquest was, yesterday, held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Thomas Fair clough, a builder and joiner, residing in Oldhall-street. On Saturday night he went to bed in his accustomed health, and was found in a fit in bed on Sunday morning. A medical man was called, but before he arrived the deceased had died. The surgeon, Mr. Blower, gave it as his opinion that the deceased died from apoplexy; arising from natural causes, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. CHEAP TREAT TO ALL CLASSES.—It will be seen by the advertisement, that Mr. Anderson's celebrated groups of figures in stone, large as life, which we have so often ad verted to, are removed from the former place of exhibition, 5, Ranelagh-street, further up. Induced by the reduction in the price, which is now one penny only, crowds of per3ons have inspected the figures; the week before last upwards of 4,000, and last week no less than 4,250 persons having been admitted. Mr. Anderson, we believe, has in hand several works of a similar character. LIVERPOOL SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION.—Those inte rested in the welfare of our seamen should by all means at tend a meeting of this association, at the rooms, or, Thurs day, when a subject of deep importance to that numerous and hardworking community will be brought forward. The evils of the '• crimping " system and the general good of the sailor will be discussed, with a view to an important improve ment which has been suggested. NEW PATENT " REPEATER" PIANO-FORTES.—Public experience has confirmed the importance of the many im provements in piano-fortes introduced by Messrs. Collard and Collard, it is therefore with confidence they announce the accomplishment of others, of great consequence to the effective performance of piano-forte music of the modern school. This new order of composition. which develops effects of a very striking and novel kind, not only demands refined delicacy contrasted by great power, but also a cer tainty in that rapid repetition of individual notes, to which many of the bravura passages owe their sparkling brilliancy. These demands upon the touch and graduating power of the instrument, are by the present patent invention completely answered, and by means as durable as they are effective. The intelligent performer will readily perceive that other and very important advantages follow from the means which pro duce the effects above alluded to, such, for example, as a facillity in making close, bold, or graduated shakes, of ex ecuting tremulus passages where the fingers are not lifted from the keys, and of expressing those delicate lights and shades which characterise music of refined sentiment or deep feeling. The amateur will be gratified to discover that on these instruments he can execute rapidly, repeated notes with the same precision and decided articulation as first rate performers have alone been capable of doing after long prac tice ; and the student, that, although he is saved half the fatigue usually experienced after practice long continued, yet that the touch possesses all that crispness, firmness, and de cision which characteristic execution demands. In a word, all obstacles from the mechanism of the instrument are re moved, and the performer left to the free use of the talents with which nature has endowed him, and which are too often retarded, and even crushed by mechanical impediments.— See advertisement. LECTURES ON EDUCATION, PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND MORAL.-011 Friday evening last T. W. Renwick, Esq., surgeon, brought his interesting course of lectures to a close, J. N. Peill, 8.D., in the chair, at the Literary, Scientific, and Commercial Institution, St. Anne-street. In each lec ture he seemed to gain upon the good feelings of his auditors : each lecture seemed to afford increased pleasure and to e xcite increased interest. Unequivocal expressions of cordial approval were given during every lecture. A vote of thanks was carried by acclamation. The subject of Mr. Renwick's lectures is one of deep importance. His line of argument is out of the common track, and he makes good his ground as he proceeds. His anecdotes are most happily appropriate, and at once, illustrate his subject and highly amuse his hearers. His language is beautifully simple and correct. We are happy to learn, that Mr. R. is giving permanency to his well digested views, and will afford an opportunity to all who choose to become , acquainted with them, by thepubli cation of his lectures in the form of a pamphlet, a phamphiet which every lady and gentleman should possess at all inter ested in the subject of education, which every parent, especi ally every young mother, should possess. Mr. R. took his farewell in a way that showed his good taste and feeling. Should he ever revisit Liverpool, the members of the Lite rary, Scientific, and Commercial Institution will feel happy and honoured again to have an opportunity of listening to him as a lecturer. A correspondent suggests that if riot should occur in the manufacturing districts through the seditious proceedings of the Corn Law League, and the people were fired upon by the soldiers, the very object that is now desired by the radi cal party; in order to have a new subject of abuse against the present Government, would be attained.— Tinges. LUn doubtedly the suggestion of the Times correspondent is worthy of notice; and we take the liberty of offering another suggestion which is equally pertinent. We would strongly recommend that the commandant of any military force whi,di may be unfortunately called upon to act in the suppression of an anti-corn-law riot, should wait upon the nearest Whig magistrate who may have been . a prominent spouter at anti corn-law or anti -monopoly gatherings—whether it be Sir Richard Potter, Knight, of Brill Hill, or William Rathbone, Esq., of Greenbank—in preference to any other magistrates ; and compel, such worthies to head the troops and witne ss the co ns e qu enceS of their frantic and factious agitation. Per haps the government may ultimately be induced to inquire with what safety such hot-headed individuals can be per mitted to remain in the commission of the peace which they have laboured so energetically to disturb. THE QUEEN'S SHAWLS.—The followinz is a list of the manufacturers whose shawls were selected by her majesty, with a note of the prices : Robert Kerr Do. 2 18 0 0 Do. Do. Do. . Do. ' I 2 5 0 Robert Rowat 2 10 0 0 Dick and Son, of Roxburgh and Sons' ma nufacture 11. J. M'Arthur . 1 6 6 0 M'Kerrell and Morgan 2 6 0 0 J. and J. Robertson.. Charles Barges . Hugh Wallace.. In all . We have much pleasure in stating that the shawls chiefly con sist of Paisley Indian imitation, and others, the peculiar production of the Paisley loom. Her majesty, as we before observed, was highly delighted with their beauty; and we observe, from the London papers of Wednesday, that fac simile Paisley shawls to these selected by her majesty, are on sale at an eminent house in the city, and they may be also obtained at Mr. Pringle's shawl emporium, Bold-street, Li verpool. GUANO, FROM THE CHINCHA ISLANDS.—It is from these well-known islands in the Pacific Ocean the Peruvians have for centuries past supplied, and do, at the present time, al most entirely supply themselves with this invaluable manure. Some sixty vessels are now constantly employed in carrying Guano from thence to the main land, which, by its fertilizing qualities, produces the most abundant crops of wheat, maize, and all other vegetable productions, whilst, without it, little or nothing - would be obtained from the soil. Guano, from • Mucha, has lately been introduced into this 'country by Messrs. W. J. Myers and Co., of Liverpool; and, in offer ing it to the British agriculturist, it is deemed right, in con sequence of the introduction of one or two cargoes from the coast of Bolivia, to say that they, with Messrs. Alexander Macdonald and Co., St. Milfred's-court, London, and their accredited agents in the country, are the only parties in England &rat whom the Guana, from Chincha, can be pro cured. On application to any of them the article may be had genuine, and warranted the same quality as is used by the Peruvians, who esteem this Guano, so highly that with the utmost difficulty was the Government of that country induced to allow its exportation to Europe, for fear of doing an injury to their own agricultural interest, which could not be remedied should the Guano be all exported. Guano has been applied in this country, with the greatest success to the growth of : wheat, barley, hops , turnips, grass lands, potatoes, and in deed, every description of vegetable production, in the whole of which the increase of crop was most apparent and highly satisfactory, and it only requires to be known to secure its general use by agriculturists. THEFT FROM AN INN, AND COMMITMENT OF THE OF FEN DEn..—A respectably-clad young man, named James Martin, was on Thursday placed at the bar of the Police office, on a charge of stealing several articles from an inn. Mr. Hodgson said her husband was landlord of the St. George's Tavern, in Great Charlotte-street. On the 2d instant the prisoner became a lodger in the house, and re mained until Saturday last. He, however, returned, and slept there two nights subsequently. On Sunday she missed a piece of fawn-coloured satin Turk cloth, of 15 or 16 yards, and stated the fact to the prisoner, who remarked that it was very strange who would take it. It was taken from a drawer in a room opposite to that in which the prisoner slept. The drawer was locked, and the key was placed in witness's own room. She had seen the silk on the day previously. Infor mation was given to the police, and a bill announcing the robbery was printed.—Mr. George Richards, pawnbroker, London-road, said that on Saturday the prisoner pledged the silk now produced with him, together with two silk handkerchiefs, and that he had lent him 30s. upon them. He had not discovered until that morning that the article advertised was the same, and immediately gave information of it.—Mr. Walker, police-inspector, said that from what he had learned he went to the prisoner, whom he found at the house of the first witness that morning. He told him the charge on which he apprehended him, and he (the pri soner) said it was a serious case, but that he was innocent. He found five pawn-tickets on the prisoner, who afterwards requested leave to go into the yard, where witness immedi ately after found a pawn-ticket torn in five pieces. This was proved to be the ticket given for the silk and two handker chiefs, which were in the same drawer, and which were iden tified as the property stolen. The prisoner, who had recently been in a respectable station in life, declined to say anything. He was committed for trial at the sessions. REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE. — It is worthy of remark that at the present period there are three countries in Europe, the existing Governments of which have just been firmly es tablished in power by the vote of their respective Legisla tures, We allude to Great Britain, France, and Spain, all near neighbours of each other. In Great Britain the minis try of Sir R. Peel have just been confirmed in office, as it w ere , by the vote of of an overwhelming majority of the representa tives of the people on the important question of the corn laws. The very next arrival from France brought the news of the defeat of M. Ducos's motion in the French Chamber of Dep uties, and the consequent accession of strength obtained by the Ministry of MM. Soult and Guizot. Lastly, the same post brought news from Madrid, to the effect that th e ques tion of Ministerial strength was decided by the vote of the Spanish Legislature on the address in favour of the Gronzales Cabinet, which is now secure—at all events for some time tq to come—from any danger of defeat. PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO THE REV. DR RALPH On Saturday a very numerous meeting of the members of the Scotch Church, Oldham-street, took place in the Cale donian. School, for the purpose of presenting a Testimonial to their worthy minister, on the occasion of his departure from them for the pastoral care of the church and parish of Aberdour, in Scotland. The Testimonial consisted of a splendid silver vase, and a no less splendid silver three branch and centre-light candelabrum, both of elegant design and exquisite workmanship, valued, we believe, at upwards of two hundred guineas. The platform was occupied by the Elders and Trustees of the Church, and a number of other friends of the Rev. Doc tor—the spacious area of the school-room being filled with the members of the congregation, end a few others desirous of witnessing the ceremony of presentation. P UGH MATrIIIE, Esq. was called to the chair, as repre senting the trustees, and was supported by Alexander Smith, Esq., on the part of the session, and by John Davidson, Esq., on the part of the congregation. Shortly after Dr. Ralph (having been conducted into the meeting by the sup porters of the chair) had taken his place on the platform, the chairman addressed him in nearly the following words :—Rev. and dear sir,—l have been deputed by the members of your congregation, and a few others, to present you with the pieces of plate on the tables before us, as a token of their esteem for your person and character; and I need not say, I cheerfully obey the call. All, sir, who have had the happineSs of intercourse with you, whether as a pastor or a friend, have been deeply impressed with the faithfulness and affection with which you have discharged the duties of your sacred office, both in public and in private. You came amongst us at a period and in circumstances which required of you, young though you were, the exercise of no small amount of wis dom and prudence in your public capacity and private walk ; and all that needs to be said as to your fitness for the difficult place assigned you is, that you now leave a pros. perous congregation, harmonious amongst themselves, and united in affectionate attachment to yourself—feeling bitterly the pang of separation, yet consoled in some degree with the prospect of your enjoying a large portion of happiness in the favourable situation to which, in the course of Divine Provi dence, you are called. They will always be gratified when ever your duties at Aberdotir permit you to revisit the scene of your former labours. It only remains that I, in the name of your congregation and friends, convey to you the ardent wishes which we all entertain for the health and happiness of yourself and yours ; white it is our earnest prayer that your Divine Master may prosper your ministry abundantly in the place whither you go. Dr. if ALPH then rose, under manifest agitation, and spoke somewhat to the following effect :—Mr. Matthie and my dear friends, I never, in the whole course of my ministry, rose to address you with the same feelings which oppress me at the present moment—feelings to which, in words, I can give no adequate expression. I cannot but feel the warmest grati. tude and the highest gratification in being called into this meeting to receive the magnificent testimonial which you, my beloved flock, have placed before me—a gift splen did in value and rich in the grace with which it is given. I feel at the same time deeply humbled under the persuasion that my imperfections have so little deserved it. I did not, indeed, require the testimonial from you to convince me of your kindness and attachment towards me. During the many years of my ministry in this place I have had manifold tokens of your attachment. I have gone out and ib amongst you feeling that you regarded me not simply as your pastor, but also as your friend and your brother. I have always enjoyed your warmest sympathies, which have lightened my trials and enhanced my enjoy ments—cheered me in my labours, and enriched my success. And now when, in the Providence of God, I am called to labour in another portion of the vineyard, this mark of your affection melts my heart, and fills me with a sorrow at sepa ration which I cannot utter. I know you will excuse the feeble and insufficient manner in which I convey my thanks and strong attachment to you ; and of this you may rest as sured, that go where I may, I shall ever cherish the remem brance of all your kindness as a precious token from God of good to me ; and that though absent from you as to my bodily presence, I shall, in spirit, live and die amongst you. And now :he thought that I shall have the privilege of revisiting this scene in which I have enjoyed so much happiness, and of renewing my friendly intercourse with you, greatly alle viates the pain of present separation. Again et me thank you, with all the fulness of a grateful heart, for this munifi cent memorial of your regard, which I am enabled to take with me, and which I value above all my possessions." The Rev. ALEXANDER BENNISON, Of Risby, offered up an appropriate prayer. and gave_out for praise the 23d Psalm. The Rev. JOHN FERRIES having pronounced the Benedic tion, the meeting dismissed. Dr. Ralph was then called to an adjoining room already crowded with the younger members of the congregation, to receive from them, also, a token of their gratitude and re gard, in a massive and handsome silver tankard—a present made him most appropriately in conjunction with Mrs. Ralph, who has ever taken a warm and active interest in the spiritual welfare of the female part of this interesting portion of the flock, and whose Christian kindness and labour of love will long be remembered in connexion with the Caledo nian School. After shortly addressing them, the doctor took an affecting farewell of his young friends, many ea:erly grasping the hand of one who had been truly a father to them—a hand which, in silent but expressive benediction, was placed upon their youthful heads as they passed before him. The scene was altogether of a most interesting charac ter, and exceedingly moving. Dr. R. delivered his farewell discourse on Sabbath morn ing, to a crowded audience, from the parting words of Paul to the Corinthians—" Finally, brethren, farewell." Ar.MS&IMI CORRESPONDENCE DIVISIONS ON THE CORN-LAWS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL .ST.ANDARD SIR.,—As the corn-laws are the all-absorbing subject of interest at this moment, perhaps the particulars of the vari ous divisions of late years may not be uninteresting to your readers :- 1837.—Mr. Villiers' motion—Noes.. 213 Ayes.. 89 Majprity against 124 in a house of 302 IS3B.—Mr. Villiers' motion—Noes.. 300 Ayes.. 95 Majority against. 205 1839.—Mr. Villiers' motion—Noes.. 342 Ayes.. 195 Majority against. 147 1810.—Mr. Villier's motion—Noes.. 300 Ayes.. 177 Majority against, 123 1842.—Sir R. Peel's motion—Ayes.. 349 Noes.. 226 Majority for Your obedient servant, TO THE EDITOR OFTHE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR.-1 was highly amused upon reading, in the Liver pool Chronicle of last Saturday, an exquisite morceau signed 0 P Q," betraying as it does not only the great degree of literary refinement to which the writer has attained, but also his consummate research into the mysteries of Hindoo my thology. He talks much of a tortoise : think you not that he might derive an instructive lesson from the well-known fable, where that animal is introduced as a competitor in the race with a hare ? Or perhaps he might learn a better lesson still by committing to memory the fable of the bull and the frog. In either case, if he can only recognise his own iden tity in the comparison, he will not fail to discover that he occupies the least honourable station, whether in the simili tude of the vain-glorious and defeated hare, or the disgusting envy-swollen frog. Were it not that "0P Q " seems to chuckle with delight at giving birth to such an elegant effu sion, I should not, Mr. Editor, for one moment have tres passed on your valuable time, to notice what is in itself too contemptible to merit a single remark, and more especially as the attempted ridicule of such creatures is always an in dubitable guarantee of the esteem in which the assailed party is held. _ _ _ I remain, sir, yours very faithfully. _ VINDICATOR Byrom-street, 21st February, 1842 THE THEATRE ROYAL.- 7 -The pantomime continues to prove very attractive. The house has been crammed at second price. Last night Richard 111. was produced with great attention to stage effect. We have heard that " Midsum mer Night's Dream" will be the Easter piece. This fine play of the immortal bard having never been seen in Liver pool will produce a great sensation. AMPHITHEATRE.—NoveIty succeeds novelty at this theatre. The equestrian company are now about closing their engagement, which has been one of the most profitable, we believe, for years, to all parties. The style in which the dramas are got up here exhibits the taste of the master mind who superintended their. Those who have not yet visited the Amphitheatre must do so, or they will regret their having allowed Ducrow's company" to disperse without seeing it. LlVER.—Celeste, having drawn such immense houses last week, has been re-engaged. In the drama of Foreign Affairs her archness, humour, and vivacity are vividly displayed. Her Count St. Louis is highly-talented. The piece abounds in equivoque repartee, and situation ; indeed it is one of the most piqziante affairs we have seen for some time. The; " Quadroon Slave" is a beautifadrama, and is replete with in terest. Mr. Raymond, as Patrick• Rooney, in the " Omni bus," is highly amusing, and his blunderings *re most, comical. This farce goes off well. The Warspite, 50, Capt. Lord John Hay, with the Right Hon. Lord Ashburton and suite on board, which had put back owing to contrary winds, and sailed again on Monday for New York. A reinforcement of 5,000 troops is about to embark for' India without delay; and a similar augmentation of seamen and marines has been pronounced by Sir W. Parker, to be necessary for the China expedition. Several of the leading corn factors in the country, although " liberal " in politics, have been heard to express their entire approbation of Sir Robert Peel's measure for the regulation, of the curn duties. They consider it infinitely preferable to a fixed duty, and doubt not that it will work well for all interests. The Rev. Mr. Sibthorp was, on Friday, at Oscott College, near Birmingham, ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. PAISLEY SHAWLS.—Since the selection of the eighteen richly-finished Paisley shawls by her Majesty, at the period of the christening, the demand on the houses of that town has increased greatly, and daily orders come to the manufac turers " fur goods of the same description as those selected by the Queen." A spur has thus been given to the trade. , QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.—An account of all monies re ceived and disbursed by the governors of Queen Anne's bounty, during the year ending on the 31st of December, 1840, has just been presented to parliament. It appears, that the total receipts amounted to £192,069 ss. 4d., and the' total disbursements to £204,658 16s. 9d. ; leaving an excess of expenditure amounting to £12,590 Ils. sd. POPISH ARROGANCE.—The popish Tablet of last Satur day calls the Lord Bishop of London " titular Bishop of London," and the Bishops generally " the titular Anglicani Bishops !! !" And on the Saturday previous, speaking o the baptism of the Prince of Wales, it says :—" The infang who was baptised on Tuesday —we hope he was indeed bap.4 tired—has been born to all the splendour of the world. These are somewhat new features in, popish controversy. POST-OFFICE DELINQUENCIES.—We are informed that certain persons are now in custody for intercepting or pur loining newspapers sent through the post-office, greatly tO the annoyance of the newspaper-offices, and to the disap • pointment of their readers. We. have had our full share of that annoyance, but an example will now probably be made which will have a most salutary effect all over the country in time to come.—Bath Gazette. There is amongst the Chinese the abridgment of an En. cycloptedia in four hundred and fifty volumes, while _the Encyclopaedia itself consists of six thousand volumes. our dictionaries of this class are somewhat ponderous, but sink into perfect insignificance when contrasted with these " books of reference" for the literati of the Celestial Empire. THE COURT, BRIGHTON : SATURDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the gardens of the Pavilion this morning. Her Majesty did not leave the palace this day on account of the unfavourable state of the weather, a cold fog having pre vailed during the day. __ His Royer Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Princes Ferdinand, Augustus, and Leopold of Saxe Coburg, walked out this morning at eleven, and promenaded along the Marine-parade and the Western beach, and walking up the steps by the fish-market, returned to the Pavilion about twelve o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Princes of Saxe Coburg rode out on horseback in the afternoon, accompanied by Colonel Wylde. The Princess Royal did not leave the palace to-day, in consequence of the damp state of the atmosphere. - The Venerable Archdeacon Wilberforce arrived at the palace. Amongst the calls at the palace to-day is Lady Webster, of Battle Abbey. , ti e The dinner party thi s even i ng i nc l u d e e Duchess of Kent, the Princes of S axe C o b urg , B s Lelizen, the Earl of Liverpool, th e V enera bl e A rc con Wilberforce, lit Lord Rivers, Baron Stock mar , Si r G eo e Cowper, Le Ca pitaine Count le Dagenfi e ld S c h om b er Capitaine de Zaitsch, Lady Fanny How ar d, D r . orius, Captain Meynell, &c. The Marquis of Bristol, who had the honour of (lining at the palace a few days back, offered to her Majesty the use of his splendid mansion at Kemp Town, for the accommodation of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, at any time her Majesty pleased. On Thursday last her Majesty went out on horseback, which is the first time her Majesty has taken equestrian exer cise in public since her marriage. SUNDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the gardens of the Pavilion this morninv. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the DUchess of Kent, Princes Augustus and Leopold, and the iuite, attended divine wor ship at the Chapel Royal. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, assisted by Archdeacon Wilberforce. The venerable archdeacon preachedasermon from M a tth ew , chap. x v ., verse 28 . Th e c h o i r sung only one verse from the 43d and one from the 100th. The Princess Royal took a carriage airing at one o'clock. The Prince of Wales took an airing in the palace gardens this morning. The dinner party included the same party as yesterday. • Her Majesty's private band, and the band of the Cold stream guards, attended. A party of the Coldstream guards and their baud attended at the Chapel Royal, thi. morning. Mr. E. D. Morris, proprietor of the Haymarket Theatre, died at his house in Suffolk-place, Haymarket. Mr. Morris was born about 1770 of humble parents, but becoming con nected with the drama, he realised an immense sum of money by that profession. The number of electors in France is 224,700. This gives one elector in every 151 individuals, the total population being estimated at 34,000. THE TRUTH.—The debate:on the motion of Mr. Villiers can hardly be expected to excite much interest either in or out of doors.—Whig Evening Journal. TRH BLANKET TRADE AT WlTNEY.—Considerable relief has been felt by the poor weavers of this town, by a govern ment order for 20.000 blankets, which arrived a few days ago, and although the prices paid for each " stock " of weft are rather less than what have been usually paid, the order will give employment to this class of people for some time to come.—Oxford Herald. As the period within which it had been determined that the Quintuple Treaty for the abolition of the slave trade should be ratified would have expired on Sunday, the plenipotentia ries of the five Powers met on Saturday for that purpose at the Foreign Office. Lord Aberdeen exchanged ratifications with the plenipotentiaries of Austria, Russia, and Prussia ; but as the French Ambassador had not received the ratifica tion from his Court, it was agreed that it should be left open for him to exchange ratifications with the other Powers at a future time. EARTHQUAKE IN CORNWALL.—A violent shock of an earthquake was felt on Thursday, at twenty-five minutes past eight o'clock in the morning, at Falmouth and through out that part of Cornwall. It was accompanied by a loud report, and subsequently a rumbling noise resembling the upsetting of a laden cart against a house. ROUGH AND RIOTOUS COURTSHIP.—WiIIiam the Con queror, having unsuccessfully wooed Matilda of Flanders, took upon himself the following novel method of evincing the ardency of his passion, and which appears to have turned out efficacious ; —" After seven years' delay, William's love became desperate ; and, if we may trust the evidence of the chronicle of Inger, he, in the year 1047, waylaid Matilda in the streets of Bruges as she was returning from mass, seized her, rolled her in the dirt, spoiled h er r i c array, and, not content with these outrages, struck her repeatedly, and rode off at full speed. This Teutonic method of courtship, ac cording to our author, brought the affair to a crisis; for Matilda, either convinced of the strength of William's pas sion by the violence of his behaviour, or afraid of encoun tering a second beating, consented to become his wife." — Lives of the Queens of England by Agnes Strickland. WONDERFUL AFFECTION OF A DOG.—A Newfoundland dog, belonging to a farmer in the vicinity of Edinburgh, about two years ago brought forth puppies; but 'as the farmer did not wish to keep them, he gave orders that they should be destroyed. Unfortunately, however, they had been thrown into a court amongst pigs, and of course one of the pigs got hold of a Puppy and was proceeding to devour it, when the mother chanced to pass by at the moment. Rushing forward, she seized the pig by the face until it let go her young one, and carrying it away out of their reach, she laid it down ; but seeing that life was extinct, she afterwards made a grave and buried it. NORTHERN BAR.—Though we regret to learn that the health of Mr. Alexander, Q. C., is not as yet sufficiently res tored, to render prudent his re-entering upon 'the arduous duties which would necessarily devolve upon him as leader of the northern bar on the approaching circuit, we are happy in being able to state that his progress towards convalescence is now such as to justify the most sanguine expectations of his early restoration to health, and of his resuming his posi tion on the circuit the next Summer Assizes. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.—The Hon. Member for Lambeth having a few evenings since, in the house of Com mons, enquired if it were the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce a bill for regulating the Medical Profession, Sir James Graham replied, that during a recess he had communicated with many parties whom he thought likely to give useful information on the subject, and he had it under consideration to bring a measure relating thereto before Parliament during the progress of the present session. This intelligence cannot be otherwise than gratifying to those members of the profession who have, within the las Ula years, so perseveringly advocated the cause of Medical Re form. THE NEW GOLD COINAGE.—A nefarious system has been carried on, for some time, of defrauding the public basidep.v ging the gold coin of the realm, which is effected in the' 151- lowing manner :—From the rim towards the centre of a so vereign several holes are drilled with a very fine instrument, and the vacancies filled up with an inferior metal, so as to deceive the most experienced judges. By this process a sovereign is rendered, in many instances, not worth more than 175., and a half sovereign not worth more than Bs. 6d. or 9s. Government has been obliged, in order to put a stop to this fraud, to direct a new coinage to be issued. For the last fortnight the Master of the Mint, Mr. W. Gladstone, M.l'., and the Assayer have been busily engaged in witness ing many experiments, with a view to prevent the abstrac tion of the gold taking place without immediate detection. On Wednesday the workmen commenced casting the new coinage, which will shortly be issued to the publie.—Timer. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—AdeIaide papers, to the 18th Sep., have been received. They are most engrossed with the con sideration of a serious rencontre with the blacks which had recently occurred. Mr. Robinson, on his way overland from Sydney with sheep and cattle, and a party consisting in all of twenty-six persons, had been attacked, and fifteen f the natives killed or wounded. Soon after this catastrophe, Mr. Robinson's party was joined by that of Mr. Moorhouse, " Protector of the Aborigines"—not, it would seem, an ap propriate title upon the present occasion—who had been despatched from Adelaide in hopes of rendering any assist ance which might be necessary. This gentleman arrived opportunely, for the blacks attempted to obstruct the passage of the overland party across the river Rufus; they were, however, successfully repulsed, and driven into the river, when their protectors (?) arriving, gallantly set to work, achieving by their aid the destruction of from thirty to forty killed, as many wounded, and one man, a boy, and two women taken prisoners. It is thought by the adventurers that this salutary lesson will secure, in future, the compara tive safety of the cattle which may be conveyed overland. THE DUBLIN CORPORATION.—A perusal of the proceed ings of the new Town Council of Dublin, will convince our fellow citizens of the deep debt of gratitude which they owe to the Right Hon. Mr. Shaw, Recorder of Dublin, for having opposed the motion of Sir George Sinclair and Mr. Emerson Tennent, which motion had for its object the total abolition of the Irish corporations. It is proposed by their honours to levy the sum of £7,500 by way of tax or borough rate, to en able them to pay Daniel O'Connell £2,000 a-year, for fret ting and strutting his hour upon the stage, as Lord Mayor. Against this injustice we do most solemnly protest, and we shall join our fellow citizens of every sect in an endeavour to get rid of the nuisance. " Down with the corporation" should be the cry in the mouth of every man, woman, and child in this metropolis. Why should we be taxed to support such a body? Wherein lies its utility? What advantage is to be derived from it ? Why should O'Connell be paid out of the pockets of the householders? He is amply compensated for the duty he performs by the charge for summonses and warrants. He has himself acknowledged that £2,000 is too much ; but he will take it notwithstanding.—Evening Packet. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—A. most painful suicide took place in this town on Tuesday, which has created great sym pathy and regret for the untimely fate of a gentleman exten sively known and universally respected. The unfortunate person is Mr. Benjamin John W e th ere ll , a c l er k i n t h e of fi ce of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company, and it would appear that he had occasionally fallen into habits of intemperance, which generally continued two or three days. At other times he was remarkably temperate, gentlemanlY , and strongly impressed with sound religious feelings. Un fortunately, on Wednesday or Thursday week, be absented himself from his duties, at a time when he had to prepare a very complicated account for the Directors of the Railwal , which had to be finished against Tuesday last, and he neeLr returned to complete this document. During this time Se veral letters reached the office for him, amongst which we we re some acquainting him with the death of his sister:lllj hwiB, and these letters he did not receive in consequence to his o were that day lie absence, till Monday evening, when they. S a : lodgings on Westgate Hill. On the eveni n g appeared more than usually depressed, and remained in the house during the night. On Tuesday morning he went out r a bottle of under_ the impression and repaired to a chemist's shop and p prussic acid, which was sold to him ocured that he was a surgeon. He then went into the Crowe and Thistle inn and took some brandy, but whether he took any t doubtful, ogersoo, th t o il i e rgl l i a l o ie dlord - : The suspicions of the of the deadly poison there seea . s • m e h e ewtiothokMthr.e phial i h i e r r o e l l i l found in a state of stupor by iNn d. from which he quickly r eco w v e e nw r t e hheor landlord being roused, he in charge o his landlady and followed him to his room , man in Mr. Wetherell again y procu in re to d him and went out to ascertain the nature f of its contents,' agai left his lDe auvriinngg lodgings, theMr unfortun ate an . s u n fo . r t p u n a . t e e e l d wa s watched by the servant • e through Market sn.pds r h o n! t into a a n ds roomitting roe u d p d stairs and ordered the Swine ,owfhere the servant lost sight of him, to the Exchange chemist'sbs t o r t e t e l bottle and soda water. This was supplied to him and he elbow w chair as if he were asleep, but on looking H b in more closely he perceived that he was dead.—Newcastle Journal. yearsm'oPrEe; — tcha The 4ho l life of ve and,occurred horses ciour reoe ex tends,du coun tries D individualsu ATnaturally atta i n i n g from ° FA 2 HORSE'SthS taog3o" 0 f tries where they are not tasked • by constant over-exertion, the period of existence is usually between 19 tend 21. But , ' in England, the destruction o ftheseanimals • with noble is exces sive : the value of time , comme rcial people, inces santly, a urged into t" ac ivity both mental and corporeal, has de manded rapidity of communication, and spread an universal taste for going fast : the fine roads have permitted horses to be subjected to more than they can draw : betting,`racing, and hunting are pursued by persons whose animals are not constructed for such exertions, and violent usage in grooms, stable-boys, and farm-servants is so common that few reach the age of fifteen years, and all are truly old at ten.—Smitles Horses.