The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-14 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have anticipa . cd in a great measure the urgent appeal of " A Non-elector." Can " J. L. J." inform us to what length the fiction will extend? and in the meantime we will peruse the MS. he has forwarded to us. Ebr W.iberpticl TUESDAY NORAING, MAY 14, IS#4. We are now fairly embarked in a contest, for one of the most important counties in the kingdom,—a contest which, whatever may be its result, is certain to be fought, on one (the Liberal) side, with a des peration unparalleled in electioneering annals, and which, on the side of Conservatism, must be carried on with this conviction pressing on the mind of every elector, that the interests of this great empire, the interests of humanity, the security of its esta blished institutions, the church of his fathers, and the monarchy itself, are in his sole keeping. It is with no conimon enemy that the Conservatives of South Lancashire have now to deal. It is not an ordinary party quarrel which they have now to decide. Conservatism has here to do with a banded faction, powerful in numbers, armed with unlimited money-power, and with practised talent ready to be brought to bear upon the issue. They have to do' with a faction not local, but organised throughout the kingdom ; and which is prepared to devote all its energies--all its unscrupulous dishonesty—all ' that dictation, intimidation, trick, and bribery can do—to win this county, and to ring out, from over the trampltd body of South Lancashbe Conserva tism, the knell of England's greatness—the triumph of Mammon over the happiness and the liberties of the British people. Yes, the Conservative electors of this division have now to fight the Anti-corn-law League in its own stronghold —upon the s-ene of its restless and persevering machinations. The whole empire looks with anxiety to the issue of the battle. The noble in their ancestral halls—the yeoman in his native fields—the peasant in his humble cot—the toil-worn factory slave from his hovel—the pauper in his basti e, or in his rags ;—all these look to the result of this contest as one which is, more or less, to de termine whether they are to rest upon the security of existing laws and look forward to their ameliora tion, or are to be handed over to the ruin and degra dation which a false and inhuman philosophy is preparing for them. It is emphatically the question now to be answered, whether England is to be once more "happy England," or is to be converted, by the harsh hand of Utilitarianism, into a mighty lazar house ; whether her people are to stand up unmana cled before the nations, or are to be chained by poverty to the wheel and the loom, with the worse than felon's lot of the union workhouse as their doom if they fail, or exhausted nature refuses to aid them, in their hard probation. This is not an overstrained statement of the issue now to be tried. Whatever , may he its specious promises of temporary ameliora tion of their lot—of temporary prosperity to be brought about by the realization of its boasted plans —the ultimate aim of the Anti-corn-law League is to throw the poor and the middle classes of Great Britain into helpless dependence for support upon the tender mercies of manufacturing capital; and the sure result of such a dependence must be the bringing about of a state of society which Christian men must dread to contemplate as existing in this or any other land. We have one consolation to gladden and give us hope at the outset of this contest, whatever may be its issue. In the Candidate chosen by the League we do not recognise that eminent talent and exten sive influence, which might have centred in some men, upon whom their selection migh have fallen. As a merchant, Mr. Brown occupies, we admit, a high position. In private character, he is unex ceptionable. But, we ask, what, beyond his stand ing as a merchant, is there in Mr. Brown to entitle his opinion, upon matters of such high moment as now occupy the public mind, to any value ? Mr. Brown is a free trader—a member of the League, or, at least, of the Anti-Monopoly Association of Liverpool. The repeal of the Corn-laws, and of all protective laws, will, in his opinion, advance the interests of British commerce, and giVe to manu facturing industry a stimulus which it can derive from no other measure. But, then, the authority of Mr. Brown is a somewhat tainted authority upon such a question. Where are the sympathies of such a gentleman ? Wily with his American commerce—his capital embarked in that commerce exclusively. Ask him what operation repeal of the Corn-laws will have upon agriculture, and he will reply that it will benefit—American agriculture! It will enable American farmers to purchase more largely of British manufacturers, and give additional employment to the shipping and capital of American traders ! Such a gentleman is not the kind of candidate whom we should choose, as likely to carry to a successful result a contest like the present. Mr. Entwisle, the Conservative candidate, is a young man—an untried man. lie comes, how ever, from a good Conservative stock; has troops of personal friends to rally round him; possesses eminent business talents ; and, beyond the mere question of corn-laws or no corn-laws, entertains opinions upon other vital questions which are con genial not only to his own party, but to the great majority of his fellow-countrymen. We possess in him, therefore, a candidate in every way worthy of our choice, and worthy of being energetically fought for ; and we trust that Conservatives throughout the division will not delay putting forth their best strength in his behalf. Remember—mere victory in a contest like the present is not the only thing to be desired. Our opponents must not only be beat, but crushed so decisively that they will not easily rise to trouble us more. The debate of Friday night, upon the third read ing of Sir James Graham's Factory Bill, has afforded us the saddening assurance that Lord Ashley's pro position to shorten the hours of labour, and to ele vate the condition and increase the comforts of the overtoiled factory women and children, is doomed for this session to be defeated; and that, too, at the sole dictation of government itself. Two gentlemen, we regret to say on the Conservative side of the house, who had previously voted with Lord Ashley, have already been induced to announce their changed views ; and doubtless a sufficient number of these faint-spirited friends of humanity will be found, to enable the House of Commons to snatch from the lips of the labouring poor the boon which it has thrice, durin g the present session, deliberately offered to them. But the cause, nevertheless, is not lost, although its triumph may be for awhile deferred. Day by day the conviction of the justice and necessity of the principle in vo l ve d i n i t b ecomes more deeply impressed in the mind of the nation- ; and perhaps, ultimately, those who have weakly and unwisely consented to stand in the way of its recog nition by the legislature, may find it presented for their consideration in a new and more startling form, and with accompanying demands which do not exist at present. It is plainly to be discerned, from the debate, so far as it has gone, what are the nature of the argu- ments which have been used by Sir James Graham to gain over to himself a majority upon this ques tion. It has not been altogether the fear of Sir James Graham's threatened "retirement into pri vate life," which has led Mr. Liddell to announce his determination to vote contrary to his convic tions, or Mr. Gaily Knight to declare that, "having had time to reflect and sober," he is determined to vote as he is bidden upon this question, and to conduct himself in future as a well behaved Go vernment hack. No, no—the astute Home Secre tary has gone on a very different tack ; and will be found to have created a far greater amount of that kind of sobriety, which leads men to stultify them selves, than the world at present imagines. Sir James has told country gentlemen that a Ten Hours' Bill will destroy the foreign trade of the country, unless the increase in the cost of manu factured goods, which it will occasion, be balanced by a concession to the manufacturer somewhere ; and has hinted that the likeliest direction, for such a concession to be made is in that of the corn-laws. " The question"—he has urged—" is not one of straightforward operation merely—not one which will only bring about the object it professedly seeks. On the contrary it is one which must produce a convulsion of our entire commercial fabric, which can only be restored to its equilibrium by a repeal of all protective duties, and the resort to an entirely new system of raising revenue." Such a represen tation of the result of a measure of justice to the labourer is well calculated to startle unreflecting and selfish men ; and will be found to have done so, by the result of the division upon Lord; Ashley's amendment. Of course, we deny utterly the conclusion to which Sir James Graham would fain lead —nay has already led—the agricultural supporters of the rights of humanity. We have no fear of any material injury to our foreign trade, to arise from moderately re stricting the hours of labour. But were it even the case, that some injury might arise—that in some markets we might be met by a competition which, without unlimited power over human labour and human life, we could not successfully overcome, we should say that it were better—far better, to resign those markets to others, than to purchase them at the cost of the moral and physical health of our en tire labouring community—at the cost of the com forts which ought to belong to the working man's home, and by the perpetuation of a state of society degrading to our human nature, and dangerous to the national safety. But let us ask of those gentlemen, who draw back their hands from the good work of emancipating the slaves of toil, because they imagine they see, as the result of such emancipation, some little danger to their order, whether there is not infinitely more dan ger in withdrawal, upon such grounds. The existing protection of agricultural productions is endangered they say—or Sir James Graham leads them to infer —by any measure which interferes with the power of the capitalist over human labour. Surely this is an impolitic admission; for what is it but to tell the work ing man that he must submit to his present long hours of toil, not for his own benefit—not his employer's benefit, but for the benefit of the owners of the soil ? Let such an admission once go abroad amongst the working population of the manufacturing districts, accompanied with the news of the contemptuous rejection of their prayers by the House of Com mons ; let that population be told that the British landowner, alarmed for the permanence of his own protection, has withdrawn all protection from the labourer, and selfishly consigned suffering women and children to a toil beyond their strength; and it will not be necessary for the demagogue to inflame, or a seditious press to infuriate them to attempt their emancipation, by the sacrifice of that very class which now imagines that it is insuring its own safety by the blind course which it is pursuing. Hitherto the labouring classes of Lancashire and Yorkshire have spurned the approaches of the Anti-corn-law League and of Liberalism. They have stood a firm barrier between the constitution and that faction which would fain overbear its voice by outrage and violence. They have hitherto remained wrapped up in their comparatively harmless crotchet of Chart ism, and refused to give the impetus of their vast physical force to anti-corn-law agitation. But by the rejection of this bill we are about to throw them— excited, passionate, and despairing of relief from other and legitimate sources—into the hands of a body of men who have the power, and will not scruple to use it, to wield them for the gratification of any selfish object, however injurious to the corn munity, and however ruinous to their duped allies. Give up the factory workers to the League ; and, one fortnight of interruption of labour—one fortnight of the screw of hunger—and the corn law—aye any other law or institution, however sacred and how ever valued—is swept away For ever ! This is no chimera—no impossible or improbable alliance. Already we have it announced in the House of Commons that the factory population, following up the heartless taunt of the millocrat organs, are, if defeated in their hopes by Parliament, resolved upon an attempt to work out the realization of those hopes by a general strike; and surely, with the occurrences of 1842 in our remembrance, such a movement is not one to be contemplated without serious apprehension, or one of which the seditious plotters of the League will hesitate to convert to the realization of their own dangerous objects. There are a few features in the contest upon which we are about to enter, and in the principles and position of the two candidates, to which we feel it imperative upon us to call the especial attention of our readers. We are told by the organs of the Radical party that this is to be a struggle exclusively between the principles of free trade and of protection ; that the old terms " Whig" and " Tory" are to be laid aside, and the question to be only—" Are you an advocate of the abolition of all restrictions upon commerce, or are you in favour of monopoly ?" Now we must, along with Mr. Entwisle the Conservative candi date, protest against the right of our opponents to place the question at issue upon this footing. Ra dicalism may choose its own war-cry, and prescribe its own battle-ground ; but it shall not dictate ours. It may hoist its one idea, " free trade" ; but it shall neither compel us to fight for anything less than the broad principles of Conservatism, nor to forget that under its novel cloak still lurk the vicious principles inherent in its nature ; that thou g h flaunting in borrowed garments , it is Radicalism— un-English and nauseous Radicalism —still. It is preposterous to ask us to lay aside, upon an occasion so important as the selection of a member to represent in the great council of the nation all the varied interests of a locality like this, the consideration of questions quite as important as is co mprised within the term dictated to us—of questions affecting the interests of religion, of morality, and of humanity, and the secnrity of the established institutions of our country ; and it is just as preposterous to de mand that we should permit our opponents to gild over every thing which is unpalatable in their principles, with an attractive term, which they choose very modestly to appropriate exclusively to themselves. No, no; gentlemen of the League : we meet you on this question as Conservatives, as loyalists, and as advocates of the best interests of commerce and of agriculture, by whatever polic those interests are to be best served; and we shall treat you, under whatever ensigns you may sail or crawl, as our old enemies—the oft-defeated assail ants of the prosperity and true greatness of the British empire. So much, then, for preliminaries—so much to wards a proper understanding of the precise terms upon which we meet; and now we may be excused if we offer a few words to the constituency upon a few questions which, in opposition to the dictum of our opponents, we maintain to be at issue, and the sentiments respecting them of the Conservative candidate. And chiefly with respect to the question now deeply agitating the public mind, as to the present condition and treatment of our working poor. We have contended long in favour of a measure of amelioration of the condition of the factory po pulation of this kingdom, and of the poor of Great Britain generally; and in that course we have car ried with us the sympathies of a great portion of the public of this district. Naturally, therefore, we have looked with great anxiety for an explanation of the views of the candidate on the Conservative interest upon this particular question, which we regard as far more important than any considera tion of monopoly or anti-monopoly ; and we are happy to find that in Mr. Entwisle we have a gen tleman disposed to go a considerable length with us in its advocacy. That gentleman declared him self to his supporters in Liverpool, yesterday, an opponent of the principle and the working of the New Poor Law ; and is disposed, if returned as the representative of this division of the county, to use his best exertions for their modification. Upon the Factory question, he comes practically a little short of our own views. He has intimated (to his committee at Newton) his predilection for a ten hours' bill, which he regards as a sufficiently long term of labour for women and children ; but he requires to be satisfied that the factory population are willing to submit to a possible reduction of wages as the price of the boon which they ask. We trust that his canvass of the county will enable him to satisfy himself by personal inquiry that such is the case—that they are so willing—and that we may he enabled to rank him as one of that noble phalanx in the House of Commons who have made the rights of the suffering factory workers the objects of their humane and considerate care. On the subject of national education he is equally sound as in his general views, and to the principles of the Church of England he expressed himself firmly attached. These features of his character will we are certain weigh not unimportantly with the constituency to which he is about to appeal, and, we trust, successfully. THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The market for English stocks was steady, without any great deal of business, and quotations remain much as yesterday. Consols for money, and the account left off 924 to 4; Bank Stock, 194 to 196 ; Exchequer-bills 765. to 78s. premium; India Stock, 288 to 290; Three per Cents. Reduced 1014 to 4; New Three-and-a-half per Cents., 1024 to 4 ; Long Annuities, 124 ; and India Bonds, 94 to 96 premium. In the foreign securities, the prices of the day were rather better. Some speculative purchases in Spanish caused a trifling advance in the value of that stock. Closing quotations were—Spanish Actives 244 to 25 ; the Three per Cents., 354 to 36 : Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 61 to ; the five per Cents., 1004 to 4; Mexican, 354 to 36; the Deferred 154 to 4; Peruvian, 29 to 30 ; Portuguese, 454 to 464; Chilian, 102 to 104 ; Bu enos Ayres, 36 to 37; Brazilian 80 to 81; Belgian 102 to 103 ; and Colombian, 144 to 154. THE WALLASEY DOCK BILL.—The commitee on this bill is composed of the following members :—Mr. Rice, chairman ; Sir P. Egerton, Mr. Tollemache, Mr. T. Eger ton, Mr. G. C. Leigh, Mr. Grirnsditch, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. J. I. Blackburn, Mr. R. Cobden, Mr. J. D. W. Watts, Mr. Cavendish, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Neville, Mr. Thornely, Sir Howard Douglas, Lord Sandon, Lord R. Grosvenor, and Mr. Evans. Mr. Cockburn, counsel for the promoters of the bill, opened the case on their behalf yesterday week ; after which Mr. Rendell, the engineer, was examined at great length. He &timated the cost of the works at £392,000. Mr. Tomkinson had stated that he would execute the works within that sum. On subse quent days Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Bidder, two engineers, Mr. Potter, of the firm of Messrs. Taylor, Potter, and Co., Mr. Fox, Mr. Bramley Moore, Mr. Juries Tyrer, and Lieutenant Wookey, were examined. On Friday Mr. Hillyard summed up the evidence i❑ behalf of the dock bill, contending, first, that the projected dock ac commodation was absolutely needed at the port of Liver pool; secondly, that the proposed bill provided for that required accommodation ; and, thirdly, that the scheme affords such accommodation without injury to the port. The committee, after being in consultation a short time with closed doors, adjourned until! Tuesday, (this day,) at eleven o'clock, it being understood the Liverpool Dock Bill was to be re-committed on Monday (yesterday). GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. MR. No- LAN.—We have much gratification in stating that the congregation of St. Barnabas' Church, presented, on the 4th instant, to their pastor, the Rev. Thomas Nolan, a handsome suit of canonicals, a gold watch and chain, and a beautiful silver salver. The watch was manufactured by Mr. Blundell, Great George-street, and is a fine piece of workmanship. The salver bears the following inscrip tion : " Presented, with a full Suit of Canonicals and a Gold Watch and Chain, by the Congregation of St. Barnabas' Church, Liverpool, to their esteemed Pastor, the Rev. Thomas Nolan, A.M., May. 1544." The compliment so deservedly conveyed by this present to one whose ministerial diligence, sound doctrines, and truly kind and Christian deportment to all who have fallen within the sphere of his official labours or acquaint ance, derives additional interest and value from the fact that the subscription was entered upon, and the grateful work completed, during his absence from the town for a fortnight, while the church was undergoing some im provements for ventilation. Even the poor among his congregation, on hearing of the intention of their wealthier fellow-hearers, came, unsolicited, forward in a handsome manner with their contributions, which, though neces sarily smaller in amount, cannot be less gratifying, or less honorable to the esteemed recipient,—who would thus be encouraged to resume his labo rs amongs t hi s a ff ect i ona t e flock with, it possible, increased vigour and anxiety. Mit. NORTH AND MR. BLACKBURN.-1R order, if possible, to prevent the angry feelings that would almost necessarily be occasioned by the re-agitation of the school question in the council, Mr. North, (having been solicited ty his friends to take a leading part in opposing Mr. Blackburn's motion,) on the 25th ult., addressed a letter to Nlr. Blackburn, stating that his object "is peace, and appealing to him as a Christian not to en ter upon a con flict perilous to charity—especially as , the convictions on both sides would remain the same," and the retouch ing of the subject would only revive animosity, which is fast dying away. Mr. Blackburn, in reply to this con ciliatory communication, states that he would have con tented himself with protesting against the plan on which the schools were now conducted, without exciting discus sion, but that the council, under the guidance of the Town-clerk, refused him a hearing, and compelled him either to be silent, or to adopt the course he bad done. He adds that a tame acquiescence in the present system would be equivalent to a tacit sanction of what he con ceives to be a grievous wrong; that he shall not cease to appeal to the council on the subject after every new elec tion; and thanking Mr. North for the courtesy with which he addressed him, adds that he cannot adopt the course which that gentleman's obliging note is intended to suggest. It would thus appear that those gentlemen who have so frequently the words " peace" and "charity" on their lips, are the very last to take any steps (even when solicited by an opponent to do so) for the advance ment of those Christian graces. THE LIVERPOOL HOUSE OWNER'S GUARDIAN SO CIETY.--II will be known to most of our readers that Mr. Colville, M.P. for South Derbyshire, has recently given notice in the House of Commons of the introduction into the bill for the amendment of the Poor-law, of a clause by which the payment of the poor rates, and other rates. should be imposed on the owners of houses, of the annual value of £2O and under, instead of (as at present) on the occupiers. The house-owners have, as might naturally be expected, taken the alarm at what (so far as we can un derstand the subject) amateur legislative proposition, and meetings of house-owners have been held in many towns condemnatory of the measure, and amongst others, a meeting took place on the 3d ult. in this town, when it was resolved, that a society to be called " The House Owners Guardi an S oc i e t y " should be established. The committ ee appo i nte d at t h e meet i ng h ave s i nc e published their views on the subject in the form of a circular, set ting forth th e var i ous an d we ll - k nown f rau ds imposed upon house-owners by unprincipled tenants, and setting forth the necessity of keeping a register of such particu lars as will enable the members to beware of such delin quents, and through the funds of the society to sue them at law, should th at b e d eeme d a d v i sa bl e. An active and experienced secretary is to b e engage d ; and the committee purpose to watch the proceedings in parliament. and to oppose measures similar to the proposition of Mr. col vine, so that they may not in future be taken by surprise. To carry th e v i ews o f t h e society into e ff ec t the acquisi tion of members and of pecuniary assistance are, of course, necessary, but the com m itt ee are o f o pi n ion that an annual subscription of ss. e ac h, w ill at present be all that is required to constitute a mem b er , and should any in crease be required, a meeting o f the members will be cal led to sanction it for their mutual protection. It will be found by the advertisement, that the society has already estab lished. an office in Bank-buildi n gs, Lord-street, where every information may be obtained. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. REPRESENTATION OF SOUNI LANCASHIRE. Theiamented decease of the Hon. R. B. Wilbraham, M.P. for the southern division of this county, which we an nounced in our last, has caused, as we anticipated, consi derable stir throughout the county to find a successor to the vacant seat. The activity of the Whig party, how ever, was much more marked thin that of the opponent party. Their perfect organisation, by means of the Anti- Corn-law League in Manchester, and the various subsi diary associations in the different towns, gave them vast advantages over the lethargic and unprepared Conserva tive body; the constant fermentation in which they had been recently kept, by the aid of lectures, free trade ban quets, &c., had infused into them a fiery zeal and spirit fitted for a crisis like the present; and although it has come upon them as upon ourselves, very unexpectedly, such suddenness of notice can scarcely operate against their chance of success in a contest, but must ! on the contrary, tell in its favour, against a party which ever shuts its eyes, in the confidence of secure enjoyment of power when achieved ; and which, in addition to this pro pensity, is at this moment not a little weakened by intes tine divisions, and jealousies of the doings of the existing Conservative government. Besides these considerations, the Whig party have to congratulate themselves upon in creased prospects of success, arising from past attention to the state of the registries. Their organs do not scru ple to boast that they have thus increased their strength by three thousand votes since the last contest ; and whilst we do not believe this fact—although some increased strength they may possess—it is in vain to deny that vi ith a good candidate to fight for, and no deficiency of means to fight with, they possess on this occasion a very fair chance of success, and that at any rate the contest must be a very severe one. Such were the relative positions of the two parties up to Thursday night, when the Liberal party decided upon their selection of a candidate, and by the choice which they made, or perhaps were driven to, in our impression, went very far to throw away all the advantages which they had possessed at the outset. With these advantages, if they could have secured as their candidate any of the leading members of the whig aristocracy of the county, or any merchant or manufacturer of acknowledged high standing as a public man, they might have gone to a poll with some reasonable assurance of victory. But the League, it would appear, is not finite so much beloved by aristocratic whiggery as to lead any such characters as those to whom we have referred to place themselves in the position of its delegates. Various names were from time to time during the past few days mentioned, and various gentlemen sounded as to their willingness to come forward ; but as this intolerant association of nobodies would abate none of its dictatorial tone, and lay down none of its insolent pretensions, the whig aristocracy of the county held aloof; and, at the penultimate hour, Mr. William Brown, an American merchant of Liverpool, and a member of the League, or of its Liverpool branch, was waited upon and consented to lead what, under such leading, is we trust destined to be a forlorn hope. The proceedings of the Conservative party, although infinitely less energetic than those of their opponents, may perhaps prove to have had in them more method and pru dence. On Wednesday last a number of influe.itial gen tlemen, from various parts of the southern division, met in the Conservative Hall, at Newton in the Willows, and, as the result of their deliberations, it was determined that Mr. Hugh Hornby Birley, of Manchester, shculd forth with proceed to London, as a deputation, there to meet Mr. James Aspinall, of Liverpool, and other influential parties, for the purpose of advising with Lords Francis Egerton and Sandon, with respect to the selection of a proper gentleman to be nominated on the Conservative interest. The gentlemen in question met accordingly, in London. and waited upon those noblemen ; and, with their full concurrence. Wm. Entwistle, Esq., of Sedgeley Hall, near Manchester, was fixed upon, as a gentleman endowed with all the necespary qualifications for a useful representative of this important constituency, and, bay ing been invited and strongly urged to stand, consented to be put in nomination. The addresses of both parties will be found in our ad vertising columns; and now we may take the opportu nity of remarking briefly upon their several claims to the support of the constituency of the county. The conser vative candidate, Mr. William Entwisle, is the youngest surviving son of the late Richard Entwisle, Esq., of Rus holme-house, near Manchester, and nephew of the l a t e Mr. Entwisle of Foxholes, the head of the family. He was educated at Cambridge, where he took high honors, his name appearing prominently in the list of wranglers. After leaving Cambridge, he was destined, we believe, for the bar; but on the death of both his brothers, and his subsequent accession to the paternal estate, he settled in Manchester, where for some years he has devoted him self ardently to the business of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, of which, we believe, he is deputy chairman. By his marriage with a daughter of Edward Loyd, Esq., of the eminent firm of Jones, Loyd, and Co., bankers, of Manchester and London, he will probably derive con siderable influence which may be brought to bear upon this contest; whilst, from his past pursuits, high charac ter, and family connexions, he will be able to command in Manchester and the neighbouring district a large amount of support. Mr. Entwisle contested that borough in 1841, with Sir George Murray, against the present members; and,.although unsuccessful in so whig-ridden a locality, his sentiments on public qnestions won for him the full confidence of his Conservative friends, and the reepect even of his opponents. Mr. Brown comes forward on the free trade principles, and will probably be supported more for his opinions on that question than on any other account. Ills respecta bitity as a merchant is acknowledged by all parties ; and his general politics, being of the liberal character, will meet with the views of the bulk of his supporters. Both parties are now actively at work, preparing for a diligent canvas, the friends of Mr. Brown having, how ever, had the start. Mr. Entwisle paid a visit to Liver pool yesterday afternoon ; and at a meeting of a number of the influential members of the Conservative party, laid before them his opinions upon the most important public questions now agitating the community, which were re ceived with unqualified approbation. Upon the new Poor Law question, in particular, of the harsh features of which and its application to large towns, he is a determined op ponent, his explanation was most gratifying to his friends. A committee, pledged to afford him their strenuous sup port, was appointed ; and, so far as this district is con cerned, no energy will be spared to carry his election to a successful issue. The nomination has been fixed by the sheriff to take place on Friday, the 24th instant, at Newton; and we shall therefore have another opportunity, previous to its decision, of addressing our readers upon the great question w hich this contest is to decide. We content ourselves, therefore, now, with urging upon the electors to be unsparing in their exertions, and to leave not an effort unused to ensure suc cess. We beg to call attention to an advertisement respecting the anniversary sermons and meetings of the Church Missionary Society, which will be found in our columns this day. ST. MICHAEL'S CH URCH SCHOOLS.—On Sunday last, two sermons were preached in St. Michael's Church in behalf of the Girl's Week-day and Sunday School, in connexion with it. The morning sermon was preached by the Rev. Fielding Ould, who took his text from Acts XXIV. 23, 24 verses : The evening, by the Rev. Wm. Falloon from the 1 Peter 11. 3 verse. Sound scriptural truth, applied with much force and feeling, formed the substance of both discourses. A large and attentive audi ence filled the church on both occasions. In the morn ing his worship the mayor, who has in so praiseworthy a manner given on all occasions his official support to the charities of the town, attended at St. Michael's, accompa nied by several members of the Town Council. More than £4O was collected after the sermons. EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS.—The Rev. Mr. Bevan, who has long advocated the early closing of shops, on moral, religious, and educational grounds, has addressed a le ter to the local newspapers, noticing in just terms of reprehension a surreptitious bill exhibited in the windows of certain shops in the town, couched in the following terms :—" The proprietor of this shop, in compliance with the expressed wish of the public, and relying upon them for support t') carry out the measures, has agreed with the rest of the trade to close his shop at eight o'clock every evening, Saturday excepted, to commence on the 13th of May, 1814." As a member of the committee ap pointed to carry out the express wish of the public" on the subject, Mr. Bevan protests against so unfair a mis representation, and shows that it is untrue and dishonest to assert that the public sanctioned an eight o'clock bill ; that agreed upon unanimously at the public meeting being in favor of closing at seven o'clock. He states that, —" Seven o'clock must be the hour regularly and ac curately kept, if the benevolent wishes of the public are to be carried into good effect. We have moved in this matter, not that our young people may have more time to waste, but to employ it to their mental and spiritual ad vantage." We entertain no doubt of the accuracy of the rev. gentleman's correction of the parties who have made so discreditable an announcement as that referred to ; neither do we think the public will encourage them. MEETING OF THE BIRKENREAL COMMISSIONERS. — On Wednesday evening the monthly meeting of the com missioners was held at the Town-hall. There were pre sent fourteen members, and I. Deane Case, Esq. occupied the chair. After some unimportant preliminary business, Mr. Bentham said the amount paid to stone breakers ap peared to be very large, and if the employment of those Persons could be dispensed with at present, when other work was going on to which they might resort, it would be better to dispense with them until the winter season. Mr. Pim said that so soon as the roads round the park were formed, the whole of the stones would be used. A tender was accepted for the supplying of three water carts at £23 each,—A temporary water-cart to be pro vided until the new ones were built. Messrs. Smith and Chapples tender for making drives and roads in the park was accepted. Some conversation then took place relative to the purchase of an eligible site for a bridewell, but it appeared that no steps bad been taken thereto, for the present. The tender of Mr. Hugh Williams for the C'ection of slaughter houses was accepted. The Ferry Committee reported that there was again a considerable advance in the receipts of the past month beyond those of the same month last year. The committee bad, during the year, paid over to the Commissioners the sum of £6,132 8s 2d. The Finance committee had paid £4,920 to Mr. William Laird for the Queen steamer, now com pleted, and £l,64o—the first instalment for the Prince now being built. The chairman read a letter from Mr. Lawrence, the Assistant Secretary at the general post office, stating that the memorial of the Board, praying for two London mails to reach Birkenhead daily, had been received, and that it would receive the best atten tion of the Postmaster-General. The Board then ad journed to that night fortnight. THE QUARTER SESSIONS. The May Quarter Sessions commenced yesterday, be fore GILBERT HENDERSON, Esq., the Recorder. The number of prisoners for trial was below the average of former corresponding periods, and the offences charged, with but one exception, of a less than usually ageravated nature. The following gentlemen were sworn of the GRAND . JURY: _ . John Barnes Brancker, Falkner-street, broker, Foreman. Daniel Bell, South Castle-street, merchant. Michael Bonsfield, Rumford street. merchant. Swinton Boult, Water-street, merchant. Robert Cochrane Crosbie,Dale-street. merchant. John Campbell, India-buildings, merchant. Wm. I. T. Duncan, Exchange-alley, merchant. Major Dawson, Huskisson-street, gentleman. George W. Ewing, Brunswick qu,i, timber-merchant. Thomas Stewart G!adstone, Union-court, broker. George Glen, Upper Parliament-street, merchant. John R. Greaves. Fenwick-street, cotton-broker. John Herd, North John-street, merchant. _ John Haseiden, Bedford-street'South, merchant. John Owens Johnson, Cook-street, merchant. John Miller, Netherfield-road North, merchant. Sand. Martin, Netherfield-road North, insurance-broker. Thomas Rees, Shaw-street, brewer. Joshua Rawdon, Shaw-street, merchant. John Jackson Starkie, Canning-street, merchant. John A. Syers, Chapel-street, merchant. John Tomlinson. Nile-street, corn-merchant. John Twiname, Duke-street, corn-merchant. The RECORDER, after the proclamation against vice and immorality had been read, briefly addressed the grand jury. He said that upon this occasion he had but few remarks to make. He was happy to say there was a di minished number of prisoners for trial, the means adopted for the suppression of crime having been attended with considerable success. With the exception of one case, none of the offences charged involved the robbery of any very considerable amount of property. There was one case in which the parties were charged with taking a quan tity of tea, sugar, &c. ; and if they found that the articles had been removed by them from the warehouse, the bill for the felony wo u ld b e ma d e ou t. Still, t h oug h in most of the cases a small amount of property only was taken, it would be necessary, if the parties were convicted, to pass sentence of transportation upon some of them, in consideration of their frequent previous offences ; and that sentence would now be severely carried out. It would be their duty thoroughly to sift the evidence, and, though they might not themselves be enabled to form a decided opinion as to the guilt of th 3 accused, to send them for trial if sufficient grounds of probability appeared. He dismissed them by tating, that, aware of their intel ligence and ex erience, he need not detain them with any further observations. The grand jury then retired, and having, in a short time, found some true bills, the business of the court proceeded ; but none of the cases were of an unusual or interesting nature—being all merely petty thefts. The following were the sentences passed during the day : Seven years' transportation.—Robert Keboe, aged 17, (an old offender) for stealing a quantity of bread, and a pair of boots.—James Henry Golding, 20, (also a re puted thief) for stealing a handkerchief.—Catherine Bur rows, 19, for stealing twelve pairs of shoes.—James Barrett, 10, (to the Penitentiary) for stealing one yard of satin. He had been convicted of petty thefts several times orevionsly.—John Williams, 15, for stealinganac cordion, also a habit, (a reputed thief.)—John Higgins, 21, Wm. Richardson, 18. and beorge Calligan, 17, for stealing a number of articles of wearing apparel, &c., from on board a vessel. They had all before been fre quently imprisoned. Six months' imprisonment and hard labour.—James Griffiths, 15, for stealing three bottles, conta fling whiskey, lemonade, and gingerette, from a spirit vault. The case was recently recorded in this paper. Three months' imprisonment and hard labour.—Thos. Linacre, 40, stealing three cart-loads of timber. Two months' imprisonment and hard labour.—James Mooney, 43, for stealing a hat, the property of John Wilson. The prisoner, who had been an attorney's clerk, but had been discharged, put in a written defence, which excited a good deal of interest in the court.—Mary M'Cormick, 32, for stealing 49 yards of calico. Several other prisoners for minor offenceswere sentenced to imprisonment for from one month to a week.—Mary Qu-iltrough, charged with stealing a sovereign, was ac quitted. ENLARGEMENT OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH, KIRKDALE. The ceremony of laying the first stone of the addition about to be made to this church, took place on Wednes day last. At nine o'clock in the morning the Rev. D. James, incumbent, Arthur Hill Holme, Esq., architect, and the gentlemen of the committee, arrived at the church for that purpose. In a few minutes every thing was de clared ready. The Rev. D. James proceeded to address the company to the follov , ing effect : " Gentlemen of the Committee,—We are assembled for the purpose of laying the foundation-stone of the en. largement of St. Mary's Church : and, though it is not our wish to invest the occasion with the importance which properly belonged to the laying of the first stone of the building already in existence, yet when we consider that the additional room which will be acquired by this enlarge ment, will he equal to almost one-third part of the church, and will be devoted entirely to the accommodation of the poor of this district and their children, we cannot - .view the event in any other light than as one of deep interest. If there be a class of people to whom the house of God is peculiarly dear, who value its services as the principal source of their joy, and find therein a solace for all their troubles and privations, that class is the poor.of the com munity—a class from whom the Almighty withholds the riches of this world, because he purposes to give them through faith in Christ an inheritance that fadeth not away in the world to come." Alter a few more observations the rev. gentleman re ceived from Mr. Holme, the architect, two glass bottles hermetically sealed, containing several silver and copper coins of the present reign ; a plan of the elevation of the church as it will be when enlarged ; a map of the township of Kirkdale ; a brief account in writing of the origin of the church, with the number of sittings; the names of the committee for conducting the enlargement, and a copy of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD and Liverpool Courier. These bottles having been deposited in the cavity prepared for them, Mr. Holme handed Mr. James the plate containing the following inscription : " This church was enlarged and improved by the congregation in the year 1844. Rev. D. James, incumbent; George Pitts, Joseph Hampson, churchwardens; Arthur Hill Holme, archi tect; John Johnson, John Mackat ell, Andrew Dernpter, Andrew Wilson, builders." The stone was then lowered and adjusted. Afterwards the 84111 Psalm was read and the Doxology sung, which concluded the ceremony. will I i b e „, earli f a l o r e s m t o e n n e t of , and t ee e xe nd which executed ted ftrhoen decorativets lVa n lto -road style of Gothic architecture. The east window will, it is ex pected, be the handsomest in Liverpool. 400 additional sittings will be acquired. The contract was taken at £1,300 ; but as there is a large deficiency in the sum sub scribed, we hope our generous felin7. - -townsmen will-cor dially respond to the appeal which Mr. James is about to make to them. GRAND CONCERT AT THE AMPHITHEATRE. On Wednesday evening the public of Liverpool were afforded, by Miss Hamilton, with an opportunity of hear ing for the first time the ueiforniances of the celebrated violinist, Ernst. whose claims as a professor of that diffi cult and beautiful instrument have created so much interest in the musical world; and if the crowded and fashionable audience which filled the Amphitheatre on the occasion went with minds prepared for a high musical treat, they of fhis greatnot disappointed . predecessor in Ernst the a art, p not, in some, anini or, indeed, in any of the tricks of hi s i ns t rument, the equal and scarcely even of Sivori. B u t i n purity and full. ' ness of tone, and p rec i s i on o f touch, he is, in our judgment, the superior of the latter, and the equal of the former. He possesses a highly cultivated musical taste ; and is destined to become, when his powers are ripened, if he is riot now, the acknowledged maestro of the instrument to which he has devoted himself. The same concert introduced favorably to a Liverpool audience, in the person of Miss Keel, we believe a pupil of Mr. Wren Shall, a very accomplished pianiste ; and a very promising singer in that of Mr. John Reeve, from the Theatre-royal, Drury-lane. This gentleman pos sesses a tenor voice of good quality and great cultivation ; and elicited considerable and well-merited applause, as did the singing of Signor Paltoni, the Misses Hamilton and Miss Whitnall. As a whole the concert went off well, and must have been highly gratifying to its fair and enterprising projector. THE ORANGEMEN.—At a meeting of the Committee of the Toxteth-park Protestant Operative Association on Friday last, the thanks of the committee were voted to Richard Harbord, Esq., " for his manly and uncom promising defence in the council, of the most loyal and constitutional men in her Majesty's dominions." SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—The Manchester Guar dian, in the course of a long leading article on the subject I of the approaching South Lancashire election says , " It is rather an amusing, and certainly novel feature connected with the approaching contest, that, before Mr. Brown and Mr. Entwistle were selected, each party sent a deputation to solicit the services of the' same gentleman, Mr. Hogh ton, the son of Sir H. B. lloghton, of Bold, near War rington, who, however, respectfully declined both invita tions ; otherwise the electors of South Lancashire might have witnessed the extraordinary and hitherto unheard-of fact of the return of a member of parliament who pleased gllf l avr a etoar Porcelainr saei various favourable information. eof i ou portst h rr ma e b r , a tl Chineseta o ei no s pdn e o c . pin l icl u taaacr e nee,o d esef everybody." that we have established that may lead to valuable THE CHINESE PANORAMA.—A very interesting moving l intercourse _ every one panorama is now on view at the Liver Theatre , Church street, embracing all the features, habits, manners, and hwcpv rw c s , faithfully oeuaii &c.—all vmolt s hl. i customs am o l di ihe m afico:plreu s ri rcomebe o i taatsaafplkesteeNesnhmapcsnnetai represented,--Rice-sellers, d:rbb C nsa,kyeegb h : nern i lcwt n rgee eerh e rto .dvasirholft, relations l — rfipva: ut a : rd, celebratedo:i t s cisoos t steo n stwo.cos g si ,f u ea. in " the celestial empire, ' including Hong Kong, Macao, Can ton, . Amoy, Nv e thefiav have also beautiful i,,,0 numerous harbour figures g f u l r ' e i n s g 0 - H r ai- Ch u an characters,, Show, the Cat Merchant, the Punishm ' ent of the Bastinado, Dramatic Entertainme n t s , th e P un i s h ment o f t h e T e b a: &c. &c. The number of figure s i s i n de e d astonishing, if not indeed perplexing, the artists having spared no pains to gratify the British visiter in the remotest point. An interesting descriptive pamphlet may be had at the theatre for a small sum, and we recommend an early visit to the establishment. May 14, 1844.. FRANCE. The Paris papers of Friday and Saturday have been received. The King, Queen, the Duchess of Kent. and Prince Leiningen, accompanied by the Prefect of the de partment, Generals Rumigny, Friant, and d'Astorg, the Colonels of the Gendarmorie, of the 2d Lancers, and of the 70th Regiment of the Line. with severa l ladies of honour to the Queen and aides-de-camp, left the Palace at three o'clock on Wednesday, for an excursion in the forest. The Duke of Nemours and Montpensier preceded the Royal party on horse-back. Their Majesties %nd their Royal Highnesses, and suit returned to the Palace at five o'clock. In the evening there was a grand dinner, at which nearly a hundred persons were present; and the King afterwards conducted the Duchess of Kent through the galleries of the Palace. _ _ Tile report of Louis Philippe's journey to England be gins again to gain credit. SPAIN. Accounts have been received from Madrid to the sth instant. The Gazette publishes the decree abolishing the state of siege throughout the kingdom . All the acts of the new Ministry evinced a disposition on their part to return to the regime of legality. Messrs. Joaquim Maria Lopez and Fernando Madoz, against whom arrest war rants had been issued for alleged participation in the con spiracy of Alicant, and who had remained cencealed ever since, had presented themselves to the Political Chief, by whom they were told th a t th ere ex i ste d no c h arge ag ainst them, and that they might consider themselves at liberty. A decree for the dissolution of the Cortes and the convo cation of a new Assembly in August next was ex pected shortly to appear. The journey of the young Queen to the baths of Caldas, in Catalonia, was again talked of. The British and North American royal mail steam-ship Acadia. Captain Ryrie, may be consid e red d ue t o -d a y. _-_ _ _ _ On Saturday last Mr. Thesizer. the new Solicitor-Ge neral, was elected member of Parliament for Abingdon, without opposition. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—The Queen Dowager will leave England for Germany on the 2d of June, on a visit to her illustrious relatives. At St. John the Evangelist's Church, Hope-street, on Sunday evening, the sum of £27 was collected, after a sermon by the Rev. T. M`Gill, towards defraying the ex penses of the erection of the new organ. INCENDIARISM IN SUFFOLR.—Scarcely a night has passed lately without the recurrence of the frightful out rage of incendiarism in the county of Suffolk. No fewer than twelve fires have occurred within the space of as many days. COMMITMENT. — Yesterday, at the Police.court, a man named Richard Aspinall was committed for trial at the sessions, on a charge of stealing a quantity of lead be longing to Mr. Musgrove, Ironmonger, London-road, The lead weighed about 501 b. It is said that Louis Philippe has forbidden the admis sion of a magnificent marble bust of O'Connell, by Moore. to the Parisian exhibition of 1844.—Liverpool Mercury, —[lf Louis Philippe has forbidden admission to Daniel's marble bust, no doubt he has done so advisedly ; and it is certain that old Ireland could equally well spare the brazen original, for any length of time.] CHEAP TRIP TO LONDON.—OUT Irish and Scotch friends are determined to avail themselves this year of a cheap opportunity of visiting London. We understand that a greater number of tickets have been sold in Ire land and Glasgow than was anticipated by the contractor. The City of Dublin Company have, on this occasion, kindly consented to reduce the fares to those persons going and returning by the cheap train. THEATRE ROYAL.—Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kean made their appearance, for the first time under the present management, being engaged for six nights, we presume to test, as tried favourites of the Liverpool pub lic, the alteration which has been resolved upon in the prices of admission. As we have not had an opportunity of attending to observe the result of the experiment, we . must reserve our remarks until next week. DERBY HOTEL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—It will be seen by an advertisement in another column, that the dinner at the opening of the bowling-green connected with this establishment takes place to-morrow evening. There can be no doubt but it will be well attended. The green is in excellent order; the whole of the interior of the hotel has been re-decorated and painted, and the pro prietor spares no exertion to render it in every way com fortable. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ROWLAND HILL.—We are glad to find, (as will be s e en by an advertisement else where) that it is proposed to raise in this town and neigh bourhood, a fund for the purchase of a substantial testi monial to Mr. Rowland Hill, indicative of the esteem in which he is held for his unceasing exertions in originating and establishing by law the system of tile penny postage- We need scarcely offer a word in behalf of such an object rich and poor have alike felt, and we trust will enjoy the extraordinary facility which that measure has given to the transmission of correspondence, whether of a commer cial or a private nature. The Premier himself has signi floc' his high approval by a substantiai gift f.r. the same object,—albeit he has at times been pushed for the na tional " ways and means." THE WEATHEIL—After an unusual succession of dry weather for the season of the year, we had a welcome but slight downfall of rain on Thursday evening, but a drought again set in, nor is there any immediate appearance de change. It appears that some rain fell on the evening alluded to in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and partially in some districts in the north and midland counties of Eng land. The ground, with the vigorous rays of the sun. is becoming very dry ; but the crops of all kinds, neverthe less, look well and promising. Two or three (Lys of soft rain is all that is wanted to bring vegetation (now by no means backward) to a full flush of verdure. The gardens look beautiful, and we do not remember to have seen a greater show for all kinds of fruit. Vezetables of excel lent quality are abundant and cheap in all the markets. NEW ELECTRICAL TELEGRAPH.—Some experiments have recently been made on the London and Birmingham Railway, in the neighbourhood of Rugby, for the purpose of testing a new electric telegraph, the invention of the Rev. Mr. Highton, one of the masters of Rw.tby School, assisted by his brother, who is superintendent of the Taff Vale Railway. The wire by which the experiments have been tried is ten miles in length ; one-third of it is isolated by glass ; and the other two-thirds merely suspended 0 0 poles w thout varnish or other isolation. The object h as been to ascertain the loss of power caused by v arious lengths of wire, and with different kind s of i n sulation, and to form calculations as to the di s t ance th a t the elec tric flui I may be carried for telegraphi c si g nals. The ex periments have proved that such signals ma y be convei niently conveyed through a distance of 400 or 500 miles, or more, without any intermediate applic a tion of the power. Electricity travels through wires at the rate of 500 miles in about the 1-560111 part of a second ! The signals may be varied, and each one is accur a tely regis tered by the apparatus itself. In this way intelligence may be transmitted throughout Europe almost instanta neously ; and it is stated that telegraphs may be kept uP for a sum not exceeding £lO per mile rer annum, includ ing interest on the o r i g i na l ou tlay. Th us f or £2OOO per annum, constant and instantaneous signals might be kept up between Liverpo o l a n d L on d on . T ue plan will no doubt be further test e d, an d we t rus t p rosec uted to practice. Telegraphic communication by w ire con ductors, is nor, however, we may add, new. It has been discovered for some years by scientific men, and Mr. Addams, the celebrated lecturer, exhibited sotr: most curious and astonishing experiments in the art in tn course of his lectures last year at the Colle g iate Institu t ion in this town. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, MAY 13. W N.E.ind at Holyhead. E.N.E. light breeze at 6am. ; at 9 a.m. ; N.E. citto, at 12 at noon ; N.N.E. at Calm, at 6 p m. Barometer. 6 a.m. 9 a.m. .12 noon. 3 p.m. 6 P'T Holyhead, 29'94 .... 29.97 .... 27'97 .... 27'97 • • 3 u n. ,„ Liverpool. 3tu2B 3027 .... 30.27 30.29 .... Off Point Lynas, inward hound, a t 7 30 a.m. (have pilots.) Cigar, barque; Columbian, ship ; Richmond, barque ; Ba r l o w, barque, at a a.m. Wm. Russell, ditto, at g a . m . ; C ons ti tut i on , ship ; Priscilla, barque, and Catherine, ship. I" Off Holyhead, inward b oun d, a t 6 p.m. No. 983, Bleng, B fromSincapore. 3 p.m. an b r io. Off the i'ort, at 6 p.m. 3 ship s, 2 b arques, 1 ..,. an d 3 schooners. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, MAY 13. To-day, the market was much the same as last week, and prices still maintain their position. Good Beef 6id ; Mutton, 7d, sinking the offal. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, MAy 13• co n ' sequence e ß e u o t f t e t r h e e o e m o e n s t t e h d more n f r c e e e of o m rai t n o , m h a o r l k d e e t r . s a a n r d e i o n b obtain quite as high prices. Waterford, Carlow and Carrie l x of favourite brands, are a free sale, at 93s ; Cork thirds 755. few casks of " Londo n p ar ti cu l ar " h ave f e t c h e d gB s per c .' Prime Beef and Pork c omman d f a i r p r i ces; whilst middl i ng and inferior stuff is a drug. Of the latter description is a larg e , proportion of the Foreig n m anu f ac t ure now h ere . Bacoir ie demand at 40s to 4 s, and fro m pr es e n t a pp earances th e OW is very likely to rule higher. POTATOE MARKET' LIVERPOOL HAY AND MAY 13. , lO Potatoes, qs , golb S. d. S. d. H a y , o ld 2' it 0 7,- - 0 Pink-eyes Cups Short-tops 1 10 2 0 Straw,Wheat. 0 3i— • it Cattle Turnips, Tr ton .... 0 0— 0 0 Grass .. CI rrots LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1844. 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