The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-12 00:00:00

A lika Is tho *toga mai? I oil y Oa, OM / sw 044, c4t,Rwi4 d i vand spin kiao ett ttto Otto Or Goni, one w 4 y or the othr,r but that thoy do tiepond ii on the Proportion which the labour to be given bears to the number of persons applying for that labour ; and that, if a somewhat higher price of corn led to a more expensive and extensive cultivation of the soil, the result would be that a much larger proportion of the community would be called into employment, and consequently a much less proportion between the number of people seeking employment and the amount of labour to be given to them; and, if that cultiva tion were materially diminished, the consequence would be, that, a number of hands being thrown out of employment, the Competition for labour and employment would lower the wages of labour, which are kept up in consequence of the more extensive cultivation enabled to be carried on in con sequence of the duty on corn." Thus does he showthat i though in •the first instance it is the relations of demand and supply which regulate Wages, they would eventually he affected by the price of food. Abolish the protecting duties, and reduce the price of bread, and wages perhaps may not be im mediately affected, hut, ultimately, they will and must be lowered; for the demand for agricultural labburers will tikliiie,lihe , -Ysupply. in . : the 'Market will be execs sive,,gnd on.this principle ,wages must come down. The agricultural labourers will be driven, ; into..the • towns, and in a short time the wages of mechanics and manufacturers must also decline ; so that it is obvious from the entire . of the .noble lord's reply that.lie..could only have alluded to the immediate, and not the conse quential effects of food on wages, when he said that the latter were not dependent on the price of the for mer. So perfectly satisfaCtory and conclusive were all his replies to Mr. Catechist Brooks that the poor man was absolutely overwhelmed, and sat down amidst the jeers of all the assembly. On the whole, the right honourable member for North Lancashire never made a more happy and successful display than lie did on this occasion. His eloquent and beautiful speech may be usefully referred to at any time as a perfect manual on the subject of the corn duties ; dealing not in te dious and minute details, but in all the commanding principles which enter into the question. We were led to a re-perusal of this speech by some recent attacks made upon his lordship 'by the chop fallen leaguers, and we have to thank the witless venom of some of these unconscious blockheads for directing us to so gratifying a labour. We shall notice one or two specimens of the malignant dulness of the faction from a leading article in the Mercury of Friday. " 'We hardly know whether the new Colonial Secretary, in his speech at Lancaster, was less fortunate in his defence of himself; or in his vindication of the order of landlords to which he belongs. First, with regard to himself, as doubt less the question of greatest importance, at least in his own estimation. The epithets " turn-coat" and " apostate" have clearly stuck in his proud stomach ; bat he by no means proved that they were not justly applied." " By no Means proved that he did not deserve the epithets apostate and turn-coat !" Such is the judg ment of this Second Daniel who sits as chief in the court of intellectual Whiggery in this town. Lord Stanley did not prove that he was not an apostate ! An apostate is one who falls away from his principles ; Lord Stanley was to prove that, in seceding from the - Whigs in 184, he had not fallen away from his; and it certainly did happen that lie was able to adduce the most curiously, and as it would seem, providentially, conclusive evidence that such was the fact. It was really a subject of admiration to every body. Here testimony so perfectly demonstrative and irrefragable came to be at hand at the very moment there was any need of it. Lord Stanley withdrew from the Whigs originally—not because he deserted his principles, but because he would not do so; and not only was the fact so, but it did so occur, that long before the circum stance took place, his lordship declared that, if the 'Whigs, with whom he was then acting, should ever carry their liberalism so far as to attempt subverting the church, be would leave them;—and this he proved by the unsolicited and unlooked-for evidence of a French gentleman, (a Member of the Chamber of De puties, and an extreme Liberal,) who happened to be in this country in 1826, and who heard his declarations to this effect. Could there be a more remarkable case of predetermined consistency, and of unforeseen testi mony, to bring that consistency to light ? And yet, in this town, a dull plodder in the dull round of Radi cal misinterpretative vituperation and perversion has the hardihood and recklessness to talk of his lordship's " apostacy" ! Did we not say well in the beginning of this article that the very name of " anti-corn-law man" must soon b ecome disreputable—and that there is a species of co ntamination implied in being a reader of their jour nals But it is not enough that the noble lord should have t hus triumphantly refuted the groundless imputation of hie adversaries, and shewn that, let who might wince under it, as against him it must prove impotent and harmless ; they have another charge in reserve ; "if not an apostate" say they, "he is surely a turn .coat, or why is be joined in the ministry of Sir Robert Peel?" °r to put the charge in the words of the Mercury— " How come they now to be colleagues ? One or other Must be a turn-coat and apostate, and, galling as it may be, Lord Stanley must, in his heart, confess that he is the man." The real complaint—yea, the sore grievance in this case is, that Lord Stanley has not fallen in the mire with the disgraced and the degraded Whigs, and that he has risen to high honour and great power whilst they are sunk for ever in perdition. However, we think the great oracle, the Magnus Apollo, the Jupiter tonans of Whiggery in this town, even the ex-minis terial Mercury, ought to be answered, and as to an swer so awful a thunderer would be a task quite beyond our poor abilities, we shall refer the matter to Lord Stanley himself, and e'en let the minister of state satisfy hitn. The passage of his lordship's speech which seems to apply specifically to this head is as follows. We take it from the report of the Manchester Guardian, a hostile print : " I refused in the year 1834 to form part of the admini stration of Sir Robert Peel, and I assent in 1841 to form part of the administration of Sir Robert Peel. Is there not any i nconsistency in that course ? I say there is none. I say that in 1834 I had just separated from a Whig cabinet, with Whom, upon many grounds, I cordially concurred. I was asked to join an administration formed of gentlemen politi cally opposed to me and my friends. I could not feel suffi cient confidence in them to join their administration. I de clined office, and I watched the course of events, determined whether in office or out of office, to maintain and adhere to thy own principles. (Hear, and applause.) From that time to this, I have been in close, uninterrupted, and confidential intercourse with Sir Robert Peel. In opposition, no great Measure has been taken by the party acting under the direc tion of Sir Robert Peel without my cordial concurrence and cordial sanction ; upon all subjects I have been admitted by him to the most frank and unreserved communication of opi nion ; upon all subjects of past policy I have cordially been able to agree with him ; upon a full discussion of the course Which her majesty's present government will pursue, I have no reason to anticipate any the slightest difference between the views of Sir Robert Peel and my own. And in that state of things, after having sat by hi s s id e f or th e l as t seven Years, having luring that time shared his councils and fought his parliamentary battles with him, why, if at the end of tkat time, when our efforts had succeeded in displacing the administration of the day, I had refused to form part of that iidwinistration, which I was assisting to bring into power, so far from being able to plume myself on my consistency, I think you, and I think the country, would have told me with justi c e, that I was a most intolerable blockhead to dabble in Political matters. (Laughter.) You may believe me, and, electors of Lancashire, I think you will believe me, when I say to you that I have no sordid or private objects to induce me to accept office. To me the emoluments of office are worthless ; to me the patronage of o ffi ce i s a matter of con tempt ; to me the labour, and the responsibility, and the Power which attach to office, ha ve n o charm. (" Then Why do you accept it ?") I'll tell you. Because, by accept ing those labours and that responsibility—because, by de voting days and nights of unremitting and thankless toil,—l believe, by so applying the energies of my mind and body, and the best faculties with which I have been gifted, I am Performing that which, in the position in which I have been Placed, is not a pleasure to myself, but is a sac re d d uty which I owe t o my country. (Cheers.) We shall not add a word lest we should weaken the impression which this most splendid and beautiful piece of true eloquence is calculated to make on the mind ; we shall also leave it to the Mercury and other " swift messengers of the gods " to digest it with what appetite they may. In our next we shall endeavour to shew that Lord Stanley has been quite as successful in his vindication of the "order of landlords to which he belongs" as he has been in the vindication of " himself." Our readers, we confidently expect, will not find the discussion in any degree tedious. The large assembly who were present at the last an niversary meeting of our Protestant Association took in g oo d part the " boasting" of the Rev. Hugh Stowell thitt the Manchester Association was " not a sixpe nce i n d e bt," and that Manchester had turned out a considerably " larger total of signatures against the Maynooth endowment than Liverpool ;" because it was evidently done with a view to stimulate, and not repress a spirit of generous emulation in this quarter. On this head there could be no 'mistake at all, and there was none. We should be ashamed indeed of our town, and of a Protestant assembly met in it, if a proceeding could have been misunderstood by them, and much more if such a misunderstanding had oc curred in a case where Mr. Stowell, the able and well known champion of our common cause at Manchester, Wtil ditmovel it‘nlitter nt Attr ehotioh, Wee the pay rnitaintioratoo4 ; but tbovti wiv no ouch ignorant miceoneeption. Mr. Stowell's objcgt `vac at once cor rectly seen, and his motive duly respected. A rivalry such as he would seek to establish between Manchester and Liverpool, is fair and honourable; and we shall not be at all sorry if his taunting comparison shall have the effect of bringing in sufficient funds to our Protestant Association to pay off all debts, and leave a balance in the treasurer's hands, and also of greatly increasing our list of signatures against the grant for maintaining a Popish College in Ireland. In some other passages of his speech, our excellent ,friend- 7 if we may be permitted to use the expression— was not *so happy, although we utterly disclaim the slightest fe'eling of anger towards him on this account. We did not take it well of him, for instance, that he should have thrown out any insinuation of doubt as to the sterling Protestantism of our esteemed representa tives, Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell. On this head we are compelled to say that he spoke without due inquiry. It was quite a mistake, in point of fact, on his part, to say that there was no reference to Protes tantism in their addresses; the reverse was the case; and even in the short joint address which they issued, and which appeared in the STANDARD of the 20th of June, there was the following passage : " More deeply disgusted by ill; constant degrading and dependent alliance which the Ministers of the Crown have formed with the avowed foes of our Protestant church and of sound religious education, with the disturbers of the public peace, and tiie enemies of the integrity of the Empire, we find the Householders more tha❑ ever mindful that they must protect, by their votes, that stake in the country which they possess ; the freemen," &c. But even had there been no assurance in words to the effect alluded to, it would not have afforded any sufficient ground for raising such a question as that suggested by Mr. Stowell. The question immediately and directly at issue at the last election, was one be tween a Radical and a Conservative administration; the candidates before us were Radicals on the one hand, and known Conservatives on the other; and the result was, that we carried the election of the Conser vatives gloriously, and beat the Radicals to their heart's content. Therefore it is, that in Liverpool "we trust we have a good conscience," and flatter ourselves that we have both done our duty, and the state some service, by re-electing our present members. We are only sorry that Mr. Stowell and his good men of Manchester were not able to do so much. We are persuaded of their good dispositions, and in time we hope that they will be able to boast, not only of the instrumentalities they have used, but of the successful results achieved by them. There was another topic of a kindred nature to which Mr. Stowell alluded, and on which, if we rightly understood him, we are compelled to say that we do not concur with him. The impression left on our mind by. Mr. Stowell's observations was, that the pre sent administration was not, in his opinion, entitled to our entire confidence; that although "there was much at the present epoch to call for thankfulness to God, and congratulations to each other," yet that there were reminiscences connected with the leading men now in power, which should make us cautious and reserved in confiding the ark of the covenant into their hands. Now, with regard to such an opinion, and the policy to which it would probably lead, we must declare our dissent. It is our opinion that under present circum stances we could not have a better ministry, and that they ought to receive the zealous and unanimous sup port of all the Conservative party throughout the king dom. To carry forward this purpose, it will be very desirable to avoid the introduction of any useless ques tions and vain janglings, calculated to cause division. There is ample scope for the exercise of Protestant zeal, both of a religious and political kind, without doing so. With regard to the articles which appeared a short time since in the Times, casting slanders on our Pro testant associations, we hold them very cheap indeed, as we know no reason for the supposition that that most wayward and inconsistent journal is, with all its vast circulation, the organ of Sir Robert Peel's govern ment. We believe, on the contrary, that it enjoys no such confidence, and therefore that its remarks are entitled to no more weight—as an indication of minis terial sentiment—than if they appeared in the Liverpool 3,7ercury. ,When next Mr. Stowell shall do us the favour to appear on our Protestant platform at Liverpool, we trust he will have more maturely weighed these several matters, and that in the meantime additional evidences will have appeared that the Ministry of Sir Robert Peel is entitled to all our confidence, and has made great advances in the attainment of it. LOCAL NEWS, ANOTHER FIRE.—On Friday night, about half past nine o'clock, a tire broke out in a cotton drying kiln, a small two story building, on the west side of Tempest-hey. In a few minutes two engines and several water-carts from the tire police station, were on the ground, and the fire was put out, a small quantity of cotton only being damaged. There has been a strike of the bricklayers on the Man chester and Birmingham railway, employed at the Manches ter terminus. There are about 300 in number. The cause is, that the contractor thought fit to employ three or four nobsticks, as they are called. These men, with their la bourers, could have earned near £lOOO in the week, if em ployed. What a loss for such a trifle. POPULATION OF CHESTER.—In the city of Chester, ac cording to the late census, the population has been gradually increasing. Of inhabited houses there were 4,800, uninha bited 406, building 291, females being within the city 10,667, males 12,708, total 23,375. The population in 1801 was 15,052; in 1811, 16,140 ; in 1821, 19,949; in 1831, 21,363. MUNIFICENT LEGACIES TO THE PUBLIC CI I ARITIES or LIVERPOOL.—Mr. William Shaw, who diediat West Derby on Tuesday last, has left the munificent sum of £2,000 to the following public charities :—namely, to the Blue Coat Hospital, £500; to the Infirmary, £300; to the Dispensa ries, £3OO ; to the School for the Blind, £300; to the School for the Deaf and Dumb, £300; and to the District Provi dent Society, £3OO. FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident of a fatal nature occurred on Wednesday afternoon last, about half-past one o'clock, at Burt:en, near Bolton. It appears that three men were en gaged in sinking a coal mine for the Earl of Bradford, and had got about sev en y ar d s i n d ept h , an d were i n t h e act o f putting in the second ring, when a quantity of earth, from the sandy loose state, ran in. John Longworth was com pletely embedded, from the position in which he stood, but the other two men happened to be standing upright, and were covered with the e , rth up to their necks. They were im mediately extricated ; and, although injured, were not se riously hurt. Longworth, however, was not got out for more than an hour and a half, when he was found quite dead. He has left a widow and three children. FATAL. ACCIDENT.—WIGAN.—O n Saturday evening last, a poor man, named Thomas Moorfield lost his life at one of Mr. Blundell's collieries, situ a t e i n the Mesnes, Wigan. Ac cording to the evidence given before the borough coroner, on Monday, the deceased, who was a browman, having finished his labour, was returning home, b u t was f ortunate l y was called back again by his fellow-browman, who had taken his place, when he had got about 100 yards from the pit • and, whilst passing the engine, and endeavourin g t o avo id collision with some part of the machinery, the fly wheel on the other side caught his clothes, and dragged him round, and crushed him dreadfully. Of course, the poor fellow died directly after being extricated, leaving a wife and child, who live at Pemberton, to lament their loss. DLSTRUCTIVE FIRE.—Ou Friday, about twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. J. P. Kirby and Co., refiners of tallow for machinery, &c, Bridgewater street. Information was speedily brought to the fire-engine station, bottom of Temple-street, and seven engines and a number of water-carts were instantly turned out, and arrised in a few minutes, though .from the combustibl e na t ure o f th e materials, and the crowded state of the adjoining buildings, not before no fewer than nine houses in Watkinson-street, (behind Bridgewater-street, and running parallel with it) were on fire. The fire originated in a shed in the back yard of the large dwelling-house in Bridgewater-street, occupied by Messrs. Kirby, and in which their works are carried on, and the wind being from the northward and westward, the destruction was principally in Watkinsori-street. A more rapid or alarming fire has not occurred for many years, but it was happily extinguished in a short time, without loss of life, after however the entire destruction of the property in the yard, and of much of the wood-work of, and furniture in, the adjacent houses. Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, with the whole of the fire-police, were present. Three engines were stationed in Bridgewater-street, and the others in Wat kinson-street. A nipe was got to play from the upper back window of Messrs. Kirby's dwelling-house, having command of the flames, and by which those proceeding from the shed were principally subdued in half-an-hour. At the height of the conflagration, the flames rose to a great height, and formed a sea of fire which threatened to swallow up the neighbouring buildings. The kitchen and back kitchen, and the rooms on the second floor over them, of the dwelling house, and which immediately adjoined the shed, had the windows burned out, and the timber of the floor much charred. The outer wood-work of a house up a court in Joh nson's -buildings, in Watkinson-street, and facing the shed, was also burnt out. The oil, tallow, and coal-tar not burned in the shed, ran down the channel in the latter street, and blazed up so high in its progress, that it set fire to seven or eight houses, burning the window frames, and causing the greatest alarm amongst the inhabitants, who in the con fusion threw out and broke much of their furniture. The The wooden gable end of Dempsey's large bonded timber shed on the opposite side also became ignited, but was saved by a dexterous and daring removal of the outer boards, and pilings of the top, and the playing of the engines. Several cotton warehouse just above it, and immediately contiguous, were in great danger. Nine houses, three of them of three stories, and the others of two, had their windows, doors, &c, SO much burned, that they are boarded, and rendered for the most part uninhabitable. There. had been no fire, we are informed, in the works of Messrs. Ki r b y an d C o., f or a f or t n ight past, and the origin of the fire is not accounted for. A man who was rolling over some casks first disco vered it, and gave the alarm. Insurance had been effected on the premises in which the fire broke out, but whether to the amount of the loss we could not ascertain. It is but jus tice to the fire police and their directors to say that they were exceedingly active—many of them at the risk of their lives. What with the tar, smoke, &c, they were very soon as black as sweeps. We have been unable to obtain any Probable estimate of the entire or individual loss. 1 4 Ell nltfrl'ANl4 ii4LIPAY RFRAftiltftiri , W6 WV§ gritit phifiAtiro, do untgiutiang thgt Mr. Hewitt, an exaellent gea man and a, gentlemanly utan, has been appointed to the command of this well known, ste4mer. THEATRE Roy L.—The opera of Norma has been excel lently got up. It is a work of great merit, and has delighted all who have heard it. It will be repeated this evening. Mrs. Wood is eminently successful as Norma. Madame Giubilei is a charming danseuse. Mr. T. Lee may be looked upon as poor Power's successor. %We have known the Rev. J. W. Gowring personally for several years, and we can add that we have derived much benefit from the intimacy, as we do not remember having ever been acquainted with a clergyman of his years who was so learned in the Scriptures. Mr. Gowring, when minister of St. Matthew's in this town, published two or three useful little works. We beg to call attention to the " Appeal" which appears in our advertising columns, and can assure the Christian public that it is a case of an afflicting and peculiar character; what private fortune he had was lost in a day, and he is now reduced from comparative affluence to absolute want. Part of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant's suite and household arrived at Mr. Feaviour's, the Clarendon Hotel, Newington Bridge, on Thursday last, on their way to Dublin. Knowles's new comedy, entitled " Old Maids," is adver tised for to-morrow, (Tuesday,) at Covent-garden Theatre. Mr. George Vandenhoff has the principal part in it. Chas. Mathews, Henry, Madame Vestris, and Mrs. Nisbett are also in it; so that it will, probably, run. DEAFNESS.—Those who require Mrs. Gardner's aid will still have an opportunity of doing so, as her departure from Liverpool is postponed until November. Her skill in many cases, we believe, has been manifested in a most extraordi nary manner. NDSEER ' S PICTURE.—A very exquisite specimen of this admirable artist is now exhibiting, gratis, at Mr. Linnecar's, Bold-street, previous to being sent to London. It repre sents Prince George of Cambridge's favourite pony and dogs. We cannot spare room to notice it at length,—but when we declare it to be a first-class picture, we shall only be saying the truth. M A RCROFT'S YSTER-ROOMS.—That most wholesome as well as tasty shell-fish, the oyster, may be had in great per fection at the above rooms. Several persons who had claimed to vote for the north riding of - Yorkshire, for shares in the Great North of England Railway Company, have been struck off. It was held that, being members of an incorporated company, and the shares being declared by the act to be personal property, they were not entitled to vote. It is thought that the verdict against Sergeant Lefroy, at the Liverpool assizes, as chairman of the Central Railway Company, for £1,900, at the suit of Vigil°lles, will be set aside. The sergeant was not a shareholder in it, merely a committee man. Miss Romer and Mr. Wilson, at the close of their Cork engagement, went to visit the lakes of Killarney, and gave the Killarney folks a concert on Tuesday night, whidh wAs brilliantly and fashionably attended, Killarney being fuller than it has been for many years. The vocalists return to London immediately THE PORTICO CONCERTS.—The first concert given in this new and pretty room came off last night, and was very well attended. The duet of " Meet Again " by Miss Stott and Mrs. Armstrong, Bishop's Chorus, and The Chough and Crow, were encored. The singers seemed greatly to exert themselves, and we have seldom seen a musical entertainment pass off with more spirit. The room looks extremely well when lighted up. We expect these concerts will, when known, be well supported. LIST OF PASSENGERS PER PACKET-SHIP STEPHEN WHITNEY.—The tine ship Stephen Whitney, Captain W. C. Thompson, which sailed from New York on the 14th ult., has brought with her the following passengers :—Mrs. Ogden Haggerty, and servant; Mr. and Mrs. Hessenbergand ; Mr. Hammond, New York; His Excellency Colonel Todd, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia; Mrs. Fairfield and daughter, New York ; Mr. Williams, England ; Mr. and Mrs. Wood, and Mrs. Torrence ; and Dr. W. H. Stokes, Baltimore. IMPORTANT TO SHIPBROKERS, CUSTOMS AGENTS AND OTELMS.—We have heard that in consequence of the com mon practice of shipbrokers, customs agents, and others, to usurp a branch of the business of the legal profession, in the preparation of bills of sale, or transfers of vessels, and other documents, it is in contemplation to bring persons so offending under the surveillance of the laws, and to subject them to the penalty of £5O, to which they are liable for each offence, and which we are told is unmitigable. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION DISCUSSION CLASS.—The popular discussions at this institution continue to be carried on with much spirit and animation. On Tues day evening last the question " Do the Arts and Sciences contribute to the Improvement of the Moral Character ?" was concluded, and decided in the affirmative. We are in formed that to-night a very interesting and important ques tion will be discussed—" Are Theatrical Representations injurious to Society ?" We believe Mr. Charles Willmer will take the affirmative, and Mr. Thomas Stuart, son of Mr. Stuart, of the Theatre Royal, the negative. The sub ject being one of so much interest, the discussion will, no doubt, be well attended, as we believe tickets of admission may be had gratis on application at the library of the insti tution.—Mr. Stuart, senior, gave an excellent lecture on " Hamlet" on Friday evening. He was greatly applauded throughout. THEATRE -ROYAL, MANCHESTER.—" La Sonnambula " was performed at this theatre, to a house crowded to excess, on Saturday last. Mr. and Mrs. Wood, as Elvino and Amine, were greeted with a warmth of welcome on their entrance which must have been highly gratifying to them. During the opera they were most rapturously applauded, and the effect of the performance was greatly heightened by the finished and exquisite singing of M. Giubielli and Miss Poole in the characters of Rodolpho and Liza. Bellini's opera of " Norma " was announced for representation, for the first time in Manchester, on Saturday next, in which the principal characters will be sustained by the popular vocalists who appeared in " La Sonnambula." FOSSIL lilimAlNs.—We are happy to find that a litho graphic drawing of the Fucoids, lately discovered at Storeton Quarry, by John Cunningham, Esq., of Liverpool, has been executed, in a masterly style, by Messrs. Maclure and Co. This circumstance is a certain indication of the industry of our local geologists ; and we have great hopes that the public spirit of the inhabitants of Liverpool will induce them to patronize the attempt to preserve a memorial of this noble relique, and that the time is not far distant when these specimens of the works of nature will be duly appreciated. This work was executed under the directions of Mr. F. Marrat, geologist, Arcade, Newington, and by him dedicated to Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., the owner of the quarry ; and we beg leave to recommend it to the notice of our readers. EXTENSIVE RoaßEnY.—Yesterday two women of the town, named Ellen Wynn and Ann Roberts, were charged, at the Police -court, with having been concerned in robbing an American, named Thomas Kelly, of £l7O, in sovereigns, and of a small sum of foreign money, in dollars. Kelly, who seemed to bear his loss with great good humour, stated that he arrived from New York on. Friday morning, by the Roscoe, packet ship, and procured lodgings in Stewart-street. On Saturday he went about the town, and in the evening, when going as he thought to his lodgings, he missed his way. By some means or other he found himself in a court, where he was suddenly set upon by about twenty prostitutes, who soon eased him of his wealth, which he had concealed in the waistband of his pantaloons. He said he was perfectly sober at the time. The police were alarmed, and the two prisoners were apprehended, one of whom the prosecutor identified ; and in the pocket of the other some of the foreign coin was found. The case was ultimately remanded till to-day, to give time for further inquiry. ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.-At the police-court yesterday, a young woman, named Bridget M`Gervey, was charged with h av i ng ro bb e d h er master, M r. S tep h en Fletcher, publican, of Simpson-street, of £2 10s. The com plainant stated that on Friday night last he deposited £Bl 10s. in a drawer in his bed-room ; the next day he took £lB from it, but did not count the balance to ascertain if it was correct. In the course of the day the prisoner went out of the house to buy some fish, and on her return, two hours afterwards, she was in a state of intoxication. This circumstance excited the complainant's fears for the safety of his money, and on counting it he found only £6l, leaving a deficiency of £2 10s. The drawer was unlocked, and there were no marks of vio lence upon it.—The prisoner in defence said she could not have stolen the money, as Mrs. Fletcher was in bed the whole morning, and must have seen her if she had entered the room. The complainant said this statement was false. Eventually the prisoner was remanded till this day, for the production of Mrs. Fletcher. NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING WON.—Last Thursday an Irishman called at a gentleman's house in Fairfield, and requested charity. He was at first told to go away, but as he was most importunate, a few cold potatoes were offered to him, in the vain hope of getting rid of him. However fond Paddy might be of potatoes, it seems he did'nt like them cold, for he made no bones of requesting the attendant to put them in the oven to warm them. Being unsuccessful in this application, he asked for a bit of bacon, but with the same result, as the family are of the Jewish persuasion. " Could'nt ye give me, then" said he, " a bit of could mate to mak th' praties go down dhe hetthar ?" " No, I can't," was the appropriate reply. " I'd be oblegated to ye for a bit o' hutther an' a dhrop o' milk to 'em, bless yer hearts." Paddy's request was granted after some grumbling, and when he had made a meal sufficient for a ploughman, he said if he might'nt be considered too bould, be would jist ax the lady of the house for a gown for his wife, and a pair of shoes and stockings for each of his five children who were walking in the mud ! Human patience could endure no more, and Paddy had the door slammed in his face, exclaiming, " If ye've nothing else to give may ye never want." ROBBERY SW A SHOPMAN.—A remarkable good looking and well-dressed young man, named Thomas Jones, was, on Friday, placed at the bar of the Police -court, on a charge of having stolen some articles from the stock of his employer, Mr. John Rogers, draper, St. James's-street. It appeared that on the Tuesday previously, Mrs. Rogers had observed that the prisoner was wearing white cambric pocket handker chiefs unhemmed, and suspicion being raised that all was not right, a police-officer was sent for, and his two portmanteaus, which were in the upper room over the shop, were searched, he offering no objection. There were found in them a bor dered shawl, above a yard of a black silk handkerchief piece, a stock, a pair of gloves, two singlets, and three yards of woollen plaid, Mr. Rogers's property, the whole of the value of £3 12s. 9d. Mr. Rogers stated that he had received a very good character with the prisoner, who had been with him since the month of June last. He was committed for trial at the sessions. TESTIMONIAL TO THE TIMES.-At a meeting of the Committee of the Liverpool Guardian Society, held at the Clarendon-rooms on Thursday last, a resolution was passed expressive of the thanks of the society to the proprietors of 7'he Times, for the valuable services rendered by them to the mercantile community and the public, in exposing and frustrating the recent fraudulent conspiracy, as exhibited in the trial of ' Bogle v. Lawson,' and for their disinterested public spirit and integrity in refusing to compromise with the plaintiff for a trifling sum the action which they have so successfully defended with unparalleled perseverence rnd assi duity, at an unprecedented precumary sacrifice. The s um o f ten guineas was sen t as a c ontribution from the society, in aid of the fund now being raised for a testimonial in favour of The Times. COMMITMENT.-At the Police-rout on Friday, three girls, Margaret and Ellen Monks, and Catherine Quirk, and Robert Welsh, a boy, were placed at the bar of the Police court, on suspicion of having been concerned in stealing a quantity of goods from the shop of Mr. Ralph Cooke, draper, 80ld -street. The male prisoner had been in Mr. Cooke's service for about two months, as shop-boy, but some articles being missed he was discharged on the previous Tuesday. On the following day a rich bordered shawl was also missed, and information was given to the police. Complainant and a police-officer then called at the boy's mother's. They found him at home, and he confessed that he had taken two silk umbrellas, six shawls, and a dress-piece. He afterwards went with them to a house in Hill-street, Brownlow-hill, where they found the three girls. Some pawn-tickets were found in the house, and one of the girls (Margaret) went out and brought two of the missing shawls ; another went out and returned with the two umbrellas, from a cellar in Rupert street. The greater part of the other goods were found by means of the tickets at M r . B rown ' s, Copperas -hill, an d Mrs. Grindrods, Brownlow-hill, pawnbrokers. They had been pledged by one orother of the.prisoners. Some articles were also found in Margaret Monks' box in the cellar in Pellew-street, where her mother lived. The boysaid he had sold the articles to the other prisoners. They were all com mitted for trial at the sessions. THE MANUFACTURING INTEREST AND SIR 110. BERT PEEL% GOVERNMENT To all except the advocates of sweeping and ultra " liberal" changes in our commercial system, the concluding paragraph of her Majesty's speech will, we are satisfied, be read with f eelings of entire satisfaction. To the manufacturing por tiOn of her subjects especially, who complain of the operation of the present system of corn laws, it conveys the impression that the subject of such a modification of that system as the altered circumstances of the times and the community re quire —such an alteration as is likely to prove satisfactory to the friends of agriculture and commerce as well—will occupy the prominent attention of her ministers during the parlia mentary recess ; and with such an assurance, we believe firmly—notwithstanding all the vapourings of agitation—that the sound and respectable portion of the manufacturing body will be disposed to rely with perfect confidence. The Morning Chronicle indeed—the organ of that baffled and despicable faction which has so recently been prostrated beneath the feet of a nation's contempt—bnappalled by any fear of consequences, and unblushing amid the infamy which is at this moment attached to the very name of whiggery in every country and tribe, from the walls of Canton to the backwoods of America—has boldly promulgated a course of agitation for the approaching recess, by which this confidence is to be overthrown, and her Majesty's earnest hope of se curing " the permanent happiness and contentment of her subjects" is to be frustrated. A system'of terrorism and out rage is deliberately pointed out to the manufacturing body. The ferocious ruffianism of hired mobs is the instrument by which this organ of a party, which so lately paraded its ex clusive loyalty to the throne and constitution, proposes to dictate the settlement of those great questions, affecting the permanent interests of millions, towards which the Sovereign requires the calm and deliberate consideration of the national council. But the manufacturing body, to whom this infa mous advice is ofiered, are not, we venture to predict, dis posed to embrace it with the same eagerness with which it is suggested. The manufacturers of Great Britain, deeply prejudiced as they may be upon the corn law question, are scarcely disposed to overlook altogether the claim of other and important questions upon their consideration. The wildest of them, in their secret soul, are scarcely prepared to attribute all their sufferings to the operation of this one law ; and perhaps not one i❑ ten of those who clamour loudest for its repeal, would accept that repeal at the price of the resto ration of Lord Palmerston to the Foreign Office, Mr. F. Baring to the Exchequer, the Mintos to the full enjoyment of their nepotism, or the morning oracle of the Cobdens and Bowrings to the lucrative and congenial occupation of chro nicling their various and disastrous blunders. The manufacturing interest, we trust, are by this time convinced of the suicidal policy which for months past they have been pursuing. It is imperative upon them now, we think, to disenthral them from the tyranny of a contemptible and factions clique amongst their own body, and to assert their proper position amongst the great interests of the coun try. By such an opposition to the government of Sir Robert Peel as is suggested by the frenzied oracle of whiggery, they have nothing to gain. They may unsettle our commercial fabric, and retard the return of commercial confidence ; but they will most assuredly fail in getting up any national ebul lition upon the question of the corn laws, which can be turned to their own permanent advantage—even upon the presump tion that an ultra measure of free trade in corn is really de sirable in their eyes. On the other hand, a candid and cor dial co-operation with government, o►► the part of the manu facturing interest, would, we are confident, be productive of important and highly beneficial results, and tend materially to the restoration of the manufactures of the country to a state of sound and permanent prosperity. There can be no doubt that a vast and beneficial impulse can be afforded to industrial pursuits of the community by a judicious and firm administration of the foreign affairs of the country. Much is to be expected from negociation ; much from the establishment of a sound system of banking; but infinitely more, we are convinced, by a return to cautious and prudent measures on the part of the manufacturers them selves. The reckless increase of production which has of late attended every temporary gleam of prosperity, must be checked, if necessary, by legislative enactment; the unprin cipled piracy of patterns and fabrics, which lowers the repu tation of British productions in every foreign market, must be put a stop to ; and protection afforded to the exertion of skill and ingenuity, by an extension of the term for which the copyright of designs is secured to the manufacturer and calico printer. The character, in short, of the British pro ducer of manufactured goods must be raised. We must oc cupy a higher status in foreign markets. We must aim at a loftier reputation than that of being only the largest and cheapest manufacturers in the world, and endeavour to esta blish that infinitely more valuable name of being, at the same time, the most skilful and the best. That all this is capable of being achieved we are quite satisfied ; but we are as confident that we cannot approxi mate even towards its achievement, by the adoption of any such course of policy as that which is aimed at by the agi tators of the anti-corn law league. It is not a mere stimu lation of manufactures which is required by the country, but the securing of manufacturing industry upon a perma nent basis: and that object no mere tampering with the price of agricultural commodities—no extension even of foreign demand—can realize. The aim of a Conservative government must, and we trust will, be to change the direc tion—the tendency—of manufacturing exertion ; to guide it towards a course in which profit to the capitalist, and at the same time, remunerating wages to the artizan may be relied upon : and in the attainment of such an object the manu facturer must go hand in hand with the government; and must be content even to submit to temporary inconveniences —to lay aside unworthy prejudices, and, if necessary, to aid in devising restraints of a legislative character to protect the body to which he belongs, and more especially the working classes, whose interests and very existence are bound up in its prosperity, from the consequences of the recklessness and inordinate cupidity of a portion of that body ! Towards the consideration of measures of this character we would earnestly direct the attention of our manufacturers, during the parliamentary recess. We know well, that even in the midst of the agitation into which they have permitted themselves to be dragged, the conviction in the minds of a large class in the parliamentary districts has been daily gaining strength, that the real source of their suffering exists in the system itself ; and we think the time is approaching at which one measure at least, which they have hitherto most strenuously resisted, would meet with a calm and impartial consideration from the most prejudiced among them, if brought forward in a practicable and moderate shape. We allude to a measure for restricting the hours of labour in factories. That such a measure would be of infinite value to the manufacturers, as a body, we are fully convinced ; and, without resorting to any unnecessarily exciting mode of ad vocating its adoption—which, we believe, has more than any other circumstance retarded its progress in the public mind — we shall endeavour on an early occasion to offer a few consi derations in its favour. MUNICIPAL REVISION.-FRIDAY CLOSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS. The recalling of the voters objected to in the wards of North and South Toxteth, and the delivery of a variety of decisions on reserved cases, occupied a considerable portion of to-day. Several were struck off for non-attendance, as well as for not having paid their rates in full. When the lists had been finally gone through, Mr. Wilkins begged to return his thanks to the Mayor, Town-clerk, and Assessors, for the ability and integrity with which they had discharged their duty. Mr. Snowball a l so j o i ne d i n t hi s express i on o f opinion, after which these gentlemen respectively returned thanks. THE RESULTS. The following Is the result of the revision of the list of claims : EXTESTSIVE ROBBERY OP PLATE, JEWELLERY, &c.—MYSTERIOUS CASE. On Saturday, Mr. Richard Thelwell, late carrying on a most extensive business as jeweller and silversmith, in St. Ann's-square, Manchester, was brought before the borough magistratss, Messrs. Maude, Walker, and Armitage, on sus picion of being concerned in a very serious robbery which was committed on his premises about seven weeks ago, when property to the amount of 49000 was stolen. A man named William Moobay, was placed in the dock along with him, who had been employed as a porter in the establish ment. Owing to the singular nature of the charge, and the amount of property in question, the case excited the utmost interest, and the court was crowded to excess. Mr. Thelwell was sometime ago made a bankrupt, and the robbery had been committed at the time the assignees were in possession of the property, and when the bankrupt and his friends were in treaty for the purchase of it. Mr. Saunders, the solicitor under the fiat, appeared in sup port of the charge. Mr. Thelwell was defended by Mr. Greene. barrister. In stating the case, Mr. Saunders said the robbery had been committed on the 22nd August last. The assignees under the fiat were chosen on the 12th of May, when a person named Norton, a jeweller, in London, on be half of himself and several others, applied to the assignees not to proceed to the sale of the property forthwith, but allow it to remain as it was, merely selling by private contract, to give the friends of Mr. Thelwell an opportunity of coming forward and purchasing it in one lot. The assignees, know ing that when the property was under Mr. Thelwell's control, a previous robbery had been committed, two valuable com munion services being stolen, felt that there was some danger from repeated attempts of the kind, and employed a watch man to remain ou the premises all night, and afterwards all day on Sundays. He did so for three weeks, and was then discharged from further attendance on Sundays by Mr. Thel well's order, with ou t th e k now l e d ge of the assignees. The robbery was committed on the third or fourth Sunday after wards, when the man was absent. Suspicion attaching to Mr. Thelwell, it was found that on Saturday, the 21st Aug., the day before the robbery, he had taken his place by the 3 p. m. train from Manchester to Parkside (the place of junc tion to London), not in his own name. Thence he had gone to Lancaster, also in a wrong name, and on being asked to account for this circumstance, said he had gone there to see a friend, and then that he had gone to see a young woman. He had left Lancaster on Sunday afternoon by the train, which arrived at Parkside in time to meet the 7 p. m. train from Manchester to Birmingham, and by that train he had pro ceeded to London. In investigating the robbery it had bee n found that a large heavy b ox had gone by that train from Manchester. On the morning of the robbery,during the hours of divine service, a woman saw two men carrying a box along Half Moon-street (a retired street near Mr. Thelwell's shop). They were traced into King-street, where they got into a coach that was waiting, and drove to a place very near the house of the prisoner Moobay, in Hulme. The box could be traced no further than the railway station on Sun day evening. Superintendent Sawley, of the Manchester police, proceeded to London, where, after some difficulty, he found Mr. Thelwell, on Tuesday evening, at the White Horse, Fetter-lane, in company with Mr. Horton, and two persons who said they were from Birmingham. Sawley told Mr. Thelwell his suspicions, and advised him to go back to Manchester directly, which lie did. Nothing beyond a very strong suspicion was entertained until Friday, when a letter was received from Mr. O'Brien, a magistrate of the county Sligo, accompanied by a copy of depositions taken before him, from which it appeared that a man named Pat Rafferty had been there, charged with stealing £7O from a James Thelwell, the brother of the prisoner. Thelwell gave a very suspicious account of the way in which he became possessed of the £7O ; and Rafferty, whose sister had cohabited with James Thelwell, afterwards made a con fession, implicating the two prisoners and James Thelwell, (who had been employed as porter by his brother,) in the robbery in St. Ann's-square. He stated that the £7O had been handed over to him as his share of the property, vari ous portions of which had been sold in Derbyshire and other places ; and a fruit speculation had been there entered into by himself and James Thelwell. A quantity of this fruit was traced to the possession of the prisoner Moobay. On the premises being examined after the robbery, it was evident that no force had been used except from the inside. It, was pretended to be said that a box-lock had been broken open ; but the box had been regularly and carefully unscrewed, not a bit of wood remaining in the worms of the screw, which would have been the case had it been forced off. It was suspected that there were duplicate keys, and that the pre mises had been entered in that way. This was strenuously denied, but it ultimately turned out that there were dupli cate keys, which had been missed since the time the com munion plate was stolen. Beyond all doubt, the robbery had been committed by parties well acquainted with the premises, as was shown by their taking the valuable property and leaving the refuse. Superintendent Sawley, an officer of police, Thomas Lee, the private watchman on the premises, and Mr. Gillow were then examined. The latter stated that he was employed by the assignees to keep possession of the property. When he first went the watchman was only employed in the night ; but, on the 26th June, Mr. Whitmore, one of the assi gnees , gave instructions to Mr. Thelwell to put a watchman on on Sundays. Mr. Thelwell afterwards said to witness that it was very unnecessary, as he had not been in the habit of keeping one either at nights or on Sundays. The watchman was put on on Sundays, and was paid by Mr. Thelwell on behalf of the assignees. On the Saturday evening prior to the third Sunday of the watchman being employed, Mr. Thelwell said it was very unnecessary, and it was only in creasing unnecessary expense to the estate ; witness told him he certainly ought to know best, but said that if the assignees knew of the watchman being discharged they would find great fault. lie was afterwards discharged from Sunday at tendance, unknown to the assignees. During the Sundays he watched Mr. Thelwell and his sons let him in and out, as they did until the 13th of August, when the assignees exclu ded them from the keys, and let the watchman in and out. On the morning of the robbery he was let out a little before half-past seven, and the premises were left perfectly secure. The keys were in witness's possession all day till he went to let the man in at night. when he found the premises as de scribed. Cross-examined—Did not inform the assignees of the watchman being discarded on a Sunday. Did not inform Mr. Hobson, by whom he was immediately em pl o y e d, b u t concurred wi h Mr. Thelwell owing to the experience he had had, by thinking it an unnecessary expense on the estate. The reason was this : Mr. Thelwell had then every expecta tion of coming forward with security to take the stock, and he would have made more of it for the benefit of the creditors than the assignees could possibly have done; and witness knew that if he had told the assignees of the discharging of the watchman on Sundays, they would immediately have closed the shop, and not given Mr. Thelwell another chance of coming forward with security. The reason for not in forming the assignees was out of friendship to Mr. Thelwell. He told him it would not do to let the assignees know, otherwise it would put a stop to the whole negotiation. Did not think Mr. Thelwell was acting incorrectly. He acknow ledged he was remiss in not informing the assignees that the watchman had been discharged on Sundays immediately after Mr. Thelwell had been excluded from the premises on the 13th August. Re-examined. Mr. Thelwell's negotiation with the assignees had not closed on the 13th ; one part of it was that Mr. Thelwell would have to pay expenses. The letter from the Irish magistrate, and the depositions taken by him, having been handed up to the bench, Mr. Saunders asked to have the prisoner remanded, till the parties could be brought over from Ireland. Mr. Greene opposed the remand, as far as Mr. Thelwell was concerned. Mr. Thelwell had shown every disposition at all times to give all the information to the police, or to appear at any time when the court thought proper to call him before it. In point of fact, there was not the slightest evidence in the word against Mr. Thelwell. After a conversation the magistrates consulted, and then said that without expressing any opinion as to the proba bility of his being implicated, and thereby affecting his character, they felt bound to call on him to find two sureties, in £lOOO each, for his appearance on that day week. Moobay was also required to find sureties for his appearance on the same day, when the parties in Ireland, whose evidence has led to this disclosure, will be brought forward. No. of Admit. Claims. ted. R CR C 66 5 2 53 1 0 10 1 2 0 31 13 2 5 23 111 0 9 0 4 0 30 9 3 2 '2O 22 8 4 32 8 1 4 16 3 2 0 13 10 3 3 10 7 3 0 60 1 0 26 s 9 4 36 16 13 6 1273 107168 301 56 26 27 K is the result Objection made to Struck off C. R. 9 17 14 21 14 24 39 23 17 16 11 20 22 17 55 46 32 24 32 35 220 275 Struck I Struck off, ICorrec. Re- account for tons of jected. of defec- Non- ' Misno. tive No. attend- mers. tices. ance. I It C' It C R C , R C 0 0,0 0 0 11 3 0 2: 0 0 3 1: 1 0 1 00 0 6 I'l 0 4 216 2 8 3'l 4 0 1 0 5 11 2 0 2 0,0 0 20: 1 0 2 1! 4 121 5! 0 0 5 7, 1 1 6 8,0 2 13 1;4 013 2'l 1 4 1 ! 0 010 2; 0 0 3 3 0 0 73! 0 1 2 2.0 0; 5 s 'o 0 2 0 0 0; 3 0; 0 0 4 I'o 01 10 3'3 0 10 6. 1 0; 10 3; 2 1 41109 3843 9 of the revision of the list of Allowed. C. R. 1 13 20 28 4 26 21 37 25 52 28 33 37 181 20 75 37 46 28 25 Everton .. Scotland.. Vauxhall . St. Paul's Exchange Castle-street St. Peter's.. Pitt-street .. Great George . Rodney-street. Abereromby Lime-street... St. Anne's.... South Toxteth. North Toxteth Totals The followin, objections : _ Wards. C. R. Everton... . Scotland . Vauxhall lB 50 St. Paul's Exchange 7O 70 Castle-street Withdrawn. St. Peter's 36 72 Pitt-street 5O 50 Great George. Rodney-street Withdrawn, Abercromby Withdrawn. Lime-street St. Anne's West Derby South Toxteth 7O 70 North Toxteth 6O 60 Totals 493 846 LIME-STREET WARD.— It will be seen, • f rorn an adver tisement, that a meeting of the electors of this ward is con. vened to. morro w e ven i ng , for the purpose of m a ki ng t h e ne cessary arrangeme n ts f or the approaching municipal election. We understand that, at the request of a considerable number of the burgesses of the ward, John Buck Lloyd, Es q ., h as allowed himself to be put in nomination as the candidate on the conservative interest. Since Mr. Lloyd's settlement amongst us, he has.won the highest encomiums from. all classes of hi s f e ll ow - townsmen , and we kno w o f no gentleman better qualified in every respect for protecting the local in terests of the ward, and the g eneral advanta ges o f the town. Mr. Lloyd is active, enterprising, persevering, and, what is not least in our estimation, a gentleman in every sense of the word. THE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS In continuation, we draw attention to the following :- 273. " Answering the Advertisement." F. R. STE. PHANOFF.-A capital picture. The s ubj ec t, a m iddl e-aged gentleman having advertised for a respectable female as housekeeper, is waited upon by a buxon young widow. The " middle-aged gentleman" is showing the lady to a chair, while the housekeeper in office is frowninly leaving the apart ment. There is much quiet humour and point in this pic ture. It tells its own story, which f ew o f t h e wor k s i n t h e room can do. It is well painted. 273. " A Cottage." F. W. WATTS, London.—A cleverly painted and pleasing picture. 276 " The Golden Age." J. M. LEIGH, London.—Mr. Leigh has evidently studied the old masters. The colouring warm, and the lights broadly cast. A decidedly good picture, though perhaps not pleasing to every taste. 304. " Crossing the Brook." H. 0. NIEL, London.—Tbe expression of the little girl's face arch and clever, but the sub ject worn threadbare. 308. " Scene from the Fortunes of Nigel." A. P. DERBY, London.—Sir Walter Scott's capitally drawn scene, is here cleverly put upon canvass. 318. a Highland Drovers." ANSDELL, Liverpool.—A clever picture; the old man is quite a study. This a meri torious picture, some points about it remarkably good. 319. Fruit." J. OAKES, Liverpool.—Cleverly painted, and like nature—ripe and tempting. 326. " Vale of Llantyd and Bridge." A. HUNT, Liver pool.—Another work in the teaboard style.-299, which escaped our notice, by the same artist, appears painted to order under contract, to be delivered within an inconceivably short space of time. We abominate these light superficially painted works ; they appear as if they were going into de clines. 337. "An Effect." M. CLAXTON, London.—A lady is seen at work at an easel ; the dress cleverly painted. A good picture, and the " effect" obtained. 340. " Amoret delivered by Britomart." T. R. PICKERS GILL, London. —An illustration from Spenser's Faerie Queen : the position of the figures effective—the lights capitally dis tributed—the armour of the knight well painted. A good picture, which time will greatly improve. 345. " The Gatekeeper." J. BODDINGTON, London.—A charming picture. A lane scene, with gate and figures—the sunlight streaming naturally and warmly through the trees. 341. " The Buceanier's Daughter Releasing a Prisoner." Mrs. WIAN. A very well executed work. The buccanier is seen sleeping near a grated door-way—his daughter is drawing from him a bunch of keys—while the prisoner is dis covered preparing to take his flight. 344. "The Good Old English Gentleman." J. ZEITTER, London.—A curiously treated subject. This work appears as if time had already swept it with his wings —it is cleverly painted. 343. " A Group of Wild Animals." W. HUGGINS, Rock Ferry, Cheshire.—We beg to draw especial attention to this picture, because there is an uncommon display of talent in it. The artist, we have been told, is quite a young man, and it is a pleasure to us to take talent by the hand. Every ani mal is admirably drawn, and its nature and character com pletely developed. Observe the majesty of the lion, the vice of the tiger, the severity of the panther, and the cunning of the leopard—and, above . all, remark the intelligence and ex pression in the eye of each brute. This artist has, we assert without fear of contradiction, the most remarkable talent in imparting life and vitality to an eye we ever saw.—ln the next room is another picture (419) by Mr. HuGGINs, which we may as well here notice—the subject is " Daniel in the Lions Den." The figure of the prophet is capitally and cleverly drawn, and one or two of the ani ma l s ar e almost equal to Landseer in spirit—there is not one of them that is not replete with merit. Observe the lion looking up into the mouth of the cave—the conception is original and clever. In fact these two pictures in their way exhibit as muchabi lity, if not more, than an y wor k we h ave seen f or a long time. 355. " Entrance to a Village." H. J. B O DDINGTON.— Another of this artist's pleasi ng an d pl easan t pictures. A cottage is seen to the right. A stream crosses the road in the foregTuo&--the back occupied by a lane and cottage ; the light is sweetly brought through a gap in the hedge. There are many clever points in this picture—true touches of nature. 356. " Dutch Breakfast Party." ZEITTER.'A litter of pups revelling i n a b ow l o f m ilk . A cleverly-painted in terior. -357. " Pilot-boat lying-to." E. W. COOKE BARNES, Surry.—An animated picture; capitally painted. It has much freshness about it ; the waves buoyant and crisping. Not unlike Backhuysen's in style and mode of treatment. It is one of the best sea pieces in the Exhibition. 362. " Portrait of a Lady." J. H. ILLIDGE, Liverpool.— Chariuingly painted. The fleshing natural, and the attitude {metal, Itir. Midge has several very excellent works the Exhibition this year. 364. "Holbein painting the Portrait of Anne Boleyn." JOHN GILBERT, Blackheath.—Anne Boleyn is seen seated beside Henry VIII., Wolsey behind them. Holbein is on his knees painting her portrait. The light is cleverly thrown upon the figures through a coloured window. There is a warmth and glow, as well as originality of thought in this work that recommend it to notice. 368. " Hastings." C. STEEDMAN, London.—An excel lent view of this charming watering place ; painted with much ability and truth. 369. " The Weary Wanderer." W. BOWNESS. Liver pool.—A clever little picture. This artist has another meritorious work in the exhibition, No. 239. 380. " England's Pride." W. KIDD. Cleverly painted. 381. " As You Like It." J. Biseor, Liverpool.—Audrey and Touchstone are seen in close confabulation. There is much humour and mirth in both the faces. We may pro- . . nounce this a good little picture. 392. " Christ and his Disciples at Emmons." ALEX. RIPEN GILLE, London.—The 24th chapter of Luke, 30th and 31st verse, is here illustrated. Th e l oo k an d attitude of sur prise and admiration are beautifully expressed in the figures of the disciples. The shadowy form of our Saviour is exqui sitely painted. This picture has great merit. 393. " The Parting Interview of Leicester and his Countess Amy, after one of his stolen visits." W. P. FRITH.—A very graceful and pleasing picture, sweetly coloured and well con ceived. 401. " May Day in Olden Times." THOMAS CLATER, London.—A very sweet picture ; full of life, animation, and pleasantness ; cheerful groups are seen keeping holiday on May Day—the colouring bright, but not too brilliant. 407. " Portrait." J. HYLAND, Liverpool.—We will be bound that this is a good likeness. There is something so particularly knowing —so take-it-easy-fied in the subject of this portrait, that if is not a likeness we shall be surprised. There is much merit—the fleshing is good, the attitude na tural. Mr. Hyland is another young Liverpool artist. 499. " The Introduction of Tobacco." B. W. Buss, Lon don.—This picture is familiar to all, from its having been engraved. There is a stiffness about Raleigh's figure, and an attempt at pleasantry we have never liked. It is not equal to many of Mr. Buss's other works. SHIP CAMAIEU Amongst the new vessels recently added to the mercantile marine of our port is the fine ship Camaieu, now in the Prince's Dock, and to sail shortly for Singapore, which we have had the pleasure of inspecting, through the politeness of her commander, Captain Clucas. She is certainly a very fine specimen of naval architecture, combining every modern im provement, and second to none in quality of materials and fidelity of construction. The Camaieu is of 355 tons old, and 398 tons new measurement, with a peculiarly fine en trance and run ; her general model realizing the grand object of carrying a large cargo, and at the same time sailing fast. She is from the yard of the builder of the fine ship Canopus, namely, Mr. Richard Pinney, of Poole, who has long been celebrated in the art, whose ancestors were for many years builders in the navy, and whose capital, and proximity to the New For'- ' n H - ')1( est, ._ _ampshire, enat,_ him to keep on hand a large and valuable stock of the best seasoned timber. She is diagonally fastened, on the most approved principles, and may be said to be "as strong as wood and iron can make her". She is finished throughout in a very superi or an d ' •.• • • bulwarks, a fine full-length figure-head of a Parsee lady, and well-carved stern and quarter-galleries. Her quarter deck rises slightly, and the absence of unseemly erections, together with her ample beam, render her roomy and commodious above board. The cabin accommodations are superior to those of most ships of her tonnage. The main cabin, or dining-room, under the fore part of the quarter deck, is a square, spacious apartment, panelled, and painted in oak graining, and lighted by a circular deck light. One end is ornrmented by a mahogany sideboard and cellaret, of which the casing of the mizenmast forms the centre piece; and the other furniture is of corresponding richness. There are ex cellent large state-rooms at each side. The after-cabin forms a handsome drawing-room, and is panelled in satin wood. It is cushioned or sofaed round, and is cheerfully lighted by six stern windows and a circular roof-light, which when opened will render it a cool retreat in a tropical cli- mate. There are open sleeping berths on each side, the brass curtain rods of which are traverse athwart-ships, so that they may be put aside in the day. The subsidiary conveniences are all that can be desired, including a well-contrived private bath and shower bath. The spars and rigging of the Ca maieu, combine neatness and strength, with that light, clean, and " rakish" appearance which a sailor delights to see. The vessel was built for, and under the inspection of her commander, Captain Clucas, who intends, in conjunction with her part owners and managers, Messrs. Eshelby, Rowett, and Co., to trade to the East. We wish him the success his experience so richly merits, and of a ten years' servitude in the eastern climates can command a preference, we think the Camaieu bids fair to earn a " golden harvest," and fully to realise the most sanguine desires of her owners. THE " NEMESIS," IRON STEAMER The following is an extract of a letter from Canton, dated May, 1841 : With respect to the Nemesis, I cannot speak too highly in her praise. She does the whole advanced work of the expedition ' • and what with towing tran s po r t s , f r i ga t es , l arge junks, and carrying cargoes of provisions, troops, sailors, and repeatedly coming in contact with sunken junks, rocks, sand-banks, and fishing-stakes, in these unknown waters, which she has to navigate by night as well as by day, she has enough to do, and must be the strongest of the strong to bear it. In fact, latterly she has been the only steamer fit for active service ; two having gone to India for repairs, and the Atalanta having been ashore, and about to go to Bombay also for repairs. " As far as fighting goes, she has had enough of that, being always in advance ; and most justly do the officers and the merchants of Macao say, that she is worth her weight in gold.' She has sustained very little damage from shot, although many have struck her. One pa sse d through one side of her funnel, and another through both sides of her steam chest, besides a number striking her between wind and water, but without passing through her side. One of them (a large one) left an indentation several feet in length in her side, when it glanced off. She has also suffered a little in her rigging from the same cause." CAPTAIN HALL, OF THE IRON STEAM-SHIP " NEMESIS." We are glad to hear that Captain Hall's hand is healing. It is, we believe, a general order in boats, that when a rocket, after being fired, hangs in the tube, the crew should immediately jump overboard, as the only means of saving themselves ; therefore the boat's crew of a vessel supplied with rockets should be good swimmers. On the 25th ult. the rocket had been fired, and yet it hung fast in the tube. Captain Hall, knowing that not a moment was to be lost, with instant quickness and the coolest daring, thrust his hand up the tube, while the rocket was sending out its fire downward, and pushed the rocket out. Nothing else but this daring deed could have prevented its exploding on board, and killing all around it ! A new administration will have the pleasure and proud satisfaction of promoting this gallant and highly-deserving officer to, we hope, post rank.—Canton Register, June sth. CORRESPONDENCE, MARINER'S CHURCH YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Well aware of your earnest desire to promote the Christian interest, as far as lays in your power, I shall plead no apology for drawing your attention to the " Young Men's Society" connected with the Mariner's Church, under the superintendance of the Rev. Wm. Maynard, whose name alone is a sufficient guarantee, that if properly supported, the end for which it was formed, viz., the extension of the knowledge of a crucified Redeemer, would be fully carried out ; and, permit me to ask, is not this an important ques tion ? I attended the annual anniversary of this society a few days back, and was delighted to hear of the proved bles sings of the Almighty that has attended the means of grace through the instrumentality of this society. It was, Sir, I regret to say, thinly attended, but that, I am certain, was solely because it was not more known. To remedy that effect I have stepped forward and assured the friends of the society that you only required to be made acquainted the sub ject to bring it under the notice of the public—hence, this letter. What information you may require on its nature and objects shall be freely gi ven , an d it s gratu it ous insertion, you need not fear, will cause the blessing of Christ, in whose cause you serve, to rest on you. I am, sir, your'obedient servant, B. W. TRACEY, Lieut. R.N. THE BISHOPS & THE MISSIONARY SOCIETIES TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—I beg leave to avail myself of your columns, for the purpose of noticing an incorrectness of statement which I heard yesterday, at the meeting of the Protestant Association, in the Amphitheatre. _ _ The Re , ;. Mr. M`Neile, in the speech which he delivered on that occasion, referred to the step which has lately been taken by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, of extending the sanction of their names and sup port to the Church Missionary Society, and the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews. And he repre sented, indirectly indeed, but in express terms, that step to have been, on the part of those prelates, a confession of their own pa stneglect. It would have been but fair if the reverend speaker had not omitted to state that this act of the two prelates was im mediately subsequent to, and confessedly in consequence of, certain modifications of the rules of these societies respec tively, which modifications were effected for the express pur pose of bringing the constitutions of those societies into con formity with the fundamental principles of church order. It will be seen that this feature of the case alters its whole aspect, and in fact reverses the nature of its bearing on the reverend speaker's argument. He was desirous of exempli fying the usefulness of self-constituted associations for reli gious purposes ; and he wished it to appear that these heads of the church had been driven to take the step alluded to by the pressure from without. But the truth is, that the con stitutions of those societies were first corrected into that accordance with the laws of church order which the general voice of the church demanded as a condition of continued support ; and that, after this concession had been made, the above-mentioned sanction of authority was extended to them. I do not mean to insinuate that this omission was design edly made by the reverend gentleman to serve his own pur pose. lam very much disinclined to make any such suppo sition of a brother clergyman, concerning whom I, as a stranger in Liverpool, know nothing except by report. But, to say the least, it was not well for the reverend speaker, in so large and so important an assembly of christian people, to allow the order with which he pursued his own argument to hurry him into forgetfulnes s o f a f act w hi ch was so essential a feature of the case which he adduced : and more especially, when the omission was calculated to throw discredit on those whom, both for their office and their character, we ought to regard, and to teach our people also to regard, with unmixed honour and reverence. I feel assured th a t your sense of justice w ill i n duce you to oblige me by inserting this letter in your next paper. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, J. W. Liverpool, Tuesday, October 5, 1841. [We publish this letter, although we do not agree with the writer of it. We believe that no modifications or corrections have been made in the fundamental constitution or original rules of either the Church Missionary Society or the Jews' Society. _ _ In the working of the Church Missionary Society a NEW CASE arose out of the contact of some of their missionaries with some of onr colonial bishops, and it has been arranged, that in all questions involving ecclesiastical discipline between them, the final appeal shall be to the bishops at home. This is a new case arising out of comparatively recent circum stances ; and the committee in announcing it have been most careful to assure their constituents that no change has taken place in the original and fundamental laws. In the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, we are not aware of any modification, or even of any new case whose arrangement might be mistaken fora change in existing rules, and we believe there has been none. The argument of our correspondent therefore appears to us to be grounded upon an erroneous hypothesis. In Mr. M`Neile's argument we fully coincide. The societies in their origin and pr e Beath remonstrants against the comparativ( Church generally with reference to tl Jews ; and they have happily been inst up the Church to the activity of the socic looks upon the Protestant Association a strant of the same kind against the supineness with reference to Romanism, and hopes for a result. In his language referred to by our corres, there was certainly nothing in the slightest c ful towards " our venerated prelates On the contrary, he spoke with ardent tion of the graceful dignity and undit which their lordships had joined the societies, evinc....„, by a noble sup er i or ity t o a ll t h ose p e tty f ee li ngs which In-dis pose men from acknowledging auy past neglect.] in active remoi f the Chun similar 'TILATION OF PLACES OF WORSHIP TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND SIR,—I visited' St. Silas's Church yesterday; an great credit is due to the trustees for the selection th made in Mr. Cordeaux. Indeed, the people of Livery, beyond expression indebted to the Trustees of St. Jud the eminent ministers they have brought against us. is one thing, however, connected with St. Silas's whic I will feel greatly obliged by your making known . to thi tees through the columns of your excellent journal—t the great want of ventilation in that church. Yeste..., should say there were at least 1200 people there, and yet not one opening for ventilation. Now it is a fact not generally known, that a man, to be healthy, requires one gallon of air that has not been breathed before, every minute of his life, in order to carry on the process of oxygenization of the blood necessary to keep it in a pure state. Air that has been once breathed becomes impure, because containing carbonic acid, derived from coming in contact with the blood in the lungs, and because the oxygen it did contain, or the greater part of it, has been absorbed by the blood in the lungs. You will see from this statement, although it is not so minute as I could wish, how necessary it is to have a change of air con stantly being supplied, especially in places where a number of people are assembled. Indeed, the want of this is one of the principal causes of the great unhealthiness of large towns. It really is a thing that ought to be attended to in places of worship. There are many in this town so uncomfortable from this cause, that it is a constant source of complaint amongst the congregations. I may mention as the worst of these, perhaps, All Saints and Christ Churches. These two are frequently almost intolerable from their great want of ventilation. On the other hand, there are some admirably ventilated ; for instance, St. Jude's, St. George's, and S Augustine's, Everton. These are ventilated at the for affords the necessary change of air without st gregation, the warmer air rising and going being supplied by passages provided for the purpose and the church. I will thank you if you will publish t marks, or the purport of them, believing that, stances the attention of the trustees being called t feet, they will at once do all in their power to ren am, Sir, your most obedient Servant ut, fres AN OLD FRIEND THE STEAM-SHIP FORTH.—This fine ship, Capt. Fayr R.N., Commander, (one of the fourteen vessels that constitute the West India mail fleet,) is approachir completion in her internal tittin very splendid and substantial yes, and is in every r sea towards the end of the present month. Another of the same line of mail ships (the Clyde) is also in the Trafalgar Dock, taking in her engines. The following is an extract-of a letter from C. R. R. Duncan, the first officer or lieutenant of the Solway, another of the line, dated Greenock, 6th inst. : —" We are all very busy- down here, fitting out with the greatest despatch. There are five of .us in the Greenock Dock, namely, the Tay, Tweed, Dee, Solway, and the Teviot. The last named was launched yesterday, and, in the opinion of your humble servant, is the handsomest ship of the fleet. Three hundred men are at work on all sides of me." stated that the first of this noble fleet, which is destir form a more rapid and intimate connection be country and our West India colonies than has hitherto been enjoyed, is to sail from Southampton ; but the superiority of this port as a mail station is so obvious, that we trust the mercantile community and the Corporation will vet effectually bestir themselves to obtain an alteratiou of the preseu rangement. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT—TWO FISHERMEN DROWNED. —On Thursday forenoon last, a fishing boat belonging to Broughty Ferry was upset obout three quarters of a mile off the harbour, in a sudden squall of wind. The boat imme diately sunk from the weight of her cargo and ballast, and left the four men on board to struggle in the water. Wm. Gaul and Alexander Lorimer were enabled to support them selves until assistance arrived, the one by an oar and the other by a fish box. The other two were not so fortunate, the one seized the rudder and the other the tiller, but these were of so little service, that after struggling for a short time to support themselves, both disappeared. —Scottish Standard. HINT TO POLITICAL DISSENTERS.—The following is from the " Voice of the Ch urc h," pu bli s h e d i n the time of Charles I.:—".You way never expect less of loyalty, jus tice, or humanity, than from those who engage in religious rebellion. Their interest is al wa y s made God's. Under the colours of piety, ambitious politics march, not with the greatest security, but applause as to the populacy. You may hear from them Jacob's voice, but you shall feel they have Esan's hands." LORD MELBOURNE NOT IN OPPOSITION.—AIthough Lord Melbourne, on changing his seat from one side of the House of Lords to the other, avoided the place usually occupied by the leader of the opposition, the public did not take the hint. The corn-law repeaters of Glasgow, fancying that his lord ship was in opposition, intrusted to him the charge of the memorial they addressed to the Queen requesting her majesty not to prorogue parliament before it had taken the working of the corn laws into consideration. Hereupon his lordship became alarmed lest the onerous duties of an oppo- sition member should devolve upon him, and he embraced the first opportunity to disclaim the character. On Thurs day evening, Lord Brougham having designated Lord Mel bourne as " the noble lord at the head of the party in oppo sition," the ex-Premier rose to disown the imputation —to protest against assuming that he was in opposition, as a breach of order. It is bare justice to this calmninated noble man, to correct the erroneous impression that seems to have gone abroad respecting him. It ought to be made generally known, that Lord Melbourne is not in opposition to the ad ministration of Sir Robert Peel.—Spectator. WINDSOR, SUNDAY NIGHT.—Her Majesty, who until that time had been in the enjoyment of her usual health, felt somewhat unwell last evening, and in the course of the night was so much indisposed that it was considered necessary to require the presence of both Dr. Locock and Sir Jatues Clarke. They were, of course, immediately in attendance, and the former has not left the Castle since. This morning, Her Majesty was much better ; but, although she had ex pressed an intention of remaining for a few days longer at Windsor, orders were issued for the Royal Household to pre pare everything necessary for Her Majesty's reception at Buckingham Palace to-morrow (Monday). Considerable bustle, as may be supposed, was occasioned by this sudden determination, but at a late hour this evening the former orders have been countermanded. In ordinary times this would have excited no attention, but at a period when an event upon which the feelings of the nation are so deeply ex cited may be almost hourly expected, every movement in the Castle is regarded with the utmost anxiety. THE SEPARATION CLAUSE.—The truth of the following affecting story is attested by the Rev. Mr. Mosse, chaplain to the Chelmsford union, who cites the case from his note book: —" 1838, Jan. 17th. This day at Chelmsford, and find a feeble old man, (Cumbers, whose wife is in Waltham-house) added to the sick list. The being parted from her, after having lived together from 40 to 50 years, so distresses and enervates his mind as to render him almost listless to any exhortations to resignation, &c., which he interrupts with ejaculations such as these :---` If the Lord took her from me, I would say, be it so.' It sits hard and heavy upon me.' When you go to Waltham, sir, if it be not too much trouble, would you bring me word how the poor woman does ?' &c. This I instance as a painful example of the unhappy effect of the separation clause applying to the aged and infirm. But what was the sequel? On the 18th the old woman died, and the bereaved husband lingered uneasy and dissatisfied till the 23d, when he also resigned his spirit, about the time the last rites of the church were being performed over the remains of his lamented partner." imPosTou.—A series of very ingenious impositions have during the past week been played off, upon the shipowners of Hull, by a young man of about seventeen years of age, five feet six inches in height, stout ma d e , goo d l oo ki ng, an hav ing a very nice set of teeth. He appears to be well acquainted with the Cape of Good Hope, Sydney, Calcutta, and Canton, and, having found means of gaining information of a private nature respecting various ships, he waits upon their owners, professes to have received some very late intelligence, vary ing from the most trifling mishap, perhaps safety, to the sudden death of a beloved relative of the party addressed ; and, possessing considerable ease of manners and expression, he manages, under the representation of some emergency in which sailors are or may be placed. to borrow a sum of money, insignificant in each particular case, but amounting together to something valuable to him. With his booty it is believed he left this town by railway on Saturday last ; whether he proceeded north, south, or west, we have not yet heard. London, Liverpool, Newcastle, or indeed any other port, would present an open field for his sadly misapplied abilities. We are sorry to say, that at one house he was pre sented with some recent Sydney papers, which he will doubt less know bow to apply to his nefarious purposes. The youth is, beyond mistake, a sailor, and much sun-burnt. He wore in Hull a broad gold girdle round his hat, light shoes with large ribbon ties, striped shirt, open at the nee' erc - hief knotted_ on the bosom, sailor fashior and necb —Easter Counties Herald. A MAN KILLED BY A TOBACCO PIP:. inquest was held at the Cumberland Head, City-road. be fore Mr. Baker, on George Jolliffe, aged twenty-nine, a shoerr.aker, of Graham's-buildings, St. Luke's, whose death was caused in the following singular manner. It ap peared according to the evidence of Mary Jolliffe, that on Tuesday night, the 21st ult., she was following the deceased, her husband, home from a public-house in Twister's-slley, St. Luke's, when he accidentally trod upon his boot lace, and fell forward to the ground. He was smoking a short tobacco pipe at the time, and when he arose, he had ;great difficulty in pulling it from his mouth, but she did not then know, that it had been, by the force of the fall, driven into the flesh, and that a piece of it had remained there. The following morning he ate a hearty breakfast, and in a short time afterwards was interrupted at his work by a pain in his throat. The pain increased, and recollecting the circum stance of the accident, be went to Bartholemew's Hospital where his mouth, which was much swollen by this tiro. lanced ; but he was not even then certain of the cause pain. Tuesday last she took him to St. Luke's workhot, where he was immediately received, put to bed, and attended by the surgeon. The swelling in the mouth and throat gra dually i nc reased, and on Thursday last h e d i e d of strangula tion. Deceased, at the time he fell, was intoxicated. Mr. Thomas Rance, the workhouse surgeon, said, that he opened and examined the deceased's head, and without much trouble found, in the back part, near the throat, a piece of a tobacco pipe, about two inches in length. That was sufficient to cause death. Verdict, " Accidental death."—Blanchester Guardian. —Saturday an MORTAL COMBAT.—A circumstance occured near Cum nook, a few days ago, which might have been attended with fatal consequences, only for the presence of mind of the individual in danger. It appears that Mr. Climie, fleshes, Cuninock, had occasion to drive a bull to a farm steading about four miles from Cumnock, where it was to be killed. The animal became " raised" on the road, and it was with much difficulty that it could be got to the end of its journey, where it was placed in durance vile in the barn. It contrived, however, to make its escape thence by butting the door off its hinges; and rushing out, it entered a field of standing corn near; and, in an infuriated state, ran about among the grain, doing it a good deal of damage. A number of people gathered, and arming themselves with sticks and such other weapons as they could make available,tallied out to secure the enraged animal. This new annoyance ouly,served to madden it still it entered the bar n _ more, and retreating towards.thiffouie, yard, and ran at a man' named 'Stleimm, who was worki ng about the stacks. Straehdrn endeaVoared to make his escape, but the bull followed him closely,. and at last drove him int o a corner, where he stoat the mercy of the furious ani ma l, and in momentary' expectation of being transfix e d on its a s horns.thebull P d loweredoyiden its Providentially be had a hay fork in hi s hand and,. head to make the att ac k, with a;hope less, but desperate effort, he struck it with a happy aim on the forehead, and laid it dead at his feet. The party in pur suit arrived at the same moment, and with one accord fast ened on the prostrate animal. Their aid was, however, un necessary. One of the prongs of the fork had perforated the brain, and caused the animal's instantaneous death.—Ayr Advertiser.