The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-25 00:00:00

MAISON DE LYON. pRIPPS and SCURFIELD beg to call the attention of the Pnblic to their splendid Stock of SILK and CASHMERE SHAWLS and Summer MANTLES, form ing the Largest Selection of those beautiful productions out of the Metropolis. sal principle of Small Profits and Large Con ues to be the mainspring of this Establish ltees to the Public first—rate Goods at the contin , Mowing prices : Real Chine SHAWLS 525. 6d. the whole Square. Damask Silk SHAWLS 215., 305., 425„ and 635. the SHAWLS 7s. 6d., 108., 12s. 6d., 21s. and 30s Bold-street LADIES' READY-MADE LINEN. - Nuke READY-MADE LINEN, neatly and fit for immediate use, will find AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT AT J. FERGUSON'S UVENILE CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT, LADIES who math th May, 1841 4, BOLD-STREET D 2, WATERLOO-PLACE, CORNER OF HANOVER-STREET. GLOVE, LACE, AND SHAWL WAREHOUSE. OSIERI IN announcing the completion of their extensive alterations, THOMAS AND PHILIP RALPHS form their Friends and the Public, that they have .opriated t .at part of their Premises at the corner of Hanover-street for the SALE of every description of HOSIERY, GLOVES, LACE, NETS, COLLARS, CAPES, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, CAMBRIC and FAN CY HANDKERCHIEFS, SHAWLS AND CLOAKS, all of which have been selected with great care, and will be A the smallest rate of profit. e Stock of Foreign and British Manufactures in the GENERAL DRAPERY DEPARTMENT will be found well-assorted, and is offered on the most ad vantageous terms. Irish LINENS, SHEETINGS, DA MASKS, SHIRTING CALICOES, and other Plain Goods of general utility they deem most important, and carefully avoid such as are spurious, and not of first-rate manufacture. THE SILK DEPARTMENT 'ith all the leading shades in Satinetts, Gre &c., as well as with the endless s so abundantly produced for the pre- Ottomans, &c FAMILY MOURNING of every description. FUNERALS FURNISHED and attended by one of the Principals. Two ASSISTANTS WANTED for the Shawl Department GEORGE contint FORI PIANO-FORTE TURNER ABLES, from STODART'S, London, 3 TUNE and REGULATE PIANO 'n or country, on moderate terms, and continuance of support.—Address, 64, or No. 1, St. Anne-street, Islington. ALBION HOTEL, WOODSIDE. ONE MORE CONCERT. ONSIEUR JULLIEN has the honour to announce IV-1- that, at the request of many Families in the vicinity of Woodside, Birkenhead, Tranmere, and Rock Ferry, he will give ONE MORE CONCERT, positively his Last, at the ALBION HOTEL, WOODSIDE, on FRIDAY next, the 28th s, Fore k precisely had at t ndance after the Concert. _he Albion Hotel; and at Mr. CRoF -1 Bookseller, 23, Parker-street, Liverpool. THE BRITISH QUEEN. THE Steam-ship BRITISH QUEEN, now lying in the Coburg Dock, may be seen, by Tickets only, from the Derby Buildings, Fenwick-street, corner of James- Sixpence each Person. 3ceeds to be applied to the Relief of the Wives and of the President's Crew. LIVERPOOL, AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Subscribers and Friends of the Society will be held in the MD SIC HALL, t-street, on FRIDAY EVENING next, the 28th instant, Six o'clock. T. J. Bourne, Esq., one of the >f the Parent Society, the Rev. Dr. Pinkerton, and other Gentleman are expected the Rev. Freder ) address the Meeting. auxiliaries will hold their Meetings as fol- The Countr at Six o'c on WEDNESDAY EVENING next, 20th instant, at on THURSDAY EVENING next, 27th instant, LIVERPOOL GASLIGHT COMPANY, DALE-STREET. THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL GASLIGHT COMPANY beg to inform the Public, that the Act for they have applied this Session received the Royal As he 18th instant ; and that, from that day, the Gas e Ated by this Company will be charged at the reduced price of 7s. per 1000 cubic feet. ,nt on t THOMAS CARSON, Secretary Committee-room, Dale-street, May 21st, 1841. NEW ASSIZE COURTS. TO EXCAVATORS AND OTHERS DERsogs --- desir;;;(66KTRACTING for the EXCA 1. NATION of the GROUND, in Lime-street, may see the Specification and Plan, and obtain further particulars, by applying at the Surveyor's Office, Town-hall, between the hours of Ten and Four &Clock. . _ _ ers to be delivered on or before FRIDAY, the 4th day next, at Twelve o'Clock. By order of the Committee, H. LONSDALE ELMES, Architect. Town-hall, 21st May, 1841. ANDREW SMITH'S PATENT WIRE ROPE, FOR STANDING RIGGING. THE notice of Shipowners, Shipmasters. and others, is respectfully requested to the following testimonials of the superiority of the above Rope over Hempen Cordage. The Patentee, in consequence of his Rope coming greatly into use, is now enabled to reduce the price from 70s. per cwt. to 60s. per cwt., making it fully 30 per Cent. cheaper than Hemp Rope. ROBERTSON and CO., 12, Goree-piazzas, Sole Agents at Liverpool. " London, Dec. 16, 1839. pleasure in giving my fullest appro• excellency of your Wire Rigging, of which I judge The Steam-ship Liverpool, under my from experienc ...s. six voyages to New York and back, during which period the Ship experienced much severe weather, the Wire Rigging stood admirably, and in no instance failed. " I would recommend your. Rigging being set up with Dead Eyes and Rope Lanyards, and to go over the Mast heads in the usual manner. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your very obedient servant, " R. J. FAYRER, Lieut. R. N To Mr. Andrew Smith, Patentee of Wire Rigging, 76, Old Broad-street, London." " London Docks, Sept, 17, 1840 " GENTLEMEN,—As Captain and Owner of the Marshall Schooner, I have much pleasure in stating, that Mr. Andrew Smith's Patent Wire Rope has been used on board my Ves sel for Stays, Shrouds, ToMpast Rigging, Jib Guys, Martin gale Stays, Bowsprit Shrouds, &c., for upwards of five years, and in no instance has it failed. On stripping the Foremast Rigging, after experiencing very severe weather in the North Seas, and elsewhere, during the above time, I am proud to say that the Patent Wire Rope was as perfect as the first day it was made ; and, so confident am I of its advantages over Hemp Rigging, that I shall not only adopt it in all ves sels that I ani connected with, but consider it my duty to the Patentee, and also my Brother Owners and Commanders, to recommend it generally for their adoption. `' I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, " Sincerely your wellwisher, " THOMAS MARSHALL. " Messrs. William Fox and Co., 76, Old Broad-str6et, London." of Dublin Steam-Packet Company, Water-street, Liverpool, April 21, 1841. reply to your letter of this morning, a proof of my opinion of the Wire Rope ging, that I have recently put it on hoard y's new Steamer the Erin-go-Bragh, and ot have done if I had the slightest doubt of ier Hemp Cordage. The Standing Rigging Princess, Queen Victoria, Oriental, and _ 1, is in the same good condition as when in board those Steamers ; and, as regards the two d Vessels, it has not been necessary to set the p since they were hauled taut two years since. I "ire Rope answers admirably for Ridge Ropes for .s becomes like a bar of iron when well set up, lot give to the lashings. Great Liver" 1 um, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, " JAMES C. SHAW, ;. Robertson & Co., Goree-piazzas, Liverpool, t-ents fJr A. Smith's Patent Wire Ropes.' .pness ; and I shall at all times, from experience, The tonnage of the Eglinton is 100, old measure ad the Standing Rigging weighs 4cwt. 3qrs. 201 b. " I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, " JAMES MTADZEAN. " Messrs. Robertson and Co., for Smith's Patent Wire Rope, Liverpool." nd back to this port, during Which period It was most severe weather, remains in a most excel in ; so much so, that I do not consider it neces- Lye it taken down for refitting until the Ship has I another voyage, should it even then be requisite -9.; is only 3 P: WILSON, ad for tk. D will 3. This Ink I not corrod Liverpool, lith May, 1841. In reply to your inquiry I beg to state, of Mr. Smith, that in July 1839 the 3, of Ayr, under my command, was fitted s Patent Wire Rigging. Since then I have tly trading between this port and Ayr, carrying g iron and lead, which are very trying to Rig all seasons, and frequently in bad weather; and pleasure in stating, that the Patent Wire Rig cl most admirably, in all respects equal to my ►e expectations. I can, therefore, with truth the Patent Wire Rope is infinitely superior to its greater strength, lightness, durability, " Liverpool, 151 h May, 1811. EN,—At the request of the Patentee, Mr. ) state for his information, that the Patent tted to the iron ship John Garrow, of 711 command, after being a voyage from England ouch pleasure in adding my_ testimony to its ty, and decided superiority over Hempen Cordage, ;11 lighter, smaller, stronger, and cheaper than the I have no - hesitation in saying, from what I have much more durable. The John Garrew's linch Patent Wire Rope; whereas, Hemp. St inch would have been required. " I am, Gentlemen, yours truly, Messrs. Robertso n and Co., r Smith's Patent Wire Rope, Liverpool." PATENT PERRY lAN PENS. Pens having been submitted to the test of public 1 for many years, are aek t u he ow ir le m dged to sta n d pre the The the great superiority of ed in perfecting them to suit every description of tiers them cheaper than the ordinary pens, at a Their adoption in the Government and other !s. 13anIcs, &c., with their great and increasing c!nt evidence of the high estimation in i. Sold on Cards, with Medium, Fine, r x i t e ! d Points. Each Card bears the Signature lES PERRY and Co." Some Pen Manufacturers, taking advantage of the lemand for these Pens over all others, have been ,Jurious ones upon the public, for whose protection, e protection of the Patentees, TWENTY POUNDS .1 will tat given on conviction, for information of any rson or per 'us infringing any of the proprietors' patent PERRY lAN LIMPID INK. is a flowing property peculiar to itself, and does letallic Pens as other Inks.—ln Bottles, 6d., Sold by JAMES PERRY and Co., Patentees and Manu facturers, 37, Red Lion Square, London ; also by all Sta tioners and other Dealers in such articles." AXIL W. H. OVE begs to inform the Inhabitants Of Li verpool and its Vicinity, that he has commenced Bu siness as an ARCHITECT, SURVEYOR, and ESTATE AGENT, and trusts, by diligence and accuracy, to give en tire satisfaction to those who may favour him with their commands. 58, Castle-street, Liverpool, May, 1841. For SALE, in West Derby, a number of very eligible Lots - of BUILDING LAND. Also, one Lot containing about 5500 square yards, with ENTRANCE LODGE &c., situated at West Derby. Also a small Lot of LAND, at Woolton near Liverpool, suitable for building Cottages. A Front and Back HOUSE in Skelhorne-street, Liverpool. Apply as above. (One Interest.) BRUNSWICK HOTEL, HANOVER-STREET, NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION. WE. WHITEMAN, grateful for the extensive patron " W sage he has received since opening the above HOTEL, begs to inform his Friends that he has, at a considerable expense, enlarged and improved his Establishment 9 • and trusts, by economy in charges, and strict attention to busi ness, to merit a continuance of that support he has hitherto received. W. E. W. can with confidence recommend his Stock of WINES and SPIRITS, consisting of every variety; also the following ALES, Burton, East India, Wrexham, and Scotch. TURTLE and every description of SOUPS, ICE PUNCH, &c. STEAKS, CHOPS, COFFEE, &c. always ready, HOT JOINTS from One to Six. DINNERS provided for Large or Small Parties at the shortest notice. WELL-AIRED BEDS NEW FRUIT AND ITALIAN WAREHOUSE, NO. 16, PARKER-STREET, CORNER OF CLAYTON-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL. JOHN WILKINSON, in returning thanks to those Friends who have so kindly favoured him with their orders since his commencement in business, begs to assure them and the Public generally that no exertions shall be spared on his part to merit a continuance of that support he has liberally received. _ _ _ _ J. W. most respectfully invites the , admirers of elegance and economy in living to inspect his well-assorted Stock of Foreign Fruit and Sweetmeats, which will be found of the best quality, and at exceedingly moderate prices, namely : Muscatel Raisins, French and Portugal Plums, Eleme and Turkey Figs, very superior large Spanish Chesnuts and French Walnuts. Jordan Almonds, fine green Grapes, a choice assortment of Succades, Apricots, Lime, Peaches, and Oranges, French Crystalized Fruits , &c. &c. London Pickles, Sauces, Jams, Jellies, Spices, Tamarinds, Preserved Ginger, &c. &c. _ _ Tile Trade supplied with Confectionery at the Manufac turer's prices. Country orders punctually attended to. NEW AND EXTENSIVE :ARPET, FLOOR CLOTH, AND PAPER HANGING ESTABLISHMENT. Rand I. SMlfilres}:ctitaiiiiiOrrn the Inhabitants of • Liverpool and its vicinity, that they have OPENED an ESTABLISHMENT in the above branches of Business, WELLINGTON-BUILDINGS, 44, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET. The CARPET DEPARTMENT comprises an extensive as sortment of BRUSSELS, of the Newest Patterns, and of excellent quality ; their KIDDERMINSTERS are made by , the First Manufacturers in the Kingdom, and, upon inspec tion, cannot fail to please. Scotch, Damask, Venetian, and Hemp CARPETING; HEARTH RUGS to suit; Printed DRUG GETS of a beautiful quality ; Plaid Ditto, three and four yards wide. London and Bristol FLOOR CLOTH, for Halls, Rooms, Cabins, and Lobbies. Table Baize, Dish Mats, Hassocks, Carriage and Door Mats, &c. _ . . - ii;;YilE ii HANGINGS exhibit a great variety of rich and elegant Patterns, suitable for Drawing, Dining, and Bed-rooms, Halls, Passages, Lobbies, &c. Experienced Pi.PER HANGERS sent to all parts of the Town or Country. In announcing the opening of the above Warehouse, R. and I. SMITH pledge themselves to use every endeavour, by a careful selection of Goods, of the best fabric and style of Pattern and Colours, and a strict adherence to the system of charging the Lowest Price, to merit a share of that pa tronage and support they respectfully solicit. D A N S O N AND M'N E I L L, 55, DALE-STREET. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SPIRITS. WHISKEYS, Old Irish, 16s. and 17s. per gallon. (as used in Dublin) .... DITTO, Old Scotch (Islay) 16s. and 17s. „ DITTO, very good los. 6d., 125., and 14s. per ell. British GIN, finest qualities 10s. and 12s. per gallon. HOLLANDS, genuine old Schiedam, direct from 1325. per gallon. Rotterdam DITTO, also in Cases of 1 Dozen each, or 2 Gallons 1 703. per dozen, Cases and Bot- ties included. from bond, duty paid BRANDY, (finest old pale) 365. per gallon ; 6s. per bottle. DITTO, of fine quality RUM, very fine old l6s. and 17s. per gallon. DITTO, (very good) l2s. and 14s. per gallon. FINE OLD WINES. Old Bottled PORTS, of the 485., 425., and .565. per dozen. highest character Fine Ditto DITTO, from 1 345., 305., and 245. „ the wood, and fit for im- and mediate use JJJ 165., 145., and 12s. per gallon. SHERRIES, old and deli-1 485., 425., 365., 305., and 245. cate Wines, pale, brown, per dozen, and 18s., 165., 14s. or gold and 12s. per gallon. BRONTE MADEIRA .. 225. per doz. ; 10s. 6d. per gall. LISBON, (dry or sweet).. 30s. ; 13s. Od. „ CAPE MADEIRA . 175. and 18s. per dozen ; and Bs. and 9s. per gallon. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING AT CHARGES 40 PER CENT. LESS THAN THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN THE KINGDOM. THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN CLOTHING HALL, __ 51, ST. JAMES'-STREET, CORNER OF NELSON-STREET. THAGUE and CO. cannot do Business at Charges 4 0 • per Cent. less than any House in the Kingdom, but they pledge themselves to make any Garment, that is worthy the name of such, at as low or lower price than those who profess to do it. A complete Suit of Black, or any other Colour, for £2 15 0 Ditto Medium Quality The very best West of England that can be pro cured at any price A great variety of Summer Trouserings from 7s. 6. to 12s. per pair. Very rich Figured Satin Vest from Ditto Ditto French Velvet £1 6 0 worth £2 2 0 Servant's Liveries, of a good quality All made to measure in the very best style, and Cut by first- rate London Artists In addition to the above, may be seen at THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN CLOTHING HALL one of the largest Stocks in Liverpool of every description of Superfine Cloths, Vestings, Trouserings, &c., the whole of which are quite new and made to order, at as low a price as possibly can be. N.B.—The lowest ready money price is charged for each garment, and no abatement made. THE CHEAPEST ESTABLISHMENT IN LIVERPOOL FOR GENTLEMEN'S DRESS, OF First-rate Quality, Superior Cut and Workmanship, AT THE CIVET CAT, 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL, DANIEL MYERS, NAVY AND ARMY TAILOR AND GENERAL OUTFITTER. This Establishment is constantly receiving the newest Styles of Fashionable Materials for every Article of Gentle - - men's Dress, suitable for home consumption and for :ex fitation. ANIEL MYERS, in tendering to his Patrons, the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Professional Gentlemen of Liverpool, and county of Lancaster, his thanks for the distinguished encouragement he has received, begs to assure them that the advantages which have so much signalised this Establishment, and gained him the preference for a Good Article at a Moderate Price, will ever be adhered to ; that all orders will be got up with the best attention and skill of talented Foremen, engaged from the West of London, and the charges upon such LIST a Reduced scale PRICES that rivals co m p e titi on. OF. £ s. d. aE S. d. 1 8 oto 2 0 0 Superfine Saxony Dress Coats Extra ditto Woaded . Ditto ditto, very best that can be produced Ditto ditto, ditto Black, Wool-dyed Blue, Invisi ble Green, Mulberry, and all the most expen sive colours Superfine Saxony Frock Coats, lined with Silk Extra Ditto Ditto, diito, with Improved Circular Skirts Extra Saxony, thevery best that canbe produced, Black, Wool-dyed Blue, Invisible Green, Mul berry, and all the most expensive colours . Cashmere and Summer Cloth Coats Shooting Coats Summer Trousers, (Woollen article,) at 9s. 6d. per pair, or 3 pairs for Ditto ditto, 125., or 3 pairs for . . . Woollen Plaid, ditto, from Plaid and Plain Doeskin, ditto, at . . Very best ditto, ditto, at . . . 1 8 0 2 0 Summer Waistcoats, at Bs. 6c1., or three for . . 1 2 071 Cashmeret and Shawl Patterns, ditto, from . 0 11 06, French, ditto, ditto, from . . . .016 0 , Embroidered Satins, ditto, ditto 1 15 0 , 2 2 0„ 2 12 0 2 12 6 „ 2 15 0 212 3 3 0`..6 3 6 0„ 3 10 0 1 10 0„ 2 2 0 1 2 0 „ 1 10 0 D. M. particularly invites the attention of the Clergy and Professional Gentlemen to his PECULIAR WOOL-DYED BLACK CLOTHS, warranted to retain their colour, and to his mode of contracting by the year, as they can make a ma terial saving, and have a constant change of two or three suits at one time. GENTLEMIN CONTRACTED WITH BY THE YEAR UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS : Under the super. 2 Snits per Year .. 8 0 0 intendence of ta. 3 Ditto ditto .. 11 14 0 lented Cutters from 4 Ditto ditto .. 15 4 0 Best quality. the West of Lon- 5 Ditto ditto .. 18 10 0 don. 6 Ditto ditto .. 21 10 By returning their Clothes after the usual time of wearing SERVANTS' LIVERIES made to Order, of the first qua lity, at £4 per Suit. NAVY and MILITARY UNIFORMS exact to regulation ; a choice Selection of Epaulettes, Swords, Belts, &c. Gentlemen going abroad completely fitted out at a few hours' MERCHANTS and CAPTAINS supplied with every AR TICLE of DRESS SUITABLE FOR ALL CLIMATES. By the doz. By the doz Good Saxony Dress Coats Ditto ditto Frock ditto Summer Coats s. d. s. d. from 1 6 0 to 1 18 0 1 12 0 to 2 2 0 0 6 0 to 0 13 0 Good Saxony Trousers (various) Ditto ditto Waistcoats (various) White Drill, Jean, and Cashmere Jackets All Cut and Made in the first Style, and suitable for Ex- portation A great variety of Macintosh's Waterproof Fabrics, and of Patent Waterproof Cloths, Camlets, Cashmerets, &c. &c. This Establishment is closed on Saturday, until the evening. THE CIVET CAT, 72, LORD-STREET. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—After the presentation of the re quisition to the Lord Mayor on Saturday, by Messrs. Fearon, Dillon, &c., to convene a City meeting on the subject of the " corn law," there was a consultation among them as to the individual that it would be advisable to put in nomination to represent the city of London, in the room of Mr. Grote, he having announced that at the next general election he does not intend to ask for " a renewal of the confidence reposed in him." Lord John Russell was suggested, and a requisi tion was thereupon drawn up and signed by all the parties present, requesting that his lordship would at the next gene ral el ect i on allow himself to be put hi nomination for the City ; --- -but the r equ i s iti on i s no t t o b e presen t e d un til it ob tains m any more signatures.—Morning Herald. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW MOVEMENT.—The provincial papers of Saturday must be extremely mortifying to those who are describing the country as in " a state of agitation from one end to the other in favour of the anti-corn-law movement." The country papers absolutely bring nothing additional upon which the most " blatant" of the lecturers can hang even a paragraph. With one or two exceptions, and those relate to the. reports of m ee ti ngs w hi c h h ave al ready found their way into the London journals, the provin cial press is absolutely barren of any movement at all. ELECTION MOVEMENTS AttErtnEEN.—A rumour has been current for some days that our representative, Mr. Bannerman, has been appointed Commissioner of Stamps. There is no , doubt of its perfect accuracy. We believe that Mr. Bannerman must resign ' and it is understood that he is not eligible for re-election. The conservatives say they have no fewer than three candidates. We have not heard their names. Sir Michael Bruce, it is said, will be proposed by the liberal party ; but we understood . . • that he was to contest Stirlingshire. The Lord Provost has been named by another party ; and Mr. Fox Maule has also been named.- l Aberdeen - Baliner. ASHBURTON. - Mr. Charles Lushington has announced to the electors that it is not his intention to solicit their suffrages to be again elected their representative. BATH.-At a meeting of the friends of Captain Scobell on Tuesday, it was announced that that gentleman, in conse- quence of ill health, did not again intend to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of this city. BRAMBER.-Mr. Harry Dent Goring will resign, and as we hear nothing of Mr. Salomon, we conclude that Mr. Gor ing, of Wiston, will be allowed to walk quietly into the house with that stanch conservative, Sir .Charles Burrell. DUBLIN, MAY 19.—1 t is reported here on good authority, that in the event of a dissolution of parliament, Mr. Hutton, the silent member for the city of . Dublin, is to be thrown overboard by his quondam radical supporters His studied absence from - his Constituents on occasions where his presence at least, if not his speech, was deemed necessary for the sup port of whiggery, has given dire offence. DUMFRIES.—Mr. Ewart is spoken of as a probable can didate. GALWAY. — The county of Galway is already up and stir ing. Two new candidates are in the field—Mr. James Daly, of Dunsandle (conservative, and admitted on all hands to be one of the best landlords in the county), and Sir John Burke, of Marble-hill, who' although a Roman catholic and a whig, is in bad odour with the priests and Dr. WHale. There are no less than six gentlemen spoken of as claimants for the honour of representing the town of Galway—viz., Messrs. Lynch and Blake, the sitting members, Mr. Roderick O'Con- nor, of Baboon, supported by the interest of Lords Clanri carde and Oranmore ; Mr. Handock of Carrantrilla ; Sir Valentine Blake, and Mr. M. B. Bermingham. The princi- pies of the forementioned are liberal in all the various phases from repealer to pure whig. MONMOUTHSHIRE.—Mr. W. A. Williams, of Llangibby Castle, will again offer himself on the liberal interest. NEWRY.—Major-General Sir John Milley Doyle, K.C.8., is in the field for Newry. Sir John has delayed himself a friend to her Majesty's present administration. WEST SUSSEX.—Colonel Charles Wyndham (conserva tive) is already in the field ; and a second will not, we have reason to believe, be wanting. WESTMINSTER MEETING.—A, meeting of the electors and householders of the city of Westminster, took place on Thursday, pursuant to requisition, for the pu6ose of taking into consideration the measures proposed by her Majesty's government, for the reduction of the duties on corn, sugar, and timber. At one o'clock, the High Bailiff, Mr. F. Smed ley, appeared on the hustings, which were erected, as usual, at the west-end of Covent-garden. On the platform, were Mr. O'Connell, M. P., who was loudly cheered ; Sir de Lacy Evans and Mr. Leader, the members for the city ; Col. Saiwey, M. P., Mr. Ewart, M. P., Mr. Hawes, M.P., Dr. Bowring, Mr. Talk, and other gentlemen. The two mem bers for the city then addressed the meeting against the con tinuance of the corn-laws. They were followed by Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Ewart, and Dr. Bowring, who moved reso lutions in accordance with the views of the government. Dr. Wade then addressed the meeting, which aftewards qui etly dispersed. Similar meetings are advertised to take place in various parts of the town. WIGAN.—We understand the conservatives have resolved to bring forward Mr. Hodson Kearsley and Mr. P. Greenall as the candidates for Wigan. The liberals have not yet de cided upon who shall be colleague to Mr. Charles Standish. Public rumour has fixed upon Mr. William Brown, of Liverpool.—Bolton Free Press. WILTSHIRE. — We have beard that a canvass has already commenced for the northern division of Wilts, on behalf of Mr. H. Hobhouse ; but we greatly doubt the fact. Mr. Long and Sir Francis Burdett will again offer themselves. — Devizes Gazette. NEWRY.—Major-General Sir John Milley Doyle, K.C.B. is in the field for Newry. Sir John has declared himself a friend to her Majesty's present administration. . WORCESTER.—F. W. Knight, Esq. (conservative) will be a candidate at the next election for the West Division of this shire, in conjunction with H. B. Lygon, Esq:, the present member. In consequence of the continued ill-health of Colonel Davies, the hon. and gallant member will not again offer himself for the representation of the borough of Wor cester. PRESTON. — It is the intention of the conservatives to re quest Mr. Robertson Gladstone to contest that borough in connection with Mr. Parker, the present excellent represen tive. SUSSEX.-Mr. Darby, M.P. for East Sussex, has an nounced his intention of again appearing as a candidate, and Mr. E. Fuller, the second conservative candidate at the last election, is also in the field. The Hon. Mr. Cavendish, the present colleague of Mr. Darby, will probably stand a con test ; but not the slightest doubt exists that the result will be the return of the two conservatives. At Lewes the two conservative members are expected to walk over the course. A change in favour of conservatism will take place in Bram ber. Mr. Harry Dent Goring will resign, and as we hear nothing of Mr. Salomon, we conclude that Mr. Goring, of Wiston, will be allowed to walk quietly into the house with that stanch conservative, Sir Charles Burrell. At Brighton and other places in Sussex there seems to be but little pros pect of change. On the whole, a general election would give Sussex an increase of at least three or four conservative members. PLYMOUTH.—A meeting of the conservatives was held at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth, on Monday, Mr. Joseph Lindon, in the chair. Mr. Alderman Johnson addressed the meeting at some length. The sentiments of the honorable candidate were received with great applause. A committee was ap pointed, and the usual resolutions carried. The meeting was composed of a very full and influential body of electors. IPSWICH.—Mr. Montague Gore is to be the candidate for this borough, on the conservative interest, in the place of Sir Thomas Cochrane, who retires. DUDLEY.—It is confidently reported that the rejected at Ludlow, the rejected at East Surrey, the rejected at Notting 7 ham, and the well-known Monsieur Larpent, is to be the exhibitor in the hands of the radicals of Dudley, at the ap proaching election. There will be another rejection to his tail, as there is a good conservative majority of nearly 200 on the list of the electors of that loyal and constitutional town. BURY.—Mr. Twiss will be a candidate at the next election in conjunction with the present member, Earl Jermyn. The resolution, pledging the meeting to support the hon. gentle man as the colleague of Lord Jermyn, was received with ac clamation. The Chippenham liberals have brought a Mr. Lysley to contest that borough with Capt. Boldero. He is not, how ever, expected to stand. LEOMINSTER.—In consequence of Lord Hotham having expressed his determination not to offer himself for this bo rough, Sir James Flower, of the firm of Coombe, Delafield, & Co., has offered himself as a reformer, and Mr. Wigram as a conservative. REPRESENTATION OF DURHAM.—In the prospect of an early dissolution of parliament, the truly honest Lord Dun gannon has announced his intention to retire from the repre sentation of the city of Durham. The conservative party, however, are well prepared for an election, and two candi dates, Captain Fitzroy, a nephew of the Marquess of Lon donderry, and also connected with the family of Lord Ravensworth, and Mr. Shepherd, the only son of a wealthy merchant of Bristol, have addressed the electors, and are prosecuting an energetic canvass with every prospect of a triumphant :success. Mr. Thos. C. Granger, the Lambton nominee, has again declared himself a candidate in the radical interest, but the old whigs are reported to look very shy at him, and his chance of success seems very slender against two such popular candidates as have taken the field. If the conservatives only act with union and energy they will not fail to emancipate the representation of the good old city of Durham from the grasp of whiggery. REPRESENTATION OF CIRENCESTER AND THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY.—Rumours have been passing current for some time of an intended change in the repre sentation of this borough, naming Messrs. Wm. Crisp and E. Hopkinson, Esqrs., as the successors of Jos. Crisp and T. W. C. Master, Esqrs., for the borough, and Sir John W. Guise in the room of the lion. A. H. Moreton, for the eastern division. These rumours have been repeated fre quently since the majority of 36, but we can assure our friends that with respect to the representation of the borough nothing is known in the immediate circles of the present members of any desire to change. TEWKESBURY. — AIthough the Conservatives have not as yet made any progress towards an election, we are assured the greatest unanimity prevails amongst their ranks, and the return of Mr. W. Dowdeswell is certain. BRADFORD. — The Conservatives will, of course, bring for ward their old and tried friend—J. Hardy, Esq. ; and a se cond candidate is also talked of. WOODSTOCK.—Our respected member, Mr. Thesiger, ar rived at the Bear Inn on Wednesday evening, and on the following morning proceeded on a canvass, in anticipation of dissolution. He was everywhere received with great cor diality and promises of support. We do not anticipate any opposition to the re-election of the honourable member. TharsTor,.—As yet we have not heard of any decisive measures in respect of Bristol. If another Conservative Candidate is to be brought forward as the colleague of Mr. Miles, we trust that the party will not, as it has been hinted, a divided one, for unless unanimity prevail, it will be useless to anticipate success. HUNTINGDONSHIRE.—A numerous assemblage of the Conservative gentlemen of this county took place at the Fountain inn, on Wednesday, to consider what measures it would be advisable to adopt for the support of that interest in the county, under the prospect of an immediate dissolution of Parliament. Colonel Linton, chairman of the Conservative Association, presided on the occasion, and letters were read from the . two representatives expressive of their unwilling nessagam to come forward in com pliance with a requisition soliciting them to do so. Resolutions were in consequence entered into, pledging the meeting to support them, and a subscription amounting to nearly £1,200 was immediately entered into by those in the room—besides which, Mr. Fel lows will bear the whole of his expenses, and Mr. Thornhill a great portion of his. With a body so united hand and heart in the cause, and with " sinews of war" thus ready, come the day when it will there can be no fear for the re sult. EDINBURGH..--Although the whigs—that is, the Clique — are generally in favour of M r . M acau l ey, t h ere i s a sc hi sm am ongst them with respect to Sir J. Campbell, who has been strongly advised by some of his quondam leading supporters not to come forward again. At the same time, we are incli ned to believe that, should the Clique receive orders from head-quarters not to adopt Sir John, they will yield these com mands. It is probable, therefore, that the present members will again put up. We have reason to b e li eve , h owever , t h at a strong opposition is forming against Sir John Campbell in the voluntary and ultra-liberal camp. A meeting, we under stand, was held last week, at the instance o f M r . D uncan M`Laren, when , after discussing the merits of Mr. Joseph Hume (0 it was resolved to request Sir Culling Smith to stand on the ultra-liberal and voluntary interest. Wh e th er Sir Culling Smith with . this requisiti on rema i ns to be seen ; but that it is intended in good earnest we are well assured. With respect to the probable co n d uct o f t h e con servatives, we can say nothing at present, as it will be greatly regulated by circumstances. The idea of starting M r . Gib son Craig is still entertained by the whigs, should it turn out that Sir John Campbell will not yo down. LEITH.-Mr. Gladstone, a son of the eminent and public spirited merchant, has appeared on the conservative i n t erest , and with the best arospects of unseating Lord Advocate Ru therford, who is disliked by all parties, even those who hold the same political principles. HADDINGTON.-Mr. Steuart will not again contest this district; but his place is likely to be assumed b y Sir David Baird. Sir David is a popular man ; but the district is so thoroughly h te conservative bound p withpart theparty less p agricultural oerful interest than i t wasthat , foundeve were n at the last election, his chance would be extremely small. Little doubt is entertained that the burgh will be wrested from the wh g e u s s by r eto acocnarsrey the district. Elcho is spoken of : would GASGOW.—Mr. Dennistoun and Mr. Oswald, the present whig members, will stand again. We hear they will again be opposed by Mr. Campbell, the provost, and Mr. IVionteith, on the conservative interest. ___ FALKIRK.—Mr. Gillon, of Wallhouse will, very probably come forward as the anti-corn law and slavery champion. He will be opposed by Major Anderson, and we hear that there is scarcely a doubt of the success of the conservative. CUPAR.—Mr. Cub Ellice will again stand on the whig in terest; but we are assured that, if Lord William Douglas, Lord Bruce, or any other active conservative were to appear, (which no doubt will be the case), Ursa Minor would never get to the top of the poll. We have good hopes that this seat will be gained from the wliigs. ELGIN. - It is uncertain whether Mr. Fox Maule will con test this district. Sir Andrew Leith Hay is in the field on the liberal interest. A conservative, Mr. Duff of Haddo, will also stand. PERTH.-It is generally believed that Mr. Greg will not be wound-up again for the Fair City. Mr. Fox Maule it is supposed will take his place ; but, we trust, not without op position. KILMARNOCK.—There is some talk of opposing Mr. Col quhoun ; but we suspect it will turn out a mere brutern ful men. However, we caution the church and conservative party to stand on their ground. STIRLING.—Mr. Ayton, advocate, is in the field against Lord Dalmeny—both are liberals—the former the more ra dical. Mr. Ayton has a great majority in Dunfermline. WicK.—We understand Mr. Dempster of Skibo, a worthy conservative, has every chance of defeating Mr. Loch. WIGTON.—Sir Andrew Agnew, it is confidently believed, will oppose Mr. Mactaggart, the present radical member, and with proper exertions, there is little doubt he will carry the burghs. THE SCOTCH COUNTIES. — In the following Scotch coun ties, now represented by conservatives, no attempt will be made to disturb the sitting members :—Ayr, Berwick, Dum fries, Elgin, East Lothian, Inverness, Kincardine, Lanark, Linlithgow, Perth, Renfrew, Ross, Selkirk, Wigton. We are not quite certain whether the whigs mean to contest Peebleshire again; the effort would be utterly useless. As to Sutherlandshire, we suppose the nominee of the Dowager Countess, Mr. Howard, will be again returned. In Midlo thian, Roxburghshire, Argyllshire, Dumbartonshire, Ster lingshire, Kirkcudbright, Forfarshire, Caithnessshire, the prospects of the conservatives arc most cheering and gratify ing. PRESENT STATE OF PARTIES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The following seats have been gained to the Conservatives since the division on Sir J. Buller's motion of a want of confidence in Ministers, on January 31, 1840 : Lewes.—Cantylupe vice Blunt. Canterbury.—Smythe v. Conynghain. Radnor.—Walsh v. De Winton. Sandwich.—Lindsay v. Donkin. Walsall.—Gladstone v. Finch. Nottingham.—Walter v. Ferguson. Carlow.—Bruen v. Vigors. Monmouth—Morgan v. Williams. In all 8, making 16 on a division, to which may be added 2 more, which were then vacant, viz.:— _ _ _ Totnes.—Baldwin. Ludlow.—Botfield. In all 18 votes. The following seats have been gained to the Ministerial ,sts St. Albans.—Listowel v. Grimston. Sutherland.—Dundas v. Howard. To which must be added Meath—Corbally, then vacant, making five on a division. The following changes have taken place without loss to either party : Mayo.—Blake v. Brabazon. Louth.—Fortesque v. Chester. Armagh.—Rawdon v. Curry. King's County.—Armstrong v. Fitzsimon. Morpeth.—Howard v. Levison. Inverness.—Morrison v. M`Leod. Invernessshire.—Baillie v. Grant. Waterford.—Carew v. Power. Richmond.—Fitzwilliam v. Spiers. Antrim.—Alexander v. O'Neill. Surrey, East.—Antrobus v. Alsager. Surrey, West.—Trotter v. Perceval. Helston.—Basset v. Cantalupe. Permanagh.—Brooke v. Cole. Elgin.—Bruce v. Grant. Cavan.—Clements v. Maxwell. Perth.—Drummond v. Stormont. Cambridge.—Grant v. Sutton. Woodstock.—Thesiger v. Blandford. Sudbury.—Tomline v. Walsh. Cumberland (East.)—Howard v. Aglionby. Newark.—Wilde re-elected. ANALYSIS OF THE DIVISION ON JAN. 31, 1840. CONSERVATIVES. MINISTERIALISTS. 289 Tellers included. 310 Tellers included. 19 Pairs. 19 Pairs. 9 Absent. 8 Absent. TOTAL Ministerialists Conservatives Vacant Speaker 658 The numbers on a division at the present time would be as follows : CONSERVATIVES. .7 8 I Add seats gained since 1. January, 1840. MINISTERIALISTS 337 325 2 deduct seats lost .£3 deduct seats lost 323 2 add seats vacant Ministerialists Conservatives Speaker TOTAL 329-. 2 add seats gained 331 1 add seat vacant If, therefore, Sir Robert Peel were at the present time to move a resolution similar to that proposed by Sir J. Y. Buller, ministers would have a majority of seven votes, pro vided the whole house were polled : but that is extremely improbable, and there can hardly be a doubt that the follow ing ministerialists, besides several others not enumerated, would absent themselves upon such an occasion. Heathcote.—Lincolnshire. Handley.—Ditto. Worsley.—Ditto. Benett.—Wilts. Goring.—Shoreham. Wakley.—Finsbury. Fitzgibbon.—Abroad. Hallyburton, Lord.-111. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. — We are glad to hear, be cause it proves they attend to something more than their own places and patronage, that a special committee of the direc tors has been appointed by themselves, to see if any, and what reductions can be made in the expenditure of the com pany. This is the more praiseworthy, as it is, we under stand, a voluntary act of the directors. In using the pruning knife, however, we hope they will apply it to the thousands first, and not, like some companies, attend only to the pounds. Extravagance is one thing, meanness another. A great com pany should be equally removed from both. We hear the new shares are already at a premium of 255. a share. It ap pears, therefore, that the judgment of the directors, in fixing on 35 per cent. discount instead of 50 was correct. NEW RAILWAY.—The Leeds Intelligencer mentions that a survey is now making for an intended new line of railway from the port of Middlesbrough, to join the Great North of England Railway, a little to the north of Mount Pleasant, near Northallerton ; thus connecting that new, important, and flourishing seaport, by an uninterrupted line of railway, with York, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and London. IRISH RAILWAYS.—Mr. Standish O'Brien gave notice that he should move, on Thursday night, for an address to the Crown, to carry out the recommendations of the Irish railway commission. We hope, as it was not brought on that night, that this job is dropped. LABOUCHERE'S BlLL.—This bill has been postponed un til Monday next. We must, however, warn the companies not to relax in their exertions, under the idea that the bill will be postponed sine die. There is more reason to fear at present that it may be slipped through, under the cover of the present political excitement. PROJECTED RAILWAY TO SALISBURY.—The following is from the Hampshire Independent:—" It is confidently re ported that the proprietors of the South Western Railway have taken up the subject of a railway to Salisbury, from a conviction of the necessity of so doing to protect their own interests against the Great Western line. We understand that it has been resolved to form a branch from Salisbury, to join the branch here between Southampton and Winchester, at Bishopstoke, and thus form a direct railway communica tion between these three important towns, and also between Salisbury and the metropolis. The share list is said to be already filled, without any assistance from Salisbury!' _ OPENING OF RAILWAYS.—The Gloucestershire Chronicle say that " Whit Monday, the last day of this month, will be a marked one in the annals of railway travelling in the West of England, if the information we have just received be cor rect. It is positively announced that the Cheltenham and Great Western Union is to be opened as far as Cirencester; the Great Western to be further opened as far as Chippen ham, leaving only twelve miles of this magnificent under taking to complete; and the Bristol and Exeter as far as Bridgewater, all on Whit Monday. THE MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The works on this railway, beyond Stockport, are progressing rapidly, and there is no doubt that the whole line to Crewe will be ready for public traffic early in the next year. The distance to London by this line will be 12i miles less than by the Grand Junction. We understand that the following are the stations at present proposed to be made : Manchester to Rushford ............ 2 miles Rushford to Stockport Stockport to Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Hulme to Handforth Handforth to Wilmslow ... Wilmslow to Chorley Chorley to Chelford Chelford to Holmes Chapel. Holmes Chapel to Sandbach Sandbach to Crewe 3 f f 2 ~ 2 ~ 11 „ 3 ;, Crewe .................... 5(4- -Staffordshire Gazette. EFFECTS OF THE RAILWAYS. —Worksop and the neigh bourhood is likely to be benefited to a certain extent by the opening of the main lines of railways. There are at the present time no less than 22 coaches and mails passing through the town, to and fro, every day. Some few years ago, it was with the greatest difficulty that a coach could be maintained on the road between Worksop and Sheffield, and now there are three running daily.—Derby Mercury. HINT TO RAILWAY SECRETARIES. —When you have occasion to communicate to. the lords of trade and planta tions the smashing to death of two or three of her Majesty's liege subjects, and the grievous maiming for life of a doze n or so more, don't say, " I have the pleasure," or " the honour," to inform you, &c. It looks funny —as if you were clerk of the shambles to some GREAT SLAUGHTER COMPANY. The newest sobriquet the whig ministry have acquired, is that of the " corn doctors ; " verily they have proved them selves quacks ! SUICIDE OF A WOMAN IN A W A TER -TANK.-011 Fri day, a most determined act of self destruction was commit ted by a married woman named Hannah Limted, residing at 20, Marsham• street, Westminster. About eight o'clock a lodger named Mary Pearson, went to the water-tank to draw some water for breakfast, when perceiving a chair placed elose to it, and suspecting something wrong, she got upon it and looked into the water-tank, and there saw the deceased sitting at the bottom of the tank, the water barely covering her head. When got out, she was quite cold and lifeless. It is conjectured the unfortunate woman got up about six o'clock, went into the back kitchen, and got into the tank, and deliberately sat there until she was suffocated. SLAVE-LABOUR SUGAR 1 4 0 THE EDITOR OF 11IE MORNING POST. B ' lll, — After an unprecedented waste of time, most of it oc cupied by ministers and their supporters in needless repeti tions, this debate of eight nights' duration in the House of Commons has at last terminated in the signal defeat of the leading measure of this most precious budget, " the intro duction of foreign slave labour grown sugar into the con sumption of this country," a fate which 1 believe is certain to attend the remaining portions of it, should it be perse- vered in Were the object of this novel debate not of a most serious and vital character, we might be amused by the ingenious manner in which it has heeri defended—we might for the mo ment be led to forget that we have other colonies, foreign possessions, public debt, or public faith, to protect—we might have been induced to conclude that those countries whose produce they were anxious we should consume in preferenee to our own, had a choice of cheaper and better markets than ours, to which if they pleased (should we put them out of humour) they could resort, and draw from them the supplies of manufactured goods, and that they were in a mind to give up all other sources of supply, provided we would abandon our colonies, and give a preference to their produce. Whilst ministers promulgated these new theoretical doctrines, they would delude by attempting to seduce us to believe that if we admitted foreign sugar here with that of our colonies, con sumers would be found for both, that every tea-drinker would take a double portion of sugar with it, that our manufactu rers would thus preserve their present certain market for their goods which these colonies and possessions afford, and add to the additional (imaginary) consumption of others over which we have no control ; forgetting that those countries are already our customers, although we do not consume their slave labour sugar, because they can here supply their wants with better goods on lower terms than they can anywhere else, thus, without intending it, realising the favourite doc trine of these ultra free-treders, " by buying at the cheapest market." But I trust we are not to be so misled and deluded by theories that are unsupported by facts, that our past ex perience, united with the position which this country occu pies, leads us to believe are as impracticable in application, as they are dangerous, and would prove ruinous, were they to be acted on. In our colonies and foreign possessions our manufacturers possess markets for their goods of great magnitude that are regularly increasing in extent, that are secured to them by the control of possession and of mutual interest, and that know no limit to their increase but the want of increased means to pay for them ; that they afford us ample supplies of the most important descriptions of produce, and particularly of sugar, this bone of contention ; that if their resources were fully drawn forth, those of India and Australia alone are known to be capable of supplying us with cotton and wool sufficient for all our wants, and, therefore, the employment of our people, so as to render us independent, were it neces sary, of foreign production, at the same time taking payment with certainty for ALL in our home mane factures. Are not these, then, advantages and resources such as no other country possesses—are they not an object of envy and jealousy to others—are they not sources of strength, of power, of pros perity, and of wealth—do they not afford a field for creating and extending still more the employment of British shipping, the increase of British seamen, that, in time of need, man our wooden walls, the investment of British capital with safety and with profit ? I ask, then, is it by putting to ha zard, if not by the entire abandonment, of these resources that we are now called upon to substitute for them theoretical principles of what is called " free trade," to substitute for them a foreign connection over which we can have no con trol, a connection that would be no longer adhered to (if we may judge from experience), than suited the interests or con venience of the parties (bear witness our trade with Java), whilst at the same time, and without such or any sacrifice from us, they already happen to possess, through our means, the other markets for their produce, the payment for which they take from us in our goods, and will continue to do so as long as we can supply them of better quality and on lower terms than they can have them elsewhere, and no longer, whether we eat their slave-labour sugar, or sell it to others, whatever tales of fancy may be told on the contrary, since such is " human nature," whose laws are like those of the Medes and Persians, not given to change ? Let us, then, ad here to the counsels of common sense and past experience ; with such guides we are not to be induced to attempt build ing castles in the air by the clever and ingenious but theore tical speeches of Lords Palmerston and John Russell—let us call to mind the old adage, and act upon it, since " a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." It is certainly amusing to see the cleverness with which ministers would shift from their own shoulders to that of parliament the responsibility that attaches to their absurd measure of introducing foreign coffee into consumption here through circuitous and expensive intermediate British ports, as if they were ashamed of their measures, and were desirous to conceal them from public view ! If a supply of foreign coffee, the fruit of slave labour, was for a time really wanted here, though only for a short time, as growing sources of Bri tish supply from India will soon render it abundant, why not admit the direct import from the places of growth ? And if it had been thought advisable to increase the cost, why not have done it by further additional duty, in place of load ing the article with unnecessary additional freight, insurance, commissions, landing, and reloading charges at these inter mediate ports? But this was a discovery, a stretch of po licy, reserved to be discovered by our present sapient mini sters, and the result has, I have been informed and believe, been productive of the most ruinous results to many of the unfortunate adventurers who were induced to emerge in this trade. The quantity of foreign coffee thus imported during the last year, has, I understand, amounted to double the annual consumption here ; the market has thus been glutted , and the price reduced one-third, tothe loss and dis may of those interested : and thus affords a practical illus tration that such would be the fate of our planters, as well as of the speculators iu foreign sugars, were the measures of government to be adopted ; but they have, fortunately for all, been defeated. Another of these measures of the present government was to permit foreign sugar refined here, to be exported for the supply of our colonies, to the exclusion of the British, which was formerly protected by a small bounty that was included in the drawback on exportation when refined, but of which their policy has deprived the refiner, and thus compels him either to abandon his manufacture, or resort to the sugar of slave labour. Yet, ministers, " turning their backs upon themselves," and repudiating their own acts, endeavour to bolster up an argument founded upon it in favour of their proposition to admit foreign slave sugar for consumption here. This brings me to another branch of their defence ; that is, justifying the admission of slave-labour sugar for our con sumption, because that other produce so admitted and con sumed is produced by the same means. Now, let us examine the facts of the case. This country has made considerable sacrifices to put down slavery, with success in our own colo nies, with failure and disappointment everywhere else. De sirous to effect this object, from motives alike disinterested, humane, and honourable, it never was professed that in order to do so we would not consume any of the productions of slave labour with which we could not be supplied from other sources, and that were necessary for the employment of our people, and the supply of the ordinary wants of the country. Had the principle been pushed to this extent, every one must be satisfied it would have been fruitless and vain in flicting injury, here without tending to suppress slavery else where. Such has hitherto been the usage, and to which we have always found it necessary to conform, but the case with ministers is of a very different character. After making va rious efforts ,to suppress the foreign slave trade, made at a great national expense of life and treasure, they turn round and tell us, it is a failure, the case is hopeles, and therefore they will avail themselves of the fruits of slavery for the pur poses of trade and revenue, by opening a new market for the sale and consumption of slave-labour sugar, thus giving di rect encouragement to that which they have spent so much life, money, and time, in vainly endeavouring to put down, whilst at the same time they tell us they are continuing to exert themselves in endeavouring to influence other countries to unite with us by treaty or by force to suppress it; thus, in the fulness of inconsistency, blowing hot and cold in the same breath. We do not, we cannot, expect to extinguish slavery by our own means alone ; but that is not a reason why we should not, as hitherto, continue to consume such ar tielessas are the fruit of it, whilst they are necessary for the support and employment of the people, and that we cannot at present be supplied with from other sources, or that we should now lend ourselves to promote and extend a system which all unite in condemning, where no necessity whatever exists for doing so, by the introduction of slave sugar here, whilst we have abundance that is the fruit of free labour, the produce of our own colonies and possessions, to supply our consumption, which has the additional recommendation of being paid for with our manufactures. To sell our manufactures in the Brazils, it is necessary to take payment in the produce of the country. We do not consume their sugar because we have ample supplies of our own, which, coming from a purer source, as well as for the reasons previously stated, we prefer; but that is no reason why we should not receive and sell their sugar to others who do not object to consume it ; and if by refining it previously we can obtain a more beneficial price, I can see no good reason why we should not avail ourselves of the superior means we possess for doing so. It can be of no importance to us whether they use it in a refined or unrefined state, nor does this measure in the least degree appear to me to bear on the general question, or to justify the measures the govern ment proposed to have adopted although they endeavoured to draw such a conclusion from it.—l am, sir, Your obedient servant, JOHN GLADSTONE. Carlton-gardens, May 19, 1841. RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES AT COLLEGE The usual chapel hours are seven in the morning and six in the evening. At Oxford, where the morning chapel is compulsory, it is the common practice to come in a night gown, and run to bed again the moment the service is over. It is not quite so bad at Cambridge, but the greater part of the auditory are always half asleep, and gape sufficiently to satisfy the most orthodox preacher. The appearance of this, however irreverent, is nothing to the scene in the evening. After all, the usual practice is to retire to some party, large or small, and there use the Englishman's indulgenec of lounging over his cake and wine. The last circulates pretty freely—jests and stories, not remarkable for their moral tendency, fly about on all sides—conviviality is at its height —when all at once the clock strikes—up jump the men in the most violent hurry, throw on their gowns, and dart into the chapel. There the fumes of wine positively taint the air. One man, in his haste, has brought his cigar in his mouth, and another puts his gown on the wrong way ; some, rather drunk, by way of showing that they are quite sober and at their ease, put themselves in a stradling position to the full extent of their legs; others, more drunk, get them selves in the form of the letter S, with their shoulders against the upper forms, by way of keeping their balance. And though the majority may be sober enough, yet the indifferent, drowsy, or, perhaps sneering look which plays upon their countenance—the assumed listlessness with which they stand—the eternal yawn, in which, by the way, the dons themselves are in the habit of joining—all this must create a very edifying impression on the mind of a stranger, who wishes to see how the youth of this country are taught to worship their Creator. Then, as soon as they are on their knees, and, in consequence, less overlooked, there arises a general hum—the utterance of the remains of an unfinished story, or of some joke born during the reading of the abso lution. The chapel clerk is sent to various parties by the deans, with orders to attend them after chapel and be repri manded, but the chapel clerk almost always goes to the wrong person. Hence you have a contest of ingenuity dur ing the whole service ; the undergraduates contriving to chat at their ease, to be heard and not seen, and the authorities to find them out, to the mutual religious advantage of both parties. The master of one of the colleges used to repeat the responses in a very loud and most exceedingly nasal tone ; and it used to be a standing joke to repeat the responses after him in his own way, in a tone equally loud and equally nasal, to the extremeamusement of the whole religious community. The authorities themselves are not particularly fond of the service, and generally contrive to choose a fast reader. In one college they used to have two readers, one for one week and the other for the next ; because, as they said themselves, horses always work the faster being changed. Now this is really no exaggeration. One or two men were wont to get into a particular corner, behave with decency, and rep ea t their responses in fair earnest, but the immense majority be haved just as we have stated.—College Life at Cambridge, in the Westminster Review. Jusr IN TIMII.-A few days ago the wife of a man em ployed at the Lyceum of Manheim, having, as it was be lieved, expired, and her death being duly certified by a sur geon, who at the same time practices as a barber, was about to be buried ; but at the moment of screwing do w n the coffin she opened her eyes and smiled ! She has since remained in a weak state, but is gradually getting better. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OP ENGLAND ANNUAL MEETING AT LIVERPOOL. A meeeing of the members of this society vc as held in London, on Saturday, Earl Spencer in the chair, when an interesting report from the council was read. The following are some extracts relative to the approaching visit of the so ciety to Liverpool : "The council, having selected Liverpool as the place of the annual country meeting to be held this year, have decided on additional prizes to the amount of one hundred pounds, to be given at that meeting for agricultural horses ; and have also agreed to the mode in which the £2OO to be awarded this year for implements shall be distributed into classes. The Liverpool prize sheet, containing the details of these ar rangements, as well as the general regulations for exhibitions has been printed, and a copy sent by post to each member of of the society. " Mr. Earle having consented to act as the society's re presentave in directing the progress of the arrangements on the spot, a deputation was sent by the counsel to the autho rities of the town, and was received by Mr. Bolton, the pre sent, and Sir Joshua Walmsley, the late mayor, with every mark of interest and respect. This deputation reported to the council the result of their personal inspection, when it was resolved that tho piece of ground termed the old infir mary yard, and offered by the mayor and corporation, should be accepted as the site for the dining-hall ; that Falkner's Fields, offered by Mr. Falkner and Mr. Lace, should be se lected for that of the cattle-yard ; that the rooms of the Me chanics' Institute should be accepted for the use of the finance and dinner committee; and Mr. Lucas's Repository for the purpose of the Wednesday's dinner. " Having ascertained from Mr. Manning, the contractor for the Cambridge works, that his present engagement would preclude his undertaking the works this year at Liverpool, the council decided to appoint a surveyor of works,- who should report the progress of their erection; and Mr. Wild having been elected to that office, he has proceeded to Liver pool for the purpose of making arrangements with the con tractors to be employed. "The council having decided that there should this year be two days for the exhibition of the stock, instead of one, as formerly, the exhibition of the implements will open on Wednesday, the 21st of July, and that of the cattle on Thurs day, the 22d, the stock remaining open till two o'clock on the Friday. The dinner of the society takes place on the Thursday. They have also directed that catalogues, contain ing a list of all the subjects of the exhibition, shall be pre pared for sale before the time of meeting; that only the printed forms shall be allowed for the certificates of the-exhi bition ; and that the awards for implements shall be an nounced at the same time as those for cattle. They have decided that the sale of dinner tickets shall only take place at Liverpool, commencing on Tuesday, and continuing open to members in general on the two following days; each day, however, a certain number of tickets being reserved for old members—viz., for such as were elected by the 24th of March last ; and that, after the first week in July, no further elec tion of members shall take place until after the meeting. "The council having maturely considered all the compara tive advantages offered by various places for the next year's meeting, have decided in selecting the city of Bristol as the most suitable locality for the annual country meeting of 1842.', SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (From the Times.) In the debate on Lord Sandon's motion, Sir Robert Peel, as eur readers will doubtless recollect, alluded to a conversa tion which he had recently had with a quaker gentleman named Ashworth, who had waited upon the right bon. Bart., as part of a deputation from the Chamber of Commerce at Manchester. Under the manifest conviction that Sir Robert is on the eve of assuming the reins of government, the depu ties were anxious to lay before him their free opinions upon trade in all its multitudinous branches : and in the progress of this discursive lecture, which was conducted in the most amicable spirit, Mr. Ashworth, by way of fortifying the Chamber's hostility to prohibitory duties, requested the pre mier elect to peruse a certain pamphlet by a Mr. W. R. Greg, ' on the unanswerable force of whose reasonings, as inevitably insuring the right hon. baronet's assent, the worthy quaker declared that he was quite willing to stake the entire question of an unfettered commercial intercourse. With no small misgivings lest his long-established sentiments might be tho roughly overturned by the lauded pamphleteer, Sir Robert, in his usual candid way, agreed to give it his best consideration. A careful perusal was immediately bestowed upon it—when, to his utter astonishment, the sharp-witted statesman dis covered that , the production recommended to him by Mr. Ashworth afforded in truth a strong confirmation of his own views: and as lie had apprised the deputation that lie should reserve an explicit developement of those views for his place in parliament, Sir Robert felt at perfect liberty in the course of his speech on Tuesday to detail the particulars of his in terview with the deputation. and especially the grotesque effect of Mr. Greg's pamphlet in absolutely annihilating the dogmas of its free-trade panegyrists. This he did, in a strain of graceful and good-natured satire, which convulsed the house for several minutes. The unctuous and refined ten derness of Izaak Walton in impaling his dear little worm upon a comfortable new hook was nothing to it. The Cham ber of Commerce at Manchester has bad some untoward pas sages in its time. It has, before now, been cruelly burlesqued by its own chairmen, as Mr. G. W. Wood can testify : but never till Tuesday night was that unfortunate corporation's capacity of endurance tested to its full extent. Altogether it was a scene of the most courteous and insupportable tor ture which the Chamber has yet experienced—its own depu ties, as a perverse fate decreed, having been once more the principal instruments of the infliction. Wherefore, it is not unlikely, we think, that deputations may stand some chance of going out of fashion. That Mr. Henry Ashworth, the chief leader in this species of " chambering and wantonness," must have felt sorely chagrined at the tremendous retribution which it led to, was only to be expected: and accordingly, lie has sent a very egotistic letter to the newspapers, i n which, what with expla nations, disclaimers, and non mi ricordos, the highly estima ble gentleman has, as is usual, with talkative ignoramuses, placed his case considerably more in the wrong than when he first submitted it to the eagle eye and frightful talons of Sir Robert Peel. What, _then, does the worthy quaker say for himself? Keeping in mind that his main ,subject of discussion witl the right hon. baronet had reference to the necessity of adopting free-trade doctrines, and that, on a parenthetica • o allusion to slave-traffic (in regard to which he " was bu too much delighted to hear Sir Robert's expressions of in dignation,") I;e.earnestly recommended a particular pamphlet for his distinguished friend's perusal—adding, that " he would abide b. the decision which Sir Robert - might come to upon it," let us now recur to the exact words of Mr. Ashworth's explanatory letter : " Upon our recent interview, as an anti-slavery man, I • was but too much delighted to hear thee express so empha tically thy indignation at the horrors of slavery and the slave trade ; and not being in the secret of what might be the import of Lord Sandon's amendment of the following day, I did not hesitate, as an individual, to draw thy atten tion to the observations of W. R. Greg on the cruelties of Cie middle passage, as well as the loss of British life and money in the preventive service on the coast of Africa ; also on the recent embarkation of still more life and property engaged in the Niger expedition. My note, accompanying the pamphlet, also directs thy attention to this point, and not to Mr. Greg's leaning to protection,' which, when 1 read four months ago, 1 esteemed unsound, and not expecting Lord Sandon's amendment, bad entirely forgotten." Now, does it not seem marvelously odd, that after being delighted with the right hon. baronet's anti-slavery views, this respectable deputy should have proffered to him the pe rusal of what he deems a convincing pamphlet for the express purpose of converting him? Nay, is it not perfectly plain that, knowing Sir Robert's entire concurrence with the pam phleteer on the slavery question, Mr. Ashworth was desirous that some subsidiary views in the same performance, on which the conservative leader was believed to be less sound, should receive from him an equally full assent—an assent so confidently anticipated, that the excellent deputy declared his willingness to abide Sir Robert's own decision. Our manufacturing friend could scarcely be so fond of superfluous undertakings as to insist upon a much -occupied statesman reading a work on the main facts and reasonings of which he already agreed with the writer. Neither can we well imagine that the proverbial caution of the Society of Friends could be so dormant in Mr. Ashworth as to have betrayed into the indiscretion of staking his free trade case upon a pamphlet whose views upon that subject he had, four months ago, known to be unsound, but had very strangely forgotten them. Our own conviction is (though without impugning Mr. Ash worth's shrewdness to any greater extent than he himself impugns his own memory), that up to the day of Sir Robert Peel's speech on the subject of the said pamphlet, the free trade deputy had blindly imagined it to be all on his own side. To his extreme surprise and mortification, Sir Robert's superior acumen has shown him his egregious mistake. Mr. Greg, on the soundness of whose fiscal opinion the repre sentative of the Manchester Chamber so complacently re posed (his anti-slavery views having been avowedly coincided in by Sir R. Peel), expresses himself as follows : " This country is not called upon to exclude cotton, be cause it had never been excluded ; but it was bound to exclude slave-grown sugar, because since the enactment of negro emancipation it always bad been excluded, and the admission of it now would be the greatest possible incitement to slavery which Europe, for thirty years, had been lavishing her trea sures to abolish. * * * The only-method of abolishing the slave-trade was by destroying the demand for slave pro duce ; that object could only be attained, and would be at tained, by encouraging in the West India colonies a superior cheapness of free productions ; and the prosperity of those colonies would be insured, and could only be insured, by ex tensive and systematic emigration, and by a temporary con tinuance of the present discriminating duty on sugar!' So much for the boasted pamphleteer, on whom the Man chester Chamber relies as the Coryphceus of free trade ! Viewed on its own merits, Mr. Greg's pamphlet, we own, is scarcely deserving of notice ; but as indicating the unbiassed opinion of the cottonocracy ." four months ago" (before the present crisis was thought of), and as showing the doubtful competency of that wealthy class to comprehend the suicidal pamphleteering of:their own members, and, finally, as fur nishing incidentally a new proof of the blundering diplomacy of deputations, Sir R. Peel has certainly laid the country under additional obligations to him, by deigning to point out to Mr. Ashworth and his associates the extent of their igno rance and dogmatism. In the worthy Quaker's letter, though very communicative on points whereon his opinion is unsought, not one word does he utter in reference to the government's encourage ment of slave-grown sugar. Now, friend Henry, we must respectfully tell thee, that this is sly and shifty. If the Qua kers blink the slavery question at the approaching general election, their high character as a religious society is irre trievably ruined. LORD SANDON'S AMENDMENT, The following is an analyses of the division on Lord San• don's amendment FOR THE AMENDMENT. ENGLAND Counties ... Boroughs . Universities --250 WALES. Counties . Boroughs SCOTLAND. - Counties. Boroughs Counties .. Boroughs University IRELAND. - 16 19 13 Total for the amendment AGAINST THE AMENDMENT ENGLAND Counties ... Boroughs . Universities WALES, Counties . Boroughs. SCOTLAND Counties . Boroughs IRELAND Counties Boroughs Total against the amendment Majority - 317 - 185 1 9 - 10 8 20 - 28 32 26 - 58 - 281 - 31 THEATRE-ROYAL LIVERPOOL Under the Management of Mr. CLARKE, Sole Lessee. THE PERFORMANCES DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, WILL COMMENCE AT HALF-PAST SEVEN.-DOORS TO DE OPENED AT SEVEN. Last Night but Three of Mr. and Mrs. YATES. Mr. PAUL BEDFORD, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. LYON, and Mr. WIELAND, the celebrated BOLENO FAMILY, and Miss C. WEBSTER and Master WEBSTER. The New Comic Pantomime, having been received last night with the most rapturous applause, will be repeated every Evening. THIS present TUESDAY, the 25th instant, will be re peated, for the last time here, an Original Drama, in Three Acts, which was performed upwards of Eighty Nights last season in London, called AGNES ST. AUBIN; OR, THE Two HUSBANDS. Produced under the immediate direction and superintendence of Mr. Yates. Monsieur St. Aubin Monsieur Darcourt Mr. Thomas Tomkins Mr. Wright. Doligny, alias 5im5........ Mr. Paul Bedford. Madame St. Aubin Mrs. Yates. To conclude with (for the second time here) a New Comic Pantomime, with New Scenery, Machinery, Tricks, &c., called HARLEQUIN AND THE FLYING LADY; OR, THE WITCH OF THE MAGIC KITCHEN. Produced under the direction of Signor Boleno and Mr. Wieland. Harlequin.... Pantaloon. M. Masson Boleno. Clown Signor Boleno. Columbine Miss C. Webster. Fat Sylph Mr. Wieland. TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) will be produced, for the first time here,an Original Drama, called ROBESPIERRE; or, Two DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION. Robespierre, Mr. Lyon ; Cato Boze, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Gracchus Guyot, Mr. Wright; Honore, Mrs. Yates, as originally performed by them in Loudon.—To conclude with the NEW COMIC PANTOMIME. TO CORRESPONDENTS [ADVERTISEMENT.] MANCHESTER DICTATION.—We have authority from the Chairmen of the Conservative Associations to utterly disclaim their connexion with any placards recently posted, save and except the bill to which their names are attached. THE Ray. J. B. M'CREA.—This gentleman, in his mistaken hunt after popularity, has at last induced the editor of a radical contemporary to give insertion to two letters, one dated the Bth and the other the 13th inst. Much indigna tion is affected because we presumed to characterise several passages in the former production by an epithet justly merited, and Mr. M'Crea has not hesitated, in the over flowing of his petulance, to disgrace his name and cause by sundry peevish expressions, to designate the course we chose to adopt in refusing to publish his communication. If the charge of "an affected rivalry of the mother and mistress of all churches" brought against the Church of England, be not vituperation, surely such expressions as " exclusive bigotry," and " the vain glorious first-born of the mother of harlots," deserve even more castigation than we chose at the moment to inflict upon such uncalled-for language. We hope Mr. Baylee will not be deterred from pursuing his objects in the controversy with Dr. Butler, through the unnecessary interference of Mr. M'Crea, who is so remarkably captious and belligerent, that he does not hesitate to offer a most unprovoked opposition to the la bours and preaching of Mr. Bates, (the incumbent of the new church at Waterloo), a man only known to be univer sally respected and beloved. This is all we need say at present; but if Mr. M'Crea again indulges in his false assertions respecting the STANDARD, we shall not allow him to escape so easily. Cinrpool attanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1841 In the London Times of last Thursday, we find an article of most questionable complexion put forth, re lative to the recent transaction in Dublin, in which a mother abbess, certain police magistrates, and a Pro testant clergyman, were the principal characters en gaged. Matters of this kind excite a great deal of in terest in Ireland, and the commentaries which they elicit at this side of the water, especially from journals of great circulation and influence, are anxiously looked for. Now it occurs to us that this demonstration of the Times will give rise to a good deal of speculation— and some of a kind the reverse of agreeable—in the mind of Irish Protestants. They will be likely to re mark the peculiar moment selected by a Conservative journal for sending forth a manifesto, in which the Protestant clergyman is denounced in the most un qualified and, we must say, opprobrious manner ; whilst the part enacted by the Popish party is alluded to in the most subdued tone—scarcely at all censured, or altogether applauded. They will observe that the Times was silent and neutral whilst the fate of the Whig administration remained uncertain, but that the instant there seemed a likelihood of their being suc ceeded by Tories, it availed itself of this incident to intimate that Tories highly disapprove of any defect of veneration being shewn to keepers of nunneries, or to the " old mother of abominations" herself—that Tories will not be different in this respect from Whigs—and that when they come into office, liberalism as to reli gion will still continue to be, as it is now, the " order of the day" ! We do not say that such inferences would be justi fiable; we think, indeed, that an editorial article in the Times, just now, would afford but slender foundation for erecting so formidable a structure upon ; but di vesting it of these or any other suspicions to which it might be capable of giving rise, we say that it was in itself a most unwarrantable production—such, indeed, as we might expect to emanate from the Chronicle, the Globe, the Sun, or any other Whig and Popish print ; but altogether unworthy of, and unsuitable to, the columns of a journal recognised as in any degree the organ of Conservative principles. The Times is enraged that a Papist should be called an " idolator," and Popery " idolatry ;" but he should reserve his rage for the homilies of our church and the laws of the land, (to say nothing of the truth itself,) which fully justify these epithets. He says :—" Could " we be far mistaken in suggesting that the man who " not only describes Fenelon, Pascal, Barromeo, Xa " vier, &c., as idolators, but advises all who cannot " adopt the same language to join the Church of Rome, " might probably be a Jesuit in disguise ? Fanaticism " more wild, more coarse and revolting, cannot be found " in the history of the Covenanters, even as caricatured " by Sir Walter Scott." Now this diatribe is, in the first place, an exhibition of the sheerest ignorance, and has far more resem blance to what we should really expect from a " Jesuit in disguise" than anything with which it professes to find fault. If our laws and church declare the sacri fice of the mass to be " damnable and idolatrous"--a " blasphemous fable and dangerous deceit," there is surely no fanaticism (whatever impropriety there might be under certain circumstances) in saying that the per son who partakes in that sacrifice is an " idolator." It is consistent in the writer who calls such language fanatical to claim for Popery the title of a Christian— instead of, what we think it is, an anti-Christian-- church ; and the whole series of his observations would, in fact, be perfectly intelligible if he avowed himself at once a Papist ; but the difficulty consists in accounting for, or understanding, such language as the language of Protestantism. If the Church of Rome be a " Christian" church, or may properly be termed so, we of the Church of England have been wrong all this time in protesting against, and decidedly schismatical in separating from, it ; and if the sacrifice of the mass be not a " blasphemous fable and danger ous deceit "—" damnable," moreover, and " idola- trous" 7 our laws and church are much to blame in calling it so. Let the writer in the Times, however, arrange these matters with the church and the legisla ture first of all, and then, if he succeed in having the protest cancelled, he may rail and rant without that palpable grossness of inconsistency and absurdity which he now exhibits. The false colouring which he gives to the transac tion in Dublin, and the perverted view he takes of it, are natural enough in one whose mind is dark on this essential point. With the high veneration he seems to entertain for the Pope's church, no wonder that he should conceive the lying, kidnapping, mother abbess to be a most benevolent lady, who, in endeavouring to detain a little heretic in her establishment, was doing a most meritorious, praiseworthy act; and the clergy man of the Church of England, who assisted her bro thers and relatives in endeavouring to remove her, a most " bigoted fanatic," who " richly deserved " to be pelted by the rabble—a " would-be martyr," who was only too fortunate in afterwards escaping " prema turely" from that punishment to which he was con signed through what he himself called an unjust and " idolatrous" influence operating against him even on the pretended seat of justice---but of course, according to the Times, most erroneously and unwarrantably so. The whole tenour of this writer's remarks is, from first to last, manifestly tainted with Popish prejudice, and in direct opposition to truth and fact. His state ment is garbled—his course of observation unfounded —and the impression which he seeks to convey, false and injurious in every point of view. The moral with