The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-06-10 00:00:00

TO CORI 3 ESPONDERTS. The extract furnished-br Mentor" was too late to be available for this week. We are compelled to postpone the insertion of an article on the Parish affairs until next week. Several poetical contributions have been received, but we fear to the present crowded state of our columns, we cannot pro mise insertion to any of them. Ebt Eiberpool &tanliarti. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 18 4 5 We do not feel ourselves competent to express an authoritative opinion, one way or the other, upon the very important suggestions brought before the Dock Committee, at its last meeting, by the Ship owners' Association, with a view to the better work ing of the docks of Liverpool. The suggestions in question, however, are those of practical men, who are supposed to know their own business, and when .and how they are aggrieved. Such men are enti tled to have their opinions attentively and impar tially weighed by the Dock Committee ; and every remedy which•appears to be at all feasible, for the inconveniences of which they complain, at least sub mitted to a fair trial. That such is the feeling of the majority of the Dock Committee we fully believe. At the same time we much suspect that, on the part of a portion of that body there is a disposition to assume for them selves something like infallibility in dock manage ment, and to negative, unheard and untried, any proposition which comes from parties who have not shewn themselves wedded to certain pet theories and projects. As the index of this latter feeling we take the following very uncalled for and presumptuous observations of Mr. Eyre Evans. We particularly direct attention to the passages given in italics. He (Mr. Evans) did not know that the committee were at all chargeable with being negligent in carrying out plans to improve the port, except in one fatal instance — he meant as regarded the dock warehouses. He quite agreed with Mr.Horsfall that the tendency of all improve ments should be the reduction of the rates and charges of the port of Liverpool ; and, by way of parenthesis, he might be allowed to say that, by the construction of warehouses round :he docks, the shipping would have been exempted from all charges whatever--which the gain on the warehouses would alone have ejected. And here he would express his regret that a body in every way so respectable as the Shipowners' Association should con stantly be directing their efforts to the attaining of small and comparatively trifling objects, while they entirely overlooked the great point of all—dock warehouses. For this reason, he always laid little weight on the opinions of that body ; because, also, be believed them frequently to have allowed themselves to be influenced by interested parties. To suppose that a body of shipowners, whose object was despatch, and to whom dock warehouses were most important, should, of all others, come forward the most strenuously to oppose measures the best calculated to meet their wants, was to him, indeed, amazing, if he was not right in that conjecture. It was plain that, in troducing to the notice of the committee suggestions arising from motives worthy of the Association of Ship owners, all deference would be paid to them, and their wishes meet with proper consideration ; but when that was not the case. no cons , rguence whatever, in his opinion, should be attached to them. He had now, however, not the slightest objection to go into the subjects of the let ter, and to have them properly investigated. At the same time, he thought that there very suygestions came with a bad grace from the Shipowners' Association. With respect to the first passage, which we have marked, we must really say that the assertion which it contains is to us an astounding one. It is, more over, illogical and, if we mays pardoned in using the word, it is absurd. If the profits of warehouses round the dock quays would be sufficient to enable the trustees to exempt the shipping of the port from " all charges"—(dock dues, we presume)—then we say, existing interests being provided for, let us have more dock warehouses by all means. But Mr. Evans' assertion is only an assertion. We hope it is a correct one, but we should rather see it proved than take it on trust; and it would perhaps have saved him some future confessions of miscal culation if the speaker bad deferred its expression until the Albert Warehouses had been one year in operation. And if even it should prove to he the case that the profits of the warehouses are to he so amazing that they will render dock dues unneces sary, and this with the competition of some mil lions of existing warehouse property, there must be something far more attractive about dock ware houses than the public are aware of to enable the trustees to levy rates sufficiently high to bring about such a consummation. Such great profit is quite inconsistent with increased cheapness. The other passages marked we might with truth characterize as most insolent towards the important body to whom they are addressed. As the Ex- Alderman, however, is rather a touchy personage, we shall only say that they are most uncalled for and improper. Because the shipowners of Liver pool are not enamoured of Mr. Evans' favourite schemes—because they do not think that all the wisdom of the community centres in himself and his party, and that dock warehouses are the infallible specifics for ensuring the prosperity of the port—is no consequence to be attached to their opinions or their suggestions ? Are men to he precluded from the right of private judgment upon matters affecting vitally their own interests and the convenience of their own daily avocations, because upon some theo retical crotchet they differ from Mr. Evans ? Above all, is a wholesale imputation of "unworthy motives" to be t''rown in their faces merely because they are guilty of the presumption of so differing from him ? Really the Ex-Alderman carries himself, when on his throne or his hobby in the Dock Committee, with somewhat too high a hand, when he thus ven tures to deal out his sneers and imputations against gentlemen whom the public at large regard with quite as much estimation as they regard himself, and who are quite as capably of forming an opinion upon dock or other matters as he is. We should respectfully suggest to him, that if a spice of mo desty could be infused into his composition and his conduct as a public man, its " average" quality would be not at all deteriorated, but, on the con trary, materially improved. In directing attention to the announcement of a public meeting to be held on Friday evening next, for the purpose of forwarding the subscription for the erection of a new church in the district of St. Simon's, we cannot resist the opportunity of appeal ing once more to our readers in behalf of so praise worthy an object. These are surely not times, nor is wealthy and Protestant Liverpool the place, in which the important boon of increased Church ac commodation should be held hack from those who seek it. In no town within the British realm would we willingly he condemned to witness the spiritual destitution which prevails in St. Simon's. With a population of 7600 persons, there is only at present church accommodation for 700 ; and when it is re collected that this very district contains perhaps more vice and immorality than any other locality in the town, and that it is far from being a wealthy district, we are sure that our fellow-townsmen will not hesitate to lend a hand to aid the effort now making by its inhabitants. 'lle total amount required to erect a church, which will have the entire of the body free, and thus furnish 700 sittings for the use of the poor, is £3OOO. A. minister will be provided for it imme diately on its erection, under Sir Robert Peel's Act. Already the sum of £l5OO has been collected towards the object, of which f 442 have been contributed by the comparatively poor congregation of St. Simon's. This amount, however, cannot be demanded 'unless the whole sum of £3OOO is first subscribed for; and we would respectfully urge upon the friends of the Church, and the friends of religion and morality, to whatever sect or party they belong, to come forward with their mite at once. It will be a consolation to them in their hours of reflection, to think that by eo small an outlay as would be required from them individually they may have been instrumental in bringing the Gospel home to some benighted soul, .and to have brought light and peace where, but for the preaching of the Word, there would have been darkness and misery. There cart be no difficulty in raising the remain -der of the funds, if the friends of religion and of the poor would set about the task, which ought to be a pleasing one. Let none, however humble, think himself or herself too weak an instrument to be of service in so good a work. If they cannot give libe rally, they can work cheerfully, and find friends who are more able. Let ten or twenty canvassers set about the work. earnestly, and it will be accom plished at once. RAILWAY PROJECTS BEFORE TUE 110174 E OF COM monis.—From a statement made by Mr. Labonchere on Thursday night, it appears that the number of railway projects and bills before the house was 243 ; 140 of these were before committees, which committees were divided into 24 groups ; and these committees were likely to con tinue sitting for some time : and, certainly, not less than a delay of three weeks bad been occasioned by the reports of the Board of Trade. The expense of these delays was quite enormous. On the York and London line the daily expenditure amounted to £3,000. TOXTETH-PARK PROTESTANT OPERATIVE SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the members and friends of the Toxteth-Park Protestant Operative Society was - held last night, in the Music-hall. There was a highly-respectable and numerous attendance. On the platform we noticed the Rev. H. M`Neile, the Rev. T. Nolan, the Rev. F. Parry, the Rev. H. Hampton, the Rev. C. Marshall, the Rev. W. R. Hunt, the Rev. W. Butler, Mr. C. H. Horsfall, Mr. W. L. Alexander, and a large body of other active supporters of the objects of the association. The chair was taken by the Rev. HUGH MINEILE, as patron of the society ; and the proceedings having been opened with prayer from the Rev. C. MARSHALL, The CHAIRMAN rose, and addressed the meeting as follows :—As patron of your association, I have much pleasure in again meeting you in public assembly. Our present position demands our serious attention. In the matter of Romanism, and its direct recognition and en dowment by the state, the parliament and the people of this country are divided. Large majorities in both houses of parliament have decided in favour of an incipient esta blishment of Popery by the state. In coming to this conclusion, they appear to have been actuated entirely by political considerations ' • entertaining, as it would seem, a strong conviction, that neither the establishment nor non-establishment of religion by the state—neither the truth nor the falsehood of the religion established—has any connexion, or can operate in any way to interfere, with the political interests or temporal prosperity of the country. In the measure which they have adopted, they see, or think they see, a step towards satisfying and con ciliating a large portion of the Roman Catholic population of Ireland—not the agitators, but a large portion of the population whom they expect to separate from the agita tors of the O'Connell and Higgins school, and thus, by separating the Romanists from one another, to render them, upon the whole, of easier management by the go vernment, and so to promote, for the present at least, the peace of the kingdom. This seems to our par liamentary majorities to be a good reason in favour of the measure; and that it involves a public sanc tion of what the Word of God condemns, does not appear to them to he a good reason against it. The people of the country, on the other hand, looking more to religions principle than to government convenience, are opposed to the measure, and have expressed their op position to an unparalleled extent, and with an unparalleled unanimity. (Hear, hear.) That the measure involves a national sanction of wbat the Word of God condemns appears to them a good and sufficient reason against it, while the prospect it holds out of government convenience in the management of Ireland does not seem a sufficient reason in favour of it. (Hear.) Thus, on the one side, we have state convenience held to be paramount, even to the practical disregard of the Word of God ; and, on the other side, we hare the Word of God held to be pa ramount even to the practical disregard of state conve nience. (Hear, hear.) We have no hesitation which aide to take. If these two things, state concession, and Holy Scripture, were really as much opposed to one another, as, some persons seem to think they are, if the measure proposed could be proved to be truly and permanently a state convenience, and not a state deception ; still, its opposition to the word of God would leave us no choice. (Hear, hear.) In this matter we agree with the Bishop of London, who said in the late debate, that he confessed himself ignorant of the mode in which Ireland should be governed, that is as to the de tails, but he had no hesitation in declaring what was the right principle upon which it should be governed. "In governing that or any other country,"sail the Right Rev. Prelate, " in governing that or any other country, never fear on any consideration to do right —never to do what is clearly wrong in principle. Do your best to discover what is right, to follow it out honestly and fearlessly, and trust for the issue to the Supreme Disposer of events, who (and he had the authority of His own holy word for saying so) would deal favourably with that nation which. would uphold His truth, and do nothing to impede its progress." (Hear, bear.) But we are convinced that the measure in question, instead of proving permanently a state convenience, will speedily tend to aggravate, be yond calculation, the state embarrassment. We are con vinced that the prosperity of the country—its tem poral prosperity, its civil liberty, as it is still our privilege to enjoy it—is absolutely inseparable from practical Protestant ascendancy. (Hear and cheers.) lam not afraid of that phrase. (Loud cheers.) From the nature of the Romish system, as well as from the his tory of Christendom, we are persuaded that political and • religious equality, between Protestants and Romanists in any state, must ever be utterly impossible. The Romish system claims to be the one government in the world, of the king of kings ; as well as the one church in the world, of the bishop of bishops. Its bi-hops claim to be princes, and call the peop'e their subjects: they claim also to be vicegerents for the Bishop of Rome, who claims to be the vicar of Christ. If such a system be not kept down be cause of its falsehood, it will put any other system down because of its ambition. (Cheers. Protestantism, upon the contrary, makes no such preposterous and anti-scrip tural claims. (Cheers.) It admits, nay invites, personal liberty and the exercise of private judgment, and therefore considered as a national system if Protestantism be not upheld because of its truth, it will be prostrated and crushed because of its modesty. (Cheers.) Then all its lovely train of liberties, civil and religious, will disappear, leaving behind despotism and intolerance. I say not that the Christian church will he crushed. No, that is beyond the power of man to accomplish. Nero may burn, and Domitian may banish ; the members of Christ may be thrown to the lions, or tied to the stake, or tortured in the Inquisition ; but still es they disappear fresh aspirants to honour, fresh confessors of the truth, will seize and elevate the standard. (Loud cheers.) There never shall be wanting men to acknowledge Christ before men. (Hear.) To these I thay apply the language of one of our native poets, describing a battle in which the great Duke acquitted himself much better than he did in the debates last week. (Hear, hear.) The poet says : e , •' And now on each uncovered flank, , Cannon and mortar swept the rank, And many a generous Briton sank, Beneath that dreadful blaze. Yet ever as their numbers thin, Fresh spirits to. the posts rush in, Of peril and of praise." (Loud cheers.) Yes, as martyrs died fresh confessors will seize and elevate the sacred standard, and the Church of Christ can never, never be put down! The gates of hell cannot prevail aeainst her who is chosen in the Lamb, Jesus Christ our ,Lord and Saviour ! (Hear, hear.) But though the Church of Christ cannot perish, the liber ties and social privileges of our beloved country may perish. (Hear.) We held them all as I have said to be inseparably linked with Protestantism, and Protestantism too maintained in political ascendancy. (Loud cheers.) And therefore now in the month of Jnne, 1845, without one unkind feeling towards any human being, without wishing evil to any Roman Catholic in existence, without one transient feeling of animosty against her Majesty's ministers or any of their supparters—now, its this month, the month of June, '4.5, we advisedly adopt the motto, and we advisedly unfurl the banner, which was floating on the breeze, and was carried down the channel to Tor bay in the month of November, 168 S. (Immense cheering.) I need scarcely tell you what was upon that banner—" The Protestant religion and the liberties of England !" (Renewed and most enthusiastic cheers.) What caused that cry to be raised then? The authorities of England, Romanizing in their measures and in their speeches in opposition to the people of England. (Hear, and cheers.) And what causes the cry to be revived now? I repeat the answer. The authorities of England, Ro manizing in their speeches and measures in opposition to the people of England. (Great applause.) If these be contention in it, if there be agitation in it, upon their heads be the blame who have compelled us to raise this flag. (Very loud cheers.) My Christian friends and brethren, there is one point in which I am truly thankful to say the parallel does not hold good. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal,—they never can be. Only let us be true and firm, and let all the Protestants of the United Kingdom, now roused into feeling by this aggres sion on their principles, be true and firm in the exercise of their civil privileges. Prepare steadily for the next general election. Be not cajoled into indifference or for getfulness, though no ill censequences of this measure should immediately appear. Other similar measures are in contemplation, and will be announced if you be quies cent. Be steady, then; organize yourselves in bands for registration as electors ; be quiet, be determined, be persevering, be sober ; let no man among you en ter a public house, to sit down to drink, any more than he would enter a mass house to kneel d - iwn to an image ; give your employers satisfaction by diligence and honesty ie your business ; give tire police nothing what ever to do ; let their office, so far as you are concerned, be a perfect sinecure ' • look to your f a ithf u l pastors , w h o are endeavouring to fulfil their solemn vows, that they would give all diligence to banish and drive away all er roneous and false doctrines contrary to God's word, and take their advice. Exercise, under a sense of Christian responsibility, the only portion of direct political privilege entrusted to your charge ; let the registration courts be the muster rolls of our great Protestant array for the next year, and then, when the day of trial comes, the triumph ant polling booths will be to us and to oar country, the green banks of the Boyne water. (Loud cheers.) A f •ve words more. Au important branch of practical wisdom among men is to look forward with sagacity, anticipating probable events, and preparing for them. When the events are very probable, and when the preparation re quired can do no harm at any rate, it becomes a duty to make it. It is in the exercise of such forethought, and to organise such preparation, that I have now a proposal to make to you. I anticipate that we shall, in due time, have a considerable increase of Roman Catholic pros elytisers, at work in this town, and in thi, country, men trained at Maynooth in all the plausihilities of the controversy, and all the reckless assertions, in defiance of facts by which so many ignorant and un wary Protestants are deceived. (Hear.) It becomes a matter of duty to make such preparations for this as are in our power, and I confess 1 see nothing tor it, but to meet them at all points, training rip a num ber of Protestants in a competent knowledge of Christian doctrine and historical facts, and employing them to pre. occupy the minds of the people with truth both in reli gion and history, that they will not readily receive the falsehood, but he ready to detect the masked batteries of the sly insinuating emissaries from Maynooth, and to answer at the outset, " No, no, none of your false charity for us, pretending to deny what we know you are sworn to ; none of your saint worship under pretence of helping us in our prayers none of your divided allegiance under the fictitious distinction between secular and spiritual ; we know better than to be taken in by such means ; we are set for the Protestant religion and the liberties !of En gland." (Groat and continued cheering.) What say you then, to adult classes for learning Protestant Catechism ? (Hear, and applause.) Do you think it worth while to take a little trouble in this cause ? (Cries of " Yes, yes.") NMI THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. I do not want large classes—six, eight, or at the most ten in each—all to learn the Protestant Catechism. I have some in my hand now. You must be taught in these things so that you can meet them when they come to you with a few plausible statements, mixed with just truth enough to deceive and falsehood enough to mislead. When they talk to you about " the old religion," you must be ready to shew them which is th cold religitn, that if they go back 500 or 600 years for their " old religion,". you can go back for 1800 years and find yours in the, Epistles, and, strange enough, in the Epistle to the Ro mans. (Loud cheers, and much laughter, amidst which a voice called out, ""To the seven churches in Awsia.") And if they tell you, as some of them may perhaps do, the. the seven churches of Glandelock, in the county. Dublin, are a plain proof they have the " old religion" from St John, you can open the book and shew them what St. John said about the seven churches of Awaia— as that man had it. (Hear, hear.) It is in this way you must be instructed. This is the proposal I would make, that we should have classes in Toxteth-park and in Liverpool, consisting of Protestant men who are not ashamed to acknowledge they have yet something to learn, and who are willing under the direction of their pastors, or people appointed by their pastors, to learn the Protestant Catechism so that they may be prepared for this controversy, for you may depend upon it we are but just entering upon another conflict, and that there will be either a fresh Reformation or the loss of the Protestant religion and the liberties of England. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. Thos. NOLAN rose to move the first resolu tion, which was the following:— That the Bill for the endowment of the Popish College of Maynooth wail most essentially and virtually change the Bri tish Protestant constitution, and tend to undermine the foun dation of the throne of these realms, and to endanger the free profession of the Protestant faith; we therefore most earnestfy call upon every Protestant elector of this town to place his name on the register without delay. After commenting briefly upon the resolution, the rev. speaker proceeded to bring before the meeting, from the pages of history, arguments in confirmation of the posi tions advanced in the resolution, and, in an eloquent ap peal, urged upon the Protestants of Great Britain the urgent necessity of being watchful and active in their efforts to defend their liberties and the liberties of their country. He concluded amidst loud cheers. C. H. HORSFALL, Esq., in seconding the resolution, urged strongly upon the meeting the necessity, not only of attention to the registration, but also of being prepared with a candidate. They knew not how soon they might be called upon to exercise the elective franchise; and he did not like to be placed in the predicament of having to choose between two evils—a radical candidate, and one of these " conservative" gentlemen. (Cheers.) If it were not presumptuous in him, he would name a candidate now who had deserved the support of Protestants by giving up office rather than violate principle—Mr. Prin; gle. Mr. Horsfall, after a few further observations, sat down amidst loud cheers. The Rev. F. PARRY moved the second resolution, as follows : That this meeting, acknowledging the duty to use every just means in their power to avert the evils which they have reason to apprehend, do promise for their own parts to sign the follow ing declaration, and to urge others to d.) likewise. In supporting the resolution, the rev. gentlemen com mented with great effect upon the disappointment which the Protestants of the empire, and of Liverpool in parti cular, had experienced from the conduct of Sir R. Peel and of one of our own representatives, and, in the course of his remarks, paid a high compliment to our other re presentative, Sir Howard Douglas, for his votes on this question. After sonic comments upon the terms of the declaration to be signed by the electors, the rev. gentle man concluded an excellent and argumentative address by placing the resolution before the meeting, amidst hearty cheers. . _ The resolution was seconded by the Rev. W. R. HUNT, and carried unanimously. The third resolution, appointing the president and committee, was moved by the Rev. H. Hampton, and seconded by W. L. Alexander, Esq., whose speeches we regret to say that the space and time at our disposal will not allow ua to give ; and after a collection being made in aid of the funds of the association, and the doxology being sung, the meeting separated. TETE ORANGEMEN OF LIVERPOOL.—It is with much gratification that we are enabled to announce that this loyal body are this year again about to pay the same de ference to the understood wishes of the authorities of the town, which has been paid by them for years past, and to abstain from any public demonstration upon their ap proaching anniversary, the 12th of July. That this re solve is attended with no small sacrifice of their feelings we know. At a crisis when those principles to which they and their fathers have devotedly adhered, through good report and evil report, in difficulty and in danger, amidst the taunts of enemies, and the coldness of pro fessing friends, are meneced with imminent peril —are betrayed in the legislature, and disregarded by the throne —it is no trifling concession to ask of men who still hold fast those principles to smother their expression, whilst their opponents, fondled by a professing Protestant go vern rent, stand gibing by, inebriated with the hourly triumphs which are being achieved for them by political treachery ; and it redounds therefore to their honor that they arc willing to make this concession for the sake of peace, and in obedience to the wishes of its constituted guardians. TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. MR. JAMES.—In noticing from time to time the great improvements and enlarge ments made in Kirkdale Church, through the unwearied exertions of the incumbent, Mr. James, and the liberality of his flock, it has more than once occurred to us that the example he had shown in (if we may so express it) " re deeming" a plain and• inadequate place of worship, and rendering it, notwithstanding its somewhat hidden and inconspicuous site, a structure of considerable outward attraction, and great interior elegance and accommoda tion—entitled him to the thanks and good wishes of the whole Protestant community of the district, and especially of his own congregation. We were, therefore, more gra tified than surprised to learn that a substantial testimonial of the respect he had won amongst the latter was about to be presented to him—a handsome service of plate, which we have seen at Mr. Mayer's, Lord-street, who provided it for the donors. It consists of a roffee-pot, tea-pot, sugar-basin, and cream-jug, of very elegant and appro priate workmanship. The form of the whole is of what is termed the ecclesiastical style, with rich mouldings, and sunk panels, elaborately engraved over the latter with emblematic and foliated devices. The angles and spouts of the coffee and the tea-pot are enriched with elegant scroll-work, and the whole set exhibit a taste, keeping, and propriety, highly creditable to Mr. Mayer. The coffee-pot, the largest piece, bears, on two of the opposite panels, the following inscription: " Presented to the Rev, David James, F.S.A., incumbent of St. Mary's Church, Kirkdale, by a few members of his congre gation, as a token of their affectionate esteem and regard, and to commemorate their grateful sense of his zealous exertions in promoting the enlargement of the church for the better accom modation of the poor. 1845." MEETING OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS.—A meeting of the Liverpool members of the National Association of General Practitioners was held yesterday afternoon in the• Medical Institution, Mount-pleasant, for the purpose of appointing, by desire of the Metropolitan Committee, a representative of the body in this town, to be nomi nated by Sir James Graham, at his discretion, along with other provincial deputies, on the first council of the new Royal College of General Practitioners. Mr. Thomas Blackburn was called to the chair, and. Mr. J. P. Harris, Honorary Secretary for Liverpool, read the explanatory documents received from the Metropolitan Committee. From them it appeared that about ninety-six representa tives would be sent up from different parts of the pro vinces, from whom, if the new college is founded, the Home Secretary will select 48 to be on the council. A conversation of some length took place relative to the ef fect which the proposed law would have upon the existing body of general practitioners, and some explanations were made interesting only to the profession. This discussion over, a motion was proposed by Mr. Inman, and se conded by Dr. Watson and carried, that a representative from the Association of General Practitioners in this town should be sent to the Metropolitan Committee; and also that the selection be made by ballot. Two gentlemen were nominated for the office, Mr. Minshull by Mr. Harris, seconded by Mr. Inman, and Mr. Rogerson by Mr. Swift, seconded by Mr. Dawson. On the ballotting papers being counted it appeared that the choice of the meeting fell upon Mr, Rogerson, who lmd eight votes whilst Mr. Minshull had only six. Four gentlemen did not vote at all. Mr. Rogerson returned thanks for the confidence reposed in him, and said it amply repaid him for the obloquy he had undergone in his younger days for advocating reform ; it vas most gratifying 'o him after the lapse of so many years to find the principles he then put forth meet now with no opposition. Dr. Watson called attention to a statement in the Lancet, signed by Mesrs. Bradley and Cooper, to the effect that the Liver pool members of the National Association consisted of only twenty in number, and even they had withdrawn ; and at his request the secretary, (Mr. J. P. Harris) stated that the minimum number of enrolled members wes sixty-five, and that none had withdrawn—at least through him, nor did he know of any withdrawals. After a little further conversation Mr. Blackburn received the thanks of the meeting for his conduct in the chair, and the proceedings terminated. _ „ A richly-chased silver snuff box has been presented by the Concert Committee of the Liverpool Northern Me chanics' Institution to Mr. Russell, the celebrated vocal ist from Americi. The following is the inscription : Presented to Henry Russell, Esq. by the Concert Com mittee of the Liverpool Northern Mechanics' Institution, in testimony of their high appreciation of his talent as a vocalist, and in acknowledgment of the lively interest he has always taken in forwarding their objects—the eleva tion and rational amusement of the working classes." NATIONAL SCHOOLS' ANNIVERSARY.—This Anniver sary is appointed to be celebrated on the day of her Ma jesty's Accession, on which occasion the Venerable the Archdeacon of Manchester has kindly consented to advocate the cause of the Schools. We believe this will be the first time the Rev. Gentleman has preached in Liverpool on any public occasion, and from his indefati gable exertions in promoting church extension and his long and intimate acquaintance with the education and wants of the poor and industrious classes we have no doubt but his discourse will abound in valuable informa tion, and be listened to with great attention and interest. EXHIBITION OF DESIGNS FOR LANDING STAGES. — It will be seen by an advertisement in our paper of to-day —the numerous contributions of the country of designs —applicable for Landing Stages at George's Pier-beer, will be submitted to public inspection on Monday next. It would be difficult to conceive a subject of more impor tance to the public, or one in which scientific men would be more interested. The very fact of 286 artists com peting to attain one object is sufficient to illustrate the diversity of talents displayed. We are glad to see that the prices are such ns will allow the worthy mechanic an op portunity of inspecting them. THE ROYAL MERSEYYACHT CLUB-FORTH- COMING RACE. The monthly meeting of the club took place on Tues day evening. Fifty-five new members were admitted, and thirty-four others were nominated, amongst whom were T. P. Williams, Esq., of Craig-y-don, Angleses, owner of several fine yachts, including a beautiful minia ture man-of-war brig, of 15 tons, quite a gem, and " The Gazelle," a superb cutter-yacht of about 90 tons : this gentleman, who has long been distinguished as a skilful yacht-man, has (it may be said) a " dock yard" of his own, and his squadron will be a great acquisition to the club; Frederick Perkins, Esq., of Chipstead, Kent, who recently purchased the " Dolphin" schooner-yacht, that belonged to the late Marquis of Westminster, and has brought her into this club ; and John Thompson, Esq., of Holme Island, Lindale, Westmorland, also a yacht owner. ' The three handsome prizes of plate for the three classes of yacllts that are to contend in the first club match were exhibited. They consist of an elegant tureen and cover, enriched with appropriate chased work in allo, for the first class ; a handsome classically-formed claret jug, for the second class; and a simple but large and massive drinking cup for the third class. For the forth-coming sailing match, which is fixed for Monday next, the following five yachts have already entered : Phoebe .... Seagull .. Leda FIRST CLASS. 32 Thomas Moss, Esq. 32 Henry Melling, Esq. .. SECOND CLASS. Mermaid .. 25 John Grindrod, Esq. Clutha .. 25 Thomas Birchall, Esq. Black Bess.. 2O G. M. Corsellis, Esq. Racer . . ..... 16 H. F. Penny, Esq. Ariel THIRD CLASS. 15 R. B. Preston, Esq. 15 J. B. Hartley, Esq. 13 A. Petrie, Esq. 9 J. Edwards, Esq. 8 Edw. Rodgett, Esq. 8 T. B. Hughes, Esq. Hebe Jane . . Zephyr Edina . Vestris Fairy .. The course is to be from a boat stationed off the Rock ferry, through Crosby Channel, Victoria Channel, round ing the Bell-buoy on the " port" or larboard hand, and back again to the flag-boat stationed at the Rock-ferry, coming in between her and the Cheshire shore. The Black Buoy is to be left on the starboard hand in going out, and the Red Buoy on the starboard hand in re turning. The City of Dublin Company has liberally offered to the Club, the use for the day of the fine steam-ship " Queen Victoria," for the accommodation of the mem bers and their friends, including of course the ladies, who will be admitted by ticket. Ample refreshments will be provided on board. A naval band is engaged for the occasion. The yachts and the race will be under the superin tendence of the commodore and captain, and the prizes will, at the close, be delivered on board the steam ship, to the successful competitors, who will no doubt ex press their acknowledgments for the compliments which the commander of the fleet so well knows how to convey, in eloquent " ship-shape" terms. For this purpose the steamer will take her place astern of, and near to the flag boat. The Britannia, which would leave Boston on the Ist, may be expected here on Saturday. The Great Western will leave New York on Thursday. SUDDEN DEATFIS.—On Sunday a young woman named Mary Owens, of Park-street, Toxteth-park, was found dead in bed. She died of pulmonary apoplexy, induced by disease of the heart.—On Saturday, Bernard Rocht - rd, ship-keeper on board the Isabella, was found lying dead on the deck of the vessel. He was 73 years old, and had stated he was subject to fits. IMPORTATIONS OF LEATHER.—The remission of the duties on leather has induced importations of this com modity from the United States. The packet-ship, York shire, which arrived on Thursday, brought 2447 hides, and 31 bundles of the article, with a variety of Yankee notions, and amongst them, as companions for the leather, we sup pose, ten casks of shoe pegs I INFRINGEMENT OF THE IMPROVEMENT ACT. —J. M'Cann was, on Friday, brought before the police-court, on a charge of neglecting to cement a water-closet belong ing to one of his tenants in Brunswick-road, by which the house was unhealthy. The defendant was summoned at the instance of the Health Committee, who had served him with notice about the nuisance on the 22d of April, which notice bad not been attended to. The bench con victed him in a penalty of £l, and directed that if the nuisance was not abated within a week, another informa tion be laid. TRADE BETWEEN LIVERPOOL. AND BURY--In the Liverpool and Bury Railway Committee, on Tuesday, Mr. George Gordon, land-agent, said that Bury wns a very thriving place. The amount of raw material im ported from Liverpool to Bury was 41,778 tons, the car riage of which was £22.798 Bs. at the present rate, which was Ils per ton. The cost of carriage by the projected line was Bs. 3d., so that there would be an annual saving to Bury, in this respect, of £5,744 9s. 6d. The present price of coal at Bury varied from 10s. 2d. to ss. per ton ; at Wigan from sa. to 23. The carriage by the projected line would be only ls. 6d. per ton. DISTRESSING STREET ACClDENT.—Yesterday after noon, shortly before five o'clock, as a float, drawn by two horses, was going somewhat rapidly, in turning from the south end of Fenwiek-street down James's- street, a boy, on his way from his employer's office to the post office, with some letters in his band, was caught, in cross ing the latter street, by one of the shafts, and thrown down by the blow, and before he could recover himself one of the wheels passed directly over his breast, and he was picked up insensible, and survived the injury only a few moments. The cart belonged to a person named Jas. Swift, and was driven by his son, who was taken into custody. The deceased, whose name is David Con way, is about twelve years of age, and was in the employ ment of Mr. Ewer, solicitor, Brunswick Buildings. The cart was loaded with four heavy casks. MEETING OF JOINERS AND CARPENTERS.—Last night a very numerous meeting of these trades was held at the Commercial Hall, for the purpose of taking into consideration " matters of great importance connected with the trade." Mr. !Forman was called to the chair, and expressed a hope that those present would by joining the small society already formed, be enabled to forward the protective objects in view. A resolution was then carried to the effect, that the meeting viewed with regret the present condition of the trade, which exposed their labour to daily depreciation ; and that they considered nothing so well calculated to counteract its evils as a ge neral union of the trade. The chairman, in putting the resolution, said that nothing was further from their in tention than to attack the masters, whose interests were he believed—at least amongst the respectable portion of them—bound up with their own. It was explained that the present association, who had called the meeting, were connected with the general associations for the protectioa of trade throughout the kingdom, and would consequently he still more advantageous locally. A resolution was then carried to the effect that the meeting were of opinion that joining the already formed society was well calculated to secure the protection required, and that those present pledged themselves to support it. A committee was .formed to enrol the names of those who wished to join the Union. TRADE BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND BOLTON.—In the committee of the Liverpool and Bury Railway, Mr. Ashworth, a cotton spinner, Turton, near Bolton, stated that he employed 1000 hands. The cotton brought from Liverpool to Bolton annually was 11.698 tons ; mate rials for bleachers, 8,831 tons ' • China clay, 1.200 t ons ; metal used for iron -founders, 19.404 tons ; timber, slates, and building materials, 14,000 tons ; groceries, 5,400 tons ; flour end corn, 19,200 tons ; oil, 840 tons ; cattle. 2,900 tons—the total, 83,373 tons. The cost of carriage varied at present from Bs. 3d. to lie, and would average 10s 2d. per ton. The total cost of carriage, therefore, was £42,552. He had not spoken of the traffic of the paper-makers of Bolton, nor of the passenger traffic, nor of the numerous other articles which people use. The cost per ton by the projected line of railway would be at the maximum rate of 7s. 9d. per ton. The total saving would be £10,245. The total amount of coal consumed by the mills at Bolton yearly was 118,779 tons ; the iron founders annually 31,381 tons ' • the bleachers and chemists 189,987 tons ; paper. makers, 12,000 tons • making a total of 352,177 tons of coal annually. The house coal con sumed by the inhabitants of Bolton, who were about 100,000 in number, including the union, was £150,000 tons, allowing a ton and a half as the consumption of each individual. The grand total of coal used annually was 482,177 tons. The saving to Bolton from the opening of the projected line and of the Wigan coal-pit s wou ld b e £30,136, and then adding the 21 per cent. for better qua lity, which was £22,769, the whole saving would be £52,905. The sum total of saving on traffic would be £lO,OOO. The sum total of saving to the inhabitants of Bolton by the projected line would be £63,000. NEW NATIONAL SCLIOOLg AT THE OLD SWAN . .—On Wednesday evening, the foundation stone of a new na tional school for the education of the children of the poor, was laid in the populous and increasing district of St. Anne's and the Old Swan, West Derby. The number of children receiving education according to the principles of the Church of England in the present small and incon venient rooms is as follows:—Boys, 72; girls, 80; in fants, 80; additional on S un d a y, 50 ; total, 282. The numerous applications for admission, which were almost daily received, rendered necessary some further accom modation to meet the rising wants of the district. Ac cordingly, the Rev. Thomas Gardner, the respected and indefatigable minister of St. Anne's laid the case before the more wealthy inhabitants of the neighbourhood, and a most liberal subscription, beaded by Edmund Moly neux, Esq., of Newsham House, with £lOO, was imme diately entered into. A communication was opened with the committee of Privy Council on Education, and the National Society, and they have liberally responded to the application by the grant of £4BO towards the erection. The cost of the proposed schools is es timated at £1,100; and the subscriptions being within £l7O of the sum required, it was determined to corn mence the edifice forthwith, a confident expectation being entertained that the deficiency will be readily made up before its completion. A suitable piece of land, situated near the new police station at the Old Swan, was purchased, and other arrangements made for the put pose. Mr. Charles Reed, architect, furnished the design of a handsome building in the Tudor style, calculated to ac commodate 400 children. All preliminaries being thus settled, the interesting ceremony was fixed for Wednes day evening last, on which occasion the Rev. H. M'Neile was announced to preach a sermon in St. Anne's. At the appointed hour the sacred edifice was filled with a highly respectable congregation. The rev. gentleman de livered a moat excellent discourse from the 22d chapter of Genesis, verses 7 and 8, The stone was then laid with the usual ceremonies, 4 ST. - MICHAEL'S CHURCH WEEK-DAY AND SUNDAY GIRLS' SCHOOL. On Sunday, sermons were preached at the church in Pitt-street, in behalf of this school, and with a view to commence a fund for the establishment of a boys' school. The Mayor and a considerable number of the Common Council, and other gentlemen assembled at the lown hall, at ten o'clock, a procession (preceded by the school girls,) having been determined upon; but the weather being at the time rainy, these headed by the corporation regalia proceeded in line towards the church, and met the children and their teachers at the Custom-house, whence they moved on together to the place of worship. We ob. served amongst them Mr. Sands, late Mayor, Messrs. D. Hodgson, J. C. Thompson, W. P. Bushby, T. Royden, R. B. Hill, Jas. Parker, Geo. Kendal, J. Sheppard, and others of the Council with them, Messrs. H. Banner, Geo. Riding, Churchwarden of Liverpool, and Mr. Munn, Mayor of Londonderry. The children were very neatly dressed and excited much interest. Notwithstanding the unfavourable day, the church was crowded in every part, and many parties could not obtain seats. The Rev. Henry Carpenter, the incumbent, impressively read the service ; and the chap lain, the Rev. Cyrus Morrell, was also officially in attend ance. The hymns selected for the occasion were most appropriate, and were joined in, with pleasing effect, by the children. The sermon was preached by the Rev. H. M'Neile, and was one of the most powerful and argumen tative discourses we have ever heard on such occasions. The text selected was from the 78th Psalm, verses sth and 6th—" For he established a testimony in Jacob, cod ap pointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers that they should make them known to their children: that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and de clare them to their children." The preacher explained by concurrent passages of scripture, that the "testimony" here alluded to was the coming of the Saviour, which was revealed by types to Israel, and through them, to be made known to all nations existing, or to come. He feelingly dwelt on the vice, immorality, and ignorance of the word of God, and the consequent misery and hardened con dition of masses of the people in the present day, and noticed the alarming encroachments of errorand innovation in the sacred truth that marked the present times, urging as the only means of redeeming the country from the dangers to which she was spiritually and morally exposed, the sound scriptural education of the rising generation. If, he said, the foundation of the gospel were implanted amongst the young—amongst the tens of Viousands of them who were now in comparative darkness, the s'rength of the country would still remain, and no class of men', however high or influential, could stand against the truth as it is in Jesus. True religion and protestantism were alike involved in this most sacred of all causes, and unless it prevailed, all human acquirements within the reach of human intellect, all that was merely philosophical or scientific, were in vain. He stated that one hundred girls only, were at present receiving a scriptural education at the school, and that the object in view was to raise funds, not only to increase that number, but to provi 'e a school house for them, (that used being now rented,) but another for boys in that populous district of the town, where hundreds were wandering destitute, and mentally and physically debased in the streets. He concluded by a powerful appeal to the christian and philanthropic feelings of those who heard him. In the evening, when the church was again densely crowded, Mr. Falloc,n preached an eloquent sermon on the same behalf, and the sum of £6l was the amount col lected after both sermons. The Mayor was present on both occasions. FOREIGN AID SOCIETY.—We noticed in our last the great spread which Protestantism is just now making throughout the continent of Europe, whilst English states men are justifying concessions to popery in Ireland by the assumption that that country must ever remain as she is under the darkness of Romish domination. We are glad to learn that this subject is about to be brought, as it de serves, more prominently before the Liverpool public. A meeting of the Foreign Aid Society is intended to be held on Monday evening next, (not Tuesday as we stated last week,) in the Royal Amphitheatre, at which Mr. Merle D'Aubigne, the Historian of the Reformation, and the Revs. Messrs. Roussell and Panchaud, pastors of Protestant churches on the continent, are expected to bring before the notice of the public some interesting facts connected with the movement in question, and with the prospects of Protestantism in general. The chair will be taken by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. EXTRAORDINARY DRATII.—An inquest was held yes terday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., on the body of John Fisher, aged 23. William Seddon stated that about twelve o'clock on Sunday night the deceased, himself, and ano ther man went to empty a privy in a court in Burlington street. Witness placed a ladder, to enable Emery, the other man, to get into it. The latter went down the ladder, and threw a portion of the soil out. He was asked if he could manage, and replied in the affirmative, but spoke with difficulty; and witness then found that the strength of the soil was taking away his breath, called to him to get out, and he came up the ladder, and tried to get hold of •he sill of the opening, but missed his hold, and fell down into the soil. Witness got hold of him. The deceased assisted in trying to get. Emery out,-but finding that they could not do so, the deceased went into the privy and took hold of him ; and immediately after be had done so, he called out, "I am going too !" Wit ness called to him to come out, and he left loose of Emery, and tried to get oat, but was not able, and fell, head first, into the soil. Witness then let go Emery, and got hold of deceased by the waist, and got his head above the soil. He kept hold of them both, and called out for help. Four men came to his assistance, and they got them both out. The deceased was quite dead when taken out. They were quite sober. Mr. G. S. Deane, surgeon of the Northern Hospital, said he had no doubt but that deceased was suffocated by the noxious gases arising from the soil. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. accordingly. On Wednesday a field of grass was cut at Green-bank. A deputation of Liverpool merchants, including Me3srs. Thomas Bold, James Ingram, and Ralph Dawson, had an interview with Lord Stanley on Thursday at the Colonial office on the subject of the remission of the tax on guano. GIIANO.—There have been several attempts during the week, to force prices up for Guano, but the heavy stock in port will prevent any material rise this season, most of the present stock will have to be held over. For good quality for immediate use, the price may be quoted at £5 10s. Some of the late departures from Ichaboe are ar riving for orders at Cork, and we may daily expect some cargoes from Saldanha Bay. PERSONALRECOLLECTIONS OFTHOM AS CAMPBELL.— Campbell was more unfortunate in creating this feeling of thorough indifference about himself and his works than poets usually are. Much of it, doubtless, was owing to coldness and misanthropy of manner; much to his frog like figure ; much to his faded and lack-lustre appearance, which involuntarily inspired contempt. It was impossi ble not to feel, as you looked at him, " this man has no heart." And then his language was habitually that of sneer, sarcasm, abuse, and contempt of every body and every thing. What be might have been in the company of dukes and duchesses, I know not, never having seen him in such society, but what he was in the society of men of his own rank and station, I know as well as any person on earth. If we were to judge of him by the way in which I once saw him treat the amiable and perfect Lord Ashley, Campbell was at all times and in all places the same. His lordship a id I sat talking together in the embrasure of a large bow window just before dinner. Campbell passed and made a stiff bow. Lord Ashley in the kindest man ner went up to the bard and saluted him. He took him by the hand, but the icy contemptuous way in which his advances were received, made him immediately return to where I sat. A second of time elapsed, and Campbell seemed to be unconscious of having ever seen or known of such a person. And this was in the height of Lord Ash ley's popularity on the f a ct or y ques ti on , when his name was in every paper and his praise on every lip.—Dublin University Magazine. A MELANCHOLY CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.—CoIoneI Cockburn and Major Bowles pres-ed the Duke of Rich mond to partake of some nourishment; but the tea and coffee were untouched, and an impatient gesture of the hand betrayed the sufferings of the object of their solici tude at the sight of liquids. The meal was hurried over with all practicable despatch, and the duke consented to accompany these gentlemen down to the river, and em bark in the canoe. The Canadian boatman shoved off; and the canoe, with its illustrious freight, was soon float ing down the current. Its course, however, was of short duration ; for a few seconds had scarcely elapsed ere the duke, in a paroxysm of agony, seized one of the Cana dian boatmen by the throat, commanding him, with frantic earnestness, to row to land. The mandate was of too imperative a nature to admit of a refusal or even delay : it was obeyed on the instant : and the canoe had scarcely grated on the strand, before the duke had leaped upon the bank, and was making for the woods. Col. Cockburn, who had mounted his horse for the purpose of apprising the B iteliers at the station at the bead of the Rapids of the duke's approach, had not proceeded half a mile on the load, when he caught a glimpse of the duke through the pine trees, running at the top of his speed in an opposite direction from the river. To turn his horse and gallop after the duke was the work cf a moment ; and having succeeded in his object, the next point was to place the unhappy nobleman under shelter. A boatman who had followed the duke into the woods, having reached the spot where Col. Cockburn had overtaken his grace, undertook to convey the party to a farm house about a quarter of a mile lower down the stream. To this humble dwelling the duke was taken ; but, when laid upon a sofa in the only habitable apartment of this building, his grace's agitation increased to a violent degree ; and, while labouring under frightful spasmodic affection, he entreated to be removed further from the river, as he could - hear the rippling caused by the current. In compliance with this request, the duke was supported by Major Bowles and Col. Cockburn to a barn about a hundred yards in the rear of the dwelling house • and a rude bed of clean straw having bee n pil e d together in one corner, his grace was laid upon it. It became evident to those around the sufferer that the dreaded crisis was approaching : indeed, the duke himself was aware that his last hour was at hand, His grace was perfectly calm and collected, and resigned to his fate : so much so, that a short time before he breathed his last, the duke wrote a letter to Lady Mary Lennox, his eldest daughter, the contents of which related to family matters of a strictly private nature. From the moment this task had been accomplished, the duke grew gradually worse, and appeared to be sinking. Towards evening, his grace was seized with shivering-fits, and the extremities became cold ; but his senses never forsook him : he recognised every one around him, and prayed to be released from his sufferings. About eight o'clock, this revered and lamented nobleman breathed his last, with the resignation of a Christian, and the fortitude which is inseparable from the just and the good.—Sporis• man in Canada. LAST June 10, 18-0. UHT' S ETAI_I). DECISIONS OF PARLIAMENTAR Y MITTEES-YESTERDAY. fe; MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLA.ND4 i l loa B 7'7+l —The Com m itt ee i n G roup V., to w hi c h this ,e rr io the Newa r k an d Ch es t er fi e ld Bill were re f err ed, Ye 9Le declared both PREAMBLES NOT PROVED. CHESTER AND BiRKENHEA D RAILWAY. — " Thi6b°I Od asked for power t o make an extension to the Birkenjb th e Docks. The preamble was declared PROVED+ and be clauses were then gone through, and the bill ordered t ri ty, th reported.e whole Thia bus i ness case was occupying with o nusual c te a about minutes. MARK LANE CORN MARKET-YE o f AC' STE— , „ Yoe At this day's ma r k e t th ere was on l y a mo d era te supP , Y: -. 0 ( Eti ,s lish Wheat, which m e t a f ree sa l e at f u ll y the currency day week. There was more disposition to buy fre e Orr' and late rates we re f u ll y supported. A few sales of bo ucle. reported, and generally at an advance of Is. qer quar tet ; st Barley, Malt, and Peas s t a ti onar y, an d i n f a ir recites previous rates. Beans in short supply at Is. more money. „till di ' The arrivals of Oats are about equal to our consu' mand, and we experien ce d a moderate sale at former pr SMITHFIELD MARKET—YEsTERD ° ' f Ye' o a The arrivals of Beasts being very li m it e d for the time we and the attendance of both town and country buye rs an sJ ous, we have to report a very brisk demand for beef , a` o f tile vance on Monday last of from 4d to 6d per 8 lb., 50re 0 e.,,,, tbe primest Scots pro 'ncing as much as 3s per 81b., th " Altho te more general figures ranged from 48 8d to 45 led. there were some well-made-up animals, a decided fat' in weight was observable. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge From tr.' ceived 1200 short-horns, Scots, and hornebreds ; i rt .; e" northern, western, and midla n d c o u n ti es , 300 Herefor ds, vons, short.horns,other parts of England, 3 7 t gotei rious breeds ; and from Scotland, 490 horned and pone plf For the time of year we had an unusually short sePretrl, sheep offering, there being, as was th e c ase last week , ,p 01 0„ 13,000 head l ess ex hibit e d t h an was the case at the coll`',. d , t 1" ing market day in 1841. A s m i g ht , t h ere f ore , be exPea" mutton trade was brisk at fully last week's currencies. vvigtt, Lambs, 151 of which came to hand from the Isle er,„ t iooe• were in short supply an d stea , ly i nqu i ry at extrem e qua' t ; 0 10 Calves, though in fair s u ppl y, moved o ff f ree ly, and late beef. were well supported. I n Pi gs a full average amount ness was again transacted, PRICES OF STOCKS, &c.—Y - EsTER OB ' ~a te There has been a very thin attendance on the StockE o o . this mornin. , the country air since Saturday being I no-4 , e uts• viting to all parties who have not imperative engag e —ortie° Tte transactions in pnblTc securities have been in Pr°P Re, unimportant, and prices remain the same as n Saturday' duced Three per Cents. have been done at g9i, and Til e ! 014 a-Quarter 102 i. Exchequer-bills 59, 61. India Bonds 7 : 0 4 and Bank Stocks 212. Consols have been done for the ov at Mex gg, ex div. 5 bei 4 Mexican Bonds are rather firmer, the last transaction .„„ at 384, and the Deferred 254 • Brazil Bonds go, Colonibl'",;sti Venezuela 15i, Portuguese Three per Cents. 674. an d cn S p a" ois Five per Cents., 2g. There has been no quotation in ' 1 " Three per Cent. Bonds. LONDON SHARE MARKET—YEsTER O t GO, Great North of England Shares have been done at 2471„„ , (9, Western, 205; M . dland, 183 ; Birmingham. 238: Brig/I'm - R og' Manchester and Leeds, i6g • Oxford and Worcester 7 Old hy o , r 2e . 3 ; ; 411 11! j ; ra a i e c ct Northern , i; Lon York, don test o Lords Kenyon and Farnham have signed P r against the second reading of the Maynooth Bill. t o The Emperor of Russia has just forwarded t° country, for presentation to Prince Albert, a must saa nificent gift. consisting of three Russian carriages four superb horses of the purest Orloff breed. e d Colonel Polk, brother of the President of the t States, arrived here on Thm ' sday in the pac';_ e : ',..h be Yorkshire, en route to the Neapolitan court, to w° 1— has been appointed ambassador. • Mr. Howl y, stipendiary magistrate, was waylai d ° ,ied side Longford, on Saturday week, by a fellow wh ° i-jovi" the bridle rein, and threatened his life, because Mr. iv es. ley had fined him at the petty sessions ! He O n ' caped by drawing a pistol. when the assailant let go . din g A deputation of the Liverpool merchants, in clu , t ; Mr. Thomas Bold and Mr. James Ingram, on th e of ject of the remission of the tax on guano at the CaP ti - f is Good Hope, had an interview with the Earl of Datb ° on Saturday at the Board of Trade. IMPOSTURE.—The Miss Ann Salisbury, whose e :` se r ot st the Lambeth Police-office has excited so much ii4hl • turns out to b 3 an artful thief. Her parents are persons at Bath who hare always had much trouble " her. Fo CAPITAL INVESTED IN NEW RAILWAY S statement made by Mr. Hawes on Thursday evenitlbot the debate upon the Scotch Banking Bill, it aeP e " s utbs" up to the 29th of May the money subscribed tied s i 10 : rized to be raised for various speculations was as bitn°ther —For railways in England, £75,780,000; for schemes, £3,346,000. For railways in Sc"tt-- it £9,800,000 ; for other schemes, £58,000 ; for ro ily % Ireland, £11,350,000 ; making a total of £100,334," et 0 ANOTHER CASE OP HYDROPHOBIA.—A dreadful ,Ctl6ler of this frightful malady occurred last Wednesdalr neighbourhood of Ilford. A powerful young man a bou t William Baker was slightly bitten by a small (I fb out' a month ago, which, under the impression that It insure him from dangerous consequences was imre„,e ut- n dsc killed. The wound apparently healed ; but on 0', ° '", 0 5 0 became very painful and swollen, and a medi cs ' ;of being sent for declared the symptoms to be °led' hydrophobia. The patent lingered until early en der' nesday morning, when death put a period to his in gs. A COMET.—Sir J. South states that he has di9cov a magnificent comet, and gives the following Patt!tir-rs lo i C)f , of it I observed, at 31 minutes after 11 ° e (Monday, p.m.,) its approximate right ascension ab 4 ° de , hours 18 minutes, and its north declination abo ut L l bicla, grees 21 minutes. It is one of the bri g htest come ts ' of we have had since that which appeared in the auto" cos 1825. It is very near the bri g ht star Capella, bu t po g looking within 40 or 50 de gr e e s of it can help s e an d a t At 10 o'clock it is a few degrees west of north' - eigl , midnight is due north, ha v ing an altitude of abe ug Colit t f l TAE which wr.a Roscius .— ln sLainhi ngton proceedingprootnnh pronounced ca d el Admiralty of e 0 , d tohn e is g s r As e caL e i s su .;: dowaly of the Shamrock, steamer, plying between D t u il b el°il3 :ll', Bristol, for assisting the Roscius off the Arkl",Lo' o , • upon which she had got in a fog. A tender of A'"" 9- sw e roo , made, the value of the ship, freight, &c. being about £10,500. The court considered that the SlisT o iglA had given ready assistance, and that too when it of have jeopardised the lives of the passengers. tiler' the difficulty the court had to consider as to the value ° or' ship and cargo: The court pronounced for the te with costs up to the time it was made. , A on S,„ g ; HENLEY REGATTA.—This meeting terminare turday after some excellent racing. The final r"`' br itig e , the Grand Challenge Cup was won by the 0°,110: University Boat Club by two lengths, after 3 b A l it y struggle, beating the Oxford University Boat Club. ,stfl District Challenge Cup was won by the Henley 'fa! Club, the Windsor and Eton Club running them unifay grand heat for the Diamond Sculls was won by %ha lace, Leander Club, beating J. W. Conant, St. °lot!: Oxford, 2d, and H. Chapman, Crescent Club, 110 t Err The New Challenge Cup, for eight•oared boats, s v ' t fla_ ra c r by the St. George's Club, London, beating t he by ~, Prince, Ist Trinity, Cambridge. after a fine r ace bo a `; ' , feet. The Town Challenge Cup, for four-oa red oa r ' was not run for. The Silver Wherries, for P i el f t lite (gentlemen,) was won by Messrs. Arnold 1 1 " v 1.0, 11 ,: Caius College, Cambridge, beating E. G. reaeocl'eoil`': don. The Stewards Challenge Coo, for four-oarem,„soo' was won by the Oxford University Boat Club , 1/ the St. George's Club, London. THE BRAHANIS.—It will be seen by the adv'etT,,cel3,ls in another column, that Mr. Braham will introty'nea'' two sons at a grand concert to be given on INl" edti ' 1e 54 at the Concert Ball, Lord Nelso n - s t re et. A har", GREEN GINGER WINE.—An excellent an dl ,,rto beverage under this title is advertised in our OP' -° O O O day. Those whowe about to purchase would ci" try it. $ t MR. HENRY RUSSELL'S ENTERTAINEW :I I , ere Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street last week , ll 11 ,;($ tended by thousands r d a y t h e a a t e h h a evening. e d M r e ee of Monday evening, efter payi a ng h expens°e=e,rgettr:nsl/j; mittee an behalf of the institution. Mr. Broba n) two tsTt oH s o ft n w s appear talent LIVERPOOL ;peo n , i n ot S w a eE t uxhrcad have N n G e s tt . d O f n to speak in terms highly cdeamendatory, has just c c of i of an oil painting, on a magnificent scale, of the ores o cif io splendid building, with the portraits of all t be , P s fe e merchants. It is about 15 feet in length a"" height. previously Mr m l' TELEGRAPH OFFICE, JUNE 9 ' 0 Wind at Holyhead W.S.W., fresh breeze J 0 Off Holyhead, No. 836! , Mersey, ship, at 5 a.m•, fr0"',361;0.0' 181 a 1817, Ct 5 a.m., forhilmark,br Ipivg,aatasrato ; 1209, s m., fronßt award,uers- b Y r a e r s :o,° t : ship, 04 fr m Demerara. o Off the port, at 6 p.m , I ships, 3 barqUes.L.......o, sehocners. 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