The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-12 00:00:00

. . 4 - , • . "1, A. T.ANTED witllin tifteen-minetes' walk of the Exchange, xa 'I a HOUSE, containiag at least four Bed-rooms, Par "ku a &c. Ajdress, stating rent and - particulars,. J. D. D., Standard office.. . . CORONATION. • TT WING received a lieq !isition. respectablysignecla calling ILL upon merto appoint a PUBLIC MEIT:Trsu; to take into ecunsideration the best inoasi of celebr a t ime tee tit., of • our Gracious Queen, I fix Weneresoey next, at Two o'clock iu the Afternoon, at the Sessions-house, for the purpose. WILLIAM EATHI3O-NE, Mayor. Town Hall, 9th June, iKB. • lA.. A LADIES' BAZA A R, in aid of th e Brun sw i c k, Leeds street, and Jordan-street Schools, in which upwards Of 35d.) Children are receiviee lusnuetion. will be held in the EXHIBITION Rooms, Postoifice-place, on Ttfesoev, WEDNES DAY, awl Teta:spay, tiles 19tti, 201. h, and 21st instant. The Benefits of these Institutions being contified to no sect or party, and Children of all Denorninelifius receiving Instruc ' (ions in these &look the Coannittee eoltcit the aid of the Friends of Education ia. general. The Rooms will be opeu for Exhibition on Tuesoeyathe 10,tb, Admittance 2a. WEDNESDAY and Tie UnSDAY, la. SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY FOR IRELAND. - rTIHE Friends o f S cr ipt ura l Ed uca ti on are respect f u lly he ll vitea to att e nd the ANNUAL MEETINGof the LIvER.- pool, AUXILIARY TO TIE.: ABOVE SOCIETY, at the. ,Musicae.tae, Bold-street, THIS EVENING, (Tuesday,) the 12th - instan, on which occasion a Deputation front the Parent Societe will attend and give some interesting details respecting its operations. Chair to be taken at llaif-past Six o'clock precisely. Alto. a SERMON, in aid of the LIVERPOOL FEMALE '' AUXILIARY TO THIS SOCIETY, will be preached on AVEDNEsDAY EVENING, the 13th ihstaot, at ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH. Renshaw -street, by the Rev. THOMAS DREW, ' A.M., Minister of Christ Church, Belfast. Service to•coin- • finance at Seven &cluck. e ! IDOLATRY IN INDIA. • TN pursuance tit a resolet ion passed at the late Anniveriary X Meeting of the Church Missionary Association, and in fur therance of a pethioa adopted on the subject of Indian Notatio n a MEETING will be heal to the Amphitheatre, on To:spar next, the 12th instant, at Twelve o'clock precisely, ADAM HODGSON, Esq., in the Chair. Attendance on Heathen Ceremonies is forced upon British subjects, and a revenue from those ceremonies is derived:to the. British Government in India. The following. Reverend Gentlemen, viz.,-11. P. Baddicom, T. Byrth, Il..lSPNeile, 'l'. Tattershall, B. Ralph. L.L.D., J. . Lister and T. Lessen have • consented an e address the meeting.. The Committee regret to add that, in consequence of the un avoidable absence of Dr. Raffles from town, the meeting will be deprived of the advantage of his services. SCIENCE, INSTRUC CLOY, AND ENTERTAINMENT. TIE Proprietor of the ROYAL CAMERA OBSCURA as the honour of submitting to the Nobility and Gentry in the vicinity of Liverpool, and also the Inhabitants and Visitors of this great Seaport Town, for their inspection and amusement, his GRAND OPTICAL EXHIBITION, now erected on St. George's Pier Head, where this very interesting and beautiful Exhibition is fitted up on the most accurate acientitic principle, and which has given decided and universal satisfaction to the must scientific, and admirers of the fine arts. • In the above situation the extraordinary effects produced y this famous enperiment in optics, has the advantage of land and : water, together with ad the animation of thesurrounding neigh- \ - bourhood, the scenery of which cannot be surpassed. The Exhioitioa•opeas each day, Sunday excepted, from Ten till Sunset. Adiniesina Sixpence, Children Half Price. N.B.—As the Proprietor intends leaving the country he would Dispose of this beautiful piece of Mechanism, at a low price, to a Nobleman or Gentleman wishing to adorn his estate. ---ea .• ~,, LIVERPOOL DOCKS. rr rill - 1E AUDIT COMMISSIONERS, appointed by virtu e of ,I. the several acts of parliament relating to the Liverpool Docks, are required to meet at the 'Dock-office. on FRIDAY next, the 15th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, to inspect, audit, and adjust the Accdunrs of the Dock Estate. GEORGE WITHERS, Treasurer. Dock-office, Liverpool, E 3 di lane, I8:33. . . NI W BALLAD. Just pu'ilhhe 1, price ?se • . " HOPE SHALL Wll ISPE.Z HAPPY DAYS."- WORDS be JAMES STONEHOCSC, .11101ot-of the Liver pool Be.easteek Cleb Prize Glee, .' Smiling 'Mirth," 'King and Fatherland," Sau., Stta 2.las:c by Wlictest Sege l! A it IX . OPINIONS OF THE PRESS i "This is a pleasing ballad, a n d we doubt not will becom e a great favourite in the musical circle;,."-aChester C:trOiricle. _1 it is a very lane time since so exce'leat a - composition has l come before Es. The style of-thetallattis very superior. The wortisArt hreelful e and the is' it: is strikingly tient and fell of harreptile .We may call this he. ballad of the season, as it is deserving a piece in every portfolio, whether of amateur or pros , fessional. It does ieeiait to both aie hoe and composer, and we should bereia4.to see such productions emanate oftener from the - Liverpool press,— I,ire , :no.:l Chrouicle. . 1 'The words are 'exceedinely pretty. and the music agreeable. , We doubt not the balled wit Ibe populer.—Licernnol. Albion. i i :l'hs is a - very delightrai hallibl e the.WOrds are beautiful, and ' , the mesic exceedingly (4rertive arid harmonious. We have not i seen a prettier song for some time, and recommend it. warmly ', to the notice of ocir musieal friends.--Werieheser Guardian. : t The words hreathe. affection and poetic feeling, and the music , harmonizes well with them. We do not often see such a com- ! / bination of excellence; and ice hope that. a vet y extensive sale I will - attend this production.—MaacherterCitrier, The above ballad, by the author of " Smiling Al irth,"&c. is / a combination of merit ice rarely meet weal ; the music bar- , monisee well with the words, which are written with ereat feel- j 1 ing. The author will hot use any of his already well-earned popularity by the present production, and we horse he will bet t recorupelised by a laree sale. —Chester Gaze:ie. 1 . i CHESTER AND BIRVeINIIZAD RAILWAY rTIHE DlU'r;CTO'aei 01" Ti: E CHESTER AND BIRa , a I KEN 11214.0 RAILWAY COMPANY have resolved to c call, and do hereby call, for the Sum of Five Pounds per Share, s 10- be paid liv the Prep. ietors of the said Company, on or before I theath day Of .. .Lay next, lQ, the, NORTH AN D SOUTH WALES Bestir, Liverpool; or to Messrs. Dixoes and Waftoeat, t Chester. Dated the 2.Bth day of May, IS:_;i3 —By order of th e u Board. JOSEPH MALL A BY, Clef kto the Company. . _.. F CHESTER AND BIRIKT,:NHEAD.RAILWAY. C . . Cr.).1 . 77t.,1CT l'Oli IPORES. d lEla DIRECTORS OF THE CHESTER. AND BIR KENHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY will meet at s theirOtlice, No. 24. RENWICK-ST:MET, Liverpool, on Mosoe T, p the -11 _clay of July next. at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, ( to receive TENDERS for the following Works :-- if First.—The SUTTON CONTRACT, extending from the ti north side of Plyinyard Brook, in the 'rownshee of Eaetham, to o a Stake about seven chains north of the occepatioa lane, at the ti southern boundary of the Township of Ledshain i being a dis- I tance of 3 miles and 17 chains. or thereabouts. Second.—The Lio . roN CONTRACT, extending from the p termination of the preceditigeontract to toe north side of Brook- I street, Chester, being.a distance of 4 miles and 39 chains, or u thereabouts. P The Coutracts to comprise the making of the Ilailwav, with _ all the Excavations, Embankments, Stitigee, Culverts. Ver:etc Gates, and Drains, and other Virrnks, comolete, including the Laying and Bellastire of the Permauent Way, and providing all necessary Materials I.r the same, (except the Iron Rails. r Chairs, ntet Fastenings,) and to keep the whole of the Works in gond repair for one year after completi o n. L A draft of ;lie contrive, with plaes and specifications of the -h works, will be ready for inspeciioe ar the Office of Mr. JOHN tj Dixon, the resident Eegineer of the Compauy, at the Town- of ball, Birkenhead, cm dad after MONDAY, the IS:h day of June a t next. sii Printed lianas of tenders may be had at the same place, and vi no others will he attended to. The tenders must be delivered 1, (3e „tied) at the Company's Office, N 0.24, Fen wick-street, Liver- i n pohl. on or before MONDAY, the 21 day of July, and the parties i n ter-uterine must attend the Meeting at Twelve o'clock on the p t day thaowing. The parties whose tenders are accepted will be required to at eater into a bond, with the sureties for the due performance of C the contract, in a penalty of not less than ten per cent. upon the at gross suns routract.d for, and the names of the proposed sure- ra ties are to he specified in the tender. Pt The Directors will not, bind themselves to accept the lowest of tender. WILLIAM DIXON, Chairman. 28th May, 1838. tb et Enzurantz NOtirrOe Pi• wl enne . , ses . ... ~ YORK AND LONDON lit BRITISH . AND FOREIGN ASSURANCE COMPANY. , to• i V TH E former Title of :his Institution having appear e d t o be art l inconsistent with the extension of the Operations of the in Company, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held in th March last , the alteration of the name from " York and N or th Li o!' England" to " York and Leitrim)" was determined upon. C: The Directors aysil themselves of the present occasion to announce that hereafter the charge fur Floating Policies will sll be oily Bs. per cent., thus making the premium on all coin- ci merciel risks 2s. per cent, per annum lower than the Liverpool se. Fire and Life and London Offices. 'their experience of Liver- he pool risks fully warrants their offering this further advantage to ac their friends, and they feel bound to take the earlieet opportu- wi oily of doing so, in return for the if aerai support with which th, they have been fevoured. sit! Tables of Lies Premiums, with all other information interest ing to Assurers, maw he hail on application to the Agent for of Liverpool, MA'L'TIIEW WO'l'H ERSPOON. NJ 7th June, 1828. 7. India-buildingt. re: of wi BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, th, Nu. 1, PRINCES-SFR'? 1:7, RANK, LONDON. ee CA PiTAL,—ON it.' MILLION. • oteeceriets. to - William Bardgett, Esq. llohert Eglineton, Esq. Ac Samuel Bevington, Esq. Lrestoirs Robert Poster, Esq, et Wm. Fechney Blade, Esq. Al ex . R o b er t I rv i oe , E sq . ,do John Bratall'aath .Esq. I Peter Morrison. Esq. eni Get'rge Croon - Leese. Henry Lewisaainele, Esq. • ! Millis Cifventry,j' e q. William ahand. jun., Esq., 1 e re John,Drewett. Esq. Thomas 1! eed. Encl. Cif MEDICAL OFFICERS. Vet , J 01.4 Sims, M.D.. seri -Ebenezer Smith. Esq.. Sot:aeon. • , s e e•ADVANTAGES, OF THIS INSTITUTION. ail AMOST economical Set of T a bles—computed e xp ress ly for (let the .. the use of this Institution, from authentic and complete : I data. „ !• •- mo Increasing rates of premium of a new and remarkable plan, ) for securing lhatis or debts; a - less immediate payment being t h e required on a policy for a whole term• of life than in aoy other D„ office.. Lit A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. 1 . Age.nf the assured in even case admitted in the policy. pre All chains payable within one month after proof of death. • b ee . , Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports._ p . - Premium percent. per annum payable during to 1 • tt First Second 1 Third i Fourth• Remainder . net: set 1 5 Years. 5 Yeere. 1 5 Years. 15 Yeats. of Life. —-- , —,l —,, £. R. d. E. s. (1; E. s. (1.! - - E. P.' el.l - £ : 5. d.; 2 11 I I 4 . 1 5 /O. li 10 II 1 l'i t• l : at R. al • • i E. R. d. £. s. I. E. s. (.1. E. oi 4.1 r. .. ,1 1 1 4I 5 in. l. It) 11 1 1 I'.i .S. .2 I, , 8 f; 1 4iiV: 2 1 19 2 11.2 7 4 6 lIG I 2 4 4 214 6, a 7 , 3 ,4 3.-I 1 216 7 3 9 4 4. 5 5 , 5 6 3 6-13 7 PETPAi. ISON, Resident Director N OILI.- and COOKE, Agents for Liverpool, OZOe, 177, bale-street:, at the - corner of Custie-street. ITALrAN*LANGtJAGE AND LITERATURE. 'SIGNOR ZANPOTTI, M,A., of Rape, late Professor in the Uui , , - erwy or Dublin, has the honour to announce to the Nobi:ity and Gentry of LiVerpool and its environs, that he gives instruction in the ITALIAN LANGUAGE and its LITE RATURE in Private Families and Schools. Applications to be made to the Professorat his residence, 86, Bold-street, where also may be had, Prospectuses of his T-wo New Works on the Italian Language. Regular attendance at Chester and Manchester:. g q " " 7 :\ ,_ /i, v''..'! \ ‘. CL,..Y:,:54 "Qis Se" THE ORIGINAL LIVE u R POOL parabit. AND NEW YORK STEAM]-PACKET COMPANY. Capital £ 94 io CM in MOW Shares of £2O. each. THE object of this Company is to establish a Steam Com munication between the Ports of Liverpool and New Its projectors have long entertained the most sanguine opi nions 4e to the success liKely to attendsuch an enterprize, when liberally backed by public patronage: and, this, the present prospectus, it is confidently hoped, will be the means of induc- rwenty years ago the idea . was derided of successfully effect ing an intercourse by Steam between this - country and Ireland. Nevertheless, we are now in a position of exposing the fallacy of •so contraered a view, as science, aided by wealth, persever ance, and enterprise have prevailed, and the existing establish ments are in the most prosperous condition. • The assertion, then, may fairly he hazarded, that Steam Navigation, iu the really efficient form it has assumed in the present day, is capable in an eminent degree of developing the vast resources of those fertile, densely populated. and commer cially important dis•ricts of North America,) to which the oper ations of this Company will be directed,) by affording that su perior facility of intercourse between them and Great Britain, NJ which Steam in other parts of the world has become so justly celebrated, and which, alike to the Merchant and the Emigrant, must be a matter r,:f the moat paramount interest. The projectors are justifiable in stating, (inasmuch as it is the expressed opinion of scientific and experienced men,) that, with suitably constructed and powerful vessels, the run out to New York may, in ordinary weather, be accomplished in about fourteen days. Soquick a rub by other means, it is believed stiourd be without a parallel. An ample supply of Fuel may be always calculated upon, as the great improvement lately introduced in the engineer and boiler department (the invention of the scientific Mr, Hall) has caused a most, extraordinary decrease in the consumption of that very important article. In order to disseminate as widely as . possible the advantages likely to accrue from truth an association as this, well, respect ably, and spiritedly conducted,—a prominent feature in its for mation has been, that of dividing tae shares into a moderate amount of Twenty Pounds each; thus, oot precluding the tradesman or small capitalist from investir g in an establishment which cannot but . angment the commercial importance of this enterprisicoMmunity. The Company will he considered as constituted, as soon as bona fide applications to the extent of 50(.X) shares shall have been made. Fire Shillings per Share will be required upon enrollment; and, in one week after Directors have been chosen, it will be necessary for Proprietors to pay £2. per Share into the Albino Bank, to the credit of the Company. The remainder of the calls to be made as the direction may deetn expedient, in sums not exceeding LI per Share, and at periods o!" riot less than six weeks between each cal!. The management of the Company shall he intrusted to Six Directors. to be chosen by the Proprietors. Three of the Di rectors to retire .innually. but to be eligible for re-election. The hoidiug of Fifty Shares to constitute the eligibility of a Director. and Auditors shall not be deemed compe:ent to act as Directors. The usual means td secure Proprietors by the restriction of liability will be adopted. • A Provisional Committee will be formed immediately", to whom ail applications for Shares must be a•ldressed, care of Mr. Jotsx CH2YNE, Solicitor, Canning Buildings, South John Street. THE ATLANTIC . STEAM NAVIGATION COMLANY. Capital £500.000. in 10,000 Shares of .C5O. Deposit £3. per Slam. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEES. James Holford, Esq. London. W. Chance, Esq. Birmingham John-ill:astern-ma, Esq. London H.V. Wart, Esq. Birmingham Win. Borradaile, Esq. London I Jelin Bibby, Esq. Liverpool Wm. Gibbs, i.s.sq. London Gen. Brown, Esq. Liverpool E. J. Coates, Esq. London F. B. Ogden, Esq. Liverpool S. A.Goddard. E,4 t ai rini ng ham United St ate? Consul. With power too add to their number. Binkers—Masternian, Peters, and Co. London ; the Birmine ham Banking Company, Birmingham; the Royal Bank, Liverpool. -. . Solicitors—Kearsey, Hughes, and Thomas, London; Lowndes and Robinson, Liverpool. /VII E practicability.of navigating the Atlantic by powerful ..1 . SteaT.Vesselk. ANL effecting a passage from the port, of :`.;ew York to the shores of Great Britain, with tolerable cer tainty, in 10 or. 12 days, having been fully established, it can scarcely fail immediately .to increase the intercourse between the two countries to an unprecedented extent. The trials that h a v e been made by the spirited owners of .the Great Western and .Sirius steam ships, deserve the praise and encouragement of the British and American public; but when it is considered that of these vessels one is confined to the port - of Bristol,. and that the other occupies a portion only of the at tention of a company, it will be admitted that they must prove quite inadequate to the conveyance of the thousands of pas sengers who yearly cross the Atlantic, and who have hitherto taken their passage in.sailing vessels. These sailing vessels, as tar as passengers are concerned,' must now give way to their powerful rivals, the steamers. It is therefore proposed to establisha company that shall con fine its. capital and eeergies to the conveyance i , f passengers and goods, with the greatest possible punctuality and despatch, 1 between, London, Liverpool, and New Y ork. Plan of operation.—To build four or six vessels, of from WOO to MO tons, upon tee most approved principle, of the greatest proportionate.stvain power, end fitted in a style combining ele gance and comfort. That one of these vessels shall be despatched from London and Liverpool alternately, twice in.each month; from London oa the first, and from Liverpool its the middle, of the month, and on tne same dates from New York. Or twice a month from Liverpool, and once from London, as may be found expedient. First outlay.—Six steam ships, including all the expenses of the Company up to tii time of the dispatch of the first vessel, at £5O, WO. £300,C00. To raise which sum, no more than £3O. per share on the ca pital will be required. The present and increasing rates of freight and passage, the Committee confidently believe will return to the shareholders a dividend of at least 20 per cent. The Committee having secured the purchase or refusal of the splendid steam ship, the Liverpool, with engines of 500-horse power, built by Sir J. Tobin, in the Mersey, to compete with the Great Western, and now nearly ready for sea, this Company will be enabled to commenc e operati ons at once, an d t o d espatc h . their first vessel _berme the British Queen, or any other nem vessel of the class, can be got ready for sea. £3. per share, in addi. lion to the deposit, will , more than cover the purchase of the Liverpribl. Applications for shares, post paid, to be made to the Com pany's Office, 55, Lombard -street; or to Messrs. Kearsey, Hughes, and Thomas, Solicitors, 144, Leacienhall street. Lon eon ; or to Messrs. LoWndes and Robinson, Solicitors, Liver pool, JOHN PYM, Secretary. TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SHIP COMPANY, CA PI TA L £300,000, in SHARES of LlOO EACH. V HE arrangements which have, for some time, been in pro gress, through the agency of the Directors of the City of Dublin Steam packet Company, for establishing an intercourse, by Steam Navigation, between the British Islands and the United States of America. being now completed, the Directors of the TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SHIP COMPANY announce to the public, that suitable Vessels, on the approved safety principle, are now in progress of Construction, with the view ef opening a direct Communication between the Ports of LIVERPOOL and NEW YORK. The Contracts entered into by the former Company, intended to have been established in 1837, under the authority of Parliament, being available for purposes of this Company. The first two Vessels of the Company, of 450 horses power, and 1200 tons but - then each, by Messrs. Fawcett, Preston ; and Co., and Messrs. W. and J. Wilson, will, it is expected, be available in the course of next year, and the well known cha racter of those houses cannot fail of giving confidence to the public and ensure the utmost perfection, in build and machinery, of which Steam Navigation is at present susceptible. This Company having the advantage of Co-operation with the City of. Dublin Steam-packet Company and of their experi;- ence in the management and business of Steam Navigation, the public may feet assured. that the Directors of that Company, who have associated thentselvee with the present undertaking, would not hevodnne so except_ under a full conviction of its practicability and sUccess. The improved state of Steam Navigation, and the great ex tensior. qt the intercourse in passengers between Great Britain and America, cirupled with the strong desire expressed in the manufacturing diqtrkts in' favour of the Steam intercourse with the United States and the British Colonies through the Port of Liverpool, give ample assurance of a satisfactory return on the Capital to he employed. All the Vessels of this Company are intended to be con structed on the safety principle so successfully adopted by the City of Dahlin Steam-packet Co m p a ny, o f being divided into separate compartments by air and water-tight plate-iron bulk heads, a principle a Lich guarantees thegreatest security against accidents at Sea, The entire timber work of these Vessels, also, will be prepared on Ryan's anti-dry rot process : thus securing the greatest atraneeli and durability of which Stearn-ships are sua-entible. the purpose of giving immediate effect to the operations a the Company and to the intercourse between Liverteuot. and New Yotte. and until the Company's new Vescels shall be ready for service, arrangements have been made with the City of Dubliu Steam-packet Company, by which two Stearn Vessels will he at once placed on the line. The first of these Vessel, the 'lova t. WILLI mm, is intended to be cleepatcheU hour Li- VERPOOL for NEW YORK early in July next. The Subscribers to the American Company, intended to have been establisl ed in IS.' 7, under the provisions of the Acts of Coh and 7th George IV.. and which Act ha, for the present, become legally inoperative, have priority of Subscrip tion for Shares in the above, pursuant to an arrangement entered into to that eff,'!ct. Shares, in the first iiietaece, will be issued to the amount of but one half of the capital al,uve mentioned, until, in the pro ves' of tire Company's pperations, an additional tiumbei of vessels 81)0 be required. In issuing the remaining halt of the Shares, when such shall be necessary, pi iority of Subscription will br. giveu to the then existing Proprietors, who will be euti tied to a hatever advantages may attach to such Shares. Instalinehts to be called for at intervals of nut less than three months, and not exceeding £lO per share. Application for the unappropriated Shares may he made to the Company's Bankers or Solicitors!, or at the Offices of the Dublin Steam Packet Company, in Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, Limerick, and London. The. Directors are authorized to apply fora Charter under the provisions of the Act of Ist-Victoria, and measures have already been taken for that purpose. An allotment of Shares, a deposit of Five Pounds per Shale to be paid to any of the Company's Bankers, who will give the necessary' Receipt lbr the same. tiANKERS. • Liverpod.—THE HOYA r. BANK OF LIVERPOOL. I;Cout ]:e and Co. sooLiCTTIa :S. JOHN Nonni, Esq., I_!x,,ilan't,:itlif-v, Liverpoo% P. and D. Mabohr, Tr.:a:gar-square, London, and Dome strpet. - :• J. -C. Si;a•K, Superintendent of the Building and Machinery Department. S. PERAY, Agent, pro. tee'. Lirerpool, sth June, 1838. ENUINE F BAN Sr IfJ DIrCO OG N E,' Imported dim ect W B. - P 0510 L I, Prime Single quality at 2s. '6d. toe Bottle, or 14s. the Box of Six Bottles: Very best Double'do. at 3s. 6 , 1. the bottle, or '2os. the Box o Six 'Bottles. W. P. B. has 'always on hand from 300 to 400 dozens of the single quality, Which he supplies to the Trade, Merchants, and Captains at 14i. the Dozen, delivered fn Bond, and can recom mend it' from his own experience as inlat suitable for long voyages. Charch-itreet, adjoining the Pnitoffiee, 7th 1838. THE. LIVERPOOL STANDARD THE CORONATION Vir B. PROMOLI begs to announce that he has received, VT • direct from the artist, (who has engaged. to confine the sale to his establishment,) a SPLENDID BUST of her - ,cost Gracious Majesty VICTORIA, beautifallY eZecutiii in Wax, by George Abbot, of London, and which has been presented a: Court, and been honoured with the approbation of Her Royal Highness the Dimness of Kent, her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland, Bc., who have been pleased to ptonounce it a most correct likeness. .. • W. P. B. has also several fine MEDALS, just struck, in corn meinoral ion of the a pp r n ac hi nf Coronation. Church-street, adjoining the PostoSice. LATE THOMAS , WOOLPIELIY S. W. B. PROMOLI, To PREVENT ALL MISTAKES, and at the same time reply to a question so frequently asked in his Establishment, whe• ther his predecessor, Thomas Woollield, has any interest in a concern which it is attempted to esta4lish opposite to him under a similar name, considers it a duty he owes to his friendship and esteem to state that THOMAS WOOLFIELD is no longerinterested in any business whatsoeier, dill less in one which would be so contrary to his principles of Hula towards his Successor. W. B. P. avails himself of the opportunity to offer his best thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, for the support that has been so liberally continued to him during the past year ; and he begs to assure his patrons that, encouraged by their favour, he will at all times strive to deserve and increase it, by' a prompt attention to their commands, and likewise by keeping up the choice selection and manufacture of his goods, which, as is now universally known, are of the very best quality and workmanship. 71 to 74, Church -street, adjoining the Posteice, February 18111. 1838. BRITISH AND AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, - CAPITAL. ONE MILLION. IN 10,000 SHARES of £lOO EACH. DIRECTORS. Chairman.—Heury Bainbridge, Esq. Charles Enderby, Esq. Junius Smith, Esq. Captain Thomas Larkins Jus. Robinson Pun, Esq., Li- Captain Robert Locke verpool Captain Robert lsacke I James Beale, Esq.,.Cork Colonel Aspiawall_ Paul Twigg, Esq., Dublin. , BANKERS. Messrs. Puget, liainbridges, and (.la., 12, S. Paul's Church. yard. SECRETARY. Macgregor Laird, Esq. THE object of this Comp an y i s t o es t a bli s h a regu l ar an d certain communication by Steam Ships, between Great Britain and the United States. The Vessels are intended to depart alternately from London and Liverpool, to New York —their average passage - will not exceed fifteen days. The Company's first vessel, the "British Qoeen," of 1862 tons mea surement, and having Engines of 500 Horse power, is now fitting for the London and New York Line, and will coucineuce running upon the Station in the course of the Summer. After deducting her Engine Room, the " British Queen" has capacity for 500 Passengers, 25 days' Fuel, and 8(X) tons of Measurement Goods, exclusive of Provisions, Stores, &c. The successful voyages of the "Sirius" and "Great Western" Steam Ships having placed the success of the undertaking be yond a doubt, the Directors are now' preparing contracts for other vessels of a similar description to the "British Queen," and will be able, in 18.39, to despatch their Vessels for New York, on the Ist and 16th of each month, from London and Liverpool alternately. The Capital of the Company will be called up at a rate not exceeding £3O per cent. per annum. Before any dividend is declared, interest at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum will be allowed from the date of each payment. Ten Pounds ner Share to be paid on allotment. Applications for Shares to be Made to MACGREGOR LAIRD, Esq., at the Company's Offices, 78, Cornhill, London ; t o Messrs. BAXENDALE, TATHAM, UPI'ON,• and JOHNSON_, 7, Great Winchester•street, London ; to Messrs. Boy LE, Low, PIM, and Co , Dame-street. Dublin ; or in,Liverpool to ISAAC MILLER, Share-broker. North Crescent, 2, Lord-street. TN addition to an extensive purchase recently made by E. EASTEE of a Bankrupt's Stock of TOYS, PERFUME RY, CABINET WARE, &c., &c., the following Articles are indeed well worth the attention of Wholesale Dealers and Ship pers, viz:— IMO Dozen of Dolls; even inches long, at Is. Id. per Dozen 10(X) „ „ eight „ at Is. Fl. „ 1000 „ ten at is . 9d. JP9I 1200 „ twelve at 2s. 24. „ Corneoletto Beads, in Bond, 2s. per lb.; Twenty Dozen of Portable Dressing Cases, fitted With Shaving Box, Tooth, Nail, and Shaving Brush, Razor Strop, Penknife, Comb, and a pair of warranted Razors, for 7s. 61 N,8,- - rite above must be sold forthwith, to give place to ex , tensive alterations about to be made in this establishment. 5, ST. (ORGR'S CRESCENT, Castle-street. . -- CIVET CAT, No. 61, LOIID-STRTZT, LIVgRPOOL. rri MOUNTFORT, having purchased the Stock and well . known Business of the above Establishment, begs leave to announce that he has RE-OPENED the same. and, having made a liEincrioN upon a very considerable portion of the STOCK, solicits the patronage and support of the Nobility, Gentry, and Public at large, assuring them of his unremitting endeavours at all times to secure their confidence by prompt and careful attention to their commands. The STOCK will comprise every variety connected with such an Establishment. viz.:— - WRITING DESKS, e VERY DESCRIPTION. • - Ladies' and Gentlemen's DRESSING CASES, WORK BOXES and JEWEL CASES, TEA CBES I's and CADDIES, BAGATELLE BOARDS and BALLS, BILLIARD BALLS,- PE A RL. IVORY, and BONE ARTICLES, MOROCCO CASES, SILVER FITTINGS, SILVER. SCISSA RS. KNIVES. PENCIL CASES. &c., PEN and POCKET K.NIVES , STEELSCISSARS, &c.&c, BRITISH PLATE, VA RIOUS' QVA LITIES, SCENTED SOAPSand PE!.F UAMERY, O F ALL KINDS, COMBS and BRUSHES, JEWELLER Y and J GOODS, BRONZED and CH iNA ORNAMENTS, TOYS. z!IOST A NIk,SING. And a succession of New Ma - . f) on ate d fe r ent Markets, soon asproduceu, by the Malers, And every Article in the above respective- Branches, too numerous to mention'in an advertisement. It being T. M.'s determination to make this; Establishment second to none in the Kingdom, as regards p r i ces , h e t a k es leave to call the attention of Merchants, Captains, and others purchaSing for Foreign Markets to the supply, of general Articles, upon such terms as, T. M. flatters himself; will meet their perfect approbation, and whose orders lie is able to execute on short notice. Daily communications With London and Birmingham, and regular despatches to and from Paris and different parts of the Continent. CORNS. ICKER'S OPIATE CORN PLASTER, for the re moval of Corns. Bunnions, and all hard fleshy substances on the Feet. It is admitted by the thousands who have tried it, and the most sceptical, to be the only remedy ever offered to Public notice; it acts hoth as an opiate and solvent, by reliev the most excruciating pain, and gradually dissolving. the cal lous or horny substance. Prepared and Sold by W ILLIAM DICKER, Chemist, 235, Strand, next door to Temple Bar, London, in Boxes, Is. lid. each. Sold also by PRIESTLEY and Ross and NIGHTINGALE, Lord street ; BuTtEn, Castie-street ; Ftsugu and Al AYNA RD, Bold street; A SPIN A LL, St. James-street; BARNETT, Edgebill ; WAGSTAFF. Great George-place; JOHNSON, Church-street; HovvELL, Dale-street. and BRADFORD, Old Haymarket, Liver pool ; SHERLOCK, S►. Helen's; GARSIDE, Ormskirk ; WH IMP SEY, Lancaster ; SCOWCROFT, Bolton ; WALLS. Wn.tan ; TuisTLETtiwArrE. Warringlon ; BAXTER, PI escot; BOWhIeN, Southport; and WA no and MAwsoN. Runcorn, where like wise can be procured DICKER'S AROMATIC ESSENCE. An instant relief for the Tooth Ache, in Bottles Is. 1211. each. PROFESSOR SWE DOU R'S HYGELAN HERI3 PILLS, for the effectull extirpition of every species and symptom of the SYPHILITIC DISEASE, and the disorders arising from impriper treatment. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, at Is°. 54, SEEL-STREET,. LIVERPOOL,. In boxes at 2s. 94. and 4s. 6d. each. • _ _ Warranted nut to contain COPA IBA, CUBE BS, or lay deleterious ingredient. * 4 * With each - Box is given a Treatise on Venereal and Syphilitic Diseases, with observations on seminal weakness &c. &c.. containing hints worth knowing by those who are, or have been 'offerers to this dreadful and devastating malady. - Dr. DAVI ESON continues to direct his attention to those dis orders arising from the too free and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous affections, but also entails on its votaries all the ener vating imbecilities of old age. In that; distressing state of de, bility and deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful ha bits, excessive drinking, or any other cause lat . whiehlhe powers of the constitution become enfeebled, he offers a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to the ves nereal disease. owing to the mist( iicidness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin the constitution, and when the great Doctor Sweilour became Professor at Ley den University, he conferred an invaluable benefit upon man kind by the-discovery of his grand Panacea, for the cure of this deolorable complaint. Never did a discovery excite a greater sensation, it was sought after with avidity, and used with the undeviating success in the most minute and intricate cases of the delicate complaint. for the cure of which they have been so long celebrated.-' The fame or the,e Pills throughout Germany, caused their speedy, introduction into almost every country. Tile certainty with which they were continually administered can be attested by many thousands.' In fact, during the long contis nental war they were the inseparable companion and'saleguard of the soldier, in all cases where the sliehtest suspicion of infec tion was entertained. What medicine can be more appropriate than that which hasgiven sueb general satisfaction ? The yge ian Herb Pills root out every particle of insidious poison, puri fying in their progress the *hole mass of f l uids . They not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the different functions of the bode expelling the grosser humoure, and in a manner so mild and imperceptible as to convince the mist sceptical of their astonishing and unequalled powers. The neither contain mercury nor any other mineral, and may be taken without the slightest sastpiCion of discovery—thee require no restraint of diet, loss of time, or 11in/fiance of business. but effect a complete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well to have recourse to t h e Hygeian flea. Pills, for when taken before the disease - has made its appearance it eels as a certain. preventive, by moving the cntuplaitit effrctoally and secretly: The deplorable stale in- which many pertionslitve been when visiting the prom ielor, ftem the Wte nr mereury, lenders it im peratively neceSsary teciiiiiien the puillic agairistlhat dangerous' mineral' When injudii•ionelY . l , lministep , rl. Dr. DaVietion diiily,at his residence, from Eight ia the go:wiling until Teo 'al • nipht. (on- Stinttoss from IC in - till Two,) where he givis adVice to all applii.ants taking airy of bis preparations, W ITIJOILT A PttH.. Letters f post-paid) enclosing a remittance answered by re urn, and Itiedicines punctually trn m nsitted to any adtreszt 'either bv,initiels or no rms, •. • ,- • 9:14; SEE L.S'aiEET,"LIVERFOOL. ifinperi* Ilartiament. HOUSE OF CONIMoNS..---WkoNiisDAY. • Lord J. Russ - b.f.', iniived the order of the day that the report on the inunicip4l corporations (Ireland) bill be ltrutb , lit up, and inSanswer to Sir J. GRAHAM stated, that he intended on Mon day to lay on the table of toe house certain resolutions relating to the subject of tithes, with the intention of afterwards bring ing in a bill founded ou those resolutions. Mr. Hums moved the second reading of the county rates bill, and expressed great innignation that the ministers had suddenly vanished front the house. Lord J. Russell, however, returned in time to assist.in throwing out the bill, which was re jected by a majority of 68. Toe expenses at elections bill was thrown out by a majority of 28. The copyright bill, after some sharp discussion, was cm witted pro forma, and was ordered to be reconsidered on the 10t t inst. . - lie Lord's-day bill was also committed pa fun a; three atnewlnients were added, and the report is to be dit. uss !d on the 27th. Mr. LYNCH'S married women's bill Was thrown out ty a ma• Jority of 35. The tligh-sheriffs bill was, on the motion of the ATTORNEY. GENERA 1., thrown out without a division. Several CO:011ial returns were ordt-ted on the motion of :Mr PEASE, after which the 11 , )USe adjourned at 12 o'clock• HOUSE OF LORDS.—TheRsDAY. After the presentation Of some rniseellaneous petitions, a con versation was introduced by Lord BaouGuast, 00 the subject of the late riot in Kent, which did uutelicit any thing worthy .of special notice. Earl of DEVON gave notice that he would, on Friday, draw the attention of their lordships to the third report of the criminal law commissioneri, and move fur a select cualinittee on the subject. On the !notion that their lordships proceed to the order of the day for the committee on the poor-law (Ireland) bill, Lord FITZGERALD detailed at some length the various amendments which he should wish to introduce into that measure. The house then went into committee, when, after some debate, an amendment proposed by the Duke of WELLINGTON was adopted, to the effect that such destitute persons as by reason of °LI age, blindness, lameness; or other infirmity, may not be able to work, shall have a claim to relief prior to that of the able bodied poor. The noble duke also proposed several other amendments, amongst which was a clause, by way of localising expenses, to affix the expenses upon the town land in which the person receiving relief was registered as residing. He said it had " been repreiented to him that these townlands were of very unequal size, some of them which were in the neighbour . hood of large - towns being excessively small; and it had been represented to him that if the expenses were affixed upon those townlands, they would be entirely ruined by the resort of pati pers to townlands. The parishes were very unequal in point of size, and the baronies were in like manner unequal; and he, therefore, thought, that the object of this clause was to fix the expense bpon the electorial district of guardians. He thought this - would be the best mode of localising the expenses. He was anxious to give each district an interest in keeping down the expenses." The Bishop of ExErEn moved amendments,_ which were adopted to prevent Roman catholic bishops from exercising power over the priests with respect to their attendance at the workhouse, and to provide that the clergy of any persuasion should not give instruction to persons in the workhouse in the came room in which individuals of another persuasion were pres=ent. An amendment, proposed by Lord FITZGERA LD, in the 46th clause of the bill, requiring annual reports to the poor-law commissioners from the hospitals in:lreland, was ordered to be printed, in order that it might be taken into consideration on bringing up the report. The CH AIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Friday. The bids on the table- were forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned. • HOUSE OF COMMONS--..THURSDA Y. A ballot took place for members io serve on the rommittee to try the merits of the petition against the return for the bo rough of Woodstock. Mr. R. PALMER, chairman of the Westmeath election com mittee, reported that, one of the parties having applied for a commission, they had decided upon granting the commission, to be opened at - Westmeath. on Wednesday the 27th of June. Leave was then given t o th e comm itt ee t o a dj ourn unt il t h e Speaker should issue his warrant for their re-assembling. After the presentation of several petitions, Sir S. CANNING postponed his motion relative to the capture of the Vixen till the 21st instant. Captain Al aTutnv postponed his motion relative to the Spa nish Le , ion till the 12th instant. Mr. Hume gave notice, that on that day fortnight he would call the attention of the houie to the resolutions which were in members hands respecting savings banks. Sir .1. DUKE gave notice, that he would move on that day fortnight for returns of all ships hired during the last year for the conveyance of convicts to .New South Wales. Mr. BAINES gave notice, that on the 22nd instant, he would move Air the immediate abolition of idol worship in India, and the cessation of all profit arising from it. The report of the Oxford and Great Western Railway corn ! mittee was ordered to be further considered, on the motion of Mr. HaticounT, the amendment proposed by Sir R. INGLIS, that it be taken into consideration that day three months, hav ing been negatived by a majority of 131 to 31. In reply to a question from Sir S. Canning, whether govern ment was aware of any orders issued by the French govern ment to involve the probability of approaching hostilities be tween them and the government of 'lnnis, Lord PALMERSTON said that -he had nut yet received an answer to his inquiries from our ambassador at Paris; but from a conversation he bad held with tae Change d'Affaires of France at this court, he did not believe there was any foundation for the report. In reply to questions from Mr. MILES, respecting an insult offered to - her Nlajesty's minister in Persia, and respecting the siege of Teheran, Lord PaimEtts-rox replied that, according to the laSt de spatches received from Mr. M•Neil, some delay had arisen in the arrival of his messenger; but Mr. M`Neil had received an answer which was not satisfactory. In the meantime, the siege of Teheran having continued four or five months, circumstances had' inc:iced Mr. l‘PNeil to go•himself to the camp of the Schah, and.the last despatches was dated eleven days' journey from, Teheran. Mr. 0. GORE moved for a select committee to consider the subjects contained in a petition . from the landowners in the Principality of Wales. Several hon. members having addressed the house upon the quest tun, . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if a case of grievance could be made out, he, on the part of the crown, would afford every help; but he believed the best mode of in quiry would be by commission. The motio❑ was rejected by a majority of 98 to 50. Mr. H. HZNDE then moved the appointment of a commission to ascertain and report on the best line for a communication by railway from London and the manufacturing districts of Eng land to Edinburgh and Glasgow. The house, after debate, di vided—For.the motion, 53; against it 53. The numbers being even, the Speaker voted against the motion, which was conse quently lost.. Captain - BOLDERO moved for a select committee to inquire into the petition of Lieutenant Charles Hill, R.N.; on which, Mr. BROTHERTON moved the adjournment of time house. An animated conversation ensued on this motion, in which Captain Dowias, Captain Bolden), Lord Dungannon, Mr. Bro therton, Sir A. Dalrymple, Sir R. Inglis, and Mr. Wallace, took part.—Tbe house then divided—Fur the motion 13; against it, 56 ; majority, 43. Mr. C. Wood, Sir IL Inglis, opposed the motion. which was negatived without a division. Sir H. VERNEY withdrew his motion respecting vote by bal lot.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY, The Marquis of SLIGO, and several other Peers, presented many petitions for the abolition of the negro-apprenticeship system. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY complained of new arrange ments of, commissions of the peace -in Ireland, particularly in the county of Down, &c., the omission of the names of several clergymen, &c., and said that if he did not receive satisfactory explanation, he should submit some motion on the subject. Lords MELBOURNE and M ULGR AVE thought that the better course would he to wait till Loud Plunket's arrival. In answer to Lord BuoranAm's inquiry. Lord GLENELG stated that martial law was proclaimed in Canada by the gover nor, and Lord GOSFORD said that he had done so in obedience to the advice of the law authorities, adding that Canada, with the exception of a very small portion of it, was perfectly tran quil when he left it. Lord MULGRAVE stated, in answer to the Earl of Wicklow's inquiry of Thursday, that the government had not received any further information regarding the tithe affray in Waterford. There was some conversation on rt. Their lordships then again resolved into committee on the poor relief (Ireland) Lill, which occupied the remainder of the sitting. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. There Was considerable discussion on private bills, allowed by divisions. The Grand Junction Railway Bill was read a thild time and passed; the, time f o r presenting the report on the Middlesex County Courts Bill was extended, after a division of Ayes 39, Noes 19; and the Oxford and Great Western unroh ILiflway Bill was read a third time and passed, after a division, the Ayes being 79, Noes 26. Lord J. RussELL, in answer to Lord Ashley, said, that the Factory Bill had been delayed owing to the indisposition of the under-secretary, (Mr. F. Maule); but that, as various amend ments and alterations were 'messed, and as there would be !idle chance of adequately considering them this session, it was intended not to press the further consideration of that measure. On motion of Lord John RUSSELL, the house resumed the consideration of the report on the Benefices Pluralities Bill. Mr. 11 wirs, however, having ineffectually desired its recom mitment, for the purpose of proposing new clauses abolishing pluralities, &c., such further consideration, occupied consider able portion of the sitting. IRON SrEAM•BOATS.-4is necessary to mention, among the improvements which are likely to aria to the capabilities of steam vessels, for making long ,oyages, the introduction of iron as the material of construction, the use of which has been attended with complete success, in every instance in which it has been tried. The advantages of iron vessels are stated to be, that they do n o t weigh one-half that of a timber sea-going vessel. and they there fore, draw considerably less water, and give a greater N)eeci with equal power; greater safety, in consequence of being divided into water-tight compartments by iron hulk-heads, and greater economy. as they do not require so many repairs. The capacity is also increased for passengers and goods. A tc9oden vessel of 30 feet beam is only 27 feet 6 inches inside, while an lila vessel would be '29 feet 6 inches, consequently, a saving of two. feet is produced throughout the whole length of the vessels. They be sides possess the advantage in hot climates of being cooler, more free from vermin, and, in consequence, more healthy. In fact, the advantages scent to be generally acknowledged. The only difficulty that has at present stood in the way of their employ ment in sea voyages, hiss been the effect of the iron on the com pass, and this has been successfully overcome, in the latefixvoeyd age of x Egyptian to Alexandria, in which the compass wa i under the direction o f Profe s s or Barl o w, and has been fl_tsie c ame fond to work with the same accuracy as in an ordinary ve t ss i T at :l ,r beme no doubt, therefore, that iron vessels will, io a _ very general, and add greatly to the facilitie s _.„edd rei ex tension of steam navigation.—lfea le's new edition qt. 9 Old's Work on the Steam Engine, Steam Va '4" gl i n t t' A'i I.6w.c:a .—During the first LoNDoN AND SocTHAmrruN week a ter the opening of the Loudon and Southampton Rail• way, upwards , of 5000 persons travelled by . it ; and during the second w ard the numbernotr' passengers e xceeded ng 10,000, In i the number of pas the second I,eck the . l 4 :pcol ,, •• cotmitlet-enlv, 4.11111 would have addled 3(.4)0 or 4000 settet&itrerr - f • the tumult which' Occurred at the which prevented the Inoue to the , 00moor, but . outlfe Derby day; terminus at. ate E iages for some time f r om gotog at all.. It app ears, . Loki ever, ir i n, o w: regular and steady traffic on the road is increasing day . - The.tratlio on tbe road referabl e t o il ia part already Oyeiteil,• considerably exceeds the estimate formed by the•di tectors,anit publishedt lir their re:,ort. The smoothu,ss of the rood, an d the coin Fort anal elegance of the carriages have been u niversally remarked. 'Dire univ deficieocy is a want of suffi cient locomotive po , ver, en evil . of which almost all railways h it've to complain at their are opening.. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. ( Ewa the 'St: aday Times.) CITY. SATURDAY. — AIthough money is becoming more in demand fur inerc..intile purposes, still we cannot yet quote any very general increase or emulation in the null kets for the prin cipal descriptions of produce, whether colonial or foreign. The quantity of goois offered since Wednesday has been very con , ainerabie indeed, consisting of large parcels of Mauritius, Ben gal. West India, and other Sugars, as well as many descriptions of Coffee. Silk Piece Goods, and other produce and manufac tures. The actual sates haVe exceeded the average usually taken, and these markets may therefore lie quoted in a healthy state. The American trade still labours under depression, though not by any means so great as akw weeks since. The accounts received from the United States to the l2th ult., con cur in representi ng t h at a inure favourable condition of things existed, the consequence of a return to specie payment by all the banks of the State and City of New York, and in many other parts of the 'mien. It appears by the last official returns, that the whole of the banks of the United .States have upon the aggregate more than 1,000,000 of Dollars as the then total circulation. The general resumption of specie payments, therefore, throughout the United States may, tee apprehend, be carried into full execution with out the possible chance of any " untoward" event arising, by which a fresh suspension would be rendered necessary. Specie continued to flow into the United States, up to the latest dates, from all quarters. The ceminercial interests were, however, complaining that with the partial revival of trade, the banks were extremely shy of discounts. The position in which the merchants of America were placed in by the absence of accom modation, will be best illustrated by the fact exhibited in the last returns, that the banking establishments of the United States have upon loans and discounts at present an aggregate amount, less by 60,000,000 dollars than at the corresponding petited of last yeat. It is, however, satisfactory to know that ere long there must be a revival of trade,. as the stocks of all de s cripti o n s o f goo d s were, at the latest dates, extremely low, and the balance of trade for some months past has been against this country—such has been the avidity shewn by " Brother Jonathan" to press forward his produce to Great Britain. It appeats by the last returns, that 1,050,000 bale, of Cotton hail been shipped off from American ports for Europe, exceeding by 200,000 bales the exports of 1837, and nearly 400.000 hales above the quantity consigned to various places in the previous year, up to the same date. The prices of Stock have remained very steady throughout this week. Consols fur the July account have ranged only be tween 954 and 951, but for Money the alterations have been more extensive. nere were many sales made early in the week, in anticipation of the closing of the transfer [milks, and the price of Consols receded to 91:- We cannot quote any - material vari ation in the other Stocks. The premium on Exchequer Bills has iinproyed again to 68-70, and India Bonds to 72-74. Bank of England Stock has fluctuated hatvveen 2041-aud.2054, and East India Stock between 2701 and 2704. Foreign Bonds have been in limited demand this week. Por tuguese Stock, in consequence of the instability of the ministry at Lisbon, has been 'rather seriously affected. The Five per Cents have fallen from 384 . to 361, and the -Three per Cents from 264 to 2-14. The Spanish Bond Market has been steady for the last few days, but at a fall in prices of about 4 to 1 per cent on the highest value of the week. The last.price of the Active Stock yesterday was 22. and of the Deferred 84. D u t ch Bonds were lower, b u t not materially so; the other Continental Stocks remain very steady: Colombian Bonds advanced on Thursday to 274, 284, but left off yesterday at 274; Mexican are very flat at 244 to 254. The Share Market remains in a very inactive condition, only a few of the Shares of the more important lines of Railway can be sold with facility.- The London and 'Birmingham have fallen to 173, or 83 nrem,; the Great Western from 954 to 91, or 26 reni.; the North Midl an d f rom 414 t o 40, or 5 preen. ,_•• the Brighton from to 14, or prem.; the Southampton from 41 to 43, or 7 disc. ; th e ork aud North Midland to 114, or 4 disc. ; the Northern and Eastern to 5, or S disc. ; the.Blackw4l to 54, or 3 prem.; the Croydon to 16, or 4 disc.; the Green wich to 154, or 41 disc.; and the Merichester and Leeds to 37, or 17 prem. The Banking, Shares have remained pretty steady, with the exception of those of the British North American Bank, which, in - consequence of the favourable progress made by the branches of the establishment in the colonies, have advanced front 224 to 24, or 4 Prem.; the London and Westminster Bank Shares running very steady at 2114, or 141 prem. The Asphalte and Bitumen Shares have been all flat, and at reduced prices as compared with those of last week. British Iron Shares have declined as low as 94g, or 4144 discount upon each 501. share. TWIiLVE.—OOIIBOIS for account remain.steady-at 954 to 4, and Exchequer Bills at 68-70 prem.; Bans Stuck is worth 2051. Business in the Foreign Market is inactive. Spanish Con sols fetch 21i, being a shade lower; Portuguese New have im proved to 364. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents remain at 551. In Shares there have been scarcely any bargains, and with little alteration. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AGAINST THE COUNTENANCE AND SUPPORT GIYAN TC IDOLATRY IN INDIA. To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain. and Ireland in Parliament assembled, The humble Petition of the Ministers and Elders of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, SElaw tint, That the attention of your petitioners has been drawn to cer tain documents, showing that, in a variety of ways, and to a very painful evtent, the countenance and support of the British Government of India have been given to the idolatry of the natives subject to this country. That in particular your petitioners refer in the first place to a memorial presented in August 18.36 to the Governor in Council at Madras, signed by the Archdeacon and a number of respect able iadividuals lay and clerical; and to a similar - memorial, presented to the Governor in Coun c il at Bomba y', detailing facts relative to this subject of the most appalling description— from which it appears that by offerings made and honours ren dered to idols, revenue derived from their worshippers, attend ance required of British functionaries, civil and military at heathen or Mahomedan festivals, and regulations lespeeung the impure and unhallowed rites of the pagoda, this country has, through its athorities, become involved in the heinous guilt of directly encouraging and maintaining false religion, and at the same time aggrieving and ensnaring the consciences of pro teasing Christians employed in its service. That these facts, so far.froni having been ever contradicted, are established beyond doubt by a despatch from .the Hight Honourable Lord Oleuelg-, as President of the Board of Con trol, of date twentieth February, eighteen hundred and thirty three, to which your petitioners beg in the next place to call the attention of your Honourable House, and of which the folluw- I ing is an extract : "That the interference of British fun ctionaries.in the interior. management of native temples, in the customs, habits, and reli. gious proceeding of their priests and, attendants, in the arrange ment of their ceremonies, rites, and festivals, and generally in the conduct of their interior economy, shall cease. "That the pilgrim tax shall everywhere be abolished. "That fines and offerings shall no longer be considered as sources of revenue by the British Government, and they shall no longer be collected or received by the servants of the company. "That no servant of the East India Company shall hereafter he engaged in the 'collection, or management, or custody of monies, in the nature of fines or offerings, however obtained, or whether furnished in cash or in kind. "That no servant of the Company shall hereafter derive any emolument from the above-mentioned or any similar sources. " That in all matters relating to their temples, their worship,. their festivals, their religious practices, and their ceremonial observances, the natives be left entirely to themselves. " That in every case in which it has been found necessary to form and keep up a police force, especially with a view to the peace and security of the pilgrims or of the worshippers, such police shall hereafter be maintained and made available out of the general revenues of the country. That the orders contaiued in this excellent despatch have, as your petitioners understand, never been carried into effect.; and as appears from a resolution of the Court of East India Proprie tors. so late as the twenty-first of March last, so far from its be ing intended that they should he executed, it is now the design of that Honourable Body to preclude, if possible, any farther in terference in the matter on the part of the Christian public That your petitioners, representing as they do the Establish ed Church of Scotland, feel, that from the regard which they owe to the glory of the only true God, and the best interests of the country, from sympathy for their countrymen employed under the Government of India (some of whom, for conscience sake, have already been obliged to give up their situations in life,) and from concern for the welfare of the natives themselves, they are called upon to remonstrate against evils of such mag nitude as those which have been pointed out; and considering as they do the Legislature of this Christian laud as being in its own department, and by the use of its own appropriate means, the guardian as well of the Church as of Divine truth and pub lic morals, they most respectfully pray, . That your Honourable House may be pleased to interpone its authority, so as that, either by enforcing the execution of the orders contained in the foi ecited despatch, or iii any other way which to your Honourable House may seem most advisable, an end may be put to that support of idolatryin , India which is therein particularly alluded to, and-which is not less aggrieving to the consciences of British Christians employed in the Company's service than it must he offen sive to Almighty God. F BAPTISM OP A JAW BY IMMERSION.—On Thursday evening last the above rare and interesting scene took place in the Bap tist church, Louth; the Rev. F. Cameron, after a short address, baptised the Jewish candidate; the devotional Offices were con ducted by the Rev. J. Kiddal. After the baptism, Mr. Symonds, in a lengthened address, gave his reasons for embracing Chris tianity, and for becoming a Baptist, founding his arguments on the words of Jude; in the progress of his remarks we learned that Mr. S' mom's had officiated several years as a Jewish Rabbi, and t hat he has endured persecution and loss of property.—Lin. coin Gazette. MANCHESTER._vtioi Company STEAM oNAVIGATION ON THE lIIWEt i L IsT A a T vi On Monday last the Mersey . and Irwe s4arp, which has• since and 13 or 14 feet broad, named the Jack • leaving the New .Bailey/ placed on the river a small iron steam-boat, about 65 feet•long, plied daily, making.five trips of six a.m.,twelve, three, and • six, steps at the hours. hultne, (the last, probably, horses' power; P.M., for Eccles, Barton, and b each 1j asl'iv. nine, water,) and teturniug munedi D j avyhulme.' The boat and engine a sevent ely after a d a hqeuraratrerrivmalilaetsj e o a f m S: e t . 11 g H i n e e l , e Helens ; ; twelvethe engineho staledwer e constructed to be a of the common kind, but placed at the paddles are a on each side of the rudder; the forward,combmyotVLisroionneessl and the engine above the paddles, which chimney is far connected with it by spur . • wheels. The boat draws about are the stern of the vessel, one and, when ed 120 persons on Thursday afternoon.) she two feet eleven inches water, without passengers, full, (and she cam draws about four feet water.- The fuel used is coal; and it is stated to us, that, although her power is twelve horses', she does does not work more than seven. One thing, which seems some, what strange, is, that, during her trip, steam issues continually/ from a vent near the water's edge, in her starboard bow, nro• hably from both bows. Captain Thomas Hindley made his first trip on Monday morning last, at six o'clock, from the New Bailey steps, and arrived there again, on his return, iu two hours and a quarter. Indeed, on one trip, notwithstanding the three locks 'at Throstlenest,- Mode Wheel, and Barton, he steamed to Barton, a distance of six miles, in fifty minutes. The vessel bas no mast nr sail. so that her performance is alt steaming. She has a cabin, but most persons remain on deck. The engine projecting above the level of the main deck, its rover forms a sort of quarter deck for the captain and the man at the helm. We understand her average performance, during the week, has been at the rate of seven miles per hour. ' Ciipt. Ilindley assures its, that she does not cause the washing away of th e b an k s, even to t h e same degree as the packets now p y 7 ing on the river drawn by two horses. We are informed,n only the Jack :.'dtarp, when completed, (and she is at pLe a s n e c t i,ste l. r temporarily fitted up,) is intended to . /IY .i_ r The railway bridge, &.. At noon yestetday, as she and 'arrington, stopping at Barton, h i r t i twee aollins Green, tt ' ir at the same moment : i railway train was rushing-over P r a t:s7);l:b u a ll ; were p;esented to the rye or the spectator a ha 0 ( view.—Maitchet the rival locomotives in a singular and, here at lest, novel po ter Guardian. JUNE 12, .1838 THE FATAL RIOT NEAIt CANTEIdiCRIC. Flom the Tim e s.) CANTERBURY, WEDNESDA Y EYEtrimu. Boughtonittt e intiti ;f a t o d n ri e n c 4 t , i the t e o c et the d e se t t io h t a ii) v n4, : ollete j ust si see n existinget h ti e a pia s n t r a ios t t r ile n es i reonft places a gainst the New Poor Law. I have before asserted that, as cause and t fleet, these two sub jects have no connexion whatever. It is there stated, that on Wednesday last, in certain gravels-pits, cruse to the brickfields, attack kdt the U his offer. I have the authority of a person who was then present. u lavt n o i Sr o hi n t, 1 i w h T e r ta k )d h u o ar u l s de e ' ehronl f Milton, ot ffhee i e n 'a d 'i3j tegtrohs persons, ist u l u w a hh iF l ln a o h u hd s e l yspurned asserting that such an offer was never made by Thorn, and that those a ho are represented as spurni ng it, never heard of it having been triode until they saw it in one of the country papers. Thom certainly did ask the men at these gravel-pitstoj i in s n t one of tbein had the good s e ns e t o rep l y t h a t he must ficient grounds shown him for puttin g hi s ow n neck into jeopardy, and the country into disturbanc e , b e f ore h e joined in such au him; hav e s h o u t! expedition. On this Thom turned round and left the men saying, It is of no use talking to you. You are all a set of Methodists." He assailed them, however, with some other inflammatory top ics, and among other inducements which he held out to them to s or. against the rich, asked them, "Do daMed by God that these unions should separate man and r w L "e a r ws That was the only reference he made to the New 1 ) 00 Bever and however that law may be disliked in this county, he bp proposed to any of his disciples that they should follow hum obtain its repeal, nor is there any reason to th ink that, to p our, such a result, ally of them would have ventured upon sorb you think it ever wa r_,,. course of turbulence and violence as that which has recent 4 staiued the reputation of these parishes. Though most of the men who followed John 'Thom in his riotous march through the country, were personally attached to that mischievous person and regarded him as a super-humeri being, it would be wrong to suppose that every one who joined his ranks was induced to accompany him front respect tor his real or assumed character. There is no doubt that some, hav ing, unfortunately for themselves, met Thom in his mad career; were compelled by threats, and by the fear of instant death, to reinaiu with him. I have been informed that Miles, who was discharged from custody last Monday by the magistrates of Faversham, was one of those who were thus led away. Miles is a small farmer, about 56 years old, cultivating a little piece of ground of his own, and, as we stated yesterday, occupyingavery neat cottage, which he has built on his land. He is known et Hertie-hill, as an industrious and inoffensive man, and is the whom lie has brought up in respecta bfailtihteyr. of aa He has lmiY aste .a uchildren; most of them are females, exceed ingly pretty, and having, for their rank in file, an air of extra ordinary gentility. The numbers of his grandchildren living amounts to 12, and he hast wo dead. Early on Thursday, Miles was. proceeding with his hue in his hang to the fields, when Thotis and his party carne up to him,an'l asked him to go with them. Miles had no disposition to do so, but was, contrary to his incli nations, Persuaded by one of his daughters to follow Courtenay, fur thepurpose of hearing what it was that that individual, who was thought to be inspired ? bad to say to the mob. This step Was uo sooner taken than repented of On reaching the osier beds Thom turned upon his followers, and threatened to shoot any one who should attempt to desert him. Sonic of the party then remonstrated with him; they asked him " What it was he intended to do, and pointed out the certainty of their being all kilted if the soldiers came upon them." To this Thom re plied, in a manner. not quite consistent with the notion which he laboured to inspire in others:that he and his party were reo dere(' invulnerable by Diviue power, " Oh, no !" he said, "that might happeo on the road or in an open space; but we shall be here protected by the wood." Thom and his followers then went, as has been alreadY fiequently stated, to Mr. Francis's house, where Mr. Francis, Miss Francis, and Miss Home shook hauds with him. The latter lady, whose age, 1 am told, is on the wrong side of forty, was not. it seems, content with this ordinary mode of salutation, but flinging her arms round Thotn's neck, " hugged and kissed lion as if (to use my informant's ekpression) she would bite a piece out of his cheek." It is also positively said that a bottle of gin wait handed by this maiden over the hedge to Thom. At this moment an alarm was raised that the soldiers wen+ coming, and Thom and his party immediately retreated into the osier-bed. Soon after this, Miles, who had loitered to the rear of the party. seized au opportunity, wham screened from Thion'a sight by a high bank and a bend in the road, of escaping. have it in my power to mention another instance in which it is fair to presume that terror alone prevented 'l'hom's band from being lelsened by at least one person. Goodwin, one of the rioters committed for trial, was asked by Thom to which side he belonged; Adding, that if he belonged to the other party he should not live. At the same tone Thom pointed a pistol at Goodwin, and the pers o n whirr gave me information of this oc currence states that lie expected every inoment to see Good win's brain's blown into the air. Another case, which I shall here mention, is a proof of the anxiety of Thorn to press any person he could catch bold of into his service. That wretched looking old man, Thomas ()Vendor}, w h o was committed on Monday last, to Maidstone gaol, on a charge of wilful murder, is a beggar who wanders about the lanes between Whitstable, Herne-hill, and the neighbourhood. An individual of respect , able character saw him on the road between Whitstable and Boughton at hatfspast eight o'clOck on the morning of Thurs day, and as he passed could not help thinking that the poor wretch would certainly fall in with, and be pressed by, Thom and his party. As this gentleman predicted, so it happened. He was taking in the act of twining, as hard titian old matt can run, away from the firing, and was knocked down by one of the constables. He is little better than an idiot, as his looks strongly denote. He was born in Whitstable workhouse, and and has scarcely ever been out of it during the whole of his life. Surely the government will never proceed capitally against so imbecile a creature. It seems that after Miles succeeded in getting away, as we 'have just stated, hum the hand of rioters, Thorn by his conduct showed that he was apprehensive of more desertions. He therefore changed his position from the bead to the rear of h is party, and drove them on before him, pushing oneof them (John Puller) forward by striking him repeatedly with his pistol. ua the hack. _ In the course of my rambles this morning through the parista of Herne-hill, of which more hereafter, I learned that the tio ';ciety for " Confusing" Useful Knowledge has sent a missionary ; into this neighbourhood for the purpose of ascertaining to what extent education has been afforded to the children of the poor in Boughton, Herne•hill, and the adjacent parishea._,.._- I met to-day a cart with a coffin in it containing the body of Branehette. Tbrough the mistake of a constable it had been taken last night to Herne-hill Church instead of Broughton. It Was now on its road to the latter place, but it walnut be buried, believe, tilt to-morrow. • (From a Correspondent.) The following particulars relat.ve to the intimate bettteett Mr. George Francis and the madman, Mr. Thorns; were put into the hands of the country magistrates on Monday last by a friend of Mr. George Francis and at his request. Mr. G. Francis having unfortunately been upon terms of in timacy for a considerable length of time with the latc madman, Mr. 'I horns, who declared that he would never leave the asylum with any person but Mr. G eorge Francis, when Mr. G. Fr anc is was deputed by Mr. Th orns, sen i or, to receive his son from the asylum, Mr. G. Francis was not aware that Mr. Thorns, sen., had given security t o t h e G overnment for his son's behaviour, nor did Mr. G: Francis ever see or correspond with Mr. Thorns, sen, on the subject, nor was Mr. G. Francis ever requested to give any security • but, on the c on t rary , an d h av i ng rece i ved a letter from the medical man of that asylum that be considered Sir William Courtenay perfectly inoffensive (which. letter was yesterday put into the magistrates' hands), he wairinduced to fetch him from the asylum to his own house, where he resided as a vi s it or f or some time, always conducting himself to Mr. G. 'Francis and his family in the most gentlemanly manner. On Mr. G Francis observing, in January last, a new pair of pistols in the possession of Mr. Thorns, he immediately remon strated with him on the subject, and insisted on their being taken from his pretrises. Mr. Thorns having failed to give Mr. G. Francis convincing proof that he was the man be had repre sented himself to be, Mr. G. Francis, on the 10th of January last, desired him to quit his house. On the 9th of March Mr. Thorns thrust himself into Mr. G. Francis's house, and slept their one night, Mr. G. Francis avoiding to bold any conversation with him, excepting the re questing Mr. Thorns to take his horse hem off the premises. On the sth of May Mr. Thorns came to Mr. Francis's house for his horse. and uninvited drank tea there, on which occasion Mr. G. Francis left his own house for the express purpose of avoiding him, and drank tea at his son's house. On Thursday morning last, after Mr. Thorns had shot the constable in the wood, he came aimed to Mr. G. Francis'a house with 36 of his deluded followers with bludgeons, and in sisted on Mr. G. Francis supplying them all with gin and water,. on which Mr. Thorns was supplied with gin and water for him self, and beer for his followers; at this moment Mr. G. Francis came up, when Mr. Thorns said. Francis, lam come here to make my peace with you; we have not been upon teinas for some time; I forget and forgive you what has passed, and I hope von will do the same and shAke heeds." Mr. G. Francis replied, "Sir William, I regret seeing you in this situation ; you are not only getting into trouble yourself, but by coming to my house you are getting me into trouble also. I must request that you will immediately take your party off my premises. I feel no animositv against vou, (arid shook hands,) at the same time I must tell ion. that if you are not the person you have repre sented yourself to be, you deserve the sever es t p un i s h ment t h a t can be inflicted." At this moment it was reported the soldiers were coining to the house, when Mr. Thorns said, " My lads. come on down to the orter-bed, where we shall have an open field to fight iu." Mt Thorns and his deluded followers imme diately went to the ozier-bed: We are enabled to state from authority, that on a friendly application to Mr. Francis by the magistrates, that gentleman and his family at once gave up the whole of the property in their possession belonging to Thorns. A merchant, in the Rue Ste. Croix de la Bretonneire, Paris, ordered one of his clerk s a f ew days ago to go and collect soya! accounts, and on his way b ac k to . change a note of a thousand francs at the Bank of France. The young man, ba ying exe cutedai‘.inonn, his orders, was returning with the bi of silve ru nder his Montmartre. r it e . w nOsti snatchedturning froth him i h rn e colour and appeared much who changed in embarrassed nj perceivedthe ba r , as a Rue sct din; de s d ev tid o a s a de many apologies to the young man, stating that he had mistaken ' him for an intimate friend wh o m be w i s h e d to pl a y a joke on. and returned the b ag . O n reac hi ng hi s emp l oye r's house. however g it was found that th e b ag con t a i ne d on ly some pieces . o . neatly-rounded iron. The robber was well dressed m a fashionable surtout, with a red ribbon in his button-hole hands were quite free at the time of the young man recelvioff the bag back again, and he must have had the addles , to conceaL the other bag under his coat. Popetty UNCHANGED IN 1838.—Extract of a letter elated , Naples, May 9.—" Certainly no description can equal the re ality of the absurdity of some of the scenes we - have witnessed.. At home we spent the Passion week, saw a great many of the ceremonies, among which was the Pope's washing the feet of thirteen pilgrims, and afterwards waiting upon' them while they dined. Thi s i s s p o k en o f as a m ark of humility, but the water is poured into a silver basin by some Prince, and presented to. the Pope kne e ling, and at the dinner the dishes are l i ande o t • the Pope-by mitred bishops, who also kneel on presenting them. We saw a public baptism of two Jews, which wa s ver y absurd. The bishop, who performed the rite, went through innumerable Ceremonies with the water, breathing on it, crossing it, mixing oil, wine, and bread in it, and at last setting an enormous candle in it. After the baptism, the proselytes were confirmed and then there was an ordination and communication But the most absurd thing we have sect] was here the other day—the liquifying . of the blood of St. Januarius or Gennaio. In the morniug they brought a silver gilt half-length figure of the saint into the Cathedral, and with .couch ceremony, dressed him in splendid robes, and put - on him a mitre. He was then placed on a stand covered with crimson , velvet embroidered with gold, and carried in procession to another church, the people, as he passed throwing on him flowers, cakes, and live birds. At four in the afternopn we went to this church, where we were entertained for some time with beautiful music, organ, harps, and violins all assisting. This music, though in the Church, was not sacred. About five begaira long procession of all the different - ordeis of monks cud priests, which ended, 41 massive. silver statues, of saints,, each placed on a gilded bier, came to pay their respects to St. German , . Bach' saint had a separate procession to hitusalf,nd'When.tie reaciled the high altar, he stopped ; the ofliMating prieasiyeetised• • him, bowed and retired., hen came a long trete , mrtit law& wee soon --ißuffi ' v' •