The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-06 00:00:00

LONDON MONEY MARKET The•funds remain nearly as before, with little doing, Con sols 894 tog for money, and 894 to 4 for Account. Bank Stock 169 to 170. India Stock 217 to 8. Exchequer Bills 14s. to 16s. premium. Foreign Securities are generally heavy, and somewhat lower in price. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents 514 to 2, the Five per Cents 1014 to 24. Belgian 101 to 2. Spanish Active with the Coupons 19i to 4. Portuguese Five per Cents 294 to 304, the 'Niree per Cents 174 to 184. Brazilian 67 to 8. Mexican 254 to 6. Colombian 20 to • T - • • • • Railway Shares are' as before. London and Birmingham 70 to 2, Great Western 18-S to 19S premium. Birmingham and Gloucester -11 to 39, North Midland 3G to 4, Eastern Counties 15} to 15, Blackwall 9I to 9, Brighton 6i to cgs . count.. Rio Janeiro papers the 10th of June have been received by a private ship. Their contents are unimportant: The Six per Cent Stock had rather declined, and was quoted 74. Exchange on London 301. LONDON COMMERCIAL REPORT. WZDNESDAY EVENING.—The tea market was firm to day; company's congou brought 2s. 7-id per lb. cash, and 2s. Sd. for one month's prompt. The tebacco market continues nearly in the same state as at the beginning of last month, and the sales during the month have not exceeded 300 hhds. of all sorts, including 40 hhds. for Ireland. There is scarcely anything done for exportation, and for home trade the purchases have been almost confined to small selections for immediate use, the manufacturers appearing determined to work out their pre sent stocks, and to wait the event of the present importation. The quotations have not been altered, although in some in stances purchases have been made a shade lower. Kentucky leaf and strips—The stock of fine descriptions is nearly ex hausted; a few sales have been effected during the month at former quotations. Maryland—Generally sales are very dif ficult to effect. Havannah Leaf—A good business has been done during the month, and former prices have been fully supported. Havannah segars of good middling descriptions have been freely taken off at full prices, and inquiries have been numerous for first-rate qualities of eligible size Cuba. The demand continues steady for fine qualities, and former rates are fully supported. St. Domingo—Nothing doing, the market being entirely bare of good and fine qualities. Colombian• remains nearly at the same. Amersfoot—There is very little doing in this description, in consequence of the scarcity of fine silky qualities, which would meet a ready sale at full prices. Negro-head continues dull of *sale ; stalks are in good demand, and higher prices have been ob tained; small, prices are nominal. CHESTER ASSIZES.—TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Justice ERSKINE.) THE STOCKPORT POISONING CASES.—This morning Mr. Justice ERSKINE took his seat at eight o'clock, and the evidence against the four Sandys for poisoning the daughter of two of_the prisoners was proceeded with. Michael Coghlan proved the finding a small paper parcel is the back cellar, formerly occupied by the two prisoners, Robert and Ann Sandys, which contained something like brown Sugar. This paper was handed over to the police, and afterwards to Mr. Rayner, who analysed the contents, and procured arsenic threfrom. Mr. Rayner said in one portion alone of the paper he must have discovered a grain and a half of that substance. This gentleman gave it as his opinion, that had the deceased taken poison in the tea at Bridget ltiley's house, she would havb been taken ill in about a quarter of an hour. Mr. Saddler, superintendent of the Stoekport police, was then called. He deposed to taking Bridget Riley into cus tody, in consequence of the representations of the prisoners, Robert and Ann Sandys, and to several different accounts which the prisoners had given of the transaction. All the parties who had occupied the cellar , subsequent to the Sandys were called to prove that they had not placed the paper spoken to by Coghlan in the place where it was found concealed. The examinations of the prisoners before the coroner was the next evidence adduced, part of which had been delivered by Robert and Ann Sandys on oath, as witnesses against Bridget Riley. • This evidence was objected to by Mr. Welsby, but after a lengthened argument, the learned judge decided on receiving it, stating, however, as there were conflicting authorities on the subject, he would, if it should be found necessary, reserve the point for the consideration of the judges. The. depositions were then read, but the only important fact contained in them was a declaration by Ann Sandys that her daughter Elizabeth had not received any food from any ether person during her illness except herself and Robert Sandys, her father. Mr. W4Lsnv then addressed the jury for about two hours in most eloquent terms, contending that the evidence was sufficient to warrant the conclusion that the prisoners were guilty of the crime imputed to them. For the defence, two witnesses were called, one a drug gist's assistant, who proved, that in the months of August and September last he sold to the•mother of Bridget Riley two parcels of arsenic of a quarter of a pound each ; and the. other, Catherine Riley, who said, on the day her daughter was taken into custody, she missed a small parcel, which contained a portion of the arsenic, and had been placed by her the day before in a pantry up stairs, amongst some rags, which her daughter had, on the morning the children were taken ill, removed and sold. The Arroamar-GuN ERA replied; and the learned Judge summed up the evidence at great length. The jury,,after retiring for about a quarter of an hour, retuned into court with a verdict of—not guilty. The learned JUDGE then directed that the prisoners should be arraigned on the coroner's inquisition, in order that a similar verdict might be recorded; but the officer of the court said that document was not in existence, for the resi dence of the coroner had been on fire, and amongst the property destroyed was the inquisition in question. There are, however, two other indictments against the prisoners, and the Attorney-General asked until to-morrow morning to consider the course he would pursue. The trial terminated about six o'clock. PUBLIC TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO THE RECENTLY APPOINTED BISHOP OF NEW ZEALAND. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING The Rev. Mr. Serwyn, one of the assistant curates of New Windsor, who has just been appointed to the recently created Bishopric of New Zealand, being shortly about to leave this town for the scene of his new labours, a public meeting of the inhabitants was convened this afternoon by the Mayor, in consequence of a numerously-signed requisition, for the pur pose of expressing how " deeply they lament and deplore the loss they are about to sustain in the removal of their much esteemed and valued curate ; and also to take into consideration the best mode of offering a tribute of their respect, esteem, and gratitude, for his great zeal, indefatigable labours, and usefulness amongst them." There were present, amongst others, at the meeting, the Rev. Isaac Gosset (the vicar), the Rev. Mr. Cotton (curate), Dr. Stanford, Captain Bulkeley, Mr. Robert Blunt, Alder men Clode and Soley, Messrs. W. Jennings, C. S. Voules, T. B. Holderness, T. Clarke, H. and W. Adams, J. Voules, J.. 8. Brown, F. Twinch, W. Spiers, T. Adams, W. Ingle tbn, E. P. Williams, _ . Ntr. J. BANISTER, the Mayor, briefly opened the proceed ings, and alluded to the obligations which the whole of the Inhabitants were under to the Rev. Mr. Selwyn during his ministry; and wishing him health and happiness to undergo the labours of his new undertaking. Mr. T. CLARKE, iii moving the first resolution and urging its adoption, bore testimony to the merits of the rev. genth;- rnan, who wou:d shortly leave Windsor for a foreign land, and to the great advantages the town had derived from his labours. After an excellent address, in which allusion was made to the spiritual consolation which Mr. Selwyn had ren dered to the poor throughout the town, and to the gratitude they had expressed for his kindness, Mr. Clarke called the attention of tie meeting to a speech delivered at a late meet ing of the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, held at Manchester, by the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, in which the following reference was made to the appointment of Mr. Selwyn to the new bishopric : " I should certainly be guilty of great neglect," said the rev. gentleman, referring to the establishment of foreign bishop rics, "were I to pass away from this point without adverting to that devoted servant of the Lord, who is about to enter on the Bishopric of New Zealand, who a short time since re ceived from Lord John Russell the nomination for this office. I sieve I speak in the presence of many who know him ; ana all who.know must love him. I speak of one who is of a family famed for distinction. I speak of one who, not only at Eton, when he was a boy, showed what he would be when be was a man, but upon whose young path afterwards aca de►xic distinction shed its brightest rays of glory ; who, in his early years, which he has devoted to the service of God in the ministry, has acquired for himself, through the blessing of God, fay higher honours than academic distinctions, or distinctions of any other description can give him. He has shown him self to be a faithful and courageous servant of the Lord Jesus, and if ever there was a man—l say it without exaggeration— to whom the brightest prospects in this country were open, the Rev. Mr. Selwyn is the man. He is in a place where he is known for arduous enterprise. la that field he has la boured successfully ; but not courting those bright prospects as man's wisdom would regard brightness, he is ready to count all things as but dross, for the excellence of the wisdom of God. And he goes forth, leaving father, mother, brother, and kindred at home, that he may in that strange island, New Zealand, watch as an overseer over Christ's flock." Mr. Clarke concluded by moving " that in consequence of the severe loss the parish is about to sustain by the appoint ment of its respected curate, the Rev. George Augustus Selwyn, to the Bishopric of New Zealand, it is desirable the inhabitants should express their gratitude to him for the great benefits-he has.eenferred upon them by the constant, untiring, and devoted attention he has shown to their best interests, and also for the singleness of purpose, universal kindness, and good feeling be has evinced towards all who have enjoyed the blessings of his ministry. Dr. STANFORD seconded the reiselutioe. Mr. C. S. VouLas proposed, in a neat speech, the second resolution, which was as follows :—" That in pursuance of the foregoing resplution, it is the opinion of this meeting that, in addition the thanks of his parishioners, some lasting testimonial of plate, with a suitable inscription, be presented to the Rev. G. A. Selwyn. _ Mr. Alderman SOLEY said he most cordially coincided with the resolution, and felt great pleasure in seconding it. Mr. R. BLUNT , in moving that a subscription be entered into for the purchase of a piece of plate, and that a commit tee be appointed to take into consideration the best means of carrying out the wishes of the meeting, expressed tha great regret which he, in common wish the rest of the parishioners, Mt in losing the valuable services of Mr. Selwyn. The resolution was seconded by Mr. W. Jennings, and, as the two preeeding ones, was unanimously adopted. The committee was afterwards appointed. The Rev. 1. GOSSETT, the Vicar of New Windsor, then rose, and expressed his cordial and heartfelt assent to the objects of the nseeting. He could bear testimony, on the part of the Rev. Mr. Selwyn, that from the period of his leaving Eton to his becoming the evening preacher in the town he had done most invaluable services—services which all must appreciate, and which must cause every one of the inhibitnnts to deplore and lament his loss. "I, for one," concluded the rev. speaker, evidently much affected, " part with him with sincere and heartfelt regret." After a vote of thanks to the Mayor, the meeting broke up. Nearly £lOO was subscribed before the party separated ; and it is expected, from the estimatio n in which Mr. Selwyn is held throughout the town, that the subscription will ex ceed .f.. 500. v It is in contemplation to form a Windsor and Eton New Zealand Missionary Society, in connexion with the estab lished church. The following is the account given by the Augsburg G "ztille of Mehemet's disposal of the funds sent to Constantt nopie:—He gave five millions as tribute to the Sultan, "Which go into the Treasury; half a million, private present, t Sqltan do., present to Sultana Mother; do. to Minis ters •, do. to ofcers of household ; that is, as many millions -nearly in bribes as in regular payment. HGAX'EXTRAORDINARY.—Great consternation was cre .ated an Sunday morning last, in Broadwater church, in cOnsequence of the parish-clerk having received anonymous instructions to publish the banns of marriage between a law- Alerk and a dressmaker of this town, and which were duly an from the pulpit by the worthy rector. The n ly this sudden intelligence to the parties - e s 3 , r•O both present at the time) may be more atcribed; and the young lady was led . vos.f , Pair most fainting state. \ " 1 00 . r v i,;,`, I, THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Under the Management of Mr. CLARKE, Sole Le.mee THE PERFORMANCES DURING THE SUMMER SEASON WILL COMMENCE AT HALF-PAST SEVEN.-DOORS TO DE OPENED AT SEVEN. UNPRECEDENTED COMBINATION OF FIRST- RATE DRAMATIC TALENT. Second Week of MADAME VESTRIS, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS, Mr. WILLIAM FARREN, Mr. HAIi- LEY, and Mr. F. MATTHEWS, of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden: FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. C'. MATHEWS, on which occasion, in consequence of the contin it attraction of the Play on the sixth and seventh represen ions, the new Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE wi be repeated for the eighth time. THIS present FRIDAY, August 6/, ill be performed, for the eighth time here, with N Scenery constructed by Mr. Wilmore, and painted expre .ly for the occasion by Mr. Johnstone, the last New Comedy, written by D. J. Bourcicault, Esq., called LONDON ASSURANCE. Lady Gay Spanker.. Sir Harcourt Courtly;'.. Dazzle...... Mark Meddle Mr. Harley, Max Harkaway . Mr. F. Matthews, Of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. Charles Courtly Mr. H. Holl. Mr. Adolphus Spanker Mr. Baker. Grace Harkaway Mrs. W. H. Bland. Pert At the end of the Play, a PAS SEUL, by Miss Webster. To conclude with, for the first time this season, the popular Farce of ONE HOUR; or, A CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly Mr. Charles Mathews, . . In which he will sing, a Neapolitan Song in character, and dance, with Miss C. Webster, the Tarantella. Julia (Miss Dalton).. Madame Vestris, In which character she will sing " Love is the Theme," and, in the costume of a Neapolitan, the Song of " In the Mountains of Smiling Sorento." On MONDAY next, the 9th instant, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. HARLEY, and the Last Night but Four of the En gagement of Madame Vestris, Mr. Charles. Mathews, Mr. William Farren, Mr. Harley, and Mr. F. Mathews, a favour ite COMEDY and ENTERTAINMENTS, as will be duly announced. The Play of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, with the same attractive cast of characters with which it was performed on Wednesday last, will be repeated in the course of next week. The new Farce of THE RINGDOVES, written by Mr. Charles Mathews, having been received, on Tuesday, with the greatest approbation, will also be repeated early next week. The Comedy of THE SPANISH CURATE, as revived last Season at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden, with the greatest access, will be produced in a few days. IMPORTANT TO MUNICIPAL VOTERS. To secure a vote at the next municipal election, the fol- lowing is the necessary qualification:— The occupation on the ensuing 31st August, and during the two preceding years, of a house, warehouse, count ing -house, a shop within the borough, for which the occupier is rated, and on which all rates due thereon, except those becoming due within six months before the 31st have been paid before that date. The oc cupier must also, during the whole of that period (say two years and nine months,) have been an inhabitant householder within seven miles of the borough. The day on which claimant's qualifications must be com pleted, and the last day for the payment of rates is the 31st August. A person succeeding to the occu pation of a house, 4-c. by descent, marriage, demise, (5-c., is entitled to reckon as his own the occupancy and rating of the person by 6r through whom he suc ceeds. IMPORTANT TO BOROUGH VOTERS. Every person qualified to vote for a borough, as an oc cupier of premises of the yearly value of £lO. must examine the list of voters of the parish or township, on the two first Sundays in August, and which may also be seen any day in the two first weeks of August, by applying to one of the overseers of that parish or township, Such overseer is bound to show the list, and allow it to be read, without being paid any thing. If the voter find that his name is not on the list, he must, on or before the 25th of August, deliver or send to one of the proper parish or township a claim to have his name put on the list. That claim must be in the proper form; and the voter or some one for him, must attend the revising barrister to prove his right If he finds that his name is on the list, but that there is some mistake as to the name or description, he must attend before the revising barrister, to have the mistake corrected. If any voter knows of any bad votes on any overseer's list, he should take care that these bad votes be objected to ; and this must be done on or before the 25th of August. Ely. Ribrrpool a'tanbarD►. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1841 Sir Robert Peel, in his speech at Tamworth, enu merated among the circumstances which contributed to shake the confidence of the people in the ministry, the fact of their having entered into a compact with the chief of the Irish Repealers after they had them selves denounced his projects in a speech from the throne. Now the passage in that speech which refers to the subject is so remarkable, and so well worthy of being remembered, that we shall take the liberty of laying it before our readers in this place. They will recollect that it was drawn up by the Melbourne Ca binet, and delivered by his late Majesty William IV., at the opening of the session of 1834. His Majesty says,— " 1 have seen with feelings of deep regret and indignation the continuance of attempts to excite the people of Ireland to demand a repeal of the legislative union. This bond of the national strength and satety I have declared my fixed and unalterable resolution, under the blessing of Divine Provi dence, to maintain inviolate by all the means in my power. To the practices which have been used to produce disaffec tion in the state, and mutual distrust and animosity between the people of the two countries, is chiefly to be attributed the spirit of insubordination which, though for the present in a great degree controlled by the power of the law, has been but too perceptible in many instances. The united and vigorous exertions of the loyal and well-affected in aid of the Government are imperiously required to put an end to a system of excitement and violence which is destructive of the peace of society, an& if successful, must inevitably prove fatal to the power and safety of the United Kingdom." This was language suited to the occasion—strong, explicit, impressive. His Majesty would " maintain this bond of the national strength and safety [the union] by all the means in his power"—that is to say, by all the strength of the empire. The attempt to lead men in pursuit of the repeal of that great bond, be denounces as one to produce " disaffection in the state," and as having produced a "spirit of in-subor dination too perceptible in many instances," and he concludes by calling upon the loyal and well-affected to aid the government in putting an end to a " system of excitement and violence destructive to the peace of society, and possibly fatal to the power and safety of the united kingdom." The Cabinet who drew up this speech must have had a pretty strong conviction that the cry for a repeal of the Union was but another name for rebellion, and they treated the movement as an ac tual overt act of disaffection. For so thinking, and so acting, they had the sympathy and approbation of all good men. The nation entirely concurred with them in their views, and for once in his life the Repealer stood aghast; he was left quite alone in his infamy, and his evil practices were for a while put a stop to. But a base negotiation was afterwards set on foot, and some of the very men who had advised his denuncia tion from the throne, so degraded themselves as to en ter into a guilty compact with him, without the re 'quirement of any pledge or promise, on his part, as he has himself frequently boasted, that he should abandon his seditious and treasonable designs in any shape or degree whatsoever. Anything more infa mous, or more disgraceful to ministers of the Crown than this, was never heard of. It is only astonishing that men palpably convicted of holding correspondence with a denounced traitor—voluntarily placing them selves in contact with him—and still worse, being un der an actual contract of doss alliance with him for purposes of offence and defence—could possibly sus tain themselves in the face of the nation for upwards of five years afterwards. Such a transaction at any other time would have hurled the guilty parties to it from power with a load of disgrace upon their heads suffi cient to sink them for ever; but though divulged, though promulgated, it did not immediately produce that effect in this case. The ministerial covenanters had possibly calculated the chances, and found that whatever amount of stigma the disclosure might cast upon them, it would yet be insufficient to shake that usurpation which I the compact itself would insure to them.: Infamy however great, said they, cannot de prive us of our places. Let the people hiss at us ever so much, the alliance will give us noses which will tell upon divisions, and noses will secure us the tin, So the alliance has endured, and the nation has been of fended, insulted, and punished for its sins from that O'Co nne ll m i n i stry. clay to this with a Whig y glad that Sir R o b er t P ee l Now we are exceedingly le one to refresh our memory upon these interesting facts, because it gives us additional assu rance, though we wanted none, that his policy as mi nister, which we soon expect to see him, will be just antipodal to that of the degraded covenanters. Ire land may possibly be his "great difficulty," but we feel strongly disposed to believe that the difficulty will not consist in determining how it should be governed, or how a traitor, denounced even by Whigs, should he treated by a Conservative ministry. That traitor, though in compact alliance with her Majesty's ministers, has never ceased to carry on those malicious designs for which he was denounced from the throne in 1834. He has just published what he calls a Declaration of Grievances and Rights, which is about as seditious and disloyal a manifesto as could well be published, and such as, were there a firm Con servative government in existence, he would never have dared to have issued. Under the administration of Sir R. Peel we should confidently expect that all such do ings would instantly be put a stop to. has been tt The Declaration is one unbroken tissue of falsehoods and slanders of the most atrocious description—having for its object the excitement of hatred to England, and the concentration of the mind of the people on the pretended grand remedy for all their grievances—Re peal of the Union ; or, in other words, the political separation of the countries and the dismemberment of the empire. - We shall make a few random extracts. Some of the truths which it sets forth are as follow : " No country in the world ever violated towards any other country its plighted faith and solemn treaties so often and so foully as England has done towards Ireland." " So far from having relaxed in the antipathy to the Irish people and their hatred of the religion of the Irish nation, the English people now exhibit more venomous virulence and acrimony than ever they did in the worst periods of our history." " The aristocracy of England, the leaders of the present hostile movement against Ireland, have employed enormous masses of their wealth in the most profligate corruption of the Eitglish constituencies in order to procure the return to parliament of the inveterate and virulent enemies to Ireland and to catholicity.—This wicked hostility to Ireland and to her catholic people is vicious, almost to a pitch of demoniacal insanity, inasmuch as it is exhibited at a period when the Irish people, instead of meriting this satanic hostility, are in reality deserving of the respect and gratitude of the English aristocracy of wealth and rank.—Under the administration conducted by Peel and Lord Stanley, it will be imprudent— and, indeed, utterly unsafe to call out the Irish militia, as that force must necessarily be constituted in the proportion of ninety-nine catholics to one of every other religion." " Foreign powers in dealing with the Peel-Stanley admi nistration, will avail themselves of the weakness and wicked ness of that administration, occasioned by their misgovern ment of Ireland." Next follows a list of grievances —first, " that Ire land has not obtained an equalisation of privileges, franchises, and rights with the people of England and Scotland—with a corollary touching the Union. Then there is the " grand practical grievance that the eccle siastical state revenues of the nation are enjoyed by the church of a small minority." The next " great and outrageous grievance sustained by the people of Ireland is, that they are inadequately represented in parliament. The Irish ought, upon a calculation of comparative revenue and population, to possess more than one hundred and seventy representatives. They have but one hundred and five.." The tenth and last is the " master grievance, the source of all others to Ireland—the legislative union—a union brought about by force, fraud, treachery, corruption, and bloodshed." We might make our extracts much longer, but we should tire our readers. The document is altogether a most daring and flagitious production ; but it is im portant as showing that the writer is the same ill-dis posed, truculent traitor that he ever was, and that he comes out of the hands of the Whigs with all their in dulgence, feeding, and coaxing, as far as ever from be ing well-affected towards British connection and Eng lish interests. There is then no more room for com promise or conciliation with such a character. A Con servative minister must not only keep him at arm's length, but cut short his career of seditious agitation. Declaring himself, as he does, an enemy to British connection, he must be treated as such. There is no other policy for a Conservative minister to act upon, whatever difficulty there may be in making it effectual. As drowning men will catch at straws, we should not be surprised if the ministerialists took an omen, favourable to their still lingering hopes, from the fact that Sir Robert Peel will not oppose the election of Mr. Shaw Lefevre as speaker in the new parliament. That such is the case, we learn from a London morning jour nal of Wednesday, which states that the right hon. the member for Tarnworth had written to Mr. Lefevre, to apprise him that such was his intention. Here, then, is a little respite for the Whigs. Their miserable minority will not be exposed so early as they might have apprehended, did they judge of others by them selves, or conclude, as to the course which the Conser vatives would pursue, from what had been their own when in opposition. Their journals, we do expect, will immediately begin to crow, and mistranslate the mild forbearance and patriotic expansion of mind which has induced the great Conservative leader to acquiesce in the re-election of the Whig speaker, into an evidence of fear to try his strength with the mighty men of va lour on the ministerial benches. The state of trade, the prospects of the harvest, our unsettled relations with America, the war with China, and, above all, the threatened rebellion with Iretand, they will say, have frightened him ; he will be in no such haste to grasp the reigns of power as his more impetuous followers would have him to be ; you see he is not anxious to begin the battle; he does not venture to oppose our speaker. Now, however ridiculous such gasconade would be, it would not be one whit more so than the tale of the right hon. baronet's flight to the continent, and a dozen other equally probable circumstantials of scandal lately set afloat by the truth-loving organs of the government. Here, however, they have the advan tage of gaining a peg to hang all their suspicions and inuendoes upon. Motives are easily assigned, and false ones not so susceptible of disproof, and the lie of the morning has the greater chance of a prolonged exist ence. We need scarcely observe that, with a working ma jority of above eighty members, it is idle to say that the permission given by the Conservative leader to Mr. Lefevre to resume his office as speaker, could result from any doubt of his having it perfectly in his power to remove him if he deemed it necessary or prudent so to do. Nor would the ministerialists have had any right to complain if such a step were adopted. They had themselves afforded a recent precedent for it, in the case of Mr. Charles Manners Sutton, now Viscount Canterbury. In the parliament called by Sir Robert Peel in 1835, the Whig opposition proposed Mr. Aber cromby (now Lord Dunfermline) in opposition to this gentleman. Mr. Sutton had been speaker nearly eigh teen years, and a more able, learned, dignified, and impartial officer never occupied the presidential chair. The slightest imputation had never been cast upon any one of his decisions; he had performed an arduous duty in arduous times ; and during a long course of service, had upheld the dignity of the house, and added lustre to its proceedings by his graceful eloquence, and grave, yet courteous, deportment on all occasions. But the right hon. gentleman was a Tory in principle, and avowedly Anti-Popish in his sentiments, and this was sufficient to render him obnoxious to the Papists and radicals, who just at this time had rushed into the house, bent upon a scramble. That their factious pro ceeding would saddle the country with an unnecessary and uncalled-for expense—the retiring speaker being entitled to a pension of £4OOO per annum, was an ac cident for which they cared nothing ; and, accordingly, they went through with it, and carried the election of Mr. Abercromby against Mr. Sutton by a majority of ten. Mr. Lefevre was elected on Mr. Abercromby's m 1 839, in opp os i t i on to M r . Goul bu t the n um b ers b e i ng , exclu sive of the tellers, 317 and 299. Now Sir Robert Peel does not mean to follow this precedent of the Liberals. He adheres to the doctrine laid down by himself in 1835. He then said on the occasion of Mr. Sutton's proposed election, " that members ought to consider that the office of Speaker was one that ought not to be made the subject of party feeling; the precincts of the chair ought not to be con verted into ground on which political battles might be fought"; and now in forbearing to oppose Mr. Le fevre, he will act co nsistentl y with this principle. This is a view of the question in which we are per fectly sure, the ministerialists have no feelings in com mon with him. They call themselves Liberals in deed, but true liberality is as much a stranger to their conceptions as it is to their practice. Sir Robert Peel's sentiment is the truly liberal and tnagnani mous one.. He can recognise propriety, merit, talent in a politi cal adversary, or in persons not in the imme diate circle of his supporters ; and with a deep consi- deration for the dignity of the honourable House of which he is a member, he is more anxious to have the department of its chief officer properly filled, than that officer should be one selected from any particular party. Many members might unquestionably be found in the Conservative ranks fully as well qualified to discharge the duties of Speaker, as Mr. Lefevre ; and if the choice was one now to be made ab initlo, one resulting from a vacancy occasioned by some other cause than merely that of a parliamentary dissolution, the case would be different; the Conservative leader would certainly then be bound to take a different course, in common justice to his own friends and party. But Mr. Lefevre has now a qualified posses sion in the chair, and his conduct in it has hitherto afforded no room for exception. We say then, -that it is liberal, disinterested, and high-minded in the right honourable baronet to leave the Whig-selected Speaker undisturbed in his occupa tion. A sacrifice indeed is made, but it is the sacrifice of some individual only for the common good. A Conservative is subjected to privation, debarred of a dignified office, to which his party would easily have helped him ; but a saving is thereby effected for the country, and the Conservatives, as a party, do not aurmur ; they are content, Thus it is that Conservatives commence their reign Contrast them with the Whigs, whose conduct you find to be one continued job from first to last—from Mr. Speaker Abercromby to plain John Campbell, ex- Lord Chancellor of Ireland, with a pension, expect ant. The country will take this act of self-denial on the part of the Conservatives, as a gratifying evidence of the benefits to be expected from this administration, and we Sincerely rejoice on this account that such a course has been decided upon. Conservatism can re ally lose nothing by such generous disinterestedness ; it must gain by it. It will gain in the estimation of the country; it will gain by its own intrinsic gene rosity and patriotism ; it will be contrasted by all men with the voracious cupidity and selfishness of the Whigs, and it will strike its roots downwards in the respect and affection of the people. It is an admira ble commencement of the new order of things which we now look for. Upwards of two hundred ministers of religion, it is said, have engaged to attend a conference at Manches ter, on the 17th instant ;—for what purpose does the reader suppose ? For something religious perhaps ? No, indeed ; but on the subject of the corn laws. It is to be a sort of disssenting convocation, previous to the meeting of parliament, and it is expected that so great a company of preachers, if they enjoy no recog nised legal capacity in their ministrations of religion, will be extremely impressive on a subject which they probably understand equally well. We have always observed that the lecturers of the Anti-Corn Law League had rather a taste for something of the reli gious. Many of them are fond of quoting texts of scripture, and introducing them, with whatever incon gruity or misapplication, into their harangues; and it is probably from the piquant effect which they found the practice to produce in their own exercises, that they have been induced to collect such a number of dissenting preachers at Manchester, and discharge the whole battery at once on the 17th instant. By the way, we are sorry to perceive that the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel has been giving his aid to the cause, by a brochure, which is called " A Plea for the Poor ;" but begging his pardon, it is altogether begging the ques tion to designate an argument for the repeal of the corn laws a plea for the poor. Mr. Noel, in his ignorance, may sincerely think it to be such ; but that does not alter the fact. In our opinion, such an argument is a plea against our own people—a plea for the foreigner, and consequently a plea against the poor of England, instead of for them. We have looked over his pam phlet, and find it to be a very poor affair indeed ; but intending to say something more on the subject at an other opportunity, we dismiss it with this hasty remark for the present. The letter of " Conservator" in the last number of the STANDARD, was, we doubt not, perused by the Protestant public with mingled feelings of gratification and regret—regret, because the evils which afflict the sister country are so great and multiplied—and grati fication, because there are still some master-minds who can dive deeper than the surface of things, and cannot only discover the nature of the grievances which press so heavily on unhappy Ireland, but are able to discover the most likely methods to alleviate or re move them. We feel honoured that an intelligent correspondent has selected the STANDARD as the me dium of giving publicity to his sentiments, and whilst we shall be honoured by receiving any further communications, we are sure our readers will be equally delighted. Such writers as " Conservator" are not met with every day. LOCAL NEWS. DOCK CONIMITTEE, YESTERDAY,—There were barely sufficient members present to form a quorum ; namely, Messrs. Berm, Horsfall, J. Holt, Middleton, Bulley, Evans, and Sandbach, the new member. Mrssrs. Mather, Dixon, and Co.'s contracts for three iron cylinders for the graving docks was accepted. Messrs. J. and A. Walker presented a memorial praying the committee would allow them to dedi cate a chart, showing at one view the line of coast from Holy head to Liverpool, to the chairman and gentlemen of the Dock Committee. Mr. Lord was requested to look over the chart, and see if it were correct, in which case the request would be granted. The death of John Griffiths, of the tele graph station, was announced, and his son was appointed for the present to supply his place. The marine surveyor re ported the buoy of Victoria Channel had been removed on the 3d instant. CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—ThiS most enterprising and useful body have given themselves an ad ditional claim upon the public respect and gratitude by their munificent recognition of the public debt due to James Hartley, Esq., of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navi gation Company, of London, for his successful prosecution of those connected with the gold dust robbery, perpetrated some time since in London. The extent of the plunder, the permanent good example shown by Mr. Hartley to all com mercial companies, in bringing to justice culprits engaged in such a nefariou s ro bb ery , an d d o i ng this public good at his sole expense, entitled him eminently to such a mark of re spect. The work consists of a silver salver, with a richly carved scroll edge, representing the seasons, and bearing the following inscription :—Presented to James Hartley, Esq., by the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, pur suant to a resolution passed at a general meeting of the pro prietors, held on the 6th of May, 1841, in testimony of the services so honourably and energetically rendered by him to the mercantile community at large, by bringin to condign punishment, at his own personal expense, the principal offenders concerned in the gold dust robbery." The arms are engraved in the centre of the scroll. In addition, a beau tiful centre-piece, to correspond, has been presented, as a suitable accompaniment, by the British and Irish Steam Navigation Company. THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE, MANCHESTER. —The conference resumed its sittings on Saturday. The letter ad dressed by the Rev. H. Ransen and two of the stewards of the Gainsborough circuit, to Earl Brownlow, was discussed. The letter, it will be remembered, requested his lordship to grant or sell a piece of land on which to erect a chapel in Torksey, urging as an inducement that his compliance with their request would promote the interest of the Hon. Mr. Cust, the conservative candidate. In the course of the dis cussion, the conduct of Mr. Ransen and the stewards was strongly condemned, and the letter was characterised as hav ing an immoral tendency ; it being an offer to render politi cal services for a bribe. A resolution was passed, that Mr. Ransen should be reprimanded. Mr. Ransen, who was pre sent, was accordingly reprimanded by the president in severe terms. It was also resolved that a copy of the resolution should be forwarded to Earl Brownlow. After this business was decided, there was a lengthened discussion on justifica tion by faith. On Sunday, most of the ministers visiting the conference preached in the various chapels belonging to the connection in and about the town. In the morning the Rev. J. Bunting, D.D. p reac hed to a very crowded congregati on , in Irwell-street chapel, from Heb. ii. 10. The service was a very long one, but the greatest attention was paid through out. The doctor, we regret to say, did not appear in good health, and the ravages of time upon his constitution were very evident. In the evening the Rev. James Dixon preached what is usually called the president's sermon, in Oldham street Chapel, to an overflowing congregation, and the plat form was filled by preachers. The text was from Isaiah, chap. ii, v. 2, and the service did not conclude till near nine o'clock. GALLANT CONDUCT. —During the gale on Wednesday .night and Thursday morning, the schooner Louisa, of Antwerp, bound for this port, struck on the north bank, when all on board must have perished if it had not been for the bold and humane conduct of the crew of a fishing smack, belonging to Holylake, consisting of William Jones, William Eccles, and Samuel Jones, of that place, and John Fogg, of this town. The fishing smack was making her way towards Liverpool, when they discovered a light, betokening, as they thought, a vessel in distress ; this at once caused them to slacken their course, when, in their endeavour to reach her, they split, through the violence of the gale, two foresails, which were carried beyond the vessel, and, by the loss of their head sails, were themselves nearly driven on the bank. They managed, however, to work their vessel round, when they saw that the vessel bad sunk, and her unfortunate crew were clinging to the rigging. It was impossible for them to come near the wreck, in consequence of their own disabled state and the tremendous height at which the breakers of the bank were running ; but two of the crew put themselves into their small boat, having stripped themselves to their shirts, made their way through the breakers, succeeded in reaching the wreck, and returned to their own vessel with the whole crew of the Louisa. The bold and humane conduct of the whole crew of this fishing smack, both of those who ventured their lives in the small boat, and of the others who were ex posed to perhaps equal danger in being left alone in their vessel during so heavy a gale, deserves the highest praise. We trust that, when this case is brought under the conside ration of the proper authorities, the courage of these brave fellows will meet an ample reward. Many individuals, we have no donbt, will be glad of an opportunity to mark their sense of such manly and heroic daring in the cause of hu manity. ST. SIMON'S CHURCH AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES.— Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell have generously contributed, the former £lO, the latter 20 guineas, towards the purchase of the above church. EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY.—A sow, belonging to Mr. Darning, of " Rainford New Brewery," which is not quite two years old, has had the large number of 49 young ones at three farrows, namely, first, 14 ; second, 16 ; third, 19 ; total, 49. LORD ..k.SIILEY.—This nobeman is now on a tour through the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire, with the view of acquiring information as to the actual con dition of the labouring population. A boiler at the iron foundry of Mr. Lillie, in Manchester, exploded on Saturday last, and so injured a workman named George Smallshaw that he expired the same evening. FORGERY.—At the Stockport Police-court, on Saturday, a farmer, named Daniel Lowe, residing at Stone Cottage, near Whaley, was committed to Kirkdale for trial, on a charge of having forged the name of Mr. Joshua Iteyner, corn factor, of Manchester, to a bill of exchange for £l5 10s. • DISEASE OF THE HEART.—It cannot fail to interest the sufferer from diseased hear't to find that Mr. Cronin has be come a resident of Liverpool. The liberality of this gentle man's advertisement, in this day's paper, cannot be too strongly noticed, which we have no hesitation in saying will prove a decided boon to the suffering poor. A person, name unknown, jumped overboard from the Seacome steam-boat on Tuesday, and was drowned. THE BARON DE COSSON'S PICTURES.—A few pictures of this collection are remaining unsold. Visiters wishing to inspect them should call on Mr. Wilson in the mornings, as at that time the sun being in the apartment the light is pre ferable, and they are seen to the greatest advantuge. COPYING MACHINE.—RHODES'S NEWLY INVENTED COPYING MACHINE, advertised by Mr. Smith, of South Castle-street, is exceedingly simple in construction, and of great power. Its price also will recommend it to purchasers. PIANOFORTE TUNING.—We beg to draw attention to Mr. Venables's address. As a tuner he may be employed with confidence. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—These gardens are now in the height of perfection. The grand Tableau of St. Jean d' Acre goes off capitally. Several animals have been added to the collection this week. Amongst them we noticed a wolverine or mountain cat, a present from Captain Cowing, ship Co lumbus ; and a gazelle, given by J. C. Shaw, Esq., Wal ton Breck. 'WOOL SALES.-At the wool sales yesterday, good prices were realised. In Australian full ld. per lb. more was ob tained at the middle of the sale than at the commencement. MAP OF THE UNITED STATES.—A very beautiful and elaborate map of the United States has just made its appear ance. It is without exception one of the handsomest and most useful we have for some time seen. A careful obser vation of it will show how wonderfully the States of late years have extended. This map will convey a just idea of the immense tract of country the United States contain. The work may be obtained on application at our office. It ought to be hung up in every counting-house and place of public resort or business, as constant reference is now being made to North America, in all societies. WALToN BAZAAR.—Great preparations are now in pro gress to make the Walton Bazaar "go off" brilliantly. It is expected to be one of the most - dashing affairs that has ever taken place in this part of the country. We trust that the.ladies resident in the vicinity of Walton, and those who have any love for the Church of England, will bestir them selves most actively, and contribute largely the commodities necessary to stock the stalls. If the ladies who are interested in the Matter will do their duty, the committee will be able to carry out their arrangements. It may he well to remark, that the 26th is Prince Albert's birthday. This will give a zest to the occasion. More of this anon. PRESENCE OF MlND. — There is at present living in the West-Riding of Yorkshire, a most frugal farmer, whose name is Thomas Dent, but better known as Torn Dent, of Pitcher-house, and quite a character in his way, which is sometimes very uneven. Not a hundred years ago he was returning home late at night, with a fat sheep in his cart, when suddenly Thomas and his sheep were upset on the slope of a very mountainous place called Hill-Gill, the cart completely inclosing both Torn and the sheep. Tom soon discovered that his fat sheep was what is there termed " necked," and in this perilous situation (which reminds us of a coffin on wheels), he instantly drew his pocket-knife, and stuck the sheep. The sheep was dressed, and sold to his neighbonrs ; the family at Gill-house pronounced it ex cellent, and Tom confessed it turned out the most profitable of his flock. NEW DISPENSARY, FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE IiZART.—In consequence of the prevalence of disease of the heart and lungs, a few philanthropic gentlemen in town have determined upon establishing a dispensary for the relief of persons labouring under these disorders. Mr. Cronin, whose name is no doubt familiar to our readers, and who has been very successful in such cases, has consented to accept the surgeoncy of the infant establishment. His services are gratuitous, and he appears very desirous of as sisting in every way possible the gentlemen engaged in the matter. A large house has been taken in Lime-street, and operations will be immediately commenced. In the mean time, the poor can obtain advice and medicine at Mr. Cro nin's residence, in Oldham-street. In about a month the dispensary will be ready. We hope that our wealthy mer chants will come forward and support the institution, a prospectus of which will shortly appear in our columns. THE CONVICT FRosT.—A gentleman who lately arrived from Van llieman's Land say—Frost was, in spite of as sertions to the contrary, an overseer of convicts, but he is no longer so. About ten days previous to my informant's de parture, Frost, with a gang of his fellow-prisoners, was missing. They had procured a whaling-boat, with which they attempted to escape. After a week of very great privations, they returned to Hobart Town and surrendered themselves. Notwithstanding the declarations of the others that they had forced him to tie Company them, he had been deprived of his appointment, and has been sent to the penal settlement of Port Arthur. The government believe that he must have had some foreknowledge of the attempt. —Blackburn Standard. SCHOOL FOR TIIE DEAF AND DUMB.—The collection at St. Ann's Church, West Derby, on Wednesday evening, after an excellent sermon by the Rev. Thos. Gardner, in be half of this institution, amounted to £lO lOs 9d, and several more names were given in as new annual subscribers. ELECTION OF - A COUNCILLOR FOR EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD.—Yesterday being the day appointed for the election of a member to represent Everton and Kirk dale Ward, in the Common Council, in the room of Mr. Quayle, who had resigned; the friends of Conservative principles met at Mr. Halliday's, Everton Coffee House, at half past eight in the morning, and nominated Mr. John Walker to fill the vacancy. No opposition was offered, and that .gentleman was declared to be duly appointed. The conservatives have thus gained another member in our local parliament, equal to two votes on their side. William Shand Esq., it will be remembered, disputed the election of Mr. Quayle, in November, 1839, and the latter has, by his resig nation, shrunk from the legal inquiry appointed by the Court of Queen's Bench. Had Mr. Shand been in the country, he would doubtless have been elected on this occasion, as . Mr. Walker would not in such case have presented himself. THEATRE ROYAL.—Last night the sterling old comedy of " The Rivals " was admirably played. The house was very full. To-night " London Assurance " will be repeated for the benefit of Mr. Charles Mathews. On Monday, Mr. Harley, that most eccentric, droll, and clever actor, wil, take his benefit. Madame and her company, it will be seenl remain next week. SPLENDID ENGRAVING OF WILLIAM FAWCETT, ESQ.— We do not remember to have seen a more highly-finished or beautiful engraving than that which has just made its appear ance, of our respected and talented townsman William Faw cett, Esq., senior partner of the most extensive steam-engine manufactory in this town, if not, indeed, in the kingdom, or, in other words, in the world. The size of the plate is twenty four inches by fifteen. It is taken from a painting by George Patten, Esq., .A., and engraved, in the first style, by T. Lupton. The likeness, admitted t o b e a d m i ra bl e i n t h e original, is preserved in every point ; and the picture will form a gem in any collection of engravings. The figure (a full-length) is represented as seated on a massive arm chair, with a letter or autograph in one hand, resting on the knee, in the attitude of study, as if devising some new imp rovemen t in the application of that mighty agent of modern advance ment, steam. The face conveys that vraisembl ance w hi c h cons titutes the perfection of delineation. Not a hair of the head, or a slight indenture of the countenance indicating the approach of age, but is clearly and naturally defined ; and the whole portrait is thrown out with the prominence of a sta tuary model, with the grand addition that it is full of life and intelligent expression. The back ground is deeply and darkly shadowed, strongly conducing to thi s t r i ump h o f t h e artist, i and being made (as it ought to be) subsidia r y, th e pr i nc i pa l object absorbs attention, in prominent relief. The hands, scarcely less difficult of representation than the features, are also executed with masterly skill. It is a portrait, in fine, of high merit, and is well worthy of a place amongst the first cabinet engravings of the day as a work of art, not less than for the faithful resemblance it conveys of those comparatively few distinguished men of the present age who, by their me chanical genius and enterprising spirit, have contributed more, in a quiet and unobtrusive manner, by the imp rove d con struction of marine and other steam-engines, to promote the commerce and prosperity of this country, and the conse quent civilization and welfare of the whole human family, than many of higher pretensions, in the several departments of the senate, the bar, the field, or the ocean. TUE GERMAN OPERA AT MANCHESTER.—Herr Schu mann, the spirited manager of the German company, having got into the hands of a gentleman whose vocabulary does not contain the word " mercy," had the whole of his splendid wardrobe seized on Friday last, thus preventing the per formance of the opera that evening, as advertised. The dis tress of a hundred people suddenly thrown out of employ ment in a foreign country, and without the means of returning to London or Germany, may be readily conceived. A few gentlemen, however, having interested themselves in their behalf, the gratuitous loan of dresses being offered by a townsman, Mr. Clarke stepping forward with regard to the Theatre, Madame Scbodel tendering her services, and Herr Ganz determining to see them through their difficulties, the company resolved to give three performances more, commen cing last evening with Zauberfiote. In Consequence, no doubt, of the late announcement, the house was but thinly attended ; but the performance was one which must have greatly pleased all present. The peculiar circumstances under which she was playing, appeared to inspire Madame Schodel with fresh energy, and she sang with a power and occasional delicacy of expression, which she knows so well how to give. Her duet with Mellinger was more beautiful, if possible, than on the previous occasion, whilst his Papageno was as full of rich humour. Herr Steiner sang the part of Tamino, he most agreeably surprised the friends of the opera, and was a further proof of the skilful arrange ment of the whole company, and the great resources they possess without even the help of " stars." We understand Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas and the officers of the 78th re giment have come forward in the kindest manner on their patronage being solicited, and there appears to be a universal sympathy in favour of these clever artists in their present most unfortunate situation, This evening Der Freischutz is repeated, with the " Prayer" from The Night in Granada, and the "Grand Finale," from Fidelio. To-morrow, Don Juan, in addition to which Weber's overture to Euryanthe, and the "Jager Chorus" from the same opera, will be given. —Manchester Guardian of Wednesday. THEATRE ROYAL, M A NCHESTER. — The new comedy, " London Assurance," was produced here for the first time on Saturday evening, and very favourably received. The well-known merits of the Covent Garden company attracted an overflowing audience. Every part of the house was densely filled long before the rising of the curtain, and the musicians had to vacate the orchestra for the accommodation of several gentlemen who could not obtain seats in the boxes. Madame Vestris, Mr. Charles Mathe ws , M r. W. -Farren, Mr. Harley, and Mr. F. Matthews, sustained the principal characters with great eclat. An announcement that the piece would be repeated on Saturday evening, was received with reiterated plaudits.—Manchester Guardian of Wed nesday. The passage from America to Glasgow was never, we be lieve, performed in so short a time as by Dr. M'Tear, sur geon, on board the Britannia, which arrived at Liverpool on Thursday evening. The Britannia performed the passage from Boston to Liverpool in 9 days and 19 hours. Just as she was entering the harbour the Achilles was leaving for Glasgow, when Dr. M'Tear sprung from the paddle-box of the one steamer to the paddle•box of the other, and was brought direct to Glasgow, where he arrived on Friday night. thus making the entire voyage in 10 days and 16 hours. — Scottish Guardian. [A part of the worthy doctor's name appears to have been left out in this account ; it should have been printed "Tearaway."] OUR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM A series of crushing articles, in exposition of the foreign commercial policy of Lord Palmerston, which have appeared within the past fortnight in the columns of the Morning Herald, have demonstrated sufficiently how large a portion of the distress, which our i` liberal" merchants and manu facturers attribute solely to the operation of the existing corn-laws, may be placed to the imbecile and criminal negli gence with which the foreign department of the government has of late years been administered. The result of the re cent elections in London, Liverpool, Hull, and even Glas gow, may be attributed in part to the existence of such an opinion in the minds of the enlightened merchants of these great outlets of our export trade. These gentlemen were too well acquainted with the impediments which whig legislation has thrown in the way of their daily operations in foreign markets to be deluded by any attempts to raise the cry of " free trade" as a bait to entrap their votes in favour of men whose policy has been so ruinous to trade throughout; and whatever might be their opinions with respect to the revision and remodification of our commercial tariff, those opinions they have been quite prepared to wave, as secondary in im portance to the necessity of rescuing the affairs of the nation from this incapable faction. " Out with the whigs !" has been the cry of the foreign merchant, whether Brazilian or Baltic, whether East or West Indian, whether African or Chinese ; and Sir Robert Peel, when insisting upon this as the leading demand of conservatism, evinces a perfect un derstanding of the sentiments of the commercial portion, at least, of the constituency. There is another direction, however, in which we must look, before we can arrive at the seat of the evil which affects in particular our manufacturing interest. Undoubtedly a wise foreign policy can do much to give an impulse to the demand for British goods abroad—to open new markets and facilitate commercial operations in old ones—but it cannot do all which is required. The glut created by over-production and over-trading may be created for a time. A fleeting prosperity may again cause our factories to work full time, and restore plenty to our over-tasked factory population ; but a permanent prosperity legislation can scarcely achieve, unless aided by the co-operation of our manufacturers them selves. We have no right to demand, even if we had the power to extort, tariffs or commercial treaties in favour of British manufactures as against those of other countries ; and if it be—as the league-men tell us it is—that we cannot successfully compete with the continental manufacturers in foreign markets, we can point to no remedy except one which the manufacturer has within his own hands. The abolition of the corn-laws, the favourite specific, can afford only a temporary stimulus, granting all the advantages which its advocates contend for, unless the inherent evil, which exists in the manufacturing system itself, be first corrected. We do not at present —we admit the fact—maintain the ground which we formerly held in foreign markets generally. But we must demur to the assertion, that it is on the ground of cheapness merely that we fail in doing so. On the con trary, we produce the cheapest—i. e. the lowest priced— goods of any manufacturing nation. Our goods are notori ously the rubbish of half the markets of the world, and the least in estimation. It is no longer a recommendation for any article to be of British manufacture ; but, on the con trary, the term stamps it to be of doubtful and spurious qua lity. We have become quack imitators of other men's wares, and pirates of other men's patterns and fabrics. We steal even their labels and adopt their names ; and, as a natural result, when we do produce and offer for sale an article of our own it is viewed with suspicion, and purchased :only at a de preciated price. From the consequences of such a system of carrying on our operations in foreign markets, it is that we are now suffering. To this cause at least is to be attributed 'a great portion of our distress. We have for years been inflicted with a mania for producing at a cheap rate ; and as is the case of all venders of cheap wares, the buyers have be come tired of exchanging their money for trash. We know that the men of the league have a ready way of meeting this view of the case. The British manufacturer, they tell us, cannot afford to manufacture an article of which labour is a large component part. He cannot afford to sell a good article. In part we disbelieve them ; and for the rest we are quite aware of the reason. The British manufacturer bears a tainted name; and for this very reason his goods, even when of equal quality to those of other manufacturers, will not bring an equal price. There are merchants in Li verpool well acquainted with the fact that some British ma nufacturers, who have never stooped to those tricks which have injured the reputation of British goods generally, can at all times command a remunerating sale. We could ourselves particularize many such. But it is not the men who form the Anti-Corn-Law League—the men whose ambition it is to make large returns from small capital, and grow rich in a day, who enjoy this favoured preeminence in foreign markets. These men it is, on the contrary, who, whilst stimulating an already bloated manufacturing system to an extent which every day threatens to engulf us in civil commotion, unless we consent to throw down every bulwark of our internal prosperity to give it scope, are step by step sapping the very vitals of our great commercial system. The manufacturing interest must reform this suicidal sys tem if it wishes to attain any permanent and really valuable prosperity. The reputation of British manufactures in Fo reign markets must at least be attempted to be retrieved be fore we can safely make any great concessions in their favor. In such an endeavour the legislature can aid them in many ways, which we may hereafter point out; but we can disco ver no propriety—no safety even—in adventuring upon mea sures for the advantage of a class who seek only present ex orbitant gain to the certain ultimate ruin of those whose interests and whose very existence thay drag along with them into peril. It is nothing to us that a few individuals, who assume to brawl in the name of the manufacturing body in general, have invested their hundreds of thousands in build ings and machinery, with money borrowed from joint stock banks, and now threaten us with civil commotion unless we will aid them in their giant schemes of aggrandisement. We will not be bullied into the notion that the commerce which these men wish to further is that by which a nation is made great and a people happy ; and we are not disposed to peril England's permanent welfare for such. The commerce which we recognise as valuable is one which will diffuse more widely its advantages ; which erects itself upon more stable foundations ; which has in view the welfare of the many and not the few; and, in short, is not the commerce which a greedy millocracy is anxious to build upon the ruins of England's aristocracy and local yeomanry; upon the loss of her commercial good name, and upon the wreck of the com forts of her honest and industrious working population. SIR WM. BURNETT'S PATENT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TIMBER, &c. We observe that an establishment has been opened in Fazakerley-street, for the purpose of submitting canvas, cordage, and other materials connected with the construction of ships to .a preparation discovered by Sir 'William Burnett, Physician-General to the Navy, by means of which they shall be enabled to resist the action of decay, mildew, and dry rot. - The result of previous attempts to obtain this object would in some degree render us sceptical in placing an entire faith in the efficacy of the plan now proposed, but we are obliged to confess that the testimonials which we have had an oppor tunity of seeing are of such a character, and constitute so favourable a body of evidence, that we really believe we are likely to do our fellow-townsmen a service by drawing their attention to the subject. We may mention, en passant, that the Admiralty, (albeit slow to adopt improvement) has taken steps for the con struction of tanks in the dock yards, and for the erection of an hydraulic machine at Portsmouth. The following is a copy of a report made to the Superin tendent of Woolwich Yard, by order of the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, on six pieces of wood which had remained in the fungus pit of that yard nearly five years : Important Official Documents respecting the condition of some prepared and unprepared TIMBER, WHICH HAD BEEN IN TILE FUNGUS PIT NEARLY FIVE YEARS. Admiralty, 26th July, 1841. am commanded by my . Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send herewith, for your information, a copy of a Report received from the Officers of the Woolwich Yard, on the state of the timber prepared under your Patent, which had been deposited in the fungus pit.—l am, Sir, your most humble servant, (Signed) J. PARKER. To SIR WILLIAM BURNETT, K.C.H., F.R.S., &c. &c. Woolwich Yard, 15th July, 1841. SlR, — Agreeably to your memo. of this day's date, we have to acquaint you, that we have examined the several specimens of timber which have been prepared by Sir William Burnett, and deposited in the fungus pit at this Yard, and find their state to be as follows, viz. : PREPARED. UNPREPARED. ENGLISH OAK.—Perfectly ENGLISH OAK.—Has a small sound. spot of fungus on the end. ENGLISH ELM.—Perfectly ENGLISH ELM.—Doaty. sound. I DANTZIC FlR.—Has fungus DANTSIC FIR. Perfectly on the outside, and is de sound. I caged in the heart. —We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, 0. LANG, Master Shipwright. R. ABETHELL, Assistant to the Master Shipwright. P.S.—The prepared and unprepared deposited in the pit the 25th August, 1836. TO CAPT. SUPERINTENDENT HORNBY, C.B. N.B.—Some pieces of prepared and unprepared canvas and calico were also placed in the fungus pit at the same time, and, on its being opened in May, 1838, for the inspec tion of its contents, the Official Report stated, that, as re garded the canvas and calico, the experiment was decisive and conclusive, the prepared being but slightly injured, and in some cases not at all, whilst the unprepared was entirely destroyed. The tests to which both canvas and cordage have been put, in order to compare their strength with that of similar un prepared materials, exhibit also very striking results. The following is a letter from the Lords of the Admiralty on this head : Particular attention is requested to the following inwortant Letter from the LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE AD MIRALTY, relative to some of the trials made at PORTS MOUTH DOCKYARD. _ -• Admiralty, 13th July, 1841. SlR,—With reference to your letter of the 29th of last month, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, that from the report of the trials of the strength of the Cordage and Canvas prepared with the solution on your plan, as compared with that un prepared, it appears that after both were equally exposed to wet and damp, as well as to the effects of the atmosphere, the prepared Co> dage* is on the average about one-twelfth stronger, and the Canvas about two-thirds stronger than the unprepared.—l am, &c. &c. H. E. AMEDROZ, Pro-Secretary. SIR WILLIAM BURNETT, K. C. H., F. R. S., &c. &c. * The Cordage, in this instance, was submitted to the Condition in whi Patent Solution as Rope, previously tarred Cordage cannot derive the full benefit of the It should be prepared in the state of yarn. The following certificates have reference to the sa quality : Two pieces of prepared and two of unprepared Canvas were submitted to the usual test, to ascertain their comparai strength, at Messrs. Huddart and Co.'s, Limehouse, 2 August, 1840. The prepared broke at 214 lbs.) The unprepared broke 169 lbs.) strain c strain tl (190 111 Showing a differ Or 22 per cent. in favour of the prepared Canvas .ence of, e unprep N.B. Each piece wa viz., 2 feet long, and 1 inch wide. The trial was made b, their foreman, Mr. Joseph Roberts, in the presence of two ctly tii ame dimensions, witnesses Trial of the strength of Rope-yarn (white a►ul tarred), at Messrs. Joad Curling and Co's, Mill Wall, 21st August, 1840. Broke at a strain of The main of 4 prepared white yarns. The main of 4 unprepared ditto.... 570 lbs, 521 Showing a difference of.. Or 91 per cent. in favour of the prepared yarn. Again. The main of 4 r at a strain of 415 lbs. ; the difference prepared white yarn is 155 lbs., or 37-4- per cent. in favour of the latter. N.B. These , hemp, and spun by the same perso by their superintendent, Mr. " witnesses. and tipre . paredyarns broke rns were each 6 feet Long, of the same The trial was made Fowler, in the p resence of two Another trial of the strength of white Yarn, prepared and unprepared, at Messrs. Joad Curling and Co.'s, March 4th, 1841. Broke at a strain of The main of 6 prepared yarns, 6 feet long, and weighing 41 oz. The main of 6 unprepared yarns, 6 feet long, and weighing exactly the same ....... )361b9. Shovrin difference of 176 1b.,. Or 23 : per cent. in favour of the prepared white yarn N.B. The ahove was some of tho' same yarn as that tried 21st August, 1840. It was put away in a store-room, for the purpose of further experiments ; and it would appear, by a ~,, parison of the two trials (deducting one-third for the recce of the number of threads—the former trial being with 4 and the proved by keeping, inana by 91 per cent. this time trary, deteriorated 2.:1 per ae prepared yarns ird.: ore a greater strain un the con- Shipowners would do well to turn their serious attention to this it appears that not only i eterioration by decay almost entire 'erted, I subjecting canvas and rope yarn to this process, but that the fibre gains greatly in tenacity. So that a saving of expense in the rigging of ships will be obtained, both in the longe endurance of the tnaterials, ane as far a the firB. ost also, by the greatly reduced weight to be paid for, owing to the absence of tar, which will be no longer necessary eithf or running rigging, and which now constitutes so large a pro- r for standing portion of t he weight TO THE ROMAN CATHOLICS OF LIVERPOOL RoatAN CATHOLICS,—I arrived in this town yesterda) for the purpose of addressing the Protestant operatives on the subject of "the idolatry of the church of Rome, and its workings in Ireland," and I was rather astonished to see placards on the walls, announcing that Father Maguire, ' distinguished controversialist," would preach in one of your chapels on Sunday next. That that gentleman is a person of considerable ability (I admit that he has been a distinguished controversialist) I am very much disposed to glory in ; the greater his ability, and the more remarkable the distinction he has enjoyed, so much the greater triumph do I, as a mi nister of the holy catholic and apostolic church, claim in re spect of him ; for it rrust be well knr, , wn to you, that when be was ill the zenith of his fame I met him in public discus sion, con'encied ith him in public argument, and over whelmed him with the power of truth. The terms cf the discussion ic ere as follow : I ASSERTED First—" That the united church of England and Ireland was the true church of Christ—holy, catholic, and apostolic in these kingdoms ; that it knew the true road to heaven, pointed it out to its followers, and that its blessed fruits were the holiness and happiness of those with whom it prevailed. Secondly—" That the Roman catholic church was the church of Antichrist, unholy and apostate--that it did not know and did not track the way to heaven—that it conducted its followers in the broad road which led to destruction—that it brought down the curse of God upon every country where it prevails—that it was the mother of abomination : the plague and pest of the human race—that it would be de stroyed by the signal vengeance of the Most High—and that the very first duty of every member of it was instantly to come out of it, lest he should be a partaker at once of its sins and of its plagues." These were my two propositions to prove the negative against me. We met. The attention of the whole kingdom was direct ed to our discussion. It was so arranged that the termination of it must decide the victory ; for it was made a rule, "That the discussion should continue until the chairman might agree that it should end." By this arrangement all doubt as to the issue was guarded against. For whichever party so acted as to give entire satistaction to his friends, to show himself superior to his opponent in the maintenance of the cause which he undertook, would not discontinue the con test ; inasmuch as the long% it continued, the greater would be the victory, and the more decisive the overthrow of the beaten man. Whereas, the party who was getting the worst of it, and thus damaging his cause; exposing it to ridicule by the weakness' of his arguments and.bia Anability,to enact the position of his adversary would be withdrawn, in order that he might thus be prevented from doing harm. Well, what was the result? From the beginning to the end I enjoyed the enthusiastic approbation of my friends ; they crowded round me a'. ,ac. end of each day's discussion, thanking me for the manner iu which I maintained the cause of our church, and only anxious that the discussion might be prolonged to the utmost, in order that thus the' eyos of their Roman Catholic counttymeu should he fully opened to the evils of their system. Mr. Maguire undertook On the contrary ' the dissatizifaction of the friends of Mr. Maguire increased every day. Ile was evidently unable to maintain the cause of his church—the force of truth was too much for him—disappointment and chagrin were stamped upon the countenances of his supporters: they felt that each hour of the discussion was weakening the foundations of the Church of Rome, and showing the hollowness of its princi ples; and at length they withdrew their champion from the fight, his chairman positively refusing that the discussion should be confirmed any longer. In fact, Mr. Maguire was compelled to beat a retreat, or otherwise, in plain English, he ran away ! I have thought it well to lay these facts before you. I think it shows very bad taste on the part of Mr. Maguire, under such circumstances, to stand forward as the champion of your church. lie knows well that he cannot defend her in the field of argument. He will talk, no doubt—sing big in your chapels, and will desire to persuade you that all he says he is able to support, while he must be perfectly well aware that it is quite the contrary. I tell you plainly that he would not venture to make his assertions in the presence of me, or of any other protestant clergyman. He is a false prophet —a priest of Antichrist—the minister of a false, anti catholic, and apostate church ; and this be cannot gansay. Now mark ! If he deny what 1 have here srid, I make him this offer. I will consent, for your satisfaction, to meet him once again —on the very same terms—in your own town, in order that you may thus be brought to hear, with your own ears, the apostate, idolatrbus, and awful character of the church to which you are unhappily attached. if he is afraid to do this, I will undertake to provide a protestant clergy man who will maintain my propositions against him ; or if he pretend that plattorm discussion is unfavourable to the ex hibition of truth, I will carry on the discussion by writing in the public prints, (which, by the way, I offered to do in the very first instance,) where there can be no running away from the subject. Roman catholics of Liverpool, the man who is afraid to stand up for his opinions, for those doctrines that he teaches, must be conscious either that they are false, or that he is not able to defend them. Now, I fasten Father ;Maguire with this dilemma if he knew his doctrines to be false (as many of them do.) how can he dare to ask you to believe them ? Or, if he knows that he is not the man to defend them, how can he suffer himself to be paraded as the distinguished controversialist ? There is, however, another cause on account of which his appearance here displays execrably bad taste. He has been one of the leading persons in originating one of the basest, foulest, and most atrociously false and abominable calumnies which ever defiled thelips of mortal man—a calumny against the fair fame of England's vbtuous daughters. That calumny commenced, as far as I can trace, with Father Nlegt.ire. It has been a millstone round the neck cf O'Connell, and it ought to brand with eternal infamy any man base enough to utter it. Roman catholics of Liverpool—l believe I cannot call you Engli,h, you are in the main immigrant Irish—lrisb Roman catholics resi.ient here, receiving the rights of native citizens and the rewards of native industry—l pronounce it then base ingratitude that you, circumstanced as you are, should give countenance and entertainment to a man guilty of a calumny, which you know to be false and detestable, upon the pure and spotless women of England. I, who am intitna,elv acquai , ted with the state of society in both countries, do not hesitate to pronounce the calumny a false and malicious libel neon England as protestant ; nor to add, that for alt the qualities which adorn the female cha racter—chastity, purity, honour, truth, and faithfulness— England is superior to all the world. I include in England protestant Ireland. Those who receive the calumniator with open arms are parties to his crime. Wishing that you may speedily abandon a system that is false and indefensible, I remain, yours faithfully, T. D. GREGG, Chaplain:of St. Nicholas Within, Dublin. Liverpool, August 4, 1841. THE HAMBURGH STEAMERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIV ERPOOL STAXDARD , --- DEAR SlR,—Those beautif u l vessels the Hamburgh, com mandand the M anc h ester, Capt. Bohn, for the first ti me l eft the Clarence ye st e d r e da y b y ( W Capt. ed n e b s d r i a d y Ese , Dock, to try their engines. I happened by good fortune, with many other g uests, to receive an invitation to accom pany Capt. Brul • ge on this excursion, and shall long remem ber that all on board ber the happy daypassed. We proceeded through the Rock Channel, HoV 1 .-ake, and Hilbre Swash, and cruised at the b ack of th e minks for some hours, return ing by the Victoria Channel. On leaving the dock, the ves sels, in compliment to the Ocean Queen, hoisted at the fore the " meteor flag of England," the national colours of the free city of Hamburgh floating majestically at the gaff. A splendid cold collation was provided by the unbounded libe rality o f Captain Bridges, with an ample supply of choice wines, and the day was spent in happy, honest hilarity. It is but justice to return warm and heady thanks to our wor thy host. . The engines reflect the greatest credit on Messrs. Fawcett and Co., who honoured the good ship Kith their company, and the whole build of the craft was worthy of the parties concerned. Long may she sail in freedom, exchanging with us the produce of industry, and holding out the right band of good fellowship from the free burghere of Hamburgb to our native land. Long may Captain Bohn command, and , with his true-hearted comrades, enjoy the hollows of the sea. Ever your's,J. S. C. Liverpool, -August sth, 1841. • INFANT ATTACKE D BY A FERRET.-4 few days since , the nurse in a respectable family, Billinghurst, Sussex, found that a ferret had attacked a child of nine months old, which she had for a few minutes left asleep. The animal, which belonged to a rat-catcher who had been employed on the p re. mists, had fastened on the child's temple, and was sucking its blood. It bit the nurse furiously as she seized hold of it, and struggled to get back to the infant. The child would. no doubt, have been killed, bat for the nurse 'a opportune arrival.