The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-18 00:00:00

MAN IS . eue uttati) . zeted he discord and disunion, is .nnteet , ssary f i r """'""'"" 1 .) , - W - e feel deeply awl iutimatell 111 it ill the ""i" ,, ‘ii tit‘• conservative p ai l s in th e co u n try is one of di', best g"diLiillees for iiiteinal tranquillity and the maititenatice of our alL 'i""t instl,ntiiins. It is I think. to Itetk around at the etwoition of flute withoot. seine feeling of anxiety and . appretteusion : - not exaolietate the case in the slightest ttegi re, but still it cannot liedeilit tl that there is veilse to some anxiety' turd aptiretteo.iou. if tee look to the fitiancial contrition of tie count: v, we find a deficient revenue and, I fe. i..aptospete of tact eased expenditure. If we look at our colopial.: possessions, we fitul in one or the chief ,uf them those heart-burnings which .hillow N o recently-suppressed in surrection, anti we see the dying eutuers of revolt ready to be tantiediulo a name by au external spirit which appears to defy the contit,ul ut its on it. If we 1001 i at our foreign relations, we and civil diseor,: in the chief and most important parts of our allied states, anal that civil discord fomented, as I nitist be lievitsi,kby our owlipresunint mots tind unnecessary interference. If we took to these. countries of Europe which. from local situa li"it and the relations which nitwit, has established in former times, are.eensideredies intonate and natural allies of ibis coon.. try—if we leok at Porgal and R olland, we shall• see that the etivernment cslotilishediti Pio lugal is the child and champion - of anarchy, and that both iu Portugal and Holland the names cif Eueland anti .11Inglishnien are contemplated f with different feelings Itom those in days gone, by. We are, it is true, in the actual enjoyment of peace.,, but we cannot confide in the conti nuance or that peace . fu contemplating our for eign relations, We do nottind that any, one of,the questions whicn would insure its continuance udiproaches neater to a settlenieut. Wh e th e r We look to our relations with : liollatid, or to the bounnary question with the United States, I ain.warrantril in saving that all the greatquestions by which pe.ire might, be tlistori , ed are unguitrauteedby any settlement. These are not re,, ens for despondency or unmanly tear, but they are teasers for cootinued • exertion and union. By that union we shall liest be euabled to maintain the mild predominance of toe Protestant faith in this country cud every part. of ,the united kingdom. By that union we shall be enabled—and by that .ilone-0, Orin/tote what we.call conservative priecinles. If yen ask nee what I mean by conservative principles. • If you a>k ine what I mean by con set vative primapks—as we have beard something like a vague and unsatisfactory description it theni—l with, in voitclusion, briefly slate what. I nwan by conservative ptierioles, By euuservative principles I mean, and I .helieve you : mean, the maintenance of the peerage and the toona-elly—the continu ance of the just powers and attributes of king, lords. and commons in this country. By conservative principles I mean, a determination to resist every encroartiment ILIA can curtail the just rights , and settled . privileges of one or other of those three branches of the state. By conservative prin ciples I mean that, e,-existent with equality of civil riehes and Privileges, there shall he an established teligion and inuierish• Wile faith.: aud that the established religion shall maintain the doctrities of the 'protestant c hutch: By ilonservative tittles I mean a steady resistance to every. project which would divest church properly from strictly spiritual uses- Ido not mean to raise an unnecessary cry. to serve a political cud.. , that the church is in danger;" but I put it to everF reasonable man whether protestant ism is not.iu danger if the intention be car ried into effect iu Ireland of alienating front the church a certain proportiou.citits property, in violation of tire most solemn as surances,: and rut devoting it to the purposes of educatooi, ex. pressly excluding - insiritc'iion in the main principles and precepts of the prutesta.ut elinich, concurrently with making the bishops stipendiaries Of state, outi 11 14 1 connection witich was :preserved lietween the church and state by the coutribu tions raised for the maintenance oft be tubric7s of the::hurch,eirl applying th,,e ta l ons to relieve property fitim a burtien to which it has been se',)ject. anti to adissolution or thatcounection which Lord Althorp declared to be essential to the church aud flue slate. I will ask any moan whether these meat t i!es du not en uangerthe. church establishment ? By conservative principles, I Mean a determination to meet every threatened danger. to ibe protestant establishment —nay, I mean mote. mean 614 we ti re determined upon time infliction—if we can inflict it- 7 AV" a heavy bl ow and. a great discuerauentent",lii those principles which are mutagoui it to the establisluti cut of the' p rutestaut fait h. By conservative principles I mean a inaiutenance of the.settled iostitut 'ohs tit church anti state, -toil I mean also the mainten ance, defence, and •contiuuance of those laws. those institu- Items ; that Society, and those habits and manners which have contrilieted tu.nioulti anti fern) the character of English 'men, trod- - enabled this clatirtrY. iu -her contests and the feartul rivalry of scam, 10.ritOLN1Se a d tttlratiou of the world, and in the usesful emulation:of tpeareful : industry. commercial enterprise, • and social inipraveintru, have endeared the 'name of England and Englishmen, in every country in the world to those who seek the est:iiilistonenr of liberty. Withent oppression,. anti the enjey "tent 'of a-nation:if:awl .pure form of reitgimi, which is at once the Consolathin of die virtuous mati ; and is aise t he best guaran tee Which houlan institutions can alien! for civil and religious (Yhe right honourable .hart. than sat down, and the *cheering• whieh had been frequeut throughout his speech, was. renewed Yritti increased energy and enthusiasm ) The Cii A lIIMA N then proposed the health of Lord Stanley. Lord SPAN Lay returned thanks in a !nest eloquent speech,: which was received throughout with great applause, but we re gret our limits will not allow us to give even an outline of it. - The health of Sir Stts. Graham, and a number of other toasts,. followed, and the conviviality and harmony of the meeting were -kept up hi it late furor. 4. THE POST-OFFICE. We h a d, in our siminicity, itnagineti that nnthing could. be 'Added lac•S a nd reasoning, already adduced !n illustra tion of the anomalies and absurdities inherent lit the existin:r. .s stern of Post-office charges.. But we were mistaken. We • sind 4hat.` in the lowest depth there is a deeper still," affording: . .sllttuttfindubitahle of the profundity of that wisdom which has so. f►ng"direeted' the most •powerfol instrument of civilization. and .t:iminierce. We htuie received two letters ; one consisting-of an enorintins sheet olpaPer, measuring 35 inches 23 inches,. rand weighing all but au 'mince ; the other consisting of a. most diminutive sheet; not exceeding 4 inches by 4, in a cover of similar size, - weighing together but seven grains, or under the sixtieth part of an ounce. A greater disparity in size - and weight c o uld:scarcely. he_produced;. aml some considerable- ths-. peril y, - if not a proportionate one, shimid doubtless exist 'respective p-iistager - cliargeSr fot eiiiiveVing the letters thus aarle -up. There is this considerable - disparity in charge, the ohe being' fixed at twice the ainotint of the other. - But on - which - side do our readers suppose the advantage lies ? All not initi ated in mysteries will, doubtless, answer, with one ttecord —That the advantage is- in favour of the Liliputian letter - . But in - this they would touch 'mistaken. The seven grains. is charged as a double let ler, While the ounce Weight is charged as:a sinyie one! The ;alter comes from Newcastle to Lotviou at the e-hargii of one shiling, While the former will tint 4ns witted-Irmo the same pla a under the cost of two! Surely, the force of could no •forther 'go ! Yet, England is the only country in i,vhicti such an absurdity is permitted to exist ! 7 -; Shipping Gazette. Paganini will be in town this week. It i 4 repo'rted'that he is engaged at Drury-lane Theatre:—Stuadard. Taglioni, the Nytpithle, will wing her flight to..the metropolis next week. Mr. Bunn has written to accept her own temi. The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London for the L. week ending Saturday last, according to the 'did re turns, consisted of 15,000 ounces of gold and 6 ces of silver coin, the whole of which was shipped to New , • Tlie indisposition of the Duke of Wellingtoredr merely• from a cold, which has had the very inconvenient effect of im pairing, for the moment, the sense of hearing. We rejoice to say that his Grace was much better yesterday than on the pre ceding day.—Aiorning rust. Two couriers, in the service of Prince Esterbazy, arrived: at Ch!thdos House on Saturday, in charge of the magnificent coronation dresses to he worn by the prince at the approaching august ceremony. The diamonds in charge of the couriers were of the value, it is said, of £130,000. The - Princess . of Capita was safely delivered of a dal,ghter yesterday morning, at her apartments at Mivart's Hotel. Her royal highness is said to be going un favourably. We under stand that the inf , nt princess will, when baptised, receive the ,name of Penelope Bourbon de Capua.—Standard. • The Rev. W. Hodgson, 8.D., Fellow and Tutor of St. Peter's College, Gantbrid;:e, has been appointed to the Mastership of that Society, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Barnes. The' Hon. George Wentworth Fitzwilliam, second son of Earl Fitzwilliani, attained his majority on Wednesday. He is now teach/ to stand fur Ihec.ty f Peterborough) should a vacancy occur, or for either of the counties of Huntingdon or North pto n. Stanifird Mercury. Sir Robert Peel purchased last Saturday, in the sale of Lord Northwick's picturea by modern artists, the portrait of the celebrated Whig. Sir Robert Walpole, first Eart of Orford, painted by Vanderhaak, for 31 guineas. Vanderhank has always been considered as one of the most eminent portrait painters of his day. GLASGOWUNIVERSITY GREEK Ctintu.-:everal scholat s have announced themselves candidates for the high and responsible office vacant by the deat h of Sir D. Sandford. Among . others we have heard the followtng :—Mr. Lushinizton, of f,nu don ; Rev. R. Maclure, of . Queen Anne-street, London ; Mr. R. Johnston. of Alva; Mr. J. Johnston, of Greenock; and: Mr. Gowan, of Sunderland. The four last were students at the Uni versity. —Scuts Times. . . • LORD DURHAM.—Lieutenant Carter. the commander' of' her Majesty's revenue cutter the Chanie, reports in a letter dated at sea, May it, the following intelligence :--" The Cigar, bound from Valparaiso to London, which was spoken ,Y the Chanie, communicated to Lieutenant Carter, that nu 0%24 of May, •i n l a t. 42 40, l ong . 24 W., the for . trtOr vessels b 4 ,` d: the Hastings, the frigate in which L o rd Durham h a d eta - St a ",Scot.D's -ButocE REVIVEO.—At th e Mayor's Offic e , 11.;, - ;`" (1 ,1ast week, Mary, wife of Time. Careless, of the Bro a d a perfect termagant, was ordered to pay Is. penalty and `01 : ' t(itts, for an unprovoked assault on Mary, the wife o f . L ew i s 4 3 ro t !Lev, During the investigation her garrulity was so lo cos . 1 that the mayor was under the necessity of sending f in t h e ;I s scold' s bridle," an iron instrument of very antiqueconstrue -110,11, which i n olden times was occasionally called into u se. i t tis formed of an elliptic a l how of iron, enclosing the head fr om lower extremity o f one ear to the other, with a transverse ~.I) lP ee of iro n exte ndi ng from the nape of the neck to the m ou th, a 3 ,:.' ,0 10 which projects a flat hit, which enters the mouth, and o ,:coMpletely covers the tonime. preven ti n g its movement, an d the whol e mac hi nery when 'adjusted is locked at the hark of the l'ead - lie °Mita . Is to. be put in thorough repair, and - hit:mg ia ' , To:re m iu the mayor's office, and used as occasion may call ,it forth. Sttroe of the ever active and inventive dealers in artificial who haunt the•purlieus of Petticoat - lane and Hag have• lately manufactured and extensively disposed ,of a :large quantity of thick and massive rings cut out of silver spoons, • which, as they retain the hall stamp of the spoon. after being washed with gold, have all are appearance of genuine and costly Ones- The articles are fabricated so skilfully that several 1) 0 ' t h'is , lynx -eyed judges ofroerty, the pawnbrokers, have eon i mposed o be the m a nd have advanced upon them fr,o , or lt2s to 20s each,' although their intrinsic value is under a 8 " Irl i"g- A pawnbroker of Bethnall-green advanced 12s upon 1:tle of th em a few day s atm, and another - was offered a pawn ri!ker of Kiugmla n d; r O a d , who, however detected the imposi . ~!tou, and introduced t h e party who possessed it to Mr. co,lo. i.ternagistrht e; b ut as it was satisfactorily shown that the wan tra,d been tak en i n by a Jew, to whoui he gave-2Us for it, he was an ch arged.— London paper. I " nts t 1 P ooh-it %v BILL—The country will, we confidently r„7, I L I , be Save d the infliction of th e poor-law bill of Mr. " 11, at least in the shape in whim it was originally intend "4a;,:n We h itve l earned, from a source on which we think we ini ft/tettiv retv ' that th e Doke of Wellington, in the 11, : t tl i se of Lin.rtg. wilt move or . 7 1ipport an amendment similar to vtroved by Mr. Shaw in the corn nor. , , limiting the relief to shlittpOtoor stud aged. emirse will he adopted at the in , inte rested Orthe conservative mernhers, who are the most deeply "V_;_ in the 'nroposed measore. At present - we forbear et, more noon sub .et. The country Must not, how , remain quiescent. !lad' the opinitm 'of the Trish peon , e : s "expressed Pa r ty ennouh the bill never would have passed c ommons; if th a t op i n i on b e reiterated it never will pass • ~ rds. —P retestant Guar dian. FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 18, 1838 (,-* The Publication of the S TAN DA It I) commenced this morn- lag at 5 o'clock. THE UNITED STATES.—TiIe Toronto and the West minster New York packets have both arrived at London, the former with dates. to the 10111 ult., and the latter to the 22l ult. Earl Gosford is said to have conic home m the former. The latter brings but little .news. The le gislature of New York brought its session of 107 days to a close on the 21st, having passed 333 laws. The rebel General Sutherland had been sentenced to death, but it was expected that he would be transported for life. Dr. Theller and Walter Chase had also bee❑ condemned to die, and would probably be executed. Lount and Ma thews, convicted of high treason, were hung on the 12th. Three thousand citizens of Toronto petitioned Governor Arthur for met cy, but their appeal was of no avail. Seven wort were ordered for the like punishment on the 24th, and four on the 30th. - The following are the most important extracts from the latest New York papers : H IGH TREASON 'FRIA Cleaveland Gazette of the 6th instant gives the following particulars of the fate of several individuals recently engaged in the " Patriot race." t:tlier land has been seutenced to be hung, but in all probability his sentence will be commuted to transportation. The other con victed prisoners, who have nut been guilty of shedding blood, will likewise be transported. Dr. Theller, of Detroit, and Walter Chase, of Port Stanley, taken on board the schooner Anne, have been condemned to suffer death. They will proba bly be executed." . • (,From the New York Morning Herald, April 18.) EXECUTION OF MESSES. I.OUNT AND AIATHEWs. '• We regret that the new governor, Sir George Arthur, has. deemed it necessary to permit the extreme penalty of the law to be indicted in the case of these two unfortunate who were the first tried at Toronto for highlreason. They were executed on the 12th. An immense concourse of people were present, by whom the greatest order was observed." jeurrespondence of the Albany Evening Journal.) Buffalo Jourual-oflice, Saturday, six p.m Dear Sir,—l have, before the mail closes, an opportunity to convey to you the latest news front Toronto. The cars have just arrived front the Falls, and from Jacob Seibold I learn that he wiknessed the execution of Lount and Mathews at that place, on the morning of the 12th instant, at ei t zht o'clock. Petitions had beer; sent to Governor Arthur for mercy, or even an extension, signed by some 3000 citizens of Toronto and its vicinity; the Executive Council had been called together, bat naught availed to, stay execution. The bodies, notwith standing the earnest application of the wives and friends, were delivered up for diSseetion. I treed not tell you that it has created anew a strong excite- men t. Seibold states that four (Theller, Montgomery; Anderson, and are to be executed on the 301 b, and seven at Hamil ton on the 24th. The British Colonist' declares that it has good authority for saint that Sutherland has made no disclosures whatever.— New Yoyk Commercial Advertiser, April 18. City, Thursday Evening, April 19. United States Bank Stock opened to-day at 114, end cloSed at 115 cash, over 250 shares changing hands. Other stocks went Off with some animation. Mobile, money is 4 per cent. better, and in demand. Sucie continues a drug. American gold Is a to 1 per cent. prerrilum. sn.t.ns AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 19. 230 shares U S Bank .... 114 a 115 •••• 20 do Commercial Bonk .... soi a 118) do Delaware and Hodson 661 a 67 . 3(K) do Farmers' Trust 1021 a 163 •••• 151 do AmPrican Trust Co. .... .... 95 a . 30 do Kentucky Bairk 89 a do Mohawk -- 40 do Coot dim tionsliip •• • • .... 1(.1) a -- 75 do Paterson •• • 45 a sf) do Itarlein .. • .. . . •• • . 43 a 49 42 do' Boston and Providence Rlt .... 97 a l(K) to New• Jersey and Trenton Rlt .... 94 a 160 do Stonington It It •••• ..., 35 a .36 •.s^C^__r+--,'gig r_ n :.~-':.*.": t:.r' ~: ,c=x Tr] Y 1.. LIVE:Z.I'OOI. F:Frti NIGHT 01 , s TIIE H .ArTREss, Al ti S. - NII S B F 'l' of the Theatres-royal. Drurv-lane and Haymarket, who is en . gaged fur a limited period. Mrs. Nisbett having been received - with the most enthusiastic applause 00 slonday and Wednesday evenings, in her original character Constance, in Air. Kni;wles's ploy of the LOVE CHASE, the comedy will berepeated THIS EVENING.- for the last time. • /THIS -present FRIDAY . EVENING, the.lBth instant, the A. entertainments will continence with the petite Opera. of O•SA N A. Mr. Belcille,..M r. C. White. Capt. Beville. Mr. Q. Ilorticastle. William, Mr. Baker. Phcehe, Mrs. Tenet. . Rosina, Mrs. W. IL Bland. After which, tUr the last limo-, Mr. Knowles' play of the LOVE-CHASE. Sir William F3ndlove, Mr: Baker. Ti item)! th. Mr. Stuart. Master Waller, Mr. W. Howard. Wildrake, Mr W. H. Bland. .. Widow Green. Mrs. Clarke. Lydia, Mrs. Baker. CouStance, Mrs. Nisbet!, as performed her eighty-five nights in saccession at the Haymarket theatre. • Ti) conclude with the Farce of the LADY AND THE DEVIL. Wildlove, Mr. W. Howard. Jeremy. Mr. Baker. Zephyrina ..Mrs. Nisbet'. - On MONDAY next, May 21st . . for the BENEFIT of MRS -NISBETT, and the last Night but Three of her. .Engagement, will be performed the last new play written by E. L. Bulwer, 'Esq., culled • THE LADY OF LYONS; OR Lovh- AND P OE. Pauline With a Farce, in which Mrs. Nisbett will perform, and other Entertainments. WI-I IPS t fTtENTLEM EN letluiring these Articles Can be stmOlied at the Manufactory, Islinvton, with Gold anti Silver Monut"d Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hand WHIPS, from One to Teo Guineas.: ~Driviu~ WHIPS, (list. Carriooe, Curriele, Tandem, and Four-horse, from Five to Fifty Gig, and Carriaqe IfUGS, fiern Seven to Twenty-five (Iin ... HARNESS. from Six to Seven Guineas, havin . , on hand Twelve Sets of excellent mannfaeture. SOHN WATKIN. To THE PUBLIC. Owing to the very liberal encouragement which we have *7*eiqdfrorn our;.advertising friends, and for ulhich we beg leave to tender oar.gr. ate ful acknowledgments, we have come to the resolution TO ENLARGE THE LIVERPOOL' STANDARD, TO THE EXTENT OF SIX AD DITIoNAL COLUMNS Hitherto we have frequently been under the necessity of excluding various articles of local interest, and a large proportion of general news, in consequence of the great press of advertisements with which we have .been fa voured. We have often, also, been forced to the alter native of materially curtailing our reports as well as our editorial remarks, on the same account. /'/w pro posed enlargement will enable us to embody a greater share of such intelligence as may be generally useful, and to extend our reports of the various public meet ings, cg -c., which may be held in the neighbourhood, as well as to present to our readers a mass of amusing and instructive extracts from modern publications, which latter we intend to make a prominent feature in, the STANDARD. 11 will also afford us great pleasure to avail ourselves of the opportunity which the contemplated enlargement of the STANDARD will give us . for advocating more fully those conservative principles for which we have uni formly contended. The. extended patronage which we . enjoy shall operate as a stimulus to increased zeal and energy in defence of that glorious cause to which we, .feel an ardent attachment—the cause of the Monarchy, the Church, and the constitution of Great Britain. •We are happy to announce that arrangements are in progress for. considerably increasing the number of o‘rents for the sale of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. When these arrangements are matured, we anticipate a aerial increase in our circulation, an advantage, whzch we feel confident will be duly appreciated by our advertising ,friends. We also flatter ourselves that the great increase of matter which the STANDARD will contain in its enlarged form will procure for us ad ditional support from the conservative public in Liverpool. The proposed enlargement will take place in THE FIRST WEEK IN JuNE,,after which the LIVERPOOL STANDARD wzll contain TWELVE COLUMNS OF ADDITIONAL MAT TER PER WEEK, without any increase of price. TO COURESPONDENTS. The letter of 'Consistency" is too 1. ii It would also create a gieat deal of bad fee,iiig among a class that really does not merit the severe strictures of the writer, however applicable his remarks may be to the conduct of individualS of that class in the locality of which he speaks. rbe iLibtrpoot ,-Z-tanbarb, LIVERPOOL STANOARD Tho follovting aiyears in a New liork pape'r of the nth uit. The nieeo.u'req adopted by our I, , gislatule at Albany are looked towith great interest. The bill repealing the restraining and authorising private banking, has become a law, with on e important amendment, and that requiring 121- per cent. of specie to he kept in hand for every dollar iu circulation. The state of exchangei is now so minus that almost all col lections at the south and west are at an end; the distress falls heavily on the creditors of our suspended houses. Exchanges on Boston are getting better; they are about a to one per cent diseonnt. On Philadelphia. drafts have been sold at three per coot, less, which is as improvement; on the south and west they are no better. The exchange upon London at New York on the 21st ult. was 51 to 6; United State. Bank 1141. Private letters from New York state, that the resump tion of specie payments of the bank was to take place on the Ist of January next. The above date was to betite general resumption of the States. A great deal licie had arrived in the United States from England, ranee, and South America, causing it to be abundant. The account of the Sirius being within six hours sail of New York was brought by the Westminster packet. The price of sovereigns at New York is 4.90, which establishes a par of exchange in paper of 110.25 per cent., and the coure of exchange at New York on Lon don being 1041 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 5.75 per cent. against England. JAmAtt. - I.A.We have ►eceived tiles of Jamaica papers to the sth of April. Tl►ey state that the Governor, Sir Lionel Smith, and his family, were about leaving the Island. It was not known who was to succeed him. The accounts given of the crops are extremely favourable. The House of Assembly have voted a reward of £lOO to be given to the person who could produce ten pounds of raw silk, the, Production of worms raised in Jamaica —the Silk to remain the property of the person so pro clueing it. It appears from some letters that the appren tices in Jamaica, particularly those of the female sex, were very impatient of their emancipation, and that a great number had purchased their immediate freedom at the rate of £1 per month for the unexpired term of four months and a half. It was supposed that funds had been supplied to them for this purpose by the agents of the dissenting portion of the community. On one estate ail the household female negroes had purchased their free dom, and declined Lu serve for wages, it being assumed that the bonds of Hymen had more delights in anticipa• L ion for the sable beauties than those of free servitude. Rio JANEIRO.—By the Reindeer packet papers and letters Irons Rio Janeiro to the 20th of February have cAne to hand. Their contents are favourable as to the state of affairs politically and commercially. The go vernment enjoyed public confidence, and had nu d,fficulty in raising on the spot whatever money they stood in need of. The exchange an England was 23.1 to 1, and stocks were quoted 86 to 871. Nothing of an authentic nature was known of the state of affairs i❑ Bahia and Rio Grande more than has heretofore been wade public; BAllrA.—Accounts have reached London by the Dublin man of war that the imperial troops have got possession of Bahia. The capture is said to have taken place on the 16th of March. By thtt Cabotia, which arrived bete on Thesday, we have intelligence from Bahia to the sth of Much. Pri vate accounts received by this vessel describe Bahia as ling stiil the scene of internal discord. The revolu tionary faction are becoming bolder in their aggressions, since they have not scrupled to detain the crew of the Alice Crowther in prison fur• four days. Of the cir cuinstances which issued iii their rescue or release we are yet ignorant. The commander of the Cabotia re ports, that the force of the rebels is so strong as to ren der it impossible to predict the result of the disorders With which the province has lately been distracted. Fut titer particulars are looked for with much interest. the - Lord Melville packet accounts have been received from the city of Mexico on the 7th of March. The arrangements entered into with the bondholders here, which were submitted, to the Chamber of Deputies, had passed that assembly, and the governm ant had been invested with full powers to carry them into efrect. They were then before the senate, by whom it was not doubted they would be ratified. Colonel Ahnonte, the new Charge d'Affaires from Mexico to. this country, has ar ri‘ ed by this packet. It is stated . from Vera Cruz, on the Bth of March, that the French squadron of three brigs and one frigate, from the West Indies, had made its appearance off the coast, but had not at that date joined the two French brigs previously lying at the island of Sacrificios, on board of which was the French minister, who had quitted the capital, as noted on 'a pi e vious occasion, on the refusal of his demands. The tie gotiations had, however, been renewed on the arrival of the reinforcement of ships The Erench claims for indemnification to private individuals were said to amount to 80,0,000 dols. The dates from Tampieo reach to the 20th of March, but refer to nothing of public interest. PORTUGAL—The " Liverpool" steamer, which left Gibraltar on the 4th instant, Cacliz on the sth, Li,bon on Bth, Oporto on the 9th, and Vigo on the 10th, arrived at. Falmouth on Monday last. The Ministers of-State, the National Guards, &c., took the oath to the new constitu tion on the 6th. Much speculation was afloat respecting the time that the ministry would remain in office. Lord Howard de Walden, it was expected, would leave in .the next vessel for England. Sir R. Woodford, governor of Gibraltar, it was thought, would accompany his lordship. The " Liverpool" brings no other news. CIRCULATION OF LONDON NEWSPAPERS.—A return of the number of stamps issued by the Stamp-office for all newspapets in Great Britain and Ireland, from Dec. 1, `1837, to March 31, 1838, ordered by the House of Com mons to be printed, has just been published. We extract that part of the return which embraces the circulation of the daily and the three-times-a-week London journals during the period named : CONSERVATIVE JOURNALS. The Times The Morning Herald The Morning Post The Standard .St. James's Chronicle - 223,0 00 The Evening Mail 'The English Chronicle Total f i LIBERAL JOURNALS. The Morning Chronicle 735 .0 00 The Morning Advertiser The Courier The Globe The Courier 136,0 00 The Evening Chronicle Total From this return it appears that the conservative daily and three-times-a-week journals circulate far more ex tensively than the Whig-radical newspapers of the same class—the diGrence amounting to 642,000 stamps in the course of four months. To show more clearly the pre ponderance of those journals which advocate conserva tive principles we may take the items of the above re turn as an average for the twelve months, which will give the following results:— YEARLY CIRCULATION OF CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPERS. Times Mornint Herlld Morning Post Standard St, James's Chronicle Evening Mail English Chronicle ', Total - YEARLY CIRCULATION OF WHIG-RADICAL NEWSPAPERS. Morning Chronicle 2,205,000 Morning Advertiser Sun Globe Courier. 408,004'' • Evening Chronicle Total : 6,681,000 Excess of Conservative over Whig- Iladical papers This return affords a gratifying proof of the steady growth and progress of conservative principles. The circylat ion of tire Times exceeds tint of the blackguard ish ahroniele after the rate of one million three hundred thousand pee annum! Such is the present proud posi tion of the leading organ of the conservative party—a position which roust be a source of bitter vexation to the present ministly and their adhetents. It may prove interesting to our readers to have a state ment of the daily circulation of the above journals. The following is an approximation calculated atter the pre ceding return : Tines Morning Chronizle Morning Herald .. 9,100 Morning Advertiser 7,600 Mornin ' "o• Post Standard Courier - 1,900 Globe Suu . THREE TIMES A WEEK. St. James's Chronicle Evening Mail Evening Chronicle English Chronicle .. 4,300 .. 5,900 9,400 5,300 3,800 1,800 We have not yet received any particulars respecting the circulation of the provincial newspapers. As soon as we can procUre a copy of the return we shall lay be fore our readers a statement of the number of stamps issued to the Liverpool journals. THE PEEL BANQUET.—We give in our present publi cation as long a report of the interesting proceedings at the banquet given on Saturday to Sir Robert Peel as our limits will permit. The speech of the right hon. 'baronet we have given at length, conscious that we could not afford our readers a richer treat. The sentiments breathed throughout this splendid oration will be cor dially responded to by every true Protestant in the land: The manly declaration of conservative principles which emanated from the great leader of the party are calcu lated to produce a very powerful effect throughout the country. Never before was there such a tribute paid to any public man as that which has been paid to Sir Robert Peel by three hundred and thirteen members of the British House of Commons. hum TITHEs.—THE DtvistoN.—The grand battle of the session has at length been fought, and it is not too much to say that the ministers came off second best in the, ; struggle. We have not at present the means for entering into a minute analysis of the division, but we find the following very apposite remarks furnished by a correspondent of the London Standard of Wednesday evening : "On the division last night the Conservatives mustered 298 besides tellt.4s.• Mr. Halse's death and Mr. Hope's absence - account fur a real total of 300. On the great division of 1835, on which the existence of Sir Robert Peel's ministry depended, they could muster.but 289. Here is a clear increase of 11. "But the case is let stronger as against the ministry. The ►najority of last night, after allowing for Mr. Halse and Mr. Hope, was seventeen►. But six gentlemen—to wit, Mr. Fleet wood, Mr. Posey, Sir R. Ferguson, Sir C. Lemon, Mr. Town ley, and Mr. Bennett, vote! with ministers last night merely to save the►u front a defeat, who Would not have voted in favour of tue appropriation clause, but againtt it. They object to the clause, but they will not inflict on ministers the ignominy of rescinding it. But were the clause proposed, they have voted and would vote against it. Deduct these six votes from the one side, and transfer them to the other, acid the famous reso lution of April, 1835, would now be carried by a majority of fire. "The progress of appropriation,' alias rubbery, therefore, is as follows: Majority in 1835 1836 26 • „ 1838 5!! " Is not this something like coming the last gasp ?' " In addition to the vacancies alluded to above, it is right to mention that the conservatives have lost one vote through the compromise recently entered into in reference to the Norwich election petition. Had not Mr. Scarlett resigned his seat in favour of Mr. Smith, the ministerial majority would have been smaller by two than it proved. After this very close division, it is improbable that the House of Lords will yield their acquiescence to any of the measures of the present government affecting, the questions of Irish Tithes or Irish Corporations; so that the Crim•Connellite Cabinet will be under the necessity of holding office without being able to carry out any of their destructi% c schemes. Their condition is the most pitiable in which any ministry was ever placed. RADICAL TRICKERY.—We understand that Knipe, the notorious, and his squad, consisting of individuals of the names of Hartley, Phillips, Davies, (the great tee totaller,) and a straw bonnet maker whose narne•we have not been able to ascertain, have bee❑ perambulating the town, under the pretence of collecting information for the publication of a new Directory, but, in reality, fur the purpose of finding out all the changes of resi dence which have taken place since the commencement of this year. This is dope preparatory to the next regis tration, in order that Knipe may have it in iris power to annoy the electors by another set of wholesale objections. We think it right to put the public on their guard against these radical schemers. Our readers will now know how to deal with these itinerant emissaries of the ReforM ~ A.sociation, and we should not be-at all surprised to hear that they get a good horse-wipping fur their imper tinent officiousness. ToxTEru PARK, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND.4IID, Sttt,—The surveyors of the highways for Toxteth Park, at the monthly meeting on Monday last. passed EL resolution to pare the Park Road on the score of economy—thus breaking up the present easy highway. The petsceful gig drivers, and the quiet travellers of the omnibuses, view this resolution, as well they may, with considerable alarm, having before their eyes— or bones—a fear of sundry joltings and shakings, as experi enced in the days of their forefathers. - What have they done to deserve this of the surveyors of the high roads ? May I beg to sqggest . to those Most illustrious and sapient gentlemen that they "they do pass a resolution," to wait uutil some of these Bitumen Companies get into operation. The Park Rood will be a good field to give the much valued material a trial, they say (vide, prospectuses, ) it is "so cheap," and "so durable"—at any tate it will. be far preferable to traverse a pitched road, than be pitched about in muniboses over hard and jutting paving stones. Is there no mode of cli:feating this anti macadamizing protect. AN UMNIBIITE. May IS, 1838. AMPHITHEA TRE.—M r. Batty's stud continues to prove attrac tive. We recommend Our friends to visit the Amphitheatre and to take their young folk to witness the pony laces. They are amusing in the extreme, especially those run by the lilliputian ponies and their monkey jockies. The interest these droll crea tures seem to take in whatever is going forward is extremely entertaining, During the courses, while walking over, they look about them on all sides, and doling the running they ply the whip with all the ardour of practised jockies, and turn round to see' the - position of their opponents. Of the biped won ders of this theatre Mr. Hughes is perhaps the most wonder ful. Hts feats are almost impossible. Mrs. Huhes, as an eques triati, is as fearless as she is elegant. Her handsome face and g vineeful figure cannot fail to rthow acharm around her perform ances. ZOO LOG ICA L GA It DENS.—These gardens are becoming de lightful: leaf, iids, and flowers, are alt showing howithe smiling spring is wearing on, and the various specimens of animal life having thrown off their dread of the " winters icy blast," may now be seen sporting in the sunshine in all their gaiety and gladness. The visitor at this time, will, doubtless, be struck with the preparations that are being trade in one part of the establishment, on a grand scale, but the wonderment will be greater, we suspect, when they visit the gardens a fortnight or three weeks hence, and behold a vivid representation of Mount Vesuvius, and the bay of Naples, with its barks, boats, and shipping. This grand picture will prove a wonderful attrac tion, and is fast progressing towards completion. It is On the same scale its that now exhibiting in the Surrey Zoological Gardens. When the evening closes in, the effect of an erup tion will be displayed. We perceive, that the Derby Hotel, which has lately been erected, near the entrance of the Gardens, is now completed, and the opening dinner will take place on Thu Isd ay next. We sincerely hope, that this undertaking wil l prosper, it is really "a convenient distance" from town, and should prove a point of attraction. In the Gardens will be found fond for the mind, in the Derby Hotel, food for the body, and if exercise be wanting, on the bowling green attached to the establishment, the visitor may have ample opportunity for indulgence. In fact, - the Derby is complete, unique, and per fect in all its arrangements, and we hope it will succeed beyond expectation. • • We have just been favoured with a sight of a very heantiful and spirited etching by Mr. Murray. after Mr. Charles Land seer's well-known picture of '6 The Pillage and Destruction of Basin,.-house, by the Troops of Oliver Cromwell," which at tracted so mucharotice in the - exhibition of the Royal Academy and at Liverpool. The picture having been so recently Lefore the public. we shall be excused from entering into any further detail on the subject of its merits. The etching, like a clever sketch, in the absence of colour and high finishing, convey s to us the real intention and spirit or the artist, and promises in its completion to combine all the excellencies which are conspicu ous in the picture. We are glad to find that the publisher, like her predecessor, Mr. Bowyer, has adopted that. course of solicit ing the most inter'esling iocidents of English ltistory for her subjects, a plan which, in combination with first-r , .te talent in the execution, cannot fail tin render, Mrs. Parkes's. publica tions highly acceptable to the British public, as well as to every 4 mat eur vl the tine arts. FIGI-Fr AMONG 't'll E PARSONS OF tiaoE-sTaroT 0nxi.1.1..• i,K SFAITARIAN.CRRIsriANIT' EMPLIFfED BY ITS TEAcifERS. . , Oa Wednecdt - iv,:at - thelice-otliee, Mr. Pearson, one of Ote trustees of llope-streer Chapel. and Mr. Bowes, ir preacher there, were summoned before the - magistrates, by a Mr. Brom ley, also a preacher there, on a charge of assaultiug . •him, and . attempting to turn him out of his while he was in the act of preaching. ; • . We give a full report of it, be'cause it is an apt illustration of the way in which true Christianity niav;suffer in the estiuratiou of the thoughtless crowd, whose principles may be unfixed, from the unchristian exhibitions which the vile passious of mcn lead theta to tutx up with professed religioh; and to show the necessity of an Established Church to present religiou•" pure and undefiled" to the love: and the veneration of the people. Well may infidelity thrive, when men see ChriStians—phara saieal Christians—Christian teachers—Christians par-excellence —conducting themselves in a place set apart for the public worship of God, where our thoughts only should be turned " heaven-ward," and far removed from the conflicting passions of life, nay, in the very pulpit, in a mede which would disgrace the ale-full brawlers of a pot-house. Thank God we have 4, Church Establishment, where religion is treated of as a sacred`; thing; where its ministers, who preach " forbearance, Chris tian meekness, and brotherly love," are exemplars to their flocks of that which they teach ; and where above all. the cha racter, station, and respectability of the endowed minister, gives weight to his doctrine with the wavering, and unfixed in prin ciple. We do not speak thoughtlessly, when we assert our be lief, that such exhibitions asklhese, and similar ones, which ha ve taken place in this, cud ot her chapels, do infinite harm to the progress of religion, by bringing it into contempt, and to be lightly thought of, and greatly :titling the march of infidelity. Mr. Bromley having been sworn, and requested by Mr. Hall to proce e d, sa id was preaching in the Hope-street Chapel pulpit, on Monday night. Had been preaching about twenty minutes, when Mr. Pearson, who is standing there, violently broke open the, pulpit d oor; and after he had broken the pulpit door. Alt.. Bowes, an expelled minister of our soc iet y rushed into the po:pit, an d endeavoured to push me on one side, and take possession of the pulpit. I endeavoured to prevent his doing so, and he pushed very considerably a gainst me, and tried to stride over the knees th , tse persons who were in the pulpit by my request. leaders, or deacons of our united church. Mr. Pearson.—Thetrustees were assembled iu the chapel, and they passed a resolution, that Mr. Hatch, s uperintendant of police, should clear the ,way for Mr. Bowes to preach. as they had resolved that he should preach that night at seven o'clock; and to request Mr. Bromley, Mr. Barstow, and Mr. Bentley to humediately withdraw frOm the pulpit, as the Reverend I. Bowes was appointed to preackat seven o'clock. Soon alter six o'clock those gentlemen went into the pulpit, and took forcible posses sion. At the request of the trustees, Mr. Hate!' went up. and desired th:iin to go, but they would not. I thee went up. and requested them to withdraw, as it was not the usual preaching night, but that he might preach any other night in the week without molestation. Mr. Hatch was on the steps with'a pazto of policemen there to keep the peace 1!) ; and they pntled th e pulpit dour to, with my finger in, and brake that part off. I said to Mr. Hatch, " you had better not persist if they are de terminad ; let the iilame be on them. Mr. Bowes may address the comgreyation at any other part of the chapel, GIVE our A HYMN ( and afterwards retire to the open air. It was better to retire to the open air than to have such opposition, as it was the wish of the owners of the chapel." And. according to that resolution, it was resolved, that Mr. Bowes should preach Mon • days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, at seven o'clock. and every other Sabbath-dav; and the trustees had no objection for Mr. • BitordeV to preach the other days. peaceably and quietly. - Mr. HALL.- The better way would have been —I don't mean to offer any opinion as tolthe right of the parties—but the inure prudent course would have been, when you found him in posses sion of the pulpit, to have retired that night, and then to have closed the doors and windows, :sod taken possession tar aey other occasion. It was wrong to attempt to make any distur bance there, and force your way into this place. Really, I don't know how the cause of religion is to be beuefitted by such means. Mr. Pearson.—lt is not, sir. Mr. HALL—Two people squablilinv who shall address the audience, one saying he is authorised' by the trustees, the oilier that he is in some other wad• authorised. . . . Mr. Pearson.—That was a special night appointed by the trustees. Mr. HALL.—In fact it seems to we that both parties are to blame— Mr. Pearson.—'They are, sir. Mr. HALL—Because Mr. Bromley brought to me a written statement; but it immediately occurred to me on reading it, that there is some blame attached to Mr. Bromley also. Mr. Bromley states that he was passing accidentally—it does not appear to be his night at all—and seeing a collection of persons there, it appears strange that he should select that night for the purpose of going in to do duty. It seems as if he was inviting a disturbance. He admits that he was passing accidentally with Mr. Newkome, of Manchester, and - then he walks in and walks into the pulpit. It seems to me very much like saying, I am anxious to have this matter settled, and to have a contro versy about it. Mr. Brouiley.—May I be permitted now to speak ?—I have an official charge from the president of our convocation to keep the pulpit at a:1 hazards; that, I suppose, means at the hazard of my life. Mi.' HALL—That is a very foolish charge, and a very im properme.. _ _ Mr. Bromley.—Acting for the society, confidence, I suppose, is placed in me as an individual ; and I am resolved that no other person shall enter that pulpit for the purpose of preach ing, unless I be forcibly taken out of it, and then those who do it must take the consequences. Mr. HALL—WeII, if-you are so exceedingly pugnacious, you know the consequences may be very serious. I thought to preach was to inculcate peace, and not war. Mr. Bromley.—l will read to you our rules, to show you that no other person had a right there. Mr. HALL—I am not .going into the question of right. Mr. Bromley --I had then as much right as any other person there to go and take possession of the pulpit. Mr. HALL.—It appears to me an exceedingly indiscreet pro ceeding. Could there be no arrangement made to have this matter put into the way of settlement ? Mr. Pearson.--Several propositions have been made, but none acceded to. Mr. HALL—Who are the partles iu posiessiou of this chapel in law? Mr. Pearson.—The trustees Mr. Thompson, attorney, (who appeared for the mortgagees.) —The mortgagees. Mr. Bromley.—The trustees are expelled members of the society; those on the side of Mr. Bowes. Mr. 11A t.L.—The better way would be for the mortgagee to take possession of the building. Who is the mortgagee? • Mr. Thompson.-1 am. Mr. Bromley.—The mortgagee cannot take possession of it; the interest has been paid. He cannot. neither shall he. Mr. HALL-1 understand from the Professional wan that he can. Mr. Bromley.—That gentlemen is altogether misinformed. Mr. HA speaks as a legal adviser, and can be sup posed to know as much as you of the law. Mr. Bromley.—l shall never make the slightest concession to Mr. Bowes, who is an expelled minister of his society; but ac long as I stop here the slightest concession shall never be made to Mr. Bowes. I will meet him on no pound Owlet:et . . I have been assaulted, and the law will protect toe. Mr. H.LL.—I don't know what your statement is. Three different statements have I had. Your written statement varies front what you told me this morning,* and now what you say is different. Mr. Bromley.—l did not in my verbal statement go into what I stated in the written statement; in inv verbal statement there may be souse omissions, but I am positive there is nut the least cla,hing of statement. And were I not a stranger, and dealt with as I feel myself dealt with in this place, I would not assume so much positiveness. But I feel 1 must do that to stand on any ground at all. Mr. HALL.—Is there no Mode, Mr. Pearson, by which this cao be put a❑ end to? • • Mr. Pearson.—We have proposed, and will either give or take £2.400, and give or take possession of the chapel. An individual.—Allow me to state, uo individual has a right to make any such proposal on our side. Mr. Pearsuu.—There was seven mediators chosen of different denotomations. Mr. /I A LL.—You know, as to any disturbance I cannot per- mit it. Mr. PHAnsoN.—They are preparing for a disturbance to night; they are preparing in just the same stay. Mr. Brumley has announced that he is to preach. Mr. Whiny.— Mr. Bromley's friends are in possession of the cha . _ Mr. II A cannot permit ; it will lead to a breach of the peace. I never saw a greater degree of i)hstinacy than this. Mr. Pearson.—We have. done all we can, and you see the obstinacy manifested. Mr. II ALL.—Whv not get the affairs in a state of settlement? • Mr. Bromley.—The affairs of the chapel are already in the legal way of adjustment; and what I come here for is for redress for the assault. Mr. H A t.►.. —Who laid hands on you ? Mr. Bromley.— A great many persons. Mr. H ALL. —WiII you swear that Mr. Pearson laid hands on you? Mr. Baum LEY.—I will just state I have been before the ma gistrates this morning, and there was a dietaation of the slate merit I am to make. and if I state who laid violent hands on me 1 must tiling other parties before you, and take out another warrant. Mr. HA I. I--You have got no warrant. Do you mean to swear that. Mr. Pearson laid hands on you? Mr. Broinley.-1 0 , h e did not. He'broke open the door, and he aided and abetted Mr. Bowes it► getting up. Mr. H&l.l..—Did M. Bowes lay hold of ? Mr. Bromley..—He laid his shoulders against me, and put his hands against me, and tried to push me out of the pulpit to get in himself. Mr. HALL—Now, Mr. Bowes, am I to understand that this thing is to go on. Mr. Bowes.-1 exceedingly regret that this matter has come into court; and I express toy regret at the scene that has taken place. Mr. HALL—But what I want to know is, is it your intention to go there again to turn him nut? Mr. Bowes.—No. As there has been a great many statements made inimical to my character, that I have been expelled the connexion, I beg in say that 1 have been expelled by one man, by the Reverend R. Aitken. I merely wish to state that bekase my character is reflected on. The society Will be called together about it, and some have declared that the expulsion was tyran nical. I now cony' as to my right. Mr. lIALL.—The right, Mr. Bowes, cannot be determined by me; it must he determined by an action iu another court. onlv want you not to be misled as regards my. character. I cheerfully resigned up the pulpit for two months, and in the cold month of March worshipped with thecongregation in the open air, till we got a legal document signed, and in my possession, and then I went to take possession. Mr. Bromley.—You have only that document signed by four trustees. Mr. A Li, (after conferring with Mr.Thompson.)— Supposing whoever is in possession of it now, you know they cannot very well be removed without some breach of the peace. Now, "I would suggest that the mortgagee adopt legal means of obtaining possession ; the law will give him possession, and adopt pro ceedings against the individual holding it. The law will eject hint; and in the mean time, till that ptoceeding is settled, that no further steps should be taken. Mr. Bowes.-1 feel disposed to submit to your judgement sir, it is a wise course. But 1 wish to state what your not been stated. Upon my attempting to enter the pulpit I did not do so till the superintendent of police had requested the party to retire, and they refused; and then Mr. Hatch requested me to take pos session, or something of that sort, and 1 then got up. But Mr. Pletcher and Mr. BrotnleV himself laid hands on me, and I ac tually sustained injury. I have not made any talk of it, but I may state that my right side yesterday, from the crushing that I Mr. Bentley and Mr. Bromley gave me, was crushed and gave me pain. To-day it is better. Therefore 1. have received bodily injury. I never laid hands on any one and would uut attempt. to do so. Mr. HA i. i..—Well, Mr. Pearson, you are a respectable man and a trustee, 1 shall be perfectly satisfied if you will pledge your word tv me. that nothing like au attempt shall Lie made to take / any !cep to get thin properly', or anystOp , :to kad ro a hreiteh of the peare. Tier- party who chinos tii. tga, , Ze of this shall take- le:till Measures to ()Mani .possession. You are not prejuilir•ing your right in any uay. Mr. Pears6.—No, sir,•notlikall. We are quite willing iv 'do so. We are very glad tudOIRIF thartne matter to rove be fore you nett 11)4 you have taken toil view of the ease. We 'are...:Avishinv fur peace, and if they had attempted to resist to oigiit we should have piedelied in the upeu air. du I uuderstaud tom. there is to be Ilt) ,violence to-oit4lit Mr. 'Peaesun.—Not at all, sir. HALL. So far as 1 din able to form an opinion, I Must say that Mr. Pearson awl Mr. Bowes are acting in a very cnr rect manner, aukas far as their conduct to-day in court, they 'have conducted ttlalnselves with great propriety. lam perfectly satisfied with the 'word of these gentlemen, that they will make no attempt to-night to continit any violence, and that they are satisfied to leave it in the hands of the mortgagee, who will ito stittfte proceedings to enfoice the law. Mr. Bromley is the party resisting, and therefote, he null be defendant. Mr. Brumley.—An.! I shill resist to the hazard of my life. I wish to state that I shall not give possession till the society 'removes me; and I do nut. feel satisfied at all with the favour able promise given. Mr. its feel perfectly satisfied. Mr. Bromley.--Well I shall take furt4er legal advice. Mr. Li..—YOU are a very troubiesohie man. Mr. Arciulley.=-1 hat., never been ettoirid4ied so till you said so. Mr. Bromley then w ;liked out of court with great iudigua tint?. Mr. HA anu perfectly salip,tied with the piomise given I.v these gentleineu, and that I shall have nu reason to cuinplatu of any breach of their Word. _ . Air. Pearson then announced that Mr. I.lOwes would preach that night upon a stone heap to a►l who wished to hear hiw ; and the parties left the court. _ . * Mr. Bromley applied for a warrant in the morning, and refused to take the necesmarth before making his application: He WdS told that he must follow the usual forins if he meant to have his complaint heard. With this he was nut satisfied and went to the Mayor, nho not being able to help hull, se acs sa• tisfied to take the usual course. Dis Tudor PROVIDENT socitTY. The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of the Liverpool District Provident Society was held on Tuesday, at one o'cleck, at the Savings' Bank. Ou the motion of the Bev. JONATHAN BROOKS,,the Mayor took the chair. it. L. CA flu, Esq. barrister at law, one of the secretaries, read the report to the follow 'effect: The cotntnitte expressed their disappointment. that the prospects held out to the society at the last annual meeting, had not been realised. '1 he hope that they had entertained of extending..the operations of the society society had been blighted, though its useluluess had not been materially climinished. That important class, the visiters, hail been much reduced, from 377 to 3-10, notwithstanding the strong appeals that bad been put forth. The number. required Wad 952, so that worth good was lost fur want of this essential aid. 'Tice Ladies' Visiters' Society had been always prepared to give 'their assistance in procuring visiters, in those districts which'. were within the spinete of their influence; and the committee were apprehensive, ft °in the tenor of the report which they had received, tl:at the district committees did not appreciate as they omflit, the set vices which that society had the power of render ing them. Time donations during the past year haul been liberal beyond precedent. The main support of charitable societies, however, were their annual subset iptions, and those on the so ciety's list at present amounted only to £1,092 an addition of only Et/ over those of last year, and wet e quite indequaie to supply the wants of the Institution. The committee earnestly pressed upon the society the necessity of exerting themselves to placing on a firmer basis this source of revenue. The report proceeded to speak of the distress which had prevailed during the past winter. when numbers were thrown out of work. Many Who had become.depositors had no earnings out of which the 'usual weekly sum could be taken, and were reduced to the HO. cessity of withdrawing their little savings as a substitute for their wagec, whilst those who had not been so provident were obliged to have resource to the relief afforded by the charity. The consequences were inure apparent on the general funds of the Instittmun than on the deposit fund. During the year end ing 1837 the amount deposited was £15,199, and in the last year £14.570, making a diffei Once of only £920 in favour of the pre ceding year. The larest numttey of depositors in any one mouth was 7.052, and the fornier year 7,108. The claims hi the relief departineut had been pat ticularly heavy. During the four preceding years the number of cases relieved by the board was 4,892, at a cost in provisions of £557 4s. 2d. ; whereas dur ing the past year the number was 9.902, at a cost of £1,338 Is. 2.1., the number in the month of February alone amounting to 3,940. 'l l O meet these sums the committee were amply provided by donations to the amount of £1.773 19a. Bd., and soup tickets to the value of £l6O, presented 10 them by the Society •for Be lieving the Distressed Pont. The labour impOSed upon the officers was most arduous, and would •have been iinpracticable if it had nut been relieved by the exertions and contributions of the inhabitants of some of the welds, a course Which it was hoped would be followed in future There was a subject connected with the administration of the deposit department which the committee approached with reluc tance, from the discredit which it threw upon some, though few of the members; they felt. howev.er, that they should not be submitting to the subscribers a faithful account of the occur rences of the year, if they lefrainod trout alluding to it. Upon. the first formation of a society, it could not be expected that the machinery' of its operati o n s cunt(' be exactly framed. The defects could only be learned from experience. After a test of eight years without a loss of any moment being- detected either from the neglect or dishonesty of the visitors or paid officers of the society, although a sum exceeding £70,000 had passed through their hands, the committee had every leason to be satisfied that their funds were sufficiently guaidedAiv,the rules as originally con:Dosed. In the course o f th e last twelve months, . bifwever, it was discovered that ei g ht Of th e Visitiirs were de faulters, and that in one instance the•chegneeof the Visiters been forged, whet eby the society had Sustained a loss 'of £3OB Iss. Ild. The report then went on to exhibit the rutes which have been framed to guard against similar losses in future. The banking establishment in Frettetick-street, it was stated with regret, had been given up. The refmrt contained n high cube gium Mt. James Shaw, the society's agent:• "In taking a , review of the proceedings of the society for the past year," the report ' . proceeded, "notwithstanding, their is muclvtootn for disappointment anti regret, there is great cause for ethigratula lion upon the general result. The trilling diminution which the deposits have undeigone, although tt pot tint] of the veer com prised a period of great distress, exhibits a continued ilisposition in the pour to availthemselves of the - advantages to lie derived from the society, and to provide against any accidental want that may occur. . . The report having been passed, and the treasurer's accounts read and approved of, a variety of resolutions mete adhpted., fur which We must refer to the advertisement. „. . SUNDAY SCHOOL TESTIMONiAL.We are gratified to learti that Mr. Wiiliam \Vorrall, whose zeal in promoting every good work which has for its object the improvement of the moral. condition of mankind by means of the dissemination of divine truth cannot be too highly•apprcciated, was 'presented on Sun day last (May 13,) with a copy. of Balfster's Polyglot Bible, In dex, and Book of Common Prayer. handsomely bound. silver mounted and lettered Nit a suitable inscription, as a mark of respect, and some token of the high esteem in which he is held by the teachers and children Of St. Prxurs Church Sunday School. ST. GEORGE'S BATHS.—We understand that these baths, under the excellent management of Mr. Penn, are receiving considerable improvements and alterations, which will greatly add to their public value. Nkw CHURCH AT ADLINGTON, IN THE PARISH OF STAND tsll.—The foundation stone of a new church was laid at Adling ton, on Monday last, Ly the Rev. Mr. Orrett,rectorof Standish. Although the day was unfavourable the company was numerous, and appeared to take great interest in the ceremony. Very excellent and appropriate addresses were made by the rector, and by the Rev. Messrs. \Vkittock ann Marsden. The building is to be in the Norman style of architecture, fruit the design of Mr. Edwd. Welch, of this town ; to contain 430 adult sittings, and 20f) sittings fur children, at the cost of £lOOO. LhCTURES ON AlicutuaoGv.—We understand that Mr. Rogers, a gentleman of considerable attainments in literature, and a writer in some of the first periodicals of the day, will, on Tuesday next, commence a ceurse of Six Lectures on M valto- Low/. at the Medical Hall, Mount Pleasant. Some of these lectures have, during the last winter, been delivered before more than one Philosophical institution iu the south of Elie land, and received with emphatic approbation. Mr. B.'s syllabus (which will be issued to-morrow) embraces so many topics of extreme interest to the lovers of mental philosophy and classical literature, and the terms of adthissinn to his lectures are So moderate, that we triist'he will be rewarded fur his exertions by u twine; ous and respectable attendance. We are glad to perceive that the late venerable and spirited Mr. Bowyer. of Goldeu-sipiare, has been ably succeeded by Mrs. Parkes. The lovers of the fine arts have long associ..ted with that gentleman's memory his splendid publications of " The Finding of Nla , tin Charts," " Lord 'William Russell's Trial," " Lady Jane Grey's Refusal of the Crown," and many other - permanent illustrations of our national history. To these Mrs. Parkes is new about to add an engraving from Mr. C. Land seer's weil-kuow it painting to " The Pillage of Basing house." If we may. torte any judgment of what the perfect engraiing will be from an inspection of the highly-finished etching of Mr. Murray, we shall confidently expect a magnificent specimen of British genius. Nothing can be more touching than the sub ject of the picture itsetf. It is full of beautiful contrasts. The revered figure of the old Marquis of Winchester, boived down by ' rief is finely relieved by the graceful,' firm, and filial piety of h tiuthful daughter, who ' bends over hint, while ' both are adat in y contrasted by the burly group of Crointtell's mailed ti felloWers quarrelling over their plunder. The painting itself commemorates a most interesting era in English history, and the skill of its executiou not only well deserved the prize award ed it by the Liverpool Association, but was a proud herald to the subsequent 'academical elevation of the artist. When we say that the engraving promises to be every way worthy of the picture itself, it is impossible to go farther in its praise. We have frequently adverted to the strange desire manifested by our good friends, the citizens of Glasgow, to have large.ves sels at the Broutielaw without much regard to the capacity of the river to carry them safely up and down. On Friday morn ing, the Sackville left for Constantinople with a cargo of uni chitiery. but she had not got down below the Steam-boat Quay when she took the ground, and the efforts to get her off, termi nated in leaving her directly athwart the river, to the complete stoppage of the torigation. Ab o ut twenty steam-boats.were by this means prevented from leaving the Brootnielaw Until the afternoon tide Hostel hey. In this case the common saying that "it is an ill wind that, does nobody good" was completely realised. The steamers from .the lower ports landed their passengers as far up as the übstructiiin would permit. and. had is complete monopoly of the vitro lug trade during the day., We doubt very much if Chet Saukville can be included iii the list of gainers by the accident.--Greenock Adverti,er.[We finite agree with our contemporary that 'lie proposed Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway would obviate the inconvenience, referred to.] THE Status.—We have been infOrined that some passengers arrived at Plymouth on the 14th instant, who state this vessel had arrived at New York, and that they had met the Great Western, after sailing from that port. CONSERVATIVE N EWSPAPER IN MANCHE.STER.—Oar adver tising columns contavi..an intimation that a plan ae&p..-eseectus of another newspaper tor Mato Lester will slimily be Fubwittert to the public consitteration. From the title chosen for the print we should suppose th'e'declaration of the South Lancashire Conservative Associatiou would embody the leading principles which the management will endeavour to carry out. Alan (+ester has three radical newspapers, .all well enema:reed, We know not why it should have a less numuei,not fully aui.p u tted, in the conservative interest. . IMP('ttTANT DECISIoN—CAUTIoN TO WOREMEN.—At the Coort of Requests, on Monday, Thomas Derbyslitte, lineman of Mr. Lucas, Great Charlotte-street, was summoned by Thos. Dignv, blacksmith, for wages one•day and a:half, amounting to Gs, It was proved by Mr. Lucas's ripik; that the man was in toxicated, a nd demanded his ei-'ts, a hir i b were temlered him. but he refused to take less than his lull a'ag , :, , s.ii:ds was 245. The learned Commissioner deputed , I I nc a that . at s hui enti . fied to even the 6s. as he had violated his engaueineo with Mi..i.ut.:a.s. ' lie axcuidivaly deciattal in layour of the deleudant.