The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE PROPHETIC HERALD.—A letter from the Editor of am Prophetic Herald in our next. The Niagara steam-ship a rived here on Monday morning last, and not on Sunday as stated in our last. Ebt Etimpool &tannrb. TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 3, 1848. THE present position of a large portion of the Conservative constituencies in the various wards, with respect to the municipal elections to take place on the Ist of November, is an unfortunate one. It is painful for conscientious and rightminded men to find themselves brought into collision with the friends and neighbours, with whom they have laboured for years, in the effort for securing the town from Whig-Radical domination. Yet, we foresaw and foretold from the first that such would be the result of the course taken by the Council with respect to the water and the dock rating ques tions. In the discussion of both these, the state of feeling. even within the council, has been, in no small degree, of a personal character, whilst out of doors the contest has assumed the aspect of a struggle between class and class ; between the mercantile body and the tradesmen and shopkeepers. Upon this ground the issue of the coining elections in many of the wards will have to he decided, party politics, and even personal predilections, being entirely waived ; and we shall most likely see many changes of members made, which, on general grounds, will not be regarded as advanta geous to the public. It is much to he feared that, in some cases, pas sion has been allowed to prevail too much, and conclusions have been come to without a due con sideration of the whole circumstances. Perhaps it would have been advisable to have afforded to some of the gentlemen, who have either offended against the wishes, or who have not acted fully up to the expectations, of their constituents, a little more opportunity of explanation, before finally resolving upon the severance of old connexions, and practical forgetfulness of past services. It might have been remembered too, and we fear has been totally put out of view, in deciding upon the fitness of some of the gentlemen who have come under the ban of the constituencies, that it is not the mere fact of constant attendance, and voting at council meetings, which constitute the main de merit of merit in =ember; that there are committees to be attended, the labour of which is very great; and that there are some gentlemen whose presence and practical and local information are almost inva luable to the community, whom they serve so un ostentatiously. We can quite account for a little soreness, on the part of the friends and supporters of such can didates, who are acquainted with the advisableness of their continued presence in the Council. We are not unaware toe) of the fact that in some of the wards the proceedings of the committees, who have put themselves forward to oppose them, have been objectionable. But it is unjust to visit the errors of these committees upon respectable parties, who have been induced to come forward to represent or to test the feelings of the constituencies. As an instance of the feeling, which we deprecate, we - may refer to some remarks made at a meeting of the friends of Mr. John Stewart in St. Peter's Ward, reflecting upon the character and principles of Mr. Ferguson, the senior Churchwarden, who is the opposing candidate. Mr. Ferguson has come forward solely on the nomination of a public meeting of the ward, of all shades of politics; and for con senting to accede to the wishes of his fellow towns- men, and at the same time seeking to gratify an ho norable ambition, to which he had a just right from his position to aspire, no man can reasonably blame him. He is known as a good Conservative and Churchman; and possessed of experience and local knowledge which qualify him to become a valuable member. But it is found to be a serious objection to Mr. Ferguson that be is a member of the National Confederation, " the principles of which," we were told at the meeting in question, " combine the plea surable theories of the French Communists, the Scotch Socialists, the Irish Repealers, and the English Chartists," and the body in question was de signated as a " set of men who are patriots in pro fession only, whilst Demagogues and Republicans in heart and design—men who only bide their time to plunge this country into the same state of anarchy under which France and Germany are groaning. This shocking character of an influential body of his fellow-townsmen, the speaker had only just had impressed upon him by a perusal of Mr. Ferguson's address ! We have read that document attentively; and we certainly can find in it nothing to warrant any imputation of the sort. It is an able and candid exposition of Mr. Ferguson's views, in which we cannot find any part against which the most thorough Conservative or Tory—if there is any difference in the terms—can object. But whatever may be the opinion as to the principles of the Con federation as a body, Mr. Ferguson's high character for loyalty might have protected him from all im plication in such designs as those which are imputed to them. Regretting, as we do, this split amongst our friends, and valuing the services of Mr. Stewart and some of the other 'gentlemen, against whom oppo sition is about to be directed, we do earnestly trust no unnecessary bitterness will be infused into the contest. We may all perhaps have yet to meet, and fight side by side, in a cause upon which we shall be more unanimous. OUR contemporary the Manchester Guardian views with no slight misgiving, apparently, the facts stated in our last publication, as to the inte rest excited in Liverpool by the lectures of Mr. Duncan on the currency question ; and in particu lar he objects to the fact of most of the gentle men on the platform, and the originators of the movement, being prominent free-traders, being fairly to be regarded as " a sign of the times." The Guardian says : " What peculiar tendency of the times is signified by !so simple an occurrence, it is difficult to see. That an individual, whose antipathy to certain economical theories is notorious, should, on the receipt of so flattering an invitation, deliver a lecture against them, is certainly not extraordinary. We have no doubt that Mr. Jonathan Duncan would at any time be glad of a tolerably respec table audience. That the gentlemen who called the meeting, and paid for a public room that he might have an opportunity of addressing them, should go to hear him, was also a very probable event." And, in answer to our allusion to the exposure, by Mr. Duncan, before these free-trade gentlemen, of the fallacies—and we may add the ignorance—of Mr. Cobden with respect to the currency question, the Guardian continues : " Now, if this be considered to imply only that the prominent members of the free-trade party are willing to hear both sides of a question, and indeed exert themselves to hear all that can be said against their theories as well as for them, it is significant of a fact very well known already. But by the aid of a little illogical expedient, known as a begging of the question, it may be made sig nificant of a great deal more, viz., that in hearing, they assented." _ _ _ He concludes with this, as an apology for his friends : " Who would he safe, if at a public meeting ' silence gave consent' ? To remain doggedly out of hearing of an opponent's argument is the policy of weakness. To go expressly where our favourite theories are to be at tacked is a sufficient proof of candour, but nothing more. To hear in si!ence a public lecturer no more implies con currence in the opinions presented to us, than to read the columns of a journal, without calling upon the editor to protest against his opinions." We can satisfy our contemporary in a very few words. The gentlemen in question did attend the lecture without pledging themselves to any con currence in the whole of Mr. Duncan's opinions. The chairman, Mr. Charles Holland, expressly guarded himself against being supposed to do so, on both evenings. But the condemnation, by the whole meeting, of the present system was unequi vocal; and was shewn by an express vote, passed unanimously, against bullionism, and by another, laying the foundation of an association, or league, having for its object an agitation for the overthrow of that system, as essential not only to the carrying out of free trade, but to the very existence of so ciety. We can assure the Guardian that, in our few - bullied remarks upon this matter, we had no wish to beg the question. We certainly could not resist remarking upon the circumstance of free-traders being, in a measure, compelled to agitate this question in self-defence. But agreeing with them as we do, so far from wishing either to indulge in a sneer or to shirk the expression of our own firm convictions, we are disposed to give honour to a body of gentlemen, who have shewn the high moral courage required to enable them to condemn & system, amongst whose advocates are the chief professors of their own favourite theories. It is a sign of the times," and a most happy one, when ices -traders, of acknowledged ability, are to be found coming forward to protect both the com mercial community and the working classes from the oppressive exactions which bullionism enables the capitalist to levy upon both. It is an unfortunate propensity in most men, who have discovered a grievance or an offence, to prose cute it, in the first instance. with a too indiscrimi nate severity. Thus, tha Town Council of Liver pool have recently discovered that the practice of giving short weight, by the use of false balances and other similar devices, prevailed more exten sively among our market people and petty shop keepers than they bad previously dreamt of ; and that the inspectors and machinery provided for the suppression of such practices, by which our working classes especially were scandalously robbed, were totally inefficient for its suppression. Very pro perly they took the necessary measures for meeting the evil, by an increase in the staff of officers, and by insisting upon a more rigid performance of their duties. So far, we repeat, they were right; for wilful fraud, or even palpable negligence, which deprives our neighbour of his just weight or mea sure for his just money, should be visited with severe punishment, and is equally inexcusable, whether it is committed by the petty huckster in the street, or in a cellar, or by the large shopkeeper or extensive merchant. But right and just as was the movement of the authorities, we must express our opinion that it has, within the past few weeks, been pushed to a tyrannical extreme by their officers. The law itself is a very severe and exacting one; and, when it is acknowledged that the supervision, in the matter of weights and measures, has been hitherto rather lax, there Was room for some degree of leniency in en forcing its provisions in cases where fraud was not wilfully premeditated. There are cases, too, which its provisions may he stretched to meet, against which it is almost impossible to guard, and where the idea that the party offending has sought any benefit for himself is completely out of the question. We shall give an instance of the litter description of cases. On Thursday last, Mr. Richard Harbord, one of the most extensive of our warehouse-keepers, was summoned before his Worship the Mayor, for having on one of his premises an incorrect " weighing-machine." We may explain to such of our readers as are not familiar with the ware housing business, that the " machine" in question was simply a pair of large scales, capable of weighing such heavy articles as bales of cotton and hogs heads of sugar, kept by him for the _convenience of merchants and brokers warehousing with him, in the weighing and reweighing of their produce. They were not at all used by him, as in the case of ordinary tradesmen, for weighing his own goods; and he could not have the slightest interest in their being incorrect. Such scales have large wooden bottoms, which are continually liable to absorb the moisture of a damp, floor, or of any damp or adhe sive substance weighed in them ; and are besides continually being worn by the friction of casks, &c. rolled into them, and from other causes. Hence it is the constant practice, as well of the Queen's servants as of others, to adjust them from time to time, by a weight of some sort, attached to what ever scale might be found lighter than the other. We believe the reader would find such scales so adjusted used by the Custom House officers, on the quays of any of our docks, or in any large establish ment requiring them. In the case to which we re fer the beam itself was correct, having been recently adjusted by the officers of weights and measures; but large wooden scales, not having been in use for twelve months, did not balance at the time that the inspector called to survey . them ; and Mr. Harbord was fined 20s. ; the Mayor, however, in adjudging the penalty, remarked that he left the court without the slightest imputation on his character. Now this does really seem a little too bad. There is probably not a large balance of the sort — and they are indispensibly necessary—which, from a week's disuse, would not require the simple sort of adjustment which is practised, and the owner of which might not be fined nine times out of ten that any inconsiderate official chose to pay him a visit. It is common, as every merchant knows, that they are nearly-always corrected in the presence of the buyers' and sellers' servants, previously to goods being weighed in them ; and the utmost dif ference probably which could occur in case of tri fling ineorrections, would be an error of a pound's weight, under or over, in a bale of cotton or a hogshead of sugar. Yet in such trivial and una voidable cases, if proved, the magistrate, we un derstand, is compelled to inflict a penalty ! In another case which has come to our know ledge, the officers, on visiting the shop of a re spectable widow lady in the unceremonious man ner which, we learn, is now adopted with little discrimination of persons, were shown one weight, which she informed them she knew was incorrect, and had consequently laid aside for twelve months past. She was summoned, notwithstanding this information volunteered by her, the information being for having ," a weight deficient ; but on at ! . tending to explain the case, as she concluded she could do satisfactorily, she found that the charge she had to answer was for having nine weights de ficient. She was not prepared, of course, for so sweeping a charge ; and was fined in a mitigated penalty. Obviously there had been in this case not only extreme severity but gross blundering. We would really suggest to the authorities, and to their officers, whether by their over zeal, and by rendering the real offence to be put' down one which only the very greatest caution can guard against, they are not rendering the penalties in flicted, and the notoriety with which they are attended, no longer a punishment. Mr. Arthur Henderson is again to be brought forward as a candidate for Scotland Ward. THE TRAGEDY IN THE PARK. — On a post mortem exa minatioa it was found that both Howarth and his wife had taken poison, a small portion of which it was proved. the former had bought six weeks ago. An open verdict of " Found dead" was returned. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks, senior rector of this parish, has received from the Bishop of Chester, an intimation of his appointment to the new Archdeaconry of Liverpool. Mr. Brooks wiil still retain his office of senior rector of Liverpool. There is not at present any pecuniary emolu ment attached to the office. SERIOUS CHARGE.—Yesterday the keeper of the Leeds and Liverpool weighing machine, near the canal, appeared before Mr. Rushton to answer a charge against him of having falsely or shortly weighed several loads of cordage. &c. It appeared that in - one instance a hawser which weighed 11 cwt. and odd was marked in the ticket as only 6 cwt., and that in another case a weight of 6 cwt. was stated to be only 3 cwt. 3 qrs. The defendant brought two witnesses but they did not clear up the charge. Some witnesses who were wanted had not appeared. and the case was remanded, Mr. Rushton remarking that it was of the utmost importance in a town like this that the inquiry should be gone through with care. He ordered the informations to be relaid under the new act, which gives additional power to enforce the attendance of witnesses. EMBEZZLEMENT.—At the Intermediate Sessions on Saturday, Samuel Watson was placed at the bar on the charge of embezzlement. The prisoner had been em ployed by Mr. Ashe, of South Castle-street, and he, suspecting that from time to time there was a diminution in his cash receipts, while entrusted to the prisoner, took the opportunity of sending for a few trifling articles, when it was understood he had left for the night. On his return he found none of the articles alluded to entered in the Cash Sales Book, and as the monies were all marked, a detective officer was sent for. and on the person of the prisoner were discovered the several sums. These facts were proved by Mr. Reay, of the Guardian Society, by Mr. Wrenn, Mr. Richard Crospley, and others. Mr. H. T. Atkinson, who defended the prisoner, started several legal objections, which were so unconnected with the facts of the case, that they were momentarily overruled by the Learned Recorder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the Recorder sentenced the prisoner to four months' hard labour,—stating that as there was no excuse for the commission of the crime, nothing could be urged in exte nuation. He was respected by his employer, and was in receipt of a good salary, which from time to time had been advanced. SERIOUS COLLISION IN THE RIVER. About one o'clock on Sunday last, a serious collision, attended with considerable damage to a foreign brig, occurred near the Rock Lighthouse. It appears that at the hour in ques tion, the steamer Ayrshire Lassie had in tow two foreign brigs, called the Pomona and the Ariadne, and that after having passed the Rip-rap buoy and neared the Rock Lighthouse, with the intention of proceeding down the Rock Channel, the Anglo-American packet-ship was ob served to be coming up the Crosby Channel. She was nearly close-hauled at the time, the wind being from W.S.W., and it being ebb-tide. The parties on board the Ayrshire Lassie, seeing this to be the position of af fairs, cast loose the two ropes belongino ' to both the brigs, and then the Ariadne starboarded her helm, and the Po mona ported her helm, for the purpose of dividing and moving in opposite directions to each other. The Anglo- American had then the Ariadne on her lee-bow, and the Pomona right ahead. After clearing the Pomona, the Anglo-American came into collision with the Ariadne; she ran stem on, carrying away the foremast of the brig and the whole of the stancheons along the starboard side. Had it not been for the timely aid afforded by four steam boats, the Ariadne must have sunk, but fortunately the steamers succeeded in getting her into the Prince's Basin, where she grounded nearly full of water. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. PROPOSAL TO CLOSE THE LIVERPOOL POST OFFICE ON SUNDAYS. We are gratified to find that at length an effort is making to relieve this great mercantile community from the stigma of not being able to spare one whole day in the week from their ordinary business pursuits and avocations and that a movement is to be made to urge the public bodies and the inhabitants to dispense with the opening of the Post-office on Sundays. A meeting was held yes terday (Monday) on the subject at the Clarendon-rooms, over which his worship the Mayor presided, the proceed ings at which will be found briefly stated in another column; and we believe the object will not be very diffi cult of achievement, the authorities of the General Post office being willing to accede to a general expression of the wishes of the public bodies here. It is a well-known fact that few of our most respectable merchants and traders avail themseli , es at present of the facilities which are offered . them, at the expense of depriving a consider able number of Post-office clerks and other officials of the opportunity of attending divine service, and spending a reasonable portion of their day of rest in the bosom of their families; and the vast increase in the speed by which epistolary correspondence is now circulated by the means of railways, has long ago taken away all necessity for the continuance of the present system. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. MEETING OF TIIE ELECTORS OF WEST DERBY LAST NIGHT. A meeting of the Electors of this Ward was held last night, for the purpose of choosing a Candidate for the representation of this Ward in Council, in the place of Mr. James Plumpton, who does not again come forward. The meeting was held in the Edge-hill Coffee-house. Mr. RICIID. SANDARS was moved to the Chair, who briefly stated that, having found it necessary to get rid of their late member, Mr. Plumpton, the committee of the ward had, in the first instance, turned their attention to Mr. H. C. Chapman, and had applied to him to come forward as a candidate. Mr. Chapman, however, had declined, on the ground that his business avocations would not allow of his devoting the necessary time to public affairs. Ha was, however, ready to do every thing in his power to protect the Dock Estate and the property of the burgesses from getting into the hands of lawyers, engineers, and jobbers. Mr. Sanders concluded by call ing upon Mr. James Gaskell to propose the first reso lution, which was to the effect that the constituency of the ward were impressed with the necessity of making the Dock Estate and the property of the Corporation con tribute to the support of the public burthens. Mr. WHATIIAM seconded the report in an argumenta tive speech, in which he went into an able exposition of the facts of the question involved in the resolution. Mr. JOHN TURNER moved that Mr. James B. Bourne be requested to permit himself to be put in nomination, and in a neat speech dwelt upon his fitness for the office. Mr. BETTELEY, having first inquired whether Mr. Bourne was favourable to the rating of the Corporate and Dock estate ; and being answered in the affirmative by the Chairman, cordially seconded the motion. Mr. H. C. Chapman rose, and stated that he should have been wantinc , in respect to them if he had not taken this opportunity of responding to the honour which the burgesses had conferred upon him, by inviting him to offer himself as their representative. He regretted that he had not the time necessary At his disposal. He felt the ur gency of the case, as all must feel who resided in Liver pool. He had recently been induced for the first time to look into his tax bills, and he saw in them full reason for inducing men to direct their attention to the subject before them ; and if in anv other capacity than as their representative he could do them service, he should be very happy. He was opposed to the practice of gentlemen soliciting to represent the constituencies by issuing placards on the wall, detailing their principles. He always considered that a man thus offering himself had some private job of his own to gain. Mr. Bourne would not resort to this practice. (Hear, hear.) He had seen him, along with the chairman, and they found him most decidedly in favour of rating both the Corporate and Deck Estate. Mr. Bourne had been accosted by Mr. George Hall Lawrence with the remark, " Surely you are not in favour of rating the Corporate and Dock Estate !" And his answer was, " Ain't I in deed ?" Then said Mr. Lawrence, " I'll go out of your company." The speaker went on to complain of the past inertness of the electors as the cause of their present po sition ; and after a few words condemnatory of the Con federation Society, and in vindication of his remarks ad dressed to Mr. Ferguson's claims on St. Peter's Ward, and a condemnation of the Pike scheme, concluded a very humourous Speech, by predicting that if they once permitted a lawyer and an engineer to get hold of the burgesses property, they would carry it away in their blue bags. Mr. HARDY asked if Mr. Bourne had consented to stand, and made a rambling speech against merchant re presentatives in general. He was set right by the chair man as to Mr. Bourne objecting to stand, and the motion having been put to the meeting, was carried with one dissentient vote—his own. A letter was read from Mr. Josias Booker, apologising for his absence through indisposition, and highly eulo gising Mr. Bourne as a fit candidate for the ward. Ano ther letter was read from Mr. George Hall Lawrence, de clining to attend, and stating that if he had been present he should have gloried in sharing in the honour of the vote by which his friend Mr. Plumpton had lost their favour. He eulogised highly Mr. Bourne, whom he should be glad to have as his colleague during his short remaining stewardship. A committee was then nominated, on the motion of Mr. SHERWOOD, seconded by Mr. JOHN JONES, to con duct the business of the election ; and the meeting, a most unanimous one, terminated shortly afterwards. It was stated previously to the meeting that Mr. Beck with, the candidate whom Mr. Hardy was understood to have in view, had declared his intention not to contest the ward if Mr. Bourne consented to come forward, and was approved of by the electors. GREAT GEORGE WARD. A meeting of the electors of this ward was held last night at Great George Tavern, Upper Pitt-street. The room was crowded, and Mr. Councillor Harbord was called to the chair, and in an excellent speech stated that the meeting was called to name a suitable gentleman to represent the ward in the Town-council. Mr. White pro posed, and Mr. Burnett seconded the nomination of Mr. Thomas Lloyd. Mr. T. Wagstaff moved, and Mr. R. Taylor seconded, the nomination of Mr. Thomas Dover. A long and stormy discussion then took place as to the merits of the respective candidates, during which the Chairman maintained order with becoming temper and firmness. At length Mr. Lloyd was introduced to the meeting, and stated that he was in favour of rating the dock and corporate estates, and of the widening of Park lane. He explained his abs3nce from the Council at two divisions on the water question, by saying that on one occasion he was ill, and on the other he was from home. When the chairman put the resolutions the original mo tion in favour of Mr. Lloyd was declared to be carried. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal children left Buckingham Palace yesterday morning, en route for Osborne. THE CHARTlSTS.—Yesterday John Shaw was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of .f.:50, and to enter into recognizances to keep the peace for five years. Fifteen other parties, who pleaded guilty, were sentenced to a similar punishment, and ten others, who pleaded not guilty, were released on finding sureties to stand their trials when called on. • LONDON MONEY MARKET.-YESTERDAY. Consols opened rather better this morning than the last quo tations of Saturday, but the improvement has not been main tained. We quote them now * lower, at 86 to * for money, and 86* to 4 for time, with a tame market. Exchequer Bills 295. to 325. pm. LONDON SHARE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The share market is not worse, with the exception of North British. but we have little demand. We quote Eastern Coun ties, 12i to 13 ; London and Blackwall, 4t044 ' • London, and North Western, 103 to 110; South Western, 37i to 384; South Eastern, 234 to 234 ; North Staffords, 64 to 6 dis.; Great North erns, 124 to 12 dis.; Great Western, 14 to 12 dis.; North Bri tish, 16 ; Do. Thirds, 4i to 4,1. LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY. Our Wheat market, notwithstanding an arrival during the past week of 48,487 qrs. from abroad, and 4,669 qrs. from our own coast, was firm this morning, and millers were unable to purchase either foreign or English upon any better terms than upon Monday last. The supply from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, was not large this moyning, the condition and quality for the most part very defective. Barley was a steady sale, without alteration in value. The arrivals of foreign Oats during the week exceed 42.500 qrs. This article was in little request, at a decline of 6d. to is. per qr. Beans and Peas supp or t e d th e ir late value. Flour unaltered in price. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. —Y ESTERDAY. ESTERDAY. The supply of Beasts is again large, but the average quality is by no means good. Trade is rather better ; on the average good qualities make 2d. per 8 lbs. advance, and in some in stances a choice Scot has made 4s. 2d. There is a remarkable falling off in the number of Sheep; prices are better, but trade was very flagging towards the close; almost everything is, however, disposed of. We have very few Calves on offer ; they are consequently readily sold, at an advance of about 4d. per 8 lbs. Pigs are still dear. The Rev. Dr. M'Neile is announced-to preach two ser mons to-morrow (Wednesday), at the opening of a new church at Birthwaite, Windermere, erected by the Rev. Mr. Addison at his sole expense. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INSTITUTION SCROOL.—On Wed nesday, Mr. Thomas Barber was elected to the vacant Iliff Scholarship of this school, by the Rev. C. A. Swain son, Fellow and Tutor of Christ's College, Cambridge, and the Rev. G. J. Banner. In April last we announced Mr. Barber's election to the vacant sizarship of Clare hall, Cambridge. In the mathematical part of the exa mination for the scholarship, Mr. W. Rees is understood to have gained for himself great credit, and Mr. Byrth in classics. DINNER TO MR. LITTLEDALE.—We understsnd that at the monthly meeting of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club this evening, Mr. Councillor Parker will move a resolu tion to the effect, that a handsome piece of plate be pre sented to Mr.' Littledale for his recent gallant and humane conduct. It is contemplated to present the testimonial at a public dinner in honour of that gentleman, to t a k e pl ace on the 24th or 25th instant, in the noble meeting-room of the Club, over the Union News Room. We sincerely hope that the event will be commemorated in a manner worthy of the occasion. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. Monday Night. • Beyond the financial agitation, the past week has given little of importance for the consideration of the commer cial world. Trade still drags on a fettered existence, and will do so while trammelled with its golden chains. Our continental advices contain no intelligence of any moment, and manufactures still languish in uncertainty. During the past month, Consols have experienced less variation than at any time during the past year or two, the fluctuation being only from 851 to 861 ' • while the re verse has been the case in the Share Market, London stock having fluctuated between 116 and 106; Midland, 89 and 81; Caledonian, 221 and 181; Eastern Counties, 13/ and 121; Great Western, 82 and 72 • North Staffordshire, 11 and sa ; York and North Midland, 601 to 53 ; with others, the general result of which shew s a further and most severe depreciation. Consols closed on Saturday at 86 to Notwithstanding that purchases have been made to a considerable extent all week, the tendency of prices in our SRARE Market has been downward, and all stocks mark lower than on this day week. London stock is quoted to day 108, Midland, 821._ The movements on the CORN Exchange have been slow since Friday. Holders remaining firm, the large arrivals reported and expected have produced a waiting market. Should the present wind continue, our imports of Indian Corn will shortly be immense; and unless the demand increase, a tendency downward in price is to be antici pated. The trade to-day in London is also dull, at pre vious rates ; and a decline must be noted in several mar kets in the southarn and western districts of Ireland. The arrivals into this port since Friday are :—Wheat, from Ireland 254 qrs., Europe 7532 ; Barley, Europe 1697 qrs. ; Oats, Ireland 420 qrs., coastwise 190, Europe 133 ; Beans, coastwise 20 qrs. ; Pease, Europe 90 qrs. ; Oat meal, Ireland 1104 lds. ; Flour, Ireland 410 sacks. — Exports :—Wheat, for Ireland 1138 qrs. ; Barley, coast wise 25 qrs. ; Beans, coastwise 200 qrs. ; Indian Corn, Ireland 2246 qrs., coastwise 25 ; Flour, coastwise 60 sacks 55 brls., Ireland 460 brls. A summary of the condition of the Grain and Potato crops will be found elsewhere. Full particulars of the prospect of the COTTON crop in America will be found in the intelligence received per Hibernia. The trade here during the week has been heavy. On SATURDAY the sales amounted to 3500 hales, the buyer having the advantage in price ; and TO-DAY the market continued dull, and much less business was tran sacted than had been generally expected. 3000 bales was the total amount,-2500 American, 50 Maranham, 50 Egyptian, and 400 Surat. All were taken by the trade. We have nothing further at present to add to our last week's remarks as to the prospects ofthe IRON trade. The Scotch Pm IRoN Market continues dull. The quotations for No. 1 good brands are 455. ; Mixed Numbers, 445. 6d. free on board at Glasgow ; 535. to 535. 6d. free on board here. There is not any perceptible improvement in the de mand for Foreign Woh, but on the whole there has been a little more enquiry within the last few days. Holders do not appear to wish to force sales, consequently prices are pretty well supported. A little business has been done in Scotch, but it is difficult to sell any quantity. Imports for the week :—Foreign : From Calcutta, 37 ; Kingstown, 6 ; Islay, 999 ; Lisbon, 49 ; Oporto, 201 ; Copenhagen, 198; total, 1,490 ; previously, 56,187. Scotch : 1,066, 10,927 ; total, 11,993. A moderate business has been done during the month : buyers having their attention directed to the London sales, transactions by private treaty are limited to a few descriptions, viz. : Alpaca, Russian Fleece, East India, Mogadore, Buenos Ayres, &c. The unsettled state of affairs in France, and other parts of the Continent, causes the manufacturers in York shire to fear a bad autumn trade. The demand for SUGAR since Thursday last has been good, and very full rates have been paid. The sales are 400 hlids. West India, chiefly Barbadoes, at 345. to 40s. ; 250 hhds. Porto Rico, at 365. 6d. to 41s. ; 2,000 hags Bengal, principally good middling to fine white, at 395. Gd. to 425. To-day's market is not quite so brisk. Very little doing in MOLASSES. Holders will not sell at pre vious rates. RUM is very much depressed, and to effect sales much lower prices would have to be taken. The stock in the kingdom is considerable, and there is a falling off in the consumption. Not much stirring in RICE; fine white Bengal is worth 12s. 6d. per cwt. COFFEE, very flat. 300 bales and baskets Gambier fetched 10s. per cwt. and 100 tons St. Domingo Logwood £4 7s. 6d. to £4 12s. 61. 40 tons Jamaica Logwood £4 7s. 6d. £5 12s. 6.1. only bid for fine Laguna Wood—bought in at £6 per ton. There has been a good demand latterty for all descrip tions of TALLOW, and P. Y. C. is now quoted at 48s. Gd. per cwt. . . The quantity of OLIVE Oat being small, prices have advanced : the sales are, to a fair extent, for consumption as well as speculation : holders are firm at the quotations. The aggregate supply of TIMBER up to this time is about equal to an average quantity ; but if reliance is to be placed on the last advices from Quebec, this propor tionate supply will not be maintained for the remainder of the season. Confidence as to the stability of the de mand gains ground, and importers are now less inclined to dispose of the recent arrivals, unless at some advance on former rates, which, however, is not yet freely given. The Intsu PROVISION trade, although the arrivals con tinue small for the season, is still at a low ebb. Dealers in Butter have their pick of the freshest shipments, all other kinds being unsaleable, and purchase in retail quan tities only ; a few good northern brands have been sold at 78s. per cwt. free on board for shipment. AMERICAN Provisions have moved slowly this week, with the exception of •• Prime Mess" Pork, in which a good business has been done; and some sales have been made in " Riess" at rather higher prices. There is very little Beef on hand, and nothing offering under 90s. A parcel of 300 firkins Canadian Butter brought 655. at auc tion. Lard and Bacon unusually flat.—Fruit : Several parcels of Apples have been received ; they were unripe and small, and sold at 12s. to 19s. per barrel. In connexion with the two foregoing branches of trade, it is perhaps not out of place here to show the great con trast which exists in the respective prices of Irish and American produce, which accounts for the depression in the demand for articles from the former country. We give the top prices of four articles : Irish American Butter .. per cwt.... 82s. 665. Bacon . . „ 465. 425. Hams „ 665. 425. Lard The TOBACCO trade - has been heavy throughout the month; the sales, however, show a total of 1,079 hhds. The present stock is 15,418 hogsheads, against 13,780 at the corresponding period of last year. The deliveries for the month were 1,315 hogsheads, against 944 in Septem ber, 1847, and the imports 1,228 hogsheads, against 190 in September, 1847. The market has been heavy during the month for salted River Plate and Rio Grande HIDES, and the transactions are only to a moderate extent, at barely previous prices. The sales are 3,600 salted Monte Video, Ox 58 to 621b5., at 31d. to 3d. per lb., tare 51bs. ; light Ox, 46 to 471b5., at 24d. to 21d. per lb . , 4 and slbs. ; Cows, 41 to 451135., at 24-d. per lb., tare 41135. ; 11,300 salted Rio Grande, Ox, 67 to 721b5., at 3d. to 34d. per lb., tares 6 and 7lbs. ; light Ox, 481b5., at tad. per lb., tare 41bs.; Cows, 471b5., at 2d. to tad. per lb., tare 41bs.: a cargo of damaged Hides sold at auction, Ox, first class at 21d., second ditto at 2d., third and fourth ditto at lad. to ltd. per lb. Horse Hides, 3,345 damaged salted, average 241b5., at Is. sd. to 4s. 6d. each. In other descriptions the sales are 1,698 Brazils, salted Ceara, 501b5., at 21d., dry salted, 301b5., at 3d. per lb. ; 830 dry Puerto Cabello, 281b5., at 3d., seconds, at 2d. per lb. ; 450 dry Savanilla, 23 to 241b5., at 3d., seconds and damaged at 11d. to 2d. per lb. ; 360 inferior salted West India, at 14d. per lb. ; 400 salted Cape of Good Hope, 581b5., at 2d. per lb. The stock of salted River Plate Hides is 8,800, namely 2,900 heavy Ox, 1,700 light Ox, 4,000 Cows, and 200 Kips ; of Rio Grande the stock of 14,000 Hides, consisting of 13,700 heavy Ox and 300 light Ox. The week's arrivals have been by the " St. Helier" and " Shamrock," from Rio Grande, bringing 5.242 salted Ox and Cow and 985 salted Horse Hides ; by the former vessel we have received 998 salted River Plate Hides ; we have to notice an im port of 985 dry River Plate Horse Hides, aid Rio de Janeiro, from which port we have also received 2,957 dry Ox and Cow Hides. From the Brazils 2,505 dry and wet salted Hides have been imported. It is understood the Bank of England made some ad vances on Exchequer-bills on Friday until the middle of October, at the rate of 3 per cent., obviously with the usual view of equalising the circulation as much as possi ble in connexion with the payment of the dividends. By the last returns from the Bank of England, the amount of notes in circulation is 17,311,005, being a de crease of 376,365 ; and the stock of bullion in both de partments is 13,865,081, showing an increase of £42,400, when compared with the preceding return. We are glad to mention that Mr. De Mattos, whose firm of De Mattos and De Leon was compelled to sus pend on the 4th of March last, on Saturday announced a new partnership under the name of De Mattos and Go defroi. . _ _ Letters from Hamburgh, speaking of the state of the exchanges and the position of the money-market, mention that the business transacted just before the departure of the mail was not important. Paper at long date on Lon don was scarce and in demand ; short-dated bills were not inquired for. The latter stood quoted at 13 81, the former at 13 R. Bills on Frankfort, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Breslau were also in request. Money continued abundant, and gold was quoted 436 per mark. In public stocks and railway shares there was not much activity, and prices closed flatter than they opened. Accounts from Berlin state that the aspect of political matters had favourably influenced the Bourse, and that, notwithstanding the limited extent of business, a slight advance had occurred in quotations. Mr. Gifford has been appointed secretary of the Chester and Holyhead line, in place of Mr. King. Mr. Gifford understands the details of the line thoroughly. GREAT Loss OF LIVE CATTLE. — On Saturday the Foyle steamer was lying at the Queen's . Quay, and had taken in her cargo with the view of sailing at nine o'clock, for Fleetwood. The cargo consisted principally of cattle to the number of 305 head, fifty of which were placed down in the fore hold, and the rest were tied on deck, with ropes in the usual way. A few minutes before the hour of sailing, the vessel began to sway a good deal from the motion of the cattle on deck, the, action of the tide, and her lightness in the water, end the cattle dealers ex hibited the greatest alarm for the safety of their stock, and expressed themselves in a hasty and somewhat vio lent manner. A heavy lurch to one side inspired them with so much fear that they foolishly cut the ropes which tied the cattle on that side, and the next moment another lurch threw the untied cattle with tremendous violence against the others opposite, and the result was seventy seven bead were killed or smothered, about thirty hurled overboard into the water, and the ship thrown on her beam ends. Five out of the thirty were drowned, and the other twenty-five with difficulty saved. Two of the dialers narrowly escaped being crushed in the collision.— Belfast Chronicle. MEETING OF THE COLONIAL CHURCH SOCIETY. A meeting of the members and friends of the Liver pool Auxiliary to this Society,—which has for its object the sending of Clergymen, Catechists, and Schoolmasters to the Colonies of Great Britain, and to British residents in other parts of the world,—was held at the Music-hall, yesterday evening, and was numerously and respectably attended. Several sermons had been preached on Sun day in behalf of the funds. There were present the fol lowing rev. gentlemen :—Dr. Byrth, D.D., Ed. Bicker steth, M.A., the Rev. E. J. Yorke. M.A., (the deputation from the Parent Society,) the Revds. W. W. Ewbank, Cordeaux, D. James, Dr. Hume, A. M'Conkey, B. A. Marshall, and others, as well as a number of the most raspectable of the laity. The Rev. Dr. BYR - rx was called to the Chair. The proceedings having been briefly opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. M . CONKEY, the Secretary of the Liver pool Auxiliary, _ _ The CHAIRMAN addressed the audience as follows : At the present meeting it is not my intention, as it would not be my duty, to press on your time by any very lengthned remarks. You will be addressed by those who are officially commissioned to state in detail what are the proceedings which you will be called upon to assist in carrying out. It will be sufficient for me to observe that the object itself is one that must come recommended by the strongest arguments to every Christian mind, and es pecially to those of us who belong to the Church of Eng land. (Hear, and applause.) That object is the diffusion of Scriptural knowledge—evangelical truth, wherever we may find the opportunity of sending forth agents for this great purpose. (Applause.) So far as our Church is concerned, it is no common satisfaction that I feel, that there is not one society connected with our establish ment that seems to have stronger claims upon our support than this. (Applause.) It would be altogether uncalled for to prove that there is anything belonging to a church society that could bear the imputation of rivalry or of opposition. 1 believe that every individual connected with it would disclaim such a thought. (Hear, hear.) And considering how wide the field is for Christian labour, and what a large portion of it remains uncultivated, unre claimed, who would not be more than ordinarily dis posed to do what he could to prosper every eflOrt that should be made to carry a knowledge of Christ Jesus throughout the world ? (Hear, hear, and cheers.) But there is a large portion of our fellow-countrymen who seemed to have an especial claim upon our notice. There arc multitudes abroad who are actually without a shepherd, although when they went abroad it was sup posed erroneously that they would not be left in that state of spiritual destitution. Those of us who have been abroad, however little, have seen this to a lamentable ex tent, and if our societies were multiplied by scores, it may be said, without exaggeration, that there are those who have natural claims upon our attention as English men and as members of the Church of England, who still would be unprovided for. It is melancholy to read the report of the parent society and to find that the sta tistics would show that in vast districts there are per sons speaking our own language, nominally brought up within our own Church, or at least the de scendants of those who were members of that church, who by thousands have not one spiritual instruc tor. It is a deplorable fact that, notwithstanding all that has been done, not only are they destitute of that which, as members of the Church of England, they think the highest privilege, namely, a Gospel minister of this order, but that the want is not supplied by any one of these Christian societies, who, notwithstanding they differ from us, 1 believe there is not one of us who does not feel that he regards them as ministers of the Divine Gospel unto the world. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Having stated these very few general facts, merely re minding you that it is to send " the truth as it is in Jesus," regardless, I trust, of anything like sectarian views, believing that the great object for us all is to ad dress ourselves to the minds of men—to come to them if we can and make them feel the power of that Gospel which is God's own message of salvation—reminding you that we will do what we can to counteract idolatry, infi delity, Popery, and, let me add, Tractarianism. (Ap plause.) I will conclude by calling on the Secretary to read the Report. Mr. M'CONKEY read the report, which alluded to the services to the society rendered by their excellent departed friend, the Rev. Dr. Tattershail, whose character it highly eulogised . It then noticed the great advantages conferred by the operations of the society in the colonies, and in other parts of the world where there were British residents ; and concluded by a strong appeal in behalf of the claims of the Society to the aid of the Christian com munity of this country. The Rev. Mr. CORDEAUX then addressed the meeting. He congratulated the Chairman in having lately been en abled to rise from a bed of sickness, and hoped he would long be spared to forward the objects of the society. The main object was to send out the unadulterated Word of God amongst the benighted colonists. There were al ready thirty-nine missioners, or labourers, sent forth by the society to foreign parts. They had ample proof that the society was one of the best that ever claimed the benevolence and sympathy of a British public. There were many localities in the colonies where there were no churches —no clergymen, no means of spiritual instruction. Let them, then, followinc , the example of Jesus, contribute to redeem the inhabitants' to religion and to virtue. If we felt scriptural truth and its blessings to ourselves we could not but feel concerned for others, and endeavour to communicate to them that of which they most stood in need. If we had this spiritual kingdom within us, we ought to rouse ourselves in the good work, for the term of life was short, and the opportunity would soon pass away. He strongly urged them by this means to send out the Scriptures to those thousands who were in need of them, and he concluded by proposing the following reso lution :—" That the report read be adopted, and printed." The Rev. C. J. YORKE, (the deputation,) was then called upon, and addressed the meeting at considerable length. He wished to be considered rather as a volunteer than as a deputation. He was friendly to other similar societies of which he was secretary or honorary member. It would be difficult to assign to the numerous missionary societies their precise and respective merits. But they all should agree that many of them at least were highly beneficial. The Pastoral Aid Society , bad done much good to large towns at home, and other (missionary) societies had done good abroad. Next to these they might class the society, whose objects they had met to promote. In respect to colonisation, it was peculiarly valuable. he adverted to the vast colonial empire of this country— parts of which were far separated, but continually approx imating by the improvements in steam and other naviga tion. The diocese of Quebec was territorially as large as France. The New Zealand, still larger; Helligoland— only about a mile and a half of territory, but it was a favourite haunt of our Anglo Saxon progenitors. The colonial empire of Great Britain was extraordinary. It was " rounded upon the seas, and established amongst the floods." It was not before but after the Reformation that England was enabled to be the first to colonize ; we were, in fact, amongst the last to begin, but we were not now behind any. The Spaniards took possession of the territory assigned them by the Pope, and there they esta blished papacy ; but where were now their conquerors. their navigators ? They have passed away ! And we trust Britannia will still rule the waves—for the glory of God and the good of mankind. The Anglo-Saxon race possessed great influence in foreign lands, and he trusted their further efforts in spreading religion and civilization would be successful. This could not be accomplished without labour. The society besought them to assist it in carrying out their object of propagating pure religion, by their contributions and their prayers. Let them not lose the present opportunity. There were many circum stances connected with the Colonies which held out great encouragement. He referred to the journals kept abroad of the proceedings of the society, and read interesting extracts. There were other societies which had coloniza tion and emigration for their objects ; but this society confined itself to one object alone, merely to follow our countrymen abroad, and send to them the best blessing they could enjoy —the Scriptural truth. The men who worked for the society were many of them humble, but it was of such that the original church grew up, as we learned from the New Testament—and if these men were sincere, their labours would be blessed abundantly. The resolution was then put and unanimously carried. The SECRETARY stated that the total of the collections in Liverpool for the last year amounted to £l3O, out of which some disbursements had to be paid. The Rev. W. W. EWBANK proposed the second reso lution, to the effect that the peculiar features of the pre sent day in relation to the colonies and emigration, require Christian exation on behalf of colonial missions, and that a special responsibility in this respect rested on Liverpool, so intimately connected as this town was with colonial and foreign trade. He confessed that he liked the open constitution of this society, and thought it a society which had especial claims upon the members of the Church of England. Its open constitution enabled its clerical members to become part and parcel of the London committee. Again, the clerical ministers of this society might preach and teach in a diocese, though he might not in all things agree with his bishop • and he certainly would not desire to see ministers symbolising in all the peculiar views of the bishops, and this he said, although a staunch friend to episcopacy. But it was well known that the bishops did not agree in all things, and why then should ministers be expected to symbolise with the bench in all their peculiar notions ? (Hear, hear.) Now, England had 70 colonies, and 150 millions of people resident in them ; and many of these 70 dependencies bad been chosen as military and commercial settlements : he alluded to the settlements at the Heligoland, Gibraltar, and Hong Kong. How important was it that these places should be occupied by Christian men ! Wherever an Englishman went he was recognised as a representative of the truth which bad for ages been preached and propa gated in Great Britain, though it was, unfortunately, too true that nominal Protestants were bad specimens of the faith they professed. (Hear.) A Captain Poole, for instance, who had at one time died in India, and who was a nominal Protestaat, was buried by the natives, who sung a hymn to the Virgin, and afterwards offered up a quantity of brandy and water on his grave. (Loud laughter.) It was also a melancholy fact that some who had been brought up in the truth had relaxed into hea thenism, and even now, at Capetown, Christians were re lapsing into Mahomedans, simply because the moral cha racter of Mahomedans was better than the moral charac ter of nominal Protestants. (Sensation.) This latter fact rested on the high authority of the Bishop of Cape town, who preached a few weeks since at St. George's Church. Then, it was a fact that an excessive in dulgence in the use of spirituous liquors prevailed to an alarming extent in Australia. In Sydney, shepherds were treating their masters to half-dozens of champagne, and rums and other liquors were being drunk by the lower classes of that town in buckets-Nil. Why, then, should not true Christians make vigorous efforts to reform the character of such a besotted people as this ? (Hear, hear.) Then, Rome was determinedly at work in Australia : she bad one ecclesiastic for every 117 of the population of that colony ; and why should not the Protestants of England, who bad, for wise purposes, been raised above the nations Oct. 3,1545. of the earth, imitate the example of the emissaries of Popery in the propagation of the truth ? ( Hear, hear, and loud applause.) The Rev. EDWARD EICKERSTETEr, on rising to second the resolution proposed by Mr. Ewbank, was hailed with loud and continued cheers. He said that at first he might be discouraged at seeing that two years had passed since the last meeting of the Colonial Church Society had been held in Liverpool, and that only about £lOO had been remitted by this auxiliary ; but when he remembered • the feeblebeginningoftheLiverpoolChurchMissionaryAs sociation, which he had theprivilegeofattending thirtyyears ago, he was riot by any means discouraged. He believed they had more clergymen on the platform of the present meeting than they had at the commencement of the Church Missionary Association. His dear friend and brother, Dr. M•Neile—(applause)—had told him that as he had lately spoken at the Gospel Propagation Society, he was desirous of speaking at the meeting that night, had not circumstances hindered him from attending.- - (Hear.) He (Mr. Bickersteth) believed this society to be eminently calculated, in perfect harmony and consistency with the position of faithful ministers and members of the Church of England, to meet a great want in all our colo nies ; and the urgency of the want was a great and all sufficient reason for the Society. Oh ! that they had a little more faith in these things ! He did not say that there would be no rivalry. He rather differed from his dear friend who spoke before him on this subject (Mr. Yorke) as to rivalry. He thought there would be a ri valry to do more than ever yet was done for the spiritual benefit of our colonies. When the Ocean Monarch was burning in the waters not far from Liverpool, with 396 emigrants on board, was it thought sufficient that one vessel should go and attempt to rescue the crew ? Were not three or four vessels gladly hailed and welcomed ? Yea! Was not some reproach passed on two Welsh steamers that did not go to meet so great an exigency and difficulty ? (Hear, hear, hear.) The real fault was, not that there was another society, but that both our societies were not far more largely and efficiently supported to meet so'great an exigency. (Ap plause.) They had heard something of the vast extent of our colonies. There were 70 distinct possessions. Having read the names of these possessions, he observed that the vast proportion of them had been acquired by Engiand within the last 50 years, since the revolutionary war with France had been commenced. There were, therefore, peculiar features in the present day in relation to the co lonies for the rapid, growing increase of our colonial em pire had put us, as an American writer had observed, " into such a military position as was worth more than a million of men in arms through the world." (Applause.) Now, the provision made by our Church for the religious instruction of these colonies was most deplorably inade quate. Take some facts. The colonies of the British empire, in all the vast extent of territory spread over Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, independent of mis sionary exertion, contained only about 500 clergymen. Too often in emigration, the very last thing thought of, was the spiritual welfare of those who emigrated ; and the consequence was, that the emigrants were living in the actual want of religious ordinances, to an extent that could hardly be conceived. In 1846, a person journyeed on a road 400 miles in length ; he traversed it by a weekly mail, and more or less settled all along; and throughout that whole line there was neither minister, nor church, nor school, of any denomination. (Hear, hear.) A family, also, who had lately returned from an interior settlement after a residence of seven years, had stated that they had never once seen a single minister of religion during the whole of that time. ( Hear, hear.) Thou sands, in fact, never received any kind of spiritual instruc tion from the time they went out until they returned. He classed the claims upon the Christian under six different divisions :—the claim for the spiritual benefit of others at home ; the claim on our colonies ; the claim on Christen dom at large; the claim among the Jews ; the claim among the Mahomedans ; and the claim among the Pa gans. The first thing was to care for our own soul, — next, for our own family, and next for our neighbourhood and country, then the colonies came next, as the children of our country—the children of those who are connected with us and near to us; and in this view the Colonial Church Society had a very important claim upon us. (Ap plause.) There were in the colonies vast numbers of our countrymen and of Europeans. Probably 4,000,000 speaking the English language were scattered through our colonies, and scattered over so wide a surface that they " needed far more provision than the people of the mother country. Then emigration was continually increasing, and would probably still further increase, for God designed that we should " subdue and replenish the earth." God had designed by the overflowing popu lation of England that England should ultimately be a large blessing through the world. The applications ad dressed to the London Colonisation Society by persons and families desirous of emigrating, were reported to be about 900 daily; and this, amongst other facts, showed what a vast field of duty was presented to the Colonial Church Society; and it seemed to him that if emigrants went forth relieving of our superabundant population, that they actually called upon us to make some provision for their spiritual welfare. (Hear.) Mr. Ewbank bad alluded to the efforts the Papists were making ; and he (Mr. Bickersteth) could say, from a knowledge of the fact, that the Papists were extraordinarilyactive at present in spreading the apostacy in the Colonies —that they were using, to the utmost the freedom which they denounced, but which Protestantism had established, in all its domi nions. (Hear, hear.) They would not allow us to preach the Gospel in Papal lands, and yet they availed themselves of the liberty we had given to preach Popery in Pro testant lands. (Hear, hear, and applause.) No colony, no mission was untouched by their efforts„and he grieved to think that we had not common honesty in our dealings in these things. Our governors talked of Papery being superstitious and idolatrous, and they made our Queen swear so ; and yet this superstitious and idolatrous religion was favoured and supported in our colonlei. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bickersteth proceeded to eulogise the frank, honest, manly, English-like manner in which the Bishop of Melbourne had lately written against Popery, and he made a spirited appeal in favour of the Colonial Church Society, which, he said, had nothing either of Tractarianism or of semi-Popery in its composition. lie concluded an able and eloquent speech amid loud demon strations of applause. The Rev. Dr. HtrME supported the resolution. A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated about ten o'clock. The ironmasters of South Staffordshire have resolved not to advance the price of iron. The Victoria and Albert, royal yacht, Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence, G.C.H., passed through Spithead, en route to'Cowes, at a little after two p.m. on Sunday. A STARTLING FACT !-Mr. Halpin, late secretary of the Confederation, has arrived in town, under escort from Naas gaol, to give evidence against Win. Smith O'Brien, now on his trial.—Clonmel Chronicle A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against an unlicensed medical practitioner named Whitehead, at Sheffield, who subjected a young man afflicted with rheu matic pains to severe operations. THE WEATHER, in this neighbourhood, has, during the week just ended, been showery, with considerable hu midity in addition to the rain. We had, however, several intermediate fine days. Yesterday and Sunday, though gloomy, were dry. The,growing field crops alt look well. MONS. Hotrnug.—This extraordinary man, in conse quence of his great encouragement, remains another week. His morning performances have been well at tended, and no wonder, for all his tricks are managed with the most consummate dexterity. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. Mark Howard takes a benefit this evening at the Amphitheatre, and as this gen tleman was the first to propose to the officers of the garrison the amateur performance, the public will, no doubt, be glad to show their gratitude to him for so valuable an idea. Mr. Howard is an excellent actor, and plays with perfect ease. He has a good voice, and it is a wonder that he is not otherwise employed than lecturing, for if he had a fair chance he would becomea great favou rite with the public, as well as an acquisition to any manager. H T o raoi n uo A rka c : c oe solicitoro. o— cook Y of es t t fh e o r er d a st y hh , iep a cu y s t o o u m n gman Customs, with Harvard. from Boston, and which arrived at this port on S un d a y, wa s named charged SMUGGLING rrhbo Thomas A a I s r . B having in his possession on b oar d t h e s hi p, ( now i n t h e Waterloo Dock,) 491135. of forei gn manu f ac t ure d t o b ac co. The article was found on Sunday forenoon concealed be tween the floor of the galley and the deck of the vessel. As the weight exceeded Gibs., up to which the magistrate has power to deal summarily, the case was remanded un til the authorities in London decide upon the proceedings to be taken against the prisoner. BREACH OF PROMlSE.—Damages to the extent of £3OO were awarded in a case of this nature, at Bedford, on Wednesday last ; the plaintiff being a governess, named Miss Margaret Evans, and the defendant a Mr. George Alfred Roberts, a near relative of the gentleman in whose residence the lady officiated. The visits of the defendant to his relative led to the match ; and matters were far ad vanced, when the defendant was suddenly called into Wales. Gradually his letters, after a short period, be came more cool and studied ; and at length it transpired that he had strengthened his financial resources by a union with a lady of considerable fortune. TELEGRAPH OFFICE.-YESTERDAY. Wind at Holyhead S.S.W., strong breeze at 6 a.m. Do., S.W., fresh breeze at 12 noon. ' Do., South do., at 3 p.m. OFF HOLYHEAD at 7 30 a.m.—No. 3,507, Emily, ship, from Charleston; No. 9,684, Folly, barque, (has not telegraphed where from,) at 8 a.m. ; No. 5,489, Sir homas Gresham, ship, from Bombay, at 9 30 a.m. OFF POINT LYNAS, inward bound, at 6 30 a.m.—No. 3,204, Eliza Bell, brig, and 2,043, Una, ship, at 3 p.m., (have not te legraphed where from. OFF PUFFIN ISLAND, inward bound at 1 30 p.m.—No. 3,952, Forsyth, brig; No. 3,204, Eliza Bell, brig; No. 918, Betsey, brig, at 2 p.m. ; No. 2,357, Coromandel ship, ditto. ;—have not telegraphed where from. OFF THE PORT, at 5 15 p.m., 1 barque, 1 brig, and 2 schooners. An Ga vie Pal Stu Ito, s T _AT at tt whic effec and crom Ar vhic will 1 Effer TH; Th affor taste lg cc not 1 thi s visit( "T of th homr the r( hither Varie light to th( exper 1 111 INST Half-i take t The" autho A.M., A.M., The ciety Morn occasi Ticl Colle;: OPTIC Howl ------ l'eriy !! DA , Club, An P, oltri LIVE illSte a FLAS and C Passel Route Burto Expre l& 2C Xxprt lat tst & ',2cpr( P/AT,, I N to 01 1 or ic , klarg - 4rom place, And Call u „Stu whop sung LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET-YESTERDAY. We have had a smaller supply of stock at our market to-day than of late, and the whole may be quoted at a little advance in price from our last statement. Beef, sd. to 6d.; Mutton, Sid. to 6d. per lb. ____ LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, OCT. 3, 1848. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, aid LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4. ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERP•OL.. BIRKENHEAD ; TODHUNTER, Chester-street ; LAW AND PIN KNEY, Argyle-street; OSBORNE, Chester-street; and J. GRIFFITH, Hamilton-street. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. IN ADTANCE . 184. ION CAEDIT 4 ) ~j