The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-22 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS, furnished his nam Ebe tibtrpool g§tanbarb. selves to an e We hay Is a large increa x have id prof is received yesterday, and have dis'placed several hive inserted. in the advertisement of orm had gone to press. few remarks upon the -rent brought before In thole remarks, statesmanlike remedy for r to approach a - far s upon osed are reeling or very clan ty by any v of the presc ich have t genera- s, one man in ten—nay we may even who can place his hand tnd say that he has, during the man in a huncin c, been in the - possession of an income at ere, on the contrary, one man in ten who ith perfect truth, declare, that he has At that )usiness at a positive and professional man,—an —or a holder of railway or other stock, the past year has not entailed sacrifices nis and intolerable ? There is not. Yet would, perhaps, have submitted unre the demands of the tax gatherer, rather v their affairs to be subjected to the unfair iupervision of ter the income-tax act to Screw the utmost than to defe There are paying upon .incomes ,ey never reaped, who e robbed themselves and ghter alternative than that of ,uisitorial overhauling of books and scales of profit, which It in their acquittal of the sin of -4mices, but more pro )ointment as galling as us circums' fairs was painful —it - would have trong effort of patience—have re ind unresisting under the same hey had been paying, and The community we repeal . een, h( y had received an e Tariff reductions, by which it was But an addition to that impost, un )onding boon„ upon a smarting under the ME losses, barely able to keep engulphed with the frag 7reck with which they are .mity not to be borne—a good nature, sufficiently e the very stones find tongues. it once busy manufacturing dis e and steeped in poverty; view cies and quarries, our suspended oyed labourers ! Enter ;e seaports, and see the !d up unsaleable, except Sign their owners to the Am Russell and his incapable and then tell us if this is a time a people by whom, a single ad- gla Of taxation can be imposed to find that such is the feeling sterial proposal has excited in Liver t it pervades all classes and all parties inity. But such a feeling must have and a powerful one, which will be heard oed in every part of the empire. It must umblings on 'Change or at the clubs ; blit must be a united voice—the voice of Liverpool's gentry, merchants, and trades men, who upon this occasion must lay aside their 'erences of opinion upon ordinary political mat t on one common ground to resist f and audacious act of spoliation. n unix Tsai storm of indignation whieh the mir pool; and t in the come y has borne more than its fair share of the national suffering. Our town has been made a Lazar house by Ireland's fever-stricken epayers have had to feed and hospitals and graves for, thou f idle, depraved, or helpless wretches, who, eir flight from famine in their own land, were communit . nurse, to Our rat directed here as to a place in whose streets the means of life might be had in abundance for ask ing. This greatest commercial port in the world has peculiar reasons for taking the lead in .a deter mined opposition to this preposterous measure ; and her claim to such a leading position will not only be admitted, but will be followed, by every community through the length and breadth of the Let us urge, then, upon our fellow-townsmen to be prompt in their action upon this matter; and to attend the meeting summoned by the Mayor for Thursday next, to consider this very subject; and moreover, to come to that meeting prepared to pass )lutions of the most uncompromising character. r deserves the thanks of the town—yes, of ting so readily to con- The M for conse vene such a meeting, dealing as it will have Co do with a subject of such absorbing interest to all classes of the community, and upon which the minds of men of shade of party politics are so much in unison. movement must, necessarily, be prompt, in that a sufficient array of public feeling may ,ot up, in time to arrest the measure when it comes before the House on Monday next. In connection with this subject we would direct the attention of our readers to a prospectus of ional Confederation for a more direct and equitable adjustment of national and local taxa tion," to which we shall refer more pointedly next _ 3 entered upon the perusal of the annual of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, it was in the hope that, in this document, at least, we should have a full explanation of the causes which have rendered the manufacturing trade of the past year—the first year of Free Trade in corn — one of the worst and most disastrous years on record. We expected to find it explained why, with vastly-increased imports of breadstuffs and some other commodities, our exports to nearly every foreign country have declined; but we found no such explanation. The committee treat us with their proceedings with respect to the " Corn-laws," the " duties on butter and cheese," the " reduction of the duty on tea," the " sugar duties," " navi '----- " "tidal harbours," " bankruptcy and " London morning mail," " post ,ommunication with South Wales, " " direct steam mail to New Orleans," " letters by American packet "currency," "Birkenhead docks," (!) and of other matters; but what might readily insolvent laws; have been concluded would form the leading sub ject of such a document is quietly disposed of in a few remarks "in conclusion !" We must endeavour to give, so far as wt can understand them, the cnibstance of the apologetic pleading of the asso- evident confusion of mind displayed in the commencement of this apoio which is not to be wondered at when r a,atable nature of the task assigned them considered. They eicdress regret "that the lawn of the Free-trade policy of this country should have been so clouded by adverse circumstances as to make it almost true to say that the commencement has yet to take place ! ' Now, whatever may adverse circumstance referred to as having " the dawn" of our Free-trade policy, we intend that that policy had been in operation upwards of a year and a half, and that its com mencement was precipitated by more than two years. The Corn Importation and Tariff Bills re ceived the royal assent on the 26th of June, 1846; and, although a small sliding duty was retained, ranging from 4s. to 10s. per quarter, until the Ist of February, 1849, when it was to cease altogether, we might virtually have been said to enjoy perfect freedom, the minimum of 4s. having never been ex ceeded up to the time of the suspension of all duty whatever, which took place on the 21st of January, 1847. From that date we have bad no duties whatever. the unj We give a specimen of the adroitness with which the chamber contrive. to throw dust in-the eyes of the public , and to ge t away f rom th e rea l question atissue. After remarking upon the distress of 1845, and its influence in bringing about the repeal of the Corn-laws, the report proceeds— " The autumn of 1846 again displayed a second failure of the potato crop, and a second defective harvest, not only in this country, but throughout the whole of northern sery which has since been suffered, tfiiit in every country except our own the promptest measures were taken to supplies of food. On the 14th of October. of that when the bullion in the Bank had fallen to f notes to £8 615,582,234, and the reserve o our board addressed an earnest memorial to the lords of he treasury, who had assumed po of Sir Robrt Peel's administration, imploring then; forth with to open the ports for the free admission of food, and antil the 21st of January, 1847, on which day ministers announced to Parliament that it was their intention to iwed to becoe competitors upon whoa n allo' export only were we at markets where food t, _ Seen diminished and vriees areativ enham procurable, but when stocks had the ear- Tier operations of other and wiser countrie for several months, had priority over us. ,h had, is cruel procrastination, were the intensity of our calamities, and the cost of .elieving them, greatly increase The passages in the above, marked in italics, are all pure balderdash. Will any one in his sound senses believe that, with the approach of famine obvious to all the world, and whilst the merchants of all other countries were eagerly ransacking every market for grain, the merchants of Great Britain alone, with rising prices in their own markets, and a merely nominal - duty in existence, were doing nothing—were waiting until some unprompted agency should fill their empty stores and ware houses ? Can any one, with only a moderate share of assurance, expect to persuade the world that we waited for the announcement of the suspension of the Corn-law, and that " then only" did we set out to secure the foreign markets ? The chamber, by the bye, asserted that "then only were • we allowed to become competitors in those markets," mercially learned, m uect wi lave ti startling a is, however, that we bought as early, and upon as favourable terms, as any other nation ; and that so far from having to fly east, west, north, and south, with our pockets crammed with bank bills and sovereigns, on that auspicious 21st January, when the suspension of duties was announced, a goodly number of our merchants and speculators had snug hoards laid up, the 4s. duty upon which they managed very quietly to place in their own pockets. But what has all this to do with the question, a solution of which we anticipated from this com mercial body, viz.—the question where is the re turn for our own vast purchases of foreign grain ? We have spent with the various corn-growing countries of the world, since the passing of Sir Robert Peel's measure, at the lowest estimate, £35,000,000 sterling in breadstuffs alone exports to those countries, with onl Yet our ception, have diminished, whilst we we e taught to believe they ought to have immensely increased; the native industry of the country, which was to have sustained a large developement from this policy, is steeped in suffering; mercantile credit is shaken to its base ; bankruptcy has been seen in quarters where his presence would a few years ago have been deemed a miracle, and the Bank of England itself has been within a feA ours of the awful necessity of suspending specie payments. Such have been the results, thus far, of our Free-trade policy. It may be said, however, that they might have occured under the operation of our old laws. It is quite possible that they might and would have occurred in any case of greatly extended importation. The two-fold result of the admission is difficult to escape from. If, as undoubtedly would have been the case, the elastic properties of the Corn-law of 1842 would have given us a sufficient supply of food at the nominal duty of the scale, we have little for which to thank the act of 1846, as to such supply and the cheap ness realised. On the other hand, as large impor tations of foreign food have been accompanied with diminished exports of British products in re turn for them ; if large importations have pro duced only a large drain for specie, as such return, we see nothing as yet to assure us that continual importations, more limited and less unwieldly in amount will not lead to continual yearly recurrtng drains of specie to'pay for them. We understand that the proposed measure for the amendment o Act, is exciting considerable interest shipowners of this port; and that a Meeting in reference to it is to be held to-day, in the Under writer's Room, at which Henry C. Chapman, Esq., will preside. government the Passengers amongst the A rule absolute has been granted for a new trial in the case of Syers v. Jones, tried at the last Liverpool assizes. The Manchester Courier gives currency to a rumour that Dr. Hampden will be removed from Hereford to Chester bishopric. We are glad to learn that the excellent Chancellor of Chester has completely recovered from his recent severe indisposition. On Sunday afternoon, a boat, with three men in, was capsized in the river, but they were all rescued after a little difficulty. A special Meeting of the Council will be held to-morrow on the Dock Bill, and on the claims of compensation from the Sanatory Committee. THE REV. DR. M'NEILE 7 S CHUECH.--- , WE may again state, as some little doubt has been raised as to the fact, that the Bishop of Chester will consecrate St. Paul's Church on Thursday, the 2d March, as originally in tended. SPECIMEN OF LITHOGRAPHY. — We have great pleasure in directing attention to a very beautiful view of the new Church of St. Paul's, Prince's Park, (erected for the Rev. Dr. M'Neile,) executed by Messrs. Geo. Smith, Watts, and Co., an impression of which may be seen in our office window.—See Adv. THE BISHOP OF CHESTER.—His lordship preached last Sunday evening in St. Peter's Church, Chester, to the class of newly ordained candidates, „a list of whom we give elsewhere. The congregation was unusually large, and the discourse was attended to with the most intense inte rest. His lordship left Chester yesterday morning, by an early train, for London. It is understood that he will still consecrate St. Paul's Church, on the 2nd of March, as originally fixed by him. CHESTER AUXILIARY TO THE IRISH SOCIETY. annual meeting was held yesterday (Monday) morning, in the Assembly Rooms, Chester, the Rev. Canon Thurlow in the chair; and by adjournment in the evening, when the Rev. Canon Eaton presided. Allusion was made by every speaker to the deserved elevation of the good Bishop to the Primacy of all England, an event in which the whole meeting cordially rejoiced. Sermons were preached at the churches in Chester on Sunday, in aid of the Society. The deputation consisted of the Revs. Henry Carpenter and Thomas Nolan, both of this towel. _ _ _ _ —The DUBLIN UNIVERSITY E LECTION.—The election for a representative in the room of Mr. Shaw was held on Sa turday, when, no other candidate appearing, Mr. Joseph Napier, Q.C., was declared duly elected. The learned gentleman was proposed by the Rev. Dr. Singer, the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan seconding the nomination. The speaking was on an unusually limited scale. Mr. Napier paid a graceful tribute to the memory of the late Pro fessor M'Cullagh, and with equally good taste referred in terms of regret to the cause which deprived the electors of the services of the late member. VALUE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN CASES OF SICK/4E55. - On the 9th instant, a young man, the step son of a London merchant, arrived here in the Cambria, labouring under the delirium of fever. As there was great difficulty in obtaining accommodation for him under those I circumstances, he was conveyed by the steward of the ship to the Northern Hospital. At seven o'clock in the evening a telegraphic message was sent to London to in form his friends, and soon after 6 o'clock the next morn ing his step-father, who resides five miles from the sta tion, was at his bed-side in the hospital. We are glad to say that the young man speedily recovered, and has since been safely removed to London. STEALING A WATCH, &C.—At the police-court yester day, a respectable-looking man from tee country was the complainant against a girl named Elizabeth Holding, and a man named Michael Short, whom he charged with stealing his watch, worth £7, some money in silver, &c. Complainant, it appeared, bad on Saturday night, owing to the rain, resolved to remain in town until the morning, and on making inquiry of the female for a bed was taken by her to a house which appeared respectable. In the morning he missed the property stated, and giving the alarm, the prisoners were taken. The male prisoners had offered the watch in pledge to Mr. Cunningham, who find ing he could give no good account of it very properly gave him and the girl, who was waiting for him at the door, into custody. The prisoners were committed for trial, FATAL ACCIDENT. — On Saturday last, Mr. Thomas Houghton, the overlooker of the Gas Works at St. Helen's, was returning home from this town by the express railway train, which only stops at a few stations, and Mr. H., when near the St. Helen's station, incautiously jumped off, in order that he might not be carried further, and, no doubt, under the idea that he would not be hurt. The unfortunate gentleman, however, fell upon the rail, and the wheels passed over and broke both his thighs. Hi s cries were heard after the train had passed, and the con. stable and inspector at the station went in search, and found him. He was quite sensible, and related to them the manner in which the disaster occurred. The railway officers sent him with all possible speed back to Liverpool, and took him to the Infirmary, as the near est and best place for surgical aid. Amputation of both limbs was there carefully performed : but lie died on Sun day morning. TIE LitERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE, YESTERDAY The budget of Lord John Russell has struck the com mercial world with universal panic. Trade for the present is utterly prostrated, and nothing was heard on 'Change yesterday but expressions of surprise and indignation at the audacity of the ministerial propositions. Early in the day, as if by general consent, a requisition to the mayor to call a public meeting was drawn up and left in the Ex change News-room for signature, which was eagerly and signed by persons of every shade of political opinion, and of the highest respectability, between two and three hundred firms having appended their names in a couple of hours. We subjoin a copy : numerously TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF LIVERPOO aitt,—vr e, unaersignea, inhabitants of the borough of Liverpool and its vicinity, respectfully request you will call a public meeting to take into consideration the financial state ',Gent made to the House of Commons by the First Lord of the on the ture theieon." In compliance with the requisition the Mayor has con- vened a meeting for Thursday next, at twelve, in the Sessions-house, which should be crowded. Yesterday was a very dull day in the SHARE MARKET with most stocks offered at lower prices —the cause was said to be French news. During the past week the market hai not undergone any change of moment ; not much business has been done, and prices remain firm. The Great Western Co. have declared a dividend of 31- per cent., being per cent. less than the last dividend. The Lonon and North-western have declared 4 per cent. although this is also a lower dividend, yet from very satisfactory statements made by Mr. Glynn at the meeting, the stock has risen in price, and is much asked for in the market. A special meeting of the Demerara company has been held, since when an address has been issued to the shareholders on the subject of calls in arrears. Great expectations are entertained that this will be a paying line even in the present distressed state of the West India colonies. The Lancaster and Carlisle have made a divi dend of 20s. per share, and 4s. per third share. The Lon don and South-western 8 per cent. Efforts are about to be made to . wind up" the Great Luxemburg Company— these shares are £7 paid, and the market price is only about £l. It is said £3 or £4 could be divided. The glum ar money to assist in completing a portion of the line in a one which will pay very well. A body of shareholders here and in London wish the remaining portion of the line to be given up. The meeting of the Midland Co. was held on Saturday, when a dividend of 7 per cent., as formerly, was declared, with the immense surplus o f.. 4,090. _ . _ Meetings of the following companies will take place before Tuesday neat :—Ambergate, &c., 25th ; Belfast and County Down, 25th ; Birkenhead. Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 26th; Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire, 24th ; Bright on an d Chichester, 28th ; Bristol and South Wales Junction, 25th ; Caledo nian, 25th ; Cheltenham and Oxford, 26th ; Cork and Waterford. 25th ; Cornwall, 23rd ; Direct London and Portsmouth, 25th ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 23rd; Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham, 26th ; East Lin colnshire, 23rd ; Eastern Counties, 261 h ; East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction, 24th ; Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 28th ; Great North ern, 24th ; Great Western and Uxbridge, 28th ; Great Western and Wycombe, 28th ; Hartlepool Dock and Railway, 24th ; Huddersfield and Manchester, 26th ; Leeds and Thirsk, 26th ; London and Blackwall, 22nd ; Manchester and Southport, 28th ; Shrewsbury and Ches ter, 22nd; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 22nd ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 24th ' • South Wales, 23rd ; Tenby, Samdersfoot, and South Wales, 23rd. In the COLONIAL MARKETS , up to last evening. we have to report a very dull trade: The deinand for Sugar continues very limited : grocers purchase cautiously, and the refiners are not disposed to pay previous rates. The sales for the last two or three days are trifling. Holders are firm and do not show any anxiety to realise in the present dull state of the market. Rum is also quiet, few purchasers are to be met with, and to effect sales lower prices will have to be taken. Molasses are more en quired after, and a fair business doing. Rice moves off very slowly,—the article is not much wanted,—the stock being large will prevent any advance taking place on the present low quotations. There is still a fine demand for all kinds of Coffee, which will most likely continue. The Tea Market presents a very different appearance since the Budget came out. The Market is very much depressed, and common Congou may be quoted a shade lower. For Greens there is a fair enquiry, the good and fine qualities are much wanted. — In London the markets, except as respects indigo, have presented very little animation during the week, and prices of many descriptions of produce have receded. The indigo sales, at which great animation in the biddings has been shown, terminated yesterday. _ The tendency of the CorroN MARICKT throughout the whole of last week (for Friday always closes . the cotton week), was downwards, and we then quoted 4 kd to id for the highest point in low and middling qualities ; on Saturday, however, there was a slight re-action, par ticularly for low cotton, which was continued yesterday ; our market has a firm though rather a subdued tone about it, and buyers try in vain to knock it down. The extent of import is now the barometer ; last week it was very fair, and on Sunday and yesterday we number three or four cotton laden ships amongst the arrivals; these droppers in keep us going very nicely, and tend to keep the holders of " ould cotton" very civil. The Scotch pig IRON MARKET is firm, and prices may be quoted 50s. 6d. to 51s. in Glasgow for 3-sths No. 1, and 2-sths No. 3, nett cash. Higher rates have in many instances been obtained, and with a likelihood of being maintained. Bars are now quoted in Wales at £7 ss. The TIMBER TRADE has exhibited a firmer tone during the past week at an advance of prices. A cargo of good St. John Pine has been sold at 174 d. per foot, the aver age being 18 7-12 inches. A cargo of 18,895 St. Andrews spruce deals of 21-cl. per foot of two inches. By auction about 18,000 feet of Quebec pine was sold at 134 d. per foot, 2,500 feet at Ind per foot, 17,116 feet at 12111., and 2000 feet at 14td per foot, 2000 feet of red pine at - 20 d. per foot, and 8,600 feet, at 194 d. per foot ; 22 logs Quebec oak at 2s-per foot, 146 logs of Lower Port pine at 12d. per foot, 200 logs birch at 12d. per foot, and 100 of larger size at 174 d. per foot ; 19 birch planks at 3d. per foot of two inches, 247 Quebec yellow pine deals at £lO. 12s. 6d. per standard, and 2,530 at £9 10s. per standard. Some hemlock deals at 1241. to 1 11-16 d. per foot of two inches; St. Petersburg lathwood at £9los. per fathom of 8 , feet long, and Sweedish at £6 2s. 6d. per fathom of 6 feet. Notwithstanding the discouraging accounts which con tinue to pour in of the almost universal depression of the CORN trade, a slight reaction took place towards the close of last week in the LIVERPOOL MARKET, and on Friday, as will be seen from our report of that day's mar ket, in another column, the prices of Wheat, Flour, and Indian Corn and Meal, took an advance. Since that date, up to last evening, there has been a steady business doing. We have to note an increasing export of Indian Corn and Meal to Ireland. The accounts respecting the aspect of the country continue favourable ; the autumn-sown wheats have a very healthy appearance, and the spring tillage is going on encouragingly. In the LIVERPOOL PROVISION TRADE we have to note an improvement in the best qualities of new Irish and American bacon. Prime hams in demand ; old and in ferior nearly unsaleable. There is little variation eith(r in the value or demand of butter since our last ; full prices are obtainable for fine qualities, which are rather scarce ; middling sorts are little inquired for, and our quotations for these kinds may be considered nearly nominal. The arrivals from the 15th to the 21st instant, inclusive, were- Butter, 5,113 firkins, 1,213 crocks • bacon, 91 bales ; hams, 67 hhds. ; tar& 3 tierces, 35 firkins, 192 kegs.-The prices in Liverpool are-Butter : Waterford, 88s. to 945. ; Kilkenny, Carlow, and Clonmel, 88s. to 925..; Carrick, 86s. to 88s. ; Wexford, Carlow, 88s. to 89s. ; Belfast, 88s. to 925. ' • Ballymoney and Coleraine, 8 6 s . t o 89 s. ; Banbridge, 8 4s. to 88s. ; Newry and Dundalk, 80s. to 82s. ; Dublin, Carlow, 84s. to 88s. ; Sligo, 80s. to 86s. ; London derry, 82s. to 865.-Bacon : Long Middles, free from bone, new, 565. to 60s. ' • Short Middles, do. do. 58 s . t o 60s. ; American, 40s. to 545.-Lard : Fine Keg, 60s. to 665. ; American, 58s. to 60s. The English Funds opened with much buoyancy on Friday, owing to the prevailing certainty that there would be no funding, coupled with the statement of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer as to the increase in the Bank reserve ; considerations of the inevitable unpopularity of the contemplated addition to the income-tax, however, produced a considerable reaction. Foreign securities dull. A more unanimous feeling of disapproval has perhaps hardly ever been observable in the city than that which was expressed on Saturday, in relation to the minis terial proposition of Friday evening , . The English funds, after opening heavily, experienced a rapid decline of a half per cent., and although in some degree they subse quently recovered, they still left off a quarter per cent. below the closing prices of Friday. The first quotation of Consols was 894, whence they receded to 894, closing at 894 to 4. For the 13th of April the last price was 894. Bank Stock left off 200 to 202 ; Reduced Three per Cents., 894 to I. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 904 to 4 ; India Stock, 242 to 245 ; India Bonds, 6s. to 10s. premium ; and Exchequer-bills (March), 235. to 26. ; (June), 245. to 28s. pm. According to some calculations made on Saturday, it appears that the income tax, as it applies to the holders of Long Annuities which have now only 12 years to run, will amount to an annual charge of 15 per cent. per annum. In the Foreign market the sole transactions of the day were—Brazilian, Small, at 86; Granada, at 204; Spanish Five per Cents., at 21; Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., at 904; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., at 54 ; and the Four per Cent. Certificates at 85. The payment of a third dividend of ss. in the pound by Messrs. Scholes, the bankers, of Manchester, has been announced. Great uneasiness has been manifested during the last few days on the Paris Bourse, in consequence of the deter mination of the Reform party to hold the contemplated banquet ; and despite the exertions of the " Bulls," a depression of Government securities has resulted. The Three per Cents. closed on Saturday at 74f. 10c. ; the New Loan, 74f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents, 116 f. 80c. The Commercial Bank of Dubois and Co., of Havre, is expected to resume payments very shortly. Advices from Paris announce the failure of the highly respectable banking establishment of M. L. Luuyt. Mention has also been made of the failure of Jacques Reinach and Co., bankers, of Mentz, with liabilities £40,000, and assets £16,000. We lerrn from the news brought by the Overland mail, which arrived in London yesterday, that commercial affairs at Calcutta remained very much as they were a fortnight before. The creditore of Cockerell and Co, will ' consider themselves fortunate if £120,000 of available assets can be recovered from the wreck ; the Union Bank has refused payment of all considerable sums, but it has not publicly avowed a stoppage. The produce-market was stationary, and the tendency of prices was downwards. The import trade was dull, though latterly there had been a renewal of inquiry. Exchange had slightly advanced, the market having been fairly supplied with document bills. The last quotations are-6 m. s. with documents, Is. 11d. to Is. Ild. 111 d. per rupee. in other descriptions of paper little business has been done. Freights rose ss. to 10s. per ton for dead weight shortly after the last advices. At the enhanced rates business was done for London, but to Liverpool could not be maintained. The last quotations are £6 ss. to £6 10s. to London, and £5 15s. to Liverpool, for sugar. At Bombay there was a general dulness in trade. For cotton goods the demand was limited, and the amount of business d6ne was small. The Bombay cotton market was in an excessively dull state. The rate of freight to Great Britain had declined to £3 ss. per ton, at which several engagements had been made, with a trifling one or two at £3 7s. 6d., and which was the last range of rates, and with a good supply of tonnage. To China engage ments were done at 14r. to 14ir. per candy, the latter being the last quotation. The rate of exchange on Lon- - don has advanced, bank paper being ls. 10d., Barings' credits Is. 100. at 1, and local paper with shipping do cuments ls. 10Id. at Is. 10V. per rupee, six months' sight, in all which transactions had been done. Three months' sight bank paper was still ls. 9,1 d., and thirty days' ls. 81d. per rupee. On Calcutta the rate is 991 r., thirty days' sight ; and China 210 r. per 5100, sixty days' sight. Mauritiu dvices extend to Nov. 25, when the news of the home fliPures had not transpired, although one firm in the island were understood to be in possession of im portant intelligence. Rice was 2.80 to 2.90 dollars per bag. Trade at Hong-Kong had been materially affected by the excitement during the month. The quotations for most of the staple articles of import were considerably under last month's rates. The sales of raw cotton did not exceed 10,000 bales, and prices had seriously declined. The total export of tea from China to Great Britain, from the Ist July to 30th December, is —black, 28,573,4101b5. ; gree, 2,287,9201b5. ; total, 30,861,3301b5. The total ex port of silk during the same period was 14,819 bales. Exchange on England, 4s. 41d for first class bills, others 4s. 4Ad. to 4. sd. A few transactions in Company's bills on Bengal, and rates as high as 218 for accepted. Freights to London £4 10s. From Shanghae our dates are to the 21st instant. Trade had somewhat improved, and long cloths 10c. better. Woollens without change. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. At this day's market there was only a limited supply of English Wheat, which met a steady sale at the currency of this day week. We had a better attendance of country buyers for foreign, in which a fair extent of business was transacted at about former rates. lange to re barrel Flour. The pressure of Indian Corn, and sellers displgy greater firmness, and but few floating cargoes now offering fdr sale. The supply of Barley was rather beyond the demand, and buyers had the turn in• their favour. We have again a large' arrival of English Oats, and a slow, dragging trade, although all descriptions are freely offered at a further reduction of fully Is. per qr. Malt, Beans, and Peas a slow sale, and Is. per qr. under last week's rates. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Foreign stock were plentiful, but prices were well supported The Beef trade was ac ti ve at an ndvan PP A. 9- nay. Qll. Calves moved off steadily at full prices The Pork trade was far from active. MONEY MARKET-YESTERDAY - - • The market for Public Securities has been very inactive this morning, and but a small amount of business has been trans acted. Consols have been alternately buyers and sellers at 89f for the account, but beyond that slight oscillation no change can be noticed in the appearance of the market. Reduced Three per Cents. have been done at 891 i; and the Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. at 901 Bank Stock has been sold at 201 199. and India at 2421 4. The advertised Exchequer Bills are quoted at 24, the June bills 29. and India Bonds at 7, p.m. EXPRESS FROM PARIS The arrangements for the Paris banquet have been de finitively made. It will take place to-day (Tuesday) at noon, in the Rue de Chaillot. Negotiations between the liberal Conservatives and members of the Opposition for having the banquet put off, had, after some promise of success, failed. The way from the Place Vendome to the Barriere de l'Etoile, Champs Elysees, through which the procession to the banquet will pass, will be lined by 10,000 National Guards, unarmed, but in uniform, and all sym pathisers. The news from Italy is:important. The constitution has been well received at Naples, and negociations were going on favourably. At Rome there was great agitation on the 11th. The people want a constitution, which the Pope is not inclined to give. Lombardy was generally agitated. INDIA AND CHINA We have received by extraordinary express from Mar- seilles our letters from India in anticipation of the over land mail on the 15th of January. The dates so received are from Calcutta to the 9th, Madras to the 14th, and Bombay to the 16th of January. From China we have intelligence down to the 30th of December last. Lora Dalhousie, the new Governor - General, had touched at Madras, and his arrival at Calcutta was hourly expected when the mails left. Among the last acts of Lord Hardinge's Government was a notification, prohibiting, under the penalties of imprisonment and confiscation of property, the perpetra tion of Suttee and infanticide in the territories of the Punjaub. The notification further announced, that his Lordship had directed his thanks to be expressed to the Maharajah of Lahore, as well as to all those princes (23 in number, mentioned by name) who had co-operated during the last three years with the British Government in suppressing these cruel practices within their several territories. Another robber chief had been secured, named Ragojee Bangria, lately as noted in the south of India as Doongur Singh had been in the north. This man, with a numerous band, had infested for some time back the Concan and eastern routes from Bombay. After many fruitless ef forts, he was captured by Lieutenant Gell, who, disguised as a Brahmin, traced the freebooter to the celebrated shrine of Panderpoor, and, getting sight of him while in the act of ablution in one of the sacred tanks, entered and effected his capture. • A smart shock of an earthquake was felt at Delhi on the Ist of January. The Scinde prize-money was about to be distributed, the Royal warrant and order of the Court of Directors to that effect having reached India. By the present arrange ment Sir C. Napier will receive a 1-16th share, or about £27,000. His claim to the share of Commander-in- Chief, or one-eighth, is still held in abeyance, to be paid, if admitted; out of the proceeds not yet distributed. An announcement is made by the Calcutta Star, that a column 150 feet in height is to be erected at Calcutta to commemorate the victories in the Punjaub, and that the captured Sikh guns are to be set up in it, muzzle to muz zle, in fluted compartments; the summit to be crowned with three figures—Britannia and two native soldiers. A resolutiiin passed by the Governor-general in Coun cil, and dated the 31st of December, declares that cotton shall henceforward be exempt from export duty through out India. It is hoped that the measure in question will relieve the cotton trade of India. It must at least prove an additional boon to the traders from India with China. The late export duty of nine annas per Indian maund of cotton, at the rate of value some years back, is said to have been equivalent to a tax of from five to eight per cent. Orders had been received in India from the Court of Directors for the remittance home of X 500,000 sterling in specie. Our correspondent at Hongkong writes under date Dec. 30 : " We have this month to record a dreadful tragedy in the horrid murder of six English gentlemen by. the Chi nese, about three miles from. Canton, on the sth of tnis month. After church they went up the river, and landed to take a quiet walk, and shortly after they found them selves attacked by a body of Chinese, and eut off from their boat. In this attack, one or two of the party fell; the others, being overpowered, attempted to escape, but were taken at one of the villages and con ined. and, by the evidence of the Chinese on the coroner's inquest, it appears too true that, up to the morning of the 7th, they were alive, when they were cruelly put to death. The names of the gentlemen are—Mr. W. Rutter, Mr. Small, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Brown, Mr. Balkwill, and Mr. M` Carte. A force was immediately sent to Canton, and his Ex cellency Sir John Davis went up in the Ikedalus to demand redress. After much negotiation with Keying,, four Chinese were executed on the 21st instant, and eleven were under trial. Sir John returned here on tho24th, having given Keying to the 20th proximo for his final answer to his demands. It is understood that steamers have been sent for from Singapore, and men-of-war ordered down from the coast, to be prepared should any coercive measure be necessary. All, however, may end in negotiation. It is to be hoped every advantage will be taken of the present state of matters to secure permanent security for the future, seeing that hitherto nothing but deceit has been practised by Keying, who has been unable to controul the Chinese, though making the English authorities suppose he had the ability to do so. SUDDEN DEATIL—On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, John Morris, seventy-three years of age, living. in Horatio-place, went into, a neighbour's house, appa rently in his usual health. Soon after, while handing his snuff.box to a female, he fell back in his chair and in stantly expired. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night, Ann Thomp son, aged sixty-four years, who resided in Back Bittern street, was crossing Park-lane, when a spring cart came up, and the shaft striking her she was knocked down, and the near wheel went over her body. She died on Sunday. The horse was walking at the time. The driver and two other men in the cart were taken into custody. The great success of the introduction of Melton Mow bray pork-pies has given rise to the establishment of a shop, in Commutation-row, for the sale of Birmingham pies of the same material, which are not only excellent in quality, but are made sufficiently small to suit every taste. —See advertisement. One of the splendid shops in Elliot-street, known as Manifold Buildings, has been opened by Messrs. Hamilton novela n d Co.in the v ag trade. a pro t ty T p h e e o style e The abundant , stock is various, and excellent. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY The eighth anniversary of the Liverpool Auxiliary Branch of the Church Pastoral Aid Society was held last evening, in the lecture-room of the Collegiate Institution. In the absence of th e Ch ance ll or of th e Di ocese , w h o was prevented from attending by indisposition, the chair was taken by the worshipful the Mayor, T. B. Horsfall, Esq.. The attendance of ladies and gentlemen was nume rous, the body of the hall as well as the lower gallery be ing well filled. On the platform we noticed, in addition to the deputation, about thirty of our local clergy. Prayer having been offered up, The CHAIRMAN said that he would not detain them by any general observations of his own in reference to the advatitae j s afforded by that Society, for he felt that any such observations from him were unseemly, as he had no doubt many of his friends around him would lay before the Meeting its practical usefulness and benefit during the last year, and if there was one amongst them who doubted its usefulness, he would ask them only to go through the Borough Gaol, which was °rip -lly calculat' accommodat - 400 _ idate only . or 500 persons, and there were now in it upwards of 1000. He would further ask them to look at the rapidly increasing population of the town, and say whether the spiritual wants of the locality were pro vided for by the Church, and if, therefore, those wants were not provided for by the Church they would not be provided for at all.—(Hear, hear.) Before calling for the Report he could not forbear calling attention to the last occasion on which he had the opportunity of appearing on that platform. The person filling the office which he (the Chairman) then oc cupied was at that time Bishop of Chester, but who now, to the , honour of Lord John Russell, was the Archbishop of Canter bury. (Cheers.) Whilst they reg etted the loss they had sus tained in that estimable prelate's promotion, they could not but regard it, at the same time, as of great benefit when it was considered in connection with that Society, because it might be concluded that the Archbishop of Canterbury, as Chairman of that Society would, doubtless, be the means of uniting many individuals with it who, from conscientious scruples on many points in Christian discipline, had hitherto abstained from becoming members of it. He would only hope for in creased co-operation from all those who had hitherto sup ported the Society, and that those who had not yet joined it would do so. The SECRETARY (the Rev. C. W. Lawrence) then read THE REPORT. "Your committee, who oat the conclusion of the years 1846 and 1847, had the happiness of declari n g a n increase in the re turns of the Auxiliary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, must this year have the pain of communicating a decided decrease in the amount which its labours have been permitted to transmit to the parent society. The last year's return was £ BOl, the present return amounts to £672. A sum of about £5O, raised as a special fund, had certainly swelled the amount. Still, ex clusive of that item our annual return falls short of the past by about .el2O. Thus it should seem that the distress which has affected so many institutions, and overthrown so many private establishments, has made itself felt in our humble association. We mourn for it, not as immediately affecting any in this town: your Auxiliary has no weekly expenditure, or cumbrous esta blishment to maintain, but they must remember painfully the steady, though reluctant, refusal with which petitions from needy cures must he met by a parent committee, staid in their career of benevolence by the diminution of their resources. A most momentous year for the town and for the empire has just elapsed. A storm has passed over the face of the commercial world, which might deserve to be described in the mighty words of Scripture,—" A great and! strong wind: has re n t th e moun tains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord." Our colossal state still trembles under the experien e and recollec tion of what she has gone through ; the violence of the convul sion is seen in many directions. It isfelt to a far greater extent than it is seen. And should it please the disposer of the destinies of nation s that we should "reneiv our strength," generations must pass away before 1847 will be forgotten. But though there is little likelihood of the year being forgotten, your committee permit them selves to observe that something more than remem brance is required of such a dispensation : it is improvement that ought to be extracted from it. It may supply subject of gratitude to those who have been able to support our society, that they have had the opportunity of doing so, while others, amidst their own personal distress, have lost the privilege. And if among our friends there are any whom the tide of pros perity has forsaken, we may say confidently that no retrospect will be more grateful ; no past expenditure will be so unques tioned and satisfactory to the conscience (which under such he con- nister to the spiritual or leiiiporal sorrows of men. But, per haps, there may be those who may or should hear in the whirl wind voice of the Lord reclaiming that wealth which its possessors knew not how to improve to his glory l How tardily has the stream of wealth which has flowed in this town been employed to communicate the Gospel to its own crowded popu lation, and now the stream has ceased to flow. It has gone, but left behind the responsibility and the guilt of unrighteous stew ardship. In examining into the nature of the diminution of their returns, they are able to trace it to a diminution in the church col lections, where, to a certain extent, it might expect to be found. The collections connected with the feature of diminution, stand in some instances in startling contrast with the grants which the society is supplying to the incumbent. Your committee conceive clergythatof these the town.fact A s, especially ndh it is f tho t o l the last, thepointedly laity to the of the community to supply the resources, and they must give account of their stewardship, they venture to express a hope that the urgent claims of our own town and country are sub mitted to their congregations with that decision, earnestness, and distinctness of men who are aware that there is a respon sibility upon the nation to provide for its own wants, which is not incurred in any other direction whatever. If any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he is worse than an infidel, and hath denied the truth." Neither need they omit to add,, that the society must look upon such incumbents as have enjoyed her ready aid, to the loosening their own burthens, as bound by the benefits received, and by the experience which they have tasted of the weight of the excessive cures to exert themselves to make such returns to her as may enable her to prosecute her mission throughout the land. Your committee most earnestly entreat both the laity and the clergy of the town, who approve of the principles of the Pastoral Aid Society, and through the enlightening grace of the Spirit are able to sympathise with her in the pursuit of her objects, the salvation of souls and the glory of God, to bestir themselves this coming year for the regaining that financial position which they . trust is only lost (Or a season. It is ca pable of being regained, though not without energy, not with out self.denial. This is not a moment for an Englishman to flag. This is not a society which can be allowed to wither, at least compatibly with the honour of out Lord; the comfort of our consciences, and the existence of our church. The energy of men is now busy visiting the crowded and pestiferous alleys of our town ; and public opinion awakened listens, with something of horror, to well-supported information, the drift of whose testimony is that human life, through the want of fresh air, fresh water, and personal cleanliness, is curtailed in the case perhaps of millions of that proportion which the laws of God' had appointed. Men, women, and children are • de prived of some years of their brief existence ; and a startled community is rising up to their rescue. Your committee can sympathise, with suffering humanity. But they " believe." They believe that there is an immortality beyond the grave. They believe that without holiness no man shall see the Lord,' and would learn from the worth which is assigned to this pre sent life, and from the pains which are bestowed upon its pre servation, what value ought to be assigned, and what pains ought to be bestowed, upon the salvation of a soul." From 28th January, 1847, to 21st February, 1848. Collections in churches Boxes, &c • 34 16 10 Donations 23 0 0 Subscriptions 157 0 10 denied that £672 10 Oi The Rev. G. W. WARRE, in moving the first resolution, that the report and accounts be received and passed by the meeting, said, it was a somewhat singular coincidence, that the report and accounts which had been read should have dwelt so much upon financial matters. The coincidence was, that the whole country seemed to be engaged in subjects of finance. The state ment made in the British House of Commons, on Friday last, was one great proof of this position. It seemed from that statement that the state owed .3,000,000 more than from her mt presentthat, ne s o et u xh r pe c:s p ca o er f st oufftrevenuethhees state;. a h ti e en N i; V s a S tbeur a t ab l e to dom meet, riudst_nl Leaont church. itp propositionpeappeared tob tto Th e any desire to meet the current expences: f h rqeupeusr naturally t t u h r e a i n 1 , y of arose. t he u st t i , fu h t e ion th m uu en gh t t i , on h ed e d i every facility that it was of the greatest importance that be given for the reception of Christian truth to those who we re Christian duty, and every baptized member . _ _ . urch , was bound to circulate the truth in his neighbourhood, in whatever disposed to embrace it. It was, also,amutortahleaseh• well , as a capacity of life he might be placed. As a u pr u oof u of this they had only through yaro o ol w tuthgethyh t tehiel ak consolingindn- os tvi T hor instrumentality a, fideeen ciofnmany nh speaker_a.i " l i t ritu would al d n e of the gospel he had to witness in the town, and deputed,• degradation 'n then referred at some length to the scenes which r as a minister painful colours, the spiritual and moral which was to be seen in the cellar occupations around them. There were cases in which he had been summoned to the death bed of those sinking under typhus and other diseases, where he had found it e ec cti ond physically impossible to make any impression. on those greataltr:yet Gospel, and the s matters which concerned the soul, and his only consolation had been that in some of those cases he had found that the sufferer ers had been regular attendants at churches where the truth Y ls w h a a a d not perished. But he had visited many, very any o se n u l the lcoiafvsieni sig: means dwGoufhpol operation. p lc r hd h a leat e d ini ohn . naet ordained e n fzo s puih u nrne c ei dhssfitetcrenhasrttes them without o , aw i cs t ii t t h ru ro e u m gh em t h h e e r ir uf la t y he ag c e h nt u s re . hTcouttihide urge first appointed ii= The ordained Ministers of Christ had a power over the people i p i l o e m ob e j on. which no other individuals or body could command. re peated it, and he did so with all Christiay humility, that e tliy had a command over them which no other persons could have, e and therefore, to fulfil their high mission it was necessary that their numbers should be increased in a degree commensuratet with the increase of the population amongst which they la boured. boured. Then with regard to the question of lay agency, ifthe a y . found a class of individuals built up in holy faith, and in holy resolutions, who were content to work with them, surely they should encourage such merits, and enlist them under their banner. After some further observations, calling upon all classes to • assist them when " multitudes were perishing for lack of knowledge," the speaker said that it was not in the ca pacity of a beggar that he appeared before them. He pleaded not for the haughty - Cod of Mammon-; but he did plead for taxation, and, peradventure, on Monday next, they would find that they would have to submit to taxation. Ifthen, they were compelled to submit to such contributions for earthly purposes, surely they could not refuse the appeal made on behalf of the King of kings for a tax which embraced peace and blessing to thousands of immortal souls. Some would tax their luxuries, some their talents, and incumbents like himself would be delighted to welcome all who would assist them in visiting the bed of sickness, and the couch of death, to impress upon all the realities of religious truth. The speaker then referred to lending libraries, and to the injurious books which under the name of religion wereoften improperly placed in the hands of readers, and stated that it was our great duty to guard against the circulation of such books, • In the course of his ministry, a book belonging to a lending library had come into his possession, which gave an account of a pious minister, though not of their church, who, it said, being filled with the love of God, went out to China, and on the passage the ship was wrecked, when the minister,though, as he had before said, not a member of their church, was seen struggling in the water, giving the drowning people absolution, and burying them in the deep. The plain English of the story was, that the book to which he alluded represented a Popish priest from Popish France, and was one of the cunning devices of Popery to deceive the foolish, and to endeavour to injure the real cha racter of the Protestant religion and its ministers. The work to which he alluded was published by a person, who though, perhaps a pious person, had been led away by Popish advocates, and was now in his proper place as a member of that church. He advised them, whenever they saw the name of Burns to any publication, at once to close the book as one in some way belonging to Popery. The speaker thon resumed his seat, having proposed that the report be received. The Rev. W. GREENE ARMITAGE, one of the deputation from the parent society, next came forward, and said that there were thousands and tens of thousands of people, in different parishes of this country, who were destitute of pastoral instruction. For instance, there was one large parish in this county, which, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, contained six thousand inhabi tants and fifteen churches, or one clergyman to each four hun dred inhabitants ; but in the year 1845 there were in that county one hundred thousand inhabitants, whilst at the same time the number of churches had only increased from fifteen to seven teen. (Hear.) When he (Mr. Armitage) first joined the Pas toral Aid Society, he ascertained that there were in one district 40,000 inhabitants, with only two churches, and he also knew of one clergyman who had 30,000 souls under his charge. (Hear.) He next alluded to two parishes near London, where Sunday trading was carried on, and where 1064 shops had been noticed as being open on Sunday morning, and in that district 12,527 did not attend any place of public worship. Ho next entered into some statistics with regard to a parish which had come under the notice of the society, and in which the parties were principally Socinians, Papists, or Mormouttes, and he dwelt upon the desirableness of the society being enabled to hb. 22, 1848. send its pastors into such benighted places. He could not off that the Church-people of Liverpool had been unfaithful, but he wished them to take up this as a personal question, and he felt that they must be personally identified with this movement. Manchester, Stalybridge, and Warrington were places which stood in peculiar need of the exertions of the society, and be felt convinced that some yea rs ago it was mainly owing to the well direeted exertions of this society that the labouring classes had been restrained from deeds and acts of violence. They had to report that in Manchester and Liverpool, and the manufacturing districts, there had not been that amount of subscriptions which they had a right to expect, but he did not despair. True it was that there had been great distress in those districts, but then it must be borne in mind that there had been similar distress in the agricultural districts; and, notwithstanding this the subscriptions of the agricultural districts had increased!; and, notwithstanding all the defalcations of the manufacturing districts, they were able to report an excess in the past year of <el2o. It must be borne in mmd that there were 332 incumbents with an aggregate population of 2,094,958 souls under their charge, who had at the present time grants from the soci e t y t o provide stipends for 281 clergy men and 74 lay assistants, at an annual charge, when all the .e - 32,54#1.. Two hundred and fifty seven grants for clergymen, and seven more grants for curates are expected to beoccupied after the next ordination, which will cause the actual , payment for 264 clergymen and 70 lay as sistants, and actual rate of annual expenditure to be .i'20,828. The society's present rate of income is estimated at ...e74,700, which is .t . '5,128 less than the actual expenditure. There were also in the list approved applications for 2% curates and 26 Jay assistants, requiring £3,750 per annum to provide the neer,S sary stipends. The rev. gentleman concluded by seconding the report, which was came& The Rev. W. BRUCE, Intirmbent of Wicker,. Sheffield, red fated many interesting facts, showing that through• the labours and effects of the society large districts, that were before plunged in moral darkness, were now redeemed to virtuous, kindly, and religious feelings —to himourable dealings amongst themselves, and to fear and love towards their God. He nar rated numbers of affecting instancess.giving names and' placeS, proving the truth of his premises, and showing the beingn in fluence of the truth on all classes and on all ages. The effects were alike in the manufacturing and'in the mining districts, including the coal fields. He feared, however, that too ;Mich was attempted to "educate" the people' without a regard' for their souls, in place of endeavouring to "'evangelize" them , — without which they could not become true to others or them selves. He, in conclusion, appealed strongly to his auditory: for funds in behalf of the numerous communities who htid made applications to the society (fifty-four in all), and wire numbered upwards of 300,e00 souls. Mr. LAWRENCE then proposed a collection, and while it was' proceeded with a hymn was sung. The Rev. J. B. MARSDEN, Vicar of Great Missenden, then" addressed the assemblage in a very effective speech. The society deserved their support from its object, its attachment to the Church of England, and its being sanctioned by the Head of the Church. It was an unassuming, an almost silent society; but he liked it the better on that account. _This showed its serious character. Noise was an indication of po verty of mind, and, in the operations of vegetable as well as moral nature great changes were accomplished by silent pro gress. He considered lay agency as almost of the very "essence" of the church, and would rejoice were its more forcibly brought into operation in behalf of the society.. He gave several affecting anecdotes. A vote of thanks was passed amidst much applause to , the CHAIRMAN, who said that he was always glad to promote 'any institution having for its object the glory of God, and the amelioration of his fellow men. The SECRETARY congratulated the meeting on the amount of the collections on Sunday, which he would hereafter parti cularise. A public breakfast will take place this morning, at the Adelphi Hotel, at which the Rev. Dr. M`Neile will pre side. The adjourned meeting will be held this evening, in the Concert-hall, at which Adana, Hodgson, Esq. will take the chair. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FRAUD BY USING THE NAME OF THE REV. DR. M`NEILE. Yesterday, at the Police-court, a young man,with an aqueline nose, and black whiskers, and who gave hi s name as J ames Goldsmith, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having surreptitiously obtained a bank check. The Rev. Dr. M`Nene appeared on the bench. Mr. Dowling, head constable, stated the particulars of the case. He said that the prisoner had written to the Postoffice here, stating that he expected a letter would arrive, addressed to the Rev. Hugh M‘Neile, D.D. No. 41, Jervis-street, and requesting that it might, without mistake, be delivered there. A letter so addressed , did arrive, and the postman on taking it to the house stated, that he was told by the female who opened the door, that no such person as the Rev. Hugh M'N ei l e resided there ; but Mrs. Broad hurst, who kept the house, hearing what was- going on, said that a man named Goldsmith, who had formerly lodged there, had called the day bef ore , an d had stated that he expected to receive a letter,, but not addressed in his own name, adding that it would be directed to the Rev. Hugh lWNeile, and that when it came he wished to forward the letter to Manchester to the address of the person for whom it was, and which address he, at the time, wrote with a pencil on a piece of paper which he left with Mrs. Broadhurst. The postman, hav ing some suspicion, did not leave the letter with Mrs: Broad hurst, but returned, it to the postmaster, Mr. Banning, who forwarded it to the Rev. H. M'Neile, at Aigburth. On its being opened by the reverend gentleman, he found it to be a letter from the Bishop of Bangor, in reply to one supposed to have been written by himself ( soliciting a contribution), and • en closed was a check on Williams's hank, of Chester, for five guineas, towards the relief of the poor Irish in Liverpool. Mrd M Neile not having made' any such application, at once re turned the letter and check, in an enclosure to the postmaster, who informed the police; and the letter, still enclosing the check, was given to the postman for delivery in the usual way. Yesterday (Monday) morning, the postman enquired at 41, Jervis-street, for the Rev. H. M'Neile, when the prisoner said,—" I am the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, and the letter is for me." He received it ; and some of the police being placed in the yid!' nity, he was apprehended, and• the letter and cheque were found upon him. Mr. Dowling.added that the Bishop of Bangor hack been written to on the subject, in hopes that the letter written to 'his lordship, applying for the donation would be forthcom ing. The wo man who kept the house in ' Jervis street (as well as Dr. M'Neile) being present, he (Mr. D.) thought sufficient proof would be adduced through them to justify the magistrate in remanding the prisoner. The Rev. Mr. M'Neile, in gentle and expressive t erms, stated the facts as to all that fallen within his knowledge. lie said that it was unfortunate that the case should come before the public ; but some person had written to the Bishop of Bangor —not he. Mr. Dowling said that he had some reason to believe tha t a similar letter had been written to the Bishop of Bath anc Wen.. The prisoner being called upon for his defence, stated that about five yearS ago he had been converted to Christianity, and had been baP tized. He expressed in grateful terms the kind treatment he then received from the Rev. H. AM - 61e, and said that he had just come from the United States : that he had, since his ar rival, became known to two gentlemen, one of whom calle d himself the Rev. Mr. M‘Neile; that they had employed him in going errands, and had induced him, to receive the latter as Mr. M'Neile, at the house in J ervis -street, where he had before lived. The gentleman who had called himself Mr. M'Neile to him had, he t felt certaic, a bsconded. The prisoner was then re, i being expected that the letter sent to the Bishop of Bangor will be received, to complete the evidence. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. WITH THE COURT OF ROME HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, FEB. 18. LORD EGLINTOUN'S AMENDMENT. That it should not be lawful for her Majesty to receive as such ambassador, envoy extraordinary, minister pleni potentiary, or other diplomatic agent, any person being in holy orders in the Church of Rome, or a priest or a mem ber of any other religious order, community, or society, of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows. For the amendment, 67 ; against it, 64 ;—majority against Ministers, 3. MAJORlTY.—Bishops—Winchester, Chichester, Exeter, Ro chester, Llandaff; London. Dukes Wellington , Richmond: Beaufort, Manchester, Buckingham, Newcastle, Montrose. Marquises Exeter, Cholmondeley, Aylesbury, Salisbury, Breadalbane, Downshire. Earls—Aberdeen, Sandwich, Erne, Malmesbury, Warwick, Delawarr, Hardwicke, Ellenborough, ' Stanhope Eglintoun, Waldegrave, Pomfret, Eldon, Orkney, Digby, Lonsdale, Harrowby, Verulam, Dartmouth, Egmont, Clanwilliam, Roden. Viscounts—Combermere, Hill, Strang ford. Barons--Middleton ' Redesdale, St. John, Sheffield, De Ros, De L'lsle, Rayleigh, Sondes, Stanley, Crofton, Abinger, Lyndhurst, Colchester, Tenterden, Kenyon, Faversham, Ash- , burton, Saltoun, Skelmersdale, Southampton, Colville, Wyn ford. AIINORITY. - Archbishop --York. Bishops— St. David's, Worcester, Manchester. Dukes—Norfolk, Roxburgh, Leinster' Marquises —Lansdowne, Anglesey, Clanricarde, Donegal: Earls—Stafford, Fitzwilh am , Grenville, Radnor, Spencer, St. Germans Scarborough, Shrewsbury, Charlemont, Auckland; Gosford, Huntingdon, Grey, Morley, Essex, Fitzhardinges Cowper, Chichester, Devon, Clare, Bruce, Sefton, Mornington, Kingston. Viscounts—Sydney, Canning, Falkland. Barons-- Cottenham, Hatherton, Foley, Carew, Baron de Walden, Campbell, Cameys, Beaumont, Erskine, Sudeley, Monteagle, Keane, Deere, Vaux, Cre morne , C arr i ngton, Kinnaird, Glenelg, Montfort, Elphinstone, Mostyn, Crewe, De Mauiy, Holland, Monson, Langdale. The Court left Buckingham. Palace for Claremont on Friday: STRYKE AT TRED,EGAR.—In consequence of a. very great reduction of wages —reaching, in some instances, 7s. in,the pound—the colliers and miners at these exten sive works struck on Monday, and it is possible that the furnaces will soon.be out of blast in consequence. Harriet Parker. aged 38, was yesterday executed at Newgate, for the. murder of the two children of the mall with whom she cohabited. She showed great penitence-. A man, named Parker, is charged in London with an attempt to murder two females, mother and daughter, with the latter of whom he cohabited. PERFECTION.—AIas ! and alas ! A perfect church, I! perfect government. or a pe r fe c t p eo pl e , are th i ngs neve r to be known upon this present earth but, " 0 ! people keen, For change, to whom the new look s always green." beware how you,desire a revival of Popery, and deem this change to-be green and pleasant to your view, because the , abuses and perversions of the Romish church have been so long kept out of view by your long support of the purV and primitive Church of England :—Ernest Singleton.. A SMART ANSWER.--As the Rev. Mr. Field, formerly. of Westminster, Vermont, went to give his vote akau. election, a man of oppos i te politics expressed surprise seeing him there ; and, to confirm his objection quoted the remark of th e S av i our, that Hia " kingdom was,not 0 i this world." ' H as no man a right to vote, " kingdom of witty cle rg y man, " unless he belong to the kingdo of Satan." rejoined LIVERPOOI4. 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