The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-03 00:00:00

I - - --~ /1 THEATRE -ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. POWER, AND THE LAST NIGHT OF HIS ENGAGEMENT. The last night of Mr. GILBERT and Miss BALLIN, and their Pupils, Master and Miss MARSHALL, and Miss TAYLOR. THIS present FRIDAY, July 3, 1840, will be performed the New Drama of THE IRISH ATTORNEY; OR, GALWAY PRACTICE IN 177 O. O'Hara.. As originally performed by him in London. After which, the popular new Farce of HIS LAST LEGS. O'Callaghan, (a man of genius on his last legs).. Mr. Power, As originally performed by him. To conclude with a new Grand Ballet, in two acts, called the DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. The Fire Fiend.. Master Marshall. Rudolph Mr. Gilbert. The Daughter of the Danube .. • Miss Bailin. Bertha and Gertrude...... Miss Taylor and Miss Marshall. Madame VESTRIS and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS, of the Theatre -Royal, Covent-Garden, are engaged for a LIMITED NUMBER OF NIGHTS, and will make their appear ance on MONDAY NEXT.-Nlr. JAMES VINING, of the same Theatre, who is also engaged for a limited period, will make his appearance on the same Evening. On MONDAY, July 6th, will be performed the Comedy of THE BELLE'S STRATAGEM. Letitia Hardy, Madame Vestris ; Flutter, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Doricourt, Mr. James Vining; Sir .George Touchwood, Mr. Stuart; Mr. Hardy, Mr. Baker; Lady Francis Touchwood, Miss Cleaver; Mrs. Racket, Mrs. Clarke.—To conclude with the favourite Drama of ONE HOUR; OR A CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Julia, Madame Vestris ; Fanny, Miss Cleaver ; Mrs. Bevil, Mrs. Clarke. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THE ELEVENTH Grand BOMBARDMENT of AL GIERS will take place THIS EVENING, the 3rd instant; to be repeated every MONDAY and FRIDAY during the Season, weather permitting. An excellent BRASS BAND in attendance every Evening during the Season. Admittance, ONE SHILLING. EXHIBITION. CAPTAIN SIBORN'S MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THE celebrated MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WA TERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION at the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Teu at Ni mission, One Shilling each. TO CORRESPONDENTS. • ERRATUM. — The advertisement of the sale of Furniture, Books, Prints. Mangle, &c., in Upper Beau-street, by. Mr. Bylord, inserted in our last, was erroneously announced to take place on the 23rd instant : it should have been the 3rd instant, (this day.) The paragraph forwarded by " R" has already appeared in the STANDARD. We shall answer several queries, respecting the registration, in our next. The insertion of the amusing squib sent by " Illaudatus," might subject us to an action for libel. We must once more request our correspondents to write on one side of their paper only. Many valuable contributions are necessarily excluded, owing to the neglect of this simple rule. To PUBLISHERS. — We are obliged to defer till Tuesday our customary notices of the periodicals, in consequence of our not having received a large proportion of them until yes terday. A correspondent who holds a large stock of waste paper, complains of its serious reduction in value by the heavy " lots of Mercury " thrown upon the market within the last fortnight in a wet state, and almost rotten ; having been purchased solely for the sake of the caricature engrav ing, and evidently never having been opened. We should suggest to him to store them up, as by a mere alteration of the date they may a year or two hence be circulated again, and the news which they contain, and the editorial wisdom be just as fresh as ever. The lost umbrella, we hear, was seen on Saturday evening in a very emaciated condition, engaged in a conflict with a poker at the door of a cellar in Marybone. "To what vile uses do we come at last." PUBLIC PARK.—A correspondent, adopting the signature of " Gamma," (for whose letter we regret we have not room,) suggests, as an appropriate site for a public park, the St. Domingo estate. He points out the views it commands, the purity of the air, the advantage it has in having trees at their full growth, &c., and thinks the land, and the house (which he thinks could be converted into a museum) might be cheaply purchased. We had our attention drawn some time ago to the same, and to some contiguous ground; but some practical gentlemen with whom we conversed, ex pressed an opinion that the site was not suitable owing to its northern aspect, and its declination to that inhospitable point of the compass. There may, however, be a diversity of opinion on this point, and we, therefore, give our cor respondent's suggestion in brief. ebt Etherpoot &tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1840. By the George Washington, Captain Burrows, which arrived here on Wednesday, we have received New York papers to the 7th ultimo, and by the United States, Captain Britton, which arrived here the same day, we have papers to the 13th ultimo, both inclusive. These papers contain very little that is of particular in terest or importance, either of a general or political character. They furnish us with some further parti culars respecting the great flood in the Savannah. The damage done at Hamburg is estimated at 500,000 dol lars. At Augusta it is computed at from half a million to a million of dollars. According to the latest ac counts the water was subsiding, but the railroad was still impassable, and no communication had taken place between Augusta and Hamburg except by water. It was not known that an.y lives had been lost, but the destruction of property was immense. It was feared that at least one-third of the crop of cotton on hand was ruined. News of an alarming character had been received by the Secretary of war from Florida. It is stated that on the 20th of May a body of Indians sur prised Fort Crumbs, and put every one to death who sought refuge in that fortress. The employment of bloodhounds against the Indians had proved a com plete failure. The details furnished in these papers re specting the dreadful effects of the tornado at Natchez are of the most harrowing description. The steam boat Hinds, which had been wrecked during the storm, had been picked up at Baton Rouge, having 51 dead bodies on board-48 of whom were males, 2 females, and 1 child. The number of persons killed at Nat chez is frightfully great. In the city 48, and on the r i ver 269, perished by the tornado ; making a total of 317. The number wounded amounted to 109. The news from Canada is unimportant. We learn that the whole sum of £50,000, recently advertised as being required for the Chambly Canal, had already been contracted for by the Quebec capitalists. The county of Washington, Maine, had been ra vaged by extensive fires in the woods. At Whiting, two dwelling-houses had been burnt. The crops of wheat were also considerably injured, and, in some cases, entirely destroyed. Edmunds and Charlotte were suffering severely, according to the latest ac counts, by this raging element. News had been received from Vera Cruz to the 14th of May. There was no political news of importance stirring. Campeachy continued to be blockaded on all sides by the federalists, and there was every probability that it would soon surrender. In the north, General Arista, commander of the government troops, had been completely successful against the federal party in that quarter.. For other extracts from the New York papers, and for the state of the money market, we must refer our readers to another column. The result of the motion of Sir Robert Inglis on Tuesday night has grieved us less, infinitely less, from its being adverse to the principle upon which an extension of church accommodation has thus been asked for from the legislature, than from the evidence which it affords of a want of sympathy upon the part of a number of leading conservatives in the House of Commons, with the strongly expressed Protestant feeling of a great portion of the e mpire. To Sir Robert Inglis himself and those who voted with him, we must express our deep and fervent gratitude. The noble effort of that trusty champion of our Protestant faith will be remembered by his countrymen when the ex ploits and the very names of the hunters of a fleeting and spurious popularity shall have been consigned to oblivion. The arguments and statements by which the reason able and moderate proposition of Sir Robert was advo cated are now before the country, clothed in the chaste and beautiful language of a christian patriot and gen tleman. Let them be Weighed and examined, for they will bear it. Contrast them with the vapid and flip pant attempts at reasoning, by which they were met from the ministerial side of the house. They will gain additional weight by the comparison. Ultimately their effect must be to ensure the object to which they are addressed; and when that shall have been attained— When th e voice of prayer and thanksgiving shall rise up from the heart of great masses of the people, who are now deprived of the means of religious instruction, treading in the paths of vice, peopling our jails with felons and murderers, and drafting off yearly, hun dreds of our f ellow-beings to labour in the swamps Of Norfolk Island, there to drag out . a miserable life in hopeless slavery, th e eye of the christian philanthro pist will involuntarily turn to the Honorable Baronet as the author of that good of which he will then be the rejoicing witness. Hi s hand will be recognised as having planted the cross in the desert, and brought for the first time " the sound of the church-going bell" to the ears of so many thousands of his benighted countrymen. But why, it will be asked, is this noble object de ferred ? Why has its present success been defeated by a majority so small as to manifest the perfect prac ticability of its being carried ? Where were Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, Lord Stanley, and others of their party on Tuesday when this motion was under discussion ? We know not ; they themselves can best explain, and in good time they must explain. The in terests of religion and humanity must not be perilled by truckling politicians or backsliding Protestants. These gentlemen have let pass an opportunity of ad vancing their own cause and their own character in the estimation of the country, which on some future d; ay they may be anxious but unable to recal. If in doing so they have been influenced by any dirty ambi tion, to win the hollow friendship of latitudinarian or sectarian opponents, we know, and they will feel, that they are deceiving and betraying themselves in the attempt. We are glad to find that our own staunch and noble representative was the seconder of Sir Robert's motion. A day is perhaps at hand when he will have an oppor tunity of knowing that his straight-forward honesty is duly appreciated by the electors of Liverpool. On Monday evening the Sugar Duties Bill passed the House of Commons without the alterations suggest ed by that narrow-minded, shallow, but conceited individual, who is the pro tempore member for Wigan. Mr. Ewart's amendment was one of the most silly at tempts at legislation ever hazarded by that prince of charlatans. To secure the defeat of their own object the free-trade agitators—the cockney grocers—could not have entrusted their cause to a more suitable advocate than this superlatively insignificant twaddler. The rcjc,tion of Mr. Ewart's 1„„k. upon as another signal proof of the returning good feeling towards the West India planters, which has, of late, become so generally manifest. The delusions so diligently spread abroad by the mercenary•emissaries of the Anti-Slavery Society, and by the rhapsodical free trade philosophers, are beginning to disappear before the light of truth. The people of Great Britain are no longer to be gulled and cheated by a set of such brain less theorists. Our readers need scarcely be reminded that Messrs. Ewart, Hawes, Hume, and Villiers, who stood forth as the uncompromising advocates of the free-trade prin ciple, in reference to the admission of foreign and slave-grown sugar for home consumption, have always been amongst the loudest clamourers for the emancipa tion of the negroes. This does not, certainly, speak much in favour of the political morality of these gentle men and their adherents. The parties who have been most vehement in their declamations against the West India planters—who have inveighed in the strongest terms against the " oppressions " to which the negroes have been subjected in our colonies—who have been most lavish of their sympathy with the " suffering population " of the West Indies—and who have been most confident in their predictions of the success that would inevitably follow the experiment of immediate emancipation, are now stirring heaven and earth to procure the removal of existing restrictions on the im portation into this kingdom of slave-grown produce. Have these men consciences, or are they so seared by the selfish philosophy of the day, that they cannot re cognise the distinction between right and wrong ? Allowing that the tyranny exercised over the negroes in the West Indies was as bad as it has been de scribed by the anti-slavery agitators—a concession which we only make for the sake of argument—there was nothing in the system of our colonial slavery half so grinding and oppressive as we find in the existing slavery of foreign states. The aggravated horrors of the system, as in full force in Cuba, Porto-Rico, and the Brazils, are unparalleled in the history of the West Indies. And yet we find men, yes, men who can cant most glibly on questions of humanity, and who make an ostentatious parade of their philanthropy, who are anxious to offer a bounty upon the perpetuation of the abominable system with all its deep intensity of misery and degradation. The inconsistency of these men will appear still more strikingly when we consider the sacrifices made by this nation for the purpose of procuring the redemption from bondage of the negroes in our own colonies—sa crifices made to please the pretended friends of the negroes. We have paid twenty millions of money in solid cash, by way of compensation to the planters ; and we have to pay about four millions annually, in the shape of bounty, to satisfy the abolitionists. They have succeeded in persuading the imperial parliament and the colonial legislatures to raise the negro popu lation of our colonies to the dignity of freemen. They have had their own way in working out the " great ex periment" of immediate emancipation : and now, when they find that the colonies are hastening to ruin, and that free-labour sugar, in defiance of their prophecies, is not produced in sufficient quantities to compete in the home market with the slave-labour sugar of other colonies, they have the hardihood to come forward with a proposition, the practical tendency of which is, to undo all that has been so nobly and generously done by the nation for ameliorating the condition of the negroes in our own colonies, and to rivet more strongly than ever the chains of slavery in foreign states. Is this consistent ? Is it honest ? The deficiency of produce in the West Indies and British Guiana is now acknowledged by all parties. The " great experiment," from which such mighty consequences were confidently predicted, has, thanks to the bungling mismanagement of the Colonial-office and the mischievous interference of turbulent agita- ,ors, proved, so far, a complete failure. The tables o, imports from our colonies render this fact indisputable. Colonial produce is becoming dearer every day. It is obvious that this increase of prices cannot go on much longer. However willing the nation may be, at pre sent, to deny itself of the luxuries of sugar and coffee, this self-denial cannot endure for any protracted period. What, then, can be done to remedy this state of things ? Ewart, Hawes, Villiers, and Co. advise us to admit foreign sugar, at reduced duties, for home consumption. This would be equivalent to a bonus upon slavery in its most aggravated form. It is per fectly idle to meet this assertion by saying that free labour foreign sugar would alone find its way to the British market. We cannot admit free-labour foreign sugar, and, at the same time exclude slave-labour foreign sugar, without violating treaties with the Brazils, United States, and other countries. This settles the point at once. But is there no remedy ? The readers of the STANDARD will surely anticipate the reply. The obvi ous remedy is, the encouragement of free labour in our own colonies, or, in other words, the encouragement of immigration, on a scale commensurate with the wants and resources of our colonial possessions. For this we have long and earnestly contended. The ne cessity of an increased supply of labourers in the West Indies and British Guiana is now acknowledged on all hands. The capabilities of those colonies to produce an amount of coffee and sugar sufficient for the con sumption of the whole world is equally acknowledged by all parties. We have, therefore, every reason for calling upon the anti-slavery agitators and the political economists to devote their energies to this grand object. Instead of seeking to put an end to the slave trade by the colonisation of Africa, and throwing away their time and money on theoretical expedients, the imprac tibility of which has been fully demonstrated, let them exert their eloquence and their influence, and employ their time and their wealth in extinguishing slavery by rendering slave labour unprofitable. Let them call upon the government and the legislature to afford every facilitylor the introduction of free immigrants from all parts of the world, into our own colonies. This is all that the planters want, and this they must speedily ob tain, or they will be plunged into irretrievable ruin. But we must not stop here. We cannot close these remarks without suggesting to the West India inte rest the policy of forming a WEST INDIA COLONI SATION SOCIETY. We have a Canadian, a New Brunswick, a Newfoundland, a South Australian, a New Zealand Colonisation Society, all of which, we believe, have been found to work admirably, and all of which have been eminently conducive to emigration on a large scale. Why should the West Indies and Brit ish Guiana, with their vast undeveloped resources, and their millions of acres of unreclaimed crown lands, be without a similar advantage ? But of this we shall have more to say in future numbers. We can quite well afford to pity the shuffling attack upon the STANDARD, conveyed in an ominous make weight in Tuesday's "overset" Mail. The increasing advertisements and unpuffed circulation of the STAN DARD are their own vouchers, and the best reply to the insinuations and fictitious charges of our rash and sinking contemporary. We believe that the paragraph, which invites evi dence against itself, was penned with a view not so much to injure us, as to serve a Jerry Diddler's pur pose in appealing to it as a means for alms, and as a bait for " gudgeons," at whose expense it is peculiarly desirable for gentlemen in difficulties to raise the wind. We quote, for our contemporary's satisfaction, a paragraph from the Morning Post : " Our contemporary," observes the Post, in reply to an article in the Globe evening paper, "Our contemporary says he has extracted this" (a. portion of an article of the Mail) " from a provincial paper ;—an assertion which, as we have not at hand the means either of verifying or contradicting it, we are bound to regard as true. But why extend the circu lation of such disgusting trash ? To prove that the writer is disloyal ? The evidence would have been more cogent had it been adduced to prove that the writer was tipsy. No,—the ambiguous extract has a higher aim. It is to prove forsooth that the Conservative party is disloyal. The inference and the production upon which it is founded must scarcely be the product of one mind and spirit. We trace equal coarseness of feeling and equal potency of gin in each. " Of one thing at least we are sure, that the diffusion of such a paragraph, and the elaborate attempt to impart to it a dis tinct and atrocious meaning in reference to her Majesty (the writer being evidently incapable of any meaning whatever), though conclusive enough that our contemporary is a faith ful and zealous servant of the O'Connell ministry, cannot be taken as a proof of his respectful and affectionate loyalty to the Queen." GRAND BAZAAR AT WOOLTON HALL. The advantage of the institution of bazaars in this coun try of late years, for the promotion of spiritual and moral benefits amongst the poor, and by which the benevolence of the more fortunate classes in society, and, in particular, the ingenutiv an. Ulia A. _ have been excited to a most praiseworthy degree—was never more happily illustrated than by the grand Fancy Fair which commenced at Woolton Hall on Wednesday last, with a spirit which remained unabated throughout yesterday, and which, we trust will continue to manifest itself on this, the closing day, when the whole, as well as the beautiful grounds attached to the hall, will be accessible to the public at a very moderate charge of admission. The object of the bazaar, which originated in the warm wishes of the wealthier individuals in the neighbourhood in behalf of the poor in particular, is the building of schools and a parsonage-house, in connection with the new church in Halewood, and the paying off of some outstanding claims. The propriety and generosity of such a purpose was imme diately acknowledged throughout the vicinity of Halewood, and a comparatively very brief public announcement has al ready produced results even more gratifying than were an ticipated by the most sanguine originators of the project. The patronesses of the bazaar are her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the Right Hon. the Countess of Sefton, Lady Stanley, and Lady Frances Egerton and the Hon. Mrs. C. Stanley and Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham. The Ashton family, of Woolton, on this as on all possible occasions, evinced their good feeling and liberality, not only by their contributions and individual exertions towards the required funds, but by their freely giving for the holding of the bazaar the use of the suite of rooms, and the services of their domestics, at the hall, doubtless at considerable expense and sacrifice of personal convenience ; and the central and attractive situation of that fine building was itself a great and welcome acquisition to the cormjaittee:of management. They did even more. Mrs. Ashton, in order to afford au addi tional attraction, threw open the beautiful pleasure grounds attached to her mansion for the recreation of the public who might attend, and the treat, hitherto gratefully acknowledged by all, will, we trust, be this day enjoyed by many of our townsmen and fair townswomen who have not had an oppor tunity of being present. We can assure them of meeting with a treat, not only as regards the bazaar itself, but its whole accompaniments, which, held at a fine old English re sidence, where every one is welcome who goes to contribute, however small the gift, to the object in view, partakes of all the pleasures of a fete champetre, combined with the grati fying reflection to the visitors, that, in the self gratification of the moment, they are doing good to others. The morning of Wednesday was exceedingly unfavourable for the bazaar, particularly as regarded parties in this town, or at a similar distance from the spot. The rain fell heavily in almost continuous showers until nearly mid-day, and a large number of persons were doubtless under the necessity of relinquishing their intention to attend, their time for so distant a journey being then too limited. Towards noon, however, the day brightened up, and though the weather continued to be occasionallly cloudy and threatening, no fur ther downfall took place, and the company, in numerous carriages, on horseback, and on foot, continued to pour in from all quarters. The rooms eventually became crowded, even to inconvenience. The sole entrance was by the ledge gate, in the village of Woolton, and the fine drive thence through the fields to the hall, on several occasions during the day, presented an almost constant line of carriages. Ashton Hall, it will be known to many of our readers, is a fine English mansion, of red free-stone, built in the Grecian style. The principal front is to the east, overlooking a de lightful expanse of country iu that direction. The wings are surmounted by pediments, and the porch is semicircular, with a colonnade. Between the upper and lower windows of the wings are inserted classical medallion representations in alto, circular in form, and white. Similar ornaments are inserted in the entablature of the centre portion of the build ing. The north front, facing a lawn, is of greater extent. The centre is slightly in projection, with a pediment, which is surmounted by three statues, continuous with which are decorative urns. These being white, contrast well with the dark hue of the stone of which the building is constructed. The drawing-room forms a handsome one story wing or con tinuation of this front to the westward, in which direction it has two large pedimented windows, with two three-quarter fluted composite columns at each end, surmounted by a hand handsome cornice with tryglits. The west front of this drawing-room, which looks out upon a beautiful lawn, backed by noble and varied forest trees, is the most ornamental por tion of the building. A marquee was on this occasion pitched opposite to it for the accommodation of the visitors. The rooms became thronged soon after one o'clock, and presented an array of beauty and fashion rarely witnessed on such an occasion. We.need searcely say that all the gentry of the neighbourhood, or portions of their families, were pre sent, for all took a warm interest in the bazaar, and slight differences of opinion were merged in the generous object of this " gathering of the clans." Amongst many others whom we did not recognize, or could not distinguish in the gay and joyful throng, were (and we note them promiscuously) : Miss Hornby, from Knowsley, who arrived in the family carriage ; Mr. Sandbach and family, Mrs. Earle, of Spekelands ; Mr. and Mrs. Langton, Mrs. Ashton, Mrs. H. Ashton, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Leicester, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Rathbone, The Misses Lace, of Throstle-Nest; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fletcher, Mr. Walter Fletcher, Mr. and Miss Maxwell and Miss Boyd, Miss Formby, Miss Fanny Williams, Mr. James Bourne, Mr. James Rigby, Mr. and Mrs. Phipps, Mr. and Mrs. George Lawrence, Miss Fanny Willis, Mrs. Edward Willis, Mr. and Mrs. Bright, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Booth, Mr. Robert Neilson, The Rev. Mr. Lister, The Rev. Jabez Jones, the minister of Halewood Church ; Mr. Joseph Need Walker, Mr. Alderman Earle, Mr. Henry Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Barclay, Mr. Heyes, of Prescot, coroner, and family ; Mr. Pemberton, of Prescot; Mr. Pattison Ellames, of Allerton Hall; • Mr. George Fleetwood, of Tarbuck ; Mr. Moss, of Halewood ; Misses Willis, of Halsnead ; Mr. Lamb, surgeon, of Walton ; Mr. Pearson, surgeon ; and many others. The suite of rooms appropriated to the bazaar were—the dining room, a fine lofty apartment, panelled in oak, and hung with oil paintings belonging to the family ; the tapestry room, adjoining ; and the drawing room, in which the re freshments were served. The carriages, on setting down, drove on past the house, by a continuation of the avenue, into the high road below, so that they did not require to drive in contrary directions on the ground. On entering, the visitors were ushered into the hall—a spacious apartment, flagged with blue-veined marble, in which there were sofas and chairs for the accommodation of the guests when fatigued. Immediately opposite the door there was a beautiful collection of flowers in pots, consisting of fine geraniums, myrtles, moss-roses, fuchsias, and a great variety of rarer greenhouse plants, amongst which we ob served two fine specimens of the egg-plant in full bearing. These were on sale, and were ticketed at very moderate prices. There were also beautiful bouquets of flowers in water. Here, for want of room in the larger apartments, were also several articles of handiwork, amongst which was a well-made " bazaar" in miniature, held under a tent, with stalls plenished with numerous minute articles, and a goodly company making their purchases or conversing in groups. This, being a large article, it was purposed to dispose of it by lottery. Near it were a variety of useful utensils turned in white wood—plates, spoons, bowls, rolling-pins, &c., which met a fair demand in the market. The hall was throughout the day the happy scene of meeting of numerous parties who had not seen each other for some time, and the introduction to each other of many who, no doubt, from that day and occasion, may date the commencement of a friendship to be prolonged with mutual ardour for years yet to come. It were beyond both our limits and our power to describe minutely the company congregated at the bazaar, or the vast variety of articles exposed for sale a t th e h our o f " hi g h change." The scene was at once beautiful and interesting. The ladies, at all times charming, looked doubly beautiful, when, with sparkling eyes, and kind (we may add irresistible) invitations to purchasers, they were busily engaged in the work of benevolence which they had undertaken. Each seemed to exert herself as if the whole success of the fair depended upon her alone ; yet, unlike mercantile competi tors in the ordinary walks of like, no jealousy was manifested amongst them • on the contrary, they all a ss i s t e d eac h ot h er, and if one failed to effect a sale to a passer-by, she was as much delighted at the success of a more fortunate sister vendor as if it were her own. The stalls or tables were very large, and were arranged so as to leave a space in the centre for the company. They were assiduously attended to by the following ladies and their assistants : Mrs. Ashton, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Ambrose Lace, Mrs. W. Earle, Mrs. R. Earle, Mrs. Jones, and Mrs. Leicester. Amongst the various articles exposed, were numerous beautiful specimens of needle-work in silk and worsted, ex hibited in embroidery and tapestry, cushions, footstools, chairs, reticules and bags, slippers, caps, pictorial represen tations of flowers and figures ; silk patchwork, fire-screens and hand-screens, ottomans, stools, baskets, figures in correct foreign costume, &c., &c. ; also, beautiful oil paintings, and water colour and pencil drawings, chimney ornaments in great variety, card and other baskets, articles of furniture, toys, trinkets, beads, dolls, doll's bedsteads,. (a large and fine assortment,) children's dresses, artificial flowers, penknives, and other cutlery, handsome wood snuff-boxes and cigar cases, a variety of fancy basket and card work, fine veneered and other tables, &c., &c. One piece of embroidery within a gilt frame—a central bouquet of flowers, on a black ground, with a floriated border, was much admired, and was valued at £lO 10s. Od. There was a handsome fire-screen, the needle-work of which was the patient and beautiful work of Lady Stanley. We noticed also a splendid square cushion with embroidered corners, and a central flower piece, on a rich lavender-coloured silk. There was also a scagliola round table, divided on the top into compartments, containing five brightly-coloured landscapes. Many of the shawls, both em broidered and wrought, were deservedly admired. The toys were numerous and well made, and the young folks who at tended were quite delighted, and walked about with arms full of highly-prized novelties in this line. But we could not ob tain a glimpse, during our hasty review of the rooms, of one half of the articles produced. Suffice to say that all was beautiful, and that the exhibition, as a whole, reflected the greatest credit on the taste, ingenuity, and industry of the fair artists, and on the liberality of the other donors. Amongst the articles on sale was a well-executed litho graphic drawing of Halewood Church (in connection with which will be the intended schools). This was the produc tion of our townsman, Mr. M`Gahev, lithographer, Lord street, and was much admired. There was also a beautiful view of Ashton Hall, equally appropriate on the occasion, etched and lithographed by Mr. Lamb, surgeon, of Woolton, and a most creditable specimen of that gentleman's taste and talents as an amateur artist. Another most interesting arti cle were copies, neatly printed, of the following verses on the occasion, written by a young lady, and honourable alike to her head and her heart : " Ye rich and gay approach to Woolton Hall, Attend its owner's charitable call; 'Tis not for luxury or fashion's sake, 'Tis not to court the homage of the great; But piety and love invite to-day, 0 ! then with cheerfulness the call obey. Ye, who 'mid wealth and plenty dwell secure, Remember now the ignorant and poor ; 0 ! if the word of life hath bid you live, " Freely ye have received, freely give." By now exchanging money for a toy, ou may impart that word of life and joy, May bid immortal souls the blessings share, Of Bible knowledge, and a Pastor's care ; Erect a Temple to Jehovah's name, And Gospel tidings to the poor proclaim; Who can in such a cause refuse their mite? Rather let all in Christian love unite, And only seek each other to out-vie, In aiding most this cause of charity. Each stall doth elegance and use combine, Here, humble clothing—there embroidery fine; For rich or poor, for youth or feeble age, To suit each taste, each station, we engage Some pleasing trifle to present to view, ItayarviatiLTAdrgeling - WitiMii . g low, And let your hearts with love and jov - o'crflow; Remember every shilling you expend; To spread the knowledge of our God shall tend; Forgotten be each wish for self-applause, Let Christ's example be the moving. cause, From whence the action and the gift cloth spring; And give the praise and glory all to Him; So may He from His Father's throne above, Be pleased to smile upon our work of love !" These lines were so much admired that the whole of the first impression printed was sold off on Wednesday. The gentlemen, and particularly those of the committee, were also active agents for the principal venders, and nume rous articles were successfully put up by lottery, to the no small amusement of all and the especial delight of the winners. Amongst those who were peculiarly active, and to whom much of the success of the fair is to be attributed, were the Rev. Ellis Ashton and the Rev. Robert Lister. Mrs. Ash ton, the worthy owner of the domain, commanded by her politeness and assiduity a large sale ; and her competitors, animated by the same spirit, were scarcely less fortunate. The refreshment-room was replete with every delicacy that could be desired, in addition to a plentiful supply of such substantials as beef, chickens, ham, tongues, &c. There were also ices, jellies, pies, tarts, and other confectionery, together with wines of every description, the whole provided for the occasion by ladies and gentlemen of the neighbour hood, and served in true old English abundance. While the bazaar was going on, the pleasure-grounds were a great attraction to those not actually engaged in the rooms, and a source of intermediate relaxation to many from con tinuous attendance at the hall. The grounds are beautiful, and laid out in an admirable manner for the enjoyment of the retirement and solace ever afforded to contemplative minds in wandering amidst scenes of sylvan beauty and re pose,—but we have not room for a particular notice. On the west and north sides of the mansion extends a beau tiful lawn, as smooth as velvet, bounded on the west by forest trees of large growth, around the margin of which are others of a less towering height, together with decorative shrubs harmoniously blending the lower and loftier verdure of the landscape. The feathering larch, the silver fir, and the brown beech tree, are here min gled with the tall sycamore, the lime tree, the birch, and the oak. The visitor may penetrate the wood from each side of the. lawn, and make a winding, and somewhat tortuous circuit of the whole by a dry walk covered with red free-stone sand. Delightful glades, or openings, are formed here and there, with a considerable breadth of grass on each side, beyond which are flowering shrubs, evergreens, and occasionally flowers. From the skirts of the wood on the west side, beautiful views are obtained .of Allerton, Cheshire, and the Welsh monntains ; and from the south west angle, where a fine mansion is erected, may be seen the whole semi-circular expanse of country from beyond Warrington and Prescot to Eastham and Mod Famma, in cluding Runcorn, Halton Castle, and the hills behind them, —the Mersey forming in appearance from this point a semi circle of silver through the wooded country below. In these walks there are pleasing little embayments bounded by rocks, little passes made by rockeries, rustic alcoves covered with ivy and honeysuckle, and numerous other attractions for the lovers of rural scenery. Groups of ladies and gentlemen and children, or solitary strollers, continued to perambulate the walks until long after the closing of the bazaar, yet so ex ' tensive are the grounds that each party was, as it were, isolated from the rest. _ _ At five o'clock the bazaar closed for the day, and the num ber of private carriages in attendanee from all parts of the neighbourhoood was great. The ladies who had kept the stands, delighted with their success, seemed but little affected by the truly fatiguing operations of the day,—for no toil is so easily sustained as that which is done eon amore. The gentlemen too were as sprightly and persevering to the last as in the first hour of their labours, and all seemed to anti • cipate with delight the renewal of the fair on the morrow. Two or three of the rural police were in attendance, merely for the purpose of instructing the several coachmen in the regulations to be observed, and not the slightest confusion or inconvenience took place throughout the day. Soon after the close, we learned with great satisfaction that not less than £5O was taken for admission (at 2s 6d each) ; and that in the whole, the amount received exceeded the handsome sum of five hundred pounds. SECOND DAY, (YESTERDAY.) The attendance this day was remarkably good, considering the state of the weather. The receipts as far as could be as certained last night amounted to £3OO. or thereabouts. This day Friday (the concluding day of the bazaar), the public will be admitted to the Hall and grounds for the reduced sum of one shilling each. We doubt not, should the day be fine, but many of our townmen and fair towns women will visit the fancy fair and the grounds, from which, we feel assured they will return with feelings of the utmost satisfaction. We cannot conclude without expressing our sincere ac knowledgments to the Rev. Mr. Lister, to Mr. Walter Fletcher, to Mr. Baker (clerk of Woolton Church), and other gentlemen whose names we did not obtain, for their politeness and attention during a period of arduous exertion and anxiety on their part. We shall notice the result of the three days at Woolton in our next. We understand that Professor Birtinchamp intends de livering a series of Lectures in this town, on the science of teaching modern languages. THEATRE-ROYAL. - Mr. Power takes his benefit this evening (Friday), and we cannot doubt that the attendance will be crowded. On Monday, Madame Vestris, Mr. Charles Mathews, and Mr. James Vining will commence an engage ment. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—A shocking accident occurred at noon on Wednesday, near the slip at Seacombe. A lady, named Mitchell, residing with her brothers in the village there, had the imprudence to bathe while the sea was running high, though cautioned of the danger. She was washed off the slip and carried away by the current, and though one or two persons swam to her assistance, and she rose to the sur face several times, she could not be saved. Her body was recovered at low water, having been left on the sands by the retiring tide. Her age was about thirty. THE LIVER THEATRE.—Mr. Raymond has purchased the entire of Mr. Hammond's share and interest in the Liver Theatre, under assignment from the sheriff of Lancashire, who has had an execution in, at the suit of Mr. Fisher, of Doncaster, for some months past. Mr. Raymond is now sole proprietor and lessee of this popular establishment. An impressive sermon was preached by the Rev. F. Ould, on Sunday last, at Christ Church, in aid of the funds of the Liverpool Infirmary, and a collection made of £52 15s. 6d. We trust this example will be followed by the other ministers of the Establishment, as we learn, with deep regret, that this old and useful establishment is deeply in debt, and, un less relieved by contributions and additional subscriptions, will be obliged to lessen very considerably the assistance hitherto afforded to the suffering poor. His Grace the Archbishop of York has been pleased to appoint John Simpson, proctor in the Consistory Court of Chester, to be a proctor in the Ecclesiastical Courts of York, in the room of Joshua Mills, Esq., deceased. BIRKENHEAD FAlR.—This fair, hitherto most for cattle, horses, cheese, &c., will take place this day. We shall furnish an account of it in our second edition. ENORMOUS Fisn.—A sturgeon was recently caught in Finn-on-water, county Donegal, of the following extraordi nary dimensions : Length, 9 feet 8 inches ; girth, 5 feet ; weight, 341 lbs. It is now to be seen at Mr. Porter's salmon vaults, St. John's Market, where it will remain for a day or two. So large a sturgeon has never before, we believe, been imported into this country. The only one approaching to it was brought to Liverpool last year, and was within 60 lbs. of the same weight. This was also the property of Mr. Porter. —Courier. • BRICK-MAKERS' TURN-OUT. — The misunderstanding be tween the brick-makers and some of their employers, we re gret to find, has not yet been adjusted. Several men are, therefore, still out of work, and a few strangers have been employed in their place. Some damage having been done to the bricks made by these, police were placed to watch the fields, and on Sunday morning last a policeman, on duty in Vauxhall-road, saw three men about two o'clock on the Canal bank, north of the Cotton mill. They were armed with an axe and two pokers, but on being challenged they fled : he pursued, but they being better acquainted with the nature of the ground, effected their escape. On the alarm being given, it was found that they had walked over and de stroyed, several thousand bricks belonging to Mr. Johnson. One of them is known, and the police are on the look out for him. LINE ENGRAVING.—VIEW Or LIVERPOOL .—W e have been much pleased with the etching of an engraving which has been exhibited to us and some of our contemporaries, and which will, we believe, when completed, be one of the best productions of modern art that has yet appeared tto can vass public patronage. It is an engraving by one of the first rate artists, from a painting by Chambers. The view is taken from the Seacombe Shore, and comprises the whole extent of the river, from the north to the south docks ; an infinite number of objects along the shore ; and, lastly, presents a complete view of the principal buildings of which Liverpool can boast. TRADESMEN'S INSTITUTION.—Ifie are very much grati fied in being able to state, that notwithstanding the late hour at which the shops are closed at this season of the year, the rooms of the above excellent institution are well attended, and that classes on various improving subjects are in full operation. That on elocution, under the direction of Pro fessor Duncan, is highly interesting. A discussion class meets on Tuesday evenings, and Friday evenings are set apart for a conversazione, at which vocal and instrumental music, recitations, reading of original and select essays, on moral and scientific subjects, chymical experiments, exhibitions of machinery, &c., form the entertainments of the evening. The institution is well entitled to the support of the public. SKETCHES OF THE JOLLY CLUB. (Written for the Liverpool Standard.) JOE RATTLER'S PLANS FOR PRODUCING EFFECTS, EFFECT THE FIRST. • " Well," said Joe, " we have seen most of Liverpool, suppose we have a trip over the water. I have a curiosity to, see what kind of a place your New Brighton is. From its name I should imagine there must be something more than ordinarily stylish about it." " Be it so," I replied, and we embarked forthwith for that interesting and elegant resort of fashion, at which, after a delightful passage of something less than an hour and a half—during which we amused ourselves by looking out for porpoises and dolphins, but not being successful, were accom modated by a lady with a powerful telescope, six inches long, which enabled us to see Bootle land-marks, with a variety of bathing-machines, bathers, and other extraordinary objects, almost as well as with the naked eye—we at length arrived, and were consigned wit a number of other passengers into a punt—it would be a libel on that respectable machine to call it a boat—and propelled for about a hundred yards shore wards, by a couple of long poles. At length a sudden jerk pitched some of the party on their faces, giving the remain der also a kind of " shaking up," by way of improVing any acquaintance they might have formed during the passage. " Aground, Joe; jump out!" and -Joe managed the feat. For those who were not so alert, a conveyance was provided after this fashion--" Now, mart, please get on my back ;" and one by one, the long-legged portion trailing their lower extremities in the water, the whole freight were placed upon terra firma. Having landed, or rather sanded, for land appears to be out of the question at New Brighton, we sauntered about for a considerable time, and found it to contain everything but what the maps, prospectuses, &c. promised, viz., baths, villas, news-rooms, promenades, &c. In place of these, however, there were every variety of sandy roads, gravel walks, and sandy hills, upon one of which we observed a solitary rabbit, which gave a finished and picturesque ap pearance to the whole. Not having met with much to please the eye, we at length resolved to look out for some thing to please the taste, and at once entered the inn, Joe despairing of being able to meet with a sufficient field for the display of his brilliant genius. We had not, however, been long seated, when in stepped an elderly gentleman, with three young ladies, apparently his daughters. This was suf ficient, Joe rang the bell, and a very sprightly little girl made her appearance, " Oh—ah, are you the Garcon ?" drawled Joe. " No, I'm Mary." " Oh, very well, Mary ; then pray let me have as soon as it is immorally possible a bottle of pariah and two cigars ; the portah must be ripe and the cigars mellow; and, d'ye hear, Mary, bring in a luminary, a conceiver, and a receiver." The girl looked bewildered • the com_pany btgan to stare • •• • commands, I explained. "My friend," said I, " simply wants a candle, a piece of paper or spill, and a spittoon." '• Well, I never!" ejaculated Mary. The elderly gentleman ordered tea in another room. "That will do, my dear," said Joe, as the girl brought in the porter and cigars. " What's the ruin, eh ?—the damage?" " Eighteen-pence." " What would it have been if I had had beer instead of portah ?" " Fourtin.pence" was the reply. " Ah," exclaimed Joe, with a sigh, " I wish 1 had not tasted it ; I could have saved.fourpence." There was a sudden lifting up of pocket handkerchiefs to the ladies' mouths, whether for the purpose of wiping them, or of hiding a smile, I leave the reader to guess. " You can't change it I suppose," continued Joe, looking serious and dismayed," (the girl grinning and the ladies tittering.) " You won't change it ?" So Joe lighted his cigar, and after smoking a few whiffs exclaimed " Oh, horrid ! what a villain ous compound of brown papah. My dear sir, will you do me the honah—(addressing himself to the elderly gentleman)— will you so far oblige me as to look at this ? Is it not a shock ing attempt to take advantage of my youth and inexperience ?" But methinks it would be desirable, before proceeding fur ther, to make the reader and my friend personally acquainted. Joe Rattler, then, I must inform him, was from " town," and though not quite a " d'Orsay," had still decidedly a dash of the " West End" in his appearance. He was not a puppy in reality, yet could, and very often did, act the part to perfection. He was young, handsome, and (when he cbose) of very captivating and pleasing manners. Joe was a philosopher, too, if being very merry and very happy con stitutes philosophy. He was fond of fun in every shape, and peculiarly fond of what he termed "producing effect," and in pursuit of this whimsical hobby he cared little whether the laugh he raised, or the effect he produced, was against him or in his favour. This much premised, let us return to our subject. The elderly unknown, after repeatedly being urged to ex amine the cigar, informed Joe, with the greatest politeness, that he was no connoisseur. My friend apologized for his earnestness, assuring the gentleman that his sole reason for taking the liberty was his having suffered severely from the tricks and extortions practised upon visitors on that side of the water. "They are perfectly horrid!" exclaimed Joe, " and I think you will coincide with me when I inform you of an adventure which occurred to myself last Thursday." The word " adventure" caused an immediate attention from the ladies, and Joe, perceiving their anxiety, thus pro ceeded. " The first time I set foot upon this inhospitable shore was On Thursday last, when my friend and myself came here in pursuit of a little innocent recreation. Having always had a great inclination, when in the country, to have a ride, al though I never could screw my courage to the daring ex ploit—and oh, that 1 had not then !—I was induced at length by the• persuasions of my friend, strengthening my own in clination, to venture upon a ride along the shore. With this view we proceeded to a spot where ft gang of ponies and donkies was kept, and having particularly enquired for the quietest donkey in their collection—l didn't like to venture upon a pony all at once—l was furnished with one whose name was Neddy.' In addition to the evidence of his quiet habits which his exterior and his physiognomy supplied, I was assured by two young ladies who were passing and ob served my timidity (I verily think they were in the conspi racy) that I should be perfectly safe, as they had frequently ridden him themselves, and no donkey could be quieter. " To make assurance doubly sure, however, I procured the animal two-pennyworth of bread, and fondled with him in order that he might know me. A side saddle was put upon him, as that, in my opinion, is the safest for a young rider, and with the assistance of a good brawny woman, the pro prietor of Neddy, I mounted. For same distance the animal went quiet enough and ambled very agreeably, and thus em boldened I informed the creature behind (Neddy's mistress) that she might give him a gentle tap. She did so ; and Neddy whisked his tail—foreboding phenomenon !—his upper lip became suddenly curled up and his ears formed a hori zontal parallel towards me. I expressed my alarm, upon which the creature informed me that she had only ' caught him a bit on the raw,' and that she would strike fairer' next time. I hoped she would. As a friend to the brute creation, I assured her of my conviction that the most subtle casuist could not advance a single sophism to extenuate such beastly conduct, but on turning round to enforce my remarks I thought I saw her winking at the young ladies who were still near.' " What could they mean ?" I mentally exclaimed. " Could the inhuman monsters take delight in seeing me unhorsed— un-assed I should say? For the sake of humanity—for the sake of their sex, I hoped not. I had not gone far. how ever, when a fresh blow brought on a repetition of the symp toms I have just described, with, if possible more alarming features ; and this time I verily think I heard' my friend join in the titter. Oh ! friendship, what art thou ?—a name that only lulls the wretch,'—but hold. I have not time to apostrophise. The denouement is near, for scarcely had I time to look round, when a sudden jerk from Neddy caused the saddle to turn under him, and my head was precipitated to the ground, and my feet were fast in the stirrups. In this way I was mercilessly dragged several yards, my head and beautiful hair trailing on the ground—my hair—ah ! little thought poor ira-ma at that moment that those beauteous curls she had so oft admired and put into paper, should have come to so vile a purpose. I weep for very sympathy of her sorrow. " The ass still dragged on, still I strove to regain my seat, and called with all my strength for assistance, but to no pur pose. I screamed, but all in vain ; a swimming sensation came over my eyes ; every faculty was benumbed and para lysed. Am Ito perish in this ignoble: manner !' I ex claimed, and thoughts of home and happiness flitted like a whirlwind across my memory. On, on he went. Loud laughs resounded from the shore, to which my screams were a faint echo. Cake-stalls, groups of boys and girls, and donkeys waiting their respective loads—all, all disappeared to my view. Oh 1 Ma, oh ! sister." As he thus apostrophizedl these objects of his affection, Joe started up from his seat, and assuming a position of graceful agony, appeared overwhelmed by the bare recollec tion of the scene which he was describing. " I clung," he continued in accents of the deepest pas sion, " I clung to Neddy's legs; I caught his ear, but he only plunged the more. A frightful dizziness came over me, and a horrid sound was in my ear, like the distant laugh of rejoicing fiends. "At length, a change came o'er my spirit.' All at once methought I stood still, and that every object, ships, wrecks, bathing-machines, trees, fields, all—all went rushing past me. Anon they began to dance with wild fury, in one vast chaos-dance. What horrid revelry is this ? I exclaimed, and then failing nature could no more. I— I had fainted !" Here the ladies heaved a sigh, at the sound of which, I thought Joe would have died with pure delight. He cast one glance of admiration upon those beautiful features,—and beautiful they were when thus lighted up with the sympathy which his lamentable condition had called forth, but soon re-assumed his stolid gravity of countenance, and proceeded with his narration. " For what period I had lain unconscious of the scene before me 1 know not, but the first sensations which accom panied the return of reason were as delightful as they were singular. Soft seraphic music stole upon my bewildered senses—music such as charms the inmost soul, rather than the outward ear. Where was'l ? Whence was that delight ful harmony? What bending form is that, so sylphlike and ctherial, which like an attendant angel hovers by my side, whose soft blue eyes beam upon me through tears which gem them, and whose spicy breath seems to rarify me into ex istence ? Whose beautiful lips are those which seem to whisper Live, live—if it be only for me ?' I felt and kissed the lovely hand whose taper fingers were gently dis entangling my besmeared locks, and in a voice low and tremulous I murmured to that guardian spirit—' Is this Heaven ?' Oh if it were thus to die, how better far than to live I' " Alas ! it was phantasy all—the mere creatio n o f a dis tempered brain—for a sudden bite of my thumb brought me to life and sad reality. Instead of the angelic creature whom my wandering fancy had conjured up from the vasty deep,' there knelt by my side, the brawny figure of the proprietor of Neddy, busily engaged in biting my thumb. Another brute was throwing salt water in my face, whilst a third was slapping with her horny hand the soles of my feet. A numerous crowd were gathered round me, and I verily think, instead of sympathizing with my misfortunes, were delighted with my discomfiture. Fiends !—is the milk of human nature dried up in their breasts ? Are their hearts so seared by callousness that a scene of suffering like my own would not melt them ? " But my friend—where was my friend? He too had left me in this horrid situation—in a place where I could neither renew nor adjust my toilette. He too had gone—gone for a surgeon. Was there no more fitting a messenger? Alas! this was the unkindest cut of all"—and as he proceeded Joe turned towards me a look of dignified and solemn rebuke, which I shall not readily forget. " All, all but this I could have readily borne, and borne it bravely too. But Ma and sister shall know the whole. Let sister pause before she entrusts her heart into the keeping of one who could thus leave her dear and only brother lifeless on a distant shore, and in the hands of savages ; let Ma consider well before she admits one into her house who would coldly leave her dar ling and only son thus to perish amongst brutal strangers, unpitied and unwept ! " And now, sir,." continued Joe, addressing the elderly gentleman, " you will not thi n k me ru d e i n as king your advice and opinion. When I reflect upon what I have un dergone, the very thought drives me to distraction. Excuse me, sir ; adieu !—my grief overpowers me. Oh, mama ! oh, sister !" Joe raised his hands and lifted his face towards the ceiling as he moved hurriedly to the door, and, after bowing to the gentleman and kissing his band to the ladies, he rushed from the room, overwhelmed apparently in a pa roxysm of grief. I immediately followed him, leaving the porter and cigars untouched. " Now," said Joe, as soon as we got fairly out, " are they there? look at the window." I looked back, and there they were sure enough—the three ladies with their heads out of the window, looking pitiful eoug daughter,and th h ! o o w l e d v g e e r n , d gentleman laughing heartily. The youngest see was affected somewhat differently to the rest ; fOr I ob served her look_at her father in the midst of his uproarious glee, with an expression which said, " I wonder you h av e not more feeling." ,„ " Are they looking ?" said Joe. " They are." " Then the e f fect is produced," he cried triumphantly, overjoyed at his success. " I knew it would ; they will never forget it— how should they ?" and he burst into a laugh as hearty as that which be had caused. "Itis a pity, however," he re sumed, " to have made one of those young creatures so sym pathetically unhappy, for upon my honour she is very pretty; and were it not that I expect a little more practice in my peculiar line to-day, I should certainly have endeavoured to find out who she is. Ha, ha! lam quite serious, I assure you." PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSO CIATION.-NEWTON DISTRICT BRANCH. The fourth annual meeting of the sectional branch of this association, of which there are now seven in England alone, was held at the Legh Arms, Newton, on Thursday, the 18th ult., the members of which consist of medical gentlemen of Lancashire and Cheshire; and although the members did not exceed 40, they are now increased to 97. In the absence of the president, (Mr. Ainsworth, of Man chester,) Dr. JEFFREYS, of Liverpool, the president of the parent association, was called to the chair, who said, that had he been at all aware of his services being called for, he would have been better prepared to act in the position in which he had been so hastily placed upon this occasion, which indeed he was bound to do whenever his official duties were de manded, either from necessity or choice. Knowing there was so little time for business, and so much important mat ter to come before them, he would not occupy their atten tion, but proceed to the business of the day immediately ; he would, therefore, call upon one of the secretaries of this branch to read the report of the past year. Mr. HARDY, of Warrington, then proceeded to the fol lowing effect :—Amongst a variety of other subjects, the council took the opportunity of expressing their hearty con currence with the efforts which had been made, during the past year, to induce the legislation to adopt some legal enactment for the correction of the abuses and defects which at the present moment are so lamentably injurious to the best interest of the profession, as well as prejudicial to the welfare and safety of the public at large. The evils resulting from them are manifold, and have for a long time claimed the serious attention of every class of practitioners ; for whe ther we regard the number of sources from whence diplomas and licenses to practice are issued, the great diversity which exists in preparatory education required from those who ob tain them, or the absence of every thing like legal protec tion against the fraudulent and destructive practices of igno rant and unprincipled pretenders, the present state of the medical profession in this country is most unsatisfactory. It is some consolation, therefore, to observe the vigorous exertions now making, by the vario,lt rqtdif i citdiffembzu for our common grievances. The unanimity which prevails is most gratifying, and the earnestness with which its consi deration has been urged upon the legislature, must eventu ally secure an interference to put an end to a state of things alike disgraceful to the profession, and the country in which we live, as well as positively injurious to the community at large. The council felt called upon to notice the bills now before parliament, on the subject of vaccination, which may, in some measure, be regarded as the first fruits of the endea vours of the Provincial association, to determine the true value of this grand agent for the prevention and anni hilation of small pox. The object of both bills the same, viz., to extend the practice of vaccination. Both provide that this shall be done by legally-qualified practitioners only ; but there is this difference—that of Mr. Wakley's• determines the amount of remuneration to be received for the vaccination of every pauper, the other leaves the point open to the same auction-like bargaining which characterises the mode in which medical relief is at present provided for the poor in this country, and is therefore highly objection able. There is also a difference which is not less important. Whilst Lord Ellenborough's bill indirectly sanctions the practice of inoculation, the other positively forbids it altoge ther, and consigns to the prison every practitioner who may be guilty of it. Having pointed out the main feature of both bills, it may be desirable (the council go on to observe) to consider how far it is incumbent upon this association to adopt any proceedings in reference to them. They were of opinion that all the objections contemplated would be best accomplished by one bill, and both those now before parlia ment, are in their present shape equally objectionable. Any measure which sanctions the practice of inoculation, either directly or indirectly, they conceive to be dangerous to the public health, and every law which consigns a medical man to prison, for an act which circumstances may require him to perform, is rather arbitrary and despotic for the times in which we live. On the motion of Mr. TWELMLOW, seconded by Mr. MANLEY, the report was unanimously adopted, and ordered to be printed, for the use of the members. SAMUEL M'CuLLocH, Esq., of Liverpool, was then elected president, and Dr. Green of Newton, and William Goodlad, of Manchester, vice-presidents for the present year : and Dr. Llewellyn Jones, of Chester, president, and Dr. Baird, of Liverpool, and Robert Thorpe, Esq., of Man chester, vice-presidents for the ensuing year. The thanks of the meeting were then voted separately with suitable resolutions, moved and seconded in rotation to the officers of the past year, and that Mr. Sharp and Mr. Hardy of Warrington, be requested to continue their servics as ge neral secretaries. Dr. DAVIES moved and Mr. PENNINGTON seconded vote of thanks to the council, for their services during the past year, with a request to them to continue their services, with power to add to their number. Dr. JEFFREYS then stated, that the usual routine business of the association being ended, it then behoved them to com mence their operations for the present year ; and as the election of president fell upon a surgeon of Liverpool, Mr. Forshaw, and Mr. Bickersteth had b een a p p li e d t o f or t hi s purpose, the state of health of the former would not allow him to accept the offer, and the pressing engagements of the latter forced him to d ec li ne it, h e (D r. Jeffreys) had therefore great pleasure and satisfaction in transferring his office, as substitute, to one s o we ll qua lifi e d as Mr. M'Culloch, who, he was sure, from his standing and attainments, would fill it in a manner worthy of the important and responsible duties of it. M r. M.' Cu Liocu then took the chair, and having made some observations complimentary to his senior brethren who may have filled it, and his own comparative incompetency, he felt sensibly the honour conferred upon him, and would use every means in his power to afford satisfaction. He would not trespass further upon them, but at once call upon Dr. Ken drick for his promised paper relative to smallpox and vac cination. Dr. KENDRICK commenced by saying, that as he unfor tunately differed from many of his brethren upon the subject which he was about to speak, that must be his apology for obtruding himself on the present occasion. He should take the ansvetrs which he returned to the medicine section of the Provincial Association, and comment upon them as he pro ceeded. Ile had drawn up a set of queries of his own, which time would not allow him to go into ; but he would print and circulate them amongst the members of the association. Mr. Ceeley's experiments had confirmed the identity of small-pox and cow-pock. Cases of small-pox after vaccination were evinced in'those of the Fulwood's Rents ; and Lord Robert Grosvenor proved that confluent small-pox may follow vac cination—but the great majority were safe. It was fallacious to suppose that vaccination was necessary every seven years, and illustrated it by facts which were the result of his own experience, seriatim, so that he came to the conclusion that not more than one in fifty were instances of insecurity. Mr. Crosse, of Norwich, was of this opinion. The modified form differs from the natural, or inoculated small-pox : delirium is a leading symptom, but convulsions never were observed ; when erethema comes on with the pustular fever, no delirium occurs—there is no secondary fever—no disfiguration after wards. He never saw it fatal, except in two cases, who died of purpura haemorrhagica ; the vaccine lymph had not lost any of its protecting powers. Variola had occurred twice— as well in variolre as of vaccine. Inoculation was no test of security from the modified disease. Patients late in life have died of small-pox who resisted it early. The causes of failure were generally said to be four :—first, imperfect vac cination was always followed by small-pox ; the second had been touched upon ; and the fourth, be found if the lymph had passed into the system it was sufficient. Nothing short of exterminating small-pox would remedy the evil. Dr. Kendrick then entered into some very judicious points rela tive to the vaccine bill now passing the House of Commons ; but as these are now under consideration, we hope that Dr. K.'s views, if not wholly, may in part be remedied ; and it is perhaps a wise measure that, if we cannot gain all we want, it is advantageous to obtain a part—the wedge being intro duced, it may be driven. Dr. JEFFREYS then moved a vote of thanks to Dr. Kendrick, for the very able, useful, and practical remarks which had just been delivered by him ; which lie was the more delighted to do, because it afforded a strong proof of the fruitful effects of the branch meetings—and urged most strongly that Dr. Kendrick would allow his remarks to go forth into the world ; indeed he must say it that was a duty which he thought ought not to be omitted. Dr. HoLME seconded the resolution, and concurred in the value, of what they had so agreeably listened to. Dr. MARSHALL, of Manchester, then gave the detail of a most interesting case of an affection of the bladder, and the operation which he performed to relieve the patient with success; and also a correspondence with Dr. Molar() of Edinburgh, upon a similar case. Mr. RonsoN, in a speech of some length, and the relation, of well-known truths, moved a resolution, to appoint a com mittee to report on the state of the profession in this district. Dr. JEFFREYS seconded it ; and it was referred, after being carried, to the council for arrangement. Dr. JEFFREYS being called for information relative to the Styptic Matico, noticed at the last branch meeting, said he had received a communication from Dr. Kendrick of its efficacy, and was disappointed that, by accident, the order given for it had not been executed, but a supply was expected from South America by every vessel which was coming from Valparaiso. The thanks of the meeting were then given to the Chair man, which was carried by acclamation. Shortly afterwards about 40 of the members sat down to an elegant dinner, served up with great profusion, by the new landlady of the Legh Arms. M r . M'C u l loch presided, and Mr. Goodfad occupied the vice-chair ; on removal of the cloth, various loyal and constitutional toasts were given, and drank with enthusiasm ; and the day being the anniver sary of the battle of Waterloo, the health of the Duke of Wellington was given, as the hero of a hundred fights, not as a statesman, which was feelingly introduced by the chair man, who had served under him. The healths of the various officers were given, and responded to with great animation, and nothing was omitted to promote harmony and good feel ing, which appeared so cordially to exist amongst all present. We are always happy to record the kindness and generosity of the conductors of many of our public establish ments, and in our good old town, these dispositions are con stantly being manifested. Mr. Smith, of the Eastbam Ferry, gave an exciting treat on Tuesday to the boys and girls belong ing to St. Ann's West Derby Church Schools, by giving the m a free passage to and f r o m Easthani. The children, (sever a l of whom had never seen a ri v er before,) were highly delighted, and after spending a never to be forgotten day in the pleasant woods surrounding the ferry, returned to the parsonage, and ended the festival with tea and bun. ATTEMPT AT SELF-CRUCIFIXION IN CO RK. — Friday the medical officers at the Dispensary in Hanover -street were presented with one of the most extraordinary cases that had ever conic before them. Upon a car, brought to the door of the institution, was laid a stout hale man about 30 years of age ; he was tied down, and it was with difficulty the persons in charge could restrain him. Upon being brought into the consulting-room it was found that his feet and hands had been perforated, apparently with large nails. It appeared from the statement of those by whom he was brought to the dispensary that his nam e i s B artholomew Donovan ; that he is a labouring man, has resided several years at Carrignavar, had frequently betrayed symptoms of insanity, and was yes terday morning found in an outhouse contiguous to his own dwelling bleeding profusely at the feet and hands, having in each a large nail, with a view, he stated, of " crucifying" himself! He was taken home, and this day, his wounds being first dressed, the unhappy creature was sent to the Lu natic Asylum. FEMALE LABOUR IN ARABIA.—I saw several females here literally performing the duties of bullocks ; that is, in plain English, they were yoked to the plough : one was a comely lass, and she answered my inquiries, laughingly, that they hired themselves for the purpose, the remuneration be ing a small quantity of grain. The men, at the same time, were standing looking on with spinnets in their hands. An odd transfer of duties this ! The reader may recollect, that Sir Thomas Munro relates, as a reason why an Indian should be exempted from paying his taxes, that he pleaded the late loss of his wife, who did as much work as two bullocks.— Weltsted's City of the Caliphs. PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS AT DAMASCUS. TO SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE. ENT., F.A.S., PRESIDENT OF THE LONDON COMMITTEE OF DEPUTIES OF THE BRITISH JEWS. My most worthy Friend,—Before you proceed on your im portant and pious mission, I wish to address a few remarks to you, which the duties of my office dictate and existing cir cumstances render'necessary. As you well know, the Jews are perfectly innocent of the foul and murderous crime with which they are charged. You will readily stake your honour here and your salvation here after, on the truth of the declaration that no religious rite re quiring human blood does or ever did exist among Israelites. But from what has been lately published, I apprehend you will be told by our calumniators that such a rite may exist, and you not know it, because, as our accusers assert, " this mystery of blood is not known by all Jews, but only by the Rabbins ;" that therefore your asseveration might be perfectly true as far as your own personal knowledge goes, and yet be false as to the crime of which our nation is accused. To meet this objection I come forward. lam a Rabbi ; Providence has permitted me to be the spiritual guide of the great Jewish communities of Britain for nearly forty years, previous to which time I filled a similar office in Germany. My honoured father (of blessed memory) for many y ears pre • sided over the Jewish congregation in London, Berlin, and other towns of note in Europe, so did his father before him, arid for more than ten generations my ancestors have with great renown held the highest clerical duties amongst us. Their instructions have been transmitted from father to son, until it reached me, so that if any man, from the office he holds, the instruction he has received, and the ancestry from which he descends, ought to be thoroughly acquainted with all our laws, precepts, customs, rites, and observances, I may, without the slightest tincture of vanity, and in accord ance with strict truth, declare I am that man. Moreover, I am far advanced in life on this earth. I in • dividually have nothing to hope for, but must expect it can not be very long ere I shall appear before the supreme Judge of the universe, the Holy One of Israel, who on Mount Sinai proclaimed, " Thou shalt not kill," and " Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." With a full sense of my responsibility, I voluntarily come forward, and without any equivocation or mental reservation whatsoever, join in the awful oath of expurgation, which, nearly 200 years ago, in the name of the whole Jewish nation, and on the subject of this very accusation, was taken by the pious and learned Rabbi, Manasseh Ben Israel, to whose efforts the Jews owe their admission into Britain, and which oath he has recorded in his defence of the Jews, called Vindieice Judaorum. With him, and using his words, I say " As this matter on our part is purely negative, and there fore cannot be cleared by the evidence of witnesses, I am constrained to use another kind of proof which the Lord blessed for ever. has Aressrijpgsk 1441b,m,viA. „And that by the Most High God, the Creator of heaven and earth, who promu!gated his law to the people of Israel on Mount Sinai, that I never yet to this day saw any such custom, as the use of human blood in any religious rite, among the people of Israel, and that they do not hold any such by divine precept of the law, or any ordinance or institution of their wise men, and that they never committed or sought to commit any such wickedness (that I know, or have credibly heard of, or have read in any Jewish author). And if I lie in this matter, then let all the curses mentioned in Leviticus and Deuteronomy come upon me, let me never see the blessing and consolation of Zion, nor attain to the resurrection of the dead." This my solemn oath, which the virtuous and highly gifted Meudelshn declares he is ready to repeat after Rabbi Man asseh Ben Israel with a clear conscience, I place in your hands, although the high authorities I have quoted require no support from my attestation, and I am convinced that in this enlightened country every such declaration is uncalled for and superfluous, but even where you are going this as severation ought to satisfy the friends of truth, and that it will I firmly trust. My best wishes attend you, my worthy friend. Go forth and prosper, and may a just and merciful God grant you that success which the justice of our cause deserves, that our in nocence may be made manifest to all the nations of earth. Believe me yodrs ever faithfully, SOLOMON HIRCHEL, Chief Rabbi. . No. 5, Bury-court, City, _ 29th Sivan (30th June), 5600 A.M. SENTENCE ON JONES, THE RIBBONMAN. Amongst our Commission Intelligence will be found the address to the prisoner of Mr. Justice Ball,• in passing sen tence upon Jones, convicted of the Ribbon conspiracy. One would imagine, from the lengthened ambages, and the apologetical language in which he deals, that the learned judge thought the sentence a severe, if not an extreme one ; and that the hopes of pardon or mitigation entertained by the prisoner and his friends were neither unreasonable nor unlikely to be realised. We share not, nor will the public, we think, share in the learned judge's scruples, or sympathise with his tenderness. There is no crime more injurious to society than the levying of war against the Sovereign ; and for a crime of such magnitude transportation for seven years can hardly be called an adequate, much less an exorbi tant, punishment. If Jones be guilty of any crime—and the sentence passed is sufficient proof that he has been— it is the levying of war against the Sovereign, and the procuring of arms, and the organization of traitors for that purpose. And, although the particular object of that war be undefined, the general intent is not the less criminal. It is, in our opinion, merely trifling with a matter of the most formidable import, to extenuate the crime, by . saying that—in its present stage—" it manifests no definite intention or ob ject of attainment ;" whilst the very conclusion of the same sentence informs us that, " it appears to possess organization capable of being made instrumental for any purpose requiring combined movement and unity of actio n .' The true light in which such a conspiracy should be viewed, is that in which, in the subsequent part of his address, the learned judge ap pears to have seen it : for, " harmless though it apparently be, iu this absence of any manifestation of ascertained aim or object, it is formidable in its adaptation to any purpose, however criminal, which, through design or accident, its leaders might be prompted to undertake." If, then, it be true, as Mr. Justice Ball observed, that " such an association, so constituted, is one which no govern ment deserving the name could suffer to exist in this country, if by legal means its suppression could be accomplished"— what is to be thought of the successive whig governments, from Lord Wellesley's time inclusive, to the present, which have suffered this nuisance and opprobrium to exist? But more—what is to be thought of the officials of such govern ments, who, far from seeking the suppression of the crime, connived at its secret growth, and gave to its ramifying pro gress the encouragement of that secrecy, which conspiracy requires for its operations, by denying its existence ? Mr. Justice Ball has pronounced its character such government is unworthy of the name of government. Might we beg to know, on behalf of the public, who are most deeply interested in the fact, how Mr. Costello has be come assured of the extinction of the society—or what security the country may have against its revival? One fact it may not be amiss to notice. The most mate rial letters were either suppressed or slurred over, in the statement made on the part of the crown : but we have rea son to believe that copies will be moved for in parliament ; and we can state that they are calculated to throw a new and an important light upon the subject.—Dublin Evening Mail of Wednesday. TIIE LIVERPOOL ANNUITANT SOCIETY.—The fortieth anniversary of this excellent society was celebrated last Fri day week, at the house of Mr. Percival, Derby Arms, Bootle. The officers, committee, and members assembled at twelve o'clock at noon, when the preliminary business of the annual meeting was disposed of. At two o'clock the members sat down to an excellent dinner. The society then proceeded to the election of the officers and members for the current year. Mr. H. B. Hensman was appointed to the presidential chsir, and Messrs. William Henderson and John Tatham were chosen to fill the office of stewards. Mr. T. Kaye was re-ap pointed treasurer, after which the other routine business of the society was transacted. We are happy to observe that, year after year, the reports of this association continue to give fresh indications of its prosperity and usefulness. An experience of forty years has given full proofs not only of the soundness of the principles on which it was originally based, but of the excellence of its laws and regulations, and of the admirable, economical, and business-like manner in which it has been conducted by those who have been, from time to time, appointed to work out its intentions. The society has for some years past had a large permanent fund, which was gradually allowed to accumulate in order that it might be possessed of a capital sufficient to prevent its stability being endangered by any untoward or unforeseen exigencies. It is a stringent rule in the policy of those who govern the opera tions of the association, not to allow this fund to be materially diminished, so that the society may be regarded as fixed upon a basis of perfect security. The present number of members is, we believe, about one hundred and thirty, each individual of whom, by a small annual payment, ensures to himself a provision for his declining years, and to his widow an an nuity for life. The scale of the annual payments is regulated each year by the committee, in conformity with the esta blished rules. The number of widows at present receiving annuities from the funds of the society is thirty-nine, and of the aged members twenty-eight. A statement like this affords such practical proof of the advantages of a well-constituted society of this nature, that to enlarge on that part of the sub ject would be supererogatory. Even without such practical demonstration, the very objects of the society must strikingly impress every man who is prudently careful of the future. — Courier. A few days since a woman, a native of Ilminster, was de livered of her 24th child ! Hard times ! and we must make the most of what little we have—as the grocery-keeper said when he watered his vinegar. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, speaks of a family that were poisoned, and after " vomiting themselves to death," recovered. The Boston Spiflicator says there is a man living in that city whose nese is so large that nobody can see it at once, — they are obliged to look twice. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager will, we understand, honour the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos with a visit at Stowe, Bucks, early in August. In allusion to the bankruptcy of Messrs. Gye and Hughes, it is stated that the site on which Vauxhall Gardens stand is now to be let for building ground. Mr. Sturges Bourne , the lord wa r d en o f t h e N ew F orest, has appointed one of his sons to the situation of master keeper, vacant by the death of Mr. Buckley. We are enabled to state, on what we consider good authori ty, that everything connected with the liquidation of the liilities of the Agricultural Bank is proceeding satisfactorily, and we have no doubt that all will be paid in full in a very short time.—Limerick Standard. THE " BRITISH QUEEN."—This splendid vessel sailed on Monday from Blackwell for New York, at half-past twelve o'clock, with a fair complement of passengers and goods on board. The fineness of the day induced thousands of persons to wait along shore to witness her departure. Hein -Looms.—The term heir-looms has occasioned much dispute, but the rule which is recognized appears to be this : No chattels personal or capable of being entailed; but tl,• law recognizes a power of descent in such things as appear to be necessary to support the dignity, uphold the splendour, or continue the importance of an estate of inheritance. The word loom is a Saxon word, signifying a limb or member ; and thus heir-looms are members of the inheritance, and which generally cannot be separated from it without detract.. ing from its value. Thus the ancient jewels of the crown are held to be heir-looms, because the loss of them would mate rially detract from the grandeur of the inheritance, and the dignity of the sovereign.for the time being. Deer in a park, fish in a pond, charters, deeds, court-rolls, and other docu ments necessary to verify title of estates, together with the chests in which they are kept, become heir-looms, and pass with the land. Plate and other valuables presented to a peer for public services have been held to be heir-looms, as being necessary to the dignity of the several inheritors of the honours of him by whom they were received. Such, also, is the case with things which cannot be separated from the in heritance to which they pertain ; as chimney-pieces, pumps, ancient fastened tables and benches, and whatever might be considered as rational appendages to the freehold. Thus tombstones, monuments, and coat armour, hung up in a church, come under the same designation, together .with any ensigns of honour which may hang with them. For, though the church be the parson's freehold, and these are annexed to the freehold, yet they were placed there by consent, for the advantage and honour of the ancestor and family of the heir, and exist therefore for his benefit. So that the parson, though he is not liable for any damage that may be dope to them, which has not occurred through his special act, or those of his agents/ yet he cannot take them away, without being subject to an action from the heir for trespass.— ii as' Legal Hand Bloke: Personal Property, ri * p 4aza, , , 0 tt".. 4 -, .- ..• ) 14 4 7 1 ' 447 ,7; 1 1,7 . 11 , iit sie %4 A' A ' F':',(l, .4. .... ..:,.• A, ~' ,ji *., • ..0e , e.t.. 1 ', - 3\ ~.:iy -"."‘ ~ ' re: • -,-e,\--.. f 'i'r 4 ki , y..., 1 . ~: 1 • ••" .4 - 7 . ,-; — ort ' -vNY 4 b.