The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-08 00:00:00

eaobiono. FOREIGN AND BRITISH- BLONDE. LACE, RIBBON. fIOSIERL'GLOVE. A'.k.TO GENERAL , • FANCY EMBROIDERY Yi7;,,if.P.l - lOUiE, 85, BOLO-STREET, OPPOSITE n - 101 . 1.' 'TON. "WOLIN LANGDALE invites the attention of he Ladies of t.P Liverpool and its•vicinity to his present CK, compris ing every new material manufaCtured in Brit nor on the Con fluent, which he has selected in London, forming a vast Em porium, where every. description of 'Spridg Costunii i rich and costly, tasteful and ornamental, may be seen in tre'greatest profusion. Universal attention is invited to Mousselaine de Laine DresAes: . Every new material for Sprint Bonnets, with beautiful Ribbons and Flowers to match : and the most ener getic means will be constantly used to insure an uninterrpted succession of novelties. Milliners will find it their interest to purchase at 85; Bold-street. • t 7/ 11111111 MISSES COX and CLARE hey respectfully to 11 inform the Ladies of Liverpool and t Neighbourhood, that Miss Cox having returned from Paris nd London, their SUMMER FASHIONS and . NEW GO DS will be ready forJuspection on 'l'i-toast) A y nest, the 10th instant. tad -street, May 34, 1838. M RS. G. WOODS respectfully informs, her Friends and i i the Ladies of Liverpool generally, 'hat she has just a returned from London with an extensive • rtment of fashion able MILLINERY, DRESSES, &c. &e. which will be ready for Inspection nn I uEsnA v next, the Bth instant. Millinery and Dress Rouses, 31, Boltl-streel. • M ISS NEEDS having returned Imo; Lond‘n with a Choice V Selection of SPRING F..11-11ONS, in MILIANIfAtY, DRESSES, SILKS, &c., begs respect lv to inform her Friends and the Public, that her Snow-11 osis . will be opened for inSpection, on FRIDAY next, the 4th instant, and following Diivs. 76, Bold-street, lit dfuy, 1838. AND J. EDGLEY state to the Pub c generally that t 9• their STOCK is. now replete with ev ry Novelty in the SHAWL DP:PAK:Di ENr. in French, iental, Scotch, and English Manufacture; Mr. E. ,Itaving just returned' from the variona Markets. 91, fold -street, :Id May, _ ryillE MISSES HUNT beg respectfully to inform the 11: Ladies of Liverpool and its Vicinity, th Es's F. IL has just refurned froni London, with a Fashionab Assortment of MILLINERY and DRESSES, which wi be ready for Inspection on THEIRSDAY nest, the 10th May instant. 6, Norton-slreet. SPRING -FASHIONS 11/(RS. ROBERTS, 4.3, WHITECILIPISL, respectfully in- IVI vites Ladies to View her FASIIIONS of I LLINERY, FRENCH FLOWERS, and FANCY GO S, now ready, which are offered at such Prices as to insure e future favours of all Ladies wlt.) will compare Quality and Lyle. SPRING FASHIONS. 11/rRS. BECKWITH, 13, BOLD -STREET, begs most respect .ll/1 fully to apprise her Friends and the Public generally, that on THURSDAY next, the 10th instant, it is her intention to submit for their inspection an elegant and chttste assortment of MILLINERY, CAPS, and BONNETS, Sith a large assort ment of White Chip. Tuscan, and Straw BONNETS, of the most novel and prevailing shapes, personally selected from the most fashionable houses in boar London and Paris. Several In.:door and Out APPRENTICES wanted to the Millinery Business. MILLINERY AND DRESS ROOMS, 101, BOLD-STREET. IHE MISSES ATKINS beg to inform Weir Friends, the Ladies of Liverpool and its Neighbouitood, that their SUMMER FASHIONS, which have been selected from the most distinguished Parisian and London House., will be ready for inspection on TIIURSDA Y next, the 10th-instant. A Vacancy for a Young Lady in the house as an APPREN TICE or IMPROVER. Several Out-door APPRENTICES WANTED. MRS. 'WARD respectfully solicits the atte Lion of the Ladies of Liverpool and the Neighb hood to her SPRING FASHIONS, which will be ready f Inspection on THURSDAY next, the 10th instanj. TWO APPRENTICES WANTED. 13, Clayton-square. EMPORIUM FOR FOREIGN AND ITISH SHAWLS, 78. BOLD -STREET, NEAR THE OLD MUSIC H LL, LIVERPOOL. ID RI NGLE, LAWSON, and KEMP hay again the pleasure of addressing the Ladies of Liverpo ,at the commence ment of another Season, by announcing the arrival of a most tasteful and elegant supply of New Summer SHAWLS, from London and the Continent, the most beautiful Patterns of which are, as usual, exclusively confined to their own Sales, and, consequently, only to he seen at their Establishment. The fame which their Emporium has acquired, for this essential and elegant part of Ladies' Costume, is quite unparal leled, it being now considered the first of the kind, both in ex tent and lriohness of Stock, the effect of which will be to excite, on the part of the Proprietors, an additional energy to retain ibis eminence by procuring every novelty on its first appearance in the Metropolis. AM ES MOILE respectfully informs his f nds and the op pubtie. that he intends to REOPEN t old PAWN BROKING Establishment, on his own ac oat, on the Pre mises, No. 2-1, Whitechapel. for many years rried on under the firm of THOMAS and JAMES MOILE, On ONDAY MORNING nest, the 14th instant, where money will be advanced on every description of property as heretofore. (CIRCULAR.) - CORINTHIAN ESTABLISHMENT. GENERAL. TAILORING AND OUTFITTING .... IVA RPHOUSES, Nos. 65 AND 66, LORD-STRRRT, Li ERPOOL. N", , i l . . ' . .n submitttrg the anne,red list of Pri of GOODS in the Tailoring and Outfitting Department Jr consideration, I PARTICULARLY WISII IT To B .. UNDERSTOOD. that every article is made up in the most respectable manner, and - that thehighest price enumerated harserereace not to any:article 0 4 , 4 1 AtoMniburrs, description, BUT TO THE VERY BEST 4A4VIIIiOLE FURNISHED BY THE TRADE. Intl ( 5:1'14: . ..Yiner obedient Servant. - - to fnri , (5(41 0: ),11,iL !klt 4141- o ,its, ' :‘..r nIV. EDWARD TUTOR`'. asitumq t6.i.:ltr'Aile - ...K1f,%i,:::;., 1 ty,... . f.:.i s. d. £ . 5... d. Gentlemen's Dress Coats 1 6 6 „ 2 6. 6 -16 : Digo,.,sirperfirra , Cloth. ....... ..... ... Digq, ditto, West. of. Ruglkuad Cloth 2 11 0 „ 3 0 (1 Ditto, dial), very best quality 0 27 3 8 6 Frock Coats 15 per cent. in advance of Dress C0at5......... Coloured Cloth or Cassimere Trousers 0 lii. . - 0 „ 1 4 6 Very best ditto Black or Blue Cloth or CassitneYe 1 0 0„ 1 4 6 Very -best Ditto ' ' 1 7 6 „ 1 HY 0 Superfine White Drill Very best Ditto • 0 12 6 „ 0 14 0 Unbleached Ditto 0 8 6„ 0 11 6 Fancy Checks and Stripes 0 8 0„ 0 16 0 White and coloured jean 0 3 0„ 0 6 6 Jackets in either Cloth or Jeans, 15 per cent. in advance of Trousers. Black or Coloured Cassimere Vests 0 9 0 „ 0 15 0 Fancy Quilting Ditto. 0 6 6„ U 10 6 White Ditto . 0 5 0„ 0 10 0 . Fancy Valentia Ditto..' - 0 6 6„0 12 6 Rich Fancy Silk Ditto 0 7 6 „ upwards. Cloth-C10ak5...... Camlet Ditto.-- .. SHIRT DEPARTMENT. Gentlemen's White Calico Shirts 0 1 4„ 0 3 6 Extra fine long cloth . . 0 3 6 , () 4 6 Ditto, with Linen collars and wrists 0 3 0„ U 4 0 Ditto, ditto, with fancy fronts. 0 5 4„ 0 6 9 Ditto,,ditto, with French Lawn fronts.. 0 5 0„ 0 9 6 • Ditto, Night Shirts 0 3 0„ 0 5 0 • Fancy Coloured Yatch Shirts 0 1 9„ 0 3 0 Irish Linen, plaited fronts.. 0 3 6„ 0 8 6 . Extra fine Ditto, Lawn fronts i. 0 10 6 „ 0 18 6 Ditto, with French Cambric fronts .... 0 12 0 „ upwards. . Linen Shirt fronts i:anahrie Ditto 0 1 5„ () 1 9 . Fine Lawn Ditto., 0 2 6„ 0 - 4 0 Fine Linen Collars . . Buys' Collars and Frills. . Boys' and Youths' Shirts, of all qualities and proportionately . 'l,.v prices. Ladies' ready-made Chemises, Slips, Petticoats, Wrappers, Night Dresses, Cloaks, and every Article of Apparel, suitable h.r all climates. Dressing Gowns, Drawers, znr) Singlets. TIOSIPIRY, In Silk, Cotton, Woollen, and Merino, of every description. . ' `GLOVES, 1u Kid, Beaver, Goat, Thread; Berlin, Sateen, Fur, Woollen, CLOTHING FOR FOREIGN MARKETS; AT WHOLESALE PRICES. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Outfits, to any,pstent, promptly executed, and calculated for any climate. • - Prepared Bedding, Blankets, Sheets, Counterpanes, Table Linen, &c. '.Grass Bleached Irish Linen, West of England Cloths, Fancy Waistcoatings, Silk Handkerchiefs, Stock's, London Hats, Umbrellas, Parasols, &c., &c. Mackintosh and Co.'s Patent India Rubber Waterproof and Airproof Fabrics. Mercantile Houses requiring Goods from the Manufacturing Districts fur Exportation may hare the advantage of E. S. TV TON'S extensive knowledge of tile best Markets in making pun:hales, he charging them d CtimniiYsion of Five per Cent. only upon the .Manufacturer's Invoice, where the amount exceeds £2O, the parties paying carriage, Scc. ADVERTISEENT.I TO THE EDITOR (! M )F' THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. .SIR,—To subvert the misstatements in the report of the Court of Requests Committee to the Council of Wed sday last, stating that my complaints against the acting co mission.er of the said court appeared to them without fours tion, will you please to insert the defendant's letter in my sui acknowledging his debt. Besides, I- proved to them haviri een twenty-one times with him during, three months, entitl me by law to five guineas for professional services rendered. lam quite satisfied, on the other hand, that assurances are made by the committee for the alteration required in the court to secure justice to the public, so much needed in that department. I ain, sir, your very obedient servant, JOHN QUAIL, M.D. And Member Royal College SurgeonS, Loudon. V), Great George-street, May 4. " MoNsrach,—Je nai jamais ern que vous eussiez agi de tn!le maniere, comme lee gene communs; vous m'avez attaque souvent potik tet argent, que j'etois tout-a-fait ennuyl. Vous me croyez tres riche, mars vous vow trompez beancoup; cepen dant, pour eviter tous lee desagr,emens de proces, auxquels je ne suis pas acconturne je vous payerai la somme que vous de sirez. Je ne snis paS en etat de le fairp dans ce moment, male si eons venez it 9 heures du matin exactentent, on hien ce soir, at half-past-ten —any time from 10 1 a till one o'clock nous a rrangerons l'affaire. " Jai l'hunneur d'etre, Monsieur. " SZCZPANOWSKI." 'TRANSLATION. Sta,—l never thought that you would have acted in such a mannerlike the common people. You have applied tome so often for that money, that I was quite annoyed. You think me very rich, hut you deceiveourself greatly; however, la avoid all the disa , reeableness of law-snit, to which I am not accustomed, I will pay you the sum that yott demand. I am not in a state to do it at present ; hut if you come to-ittorrow or this evening, at half -past ten o'clock. any tirte from half-past ten tilt one o'clock, we will arrange the affair. • I havithe honour to be. Sir, SZCZCPANOWSKI. MESSRS. PERRY and Ce•., SURGEONS, may be per sonally consulted from Nine in the Morning till Ten at Night, and on Sundays from Nine till Two, at No. 23, SLATER-STREET, near Duke-streets Liverpool, (private entrance first door up the passage • No. 2, Bale street, Lower Mosley-street, near to St. eter's Church, Mancheszer, and N 0.4, Great Charles-str , Birmingham :of whom may be had (gratis) with each box pills their Treatise on Venereal Disease, Gonorrhtea, Glee s, and Stricture, in cluding Practical Observations on Seminal Weakness, arising from early abuses, so that all persons can obtain an immediate Cure, with ease, secrecy, and safety. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to the V enereal Disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin the con stitution, and cause ulcerations, with blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness in the sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obstinate gleets, and nodes on the shin hones, till at length a general debility and decay of the constitution ensues, and a melancholy death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings. PERRY'S PUR IFY I NG SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d. and lb. per box, a certain, safe, and the most speedy remedy ever discovered for the permanent and effectual cure of venereal diseases,—gonorrhoea, gleets, strictures, seminal weakness, in the loins, affections of the kidneys, gravel, lumbago, local debility, irritation of the bladder or urethra, and other diseases of the urinary passages, frequently performing a perfect cure in the short space of three days, by one small pill for a do•s e , with ease, secresv, and safety. The certainty with which they are continually administered can be-attested by many thousands. Tne Specific Pills root out every particle of insidious noisou, purifying in their progress the whole mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease; but renovate by their action the differ ent functions of the body, expelling the grosser humours. and in a manner so.niild and imperceptible as to convince the most sceptical of their astonishing and unequalled powers. They neither contain mercury nor any other mineral, and may be taken without the slightest suspicion of discovery. They require no restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business, but effect a complete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the slightest suspicion may exist. it will be well to have recourse to the Specific Pills, for when taken before the disease has made its appearance it acts as a certain preventative, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly. Messrs. PERRY, Surgeons, continue to direct their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and indis criminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous affections, and entail on its votaries all the enervating, imbecilities of old age, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of imwination, judgment, and memory, indifference and aversion for all plea sures. In t hat distressing state of debility or deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful habits, excessive drinking, or any other cause, by which the powers of the constitution become. enfeebled, they offer a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. l'EftRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS are well known for the certain and effectual remedy of secondary symptoms, venereal eruptions, pains in the bones, ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, chronic rheumatism, scrofula, scorbutic and glandular affections, local and general debility, nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, depression of spirits, and all diseases arising from an impuye state of the blood. These Pills are worthy aplace in the cabinets of masters and captains of ships, the more so, as they will keep good in all climates any length of titne. Letters from the ebuntry, post-paid, cAtaining a remittance fin medicine, will he immediately answered. 23, SLATER-STREET. NEAR DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. h~'~t;~+~.."r i7~1i375.k J.~'-S:arYl~"a'i~—rasr ~, EXTENSIVE CARPET AND FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, lIANOVER-STREET, LIVERPOOL. THOMAS BRANCH RESPECTFULLY announces that he has CONSTANTLY ON SALE, at the' HANOVER ROOMS, a particularly 'extensive and valuable. Stuck of Elegant and Fashionable CABINET FURNITURE, of every description, manufactured in the fiTst style of excel lence, from the best materials, INCLUDING DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, of Real and Imitation Root:omi, IN CIRCULAR AND OBLONG LOO, Work, Flower, Card, Occasional, Writing, Sofa,, and Fancy Tables, What Nots, Chairs, Couches, Sofas, Tea / Poys, Cheffu niers, Canterburies, Fire Screens. &c. MAHOGANY FU RN [Tull( In-sliding Frame and other forms of Dinin„ ables, Pedestal and Cellaret Sideboards,.Single and Winged Bookcases, Secre , taires, Cheval and other Screens, Single and Double Ward robes, Ladies' Wardrobes with brass rods and arms, for dresses, .Trafalgar and Balloon-foamed Chairs, Card, Library, Loo, In valid, Sofa, Snap, Pembroke, Ladies' Work and Screen Tables, Running Side Tables, Couches, Sofas, Children's Chairs, Cots, and Cribs, Chests of Drawers. Night Commodes, Bed Steps, Bidets, Hat Stands, Bout Racks, Music Stands and Stools, Canterburies, Hall Chairs, Butlers' frays with Stands, Foot Stools, Chetl'oniers, Quartetto Tables, Dressing 'Tables and Basin Stands, Rising Sideboard Tables, Gentlemen's Library or Office Tables, Double and Single Knife Boxes. &c. RECUMBENT INVALID CHAIRS, Elegant Lounging, Library, and Devotional CHAIRS. FOLDING SOFA AND CHAIR BEDS. JAPANED, STAINED, AND FANCY CHAIRS, In the greatest variety ' • FOUR -POST, COTTAGE, CANOPY, FRENCH,DOMETUAMP, NUR SERY, AND PRESS BEDSTEADS, of every form, in Maho gany, Birch, and Painted Woods; Feather BEDS, Hair, Flock, and Straw MATTRESSES; PAINTED CHAMBER REQUISITES, all descriptions, In Wardrobes, Chests of Drawers, Toilet Tables, Basin Stands, Towel Airers. &c. Elegant CHIMNEY and DRESSING GLASSES; A VARIETY OF BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN SCULPTURED ORNAMENTAL FIGURES, VASES, URNS, EWERS,A.c. A !so, a very Diversified Assortment of BRUSSELS, DAMASK, VENETIAN, KIDDERMINSTER, AND JUTE CARPETING, Embracing the most modern Patterns of excellent manufacture; TURKEY AND BRITISH HEARTH RUGS; A great variety of beautiful PRINTED DRUGGETS, in the newest and most admired taste; Crimson, Green, Mob, and Mixture DRUGG4TS. FIGURED FLOOR AND LOBBY CLOTHS, Of all dimensions, for Cutting to fit Rooms, Halls, Lobties, Shops, and Ships' Cabins; INDIA AND ENGLISH MATTING; Black Hair Seatings of all widths, 4-c. Bfc. ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE Publisher of the '°LIVERPOOL STANDARD," in returning thanks to his numerous Friends and the Public for the very distinguished patronage he has hitherto enjoyed, begs to announce that it is his intention to ENLARGE the Paper, to the extent of SIX COLUM i tS on each day of publication, from the FIRST WEF.K IN JIINE next ensuing. Au extended Prospectus will shortly be issued, explaining the various Improvements which it is intended to make, both.in the Political, Literary, and Mercantile Departments of the LIVER POOL STANDARD. St. George's Crescent, April 28, 1838. LATE , THOMAS WOOLFIELD'S. W. B. PROMOLI. 410 . PREVENT ALL MISTAKES, and at the same time ; reply to 1 a question so frequently asked in his Establi ment whe ther his predecessor, Thomas Woollield, has an interest in a concern which it is attempted to establish polite to him under a similar name, considers it a duty he o es to his friend ship and esteem to state that THOMAS WOO lEI.D is no longer interested in any business whatsoever, sti less in one which would be so contrary to his principles of right towards his Suc cessor. W. B. P. avails himself of the opportunity to offer his best thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, for the support that has been so liberally continued to him during the past year ; and he begs to assure his patrons that, encouraged by their favour, he will at all times strive to deserve and increase it, by a prompt attention to their commands, and likewise by keeping up the choice selection and manufacture of his goods, which, as is now universally known, are of the very best quality and workmanship. 71 to 74, Church-street, adjoining the Pbstoffice, February 18th 1838. NEW HOSIERY, GLOVE, AND LACE WAREHOUSE, ( 63, LORD-STREET MLIE Subscribers, with deference, annom e thatthey have I OPENED the above extensive Prei ises, in the HO SIERY, GLOVE, LACE, and GENT ''III,EN'S LINEN TRADE, with a Stock of the most sel ct, fashionable, and commanding character : and they trust, the general conduct and system of btsiness which they propose steadily to pursue, will he found worthy the approbation and support of the Public. _ They, therefore, respectfully solicit the earliest patronage of their Friends anethe Pithlic at large,_ THOMAS GRIERSON and CO., 63, LORD-STREET. BIDSTON MARSH LEY FOR CATTLE, 18,38. CONFESSEDLY one of the finest Leys in the Kingdom, the Land being of the best quality, and plentifully supplied with excellent. Water in every part, now in the holding of Mr. James Radley, Bidston-hall. TERMS ._......,.. . A Horse, full Ley . , it 0 0 A Horse: twelve weeks / 4 4 0 A Horse . , eight weeks - 34 0 A Two-year-old Colt 3 10 0 A One-year-old Colt 10 0 A Feeding Cow, or Three-year-old I eifer. ..3 0 0 A Milking Cow ATv o-year-old Heifer 2 0 0- A Olie-year.old Heifer To be taken iu at the Wallasey Gate on the 10th day of. May. and at the Bidston Gate on the 11th day of May, and continue till- the 10th of October, after which date Catty left will be charged extra, and to be paid for before taken away. Cattle to be booked at Bidston-hall; Miss Westhead's, Ship Inn, Crosby; at Mr.. Owens's, New Haymarket, corner of Gloucester -street. Liverpool; Mr. Morgan's Fenwick-street. Mr. HADLEY will attend every Saturday to Book Cattle; at Mr. Givens's, at Twelve o'clock, and at Mr. Nlorgan's at Two o'clock. . . The best hours of bringing Cattle will be Three Hours before High Water, and Three hours after High Water. All Cattle coming to Bidston Ley will pass free of expense by the Woodside Ferry, from George's Pierhead. Mr. Itadley pledges himself that the Ley shall not be over stocked. CORNS, DICKER'S OPIATE CORN PLASTER, for the re moval/ of Corns, Bunnions. and all hard fle y substances on the Feet. It is admitted by the Thousands w o have tried if, and the most sceptical, to be the-only reme ever offered to Public notice; it acts both as an opiate an olvent, by reliev the most excruciating pain, and gradually dissolving the cal lous or horny substance. Prepared and Sold by WILLIAM DICKER, Chemist, 235, Strand, next door to Temple Bar, London, in Boxes, Is. 11,1. each. Sold also by PRIESTLEY and R oss and NIGHTINGALE, tord ktreet ; BUTLER, Castle-street; FISHER and Al AY NA RD, Bold street; ASPINALL, St. James-street; BARNETT, Bilfv•IIIII ; WAGsTA FF. Great George-place; JOHNSON, Church-street; HOWELL, Dale-stteet, and BRADFORD, Old Haymarket, L?ver pool ; SHERLOCK, St. Helen's; GARSI DE, Ormskirk; Wittmr- SKY, Lancaster; ScoWCROFT, Bolton ; WA Lis. Wigan ; THISTLETHWAITE. Warrington ;-BAXTER. Plescot; BowmAN, Southport; and WARD and 111awsoN, Runcorn, where like wise can be procured DICKER'S AROMATIC ESSENCE. an instant relief for the Tooth Ache, in Bottles Is. IV. each. TO PARENTS AND GLiA RD NS. NIVANTEDTWO A ITItENTICE ne for the Wool len Drapery and -:railoying„ the o er for the General Draper y and Silk Mercer.} Business.—Apply, if by letter, post paid, to Mr. JOHN BuiscoE. 82 and 8.3, Old Hall-street. LIVERPOOL TOWN ,M SION. rip HE NINTH ANNUAL MEET o,' of the LIVER- I. POOL TOWN MISSION wil e held in the Music HALL, Bold-street, THIS EVENING, ( uesday,) the Bth instant. Chair to be taken by JOHN CROP ER, Esq., at Half-past Six o'clock, when the attendance of all who are interested in the spiritual welfare of the Poor of this town is particularly requested. JAMES C. DUNCANd I. OLIVER JONES, S' Secretaries. Office of Contntissioners of Co ensation, 25, Great Georye-street, lirestmii ter, May 4, 1835. CAPE OF GOOD II PE. XTOTICE IS , HEREBY GIVEN hat Ninety-nine Con testedClain3s having been recei d from the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, (a List of the Numbers of which may be seen at this Office,) the same will be taken into consideration on FRIDAY, the 11th day of May instant, at Twelve o'clock. By order of the Board, HENRY HILL, Secretary. THE GERMAN LANGUAGE TAUGHT IN SIXTY LESSONS. TAR. FREIDERICH KOEHLER, 5.41. C., of the Uni -I_, versity of Jena, continues giving LESSONS in the GERMAN LANGUAGE Dr. F. K. s a native of Saxony, where German is admitted to be spo in its greatest purity, and teaches on the most improved 8 tern, by which, in the course of Sixty Lessons, a complete knowledge of that Language, practical as well as theoretical, is efficiently conveyed. Schools attended, and the Park and other places near Liverpool visited. The most respectable references can be given, and for terms apply to Dr. F. K., 76, Duke-street. YTTjENRY WOOD and CO. beg most respectfully to an rl to their Friends and the Pubic, that they have taken the Warehouse, No. 4, GOIME-PI ZA, where they in tend keeping h wetl•assotted Stoelcof • CHAINS, CABLES. ANCHORS, NAILS. SPADES, SHOVELS, SCYTHES, ANVILS, BELLOWS. VICES, STEEL, FILES, PANS, /LADLES, POTS, CAST-IRON GOODS, &c. &c. Of every description, anti suitable for all Markets. No. 4, Gorse-piazzas. lIENSHAW-STREET MARBL ' WORKS. cr M it)/ iliuAS MOFFITT and Co beg mi .1 respectfully to re turn_t their sincere thanks for the libe l support which they have received from the - Nobility, Gei ry, Architects, and Tradesmen of Liverpool and its neighbourhood, since their commencement at the above Works, and which has induced them to make very considerable alterations in their Premises, in order to enable them to meet their extensive and increasing business. Their great increase of orders makes' it almost unnecessary to say t hat they are enabled to compete with any Establishment in the Kingdom. Monuments, Tombs, Tablets, &c., for home or abroad, exe cuted on the shortest notice. Designs sent to any part of the United Kingdom. CIVET CAT, No. 61, LORD-STRTET, LIVERPOOL. rin MOUNTFORT, having purchased the Stock and well • known Business of the above Establishment, begs leave to announce that he has RE-OPENED the sa , and, having made a REDUCTION upon a very considerabl portion of the STOCK,_ solicits the patronage and supp r of the Nobility, Gentry, and Public at large, assuring the' of his unremitting endeavours at all times to secure their confidence by prompt and careful attention to their commands. The STOCK will comprise every variety connected with such an Establishment, viz.:— WRITINGDESKS, EVERY DESCRIPTION. Ladie;' and Gentlemen's DRESSING CASES, ,WORK BOXES and JEWEL CASES, TEA CHES I'S and CADDIES, BAGATELLE BOARDS and BALLS, BILLIARD BALLS, PEARL, IVORY, and BONE ARTICLES, MOROCCO CASES, SILVER FITTINGS, SILVER SCISSARS, KNIVES, PENCIL CASES, Sze., PEN and POCKET KNIVES, STEEL SCISSARS,&e.&e. BRITISH PLATE, VARIOUS QUALITIES, SCENTED SOAPSand PERFUMERY, OF ALL KINDS, COMBS and BRUSHES, JEWELLERY and JETT GOODS, BRONZED and CHINA ORNAMENTS, TOYS. MOST AMUSING, And a succession:of New Things fs orn the different Markets, soon as produced by the Makers, And every Article in the above respective Branches, too numerous to mention in an advertisement. It being 'l'. M.'s determination to make this Establishment second to none in the Kingdom, as regards prices, he. takes leave to call the attention of Merchants, Captains, and others purchasing fur Foreign. Markets to the supply of general Articles, upon such terms as, 'l'. M. flatters himself, will meet their perfect approbation, and whose orders he is able to execute on short notice. Daily communications with London and Birmingham, and regular despatches to and from Paris and different parts of the Continent. kmperial HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition respecting the decent interment of the remains of those paupers whose bodies had been subjected to disection. The motion that it be referred to the poor laws committee was resisted by Lords Randor, \Vharnciiffe, and Melbourne, on the ground that it was more levelled at the Anatomy act than ,the Poor Laws Amendment act, and the motion was therefore eventually withdrawn. The Bishop of EXETER inquired whether it was the intention of the government to proceed this session with the measures recommended by the church commissioners ? Lord MELBOURNE answered in the affirmative. The Earl of lttPuri moved for an account of the expenses of the Malta commission, which, after an extended and desultory discussion, in which the Duke of Wellington, &c., took part, was ordered. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. Committees were appointed, ola ballot, to try the merits of the Bedford (borough), and Waterford city election petitions. Sir E. KrwirciinuLt, having presented petitions from places in Kent for the amendment of the Poor Law Amendment act, Lord JOHN R USSELL was understood to intimate that it was his intention to introduce, in the course of the session, a bill to amend some pat is of, that act.. Several petitions 'having been presented on the subject of church property. Lord J. RUSSELL, previously to entering upon the discussion regarding poor-rates, said that he wished to remove an impres sion that it was the intention of the government to promote the reduction of the yeomanry corps within a short period. No such intention had been avowed; though, he added, in answer to Sir R. Peel's remarks, that he considered a militia force, or a regular force, more desirable than the yeomanry, especially where there might be disturbances. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the appointment of a select committee " to inquire into the mode of granting and renewing leases of landed and other property of the bishops, deans, and chapters, and other ecclesiastical bodies of England and Wales; and into the probable amount of any increased value which might be obtained by an improved management, with a due consideration of the interests of the Established ChurCh and of the present lessees of such property." It led to an extended discussion. Mr. Linost.t. met the motion with a direct negative, as did Sir R. INGLIs, who declared that there was no more right to alienate the church propeay, than there was to interfere with private property. Sir R. PEEL also spoke powerfully against the course pursued by the government, asking whether any man could believe that the committee was asked for a view of finding a substitute for church rates? lie condemned the course as an evasion of the duty of the executive, pushing the responsibility on a committee. He also contended, it there were a surplus, that it ought to be used for spiritual objects. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER then closed the debate with a speech the exact bearing of which it was, as usual, dif ficult to ascertain. The division took place immediately after, when, in a house of-518 members, ministers obtained a majority of 36. The house again divided on an amendment of Mr. LIDDELL, to the effect of applying any surplus to the increase of church accommodation, or increasing the salaries of clergy men, which was negatived by ' a majority of 11 ; the numbers being, for the amendment, 254—against it, 265. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Marquis of LoNrioN.DEanv inquired whether the govern ment intended to adopt any steps to effect the adjustment of the claims of those unfortunate British subjects who had been in the service of Spain ? Lord MELBOURNE answered that the government would, as in duty bound, make every effort to effect the speedy payments of such claims. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY expressed bimself satisfied with the answer, and said he only hoped that the government would be strong enough to enforce those just claims. The Earl of WICK LOW and other peers presented ition FHE LIVERI_3OOI,*STNIYAID: MARKET. against any Poor Relief Bill for Ireland, which should secure support for able-bodied persons. The Earl of WINCHILSEA gave notice of his intention to move for a copy of the correspondence between the Lord- Lieutenant of ilertfordshire, and the home secretary, relative to the reduction of the yeomanry cavalry. Earl STANHOPE presented several petitions from manufac turing districts for the repeal of the Poor LawS.Amendment act. The committee o❑ the Custody of Insane Persons t Ireland) bill was deferred at the request of the Earl of Wicklow, as he objected to the power given by the bill to magistrates, and wished to learn from Ireland the opinion on that subject. Lord LouTON directed attention to publications that had ap peared, signed by a Roman Catholic as "Archbishop of Team ;" and inquired whether the government intended to institute any proceedings for the vindication of the law, as such description was contrary to the provisions of the Roman Catholic Relief bill? _ . . Lord MELBOURNE answered that it was not intended to insti tute any proceedings for the recovery of the penalties named in the act to which reference had been made. . .... .. The Earl of WICK Low considered that the answer was most discreditable, and that it proved the government to be afraid to execute the law.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Fitinay, Captain PEC H ELL, having presented a petition from Brigh ton, complaining of . outrageous conduct on a British subject, in the destruction of his nets by French fishermen, gave notice that unless Lord Palmerston gave assurances that he was en deavouring to secure redress from the French government for such grievance, he would bring the whole question of British fisheries before the house. Lord Jolts RUSSELL stated, in answer to Lord Ashley's in quirt', that it was intended to introduce into the new bill re garding factories, clauses on the subject of education. The house afterwards resolved into committee on the Bene fices Pluralities bill, the desultory discussions in which occupied most of the remainder of the sitting. Several amendments to clauses were proposed, and several division took place. Adjourned. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY (Prom the Sunday Times.) CITY, SATURDAY.—It is highly sat►sfactory to be enabled at length to state, which we do with some degree of confidence, that an improvement has taken place, not only in the wholesale, but in the retail departments of trade. The favourable change which has occurred in the weather, has induced a general acti vity in the latter which must soon work a material influence upon the state of things in the manufacturing districts. The commencement of what is called the "spring trade," though delayed much beyond its usual period, will, it is now confidently anticipated, show a very important increase over the transac tions of the same time last year. For the principal export staple articles of commerce, the improvement which has takeit place this week is not by any means so general as in the home markets, but here there has been much more confidence dis played, especially in British and foreign produce. he intelligence from the United States received to as late a date as the 10th ult., is of considerable importance, and is con firmatory of the opinion we have expressed on previous occa sions, that the Bank, of which Mr. Biddle is the managing di rector, would not resume specie payments on the 15th of this month, conformably to the intentions of the Bank of the City and state of New York. In a very long and able letter addres sed by this gentleman to John Quincy Adams, he states his reasons why it would be impossible for the Bank, if they re sumed the liquidation of their notes in gold, tomeet the demand for specie for any considerable period, hence rendering another suspension inevitable. The most important point adduced illustrative of the opinion is, that the executive is resolved to carry out the principles of the celebrated Treasury Circular which was issued by General Jackson before he quitted the pre sidential chair. With the prospect that the government would exact specie for all sales of land and bonds outstanding, the Banks would soon be drained of all their bullion, and a worse state of things Mr. Biddle considers would follow, than is now actually experienced throughout America. The United States Bank will not, therefore, resume specie payments on the 15th instant, and should those of New York do so, it will be a short time only, an:l with the view of securing their charters. This is an unfortunate state of things, and will retard very materially the re-commencement of any general activity in commerce in America, and consequently rendering.our intercourse with that country, for some months longer, extremely unproductive. The state of Virginia had passed a law relieving the Banks of that State from the disabilities caused by the non-resumption of specie payments. A similar course, no doubt, will be followed by the legislatures of other States. The quotations of the British Securities showed a disposition to decline easily in the week, for which it is hardly possible to assign any good cause. There have, it is true, again been cir culated reports of differences between her Majesty and the Pre mier, upon the subject of creating certain peers at the approach ing coronation; as well as assertions that some noble members of the upper branch of the legislature have expressed their de termination to offer passive resistance to the Cabinet, if too many of the aspirants for distinction are admitted to bear coro nets; in other words, that if any desire is shown to "swamp" the anti-government party in the Lords, that they will not vote for the measures of Lord Melbourne and his colleagues. To these rumours may be added as accounting for the dull state of the Consol Market, a fear that the probable adjustment of the Belgic question is as far off as ever. The value of Consols for money has been reduced from 931 to 93i, and for Account from 93% to 93J. The prices at the close of business yesterday afternoon were, however, rather higher. For the Three-and-a -' Half per Cents there has been some demand, at 1001; for the Three-and-a-Half per Cents Reduced, at 1001 %; and for the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, at 101% %. East India Stock nas risen to 271; but Bank of England Stock has been very heavy for some days past, at from 205 to 205. 1 . The pre mium upon Exchequer Bills was yesterday quoted at 725., and of India_Bonds at 80s. The Portuguese, the Northern, the Belgian, and the Dutch Securities have been in fair demand this week, but, with the exception of the first-mentioned, very little variation has taken place in the prices. Portuguese Stock declined about 12 to 2 per cent. a day or two since, but from what cause it is rather difficult to imagine, as the advices received from Lisbon to the 26th ult. are of a favourable character, the ministry having been reinforced by parties who are tried friends to the liberal cause. The lowest price of the Five per Cents was 311, and of the Three per Cents, 21-1 ; but upon these rates an advance has since occurred from 11 to 11 per cent. The business done in Spanish Stock this week has been trifling. The highest price has been 20k, and the lowest 20g. French Five per Cents. have not rallied upon the value of last week; the Five per Cents are quoted at 107 f. 50c., and the Three per Cents at 81f. Exchange, 25f. 50c. The prices of the Republican Stocks re main very nearly the same as noticed in our summary of this day week—viz., Mexican, at from 271 to '2B; Colombian, at from 27,1 to 271; and Brazilian, at from 751 to 761. The shares of several new Asphalte Companies have been added to the list of those in the market, but only one or two of them are likely to succeed. The shares of Claridge's Patent are still in demand, and have advanced from 141 to 161, or 141 pm. The Polonceau Shares have not yet been issued, but have been sold at 2or 3 pm. Those of the Bastenne and Gaujac Company have recovered from 21 to 41 pm. per share. The shares of the United States Company (Claridges's) have not yet been circulated, but they are worth 2 and 3 pm. The shares of the North American and West Indian Company are worth to apm. for the coming ont. The Railway Shares have been sold at rather heavy prices this week. The Birmingham and. Derby have fetched but 27, or 3 dis.; the London and Birming ham at 173, or 83 pm.; the new shares, 31, or 26 pm. ; the Great Western, 94, or 29 pin.; the Brighton, at 91, or 11 pm.; the Southampton (ole), 46, or 4 dis.; the Greenwich, 161, or dis.: the Croydon, 171, or 2‘ dis.• the North Midland, 411, or 62 pm ; the Blackwall, 72, or 21 pm. ; and the Man chester and Leeds, 351, or 51 pm. These were the lowest prices of the week. Most of the shares were better yesterday afternoon. For Banking Shares the demand is not brisk. However, the British North American Bank Shares have reached 23, or 3 prem. per share. HALF-PAST TWELVE.—The official statement of the Bank of England's assets and liabilities for the quarter ending the 4th inst , exhibit the following results :—the circulation on the weekly average has been increased to £19,081,000, or £87,000 more than in the previous quarter. The deposits have fallen off from £11,262,000 to £11,006,000. The securities in the hands of the Bank are reduced from £22.838,000, to £22.768.000; and the stock of Bullion is stated at £10,002,000, or £124,000 below the average weekly sum in hand during the former quarter. In the undivided profits (or Rest) of the Bank, there has been an increase of £35,000; this item stands at £2,715,000, by the present return. It aprears from this statement, that the Bank of England, as well as the private Banks of England, are increasing their circulation of notes. Ship letters have come to hand from Bombay, but they are of a much earlier date than those previously received. _ edifices of interest from any part of the world. 'The English Stock Market is steady at about the closing quotations of yesterday. Consols for Account realize 93a, and for Money the same. Exchequer Bills are at 72, and India Bonds at 80 pm. . The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents are worth 101 3 . In the Foreign Market Spanish Consols are at 20', Portu guese New Bonds at 331, Brazil Stock at 76, and Dutch Two and-a- Half per Cents at 54. The Asphalts Shares are in demand again to-day, Claridge's at 141, the Bastenne at 2, and the Liverpool Asphalte at 21 premium. Great Western Railway Shares fetch '29, and the Birmingham 84 premium. The other Shares remain without iteration. STENfiI TO NEW YORK. THE GREAT WESTERN AND SIRIUS. By the particulars stated in the following letter, which has appeared in the Shipping Gazette, it will be seen that the rate of progress of the Great Western has been considerably more rapid than that of her rival:— . " Great Western Steam Ship Office, Bristol, 19, Trinity -street, April 30th. Sir,—Previous to the sailing of the Sirius, a statement of her having outsteamed the Great Western, in the Thames, on a trial which never took place, appeared in the Morning Herald, and the Globe, at the very moment passengers would have been influenced by the same, and as letters from the Commander ( Hoskins) and others, stating the real facts, were not inserted, I am induced, as the moment approaches for their retrarn, to take this method of guarding against similar practices, nd of upholding the interests of the Company I represent. " The Sirius appears to have been spoken with on the 7th inst., long. 17 ; 10th, in long. 25 ; and on the 14th, in.loncr. 37. The Great. Western on the 15th, in long. 32. (I drop the mi nutes and latitudes in both cases.) "On the 7th the Sirius was in 17 . deg., and on the Bth, when the Great Western started from Kingsroad (in long. 3,) sup pose her to have been in 20 or 21 deg., or in other words, to have accomplished 17 or 18 degrees of the GO that lay before her, when the Great Western commenced her voyage Of 71 de grees. On the 14th, the Sit ins is reported in long. 37; allowing her another Clay's work upon her average she would be in 40 deg. on. the 15th, the soar day the Great irestern is repotted to have been spoken in 32 deg. Thus, then. the latter had gained about ten degrees upon the former, and had made good 29 deg. of the long. in seven days; and the Sirius had made good the same nun, ber in ten days. It is true the Great W esteru escaped the Saturday's portion of the north-westerly gale which continued .to blow when she started on Sunday, and that the Sirius encountered it. " My attention has Seen drawn to an advertisement in your columns, which is in the form of a circular , h as been liberally distributed, drawing comparisons, as I conceive, detrimental to the good name which justly belongs to the engines of the Great Western, because Mr. Hall's condensers are not on board. In all matters connected with the engine -room the Di rectors have been guided by engineering , advice, and although I am aware many points are to be considered besides the speed and regularity of the same performance, if one may form an 'opinion from the rapid progress of the ship under most unfavour able circoinstances (judging by the reports of the weather since she - sailed) it would appear they have been discreetly counselled. ." It is intended the Great Western should again start from Bristol on, the 2Gth of May, the advertisement touching which will . be sent you in due time. " I remain, Sir, Yours, &c., " CHRISTOPHER CLAXTON, Managing Director. CIIURCII EXTENSION IN SCOTLAND. AMEETING of those who are friendlv,to the above object, will he held in the Music.H ALL, Bali-street, on FRIDAY, next, the 11th instant, at Two o'clock, C 4WFORD LOGAN, Esq., in the Chair. The Reverends Diiton, Dr. Anderson, John Christison, John Murray, Dr. Cooke, of Relfast, with -other eminent Clergymen, are expected to address the Meeting. TO THE GENTLEMEN OF LIVERPOOL C. & J. GILLHAM, HAT MANUFACTURERS, ti r RUSSELL HOUSE, LORD-S' EET. A GAIN, with gratitude, return their si cere thanks for the 111. unprecedented patronage bestowed n their ESTABLISH MENT during the past Seven Years, and o assure them of their determination steadily to persevere in that system which has se cured for themselves this enviable position, and so decidedly met the approbation of almost every Family in the Town and Neigh bourhood of Liverpool. Having completed extensive• alterations in their Premises they are now prepared with the most SPLENDID STOCK of GOODS ever offered to their notice. At this ESTABLISH MENT the PRICE of the BEST HAT that can be made is TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS. Lord•street, corner of Whitechapel. PIANO-FORTE AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE, 16. BOLD-STREET. B. PALMER respectfully calls the /attention of his J• Friends and the Public to his present legant and varied Assortment of PIANO-FORTES, select i et from the Manu facturers of the most eminent London Ma rs, which he is ena bled to sell at as low prices as any House in the Trade. Any in strument purchased of J. B. P., if not approved of, will be exchanged any time within twelvemonths. Several Second-hand Harps, Nicholson's Flutes, and Piano fortes on Sale, at very low prices. A large quantity of Music at HALF PRlCE.—Merchants, Captains, Schools, and Professors supplied on the most liberal terms. NEW MUSIC. THE KEEL ROW QUADRILLES. Just published, a SECOND EDITION Of these HIGHLY POPULAR QUADRILLES. In the Press and will speedily be published, A NEW BAI LAD. "HOPE SHALL WHISPER HAPPY DAYS," By JAMES STOREHOUSE, Author of the the Words of the Li verpool Beef Steak Club Prize Glee, "Smiling Mirth," "King and Fatherland," &c. Music by Wm. SHEPHAIID. MISCELLANEOUS. -=-=4-- . . Sir George [Clerk was eleeted Member of Parliament fur Stamford, on Tuesday last, without opposition. The Whigs did not venture to show fight. it is Lady Catherine Harcourt, eldest daughter of the Earl of Liverpool, for several years the intimate friend of her Ma jesty, who it is said, be created an English Peeress at the Co ronat io . LARGE LANIII.—On the 11th of April a cross-bred ewe, be longing to Mr. John Harrison, of Moor Houses, near Warcop, yeaned a lamb of the extraordinary length of 2 feet, 91 inches from the. nose to the tip of the tail; 1 foot 6 inches in height, and weighing 131bs.—Carlisle Patriot. The Bishop of Peterborough has promoted Archdeacon Strong to the vacant prebendal stall in that cathedral. The venerable dignitary is above 80 years of ale. The Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Percy, Lordßishop of Carlile, has pres'ented the Rev. Edward Salkeid, A.M., minister of Trinity Church, Carlile, to the vicarage of Aspatria, vacant by the death of the late much esteemed vicar, the Rev. Edward Thompson. On Sunday last, the Rev. Chas. Hawkins, B. C. L. Canon Residentlary, was instituted to the Vicarage of Stillingfieet, to which he had been presented by the Dean and Chapter. A matrimonial alliance between the second son of Lord Can terbdry and Miss Thompson, daughter of an opulent Norfolk family, is likely to take place in May. The Times announces the formation of a lay association for the defence of the church; the right to membership costing an annual subscription of one guinea, or donation of ten guineas. Both the literary and political world are looking forward with much eagarness to the forthcoming correspondence, and other confidential papers of the great Lord Chatham, Among other articles of extreme curiosity, it will comprise one or two original letters of Junius. POWER OF• THE Wrr.r..—Captain Franklin relates that an Esquirnaux, having lost his wife, prayed earnestly for the power of suckling the infant, and was enabled so to do !—Quarterly Review. THE GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—The Triennial Festival of the Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester choirs, takes place the second week iu September. Grisi and Lablache are engaged. From Lord John Russell's statement, it is to be presumed that the Irish Municipal Col poration Bill is to be put off for th e present session; or, in other words, is to be postponed sine die One of the sons of Mr. Leigh Hunt, and the eldest son of Mr. Sheridan Knowles, have been appointed to clerkships in the General Register Office. CAUTION To PUBLICANS.—At the Bolton sessions, a quan tity of spirituous liquors, which had been taken from various public-houses in Bolton, for being more than 17 per cent.under proof, was condemned by the magistrates. At Newmarket First Spring Meeting, on Tuesday, the 2000 guineas stakes were won by Lord G. Bentinck's gr. c. Gray Momus (ridden by J. Day), beating, by a length, Mr. Thorn hill's Stanton, and Lord Suffield's Bamboo. MonE Commissiorcirisnips.—A committee of Privy Coun cil met yesterday to consider the Manchester charter. Their Lordships determined to send down two commissioners to in vestigate the statements for and against the charter.—Globe. A letter from Portsmouth states, that on the evening of Lord Durham's arrival at Portsmouth, his Lordship and family dined at one table and his staff at another, in the same room, and at the same hour! We suppose we shall soon hear of Lord Durham reviving the old custom of arranging his guests above and belOw the salt-cellar. GREAT SPEED.—Tbe steam-boat Ben Franklin, lately ar rived at Cincinnati, from Wheeling, (400 miles) in twenty hours. It avetaged sixteen miles per hour, including stoppages, and is the first that ever performed the distance within the day. —New York Herald. A JONATHANISNL—A cat, belonging to a widow, sat lately upon half-a•dozen duck eggs, and continued her attentions un til the eggs were hatched; and there is now to be seen a fine brood of six young ones, half duck and half cat, having duck's heads and cat's tails ; and what is still more wonderful, they mew and quack alternately. THE CORONATION.—The Gazette of Tuesday last contains a proclamation, fixing the coronation for Thursday, the 28th of June, instead of the 26th, as previously announced. GALLANTRY.—A sailor who had spent nearly all his days on the blue waters, and knew little of land gear, came ashore the other day, and in passing up a street saw a little women going along with a large muff before her; he stepped up very politely, and offered to carry it for her as he was going the same way. DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION.—A young lady intending to sue for breach of promise, put her lover's letter into a bag for the purpose of producing them in court, when, sad to tell, their own natural warmth produced spontaneous combustion, and ashes alone remained.—From the American Papers. WHISKEY PUNCH.—" Put in the spirits first," says his riv'- rence, " and then put in the sugar ; and, remember, every dhrop of wather you put in after that spoils the punch."—Black wood. IN TIME OF PEACE PREPARE FOR WAR.—On Cape Cod, as soon as a young woman is engaged to be married, she suffers her finger nails to grow long, so that in case she should be obliged to throw herself on her reserved rights, she may come to the scratch with some prospect of success. WHAT'S IN A NAME ?—The only bank in North America (says the Albany Journal), which has not yet within the current year suspendedithe payment of specie, is the " Niagara Suspen sion Bridge Bank. NEWSPAPER LEADING ARTICLES.—Madame de Stael lived, and may be said to have died, in the belief that revolutions were effected, and countries governed, by a succession, of clever pamphlets. This is very near the truth. The powerful news papers of the day, with what is called the leading article, are nothing more than a succession of clever pamphlets. It is said that three newspapers in France effected the revolution of July, 1830.—Monoirs of Sir Wm. Knighton. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—In addition to the munificent dona tions of £3OO, presented respectively by the Duke of Northum berland and the Coal Trade Committee, in aid of the funds of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the next meeting of which body will be held at Newcastle, John Hodgson Hinde, Esq. M.P. and William Ord, Esq. M.P. have also each given £5O towards the same object. It is understood, that the Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, the Trinity House, and other influential bodies will show a becoming spirit of liberality on an occasion so deserving the patronage of the affluent. It is estimated, that about £2OOO will be required. FAVOURABLE TO MA Teo MONY.—Mr. Fairet, in his estimate of suicides in Paris, for thirty years, says, " Of the 6782 persons who attempted suicide, only 1,695, or about one-fourth, were living in the state of legitimate marriage; and, when we con sider how small, comparatively, the number of the unmarried is at those periods of life at. which the act is generally commit ted, it may be inferred, that the proportion of suicides among persons living single, is ten times as great as among those who are married." It is remarkable, that no woman ever killed her self from misanthropy. PERILS OF THE SEA.—The vessels, principally American, re ported in 1837 to have been totally lost, were 94 ships and barques, 136 brigs, 234 schooners, 12 sloops, and 15 steam-boats, making a total of 420! The lives reported to be lost number 1,295, of which 28 men were lost in January, 54 in February, 2-1 in March, 30 in April, 12 in May, 16 in June, 42 in July, 50 in August, 32 in September, 43 in October, 43 November, and 6 in December. More than one vessel a total loss, and more than three lives lost at sea every day.—New York Herald. We understand that the sum of £2OOO. has been paid to Capt. Rees, of the Star steam - packet , as a reward to himself an d crew for the manly and perilous exertions they made in saving the Estraband, of Greenock , and towing h er i n t o Kingston Har bour. The cargo saved is said to have been worth upwards of £ 100.000. SELECT COMMITTEE ON JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—The Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir R. Peel, Mr. Poulett Thompson, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Clay, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Baring, Mr. Loch, Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Pattison, Mr. M. Attwood, Mr. Strutt, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Shaw, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Jephson. A woman at Lille has been convicted of murdering no fewer than 25 children. The Turkish Sultan has been elected an honorary member of the Asiatic Society. FEMALE LABOUR IN FACTORIES.—Mr. Richard Pilling, in illustrating the extent of female labour in some of our cotton factories (to the exclusion of the male sex), stated that there were 1300 looms propelled by power in Mr. Orrell's mill, worked by 700 females, the husbands remaining at home to conduct the domestic arrangements ; and that one woman in the above mill, with the mere assistance of a girl, was compelled to weave 1200 yards of cloth in one week, a labour which he considered to have been sufficient for twelve men I —Stockport Advertiser. WAKEFIELD A BONDED PORT.—We learn that this matter is under serious consideration in the_ proper quarter, with a very fair prospect of being carried into effect.—Leeds Intelligence. How To MAKE A HORSE Gnow.—" That is a tarnish tall Boss,' said Laidlow. " Yes, I guess you can 't accoun t f or it," replied Jonathan. " No, how," said Laidlaw. "He belongs to so and so, the livery-man, and his tallness comes through his having been regularly higher'd (hired) every day for the last seven years." CARNARVON.—SeveraI base sovereigns are being put in cir culation in this town and neighbourhood. It is understood that a gang of coiners at Liverpool, have made a regular depot of base coin at Chester, and that itinerants from the latter place are busily employed in circulating them through this part of the Principality. MONSTROSITY.—A cow belonging to Mr. David Jackson, of Routen Syke, iii Arlecdon, have birth to a calf on Tuesday last, with two heads and two necks—the union of the necks being close to the shoulder. In all other respects the formation was single. It was nearly full-grown, but life was entirely extinct when it was calved.—Carlisle Patriot. WAKEFIELD CATTLE FAIR, MAY 2.—The supply of beasts penned this morning was limited—met a ready sale, and the turn dearer. Sheep were in great abundance, and although, a full attendance of buyers, the trade was heavy, and many re mained unsold. Beef, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d., prime us. 9d. per stone of 14 lbs; Mutton, in wool, syitl. to 6d. ' choice 6,1 d. per lb., clipped sd. to sid. Beast s , 389 ; Sheep, 8.000. NATURAL CURIOSITY.—A fine specimen of the Gannet has been sent to Mr. Chapman ; of York, to pre serve, b y the Bev. George Marwood, of Busby Hall, near Stokesley. It was found on the moor near his house, by a mats who was looking after sheep, quite dead, with about two in ches of the under j aw of the Garfish through the centre of the right eye, and through the optic nerve, which had caused inflammation on the brain, and so produced death. The Garfish is about twenty inches in length, the upper jaw about five inches long, but the under jaw is about one itch longer and very sharp.—Leeds Intelligencer. LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.—OR Tuesday, the directors of this railway proceeded along the line front London a distance of twenty-three miles, prepar a • t t o or W y t°okiitnsgbeermm'n ngo ° pe ' ned to the public on the 14th instant. The object of the journey was to arrange the stations as well as to test the safety of the line, and to give such orders as will ensure ihe public against accidents on the opening. The excursion was most satisfactory. The engine employed on the occasion was made by Messrs. C. Tayleur and Co., of Warrington, and during some parts of the Journey went at the rate of twenty five miles an hour. It was a singular and gratifyintgihtecaiilcwun chair man j st o a h n n ce m th os a s t , directorsthEesq.,the chairman h aiwererinaonn (t)hfistioleccdaisrieoentoarcscootmlitt:etnGierdanbytd wa),, of and ho e - Charles L iverpool L Lawrence, Manchestere . E s (t. , Junc Junction t Railway, the directors w bpd p athemselvesfinished n s i h g e h d l y stalee ease ad with of and thesethe state gentlemenof t thee the railway. Lord John Russell again last night played the part of Ackzon to his hounds, on the Pluralities Bill. He was sharply, indeed, baited by Messrs. Hume, Hawes, Rippon, &c.; but by the help of Sir Robert, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Goulbourn, he got 'through. 'Mr. Hume made an admission for which we are grateful to him—he said, that £400,000 per annum would be necessary to raise the lower classes of livings in England and Wal , .s , to £2OO per annum each—a provision which we appre hend will not be thought unnecessary by any one. Now nobody pretends to say that more than 1'400,000 per annum can be obtained by any improvement in the letting of church-lands. What, then, is the use of trilding out any pretence that the Church property can be made to afford to contribute to rates? — Standard, Saturday. 4 4 MAY 8, P-38. ' E-RO VA LIVERPOOL. The Last Night but Three of Mr. and Mrs. WOOD, who will appear This Evening in the Opera of FEA DIAVOLO, which has been received on' each representation with the most enthusiastic applause by crowded auditories, being the only night o❑ which it can be represented. Third Week of Mr. IVIARTYN and Mr. CLEMENT WHITE. Last Week of THE NEW COMIC PANTOMIME. THIS present TUESDAY, the Bth May instant , wil l be performed, for the last time, the favourite Opera of FRA DIAVOLO ; OR, THE INN OF TERRACINA. Zerlina Mrs. Wood Era Diavolo Mr. Wood. Lord Allcash Mr. G. Horncastle. Lorenzo Mr. Clement White I Beppo Mr. Martyn. Lady Allcash....Mrs. W. H. Bland To conclude with The New Comic Pantomime, with entirely New Scenery. New Machinery, New Tricks, &c., called HARLEQUIN IN SICILY; OR, JACK O'LANTERN. TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) for the fi time this season, the favourite Opera of CINDERELL . Cinderella, Mrs. Wood; The Prince, Mr. Wood; Da. • i• , Mr. Martyn; Baron Bompolino, Mr. G. Hotneastle: • -dro, Mr. Baker; The Fairy, Mrs. W. H. Bland; Clorin. a, Miss Grant ; Thisbe, Mrs. E. Benwell; with HARLEQUIN IN SICILY. On THURSDAY, for the last time, the Opera of NIN ETTA , OR, THE MAID OF PALAISEAU, with THE COMIC PANTO MIME. On FRIDAY, a FAVOURITE OPERA, in which Mr. and Mrs. WOOD,tvill perform, with other Entertainments, for the BENEFIT of Mr. and Mrs. WOOD, and their Last Appear ance. The popular Actress, Mrs. NISEETT, of the Theatres-royal , Drulli-lane and Haymarket, is engaged for TEN NIGHTS, and will make her appearance here on MONDAY, May Mb, in her celebrated character of Constance, in Mr. Knowles' Play of the LOVE-CHASE, as performed by her eighty-five nights in succession, last night, at the Haymarket Theatre. TO THE PUBLIC. Owing to the very liberal encouragement whick we have received from our advertising friends, and for which we beg leave to tender our grateful acknowledgments, we have come to the resolution TO ENLARGE THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TO THE EXTENT OP SIX AD DITIONAL COLUMNS Hitherto we have frequently been under the necessity of excluding various articles of local interest, and a large proportion of general news, in consequence of the great press of advertisements with which we have been fa voured. We have often, also, been forced to the alter native of materially curtailing our reports as well as our editorial remarks, on the same account. The pro posed enlargement will enable us to embody aigreater share of such intelligence as may be generally useful, and to extend our reports of the various public meet ings, 4.c., which may be held in the neighbourhood, as well as to present to our readers a mass of amusing and instructive extracts from modern publications, which latter we intend to make a prominent feature in the STANDARD. It will alio afford us great pleasure to avail ourselves o the opportunity which the coiteniP kited enlargement of the STANDARD will give us for advocating more fully those conservative principles for 2:chich we have uni formly contended. The extended patronage which we enjoy shall operate as a stiniulus to increased real and energy in defence of that gloriods cause to which we feel an ardent attachment---the cause of the Monarchy, the Church, and the constitution of Great Britain. We are happy to announce that arrangements are in progress for considerably increasing the number of agents for the sale of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. When these arrangements are matured, we anticipate a material increase in our circulation, an advantage which we feel confident will be duly appreciated by our advertising friends. We also flatter ourselves that the great increase of matter which the STANDARD Will contain in its enlarged form will procure for us ad ditional support from the conservative public iu Liverpool. The proposed enlargement will take place in THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE, after which the LIVERPOOL STANDARD will contain TWELVE COLUMNS OF ADDITIONAL MAT TER PER WEEK, without any increase of price. Ebt ft:pool *tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1838. The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn'- iog at 5 o'clock. THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE BALLOT QUESTION.- 7 - The discussion which arose in the Town Council, on Wednesday last, on the subject of voting by ballot, has/ spread the utmost consternation in the radical camp. It is evident from the tone of the Chronicle, the acknow ledged representative of ultra-radical opinions in this town, that the conduct of certain reformers in the Town Council will be viewed in anything but a favourable light, when next they come before their constituents to claim a renewal of their confidence. The language , of the Chronicle, independently of its pathos, is extremely instructive but we are not a little surprised that our shrewd contemporary has not long since found out the real character of the tyrant-majority in the council. Glad are we that the eyes of the sapient editors of that polite journal have, at length been opened, and that they have been enabled to obtain a glimpse of the truth, hovV ever faint. The Chronicle says," We turn with sad and melancholy feelings to the thought of the shipwreck of principle made by the majority of the Town Council on Wednesday." Sera nunquam est ad bonos mores via. It is better to confess an error tardily than to persist in it for ever with dogged pertinacity. Where was the Chronicle when the same "majority in the Town Council" made "shipwreck of their principles" by the election of 16 aldermen of the same side in politics with themselves! for the purpose of effectually swamping the corporation with radicalism ? Why did the Chronicle pass over in silence the " Sacrifice of principle" committed by the tyrant majority when they turned out of office the old and faithful and efficient servants of the corporation, for the purpose of superseding them by their own servile creatures, and that at such a great expense to the public ? Against this exhibition of partiality, the Chronicle was never heard to declaim. Why did the Chronicle not lift its voice to declaim against the one•sided policy of the Council in filling the vacancies in the Dock Committee? Why was the Chronicle not " sad and melancholy" on the many other occasions on which the same tyrant majority have evinced their utter disregard of all their previous professions ? We beg to assure our very temperate, classical, erudite, and Chesterfield-like contemporary that many acts of the Town Council have been far more deserving of its severe animadversi - ons than the pro ceeding of Wednesday last. Nay, further : we would respectfully submit that the Chronicle is bound in con sistency to defend the vote of the majority on Wednes day. They only afforded a practical illustration of the working of the system of vote by ballot—an illustration' worth volumes of unmeaning verbiage such as the' Chronicle has wasted on the subject. The Chronicle. ought to reflect that a parallel case to that presented in the Council might happen among the electoral body, if the vote by ballot were conceded. Let us suppose that at the next municipal election the system of secret voting were adopted, and that in consequence sixteen conserva:- tives were returned to the Town Council, Would DO the Chronicle become equally " sad and melancholy"' at. such a result? Would not all the yelping curs. in, the different radical kennels in town howl in dismal unison ?" Would it not be said that the electors had baen guilty a " shipwreck of principle" ? And let us assure the Chronicle that such an outcry about consistency and principle would be. equally just ir k the case which we have supposed. Are the electors themselves not a responsible body ? If they were no t . it would be rank absurdity for any one to complain 01 any of their acts, whether done openly or under the fur tive covert of the ballot. Are they not as arnenable to public opinion as the members of the Town Council ? Are they not, in fact, a representative body ? Do they not represent the interests of those who are not in pos session of the suffrage ? they do not, we would ventw to ask whado ? It is well known that the whole constituency of the country, municipal as well as parliamentary, doe's not amount to one-tenth of the population. By whom , then, are the remaining nine-tenths represented ? say by the electors, whom we consider to be as account' able for the exercise of their franchise as the members of the Town Council are for the votes which they may g iv° on any question whatever. Is it not palpably evident from what we have Ju st stated, that. the Chronicle is inconsistent in its denunot