The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-28 00:00:00

..._IIUtSbAY, MARCH 28, 185 Manttb. LADY desires a RE-ENGAGE- Ache,' as GOVERNESS ina Family. The branches 'll'eferenrece!lish, M d dr usic, Frnch, and Drawing. ''ven.—Aess E., e Standard-office. GREAT SALE OF IRISH POPLIN S. FINAL NOTICE. RETIRING FROM BUSINESS. J. C. NADIN respectfully intimates that, as his STOCK of IRISH POPLINS is now nearly sold off, be has deter mined to make a still greater reduction in prices on the remaining portion of his Goods, to commence on Tests DAY, (Tuesday,) the 28th instant. Ladies are invited to make an early selection from amongst these rich and valuable dresses, which are now being offered at prices hitherto unprecedented. Patterns, with prices, sent on receipt of four postage stamps. PARKER-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Hours of Business from Nine until Five. N.B.—A few bargains yet remain of genuine Irish Linens ; also, some Irish Oak Ornaments, to be sold very cheap.— J. C. N. ke(x) UNTA E P ING.— A n ex p er i ence d 14 6 • kLA \ DY to ( b. l : , ..aving part of the week disen7a.. ge , d, vote it to assistance in BOOK-KEEPING qendaT,.°vC NTS on moderate terms.—Address 4 COLivp'ool. :t;altiBBES BOIJLT'S PREPARATORY qrt„;)e4l3. for 'riling Gentlemen. Quarter corn 's.-- ark, Lodge-lane. STANDARD GENERAL PRINTINGPRINTING OFFICE, 4, ST. GEORGE'S-CRESr!ENT, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. LETTERPRESS PRINTING of every description, including tNko fv ., 'l4 MECHANICS' INSTITUTION r ks s c o h ,se n „, , HOOLS. ""4' Sella L, I The LOWER S CHOOL, I The INFANT SCHOOL, kAltrAed the" EVFNING SCHOOL. 11 „ "MITICDCe d on SATURDAY last. `°.ritainin. detailed statement of Terms, way cation . W. NICHOL, Secretary. Ita rcil, 1854. PAMPHLETS, FORMS, INVOICES, ZERMONS, BILLS OF LADING, CUSTOM-HOUSE REPORTS, CARDS, ENTRIES, CATALOGUES, CIRCULARS, &C. &C., SHARERORERS' POSTING BILLS OF ROOKS, EVERY SIZE, EXECUTED WITH THE GREATEST PROMPTITUDE. g r Nieur G , V AND CALISTHENICS.— %,44"3 an d ET 'and DUGIT respectfully inform 14 1 t'a b ,..runils, that their Spring Quarter will next, the Ist of April, and that the Days ~Loc:r Academies are as follows : ` -4 " MY, Thursday and Saturday, at 2 o'clock. 1 o'clock. *in dside, 'Saturday ll o'clock. In Stock, and Manufactued to Order. JOURNALS, LETTER DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, LETTER BOOKS, COPYING BOOKS, BILL BOOKS, AND WASTE BOOKS, IN EVERY VARIETY OF STYLE. (,„ , l z R kltkartn th .ARWOOD and SON respectfully 1t 0111 tr Pupils and Friends, that the SPRING At6Litnence from SATURDAY next, the Ist Fi",nEMY for DANCING, 42, Nelson-street Y , t 1 ,4 ' l l-TRI)AY raven-TOMSBIRKENHEAD, 4NN/11.i ft :TURDAY Cat No. 10, Miles-street, Pee1!!,0,41% !!,0,41% vrEDNESD kir and SATURDAY ; and Io l ,?Vr.:"l'arld-road, WEST DERRY, on TUESDAY ffelve o'clock. George-square, March, 1854. bt o 4 „N h AT, SCITDA toi,N of Cambridge, and Mr. RUSSELL beg to 46 11 iti r e L'ts of Liverpool and its Vicinity, that they liNtli - r„n B e at the above place, nnmber e tb , EN. Terms, for Pupils under th!rteen Guineas ; above that age, Sixty Guineas. o ,er n - le n li vv ist ruction in the Classics, Mathematics, p re i nct i i th tjle . usua a l a ß L r a a a nches of an English i tp ae,,.ra ed. in u b a e f reamLan guages are made as nversation. `tb (kk o ' vv r , e v V e ll d be at the Wellington Hotel, in Li taked ) e the 29th instant, and will l lttt a e la,rbte of any Bo ys whom their Friends may References will be given, if required. Tod Y be obtained from the PROPRIETOR of II " O T . r.. Letters to be addressed to 10, ,: Ninon I :1; ' • , 4 1v 1111 ,IGHTIoN COLLEGE, 8„- GHTON, NEAR LIVERPOOL. 1, 11 l1: 41 . '• • • ••. • .... Rev. J. BAYLEE, D.D. if; • • ......... Rev. D. G. POGGI, D.D. Ckki‘lAL aI ASTER .R. PARKIN, B.A. lAs,'Arrea.... H. BURTON. 1/44~ht,14 \ i. l4 l , t b lt ........ HERR ZIMMERMANN. 1"1.'11 ...... S. C"WTHE ATFORHAM. ‘1 ) , 11 .4. 1 .: 4 • ..... HERR FORR C H H IRWOOD. NI • Nk ...... -'• • D 14 e l 'q .......... W. SHEPPAR 1 ,4 be04,,./a/j,_ txamisEns. Witk"Poi o " 44 , ,tics, *c.—Rev. It. WILSON, D.D. n i • tv - uepartment and Modern Language n i , 0 1 ilt: t e ,; I "tea into the Preparatory Section from Six Not ` I Te N CZk e es. tlll commence on tll e e v lo D ll r i . o_f tt,a Cheshire. wt 4 nsuranCe wows: - k, F i n i kOn 1- RE OFFICE.—Those Parties llai"`vpo.licies were renewable on the 23th 'tit e Y Informed that, for their own security, ,C,l4 e led within Fifteen Days from that date. 6, High.street, fo rk-buildings, Dale-street, Agents. )% ItATIO -- _ N OF THE LONDON ASSURANCE. Bqt4 BLISIIED A.D. 1720. i' 4°IAL EXCHANGE, CORNIIILL, I. ko, ► 7 7, PALL-MALL, LONDON. 'lli 11 NSAI, tilltester, Esq, Governor. 141 4 Arbuthnot Esq., Sub-Governor. g,"lNbregton, F sq.' M.P., Deprity-Govern. of p,,,,lith ,18N.CES' erre ' cted upon every descr3ption7d. ~ s -,i.A - "e usual reductions allowed on and zn Bui n l, ' O A: ,`, (Ire/owes, SIC. and for single nianagente t, 0 jS),. “acest rates current. ,FIRE NOTICE. k,...''KED AGAINST FIRE by this Corpora- Aptil; typoiktla expi re at LADY DAY,respectfully are ould renew .si,A pat, their own security, they h IXN . Ii - r, EN DAYS from the said Q should Ii`DAY. r 'IVArri. Ne ES--This branch of t UA Corp ' if) tSlj:,.%?, l _? tvithout t any e cliae r ai n ie r management, oration's Assured. all other infor- I I ?4 ‘l I,lleir'e'aaZaeg Fire ° Tates, and free, a '44 , 1 at their Offices, or seat on applica -44. SC:Om 1, India-buildings, Water-street; ',NOTE, 13, Rumford-place ; ' 4 113%,,,,N1ts for Liverpool and adjacent parts.; or to . ' k ittERTS, Sandford-street, Birkenhead. fil l , 4 03z AT ` 4 r. --u LcSU RANCE COMPANY. ..e loxit li° x•ru ti • ut "--- i an 000 WARES of Z2o..each. 4 bn sh a 3° R14, 4 b . iii'u, - 't Lei th -4 :ET.;•N D DALE-STREET. 41.41411ileelyChiooltlii:111144:1qt:.;ejn"dR]EI.ZE1311::;:13Nu.C.Enii:41-ari.IBIm°1:151;leeull:EE8: Esq-, " Ito ii c m/ e .,e, 'P. m ePtity-Chai rmen. k\i4,1041 v'al, El• Richard Houghton, Esq. t ) e o lil e b ) ' lici. (1 * Edward Johnston, Esq. N\ So, ~4 1 11; t „ Roger Lyon Jones, Esq. '' tis ' 'fq. James Lawrence, Esq . . 4er, P,:k 1 William J. Marrpw, Esq , 1 / 4 4 )kitIrr;:', r eey,'i I Francis Maxwell, Esq. 11 '' 8 S q. George Maxwell, Esq. 4 '41' 3 .'1. Robert WAndrew, Esq. l'i ii ‘ 4o ll l 4' i hq. William Smith, Esq. L t s tk)l l „ ' --, cl. John Torr, Esq. vi l 'ileri AUDITORS. ti OlCi ks r?gt on, Esq., and John Dickinson, Esq.. 1 / 4 tI lt 4N N. )l SUROEON. kiit l ,lty o . 2 , -.1). Hugh Neill, F.R.A.S. ik I (1 1 41e,it4 Esq SOLICITOR. . t lt t AN n A ' Septimus Booker, Esq. — l.l 1 3110 i c:rmkstv, Percy M. Dove, Esq. 4 6 Al li ' v.N HEAD BRANCH. le, i 'rX BUILDINGS, HAMILTON-STREET. A, '''..lQ4feen!.—Henry Cole, Esq. A li, Sr. Vale. Esq., Hamilton-square. Otp tio ffe ß LIFE BRANCH. V ti Ns Si. --STAMPS ON LIFE POLICIES NOT . LiZep;(l..leete,, CHARGED. 1 , ,,i1ef "' tO the tact that to a defined extent Life li, Neie:4Tect to Income-tax, and that in certain ILL are exempt from the New Succession tb i ltp:4ll4 pi o k , 1..„ riN r ,,, RE BRANCH. Ok, 4 oet o - 1 0 will be effected at moderate rates of Is 4 hi 11 ' 1 111 an y, having the advantage of a ,e het 4115, 'e enabled to distinguish itself by its t1 e ,14, _ „ eCtlenient of Claims. ; . °r $ 1: 4 411 k : EnallletZ.V4 Policy. it 4 Brt iv ies b4l ll N sea assure Lives en any of the following iB h er a tt r : 41 t 11,1t,,CiTINUANCE OF LIFE.—The Premiums 1 4",!'n I 'ED NUMBER OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS. Nk lt yt k, lNCß4 4 Y,a .. ble' at Age 60, or Et Death. S l tfek . 4P 114 72 yS ON CREDIT. \tN IV Su b E PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN ON , 4 1t4,-.,A ' , ANCES MAY BE TOFUEFECTED IN 'QI N 'r. 0,,,i-IT ENUMERATED, EET THE lotlii ttm FT HE PARTY MAKING THE ASSUR \ s,.\, 4 1., :Vlicre,l,llages afforded by the Companyin this 4 7 , NNi l l or `kne f ollowing, viz. i I IiNI_NPIA!, P A ,' I „. CAPITAL, MODERATE PRE -oiu c. 44, cy' T ICIPATION OF PROFITS BY THE r Itri:',ll/114',HARGE FOR ,MANAGEMENT, &c. gi t , ' l 4l Vic.l-1 allowed to Solicitors. liyi, N I . eferees are likewise granted by this CORl lV\qpltt).,'" du ' , , . PERCY M. DOVE, Manager. Ap r a ii „L ex &l i .Y DAY should be renewed on t . evel7X-----,-1, ,I LI II pi, , — , 0 , 14 AND LONDON FIRE /ai r ,•,,NURANCE COMPANY. 1 t,,,, i ..,' , G, TWO MILLIONS. nti,."`ABLISIIED IN 1836. 4 41, ered by Acts of Parliament. t . OFFICES \ k ,0 $ . 21 R :RERi', LIVERPOOL, , AND 'P ) P OULTRY, LONDON. 1, Np. r .„ 010 ar ) TRUSTEES. „. 4 , p.,:trlas Bernard Birch, Bart. /, qei„Oißl'„ Samuel Henry Thompson, Esq. i t - 04,,„-- ~..TORS IN LIVERPOOL. p h t ----- h t nomas Brocklebank, Esq. t4 P4 IttriTOY-ChairMeli. t 'eer et ' sq. and Francis Haywood, Esq. i'sb 4l e 4 nz a a : 9-- Swinton Boult, Esq. ~.q.oirin .e'rOftS IN LONDON. 1/4. 41 e4; 4< ifh., "--- Mattliew Forster, Esq. i,h, ' v eer — e 7 c 7;" - George Frederick Young, Esq. a:011 4 ‘ , , A por g— Beniamin Henderson, ESQ. °t capit a ttNI) RESOURCES. ) e i l subscribed exceeds 8 1, 500 . 00 0 . 1854. 0 0 4-41 paid u a d ' course N ..lc P aYrne t P n in .e 201,322 10 0 I ea n • i alulatedrunds together.. 465,402 s 3 9 6 e d 3. LITHOGRAPHIC AND COPPERPLATE PRINTING. MACHINE RULING. &c. TO CORRESPONDENTS. C. CAMBRIDGE.—We duly appreciate your friendly hint. We are compelled to defer till next week our report of ltir. Parsonage's lecture, delivered to the Liveopool Working Men's Reformation Society on Friday last. A correspondent, wl.o signs himself "One who is not ac quainted with the customs of the musical world," complains that at the concert in Bold-street Music Hall, on Saturday last, neither the performers nor the performances were those named in the programme. liberpoot taribarb, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1854. DECLARATION OF WAR. IT will be seen by our Parliamentary report by electric telegraph, that last night the Ministers made a formal announcement to both Houses of Parliament of the return of the Messenger from St. Petersburg, with the refusal of the EMPEROR -of RUSSIA to comply with the demands of the Western Powers for the evacuation of the Danu bian Provinces. In accordance, therefore, with the previous determination, the only course that remained was a resort'to hostilities, and this neces sity was declared last night in a Message from the Crown. The Message will be taken into consider ation on Friday, but it is believed that the actual declaration of war will be ordered at a council to be held on Wednesday, and instructions will then be issued to the naval forces of the Crown to treat the ships and subjects of Russia as eneniies. All trade with Rusgia will then become illegal, and liable to be punished by seizure and 'forfeiture, except during the time allowed by the'Crown for cargoes alreadyembarked and on their way to this country previous to the breaking out Of war. 'I , ilh 601 ao ,1i• e t 4' £666,724 18 3 1 , i k, If % 11,e ,e()XSTITI.TTION. 4 k . e b ed to. 0.1. 1 1,1, Yof Shareholders unlimited. V‘kti„kll:4%yk,4 DEPARTMENT. t At t \. l t : 1 1 k ixu n , AGA ivsrr Loss OR DAMAGE BY FIRE l'i.lbi t NI k b°,l , THE BRITISH COLONIES, AND 1 41 il a . II "' i 'k 1, - 44 OCX I NSURED at 3s. PER CENT. k i N I A jt 3 7 r 7eived co ,ittivi7re Jell sig7 • • 1842, £23,804. \Vlltit'te'Pi . 1e49 ,409 ... ... l i n n 1852 .9 8 , 655 . • on 4 e ; at!: Policie; ' .tilt . h . this C !mpanY exrtrsefOr ' 4 41 he relneetfully reminded that rece p_ ces . n. .t, 4 " " " il l be .found at the Head Offi l'l'64tlvL Pt :, and in the hands of the reap tt,,14.1k.f3, IDEPARTMENT. l ik iti lt , ,ES I,4I,MDIATE OR DEFERRED. ..„...., ecti z ve 1 1 4 7 4 ree ei uED FREE ()F STAMP DU l'l . ~ 14, to led !in Life Policies amounted N . ( 3 ,.! to z7sa ...... in 1843 to 3,563. Wiik o t , - ' , 197 .... in 1852 to ,'50,800. k EN. , 'fir .. Nll i - Net coMPANY ARE GUARANTEED b l ite d 4 th e A P OLI CI ES ARE ISSUED. ;.11 1 ', tot,, 'ibtlralian Colonies Ntillt ni.4, without extra charge. Great facilities INN 1 4, , 1 'N'eli tt i v reop wal r British America, afforded by the \ fkill l Niiti:'Yste in premiums Foreign rnums Agencies. '' 'k 1 1 4. or t 4, 'NY ba had on application at the Offices 1 3 tIN a re Of 1. * 110 .. S ecretarys. LT, to the Company. ° ti p„„ ' wn , with plenty erod." k~dot°ble SAP MUSIC is sold by ,b e No od 81 S. Seller and Bookseller in this sti.l uatalogues st fr ee on sending 911. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENEIIAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. to make peace while peace is within his power, the want of cordial co-operation on the part of the German Powers, while it may serve to prolong the contest, must result in serious loss to themselves ; but; on the other hand, their assent to the course pursued by England and France may tend in a material degree to bring the struggle sooner to a termination, and diminish the horrors of the sanguinary strife. There is no doubt that much of the obstinacy of the CZAR may be attributed to the hopes he has indulged of obtaining the assistance of his northern allies, owing to the vacillation which has been displayed by each Government ; but England has assumed a position from which she cannot recede, and whether Russia is to be our only foe, or the difficulty is to be increased by the hostility or lukewarmness of Austria and Prussia, there is every confidence that the forces of England and France will be fully equal to the emergency. The fleet under Sir CHARLES NAPIER now commands the mouth of the Baltic ; its crews are animated by national pride, and inspired with full confidence in the prowess of their leader, and they only await the formal decla ration of war to prove to the world that they have not degenerated from the days of NELSON, who made English sailors heroes. In the East a power ful army has already been gathered to second the efforts of the Turks, who have shown themselves worthy of the independence for which they fight, and the very promptitude with which the naval and military forces of England have been equipped and sent forth to battle, will of itself show to Europe the immense resources of the British Empire, and her readiness to put forth her strength when the call of justice demands her interference. With us it is no desire for conquest, but a resistance of aggression. Secure in the righteousness of the cause, the victory is already half achieved ; and now that the real designs of Russia have been laid bare to the world—submitted to the tribunal of public opinion, and stripped of every shred of duplicity with which diplomacy had surrounded them,—the cause of quarrel has become more intelligible, and will enlist the sympathies of all who would not see the liberties of Europe trampled beneath the iron heel of the Northern Despot. EXTENSICIN OF BRITISH COMMERCE. THE extraordinary rise of Liverpool, from the comparatively insignificant town of little more than a century back, to its present important posi tion, as the great commercial emporium of the world, is solely owing to that spirit of mercantile enterprise which characterises its inhabitants, the great natural advantages afforded by the magnifi cent estuary of the Mersey, the facility of access from the great highway of the Atlantic, and its means of internal communication with all parts of the kingdom. Liverpool may, indeed, be said to present the realisation of the grandest ideas of commercial greatness ; and it is no marvel, there fore, that the business of her merchant princes offers a topic for discussion the most prominent and the most interesting. Not that - the international exchange of commodities and the pursuits of money-making engross all attention, to the exclu sion of better feelings, for the large Conservative majority at every election affords ample evidence that the true principles of constitutional loyalty give dignity to a pursuit which, in less worthy hands, too often tends to moral debasement. Li verpool has, therefore, reason to be proud of her commercial greatness, and, as the progress of events opens new fields for its extension, may pro perly take the lead in availing herself of the full advantages to be derived. Perhaps the most available means for the establishment of new markets for our exports is that of emigration to the various colonial dependencies of Great Britain. Not only is a profitable field for exertion opened for the surplus population of the mother country, but -those who leave our shoresto gain a home andwealth in other lands—which except for their labour would ,continue unproductive—become the best customers for the surplus products of the industrious artisans who remain ; and thereby both parties, those who go and those who stay, are materially benefited. In order, however, that emigration may become .a real advantage, it is of the first consequence that the particular facilities for improvement afforded by our respective colonies should be brought pro minently before the attention of those who would be most likely to avail themselves of them. Aus tralia, in her gold-fields, held out inducements which to many thousands proved irresistible, so that they forgot the long and tedious voyage which intervened, and the still more unwelcome truth that success was but a lottery, in which, as in other lotteries, the blanks were far the most nu merous. The first difficulty was, in a great measure, overcome by the magnificent lines of swift and safe packets for which this port is emi nently conspicuous ; but the latter was irreme diable ; yet so long as prizes are drawn, and men will run hazards, even for remote chances of success, the Australian gold-fields will still prove attractive to emigrants. In the vast agricultural districts of Western Canada may, however, be found attractions of an enduring character, and such as commend themselves especially to those who rely on the exertions of honest industry for their future independence. A soil peculiarly adapted for agriculture, abundant in its productive ness of the crops most serviceable to man, rich in natural beauties, with ample means of internal communication, unlimited supplies of timber and fuel, and, indeed, every advantage which can pos • sibly render a colony desirable to those classes of emigrants who promise to be the best permanent customers for British manufactures. The surest mode of extending trade and promoting emigration is the establishment of regular lines of steam com munication ; and this has been done with respect to Canada, by a line from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal in the summer, and,:when the navigation of the river St. Lawrence is closed, in winter to Portland, whence there is efficient railway com munication to all parts of Canada and the United States. By this means, postal communication is safe and speedy, mercantile advices are regular in transmission, and emigrants are enabled to keep up a correspondence with their friends in the mother country. The enterprise of Liverpool has herein done its part in developing the vast re sources of this valuable dependency of the British Crown, and what is further required is for its peculiar advantages to be made more generally known. Were intending emigrants to be generally well informed of the fields, richer than gold, with which Canada so amply abounds, it would be in finitely preferred as a place of settlement to the doubtful advantages of the United States or the hazard of a prize in the Australian lottery. In the promotion of a branch of commerce which pro mises both profit and permanence, Liverpool would have by far the largest share, both in the exporta tion of British produce and manufactures and in the importation of the vast supplies of breadstuffs and timber of which Canada would prove the most prolific source, and Liverpool the best market. The progress which has been made by Canada within the last few years is extraordinary, but not at all in proportion to its immense capabilities. Within eighteen years the exports of wheat have increased from 350,000 to 8,000,000 bushels, while the proofs of its superior quality was afforded at the Great Exhibition, when the first prize for wheat was awarded to Canada. The growth of other agricultural produce has also increased with similar rapidity, while the improvement in trade is manifest in the increase of import duties, which reached last year to above a million. The colony is also rich in mineral treasures, the ores of most metals being found in abundance, while there are immense beds of marble, stone, slate, gypsum, and other valuable minerals. The population is rapidly augmenting, being now between two and three millions ; wages for good workmen are amply remunerative, and living is comparatively cheap. Land is easily obtainable at moderate prices, and the cost of passage is low, varying from £3 10s. steerage, to 212 cabin fares, and 20 guineas for first-class steam-ships, by which the voyage is made in about a fortnight. With such advantages, combining all that may be considered desirable for the industrious emigrant, they only require to be more generally known in order to be appreciated, and Liverpool is unquestionably the port for em barkation and the exportation of supplies, and the mart for Canadian produce; which every year must become more valuable. Australia, however, is not without its advan tages to emigrants and its prospects of improving trade, irrespective of the great temptations held out by the immense discoveries of gold. It has for some years past formed the source of our staple supply of wool, superior in quality and abundant in quantity ; and though this has been in some measure interfered with by the rush for the pre cious metal, it still forms a prolific source of profit for the employment of capital and the exercise of industry. The vast increase of population, and their means of consumption, have also tended con-. siderably to augment the exports from this coun try, and numbers of emigrants have found the way to wealth even without embarking in the hazardous enterprise of gold digging. There are, however, the means of still greater advantages looming in the future, and recent despatches from the Go vernor of South Australia show the prospect of their speedy realisation. One of the great difficul ties with which the colonists have had to contend, has been the want of internal water communica tion, a difficulty rendered still greater by the want of roads. This latter obstacle has been more felt since the rush to the diggings rendered the trans port of goods necessary.; but the length of time occupied in the transport of wool from the inte rior, extending often to three months and more, rendered the former want one of no ordinary mag nitude. Through the exertions of Capt. CADDEL of the British Merchant Navy, it has now been ascertained that the river Murray, with its branches is navigable for a distance of more than 1,500 miles. Capt. CADDEL navigated the Murray in a steam-vessel, constructed in the colony, to a dis tance of 1,450 miles from its mouth, without any hindrance, and would have proceeded further, but he found so much wool collected from the settlers that . he returned with his valuable freight of several thousand bales. This discovery will prove of im mense importance in developing the resources of the colony ; it will give additional value to the interior by affording the settlers a Dore ready market for their produce, and lead to a vast in crease in that power of consumption and capability of production which render our colonial possessions such valuable aids to the extension of the commerc e , of Great Britain. EXPOSURE OF RUSSIAN DUPLICITY. Tim publication of the correspondence, private and confidential, which took place between Russia and England in the early part of last year, with reference to the policy to be pursued in the affairs of Turkey, has made evident the rapacity and treachery with which the former Power has been actuated in the endeavours to extend the Russian territory in an Eastern direction. It appears to have been a deliberate attempt on the part of the Emperor NICHOLAS to appropriate the greater portion of the Turkish Empire to his own absolute sway, and to obtain the co-operation of England to such a palpable robbery by 'Offering a share of the spoils, in the surrender of Syria and other minor portions of the Ottoman dominions. We need not stop to inquire as to the probability of England being able to retain leer share of the plunder, with such an unscrupulous neighbour as the CZAR of Russie in pOssession aConstantinople, or, indeed, of preserving our East Indian domi nions, with such a new element of danger in their vicinity, and without even the sense of justice to fall back upon. It was well, however, that we became acquainted with the intentions of our quon dam ally, and the publicity given to the corres pondence should have the further good effect of enlightening the other European Powers as to the estimation in which they are held by the Northern Autocrat, and so far place them on their guard in the reception of future proposals. When the partition of the Kingdom of Poland was determined on, Austria and Prussia were each permitted to take a small slice, in order that Russia might be quietly permitted to take the great bulk of the robbery. In the present case, however, England was to be made the co-conspirator, and the dear friends of the CZAR were treated with silent con tempt. The provinces on the Danube were to be ruthlessly appropriated, and yet Austria was in no way consulted, though the security of her frontier was immediately involved. Prussia was not even mentioned, as though her consent or disapproval were not of the slightest consequence, and France was treated with the like indignity, though the Czan's dear friend Louis NAPOLEON sat on the throne of his uncle. Even the little kingdom of Greece, which has been instigated by Russia into the encouragement of rebellion against Turkey, and may be supposed to have more immediate interest in the question, was not to be indulged in her dream of the restoration of the Byzantine Em pire, but confined to her present limits. The whole design, therefore, appears palpable, that the object of Russia was the acquisition of the Turkish dominions, under the pretence of zeal for the pro tection of the Christian population, without any regard to the interests of the rest of Europe, and that the attempt to make England a party to the plunder was a mere precaution against those terrible consequences in which Russia appears now likely to be involved from English hostility to her manoeuvres. The failure of Russian diplomacy to cajole England induced offers of a similar tendency to France, with the like result, and the corres pondence has excited in that country a strong feel ing of indignation against the Northern Autocrat. Such should be its effects upon Austria and Prussia, who have been holding aloof from the quarrel, upon the hollow pretences of neutrality, which they must find it impossible to preserve. The day for decision, however, will shortly be at hand, and should the Emperor Mellow; not avail himself of the eleventh hour THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Thu Ministers appear to be by no means suc cessful with their scheme to effect an alteration in the law of settlement, though it really presents some features more worthy of approval than most of their legislative projects. In the discussion, on Friday, they met with many opponents in the ranks of their own supporters, and, by a scanty majority, carried the adjournment of the debate until Monday. The palpable injustice of the pre sent inequality of the poor-rate affords an ample justification for the <endeavour 'to equalise it, and the proposal to confine the equalisation to Unions, and accomplish it by gradual steps of ten per cent. per annum, is a prudent one; but it is mixed with an abolition of the Tight •of removal, which, how ever seemingly just, involves a practical evil of no ordinary magnitude. To give a pauper a right of settlement, wherever he may become a pauper, Is virtually to surrender to him the Tight of inflicting the charge of his maintenance upon any district where he may choose to locate himself, and thereby to impose a kind of punishment upon those Unions which provide better for their poor than others. It would open the =door also to frauds—for before a family became chargeable to one parish or :Union, they might be induced to effect a settlement in t ome other place, and, for prudential reasons, the relief afforded niight be reduced to the extreme limit made compUlsory by law, in order to deter the voluntary settlers from becoming chargeable. Such a rivalry would have a bad effect upon 'the poor themselves:; 'but it is a difficulty which would. only be effectually obviated by obliterating all dis tinctions, and making the rate equal over the whole kingdom. Such a plan has had many advo cates, though the objections to it are entitled to attentive consideration, and the choice of evils which the question presents is to continue the pre sent objectionable.and expensive mode of removal, which would be in-some degree diminished by con fining it to Unions instead of parishes, or, by its abolition, as proposed in the Government measure, create those evils-to which we have alluded. THE PRICE OF BREAD. THE bakers of Liverpool and the vicinity, in comm . = with those in most other large towns, have, .during the last week, reduced the price of bread one penny the four pound loaf. This is so far good, but the reduction is not commensurate with the •fall in the price of flour; and as -the bakers readily advanced the price of bread upon the rise taking place in &far, they should mete the same justice to the consumers mow as they then took for them selves. The top price .of flour, a short time since, was 455. per barrel, and househokl bread was then 9d. per loaf. The top price of flour is now only 345. per barrel, or•a reduction of more than 25 per cent., while a fall of one penny a loaf in bread is a reduction of only 11 per cent. The public have, therefore, a right to demand the reduction of another penny ; and those bakers who intend to give their customers the full benefit of the fall, would do well to advertise their names and addresses, and thereby secure that large share of public patronage which by such :a course, they would be sure to receive. PARLIAMENTARY INQUISITION. IT has long been said by foreigners that the English language is full of contractions, and beset by philological anomalies. The moral habits of the people, and the in stitutions of the country, have likewise been charged by the same authorities with similar inconsistencies. Many of these charges are too true to admit of denial ; while others of them have become so familiar to us, by usage, that they have long ceased to present even the appearance of singularity to oar observation. If the structure of our language, and the peculiarities of our every-day customs, are open to such remarks as those we have referred to, what must be the spectacle presented to the consideration of intelligent strangers, while perusing the narratives which from time to time flash upon them, in relation to the multiform and conflicting functions of our legislature ? Quo day engaged in the promulgation of laws, and the next declaring their inapplicability to common forms of immoranty, and their inadequacy, except through legal twisting, to punish even a flagitious offence against the public. A week has scarcely elapsed since we were as sured by a member of the highest legal tribunal in the country, that, unless through the complicity of more than one agent, it would be impossible to inflict punish ment on the furnishers of forage to our army, for supply ing rubbish of so detestable a character as to justify the application of the term miscreant to its provider. A con spiracy must be established, otherwise, in the eye of the law, no one is to blame. In other words, unless the perpetrator of the fraud could be reached by something very like a Action, he must get clear off. To-day our legislature is loud. in asserting the vast extent, of its powers, and eloquent in proclaiming the moral purity of character which, as a body, attaches to it. On the morrow its powers are defied its ingenuity baffled; and at the same time it is seen curiously and pertinaciously unravelling a skein of mysteries, the thorough disentangle ment of which must go to prove that many of its members are actuated by motives which honest men would blush to own, and have attained their position by means, the use of which a gentleman would scorn to employ for personal considerations of any kind. Now it is engaged in a crusade against the delinquencies of acknowledged gam blers and cheats—anon, its genius and its energies are strained in forwarding some scheme in which thousands of individuals are to risk their all, of fortune and of repu tation, with a dangerous celerity, and a total disregard of consequences, compared to the magnitude of temptation and risk of which, the fascinations of all the gaming houses, properly so called, in the kingdom offer nothing like a parallel. Often, also, under the pretext of guarding our free institutions, it is guilty of severe oppression, or made the instrument of most inquisitorial proceedings. . Few of these senatorial vagaries display themselves in tc.rnv so palpable, and often Co =MAIM : as Wilen enacted in the character of committees of inquiry. One of these judicio-legislativedramashas for some time past been in the course of development, in relation to what, probably for want of a better name, has been denominated " The Irish Brigade." Certain charges were made against the Irish members generally, much too monstrous to be fully credited, yet supported by so much effrontery and seeming truth as to justify a searching inquiry. A committee was chosen for the purpose of this investigation, and the in quiry was pushed so far as to embrace nearly every pos-. sible and impossible contingency. The charge was broad and general against Irish members of parliament, that, for personal and pecuniary aggrandisement, they openly trafficked in, and disposed of, government places and patro nage. As already said, the charge was too sweeping and too monstrous for credence ; still as the exact sums alleged to have been paid, in hard cash, for government appoint ments, together with the names of those who paid and of those who were said to have received the money, were freely bandied about, to evade inquiry would have only resulted in fixing the stigma indelibly. An investigation, both particular and desultory, has taken place ; and it is only fair to add that, out of the very extensive accusation, only a very little and a very indefinite amount of suspicion has been established, and much even of that is based on loose conversation, and conjectural inferences. Still, the committee, in the course of its pro ceedings, did not a little to justify an opinion as to the anomalous character of its nature and proceedings. Members of such committees enjoy the duplicate and somewhat unreasonable prerogative of acting as jurymen and judges; yet, seemingly dissatisfied with the latitude which this duality of function conferred upon them, some, in all probablity, availing themselves of that recent enlargement of the law of evidence, which enables parties to a suit to become witnesses in it also, took upon them selves the office of witnesses for the prosecution. Some of them, indeed—of course they were of the most truly liberal spawn —after extorting a sort of negatively conclu sive evidence from a witness, obligingly assumed his place, and supplemented his tale by notes of hearsay evidence, picked up under circumstances which should not go far in raising their value as testimony. One of the members of that committee, and a very in quisitive one, was Mr. BRIGHT; and one of the witnesses was Mr. MOWBEAY 3lonnis, manager of the Times news paper. Indeed, the committee laboured hard to make it appear that the inquiry proceeded entirely upon an accu sation published in that journal. Many people will consider it neither a singular nor an unnatural curiosity which prompted Mr. BRIGHT to make minute inquiries into the conventional responsibility assumed by the Times, in divulging or keeping secret the sources of its information. If Mr. SOMERVILLE, " who whistled at the plough," and, for anything Mr. BRIGHT cares, may now whistle where he pleases, can be believed, the honourable member for Manchester in his day has had experience as to manage ment in reference to some newspapers. At page 42 of his " Cobdenic Policy," Mr. SOMERVILLE says "Mr. BRIGHT said, if I wrote, certain articles and gave them to him, I need not know nor care what became of them. He got them in private from my own hand. I knew no more until I saw them in north country papers, signed, A Farmer who Sells his Corn at Newcastle.' From the agricultural papers they were reprinted by the League, as genuine farmers' letters, and circulated univer sally vs such." [To see the full force of this, it is neces sary to bear in mind that SOMERVILLE had refused to be a participator in this deceptive game of letter-writing.] There are not wanting parties who assume Mr. BRIGHT to have, even yet, more than a mere accidental interest in the moral machinery of the newspaper press ; some even going so far as to insinuate that the pecuniary as well as the moral machinery of a journal, which boasts to be the rival of the Times, is not quite a matter of indifference to that honourable gentleman. What, then, could have been an object of more natural or more disinterested solicitude, to such a one, than the mode in Which they manage these things in Printinghouse-square P As no one ever saw a Quaker who cared one straw for Obtaining an insight into his neighbours' affairs, the dove-like simplicity of Mr. BRIGHT'Ej questions is remarkable:— Mr. BRIGHT.—The Times circulates some enormous number, I believe. By a recent parliamentary return, it shows something like 40,000 a day ? Mr. Morris.—l am not prepared to make any statement as to the circulation at this time. I believe the parliamentary return shows about that number. Mr. BaiGnr.—Then, you are not prepared to lay before the committee any fact whatever on which the conductors of The "Times undertook to circu late through 40,000 copies of - their journal in one day so grave and insulting a charge, not against one individual only, but against the whole body of Irish representatives ? Mr. Morris.—When I say I am not prepared to do it, I do not wish it to be understood that it would not be possible, but simply that I do not think it consistent with my duty to do it. Mr. Baion.r.—Would you lead the committee to infer that you could give us information affecting 100 needy men, leaving only five of the whole representatives of the Irish people ? Mr. Morris.—That question is not easy for me to answer, 'except in an indirect manner, and perhaps this is the proper time for me to state the reason why I have refused to answer any questions Involving what I consider the secrets of the paper. With all respect to the committee, I submit that the question here involved is the independence of the press. I think that the press of this country—there being no censorship established by law—is amenable to no authority whatever except that of the courts of law, and that not ,even a committee of the House of Commons has a right to question the conductors :of the paper as regards the opinions they have expressed, :and that there is no tribunal except the courts of justice which can compel them to do so ; I think I should sacri fice the interests of The Times, and do a grievous injury to the press of this country, if I answered the question. The warding off of these interrogatories was dextrously effected ; the stand against invasion of prerogative be coming the occasion. While thanking the Times for the proper resistance, which, through its manager, it has made to this inquisitorial attempt at extorting unnecessary information t we cannot shut our eyes to the gross injustice often inflicted by means of information obtained through Parliamentary interference. In point of fact, it is noto rious that Parliamentary agency is now often made a means of obtaining information, the publication of which is afterwards made an engine of annoyance and of injury . The insinuated condemnation, directed by Mr. BRIGHT, against the delinquency of circulating nnauthenticated accusations, taken in connexion with the above quotation from Mr. SOMERVILLE'S book, comes with so peculiar an air of simulated virtue, as strongly to conjure up the idea of a reproof of sin from the originator of iniquity. THE OPENING OF TILE _MERSEY STEEL AND • IRON COMPANY'S NEW WORKS. • THE opening of these works took place on Saturday last, with great festivities. As some description of the works may not be uninteresting to our readers, we give the following brief sketch :—The machinery is planted after the most approved plan, no expense having been spared in rendering it in all respects complete. The works have been bullt from the plans and under the superintendence of William Clay, Esq., the manager; the engine and machinery being supplied by Messrs. Thomas Perry and Sons, Bilston. The roof, which is in three spans—two of 60 feet, and the centre one of 40 feet—is of a light and graceful character. The 'huge engine, occupy ing a central position in the works, is of immense strength, as is also the ponderous machinery to which it is attached. The engine is of 80-horse power, nominal, but of 200 effective horse power, and drives a hammer, a squeezer, two trains of 18-inch forge rolls, a 21-inch boiler plate train, besides a blowing cylinder for a refinery. We were much pleased with the arrangement of the furnaces, 24 in number, which are arranged in parallel lanes, so that a current of fresh air passes completely through the works in all directions. It is also proposed to lay down a large pair of shears for shearing bar and bolt iron up to 9 by 2A- inches, as also boiler plates of any breadth, in 10 to 12 feet lengths, and upwards of an inch thick, at one stroke. To celebrate the opening of the works, the men, to the number of about 500, met on Saturday last, between 9 and 10 o'clock, and preceded by the band belonging to the works, with flags and banners flying, formed into procession, and striking into Park-hill road, down Peel-street, filing before the house of Mrs. Wainwright, then proceeded without the boundary of the town to Larkfield, the resi dence 'of George Henry Horsfall,Esq., where, after being re galed with ale, and giving hearty vent to their feeling by loud hurrahs, and the band playing appropriate airs, returned homewards, and passing down Beresford road stopped a short time opposite the residence of W. Clay, Esq., the manager, and thence to the works' model room, where a sumptuous dinner was provided for up wards of 500 persons, who sat down to it shortly after one o'clock. We may state that the whole of this dinner was cooked in the cuisine of W. J. Horsfall, Esq., the worthy princi pal, whose domestics had volunteered to perform this by no means easy task, and who vied with each other in its direction, and furthering their worthy master's wishes. The dining-room was splendidly decorated with ever greens, and the mottoes " Success to the new works," " God save the Queen," " Town and Trade of Liverpool," were tastefully wrought in, white letters on red and blue silk. The chair was tastefully festooned, and had an archway of rare flowers and evergreens suspended over it in a most graceful manner. W. J. Horsfall, ESq., the worthy principal, presided, and the vice-chair was occupied by W. ClaS, Esq., the manager. Among the gentlemen present were the following : Messrs. G. H. Horsfall, James Bland, of the.firm of Jones, Bland, and Co., Hilton Halhead, (town councillor), James Lord, of the firm of Halhead, Fletcher, and -Co., James Johnson, o? Wolverhampton, F. Halhead, W. Grierson, T. D. Anderson, E. Cookson, Thomas Robinson, jun., of the firm of Anthony and Robinson, T. N. Simpson, W. B. Jones, J. R. Hughes, G. Noakes, Dr. Denton, J.S. King, R. L. Clay, Capt. Smith. J. Smith, J. Torn kinson, J. Richardson, 31 - . Stenhouse, of Newcastle, W. Leyland, Robert Duff, &c. After the tables were cleared, the chairman gave the usual loyal toasts, which were received with three times three. The CITA-MIKIS next gave "The Army and Navy," and said that he had no doubt but that they would be found ready when any emergency should call them to action. Mr. STEP/10175X and. Captain Sxila responded. THOMAS ROBINSON, Jun., Esq., in proposing "Success to the new works," said he regretted the absence of their excellent representative, T. B. Horsfall, Esq. He had no doubt, however, but that bis time was occupied in London in furthering the interests of this great commercial com munity. Of- the family of the' Horsfalls they had all known sufficient from the high position and standing they held in the town. When T. B. Horsfall, Esq., held the highest position, the office of chief magistrate, he had, by his talents and impartiality, gained the res - peet of his fellow-townsmen ; and such now was his position in Par liament, that when he spoke in the house, he was replied. to by one of the Cabinet Ministers. He felt proud that he had been invited to witness the cordiality and good feeling which were exhibited between employers and em ployed, and he should go home much improved from what he had seen. After a few further observations, he pro posed the " Health of the Messrs. Horsfall, and success to the new works." G. H. HonsrALL, Esq., said he was sure there was not one in that meeting, who did not heartily join in the toast, " Success to the new works. Though the motives which 'influenced those present might be various, still he believed that all heartily joined in the interest of the toast. To him the new works had a peculiar interest. On the day his only son was christened the works were commenced, and, in commemoration of that .event, the vast engine, which drove the machinery, hafflpeen called after his son's name. He could only hope that they both would prove serviceable to the community, and that his son at some distant period would take his place. He doubted not the day would come when he and they who should succeed those present would re-assemble again and again to cele brate the work they had that day begun. The success of the undertaking depended on them all, and there was not one more than another on whom the success did not de pend. He urged them, in conclusion, not to be satisfied with simply drinking the toast, but day by day to do all they could towards the success which they had that day entrusted to them. (Loud cheers.) W. CLAY, Esq., also spoke to the toast. Mr. BENJAMIN EASTWOOD (foreman) begged to pro pose the health of W. J. Horsfall, Esq., and stated that he had for 37 years been connected with the iron trade, and had never had occasion to ask a day's work. He said he had the happiness of always having had good masters, but he felt bound to say be had had none better than his present one, W. J. Horsfall, Esq. He begged to propose his good health. (Loud cheers, which were again and again renewed.) Band—" Annie Laurie." W. J. HORSPALL, Esq., rose to reply, and stated that the great length of the room prevented his hearing much that was said of him, but from what he did gather he felt certain that a great deal too much had been said of him. He expressed himself gratified with the warmth of their feeling, and sat down amidst most enthusiastic cheering. Mr. J. R. Huunrs here stated that Mr. John Griffiths, a working puddler, volunteered an extempore poetical effusion. Calls were then made for Mr. Griffiths, who presented himself, and being requested to stand on the centre table so that all might see and hear him, gave the following extempore lines with inimitable effect : Fellow-workmen, one and all, With one accord obey my call ; Let's altogether join to raise The sound of Squire HORSFALL'S praise. (Loud cheers.) Many hundreds—men and boys, Clerks, and agents,—he employs : His motto is—and never grudges — Fair day's work for fair day's wages. (Bravo I Griffith:.) Against the sots he bars his gates,— Sloth and idleness he hates ; Whereas, he will do all lie can To aid the sober working man. (Great applause.) I'm also in duty hound to say, That honour's due to Mr. Clay; Who, by his co.reful superintendence, Brings forth the tin, in great abundance. (Caiita/.) Some have gone to distant lands to roam, For what we daily get at home; Were there more Horsfalls, Clays, &c., They could dispense with California. (t7heers. Australians, too, are boasting bold, That from the Clay they get the Gold; So we will say, from our Clay We'll soon get sov'reigns every day. (Tremendous cheers.) In the new forge we've made a start : These are the wishes of my heart— For men and masters to agree, In bonds of love and unity. (Hear, hear.) When the new mill's likewise begun Then we'll expect Australian fun ; By digging down beneath our Clay, For George and Dragon every day. (Bravo! he's quite a philosopher.) 'Tie known the wheels are centred well, As'all her steady turnings tell; No doubt but " Giant Hodson' , will Well spin them round to drive the mill. (Cheers.) 'Fie Mr. Johnson, without doubt, Is the best engin-er out ; The likeliest one, throughout creation, To bring about perpetual motion. (Loud laughter.) To the proprietors of these works, Directors, agents, and the clerks, Let all unite to give a free Hearty hurrah—three times three. (Uproarious checrs,ringled with hurrahs, and convulsions of laughter) G. H. HORETALL, Esq., in reply to his brother's health `being proposed by Mr. Simpson conjointly with his own, said, he felt it quite natural to have to respond to that of his brother's health now, inasmuch as he had plenty of it to do in the year past. (Laughter.) He was sure his brother would have felt. gratified in being with them had the nature of his duties permittdd. (Hear, hear.) He thanked them, also, on his own behalf, for the kind recep tion of his name; but Mr. Simpson having pronounced his speech eloquent, and himself a very Demosthenes, he said, amidst some laughter, that he really could not lay it to himself that he had ought of impediment in his speech. After again thanking them for the honour they did him, he proposed to them the health of 'Mr. Johnson, whom Mr. John Griffiths had just characterised " --Without doubt, To be the best engineer out." (Hear, hear and laughter.) Mr. JAMES Jonsisosr, in reply, said, he felt obliged to his kind friend, G. H. Horsfalls Esq., for the honour he did him in proposing his health, and to those present for their hearty reception of him. As he was on his legs, he would, by the kind permission of the chairman, make one or two observations in keeping with the object of their meeting that day. They had met to commemorate the starting of new works, the honourable proprietors of which were the Mersey Steel and Iron Company. They and their far-famed works were well known through the length and breadth of the land, and he ventured to say over the length and breadth of the sea. By the aid of their massive well wrought paddle and screw shafts, vessels of the largest dimensions had been safely propelled through the Atlantic, Pacific, Baltic, North Sea, Red Sea, Black Sea, and all other seas. Their paddle-shafts have for many years re sisted the heavy surges of the ocean, and have been pro nounced by the most eminent engineers of our day.to be the first in the world ; and as for cranks, axles for loco motive and other purposes, their forgings and taper bars for shipbuilding purposes, they stand first and foremost on the list, and command better prices than any other house in the trade ; their patent 'taper bars having, moreover, taken prizes anywhere and everywhere they have been sent. The new works have been constructed for a somewhat different branch of the trade, viz., the manufacture of boiler and boat plates , angle iron, &c. He would venture to say no works could be better adapted for it. The boiler-plate mill is of the largest size; and of the best and most approved construction ; and it is proposed to attach to it a pair of the late Mr. G. B. 'l'horney croft's patent shears, the patent right of which: this honourable company have purchased. They will shear at one stroke plates of 12-ft lengths, and any breadths, and , in a very few strokes would shear a plate as long as from here to the river Mersey, as straight as an arrow, and as sound and clean on the edge as if done bya planing machine. Now, gentlemen (he said), you will agree with me in saying that with the large amount of capital possessed by this company, and their great facilities for the manufacture of iron, under the judicious superintendence and direction of William Clay, Esq., your manager, you will he able to ! turn out plates in great abundance, and of the first quality. I beg to thank Mr. G. H. Horsfall for so kindly proposing ; my health; and if at any future period my services be required, I should deem it a duty and privilege to do any thing in my power to serve them. (Loud applause.) Mr. JOIINSOif again rose, and said he had great pleasure in proposing the health of a gentleman, whose name and whose ' person were dear to all. The gentleman whose health he was about to propose had, by his own rare talents, his close application to business, and his great mechanical skill, raised himself far above the ordinary range of mechanical men, and was justly entitled to rank with engineers of the very first class. It is the health of their excellent manager, William Clay,Esq. (Loud cheers.) Band, " Pottery Flags." WlLLisx CLAY, Esq., thanked the company for their kind feelings, and felt flattered by the manlier in which he had been spoken of that day. Mr. Johnson, in speak ing of his patent taper bars (which, though somewhat tautological, he might say was patent to them all), had stated to them that he proposed bringing out another patent of another sort. That was true. He still could not say of it that it was " an accomplished fact ; " it was yet in embryo, and might turn out a failure. He pro ceeded to say, that many schemes beautiful and good in theory had yet failed in practice, owing to accidents and a thousand unforeseen incidents. His might prove so in the present instance ; but he believed, and confidently believed, that his would answer. (Hear.) Mr. Horsfall had ap proved of the principle, and it would prove of advantage to ' the Mersey 'Company if it did answer (hear, hear) ; if it should turn out otherwise, however, he wouldn't cry about it. (A laugh.) He thanked them all, and proposed, , ere he sat down, that the old works should not be for gotten in their enthusiasm for the new works, and gave, _" Prosperity to the Mersey Steel and Iron Works." (Loud cheering.) Band, " Auld Lang Syne." JAMES LORD, Esq., begged them to fill up their glasses again ; and observed, that good measures required pro posers and seconders, and he felt it great pleasure to have to second that. (Laughter.) W. J. HORSFAXL, Esq. said they must needs be pros perous, inasmuch as they had it proposed to them twice and two glasses of toddy into the bargain. (Loud laughter.) He appreciated their kind 'wiShes. (Hear.) G. H. HORSFALL, Esq., proposed to the men the health of their foreman, Mr. B. Eastwood, who, he said, knew a fair day's work and a fair day's wages as well as most folk. Mr. B. EAST*OOD briefly returned thanks. STENHOUSE, Esq., of Newcastle, proposed "The town and trade of Liverpool." .He said he could not, as a stranger from another town, be expected to have statistics at his fingers' ends ; :but he could tell them that since he knew Liverpool, only 15 years ago, vast changes had taken place in the general aspect of this great port. The docks he first knew comprised the central docks; but within a very short time they had ranged from north to south in wonderful ratio. He could tell them too. that after hav ing been in most of the large ports of the world, he had always found a preponderatin gnumberof Liverpool shipping in every instance. He Concluded a very excellent speech by proposing " The town and trade of Liverpool," coupled with Mr. Bland's name. JAMES BLINA Esq. said he would lump the statistics, and observed, that our trade was the most important in the world, not yielding even to the great metropolis itself. (Cheers.) He concluded an animated speech by assuring the workmen present that he had received a lesson while among them which he could not forget, which was in the mutual good feeling that existed betwixt their employers and themselves. (Hear, hear.) Songs and sentiments prevailed after the esteemed employers and visitors had retired, and the hilarity was kept up till a late hour. TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN. A MOST gratifying addre,s has been lately presented to the Rev. G. F. Gregne, of Knotty Ash, by his congregation, under the following circumstances. The late incumbent having got leave of non-residence, Mr. Greene was selected by the former Bishop of Chester, now the Archbishop of Canterbury, to take charge of the church and. district; and the manner hi which he continued to discharge the sacred. and onerous duties of the cure from that time, for nearly thirteen years, sufficiently evinced the wisdom of his grace's selection. The living at length fell vacant, and after a considerable interval, by which the nomination lapsed to the present bishop, a new incumbent was appointed with out reference to the wishes of the congregation, or the long and faithful services of their much- esteemed pastor. Under these circumstances the congregation, desirous of express ing their great disappointment, and the high sense they entertained of Mr. Greene's ministrations, presented him with the following address, accompanied with other valu able tokens of their regard : " TO THE REV. GEORGE FE.EDERICH GREENE. " We, the unlersigned churchwardens, pew and scat holders, of the c' rch of St. John the Evangelist, Knotty Ash, beg to ex1.1.,.:5s to you our deep sorrow that the con nexion which has so long and so satisfactorily existed between us, as pastor and congregation, should have been so unexpectedly and abruptly broken off. "We feel conscious that not only will the church lose a • most indefatigable minister, who upon all occasions has preached the gospel with great faithfulness and with power, to our comfort and consolation, but that the poor of the district will be deprived of a valued friend and benefactor " It is impossible that this separation should take place, without our evincing to you our sympathy and regard ; and we beg to present to you the accompanying piece of plate, as a token of our approbation of your conduct in the church for nearly thirteen years. "R. W. PRESTON, Z Churchwardens." ROBT. HIGGIN, 5 To this were annexed 211 signatures. mostly heads of families, the whole engrossed on two skins of parchment, done up in the form of an album, and bound in morocco richly gilt, u-ith massive silver clasps, forming a most unique • and beautiful volume for the drawing-room, modestly concealing its contents, and yet by its exceeding taste inviting further inspection. The plate, furnished by Messrs. Jones and Son, Castle-street, consisted of a mas sive silver salver and cake basket, with richly chased edges and a circular scroll engrossed pattern, with a handsome silver pocket communion service, enclosed in a morocco case ; the salver bearing the following inscription : " Presented by the congregation of St. John the Evange list, Knotty Ash, to the Rev. G. F. Greene, as a parting memorial of affectionate regard, after twelve years of faith ful ministry, 1853." There was also added a set of very handsome robes, of the richest silk, completing the muni ficence of the testimonial. We have much pleasure in recording such instances as this of the devotedness of a congregation towards a beloved pastor, removed unwillingly from them, as it shows us if, in the disposal of church patronage; circumstances do arise tending to wound, and perhaps alienate, the feelings of the laity, there is still a certainty of a faithful ministry meet ing with the cordial response of a grateful and affectionate people. MUSIC AND THE D.RAMA. THE ORATORIO AT THE PHILHARMONIC.—On Tues day night the sublime oratorio of "Elijah" was performed at the Philharmonic-hall in a style of excellence of which the musical public of Liverpool has great reason to be proud. To aver that the performance was of superlative excellence is unnecessary, and to say that it was in all; respects worthy of the composition and its author; would be to assert what the merits of the case would not justify; but it is perfectly consistent with. truth to declare that, taken as a whole, the performance was highly creditable to all concerned in it. The artistes were all native or resident in Liverpool; and they acquitted themselves in their respective parts in such a manner as to elicit and deserve warm commendation. The orchestral and choral departments were very complete, numbering in all about. 200 performers. The principal vocalists were Miss Stott: and Mrs. Scarisbi-ick, Mr. Millar and Mr. Armstrong. Mr. J. Z. Herrmann was conductor, and Mr. G. Hirst presided at the organ, and Mr. C. J. Toms at the piano forte. Of the efficiency and excellence of the orchestral and choral performances of the same oratorio we recently had occasion to speak in complimentary terms ; in the instance now referred to their execution was entitled to equal praise. It was steady, ready, and, by a happy com bination of executive power, the composer's meaning was rendered with delicacy and truthful excellence. The splendid chorus; " Blessed are the men who fear him," was given in 'admirable style ; and, generally speaking, the choruses were sung with regulated skill and no small amount of judgment. Of the solo singers it affords us much pleasure to speak in very favourable terms. Their hearts were obviously in their work, and if they did not occasionally electrify their auditors, they did what to a great extent was equally deserving of praise ; they sung in a style of sustained excellence and purity the words and the music set down for them, many of the recitatives and airs being managed with great artistic skill. To come to particulars, the magnificent air, "O rest in the Lord," was sung with admirable intonation end effect by Mrs. Scarisbrick. The singing of Miss Stott was also in many respects deserving of high encomium; as was likewise that of Messrs. Millar and Armstrong. Before quitting this Pleasing theme, we must not omit paying a tribute to the capability and readiness displayed by a young, indeed a very young lady, who, besides singing in the cho ruses, took part in two quartets and a trio. For one so young, she sung well, and in a manner such as to give promise of higher attainments.—We ob serve the same artistes are to give the " Messiah" of Handel on Tuesday next, the performance, of which we make no doubt, will be as praiseworthy and interest-- • ing as the one on which we have just been commenting ; and in recommending it to the special patronage of the musical amateurs of Liverpool, we trust we shall not be set down as unnecessarily presuming, if we remind them that the best way of securing the creditable performance of high class musical compositions, is by the encourage ment of native and resident talent. It may be desirable, on numerous occasions, to secure the services of the high est genius among the sons and daughters of song; but to possess indigenous musical, or any other talent, we must patronise the genius we have resident among us. The claims of these artists to our patronage are somewhat akin to family ties. They have a nearer and more intri cately woven connexion with our sympathies, than can be recompensed by mere pecuniary largesse, or estimated by market value ; they are, as it were, of our own household ; to them, in a great degree, we owe what little cultivation in the art we possess ; and to them we are indebted for many of our best social enjoyments. AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, the English Opera Com pany, concerning whose performances at this house we spoke last week in favourable terms, continued a round of the same pieces during the week, which closed on Satur day • adding to the previous list the English versions of "La Sonnambula" and The Barber of Seville." In both these last-named pieces, their respectivg talents found ample scope, and their exertions were rewarded by the plaudits of discerning and highly respectable audiences. With the performances of the English Operatic Company, the season, at this theatre, has been brought to a close. We understand Miss Cushman will reappear at this house. for two nights only, when she will repeat her favourite characters of Meg 3ferrilies, in the drama of " Guy Man- • nering," . and Mrs. Haller, in " The Stranger," on the evenings of Monday, the 17th, and Tuesday, the 18th of April next. AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE good audiences haVe been nightly cllected to witness the performances of Miss • Anderton, whose personation of Evadue, in the play Of that name, has met with such success as to have caused its repetition three times during the week. On Tuesday evening, the same young lady made her first appearance as Bianca, in 31ilman's play of " Fazio," which character she repeated on Saturday evening. She is evidently making her way in .popular favour, and promises to be come an actress of popularity. At this house, the favourite pantomime of " The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grashop per's Feast;" has established its attractions, and has been performed every evening during the past week. The beauty of its scenery, and its splendour as a spectacle, continue their influence in attracting numerous spectators. Ansi,rnt THEATRE.—The performances this evening will be for the benefit of Mr. M. Hill, whose favour with the frequenters of this: theatre will, no doubt, ensure - him a full attendance. TEE CHOLERA.—Daring the week eleven cases of cholera' and two deaths occurred at Leeds. THE Bony of Colonel C.E. Gordon, R.E., who died sud denly from disease of the heart, in.a railway carriage, on the 10th, was, on' Saturday, exhumed from the mausoleum of Greenwich Hospital, to undergo a second inquest. at Crewe, in consequence of it having been ascertained that the deceased officer experienced some strange treatment from a drunken man, who was in the carriage with him ; and blame being alleged to be attributable to the railway officers for permitting such a character to ride in the train. PROTESTANTISM AT WIND soß.—Mr. Darvill, the Mayor of Windsor, convinced that he committed a grave error in suffering himself to be influenced by the misrepresenta tions of a Romish priest, has granted the use of the Tfown hall for two meetings of the Protestant Reformation So ciety, which are to be held to-da:,- and to-morrow. We understand that the matter was brought under the consi deration of Lord Palmerston, who disapproved of the conduct of the Mayor; SEIZURE or COMBUSTIBLES.-011 Saturday, the officers of Customs seized a vessel in the Thames, laden with If; petre and sulphur, consign e d to a ` Russian port. I understood that the government inend to enforce the penalties against the shippers. —The election REPRESENTATION OP WE STMOR ELA ND ° . _ Bevis who will take place next Tuesday: The Earl "Fr is a candi. r thet. poHe. married Mr. Alderman Thompson's Only __ csdate,ac conservative r th a e ti r v e e. is andno cue states else i I? in w a il tt l ii: b arest e the same litical principles which he shall_ relative. Lord Bective as those upheld hy his lamented eadfordt, who sits in I,;,isthveadfieddtressed on the Midland Railway, at A STRIKE has occurred - .. , part of the guarda, foreman, and porters itshethieioeuldseesotfsranorodsf tahsevaMroarqunketijoi. Sheffield, on the ' nce of the coaching an d g oods department, which caused con siderable inconveine . The men were afterwards induced to resume work. 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