The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-14 00:00:00

TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1854 SALES POSTPONED. 1111 T AL ES adve r ti se d f or WEDNESDAY, the 4 thnstant, of several pi eces o f L A N D, situate at uich d ue notice r, of ;And in Cliftou-pak, ar ig ePOSTPONED tillafuture wi r ll be ven. NORRIS and SON. icittli J ohn-Stre et, Lire 1, 13th March, 1854. OF $N OF SALE OF DWELLING-HOUSES, qt T CI RCUS -STREET AND BAPTIST-STREET. id,-" , advertised for To-MORROW (Wed is pds-TiollithisEzi stunt, of the above-mentioned PRO WILLIAM OWEN, Solicitor, 7, Clayton-square, Liverpool. FALL MONTGOMERYSHIRE. ABLE OAK AND OTHER TIMBER. I(4m t h e JOHN WHITEHALL, fter,oow, 15th instant at Four o'clock in the foii,„, n , at the Goat Inn, Llanfair, Montgomeryshire, in ' G dtieq . i ng Lots, and subject to conditions to be then LAIR. "„._ Hundred FAßlSH and OF Fi LANF fty OAK 'TREES, 6rovving in Cefngole Coppice, numbered from I 1, 4 41, TREES, growinr , in Cefngole Coppice 4414 3,....12;aberd from 15'1 to 244. Lo t 'red f ro ()AK TREES, growing in Cefngole Farm, tr Th 4 .,3 0 4 ' 245 t A ,, s , 0 371. 141 14 4 ‘Itilb ei :''' , TREES -rowing on the said Cefngole t ot red fro2d frorn Ito 30;' and '4 SYCAMORE TREES, 1 itt04 5 . - -1 2 ' 1 to 4. to r ed f •kK TREES, growing on Hirwe Issa Farm, t " 11 I t 144 ;&1 fr o 0 „? ia2. fro m TREES, growing in Hengae Coppice, • • - ••25 0 218, TREES, growing in the said fler.gae from 491 to 740. 11 1t01 3 , -0 111,4"ti TREES, growing in the said Hengae L ot tool ,ered from 1 t 4. 9 • and 3 SYCAMORE TREES, ttp 9 r , tri t ° tol, et .•••l 4 i, . 03, k . 401 fr o ,"AK TREES, growing on Nlelinygriiig Farm, ti, } 0....1 1 , 1 .,,1 to 147. t i lfAl d i bip. 2l "MC TREES, growing in Liwynybrain Cop „..nuMbered from 148 to 259. "Ng1,44 b.' ,l TREES, growing in the gala Llvi•ynybrain "Ng Lngle. numbered from I to 65. r i' l TREES, growing on Centfant and Meliny- I.qt al,22liered from 66 to 114. t+ and N' rV x.CAMORE TREES, growing on the said 11 4 4,, 26 yelinygrAg Farms numbered from 1 to 22. SYCAMORE TREES, growing on Melinygrtig ,4titrlS.,lred from 23 to 48. Ltl b ,ebki n i v olK TREES, growing on Gellygethin and t 7 v 4 ove 6 this, numbered frOm Ito 151. t iPiON, ko rnher is of superior 'quality, and of . large di ckte the Oak well adapted for Shipbuilding ; fil tt ite and ~7s from the Montgomeryshire Canal at New k. 4: 4 u lniles from the shipping port of Derwenlis. DkikqriP",, o ars f Melinygg, will show the Timber. For apply to Fur JOSEPH OWEN JONES, of Kalf w e Mines • or to . Mr. EVAN OWEN, Timber - 7 inn, netir Garthmill. ASs u t ISTER, AND LONDON LiP2 AND LOAN ASSOCIAT . ION. tss, , y ?g'It;R;L T E R T IN M D AN L C O H N E D S O T N ER ; 1 , 1 • 3 ar, 4 , 41 u 'l r,t l " l-. Rdi;V, RUTLAND-SQUARE, DUBLIN. e ' 'gOrship Risks of every description. ,t,t;4lYeff,,Lllltable'terms Life Assurance being coriternpo tticeetrin:``ed, approved e personal or any othtrauffi ttkiowni . 441tse''t4 f oraildren on non-returnable crrtettrnable For thi a 4i ,, 4 1th, 9 on taicies paid by this Association. ol'a° en ,Peritled cent to" divided ofits every 'five yeant arnongst irt pr. 44 4 s I., cENRY MINCHIN. e ttetary ilester—CHAßLES H . London— w M. JAS. STRICKLAND. th - ktskii-ITED 1816.—WILDING'S REAL th % to tt ,, OF ANISEED, for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, tifj l 4l4,,T*c.--This Balsam affords almost instant relief 1 (11 dug from the above-named causes. Coughs, ,Pk bgt'es attendant upon the Lungs, 'when of long Very ineterate and difficult to cure, and 1 411, Ye terminate v in consnmpt . ion. in cases of this pD~Paro)al' ati l should be resorted to immediately, and re '3,3llldefl until its effect in remoVing the Cough is „ 11l Bottles at Is. I id., 25.'9d., and 48. 6d. each. by W. WILDIN'e, Chemise, &c., " W erPool, and Derby-road, Bootle. ,ft LETTERTVITH A MONEY --"-bER, AND FORGERY. 131::t(lq.1,1' - man of rather !kt/Ikee taiddl 413i.Ea' a respectable-looking 'b oker in Canning-, ‘.,,,; Iv ao , e, age, described as a shIP r itrlng. lost"eaarged at the Police yesterday, with N ickter, containing a'bank Ce o u rd rt e'r fo a r n t d he x .s n u i m gh o t f , l tne ~.1.,n, intended for Messrs. Walk;: nni Einieshall, ' t afi r 'ats in Chester. It was sent Walker,k(;lstsashir and was accidentally made payable to h nother accident the elok and Wright, and -5 : Iti essrs . Walker and i w , 14 enclosing it was addresse e a ar ed in support of the n 'cliltt'4ti6 1. Mr.l3aelling:llClefended by Mr. () wee. . 4:"111,eh i , and the risoner 9% Royal Oak Inn, at of ' g eY3 proprietor of the t about the end Jan. 1,,,!, he tl,Jrordshir, deposed' ta ' -of £ll 16s. 10d., in kr h i net i ilt a bank-order fore to e sUM Walker and Knight, tt" e tne °' 4 debt Ile'°Wed -,4,...74eSSrSZecompanied by a note li:),)1:_111 b i Z l i bt i a h:; ti o'l li )j l ec C t he t s o te w r in ; * !' eli was th — money wastto be ap tr%cle,',a% being his first transaction with the house, iitillt, a.,Ttdegeribed therm as Messrs. Welker and 1 4 , addressed the envelope 1 ,,' 11 4 vil„:l,4*dil3r imake Walker and Co., Liver b-e' he au,t'''''ili.e to Messrs. .l.l.‘, aa led gmen t of iiis remit co,not b e - e - in in 1 11 ,Y _..,,------ - ro t e t o ascertain why it 1 , A t a ck , At a wera. W . t' e the letter was '''alk 41°401 4°l'vledged• This .1P Hen h er, of ei.,' an d it roduced a visit from Mr. 11 I-et been ... st er, who • exialahied that the remittance t i,'aat Batlia ‘ , te eeive ( i . H e heard no more of the matte 4 15 : , r il, ei,r",a3', when'he Came -to Liverpool.and w the s ent 1444- ' O ; B,O4Y ' On `being shown an envelope, s h a a i l c e h tte h r e -a t in tf i r he identified-them all as those w 2 , \r ili kht e flr st instance,;intended for Messrs. Walker -, 4 4 Oa. c h : It 1, 1 , 411 'y t i ls Ye, letter.,,m.rier, verpool—On prisoner,. o livered the letter in question to the p . , e% of busi • r . - T,„ .place, and, as it was t t , e t i 1.,„ „ • ness in ,„anu g -2i4e r, Wh o ale !'srs. Walker and Co., asked if it was for let t 't whie said he could not tell unless . h . e.read it ; on . Y;adth hi m he said it was all tight, and .witness left the 1' '"lit)4 1 1 I l e ~,„. This witness also identified the envelope. hy‘ 4 . , eh - 4 J , walker, of Walker "ad Knight ? wine ni_err -4‘4„,..) '• th -B ‘er, said he expected a remittance from get it. 'I ‘ki° e atli " lit of ell 16s. led., but did not . g . k.Zit o r e d d a, letter from that gentleman, intimatmg e t t i h n a g i 4 al %;_, Wi i ,„?4 been sent for the money, arld'i_ ,tA r lth "t had not been ackn?wl_edgea He never t;,..,,:t4h,the nor had he received it et. ' O 4 "'kk -a- s Goodyear cashier at Messrs. Barned and N l h t i ll. Na, sq,,, e h in ord-stre stated that, on they2nd of V1'441,1 e Prisoner apped for ;the money. • Witness titheft it was singular the prisoner should apply k tl t i ,"' j oney"usi if he presented it at the District Nek fie, il"'rge Won ' Id' be made for•it, while they wsuld h' *4 l -11845 1 aer rePlied, that he preferred coming -0 there, 1 1'6 1 , 4 ' afti,loWn. Witness then asked if the inursa er sl an t , l ' f rni b qt ; t 4, Qg, and if he was of the firm of lVa2a a .: , vo ta 4t !;`e, I, l l l e of which question s answered in the Witnesshad previously Leii.l'attisongoertttohi!)emreosney. . ble. 'i:llerl..tv..)t, r:L ia sPector at the Post-office, , rem. eln,he,red__ ' 44 4'it b t :*: ll g to the post-office, winch passe'' ' . was tter tb: to t4,,_of Messrs. Walker and Parker, and the 4 t 4t il. a -:'n• Having opened it, reurned 4), the :ittimation that it was notfor t them. xis u l si t 1 1, 10 4 et an Nand by the letter-earrerso . n i t t h e t 0 the ',4lir' ivh - ,, l3 wiler for it ; and Christie took ~.ktl lt , "ness „- ,reeeived it as for Walker and. Wright, .Zeiais 'l_",eratood he said it was for him. " i ,gir e - 'ller ~.a et 'u, of the detective force, apprehended . „ . 11. - i .,_ ° f ti t -II Saturday night, and, on telling ; him the N 1 tZw4, e r ga rte, he said he was sorry for it. . n et b, kt,o;7:ern.th,e defence, said Mr. Walker had ..be ;J, h ue ' With a Mr. Wright, for whom lee b 'qe b , - ' 4 R d a l e es :Many years ; and a debt of about ' t itei -c ne ti r , - 4 . - 1 a traveller named Key, whose residence,ir._ il, med the' be did not know, the prisoner p a % !," 1 "..I. l'he'44 used .41'der was for him, in payment .of than p,,40 it accordingly. . ft ) ,, lier .......wa_s commit' ted for trial at the assizes. I:2v. .......____-_______ 1)- Q I V - -1------- 130.412D ...4 LIVERPOOL SHIP. tt l , t t tll a t, t 4 ,, t r ,,,, t111 " 4 "• we --------e- 11 seamen, named re m sp i e c c h t l i ke v l ely Fi T tzge hos : t )i k. : t °ll B 4 :Nt e n iir i % t l o V p ee h eksr: George Curtis, Edward e arr a Crewe, jaines ke Joi, iraY, James Thomas, h ` t itiv rkt 4eld 1 , 11 ,g, and John Hayes, were ktk k i t Lar io ek , i,, ,,,,. stipendiary aufg..,, jr w o_ ra e_ t re n ei br .c o h ug arf h gt t ehd b e e ws f hi o it r hp e t e o u cutting money from Li,te caPiam ° . - '44 f,etit. ion Passage from New Orleans to Liverpool th t till a4eion vvas conducted by Mr. Owen, and Mr' Ili t t iMnl g ; I ; e d en behalf of the Primers' ii, tie, St N e e v :aee, Mr. Owen said the prisoners were the ship's r 'it t l, tltkrcr„ng foO;leathensvioyanaged had r9lgne4 % I ,' ativ,'Llars Per month ; receiving . " sixteen dollars to Liverpool at the rate Orleans ' 6 th aria The ship was cleared at New I ef .1 ka anl iarY, and arrived in Liverpool . on the tilt , r t'h, of the present year. Shortly ! Inv ": Isti7vt the crew became troublesome, and 1 : 11a , 31 0 , 4 41 and violent squall the ship was partially s. Ar;i4tlil l ,.sonie of her spars and sails. In laechlcal ge, be; 'asaster, she had to put into A 4,tit depth unable to get over the bar from the c3p want of 4 4. 1 - ,' te jait'cin„of water. In this predicament the I N et t b la et, the the purpose of_ superintending • the vessel in N th e .e the spars, leaving while the 'clt,„lva_9 „ttnate. On the 13th of January, he mate 4 7ng. a'44ent, the Prisoners refused to obeyrequisite tht ° I ti i "e decks, or performing the other _ site ship, unless they received an advance of pay t it ) P th - e' 14 unless d Ilai h per mouth. The ma - L .! eiZtklaiideattalli acquai ° n r tiug eac him with this extraort , t 7, 4:2 aa ( V ll ,? received an answer from the captain, laNe4,' dera,-I,'ne cir cumstances of the case, to comply -, ck.-; and;'oB,,of the. men th'iPed -".°11'37 afte . captain came on board, , , ~to proceed rrarde-the but fi t' ariso4„.. with the necessary repairs ; This was communicated 'ciiit,i4Yailee'-'lO with refused to do, excet under a ilth the ' th e ~i wa ges. There was no British c n onsn! lil, captXace, and, yielding to the urgent eee_s ,1 1 p f t "eel Irg again complied with their demands, "t ti c , l' the , owever, that a day of reckoning would "te l , 4, 11 C In this last instance they demanded an it ), tip Werity d .4".' no six.. gars° a month, thus forcing their ;:K , Pki.. e Y .th e --4-"6.v. dollars a month each. Part of t 't - 4cine,„o4.:Ptain was compelled to advance to them_ h tO ..41 after which, they got matters so far N 4fliver!neeed on the voyage, and, ultimately, to i t i 4 4l.; ( i 'sol e - a 7: ; but, on the way, they behaved with . l i t , i tO ill t ii ) . alld dis Pl ayed much insubordination. , )'. tae -..k, 1.- :Tt., the captain made a c9ra • Iti 4'4lorities, and they were taken into , kt Phiii su pport of the statement, he called ( 44t tl4; the 4ilo Proved all the averments made by P'S 4°444°4 W all also produced, iu which Of 4 R,, ste t 4 TUESDAY MORNING, _MARCH 14, 1854. " SwiET are the uses of - adversity," said old WILL SHARSPERE ; and it may be fortunate for us if the war, which now -seems inevitable, should afford us at least the advantage of testing modern Theories of financial policy, which have, as ye't, had Simply to encounter -sunshine and fair weather. 'When the late Sir ROBERT PEEL was called in to prescribe for the monetary prostration 'to which the country had been reduced by Whig imbecility, he resorted to the Income-tax as the 'most avail able resource in an emergency ; but palliated the enormity of a icvar-tax being levied liftime of peace by restricting'its duration to a shoerterm of years. The necessity was admitted, and, ;in the full hope that in a few years it would no <longer exist, the tax was vented, and served effoitually to restore the exhausted exchequer. Upon no other consi deration 'but the stern necessity of the case, and upon no' other conditions than'its temporary dura tion, ci'ald the imposition of skich a tax have-been justified ; but both these were elements of the question, and opposition was disarmed. The use that has been made of 'this confidence in minis teril honesty should be &lesson to the country. The receipt of such a fruitful source of revenue was nude the means of tampering with the while system of financial policy, as based upon indirect taxation; it was the treacherous preparation foithe - , subsequent adoption ofthe Free-trade theory ;° and as, one by one, the soinves of national ine,otaewere diminished in order te carry out the expeinnent, the Income-tax was Tendered permanept, upon the same necessitous plea which had induced the first consent to it. ThenVil consequences of this courser are now beginning'to be apparent, and, should the war continue any length of time, not only will they be more prominent, but the necessity must arise for ministers to retrace their steps. If, instead of paltry reductions'on sugar, tea, and other articles of foreign production, the increase in'the revenue from the revival-Of trade had been applied to the extinction of the' Income-tax, a fruitful source of income might mow have been available for the expenses of thismnforeseen and unprovided-for war. It would have 'been readily grantid, because the necessity would . have been admitted ; but having been forestalled, the only alternative is its increase to an oppressive extent, or a reversal of that vaunted system of commercial policy which Sir ROBERT PEBL sacrificed himself and his party and sold the country to promote. This was the difficulty with which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had to contend, when last week he _made his fleancial statement, and found no other resource than to double the Income-tax. It is - true that he con fined his proposal to the modest limit of six months, but this was merely an imitation of the false pretence under which it was first - .levied. It was a mere tinkering expedient, characteristic of the CoalitionCa'binet, the double-dearmg of the Peelites, and the shuffling trickery of the Whig-Radicals. If the charge 'for the war should happily be con fined to the cost of fitting out' the expedition which has already left .our shores, it is possible that the CHANCELLOR cethe EXCHEQtreat'may get over the financial year Without making any further demand. But does any -intelligent Englishman seriously expect that a collision with , the gigantic Empire of Russia will be so• easily settled'? We may, there fore, anticipate net only a 'double income Tax for the next half-year,: but' the prospect of a still fur ther augmentation, with hardly: the hope of relief unless, indeed, the 'House of Coinmons should as sert its independence of Ministerial dictation, and return to the old paths which have been so wilfully and recklessly forsaken. Mr. GLADSTONE, in his introductory speech, professed his great reluctance to reimpose duties w'hic'h *had been •so recently re mitted, and to abandon- that newly-adopted system .of policy which he and fliis party had spent. their .previous lives in oppeging. It was a-mockery of political principle, of Which none but. PEELITE could be guilty. He hathfax 'better have essumed aRbOW of honesty to whieh 'he 'has so long been a stranger, confessed his financial errors, which are of the'gravest character, and, placing the difficulty fairly - before the House, have manfully proposed to recur to the legitimate sources .of revenue derived from the Customs' duties. It is true that provi sions have lately been at much higher prices than were promised by the advocates of Free Trade:; but if the burden of additional taxation should be borne equally, there is no reason why the duty on the importation of foreign wheat should not be raised from one shilling to five shillings per quar ter. Such an increase would make no appreciable difference in the price to consumers, while it might sensibly augment 'the national income. It is a popu lar argument with many persons, that duties for the purpose of revenue Should be levied on articles of luxury rather than on the common necessaries of life. The fallacy ofthis reasoning must be evident on reflection, anda strikbig instance of it was afforded when the great WILLIAM PITT levied a tax on the wearing of hair-powder, erroneously supposing that a fashion, which was then so general, would of necessity continue, and prove highly productive to the treasury. A tax to be really productive. must be imposed on an article which is not only in but which the people cannot genera l consumption, easily dispense with, nor find a ready substitute for. If war be inevitable,—and none can deny that it is entered upon with popular feeling in its favour, — then it is absolutely necessary that the public should be fully aware of the cost which it entails, and the sacrifices which it renders indispensable. All have, in some degree, an equality of interest, and all are entitled to bear, in fair proportion, a share of the pecuniary burden entailed upon the country. The proposition, however, for increasing the Income-tax, is not only unjust, inasmuch as the burden of the war is confined to a class. of the population already taxed beyond all others, upon the pretence of their greater ability to contribute; but it emanating it does from the present , to the gravest' charge of political open as perfidy. These men, who prate as glibly of honour and honesty as if th e y possessed a spark of either, have the daring effr on tery to propose a Reform Bill, i n w hich they would virtually diefrauohiso every man of property throughout the country, and.throw the whole representation into the hands of the humbler classes ; and then, almost with the next breath, the House of Commons is asked to tax the very persons who are to be deprived of their influence in choosing the representatives. If taxation and representation are to be co-equal, and the possession of property be made the basis of taxation, then it ought also to be made the basis of representation, and a man be qualified with votes according to the amount of property for which he pays. But to endow a man with the franchise for the paltry considerations which form the groundwork of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Bill, and then to throw all the burden of the war upon the minority, is not only a direct blow at the whole fabric of the constitution, but a deliberate act of political iniquity. It is, indeed, the first step to a system of Socialism, by the virtual confiscation of property to gratify a numerical majority. We do not attempt to dispute the position that property has its duties as well as its rights, and that those who possess the means should contribute to the necessities of the State ; but by any system of direct taxation the line of distinction is necessarily unequal, and therefore unjust in its operation. By no process of reasoning can it be shown that a man with an income of £lOO should pay £2 ls. Bd. a year, while he who has only £99 19s. should pay 'nothing ; and yet such is, and must be, the effect of any system of direct taxation. On the other hand, there are thousands of men earning weekly wages who are exempt from this tax, and yet .atie far better able to eoatribute to the revenue than the man of £lOO or £l5O a year, who, to ebtiin it, must keep up a respectable exterior, and has a wife and family 'to maintain. The cry of the Free traders has been for direct taxation, because it ab solves the labouring classes, who spend more in luxuries than the class immediately above them ; while Lord , JOHN RUSSELL, by his proposed ex tension ofthe franchise, would assist to perpetuate the injustice, and even to make it more galling. The Income-tax has been endured because it was deemed to be an inevitable necessity, but the attempt to increase it ought 'to be resisted, and the 'Ministers be compelled 'to raise the required addition to the revenue from those duties the re duttion of which has proved 'beneficial to no one. r The financial difficulty Which has caused this demand for an increase of the Income Tax has not 'only been considerably aggravated, but actually treated, by the complicated experiments in finance ' with which Mr. GLADgTONE commenced his career as a Chancellor of the . trchequer. His pet scheme for the conversion of 'Stocks, which was to make a, permanent savinginthe National Debt, has resulted in severe loss to 'the few who were deluded 'by ministerial statements into an acceptance of 'the new Stocks, and iuthe absorption of the balances in the Exchequer to pay off the discontented, by which above six . Millions have been needlessly paid away, which might have been devoted to - the 'first exigencies caused by fitting out the expedition. All this. advantage has been needlessly frittered away, because Mr. GLADSTONE has an intuitive genius, whicih, having blossomed in the parterre of Conservative - principle, has been matured in the hotbed of rank Radicalism. It is true that, when the conversion was proposed, war was not then anticipated;'but whether we had now been in a stafe of peace or war, the utter inntilitrof the project, 'arid its loss to the country, wouM have been equally apparent. We may, however; indulge the hope'that the Coalition is on the point of disso lution, arid we hail the prospect the more 'willingly from the conviction that the condition' in which the country is at present requires that the helm l'of state:Should be in the hands of men possessing more ability and more honesty than the .present Ministry. TuAT - the prerogative of mercy is the highest jewel in the Crown, few who - have any Christian obligation will be inclined to 'dispute, but --mercy when ill directed is often bitter injustice. 'When the Marquis of NORMANEY was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, his policy was that of a general gaol delivery. He opened the prison doors to the worst offenders,lecause their offence was rebellion to the Government, and the consequence was monster meetings, anid-day murders, and a general insur rection -requiring a strong military force for;: its cmppresgon. The chief offender, DANIEL O'CON NELL, saved himself by a flight -to the continent; but hiSless feumiing, though more honest coadjutor, SMITH O'ButEN, with Quixotic chivalry, backed his words . :by deeds, and ignominiously terminated his rebellion in a cabbage garden. His position: would haveleen too contemptible for serious anger,: but human - rife was at stake, and however inade- , quote the means, the animus to overthrow the Government-and involve a kingdom in bloodshed and.desolation was equally the. same. For the single crime of murder he would have expiated his offence on-the-scaffold ; but as wholesale swindling leads to the Barlruptcy Court, and a small theft to the felon's goal, so in the eyes tof Whiggery rebellion demands only a milder punishment ; and SMITH O'llinEN,:taken in fagrante,delicto, with arms in'his hands, was let off with transportation. This, however,waarot sufficiently mildfor Whig no tions,and he has received the Royal pardon, upon the absurd plea that 'his companions in iniquity have fled from justicelo--the congenial soil of America. Had he simply committed forgery, or, driven by distress, had sought relief on the highway he must have served the 'full term of his sentence ; but treason is in Whig eyes so little removed fromotheir own policy, that the-traitor is an object of sympathy, and excuse is, therefore, .easily found for an ivish gentleman and a Member of Parliament, which would be pleaded in vain forthe wretch who sinned 'through ignorance and .wasterapted by want. This aet of ill-judged clemency was not, however, to stand alone, and the Newport rioters, who escaped 'the gallows through the clumsiness of a Whig Attorney-General, and two more of the Irish patriots are included in another amnesty to suffer ing rebels. This exercise of the prerogative of mercy should not, however, stop bere, for it will be gross injustice if it be not extended to all who were transported previously, and are still lingering in our penal colonies, inasmuch as, whatever were their offences, they were of less moral turpitude than those for which these pardoned felons were first allowed to escape the gallows, and now the milder punishment. were details of the various circumstances and acts of in subordination and terms of exaction. The captain also proved that each of the prisoners was indebted to the ship about sixty dollars. The mate was also called, and he corroborated the tes timony of the captain ; and also verified the correctness of the entries in the log-book. Both the captain and the m ate were subjected to long cross-examination by Mr. Asp inall, in which he elicited that the captain was of an irascible temper when thwarted ; but an attempt to establish that he was of dissipated habits entirely failed, as did also an endeavour to fix a charge of general harshness against him. Mr. Aspinall, for the defence, remarked on the excess of caution which he said was evinced on the part of the prosecution, in including all the prisoners in the charge, which prevented him from obtaining the evidence of even a single one in justification of the men, who, he contended, were ill-used, and insufficientlyprovisioned on the voyage. His Honour, in conclusion, animadverted, in severe terms, on the altogether indefensible line of conduct pursued by the prisoners, who engaged, in a foreign port, to bring the ship home ; and on the faith of which en gagement the captain had proceeded to sea. While there, and taking advantage of a disaster, they extorted money from him under circumstances in which he had no alter native but to comply with their demands. In doing so, no doubt the captain had exercised a wise discretion, but the conduct of the prisoners could not be looked on as better than that of parties who put their hands in other men's pockets and took out their money. The owners had been put to great loss in the case, and the conduct of the prisoners was without any justification. The Act of Parliament awarded in such cases, as an eat isle penalty, the punishment of twelve weeks' imprisonment with hard labour, and he could not in this case see any circumstances calling for a mitigation of that extreme punishment ; he therefore sentenced each of them to be imprisoned for twelve weeks, with hard labour. Kiberpoot :=)tattbarb+ TIM LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. tributions in aid of suffering humanity, which were known to be frequent and large, were distributed with that unos tentatious liberality, that instinctive delicacy, which is at all times characteristic of a good and generous disposi tion. Of him, in reference to such deeds of kindness, such missions of mercy, it might truly be said that his right hand knew not what his left hand did. From early youth associated with Liverpool, and by the prestige of his family name connected with the germina tion and growth of its commercial prosperity and municipal importance, the late Mr. MorrNztYx:was deeply and affec tionately interested in the welfare and progress of this his native town ; and the growing development of its public in stitutions found in him a gratified assistant and a powerful friend. Eminently disinterested in his acts and aspirations, his public services had but one object in view—the general good,— and that he laboured zealously to secure and enhance, while he was not less careful of the public honour; thus he was at all times tenacious of his personal reputa tion. In conferring on such a man municipal rank, as a reward for valued services, the community evinced its gratitude in a manner which reflected honour on itself, in a degree as obvious and creditable as it lent dignity to the recipient. The personal worth, the urbanity, and the integrity of Mr. Morrarzux secured for him the warm and lasting regards of an eztensi we circle of personal friends. His attachments were as sincere as his manners were blameless and inoffensive. Deeply attached to the cause of constitutional govern ment, and warmly espousing the advocacy of those mea sures, through the administration of which this country has attained so high a degree of prosperity—so honourable a position among the nations of the earth,—Mr. MOLT NEVX, at an early period of his life, , enrolled himself among the ranks of the Liverpool Conservatives, and was by them justly esteemed for the coniistency and ardour of his patriotism ; while his coneiliatory spirit rendered him a favourite with even his political opponents. The union of these qualities, added to s .his great and deserved personal influence, pointed him out as the local leader under whose guidance the Conservative party_ could sustain an honour able and uncomproniising, though not vindictive, warfare against those aggressive principles of democratic innovation which threaten the - subversion of our dearest and 'most valuable institutions. In this belief he was selected as chairman of'the Liverpool Constitutional Association, an office which, ante the Association was instituted, he has held; aid - the duties of which he has discharged In such a manner as to give confidence and courage to 'his friends, without affording the slightest pretence for 'arcerbity of feeling among those to whom he was opposed. Sincere in his own'honest convictions, and honourablein their mani festation, 'his magnanimity enabled him to exercise a liberality of sentiment in estimating the proceedings of his opponents. Of such a man, and so worthy a citizen, altjoin, as all can join, heartily in saying, ILEQUIESCAT IN PACE. BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL. THE interests of this valuable institution are now in considerable jeopardy, owing to an undignified dispute among those whose position and education should have induced a more sensible course of proceeding. It appears + that the medical department is entrusted to honorary , surgeons, who are elected by the governors for a term of years, and by one of the rules of the institution it is provided that, on any 'honorary surgeon resigning the office, or having hailed the terin., allowed, the governors may, at the next annual meeting, elect him - as a consulting surgeon. During the year 1852, 3lr. HAMILTON, who had ' - been an honorary surgeon from June 1845, resigned his appointment, which was filled 'by another surgeon resident in Birkenhead. At the succeed ing annual meeting 'Mr. HAMILTON would have 'been proposed as a consulting surgeon, but there being two, 1 that number was thought sufficient. However, in the . year following, a vacancy occurred by the death df "Mr. STEVENSON; and therefore at the last annual meeting it was proposed that, agreeably to the rule refented • to, Mr. HAMILTON Should be appointed a consulting sur geon, and the motion was agreed to. This appointment, it seems, gave umbrage to some other medical gentle men on the establishment, and, at the next meeting of the committee, that body came to a decision, by :a ma jority of two, thatthe appointment of Mr. Hamwrow by the governors at-the annual meeting was illegal, on the ground that it bad not taken place at the annual meeting next after his resignation, and, last week, a special meet ing was held at the Town-hall to decide upon the 'construc tion of the rule in question. After :desultory conversation, in which repeated attempts to discuss the eligibility of the appointment were -very properly repressed by the. chair man, the meeting, by a majority of 28 to 26, confirmed 'the decision of the annual meeting. It is much to ;be lamented that a question , ef this 'kind should be made the means of exciting persosial feeling, or of arousing sensations of professional rivalry. ' The *hale point in dispute turns simply upon the constraction•of the rule, which says, 'that the Governors may at the next annual meeting, .aftcr such resignation, elect the honorary surgeon who resigns to the office of consulting -sur geon. On the one side it is contended thatthis power, which is permissive, applies to any succeeding annual meeting; whereas .on the other side it is argued that, if the power be not exercised at the annual meeting immedi ately succeisling, it ceases altogether. It has been decided by the most eminent judges that when a law is not ex-. pressly prohibitory it must be construed according to the dictates of common-sense. We have no opinion-whatever as to the merits of the. particular appointment in question, nor its effects aeon tharelative professional position of the gentlemen interestekbutwe cannot understand how there can be a second opinion as to the common-sense view of its legality. The permission to elect at the next annual meeting necessanlyimplies any succeeding annual meeting .or the Institution would sloe in the position of being perhaps debarred from making such an appointment at all. In the case of the loss .of the consulting surgeon, by death or resignations, thee Governors would haie no power to elect a successor, although -several who had served the office of honorary surgeon Might be eligible, unless one of them had resigned crithin'the previous year, while in any ease they would be compelled tortake the junior surgeon to the exclusion of the senior, who may have fulfilled lids term of previous service years.before the office of consult ing surgeon became vacant. The -conclusion is evident, that not only the legal but common-sense construction of the rule is, that the term "next amine meeting" implies any annual meeting:subsequent to the vacation of office ; and this_opinion, we are confident,. would be corroborated by any gentleman not interested in -the particular merits of the appointment in question. We trust, however, that a regard for the interests of the Instittctioli will be allowed to predominate over other feelings of minor consequence, and that both ; parties will suffer the question to remain where it Is, -iiiod unite to carry out the noble objects that both have inwiew. FATHER .GAVAZZ.I; A DOUBTFUL SUPPORTER OF PROTESTANTISM. lAMONG the pecularities which distinguish society at the present day, no one is more singular or more signifi cant than the pertinacit,y of that admiration it accords to a particular class of favourites. To ensure this adoration, ephemeral as it no doubt is, the possession of great talent is not indispensable, while a-reasonable amount of sensitive integrity is found to be a serious' hindrance to success. The ,chief ingredents reviitlite to the formation of a popular idol, whether of the Metier or humbler classes, is indomitable self-esteem, an indiosyncracy which enables its possessor to look on his votaries and admirers as mere instruments to his exaltation ; and as utterly unworthy of any consideration beyond the degree in which they con tribute to his aggrandisement and self-inflation. Suffici ently imbued with this qualification, if a little tact is added to its management, he may abuse the public ear, insult his audience by fierce invectives against their most cherished prejudices, or eloquently inculcate the doctrines they hold most in detestation, and they will listen and applaud till echo rings again. Be the favourite of the hour a votary of teetotalism, an advocate for the abolition of capital punishments, an apostle of Chartism, or a dis seminator of the " Odilic influence," so that he can render it clear that he will have his own swing in what he is pleased to call his argument, and cares not a rush whether he pleases or displeases his audience, he is sire to have willing and admiring listeners. • The truth of this observation is fully borne out in the singular popularity which has been wrung by Father GAVIAZZI from the Protestant community of Great Britain. Everywhere his reception has been enthusiastic; and among those professing the greatest repugnance to, and detestation as well as dread of Popery and Popish insti tutions and artifices, his prelections have been the signal for afurore of admiration. This was well attested in the audience assembled to hear—it could scarcely be said with propriety to listen—to his oration in the Philharmonic hall, on Wednesday evening. In that assembly, great and influential as it no doubt was, were to be met with men who are eloquent in denouncing Popery as the "mystery of iniquity"—who describe the Romish Church as a device of Satan—and who proclaim its ministers of every grade as the foes of Caursr, the enemies of human souls, the cunning and, unscrupulous instruments for entrapping THE LATE E. MOLYNEUX, ESQ. WE regret to record the demise of Mr. EDMUND MorrxErx, one of the Aldermen of the borough, and long regarded with love and esteem as one of the most benevolent and public-spirited of our fellow-townsmen. The melancholy event took place on Thursday last, at his residence, Childwall-hall, to which, for some time past, he had been confined through illness, which, though severe, was not at first considered of a dangerous or fatal character. In the death of Mr. MOLYNEUX, the community of Liverpool has lost an eminent and excellent citizen, the world a most worthy man. Upright and honourable in all his transactions, through his liberality and munifi cence he ably supported the high reputation included in the title " a British merchant ;" and by his affability and kindness he justly earned for himself the character of a Christian and a gentleman. Deeply imbued with the spirit of Christian charity and love, his benevolence was extensive, though neither reckless nor undiscriminating, and to all the public charities he was at once a willing and a liberal contributor. Foremost among the objects of his judicious assiduity, plans for the dissemination of scriptural knowledge and institutions for the spread of Christian education ever claimed and received a large portion of his ottentiou and-his bounty, His private con, the unwary; who represent, and truly represent, one class of those ministers, the Jesuits, as the impersonation of human deceit. Men of these professions were found swelling the applauses bestowed on Father Ga.ve.zzr. And who and what is this eloquent orator ? A priest of the very church they condemn ! True, he is as eloquent as they are, and more fiery in his condemnation of that church ; but what test have we of his sincerity ? He remains a member of that church which he condemns, or affects to condemn, and does not lay claim to even the negative merit of apostasy. The Jesuits are admittedly cunning as well as unscrupulous in their professions and in their acts; and although we have not seen Father Gavizzt openly charged with being one of that brother hood, who shall guarantee us that, in declaring as he did, on Wednesday evening, " You don't want any titled bishops in your country," he did not covertly mean a stab at our Established Church, and secure himself under the mental reservation, " except those of Rome P" This, we are aware, may be called an uncharitable conclusion; the charitable ness, or the contrary of the conclusion, is of little moment; the danger of sowing such seed as that contained in the Father's observation is imminent. No one can be more eloquent or less hesitating in warning the community against Popish wiles than many of those who applauded the sentiments uttered and the condemnation awarded to numerous Protestant as well as Popish institutions by the clever Italian to whom they were listening on the occasion referred to. Sludl we consider him cunning, or believe him disinterested in the allusions he made to the disagree ments existing on the subject of National Education ? It is true he recommended that those disagreements should be cast aside, and some general plan be agreed on ; but all of tis have a lively remembrance of that humanity inculcated against the unhappy bailiff who was being soused—" Pray, gentlemen, do not nail his ear to the pump." On the topics which most readily connect them- Selves with Jesuitism, the Padre was peculiarly eloquent ; and it cannot be denied that he illustrated the dangers to be apprehended from Jesuitry in a peculiarly Jesuitical .manner. Take the following as an instance ; " After so long a journey in America, and so long tr ave l in England, I find that the Papal army has some Protes tants in it also. And Tdo not so much fear the Romish Catholic Jesuits as I fear the Protestant Jesuits—not so much the Jesuits from Rome as the Jesuits from Oxford— and I fear not so much the Jesuits of Ignatius Loyola as the Jesuits of Dr. Pusey. (Hear, and cheers.) Who is Dr. Pusey ? People ask me, " What do you think of Dr. Pusey ?" I say that he is the Romish Catholic Church under a Protestant mask. Who is Dr. Pusey ? He is a learned Doctor of Oxford, a canon with an income of £lO,OOO yearly. Outside you see the Oxonian toga of Dr. 1 Pusey. All right .(A laugh.) [Here the Padre wrapped himself closely in his cloak, and then opening it cauti ously, and *peering into its folds, continued :] But, if Dr. Pusey would open his Oxford cloak, he would find—oh ! how dreadful !—a little nest of new-born whispering snakes prepared to spread their venom through all Protestant countries. (Cheers.) 0 shame ! shame ! for the man and for the•community, who thought to think, and act another thought. Shame ! shame ! let them be all Catholics or all Protestants, but not half and half. (Hear, hear.) Remlb i ? r r that Puseyism is only a flower of the genus Oxgreeaftesatt supporter r rs ooff Romeßome are o the f? Ancta a ar ta ns, a n i i rd n ihe this country is the Bishop of Exeter. In his diocese you 4nd the Protestant nuns of Miss Sellon, Protestant mili tia:lr confession, and odious penances. And are these Protestants ? No, no ! They are Romanists in a Pro testant disguise. (Appla use .) lamin a dilemma. Trac larians are right, or they are wrong. If they are right, they cannot be right but for two reasons. First, because you have no law to stop these novelties, and, therefore, you ought to procure a law from your parliament 'to stop such fatal novelties in the bosom of your Protestantism. Or they are right, because your English prayer:book and liturgies allow these innovations. Therefore revise your prayer-book and your liturgies, if you would prevent such innovations. My dear brethren, Protestantism is not the prayer-book nor the liturgies—it is the Bible—(Loud cheers.) You should re member what St. Paul says, "A leaven will leaven all the mass" • and, therefore, if such Popish ceremonies are introduced into Protestant liturgies, let them be re moved. But if the Tractarians are wrong, and the Epis copacy and the protestants of England are-silent, are you not then worthy of the reproach of Isaiah's dumb dogs that cannot bark ; and therefore, may dear brethren, bark, bark at the enemy. Protestantism means not only to protest against Popery directly, bat to protest against Popery in disguise, aad Popery under the Protestant mask. (Cheers.) Protest, therefore, against this, and you will be good Protestants." • In giving the above quotation, we have retained the indications of feeling, as these tend considerably to eluci date the nature of the scene on which we have been dis posed to remark. Unfortunately, on the points introduced with much adroitness by this itinerating orator, great difference of opinion, and no small amount of acrimony exists and is exhibited among members of the Protestant Church ; but is it not a singularly suspicious circumstance that this new reformer of the Romish Church should seize with such avidity on these points, and on these points almost alone ; and that in dealing with them he should give only very questionable advice ? If suspicion could be made more strongly suspicious in respect to this, the Padre himself would furnish a reason for it; shortly after wards he told us, "IVs an injustice to force Protestants to support Maynootlt ; ,and it is also an injustice to make Roman Catholics pay Jra a church hostile to them." What may be the meaningof this ? As a church, we all know that Popery insists upon ' being well paid for ; aye, but the Padre is only for those paying to whom the church is not hostile. We are also led to understand that, so far as de riving pecuniary benefit;is concerned, the famish Church is not hostile to any bOdy ; it is willing to accept, nay to insist, on contributions from Methodists as well acQuakers, from Unitarians, or Polytheists, or Atheists, and to none of all these does she, in .11 money-receiving sense f *declare herself hostile, but she does declare herself vitally hostile to all Protestantism. • Connecting great things with small, ,it is also not a little remarkable that this new apostle 'does • not, even in the abandon of his fervour, denominate-him ' selfa Protestant ! No, heis a reformer ! a name which, of recent years, from bad associations, has acquired at, least p i very dubious repute. Does he, then, really want a new Reformation on his own account, that he cannot avail him self of that which was so effectually worked out before he was. born ; and which was *heeding its blessed influence . over the Christian world long , ere he took to denouncing •the atominations of " the man of sin ?" Such a reserva tion infers at least presumption,;if it does not indicate a .striking want of sincerity. Connect it, however, with.the following, audacious egotism, if-not positive blasphemy, and his arrogant presumption'becc,rnes undeniable : " rda,not favour sects—l am the man of the Bible— the man of the Gospel—the man of my Lord Jesus Christ —and when you say to me, Go -forth. I accept your prayers_ ; .but I maintain the Bible with the interpretation of my heart, and not of sects." Is this last sentence not as much antagonistic to the •principles of 'Christianity as its antecedents are to the •humility of Gospel teaching ? Can that man be trusted •as a Protestantchampion who stigmatizes and belies our Church andits ministers in terms like those used by this wandering prieston Wednesday evening.:— "We have nownmong Protestants many.direrent kinds of dignitaries. 'lntthe Apostolic Churches you will only find working ministers and deacons for temporal purposes. But you have privates, canons major, and minors, and other grades •to please a clerical aristocracy. And you meet have an equality of salaries. There are dignitaries who have from 41,000 to £lO,OOO a-year, some rich in cumbents ,Who have front £2,000 to £.3,000, and _worthy ministers with thirty,.forty, and fifty pounds a-year. This is not justice. Make ft better distribution, and you •will have much more to spare for other religions and public purposes. And it is a great injustice which gravitates on the Irish to force thern , to pay for the episcopal and dis senting clergy. And when we find that the greater part of these clergymen do not •live in Ireland but in London, or the continent, Sn luxurious idleness, the injustice 'be comes greater." As he does not pretend to say -raDgious teaching should mot be paid for, but objects to the payment of Episcopal and Dissenting clergy, can lie mean •&iy to be paid for in Ireland but the Romish clergy ? The Padre, waxing yet more eloquent in his denuncia tion of the externals of Romanism, for he makes no such formidable onslaught against its principles,—in fact, all discussion on the essentials of Popery, and on the practices of the Romish Church, he successfully if not cautiously avoided. He says : " It is now the fashion also in America and Europe for ladies to wear crosses on their breast. That is a very bad fashion. In my Italy they have crosses everywhere, find in particular, over every grave. Now, when I meet in the street a beantifid English lady with a cross on her breast, . I say to myself, Ah ! beautiful white English marble, . there is a cross, but a cross thak marks a grave. The bosom of this lady is the grave of true Protestanism." When he first appeared before an English auditory, he wore himself a cross embroidered on his robe; he has changed that now, and his robe is ornamented by a symbolical sword. This he explained by saying that he changed his badge in America; it was not he says "a Roman cross—it was the Italian national cockade," and he is now compelled to introduce "a cockade in the form of a sword in the Italian tricolour." Pray who con strained him to leave off the one and now compels him to wear the other ? Has he the plea of a new revolution in Italy since he left England for America, to call for or justify the change? Is this fact, trivial though it may seem, and this uncalled for, as well as clumsy, explanation, not a ground for narrowly scrutinizing his pretensions ? By high authority we are called on to beware of " wolves in sheep's clothihg." Let us give practical value to the admonition. The clergy of our own Church are able as well as willing expositors of Protestant truth ; of their lives and character we have good means of judging ; th e i r walk and conversation is before us. Let us not forsake those tried lamps of gospel light, for the lustrous glitter of an ignus fatuis, which, after luring ns from the path of Protestant truth, may ultimately leave ps in the gm/a.. mire of Romish ignorance and impiety, THE LAVERPOOL STANDARD AND THE .ROMISH PRIESTHOOD. -.... Tur concluding note from Mr. Yates will show the reason for our giving the readers of the Standard the benefit of the following correspondence : TO THE PROPRIETOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIB,--The Right Rev. Dr. Brown, the Roman Catholic Bishop of this di ocese, h as requested me to communicate with you on the subject of a leading article, which ap peared in the columns of your paper on Tuesday last, and which contains the following paragraph :—" We could point to instances, even in our own neighbourhood, where a Romish priest, professing great piety, and administering the ordinances of his religion to many young females, is notorious for infamous profligacy, consorting with the most abandoned characters, and with hardly the decency to conceal his atrocious conduct." Dr. Brown, as the prelate having charge of the Catholic clergy of this diocese, and responsible for their character and fitness for the sacred office, is deeply interested in the truth of the assertion you have made ; and, on his behalf, I have to request yon will be good enough to furnish me with the name of the priest to whom you allude, as it will be his lordship's duty instantly to remove any person whose conduct is such as you describe, and so prevent him from continuing to disgrace the priesthood.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN YATES, Ju n . 20, Fenwick-street, 10th March, 1854. The Editor of the Liverpool Standard presents his compliments to Mr. Yates, jun. He has no knowledge of any such individual as " the Right Rev. Dr. Brown, the Roman Catholic Bishop of this diocese," and denies the right of any person to assume such a title, or to pre tend to be " a prelate having charge of the Catholic clergy of this diocese ;" and, therefore, to have any right to make the inquiry contained in Mr. Yates's letter. At the same time, he begs to inform Mr. Yates, that the remark to which he alludes was not intended to refer to any Romish priest in Liverpool. Mr. Yates, as a lawyer, must be aware that more particular reference would subject the publisher to an action for libel, although the facts may be notorious in the neighbourhood. Standard Office, 10th March, 1864. ISLINGTON PRESB .YT_E'iel N CHURCH TE.et PARTY. LAST wisnT, the anniversary tea party of the congre gation of this church was held in the school-room beneath the chcurh. Nearly 400 persons sat down to tea, and the proceedings were of the most interesting character. The tea and refreshments aftei wards, both of which were of a superior character, were supplied by Mr. J. Milbour?,.of Clarence-street. The Rev. V. M. White, 8.A., the minus ter of the church, occupied the chair ; and amongst the gentlemen on the platform, were—The Rev. Dr. Crichton, the Rev. A. Cromar, the Rev. David Hamilton, of Belfast, the Rev. Mr. Trail, of Manchester, and the Rev. F. A. West, Wesleyan Minister. The Chairman referred, in. congratulatory terms, to the progressively improving posi.. tion of the congregation externally ; and spoke of the good. effected by reunions like the present in creating a cordial, social feeling amongst the members. The Rev. A. Cromar,, 1 in ass eloquent address, dwelt upon the necessity for. home missions, as exemplified by the drunkenness and immo rality so prevale n t i n Li ver p o ol. He was afraid that,. whilst they were looking so 'much to foreign and heathen lands, they were too much neglecting Liverpool. The Rev. D. H AMILTON th en a dd resse d th e meeting,. dwelling especially on subjects connected with the Irish Presbyterian Church. If they asked him what was one of the principal evidences by which they would judge of the life of a church, he should say missions, as taken up and carried out in that church. Wherever they found a church dead to missions, he did not care how rich it was—how crowded its congregations might be—it was a dead church; and wherever they found a c h urc h , whose members ha d their hearts set upon the enlargement of Christ's king dom, and were giving and working to gain that object, they found a healthy, a living church. In reference to Mr. Cromar's remarks, Mr. liamilton said he need have no fear of their attention being directed from home by foreign missions. The more they did for home, the more they would do for the heathen, and the more they did for the heathen the more they would do for Liverpool. In 1840, the Irish Presbyterian church sent out its first mis sion for the conversion of the heathen. They , had after wards established a mission to the Jews, and in no year had so much been contributed towards missions by that church as in the year just closed. There were two evils to contend with in Ireland. The first was the inadequate support of the ministry ; the second was ministerial' beg ging for a church or manse. To remedy the latter evil, they formed a church and manse fund. Belfast alone had con tributedllooo towards it, and other parts of Ulster about £6,000, leaving £9,000 still required to supply the want. The speaker then said that he had heard with regret that there was a debt on the church in which they were assem bled, and he urged the congregation not merely to provide as they were doing for paying the interest of the debt. Now, he did not like intores Let them pay the princi pal. (Applause.) No chu , ci. -.- justifiable in staying longer in debt than it was ail.i to get out of it —The Rev. Mr. WEST addressed the meeting.—The Rev. Dr. CniciD.. TON, who has just returned from. Constantinople, followed, and interested the audience by a rapid sketch of the lead ing objects of interest in that magnificent city. Re joined there a company of English and French officers, who were so far favoured as to get a firman from the Sultan, permitting them to see through the seraglio and the different mosques. They were accompanied by a guard of about a dozen soldiers. The seraglio he described as a building of about four miles in length. They walked through all the parts except the portion of the building in which the women were kept, but there was little to attract attention, although there was much of Oriental splendour and a profuse display of cloth of gold and silver. They went next to the Church of St. Sophia, the largest church in the world with the exception of St. Peter's, and he was particularly struck with its extent and magnificence. There were about 1,000 Turks worshipping in it at the time of their visit. At another mosque they had nearly got into mischief, owing to a crazy young French mid shipman who had lifted a Koran, when the party were assailed with a yell from the Mussulmans, who drew their swords, and had it not been for the guard, and for the explanations that were rendered, very serious results might have followed. Dr. Crichton was proceeding with his discourse, in which the audience appeared much interested, and there were other speakers to follow ; but owing to the lateness of the hour, our reporter was compelled to retire. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—l will not stop to discuss with you the question as to Dr. Brown's title to the designation which I gave him—because, however convenient this may be to you as a subterfuge, it is wholly immaterial to the matter at issue. Let it suffice that he is the acknowledged superior .of the Catholic clergy of this district, and, in that capacity, undoubtedly the fittest person to inquire into their conduct. Your ether excuse for withholding the information asked, will avail you no better—for I venture, as a lawyer, to tell you that, by proving the truth of your statement, you would have a valid answer to any action for libel. You have, therefore, no apology for withholding the name of this alleged delinquent. Public morality demands it. The vindication of your character, as a public jour nalist, must suggest it. A sense of justice, if not of deli cacy, to the Catholic clergy of the district, forbids you to withhold it. I again, therefore, ask you to furnish me, if you can, with the name of this profligate priest, that he may no longer be permitted to prostitute his sacred office, and scandalise our common Christianity. If, however, you still decline to give me his name, I must assume that you cannot, and that the article in question is a base fabrication, manufactured to give point and zest to an article otherwise too contemptible to be notioed.—l am your obedient servant, JOHN Yevzs, Jun. 20, Feawick-street, 11th March, 1854. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—I beg to inform you that, as you have not replied to my last letter, I shall publish in the Liverpool Mer cury, and Northern Daily Times, of to-morrow, the correspondence which has taken place between us on the subject of your attack on the Catholic clergy of this neighbourhood. You will exercise your own discretion about publishing it yourself.—Your obedient servant, JOEN YATES, Jun. 20, Fenwick-street, 13th March, 1854. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. THE Pinimatittoxic Co;cERT, on Tuesday evening, was attended by an audience fashionable and intelligent, and so full as to crowd the splendid hall of the society. The occasion was the second subscription concert of the season, and the piece selected the sublime oratorio of " Elijah," the masterpiece of Mendelssohn, which was per formed in a manner worthy of the great composer, and creditable to the Philharmonic Society,and to the town of Liverpool. The chief vocalists on the occasion were, Miss Birch, Miss Huddart, Herr Richardt, and Herr Carl Formes ; the orchestra and chorus numbering two hundred performers : both chorus and orchestra being efficient and well trained, as well as numerous and power ful. Having said this much, we have said as far as must convince every one, conversant with the subject, that the performance was a noble one, so much depending in an oratorio, and especially one of Mendelssohn's, on the com bined power and steady execution of the choruses. Of Miss Birch, who was in excellent voice, it.is scarcely necessary to say more than that, as usual, she displayed her wonted taste and culture ; her intonation was pure and correct—her style admirable. She confined herself to the execution of what was set down for her, and that she did with the sweetness and polished grace of a finished artiste. Asa concert singer, of high class, Miss Huddart fully justified the favourable opinion we expressed of her vocal talents, on the occasions of her appearing as one' of the operatic company in the Theatre Royal. Her singing of the devotional and charmingly expressive air in the second part, " 0 rest in the Lord, wait patiently for his blessing," was a charming effort, a triumph, indeed, of eloquent vocalisation. It embodied a fine feeling of earnestness, and pathetic as well as persuasive beauty. So completely were the audience delighted with the execution of this piece, that, tnalgre the etiquette of an oratorio concert-room, their applause burst forth, in unmeasured volume, and continued, with unmitigated furore, till they had succeeded in obtaining its repetition. This, by the way, it must be admitted, is a style of win ning satisfaction, which, if not peculiar, is seemingly. at least, native to a Liverpool auditory. If any drawback was observable in this lady's style of singing, it might be noted in a somewhat nervous excess of energy, and an effort at dramatic effect ; as a whole, however, her performance was so gratifying, that any such depreciating remarks might safely be set down as hypercriticism. Herr Reichardt is a pleasing and correct rather than a great or astonishing tenor. He possesses one good quality, in addition to an excellent voice, he evidently endeavours to understand his author, and to render his meaning accurately. His singing, throughout, was effec tive, and it was well received. On Herr Carl Formes' rendering of the music of " Elijah," much praise has been deservedly lavished. To great power of execution he added many of the accomplishments of the artiste, and the graces of the musician ; still there was a mani fest inequality in his execution. On the present occasion his singing was sometimes so loud as to savour of vio lence, at other times, so lax and feeble as to smack of •carelessness. Of the valuable services rendered by the chorus, it would not be an easy matter to speak in terms ,of over-strained praise. The numerous complicated and 'beautiful choruses were given with steadiness and telling effect ; the various points were well and skilfully taken up; and the fugue parts were executed with great pre • cision, and showed good and careful training. The oratorio, we perceive, is to be repeated, in the same place, on Tuesday next. MR. JOHN CALCOTT BEATTY has been appointed ensign in the 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia. TOWN COUNCIL.—A special meeting has been convened for Thursday next, for the purpose of electing an alderman; , vice Mr. Molyneux, deceased ; the terms of office to expire on the 9th of November, 1859. THE SCREW STEAMER ALBATROSS.—A statement having appeared in some of the London and Liverpool papers to the effect that " Messrs. Wilson and Son, of - Liverpool, the agents of the Cork Steam-packet CompanVi . received notice on Thursday that Government would re quire their fine screw steamer Albatross, Captain Hansen, engaged in the Liverpool and Lisbon trade, for the con veyance of troops to the Mediterranean," we have been requested by Messrs. Wilson and Son to contradict the announcement, there being no truth in it. DECIMAL COINAGE : THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES. —The Institute of Actuaries, at an adjourned meeting held in St. James's-square, last week, adopted the following resolution on this subject :—" That this meeting is of opi nion that the plan recommended by the Decimal Coinage Committee of 1853 is the best that has been proposed ; and that the council be requested to prepare a petition to Parliament urging the adoption of that plan ; with a re commendation for the issue of four mil pieces, as necessary for the protection of the interests of the poorer classes.' Thanks were voted to Lord Overstone, Mr. Brown, M.P., and Mr. Wood, for the aid they had lent to the cause. ROBBERY AND BURGLARY.—Yesterday, Thomas Bail, alias Thompson, Thomas Cole, and John Harris were brought up, on remand, before the country magistrates, at the County Police-office, in Clayton-square, charmed with breaking into the house of Mrs. Douglas, residmg in Edge-lane, and stealing a quantity of Jewellery, on the night of Thursday, the 2nd instant. The inves tigation was gone into at considerable length, and ter minated in all three prisoners being committed for trial , REJOICINGS AT HALEWOOD.-011 Tuesday last, at Halewood-house, the residence of James Lowther, Esq., the marriage of his amiable n i ece , Mi ss Emily Moore Lowther to Mr. Thomas Walker, son of R L e ft w i c h , Esq., of Aigburth, was celeb ra t e d by great rejoicings. The day was ushered in by firing of cannon, flags flying, &c. A sumptuous breakfast was given to the relatives and friends • and the numerous agricultural labourers, workmen, &,e., were also regaled with an excellent dinner • in the true old English style. Not only were all belong ing to the establishment amply provided for, but the sur rounding tenantry and neighbours from the different townships partook of the good cheer, consisting of roast beef, plum pudding, &c., with an abundance of excellent ale from the Halewood brewery. Early in the afternoon all the children belonging to the Halewood School were regaled with tea, buns, &e., and allowed to sport on the lawn and grounds. The day was most propitious, and the pleasure was much enhanced by the presence and kind assistance of the worthy curate, the Rev. T. Chambers, aided by the master and mistress of the schools, and the clerk of the church. The appearance and conduct of the children, amounting to some hundreds, was truly tify ing to all who had the pleasure of witnessing the rural and innocent scene. After the happy couple had taken their departure, the festivities of the day were concluded by a select dinner party, followed by a ball in the evening. Everything passed off without the slightest alloy, and all left much delighted with the day's proceedings. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—A special meeting of the council was held yesterday, Thomas Bouch, Esq., presi dent, in the chair. The proceedings of the committee on the subject of letters of marque and privateering were read and adopted. The following are the resolutions of ' the committee :—That no letters of marque or commissions of privateering should be henceforth granted by the Go vernment of this country ; that among other precautions against the abuses of privateering and letters of marque issued by foreign nations, the following should also be comprehended, namely, that any vessel sailing under letter - of marque or privateering commission against the property of this country, unless under the command of a subject of a nation at war with this country, and fitted out and having proceeded from a port or place of such nation after declaration of war, should be deemed a pirate by the laws of this country, in accordance with the principle proclaimed by the government of the United States of America during the Mexican war of 1846 ; and that public notification thereof should be given to all nations. That it is of the highest importance that the Government of this country should open negotiations without delay with the govern ments of France, the United States of America, and other nations, with the view to obtain their concurrence in a declaration that all sailing under letters of marque or com missions of privateering against the property of any sub ject or subjects of any nation so declaring to be, at all times and under all circumstances, piracy. That the fore going resolutions be laid before the council, with a reeom , mendation that memorials be forthwith prepared in ac cordance therewith, and forwarded to the proper quarters, praying that steps may be taken at once for the attain ment of the ends therein suggested, so far as her Majesty's Government may deem practicable. A memorial to the Privy Council, embodying the above, was submitted and agreed to: The Chancellor of the Exchequer's propositions . as to a stamp duty on foreign bills of exchange was dis cussed, and a special committee was appointed to consider the details. A deputation was nominated to attend a meeting in London on the subject of the importation of Peruvian guano. ST. MICHAEL'S BURIAL GROTIND.••••411 consequence 'of an order from Lord Palmerston, the Home Secretary, stating that in f u t ure no more than one burial should take place in one grave, and that after the' Ist of January next the yard should be closed, a numerous meeting of grave owners and other parishioners was held last night at the Parochial school-room. Mr. Cookson, the church warden, was in th e c h a i r, supported by his colleague, Mr. Christian. Mr. Pemberton asked if notice had been given " to the grave owners, and also to the Health Committee and the Town Council ? The Chairman said that notice ' had been given by advertisement and by placards. Mr. Pemberton said he was surprised at this order of Lord Palmerston to close a new burial ground, in which he had bought a family grave, and many others were in the same position. He had paid the Corporation for this PreP! and it was a great hardship that he should be deprive d wits' such further use of it. There was no honesty nor Jus""r such an order, and he thought they ought ought to the town authorities as to the best course w . hi e el. . e a Mr. be pursued to prevent its being carriedgYon one Spumy expressed similar opinions. He hosed, and many interment in the grave which he had rairc The Chairman stated MR. JOSEPH Tnoursoar the well-known writing master, died on Saturday, after an illnees of seven years. ' owners had not used them at al li ie y ar d contained, only to confer uutn that out of 1,224 graves which which' only one interment During that period his sons superintended the duties of n y one at all. After some of his establishment, which will still continue to be carried h ad taken P lace ' and in ian all the speakers were unani -282 had been sold, in most of on by them. further discussion, in which was resolved that a de- OBTAINING GooDS ON FALSE PRETENCES —John v em en y 12., Mr. Pembertea, Mr. Beasley was yesterday brought up at the Police-office, putation of three , .gei in company with the church charged with obtaining timber at different times, to the Pitcher, and Cal t vait u.Turves, pon the Mayor and other authori amount of about E2O, from Gilbert Harrison, timber mer- wardens, sh o o w ul u l _ min _, mous in condemning the order, i t eeretilipogrt‘lo'fasthadiedoerataea cil in order to confer with them as chant, Parliament-street, in the name of Mr. Thomas ties of i t n h o e st T ads_ C advisable course to be pursued. It was then Pearson, with whom Beasley formerly worked. He was to the that a small subscription be entered into to pav also charged with obtaining locks, keys, and other iron mongery articles, to the amount of fifteen shillings, from Messrs. Creasy and Parton, Great George-street, also hi I,on. It was stated, as a proof of the dryness and conse the name of Mr. Pearson. The prisoner was taken into 1 " , quent healthy state of the ground, that some graves 44 Vi; Ii p•/• thei rinvieteirezarayyeve,x,npiFngnsest,o and iv th e e th m e 4.. custody on the charges by Povey and M'Culleell, the deter - Jug been opened after an interval of nearly twenty y • R. ~.... . ... tive officers, on Satu r d a y last. He did not deny the the coffins previously interred were feud quite ao *lf R. ly 1 I air). WI. Charges, and was committed for trial at ilia assizes. AT nss TEMATRE-ROYAL, during the past week, the . drama has been placed greatly in abeyance, its place being taken—we had nearly written usurped—by the perform , antes of a troupe of artistes,whose feats of dexterity must be witnessed to be credited. Much we have heard and .read concerning the marvels of this description performed ,by the Celestials ; but, till the arrival and displays of these Orientals in Liverpool, we had treated the idea of a man standing with outstretched palm against a board while another from a distance hurls pointed knives at him with alarming rapidity, sticking one or more of them deeply and firmly into the wood between each two fingers, as a matter which depended so much upon what is fami liarly known as "travellers' license," that the narratives " passed by us as the idle wind." Here, however, that and much more was plainly to be witnessed. During the present week "the Celestials" transfer their services and wonders to the Royal Amphitheatre. They are, indeed, well worth seeing. An English opera company, which includes Miss Louisa ryne, Miss Pyne, and Mr. Harrison, Sig. Borani, and Messri. Horncastle, and Bowler ; the three first-named, prior to their departure for America, com menced a short engagement at this house last night. The performance last evening was " Fm Diavolo," and the list of pieces to be brought out includes " Maritani," "Crown Diamonds," "The Enchantress," and "The Bohemian Girl." AT TIIN ROITA,G AMPIIITIONATRE, Mr. Honey has, we greatly fear, been "wasting is sweetness on the desert I air." Very inefficiently supported by the re s id en t com pany, he has struggled on with rich and racy displays of sterling comic acting, and endeavoured to charm audiences worse than deaf for his purpose, because they would not come at all. This is pitiable and disheartening—indeed, .quite enough to damp the ardour of any actor ; yet, not withstanding all disadvantages, his versatility of talent, highgood humour, and the love of Ids profession, have borne - Wm through what, we sorrow to think, must have been to him anything but a pleasurable engagement. New BOLD-.TEEEL—The fir:t of a new aeries .of .Saturday evening concerts, in which classical music, performed by artists of established reputation, is to be given at.* cheap—almost, indeed, a nominal rate— took place in this elegant hall, on Saturday last. The audience was so numerous, and of so highly respectable a character, as to bold out the best encouragement for a continuance of these concerts. The performers on the occasion were Madame D'Anthrney and Miss Jessie Ham mond, as vocalists ' • and Mr. Baetens, Mr. H a dd oc k , M r, G. Hirst, and M r . \V. Rogers, as instrumentalists. The concert was miscellaneous, and of a high order ; in pa.rti cular, we would mention the finely artistic style in which Messrs. Hirst, Batens, and Haddock gave an adagio and allegro trio froin Beethoven ; and also a violin solo from De Beriot, by Baetens ; both pieces were most admirably executed. CLAYTON-BALL.--DRAMATIC READING EL—From an advertisement it will be seen that Miss Grey is about to give a short series of dramatic readings in the Clayton hall, commencing to morrow (Wedne s d ay ) even i ng with Shakspere's fine historical play of Ki ng H enry VIII. Of this young lady's qualifications as a dramatic reader, the Loudon press speaks in terms of high approbation. s.[~~~:~ i 2s. 9d-., and 45. 6d. each. 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