The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

Sept. 10, 1844, THE Adjourn e d PUBLIC MEETING to promote the CLOSING of SHOPS at SEVEN O'CLOCK, is unavoidably POSTPONED till WEDNESDAY EVEN IN.G9 the 18th instant, at the Music Hall, Bold-street.-- e hair to be taken at Seven o'clock precisely. THOMAS SANDS, Mayor. Town-hall 1844 , Sep t.p . , . - - LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL & DOUGLAS NAVIGATION: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next GE , NERAL ASSEMBLY of the COMPANY cf rR OPRIETORS of the CANAL NAVIGATION from 12° ~,EDS to LIVEPOL and DOGLAS NAVIGA- N, vvill be beld, R O at the , ADELPIII U HOTEL, in LIVER .OOL, i n th e county pa l at i ne o f L ancas t er , on FRIDAY, . 20th day of September next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon when and where the Proprietors, by themselves r their Proxies, are requested to attend. By order, SAMUEL HAILSTONE, Law Clerk. Yorkshire, 29th August, 1844. T° NOTICE TO MARINERS. Prevent Damage being done to the Sea-Wall for ttLe New intended Docks, North Shore, SEVEN B U" S are placed, Ten Yards from the Wall and One Thousand Feet Apart. Any Person making fast to them ur breaking them adrift will be proceeded against by JOHN ASKEW, Water-bailiff. Bailttr's Office, 'itk September, 1814. Just Published, Price One Shilling, APICULTURE ITS PRACTICE WITH PROFIT, 'Elucidated in a Contrast of Oriental and British Us ages : in a C orres p on dence with the Royal Agricultural s 1 . 1 7tY of England. 13y HENRY NEWNH AM. : Published by ROAKE and VARTY, 31, Strand. bIE LIVERPOOL, ORMSKI RK, AND PRESTON RAILWAY. THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE GIVE NO TICE, that no APPLICATIONS for SHARES will ue received after THURSDAY next, the 12th instant. a WILLIAM FIELDEN, Chairman. i'ley,anye~e Liverpool, st h Sept., 1844. °Ai x/ -SBOROUGH, SHEFFIELD, AND CHES TERFIELD RAILWAY. Coq SMORT AND DIRECT LINE. At, £750,000, IN 15,000 SHARES OF 450 EACH. DEPOSIT, £3 PER SHARE. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. I n '. 4 na. Bagshawe, Esq., The Oaks, Sheffield. z us op•Overend, Esq., Sheffield. 14eni•Burdekin, Esq., Sheffield. Aioha r a Bayley, Esq., Castle Dyke, Sheffield-. Thottrox Creswick, Esq., Ecclesall Grange, Sheffield. 11 ,,eorY Wilso n , Esq., Westbrook, Sheffield. - Laenae' Houldsworth, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester ........ ‘ _,,zul Leeds Railway Company, Willem Entwisl e , E sq., M.P , Deputy-Chairman of the /elanchester and Leads Railway . Company, and a Di rector of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway ~.... Company. ad•Ebert Gill, Esq., Di rectore of th e M anc h es t er a nd Leeds, and Mansfield Woodhouse , Notts, a of the lWakefi e ld, Wakefi e ld, Li nco l n , au d B o ston Railway Companies. eo Schu es t er , E sq ., a Director of the Manchester and Leeds, and of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway Companies. Captain Thomas Laws, R.N., Crumpsall Hall, Lancashire. •uhomas Clark, Esq., Mayor of Chesterfield. Edward Humble, Esq., Renishaw, Derbyshire. Samuel Butcher, Esq., Endcliffe, Sheffield. Thomas Ellin, jun., Esq., Sheffield. henry Wilkinson, Esq., Endcliffe flail, Sheffield. Robert Younge, Esq., Greystones, Sheffield. lt,Goger Haywood, Esq., Houton Levet, Maltby. Lh oraasnyson, Esq., Braithcveil Manor House,Yorkshire. Thomas Didsbury, Esq., Rotherham. Charles Frederick Younge, Esq., Sheffield. Jam es Willis Dixon, Esq.., Broom Lodge, Sheffield. T e e l " , Jubb, Esq., Broornhill, Sheffield. John Sanso m , E sq ., M oor L o d ge , Sheffield. J o ' Green, Esq., Nee send, Sheffield. 9uo Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield. Richard Ellison, Esq.., Sudhrooke Holme, Lincoln, Chairman of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and .Boston The It ee , ay "-W. Sibthorpe,Wasbingborough, 7 ) Directors ..... Lincoln, of the .mdward ' L Wake ,T. m Fowler, Esq., Lincoln, Th om le rworth, Esq., Lincoln, ' field, Col, „as Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, i Lincoln, ..,''Ls Uracroft, bla c kth orn Hall, Lincoln, • 'ie. Boston vs e ton Craercift, Esq., Hackthorn, . Railway. Wit h Power to add to their number. ENGINEER. William Cubitt, Esq., F.ILS. Sls ice BANKERS. , e "rvi'd .. . The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company ; the Sheffield and Retford Galesb rough Bank. ,uncoln o Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and• Co. -L Ch esterfield The'Chesterfield and Derbyshire Banking Company. ost b On Messrs. "Gee and Co. ...4 4 ,,, tr ,,. The Yorkshire Banking Company. T ant hester 'Messrs. u . C riliffe Brookes, and Co. , ation . Messrs. Cunliffe, Brookes, and Co. ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevane Co.;nd the London and Westminster Bank. "PIE object of.this undertaking is to , construct, the most L G direct an d p er f ec t LINE OF RAILW kY from the wn a nd Port of GAIN SBOROUG El , through SHEF -aeIjELD, to the . - Station of the Midland Railway at ' EST ERFIELAD, thereby effecting a more expeditious slid cc , • ' k, _ economical communication between GalllS • borough, hand, and is'frellaeld, and , the Midland Counties on the one ri-aween Sheffield .and the Metropolis on the other; and, , !- , 1? bring into immediate contact . the whole of Lin °p Islaire and the Eastern Counties, with the important s afacturing and Mineral Districts of 'Sheffield, Dron _ re e ''' e nd Unsto thil'e Line will ne. mence at Chesterfield, pass through fiens'''D,artant Mineral Districts of Unstone and Dron it i , - ; torough Sheffield, and thence by.Canklow, (where ail i Tios4l l , over the Midland Railway,) Whiston, whichM lab:tr.,. nellnee T o tawtry., to Gainsborough, near 1.4 °°4l ' - • with the projected Wakefield, ° coin, „d it will unite the promoters of which c Cordi a n y sa. _ Berton Railway, o of the present undertaking, e nfititti tin uction and approve tion with their Line, the est an , g, as,it will in conjunction of Railway commu eientio a most comprehensive system .. abir 11 betvveen t of Lincoln :the Agricultural Distric s m. fact e a nd the Eastern Counties, and the populous , anu- Tring Towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire. eoh e distance between Chesterfield, and Sheffield (and fo e -sei luently all places South .and South West of the tb'tner Town) will by this Line be 10 miles less than by 4 ,e Present tedious and circuitous route via Masbrough ; 'tiits in a sa ine of nearly one-half .of the whole 18tane • % —'. • f R . 1 betw een . in the existing Lines c al way communication Th e n those two Towns. distance from Gainshorough to Sheffield will be endernthirty miles, which is less by several miles than by 6 y other Linewhich has been proposed to unite th ose Town In fact, no shorter Line can be had over it can tot be sur p asse d, if (squatted, b y any ; morein ' other the excel lency of its gr a di en t s or t h e lightness h t will be requ i re d i n i ts construction. s of the works t a To the Inhabitants of and Owners of Property in Lin colnshire, an d t h e E astern Counties generally, this Rail. way is of paramount importance, as it will furnish to them, at a greatly diminished cost, an ample supply of Coal of the best quality for all purposes, the Line passing for sixteen miles of its length through a rich and almost ine xhaustible Coal Field ; whilst to the Inhabitant s of Ikainsborough and Boston, in part'cular, it must prove !,','lghly advantageous, as furnishing (along with the Wake -I%eild, Lincoln, end Boston Line) an immense accession of ° !iness to the Shipping Interests of those Ports. e s 4t,. is almost superfluous to point out the great 9dvan eiles f, and the necessity which exists for a rapid and zn--_4ll3_mode of transit between the agricultural , ' and the the Wakefield districts which will be effected by this and eoe.wakefield, Lincoln,' and Boston Railway, in the most Nor bete and effectual manner, as the Agriculturists of eau' Not tinghamshire. Lincolnshire, and of the Eastern greatly will thus be able to transmit their produce at a leoel !Ittninished Cost, direct to the consumers. The tiro,,pwill traverse a District which is not irninediatly freedmed with any navigable River or Canal, hence its at: tn frotri the competition of and interference with ]eonsr ° °Tevance, and it is entirely divested of all ob- Inerito63n the score of interfering with Parks and orna tehe N'eunds and Residences. "is 1,• ` 4 seng, h• h must necessarily come on ,e, e .ine, leerswillc, w ic .- • will be at once apparent e ° 0, it i s e _ eat this . d endently of alt other I•••uti_,!eyaneisortre in mind that in et) , re required te con aest the t'e,fourteen Daily Coach.er,s this Railway will 'yotti 'ante Of R "lod ate. sof the District, ah di i extensive Quarries rei tv ° t che Ab be The well-known and in immediate pre,xi all ° the 1• Y and Wicleereley, are r i- universally b„ e wed to suit the Stone of the formc s 10,..c„ . n Uty ,rid surpass all other for Building . Purl -e , ~ 'the.- Gr' darability,whilst the latter furnish nearly an al i tadi eal and durability, Ston. - .1 •the Manufactories of Shef .4 it s v . .. s uses, in ,, . 1 e ear 'may. 'eestant ruse of Live Steck will, of itself, form an im tiC-attle-'" in the traffic, inasmuch as at least 5000 head ;stere earltd 1 0 0,000 sheep are annually sent from the is r Ix a striets to the market at Rotherham alone. ii.: Thi e Proninetful estimate of traffic on data accurately taken, th e a Pres, e rs feel themselves fully warranted in stating e Pr 'of at least-C' *ore• ° Posed ' . 8 per Cent. will be realised on ~,. ir t e Capital after allowing £lO per Cent. for 4 11 e e,,,, l Penss ' eat ei`vosit f . e alir 'Bll,, o ' 3 Per Share is to he paid on the allot- Of oe, b e i' r, , and the liability of Subscribers will, of h e i rt turned by the Act of Parliament to the amount reikistdien9Peotive SharesPl e ested t°n s for Shares in the Forms below given are l tt , to b e _ 1 sin f e s e ••Ols z, or ~,,ena( e to Messrs. WILSON, YouNGE, and iSteewing Sta r4lr. Dixoez, Solicitors, She ffi eld ;or to the I,o4:airs, ii ,tbrokers :—Mr. Duncuff, Manchester ; l‘dr..ril M e ?d G. Towgood, 33, Throgniorton-street, ab ate °ti e ti-srs. WILLIAM REYNOLDS and SONS, rand Mr, ', Leed ALL, Liverpool ; Messrs. H. and C. Beard dy, d atb es s t i a Messrs. Moore and Gatliffe, Huddersfield ; lie s 4t ld Ili o ,„ "eY, Halif a x ; Messrs. Beaumont, Kenne loeand .it., Bradford and Leeds ; or to Messrs. Col -1 01/W4 or,Mesers. Trice; and Hodson, hull. in the Gal y ou :11.1- PLIC'ATION FOlt SHARES. bPoe- 'ainshoroU'oi secure to me Sharu such t he 'p erms ..2 'I! Sheffield, and Chesterfield Railway, Po s i r 2har e , a , fr the Prospectus. And I agree to take ts se , 3 at up en tb ' e al ga aY be allotted to me, and to pay the De `,, 'd Pubscr-itinne''and execute the Parliamentary Con seated era Agreement v.deen required. ----___ 1844. T° the Provi of t TNTl he ea.a:r: G il'eel a e. i no n er :b P. 'ial rroc'f:Micn. 43etfie!d, and Chesterfield Rlitway. LES SOIREES POLKA. rr 11 E principal difficulty in the POLKA is not so much the acquiring its various movements, as the Dancing it in combination; to obviate which, Mr. JAMES R. PALMER purposes holding a WEEKLY SOIREE, for the advantage of parties who have acquired the Dance prac tising it together. To commence in the course of the present Month. 27, SOHO-STREET, Sept.s, 1844. INSTRUCTION IN CHANTING. f ult. H. V. LEWIS, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AND IV SINGING, begs to state that he gives INSTRUC TION IN CHANTING, in Classes or Private Lessons, at his Residence, 11, ELIZABETII-STREET, Pembroke place, where his Terms may be obtained. Mr. LEWIS is likewise forming a PRIVATE MADRI GAL and GLEE SOCIETY, to meet one evening in the week, at his Residence. Terms for Gentlemen, Guinea and Half per Quarter; Ladies, One Guinea. EDUCATION. A GENTLEMAN, who has been accustomed to study ri. and travel, is desirous of receiving Four or Six YOUNG GENTLEMEN to EDUCATE with his own Sons. In addition to the general Course of Education, his Pupils will receive Instruction in the following De partments of Learning :—Roman and English Literature, the Latin and French Languages, the Fine Arts, Poetry, and Music. Lectures will be delivered to the Pupils three times every week, in the following Branches so es sential to Youth :—History, Biography, Astronomy, Geo graphy, the Use of the Globes, Elocution, the Moral and Physical Management of the Person, Political Economy, Wealth of Nations. The Pupils will have the advantage of enjoying exercise free from street inconvenience, in Great George-square. No. 8, where all applications will meet with immediate attention from Mr. RANSOME. Mr. R. gives Private Lectures in Families that may de sire so advantageous a mode of Education, or he will act as Private Tutor. Gentlemen can read with Mr. Ransoms at any hour of the day, in all the above Departments of Literature. Evening Lectures given to Gentlemen who wish to im prove their leisure hours, at No. 8, Great George-square, on calling on Mr. R., or addressing a note to the Post. References—Hugh Price, Esq. ; J, Hosken, Esq. ; Capt. Snell., R.N. ; Sir W. Martin. The following Families have been under the care of Mr. Ransome z—The H on. Mr. Cruil:shank's, the lion. Capt. Baldwin's, Count Shotten's, Judge M'Cauley's. THE NORTHERN CHURCH" OF ENGLAND SCHOOL. FOR TAE SONS OF CLERGYMEN & OTHER GENTLEMEN, ROSSALL HALL, NEAR FLEETWOOD-ON-WYLIE. Visitor—The Right Rev. the Lord BISHOP of CHESTER. Pr-esident—The 'tight Hon. the Earl of DERBY. Head Master—Rev. Dr. WOOLLEY, late Fellow of Uni versity College, Oxford. Classical Master—R. W. BUSH, Esq., M.A., Scholar of Worcester College, Oxford,-and Theological Prize man, 1844. 'Mathematical Master—EDWARD SPENCER, Esq., 8.A., Fellow and late Mathematical Lecturer of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Assistant Masters. J. C. ANDREW, Es7(7.,di:,Eiiiibiiioner of University College, Oxford. X. N. PASZKOWICZ, M. Ph. of the University of War saw. H. W. VERNON, Esq., late of the Collegiate Institution, Liverpool. Drawing Master— Medical Attendant—KßATS ROBINSON Ilxsx, Esq., R.N., late Assistant Surgeon to the Royal Naval Schools, Greenwich. Domestic Superintendent—Mrs.GAßTHWAlTE, late Ma- tron of the Marlborough School. Drill Serjeant and Swimming Master— 91 -1 H E above SCHOOL WAS OPENED on Tnuns -- DAY, the 22d August, and the •Council are now pre pared to issue fuether Nominations, with a view to the immediate extension of the accommodation. TE nms If Norninated.--For Sons of Clergymen £3o Laymen.. If not Norninated,—For Sons of Clergymen.... 40 „ Laymen 5O All applications to be made to the Secretary, the Rev. ST. VINCENT BEE'CIIEY, M.A., Thornton Parsonage, Prestcn. T HE LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. TRUSTEES. Sir Thomas Branoleer. William Brown, Esq. I Adam Hodgson, Esq. DIRECTORS. Thomas Booth, Esq., -Chairman. Richard Edwards, Esq., and George Holt, Esq., Deputy chairmen. Thomas 13rocklebank, Esq. William Lowe, Esq. Thos. Arthur Bushhy, Esq. James Moon, Esq. William Dixon, Esq. Lewin Mozley, Esq. William Earle, Esq. James Mulleneux, Esq. Joseph C. Ewart, Esq. William Nicol, Esq. Thomas S. Gladstone, Esq. John Pennington, Esq. Joseph liornby, Esq. James Powell, Esq. George IL Lawrence, Esq. Nicholas Rocket!, Esq. Andrew Low, Esq. H. Stolterfoht, Esq. AUDITORS. Thomas Buddicom Blacleburne, Esq., Daniel James, Esq. The Directors cont , nue to receive Proposals for IN SURANCE on LIVES, and against LOSS by FIRE, in the United Kingdom, in the British Colonies, and in Foreign Countries. To the Public the most ample security is given, inas much as the Liabilities of the large and wealthy Proprie tary is unrestricted by Law; and the Policies do not contain the stipulation that the Stock and Funds of the Company shall, subject to prior claims and demands, alone be liable to make good any claim that may arise. The Rates of Premium may be known on application at the Office.—Mercantile Risks, in Liverpool, at the re duced Scale which the Directors have recently established. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary. Water-street, 6th Sept., 1844.. 5,000 SHOOTING COATS ARE KEPT READY MADE, THE. MOST NOVEL PATTERNS, FOR ONE POUND EACH, AT B. HY AM' S MAGNIFICENT TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT, No. 63, LORD-STREET. OBSERVE THE NAME. No MISSIONARY IN BARRARY.—When we cons id er that Mohammedanism was once instrumental in the re vival of letters; that Mohammedans cultivated with c hemistry, botany; and that, i n s h ort , t h ey were nto lerable success ma thematics, algebra ; ast rono my , ana t omy, surgery, cherpi t h e d e positaries of learning for sever a l cen t ur i es, an d t h at it passed through them into Europe ; we cannot but won der at their present determined disgust at it. " The Af rican writers," says Mills, "dwell with pride and satis faction on the literary institutions which adorned the towns on the northern coast of their san dy p l a i n . Th e sun of science arose even in Africa, and toe manners of the Moorish savage were softened by philosophy. Their brethren in Europe amassed numerous and magnificent collections; two hundred and eighty thousand volumes were in Cordoia, and more than seventy libraries were open to public curiosity in the kingdom of Andalusia." I have, indeed, here and there found a fragment of Plato and Aristotle ; but upon the whole, I may say. ignorance reigns in North Africa with an iron sceptre. But what is worse, they are ignorant of the only way of salvation. Ought not Europe, for the blessing she has received from the barbarians, return the obligation by sending them the genuine and pure Word of God ? It niay truly be said of Barbary, " There is none to comfort her." They all hear her sighs, they all pass by, but there is none to comfort he... This country is so near to Europe, and yet no church thinks of sending missionaries there. It is a mis taken notion that nothing can be done there. The Muors are always ready to speak on religion ; indeed, you, can hardly ever steak to them on another topic. They are also ready to purchase the Scriptures. I have sold them more than one copy. It is true , humanl y speaking, there are insurmountable difficulties to prevent them from em bracing Christianity ; but yet, who can tell what the effects of a word in season may be ? We ought to do all in our power to introduce again Christianity into that be nighted country, and so do our pat t towards establishing Christ's kingdom, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail. The Mohammedan emp i r e must and will fall ere long ; for the time will come "whe n the who le earth shall be filled with the knowledge of God,'' and that glorious time is not far distant. Let the light of truth penetrate those te those dark regions, and " all the efforts o f Grand Seig nors, Sultans, Bashaws, and Muftis, to extinguish it, will be unavailing. Though various causes may combine to impede its progress, yet its ultimate success is certain and irresistible."—A Voice from North Africa. MALTEIUSTAN DELUSION.—MaIthus used to talk of the poor rates as a cancer preying upon the vitals of the country, and Miss Martineau feared that the time was approaching when we should become "a nation of pan pers." But what is the fact at this moment, as placed beyond all doubt by actual returns ? The incomes of the middle and higher classes are found to exceed two hun dred millions per annum ; while the maintenance of the poor cos's a little more than five millions ; thou is to say, just sixpence in the pound ! MORE HONOURED IN Tull: BREACH THAN IN THE OBSERVANCE.—The ravers have teen talking about the breach of faith the French carnmitted by firing rtga'nq Tangier. This is the only breach, at all events, their firing made.—Punch. TAHITI OR OTAHEITE?—The orthography of the name of the " modern Cythere.l" has been unsettled like almost all names of places, by innovation. The members of al! our European Academics and Societies appear to have stt:icd that it ought not to he written " Otaheitc," but no two of their timbers can agree bow it ought to te written. THE LIVERPOOL 'ANDAtta. PROGRESS OF POPERY. (From the speech of Dr. Wiseman at the consecration of the Roman Catholic Church at Nottingham.) His Lordship (said Dr. Wiseman) had alluded to what is commonly called the religious revival of the day. There is now only one opinion on this subject, the reality of which was only a few years ago doubted by almost every one. It was then supposed that certain temporary feelings which had been excited in the hart of the Church of England, and which showed an opening to wards Catholicism, although it might for a time go on widening and deepening, would again be swallowed up and absorbed, as it were, in the systems and doctrines of Protestantism, and would eventually be of no benefit to the cause of Catholic truth. It had indeed been doubted by many individuals until within the last four or five years, when the change could no longer he concealed from the most sceptical, whether any real alteration in the public mind was taking place. And while they were engaged in anxiously inquiring and pondering over the thoughts and sentiments of our opponents, which were tending to the support of their own belief, they were taking no note of the quiet onward movement which was taking place among themselves. Since his first commencement Mr. Pugin has erected I , thirty-four new churches ; I believe he has built as many ! churches as lie has lived years, and if lie is spared during a long He, 1 hope to see England covered with churches, the architecture of which will be after the ancient models. In addition to that number, twenty other new churches have been built by other architects; and thus in six years we have an aggregate of fifty-four new Catholic churches. This increase exceeds that of a much greater number of the preceding years; and by its means we have fifty four new churches built on good principles, and on the scale of the largest parochial buildings in the country, in the largest and most populous towns in the kingdom— such as London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, Derby, Nottingham, Newcastle, Newark, Coventry, and other similar places. The church which has this day been opened is the largest now finished in this country since the Reformation. When St. George's in London, is completed, it will be the largest in the metropolis, ex cept St. Paula. For ail this to be done in this short period is very extraordinary, and ought to excite the greatest gratitude to Providence, by whose power the hearts of men were inclined to furnish those means, without which, the erective talents of Mr. Pugin, be stowed for the noblest ends, could never have been brought into action. Mr. Pugin has also, in the same period, erected four new religious houses, and others have also been built, making a total of seven religious houses within the last three or four years. This does not include thoee which have been rebuilt, or those which have been caused by communities removing from one county to another, but totally new communities for which conventual build ings have been erected in strict conformity with the prac tice of ancient times. Few persons have taken any account of the religious communities which had arisen during the last six years; there are nineteen new communities of nuns established in England, and, with one exception, all are of different orders to those previously existing here. There have in that period been also nine houses of religious men es tablished ; making an aggregate of twenty-eight religious houses added to the •Church during the last six years. Within the last few years, the press at Derby has issued between one and a-half and two million volumes of Ca tholic publications, a number which I am sure-will cover the amount issued for the last ten or fifteen years from all the presses in the country united. These publications have been disposed of in a manner very different from those of a Bible or a Tract Society, in which greet num bers are given away and scattered in every direction by agents or wealthy individuals, as the press -of Derby is in the hands of , one to whom the publication of these works is entirely an affair of commercial speculation. Catholic books are now bought and read in the most eager manner not only by members of our Church, but 'by all classes and all religions. During the last few years nine clergymen of that Church have joined the Unity of the Catholic faith in England; and no inconsiderable number of young men destined for the ministry, have transferred themselves to our own dear Church, and become candidates for a better and truer priesthood. Here we have a variety of causes for the changes in our circumstances of a complex cha racter, and over which we could not possibly have any in fluence. It was not owing to us that a'few clergymen in one of the Universities chose to writetracts in our favour ; men who had not the slightest tendency towards our faith, and who protested their object was to prevent their fellows from being led away and deluded by our religion (as they chose to express themselves.) It certainly was not we who bestowed upon the gifted man to whom I have alluded his extraordinary talents; neither could we open the hearts of rich and poor to furnish the means for his magnificent edifices. Neither was it we who have so wrought upon the minds of the populace that where we formerly met with contumely and insult, we now meet with blessings and respect. A few 'years ago, we dare not have:aFsembled as we have done to-day ; we could not have gone through the town in our ecclesiastical habits; we might not even have made our circuit and procession round the church in the midst of an immense concourse of people, without receiving taunts, insults, and perhaps personal ill-treatment. MISCE LLANEOUS. ALL FOR LOVE AND A LITTLE FOR COMPASSION.— Yesterday se'nnight an alarm spread through the town that a man had been killed in an Irish row at the -end of the Notthgate ; and the alarm was confirmed by a man being taken to the lock-up who had inflicted the blow. It ;turned out, however, that the man was only " kilt ;" but as he met with very considerable compassion he " shammed Abraham" for a considerable time. Police man Rawson at last, however, brought him to life again by the threat to give him a taste of his shillelagh, on which the dying man got up and walked home. He had however, got a shocking cut on the head, sufficient no doubt to kill anybody but an Irishman. He refused to appear against the man who had inflicted it, very saga ciously and no doubt veraciously observing that " if he had got licked be must have done something to deserve it."—llalifax Guardian. " PA'S-SENGE-RS 'ON RAILWAYS.—An article appearsin th e last number of the Westminster Rev i ew on railway admi nistration, advocating the principle that passengers may be carried at infinitely less sums than they now pay, and that very low fares will prove in the end the best so urce of profit to the proprietors. From the evidence given by Mr. Hudson before the Railway Committee the writer draws the statement, that on the North and York Mid land Railways coals are carried at the rate of three far things per ton per mile, and that that price is a remunera tive one. Estimating that 13 passengers would go to a ton, he finds that a regulation load of passengers'on the London and Birmingham Railway, that is, three tons and a half, or 46 passengers, who standing up would only oc cupy a waggon of the common size, might be conveyed at Mr. Hudson's remunerative price for .t 1 12s. Bd., or Sid. per passenger. Why, then, he asks, should passengers, who can load and unload th emse l ves , an d , moreover, are not liable to be lost or stolen, be charged higher than goods? This is, of course, going to a violent extreme ; but it is a useful line of argument as showing that the fares are capable of being very considerably reduced, leaving a profit which would very much increase from the additional numbers conveyed. CHINESE IDEAS of FUTURE PUNISHMENTS.—In recess, probably fifteen feet square, were placed the figures representing the judge or king, the assistant demons, the witnesses and prisoners, each as large as life, and clothed in the garb they are supposed to wear. Each seems eager to surpass the other in ferocity, and the perfect hideous ness of their countenances one would suppose alone suf ficient to prevent crime altocether. Behind a large table, carrying a most magisterial and ferocious air, is seen seated the king of the particular hell over which it is his duty to preside, his brow contracted, his eyes rolling and starting from their sockets, his lips conveying the idea of unbending firmness, and his whole demeanour just such as one would suppose a gentleman of his character to as sume. Immediately in front of the table. pinioned and on his knees, is a most wo-begone personage, the unfor tunate culprit, who is waiting to receive his doom, while on either side stand several hideous-looking figures, their eyes glaring fiercely on their victim, and while some sus tain a heavy chain which is attached to his body, others are busily employed in preparing, or making use of, vari ous instruments of torture. In advance of the entire con clave, placed over a hissing and turbulent tire, is seen the final receptacle for the , unfortunate sinner, a large pot filled with boiling oil, having its edges " garnished" -with demons of frightful forms and looks, who are amusing themselves with spears in preventing the es cape from the pot of sundry other victims, who are receiving their al lowance of the punishment that the hard-hearted King of Terrors has already meted out to them. At length the sentence is pronounced, and as the prisoner is raised upon the ends of various sharp-pointed instruments, and cast into the boiling liquid, the roar of the demons, mingled with the crackling of the flames, drown at once all cries for mercy, and afford the spectator a good idea of the puni'hments in store in the Hell of the Boiling Cauldron. —Chinese Olio. THE LAW OF COURTSHIP.—An American paper gives the following account of a trial for breach of promise of marriage, in which the judge laid down a new doctrine, which we should not be sorry to see adopted 7—" A case was recently tried in Rutland, Vermont, North America, in which a Miss Munson recovered 1425 dollars of a Mr. Hastings, for a breach of a marriage contract. The cu riosity of the thing is this—the Vermont judge charged the jury that no explicit promise was necessary to bind the parties to a marriage contract, but that long-continued at tentions or intimacy with a female was as good evidence of intended matrimony as a special contract. The principle of the case undoubtedly is, that if Hastings did not promise he ought to have done so—the law holds Lim responsible for the nonperformance of his duty. A most excellent decision—a most righteens judge, compared wiih whom Daniel would appear but a common :quire ! We have no idea of young fellows (landing about after girls for a year or two, and then going off leaving their sweethearts half courted ; we hate this everlasting nibble and never a bite, this beating the bush and never starting the gam e _ it is one of the crying sins of the age. There is not one girl in twenty can tell whether she is courted or not. No wonder that when Betty Simper's cousin asked if Billy Doubtful courted her, she replied, 'I don't know exactly—he's a sorter courtin' and a sorter net courtin'.' We have no doubt that this Hastings is one of these sorter not courtin' ' fellows, and most heartily do we rejoice that the judge has brought bun to book with a 1425 dollars verdict. judge says that long continued attentions cr intimacy is just as good as a regular promise. Now, we do not know what would pass for intimacyaccord ing to the laws of Vermont, but supposing attentions to consist of visiting a girl twice a viick, and estimating the time wasted by Miss Munson at each visit to be wo r th a dollar (which is too cheap), Mr. Hast'ngs has been max,_ ing a fool of himself 14 years and some odd weeks. This decision makes a new era in the law of love, and, we make no doubt, will tend to ;the promotion of ma trimony and morality." DREADFUL INUNDATION, STOCKPORT.—A heavy storm set in in this neighbourhood on Friday, accompa nied with an immense quantity of rain. The principal damage occurred at Hazel-grove, about three miles from the town, where was a large reservoir of water, at one end of which, ten feet from it, was a wall, about as many feet high and nearly forty yards long. A stream com municating with the reservoir became prodigiously swollen, and there being not sufficient outlet for the water, it overflowed and pressed against the wall, flowing in large quantities round its ends. Some men passing by observed that the water was flowing over the top, and a man who stood near apprehending danger called out to a number of young women that they had better remain a short time, and then attempt to pass it. A number of them, however, persevered, and crept under the wall for shelter, when at the moment the force of the water swept the wall from its foundation for the lenglh of about thirty yards, carrying a great number of the unfortunate people away with the current, many of whom were buried under the ruins of the wall. Thir teen were very severely injured, and six of them are dead. At Worth Clough the Macclesfield corral overflowed its banks filling some of the coal pits, putting out the engine fires, and setting several carts and horses afloat. At Hope-green, on the Macclesfield-road, a wall, running parallel with a brook which skirts the road, was at one point forced down by the water. The " Express" Pot tery coach was passing at the moment, and was near being upset by the rush of water. All the coaches on that line of road were delayed many hours beyond their usual time in consequence of the flood. At Danbroak a bridge was washed down as -a horse and cart were going over it, and the horse drowned. [Our Manchester correspondent's subsequent letter gives the following additional circum stances:—`' At the end of the village runs a small rivulet or brook, which, in ordinary times, appears a very insig nificant stream : it rose, however, with rapidity, and over flowedits banks in alldirections,flooding the adjoiningflelde, inundating many of the cottages contiguous to it. About half a mile down the brook stands a very fine cotton fac tory, belonging to Mr. Cooper, known as " Wellington Mills." The flood rose so rapidly that, almost without previous notice, the yard of the mill presented the appear ance of a large reservoir ; the fires were extinguished, and the machinery stopped. Some labourers, who were at work in the yard, became surrounded with water, and were only saved from drowning by the other hands, who had gained an elevated position, throwing ropes to them, ' which they tied round their bodies, and were then drawn through the water, which at that period was seven or eight feet deep in the mill-yard."] PICTURE OF THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.--WE have seen, at Mr. Grundy's repository in Church -street, an extensive col lection of miniature portraits of Scottish cler g ymen, from which is to be taken the great pi c t ure o f the First General Assembly of the Free Protestine. Church of Scotland, to be painted by D. 0. Hill,' Esq., R.S.A. These are all admitted to be admirable, we may add, add un. erring likenesses of the fathers, ministers, and elders en gaged in the revolution in the Scotti s h Ch urc h , an d a tine engraving from the picture (in which they will all be grouped) is proposed to be published by subscription, ex ecuted in the first style of the art. The manner in which these !miniatures was taken, is in it se lf nove l as well as highly interesting—being, by means of a new art, which will in all probability, ere long, entir e ly su b verse the usual " taetics" of the limner, by affordieg him in the first instance, and in a moment, not only a minutely correct outline of his subject, but a breadth, strength and accuracy of shadow, which he might not attain by the labour and ingenious touches of many site ings. As stated in the prosp, ectus they were first taken by the Daguerrctype in the ordinary way, and with the usual effect ; but latterly, by means of the Catotype, a sister art introduced into the Scottish metropolis, for the first time, within the last few weeks by the discoverer, a Mr. Adamson, of St. An drews. The sketches thus taken are of a rich brown colour, resembling dark tints of sepia ; and every linea ment of the countenance, together with the attitude and drapery, even to the minutest point, is given with a fidelity truly astonishing. If the person sitting remain but steady for a few seconds , his portrait is impinged upon the prepared metallic paper as correctly as his face is reflected in a mirror, and that , too, with no faint and evanescent t &et, but in the full and permanent vigour of a first rate mezzotint. Having these fine semblarices for his guide, the grouping and colouring to nature, become to the artist (who independently visits the parties and studies their countenances and attire,) a work of com parative ease ; and we may look to the completion cf this great work of art as destined to mark the date of a new era in painting. Many of the likenesses are acknowledged by judges who know the parties, to be full of life, cha racter, and vraisemblance ; and what they will be when transferred to the glowing canvas, with all th e facilities which are at the command of the artist may be readily foretold. We advise an early visit to Mr. G.'s, of those who feel interested in the subject. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The spirited proprietor of this popular place of recreation, continues, in grateful consideration of the encouragement he has received throughout the season, to provide new and astounding novelties. Last evening the concourse of gratified visitors was very great, to witness the celebrated and dauntless Madame Rossini make her terrific ascent across the lake, to the summit of the Temple of Elora, on a rope 300 feet long, and at an elevation of 60 feet over the water, en veloped in coloured fires. We have also the three won derful German dwarfs, who have been patronised by most of the royal families of Europe. The centrifugal railway, and a fine camera obscura are, too, in full requisition. All these attractions, and many more, which we have not (pace to enumerate, will be continued during the week, as well as the levees of the dwarfs morning and evening. LOCAL NEWS. CORPORATION AOCOUNTS.—It is stated that the ac counts for the past year are now being made up, and that they will exhibit a most gratifying result. The town dues of last year exceeded the preceding by upwards o £7,000! They were last year upwards of £63,1)00; they are this year above £70,000. The interest on the sales to the Dock Trustees and Birkenhead Commissioners, to gether with a reduction of one-half per cent. on a large portion of the bonded debt, will augment the ordinary sources of income to not less than £20,000. WltoeEsomE AND REFRESHING BEVERAGES.—Mr. Sainsbury, from Bath, has, it will be observed, opened a very neat shop in Exchange-street East, for the sale of a superior quality of soda water, &c. He has brought with him testimonials of their excellence and sanatory qualities from the most celebrated medical men of the fashionable locality named, as well as from distinguished private individuals; and, from what we have already heard of their fine flavour and efficacy, we would recom mend an early trial, whether to those who sacrifice occa sionally to Bacchus, or to those who abstain altogether from potent potations. COFFEE.—The acknowledged superiority in flavour of coffee newly roasted and ground over that submitted to the action of air, has called for thmany ingenious modes of preserving that excellence so much desired—but by far the most simple and successful, in our opinion, is that ad vertised in our paper of to-day by Mr. Walters, of Great George-street, The coffee is roasted on the premises, and immediately on being ground, (in which process steam is used) it is canistered in air tight tin cases, by which the .fine aroma flavour is retained for almost any length of time. To persons who reside out of town, to captains, and, in fine, to all, the advantage must at once be apparent. The great difficulty of preserving roasted coffee at sea, which with the action of the damp, becomes tough and bad to grind, as well as void of flavour—is by this means at once obviated. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The first lecture of Mr. Hicklin upon the " History of Printing" was- given, on Friday evening, to a respectable auditory. After a few introductory remarks upon the importance of the art of printing, which were loudly cheered, the able lecturer proceeded to trace its origin and progress, from the Ba bylonian brick and the Roman stamp to the invention of wooden blocks for the dissemination of religions pictures among the people, a variety of which he exhibited. From this to the invention of types, at first wooden, afterwards metallic, the transition was easy. The opposition which the first printers met with from the monks, the only scribes of that age, was graphically given; and, indeed, when the immense labour and time consumed in writing works is taken into consideration, it is no wonder that the monks were alarmed at the new and easy mode of multi plying works, an improvement which threatened an extinc tion of their craft. Mr. Hicklin quoted several passages of Sliakspere, to show the lamentable ignorance which generally existed in England at the period when printing was first introduced and the popular prejudice against the art. He concluded an exceedingly agreeable lecture by the recitation of an apposite extract from the works of Mr. James Montgomery. A printing-press, &c., will be introduced at the lecture this evening, for the purpose of showing, practically, the improvements gradually intro duced into the art. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—Yesterday, at the po lice-court, a young man, named William Rankin, was charged with having embezzled several considerable slims of money, the property of his employers. Messrs. M'Fee, sugar-refiners, Batchelor-street. Mr. William M'Fee, a trerrb3r of the concern, stated that the'prisoner had been Custom-house clerk to the firm, and as such received sums of money from time to time to pay the duty on such sp customary fully at n cover pa y t i h n e posed amount of duty, as deposits ; and when the article instances quantities a of su m s u g o a r r s. made out, the surplus amount was paid back to the party. was weighed and delivered and the . account accurately It was stated that on the 15th, 21st, and . 22d of August, sumslt was s t the prisoner had, for this purpose, received the respective sums of £385, £375, and £3-10,--making in all £l,lOO. This, it appeared, was paid to Mr. Flewker of the Cus tom-house, who sent a check for the amount to the credit of the house to Mr. Norris, the collector of duties. Mr. N. finding the three entries relating to the transaction to amount to a total of £1,035 lls. Gd., returned to the prisoner the sum of £64 Bs. Gd., which precisely " squared the yards." The prisoner, it further appeared, did not account for, but retained, this balance ; and shortly after wards, his engagement having terminated, he left the em ploy of Messrs. M'Fee. On the 30th of August the re turns were applied for, when it came out that the prisoner had received them, and (it was also stated) some others, which were not, however, inquired into. Mr. M'Fee (the clerk before noticed) was despatched in search of him to the Isle of Man, and with the assistance of Mr. John Jones, constable there, succeeded in finding and appre hending him in the town of Ramsay, on Friday last. When told of the charge against him, he admitted the fact, and asked Mr. M'Fee " whether he thought, pro vided the money were made up, his employer (Mr. M'Fee, sen.,) would let him off ; " to which the reply of the clerk was that he did not know, and that he must be taken back to Liverpool. A£s Scotch bank note was found upan his person, and 40 sovereigns were afterwards discovered in his carpet-bag, which last he acknowledged were his master's property. He declined to say anything in his defence at this stage of the proceedings against him, and was committed for trial at the sessions. APPREHENSION OF A MAN CHARGED WITH A MUR- DER COMMITTED ELEVEN YEARS AGO.-011 Saturday a police-officer named Harrington, of the lnchageela (County of Cork,) constabulary, brought before the magistrates, a man named Cornelius Reardon, whom he had apprehended by a warrant granted by the justices of the peace of Inchageela, on a charge of having mur dered a man named Cornelius Sullivan, so far back as the year 1833. The prisoner, who is a low, thick-set young man, of prepossessing appearance, bad for a considerable length of time been living at 51, Atherton-street, under the name of John Macarthay. He is a married man, and has two children, but his marriage took place in Liverpool, after the alleged murder; and when apprehended, his wife, a woman of respectability, knew not but that his name was Macatthy. On first coming to Liverpool the prisoner was employed by Mr. Morgan O'Connell, of North John street, or subsequentle,and when taken into custody he was in the service of Mr. Thompson, ship chandler. The cir cumstances relative to the alleged murder are these : The murdered man, Sullivan, . was a small hut respectable farmer living at Illaninaghi near to Macroom, in the county of Cork, and the accused party, Cornelius Rear don, was also a farmer living in the same neighbourhood. In the month of February, 1833, the deceased was driving Figs to a pound, when the prisoner, who had a grievance against him, it is said, " dogged" him, and knocked out his brains with a spade. Not the slightest doubt at the time existed as to who was the murderer, but the prisoner managed to abscond, and has since the time of the murder been living in the heart of the town of Liver pool, notwithstanding that the police in Ireland have for eleven years been in daily search of him. The circum stances which led to the prisoner's apprehension are these :—lt appeared that the prisoner had :ad a quarrel with a fellow-countryman, who lived in the same house with him, and to whom his cuilt was known ; after the quarrel this man left Liverpool, and went to live in his native place. in Ireland, near ' to the scene of the murder ; and, out of revenge for the difference which had existed between him and the priso ner, betrayed his former friend, end gave information which threw him into the hands of the police.—The constable who executed the warrant, applied to I\ r. Rushton to have the prisoner detained until T ues d ay, asno vessel before that day went(' sal! for Co: k, and it he took him to Dublin, the land conveyance was such that it would be Tuesday before he arrived at his destination.— Mr. Rushton said it was to the interest of the prisoner that he should be conveyed with all possible despatch to the tribunal where the charge would be made, as lie mi;ht lerbaps have that to urge which would prevent a committal; moreover, he bad an objection to order the eeteetion of any prisoner under such circumstances, in t're main br . dawel ; he must be taken off forthwith. — Tae prisoner was then given into the charge of the officer. TOWN EDITION. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND. (From our own Correspondent.) LONDON. MONDAY. NOON. This morning, her Majesty and his Royal Highne:B Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, let; Windsor Castle for the braes of Athol. Precisely at seven o'clock, the Royal party quitted Windsor Castle, and arrived at the rail way • stet on (which ' was fitted up as usual on such occasions) at twenty-six minutes past seve i. Her Majesty and his Royal fligh ness, as well as the Princess Royal, were neatly attired in deep mourning, and were received by the gentlemen in attendance, an conducted to the special train in waiting for them amidst the cc npatulatory cheers of a number of ladies and gentlemen who had obtained permission to view her departure from the railway pl .tform. The train consisted of five carriages, and was propelled at twenty tour minutes past seven by the Phiegethon steam-engine, under the direction of Mr. Gooch, the chief engineer. In the meantime, the arrangements at the Paddington terminus were satisfactorily carried out. A troop of the 11th Lancers mustered at six o'clock at the Kensington barracks, and arrived at the railway at a quarter before seven, commanded by Lieutenant Hayworth, where they took up their position as a guard of honour to the Queen. A few minutes before seven o'clock five of the Royal car riages and a luggage van, drawn by four horses, and two outriders, arrived at the railway, and remained there until eleven minutes to eight o'clock, when the bell announced the approach of the illustrious travellers. Upon the ar rival of the ttain, her Majesty first alighted, followed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who led the Princess Royal by the hand. The ladies and gentlemen at the station heartily cheered the lioyal party as they crossed the platform to the Royal carriages destined to carry them to Woolwich, and the enthusiastic display seemed to con tribute to the delight of the Princess who, as she skipped along by her parent's side, laughed heartily. Her Majesty, the Prince and Princess did not enter the retiring room, but at once entered their travelling car riage; and one of the directors effered some of the morn ing papers to the Queen, but they were declined. The Royal party were attended by Col. Boaverie and General Wemyss, eq uerries in waiting, and Viscountess Canning and Lady Caroline Cocks, ladies in waiting, and the French and English preceptresses of her Royal High ness the Princess Royal. The transfer of the whole of the distinguished travellers from the train to the Royal carriages did not occupy more than five minutes, and the Royal cortege set off at a brisk pace for Woolwich , b y route of Vauxhall-badge, Ken nington New Cross, and along the Tiafalgar-road, Green wich, by the lower road, to the principal entrance of the Dockyard. The Royal patty were repeatedly cheered along the line of road, and on passing the Royal Naval Eaool at Greenwich, the boys, under tle superintendence of Lieut. Rouse, were drawn out, and gave a vociferous demonstration of their growing loyalty, while their band struck up the national anthem. On the opposite side of the road, many of the old weather-beaten tars in the Ho spital tried to outvie the boys in their display of regard for the illustrious personages. Her Majesty and Prfece Al— bert, throughout the journey, noticed, in a condescending and affable manner, the warm greetings of their devoted subjects. At Woolwich, the marines, under the command of Colonel Mercer, in the absence of Colonel Parkes upon leave, mustered at their barrracks at half-past seven, and 100 of them rank and file lined the Dockyard as a guard of honour, and the remainder were stationed along the Woolwich road as far as the White Horse Inn, Charlton. The assemblage of persons of all cbisses was very great, despite the unfavourable state of the weather, the rain. still descending. The splendid bands of the Royal Ma rines and Royal Artillery were stationed in the Dockyard and played at intervals. At nine o'clock the Royal party arrived at the principal dock-yard-gate, and were sat down at the Water-gate,. fronting Sir F. Collier's, the superintendent's house. They were received with due military honours, and wel comed thus far on their journey by the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Liverpool, Sir James Clark, the Earl of Had dington, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Gage, Admiral Bags, Sir. G. F. Seymour and the Hun. H. T. L. Coles. The Hon.. Sydney Herbert, Secretory to the Admiralty, and Cap tain Brandreth, of the Engineering Department, were likewise present. Amongst the officers from the garrison were Lord Blomfield, Brigade Major Curpage, Colonel Jones, &c., &c. Sir R. Peel was to have attended, but the sudden indispo.ition of his daughter prevented him from coming. Iler Majesty, the Prince Consort, and H.R.H. Princess were assisted to alight from their car riage by the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Blorntield and Sit P. Collier. The illustrious party at once descended the steps leading to the river, whirls were covered with green cloth, and embarked in the William and Mary, steered by Sir F. Collier, and towed by twelve watermen, and was safely conveyed on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, commanded by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence. During the time of the emberkation the numerous spec tators loudly cheered the Royal voyagers ; and the artil lery, under the command of Col. Jones, fired a salute of 21 guns. The military bands struck up the national an-. ' tional anthem, and the numerous vessels lying off the dockyard manned yards, and a fleet of steamers, tastefully decorated with flags, were lying to at the time, and imme diately after the Royal yacht got under weigh (at twenty minutes past nine,) accompanied the Royal squadron down the river as far as the Nore. The Black Ragle, commanded by the Earl of Hardwicke, was the only go vernment steamer that kept company with the Royal . yacht. The Eclair having set sail soon after six o'clook with some members of the Royal household, and the Earl of Aberdeen, carriage, luggage, - &c. The Lords of the Admiralty in attendance wore their state uniforms ; and Earls Aberdeen, Liverpool, and Sir James Clarke pro ceeded with her Majesty to Scotland, in addition to Viscountess Canning cnd Lady Caroline Cocks. The ( Royal voyagers, in passing down the river, were saluted by the Royal Arsenal, Tilbury Fort ; and on leaving the mouth of the river the whole of the royal party appeared in excellent health and spirits throughout their route from Windsor to Woolwich, which only occupied two hours and twenty minutes. MR. BRAHAM'S CONCERT, LAST NlGHT.—Yesterday evening, whilst the admirers of the ballet were worship ping their goddess in the person of " the divine Fanny," at our Theatre-Royal, this veteran vocalist, with his two sons, Messrs. Charles and Hamilton Braham, were de lighting a numerous and fashionable reunion of the lovers of song at the Royal Assembly-rooms, in Great George street. The programme, much altered from that of his last concert here, was an excellent one, comprising many of those standard songs which Mr. Braham has made his own, and in which his two sons seem destined almost to rival their distinguished sire. On the present occasion he was in excellent voice, little altered from the Braham of years gone by, and executed the songs assigned for him in his usual admirable style. In consequence of the non arrival of the gentleman who was to have accompanied him in the celebrated " Picture Song", he substituted Lo ver's charming song of " Molly Bawn," which was given with an effect which left nothing to regret in the change. Mr. Charles Braham and Mr. Hamilton Braham greatly exerted themselves, and were warmly applauded in the various pieces assigned to them. The latter gentleman in particular gives great promise of future eminence. THEATRE ROYAL.—The spirited management of this theatre have, this week, manifested their anxiety to con duce to the gratification of the public by adding to the at traction of the eminent Haymarket performers, who have lately been added to our regular company, the superior attraction of the unrivalled Fanny Ellsler, assisted by Madame Proche Giubelei, Mademoiselle Ferdinand, Mdlle. Barville, and Monsieur Silcain, principal dancers of her Majesty's theatre, with a full and efficient corps de ballet. Last evening the performances were commenced with the amusing little piece entitled, "Tom Noddy's Secret," which was received throughout with shouts of laughter. The Inkpen of Mr. Clark was full of outrageous drollery ; and Mr. Strickland's Tom Noddy, like all that gentleman's efforts, was unique. The ballet selected for the display of the wonderful powers of Ellsler was" Giselle; or the Wilis" and was excellently put upon the stage. To describe its plot would be, at the late hour at which we write, quite impossible. Suffice it to say that, like most other pieces of the Ballet kind, it is partly of fairy and partly mortal scenery and character, the princi pal and most attractive personage, Giselle, (Fanny Ellsler) belonging to the former. As a matter of course it is more a vehicle for affording occasion for the display of the wonderful powers of this beautiful artiste than any other kind of performance, and as such it is most effectual. The first dance given, at the first meeting of the Giselle and her mortal lover (Sylvain) was most beautiful, as were every effort of the fair one. But the gem of the first act was a pas, by this inimitable danseuoe, partaking more of a hornpipe movement than of anything else that we can liken it to, in which the rapidity and cor rectness of execution excelled everything we ever saw in ballet action. This dance met with an enthusiastic en core, which it well deserved. In this act several beautiful" dances were executed by Mademoiselles Ferdinand and. Barville, both most graceful and talented artistes, and by Mons. Sylvain, which were loudly applauded. The con clusion of the act, in which Ellsler has to sustain the part of one dying or maddened, displayed a power of acting in, this talented artiste quite equal to her feats upon the light fantastic toe. Like our own Celeste, she is more than a mere danseuse, and only wants the voice to be an actress of the first order. The second act displayed, in Fanny Ellsler a lighter, and a more sober order of dancing, in which she shone equally . as in the more joyous efforts of the first. It left upon our minds the impression' that, even in an art, generally esteemed flimsy and often imroo de§t, genius can rise to the height almost of poetic embo diment. In this act Ellsler was more than a mere artiste. She was the creator of many beautiful and graceful images, mental as well as of form. We must not omit to record our meed of praise to Madame Proche Guibelie. We have admired this chaste danscuse in her younger it day's ; and she is not degenerated from her pristime grace and elegance. As a whole, including the corps de ballet,- ! although placed awfully in contrast with the first-rate performers engaged, we have seldom had so much to praise and so little to find fault with. On Saturday the Prince of Prussia, after visiting the National Gallery. called upon the Earl of Aberdeen and the Duke of Wellington, and afterwards proceeded to Greenwich where his royal highness embarked on board the Lightening steamer, and proceeded down the river to Ostend, at which port the Prince is expected to land en route for Berlin. EXTREMES OF WEALTH AND POVERTY IN LIVER rooL.—It is hardly credible to what an extent may be found in Liverpool, the most wretched poverty co-exis— tent with the most ahundant wealth. Here may be seen some of those merchants who are like the princes of the earth in the multitude of their riches; but, alas ! here also may be seen many of the workers of our race reduced to beg, and to beg in vain, - - " a brother of the earth To give them leave to toil." It is true that this is the case with every large city, but that makes it only the more mournful and the more ne cessary to b.; recalled to our minds. • We are too apt to forget, that, in such a town as this, there are always num. hers of working people who do not know in the morning where or how they are to get a single meal for the day; most Of their clothing sold or. pawned to procure...a little bread, necessarily a very temporary resource ; living in crowded houses or cellars, destitute of furniture and every comfort, and gradually worn to despair and death by so wretched a destitution of all the necessaries of life. Nei ther are these the offscourings of the people, but men in clined to be honest and industrious, although the bad ar rangements of society may have reduced them to beggary, or even to crime, for the support of a most miserable and precarious existence.— Tail's Magazine. THE BRIDGEWATER GALLEILY.—Some account of the formation and dispersion of the Orleans Gallery has al ready been given. The Italian part of the collection had been mortgaged for £40,000 to Harman's banking house, when Mr. Brien, a celebrated collector and picture dealer, and author of the " Dictionary of Painters," in duced the Duke of Bridgewater to purchase the whole as it stood for £13,000. The pictures, amounting to 305,, were then valued separately by Mr. Bryan, making a to tal of £72,000 ; and from among them the duke selected ninety-four of the finest, at the prices at which they were the Earl Gower, and amounting admitted d he b r is to 39,000 0 guineas. The er duke subsequently am arid the Earl former of a fo Carlisle, urth t i o , a s r t, andhare h to s o a il e , q e u isi lattertio ;,,resi eighthgn ing to the of the whole number thus acquired. The exhibition and sale of the rest produced £41,000 ; consequently the spe culation turned out most profitably ; for the ninety-four pictures, which had been valued at £39,000, were ac_ quired, in fact, for £2.000. The forty-seven tetained for the Duke of Bridgewater were valued at £23,130. * The Duke of Bridgewater already possessed some fine pic tures and, after the acquisition of his share of the Or leans Gallery, he continued to add largely to his collee- . tion, till his death in 18'03, when he left his pictures, va-• lued at £150,000, to his nephew George, first Marquis of Stafford, (afterwards first Duke of Sutherland). During t fo h r e m l e i d fe b o y f hi t m hi s s elf whennobleerian Earl , the collection, added to one Gower, was placed in the house in Cleveland-row ; and the whcle known then, and for thirty years afterwards, as the Stafford Gallery, be. came celebrated all ever Europe. On the death of the Marquis of Stafford, in 1833, his second son, Lord Francis. Leveson Gower, taking the surname of Egerton, inhe rited, under the will of his grand-uncle, the Bridgewater property, including the collection of pictures formed by the duke. The Stafford Gallery was thus divided: that part of the collection which had been acquired by the Marquis of Stafford fell to his eldest son, the present Duke of Sutherland ; while the 13ridgewatyr Collection, properly so called, devolved to Lord Francis Egerton, and has resumed its original appellation, being now known as the Bridgewater Gallery.—Mrs. Jameson. CORRESPONDENCE. THE NEW NIGER EXPEDITION. APPEAL IN ITS BEHALF TO THE FRIENDS OF AFRICA. Considerable interest was recently excited amongst those who are friendly to the cause of African ameliora tion, by means of a pamphlet, published by Robert Ja mieson, Esq., and entitled " Outlines of a Plan, by which, it is believed, Commercial Intercouse with Cen tral Africa may be established " ; and the consequence was, that the scheme, developed in the above publication, was, in its principal features, approved of and adopted as the plan of a new Niger expedition, commercial and ex ploratory, to be immediately sent out, and to be con ducted under the able superintendence, and by the sole direction of, this distinguished friend of Africa, so well known for his disinterested devotion to the cause, and his great personal and pecuniary sacrifices in its behalf. Sub scriptions to the guarantee fund, included in the plan promulgated by Mr. Jamieson, amounting, with those obtained in the metropolis from Sir Powell Buxton and other philanthropic gentlemen, to upwards of £6,000, have been received, in sums varying from £3O to £5OO. This was the amount said to have been received in sub scriptions up to about the end of last month ; since which time I have not heard anything further of the proceed ings of the committee appointed to solicit subscriptions in Liverpool and certain other large towns. I trust that the plan will not lack a fair trial from want of funds ; indeed, I think that if the public mind in this great seaport were thoroughly roused to the consideration , of the subject, not £9,000 merely, but £20,000, the sum originally contemplated, or even moue, would be speedily forthcoming ; and thus the philanthropic and enterprising gentleman, who has so long devoted himself to the accom plishment of such a noble object, would be enabled to carry on the undertaking upon a larger scale , and with greater hope of speedy success. Why do not those mer chants who are engaged in the African trade come forward and subscribe liberally to the fund, seeing that they are so much indebted to the country for whose advantage it is intended, and are likely to reap considerable benefit from the success of the enterprise, which, it may almost be said, is certain, if ample funds shall be contributed ? Why, twenty of the wealthiest of them could easily raise the whole of the larger sum. It would be only £l,OOO from each. Let me entreat them, therefore, to come forward immediately, for their own credit, the honour of Old England, and of the good old town in particular, which owes very much indeed of its prosperity and great ness to injured and benighted Africa. Let a public meeting be called—let the Rev. Hugh M'Neile be invited to preside—and the object will be gained; for there cannot be a doubt, in the mind of any man who has taken the trouble to examine the contents of his last pamphlet, that evidence will be furnished by Mr. Jamieson sufficient to satisfy any candid and reason able mind of the practicability of his plan, and the cer tatntyof its suc c e ss , as f ar a l mos t as an y h uman enter prise is capable of s uc h cer tai n ty. L e t us h ave n o more hanging back, no flagging of the interest already excited; but, on the contr ar y, l e t us arouse ourse l ves t o renewed andincreased exertion, with the indomitable perseverance characteristic of our country, which, in despite of the obstacles to be encountered, and the d'scouragements of former defeats and disasters, will now, in all human pro bability, lead us on to victory. Remember, the eyes of our French rivals are upon us. Very lately, an article appeared in a F renc h newspaper . on the subject of this fresh attempt to accomplish what is now generally considerA impossible ; and the writer can not help expressing his admiration of the indomitable courage which enables us to persevere, notwithstanding that the vessels of former expeditions were invariably dri ven back, swept of their crews. A copy of Mr. Jamieson's last pamphlet, which con tains an outline of his plan of the contemplated expedi tion, should be in the hands of every person who takes an interest in the temporal and spiritual welfare of the poor benighted sons and daughters of Central Africa; and may be had, gratis, by applying at his office, Colonial buildings, Dale-street. A FRIEND OF AFRICA. Liverpool, Sept. 7th, 1844. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Some remarks were made in the Liverpool Jour nal respecting me as concerned in a report relative to the ship Metoka. The first inquiry I feel compelled to make in justifica tion of myself, is, did Lieut. Henry see the ship previous to her going into the graving dock ? Did he, whilst that ship was under repairs, see her the last of all, and will he state the repairs that were given to the ship ? That done, perhaps questions may be put that will not be very agree able. By insetting this, you will oblige Your obedient servant, JOHN ASKEW. 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