The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-02 00:00:00

..~ SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—An inquisition was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., on Saturday, on view of the body of William Rylands, a joiner, aged 50. It appeared that, on Friday afternoon, the deceased and two others were engaged in erecting a scaffolding over the altar in St. Anthony's cha pel, preparatory to painting the ceiling. There were to be six stages in all, and they were preparing the fourth. They were getting up a piece of timber for a cross piece, and the deceased stood in the top stage. Suddenly the cross which separated him broke, and he was precipitated from his posi tion, and fell on the steps of the altar. He was lifted up with the blood streaming profusely from his head. On examina tion he was found to be quite dead, his head having been cut completely open. He was a very sober, steady man, and had himself selected the timber for the stage. The jury found, that the deceased had been accidentally killed, and ordered that a deodand of £5 should be levied on the stage. STREET ROBBERIES.—On Saturday night, about seven o'clock, a gentleman was knocked down, in Gill-street, by two men, who robbed him of a pocket-book containing £750. in Bank of England notes. The gentleman, we are informed, was a commercial traveller, and was, when attacked, within a few yards of his own house, where he had been refreshing himself after his journey, preparatory to placing the money which he had collected in the hands of his employers. A night protector was, we hear, found near the spot where the robbery was committed. On the same evening, shortly after six o'clock, a Mr. Miles was knocked down, at the end of Gloucester-street, as he was proceeding to the railway station with a parcel. He was robbed of a large sum of gold. Both the above parties were much injured about the head. Mr. Miles was carried to the Caledonia Hotel, where he remains. HORNED CATTLE.—IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.-M r. Sumner, surgeon, of Formby, near Liverpool, has commu nicated to the Liverpool Agricultural Society the following remedy for that disastrous complaint to which horned cattle are so frequently subject—the hoven, or swelling from over feeding on turnips, &c. Mr. S. says the affection of " the stomach in animals called over-feeding, hoven, blown, or fog sickness, sometimes causes the stomach to burst from over distension. Numerous remedies hare been advised, but have in general failed to evacuate the air; tapping, or stabbing, is then resorted to, which from the unskilful manner in which it is performed often proves a dangerous remedy. The re medy which I have frequently used has never yet failed to cure the animal immediately—and that is, two ounces of sub carbonate of Ammonia (commonly called carbonate of Am monia .or smelling salts) in a quart of rain water—its effects are wonderful." BOY DROWNED IN ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE HIS BRO 711ER*---A most afflicting occurrence, attended with some singular circumstances, took place on Monday last, on the Cheshire side of the Mersey. Five boys were returning from schnol, at Woodchurch, when one of them, about seven years of age, son of Mr. Richard Edge, farmer, of Bidston, went on the ice on a deep pit at Nocturum to slide. The little boy had been only on a few minutes when the ice gave Way, and he was immersed in the water. His brother, Richard Edge, ten years of age, seeing his situation, ven tured to save him, when the ice broke again, and let him in also. Under these distressing circumstances, the boys near the pit viewed the two brothers struggling for life, when one of the little fellows, with a forethought and determination which is seldom evinced in such cases by men of mature age, pulled off his jacket, and tied a comfortable from around his neck to the sleeves. This done, he ventured as far as he could, and threw the jacket, his instrument of deliverance, towards the brothers in the Water. The younger, who first fell in, caught hold of it, and the courageous boy drew him out of his perilous situation. This accomplished, he made a second effort to rescue the eldest brother ; but it was too late, for, just as he threw the jacket towards him, he sank, and did not appear again. The body was got out of the pit in about an hour afterwards.—An inquest was held on the body, on Thursday last, before F. Thomas, Esq., coroner, when a verdict of " Accidentally drowned" was returned. INGENIOUS ATTEMPT OF THE LAUREL-STREET BUR GLARS TO ESCAPE FROM KIRKDALE GAOL.—Some time be tween Thursday and Friday morning last, the men who have acquired so much notoriety in this town under the designa tion of the Laurel-street burglars, made an attempt to escape from Kirkdale Gaol. The prisoner, Henry Mitchell, who is known to be exceedingly clever in his trade as a locksmith, was the active principal in the attempt ; but there is not the slightest doubt that it was concerted in consultation with his friends, Evans and Taylor, and another prisoner, named Oakes. The woman, Louisa Mitchell, being confined in a separate ward, was not concerned in the plot. The four men above-named were allowed free communication with each other during the day, but at night were locked up in separate cells. The doors of the cells are about three inches in thick ness, studded with iron nails, and fastened by padlocks and strong bolts. Mitchell, it appears, had by some means or other managed to obtain possession of a saw, with which he contrived, by great assiduity and labour, to cut a piece, about four inches square, out of the door of his cell just before the lock. He performed his work so neatly that discovery was next to impossible, the junction now being not discoverable even to one aware of what has been effected, except on very minute scrutiny. He next took a pattern of the padlock out side, and having extracted from the sockets of the window bars sufficient lead for his purpose, he made a leaden key, and, on Thursday night or Friday morning, opened the pad lock which was attached to his door, withdrew the bolt, and walked forth. Having, with the same key, liberated his three friends, and opened two doors which lead to the roof of the prison, the gang, it is supposed, sought for the means of escape in that direction. Whatever were their intentions, they failed in effecting them, and were compelled to return to their cells, where Mitchell, in endeavouring to lock his companions up, broke the leaden key in the first lock which he tried, which being discovered by the turnkey on the fol lowing morning, and the doors of the other cells unfastened, led to the discovery of the whole scheme. The prisoners have since been kept, night and day, in separate cells, and heavily ironed. TUB LATE MR. WAINWRIGIIT.—The death of Mr. Wainwright, surgeon, of the Northern Hospital, of this town, is another melancholy instance, showing that, even those who are in the flower of manhood, are not exempt from the rava ges of disease. Mr. Wainwright, at an early age, in the midstof a prosperous and most useful career, has been taken from us ; and many there are who will miss this humble individual from the bustling stage of life. Mr. Wainwright was universally beloved by those poor creatures who were placed under his care, in the charities to which he belonged. This is, perhaps, the strongest praise we can bestow—he was esteemed and honoured by those who have served with him, he was loved and respected by those who served under him. He was a man of indefatigable perseverance, a profound and sagstioutrobserver, a laborious inquirer, and of more than ordinary acuteness; be possessed great softness of manners, and the mildest and most tranquil disposition ; in his private deportment he was very amiable, polite, gentle, and obliging ; he was attentive in every respect to the laws of decorum ; he had a heart which never disgraced the powers of his under standing—a judgment, masculine and most correct. Mr. Wainwright's loss to the Northern Hospital, and to society in general, will be long felt. His duties at that institution have often been very great ; this, in conjunction with an ex tensive private practice, and studious habits, has been too much for a constitution naturally delicate. Had Mr. Wain wright's life been spared, it was his intention to have added observations, on some important subjects connected with his profession, to those which are about to be published by the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association. Mr. Wain wright possessed all the qualifications of a good surgeon— coolness and self command, so essential in difficult cases, he held in a manner which denoted a full knowledge of his pro fession; ever ready, never wanting. During the twelve years he held office in the Dispensary and Hospital, he was never known to neglect one patient belonging to these charities. He took an active part in establishing the latter institution, which has pro ved so advantageous to the town—and felt great anxiety in its welfare. Mr. Wainwright's private life was, in all its relations, equal to his public one. He was a most conscientious and religious man, and merits the reward due to such a life. POSTOFFICE EXHIBITION Rooms.—Tan WORKS OF THE OLD MASTERS.—These rooms opened yesterday with a col lection of very splendid paintings, the property of the spirited proprietor of the Caracci pictures. 'We have only been able to glance at these fine paintings, and shall briefly enumerate them. The first picture that struck us was a "Frost Scene," by Vanderneer ; it is a delicious specimen of this master. Be neath is an Interior, by Ostade, with " Dutch Boors Re galing." To the left of these is a Pontormo, the subject John Preaching in the Wilderness; this painting is a fine spe cimen of the early school. Beneath this is an Interior, with figures dancing. by Teniers. The large picture of St. Cecilia, is a Domenichino, possessing all the peculiarities of the school of Caracci. Next to this is a Gaspar Poussin, re markable for its firmness of colour, depth of shade, and clear ness of light. The small picture underneath is the original sketch of the large picture, by Rubens, of the Holy Family. In the centre of the room is an Ecce Homo by Titian, a very fine specimen : this picture is from the gallery of Lucien Buonaparte. "The Holy Family," by Venusti, is a remark able picture, the colouring is brilliant in the extreme. The little picture is a Virgin and Child, by Fra Bartolomeo ; this picture is from the Lucca gallery. In the centre is a magni ficent painting by Sebastiano del Piombo, of Christ bearing the Cross ; this picture was sketched by Michael Angelo, finished by Sebastiano ; the extreme agony both mental and bodily of the principal figure is remarkable. The muscular brawny arm of the peasant will be much admired : The small picture to the left is " Saint Barbara," by Annibal Caracci. The subject is taken from a Ro man le g end : the Virgin and Child beneath is by Fra Bartolomeo. The next picture that strikes the attention is by Jan Steen, and not only con veys a moral, but is also highly humoro us ; it shows the effects of over-indulgence. This picture canoe from Foothill. The large picture in the centre is "St . Jerome in the Desert," by Vandyck ; this painting was originally called " L'Ange au plume." This magnificent work of art was purchased from Marshal Soult for 1,000 guineas. It is a splendid specimen of art, and will attract many admirers. To the left is a Sea View, by Backhuysen ; this is a delightful picture. Over the door is a very beautiful picture by Paul Veronese, .‘ St. Cecilia playing on a Mandola ;" the fleshing is very delicate. The last picture and the most interesting is West's " Death of Nelson." This picture cost 1,000 guineas. In a national point of view it cannot fail to attract much attention.—We shall notice these pictures in our next at length, in the meantime recommending them mo s t wa rmly to notice, as being a few fine and genuine specimens of the old masters. lt should be bo rne i n m i n d th a t a co ll ect i on o f paintings takes its merit from its quality, not its quantity, and we may pronounce this gallery to be very recherche'. In the course of this week several additions will be made to the gallery. THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER COLUMBIA.-It was report ed early in the week that this vessel, which sailed from this port on the sth ult., for Halifax and Boston, had been spoken on the 12th, 6 3 days out , with her machinery damaged, going only four knots an hour. The following letter, addressed to Mr. Court, the active and intelligent secretary to the Under writers' Association, will tend to allay any anxiety which the rumour may have created in the minds of persons who had relations or friends on board the Columbia : " Cove, 29th January, 1841. " Dear Sir,—l received yours of the 26th instant, and acquaint you that I have seen the master of the Rapid, and got his answers to the queries. " The steamer he spoke was the Columbia, the captain of which did not wish him to make any report. He brought some letters from her, and which were posted here. The steamer sent her own boat with the provisions, and in which was a man, (the master of the Rapid believes the boatswain,) who mentioned to him, as a cause for her going so slow, that the engines were partially damaged, so that they could not put the full power of steam on them. " This man did not name any particular part of the ma chinery. They first saw the steamer at 11 a.m., and got the supply about 2m. The crew of the R a p id made a si gnal p. to the steamer, when she came towards them. " The supply received was one tierce of beef, one bag of bread, and about 121bs. potatoes. " Inquired if crew and passengers were all well, and was informed they were. Again says, she did not appear to go more than about four knots. " These, I believe, are all the particulars you require. I cannot help thi n ki ng , f rom t h e manner in which the report Was_ made that littl e a pp re h ens i on o f a ny serious injury to Lu n. e i s . te ia ame r should be e n t er t a i ne d by the parties interested , a fl a u es t , t 8 : 2 in fact, it was some necessary o p e ration of cleaning c. that was die t n servant going on.—l remain, dear sir, your obe " SIMON RING. The os. E ar , expl ooa , • ion we would give of the foregoing is, that as the I ) ca nLai had wrong. Theno report to send. there was little or nothing to rig as C o lumbia has spare spars and sails on board tit more rapid pace effective sailing ship, and to carry her along at a will turn than tour knots an hour. We imagine it out that advantage of it, n , with a fair wind, the steamer was taking thing requirednder her ordinary canvas, to touch up any after her 64 days' steaming.—Albion. NORTH TOXTETH WARD.-THE LICENSING SYSTEM The following letters, which we transfer into our columns from a contemporary of Saturday, throw much light upon a subject, to obsnre and mystify which a vast deal of trouble has been taken. It is not at all wonderful that Mr. Smith's memorabilia of Toxteth should have given rise to extraordi nary efforts of this sort; neither is it surprising that when ao much astuteness has been called into exercise, and de nials so certainly blunt, and so apparently complete, have been put forward, that a portion of the public, at least, should have found some difficulty in regulating their belief touching statements which, though coming from a source entitled to the highest credit, had yet met with contradic tions seemingly most precise and conclusive. From the subjoined letters, however, it will be apparent that Mr. Smith's character for veracity stands entirely unimpeached. Those who have taken the trouble to understand the plain and obvious meaning of his words, must have observed that he made his allegations, from the first, not upon his own knowledge, but upon the authority of another—of one whom he now describes as a " neighbour, whom he bad known for ourteen years as an upright and honourable person." That individual now comes forward in propria persona to main tain his representations, and as the issue of the controversy must depend on the degree of credit which shall be given to his testimony, when put in competition with the denials of other parties, we shall, with this brief preliminary obser vation, and this only, submit the whole matter to the dis passionate consideration of our readers. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL MAIL Stn.,—Mr. R. V. Yates, yesterday afternoon, handed me a letter, a copy of which appears in the Liverpool papers of this day. I informed him that having made no accusation against him, founded upon my own personal knowledge, I, of course, had nothing to retract. I merely repeated a com munication which had been made to me by a neighbour whom I had known for fourteen years as an, upright and honourable person, and one whom I was convinced would not tell me an untruth. I beg attention to a letter which that individual, Mr. John Brighouse, of Toxteth-park, has addressed to you. As to Mr. Mason's•statement, I have to observe, that never having asserted that he made any communication to me, his denial thereof is totally uncalled for. He does not deny that he made the communication referred to. He now asserts that Mr. Yates never, on any occasion, spoke one word either to him or his father about a license. The value of his testimony will be estimated at what it is worth, after a perusal of Mr. Brighouse's letter ; and upon that letter . I can only leave the controversy to be settled be tween Mr. Yates - and Mr. Mason. witbout expressing any opinion of my own upon the subject, except, of course, toy regret at being the means of propagating an erroneous state ment, if such should really prove to be the case. With respect to Mr. Lawson, I find it was his namesake, residing in Rodney-street, Toxteth-park, who canvassed Mr. Mason, and afterwards offered to bet £5O that a license would be granted to him. Of this fact I was not aware until last evening, and I called upon Mr. Lawson, of St. James's place, this morning, to explain it. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, ALEXANDER SMITH, JUN. Fair View, Jan. 29, 1841. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL MAIL SIR,—I observe in the Liverpool Mercury of this day a letter signed " Robert Lawson, St. James's-place," denying that he had canvassed Messrs. Mason, Whitfield-street, in favour of Mr. Rathbone, at the late election for North Tox teth Ward. Mr. Robert Lawson is quite right, as it was Mr. E. Law son, Rodney street, Toxteth-park, (and so I told Mr. Alex ander Smith, but he, it appears, mistook one Lawson for the other,) accompanied by Mr. Heckle, that canvassed Mr. Mason. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Mason told me that these two gentlemen did take upon themselves to promise them a li cense if Mr. Mason and his father would vote for Mr. Rath bone ; but Mr. Mason told them that he had had similar promises made before, and not performed—that he must have the word of some more influential man before he would promise them his vote ; and that afterwards Mr. Yates had called (meaning, as I then supposed, Mr. R. V. Yates, and he afterwards admitted it to be him), and promised to use his influence to obtain a license foi Mr. Mason, and that Mr. Rathbone was the most influential magistrate upon the bench. With reference to the bet of £5O mentioned in Mr. R. Lawson's letter, Mr. E. Lawson did offer to bet me £5O that Mr. Mason would obtain a license next year, in the presence of two respectable men, friends of his. And Mr. E. Lawson has since told me that he should feel it his duty to use all the influence he could to obtain a li cense for Mr. Mason next year, for he considered that mat ters had come to this, that each party must support those that supported them ; and as Mr. E. Lawson is one of the leaders of the reform party in North Toxteth Ward, I natu rally placed some reliance upon what he said. I have considered it but justice to Mr. Alexander Smith to make the above statement, in consequence of the abuse the editor of the Mercury has heaped upon him. I am, &c., JOHN BRIGHOUSE. Park-road, 29th January, 1841. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALBION SIR,—In reply to Mr. Brighouse's letter, in this day's Journal, respecting the Messrs. Mason, Whitfield-street, I beg to state, that I never offered any bet respecting Mr. Mason's license, but that, on the contrary, it was Mr. Brig house himself ho several times offered to bet £lOO, or any money, that Mr. M. would not obtain one ; and, further, that I never made any promise to procure Mr. M. a license, having no such authority, or attempted to use any undue in fluence whatever with Mr. Mason, who is too independent to be so treated.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD LAWSON Rodney-street, Toxteth-park, 30th Jan., 1841. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALBION SIR.—In consequence of the letters which this day appeared in the Liverpool papers, in reference to the charges made by Mr. Smith against Mr. Yates and myself, I beg to repeat what I have before stated, that Mr. Yates never called upon or asked me, at any time, to vote for any party ; that I never told Mr. Brighouse, or any other person, that Mr. Yates had asked me or had promised to use any influence in obtaining a license for me. I beg further to state, that it is utterly false that Mr. E. Lawson, accompanied by Mr. Hechle, canvassed me for my vote ; or that either of them took upon themselves to promise, that, if I voted for Mr. Rathbone, I should have a license granted to me. In conclusion, I beg to state dis tinctly, that Mr. William Smith, brother to Mr. Alexander Smith, jun., canvassed me several times for my vote, and that he attempted the grossest intimidation in endeavouring to obtain my support for his brother ; and, failing in this, he resorted tl the coarsest and most vulgar abuse, and, by his brawling in the public street, on the day of election, after it was over, in the front of my house, collected a crowd, to my great annoyance. Every part of the above statement lam prepared at any time to substantiate.—l am, Sir, yours, re spectfully, WILLIAM MASON. Toxteth-park, 30th January, 1841. Since the preliminary remark that we have made to the foregoing letters was penned, two others on the same subject have been published in a contemporary of yesterday, and these we subjoin without comment, especially as it will be seen that Mr. Brighouse returns to the charge, and appears quite prepared to maintain his ground. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sia,—l perceive in the Albion of this day two letters, one from Mr. Lawson, and another from Mr. Mason, denying the statements I made in the Liverpool papers of Saturday. All that I need say in reference to Mr. Lawson is, that Mr. Joseph Appleby and Mr. Threlfall were present, and heard Mr. Lawson offer the bet; and I feel assured both of these gentlemen will not hesitate to confirm my statement. And with reference to Mr. Mason's statement, I have to observe that I am ready to make oath to what I said in my former letter ; and how Mr. Mason could sign such a docu ment, I leave to his own conscience to supply the answer.— I am, &c., JOHN BRIGHOUSE. Park-road, Ist February, 1841. MEDAL IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MAS SACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW. CHALLENGE TO THE POPISH PRIESTS OF LIVERPOOL The editor of the Live; ;1111;;;;;;;having stated, that if the present Pope of Rome were monster enough to ap prove of the above barbarous massacre, be could not be fool enough to order a medal to be re-cast, commemorating it. I assert that the medal was re-cast, in the mint at Rome, so lately as December, 1839, and I challenge any priest in Li verpool to disprove such fact, if he can. Further, I chal lenge any Popish priest in Liverpool to point out to me any work, having the authority of the Pope of Rome, in which that atrocious massacre is spoken of in terms of reprobation, or even, to use the modern phraseology, as an untoward event. I make not these statements " to keep up enmity between two large sections of Christians," as is falsely asserted by those who brawl about liberty, and know not what it is : but I make them to show that Popery is what it was, and what it ever will be, —a system of blood-stained persecution.—l remain, &c., JOSH. CRISP. ---a WHEAT AND WAGES TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stu.,—ln your paper of yesterday you copy the following query from a London contemporary—" Does dear bread bring high wages ? In reply to which I beg leave to send you the following table : Year. Wheat per Bushel. Wages of Agriculturists. s. d. s. d. 1150 0 44 0 2 1350 .. 1 104 0 3 1450 .. 1 5 0 34 1550 .. 1 10i .. 0 4 1600 .. 4 0 6 1625 , . 411 0 64 1675 4 6 0 74 1720 .. .. 4 44 .. 0 8 1740 .. .. 3 8 010 1760 3 94 o n 1780 4 54 .. 1 2 1795 .. 7 10 1 5t Now, from the above you will see, with some slight devia tions, that the price of bread and wages have kept pretty equal. For instance, in 1350 wheat was at Is. 104 d. per bushel, and wages 3d. per day ; so that it took a man 74 days to earn a bushel of wheat. In 1795 wheat is 7s. 10d. per bushel, and wages ls. 54d. per day ; so that he earned a bushel of wheat in 54 days. Now what have the grumblers to complain of? This table is extracted from the Philosophical Transactions for 1798, and consequently was not calculated for political purposes ; so that they may be depended upon : and to these tables I refer your readers for the price of other commodi ties, which will show more clearly the close connection of wheat and wages in price. R. H. C. Liverpool, 30th January. 18.41. ROBBERY BY A BLIND MAN.—Yesterday, at the Police court, a blind man, named. Peter Callaghan, was charged with stealing a sum of money from a widow named Bridget Braman. Informant said that she lived in Jones's -court, Lace -street. Her husband died in November last, and she had received five 'sovereigns and ten pounds in silver as his funeral money from the club to which he belonged. She paid away part of it, and had a balance of five sovereigns and seventeen shillings in a leather purse, which she put into a sock, and placed in her pocket. Between nine and ten o'clock on Sunday night, while she was going to bed, she heard the prisoner striking her mother. She called out " Murder !" and was met on the stairs by the prisoner, who caughther by the throat with one hand, while with the other he seized her pocket, and took it off her person with her money. A con stable was called in, and the prisoner was taken to bridewell. He had a harp in his bed-room. A boy who was in the house shook it, and money was heard to jingle in it. When the constable returned from bridewell, he found the money that had been missed in the harp, together with the purse. The prisoner had shut himself up in his bed-room immediately after taking the , money. He was committed for trial at the sessions. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—We are glad to be able to inform our readers that, the points reserved for the consideration of the Court of Exchequer, in the late actions brought by this company against a number of shareholders, and tried at the Liverpool assizes before Baron Rolfe, have been ruled by the Judges of the Court in favour of the plaintiffs ; and consequently, any legal difficulty which might be deemed to exist against the company, in recovering the amount due from the shareholders for arrears of calls, is now removed. The result we have no doubt, will be highly advantageous to the company's pros pects, and enable the directors to proceed with spirit and energy in the execution of the undertaking. We have reason to believe that the majority of the share holders against whom actions were brought, and others whose objections to pay up have been set at rest by the issue of the trials, will now, all doubts of their liability being removed, enter warmly into the interests of the scheme in which they are embarked. The number of shares in the hands of these parties, amounts, we believe, to upwards of a thousand, the arrears of which, when paid up, will place a considerable sum at the disposal of the directors. CHARGE FOR SMALL PARCELS TRANSMITTED BY RAIL -We have little doubt that it will be found by the statements of receipts upon the principal railways, which will be laid before the proprietors at the approaching half-yearly meetings, that the number of small parcels has materially de crea;ed since the alteration in the charge for postage. We would suggest to the directors of some of the railway com panies that this falling off could be effectually remedied by lowering the charges now made upon small packages trans mitted by passenger trains, which we cannot but think are extravagantly high. The cost of the smallest parcel from London, for instance, by the Grand Junction and London and Birmingham lines is now 2s. 6d.; and we are confident that these companies would more than double the amount which they now receive from this traffic, by reducing the charge to ls. 6d. in many cases it is necessary to transmit important documents of different descriptions, at times when the ordinary post-office hours are inconvenient ; and the public would resort much more frequently to the medium of a parcel by railway, if the cost of this mode of transmission were more reasonable. The legal profession are especially interested in such a change; and the claims of that profession, generally, to the consideration of railway di rections are not unworthy of attention. LONDON AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—The Derby Mercury contains an elaborate article, which we are sorry our limits will not allow us to transcribe, on the advantages of this proposed line, and of the warm and favourable recep tion it has met with at all the townsin its course. No doubt, if conducted with spirit, this line will be carried out. We understand that everything is now ready for the com pany of the Lincoln line of railway to go before parliament. Mr. Gibbs, the engineer, was in London last week, and took a survey of the intended neighbourhood of Lincoln, and then proceeded to Bawtry and York with the same intention. The present line is much preferable to the preceding one, and is not likely to meet with the powerful opposition that it did. —.Doncaster Gazette. BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—We have autho rity to say that the report which has lately appeared in several Bristol and other newspapers, as an indictment against this company for " not obeying an order of the sessions," having been removed into the court of Queen's Bench, is wholly er roneous, no such proceedings having ever been instituted against this undertaking. On Friday the Stockton, Clarence, and Hartlepool Railway Company had several waggon loads of coals conveyed down their new line for the first time. Stephen Walton, Esq., with a large party of friends and owners, previously passed down the line in one of the splendid coaches belonging to that gentleman. The trip was, according to report, highly gratifying. The party partook of a splendid repast, and all others concerned were plentifully regaled, with roast beef, plum-budding, and ale.—Yorkshire Gazette. Various parties have for weeks past and are now, in Mal ton and the neighbourhood, surveying the line of the pro jected railway between York and Scarborough, and have causes not a little speculation by their operations.—York shire Gazette. RAILROAD BETWEEN BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA. —The expediency of establishing such a communication is under discussion. The expense is estimated at no more than £soo,ooo.—Bombay Times. NEWCASTLE AND NORTH SHIELDS RAILWAY.-At the meeting of this company last week, it appears that a decided and unequivocal advantage has been found in the use of longitudinal bearings, as regards the ease and comfort of the travelling to passengers, and the less wear and tear of the en gines. We had never any doubt of this, and from the first advocated longitudinal bearings for these very reasons. The report says some of the engines have run 30,000 miles with out any repairs being made to the tires. We are glad to find that the traffic on this line is gradually increasing. In the half-year, from June 30th to December 31st, 1839, the total number of passengers carried was 336,610, and in the cor responding half of 1840, it was 415,650, being an increase of 79,031, or 12-4 per cent. During the whole year of 1840 the number carried was 752,045. DONCASTER AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—A com pany has been formed for the purpose of connecting the town of Doncaster with the North Midland line, by means of a short railway, nine miles in length, diverging from the North Midland, near the Swinton station, and following the valley of the Don by Coningsbrough to Doncaster. The estimate of the traffic shows a net incdme of 10 per cent. on the capi tal of the company, which is fixed at £200,000. Mr. Hodgson Hinde has placed a notice on the books of the House of Commons for Monday next, that he will pro pose " a modification of the standing order respecting rail way bills, which requires a sum equal to one tenth-part of the money subscribed to be deposited with the Court of Ex chequer.' Mr. Hodgson, we presume, has special reference to the successful line from England to Scotland, but we doubt whether it would not be better to endeavour to obtain a suspension of the order, in that particular case, than to in terfere with its operations under ordinary circumstances. No really good project was ever strangled by the standing order in question, and in many cases it is of much use as tending to keep fraudulent schemers in check. CEIIIRNET VALLEY RAILWAY.—A meeting of gentlemen, desirous of promoting the formation of a railway from Lon don to Manchester direct, through the Churnet Valley, was held at the Royal Oak Inn, Cheadle, on Thursday week. Mr. Cattlow moved the following resolution, which was car ried by a large majority :—" That this meeting learns with great satisfaction the intention of the Midland Counties Rail way Company to persevere in making a railway from Derby to Macclesfield, through the Churnet Valley ; and is of opinion that the Midland Counties Railway Copapany is en titled to the confidence and undivided support of the neigh bourhood.—Abridged from the Sta f fordshire Mercury. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The works of this railway, in the parish of Corsham, are rapidly drawing to a close, and vast numbers of workmen are constantly removing to other parts of the country, where labour is more required. It is calculated that the whole will be completed in a few days.— Bristol Gazette. RAILWAY Labouchere has given notice, that on the 4th he shall move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the act relative to railways. LITERARY NOTICES, The London Almanac, Official Register and Connty Calendar for England and Wales, for the year 1841. Scott, Web ster, and Geary, London ; Webb, Liverpool. This useful and comprehensive work was banded to us yesterday, but too late to do justice to its merits. As a work of reference, it is invaluable ; and the information it contains is highly important to all classes of society. Its principal contents will be found enumerated in the advertise- ment—but a complete list of its varied contents would occupy more space than we have at command. To livery companies, assurance offices, and charitable and other societies, the sta tistical tables and other necessary details furnished by the volume before us are indispensable—whilst to the merchant, clergyman, and professional gentleman of every grade, the miscellaneous, but important contents of the London Almanac, will be found of the greatest utility at all times. Although called an " almanac" it reaches very nearly to one thousand pages. 4nti-Popery ; or Popery Unreasonable, Unscriptural, and Novel. By John Rogers. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London. This is a new edition of a work which originally appeared under the somewhat whimsical title of " Autipopopriestian, which produced considerable sensation from the novelty and power of its style and arguments. Mi. Rogers appears to be completely master of the sophistries and tortuous winding of the antagonist he has to contend with, and taking his weapons from the well-tried armoury of scripture, reason, and anti quity, he demolishes with no ordinary skill the errors, absur dities, and blasphemies of the Romish creed. It requires no grasp of mind to perceive the folly and novelty of most of the idolatrous dogmas and practices of the Popish church, but considerable tact, perseverance, and knowledge of human nature are indispensable requisites, for the purpose of ex posing the ingenious defences and ready denials put forth so frequently by the hierarchy attached to that church, and these qualifications Mr. Rogers. has proved himself, in an eminent degree, to possess. He leaves no question unan swered, and whilst a perusal of his publication will settle every doubt of any wavering Protestant, it will serve to con vince all unprejudiced Roman Catholics of the errors of the faith they profess to adhere to, and of the nefarious pro ceedings of their spiritual advisers. A chronological map, showing the postapostolic and modern origin of Popery, ac companies this volume. ROCK HARMONICON.-Mr. Davis's performance on this instrument attracted literally crowds of visitors last week. His execution is admirable, and he produces quite novel ef fects upon the instrument. DEATH OF A CHILD FROM AN OVERDOSE OF LAUDANUM. —An inquisition was taken yesterday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., on view of the body of John Mercer, a child of 7 mouths old. The deceased had been sent out to nurse with a Mrs. Lee, in Edgar-court, Edgar-street. The deceased had pre viously been ill in his bowels, and his mother had given him three drops of laudanum after which he again got well. Mrs. Lee afterwards gave him laudanum several times. She dropped the laudanum out of a bottle into a teacup. The deceased was ill for about a week. His mother was sent for, but he died before she reached the house. The greatest quantity of laudanum given to the deceased by Mrs. Lee was four to five drops at a time, and she gave it to him frequently. She had given the same quantities to her own children when they were the same age, without any bad effect, and larger quantities when they were older. Mr. Wood, surgeon, made a post mortem- examination of the body, and gave it as his opinion, that death had been caused by the administration of a narcotic poison. The brain was much congested, and the veins of the brain were very much gorged with blood. The morbid appearances left on dead bodies where death has been occasioned by narcotic poison were sometimes insignificant, but in this case I have no doubt but that the death of the de ceased was occasioned by some narcotic poison. The coroner summed up the evidence, and the jury, after retiring for some minutes. returned an unanimous verdict of " Chance Medley" against Mrs. Lee. The coroner said, that he concurred with the jury in this verdict—as he did not think there was on the part of Mrs. Lee that culpable neglect which would have justified a verdict of manslaughter. He admonished Mrs. Lee, who was deeply affected, on the impropriety of adminis tering any medicine stronger than castor oil or salts, without consulting a medical man. APPETITES OF A FUNERAL. — There was an increase in the consumption of food in Paris in the month of Decem ber, 1840, amounting to 310 oxen, 44 cows, and 4,082 sheep. The augmentation is accounted for by the great number of strangers who arrived in Paris to assist at the funeral of Na poleon. The government will probably be obliged to permit the free introduction of foreign young oxen into France. MEDICAL REFORM The Provincial. Medical, and Surgical Journal of Satur day contains a letter from our respected townsman, Doctor Jeffreys, in which he vindicates most satisfactorily the in terest felt in this important question by all members of the medical profession, and by those of Liverpool in particular. " In this great and increasing mercantile town," he says, " there would seem to be three causes which operate power fully to encourage this vexata questio,' Medical Reform. " Ist. The supply of medical men, and medical talent, is greater than the demand. " 2d. The immense extent of gratuitous services, amount ing in Liverpool, annually, to little less than 80,000 indi viduals. " 3d. The negligent remuneration which medical men arc compelled to submit to." To each of these heads he then addresses himself, and upon each supplies facts, or observations, which certainly leave a very strong impression on the mind that the medical profession is very far from being placed on that footing in this great town, which an avocation of so much dignity and importance ought to be, as well for the protection of its members, as for the advantage of the public generally. As one means of effecting the desired reform, Doctor Jeffreys is an advocate for extending the system of self-sup porting dispensaries, and his remarks on this point strike us as being eminently , deserving of attention. In treating upon the third part in his arrangement, namely, " the negligent remuneration which medical men are compelled to submit to," the Doctor makes a statement, which, for the honour of our town, we are concerned that there should be a foundation ; nevertheless as seven cases require a proportionably active remedy, we are far from say ing that he has committed an error in speaking out plainly. On the contrary we rather commend his evident indepen dence of spirit. What he says on this head is as follows : " I now proceed to the third part of my remarks, viz. the negligent remuneration which medical men are compelled to submit to ; and upon this point, perhaps, there is no town in the United Kingdom, certainly none of equal importance, *here we labour more under this evil, than we do in this great commercial community. It is true, that of late years some improvement has been noted, but I very much doubt whether the profession in general have any idea that the evil has been carried to the extent we have experienced in our day ; in proof of which, I may mention the common practice which has crept in—no doubt from necessity—of employing a collector, with a per centage allowance, not only to him, but even to the debtor, for the payment of physicians' and sur geons' fees, and which custom- is, and has been long so common, that the practice of,its being otherwise forms an exception to the rule. " We have had instances in this town, of which I have undoubted proof, though delicacy will not allow me to enter upon them in detail, of one of the most meritorious surgeons of his time, and also of a physician, who had served all the charities with indefatigable zeal during the whole of a prac tical life having due to them at the time of their death very many thousand pounds, the former of whom never would apply for remuneration for his services during his lifetime, nor would allow any application to be made by his executors ; consequently, little or nothing ever was, nor ever will be, received by any of his family who survive him. The latter not only died in very straitened circumstances, but was severely punished by legal treatment for a debt of 20, at the time that he had many thousands due to him for professional fees, but which of course were not available to him by the same means for his pressing wants." •These statements are of a painful and humiliating charac ter ; but surely they do demonstrate that the medical men stand in need of some better protection than what the law, or the usage of society in its present state, affords them. MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Grand Junction Railway was held on Friday, at one o'clock, in the Cotton Sales' Room, John Moss, Esq., chairman of the company, presided. Mr. CHORLEY, the secretary, was called upon to read the reports of the director. The receipts were for the last six months of 1840 :-from coaching, £188,620 15s. sd. ; goods, £40,934 2s. Id. ; live stock, £3,008 10s. 11d. ;-total, £232,563 Bs. sd. For the last six months of 1839 :-coach ing, £187,476 Bs. 5d.; goods, £35,220 10s.; live stock, £3,607 ss. 8d ;-total, £226,304 4s. Id. The expenses for the six months of 1840, £99,627 is. 7d.; last six months of 1839, £107,880 10s. sd. This saving was accomplished principally in the important item of locomotive power. The directors congratulated the proprietors on the exemption of the Grand Junction Railway from unfortunate casualties, or accidents affecting life or property, when some untoward oc currences on other lines had been made the ground of much exaggerated anxiety on the subject of railway travelling. The arrangements completed for the conveyance of merchan dise by the opening of the Chester branch, from the first proximo, might be expected to add materially to the income of Chester, both from this source and from passengers. The efficient value of stock, there was reason to believe, was, at least, as high as upon any former occasion ; the balance of the whole was £674 ls. 6(I.; to the debit of the half year's income. A further reduction in the rates of carriage for goods had been made since the last meeting. The nett income, after deducting all expenses, exclusive of the amount of the unliquidated debt now charged on the new quarter shares at 5 per cent. on the stock, and equal to 12s. 6d. per share, was £137,481 Ils. 9d. This would enable the pro prietors to declare a dividend at the rate of £6 10s. per £lOO share, and in proportion on the paid up amount of the half shares, and on the quarter shares lately created. From this the balance of stock of 674 Is. sd. having been deducted, there would remain £689 14s. 4d. to be carried to the cur rent half year. And this the direetors accordingly then re commended to the meeting. The amount of the nett receipt from Sunday travelling was equal to 12s. 6d. per £lOO share. The CHAIRMAN , after expressing his belief that the meet ing would feel satisfied with the report just read, said the public attention had been so much excited on 11,. subject of railway accidents, that he was gratified in stating, that during the year 1840, 485,568 persons had been carried along the line without one loss of life to a.single passenger, conductor, guard, or firemen. They had also carried 65,289 tons of goods, and 4741 horses, besides bullion to a very large amount, and the total sum paid for damage to goods was only £399 Bs. Bd. This was the answer of the Grand Junction directors to the charges in the public papers, accusing railroad officers with carelessness and negligence as respects passengers and property on their respective lines. The chairman proceeded to say that the directors were always happy to hear sugges tions for the prevention of accidents; at the same time, a few general and simple regulations, if strictly insisted on. could not fail to be of greater benefit than new experiments. The rules laid down by the board were read over to the men at stated intervals, besides being printed and distributed amongst them, for reference at all times. They had so arranged the starting of the trains, as to allow an interval of twenty miles between any two following trains. He next proceeded to say that the directors had asked the post-office authorities to re lax the speed of carrying the mails, which was greater on the Grand Junction than on any other line, and the object was to guard against any accidents which the greater speed might occasion. The reply of the post-office was most flattering to the directors, and the general management of the company. The last half years nett income exceeded any former one by the sum of £lB,OOO, and there would be now paid to the pro prietors the sum of £32,845, as follows, in addition to any former half year :-.£8125 to the Chester and Crewe ; 17,624 on £17,624 new quarter shares, created to liquidate the bond debts of the company ; £7696, payment on the £lO called up on the half share during the last half year; total, £32,845. Considering these new and additional payments, they would not be surprised at receiving out of the nett revenue of the last half year a dividend of six and a half per cent. "If any one," said the chairman, " feels disappointed at this, allow Me to call his attention to the fact, that, in addition to the £6 10s., he gets a dividend of £1 on each of his new quarter shares ;-in other words, he gets upon every share he held in June last a dividend of £7 10s., if he retains his quarter share ; and if he has sold it, he has in his pocket its value, say from £3O to £35, besides £6 10s. on his old share for the half year." The chairman attributed the falling off in the gross receipts of the half year to the bad weather, bad times, and to the prejudice which had been recently created against railway travelling. But with all these drawbacks, they had reason to be satisfied with the results of the half year. The chairman next stated that the Queen Dowager, when she travelled on the line last summer, had placed £35 at the dis posal of the directors, for such charitable purposes as they deemed proper. A fund had in consequence been establish ed; called the " Adelaide Charitable Fund," and to it would he given any sums which those proprietors who declined to take money arising from Sunday travelling might place in the hands of the directors. All fines received OH the road, or levied on the servants of the company, would go to this fund. From this source the directors had been enabled to distri bute, during the late severe weather, the following donations: To the Infirmary, £lOO ; District Provident Society, £lOO ; Strangers Friends Society, £5O ; Dispensaries, £6O ; La dies' Orphans School, £50.-Total, £360. The SECRETARY then read a copy of the correspondence which passed between the company and the post-office au thorities, referred to in the chairman's address, from which it appeared that Colonel Maberly refused to allow the trains carrying the mails to travel at a decreased speed of from 30 to 20 miles an hour, as his opinions of the judicious manage ment of the company's trains being so high, that he did not apprehend any danger to life or property. Mr. LAWRENCE HEYWORTH said the report was highly satisfactory, and was an additional proof of the care the di rectors paid to the interests of the proprietors in their hands, and, after some further remarks, proposed the adoption of the report, Mr: J. E. TAYLOR seconded,the motion, which was unani mously carried. Mr: CoGLAN suggested the propriety of the company hav ing their dividends on a particular day, as soon after the com mencement of the new year as possible. The CHAIRMAN showed that it was i mposs ib le to carry i Mr. Coglan ' s suggestion nto effect, the company being un able to get the outstanding bills furnished in sufficient time. Thanks were then returned to the chairman, and the meet ing separated. SOUND MADE VISIBLE.—A most ingenious and valuable discovery has just been made by Mr. Southworth, of Cbeet ham, Manchester, by means of which an i n di v id ual, although unaquainted with the art of writing, is ena bl e d to ta k e d own the speech even of the most rapid speaker, and, what is yet more surprising, in such a way as to indicate the peculiar em phasis with which it may be delivered. As the inventor has not yet secured a patent right, all that we are at present en abled to state is, that it bears some analogy to photogenic drawing. It is well known in the latter case, that when a substance properly prepared is presented to objects illuminated by the rays of the sun, it received a distinct and faithful im pression of them, which it afterwards rendered permanent by suitable chemical agents. So also the present discovery consists of a piece of mechanism which is as susceptible of the impression of sounds as the tympanum of the ear, which im pression remains permanent, and is as perfectly legible as the clearest typography.—lnventors Advocate.—[lf Mr. South worth accomplishes what is stated for him ' the reporters and short-hand writers may excl a im with the Moor, " Othello's occupation's gone."] ANECDOTES OF THE EX-KING OF HOLLAND. is in the habit of speaking to his subjects with the utmo , kindness and familiarity. As he was walkin g i n one o f th bye streets of the Hague, on being overtaken by a shower c rain, he saw some children at play near the door of a poo dwelling, and asked if he might shelter himself under it. Be, ing requested by the mother to walk in, he inquired where her husband was ; when bursting into tears, she said he had long been buried in the fie}d of Waterloo. The king asked her name, and on hearing it, said he did not recollect that it was on the pension list, and expressed his wonder that she had not presented her petition. She said she had done so again and again, but that the minister refused to receive it. The king then took her name and all particulars respecting her late husband ; saw the minister, and expressed his dis he would di scar d him if he so con pleasure, telling him ducted himself again, and ordered the pension together with the arrears, to be paid to the poor widow. His majesty once was passing by when a milk woman fell with her barrow, and so hurt herself that she could not proceed with it. He not only helped her up, gave her morethan the worth of what she had lost, but wheeled the barrow himself to the spot whither she was going .-IVlrs. Bray's .fountains and Lakes o/ Switzerland. —The kir REPRESENTATION OF WALSALL-NOMINATION OF THE CANDIDATES (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) Our readers are of course familiar with the extraordinary excitement prevalent in reference to this election, owing to the intrusion of a candidate by the Anti-Corn Law League. The candidates are Mr. J. Nielson Gladstone, on the con servative interest ; and Mr. J. B. Smith, of Manchester, as the nominee of the league ill. About 3,000 persons were present. At nine o'clock the mayor, with the candidates and their friends, arrived on the hustings ; and, after the The nomination took place yes- terday, in front of the Town- CHARLES FOSTER, Esq., late member for the borough, nominated Mr. J..N. Gladstone as a fit and proper person for the representation of the borough. SAMUEL PERKINS, Esq., ironfounder, seconded the nomi- nation CHARLES F. COTTERILL, Esq., proposed Mr. J. B. Smith as a fit and proper person. SAMUEL MILLS, Esq., one of the magistrates for the bo rough, seconded the nomination. Mr. J. N. GLADSTONE rose, amidst loud cheers from his friends, mingled with groans from the opposite party, and said he felt indeed most grateful to his honourable friend Mr. Foster, and to Mr. Perkins, for the very kind and flattering terms with which they had connected his name, in introducing him to the notice of the assembly. He was not so vain as ,to suppose that he was in any way deserving of the terms in which they had named him ; but he could assure them if he should have the honour to be returned a member for that borough, (uproar) it should be his honest and strenuous en deavour to prove that he was not totally unworthy of it. He rejoiced to meet so large and respectable a body on the present occasion —(loud cheers)—an occa sion provided by the constitution of the country, at which the opposing candidates met each other face to face in the most public and open manner. He rejoiced to have this opportunity of es plaining to them his political senti ments—his opinions not only upon subjects of immediate importance, but upon political topics generally. He had already had opportunities of addressing different bodies of the electors, and he had taken every opportunity that had been afforded him in the course of his canvass to request them to question him most closely upon all topics. On all those oc casions he had declared himself what he trusted he should continue to be to the last moment of his existence, a decided conservative. He was from conviction deeply attached to the constitution of this country in church and state,—(much uproar)—because he believed that under that constitution this country had enjoyed more real practical happiness than any country in the world. (Hear, hear.) He should there fore feel it to be his duty to oppose any measures under the specious title of reform, which had for their real object, not the improvement of the constitution, but its destruction ; (cheers and hisses, and great uproar)—at the same time he should not be opposed to any well considered reform which might be:brought forward with the honest intention of strengthening the constitution, and promoting the best inter ests of the country. (Cheers.) Feeling, as he did, a deep rooted attachment to the church, feeling as he did that she had been the bulwark of the liberties of the country—(mingled groans and cheers drowned the remainder of the sentence. Immediately afterwards one of Mr. Smith's men made his appearance amongst the crowd, with a most offensive handbill pasted on a board, which caused much confusion ; the placard, however, was immediately torn down by a police officer.) Mr. Gladstone, in continuation, said that, under the conviction of these feelings, he did not entertain the slightest idea of hostility towards the dissenters, if they did not wish for the destruction of the church. He should be a friend to the strictest economy, but he considered that would be poor eco nomy which would starve the services of the country, and ren der them inefficient for the purposes for which they were in tended. Now for the subject upon which they had heard so much, viz., free trade. (The man Acland, who was stationed on a platform in front of the Dragon Inn, here exhibited a cart er's whip, which he called a slave-whip and cracked it, to the infinite amusement of Mr. Smith and his friends. Uproar fol lowed this dxhibition, which prevented Mr. G. from pro ceeding; the mayor, however, interfered and restored order.) Mr. Gladstone continued to say, that by free trade he un derstood that all export and import duties all over the world should be removed. (Hear, hear, and cries of " No, no." During the interruption Acland exhibited a pair of leg-irons which he had borrowed from the police-office below. He shook them before the people and called them a pair of real slave manacles. Great cheer ing followed, during which Acland let the irons fall, and they fell on the head of a boy who was standing underneath, and knocked him down. The lad was immediately picked up, and appeared to be much hurt.)—Mr. Gladstone, in conti nuation, said, that however desirable such a state of things, as was contemplated by the free traders, might be, it was barely practicable. We could only legislate for ourselves, and those who would pretend to do otherwise, by exciting the minds of the people, were only deluding them. He did not stand there as the advocate of the agricultural interest. The interest of his family in land was as nothing whatever com pared with that which they had in trade. He had no reason whatever to regret the course he had taken on his first ar rival in Walsall, when he refused to have any communica tion with the anti-corn law league or association ; (hear, hear)—the course those gentlemen had pursued since, their attempts to flatter the had feelings and to excite the passions of the people would not induce him to change his opinions.— (Hear, hear, and some hisses.)—He conceived their interfer ence in this election most unconstitutional. Before he ar rived in Walsall, what had appeared in the Anti-corn law Circular? He had seen it there announced, that it being the intention of Mr. Finch to retire from parliament, the Anti- Corn-Law League, or Association, let them take which term they liked best, were determined that no candidate should be returned who would not vote for a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. (Hear, hear.) What was that but a sys tem of dictation ? In what other light could they consider the numerous addresses which had been sent to Walsall? And what, he would ask, had strangers to do with an election for that borough ? (Great laughter, and hear, hear.) The Anti-Corn Law League must have supposed that the electors of Walsall were indeed a set of incapables, who did not know their own interest, and therefore they had very kindly come forward to shew them what to do. (Hear, hear.) That, he considered, was paying a very poor compliment to the intelligence of the electors. When he (Mr. G.) came forward as a candidate, he felt that he had no right to hold such a position ; and so long as the opposition to him welt conducted in a straightforward manner, he had no thought oi complaining ; but he did complain that gross misrepresenta tion had been made use of against him; he complained that in ducements had been held out by his opponents to the elector: to break their promises which they had made to him, because a third candidate had come forward. (Hear.) If such a principle as that was to be recognised there was an end to all honour and honesty, and there was an end to all confidence between man and man. He trusted that his honour able opponent, Mr. Smith, did not recognise such prin ciples ; but he must repeat, that, over and over again in the course of his canvass he had been told of elec tors who had been solicited by his opponents to break their promises previously made to him, merely because a a third candidate had come forward. On the other hand, he appealed to every gentleman who knew him—he appealed to every elector, if in any similar case he had asked any indivi vidual to break his promises to Mr. Smith, when he knew that his vote had been promised to Mr. Smith. (Cheers, answered by cries of " Oh, oh !") He had to complain also, as all those who venerated the Bible must complain, that texts from the Holy Scriptures had been quoted, which had no bearing whatever upon the subject of free trade, merely for a party purpose. He had to complain that the corners of the streets had been pla carded with texts from the Holy Scriptures on one side, and some most gross misrepresentations on the other. He con fidently hoped that there was no minister of religion in the town who approved of the course which had been thus pur sued. For instance, he held in his hand a placard, issued nominally by 95 Wesleyans, calling upon the electors to give their support to Mr. Smith. The fact was, that there were only 30 out of that number who were Wesleyans : and this he had learned - from the highest authority. So far from the Wesleyans being in favour of his honourable opponent, he was proud to number amongst his (Mr. G.'s) supporters the largest proportion of the Wesleyan body in Walsall. The Wesleyans, indeed, were found ranked all over the kingdom on the side of conservatism. He had to complain further ofthe means which had been used to calumniate the character of his father, which was dearer to him than his own. Most atro cious falsehoods had been circulated against his revered pa rent. His father had never had any connection whatever with the slave trade—(great confusion followed this sentence, du ring which Mr. Rawson held up a copy of the parliamentary report of the slave compensation claims, and pointed to Mr. Gladstone's name, which he said stood oppo site to a very large sum.) The electors had heard that his father had received a sum which might appear to be a great deal, as compensation money. That he did not mean to deny ; but if any one was to blame, who was it? Why, it was the parliament of the country who had voted the money and apportioned that amount to his father.—Did they sup pose that if the money had been offered to them, they being in the same situation, that they would have refused it ? The amount of compensation voted by the country to the West India proprietors bore no comparison with the losses they had sustained, but they did not complain, neither did he nor those who were connected with him complain. His impres sion and belief was that slavery was a national sin, and, there fore the West India proprietors were content to bear their share of the loss arising from its extinction with the people of this country, who were morally and in the sight of God as much responsible for the state of slavery as long as it existed in our colonies, as the West India proprietors themselves. He would now say a few words upon a subject which had been placed in a prominent position on this occasion. First, they must allow him to congratulate his hon. opponent on the extreme felicity of having found a gentleman to pro pose him, who differed from him on the subject of corn law repeal. Mr. Smith was set forward there as the advocate of a body, who said that they did not wish fora modification, but that whatethey wanted was, a total repeat of the corn laws ; his (Mr. Smith's) proposer on the other hand, of whom he wished to speak with respect, as Mr. Foster had already said, had promised his support to Mr.Lyttleton, who would not vote for a total repeal, yet he now brought forward Mr. Smith, who was for a total repeal, although he differed with him on that important subject ! (Hear, hear.) As he had said before, he did not appear there, as the advocate of the landed interest ! The interests of himself and his family were almost altogether connected with trade, his father had been for more than half a century, a merchant in Liverpool ; nearly the whole of his connections were embarked in trade and manufactures ; and he (Mr. J. N. Gladstone) did not stand there as the hired delegate of any body, he was not there as the member of any league or asssociation come there for the avowed purpose of advocating certain opinions ; for he was perfectly at liberty to change his opinion on any subject whenever he pleased, or when his conviction induced him to do so. He considered the sub ject of the corn laws one of the greatest interest to the coun try, one in which all classes had an equal interest ; and if he apprehended that *a total repeal of them was necessary to im prove the condition of the working classes, with all his heart he would vote for it. With regard to the corn laws them selves, he believed that the standard of duty might be lowered, and that foreign corn might be imported duty-free, when corn was at a lower price under the existing laws. He would give his reasons why he would not vote for a repeal of them at present, and also his reasons for thinking the present corn laws better than any others yet proposed. Since the enact ment of the present laws in the year 1828, the average price of corn in this country had been considerably lower than it was during the existence of the previous laws. (A voice— " How much lower? ") Why, it had been as low as 565., while formerly it was upwards of 605., notwithstanding the bad harvests of the last two years. Another reason was, that the imports and exports of this country had gradually in creased under the present laws. (Hear, hear.) In the year 1829, the first year after their enactment, our ex ports amounted to £20,000,000. Now he should not go through the whole number of years up to 1839, but content himself with saying that our exports had increased gradually till they amounted to £43,000,000., and what was not a little surprising was, that the greatest increase inthe export of our manufactures had taken place in those years when corn had risen in price. In the year 1835 the exports of the country amounted to nearly £27,000,000., corn was then 395. per quarter ; and in 1836, when corn was 495. per quarter, our exports were £32,000,000. ; in the year 1838, when corn was more than 645. per quarter, our exports were £36,000,000.; and in the year 1839, when corn was higher than it had been for many years owing to bad harvests, when it was 70s. per quarter, our exports reached £ 43,000,000 . He knew he should e told that although our exports had increased, profits had diminished ; but that was beyond control, owing to the competition, not only of manufacturers here but of ma nufacturers abroad. (Much uproar, in which several of th e Smith party said that the competition had been caused by the corn laws.) Another reason why he advocated the system of the present corn laws was, beccuse they were enacted by the greatest advocate for free trade that this country ever pos sessed as a minister, namely, by the late lamented Mr. Hus kisson. (Hear, hear.) He carried his free trade principles very far —some gentlemen supposed he carried them too far —but he would not bring them to bear upon the corn laws. And what did Van Buren, as President of the Republic of the United States, say? He considered it the most foolish thing possible to be dependent upon foreigners for the first necessaries of life. They (the electors) must recollect, that they were not discussing the question of a modification of the corn-laws, but that the question between him and Mr. Smith was, the standard or the principle of the present corn-laws. The first and most distinct objection which he had to their repeal, was the gross injustice of it. The manufacturing interests of the country were protected, and why should the landlords only be deprived of pro tection ? Were they (the electors) prepared for free trade in every thing? (Hear, hear.) Were they prepared to be undersold in their own markets by the foreigner? The advo cate of free trade in corn, and many of those gentlemen who were called the cotton-lords of Manchester complained that they were undersold; the Sheffield manufacturers also com plained of being undersold, although the foreigner paid a pro tecting duty of 20 per cent. Now, he would ask the electors were they prepared with their heavy taxation to enter into such a competition? Unless they were, they must not talk of free trade. (Hear, hear). Another reason why he was opposed to a total repeal of the corn laws was, because he believed it would lower the wages of the working classes. (Cheers). God forbid they should be lower than they were !—(renewed cheers)—but it was his firm belief that the repeal of the corn-laws would produce that effect. If the farmer received only half the price of his produce, although he paid no rent whatever, he could not expend the same amount in manufactures which he did be fore. In all other countries of Europe, the price of corn was one-half or two-thirds less than it was in this country, yet the rate of wages was much lower. (No.) Well, he would refer for his proof to statements which had been published by an authority. (Hear.) He had taken them from the work of a gentleman who, he believed, was a great authority with the advocates of repeal—namely, Mr. James Wilson (we believe). The hon. gentleman then read an extract of some length from this writer, in which he entered into a compa rison between the general condition of the labourers in this country and those on the Continent, and shewed that the worst classes here were in a better condition than the best in those lands of supposed abundance. He then asked if that was an argument for a repeal of the corn-laws, and whe ther the real question was not one of wages. As to the amount of wages, he would refer again to the same writer. In France Mr. Wilson said the wages of an operative for a week of 72 hours, (or 10 hours a day) averaged 5s 6d a week : in Sweden 4s 2d : in Austria 4s, and in another country, the name of which we could not catch, 3s 4d : whilst the average in England for less than 12 hours a day of absolute work was 12s a week.—(A voice, " That 's a lie.")—This statement showed that under the existing corn laws, the rate of wages here was more than double than in any country on the conti nent. (Hear.) Another and more powerful reason why he objected to a total repeal of the corn laws was, because he would never make the 'supply of food for the inhabitants of this country dependent upon the will of any foreign power. What were we to do in years of scarcity and years of war ? (Hear, hear.) It was generally admitted that a total repeal of the corn laws would throw very large tracts of land in this country out of cultivation, and that we must be dependent upon foreigners for a large portion of our supplies. In years of scarcity, or in years of war, where must we get that supply? (Hear, hear.) We must starve. (Hear, hear.) The vengeance of the people of England would then be di rected against the advocates of a measure which they had found to operate so horribly upon them. (Hear, hear.) Other countries found it their interest to encourage manufactures and our free trade governments had taken care to send them plenty of machinery ; therefore they competed with us. Now, if the corn laws were repealed to-morrow they would not take any more of our manufac tures; they would take our gold and silver; therefore he was not prepared to sacrifice the home trade merely for the chance of increasing the foreign. iHear, hear.) He claimed for himself, and those gentlemen who supported him, the same honest desire to promote the good of the country as- his opponents. He was willing to concede to Mr. Smith, that his only and sole object was the good of the country; and he claimed the same concession himself. He believed that his friends were as benevolent as any gentlemen on the other side, and he was convinced that the parties who supported him, were as much iuterested in the welfare of the operative classes, as those who contended that the total repeal of the corn laws would be for the benefit of the inhabitants of 'Wal sall. He thanked them for the kindness with which he had ben received since his entrance into the town. He had not received an uncivil word from any elector. In spite of all the means used to excite the passions of the non electors, he was happy to say they had had but little effect, possibly more upon the younger classes than upon those who were better able to decide on his merits. They had already been told that at the time when the reform bill was brought forward, it was pronounced a panacea for all sorts of evils. Had it proved a remedy for them? No ; and now another sovereign remedy was proposed for them in the total repeal of the corn laws. After a few remarks laudatory of the mayor for his impartiality, the honourable gentleman said that if he should have the honour of being returned, his most strenuous endeavours should be used to promote what ever he considered under the advice of those best able to advise him, best calculated for the interests of Walsall in particular, and generally for the good of the whole community. The honouruble gentleman then retired, amidst mingled cheers and groans. Mr. J. B. SMITH then addressed the meeting at very great length, but although we have very copious notes of his address, we are compelled, in order to save the post, to omit them. The speech of the honourable gentleman was very effective, and he was listened to with much attention. He entered on the entire question of the corn law repeal, and de monstrated, apparently ve b ry much to the satisfaction of himself and friends, that the salvation of the country depend ed upon their total repeal. _ The Mayor then called for a show of hands. For Mr. Gladstone very few were exhibited ; for Mr. Smith there was a majority, as might be expected. The Mayor having declared the show of hands to be in favour of Mr. Smith, a poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Gladstone, and granted. Thanks having been voted to the Mayor, the meet ing separated. The polling commences this day at eight o'clock, and will terminate at four. There are 800 electors on the register for this year. From this number there may be deducted from 40 to 50 who from various causes will be disfranchised. Many who have the right will not vote at all it is supposed. It is not at all un likely that Mr. Gladstone will poll 350. If he should his election is secure—of this we do not entertain the shadow of a doubt. The Dublin Evening Mail asserts that there is at this time an available conservative majority in Dublin of 883, giving credit for every vote in existence. The calculation, it is said, rests upon data that cannot be questioned. ESCAPE OF A DEBTOR FROM MONMOUTH JAIL.—On Tuesday night last, about eight o'clock, a debtor named Joseph Roberts, the younger,"managed to effect his escape from Monmouth Jail. It is supposed that some friend out side threw a rope ladder over the wall on the side of the prison, by means of which he got off. A reward of £5 is offered for for Roberts's apprehension. Our readers will re member that at the last Insolvent Court held in Monmouth he applied to the Court to have his hearing postponed, which application was granted.—Monmouthshire Beacon. A SERIOUS MISTAKE.—A very singular mistake, that might have been attended with total rum to one of the first banking establishments in London, occurred the same day that Messrs. Wright, bankers, stopped payment. In the course of that day a clerk of a firm of extensive business had, amongst others, a check upon Wrights', as also upon the house in question By an unfortunate carelessness the clerk presented the check Upon Wrights, to the cashier of the bank, who, supposing it was offered to be paid into the credit of the firm alluded to, in the usual short way of bankers' clerks, observed, " The house has stopped payment." The clerk, not aware that he had presented the wrong check, hastened home, and informed his master that hisinnkerS had failed The rumour spread with rapidity, and the bank- . .. ers in question were put lo the expense of £30,000 to sus tain their reputation, which is of the first order.—Morning AN AMERICAN STORY —Once upon a time, when tho packet-ship Coriolanus was returning from Liverpool to New York, the carpenter was taken sick, and after a short illness, expired on board. He had an interesting son, who was his assistant as ship-carpenter, and the boy loved his father with the most tender and filial affection. The poor youth's heart was almost broken at the loss of his parent, and no persuasion could induce him to leave the body. The usual preparations for a funeral at sea was made ; the poor carpenter was sewed up in his winding-sheet, and with him was put an old grindstone, hatchet, and chisel, to carry him down to his long rest in the ocean. The poor boy grew fran tic when his father was about to be committed to the deep, and was obliged to be held off by the sailors. At length, just as the fatal lurch of the vessel was taking place, the boy, with the strength of a maniac, broke from the sailors, and dashed himself upon the body at the very moment it was sliding over the ship's side. It was too late to save him; and, clinging wildly to the dead body of his father, the hap less boy made one swift plunge, and disappeared, for ever, down, down, in the eternal caverns of the mighty ocean. This was in lat. 97 deg. long. 79 minutes, which was duly entered on the log-book. The Coriolanus arrived at New York, completed all the business preparatory to her next trip, and sailed again for Liverpool. When in lat. 69 min., long. 48 min., an enormous shark was caught ; and, when hauled upon deck, a most extraordinary noise seemed to pro ceed from the huge monster's stomach. The creature was opened ; and there was the father, the son, the grindstone, the hatchet, and the chisel ! 0, if it aint true, then never may another fish story be believed I The poor carpenter had nc At died, but was only in a trance when 'they buried him and there he was sharpening his hatchet, while his son was turning the grindstone, they having just resolved to cut their way out of the shark's stomach!—American. PLEASURE —lt is difficult to say what pleasure means Pleasure bears a different sense to every different person Pleasure to a country miss, just come out, means a race-ball, and so many partners that she is danced till she can scarcely stand ! Pleasure to an aspirant after fashion means a card from Devonshire House, or a nod from Lady ! Plea sure to a school-boy means tying a string to a school-fellow': toe when he is asleep, and pulling it till he awakes bim ! Pleasure to a man of an inquiring mind means a toad inside of a stone, or a beetle running with its head off ! Pleasure to a man of taste means a first-rate artiste and a good dinner! Pleasure to a labouring man means doing nothing ! Pleasure to a fine lady means something to do to drive away the time ! Pleasure to an antiquarian means an illegible inscription ! Pleasure to a connoiseur means a dark, invisible, very fine picture ! Pleasure to a philosopher—a modern philosopher, means liking nothing, despising everything, and proving every one a simpleton except himself! Pleasure to a beggar means a sovereign, by mistake, instead of a shilling ! Pleasure to a sailor means a fresh breeze and a sight of land ! Pleasure to tha afflicted, a tear ! Pleasure to the sweetest of all tem pers, the last word in an argument ! Pleasure to the social, the human face divine " ! Pleasure to the morose, " I shan't see a soul for the next six months " ! Pleasure to the author, the last page of his manuscript—bliss inexpressible ! Finis, Pleasure to all, to every one in their own way, and that way a different one. GONE.—" She is gone, sir ! " whispered his butler in the ear of his master, a Welsh squire, in my presence, during dinner ; " twenty minutes past four o'clock I" "Is she, by Jove ! " replied the squire ; " then you shall have your picture taken to-morrow in a full suit of mourning ; " which was accordingly done. The departed soul, so emphatically said to be gone to her last home, was that of the squire's wife, from whom he had been long separated, but to whom he had long paid a large annual sum. Then this little emphatic word affords me an anecdote of another squire. Sonia years back, a gentleman of high connexions and large possessions in the county of Salop, but whose mind was not so well fur nished as his coffers—a common case with country squires of by-gone days—had a strange penchant for going to bed in the houses of his friends in his neighbourhood, and there would he lie to the extent of three whole weeks ! On one occasion, he knocked at the door of a gentleman in a neigh bouring town, in whose house he had already couched himself for several consecutive weeks ; when orders were given to the servants to take care and stop bim out, by telling him none of the family were at home. The repeated answer of the footman, however, of " Gone out, sir," to his inquiries after the family—from the father to the youngest of the household—so enraged this bed-loving squire, that he thus let fly at him :—" You scoundrel " ! said be, " I suppose you will next tell me all the fires are gone out ! "--Prate 's Magazine. SECOND Inot — D la —Li titt.:2 Standard-office, Three o'clock EaVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGI -TH IS DAY (From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular The wind having returned into the east, with severe fi we have in consequence but few arrivals coastwise or I Ireland, beyond those above stated, and no further imp from abroad since Friday. 1;1 aving a good attendance of town and country this morning, stimulated partly by the advance in Marl yesterday, the trade assumed a rather better aspect ti late ; and upon a fair, steady demand, all descriptic Wheat fully recovered the depression of Friday, e•hil qualities, in some instances, rather exceeded this day se'nnight.—The transactions in Flour, Awithstan- ding, were generally uuimportant, and prices unimpr Having no fine English Malting Barley at h in value was apparent ; but a few parcels moved off on rather higher terms ; indifferent kinds ;ood Iris) same time remaining unvaried. Malt dull and rather cheaper. Beans and Pease continued in slow request at our last quo- ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the 26th Jan. to the Ist Feb. 1841, Inc CANADA! ". LAND. } WISE. REI GN. TOTAL Wheat Qrs. 1588 3642 Barley Qrs. 748 1083 Malt Qrs. 203 1692 Oats Qrs. 4004 798 Rye Qrs. 9 Beans Pease. Qrs. Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn . Qrs. Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal . . . . Loads 4112 Flour. Sacks 3409 1381 Ditto Brls. 1000 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise, Wheat, 35 qrs qrs.; Oats, 1172 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 4451 loads; Flour, 21 EXPORTS.—Foreign. Oats, 100 qrs. ; Flour, 41 Wheat, 487 qrs. ; Flour, 97 sacks.—Coastwise. Barley, 27 qrs. ; Malt, 25 qrs. ; Beans, 8 qrs Oatmeal, 16 lds. ; Flour, 422 sacks 439 barrels. Ireland Wheat, 198 c Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Jai Wheat.. dos. 9d. I Barley 328.11 d. I Oats.. 21s. 4d. ! Beans.. 395. 74. Pease 383. lad Aggregate average of the six weeks Wheat.. 60s. lod: -- 1" Barley.. 325. '1 Beans.. 40s. 3d Sd. I Oats.. 21s. Sd. I Rye.. 3 L I Pease.. 40s. Id. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheat 263.8 d. Barley 13s. led. } Oats .... 15s. 3d. Rye.. Ig s . gd Beans, gs. dd. Pease.. gs. 6d. Ind. Cornl3s.lod. I Flourl63.oid Liverpool Averages, week ending 26th January. 1841. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. 1 Beans. Pease. Qr 5..... 343 170 2924 Prices.. 545. Id. 38s. 6d. 21s. Od. Os. Od. I Os. od PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION TOXTETH-PARK BRANCH Last evening a public meeting of the members and friends of the Toxteth-park Branch of this Association was held in St. James's School-room. At seven o'clock the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the president of the society, entered the room, and was warmly greeted by the crowded assemblage, chiefly com posed of the operative classes. The rev. gentleman, on tak ing the chair, reminded the assembly that one of the rules of their association was that all meetings should commence with prayer ; and in reply to adversaries, who find fault with them for abiding by this regulation, said he would just make one or two observations. It was said that they acted inconsist ently in mixing up a religious exercise with matters and bu siness which were of a purely secular and political nature. Such an objection came well from persons whose principle it was to separate religion from politics ; but this principle was not theirs, neither was it yet the principle of the state. For his part, he would not lead in any movement in which the practice was prohibited, or join in any undertaking not based on the foundation laid in Zion, the Lord Jssus Christ being the chief corner stone. Vie meeting then joined in prayer, after which The Rev. CHAIRMAN said, I am happy to avail myself of this opportunity to congratulate you on the considerable measure of success which has attended your proceedings. One of the principal objects of your association was to rouse the dormant spirit of Protestantism in this district—and now I congratulate you—the spirit of Protestantism is no longer 0- dormant in Liverpool. There is not, I do assert, a tc wn in her Majesty's dominions—and God bless her Majesty (cheers) —where the spirit of Protestantism is more truly and scrip turally roused—nor a people any where more fully aware of their duty than in the town of Liverpool. We are accused— for we have enemies—of meeting here to abuse our Catholic neighbours; but one or other of two things is plainly the case— either those who make this accusation have never attended our meetings, and know of them only by hearsay ; or if they have attended them, they have paid little attention to matters of fact. I desire to know who ever heard us abuse our Ro man Catholic neighbours? (Hear, hear.) You have heard me abuse slavery; but who ever heard me abuse the slave? Now Popery is to the mind what slavery is to the body. A slave is not his own master, but has become the prope'rty of another, and a man compelled to open the secrets of his mind to his fellow-man, ceases to be his own master. The con fesAonal annihilates liberty. No Roman Catholic is a free man, because all his secrets are in the keeping of a priest. Now we are endeavouring to emancipate the slave—(cheers) —the slave of Popery. (Loud cheers.) The reverend gentleman enlarged at considerable length, and with all his accustomed power, on this head. He then adverted to the glorious deliverance with which this country had been favoured by the reformation, and dwelt in a theme of the most animated eloquence on the heroic deeds of our Ridlevs, Latimers, Cranmers, and Hopkins. I would, he said, .that we had such bishops now—men not afraid of offending deli cate ears. Could we fancy the spirit of Latimer to animate one of our bishops in the House of Lords—could we believe in the doctrine of the transmigration of souls, and suppose him speaking by the mouth of one of our prelates of the pre sent day, what an astonishing effect would he not produce ! [A voice—" wait till we have Hugh M`Neile a bishop."] (Cheers.) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ • Mr. M`SEILE.—I should rat for that—(laughter)—or join in the cry for repeal—(laughter)—or write a pamphlet in favour of the Irish National Board of Education, or of the Liverpool Corporation Schools. (Renewed laughter.) But I could not in my conscience submit to do any of these things, and therefore I have as much chance of being a bishop as any one of you who by his honest industry is earn ing his daily bread. (Cheers.) Mr. MOORE moved the following resolution:—" That this meeting considers it highly inconsistent in a Protestant go vernment to assist in the propagation of error, and that the blessing of Almighty God cannot be expected to rest upon this country so long as the government perseveres in such a glaring ineonsistency." Richard Harbord, Esq., Mr. Matthews, and the Rev. Hugh M`Neile afterwards addressed the meeting ; but we have to express great regret that the crowded state of our co lumns and peculiar demands on our time and space this pub lication prevent us giving these admirable speeches in our present number. MEETING OF THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. A meeting of the subscribers to the above fund was held yesterday, at noon, at the Clarendon Rooms, " for the pur pose of deciding on the disposal of the balance of about three hundred pounds, now lying in the Borough Bank," the resi due of subscriptions raised some years ago for the relief of the then destitute poor in the manufacturing districts. The attendance was but slender, the subscribers generally, having doubtless the fullest confidence in the gentlemen who had taken an active and efficient part throughout in the manage ment of the fund. Mr. ADAM HODGSON being called to the chair, said that he had taken the liberty to call the •meeting. for the purpose stated in the notice, there being a balance of upwards of £3OO remaining on hand of the sum raised by subscription in 1826, and partly in 1827, for the relief of the distressed in the manu facturing districts of Lancashire and Cheshire, during that period of depressson. The original amount raised was £7,593 lOs 3d ; the balance was £239 16s 3d, to which must be added the interest since accumulated, making a total resi due of £3lB 8s sd. They were now called upon to decide • upon the manner in which this sum should be disposed of. It appeared to him that the original object of the subscribers would be best met by applying it to the relief of the destitute in the town, and he would suggest that it be apportioned to the three excellent charities upon which the calls were at pre sent peculiarly pressing—the District Provident Society, the Strangers' Friend Society, and the Soup Kitchens. Mr. JOHN CROSSFIELD was of opinion (and the meeting concurred with him) that the sum Was too small to be bene: ficially devoted to its original purpose. He believed that the societies of the town that had been pointed out, and particu•• , larly the two first, which were greatly in want of funds, would expend it to the best advantage, from their thorough knowledge of the condition of the poor. Mr. W. COMER said that he wits authorized on behalf of Mr. John Cropper to express that gentleman's regret,• that unavoidable circumstances prevented his attendance at the meeting, and to express his (Mr. C.'s) opinion that the balance could not be better appropriated than to the Dierict Provident Society, the Strangers' Friend Society, and the Soup Kitchen Charity, in the proportion of one-third the amount to each. The Rev. Rector BRooKs said the District Provident Society's funds were exhausted, and they had in the present season relieved no fewer than 5,000 families. The society depended upon donations from week to week, and month to month ; they had been called upon to relieve 465 familes in one day. It was a most deserving society, as was he be lieved the Strangers' Friend Society, which did much good. With respect to the Soup Society, it was a question with him whether they had not more money than they could spend in soup. That society was by no means in want of addi tional funds. Mr. COMER advocated the interests of the Soup Society. He stated that the funds towards it had been raised on the understanding that the subscribers should not be agaiti call. d upon before the lapse of four years. The society had, more over, to begin the season with a considerable debt. The Rev. J. BROOKS said that he never knew the town of Liverpool backward in subscribing when a real case of neces sity arose, and there was a confidence that the amount raised would be properly husbanded. He believed the merchants and others would not care, in such case, though they were called upon every three years for the support of such a society. Mr. CROSSFIELD said much was done for the poor people who came from the country districts to the town. The Rev. J. BROOKS disapproved of encouraging such from coming to the town to partake of its charities. The manufacturers were wealthy, and ought to support their own destitute poor. He complained that the soup society charged the District Provident Society to the full extent for soup tickets, while they gave an advantage to the Strangers' Friend Society. Mr. COMER said the last society was in debt for soup tickets, and would pay that debt. The Rev. J. BROOKS said, that the District Provident So ciety would have been insolvent but for a seasonable sum they had received on the Queen's marriaze. After some further conversation, in which Mr. LAWRENCE and others took part, an amendment was moved to Al • that Comer's th b i a n l n t c o e n of by they M f r u . d j ° s B h E o v u u l d L b e A ; xi d o e s d b to e t t w h e e e n e . ff t e h e e t District Provident Society and the Strangers' F This was immediately agreed to, and the meeting nsdepSaorcatteetdy.. SENSATION.-4. 0. U. are vowels which create more dis agreeable sensations in the m inds of honest men than all the rest of the alphabet put to g ether. , byTthhee vicarage the N. Lo Cw rd ca ßs siieh-upon-lyne has been co n f erre d Bishop of Carlisle, upon the Rev. R. C. Coxe, M.A., incumbent of Archbisho p Tenison's . Chapel, Regent-street,. London. The rev. gentleman is e • pected to enter upon his important charge in the course of 1; sic weeks. impression r h e a s s s i o n already u p upon n visited th ose withth etown and wom he c ame in contact for devout, mild, and gentlemanly demean our. He is of Worcester College, Oxford, and took a high left a h v e o r r y degree in the year 1821.