The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-07 00:00:00

,he Dublin Courts, as his toadying of the Irish Court, through the medium of the press, was notorious, was of course despatched, as eminently qualified to admi nister justice among the planters of Demerara. We perceive how admirably he has answered the expecta tions which might justly - have been formed of him. These, then, are deemed to be matters of grievance and complaint in the colony, and nobody surely can deny that they are so. The colonists will, however, rejoice exceedingly to find that the government at home has passed away from the hands of men who have been so reckless of their interests, both commercially, legis latively, and judicially. This, however, we admit is not quite enough. We have changed the nien ; but we must also change our colonial system, and that ra dically and essentially, if we desire our colonies to pros per, and if we wish to partake ourselves in the result ing advantage. With our immense colonial possessions properly cared for, and their affairs wisely adminis tered, England may bid defiance to foreign rivalry, and all the exclusion which the old countries of Europe would put in practice against her commerce. With such markets, she has no need to experimentalise upon the capacity for endurance of her native agriculturists. She has abundant resources within herself, and need look for no free trade with independent governments but such as would be not nominally, but really reci procal, and beneficial alike to all her people. These papers mention an interesting circumstance. " At a late hour on Monday night," says the Times of ,the 16th July, " eight persons, apparently in the last stage of exhaustion from fasting and fatigue, landed at one of our wharves from a boat of a remarkable con struction, and surrendered quietly to the Police. They turned out to be of Surinam, in which colony they had been working as slaves, when, inspired by the genius of liberty, they contrived to make their escape. They had hidden themselves during the day, and rowed all night, for fourteen days and nights together, and the scantiness of their provision for the voyage was pro portionate to the haste with which they must have undertaken it. The boat the Customs folks have, of course, 'seized. We believe it is' intended to let the people themselves go where they please." There was a division of opinion with regard to the disposal of the party—and this, by the way, is another proof that the laws of Dernerary are in an extremely unsettled state. Some were of opinion that the run aways ought to be restored to their masters, whilst others held the contrary. In our, opinion there should be no uncertainty at all on such a subject. The mo ment a slave touches English ground he is free ; and, surely, the same glorious privilege ought to extend to every English colony. The Guiana Times contains the following observation on the occurrence, droll indeed, but spirited and just : " Dr. Johnson, at an entertainment at Oxford, drank ' to the next slave insurrection in the West Indies.' One needs not, iu this age, be quite so bloody-minded as the obdurate old moralist. But we would toast ' the speedy depopulation of all Slave Countries, by emigration to British Guiana.' Li berty is a glorious prize, worth perilling life and limb for. If all slaves came to know their own strength, this would be come one of the finest countries on the face of the globe. We trust that they may soon know it, and that the multitudes of the human race will spurn at the chains held on them by the few. And, feeble and flickering as the flame of freedom is, and liable to be extinguished by every passing breath of wind, we do not despair of seeing it yet strengthened and ex panded, until it consume the system of shivery, wherever prevalent. " We dare believe, when this number of The Guiana Times reaches Paramaribo, the paper will be burned at the common market-place, and the editor gibbeted in effigy. That is all very well, gentlemen of the cart-whip, but the chances are, that more of your people will flee from misery to happiness than you are now reckoning on. And we sin cerely wish them a safe deliverance, and a pleasant passage hither." We cannot conclude these cursory remarks, or rather gleanings, without mentioning, that the papers con . _ tam the prospectus of a new periodical, entitled, "The Guiana Magazine of Literature and Science," the object of which is stated to be, " to bring the Colony more prominently before the notice of the British Public," by means, principally, of articles upon its " topography and resources." A portion of every number, however, is to be " devoted to general Politics, Literature, and Science, as connected with the West Indies generally, but with Guiana in particular." The contemplated publication evinces a spirit of improvement, and we hail it amongst other circum stances as an indication of awaking enterprise and hopefulness in a region still young and but imperfectly known, and placed at this moment in circumstances both of a trying and novel kind. One of our Liberal contemporaries is not satisfied with our solution of the enigma, how it happens that the circumstances of the Radical prints of this town are, on the whole, more favourable than those of the journals which espouse the cause of Conservatism, and broadly affirms that the true account of the matter is to be found in what he alleges to be the fact—namely, the iqfcriority of the Conservative papers in all that re gards the essential qualities of newspaper production. " Conservatives," he says, " like other people, like to have something to read that is amusing—they like a tolerably fair statement of what is going on in the world—some inde pendence of tone, and some candour of investigation ; for this they will look in vain in the Tory prints. * * To be plain with the St andard, the Tory newsp a p ers o f Li verpool, mere creatures and organs of cliques, the fanatic Methodist, the outrageous Evangelical, the billotted Macy ite, are not articles generally saleable." We are glad that while our contemporary passes sen tence upon the journals of our party, he is not unjust to the party itself : he admits that the Conservative likes a good thing, and knows how to appreciate it, and that, in the newspaper which he favours, he loves " independence of tone," " candour of investigation," " fairness of statement," and so forth. We thank our contemporary for this acknowledgment, notwithstand ing that it is made, or intended to be so at least, at our particular expense. This hint might be useful to our cause also in another way, for he intimates that if jour nalism do not flourish so signally on our side as it does at his, the fault is owing to the bungling and ineffi ciency of the Conservative journals and journalists themselves, and that, under better management, they might partake of the great prosperity of the Liberal prints. There is one other admission which we should have been pleased to have received from the same quarter, and that is the admission that there is nothing in the cause or principles advocated by Conservative journals which has a deteriorating effect on their ge neral composition—nothing that renders them neces sarily less independent„ candid, truthful, or amusing than those of their Liberal competitors. It is plain that in thus expressing ourselves, we are anxious to make the case as strong as possible against our own particular claims as dealers in the newspaper commodity ; and, in truth, we are jealous for the honour of our cause and party much, more than for that of our craft—both of which, we think, would be much calumniated if it were said that there was any natural or moral impossibility for a free press to flourish under their auspices. How then stands the case according to our censor and reprover, the Liverpool Journal ° 'Why that the public of Liverpool, not being able to get a yood article at the Conservative offices, are forced to resort to the Liberal ones for their supply. Wanting something amusing, they go, of course, to the Mer cury ; or something tolerably fair in statement, to the Journal 'or Chronicle ; or something independent in tone to the Albion, or to all and each in succession. Such is the Journal's account of th e matter. But his dictum on the subject i s certainly not conclusive ; it is, on the contrary, liable to every exception. In the first place, it is not the sentence of a rightful judge, but of one who is himself a competitor in the market—an interested rival—and, therefore, as coming from him, it is an assertion entitled to no weight ; and we, in de nying it, are deserving of quite as much credit as he is in makin it. We deny then that the Conservative g journals of 'Liverpool are inferior, to say the least, in any one respect to the journals of Liberalism—inferior as to talent, information, spirit, independence, or even those amusing qualities on which our contemporary sets so much value. It would be absurd to think that men would embark so much capital in, and devote so much time to undertakings of an extremely harassing and responsible character for which they had no apti tude, and that with all their exertions they should find themselves ever doomed to be second in the race to those who would seem to have no other advantage over them than that they call themselves Liberals. The . Journal talks altogether at random when he speaks of us--(we are not called upon to answer for more than ourselves) —as the organ of a clique; he is quite mis taken; we are the property of no clique whatever; we are independent of every thing but our principles. For the rest, it may be a matter of taste ; we cannot answer for it ; but being, as we may say, in the free-trade, general mart of competition, we are content to rest uperi our rteimaper qualities and qualiacationa, auelt as they are, and to let the public decide fairly upon our deserts. Once more then, we repeat, that if the jour nals of the other side are in more favoured circuiu- stances !or pecuniary or other purposes than we are, the cause is as we have stated—that Conservatism in Liverpool has come late into the field ; that when it did enter, it found the ground largely pre-occupied; that to make the great progress it has already done, it had to dispute every inch of the way ; and that there yet remains a large mass of the people whom its influence has not as yet reached, and which by throwing its support into the scales of Liberalism, gives the press of the party that advantage to which it is by no means entitled on its own account. But let not our Liberal contempo rary crow over us too tauntingly. Our cause has long been looking up, and is now politically triumphant ; the Toryism of a past day is at an end, and Conserva tism—young Conservatism—has succeeded to his in heritance. We return to power wiser than we left it. We are quite at ease then concerning our lights of the press. If they have been dim, or obscure, they shall not be always so. Our schoolmaster is abroad now, and the people are coming fast over to our side. We know in what our strength consists, and we are confi dent of our onward progress and our ultimate triumph. Magna est veritas et prevalebit. We are informed by a journal of the clique, that a number of " large and influential spinners and manu " facturers had a meeting at Manchester, on Tuesday " last, to consider the propriety of withdrawing their " business from all merchants and brokers who give " their support to pro-corn-law members of parlia " ment." Now, we doubt the correctness of this in formation—we doubt at least that, if any such meeting at all took place, it was either " large" or " influential." We think the paragraph bears an impress which shows that it is the production of some mere manufacturer of " dreadful accidents," and other articles for the news papers, at a penny a line. It is, we think, a sort of hoax, got up for the twofold purpose of tickling some of the members of the "great league," and of attempt ing, at the same time, to " frighten Liverpool from its propriety." The artist proceeds to inform us that "these " large and influential spinners came to the conclusion " that such a course would be quite justifiable, and that " they saw no reason for giving business to those who " were doing their best to deprive them of their means "of living—no reason for increasing the wealth of those " who were reducing them to poverty." It is added, that, notwithstanding the " conclusion" thus come to, another meeting is to be held this day, for the purpose of " considering farther of the matter," and of carrying it into effect. The announcement is altogether such a piece of miserable bungling, so ill jointed and so ab surd, that we trust, for the credit of the country, no other manufacturer but the one to whom we have al luded has had any thing to say to it. Observe the texture of its several clauses, and the consistent intimation with which it winds up. In the first place, it proclaims an ex post facto law—to the elect that all who voted for Lord Sandon.and Mr. Cresswell, at the last election, should be punished for having done so, although, at the time, there was no law—factory-made or otherwise—against their so do ing ; and no caution or notice to beware of any kind was served upon them. Here we must perceive and admire the justice of the alleged proceeding. The next clause is intended to be justificatory of the foregone conclusion ; but the only justification dis closed in it is, that the parties came to the conclusion that, in their opinion, this unjust law would be justifia ble, and that " they saw no reason for giving business to those who were doing their best to deprive them of their means of lining." The concoctor of this para graph, or the parties to this transaction (if any such there were), would have done well to remember the tyrant maxim, stet pro ratione voluntas, and to 'have abstained from assigning any excuse for their threat ened infliction; for the nonsense they put forth must be obvious to every man. In plain English it comes to this, that it is justifiable to punish a man for exercis ing his lawful privilege according to the dictates of his conscience—justifiable to do so without apprising him of the penalty he would incur, or the consequences that would follow—and justifiable because, by having given his vote to a particular candidate, he has unconsciously done-something which, in the opinion of these righte ous legislators, may be injurious to their interests. The league ought to prosecute the author or publisher of this paragraph for a libel, for it has a most evident tendency to bring them into greater contempt than they have enjoyed heretofore. It represents them as a set of would-be tyrants, as heartless and stupid as it would make them appear ridiculous—setting them selves up as a sort of Popish inquisition or O'Connell association—depriving free citizens virtually of their rights, by forcing them to exercise them according to their dictation—and seeking, through the power which a prosperous business has given them, to do a great and irreparable injury to the country which has warmed them into being. 'We heard something, shortly before the election, of " Manchester dictation," and we rejoiced a good deal at the result, as it served to show, amongst other things, in what spirit that unwarrantable interference was answered in Liverpool ; but for this afterpiece of " The Spinners' Revenge," we were certainly not pre pared. Most sincerely and anxiously do we hope that it is, as we have supposed, no more than the hoax of some ready writer. We do hope, for the credit of Manchester, that the exclusive dealing system of the Popish priests of Ireland has not been imported there, or, if imported, has found no such encourage ment. However, if we should be mistaken, we are satisfied the mischief will ultimately fall much more terribly on the heads of those who have presumed to meddle with so nefarious a weapon, than of those for whom the injury was primarily intended. REVISION OF THE IMPORT DUTIES UPON ARTICLES CONSUMED IN MANUFACTURING. It is perhaps somewhat late in the day to recur to any por tion of the speech of her Majesty's defunct administration; but there is one recommendation contained in it upon which we feel inclined, nevertheless, to offer a few remarks. "It will be for you to consider,"—thus runs this quasi-royal document,—" whether some of these duties (upon the pro ductions of foreign countries) are not so trifling in amount as to be unproductive to the revenue, whilst they are vexa tious to commerce." It would be somewhat difficult, we think, to deny this proposition ; and it is scarcely surprising that the introduction into a royal speech, concocted by Whig authorities, of an undoubted truth, such as this is, has been hailed with a most extraordinary cock-crowing from their admirers throughout the kingdom. Unfortunately, however, the suggestion is neither novel nor of Whig origin, for we find that we ourselves, so long ago as last January, in a series of articles upon the subject of the revision of our system of taxation, proposed something very like it. WE were not, however, so anxious as the philosophers of Downing-street to confine our proposition to mere generalities ; and, after all, therefore, it is quite possi ble that the duties recommended to be abolished by Lord Melbourne's government may not be those contemplated by ourselves. To a Whig it may appear the extreme of wisdom to untax powdered heads, armorial bearings, rouge, eau de cologne, and other foreign cosmetics, whilst we, it must be admitted, contemplated a totally different class of articles ; and yet, should Sir Robert Peel very perversely fix upon those which we particularized, we are quite prepared to see the advocates of Whiggery step forward and lay claim to any merit which there may be in their suggestion—such is the advantage which diplomatic generalities possess over plain speaking. _ We have alluded now to this subject in order to repeat the recommendation in question, which appeared in our publica tion of the 15th January, and which we take the liberty of quoting entire. "We might instance, along with the cotton " duty, a number of other imposts levied upon articles almost " exclusively used for manufacturing purposes, and from " which a very inconsiderable revenue is derived, the reduc " tion of which would be received as an important boon to " the manufacturing interest, as well as to consumers. " Amongst these are the duties upon dyewoods, upon a " variety of drugs, foreign gums, &c., most of them the pro " ducts of our colonial possessions, and extensively used in " the different processes of dyeing and printing, as applied " both to cotton and to woollen goods; and we are confident " that a reduction of these might be so judiciously arranged " as, without materially affecting the revenue, to give a very " material impetus to the foreign and domestic trade of the " country." Such were the views which we promulgated in January, some months before any new lights upon the subject of taxa tion had fallen upon the late Whig cabinet; and amidst all the hubbub which has recently been stirred up in behalf of the Whig panacea for a ll t h e ev i ls un d er w hi c h commerce has been prostrated—" free trade in corn"—our opinion remains the same, that from a judicious modification of the duties referred to in the extract above quoted, a vast benefit might be conferred upon the industrial interests of the coun- :7 without the necessity of reoor:ing t,3 nay sufold.-.1 Hey as would be the sacrifice of our Lig ricratural prosper by the proposed withdrawal of the duties upon foreign grain. What the British manufacturer requires to constitute his prosperity is not only an e.tended foreign demand, but a valuable home trade ; and whilst the latter will certainly not be ensured by the prostration of the agricultural consumer, the former, we know, may be materially advanced by the reduction of those duties which press peculiarly upon manu facturers in their finished state. OUR DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE Our readers may possibly be a little startled at the notion of a domestic slave trade. The " Religious Public" will be particularly so. And yet, strange as it may and does appear, that such a thing as slavery could possibly coexist with that exemplary and active piety with which we have lately seen that one portion at least of England is brimful,—the fact is, nevertheless, strictly true, that men, women, and children have within the last few years been systematically bought and sold (and that into no mild form of slavery) before the eyes of those very reverend gentlemen, whose denunciations of black slavery have ever been the loudest, and who claim to be the especial protectors of the rights of suffering hu manity. The fact, we say, is strictly true, that whole fami lies of English poor have of late been imported into the ma nufacturing districts of England—the guardians of the parishes in the southern counties, with the poor-law com missioners, being the slave dealers, a Somerset House official the slave broker, and the "liberal," free trading, and hu mane manufacturer of Yorkshire and Lancashire, the slave purchaser •' On an early occasion we purpose going into an examina tion of this traffic in human beings, which has been carried on very quietly hitherto under the very gentle and obnoxious name of " Migration ;" and shall, perhaps, not a little asto nish some of the parties engaged it, as well as our readers. We believe that a full exposure of its iniquities will not only Pe conducive to the cause of humanity, but will also afford an excellent illustration of what will be the working of the manufacturing system, after we shall have given full scope to the exercise of its tender mercis upon our labouring, popu lation, by the destruction of the agriculture of the country ; and we shall most assuredly not be deterred lightly from en, tering upon the task. At present, however, we are restricted in our space, and shall therefore content ourselves with placing before our readers a copy of a communication be tween the broker and the merchant, which we dare say is as perfect and business-like as any communication from a Cuba or Havana planter to his agent upon the Coast of Guinea The writer is Mr. Muggeridge, an assistant commi from iouierset House, acting in the manufacturing districts as a "Migration" commissioner; the authority is a report from Somerset House Marshall and Sons could do witri a widow and fatuilv of small children. If the family were numerous a father even might not be objected to." Reader, contemplate this instructive document, and ad mire the good feeling and philanthropy which pervades it throughout. " Messrs. Marshall and Sons could do with a widow and family." Why a widow ? Because the poor bereaved being can be usefully employed in mending, wash ing, and cooking for her orphan offspring, who are to be thus drawn away from the pure air and healthy employments of their native fields, 'and plunged into the fetid atmosphere of Messrs. Marshall's linen factory, in Leeds! provided the family is large enough, however, Messrs. Marshall and Sons (who, by the way, are " liberals" and corn law repealers of the first magnitude) would even put up with the drawback of their having a living father! He, poor soul, would be an in cumbrance; but his numerous family of working children would compensate for the expense of keeping the adult d►one. But we will not pursue the subject just now, for it demands far more space and deliberation than we can at pre sent bestow upon it. The reader, however, may depend upon it that in this world— " Truth is strange—stranger than fiction," as w•e shall shortly, perhaps, be able to convince him LOCAL NEWS. Shopkeepers in the district of St. Paul's, &c., have again commenced closing their shops at eight, as agreed to in 1835, for the next seven months, and no customer is admitted after that time. The House of Commons assembled last night, when writs would be moved for and issued to-morrow, and we have reason to believe the house would then adjourn for a fort night. We have to state that the highly eminent firm of Anderson, Garrow, and Co., of Liverpool, whose stoppage was an nounced on the 2d instant, resumed payment on Friday last. EXTRAORDINARY FLY-FISHING.—Mr. J. W. Lassells, of this town, recently performed one of the most extraordi nary piscatorial exploits on record. At Roen, in Norway, our townsman recently caught with the fly, in the space of 23 clear days, no fewer than 2,1541b5. of salmon. The Medina, one of the fleet of steam-ships destined to carry the West India mails, arrived at this port, on Thurs day, to receive her machinery. She was built in the Isle of Wight by Mr. White, and is a remarkably fine vessel, equal in tonnage to the Forth. THE WILATIIER.—The weather for the last few days has been very unsettled, and much rain has fallen, particularly on Friday and Saturday morning last. On Sunday morning the clouds dispersed, and we have had, up to last night, most seasonable and propitious weather. The crops, in this neighbourhood, we believe, are all cut, and but little remains to be housed. The royal mail steamer Caledonia, Captain AP Kellar, sailed on Saturday last for Halifax and Boston. She carried out 107 passengers. The Columbia, which would sail from Boston on the Ist and Halifax on the 3d instant, will be due at this port on Monday evening next. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Thursday evening last, about six o'clock, as two young gentlemen were busily en gaged in eating fruit (peaches) in a garden, near this town, one of them unfortunately got a peach-stone in his throat, and could neither get it one way nor the other ; a surgeon was instantly sent for, but before he arrived, the unfortu nate young man was dead. The remains of the late hon. Col. Barclay Molyneux were interred on Friday, at Manchester, with military honours. The interment of the colonel's remains at Manchester is said to have arisen from the circumstance of the regiment of which he was commandant being stationed at Manchester at pre sent. The ceremony was most imposing, and the public attraction► great on the occasion. The usual military honours paid to colonels-commandant was strictly observed. • NEW MAGISTRATES.—On Tuesday last, at the sessions now holding at the New Bailey, for the hundred of Salford, Sir Ralph Pendlebury, of Reddish, near Stockport ; and on Thursday, Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart., of Claremont ; and John Grundy, Esq., of Belle Vue, near Bury ; took the oaths and qualified as magistrates for the county palatine of Lancaster. We understand that Elkanah Armitage, Esq., of Pendleton, has also been placed in the commission, and that he will probably qualify during the present session. THE NORWICH PROTESTANT HERALD.—Amongst the signs of the times, not the least encouraging is the number of cheap periodicals which are now in circulation, dissemina ting the soundest principles amongst the operatives of this country. We received last week the first number of a pub lication entitled, " The Norwich Protestant Herald, which promises to be a powerful defender of our Protestant insti tutions and privileges from the attacks of avowed enemies on the one hand, and the treachery of hollow and pretended • friends on the other . It is stamped, and, therefore, passes free through the post. The price of it is only threepence. PERMANENT GALLERY OF ART.-It may not be generally known, that there is now erecting, in Colquitt-street, on the vacant ground opposite to the Royal Institution, a building intended for a Permanent Gallery of Art. The edifice is of a chaste design and elegant execution. It will be ready for use in a few months. When finished, the works of art now in the rooms of the Royal Institution will be removed to the new gallery, which will, no doubt, receive many additional contributions from the patrons of the arts in Liverpool and the surrounding neighbourhood. The Leeds Intelligencer of Saturday last contains a long report of the circumstances attending the consecration of the newly erected parish church of Leeds, which has been rebuilt by the voluntary contributions of the inhabitants, and which took place on Thursday lass, before a most numerous and respectable congregation. The Archbishop of York, and the Bishops Ripon, Ross, and New Jersey, were present. IMPORTANT TO ELECTORS.—The lists of objections to voters in cities, boroughs, and counties, and of the claims of parsons omitted from the lists of voters in cities and bo roughs, may, ten days before the 15th of September, be seen gratis at the overseers' houses, and on two Sundays prece ding the 15th of September on all the church and chapel doors, and may be purchased for one shilling. In cities and boroughs the lists of objections should be inspected, as no notice is given to the party objected to, and all claimants not entitled to vote should be opposed before the revising bar risters. SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Friday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., on view of the body of Richard Beckett, who was forty-five years of age, and one of the collectors in the Islington Market, terminated his existence on Friday morn ing, by suspending himself from a scale. beam in the weighing office. In December last he had a paralytic stroke, and since that period had been frequently in a desponding state of mind, and had several times attempted to take his own life. His daughter, a little girl, was sent to the market to call him to breakfast, about nine o'clock, and found the deceased sus pended as described. Assistance was procured and he was taken down, but not before he was quite dead. He had for merly belonged to St. John's Market, and had been trans ferred to Islington. From his conduct on several occasions, his son was of opinion that he was sometimes under the influence of insanity. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased put a period to his existence while labouring under temporary insanity. DEATH OF MRS. FERGUSON.—SeveraI of our contem poraries have given a very incorrect account of the circum stances attending the death of this unfortunate lady, stating that the omnibus was moving at the time, and that Mrs. F. was thrown out of the gig by the shock of the concussion. An inquest was held on the body on Friday, when the follow ing evidence was given by the husband of the deceased, who was the only witness called that day—" I keep a ready-made linen warehouse in Bold-street ; the deceased, whose name was Ann Ferguson, was my wife ; she was 47 years old ; on Monday evening last I drove in a pony phaeton to my house in West Derby ; the deceased was with me ; when I got up to the top of Low-hill the pony ran away, and I lost all com mand of it ; just at the junction of Brunswick-road to Low hill an omnibus was standing still to let down passengers, as 1 supposed, and the pony ran against it with the phaeton ; the shock was very severe, and the phaeton very much bro ken ; I was thrown out by the concussion ; the deceased was not, but with the concussion her left leg was broken; sh e was brought home immediately , an d attended by two or three doctors, and died on Wednesday morning ; the phaeton be longed to me, but the pony belonged to Mr. Morton, coach builder, Dale-street. I was driving very gently at the time, but I cannot say what caused the pony to take fright. I had the pony on trial, and was to give £l4 for it, if I approved of it ; I had authorised him about a month back, to look out for a quiet, gentle pony, and he represented this as one that would just suit me, and he also stated that he had driven it himself. On Saturday morning the inquest was resumed, when some additional evidence was taken as to the vicious. ness of the pony, when the friends of Mr. Ferguson having stated to the coroner that they had heard a report that the lady and gentleman, who had the pony out on Sunday, were obliged to alight, and walk several miles, in consequence of the vice of the pony, Mr. Curry further adjourned the in quest till this morning, at twelve o'clock, when those parties will be examined. The new parliament contains one coloured man—the mem. her for Sudbury. He is named Sombre. His mother was a Hindoo princess, and lie is very wealthy. LATE SIR THU STANLEY'S STIJI:).-7 •We per- Messrs. Lucas, at liootot;,071 Tuesday, the 21st instant. Very great competition may be expected on this occasion from the celebrity of theJate baronet in the sporting world. MAP or AMERICA.—Mr. Mitchell's beautiful Map of America has the boundary line in Maine accurately laid down. A capital index accompanies the map, which renders it a more than usually valuable work. We believe the sale has been extensive in this and the neighbouring towns. THE PHYS-HARMONICA, OR MELODICON—Herr Breunig, the gentleman whose surprising performance we noticed in our last upon this instrument, intends, we believe, giving a Morning Concert at the Templar's Hall. As it will he im mediately removed from Liverpool, we recommend our friends to be present on the occasion. Herr Breunig is a splendid player, and the instrument is as astonishing in its powers as it is novel in construction. The audience at the Mechanics Institute was delighted with it on Saturday last. Herr Breunig was greatly applauded. COMMITMENTS. —At the police-court, yesterday, a young man, Willian Jackson, was committed for trial at the sessions on a charge of robbing a man named Cartwright, in the em ploy of Mr. Flitcroft, of Castle-street, of sixpence in the street. The prisoner, it appeared, had gone up to the com plainant, and ordered him to deliver his money, or he would knock him down. Complainant had four shillings and six pence with him and gave him the sixpence with which he made off. He, however, watched the aggressor, and traced him to a house in Fleet -street, where he was apprehended. Two sixpences were found upon him.—Robert Hackincross and Thomas Griffiths, the former employed at Mr. Brether ton's, veterinary surgeon, and the latter at Mr. Brown's, car owner, Fleet-street, were committed for trial,.on a charge of stealing a breeching and a trace. The evidence against Griffiths did not appear so strong as against the other prisoner. THEATRE ROYAL. —Miss Ellen Tree, without exception and without doubt, the very prima donna of English ac tresses, made her appearance last evening as the Countess, in " Love." To-night Miss Tree will personate Rosaliud— in which she is pre-eminently successful—indeed we loak upon her as the best Rosalind on the stage. On Wednesday Leigh Hunt's " Legend of Florence" will be represented ; and we perceive the " Bridals of Messina" will be repro duced during Miss Tree's engagement. The extraordi nary success of the Vandenhoff's in this play, will ex cite great curiosity in the public mind to see how it will be done by Miss Tree and Mr. Anderson, who origi nally played it, when it was first written. We can fancy what a powerful character Miss Tree will make of Isoline. Mr. G. Vandenhoff's Fernando was remarkably clever, and therefore Mr. Anderson's metal will be tested. Mrs. Bland's benefit was well attended on Friday night. En passant, a party of theatrical friends and brother comedians gave Mr. Bland a parting supper, at the Brunswick, on Saturday evening. ORANGE AND GREEN.—No small degree of obloquy has been heaped by the radicals upon the high sheriff of Ferma nagh, because the returns of the members of parliament for that county bore the impression of a seal on which was in scribed " the pope in the pillory." Lord Morpeth, on seeing this announced in the public papers, wrote to the sheriff, and, without offering him any opportunity for expla nation, read a very crabbed lecture on the impropriety of the act in the first instance, and then asks, " Now, sir, what have you to say for yourself?" This, it would seem, put the sheriff on his mettle, and his answer is responsively crabbed, "curt and contumelious." He has subsequently written to the press and states, that neither before nor since the return had he seen the seal in question, and that he was not aware of the impression complained of until he received Lord Mor peth's letter. Lord Morpeth has removed the sheriff from his duties. We have heard much of the amiability of the late Irish secretary, but we fear his rejection by the men of Yorkshire has soured his temper. CHARGE AGAINST POLICE• OFFICERS. -On Saturday last, at the police-court, Oliver Shannon, a publican, of Norfolk-street, appeared to prefer a charge against certain police-officers, whom he accused of having violently assaulted him. As he knew not the names or numbers of any of the men, police-officers 265, 199, 137, 133, and 288, were ordered to stand up before the bench. The statement of the com plainant was, that about half-past twelve o'clock, on the morning of V'ednesday week, he, with two friends, went to see a gentleman embark in a steam-packet at the Clarence Dock. They returned through Pownall-square into Tithe barn-street, where, at the corner of Vernon-street, it being about twenty minutes past two o'clock, they saw three police men, one of whom, without any provocation whatever, gave him a push, and immediately after knocked him down by a violent blow on his head, inflicted with a stick. He was perfectly sober, not having been in any public-house what ever. He could not say who struck him first, but officer 265 held him down and struck him with his stick. He bled very profusely, and was assisted away by two friends. Henry Dobson, one of the complainant's companions stated, that it was police-officer 137 who struck the complainant first, and then officer 265 knocked him down in the gutter. Witness and his friends were sober, and none of them gave any pro vocation. Thomas Langley stated, that Lansborough, 288, was present, and that he said it was a shame to abuse the man in such a way. Mr. Shannon had• taken a glass of sherry at Mr. Langan's, but that was all that was taken. Mr. Rushton investigated the case very minutely, and it occupied a considerable time, as there were several discre pancies in the testimony of the witnesses. Mr. Rushton, however, finally suspended the three officers 265, 137, and 288, and said it would be a matter for consideration, whether they would ever be restored again. 199 and 133 were dis charged, as having nothing to do with the matter. UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE-OFFICER. — At the police-court yesterday, Mr. Parkinson stated to Mr. Rushton, that in consequence of an anonycrious letter, signed T. L., having appeared in the Journal, attributing improper conduct to George Greaves, one of the turnkeys of the bridewell, (of which he Mr. P. is keever,) in having re fused to take a charge from a person then in court, he had taken some trouble to discover who the writer of the letter was, and had procured his attendance. Mr. Rushton said that he could not take notice of anonymous pu.ilications in the newspapers; but, if the party had a complaint to prefer, he should forthwith hear it. Mr. T. Lancaster, (the writer of the letter,) who keeps a tobacconist's shop in Manchester- then stepped forward and preferred ills complaint— similar in purport to that contained in the letter. He said that on that day four weeks he had given a person in charge at the bridewell for being drunk and disorderly, and was told to niake his complaint in that court next day. He attended accordingly, but found the judge sitting there, and when he found out his mistake and went to the police-court, (then tennporatily held in Exchange-street, East,) he was told that he was too late, the prisoner having been discharged in con sequence of his non-appearance. On a subsequent occasion he had taker► another party to the bridewell, on a charge of duping his sister, who kept an eating•house. He had stated to George Greaves, in charging him, that he had gone into his sister's shop, in the guise of a sailor, and handed her what appeared to be a bank note, stating that he wished it to be kept for him as he was afraid he would lose it. She took it without looking minutely at it, put it away, and afterwards supplied him with refreshment to the value of Is. 6d., which he did not pay for, and then went away. On looking at the note,she found it to be a note of " the bank of fashion. Greaves, he added, on hearing this charge, said he could not detain the prisoner, as he (complainant) had before charged a person against whom he did not appear—adding that he would not take any one in charge on the word of him (the complainant), whatever his complaint might be. Greaves in reply to this accusation said, that on the occasion last noticed he had cer tainly said that he would not take the charge of getting vic tuals and not paying for them, but had never said that he Would take no one in charge on any account from the com plainant. He called three police officers as witnesses, all of w'aoni said they were present during the conversation alluded to, and that Greases had stated no such thing. Mr.-Rush ton said that it was grievous in any keeper of an eating house to give food without reeeiving payment ; but he had no jurisdiction in such a matter, and the defendant stood ac • quitted of all blame, as he had not, it fully appeared, em ployed the language imputed to him. It is bnt justice to Greaves to add, that he is one of the most useful, efficient, and obliging men in the whole service. ANNUAL LICENSING MEETING eles th Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, the annual general licensing meeting of borough magistrates took place in the Court house, to consider the applications for new leases and re movals. The magistrates met in cansiderable numbers, in the first instance, in the room between the two courts. Neither the public nor the reporters being admitted to the consultation, we are unable to furnish any particulars of the proceedings. The premises of all the parties applying for licenses, (with the exception of, we believe three,) had pre viously been visited by the magistrates of each ward respect ively, in order to their reporting upon them as suitable or otherwise for inns or public houses. The recommendations of the applicants were also taken into consideration, and this occupied some hours. These parties meantime remained in anxious expectation of the result in the Nisi Prius Court. Shortly before two o'clock the consultation having closed, the Mayor and several of the magistrates entered the court, and at the request of the former, Mr. Ellis, their clerk, read the names of the individuals to whom it had been agreed to grant licenses. There were 163 applicants. Of these, 15 received grants of licenses, and 3 grants of removal. The following is a list of the successful parties, with their residences. Those for• merly beer-houses are marked B. H.:— . ..... 48, Argyle-street, B.H Wellington-buildings, Castle-st. South . Ebenezer Gladstone 4, Cazneau-street, B.H.George Williams. 3, Cleveland-square.. 2, Dryden-street, B.H William Atkinson. 27, Fleet-street Frederick-street, B.H. (removal) 48, Gill-street, B.H. Ann Hewson. __. _ _ 5, 'Oldhall-street, B.H Thomas Moss. 32, Pownall-street (Lower) 16, Vernon-street, B. H Francis Clayton 33, Water-street .... John Mehan TOXTETH-PARK. Mill-street (corner of Mozley-street) John May. 120, Mill-lane (removal). Park-street, B.H. (removal) Mary Ann Taylor WEST DERBY. Falkner-street, B.H John Hughes. Wavertree-lane, B. H EVERTON. 1, Christian-street ................... Robert Walsh. The total number of licensed victuallers in Liverpool is now 382, and the number of beer-houses about 900. THE ONLY MAN KNOWN OF LONDON.—Thousands and tens of thousands of individuals are known in London, but it is curious enough that there is only one man now in existence known to London; to the city, the west-end, Mary lebone, Southwark —every p oint, in short, of the metropo litan compass. Much of this notoriety the illustrious indi vidual in question owes to his glo r y, an d muc h a l so to hi s nose ; nor would he, phaps, with all his victo r i es , have ever been enabled to achieve this signal conquest over the indifference of universal London, if his features were not in some sort the heralds of his fame. When this distinguished Person appears out of doors, there is a general commotion : well-dressed people, forgetting their business or pleasure, run after him like little boys trotting at the heels of a showman ; Hat s off " is the word wherever he makes his way ; carriages stop without orders, that the ladies, coachman, and John may have a stare ; equestrians wheel ab ou t an d fol . low his footsteps; There he goes," you'll hear the people say ; but nobody asks who goes there, for to everybody he is as well known as the Monument. When he goes down to the house crowds assemble to await his Coming, and crowds await patiently to see him corning away. How he looks is the general topic of discourse, and he is the only person in London or the world who for twenty-five years has occupied the same large portion of the public eye without fa tiguing the sight or escaping the memorv—without diminu tion or decay o f a respect as univer sa l as extraor dinary. Need we say there must be more than popularity in this ? When we said that the illustrious person in question is as well-known as the Monument, we forgot for the moment that he is a monument himself, a living moving trophy of the might and majesty of England, of her bravery and her glory. We do not name him ; to name hi m were to d e t rac t fro m that universal fame that accompanies his footsteps ; let it be enough that every one knows and no one can mistake him. He is the single solitary exception to the rule we have laid down, that no living man is large enough to fill the universal eve of such a vast body as London.—Blackwood's Maga;ine for September. LITER 1Y NOTICI Blackwood for Sep tem& Blackwood, Edinburgh has appeared in this the people of England do not take warning by l these lessons we shall be surprised. Experience bought is Few will read this able paper without agreeing on most points with the writer. " A Convent of Franciscans" is a fearful Spanish tale, which those who are fond of the horrible and romantic will doubtless highly relish. The searcher for his torical facts will be pleased with the information contained in " Chapters of Turkish History." The " Picture of isdom taught Danes " is an amusing and extremely clever dramatic trifle, in which Salvator Rosa is discovered as one of the dramatis personce. It is a sort of vaudeville, done in blank verse. 'lt would act well : several of the situations would be very effec tive on the stage. " The World of London " is continued. The author of these articles is evidently a man of great ob servation, and, like Plato, " reasoneth well." There is much truth as well as entertainment interspersed in this series of articles. To a Londoner they are highly diverting. The " Notice of the Royal Academy," although it comes late, is not the less bien venu. The article on the " Spanish Gipsies" gives us a good insight into their characters and habits. " Nicholas Dunks, or Fried Mackerel for Dinner," is a well-told and droll story. " Biron and the Bastile "is a detail of a circumstance which occurred in the reign of Henry IV. of France. The number winds up with an able article, entitled " Sir Robt. Peel's Position on next resuming Power," evidently from the pen of one deeply versed in poli tics, and well accustomed . to political writing. We quote the following from " The World of London " : COMPETITION IN LONDON.—It is the prevalence of the competitive principle throughout all the shades of condition observable here that gives this great population a vivacity of action with which the slow-coach, jog -trot, do-very-well style of country towns contrasts to great disadvantage. Life is twice as long in town as in the country : we do not mean as to years, for years have nothing to do with life : in the qnan- . tity of work we get through in the same given time, we make life twice as long as our vegetative brethren in the country. For this we deserve no credit, and we take none : needs must when the devil drives ! The love of London is so intense, and so universally planted in the minds of men, that no one, tradesman or other, willingly relinquishes the metropolis for the provinces ; hence the struggle to keep possession of town is desperate and incesEant. The multitude of customers afforded by London is the life of tradesmen. The best cus tomers are in London, because in London a portion of the superfluous wealth, or saving of almost every man, is now, or will be hereafter, spent. Your country gentleman will tint his table, rack-rent his tenants, and starve his cat that he and his family may sport a job-coach, and the share of an opera box, for three months during the London season. Your " as he call spruce ensign hoards his paternal allowance, and lives o pay nine months in the year, to have _a spree, ion. I clerk, who bolts with the money of his employers, hides him self in the wilderness of London, spending his ill-gotten gains nearly as fast as he procures them. One way or another the accumulated wealth of all lands over which the British flag waves in any authority finds its way into London, and is there wholly or partially dissipated. Therefore, a shop for which a man will pay three or four hundred pounds a-year rent would become a fortune but for the intensity of com petition. If customers are the life of tradesmen, tradesmen are the life of customers : watching opportunities, the cus tomer takes advantage of the rivalry and necessities of the tradesmen. The tradesmen in like manner flourish upon the ignorance or carelessness of the customer ' • every where the principle between retailer and customer is, that of diamond cut diamond. In this way, while tradesmen break and customers are plundered, the prudent manager contrives to supply himself with whatever he requires at a reasonable rate. He adjusts the fluctuations of exchange, and the con sequence is, the success of all business in London depends upon the extent of your connexions ; for the profits allowed you by competition with your rivals in the same line, as profits, never can pay. The desperate rivalry of competition takes every form of deception to put down rivals and estab lish supremacy : bankrupts able to pay forty shillings in the pound, advertise their stock to be sold off at an immense sa crifice, which always implies ten per cent. above the ordinary prices of the trade ; damaged goods, fresh from the hands of the manufacturer, may be had for half—that is to say, double the value; burnt out tradesmen, whose premises are as good as new, offer you their articles, " removed for the convenience of sale." You pass a shop, large bills in the window announcing that the tradesman is " selling off ;" you think you will buy, and find, after you have bought, that you are sold a bargain ; passing that way six months after, you find your old friend still selling of as briskly as ever. If you venture to inquire what is the reason he puts up a hum bugging placard of this sort, he will assure you, with great coolness, that every shopkeeper in London is " selling off" as fast as he can, and that he only imitates his neighbours! Another Rill announce, by staring , bills a yard long, that every thing in his shop may be had for half nothing, " this shop closing on Saturday,"—a device that succeeds, perhaps, in hooking a great many flats. If any remonstrate, seeing these bills for a year or more, the clever tradesman will reply with a grin, " that he believes most shops in Loudon close on a Saturday!" A third, after filling a well-dressed window with high-priced articles, ticketed at low prices, in a manner peculiar to these gentry, and which, when we come to treat of London rogueries, we will take the trouble fully to expose, will desire one of his porters or shopmen to fling a stone through a pane of costly glass in the middle of his window; a crowd is instantly attracted to view the smash ; customers cannot help seeing the tickets, and, remarking how cheap every thing is, rush in crowds into the shop to lay out their money, and get cheated for their pains. Some establishments break their own windows every Monday morning, and have them glazed again every Saturday night, and find it answer their purpose admirably. Manufactories of new second-hand articles of fancy ware, furniture, and the like, are established every where about town, and shops opened for their sale, where the broker assures you, with unusual veracity, that you will find every article he has to dispose of "as good as new." Pawnbrokers' offices and auction-rooms are chokefull of articles made expressly for these places ; in short, there are twenty thousand laudable inventions for the purpose of bringing to their senses those myriads of shortsighted persons who, instead of dealing with a respectable tradesman, pay double for every article they require, under pretence of getting it a bargain. In one of his invaluable maxims, Sir Morgan O'Doherty has declared of hooks, that if you see a work frequently advertised, you may suspect it as a bad one ; but if, in addition, you observe a puff or laudatory paragraph, you may be sure of it. Whenever, in like manner, you are invited to purchase arti cles for less than they can be made for, or paid for, you must consider yourself in the light of a receiver of stolen goods, or else the dupe of ' a knave, who professes to stand in a shop selling you goods for less than he must pay fot them, which is absurd. The Dublin University Magazine. Curry and Co., Dublin September's number opens with a paper entitled, " Drift ings and Dreamings in Foreign Lands," by H. Snogby, Esq. Who Mr. Snogby may be it is not our business to en quire, but his dreamings are extremely amusing and his driftings well worth gathering. " Winslows Anatomy of Suicide," published last year by , in London, is brought under review. Copious extracts are made from it, tending to show the wickedness of suicide, proceeding as it does from folly and want of courage to meet the ills or mis fortunes of life. " Savoren" is a metrical tale, translated from the Rheinsagen, by Mr. Merrivale. " Sketches in Erris and Tyrawly," by the author of Sketches in Ireland, is next reviewed. The critic has highly and deservedly com mended this clever book, which will be the means, it is to be hoped, of bringing an almost terra incognita portion of Ire land under the notice of the tourist. The niche in the gallery of illustrious Irishmen is occupied by Sir Thomas Molyneux. It is a most interesting memoir, and gives us a good insight into the history of his times 1717. Sir Thomas was Fellow of the Queen's and King's College of Physicians in Ireland, Professor of Physic to the University of Dublin, at that period, and State Physician and Physician General to the Army. " September Flowers" contains some very charming lyrics and poetical compositions by different hands. " Letters from the Coast of Clare" next attract our attention. Some most interesting particulars of the establishment of a school at Kilkee are given, in which a Liverpool bookseller receives honourable mention. These papers are extremely amusing, and will bring Kilkee into note next summer. The authoress's descriptions are vivid and well told. " The Memoir of Dr. Barrett," late Senior Fellow of Trinity Col lege, Dublin, is very amusing. His portrait is capital. His peculiarities are admirably hit off. We can well believe the truth of them. The portion of Charles O'Malley contained in this number we reviewed in our last. Master Humphrey's Clock. No. 17. Burnaby Rudge, W. Webb, Liverpool. This number is wholly occupied in detailing the riots which took place consequent upon the conduct of Lord George Gordon, and the part our friends Barnaby, Hugh, and Dennis took in them. The attack upon the Maypole, as also the destruction of the Warren, are both forcibly told. Curiosity is greatly excited by the closing peges. The woodcuts con tinue to be beautifully executed, and the story loses none of its interest. George Cruickshank's Omnibus. Webb, Liverpool The young actress, Madlle. Racial, who is at present oc cupying the notice of the playgoing portion of the community; is introduced to us in a memoir and portrait. " Frights No. 2" is very well narrated. The strange cat, with the illustration, is rich. " A Short Cruise at Margate" serves to introduce to us an anecdote or two of Napoleon Buonaparte, with a sketch of him, in, an out of a cocked hat. " Passionate People" is a very good paper. The illustration of the man who. when he got into a passion went and knocked at a door till he cooled, is most laughable. " Our New Cooks" de scribes the dilemmas of a family who were " rather particular" in this description of the genus honzo. "Frank Heartwell" is pleasantly continued. The illustration is cleverly drawn. " Tea Table Talk" is a skit at those who pretend to know much but know little. The cuts are capital. The Omnibus Chat, touching the fashions, is a deservedly hard hit at the ridiculously " long clothes" of the ladies. There are several very amusing anecdotes interspersed through this portion of the Bus. " Mrs. Toddle's Letter to the Proprietor," with her portrait, is droll enough. The following extract is from FRIGHTS.—'Tis midnight, and " the very houses seem asleep," outhouses an d all. The " quiet f a mily" has at tained its utmost pitch of quietness. All sleep soundly, where no sound is heard. A breathless hush pervades the domicile. On a sudden, there is a smart crash, a rattling sound below. This sleeper starts up in bed, that darts farther under the clothes. " What's that?" is the inward question of everybody. The thought of thieves occurs to each in turn : one is certain that the area-door has been forced open, another is sure that the back -parlour sash has been raised. They lie still, with panting hearts, and listen. Again there is a noise. It is like creaking footsteps on the stairs, or the opening of drawers ; then all is silent again, and then the noise is renewed. At last, one little, quaking miss ventures, half stifled, to whispe,r,,l;;a? adriadh,yeaure hearyou awake ?" and S ara h f a i n tly answers, that ?" and both bury themselves in the bed, and dare not breathe. And then they hear a door open softly, and they utter a low cry of terror; and then, in another minute, the door of their own room opens, and, with a loud scream, they start up—only to see their dear, good mamma, with a candle in her hand ; but she is pale and frightened, and desires to know if they had made the noise,—but tey hadonly they distinctly heard somebody getting in a h t the back door or the parlour window. Then papa commands the whole assem- lot to I s he lo htened", and shakes dreadfully t his blunderbuss, and avows his atiou to proceed down stairs. And then there is a " Hush !" and a general listening. Yes, there is a noise still, and to the stairs he advances, while his better-half lights his way and holds his garments tight to check his des perate enthusiasm ; and the eldest daughter hardly ventures beyond the chamber door, but, with astonishing boldness and exemplary daring, springs a rattle, and the others hold on by each, taking fresh fright from one another's fears. What an amount of suffering, dread, terror, is in the bosom of the little, quiet family as down to the scene of danger they creep, with tortoise-pace ! And what is all this anxiety, this trepidation, this sickness of the heart for? What has occa sioned so terrific a commotion ? Perhaps the tongs have fallen down, and the clatter has filled their ears with all de scriptions of imaginary noises. Perhaps the cat is clawing at a string tied to the pantry-door; or, pe r h aps , th e s t up id little kitten, having got her tail into the catch of the last new oattent mouse-trap, has dragged that excellent invention off the dresser, and is whisking round, at intervals, in a weary ing and vain endeavour to extricate her unprehensile appen dage. " Dear me ! well, I declare, how I have been fright ening myself!" cries every member of the shivering family ; and the very next night, should the very same noises again be heard, the whole frightened family i.ould start, turn pale, quake, wonder, pant, scream, and spring rsttles, exactly as before. Where fear has once taken possession, experience does not always make folks wise. Roscoe Wandering in Wales, Part 8. W. Webb, Liverpool This number includes wanderings in the neighbourhoods of Penmorfa, Clynog, the town of Nevin, Pwllhelli, Harlech, Dolgelly, Barworth, Machynnleth, &c. To those who are conversant with this part of Wales this part must have great charms, while to those who are not it will excite very strong wishes to do as the author has done before them — namely, " wander." The plates represent "The Falls of the Ogwen "—" a View of Chester from the Roodee Cop, previous to the building of the new bridge ". " Rhuddlan Castle and River Clwyd ",—" The Vale of the Llugwy ",- 1, with :Mel Sidbod, Snowdon, and the istance. " Bala L Ind a vignettte of " St. Winifred's Well at Roscoe is a delightful writer. When complete t will be a standard work an alpine view indee Carnedd Point in the of the angle Holywell." this work will be most valuable as long as Wales endures. :'ORRESPONDENCE —the haunt TO THE HON. AND REV. BAPTIST NOEL, (No. 3.) Liverpool, 614 September, 1811. REVEREND redeeming my pledge of pointing out in this letter some further exaggerated and, to my mind, very mischievous statements which appear in your pamplet, I will commence with the following, from page 13 : Let it also be remembered, that a weight of taxation Its also on others. who are less able to bear it. In a " 1838, from William Blaxland, of Birmingham, he stated, " that he then used weekly-2 oz..tea, 2 oz. coffee, 8 oz. " sugar, 3 lbs. 8 oz. meat, 7 lbs. flour, 7 pints ale, pint `• brandy, 1 oz. tobacco; the cost of which, freed from tithe, " corn, customs, and excise duties, would be 2s. ; but " with these taxes, those articles cost him, 7s. 7id., being a " weekly tax of ss. 30., amounting in the year to 133 " 13s. 6d." You then go on to say,—" Whether William Blaxland was " accurate in his calculations or not, they serve to show, that " the labourers lie under a weight of taxation at least equal " to have protection, much more should the former Now, sir, to a plain, plodding, but practical man, it does Lppear to me very important to see " whether William Blax _ gist of your argument on this head hinges upon the truth or falsehood of the statement; and so strongly do I feel this to be the case, that I will unhesitatingly declare my belief that you were by no means justified in using William Blaxland's statements until you had verified their accuracy. You have adopted them in fact as your own, and have thereby given them an importance by being circulated with the authority of the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, which they never would have received simply as the statements of a William Blaxland. But, sir, I thank you for having done so, as it will afford an opportunity for showing upon what false grounds such state ments are made, and how readily they are caught at to serve a one-sided view of a subject. But now to the matter of fact. I have taken the various items at the respective duties on each article, and I believe it will be found that the case stands as follows :—On the three articles of meat, flour, and ale, I have no means of accurately calculating the tax, but to be quite on the safe side, I shall give an ample amount : s. d. Duty, &c. on 2 oz. tea, at 2s. 2d. per lb., say 0 34 ~ 2 oz. coffee, at 6d. per lb. f IP 8 oz. sugar, at 245. per cwt. , ~ 4 pint brandy, at 265. Bd. per gallon 010 ft 1 oz. tobacco, at 3s. per lb. 0 2 Tax, &c. on 7 lbs flour nr ~ 7 pints ale }. say Pf 3 lbs. 8 oz. meat Making a total of. The extreme amount of taxes, therefore, on_ the articles named comes to 2s. 3d. instead of ss. 30., as stated. And for one moment to analyze these taxes—of 2s. 3d. it will be seen that above ls. is on articles of pure luxury, 10d. on brandy, and ad. on tobacco; this amount being deducted, it will leave no room whereon to found so plausible an argu ment in favour of the poor man and against the rich : the tendency of which must be to shew up the interests and feel ings of the one as opposed to the other, when the very oppo site should be the case. It would at first sight appear strange why William Blaxland, in stating his grievances, should in clude this quarter of a pins of brandy and one ounce of to bacco in his weekly consumption ; but when that heavy duty on those two articles is seen, the motive, (viz., that of swelling the amount of tax,) is tolerably apparent. Now, sir, I appeal to you as a lover of truth, does not this case shew the neces sity of precaution, before adopting second-band statements, as matter of fact? It certainly was your duty to do, that which I have done, before using these calculations as argu ment. Your making it matter of no - importance whether the statement be accurate, appears almost as ridiculous as the schoolboy's problem—" If one pound of butter buys two pounds of cheese, what will a cart load of paving stones come to ?" Your quotations from Scripture, when twisted to suit the case of the corn-laws, would almost make one shudder from their misuse. You quote—" He shall judge the poor of the people; he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor." "He shall deliver the needy when he crieth ; the poor also and him that hath no helper." " He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy ; he shall redeem their soul from deceit and vio lence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight." And you apply, or, as I am constrained to say, mis apply these quotations thus—" Agreeably, therefore, both to the practice of the legislature, and, what is infinitely more to be regarded, the w ill of Christ, should the weak and the poor be freed from those artificial restraints upon their in dustry, and that unproductive taxation of their food, which, without serving the country, inflicts suffering on them." How these texts of Scripture can be made to apply to the operations of the corn laws I am indeed at a loss to conceive. And if all the corn-laws hitherto in existence, from the year 1463 to the present time, have been enacted " without serving the country," and have only tended to " inflict suffering on the poor," we may well take a melancholy view, both past and present, of the legislative wisdom of our country, and hail the enlightened age when 600 reverend gentlemen can be congregated to deliberate upon the question, and supersede the legislative functions of our country. Be it remembered, also, that these 600 ministers, meeting to discuss the question in a religious as well as a political point of view, at five mi nutes per head each, could not, from the fear of man, ask a blessing upon their proceedings. Thanks be to God, our Commons' House of Parliament, heterogeneous as is the mass it contains, has not yet fallen to this pitch of degradation, and scandal to the name of a Christian deliberative assembly ! Regretting that your pamphlet contains much matter upon which I shall have yet to comment, I beg to remain, reverend sir, your very obedient servant, J. C. To THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—I request the favour of your inserting the enclosed letter in to-morrow's paper. Had the matter referred to in it come under the notice of the Council last Wednesday, I should have given Mr. Aikin's motion, for the reason stated, my decided opposition, as well as answered Mr. Hornby's charge of persecution, by show ing, that no proceedings of any kind involving expense were taken by Mr. Carson after Saturday, the 14th ult.. the day on which Mr. Harvey (Mr. Quayle's solicitor) called upon him for the purpose of withdrawing his plea of defence, As I shall be unavoidably absent on Wednesday next, I take this opportunity of conveying to the Conservative bur gesses of Everton Ward Mr. Hodgson's statement, together with my own opinion on this proceeding.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM BIRKETT. Everton, 6th September, 1841. Prince Edwin-street, 4th Sep., 1841 DEAR SlR,—The circumstances connected with the pro posed motion in the Common Council, to return to Mr. Quayle the £5O he paid to the Corporation, are what alone give importance to it, and seem to me, in an especial man ner, to claim attention. You are aware that at a meeting of Mr. Quayle's political adherents, some of whom are members of the Corporation, it was decided to present Mr. Quayle with a piece of plate for what was deemed his meritorious resistance to tory op pression in the case of Mr. Shand, whose party was assailed in no measured terms with charges of persecution, and with having finally succeeded in gaining possession of the seat for Everton Ward, only from Mr. Quayle's fear of encountering the further expenses. - • - -• • - Under ordinary circumstances, such imputations might be treated with the contempt of silence, and the legal decision obtained on Mr. Quayle's own admission that he did not lawfully hold his seat be an ample answer. And it might be left even to those gentlemen, some of whom are magistrates, to reconcile, as they might, the position, in which for party purposes they appear placed, that of offering a commendation to any of her majesty's subjects for having heen instrumental in obstructing the lawful and due exercise of such important rights and duties as are involved in the corporate affairs of this great community. But when an attempt is made, which the motion insidiously involves, to obtain as it were a coun tenance to these imputations, it behoves the Corporation to be on their guard, and examine carefully what they are about to do. Primarily, let us overlook what may be legal obstacles to repaying the £5O, in order to ascertain whether there be any case of hardship, or warrant for an assertion, that Mr. Quayle has been subjected to persecution, or unnecessary expense, whereby, as alleged, he may have been constrained to abandon his just claim. Mr. Shand was persuaded that he had a majority of good votes, but was not returned because of the rejection of Evan Jones and of the personation of two others ' • he therefore applied to the Co ur t o f Q ueen 's Bench, as the only course open for redress. . The following are the facts as regards these votes : Evan Jones, it is asserted, said at the polling booth, in reply to the question had he voted before, that he had voted before. On this allegation his name was erased from the poll, though subsequently it is not made a question that he voted before. It is clear that he had not, though a miscon ception may have arisen from his having said he had voted at former elections. It is, however, unintelligible why such an error was not rectified by restoring this good vote to its place on the poll, when, as you will see by referring to a statement in the STANDARD of the 31st August, an altera tion was made in the case of John Ashton, favourably affect ing Mr. Quayle's return. Parity of circumstances would authorise the expectation of mutual rectification. As regards the vote of Evan Jones, there are other circumstances which call for attention. In section 34 of the Municipal Act, the law is in these words :—" No inquiry shall be permitted at any election as to the right of any person to vote as a burgess in any borough except only as follows (that is to say), that the mayor or otherpresiding officer shall, if required by any two burgesses entitled to vote in the same borough , put to any voter, at of the timehis deliverin g in h i s voting paper, and not after wards, the following questions, or any of them, and no other :—" Questions 1 and 2 have no bearing on our case, but " No. 3. Have you already voted at the present election? " And no person required to answer any of the said quel" have answered the same. d to vote until he slut/1 Now if Mr. Hornby, the alderman and presiding officer, and consequently the only person according to the above quoted section qualified to ask the question, did put it, he evidently had been so satisfied with the answer, as to admit Jones's name on the polL; and we are not informed what afterthought or circumstance could warrant the erasure. But, in fact, it does not appear that the question was ever put by Mr. Hornby, for a Mr. Wilson Ledger declares on oath, filed in the Queen's Bench, that he himself and as he firmly believes with the concurrence of another burgess, whose name I don't recall, asked the question. It, therefore, would appear that, according to law, the question never was put at all ; and the fact forcibly illustrates the propriety of such a well defined enactment as is provided on this point ; for had the legal direction been attended to, the evil, with all its vexatious consequences, could never have taken place Should, however, Mr. Hornby or the Town•cle be able to clear up this mystery, the facts arc not affected of Jones not having voted, and of his being undeniably entitled to vote, thereby warranting Mr. Shand's application to the Court of Queen's Bench. But there were besides two cases of per sonation. To these no reply has ever been made, but the At torney-General, as far back as November, on Mr. Quayle's behalf, admitted them to be personations—fraudulent votes. At the same period Mr. Quayle was made acquainted that his attempt at a counterpoise by objections, frivolous in the extreme as they appear to me, would not be entertained, and that a quo warranto must issue. It is hence obvious, that Mr. Quayle might estimate hie position accurately as far back as November, since which time I have not learnt that any new feature, in connection with the facts of the case, has occurred, or was to be antici pated. Save, indeed, what might belong to the chapter of accidents arising out of procrastination, and from whatever cause, it certainly is to be inferred that as late as July last, Mr. Quayle was not regulating his course under any do minion of fear as to expenses, the plea so industriously put forth on his behalf ; for up to that period, and till over-ruled by a judge's order, he offered every resistance to the cause being tried in Liverpool, and would have carried it to Lon don at, as I am assured, greatly increased costs, though not improbably connected with increased delay. With regard to the fact of any unnecessary expenses in prosecuting this case, Mr. Carson has given a complete answer; but the plea, that Mr. Quayle gave up his seat for fear of the further expenses, is perfectly preposterous, and without being uncharitable, it may be asked is it even honest? Mr. Carson supposes the costs, on both sides, may amount to £7OO, and computes £l5O as the addition which the trial would have entailed. Now, if Mr. Quayle was so lion hearted in July, as to be ready to encounter increased ex pences if he could have had the trial in London, and if he continued to the last confident of rieht being on his side, would he abandon such a victory for his cause and con stituents for £l5O, even assuming him to be amenable to the whole charge ; but how reconcile with abiding conviction, his abandonment at once of the honour of victory, and the opportunity of punishing a prosecutor, (for such, I presume, Mr. Shand to be termed,) with £7OO costs, which must now rest upon his own shoulders. This is not all; for Mr.. Quayle has voluntarily paid £5O to the corporation, thus reducing the sum involved in further proceedings to £lOO. But this folly will not pass. The stratagem—for stratagem it most evidently was—has failed. It was an unworthy scheme, and has put the corporation to expence for legal ad vice on the occasion, and for the ordinary purposes of an election, besides exposing the burgesses to the risk of a contest. 1 cannot, therefore, on all these premises find any ground for a return of the £5O, were it legal to do it, but that such a course may be taken in opposition to the law I would not willingly anticipate. What, indeed, would be our position if, as a body, we should be found, under such circumstances, in connection with a party abetting and countenancing one who had been the means of withholding just rights from a portion of the burgesses of the corporation, one who, for nearly two years had unlawfully exercised the rights and priv ther of ano- The reiterated opinion of the town-clerk, supported, as I understand, by other authority, and the known _ and esta blished facts of the case, do not permit tt nticip )e made con- any new disclosure on which repayment may sisiently with law and justice ; bui I should be glad on every account were any explanation to be found in harmony with justice, by which the liberality and sympathy of the corpo ration might be expressed towards Mr. Quayle, for, assuredly, lam actuated by no unkind feeling towards him. Indeed, we are not acquainted ; but, independent of the claim, which this case holds in common upon my attention, I am rather particularly called to it from its immediate connection with the ward for which I am in council ; and further, not having provided for so unusual a contingency as the adjournment which has taken place, my arrangements do not permit my attendance on Wednesday, which has led me through this medium to submit my sentiments to you, and to beg the favour of your consideration of them, and I remain. dear sir, yours truly, W. Birkett, Esq DAVID HODGSON ASTONISHING PHENOMENON ! TO TIIK EDITOR OF THE. LIVERPOOL STANDARD SlR,—rha clock of St. George's is again in an eclipsed state. A total obscuration is coming on. Really it is quite r farce to talk about illuminating other clocks in the town, when those we have are so disgracefully managed. Sept. 6. PEDESTRIAN. FREEMASONRY.—The W. M. of the New Lodge of Free masons was duly installed last evening, at the Lodge Room, Market House, Birkenhead. Many of the brethren from Liverpool and Chester attended the ceremony. An elegant repast was provided on the occasion. EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA.—In consequence of a severe shock of an earthquake, a large hill or mountain was shaken from its foundation, and thrown into the bed of the Attock, which completely choked that river, so entirely that passen gers were enabled to cross over dry shod. The check to the natural course of the stream occasioned the water to spread and inundate the neighbouring Talooka of Balan, which was totally immersed, the inhabitants flying to apiece called Ghelan for safety. On the 9th of June there was so considerable an influx of water in the Attock, that the mountain which was laid across its bed was thrown up, and its natural channel re stored. With such force did the torrent come down, that the country for five coss on each bank was submersed, and several people were swept away in its impetuous course : many left their houses and property and betook themselves to the hills. The Qusba of Khyrabad, with its fortress, was levelled in this all-destroying sweep, not a vestige of them remaining. About 30 of the inhabitants of this Qusha lost their lives on this occasion, the remainder having saved themselves by flight. The houses of the community of fishermen located in the neighbourhood were also destroyed. There was such a swell of water that it overtopped the Fort : there is no describing the extent of the ravages committed by a torrent. The Ilaqua of Lachinee was entirely washed away, with the exten sive crops which were standing at the time. The farmers have sustained much loss.—Bombay Gazette. FRESCO PAINTING.—Mr. Ilaydon, with character energy and enthusiasm, has already made a trial in fresco, on the wall of his painting room ; and the result of his first and hasty attempt, which we have had the gratification of seeing, is decisive of two important points, the beauty of fresco paint ing as a means of decoration, and the ease with which a know ledge of the practice may be acquired. The subject is a study for the Archangel Uriel, the bust and arms only, of the life size : it was painted at once on the plaster, without a cartoon to work from, in four hours ; the painter's hand trembling with apprehension for the success of his experiment, and in competent from inexperience to do full justice to the means : it is a rough sketch, in short, made without the boldness and firmness of pencilling that certainty of purpose and mastery of hand alone can give. Yet the figure stands out from the wall, solid in form, lively in colour, and brilliant in tone ; making the pictures beside it to )k poor, flat, and muddy in comparison its flesh tints surpassing in purity the freshest oil-painting. It has a majestic presence, that seems to enlarge the space it occupies, and to give new radiance to the light reflected from it ; but, while it thus fills the sense and elevates the mind, it is not ohtru sive. In describing the impression made by this piece of fresco, our object is not to compliment Mr. Haydon or to praise his design ; we do but record the effect produced upon us by the work; though the conception and style of the painter must have had their share in producing this impression, we endeavour to regard only the physical qualities of the art. The large scale of the design, and the breadth and simplicity of the painting, have unquestionably a material influence over the mind ; but these characteristics belong to alfresco, and constitute its chief recommendations • the greatness of its style powerfully aids the grandeur of the idea, and the large ness and boldness of the handling inspire the paint congenial vigour of execution, which the cartoon he wor from would prevent from, running into exaggeration. . the tendency of high finish in cabinet pictures is to con tract the focus of the mind and cramp ti lion, so that of fresco is to enlarge the conception and expand the style. Fresco-paintingis the school of greatness in paint ing ; it daunts and depresses only the little mind ; it fires and elevates the noble and aspiring genius; the artist works with that grand gusto of which we hear so much and see so little. Mr. Haydon tells us, and we can well believe, that there is a fascination in the very manner of painting which is inspiriting and stimulating to fresh exertions; and he now regrets not having followed the advice given to him by the late Sir'David Wilkie twenty years ago, to apply himself to fresco. Any zealous artist might easily make the experiment; the same means of information are open to all. The book authorities for the Italian method, we are told are Vasari, Armenini, and Cennini ; Messrs. Latina, of London, Bell, of Manchester. and Barker, of Bath, are the artists in this country whom Mr. Haydon consulted ; Mr. Lane, of whom we spoke, is not we believe in England. The method is simple : chip off the outer surface of plaster from a dry wall, and substitute for it a coating of wet plaster, composed of two parts of river sand and one of lime, well mixed together with water to a proper consistency : this applied to the wall will remain suf ficiently moist to work upon for hours ; no greater space should be plastered at once than can be covered in that time. Every touch is indelible ; but it may be gone over again while the plaster is moist. The pigments used are of the common kind, being earths, and are dissolved in water ; the lime itself is the white : the difficulty is to allow for the change of tint in drying.—Spectator. HAMBUAGH, AUGUST 21.—Mrs. Fry, and her brother, Mr. Gurney, delivered discourses yesterday evening, in the " Old City of London Hall." The discourses were delivered in English, and were translated into the German language by Miss Amalie Sieveking and Dr. Asher. They were listened towith the greatest interest by all present. Mrs. Fry described the sad condition, both moral arid physical, in which she had found the inmates of prisons in England when she commenced her great work, and commented on the present superiority of their management. Mrs. Fry expressed her conviction that she never would have attained her philanthropic object by any other means than by awaking and confirming the religious feelings of the unhappy prisoners, through the medium of the sacred. Scriptures. She communicated to the audience a few instances of the great success which often attended her exer tions in this respect. She spoke slso of the prison disci pline of other countries she had vi s it e d, an d w h ere, 6 juiced to say, the treatment of the prisoners was now i. more humane than formerly—for example, France and Bel gium, where chains are now abolished from prisons. In on' German town, which Mrs. Fry observed she would not nan' she had observed with regret, that individuals shut up in solitary cells and fettered, who were merely unc examination, and whose guilt or innocence was yet unproven The benevolent lady expressed a hope that the works to which she devoted herself would be the more likely to excite inter est and meet with co-operation in this place on account of its being the native city of her friend, Dr. Julius, and because she had w ith p l easure remar k ed how muc h had already been done here for the alleviation of human suffering by means of public institutions. Among those . institutions she mentioned that established for the care of c l a ild r rer6‘ e v r n i c ie se morals had been neglected. The observationts, of M had reference chiefly to negro slavery. found it to exist in the United States flocrtithsAertinbeerdiciat,aasnhdle' t h h e e the West Indies, in the Spanish and Danish possessidonitslir and contrasted with it the happy I of the emancipated visited had n eg roe sdiunr during ge the, he British last winter.\l es t t lndia n. i c i e ;e i i n es te w d h o ic u l t i rs themselves from the change, ad vantages derived by the p s c o o sufficient compensation from the d a hope that the intelligent English nation. _ would never pollute themselves with having received a mff o e re ex th p l a a r n e n sse traders of Hamb rg u tfic in slaves, however tempting its profits. the disgraceful ma k on the subject of our p r i sons, n ,He ospitru next i p ro ceeded si and churches, to spca churches , co mmendin g and encouraging the forme have so long been made to extend and im- M Gurney, in referring to our pro r r. rOve the lunatic asylum, tool: occasion to advert to the arrange mentsPete"those institutions, so far of as concerns the treatment rexertions of their unhappy inmates. His principle is not to employ the lunatics at compulsory work, but to use every means to divert their thoughts. ere acttltil