The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

the Commons immed ssential principle of s' cowmittee. If an ascribing the removal of lannock, the evening be is received from the go t gentleman, we are in ,sion. but the latter part of his com nisluid, or it would c.rtainly erection criticise !rt au alio, lect until we have done , r referred to by " Integrity" in pre himself. A vote in Committee of the be true at the will of the house, through 1 in Committee, but on the other ,re ent on the second reading may I of . piokles, none of whom have 5 on the question for which their he statements of " Humanitas." )n wrong data. We know that re said that the abolition of capi- lowed by a large diminution both anished by death, and in the ge- er, has not been satin onirary, we 'believe the reverse is ndent be disposed to pursue the n to the current number of the tberpoot SPtanbarb. yIORNIN 1, MAY 26, 1846 .ovt rnr nent are adopting the 'ps for turni apathy of tl policy raise . ing from them the af he people. Does any e them for a moment in the masses any thing ical expedi the notion of having beyond the harsh and ncy, or economy, is re offered hand of grati- and the rejected ;try proce ags of the past week ance o this repulsive inclina : Ministry had urged, ions, a measure which dvance its authors in t least, of the working )y a political sleight of )f Uor jacked by the voice of _ 'unds of confederated moured for in vain. something like an as millenium, which was aap loaf and extended were threatened with 1 good roan suffering hick ever excites the is British people. Al g it , enraptured popu- person Of Sir Robert tatue in one of their lad the Ministry, en hrough the man-ufac would have been one self, however, to Sir for getting rid of the 'hick they had been in vas brought before the the working portion of on asked of Parliament hours of labour, for the ages of 13 and -sixths of the nation " your long hours strength, and the lers of a future gene- )riving them of , out from them the ; you are depriving g to value the comforts he female of leisure for aties, the proper fulfil ) form the good wife .e making the spring- peless and wearing if they ever reach it preMature old a ministry Which has ideration for the poor )oon of cheap bread. Robert Peel and his !h as this, they said — factory workers, in , and elevati - g their granted without di fits, and taking some f capital. The present but the capitalist the chief considera- ass of our population ized—may neither be s Christians—but we d bales of cotton pet' • must have his present he social and eternal fellow beings, may be I theorists to declaim deal only with the un: ring interest of the ,e reply to Mr. Fielden irs bill ; and what does It other great measure oun try—unsettling in era t tell us war which is ilow durr It tells us em to advantage the poor tore, a loaf to his table, ardrobe—that agricul t of its protection, and )veered in the social ng philanthropy - which in the sordid consider- Dent oral industr3 ations of poli It is the manu- interest the ministry a stimulated commerce, and more exports slating. Let no poor and nr iitude to them for the man lift up Lf. It was not intended permitted to be enjoyed f;i• him, and i st Cons is throwing away from it apathy, giving increased vdry thing stringency to olerable poor-law, and 3 of toil inflicted upon perpetua the your ren of our working po it conduct of its oppo ord John Russell is the rration are the Whiffs. anneal for help, of half • • • rymen, with scraps and of political economists. his air o interfere with the right Is own price ig leaders, on the other ere is a point beyond by the cold abstractions itical philosophy—that a %hicii it annot with Speaking of of government with the of buildings, he says : d higher Eire concerned- at the great mass of'the the effect of which is to and feeble while it lasts, he population, who leave . . progeny than themselves. t that a great mass of our sery—if it be the fact that to taint the healtb,'and uAonied to_moreeleanly ;6 turn th vernment of this country yes that they have tolerated has n the existe hogstyes, until there is 'mine like hogs. (Hear, with respect to a q are concernec adhere .s.) pie of non-interference and, in direct o the factory question', he Is not the concerned in a question re- mined the evidenc examined his own ,r? Does any one who. has pened his eyes in the world, ;s, doubt that twelve hours a more than are desirable for hear.) If so much labour be !ry argument on which inter- of factory labor. )uths of thirteen ? A desirable, then I rence can justified calls on me to keep those youths from injuring their health by means of immoderate toil. (Hear, hear.) Is this, or is it not, a question in which morality is concerned ? Can any one doubt—certainly riends around me do not doubt—that education is a Ratter of the highest importance as regards the. virtue and .sappiness of the common people ? For education we know that leisure is necessary. Do we believe that, after twelve hours have been taken from the day for factory labour, and after so much time as is necessary for refreshen a: and exercise has also been taken, do we I enough time will remain for that amount of which it is desirable the people should have: that we must answer that question in the negai e that education I believe hear.) This I say, that all the principles in which you in terfere to prohibit contracts of a nature which you believe to be prejudicial to the public morality, justify me in en deavouring to prevent contracts like those which are now the subject of consideration." These are the arguments of no sickly sentimenta list, but of a man brought up at the feet of Malthus, and deeply read in the political economists; and they are convincing because they are true. In a similar light the question was viewed, and similar opinions expressed with almost equal ability by the Whig leader, Lord John Russell. The Con servative ministry clung by the side of the Cob dens, the Brights, the Humes, and the Wards of the house, bolstering up the cause of capital lgainst humanity, setting the dogmas of abstract philoso phy in the scale against the dictates of feeling and justice to our toiling fellow-beings, whilst their wiser opponents adopted and ably maintained the more widely popular aspect of the question at issue, winning golden opinions and blessings, from no un influential section of the community. What, it may be remarked, is the lesson which our remarks are intended to convey? It is this : We wish to make it palpable to the Conservative members of the House that, by the course which they are pursuing, they are advancing the very con summation of what they appear most to dread in the establishing in power of the Whig party. They are getting rid, with Sir Robert Peel, of the respect of the British people. They are assisting him to plunge their party into unpopularity, which years of re pentance will not wipe away. They are enabling the Whigs to re-assume their ancient boast that they are the party of the people. Place them once in this position, and in power ; and a long, long period of misgovernment, of wild theorising, of desperate ex perimenting upon our government and our laws, is in store for this deluded and betrayed nation. Play on for a while longer the game of the astute and wily premier, and Great Britain will no longer be a land 'to which it will be a boast and a pride to belong, Our readers, such at least of them as were pre sent, will doubtless remember the pleasure with which they witnessed last year the proceedings of the Yearly Meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary Branch of the Foreign Aid Society, at which M. D'Aubigne, the eminent historian of the Reforma tion, and other distinguished foreigners were pre sent. The meeting for the present year is announced to be held in the Royal Amphitheatre, on the gth June, this day fortnight ; and is not expected to be at all behind its predecessor in interest and importance. Amongst the speakers will be, we understand, the Rev. Canon M`Neile, with several of the leading clergy of the town ; and we shall again have the opportunity of hearing the operations of the society detailed, and its importance and value shown by a deputation of distinguished Protestant foreigners, who will he able to bring to the meeting the evidence of personal observation. At the present crisis this association assumes a peculiar interest. With Popery making prodigious strides towards supremacy in our own land, we ses throughout Continental Europe the light breaking in, and community after community, sickened of the dark jugglery of Rome, throwing away their chains, and coming to the pure fountain of truth for support. Wherever Popery is known, it is becom ing odious and intolerable; and an infinite amount of good is to be achieved by holding up before the observation of the British public, the operations in other lands of societies such as this, and proving to misguided millions of our fellow countrymen the true character of that dire apostacy which here, in the infancy of its strength, bears itself with lamblike humility, although, wh n in its plenitude of power, it can play the devouring lion. We trust that we need not appeal to the liberality of the Protestants of Liverpool in behalf of a society engaged, like the Foreign Aid Society, in emancipating the minds of our Continental brethren from the thrall of this subtle and tyrannical power. Let our fellow-towns men and fellow-townswomen attend the meeting, and the result we do not fear. The Manchester Guardian is silent under the proof which we gave him that the feeling of our Canadian population is not one of approval of the Free Trade measures of her Majesty's Administra tion. He merely echoed,• perhaps, another Free Trade authority, the London Times, who paraded the. same resolutions of the Montreal meeting as conclusive with respect to the opinions of the ag gregate people of the two provinces; and seeing a document so convenient for his purpose, m to search for any of an opposite character following letter from the partner of an eminent Canadian firm, enclosing an extract from the Mont real Herald, might serve to convince the Guardian of the real value of his pet resolutions, if the arguments drawn from them even stood uncontradicted by other and better authority : " Montreal, 271 h April, 1846 . parcel of hot-headed theorists (chiefly young men of no experience), who repudiate protection as an injury and destruction to all sound principles on which commerce should be based. The avowed object of the leaders, as first announced, was to secure to Montreal all the western trade. Discussion has. however, shown even them the absurdity of this; but being committed, they go on from pure admiration of the principle " The enclosed (cut from the how little prospect there is of our retaining even the trad of Canada West, and far less of the Western States, if Canada flour has no protection in England to make up for the great charges and longtr voyage of the St. Law rence navigation. Montreal Herald) shows " The Montreal Herald assumes that the freight from Lake Ontario to Liverpool will be brought down to 4s. It is new 6s. 9d. It also assumes the freight from New York to Liverpool to be Is. 9d., whereas we have just heard of flour being conveyed from New York to Liver pool at is. and is. 3d. _ _ . " So that, If there is a protection of less than 45., the trade must go by New York, and all this vast employ ment be wrenched from British subjects, by the adoption of free trade in England, to bane. over to the Americans. " The Montreal Herald is anxious to think well of free trade, and to support Sir Robert Peel as of old, but you see the halting way it does this." We may mention another fact or two which have come to our knowledge, and which may not be uninteresting to the Guardian's readers. A certain Canadian firm is in the habit of shipping annually to those colonies British manufactures to the amount of £250,000. During the first four and a-half months of this year, however, it has diminished its purchases in this country by £40,000 as compared with those of a corresponding period last year. what the Canadas take from us; and if the feeling of alarm which has induced this firm thus to contract its shipments he general, it will he a fair calculation to make that half a million "nq he lost . sierini s Wlll ..._ this year to the manufacturers of Great Britairi as the re tilt of that very feeling whose existence the Guar dian denies. He is himself oh the spot to ascertain s to perform, - whether the above statement is correct or not; and Mr. I% B. Macaulay, if he can confute it, on authority, we shall give him speeches ever delivered a candid confession of our error. thus demolishes, by --- 4 overnments cannotin-. contracts of individual.. The opinions of parties who profess to be in the secret, are still widely apart with resptct to the probable fate of the Corn and Customs Bill in the House of Lords. A few (lays ago the organs of the free traders were anything but sanguine : There were sorrowful predictions of a hitch in the future progress of the measure, which suggested, doubtless, to many an honourable member, the disagreeable circumstance of having to face his insulted con stituents. The Times of yesterday, however, sets all right. The measure is safe, thanks, we under stand, to Lord John Russell, who is reported to have stated that, when he wrote his celebrated letter, announcing his conversion to the League, he considered that he had his party in his pocket, and has just intimated to each, that he expects they will consider themselves as committed with him. We give the note of triumph of the Times : It is cruel to destroy the last lingering hopes of the des perate, and to consummate the misfortunes of the mise: cable, but at times "one. must be cruel only to be kind," and even to the victims themselves a certain evil is bet ter than " hope long deferred, which maketh the heart sick." It is, therefore, rather in a spirit of humanity than with a hostile exultation that we announce to the Protec tionist party the final doom, of the Corn-laws in the House of Lords. The whispered expectations of a division in the Whig camp have all proved groundless. Lord Stanley, Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, and Lord George Bentinck will not unite in discordant harmony for the sal vation of their country. The Whig peers have no inten tion to abandon their c onsistency, nor to surrender all claim to the confidence o f the nation by splitting them selves into sections for the mere purpose of mutilating the bill. The rumours to this effect are wholly without foun dation, and the Whig party have taken the surest means to prove that they are so. On Saturday there was a meeting at Lansdowne-house, at which not less than 60 Whig peers were present, including Lord Melbourne and Lord Fitzwilliam. The leading members of the party in the House of Commons attended also. The result was most satisfactory. There were not wanting some who, as we The Lord , ntely if Our report , the emig fore our formed,'w municatiou m have appeared Unfortunately. v We do not Lord's can hat such s not t We cannot con His conclusic Dickens and tal punishme in the offence ~~)~ TUESDAI Our Cot most effectual s fections a portion of their the estimation c been actuated b dry dicta of 1 pudiated as a t rude is indign afford a strikii A few brough tl. was certain' the affectio hand, wt aggregate political m adversity" lation to do Peel, by the masse, r :ontinned ov An oppor 1. T 1 Rober ,empor our m seconded of toil as a plea I hours lc of thp r le of ti t to t Ling Ould a THE LIVERPOOL STANDAnn. have always dorye while a compromise was possible, avowed their preference fora fixed duty on the principle of revenue; but it was felt that the opportunity for such a settlement was past, and it was unanimously resolved that they should not waste their energies in attempting to at tain that which was now beyond their reach, but promote vigorously and cordially the success of the bill in the very form in which it had been received from the Commons. It is unnecessary to enlarge upon the importance of this decision. Without it, the corn Bill might have been, not indeed rejected, but so mutilated as to have insured its rejection by the House of Commons ; with the firm sup port of the Whig peers it may be considered beyond the reach of danger. Of rather another complexion is the following, which we quote from the Morning Herald : We learn, with grad satisfaction, hat the decision at the meeting of Whig peers, at Lansdowne House, on Sa turday, to support Sir Robert Peel's corn bill, was not unanimous ; but that Lord Melbourne, who will, we un derstand, be supported by Lord Beauvale, Lord Ponsonby, and at least nine or ten other Whig peers, protested against Lord John Russell's insolent attempt to dictate to the party, and declared his (Lord Melbourne's) deter mination to vole against the second reading. If Lord Melbourne take the course which, from all that we can learn, we believe he will take,—and if he shall be sup. ported by as many of the Whig party as we trust will sup port him, the defeat of " the execrable bill " is certain. In any case the popular effect of the late Prime Minister's single vote against the odious measure must outweigh the votes of any dozen of hungry place-hunting Whigs or pauper Tory peers. The Morning Chronicle says that seventy Whig peers attended the meeting, and that they came to a resolution, "to give the hill their hearty support, and to offer a decided opposition to any amendment whatsoever." Perhaps, after perusing these versions of the story, oar readers will conclude, with ourselves, that the safest plan will be to wait the issue itself. With the glaring inconsistencies of modern statesmen before us, we should be sorry to express an opinion either way. We are sorry to have to point out, in our Friday's contemporary, the following piece of—to say the least of it—exceeding bad taste, which appears in one of the leading columns of his last publication. Speaking of the prospects of the ministerial mea sures in the House of Lords, the Mercury remarks: " It is said, more difficulty has beer, found in ascertain ing how the bishops will vote than either party anticipated. The sudden illness of the Archbishop of York or of Can terbury would soon solve these doubts. Why can't Charles James London take the gout, or Edward Durham g assume a quinsey if he have it not ? In promotion as love— ' To be in doubt is but to be resolved.' Nothing would so soon enable the Lords Spiritual to dis cover that the passing of the corn bill, without delay. was a religious question, as a vacant see, or the prospect of being called to a more extensive sphere of ucefulness." This may be what the Mercury Considers smart writing. There is a numerous class of people who are content to be witty at the expense of decorum, and to sneer at things which rightly constituted minds hold too sacred for such flippant treatment. The character of the episcopal office we should have imagined was one of these things, at least in the eyes of a churchman, as the editor of the Mercury occasionally reminds us that he is. Such a para- graph as this of the Mercury might have been ex cused as coming from the lips of some rabid dis senter or socialist, to draw down the applause of a mob of infidels ; but it is scarcely suited to the co lumns of a newspaper, which professes to circulate amongst families of every creed, and which, on that ground alone, taking no higher moral or religious ground, ought not to outrage the feelings of any class of its readers. We trust the editor of the Mercury will be able to assure us that the article is the work of a volunteer, and that its insulting cha racter has escaped his observation. It certainly does not bear the ordimiry impress of his writing. Mr. Peel, eldest son of Sir Robert Peel, does not return to Madrid to resume his post as attache to the British Legaion. He is appointed Secretary of Legation under his Excellency Mr. D. R. Morier in Switzerland. We are enabled to announce positively that our govern ment has received formal notice from the President of the United States that it is the desire of the American Oregon territory should cease and determine at the ex piration of twelve months from the date of such notice.— Obserrer SINGULAR ROBBERY.—Between the tours of ten and eleven o'clock on Saturday morning last, an extensive robbery was committed at the house of Mr. Francis Barnes, book-keeper, Roscommon-street, Everton, under the fol lowing circumstances. It appears that, immediately after breakfast on that morning, Mr. Barnes and his family left home, leaving no person to take care of the house except .. the servant-maid. Between the hours mentioned, a knock was heard at the front door, which was opened by the ser vant, and instantly two men rushed in, seized bold of her, and fastened her in the water-cellar. They then proceeded to rans ick the house, and succeeded in finding and carrying off with them a pocket-book, contairing nine sovereigns and four half-sovereigns; also several ladies' dresses, some gold rings, brooches, and ear-rings, a coral set in gold, three sets of window curtains, a black coat and vest, shirts, trousers, boots, and a variety of other articles. Bills have been issued for the apprehension of the robbers. LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON RAILWAY COMPANY.—Yesterday, at one o'clock, at the Clarendon buildiogs, a special general meeting of the holders of scrip, or of bankers receipts for scrip in the company, was held pursuant to resolutions of the two houses of parliament, to take irtn consideration the bill now pending in parlia ment, entitled, " A bill for making a railway from the Liverpool and Bury Railway to Preston, and to the Blackburn and Preston, and North Union Railways, with branches therefrom, to be called the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. There was a numerous attendance of shareholders. Mr. Wm. Cooke, in the absence of the chairman and deputy-chairman, occupied the chair. Considerable delay occurred whilst the names and address of the'shareholders, and the denoting numbers of all the scrip and receipts were recorded. The Chairman an nounced that the amount of the capital of the company was £750,000, and that there was a sufficient number of scrip in the room to constitute the meeting a legal one. Mr. Lloyd, the law-clerk, then read a bill to the meeting. Tha Chairman then proposed that the bill be approved of. This was seconded by Mr. Howell, and carried unani mously. 14,592 shares were represented at the meeting. The proceedings then terminated. CHARGE OF THROWING VlTRTOL.—Yesterday, two boys named Joseph Snyder and William Ferguson, the former about 14 and the latter 12 years of age, were brought before the magistrates on a charge of throwing vitriol at a young lad named John James Woodcock. The complainant stated that on Saturday, between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, he was running down Camp bell-street, from Duke-street, when a boy seized hold of him and threw something in his eyes, which deprived him of his sight. Another boy stated that the pi isoner Fet-. held the complainant while the other threw the g vitriol into his eyes They had the liqui tie: The complainant was taken into Mr. Taylor's, drug gist, Cleveland-square, where such remedies were applied as the necessity of the case demanded, and he was after- man. Several other witnesses were called, but their evi dence merely went to show that a quarrel had taken place in Campbell-street amongst some boys, without proving the concexion of the prisoners with the transaction in question. Dr. Mars h , who had been called in to see the complainant, said he found that intric acid, or what was commonly termed aqua fortiß, had been thrown into one of his eyes, which was much injured. Snyder denied the charge, stating that he had been sent on an errand by his master, Mr. Hay, architect; he went into Campbell- LIVERPOOL. AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends to the above society was held hst evening at the Concert hall, Lord Nelson•street. The attendance was not so numerous as on former occasions. The Rev. Dr. Byrth occupied the chair. and an the platform were the following clergymen and other gentlemen : —The Rev. Mr. Davies, the Rev. Mr. Hampton, the. Rev. Dr. Raffls, the Rev. J. Kelly. the Rev. J. B. Owen, incumbent of St. Mary's, Bilston, &o. After prayer had been offered up and several passages of scripture read, • Cl The CFI AIRM.tN said that his observations would be few, as the secretary and other gentlemen would bring forward statements and details in which, no doubt, they would all be interested. It was impossible for any one who had for a long time been connected with the British and Foreign Bible Society, not to feel deeply interested every time he was present at one of those meetings. It was a society having in view one of the noblest of objects, and had had to encounter some of the most severe struggles, and that it had struggled on, and still prospered was no small proof that it continued to receive the divine blessing. He believed, as did all its promoters, that when its objects shall have been carried out, the na tions of the world would be provided with the word of God, each man reading in his own tongue in which he was born, that the world should yield a spiritual increase, and that all the people should praise Him who had thus blessed them. It must appear a wonderful thing to every reflecting mind, that an object such as that sought be to obtained by means of the British and Foreign Bible Society, was so long in engaging the attention of members of the Christian church ; but in that respect it seemed to be ii the same condition with other societies, whose objects were of a similar nature. The age in which they lived had given birth to most of them. This had been called by some the age of great societies ' while it had been called by others the age of little books. It might at least be desig nated the age of mechanical invention, as machinery had been brought to operate on those operations connected with the purposes of social life ; and it might be called likewise the age of Christian associations. (Hear.) The age of societies for promoting the best interests of man, by bringing him into connection with the meanswhich enabled him to know God, and to act upon the principles laid down in His holy word. And while the society whose objects they were met to promote, was contemporaneous in its origin with many other societies, he believed the union of them all ca'culated to effect that which the Lord commanded, and that the Christian public would be as it had been to the present day, willing to lend assistance to them ail. (Hear, hear.) There was, perhaps, one feature in the British and Foreign Bible Society, on which he might dwell for a moment. It seemed td be the only society, so far as present experience bad shown, in which it was possible for Christians of all denominations to unite, and to which they could, without distinction of sect, give their cordial support. (Hear, hear.) It compromised no man's privileges—it judged no man's faith—it offended no man's prepossessions —its scone was ample enough to engage every man's affections, and he could regard its triumph without being in the least degree effected by the anprehensicy that its victory was inconsistent with any object he ought himself to en tertain. (Hear.) He spoke of Caristian men—it was with regard to them, and for them alone. he ventured to say that the British and Foreign Bible Society, properly con templated, possessed those principles in which they might all unite. There might be cordial harmony amongst parties, as each individual who united with them, and who was part of the great machinery, might reserve his own private opinion, being nei.her called on to defend them against assault, nor required to assail the opinion of his neighbour. (Hear, hear.) Surely that must be re- • garded as a great distinction. He bdieved philosophers would think so, and he knew a large portion of the Chris- tian community not only thought so, but acted upon the principle, as they had c,rale forward without distraction to take a part in the objN7ts sought to he attained by the their attention on a matter which by some might be deemed common-place, but he did hope that there, as well as crease. If other s' , cieties came forward and occupied fields in which they laboured, they could make use of the British and Foreign Bible Society to give their labours effect, and command success, and they stood in the posi tion of being ready to assist them without distinction. He believed that in so doing the blessing of God would rest on their labours, not only because the object was one which he approved, but because that blessing would be further extended in answer to the prayersand thanksgivings of those who would avail themselves of their efforts. • He concluded by calling on the s-cretary to read the report. The Rev. Mr. DAVIES then read the following report : The British and Foreign Bible Society still holds on its noble course. Its receipts last year amounted to .e101,305 - 15s, being an excess over the previous year of £3,550 4s. 2d, Its issues amounted to 1,441,651, being 525,840 copies more than in any previous year. The total issues of the Society have reached above alluded to- and alarming forebodings. Your Committee have again this year the pleasing task of reporting that the operations of the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible Society continue to furnish eround for gratitude to• Almighty God for his blessing, by which its funds are increased and its labours extent pressed his fear that Bible meetings of late had been si milarly neglected. The reverend gentleman proceeded to canvass the objections of some who objected to the con- atitution of this society, which he showed to have been the parent of all other societies for spreading Christianity, inasmuch, as by spreading abroad the scriptures, it gave to every man the only sore foundation of religious doctrines. He proceeded to offer several interesting facts, to show the usefulness of the society, and showed, amongst other things, that in the forty-one years during which it had existed, it had circulated six times as many copies of the Scriptures as had been done by all the nations of the world in 1800 years preceding. It had now produced transla tions into 1.)6 different languages. The society had this year circulated a million and a half of Bibles, principally at home. In Manchester, where their ordinary circula tion was about 10,000 per annum, and which had gradually risen to 20,000, the circulation iii one month recently was twenty thomand : and in the six months ended 31st March, the extraordinary number of 60,680 had been circulated in that town. In France, their circu lation bad risen last year to 130,000, in Holland and other countries they bad an increase, the only decrease being in Belgium. The reverend speaker concluded a most effective speech, by detailing several interesting anecdotes, showing the beneficial' effects of Bible reading, at the close of which he was loudly cheered. A collection was then made, after which the Rev. George Osborne moved the next resolution, congratu lating the society upon the increase • of their funds, and the society's usefulness during the past year. Several other gentlemen afterwards addressed the meeting. The annual subscriptions last year amounted to .e4lO Ils, 21 les. 6d., more than in the previous year. The donations received last year amounted to „e 214 45., being £l4 Bs. 6d, more than the year before. The Ladies' Branch Society contributed last year £333 15s. 9d.. but this amount is less than the sum received in the pre vious year by £55 12s. 7d. Several causes have contributed to nernsinn this diminution in its funds. One is, and that the By the sale of hooks there has been received this year £945 2s. 3d., being .tl9O 14s. Oi-d. more than theycar before. The country associations have also produced an increase of income in the past year. The amount being £277 18s, 6d., which is £l6 9s. 2(1. more than the year before The following are the separate items Prescot... St. Helens Southport £5O 0 0 64 0 0 74 5 6 Ormskirk Orrell Wallasey In addition to this, they have paid into Ladies' Association .Wl4 16 6 Chowbent Leigh 5 0 0 27 2 4 24 19 10 22 18 8 10 0 0 -0 The Mechanics' Association have contributed 9 35., being 2 18s. 40. more than the previous year. _ The Welsh branch continues to exhibit the devotion of its subscribers and contributors to the great cause of the Bible Society. Its receipts were .t'6o2 ss. lid, being 85 17s. more than the year before, and from this amount they have trans mitted to the parent society the noble sum of ,e 550 as a free contribution, being £lOO more than last year. From these various sources the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible Society has received in the last year, .t'2971 16s. 7d., being £494 9s. 81d. more than the year before. The total number of copies of the Holy Scriptures dis tributed by this auxiliary and its branches, in the past year, amounted to 31,808, being 16,655 more than in the previous year ;—thus making the total issues from the institution of the society in the year 1811, amount t 0,299,764. The follow'n; list contains a particular statement of the The labouis of 'thelporteur have resulted in the distribu tion of 5,256 copies of the Scriptures, which were sold by him in the town and in the suburbs and villages surrounding it, at cost prices, within the last year. Ara., Oriel!, year, and connected with the Liverpool Auxiliary been the means of distiibuting 2,394 copies of the Holy Scrip- Upwards of 3,000 copies of the Word of God have been put - • - -• • • •• • • - .Cll_ nifestinithe anxious desire of the poor to possess themselves of a copy of the Word of God, upwards of 7,000 Bibles and Testaments having been sold to them in a very short time. Several lay gentlemen have, on their own account, engaged in the wort: 'Bible distribution. circulation upwards of 400 copies of faith j and labour of love The Rev. Mr. KIRKUS moved that the report which td iust been read be adopted and circulated and printed under the direction of the committee. He had attended that meeting as a stranger in Liverpool, having only been time, but although a stranger in that respect he was not a stranger to the institution for whose interest they were met to appeal. There was in treet, where be played at marbles with some other boys, everything around them a natural tendency to change ; nd some of their marbles were stolen. An alercation all human works were changing, many beings were has alace as to Riving back the marbles, at which time tenine into eternity, and on one day during the last week he he (rile prisoner) was taken into custody guson had in his ministerial capacity attended:ae funeral rites . . _ stated that he had been on an errand for his mother, and in connexion with twenty bodies in one district, and when was playing at marbles with the boys in Campbell-street, they took into account that the same was going on in as stated by Snyder, when they were taken into custody, other districts in other parts of the country. and that and' charged with throwing the vitriol. He denied all millions of human beings were entering eternity and ra knowledge of the charge preferred against him. The pidly passing from this world, and there was nothing but magistrates ordered the prisoners to be remanded in order the Bible and its truths for the salvation of souls, how that further evidence might be produced as to their iden- great was the responsibility which devolved upon them, tity. They were both idinitted to bail, and Mr. Hay and how necessary was it that they should come forward intimated that he could speak as to the good character of and support the society which had for its object the dis- Snyder when the proper time arrived. semination of the Word of God. He called attention to CHARGE AGAINST A YOLICE.OFFICER.—Yesterda Y 9 the necessity of looking (especially in a large se , port town a man appeared before the magistrates, Messrs. H oug h- lik e t hi s ) to th e i n t er ests of one class especially, and that ton and Harvey, to prefer a complaint against police- was the sailors. From the report he was glad to perceive officer Kinnear, (61,) for having assaulted him. The that great attention had been paid to that class of men, man stated, that on Friday night he was standing at the and he knew there had been instances of divine success corner of Lord-street, between seven and eight in the arising out of the distribution of the Holy Scriptures to evening, talking to a friend, when the officer came up, those individuals. He mentioned one or two cases and without any previous intimation, struck him on the which had come within his own experience, where side with his stick, at the same time calling him a d--d thA Rihlr that had been given to the seaman had Irish rascal, and adding that if they did not go he would saved him from the eternal ruin which must other break some of their legs. The complainaint was about to wise have awaited him. He called their attention to call a witness to prove his statement, when Mr. Dowling, the necessity of using their efforts to obtain an amalgama addressing the magistrates, said—" This man is one of the tion of the societies' funds, and stated a circumstance most notorious scoundrels in Liverpool. and so is his wherein a poor woman belonging to one of the southern friend." Mr. Houghton—lf he is a scoundrel he must lighthouses had appropriated a sovereign to the purposes have justice. Mr. Dowling said, he had mentioned the cf the society, which had been left by a lady, although she circumstance in consequence of the magistrates having had been advised by her friends to retain a portion of it asked who the complainant was. The complainant then for herself. The lady having beard of the circumstance, stated that he was employed to solicit orders for. a offered her a situation in her establishment. This the person who was a cigar dealer. A witness. on being I poor woman respectfully declined, fearing it might called corroborated the statement made by complainant. interfere with her religious duties. This so pleased The officer stated that the complainant was one of a set of the lady that she sent her a check for £2O, and her men called " duffers." well known to the police. He was daughter also inclosed one for £5. The lady to whom he standing (as bad been stated) with his friend, and they had alluded, was no other than the Duchess of Kent, and were ordered off to prevent any intt rruption to the foot- her daughter, the present Queen of England. He con walk, but refused to go, at the same time giving a great deal eluded with an anecdote of a gentleman , who had been in of abuse. He then pushed them , but di d not strike tl e habit of giving £lO annually to the Bible Society for at all. The statement was corroborated by Police-officer several years, and on one occasion he only gave £3, re -360. Mr. Dowling said, that between the Town-hall and serving the £7 to himself. The person was shortly Bold•street, there were sometimes forty of those fellows an er wards robbed of the £7, and he acknowledged himself occupying the footwalk, and requesting parties to buy ci- t o have b e en ri g hteously dealt with on account of his hay_ gars, handkerchiefs, &c, and other things wh ich were not ing, kept hack t I e £7. when his means would have allowed at all what they were represented to be; their objec t w as t o hint to have gi, en £lO. He urged upon the meeting to catch parties whom they suspected to be flats , and take cline forward liberally in aid of a society which had ac them in. Mr. Harvey—l am sorry to hear you say they complished. and was now accomplishing, such an amount only take in the flats, because they have attacked me as of good, by the dissemination of the Holy Scriptures to well as others. (Laughter.) Mr. Dowling—They found all, without any distinction whatever. you not so flat as they expected. (Renewed laughter.) The Rev. J. B. OWEN, one of the deputation, in se- The magistrates cautioned the parties that they were not conding the resolution, remarked upon the fact that a to stand upon the footwalk to the interruption of the portion of On tom wu not adequately filled, and ea passengers, and immediately dismissed the sulfa. THE BUILDERS' STRTKE This unfortunate disagreement between the employers in the building trade and the workmen is still unsettled. Yesterday a general meeting of the masters of all the dis tricts was held at Newton ; and we trust that affairs are now nearer a train for friendly adjustment than they have been hitherto. We have frequently observed that this unfortunate strike has been ill-timed ; but the mischief has• not been confined to the builders themselves. It has had a most serious effect upon all the trades which are connected with them. Timber has fallen 2d. a foot, and in some cases more than that; and many of the timber mercl obliged to put their timber into yards, and be at the ex pense of loading, cartage, and porterage, instea&of dis posing of ii, as many of them are in the habit of doing, on the dock-quay, at the side of the ship. and so save all the abovementioned expenses. The lead and glass dealers are complaining bitterly of the stoppage, and some of the brickmakers declare that if the strike lasts much longer, they must cease making bricks in a short time, as the stocks are accumulating, and few are being used. The poor shopkeepers, particularly at Birkenhead, complain most bitterly, and not without reason. It is astonishing how a stoppage in one branch of business soon begins to affect the whole community. and it is to be hoped that some arrangement may be speedily made, so that work may be resumed. Nothing has been done at our magnifi cent assize courts for nearly two months; and yester day we counted, in our walk into the town, fifteen large piles of building in various stages of erection, all of which are at a stand. This state of things is most deplorable ; and, however well-intentioned Mr. T. S. Duncombe may be in his attempts to raise the social condition of the working classes, it is clear that he and others have been the cause of much misfortune, and that he has assisted to raise a storm which we fear he will be unable either to direct or control. The master tradesmen from the towns of Liverpool, Birkenhead, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Bolton,. Preston, Oldham, Stockport, Sheffield, Blackburn, Wigan, Macclesfield, and other minor places, are forming a great defensive association, so as to act in unison, and form a chain of immediate communication, in case they are again attacked in detail, as they have been on this occasion.. RAILWAY LEGISLATION, and proj s, proceeding; on which have been suspended, or which have been thrown out on Standing Orders, or before Select Committees on Merits. We can only find room for the following summary of the whol! English railway bills and projects proceedings upon which have been suspended, or which have been thrown out on Standing Orders, or declared not proved before Select Committees on Merits ... English railway bills withdrawn. 2,170,959 Total English hills suspend -60,220,324 ed, &c. 2,987,029 standing orders or upon merits' 10,]87,050 Scotch railway bills withdrawn.. 1,529,000 732,559 120,155 gn grain into tiis county tiny liatmh't e Guardia n. A LOYAL TOAST.—Atthe dinner cultural Society, at Exeter, on T Parliamentary I noway, the chairman, in proposi It was a toastwh ~ If he were no siderable difficul be called to order for what the lawyers —proposing a toast which could not I for it was at present is ssible to s lav, Sir Jahn Ken the Health of Prince st of the Royal him in con- man, be might ' uncertainty' etly defined, nether they were or seven ;ht consist the r econds of ild not define the pota markets. g, and in the 'that the far- Laughter and cheers.) //en, or mor It was veiled i , and even express train xact number of health —On Thur POTATOES• ties ever witnessed in Cloninel appeared in t They sold for sd. per s evening they fell to roan TriP fat tners have been holding up their potatoes, in the expecta tion of a great advance in prices; but r ow the secret is coming out, and they are glad to sell them at a much •reater reduction than they have been sold at for some There is plenty of provision and plenty of employ.. ment in the country.—Tipperary ChnAtilvtion of Satur day. The reports.from Mullingar, 13;illina, Newry, Mo naghan, Carlow, Cork, Limerick, Dungannon, Kilkenny, A correApoodent at Castle -to the Ne►nry Telegraph. c or the hat seven years, - 1 ... market so s at pr FACTOP (205) against the second reading of this bill on Friday night, was compo,ed of 47 Tory protectionists, 80 Tory free traders, and 78 Whig free traders. The minority (195) con , dsted of 113' Tory protectionist*, 17 Tory free traders, 4 Whig protectionists, and 71 Whig free traders. Amongst the majority we find—R. Cobden, M. Gibson, J. E. Denison, W. T. Egerton, J. Hume, G. C. Legh, Lord Morpeth, J. W. Patten, T. Thorn ley. The mino rity in favour of the bill we find the names of—Lord San don, Sir H. Douglas, J. Tollemacbe, P. Ainsworth, Lord G. Bentinck, .1. I. Blarkburne, J. Brocklehurst, T. Brotherton, J. T. Clifton, J. C. Colquhoun, B. D'lsraeli, W. Entwistle, W. Ewart, W. 13. )'errand, Lord R. Grosvenor, T. Grimsditch, C. Hindley, G. Hudson, Sir R. H. Inglis, J. Jervis, Lord J. Menne - s, Hon. G. D. Ryder, Col Sibthorp, and Sir George Strickland. Lord F. Egerton paried in favour of the second reading with Mr. Loch MEETINGS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SESSIONAL ORDEES. — The following companies have held meetings during the past week, and decided by a majority of the shareholders to proceed with their lines :—Ayrshire and Galloway; Birmingham, Liafirld, and Manchester; Blackburn, Choiley, and Liverpool ; Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Stamford to Wisbeach); Cambridge and Lincoln, and Lincoln' Leeds Jutiction; cyst and Coleraine , oast Lothian line to the North ; General erminus and Glasgow Harbour ; Glasgow and Belfast Union ; Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardros-an ; Glasgo*cr, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow direct ; Gloucester and Forest of Dean ; Great Leinster and Munster ; Ipswich. Norwich, and Yarmouth ; Liverpool and Preston, a a Manchester and Southport ; London and Windsor; Midi land JunCtion ; Newmarket and Chesterton! ; Newcastle , Edinburgh, and Direct Glasgow Junction ; N-wry, Wa:g ren Point, and Rostrevor ; Manchester Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction ; Liverpool and Bury ; Liver pool, Ormskirk, and Preston ; North Western ; Oxford, Coventry, and Burton-upon-Trent; Rugby, Leamington , and Warwick ; Sheffield, Ashton, and Manchester; Shef.. field and Lincolnshire Junction; Shrew , bury, hampton, and South Staffordshire Junction; Slamannoll and Borrowstonness ; Sligo, and Shannon ; South Staf• fordshire, Stirlingshire, and Midland Junction; Temple: more and Nenagh ; Tehloy, Sandersfont. and SouRP Wales ; Warwickshire and London ; Somerset* and Weymouth, and Wi s b eac h, S t . Ives, and Cambridge' In the following cases the meetings were adjourned frol o deficiency of scrip present, or for enquiring into t 12 12 affairs :—Edinburgh and Peebl es ; Grea:. Munster ; Mid land and Eastern Junction ; Staffordshire and SbrOr ornwall, Dublin, Bel and Tyne Valley, subject to a s British, East and West Yorkshire Junctic shire Junetiln. MILK AT SEA.—Preserved provisions of ever,/ descriP,t i lf from ordinary boiled beef to Severn salmon from ep stakes to roast turkey have by recent experiments a ttain o such perfection that their efficacy is now no longer a quest'., ° ,.; but each, as a delicacy at sea would sink into insignificli"ch before the ordinary milk, and hence plans multifarious, 01 ,. e s of which in turn have proved unsuccessful, have been ti:rs, to preserve this ordinary article 7 Fatent Ali:k, Milk Povv t io and indeed so many abortive experiments were tried thg` o s, attempt might almost he considered forlorn. The same ni e * - 01 however, that led to the thorough preservation of meals" o lia givri rise to this, and we were pre sen t a t M essrs . Inglebb e en Cooke 's on Thursday, when a canist er o f m ilk , w hi c h bs _„riot sealed twelve montlii, was orened. The milk was fa to that usually sold—and quite pn`•_ , • • o the ordinary -the cost of the canister of milk wtis SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, MAY 25.—Wind N.%V. fresh. k ival , ARRIVED.—Asia, Hannah, from Mobile—Chester, Pla r b rio , from Savannah —Sea, M•William, from Larach,—J ° frool Wulff, from St. Petersburg—and Providence, and France* Ostend. London w ee! ran ded on • r i m . been got off, and brought into the Magnet. (steamer) from St. Petersbur The Pandora, from Watei ford. that w Bank, 18th instant, has considerably da May g l 0 maed n d eni PLYMOUTH, 23 .— H.M.5 . Terrible, of 2°' : t ro" lines of 301 horse power, has put back from the sq" ther. evolution, with considerable damage from bid LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, 2 rthan The supply of stock at n arket to-d a y h as been s'" differencici of late; the whole of which was sold at little Cr from our last statements. Beef *1 to 6icl per 11).1 - - - - - - LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. 5 c. Pn As quiet as mice is Cotton—j us t go i ng On a' , „ ails ging th e h merely supplying their im me di ate wan t s • i r ees and barely maintained. 3000 b a l es so ld, to the trades "talk" more on Corn than Cotton LIVERPOOL HAY AND POrATO • s s. d. d' ‘.l 10 3 6 " . 1 0' 4 s 3 0 0 °0 r ton Total Scotch biPs suspend-1 11,716,050 852,714 ed, &c. , . standing orders or upon merits 2,434.000 25,954 Irish railway bills withdrawn ... 659,000 36,250 Total Trish bills suspended, &c. Total Scotch bills do. Total English bills do. 3,093,000 132,204 11,716,050 852,714 60,220.324 2987,029 £3,971 For English Railway Bills before Parlia rnentatthecommence- ment of this session Suspended or thrown out.. 60,220,324 Less t Preambs. proved &c 215,178,599 33,786.551 94,006,875 ------121,171,724 For Scotch Bills before this Parliament Suspended or J thrown out 33,448,336 Preambs. proved, U,716,050 9,807,5 E 21,523,614 11,924,722 Eor Irish Bills before this Parliament Suspended or Less thrown out Preambs. proved, &c... 20,417,02 3,093,000 15,045,415 Leaving as applicable to bills not yet decided 5.371,987 £138,468,433 SUMMARY OF PARLIAMENTARY DEPOSITS Deposits on English lines.. 11,396,783 Less Bills suspended, &c. 2,987,029 Preambles proved .. 1,422,917 Deposits on Scotch lines .. Less B ills suspended, &c. 852,714 reambles proved .. 817,019 Deposita on Irish lines 2,323,371 f Bills suspended, &c. 132,204 ss Preambles proved .. 629,403 862,585 Applicable to bills not yet decided upon .8 PROVED 6,986,837 653,638 100,973 7,741,448 Since the above tables were compiled, the preambles of the following bills have been granted in the House of Commons : Capital X Blackburn, Clitheroe, andiNorth Western Junction .. Fleetwood. Preston, and West Riding Junction, in part ..... . Grand J unction, Warrington and Parkside, and Warrington and Parliamentary Kenyon .. Huddersfield and Sheffield June- 600,000 Lancashire and Yorkshire North Eastern 600,000 350,000 800,000 ,500,000 22,500 26,250 31,000 61,695 Lesmahagow, Dalserf, and Coat bridge Mineral Manchester, Sheffield, and Mid land Junction Midland, Leicester, and Swan nington, alteration. &branches 140,000 Monkland and Kirkintilloch (Chapel nail Branch). • 28,000 2,580 Reading. Guildford. and Reigate 800,000 57,860 Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, and G001e........ 1,000,000 60.030 50,000 4,500 1,050,000 80,140 31,302 7,118,000 424,319 Amount previously announced 55,546,503 2,869,344 £62,664,503 £3,293,663 The Great Western steam-ship will sail again on Satur, iay for New York. STEALING WEARING APPAREL—Yesterday Joseph Churton was committed for trial at the sessions on a charge of stealing two coats, and one or two other articles, from the stable at Mr. Wormald's, Tunnel Hotel, Edge bill. The Prisoner had been allowed to remain about the premises, having stated that he was in distress, and having obtained the articles in question, he absconded. He was taken into custody at Prescot. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT.—The committee appointed for making suitable arrangements for the reception of Prince Albert, on Lis honouring Liverpool with his presence, are already engaged actively in their duties. It is said that an intimation has been received. that the Prince will be the guest of the Earl of Derby, at Knowsley, daring his stay in this neighbourhood. Should this not be the case, apartments in the lown-hall might be filled up in the best style for his Royal Highness's accommo dation. We beli€ve that nearly one thousand pounds will be paid for the hire of plate on the occasion ; and we are happy to bear the committee are disposed to make every arrangement on the most magnificent ;wale, (BY EXPRESS.) 45,061.969 uncertaint May 26, 1 R 46. LATEST INTELLIGENCE ACCOIiCHENENT OF HER MAJESTY. EPA OF A PRINCESS. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, May 25, 1846. ck, the Queen was safely de. This afternoon, at 3 o' livered of a PRINCESS In the room with her Majesty were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the monthly nurse; and in the moors adjoining were the other medical attendants, Sir James Clark and Dr. Ferguson, and also her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Queen, and the Ministers and Officers of State, summoned on the occasion. The Privy Councillors present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Duke of Buc cleuch, the Earl of Haddington, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, Mr. Secretary Gladstone, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Jersey, the Lord Chancellor, and the Duke of Wellington. LONDON CORN EXCIIAN3 -YISSTERDAR The supply of English , Wheat from the near cohnties w moderate this morning. Best qualities were taken at our last week's quotations, but much of the secondary could not be die- at a red posed of, exceptinii -.mon of Is. per quarter. Foreign, either free, bonded, or f. o. b. W2B extremely difficult tb-sell. The show of spring Corn has been trilling; Barley, Beans, and Peas sold slowly at late prices. We observe no alteration, in the value of Oats. The millers generally agreed toiniduce the top price of Flour 4s•per sack. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, ,-YB,3TKRDAY Fresh from our grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts today were somewhat extensive •and of most excellent quality, awing. to whioh, and the thin attendance of buyers, the beef trade was in a very dull state, at barely, but at nothinz quotable beneath,. the prices obtained on Monday last, and at which a clearance was not effected, The ?mbers Of sheep were,-compared with those exhibited for some time past, larger and of good quality. Prime old Downs were, however, rather scarce, and which sold at full prices. All other breeds werea mere drug, and, in some in stances, the rates had a downward tendency. The limn!)• trade ruled dull, at previous and pigs, the supplies of which were mode currencies. Crlves ate, ruled heavy at late rates EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES.—The tide of emi gration still flaws ; no less than 6396 persons, of all sizes, sexes, and denominations, arrived at New York in April; this being an increase of 2055 over the month of March. Great Britain sent 4986 ; France, 1078, chiefly Germans ; Bremen and Ham burgh, 115. Ni* ZEALAND we learn that the By the last accounts f en New Zealand encamped about incipal ally, and ght miles from the pall of Kawiti, Heki's had cut a road towaras the pah f consisted of 500 of the 50th Re, ment, 80 Marines, 60 Artillery, 5 lei. The force the 99th Regi ad 220 sailors, were supplied 12-pound how- who were armed an with two 32-pounder were expected in tte - Elphinston Islands the day des 1032-pounders that I arrived at the Bay of rig the gover- Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, son of the late chairman of the Board of Excise, and who recently held the office of 1, appointed Recei n of the late Sir ice has been re ou at of secu- assistant solicitor of the Ea ver General of the Castor William Boothhy. The s duced from £l5OO to £l2l rity reqoired £30,000. AN IMPJRTANT FACT now lylia 4 in Gc 0 a year. —There is• career of wheat near Hu:l, containing 977 oußrters. brought from Ibraila, in Wand( bushel. cost price free on board at' t place, 93 per quarter; freight to Goole .etzht 601bs. per he above-named Gd per quarter ,otat cost per quarter, 17s 6d. A 7 r. Hudson, miller, 31 Leeds, was the first purchaser. And yet the advocates of the new Corn Bill would persuade us that British the free —Not- Devon Agri- MAY .. 25, 1846 -- Hay, old UN 0 B@ 0 101 kPotatoes, 70 9- nlb Clover 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hems ***** Vetches 0 2i— 3 I Shor t Tops Grass -- - - 24 0 3 Cups • • • 0 Pink Eyes 0 Straw, Wheat... 0 3i O - 0 4 O 3 - 0 3 Cattle i Turnips 0 IMannre LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1846. PRINTED AND ED TUESDITAYPUBLISI-4 MORNIN JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53. Grove.street, and S N LEONARD ADDISON G , of 14, Great Orford street. o. 4, T, rionas'a Cnascsrer Llysaro.l4 EVERY