The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

PLATE OF TilE SAILORS' Poms.—We hare still to beg the 10. bearance of those of our readers, whom we have not as yet be en able to supply with o imressions, in exchange for their tickets. A very fee'o days, perhaps this day and to-morrow, will enable. us to complete our engagements with them. Whilst cliing this, we cannot neglect the duty which we owe to the public for the kind apprecia tion which they have shewn of our efforts to pro duce a first rate work of art f o r th e i r a cceptance, and the majority of those who have honoured us with their fac-mrs, for the goodhumour with which they have borne the disappointments, which we have been compelled to inflict upon them, owing to the excesa of demand over our previous anticipa tions of sale, or our power to supply the plates. In consequence of this clinically, we find it impos sible to complete the whole of the extra orders sent in by our country agents. The plates, to the amount of their usual number of papers, shall be sent off as soon as possible. 7Libtrpoot &taubarb. TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 11, 1846 Our advertising columns announces this day the gratifying fact that nearly the sum of £7400 has been already contributed towards the erection of churches in the four districts, formed in this town under Sir 'Robert Pee.'s act. We hail it as a promise of better things, for, were the contributions to stop short of £20.000, some of those districts must he left un provided with church accommodation. We trust it is sufficient to make known the want, in order to call forth the Christian liherali y of our wealthier merchants. Two and thirty thousand of our poorer townsmen left without the means of public worship h an appalling fact, which we cannot believe will be permitted to continue. The only provision at pre sent for them is the small church of St. Simon's, where the Rev. J. Connor is indefatigably labouring. By his constant exertions he has at length obtained the larger portion of the funds nee ed for his new church. We trust the Liverpool Church Building society w;11 he enabled to supply the deficiency. On jooking over the sub•crption list we have missed some names which are usually found as contributors 110 the religious and charitable objects connected _with Liverpool. This can only he because the sub ject has not yet been fully brought before them. We are aware that some object to the patronage of the intended churches being vested in the Bishop of the diocese and the crown alternately. Admitting that these are reasonable grounds for their scruples, they are surely not sufficient to prevent persons con tributing to such an object. The question of pa tronage is a very difficult one. As far as concerns the testimony of H sly Scripture, it will be found that the system which places it in the hands of the Bishop has most of set ipture warrant. We read in Titus, " For this cause left I thee in Crete, thatthou &bonniest set in of der the things that are wanting,and Ordain elders in every city as I had appointed thee." There is here no mention of any other being con cerned in the selection of those elders but Titus. In the same manna. - , in Acts 14, 23, we read of Paul and Barnabas, " And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lard on whom they believed." These are the principal, if not the only, . passages in the new Testament which give us any direct information on the subject of the selection of ministers for a particular congregation. While they do not command us to restrict patronage to the hi shops, they yet are abundantly sufficient to remove our scruples as to the lawfulness of confiding a por tion of it, at least, to episcopal selection. The Go vernors being heathens when the new Testament was written we could not expect to find anything in it on the subject of royal p itronage. But in the Old Testament we find that King :olomon removed Abiathan from being High Priest and put in Zadok in his room. Ist Kings, 2 : 26, 35. David also re gulated the courses of the priests in the temple ser vice in which he was initiated by the uninspired, although pious King Elezekiah, of whom we read— «c .et the Levites in the House of the Lord with cymhols, with psalteris, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad, the King's seer, and of Nathan the prophet, for sio was the commandrns_nt of the Lord by his prophets." 2d Chronicles, 29 : 25. Hezeltiah did not consecrate Priests and Levites, (this was the ruinin sin of the Kings of Israel. lit Kings, 13 : 33, 34,) but he as signed to the consecrated men their posts and duties in the Lord's temple. Here again, therefore, as far as concerns scripture testimony, we are not without. foundation tor royal patronaue. The system of po pular e!eclion is altogether without Scriptural war rant. Theciise of Matthias was not that of a con gregation choosing its pastor; still less can the elec tiom o: the seven deacons be cited, for they were expressly chosen to serve tables. The method of patronaze mos! pproved of, that of five trustees. has much to r t remember that it has r it it; but its advocates should Jt the shadow of Scriptural cast directly. It is altogether a mo- authority, at 1 dern invention Another consid _.ration is worthy of notice which is, that the various forms of patronage in this kingdom have greatly contributed to the correc tion .of the evils incident to each. In how many instances has lay patronage been the means of introducing godly and devoted men into dioceses, where otherwise they would not have been tolerated ? We could name, also, many examples in which the patronage of the Crown has been the means of blessing many districts with men of eminent piety. On the other hand, a painful list of failures, in the exercise of trustee patronage, could be made out ; although, as a whole, it has been successful in providing good ministers. Under all these considerations, we are not assuming too met in hoping, thgt no scruples, on tha subject of patronage, will deprive thirty-two thousand of our townsmen of churches in which to worship Goil. In these districts the devil has attund- 118 pia The beershop, and places of still more abandoned now deatroyinz their tens of thou stian liberality povide the house character, are sands. Li't ( of God, and send the minister of Christ to bring the lurifying power of his gospel to homes and hearts ong left by us to be the prey of the destroyer. We appeal especially to the activity of the clergy. We know the extent of their influence, and we respect fully and earnestly call upon them to stir up their congregations to assist in this most important effort. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks has been laboriously oc cupied in calling personally upon many contribu tors. and has thus set a becotn-ng example as one of ors of the parish of Liverpool. We hope to this noble example followed by the other elerffv of this town the re The cry of two and thirty thousand souls perishing' at our very doors will surely not be heard in vain. We trust we t;hall soon he subscription last amount to the sum required, said of Liverpool that she and that it shall no expended more in doing deserved honoor to her earthly prince, than in providing for the wants of tier destitute children, and for the honour of her heavenly boveleign and Saviour. We have given elsewhere an abbreviated report of the proceedings at, the dinner, given at Lynn, w the protectionist leader, Lord George Bentinck, with that part of his address, in which the future policy and objects of his party is laid before the country. His lordship proposes to enter upon a great consti tutional strugttle fur the restoration of a system of idustry, and of encouragement is the only means by which the e put down and the commerce protection to natty( to our colonie traffic in sl of the empire placed upon a secure and sound ba.is. To enable them to effect this, he calls for the exer cise of energy and determinant.% on the part of the farmers and the whole agricultural community, in the effort to return at the general election, which Cannot be far off, a majority in Parliament suffi ciently large to defeat the unhed . .streng.h • of the Whig Radicals under Lord John Russell, and the few nondescript worshipers of expediency, who may enrol themselves under the banners of Sir Robert Peel—a majority which he calculates will enable his party to reverse the policy of the kite and the present government, and to procure for the agriculturist, the colonist, and the labourer, a fair amount of preference in the home market. We are behind none in our admiration of the inanlinesa and the great ability displayed by Lord George, during his recent stand in behalf of his or• der and of .the true interests of all classes of the community, He has earned well the honor paid le noblemen, sentry, farmers, and others, a ssembled at Lynn. But. we cannot overlook the fact that we are entitled to regard his speech and the profession of hid views of publi c p o li cy , upon this occasion, as a bid for power on the behalf of a ministry, proposed to he erected neon the wreck of the Peel Conservative and the Whig an d Radical parties. Hi e Lor d s hip reminds at that hunbelland the Protectionist party it was, who overthrew the Government of Sir Robert Peel. We admit that it was so,—by a coalition, however, which rather sa voured of the unnatural. The overthrow of the present Whig Cabinet is to be brought about by less ohkctionable means. The Protectionist party is to he rendered strong enough to act by themselves. The formation of a government is the next act of the drama, such government, we presume, teing composed of leading agricultural members, with his Lordship himself holding, as he has shown himself entitled to hold, a prominent station. The pro gramme of future me•,sures, by a statesman, so cir cumstanced and likely to be so materially connected with the destinies of the country, becomes an ob ject well deserving of our anxious consideration. What, th n, does Lord George Bentinck hold out to us ? What is the spell which is to conjure up the depressed energies and hopes of constitutional and Protestant Englishmen from their present state ' of apathy and disgust; to wipe out from ottr minds the memory of past betrayals and to prostrate the rampant liberalism, whose ins• lence those betrayals have rendered us careless, or incapable, of resisting ? Is it to be merely " protection ?" An eight shilling duty in favour of British or Colonial grain, and a • differential duty in favour of Colonial and !ree -1 labour sugar ? My Lord, we require to know some thing more than this from the leader of a great party, and the future minister of a great country. The qnestion W protection was, no doubt, one most intere,ting to an assembly, composed of parties in terested in the prosperity of native agriculture; but it is not one which will raise the stones in the streets of our commercial town—which will incite the tenpounders in our boroughs, or the labourers in our counties, to buckle on their armour of de fence against the aggressions of a party, which courts democracy wherever it is to be found, and however bitter may be its temper towards the valued institutions of the country. We denizens of towns haVe an upleasant remembrance of battles fought in behalf of the agricultural interest, which have been apaid by scant gratitude—by inflictions upon our poor, of the tender mercies of the despots of Somerset-house—by betrayal of the cause of suff-r -ing factory children—by Maynooth grants, endow ments of Godless colleges, and apathy in many questions where the religion and moral welfare of the people were involved. Lay down before us your policy as a whole. Do not confine your reve lations to the one idea of protectioa. We want something more comprehensive—more satisfying. It is miserable folly to imagine, as Lord George Bentinck seems to imagine, that it was their defec tion from the cause of native agriculture which sapped the strength of the Peel ministry. That ministry was raised to power by the resistance of its matnhers, whilst in opposition, to the appropriation clause and the Lichfield House compact of Lord Melbourne's government. The commercial propo sitions of that government were only the last drop, which caused the measure of their iniquities to over flow. Would a mere question of free labour in sugar or coffee have influenced the return of the powerful phalanx of Conservatives who, in 1841, overthrew the Whig-Radicals, and placed Sir Ro bert Peel in office ? No. Yet that question was the ostensible hinge of the movement. It is equally • true, that neither the repeal of the corn law of 1-42, nor the prevention of assassination hill for Ireland, was the real cause of Sir Robert Peel's fall. It was ! a long and lamentable series of defecions from the maintenance of Protestant truth—a long and lamen table series of contemptuous denials of the right of the poor to Christian treatment, and of the lahourer to legislative consideration for his comfort and social and moral happiness—which alienated from Sir Robert Peel the sympathies and respect of the real worth and wisdom of the empire. The stately oak is not prostrated at a blow. The strong pillar does not give way to the first impetus of the blast. The supports of each must be first withdrawn or weak ened ; and so it was w th the now defunct ministry. It had lust both its root and its supports in the hearts of the people; and it fell, we trust never to raise its apostate front, and again to delude a too confiding people. The gov rnment, which it is proposed by- the pro tectionist party to erect, must have even a inure ex tensive basis of popular opinion in their faveur than that which was possessed by the government of Sir Robert Peel at the date of its first admission to power. The scarcity of administrative talent, and, above all, of parliamentary tactique, amongst the gentlemen of whom it is most likely to he composed, witt readily he achnitted; and this weakness must be competiaated for-by the moral- etrenuth of the nation exerted in its behalf. Do we find, however, in the views and known opinions of the gentlemen usually acting with Lord George Bentinck, the strong claims which will be required upon the res pect and confidence of tht intelligible rnases of the people ? Do we find in the past conduct of some of them a security for the maintenance of the Pro testant Est blishment in Ireland ? Are they pre pared to offer the means of religious education and church accommodation to our increasing popula tion—to lighten the toil of children in the factories —to wash their hands of the iniquity of the New Poor Law—to improve the social arid physical con dition of the labouring masses--and to recognise boldly, the principle that the statesman has to legis • late for the welfare of the souls, as well as of the bodies and the pockets, of the people? We fear much that here will be the shortcoming of the coun try party; and we warn its members that, wit bout some mire intelligible and distinct pledge, with: res pect to these matters, than the country. have yet re ceived, their appeal to the bulk of the constituencies will be a vain one, and their term of office, if office he attained by thetn at all, will be miserably and emphatically brief. We ask them, too, to weigh the consequences of disapp,inting the expectations of the public, at this crisia, by professions, without a sincere resolve to fulfil them. Let them calmly scan the aspect of acces- sion to the Liberal ranks of commanding talent, in Sir Robert Peel and his ministerial supporters, combined with a leaden apathy in the people, caused by repeated disappointment of their just hopes and confidence in the statesmen of their own choice. There is, happily, a chance yet left for the redemp thn of past errors,—the prospect of a noble and successful stand for the integrity of the institutions of our country. But that stand must be made upon no such narrow ground—no such isolated question as that of protection to the industry of the nation,, excellent as is the principle of such protec tion. We have a religion to preserve, an estab ished church to defend, oppressed and suffering masses of our population to raise from the dust, and to snatch from degralation and tyranny; we have, in a word, to recognize and to fulfil the noble destiny with which we appear to have been entrusted by Providen' e, which ha; raised the people of these islands an high in the scale of nations,—:he destiny of spreading abroad, by our example and influence, the bles.ings•of civilization and of the knowledge of God and . his truth. Will Lord- George Bentinck accept and prepare himself for this noble work? If not, better for England that his : and, and those of his friends, are never put to the helm of govern. ment. Another disappointment of the just hopes of the people can • nly produce, first, a Whig dictator ship and when that can no longer be endured, anarchy and revolution. he Manchester Guardian', of Wednesday, re turns to the charge of want of courtesy towards the Mayor of that town, by the authori.ies of Liverpool, in not transmitting earlier an invitation to the fes livities in honour of the recent visit of Prince Albert. Our explanation, he says, is " partly ridicu • lo s, and pertly untrue," but he shall tell the how and wherefore himself : " In he tire place, it is absurd to say that an invitation to the mayor of Manchester made it necess ,ry to extend be same courtesy to any other municipal officers ; for here MI no other borough in the county which starrts in the same relation to Liverpool as the borough of Man ..hester." We otiMit readily the superior claims of Manchester, and that our neighbours have a rery proper sense of the importance of their town to the commerce of Liverpool. It was acknowledged by the fact of the name of the Mayor of M anc h ester occu pyi n g a pr o minent place in the list placed before the com mittee. We do not, however, at all recognise its exclusive claims to regard, st il l le ss th e grou rid upon which these claims are urged. We do not know ;hat the people of Manchester contributed much to the erection of the Sailors' Home, to lay the founda tion of which was one.of the objects of the Royal visit, or that they have any great claim upon our corporate estate, from the funds of which the festivities upon the occasion were provided. With respect to the Albert Dock and warehouses, the opening of which was the other great object of the Prince's visit, we do not see the necessary connexiou of the Mayor of Manchester with these either. The Manchester merchants and spinners pay the dock dues, it is true, upon the produce which they im port; and we. as exporters of their fabrics, and the world at large, as consumers, reimburse them. Our contemporary goes on : " r=ut even i•upposing that all the corporations in South Lancashire had been honoured by invitations to their chief offi,•ers, there would have been hut I•ur adili , ional guests, for whom surely space could have been found. We do not believe this part of the explanation: and our in credulity is strengthened by what we know to be a gross nis-staternent in a snbsequert passage. The Standard alleges that the mayor of Liverpool, having occasioo to apply to the mayor of Manchester for the services of a party of police, availed himself of that opportunity to for ward the invitation. Thi- is directly untrue. The first application for police was received in Manchester on Sun "ay a second on Monday; and a third, Ly or through S;r Thomas Arbuthnot, on Tuesday; but none of these was accompanied by an invitation. That, as we have al ready stated, came to hand on Wednesday afternoon, — that is, the afternoon of the day before tLe banquet, —a period at which no private gentleman would have thought of sending an invitation to an ordinary dinner party. We •re not aware that we said any thing about " South Lancashire," and, the plaining cry of its mayors, "we are only four," does not affect our remarks. We do not even see, if the possession of official dignity was to regulate the matter, how we could even refuse to go into the neighbouring county and T•ass over the Mayors of Chester. Stock port, &c. With respect to our reason why the in vitation was at length sent, the Guardian forgets to tell the public that the applications for police, re ceived on Sunday anti Monday, were refused, for what reason we know not. We should imagine that the peace of Manchester is not dependent upon fifty men in bine or green coats. The application of Tuesday, backed by Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, was more favourably received; and then, the authorities of Manchester having shown some little neighbourly feeling, the invitation was promptly forwarded. What pret,xt could the committee have had for in viting a functionary. who would not oblige them in the small matter which was requested of him ? Again : " The Standard viv , s sume explanations respecting the invitation to the de . 34iner which we do riot very clearly understand ; but he says nothing about the very onginal idea of c,lling a man out of bed at Manchester, late at night, to receive ar t invitation to breakfast at Liverpool next morninu ; and, probably, the less he says non the subject the better." The Guardian understands our reply with respect to this matter clearly enough. One of the grounds of the Mayor's refusal of the invitation to the dejeuner was, that it contained no voucher as to the authority, of the party sending it, to invite. We disposed of that ridiculous plea by stating that the ticket bore on the face of it the seal of the D'ck chairman, and was dated from the Dock-otfice. The late period of the invitation we acknowledge - to he unfortunate. It is a pity that out of forty or more members of the Dock Committee, and sixty four members of the Council, to all of whom a large supply of tickets was given for distribution, not one remembered that there was such a personage in being as the Mayor of Manchester. That the chair inan and the committee intrusted with the arrange ment of the proceedings were alike forgetful, the onerous nature of their duties for many weeks previous to the occasion ought to be an excuse to any considerate man. " the less we say upon the subject the Netter," is probably true. We should ;ire the oublic, who are laughing heartily at the exhibition, on the part of Manchester's Mayor, of a piece of silliness, as ridiculous as would be the pet of Miss A., or 8., or C., or any other respectable maiden lady, because Miss D.'s tea was sweetened first, or \liss E.'s muffin was bet'er buttered. Men, and Mayors, ought to have more sense than to take otnnce at such trifles. THE MAYOR AND TH E HONOUR OF KNIGUITI - I(MD Rumour hag been i,usy during the past few days with the name of the chief magistrate of our town, in connexion with an intention, on the part of her M .j-sty, to eonter upon him the honour of knigh:hood, in a,:knowl-dgrneut of the courte-y and attention displayed by him towar , ls her Royal Consort, during his visit to Liverpool. We hall not notice tne absurdities with which, as usual, the tale has been garnished. The facts, we have good grounds fur believing, are as fellows On Wednesday his Wor .-hip received a corntr.unlc 'Lion trod - , Lord John Russell, gtati,g that he had her Majesty's commands to offer to his acceptance the dignity of kmehtslood, and requesting to know if it would he agreeable to him to have it con f reed upon him. The Mayor went up to London, where he had hu-inns:. the slate evening. and having waited i upon the Premier, and expressed his sense of her Wiestv's giacious kindness in milking him. the offer if such an iiooone. At the same time, his worship intimated to Lord Jolin that if it could be done, without impeaching his own loyalty and that of the town, or off-mling her Majesty, it would be more agreeable to himself to rettia'm his private station. Her M.jestv has since signified to the I‘.l ,yor, through Lord John, her pleasure, udder the ciieurnstance of his lurdehip's wi,hes, to save press ! ins the offer. Tlinr , day next will be the anniversary of the birth of the Qu-rt. D , wager. who on chat day will enter on her 55 , 1, year. Her MdeAy was born on the 13th August, 1792 - - PRESTON AND WYRE EXTENSION AND DARWEN JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.—At the adj 'tuned meeting of the scripholders in this undertaking, held at the Star Hotel, at Manchester, on Saturday list, it was unanimously decided that the coinpany stiouLl be dis solved. The scrutineers reported that 9760 votes had been .recorded in favour of this t r , ceeding, the entire number of shares issu'd being 14970 'Die chairman, Edward Toots!, Esq.. also stated that in the course of a very tew days the shareholders would he enabled to re ceive the amount of their respective depasits in full, with out any deduction ceitig made for expenses incurred since the formation of the cornom , Y. Excsseave; FARES ON MR H UDSON'S RAILWAYS. — The railway king appears just now to have into a scrape with the press. out of which he is pat likely to emerge without some loss of laurels. A correspondent of th. Landon Times, remarking upon th. dearness of travelling by the lines under the direction of Mr. Hudson. has couwiled a table. by tv.ich it appears that the rate per 100 ini,es upon eleven leading lines averages, for first class passeug-rs, 18s. 9%1., vrhil-t upon four of the Imes controlled by Mr. Hudson - th fare for the same distance is 245. 7d. The London and Birmingham Company now take first class passengers for the same fare as Mr. Hud son charg.s for his comfortless second' class carriages. The Grand Junction Company conveys secood class vas. sengers for 145.. whilst the Great North of England, one of the cheapest constructed 1 nes in th. kingdom. ch.rges Ms. 41. for third class. Th. kii:g must look for grumbling, subjects. if he taxe , ttiem atter this ea rhitant fashion. DINNER TO TUE MARQUIS OF GRANBY, AT WAL -1 HAM. —Ott Friday last, the Marquis of Griinby was en tet rained at a pnbl.c dinner by the Agricultural Society of Waltham, in. Leicestershire, to test,fy their approval of his manly and independent advocacy of the interests of the British fat merit Parliament. a.ol to evince the re spect and esteem of the n ighbouriag gsntry and tenant farmers for the house of Belvoir. The dinner a a- attended by farmers. and gentry from the cowl - ies of Le:ceoer , shire. Nottinghamshire, Rutlandshire, and liccoloshire. At half-p.ist three o'clook the chair was taken by W. Fletcher Norton, of Elton Hall, Esq . supported on hi-6 right by the Duke of Rotland, Lord Georee Bentinrk, M.P., the High Sheriff (W. A. POPhin. Esq ), .1. B. Hildyard, E-q.. M.P.,! Sir A. Dezlerigge, H. Green, E.q., master of the Quoro hfoind-, G. E. Welhy, 136 q., ; and on his left hi; the Earl of Wiiiehilsea. the Ma , quis of Granby, M.P., Sit H. lialford, M.P., Lord John Manners, M.P., Sir D. Burnaby. Rev. E. Gillett, So. E. B. Darien, of Dathy [bill, E•ti . occu oied the vlee ch.ir; and on h'v right were ,ea'ed the Duke of Richmond, lion. U. Wilson, C. Frewen. Esq., M.P.. Rev. F. Nimrnan; and on h;R left B. D'l,raeli, M.P E. B Farnham, E.q.. M.P , Lnrd Cherie:. Mamiers, M.P., Sir W. Welby. Mr. Fiche, M-P.. Ric ; end amongA tt,e pri ciusl snedrers .sere the Doke of Ru'lad, the Mt'quis of Gr;inhy, the Duke of Rielimon(l. Lard John Manners, Lord C. Manners. the Earl of Winehelßea, Mr. D'lsraeli. &a. The tone of the while proceedings oneuo prro ng; n;s; but, like the dinner to Lord George Bentinrk, it aff.trds t into 'he opinions of the party upon other tottitts hesnles that o! ,er sixteen x,.theeet shed . a ß •e t. h i r e s i , ,, um durin g fall an,i . _ of nret-Ttion to agriculture, and indu-try ge n e ra lly. COMMERCIAL TREATY BItTWEEN HOLL A N D AND w ß h E i l ( . : G h l tCoMme— bAl o r' o e d r a a n a e n P i a n ' r a e t Holland have seen the error of their ways, and have. like l'eaehum and Lockit, felt that they were Init in the %roue. The cnnsecoenee has been, that, Melding to the Peaceful and commercial genius of the age, ths— y have en tered into a treaty which has been already ,iencil in 11. , 1- land, and hieh within the present week, will, douhttes:. he ratified at Brussels. The present kit g of I it is well known.'entertains none of tt , e bionted prejudices of his late father towards the Belgian people, and it will, therefore, excite no wonder that he has eon'eded to An twerp a participation in the Dutch East India trade. During the union of the two kingdoms the enjoy. ment of this trade greatly increased the wealth an d prosperity of Antwerp, and the pertnis•ion now an „ orded to the Belgians to import 8 000,000 kilos. of Java produce in Belgian bo'toms. cannot fail to be acceptable to a people wholly without colonies. The sugars, leathers, fancy woods, en free, rice. indigo, and tobacco, as well as the tropical fruits and v• getables, will furnish many assored eargoer to the merchants of Antwerp and Ghent, while they make exchange attaiur4 these commodities of their wove and manufactured stuffs. In the introduction of these latter, and also in the intro. duction of nails int) Holland. Belgium is to have some advantages, while she. '•n her part, reduces the duty on young cattle in favour of Beam!. While these vri.e and friendly arts are beim/ performed by ancient, and, it was supposed, irreconcil able enemies, is There au-v approxi mation to a commercial treaty be`tween England and France ? is a snhject of .tr ins a ?rant imoortance, and must be kept steadily is tier, Herald, doing Herald, of Yesterday. TFIR LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE MAYOR AND THE RADICAL PRESS. Our contemporary the Albion has been again drawing upon his iinagin , tion for facts, in his rap mess to injure the Mayor of Liverpool in the estimation of the public. As on th . s occasion he has indulged in what Shakespere calls the " fib circumstantial," we shall he able to lay be fore our readers the wretched and dishonest shifts to which political and personal malevolence sometimes drives n.en. We shall first quite his charge— " An officer of the royal yacht, who received, with the rest of his brethren, an invitation to the banquet at the Town-hall, was prevented by his duty on board from being present on that festive occasion. On Sal ut day he heard from his brother officers such a description of the beauty of the edifice, that he determined, before he quitted Liverpool, to gratify himself with A. view of its interior embellishments. Requesting a gentleman to accompany him, he proceeded to the Town hall, and sent his card in to the Mayor, with a message. stating that duty had prevented him from attending the banquet, but he was exceedingly deli ous of viewing the aparim,uta, &c., if his worship woAd grant him permission. Refusal was not tor a moment ant cipaied ; and the surprise of the gentlemen may be conceived, when a reply came from the Mayor, that he had given orders that the hall was not to be shown to any person, and he could make no excep tions." What is there to complain of here, we ask, even on the Albion's own showing? The rooms at the Town-hall were closed, and not in a fit state to be sbewn to a stranzer, the men being at the time in the midst of removal. The M ►yor had given orders that they were not to be so strewn ; and it was not necessary even that his worship should have had any request for admiss'on conveyed to him. This was dene, however, in compli ment to the service to which the applicant said, no doubt corieetly, that he belonged; and the reply sent back was most courteous, and expressive of his regret that circum stances made compliance impossible. But the fact is not correctly represented. The gerele youmg man about twenty years of age—sent in no , card, but merely gave his name a- Mr. Hare, or Ayres,- of the royal yacht. He was in plain clntt►es ; and his companion, being unknown to any of the Townhall peerile, Mr. Ayres might as easily have been Jelin Snooks or Tom Stiles as any other person. We proceed. however. with our contemporary :—" The officer thought there must be some mistake. Ile therefore rt cytested the attendant to inform the mayor that he was a stranger; that he was about to d-pert from Liverpool at two o'c,ock with the royal yacht; and that, it his worship would do him the faveur to permit him to see the buildtil before he re.em bat ked, the kindness would be duly appreciated. The mayor simply repeated his former message, that he had given his order:, and could no. make any exteptiens. The officer, who had been loud and fervent in his expressions of pleasure at the courtesies which he and his friends on board had received from the people of Liv , spool, turned from the hall with e very different impression of trieir chief magistrate." We have the bet authority for stating that the whole of this store, about a second application being made and the mayor having "simply repeated his former message," is c , deliberate invention. We give the conclud:ng paragraph of the attack , " On his arrival at the royal yacht, he found some ladies there on a visit of lost); c ion. The gentlemen who had accompanied him to tne Town-hall, no sooner saw them than he said, ' Well‘ this is rather singular 'hose ladies are the Mayor's sisters.' Such wa' ►he fart ;. and the observation of the officer was. ' I am glid of it, for here I may have an opportunity of repaying your Mayor by showing double kindness and attention to lad•es in whom he is so much interested.' And the officer did show kindness and attention to those ledies; for, though they would have been treated with respectful considera tion under any circumstances, he evinced a more than or diivry desire to oblige and gratify them, and thereby dis played the WI it both of a Chi istuto and a gentleman, and we think a delightful coati ant to the arrogant cnielnet which had incited him to a retaliation so generous and dignified." About the correctness of the facts here stated we know nothing. The M tyor's sis ers might be on hoard; but. if so, they would be aecompanird by some gentleman; and his worship having the full privilege given him, b , ►th by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and Captain Cri-pin, to in troduce any of his (rands, they would not stand in need of the civilities of Mr. Ares or any inferior officer. We suspect, however, this part of the story to be as apochy phal as most of the rest. It would really ne well if the conductors of respectable patters, lice the Albion, would teat more severely the ac cipacy of tho-e who are in the habit of purveying tin-them preposterous stoties such as the above. Their insertion, without such examination, shews a malice prepense which is not creditable. THE MURDER AT AINTREE RACES —YetterclaV, Ro bert Fat mes,. tbe, old msn charged mil) the murder of Eliz.beth Bate , on, on the last niAt of the A n'ree races. was brought before Mr. Edwards, one of the c •urityroa: LAUNCH OF A SPLENDM IRON STEAM-SHIP One of the most beautiful and interesting launclieg we have ever witnessed, t,olc place on :kaiurdriv —that of the ship " Hadc'ingtot —from the yard of Messrs. Vernon and Son, near the Dingle; and the sight gave unbounded satisfaction and delight to many hundreds, who had a;- sembled in and around the premises, though the spot is at a considerable distance from the town, and the roads very indifferent, whether for carriage passengers or pedes trians. The day was very fine ; and this, added to the beauty and extent of the prospect which can be enjoyed from the site, was an additional inducement to agend ance. The building yard, though.extensive, was crowded, and we may almost say the same of the adjacent shore and the heights behind, on the east, which command a tine pro-pent of the river, or rather estuary, to a great extent. The views towards Runcorn and the Cheshire side were truly fine, the far-off land appearing to slumber in the haze of distance. The river, opposite, was enlivened by the pa-sing and re-passing of many steamers and other vessels and boats loaded with passengers. The model, or form, of the H iddington is not, in the common acceptation of the term. " very fire," but she has '`fineness" about her, which our nautical reporter considers will, withal. render her a prof) able and. at the same time, a safe and even feet yes-el. She has a full bottom—or, in other words, something to sit upon—in bilge and upper hearing-, fpr she is purposed, by the Peninsular and Oriental Company, for whom she is built, to carry a considerable tonnage of coals, in addition to her tequired cemplement of fuel for a voyage, to supply the other vessels on the same line when required. She is intended to run between Southampton and Alexandria; but we are informed, that, should she turn out to be a fa-t vessel—es many nautical men who have seen her expect—see may he sect round Lape Horn, to run with the other fine steam-ships, built at our port—the 1-I'io ' (testae, Bentieck, &c.—between Suez and Calcutta, and oeloneine to the same company. The following are the dimensions, steam-power, &c., of the Haddington : Length between perpendiculars.. ..221 feet Length over all.. Beam .. Depth in the engine-room Barthel', old measurement 1303 tons Burthen, new nearly 200 i) tons Engines (double), collectively 450 horse power. The diameter of each eaddle-wheel is 29 feet over the floats. The engines. by our celebrated tawnsmen, Messrs. Bury, Curtis. and Kennedy, ate on the `• direct acting" principle, and the boi:ers are tubular. This tine large shio has tour decke—orlop, lower, main, and spar-deck, and •ix water-tight c impartments. Her spar-deck is 7 feet 6 inches over the main -deck, affording an uninterrupted promenade over her whole length. With regard to-the fidelity of c instructi .n and sinew hof this ship, we may state that her hare hull weighs about 800 tons, all of tt►e be-t malleable iron. In teld , tinn to Messrs. Kennedy and Vernon's (the builders) potent drawn iron side-frames,. 12 inches apart in midships, and 18 inches at stem and stern. she is stiff.oed by diagonal plates of iron along the sides, of one foot wide. arid half an inch in thick ness. The deck-beams are also of .Messrs. Verooti r s patent wrought iron. Tie s•em is a solid bar, 9 inches by 31, and the plates are affixed to it by a double row of rivets. The hull, with• the excepeon of the upper-works, is clencher• built, end all dounle•rivetted ; and the thickness of the plates of the garhord-streak is 13- Weis of an inch. The bottom platea ere an inch thicit, arid the lightest of the top plating' is half-inch. Her figure-head is an heraldic shield. finely calved, and the stern and quarter galleries are adorned in a corresponding and elegant man lier. She will be rigged with three roasts. The morel of the vessel was by Mr. Bailey, the intelli gent Nautical Superintendent of the Oriental Con►peny. Her keel, a solid bar of iron, 9 inches deep, and 5 inches thick, was laid down only about nine months ago; and, without the slightest partiality to one iron shiptmilder over another—for wecon-ider all our nuilders equally ex pert and active in the race of con►pe , itinn—it niu-t appear astonishing to any thinking man of "the olden school" t het such a huge and inaseive piece of iron-work vond he fashioned, and welded, and rivetted, and wrought to. get her in an short a space of time. The blacksmiths of former times—if any survive—may "bide their diminished. heads." A commodious stage was erected in the yard near the bow of the ship, on which a number of ladies and gentle men took their stations to-witness the "christening" and the launch. All being put in readiness for the launch, the daggers were knocked down, and the huge ship glided maj••stically along the ways, and t ok the water steadily, and without a torch, as if rejoicing to be released from her cradle; and to bathe her full-grown belk"in her d-stined element. A finer-sight was never witnessed, and the welkin rang with all sorts of cheers and acclamations, many of them drawn prom the demure and the sedate, who had previously no such theuelit or intention, hot who could not suppress their admiration. The ship was gallantly christened hy- Miss Curtis, the amiable deneliter of Mr. Curtis, of the fl'm of Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, the builders of the gistrates, for ftirih.r examination. Three additional witnesses were examined, but their evidence tleew little or- no light upon this melancholy affair, beyond that of engines. corroborating the f o rmer evidence. The pris t ine' was As the vessel darted towards the Cheshire side , her stern name into contact with a small fishing-boat, with two or committed for trial at the approaching assizes. three men, that had remained• in the offing with a net set. PRESENT rig , PRINCE A eatine , To-Ma JESSE HART- The boat was swamped, end apprehensions were enter- LET AND Mu. Feetes —We understand that His Royal tained by all on shore that some of the boatmen- were Highness Prince Albert, in compliment en the great talent drowned ; but it was ascertained, though not for a long displayed by Mr: Jesse llartlev, the dock surveyor, in the time afterward, that they were all rescued by means of ii desil and construction of the magnificent docks, in- ropes, &e. . , thou h with considerable dificulty. The-pilot spected Ouilog. a visit to our town. has graciously for- o n board the shi p ought ro have let g o his anchor whieh warred for presentati.,n to that gentleman a gold medal ; was over the how.. ....a breach , the 'reseal up, "Amur the and a similar compliment has been paid to Mr. Elutes. dan g er to the boat became apparent. the architect t-f the new Courts of Law. The medal pre- The ship looked beautitulin the water, on which. from serifs on one aide a fine head of his Royal Hiehness, with her comparative lightness 4.lo.atation, she showettlike a an inscription round it " A lbertas Princeps Regime Vic- castle. Her decks were crowded, and she was gaily torus Coi.jek." and on the reverse a George and Dragon, adorned a ith fl igs. She warn afterwards towed into dock. with a Grrman motto. The name of the party to whom It may be remarked of the builders, as scientific men it is presented is engraved on the edge-of each medal. and good calculators, that, from the drawings, they took COMMITMUNTS. -- Yesterday, Thomas Threlfall and the supposed draught of water of the vessel ;when 'Samuel Anderson were committed for trial, on a charge launched), from the weight and form of the hell and its of having stolen two jars of copeiha from the warehouse displacement. twelve months-ago. and pronounced that it of-Messrs. Singlehurat and Co., at Charlotte-plane, near would be about 8 feet 11 inches, and they precisely hit the Canning Dock. It appeared that they entered the the mark ! place by nu arta of duplicate keys. and that they were seen After the launch upwards of- three hundred ladies and to leave it about mid day on Saturday last with the j irs gentlemen sat dawn to a splendid dejes2ner and wines, the in their possession. Four jars were missed, but only two former provided by Messrs—Fisk, and the latter by Mr. were seen to be taken away by tieeu —J ose ph B a tt and Mountfield, in the mould-room. a very large apartment, Richard Chadwick wire committed on a charge of having beautifully lined with national flags and adorned with ever stolen ten empty puncheons from- the George's Dock- eteens, fine models of shirrs. Sac. The arrangements in this quay, where they were lying. Ball, who is a carter, was respect were most elegant and tasteful, and were all acrom seen to drive off with th• mto Limekiln-lane, where they 'dished from the designs and under the superintendence were founde and the prisoners apprehended.—Thomas- of Mr. Tipton, one of the clever draughtsmen of Messrs. Cavanagh seei also committed on eeharge of having em- Vernon's establishment. Mr. Vernon, senior, pres'ded ; te zeed the sum of 3s, 9d., the property of his employer, and there were present around and before him the elite Mr. John Rooney. baker. It appeared the , he was sent of our townsmen. and a vast number of bewitching ladies. out to deriver bread, that he received the 3a. 9d. from The usual loyal and tele r toasts appropriate to the occa two of the customers, and that. instead of accounting for aion. es well as the heelths of ineividuals present con it, he absconded to Ireland. and was apprehended at the nected with the undertaking —not forget•ing that sot Miss Clarence Dmk yesterday morning. Curtis—were enthusiastically drank, and the responses LAUNCtir OF THE IRON STir Marais "SARAH SANDS. ”_... were truly excellent, embrac ; ng facts and anecdotes of At half-pas' one o'clock to-day. a st•l , ndid new iron much intertst relating to the rise and rapid progress of steamer, to be called the "Sarah Sands," after the lady, steam navication, railroads, and non shipbuilding, and of Thomas Sand-, Esq., one of the owners, will be the advancement of commerce, int,- Iligence. and civil:ea. hunched from the building-yard of Messrs. James I-lode. tion, through their means, at hurtle and abroad. The son and Co., south side of Brunswick Dock. This fine chairman. by his urbanity of roamers. and twill more by vessel, clencher built and douh i e rivetted, is 190 feet on.. his several el, q iient addresses, won golden opinions from the keel, awl 22U feet over all. She is a three-decker. all; as also did Mr. Curtis, who was wrong and witty in Her breadth of !item is 32 feet. and her depth of h o ld 30- his replies; and, Itle,wise. Mr. S. Holme. who delivered tent. She is 1040 tons old measurement, and 1350 tons t wo or three capital anduppiopriate, speeches. The Rev. new. Her cabins will be fitted tip in a very superior man-. Dr. Tattershall, in replying to the toast of •• The Church," tier, and will be c triable of acoommodating 65 passengers. was equally felicitous, and referred in n most feeling and She wil! he propelled by the s , new ; and her engines are able manner to the rploaac , ment, under Gat, of those sci of 200. horse power. She will have four masts; fine a nd ences which went to enrich and (, still nigher object) to aft she will b • bat que rigged, and her two middle masts enlighten and Christiars:ze the whole family. of mankind. will be square rigged. She his been built for Thomas A number of other gentlemen, including Mr. Vernon, and: Joseph Sands and Co , and will form one of the jun., Captain Gregg, Canute, Studdart, &c , also spoke Se,i;ds' li n e of packets which ply between Liverpool and energetit ally. but we have not space to particul 0,2 e. New Yotk. tier commander will be Captain W. C. Suffice it to say. the entertainment was. al ogether ra- Thompson, late of tho Stephen Whitney. She will. be lional and deli g htful. christened by Miss Sands. the daughter of the principal The workmen of the yard, after the company had re own. r;, and atter the launch has taken place , about 400 tired , were most liberally r eg aled. and a Riost. kindly feel la,liee and gentlt m,n.will sit down to an excellent de- ing was manifested between masters anti men j- user, provided by Mr. Lynn, of toe Water! .o, and Messrs. Vernon have now on the stocks. and nearly presided over be Thomas Sands, Esq. The Sarah Sands fitiished, a fine iron steamer for the Cork Company, is. a beautiful model. extremely sharp at the how, and and another intended for Rembi. from, we believe, the very lengthy. Of her test-eoi e g sailing qualities no doubt same moulds as the Fenella, by Mr. Grantham, a beauti can be enterta ned.. She was designed ny John Gran- ful vessel tor FlretWood, the launch of which we noticed them, Esq., C.E., and superintended by Captain Thomp. some weeks ago- The keel of another very large bon steamer is also laid down. It used to: be said . ..nothing like ie.ither" ; now in shipbuilding the cry is increasing; " nothing like iron." REPRESF.WMTION OF MANCHRSTI4R.—AIthOU2b re- peatedly pre,seu oeurrr leaving mugrano Lo cons,-in stand for the representation of Manehter. tt the ensuing eleettote, Mr. Cohd , n. we learn, firmly declines. Perhaps the lit nourable gentleman fears being worried to death by the imimetunities of his leading mileages of the Length., should he become dependent upon thew for a beat iu Parliament Post? OF R UNCORN.—This town Pppearq to be ra pidly inerrasing in impoitinee in the commercial world. Amongst ott•er foreign ves-els which have been there, the b rque Thor. from Windup., in Russia, drawing 15 cert of water, register 360 Inns. having on hoard about 530 tons, was towed up on Sa.tirritry last by two of the 13 itigewater Trust s'eamers. This is tie largest vessel that ever entered the port. SI IN SPLENDID PAINTINGS ON VIEW AT MR. GRUNDYS CHURCU-STREEI. — We were favoured this morning with a view at two splendid painting: of the highest class, from the ea el of a celebrated female twist Ary Scheff,r, whose original works have for the first time been submitted to the British nub' c, although engravings fr , nt them have been deservedly admired and purchased by 1 vers of the arts. The largest, and that which principally chaAenges observation, is a painting of the dead. Christ in the sepul-.. dire of Joseph of Arithmathea, and the women whit fol-. !owed him from Galilee, one of whom, Mary Magdalene. is represented raising the linen cloth from his face. and two others,--one an aged female, a very striking fii,tve,— bending over absorbed in grief. The hurt h figure is repre sented with her bead laid upon hisbreast and her ar ni thrown over her Saviour's body. Tie grouping and tone of the whole composition mein excellent keeping, and fulfof ge nius ; and tee derails show tire highest order of artistic skill. Ti:e flesh of the dead Christ, pallid arid clammy. looking. and the holy calm of the features, are beautifully P , in ed. as is the figure reclinine Upon his hr, ast. The Lauds. ton, of the enter of the features, and th, half-avert-•d lace of her companion, are pent-et studies, whilst the face of the Magdalene disp'ays exquisite beauty of eget esS Ori. feature, ..0 handling. The drapery is also very. tine. The o ting—Christ bearing his C r, S4-1s Inn of : Dern v. The r• turned. appealing eyes of the Saviour— :t ie sip., as if err - , ne fir his persecutors, and the resigna tion ,ff-,rart,re. r.‘ 0 expression amidst evident suffering,. sr; fit ely brcu, 1 t ought. The whole figure and rnu centon. of this picture render it worthy of corn pattions'i'e with the first described. We understand that the dead Christ is ter be engraved by an eminent German artist---Keller. of Desseldo.f. The Christ fearing the Cross is to be entrusted to Narcisse Lecomt e . of Paris, in which city both will be published. The pimple will remain on tiew for a few days, at Mr. Grundy 's reposi. WY, Church-greet, COOKE v. WETHERELL The new.trial of this disgipttirg rase, the lending fem. tures of which will he in the memory of our readers. cattle before the court in the Mine Cticitil Thursday anti oCenpiecl the whole of th. and the following (1,,y„ At nine. a.m. on Saturday. tbej , try c ome into court, and their 114111:CA having been called ..ver, tn. y were t,ken to the room approrrirt-d fnr the vatpose of their del berations. Here they remained for the whole day, and repeatrztly sent messages to the cuutt. stating there was no chance of their agreeing, and praying to he discharged . . hut. his lord shin declined to accede to their rt qtt-st, unlfss both rat-ties in the cause agreed to that course nein% adopted. Things remained in this state until eight o'clock, a t 't i g h t. when, just before the court broke up, Mr. Barton Parke sent fur the jury, and inquired %thriller there was any chance of their cornin4_ to a de..ision. :Tue answer was tit t there was no mote probabiloyof it than th ere had been on the previous evenine ; aryl his lordbhip then said that, as they had been 100 , 0 up so nutty hours. and could not agree, he shou ld ta ke upon himself to discharge them from giving a. verd,ct. —Ott Saint d t ty l as t. th e vacancy occasioned e:l:esentatif.n ot Ch e - ter, b y L or d C Rober t ti EsGTE i' ro ß ss lE r n t‘t o khe e C: ° s appointment to, the office of Trea surer ot her Majesty's Housel , old, was tided u. , by the imble lord's re-election, without opposition. There was n othing in the proceeding: Put of the common order. The hand-book to Liverpo4, • presented to Prince Al bert on t-he occasion O f hi„, sit, us.: that reeei.t'y pub lished by Mr. B. Smith, a neatly printed and heauttfuLy humid wt rk, not only of interest to %jailors. but equally important to residents. from toe originality and abund ance of information it cositatns. About 2.500 ► arrels of American flour. taken out of bond at Falmouth, last we. k. by Measr-. Fox and Co., of that. port, at the reduced du , y, were all disposed of in a few days, at 3 S. 61. pei barrel. in lots of not less than fifty barrels. This is equal to 435. 6,1. per satc.—Pfy mouth Herald. THUNDERSTORM AT CHICHESTER.—On Wednesday triornli.g, ab , ut r iue o'clock, a t.tar'ul Won& rstorni burst over Chichester and neighbourhood. A reaper, while hastening to a cottage for shelter with his sickle upon his should , r, was struck dead by the jog, his doilies having teen shrivelled up in an instahr, and his body pen seated a abotking appeariume.—Evening paper. 4 Au 2:. 11, IMO. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON COFij The past week's arrivals of English Wheat tor our markets coastwise, and by land carriage, were on a very limited scale, though of fair average quality. Of all other grain of home produce, as well as those from Ircland and Scotland, the re ceipts were scanty ; but from abroad onwards of 11,000 qrs. of Wheat, and 24,000 ditto of Oats, came fresh to hand. A moderate quantity of English Wheat came to hand from Essex and Kent ; yet the stands were by no means well filled with samples. The attendance of buyers being good ; the finest parcels commanded a steady sale, at fully, in sonic instances, a trifle beyond the currencies obtained on this day ae'nnight, while in the middling and inferior kinds, a fair average amount of business was passing, at late rates. _ A fair portion 'af the - English Wheat, say about one-thia, was of the present year's growth, and which pro:luceil from +Ss to 56s p9r quarter, and a good clearance was effected. In Foreign Wheat, the show of which was tolerably good, there was rather more doing; yet, notwithstanding the firmness on the part of the holders, we can notice no improvement in value. In Grain under lock we heard of no sales', hence prices were almost nominal. Several samples of new English Harley was on show, but the quality was very indifferent. The best old grinding parcels were quite as dear, but all other kinds were neglected. Superfine white Malt supported late rates; in all other kinds very few sales were concluded. Although we lia , l an immense quantity of free foreign, Oats on offer (the quality of which was inferior), the demand for English was steady, and prices were well maintained. The sate of Beans was rather dull, yet we can notice no alteration in value. Peas of all kinds moved off slowly, at previous rates. The Flour trade was very dull, at late rates. SMITHFIELD CATILE M %itKET.—YrwrpeanAv The arrivals of Beasts fresh upthis morning were seasonably large, though not quite so extensive as those reported on this day se'nnight. The attendance of buyers being numerous, and the weather more favourable to slaughterinz, the Beef trade was steady, and, in some instances, the quotations had an up ward tendency. Notwithstanding the numbers of Sheop were very extensive. the demand for that description of Stock was rather brisk, and last week's prices were firmly supported. In Lambs, the supply of which was good, a steady business was doing at late rat's. The Veal trade was dull, y•.!t prices ruled about stationary. Piss went off heavily at our quotations. CONCEKT AL)N,TIiE. T splendid Concert. the fist monslre of the season, and the last opportunity of his appea.i.,g io Liverpool, took place yesterday eveniug at the Z•• ,, tozieal'Gardens, and the very antrouncem nt of its bring for the benefit of this talen'el leader, drew an attendaoce of rink and fashion—indeed of all classes—such a= we never saw con gregat-d together at this delightful of amusement, the ot.m'ier ot persons amounting to near v tlitee housand. Amongst the orties present we observed Li tit..ool. Lord Wm. Patfe t, with other noblemen arid fiicers belonging to the garri on of the 68th regimen , ; Het wood Jimea, Esq ; J. Plumpton, E.aq. West D rbv,; Etlw,ri Little dale, E.l. and frends Haysvatd, E•q., lyn.ker. Ltn, don ; the Buenos Avrean Consul •, se- erat lealitog county and borough rnag , strates, with the eti'e of the Town of Liverpool - . and ifs neighbourhood. The ban-I had for this occaeinn Feet, considerably augmented by ill, aftaitiotuoi not only the leA ling professors of Liv-roool. hue of the efficient band of the 68th regiment, whose perm mancee" elicited suelvadentration during the Grand Bat.quet given at the 't own 1)311, on the occasion of Piece Albert's . visit. The Cont•ert took place in the new S 'mon. and jo in order to acz - tcomodate the great number o' performers,. the stiles of the proscenium were removed, to aiiow of an orawstra being erected spacious- enough to pertnit the proper arrangement of the performers r their re peutive leaders, the whole b,ing guided by the master spilt of the occasion, Mons. Jollien himself. At the I tie twat it is impossible tor u.. to offer any thing ilke criticism upon the whole of tie pi-ces in the programme. When we say, however, that tie united talent of the entice of the provinces; in ',looming which v u er t!expenseettha is s been spared to b e e e fosunadr in it theby M. t ir m i en orc h t‘ r wt: ere ever , if money can avail, he will secure it. at alt or any eosr,— seemed to feel and obey the magic of his hatoo with the same unerring precision observahle ire his :awn highly. trained corps, we have said suffi 'lent. Asoi.nest the pieces, however, we must enumerate Beethov: re's bymphony by The H hole band, which was • given wish a magnificent eff.ct, and the naval quadrilles delightful-Iv player'. Mons. ?rospete's ophecleide polo was worthy :if th.at great artiste Hod his remendous instrument. Mosis.Veust. nips.on the violin, surpassed himself, inspirited—as what performer ld e an e n m o h t I b a e 4 of admiring tt)P re e l t i l s r t e e e f r ssu.oepooivl-cFrrtilre:Niftiieep. splendidlre re g uems w eh a n s i awsh which a l l:: a h , a s s i n s i , a s d u e dheirsb own.—un r i v I a A l I e d t he power was e-pecially felt—his clear notes swelling out, as it leading the vast volume of 'sound at I;is , will. Mr. Rich,irdson's flute was also, as usual, unapproachable. The whole of these unrivalled pet forme, s were frequently app'autled during the evening. We understand chat M. Juilien, on leavisg• Liverpool, will visit 'Manchester with his whole ar.isttc -irength, where he purposes giving a,s3rand setecAon of she music of Beethoven. in the Free-trade Hall. From what we experienced last hiait, we do s•ot tiesstate to assure our neighbours of that town that' they have a ire t in store, which they would do well to avail the ins -Ives ot,.in hear ing toe splendid music of that fine compi•e7 given, as it wi 1 he, by a band so numerous, so talesittd, an officered, and so generalled, as that of M. Judie!). -FRIDAY. BETTING AT MANCHESTER ST. I.HGV.R to 1 nest Fancy Boy 1 Tbr Traverser t— -1 --- Doia- THR DlitilltY. 6 to I a g st Sir Tattoo Sykes (taken.) Pyrrhus the Piro. tuustaa Drucardo 15 to 1 on the Field Sir Robert and Lady Peel and faindy left town on Fri day last,tor I .rayton Manor, Staffordph re, for the season. Th , re is like.v to be a great scarcity of wo , ,r ehtne this sea,on on the Yu, kbbire moor - , 7141 dead in as they are f lar , e quantities. It in iy aff)rd the fa'r followera of fashion aline gratifi natio to learn that wove plaid fabrics are ent;raly dis. c irded br, , the aristocr itic circles, anl will he .u f , , rseded fur auto fill drei•e4 by Ca4orneres, of meat original and n eel desizn.—Morning Pa I. DISEASE AMONG CATTLE.—Throughout the entire of North Wales a distemper is raging amongst the cattle, p.irticularly kitte, in some places to a frightful ex tent, and for t e s;h e i l : y • u h ar , nc h ste it di h n erto, no cure hat been found. The cattle are seized with a low Lever, wWch, in the course of bo w a el f s ew are we se r u tu on a n, r s a o pi t d ha c t i e u v o. e u ry in t i h it in iT p ; as t s h e e s R r ev everEST ihruitgli.them without affiiriling the siti.ti t st nutrmeut to w lN as an E i S a T ot . e Yo R K ill H t l h a r the animal. at d death soon ensues.—Combrion ai—migte doubt country .when more grain was cut in the first week of August than in the present year. The gt.ner .1 , forward.- wli T et u il n th A e ness of tilt sea4on, the hot weather of the preeetih.g week, and the prostrating influence of the tremendous storm of Saturday and Sunday, have all contributed to this result; and the farmers seem actively engaged in most of the counties of the kingdom, in reaping their grain and set ting it upright in the stook,: to preserve it from further injury. —Leeds Mercury. Majesty the King of the Belgians, accompanied by Major -d'Hanins de Moerkerke, arrived by the Western Railway, at the terminus in the Royal C arenc a . yard, from Claremont, on Sunday evening, at forty mt.. notes pa. , five, en route to Os' orne House, .-(the Quen of the BAgians accompanied Q teen Victi•z;a on Ft Way.) Captain Lord Adol.ihus Frtzolari nee eonvryel his Ma jesty in the Qui en's barge to the Fairy, which imme q diately cast off from her mooring buoy, and glided Jekly out or harbour with the Belgic standard at her ribas , -11ad, under a rovalsatttte fr ,, m the ptattorrn battery; LIVERPOOL CATI I.E MARKET. We have had an average supply of Uea,ts a with tat eor no altcsation from our last •apply of sheep and Lambs was small— prices Reef sort it) rd per lb. ; Mutton ed to tid; Latui UG. 10. r mhtket to a Aid: higher. ) *lto fid. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Afro. 10. The tone of our market is not trtite so huoriot a- it was last ;reek ; in c nvequelice buyers h.,ve made their purchases ots somewhat easier terms., In this way 4aou bales have been sold. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Arc. 10. Wind At tin yhea 1, West. gentle nreez3 at ji m. ; ut I at noon, and W.S W. moderate off Holyhe d, at 7 a m. No i(8 Arlal at 6 p.m ~, ,,o rker, from Off the purt, at 638 p m .ch un,•rs. 2 ships, 4 barques, 4 brigs •nd,7 SG if PING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY. AUGUST lu.— Wind S.W. ' • ' ARR ivEn.—W,i.dsor Castle, Reed, from ,mhay—Ramnacito. Clues. from Hasana—John Curnmhig. D , u o a s. pan,,tna. Young. from New Orleans—Bri.ish Islvrebant, Prince. and Wa ve ley. r.inith, r m Mobile—fail Jones. and Feue ia. Hack stuff tr ,- ni New York ; sailed 16th July—Coverd,le, 'torn Mon- Li ' ti rro P tn "ina lrd 'e e ' ss P in a a r fE ns u , yo a y n , d I j .ees a" ,. frnl Qeh from o"..Gree m tGL E aIId - Kammer Townsend, Rom Alexandria. n t el tit e, cc—lsabella BRito,rsti id Cumberland. Power Awerson. for Bergen—Ge arena Jackson for QUe du3taret, for Maiauharn—Region► ral Washington. I.oave, for Mel-, for Sincripore- Pritnr se. Cross-, man s for Pillan -Julien Flzabe.h. for Tonsherg--- Uni4ue. Clarke. f , ,r Rio Grinde—Virginia, Caffiero, for riaple. r 1 Sarah, Chiller°, for Genoa LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATO MARKET. AUG.UST. 10, 1846 B. d. s. d. s. d. s. d' 0 0 IC 05- 0 j Flay. old 20?) .. o New 3 . iPotatoes. pgol Vetches Straw, Wheat Oat Bar ey Carrots o 2 0 24 O 4 0 34 0. 2 0 3 o o 0 0 o a Eton 0 0 -0 4 6- 6 Pink Ems, Cattle .. 0 0 0 Tim a a— 0 0 Manure T. I VERPOOL : TUESDAY, AUG. 11. 1846. PRINTED AND PUBLISI.ED TUESDAY MORNIN6 EVERY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53. Grnve.street, and LEONARD A DDNON, of It, Great Orford street. At No. 4, ST OPCOnnit . S CIRRSCHNT VlVRRrittif,. Orders awl Advertisements received by Messrs. Newton an Co Warwick-square ; Raker and White, Fleet atr ev l ilea-nn . Waihrook ; Reynell.Chancery-lane ; Charles Dar la Birchin-lane; Joseph Thomas, 1. Finch-lane, Cornhill; der; H mmond, '7. I,ornhard-street; Mite 'ell. a. Red court. Fleet-street; Lewis and Lowe. 3. 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