The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-19 00:00:00

TO C( PON DENTS g the time the Mary of the Commitf for the erection of the Pr but our contemporar cla s it "amongst the neatest structures of which Liverpool PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT, lip's communication ET)t Eibtrpoot tstanTiatt. MORNING, MAY 19, 1846 e whole s cof Canid not able to-day to reply to the query of " H. S." not been able t , read over the long letter of "J. C." e our correspondent can leave it with as for a day or Chu;ch, Canning-street, has written to us to say that sign fcr the building was furnished by Mr. J. A. Hen 1. We have not seen the bui!diog since it was com- stated that Her Majesty will accompany Llhert on his proposed visit to Liverpool, with her Royal presence the ceremony of le foundation-stone of the Sailors' Home. of July is named for the arrival of Her We shall, however, no doubt, in an hour put in possession of authentic information ihject, as the Mayor has received a coco on from his Royal Highness, which he will 3 at the special meeting of the Council this hall publish in a SECOND EDITION, Winch ready soon after eleven, the particulars of mornin Vir ais We TUESDAY London Times, of yesterday, contains a very illy written article on the subject of the strike building trades. Our contemporary enters into an elaborate explanation of the state of the law as it affects combinations of workmen generally, and after quoting the opinions of several of the judges on the subject, gives the enactment of the 6th Geo. IV., c. 129• - Under this statute, the Times (no mean authority) asserts with confidence that the "United Trades' Mutual Protection Society of Man chester, Salford, and their vicinities," might be sup pressed without difficulty, by criminal proceedings. We would ask our operiivi friends seriously to lay heart the advice tendered in the passage sub- the whole it will hardly be denied that these whether of employers or employed, and s they may be formed, are both im y highly injurious to the ey last they fester discon ditious and designing ital, and derange the sequential Whilst t f society Even a they are over,-ther end distrust, a remembrance of Aterness of fancied oppression, and of real injury—in short, a general kindly feelings of reciprocal reliance ‘- should never be absent from the - -n. We do not dispute the oine for purposes of defence. .ould never have been violated. ,ch with Adam Smith, and ad which every man has in his own 11 foundation of all property, so The patrimony of a strength and dexterity of his hands; -a employing this strength and dex t e thinks proper, without injury to n violation of his most sacred pro -. injury to his neighbour," however, sat be done; for it happens unfortunately that in hese combinations always do work injury to others, of to others only, but in a far greater degree ter or t rkmen to c st sacred and inviolable a plain w the important truth (press upon the minds of men who are now loitering in 1 ad to poverty, and too probably tottering on Let them not think too confidently ly removed a little distance, the word and their masters leness on a merely to riay come too 3ey offer themselves for work 1. Capital is like the stream 1 current will find its and still if cn. This is a Is ccounts attest - it act and no :. It is a and mar ter for th brought home to poverty and disgra misguided workmen. When it 3 wita all the attendant horrors of .hey will look upon us, who now vstem of combinations, as their rging upon the Legislature the claim I possessions for some protection for cts in the markets of the mother country, e more than once given expression Jo our anticipation that the opinions of a portion of the olonists of British America would be appealed to ad produced as a triumphant proof of the satisfac lu with which the entire population of that colony garded the ministerial plans. We were not mis- Such a demonstration in favour of Free been got up amongst the merchants of and -is thus referred to, as conclusive of n, by our leading Free Trade contempo- Colonii ..hester Guardian, whose remarks.we e in extenso When it was found English farmers were not a free trade in corn—when ncitements to agi'ation ad &red to renew their leases ban those they had been pre onists felt that they must look larm in some other quarter, and ere directed to Canada, where Mr. Isaac I other authorities promised them a most tory amount of disaffection in t made no re ed to them, but qu' ie first instance, The noble leader t Commons has consequently it the battle of protection almost Ind a very formidable picture tislaction, to result from the ministerial of ely on colonial ground; , s, his lordship pr ed to the house—to under- nd conduct, whether they re in-laws as a sufficient ground for .....ancing their allegiance. Fortunately the arrival of se Caledonia has put us in possession of some very clear nd satisfactory evidence on this point—evidence to which re conceive the legislature and the public of this country , will pay rather more attention than to the sinister predic tions of Mr. Isaac Buchanan or Lord George Beutinck, iowever strenuously urged, or however frequently re terated, through the press, or in parliament. "It appears from a supplement to the Montreal Herald 3f the 11th of April, that a public meeting of the inhabi of Montreal, including nearly all the leading tner iness in the city, was held on the 9th measures proposed by the govern heir probable effect upon the corn -1 position of the colony. Now, did these gentle d, denom ce the free trade measures of s ruinous to themselves, and subversive ountry I Did they threaten to were not allowed to enjoy Instead of ministerial measures. stand from their langt zard the repeal of the is and men of Int ril, to consider t' Robert Peel authority :e from Enl a monopoly in its - markets? By no means condemning they roved of it There was certainly some little difference of opinion as to the extent to which it was prudent to carry that expression of approbation ; but in the whole of the proceedings there was nothing like condemnation of the measures, or an ex pression of fear for their consequences to Canada." Before proceeding to consider the resolutions of the Montreal people, which the Guardian quotes so riumphantly, we must say a few words with re t to that portion of his article which relates to course taken by " Mr. Isaac Buchanan and t whom we may include Our contemporary says that Mr. Bu :I the protectionist party " a most amount of disaffection in the first in ''snlute among ourielve hanan promi aration eventually satisfactor 3 of Mr. - Buchanan's opinions .s a very unfair one. Mr. Buchanan knows too well, from personal experience, the devoted loyalty 3f the bulk of the Canadian people to give express fion to any sentiment which would imply a tendency in their minds to disaffection as the result of any tared ec measure of government displeasing to them. His assertions amounted to this, and to this only, that, under the operation of a system of perfett Free Trade established by the mother country, the ques )n would arise both in British America and at me, "what is the advantage of the existing con- You may call this the cities- on between us ?" - - tion of disaffected men; but it has been asked already in the British House of Commons by men who would not be very willing to lie under the imputation of disaffection or disloyalty. And it will be 'asked again, without such an imputation being cast upon the utterer. The thrifty politician will demur to the cost of defending or governing a pos session which our new policy has made, in all its commercial and industrial arrangements, a foreign soil; and British America will, with equal justice and without a hostile feeling towards us, refuse to be made the battle field upon which the quarrels of England with the United States shall be ever and anon contested. But let us see what is the slue of the resolutions The first which he which the Guardian quot ..;ts is the following:— " 2. That whilst this meeting has in view the ultimate tablishment of free trade in ill, colony, it nevertheless, f hereafter found necessary, will we its influence to en sure the continuance of such protective duties on our produce going into the markets of G rea t B r itain and as the imperirl parliament, in its wisdom and may now or hereafter see fit to enact for the welfare and prosperity of this country in the meantime, however, this meeting is of opinion the dangers appre hended from the change of system, m a y on l y b e met b y a wise and timely adjustment of depending interests to suit the altered circumstances of her relations with the mother country." Is this an utter repudiation of the doctrine of Protection ? Why it absolutely tertinn to the mnthPr entintry I .ontemplates Pro enlnnial interests I peculiarly. It points moreover to arrangements im peratively required to be made to avert the danger to colonial interests anticipated as the result of our resent policy. The very next passage quoted by the Guardian points to one of those arrangements which is a kind of retort upon the Free Traders of the mother country, and is, moreover, precisely the course which "Mr. Buchanan and other authori ties" laid down as that which would be adopted by these colonies, and which would ultimately bring about separation from Great Britain. We give the "3. That, in order to render the application of Free Trade principles thoroughly effec ual, it is necessary to embrace them In all their comprehensiveness in this co lony ; that protection and regulation in every form should be repudiated, and the commerce of the colony approxi mated as nearly to perfect freedom as the exigencies of the public revenue will permit." Clearly this is not a declaration which ought to be very consolatory to the manufacturing interest, of which the Guardian is the especial organ. Our colonists are about to withdraw the protection, hitherto afforded in their markets, to the woollens, the cottons, the silks, the hardware, and other pro ductions of British industry, and to admit the products of other countries to a participation in their supply. The coarse fabrics of the United States are to cross the frontier, and enter into the consumption of the Canadas free from the imperial duty at present levied upon them; and thus a tie— the tie of increased commercial intercourse—is to be established between two countries hitherto estranged from and jealous of each other, which may ultimately lead to a still closer connexion. The imports of the Canadas are no longer to be drawn exclusively from the mother country, to he carried in British bottoms, to employ British capital and British industry. These merchants and others of Montreal tell us that they are about to become, commercially, an independent people; and we ask the Guardian to tell us how we are to prevent them becoming, politically, an independent nation, or a state of the neighbouring republic, which is pre pared, and will readily grasp at the opportunity to bring them within the confederation. We have warned the Legislature and the public against placing too much dependence upon any expression of opinion which might come to us from these very parties, whose resolutions the Guardian thinks are entitled to such vast weight. The mer chants and inhabitants of Montreal are not the Canadian people. Their interests are not Canadian interests. 'They are not entitled, above all, to be considered as the exponents of either the opinions or the wishes of the agricultural people of Canada West, by far the most important interests in these colonies. Happily, these very resolutions afford us confirmation of the views which we have all along expressed, and shadow very clearly the motives by which the parties to them are actuated. We give the next resolution to enable our readers to trace these motives with us : "4. That as a preliminary measure, it is highly ie sirable, nay indispensable, to obtain the immediate and total repeal of all duties, imperial and provincial, on the importation of American wheat, provisions, and corn generally, as by this means a large share of the carrying trade of the produce of the western states may be secured to Canada, by the St. Lawrence, and will have become a trade of some standing when the three years to which our modified protection in the home market is limited, is ex pired ; and further, that the repeal of these duties may be . . stances, they do not , in the opinion of this meeting, afford any protection to the colonial agriculturist 'inasmuch as the prices obtainable for the - surplus produce of the country rezulate the general price of the producer], whilst, at the same time, they present one of the greatest ob. stacles to our successfully competing with the United States in the clnveyance of the produce of the interior to a port of shipment, or a market for consumption." The whole question is here resolved into a mer- cantile question. The merchants of Montreal want the carriage and the forwarding of the Western States of America ; and the interests of the agri culturists of Canada West are as nothing in the balance,as compared with the carrying out of this great object The Guardian concludes his article with the fol- lowing cool assumption : " We trust that the proceedings of this meeting will put an end to the foolish cry about the dissatisfaction and probable loss of the North American colonies." • We can assure him, however, that the proceedings of this meeting will effect no such thing ; and, for the very best reason, that they are not conclusive with respect to the opinions of the people of Canada. If the Guardian had not been a little disingenuous, he would probably have SEEN, and conveyed to his readers, the following very opposite story, contained in a memorial addressed to the throne, by the merchants and others of Quebec, and which came out for presentation by the Caledonia : " Hum . b!) , showeth,Z-That your petitioners view with serious alarm the measures introduced by your Majesty's ministers in the Imperial Parliament, affecting, as they do, the principal exports of your Majesty's possessions in British North America, by encouraging other nations more favourably situated to enter into successful compe tition with them. "That the long and tedious navigation of the St. Law rence, the shortness of the shipping season, and the dan gers of the coast, especially in the months of October and November, add materially to freights and insurances, and render successful competition with the foreigner, either in corn or timber, a matter of great difficulty, and of utter impossibility. That although a protection of 245. is now granted on the timber provinces, the freights from the Baltic average 17s. 6d. per !oad, while those from Canada average 38s. 9d., making a difference in favour of the producer in the north of Europe of 21s. 3d. per load, and when insurance is considered, making the protection now given a mere equivalent to the difference of freight. Moreover, should the furthercontemplated reduction of.ss. in 1847. and ss. in 1848 take place, giving a direct boon to this extent to the foreign producer, who, in comparison to the colonist, gives little encouragement to the British manufacturer. " That the effect of the changes in the tariff in the port of Liverpool has been to increase the foreign tonnage em ployed in carrying deals and timber upwards of 300 per cent. since 1842, while the British shipping employed in the same trade with these colonies has only increased to the same port about 30 per cent. ; and that if such are the effects of the modifications in 1842, the inevitable result of further relaxation will be ruinous to both the British shipowner and colonists. " That, independenly of the encouragement given to the North of Europe to compete with your Majesty's Colonial possessions in North America, the effect of the changes now referred to will be to add another compe tition, namely, the United States of America, especially in the article of pitch pine, (resembling the red pine of the colonies, but superior to it,) staves, and oak timber, the produce mostly, if not entirely, of slave labour. " Your petitioners most humbly pray that your Ma jesty will consider favourably their petition, and allow the duties to remain as they now are—viz,. 25s on foreign timber, and l s on colonial ; that your Majesty will cause to be levied a duty on staves, as this article affords con stant employment to colonial shipping on the inland lakes; and further, that no alteration be made in the duties on sawed timber, which, if altered as contemplated, will ruinously affect many who have embarked large capi tal in the erection of saw mills, under the impression that, in any change of duties, the situation of these provinces, their distance from their mother country, the immense employment they give to British shipping, and their being such large consumers of British mmufactures, would be duly considered, and that protection equivalent to the difference of freight would at least be guaranteed to them, as even then, they only meet the foreign pro ducer in the home markets on equal terms. " That to a system of wise and judicious protection your Majesty's empire is indebted for its proud attitude among the nations of the earth ; and the present position of your Majesty's colonial possessions, is mainly attri buted to the same source. _ _ _ " Wherefore your petitioners most humbly pray that your Majesty will not sanction the contemplated modifi cations in the tariff on wood goods; and your Majesty's petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray." This document ought to he quite as conclusive as the Montreal resolutions, which the Guardian quotes with such an air of triumph. We can scarcely conceive that our 'contemporary, if aware of its existence, would have suppressed all mention of it ;_ at all events, in pure kindness, we give him the benefit of the doubt. We presume it is because the public mind is oc cupied with the important questions connected with the Commercial policy of the country, that blow af ter blow is levelled at the Constitution and against its Protestant character, without even the semblance of any popular dissatisfaction. Perhaps it is in part also that we are amazed at the tergiversation of pub lic men that we cannot find language or leisure to express our feeiings with respect to the measures which they propound to us. The Bills of Lord Lyndhurst in one House and Mr. Watson in the other would, ii proposed whilst we were unoccupied with the consciousness of betrayal and outrage upon our feelings on the part of the Government and of Parliament, have aroused a storm of indignation throughout the land. They fall upon us now as disasters predicted and expected. There is no protest against them, although they tend to sweep away the last relics of Protestantism from the national character. Another bill, however, the Cha ritable Trusts Bill, we did expect to have stirred the phlegm of our population, inasmuch as it pro poses to set up one of those unconstitutional tribu- THE LIVERPOOL CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY against the existence of which Englishmen in all times been the foremost to lift up their voice. Yet we find not a step taken, or a word The annual meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary to th Church Missionary Society was held yesterday in uttered, against that bill. We give the following theatre of the Collegiate Institution, and although the description of it from the Church and State Gazette : weather was most unfavourable there was a large and "If the Charitable Trusts Bill should bring within its respectable assembly, the lower gallery and the body of reach the great societies which regulate the church--such the hall being filled. as the Society for Propagation of Christian Knowledge, Shortly after eleven o'clock the Worshipful and Rev. the Church Building Society, the National Society, Henry Raikes, Chancellor of the Diocese, took the chair, &c., all of which receive legacies on trust—it will become and the platform was speedily crowded by clergymen. T an instrument of overwhelming power. The commis- The worshipful CHAIRMAN then proceeded briefly to sioners will have more power over England than the Poor open the business of the day. He observed that very few Law Commissioners. A bill for the compelling the remarks were necessary from him to explain the nature publication of charities may do good ; but, unless of the business to be transacted, because it was satisfac its powers are most accurately defined, the commis- tory to know that all present must be well acquainted sioners will have a terrible rule over church mat- with the nature and objects of the Church Missionary ters; and, through them, the administration of the day. Society, and their presence that morning, under such un- The authority of the Poor-Law Commissioners does not favourable circumstances, showed the deep interest they extend beyond England ; hut it may be that the authority felt for its welfare. From the very nature of the society of the Charitable Trusts Bill may extend over the whole it was manifest it must go on prosperously, for every suc habitable globe, and wherever the legacies to the societies cessive year extended its influence, and produced a reach. Surely this is a power that ought to be vetted in better acquaintance with the heathen world. (Hear.) G parliament only. If the practice of establishing commis_ God bad given much success to their labours, and if they sions—that is, perpetual commissions—is to be extended, looked to him for his blessing they would be stimulated the real power of the empire will be drawn to them, and to come forward with renewed energy. He concluded through them, to the existing Ministry, who may, at their with calling on the Rev. H. Carpenter, who opened the pleasure, create or dissolve, and pay and influence, all meeting with prayer. such bodies." The rev. gentleman then read the report of the com ittee. Why do not Englishmen bestir themselves to pre- m This document, after noticing the Divine blessing which has vent the passing of such a Bill ? One would ima., attended the society's operations, remarked on the promising m state ore o thanf gine that the mere facts here stated, independent ofcon verts t S s o t u h t e h r e e r alndia. doubled, During an little its operation upon local charities, would be sufficient the last year in that mission no fewer than 68 0 souls were con to raise a torrent of opposition against it. But, n years verted to Christ iani• y. This desire for Christian instruction has alas, we seem to have fallen into the " slough of des- B hopno i f n r a e c a l r s i a n s g , a a ft t e i d r awie)ehrsaovneatihiensrepcercitridoend of P the labours h o e f pond." We seem waiting for some measure, which the missionaries in that region, that almost any number of faithful ministers would be immediately engaged, and each is to upset the powers of human patience. would find himself surrounded by 1500 or 2uoo attentive in quirers. In reference to Kishnaghur, in Northern India, the Archdeacon of Calcutta writes, after visiting several stations of our missions there, " At every station it did my heart good to see what was going on." In Western Africa, within the last eight years, seven new churches have been erected, all of which are filled every Sabbath with devout worshippers. The society's labours in New Zealand, the West Indies, North West America, Cei lon, British Guiana, China, at the Himalaya Moun tains, not far from the banks of the Sutledj, have been greatly blessed. With regard to the society's finances, there is a de ficiency in the amount contributed this year as compared with the year before of £2701. The total amount received last year was £102,458, and in the preceding year it was £105,247. But of the deficiency £2OO ) comes under the head of legacies, al ways a fluctuating source of income. There is also a deficiency in the amount received by the Liverpool Auxiliary. In the year before last the Auxiliary received £2199 16s. 9d., while this year only £lB7l 15s. gd. have been received, showing a falling off of £328. A considerable portion of this deficiency in Liver pool is to ae traced to the absence of special donations, and to other causes not indicating, it is hoped, any diminution of interest in the society. The report concluded by referring to the principles of the t hurch Missionary Association, as a faithful teacher of Evangelical truth, and a faithful witness against Romish error. The great Protestant principles for which our Reformers died at the stake have, from the first, guided the ,ociety, and from these, with the Divine blessing, the society is TESTIMONIAL OF. ESTEEM TO THE REV. CHARLES MARSHALL, OF ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH, TOXTETH-PARK. On Tuesday evening last, a meeting of a majority of the Sunday-school telchers connected with the above church was held in Toxteth Hall, Mill-street, (Mr. Hunton in the chair,) for the purpose of presenting the above-named rev. gentleman with a mark of their appro bation on his relinquishing the curacy of St. Thomas's, after a memorial having been unanimously signed by the congregation to appoint him to the vacant incumbency. Not having been successful,;he retired from the scene of his labours in the park, where he has been engaged for the last eighteen months, with the good wishes of thou sands of the poor, towards whom he has acted, in spiritual and temporal matters, in the most Christian-like and be coming manner. _ _ The testimonial consists of a handsome silver ink-stand, in the centre of which is a wafer-stand, richly surmounted with the "figure of Innocence sitting under a tree," and on each side two superbly glass inkstands on a beautifully elevated tray, on feet and raised edges, on which is the following inscription :—" Presented to the Rev Charles Marshall by the teachers of St. Thomas's Church Schools. May 12th, 1846." The reverend gentleman has also been presented with numerous valuable presents from indivi dual members of the coneregation. _ _ revolved never to swerve. The Rev. J. H. STEWART moved the adoption of the report, and the appointment of officers for the ensuing year ; and, in doing so, drew attention to the fact of the anniversary meeting of the Parent Society, held in Lon don last week, being more numerously attended than usual, and to the animation which prevailed, as indicative of increased exertion in behalf of the missionary cause. At that meeting there were four bishops, several noble men, several members of parliament, and a host of the most influential clergy; and he trusted the noble example set in the metropolis would not be lost upon Liverpool, but that the merchants and influential persons in this town would come forward and give a tone to their proceedings. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. R. DAVIES, secretary to the Parent Society, seconded the motion in a lengthy and eloquent address. He said it afforded him exceeding pleasure to return to Liverpool after so long an absence, to endeavour to excite an interest amongst them in behalf of the heathen, now perishing_for lack of knowledge. There were many The Rev. Gentleman deli;ered a very feeling and ani mated address on the occasion, in the course of which he urged all his hearers to persevere in the maintenance of those great Protestant principles which it had been his duty to instil into them, and which it should be his pride and pleasure to continue to defend throughout the re mainder of his earthly career. After the following hymn (selected by a committee of the teachers for the occasion) had been sung, the meeting separated, taking farewell of their beloved and much respected pastor:— Thou messenger of Christ, His sovereign voice obey Arise and follow where he leads, and peace attend thy way The Master whom thou serv'st will needful strength bestow Depending on His promised aid, with sacred courage go. Mountains shall sink to plains, and hell in vain oppose : The cause is God's and will prevail, in spite of all thy foe Go, spread a Saviour's fame, and tell his matchless grace rea sons to bless God for the success which had attended the efforts of the Church Missionary Society. He could fully bear out all that Mr. Stewart had said respecting the interest exc We wish thee, in ills name, the most divine success ; Assur'd that He who sends thee forth will all thy labours bless ed in London at the last meeting of the so ciety, a'td be had just been told by Dr. Tattershall that he had intended to be present, but the crowd was so great that he could not get within six yards of the door of Exe ter Hall. If they looked back for a few years at the gra dually increasing progress the society had made, they would find abundant cause for thankfulness to God ; and whether they looked to the state of its funds or the num ber of persons now ready to engage in its service as mis sionaries, they would find that the expectation of its friends had been greatly surpassed. (Cheers, and hear, hear.) For the first four years of its existence, the chief object of the society was to endeavour to obtain mission aries, and for that purpose they had correspondence with the clergy in various parts of the country ; but all their efforts were unsuccessful, and the first missionaries sent out were two Lutherans, from Germany; and now, although there had been a great increase in the number, yet the supply was by no means equal to the demand. (Hear, hear.) A great improvement, too, had taken place in the qualifications of the missionaries. The rev. gentleman then mentioned the case of two clergymen who had left this country during last year, the superior qualifi cations they possessed, and prospects they had given up for the purpose of engaging in the work. Again, in a financial point of view, the society was abundantly pros pering ; and this. he said, notwithstanding the slight falling off which appeared in the report. (Hear, hear.) For many years, its income did not exceed a few hundred pounds, but for several years past it had exceeded £lOO,OOO. (Cheers.) In the year 1815 or or 1816, • the itev. Josiah Pratt, one of the secretaries of the society, said be should not be surprised if he lived to see the day whenitsincome reached £20,030, and the present Bishop of Calcutta, rather more sanguine, said it might reach £50,000. The Rev. Thomas Scott, who had preached the first anniversary sermon in its behalf, thought that at some time, though far distant, natives might be so far taught as to be admitted to holy orders. So far had all these expectations been exceeded, than the income of the society more than doubled the most sanguine expecta tion. and he was happy to add, that there were ten native missionaries in holy orders, of whom the highest testi mony was borne to the success and usefulness of their la bours. The rev. gentleman then proceeded to notice the operations of the society in various parts of the world, and the new fields for missionary enterprise which were opening in the Punjaub and China. In the latter country there were three hundred and sixty millions of people ready to receive the gospel. The utmost toleration was now allowed in that country, but it was a sorrowful fact, that there was at present only one missionary, in con nection with the society in the whole of that extensive empire. The speaker then urged on the meeting the ne cessity of exertion in behalf of the finances of the society, and mentioned several pleasing instances attending con tributions to it. A clergyman, residing in Norfolk, made it a point to contribute £5OO every year, and he had sent to the institution upwards of £6,000. (Hear, hear.) Lately, an artillery officer presented to it the sum of £7O, which, be said, he had received as his share of the prize money from the Chinese war. On Thursday last, a gentleman, not very well dressed, called at the office in London, and asked to see one of the secretaries. He saw Mr. Venn, and handed to him seven Bank of England notes for £lOO each. Mr. Venn asked his name, but he walked away, observing that they would do very well without it. The notes were all good. (Loud cheers.) The rev. gentleman concluded with an eloquent appeal in behalf of the society, and sat down amid loud cheers. The Rev. R. HUGHES, Rector of Aberystwith, sup ported the motion, in a speech of some length. The Rev. Dr. BYRTH, Rector of Wallasey, proposed the next resolution. The Church Missionary Society stood upon the distinct recognition of 'the necessity of Divine grace, and if it had done nothing more by the recognition of this principle in connection with the Church of England, it had conferred a great favour upon this country as a nation. It appeared to him that the society was not yet sufficiently appreciated. He could not contrast what it had done with what it ought to have done, without coming to that conclusion. (Hear, hear.) Was it not very strange that the government of the world—and England had a large share of it—was it not strange that they did not properly appreciate such a society? Again, how did it happen that merchants did not appreciate its value? Apart from any religious consideration, -the missionaries would be the best pioneers to open out fields for com merce where it is now unknown. (Hear, hear.) But the literary men of the world had not done what they ought to have done in its behalf; nor had it been properly appre ciated even by the clergy and the members of the church generally. For himself he was willing to acknowledg that he had not sufficiently appreciated it and should be glad to give a proof of his intention to be more earnest in its behalf for the future. The Church Missionary Society stood prominently forward among the nations of the earth as the great character and genius of the Churchof England. {Loud cheers.) It brought the great doctrines of the Church always essentially before those amongst whom its missionaries went—the doctrines of her articles—the doc trines of her formularies—the doctrines of her homilies— the doctrines of her pulpits—the doctrines of her martyrs —tbe doctrines of Christ, of a full and free salvation through the blood of an incarnate Redeemer, applied by divine grace. (Loud cheers.) The Church Missionary Society, therefore, demands a higher appreciation— a more energetic support—from all classes in the Church of England than it had ever yet received. (Continued We understand that the Rev. Mr. 1 - Inches, of Aberyst. with, is to preach in Welsh, at St. David's Church, in this town, to-morrow (Wednesday) evening. . _ The anniversary of the Guernsey Auxiliary to the So ciety for Promoting Christianity among the Jews was held on Monday last. The Rev. Thomas Nolan of this town wps one of the deputation. A meeting of scripholders in the North Western Rail way was held at Manchester, on Saturday, Hugh Hornby, Esq., in the chair. The directors were authorised to pro ceed with tha bill. On Thursday night, the Earl of Powis presented a pe tition for the immediate appointment of a Bishop of Man chester, and against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, from the congregation of St. Martin's Church, in this town, and a similar petition from Toxteth-park. . . UTTERING BASE HALF-CROWNS.---At the Police Court yesterday, a man in the garb of a mechanic was charged with uttering bad half-crowns to several shop keepers and dealers. Three or four of the base coin were produced. H e was remanded for further evidence. LIBERAL DON ATION.—We are happy to hear that the handsome sum of £5O was yesterday forwarded to the treasurer of the Liverpool Auxiliary of the Church Mis sionary Association, being a contribution to the funds of the Society from a member of the Presbyteri,ln Church in this town. At a meeting of the Liverpool and Preston, and Man chester and Southport Railways shareholders at Man chester, en Saturday, it was determined to proceed with the bill. The chairman, R. A. Thicknesse, Esq. said the assents represented more than five-sixths Of the whole number of shares. We beg to call the attention of our readers to an adver tisement in this day's paper of two sermons to be preached for the Church Missionary Society by the Rev. Hugh Stowell and the Rev. F. Close. In another part of our paper we have given a report of the interesting meeting yesterday, and the collections in the various churches, on Sunday, as far as we have been able to ascertain their amounts. ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The opening cruise, for the yachts to sail round the light-ship and back, will take place on Saturday. They start from New Brighton, at eleven in the morning"; and, if the weather should prove favourable, a pleasant day may be anticipated. The Edith, 70 tons ; the Psyche, 60 tons ; Fenella, 50 tons ; Osprey, 45 tons, a new yacht ; the Vision, just launched at Poole ; the Leda, Leander, Seagull, Gem, Peterell, Jane, and other yachts, are expected to join in the day's excursion. The vessels will sail under the broad pendant of the commodore. The first club sailing match of the season will take place on the sth June. The prizes are very elegant, full particulars of which we shall be able to give in our next. CAUTION TO LODGING-1101)SE KEEPERS.—Yesterday, at the Police Court, a shabby•genteel young man, named Wm. M`Kay, was charged by Mr. Jonathan Downham with having gone to his house (in his absence) in quest of lodgings, and on a promise of calling again when his re ferences were inquired into, taking advantage of the mo mentary advantage of Mrs. D., pocketting a silver per forated ladle, which was immediaetly missed. When seized, the article was found in his possession. Several other parties, whom the prisoner had treated in a similar manner, appeared against him. A flute was produced which he had purloined from one lodging-house; and a book from another; both of which were identified by the owners. Another, to whom he had paid a visit with the same object, had missed a silver spoon and a pair of sugar tongs. A box bad also been stolen from a house in Rod ney-street, supposed by the prisoner ;• and from another house an umbrella. It appeared that the prisoner had been in the practice of scouring the town on the pretence of taking lodgings, and had seized hold of and carried off whatever was within his reach when he was unobserved. The evidence was taken so far, preparatory to his trial at the sessions. _ _ CHARGE AGAINST A PRIEST OF OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.-At the Police Court, yes terday, a welt-dressed gray-headed man, named Robert Swaine, but who had latterly assumed the name of Staf ford Swaine, (the first being that of his mother) was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having ob tained various sums of money from different parties, os tensibly for the re- building of a new chapel and priory, at (we believe) a town in Ireland called Minot y. A woman named Mary Parker, and several other parties had been applied to by the prisoner for donations towards the ject stated,which he obtained. It appeared that the prisoner was a suspended Roman Catholic Priest. Dr. Kelly, of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Chapel stated that he believed the prisoner had no authority whatever from his superior to collect money for such an object, and that a letter found, with others, upon him, purporting to be written by. Dr. Sharpies, the Homan Cotholic bishop, and authorising him to collect money, was not in the handwriting of that gentleman. Another Roman Catholic clergyman in the court expressed a similar opinion. On the prisoner were found a book, with a heading or prospectus, as prefaratory to the names of donors for the object stated, and holding out to subscribers certain religious advantages that would accrue to them alter the lapse of a twelvemonth. This book contained the names of many respect a bl e p ar ti es i n this town and neighbourhood, with sums appended as if sub scribed, but a considerable number of these were fictitious, they not having contrituted, and those who had done so were, of course, imposed upon. Dr. Kelly stated that the prisoner on being suspended, was required by his supe rior, in order to purge him of the offence he had com. mitted to do penance by a residence of twelve months at a priory in Rome, or some other part of the continent ; but he had not, it appeared, done so. The prisoner, on being asked what he had to say, stated at some length that he had resided for twelve months at (as we under stood him) Mount Henry, and that wishing to be rein stated as a priest he had come to this town to solicit sub scriptions, with a "view to the rebuilding of the delapi dated chapel and priory of Millory. He added, that he had not made use of the letter purporting to he from Dr. Sharples, or of the names of the parties in the subscription book who had not paid, but had merely written them as memorandums; but this admission only impressed his hearers with a conviction that fraud had been perpetrated. Mr. Rushton sent for Dr. Sharpies, the Roman Catholic vicar apostolic of the district, who pronounced the document purporting to be written by him to be a forgery. There was :also a letter from a Mr. Maddock, a clergyman, also supposed to be a forgery. Amongst the witnesses against the prisoner was Mr. Richard Shiel, whose name appeared in the list of donors, and who it appeared had been imposed upon by the pri soner some three years ago. Mr. Rushton, after what was stated by Dr. Sharples, committed the prisoner to gaol for three months under the vagrancy act. The advertisement of Mr. C. Wilmer, announcing the reduction of the price of the Daily News, for which he is agent, will be found elsewhere. cheers.) The key. Canon STOWELL on rising to second the mo tion was received with loud cheers. He had no reason to pledge himself as the last speaker had done not to occupy their time at any length, for time did not permit. He had to leave by the next train, the railway would not wait, and although the meeting was certainly not a cold one, yet the room was certainly of that description, and there fore it was necessary for the health of some that they should not he detained much longer. He could bear his testimony, too, to the deepened feeling which now existed in behalf of the Church Missionary Society. He felt it pervade his own mind, and he had no doubt it extended to others. The society by its exertions amongst the hea then produced a reflex benefit upon our native land. He conceived the organzation of the society a most impor tant epoch in the history of the church. It did not origin ate a Christian spirit in the church, but it tended to stimulate and strengthen a Christian spirit amongst its members and therefore it was a blessing to the land , for in individuals as in Churches if they became lifeless in their principles: God would withdraw from them the light they already had. Christianity was like water, it must be kept floe, ing or it became stagnant and filthy. So it was with the Gospel in the Church of Christ—it was to be kept Hawing or it would lose its vitality. (Cheers.) It was only thus that the Church could boast of its apostolic succession. Its conduct during the days of the Apostles was onward, and those who relied upon Apostolic succes sion in any other way than this were building with the dead stones of human artifice instead of the polished and living stones prepared by the Spirit of God. (cheers.) The most Apostolic thing in this world was a truly Gospel sermon, atl' this, whether preached in a church, or from a pulpit, f or i n ,,d on a rock, having the canopy of heaven for a or beneath the shade of a green tree. (Laud f ) He woula venture to assert that there had been hed upon a rock, on the mountain's side, W sermons t., or in the wi g,,,,,:n of an Indian, more evangelical than im -ached in the most polished pulpit ever had been oyed, or that ever was restored. puritanism ever degh (Loud cheers.) The Church of England, in her ut the world, was the real missionary character thtotip.: and the Church Mis representative of the refortiN, q ' na 't apostolic as well as sionary Society appeared in her ti 24.. her most catholic aspect, when she. -vas extending her spel to borders and sending forth the everlasting tt.. nations yet in darkness. (Loud cheers') • Ar.lother cha heathen racteristic of it was, that it tended to bring t,.,. heathen world and the different members of the church info . fe11.0.w,7 ship, one with another; not merely into that unity' produces little more than uniformity, but into that of brotherhood, that spirit of Christianity, wifict animates the Church Missionary Society. (Applause.) They who bad assembled that day were witnesses that what bound them together was the common cause of their God and Saviour to promote the eternal welfare of fellow-mortals. (Hear, hear.) There were some present who might be considered chroniclers of the past genera tion. Their venerable chairman was the representative of a generation which had passed away. He was con nected with some of the earliest founders of th society and he trusted he might long live to bear his testimony amongst them to the labours of its earliest supporters. (Loud cheers.) He was a witness that in the early period of its existence there were few such gatherings as this, and that which had recently taken place in London. Some, however, objected to their proceedings, because there was excitement. Why, were not our soldiers ex cited ? Was there not excitement amongst our sailors when they were expecting to be engaged? We had seen a good deal of excitement in Parliament only the other day. Was there not excitement on our Exchange when stocks were up, or the market was good, and was it not right, then, to be excited to the immeasurably higher ob jects affecting the eternal welfare of man ? (Cheers.) Was it right that they should be excited merely as regarded earthly objects, and when, as Christians, they saw the whole world lying in wickedness, no holy zeal should burn in their breast as Britons? (Applause.) If the excitement which animated the first founders of the society had been merely an ephemeral excitement, it would long since have died away. There could be no con tinued flame, unless there was something solid for it to feed upon. Not long ago the prospects of the society were most cheering. It was thought this institution was going far towards harmonising the brethren throughout the church, but there arose a party in Oxford who would have union on other than Christian grounds. (Hear, hear.) At the time referred to he could recollect numbers of the clergy were coming forward to join the society, and the church of England was becoming happy, harmonious, and as one man. Many were now set up in opposition; but the spectacle of the heathen world was now exhibiting to them how brethren could dwell together in unity. (Cheers.) He recollected, when a young man on his way to college, being in Liverpool during a severe storm. He saw the docks full of vessels which were driven against each other with such force as to be likely to stave each other's sides in. He was enjoying the scene with all the ardour of youth under the shelter of a wall, to prevent his being blown own, when a Jack Tar came up and remarked that it was a pity the vessels were pent up in the dock, where they were doing injury to each other ; for if they were out at sea, there would be no such danger, and they should not come near each other, except to ask " how fares it with you ?" So it was with religion at home. They were in danger of knocking each other to pieces; but when they went forth as brethren against the common enemy of mankind, on the broad field of heathen they never came near each other unless it were to ask how they fared, and to wish each other good luck in the name of the Lord. (Loud cheers.) The way, too, in which missionary exertions tended to open out commerce, was a subject to which too little attention had been directed. it was one of the most touching and interesting passages in our history, to contrast the pro gress of colonization. The way in which they had acted was apparent in what was now going on in New Zealand. (Hear, hear.) What had Christianity done ? It gas gravely predicted that whoever went there as a missionary would soon be found in the belly of the Ca nibals. What, however, was the result ? Missionaries did go, and they succeeded in placing that land under the sway of Queen Victoria, not, however, by the conquering sword of the warrior, but by the peaceable fruits of Chris tianity. Then what did colonization do ? She followed and turned the whole island upside down. It had injured the natives and robbed them of their property, and now bloodshed reigned where before all was peace and happi ness. It had treated the natives as briers and thorns to be cut up and hewn down, but the object of the Missionary Society was to fulfil the prophecy of Isaiah—to turn the brier into the myrtle, and the wilderness into a fruitful field. (Cheers.) The rev. gentleman then re ferred to the contributions from Manchester and Liver pool, and observed that there had been some rivalry be tween the two towns as to which should contribute most to its funds, and if Liverpool did not take care, Manches ter would beat th-m. The latter was somewhat confined to its large brick buildings in its operations, but the Li verpool merchant had the whole world for his field, and therefore, he thought, had more opportunity for extensive usefulness. But Manchester had sent out as many mis sionaries as Liverpool. He thanked God that three of his own flock were labouring abroad as missionaries. There was something in the constant contact with a seafaring life which presented to the mind a love of travel. Let their minds only be sanctified and hallowed, and then young men, instead of going abroad to see the world, or in search of lucrative situations—in search of the shining dust which is of no value in the hour of death—would seek an infinitely more noble wealth than ever was exhi bited on their exchange. He confessed he could not help a blush from suffusing his face when he heard it stated that the Church Missionary Society had only one repre sentative in the Chinese empire. What was Rome doing ? Did she leave the ground to be unoccupied? No ! She had her sixty or seventy Jesuits spread over the face of the country. What was Liverpool doing ? He thought it was distinguished for its Protestantism, and yet they could not erect a college for education of a scriptural character, but a reptile Jesuitical institution must be erected in the same neighbourhood —a poor imitation of it. (Loud cheers, and hear, hear.) The Church of Rome like a great snake was busily employed encircling the church in its folds, intending to crush it and with it all our liber ties, boht_ social and civil ; but by the help of th e Lord it never shall be. (Loud cheers.) It was not merely . the Church of Christ which they had to defend but our own liberties—our own glory as a nation. (Cheers.) Were there any young men present willing to go out to the heathen world as missionaries ? Were there any present ready to recruit for the army of the faithful ? He had no doubt there were hundreds in this town who would be delighted with cadetships in India, though they had to step into the places of those whose blood dyed the waters of the Sutlej. (Cheers.) How was it that the honor which came from man was so eagerly sought af ter when that which would endure for ever—the honour which came from above was comparatively neglected? How was it that man should desire a place in the records of fame of this world when he was regardless of the fame which would be recorded in the imperishable records of heaven, and heedless of an honour which should live through the revolving ages of eternity. (Applause.) Another field for missionary enterprise was opened in the Punjaub. He had lately had an opportunity of break fasting with the good bishop of Calcutta whom he was thankful to be able to say was about returning to India with renovated health and renewed energy of mind, to lay, as he said, his bones in his EpiscOpate. His lordship told him that when sailing on the waters of the Sutlej, as he viewed the vast plains of the Punjaub, he said to himself, " I take possession of the Pun jaub in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ." How little did he think at that time that he was uttering a pro phecy which was so soon to be fulfilled. Now the whole country was open to him, and should God open out a country to them, and would they not occupy it?— (Applause.) He hoped the Christian friends present that morning would give such a contribution as would enable Mr. Davies to return to the parent society, and to say that Liverpool had commenced a subscription which would meet the wants of China and India. (Loud cheers.) The resolution, having been put from the chair, was unanimously adopted. A collection was made during the singing of " All hail the power of Jesu's name" ; after which, the Worshipful Chairman most pathetically delivered the apostolical be e I nediction, and the meeting separated. The following are the amounts received, on Sunday, at the various churches mentioned : £ s. e.. 25 2 11 5 0 4 67 0 0 31 3 7 50 0 0 14 5 2 20 0 0 24 10 0 95 0 0 3 0 0 21 0 0 109 2 8 30 0 0* 31 0 0 11 0 0 5 7 6 30 0 0 10 16 0 21 4 4 30 0 0 39 0 0 3 5 8 At the meeting yesterday St. Anne's, Great Richmond-street St. Andrew's St. Augustine's St. Bride's St. Barnabas* Christ Church. St. Clement's St. George's, Everton Everton Chapel.. St. John's St. Jude's St. John the Baptist's St. James's, Parliament-street St. Luke's Mariners' Church St. Mark's St. Saviour's . St. Silas' St. Anne's, Aigburth. St. Thomas', Seaforth Wavertree Chapel * Half to the Gospel Propagation Society An adjourned meeting of the Association will be held in the Amphitheatre this (Tuesday) evening. The Rev. J. W. Gouring, late of St. Matthew's Church, in this town, and who is now unfortunately afflicted with blindness, has just published a small pamphlet, entitled " The Church, and what it is, being traces of the real Church of the Living God during the first two centuries." At the annual meeting of the Church Pastoral Aid So ciety, on Tuesday, Lord Ashley, as chairman, acknow ledged the receipt, through the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, of £364 Os. as a special contribution from some friends of that institution in this town. In the report the committee acknowledged themselves to be under deep obligations to Liverpool, as, in addition to this sum, the receipts there had trebled during the past year. It may be remembered that, at the meeting of the Liverpool auxiliary of the society, in February last, Mr. M`Neile promised to wipe away the disgrace that attached to the town, of receiving more from the society than the town contributed, and the rev. gentleman has thus amply redeemed his promise. May 19, 1846. THE STRIKE OF THE I TIVES.-MEETING 0 HUILA THE ING OPERA.- MASTERS. A numerous (weekly) meeting of the master builders, contractors, &c., was held at the Punic°, ye.terday, when it was reported by many of them that they had obtained as many joiners as they at present required. A letter was read from Mr. Botch, of London, in which be stated that an application had been made to him from a number of workmen in the West of England ; that a great many of them, of various trades, were willing to come to Liverpool, if their expenses were paid ; and that they were willing to enter into a contract ' • or, in other words, to be hired to do th e requ i re d work in the locality. It was decided to defer for a fortnight the consideration of Mr. Rotch's letter, as a number of the workmen here had left their unions, and come in ; and as it was feared that, if the proposition were acceded to, the town would become so filled with strangers, that, during the autumn and winter, many of the Liverpool and Birkenhead men t7O, •ald be unemployed ; an d many o f t h e masters did not w ish introduce more strangers, it being the prevailing at great numbers of the men would abandon opinior ts. the uniting, they dared to do so. A letter wo . read from Manchester, stating that the roles of the MgM.rs Association were now rea dy, an d that a general meet b. of the masters f r o m th e var i ous towns in these districts,, - ould take placeeither a t N ew t on or at Manchester within g fe wday!' Mr. S. HOLME then brongh the establishment of a General to in our list report,) on the forward his motion for ,:tefit Society, (alluded adopted by the "' nd entered various Metropolitan Assurance Carrtrms tered into a lengthened stat emen t o f hi s v i ews on thy' subject. The proposition was most favourably rec e ived by b.," present, and the subject was considered so important that, for the purpose of carrying it out on a more extended bans:, 1t was considered advisable to report it to the next general.. meeting of the whole asso c i a t e d b o di es o f t ra d esmen t o be held at Newton or Manchester. Mr. Flolme remarked that the proposition was most cordially viewed by all per. sons to whom he had mentioned it, and be read an able letter from a benevolent gentleman of this town, who had long taken a warm interest in Bent fit Societies. After some excellent remarks from Mr. Wylie, Mr. Dempster, Mr. James, Mr. Holt, and others, and the transaction of some routine business, the meeting ad journed to Monday, the 25th instant. ALARMING RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS NEAR THE CLA. RENCE Docic.—A riot took place near the Clarence Dock last night, which, though atsiing from a comparatively slight cause, was soon, partly from ignorance, and partly from the spirit of mischief that lurks amongst a portion of the dock labourers, and especially the " navies," and the boys, women, and others of that densely populated locality, threatened for a considerable time dangerous consequences, and caused great alarm amongst the peaceable portion of the inhabitants.— It appears that an emigrant ship called the Rap- pahannock had received on board in the Victoria Dock 460 steerage passengers, her complement being, according to her tonnage, only 450. The government emigrat;on agent of the port having gone on board and ascertained the fact, ordered the chief mate, Mr. Cushen, to transfer the ten extra passengers last entered to another, and we believe equally fine vessel, the Ocean. The mate on announcing the fact in the steerage, that ten of those in the vessel must relinquish their places, was answered by shoo.- -..vULi and yells from the whole of the parties intending to go by her. An absolute refusul to quit was, of course, the result. In this state of affairs, the government agent told Mr. Cush en that he must exert himself to get rid of the supplement of passengers, and he employed the steward, we believe, to effect this object. A rope was fastened round the body of the most uproarious malcontent, which eventually fas tened on his ankles, and he was hauled up by it from un der the deck, partly in a frolic, and partly as an example to the others who had to leave. The man, thus rather roughly handled, and probably subject to fits, fell into, or threw himself into a fit; and when being carried on shore, and afterwards to the Northern Hospital, a hue and cry was raised that he was dead, and that the mate was the aggressor and the cause. Mr. Cushen, (who is stated to us to be a gentlemanly and humane man,) is son-in-law of Mr. Hickson, of the George the Fourth Inn, in Waterloo-road, in the neighbourhood; and being recog nized as he went t o th e h ouse, an i mmense mob collected round it (at the bottom of Stewart street, demanding the " murderer." Mr. Inspector Johnson, was early on the spot, at first with only four police officers, and by the most strenuous, yet temperate exertions, prevented the house from being broken up anti gutted. The assailants twice forced one of the doors; but were gallantly repulsed. The family of Mr. Hickson, in cluding Mrs. H., and several young ladies—her daughter and others—were dreadfully alarmed, but a reinforcement of police-officers were got up, and protected the house, though unable to do so until many panes of glass were broken by the infuriated mob, who (men and boys) as sailed the officers with successive showers of stones, pieces of brick, &c. Immense crowds, including females and children, continued to gather in the streets adjacent for a period of about two hours, bent upon mischief. The whole of that part of Waterloo-road, Stewart-street, Oil-street, &c., presented, from time to time, dense masses of the lower classes, chiefly Irish, who seemed to be much inclined for a bloody affray, but the disturbance was quelled by about nine o'clock. After all, the passengtr who had been ejected from the ship remained only a few minutes in the hospital, being so little hurt that he would not remain, and he was soon afterwards walking about the inn, though not known to the crowd. Mr. Cushen was secreded in the house, which was protected through the night. Sir Robert and Lady Peel had a grand dinner on Satur.. day last, at the right hon. baronet'. residence in White hall-gardens. The Rev. Henry George Liddell, M.A., of Church Church, Ox ford, and senior procter, has been elected head master of Westminster School. NEW COLONIAL BISHOPRICS. —We are given to un derstand that, through the munificence of two private in dividuals (who have furnished the pecuniary means for the purpose), two additional colonial bishoprics a; e about to be founded.—John Bull. The Prussian Government has decreed that no Prussian subject can enjoy at the same time the Polish nationality. Madame de Kalergi has again been exiled. It is supposed she will accompany to Dresden her father, M. de Nessel rode, the Chancellor's brother. SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE AT MALTA.—A slight shock of earthquake, says the Malta Gazelle, of the 29th April , was felt on Wednesday nigbt last, three quarters plat eight► which lasted three seconds, and again repeated after ficia seconds. Another slight shock was felt o❑ Thursdar morning at four o'clock. The Duke of Devonshire received a distinguished circle at a d6ezlner at his villa at Chiswick on Saturday after" noon. About 40 or 50 guests assembled, many o f the. visitors being acco m p an i e d by th e yout hf u l b ranc h es og their respective families. Among the visitors were the Earl and Countess of Granville, Viscountess Palmerstool Viscount and Viscountess Jocely n , L a d y Ashley, LOP' and Lady Francis Egerton, &c. MEETING OF PROTECTIONIST PEERS.-0O Saturdal a numerous meeting of protectionist peers was held, the Duke of Richmond in the chair. His grace made an ea' cellent speech, and was followed by Lord Stanley, wii ° , l was received with an enth us i asm th at was c o nt inued through the whole of the s p eec h, i n w hi c h t h e no bl e for o declared his earnest support of the principles of protea' tion, and his fixed intention by all the meant in his polder to-oppose the bill that had just passed the Commons; Lord Beaumont, Lord Rede s d a l e , L or d C o l c h es t er , aa,': Lord Ashburton, severally addressed the meeting in taw same sense, and the result was an unrdimous resolutia2; to lose no opportunity that might offer for securing tP defeat of the scheme proposed by Sir Robert Peel. ORIENTAL DIVAN, CAFE AND RESTAURANT, Ci 4: 7 TON-SQUARE.—This splendid lounge i s now re -opene d and having been greatly e n l arge d, w ill b e f t o eac in accommodation any similar establis nt out of L°2 3 ; don. Dinners at all hours. Soac , elsh Rarebits, A scale of charges is laid on ry table, from which !PA following are selected !—D . er from joints, with sa lad and cheese, is. 6d. ; hot cold meat, 9d. •, small stea,: ; or chop, with potatoes d bread, 7d. ; Welsh rarebit, sd•. whisky and other tish spirits, hot or cold, s'l. ; sio r ol ling champagne s. 6d. per bottle; fine old port lg. sherry, 4s. 6d Coffee and tea always ready. The b l .O and room is arranged in the first style, and the table° unsurpassed.--JOSEPH FERNY, Proprietor SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, MAY 18 —Ball, Moody, from —Wind S.E. moderate. ..,.013 4 Jane. from 1,_.7_7,01, ARRIVED —Mary Ann Peters, LemOn, from Savarnali—Keying.nr,lP from Charleston—North Star, Wylie, from Philadelphia a" m or Thomas—Speedy, from St. Übes—Feronia, Hayrick, frova:,olo bro'—Mary Imrie, Davidson, from Calcutta—Emma 6 Ferguson, from Oporto this port; sailed 90e' Left at Sierra Clydesdale, Lew, from Camcrc Nov. and from Sit rra Leone sfh April the Doris, Townley, for London Penelope, Major, hence at Sierra Leon for Rio Nunez Ann, Holt, hence at Maranham O iled Marine Plant, Rogerson, hen c e a t S cra b ster R oa ds, and 14 9th Map, for Narva I 0 The Sir Richard Jackson, from Montreal to Liverw'd was stranded on Maricougan Shoals in Dcc. was tow e to Quebec 28th April LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, NI 1 0 ' r 0 Throughout Saturday and to-day the market has Wop„,, 01 0 :0 tame aspect, notwithstanding prices remain veil Von buying both from the trade and speculate rs is carriell fair extent. The sales to-day reach sime bales —l" ° _,°,l,ll o lotion and for export. Holders continue firm and B."' to higher prices, and donut pres their stocks. d sailed 1g i‘Prili we LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, M A ,„• r ate o r9 .-• The supply of stock at market to-day has been a'l buf. for the time of the year. A numerous att, wdance;?ad tO the whole, or nearly so. sold at high prices. li ee per lb ; Mutton 7id to 8,1. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1846. JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53. Grove Ti a, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED N I TUESDAY MO EY LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street,. 04 At No. 4. Sr. GEORGE'S CRESCENT LIVID s gto o ,,c• tr e Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs•Fleet-soken, Co , Warwick-square ; Barker and white Dear n, Walbrook ; Reynell,Chancery-ia ne; motr Birchin-lane • Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch -lane, . iteu co rs , den Hvmmond, 27, Lombard-street; 3litewiltlie_court;lole) court, Fleet-street; Lewis and Lowe, 3. C as i gnacil )l l. Cm hill; at the London Commercial Conee-house• _,cot at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhilli Ant:4ov fee-house, Paternoster-row ; North and Sm n i . bl Coffee house, Threadneedle-street ; Parsons, a ut o ! , s ' o ce lane, London ; Johnston and Co.. Eden s maticer i eller l i Wheeler, Exchange-street, and C. H. L ew 8 00 1d as Manchester ; Haddock, and J. and W. Warrington; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston; an Dain, Herald-office, Birmingham, -stree.altd EVERY