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TO CORRESPONDENTS. which affect and degrade our fellow countrymen. Whilst we express, therefore, candidly, our dislike of some of the principles of Lord Lincoln, who is too much of the Peel school, for our taste, we say -- " Honor to the men of Manchester, conservative and Whig, for the stand which they are making against mob and republican dictation ! " 'lce must stand over until next columns being full of local intel- e of an important nature. ress , of Messrs. J. and T. Lewin, agents to the Man. T Fire Office, in our last paper, ought to have been No, treet, not I the first week of January, the STANDARD will be rrinted with a new and elegant type, manufactured pecially for V. purpose by th e ce l e b ra t e d h ouse f Messrs. V . and J. Fiyyins, of London. Before proceeding to discuss further the question mooted by us, with respect to the division of the magisterial business of this borough, we may be excused if we take leave very briefly of the Journal. Our contemporary is of opinion that we have not confuted his estimate of the additional expense of a second police court, which he set down at . - 05600 year. We can easily afford, however, to leave that matter for the public to decide upon. It is clear that the Journal wishes to fright our senses by a picture of awfully-increased cost, as the result of a change of system ; and that he has thrown over board, as untenable, his arguments, as to the ad vantages of one court over a divided jurisdicEon. But we are most confident that he is himself per fectly convinced of the fact that, should it even be the case, which it is not, that such an increased ex penditure will be required, the change must be made. With the vast increase now taking place in the I population of the borough, and in the acreage over The announcement which we now make to our readers, which that population extends—with a mass of new that from this day the LIVERPOOL STANDARD business crowding upon the attention of the magis vill be offered to the public for THREEPEACE, tracy, as the result of the additional powers given requires from us a word or two of explanation. b y our S anatory Bill,—it is physically impossible For some time past we have had in contemplation that one court can suffice for the administration of this step—a serious one to ourselves, and one of justice within the borough, or that justice can be no trifling import to the community amongst whom a d m i n i stere d , w i th convenience to the public, in the our paper circulates. lie have not been blind to present central locality, even conceding the appoint the fact, that newspaper literature must ultimately meat of additional magistrates, or the possibility of accommodate itself to the requirements of the age; effecting better arrangements of the business coming that the great organ which aspires to direct public I before them. opinion, and which is hourly proving itself more One portion of our contemporary's remarks rather powerful than statesmen or parties, should be ena- excites our risible muscles. We cannot, he says, bled to address its appeals more directly to the procure the services of a competent person for the many—to address them in their own homes, and office of magistrate for the salary of £lOOO a year ! by their own firesides—to substitute its earnest " The acceptance of £lOOO a year by a barrister, or teachings for the penny trash, which alone at £5OO a rear by an attorney, is a primei facie evidence of present finds its way to the poor man's dwelling utter incompetence. The men who would abandon the and to the perusal of his family. To effect this, prospects of their profession for these retail salaries, are cheapness is mainly required. The hearts of our ei ther f s oolit or conscious d a : f inability to fo t o r win honours and humble fellow-countrymen, we know, are not too r d e is w p a o r d d to pu e jup with might stup.eidit enough those w•Iio are se yormediocrity, but they enamoured of the wretched sentiment and worse are not such men as the public should entrust with the principles—the inflammatory doctrines and false administration of public law,—with the liberty of the philosophy—contained in the papers to which we suoject." have referred as constituting at present their usual It is really a pity if this is the case, inasmuch as mental food ; and we have arrived at the conclu- it proclaims to us the startling fact that we are at sion, that we are only doing our duty as journal- this moment committing the administration of j us ists, conscious of the great responsibility which the tice, in very many important towns, the metropolis march of circumstances has thrown upon us, in included, to these very " stupid" and " incompe submitting to a sacrifice—we trust only a tempo- tent" people. We beg, however, to doubt the fact rary one—of our personal interests, with a view that there is anything so very inviting in the pros to increased usefulness and advantage to the pub- pects of many excellent lawyers, neither " stupid" nor "incompetent," to tempt them to refuse a cer tainty of £lOOO a year. It is the fortune of some, quite competent to the exercise of the magisterial functions, not to pick up that sum in any year of their lifetime. All the world knows that it is not always to the best deserving, or the soundest men, that the " honors and rewards" of the legal profes sion fall ; and we do not think that the slightest difficulty would he found in inducing scores of really able men to barter their remote chances of judgeships, or attorney-generalships, for a position such as that of stipendiary magistrate of this town would be with the emolument which we propose. We need not either come down to " the sweepings of Westminster Hall" to find such men. The plea, in behalf of Mr. Rushton's claims to increase of salary, that, " as a Parliamentary lawyer, during the last two years, he would have enriched himself to the tune of £30,000," is quite beyond the question. If we have bought his talents too cheap, at all events half the bargain was of his own making. We must leave, however, this kind of childish paltering with an important question. It is folly to be thus counting the cost of a measure, where that cost, even by the most exaggerated estimate, is so vastly below the advantages to be derived by the community. Say that ten thousand a-year is the expense of improved magisterial superintendence and improvement of the morals of the community, ought it to be begrudged by the wealthy corpora tion of such a ton n as Liverpool ? Mr. Rushton, under the present system, the Journal informs us, " sentences more criminals than a judge of assize— ten to one—and his duties have more relation to social good than even the high awards of the Queen's Bench." Then we ask, on behalf of the public, that he should have time to consider those sentences and to perform those duties_ We demand, on bo half of the public and of the stipendiary himself, assistance for him in his arduous labours ; and the real question—the only question upon which any candid mind now entertains a doubt—is by what arrangement that assistance can be best rendered. We repeat that this is the only question now left ; for surely the argument as to " oneness of jurisdic tion" must by this time be abandoned as utterly untenable. We have no such thing in our Superior Courts. Our Judges of Assize are not a unity. Conflicting opinions have ever existed, and ever will exist, upon legal and all other matters; and not un frequently out of those conflicting opinions strict justice and equity are gathered. Let us come, therefore, to the question as to the means by which Mr. Rushton may be best assisted in the perform• ance of his duties. We believe that there is an impression in the minds of some of our influential fellow-townsmen, with whom we do not differ without very great hesi tation, that the end which we have in view can be attained without removing the Court from its pre sent site. It is agreed that, by having the two magistrates sitting in one building, they will be enabled to confer together in cases of difficulty, whilst the expenses of a largely increased staff will be avoided. The argument ought certainly to weigh with us if the advantages of this arrangement were not far overbalanced by the public convenience to be attained by a division of the business. Any such arrangement must of necessity be merely temporary. It cannot for a moment be supposed that a town ex tending itself rapidly in all directions,—north, east, and south,—whose commerce doubles itself every ten or twenty years, and in which we are so con vinced of the certainty of still further increase that we are at this moment constructing new docks, al most double in extent of water space the capacity of those which twenty years ago held the entire ship ping of our port : it cannot, we say, be supposed that the people of such a town can much longer submit to the same inconvenience, expense, and de lay of justice caused by the present system. A very few years must compel a change. Toxteth park is becoming no longer an outskirt but a large town. The Reform Bill gave not only magistrates but members to some metropolitan outskirts not larger in extent and importance than the park is rapidly becoming. Everton is fast covering its fields with buildings and population. A new town will shortly occupy the space between the New North Docks and Vauxhall road ; and it is idle to tell us that this rising population can long be provided with justice, with one court only, and that two miles in the cen tre, not of the entire population of the borough, but of business only of the borough. 'Mist making this announcement, we must assure our readers and those friends who have, thus far, so liberally rewarded our humble labours, that we do not intend to attempt to compensate ourselves by any parsimony of management, by which the article which we furnish at a reduced price shall le less worthy of their acceptance and approbation. We hope even to improve upon the past. The con sciousness that we are addressing a more extended circle of readers, calls upon us for increased energy and increased watchfulness for the interests of those readers. The task before us we fully recognise ; and we trust that we shall not be found unequal to perform it faithfully and bene fcially. From rn one source, and from one alone, we look for our reward, so far as mere pecuniary considera tions extend. We shall be able to give to the favours of our advertising friends greatly in creased circulation and publicity ; and it is only natural to anticipate that those favours will fall upon us in an increased degree. Henceforth we hope to be behind none of our contemporaries in the advantages which our columns afford to the advertising community. rfre cannot conclude these brief remarks without re turning thanks to our friends and the public for the support which has raised us to our present position amongst our contemporaries; and we trust that our future labours will not be less de serving or less rewarded. firig Eibrrpool tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 15, 1846. The struggle which is going on in Manchester between the friends of Mr. John Bright and the gentlemen who have invited Lord Lincoln to con test with him the Representation of the Borough, might tempt one to indulge in a laugh. It is amus ing to see the belly and the limbs of a great con federacy, which has just succeeded in effecting a momentous change in the policy of the country, and - verthrowing, at the same time, one of the most erful governments ever erected in this empire, iarrelling with each other. It is amusing to see e machinery of the Anti-Corn-Law League tear- If in pieces, and damaging its founders ; amusing to see the spouters and tools turn against the men whose purses so lately fed them. But the ght is no uncommon one The student who formed and gave life to a monster became its slave; and the men of Manchester whose flattery erected John Bright, in his own estimation, to the rank of a great philosopher, and estimated the talk of George Wilson at the value of a thousand a-year, and a parting present of ten thousand, ought not to be surprised if these worthies attempt towards them the monster's part. Demagogues are rarely grateful. But in a constitutional view it deserves a far more serious consideration. It is no light matter which can bring together a large body of men, differing upon many important national questions, and with the bickerings of past years of party contention fresh upon their minds, to support a candidate personally unacquainted with them. It is no mere jealousy of 4 4 ie inflated Quaker Leaguer which has united Con rvative and Whig in favour of the claims of Lord Possibly some little offence there might be taken by some of these men at the presumption - riend John. But the main ground of objection Lincoln aim appears to us to be a dislike of some - of his ultra dem — ocratic notions, and a reluctance to see the representation of one of the most important towns in the empire handed up as a reward for successful agitation. The allied parties who support Lord Lincoln feel that they have a character to maintain 1 - 0 r the borough itself; that the great seat of the c..3tton manufacture ought to return a man who pos- sesses a voice and influence in the national councils, and upon whom, now that the great question of free trade in corn is set at rest, they can depend to legis late for the good of all and for the protection of the institutions of the country. The views of these gentlemen were so well put by one of them—Mr. Alderman Neild, himself a Whig, and, what is more, now or lately a Quaker—that we cannot forbear extracting a portion of his re- arks : The candidates presented to us are Mr. Bright and Lord Lincoln. (Cheers.) I scarcely know Lord Lincoln ; I have seen him only once for two minutes, and should know him if I met him in the street ; but I am not, therefore, to dispose of my duties as an elector without making due inquiries, which is also the duty of every man in this room. I hive made those inquiries, and the result is that, in my opinion, Lord Lincoln will best serve the interests of this borough. (Loud cheers.) Recollect, gentlemen, that your election is an important event ; it is not a mere election of an individual, but it gives a stamp to the constitution of the house of commons. The seat of Manchester, or rather its representative, has been TIIE POTATO DISEASE.—We have received a commu nication, (comprising a number of testimonials,) showing the complete success that has followed the use of salt ap plied to land, in preventing the destructive, and, as yet, mysterious disease in the potato crops, and we supply the principal facts for the information of our agricultural readers :—John Lea, market gardener, of Stoke Prior, Worcestershire, found, in 1845, his potatoes quite sound where salt had been used. He applied to one portion of his land lime and soot, in the drills at the time of planting; to another he applied salt, in a similar manner, and left the remainder without ar tificial dressing. When harvested the tubers in the last portion were much diseased ; partially so where the soot and lime were employed ; but they were perfect ly clear, and free from disease whe❑ salt had been used. He intends in future to dress his land with 10 or 12 cwt. to the acre, sown broad-cast, next spring, some weeks be fore planting. Mr. Colman, a practical farmer, supplies a statement by his friend Wm. Clarke, Esq., to the effect that after losing all his potatoes on three acres in 1845, he, in the spring of 1846, before ploughing, spread broad cast 11 cwt. of medium coarse salt per acre upon the same land, and left it a fortnight to dissolve. After ploughing and sowing, the same quantity of salt was put upon the land, making 3 cwt. per acre in all. The usual mode of culture was pursued, and a fair crop, of excellent quality, was found. They were planted on the land where the crop had failed in the previous year. Two other equally successful instances are adduced by this gentleman. He does not think that salt can yet be pro nounced to be a certain remedy, but recommends a trial of it in the absence of anything that promises better. A gentleman, in the United States, where the disease also prevailed, was equally successful by using salt Saline matter has the same effect, Mr. Moberley having recently stated, at the Botanical Society of London, that he ob tained a healthy crop by the use of sulphate of magnesia, while other means had failed. At the Isle of Wight, and particularly on the sea-board, the potatoes were excellent and abundant this year, which is attributed to the saline particles from the sea, deposited upon the ground and the plants. looked upon as of great importance. He has deep in terests to support ; the interests of this mighty trade on which all our existence depends, is a thing that ought not to be slightly dealt with. (Hear.) You have important local interests also, which require to be supported, in terests peculiar to the district. But you have other in terests in common with all your countrymen. There is a vast amount of social legislation required ; and the grave and important question for you to consider is, who will give the best effect to your views as your representative, taking all those points into consideration. (Hear, hear.) I have given the subject a calm and dispassionate con sideration, and the result at which I have been able to ar rive has induced me to make the election, along with yourselves, in favour of Lord Lincoln. (Loud cheers.)" Most sincerely do we hope that such will be the conclusion to which the respectable portion of the constituencies throughout the country will arrive, their selection of members at the ensuing general . It is emphatically true that we have many _uestions pressing urgently upon the atten f tne legislature—gthstions affecting, deeply, interests, the happiness, and the morals of the pie. For the settlement of these, we want ear nest-minded honest men, not violent spouters, like Mr. John Bright. The present times are charac terized by all the evidences of political lull ; and if we could rid ourselves of some of the demagogueism which has of late occupied so much of the time of parliament, we might hope for a little more of its ittention to the duty of removing those social evils THE STANDARD ALMANAC. t consequence of the extreme satisfaction which this elegant little Almanac has given, we have had an extra number printed off, which may be obtained AT TWOPENCE EACH. It answers the double purpose of Almanac and Date Case. THE " LIVERPOOL STANDARD " FOR THREEPENCE ! YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION In advance On credit . THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE STATE IN DANGER The Slate in Danger ; a Letter to the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, 111. P., First Lord of the Treasury, &T. &c. Bo the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, 11. A., Hon. Canon of Chester, and Incumbent of St. Jude's Church, Liverpool. London : Htechard & Son. Liverpool : A. Newling, and 11. Perris. The timely appeal contained in the above letter, ad dressed by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile to his lordship, the Premier, upon the subject of the present encroaching attitude of Popery, is well worthy of the consideration of Protestants of every denomination ; and will meet with such consideration from all wbo know the earnestness for the cause of truth of the eloquent writer, however it may be treated in high quarters and by wavering and temporiz ing politicians. Mr. M`Neile commences his task by transcribing a series of letters, " which were addressed nearly a century ago to a noble duke, who bad, at that early period, imbibed and avowed opinions which have since found practical expression in many acts of the legis lature. They appeared," he says, " some time atter they were written, as notes to a work by a Mr. Murray of Newcastle-upon-Tyne," and it is believed have never b: en reprinted until now. The letters themselves, six in number, and most abiy written, appear to have been intended to impress upon the mind of the noble Duke the danger of admitting to more than toleration for their religion, the subjects of the pope in a protestant land, still holding, as they do, the tenets of the council of Lateran,by which all temporal governors,whenadmonished by the church, are required " to purge heresy out of the country," under the penalty of excommunication ; and the subjects of protestant monarchs are authorised to throw oft their allegiance, or zo break faith with;heretics, when by doing so the power of the church can be promoted. The writer gives a long list of cases, familiar to the stu dent of history, in which the alleged power of the popes of Rome to depose monarchs, and even to procure their assassination, has been put in exercie ; and, apparently in reply to arguments or pleas offered to him by his noble correspondent, he proceeds to shew that neither the character nor the designs of popery were at that time changed ; although an astute cunning, and the fear of com mitting themselves too soon,made papists seem to have laid aside their most dangerous do2trines and practices. For a perusal of the letters themselves, we must refer our readers to the pamphlet. . Mr. M'Neile nroceeds to enquire of his Lordship, whe ther statements as to the present tenets of papists, con tained in the letters, and proved by quotations from text books of undoubtable authority, are really true--whether " Romanism is a great conspiracy against all protestant governments, professing allegiance in hypochrisy, and watching her opportunity to throw off the mask ! Does she ?" he asks, " give dispensations for the profession of protestantisin itself, to competent labourers, who, under that disguise, become more efficient partizans ?" And, he adds, as the question which must :follow the necessary admission, that such are the practices and designs of Rome, " Is it safe, then, I say, not to true religion— many, too many, disregard that—but is it safe to personal liberty, wilfully, to shut our eyes to the existence of such a conspiracy ? " _ _ . . Upon one or two points, however, which he urges home with great power, we must allow the eloquent writer to speak more in extenso. " My Lord, the direction of Rome's next campaign is indicated with sufficient clearness. A Bill for the exten sion of the elective franchise in Ireland ; a Bill for the equalisation of Municipal Reform in Ireland and England; these, and kindred measures, already prepared for the approaching Session, will be urged as lingering items of tardy justice to Ireland, and all opposition to them will be denounced as bigotry of exclusio❑ for religious opinion sake. No serious or real attack will be made on the Irish Church; only Mr. Ward's annual assault will be supported 83 far as to renew the appearance before the nation of a great grievance to conscientious Roman Catholics. To give effect to this manoeuvre, gross mis. representations will be indulged in. The want of infor mation, or the want of power effectually and immediately to make use of it, on the part of the friends of the Irish Church, will be calculated upon; and in the debate on Mr. Ward's motion, after Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Colquhoun, and perhaps one or two others, have spoken, it is highly probable that the Right Honourable and learned Member for Tipperary will deliver another exciting oration, more remarkable for oratorical effect than for scrupulousness of accuracy. . "Under cover of the fruitless discussion thus raised, and the invidious hardships still said to be inflicted on the Roman Catholics of Ireland, the elective franchise Bill, and the Municipal Reform 13111, will pass both Houses, and become law. By means of these measures, skilfully worked in the Counties and Boroughs, the Romish Hier archy in Ireland will, at the General Election next fol lowing, add so largely to the number of their nominees in the House of Commons, that no British Minister will be able to carry on the Government of the country, with out making terms with them. " The terms will be skilfully selected, for the further prostration of the real power of Protestant England, and for basting, as speedily as possible without causing pre mature alarm, the time when Romanism may venture to he sincere. And then, my lord, the illuminati of the movement, who have been her dupes in helping her to climb, will find no more mercy at her hands, than the real Protesters who have uttered and published such un heeded warnings as these. When once she regains the eminence from which it will be safe, without danger to the faithful, to republish her long-smothered, but still living and panting, decree de heretic° comburendo, the ladder of her ascent, as well as every other excommuni cated thing, will be consigned to the flames. " But it is asked, What practiced good can possibly arise Trom such statements as these? Are not practical men of influence, of all parties, of one and the same mind upon this subject? Is it not un fait accompli, that Romanism is recognised as an intregral portion of our common Christianity? Are not the lips of Protestant gentlemen in Parliament scaled, by the courtesies of society, from every utterance and every allusion disre spectful to Romanism ? And how utterly useless there fore, how ludicrously unseasonble. how necessarily abor tive, must such a publication as this be ! " if the present Parliament were the final court of appeal, and if there were no Protestant nation behind, with a largely and increasingly circulated Bible i❑ their hands, I would fully acknowledge the justice of these dis heartening questions. And to speak candidly, my Lord, I am unable to entertain much hope, that the course of legislation for Rome, which has been so long pursued, will, or can, be arrested by any force of argument or reason. A determination nut to be convinced is but too manifest ; present ease is courted ; every sound of alarm is resented : an anxiety to find Rome, not what she was, and what she has sworn to remain, but what the progress of light and liberality ought to make her, is greedily in dulged ; an impression that it is impossible to go back to restrictive laws, and equally impossible to stand still, urges forward the infatuated movement. Statesmen of all parties are caught in the whirlpool, mistaking the blandishments of the Syren for the charms of genuine liberty. What the Prophet said of Tyre, is now true of England --` Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters,' and there is too much reason to fear the appli cation of what follows—' Thy riches and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners and thy pilots, thy calkers and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall in the midst of the seas, in the day of thy ruin.' " The Reverend Gentleman urges that the only way to save ourselves from an approaching civil convusion, in which the struggle will be for existence, on the part of protestants, is " the re-enactment of such wise and mo derate political rsstrictions on Roman Catholics, as would deprive them of all hope of subjugating England to the Papal yoke. This," he says rightly, " may be done without the slightest interference with the true rights of con science, or the true enjoyment of liberty, and safety for person and property. Our object should be, not in any wise to injure them, but simply to prevent them from injuring us." With the following tonching appeal to Lord John Russ,ll, we must .concludeiour extracts from this most able Letter—one which does equal credit to the protes tant firmness of the rev. writer, and to his statesmanlike sagacity. Would that we had a Cabinet full of such men ! " And now, my Lord, why should not this signal ser vice be rendered to the country by your Lordship ? "What ! the great Leader of all the Liberals turn thorough Protestant ! That would be a change ! Yes, doubtless, it would be a great and a noble change. And why not ? Must all great changes in public men be for the worse? And is it impossible to have any change for the better? Look, my Lord, afresh into the Word of God, and into the history of England. Let the great principles of re vealed truth, and the eloquent lessons of experience, have their due weight, and their fair application. Contrast the miserable, crest-fallen, creedless Whig of 1846—0 f course I mean in his public character—with the high, the noble, the patriotic, the Christian and Protestant Whig of 1688: and after your wanderings, for a few compara tively inexperienced years, amongst the mists and fogs of liberalism, we shall have the happiness, and your country the safety, of seeing your Lordship on the rock and in the day-light of England's Scriptural Church, and of finding in your Lordsbip's veins a portion of that noble blood which flowed from your renowned ancestor in the defence of England's Protest against Rome's usurpation. My Lord, the unfading chaplet of true Christian pa triotism is set before you. Stand forth and grasp it. Instead of going down to posterity Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung,' as one of the mediocrity , rox).o who were beguiled by the plausible sophistries of an infidel philosophy to betray the best interests of their country into the bands of a de ceitful foe; inscribe on the page of history a noble re cord—of a Statesman who, in times of general declension, in the face of an exasperated party turned into a formida ble opposition, at the risk of place and power, and in an honest acknowledgement of past errors, arose in the hour of need, gave clear notice of the impending danger, and in the majesty of God's truth,—the only sure founda- Con of political righteousness,—appealed to England, free, reformed, and as yet Protestant England, to give him a Protestant lions:: of Commons, to carry on with vigor and efficiency the Protestant Government o f a sworn Protestant Sovereign. Proclaim your convictions upon evidence at last attended to, and experience at last become practical; not only that the Church of Rome should not be endowed, either in her Hierarchy or her Colleges ; but also, that no subject of the Court of Rome can with safety be entrusted with political power under a free protestant government, Announce your determi nation to act on this conviction in the next parliament ; stake your political existence on the recovery of our na tional Protestantism ; and then, APPEAL TO THE NATION ! " If you succeed ! —O, my Lord, let the bare thought of such a thing, extravagant as it may seem to ordinary vulgar minds, kindle your patrician soul to a high and noble daring in the righteous cause. More honourable far to fail in the attempt, than to lose the golden oppor tunity of making it. But make it well and wisely, i.e. honestly and boldly, and there is no risk of failure. Bishop Ridley's candle, though dim and flickering, is not extinguished. It shines upon the pages of inspira tion in ten thousand times ten thousand secret closets. The slumbering protestantism of Britain, in despite of— cold indifferentism, factious voluntaryism, and treache rous tractarianism—is only waiting for a national leader of acknowledged competency and honesty, to blaze forth in undiminished brilliancy and power. It is oppressed at present under a weight of disappointment. Its kindly intended, but grievously mistaken, generosity in 1829 has produced these disheartening results, and thousands who were favourable to that fatal measure, are now bit terly repenting of their mistake. Only let a fair prospect dawn, of deliverance from th , t disastrious defile, and throughout the British lines despondency will give place to a revived and triumphant enthusiasm. ' And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? ' " THE COTTON CRISIS I The state of our Cotton Market during the past week has shown most convincingly the fact, noticed by us last week, that the spinners and manufacturers are com pletely in the power of the capitalists, by whom the bulk ' of the cotton at present in the kingdom is held. The sales of this important raw material for the week, up to Friday, were close upon 123,000 bales, or nearly five times the week's consumption. A large portion of this has of course gone into the hands of speculators, at a further advance of from Id. to W. per pound ; and of course a profit must be paid upon it to such speculators, to induce them to relax their hold. And, in the meantime, what is the po sition of the manufacturer who works up this raw mate rial ? What is the position of the poor worker at the spindle and the loom ? Every account which we receive from the manufacturing districts assures us that the spin ner is without orders, and the operative about to be made the scapegoat. Failures in prospect are freely spoken of. as the consequence of carrying on mills and keeping ma chinery in operation. Can mills be closed ? Can machi nery be kept idle without depreciation? Can bills be met without returns coming round at their ordinary rate? They cannot. We are playing—speculators and spinners mutually—a very hazardous game. The former are get ting up an artificial price of the raw commodity ; and the latter are manufacturing it without the hope of selling it at a profit. The poor operative is the shuttlecock, which either party can let down when he chooses, and which one of them must let down by and by. Yet there is a remedy for the present state of things, although, strange to say, the party most interested—the consumer of cotton—cannot be brought to see the pru dence of its adoption. The passing, ultimately, of a ten hours' bill, every body acknowledges to be a " great fact." All the sophi:•try and all the selfishness of manufacturing philosophy cannot get rid of this fact. Children of both sexes, and wives and mothers, shall not be ground into calico. The world's fiat has gone forth ; and it must be respected. The manufacturer himself would gladly work short time ; but he has always some neighbour or rival, fortunate in the possession of orders, who will not sail with the stream. The manufacturers of Blackburn have recently been working short time ; but the manufacturers of other localities refuse to follow the example, and Blackburn is about to return to the usual hours of work ing. Ashton would economise its consumption; but Sta lvbridge will not. And so it is with most other localities. Every consideration of his present position assures the spinner that he is consuming an article which will not afford him a remuneration for his capital and labour ; that he is promoting a speculation, devised for the purpose of profiting from his unprepared and necessitous condition ; yet these men cannot—will not—see that legislation can relieve them, and, at the same time, confer a vast boon upon the labouring community. A ten hours' bill just now would arrest the designs of speculators. It would render the present estimated stock of cotton amply suffi cient to keep all the British factories going and the ope ratives in profitable employment. The manufacturing interest, however, cannot forego the chance, presented to him under the present law, of overworking his poor slaves in times of excited trade. He will, however, have to be forced into submission to the demands of the times, which call loudly for justice and protection to the workers—the sinews—from whose exertion the wealth of our country is created. Since the above was written, the Great Western has arrived with New York dates to the 26th ultimo. Our cotton circular of Saturday and yesterday, we give here : COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY NIGHT The hourly expectation of the Great Western gave a peculiar feature to an already excited cotton market—parties buying or sellitur, according to their own feelings as to the probable tenor of her accounts. This caused a very irregular market ; and although 20,000 bales changed bands, it was at prices both above and below the rates current on Friday. Operations were continued to a late hour ; and the steamer being telegraphed only added fuel to the fire ; and so late as eight o'clock, the News-room was crowded with anxious expectants for the news —commercial rather than political. MONDAY NIGHT, Buying commenced most furiously on the part of those who had seen the accounts, ;4, -L and then „'s per lb. advance has been paid, and 45,000 bales changed hands-30,000 to 35,000 of them on speculation, and buyers inufh more eager than sel lers. The advance in three weeks may now be quoted at 2(1. per lb. It has been remarked that no speculation on short crop has taken place in the States ; on the contrary, the accounts show great dulness prevailing in the New York market, in the face of diminished arrivals in the shipping ports. All the recklessness here is on the strength of a light stock in the port, and the knowledge on the part of buyers that such stock is daily get ting into fewer hands. To show in what light this state of things is regarded here, we may direct attention to a paragraph in another column, in which it is announced that the extensive mills at the North Shore will work only eight hours a day, until the market for the raw material assumes a more settled state. ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH. We are told that it has afforded matter of deep regret to many members of the congregation of St. Augustine's Church, who feel that they have received the benefits of spiritual guidance and consolation, from the anxious labours and piety of the late lamented Dr. Tattershall, to learn that the trustees have it in contemplation to appoint a gentleman whom those members do not consider to have had sufficient experience to fill up the void created by the decease of the late pastor. Several names we have already heard mentioned, as likely to be that of the Rev. gentleman's successor, to none of whom we can offer the slightest objection, on personal, or any other grounds, except their youth, and want of sufficient experience to undertake so important a charge, and to tread successfully in the paths of a predecessor so beloved, and so gifted with the attributes which belong to the Christian mi nister. One ground of such a choice, it is said, is the circum stance that the income attached to this church is not ade quate to secure the services of a clergyman of eminent standing and attainments—one to whom the congregation can look up with the same affection and confidence with which they regarded their late pastor. We are assured, however, that this difficulty need not stand in the way of the trustees ; but that, should a selection be made agree able to the feelings of the congregation, a sufficient sti pend would be made up by them. We hope, therefore, that the trustees will give the matter their most earnest consideration, before any step is taken. They will, we are sure, see how important it is that the union and bro therly love amongst its members, which has hitherto dis tinguished this congregation, should be preserved and protected from even the possible intrusion of coolness or alienation. We have no wish to appear in the slightest degree dictatorial, or even intrusive, with respect to this subject. We know, however, that many members of St. Augustine's Church are most anxious that a minister should bs appointed to direct them in the way, whose matured judgment end pious experience will aid in recon ciling them to the absence of him who is now lost to them on earth ; and we cannot refrain from the duty of com municating that knowledge. TESTIMONY OF CHRISTIAN REGARD TO THE REV. G. CUTHBERT. Yesterday evening a numerous and highly respectable assem blage of Christ Church congregation, met at the school-room, in Christian-street, for the purpose of presenting to the Rev. G. Cuthbert, the curate, on the occasion of his leaving them, a testimonial of their esteem and affection towards him as a Christian and a man, during his ministry and sojourn amongst them. The chair was taken by Mr. Prichard, and an affecting ad dress, signed by the subscribers, was read. It was to the fol lowing effect:— Their felt desirous, at the close of the reverend gentleman's valuable and unwearied labours amongst them, of recording their gratitnde for the fidelity with which it had pleased God to enable him to proclaim in all its fullness the glorious Gospel of Christ, both in the pulpit and through a large and populous district, and to request his acceptance of a pocket Communion Service, of the value of .tlO ; together with a purse of '63, as a small token of their affectionate esteem and regard, and also as a mark of their high approbation of the sound scriptural doc trines which he so zealously inculcated. It has pleased the Lord to call him to labour in another part of his vineyard ; but he would be long affectionately remembered in the prayers of many here who, through his instrumentality, had enjoyed many seasons of sweet communion with their Divine master. They prayed that he might long be spared, to publish the glad tidings of salvation to helpless sinners, and that, wheit taken away, his faithful testimony might ensure him a blessed re ward; and that amidst all trials and discouragements, he might be cheered onward by the animating promises held forth in the Word of God. . The Chairman, Mr. Woodruff, Mr. Lewtas, and Mr. George Jones, the treasurer, spoke in the most affectionate terms of their pastor as the bold and unflinching advocate of Gospel truth. _ _ After this gratifying testimonial, the teacher of the school presented to the rev. gentleman a handsomely bound copy of Bishop South's "Commentary of the Bible." The Rev. Mr. CUTHBERT, who was labouring under severe indisposition, then returned thanks in the most feeling and Christian terms. It may be mentioned, as a most gratifying feature of the pro ceedings, that the poor of the congregation contributed without solicitation, thirty shillings, in pence, towards procuring the testimonial. The rev. gentleman has been promoted to the incumbency of Duckenfield, by the Bishop of Chester. The Annual Sermon at St. Barnabus, for the Southern Hospital, will be preached on Sunday next, when the Mayor will be present. On Sunday afternoon last, the sum of £32 14s. was collected at St. Ann's Church, Aizburth, after a most eloquent sermon by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, in aid of the schools attached to the church. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday a man, named James Lyon, at work in the tunnel at Walton, went with a candle to a a barrel containing 28 lbs. of powder, portion of which was wanted for the purpose of blasting. By some means a spark from the candle was communicated to the powder, which ex ploded with dreadful effect. The poor man was so dreadfully injured that he died on Saturday. At the coroner's inquest, the foreman made some strong remarks about contractors on railways not paying more attention to the lives of their work men. Here a naked candle was taken, when a common lan tern, which would not cost above 3s. 5d., might have prevented the accident. The coroner said he fully concurred with these remarks, and hoped that attention would be called to the sub ject by the press, so that a law might be passed to avert such accidents in Nture. LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. THE CHRISTMAS DELIVERY OF PRIZES Yesterday, the spacious lecture hall of the above admir able institution was crowded in every part by a most re spectable auditory, to witness the usual Christmas distri bution of prizes. This interesting anniversary has been somewhat hastened this year in order to secure the pre sence of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, but we regret to say that at the eleventh hour his lordship was prevented from attending, by the death of his aged mother, Mrs. Sumner. It having, however, been previously arranged th it the newly appointed Bishop of St. Asaph, late Bishop of Sodor and Man, should (at his own special re quest) be present, the office of chairman, usually dis charged by the Lord Bishop of Chester, devolved upon his brother prelate. The upper galleries were filled with the parents and friends of the boys,and exhibited an array of female loveli ness, that, despite the intense coldness of the weather, gave a genial warmth to the animated picture. The ground floor and a portion of the orchestra were occupied by the pupils. Previous to the commencement of the business of the day, the audience were entertained by a selection of music, admirably performed on the magnificent organ belonging to the Philharmonic Society, by Mr. Rogers. At a quarter-past twelve, the Rev. J. Conybeare, the Principal of the Institution, the Rev. Dr. Brown, Vice- Principal, the Rev. Dr. Hume, and the other masters, appeared on the platform, and were received with loud cheers ; and, immediately afterwards, the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph's (attended by a large number of the local clergy and gentry) came forward, and took his seat as chairman. Among those present, we noticed, the Rev. H. M'Neile, the Rev. Rector Campbell, the Rev. R. Davies, the Rev. W. W. Ewbank, the Rev. J. Cordeaux, the Rev. D. Stewart, the Rev. D. Anderson, the Rev. Mr. Hughes, W. Potter, Esq., &c., &c. ; and during the proceedings, G. H. Lawrence, Esq., the Mayor of Liver pool, and Mr. Alderman Molyneux, whose earlier atten dance was prevented by a meeting of the Town Council, also appeared on the platform. The Venite having been admirably chaunted by the pupils, the Rev. PRINCIPAL came forward, and said, that it was with some regret that he had that day to open the proceedings by reading a note from their respected Dio cesan, the Lord Bishop of Chester, accounting for his absence, as he had confidently calculated upon that Right Rev. Prelate's presence. (Hear.) The Hev. Principal then read the note, which stated that notwithstanding the pains that had been taken to secure his Lordship's attendance, by somewhat abridging the half year, it would appear that an overruling providence would not permit it, as he had just heard of the death of his aged mother, which rendered his presence at the institution impossible. The Rev. PRINCIPAL mentioned that he need not express his great disappointment, as he was sure it was participa ted in by all present; but under these circumstances, the absence of their respected and beloved diocesan would be filled up by the Right Rev. Bishop of St. Asaph, in whose hands he begged to leave the further conduct of the meeting. (Applause.) The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN said that he had hoped for some time to be present on this occasion ; to see one of the most interesting sights which could be exhibited to any person anxious for the good of his country. (Ap plause.) The death of old Mrs. Sumner, by causing the absence of the Bishop of Chester, had perhaps occasioned his presence to be in some degree useful; and if it were so, he should feel thankful. He considered this institu tion one of the most valuable experiments in progress. as regarded the movement in favour of general education, which was now going on. He should ever be most anxious and willing to assist this great object, and for the Present, that would be best done by requesting the Rev. Principal to proceed with the regular business of the meeting. The Rev. PRINCIPAL then called upon the platform A. Wilson and T. Webster, from the Upper, T. Atkin son, from the Middle, and Thomas Wilding from the Lower, Schools, to receive the Divinity Med a l s . In pre senting these boys to his Lordship, he said that the prize had been so severely competed for in the Upper School, that the two candidates then on the platform were ad judged to be equal. The prize was, however, given to Webster, because Wilson had had it before. He was glad that Webster had so well acquitted himself, as the examination was on a subject which might hardly have been supposed to have been understood by so young a boy, namely "Butler's Analogy." Wilson would be entitled to a certificate. The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN, in giving the prizes, re marked that he was glad to hear of this sort of competi tion ; and hoped that having striven against each other, they would be warm friends for the rest of their lives, and support each other in everything. (Applause.) It was stated, in presenting the historical medal to hunt, that he had gained the same prize last year; and that the competition between himself, Wilson, and Holme had been very severe. All three had done ex tremely well; and Holme, although third, had passed a most satisfactory examination. _ The prize gained by J. Harbord was also gained by him last year. In presenting the boys for the class prizes in the upper school, the Principal said that Wilson was the senior boy in the school, and that in all respects, moral as well as scholastic, his conduct had been most satisfactory. In delivering these prizes, the Bishop expressed his satis faction in hearing such a good account of Hodgson ; and created some merriment by observing to Hodgson that he was a very little boy to win such a prize ; but his lord ship was glad that he was " little and good." (Applause.) In delivering the prizes for penmanship and drawing, his Lordship said that he had been inspecting their per- COVM, 13,1010211, and 0.1913 very much pleated with them_ There was no subject of greater importance than that of provid ing a quiet amusement at home, and drawing furnished that great blessing. He believed it would be a great tem poral advantage to England if music and drawing could be carried into every dwelling throughout the country. (Ap plause.) The Rev. PRINCIPAL, in presenting those selected for that honour from the prizemen of the evening classes, said, his lordship would be aware that the character of those classes was, that they afforded those pupils who had left school the opportunity of pursuing their studies. He might also mention that next year he hoped to have the advantage of a lending library in connection with these classes. His LORDSHIP remarked, in reply, that he considered a lending library a most important addition to the insti tution; and he would be glad to see a well-selected lend ing library attached to every place of education in the kingdom. There was no doubt in the world that rational amusement of this character might be much further ex tended than rational amusement of any other description. There were some worldly enjoyments which were not open equally to all classes, to the poor as well as the rich ; but he had ever remarked that the greatest enjoyments were always diffused among the greatest number. If he was called on to say what had been his greatest pleasure in life, he should at once declare it to have been rational study by himself, and friendly communication with others; and those two sources of enjoyment were open to every body; and they could not be imparted and diffused better or wider, than by a well-selected lending library. (Ap plause.) He hoped all before him would carry on their education by this means ; from their earliest day—like that little boy Hodgson—to their latest day. (Applause.) He hoped himself to carry his education on as long as he continued in the world, and he asked them all to carry on that work every day of their lives. There was a saying current in his family, which had been used before he was born, and which, being ever in his mind, he could not help thinking had been of great service to him, and which he therefore addressed to them ; it was—" Learn, boys, learn; you will never go the heavier for it." (Ap plause and laughter.) His Lordship then presented the prizes, and on being informed by the Rev. Rector Campbell, that Heywood was a schoolmaster, he said he had great pleasure in giving a prize to one of that profession, as he was a great school master himself. The public presentation of prizes being concluded, the pupils sang the Jubilate; after which, the vice-principal, Dr. Brown read over the remainder of the awards in the Middle School. He mentioned that it was found impos sible to decide whether Roberts or Abbott were most en titled to the prize for singing; it was awarded to the former. Dr. Cox then read th' remainder of the prizes in the Lower School. He remarked, that as Thomas Wilding was about to leave for business, it was but due to him to state that he had conducted himself, since he entered the school, to the entire satisfaction of himself (Dr. Cox) and the other masters • and they all united in thanks to him for the good examp le be had left behind to his school fellows. The following is an entire list of the prizes awarded:— UPPER SCHOOL PRIZES. SPECIAL PRIZES. Senior Divinity Medal—A. Wilson and T. Webster, lual. Senior Historical Medal—A. Hunt. Senior Mathematical Medal—J. Harbord. CLASS PRIZES. Ist Class, Egerton Scholarship—A. Wilson—Work of the half-year. 2nd Class—Richard Hart—Work of the half-year . 3rd Class—John Park—Ditto. 4th Class—George Fisher—Ditto. sth Class—T. Biker—Ditto. 6th Class—E. H. Hodgson—Ditto. Preparatory Class—Henry Cotesworth - EXTRA PRIZE. Divinity Prize for Junior Classes—suspended. MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIZES SPECIAL PRIZES. Divinity Medal—T. Atkinson. Subject—The Church Catechism, and the devotional poetry contained in the poetry books said by heart and explained. Nomination to Upper School—Offered to C. Birch and W. J. Wilson, but declined. The work of the half year and the examination. Historical and Geographical Medal—None adjudged. Guizot's Civilisation of Europe ; Detailed Geography of Europe. _ Mathematical and Arithmetical Prize—J. Conway. The work of the half year. Mathematical and Arithmetical Certificates—W. Mid dleton, E. Lister, W. H. Pearce, W. P. Roberts. Pro ficiency in the classes below the first. French Medal—W. J. Wilson. French done in the school. French Certificates—T. Widowson, G. Osborne. Pro ficiency in the classes below the first. Drawing Medal—C. Birch. Drawing done in the school. Drawing Certificates—W. Kendall, W. Adcock. Pro ficiency in the classes below the first. Penmanship Medal—E. Burton. Greatest proficiency in penmanship in the school. Penmanship Certificates—T. H. Jones, J. Walley, W. Holmes, T. Ellis. Proficiency in the classes below the first. CLASS PRIZES. Ist Class-1. Potter Scholarship—C. Birch tificate—\V. B. Jones. 'Work of the half year. 2nd Class-1. Prize of books—T. Rossall. cate7W. Seddon. _ Work of the half year. 2. Cer 2. Certifi- 3rd Class—l. Prize of books—W. A. Jones. 2. Ger. tificate—F. Oulton. Work of the half year. 4th Class-1. Prize of books—H. S. Bingham. 2. Cer tificate—C. Ireland. Work of the half year. sth Class-1. Prize of books—John Lindsay tificate—W. Preller. Work of the half year. 6th Class-1. Prize of books—D. Davies. 2. Certifi cate—A. P. Wren. Work of the half year. 7th Class—l. Prize of books—C. G. Walker. 2. Cer tificate—J. Walker. Work of the half year. Sth Class—l. Prize of books—R. P. Crosbie. 2. Cer tificate—W. P. If oberts. Work of the half year 9th Class—l. Prize of books—E. G. Cuming. tificate—Jos. Holliday. Work of the half year. Singing Prize—James Roberts. Singing Certificate—• W. H. Abbott. English Prize—T. Daly. 2. Cer- 2. Cer• Dec. 15, IR4 LOWER SCHOOL PRIZES. SPECIAL PRIZES. Senior Divinity Prize—Thomas Wilding—Subject, the lives of the Apostles and Evangelists. Nomination to the Middle School—R. B. Lowe (de clined for the second time)—Work of the half-year. First Historical Prize—R. B. Lowe—The reigns of Charles 11., James 11., William and Anne, and the de tailed Geography of Europe. First Arithmetical Medal—C. Cranage—The Arith metical Work of the Ist and 2nd Classes.—Certificate, Wm. Betteley. First Penmanship'Medal—M. Tyson.—Certificate,Wm. Eastwood. CLASS PRIZES. Ist Class—First Molyneux Scholarship—John Haldea —Work of the half-year.—Certificate, M. Marwood. Ist Class—Second Molyneux Scholarship—John Lamb —Work of the half-year. _ 2nd Class—First Prize—Thomas Lowe—Work of the half-year.—Certificate, E. S. Griffiths. 3rd Class—First Prize—Thomas Whitby—Work of the half.year.—Certificate, G. Downward. 4th Class—First Prize—J. W. Lee—Work of the half• year : —Certificate, M. Baker. sth Class—First Prize—A. Kirby—Work of the half year:-7Certificate, W. Weston. 6th Class—First Prize--M. Smith—Work of the half year.—Certificate, W. Arrowsmith. 7th Class—G. Liugham—Work of the half-year. EVENING SCHOOL PRIZES 1. Algebra, Geometry, and Mensuration—Heywood.* 2. English Grammar and Composition, English His tory, and Geography—Adams. 3. Proficiency in Arithmetic, combined with Improve ment in Arithmetic—None deserved. 4. Proficiency in Penmanship, combined with Improve ment in Penmanship—Thomas Lunt. 5. Figure Drawing—Philip Zuckerman. 6. Ornamental Drawing—T. G. Stephenson. 7. Mechanical Drawing—Henry Williamson. S. Architectural Drawing—Thomas Jackson. 9. Naval Architectural Drawing—John Peters. 10. French—J. D. Tyson. _ . . . We may mention as an encourazing, circumstance, that Mr. Heywood, to whom this prize was awarded, is the master of St. Bride's School. The Rev. Rector BROOKS then proposed a vote of thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, for having con sented to preside on that occasion. His Lordship had expressed to him (the Rev, Rector) his entire approval of the great principles on which that institution has been founded. (Applause.) His Lordship has called it a great experiment, in which the whole island was deeply interested. He agreed with his Lordship that it was a great experiment; and he hoped therefore it would be allowed fair play. (Applause.) He hoped the influential and wealthy of that community would not suffer it to fall —not for the want of intrinsic merit in itself—but for the want of that support to which it was so justly entitled. (Applause). He might safely say that if it did fall, it would not be from any deficiency on its own account, but solely for the want of that assistance which it ought to receive from others. (Applause.) The motion was carried at once by acclamation. The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN expressed his strong feel ings of thankfulness for the manner in which the resolu tion had been proposed and received, and proceeded to impress upon his youthful auditory a consideration of the privilege they enjoyed in being connected with so ad mirable an institution. They had a peculiar advantage in that institution, and it was that they received a religious education ; and he hoped they would thank God for it. Happy would they be if they held f as t by it s pr i nc i p l es throughout their lives. Now was the appointed time to learn ; and if they were good boys, they would grow up to be good men. They could not, however, be good boys without they were religious boys; and they would never be men worth having, of any use to their country or their fellow-creatures, unless they were religious men. The proceedings then terminated by the pupils singing the National Anthem. The stream of visitors was then directed to the gallery, where specimens of the drawing and penmanship of the pupils were exhibited, and which displayed a degree of excellence which reflected the highest credit as well upon the progress of the pupils as on the perseverance and skill of their teachers. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON CORN EXCHANGE.—YESTRRnAT, Great excitement prevailed during the past week in Wheat, Flour, Indian Corn, and bread stuffs, and a very large business was done for consumption, for shipment to Ireland, and for exportation, and also some quantity bought on speculation. The weather is very cold, and a severe frost continues to make it an early commencement of winter. At this day's market, the supply of English Wheat was mo derate. Factors at first demanded very high rates, but the stands were ultimately cleared at 2s. to 3s. per qr. over the cur rency of this thy week. Free Foreign and bonded, 3s. to 4s. (tearer, and a fair business at the advance. Barrel Flour, 2s. to 2s. Cd. higher. Scarcely any sellers of Indian Cora afloat, although 4s. to ss. more money could be realized, Bar - ley, Malt, and Beans ; White Peas 2s. to 3s. dearer. steadily support our currency, We have a good supply of Foreign Oats ; although but few from Ireland, there Is a good show from our own coast and Scotland. The trade is slow at 6d. per qr. advance; but buyers more disposed to purchase freely at former prices. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY, Primest Beasts were sold from 4s 2d to 4s 6d per Slb., and a fair clearance effected. The numbers of Sheep were somewhat large for the Christmas market. The primest old Downs commanded a steady sale at prices fully equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight, but all other breeds hang on hand, at barely late rates. With Calves we were fairly supplied. All kinds of Veal were a slow sale, at previous currencies. Prime small Pigs moved off steadily; other quantities of Pork, slowly, at last week's prices. MONEY MARKET YESTERDAY The transactions in public securities have been on a narrow scale this morning, and Consols have been rather heavy. A bargain has been done for money for private transfer at 944, including the dividend; and for account, ex dividend, at 93i and 93a ; Reduced Three per Cents. have been last sold at 94k, the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, at 96, and Exchequer-bills 11 1-1 pm. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, lath DECEMBEn.—Wind N.N.E., moderate, ARRIVED.—Uniou, from Belfast. SAIL zu.— Garrick, Task, New York—Saranak, Turley, Phi ladelphia—Frederick, Gover, St. John, N.B.—Majestic, Mel huish, Smyrna—Africano, Trieste—Aurora, Barcelona—Royal William, Faurel, Cadiz—Margaret, Morton, Mobile—Dartmouth, Palfrey, Naples—Bertha, Harris, Palermo, and Georgians, Tar. ner, Messina. Tallen, Hickman, from Alexandria, and Jessie, M , Gill, frog Callao at Cove. Livonia, M'Kinnon, from Hambro for this port at Falmorttt Barba. a Catharina, Brohn, hence for Antirerp at Falmouth. MILFORD, 11th Dec.—A large ship on fire, from the mainmast aft was passed at three o'clock this morning, by the Gertrude. arrived here, which was unable to render any assistance, as it was blowing a strong gale. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, Dsc. 14 We have had a good supply of Cattle and Sheep at our market to-day, with a numerous attendance of customers. Anything prime met with a good sale at a shade of advance in pace from our last statements. Second rate and inferior quality of dull sale, at late prices. Beef, bad. to 64d. per lb. ; Mutton, 6id. to 7d. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATO MARKET, DEC. 14, 1846. s. d. s. d. Hay, old Mb 0 B®o 10 'Potatoes, 1)901b New 0 6 0 p Kemps Clover Grass Straw, Wheat... 0 3 0 4 Short Tops .. 5 6 — ` b 10 Oat 0 3 0 4 Cattle 6. d. •. d Barley Carrots . 0 2 0 2i ;Turnips, 4) , ton 24 0 —27 6 . 0 0— 0 0 %Manure - 6 0 MARRIED Yesterday, at St. Philip's Church. Mr. JOHN BROUGHTON BARKER, mariner, to Miss SARAH FLETCHER. o f thi s t own . 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