The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-13 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 13, 1835. THEATRE;ROYAL. Under the Patronage of the MAYOR and BAILIFFS. ITALIAN OPERA. riviE Nobility, Gentry, and Public of Liverpool and its -11 '{HE are respectfully informer] that this present FRIDAY, the 13th instant, wilt be represented, for the second time, Rossiui's celebrated and favourite Opera of LA GAZZA LADRA. Ninetta Madame Kyntherland. Giannetto Signor Deval. Podesta....Signor Marani. I Fernando ....Sig Boisrago n. Lucia Madame Cast 1. • rabrizio..Signor Galli. I Pippo.. Made iselle Campi. asacco ...... Si gnor T royauo. I Antonio ...Signor Cervalos. Ou MONDAY next, the 16th instant, will be performed Rossini's celebrated Heroic Opera of In w TANCREDI. hich Mademoiselle CEsAai will make her first appearance this season. The other most celebrated and favourite Operas which will te performed during the season are II Corradino, II Tancredi, La Giulietta e Romeo, and La Semiramide. Which Operas 'will be produced under the immediate superintendence of the Marqu is de Muti Papazurri. Nights of performance are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Prices of Admission :—Lower Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes ar.l Pit, 2s. 6i1.; Gallery, Is. Books, with the words of the Opera, in Italian and English, 'may he had at the Theatre, price ls. 6d. Subscription. Ticket (transferrable) for a .Season of Two Months, 12 Representations each month, £4 4s; The Box - office is open daily from Eleven o'clock till Four, where the Subscribers arc respectfully requested to secure their places, and receive their Subscription 'rickets, from Signor CAMP/, Box-office Keeper. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance will commence at Eight precisely. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. SIXTH WEEK OF LIFE IN LIVERPOOL, 91HE Public are respectfully informed, that as Local 1 Drama continues to be received with ade eof appro bation and support unprecedented in any pro cial Theatre, and nightly bailed with the most enthusia ti pplause, it will be repeated this present FRIDAY, t 3th instant, and every evening.till further notice. Principal characters—Mr. Raymond, Mr. Hammond, Mr Melville, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Simpson, &c. Miss HAMILTON, having been received with the - warmest ap 'probation, will sing twoof her most popular Songs each evening. The Brothers JACKSON will also appear. • To conclude with RAYMOND AND AGNRS; • ---• OR, THE BLEEDING NUN. Tickets and Places to be had at the Box-office, each day, from Eleven till Three o'clock. . ` Doors t o b e open at Half-past Six o'clock, Pefformance to commence at Seven. Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2s.—Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—No Second Price to the Gallery. Second Price at Half-past Eight. BATTY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE ADDITIONAL ATTRACTION. Continued success of the Oriental Spectacle, which has been pronounced by crowded audiences one of the most magnificent pieces ever produced in this Theatre. - • HIS present FRIDAY, the 13th, and TO-11, ROW, - 11 - (Saturday,) the 14th instant, the Perform es will com mence with a Grand Oriental Spectacle, calle ~ AN ARAB'S OA ; po t zei r." -- OR, THE CAVE OP T M Mahomet (Sultan of the east, disguised e Arab) Mt. Stirling. Iman - (a Moslem Chief) Mr. Neville. Liska . - Mrs. Stirling. . • SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. By Messrs. Batty, Hicken, Mackintosh, &c. The performances to terminate with other Entertainments. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d. Children under Ten Half-price to the Boxes and Pit. Half- Price to the Boxe4 at Nine - o'clock. Doors open at Six,"aud ifckunience at Seven. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The "Broil" is capital, but it is too long for us. The'petition of "H. H." in our next. Mt EV:iv:pool f:tantiar. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1835. We cannot afford to waste another word about the speakership further than to announce that the election of Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON will be carried by a large majority. We have received Jamaica papers to the - 3d January. ,The Christmas holidays,had passed over in good humour and harmony, without the slightest attempt being made to disturb the peace of the colony.. On the 22d Dec. the House of Assembly was prorogued from that day till the 27th January. The following is the speech of his Excellency Lord SLIGO : "Gentlemen of the Council, " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Assembly, "The near approach of the Christmas holidays rendering it. expedient that you should return to your respective residences_,' where yonr se rvices , va l ua bl e as t h ey ale h ere, w i l l b e so much nlore im members I have resolved alp releaaing.ou from our sit:ti es sa of tfie legislative body, at:cr au attendance of unusual duration. " None of the bills which have been presented to me as the. result of yoUr labours are of a nature to call for any observatiou from me, except the special Commission bill; I consider it to be one of much importance, and though various circumstances have induced me to resolve , on not•acting under its provisions In a recent case, I feel the great utility of the measure, and B hali not hesitate to, avail myself of it if any occurrence should u nfortunately arise Miele it can with 'impiety be used. " It affords me much satisfaction to be enabled to inform you that a second and further increase to the number of special ma- Ristrates has_ been announced to me by the recently arrived Packet: several of those appointed for this colony had actually s ailed previous to the date of the despatch which I have received, and the rest were immediately to follow. When a.l of them !shall have arrived, I have no hesitation in sayin g th a t th e num• bar in th e island will be perfectly adequate to its exigences. I am further gratified at being enabled to inform you that FR' Plan of the. better arrangement of the West India packets now in active progress, and I, am instructed to say that it will be ve r y speedilymatured. " It rema i ns f or me now on l y to ment i on, that the rules laid down for the proceedings under the act of the imperial par:ia lnenti for compensating persons having previous rights to the .tervice of manumised slaves, have been approved of by his illajesty in. council, with the excepti o n o nly o f th o 13th an d 14 th, which, being appealed against, still remain under con !ideration. That rule which affects the distribution of the-fund between persons standing towards each other in the relation of debtor and creditor has not been allowed by his Majesty in coun cil; but the confirmation of the rules of proceeding, with the e xceptions I have before mentioned, removes every obstacle to the active prosecution of their claims, by the different persons who seek to benefit by the payment of the compensation money. The promptitude which his Majesty's government have shown in this respect, and the heavy responsibility in curred by the colonial secretary, in snaking, without the sanc tion of Parliament, so considerable an increase, as well to the e moluments as to the number of special magistrates, will, I trust, be considered to afford abundant proof of the deep in terest he takes in common with his colleagues in the welfare o f Jamaica, a responsibility so great as only to. be justified by the imperious exigencies of the moment. and the injury which must have inevitably resulted from any. delay in affording such assistance. "Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Assembly t "I thank you for the supplies which you have voted for the services of the current year, and hope that the careful and anxious superintendence of theieappropriatiou will render them Fully sufficient for all requisite purposes. "Gentlemen of the Council, "Mr. speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly, " haiss made all the arrangements which I think necessary LaLa provide for any c u nti ngenc y which may possibly arise during approaching holidays. The usual detachments of troops ' are ordered to be sent out. More than the ordinary number of ?lease's of war will proceed. to various parts of the island, with In structions to render assistance wherever it may be required. T here will ' be besides other forces kept there in continual readi tless in case of any emergency. "I am happy, however, to feel .myself enabled to stale, that an the information which I have received affords me the strong net graunds..for thinking that. no idea of any discontinu a nce o f the present tranquillity exists in any quarter; and has con- 7•;iaced me that those preParations whi c h I have nevertheless • f e lt it my duty to Make, •mig h ht, without the slightest danger, have been di s p ens ed w i t h . I amappy also to add, that a lt the ;Ports, public and private, which I have lately received, as to t h e general feelings of the apprentices, and their increasing dis -1"ilion to undertake the extra labour for the exigencies of the eolliing season, are most satisfactory. " I do now in his Majesty's name prorogue this General kfluctubly until Tuesday, the 27th day of January next, an d it ' hereby prorogued according." Prior to .the prorogation the House had adopted the following • esultitions:— 'Resol ve d, nem. con.—, "'That this house having prolonged their sitting to a most in tonvenient period, and done everything in their power to give ' l4 iency to the law passed for the abolition of slavery, cannot " Parate without expressing their surprise and indignation at t°e abrupt an d unsat i s f actory answer o f t h e colonial minister en the 10th of November last, 1,, the just remonstrances of our ?gent, as to the dangerous state in which the island is placed, °Y the very inefficient measures adopted by his Majesty's Rovernment to bring to a successful issue the mighty and fright -I'4l experiment introduced by his Majesty's advisers." "Resolved, nem. con. — "That after a very careful perusal of the correspondence between our agent and the colonial minister, the house return Their thanks to William Burge, Esq. for his able, timely, and disinterested interference for the protection of this island, and regret that his exertions have met with so little attention, and a° ungenerous a reception, at the colonial-office." The followinm . extraots will be read with interest:-- xtracE or a letter dated Port Antonio, 30th December, IS31 —The Christmas passed off very quietly, and all the ap prentices in this quarter have returned to their work. Extract of a letter dated Lucea, Dec. 30, 1831.—" The Christma s holidays have passed off without the least manifesta tion of disquietude. The apprentices enjoyed their usual sport after divine service on Thursday, and continued their amuse ments on Friday<and Saturday. On Sunday it was indeed re ally cheering to.see thousands of persons thronging. in well dressed parties to the. Church. the Presbyterian Kirk, and the - ptist Chap e l. Th e R ev . M r . W atson, t h e m i n i ster o f t h e irk, availed himself of the oortunity to offer several remarks pp t ouching th e con di t i on of the apprentices, and the conduct to be expected from them. He particularly exhorted them to corn l';ence their labour on the morning of the 29th with cheerful obedience and pointed ou t th e ev il s t h at wou ld ar i se from t h e tliallest attempt at insubordination. This gentleman is really !ndefatigable in the duties of his ministry and it is sincerely to I') be regretted that the ill-health a his , amiable cimsort will compel him to leave the island for some months." Extract of a letter from Say-la-Mar, dated Dec. 30, 1831.--: " The Christmas holidays went off cheerfully. Dancing and other amusements prevailed throughout the parish; and on Monday morning the peasantry went to their work in the most orderly manner. The proprietors and representatives have continued their usual allowances, which they receive in a proper . spirit. The mills are all about, and long may continue the ma nufacture of our staple sugar.—On Sunday the Established Church was crowded to excess, the apprent►ces were dressed in their best attire, and the Rev. Mr. Steward delivered an elo quent sermon on the occasion. • The accounts receind from the country by post yesterday, were, on the whole highly satisfactory. The apprentices on nineteen properties have qtkietly returned to their duty. The Standard says, dissatisfaction had been exhibited by those on Kensington. lien, in Trelawny, but a letter was yesterday re ceived from the Special Justice of that parish, whO' reports that all was quiet; besides this the editor of the paper states that his information . was from a negro; setting aside, therefore, the Sti pendiary'iletter, the report is not worthy of much . credit. An anonymous writer, iu the same piiper says, that on King's Val ley and other estates.in Westmoreland insubordination has Ma nifested itself,. Our advices from Say-la-Mar reach the evening of the 29th'ultO.,.and are silent on the subject; besides a letter was receiYediti this city yesterday from a highly respectable gentleman of Westmoreland, who r so far from alluding to any disturbancif in his parish, obsiricts, "the holicrays : hive passed over quietly ) ,,and t i tle apprentices strow'eve'ry disposition to re sume their wrirli . ;:„they:,have behaved better ijiis.Christmas than I have knoWn their to do for many years pasi." 2 --Conimercia/ Advertiser, Jan. 2d. Mr. Brown, the stipendiary magistrate for Ver4,has resigned ; and will shortly depart from the island. Mr. Dawson of this city, has been appointett stipendiary magistrate for the district of Minchioneal,, in the room of Mr. Jerdan deceased.—lbid. It is painful to be obliged to confess, after all the sa crifices which have been node by the people of this country, th!.'t the slave trade is at this moment, under cir_ cumstances of unsurpassed cruelty, carried on to an ex tent never before known since the discovery of America. We have it, on authority which cannot be questioned, that since, the intentions of the British legislature be came known relative to the abolition 'of slavery in the West Indies, the colonists, of. Spain in Cuba and Puerto Rico, and of Denmark in St. Thomas, and those of other foreign, settlements, have embarked in the. trade. , tof•: transporting slaves from Africa to Cuba and Puerto Rico, and likewise to Brazil, to an extent -!which merges into the shade all the exertions and all the . loudly condemned criminality of the British slave dealers .in••the worst of times. It is a fac“hat, as soon as the intentions of parliament .reached Spain, Denmark, and the West Indies, active measures weretoncocted and car ried into effect for the purpose of supplying the diminu tion of slave labour in our colonies, by an increase Of slave labour ,on the fertile shores of Cuba and Puerto Rico. We are assured, and we call the attention of Lord ABERDEEN and the Coloniul-office to the fact, that, in consequence of these concerted measures for this grand object, no less than twenty-five slave ships, bound for the • coast of Africa, sailed in one day from the little island of St. Thomas. • At the same time the colonial government of Cuba paSsed certain orders in council holding out the most tetuptingencouragement in favour of English co lonial Panters'in that island, thinking thereby to draw from us those enterprising persons who have toiled in our ill-fated'islands, and whose miSfortunes might tempt them to.seek an- asylum where the remnant of their property and .their industry would be more' respected and more efficiently protected. The most melancholy fact of all is that, while Great Britain and her unfortunate settlers in the West Indies have sacrificed millions of property—after thousands of families. have been reduced to comparative destitution— after the widOw's cruise has been exhausted, and the 'bread of .the. orphan dipped in bitterness—challenging, as it were, the - beneficence of Providence on' the ground of assumed philanthropy—it is melancholy, we say, to reflect that all this has been done in order to sharpen the ap petite of foreign avarice, revive the horrors of the " middle passage," and cover the seas with slave ships, bearing the blood;and bones, and sinews of those unfortunate beings over whom floods of tears, and torrents of ink, and waterspouts of poetry have been poured in vain. It is a well authenticated fact that since the abolition of the slave trade.by England only one ship in thirty known to be engaged in the slave trade has been captured by Bri. tish cruisers. This is proved by the parliamentary re- turns. The people of this country have been taxed to the extent of many Millions in order to suppress the traffic; but they have dime no more than a drop in the ocean 'compared - with the extent of the trade. Fiance has entered into treaties with us for the purpose of co-operating with Our cruisers in suppressing _it; but, like all the foreign engagements' of that wily and heartless nation, they have secretly countenanced a• trailic,which they have publicly condemned. It is the , same, With the other powers of Europe engaged in. it. They profess to respect the prin- ciples upon which the people of Englaudnct; but they nevertheleq . g repudiate them in practice, and•violate them 'with imputilty. - • But if our. Cruisers captured one vessel in:thirty Of the wholenuMher . employed in the slavetrade, that w ou ld b e some consolation. It would be .a . trifling percentage of drawback from an enormous profit:, Nit tt >e 'proportiOn of one in thirty has reference only to the nurnkr.of.vei sels known to, he' 'engaged in the traffic. 'Thelnatigyer unknown can only be guessed at ; and we are assured, by those who have..the best means of information, that for every one so known and reported, there are three which escape detection, altogether, even in name, and carry on a lucrative trade without coming into contact with any of our cruisers,,aod of whose dealings no trace can be pro , cured. This then is the serious matter. If we only capture one slaver in ninety, (fur that is the estimated proportion,) hoW can it . be said that the slave trade is in a fair way to be abolished ? And this is not the worst of it. The bene volent acts of the British parliament, which have slackened the activity of slaVe labour in our own colonies, have given an unfortunate impetus to that of the other nations engaged in it; and if ninety slavers for one captured was, before the,..bill : Of 'emancipation passed, the estimated pro portion, what must be the state of the trade now, whe n Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and the French islands are daily increasing the number of their slaves, and manu facturing as much sugar as was manufactuted in the most prosperous times by all the slave colonies of England? These are perplexing questions. 'lt is for the philanthro pists of England to consider whether they have or have not caused this increased, this unfortunate traffic in human beings. We give them, as we have ever done, the credit of good intenti Ms. They have made war upon the system at home, and have suppressed it. But have they thereby advanced the interests of humanity ? Have they conferred a single benefit upon the African? They have taken the profit of hissieportation out of our hands,--they have, so far as England is concerned, made our bands pure—our seamen do not navigate slave ships—but have they placed the traffic in `the, hands of more humane or more respon sible traders? ,In other words, have they not increased an evil, by rendering its pursuit more profitable to those who are more.-barbarous, less regulated by the forms of naval discipline, •more reckless in their principles, more abandoned and vicious in their habits, and more likely to commit deeds of cruelty from the simple circumstance that they are doing that by stealth which is criminal, and under risks which involve ruin and a loss of life? It is with 'great pain that we contend that, the philan thropists of England are responsible for the renewed horrors of the'slave trade, and we see no mode by which they can vindicate conduct whiCh•• has led to such dis astrous results; but that which must operate to the sup pression of the traffic as carried on by foreign powers. In the course of a few weeks, certain papers will be moved for in the House of Commons, which will bring all this melancholzbusiness before the, perhaps, astonished eyes of the public. The colonial office has been supplied with facts, and they have been treasured up since the time of Lord STANLEY, who, although he had learntsome - thing of.the new trade through official sources, expressed himself confounded at the information he then received on authority' which he could not fur a single moment hesitate to believe.• Lord STANLEY will understand who we rely upon for our information when we call to his re collection the circumstance of a petition being presented to, im in Arabic, presented by a gentleman whose knoW ledge of the West Indies is of the first order, who has lost a competent fortune in the colonies, and which petition was from certain free Africans, praying to be sent back to Africa in the condition of slaves, seeing that as free men . they had lost caste, and were evidently docmed to paUperism in the West Indies. a. This article is 'already too long, and must therefore exclude some observations which we intended to offer upon slavery "in the abstract." These last have, for many a year, been cant terms with those who, anxious to conciliate public opinion, have sac' ificed a great priticiple to expediency. We shall endeavour to place this silly disguise—this senseless veil—this "abstract slaveiy," in its true light on an early day. But sufficient for to day is the evil thereof. We cannot resist, however, calling public attention to matters which involve the character, morality, and patrio tism of our own community; and we do it under the force, of feelings. 'which are calculated to lower the confidence• which• we should be otherwise disposed to place in men who, exemplary in their professed benevo lence, have nevertheless - converted it into a . source profit under the disguise of disinterested philanthropy. We reduce the matter to two simple questions, leaving those who beit can answer them to speak out Or be silent? just as they please. • We ask Ist.--Is there a mercantile house in Liverpool which is in the habit of exporting - British manufactures to the Danish colony of St. Thomas, or to the coast or Africa, which manufactures are assorted for and made directly available in the purchase of slaves 2,1.—1 s there a house in Liverpool which sends the goods of the quality alluded to, and fOrthe purpose s mentioned, directly to the parties who purchase slaves, and which house draws for the amount'of goods, as ex ported, upon houses in Hamburg and France ? We have been furnished with documents on this sub ject, which are of so painful a nature that, although the truth of them is unquestionable; we cannot yet bring, ourselves to the task of publishing them. The truth however, must come out before long, and- IO another place, in an Irish law report, the curious reader will he made acquainted With the' purposes: to Ala holy Water is applied in Ireland. - Over , the' faces Of the faithful in that beautiful island cold water, after -being blessed by 'a fellow who, perhaps, was at a fighf , On the day before, is sprinkled in a gentle manner on ordi nary occasions. and rather sparingly, (for good things shonld'not he laviShed,),and the faithful, it is said, deriVe Much refreshment and consolation from the drolis; but in the present instance a poor old gentleman of the name of Macdonald had too Much of the holy water; the mop having heed • pushed in his face by the priest, and his: whole bodY.d.renched as if St.,,Swithin had had a spite against him, or as.if he had swam from Scotland to Ire 7 land like St. Patrick, with his head under his arm. All the parties engaged in this trial are Roman Catho lics, and, therefore, we suppose we shall be allowed to take their evidence without being chargeable with orange or protestant misrepresentions. The attorney who con ducted the case says:— • " Unhappily the priests of this country—and.l speak it with deep regret, being myself a Roman Catholic,--are divided into two classes: one is literally absorbed in the vortex of Political agi tation, and, abandoning the peaceful dutieS of their. calling, are hurried away amid the storm and strife of earthly politics. When. like Prospero, they should calm the troubled limits that walk through lam land, they rather stimulat e an d 'folio( ) theM onward in their work! The other class consists of those who, addicted to low grovelling habits, exercise the most outrageous tyranny over their flocks in extorting money to enable themselves to indulge in. their unseemly propensities, so that, when they should be shepherds caring for their flock, they are no better than wolves devouring the sheep!'. After this, let us hear no more of the " slanderi of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD against the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland." Here we have the testimony of yortian Ca tholics themselves " Agin their clargy." 'Hare wa have it confessed, that one portion of the priests.are " ab4orbed in the vortex of political agitation," and _that the other are " addicted to low grovelling habits, and exercise the most outrageous tyranny over their flocks in EXTORTING MONEY !" • Had we said this, we should have been abused from Martinmas to Midsummer ; but the charge is made by a Roman Catholic in open court, and no man has dared to deny it. The facts proved are of the most revolting kind. An old man, who had contributed his money to build the chapel, thus desecrated in his own person, is denounced by the priest from the altar—is insulted and assaulted by the said Oriest—is dragged out of the chapel by a hand of infuriated ruffians, and he would in all pro bability have been murdered but for the intercession of his friends. Such is popery in Ireland I Suelra swede aould not have occurred it:lv:England. In fact, we are always glad to draw the proper distinction between the English and the Irish Roman Catholics. The latter are violent, lawless, and ignorant; the former are peaceable and well disposed. We should not be op posed to popery on political grounds, if its professors were faithful subjects of the King, and men whe 'feared God after the custom of their fathers, respecting the laws, he restraints of subordination, and the maxims of chris. tianity. But we oppose. Irish popery because •it is rebellion and fraud—because it leads to gross demoraliza- Lion, and encourages outrage and crime. Reader, judge for yourself. We refer our readers to an advertisement in this day's STANDARD, from the master coachmakers of this town, and we earnestly recommend to their serious.attention the letters appended to it. We can assure them that . they are genuine documents ; they speak for themselves, and therefore require no lengthened arguments to prove' that an organised conspiracy is inexistence; which, ifthe: law be not sufficiently powerful, must be exterminated., by more efficient laws, unless we •are prepared -to place master manufacturers, generally, under the tyrannical and arbitrary controul of their labourers. The journeyman coachmakers, in theircontroversy with their masters, asserted that they had no connexion with any. society which, had not been in ex;sterice for more thaii thirty years. To prove. the contrary, we copy the following certificate' of an admission to a society in this town. Iris a copperplate engraved impression, headed— " LANCASHIRE UNION, • " (Including Kendall,) " ESTABLISHED 1832." And followed by an emblazoned copy of the coachmakers' arms, with the motto of "Surgit-post-nubia Phcebus." COACHMAKERS. " Lieerpuol and Manchester, April —, 1833. " This is to certify that the bearer is by trade a coach has paid to those out of employ and the sick, and we recommend him to the trade worthy of encourage-. (Signed on behalf of the trade.) " THOMAS SMITH. President. "P. Alot. us, It. BoAnE G. S. Secretary. • " N.B.—None are considered legal except bearing the above,; i:apression." • The "above impression " is a red seal with the hand= in-hand upon it, surrounded by "Union of Coach Makers': as its motto. We find on the _back of the certificate the following written indorsation "The bearer having got Employment at Messrs. _ . - But on account of the Wages Being so low be preferr'd Trying Elsewere his Old certificate Being of no use to go farther we the members of the union Thought him-De serving of a uew one By paying all Demands in. Behalf of 'the trade. " PHILLIP MULLIN." Who PKILLIP MULLIN is we of course do net know, but it appears that with his missive to exhibit, the bearer would have been permitted to work, and that without it he could not procure work go where he might, however urgent his necessities, or however great his desire to do so may have been, Are suchjnen as this Pula'? Alti- LIN to be the arbiters of thelate of all . the journeymen coachmakere employed between .Liverpool aud-Xendal? . - By the arbitrary rules of thiw.unioiyno man is permit ted to work who is not one of that body . . Intiinidatipn by threats, personal, violence, and annoyance of every possible kind and description, are practised upon all who have the courage to attempt to procure an existence in dependent of the trammels of the union. All appren tices at the commencement of the last year of their ser vitude are also compelled to become Members of the union, on pain of - being treated as " illegal" men at the end of that period. These taint and corrupt the minds of their junior fellow-labourers, and the consequence is, that the greater part become idle, vicious, and disorderly. At the present moment several of the coach makers , apprentices of this town, are in the Kirkdale House of Correction, from whence, it is to be feared, they will not emerge with any very great degree of amendment either in morals or manners. Such as we have described it is the situation of the coach building trade in Liverpool, at this time, and we trust we have said enough to induce the gentlemen con nected with the other manufacttiring trades to make cow mon cause with the master coach Mak,ers. . We should recommend an immediate application to parliament on the subject. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LONDON LA7'ES7' NEWS. City, Half-east Seven o'clock, Wednesday Evening. Almost our only topic continues to be the approaching elec tion for speakership, and the "creatures" continue "at their dirty work" as actively as when we last wrote, as with the same. indifferent prospect. In the Consul Market there has not been Much variation since our last, but the market generally has been more buoyant: , The quotation for Consols tuAay has.been 9lh alternately,. buyers and sellers.. India Bonds are 20 to '22 pm., and Exchequer Bills 40. In the Foreign. Market there has been an improvement. iii Chitian and Colombian Bonds to-day, the former h av ing r isen to - 44, and the latter to 35 3 / 4 36. The advices from both - these republics are of a favouranle character, and the bOndholders appear,to become more sanguine that an early adj.ustineut of the claims of the creditors will take place. In the Nofthern .Bonds there is a tolerably fair market. Bel."' gian Bonds are 1011, Dutch 5 per Cents are 1024, the 2,1 per Catztt,i.s4 and itussMn 1091 to 110. The' speculation upon either . Portuguese or Spanish Stock has not been of much importance, but the market rather inclines tiptiarif. , The closing . price *of Spani s h B on d s thi s a f ternoon • was t0.57f, of the Scrip 31 4 pin., and of Portuguese 921. • In toe Share Market. there have been some heavy sales of Real ilerMoute Shares, which caused a decline to 31, but the other schemes are:nearly as we last quoted. The following 'are . the closing prices of 'our . 'Securities _ ._ .. . Bank 5t0ck......... 2231 Brazilian 874 1 3 per Cent. Red 924 g Chiliau 42 3 4 3 4 3 per Cent. Consols ....92i 92 C o l om bi an ....36.1 5 6 51. - 4 ., 31 per Cent. 'l(Mi i i Danish 7(.4 1 .7• 4 1 4 1 New 31 per Cent —991 i i 4 Dutch 5 per Cents 1024 Long Annuities , l7i 5-16 Dutch 21 per Cent5....551 1 India Stook 2581 Mexican ........, 'l2l India Bonds. • 20 22 Portuguese . . Exchequer Bills. 40 I Russian.. ...... .. .. 1;0 -.1 Ili, -, , Consols,for Account. 92 Spanish • Belgian'Bouds ' . 1041 Scrip . ' . '314 34-, 4 . • Shares.—Bolanas £125; Real del Monte £37 to £37, £32,• £31.105., £34 ;Canada £43 10s. E, 43. , . . : . • - • We have accounts from Hayti to-day, which give a melan choly picture of that free black republic, which - Seems retro- Irrading, with forty emancipation power, to natural savageness. the streets of Port au ; Prince are stated to be covered• with grass- t and impassable for carriages —the houses falling rapidly into decay—the palace of the former intendant uuriinfed, and an immense tree gmwn up from the earth, through the very centre of the building—the inhabitants were indolent, squalid and wretched, and assassinations were common, after dark' within half a mile of the town. The whole description is mos t deplorable. . _ . _ By the latest accounts from Persia we find that civil war con tinued to rage these, and that there still remained in the field five pretenders to the P ers i an th rone . Th e R ussian m i nister at Teheran, the Count de Simonich, had left that place for --Tanris. It was generally understood that a strong body of Rus sian. troops was advancing tow ar d s th e f ro nti ers of Georgia, for the purpose of occupying the provinces of Erivan, until the new :government should—have given sufficient guarantees.. for the payment of ,t-lse contributiods of war which the late Schah agreed to pay to Rugsia b e y dullest t+eaty ofpeace he concluded with the latter power. Ttherari had become the teat of great disorder, and assassinations were committed daily in great numbers. The English envoy, Col. Carnpbell,: however, still remained there, and had sent off, by different routes, despatches to our, government for further instructions. It was. beyond doubt, however, that long before tile replies could reach home the province of Erivan, one of the most fertile in Persia, would be totally ruined. By advices from Alexandria we learn that the recent visit of the Pacha to Lower Egipt had fully confirmed the favourable hopes respecting' the cotton clop, which was estimated as high as 330,000 to 310,000 quintals. No less than 180,000feddan s o f land had-been appropriated last year for the exclusive cultiva tion of cotton. 'llse administrator of Egyptian commerce had already paid the balanee'srpon the first products, which could i not earlier be delivered to the purchasers in consequence of the deficiency of the crop of 18.33.. The price of cotton this year, as well as the mode of sale; had not been fixed, but the princi pal European met chants were :}bout to procceifto Cairo to see the Pacha. The price, would ;,pica. be regsilated„by, the price currents of the different places,' and the ~ sno3e of purchase be fixed by the Pacha.. - . . . . By accounts from St. Thomas's we lege thitt. tbe governor generals Von Scholton, on his separatimf - from ,that sand for Denmark, had left for the' consideration Of thC7cueneil a pro ject for the emancipation of the negroes in the. Danish islands. It was-proposed that one day in addition to Sunday shotild be allowed them for the first year, and they were to.hire themselves out at the rate of two, bits, which motley was to be deposited in the Country 'Treasury. In the second year two days were to be allowed, three days in the third year, and so on until the six days had been obtained. The money paid into the Trea sury, was then to be returned to the owners as a compensation An - id. This measfire hail, however, met with great opposition. • By advices front Naples we learn that the Neapolitan govern meht had required a valuation of the oil in depot, in conse quence of which th e f o ll ow i ng h a d been reported to the royal Council : In the depiit of the province of Lacco ....146 sahns Ditto .ditto Bari 9O ditto Ditto .ditto .....Calabria .. 50 ditto 286 saltns. The appearance of the olive crop is said, in these advices, to be very good. 'Bv accounts from Carthagena we learn that General Lugue, %Oolitic' been convicted of robbing the Bogota mail, had been transported to St. Domingo. THE ITALIAN OPERA. On Wednesday night "La Gazza Ladra," a semi-serious opera, was brought out at the Theatre-Royal. Ari,,etta, Fa. brizio's family servant, Madame Kyntherland; Giannetto, a young soldier, son of Fabrizio, Signor Deval; Podesta, Signor Marani; Fernando, a soldier, fath er of Ninetta, Signor Bois raeon; Lucia, wife of Fabrizio, Madame Castelli ; Fabrizio, a ric's farrier, Signor Galli; Pippo, a country lad, Madlle. Cam pi ; Isaac°, a Jew pedlar, Signor Troyano; Antonio; tt , sailor, Signor Cervalos. • Th e hasty and ill-advised production of this operalsi.Ave derstand, attributable to some anonymous and rather ungenerous temarks which appeared in the columns of one of our contem poraries, charging the manager of the Italian opera with not having kept his faith with the public, because he had not pro duced the exact number of operas " noted on the bond." To repel this charge, the Marquis de Muti Papazurri, with more valour than discretion, got up "La Gazza Ladra." The repre sentation thus prematurely forced on was, in truth, little more than a dress rehearsal; and it would, therefore, he an act of great, injustice to pronounce an opinion upon a piece performed under . such unfavourable circumstances. This, indeed, ap ,Peared to be the "feeling of the audience, who, although not blind to tlle fact that scarcely one of the performers understood his or her part, forbore to manifest any symptom of disapproba tion". We would suggest to the marquis, that this is a some what hazardous experiment, which we hope he will have the good sense not to repeat. NOTICE TO SHIPMASTERS, EMIGRANTS, PAS SENGER AGENTS, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE LIVERPOOL ST.4.IrD,4RD. consequence of a communication from R. W .Hoy, Esq., Under-Secretary of State for the Cotouial,i)epirtment, directing Me, by - colon - land of. the Right lion. the Earl, of Aberdeen; to make the following information generally fi.r %v n, TIM , the tax ou cMigrauts proc.eet.ling . to 'Cower Pit nada has been renewed, and <s now in force,' . I beg,through the medium of your paper, to'acquaint the .publie !herewith.— Aseinain, sir;.your most: Obedient and vet y hunalile set vaut, • Ii.QBT. LOW, Limit. U.N.. • • 11.111, Emigration Agent. Liverpool:Government Emiiiretion Qffice,. 33, Union-street, 11th Feb., 1835.. • , ST. Baines Cu uticti.—lt will be observed. by. the- advertise thent in another cnlumn, that our excellent diocesan is to preach in St. Bride's Church. (near the mount cemetary,) on Sunday -next. Collections are then to be made in aid of schools about to be erected iu Upper Stanhope-street, a neighbourhood with a large hod increasing population, for which such' schools are urgently required. We trust that his lordship's kind and able advocacy will do much to promote so laudable an undertaking. H THE WEATHER.—Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, dated Jan. 7th.—`' Business has been quite at a stand for four days, owing to the deluge of rain which has fallen, and pre . Vei;ted persons from leaving' their houses during that time.' FIRE PinicE.-,—The superinteudant of the fire police (Mr. Gallemore) having been dismissed by the commissioners, the cause for which does not appear, a special meeting of the board was held on Tuesday last, for the purpose of appointing his successor, when a Mr. Williams moved that the duties of the office, for three months, be performed by Mr. Whitty, superin tendant of the nightly watch, with a view to his permanent al)- ; peintment,'provided Mr. Whitty found himself competent to 'hold both situations; Mr. .JaCkson seconded the motion, and, ' after some discussion of no general interest, in which Mr. ••Hiudle, Mr. Wales, Mr. Keet, Dr. Collins, and Mr. Genre :took part, the motion was carried by Mr. Whitty receiving the appointment. An investigation into a charge brought against 'Mr. Gallemore by 'one of his men, arising out of some claim Atiat,- the man Made for expenses at -fires, was subse.qUently entered into, but as a motion by Mr. Hindle, to the effect that MrAiallemore (who was man adjoining room) shouldbe ad mitted In explain away or rebut the charge was negatived by the beard, we do not feel justified iu giving publicity to the con versation. • SEMOUS ACCIPENT.—On Saturday afternoon, a b ou t f our o!clock, as som e p ar s o nS were loading a lorry with cotton from the third story of a warehouse in William-street, Dale:street, the rope broke, and a bag of cohort fell upon the c ar t er . Hi s neck,, we understand, Wasldiilocated, but Mr. Rowlawl, the dentist, of Tithebarn-street; Saving reached the spot immedi ately after the accident, succeeded in reducing the dislocation, by which the man's life was saved. He icas-llien sent off to the .I'ort.h.ern Hospital, where he remain4 l ,in,a precarious state. 'eonardo, a young Venetian pulite, • whose family name the chronicler has suppressed, from respect for his exalted kindred, being . requested bye. friend to lend his apartments for a private interview with a young lady, concea!ed himself in an outer room, and thus saw the beautiful face of the frail damsel, as her lover impatiently snatched off her veilnpon her entrance. Soon after wards a marriage was arranged for Leonardo with the only child of a wealthy and powerful senator:—" The nuptial day arrived. Towards sunset the relations and friends of both families assem bled in the mansion of the old senator. Leonardo, according to Venetian custom, awaited the several guests at the door of the palace, and was the last to enter the saloon. The nobles Occupied seats placed around in guise of an amphitheatre. At the further end a priest, in pontifical robes, knelt in fervent p ra y er before a magnificent altar. Trophies of all kinds of arms hung against the walls blackened by time, and the .brilliancy of the abundant waxlights could scarcely dissipate the obscurity of the ample .saloon. As Leonardo entered, the inner apartments, Wherein the bride, encircled by noble matrons, awaited the moment of celebration, opened. The bride steps forward un veiled, and, amidst the general exclamations of enthusiastic admiration, the cry of Famed surprise which escapes Leonardo at her sight is unheard; the beautiful girl, who comes forward half-veiled in white drapery, with every symbol of sr spotless life, is no other than the paramour ,of his friend. * * * He hesitated a moment, whether publicly to disgrace her who dared to bring him infamy as her wedding portion; but the aspect of her father, the thought of his despair, pity for the..ex quisitely-beautiful girl herself, and the generosity of his soul, de termined him rather to incur the reproach of absurd capricious ness ; and as the bride, after receiving her father's blessing, drew near to him, he receded a couple of steps, and command ing silence by a gesture, exclaimed,' 'She cannot, be my wife! Never will I be her husband l"l'he rejected bride swooned;. her infuriated kinsman rushed upon the insulting bridegroorn; the festal scene, the nuptial altar itself seemed about .to be pol luted with blood. • The venerable senator, controlling his own . anger, employed the whole force of his eloquence and of his'ati r thoritiy to prevent this outrage. Having succeeded, he thus ad= • dressed Leonardo Go; I renounce all self revenge, con.rfnit ting redress to Him who punishes the wrongs done to grayhairs.' A few days passed, Leonardo fell, mortally wounded by • the dagger of an assassin.' "—Lettre cu Venezia, reviewed in the .dihe meant • LIVERPOOL POL ICE. (Before the MAYOR and Alderman P. Bounrit.) IMPUDENT Srar.ET RounEitv.--An ill-looking fellow, call ing himself John Dixon, by trade a tobacconist, was placed at the bar, charged by the mate of the ship Medura, of Baltimore, with robbery in the streets on the previous night under the fol lowing circumstances. The - complainant stated that he• was pas Sing along the street on Wednesday night about twelve o'clock, when the prisoner joined company with him, and en tered into conversation. He shortly afterwards felt a hand in hit pneket, and immediat e ly ca ll s out " H o ll n, messmate ! you're picking my pocket;" upon which' the prisoner struck him on the. head, .felled him to the ground, and ran :away. Complain ant raised the my of watch, and stop thief,-and Bernard Sands, a watchman, secured him. He then foand that a silver pencil case and a gold seal were missing, and on the prisoner being taken to Bridewell and searched, those articles-were - in his pos session. The prisoner denied the charge,.and said that he had ' worked with Messrs. Bullen and Hignett, tobacconists, in • this • town; and, latterly, witlta Mr. Jones, iu the same business, at Manchester. BEN.R SH•WS, AND LORD BROUGHAM.—Patrick Hussey, who keeps a beer shop in Prestou-street, was summoned before the sitting magistrates for having people drinking in his house be tween the hours of twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning. Elliot, the constable, stated.that he served the summons on the mistress of the house on Wednesday. Mr. Crewe, who appeared,for the defence, asked Elliot what was the woman's name. don'ts nik,._ j . Crewe.:::l i ll'O t ol7efatir the court with this case. The fact is, that Hussey has not lived in this house for six months pakt. , Ingram. thn consta.ble, in answer to the court, stated that the name of Patrick HusSey was over the door, that he underlets to a man named Carney, and that he has not lived in the place these two years. He keeps a provision shop within two Tors of it. Mr. Crewe submitted that the infOrmation could not stand,- in as much as Hussey was-not the responsible person; but the bench overruled this objection, Hussey having his - name over the door, and having the licence in his name. The case was then gone into. Ingram proved that there were six persons in the house after twelve o'clock, and that one of them, a woman, was in the act of drinking de at the time he entered ; Carney then called several witnesses to rebut this evidence, but they totally failed. • - • - • . The Mayor.—Carney, do you live in.this house? - • Carney. — l 'do; sir. The Mayor.-And you sell ale? Carney.--I do, - sir. The Mayor.—Then I call upon you to produce your licence. The supervisor is here. This was a poser; Mr. Crewe and Mr. Carney viwe taken, as sailors would sat, quite aback; said nuthing,liutsboek their . heads. Supervisor.—This man, sir, is in the condition of one selling without a license. If you be good enough to call on him for his license we will then know who are the' bondrnert. it is a regu lar trick far respectable persons to obtain a beer license, :,,std then let the house to a poor person at an enormous rent. This man, Ca my, would never have obtained a license were this not the case.- The Mayor.—There are now befote the magistrates ninety. two cases of the kinti. • _ _ Mr. Alderman Bourne.—Th e evil is very extensive, and must be put a stop to; a great deal of d run k enness i s ca u se d b y i t, and the magistrates are blamed for what it is nut in their Rower to prevent. Mr. Crew.—Perhaps it were better if the beer act had never passed? Mr. Bourne:---I wish it had not; but it is one of the reform measures. • Mr. Crew.—lt is one of Sir Robert Peel's acts. Mr. Bourne.—N), n 0 it was Lord Brougham's. Mr. StattOnvottli.—Ves, the measure originated with Lord Brougham ; and not Sir Hobert Peel. ' Mr. Crew.—There's no doubt Sir Robertri s eol was concerned in it. • • . . . Magistrate.--If it were re-peeled . the - enthmunity would be ail the better for it. (Laughter.) The magistrates then lined Patrick Hussey, - the real owner of the beer-shop, in' the penalty of 405., and . ,said they should fine bun-in a further penalty of ih if he did not procure-his license. Gooss ASS.% ULT ON a Pot.ten - OFFICE:R.—A ruffianly fel-. low, named Richard Webster, was committed to' Kirkdale for trial - . for a gross assault upon Davison, - an active officer of police. It appeared from the evidence of the complainant that ,nn the 10th risstent he had - occasion togo to the inthlie:tionse kept. by Britton, a prize fighter in 'ritliebarn-street, where the prisoner was sitting. lie had no sooner entered than the prisoner hurled a half-pint glass in his face, which cut him severely about the cheeks and eyes. The ruffian, it appears, had- au ill-feeling towards Davison, in consequence of his having apprehended him on several occasions for assaults and felonies.. Elizabeth Foulkes, a young woman of respectable appearance, was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel the property - ef'Peter Blackburne. The complainant's wife, Sarah Blackburne, who lives at No; 4, Vine -street, stated that on the morning of the 10th instant, about eleven o'clock. she missed from her house two ladies' dresses, two crape handkerchiefs, a boy's jacket, a shawl, and merino cloak. - She had seen them safe in the parlour about five minutes before missing them. •The servant had left the front door of the house open, and some per son must have stolen them by enterin ,, that way. A young girl named Margaret Graham proved Elicit she saw the prisoner abont the hour mentioned by the last witness coming out of the complainant's house with a large bundle in her hand, which she saw her open. and display dresses similar 'to those described. A portion of thent the prisoner sent a sister of witness to pledge at Mr. Giliiards, pawnbroker, of Brownlow-hill. The pawn broker stated that the sister of the last witness pawned the arti cles claimed by the complainant. Shelly, a police officer, stated that he apprehended file- prisoner at a public-house in Hood-street. She had then in her possession a dress and shawl claimed by Mrs. Blackburne, The prisoner having nothing more to urge in her defence than tbat she " did n o t t a k e th em ' was committed. IC . VISIT OF NANIIC PASHA, THE TURKISH AM , BASSADOi?,_TO uyERN9I4, • • (Front a Correspondent.) It gives us great pleasure to'hear that this personage is about to visit Manchester, acid that be will be in Liverpool in the early part of the ensuing week. His journey is undertaken for ale purpose of making himself acquainted, by personal in spection, with the nature and elttent of the manufactures and commerce of •this part of the country. Such an undertaking deserves our warmest comniendatiou. . How v-cry significant is this conduct on the part of his excellency, of the feelings and principles that govern the councils of the 'present .divan at Constantinople, in relation to British • commerce. England exercises a powerful and salutary, moral as well as political, influence over that country, through the means of her con nexions therewith. Turkey has long acknowletlkt•ed this in fluence as an essential element of her own well being, and the , fault is not hers if we have not hitherto profited more by this advantageous position. However much the consequences of bye-gone misrule tin Turkey are to be deplored, it cainiet fail -te'encourage , ourlnticipationg Of future regeneration, when it is known that our commercial ihtercourse with that country is now 'recognised as the chief means for its accomplishment. For these reasons we shall' welcome the arrival of a Turkish ambassador among the intelligent and enterprising gentlemen who combiet• the mercantile Business of this port. They will be visited by the . Pasha, and he will thus have an opportunity of gaini ng 11-4 - ini the best sources some valuable lessons m corn- Htnetcial diplomacy. He is a person of excellent disposition, -courteous manners, and highly cultivated mind. We have, no doubt that the merchants of Liverpool will afford his excellency an opportunity of ascertaining, by some public expression of their sentiments, the extent they are disposed - to co-operate with him in the measures contemplated by his government for extending the commercial resources of Turkey to the enterprise and industry of the merchants•of this country.. A demonstration of •this character is,-in many respects, of great importance at this moment. The knowledge of the fact at St. Petershurgh and Constantinople, —that the merchants of this town bad - entertained the Turkish ambassador for the purpose of declaring their interest in the stability of tbe Turkish empire, and their opinion that its integrity affords the surest guarantee of the continuance of their own prosperous connexion with it,. would, we feel convinced, avail more than the last twelve months of diplomacy has done to unmoor our fleet front the bay of Vourla. THE NEW CHURCH AT FENISCOWLES, BLACKBURN. (Abridged from the Blackburn Standard.) The interesting ceremony of laying the first stone of a new church, to be called "Immanuel Church," at Feniscowles, was performed on Thursday last, in the presence of a large con course of spectators of all ranks and classes of society, among whom were the vicar, churchwardens, and other parochial officers of Blackburn„the clergy of the district, Wm. Fieldeu, Esq., M.P. fur the hotough, and Dearly all the gentry, resident iu and near the town. . . _ As soon as the company had been areanged, the Children of the Feniscowles Sunday schools sung the hundredth• psalm, after which the cere:nony . of laying ,the foundation stone pro ceeded. A bottle coutaming the coins of his present Majesty's reign, a copy of the specification of the works to kg executed in erecting the church, the London and Blackburn newspapers, &c., was then deposited in a small cell hewn out of a block of stone five feet square, already fixed in the ground.. The cere mony,of pouring, in upon it a small quantity of corn, wine, and oil, which was brought to the ground in silver vessels, was per formed by the Hey. Dr. Whittaker, vicar of I§lackburn, who also read aloud the memorial engraved on the copper-plate destined to cover the aperture. It was as follows ,;,: D. O. 31. Gloria in excelgit. . • . . "The first stone of this church, intended to'.be called Im manuel Church, in Feniscowles, was laid by WilHain Feilden, Esq., of Feniscowles, member of parliament for Blackburn, 'in the first two parliaments that sat since the town 'of Black burn :was made a borough town,_ on the fifth day of February, A.D. 1835, beiug the sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King William the Fourth. 'fhc entire expense of the building, amounting to above £lOOO, was defrayed by private 'subscrip tion, inc.u(F , ig £5OO given by the incorpor iced Society for building new churches. The site for the fabric' was given by William Feilden, Esq., who also contributed £lOO towards the funds for the building and endowment. .• John William Whittaker, D.D., Vicar of Blackburn. William Alston, Benjamin Briefly, Churchwardens of Blackburn. Richard • John William Whittaker, Architect." The copper-plate, after its surface had been completely'co vered with melted rosin, was then inserted in the groove pre pared for it, so as completely to cover the aperture containing the bottle and its contents, and was th oroug hl y covered with melted rosin. 'l'he mortar was then spread by William Feil den, Esq., and the foundation stone, suspended by a crane, was slowly lowered by the workmen and adjusted in its proper place. After trying it by the rule, square, and level, William Peihien, Esq., thrice struck it w ith th e ma ll e t, an d M a jor Morley made the following declaration in form : "In the name of Cod. Amen. "I hereby declare that this stone, being the foundation stone of a church to be built in this place, has been duly, property, and formally laid; and I hereby declare and pronounce that this is the first and foundation stone of a church, to be built for the honour of Almighty God, and consecrated to our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, under the name of Immanuel Church, Feniscowles. " God Save the King." The Rev. Dr. Whittaker, vicar of Blackburn, then proceeded to'.9ffer tip some prayers to the Most High, praying for a bless ing.,On the work in which they were engaged. A' hymn 'com posed for the occasion was sung, after which the rev. vicar ad dressed the .assembled multitude in an eloquent and impressive strain. "Before the people separated, the national anthem, God i sate the King," was also sung. The beantiful Mansion of Feniscowles, the - seat of William Fie Wen, ESq., was opened on the occasion to all who chose to pai tike of his hospitality. An edition of `• Joyce's Scientific Dialogues" has lately appeared in three leindsome volumes, with excellent engrav ings, edited by Dr. ()betties Gregory, and beautifully printed. It is gratifying to see this very popular work for young people placed in the present • advanced state of the arts, by such an eminent scholar; it was perfect in its day, but the progress of science has made large additions to its stores. necessary, and ' Dr. Gregory is, unquestionably, the very man to do ail that was wanting, to preserve to this - useful and very entertaining work its Weil-deserved popularity., Nes: OF COURT AND PISSENTERS.—We perceive that the Inner Temple Benchers have agreed to resolutions, which they also 'invite the other Inns of Court to., sanction ; the effect of which will be to place those who have not graduated at the uui `versifies upon the same footing as those who have taken degrees —in other words, they take away-the plea of the dissenters, that by reason of their not being able to graduate at the universities, they labour under, disadvantages with regard to being called to the bar. The dissenter now will be able to be called to the bar as soon as a churchman. The mere fact then of having i a de gree will make no difference to him in thi s res p ec t. It s also understoodthat the College of Physicians has adopted regula tions in a similar liberal spirit. Thegreat complaint, therefore, of the dissenters is removed; for they now can enter into the two professions of law and physic as readily as any graduate of Oxford, Cambridge, or Dublin. What more then do they want? Or rather, will. these coucessions satisfy them ? We fear not ; because, as we have over and over again stated, the real aim of the dissenters is directed not so mush to the attain= ment of the honorary distinctions or adventitimaaadvantages of university education, as it is towards -the possession of the go verning power, :with the. patrone g e, &c.; ,- now vested in mem bers of the Church of England. If then the dissenters call for more, we know where to meet them; for we shall then practi cally understand them. Alt they wanted they have now ob tained—graduates' preference exists up !linger; and the Inns of CoUrt and the College of Physicians are open- to them, and to all. Be it remembered also, that this boon they owe to the present Attorney-General--one of the illiberal tortes, as we are • BUCKHAVEN:—SEVRRE STortm.—Sudden and severe squalls are not unfrequent at this season of the year; the seaman is, in consequence, in imminent jeopardy. This village was tlirowu into a state of dreadful alarm on the night of Monday week, when a boat was missing. The great body of the ffeet had gone out as far as the May, and had scarcely hauled their lines when - a tremendous- storm arose. One solitary boat was about seven miles cast from the island, and was in consequence in the most imminent jeopardy. The rest had time to reach home or seek shelter. Without a compass to guide them, or one • solitary ray of light to gladden their sinking spirits, the whole crew, eight in number, expected to sink amid the yawning waves. But she being far behind, was overtaken by the temptest, amid the united' efforts of the crew could not bring her up to the wind. Whilst thus exerting themselves, an attempt was made to reach a brig at some distance, from them, but without success; the wind blew so strung that she could carry no sail, the bare mast carrying her at the rate of six or seven knots an hour. One mast was lashed across, in order to keep her on her way, and break the waves before conning .contact with the boat : this is an expedient oftcu resorted to by the Mariner in such a situation.. Ile skipper, Andrew Thomson, was repeatedly washed from the helm. Th 4 compass, and sundry other articles, were swept into the sea. Snow fed thick, the storm increased, the sea roared, and the night came on. The scene was indeed a gloomy one; all were drenched with snow an d spray, an d exhausted in labouring to keep her water free. But deliverance was at hand. `They in a most miraculous manner were borne from the scene of horror and peril, and were dashed into a sort of creek, about a mile east from Dunbar. —Considering the state of the weather, we never expected to see them alive, and the feelings of their numerous friends, when all safe they ar rived, m a y b e conce i ve d , b ut can scarcely be -described. An express, however, reached the village on the succeeding even ing, bearing the unexpected Let joyful news, " All's well !" The boat was got into a state of repair, and came home on Thursday. It is but justice to add, that the people of Dunbar treated them with the utmost humanity and kinduess.—Fife Herald. &plantation on Tweedmouth Moor, the property of J. S. Donaldson, Esq. was discovered to be on . fire.on the evening of Tuesday week : it is altogether imPossible to suppose that it could have occurred unless by the hand of an incendiary, LONGEVITY.—There is residing at Joppa (near Edinburgh) an out-pedsionet of Chelsea hospital, in the Edinburgh collection, named John Wright, who was born on the 4th of March, 1728; so that in a month he will have attained the age of 107! He saw Prince Charles at Holyrood in 1745, being then seventeen years Of age, and Was beside General Wolf when he fell on the plains of Quebec. Ile served in the army thirty-nine years and a half, and 'was discharged on Jan. 2, 1810, ?a consequence of belay corn ouf: being at that date aged about 81 years. He is frosts and vigorous, and retains all his facithies entire, and over his bottle of ale " fights all his battles o'er again." At quarter-day he walks from Joppa, a distance of four miles, to.,tlie Excise office in Edinburgh, and returns the same day.—Edinburgh Weekly Journal. FRENCI-I CRITIQUE ON MILTON.—MiItOjI is a tedious bar barian, who writs a commentary, in ten books of rumbling verse, on the first chapter of Genesis. Ile is a sl oven l y imita tor of the Greeks; he disfigures creation, and instead of pro ducing the world by the fiat of God, like Moses, sets the Mes siah to bungle at tracing out, with a pair of compasses of celes tial manufacture. He spoils 'l'asso's hell and devils, and makes Satan a casuist in divinity. Upon the whole, the "Para dise Lost" is obscure, whimsical, and disagreeable. THE TEA TRADE, MONDAY.—The clearances last week were again considerable. Of Bohea the delivery amounted to 545 quarter-chests, 53 half-chests, and 131 large chests, which, with the delivery of other qualities, make a total of 459,0001b5. The sales of teas which have. been advertised are looked for with in terest. A profit of 2d. to 4d. per pound on the East India Com pany's last sale is still realized. ANOTIIER INCENDIARY FIRE AT ROTHERIIITHR.—On Satur day last the premises of Mrs. Bennet, directly opposite the Thames Tunnel, were found to be on fire. About half-past eleven o'clock, a female servant of Mrs. Bennet, who has lately been left a widow, went for some domestic purpose into the back washhouse, when she was surprised to find various combustible articles in a state of ignition; among other things sonic tow, which bad not.been previously on thein-emiges--, and. bad she nut entered at that moment, in another half-hour the whole house would have been in flames. At the present moment sus picion cannot attach to any particular person. At a meetinz of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, held at the Museum, on Tuesday week, the Bev. C. Welibeloved de scribed the circumstances under. which a valuable and interest ing relic of the ancient monastery of St. Mary was recovered, which has recently been presented to the society. It is the mortar formerly used in the Infirma r y of St. Mary's Abbey, is about II inches in diameter, and weighs about 70 _pounds. It has the tw) following inscriptions :---" Mortanum Sancti Juhanuis Evangelistne, de Infirinaria Beatm Marine Ebor" and • the maker's name, "Fr. Willis tie Touthorp Me Fecit, A.D. MCCCVIII." It was presented to the society by Mr. Samuel Kenrick, of Birmingham. The Berne students have set an example which other young men might adopt with much advantage to the state of society generally—they have abolished tl}e cubtomtf duelling. CURIOUS THEFT.—Wednesday a'novel and Oaring theft was committed in the Parliament House, by abstracting from the counsellors' boxes several valuable briefi and other bulky papers, for the purpose of selling them to tobacconists. Somo of the records have been traced bv the police in . sn u tr s h ops, and restored in a dilapidated cou - dititiu to the learned owners. As this klagnillt depredation has been committed iu the Temple of Justice itself, we presume laWyers will have no heSitation in holding it to be a furtum grave. This ,purloiner of p rocesses was apprehended next day. - --Caiedonian Mercury. _ . A prisone'r Who had been condemned to three years' impri •sonment for robbery, with an additional month for insulting the ju4e4, was brought up upon appeal, on Thursday before tho Royal Court. The president having announced to him that the court confirmed his sentence, the prisoner said, "Stop a moment, and 1 will thank you," and at the same moment he took off hii wooden shoes and hurled them • one after the other at the head of the president with extreme violence. Fortu nately they missed; but one of them * struck a counsellor on the chest. The court immediately condemned the ruffian to five years' additional imprisontnent.—Paris paper. • II A wrcit, JAN. 28.—Monday evening, a stack of hay belong ing to Mr: .1. Kyle, in a field at Crinnhaughill, wits Consumed. Tins was, OP doubt, the work of an . incendiary. 'ln the course of that evening a great crowd . of persons paraded the streets with an effigy, and during the night a number of windows both in the town and•neighhourhood were smashed. The affair is undergoing investigation.-IceLo Mail,. SERIoCS ACCIDENT AT A FLOORCLOTII MANUFACTURY, LON DON.—The accident at .Main's manuf ac t or y, Dover-road, ori ginated as follows :•—An addition was making to One part of the building, which rendered it necessary to takedown a wall, which left a stack of drying-frames, containing ten thousand yards of canvass in various states of forwardness, partially exposed, when a sudden and powerful gust of wind, acting upon so large a surface, produced a pressure too great for a building of that description, and it consequently was levelled with the ground. No.life has been lost, neither has any person been input d, al though forty men are employed in that part orthe•'utaiiufae tory. The damage is estimated at under £3,000, and upt'E7,uoo, as errpueously,stated. BURGLARS PHYSIK ED.—A few weeks ago the premises of Captain Harvey, iu Cottage-lane, Steimey, were broken into, and the safe plundered of a quantity of provisions. '!'he family expecting the thieves again caused a suet pudding to be made, in which they mixed 60 grains of calomel, and directed the police to keep a sharp look-out. The pudding was placed in a larder, in the midst of a quantity of new provisions, on Tues day night last, and next morning, at an early hour, the police proceed from the b ac k of men4.lthe beat, hearing a noise Cap tain Harvey's garden, hastened to • the spat; anti saw two bundles, containing provisions,-ou the top of the palings, and two boys looking over. He was, howeVer, afraid to capture the thieves alone, and called up a brother police-man, name d Harrison, 64 K, who resides in Cottage-lane, 'Whniininediately rose from his bed, gut over the palings, and found the door of the store room broken open, and the two bundles lying under the palings. The greatest portion of the suet pudding had disappeared; and on the same day Harrison, hearing . that two boss named Croxford and Chatterway, who had been employed indispo se d, t oo k t h em i nto cau l; : • too i d t y h , egrounds, were seriously and ascertained that the handkerchiefs in which the stolen meat was wrapped belonged to theM. • Captain Harvey refused to prosecute. believing that the calomel would suffi ciently punish the offenders, nor was he Mistaken. - The dose put them into a state of salivation; every tooth" in 'their heads was loOsened, 'and the boys have not.. yet.recovered from the effects of the medicine. , . • A N TI-WESLEYAN MOVEMENT.—As we are infermed that souse curiosity exists in the mindi of many friends of the pre sent constitution of Wesleyan nacthodisth . iit reference to the proceedings in Chancery, which Dr. Warren has been long threatening to-commence agaiwit the trustees of the 'Wesleyan incthoclist „ chapels in the Manchester first circuit, we are authorized to state that such proceedings have been,instituted against the trustees of Wesley Chapel, Oldham-road. The bia s we believe, is filed at the suit of four of the trustees and of Dr. Warren, against the ten other trustees and the Rev. Robert Newton, and seeks the re-instatement of Dr. Warren in pul pit of the chapel referred to. A second bill has been iubSequently tiled by Dr. Warren alon e , against all the trustees of Oldham street chapel and r. Newton ; and has in view asiniilar object. As an expedient to keep alive in Manchester, for atime, the dull and dying embers of the recent agitation, the experiment may perhaps succeed. But our readers need not entertain, We think, the smallest apprehension that Dr. Warren's cause will meet with any more favourable decision, tdieniat,-/Y, from that tribunal to which he has now appealed, at the expense of his deluded par tizans, than it has already received from a vast majority of the Wesleyan methodist community. The defendants have been happy in securing the assistance of Sir William Horne, as their leading counsel,—a gentleman whose long standing, acknovr !edged talents, and extensive practice 'would render the acqui sition of hi s services most desirable under' any circumstances, hilt whose recent able and successful management of the case of Mr. Campbell and his co-defendant, Mr. Bateman, in the suit instituted by the majority of the trustees of the tabernacle in London, has evinced his peculiar skill in cases similar to the present. As yet it .is impossible to say how soon an hearing will take place upon the merits of the question.—Watchatasi,