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The Observer gives a End of ambiguous con- " We have the best authority for correcting the mis statement of a contemporary, to the effect that the Queen's letter has been withheld in favour of the collections au- Society and the Society for the ProPagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. There is no foundation for the mis statement, and the collections will be made this year in the usual way in the churches, upon the letter formally and officially addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England." Our more orthodox contemporary, John Bull, "We cannot say that we deem ' ( the authority' of our contemporary ' sufficient' to induce us to give cre dence to so extraordinary a statement ; on the contrary, we incline to think that dome wag has practised upon his credulity and ecclesiophobia. Not that we consider it at all improbable that those members of the Cabinet who are supposed by some to be the pillars of the Church in that ill-compacted body, would at any time, if it suited their cards, sacrifice the interests of religion to the crotchet of Liberalism, but that we conceive such an act of hostility towards the Church too suicidal to be contemplated by any government, whatever may be its principles. WE were told, through the Radical press, that the meeting which was held in Manchester to ex press sympathy with infidel Turkey would be fol lowed by a similar meeting in Liverpool. Such was the announcement, but, alas, for its fulfilment The preliminary meeting was called for one day early last week, and was attended by the one indi vidual who had summoned his fellow-townsmen, and a reporter for a Radical contemporary. These two, having waited for some time without effect, adjourned till the great meeting, which was called for Friday last, at the Royal Hotel. At the hour appointed, there were only eight in dividuals in the great room, all Reporters, when it was suggested to vote one of their own body into the chair, in order to inake a show of doing something ; and at no time were there more than sixteen persons present, so that a sympathetic demonstratiQn in Liverpool was a complete and utter failure. This is creditable to the great em porium of commerce, the centre of true Conserva tive principles. The gentlemen of Liverpool have not sunk quite so low as the men of Manchester, who, placing all their faith in cotton goods, make Christianity a subordinate question, caring little whether they support Mahometanism, Buddhism, or any other phase of infidelity, so long as they can find a market for their manufactures. Liver pool has an equal, or greater, interest in commerce, but has more regard for principles, without which neither commerce nor manufactures can be of any real value. THE Morning Chronicle, which is the organ of the PEELITE section of the Cabinet, that strange compound of semi-Popery and Free-trade, absolu tism in religion, and republicanism in commerce, has published a list of English boroughs, which, it says, " may regard their doom as sealed." The authority for such a declaration may be taken for as much as it is worth, though it may serve to show the animus of at least a portion of that mongrel. compound known as the Coalition. The list which is thus put forward, as condemned to extinction from representation, comprises fifteen boroughs, each having less than three hundred electors, returning twenty-three representatives and forty-six boroughs, with between three and five hundred electors, returning sixty-four repre sentatives, making a total of sixty-one boroughs and eighty-seven members. The former list includes Andover, Arundel, Ashburton, Caine, Chippenham, Harwich, Honiton, Knaresborough, Marlborough, Midhurst, Northallerton, Reigate, Richmond, Thet ford, and Wilton. The second list . includes— ABINGDON, . DROITWICH, BANBURY, EYESHIM, BEA.UMARIS, EYE, BEWDLEY, FE,OME, BODMIN, GREAT MA.RLOW, TAVISTOCK, BRECON, • HELSTON, TEWKESBURY, BUCKINGHAM, HORSHAM, •• THIRSK, CHIPPING WY- HUNTINGDON, TIVERTON, COMBS, KENDAL, TOTNES, CHRISTCHURCH, KIDDERMINSTER, WALLINGPORD, With reference to the political principles which operate in the several localities, it cannot be said but that the list is so far fair, inasmuch as it con tains a large proportion of Whig boroughs, the strongholds of Liberalism, the selection having been made apparently with sole reference to the number of electors. The proposal, however, comes from the PEELITE faction ; and, by making popu lation the test of representation, . they virtually adopt the Chartist principle of electoral districts, while the effect would be to throw .all the governing power of the House of Commons into the hands of the manufacturing towns. They certainly possess the preponderance of population, but the late strikes will show how small is their claim to the possession of intelligence, or any of those higher social quali ties which make good subjects and worthy deposi tories of political power. It is evident from the channel through which this announcement• appears, that it is by no means the opinion of the Cabinet generally, nor is it easy to believe that Lord JOHN RUSSELL has so far forsaken his Whiggery as to give up the sources of his political strength. It is more likely a straw thrown up to see which way the wind blows, a specious manoeuvre by the disciples of the great master of plausibility, the minister who never advocated a cause he did not ultimately betray, and never opposed a movement which he did not ulti mately support. These men naturally look for support to the centres of manufacturing industry, where PEEL statues are raised in the market-places; and what can be more plausible than to allege the paucity of electors as a sufficient ground for dis franchisement, without the slightest reference to local interest, ancient associations, and established Another movement in the direction of reforming the Reform Act is an interference with the fran chise of the counties, and this has been taken up by Mr. LOCKE KING, whose bill on this subject wrung from Lord JOHN RUSSELL the promise to bring in a comprehensive measure — a promise which he does not know how to realise — and which, it is to be hoped, will have the effect of splitting the Coalition Cabinet into its original fragments. Mr. ICING proposes to reduce the limit of county qualification to that which rules in boroughs, and founds his argument in its favour upon the proposition that from the lower scale of rents in rural districts, the inhabitants of ten-pound s are of a higher grade of intelligence than Twenty WEE TO CORRESPONDENTS, AN OVERTASKED ASSISTANT wishes to have it generally known that a holiday on Monday. the 26th inst., in lieu of Christmas-Day, would be a great boon to many in the same position as himself. A WORKING MAN complains of there being no Christmas excursion train announced from Liverpool to Manchester, while there is one from Manchester to Liverpool. He should apply to Mr. Marcus, the manager of the Railway Company's special trains. etters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith; this is indispensably re quisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible fur the opinions or statements of his correspondents. t 3• We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica tions on subjects of local or general interest. BOOKS, &c., FOR RE-VIEW, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Redlion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed "to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. The ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD is 208. in advance—or 225. on credit. • 47 " e "'"• - • .:. . , . „...._-.? ............ : • . . ,' ~ ••„._ _ f 4 , IA: 41 ,......Z , • •'.. , e- ' i . .-',. ~,,... ~..; , :,k , t , • - . 1-1,7 •,, r_ - .......3,... ,, 111- 1 ,---, ~ ..-40, . .., . . ..?., at ,_,..,.„..,...,..„.i.,,...,..., ~...,%,...., c.......e....tr.-,11,-. -- libtrpoot taitbarb+ TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 6,1853, A COMMISSION is now sitting on the oft-debated question of the laws relating to bankruptcy and insolvency. It is not often that repeated altera tions in laws prove beneficial, inasmuch as they disturb long-settled customs, and substitute ill digested theories ; but it must be acknowledged that a considerable improvement has been made in the bankruptcy laws, though there is much which remains to be done before they can be considered to be placed on a really satisfactory basis. One of the great faults attaching to the previous system was the too great leniency to debtors, upon the presumption that, unless a man were effectually discharged from obligations which he had no means of satisfying, he would have no inducement for further exertions, and would, therefore, be hope lessly insolvent. If such reasoning were applied only to honest debtors, whose inability to pay had arisen from no fault of their own, none could dis pute its justice ; but when applied indiscriminately, so that a certificate is obtained as a matter of course, unless in cases of glaring fraud, it holds out an encouragement to dishonesty. In cases of bankruptcy, the defaulting trader is called upon to account for all his cash transactions since the time when he became insolvent, and if he does this to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, he is declared to have passed his examination, whatever may have been the preference to relations, the obtaining credit without reasonable probability of payment, or other devices to which he may have resorted in order to maintain himself in business. But, sup posing his conduct to have been such as to deserve the reprehension of every honest trader, the extent of punishment which a well-meaning Commissioner awards is a suspension of the certificate,with orwith out protection, or in extreme cases the withholding of it altogether. What is required is a more strin gent law against palpable frauds upon creditors, and in all such cases the bankrupt should be prosecuted criminally. In minor cases of robbery of property, embezzlement of small sums, or obtain ing goods under false pretences, the law imposes punishment by imprisonment or otherwise ; but the trader who avails himself of his credit to prac tise similar kinds of fraud may appeal to the bank rupt laws when his means of continuing his career are exhausted, obtain protection for his person, and having made a clean breast of his offences, as far at least as he is compelled to divulge them, obtains from the Court an indemity for all his past con duct, and a license to renew his practices. We could state an instance which happened a few years ago, where a man commenced business with a small capital, borrowed from his relations, to whom he owed, or pretended to owe, about £5,000. He fitted up a handsome counting-house, made a show of wealth, obtained credit, and kept his accounts according to the most approved method of book keeping. In the course of a few years he paid his relations the £5,000, failed for about four times that amount, his late manager was enabled by some means to purchase the concern, and employed the bankrupt in the same capacity, so that they merely changed places. The Commissioner complimented the bankrupt on his excellent book-keeping and awarded him his certificate, although the creditors could see that they had been literally cheated, in order to enrich their debtor's relations. He had committed no offence against the Bankruptcy laws, though, morally, he had been committing a sys tematic and ingenious fraud. In all such cases— and unfortunately there are too many for the honour of trade—the Commissioner should either be in vested with more discretionary power to punish dishonesty, or the law should be more clearly de fined, so that the offenders should not escape. If a certificate is to prove a protection for the unfor tuate trader, its privilege should be confined to those who are insolvent solely through misfortune ; but when it serves as a screen for those who have been wilfully reckless, or even negligently dis honest, it is a punishment of the innocent for the sake of the guilty. With a sharp-witted attorney, not over-scrupulous, an insolvent trader may pass through the Court with comparative ease ; but obstacles are needlessly placed in the way of credi tors, who, having been the victims of misplaced confidence, are anxious to prevent an opportunity being given for the repetition of such offences. Honour is the soul of legitimate commerce, and if it cannot be maintained by the innate sense of its importance which every man in trade should possess, the law should impose efficient restrictions on its violation. Misfortunes arc to be pitied, for no man in business is exempt from them ; but when insolvency has arisen from any other cause it ought to derive no protection from the law. IF we may believe the authority of the Morning Herald, HER MAJESTY'S constitutional advisers have counselled her to withhold her customary letter in behalf of the Society for the Propaga tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts and the National Society. The cause for this unusual course is said to be the alleged Tractarian ten dency of the proceedings of both these societies—a charge which ought to be supported on better proof than mere suspicion, when the important operations of both bodies are taken into considera tion. The former society has now been in existence more than a century and a half, and has been the means of disseminating the Holy Scriptures and the knowledge of the Gospel in many forei n land mound or not IF the question were asked of the most attentive reader of the daily reports from the seat of war be tween Russia and Turkey, of the present state of affairs between those belligerent powers, he would find it difficult, if not impossible, to frame a satisfac tory answer. The tenor of many of these de spatches may be thus stated :—" A telegraphic de spatch has just been received from Vienna, with in telligence from the seat of war, contradicting the report which was received yesterday." At one time we are told that a Russian steamer was at- tacked b 3 a Turkish ship of war in the Black Sea, and captured after a smart encounter ; and a day or two after we are gravely informed that the ad venture did take place, but that it was a Turkish steamer which was captured by the Russians. Again, the news arrives of a great victory gained by the Turkish troops under OMAR PASHA over the Russian artily ; shortly afterwards it transpires that the Turks were fighting with sharpshooters behind entrenchment cl in a few days mor have the intelligence that the vict evacuated all the province of Wallachia, with the exception of Kalafat, and that the defeated Rus sians are in full possession of the field. This has barely made an impression on English credulity when we hear once more of the advance of the Turks, and fierce contests for the possession of an island in the middle of the Danube, ending in the Russians retaining it. The intelligence as to ar- rangements for future operations are in no way more satisfactory. One day the EMPEROR. of Rus- SIA. is anxious for peace, and willing to listen to any reasonable proposals, and the next he is sending to the northern extremity of his empire for immeuse reinforcements, determined to overwhelm his infidel opponents, and make himself master of Europe. Perhaps the safest course, amidst such a Babel of contradictory intelligence, would be to believe in none of it, but attribute all the despatches marked " important" to some ingenious writer of fiction at the other end of the .telegraphic wires, who is amusing himself by supplying the English people with " news" at this dull season of the year, when there is nothing moving but stagnation. We may, however, give so much credence to the reports as to believe that several skirmishes have taken place between the advanced posts of the Russian and Turkish troops, with various success, the Turks having found themselves unable to expel the Rus sians from Wallachia, and yet strong enough to prevent the enemy crossing the Danube to the Turkish side ; a movement, however, which the latter do not seem to have yet attempted. In the mean time, trade is carried on as usual under neutral flags, and the principals in the affair may, perhaps, be quietly negotiating the terms of settle ment, without reference to a question of such minor importance as the loss of a few soldiers. The EMPEROR OF RUSSIA is not very careful of the lives of his troops where he has an object of political ambition to gain ; and it is well known that the SULTAN OF TURKEY was prevented from conceding the note agreed to by the Conference at Vienna, on account of the warlike enthusiasm of his Mahometan soldiers, who left him no alternative but a declara tion of war or abdication. He has gratified them so far without any sacrifice of political power, and when their rage has been sufficiently cooled by the blood-letting of Russian bayonets, and an immense amount of indignation has been wasted on the apathy of England, in not rushing at once into the fray, and involving all Europe in the horrors of war, we may hear that the good offices of the EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA have been accepted, that the SULTAN OF TURKEY has agreed to such a note as will satisfy his sense of national honour, and that, thereupon, the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA has con sented to withdraw his troops from the Danubian provinces. ;lations the other emar from these. coml lumiliation disco 4( ait, and. further. degradation. What, even while LABOUR VERSUS CAPITAL. IN a recent number of the Liverpool Standard, we took occasion, while glancing at the impolicy and wicked edness of strikes, to show that the war waged against capital and capitalists was directed by a mischievous and unnatural spirit, in so far, at least, as that the race of ca pitalists had sprung from the industrious sons of toil. We farther endeavoured to show that the exercise of well directed industry, combined with prudent self•controul and intelligence, is the way, and, we may add, the only way, to convert labourers into capitalists, learn, with much regret, that the war, the unholy war of the employed against the employing classes, so far from having yielded to the cruel lessons of self-inflicted misery, still continues, and, by means of delusive names and shift ing devices, stretches its impoverishing influence over the deluded victims of its false and destructive theories. The movement has now, it seems, assumed the mock-dignity of what is to be termed a Labour Parliament, which is not, it is said, to interfere in any way with the action and Since then, we functions of the present trades' unions and working men's combinations, but is to content itself 'with organizing labour into such a confederation as shall centralize the power and intelligence of the working masses, and so direct their strength as to turn them in favour of the labouring many against the employing few. The futility of such combinations has been practically demonstrated again and again : and if argument or the example taught by experience could avail in any degree, the working man must long ere this have discovered that such combinations have invariably en thralled and degraded him—have robbed him of the free dom of individual judgment and action—and have led him into a line of conduct by which he has earned only bitter disappointment and increased privation. The in- auguration of this new parliament, it seems, took place lately in Manchester, and on a Sunday ! The chief directors of the movement were those birds of ill omen to the working-man, Messrs. JAMES WILLIAMS and ERNEST JONES. The arguments of this worthy couple were prin- cipally confined to the enunciation of a principle declaring Th( the working-men enti share of fallacy of such an ar et once evident, when we consider that profits consist of the residue after paying ,ts of production, and that the labourer defraying profits. He is ( his labor is cost of production is payn nits the purpose present 1 labou In such a work it would be Tractarianism can be Fficult to say in what way shown to have any influence, and more particu larly as it is governed by the whole bench of Bishops. The National Society, it is well known, was established for the purpose of promoting Christian instruction in national schools, and is ,cement of the Er not, however, discuss th( the statement to I t it will haN 1 those member net who have been elected to Parliament of Oxf [ect Mr. GLs.\DSTONE nt to SIDNEN the ft pate. We ne ask w for his c Wiltshire remonatrancea of th glish ( of tho uld, if house those which occupy houses of similar value in Such an argument might be populous towns. worth something if its application were confined to dwelling houses, but in the country the rating ap plies to land as well, and little boast can be made of the intelligence of a farmer who pays £5O a year rent, when we consider the specimens of it exhibited. by provincial juries. The limit for the qualification of mere occupiers was low enough as fixed by the celebrated CHAXDOS clause, but to reduce it to the borough limit would open the representation to every cottar who rented r ire of land, of county vc re than an perhaps there might be no tan- Another poix started by n in the mode of registration in thei before ti 'vcanbeiY rted by he overseers in the registratior lie proposes that the practice shall be assimilated to that pursued in the boroughs where the overseers must make out a list of every person qualified. The difficulty attending such an alteration is, that whereas in boroughs the qualifi cation depends simply upon rating, which is within the knowledge of the overseers, the qualification for county voters depends mainly upon ownership, which can only be known by the to vote, so that the proposith utility, is worth little or nothing. All the labour which has yet been bestowed or the question has not elicited any sign of improve- ment, nor can it be shown that any popular demand has been made for any Qhange whatever. Organic changes in the Constitution are to be condemned as an evil, even when some necessity for them appears to exist, but in this case nothing of the kind has been shown. No petitions for such an object have been presented to Parliament, no public meetings for its advocacy have been held, and if the question has been discussed in the public press, it has been for the simple reason that Ministers have held out a promise which they know not how to realize, and very few people seem to care whether they do so we are writir has come out of the strikes in our owi eighbourhood—no force, ?.0 used to drive them from the xerted by exhaustpd re.nnreets. inunediat , force c be it remembered, it point, beyond the oeen aavanced more conclusive than their own self-inflicted misery ; yet thousands of the men have expressed them selves willing to resume work on the same terms against which they struck but a short time since, while many of them are prevented.from resuming operations at the dic tation of those who alone have profited by the general loss. We read, with indescribable sorrow and pain, in aispided men, eu, ation to these _ —" Some of ris as the them. go Out sinn" .. g in the neigh , r selling ballads ; and. derive a miserable ittance by begging from door to door." Is this the proud position to which the British artizan aspired, when asserting his unquestionable right to work for whom, and to work where, he pleases He declared his resolution to work only on certain terms, but forgetting the rights of his brother workman, he practically denied to him the right of selling his own labour to the best advantage; and mark the fatal retribution. Prevented from exercising his intelligent industry by his fellows, he has sunk into the itinerant ballad-monger—the wandering street mendicant. THE ASSIZES-OPENING OF THE COMMISSION. Yester BARON' ALDERSON MARTIN, the judges appointed to hold the Special Winter Assize, arrived from London shortly after four o'clock, and were received at the railway-station, in Lime-street, by the Hon. Talbot Clifton, of Lytham, the High Sheriff; by Mr. J. B. Lloyd, the Mayor in the state carriage ; and other gentlemen. Their Lordships at once proceeded to St. George's Hall, where, in the Nisi Prius Court, the commission was read, and both courts were then ad journed till ten o'clock this morning. Their Lordships afterwards, accompanied by the Mayor, paid a brief visit to the great hall, to inspect the finished ceiling, and the progress of the other works. Subsequently they proceeded, the Mayor following in his carriage, along St. John's-lane and Whitechapel, to St. George's Church where Divine service was performed. Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Walker, curate of the church, and an eloquent sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Robinson, the sheriff's chaplain, from the 3rd chapter of Malachi, and the Ist verse :—" Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me." CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. TITE monthly meeting: of the Council was held yesterday, Thomas l3ouch, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair. kfter the usual routine business, a circular was orde r ed mted inviting those firms who have not yet to be dist n the bye-laws for arbitration was agreed facilitate the conduct of refer ces and joined the Chem' to, which wo arbitrations, On the motion of Mr. Brown, M.P., the Special Cora 1, with the mittee on Decimal C ge was re subject was Among t s on the subject 3 ostai Communi Chamber of Commer to be forwarded to ti .ce, on the N Sunderiand Trade and Commerce Com he co-operation of the Chamber towards .oeuring the aid of 11. 31. stew .s, when not otherwise employed, in towing grain -lade count through the Dardanelles it was ordered that the subjec of the Shipowne and that the president be recp. n ve.isels on English m ud the Straits of Gibraltar; rht under the s' and Underwriters' Association, the Admiralty on it, THE RECENT CASE OF FORGERY YESTERDAY, Mr. James Riley and Mr. J. S. Riley, were brought before Mr. Mansfield, the Stipendiary Magistrate, on a charge of having been accessory to the escape of William M'Curtin, of the firm of Messrs. M'Curtin and Riley, who stands charged with harinc , forged and uttered a bill or bills of exchange. - Mr. Aspinall appeared for the P Mr. Clough, in stating the charge, said he laboured Icier etinsitipmblp +h. bank was not placed, to some extent, for bringing the case forward. The charge against the younger of the two rested on the allegation, which he hoped he shouldbe able to prove, that he had assisted in aiding the escape of Mr. M'Curtin, who luau y,Lz.va Dill for z 1,211.1), purporting to be accepted by Sir David Roche, of Cork, and which had been returned, with a letter stating his signature to be a forgery. Mr. Aspinall wished it to be specifically stated what was the charge against his clients, and by whom it was pre ferred, as . he had reason to b e li eve th e b an k repu di a t e d it. Ile apiwehended . the case w - a - ; - I;as - ea — OV:Ze - ,Vthe illegal proceedings of Lyrpool police, and his clients had inuccent of the charge laid against theM, they were severe pecuniary sufferers by the malpractices of the party they were represented as aiding. Sullivan, detective officer, said he was instructed, on the 17th of November, by Mr. Clough to make inquiries relative to a forged bill for £1,840. issued by M'Curtin, and, in pursuance of those instructions, he apprehended the Messrs. Riley. It was on a charge of having aided and abetted MCurtin to escape. Mr. Aspinall here expressed a desire to see the charge book, as he was inclined to believe the charge was not so entered. Sullivan continued; on the 20th of November, he went to the offices of M'Curtin and Riley, and also to the house, No. 80, Grove-street, in search of Mr. William M'Curtin, but was not able to find him. On the 22d, he went with another officer-to the house, were he saw the elder Mr. Riley, and, having told him he was an officer of police, took him into custody, telling him— Mr. Clough here interposed, and said he had that in stant been informed by the lady, (Mrs, Macdonald,) on whose information the case had proceeded, that she had mistaken Mr. Riley, junr., for Mr. M'Curtin, and he now bagged to withdraw the charge, as it had evidently pro ceeded on a misapprehension. Mr. Aspinall, on the part of his clients, suggested the necessity of some further inquiry, as on the part of the Messrs. Riley he must say he did not believe the state ment. The police, he had reason to understand, had been repudiated in their proceedings by all the parties most interested in the case. Here was one of the superior officers of the Liverpool police force authorising a course of proceeding which was now abandoned as untenable. The magistrate remarked, as the party bringing the accusation had admitted it had proceeded on a mistaken notion of identity, Messrs. Riley must be discharged, and he thought without any prejudice to their respectability. If under the advice of Mr. Aspinall, or any other party, they chose to make a formal demand for him as a magis trate to inquire into the case, of course he should do it; but, as there were other means open to them for procuring redress, he thought it would be better they should not call upon him. Mr. Aspinall then said he had no wish to press any complaint against Mr. Clough, whose proceedings he believed to have been instigated by a desire to discharge his public duty, The case then dropped. POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. THE usual periodical meeting of this society was held last night; Mr. Homer, president of the society, occupying the chair. The meeting was numerously attended. and the in terest of the various discussions was animated. Tkebusiness was commenced by _ Mr. Scorr, who exhibited an ingenious model of an im provement in the mode of fixing and regulating the fins of screw-propellers. The propeller recommended by Mr. Scott possessed the advantage of being readily regulated in its pitch to the working of any vessel, white, by the peculiarity of its arrangement, it saved resistance in working. The mode of fixing it on the corking shaft he also showed to be on an im proved principle as regards economy and durability. After Mr. Scott bad concluded his observations, several me,tbers, among whom were Mr. Alderman BENNETT, Mr. DAWSON, the CFI AIRMA N, and others, asked questions, and made remarks generally approving of the plans suggested by Mr. Scott. _ _ Mr. Scow replied to the various questions, and satisfacto rily explained the difficulties which had been started. The CHAIRMAN then, in the name of the Society, thanked Mr. Scott for the interesting suggestions he had brought un der notice. Dr. SIBBALO then introduced to the Society an invention, by which a means of communication could be established between stranded vessels and the shore, or between vessels passing each other at sea. In bringing forward the present, lie alluded to a previous invention he had made public for the same purpose, by means of a balloon, which, however, be admitted had proved too complicated to be readily avail able in cases of shipwreck or others of emergency. The present proposal was one which recommended itself by its simplicity, consisting of a compressible, flexi- Me sphere, with a coil of buoyant line, which, being thrown from the ship into the water, would be carried by the action of the wind towards the shore, uncoiling the line by its own progressive revolutions. He explained that any such apparatus could only be useful in shipwrecks t when a gale was blowing, and other means of communication thus rendered unavailable; and stated that he had tested its efficiency in a light wind, which being found sufficient to uncoil the line, he thought established its practical utility: as, if it would work under the action of a light wind, it would be sure to operate in a strong one. Several gentlemen put questions as to the relative efficiency of this as compared with the kite, the mortar, and the rocket means of communication. de D fe r e . th S ,e 7 i s h at e L e n fe e r x e p e la t i i n le e y d allptrheaptelied he of those emetho ds ctile ro against process the gale itself was made the wind, whereas by his to were assist in the operation. Mr. ROWEIT, in a few approp rema rks, expressed his js disapprobation of derogatory a i e s r ubjects, as having a ten obriat o bservations by gentlemen not a practically acquainted with such expressed is general approval of the o be useful. It had, he said, often de c n a c p y t t a o in da r n A ni n g N e e so us eful an in v ids in public esteem. scheme, as one likely t i occurred to him that, under such circumkstantch an uncoil es as those contem plated by Dr Sibbald, an empt y cask, with otacbed to it, would be very valuable; but this plan ing ' • of Dr. Sihbalds he considered much superior. Cant. BALLANTINE expressed his general acquiescence the views stared by Capt. Parnell. ea a mornlldar elf +ha 13:1,.. Mr. HOWETT, ats . a be happy lendinthiells pilot ai servi c e. di r n fairly a vie. The CHAIRMAN then conveyed to D r. Sibb ald the thank. of the society, for the very valuable commun i cation he had t P e Y ste to d laid before it ; and in doing so offered his congratulations to Dr. Sibbald on the great probability of his invention proving eminently useful. The CHAIRMAN next proceeded to give a brief recapitula tion of the society's progress ,aving Dr. Sibbal iittee,'would tth year )perations, at the conclu- He was glad to say, the generally recognised b td to express his thanks riess he had experienced iced at the importa lit under consith value of by the public. He individually ► for the uniform court.... - from the He next g should s promised to be prac tically useful, instar ric telegraph late. been introduceu He co, 'luded by recomme ....aeration of t. members the contemplated the British Assortatiot to Liverpool, in the course of next year, trusting that each of them would use his iidluence in promoting the objects 01 IHe eon. dock oper to the cor the meeting. Mr. BOLT in a neat and complimentary address proposed Ia vote of thanks to Mr. Horner, which was carried by ace's. mation, and the meeting broke up. PETER'S CHURCH; SACKFILLE"-- STREET, EVERTON. ii.Lerior decorations of this very handsome church; of which the Rev. S. B. Sutton is incumbent, have receive& an important and elegant addition by the fitting-up of the~ beautiful chancel window with stained glass. The window is about twenty-five feet in height, by twelve feet in widthi and is divided into five bays or lights, united at the top by tracery of a unique and graceful character. The centre light is filled in with a figure of St. Peter, the four evange— lists occupying two of the lights at each side. The figures -- -Anriately draped, and the emblematic d ev ice - "i—rn is felicitously introduced at the bottom of the lights. The tracery is filled iu with the conventional symbols of the Holy Trinity, and with angels;, seraphim and cherubim. The general tone and balance of colour can hardly be surpassed, the transparent depth oE the blues and rubies, and the richly harmonious colouring of the draperies, will sustain comparison with the best specimens of ancient art. The congregation are entitled to high commendation . for their spirited liberality, in so artistically decorating this substantial and noble specimen of church architecture_ The architects, the Messrs. Hay, have also, we understand, contributed liberally towards the cost of this window; and the active and indefatigable conduct and aid of Mr. Sutton, the respected incumbent, in accomplishing the undertak ing are beyond all praise. The artist, Mr. John Cairnen of Glasgow, who has executed the work, will add greatly lutahon, when it.is compared with other windows of a similar description. A reredos, intended for reception of the Decalogue, the. Belief, and the Lord's Prayer, has been fixed up to the eastern wall of the church. These inscriptions are in. gold letters, in the Old English character, on a verittillioi ground, upon polishea plate glass, and promise to be not only an effective decoration, but the plan offers a vent superior means of ensuring their permanent preservation This is a novel and valuable application of plate glass. suggested by the Messrs. Hay. We are sorry to leant that two of those beautiful plates have been completely destroyed in the course of their transit from Glasgow, which will occasion some delay in having the design fully carried out. LIVERPOOL COUNTY YESTERDAY. COURT.... (Before JOSEPH POLLOCK, Esq., Judge.) TLIE first December Court (Tel Joseph Pollock, Esq., the judge, bu totally devoid of interest. esterday, before thee - proceedfii r 7s were Falun Sun moNszs.—Orders for committal for thirty days to Lancaster Castle were granted against the follow ing parties :—John William Hopkins, for a debt of 14s. 84.1.- due to W. Simpson, of Manchester ; Edward Thomas, 155. Westmoreland-place, Scotland-road, for a debt of 17s. 6d.. due to Alexander Sloan, of No. 71, Islington, draperz, Wm. Owen, 19, Llewellyn-street, for a debt of £6. 14s. sd_ due to Messrs. Diekins (the warrant not to issue for a month) ; John Cookson, police-officer, at the suit or Alexander Stuart, 85, draper, Islington, for £l. u s. 3d: 11u1V 111, ..Ausama, coal-neaver, at the Coburg Dock for a debt of £1 ss. 3d. due to William Morgan, 1, Providence-street, Toxteth-park, rigger; Robert Jame— blacksmith, Hornby-street, for 19s. due to Thomas 4 ngten 73, Limekiln-lane, grocer ; Samu e l M orr i s, ot, of 26, Ray-strApf due to Henry Wither assia-street, spirit-dealer, (warrant not to issue for a fortnight) : Richard Newby, 6, Morris's Cottages, fakt Mill-road, Everton, watch-finisher, for £2 4s. dd. due to, Thomas Cain, tailor, of 77, Sir Thomas's-buildings ; -nd North Western. Harris( rook-keeper at t :he London Railway Company's station, Great Howard-street, for £3 13s. 6d. due to James Henry Pye, of 27, Saint Anne— street, estate agent ; George Sudlow, clerk, 15, Arg,yle— street, for £1 ls. 6d. due Joseph Watson, of 127, White— chapel, hatter, (warrant not to issue before the 12th of January.) INSOLVENCY CASES.—The case of Isabella Wallace.. who should have come up for her final order, was adjourned till the next court.—Lawrence Holden came up on his ad— journed examination. This, it may be remembered, was: a case in which it transpired, at the hearing, a fortnight, ago, that Mr. Fazakerly, the late trade assignee, after the dismissal of insolvent's petition, had obtained an order for him to draw, on his own private account, the proceeds of an. action, to be brought against one of the insolvent's, debtors, and in which he had actually so received £46 7s:. Mr. Aspinall, barrister, appeared on Mr. Fazakerrey's behalf, and argued, in opposition to the severe remarks made by his Honour at the former hearing, that he was jusimee 111 WC course winch he had adop— ted. The insolvent was then himself examined', when the judge expressed conviction from his evidence that there had been no corrupt arrangement made at the time that Mr. Fazakerley was assignee ; but he exnressea a strong opinion that there had been an error of judgment on the part both of Mr. Fazakerley and of Mr. Toulmin, his attorney, in making use of a process of the court to compel the insolvent to give evidence in the action, which if firaulnrAti hfirl haat. 1...nm:1.4. .1 - - which he had received should' be at v thec 1 1 1 • TT ie money , sal of the iClUbell w make any suggestion as to its application. As to the insolvent, who int his schedule had made Mr. F azar k er l ey his debtor in the: amount of £62 10s., he thought that a palpable fraud uporr the court. His petition, therefore, was not a honest and bona fide representation of his affairs, and he shoukt direct accordingly that it be dismissed.—Jobn Turner came upon his adjourned examination. Final order granted.—Denis O'Sullivan, flour dealer, &c., appeared in an adjourned audit, opposed on behalf of Messrs. Roberts and Co., Royal Bank-buildings, and the case was stilt further arlinurn.l fn the nrvt. ramt riouguis ap— peared on his first examination. Final order fixed for the first January court.—Thomas Elliot, passage broker. Petition dismissed.—Thomas Al`Donald. Final order fixed,: for the first January court.--Thomas 11. Potter. Ad— journed till the next court. —John Wagstaffe. Final order fixed for the second January court.--`William Anderson.. Adjourned till the next court. The court rose at half-past three o'clock. THE Hox. G. S. STAFFORD .3 - ERNI - NCI-HAM, now cretary to the embassy at Paris, is appointed Her MajestyW Minister at Stockholm, in place of Sir Edmund Lyons., Bart., G.C.8., who:has resigned, on his appointment to the Second Command of the Mediterranean Squadron. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—There were the unprecedented number of ten inquests held yesterday, before the coroner, five of them being children, whom their mothers had negligently " overlain."—The first was on Peter Hum— phries, a baker, in the employ of Mr. Ayes, steam-bread manufactory, Strand-street. On the 21st of October, whilst working some dough, deceased got his hand entan— gled with the machine, by which it was severely lace— rated. Lock-jaw ultimately set in, and he died in the Southern Hospital.— On Margaret Jones, of Hornby— street, who three weeks ago was severely scalded.—Orr- Peter Guy, residing with his daughter in Highfiell— Deceased, who was 75 years of age, and very deaf, was taken by a little [child to a barber's shop in. Tithebarn-street. On leaving there, he had wandered for Great Crosshall-street, where he was run ;over by a car and died from the injuries received last Thursday.— On Thomas Parker, a fireman belonging to the steam-ship' Africa. Whilst cleaning the machinery, as the vessel lay in the river outward bound, about three weeks ago, de— ceased fell from the engine to the "bed," a height of about twenty feet, receiving severe contusions of the head, of which he died on Saturday last.—The children overlain`. were George Tregelgas, whose parents reside in Frederick street ; Sarah Ann Green, the illegitimate daughter of Ann Green, residing at 16, Preston-street ; Margaret Battle, Fontenoy-street ; Isabella Higgins, Midgehall street ; and James Woodward, whose parent s res id e in IF. cellar in St. James's-place.—An infant named Jane Lloyd, : whose parents reside in No. 1 Court, Edmund-street, wax also found dead on its mother's breast. --- PLUNDERING ON BOARD SHlP. —Joseph Weir and Jolinc. Row, the second and third mates of the American ship, Franklin King, were on Thursday charged with plunder ing two seamen on their passage from New York to Liver pool. The vessel arrived at the Wellington dock on Mon day, and the prisoners were given in custody by the com plainants. The prisoner Row was charged by two youths., one of whom was named William M`Gowan, with stealing a coat and a pair of trousers, and Weir was charged 1;.• another seaman with stealing a pair of bo o t s , which were found in the prisoner's berth. It appeared that, immedi ately after leaving New York, the prisoners commenced system of plundering and intimidation, and very few of the crew escaped their depredations. The three com plainants were robbed of nearly all the clothes they pos sessed, and during the passage they were afraid of making , any remonstrance. One of the complainants, who stated that he had followed the sea for twenty-five years, tear years of which he had served in the English navy, met. an with d d ur an i accidentduring h is theconfinement second to day l after rth leaving her as Am e r plunderedca of all he had, except the clothes he wore; in consequenceof which he could not change his dress after having been: exposed to wet. This complain an t estimated his loss at £lO. Upon the ship getting into dock, four of the crew immediately left the ship, with four bags and four boxes,. which contained, it was supposed, the booty plundered: to sail in English ships. I n rep l y to the maps - from the complaina nts. M r. Mansfield advised the youth ‘ t in ra f t, the 'u e tir, elder complainant stated that his wages were' $lB a month, and said hi s reason for not sailing in am English ship was because he had lost his register ticket; Mr. Mansfield hoped the circumstance would be a warning to him, and said that shortly there would be no difficulty(' about register tickets, for the act rendering them neces sary had been very recently abolished. Weir was then._ remanded for a week ; and the other prisoner was com mitted for two months. A NEW EDUCATIONAL SCHEME. —^ The Manchester: Guardian, speaking of the recent proceedings at Bury; encouragestep towards says :—" His lordship (the bi s h op ) i s sanguine enoughte our thi h s o e p nd will e hopes that in a a cco fe th w p da lis y h s ed ' a b n y ot t h h e e r b r im , ing forward of a new system, 'which secures to every per— son his right of conscience, and to every denominations the full integrity of the right of teaching the tenets of their own persuasion to all who are willing to receive then same; and which also allows those who are dispose& to , secularise our schools to secularise them on their own responsibility.' Such conditions, if actually fulfilled, would; -deed, leave little to be desired; but we own to grave -s that it will be easer to enunciate the riddle than to We will not, however, attempt to anticipate the criticism that will be, due to the scheme w h en formally -nounded.—Since the above was in type we have learned two facts which, however, will only serve to whet solve it Curiosity as to to be shortly pr of the new or modified he visit to this city is subject 'e intimate connexiol aonrable baronet, the of the Right Rev. the , p of Ti to have o( e by tl Lop of Manc Le -House Le bill being in ts perilous. pass.lp-er