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I .. TUESDAY, ....., NOVEMBER, 929 1853. tnsttrante otices. Nth) .flattsic. ' ring . Su x ,„ L IFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, SONGS.—" GOOD BYE, SWEET RE N„Aa„,,, OF LONDON. '' PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF P OPULAR HEART GOOD BYE." Sung by. Mr. Sims REEVES ,ors PO and Sig. MAIIIO. Composed by J. L. Hatton. " SAY, ruht l a ~ Llem, TO FOUR-FIFTHS. tot.heo,pirsTileffsected with this Society now will participate MY HEART, CAN THIS BE LOVE." Composed by W. ixtYVINCENT WALLACE. Price of each, 2s. Also lately pub and er oa _,... o f the Nett Profits of the Society, according lished, SILAS' celebrated Song, "OH WOULD I WERE T he I , uitions contained in th S • t ' Pros ectus vat e CICI y s . p _ „ ming lire „ re mintlis required by this Society for inauring Y__ YON SILVER MOONBEAM." Sung by Madame Castellan. ,?r al ,p,,,iticiritatpan_ttii:rrer than in many other old-established Offices, Price b.-London t CRAMER, BEALE, and Co. lee are fully protected from all risk by an ample • Lble ore t h e . and, in addition to the accumulated funds derived ess-i- n ent Pew, :nvestm ents of premiums. ok- -- V 3___. - : ..______ __.f - -: , 1-•__,,- - _i-- the Prs,,Ll STAMPS PAID BY THE OFFICE. t eMl V ' t inSeg -- - —.— tt11::Ii.- - 40 — ~.. in e-street may be obtained at the O ffi ce, in Thread rith . London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. " 0 lovely Peace, with plenty crown'd." uilt C HARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. NOVELLO'S CHEAP MUSIC is sold by • o r- Nicu, AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL: nCh WIi . “"LAS D. BOLD, 4, Exchange-street West. every respectable Music Seller and Bookseller in this Town and Neighbourhood. Catalogues post-free on sending 5............., HUSON, Royal Bank-buildings. lass six stamps to 69, Dean-street, Soho, London. ells S e CirrN —ll EQUITABLE (MUTUAL) LIFE bier '"rno ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ate- ' H ead rated by Royal Charter and Special Act of Parliament. . Nth) 13ttlitications. an y 1 „tho,omee-26, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE, EDINBURGH. , . 0, 1 ;e p r rafits are divided Triennially. Policies e ff ected during . This day is published, price X 1 55..• las, I `4_o o " c a 7 year will ieceive SIX YEARS' ADDITIONS in ae large for Policy Stamp. POOL, as it was during the LAST QUARTER of the Led- 1 s nat ;lt of Existing Assurances, £4,058,140. • EIGHTEENTH CENTURY-1775 to 1800. [ng• 1 Araoaßevenue, £144,085. By RICHARD BROOKE, Esq., F.S.A. seer 1 , A a e s,',', l s , of Accumulated Fund, £763,871. Printed and' Pablislied . by J. MAWDSLEY and Son, No. 4, unt i l tlic a ri o r t on the recent Division of Profits may be had on Castle-street. an d n at the Head Office or Agencies. i ROBT. CHRISTIE, Manager. This Day is Published, price Is., and ti WM. FINLAY, Secretary. AREPORT ON THE LATE VISITATION .1.,„ 1, AGENTS. OF CHOLERA IN LIVERPOOL. By ROBERT ke•• ' e "-• • • ARCHIBALD TOD, 3, Liver-chambers, 23, GEE, m.D., Physician to the Liverpool Fever Hospital, and for I kiinc. Tithebarn-street. Workhouse Infirmary. ester.. f Andersons and Thorburn, Merchants. Liverpool : DEIGHTON and LAUGHTON. London : , ^4llp o I Edward Corbett, Surveyor. 'Ohl ........!.... CHURCHILL. P. W. Robinson, Free Press-office. the s et IV AT ERLCI 0 LIFE , EDUCATION, BRITISH & FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. iicit c ASUALTY, AND SELF-RELIEF ASSURANCE e Just published. price Sixpence, , ic- COM PANT. SCRIPTURAL" REASONS FOR NOT TAKING PART Incorp er n orated under Statute 7 and 8 Vic. cap. - IN THE CELEBRATION OF ITS JUBILEE. A Letter to Lord Shaftesbury. By a CLERGYMAN. i i , _ Subscribed Capital. e 400,040. for 4ml-13 OFFICE, 355, STRAND, LONDON. MASTERS, London; DEIGHTON & LAUGHTON, Liverpool. - the LIVERPOOL LOCAL BOARD: POEMS, SACRED and MISCELLANEOUS. ind C lR o ut b iza DIRECTORS. Price 45. 6d.—SONGS and BALLADS. Price 2s. By HENRY GRAZEBROOK. yin l I V- Hilton flathead , Esq., Merchant. • ire- , James la i ckersteth, Esq., F.R.C.S. DEIGHTON and LAUGHTON; WHITTAKER arid Co. I cic Malthe I"d' Eaq., Merchant. .11._illiamw J.GosreepghsonEsq., Merchant. - Just published, Second Edition, price 4d., II Jam es Lo.,rd, Esql! --- , orsfall. Esq., Merchant. j 4 IGHTS ALONG THE LINE : A Geogra- Mercilant. I phical and Topographical Descriptio n of the Salubrious Luic aL REFEREE.-- Alfred Stephens, Esq., 4, at NI A , , Upper Parliament -etreet. C it y o f S outh p ort, with Geolo g ical, Historical, and Metapho ',, • 'aLlt--Mr. Cl oas. BiAten.Cuthbert's-buildings. rival Pencillings by the Way. By YRNEH KOORBEZARG. tea , Liverpool : DEIGHTON and LAUGHTON. Clayton- squ are . " A humorous production, calcnlated to enable any one, ,fe . th il Y th a FEATURES OF THIS COMPANY. unhappily afflicted with ennui, to get pleasantly through a few minutes of wearydom."- The Albion. of t4 e Ed o _ . I ?Propriation of profits,. a Fund will be created for Ina Vy p (i c e a c ;lin of Children of qualified Assurers upon Volun- " This is a squib of no inconsiderable power, in which an alleged lae•-behind spirit of somnolency, said to be charac- A 6 lal'ehoi e l , _es, also for the relief of quald Assurers . a.nd teristic of Southport and its inhabitants , as well as those of _ - .'"aai t i„ r. , , their Widows and Orphans, by providing some other localities ' along the line,' are smartly, if not a Ais oat , and Homes or Asylums. ,a, de... Ices granted against paralysis, blindness, insanity, tie' ha , r , s Th hly e , castigated."-Sfanciord. , A 11 4 1,: ,By and other afflictions. pleasant satirical vein in which this humorous sketch e l . eitie s of a favourite neighbouring watering-place is written will Saporta ur to srented. Family endowments. No charge to the render it quite as instructive to the inhabitants and habitues 0 11 . r policy stamps. Medical men always paid for their 'es .6 Ntes of Lo Eu . s ranted in connexion with Life Assurance. of the town as it must prove entertaining to new observers of their social circles. Mercury. oF' in) t p r emiu m moderate. Detailedually liberal commission allowed to Agents. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, ite. ''S' ters ft T. G. WILLIAMS, JUN., ESQ., T HE DOMESTIC CIRCLE : by the Rev. e ad r„. MANAGER AND SECRETARY. F. B. ASHLEY ; Cloth, Gilt, 3s. 6d.-" We strongly es , ' 4 \...,....zince, 355, Strand, London. recommend this elegant volume."- Warder. "The spirit of love warms every page."-Church and State Gazette. EC issl WESTMMSTER FIRE OFFICE, KING- ca T c H ul E at WED ed to DI J: f st m an a d n e y a ntl- " Just home. ecr's, 0' STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON.p rom ot e tlie ls e . o 6 m d. f - or ' ; i de• h ire , (Established 1717.) • Christian Witness. NG MORMONISM; 6d.-" It contains a clear and Scriptural l ies laiiag.surances effected at the usual moderate rates of refutation of their worst errors."-Record. : 00 It ti r t t Period Policies are granted. HATCHARD; HAMILTON and ADAMS; PARTRIDGE and 'h'e s es• Las se n 'ay be insur e d. OAKEY; and all Booksellers. _ s lir are promptly and liberally settled. Second Edition, price 25. 64. • 3s. per post. :e t ' H. L . AGENTS IN LIVERPOOL : c i N THE CURE OF BLINDNESS FROM F tt , JA vi ,oHERILOCK, Customs Agent: Canning-place. ' . .Tsto'S BURN e.T. Commission King , Dale-street. V CATARACT, with a Practical Summary of the_ Best MAS MILLER, Drysal:er, 22, street. Modes of Operating*, Continental and British. By Huai' the Senior NEILL, Surgeon in Liverpool Eye and NI E AGENTS IN MAESTER : 1r • •W. ROYLANCE, NCH Old Corn Exchange. Ear Infirmary. S. This Work shows the the results of Mr. Neill's vil wr Mr. W. RABY, 19, Pall-mall. , practice in 1,000 Hospital operations, during a pe riod of Eighteen Years. Works by the same Anthor 1-On eafness, it}', ar e MINSTER AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, with the Modern Methods of Cure. Four Editions : out of Co - KI NG - STREET, 'COVENT -GARDEN, LONDON. Print. Clinical Report on Diseases of the Eye. Two Edi slst tlt e , iEstablished 1836.) tions : out of Print. Liverpool: DEIGHTON and LAUGHTON. 41111:;811111rIaltnCOefithealplTiot=i'veildeesd e a ff m e c o t , el among . the Assured. :‘,, ion of pro fi ts every five years. TUST PUBLISHED, a small PAMPHLET, aash7loonus additions have amounted to ONE-HALF the pre- AW:arPaokt on the policies. 0 on the PRESERVATION of HEALTH. By C. J. kAhla,ances without rofits at reduced rates. WATSON and CO., Surgeons. Every one should read this iC fo Y r ' n i nf :TP. atiota res p ecting Life Assurance, with . proposals Pamphlet, as it will remind them of what is due to themselves. lim e 2" aoptication, may be obtained on application to Sent post-free to aay address, by enelosi - ng one G reat stamp. It, r meationed Agents :- to the Authors' Residence, 31, Upper Pitt street, George k •JA Nw . .... IN LIVERPOOL: street (eight doors from Great George square), Liverpool, r. Ili,. 0 ItURNET, Commission Agent, 9, Dale-street. where they may beConsulted on all Diseases incidental to the , n,V , uaIAS MILLER, Drysalter, 22, King-street. Human Frame, from Ten to Two and Fool' to Nine Mr. E w IN MANCHESTER : Mr. •• ROYLANCE, Old Corn Exchange. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, t r • w• RABY, 19, Pall-mall. No. CCCCLVIII., for December, 1853. Price 2s. 6d. CO' CONTENTS. • e IitTI II OF ENGLAND LIFE AND National Gallery. e . FIRE ASSURANCE INSTITUTION. A Letter from the Boulevards. Ea' h . nR AD OFFICE -5, LOTHBURY, LONDON. The Narcotics we Indulge in.-Part 111. II . - -teered a. A Few more Word - Special Act of Parliament, 4a* 5 Vic., cap. 92. Rapping the Questis on University Reform. on. Sr ta a L. sCRIBED CAPI rAL, ONE MILIION. Real and Ideal Beauty. List 0 1 the ~ The Quiet Heart.-Part I. , rroprietors periodically Enrolled in the High Russia and Turkey. Court of Chancery. WILLIAM BLAcRWooD and Soars, Filinburch and London. ay lra lasts to ll 11 ' E DE P A RIM EN T. Sold by SW/MAN P. CHEGWIN, WEBB and HUNT, and the. brand a r e adopts both the Proprietary and Mutual other Booksellers, Liverpool. le, ' Aasurance, and the Policy-holders in both of the Compa n r b u y ti ! Protected by the large Subscribed Capital . In the Proprietary Branc h, Assurances are granted at the This day, price is. ~owest Rates of Pr e THE CHURCH of SCCITLAim MAGAZINE and REVIEW. No. 8. er- s';.,tehtishinent. Su c h ass ; s aailitent with thesecurity of the ilia pl l ?”Y of ways, to suit the a r 'ices may CONTENTS or , DECEMBER NUMBER. 1853.-The Church of ies t be effected in a great Scotland and the Work she has to do.-The Czar and the Ili- the Aea n -- b e e Y.al'a i le •" Oi rea i th.e AAsTu°rne24 others, -I rentristances and convenience Greek Church: Part 11.-Notices of Australia : Part M aly d e na r y of that event should h , where the co is made ng sixty years of age, or at Memoir of Ti. M. Makgill Crichton of Nether Rankeilo . ur.- 4 a r ,gog of attention ha previously." is particularly Poetry.: The Mercy Seat.-Solomon's Search after Happiness : ---- An Allegory. Pert IL-Sabbath Eveninc Readings.-Chro ire aelktutual Branc hl of this Institution, the Policy holders nicle of illusions.—lncident. of 'the Protestant and Romish di v i de tied to the Entire Profits of the 'Branch, w h ich are Worlds.-The Temperance . "Question.-Literary N oticea.- Ecclesiastical Intelligence. on kand e at the expiration of every fifth year. These profits a• , EsTIVONIAL FROM THE RES% JOHN CUMMING, D.D.. Ni t ti , aPplied either in Reduction of the Yearly Premiums F.R.§.E._" I have a very high opinion of the spirit and abi fir I llttail xe ensuing period of division, or in Additions to the Pr o wAred. lily with which the Church of Scotland Magazine and Review de - Ithittigel,Peocieti.yes Allowances o _ are, at each division, set n apart from is conducted, and earnestly commend it to my countrymen Lod 1 , 4 % 4 in Yit :tiers wh o are not immediately e titled as a valuable and instructive monthly visitor. er-" JOHN CUMMING, P.D. but who will have paid five yearly " London, August. 1853." es, theranla before the ensuing division ; thus affonting to. Edinburgh:: ALEXANDER C. MOODIE, 17, Smith Bridge. es drat all the advantages of an Annual Division of Profits. London:: ARTHUR . HALL, VIRTUE and Co. _Dublin_ ; %_V. rod 'Ptci t ic e ' Cuaimand Co. Liverpool : W.THomsoN, 109, St. James's rs ; na•of the Additions already made to sums Assured, street; and all Booksellers. die \__________at Participating Rates of Premium. I)a f qv -..e.• - . - ......_ •" colicy s A go. ISumoriginallya Additions ; Sum new rsi 4 41, -- ------__ Assured. Assured. 18 stamps c o, A •., 140 ___. — SCIENCE OF LTiT ;or How to Live, 4iaii, in - ....... 45 1 £5OOO £1144 £6144 1 and What to Live for ; with ample Rules for Diet, R.egi- Ol e ell ~. 0 4 114' 1 %2 , ...... " a 1500 290 1790 men, and Self-management ; together with instructions for ' ) t "), 184 g ...... 46 1000 206 1206 securing 'perfect health, longevity, And that sterling state of -- h ob er , ...... 40 1 2000 '364 2364 happiness only attainable through tthe judicious observance ,tie r 1645 , et I 4000 445* 4445 of a well-regulated course of life. By a PHYSICIAN. -""e''-•-...,&, lta.. 56 1 2000 164 2264 " The destructions contained in this little work. embody L_ *ll - - P4 iusive of allowances on Premiums amounting to - - _ .'146 2s. 6d FIRE DEPARTMENT. )41 , - ms for Assurance against Fire are charged at the I ,t ht•Lioderate rates, with a reduction of en per cent..on 4 , l ';'(k aces and Furniture of Clergymen, and the Budd krroto,,,,,Conlents of Churches and Church Schools. Ilges, the necessary Forms, and awry rNmsite yv,lilie, - ,*: 4 on for effecting Assurances, may be obtained on g erp, - ` ell. - -it the Head oned Agents of the ce ffi O C , as above, or to any of the ompany. WM. EAIMEN4, Secretary. 1:1t - „ " *AL L APPLICATIONg FOR AGENCIES IN THOSE PLACES AE COMPANY HAVE NOT YET APPOINTED AGENTS 11. 'bRESSED TO THE SECRETARY. %rt LIVERPOOL: tii 1 : 110 MPSON, ANDERSON & CO., 3, Cook-street. 44 3 : S„TEWART and COX, 10, Chapel-street. ti t ' 3 AEUCHSON, MAKIN and CO. F. ti BIRKENHEAD : `'• HALPEX, 10, Parkfield-terrace, Exmou th-street. tt ------() W TO PROLONG LIFE AND ENJOY T. --111 E GREAT PURIFYING AND STRENGTH VChat ENING MEDICINE. though the sun in beauty shine, „And y ou h ave coun tl ess h oar d s o f weeth ; , ”hat though the world—all, all was thine, kit, P , „,if You but want the blessing, Health. :tOOS' PILUL/E VILE, or VEGETABLE LIFE e Universal Restorative for both Sexes a all Ages, 1 4 A , 1 4 , ; ‘! solely from tbe VEGETABLE kingdom ;they . may 14,d'u;stereel to the youngest Child, or to the most delicate ilirtirY merely regulating the dose according to the age tttSil of the person. They remove all Disorders and fAthe Stomach and Bowels, as Costiveness, Spasms, PPetite, Sick Headache, Fulness after Meals, lndi 14''''ver Complaints, Inactivity of the Bowels, Listless tt,lat, Pain, and Jaundiced Appearance ; and while they • gt s anitarily, they must of necessity increase the ti4t, ec. of the Patient. Headache, Giddiness Singing in the pi,,,Nitterlng of the Sight, and other Heavy Drowsy Sensa raytle forerunners of many fatal diseases,—as Apoplexy, I.i*.il e • St rokes, Epilepsy, & c., are e ff ectually warded off by j.clt,,e s of these Pills. They al s o produce sound refresh it Appetite, and possess extraordinary efficacy the system, and imparting a pleasing seren ity I,,_▪ see i ' , ley are unequalled as a Family Medicine ; . in few rulr, . where occasionally employed in Families and , 1 ; t e ' A,l l other assistance be needed. r‘ ule k `ti tt i,,wies they are truly excellent, removing Headaches, ,'ltr,',,alf",, r Lof Spirits Dizziness of Sight, Nervousness, Dim -1,14;0,140,0e5% and giving a healthy juvenile bloom to th e . 6„ - ". Ladies, however delicate, will fi nd them parti -100 p: e ficial both before and after confinemen . t. For e oble they are the most comfortable Medicine that t t ,;l% 1.11 4 l t tq u !h, St. Ives: "Since taking your Pills I have not i , i ti Yogl i r e,(l the services of a medical man, and feel satisfied k b be the case generally, if people were not so much prejudice."—T. Webster, Esq., Sleaford, vti e v ! Owb Vtl ra Y "Having read your advertisement, Ines` fel te t 4 h t i?o t i,. - .ur Pills would be of use to some of my poorer i t liid" 4114; I have had 12 boxes, and they have derived e , gij 1t0,, - ` from taking them. I shall continue to r_ecom ;,i,,tley,irZaluable Pills to all my friends."— Mr. Edwin '" o llnt-street, Halifax: find your Pilules Vitae tan.. 4 ard medicine in removing li p to blir:nivlch, North Wales: "Mr. Warner's co . mp io hod t i "e. Roos, and he finds no medicine do him so o tt ,or l , his Pilulte Vita." N's l l4. ( t ) " , K Abroad, Captains, and others, cannot store „ant.articles of health than the above ti wh . lc o h, by .'"e Stomach and Bowels, and . tranqui lizin e , the 1 0 1 , 4 ; - Yst eM, will prevent those fatal diseases so . prevalent 1 1 ,t1kii vo,'!„also Sea Sickness and other complaints iidental pr c '" , s',es and irregular living. No Emigrant 's Chest l ei t li tri tve t i ll er i l ald u , r t n h i e sh y ed without them, for when far rem9rd will find in these Pills a never-failing ttqa.p, Ittmtr . igo, --- Some unprincipled Vendors, when asked for 14 4 4 1 , 0 91 er „„ Pills, have attempted to foist upon the pur tentlvo lath l•!ledicines, or trash of their own compounding, i.gY obtain a larger profit. The GENUINE have fi t , by he red ALTER DE ROOS LONDON," in white let peciaer.onnd printed in the stamp, affixed to each era , t„, direction of Her Majesty's Honourable Pim- Via . 4 F e l Drotect the Public from Fraud, and to imitate t' s hin y. 14% ed a died tin* gh all Medicine Vendors, at Is. lad., pe at N. ; 115 , an u ct 33 s . per Box, with Directions for 4 8 , Y enclosing Post-office Order or Stamps to Dr. ) foTia rbretui;PY- place, Holborn-hill, London, they will be tr- 4 , 11 1 , J ori • ‘ i Vi fr ttk o i 24, vp , 5, P ara di se-street, and 78, London-road; 11 4 h. at erioo-road ; and Priestley, 52, Lord street, hance,yark-„,nes, Fishergate Preston. Marsh, Wallgate, 41 1 ' ll " sir ' t zeffe-of fi ce, Lancaster.. .Weatinacot, No. e et, Alan 1, 43 a t, t Onect aw c ester ;. and all Medicine Vendors. ` l lll,,th, ii ?!ral co ' Persons in country handsome places will be addi "et°llll4ne'erMsserngnNly m n , ?s l a are very favourite Alcdici e gwi‘b tin Public. Just Published, Twentieth Edition, price Is.; post free for IS stamps IYTE SCIENCE OF LTI A E ; or How to Live, and What to Live for; with ample Rules for Diet, Regi men, and Self-management ; together with instructions for securing 'perfect health, longevity, And that sterling state of happiness only attainable through the judicious observance of a well-regulated course of life. By a PHYSICIAN. " The :instructions contained in this little work, embody the result of the experience acquired in a long and most ex tensive medical practice, in which the author has availed him self of bis'unusual opportunities to•stutiy the habits and the physical peculiarities, constitutional or acquired, which in fluence life and health at all ages, and in every social grade. High critical authorities have pronounced the treatise to be an admirable book—one which ought to he in the hands of every adult in the empire, more especially of the managers and heads-offamilies."—Sanday Time*. Also, by the'same Author, price 2s. 6d.. post free, 3e. 6d., A NIEDICAL TREATISE ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND CONSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESS. with Practical Ob servations, illustrated with Anatomical Plates in Health and Disease. "The perusal of this work is particularly recommended to those persons who may entertain doubts of their physical condition, or are conscious of having hacarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every man is entitled. To such it will prove invaluable."—Era. London: :TAMES Gt LBERT, 49, Paternoster-row; HANNAY, 63, Oxford street : MANN. 39. Cornhill ; and rill Booksellers ; also sold by A. HEYWOOD, Oldham-street, Manchester; and NEWTON, Chorch-street, Liverpool. ADVERTISER FOR NORTH LANCASHIRE. THE PRESTON PILOT, published every Sa turday Morning, contains Full Reports of all Meetings and Local Occurrences in any of the Towns in North Lanca- shire, in all of which it has an extensive circulation. Includ ing, as it does. amongst its readers, all classes of the com munity, the Pilot offers a means of giving the most advan tageous publicity to all Business Announcements. Adver tising charges tow.—Office, No. 37, Fishergate, Preston. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, a Commercial, Political, and General Newspaper, IS PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, and is delivered at the RESIDENCE of Subicrlbers by EIGHT O'CLOCK, in any part of Liverpool, or within the districts of A ere Brighton, Eqremont, Seaeombe, Birkenhead, Woodside, Tranmere, Rock-?erry,Waterloo, Seaforth,Bootle, Walton, Everton. Fairfield, and Aigburth. Subscription, in advance, for a year, £3 ; six maths, el 118, 6d.; three months, 19s. 6(l.—For the Proprietors, CHARLES WILLMER, PußLisitza. IMPORTANT TO SHOPKEEPERS. Just Published, price 21. 6d.. THE SHOPKEEPER'S GUIDE, designed to give stability to the interest of the Shopkeeper, by in structing him how to place his business upon a secure foun dation ; but especially to guide persons, who, from ill health, or from reverse of fortune, may seek to obtain a livelihood by Shopkeeping, in a path which will contribute to certain SUC.CdPAIL. CONTENTS: 1. SHOPKEEPING.—CAUSES OF FAILURES OF SHOP KEEPERS. 2. THREE WAYS OF LIVING. 3. QUALIFICATIONS FOR A SHOPKEEPER. 4. CHOICE OF A BUSINESS. 5. SHOPKEEPERS' STOCK LISTS. 6. HINTS TOWARDS THE CHOICE OF A BUSINESS. 7. DIFFERENCE OF REMUNERATION IN THE TRADES AND PROFESSIONS. 8. MONEY, CREDIT, BILLS OF EXCHANGE. LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING BILLS AND PROMISSORY NOTES. LETTERS OF CREDIT, STAMPS, INTE REST TABLES, BANKS AND BANKING, &c. &c. 9. BOOK-KEEPING. — OUTLINE OF A SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM ADAPTED TO A RETAIL SHOP. 10. LAW OF PARTNERSHIP. 11. MISCELLANEOUS ADVICE FOR THE CONSIDER ATION OF THE SHOPKEEPER. 12. THE LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT. 13. EXAMPLES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN SUC CESSFUL IN LIFE. 14. NUMEROUS RECEIPTS FOR ARTICLES IN CON STANT DEMAND, WHICH MAY BE PUT UP BY ANY SHOPKEEPER, AND SOLD AT A CONSIDER. ABLE PROFIT; WITH AN ACCURATE STATE MENT OF THEIR COST, AND THE PROFITS RESULTING FROM THE SALE OF THEM. 15. A LIST OF PROFITABLE AGENCIES OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC IN THE PAGES OF ALL THE DAILY PAPERS DURING THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS. London : HOULSTON and STONEMAN, 65, Paternoster-row, and every Bookseller throughout the kingdom. Price 2s. 6d., bound neatly. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. ALTERATION OP TRAINS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, on and after the Ist December next, the following TRAINS will be DISCON TINUED : The Train leaving Chester for Manchester at 4 50 A.M. I I Warrington for Chester 8 ft ft Chester for Birkenhead 7 9lt Ditto Ditto II 4 45 P.M. ~ Birkenhead for Chester 8 A.M. Ditto Ditto I, 10 „ Ditto Ditto 6 P.M. P The Tra in leaving Chester for Warrington at 630 A.M. will run through to Manchester, arriving about 6 A.M. A Train will leave Birkenhead for Chester at 9 .A.m., calling at all Stations. On SATURDAYS a Market Train will leave Chester for Bir kenhead at 7 A.M., calling at all Stations. For further particulars see the Company's Time-tables. By order, JOHN GIISSON, Secretary. Dir4enJlead, 28th Nov., 1853. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. ?to be *orb. T.O NDON TIMES and MANCHESTER GUARDIAN on Sate at Halt-price the day after publi cation. WANTED, the LIVERPOOL STANDARD at Half price.—Apply at 33, Bold-street. ON SALE, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, a very desirable first-class FREEHOLD RESIDENCE.—A Unique Detached VILLA RESIDENCE. with Coach-house, Stable, and well-stocked Flower and Kitchen Garden, com prising in all, about 1009 Square Yards of Freehold Land, situate next to the East Lodge, in Litherland Park. The House has just been put into the very best order that taste and skill could devise, for the residence of the present pro prietor, and is replete with all modern conveniences, for the Immediate reception of any respectable family, including Fixed Marble Wash-stands, with Hot and Cold Water in every room, Bath-room, Dressing•rooms, and Water-closet. All the Land between "The Lodge" and the House (3,000 Square Yards) may be had, if required; and £350 of the Purchase Money may remain on Mortgage. For Cards to view, and all other particulars, apply to LAWRENCE, BUTLER and Co., Old Hall, 35, Old Hall-street. TO be SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, a splendid COUNTRY RESIDENCE, near Wavertree, consisting of Four large Entertaining Rooms, Eight Bedrooms, Six stalled Stable, Coach-house. Shippon, Piggeries, &c., toge ther with Ten Acres of LAND, two of which are tastefully laid out in Pleasure Grounds and Garden. Also, an excellent Detached RESIDENCE. Beech-street, Edge-lane, containing Four Entertaining Rooms, Nine Bed rooms. and every convenience for a large Family, with about 3000 square Yards of LAND. Also, a similar One, near the Dingle and St. Paul's Church, Prince's-park, with about 200 square Yards of LAND. And an excellent Family RESI DENCE, in Falkner-square. Also, an ESTATE, of about 300 Acres of Land, in Mont gomeryshire, North Wales. To be LET, a few very eligible Single and Double OFFICES, near the Exchange. _ _ For particulars apply to WM. WI 4L/A MS ? H allot' Commerce, 3, Hackin's-hey, or 47, Ranelagh-street, Liverp 001. P.S.—Agent to the Royal Insurance Company. antel:l. WANTED, near Liverpool, a VILLA, with Coach-house, Stable, and good Garden, Three Re ception-rooms, Butler's Pantry, and Kitchen on the ground floor ; from Four to Five Bedrooms, Bath-room, &c., on the first floor; good Attics and Cellars. Rent about 460 to 4100 per annum.—Address Box L 51, Post-office, Liverpool. AGENTLEMAN, many years connected with the Wholesale Tea and 6rocery Business. desires a COMMISSION in either of the above Trades, for Bristol and the surrounding neighbourhood. Every necessary reference given.—Address M. M. H., Messrs. COLEMAN, JERMAN, and LUDLOW, liriStOL TITLE WANTED.—A Gentleman, aged Thirty, unavoidably prevented from completing his course at College, wishes to obtain ORDERS without more loss of time. From a Gentleman assisting to obtain the above, a mere nominal Stipend expected. The D'ocese of Chester or Man chester preferred. The Advertiser would prefer a small Church and an Agrcultural District. Satisfactory references will be given.—Address, (pre-paid,) "DELTA"' 10, Upper Hope-place, Liverpool. PRIVATE TUITION.—A Protestant Clergy man, of Evangelical principles, havinz bad many years' experience in Tuition, is desirous of receiving into his house Two PUPILS. The Freatest possible attention will be paid to their moral and religions training; and the Advertiser, by making companions of his Pupils, endeavours, by all the means in his power, to promote their comfort and happiness. The Parsonage is delightfully situated in a most healthy and picturesque part of the country, not far from a Railroad Sta tion.—Letters addressed to the Rev. A. M., at the Office of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, will be promptly attended to. Oontracts. IVERPOOL DOCKS.-SCHOONER BUOY TENDER.—TO SHIPBUILDERS.—The Dock Com mittee of Liverpool are willing to receiv. TENDERS for BUILDING a SCHOONER BUOY TENDER, not to exceed 90 tons burthen, new measurement. _ _ _ The specification may he seen, and further particulars ob tained, on application to the Marine Surveyor in this building. Tenders, addressed ti " The Chairman of the Marine Sub committee," endorsed " render for Buoy Schooner," to be sent, under cover, to the Secretary, not later than MONDAY, the 12th day of December next.—By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock•oßSce, Liverpool, 31st Oct., 1853. BOROUGH 'OF LIVERPOOL.—The Health Committee of the Council of the Borough of Liverpool are ready to receive TENDERS for the SUPPLY of HORSES, CARTS, and DRIVERS for the Carting in the Borough En gineer's Derartment, from the 12th of December next ensuing until the end ofthe year 1854. Specifications and particulars of the work required to be done, and of the regulations to be observed. may be obtained at the Borough Engineer's office, Public Offices, Cornwallis street,' Liverpool. Sealed tenders, addressed "To the Chairman of the tlealb Committee," endorsed "Tenders for Carting," must be left at the Town-clerk's office, Pub is Offices, Cornwallis-street, on or before Mos:DAY, the sth day of December next. By order, WM. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk. Cornwallis-street, Nov. 24. 1853. _IVERPOOL DOCKS. - TENDERS FOR A CLOTHING AND HATS.—The Committee of the Liverpool Docks do hereby :rive Notice, that they are willing to receive TENDERS for SUPPLYING the under-mentioned UNIFORM CLOTHING and HATS, namely:— CLOTFIING. Ten Suits for consisting of Frock Coat, Waistcoat, and Trousers. The letters P. M., with an Anchor between, to be Embroidered in Gold on the Collars of the Coats. One Hundred and Eighty Suits for Dock Gatemen, consist ing of Jacket, Waistcoat, and Trousers. The letters L. - D., with an Anchor• between, - to he Embroidered in White on the Collars.of the Jackets. _ _ _ Ten Snits for Men employed nn the Landing-stage, con sisting. of Jacket, Waistcoat, and Trousers. The letters L. S. to be Embroidered in White on the Collars of the Jackets. Twenty-one Suits f'r Gatekeepers at Albert Dock Ware houses and Graving Docks, Keepers of Weighing Materials, consisting of Coat, Waistcoat, and Trousers. The Collars of the Cents to be Embroidered in White. Ten Suits for Messengers, consisting of Coat, Waistcoat, and Trousers. Two Suits for Foremen of Sweepers, consisting of Frock Coat, Waistcoat, and Trousers. The Collars of the Coats to be Embroidered in White. HATS. Two Hundred and Thirty Hats! 22 without Labels; 208 with Labels on Glazed Leather, similar to those now worn. Samples, marked to correspond with the Tender. must be sent in, and each Tender must state the time within which the whole will be supplied. Tenders must be sealed, marked ." Tender for Clothing," or "'Tender for lists," and addressed to " The Chairman of the SO-committee for the Department of the Harbour-mas ters," trader cover, to the Secretary, not later than Twelve o'clocrk. Noon, on WEDNESDAY next, the 30th instant. The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender. By order. DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock-office, Liverpool, 24th November. 1853. AIR. IV. J. NEWMAN, SURGEON DENTIST, 34, GREAT GEORGE -STREET, IA ViERPOOL, (tale PRACTICAL, SIT RH ICA L, and MECHANICAL ASSISTANT to Mr. Brodie, deceased. of 55, Great George-street.) may, be consulted daily, at the above address, in all cases of Surgical and Mechanical Dentistry. N.B.—Charges strictly moderate. Children's Teeth care fully arranged and regulated. Hours of Attendance from Nine tiM Five. 11) CORRESPONDENTS. A 13i RKESM•EAD PROTESTANT'S letter did not reach us until a late hour last night. " FAIR F.I.S.Y" arrived just as we were going to met Letters 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. 'l'he Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica tions on subjects of local or general interest. Boors, &c., FOR REVIEW, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Redlion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed "to time Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. The ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD is 20s. in advance—or 225. on credit. . ..S . ; - - • 4 r .• _ ~„$•--_, . -: , , • • ' 'it :0 ' ' ',.• -`, *,, 1 - ! -. 0 4 .s, OVILi4 • ' OV A 1 if* . Ki ~...i ts7 -_, .... i -4 v... ....... -.,--,- _ - ,: p, ',,, -... . Ar k i ..-......-.......,...,_ .. ...__ . /tint - pool gtanbarti+ TUESDAY MORNING, N0V.29,1853. Warr; the exception of the threatened reform of the Reform Act, we have as yet received no fore shadowing of the measures which are to form the business of legislation during the next Session of Parliament, unless, indeed, Reform is to constitute the sole Government business, and individual mem bers are to be allowed to indulge in their several crotchets. There is, however, the question of Education, "upon the introduction of which, last session, Lord JOHN RUSSELL claimed for himself more credit than he deserved. It is a subject which is hardly likely to receive a satisfactory solution, involved as it is in peculiar difficulties. If it is to be purely of a secular character, it will not, and ought not, to satisfy the majority of the intelligent public who consider religious instruction of the first consequence, and which cannot be left as an open question in any system of national education. Again, if the religion of the State be made an essential element, then the Dissenters are in loud outcry about their claim to a share in State endowments ; and, when this point has been con ceded, and the Government has surrendered its right to decide upon what is Christianity, the Romanists make their demand ; and a pliable Board of Privy Council, not knowing, or pretending not to know, where to draw the line, appropriate part of the funds of the State to the propagation of superstition and heresy. Under such circum stances, it is questionable how far any improvement can be looked for at the hands of those who have at present the direction of public affairs, and whe ther it would not be better to leave the question in its present state until England shall have reco- vered from its Whig-Radical mania, and a Conser vative Ministry shall once more be in power. There is, however, a far greater difficulty to be encountered before any system of National Educa tion can be made really efficacious yin training the children of the poor as Christians and good subjects. The most that is now done is assistance in the construction of school-houses, and the training and payment of more efficient teachers ; but this, at the best, is supplying a want which is the least felt. By far the greatest difficulty is experienced in ob taining scholars, to obviate which there is but a choice of evils. The poor care little or nothing for the instruction of their children ; and the only attempt which has yet been made, as to a remedy, is to hold out inducements of a questionable cha racter, but which only can be justified on the ground of anything being better than leaving the poor children to grow up as heathens, in ignorance of everything but what they may pick up in the streets. The parents refuse to contribute even the small pittance of a penny a week ; and, to overcome this repugnance, the children are taught accomplishments equal to those of far higher station in society, and adapted to a condition of life much superior 'Lo that which the children can be expected to occupy. What is wanted is the inculcation of the first principles of the Christian religion, and for this purpose there is no lack of schools and competent teachers. The children only are needed, and to obtain these more stringent means must be used. We must go into the highways, and the lanes, and the hedges, and compel them to come in, or the alternative will be the growing up of our youthful population in total ignorance of their condition as immortal beings, with the exception of those who are now becoming discontented with their low estate by being edu cated far above it. It is, perhaps, difficult to define in what way a system of national instruction can be made compulsory, without infringing too much upon the liberty of the subject, which is so dear to every Englishman. The difficulty, however, arises chiefly in large towns, and not so much in rural districts, where the children of the labouring classes are sent more readily to parochial schools. But in the densely populated manufacturing towns there are more facilities for turning the labour of children to some profitable amount, and far less moral supervision, so that they suffer from the cupidity of those who are their natural guardians. The most feasible plan is to prohibit the employ ment of children in factories unless they can pro duce a certificate of their attendance at a national school. Another step in the same direction would be to make the parents responsible for the expenses in all cases where children are convicted of petty crimes; and then, with the aid of Ragged Schools, under efficient supervision, and the Industrial Schools attached to Union Poor-houses, we may hope to see some check to the spread of infidelity and its concomitant, superstition, which are be coming the shathe and disgrace of Christian England. It may have been supposed that, with all the recent exertions for the extension of National Education, the increased grants by Parliament, and the large amount of voluntary contributions, that the necessity must now be less urgent than it was half a century since. The fact, however, is otherwise. Formerly the population was more widely scattered, and more under the supervision of parochial authorities. But the vast increase of commerce and manufactures has drawn the labour ing classes together into large towns, where they are beyond all efficient moral controul. The growth of England's material wealth has been the source of her moral weakness, and the evil demands an active remedy, if we would not realize the pre diction of GOLDSMITH : " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey. Where wealth accumulates, and men decay." The subject is one of far more real importance than the threatened Reform Bill, for which there has been no demand, and which must result in promoting the strife of political parties, without the possibility of producing any good whatever. THE French Government has made a show of advancing a step towards the encouragement of increased trade with England by a reduction of the import duty on iron and coals. By a decree which appears in the .Ifouiteur of Wednesday last, the French duty on the importation of Pig Iron is reduced from about 565. Bd. to 445. per ton ; till Ist January, 1855, and afterwards, to 355. 441. ; on bars and rails, from about £8 4s. 10d. and £6 125., to £7 Os. 10d. and £5 ss. 10d. per ton ; till Ist January, 1855, and afterwards, to £6 35..441. and £4 Bs. ; on Sheet Iron, from £l7 12s. to £ll per ton ; till Ist January, 1855, and afterwards, to £8 16s ; and on steel, in bars, from £26 Bs. cast, and £52 16s. wrought, to a uniform duty of £l7 12s. per ton, till Ist January, 1855, and after wards to £l3 4s. per ton. The duty on coals is reduced in the Channel ports from 4s. 7d. to about 2s. 9d. per ton in French or English vessels ; and a uniform duty of ls. 42d. per ton in the Atlantic and Mediterranean ports. It is said that these reductions will give rise to a largely-increased de mand, and that about sixty vessels have already been chartered at Bordeaux to bring both iron and coals ; and the price of the former article has con siderably advanced in our markets. This circum stance will, no doubt, eagerly be seized upon as an instance of reciprocity corroborative of the wis dom of our present system of commercial policy, and perhaps may form an excuse for its further extension by reductions of our present rates of import duties on French wines, spirits, and manu factured articles. It will be seen, however, that the change presents but an infinitesimal dose of advantage to our export trade with France , inasmuch as the benefit is almost confined to the raw materials of coal and pig iron, which may tend to raise their value to consumers in this country. Had France really intended to increase its commercial relations with England, its ports should have been opened to our numerous manu factures upon equal terms to those on which we receive French silks, gloves, leather, and other manufactures. But, to confine the reduction of duty to such simple articles as the French people require in order to enable them the better to com pete with the manufacturing superiority of Eng land, is a species of selfish policy which calls for no concession on our part, and any attempt of the kind ought to be firmly resisted. IT is a grievous shame, in this age of boasted in telligence, a foul spot upon the escocheon of our national morality, that the law has hitherto been found altogether inadequate to protect our females in humble life from the brutal and savage cruelty of their husbands, from those who have solemnly sworn to protect, love, honour, and cherish them. It would seem that our law is more regardful of the security of a pocket-hand kerchief than even the life of a poor woman, who has been so unfortunate as to link her fate with that of a brute in human form ; for, until last Session of Parliament, the only penalty for the nearest approach to wilful murder was a fine of £5, or two months' imprisonment. A paltry sum of £5, or indeed a money value at all, for that which SOLOMON has declared to have a price far above rubies. Last session, however, the HOME SECRETARY, finding that the crime had fright fully increased under such tacit encouragement, attempted to legislate for its suppression ; and A ccordingly obtained a law by which the magis trates were authorised to extend the punishment for this offence to six months' imprisonment. He did not, however, express any confident opinion as to the result of the change, but expressed his intention to apply to Parliament for further powers if it should prove to be ineffectual. It would seem that the punishment of six months' imprison ment, with all the comforts which modern philan thropy has given to our gaols, presents scarcely more terrors than the previous limit of two months' incarceration ; for such offences are being committed with a frequency revolting to humam'ty, while the details which the records of the London Police-courts present, are almost beyond the bounds of credibility that such human fiends should be permitted to exist. The Morning Post of Tuesday last contains no fewer than three of such cases ; two heard before the Loun MAYOR, at the Mansion-house, London, in each of which the offenders were tailors, and another at the Thames Police-office, in which the offender is described as a Lancashire collier. On Friday, the police reports contained a similar case ; so that, within four days, as many charges of this disgusting nature were heard before the London police-magistrates. The par ticulars deposed to on oath on these occasions, exceed the wildest dreams of romance, showing too terribly that " truth is strange, stranger than fiction." We subjoin a few extracts from the cases we have alluded to Emma Curtis (the complainant) said—On Sunday morning, between three and four o'clock, he made me go to bed stark naked, and he ripped up my stays with a penknife, took the bone out of it, and beat me on the body with the bone till it broke in three pieces. He was quite sober, and so was I, for I never drink. He had been out, and I was afraid to go to bed till he came home. After he had broken the bone he beat me with my hair brush. He then dragged me out of bed, made me make the bed three times, tried to strangle me with his hand, and with the large square-cut stick the policeman now has in his hand struck me several times. I did not call out, for he said if I did he would dance upon my body. After having beaten me severely he went down stairs and to the bottom of the court, but he immediately returned, and began beating me again with the stick, and then the officers came into the room. The Lord Mayor—How often has this occurred ? Complainant—Ever since we were married in January last. A month ago he gave me two black eyes, and he has frequently used that stick upon me. He has also thrown boiling water from the teapot upon me. lam in the utmost danger, and I throw my life upon your lord ship's hands, for I believe it is his intention to kill me. In the next case, Ann Wright, the complainant, said—Yesterday he said he would be hung for murdering me, as the man that was sentenced to be hung that morning would be hung. He hit me twice on the head with the sleeve-board, and cut open my skull in two places. I bled very much. He also struck me with his fist in the face, and continued to knock me about for three or four minutes. I called out for assistance, and people came, and I went to a doctor to have my head dressed. I have been married to the prisoner three years, and he has beaten me every month since I married him. in the the third case, It appeared from the evidence of two respectable women, named Sarah Valentine and Harriet Gentry, that, on Saturday evening, about half-past six o'clock, they saw the prisoner and his wife in Cottage-street, Poplar. The wife was burthened with a young child which she carried in her arms, and could not move so fast as her husband, who commenced swearing at her, and told her to walk on faster. The wife said she was going as fast as she was able, on which the prisoner, with a dreadful oath, said he would make her go on faster, and struck her on the back with his fist. He then raised a heavy stick, which he carried in his hand, and struck his wife a tremendous blow on the nose with it. She fell as if shot, and the blood gushed from the wound over the footpath. The woman was insensible for some time afterwards, and her nose was completely flattened by the blow. A policeman, named Grimes, who took the prisoner into custody, pro duced a thick and beavy bludgeon, with which the prisoner had inflicted the blow on his wife, and said her nose was smashed. In the fourth case, which was heard at the Westminster Police-court, John Rogers, a low-looking fellow, was charged with the following brutality to his wife, who bore undeniable proofs of his savage treatment Margaret Rogers, the wife, who evinced throughout a strong desire to screen the defendant, stated that between two and three o'clock that afternoon he came home drunk and asked her for money. She replied that she had none, upon which he knocked her down and kicked her, and then threw the dinner which she had prepared into the street. Mr. Simons, Inspector of the B division.—Did he not thrust his hand down your throat and hurt you very much ? Complainant.—Yes, but I only want him held to keep the peace. Mr. Simons.— She has got marks on her arm, where he has cut her with a knife. The woman's arm being bared, presented the marks alluded to, there being one more severe than the rest. Mr. Broderip.—How came you with those scars ? Complainant (hesitatingly).—They were cuts with a knife. Mr. Broderip.—When were they done ? Complainant.—Two years ago. Mr. Broderip.—By whom ? Complainant.—By my husband, but I don't wish to be hard with him. Mr. Broderip.—How did you get that black eye ? Complainant.—He gave me that last Friday week. Complainant further reluctantly admitted that he had been in the habit of treating her in the most cruel manner for a great length of time. Robert Adams, 158 B, stated that defendant thrust three fingers into her throat, and attempted to tear her mouth open. ' He then struck her several blows about the head with his fists. _ _ _ Mr. Simons said that, from his knowledge of the de fendant and his habits, he should not at all be surprised to find him placed at that bar for murder or manslaughter. In all these cases the full penalty of six months' imprisonment was inflicted. It is fortunate for such despicable ruffians that those who administer the law are obliged to restrain their outraged feelings of humanity, or it would be almost impossible to say what extent of severity such savage brutality would justify. It is, however, a disgrace to our civilization that the law should confine offended justice to a remedy so manifestly in adequate, and the attention of the Legislature should be seriously called to the necessity of rendering it more efficient. It is becoming a question of some importance whether the abolit:on of corporal pu nishment, which was intended to be humane, was, in reality, a wise '* lteration. The successful in stance in which it was restored for the better pro tection of Her MAJESTY against assaults upon her person, affords some proof of its efficacy, and per haps it might be applied with advantage for the better protection of Her MAJESTY'S more humble female subjects. The objection that corporal pu nishment tends to brutalize a man is positively worthless, for such offenders are worse than brutes, and no punishment can be too degrading. It is said that in one of the prisons of the United States of America a precaution against escape is taken by having the nose of each prisoner stained with a black dye, which is rendered indelible for the time of his sentence, and it has been suggested that such a remedy might be applied with advantage to savage husbands. It might be made a mark which should exclude them from all civili zed society, and subject any publican to a penalty who supplied them with drink. Such a plan may not be infal lible, but it is clear that some alteration of the law is imperatively called for. Another mode might be to commit them for trial, and subject them to the consequences of assaulting with intent to murder. CONTINENTAL NEWS has lately assumed such a deep tinge of falsehood, and become such a con fused compound of truth and fiction, that it requires more than ordinary skill, and some share of good fortune, to discriminate between them, and tell which to believe and which to reject. Of all that has lately come over the wires, the only thing that seems distinctly to be corroborated is the death of the QUEEN OF PORTUGAL, and the details of that event are accompanied with variations, the succes sor to the throne of DONNA MARIA being styled Dom PEDRO 11., V., and VIII., in the several accounts. An event which is probably, however, of more importance, has recently occurred,and may have a considerable influence on future events. It is said that a fusion, as it is termed, has taken place between the two branches of the French house of BOURBON. Such an event a few years since would have been highly improbable, owing to the un willingness of the ORLEANS Princes to surrender the claims to the Throne of France, which they could only assert through the doubtful title of Louis PHILIPPE. Such hopes are, however, now at an end, and the restoration of the BOURBONS to the French Throne can only be effected through the intelligible title of legitimacy, or not at all. Under these circumstances ; it is not very surprising that they should be inclined to admit the claims of the elder branch, now centered in the person of the COUNT DE CHAMBORD, otherwise the DUC DE BORDEAUX, claiming to be HENRY V. of France, particularly as there is no prospect of any direct descendants, and the inheritance would, in that case, devolve upon the young COMTE DE PARIS, the eldest son of the DUCHESSE D'ORLEA.NS. This movement accounts, it is believed, for the insur rectionary proceedings and conspiracies which have recently been more rife in France. There can be little doubt that among the French population there is an increasing restlessness, under the irk someness of the restraint imposed by Louis NAPO LEON. The enthusiasm which lent ach arm to his name is wearing away, and popular feeling i s being displayed in the defacing of his image on the copper coinage. He had little to re commend him, except the prestige of his name, which his uncle had surrounded with a halo of recollections of military glory, and nothing to support his authority but the fear of his troops, whose allegiance he had gained by sausages and champagne. Such sources of power were available when the dread of Socialism was fresh in memory; but, at the best, they are evanescent, and now, when some new excitement is wanting for a vola tile population, a return to legitimacy may not be the most unlikely mode of gratifying the desire. So long as the two branches of the BOURBONS were at variance, the attempt at restoration was almost hopeless ; but their fusion may revive long deferred hopes, and lead to a more searching inquiry into the title by which Louis NAPOLEON wears the imperial purple. A STRANGE RUMOUR has recently been in circula tion, that a matrimonial alliance is in contemplation between Her Royal Highness Princess MARY OF CAMBRIDGE, who attained her twentieth year on Friday last, and a son of JEROME BUONAPARTE. Such a report is a scandalous libel on the majesty of England, whose consent would be necessary to such a disgraceful union. The eagle might match with the obscene bird, if a daughter of the Royal House of England, whose origin is lost in the mists of antiquity, is to mate with a mere adventurer, whose family name has .only been known within living memory,—and that only in connexion with a military tyrant whose battles, sieges, and cruelties kept Europe in trouble for a whole generation. He has no solid pretension whatever, for his family 1 1 were notorious for profligacy ; and it would be just as likely that our QUEEN should think of connect ing her family by marriage with a swindler as with a BUONAPARTE, the wealth of whose family is the plunder of their uncle, and whose position is as ephemeral as French popularity. POLICE COURT v- - ESTERDAY. Arthur Graham, on remand from Saturday, charged with stealing a tarpauling. No additional evidence having been found, the prisoner, who was a well known and sus pected character, was discharged with au admonition. STEALING BUTCHER MEAT.—Margaret Welsh,charged with stealing a piece of beef from the shop of Jas. Thomas, butcher, in Scotland-road Market, on Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, was sentenced to seven days' impri sonment. SLEALING A GOWN FROM A LODGING-TIOUSE.—Ann Handley was brought up, on remand from Saturday, charged with stealing a gown and several articles of wear ing apparel from the house in which she lodged, on Tuesday last. When taken into custody she was dressed in the stolen gown, which she said she had bought from a woman she did not know, for 2s. 6d. She was sentenced to be im prisoned for seven days. _ _ CONFESSION OF RlEFT.—Thoma.s Walmsley g►aave him self into custody on 'Thursday night, in Preston, stating that he had stolen from his employer, Mr. Roberts, in Scotland-road, a hone whetstone and half a crown. He had, he said, sold the hone, which was worth about les. or 17s. Remanded for a week. _ _ STEALING RopEs.---31idIel Cosgrove, brought up on suspicion of stealing ropes from the Queen's Dock, on Saturday. The police had been unable to find any owner for the property. On seeing that he was observed by the police, prisoner threw down the ropes and ran away. He said he got them to carry from a man he did not know ; but the man was to meet him and relieve him of the load. Sentence, one month's imprisonment under the Vagrancy I Act. STEALING CARPET SIIOEB.-Rose Townley, an old woman, was sentencedto fourteen days' imprisonment, for stealing a pair of carpet shoes. OBTAINING A QUANTITY OF ROPES ON FALSE PRE TENCES.—John Scholes, a man of decent external appea ance, was charged with obtaining 35 fathoms and 80 fathoms of new rope, value £l5 3s. 6d., on false pretences. He immediately disposed of the rope to a marine store dealer, named Murray, for the sum of £ll. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner, towards the end of last month, went to the premises of Messrs. Williamson and, Sparks, rope and sail-makers in Park-lane, where he saw their manager, Hugh Laing, to whom he represented himself as Mr. J. F. Robinson, residing in 108, Gill-street, and saying he was contractor for a reservoir in course of construction for the corporation on the outskirts of the town, ordered 35 fathoms of white cordage of 3f-inch diameter. In a day or two afterwards he called again, and said if the rope was not made, he would prefer it to be only 34-inch, as he was afraid that first ordered would be too thick for his blocks. He got away the 35 fathoms of 34-inch rope, and shortly afterwards returned to the pre mises of Messrs. Williamson and Sparks, expressing his entire satisfaction with the rope which had been sent ; at the same time inquiring if they had any 31-inch rope, as he wanted 50 fathoms of that size. Mr. Laing showed him a coil of that diameter, telling him it contained 80 fathoms. Scholes, pretending to make some mental calculations as to the suitableness of the rope, concluded his pretended cogitations by saying he would take the 80 fathoms, which he did, and had it carried off with him. Mr. Laing deposed positively that he would not have given the rope to the prisoner unless he had believed him to be Mr. Robinson, and the contractor for the reservoir, as he had represented himself to be. Almost immediately on obtaining possession of the rope, he had it conveyed to the premises of -- Murray, a marine-store dealer, who, on the prisoner's own representation that he was a respectable party, backed by the decency of his appear ance and the verbal guarantee of a man who was with him, purchased the coils of rope, for which he p a id £ll. On the application of Mr. Clough, the prisoner was re manded for seven days, that time may be afforded for the discovery of his accomplice. The prisoner, it seems, is well known to the police ; and the magistrate, after cau tioning Murray to be more careful in his future dealings with such parties, ordered him to give up the rope to the officers of the court. ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—Margaret Kelly was charged with robbing a young man, named James Garvan, of eight sovereigns, in a house in Peter-street, on Friday afternoon. From the evidence of the prosecutor, it ap peared that the prisoner and he were old acquaintances, and that, on the occasion in question, on meeting her she invited him to accompany her to a public-house. He did so, and they had some drink ; into which the prisoner put something which stupified him. Before he was completely stupified, however, he perceived the prisoner put her hand into his pocket, and he saw her take his money. The prisoner, who was not taken into custody until Saturday, had only a small sum in her possession. She said the prisoner was so drunk when she met him that he did not know what he was doing ; and that he left her to go to the Theatre with two other women ; that she was entirely it. nocent of the robbery ; and that the alleged mixing of the drink was altogether imaginary. The case was remanded till next day. THE PORGFD COTTON DELIVERY ORDERS.—Nancy Hindle, implicated in the cotton case, connected with which John Woods, late clerk with Messrs. Seddon, was a second time remanded last Monday, was brought up, and remanded till Wednesday. SUSPECTED CHARACTER.—WiIIiam Thompson, alias Bargain Bill, was charged with being found loitering about, four o'clock in the morning of Sunday, oppos: t. e the premises of a wholesale tea merchant police -officers to Anne-street. The prisoner is said by the pol be one of the cleverest thieves in Liverp oo l, whom the detectives have had their eyes for a i pe ri od. Remanded till to-day. . c e e- one o n long and BOLTS. —William Bird STEALING COPPER NAILS ANI? charged wit h tz lin about 50 lbs. ship Fanny, lying in and John White were char of copper nails and bolts two o'clock. Both P_ t e d ris w ol ith the stolen property m their the Bramley-Moore D oci l; ;.e fr o vr o n ere Stu s t e d e a n y, e b n et b w e e ard en onethe anves sel, and were detected TlieTysEve POLlCE.—William recommit Helen Gilmore,and uxton committed for tria Gilmore, Thomas trial. possess ion. ASSAULT ON li Young, Edward Davies, Robert Gil more , were charged with violently assaulting Police constables Bradley and Briscoe, in the house of Helen Gilmore, in Peter's-lane, about a quarter before one o'clock on Sunday morning. The affray, it appeared, arose out of an attempt made by Bradley to apprehend James Gilmore, one of the ions of Helen Gilmore, charged with an in decent assault upon a young girl, named Maria Catterell. On Bradley attempting to secure the prisoner, he was assaulted and struck over the head with a poker, and Briscoe coming to his aid, was similarly treated. All the male prisoners were convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of 55., with costs, or to be imprisoned seven days each, with the exception of William Gilmore, who, along with his mother and sister, was discharged. ROBBERY OF TWENTY-TWO POUNDS FROM A LODGING HOUSE.—Margaret Dee, an old woman, and her two daugh ters, Margaret Brown or Dee, and Mary Dee, and Cathe rine Holmes, were charged with stealing £22 in sovereigns from the house of John Howell, 46, Clayton-street, in which the three Dees lived, on Friday last. From the evidence it appeared that the elder prisoner, who was in arrear of rent for a month, induced Mrs. Howell to go into their apartment, leaving in her own a box in which she had the money ; while engaged with the Dees, some of them contrived to get into Mrs. Howell's room from which the money was abstracted, and shortly afterwards the whole of the last-named prisoners decamped. Information having been conveyed to the police, Scott, the detective officer, went in search of them, and succeeded in finding them in a house of ill-repute in Norbury-street. On mak ing the old woman rise from her seat, he found under it a purse containing 1.:17 10s. in gold, and on a cupboard shelf he also found a sovereign ; besides a quantity of wearing apparel which they had just relieved from pawn. The prisoner Holmes appeared to have no connexion with the robbery, and she was discharged. The other three were committed for trial. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST TWO POLICE CONSTABLES. PoLicx-Constables Wilson and Nelson were yesterday charged, at the Police-court, with being drunk and crea ting a disturbance, in Finch-street, on Friday night last. Thomas Duffy, shopkeeper in Islington, deposed that on Friday night, a little after ten o'clock, the two con stables, Wilson and Nelson, came to his shop and invited him to go with their to a public-house, to which he accompanied them. They had three glasses of whisky punch each, for which Wilson paid. They all left after that, but Wilson and witness had some discussion about religion. They again came to witness, in his shop, and requested him to go to another public-hafise, where witness and Nelson had a glass of sherry each and Wilson had whiskey or rum. They after that went to White's, in Finch-street, where they had more liquor. Nelson went away and left witness and Wilson, both of whom left about half-past twelve o'clock. Wilson wished witness to accom pany him to an improper house, which witness declined doing, as he had a considerable sum of money on him. Wilson then threw witness down upon the street. Wit ness, when he got up, went to look for Nelson, and on About k e w ise been the same assaulted time by 11 , :1 1 I s o o s n s coming up to hi m , gave Wilson in charge for having and assaulted hehaviig him. l , e e t u h l ) e , latter in charge to Nelson, and they all, accompanied by another officer, who had by this time come up, went to the Rose-hill Bridewell.. At this time Wilson was drunk. On arriving at the bridewell, • Wilson immediately charged witness with having assaulted him, and, although witness ff!red to explain the matter as it really stood, the bride well-keeper would. not listen to him, but locked him up. On cross-examination this witness said he did not assault Wilson, and that the latter was not rising from the street when the third officer came up. Mr. Moss, in order to pacify Wilson, who said he (Moss) was his prisoner, walked in front of the police-officers towards the bride well. Witness was not very drunk, and was not very sober, but could take care of himself. Is quite - certain he did not assault Wilson, and that Wilson was not getting up when the third constable came forward. Peter Moss, inspector of plate-layers to the London and North-western Railway Company, was going up Finch st-eet, on Friday night, a few minutes past twelve o'clock, in company with two of his fellow-workmen, and saw Wilson, who was without his hat, and was flourishingjiis stick over his head, saying he would fight any man in Liverpool of twelve stone weight. Wilson struck witness over the head with his stick, and witness gave him in charge to Nelson. Wilson said witness was his prisoner, and would not go without him. Nelson at first took hold of Wilson by the arm, but let go. Another officer came up, and Wilson laid hold of one of witness's men, and threw him down. On going to the bridewell witness wished to explain the matter, but Tomlinson, the bride well-keeper, would not hear him speak. Other witnesses corroborated the statement of the witness Moss, as to Wilson flourishing about his stick, and saying he would fight any twelve stone man in Liver pool; one of these, William Jones, a plate-layer, deposed to having been struck by Wilson over the head, and to his charging Wilson with the assault on their arrival at the Bridewell, but concurred also in stating that the charge was reused. Witnesses also spoke to the quantities of liquor than: by the two constables, Wilson and Nelson, and Duffy. Inspector Bullock said he had seen the two men, Wilson 1 and Nelson, five times during the night in question. Wilson, he said, might have been drinking, but he did not seem out of his usual course. He saw a great row on the street, in which the two constables and Duffy and Moss were engaged. Nelson at that time had hold of 'Wilson, but there was so great a confusion that he could not get at the rights of the case. Wilson refused to go on unless Moss, who, he said, was his prisoner, went also. Daffy was drunk. Tomlinson, the bridewell-keeper, deposed to Wilson and . Nelson bringing Duffy and Moss to the bridewell on the night in question, when the two latter were ,given iu charge for assaulting Wil son . J ones sa id he had " been struck over the forehead by 'Wilson with his stick, and made a charge of assault against him ' • but, on examina tion, they could perceive n o mar k of the assault com plained of on Jones's head, and the charge was, therefore, discredited. Wilson seemed sober. Police-constable Peat (254) was the third constable who came up. He stated distinctly that when he came up Wilson was rising from the ground, and was quite sober. The magistrates having consulted a few minutes, Mr. Benn said, the evidence offered considerable diffi culties and discrepancies, and their decision, therefore, was, that both constables should be suspended, because there could be no doubt as to the impropriety of their having indulged in drink to such an extent as had been proved. ' MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. THE PHILHIII3IONIC CONCERT.—The first perfor mance of Flanders " Sampson," by the Philharmonic Society, took place on Tuesday evening last, the principal singers being :Madame Viardot Gracia, Miss Stott, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. Weiss. In the rendering of sacred music, the Phiharmonic society are unrivalled out of Lon don, and of their performance of the grand and sublime music of " Sampson" it would be difficult to speak in terms of too high praise. The band played with great delicacy, and supported without overwhelming the singers by their accompaniments. The choruses were admirably sung ; • we may particularly instance, " Oh ! first-created Beam," and "To dust his Glory they would tread." Throughout the oratorio, the chorus singers displayed that care and. training which marked their performances at the opening of the hall, but which, on subsequent occasions, they seemed sometimes to have neglected. THE THEATRE-1147AL, on Friday night, presented a scene of unusual gaiety. The house was filled to over flowing by a fashionable audience, to witness the perform ances of an amateur party of gentlemen, members of the " Manchester Shaksperian Society," who,. in the most liberal and handsome manner, had resolved to give an evening's performances in Liverpool, the proceeds of which were to be devoted to aid the funds of the Blue- . Coat Hospital. The plays selected for the occasion were, as might have been expected from the society, the pro ductions of Shakspere, and consisted of the favourite pieces of " Much Ado about Nothing" and "The Twelfth Night." The performances were sustained throughout with an ease and spirit which reflected high credit on the study and readiness of the gentlemen. In the course of the evening a poetical address, written for the occasion by Mr. J. B. Rogerson, was delivered with good effect; and the whole of the performances went off with much eclat. AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE the past week has been a busy one, every night having been devoted to a benefit, when, of course, the play-goers felt called on to counte nance their respective favourites. Most of them have been well attended by audiences of discrimination, and the ef forts of the chief performers were greeted with applause.; Mr. Wm. ROULSTON, sub-librarian of the Lyceum Li brary, has been appointed superintendent librarian of the Free Lending Library recently opened in the north and south end of the town by the Corporation. ST. ThomAs's CIITJECH.—A sermon was'preached, on Sunday evening last, at St. Thomas's Church, Park-lane, by the Rev. W. M. Falloon, in aid of the Schools for the poor connected with the district, and the sum of £23 10s. was collected, which sum, we are happy to say, was after wards increased to £3O by Alderman Toulmin, who always manifests a great interest in all matters undertaken for similar objects. Tua STRIKE.—A very numerous meeting of operative% was held at Preston on Saturday, in the Orchard, where it was computed from 10,000 to 12,000 persons were pre sent. Some statements were entered into as to the parti culars of the dispute between the masters and the men, and the :assistance the latter were receiving from London and other places, and they resolved to persevere in the movement. STEAM TO FRANCE.—It will be seen by our advertising columns, that a line of first-class steamers has been established between this port and the French ports of beenC h ar e p n l ac t e ed a n o d n N t t an le t l e i as. irw ai P6 t is w i e i r it ful end n e e d7 as stea soo m n ers as h t a h v e e arrangements are complete, that one shall be despatched every fortnight. TESTIMONIIL CONCERT TO MR. WM. SUDLOW.—We are glad to see that the great services Mr. Sudlow has rendered to the progress of music in this town are at last likely to be significantly appreciated. The members of t p h h e il o h rc ar h m es o t n ra ic , s u o i c t i h ety, the hasavne announced ctiof th a grand perfor mance committee of the of The Messiah, to take place on Tuesday, the 2.oth of next month. Miss Birch, Mrs.. Lockey, Mrs. Weiss, serv i ce s p , m a .f s orm ha e v rs e h N e vm ba . u s d iull an o d w, ch as oru th s e , Mr. Lockey, and Mr. W. H. Weiss, have offered their . Mr. gratuitous g o f of t:e 6 . o Philharmonie Society, and its honorary f s co e o r n r s e di t s a et ':, and director of the vocal rehearsals, well merits such i graceful and grateful recognition of his services, and we a vi-e have little doubt that the public, who have hen& fited so much from the same cause, will gladly seize the o pportunity of proving their sense of Mr. Sudlow's talent, energy, and tact. .. _ . A SLAVE CAsE..—Some months since, a horrible tragedy b w r a i s e fl e y n a theset ed i : _ n S A u s f s a e r n x l c o e r u n n cot. e d i' h H e e f n a c r 3 t s , B o i f the niso e n g e a , s w e h a i r le sleeping in his chamber with one of his little sons, VMS fired upon through one of the wi n d ows a t the dead hour of night ; the child was mortally, and the father seriously, wounded. The slaves—three in number, if our re llec tion serves us — implicated in the affair—were condemne d tragedy,and executed 3,i r. ftorirtdhseonco .. offence. Since the occurrence of this Birdsong has exercised the utmost rigour with his ser van t s . He had been regarded, as we learn, as a " hard master" before the attempt upon his life, and since that event has not slackened the reins. For some months past, it seems, he has been in the habit of requiring each servant on the plantation to report himself at the dwelling -house at an early houkeach night. On Thursday evening last the negroes failed taeport themselves. This act of insubordination fired the jealous mind of Mr. Birdsong, him to uabiciudetouungfinudtpinfuognr and he determined tomake an example of the first fellow who made his appearance. Shortly after dark one of his servants called at the dwelling to obtain his masters shoes for the purpose of blacking them. Upon making his appearance in the chamber, Mr. Birdsong called c hastise e m ido e ui n isi t m , b ,e negro ran disobeying his order. Fearing soon had the s ef a a v cc ag tosr e oantnd the man m of a t n he to h o e fl u e se et ; o ll f r oo . Bt,irchlesoriulgt afolfleorL t h en tied the slave and beat himingsuoesttmhmeel: the track of the fugitive, and satis faction of seeing the dog tear and lacerate the poor fellow. Mr. Birdsong deathtafionaitilninegakofleflwoawivileolurs-gec.t,otfThhtahet the deceased , an inflicted by his ic t i h ilfg e ulit c hy ou e n ca'3 t t 3i as issued for the which resulted acacolliti b 'l'sil l iel i l h g . s summoned an & d e. on Thursday. The the lN county gaol and am ca uerr m eeus e stete to rdo, fir, h vß i age s inrd d ui mesaomß t n h igera,d b wis y aohitne s lcg u yh. n e d wu r Aasn y v l l a ecx l a o edecr i ra v i s itoi ' t , ledt secured. The Pittsburgh Express (to which journal we are indebted for the above facts) understands that the negro was most cruelly whipped and beaten, one of his eyes hav ing been entirely knocked out.—New York Tribune. \..:2IALPEN, 10, Parkfield-terrace, Exmouth-street. \7. ~ ILLIAIVI HUNTER, DECEASED.—AII of )0,,, ersons indebted to the late Mr. WILLIAM frIUNTE 11, to,ektertree and Exchange-street East, Liverpool, Cigar tOiti: l h t . and who died in November last. are requested til l i ps un to pay the pme to me ; and kuch as way have eli w on, his estate immediately to submit the same to me, ' OX the Administrator. WILLIAM OWEN, SOliCiter, I`•.--.._ 7, Clayton-square, Liverpool.