The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-06 00:00:00

'~'"~'''~---r_ ~,~.... ;r~ Mincti 6. 1835. Under the Patrortagetf -the , MAYOR and BAIL 1 I.TS. , THEATRE : ROYAL, LIVERVOOL bPER r"r Nobility ' ~ . . Gentry,and Pubic. of Liverpool and its ... ' Vicinity are . restil'etfuily informed that this. present ritl.DA Ythe 6th inAtaut» will be. performed, (for the FIRST T 1 Al in Liverpool,) V4cimi's celebrated Qpera of .. . • E ROMEO. .Giulietta . ' Madame KNotherland. • Romeo Signora tesari. Capeßio • Signor DevaX Adele 'Signora Cainp• Lorenzo Signor Boi gon. Tebaldo Signor Ga • . Books with words of the Opera, in Italian and English, may he had at the Theatre, Is. 61. each. Subscription Tickets (transferable) for a Season of One Month, 12 Representations each month. £2 2s. The Box-rdlice is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, where the Subscribers are respectfully requested to secure their places, and ,receive their Subscription 'rickets, from Signor uAmPt, Box-office Keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. ITALIAN.OPERA SIGNORA CESARI returns her sincere thanks to her . Friends and Patrons of the Italian Or era for the flattering treeplition she has met with in Liverpool, and begs to infiirrn the, Subscribers and: the Public that her BENEFIT'-will take place on TUESDAY nest, the 111th instant: no which . oeca li,u) will be performed the vbef :d'ceuvre of e celebrated Maestro Vaceaii - • " GIULIETTA 'ROMEO, In which the character of llosmo was ex p esily.composec.l at Milan for La Signora Cgs: it.. • Capellio S' or Deval. ' Giulietta...M'adarnerKvnt erland. Adele - Sionora Citinpit • Romeo. Signora Cesari. Lorenzo - Signor INsragon. l'ebaldo Signor Galli. After the Opera will be performed \Veber's celebrated Over - - titre to Oberon. Duetto Buffo, (in character,) "non temer mio bel cadetto," frgni the favourite Opera, "11 Posto Abbandonata,". del Maestro Illercadante. Ca:letto Scozzese' Federico, -.Signore Cesari; Sargente Mezza Gamba, Signor NI-arani.• Seena el Aria, (ii character,) "II oh to ch' iachiamo," from Rossini's favourite Opera, " La Donna del Lago." Malcom, §ignera Cesari. To coneluile with, llossini's celebrated DOUBLE (PA RTE'I7O. • For Eight Voices and full Choruses, "L' Asia in Faville e Avvolta," in which the whole strength of the Company will appear. - opranil-3.4adame Kynthnlund and Miss-Emily. Tenori.—Signors Deval and Deviu. Contralti.—Signoras Cesari and Campi. Bassi.—Signors Galli and Marani. Subscribers' Tickets are not achniUedon this Evening. Prices of Admission. —Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 38. 61. : Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is.. Doors will he opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance Will commence It Eight precisely. Tickets to be ha'l at Signora CESARI'S Residence. No. 13, Houghton -street, and at the Box-otfice of the Theatre, where Places easy be taken. 'Ube Eiberpool eStanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH &, 1835. We have receivetrNew York papers: to :the 15th of February. The majority of the House of Representa tives, led. most : unexpectedly 'by Mr. Joss QUIN& AoAMs, is represented to be clecietlly favourable to the President's views with respect to warlike measures against France. This hostile spirit,' however, is, to a certain extent, plaCed under restraint'by. the.pacific.reso lutions of the senate. Still it is hard to say what may be the result if a majority of the popular representatives gliould favour the. ,policy of General JAcicsON. It is Questionable whether the senate could stand against such manifestation's of democratic power. • Tire citizena of 'New Yorke had, before the packet sailed, received ace.mots.frOni France to the 3d January. Tfiey seem quite disconcerted at seeing no . notice taken 0f the m and the president's menaces in the Paris join.- 11 41 s. In the Daily Advertiser we find. the following naive observations:— After great search through our French journals, 'we cannot find that the United States is ever nientioned, not a word is said in the chamber*, by the press, or by the yurernment, in relation-to our cloirn*. The vt hole feeling and iutetest.uf the ptib!ic mind in Paris appears to he' engaged in speculation as to the poli tical state of England and. her Lew ministry. 'As the presi dent's message must reach Paris in a few days after the Albany left Havre, we hope it win be deemed of sufficient importance I I lie mentioned end discussed in the newspapers, that we may . form some idea of the course that France will Adopt. It is, certainly, uncivil in :the extreme on the part of the papers not tosav a word " in relation to our claims." When a roan is under obligations to another it is cheap Politeness to .acknowledge the fact. But the truth is, tile American journalists do not 'unden;tand :the genius of the People of:France. They are, or ate supposed to be, in debt to the Americans in thelargesuni of X 1,000,000. NoWthe word "debt" is a word tnOst har'sh to ears Po lite. An ancient gentleman of this the old world would as Soon be shot at once as be dunned for a debt, or spoken' 10 0 1 a matter of money. if the French owe the million we can easily conceive the • reason why they neither Write nor speak about. it. It is an unpleasant business— it deranges the - current of ideas—it spoils the music at' the ok t injut es the appetite.. .The silence, how ever, which the Americans complain of is, nevertheless, ominous. The 'French, we suspect, do not intendeither t to admit the debt or pay it. Indeed we are altnost sure bf this. ' 4 Mr. President, therefore, may go to war when he pleases. The French love such sport, and they are Olakincr preparations accordingly. . • . _These papers contain some more of the details of the eo rrupt andsjobbing transactions of the American Post . u fice- We shall give thetn the benf.fit of uur kind offices °a another occasion. The faction has atlength brbken down ! On Monday LonuouN RUSSELL mustered the " legion," and tile most sanguine expectations were entertained by the a pposition that ministers would sustain the third and last defeat, be compelled to resign, and sink into that State of powetle.ss insignificance so poetically described l OW so modestly boasted of, a few months ago, by the_ d rudges of the Whig press, whose duty it is to "chronicle finial' beer." Lord JOHN, we say, mustered his forces and commenced an attack upon the premier in a string of questions, pro bably intended fur grape shot, which, instead of doing dalnage, were answered in so masterly and so effective a tanner that his.lordship's best. troops were ashamed of their leader, laughed outright at his imbecility, threw ( kwn their arths, and withdrew from the field in the most admirable disorder.. The confusion in the Whig camp j a beyond description.. Lord MORPETH has seceded f runt the unholy alliance ; Lord HowlcK has received in structions from home Which impose silence on him ; PANIRL O'CONNELL, seeing no chance of,plunder, has retreated from the front to the third bench, and has taken . i t ! ) a position actually behind HUME ; even Sir R ALPH 4 -' o l'nz has not been seen since the second battle of the campaign, for reasons which we do not choose to -ex- Vain ; and, what is mare wonderful still, honest JOSEPH ' B 4SE has teceived a friendly admonition from DURHAM Which has wrought a singular change in JOSEPH—if for ' 4 °9( l ,.as We hope and Z;elieve, so much the better. His "et are under deep obligations to Sir ROBERT PEEL— greater than to any living man;—and it is gratifying to t hink th:it there are some of thern - w ho confess as much, candidly and unreservedly. These facts - .speak - fur. themselves. The intelligent Portion of the community' know who . and what Lord j utINI RUSSELL is, and we ascribe "to the passion of the Inotnent, the disappointment of a faction, and the loss of Place inflicted upon the whigs, the total forgetfulness Which has be - Cn evinced as to the personal pretensions of Lord JOHN to lead the House of Commons. Such for getfulness, we thought from the first, could only be transi t°r-v• An hour's reflection upon the fortune and talents `' l Lord JOHN RUSSELL would have convinced the most ra bid of his partizans that he of all men was the most ;' i 'tngerous to ful:ow. Why so ? . First, because the no; ' l e . tord never. yet framed a measure or promoted an un dertaking which prove a complete failure. He 4 e . ver fished for fame but in muddy streams--never caught a 611 of more value than a gudgeOn,-never flung a book ! I PNI the 'waters-which did not sink ntsrtsr'lfoit~lit shares a speculation t‘hicli did not go to the dugs —never Wro te a play whi c h was nut sent. to perdition on the first night--ne%:er'SupPorted a ministry Which did not prema turely perish. T hese are singular coincidences i n th e lif e of Lord j ° ' l3 R SSELL, and then have only to be canvassed for 4ni neretlibly . sh or t. s p ace o f ti me.to induce those who re fi c! to change their course—those who are superstitious -ware !—t! ose who are world-wise to draw in the - . - ""M.lr-sw lines—those who. wave a regard for character or welfa to turn over a new leaf, and -blot out all the pages of their folly and "experience" on which the ward " Bus- SELL" is written. ,But in'Lord Jo;IN'S unhappy case the reasons of dis sent from his ranks as a political leader do not apply more to those who stand well in public estimation than they do to those who are dishonest and desperate. Fur instance, the whin of the old school cannot support Lord JOIIN, because his lordship is too revolutionary. On the other hand DANIEL .O'CONNELL cannot place confi dence in the representative of the BEDFORD family, see ing that it owes almost all its rich possessions to that re formation which, while it gave a life-interest itk-alms to the reformed church, gave a .magnificent largess in per. petuitY to the greedy barons and the royal favourites by whom that reformation was mainly but untruly attributed. The honest whig hates the house of RUSSELL and the tithe Whigs as a poor than does a thief; while, on the other hand, the representative of the Irish priests stands in relation to Lord JOIN what the robbed does to the robber.. The hatred is intense but natural. Common in terest may induce these parties sometimes to fight under the same banner, as the patriots of St. Giles's, Kilmain- . ham, .and the King's Bench did in Portugal ; but the moment this sense of common interest is absorbed by a conviction, nbt exactly of another kind, but which makes interest run -into divers channels, the hero of the one gaol is at waypa triot with theihero of another gaol, and the of the swell mob of London: is ready to . murder the patriot who has escaped transportation in Dublin or Clon mei. The impelling cause—what is it? Pay—spoil— the larger or lesser share forms the ground of quarrel, of dissent, of whO shall have the honour of cutting the other's throat or blowing away the apology fur the other's brains. • Oh,' Liberty !. Oh, Patriotism.! Oh, Liberality!— How grateful ought we be to thee for sending thy imma culate champions forth to expose, shoot, and destroy one another ! But we are leaving Lord JOHN immeasurably behind us: questions, addressed 'to Sir 'ROBERT PEEL, are like the-knot of a rope on which a patriot has been hanget3- 7 -they are worthy of preservation. Let us enumerate if we cannot immortalise them. He asks if Sir ROBERT PEEL intends to follow up the trumpery majorities upon the speakership and the address by a dissolution of parliament. He asks if Sir ROBERT PEEL, in case the commons should refuse to .pass the mutiny bill, is resolved to go vern the country by a standing army, Whose pay is un provided for. He asks, but only by inuendo, whether Sir ROBERT PEEL, as premier, means to resign in consequence of the paltry majority against him in the instance of the speak er's electiOn and the address. • ••• These are the questions upon the answer to which depended, as the stock-jobbing part of the London press made many fools believe, the existence of the present administration. They have been wofully disappointed. Sir ROBERT PEEL answered them in a tone which they did not expeCt. He told them that •haVing•received no damage from their combined opposition, or their factious machinations, he *as resolved to persevere in the course he had from the first adopted. He told • them • that the majority they toasted of was no triumph—that seven. were nOthing- . -khat the demonstrations of faction, united for a single object, did not represent power on questions where.no principle or public measure was involved, and that,' having undertaken high and responsible duties at the Command of his sovereign, without having any personal objects to promote, he was not the man to shrink from their performance. As to dissolving parliament, that was a question which Lord :TORN had.no right to ask. Lord GREY'S: rebuke was most applicable and most severe. When Sir ROBERT PEEL thinks fit to dissolve parliament Lord JOHN RUSSELL is not likely to be the first man to be made acquainted with the fact. The second question was too absurd to merit any reply. The third and last question was most satisfactorily answered. MINISTERS HAVE NO INTENTION TO RESIGN ! We need not - -say anti•thing more. The yarn of the tag-rag opposition is spun. Mr. ABERCROMBY is already sick, we are told, of the unpleasant office he fills, and no onc,can.wondeiiit it-who i-etketson tile manner in which he was treated and insulted by the dirty boot, and Irish hod.coat part l y;. who followed him into the King's presence. By the 'way our excellent member Mr. EWART ad dressed a characteristic question to the premier on the same night, and received an appropriate answer, the point of which he perhaps cannot comprehend, but which his friends will not soon forget. Mr. EwAwr asked Sir ROBERT what was the meaning of the amendment to the. address, just as an Irish beggar asks what is painted or pi:lilted on a finger post. Sir ROBERT'S answer was— read it yourself if you can! He forgot, however, Mr. 'EWART'S deficiencies. 'Under the head " Supply of Water for Liverpool" will be found an interesting but at the same time a 'simple, practicable, and economical plan for supplying a large portion of Liverpool with water for tLe extinguishing of fires, cleansing the sewers, watering the streets, .and promoting the health of the inhabitants generally. The merit.of this able plan, which displays great la bour and research, is due to Mr. THOMAS MOORE. It waspresented to the Mayor and Council on Wednesday last, and referred by them to the finance committee. The heavy rates of insurance in this town are griev ous, and they are made an argument in favour of depre ciating the value of our warehouses, by removing the goods bonded here to. Manchester and other towns: These heavy rates are imposed from imperious necessity by the insurance companies; and they are caused by the calamitous fires which so frequently occur. An attempt has been made to form an efficient fire police, which must be, if it be not already, a failure, considering who are the squabbling and ignorant persons who have the ma nagement of it. But, 'even, if more perfectly formed, what is the use .of a fire police without an adequate and plentiful supply of water ? Mr. MooßE's plan abun dantly provides for thiS in those parts of the town most exposed to fire. We have read that gentleman's letter with great at tention, as .we are confident our readers will, and all that we ask is ailiSpaisionate consideration of its merits. We have every assurance that the corporation will adopt it. In the letter several references are made to the ap pendix, .We ve not rum fur those . .valttable docu mentstO-day,. but, .as we intend printing. them when it is 'most Convenient, we' shall defer what more we have to say till then. LONDON LATEST NEWS: , City, Half-pest Seven o'clock, Wednesday Evening. The coalition alretidy shows symptoms of disSoltition, and Peachem and Lockitt appears on the eve of being. re-enacted withont-any prospect of future reconciliation. Ifaniel has al 'ready left file lion'ii'den, or, 'rather, the den of the ass ,in the limes skin; and, instead of cheek-by jowling with Lord John, has carried his "tab" a few seats backward. The truth is. that at a meeting of the whip destruetives on Ssinday, at Lord John Russell's, this worthy aspirant after a Lord George Gordon's fame was flatly told' by the respectable whigs of his party (who had begun to be Marvellously ashamed of their associates, and who, as they ebserVed' the :sot prise and sorrow evinced at their conduct by those whose esteem they had heretofore possessed, began. to mutter "company, villainous company, bath been the ruin of us") that, they would no longer support measures, based solely, upon faction, to overthrow the King's government, tri insult his . Majesty, and to endanger the constitution and the property' of the country. The consequence of this was,. that on Monday last L or d John must ere d a b o d y o f recruits fit only to be marched to Coventry . with, and drew in his horns in conse quence. That flower-pot landholder, Mr. Hume, ventured to inquire of Sir Robert Peel whether, in the event of the minis try being again in' the minority, there was any prospect of his, the said Joseph's, succeeding the bun. baronet; hut, getting no thing as the "tottel of the whole" by his motion, he remained mute, and the thleatened stoppage of the supplies elided in smeke. So convinced are all now that the government will stand that we have had a marked improvement in the value of funded property. Consols are 91i for money, and 92k for the account. Exchequer Bills have also risen to 351037 pm., and India Bonds are 18 to 20. All the Foreign. Bonds ioenne up ward, as will be seen by theTollowing list of the closing prices of to-day : . . , 3 per Cent Reduced ...92 i I if (Milian 451 3 per Cent Const;ls..9iii a 2i i IColumbian 1 31 : if/Cent. do. B e d, 10 12 i !Danish i _ Kew.3h:per tleuts ' iffiltuti h 5 per Cents-1(1 1 i t , Long Annuities ii 3-1 ii110..21 'per Cents 's7t, a India Bonds N 2 IlNle:.iican .. 4 . Z Exebequer . Bill3 'T:%.5 371Portnguese 93 2i I i i Conzols for Aet.........W4 21 W;llossiati 1(182 ex di t. Height n - . JlM:Spanish , 6009 Brazilian 852 t. 5 i'Scrip 7-1 tii 71 64 i , THE LIVERPOCrL STANDARD. THE AMERICAN PACKETS. It is rather fortunate that we did not resume this sub ject on Tuesday last, for a second article in the last num ,:sr of the Liverpool Times gives us an opportunity of "killing two birds with one stone." Me writer denies that the author of the first article is I party unconnected with the newspaper. We know the ~ leaning of this, and in future shall consider him identi fied with the Liverpool Times. Perhaps he will not think himself in a wore enviable situation by this cour teous concession. • We return to the first article. Sotne of our statements have been pronounced false by a person who rests his evidence upon the following authority :- " As it respects materials, I will venture to assert that there is not a red pine ship in the whole mercantile marine of the United States. The best class of United States ships are built alive oak, which is imperishable! Those not built of live oak are of common white oak, with locust and red cedar top— the two latter kinds never decvy ! !" There is no mistake about this. The contributor of this valuable information to the advocate of the packets is evidently a Yankee, who can "go the whole hog." He informs the voracious'Xviiter that live oak is imperish able, which, although conveying a falsehood, is perhaps intended for a pun, the former beit'g, the staple of wit in the United States. "Locust and red cedar top never de cay." Another specimen of falsehood passing for wit. Locusts, like mosquitoes, perhapS, never die! This sort of equivocation might deceive a Charleston negro, but it should not be attempted in England. • A great deal of angry, thin-skinned, and, consequently, national feeling has been exhibited on the ground that vt;e have asserted that the American packets are built of "red pine." The hireling:svlio is our accuser must have been worked up to something like madness, causing ob liquity of vision, or he never would nave written his abuse without being first convinced by 'ocular demon stration that the LIVERPOOL STANDARD had asserted what he affirms. We have given him line enough; but he has not yet discovered his error, or, having discovered it, he. has not the candour to avow it. Now, what we did say on 'the 20th February is this :—" We have many ships in Liverpool decidedly superior in every respect to the red pine ships of America." This - is all we did say, and we defy the writer, who is not 'unconnected with the Times, to point out another word upon the subject. There is not a syllable about the,packets, and yet this disinge nuous and paltry assumption forms the only text for his intemperate vituperations. Such an advocate is a very dangerous friend. . But he goes too far. He says, " I will venture to as sert that there is not a red pine ship in the whole mer cantile marine of the United States." We should be extremely sorry if the bread of this writer, like his re putatiOn, depended on the truth of his assertions. If there be no red pine ships in America, there must be more of them at the bottom of the ocean, and skink, too, within the last twelve months, than the number of Bri tish ships which pave the deep and float like lumber upon the surface of the sea, thereby exposing the American skippers to imminent hazard. But we suspect that as usual, and ,as is natural to an American, there is some sort of equivocation at the bOttom of this bold denial. He is, perhaps, upon the weather-side of the law. He probably means that there are no ships which are built entirely of red pine. If this he his meaning, we give him credit for a sort of low cunning, which, in a justice of-peace court in America,. would 'be called ingenuity, but which we, on this side of the water„ would'term a pi tiful and contemptible subtetfuge. A ship may be called " a red pine ship" although all. her timbers, beams, and planks are not of •red pine. We place under that sore designation, which republican pride cannct stomach, all vessels whose planks, and sides, and tops are of red pine. There are such ships in Liverpool at this moment, red pine, or pitch pine, or, what you please to call it, shin ing most conspicuously above the bends. In fact, it is notorious that the outward planking of almost every American ship is formed of this ill-used and much abused material. How very silly, then, is.such vapour ing about.ltbothing The advocate of the skippers seizes .upon a getino, and seriously, and in a great rage, sets to -work,. in order to knock it to pieces. We used the terns" red pine" as it is universally understood here ps well as in the United States,' by ship builders. In the second article we find the following : "If the editor can prove that a first-rate B r iti s h-b u ilt s hi p remains A I.at Lloyd's four times longer than a first-rate ship of the United States Ave wid admit that our asser.ion is not tine; but until then we shall continue to believe and assert that his is false." We are glad to find something tangible. It will not be difficult to.atrord the required proof. The following, to the honour of Liverpool, are ships belonging to this port, most of them built in it, all of them British-built : The Bridget, the Richard Walker, the Vere, the Wil liam Rathbone, the Heywood, and the James. These six ships, which we take at random, and there are. four times as many, are of the average age of thirty years— they have constantly been in the African or West India trade—they zt.t! large vessels built of BritishAak, and, what will astonish Jonathan, they stand A 1 at Lloyd's to this very hour, and are regularly insured at the . lowest premium! Is not this strong proof of durability ? We place our proof before the public, and we now call upon the writer in the Liverpool Times not to question our feet', for that he dare not do, but to point out a single ship, built in Acne' ica, capable . of enduring the wind and weather, the climate, or the heavy burdens of the African or West India trade, for a sixth part of the time. Will be be pleasedoto tell us the average durability of his splendid' packets? Will he claim for them a servitude of seven years on the Atlantic ? We arc greatly misinformed if of the whole number of American packets trading be tween the United States and Great Britain an average durability of six years can be proved. We do not believe it can; at any rate the onus probandi is with hini, and we give him an opportunity of attempting it. With respect to the comparative rates of insurance we take .that to be a most fallacious test. But as he has adopted it we do not shrink from it. 'We give all that ha says on the . subject; for, being perfectly able to show that his averments are false, we shall be saved the trouble of replying to his arguments. • " In the Spermaceti whale fishery, whiCh comprises one tenth of the whole foreign and domestic tonnage of the United States, the rate of insurance is 6 and 7 per cent. for tbe voyage, which is from three to /our years. British ships iu the Caine fishery pay per voyage 12 to 15 guineas percent. !!! About 140 ships from the port of London are embarked in its voyages ihree a'ri'd four years. United States ships pay to and from Can ton 3 and 31 per cent. British ships from England 6or 7 per cent. United States ships to and from the East Indies 2,1 and 3 per cent 'British ships 5 and 6 per cent. It will he found that promiums are from 25 to 50 per cent, less on U n i te d S tates ships than on . British ships to the same ports; and,.as premiums are based on experience, it follows that the losses of British ships must be in a greater ratio than United States ships. 'T_L4 stock of nearly all the American insurance offices is high, and the dividends from 7 to 20 per cent. per annum, and marine insurance stock is much sought after." It is quite possible that the writer of the above knows more about the rates of insurance than we do. - But unless the New York commercial list impose upon us most egregiously, he is guilty of very grass misrepresentation. H e states th a t the American ships engaged in the sper maceti fishery are insured during a three years voyage fur six or seven per cent. We have b e f ore us t h e N ew York Price Current of the 7th of February last, in which we find that the rates of insurance for these identical. whale ships is from six to seven per cent. PER ANNUM ! ! We scorn to say another word On this subject. A man wllo can make such gross assertions, in the teeth of the most notorious facts, is not a man whom we should like to have any dealings with—except, as in this peculiar instance, through the medium, and under the protection, of our contemporary of the Times. He says that American ships to and from Canton pay three and three and a half per cent., white British ships pay six or seven per cent. This also is a _mistake, to use a gentle term, although a much harsher one would :be justifiable. We have vessels insured in Liverpool from this port to Calcutta, thence to Canton, and borne again for five per cent. ! As with these, so with all his other statements. They are false from beginning to end— false in degrce—abotninably false in comparison. Now for a sorer subject. Even on ships of the same order - trading to India, China, or the South Seas, owing to the intricacy of our • navigation in our narrow chan nels, q here the danger is greater, the rate u - f insurance might naturally be - expected to be higher. But with the advantage in this repect. in favour of America, we have shown that - it is not so. _Even:nominally, as far as figures go, it is not so; bat in reality, when we consider the quality and value of American insurance, a vast ad vantage is in favour of England. Why so ? Simply because the rate at which insurance is done does nut indicate its value. For instance, there are very few marine insurance offices in America whose stock is not. at a discount, and still fewer who could meet any very serious loss. Of the seven insurance companies, the value of whose stock is given in the Price Current, we find three above par and four under it. Fur instance— The Ocean . 13.31 The National The Union. Bll The Atlantic.... 146 The Neptune ll5 The Sta:e • 7Ol The Jackson (!) .93 What would the people of England think if their in surance companies were in this beggarly and wretched state ? But in America the shipowners and brokers are generally share owners, and they are compelled to re sort to them for their o..vn interest and in their own defence. In short, they are little better than half bank rupt establishments. It is easy to prate about low rates of insurance, but is it to be wondered at ? We would not insure a dog's life or a washing tub, let alone a ship, in the best office in the United States. Nor is it 'surprising that these kind Of securities should be at so low an ebb. Look at the state of their banks. Of these 169 are enumerated in the latest price current, but of the whole number there are only ten whose paper is at par. There are 126 whose paper is at a discount from three-eighths to six per cent. The paper of one bank in . Alabama is at 50 per cent. discount; H bile no less than 33 of these banks appear in the list with the ,consolatory and brief explanation attached—" BaorcEN." ! We believe that the number of banks which fail in Ame rica averages about seventy per annum. If, then, the banks be in .this condition, in what state must be the insurance offices ? The writer in the Times tells us that " marine insurance stock is much sought for." If he had said " sought after" he would have been nearer the mark, for much is sought and little found. The fact is, bank stock, canal stock, and insurance stock in Ame rica, is purchased by a bill at ninety days, in the way that the customs' duties used to be paid. Paid did we say? the bills seldom are, as the manufacturers in Eng land know to their cost. In the second article we find that the Rev. EDWARD HULL is dragged into this controversy by his injudicious friend. This is really cruel, and in charity we pass it over; but we do not retract one single syllable of any one charge we ever made against the institutions, the morals, or'the manners of the people of America. Does our adversary challenge us to enter into details ? We have then at hand in bundles, in packages, in bales, in shiploads, but such details we have no wish to publish. If compelled to the task—then, out they come, but the blame will rest with those who challenge us. As to infamous charges, we fling back the libel in the face of our accuser. We have stated nothing but the plain and simple truth—we shall continue to do so fearlessly. One word as to the advertisements. It is unjustly and untruly represented that our attacks upon America have been caused by the American merchants with drawing their advertisements from the STANDARD. This is false; for we never had them, and we are not quite sure if it is creditable to have them. Our reasons are these. 'ln the paper which contains the attacks upon this journal we find about one short column occu pied with packet and American advertisements, the Messrs. BROWN, Messrs. SANDS and Co., Messrs. BA RING BROTHERS and Co., Messrs. CRARY and Co., giving it all their ships and lines. But in the paper in question, a weekly one, we only find about fifty adver tisements in all, whereas, in the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, the excluded and denounced paper, we find an average of nearly two hundred advertisements per week ! Thii we take to be something like proof that the ad vertisements of the s e foreigners have au injurious ten dency, and are calculated to bring the paper which enjoys them into popular disrepute. We have, therefore, after all, to thank these narrow-minded people for their distin guishing hatred of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. But if we are not misinformed they have resolved to carry their hatred of us still further. It is intimated that they will not in future shiß any goods in any vessel advertised in this journal! Be it so—«e defy • all their malice. There is spirit enough in the inhabitants of Liverpool to resent such mean and malignant conduct. We throw ourselves upon the people; and we plead in our defence that an attempt has been made to injure us because we advocate the in terests of the British shipowner—because we prefer our native land to the United States—because we uphold Liverpool ships to be superior to American ships, as we have proved them to be—and because we lay claim to a portion of that trade isitich has hitherto been, but we trust will not be much longer, a monopoly to the shipowners of the United States. We re-assert that British ships, being stronger and more durable, are more safe. There is not one of the very best of the American packets which would put to sea in rough weather heavily laden. In proof of this we quote the Liverpool Times of Tuesday last, the 3d of March. Alluding to the weather our contemporary observes:— "The wind having veered round to the eastward ou Saturday night, nearly one hundred vessels proceeded to sea on Sunday. Yesterday it got round to the westward again, so th at a num be r of vessels is still detained , including the New York packet-ships of the 24th ult. and Ist inst." Now it is well known that on Sunday last, two da►•s before the above was written, nearly an hundred vessels sailed from the port of Liverpool, bound to all parts of the world. The New York packets, however, did not sail ! if they be the fine, the strong, the swift, the well manned, and the superior vessels which they are repre sented to be, why did they skulk in our .harbour when they had an opportunity to put to sea ? Other American vessels sailed, but the packets, though detained more than a week beyond their hour of boasted punctuality, did not sail. This little fact explains a great secret. The truth is, that these packets have been greatly overrated. They have been puffed by the advertisement mongers into an importance which they have no claim to. They have been represented to be perfect models of naval architecture, the admiration of gaping weavers and courteous gentlefolks, who know just as much of a ship as' they do of the moon, with this difference, that the beauty of the moon has been extolled by poets, while, unfortunately for the gilt and gingerbread packets, there are no poets in America. The romance of the republi cans is confined to business. SCENE AT THE BLIND ASYLUM. .On Tuesday the periodical meeting of the committee of this institution took place, when its attention was drawn to the fact that a resolution, entered on the books on the motion of the Rev. Edward Hull, had been expunged by a unanimous vote of a very full committee. This proceeding the rev. gentleman thought fit to - notice as casting a reflection upon his conduct. He therefore, at the meeting on Tuesday last, rose and stated that he considered that the expunging of his former resolution was produced by party feeling, i❑ consequence of a letter which he had thought right to publish in one of the newspapers, and that the feeling was not confined to the cotnmitte-room, for even those gentlemen who were accustomed to speak cordially with bins in the streets now passed him with a nod. He there fore concluded with a motion to the effect, that the rescinding of the resolution at the last meeting was not inteuded to convey any reflection upon the proposer of it. The chairman, on this motion being submitted to him, asked who seconded it To this inquiry, twice repeated. no reply was mark, and the chairman then observed that as the mutiou was not seconded it naturally fell to the ground. .The rev. gentleman, with some display of feeling, then inti mated that he resigned his situation as a member of the com mittee, and left the room. • We, of course, notice the above occurren.•e chiefly for the purpose of calling attention to the fact that there is a vacancy in the committee of the asylum, which we trust will be filled to an efficient manner by some gentleman who has the best in terests of the institution at heart. DO THE MINISTERS DESERVE THE CONFIDENCE OF THE C6ENTRY ?—This question was discussed on Tuesday last at the Union D e bating Society, Cambridge. The debate was continued, by adjournment, on the following night, when upon the division there appeared to be—Ayes 108 ; Noes 28—M aj o rity in favour of ministers 80. • The debaters %vete undergra duates of the university. _. . . . ~. . ........ _ --... , •-.. —_,..,r_r_fr_.,7 - mirmilia-mcgerwmorrO f lilt s - -- • ____ 4,=1‘,,,. 4171.,rt1e. , , :g t. .Tr..! - rill ,r7 O .- a .. " . " l'. • ''s .., - . , ~,, • ~. . --: -•. , '* .' . ''''„,„, , , , t. , 44 , , , t 'i'.. ,; ....,, , ,i,-;ki ,, :,!' 7. 0 % : . :': C, - 4:'- ...": ','. ;, '...... , , '' '; ' ,' ..F4:7. ; ,:.-::.., ..•- . -'' ''' ' ' - '" '. : - . ' '• .'"; Irti'. . , *tr--1 - , ''" • .i. , the chart was intended to refer. Mr. Alderman Ilorsfall ex plained; after which, it was unanimously agreed, that the thanks of the Council be presented to Lieut. Denham, Lieut.' Robinson, and Lieut. Beckford, for the exertions they have made in effecting their survey, and thlit' the Town-clerk be, in structed to write to the Admiralty, and request that permission may be given for a copy being taken of this chart fur the ben fit of the corporation. Mr. T. Moore bad made a communication to the Mayor, which he then -submitted to the Council, a plan for applying the surplus water of the canals for the suppression of fires. This, as well as a letter read from the Rev. Mr. Stafford, for pecu niary assistance to the school attached to St. Matthew's Church, as also for the means of forming one in the populous district in which his church, St. Paul's, was situated, were referred to the select finance committee to report. The communication from the Liverpool and Manchester Rail-road, regarding their new entrance in Lime-street, and. the application to the council, to participate iii the , cost of building such an entrance as would be highly creditable to the town. and of such a character as would tend, perhaps, more to benefit the interests of the corporation in that vicinity, than it really was an object to the proprietors, for the mere purposes of traffic, to erect, being resumed, .several members addressed the council in, detail on the subject. Mr. Alderman Wright strongly supported, and Mr. Thomson opposed, any grant. The question was eventually put to the vote, when from those present, the dissenting ineintiers were Sir George Drinkwater, Sir Thomas Brancker, Messrs. P. Bourne; Thomson, and Ash ton. The Resolution passed by this vote was, that the corpo ration would participate in an equal moiety of the cost, exceed ing the sum of E. 2000, intended by the Rail-way Company to be laid out, but not in the aggregate to exceed i,6000 in build mg au entrance to the Rail-way in Lime-street. Some arrange ments connected with the plan of the building were referred to the Select Finance Committee. The Cutalcill L directed that clo c k s s h ou ld b e ma d e f or th e churches of Si. uke aed St. Martin-in-the-Fields. The Town-clerk read the heads of the Day Police Bill, which, by the direction of the Council, he had prepared : one or two minor points remained to be arranged with the farish, but those not being fixed, he was instructed to proceed with the bill to parliament. The A nieuded Railway Act was also produced, and ordered to be proceeded with. The Council did not break up until three o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGEXCE. As the racing season approaches, th e s p or ti ng men b eg in. to be more spirited - in their speculatione. In Lancashire, and par ticularly in Maucbester, theiChester trades' cup is the chief attraction, and wi,hin the last few days considerable business has been done on that event. Abbas Mirza and Birdiinie were the favourites at the op e nin g o f th e betting book, and they still continue such. Au attempt was made to lower the latter in public estimation a week ago, by a report of its being amiss, and eight to one in many instances taken against her. She has since appeared in the odds quite well, and her backers are very sanguine in her favour. Ou the Derby and Oaks the speculations in this county have not been heavy. Pucella and Coriolanus seem to bear the palm for the Derby here, the latter in preference to Silenus, who stands first favourite at Tattersall's. In the south the betting on the Derby has been more lively than at any period this season. Silenus, Corinlanus, and Pucella were a law days ago backed by the southerons to about one hundred and fifty pounds each, and Ascot to a smatter amount. None of the three, however, have advanced. Leopoldine on Monday com menced at 18 to 1, and lett off at 16 to I. This horse seems to have a strong party in its favour, and it would not be surprising' to see her encroaching upon mo.ne of the favourites. Several other of the outsiders have also been backed, amongst them the colt out of Varenues, upon which between two and three hun dred pounds have been laid out. The list of the races "over the Moor" mode its appearance on Wednesday, and we are indebted to the politeness of a Man chester sporting gentleman for fomenting us a copy. There are twelve races appointed to comz: off in the three days, and taking into account the number of excellent meetings whicb commence about the same time, the entries are far from being insignificant. The Newton entries are good, as is also the one for the two year old race at Heaton Park in September. The following are the principal entries for Manchester The St. Leger Slakes, of 25 soya. each, with 100 soya. added, for three years old colts, list Gib, fillies, Bst 31b. Mr Houldsworth's ch c Turban, by Sultan, out of Tiara • Sir R. Bulkeley's b c Torraldo, by Camel, out of Waltz Captain Taylor's ch c Ainderby - , by Velocipede Mr Fiudern's gr c Fidelio, by Stumps, out of Lady C aro li ne Mr 'l'. Johnson's b f Venus, Iv , Langer, out of Vesta Mr Giffard's b c by Lottery, dam by Welbeck One Hundred Sovereigns, given by the owners . of the race course, added to a subscription of 10 Boys each, fur all ages. Winners of one cup or stakes of the value of 100 sous (han dicaps excepted) previous to starting, to carry 31b, of two, 51b extra. Lord Wilton's b m Languish, by Cain, 5 yrs Mr Houldswortb's eh c Amber, by Langer, 3 yrs Sir J. I3oswell's eh c General Chasse, by Aetteon, 4 yrs Sir J. Boswell's b c Masett o , by Corinthian, 4 yrs Duke of Cleveland's br c by Muley, out of Bequest, 4 yrs Lord Westminster's bl c Abbas Mirza, by Camel, 4 yrs Mr A. Bower's hr c'l'one Bastard, by Tiinour,"3 31:4 Mr Lacey's ch g Vulpes, by Velocipede, 4 yrs ' Mr Nanny's br e Cyinro, by Banker, out of Racket, 3 yrs. Mr Thompson's ch c Soho, by Predictor, out of Ostrich:, 4 yrs Mr Wheeelon's br b Giovanni, by Filho da Puta, aged Mr .1. Smith's b c brother to Chorister, 4 yrs Mr Giffartl's bf by Tramp, out of Kalmia's dam, 4 yrx • 'l'he Tradesmen's Cup, value I(Xt sows, with 100 soya in specie, added to a handicap stakes of 20 sovs each, h ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the '2Bth of May. The weights to be published on the first Monday after the Liverpool Meeting. Six to remain in or no race. Lord Wilton's b m Languish, 5 vrs Mr Houldsworth's hr c Darius, 4 yrs Mr Pottinger's ch c Whitefuot, 4*yril Mr Barrow's b m Catharine, 5 vrs Mr E. Peel's ch g Noodle, 4 yrs Mr E. Peel's ch c Tainworth, 4 yrs Mr J. Robinson's b g Aratus, 4 . yrs Sir J. Boswell's ch c General Chasse, 4 yrs Sir J. Boswell's br c Masetto, 4 yrs Sir R. Bulkeley's hl toJemima, 6 yrs Mr Lacey's ch g Vulpes, by Velocipede, 4 yrs Mr G. Cook's br c Red Rover, 4 yrs Mr Dawson's br h Prince, 6 yi s Sir J. Gerard's b c Intruder, 4 vrs Mr Skipsey's hr c Wyndham, 4s-rs Mr W. Turner't b g by Lottery, 5 yrs Mr.Allanson's b m Lady Moore Carew, 5 yrs Mr Thompson's b c Lord Francis, 3 yrs Mr Wheeldon's br h Giovanni, aged Mr Hobson's b h David, 6 yrs Mr J. Smith's b c brother to Chorister, 4 yrs Mr Price names eh h Ratcatcher, 5 yrs Mr B. King's b m Lucy, 6 yrs Mr Giffird's ch g Traveller, aged Mr G:ffard's b f by Tramp, out of Kalmia's darn, 4 yrs The Liverpool Spring Meeting promises well, better in some respects than the July meeting, as seventeen fur the cup have paid forfeit. The trades' cup entry for the Craven Meeting is as follows ;—Giovanni, aged, gat; Catharina, 5 vrs ' Bst 13ib ; David, 6 yrs, Bst 1 ; Touchstone, 4 yrs, Bst 1 - 0 lb; General Chasse, 4 yrs, Bst 91b ; Intriguer, 4 yrs, Set 81b; Fitzdictor, 5 yrs, Bst 711); Wyndham, 4 yrs, Bst 51b; Abbas Mirza, 4 yrs, Bst sth; Speculator, aged, bet 41b; Worlaby Baylock, 4 yrs, Set 41b ; Billing°, 4 Bst 41b; . 4 vrs, Bst 3tb; Masetto, 4 yrs, Bst; Rust, 5 vrs, Bst ; Rousseau, 5 - yrs, Bst; Mayflower, 4 vrs, 7st 121 b; The - Count, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b; Monitor, 4 yrs, 7st I'flb; Red Rover, 4 yrs, 7st Illb ; Intruder, 4 yrs, 7st Illb ; Lambkin, 4 yrs, 7st 91b; Young Tarragon, 4 yrs, 7st 51h; ch c by Velocipede, out Of Bullet's dam, 4 vrs, 7st 51b; Miss Gol borne,4' vrs, 7st 2ib; Aratus, 4 yrs, l e t Jib; eh g by Octavian — Lady elate Swaile, 4 yrs, ist ; Amurath, 3 vrs, Est 111 b; b c by Langar, out of Alecto, 3 yrs, 6st 7:b; Van, 3 yrs, 6st 71b.—The following have declared forfeit, and pay 5 sovs each:—Mr. King's Lucy, Mr. E. Peel's l'.nuworth, 'Hon. T. 0. Powlett's gr g by Figaro, Mr. lieardsworth's f by Longwaist, Mr. Nan nev's Sir William, and Mr. T. Johnson's Jupiter. LATEST STATE OF THE OnDS.—CHESTER TRADES' CUP, P.P. —4 to 1 agst Abbas Mirza, (9 to 2 taken ;) 9 to 2 agst Birdlime, (5 to 1 taken ;) 10 to 1 agst Solon, (offered;) 10 t o 1 aga i nst Lambkin, (offered ;) 11 to - 1 agst Red Rover, (taken;) 11 to 1 agst Giovanni; 12 to 1 agst Lucinda filly; 14 to 1 a gs t Th e Cardinal, (takn;) 11 to 1 agst Ratcatcher; 15 to 1 agst Young 'Tarragon; 15 to 1 agst Neil Gwynne ; 18 to 1 agst any other; 60 to 40 the field agst two. _ _ _ THE I)KREY.-6 ' to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Silenus, (tk;) 11 to agst Mr. Ridsdale's Cotiolattus,.(tk;) 12 to 1 agsl. Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle colt, (taken;) 12 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Ascot, (taken;) 16 to 1 agst Lord Jetsey's Ibrahim; 16 to agst Duke of Richmond's Leupoldine colt; 18 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Darioletta colt t 25 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Lumi nary; 25 to 1 .gst Sir M. Wood's Dromio, (tk;) 33 to 1 agat Lord Verulam's Vareunes colt, (tk;) 35 to 1 agst Mr. Giant's Knobstick, (tk ;) 40 to 1 against Duke of Cleveland's Bee-in-a- Bonnet colt, (tk;) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Muudig. (1k;) 40 to 1 agat Colouel White's Elizanne cult, (taken;) 1500 to 30 agst Lord Chesterfield's Fergus, (tk.) TnE. OAKS.-4 to 1 agst Greville's Preserve; Bto I agst Lord Chesterfield's Her Majesty, (tk;) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mills' Hester, (tk ;) 1U to 1 agst Mr. Mostyu's Qaeeu of Trumps. RACES TO COME. Warwick Spring.... March 1 Bath july 1 Lichfield 24 Wenlock Coventry IL Newmat ket Pytchley Hunt April 2 Liverpool July Bedford Spring 9 Cheltenham l4 East Sussex Hunt ' 20 Lancaster 1•I Newmarket Craven 20 Goodwood • .; Catterick Bridge 22 Worcester August 4 Bath Spring 29 Brighton 5 Chester , \lay 4 York - 5 . Newmarket First Spring ... Liverpool Craven 13 1 Bristol and Clifton l3 Newmarket Second Spring l9 York Spring 2 . -i', Epsion Manchester lO Reigate Ascot 1, ; Buxton sq A or: Devon and Exeter l2 Stourbridge 25 Warwick ...... ...September 2 Lichfield Autumn M 8 Leicester Doncaster l4 Heaton Park 23 Newmarket Fitst October 29 Newmarket Second 0 .. Oct l2 Newmarket Houghton 26 COMMON COUNC. L PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday last the Common Council held their monthly meeting ; there were present the Mayor, Alessrs. Lace and Pownall, bailitf.i, Sir George Drinkwater, - Sir, Thomas Brancker, Messrs. J. Bourne. Staniforth, Wright, T. Case, P. Bourne, Robinson, Sandbach, Horsfall, Foster, I'. Currie, W. W. Cur rie, J. D. Case, Bold, Earle, Ripley, Thompson, Houghton, Shaw, Hollinshead, Ashton, Gladstone, Croslde and Cockshott. The proceedings of the last council, and of the various com mittees at their meetings held since, being read and confirmed, the report of the select finance committee regarding the piece Of land which Mr. North, the clergyman or St. Catherine's Church, had applied for, sit ua t e d near the Aims-bouse, was ad verted to by Mr. Earle and other gentlemen, when it was stated by Mr. Alderman John Bourne that the objection which had been raised to complying with the requesti arose froM the fact that no precedent of the kind had been made, and that if this were yielded to, numerous claims of a similar description would be sent to the council. A situation for stables and coach-house for the Mayor's establishment was referred to the select finance committee to report on. The TOWN-CLERIC read the opinion of Mr. henry La'vrence which had been taken in order to ascertain, in connexion with the subject of the application which had been made to the Common Council by the proprietors of the Cemetery, in Upper Duke-street, requesting that the Corporation woug become pro prietors of shares to the amount of f.. 7100, beiog the number remaining on hand of unappropriated shares, whether the pro- Lp rietors had the power of granting any prior security. Mr. Lawrence pronounced that they hail not. Sir GEORGE DRINKWATER rose and urged the propriety of the council's complying with the request that had been made of them. He had to regret, however, that considerably more expense had been incurred than he himself approved of, in building, as he thought, prematurely, a house with walls en closing the land about it for the clergyman. This he would have wished had been delayed. lie stated that, from some un accountable circumstance or other, the cemetery at Low-hill had, in point of success, surpassed that in Upper Duke-street, and was now making a dividend of 20 per cent. to the pro prietors. He saw no substantial reason why the cemetery in Upper Duke-street should not equally prosper, and he called en the treasurer, Mr. Ripley, to speak as to the state of their finances. Mr. RIPLEY replied to the request of Sir Geo. Drinkwater, and reported the condition of their prospects and finatic,:s, which appeared.to be of a most favourable character. Mr. 'loom VSON, with considerable energy, opposei the pro priety of the Common Council entering into this speculation. He was anxious to know what seem ity was proposed to be given ? Surely not the graves? (A vi nee from above—" No, that would be a grave subject.") And when would this money be repaid? Certainly not in less, from the statement he then made, than 50 years. He should certainly oppose this measure Ultimately the council came to no determination, but re ferred the whole matter back to the select finance committee, to obtain sonic further information. Mr. Alderman WRIGHT alluded to the notice given by the mayor at the last council, that the Vaca nc y occas i one d b y the d eat h of the late Mr. lligginson would be filled up at their pre sent meeting. lle begged permission to nominate a gentle man who was in every respect most eligible, and. highly qua lified to become a member of the Common Council. lie named Mr. Joseph L. Walker, Sir THOMSS BRANCKER seconded the nomination, and ex pressed himself as entirely concurring in the sentiments which had been expressed by Mr. Alderman Wright respecting Mr. Walker. The MA YOR put tile proposition to the council, when, no other candidate being offered, Mr. Walker's election was de clared to he unanimously carried. • Directions to the surveyor Were ordered to be given fur the completion of the repairs to St. 'Thomas's Church spire. At the request of the Mayor, the Town-clerk read a letter, addressed to hint from Lieu:. Denham, accompanied by the completed chart of the river, and its entrance and batiks, which has for some time past occupied his attention and that of his coadjutors, and which is now on its way to be placed in the ar chives of the Admiralty. The chart. being opened and laid on the table, some of.those gentlemen, members of the dock committee, were called upon tk.) render various explanations as to the material points to which CONSERVATIVE SOCIETIES. These associations are rapidly increasing in every part of the kingdom, and our readers will be pleased to find that in West minster,,for, about half a century the dose borough of Fox, the Whig, and Burdett, the republican, a couservative society has beeu established. The first public meeting of the WEsrsirNstatt CONSERVA TIVE SOCIETY was held at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, on Monday last. Among the gentlemen who attended were Lord Elliot, the Hon. Robert Scarlet', Admiral. Sir R. Stopford, General Sir E. Barnes, Mr. Alderman Farebrother, Mr. Baring Wall, M.P., Mr. Gladstone, M.P., Mr. Nichol, M.P., Hun. Captain Duudas, M.P., Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., Hon. John Lowther, M.P., Mr Neeld, M.P, Sir John Hay, M.P., Mr. Drummond, the banker, Lord Deerhurst, Digby Wrangham, Esq., Sir John Walsh, Bart., Captain Burton, Hon. Stuart Wortley Sir William Wilman, Bart. Lord Elliot was called to the chain—The Westminster Con* servative Society would neither cojole nor threaten the exe cutive or the legislature. It would not summon forth bodies of men to overawe the parliament, or organizations of unionists, or what title soever they might rejoice in, with serried ranks and banners unfurled, to crowd and clamour round the Palace, gate, and intimidate, if it were possible to do so, the Sovereign, (Cheers.) The members of the Westminster society were not adverse to, nor would they be foremost in retarding the march' of, real liberty or rational reform. In saying this his Lordship ventured to say that he spoke the sentiments of every gentle man present; that they were truer friends to the improvement and amelioration of the human race than the pxeudo patriots of the day, who, with liberty on their tongue but tyranny at their heart, deceive and delude the miserable and infatuated multi tude who are led by them, and foolishly believe their profes sions. (Loud cheers.) The electors of Westminster needed nothing but unanimity and firmness to ensure them victory when the proper time should arrive. Resolutions declaratorylof the objects, and for the govern ment of the association, were proposed and carried. CHESHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. (Abridged from the Chester Courant. ) On Thursday last, a meeting was held in the Exchange Banqueting-room, Chester, for the purpose -of forming a con servative association for that city, and county palatine, of which it is the ancient capital. A great number of gentlemen were present, among whom were— Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., Henry Brooke, Esq., Gen. Beck. with, Wm. Buchanan, Esq., R . F. Buckley, Es q ., G eorge Brooke, jttn., Req. , Rev. It. B. Brocklebauk, T. B oo th . E sq., T. Bagnall, Esq., Mr. R. Brittain, Mr. B. Brassey, Mr. Eiiw. Roden, Sir R. Cunliffe, Bart., Rev. John Clark, Edwin Cor bett, Esq., T. C. Chianti, Esq., Rev. Wm. Currie, Richard Corbet, Esq., John Cieminson, Esq., Major Coleclough. L. S. Cotton, Esq., Gen. J. Chamberlaine, Esq., Col. Desbrisay, the Rev. J. Egerton, W. Eccles, Esq. John Erriugton, Esq., Rev. Jas. Folliott, Rev. Lloyd Fletc h er, Col. Fuller, J. .13, Glegg, Esq., J. W. Hammond, Esq., Wm. Hulton, j un ., Esq., Col. Hicks., T. I. B. Hostage, Esq., P. Ilumberston, Esq., Wm. Haves, Esq., Rev. Peploe Hatniltou, E. S. Har rison Esq., Jelin nett, Esq., Daniel ['annuls, Esq., P. S. Hain ' berston, Esq., Capt. Hilditch, Rev. B. E. Johnson, I'. Ince, Esq . ., Lloyd Jones, Esq., Mr. Ellis Jones, Mr. - Richard Jan ion, George King, Esq., H. Kelsall, Esq.. H. C. Legh, Esq., James Large, Req. , J. Lloyd, Esq., E. W. Lloyd, Esq., Sir H. M. Mainwaring, Chas., K. Ma uwaring, Esq., Rev. Jas. Mainwaring, Ch a s. Mor r all, Req., -- More lleswall, Esq., Townshend Maidwariag, Esq., Capt, Moston, Thomas Herbert Maddock, Esq., Robert 'Maddock, Esq., R. B. Otto'', Esq., It. G. Perron, Esq., Rev. B. l'enny, Richard P u l es t o n, jun., Esq., J. P. •B. Putest on , E sq ., H. - J Proby, Esq., D. Poole, Esq., James Rods, Esq., It. Richardson, Esq., Mr. Roberts, Geoffrey Shackerlev, Esq.. James Stanton, Esq., ,fames Stanton ; jun., Esq., James Sedgwick, Esq., S. Spros ton, Esq.. Wm. Sproston, Req., J. W. Swann, Esq., N. A. Sewell, Esq., Ches. Towusbend, Esq., James Toinkitison, Esq., Thomas Tarlton, Esq., Mr. Tide ,Y Daniel Vawdrey, Esq., B. Ll. Fawdrey, E sq ., R ev. E. Warburton, It. Wil braham, Esq., R. E. E. Warburton, Esq., Mr. Williams, ( Birkenhead), Mr. Williams, (Chester), Capt. Wardell, Wm. ' • ard, sen., Esq., Mr. Weaver, Mr. T. Weaver, Mr. John Wilkinson, &c. Sir Henry Mainwaring was called to the chair. In opening the business of the day the hou. baronet expressed himself much gratified at finding himself suriounded by so numerous and re spectable a b3ity of gentlemen. He had nn eloulit.that they as well as himself were convinced of the necessity of bringing the wealth and intelligence of the country to bear at this in.portant crisis upon the dangerous principles of the age, to do all in their power to neutralise and expose them, and to insole the salva tion of the country by supporting the King and his preroga tives and the principles of our glorious constitution in church and state. (Cheers.) Sir RICHARD BROOKE, Bart., moved the first resolution. This, together with others for the government of the society, were agreed to, and the following DECI. A RATION. We, whose names are hereunto declare our fixed determination to maintain the tried and ancient principles on which the constitution of our country is founded ; and we hold ourselves pledged to resist all measures by which the necessary connexion between the established church and the state may be severed and relaxed; by which the dignit% of the monarchy may be impaired, or its existence endangered; by which the privileges of the House of Lords, as an independent branch of the legislature, may be virtually annihilated, or the deliberative powers of the commons' house of parliament become fettered or controlled; as we are convinced that eu the united and ener getic support of these authorities depend the continuance of social order, the security of property, and the interests of reli gion ; and we hereby enrol ourselves members of the conser vative association of Cheshire. LIVERPOOL POLICE. WEDNESDAY.-(Before Sir JOHN TOR!N.) WaRRHOCSE 11013HERY.—Three men of bad character, named Mather, Hill, and Fletcher, were placed at the bar charged with burglarioustv entering the warehouse of Messrs. Field and Crosstield, tobacconists, in York-street. It appeared front the evidence that the premises of the prosecutors were left safely secured on Thursday night last, and on the following morning they were found to have been broken open, and £lO in silver and copper stolen. Mather was some time since in Messrs. Field's employ, and he and the other prisoners having been seen lurking in the neighbourhood of the warehouse on the night of the robbery suspicion fell upon them. They were subsequently apprehended, when it tw•as ascertained that they had each been purchasing new clothes. Some articles stolen from the pie mises were identified, and the charge being fully established, the magistrates committed them to the sessions for trial. Tht, cases before the magistrates for the last few days have, principally, been void of interest. YESTERDAY.—(Before the MAYOR.) CHARGE OF SWINDLING.—TWO men, named Chas. M'Hnrdy, and John Fairclough, were brought before his worship on a charge of having obtained goods under false pretences. It ap peared in evidence that M llardy had gone to Mr. Jones's shop, rn Dale-street, and ordered a large copper kettle, for which he was to pay 135., if the kettle was sent with him to No. 4, Grosvenor-street. Mr. Jones's boy went with him; at the door the kettle was handed to Fairclough, and M`Hardy desired the boy to go with him to Richmond-row, and he would pay him; at Richmond-row he desired the boy to return to Grosvenor street, and ultimately he had to return minus the kettle, and without any money. 'The kettle was afterwards found pawned in the neighbourhood. An evening or two after, M'llaroy paid a visit to Mr. Brown, Dale-street. and ordered a pair of decan ters. The% were to be sent, and the same trick was about being played when Thursbv, the officer, pounced upon them, and t oo k boils into custody. The house in Grosvenor -street was found to be quite empty. They were both committed for the sessions. M'Hardy, it was said, was an admitted attorney. BAREFACED BOBBERY.-0 1 1 Wednesday evening, a little before five o'clock, a cart drove up to Mr. Thompson's ware house, in the presence of Mr. Robinson's warehouseman, who noe of very heavy Sh e ffi e ld goo d s. In a few stood opposite, and three men lifted into it three packa ges , t wo o f Leghorn hats, and minutes it was discovered that the place had been broken into, and information of the robbery was given to Mr. Parlour, who lost no time in making the necessary inquiries. He directed Palkinsou, one of the head constables, and some of his men to make a dash at a public-house in Gerard -street, kept be a per 'son named Oakes. In the kitchen were found th ree men, name d and Bleakly, an d i n the back room were which wer e a b out b eing consumed. The' foundK o Knowles, packages,Se:ttm, three men and Mrs. Oakes were taken into custody. Yesterday they were brought before his worship the Mayor, and fully iden tified, but as further inquiries had to he made, they were re , inauded. LOSS OP THE SARAH. • Extract of a letter from Capt. E. Rossiter, of the Silas Richards, dated Studwell Roads, March 3, 135: "It is with sincere regret I have to inform you of my.being here. Last night, a t e l even o ' clock, off Wicklow Head, the night dark and blowing fresh, I c ame i n con t ac t witlijhe brig Sarah, from Liverpoo l Charleston, which vessel soon filled and sunk. I hav e th e capta i n, his wife, and eight of the brig's crew on board. lam sory to inform you that we lost our bow sprit, there being a heavy sea on the foremast, mointupsail yard, fore-topgallant yard, cross-jack card, kc... ID tact the ship is a complete wreck in ,iv g io g , huh, and sails. The sea was so high and the ship tat - muting so hard that there was nu time to be lost in clearing the wreck. We therefore cut away as fast as we could; the only thing left to carry sail on was tilt main yard." The Meridian, H. Hardy, which sailed trout hence on the Ist instant for New York, with 144 etnigran4, put back to Li veipool on the 4th, being-unable to keep to !ieti, liming lust her tote topmast during the late gales. k i : 1 .1 . ; t .7.: ' 1 . '