The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

PH ILHARMONIC-HALL "MESSIAH.", '-TIETE.SDAIT THS 20TH INSTANT, 300 PERFORMERS THE BOX AND STA' PLANS AR NOV OPEN ttberpoot tatibarb. PROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT MONDAY MORNING LIT not the read s of the Liverpool Standard suppose for an instant that I am about to weary them with along ItOrY regardiE for a sound rl 's Knife Grinder, I Lave " beaten in the Fast up about uegocia- Eons, note T" g Russo-Turkish affairs. I am not ; and like CANNIN cry is kept plasterings up of peal farther, a new tegociators--conference--cong tf the four great powers protocols, ultimatums, armistices, and other IS VICTOR HUGO Says. seems to occupy the minds of ress!—mighty fine words... to be held place than London. This is currently reported I no less a the last news, red-hot from the manufactory wit. Meantime our ministers, all the big ones in town have resolved upon no Cabinet meetings until the result of these later negociations has been communicated to them. All is bustle, despatch, at the Russian Embassy ; day after day messengers sent off to St. Petersburg, by ,—Vienna to 310 means a pleasant journey, when one's eyes are nearly closed up with fog and frost before the'Dover terminus, hard by the Bricklayers' Arms, is reached. But, as I have aid on % former occasion, your Russian messenger stands nything but the loss of his brandy. A telegraphic espatch has just been received, announcing a naval en gagement between the Russians and Turks, in which the latter, it is stated, has lost twelve ships Is this the vain( of armed nentralit Where were the French and Eng- fish fleets ? The only business done in Downing-street, on Saturday most commonly a busy day there,. was, of all things in the world,—what d'ye think ?—the great Earl of Cid.- 3LENDON, Foreign Secretary, receiving a deputation on the subject of guano, praying for a reduction of the duty thereon. Feathers of the extinct Dodo /--of the living Penguin !—how are ye honoured ! The guano question was brought before the Foreign Secretary on Saturday, because the town is at present filled with our agricultu ral friends from all parts of England and the United Kingdom, —here by reason of the Cattle Show. Lord CLARENDON, who receives his deputations with greater blandness than any of his colleagues, smiled and smiled again, and stated in effect that the question had not failed to occupy a large share of his attention ; he took the op portunity of reminding the deputation that many tons of fish were thrown away annually as offal, in Newfound land, which might easily be converted into a rich and fer tilizing manure. No effort would be lost to induce the Peruvian government to consider the question, and endea vouring to secure to the English farmer a larger and cheaper supply of that powerful element (guano) in the improvement of the soil ;- all of which meant free-trade in guano, my Lord, which the English government will not obtain in a hurry from hungry Peru, much as we have heard of her gold, With regard to the said tons of fish, I sincerely hope they will never be brought to England to poison our hitherto healthy acres ; sprats as manure in Essex is bad enough. Defend us, worthy farmers, from the infliction of rotten fish manure, from the Dogger bank ! When so many inefficient acts of legislation pass the Senate—from the Prevention of Bribery at Elections Bill down to that for the better protection of women—the last past enactment—both failures, one cannot but hai with satisfaction the appearance of a measure which pro mises to be nearly all that the exigencies of the greatest commercial country in the world can desire. Customs Reform ! why, the words have been dunned into our ears until we became completely sick from the hope deferred. Now we have it, " pure and simple," easy of obtainment, and the means neither costly nor complicate. Lord BROIIGICAM, in a seven hours' speech, observed to the effect that he wished to see cheap law brought to the poor man's door. My opinion is, that the further removed from the doors of poor and rich the better. Not so with Custom -house grievances —heretofore neither few nor small; but the other day the only court for their trial was that moat costly, most tedious one —the Court of Ex chequer. On last Friday I witnessed a grand step in the right direction,—Court of Exchequer and all its antiquated paraphernalia sent to the right-about, as far as regards Custom-house strife. A splendid new court was opened by the commissioners created under the powers contained in the 40th section of the Customs Consolidated Act. The court is appropriately opened in the Custom-house. Sir Taos AS FREMANTLE, chairman of the board, pre sided on the occasion, which attracted a great number of merchants and brokers, all interested in the " new move." One commissioner is to sit two days in each week, and the complainant can have a hearing with much less trouble and expense than he can a County Court summons. Fur thermore, the commissioners will cause witnesses to attend, if necessary, to establish a case. There are a great number of minor provisions, all of a salutary character ; but these are as nothing compared with the wholesome recom• mendations, certain of being adopted, contained in the report of the City Committee for reform in the cus toms, which is now before me, having been just issued. There is not a merchant or man of business in Liverpool who is unacquainted with the absolute and irresponsible powers of the old board, their " confidential" and secret investigations,• claims to the amount, it may have been, for thousands of pounds sterling, disposed of with closed doors,—seizures sanctio ne d, and the poor man or merchant most deeply interested not knowing for what the seizures were made. This, and more than this, must be viewed among the grievances that were. In every case where a seizure is made, the grounds must clearly be set forth to the party before a Custom-house finger is stretched out. In lieu of the Court of Exchequer, jurisdiction is con ferred, on 2100 cases, upon the County Courts in the district : Liverpool, for Liverpool,—Hull, for Hull, and so on ; with regard to Ireland, the assistant barristers are the tribunals--most discreetly presided over; in Scot land, the sheriffs courts are chosen : each of these courts has a sound lawyer, called " Sheriff Depute," at its head, a functionary chosen for previous position and legal attain ments. Finally, the Court of Requests has been appointed for the hearing of such cases in the city of London. Now, with regard to appointments in the Customs, that has been reformed altogether. lime was when a tolerable re commendation —plenty of them to be had at no distant period,—and the person holding it, if not too old, was appointed, whether efficient or inefficient—indeed these All parties now looking points were scarcely cared about. for Customs' appointments must pass a severe examination before the board: by this wise and most necessary deter- ruination, the commissioners state that a crowd of unqua- Bed hangers-on will speedily be exchanged for a class forming an efficient reserve for the public service, who might be called upon, on emergency, and be useful the moment they were appointed. Surely this is no more than the commercial public is entitled to. Hundreds of young men, chiefly from Scotland and Ireland, have heretofore been appointed to lucrative positions, and whose chief qualification, for the most part, appeared to be a capability of smoking cigars, —which, by the by, some of the superior officers were not slow in showing the youths an example. I have not thought it worth my while to take up my pencil or your readers' attention by any notice of the promised Reform Bill. It is Lord Jonw Russsix's, and that is saying quite enough to guarantee dissatisfaction and debate thereanent. It may, perhaps, be interesting to know that more useful legislation is now being pro vided for, and certainly will be carried during the ensuing session of Parliament. Two or three barristers—clever enough in their way—not far removed from Pump-court, are now, under the command of the QUEER'S ministers, _ ..., framing clauses for insertion in divers bills—probably they will form new bills,—firstly, whipping for the ruffian husband and the assaulter of women is to be added to the six months' im 3risonment in aggr cation scheme is also being skeletonised, which, it is determined, to some extent at least, shall be carried; in short, the auestinn is nn+4. n%. 5t11.44,"41 4." •••v..cu vt, 5 v u.y 411 G Will another year. The do-nothing system in this important regard has told wofully during the last three years. Baron ALDERSON, a sound and long-headed judge, who hates horse-racing as much as Baron MARTIN, his brother on the bench, may like it, has spoken out touching strikes, the evil operation of which, and their periodical occurrence, he attributes entirely to ignorance —want of t4ncation. Depend on it, you will have an instalment, uotwithstanding the heartburning and bickering ofApsLET 13z1.LA•rx ard others. There is another little bill on the Pis, which will be found most salutary in more counties `gland than Essex ; a resolution, clause, or what you in t u bu is . to be introduced, forbidding all money-payments it may societies. These are improvements, small ones I hr da t eikoMo ut they point in a right direction. I need g "n o f_,. to state that Lord PALMERSTON aids them Capacity of Home Secretary. These are only The prctit,_ill ooze out by and by. toners in the Insolvent Court cannot under stand why the newspapers have not published for a long, time past the list of London insolvents. We have a few provincials —so- and-so,retail dealer, Lancashire—so-and-so, wheelwright, Cheshire—to the number, it may be, of five or six. Now the practitioners aforesaid argue that the publication of the names and addresses of country insol vents signifies nothing ; not one of the London insolvents, and they average twice a week a good round number, are ever published. The question is a curious one ; who will )end upon it, there is much cant in the • old asinine 'bout march of intellect and so forth. I am not in gossiping lines to trouble you much by inquiring if t has marched at all; with great humility, I fancy its progress is much the same as from the begin ning, though we of the present day may be better workers out of it—succeed better in the development than those who preceded us. No one can doubt, if he be at all acquainted with the res geshe of the metropolis, that, day by day, great improvements in the manners, habits, and education of the masses are taking place. The last just published report of JOHN &mow, the city of London offi cer of health, entirely vindicates this assertion ;—though therein the philanthropist—the thinking man, can see at a perusal that we are only beginning to begin improve ments ! " Dwellings for the Poor," par exemple : for many a long year the poor of London have not been worse housed than they are at present, and this consequent on on_ the street improvements, now being carried on, and of which so much is heard. What are three or four clumps of model lodging-houses among so many ? But this sore grievance —this want will, in a brief period, be reme died, if the onward " march" of improvement,—not Intellect,—be not retarded. One almost regrets that HENRY MAYHEW,—grave and acute,---I mean no play on the terms—has stopped his labours in the nooks, the crannies, the courts, and blind alleys of London, searching out, and holding up, to the noonday blaze, the " annals of the poor." HENRY MAYHEW has gone to Paris, where he now prosecutes a similar inquiry to that which was received with so much interest, a year or two ago, as re gards the metropolis. In Paris, MAYHEW will have verge enough, and he will there be able to publish statistics of immorality, which here we can only obliquely refer to. A prophet has no honour in his own country ; certainly the mere literary drudge has none in London. circles. They manage these things better in France; and HENRY MAYHEW, whose highest eminence in London was to pre side over a meeting of poor tailors and other handicrafts men, is now—a lion in the French capital. Be it so. To what are these remarks pertinent ? Verily, as Shylock says, to flesh of beefs and muttons, and eke the shrill and haughty sons, and chucking daughters of "bright chanti cleer." Nearly at the extreme west, slightly north, there is a huge building, in which, for some years past, at this period, huge oxen, sheep, and pigs, are exhibited, well known as the Smithfield Club Cattle Show. Nay, laugh not in your sleeve; from the stock of the Prince Consort, to that of the unsophisticated farmer, who makes the bovine breed his daily study, some pet pro mising to " lard the lean earth" is selected to be made a show of in the locality I have indicated. And why not ? Some years since this show was a great evil under the skylights of the exhibition. Plethoric crea tures, how I then pitied your dumb emotion ! Your large blue eyes "beaming intelligence"—and sorrow—else why those tears which trickled down the hirsute cheek ? Fat ! Unmitigated pressure of fat ! The sheep were still worse ; they could not stand it at all. Their respiration was frightful ! Our porcine friends—" to the manner born," lay in their own fat, in shape like hedgehogs, a little snub nose just peeping out rudimentary-like, and eyes one could hardly detect. All was fat—fat—fat ! reminding one of MicsuLEN's smart, but somewhat illnatured remark, that prize sheep (or prize pigs ?) were only fit for candles, and prize essays to light them. The show this week testifies unmistakingly to the proud march of improvement, and there is no cant" here. I never saw such creatures in my. life : they looked as if they belonged to another age and country—no wheezing—at least the animals were too well bred to show it, if cause existed. Then their sym metry—mostly all perfect in this respect ; the oxen espe cially ; that grand ridge—the backbone, ran along from between the shoulders to the tail as straight as an arrow ; this, I was told, is the key-stone (allow the phrase) of bovine beauty of structure. The sheep were marvels, and such loads of wool ! Could it not be grown finer, my Lord Duke of RICHMOND, president ? I heard a sigh more than once, as I perceived the grateful words, "fed on milk and barley meal." " Land of Canaan !" I ex claimed—" what sort of milk ? and what sort of meal ?" " The best of both," answered a ruddy hind in fustian, who tended some of the pens. " The milk skimmed, of course ?" " I should think not ;"—" the meal must have been seconds ?" the answer was, " not a bit of it." I was mute, and, in sorrow, thought of workhouse gruel— Tom Hoon—lean people and fat pigs. A cheap omnibus ride across the metropolis and the visitor, in a brief space, is conveyed from oue show to another, viz., the great winter show of poultry, exhibited in a gigantic new building, called the- Great Central Horse and Carriage Repository, St. George's-road, Newington. The birds are of all sorts of poultry, some of them very curious-looking creatures ; and I was not at all displeased to notice that the fancy for the Cochin-China species has exhausted itself,—they were nearly left unheeded : not so their eggs ; as they were discovered, rem acu tegisti was the command ; the officer in attendance with a needle punctured the new-laid egg ; this was to render incubation abortive. They certainly are wonderful eggs, containing nearly double the quantity of the common hen's egg, though much smaller. Apparently, some of the specimens were " ticketted" £lOO in price, and great numbers at £26 and upwards,—the large price being affixed to an East Indian species, , called Bramahpootar. . Several weeks since it was announced in the leading London newspapers that GEORGE HUDSON'S gigantic house, adjoining Albert-gate, in Hyde-park, had been taken for permanent residence by Count WALEwsict; the French ambassador, at an annual rental of £l,BOO. The comparative largeness of the sum threw an air of discredit over the widely-circulated rumour, and although neither GEORGE HUDSON nor any of his family have been seen for many weeks at their west-end palace, it was still con sidered highly improbable that Lours NAPOLEON'S repre sentative at the Court of HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY would burthen himself with the responsibility of an outlay for house-room, exceeding by at least three hundred per cent. that which, for a series of years—since his arrival, indeed, in this country—he has been in the habit of ex pending. The fact, however, is quite in accordance with the rumour. During the last four or five days, Count WALEWSICI'S family, together with the principal mem bers of the French embassy, have removed from Grosvenor square to Albert-gate, and all the peculiar characteristics of GEORGE HUDSON'S establishment have ceased to exist. Count WALEWSRI, however, is not the present proprietor of this gorgeous mansion. The' transfer of the lease, furniture, fittings, &c., it is true have been made to him, but the French Government have undertaken the liability of the rent. It is said that Louis NAPOLEON himself selected GEORGE HUDSON'S house for the future res'dence of the French embassy : and I believe there is no doubt he has given directions that apartments should be specially fitted up for his own use, in the event of that visit to England which he and the fair Empress are determined, with LORD PALMERSTON'S assistance, and despite Lorin ABERDEEN'S protestations, upon performing. Indeed, the inhabitants of Hyde Park terrace speak of GEORGE HUDSON'S mansion as the " Emperor's house," and they fully calculate that he will be among them, whether for good or evil, before the anniversary of the opening of the Crystal Palace comes round. Letters have been received from CARDINAL WISEMAN himself, within the last few days, intimating his inten tion of returning to England by the first week in January. Apropos of VICTOR Huao, whose name I have men tioned above. He forms at present the nucleus of French and other exiles in Jersey, where they have safety, good air, tolerably good, and certainly cheap brandy, with most tolerable tobacco for cigarettes, all necessaries to the unfor tunate people. I make use of the term unfortunate with out reference to political feelings or views. In the me tropolis, as well as in Jersey, their number is "Legion,"— their hatred of the present Ruler of France continues illimitable, breaking out frequently in fury. At the pre sent juncture their glee is unbounded ; they fancy they see in the crisis—to them most cheering —that the end of the Bonaparte dynasty " looms in the future." Revolu tion ! Revolution ! they toast in drops of water and sugar— all they have. The burning language of the author re ferred to is cited, repeated with ardour, echoed and re echoed in the French and Italian coteries in the neigh bourhood of Leicester-square and Regent-street. " The Rhine, the Tiber, the Vistula, and the Seine have trembled with the shock." Thus they speak as they sit over their tedious and trifling game—gameless—of dominos, the livelong and otherwise unoccupied night. For us English there are haply other entertainments. Instead of Revolution, Pantomime is the word at this season, and we are promised largely, but as usual, mum's the word, as to plot, spectacle, or trick. This has been the old characteristic of all the Metropolitan managers ; they rehearse their pantomimes, as Lord Joint Russzia, for many years dealt out " Reform," bit by bit. Half a trick is only rehearsed at a time; thetitle of a pantomime is never mentioned until a night or two before it is pro duced ;—masks most mystical, if not classically mytho logical, are being moulded in the big room above the ceiling. During the week several novelties have been produced with a certain degree of success. CELESTE appeared in a capital character at the Adelphi; and BUCKSTONE is doing well at the Haymarket, probably WIGAN is doing better at the Olympic. The houses have all been filled, especially with fog every , night. Why is this profitless visiter not pumped out ?" The monopolyloguists, or single entertainmentpeople, seem to be doing well ! Their expensesare small, though their work is hard. A SrLvEu MEDAL, made by Mr. Mayer, of Lord-street, was the other day presented by Captain (Ireig, in the pre sence of a large number of the force, to police-officer Richard Tomlinson, in the name of the inhabitants of Bangor, who had subscribed for it as a token of their ap preciation of the mode in which he had performed the duties of an appointment at Bangor for upwards of two years, but which he has recently resigned to rejoin the Liverpool force. LIFE AT ROME.—A correspondent, dating 28th Nov., says :—The last three Sundays here have had each its own attractions, the two former in the shape of the beatifica tion of two saints, and the latter (after the ascent of a balloon, which attracted an immense crowd of all classes of Romans) a sermon preached by Cardinal Wiseman in the Church of St. Andrea delle Frati, near the Propaganda. Among other topics, his Eminence congratulated the Romanists on the schisms among the various dissenting bodies in England, and especially on the difference of opinion in the Church of England on the subject of bap tismal regeneration, which he considered betokened the speedy dissolution of that establishment, adding, that more converts had been made to the Roman Church in England during the last ten years than in 300 previously. He then enlarged on its immutability, and the delight he experienced on returning to Rome after an absence of ten years, during which time the whole world had been shaken by revolutions, but without any effect or alteration being produced here ; forgetting tting the presence of a French gar rison, without which Pio Nono would probably have re mained the guest of the King of Naples, and to whose bayonets the Roman religion owes its present existence, even in its own capital. He concluded by drawing a parallel between the incredulity of the Greek sceptics in the rites of the Jewish, and that of the Protestants in the ceremonies of the Roman religion, and said, that however strangers might despise and misunderstand them, the ..rest Romanist fully comprehended their meaning and uty. PRODUCE.—The markets have been steadyduring the week, without any important change in prices. Sugar has been firm, but Tea and Rice are not quite so easy of sale. To-DAY the business in Sugar, including the sales of Saturday, comprise 220 hhds., Barbadoes at 325. 6d. to 375. 3d., 1500 bags Benares at 345. 6d. to 38s. 9d., with 150 bags Madras at 375. to the grocers, and 140 hhds. Jamaica at 325. 9d. to 355., with 1,000 bags brown Bengal at 31s. to 31s. 6d. per cwt. to the refiners. Nothing is reported in Molasses, and only a small parcel of Demerara Rum at previous rates. Of Coffee, 120 bags low Rio have been sold at 415., and 100 bags Java at 525. per cwt. There is a better feeling springing up for Tea, and since Saturday evening between two and three thousand chests of common to good common Congou have been sold at ls. 3d. per lb. The market is now nearly clear under ls. 31d. per lb. There has been rather more doing in Rice ; 5000 bags Arracan were disposed of on Saturday, at 13s. 3d., and 1,000 bags to-day, at 13s. 6d. per cwt. 500 bags Bombay Linseed have realised 555. per qr. WooL.—We have again experienced an active demand this week, and considerable sales have been made at about previous current rates: the same healthy features still continue to characterise the market, and unless something turn up to check confidence, we still expect to see more doing at the turn of the year. Imports for this week very light, Lim—There has been very little done in Scotch Pig Iron during the past week, and the quotations remain unaltered from our last, viz., 78s. 6d. to 795. cash. Upon the publication of Messrs. M`Connall and Co.'s annual circular showing the stock, we may expect to see our anticipations realized, for in our opinion it will prove to be much larger than is generally expected ; we have no doubt it will be at least 300,000 tons, and we base our statement upon the following calculation, viz. :—Stock, 31st De cember, 1852, 450,000 tons ; the make, this year, taking into account the inducement—the high prices held out—will certainly not be under 800,000 tons, which, added to the stock, will show 1,250,000 tons. From this we must deduct 570,000, the probable amount of this year's exports from the Clyde, and 300,000 for Scotch consumption, (which are outside figures) in all 870,000 tons, leaving a stock of 380,000 tons. In manufactured Iron a brisk business is doing. Tin Plates have advanced ls. to is. 6d. per box. TFAVE.RT.REE COMMISSIONERS OF HEALTH, Tirn monthly meeting of the board was held last night, at the Court-house, Chaffers, Esq., in the chair ; and amongst those present were Messrs. Murray, Hill, Bowers, Davis, Whitham, Gore, and Rishton. It was agreed that a lamp should be erected in San down-park, adjoining Mr. Tyrer's house. A memorial was read from the inhabitants of Olive lane, signed by Mr. Hugh Hornby and others, praying that the approaches might be put in proper repair. Mr. DAVIS said that there was some dispute as to the road in Rose-lane, and though he was himself interested in the question, he was always averse to their doing any thing until the question was settled. The CLERK said that Rose-lane was in the township, but they had only control over the owners of land on one side of it. Mr. RISHTON remarked that all that was required by the memorialists was that the Board should put the law in force to compel those to do the work who were liable for the same. It was an interesting question to know who were liable, as at least four-fifths of the owners of the land were represented in the memorial. It was often the case that some parties cared little for the condition of the road, while others had no other approach to their houses. He moved that the Law Clerk be instructed to take the necessary steps to compel the parties who are liable to put the road into a proper state of repair, according to the Act of Parliament. Mr. DA VIS said he thought that the ratepayers had a right to the road being repaired. Mr. HILL seconded the motion, which was carried una nimously. At the suggestion of the CHAIRMAN, it was agreed that four months should be allowed for putting the road in repair. HELL said that many of the shopkeepers in the road through the village complained of the want of cross ings, owing to the works for the new sewer. GoiE said there were two crossings, which was as much as could be expected while the works were in pro gress. It was suggested that Mr. Young, the surveyor, had better report on the subject, and after some conversation it was allowed to drop. The report of the surveyor, Mr. Young, contained a letter from Mrs. Stubbs, complaining of the nuisance arising from Mr. Ashcroft's pigs, which were fed with bad potatoes ; also from Mr. Thompson, complaining of water in his cellar, owing to the cessation of pumping from the cuttings for the sewer. It was the fault of the contractor, and if not done by him, the surveyor might do the work at the contractor's expense. The surveyor also reported tnit the contractor for the sewer was blasting rock in Cow lane, and the Chairman called his attention to the covenant by which the contractor was bound to make good any removal of rock beyond that required for the passage of the sewer. The CLBuic said that a meeting of the inhabitants was held at the Lamb Inn, on the 23d of last month, to con sider the necessity of providing a public cemetery ; and a committee was appointed to obtain the necessary infor mation, to confer with Dr. Sutherland on the proposed closing of Childwall churchyard, and to report to a meet ing to be held at the Lamb Inn, on the 23d of this month. This committee had prepared a report, which was read by the clerk. The CHAIRMAN said it rested now for this board to make a report. Mr. Dews said it was a matter of great importance that some means should be taken, if possible, to obtain land for a cemetery, as on the closing of Childwall church yard great inconvenience would be occasioned. TheCKAIRmAN said that the four townships of Child wall, Wavertree, Allerton, and Garstou, were in the same position, and might join in providing a cemetery for the four. He suggested that the overseers should be written to to meet a deputation from this board. After some discussion, it was agreed that the represen tatives of the three other townships should be invited to meet this board on Monday next, to confer on the subject. At the suggestion of Mr. DAVIS, it was agreed that Wool ton should be included in the invitation. The board then adjourned to Monday next, at five o'clock. INQUESTS YESTERDAY. Tun following inquests were held, yesterday, before P. F. Curry, Req., coroner the body of Helen Roberts, a child of three months old, illegitimate daughter of He len Roberts, who resides as a servant in Queen Anne street. The mother stated that she had placed the infant out to nurse with Mary Gow, wife of Gow, boots at a hotel in Dale-street ; that she was in the habit of seeing the child every night. Witness paid 4s. a week for the maintenance of the child.—Mrs. Gow said she had re ceived the infant to nurse, and, for the purpose of attend ing to it, weaned her own child, which was a little older. She was induced to do this for the purpose of aiding in bringing up her family, as her husband was occasionally out of work. On Saturday night she took the child with her to bed as usual, laid it on her bosom, and fell asleep. When she awoke in the morning she found the child still in the same position, but quite dead. The jury returned a verdict that deceased had "died by being accidentally overlain." The Coroner admonished Mrs. Gow as to the extreme danger of allowing an infant to be so placed while the nurse went to sleep, stating that, in such a case, the slightest motion on the part of the nursewas likely to result, as in the present case, in the death of the child. On the body of John Costigan, aged two months. De ceased was the illegitimate son of Ann Costigan, and was born in the workhouse • he resided along with witness in the lodging-house of Alice Grundy, in No. 1 Court, Shaw hill-street. On Friday night last witness was much in toxicated, and went to bed about eleven o'clock, taking decease with her. She gave the child the breast at the time, and fell asleep. In about half an hour the child awoke witness with its screams, when she again gave it the breast, and being heavy with drink, fell asleep. On awaking at daylight she found the child quite dead. In the room in which she slept there were three beds, one of which was occupied by a man and a woman ; one by two unmarried men, and the third by witness and the child. Alice Grundy corroborated the general statements of the preceding witness. She is landlady of the house, which is not a licensed lodging-house. She takes in lodgers at three pence each per night, but does not take in men and women indiscriminately. There are three beds in the apartment occupied by the preceding witness,'and it is tenanted, as she described it. Witness has kept the house for twenty four years. She never had applied to have a license for it. The coroner's constable stated the house kept by Grundy to be one of a very bad character, and gave inti mation as to the very promiscuous kind of lodgers by which it was frequented. The Coroner directed the at tention of the Lodging-house Inspector to this den, as one deserving of immediate surveillance. It was not licensed, and, from the statements made, there could be but little doubt as to the character which it deserved. He then adverted, briefly, to the facts narrated, commenting on the disgraceful statement of the first witness, that she was much intoxicated at the time of going to bed ; and was "heavy with drink" when she last saw her child alive. Under the circumstances, he thought the jury had better return = citAn verdict that the deceased had "died by suffocation," which they accordingly did. On the body of a newly-born infant, which had been found in Disby-street. Thomas Cosgrove is a lad who works with his uncle, a chairmaker, in Disley-street, off Gloucester-street. On Saturday last, as he was going down the shop ladder, be found the dead body of a female infant thrust between the steps under the ladder. He gave intimation of the fact to a policeman, and the body was conveyed to the dead-house. Mr. George Kemp, surgeon, made a post mortem examination of the body, and stated that the child was a full-grown female infant, and had been born alive. Its death was caused by exposure to the cold. In this case the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." The Coroner, before dismissing the jury, took the oppor tunity of remarking on the frequent and melancholy con nexion between violent or unnatural deaths, and drink. In one, at least, of the instances they had been inquiring into, its connexion with drink was obvious. As they had been unable to say who the unnatural mother was in the last case, there was some difficulty in stating whether in that instance drink had led to the crime or not, but he did not think it was an undue latitude in him to assume that before a woman could be so abandoned as so far to forget the natural instincts and feelings of a mother, she must have been addicted to such stimulants to excite ment as drink. He might, he said, be permitted to remark that a good many years ago he had been applied to by Colonel Williams, a great advocate for the promotion of temperance among the working classes, to ascertain from him (the coroner) the number of deaths into which in quiry had been made, and which had been directly or in directly connected with drinking. On making the neces sary investigation, he had ascertained that the number at that time on which he had been engaged was about one in fifty. He had no doubt he should startle them by what his experience now warranted him in saying : his belief was, that of the inquests he was now called to preside over, the number of deaths connected directly or indirectly with drink, would amount to one in seven. Drinking, he observed, produced carelessness of consequences as well as depraved habits, and these contributed in no small degree to occasion deaths under circumstances demanding inquirY. INQUESTS. — There were two inquisitions before the Borough coroner on Saturday. One on the body of Anu Berry, aged seventy-nine, whose husband lives in Tynwald.. street. On the previous Saturday she fell down stairs, and sustained injuries which caused her death on Wednesday. The other was on the body of Bridget Callaghan, aged sixty, living with her son-in-law in No. 10 Court, Dryden street.. She had for some time been troubled! with a di s t ress ing cough. On Thursday, while coughing, she burst a blood-vessel, Which caused almost instantaneous death. TEARS AND LAUGHTER. —God made both tears and laughter, and both for kind purposes ; for as laughter enables mirth and surprise to breathe freely, so tears enable sorrow to vent itself patiently. Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair and madness ; and laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human speciee.—Leigh Hunt. Yesterday evening, the anniversary meeting of the Society for Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics, was held at the Collegiate Institution. There was a considerable at tendance. As announced, Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., M.P., occupied the chair; and the deputation consisted of the Rev. A. Dallas ; the Rev. D. R. Bickersteth (hon. see. t.) the 's missionary in of the associatiou society); the Rev. C. F. M`Carthy, the so( Dublin ; and the Rev. J. A. Coghlan, or clmongst the other gentlemen. on the platform we observed—the Revs. W. Rawson, F. Barker, F. Ould, F. Parry, C. Hamilton, 1). Barry, G. Gabriel, W. H. Duck, F. Power, S. Minton, D. Anderson, H. Hampton, C. P. Hobbs W. Jolley, W. H. Wright, J. Bardsley, J. Crump, 0. Powell; Messrs. W. Jones, E. Jones, J. Forsyth, H. J. Webster, and J. K. Rounthwaite. secretaries The meeting having been opened by prayer, The CHAIRMAN, who was applanded an rising, spoke as Ladies and Gentlemen,—Although I should have been glad had some other friend of the society been selected to take the chair this evening, yet I can truly say, that it is with very sincere pleasure that I lend my feeble aid in any way to pro mote the success of the Irish Church Missions—(applause)— for I am convinced that those who know anything of Ireland, and the character of the Irish people, must feel satisfied that this society is admirably adapted to the wants and require ments cf that country. I shall not, in the presence of the deputation—gentlemen who have attended here this evening very kindly to state the operations of the society—venture to trespass upon your attention beyond a single remark or two. The object of this society is, as most of you know, to pr)pagate Scriptural • truth throughout Ireland, — Scriptural truth in opposition to Romish error. (Hear, hear.) And in the accomplishment of t..is object, this Society employs between 500 and 600 agents. consisting of 62 ordained missionaries, 23 lay agents, 314 of that valuable class of men, Scripture readers, 81 schoolmasters, and 64 schoolmistresses, all of whom are engaged in their respectice spheres in promoting and teaching Scriptural troth in the different parts of Ireland. They go forth in Christian charity towards all men, at the same time they go forth with Christian faithfulness to uphold the truth, and oppose error. (Applause.) They go forth with the Word of God in their hands, and they do not ask the people of Ireland to believe what they say, noon their own mere assertion, but they ask them to take the Word of God and judge for themselves. The same rule that they apply to their owe' teaching they apply to the teaching of the priests of Rome, and they say to the people, with the Word of God in their hands, " To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no life in them." With such a society, with such objects as it has in view, and with such zealous agents, we must not think that the society will alto ' gether escape opposition.—(Hear, hear.) But when that opposition arises or comes fl oni those who propagate error, the agents of this society are but too ready to meet them in a fair and friendly spirit and discussion, never doubting and never fearing the result of such discussion.—(Applause.) But latterly there is another and a very extraordinary cha racter of opposition arisen towards this society. Some of you may have seen in the papers, as I have seen, some ac counts of this. The police of Dublin, forsooth! are employed to take down the placards of this society, —nay, more than this, one of the agents of this society was the other day taken into custody, and for what ? Because he ventured to place in the hand of a lady a placard of which I have a copy in my hand, certainly with nothingoffensive or very objectionable in it ; he was taken into custody, and brought before the stipen diary magistrate on a charge by a Mr.O'Brennan, tried before a Mr. O'Callaghan—(laughter) —upon what ?—a charge of constructive assault. Upon constructive assault, consisting in politely passing into the hands of a lady while ehe as politely took a handbill, similar to the one I have now in my hand. Well, I am happy to see by the papers, also one of our rev. friends here accompanied a deputation to Lord Palmer ston to represent these facts to his lordship, and I read with great pleasure the clear and admirable statement of our friend Mr. Bickersteth—(applause);—and I read Lord Pal merstcn's reply, and I have no doubt, unless I much mistake the character of his lordship, he will have a full and ample inquiry into the subject, and ample justice will be done to all parties. (Applause.) But we must go a little further than this. We must let the people of Ireland know, and we must let the agents of this society know, that they will be supported by the Protestants of England. (Cheers.) We must tell this Colonel Brown, the chief of the police in Dublin. and we must tell this Mr. O'Brennan, and we must tell this Mr. O'Callaghan—(laughter)—that if they wish to enforce such law, the sooner they get to the territories of the Grand Duke of Tuscany the better. (Loud applause.) Before I sit down, I would only desire to make one observation, arising oat of a note which I received from a valued friend of mine this morning, in which lie states he believes some mis apprehension exists in the minds of many that may be friendly to this society. They are under the belief that the society may lay itself open to the charge of inducing people to change their religion for the sake of the fond which may be given away in some of the schools connected with the society. Now, I believe that our reverend friend, whom I call upon to answer this question, or rather this mis apprehension—for lam sure it is a misapprehension—will state snore clearly, more faithfully, and more satisfactorily to your minds, and I hope to the mind of my excellent friend. if present,—will state such facts to you and to him, as will convince you that it is indeed, and in truth, an entire mis apprehension ; for I am quite satisfied, from all I know of this society, that there is not as much done for those poor children in Ireland as is done for the children in our ragged schools in England. For my part, I only regret that the funds of the society are so low that it will not allow the friends of the society to do more for the starving population of that country. (Loud applause). The Chairman concluded by calling upon 'The Re'v.'T. C. COWAN, the secretary, to read the report, which was as follows : REPORT, " The position of this society has undergone an important change since the last anniversary in Liverpool. With the Irish Society of London it has proved a complete amalgama tion, and with the Irish Society of Dublin it has entered into a close alliance, dividing with it the missionary labour in Ire land, but reserv!ng the sole right of making :•ppeals in Eng land on behalf of the two societies. From the general fends thus raised the sum of .4'3,000 a-year is secured to the Irish Socitty. "The result of these changes has been greatly to increase the responsibility of the Irish Church Missionary Society. The number of missions actually occupied has risen from 44 to 64; and the number of agents actually employed from 403 to 522, and 114 more are wanted to 1111 np the present vacancies. " To meet this great extension of the work, on income far exceeding. that of last year is absolutely required. The united efforts of the friends of the Irish Society as well as of the Irish Church Missions will not be more than sufficient to maintain the present work without entering upon any fresh operations. In 1852, the amount received from all sources was nearly .e 30,000 ; but, for the present year, at least £40,000 will be needed. The Liverpool Association contributed last year .e 907 10s. 2(1., the greater part of which was made up by large donations to a special fund. This year, with the aid of the subscribers to the Irish Society, our regu lar contributions should be much larger, especially as the same liability in donations can hardly be expected. "The success of the missionary work in Ireland is shown not only by the number of open converts, and new churches consecrated, and of children in the Protestant schools, but also by the violent opposition of the priests, and still more perhaps by the thousands who renounce Romanism as soon as, by emigration to another country, they are placed beyond the reach of Romish persecution. A. spirit of inquiry has be.en awakened among the people, and a distrust of their spiritual guides which no persecution can put down ; and the society has good reason to hope for greater results every year as the influence of the priesthood gradually diminishes, and the number of secret converts is gradually increase I. " A steady well-sustained effort to arouse the attention and satisfy the inquiries of the Roman Catholics in Ireland can hardly fail to succeed under the present favourable circum stances; a general advance among them in knowledge and right feeling will probably be more trustworthy and more effectual too in the end than any great outburst of enthusiasm in this or Clot locality. It is hoped that the friends of the society will in no degree relax their exertions, but that the means of carrying on and of extending this work will be sup plied with continually increasing liberality. " The present secretary has great pleasure in announcing that the Rev. Samuel Minton, incumbent of St. Silas, will succeed him as secretary to the Liverpool Association, on the Ist of January next. " THOMAS C. COWAN." The Rev. ALEXANDER DALLAS was then called upon to move the first resolution, which was to the effect that the Irish Church Mission Society kept alive that spirit of inquiry and that desire for instruction which had already led to such importan , results. He said the last time that he was in Liverpool it was to receive the declaration of the alliance with the old Irish Society. He felt great interest in that meet ing, from the great responsibility that occurred; but he did not anticipate that in the nine months which had elapsed since such a wide field should have opened, and that so many things should have manifested that the work of God was about to proceed in the great crisis to which their attention would be called. It was a crisis in which he personally, and all those dear friendswho joined him on the committee, especially those with him on the platform, felt deeply indeed. He was the more inclined to make an earnest appeal on the present occasion because there was a very mistaken notion abroad as to the nature of their work. It had arisen generally from the flames kindled in various parts of Ireland, beaconed as it were on the hills here and there. They had been accustomed to look for little spots where a great light was seen, to hear of in cidents which told of remarkable conversions, and he did not wonder that when the mind had been drawn to those interest ing details, that there should have grown an expectation of the peculiar manner in which the Reformation was to be achieved. And he wondered the less when he remembered the great work which commenced with the Irish Church Missions, where the darkness was such that it might almost he felt, and where the light had since been so great that every one who passed through there, if he were not indeed blind (which some were), must acknowledge that there was a great work in that part. He was not, there fore, surprised that there should be an expectation that similar results should be found wherever the work of the Irish Church Missions went. Rut he was anxious to call the atten tion of the Protestants of Liverpool, and of the kingdom gene rally, to the greater point before them. He should be satis fied with nothing less than the reformation of all Ireland. (Loud applause.) He should be satisfied with nothing less than the completion of the work which was begun three centu ries ago, which was then shamefully neglected, and confined to questions of the supremacy of the King, or the supremacy of the Pope, and no spiritual means had been tried from that time to this; but now that they were bringing the power of the Gospel to open the minds of the people of Deland, he was looking to a greater result than could be achieved in one part or another, than the beacons at Dingle, Achill, or on the lofty mountains of Connemara. (Applause.) God had moved upon the minds of the people of Ireland. It was a movement se cret, hidden. It became known to a few, and every step taken since that time showed that there had been an opening of the minds of the Irish Roman Catholics to receive the instruction offered to them; and therefore they were not looking for out bursts in one place or another, but for an effect generally speaking upon the whole mind of Ireland. Now, such an effect they had the plainest evidence was being produced more and more, daily; anti instead of calculating the success of that society by the effects produced on one happy quarter, on one oasis in the desert, one spot where there had been all the bless ings of truth, with the order of ecclesiastical arrangements restored afresh ; instead of that, they:had to look further, and look what was moving in the minds of the people in the North and in the South, the East and the West. (Applause.) All the indications which the committee received from the reports made, the committee gave them that assurance which could not be manifest to the people; but the work which was going on would one day break forth. It would be a day of the people coming forth and casting off th e i r shackles. (Cheers.) Numbers were coming out, and although they might be influenced by secondary motives, God was drawing the people from darkness, and would put Romanism aside even from Ireland, and make Ireland what it should have been long ago, a Protestant kingdom. (Cheers.) Now on the platform he had with him dear friends, who would speak as to details, and he thought it more important that he should draw their attention to the remarkable crisis to which they had come. " In Dublin there were peculiar facilities. God had there raised up men like Mr. M`Carthy, who were able for the work by their spiritual and Christian temper, and he constantly thanked God for the temper in which he was carrying on the controversy. Above all things, the peculiar characteristic was the Christian temper with which they proceeded, and the forbearing conduct of the agents. They did not make use of those exciting and aggravating terms which had been bandied about too easily in Ireland. The peculiar, feature of the Irish Church missions was their speakinz the truth in love, by which they had over come that stubbornness and rebellion of the heart which the priests had known how to use so well in the promoton of persecution. (Applause.) From Dublin had sprang forth this spirit of controversy, so qualified. The missionaries, of whom there were sixty, having their places in various parts of Ire land, imbibed the spirit of controversy, and were putting forth the truth as in Christ Jesus in immediate contrast with the errors of Rome. (Applause.) The grand point was not to put forth the Gospel alone. The Roman Catholic religion was so cunningly devised that they would find in the Canons of Trent many doctrines which were entirely evangelical, and a general statement of doctrine might be made which would meet apparent assent, and produce no wholesome spirit of excitement and inquiry in the Roman Catholic mind. Their missionaries put the truth in immediate cont ast with the doc trines of Rome: questions were put to the people, and the mind of the people was set to work. This had been done mainly by those little placards and handbills, of which they had heard from the Chairman. Those placards were most powerful instruments, and it was quite wonderful the effects that they produced. He could tell them numberless instances of persons who had shunned and re sisted them at first, but afterwards came to read them atten tively. It was by means of those placards that the spirit of inquiry had been so stirred in the minds of the people of Ireland, mainly in Dublin, but also in various parts of the country. Therefore it was of the to most moment that th e y should maintain the power of circulating those handbills and having that free discussion. Now it was precisely because they had so much power that the priests of Rome were exert ing all their influence against that happy device by which so much good had been achieved. The crisis to which they had come was of a nature which had drawn the attention not only of the hierarchy in Ireland, but of the Pope of Rome him self. (Hear, hear, hear.) They had information by which they knew that as Pope Pius the Ninth had his heart very much set upon England, and obtaining power and influence there, the check given to the great work he intended to pursue by his aggression, was a matter which had been very much upon his mind, and excited his interest very greatly. It so happened that there were two persons in Ireland who have the ear of the Pope. Dr. M`Hale and Dr. Cullen had both been in Rome, and were on terms of personal intimacy with the Pope. Now those two persons were placed at opposite ends of Ireland. Dr. M`Hale was situated in that part where God had produced such open effects, in Connemara and Galway. Dr. Cullen was placed in the other part where there was not such open, palpable and easily calculated results, lint where with deeper effect the work was going on. Dr. M'Hale was continually writing to Rome to the Pope himself to assure him that the work going on there was exaggerated, that it was merely temporary, that it was a matter of no account what ever, that it was entirely from bribery, that, as soon as the pressure upon the people ceased, it would soon pass away,— especially, he said, the people of England would soon be tired of giving their money. (Hear, and laughter.) Dr. Cullen took a different view. He wrote that this was a more serious matter than was imagined, that it came to the root of thechurch in Ireland, that it must be stopped by any means. and he had (as he, Mr. Dallas, believed most sincerely, from information that he had) actually applied to the Pope to have power given to hint to make the whole of the hierarchy of Ireland. press with all their power,-and more than their power,—with all the power that they dared use in the face of a government which might sanction them, in order to crush it by violence, by persecution,—by every means by which the old system of the Inquisition could be applied in Ireland. Now, Pius IX. hesitated between these two opinions ; and, in consequence, the society's missionaries, their agents and converts, and the inqairing Roman Catholics of Ireland, were left at this mo ment without the intensity of that persecution which would come forth in the boldest manner if the Pope would give the sanction which Dr. Cullen requires. (Loud applause). Oh, what a crisis was this, for they did not know the mo ment when it might be a matter of life or death to them. In Spain we knew that three Centuries ago the Reformation was burned out by the auto-da,fe ; and they did not know in Ireland bow much Ribbonism, connected with the priests, might not be called into action, it it were once given forth that this matter was to be put down in that way. This was the point they had come to ; and when they came to England and told us that this great work was going on, that the gospel was being preached, and that the people of Ireland, who had been in darkness, were now ready to listen,—he be sought them earnestly to give, that the gospel might be sent forth through the length and breadth of the land, and lie besought them to remember that there might not be the opportunity for a year or even a month longer. This was the reason that they had made so much of the matter of the handbills, for the power of free discussion, by means of which only they could come at the people, must be maintained. (Applause.) Mr. Dallas then contrasted the present crisis in religious matters in Ireland with the period of English history in which the seven bishops had made, in the time of James the Second, their famous Remonstrance. If, when the jury was sitting on the trial of the bishops, all London had not been up, and no man slept—if there had not been plain evidence of the determination of the people,—they would have been found guilty: That was the turning point in English history, and this was the turning point in Irish. It theycould stop the handbills, if they could make it a constructive assault to put a piece of paper with some words from the Gospel into the hands of a Papist, if a magistrate could convict for that, then there would be an end to the present attempt to reacts the Roman Catholics. (Applause). It was worth standing up for, and thanks to God they had stood up for it successfully. It was a mistake that they did not let the poor man go to gaol, for if lie had, as a great lawyer had said, he would have come out of it in a coach and four. (Loud applause). But it had been brought before the Court of Queen's Bench. They were to decide whether those recognizances were to stand good or not. They would decide the question, and in the meantime the hand-bills were being offered about Dublin exactly as they were before, or rather a deal more frequently, and they were read with more avidity by the people. Mr. Dallas next referred to a former time, when the police had torn down the bills in Dublin which were posted, and to the defeat of that outrage by an appeal to the Lord Lieutenant ; and concluded by showing the magnitude of the operations of the society, and the necessity existing for ex tensive support. He showed the gradual decrease in its funds in four years, from 44,000 to 43,000, its now greatly increased liabilities, and to a sudden lapse in the subscriptions which once occurred which had caused them to give all their agents on one occasion a month's notice that at its expiration they would probably be obliged to dispense with their services. He also referred, in interesting terms, to the first establishment of the mission house in Dublin, stating, amid cheers, that a new Church in connection with it is ts be opened on Sunday next; and, after making a powerful and effective appeal for support, resumed his seat amid considerable applause. Rev. D. R. BICKERSTETH, in seconding the resolution, said, we are not forwarding any political party, nor are we seeking to ameliorate the social condition of Ireland. What we want to do is, to establish by God's own Word the truth of the doctrines of the reformation in opposition to the dogmas of Romanism. We have nothing to do with bribery, although that charge has been brought against us; and even our friends have had misgivings on account of the large sums which we dispose of. By the laws of the society, we are un able to dispose of the funds in forwarding any temporal purpose. We must dispose of our funds in strict accord ance with the purposes which have been declared, and which even the most relentless of our opponents have been un able to detect any single instance to the contrary. At a meet ing which was held a considerable time ago, at which it was my fortune to be present, a Romish priest was the only one who offered any opposition ; he was very noisy, a n d sa id, among other things, our converts were merely stirabo u t s , meaning by that brib edi converts. Now, such as could be in.- duced to leave one religion for another by the operation of stirring about, would, no doubt, have been most likely to go over to those who had most to bestow. To this priest I pro posed the working out of a small sum in arithmetic ; it was this'—we have 30,000 converts in Ireland, we have 300 agents in the same country, each of those agents has at 40 a year, Etna our income is 413,000 ; will you tell me h ow muc h will re main to bribe each of the 30,000 converts, after paying the agents ? (Great applause.) If the Roman Catholic priest hail been mesmerised, or had had chloroform administered to him, it could not have him made more quiet. He said not another word, but whenever my address was concluded he jumped up and ran away. (Hear, hear, and applause.) The Catholic Defence Society had been instituted to counteract the operations of this society, and when the Romish hierarchy had to establish a Defence Society, it showed us a gratifying fact, that the operations of this society were successful. The Defence Society, it was said, would make such an exposure of the practices adopted by us for the sake of securing converts, as would disg ust the English people, and prevent them fro m contributing any more towards our support. They failed in producing a single proof of bribery or corrupt agency of any sort. (Loud cheers.) But such a charge is absurd. We cannot apply our funds to any but genuine missionary purposes. At the present time a crisis exists in Ireland, and we have, through the blessing of God, been enabled to kindle a spirit of inquiry among the Romanists—(hear and applause)— and we cannot leave them in that state. We must go on, and lie who is taught to inquire must be confirmedasa convert, or we must abandon him to the grasp of infidelity; for if he has not held out to him the true light of the Gospel to guide him from Popish error which we have shown, he will come to the conclusion that there is no truth in religion, and he will take refuge in infidelity. We have not only aroused inquiry in Ireland, but we have awakened sympathy in England, and in other quarters, and we now have an income of 440,000 a year. In Ireland, also, we have awakened sympathy, in so active a degree, that in one small district there, within two or three weeks, the sum of 4600 was contributed to convey us over a difficulty; and from India, from America, and other distant lands, we are receiving substantial aid. We have now 560 agents employed in carrying on our work, and we have no fewer than thirty-six missions in Ireland. Last winter we had 475 pulpits open for the purpose of controversial sermons, all of which were largely attended by Romanists. Another evi dence of the value of the Reformation Society might be found in the fact that, in the diocese of Tuam, the bishop was called on to consecrate nine churches, and these, be it remembered, are not planted like the Romish chapels to entrap congrega tions, but they were called for to meet the wants of existing congregations. Were other proofs wanting, they might be found in the significant fact, that the Irish Papist, so soon as he leaves his land, forsakes the errors of Popery. It is an undeniable fact, that out of 3,000,000 of emigrants who left Ireland for America, not fewer than 2,000,000 had embraced the Protestant faith, thus showing that two out of every three Irishmen had become Protestants so soon as they were removed from the control of their priesthood. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) As already stated, d vast spiritof inquiry has been evoked in Ireland, which, if we are enabled to make available, it must end in our success. The battle is half won when a Roman Catholic begins to inquire into the foundation of Ida religion. He thus gives unmistakeable reason for be lieving that he will embrace and rejoice in the true freedom of the Gospel. This movement is not confined in its operation to the soil and people of Ireland ; it extends throughout all Christendom. This fact was known to and expressed by one who once filled the Papal chair, who gave utterance to the prophetic truth, that when the Romish Church shall cease to exist in Ireland, the Mother Church of Rome will fall. The rev. gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud and continuous cheering. s . . The resolution was then put to the meeting by the Chair man, and carried by unanimous acclamation. The Rev. C. F. 11.1`CARTHY moved the second resolution, to the effect that this meeting is resolved to maintain and extend the missionary work carried on by the Reformation Society, and to resist the persecuting spirit to which its efforts and agents are exposed. The persecution he remarked might be taken as the best evidence of the Society's utility, and showed the value of the work it was accomplishing. The opposition of the Rowish priesthood to the progress of the Reformation was not so much to be wondered at when it was borne in mind that every convert from Romanism is so much out of the pockets of the priests. Hence their efforts to crush the Society. To accomplish this, they resort to every kind of abuse and misrepresentation ; and at the instigation of the priests, the lay agents and missionaries of the Re formation Society had been reviled, traduced, and bedaubed with mud and filth. The terms of the resolution not only call on the meeting to maintain the good work so well begun, and not allow it to go backward for want of support, but they call on you to lend your aid in repressing the perse• cution to which those endeavouring to carry on its objects are subjected. These objects are, we have found, most effectually accompdshed by getting up such a state of public feeling as will encourage the friends and repress the exertions of the opponents of the movement. Such state of feeling, experience has taught us, is best pro moted by the distribution of placards and handbills, contain ing short texts of Scripture, and questions tending to show the fallacy of the Sacrifice of the Mass; these are particularly suitable in the shape of small handbills, which are put into the hands of the people as they go into the Popish chapels. He here displayed and commented upon several of these placards, detailing, with much minuteness, the instances of efficacy arising from their distribution. Raged schools had also lie said been found an efficacious mode or aiding the society's operations. In reference to the Ragged Schools he detailed the particulars of what he called the food slander. It was said the converts they obtained were procured by the distribution of food among the people. Now the whole facts on which this misrepresentation rested were, that, in order to prevent Cie necessity of the children absent ing themselves from the ragged school, for the pur pose of begging, each child was furnished every morning with about three-sevenths of a halfpenny-worth of meal made into stirabout. (Laughter and cheers.) If such a pittance is to he found fault with, and represented as b r ib ery and corrup tion, look at Nlaynoolli 1 See there, the sons of peasants and small farmers, taken into the establishment and fed upon good beef and mutton every day, but Friday ; and furnished with money also, supplied by the British Parliament, to enable those young men to poison the people. (Cries of Shame—it won't be long"—and cheers). He sat down amidst loud applause. The Rev. J. A. COOHLAN, on rising to second the resolu tion, said, at so late a period of the evening, and when the time intended for the meeting had been so far exceeded, lie should not do more than urge upon the clerical gentlemen whom he saw present, and whom he had hoped to have had the honour of addressing on the subject, the necessity of re-- commending the society to the favourable notice of their congregations. The doxology was then sung and the meeting broke up. DR. WATKINSON'S FEMALE PILLS, for Female Complaints, are a safe and never -failing re medy. The immense demand for the Prescription for these infallible Pills is a flattering proof of their efficacy. No Fa mily should be without so valuable a Prescription. Sent, printed in English, with full directions, on receipt of 18 stamps and directed envelope, by M. D., 31, Nichols-square, Hackney-road, London. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. COMMERCIAL 4 MONETARY IVE - FVS. MONDAY NIGHT. THE weekly returns of the Bank of England in the London Gazette; on Friday, present no features worthy of notice. The stock of Bullion shows an increase, but to -a very trifling amount ; and but little alteration has taken place in other particulars. The Funds have been gradually improving in value, in total 'disregard of the conflicting reports from the East, and money has been comparatively easy for commercial purposes, although no positive change has taken place in the rates of discount. Without any particular change in the manufac turing districts, the tendency has been rather to better prices. There has been a gradual resump tion of work by the operatives, but those at Preston still hold out under the delusive hope that they will be supported by other trades, in order to carry out a principle. In the 'Woollen districts trade is better, and there are also appearances of revival of activity in the hosiery and lace trades, so that home manufactures are in as satisfactory a state as may reasonably be expected at this time of the year. In - the Corn trade there has been a trifling re action, owing to some purchases of wheat for France and Belgium, but it is evident that prices must go lower. The stock in this country is much larger than ordinary, the preparations for next harvest are on a much greater scale than hereto fore, while the recent high prices have tended considerably to diminish consumption. The monthly returns of Shipping issued by the Board of Trade show a preponderance in favour of Foreign vessels as compared with British, the (lifference being apparent both in the entries in ward and clearances outward, as will be seen by the following returns of tonnage : • Entered Insiard. 1852. 1853. British vessels... 425,383 377,289 Decrease... 48,094 Foreign ditto ... 267,238 299,330 Increase ... 32,092 Cleared Outward. British vessels... 301,821 329,766 Increase ... 27,945 Foreign , ditto ... 194,583 251,541 „ ... 56,941 In the 'Coasting trade there has been a decrease both inward and outward, the tonnage being : Entered inward 1,004,977 865,865 Decrease... 139,112 Cleared outward 1,053,588 1,032,719 The Buenos Ayres bondholders have had a meeting and sent out a special representative to that State. He has been furnished with letters from the Eng lish Government, and an introduction to the com mercial agents of Messrs. Baring Brothers. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 3rd of Dec., gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits Other deposits REFORJIATION IN IRELAND, £7,669,924; Increase £125,745 11,480,162; Inereas( 3,175,626; Decrease On the other side of the account-- 467,730 Government securities £13,622,039; Increase £133,002 Other securities 1086,818; Increase 270,956 Notes unemployed ... 7;20090; Increase 156,965 The amount of notes in circulation is £21,205,800, being a decrease of £1.38,400 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £15,092,567, showing an increase of £2,481, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT, Notes issued ... £28,406,590 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 (Other Securities 2,984,900 ;Gold coin & bu11'n.14,406,590 Silver bullion £28,406,590 £28,406,590 BANKING DEPARTMENT, Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000;G0v. Securities £13,622,039 3,175,62610ther Securities 16,686,818 , Public Deposits 7,6599241N0tes 7,200,790 Other Deposits 11,480,162 Gold & Silver Coin 685,977 7-day & other bills 1,226,9121 £38,095,6241 £38,095,624 In the SHARE MARKET there has again been much activity, and prices of all the leading stocks have advanced from one to two per cent. The attention of many who have not lately operated in shares is now being again turned to this market, and a larger business is consequently looked for. The rise has been universal, with the exception of the London stock, which still continues neglected and heavy. The chief purchases have been in Leeds, North British, Sheffields, and Midlands, all of which are scarce and strong at the quotations. The local stocks continue in good demand at steadily advancing prices, especially Insurance shares.—Caledonians, 28-1 9 8Z- 9 8-1 East Lan cashire, 161 • Lancashire and Yorkshire, 68* 1 9 ; Liverpool, drosby, and Southport, 16 ; London s Stock, 1031 4 ; Ditto Eighths, 5-16 1-d ; Sheffield Stock, 25k, 6; Midland Stock, 65 1 - 4 ' l ,l 5 47,- 5 - 1 -„ ; North British, 13-16 ; Dover Stock, 19 1-16 4 1- 3 3-16 4 f 4 f 5-16 f 5-16 4 f 7-16 * 5-16 7-16 ; Whitehaven and Furness, 5 ; Poltimore Copper and Gold Mine, ip ; Lancashire and Yorkshire £l6 pref., id ; Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance, 7 4 pm ; Ditto New Issue lip, 71 COTTON.—By the recent advices from America, it would appear that the damage to the crop by frosts has not been so great as was at one time anticipated, and the whole yield may be expected to reach 3,000,000 bales at the least. This quantity, however great it may appear when compared with those of a few years back, will prove but a mode rate supply for the present rate of consumption, and therefore little probability exists of any reduc tion in the present rate of prices. Indeed, had it not been for the number of operatives out on strike, and most of the mills working short time, the market here might have been much higher. Considerable allowance will also have to be made for the quality of the new crop, as a great deal de pends upon a sufficiency of labour in the important operation of picking. The apparent excess of stock in this market a short time back was chiefly in the lower and unsaleable qualities, while there was really a deficiency in those sorts most in demand. Latterly, however, there has been an increased consumption of the cheaper kinds, owing to their comparative lowness of price. The excess has, therefore, been considerably reduced, both in ordi nary American and in Egyptian cotton, which has led to the advance being greater on these descrip tions than on better kinds. The sales during the week have been to a fair extent, averaging about 6,500 bales daily, of which about 1,000 were taken on speculation and for export.—To DAY the advices brought by the Arabia, showed a higher market on the othr side, with diminished shipments to Great Britain. The effect was to render this market firmer, but we cannot quote higher prices, though the turn was in favour of sellers. The sales amounted to 7,000 bales, of which about 2,000 were on specu lation and for export, and the market closed firmly. The following is a comparison of present rates with those of the corresponding period of last year : New Orleans, middling 1852. 1853. 5 7-16 d 6d 50. 6d. Uplands, middling I M PORTS. DESCRIPTION. PRICES. Week Previ ending onsly Dec. 9. this yr. Week This IsTock ending Dec. 9, Year. Dec. 9: Sea Island IIO (431 800 , 18400 Stained 3f 7 70 1680 Boweds 4* 6* 7930 46.5120 Mobile 4* 61 3070 275390 New Orleans. 3-I 7f 15660 952180 Pernams, &c. 6* 8* 1060, 63580 Bahia, &c. 6f 64 1070, 49920 Maranliarn 6i 8 1630, 42370 Deinerara,Src 12 10, 710 Egyptian.. . 5 12 2050 123536 Com.W.l.Sic. 5/ 120, 11700 Surat 1 2819 1 5145351 } 31441 604071 17130 665 320391 10220 .... 35505 20090 • 572 520 179, 103931 84070 3 6032 1 3620 1 } 11285 1 311868 1 189370 Madras Bengal 74211 3300 I 553 U 39080 22584'0 182902006669!630450 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1853. NEWS AGENTS MEETING.—At a MEE T ' ING of the BOOKSELLERS and NEWS AG E/ 1;, ASSOCIATION, held at the Edinburgh Castle, Lime- str e e t, on MONDAY Evening, December 12, Mr. JOHN J• B R° in the chair. On the motion of Mr. SHEPHERD, seconded b y 7 . lr ' Altfr WARD, it was resolved,— bY a ll " Mat it is the opinion of this Meeting that We do ' those legal means, endeavour to promote the circulation of A. Newspapers who agree with our reasonable and just della!'" he Ch . " and that we do by the same means endea' our to staY t an d culation of those Papers who will not agree to then, those that we do not by any means exhibit the placards of WY.... Newspapers who prove obnoxious. The Papers OW' P r i f r y Cl . "P obnoxious being the Liverpool Mail, Albion, and gerc (Signed) On behalf of the Meeting,. , JOHN BROWN, Chair Mart% JOHN PEPPER, Secretary LATEST INTELLIGEN MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12' BY ELECTRIC TELEGRi I!oNnox.—The Australian letters, per Victoria stealner' arrived in town at three, p.m THE EASTERN WAR.—RUSSIAN VICTORS the The Paris Illoniteur of this day (Monday) , onr o i s the news of the forcing o f th e R oa d s of Sinope , an 9. Russian victory, as detailed in this morning's "P res ,:f r o . No later telegraphic news from the Danube or has Asia. The Russian victory is the absorbing topic; it created an immense sensation in Paris, an d t ' e irec t at variety of opinions are offered as to its prob able e- St. Petersburg and Constantinople. • Ti e ' saYs' The Paris journal Presse, of Sunday o° ll l , tr ue according to the information which we derive fr° _ ,. .„. e rn ra tes source, we think we can say that the despatch e' o val the act. There has been, properly speaking' ! ce rtain' battle, but merely a few Turkish frigates, With • otrif number of transport%, having on board troops for ▪ thst taken by surprise by a Russian force so super' ciary resistance became impossible. Osman Pasha is ss ee°ll officer of the Turkish navy ; the fact, howeve r, ev ` .„ 6 0, real proportion, is not the less an indirect but just at o p on the passive attitude of the French and English The Patrie says, the combat in question is in all ris bility one which is said to have taken place net _; , ' mouth of the Danube, between the Turkish and R j - . 0 gun-boats ; and what would appear to prove this t i o Osman Bey is the name of the Captain who 0131 01$ one of the three divisions of Turkish gun-hos% of version, which results f r o m th e e n semble of the fac "), known, will be explained by the next arrival- We 'f r oll 3- ever, remark, that the despatch of the sth has O Pl : o rti' l Odessa, that is to say, a - Russian, and, necessarily' source. t he The Chrrnicle's correspondent gives a report to same effect as the Presse. A private letter from Constantinople, of thlij psi states that the Spanish ambassador, recently sli ly 'tit he a long conference with Redschid Pasha, an d that° sis following day he was to be received by?the Suit presence had produced a certain effect on the Pa,,Tll°' it coincides with the news of the approaching a") a Spanish squadron of six ves s els of war. nil. fa I TATTERSALL'S BETTING.— Tare - to lt‘J 0; w THE DERBY, 1854.-9 to 1 agst King Torn, agst Dervish, taken • 20 to 1 agst Ruby, taken; 33 ,„, t 0 ir Meteora, taken ; 33 ' to 1 agst Rolando, taken ; 1 "„Kell• Corin, taken ;40to 1 agat Brother to Chanticleer , `" , o f CHESTER CUP.-1,000 to 15 against Little Hanl e ' o ; GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.-50 to 1 agst le a pt i; agst Little David ; 50 to 1 agst Nabob ; 66 to Australian ; 66 to 1 agst Goldfinder ; 66 to 1 agst,,;„, M_t lts l 66 to 1 agst Little Harry • 66 to 1 agst Jonat," - . luv 100 to 1 agat Hungerford ; 100 to 1 agst Ann EIJ I " agst Mr. Sykes. V FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MI E - sslCiginZ Olt The report published this morning of a Aq tiera ble th e victory in the Black Sea was received with co ns in 01 6 trust; and, although receiving partial corroll.,7 lo itiet e tbe afternoon, had but little effect on English e ""dencY", market being supported against any declining.cl, li I A arrival from abroad of nearly one million spec- e ' othe r sil gervraliy firmly supported, and in Dovers an sweetie, descriptions a considerable advance. Peel Rive' by 11°' Australian Gold Companies unfavourably erectile Yu" , from Australia. Land and Bank Shares flat market is quiet, but firm CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Account .. } 954ixdivlBank Stock ...... : & . z r : Do. Money.... — lExcheq. Bills, L. ' Three &Carper Cents.. 97} i FOREIGN STOCKS. 4). . 24i 54'Spanish Passives ••••' 0 2 r , • Russian ..... .• - ..... ' 22/ i Swedish .......... •••• 46i 7/ ~I 4 Amberg.,Nottingharn, RAILWAY SHARES. and E. Junction 5/ i Bristol and Exeter , blanches., She. , a n 2 5 Caledonian Lo ,ion n && Ns.. Western 6, Western 9 di 1 ; Do. Preference East Anglian Eastern Counties East Lancashire - i Do. Preference , Eastern Union A ..., 'Norfolks .. . ....... ...- Ditto Baud C. — North Staffordshire; • Edinburgh - 3: Glasgow 64 6 Shrewsbury and Bis , Great Northern 8 660i 7: mingham ........ *-; --- Do. A, — Do. L. Sr IC' iy,-Lear 64 Do. 13— •• • S. Eastern an tle and g Great Western .... 84 5 York. Newt's,' • 63 1 Leeds Northern Do. Fifth 5......., 13r . 4 London, Brighton, and r bond N. Niidland 4! I or South Coast lOl 3 . Preference.• 4 — F. qi Bernick Do. Preference 470 I / Mexicans Do. Threes Spanish Deferred Do. Threes MINING SHARES. Nugget .. ...... B. Australian .. • Freehold ... • ••• Australasian •• • Colonial ..... • • • Mariposa ....... LAND SHARES. Australian Agricultural 47 8 Peel River ..... S. Australian Invest. South Australian Crystals Novean Monde Registered .... Cordeliera Ave Maria Carson's Creek Port Philip CORN MARKET. f fore o lr The supply of English Wheat is moderate, but _o e fi ss_ 4 o, large; the trade opened steadily, but no adVa. ll s,, pas w tot tained ; Foreign was held at former terms, but oe,vte Flour and Malt are unaltered. Barley less free o c i y, O wl + rates are maintained. Beans and Peas are stea o f se,,, to prices. The Oat trade is very firm, and in faVo ar eof Of t At the close, Foreign Wheat commanded an advaar'e4 2s. per quarter ; and floating cargoes were cle ß „ijsb l i fa ir France, Belgium, and other contine n t a l ports. is unaltered. Other articles are firmly support e business doing. foreigt English. Irish. 56 57 ' 2863 77 7 5936 5936 700 901v -4436 3390 4526 77 0155 $ 1184 3 5 e 6 16. ^ 565 —. gal '' .. Wheat Barley Oats • . Malt.. Beans Peas .. Flour. PRODUCE MARKET' is Il jare• Sugar : Foreign is in good demand ; the stlVF,''. ate b ril; and prices well maintained. In Refined the la'ed JP grocery lumps 445. to 475. 6d. Coffee: The del ;5!, fD, Native Ceylon 475. 6d. Tea is firm. In Rice therWes'O'li business doing ; pinkey Madras 13s. to l3s. 6d• e well demand is increasing for superior; the rates 'f e d. tattled. Cotton : Sales small, but prices suPP°r t Pr W' S yr TALLOW' MARKET. „ o' l e The demand for Tallow is limited; P.Y.C., od:igsow o e 9d. on the spot. Stock, 42.148 casks, against 48 •„,0 ss° last year. Deliveries, 1,347 casks, against 3, ''" last year eek CATTLE MARKET. ,ber ° ,0 511 1 1 The supply of Be as t s i s very lace. The is small. The trade very dull at Monday's F P ' per stone advance for superior qualities. Beef 2s 8(1 to 4s 2d I Veal ..... Mutton 3s 4d to 5s 4d Pork ... Beasts 7OB 1 Calves . Sheep ARRIVALS. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts .......... „zoo Cambridge, Leicester, Li nco ln, and IN ampton Beasts.. Scotchßeasts ........................ Irish Beasts .......................... •' Holland Beasts Do. Sheep Do. Calves Do. Pigs Spanish Beasts Do. Sheep ... French Beasts ' 0 5 0 05 ;: Sj .t!" ...... 0 0' 10 t o dl Si MANCHESTER STOCK XC ju nct s ..l6 , a Blackburn, ; Birkenhead and ChesEhire I s. a ,4 Caledonians, 23 15-1(1 ; Eastern Counliei,ire,ZlP Lancashire, 16# ; Lancashire and Yor kB l6 Sheffields, 25i ; Midlands, G4i 5 ; Doeers,l9l. ROO T, .00 At l i ef v ia 0 d e i n v GLASGOW CORN MA',, e s, Lig e Wheat and Flour held for advanced Pr' 6- 6d‘ business doing thereat. Barley steady'-err articles. l o:l l • Pl PriCe 79 GLASGOW PIG IRON' ' ° ono The market is very steady and firm n LATEST SHIPPING INTE T ''?a 6 te liPiliC V l:eri:fi b i Bri n s n k L.aE , s f o r ßn o A n fiy i r,e C of r r o co n Ti s n. tadt, has nine fe et ; - zat eil. having struck against St. Kathe i r tieo in at e 2n2 Oct., towed back to London Docks, dainog" Dill e Y , ifs 6 ,str 1 0 the ls. — l o 6t ° l n i pelled to throw a considerable quant7intcl:l:°S:T:l:l;e:rat:i:Pnr::;:: overboard. a elfOr, ir SYDNEY, SEPT. 12.—The Ma pack Henry, striking heavily. The Dockenhtden fla , i stO c C : , 7th August. Y,c ifie , i flt b C 3 HONOLULU, OCT. B.—Orkney Lass, f r om _, ou, t hat on a reef, on the Ist, bilged, but was assistei. o , e cl "„ei‘ siderable damage. ch tiO ri lsOld;4 CAGLIARI, DEC. s.—The Tonia is so moo , s e ot,,,gki it the voyage must be abandoned. The cargo t foP a s p!e C The cargo of the Helena is condemned as un _„_ w 0' MAINDAL, NOV.2s.—The Habbes, for 13erge., ... t o, _,,e, on the 21st. com er „ , l 7o 1 1° '0 1 BRENSH AU S E 1,7 DEC. I.—The steamerti ..., as sei.. IV senberg 1., Pusen ' berg H.. Lubeck, and rap , t . 'Ol,, ..0 1, with sailing vessels in tow, down passe.ei-__0,0.,,n . steamer, with English barque in tow,d °I for P 4 0 HAMELSUND, Nov. 27.—Arrived : Albatroo , 40 0 it h v tle tf to change the crew. n flll s AMSTERDAM, DEC. 9.—The Morgenstor.. - c o- t e,' flood-tide. 1.70 1 ye§ pef CALAIS, DEC. 7.—The Sir James Ross, froris poitoot Constantinople, stranded three miles eas o t rs of fhoo t t io ds t o l y : s e t:o, i 6 o l day, o a d m e i r t a lg , cargo i l a n y u b st e i x , e o t d o i s ff e h i na three LOWESTOFT, DEC. 11.—The Currah, of Sto' b eeti d , brought in here a derelict. The Fidelity ha s ef .- te. into harbour. a a cif fr° c ll ti rsg WEIVEN HOE, DEC. 10.—The John and E—W tc a De p ot' Berland, was assisted in after discharging par 0 the eel , The Albert Schuringa, for London, ran dil, a ired• t j., 0 Henterton, on the 9th instant : the crew Were ,611 ELsiso RE, DEC. 6.—The Royal Prince, strati. has become a wreck. tl' t J b . li MED.—On the 10th inst., aged 5 0, t s ae beloved wife of Samuel Adams, 55, W alnu regretted by all who knew her. ----. ---- LIVERPOOL: gorning,o4;lli," Printed and Published every TuesdaY '011 , 9,„"04 , ,,,j - Proprietor, ROBERT PEAR,SON TI -1 ,40, rr e rr Percy-street, at the STANDARD GENF, , 1. i,iir OFFICE, No. 4, Sr. GEORGE'S CRESC' ' ' ' Tuesday, December 13,1853.