The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-25 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. THE Public is respectfully informed, that this Establish ment will b e OPENED, for the SEASON, on MONDAY, MARCH 23d, on which Evening MISS ELLEN TREE, of the Th eat re-Royal, Covent-garden, who is engaged for a li mited number of nights, and will make her appearance in her origi na l character of the Countess of Eppenstein, in the last Sherid an new and highly successful Play, (written by J ames Knowles; Esq.,) called LOV E , Which will be,produeed with new Scenery, Dresses, Decora tions, ecc. The new Play of THE LEGEND OF FLORENCE, written by Leigh Hunt, Esq., as now performing with great success at the Theatre-royal, Covent-garden, will also be pro duced during Miss Tree's Engagement. Full particulars will he duly announced by future . Adver tisements and Bills. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH -STREET. . . In consequence of the great attraction of that Celebrated and justly popular comedian, Mr. T. D. RICE, during his re cent engagement at this Theatre, the managers have been induced to Re-engage him for Six NIGHTS ONLY, being the very latest period he can delay his 'departure, for America. JAMr. J. L. HATTON, for a Limited Period. CK SHEPPARD, h av i ng proved triumphantly successful, will be repeatecrfor one week more. Tins present TUESDAY EVENING, the 25th, To- MORROW the 26th, and THURSDAY, the 27th instant, the Entertainments will commence with a new Drama, entitled THE PLEDGE OF LOVE: • on, JIM C ROW IN THE ARMY. Si: Hector Florid, Mr. Higgie ; Capt. M'Kill'emall, Mr. Barton ; Jim Crow, Mr. T. D. Rice; Susan Mrs. Earton. After vaicb. an admired HIGHLAND FLING, by Mad'le. Chevalier, and a popular PAS SE UL, by Miss Thomassin. To be followed by a laughable Negro Farce, written expressly for Mr. T. D. Rice, and acted by him so successfully at nu less than Five London Theatres, entitled THE SARCOPHAGUS. Ginger Blue Mr. T. D. Rice. in which he will introduce an entirely new version of "JIM CROW." A celebrated Shawl Dance from the Revolt of the Harem, by Misses Thomassin and Lydia; • A FAVOURITE PAS SEUL, by Mad'le. CHEVALIE R And a GROTESQUE DA NCE, by Mr. MUNGALL. , The whole to conclude with celebrated Historical Drama of JACK SHEPPARD ; OR, THE. HOUSEBREAKER OF 1703. - Owen Wood. , Mr. Tilbury. Joe Blueskin Mr. J. L. Hatton, In which character he will sing "The Jolly Nose,!!':" Now Farewell my Rowry. Towries ' " and the Cho rus " Ni x my Dolly, P a l s , Fake Away." Jonathan Wild Mr. Barton. Jack Shep herd . Mrs. Barton. Tickets an d places for the Boxes may be had• of - Mr. BREZE, at the Box-office, from Eleven till Three o'Clock. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Gd. Second Price at Half-past Eight : Boxes, as, ; Pit Is. ; no Second Price to the G a llery. Doors to b e open at Half-past Six o'Clock, performance to cottitnence at Seven precisely. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS, WHICH WILL SHORTY. • T HIS EVENIN G, (TuEsnA L y,) C the S eth instant, and during the week, will be repeated, the C RAND EQUESTRIAN FETF , AND CLASSICAL . SPECTACLE TW O New Pie ces , an d Six Novel Productions in the Circle. On account of the immense expense attending the produc tions,.of the following Novelties, the whole will be repeated during the Week. The performances commence every Evening at Seven o'clock, .With, for the first-time in Liverpool, one of those unequalled and magnificent Spectacles for which this Establishment is so ar. V ICTORIES OF ED'W popul AßD, entitle THE dthe BLACK PRINCE; OR, THE BATTLE FIELD. Unequalled Feats of Horsmanship, and .Ducrow's Classical Scenes in the Circle.—For the first time Out of London, Ducrow will have the pleasure of presenting ,a magnifi cent Picturesque History of ancient and modern Eques trianism, introducing MADAME DUCROW and the highly trained Steeds Beauty ! Pegasus ! Bucephalus ! Spanish .Steed! with the whole Equestrian Troop and Stud, entitled • .. .• • CATHERINE OF .11 T,l s.S ; • OR, TOE GRAND ECOLL. The Lady's Palfrey, Beauty, will be managed and instructed by Madame,Ducrow, as Catherine, in her extraordinary and admired Voltes Terre a Terre, Cabriolles, the course of this pageant, the Waltz, Gavotte, and Cotillon, will be IJaneed by Trained Steeds of LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE, and in which each Horse will execute a separate and single Pas &c. The Evening's sewPerformanc ill conclude with, for the first time of ondon, m's LALLA ROOKII ; out OR,THE FIRMoorE WORSHIPPERS, A '1 • .s the Company will shortly depart for London and Bir mingham, all persons having CLAIMS on Mr. DUC ROW are requested to send them in.; Ei A GRAND M ISCELLANEOUS THEATRE-ROYAL. CONCERT . will be given THIS EVENING . ; February 25th, the profits of which will be wholly appropriated "to the DISPENSARIES, INFIRMARY, and NORTHERN HOSPITAL 'The Orchestral Arr afigement - wil . be - on the same scale' as the S u b scr i pt i on Concerts. •'- • • LEADER .......... . . Mr. HERRMANN. Principal Engagements. VOCAL PERFORMERS. Miss MARIA B. HAWES, I M r. DODD, and iVliss WHITNALL, Mr. STRETTON. INSTRUMENTAL. PIANO -FORTE Miss CHRISTIANA WELL CONCERTIN A Si gnor GIULIO REGONDI,ER. ' . VIOLINCELLO ...... Mr. LIDEL. A Plan of the Boxes will lie at the Theatre, from Ten to Three o'clock. Prices of admission—Boxes, 65.; Upper. Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, 3s. ; and Gallery, 2s. Tickets to be had at the Music-shops. The Doors will be opened at half-past seven, and the Con cert commence at eight o'clock. SIGTEMPLARS' HALL. NOW GUILIO REGONDI has the honour to an nounce, that he will give a CONCERT of VOCAL and IN STRUMENTAL MUSIC, at the above Rooms, on IVIox bicrEvENING, March 2nd. Sistnor G. R egon di w il l be as'-sist e d by Miss YANIEWICZ and Miss PAULINE YANIEWICZ. Further particulars will be given in a fes,v days. Tickets, Five Shillings each, to be had at all the Music Shops. The Concert to commence at Eight precisely. TO CORRESPONDENTS. . . The correspondent who has sent us an account of a " Pedes— trian Fete" (query " Feat") ought to have given his name as a voucher. How are we to How that it is not a hoax t We shall feel obliged if " One of the Agents" will call at our dike to explain one or two statements in his letter. We have not lost sight of Mr. Whitehead's communications,- but we have not yet been able to obtain answers to some inquiries which we have found it necessary to make on the subject. Erie kfinrpoof tatiTiarb. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1840. By the packet-ship South America, we have received a file o f N ew York papers to t h e 3 d i nstant, i nc l u si v e. The l etters and papers b roug h t b y the - South America arrived in Liverpool on Sunday morning, via Cork, Where the passengers landed on Thursday last. ~..T h e Commercial intelligence in the papers before us 48 ' 1 ; 1- a chequered character. We proceed to give as full and careful a summary as our limits will permit. On the 27th of J anuar y a limited business was trans acted, and stocks ingeneral advanced. At Baltimore the market continued dull. At Philadelphia business had again become inactive. At New Orleans cotton was dull, and rather on the decline. •On the 29th of ever stocks at New York contin ue d t o d ec li ne ; every stock dispoSed of being. at a reduced rate. On t he 30th stocks were still down. On the 31st ult. the arrival of the packet-ship Patrick Henry, from Liver pool' produced an unfavourable reaction upon the mon ey mark et , Th e market was, however, tolerably brisk n British exchange. Very large amounts were sold at lon to 1081 on Lond on , an d S ou th ern , not endorsed, at 107 to 107 i. On the Ist instant stocks experienced a further decline. The Daily Express of the 3d instant states that the favourable character of the news from England had produced a good effect in the United States. The ces sation of the drain of bullion from the Bank of En g _ l and, and the favourable turn taken in American secu rities, had contributed • • econfidence. 'l to inspire The almost entire absence of any new business had had . the effect of lessening the active demand for money. Good paper, havin g a longer time to run than 90 days, had been purchased at New York for 1 per cent, a month. There was, i ndeed, a considerable demand for first class paper, and the supply was very small. The same journal states that the situation of the currency, during the preceding month, had not much - improved, although the value of domestic exchanges was rising gradually. This improvement is not at tributed to any real corresponding improvement in the currency; but to the increasing demand for cotton in the South, which was more active than usual at the same season of the year. As soon, however, as the cotton purchases are made, exchange will fall back. The currency of the country, it is alleged, is deficient for the ordinary purposes of business; and until some thing is done to increase public confidence, and give it stability, there can be no improvement. From a state of repletion the currency has sunk into _a state of ex haustion: and although a feeble and fluctuating- busi neSs may be done, under existing circumstances, there can be no sound and active state of trade until there is a prospect of a stability in the domestic exchanges. The circulation of the specie. paying banks had been reduced to the very lowest possible limit, The condition of the New York banks is said to be sound. Their loans and discounts had scarcely ever been nearer to_ their capital. The Maine boundary question continued to occupy the attention of the United States Senate. An addi tional correspondence of much importance had been communicated to the Senate, from the President, on th e 29th -ultimo: The correspondence is made up of letter from the British Minister to the President, and the answer of the President to the letter of Mr. Fox. The British Minister, on behalf of the Colonial Go vernment of New Brunswick, denies many of the ru moured allegations touching the oceppancy of the disputed territory by the British. He reduces the number of the British troops, said to be at Lake Temis couata, from four regiments or • four companies, to two companies. • He denies that any extensive for tifications have been made, or that any barraCks have been erected, within the limits of the dis puted territory. Everything of that description had been done only within the limits of a territory indisputably belonging to Great Britain. While Mr. Fox asserts that no infraction of strict neu trality has taken place, he, at the same time, distinctly intimates that the future actions of the Colonial autho rities will depend upon circumstances. Mr. Fox Very justly complains that the language of the Governor of Maine, in his letter to the President, was extremely violent, and recommended action, contrary to the letter and spirit of the agreement entered into in the month of March last. He recommends, in conclusion, that the whole question should he left with the negociating powers of the two Governments, and not to any minor power. Thus left, he believes that the whole question would, at no distant day, be amicably adjusted. The President, in his reply, states that he is glad to be officially informed that rumour 'had told more than truth in regard to the extent of the possession of the territory of Maine by the British. He expresses his regret, however, that the Colonial authorities intended to act as circumstances might dic tate. He says that he believes that. when the autho ritieS in England hear of this determination, they will not only discountenance it, but demand the withdrawal of the troops on the disputed territory, though there • may be only twn companies stationed there. He con cludes by expressing his anxious wish that the amica ble relations now existing between the United States and Great Britain may be strictly preserved. On the Ist instant there was a tremendous snow storm at New York- 7 the severest experienced this All out-door business had been suspended in season. consequence. The Lexington investigation, after nine days' patient hearing of Witnesses, and going through a mass of conflicting testimony, had terminated in the Jury bringing in a verdict and presentment. They ex onerate the captain from all blame after the fire had broken out, but strongly condemn the present system of fitting up and inspecting steam-boats. A very destructive fire had occurred on the 27th ult. at New York, by which an immense amount of pro perty had been consumed. It broke out in South street, and destroyed a great number of stores or ware houses, one of which was 50 feet in front and rear, by nearly 200 feet deep, and.five stories high. The accu mulated destruction of property from this fire is esti mated at TWO MILLIONS OF. DOLLARS. Of which very little was insured. Another fire also broke out in Pearl-street on the evening of the same day. The loss from this catastrophe is estimated at .150,000 dollars. There must be something egregiously Wrong in the fire police system at New 'York, There is no news Of any importance limn Canada. By an arrival from Rio de Janeiro, news had been received that two French bomb vessels had reached that place at the end of November, and that from two to three thousand troops were daily expected. The villanously ungrateful conduct of the respective governments of Spain and Portugal towards those un fortunate British subjects 'xvlio have been instrumental, more or less, in the overthrow of Don Carlos, in:tilie' one, and Don Miguel, in the other, of these distracted countries, is such as must excite the indigination of every man who has the least spark of feeling, or the least degree of respect for honesty of principle. The case of those British subjects who entered the service of Don Pedro is, if possible, even worse than those who were inveigled into theservice of Queen Christina. We rejoice to find that,l,'OM Sandon called the atten tion of the House of`Commons to the condition of those poor men who are still claimants on the Govern ment of Portugal. His Lordship's speech, on intro ducing thissiibject, will be found in another column. He - said that the men who had been induced,hy the policy of this country, to enter into the service of I)on Pedro, in 1832, had afterwards been called upon by the Portuguese Government to abandon the conditions upon which they had entered the service, and to accept others in their stead. That, however,. they had re fused; and in consequence of that refusal they have been subjected to the most gross and brutal indignities. They have been put into dungeons, deprived.pf every means of= subsistence, and almost reduced to a state of nudity. This is the sort of return with which they have met for contributing to place the present Queen of Portugal upon the throne. This is a characteristic specimen of liberal " honesty and gratitude. These men, who had, in many cases, shed their blood, and, in all cases, risked their lives, on behalf of Don Pedro and his daughter, have been refused every farthing of *their pay from 1833 to 1835—not Ilcause the means to Pay were not in the hands of the Government, but 'because they refused to submit to fraudulent imposi tions of the most scandalous description. It is true that Commission after Commission had been apPointed, 'for the alldged purpose of inquiring, into these claims: but the real objects of each 'of these Commissions were, undoubtedly, delay and chicanery. From 1835 to the present time nothing has been done towards satisfying the just claims of these unfortunate indivi duals. They have been compelled to wander about the streets of Lisbon in the most destitute and misera ble condition. Their appeals even for temporary relief from the government have been treated with contempt. Many of them, goaded on by despair, have committed suicide. The representations of the British Govern ment on the subject of these claims, have throughout been contemptuously disregarded. This is not to he wondered at. England, under the present Adtninistra tion, is uniformly treated in the same manner, not only by Portugal, but by every other petty government in the world. As was very properly remarked by Lord Sandon, " we hear nothing of French claims, or Bel gian claims, or American claimS." The claims of other countries readily obtain satisfaction, while those of Great Britain are contumeliously postponed or refused. This is one of the blessed results of Whig ascendancy. The " tyranny" of the liberals only matched by their consummate impudence. Never were these odious qualities more completely or unitedly developed than in the instance of the Middlesex county meeting of freeholders, to petition ,for the liberation of Mr. Sheriff Evans, which was held on Friday last, at the Freemasons' Hall, in London. That meeting was convened by Mr. Sheriff Wheelton, in compliance with a requisition, most numerously signed by the magis trates, freeholders and electors of the county. The object of the meeting was most distinctly and empha tically stated in the advertisement by which the meeting was convened. That object was declared to be, the liberation of the Sheriff now in custody, under the charge of the Serjeant-at-Arms, at the instance of the House of Commons. To attain that object it Na as proposed. that the meeting should proceed by an ad dress to the Crown, or otherwise,.as might be deemed most advisable. It is necessary to make this explana tion in order that the character of the extraordinary scene which we shall presently describe may be the better understood. The meeting was convened for a specific purpose, which purpose was clearly defined and well understood. It -was, therefore, a matter of Some surprise to find that, before the appointed hour for the meeting, Mr. Hume, Mr.,O'Connell, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Tuffnell, Mr. `rigors, and Mr. Pryme, all members of Parliament, backed by a horde of Precursors, had taken possession of the room. There could have been no objection to the presence of these gentlemen as mere listeners at the meeting : but it certainly appears to be the very height of impudence that they should take an active part in the proceedings. Such, however, appeared to be their determination. One of the most prominent topics to be brought before the meeting was the conduct of the House of Corn mons,Or rather of the " tyrant majority," in reference to the Sheriffs of Middlesex. The House of Commons was, in fact, to be put upon its trial, before the bar of public opinion. Where, then, was the decency or the delicacy of those members of the Commons who thus obtruded themselves upon the meeting ? But why ask such a question ? No rational man would ever expect either decency or delicacy from such coarse and vulgar buffoons as O'Connell, ITutne, Wakley, and others of the same kidney. 111011 S :--- CAPTAIN CLEGG.—We perceive that Mr. Brotherton,the member for Salford, has given the following notice of a motion for Wednesday, (to-morrow,) in the House of Coin- " That an bumble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to con fer upon Captain Clegg, coraniander of the merchant ship the Huddersfield, of Liverpool, some mark or title of dis tinction suital?lc to that peculiar heroism w hi c h b raves dan ger,in the rescue of human life—a spirit of humanity so worthy of encouragement, so congenial to our nation, and so becoming the character of a female Sovereign to notice, and which was scr nobly exemplified towards the crew and passen gers, of the steam-ship the William Huskisson, from the wreck of which the captain of the Huddersfield,andhis ship's company, saved 93 persons,• including 15 women and some children, from inevitable death." It was 'evident that the presence of the Radical worthies whom we have enumerated was a prelude to a disgraceful and disgusting scene—a scene gnite in keeping with the recent tyrannical and unconstitutional proceedings of the House of Commons. . O'Connell was, of course, backed by the Precursors of the metro polis; while Mr. Coppock, the redoubtable agent of the Reform Club, was busily engaged in collecting and arranging the Radical scum of Middlesex.. A "row" was evidently contemplated ; and a " row" ensued, such as it would baffle the descriptive powersof a " Boa" to narrate. Soon after 12 o'clock, taking ad- vantage of the temporary absence of the county func tionaries, that old humbug, Hume, was moved into the chair. It was of no avail that Mr. Mann protested against such a barefaced intrusion.- It was of no avail that he said that "it was a county meeting, convened by the Sheriff, and that that functionary, or his dele gated representative, had the right to preside." This protest was met with the mingled hisses and groans of the " most beautiful pisantry on the face of the earth," and of the " ragged janissaries Of revolution from St. Giles's." Mr. Home's • conduct in occupying the chair, at the instance of the Precursors and Radicals, has sunk him lower: than ever in the opinion of the electors of Middlesex. His effrontery in usurping the 'chair was only exceeded by his impudence in asserting that " the right of publication by the HOuse of Com mona was a priVilege conducive to the rights and liber ties of the people." This bold assumption of the "rejected of Middlesex" was treated with becothing indignation by the great majority of the meeting. The only parties who " honoured" him with their cheers were the Ribbonmen and the revolutionists. To them the tyrannical sentiment was exceedingly welcome.. After-Mr. Hume had, in vain,essayed to procure a hearing, Mr. Wakley, the "fire-king," alias the "medical mountebank," obtruded himself upon the notice of the meeting. He rose, he said, to move a -resolution, which he had brought with him, ready "cut and dry." From this token of preparation it is evident that the whole proceeding was a preconcerted affair—that it was, in fact, the development of a plan which had been diligently concocted in the Reform Club-house, in the first instance, and then in the pur lieus of St. Giles. Mr. Wakley's attempt to address the meeting was very properly met by Mr. Taylor—a liberal common councilman—who rose to order, and desired that•the requisition to call the meetin g s h ou ld b e read.' This demand forced Mr. Hume to confess that "he had not got ,a copy of the requisition." What right had this conceited and pragmatical personage tb occupy the chair, if he was unprepared to show for what object the meeting had been convened ? To . remedy this glaring info:mality, a hue and cry was milde for a cagy of the requisition. At length a reporter ifor one of the evening ministerial organs. discovered, in the profun dity of his inexpressibles, a slip of knewspaper, con taining the advertisement calling the meeting. This document was seized upon with: rat avidity by the gentienieiff..on _the hisses and cries of "That's not the•iequisition." Such was the miserable subterfuge to which the factious intruders were compelled to rosort, in order to give a colourable regularity: to their mischievous pranks. After this contemptible farce had been enacted, Mr. Wakley agaiu attempted to " drug" the meeting _with his nauseous oratory: - He had the impudence to (lc normiChhe party by whom the meeting had been, called AO' noisy fellows," asserting that, " as. the Sheriff had 'not arrived, he, the fire-king, ought to have occupied the chair !" This we suppose, was a burst of spleen and jealousy at the elevation of the member for Kil kenny, He next called upon the meeting " fairly to discuss the question :" as if there was any degree of fairness to be 'expected from O'Ccinnell and his coal heaving myrmidons. • The whole speech of this over bearing quack was a strange jumble 'of incongruities and self-contradictions. Alter voting, in every in stance, against the Sheriffs, and giving utterance, in his place in the •House of Commons, to the'most harsh and unjustifiable language towards the Sheriffs and those who stood up in their defence, he had the auda city to declare, that " no man valued liberty more than he did"—that " no man could be more reluctant to place any restriction on his fellow subjects that was not called for by law and justice"—and that " if any man complained against the Sheriffs for acting as they did, he was guilty of a gross injustice." Well might the impatient audience exclaim, " You have done it," It would be almost as sickening a task to wade through the mass of vulgar abuse with which Mr. Wakley loaded the respectable part of the meeting, as it would be to peruse a volume of the Lancet, Among the choice and delicate expressions with which he gar nished his oration, we find the following Stupid old fellow"—" I wish I had a strait-waistcoat for that old lunatic"—" who is the old vagabond ?"----with many others equally elegant and dignified. Such lan guage, is 'quite familiar to those Irish audiences who are in the habit of listening to the harangues of Daniel O'Connell ; but it is somewhat new to find an English member of parliament so far forget himself, as to adorn his speech with the " flowers of Billingsgate and St. Giles." But we forget that we are living under a re form dynasty, when it is by no means necessary that a senator should be a gentleman Mr. Wakley had not been long on his legs when the Under-Sheriffs of Middlesex entered the meeting. The appearance of these gentlemen, one of whom claimed the right to occupy the chair, was the signal for a scene of confusion and riot which beggars all description. A rush was made to the platform by a party of indivi duals from the body of the room—the barrier in front of the platform was torn .down—the tables and chairs allotted to the reporters were upset-77and,an indescrib able scene of tumult and violende ensiied,'in Which the low Irish vagabonds that had obtruded themselves into the meeting were not the least conspicuous. Mr. Un der-Sheriff France was precipitated from the platform, and narrowly escaped being seriously injured. Mr. Warburton and others skulked into one of the side avenues leading to the platform. Mr. Hume was ejected from the chair, and that post of honour, toge ther with the chairman's table, was thrown off the hustings on to the floor of the room. So serious was the collision, that it was deemed advisable to read the riot act, which was done amidst the most deafening uproar. After the RIOT ACT bad been read, Messrs. Wakley, Hume, Warburton, and others ,quietly sneak ed out of the room. Not so, however, O'Connell, He . was determined to bully the Sheriffs, by displaying his utter disregard of the law. Even after the reading of of the RIOT ACT, this " bloated buffoon" had the ef frontery to move that Sir J..S. Lillie should take the chair, in order that a resolution, approving of the un justifiable proceedings of the " tyrant majority" might be passed by the unwashed non-electors. After this disorderly meeting• was broken up, the requisitionists, accompanied by the' Under-Sheriffs and a great number of the respectable electors, adjourned to another room, where there was no fear of their be ing overborne by physicalforce, and where they gave utterance to the strongest expressionSorcondemnation in reference to the incarceration of the Sheriffs. The independent freeholders of Middlesex have done ho n Our to themselves, by thus stepping forward in de fence of the constitutional rights of Englishmen. We hope their example will be extensively followed, until. the " tyrant majority" are compelled to moderate their unwarrantable pretensions. THE Ph.E.SIDENT STEAM-SITTP.—This magnificent vessel, the largest and, we suppose, the longest in the world, arrived at this port on Saturday last, under - canvass from Londo n , last from Plymouth. For the present, 'she lies at anchor in the Sloyne, but will, no doubt, enter the Trafalgar dock, if her great size will permit of it, to take on board her engines, which have been manufactured bYMessrs. Fawcett and Co. The President will, we believe, make her first trip to New York from Liverpool, and; in . conjunction with the British Queen, keep up a regular communication by steam between the old and the new world. [We have endeavoured to put our readers in possession of a more detailed description of this splendid vessel, but have not succeeded in getting on board of her. We hope to give particulArS on Friday.] THE MONA'S ISLE STEAMER.—We have great pleasure s in inserting the following testimony to the humanity, zea l, and intrepidity of Captain Gill , of the Mona's Isle steam packet, as exhibited by him on a late trying occasion : Lloy.l's, 21st Febru ar y, 1 840. m : i S l itt,—The promptitude circumstances iidzeal,ren uild rendered assistance assistanceisliiscti you, with so al to the cre w of the Magazine Life Boat, thereby enabling them to save crew and passengers . (twenty in number) of the bar que uce Corsair, wrecked on Jordan Flats, on the 27th ultimo, h a y_ • ing been brought under the notice of the Committee for ma naging the affairs of Lloyd's,,l am directed to express to you the high sense entertained by them of your benevolent .ser-. vices on that occasion,-74 am, ,Siri latirobedientservazit, " W. DOBSON. " Captain William Gill, Mona's Isle Steam-packet, Liverpobl." We wonld suggest the propriety of conferring some 'na' distinction upon individuals signalising themselves in the manner Captain Clegg has done The transfer of men of such intrepid courage to the Royal Navy would be the best possible plan for supplying a succession of heroic spirits to that aireadY distinguished service. - UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.—On Tuesday, the 4th inst., the Town Council of Edinburgh elected Dl...Tarnes S, Simpson, to be Professor of Midwifery, in their University, Among the candidates were some of the most celebrated physicians in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh. The ap pointment is highly honourable to Dr. Simpson, who has thus raised himself, at a very early age, by the strength of his high attainments alone, to one of the most honourable and lucrative offices in the medical profession. Dr. Simpson is son-in-law to Walter Grindley, Esq., 'l'oxteth-park, and has many friends in Liverpool who will rejoice to hear of his promotion. MNEMO:NIC . AL CONVENZATIONES.—We are glad to find • that Master Bassle, the extraordinary youth whose mnetno nical powers - have been the theme of wonder and admiration whcl.ever they have been exhibited, has returned to Liverpool. 'He has announced two cOnverzationes, to be held in the Medical Hall, on Thursday next, at 12 o'clock. Master Bassli's Answers to questions upon history, chronology, geography, mythology, and the physical sciences, will sur pris&and confound the visitor. No matter hoW difficult may be the querieSthe answers will be prompt and correct. The system by which he has acquired such extraordinary faculty will be published. CONCERT FOR 'rim CHARITIES.—We beg to remind our readers that the grand, Miscellaneous concert, on behalf of the funds for the public charities, takes place this evening, (Tuesday,) in the . Theatre Royal. We trust there will b e a 101 l house for .the sake'Of the object in view, which we again recommend to public support. LIVER THEATRE.—The performances, at the Liver The atre, continue in the same superior and' correct style taat we have frequOntly praised. The season will shortly close, con sequently these who have not 'et visited thiselegant place of amusement, should lose no time in doing so." WIRRAL ' CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of the members of this loyal and constitutional body was held at Poole's Royal Hotel, Woodside, yesterday. George King, Esq., presided. - The business done had reference to a con servative candidate for South Cheshire, in the place of Mr. 'l7ollernache, who, by a ruse of the whigs, will be prevented Coming forward in the event of an election taking place this, year. After about an hour's deliberation, the meeting se- ...LIVERPOOL. GREAT STEEPLE CHASE.—The betting on this great national event, which has hitherto not been over brick, now begins to assume abusiness-like appearance. Lot tery, the winner of the chase last year, still holds his rank of first favourite, with increased claims to patronage, for, in ad dition to other victories in the early part of this season, he carried off the prize at Dunc.hurch the week before last in gellant style, beating several horses of great celebrity in this description of racing. It is adrhitted, on all handS, that the Steeple Chase. of last year eclipsed every thing of the sort in this quarter, and we have strong reason to believe, that the forthcoming one will at least keep pace in attraction. The town is expected to be full of fashionables and persons from a distance. Thnrsday, the sth of March, is the day fixed The betting is 5 to 4 against Lottery (taken ;) 7 to 1 against The Nun; 10 to 1 against Seventy-four. PRESENTATION TO THE SHERIFF OF MIDDLESEX,—We find in the Times of Saturday last the following interesting memorandum :—" Presented to Mr. William Evans, Sheriff of Middlesex, Epistles of the Right Rev. Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich, by the Rev. Ambrose Dawson, B:D., .one of the Senior. Fellowg 0f444ze a , 341 ,.t vg.er ,(4 . 6 3 ' „i f .Wing a Nery small token of his. very, peat regardlfOF his pri vate character, and still greater esteem and admiration of that public line of conduct which he haS pursued during this most extraordinary collision between the courts of law and the 'H6use of COmmons; in which &straightforward - honest man is suffering for doing his duty to his Queen and country, which is enough to bring down upon plc nation the contempt of ex pry foreigner, rend the heart of every true Briton, and rows 4mpathy and condolence for the sufferer in the heart of,every right-minded man.—Feb, 21." Our readers. will recognize in this paragraph the • name of the late respected minister of St. Michael's Church in• this town, and the bro , ther of Mr. Richard Dawson. The sentiments which he has thus put on record reflect honour on his character a 3 a man and a Christian minister. LEEDS.-ANOTHER CO.NSERVATIVI?. TRIUMPIT.—,,Ved nesday morning- was the day - appointed for the election of a councillor for the Bramley ward of -the borough, in place'of a Whig' whose office had-been declared vacant by the ,council last week, in consequence of his having been declareda bank rupt. As soon as the probability of a. vacancy. was made known the Conservatives. met and nominated Mr. W. Wil son, of Armley Grange, - tanner, as their-candidate, and evere preparation was made for a contest; but it was early signified by the Whig - party that they did not intend to stare a candi date. Of course the affair went off very flatly ; the poll opened, at nine - o'clock . , and within the. first quarter of an hour, 23 votes were tendered for Mr. Wilson ' and•after an hour had elapsed without a vote being tendered for any othei candidate • the poll was closed,. and. Mr. Wilson declared elected. HEROIC CONDUCT OF A YOUNG' LADY.—A few evenings -ago,- as a young lady was on a visit to a friend in the peaceful village of -Youlgreave, in this • county, a young gentleman, son of awealthy and highly respectable miller and farmer, in the same neighbourhood, was escorting hcr fro ta her friend's house, and having to pass a small fishpond :ituated in the pleasure grounds attached to the house, and, from the dark ness of the night he accidentally slipt into the water, and would, in all probability, have been drowned, had it not been for the determined resolution of the young lady, who, at the . imminent peril of her own life, rushed into the water, and succeeded in grasping firmly hold of her lover's arm, and safely brought him on terra tirma.—Derby Mercury. SEUNION TO THE JEWS.—We understand that the Rev. H. S: Joseph will preach a sermon at St. Simon's . Chureh, Sir Thomas's Buildings, on Friday evening ne x t, w h en t h e ordinance of baptism will be publicly administered to a con ierted Jew. * The ' 4l Children of the House of Israel" are . affectionately invited to, attend this very interesting service. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—Thomas Barton Bowen, Esq., one of her Majesty's Cornmissioners, will hold his next courts for the relief of Insolvent Debtors as follows, viz.:— At Lancaster, on Tuesday, the 10th of March; Preston, the 17th .Liverpool, the 18th ; and Chester the 20th. Tiu flohNny. CASTLE ESTATE.—We .hear it stated, and believe the report to be substantially correct, that with a view to prevent further litigation, an amicable arrangement has been made, and that an application will shortly be made to parliament for an act to confirm the rights of all parties._ Lancasier Gazelle. Thomas Pitzherbert Brockboles, Esq., the sheriff of Lan cashire, has been pleased to appoint Mr. Emery Skellorn, of Oldham, solicitor, his deputy for taking or granting replevins within the hundreds of West Derby, Salford, Leyland, and Blackburn, in this county. The office of physician to the .County Lunatic Asylum is vacant. Amongst the candidates is Dr. Bunter Lane, formerly of this town, but now of Lancaster ; 'of his high pro fessional skill and attainments there is no doubt, and the in inateS and science would benefit by his appointment. THE BACIILLORS' BALL.—The bachelors of Liverpool have given balls heretofore, but they have generally been dress balls. They have once more determined upon a higher flight, and the ball which they are to give to the fair maidens of our town, on Thursday next, is nothing less than a fancy ball. • • FIRE IN KENT -SQUARE.-011 Friday night, about a quar ter before ten o'clock, a tire broke out in the cellar of the :house occupied by Mr. Pritchard,.in the, southeast corner of Kent-square. The smoke from the premises excited con siderable alarm in the neighbourhood ; but the apprehension was speedily allayed by tiie comparative slightness of the danger and the activity of the police. LIST OF PASSENGERS. BY THE PACKET -SHIP " SOUTH .AMERICA,". FROM NF:Av Yoax'.--Adam Hope, Jas. Brush, C. Schuehardi, Fernand Schueliardl, Martin Norman, Geo. Howland, jun., Jas. Donaldson, Alex. Murry, Lieut.-Col. Chichester and servant, Miss Chichester, three children, and two servants. Lukin Robinson, James Connell, Jos. Mackay, John Torrence, Wm. Cormick, John Wm.-Carter, A. Shaw, John Greenshield, jun., Felix Mercare, William Wright, and Robert Lyons. SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—At the Police-office, on Friday, James•M`Clerrin was brought before the sitting magistrate, John Holmes, Esq., on a charge of smu gg li ng a quantity of tobacco in the brig Clio. It appeared, from the testimony of the tide-surveyor, Mr. Stoker, that he boarded - the vessel in the river, and, after rummaging through her, found about 121bs. Of tobacco stowed away in the h ammoc k o f the pri soner,- who acknowledged that it belonged to him. He was given into custody. . The captain was in - attendance, and gave the young man an excellent character. The - prisoner de clined to say . any - thing in his defence, and he was convicted in the usual penalty of £lOO, the Magistrate, stating, at the same time, that the Board of Customs, with whom alone the power of mitigation rested, might, in consideration of his previous good character, he induced to remit the whole or a part of it. The directors of the Tale of Man Steam Packet Company have humanely voted the sum of sixty pounds to the widow and children of the late Edward Watt, engineer of the Queen of the Isle steamer, who Was unfortunately killed on board that vessel about a fortnight since, the, passage from Douglas to this port.- • MEMORIAL OF CEANMER, RIDLEY, AND LATIMER.— A meeting of the subscribers to this undertaking is convened for Thursday week, in Oxford. The committee have found it impracticable to obtain an eligible site for ." A Church commemorative, chiefly by external decoration, of the three Martyr Prelates.". It will, therefore, be proposed to substi tute for this a monumental structure at the extremity of St. Mary Magdalen Church-yard, together with the rebuilding and enlarging the northern side of the church in a correspond ing style of architecture, with a view of containing about as !many persons as would have been accommodated in a sepa rate place of worship. • GRATIFYING TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN. —The ladies of Birkenhead have presented the Rev. A. Knox, the minister of St. Mary's, with a purse, containing the handsome sum of two hundred and fifty sovereigns, and also a beautiful time-piece for the chimney, on the baSe of which - is the following inscription Presented to th e Rev. An drew Knox, by his congregation'and the inhabitants of Bir , kenhead and its vicinity, the above time-piece and £250, as a token of their esteem and affection for his indefittigable zeal in the discharge of his ministerial LECTURES ON THE. CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—We per ceive from an adtertisernent in the London papers, that the course of Lectures on the English National Church Esta blishment, by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, will be delivered in the MetropoliS on the 6th, 10th, 13th,.18t1i, 20th, and 24th March. The Rev. Gentleman's eloquence will, doubtless, secure him an 'attentive audience; and we feel assured his addresses will prodace a powerful effect on his hearers. THE CHARITABLE Some-rt.—We beg to call the atten tion of our readers to an advertisement, which appears in another part of our paper, of a se rmon to b e preached this day week, at St. Michael's Church, by that highly-esteemed and popular preacher, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manches ter. His, name will be sufficient to draw an overflowing congregation, and it is only with a view of calling attention to the excellent charity whose cause he will then plead, that we notice the sermon. We think the Charitable Society, whose visitors make it their duty to relieve the poor at their own dwellings, and to comfort them in their distresses, an institution well deserving a warmer support from a Christian -community than it at present enjoys. One mode in which they afro' d assistance -- namely, by the loa n o f blankets— must he particularly beneficial during such a perishing frost as the preset We sincerely, hope they may. receive a larke addition to their funds, and shall be glad if these remarks should induce any of our readers to become subscribers to this useful charity. RAILWAY lATELLIGENCE. PROCEEDINGS TO ENFORCE CALLS ON RAIL WAY SHARES—SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. Oar attention has been called to this subject by a few re marks addressed by Mr. Lawrence, a proprietor of the Northern and Eastern Line, to the Directors, at their late half-yearly "meeting, in which he alludes to " the highly sa tisfactory contrast which their forbearance has afforded, during seasons of difficulty, now successfully overcome, to the cold severity ith which sonie Boards of Direction have pressed on the proprietors, the carrying on, or the attempting to carry on, an unwilling proprietary, in opposition to diffi culties which seemed almost insurmountable." The result of this considerate course of proceeding has been to produce amongst the shareholders that cordial and hearty desire to second the endeavours -of ! the Direction, which, now that .the difficulties of the money market are gradually dissipating, will enable them to proceed with their works as one united and unanimous proprietary ; and iu proof of this, a number of shareholders, holding to the amount of 2200 shares, 'have voluntarily pledged themselves not to sell their shares until he road is opened. Now what, we ask, would have been the result,•if the Di- reetion had pursued the more stringent course of proceeding, and acted up to the full powers of their act of parliament? They might perhaps have extracted more money from the pockets of their present proprietors, but having - gained the money they would have lost the men. Their shares, with f t 2,5 paid, instead of being worth £l3 0r.£14 in the market, with a probability of rising to par, so strong, that, the Direc tors themselves have offered to take to the amount of .ICIOO,OOO at that rate within three years, would have been given away, or transferred to paupers, and the works now fast progressing to completion must have been stayed entirely. The. Com pany would in fact have consisted of a Board of Direction, Engineers, Lawyers, and Secretary, without a proprietary worthy of anything but the name. We wish to call the attention of Company, whose title is at the head of this article, to the proceedings of the Northern and Eastern Directors, and to urge them to pause before plunging into the vortex of litigation, towards which, we have reason to believe, they are hurrying. It is true that for up wards of two years past the Directors of this Company have not attempted to enforce from their Shareholders the pay ment of arrears, but it is scarcely necessary for us to tell them that their prospect of doing so is not improved as yet, and will not be improved, until something like confidence is infused into the minds of the Proprietors. They may drive respectable men into the Gazette to avoid paying, or they may in a few cases recover the amounts due; but, in either way, they will lose the" , nen,—for there are few persons who will continue paying their money into a. concern, the Value of whose stock decreases with every call that is made upon it, and will decrease, until the undertaking itself is reduced to the same extent as its bond fide proprietary. Let us nut, however, be misunderstood. We do not allow the principle that men who have voluntarily contracted lia bilities should be altogether , released from them, without contributing something to compensate for their breach of faith.' We would not advise indiscriminate forfeiture of every share upon which the full amount due has not been paid up. There are, however, amongst the Proprietors of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company, a certain number of in dividuals who cannot pay, and perhaps others who ought not to he called upon Let the shares of these individuals be at once forfeited, and the undertaking reduced proportion ately. There are other Proprietors who have sold their sharp, but not got rid at the same time of their liabiliti es . L et these individuals p a y up a pDrtion .of the amount due and retire from the concern. There wilt then. Yetnairy a smaller intiptiiitarf ►hen, able and uhlltng to Pay up their Calls as tite'y 'becoMe due ; and the Directors knowing the amount.which every call will realize, will then be able to form a correct idea how much of the line they can successfully proceed with, and of how much they ought to defer the execution. It is plain they cannot now proceed simultaneously with the entire line. If they at tempt it they rilu.st press upon the willing proprietors to make up for Ac tardiness of the unwilling. If they accom pany this course _of Making, heavy and frequent calls by law Proceedings against defaulters, a still further depression in the price of their shares must take place, and the proprietary will very shortly limit itself. But it may perhaps be argued by the Directors that they can-still arrange to proceed with only a portion of the line, without releasing any considerable number of the present proprietors . . True; but where is the advantage of keeping a stock of shares constantly banging upon the market, from which nothing can be derived in the shape of capital; and which in the meantime only contribute:to prevent good men fr.mi entering into the concern ? The fact is, that the know ledge of thisleavy lot of shares being ready to pour into the market on the first rise which takes place, is the very cir- • Cumstance which deters such men from beComing proprie tors. Let the company at once say, "We will proceed . with • half the line, and lop off all our doubtful shares, reserving to ourselves the benefit to be derived from their re-appropri ation ;" and the market being relieved, their stock will at once assume a fair and legitimate value, instead of being, as at present, unsaleable at any price: We have thrown out these fat'✓ remarks for the considera tion of the Directors and Proprietors at the approaching half-yearly meeting. We firmly believe that the undertaking is a sound one, and will be a profitable one. The line to Ashton-under-Lyne, or to Glossop, would of itself be a paying line ; and if this were once got into course of forma tion, the shareholders and the public would begin to appre ciate it as it deserves. We shall probably return to the sub ject in our next, when we shall have had an opportunity of knowing the result of the general meeting. 'ln the meantime we may observe, thit our Liverpool friends are not quite aware of the value of ,this, undertaking as an opening for the commerce of their port to an important district, which has hitherto been almost entirely shut against them. HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF THh NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of this Company was held- on Thursday at the Company's Offices, Moorgate-street, City, William Crawshay, Esq. in the chair: The report, which was read by the Secretary, and appeared to be received with great satisfaction by the proprietors pre sent, explained the motives by which the Directors had been actuated in suspending the prosecution of the works during the past half year. This, it appeared to them, could not have been effected without pressing more hastily and urgently for calls than would be advisable in the present state of the money market, or resorting to some mode of raising the ne cessary funds which might have seriously injured the ultimate fair prospects of the concern. The Directors, however. confidently expect that in March next they will be enabled to complete arrangements for the most rapid prosecution of the road to Broxbume, and that a considerable portion of the requisite funds will, by that time, have been raised upon loan on reasOnable. terms. The estimate for completing the line to Bishop's Stortford has again been revised by their engineer, Mr. Stephenson, and the Directors are confirmed in their view that the 29 miles of railway which will belong to this Company, when in a complete state of conveyance, including' stations, engines, carriages, and stock of every description► will be obtained for a capital not exceeding £700,000. or little more than £24,000. per mile, which when compared with the cost of other lines, and the extensive traffic considered, the Directors think must render it an investment equal to the most advantageous in lucrative prospect. The Directors, in conclusion, congratulate the proprietors upon the improved prospects of the undertaking generally, and express their confident expectation that before the next yearly meeting a portion of the line will have been opened, and that the whole will be completed in the autumn of 1841. The Chairman, in the course of a long conversation which ensued, detailed the manner in which the Directors intended to raise the necessary funds to carry on the undertaking. The Directors had entered into several contracts for works, the payment for which they had been enabled to defer; and they had also taken up on loan n sum of £lOO,OOO. upon their personal security, to be repaid by the Company in the course of three years. In return for this unexampled in stance of zeal and confidence, they only claimed the privilege of receiving the amount of this loan in an equivalent num b er of the shares ; of the .00mpanY qt liar.. It was also announced. that only an additional amount of £l5. per share would be required to be called up at pr6ent, and that the line from London to Broxburne will be completed at a cost of £4O. per share, upon the present number of shares appropriated. ' It was also stated that a number of proprietors holding 2200 shares, had entered into an engagement not to sell their shares until the road is opened, and that not one of the forfeited or unallotted shares held by the company would be brought into the market, until the proprietary have had an opportunity of ascertaining the working of that portion of the line which is now in course of formation. In order to enable .the Company t o b orrow money upon their works, a n d t o effect 'Ether objects, rendered necessary by the present position of the undertaking, the Directors are now before parliament for an amended act, reducing their nominal capital from £lOO. to £6O. shares, which there is every reason to expect they will be able to procure this ses sion. PROPOSED BRANC H RAILWAY TO CONNECT THE HIGH PEAK WITH THE NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.— A sur vey of this line of railway is now completed, and application is intended to be made to parliament next session for its formation. It is to join / the North Midland line at Amber Gate, at - which place there will be a first class station; from thence the line winds along the course of the river Derwent, and forms ajunction with the High Peak Railway at croin ford. The length of the line is about four miles. Tile de i lightful village of M a tl oc k w ill t h en possess t h e a dvantage o o a direct r a il way communication with London an d inpst f the principal towns. The distance from Matlock to Crom ford being only about a mile, omnibuses will doubtless be established for the conveyance of passe ngers, &c., between the two plaees.—D er by Mercury. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY—THE STOCKPORT VIADUCT.—AII the arches, except one, on the Lancashire side, are turned, so that ten of the 63-feet arches may be said to he almost completed ; whilst the stone piers for two others, on the Cheshire side, are ready to receive the super-structure; and the brickwork for the two small arch es at the extremity of the viaduct, like those at the Lancastire end, is rapidly proceeding to a termination. Twelve of the twenty-six arches may therefore be said to be. pretty well out of the hands of the workmen, and another six months will see the perfection of one of the most gigantic productions of art of a similar character in this kingdoni.—Sioekphrl Ad. vertiser. SHAKSFEAII, CLIFF SLIP.—The part of the Shakspear Cliff, on the west end of it, which slipped down on Monday fortnight, is likely to be very beneficial to the railway, and a great saving of expense. The tunnel will be improved by being shortened about 100 feet. It is said at least 25,000 cubic yards irr.the solid state, have fallen. It extends not less than one-sixth of a mile into the sea, and being about ten feet above high water mark, forms an excellent break water for the Dover harbour. Some believe it will be of the greatest service to the harbour in preventing that accumula tion of shingle at the mouth which causes the bar. NEWCASTLE AND NORTH SHIELDS RAILIVAY.-At the annual meeting of the proprietors of this company, held at Newcastle on Tuesday week, a highly satisfactory report was read from the directors. The number of passengers from the opening, of the railway to the 31st of December (little more than half a year) had greatly exceeded the parliamen tary estimate, amounting altogether to 350,000, and yielding a revenue of .1.30,500. The increase in the traffic had been so steady, notwithstanding the state of the weather, that the di rectors felt justified in anticipating that the number of pas sengers in 1840 would amount to nearly one million. This traffic would yield a most remunerating rate of interest to the proprietors. The traffic in goods had also been consider able, and had, proved a great convenience to the public.— Midland Counties Herald. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—FFOID the extraordinary exertions made by the contractor s f or th at por tion of our rail wa y between Winchester and Basingstoke, there can be no doubt the Directors will be enabled to re deem the pledge they gave at the last half yearly meeting, that the line should be opened throughout in the spring of the present year. The facilities afforded, by the expeditious travelling on the railway, to visitors to the Isle of Wight, will cause an increase in the number of those who yearly seek the enjoyment of the delightful scenery and the pure air of this garden of England. To meet this increase of traffic, a company is about to be formed, to establish a line of iron steam boats, of forty horse power each, and with better ac commodation to passengers than that afforded by the vessels now employed on the station.--Hampshire Independent. WEEKLY RETURNS OF RA: (From the Railway 31 :LIVAY TRAFFIC zgazinej . ' Passen- P.mile•Panile Passeng, NAME. Cash. - • gers. Ipr.wic. , p: day. per day. £. X. . Birmingham .. 1 11093 98.1 14 South Western.. 20271 35 • 5 ----- Great Western . 2243 . 73 101 Greenwich 21788 i 752 198 281 3112 1 Manchester& Leed s . 10279 577 43; I 64- 1468 Binning. &Derby „, 720 I.Bt at York &N. Midland 1331 290 20 3 190 Croydon Midland Counties' 2668 j 2491 16 24- 381 Eastern Counties 4170 5951 Glasgow & Ayr 1395 f 55 5 1 2321 Ulster. WELSH LITERATURE. —MANUSCRIPT SOCIETY. (SEE ADVERTISEMENT.) It affords us pleasure to inform our readers that the affairs of the Welsh MS. Society are in regular progress, and that the members of th e comm i ttee proceed with the administra tion of its concerns, for the attainment of its objects, with as much expedition as circumstances will admit. The first literary work which has engaged their attention, and which they have undertaken to publish, is entitled "Lib er Lauda vensis, or Llyfr LlandAf, , '- being the ancient register of the cathedral church of Landaff, which was originally written in the twelfth century, having been compiled by Jeffrey (Gal fridus), brother of Urban, bishop of Landaff, who was pro moted to the see in the year 1108, and died in 1134. • This ancient MS. is written partly in Latin and partly - in Welsh, and .the whole is intimately connected with Welsh historical literature, and contains information relating to the Christian church in Britain from an early period, but parti cularly with respect to the see of Landaff and the surround ing district from thd fifth to the twelfth century. Its con tents,consist more especially of biographical memoirs of St. Samson, St. Teilo, 'St. Dubricius, and St. - Oudoceus, (the last three of whom - were the first peelateS of the see), and of particulars of its ancient . territories - granted.to'the church by various itrdividuakk, with much seurions inforMation relating 'to that district durin . gthe dark ages, at a time when history, with respect to similar" places in the principality, is nearly silent. The nature and importance of the book may be best esti mated.by considering the esteem in which it has been held by our most eminent ecclesiastical historians and antiquaries, viz., Usher, Spelrnan, Cressy, D ug d a l e , Wharton, Collier, Nicolson, urner, Browne, Willis-, and Godwin, all of whom have . quoted passages from it, and - made references to it, as containing interesting information relating to the antiquities of the church nowhere else to be found. To execute the office of editor, the committee considered themselves fortunate in obtaining the services of the gifted and learned Professor Rees, of St. David's College, Lampe ter; lnitfihe had 'scarcely commenced his official labours, when a sadden and premature death deprived both the soci ety and his country of the benefit of his talents and acuire ments. This unexpected event necessarily caused some in terruption in the progress of preparing the work for the press; but the Rev. W. J. Rees of Caseob, Radnorshire, readily undertbok - to supply the place of the lamented de ceased, considering that honourable office as a kind of legacy bequeathed to him by his departed nephew, whose studies were much in unison with his own. A considerable space of time was afterwards taken up in collating the MS., in making fac-similes, and in transcribing a copy of the work and preparing it for the press. These necessary preliminaries having been accomplished, we are informed that at present the work is proceeding through the press with all possible expedition ; but an undertaking of this kind necessarily requires much time, in order to ensure the utmost accuracy, and to render it worthy of_ the society and of the public. The original work, with English transla tions and notes, constituting a volume of considerable sizes is expected to be ready for publication in the course of the ensuing months. It is worthy of observation, that several ancient copies of this celebrated and interesting work are reported to have been in existence, and to have been met with in the course of the last two centuries, which at present are not to be found, viz., the Selden copy, which was in the library of llt , rigwrt, Merionethshire; the copy which was in the library of Llan nerch, Denbighshire •, the copy -ire the Cottoi - thin library, British Museum ; rnd two copies in the archives of- Landau' Cathedral. Respecting these copies considerable inquiries have been made, but without success.' Some of them, how ever, it- is believed, are still in existence ;sand should any persons possessing collections of Welsh MSS:, on examining their literary stores, meet with them, the communicating such intelligence would doubtless be most acceptable infor mation. We are informed that the committee, being anxious that the concerns of the society should proceed without interrup tion, have been, and continue to b.', busily 'engaged in pro curing suitable materials for the printing of another volume, to succeed the Liber Landavensis without delay, and have been most fortunate in their researches. To carry on their proceedings considerable sum s w ill o f course b e wanted , but they hope that the object of their undertaking will procure an important addition to the present list of royal, noble, and highly -respectable patrons, - and that their exertions will be appreciated and encouraged by a liberal 4tl discerning pub he, so as to prevent any hindrance in the accomplishment of their laudable and patriotic designs. TIIE STATE OF THE STREETS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir,--Having read in your paper (many miles distant from Liverpool) of the increase of. salary of your chief constable, I did expect to find your streets at night orderly, but am sorry to say I was much disappointed, and although I am acquainted with many of the principal towns in the kingdom, I have no hesitation in saying, I have, for the last three nights, witnessed more immorality and indecency in your town than in any other. The state of Dale-street, Chapel street, and Tithebarn-street, from the number of prostitutes and other bad characters, is disgraceful; the language matte use of by those parties is most revolting, and the streets are almost impassable. On Saturday night last,, in Tithebarn street, I heard . women, prinCiPally I r ish; shouting - to persona on the opposite aide of .the street, in . language 'of the inqst horrid and beastly description, (indeed so awful was it, that it can never be erased from my memory,) and with impunity. Your chief constable may be an efficient officer, but there can be no doubt that he is a well-paid one, and such a, state of things does not reflect much credit upon him or his assis tants. By giving these feW remarks publicity in your excel lent paper, you will oblige A COMMERCIAL MAN. Crooked Billet Inn, Exchange-street East, 24th Feb. 1840. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ' FEB. 22.—Three scholarships are now vacant in University College, and the election to fill them will be on Friday, March 20; one of them is on the Bennett foundation open to natives of the province of Canterbury, and the others are open without limitation as to place of birth. Candidates are required to present the usual testimonials in person to the master on or before Monday, March 16. The examina tion will commence on the day following. On Thursday. March 12, an election will he holden in Pembroke College for an exhibitioner on Mr. Oate's founda tion ; candidates for which must not have exceeded the age of 19, certificates of which and of good conduct must be pre sented to the master or vieegerant on or before Tuesday, the 10th, when the examinaticn will begin. Addresses have been unanimously agreed on, in convoca tion, to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, on the marriage other Majesty. The Rev. John Ashworth, of Brazen ose College, has bee n - approved of, in convocation, as o n e" o f th e classical cxamin. ins masters. • - Edward Wells Esq., &now of New College, has been elected Radcliffe fellow, in the room of Dr. Hammick. The Marquis of Downshire has been "pleased to appoint the Rev. H. Randolph, of Balliol College, one of his domes tic chaplains. The Lord Bishop of Hereford lisp instituted the Rev. Richard Lane Free, of Ch r i s t Ch urc h , to t h e vicarage of Manzel-Lacy, Herefordshire. On Monday a public meeting was held at Salisbury, the mayor presiding, at which it was resolved to take s in al i i i s t i T u h r it y e , steps for the formation of a branch railway from to join the London and Southampton line between Stock bridge and Basingstoke, on the direct route to Lond on. MILDNESS OF THE S EAS ON.—FiDSIIIWIIite, Feb. L Q .—The mildness ; the serenity, and the gentle and " shifting winter,gales ~ appear to have virtually ousted the chilling blast of old F ip lo ea ra ra Ls nce. breath— e whose thraldom seems to have yielded to the genial 0f theexhala tions of spring. This is manifested by the ai. 1 modest floweret, claiming the protectiori of on the semblance by the throstle whistling a -benediction 9 ()fan approaching spring—by the uniting a d ha c p h p o y ir seasoii. in th e e 1 emergigeneralng :I t- a jubilee on proclaiming might seem, however, that the spring -like appearan Ce is to be attributed to the openness and humidity of the past wer in and present month, and that a return of wintry weather to again hold the little flo of the joyous choristers embryo —to retard the carolling and usurp the prerogative of the forward present seemingly spring —may be anticipated.— correspondent of the Loneaster Gazette. VALUABLE DISCOVE RY OF LEAD Oar,.—The neighbour hood of Minsterlc: and Pontesby, in Shropshire, was, on Friday week, the scene of great rejoicing, in consequence of a rich vein of lead ore having been discovered on the top of one of the hills forming one of the Hiperstones, in that min ty. Avery poor man was enclosing a little of the bill to make a garden to a mud hut he had built ; and in digging a ditch ro un d i t, he found some pieces of ore which, upon fur ther examinatio n , prove d to be a large vein of lead. It has been op ene d to the depth of 12 yards, and there is 4 feet thick of solid blue ore of very fine quality ; and in all proba bility, will prove a source of great wealth for ages' to corms. It is said that the person who discovered it was so poor, that he and his family had had nothing for some dais hut p o u t . • , and salt, and that when he saw the great body .of i. vga i t i a.o.llt . , was so alarmed that' he did not know what to do ;` bu t 4fter • a time, he wen t an d i n f orme d the parties, M essrs. Cross' and Walker, of Chester, who had taken a lease of those hills for mining purposes and there is no doubt, from their known li berality, that he will be richly rewarded. ( Abridgedfrom the Glasgow Mail.) In 'consequence of a requisition addressed to the Lord Prov h ost, by a b out 1 30 noblemen and gentlemen connected witthe West of Scotland, a meeting was held in the Assein bly-rooms, Ingram-street, on Tuesday last, for the purpose ' of taking.- measures to erect a memorial in thiS city comme morative of the eminent services rendered to his country by his Grace the Duke of Wellington. At the hour appointed, one o'clock, the spacious hall was completely crowded, by gentlemen of the highest influence and standing in the West. Out of the total number of 500 or GOO who were present, a party of 50 or GO chartists took up a position in the centre of the hall, and though of course they completely failed in tripping up the heels -of this meeting, as they have done in other eases, they nevertheless were snccessful in creating some annoyance.. This, Perhaps, was beneficial after all, for it had the effect of increasing the enthusiasm of the admirers of the Great Duke in a commensurate; degree, and the burst Alof applause which followed one of the biting hints of Sheriff ison, addressed to th e c h art i sts, was perfectly thrilling :-- In what state would you have now been, (said he) if when you had the national debt on your backs, you had had the chains of France about your necks ?" Amongst those on the platform and in other parts of the hall, were --the Ld. Provost, his Grace the Duke of Hamilton, Ld. Belhaven, Ld. Kelburn, Geo. Houstoun, Esq. M.P. for Renfrewshire, Col. Macin tosh. Capt. Anderson, Kirkman Finlay, Esq., W. M. Alex ander, of Sothbar, Sheriff Alison, Principal Msicfarlan, Dean of Guild Browne, Jas. Reddie, Esq. Jas. Campbell, Esq. Jas. Campbell, Esq, of Moore-park, Robt. Findlay Esq. Win. Leckie Ewing, Esq. Robt. Dalglish„ Esq. A. S. Dalglish, Esq. John Smith. vgst. Esq. Archd. M`Lellan, Esq. William Brown, Esq. of Kilinardinny, Professor Jeffrey, - Win. Davie, Esq. the Messrs. Baird of Gartsherrie, W. Campbell, Esq. Esq. T. D. D oug l as, E sq. John Pollok, Esq. William Mathieson,Esq. J. R. Denniston, Esq. And. Macgeorge.Esq. John Leadbetter, Esq., Alexander Morrison, Esq., C. D. Donald, Esq., - &c., &c. We were delighted to observe on • the platform Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C. 8., a townsman of this city, a companion in arms in maay earn paigns and battles, and a personal acquaintance of the Great Duke. The gallant veteran travelled a long journey in order to be present on this interesting occasion. Lectern of apology for absence were, we understand, re ceived from the Duke of Montrose, Sir W. M. Napier. Sir Norman Lockhart, Jame; Ewing, Esq., of Levenside, Robt. Monteith, Esq., younger of Carstairs (from indisposition.) Lord Brougham will reside at Cannes, in the south of France, where he has an estate, for about two months. in order to recruit his exhausted strength. Her Majesty will hold a court this day, at Buckingham► Palace, to - receive the addresses of congratulation from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. It is again said that African corsairs have been seen cruis ing off the coast of Spain. Three French ships of war have been sent in pursuit of them. • A portion of her Majesty's bride -cake has reached Dur ham ; and, as we have had the pleasure to taste this rarity, we pronounce it without hesitation to be " a righte royale daintie," which far surpasseth any compound of flour, sugar, butter, eggs, currants, citron, and other fruits, that we have ever before partaken of.—Durhanz Advertiser. A letter from Trieste, in the Journal de Franeforl, says that a short time since Madame Schoberlechner, a singer, who enjoyed a high reputation. in Italy, became suddenly in sane in consequence of the disapprobation expressed by the public on her appearing before them for the first time in the character of Norma. CANINE SAGACITY.—A few days. ago a Highland drover was stepping on board a steamer at Port Glrsgow, and as he was rather late, he only made his way into the vessel by climbing over.the paddle-box. His dog was left behind, and no sooner did the Highlander notice his loss than he set up a " sad lament" fo r " my poor. d og Tray, " in which he shared the sympathy of the whole of the crew and passengers. From Port - Glasgow to the Broomielaw the poor Celt was gloomy and desponding, and the loss of his four-footed friend pressed heavy on the man's spirits. Arrived at the place of debarka tion, the drover was amazed by seeing the dog that he had lost and lamented, wagging his tail to him in token of wel come ; and upon investigating the matter, it appeared that the brute had accompanied the steamer at her full speed, the whole way up, on the south side, then crossed the Glasgow Bridge, and scudded down to the landing-place, to meet its master. The feet of the poor .aniraal were sadly cut up, but this wasimatleouitto.4 great.exteut by the almost enthusiastic reception of its ruaster.:-Glaiwou, Mail. -r_ - -- IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. -A — patent has lately been granted by her Majesty to a gentleman residing near this city, for producing a beautiful and sparkling wine resembling the Foreign Champagne from the green stalk of the Rhubarb plant grown in-England. We understand the plant is very wholesome, and the quantity of wine to be made froth it is immense—the annual produce of an acre of ground exceed ing one hundred and fifty hogsheads.—Bath Herald. WARNING.TO WOULD-Be INSOLVENTS.-At the court for the hearing of insolvent; debtors, on Wednesday last, at Wakefield, before J. B. Bowen, - Esq., Elkanah Fearnley, of Swamp, near Queen's-Head, stuff manufacturer, was op posed by Mr. Wasney on behalf of Mr. Joseph Dobson, manufacturer, Halifax. It appeared, on examining Fearn ley and investigating the matter of his petition, that he had neglected to . put in his schedule £l5l 1.45. received from a house in Leeds. The court also found him g uilty of selling machines and good s a t a great sacrifice, b ut the sale was found not to be a real one, and, in fact, nineteen of his ma chines with some warps, &c., were proved to have been lately in the hands of insolvent weavers. The insolvent was de fended by Mr. Dowes, but after a lengthened hearing the court sentenced him to six months imprisonment, and ap pointed Mr. Dobson to be assignee of his estate. We hope this will have some effect in putting a stop to such practices which are now as numerous as they are disgraceful. EXTRAORDINAY INSTANCE OF DEATH FROM FRIGHT.— On Wednesday afternoon, as Miss Susan Shipley, a maiden lady of independent fortune, residing at No. 28, Devonshire place, New-road, was enjoying a walk in the Regent's-Park, a large dog, of the Newfoundland species, in a fit of playful ness, sprung up and put its paws in front of her. Such was .the alarm created that she immediately fainted away and fell upon the pavement. On recovery she gave her address and was pl ace d i n a hackn e y ..ensLai, .nd conveyed to her residence. On-her .arrival - she appeared much excited, and shortly after getting within doors was seized with violent paroxysms and fits. She continued getting gradually weaker, and medical aid was called in, but in the course of a few hours she died. Information of the occurrence has been forwarded to the coroner, but no one has been found who saw the dog or the deceased at the time the animal jumped up at her. EXTRAORDIN ARV FAT Bum..—On the I Ith instant was slaughtered by Mr. Edw. Tapp and Mr. John Phillpots, of Leominster, the extr aor di nary h u ll , eight years old, fed on grass, hay, and Swede turnips only, which won the prizes at the Hereford and Gloucester Agricultural Meeting for 1839, and which was bred by Mr. John Morris, of Stockton, whose breed is so much appreciated. The weight per quarter of this splendid animal was as follows :-455 lbs:, 452 lbs., 404 lbs., 386 lbs. ; total, 1697 lbs., or 141 stone 5 lbs. ; being 35 stone 41-lbs. per quarter. The weight of rough fat was 16 stone, and the head and tongue weighed 53 lbs.—Hereford Journal. The increasing importance of the Moldavian and Walla chian ports of the Black Sea is shown by a statement pub lished in the Marseilles journals, from which it appears that during 1839 no fewer than 294 ships, measuring together 74,868 tons, arrived at that port from the Black Sea; and from Galatz and Brailow, which in 1837 sent only 13 ships of 2,456 tons, 71 ship of 11,958 tons were en t ere d , being ten more vessels than Egypt sent. Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis has been appointed to the command pro. tem. of the fleet, at Malta. On Wednesday last, Sir Frederick Smith, one of the Commissioners appointed to ascertain the most desirable line for a railway into Scotland, arrived here, and has since been Over sands, surveying the Morecambe Bay line. He leaves to-day for Carlisle. Professor Barlow, another of the com missioners,: was expected, but he has not arrived.—Lan caster Gazette. CANNING 'AND BROUGHAM.—The premier is said also to have offered the place of chief baron of the exchequer to Brougham, who refused it on the ground that it would pre vent him sitting in parliament. " True," was the reply, " but you will then he only one stage from the woolsack.' " Yes," returned Brougham, " but the horses will then be off." .It has occasioned some surprise . that the Bishop of Car lisle should have been !named at Marlborough House, and not in a church. This savours too much of Lord John Russell's broomstick marriages ; , nor is it really one of the highest dignitaries of the chu rc h t h e person whom we should expect to see turning his back upon the sacred edifice on such an occasion. The conservatives of the county of Dublin are up and stirring, in anticipation of an election. A requisition has been got up, and is already numerously signed, calling upon J. H. Hamilton, of Sheep Hill, Esq., and Captain Thomas E. Taylor, of Ardgellan Castle, to offer themselves as candi dates, because the present members do not represent the interests and opinions of the majority of the constituency. For the following net amount of the receipts of the post office for nearly two centuries, we are indebted to the Mirror : 1653 ......£10,000 1663. 21,500 1674. 43,000 1718. 64,050 1724. 96,339 1746. £88,323 1774.... 1779: 1817. 1,353,601 1838. 1,659,553 AN ACTIVE MAN.—Lord Broughton arrived at Paris at One o'clock in the morning, went to bed, got up at nine, went out at ten, paid v i s it s till dinner time, dined at the Rocher de Cancale, attended the opera, thence went to t h e ball at the Hotel de Ville, after which he p rocee d e d to the Lel masque at the opera, and started at five in the morning for Frujes. A weaver of Levoncourt in the Meuse," says a local pa per, " who had of long enough married to have several i m agined that an improper co nnection existed be tweenwite and an old ma n o f 78 ! Meeting -with his children, his supposed rival a few days ago at a public house, the weaver a bused.tbe old man, and threatened him with such violence that he'd:tipped down dead with terror. The weaver, in his passion, hastened home, and finding his wife occupied in milking their cow, seized a mattock, and killed her at one blow with it. He then rushed to the house, caught up a ra,er, and cut his own throat before one of his 'sons, who was witness to both fatal acts, could prevent him." LIE DU KE. — The.Duke of 'Wellington is so much better, that it was not thought necessary by his medical attendants to publish any bulletin yesterday. We are happy to learn that her majesty has sent to inquire after the duke's health. Prince Albert sent his private secretary, Mr. Seymour, on the same mission, and the Duke of Saxe Coburg called in person. Her majesty the Queen Dowager has manifested the most anxious interest on the occasion of the nuke's late illness, and has sent to inquire daily at Ansley House. Co lonel Cowper, from her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, called on Wednesday, and also vast numbers of the leading nobility and gentry.—Tirnes of Friday. A -LAPLAND WITCH.—I lay once more on the floor of a Lapland fisher Man's hut on the way, cooked some reindeer tongues for supper. The owner was out, and the place was tenanted only by a hag that realised all my ideas of a sorce ress, ready to raise a storm or sell a wind. Her face, dark brown and wrinked, from the combined action of dirt, smoke, and hard weather, showed her to be of the genuine Semi breed. Her chin was peaky, and, with her sharp prominent cheek bones, formed a well-defined triangle. Her hair was concealed beneath a red cloth cap, which terminated in what resembled a hOrse's hoof turned upwar d s; and a belt studded with silver stars confined round her waist a moudda, from which the hair was worn off in front, and which displayed a shining surface, polished by the frequent wiping of her hands. In the corner of the room something moved, but whether dogs or children, or both, the uncertain light from the hearth did not allow me to distingush, and the smell that pervaded the whole place did not invite a.closer inspection of that particular spot. Not speaking anything but her native language, s h e spared me the witchery of her tongue ; but seeing my raw victuals, she brought me a small frying- Pan and wooden ladle, taking the precaution to lick the latter by way or ridding it of grease. As the savoury smell of the thawing.meat became perceptible, a dozen half-starved dogs, v. . A battle ensued f or something like those of th e E squ itnaux, .crowded round me, 1 1 1 W pyo: i tinpu:id my food alternate) much voracity, )vt'''hethei voraeit and seemed the remains, and each showed so m i n e *fp kinyed.o it beean Inthe meantime .would not"ile,iioar one ith moss collected and stacked for . the deer xiire...inipplied'w another by mistake. Winter use by the people. Wh e n .they were refreshed, I put a silver coin into the hand of the dame, which brought a horrible grin on her features. I bide her adieu.—Dillon'; keknd and Lapland. TESTIAiONIAL TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. lice, etOZ bers l the rsons idge; invent Caro' not e %viol £lO O been needs JitatO )fl th r his cree l kilt Tic j t, 0 " suffer 071 b e ' Their s een' s , !tit. the r e f Leila 0. erdeo'