The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-10 00:00:00

Feb. 10, 1846. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. HE HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of this COMPANY will be held, at the Company's Office, 61-"orgate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th of Februa.. , ... at One o'clock precisely. By order 61 Mao t t e-s street GEORGE KING, Secretary 29th January, 1846. NCHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the AD JOURNED MEING of the PRO 01ETORS of this H COMPANY wiII ALF-YEARLY be E hel T d, at the Clarendon zooms, outh ohn-street, Liverpool, on TUES DAY, the 17th r_Y of Fe S bruary J next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to receive the port of th e C omm i ttee appo i nted at the Meeting of Proprie tors held on the 29th instant, and for the usual purposes. WM. JACKSON, Chairman. B irkenhead, 30th January, 1846. RnINBURGH,LEITILANDGRANTON RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a :=.PECIAL GENERAL the of the EDINBURGH LEITH, an MEETING d of GRANTO SHAREHOLDERS N RAILWAY COM ANY is t o be held, within the Company's Office, on SATUR- I "A l, the 21 s t i nstant, at One o ' clock, when the headsi of tio•ree t!ent, as arranged between the Directors of the Edinburgh'and tnFthern Railway with the view to an amalgamation with the tKlinburgh, Leith, 'and Granton Railway, will be submitted to t he Shareholders for their consideration and approval. 8 , Aber crom b ALLEN GEO. FIELD, Secretary. y-place, Edinburgh, 2d February, 1846. [ADVERTISEMENT. STO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVER OOL STANDARD. I R,---I have read a letter of Mr. Macgregor Laird's, respecting a statement which he thought proper to make eh a a hi st me at the Meeting of the Chester and Birkenhead reholders, over which 1 had the honour to preside, on the 29th ultimo. th T e he charge linefir,—T I purchased land, knowing that to be made of the Chester and Birkenhead Company was e made through it. I deny it, distinctly and broadly. th Nec°44 /Y —That I, and the surveyor appointed by me, fixed value of ' my land when it was purchased for the Company. ,_ deny it. Before the board I told them that I should not take !ess than FOUR POUNDS per yard because adjoining land was valued bygood Mr : Cole at FOUR POUNDS per yard, and I considered vanene as _, nUs far I reply n ot t o M r . M acgregor L a i r d, b u t t o th e .tatement published. w l leave the world to judge whether obvious malig-mty hithert o Prompts the charge be capable ofstaining my character, b„"uerto unspotted, by the accusation of corruptly administer -",.",he great trust confided to me. .vnatever may appear from the - same quarter, or on the same " u oiect, I shall not again notice. _ I am - , Sir, your obedient Servant, WILLIAM 'JACKSON, B irkenhead, February 4th, 1846. THELADIES' CHARITY. GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the ii,„_TRUSTEES and SUBSCRIBERS to the LADIES' CHA if I Y, will be holden in the Board-room of the Blue Coat t 4Pital, on WEDNESDAY next, the I Ith instant, at One os i i°Ck, P.M., to receive the Report for the past year, to Elect of eel's an Chari Committees , and to transact the General Business the . _ . JAMES BOLD, President, m-r ldfv erPool, Feb. 4, 1846. mi re Treasurer begs to acknowledge the following Donations L egacy received during the past year:— DONATIONS, Mrs. Byrom Corric Mrs. T. 8r0wn.... Mrs. Wm. Dixon Thos. Carson, Esq. James Bold, Esq. Corporation of Liverpool T. D. Readlam, Esq Mrs. W. M'Gree.tor A Friend, per Rev. J, Wilkinson Mrs. Rathbone. Mr, Grace, Berry-street A Ball Ticket, per Mrs. Nicol .' s. d. 10 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 10 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 I 0 I 0 0 0 10 0 LEGACY. The late Richard Irlam Grantham, per Chas, • Oddie and Ezekiel G. Varenne, Esqrs., #2OO, less duty ~t2O 183 0 0 LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. AT a GENERAL MEETING of the GOVERNORS 14., 0 of the LIVERP(X)L DISPENSARIES, held in the Board l a , arish Offices, Fenwick-street, on FRIDAY, February T h Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS, A.M-, in the Chair, bee Annual Add ress o f th e Co mm itt ee t o th e G overnors h av i ng ‘7n read, it was unanintously,—That the Address of the Committee, w read, be received, printed, and distributed as usual. Uricunanintouslq,—That the Accounts of the Treasurer st read, which have been properly audited, be new passed aid Printed as usual. b e 4e , "ved uaimoaly,—Tbat the best thans of this Meeting vy,Pres i ented n to n the r Rev. Jonathan Brooks k A M President • V ; ""alli Fisberry, Esq., and the Rev. Cyrus Morrall, A.M., .._' ee- Presidents ; also, to Mr. Walter F. MacGregor, Treasurer ; . 1 ? r. Charles BoothFosberry, Auditors ; with he other Gentlemen of the Committee, for their zealous atten 'On to the interests of the charity. R eeolred unanimously,—That the thanks of this Meeting be kiiven to the Honorary Physicians and Surgeons of this Charity, or their unremitting attention to the duties of their respective office,. Ixesolred unanimously,—That the thanks of this Meeting be Presented to those Ministers of Religion who have, in their re- Pective places of worship, kindly advocated the cause of this „. ‘ arity. Officers unanimously,—That the following gentlemen be the "ncers of the Institution for the ensuing 'year : Rev. Jonathan Brooks, A.M., President. William Fosbery, Esq., Vice-President of the North Dispensary Rev. Cyrus Morrall, A.M., Vice-President of the South Dispensary. Mr. Walter F. acre Treasurer. Mr. Charles Booth and M Mr. G W. g C. or, Fosbery, Auditors. COMMITTEE. The Churchwarden s o f the Parish for the time being. Mr. James Mulleneux, Mr. Thomas Avison, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Rev. Wm. Mulleneux, Rev. W. Parker, Mr. W. It. Coulburn, Mr. Joseph Cooper, Mr. John Coward, Mr. Eden, Mr. John Clow, Mr. J. H. Macrae, Mr. John Heyworth, Mr. Char'e; Moore, Mr. Allan Potter, Me . James Smith, M r. Th os. B . H ors f a ll , tr. J. H. Stafford, I Mr. G. G. Hornby, Mr. Wm. Bennett, Mr. James C aw . Dr Mr. D. H. GIBSON, Secretary and Collector. k lacrorie, 1).4 Nicholson, l r. Grindroe, D'. Williams, Dr. Dcan, and Dr. Scott—Cnslting Phsicians. . Parke Mr. Minshull, and , Mr. o James u Coopeyr,—Consulting Surgeons. pi s SOUTH DISPENSARY, 1, Upper Parliament-street. "Y e ician, - Er. Sutherland. l --Stygeons, Mr. !,ong, Mr. A. Hig- ginson, Mr. J.l l . Shepherd. A House Surgeon, Mr. Cameron, ac Lellan. "ogistant House Surgeons, Mr. Mr. Leech, and Mr. Carr. Apothecaries, Mr. W. Gilmour, and Mr. J. J. Lloyd. p h NoffI 7 IBiSPENSARY; Vauxhall-road. Ysician, Dr. Timmon.—Surgeons, .111 r. E Jones, Mr. J. ( Ferguson, Mr. Chalmers. House Surgeon Mr. A. Arnott. A ssistant House Surgeons, Mr. Lay - cock. Mr. G and Mr. E. Whittle. T. Jones, Apothecaries, Mr. Meyers and Mr. Kilner. t -Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of this Meeting be t r de red to the Churcliwardens and Select Vestry for the use of e Board-room on this occasion. Signed, JONATHAN BROOKS. De Chairman having left the Chair, • ousl unan,—That te thanks of this Meetin be r esented to the R ev Jonathan Br h ooks, for his able and imp g ar lalconduct in the chair. Observe that the Signature of the proprietor, "G. C. Serjeant," is written on the Government Stamp. t %/RANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy h against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Luin -1,4). Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. I, Lo t° 8 -court, Paternoster-row, and ; Bell-yard, Temple-bar, k ll tt l e ori; and by all Venders of Medicine. Price 2s. 9d. per o irb„ e astonishing success which has crowned the application e ,als external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable o 7") when the unhappy sufferer had despaired of eve r ga i n i ng gn the least relief, and this after the ablest advice and every 4.11er means the atomcompletely failed, most justly entitles it to the `Lent ion oficted. ' to . 'ais excellent Medicine, so univerSally esteemed, is unat habvded with the least danger or inconvenience, and hundreds experienced its happy and salutary effects since it was rst introduced. Su e %on h are the properties of this invaluable Specific that per labouring under the most distressing Rheumatism, Rheu -4,""c Gout, and Lumbago and rendered thereby incapable of sisting themselves, have'been relieved in a few hours. i ng A lno testi ngst many which are being daily received are the follow : 4, Paternoster-row. t i g" l ,—Having been informed of the surprising cure of Mr. b,, es, of St. Paul's Churchyard, who was so severely afflicted n heumatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that he was e Z;MPelled to be confined by a strait waistcoat to prevent his v 011nitting any violence, and whose case was considered en beinY I was induced to ascertain the particulars, and t o g satisfied of the truth of my information, encouraged me li tt r i nake a trial of your most invaluable Medicine, entertaining T er e hopes of success, having been many years so severe a suf vo er, and tried many said to be very valuable remedies. lam / - 4 1 : baPPy in being able to add my testimony of the benefit erived: after a few days' application the use of my limbs are rlectly restored, and I am now able to attend my business, Vp making an allowance for my age, never was better in my ~._‘e• To those, however severely afflicted and hopeless their 'nay have been pronounced, I beg of them to make a trial, quite satisfied they will be restored to the use of their "8. from the severe cases that have yielded to this Medicine. e alth is a great blessing to those who can enjoy it, but to hose who are deprived, none feels it so severe as the trades or mechanic, as it generally causes loss of business, and 10 7 4 ,g8 ruin on families. I shall at all times feel it my duty to f n :Ke it known to those afflicted, to evince how grateful I am nIY restoration, and am, Sir, yours truly, GEORGE POLLARD. ° etober 20, 1844 Well-street, Cripplegate. alg to ld have been several weeks confined to my bed by Gout 4m leumatism, not a part from mThead to my feet free from e „,„ 11 , and as h e l p l ess as an i n f ant: not even a fi nger coul d I di e• In thi s unpleasant situation I was informed by my , me- Laj attendant he had applied all the usual remedies, and that Vtilt remain months in my deplorable situation. Fortunately your remedy was made known to me, or . I might been to this day confined to my bed. After a close appli teft3ll of four days, my troublesome companion began to dis ae'pr ; in a week I was capable of walking about my room,cUOQ uY another week's perseverance in the use of your Medi was enabled to leave Loodon. .Fearful of another attack, rkl,'4l W ill please to send six bottles.—l °am, Sir, your obedient a nt, D. W. STONE. t, 14, Belmont place, Wandsteorth-road, Oct. 26, 1844. feel in.duty bound.to acknowledge, that after suffer the trlt.e pains from Sciatica, or severe Rheumatic affection in fir F - Joint, and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded to three your embrocation, and have the pleasure to say that after th e _ a Pplications I was restored to my usual health ; and, al .....augh two years have passed, I have no return of the disorder. 1 ", Sir, gratefully yours, - . ltd EDWARD NOYES. Pendlehury, Russell-street ; Titherington, Oxford; o`w.,; Hogarth, Great George-street; Fisher, Bod-street - ivLlPland, Parker-street ; Gerrard, Oldhall-street ; Parkinson, 1.0'4 Sc otland-road; Neal, Scotland-road ; Simpson, Scotland °PPosite St. Martin's Market; Mackow, VaTchalf-road ; ti o en, corner of Dale-street and Haymarket; Smith, Great Telmer -street • Cox, Fox-street ; Gillard, Richmond-row ; Low, Wain.g.ton ; Talker, London-road; Parry, Christian-street; terk' e afr, Great George-pl a ce ; S m ith, W oo d s id e ; Price, NA , a- to ALI ` 4O N FISHING.—The salmon fishing for the season Illniericed in the north on Monday. In the Tay, the ti l L 'e ,Y: , the Ness, the Doon, and the Tweed, the catch was Th e y good. The salmon are ascending in multitudes. Ag market prices have been from 2s. fid. to 4s. per lb. thi s "jog to the mild weather, no ice has been stored .k.,sesaeridason it is believed that but few fish can be sent to 11411, , though they are expected to be unusually Oen- TO THE LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY. THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY of this Auxiliary will be held (n.v.) on MONDAY EVENING next, the 16th instant, in the LECTURE-ROOM Of the COLLEGIATE INSTI TUTION, :Shaw-street. The Chair to be. taken at Six o'clock precisely. The Deputation will consist of the Hon. and Rev. H. MON TAGU VILLIERS, A.M., Rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury, London; Rev. FRANCIS CLOSE, A.M., Perpetual Curate of Cheltenham ; Rev. WILLIAM POLLOCK, A.M., Incumbent of St. Helen's; Rev. A. P. IRWINE, A.M., Secretary to the Parent Society. On SUNDAY next, the 15th instant, SERMONS will be Preached and COLLECTIONS made as under:— MORNING. AIGBURTH, by the Rev. HUGH ➢I'NEILE, A. 111., Canon of Chester. ST. BARNABAS'S, by the Rev. S. P. BOUTFLOWER, A.M., Curate of Seaforth, ST. BARTHOLOMEW S, by the Rev. C. W. LAWRENCE, A.M., Minister of St. Luke's. ST. BRIDE'S, , by the Hon. and Rev. H. MONTAGU VILLIERS, A.M., Rec tor of St. George's, Bloomsbury, London. ST. CLkMENT'S, by the Rev. W. POLLOCK, A.M., Incumbent of St. Helen's, EDGE-HILL, by the Rev. FREDERICK BARKER, A.M., Incumbent, ST. JAMES'S, by the Rev. HENRY HAMPTON, A.M., Incumbent ST. JOHN'S, by the Rev. W. M. FALLOON, A.M., Incumbent, ST. JUDE'S, by the Rev. FRANCIS CLOSE, A.M., Perpetual Curate of Cheltenham. ST. LUKE'S, by the Rev. GEORGE DOVER, A.M., Incumbent of St. Bar tholomew's. ST, MARK'S, by the Rev. B. A. MARSHALL, A.M., Minister, ST. PAUL'S, by the Rev. ROBERT DAVIES, Minister. SEAFORTH, by the Rev. THOS. NOLAN, A.M., Incumbent of St. Barna bas's. ST. SIMON'S, by the Rev. J. It. CONNOR, A.M., Incumbent. ST. THOMAS'S, TOXTETH-PARK, by the Rev. A. P. IRWINE, A.M., Askociation Secretary WEST DERBY, by the Rev. WALTER BUTLER, A.M., Incumbent of St. Tho mas's, Toxteth-park. . Ser;ice to commence at the usual hours. AFTERNOON. EDGE-HILL, by the Rev. A. P. IRWINE, A.M. ST. PAUL'S, (in the Welsh Language,) by the Rev. WM. DAVIES, 8.A., Curate. CHRIST CHURCH, WATERLOO, by the Rev. THOMAS NOLAN, A.M. Service to cotnmence at Three o'clock EVENING. ST. ANDREW'S, by the Hon. and Rev. H. MONTAGU VILLIERS, A.M ST. BARNABAS'S, by the Rev. FRANCIS CLOSE, A.M. ST. JAMES'S, by the Rev. FIELDING OULD, A.M., Incumbent of Christ Church. KIRKDALE CHURCH, by the Rev. W. M. FALLOON, A.M. ST. MARK'S, by the Rev. W. POLLOCK, A.M. ST. SIMON'S, by the Rev. A. P. IRWINE, A.M. ST. SILAS'S, by the Rev. J. CORDEAUX, A.M., Incumbent. ST. THOMAS'S, TOXTETH-PARK, by the Rev. W. BUTLER, A.M. • WEST DERBY, by the Rev. C. W. LAWRENCE, A.M. Service to commence at Half-past Six o'clock, On SATURDAY EVENING next, the 14th instant, a PUB LIC PRAYER MEETING will be held in the INSTITUTION HOUSE, Slater-street, at Seven o'clock. On TUESDAY MORNING next, the 17th instant, there will be a PUBLIC BREAKFAST, at the ADELPHI HOTEL, at Half past Eight o'clock. On WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 18th instant, a SERMON will be Preached in ST. - MICHAEL'S CHURCH, Pitt-street. by the Rev. FRANCIS CLOSE, A.M. ..* Tickets of Admission to the Public Meeting may be had on application to Mr. H. PERRIS, 6, Church-street, on FRIDAY and SATURDAY next, the 13th and 14th instant, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT MOVEMENTS IN THE POLITICAL WORLD. Dr. Nicholl has stated his intention not to retire from the representation of Cardiff. , Mr. Fielden, M.P., has taken charge of the Ten Hours Factory Bill in consequence of Lord Ashley's resignation. The Manchester Guardian says that 726 new voters for South Cheshire have been put on the registry by the free traders. Lord Arthur Lennox has resigned his seat for Chiches ter, and Lord Henry Gordon Lennox offers himself as his successor, on the anti-Peel interest. D. W. Russell, Esq., M.P., for North Staffordshire, has announced his intention to vote for Sir R. Peel's measures. Mr. Mark Phillips has announced his intention to re tire from the representation.of Manchester at the next general election. LYNN.-Mr. B. B. Cabbell has come forward as a can didate for the representation of this borough. Lord Jo celyn has been solicited to stand again, but no reply has yet been received. It is rumoured in the political circles that the Duke of Northumberland intends to give his support to Sir Robert Peel's measure regarding the corn laws and commercial policy. Viscount Courtenay, son of the Earl of Devon, will succeed Sir T. Fremantle as Chief Secretary for Ireland. By the acceptance of this office the noble lord will neces sarily vacate his seat for South Devonshire. The Manchester Town Council, with only one dissen tient, have petitioned Parliament for an immediate repeal of the corn-laws. The Nottingham Council have petition ed in favour of Sir Robert's commercial changes. Earl Talbot has signified bis intention to give his cor dial support to the measures proposed by Sir Robert Peel. Lord Talbot. we believe, farms from 1,500 to 2,000 acres of land, chiefly arable. At an agricultural meeting at Tamworth last week an address was carried to her Majesty, calling upon her to dissolve parliament prior to passing the contemplated free trade measures. On Tuesday, C. H. Frewen, Esq., was elected for East Sussex, in the room of Mr. Darby, without opposition. The new member announced that he would give the most determined opposition to the free-trade measures of the government. J. Tollemache, Esq. M.P. has written to the chairman of his election committee, to say that he cannot support Sir Robert's free-trade measures, and offering to resign his seat if his constituents wish it. Mr. T. has been re quested to follow his own judgment, but on uo account to resign. INTENTIONS OF THE LIBERALS.-4. numerous meet ing of the leading members of Parliament was held on Saturday, when it was determined on the advice of Lord J. Russell, to do all in their power to pass Sir R. Peel's free trade measures. The Premier will, no doubt, be in debted to the Radicals for the success of his schemes. The Morning Post states that Lord Melbourne, re cently hearing her Majesty speak warmly in favour of free trade, used these remarkable words : " Madam, this will not do ; the next thing will touch your crown." That his lordship was not consulted during a late attempt to form on administration will no longer be surprising. The League newspaper sang a song of triumph on Sa turday week, but it admits that the proposed measure of Sir R. Peel may produce (because, forsooth, it is not im mediate in its operation) a "frightful crisis of scarcity and distress—commercial and fiscal collapse." This is a memorable confession. REPRESENTATION OF WINDSOR.--II is rumoured that Mr. Neville will shortly vacate his se.lt for Windsor, and that the 12,ght Hon. W. Gladstone will offer himself for the borough. Under present circumstances n o oppo ition, in the event of Mr. Neville's retirement, is con templated to the return of the government candidate. SELKIRKSHIRE ELL c norr.—On Friday the nomination of candidates took place, when Mr. Lockhart, Conserva tive, was proposed by Mr. Pringle, the late representative, and Mr. Murray, tree-trader, was put forward. On a show of hands, it was declared to be in favour of Mr. Murray, when a poll was demanded. CAMBRIDGE PROTECTION SOCIETY.—The Agricultu ral Society of Cambridge assembled on Saturday. A din. ner afterwards took place, at which the Earl of Hardwicke declared himself thoroughly opposed to Sir R. Peel's corn law propositions. Mr. Yorke and Mr. Alex, the members for the county, expressed similar opinions. Mr. Collett, M.P., has given notice of a motion in the House of Commons for a select committee to inquire into the causes that led to the vacation of their seats by the late members for Newark, Woodstock, and Buckingham ; and to report whether the resolutions of the house, re stricting peers from interfering about elections, has not been infringed upon. LORD MORPETH IN THE HOUSE.—The noble lord was to take his seat in the House of Commons last night. His party are making great efforts to get up a monster petition for the immediate repeal of the Corn Laws, with which his lordship is to be armed on Monday evening, as if with a baton, to swell the dignity of his return into the senatorial presence. The (lon. Gerard J. Noel, second son of the Earl of Gainsborough, is to be the candidate for Rutlandshire, in the room of Mr. Dawnay. It is not expected that there will be any opposition. Mr. Noel is at present at Rome ; but be has been sent for, and those of his family who have sanctioned his being put forward, have promised that he will " advocate protection." and " oppose any further in roads upon the protestant constitution." Mr. J. W. Patten has written an address to the electors of North Lancashire, intimating his conviction that the time is now come for the settlement of the corn-law ques tion, and if his constituents differ from him, he is ready to resign his seat. Lord Courtenay being required of the Exeter Agricultural Protection Society to state whether he intends to support the measure of Sir R. Peel, not only refuses to answer the question, but denies the right of the society to put it. ELECTION MATTERS.—Lord Jocelyn, M.P., for Lynn, and Mr. Mainwaring, M.P. for Denbighshire,—having become converts to Free Trade, resign their seats. Mr. Charteris. M.P. for East Gloucestershire, says he is also converted, but being elected to promote protection, he shall vote against the government. Mr. Cartwright re tires from South Northamptonshire, by reason of his old age. Mr. Philips retires from Manchester at the next election. Lord Ashley has written to the Short Time Commit tee, exhorting them not to despair, and to abate nothing of the limitation of ten hours, His Lordship concludes as follows—" I rejoice, sincerely and thankfully rejoice, that my resignation, the last act of my public life, the last at least so far as I can see, has been to advance a measure which, if there be justice or humanity remaining, mu st render the concession of the Ten Hours' Bill not only certain but immediate." TEMPORA MUTANTUR; ET NOS MUTAMUR IN ILL'S. —ln recording the signs of the times, we should weigh well the importance of the following signal events :—ln 1841 Lord Morpeth, as popular a man as any in England —at that time a cabinet minister, and an advocate of an eight-shilling duty on foreign wheat—was defeated at the hustings, in Yorkshire, by a majority exceeding Eleve n Hundred. His lordship is now a member of the Anti corn-law League, and has been returned for the same county without a contest It is stated that Captain the Hon. W. Gordon and the Right Hon H. Corry are about to retire from the Admi ralty in consequence of their sentiments upon free trade. It is also said that Mr. John R. Ormsby Gore and Cap tain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, R.N., have signified a wish to resign the offices they hold in the royal household as Grooms in Waiting to her Majesty. A report prevails in the Woolwich garrison that Sir George Murray, the Master-General of the Ordnance, has tendered his re signation. The Marquis of Anglesey, or Major-General Sir C. Napier, is spoken of as his successor. PROTECTION OR NO PROTECTION —A'private meeting of the electors of North Staffordshire was held on Mon day, at Stafford, to hear the opinions of the members of that division of the county upon Sir Robert Peel's Corn Law measure. Lord Sandon was voted to the chair, and expressed himself in favour of protection, but doubted whether that view of the subject could be entertained much longer ; and as he saw that the matter must be set tled by either Sir Robert Peel or Lord John Russell, he should rather support the former than the latter. Mr. Alderley spoke, and expressed his firm determination to oppose Sir Robert Peel's scheme. SPITALFIELDS SILK WEAVERS.--A great meeting of the silk weavers of London was held on Wednesday, at La Patentee Chapel, Spitalfields, to consider the ruinous tariff of Sir Robert Peel. The chapel was crowded to ex cess. They contemplate the complete prostration of their trade from the meddling measures of the Premier having levelled all distinction between plain and figured silks ; those artisans anticipate only misery, degradation, and starvation, as reaards themselves and families, and which must most certainly result from the great influx of silks from fore'gn markets, occasioned by such considerable reductions in the amounts of duty hitherto imposed. Speeches in favour of protection to industry in general were made, and a petition to Parliament, embodying their opinions, was adopted, which was intrusted to Lord Stanhope. Lord Lincoln has accepted the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland, and his seat in the House of Commons for South Nottinghamshire is thereby become vacant. In soliciting from the same constituency a renewal of their confidence, his lordship says, " I cannot within the limits of an ad dress enter into the.details of so large and comprehensive a scheme of commercial policy as that lately laid before the House of Commons. This much, however, I am bound in candour, When addressing an agricultural con stituency, to say—that on the question of the corn laws my opinions are changed. In 1841, honestly, and not from any party motive, I advocated measures for what is now called Protection of native industry.' Mature re flection,—constant and anxious consideration of the sub ject,—attention year after year to the arguments brought forward in the house on one side and on the other,—above all, the experience of the last four years, have convinced me, not that the corn laws alone should be abolished, but that our whole commercial system should be subjected to a great, a bold, and a comprehensive revision." ONE OF THE OLD SCHOOL.—The Marquis of Chandos, eldest son of the Duke of Buckingham, in an address to the electors of Buckingham thanking them for having returned him as representative for that borough to the House of Commons, says—" As regards my opinions upon some of the important subjects which at this time occupy the attention of the country, I will in sincerity assure you that there is no one more truly attached than myself to the Established Church, and my exertions will ever be used to preserve, unimpaired, the Protestant re ligion. Upon the important question of the corn laws, I at once frankly avow my decided opposition to the mea sures now introduced and my by the Government; de sire and determination) to endeavour to preserve that protection which the agricultural interest has hitherto vo , -1 and to which it has so just a claim. I have ssess - eu, ever felt respect and sympathy for the ineustrious classes , my attention shall be given to the subject of the poor laws, being desirous to do all I can to ameliorate them, and to insure to the labourer and his family every possible comfort." IRELAND AND THE CORN LAWS.—The Irish oppo- I Korai glib probincial grtus. vents of free tradeare axerting themselves. A requisi tion, bearing the signatures of Lords Ely and Enniskillen, Sir Arthur Brooke, the Archdalls, D'Arcys, Bartons, The steam-ship Hibernia, which would leave Boston on &c., has beet addressed to the High Sheriff of Ferman. t the Ist, may be expected on or before Saturday morning. agh, calling on that functionary to convene his bailiwick A beautifully executed and remarkably correct full at an early day "to take into consideration the import- length likeness of J. D. Case, Esq. has just been placed ant changes announced by Sir R. Peel." To-day (Tues. in the Commissioners' Rooms, Birkenhead. day) has been fixed for this, the first open hostile demon- BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—On Monday Mr. Tomkinson stration in Ireland to the ministerial measure. retired from the contract, and. Mr. M'Cormack has taken Mr. Archer Gurney has expressed his regret that his it up. convictions of Mr. Fox's intentions to stand for the West A party of gentlemen dined on Wednesday at Fleet- Riding should have induced him (Mr. F.) to retire from wood, with the view of celebrating the arrival at that port the contest. Mr. Gurney says, in reply to a deputa- of the first cargo of cotton. tion which had waited on him after Mr. Fox's retire- The Mosinee Committee have lately granted a lease of went—" Had I still been on the spot, or had I known i n land in Water-street, for 75 years, at the rate of ten time of their request, nothing should have prevented my pounds per square yard. accession to their wishes, and appearance on the West Last Friday a boy named Badley, living in King's Riding hustings. lam still of opinion that a resolute but court, Brook-street, was btu nt to death, through his kindly opposition, even on the hustings, on the day of clothes catching fire. He was left alone. nomination, might have secured a victory to the protec- Snot' ROBBERY.—On Saturday Mary Ann Dwyer was five interest. I believe, that with very little exertion, a committed for trial, at the Police-court, on a charge of show of hands might have been obtained against the corn- having stolen three pieces of edging, of the value of 235., petetive system, and the League's candidate. I believe, the property of Mr. Rigby, laceman, of Dale-street. that the influence of that primary decision, would have A man named Howarth, a turn-out collier, at Roch been so great as to have roused all the conservative gentry dale, has been committed to Kirkdale Gaol, on a charge of from inaction, and thereby have secured the final triumph attempting to murder John Dugdale, one of the new hands of the protective cause." at Meadow Croft Colliery. Houas OF LABOUR.—A meeting of master spinners The Rev. James North, of St. Catherine's, has lately was held on Tuesday, at Manchester, to ascertain the given half a ton of coal to each of the inmates of the 48 feeling of the trade with respect to Lord A s hl ey ' s p rvo _ almshouses for seamen's widows; and he also, at Christ sition for the reduction of the hours of labour in cotton mas, divided amongst several of the most needy and in mills. The feeling was, that Sir Robert Peel's fiscal mea- firm a quantity of mutton. sure, if carried, would have the effect of ameliorating the HOUSE ROBBERY.—On Saturday a young female, condition of the working classes, by enabling them to ob- named ivfary Connolly, was committed for trial on a taro a more plentiful and cheaper supply of food, and that charge of having stolen a boa and shawl, value four it would also place the manufacturers, in many respects, pounds, the property of a lady in Grenville-street, to in so much better a position, as to enable the trade gene- whom she had gone to look for service. rally, in some degree, to meet the objects, which Lord At the meeting of the Mersey Yacht Club on Tuesday, Ashley has brought before the legislature, and which, on an American gentleman exhibited a novel method of pro. different occasions, the House of Commons has approved. yelling ste4mers by sma ll pa ddl e - w h ee l s w h o l ly immersed The meeting resolved that immediate steps should be in the water. Tne club has now standing to its credit taken to ascertain the opinion of the whole body of cotton £271. spinners and manufacturers, as to the propriety of their promoting a measure fir reducing the hours of factory la bour from twelve to eleven hours. This, of course, is to be contingent on the passing of Sir Robert Peel's mea sure, without which the millownrrs would not feel justi- The Rev. H. Hampton delivered, on Tuesday, a very eloquent lecture on the improvement of health by habits of cleanliness and attention to ventilation, and showed the connexion of these subjects with their moral and religious advancement, and their comfort in every way. fled in acceding to such an alteration in the hours of la bour. NORTH CHESHIRE —An influential and numerous meeting was held, on Friday, at Knutsford, to hear the opinions of W. Tattoo Egerton, Esq., one of the members for North Cheshire, on Sir R. Peel's propositions. Sir R. Brooke, Bart., was called to the chair. Mr. Egerton addressed the meeting. and said, that while he regretted that the circumstances of the country had compelled the prime minister to make such propositions, he confessed he felt himself obliged to support him, to prevent more mischievous and violent politicians taking charge of the government of this country. He said he had not changed his opinions on the subject of protection to native indus try and to the farmer ; but public circumstit ces, by which the country was surrounded, render some measure of the kind irresistible. If, however, the meeting should think him unworthy of their support for adopting the step he was about to take in parliament, he was quite willing to return into their bands the trust that they had reposed in him. Mr. Egerton then left the, room, and the subject was discussed fairly and freely ; when, after deprecating the vacillating policy of Sir Robert Peel, a resolution was Passed unanimously, " That the thanks of this meeting Owing to the reckless driving of the coachman, the Manchester Mid-day Mail Coach near Burnley was upset. The passengers were scattered about. Ore had his thigh broken and shoulder dislocated—another received a con cussion of the brain—another was contused in head and body. The coachman was injured in his head. RAILWAY TRAIN UPSET.—On Monday morning, a lugvage train, proceeding from Manchester to Crewe, in consequence of one of the wheels breaking, overturned, and fell down an embankment, between Chelmsford and Holmes Chapel ; the engineer, fireman, and breaksman eseaped without injury. ALETHORAMA.—The children of St. Jude's, St. Silas', and St. Mark's Schools, had a high treat on Friday last, in witne-sing the above celebrated exhibition. Their ad miration was almost unbounded, as the varied and beau tiful scenery was presented, interspersed with liliputian real life. The Roman Catholics of Manchester have lately sold what is known as the Rook-street chapel, the oldest in the town. The proceeds, which are large, will enable that body to erect a . splendid cathedral, which is intended. The site will be Red Bank, Salford Bridge, on the old road to Cheetham Hill. be given to Mr. Tatton Egerton for his long and faithful services to this county, and for his candid and straight forward conduct on this occasion. The meeting are equally unanimous in their desire to retain the valuable services of Mr. Egerton at this important crisis, leaving him perfectly unshackled and at liberty to follow what ever course he may consider most advantageous for the interests of this country. The meeting take the oppor tunity of expressing their deep regret at Mr. Egerton's contemplated retirement in the event of a dissolution of parliament; arid they fervently hope that the restoration of his health will permit him long to continue his connec tion with this county as its member." Mr. Egerton, on returning into the room, was presented with a copy of the resolution, which was read to him amidst enthusiastic cheering. He thanked them cordially for their confidence. WEST RIDING ELECTION.—On Wednesday, Lord Morpeth was returned for the West Riding without oppo sition. His lordship addressed the assemblage, which consisted of about 8.000 persons. His lordship was loudly cheered by those on and near the hustings, but not bv.the multitude generally. He expressed himself grati. fied at the proud position he now occupied, contrasted with his defeat in 1841. He had not canvassed, he had not solicited the honour of representing them on the present occasion, and he was unopposed. Not that there bed been no rumours of opposition ; there had been plenty of blowing of trumpets, and of braying too. (Laughter.) Mr. Archer Gurney had been at Wakefield and called a mee ting, which was attended by seven reporters and four protectionists. (A laugh.) But that gentleman had re tired to his sequestered house in Rock-vale, Devonshire. Next came one who spoke in harsher terms, but who was not so much a candidate himself, as a godfather of can didates. The first object of his affections, however, chose to go and fight the battle of protection in the borough of Ripon ; and the other object of Mr. Ferrand's regard was too ill to perform the duties of High Sheriffof the county, much less was he able. therefore, to discharge those of a representative of the West Riding, and he had declined to contest the seat. When he (Lord Morpeth) last ad dressed the electors, be told them that the measures he then advocated were hastening to their accomplishment, and that if there was any subject on which a nation would see itself righted, it was that of food. Upon that ques tion, which now stirred all England, he came to ask and receive their suffrages. No question could more concern tbena, their wives, and their children, and to this great question. now at issue before the,nation, he should mainly address himself. When he was last before them, he said lie could not reconcile it to himself to represent any other place, and he rejoiced now that he had maintained that determination, and reserved himself for the cause of free trade. If elected, he should go into the House of Com mons to vote for the total and immediate repeal of the corn laws. Some fastidious friends had told him that he might have expressed his opinions strongly on the ques tion, but he should not have given his money to the League. (A voice—" That £5 will carry the election ) Then lie should get it very cheap. But the bit of money which he sent to the League was intended to co-operate in amending the registration list for the West Riding, and rectifying what he considered to be a mi s take i n judg ment. He attributed the present p os iti o n of the c orn -l aw q uestion to the League and the exerti ons o f its l ea d ers . sm even,por t for c e Arid though he did not think that l arge se lf-co ns tit ute d bodies were the most desirable methods of workin g ou t might emeaas to sures c , on y i e p t el questions of objectionable su m e o h de i over coming the obstinacy of th e res i s t anc e w i t h w hi ch which they were met. The noble lord c onc l u d e d a l ong speech, by declaring his readiness to support the prin ciples of free trade in the House of Commons as the re presentative of the West Riding of Yorkshire.—ln answer to a question put by Mr. W. Walker, a large manufactu rer at Bradford, Lord Morpeth said, he wished that the question of the hours of labour could be adjusted by the masters and the employed themselves, but if it could no', he should be willing to be a party to some legislative en actment, reserving to himself the liberty of judging what was best, at the time, for both parties. CAUTION.—TWO boys were brought before Mr. Rush ton on Saturday, charged with having stolen £47 out of a arawer in the huusY of Mr. Banks. Avison-street ; but it appearing that some promise had been held out that if the prisoners would confess the robbery they should be forgiven, the prosecution failed, and the prisoners were discharged. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday evening, a gentleman, supposed to he insane, got out of the win dow of a first-class carriage on the Chester Railway, and tell headforemost on the rails. The train was stopped, and he was taken to Chester Infirmary, but he died on Friday from the injuries. He had £5l in his pocket, and had taken a ticket from Whitmore. GREAT STRENGTH OF. IRON VESSELS.—A short time ago, the John Garrow, of :-ort, arrived from North America, with a cargo of timber, the load 35k feet to the ton register, being more, by 10; feet, than the largest cargo ever brought in wooden ships. The exceedingly sound state of the vessel, which has been afloat since 1839, is most astonishing. RETURNED TRANSPORT.—John Hughes was, on Fri day, brought before the police-court on a charge of hav ing returned from transportation. It appeared that the prisoner was tried at the Salford Sessions in 1834, and sentenced to be transported for fourteen years. On Thursday he was seen in Liverpool, and apprehended. Mr. Rushton ordered him to be committed to the Assizes. VESSEL HUN DOWN BY A STEAMER.—The galliot Mary Ann, of Workington, Bowes, master, 83 tons, four men from Stangford bound to Workington, in ballast, was run down about half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday night last, by the Princess Alice, steamer, of Fleetwood, between the Mull of Galloway and the point of Ayre. The master, mate, and one of the seamen got on board the steamer, and arrived at Fleetwood on Sunday morning. The other seaman, named Prest^n, was unfortunately drowned. The weather was extremely thick. LOCAL BILLS.—On Friday the petition for the following bills was referred to the select committee on private bills. Birkenhead Small Debts Bill, Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners, the Herculaneum Docks, the Liver pool and Harrington 'Waterworks ; Birkenhead ( Com missioners') Dock ; the Warrington 'Waterworks ; the Liverpool Sanatory Regulations : the Liverpool Paving, Sewering, and Watering, and the Liverpool Improve ment ; the Trartmere Improvement ; the Manchester Markets; the Tranmere Docks; and the Liverpool Water petitions for bills. THE JESUITS.—We believe, as it is alleged, that the Jesuits are making themselves busy enough in this land; but if their success in general is no better than that which they have attained in the populous township of Over Darwen, it will not go very far towards the prayed-for conversion of heretical England. We are informed that some years ago a mass-house was erected in the township. and, of course, a form of worship duly established, but so slowly has gone on the work of " conversion," that the attempt has been abandoned—the building itself being alone converted—into a beer-shop ? Does not this bear out what we say about the spread of Popery? It proves that the Protestantism of the country is sound, and that if Romanists numerically increase in particular localities, it is owing entirely to the influx of strangers. — Lancaster Gazette. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—On Thursday, at the annual meeting of these excellent institutions, the report announced a considerable improvement in the state of the funds. At the dos,. of 1843 the debt of the institution amounted to £l,BOO, at the close of 1844, to £671, whereas the balance-sheet of 1845 presents a surplus of revenue over expenditure of £307, a state of things which has not occurred since 1836. Tiiis, however, the report says, arose from extraordinary exertions, and a hope was expressed that the public would support the institutions by permanenesubscriptions. and not let them depend on unwearied importunity. The expenditure of the past year amounted to £3,242, whilst the income from sub scriptions is only £2,000, leaving £1,300 to be provided for by casual and extraordinary contributions; and surely this sum, in so large and wealthy a community, might ea. sily be raised by means of annual subscriptions alone, and that at an individual sacrifice which would he so small as scarcely to deserve the name of charity. It was to this point the committee would especially draw the attention of the public. The institution .being now out of debt, they would earnestly suggest how easily it may be main tained in that position. With this view a partial begin ning has been made in the past year, the committee hav ing obtained new subscriptions to thy amount of £lB7, and increased subscriptions to the amount of £33 125., which, together, make the sum of £220 12s. ; but they have, at the same time, lost by deaths, removals, &c., the sum of £95 15s. 6d., thus reducing it to £124 16s. 6d. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks consented to remain chair man for another year, and promised at all times his best exertions. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S PR'SENT TO THE PRINCESS ROY AL.—Some days since a chest was despatched to London bearing the royal arms of France. This okest contained a complete trousseau of toilettes—morning toilette, evening toilette, and two ball toilettes. This present was addressed to the doll of the Princess Royal. Each gown is a perfect chef d'teurre, especially the ball dresses. One is of pros de Naples. the second of pink gauze with velvet flowers, exquisitely made. The small embroidered and trimmed pocket-handkerchiefs, the small silk stockings, shoes, slip pers, Indian each mere shawl, bonnets, muffs, a black lace scarf, &c., have all been made purposely, and with incre dible care. There is also a jewel•case with diamonds of the purest water, bracelets, ear-rings, and fillet for the forehead ; and all these minute curiosities are carefully ar ranged in the drawers and cases of a beautifully construc ted little wardrobe. PERSECUTION AND POPERY.-Mr. Newman, in his Essay on the Derelopnunt of Christian Doctrine, amongst other ingenious conclusions, distinctly recog nizes the right of persecuting heretics as part of the theory upon which the Romish system is built. He says in one place (p. 145), " Neither would St. Cyprian draw up a theory of persecution ;" which means, as is shown by the context, that though the church in St. Cyprian's time wns not in a condition to persecute , the time was to come when it would be, and then it would be right to do Again, in p. 354, he says that, "St. Augustine, Bishop of •Hippo, might at first be opposed to the em ployment of force in religion and afterwards acquiesce in it ;" where it is clear, from the whole of the passage, that be means to claim St. Augustine's sanction for the practice. Now, we sincerely trust and believe that most Roman Catholics will have good feeling as well as good sense enough to disavow so monstrous a doctrine, a doc trine only fit for Turks and heathens; and if Mr. New man himself should really entertain it, of course be can have no objection to try its effect upon himself, in which case he has only to make-a pilgrimage to Polock, and re commend himself to the notice of the Archi-archi-archi vey Siemasko.—Times. _ THE CHASE A FREE TRADE IN CORN.—Our readers are probably not aware of the fact, but, within the last few years, we have had a perfectly free trade in grain, though certainly not for a long period,—the exemption from duty having lasted just one day. - It will probably be recollected, that Sir Bober!. Peel's- corn law came into operation on the day before the , weekly averages were made up under it ; and certain parties, amongst whom was a house connected with this town; cleared a large quantity of grain, paying the duties underprotest, on the ground, until the averages had been duly made up, no duty was payable. Th e y subsequently brought an action against the collector of customs, at Liverpool, for a restitution of the amount of duties so paid ; and a verdict having been given against them, brought the matter, by writ of error, before the judges in the' Exchequer Chamber. That writ of error has just been decided; and the result is, that government will have to repay to the patties all the duties which they had received on the day in question. The matter was brought before the judges, and, on Tuesday last, the opinion of their lordships was delivered by the Chief-Baron. The opinion was very decided, not only that the parties are entited to a return of the duties, but that they have a claim for depreciation of price by a falling market. On an average this would be about les. per barrel of flour. It is impossible at present to give accu. rate information of the amount of money involved in this decision, but, from what we barn, we believe it is unwards of £150,000. The holders of bonded corn and flour at the time the act passed are, we learn, inclined to try the ques tion how far they bad a claim for the release of their pro. perty from the locks of government. This, it pursued, %Nal give opportunity for much wend pleading. TO THE MEMORY OF THE. LATE RIGHT REVEREND DR. ALEXANDER, Bishop of the Anglican Church at Jerusalem. S Persons of distinction having most ki n dl y responded to an appeal by private circular, issued by a Provisional Committee, to offer a Testimonial of Respect to the memory of the late Bishop of Jerusalem, by raising a fund to increase the inadequate provision which has been left for the support of his Lordships's family, it has been deemed desirable to give more extended publicity to their intention, especially as His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has given permission for the publication of the following letter, addressed to a mem ber of that Committee. Lambeth, January 15th, 1846. MY DEAR SIR,—A few days ago I received a circular from a Committee of Gentlemen associated for the laudable purpose of obtaining the means of increasing the very scanty provision on which Mrs. Alexander has to maintain herself and eight young children, and to defray the expenses of their education. Such an acknowledgement I conceive to be due to the services of the late lamented and excellent Bishop, who being placed in a situation surrounded with difficulties, conducted the affairs o f his Church with so much discretion and prudence as to give no cause of complaint to the heads of other communions, residing in the same city. and to win their respect and esteem by his piety and beneficence and by his persevering, yet temperate, zeal in prosecuting the objects of his mission. It is the kind of acknowledgement which I conceive the Bishop would ask if he had the power of communicating his wishes to his friends in this lower world. From reports to which I have reason to attach the fullest credit, of the assist ance which the Bishop derived from Mrs. Alexander's atten tions to the sick and the poor, the instruction of children, and other charities, and of the general favour which her gentleness, kindness, and courtesy procured for the mission ; I feel she has more than ordinary claims on the consideration of those who feel a satisfaction in shewing their respect for virtue and picy, whilst they comfort the sorrows of the widow and her orphan family. I know not to whom I can with greater propriety express my feelings on this sad occasion, than to you who are so fully ac quainted with the amiable and estimable qualities of the la mented Bishop and his respected widow; I have been prevented from doing it sooner, by an indisposition which for some days deprived me of the power of attending to business. Be so good as set down my name for a subscription of .t'loo. I remain, my dear Sir, faithfully yours, (Signed,) W. CANTUAR. To the Rev. Dr. MeCatel. THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE HAS NOW BEEN FORMED: — Lord Ashley, M.P„ Chairman. Right Hon. Sir G. H. Rose, !Rev. Dr. M'Caul, 6.C.8. 'Rev. T. S. Grimshawe, Sir Walter Farquhar, Bart., 'Rev. Thomas Jackson, Hon. William Ashley, Rev.: C. Mackensie, Captain Hope, C.8.R.N., Rev. James Haldane Stewart, R. C, L- Bevan, Esq., Rev. William Ayerst, William Grane, Esq., !Rev. J. B. Cartwright, R. James, Esq., !Rev. J. Charlesworth Rev. Dr. Marsh, Rev. J, J. Reynolds Hon. and Rev. H. Montagu Villiers, Notice of the .folloicing Subscri, Her Majesty the Q His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury .....'lOO 0 0 aliens has also been received leen Dowager .t'so. Rev. H. Lloyd, Tedding- ton 5 0 0 Rev. James Ware, Wy- The Lord Bishop of Lon don The Lord Bishop of Ri pon 2O 0 0 Lord Ashley, M.P. Sir Thos. Baring, Bart 5O 0 0 Capt. Hope R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. W. C. Hogan, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. . Hon. Arthur Kinnaird Rev. 1)r. Marsh lO 0 0 Rev. John Blockburn, Attercliffe J. W. Farrer, EN., Lin- verstone, Suffolk .. : 50 0 Messrs. Guinness 5O 0 0 Rev. F. Cunningham, Lowestoft 5 0 0 Dowager Duchess of Beaufort Lord Bexley Bishop of Sodor and Man, per Hon. and Rev:a. Montagu Aril- tiers 5 0 0 Abel Smith, Esq... Ditto 50 0 0 W. L. Farrer, Esq. Miss Orme lO 0 0 Robt. Vaughan Richards, Esq., per Miss Farrer 20 0 0 Hon. Miss Waldegrave, Ditto Hon. Miss H. Walde grave, Ditto 5 0 0 Mrs. James Taylor, Do. 5 0 0 Misses Dealtry, Ditto Thos. Clayton, Esq., Do. 5 0 0 Miss Clayton, Ditto 5O 0 Earl of Eldon 5 0 0 Countess of Eldon 5 0 0 The Hon. and very Rev. the Dean of St. Pa ' trick's Mrs. Sandford, by Ditto 10 0 0 Lord Mountsanford, by Ditto 2O 0 0 Subscriptions under .t's 21 13s coin's Inn Fields .. Sir Robt. H.lnglis, Bart Miss Inglis Rev. N. I. Ridley, per Miss Farrer - 10 0 0 Lady -, Ditto 5 0 0 A Friend, Ditto 5O 0 Rev. W. R. Fremantle 5O 0 R. James, Esq. J. M. Strachan, Esq. W. B. Hudson, Esq. Mrs. Hudson .. Rev. Henry Sim Mr. and the Misses Bee ver, Coniston Rev. Hugh W/sleile Rev. Win. Magee, I)un ganstone Lady Emma Pennant SUbscriptions will be received at the Office of the London So ciety for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews,3, Chatham Place, Blackfriars ; at the Record Office • at Mr. NISBET'S, Berners-street ; and at the following Bankers :—Messrs. HE ES and Co., St. James's-street; and at Messrs. WILLIAMS, DEACON, and Co., Birchin-lane ; and by Members of the Com mittee. CORNS AND BUNIONS THE ANTI-CALLOSITY, or celebrated Russian Corn and Bunion Plaster, the invention of an eminent Surgeon, of high celebrity in the Russian Army. It is a well known fact, that the natives of Russia suffer more severely from Corns and Bunions than any other people on earth, parti cularly the lower class, who frequently from neglect become absolute cripples. A certain remedy for which has never been presented to the Public before. By the use of this excellent Plaster, immediate benefit will be found ; and in a short fm., a RADICAL CURE—not by the general mode of drawing out the Corn,' and frequently • cutting (WHICH IS ALWAYS ATTENDED WITH EXTREME DANGER), but by gradually dispersing the hard or soft Corn, and entirely r emoving those painful throbbtrigs so severely felt at-every change of weather. BUNIONS.—The great' inconvenience and excruciating pain attending these excrescences will be rendered perfectly.easy, if not entirely eradicated, and so reduced as to remove the un sightly appearances they make on the feet. All callous excres cences, whatever part of the foot they may be on, are removed in time by wearing apiece of this Plaster, which need be changed only once,in seven or eight days. Servants who are compelled to stand 'in hot kitchens with stone floors, *lll find a sovereign remedy for those dreadful ppaains they experience in i d i epi the feet ieeiotr;an walking,ndthoug.isndsof whose existence remedy • prove an inestimable blessing. Sold in boxes at raid. for Corns • and 2s. for Bunions, by J. SANGER, the Proprietor's 'oprietor's Agent, 150, Oxford-street, London ; and by Mr. Carter, Bold-street ; Messrs. Johnson, and Ravvle, Church-street ; Mr. Priestley, Lord-street ; Scholfield, Peters, M`Guffie, TroUghton, Wagstaff, Liverpool; and all respectable Medicine Vendors thro ug h ou t the country. RAILWAY COURTSIIIP.—A short time ago a young lady, out of her teens, was travelling in a first-class rail way carriage from London to Birmingham. There was but one other passenger, a gentleman, who became very agreeable by conversing politely on various subjects. Before the arrival of the train at Birmingham the gentle man displayed such interest in the fair damsel's welfare that he outstepped the bounds of decorum, and stole a kiss from her roseate checks. This liberty gave such of fence that, at Birmingham, our gentleman was given into custody of a police-officer. A scene in the police-court followed—a fine was imposed and paid ; but our hero had )roCedt name and connexions of the fair maiden ; adopted means to be introduced comma it faut, plied his suit, was ac cepted, and "the couple" were soon afterwards joined ogether in the holy bands of matrimony.—We vouch fcr hese facts.—lferrford Times. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR W. I.S. STANLEY'S HOUNDS will meet This Day (Tuesday), Feb. 10, at . Friday, 13, at Tuesday, 17, at . ...... _ . Llawarden . Eastham .. Denball At eleven o'clock. SIR W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet on This Day (Tuesday), Feb. 10, at.. Fourth Milestone on the Ellesmere and Oswes , ry road Llangedwin Lh ydiartb Friday, 13, at .. Saturday, 14, at. Each day at half-past ten. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet on To-morrow (Wednesday), 11, at ..... Thursday, 12, at Saturday, 14. at Each eay at half past ten Kinderton Hartford Bridge ... Beeston Halt A SUDDEN CONVERSION Of all the gentlemen wbo have been recently " turning their backs upon themselves," and perplexing their con stituents, commend us, says the Herald, to Mr. Henry Charles Sturt, late member for Dorsetshire I Mr. Sturt is, we believe, a gentleman of the highest and most unblemished character—a man universally es teemed in private life; but it is quite clear that he woe fully mistook his vocation when he ventured into public life in stirring times like these. So recently as Dec. 20, 1845, Mr. Sturt attended a meeting of his constituents at Blandford ; and, ce 'the cabinet-convulsions then going on drew every one's at tention to the subject, he naturally felt called upon to al lude very explicitly to the question of the corn-laws. It was then well-known that Sir Robert Peel had re-assnmed office, with an intention of modifying the existing corn laws. Yet Mr. Sturt was not backward in announcing his own determination. He told his hearers, that "he was prepared to stand by the present protection to agriculture." His hearers cheered him; but it now ap pears that this noble resolution was like the" We —we, — won't ram I" of the terrified duellist in Sheridan's comedy. flov‘ever, encouraged by their cheers, sturdy Mr. Sturt went on to say, that— " Tf 7 hoeverl;!ought forward a mea-ure for the repeal of the corn-laws, he would oppose it .f" Wlrreupoo followed "tremendous and long-continued cheering." Such was Mr. Sturt six weeks ago. But Sir Robert Peel has made his speech, parties begin to dtvelope their plans and intention:, and Mr. Sturt is naturally expected to perform in Pcbrual v what he had nroluist . d in Deem- Instead of which, what does he d. ? Le sits down and writes a letter to his constituents, in which he says— " My opinion respecting the jurtic.? of the corn 1., undergone no change." Well, then, what has Mr. Sturt to do, but to vote se cording to his own convictions, and according to the wishes of his constituents ? Could any thing in the world be simpler or more easy ? But no, good Mr. Sturt cannot screw his courage up to this point. He tells his constituents, that "It is useless, and it is hopeless. Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, and the whole Cabinet, are your opponents." I And, accordingly, being apparently unable to conceive the possibility of such a thing as voting on his own convic tions against the Government, he applies for the Chiltern Hundreds, and leaves his constituents, in the lurch ! We frankly declare, that, were we in Mr. Sturt's present pre dicament, we would sell the Dorsetshire estate, and, after a three years' absence on the Continent, would settle either in Argyleshire or in Galway. Assuredly, Dorset shire should never again behold us ! But observe, good reader, in what way the repeal of the corn-laws is to be carried. Here is an English county member, who declares his convictions to remain unaltered, deserting his post, simply because Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington have abandoned the corn-haws. Next, the Duke of Wellington explains, that his views, remain unaltered ; but that be yields to Sir Robert Peel's propo sal, merely from a fear that her Majesty might be left n to Sir R o b er t P ee l , as t h e s i ngle without ve c o a m g ; v t e h r e n n m d e n o t. w individual, from whose change of opinion and of purpose, all the other changes proceed. And we may fearlessly a sk — remembering that Sir Ro bert Peel, in 1842, declared that the price which he con sidered it desirable that wheat should be sold at in Eng land was 54a. to 58s. ask,,andtha w tthee repeat, pr t , s n ar s e w i v e r e e a is sm4asn Bd., — ng we ancl maywhofearlessly seriously believes that, if there had been no League, Sir Robert Peel would have come for ward, in 1846, to repeal his own law of 1842 ? So that, in fact, the " house that Jack built" runs thus :—Mr. Sturt, Mr. Charteris, Mr. Wilson Patten, and sundry others, are converted by the conrersion of the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel:— The Duke of Wellington is converted by Sir Robert PC-el :—And Sir Robert Peel is converted by the League ! RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS IN SWITZERLAND We were favoured on Saturday, by our respected towns man M. Zwilchenbart, Consul of the Swiss Confedera tion, here, with copies of the official domiments relative to the present ecclesiastical affairs of the Canton de Vaud, in which, for some months past, a portion of the clergy of " The National Evangelical Reformed Church " (esta blished by law) have thrown off their allegiance to that institution, and thereby caused great discomfort to the Council of the State—or government of tbat republic, which is attached to the Swiss Confederation—by pro ducing disunion to a certain extent amongst the people, as well as threatening the foundations of the Establish ment. The question is one which, to a considerable ex tent, interests the whole Christian world ; and we there fore lament that the voluminous nature of these docu ments—no fewer than twenty in number, several of them pamphlets, and all of them printed in French—precludes us from supplying more than a general outline of the principal facts they disclose on a hasty perusal, but which certainly appear to us to vindicate the conduct of the Council, as having acted with patience, liberality, and forbearance towards the dissentients, with a view to pre. serve the integrity and true discipline of their national Church, which has already existed for about three centu ries, and, above all, has a firm scriptural fotpidation. We may state at the outset, that it does not appear from these papers that the pastors who have withdrawn from within her pale have set up any new or old heretical doc trine on their own account; on the contrary, their doc trinal views seem to be sound and scriptural : and of this the government of the Canton seem to be so well aware, that they have never, since the dawning of the disaffec tion, ceased by gentle invitation and persuasion to reclaim the strayed sheep to the clerical fold, and retain them in the service of the State. Amongst the pamphlets we find the new " Constitution of the Canton of Vand," declaring it (August, 1845.) to be a "democratic republic," w;th the usual adjuncts of such systems of government. Our readers are well aware that we art no friends to republicanism, but in this in stance it has some extenuations ; and, above all, the re deeming virtue of standintz by an evangelical church. and upholding the state. Tbis !constitution (as our own) permits to certain of the provinces the quiet exercise, as it before existed, of what is there called the " Catholic religion"—the clergy of both to be paid by the respective treasuries of the departments in which they are situated. We also find " The Ecclesiastical Law" of the canton, dated December, 1839, by which it appears there were about 144 parishes in the several arondissements, with about 160 pastors of the national church. Another pam phlet contains two speeches delivered by M. Henri Druey, the President of the Council of State, evidently a clever statesman and orator, at its sittings in November last, and in which he eloquently and forcibly advocates the policy and advantages of a national connexion between the church and the state. The minor documents (nearly all signed by himself in his official capacity) are letters or addresses to the disaffected clergy, proclamations from the council, resolutions, judgments, decrees, and con ciliatory addresses to the clerical parties resigned from that body ; addresses to the council from the latter, with M. Druey's replies. &c. The whole are from the press (different hands) in Lausanne, (the capital,) and the typo graphy is highly creditable. From the whole, it appears that the object of the die_ unionists is to render the church (in contravention of the ecclesiastical law of 1839) independent of the state—the whole affair bearing a resemblance in many particulars, though by no means in all, to the recent movements of the Free Church party in Scotland. Some of the dissen tients had betaken themselves to preaching in conventicle, (or chapels). Others had bearded the government, by continuing to conduct public worship in the state churches after they had abrogated their right to do so, by disobe dience of the constitutional and ecclesiastical law. The government, it appears, first noticed this emeute last May, when they issued : rem nis•ni ♦ circular. One of the last of these official papers is a circular from the Council, dated 24th December, and addressed to the prefects and e d Uponmunicipalities , a h ual la e e n v a il t . o7 F o f rom the t )‘ s a t a the others, we d e d uce the followine : state of the n a ti ona l church, and the measures that had beendecid In November the Government issued a proclamation, inflicting certain penalties cn `• pastors " and " rnin;aters' who had officiated in "chapel houses" out of the pale of the national church, as on those who had refused to read from their pulpits a previcus proclamation touching the voting of electors under the new constitution, the plea in extenuation being that it was p o liti ca l . T hese parties are complained of by the Gov ernment as h av i ng resigned their clerical posts in the national church, and, without reason. able cause, exposed the establishment to the grratest danger. The majority of the citizens of the Canton were in favour of the Government measures against them, and the Grand Council of the Confederation invested the Council of the state with extraordinary powers as re garded the national church, public instruction, dessenting chapels, and other assemblages not belonging to the Church. The first use made of this power was to offer to all but the most refractory who had withdrawn and shown strong hostility to the church, an opportunity of honourably re turning to her bosom, and contributing to restore tran quillity and peace amongst the whole community, which bad been disturbed by these dissensions. The Council d'Etat did all in their power to induce them to accept this invitation, by prolonging. the time given them for consideration, &c. Even the most refractory were not precluded from withdrawing their resignations of their own free will, and the time in which resignations were to be accepted was extended to the Ist of Decernbsr. Forty pastors and tither ministers withdrew their resig nations on this appeal! but four of them resigned anew. After being necess , tated to retain in pay, or to bring back to the service of the church the greatest possible number of ministers, the council found it necessary to re-petition provisionally the numerous parishes, uniting some of them under the care of one clergyman ; and they state, if there be a lamentable want of pastoral instruction. the fault does not lie with them, or with the pastors who re mained in the service of the church, but with the minis ters who forsook her in the hour of her need, and who for such dereliction of duty no longer legally officiated as clergymen in the state. The council state that they will do all that in them lies to render this state of things of as short duration as pos sible. They had appealed to ministers of Vaud out of the country, to'students of theology, to schoolmagers, to the laity, and others interested in the church. They had ao cepted of proffered services from some, and anticipated those of others. As an example of the kindly dealing of the government with the malcontents, we may quote the following sen tence :—" - Perhaps, (says the document,) when better enlightened by reflection, moi,ed by the national church of their country, and touched by her patient endutance, (soufrage) those of the pastors and ministers who hav• withdrawn from her, and whose return is still possible, will commune with themselves, while there is yet time to redeem the past, and again place themselves at the service of that church ; and not continue to expose her to diets ninn. by the position they have taken." The Council appeal to those pastors who have remained faithful, topersevere with that zeal and devotion which they have evinced during this season of difficulty, so that they may add to the public gratitude which tbey have already so justly acquired. All others studying for the church, or connected with it or its welfare even more remotely, ars implored to. follow their noble example—including municipalities and citizens. With regard to those who have withdrawn from the establishment, no middle course is left. They must either frankly and fully return to the service of. the church, or abstain from officiating therein, their acts, whether in administering the sacraments, in marrying, &c., being declared illegal and void. The prophets are enjoined to carry out the injunctions of the Government in respect to the conformists, and to put down illegal religious assemb:ages, but to give a lati tude to all meetings that do not affect the ruble tran quillity, and to show ❑o persecuting spirit. It is stated that Methodism le.s done much evil in the country, and that the assumed " ---•- ~ AAI/ parr it go , on) can have no o ther result but 10 w Fubject y the state and the people to the domination of clergy, and precipitate the chinch into schism, and t into anarchy. We feel no little trxiety to It - - --- unhappy dif f erences, and -• le dissentient /.. with thefts of the Vaudois who .. for the faith and the r fathers of the evan;:elical church srientiously us obseranees of their fore- At the 611 time, we themselves to many privations. convenience, in holding fast to ti victione. and to much I ersonal in- otious con- , 1 141 ;j1 i, : _,i .i 0 * ( 0' 1$ O l d 14 e4 pd rO e it 4 Pr,