The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-17 00:00:00

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. HOSKINS. THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 17th instant, will be produced a Romantic Burletta, in three short Acts, from the French Opera of Le Lac des Fees, called THE MAGIC VEIL; OR, THE FAIRY LAKE. Issacher.... Mr. Tilbury. Zela.... Mrs. Waylett. A Variety of Dancing and Singing. In the course of the Evening, a Comic Duet, entitled JOEY AND MARY ANNE, By Messrs. J. Hatton and Hoskins, accompanied by the former on the Violin. By particular desire, the very laughable interlude of THE. MAN ABOUT TOWN. skirts . • Mr . , Hoskins. To conclude with a new version of the celebrated Historical Drama of • JACK SIIEPPARD, OR THE HOUSEBREAKER OF 1703. Owen Wood. ..... . ................ Mr. Tilbury. Joe Blueskin.. Mr. J. L. Hatton. Jack Sheppard Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Half past Eight—Boxes. 2s. ; Pit, Is. No Second Price to the Gallery. Private Boxes, to contain seven persons, to be had nightly, price LI Is. Tickets and places to be had of Mr. BREZE, at the Box office, from Eleven till Three. Doors to be open at Half-past Six, performance to com mence at Seven precisely. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our correspondents must exercise patience. The press of A►nerican and other intelligence precludes us from availing ourselves, in the present publication, of several favours. Elie ttintimol otanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1840. By the packet-ship Siddons, Captain Palmer, which arrived here on Wednesday, after a tine passage of seventeen days, we have received New York papers to the 28th of December, inclusive. The Siddons was detained three days beyond the period advertised for her departure, for the purpose of carrying to England that long-expected document, the President's message. The Siddons has brought thirty-five passengers, inclu ding Mr, Featherstonhaugh, Lieut. Col. Mudge, and Mr. Tancred, M.P. She has also bLought forty thou sand dollars in specie.. The monetary intelligence from the United States does not present any novel feature. On the day pre vious to the departure of the Siddons sales of stocks were made to a moderate extent, but at a reduction on the rates. Very little was done in foreign exchanges. A few good bills on London were sold at Si- Domes tic exchanges were rather dull, and, in some instances, a shade lower. United States Bank shares were quoted at New York at 77, and at Philadelphia at 82 cash. Money was very scarce at New York, and the brokers declined to buy excepting at an advanced rate of discount. In merchandise every thing was dull, owing, probably, to the combined effect of inclement weather and the holydays. Cotton was the only article in which a tolerable business was effected. The quo tations at New York ranged from 9} to 101- cents. At Mobile cotton was firm, owing to the small stock on hand, and prices ranged from 8?; to 91 cents. It is stated that the banks in Boston had united in offering to the Philadelphia banks such indulgencies in the time and manner of paying the balances due by the latter, as would greatly facilitate the resumption of specie payments in Philadelphia, providing the banks in that city are otherwise in a condition to redeem their promises. Freights to France were brisk at New York. To England freights were not quite so good. There was an unusual scarcity of seamen, and good hands could command almost any price. At New York men were shipped at 15, is, and even 20 dollars per month, with small stores, and masters found a difficulty in manning their vessels even at these rates. The Morning Herald of December 27, states that intelligence had been received at New York of another enormous fraud, equal nearly to ten millions of dol lars, having been discovered in one of the Philadelphia banks. It is said that this fraud was discovered through the famous note system. It does not state positively in what bank this fraud was committed, but mentions the Girard or the United States as those upon which rumour had fixed. Subsequent accounts, however, • throw discredit upon this report. The country from New York southward to Norfolk, and eastward to Boston, had been subjected to a very heavy snow storm. Between New York and Washing ton the snow fell to a very great depth. In the east, several losses of lives ,and vessels had occurred. A ' fire had taken place at Utica, which destroyed pro perty to the amount of 10,000 dollars. Part of the "baiAg of St. Joseph's Church, New York, had fallen in while divine service was going on. The building was much - crowded, and the audience thought that the whole place was tumbling down. In the general rush to the door which ensued several were thrown down,• trampled upon, and much injured. Two were not ex " pected to survive, the injuries they received having been of a very serious character. The news from Canada is comparatively unimpor tant. The resolutions founded On the propositions contained in the message of the Governor-General, re lative to .the union of the provinces, had been brought before both Houses of the Legislature and passed. The majority in favour of the union, in the House of . Assembly, was thi r t een , an d i n th e L eg i s l at i ve C ounc il, ,eight. By these resolutions the equal representations in both provinces, a permanent civil list, and the joint assumption of the public debt, are severally agreed to. Both provinces appear to be in a state of tranquillity. • In another column we have given an abstract of the long -expected Message of the President to the Con gress of the United States. The document itself is unusually long, prosy, and dull ; and expatiates with great prolixity on almost every topic that possesses the least interest in the Union. The principal part of the Message is devoted to the currency and sub-treasury system. The President denounces the late suspension of specie payments, and is very severe in his animad versions on the conduct of the banks. He looks - to the._several state legislatures for the correction of the evil of inundating the country with the depreciated paper of the state banks. He very strongly urges the citizens to cease running into debt, as the only means of avoiding embarrassment and a bad name in future. He says very little about the runaway sub-treasurers, that being considered a very delicate subject, especially when viewed in connexion with his positive declaration that h e will not allow the public money to be kept in any bank whatever. He considers it, we presume, to be much safer for a private individual to trade with the money, than for it to be deposited in the banks. He seems determined to carry out a system of rigid eco nomy in the public expenditure. Through Mr. Wood bury's excellent financial arrangements, he says, the expenditure for the past year has only amounted to 26,000,000 dollars, or about 6,000,000 less than the year before ; and he only asks for 20,000,000 dollars for the next year. The .New York Morning Herald says that the Presi dent's expressed determination to put down the slave trade, and, the whole of " his gingerly remarks upon the subject, form about the most consummate piece of hypocrisy" that was ever read. This is but a sorry compliment to the first officer in the executive : but we guess that Mr. Bennett is in the right. The allusions in the Message to the foreign relations of the United States afford Mr. President much scope -for self-glorification. He says that Texas is on the most friendly terms, and that lie expects Mexico will pa y u p her debts in a very short time. The Grand Turk is anxious to cultivate Mr. President's friendship, and the King of Holland has paid up an old debt of thirty-nine years' standing. 'With all the other states, empires, kingdoms, principalities, and republics of the Old and New World, the most perfect amity has been preserved. On the Maine boundary question, the President speaks with considerable sophistry. H e pl a i n ly inti mates that the exploration ostensibly agreed to by the United States will be a fruitless atrair, and that no agreement will be come to on the subject of the dis puted territory unless America is permitted to dictate • the terms. His remarks on the Canadian troubles betray his sympathy with the brigands and robbers of the; border. ''.l."he Whole tendency of the Message, according to the Mprning Herald, will be to continue the great en .- .sls in the currency of the country, which is gradually reducing the value of everything to.a low specie stan dard. This policy, i t i s sa id, " will, in time, lead to a decided political revolution ; but whether it will be ripe enough to def ea t Mr. Van Buren's re-election next year, is questionable..." One paragraph in the Message we recommend to the notice of the anti-corn-law agitators, as pregnant with instruction. It is the following;--" I cannot, indeed, view without peculiar satisfaction the evidences ufforded, by the past season, of the benefits that spring from the steady devotion of the husbandman to his honourable pursuit. No means of individual comfort is more certain, and no source of national prosperity is so sure. Nothing can compensate a people for a de pendence upon others for the bread they eat; and that cheerful abundance on which the happiness of every one so much depends, is to be looked for nowhere with such sure reliance as in the industry of the agriculturist, and the bounties of the earth." The great anti-corn-law demonstration at Manches ter came off on Monday and Tuesday last, and proved, as far as the respectability of the audience was con cerned, a complete failure. As to the number present, the affair, we allow, was rather imposing ; but it should be borne in mind that any two or three of the leading manufacturers of Manchester could muster between them a sufficient number of their own clerks and ope ratives to fill a room twice as large as the gorgeous pa vilion in which the meetings of this week were held. The Manchester Guardian states that there were 3520 present at the dinner of Monday. This number is little greater than that which attended the Peel Ban quet at Glasgow : but if we take into consideration the character and personal influence—the talent and re spectability of the Manchester and Glasgow " gather ings;" the latter must be acknowledged as the more splendid of the two. When we also consider that a very large proportion of the gentlemen in attendance at the banquet on Monday last consisted of deputations from about fifty manufacturing towns in England and Scotland, we need not feel so much surprise at the large number who sat down to dinner. The deputa- tions alone amounted to several hundreds ; and we do not exaggerate when we state that the majority of those present were specially invited, and had their expences paid, by the Anti-Corn-Law League. It i 3 quite atnusing to read the various ccuses for non-attendance sent by different Voeinbers of both houses of the legislature. Nearly one hundred and sixty letters were received from peers and commoners, declining the invitation to the banquet. The commit tee of management were unable to secure the presence of a solitary peer on the occasion. The Duke of Nor folk " regretted that circumstances would not allow him to be present." The same excuse was made by the Marquis of Westminster, the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Howard of Effingham, Lord Radnor, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Cloncurry, and the Bishop of Durham. No better success attended the applications to those " dis tinguished personages," the American, Bavarian, and Portuguese ministers at the Court of St. James. The general impression on the minds of the nobility and ambassadors seems to have been that there was some- thing inherently vulgar about this Manchester meeting. When we look at the list of those members of Parlia ment who did attend on the occasion we need not won der at the general indisposition of the peers to attend. At the head of the list we find Daniel O'Connell. The presence of this pestilent demagogue at any such meet ing is sufficient of itself to account for the absence of the Duke of Norfolk and the other invited peers. We are heartily glad that the hoary mendicant accepted the invitation. His presence has contributed to bring the Anti-Corn-Law League into still greater contempt. The language in which O'Connell has recently indulged towards the people of England has earned for him the unconquerable antipathy of every honest and virtuous mind. His truculent denunciations of almost every man of any distinction in the country, and his foul and virulent abuse of the English as a nation, have excited a feeling of such general disgust among all who have any regard for the conventional decencies of civilized life, that we do not wonder at the contempt with which the nobility of England have treated the dinner and proceedings of the Anti-Corn-Law League. If there is any one thing more than another which will contri bute to the defeat of these enemies of British pros perity, it is the sanction, patronage, and presence of the brutal monster who fattens upon the miseries of Ireland. The other members of parliament in attendance at the Manchester dinner were Mr. Mark Phillips, Mr. Edward Baines, Mr. Thomas Gisborne, Mr. William Ewart, Mr. James Oswald, Mr. N. A. Vigore, Mr. Robert Hollond, the Hon. C. P. 'Villiers, the Right Hon. E. J. Stanley, Mr. Henry Warburton, Mr. G. W. Wood, Mr. H. A. Aglionby, Mr. Thos. Thornely, Mr. Richard Walker, Mr. John Fenton, and Mr. Charles Hindley. We defy any one to find among this list the name of a single individual of any eminence as a statesman. Most of them are certainly entitled to the epithet " distinguished ;" but the distinction which they have attained is far from enviable. Some of them are, or have been, distinguished as members of the Irish tail. Among these we must class Messrs. Ewart, Gisborne, and Vigors. Others of them are distinguished as frothy mouthers of ultra-radicalism. But most of them have no other distinction than that of being considered superlative blockheads. Such were the most "distinguished" of the speakers at the Manchester "demonstration." The speeches were of the usual character—vapid, declamatory, and replete with abuse and vituperation. To notice, seria tim, all the wretched nonsense, the fallacies, the incon sequential reasonings, the absurdities, and the egregious falsehoods uttered on Monday and Tuesday would oc cupy more space than we can at present afford. On future occasions we shall select a few of the more pro minent arguments of the leading speakers, for the sake of exposing their hollowness and their delusive ten- dency. The muster of the anti-corn-law forces at Manches ter will not be without its benefit. The " strong ex pression of public opinion" which it conveyed will serve to warn the agricultural interest of the dangers by which they are surrounded. It appears, from the report which was read on Tuesday, that the Anti- Corn-Law League have no intention to relax in their efforts for the repeal of the corn-laws. The machinery which they have hitherto so perseveringly employed, in furtherance of their object, is still to be kept in motion. Itinerant lecturers are still to be sent to spread discontent among the labouring classes. The Anti-Corn-Law Circular is still to be distributed by tens of thousands to vilify the landed interest, and to delude the public. It is time, therefore, that the agri cultural interest should employ means to counteract the anti-corn-law agitators. It is not sufficient to rely upon the strength of the landed interest in the House of Commons. Measures should be instantly resorted to for disabusing the minds of the people, through the medium of the press and otherwise. Correct informa tion should be disseminated among the manufacturing population respecting the operation of the restrictive duties on the importation of foreign grain. Before we conclude, we wish to impress one fact on the minds of our readers. The anti-corn-law agitation is essentially a radical and revolutionary movement. Look at the list of names in the report of the Man chester dinner. ' Is there a single Conservative among them ? Are they not exclusively Radicals and some thing more ? When we reflect upon the political cha racter of this agitation, we are not surprised that the London Times should shirk the question of the corn laws, as it has done of late. It must at length be evi dent to the conductors of that powerful organ of Conservatism, that the anti-corn-law agitators have objects in view ulterior to the mere abolition of the corn-laws, and that those objects are of a political character. We trust the Times will recognise the po key of advising every Conservative to keep aloof from these pestilent agitators. is beyond all concep- The audacity of some people tion, and is only equalled by their consummate igno rance and practised deception. When the Anti-Corn- Law League announced their grand demonstration at Manchester on Monday last, our readers were doubt less prepared for a recapitulation of the oft-repeated, but equally oft-refuted, fallacies of that superlatively ridiculous body ; and in this respect, we will venture to say, they have not been disappointed ;—but proba bly they did not anticipate such a specimen of dupli city and hardihood of assertion as is displayed in the following sketch. One of the great guns at the meeting to which we have alluded was the self-styled Member for all Ireland, who, as might have been ex pected, emitted his usual quantity of rabid calumny against the landlords of this country, whom he de nounced as " dishonest robbers and plunderers," and strain of affected of whom he spoke in the following philanthropy :—" While the landlords talk sentimen tally concerning their generous sympathy for the poor, can they forget that their claret is purchased with the widow's tears, and their venison sauced with the or phan's hunger ? Shall these men any longer roll their chariot-wheels over the sufferings, the miseries, and woes of the people, those wheels being propelled by the tears of the widow, and the privations and anguish of the operative and the poor." The only man who could be found to give utterance to such atrocious sentiments as these, is the man who has a stinging consciousness within him that his own means of ex istence are procured by even more revolting proceed ings. He must have had depicted before his eye the lash of the priest falling on a poor wretch, to extract from his reluctant grasp .the penny which assists to swell the amount of the national rent, but which ought to have been devoted to the more worthy object of relieving his famishing offspring—the purpose for which the owner intended it ; he must have remem bered the tears and anxious entreaties with which the delivery of that penny was resisted ;—but his mind is steeled against the " anguish and privations" of others, though endured to enrich himself, and he strives, in the recollection of his guilt, to fix upon others the character which only attaches to himself, and thus vainly hopes to escape detection. But we have another reason for directing the atten- tion of our readers to this foul-mouthed deceiver. It will scarcely be believed that such an apparently ho nest and indignant denial as the following could be given to a statement which has stigmatised the cha racter of this man as the impugner of the chastity of the maidens and matrons of England, and which, though indelibly fastened upon him, he attempts at this late hour to repudiate and deny. The pompous parade about his affectionate feelings and tender remi niscences will be duly appreciated by the recollection of his slimy abuse of Lord Brougham, when attending the funeral of his own daughter. O'Connell the ad vocate of the ladies of England ! Shame on such an outrage on decency ! feel that on two grow:ids I am perhaps called upon to respond to this toast. m e rust springs I, ;ndness of your respected chairman; for it was through him that a find, this very evening, one of the foulest and filthiest ca lumnies—and Heaven knows that calumny enough has been directed against me,—but one of the foulest and filthiest of all has been put into a placard, and stuck up in your streets. I forgive every thing, but my Christian feeling can hardly allow me to forgive them this. They dare to say that I im pugned the purity of the maidens and matrons of England.— (" Shame, shame.") They lie—a fouler lie never uas in vented. (Cheers.) I dismiss that, however, with the exe cration which every man who hears me would feel, if that lie were directed against himself. (Hear, hear.) The second reason why I reply to the toast is derived from grateful re collections of the happiness I have derived from those to whom it refers. I have stood at the grave of a mother, and I know what are the feelings of children to their parents. 1 have stood by another grave that I dare not name, and I know what it is to have a widower's hearth. lam the father of daughters, who are themselves mothers ; and I know what is the love of a daughter for a father. I have grand-daughters growing up chirpingly and multitudinously around me— (much laughter) ;—and therefore, with the experience of many years, and the recollection of present and bye-gone happiness, and with the knowledge I have of the affection of the female character, I can at least proclaim that there is no happiness for the man who does not respect their sex, and venerate them. (The hon. gentleman sat down amidst great applause.) We are glad to find, from the Cork Constitution of Tuesday last, that the landowners, farmers, and labourers of the south of Ireland are awakening to a sense of the danger which would result to that coun try from the repeal of the corn laws. A large and respectable meeting took place, at Fermoy, on Saturday last, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against any alteration in those laws, and of "pi otecting the Irish people against the conspiracy of the English ma nufacturers." The repeal of the corn laws would have a more disastrous effect upon Ireland than upon Eng land. It is, therefore, high time for the agriculturists of Ireland to look round them, and to seek, by every means within their power, to avert the ruinous conse quences which would issue from the success of the anti-corn-law agitation. At present Ireland supplies this country with a large amount of grain annually. 'This grain is chiefly paid for in money. The money thus acquired is spread over the whole face of Ireland. This money enables the farmers, the labourers, and the landholders to purchase English manufactures to a considerable extent. The repeal of the corn laws would throw an immense proportion of land in Ireland out of cultivation. It is absurd to say that the far mers of Ireland might rear more pigs, and export them to England. This they would find to be impossible without growing more potatoes ; and it is well known that by the rotation of crops it would not be worth the farmer's while to turn up his ground for potato crops unless he can grow corn. It is very easy to say that " rents must be lowered." How can this be done, with any thing like justice, when landlords have had their estates mortgaged nearly to their full value ? The ruin of the landlords of Ireland would speedily involve that of the farmers. A poor or embarrassed landlord is scarcely ever known to possess a prosperous te nantry. The ruin of the farmer, again, would be inevi tably followed by that of the poor labourer. If it should not be worth the farmer's while to turn his land into tillage, he would not find it necessary to employ many labourers. The consequence would be that hundreds of thousands would be turned out of employment, and reduced to starvation and misery, thus fearfully aug menting the burden of those who have to pay the poor rates. The effect of the repeal of the corn laws on the poor rates is scarcely ever thought of by the manufac turers ; and yet it forms one of the most formidable objections to the abolition of the restrictive duties on foreign grain. When our labourers, and especially the labourers Of Ireland, are thrown out of employment, there will be no one on which the increase in the poor rates will fall more heavily than the farmer and his landlord. We trust that the agriculturists in other districts of Ireland will follow the example set them by the people of Fermoy, and that petitions will emanate from every parish in the country in opposition to the anti corn-law coinbinators. The trials for high treason at Monmouth have been brought to an abrupt and unexpected termination ! On Wednesday last, Jones, the watchmaker, was convicted, and at the close of the trial five of the remaining pri soners charged with high treason withdrew their former plea of " not guilty," and,pleaded "guilty." This step is said to have been taken with the concurrence of the officers of the crown. The prisoners will be punished with imprisonment. The other four, against whom true bills had been found, were discharged, the Attorney-Ge neral declining to prosecute! Here is another instance of Whig baseness and trickery. The course of justice must be interrupted, and rebels against the authority of the crown must be set at large, in order to afford the Attorney and Solicitor-General of her Majesty an op portunity of hastening to the rescue of their degraded associates in office. This infamous procedure on the part of goverment stamps them more indelibly than ever with the brand of traitors to the public weal. The reckless career of Lord Melbourne and his cabinet of incapables is evidently drawing to a close. They have been sinking from year to year in public estima tion, until, at length, they have hardly any one to sym pathise with them but the vile traducer of English females, and the hordes of priest-ridden beggars who howl against the whole of the English nation as tyrants and oppressors. This last base act of the Melbourne administration denudes them of their remaining tattered remnant of public confidence. They have, in effect, de clared that treason is not punishable—that outrage and bloodshed shall escape, as far as they are concerned, with impunity—that the lives and property of loyal subjects are to be attacked and sacrificed without any hope of protection—and that the loaves and fishes of office are, in their estimation, of greater value than the security of the crown and the peace of the empire. We almost fear to contemplate the effect which will be produced by the proceedings at Monmouth on the future movements of the Chartists. These rebels are already in a state of insurrection in Yorkshire. What is there to deter them fro m carr ying their long-che rished schemes of plunder and massacre into instant operation? May an overruling PROVIDENCE preserve this country from the threatened curse of anarchy and civil war ! We have nothing to look to from the powers that be. They have offered a bonus u p on treason, and given an invitation to indiscriminate car , nage and robbery. If England should be saved from the desolating influence of a bloody revolution, it will be owing, under PROVIDENCE, to the vigilance, promptitude, and determination of the local authori- ties, in different parts of the kingdom, backed by the patriotic bravery of the loyal and PROTESTANT part of the population. We may be derided for our alarms; but the threats held forth by the Chartists are too plain and unequivocal to admit of any doubt, or to justify any other feeling than that of serious apprehension for the public peace. As the Queen's Speech will reach this town in a few hours after our first impression is despatched, we do not feel justified in entering into any speculations on its probable contents. Whatever subjects may be in troduced into that document, it will only excite a tem porary degree of curiosity. It matters very little to the public what Lord Melbourne and his associates may put into the Queen's mouth. The speech will never be acted upon. A dissolution of Parliament is evidently at kand. The event may take place much sooner than the most sanguine friends of the constitution may ex pect. The ministers are on their last leg. They have no resource left but the desperate one of making ano ther appeal to the suffrages of the electors. It is confi dently stated that Lord Melbourne is preparing for his exit. The leaders of both parties are actually prepar ing for a dissolution. It is looked upon as an event certain within the month at least. One of the rumours current in the clubs is, that Lord John Russell will be appointed premier by way of breaking the fall of the administration. O'Connell's movements indicate that there-is "something rotten in the affairs of Denmark." He has announced his intention to leave London for Ireland in a few days, to rally his forces preparatory to a general election. The Conservative constituencies of the kingdom must be prepared for the approaching struggle, which will be more decisive in its results than any election that has taken place " within the memory of man." We earnestly call upon the Conservatives of Liverpool to be on the watch, and ready for action. A second edition of the Stendard will be riniig"hect this morning at seven i:>'cluck, containing the speech of her most gracious Majesty on the opening of the parliamentary session. The morning organ of the ministry has, as usual, announced the leading topics of the royal address. They aflbrd much room for comment, but we shall refrain until our next number. The first topic in the speech will be the announce ment of her Majesty's intended union with Prince Albert. The next paragraph will-state that the affairs of the Levant have occupied the attention of government, and a confident expectation will be expressed, from the concord prevailing among the five powers, that the integrity of the Ottoman empire will be maintained. With regard to Tehran, the royal speech will state that the relations between the two courts have not yet been restored, but that such a result is anticipated. Regret will next be expressed at the interruption of the intercourse between this country and China, and it will be announced that this matter is occupying the serious attention of government. The military opera tions in Cebu], the affairs of Canada, and colonial af fairs in general, will also be mentioned as engaging attention. Ireland will be the text of the next paragraph• Satisfaction will be expressed at its peaceful state, and ,t will be announced that another measure for the re *orin of its municipal corporations will speedily be in- A-oduced. Her Majesty will then inform the two houses, that leir wishes as to the reduction of postage have been carried into execution. She will, lastly, lament the prevailing severe com mercial embarrassment; and express her concern at the spirit of insubordination exhibited in different parts of the country. She will, however, rely upon the laws of the country and the loyalty of her people for a correction of the evil. The Morning Chronicle adds, that the death of the Queen's Aunt, the Landgravine of Hesse Homberg (the Princess Elizabeth,) will not alter her Majesty's intention of opening the session in person. On this point the Morning Herald observes— " Ministers want a royal procession, to cover their own unpopularity, otherwise, we presume, under eaisting cir cumstances, parliament would have been opened, as the pub lic until very lately anticipated, by commission." SCHOOL TOR THE BLTIVI). - "The'sfirTMEl - Meetnit — Or the trustees- of this excellent institution will be held this forenoon, (Friday.) GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT.—The Theatre Royal was crowded on Tuesday evening on the occasion of the second of the series of subscription concerts. We never re collect having attended a more delightful performance. The singing of Madame Lablache, Miss Woodyatt, and Mr. H. Lablache, was, in all respects, admirable, whilst Mr. J. B. Chatterton on the harp both astonished and delighted the audience. We congratulate the promoter of these concerts on their success. PATENT PERP.YIAN FILTER INKSTAND.—This novel and useful invention fully deserves the encomiums which it has elicited from the public press. It supplies a desideratum of the most important character, that of an instantaneous and constant supnly of clear filtered ink. It will be found a per fect luxury jif we may be permitted to use such a term) to all with whom expeditious writing is au object. If used ac cording to the instructions of the patentee it cannot fail to give perfect satisfaction. Its cleanliness, its unique and ele gant appearance, and, above all, its decided utility, must soon render it universally popular. The mechani sm by w hi c h the ink is filtered is exceedingly ingenious. We recommend a trial of this inkstand, as a test of its decided superiority to all others in use. TRADESMEN'S INSTITUTION.—Mr. Robert Henderson has just concluded a course of lectures on astronomy, which were well attended, at this institution ; and a course on geography will be commenced this evening, by Mr. Mairs. It is truly gratifying to see this establishment advancing : it deserves the support which it receives, and there is little doubt but the tradespeople of Liverpool will place it on a solid and lasting foundation. DESPATCII.—The Times express on Wednesday, with the President's Message, accomplished the distance between Li verpool and Birmingham in the short space of two hours and forty minutes. The entire document, extending to nearly seven columns, was received in the Times last night, having been printed and travelled upwards of 400 miles, in little more than twenty-six hours. LIVER THEATRE.—This establishment continues to com mand success. The Fairy Lake, the Rear Admiral, and Jack Sheppard, have been the attractions, as they have com bined the talents of Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Barton, Mr. Til bury, and Mr. Hoskins. The latter, we perceive, takes his benefit this evening. A St. Petersburgh letter of the 31st ult. states that the cold during the ten preceding days had been so severe, that twenty nine persons had been frozen to death in their dwellings, four in the streets, and two outside the city. SWEAR BY YOUR CIIINS.—The Pacha of Egypt has lately issued an edict commanding all his subjects to shave oft' their beards—such mandate by a less powerful monarch of a bearded population would probably cost as many lives as hairs ; how ever, though absolute rebellion was not the consequence, strong remonstrance followed. " What shall we swear by," was asked, " without our beards"—" swear by your chins !" answered the remorseless exterminator of inusselman dignity. Happy will it prove for the Pacha, it, under these inauspicious circumstances lie preserves his head, though he sacrifices his beard; but should any insurrectionary symptoms occur, let hint instantly resort to Rowland's Macassar Oil, which in Grand Cairo, as throughout all parts else of the world, is in high repute ; the celebrated specific will then have to boast a new celebrity, re-bearding the whole male population of an empire, restoring unity, preventing the effusion of blood, and saving a Pacha of Egypt front impending annihilation.—See adet. LONGEVITY.—The village and parish of Ide have always been considered very salubrious ; the population, a corres pondent informs us, does not exceed 750, and yet there are 13 persons living there between the ages of 80 and 90 ; 1G between /0 and 80, and 29 between GO and 70.—Dorset County Chro nicle. WEST DERBY POOR LAW UNION.—We understand that the guardians of the poor in the union of West Derby, at their weekly meeting on Tuesday last, adopted a resolution to the effect that for the futu re th e reporters f or the public press should be admitted to their meetings. TIRE NEW COUNTY CONSTABULARY.—Captain Wood ford, the head officer of the c ons t a b u l ary f orce for the county of Lancaster, is still in London, in constant communication with Colonel Rowar! and Mr. Mayne, the commissioners of the metropolitan police. At the sessions at Kirkdale yester day (Thursday,) no report was presented from him to the magistrates, but it was understood that all the arrangemen t s were satisfactorily progressing. STATE OF EDUCATION AMONG THE SESSIONS PRISONERS nT KIRKDALE. — The calendar of prisoners in the House of Correction at Kirkdale for trial at the present Quarter Ses sions (the commencement of which is noticed in another co lumn) contains the names of G 4 persons charged with felony, and 13 charged with misdemeanours or assaults—total 77. Of -this number only three are capable of reading and writing well, whilst there are the very large proportion of 34, or nearly one half of the whole, altogether ignorant of those simple but ex ceedingly important qualifications. There are 17 who can read, and that imperfectly, but who are totally unable to write ; and there are 23 who can perform both in an indiffe rent manner. The oldest prisoner is a man fifty years of age, and with some difficulty he can contrive to read ; the young est is 9 years old, and be has never been taught either reading or writing. It will be seen, therefore, that as far as this ca lendar is concerned there is a lamentable ignorance of the very rudiments of intelligence among the prisoners. THY AMPHITHEATRE.—The grand spectacle of the Siege of Jerusalem has been rapturously applauded by full houses. It will ,speedily be withdrawn. All the other performances continue in the same superior style, for which Mr. Ducrow is so celebrated. The Times of yesterday contained the following advertise ment, which we copy, in the hope of meeting the eye of the friends of the individual:--JOHN WILSON.—A person, apparently respectable, of this name, is now lying dangerously ill and delirious at the Black Horse, Coventry-street, Hay_ market. No certain intelligence respecting his connexions can be obtained from him, though he is supposed to come from Liverpool. Should this meet the eye of his friends they are requested to come to or communicate immediately with the landlord of the above -named inn. The said John Wilson is about 32 years of age, five feet four in height, mo derately stout, and of a darkish complexion. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -T UESD.VY. AN ILL-TEMPERED TEETOTALLER. James Winde, a pale-faced, ill-dressed, young man, was placed at the bar, charged with having cruelly ill-treated his wife. Police-officer 273 stated, that about six o'clock on the pre ceding evening he was called into Frederick -street by loud cries for help. He went and found a female lying on the ground bleeding. She was exceedingly hurt, and charged the pri soner with having knocked her down, and afterwards kicked her with brutal violence in a part where a blow was likely to be attended with considerable danger. She had lost a consi derable quantity of blood, and was much exhausted ; in fact, he thought at first that she was " nearly gone," (i. e. in a dying state.) Having placed the prisoner in custody, he pro cured medical assistance for the woman, who was so ill that she could not appear. The doctor had told him that morning, that she was in a dangerous state. The officer handed to Mr. Rushton a certificate from the burgeon.. _ _ The prisoner stated, that he was a member of the Total Abstinence Society, and he belonged to the band. He was engaged to go and play with the rest of the party at seven o'clock, but at that hour his wife was drunk and she followed him into the street to prevent him from going. He remon strated with her at first, but she determined that he should not go to the teetotallers, so he at last was exasperated and struck her, and he believed he did also kick her. The police-officer stated, that the woman was in a very miserable condition, and had no proper attendance. Mr. Rushton said, an order must be given to her for ad mission to the Infirmary. Officer.—lf she is not taken great care of she will die. Mr. Rushton.—The surgeon's certificate here states, that the poor woman is in a very dangerous state, and I hope for your sake, that the injury which you have inflicted may not terminate fatally. You must be remanded to the Borough Gaol until we hear further reports respecting her condition. ' VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A POLICE-OFFICER. A very powerful looking man named Alexander M'Keown, was placed at the bar charged with having assaulted police officer 19. Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoner. This case was brought before Mr. Rushton on Monday, but the officer, it was stated, was so much injured that he could not attend. The left eye of the prisoner also was, on Monday, completely closed up from the effects of a violent blow. The hearing was, in consequence of the absence of the officer, postponed till Tuesday. The officer (No. 519) sat in one of the boxes. His ancle was so severely injured that he could not place his foot to the ground. He stated, that on Sunday morning, shortly after one o'clock, he heard a cry of murder, accompanied by a great noise, in one of the alleys near the Custom-house. As he was proceeding to the spot he heard the rattles springing. When he arrived, he found a great and very disorderly crowd. Police-officer Sayle was doing his best to hold a man who brandished a poker, and the prisoner was assisting this in dividual who appeared to direct his thrusts against a woman. He (witness) seized the man who had the poker, and having taken it from him was holding him in custody. The other to quell the disturbance, and was also k"eking far pwre agst.nrp_ Sudd en ly th e prisoner rushed upon film, (witness,) struck inin a vloltlic blow, cued from him the man who was in his custody, and then threw him forcibly, head foremost, into a cellar, whereby he was so stunned, and his ancle so severely injured, that he was for some time unable to run. While the prisoner was scuffling with him for the release of the prisoner, a woman went up to him (the prisoner) .and struck him on his eye with a pound weight, which had caused the injury perceptible on the prisoner's face. Several stones were thrown pre viously to this, and one of them struck police-officer Sayle on the arm. He (witness) was compelled to go home in a car, and had also been under the necessity of having a car to come down to the court that morning. The above statement coincided with what had been deposed by the witnesses on the preceding day. It then appeared from the evidence of one of the neighbours, a decent looking female, that there was a general fight and disturbance among some parties who had just come out of the public-house, and that the officers were endeavouring to restore peace when the prisoner and the man with the poker assaulted them. One of the women, who had previously taken part in the affray, struck the prisoner with a pound weight, and closed up his eye. Mr. Davenport said, that the facts were that the prisoner was passing a public-house, kept by a person named M'Girk, in Crooked-lane, when he heard a disturbanCe. As Mrs. M`Girk knew him, she called upon him to protect her from the refractory individuals who were quitting the house. He interfered ; but he denied that he had assaulted the officer, or had any intention of doing so. Mr. Davenport called a witness, named John M'Cortnick, who stated that he was at Mrs. M`Girk's house on Sunday morning, at one o'clock. There was some disturbance, and presently he heard a boy in the street shout ing murder. He went out to see what was the matter, when he saw the policeman with a man in his custody. He saw the other officer take hold of the man, and the prisoner went up and requested him to let the man go. He had some " pattering" with the officer, but witness did not see him strike him, or hurt him in any way. A woman went up to the prisoner, and struck him with a pound weight. Mr. Rushton said the assault was very clearly proved, for they could very easily divine what " pattering with the offi cer" meant. The prisoner had rendered himself liable to a fine of £5, and if he had been in circumstances to enable him to pay it, he would have fined him to that amount. The offi cers had a very perilous duty to perform, and they must be protected. The prisoner was fined £2 and costs, or, in de fault of payment, he was to be imprisoned 21 days. YESTERDAY. MATRIMONIAL QUARRELS. Rosannah Hitchmore, a pretty but shrewish-looking wo man, was brought before the magistrates under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that some time back she had been sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Knutsfor•d gaol ; on her return from which her husband, who is a plas terer, and apparently a very decent, well-behaved man, wished to remove from Liverpool, to the Isle of Man or any where else. The defendant refused to go, quarrelled with her husband, and created such disturbances that he was obliged to bring her before the magistrate. Rosannah said she did not wish to trouble ber husband, and:would leave him entirely if he would allow her sufficient for a separate maintenance. Mr. Rushton ordered the husband to allow her five shil lings per week. Rosannah (boldly)—I wont take it ; I can't live upon five shillings a•week. Mr. Rushton—Then you must be put back. Rosannah (after some consideration)—Well, I'll take the five shillings. I r Laughtat..). Mr. Rushton—You must go every week to Mr. Evans (the relieving officer), who will give you the money. Rosannah (starting as if with a sudden resolution)—l'll leave him altogether•, and I wont have any money at all. (Laughter.) Upon this the defendant left the court, and the husband retired, no doubt well pleased at the magnanimity of his rib. THE TABLES TURNED. Henry Entwistle was brought up under the following cir cumstances :—The complainant (a snan named Weston) stated that he had been casually in the employ of the father of the defendant, and that he was sent for to his foundry about one o'clock on Christmas day, when he found de fendant quarrelling with some persons, and that on his say ing shortly afterwards that defendant was in the wrong, he closed with him, threw him on the floor, jumped upon him, and kicked him, by which treatment he was severely injured. Defendant called several witnesses, who proved that the complainant was the aggressor. Pendleton (Mr. Entwistle's servant) gave evidence to , the effect that the complainant came to her master's house (a public-house), stripped off his coat and waistcoat, and wanted to wrestle. A man named Flynn accepted the chal lenge, and they wrestled for some time, when witness ad vised defendant to go ; he said he would not, and struck her. A young man then interfered, whom he also struck ; blows were exchanged, and she once more endeavoured to push him to the door, when he struck her again. Weston next assaulted Mrs. Entwistle, who was then in a weak state of health, in the lobby. Defendant came to his mother's as sistance,' struck Weston, and threw him on the ground. Witness did not know exactly what occurred then : several of them were fighting on the floor together. Mr. Rushton said that the complainant was evidently the aggressor in this matter. He had struck the servant girl and others ; he had also assaulted Mrs. Entwistle, who was ill ; and he must not not be surprised, under such circumstances, that her son should come to rescue her; and if lie had been roughly used, it was his own bringing on. The case must be dismissed. OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT. Patrick APDonald, Eneas M'Donald, and John M`Der mott, were brought up charged with conducting themselves in a riotous manner about two o'clock in the morning. It appeared that the latter had used very threatening language to one of the policeman, and said that he would give him so much (guaging about th ree i nc h es o f t h e end of a stick) cold steel. Mr. Rushton ordered him to be put back until the arrival of a second magistrate. The other two had used very threatening language ; and it appeared that they were in the habit, with others, of going about in bands, creating violent disturbances, and that if a single policeman inter fered, he was sure to get well beaten. They were ordered to pay ss. each, or be imprisoned. on the arrival of a second magistrate, M`Dermott, who is an ill-looking, ruffianly fellow, was again brought up. The evidence against him having been repeated, Mr. Rushton said that the police must be protected, and ordered him to pay 10s., or be imprisoned for eleven days. A BRUTE. Robert Quayle, a sullen-looking fellow, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, also with assaulting his mother. The father of the prisoner stated that his wife was so injured as not to be able to appear, and he could not say when she would be sufficiently recovered to do so. He was not pre sent when the assault took place. A surgeon's certificate was given in, from which it ap peared that the poor woman was very badly hurt. One of her arms was broken, and she had several bruises in various parts of the body. It appeared that the prisoner had been brought up before charged with ill-using his mother. He was remanded to the borough gaol. SHOPLIFTING. Ann M'Grady and another woman were brought up, charged with having stolen some shawls from the shop of Mr. Rees, Scotland-road, and a dress from that of Mr. Taylor. It appeared that M'Grady's companion was brought up only on suspicion, owing to her previous bad character ; but as there was no evidence against her, she was discharged. Mr. Rees's shopnian stated that M'Grady came into the shop, and inquired for some prints which lay in the window, and that while his back was turned she must have taken up the shawls produced, with which she de camped. She then proceeded to Mr. Taylor's, where she wished to see some calico. The shopman had to go to the far end of shop to fetch the calico, and desired her to fol low, having suspicions of her honesty from a previous know ledge of her character. She, however, got possession of a dress, which, together with the shawls belonging to Mr. Rees, he found on her person.--She was committed for trial at the Sessions. STEALING PROPERTY FROM THE DOCKS. Thos. Jones, who was taken into custody near Prince's Dock with a bar of iron concealed in his jacket, for the pos session of which he could give no account, was brought before the magistrate. He said nothing in his defence; and as it was stated by one of the officers of the court that he had been previously charged with having committed a simi lar offence, he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. STEALING A CLOCK. John Kenyon was charged with stealing a clock, the pro. perty of Win. Tomlinson Dumbell. Mary Ann Dumbell (wife of the prosecutor) stated that her husband was a painter, and lived at a lodge near Black field House. She went out of her house for a short time on Wednesday afternoon, leaving the door on the latch; on her return she met the prisoner on the stairs with the clock in his hand, and subsequently discovered that there were other goods bundled up ready to be taken away. ' When the pri soner saw complai nan t, he threw the cloc k a t h er bead, and ran away across a plantation. Elizabeth Perkins corroborated this evidences that, on th e p r i soner runn i ng away , °, followed, hers," and " mur d er ," w h en G ra h am , a policeman and took him int o cus t o dy. and stated they cried " rob- The prisoner said nothing, and wascommitted for trial. PETTY Tit Errs. John Moore, a very young boys was charged with st ea li ng committed thre e two tongues from a pork-stand in the m arke t. He had been previously once committed, and six times discharged.--Com mitted for three months. Thos. Mooney, a lad , was also f eoern ebrn months for robbing a young woman , named Ellen O'H ara , of 6d. in Over, aqd ioine copper. H ehad also b witted in ?Asty last, for one month. LOSS OF THE STEAMER WILLIAM HIJSKISSON. On Sunday morning last, the steamer William Huskisson, belonging to the City of Dublin Company, foundered in the channel on her voyage from Dublin to this port, with passen gers and a cargo of cattle, &c. Through the humanity and intrepidity of Captain Clegg, commander of the ship Hud dersfield, the property of Messrs. Horsfall and Son, the greater portion of the crew and passengers were saved, though we regret to state that a few unfortunate individuals met with a watery grave. The following particulars of this painful and disastrous occurrence have been supplied to us by Capt. Brown, the commander of the William Huskisson, who hav ing lost his log and all his papers, has given us the details as he can remember them : On Saturday evening, the 11th January, at six o'clock, the William Huskisson, with about one hundred and twenty pas sengers on board, left the New-wall at Dublin, with the wind S.S.W. blowing hard. At half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning, the 12th, Holyhead bearing N.E., distance fifteen miles, the vessel sprung a leak. At two o'clock th e y got the vessel before the wind, all the pumps were kept going, and the deck load, principally cattle, were thrown overboard. The water, however, continued to gain upon the vessel. It continued to blow hard throughout the morning. At half past seven o'clock A.m., the vessel broached to the water, having risen so high, that the fires were extinguished, and the engines, consequently, stopped working, which rendered her entirely unmanageable. On the engines stopping, the water increased more rapidly, in consequence of the loss of assistance from the pumps worked by the machinery. About twenty minutes before eight o'clock, the ship Huddersfield, Clegg, master, hove in sight. The Calf of Man was then bearing E.N.E., distant eighteen miles. Captain Brown states, that seeing no possibility of saving his vessel, his whole attention was turned to the preservation of the lives of his passengers and crew, iu which he received the most ener getic assistance from the master and crew of the Hudders field, which vessel took on board ninety-four persons, who were brought to Liverpool -on the evening of the 14th inst. Capt. Brown further says, the ship Huddersfield having re ceived considerable damage from her repeated attempts to board, and lay alongside th e William Huskisson, while it was blowing very bard, and the sea running high, was mak ing much water. Such being the case, her Captain feared to wake another attempt to save the lives of about six per sons who remained on board the steamer, considering it best to insure the preservation of those lives already under his care.—Gore's Advertiser. The following account, furnished by parties who had an opportunity of knowing what took place on board the Hud dersfield, and of being acquainted with the difficulties en. countered by the intrepid captain in his exertions for the preservation of so many of his fellow-creatures, was pub lished in a second edition of the Liverpool Courier : " Captain Clegg, observing the signals of distress on board the steamer, immediately bore down to her assistance. On a nearer approach, the ringing of the bell, and the heart rending shout which reached his ear, combined with the at titude of prayer of many on deck, satisfied him that no time was to be lost in endeavourin g to save a large mass of beings from imrie.liate death ThAw......g sit tins time run. Tlttlr fa2rftilly high, and any attempt to lower the boats seemed worse than useless. As the Huddersfield, however, neared the steamer, the boats of the latter were lowered, but imme diately swamped. Captain Clegg saw at once, that the only chance of saving the people was by endeavouring to run his ship under the stern of the steamer. " In this bold and hazardous attempt, with his crew mus tered on the forecastle ready to give assistance, they provi dentially succeeded in snatching twenty-three individuals off the wreck, and although in doing so, the Huddersfield car ried away her bowsprit, lost two anchors and chains from the bow, and sustained other damage, the gratifying fact that they had so far succeeded, seemed to give fresh spirit to the officers and ship's company. The ship, with her gallant cap tain at the wheel, was immediately put about, and a second attempt made, in which about twenty to thirty more of the passengers and crew succeeded in getting on board ' • en couraged by this success, the ship was a thi r d ti me put about, and again brought under the stern of the steamer, when a further number succeeded in gaining the ship, making a total of ninety-three, including fifteen women and some children. " The gale, which had been on the increase, had now arrived at such a height, that Captain Clegg deemed it pru dent for the safety of his own vessel, in her then crippled state, and those on board, not to remain longer by the wreck ; as, however, there appeared to be still ten or twelve persons on board the steamer, he determined to make one more attempt ; and accordingly again, for the fourth time, ran his vessel under the stern of the steamer. This attempt, as was anticipated, proved unsuccessful ; and seeing that there was no prospect of any abatement of the gale, and apprehensive of his mast going by the board, after remaining by the wreck until ten a. m., they were reluctantly obliged to quit her. " The captain and crew of the steamer had all succeeded in getting on board of the Huddersfield, and Capt. Clegg, before quitting, offered them the ship's boats, if they chose to make any attempt to save those who still remained on the wreck ; this, however, they very prudently declined, as it was the opinion of Captain Clegg, and all on board, that the attempt must have ended with an additional loss of life. " The Huddersfield was outward-bound, with a valuable cargo on board. Capt. Clegg, however, returned with her to port, and landed his grateful passengers about six o'clock on Tuesday evening. Captain Clegg speaks in the highest terms of his first and second officers, Mr. Matthews and Mr. Drummond, and, indeed, of the whole ship's company, who conducted themselves throughout the trying occasion with a degree of coldness, promptitude, and gallantly truly charac teristic of the British seaman. Several of the passengers perished in a fruitless attempt to swim from the steamer to the Huddersfield, and a few in attempting to spring from one vessel to the other; but when we consider the impossibility of using the boats, the only surprise is how so many were saved. The utmost praise is due to Captain Clegg, but we shall leave his conduct to be noticed by those whom we are sure will not be found wanting in awarding him that reward which is so justly his due." KIItKDALE EPIPHANY SESSIONS. These sessions commenced yesterday, before the Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS, chairman, and the following magis trates :—Rev. J. T. Horton, John Formby, Esq., Charles Birch, Esq., Thomas Rodick, Esq., —. Ed war d s , E sq ., Pe ter Bourne, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., Thomas Rawson, Esq., Dr. Winstanley, &c., &c. The following gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury : Charles Henry Lacy, Esq., of Kenyon, gentleman. C. Moss, of Garston, banker.. merchant. George Addison, jun., of G ars t on , merchant. George Parsons, of Garston, timber-merchant. William Brown, of Windle, nailmaker. Robert Daglish, of \\lndic iron-founder. James Cawley, of Winwick, gentleman. Henry Birchall, Golborne, rope-manufacturer. William Barton, Windle, watchmaker. John Niunrow, Sutton, brewer. John Broadbent, Walton Breck, architect. Thomas Banks, Winwick-street, Warrington. John Dakin, Warrington, grocer. Sohn Woolright, Wavertree, silk-mercer. Joseph Reddish, Garston. salt-agent. John Glover, Windle, grocer. Edward Fidler, Windle, publican. Mr. John Pritt, iron -merchant, of Garston, and Mr. Fran cis Morley, of Sutton, chemist, being above 60 years of age, were excused from attending. Mr. George Heald, of Gar ston ; Mr. Joseph Crossfield, of Bank Quay,- Warrington, soap-manufacturer; and Mr. John Geddes, of Warrington, tea-dealer, were fined £5 each, for not appearing when their names were called. The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the grand jury. He said the calendar was rather larger than that of the last sessions, but the cases were of a similar description. None of them called for any particular remark, and as far as he had looked over the depositions, he believed they would present no features of difficulty. The chairman the❑ alluded to the first case in the misdemeanors, in which the party was charged with an unnatural offence, and having briefly explained the law relating to this crime, he dismissed the jury to their labours. The CLERK of the PEACE then called over the list of the petty jury. A gentleman, whose name escaped nal com plained of having been called upon to serve, on two grounds— first, that he was above age ; and next, that he was qualified and had already served on the grand jury. The chairman instructed him to procure his name to be erased from the jury lists, and excused him from attendance. Mr. Peter Griffith, of School Brow, Warrington, file manufacturer, and Mr. Richard Taylor, yeoman, were fined £5 each for non attendance. The magistrates then retired into their private room, where they remained until the grand jury had found some bills. None of the trials, up to the period of our leaving the court, possessed the slightest interest, except to the parties immediately concerned. The Sessions are expected to terminate in the course of to-morrow (Saturday). DEATH OF THE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF HASTINGS AND COUNTESS OF LOUDOUN. • (From the Scottish Guardian.) This much respected and severely tried lady died at Kel burne House, upon the night of Thursday the 9th, in the fifty-ninth year of her age. Her ladyship left Loudoun Castle a few weeks ago, in the hope that Kelburne, from its vicinity to the sea, might benefit her health during winter. Although complaining for some time, and suffering (as may well be supposed) much mental distress, ever since the death of her beloved daughter, yet no immediate danger was ap prehended by herself or family, until Monday the 6th. Upon Tuesday evening she fell into a lethargic slumber, which was seldom broken, and expired without a struggle. We understand that there is no doubt that the immediate cause of her death was water on the brain, occasioned by intense mental anxiety and distress. We feel persuaded that this mournful event will not only fill the parish of Loudoun, where she was beloved and re spected, and a numerous circle of deeply attached friends, with unfeigned sorrow, but that, from its intimate con nection with the late tragedy in the palace, it will also be heard of with sincere regret by the nation at large. Esteeming it to be our duty and our privilege to direct the attention of our readers to those " lights of the world," which shine among them, " that they, seeing their good deeds, may glorify God," it affords us the sincerest pleasure to he able to state, from undoubted evidence, that the lamented Lady Haitings was a devoted and a matured Christian. If to esteem self as no thing, and Christ as all—if "to pray," almost literally , " without ceasing"—if to ha ve firm and unshaken confidence, at all times, in the wisdom a n d i n t h e l ove o f G o d ; if, in the depth of her distress, he ar til y to f orgive , an d to pray for those who brought desol a ti on i n t o h er i nn ocent a nd family; if to visit the sick, an d f ee d t h e and hongry, ,, happy clothe the naked, for her Master' s sa k e ;if to love all, especially those of the household of faith v b e a n rk he n r to had above measure. And fruits of the Spirit, that s heSpirit'' if these graces are genuine if it was " given her to believe," so also i'ta;‘, was s le gi r suffer." Her whole life was one of often have been envied by the ambitious , and by the world, but it was borne over a rude and boisterous ocean. "Yet the loud wind blew from the right_point, it made a noise, but drove faster to the h ar bour. bereaved fa mily may feel ass ured, that t he y have sympathy of all and the prayers of many. Full dress dinner p a rties were gi ven l ast evening by Vis count Melbourne a nd L ord John Russell, a t w hi ch the Queen's speech, on opening the session of Parliament this day was re ad by the two ministers to their respective guests. The party at Lord Melbourne' s , at his official reside nc e i n D o wning-street , consisted of between 20 and 30 peers, and L o rd John Russell's, at th e F ore i gn -office, consisted of the Speaker and a large party of members of the House of Com mons, mostly connected with the Administration.—Morning Herald of i esterday. DEATH OF THE LANDGRAVINE OF HESSE HOMBURG. —We regret to state that intelligence was received yesterday morning, by the members of the royal family, of the demise of the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg. The precise time of the death of this levered lady has not transpired, but we understand it too k place on Friday last. The deceasedhcr princess was the thi r d d aug h ter o f King George the ld, and siste r o f t h e i r Royal Highnesses the Princess Augusta, Duchess of Glouceste r , D u k e o f Cambridge,in gof H Duke of of Sussex, Pri ncess S op hi a , an d hi s M a j es ty the K aver. Her Majesty was born the 22nd of May, 1710, and was married the 7th of April, 1818, to the ho Lnd ie g d t rav he ek2'rned o Frede rick rick Jo se ph L ou i s o f H esse Homburg, in % delicate health forg, v April, 1829. Her highness had been some time past. B the death of ber highness the wh o l e o f ornio the royal family r d ilrbe tbee d in d eep mourrtiog.--M p Herald of ay. TO THOMAS BOLTON, ESQ. Six,--Since the debat e i n th e C ounc il yester d ay , re l a ti ve to the Borough Watch-rate Act, 1 have referred to the ac count of the proceedings of a General Vestry held on the 30th October last, as reported in the Mercury of the Ist of November. • Mr. John Clarke distinctly stated, " That it was net th intention of the Council to levy any such rate. They nev e sought the power. He could state that, upon good authority e (and this would save the parish £5OO or £6OO, if it should b, found comp u l sory on the Council, to levy this rate) the themselves would come forward to apply to Parliament fo an act to deprive them of that power. (Hear, hear, with cheers.)" Name your authority. "He had the authority of Mr. Bolton for saying what he had done." Oh, oh, and laughter.) "He thought it was premature of the vestry to entertain the subject, and moved an adlournment of the question sine die." Now, sir, Mr. Clarke thus came forward, declaring him self your mouth-piece on that occasion :—You were known as the deputy-chairman of the finance committee—you are considered as one of the prime movers of the clique who di rect the council : therefore, it was taken for granted that the dominant party in the council would not oppose the rescind ing of this act. In the debate yesterday, you contended for the propriety of the council retainin g th e power, of levying a Borough Watch-rate, It was said that Mr. Cooper and myself 'ere actuated by improper motives, in our opposition, that it was electioneering motives which caused us to take the part we were pursuing. The liberal party are very liberal in their abuse of those who oppose their measures. I will not say but that on the 30th of October, the eve of an election in Castle-street ward, thatyoureally did entertain an opinion, it was proper this act should be annulled. At present, it is evident, you entertain a different opinion, and that you con ceive it is right, the council should have the power to levy the rate. With respect to the act in question, some curious circum stances deserve to be noticed. A copy - was sent down to the Town-clerk, the day after it was introduced into Parlia ment. Tire council was not informed of it ; the parish authorities knew nothing of it but the Town-clerk ; and it is reasonable to surmise, that yourself and a few others, were acquainted of the circumstance. Ido consider that the council and the parishioners of Liverpool, were improperly treated, in not having the information given. I have referred to the act, and I must again state, that there is no occasion to go to Parliament for such a bill, as the Town-clerk recommends. The 16th-part of a penny is a sufficient rate, to impose by this act, if it be compulsory to enforce any rate. The words distinctly are:—" That no such rate shall in any one year exceed Gd. in the pound." I care.not if a dozen lawyers told me it was imperative to levy Gd., the obvious, and the only meaning is, that the rate may be as much less as the council think proper, but in no case more than Gd. I consider it proper to address you thus publicly, in order that von may place yourself in a right position before the parishioner s ; as it might appear, that on the eve of an election, You authorised an te..tc in your name, milieu you never contempiated.—Yours, &c. ISAAC HOLMES. Sand Hill, 16lh J an . 1 840. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Will yon allow me, through the medium of your paper, to acknowledge the liberal donation of £6. from " A Friend," to be divided at my discretion amongst the various societies to which 1 have lately called attention. This is a practical result of the benefit of bringing the va rious societies before the public, and I sincerely hope that many others will follow. The following appropriation will, I hope, meet the views of the liberal donor : Protestant Association Church Missionary Society Lord's Day Society Hibernian Society Church Pastoral Aid Society Mariners Church Naval and Military Bible Society Trinitarian Bible Society Irish Sunday School Society 0 5 0 . Society for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews Jewish Institution The objects of the several societies may be seen in the ad vertisement in this paper. I remain your obedient servant, JOSEPH CRISP. THE BRAWLERS FOR EDUCATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir,—l perceive, by your advertising columns, that the subscriptions towards building a College in the good old town is filling up most satisfactorily ; £3.1,000 having been already subscribed, one-tenth of which (leaving out the munificent gift of Mr. Gladstone,) is subscribed by the few conservative members of the town council ; but where are the names of the radical members of that council? where are the subscriptions of the " lovers of education ?"—of the canting brawlers for universal education —where are the liberal personal subscriptions of those who lavish the corpo ration property in promoting popish and deistical education ? Not one single, solitary name does there appear on the whole list from among the tyrant majority of our liberal represen tatives ! !—Yours, J. B. THE "MERCURY" SUNK BELOW ZERO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR.,—Will you be kind enough to inform your readers the cause of the great falling off in the circulation of Mrs. Twad dle, of the sign of the Pigeon and Penny Trumpet, in Lord street? Why has she dropped the blazing announcement which was wont to grace the most conspicuous corner of the twaddle-sheet on each successive Friday morning? Why the doleful lamentation on Friday last, over " our sacrifice of interest in our advocacy of the penny postage?" for who doubts the disinterestedness of Mrs. Twaddle ! Who would ever suspect the old jade of advocating the penny postage, without foreseeing that the " Brokers Circulars" would cost them less than fivepenny Afercuries Nobody, nobody. We all know old Twaddle to be too great a patriot to allow Isis own interest to have any weight whatever in the consideration of a " great national question." On the con trary. Mrs. Twaddle had foreseen all this loss at the com mencement of her disinterested advocacy; she only forgot to say anything about it until she felt her penny patriotism press in" down the quicksilver ! But, sir, I asked you to inform your readers Why " our circulation," as p u bli s h e d b y th e o ld l a d y h erself, " for the quarterending in April last amounted to 7824 weekly;" and this trumpeted forth weekly to catch advertisements, had fallen to 7326 for the succeeding quarter ending in June, and still further reduced to 7000 at the close of the year, for the yearly average ; so that she dared not to give the quarterly average as before, I apprehend, as that would reduce " our circulation" to 6824, probably, instead of 7824, as given in April last. I hope that the conservative subscribers to that twaddler will still see it their duty to withdraw their support from it. Has its low Billingsgate attacks on the clergy of the town anything to do with falling off in " our circulation"—its per petual misrepresentations of Protestants, and its transparent attempts to mask the villainy of Popery—is it attributable to these causes or is it not ? Ask yourself, Mrs. Twaddle, these few questions, and let us hear the lying story by which you will extricate " our circulation" from this sad appear ance of a falling concern. N.B.—Mr. Rathbone has not been reminded, for the last three weeks, of the spitting business—has he sent in a hint I—Yours, OLD TORY. Yesterday morning there was a conference at Sir Robert Peel's, when the Duke of Wellington, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Stanley, M. P. the Right. Hon. Sir James Graham, M.P. Sir Henry Hardinge, M.P. the Right Hon. Henry Goulbourn. M.P. and several of the lead ing conservatives attended.—Morning Herald of yesterday. POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS FOIL THE HOUSES OF PAR- ElAMENT. — Arrangements have been made, by which mem bers of parliament will be enabled to past letters written at the two houses, without the difficulty which would occur in paying a penny with each letter. Covers will be sold to members at the house, on payment of the postage, but such covers will only be available if posted at the houses of par liament. GRAND BANQUET AT APSLEY HOUSE.—Last evening his Grace the Duke of Wellington gave a grand dinner at Apsley House, to a numerous and distinguished party of his sup porters in the House of Lords. There were present the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Newcastle, Duke of Rutland, Duke of Dorset, Duke of Buckingham, Duke of Montrose. Duke of Buccleugh, Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis of Bute, Marquis of Downshire, Marquis of Salisbury, Earl of Wilton, Earl of Ab er d een, Earl of Jersey, Earl Bathurst, Earl olladdington, Earl of Eldon, Earl Cawdor, Earl Clanwilliam, Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Lonsdale, Earl of Winchilsea, Viscount Beresford, Viscount Strangford ; Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Abinger, Lord Ellenborough, Lord de Roos, Lord Montagu, Lord Maryborough, Lord Cowley, Lord Forester, Lord Wharucliffe, &c.-31oenike Herald V yesterday. NEw AND EASY METHOD OF GENERATING CHLORINE GAS.—It may not be generally known to our readers, that chlorine gas may be generated in an easy manner, and a pure state by means of chloride of sodium (salts), nitric acid, and some metallic oxides. The process and the quantities which I employ are as follows:—Some chloride of sodium is put into as much water as will dissolve it. A sixth part of nitric acid, and as much black oxide of manganese or peroxide of lead (minimum), is next added. A gentle heat is therrapplied to the vessel, when the gas passes over in great abundance, and is very pure. The chief advantage of this method is, that there is no sudden and violent action, nor any chance of sedj breaking ._ a t n li ng the vessel, 0 se , l, which f is the case when sulphuri c ac id is u the Chemist. A WORD IN FAVOUR olAshsenesii.B. — t We should like to know by what right ilisop and Gay, and all the fable-mon gers, from Jotham upwards, have pitched upon one unhappy an i m al, and made him a mock and a by-word and a laugh ing-stock for all succeeding generation to crac k their " fool bornloyr o is ussome thing .he stretches ridiculous; his very N jests" upon. Now, in l . out his head and ele va t es i ts antipodes with all the pride of a peacock ! his hiss is most superlatively self-com placent and contemptuous—it is elocinent of irrepressible misanthropy ; a child can see through his pretensions to dignify ; his folly breaks out in the very means which he takes to hide it, but an ass ; pshaw ! there is no deceit about an ass ;—he pretends not to beauty which be does not possess ; he makes no ostentatious display of his sagacity ; he is con tent to slip through existence as peaceably and silently as we will let him; he wants but little, and he gets it; he can teach as many lessons as the ant. arid he finds, if possible, fewer disciples.—Blaekwood for January. INDIAN SUPERSTITION.—The power of the Datar is sup posed to be peculiarly shown upon this spot ; and his aid is here, it is believed, most successfully entreated. Nume rous poor people, from all parts of Western India, when. afflicted with leprosy, travel hither, and enter into vows to remain until the merciful Datar vouchsafes a cure. If their sufferings from this cruel disease are of long continuance, suicide is commonly the result ; the belief being gene ra l, that, in the event of a leper dying a natural death, the disease descends to his posterity. A few days betore we visited the sacred hill, an aged leper desired permission from the British authorities to east himself into the sea at Man grole : this being refused, he left Junagarth ; and about three miles from the city, the aged sufferer caused himself to be buried alive; his only son, for whose immediate sake the act was committed, covering the grey hairs of his afflicted parent with an earthern water vessel.-111ra. Postans's Wes tern India, in 18313. HABITS OF THE Fox.—The fox is fond of fish. When ever a litter of cubs happens to be laid up, if there be a well stocked fish-pond within a reasonable distance, fish bones arc sure to be found ut the mouth of the subterranean retreat as soon as the cubs have attained sufficient strength to devour such food. Reynard is remarkably sagacious in avoiding traps and snares set for his destruction : it is almost impos sible thna to deceive him. A few years since a couple of foxes made their appearance on the extensive manor of Wrightington, in Lancashire, belonging to Charles Scars brick, Esq., which the keepers were anxious to destroy— and, be it recollected, no fox hounds are kept in the county of Lancaster. These foxes had no doubt descended from the hilly moorland country some miles to the south-east, to feed upon the rabbits which literally swarmed in one part of the township. In vain the keepers set snares, set traps nicely concealed with earth; the foxes were not to be thus deceived; in defiance of every expedient, these cunning animals main tainede happened to be shooting on mentioned their ground. W keepers s ciot them?" W the ri eu gh bje tin gt gT ai n l a xicia t the whe n one one of vu the y li w eep t we abstrved.--SOrtni#4 l .* Alatto43/. - 71:1 'es , ' s w, v ~~. ,p S 2 I