The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-10 00:00:00

MARCH 10, 18,35. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. ITALIAN OPERA. (11' In emsequence of many persons -having been disap- Nioted in securing Seats in the Boxes, the Manager has been compelled to forma limited number of STALI.S at the same price as the Boxesiplaces in which may he taken between the n'ais of Eleven and Four, on application to Signor CAMPI, at the Box-office. SIGNORA CESARI returns -her sincere thanks to her Friends and Patrons of the Italian Opera for the flattering r!cetion s h e h as met w i t h i n Li verpoo l , an d b egs t o inf orm the Subscrib ers and the Public that her BENEFIT will take place this present TUESDAY, the 10th instant, on which oc casion will be performed the chef d'oeuvre of the celebrated Maestro Vaccai, GIULIETTA E ROMEO, In which the character of RomEo was expressly composed at Milan for La Signora CESARI.,' Capeßio Signor/Deval. Giuiietta....M dame Kyndier Adele Sign a Campi. Romeo Signora ' sari. Lorenzo Si« r Boisragon. Tebaldo Sigu • Galli. After the Opera ture to Oberon. Daetto B u ff o, (i n c h aracter, ) "N on temer m i o h e l ca d e tt o ," from the favourite Opera, "I 1 Posto Abbandonato," del i aestro Me rca d an t e . C a d e tt o S cozzese F e d er i co , Si gnors Cesari; Sargent e M e zza Gainha, Signor Marani. Scena, "Traitress! in vain thy terror would pleat! for more delve" from the Opera, Angela of Venice, composed by Mr. Ilez.rmann, for Signor Boisragon. Sec•na ed. Aria, (in character "Mena oh to ch' io chiamo," front Rosiini's favourite Opera, "La Donna del Logo." Mal com, signora Cesari. T. conclude with Rossini's celebrated For DOUBLE QUARTETTO, Eight Voices and full Choruses, "L' Asia in Faville e Avvolta," iu which the whole strength of the Company will Plea r. Soprani.—Madame Kyntherland and - Miss Emily. Tcnori.Signors Deval and Derain. Contralti.—Signoras Cesari and Campi. Bassi.—Signors Galli and Marani. Subscribers' Ticet are not admitted on thi Eveni. Prices of Admissio k n. s —Lower Boxes, 4s. ; s Upper ng Boxes, 38 . 61. : Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance kill core, atEi,ght precisely. pllekets t o b e had at Signora CESARI'S Residence. No. 13, ,; e ughton-str ee t, a n d a t th e liox•office of the Theatre, where Places may be taken. There will be no performance to-morrow evening. LIVER THEATRE. CHURCH-STREET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. W. J. HAMMOND. ON MONDAY EVENING next, the 16th instant, when will be popular per pular domestic ore fi tl st tta of r time out of Loud:in, the new 141 (1 highl y -e THE SCHOOLFELLOWS; t V . e rilien by D. JERKOLD, Esq., Author of "The Hazard of the hearts and Diamonds," " Rent Day," &c. To which will be added,, __ Mr. THOMAS TOMKLNS, • 61, CHURCH -STREET, LIV RPOOL. b in the course of the Evening, a grey variety of Singing and ancing by Messrs. W. J. Haninio , Melvin, Raymond. Mrs. l a Ymou , l . Miss E. Hamilton, Mr., N rs., and Miss Fanny Le - er ect. Madlle. Eloise and Juliette, and the Brothers Jackson. To be followed by the favourite Burlesque OTHELLO TRAVES7'IE. To conclude with THE MASQUERADE. Tickets ma be bad of Mrs. W.J. 11Ammoso, 17, Suffolk street, .. and of Mr. CARMAN, at the Boxoffice. op ven en . at Half-past Six o'clock, Performance t o C Oui hors to b menc e at Sev en . Boxes 3s —Pit 2s.—Gallerr 6(1. G Second Price—BUxes: Is.—No Second Price to the Second Price at Half-past Eight. BATrY'S ROYAL' AMPHITHEATRE. EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION THREE DRAMAS !,; r for the BENEFIT of Mr. ROBINSON, PROPRIETOR. HIS EVENING, the 10th instant, t e BLIND BEGGAR of BETH L GREEN. In which the Splendid Stud •ill appear. Simon de Montford ....... .Mr. A rt Sir - F,ustace.,Mr. Sterling. I A c ....Mrs. Stetling. et which a Popular SONG, by a oung Lady of Liverpool, - her first time on aoy stage. HFirst tim e h ere ,- M r . Hicken's elegant positions on his Rapid lu.!se Urs , with the Infant Prodigy, as THE ROMAN AND PPIL. TIIE HUT OF THE RED MOUNTAINS; A ugustu s THIRTY TEARS OF A GAMBLER'S LIFE. Mr. Stirling. I Warner .Mr. Neville. Amelia Mrs. Stirling. SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. To conclude with a Melo Drama of intense interest, called THE COURT FOOL ; F raud s OR, THE BE OF NO THE DAME. 4,1 6.3 the First.... Mr. Tiiboulet....Mr. Neville. Blanche Mi‘s Barry. I , i :rickets an d places t o be ta k en o f M r . ROBINSON, No. 3, `-• _ b utch-street, aud at the Boxoffice. TO CORRESPONDENTS. • - ` ) TA's letter upon the'night police, and the inefficiency of that v,"oriv, will, if possie, appear i our next. ' e tliAnk a friend for bl sendmg us n a sort of political harangue Ip,ntlestly called a sermon, preached at Glasgow, iu the "Goose ' J uba," we suspect, by one George Harris. This is not t ,xactiv the plucking season; but he richly deserves it, and rail have it first spare moment. e beg to assu re a "Shipowne r " that we are watching the 4,,F,'Lse• It would be imprudent to say anything at present. ‘ - hurch and King" is thanked; but the "creatures" are not worth meddlin wit. Tey talk or reforniing the Churc! t them g o learn to h read and write, and then teform tbeni h - eelves. Ebt Littrpool grtanbarb. PUESDA MORArING, MARCH 10, 1835. Some of the. Irish members have already commenced th at series of inanceuvres which so seriously interrupted Pu blic business and were the disgrace of the last pailia tnent• In th e es ti ma ti on o f the " trite of Dan" a scuffle between a constable and a smuggler, in some remote pa tish or turf bog in Ireland, is of more importance than the foreign, colonial, or national interests of Great Bri tain, and entitled to the first consideration of the Home ra Commons. If two rival factions or f am ili es a t a vil ge fair, inspired by whisky and patriotism, and differ ing about the amount of "tribute" claimed by some im perious beggar, come to blows, and heads are broken, the aft • an. is immediately brought under the consideration o f the imperial legislature, and an "intense" interest is Ga ted, by a ten hours debate in the commons, as to " 0 kicked PADDY O'SUANE, who tore Mrs. O'FLa likrtTY's hair, wh o sen t TE DDY O'F LINN t o gao l f or do ing 'just nothing at all,"—and the debate is carried on as animated a wanner as if the destinies of England de pended upon the decision of the. house. Meanwhile t h e Public business is suspended—the battle of the fair I . B k f otrght over again—the wrongs of the O'SIIANES and e O'FLattEaTys are dwelt upon in all the impassioned tu nes of Irish eloquence—the night draws to a close— nothing is concluded on either side—a full report of the squabble appears in all the newspapers; so that the Eng isit reader, as he sips his coffee, and glances over the 47 nes or Post next morning, finds, to his ineffable dis gust, that the representatives of the people of this great cou ntry have been engage d i n a discussion that would tri m' an excise court or a police office into contempt. of weeks and months was the time of the last session Parliament wasted in tliese unseemly exhibitions; and unless ministers, supported by the good sense of the i I° nse, make an effort to prevent their repetition, the pre 'tent session will be as barren of usefulness as its prede 48snr• On Friday last an Irish member of the name of "WYEE, one of the "tribe" above referred to, pre, aPnt ed a petition, drawnup, no douht, by some hedge retlest wh o has learned to write ate : tti'expense of Eng td, and whi c h p e titi on p ur p or t e d t o come f rom a man who Signs himself k — w h o m a ke s hi s mar k— an d w h o t c nPlain s th at h e was l oc k e d up i n a stat i on -h ouse from S at urday night till Monday morning, thereby p revente d o rn going to mass on Sunday, and from following his ho 4"t avocations during the two nights he was in durance. . - No doubt it i s a h ar d case if t h e man w ere i nnocent l y Int Prisoned. His innocence or his guilt, however, forms 4 ° Part o f t h e quest i on, f ur no ev id ence i s o ff ered on ei ther side. It is not even alleged that the complaining Harty has sought or has failed to obtain redress. All that } - ) ‘ le house . has to debate - upon is the statement made tI Y • Who he is no one can tell—O'DWYEa himself " 3 not know him—be comes before parliament in the abov e shape, without a voucher, without a reference, , ^ltbout a single person to speak to his identity. We ask, is this a case to occupy the attention of the kouse of Commons ? If this man with his mark be a bee n Person, which we doubt., and if it be true that . he has falsely imprisoned, which we do not believe; but afl sti nting, for the sake of argument, that what he states strictly true, still is it a case which demands the inter ti-renee of th e B r iti s h p ar li ament ? We contend it does ti t * Parliament is only a court o f appeal in the last re• 4t, and then only under peculiar circumstances. But sli 's case there is no unredressed grievance—co hard 'P for which the law does not prescribe a remedy—no aorung which an Irish attorney could not convert into a re e of profit first to himself and secondly to his client w hieb no 'attorney of the liberal school would not ea o,rir „ ek • -.rasp at as furni s hin g a fine subject for the forensic 'Treac e of a SHELL, in an action for damages. c _ u mw many hundreds of poor creatures are lodged, antrary to their will, every night in watch-houses in England ? Hots, many thousands ate taken up on a Sa turday night in this country, imprisoned in the Huuse of Correction during Sunday, and dismissed on Monday morning without any serious offence being alleged :against them ? It is th l e necessary consequence of asti ict police. But who ever heus of a petition from any of these ill-used parties to the House of Commons? Mr. HumE himself would be ashamed to present such a peti tion even from a fellow .Greek, and Mr. `VA LEY, the honourable member for Finsbury, would, we are sure, burn his fingers of rather than touch such a docu ment. In Ireland the case is different. The "tail" must obey the head—the slave of the priest must obey his master. It is of no consequence whether- the charge be true or false—whether the k be a mortal or a phantom—a wretch ready to swear any-thing, or a tool perfectly un conscious of its own acts—the member must obey the dictator, and the dictator must servilely recognise the commands of his secret but powerful magicians. This, we admit, is an unfortunate and calamitous state of things; but we must now bear it until such a moral re volution shall take place as will give us the means of counteracting it. This can only arise from a combina tion of events by which the dupes will be enabled not Only to detect, hut compelled in their own defence to de stroy their enslavers. A powerful government, well or-' ganized, could facilitate this most desirable revival of principle which, taking its impulse from truth, would be goaded to acts of retribution by a sense of justice; but the final execution is certain, despite the accelerating aid of the authorities. We see its workings in the decline and fall of O'CONNELL'S power. The character of the man, as Mr. SHAW observes, is now understood., The people, o ' land never had any confidence in him— they . him. liis is a character that is abso lute! p'' Ve to our ' national feelings. He has the i , 06 min tno -the power of. ROBES PI ERR E. He is possessed of great . talents- 7 -he has unbounded ambition—he is to- . tally deltoid of principle—he aims at an object without seeing it, - as a man of desperate ferocity shoots in the dark —he is ready to join any party against what. he conceives to be til'e Common enemy ; but he has not sense sufficient to tell him . that.by risking too much he must lose all, and that those who court his power would if they could hang him to-morrow. The people of Ireland are beginning to see this. All the respectable catholics have already de serted his ranks. He has not a man of rank, property, or independence who acknowledges his leadership. While the priests remain with him he will always command votes ; but how long will they remain with him ? This is the question. We answer it. at once—not a moment longer than suits their own selfish purposes; and, what is of far greater importance, the hour of secession has very nearly arrived. He has dragged the priesthood of Ireland down to the lowest pit of infamy to which catholicity ever sank. Farther they will not go. The old priests know that O'CONNELL has made their church in Ireland the re proaeh of Europe. They are recognised at Rome as schismatics, if not infidel dissenters. They are, in fact, (particularly the younger clergymen,) held to be the rob bers of the poor, and as setting an example to Roman Catholics in the western world which, if imbibed and imi tated by the faithful generally, must prikkice confusion, ending in the explosion and final overthrow of the Roniish church. Mr. O'CONNELL has done more to bring the religion which he professes, and we believe only professes, into disrepute than any man living. The Most intelligent of the Irish priests are aware of it. By his rabid agitations he has deprived them of that repu tation which they formerly held. He has converted the halls of theological study into political debating rooms. He has made the priest, like himself, a demagogue. He has made the minister at the altar a firebrand. He has reduced charity to something like a compulsory tax; and, under the influence of unholy incendiaries he has plun dered the "basket and store" of the poor man, and turned the stream of superstitiouS benevolence wholly into his own and their coffers. All this will tell in the end, and the end is not so dis tant as many persons imagine. The very fact that the Irish members are obliged to resort to such petty arti fices as we have described above, in order .to keep their names before the public, and make it appear that they are deeply interested in the fate of the poor peasantry, is to us proof sufficient that their power and influence are on the decline. Desperate must be their condition when they are compelled to employ such stimulants. But the abject nature of their hypocrisy cannot be concealed. If the man had been wronged, as is alleged in the petition which he himself cannot read, and possibly knows no. thing about, why did not CrCONNELL, O'DWYER, and the other joints subscribe a fund for the purpose of insti tuting a prosecution ? They know better. They know that the allegations are false; but even if they were true these demagogues would not pay down a single penny to save the injured man from starvation. They are willing to wrangle and chaffer about oppression and injustice in the House of Commons, where talking costs nothing; and they are ready to do this 'on any grounds, or on no grounds at all, at.tbe bidding of some worthless priest ; but they are not the men to disgorge one farthing of the enormous sums they have extorted from the paupers of Ireland. All this, we say again, will tell in the end. The im postor stands in such an odious light before the world that even the blindest of his admirers must soon see their error and feel ashamed of their misplaced confidence. Look at the craven attitude to which he was reduced un der the crushing and .withering animadversions of the honourable and learned m em b er f or th e U n iversity o f Dublin.' , Mr. SHAW, in his speech on Friday night, used these words : Mr. O'Connell had denounced the " Orange Knight of Kerry," well knowing that that benevolent and high-minded landlord, that useful country gentleman, that ornament to so ciety,had always been the opponent of Orangism, and aban doned friends and office in support of the Roman Catholic claims. ( Hear.) And why did he call him Orange? Why, in order that he might point at those who toted for him as objects of assas sination. (Loud cheers), in the midst of which Mr. O'CoNNELL'rose and called on the Speaker to say whe ther such was parliamentary language? The SPEAKER hoped the right hon. and learned gentleman Would not pei severe in the expression which had dropped from him. Mr. SHAW would not persist in it. But the hon. and learned member bad stated publicly in Dublin, and had it published in all his newspapers, that whatever miscreant Roman Catholic, or whoever voted for the Orange Knight of Kerry, should have placed over his door a death's-head and cross-bones. (Loud and vehe ment cheering.) It is not to the sanguinary and brutal threat that we call attention, but to the abject impotence of the con victed bravo, seeking the protection of the speaker—im ploring Mr. JAMES ABEROROMBY to shield him from the startling accusations of 'the recorder! This meanness tells a tale. The man 'who is the loudest in his attacks upon his personal and political Oversaries—who has all his life indulged in the coarsest language when censur ing other men—who has raked the .hulks, the kennel, and the stews for flowers of invective and abuse, which he lifis flung unsparingly around him- 7 shrinks from a well-drawrrportrait of himself as if he saw a murderer, and stops his ears to the truth which describes him to the life in all his deformity. Such, however, is DANIEL O'CONNELL, whose career, we predict, is nearly run. The result of the inquiry into the last Dublin election will decide his fate. Mr. BARING, the new President of the Board of Trade, in answer to some questions in the House of Commons a few nights ago, stated that foreign corn had recently been smuggled into England from the Isle of Man. Some other member, in alluding ,to the same subject, ventured to insinuate that the late government was privy to the transaction, and never evinced any earnest desire to suppress the illicit trade. This last rather palpable hit aroused Mr. POULETT TflontsoN from his slumbers, who protested that he was an exceedingly ill-used gentleman, in being held up to the world as conniving at a fraud upon the revenue, at the very time when his noble friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer was much distressed for money. Mr. Timm soN declared upon his honour that he had instituted an inquiry into the alleged frauds previous to his dismissal from office, and that he was most anxious on all occa sions to do everything in his power to discountenance such nefarious practices. He further stated that the smuggling from the Isle of Man had been carried on to a very trifling extent, and that it was impossible any in- urn•, in a public point of view, could have been sustained e re front. All this looks very well on paper, and we are willing to concede that the honourable 'member for Manchester is a gentleman of "good intentions," and that he is in• capable of doing anything which he does not conscien. tiouslybelieve is calculated to promote the welfare of his country. The little sooty urchin who at dawn of day calls " sweep," in violation of an act of parliament, is no doubt embued with the idea that he is rendering an important service to the community at large. So think sweeps, and so think not sleepy housemaids! • But let this pass. It is admitted that foreign corn has been smuggled into England from the Isle of Man, du ring the whole period of Mr. TuomsoN's most impor tant services at the Board of Trade. Is it not curious that the honourable functionary did not find leisure to investigate the subject in time to put a stop to the fraud before he was dismissed from office? Could he not have done that in 1832 which he reluctantly attempted in 1834, at - the close of the session, when he knew no legis lative measure, of a remedial nature, could be enacted ? These are questions which we leave the ex-president to digest at his leisure, and answer when it suits his convenience. But a word to the real facts of the case. It is well.known that the Isle of Man grows more. corn than is consumed by its inhabitants. The surplus, (and it is an enormous quantity considering the size of the island,) is exported to England duty free. Under these circumstances why is corn from the Baltic allowed to be impOrted into - the Isle of Man? The authorities who permit this must know that it is for purposes of smug gling. It displaces an equal quantity of home growth, which is sent to England, and it consequently is, to all intents and purposes, as much a contraband article as if it were actually smuggled.into England. Two evils arise out of this trade. First, the admission of foreign corn into the Isle of Man is injurious to the interests of the domestic cultivator. If foreign corn ware totally excluded, cultivation would be carried on to a far greater extent than at present, and the industry of the island labourers thereby promoted and better rewarded. Secondly, the admisSion into England of • corn grown in the Isle of Man, the price of which is kept down by the admission of firreign corn into that island, Must be inju dons to the interests of the English farmer, who at pre sent is toiling in vain, and living niacin the remnant of his wasting capital in the hope of better times. But though not extensively hurtful, still the injustice of per mitting such a trade is unpardonably unjust, and ought not to be tolerated a single hour. In short the whole system, political and judicial, in the Isle of Man demands an immediate revision. 'Why should not the island be made a portion o f th e C oun ty Palatine of LancaSter, and allowed to send two members to parliament? _The powers of steam have brought the pretty town of Douglas as near to Liverpool as is the city of Chester. No greater blessing could be conferred upon the inhabitants of that romantic and interesting island than that which would put a stop to their peculiar advantages, anti cure the evils arising from cheap brandy, abominable wines, and other nuisances. It would be a boon beyond all conception if the Deemstir Courts were abolished, the feudal power of the " statesmen" curtailed, and the lutnbet ing house of Keys 'flung into the dungeon well of the keep of Cas tleton. At any rite a great reform awaits the Isle of Man. • We are not unfavourably disposed towards Mechanics' Institutions, for we can conceive nothing more useful than a school in .which the artizan might be instructed in those arts which would contribute to his excellence as a workman, stimulate his ingenuity, and promote his ad vancement in life. But where is _there such an institution ? Certainly not in Liverpool. The society which assumes this name here professes to instruct, we adroit, but does not, in re ality, instruct mechanics. It is a mere political conven ticle, managed by a clique of persons so deeply tinged with the narrowest of all sectarian prejudices that it is the duty of every parent and master, who revere the in stitutions of their country, to warn their sons and ap prentices to avoid the contamination, the affectation of learning,and the false philosophy which perVade the place. We do not wish any of our readers to adopt our views without examination. In sotrie of the town newspapers they will find - a — report of the - proceedings at the annual meeting of the directors and members of the Liverpool Mechanics Institute, held, we believe, on Wednesday list. These persons profess to teach and procure lec tures upon the mechanical arts and' many of the most ab struse sciences. How far they are competent we do not pretend to decide; but even if competent, we have in surmountable %objections to such teachers on other grounds. In the first place, let. us see what the luatin aries of the institution hold out to our temptation in the way of instruction and example. A gentleman—Tuomas URQUHART, Esquire s , to wit—addressed the meeting at great length, and among many other'sublitne sayings, we find the following:— .! Mankind must improve, natural means must be used, and it must be such as It. N . . Yates, Esq., that the sweet sympathies of human nature must pour out in deep feelings of gratitude, as one of those who have the interest and improvement of man at their hearts. (Cheers.) Mankind has, in various pursuits, been pleased and gratified; in what ? l,i the exercise of the faculties, and the opera :ions of the nthul i to increase the pounds, shillings, and pence! But is the happiness of mankind alone concentrated in the exercise of that faculty of the mind? No! It must be in the exercise of the intellectual and moral powers of the mind, and mankind can outs' be put in a condition for the exercise of their moral and intellectual powers by means of education. (Cheers.) Hence it is by education that man is to be unproved, that he is to be directed in the investigation of the laws of his Creator, that he sees in these laws of his Creator laws obligatory and binding upon man; and it is by education that man is brought to recognise those laws, and must bring his: con dition int o un i son w ith - those laws, which we see binding in every Wang around us. (Cheers.) There is not au atom or hair but is subject to the laws of nature; and, therefore, the mind of man is subject to those laws of nature, and till such time as education is directed to the Creator's laws arrive, and I prophesy that that day is fast coming, and if individuals would come forward with such means as the generous R. V. Yates, it would soon arrive. The day approaches when we shall see the men ranked according to their intellectual powers." We say it in all humility, but we cannot resist saying that in the above extract there is as much nonsense as could well have been packed in so small a space. What does this wiseacre mean by the laws of nature ? Is he addressing himself to cannibals or to christians ? Per haps only to the former ; for he sayS, " the mind of man (that lOthe mind of the cannibal) is subject to those laws of nature, and till suet' time as education is directed to the Creator's, laws arrive." In this there is bad English and worse sense. We can understand enough of it, however, to perceive thata distinction is drawn between the law of nature, and the law'of the Creator, -The former being before our eyes, and the latter not yet arrived! According to-this we have received no written law direct front the hands ,of God, and we are entirely in the dark as to the moral and intellectual powers of the mind, whose-operations and faculties are absorbed in the accu mutation of " pounds, shillings, and pence !" This is certainly a splendid specimen of modern intellect in an Esquire who is anxious to enlighten the rising genera tion. Did this poor empiric never hear of a work called the BIBLE ? But it is of no consequence—hi s wisdom is beyond inspiration—nevertheless we pity the youth who are confided to the charge, or doomed to listen to the absurdities of such a driveller. WM. RATHBONE, Esquire, is content to folloW in the wake of THOMAS URQUHART, Esquire, and he is reported to have said what follows: — I am convinced that the education, whether of the rich or the poor, is little usiderstdod, and has Ling made Very little progress. It is not sufficient that the rich and poor should learn to read and write, and have the details of education, unless they have the wish to turn education to useful purposes,--unless they have a taste for reading which will instruct and infirm them, and un less to education there be added a moral and religious disci pline. so, that wed-informed, they may benefit themselves a❑d benefit their fellow creatures. (Cheers.) I do not mean by religious and moral education, sectarian squabbles about doctrines, and by that losing the spirit and essence ~f Christianity; but I mean that religious and moral instruction which mates each man love his neighbour as himself; which shall make us each feel that we are brethren, the children of one Almighty Father. (Cheers.) , This is well disguised, and it is rather difficult to de cide whether the modesty of Mr. URQUHART is not exceeded by that of Mr. RATHBONB. The former says that " the day approaches when we shall see men rankvd according to their intellectual powers." Oh, that that day were come! for then Mr. URQUHART would occupy hat distinguished station, a million degrees above bi 4• Ti V M`t-ntl; ptesent ono, to which he has co no luestionable a claim But we ought to be thankful that it " approaches." Mr. RATIIBONE is equally magnificent in his disco -veries. "Education," says this worthy and- ingenious gentleman,' "is little understood, and has long made very little progress." Pethans the oracle might produce himself in proof of the fact. At any rate, it is gratifying to learn that education is now " understood," and that, under the auspices of Mr. WILLIAM RATHBONE, it is likely to progress at an amazing speed. This gentle man, however, is in favour of religious education, but what he means by religion he is not kind or condescend ing enough to explain. • He is opposed, however, to "sectarian squabbles about doctrines," these same doc trines being matters which, perhaps, do not impose upon ihim any particular concern. If we are not misinformed Mr. WILLIAM RATEIBONE had once the honour to be a ' . quaker ; how he happens not to belong to that respectable body now it is not for us to inquire ; but has he not con fessed enough to indicate that he is strongly eatbued with unitarianism ? We think so, and therefore the more strange is it that he should be so censorious about "sectarian squabbles," for of ail the squabbling sects in this divided country the unitarians are the most obnoxious. They are certainly the must obscure though the most am bitious sect in these realms. They have 'wormed them selves into schools, academies, and charities, and, fancying themselves tube the only safe interpreters of the "laws of nature," they have made- laws for their party,which have no affinity to the "laws of the Creator." They it is who wish to preside ever the mechanical sciences, to teach the young idea, to give the twig a twist in order by degrees to train it by the door-posts of usurped and desecrated chapels. They think themselves wise in their generation, but a blight falls on everything they touch, and ruin follows in the footsteps of their philosophy. The Mechanics' Inst itution of Liverpool will only work for evil in such hands. The following is go ng the round of the newspapers : " We understand that Richard Earle, Esq., formerly private secretary to Lord Stanley and Mr. Spring ice, has been ap pointed an assistant poor-law commissioner The salary is £ioo per annum. Mr. Earla , is a brother of the Messrs. Earle of this town, and is supposed to have reeeived his appointment th rcadh - the instrumentality of Lout Stanley." So, then, there is at least one Earle who does not ob ject to take office under and receive pay from the new administration—from—oh, tell it out in Clayton-square! —the tories ! It would not surprise us to learn that Mr. Wm. EARLE has, since the appointment, ceased to be a " leveller." Pray, may we calculate upon his vote for two conservatives at the next election ? THE THEATRES. The performances at the Italian theatre last week were some what irregular, owing to the benefit nights and to the interven tion of. Ash Wednesday, when thbv were suspended. The house on Tuesday (Madame Kyntherfano's benefit night) was crowded to excess. On this occasion, " Seiniramide" and "11 Barbiere" were each condensed into one act, and the iklarquis de Muti Papazurri appeared both as an instrumental and vocal performer. Speaking of his performance on the stage, one of our contemporaries thus expresses himself:—" It mav be said, emphatically"—" he sung like a gentleman." " Tancredi" was repeated on Friday, and on Saturday—au awkward night— " Giuhetto e Romeo," was performed, or, rather, but indiffe rently rehearsed to a very indifferent or thin audience. .The acting of Signora Cesari, in the part of the love-sick Romeo, was admirable,' and has excited an unusual degree of anxiety. for the repetition of the opera when the dramatis persona are more perfect in their several parts. The opera, it will be seen, is announced for a second perform ance on this night, for the benefit of Signora Cesari, the best, indeed the only good, female singer the company can boast of. The best proof' we can give of the high estimation in which the talents of this lady is held is the fact, that all the boxes are en gaged, and that a portion of the pit will be prepared for the dress-box company, at the price paid for admission to the dress circle. " II Coradino" will be performed on Tuesday next for the benefit of Signor Deval. If extraordinary professional merit be entitled to any consideration, the house on that night will he full. THE LIVER THEATRE.—A great variety of new pieces have lately been got up at this Theatre, which have all been success fully performed. Miss E. Hamilton has sustained the part of the amorous Don Giovanni, in Dibdin's operatic extrava g anza of that natrie On Monday night the house was crowded, for the benefit of Mrs. Raymond, and Mr. Carter was equally for tunate in his appeal to the public on Thursday. Mrs. Jackson took her benefit on Friday, on which occasion the house was full. Between the first and second pieces Miss Hamilton sang, accompanying herself on the piano, "The Minstrel Boy," and some other songs. Were her style less florid we should he dis posed to give her unqualified praise. The laughable burletta of "Cupid," brought out in London for the purpose of intro ducing John Reeve in that character, closed the performances of the. night. The opening scene on Mount Ida, where Jupiter is seen carousing with the gods and goddesses of the ancient heathen mythology, quaffing brown stout instead of nectar, was very beautiful, although the plav-wright has mingled the ridi culOus with the sublime. The characters of Cupid, W. J. Ham mond, Px yeke, Mrs. Raymond, Pan, Leclerq, (this was really admirable,) Jupiter, Simpson, and Juno, Mrs. Herbert, were well sit-stained. Mr. , Melville took his benefit last night. On \Vednesday Miss Chichester bespeaks. the patronage of the town, and Mr. Shaw on Friday. Great credit is due to the managers of this pl of public amusement for their unwearied 'industry and great spirit, THE EXCHANGE NEWS ROOM. There is, among the subscribers of this establishment, a little kuot of little-minded busy politicians, who ever and anon bestir theuiselves in order to introduce their favourite political organs. A shmt time since a memorial or petition. addt essed to the sub - committee, to whom the management of the Liverpool Ex change News Room is entrusted, was prepared and han.-.ed about for signatures, with all the mysterious secrecy observed at " hole and corner," or " public Meetings for private pur poses." This petition states, that '• iu consequence of the partial supply of morning papers," and, furthermore, •I in consequence of the in nary Chronic& supporting the views embraced by a large portion of the subscribers," they, the petitioners, "pray that twelve extra copies of that journal be oidered;" and 4 • that no additional expense may be incarred"—how delightfully economical !—" six copies each of the Times and the Mincing Herald be discoutinoed." The rtition was handed about 'Change prirately unti,, as we are informed, it was nearly worn out. However by dint of great personal exertions on the part of its promoters, at last about fifty signatures were obtained, and, as no more could be got, we may fairly presume that the twelve additional copies of the Chronicle were wanted for the exclusive use of this " large portion" of the subscribers to the room. The petition is healed by Joseph C. Ewart, and contains, among the names attached to it, • those of Wm. Earle, jun., Richard Shiel, James Aikiu, Saml. Hope, Jas. ltvley, jun., and Swiuton Boult. As soon as the existence of this "private petition for a public purpose" was known, a counter petition was drawn up, praying that no alteration in the supply of newspapers might be made, and laid upon the table of the room. 'ibis was done ou Saturday last, and, without any oilier than the °Millar y public notice, in the course of a few hours was signed by about two hundred and twenty subscribers to the room, comprising the names of some of the most respectable and influential mer chants who frequent 'Change. 'I he petition was taken into consideration by the sub-committee yesterday, and, as fir as the Tinier, the Herald, and the Chronicle are concerueu, things re! main as they were. Although the committee would nut consent to order an increased number of Chronicles, they have accom modated the petitioners ay ordering for their use, what they perhaps thought would suit their taste quite as well, three copies of the Morninill Advertiser. As this print was never before seen in Liverpool, we have to inform our readers that it is of no earthly rise out of London, as it is written expressly for the pot houses and 'reer-shops of the metropolis, is read only in those places, and is generally tiled with police reports of cases of p o t. s t ea lino" and " total defeats" of informations against ptiblicani. • Its politics are ultra radical, and the paper is, there tore, upon the whole, quite as good, if not superior to the Chronicle. INCREASE OF BEER HOUSES.—Within the last month no less than fifty-tive new licenses have been granted by the excise for new beer !muses. VMSS.---OR' Friday morning, a little before four o'clock, a fire aas 'discovered in the upper story lof the worksborof Mr. Walton, chair and cabinet-maker, iu a back entry in Stanley street. The watchman smelt fire some time before, but could not discover whence it proceeded, until the dames burst throegh the window. An alarm being given, one of the parish engines, with two water-carts, were promptly got out, and in r few minutes stopped the further progress of the flames, but it was upwards of an hour before all app:eheusions of danger were re moved. The damage is trifling.—On Sunday, a little before twelve o'clock it the forenoon, another tire was discovered in the brewery of Messrs. Kelly and Mosley, Great Kichin,od street. Three of the Fire-police enuine. were promptly on the spat, and quickly removed all apprehension of further damage. The hie, we understand, originated in the counting-house, anti speedily spread itieif over the brewery. Previously to the ar rival of' the engines severarpersous very laudably exerted them selves in restraining its progress. llousE-naenKlNG.—Several houses in Everton have lately been entered, and property to a considerable amount stolen therefrom. On Saturoay morning, as lazy as seven o'clock, three men were seen upon the house of Mr. Ilibberston, in Ros comnion-street, and upon examination, it was found that they were endeavouriug to extricate a companion from chimney in which he had managed to get jammed fast. Smith, the con stable, was sent for, and brought him into daylight, when the thief was recognised - us one of the gang of thirteen, who had, a few days before, been apprehended on suspicion of robbing the house of Mr. Tattersall, of Everton Terrace, but against whom sufficient evidence was not obtained to warrant their com ment to gaol. As the prisoner had before been in the House of Correction as a rogue and vagabond, he was committed us an incorrigible rogue to the Quarter Sessions, when his case will be taken into further consideration : ►f the Bench thinks the case against him a strong one, uu additional imprisonment of twelve mouths may be awarded to him, or he may be indicted fur felony, if further circumstances shall transpire against him. his accomplices effected their escape, but hoe they managed to get down from the roof of the house is not known. AN AWFUL FACT.—From a return made from the city and liberty of Westminster, it uppearsthat during the tact year no less than about one hunched children have been burnt to death, chiefly owing to their parents leaving them atone in a room with a tire in it. O this Number about four-fifths were girls, and the remainer boys. This arises from theciifference of the clothing between boys and girls. When the boys hpve been binnt to death it has been chiefly owing to wearing pinafores. In a great many of the cases the accidents have occurred nom the children getting on a chair to reach something off the mantel piece, when their clothes quickly ignite.—ChAerver, _.~_:...4.- .. SPORTING 1N TEL LiciA4 SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Seven o' Clock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE.-MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1E435. The supplies have been unusually small for tie past week. From the scarcity of fine samples of Wheat, holder" have been enabled to obtain ld , to 2d per bushel advance, but the business done has not been extensive. Oats, from a similar cause, have also brought an advance of 1 d per bushel: Flour has continued dull, with more pressing on the' market than there was a demand for. There has been little change in the value of Oatmeal, it is generally held for advanced rates. Fine malting Bar ley being scarce, support full prices. TUESDAY, TWO O'CLOCK. There was a small attendance of buyers at to-day's market. Wheat was id per bushel higher; very little doing in Oats, and few offering, and no change in the value of Oatmeal.—Flour was,More saleable.—Beans and Barleys were fully as dear. The imports of Butter are 2,220 firkins. We have again to notice a further advance of 4s. per cwt., and 2s. per cwt. on - Bacon.. Hams and Mess Pork are also in more demand. ERAG. WHEAT, ttlf 70 tbs. s d s d Irish dried red 5 4 e 5 10 Do. dried white, 5 10 .. 6 10 Do. undried 5 3.. 5 10 English Canada ...... 6 6.. 7 2 OAT,, fr 45 lbs 2 10 .. 3 3 BARLEY. it Cu lbs rich grinding 3 6.. 4 0 AVERAGE PltiC S n S Waterford, new 110 0 cvll2 0 Do, old 74 0 .. 9J 0 Colrain B4 0 .. 86 0 Carlow, I,bueriek 76 0 .. 80 0 Belfast B4 0.. 90 0 Derry, 3ds 64 0.. 00 Cork, ads 64 0 .. 00 0 . REPORTED ARRIVALS OF CORN. Mr T. Wis From the 3d to the 9th March in c l us i ve. Lord Derb Mr Buckle 1 IRE- COAST- F u - B RITISH --- DESCRIPTIONS. LAND. WISE. REIGN AMER. TOTAL ' Mr Phillip' WORST Qrs. 486 619 Mr l'ratt ir 1105 Mr Nanne.' BARLEY - ...... 64 64 OATS. FLOUR Do Barrels, Mr Robitia . .cwt. • BRAN. OATMEAL Loads; • 3409 7 3.116 _______ MALT BEANS QrS' 17 17 THE CH! Pats ....Qrs , 2 2 RAI , Qrs row, the 111 SHELLED BAItLEY....eWt at Booth-la RAMER!) • . Barrels I day, Pith. INDIAN CORN Qrs Heath : 'l'l. The Derby and Chester Trades' Cnp continue to be•the prin cipal objects of speculation in the belting-rooms. For the ratter Birdlime and Abbas Mirza have been backed together at 2 to 1 agst the field ; the Solon party du not appear as anxious to support his joeten,,ions this season as they did last. Giovanni has been frequently backed during the last few days, and ap pears likely to be a better favourite. Lambkin, Manchester, antl Iced limier find a few friens at the odds quoted. Upon the Derby the betting is beginning to be more lively than it has hitherto been; Coriolauus may b e m i nte d at equa l o dd s with Silenus; on Wednesday, Ascot (who has been out of the list for a few weeks.) was backed against the following five for £5O each : Silenus, Coriolauus, Pucelle. Ibrahim, and Darioletta. It will he seen by the entry for the Manchester Meeting that some first-rate sport may be anticipated on the 10th of June.— The following is the state of the odds. on : CHESTEH ns.s' CUP, P P---9 to 2 agst Birdlime, (t a keu ; ) 9 to 2 agst Abbas Mirza, (taken ;) 9 to 1 - against Solon, 10 to t agst Manchester, 11 to 1 agst Lambkin, 11 to 1 agst Giovanni, 11 to 1 agst Red Hover, 12 to I agst Lucinda, 15 to 1 agst Car dinal, 15 to 1 agst Ratcatcher, 16 to 1 agat Nell Gwyune, 16 to 1 agst Fearnhurst._ _ THE DERBY.-9 to 1 agst Silenus, (tk;) 11 to 1 asst Corio lanus, (tk ;) 12 to 1 agst fucelle, (tk ;) 12 to 1 agst Ascot, (tk;) 16 to 1 wgst Ibrahim, 16 to 1 agst Leopoitline, 18 to 1 agst Da rioletta, 25 to 1 agst Luminary, 15W to 30 agst Fergus, (tk ;) the rest stationary. Tit E Oaks.-4 to 1 agst Preserve, Bto 1 agst Her Majesty, 10 to 1 agst Hester, (tk ;) 10 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps. HEATON PARK RACES. The following a►e the entries for the two 'year old stakes, which will be contested for in September, in addition to the va rious other valuable stakes, on the first and third days. The usual rule of allowing only gentlemen riders will not be enforced for the Champagne, the Heaton Park, the St. Leger, and the Claret Stakes. The Champagne Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, with 50 •soya added by the town and neighbourhood of Bolton, for two years old colts, Bst titb: fillies. Bst Sib; the second to save his stake. A straight half ►niie. A winner once to carry 31b extra, twice, slb. Lord Wilton's ch c by Emilius—Miss Crachami Mr Osbaldeston's b I by Hu►nphrey Clinker—Pousette g f by Velocipede—Fickle Sir H. Bulkeley's chi b Velocipede—. Miss Patrick Lord Derby's eh f Erminia, sister to his Aintnath Mr Buckley's bl c Dick, by Mutey, dam by Comus iir Lacey'; b c Cadet, by Filho—Catharina, by Walt= Mr Robinson's ch c Whaley, by Langar Mr Houldsworth's ch c - Vathek, brother to Circassian Mr R. Turner's b f by Olympus—Caifacarattaddera Lord Westminster's ch c by Sultan—Rachel. he Claret Slakes of 20 soya each, h ft, with 50 soya added by the town and neighbourhood of Bolton, fur two years old Bit 51b; fillies, Bst 21b. Three-qairters of a mile. A winner once, to carry 31bs, twice, slbs extra, and the winner of the Champagne Stakes to carry 7lbs extra. Horses that have been twice beaten, allowed 3lbs, unless they have run second. Lord Wilton's ch c by Emilius--Miss Cracharni br f by Muley—Bequest kir Osbaldeston's b t' by Humphrey Cliuker—Pousette b c by Velocipede, darn by Partisan—Jessy Sir T. Stanley's ch f by Battledore—Maid of Lorn Mr T. Wood's br c Boroughreeye, by Borodino, darn by Orville Lord Derby's ch I Erminia, sister to Amurath Mr Buckiey's b c Sam, by Muley, darn by Orville or Ivanhoe bl c Dick, by Muley Mr Phillip's br c by Bay itlalton—Cindrella by Walton Mr Tratiard's b cThe Bonny Bean, by Pet e r liely—Bouny Bess Mr Nanney's b f by Flexible, dam Wedlock's dam Mr Caniell's b c Percy—Ballochmy le's dam Mr W. Turner's hr c Blackburn, by Peter Lely—Young Pa- Mr Robiuson's ch c Whaley, by Laitgar [trick's darn Mr Houldsworth's eh c Vathek, by Sultan b c Luther, by Vanish or Filho THE CHASE.—The 'Cheshire Fox Hounds will meet to-mor row, the 11th, at the Manor-house, Middlewich; Thursday - , 12th, at Booth-lane Smithy; Saturday, 14'h, at Arley Lodge; Mon day, loth, at Oulto-n Park; Wednesday, 18th, at Bunbury Heath ; Thursday, 19th, at Newhall Miil; Saturday, 2lst, at Windmill,Raven moor.---Each morning at half-past teu o'clock. Mr. Wicksted's Fox Hounds will meet this day, the 10th, at Aqualate ; Thursday, 12th, at Cheeki e y 'Village; Saturday, 11th,Stapletnrd Bridge; Tuesday, 17th, at Crewe ; Friday, 20th, at Woore.—Each morning at half-past ten o'clock. LONDO.I 7 LATEST NEWS. City, Hall:past Seven o'clock, Saturday Evening. A variety of causes during the last day.or two have conspired to cause a depreciation in the 'honey market. Among these is an apprehension that, should the repeal of the malt tax take place. the ministry will be obliged to adopt a property tax, and that, in consequence, funded property will be interfered with. We have also had a slight pressure fur money, added to which the unsettled state of the French government and the illness of the Emperor of r.ustria, may be consideied as tending to cause some degr.e of uneasiness among our speculators. Consols for the account have declined to 914, and for Money to 911 , 1. The Exchequer Bills, however , maintain their quotalion o f do to 37 premium. and are steady. The 3 par Cents Reduced, the 3i per Cents Reduced, the Old Annuities, and Bank and India stock are now closed for the dividend. In the Foreign Market there is a eorresprinding depredation in the various securities. The trans-Atlantic Bonds have be come heavy, at 8-11 for Brazilian, 34 tOr Colombian, and 441 for Chilian. The Northern Bonds are also flat, and the Spa nish and the Portuguese Securities have both seceded from our last quotations. The following are the closing quotations of the various Securities : 3 per Cent Consols 911 }6 Chilian 4 1 145 New 3% per Cents 99i i Columbian . 37 a 1 Exchequer Bills 35 3t) Dutch 5 per Cents .....103 A India Bonds l7 11-; Do. '2l per Cents 561 i I India Stock ror Act 25 81 11exican . 42' Con Sols for Act. 9lli i Portuguese . ' . 92 0 1 Beigieln lO2l ipanisu ..... .......51 9.S Braiilian B44lS iTip 6l-21 We have accounts from Bombay to-day, with intelligence from Persia conveying the official report of - Dr. -Ross, the civil surgeon of the Bagdad residency, announcing the cessation of the plague there, as well as throughout Mesopotamia. It ap pears to have been very fatal, from 3 to 4uoo persons having fallen victims, notwithstanding that upwards of 14,000 Malm metans and 4000 Jews fled into the Desert to escape the pesti lence. The Christian inhabitants had kept a strict quarantine, and the panic had been so great, that it was with difficulty per sons could be got to carry the dead to the grave. The number of those who had perished in the villages around was not known. At Keimanshaw, however, this fearful disease still raged, anu from 30 to ‘lO died daily, and the inhabitants are slid to have never been perfectly free from this fatal visitation since 1831. We have also advices from Calcutta, by which it appear; that the expedition against Joadpore had been determined upon, and that the force to he despatched would he- most fro midable. It was to assemble at Ajmere on the 4th of 'November. The rajah of Joudpoor, Mann Singh, was also making his preparations, having hired 17,0(X) Araks in addition to the rajponts, amount ing to 20,000 wan, and he was also enlisting a great number of the disbanded soldiers of the company. By late advices from Rangoon we learn, that the Woungee or \ iceroy having determined, at the suggestion of the British president, and pending a reference to the court of Ava to reduce the rates of charges levied on ships frequenting that pOrt, the following had been published fur the information of im..t.:hants im general, comprising the port dues and import and export duties at Rangoon. The charges numbered 3,4, and sin the following list have been reduced one half, making a difference of about 328 rupees iu the amount hitherto demanded on ships and large brigs. As that portion of the duties enjoyed by the government of Ava had not been touched, it was expected the assent of the King would be given to the liberal and enlight ened measures of the Woongee:— ON A THHEE-MASTED SHIP. No. 1. Expense of certain presents of cloths, a piece of Cullumetirry chintz, at 32 rupees, 1 piece book mus lin at 61 rupees, 1 piece coarse white cloth at .4 rupees, and 2 handkerchiefs at 1 rupee, and the charge of 21 rupees for conveying the same to Ava, with a report of the arrival of the vessel No. 2. Anchorage and inward pilotage 230 picols of Kha roollut silver. or No. 3. Subsistence money to the superior local officers, 500 picots of 25 per cent. silver, or No. 4. Ditto ditto to the junior, ditto, 182 picots of ditto 158 7 No. 5.--Cost of 'AM plates of earthenware and 7 rise of sngar given to the officers who visit the ship on her arrival N 0.6. Cost of present to the custoku-house officers on . ......_ ......... _ beginning to unload the cargo, principally the first piece in the first tire hales opent-d, hut now taken in money, whether the vessel has an import cargo or not, 50 picols of 25 per cent, silver No. 7. Cost of two pieces of book muslin to the Woon gee and Itywoon on the departure of the vessel No. 8. Fee fora Chokey 1 ass No. 9. Cost of a piece of handkerchief to the Chokey man who rents the ship on her departure . 4 8 No. 10. Ditto of handkerchiefs to gate-keepers, clerks, and peons . No. 11. Presetyt to linguist, which, however, is consi dered optional - 25 0 No. 12. Pilotage outward, at the rate of 10',rupees per foot, say 1 282 8 Besides the above port charges, an import duty of 10 per cent. for the king, and `2, per cent. for the public officers is taken in kind, and the export duty, although nominally 1 per cent. on timber only, may be estimated at 8 per cent. on timber and R per cent. on produce, for town duties to that extent of all denominations are levied, which fall almost exclusively upon the exporter. On a brig'of the first class the charge is reduced to 221 Madras rupees on charge No. 1 as above, and charge No. 11 to 20 rupees, and the whole amount levied on her, supposing that her draught of water is 16 feet, amounts to 1179 Madras rupees. On a -brig of the second class, the charges numbered 3, -1, and 5 are 'reduced by one-hair, and the charge No. 2 to 221 rupees, the charge No. 11 to 15 rupees, making the whole, sup posing her draught of water is 14 feet, ainount to 8:54 Madras rupees. - On vessels measuring above 9 cubits and under 25 cubits keel, reckoned from the end of the tiller to the foremast, the charge No. 2 is reduced to 143 rupees, No. 3 to 100, No. 4 to 50, NM 5 to 3d, and No. 6 to 2, and No. 10 and 11 are not demanded at all, making the whole amount 4221 Madras rupees. Vessels whose breadth of beam, on the inside, does not exceed 8 Burmese royal cubits, pay the chokey charge No. 8 of 10 rupees only, agreeable to the second article of Mr. Crawford's commercial treaty. Vessels importing cargoes of cocoa nuts, pay the charge No. 6 and some presents in nuts, the cost of which, to a ship and first class brig, increases that charge, No. 6, to sbi rupees, and to a second class brig 481- rupees, On the other hand, a return of a portion of the import duty is made to a vessel importing more than 2,250 rupees' worth of cargo. This custom arose from an indulgence which Alompra granted to the fits! officer of a ship to import 150 pieces of cloth free of duty, and to the second officer half that number; but the commandels of vessels now claim and receive under the term " privilege" an equivalent in a portion of the import duty levied on their cargo, and this, if the vessel's cargo consists of piece goods, is paid in 18 pieces of cloth, and if other goods in 180 rupees. Al 2 per cent, duty on 225 pieces of cloth gives 27 rupees, and their value, according to the fixed rate, will be 270 rupees; but a third is deducted and kept by the customhouse officers, for themselves. The price of teak timber, which has risen since the reduction of the port charges, was, at the last advices, as follows:—Shin bill, per pair, 6 to 8 rupees; Dugus, the same each; Doogus, 12 rupees; Actus, 2 to 4 rupees per pair. The boisterous state of the weather has precluded our usual continental advices. LIVERPOOL POLICE. FRlDAY.—(Before the MAYOR and Sir JOHN Tontst.) &mous ROBBERY.—A woman of depraved character, named Sarah Pearson, was placed at the bar on suspicion of having robbed Hobert Kershaw. a publican residing near Blackburn, of E. 40, and a memorandum book. From the evidence of the prosecutor, who resides at Ostwaldwisle, near Blackburn, it ap peared that he art ived in Liverpool on the 25th ult. on business, but being also desirous of enjoying himself, he proceeded to wards the theatre, in Williamson-square. On his way through Tarletou-street, in company with a friend, he met three women, one of whom came up to hum, thrust her band into his pocket, and stole a pulse and memorandum book. The former con tained a £3O Bank of England note and ten sovereigns, and the other some valuable memorandums. He endeavoured to seize the woman, but some one struck him a blow upon the head, and knocked him down. The women made their escape. He also missed a handkerchief from his coat pocket. The one produced is that which was then stolen. _ _ . Bonfield and Lynch, two watchmen, said they received in formation of the robbery, and a description of the women ' and on Saturday morning last they proceeded to a house in Har rington-street, where they apprehended the prisoner. When they were entering the house the prisoner perceived them, and threw from the window the pocket handkerchief produced and identified. The prisoner, in her defence, said that she never svw the prosecutor in her life before.—Committed. OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES.—A young woman of respectable appearance, named Elizabeth Usherwood, was charged with obtaining a quantity of drapery goods from Mr. Briscoe, of Oldhall-street, under false pretences. Geu. Gray, a shopman with the prosecutor, proved that, on the 17th of Oct., the prisoner purchased, at his master's shop, six yards of calico and some other articles, in the name of Mts. Connell, a lady in Drury-lane. On the 3thh of October she came again and pur chaseil four yards of brown holland, two yards ut calico, and a dozen yards ut bed lace, desiring them to be pot down to the same lady. James Parke, another shopman of the prosecutor's, said, that on the sth and 12th of November the prisoner pur chased from him articles of drapery of the value of £3, in the name of Mrs. Connell. A little girl, named Parkinson, proved having purchased goods for the prisoner from Mr. Briscoe, and that the prisoner told her to say they were for Mrs. Connell. Mrs. Connell said that the prisoner was a perfect stranger to her, and had never been authorized to purchase anything in her nau►e. Tiff only way the prisoner cou:d know that she dealt with Mr. Briscoe was, that she understood a Mrs. Radcliffe, a dress-maker, who had worked for witness, was the prisoner's sister. The prisoner having nothing to urge in her defence, was committed fur trial. SATURDAY.—(Before the MAYOR.) ROBIsERY oN Bata') A Snit , . —Valentine Huvson, a. black seaman, wits charged with stealing a quantity of brass railing from the ship Hamilton, of New York. It aFpeared from the evidence of Abraham Milford. steward on board the Hamilton, • Captain Bailey, that the prisoner was employed as cook in the same vessel, and within the last few days had been intoxicat e d. As he was known to have no money of his own, it was suspected that the prisoner bad been acting dishonestly to obtain the liquor, and on examining the vessel a number of brass rails were missing. Information of the robbery was given to the police, and it was afterwards discovered that the prisoner had sold the rails to a marine store-keeper, in Marybone, named Higgins. —T his was proved and the prisoner committed. APPRIINTICLS' UNION.—Mr. Marsden, the brushmaker, ap peared against three of his apprentices, with a view to have their indentures cancelled. He stated that the defendants, who be longed to the apprentices' ut,ion, were so refractory and idle that he should prefer paying journeymen wages to do their work than keep them, although they ha d served the greater pat of their apprenticeship, and were good workmen if they thought proper. Mr. Marsden then related numerous instances of the misconduct of the defendants, showing that they had repeatedly left work in an unfinished state. After hearing the case, the apprentices expressed contrition, and promistli so behave better in future, and at the suggestion of the magistrates Mr. Mars den was induced to give them another trial. YESTEKDAv.--(Before Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE. FORGhttY.—A tad native of Scotland, calling himself LAWRENCE.) Thomas, but whose teal name, from di,cuments found in his possession, appears to be Thomas Walker, was brought before the magistrates, charged with forging a bill for £l) ss. Mr. Parlour,i the supetiuteedenti of police. stated that on Thurs day last the pi isoner went to the shop of Mr. Medley, a draper, • in Whitechapel, and made some purchases, in payment for which he gate a bid purporting to he endorsed by Thomas Liddell, Alexander Hume, Arthur Heywood, 1. 0. Bold, Bath bone Brothers and Co., Thomas Wacker, and several other respectable individuals. Mr. Medley, seein g th ese names on the bill, had no suspicion of a fraud, and gave the prisoner £8 in change. Alter the prisoner had left the shop, Mr. Medley on consideration had some misgivings us to the authenticity of the signatures, and he accordingly went to the police-office, and one of the officers took the bill to Mess rs . H e y woo d' s b an k , when it was ascertained that the signature of A. Heywood and Co. was a forgery. It was sw:sequently discovered that the whole of the euthiratiments were forgeries, and a description of the prisoner being given to the police he was apprehended on Saturday by an active officer named Ainsworth. Ou being taken into custody the constable found a number of papers on the prisoner, from the perusal of which it appeared that the prisoner is a great scoundrel. A copy of the bill w ritteu in red ink and several begging petitions were amongst the documents found in his possession. To these petitions were annexed re commendations, to which the names of respectable persons in Edinburgh were affixed, stating that David l'hounts, the bearer, who some time ago was head miller, superintendent, and clerk to the Edinburgh Company of Bakers and Gristers, was a man of excellent character, but had met with many misfortunes, which had reduced himself and family of six children to a state of destitution. A series of letters, evident l y written by a man of education, to the prisoner were also found upon hi, dal ed from a town in Kent, auci signed by a. doctor of medicine, the author of a %Yolk on temperance, and who gave evidence b e y", a cononittee of the House of Gee:nuns on that subject. From the contents of these letters it seems that the perso n a il u d c d to has beeu in the constant habit ol,rninting sum s of money to the prisoner, but for what object ditties not appear, as the let lets are written in a most m ysterious stye, and urging the pri soner to get off to America. I fie prisoner is also cautioned by the writer against getting intoxicated, for f ear th at i n h is drunken moments he !n ight let .something slip th a t w ou ld h e the ruin of both the writ er and himself. Mr. Parlour has the correspondence in his possession, and, having written to the authorities of the town in Kent limn whence the letters came, there is every reason to suppose that other disclosures may take place. The forgeries utving be substanti a t e d aga i nst t h e prisoner,asked m t h e ma gistrate hi if lie bad au ) thin g t o sa y i n e 1; his defence. The prisoner pretended to be deaf. The constable remembered that lie could hear very well when apprehended, upon which.the prisoner s a id t h at he w at " dune innocent.' The depositions were then ordered to be taken, and tbe pri soner was committed. Susi , EcTED PLATE ROBBERY.—A young woman of respect able appearance, named Mary Parkinson, was charged on sus picion of having stolen a quantity of broken silver plate. It appeared from the evidence o f a pa wnbr,ker that on the previ ous day the prisoner entered his sill) and offered the bloke') silver spoons produced for sale, anti, suspecting that she had not come honestly by them, he sent for a police officer and gave her into eustway. The consta bl e, on hcarc hi u g the prisoner, found a ticket in her possession, received from Mr. Bacheidor, the Brideweli-keeper, by some prisoner who had been discharg ed, from which there was every reason to suppose she was con nected with thieves, The prisoner accounted for her possession ofthe plate by stating that her husband ywhcred it, but inhere she did not know. Th e mag i s t ra t e s remanded h er give the police tim e t o ma k e t h e nec essary inquir i es. PRICES, BEANS, imp. mea. s d s ii 1 rish 35 U e 38 0 FLOUR, tr 280 lbs. Eng.& Irish sup. 35 0 .. 38 0 Do. rut, 3O 0 32 G Do. seconds 24 0 .. 28 G 1..0. thirds l5 0 .. 18 MEAL, cr . 240 lbs. 0 0.. 0 0 Do. ❑ew BRAN, 41' z 4 Ms 1 1.. 1 1. OF BUTTER, &c. SD fiL Baron, 4r cwt 20 0 to 34 t Llama, dry 4O 0 .. 43 C Do. wet ...... 0 .. Firkin Lard, BladdereL. do. Grease Butter Prime Mess Beef, 4t'tierc.•, 95 0 ..100 0 Prime Mess Pork, barrel,;43 0 .. 45 0 COTTON MARKET.—Two O'CLOCK. The demand to-day is confined to a few spinners, who may buy about 1,200 bags, without change in price. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. John, -----, from St. John's, N.B. Of Holyhead, 7 p.tn., inward bound.—Columbus A. S., the packet of the IGtu ultimo. T ~~ ~_