The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-09 00:00:00

MAISON LYON STREET. DI BOLD- CRIPPS and'SCijii.FlELD have the honour of intima ting to the Nobility and Gentry, that their splendid MANTLE and CLOAK ROOM is now complete, and stocked with the most magnificent display of these luxurious cing upw s of 7 own bond-ficte C. and S. I which the Ladies ty select and beautiful designs of their ad to acknowledge the liberality with ave responded to their exertions, and Jester than at any former stock of the first possible order, other house of the kind in these again offer themselves as canna their claims to which are infinite] period, having at command and at lower pric dominions. Notwithstandi undergone to obtain incr principle that ha touched ; and the ing . simple plan,_ their busineis is based Smal/,/,I lacreig to do an extensive busine .s Warehous e ;ed accommodation, the origina ; rise and progress standsun mtreat a perusal of the follow oint out the system on which Large Consumption .11 decr\sing Con Consumpt \ Very limited\ 'sumption LACE , EMBROIDERY, MILLINERY, HOSIERY, GLOVE, AND STOCK WAREHOUSE, 4, ST. LUKE'S-PLACE, top of BOLD-STREET. il SWANN, in returning his thanks to the Inhabitants of kJ - • Liverpool, and its vicinity, for the patronage he has received, begs to inform them, he has just returned from London with an elegant assortment of FANCY ARTICLES, suited for the present Season. G. S. can confidently assert, that he considers his Selection in Stocks and G tion, and of Scarfs superior in every descrip and richest Patterns, and most in inspection, and continued share of lost nov earnestly requt public support• N.B. A Milliner NI MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPOSITORY. No. 191, LONDON-ROAD, TWO DOORS BELOW THE BLIND ASYLUM.) 'T HOM PSON begs to inform his Friends and 'ic, and also Visiters of Liverpool, that he has constantly on Sale all the NEWEST MUSICAL PUB LICATIONS, both Vocal and Instrumental, as soon as published ; also, a choice Stock of Elegant PIANO FORTES, splendid Double-action HARPS, by Erat and Co., Guitars, Flutes, Violins, Steel Bows of the best French manufacture, and all kinds of Military Instruments ; several fine old Violins and Violoncellos, of the most celebrated Makers. PIANO-FORTES lent on Hire. Military Bands fur nished with Instruments on the shortest notice. Music copied. Instruments Tuned, Repaired, and taken in Ex change. A regular supply of New Music weekly from London. P.S.—The Trade supplied with Cases for Instruments of every description, and Covered Strings, on the shortest notice. C• the Pub No connexion with any other House GENERAL BOOT AND SHOE MAKING ESTA BLISHMENTS, No. 124, late 54, Bold-street, and at Union House, No. 4, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool. JOHN LLOYD respectfully tenders hi s g rateful acknow ledgments to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Liverpool and its vicinity, fcr the many and distinguished favours he has received at their hands since his connexion with the above Establishment ; and begs to intimate, that he has entered upon the Premises, No. 4, MOUNT PLEASANT, (near the Adelphi Hotel, and opposite the bottom of Brownlow-hill,) where he hopes, by producing articles which cannot be sur passed by any establishment whatsoever, whether for qua lity of materials, excellence of workmanship, cheapness, or durability, to merit a continuance of public support. J. L. also avails himself of this opportunity for stating that Ladies' and Gentlemen's Boots and Shoes are made upon an improved principle, in the first style of fashion, and on the lowest terms, at both of his Establishments, 124, BoLn- STREET, (late 54,) and No. 4, UNION Hovsz, MOUNT PLEASANT, (near the Adelphi Hotel, and opposite the bot tom of Brownlow-hill.) J. L. pledges himself to the Ladies and Gentlemen who have got tender feet to make lasts suitable to afford them ease and comfort. All kinds of Work mended on the Premises, at the short est notice. October, 1840. APARTMENTS to LET, suitable for Business. (One concern.) DEAF _S CURED. Snaith, near Selby, Sept. 14th, 1840. SIR, —I am sixty-four years of age; I had been dea f a long time ; I consulted you at the Petre's Arms, Selby, on the 3rd of last month, and I rejoice to say I am quite well. You never made a more perfect cure. I desire you to publish it to the world ; and any one applying to me, I will testify that your treatment is not only easy, but effica cious. I return you my sincere thanks; and wishing you every success, I am, Sir, your very obedient, humble servant, JAMES BOWMAN. Mr. Swift, Practical Aurist. Mr. SWIFT may be consulted at LIVERPOOL—on THURSDAY, the 15th, and FRIDAY, the 16th instant, at Mr. GawriTus', next door to the York Hotel, Williamson-square. MANCHESTER—on SATURDAY, t Commercial Inn, Market-street. Hours of Attendance—from Nine till Five N.B.—Ladies and Gentlemen desirous of consulting Mr Swift at their own homes, must announce their intention. addressed to him at the above places, the day previous. The DROPS for DEAFNESS, with Directions for Use, may be had at the various places Mr. Swift visits. THE he 17th instant, at the NEW TEA ESTABLISHMENT, IN THE ROYAL BANK BUILDINGS. TO THE NOBILITY GENTRY, CLERGY, AND ALL LARGE CONSUMERS OF TEA WE beg leave to announce that we have made arrange ments, adjoining our Wholesale Offices, ROYAL BANK BUILDINGS, to SUPPLY FAMILIES WITH TEAS, which will be conducted in many respects different from the general system of the Retail Trade. Unlike Colonial products,—such as Sugars, &c.,—Fami lies, when purchasing Tea, can be no judges of quality from its appearance ; therefore, to be enabled to procure it in its pure state, and at the lowest remunerating prices, has become a matter of the first consequence. Since the expiration of the East India Company's Charter (1834), a thorough practical knowledge of this Trade has proved most beneficial, owing to the system of deception now pursued on the part of the Chinese in the art of dress ing Tea, and thereby giving it a fictitious appearance. This, in conjunction with the complete expulsion of the English from China, operates seriously ; so that the importing Mer chants at present are obliged to tranship their cargoes, with out time or opportunity to exercise their judgment in the selection, as hitherto privileged to do in the British Facto- ries at Canton. Our great object will be to supply to the Consumer such qualities as shall insure confidence. BLACK TEAS. Common Congou This is the lowest Preferable Do., strong blackish leaf 4 9 { article that can be recommended. Ditto, East India Co.'s imports, rather delicate Souchong kind .. Stout rich Congou, Pekoe Sou chong flavour. * * FINEST CONGOU, wiry, black ish leaf, full rich Pekoe Souchong flavour. Full ripe Lapsang Souchong Very rich burnt Orange Pekoe, small curled black leaf. Bohea 5 0 Recommended 5 3 Recommended 3 Inferior lower GREEN TEAS Imperial Gunpowder Gunpowder, small glazed leaf FINEST GUNPOWDER, small close s. d 5 4 G 9 twisted leaf Good Twankay Fine Hyson kind Young Hyson, very common, not recommended. FINEST OUCHAIN, small close twisted wiry leaf, Gunpowder flavour Genuine Hyson. Fine Hyson, fresh and full flavour. 5 9 Finest Cowslip, rich and delicate flavour COFFEES. 7 6 Recommended. 4 6 Hyson Skin lower 5 0 This branch of trade affords ample scope for advantageous competition; the imports of late have exceeded all reasona ble calculation. We shall introduce the same system in this article as in Tea ; and respectfully request attention to the following kinds, whicl► can be recommended : s. d. 1 6 Good useful Coffee Fine fine Jamaica Rich and full old East India flavour 1 10 Recommended AT W. B. PROMOLI'S, 24, Church:street and Old Post-office, His 6 JUST ARRIVED, a most novel and splendid as sortment of CLOCKS, in Or-molu, China, Alabaster, Marble, Artistique, and Florentine Bronze, in-laid Tortoise shell, Ebony, and Rosewood ; Modern, Antique, & Gothic, with 15-day movements, striking .the hours and half-hours, at from £3 10's. to £lOO. ELEGANT VASES, GOBLETS, AND FLOWER STANDS, IN BOHEMIAN GLASS, and all kinds of CHIMNEY and CONSOLE ORNAMENTS, correspond ing with the above Clocks, in the greatest variety, and at all prices. Every Clock or• Timepiece bearing the name of W. B. Promoli, is warranted of the best quality, and will be wound and regulated for 12 months from the date of pur chase, free of change, if within five miles of Liverpool, and exceeding £lO in value. W. B. Promoli begs leave to solicit the attention of his patrons to his continually-changing Stock of LONDON and HOME-MANUFACTURED JEWELLERY (warranted of the best Gold), of the latest fashion and in the first style, in CHAINS, NECKLACES, BRACELETS, RINGS, EAR-RINGS, BROOCHES, BUCKLES, PINS, STUDS, and other Ornamental Articles, too numerous to particu larize. BEST ENGLISH AND GENEVA LEVER AND CYLINDER WATCHES, IN GOLD &ND SILVER CABINET GOODS of all descriptions, manufactured in his well-known Establishment. ROMAN and PARISIAN BRONZES, the production and exclusive copyright of the most celebrated Artists, ela borately executed, of which the reputation as works of Art is only equalled by their estimation in the most fashionable circles. RODGERS AND SONS' FANCY AND TABLE CUTLERY FRENCH AND ENGLISH PERFUMERY, AND GENUINE EAU DE COLOGNE. _ _ CHANDELIERS and LAMPS, (with Miller's Patent Wicks,) in GLASS, CHINA, BRONZE, and OR-MOLU, fixed free of all extra expense. Thousands of new, useful, and fancy Articles, increasing daily, may be met with in this unique and, in Europe, unri valled Magazin, whether for the immense variety, superior quality, or moderate prices, and where, for the purpose of comparison, EACH ARTICLE IS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES, from which prices no deduction is made nor credit given. Strangers and Visitors are respectfully invited to inspect this incomparable Establishment and Manufactory. The greatest attention will be paid to them, without it being considered obligatory to make purchases, AT W. B. PROMOLI'S, 24, Church-street and Old Post-office. N.B. Every purchase exceeding £lOO, consisting of arti cles which, from their fragility or delicacy, may be endan gered by unskilful management in unpacking, &c., will be conveyed without charge, if to places within 100 miles of Liverpool, and accessible by Railway or Steam conveyance, and will be accompanied by a person employed for that pur pose, who will unpack and arrange them as shall be required. Liberal terms to Merchants, Exporters, and Wholesale Dealers, and every information relative thereto, are offered as heretofore, by W. B. PROMOLI. JOHN LEDERS, WATCH and CLOCK MANUFAC TURER, 62, LONDON-ROAD, below Seymour-street, respectfully scknowledges the support he has received from his Friends and the Public, and begs to state that he conti nues to manufacture every description of Watches and Clocks of first-rate quality, at very reduced prices. Every attention paid to the Repairing of Watches, Clocks, Plate, Jewellery, &c. Export orders punctually attended to. N.B.—Wanted an out-door Apprentice, with whom a Premium will be required. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL IICIIIS present FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 1840, will be performed J. the Tragedy of 'MACBETH. Macbeth.. Mr. Stuart. Macduff.... Mr. Gray. Banquo.. Mr. W. Howard. Malcolm.. Mr. W. H. Bland First Witch.. Mr: Baker. Lady Macbeth.. Miss Cleaver To conclude with THE FORTY THIEVES Ganem.... Mr. Barker. Hassarac.. Mustapha Mr. Baker Cogia.... Miss Grant. Morgiana Mr. Gray Tcllet THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL FOR 7HE BENEFIT OF MR. and MRS. BAKER. ON MONDAY next, the 12th instant, the Comedy of THE WAY TO GET MARRIED. Faulkner.... Mr. Stuart. Tangent.... Mr. Howard. Allspice Mrs. Baker. Clementine.... Mrs. Clarke. THE MARRIED BACHELOR. Mr. Hoskins. Grace Mrs. Tenet, To conclude with THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Diccory . Mr. Baker Mr. Slaiter. Lavinia Mrs. Baker. Tickets to be had of Mr. BAKER, 3, Cases-street, and at the usual places. Mocha Coffe, Roasted daily. We recommend it in the whole berry Though Liverpool is unquestionably the second port in the world, it is a remarkable fact that throughout England there is no place where the public have reaped less benefit from the free intercouse of trading with China than in this town. As we have intimated above that this undertaking will be conducted upon an improved system of business, it is our duty to state that the public will derive an advantage of TWENTY PER CENT. IN PRICE, with greater SECURITY AS TO QUALITY, viz. : The particular descriptions of Tea drank by nine-tenths of the population are — s. d. This Tea possess . es much st reng th Fine stout Congou ........... 4 y combined with brisk full flavour. _ _ Stout rich blackish 1eaf....... 5 0 The finest Congou ditto, full 1 5 3 f Very fewwouldre ripe Pekoe Souchong flavour J 1 quire better Tea. e have thus given you an outline of a concern based on the principle of small profit, with the view of giving the in habitants of Liverpool and its neighbourhood the same ad vantages which have so long been enjoyed by the citizens of London. Orders sent us, by post or otherwise, from those who can not favour us with a personal call, will be delivered the same day, within two miles of the Exchange. PAYMENT, CASH ON DELIVERY. Country Orders, accompanied with a remittance or Bank order, will be immediately attended to, in a manner that will prove us to possess full claims to the confidence of the pub- lie. In original Packages, the OVERWEIGHT or DRAFT grant ed to the Trade will be allowed, generally 21bs., and often more, on a Chest of 801bs. ; and on smaller Packages in pro- portion ROBT. ROBERTS and COMPANY, WHOLESALE TEA-DEALERS, Nos. 1 and 2, Royal Bank-buildings, Near the Exchange. *** In consequence of very many Families experiencing great inconvenience in finding our Retail Department, we deem it expedient to be more explicit in stating o ur a dd ress, which is as follows : " The SECOND DOOR on the Right-hand side, up the GATEWAY leading to the ROYAL BANK, and directly Opposite Exchange-street East.' HOURS OF BUSINESS F OCK. ROM NINE TO SEVEN O'CL NEW FRUIT ON SALE, 60 Hampers of Kent Filberts and Walnuts, for keeping, 40 Boxes Spanish Melons, Grapes, Raisins, Almonds, French Plums, New Dates, American Apples, Shaddacks and Forbidden Fruit, Messina Lemons, Sweet Oranges, and also a rsgular ... supply of the choicest Pears, from London, At MIDDLEWOOD'S Wholesale and Retail FRUIT WAREHOUSE, PARKER-STREET, LIVERPOOL. BOTANIC OIL J. Middlewood begs respectfully to acknowledge the flat tering testimonials of the superior efficacy of this Oil, and to state that, in order to meet the expense of carriage, three Jars, at 25., is only charged ss. ; three at 3s. 6d., for 9s. ; and three at 55., for 13s. On this Hair Oil any comment is unnecessary, as it is warranted superior to all other Hair Oils, in renovating and producing a luxuriant growth of Hair. —Orders to the amount of 40s. sent free of carriage. Parker-street, Liverpool. PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS PRIESTLEY, CHEMIST, Lord-street, Liverpool, begs el • particularly to call the attention of his Friends and the Public to his improved Preparation of the very justly cele brated article SEIDLITZ POWDERS, to form the SEID LITZ WATERS, which approach nearer than anything yet discovered to the Chalybeate Waters of Germany. The style of preparing PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS is pe culiar to himself, and combines scientific skill with great ac curacy ; and though numbers of people unacquainted with the business, and others, have of late years attempted imita tions, they have invariably been found to be spurious com pounds, neither possessing the agreeable flavour nor the me dicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters. Sold in Boxes, 2s. each, containing twenty-four Powders, to make one dozen tumbler glasses, and in Tin Cases, 10s. each. The latter are put up in a very eligible form for ex portation, or to use at sea, and will keep any length of time in all climates. Prepared and sold only by JOHN PRIEST LEY, No. 52, Lord-street, where also may be had Seidlitz Powders in Packets. IMPROVED SODA POWDERS. It has been observed that the Soda Water, when kept in jars, parts with its carbonic gas; that carriage of it to a dis tance has been attended with risk and considerable expense ; and that, from these inconveniences, its use has been con fined chiefly to large cities and their environs. To obviate these objections, and to extend the use of this agreeable and efficacious Water, the ingredients for making it are offered to the public.—Sold in Boxes, at ls. 6d. each FLUID EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA. In this preparation are concentrated all the Medicinal Pro perties of Sarsaparilla Root. To persons, therefore, who, from various causes, would experience great inconvenience, or with whom it would be utterly impossible to prepare the Compound Decoction, the Fluid Extract, which possesses the advantages of portability and of keeping in any climate, will be found a most desirable mode of employing this much esteemed Medicine. Two teaspoonsful of the Fluid Extract, put into a wine glass full of water, makes a preparation equal in strength to half a pint of the Compound Decoction, formerly prescribed by the London, Edinburgh. and Dublin Pharmacopoeias. The diseases in which it has proved most beneficial are those of the Skin ; such as Scorbutic Affections, Eruptive Diseases, Secondary Symptoms, &c., arising from a diseased state of the system at large. For removing Blotches, Pim ples, &o. from the Face, this Medicine has no superior. The extensive use and high reputation of this preparation has led to numerous imitations, disguised by the name of Syrup, Essences, &c. The whole medicinal virtues of the Sarsaparilla consist in its extractive matter, and it possesses no real property in the form of essence, while the Syrup is injurious to the digestive organs by causing acid fermentation efir Etinrpoot &tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1840 By the overland mail we have received intelligence from New South Wales, to the 18th of June. The state of Sydney is described in the papers as most alarming, so many crimes having been recently coin- mitted there. Robberies were almost of daily recur rence. Much discussion had taken place on the subject of the Bushranging Act, designed to give security against marauders. By the provisions of this act, any man may seize and detain another who may be detected with fire-arms in his possession. It was alleged t the governor, that the act would prove a great means of preventing the excess of crime. - _ The merchants of Port Philip had convened a meet ing of the inhabitants for the purpose of memorialising the government for the establishment in Australia Felix, of a supreme court of civil and criminal judicature. Further outrages had been committed by the French on the inhabitants of the South Sea islands. A letter from Tahiti states, that the French frigate which left that place for the Sandwich Islands last year, had been at the latter, and succeeding in extorting 20,000 dollars. The captain threatened to commence hostilities unless his demands were immediately complied with, but offered protection to all foreigners, except the Protes tant clergymen. The officers of two American ships of war, just arrived from Tahiti, had drawn up and circulated a spirited protest against the arbitrary pro ceedings of the French. It was also probable that a memorial on the same subject would be presented to the American government. The Sydney Herald complains bitterly of the Irish im- migrants that had recently arrived in the colony. They are described as " the most troublesome, the least useful, and the least prized of all those arriving by government or bounty ships." It is added that the Irish immigrants are not of this character, but t ' the mass of those sent out from the Popish counties are of the lowest grade of character," and that settlers from the interior dread the risk of contamination by bringing them upon their establishments. Most of them were idle, dissolute, and reckless, having no fixed employment, and possessing nothing in their personal appearance to recommend them. They appeared to have been taken from workhouses, or discharged from gaols, in order to swell the ranks of the Popish faction in the colony. We cannot avoid making one quota tion from the Sydney Herald, in reference to these indi viduals, and with respect to the indisposition of the colonists to take them into their employ. That journal says—" There is a moral reason which prevents re spectable settlers from engaging the services of such men. There is a strong suspicion that many of these men are shipped off for party purposes. Ireland abounds with daring criminals at this day, and it is strongly suspected that many of these are shipped to Australia to be out of the way when wanted.' Who, with such suspicions in his mind, confirmed by the appearance of the men, would willingly receive into his family the suspected burglar, murderer, whiteboy, or bludgeon-man ? Who would willingly receive under his charge the lazy, ignorant, priest-ridden zea lots, who have escaped the halter, the penitentiary, or the hulks, by the misplaced lenity of the Marquis of Normanby ? No one would wish to identify his esta blishment with their names." These suspicions, we have strong reasons for asserting, appear to be but too well founded. The Marquis of Normanby, during his administration of Irish affairs, systematically afforded " a license for crime, an indemnity for felony, and a bounty in favour of atrocity, manslaughter, rape, and murder." Many of the criminals whom he discharged by proclamation, have been shipped to New South "Wales. This is the way in which the Whigs protect the colonial interests of Great Britain. Under their paternal care one of the most flourishing of our colo nies is converted into a den of emancipated thieves. We hope that the colonists will send home a strong remonstrance against this infamous system. If it is allowed to proceed much further, there will be a com plete stop put to the emigration of respectable capi talists. It is a gross fraud upon the colony to appro priate the immigration fund to such a purpose as that of sending out a horde of idle vagabonds, reeking with crime, and tutored in all those mysteries of abomination which are so sedulously inculcated by the ruffian disciples of Peter Dens. The expiring effort of an enemy is always danger ous. The clutch of a drowning man drags down alike friend and foe to share the watery grave which is clos ing over him; and the downfal of a faction is ever marked by the same desperate and blind struggle to involve in a common fate its adherents and its op- ponents. Let our readers look back to the proceedings of the whig corporation of Liverpool during the last twelve months. Let them examine the reckless shifts, the fraudulent expedients, the deep artifices, the com pounded jesuitry and open dishonesty, with which it has struggled to retrieve its fast-sinking popularity, to strengthen its hold upon the public purse, to prop up and stay its tottering power ; and the conclusion to which they must inevitably come will be, that whig in fluence in our corporation has seen its last and best days, and that the hour of its final extinction is fast approaching. Perhaps we shall not be far wrong in asserting that that that hour has already arrived ! It has arrived if conservatives will be true to them selves, as we trust they will be ; for how can they be otherwise ? Let every conservative, whether a voter or not, pre pare to put forth his energies, at once and to the ut most, to promote the return of conservative candi dates in every ward. Let every conservative voter at tend upon his notice of objection to defend his fran chise at the Session's-house. Let no negligence, no plea of business or of pleasure, no over-certainty of strength prevent this paramount duty. Let it be borne in mind that upon the issue of the approaching con tests the Whig faction, not only in Liverpool but throughout England, have all at stake—that, mad dened and desperate with the prospect which is before hem in case of defeat, they will fight to the last man ; hey will spare neither intimidation nor open corrup ion ; and that, if deprived by other means, they are .eady to buy the right to trample upon the liberties of their fellow-townsmen. The purse of the Protector Society, we may rest assured, is not closed now when only half the work of its owners is done. Conservative electors ! be firm—be vigilant. At tend the Session's-house and SECURE YOUR FRAN CHISE! The opportunity now offered you must never allow to pass by unimproved. Our opponents must not be permitted to enjoy for another year the power of lavishing your money to secure their own party interests. Be firm, then, again we impress upon you. Be vigilant and active; but above all ATTEND THE REVISING COURT AND SECURE YOUR FRAN CHISE. The last lecture of Mr. Brindley's course on So cialism was delivered, on Tuesday evening last, in the Amphitheatre, Great Charlotte-street, in the presence of a very numerous and respectable audience. The subject was, the fraud of Socialism on the operative classes, and an exposure of the " community" system. Mr. Brindley's masterly and eloquent denunciations of the infamous practices of the Social leaders cannot fail to do much good. The facts which he laid before the meeting respecting the tricks of these abandoned men will open the eyes of the operative classes to the real character of the community system—a system which Mr. Brindley has demonstrated to be one of unmiti gated fraud and villany. The meeting on Tuesday evening sent a deputation to wait upon Mr. Hollick, the Socialist missionary, and Mr. John Finch, late go vernor of the " Community," in Hampshire, to chal lenge them to come forward to rebut, if they could, the charges brought against the Social leaders by Mr. Brindley. Those persons, however, thought fit to de cline the challenge, conscious, no doubt, that Mr. Brindley's facts were unanswerable. The " Commu nity" in Hampshire turns out to be a piece of " com mon" land, which is nearly unapproachable on account of mud. On this land, which has been rented, not purchased, there has been erected a " superior habita- tion," in the shape of a hovel, which answers the pur pose of workshop, kitchen, store-room, sitting-room, lecture-room, and dormitory. This is all that has been, as yet, produced in return for about five thousand pounds advanced by the poor operatives who have been gulled into the belief that the " Community" was to be assembled in a " splendid palace," far exceeding in beauty and grandeur that of any earthly monarch, and surrounded by beautiful gardens, so as to resemble a second Paradise ! Mr. Brindley's description of the miserable abode in Hampshire, and of the still more niserable manner of life which its inmates led, will not be speedily forgotten. Nor will the testimony of Ar mitage, a poor operative of Sheffield. who had been plundered of his little all by the community-mongers ; soon escape the memories of the thousands of working en who listened to the lecturer It is quite evident that Mr. Brindley has inflicted a deathblow upon the abominable system of Socialism, as far as Liverpool is concerned. After his fearful ex posures of this strange compound of blasphemy and obscenity, hypocrisy and delusion, fraud and swind ling, we feel assured that the Socialists will be univer sally scouted and derided. We have no hesitation in adding that no decent female, no, nor any man who has in him the feelings of a man, or who has any regard for his own character, will ever sit down in the society of a Socialist. Every one who avows himself to be one of this filthy and degraded crew ought to become an outcast from society. This is the only way to ba nish the monstrous nuisance from the land. We hope to see our operative friends acting upon this sugges tion to the very letter. DEAFNESS. — We have great pleasure in directing the at tention of our readers to the success attending Mr. Swift's practice on the human ear. —( See advertisement.) ASPHALTUM PAVEMENTS.—We beg to draw the attention of our engineering friends to an advertisement which appears in another column of our paper this day, relating to the lay ing down of bitumen pavements. It appears that the prices of the Parisian Bitumen Company are considerably lower than others, and we are assured that the material is of a su perior quality, whether in respect to its durability or hard ness. The South-Eastern and Blackwall Railways have used it to a great extent, and it has been found to answer most admirably. We understand that the ladies' committee of Christ Church School have presented the Rev. Fielding Ould with a hand some gown and cassock, &c., as a testimony of their high estimation of his zeal and affection in the discharge of his pastoral duties to the congregation at large, and particularly in the s uperintendence of the sch oo l under their direction. The gift was accompanied by an appropriate letter from the secretary of the committee. SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Three o'Clock LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—Tins DAY A steady continuance of fine seasonable weather, and re cently very favourable accounts of harvest in the late dis tricts of Great Britain and Ireland, have decidedly conduced to increase the dulness noticed in the early part of the week ; since which, and up to this date, the transactions in any branch of the corn trade here have been extremely unim portant ; at the same time, although there appeared little dis position among holders to recede, our previous quotations were scarcely sustained. The duty on foreign Wheat is raised to 20s Bd, on Oats to 6s 3d, on Rye to 12s 6d per qr., on Flour to 12s 5d per bar rel, on colonial Wheat to 5s per qr, and on Flour to 3s per barrel, leaving the duties on other produce for the ensuing week unvaried. A few small parcels of Wheat, Oats, Flour and Oatme comprise the principal arrivals into this port since Tuesday last, having scarcely any Coastwise, and no Grain or Flour fresh in from abroad. Having a very limited attendance of buyers at this day's market, the Wheat Trade continued to exhibit a languid ap pearance, our local millers being rather inactive ; and the sales, chiefly confined to a few parcels of old for Ireland and the interior of this country, a decline of ld to 2d per 701bs. in the value of most descriptions of English, Irish and foreign, was pretty generally conceded. Barrel Flour even in the face of advancing duties, was in slow request, hardly supporting late prices ; and a small lot or two of good fine Irish new Flour was offered at 52s per 280 lbs. ROBT. MAKIN and SONS ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 6th to the Bth October, 1840, inclusive, COAST- STATES Without any supply of English malting Barley, and hav ing little good foreign remaining over, inferior qualities were in limited demand on the terms last noted. PRIESTLEY'S tiIUID MAGNESIA A pure transparent solution, in which all the virtues of that admirable Medicine are concentrated. As an Antacid and Cooling Medicine for grown persons or children it can not be surpassed, and being nearly tasteless, children will take it without trouble. In conjunction with the Syrup of Citron it forms an effervescing draught. The Syrup of Citron, added to water, makes delicious Le monade, and as a refreshing drink in summer nothing can be more agreeable. PRIESTLEY'S STOMACHIC OR DINNER PILLS. These pills are purely Vegetable, and to those troubled with Indigestion or sensation of fulness at the stomach after meals they are invaluable.—ln Boxes at Is. and 2s. 6d. each. VEGETABLE HAIR OIL . Is allowed to be an excellent discovery for invigorating and renovating the human Hair. It eradicates the Scurf, nou rishes the Hair, prevents its falling off, produces a most beau tiful natural curl, and gives to artificial Hair a peculitr soft ness of texture and luxuriant appearance. Sold in Bottles at Is. 3d. and 3s. each. CHEMICAL MARKING INK, For Writing on Linen with a Common Pen This is very suporior to the generality of what are called Permanent Inks. It gives a most brilliant black, which can not be removed by acids or any other causes, without at the same time destroying the linen. Families may be accommo dated with the Improved Permanent Ink and Preparation separately, if required.---Sold in Cases, Is. 6d. and 3s. VEGETABLE TOOTH POWDER. T 1 A pleasant Tonic Tooth Powder, which simply removes al tartarous incrustations from the enamel ; and by its peculia properties preserves that necessary covering.—Sold in Boxes 2s. Gd. 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For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, and other Stains, out of Linen, Muslin, Lace, &c., and for many other useful pur poses.—Price Is. per Box, or three Boxes for 2s. 6d. CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT. The virtues of this herb, which is uniformly held in high estimation by the most eminent Medical Practitioners in the kingdom, is in the present preparation most fully concen trated, whilst the necessity of administering large doses, as when used in its simple form, is hereby avoided. MUCH ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR. A few drops of this Flavour added' to Custards, Puddings Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c., communicate a most deliciou taste of Almonds.4—Sold in Bottles, with Directions, Is. 6e 13 am, is. CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER A teaspoonful may be taken for a dose three times .a day in any liquid. Physicians' and Surgeons Prescriptions carefully prepared. Medicine Chests fitted up for sea. Genuine Drugs and Chemicals. IMPROVED FOOTPATUS, &c.—The whole length of foot walk in the street immediately under St. James's Walk, (otherwise the Mount Gardens) is in progress of being re layed with Asphaltum, and when completed, will form a fine smooth and agreeable walk,—greatly superior to the best flagging. The composition is laid on a bed of plaster. T h e area of E xc h ange -alley West is also nearly relayed with Po lonceau's patent bituminous compound, on a foundation of square pavement. This is an obvious improvement. The competition between the two companies will probably result in a very desirable " mending of the ways " of public thoroughfares, courts, and passages. Both compositions ap pear from past trial of some years to be very durable and efficient. We are not aware of the comparative cost. Por table furnaces on wheels are employed in the melting of each, previous to its being spread on the foundation. Woßics OF ART—ENGRAv i r ngravings, from the works of s. : —There;re now in the c ourse of publication a series of engravings, and can pronounce opportunity of inspect ingthseomoled of them ms at t W m e h r. av L e hateiinnec them to be w orth y the atte ntion ni of art, and are engravings are executed in the first all collectors. The by Claude, which we n etchings, within the reach of almost every one st* b In point of price. There is one engraving from a picture favourite pony, especially admire. We may as well Linnecar has for inspection some very beautiful ntion that Mr. gs from which ought to be seen by every lover of the . is a portrait of Prince George's (CambridgePlo art poney, by Landseer : it is a " most exquisite f a The engraving is by Giller. We notice also two et n cn . paintings by Turner, of ancient and modern Italy, which when finished will be splendid productions. These are en_ graved by Willmore and Egan. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL MR. G. HORNCASTLE most respectfully announces his BENEFIT on WEDNESDAY next, Oct. 14th, 1840, when will be performed the favourite Comedy of SPEED THE PLOUGH. Sir Abel Handy Mr. Baker. Bob Handy.... Mr. W. Howard. Sir Philip Blandford. Mr. Stuart. Miss Blandford Mrs. W. H. Bland, Miss Vortex .. Mrs. Clarke. ARIA BUFFA, " Directions to an Orchestra, from " Il Fa natico per la Musica," by Mr. G. Horncastle. To conclude with Rossini's Comics Opera of the BARBER OF SEVILLE. Count Almaviva.. Mr. Barker. 8a5i1.... Mr. P. Crowe. Figaro (the Barber) Rosina. .... . Mr. G. Horncastle Miss Grant. Tickets to be had of Mr. G. HORNCASTLE, No. 26, Rus sell-street ; at the Music Shops; and at the Box-office. THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION. THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY of WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN for the Season, from Nine until Dusk. Admission, ls. Catalogue, Is. Season Ticket, ss. SAMUEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Exhibition Rooms, Postoifice-plaps, September 14, 1840. FINE ARTS NOW EXHIBITING, at the LYCEUM. BOLD -STREET, the magnificent PAINTING of ADAM and EVE, (by GILLARD,) which has commanded the admiration of thou sands, amongst whom may be named the first Judges of Pictures in England. Doors open from Ten in the Morning till Nine at Night. ADMISSION—SIXPENCE. ON SALE. Size of the Picture, 11 feet by 8. MOVING PANORAMA LAIDLAW'S well known and universally admired moving PANORAMA of a Sail up the Bay and a Visit round the City of NEW YORK, is every day and evening exhibited in the large new Building erected on purpose, Newington Bridge, near Bold-street, and next to the Clarendon Hotel. The interior of the Building is tastefully decorated. Day Exhibition, punctually at One o'clock ; in the Evening at Seven, and again at Half-past Eight o'clock. Admission—Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit ls. Children, Half price. Gallery, 6d. each person. The views of the Huddersfield, rescuing 116 persons from the Huskisson, as also of the late Fire of York Minster. and the Rock and Bay of Gibraltar are exhibited along with the Panorama of New York. GREAT PROTESTANT MEETING. We have given, at the sacrifice of considerable space ; usually devoted to miscellaneous subjects, a verbatin report of the speeches delivered yesterday at the grea, Protestant Meeting at the Amphitheatre. We pur pose presenting our readers with a Stamped Supple ment, in order to bring up arrears. DESCRIPTION Wheat Qrs. 477 Barley Qrs. Malt Oats Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. Pease. Qrs. Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. .. Loads 1283 Flour . Sacks I 172 Ditto . Brls., EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs. ; Barley, 12 qrs. ; Oats, 8 qrs. ; Pease, 59 qrs. ; O a tmeal, loads. ; Flour , 1 7 2 brls. — Ireland. Wheat, 1175 qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; India] Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, sacks.—Coast wise. Wheat, 170 qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Malt, 32 qrs. ; Oats, 3 qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ; Oat meal, loads; Flour, 130 sacks, 1003 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Cct. 2, 1840. Wheat.. 645. 7d. Barley 365. Od. 1 Oats.. 255. Id. Rye.. 35s Beans.. 455. 7d. I Pease.. 435. sd. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 675. 11d. I Barley.. 355. 2d. I Oats.. 28s. 6d. I Rye.. 395. od Beans.. 465. 7d. I Pease.. 435. 9d. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheat 205.8 d. I Barley gs. 4d. I Oats .... 6s. 3d. I Rye .. 12s. 6d Beans, Is. od. I Pease.. ss. od. Ind. Corn gs. 4d Flourl2s. 5d _ _ Liverpool Averages, week ending 6th October, 1840. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. 1 Beans. 1 Pease. Ctn..... 439 39 3086 I ( - Prices.. 655. 7d. 262, 11d. 222. 9(11 os. ocl. Os. Od CORONER'S INQUEST.-COMMITMENT FOR WILFUL MURDER Yesterday afternoon an inquisition was taken before P. F. Currie, Esq., on view of the body of Ann Kehoe, wife of Owen Kehoe, who died in the Infirmary from the effects of certain wounds on the head, inflicted by her husband. As he case was one of a most serious nature, we give the whole of the evidence Mary Philburn, the wife of Miles Philburn, of Allen's- :ourt, Stockdale-street, being sworn said The deceased and her husband lodged in our house. The husband's name is Owen Kehoe. They came to lodge with us about three months ago. They lived on very bad terms with each other, always quarrelling. - - The prisoner isa ship-scraper by trade d • • d Yesterday fortni'ht, about two o'clock in the day, the de ceased called out to me to come up to her, and cried murder several times. I went up stairs directly, and met the de . ceased coming down. She held her hand to her forehead, and was bleeding very much. She asked me to go with her to the druggist's, as she was destroyed. The deceased came down stairs, and I left her there, and went for her son, and I never saw the deceased afterwards. On my return home I went up stairs, and found the prisoner standing in his own room with ono of the two scrapers now produced, in his hand.—[These were common ship-scrapers with ash handles, . and triangular blades. Both of them were a good deal worn, so that the blade of each might measure from point to point 2 3 / 4 - inches.]—The witness continued :—Being afraid to speak to him whilst he had that in his hand, I went down into the kitchen, and the prisoner followed me. I said to him " You have done a nice job now." The prisoner replied " I am not sorry for it, and if I had not done it now I would do it again, and - this is what I done it with"—holding up the scraper to show me. I cannot swear whether it was one of the two scrapers now produced, but it was one like them. On the Monday before the occurrence took place, I heard the deceased calling for help. I was in bed at the time, but I got up directly, and went into the room and found the pri soner with the deceased across his knees, and he was grap- piing and squeezing her. The prisoner told me to go out of the room, and not to interfere between man and wife, and . . that he "would do what he liked with her." Anthony Griffin stated, that he was a labourer, and lived in Jordan's-court, Stockdale-street, not very far from the court where the prisoner and his wife lived. He knew both of them. Yesterday fortnight, between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, witness was going down Stockdale-street. Just as he was passing the end of Allen-court, the deceased came tunning down the court, and' exclaimed, " For God's sake carry me to a doctor's, or else I shall fall dead !" Wit ness carried her in his arms to a druggist's shop, in Mary bone. A. great deal of blood was running from both sides of her head, and from her hand too. She was quite covered with blood. In the druggist's shop, she said to witness, " For God's sake bring me my children, that I may see them before I die !" Witness went and fetched her children, and the deceased was then taken in a coach. She told witness her husband had struck her. Witness had since seen the deceased lying dead at the Northern Hospital this day. William Collins said, I am a labourer, and live in Wil liams-court, Stockdale-street, the next yard to where the prisoner and his wife lived. The deceased was my mother, by a former husband. A fortnight yesterday, about two o'clock in the afternoon, Mary Phelburn (the first witness) came and told me my mother was killed by her husband. I went to the house where my mother and the deceased lived. I found him sitting in the room they occupied, with his head on his knees. I said to him, " You've killed the old woman at last !" He replied, " that he had not." I told him he should not leave the room until a policeman came. I ob served a quantity of blood on the lobby, at the door of the room, and on the door, and in the passage of the court. I went out to look for a police-officer, and, not being able to find one, I then went to the druggist's shop where the de ceased had been taken to. I got information, whilst I was at the druggist's shop, that the prisoner had gone down Ma rybone. I went after him, and found him with the ship scrapers, and I took him in custody, and delivered him in Bridewell on charge of what he had done. I afterwards took the deceased to the Northern Hospital. The prisoner and the deceased lived on very bad terms, as he was always ill using her. Whilst I was taking the deceased in a coach to the Northern Hospital, she said the prisoner *as determined to take her life. The prisoner was perfectly sober. The deceased was above forty years old. Daniel Wilson said, I am assistant-keeper at Vauxhall Bridewell. The prisoner was brought to Bridewell on the 23d of last month, by the last witness, and charged by the witness with assaulting his (Collins's) mother. The prisoner had the two ship-scrapers now produced with him. There was blood on the iron end of one of them, and what appeared to be human hair. I made a remark to the prisoner when I was putting him into a cell, that it was a shocking thing to use these weapons, (meaning the scrapers.) The prisoner replied, "It was." I then told the prisoner I should like to ask him a few questions, but that he might please himself whether he would answer them. I then asked him did he think the woman was dangerously hurt ? He said, " I think she is, a good deal." I then asked him which end of the scraper he struck her with ? He said, " I struck her with the sharp end." I again asked him, if she treated him un kindly, and he said, "No ; but I have good neighbours." I cautioned the prisoner before he answered any questions. and did not hold out any inducement for him to answer ; but the prisoner said lie knew what he had done, and would answer the consequences ; and he also said, he had been thinking of doing this for a few days. The prisoner was perfectly sober, and laughed a good deal, and made very light of it. Catharine Murphy said :—I am the wife of William Mur phy, and we lodge in the same house where the prisoner and his wife lived. I know them both. I cant remember the day, but it is going on three weeks since, I was in the kitchen when the woman of the house brought the deceased down. Blood was flowing from her head and one of her hands. She begged for some one to take her to a doctor. Just as she was leaving the door, she clasped her hands together and ex claimed—" My God be with me ; the murdering thief has killed meat last." In about a couple of minutes the prisoner came down stairs, and he had a ship-scraper in his hand. The scraper was full of blood, and the prisoner kept wiping it in his coat. The prisoner said he had done it, and that he was not sorry, and that he would do it again, or words to that effect. He said he had struck her with the scraper. He afterwards said he would go up stairs and fetch the other scraper, and go to his work, and he then went out. I then went to see the woman dressed, and found her in a gore of blood in a druggist's shop. She was afterwards taken away in a coach, and I have not seen her since. Ellen Collins being sworn, said—l am a single woman, and live in Holden's-buildings, Stockdale-street. The de ceased was my mother by a former husband. I went to see the deceased the day after she was taken to the Northern Hospital. She was in bed at the time, and appeared per fectly sensible. I thought she was in a dying state at the time, and she seemed to be fully aware of that also, because she said to me she would never get out of that. She then gave me a full account of what had taken place. She said there was not a word between them, and they were sitting by the fire after he had his breakfast, (meaning her hus band). She said they were going to shift from that room, and that she had got a pot to put the cinders in before they went, and that the prisoner got up and went for a scraper, and said to her, " This instrument is very sharp, and three blows from this would take a man's life." He then put the scraper to her cap, while she was kneeling, and she told him that her cap was quite bad enough, and that he need'nt be tearing it ; and he never said a word more, but struck her on the head with the scraper, and struck her seve ral times after before she made any alarm. After lie had struck her, she said her sight had left her, and that she tried to find her way out, and had got hold of the jam of the door with one hand, when he struck her :with the scraper again across the hand. She said the last blow he gave her was on the back of her head, and that he was determined to cut her head off, but the scraper would go no further. She also said that we must appear against him, as she would'nt be able, but that the doctor's notes, she expected, would con demn him. This was all she said to me, and I left her shortly after. Bridget Collins said :—I am the wife of William Collins, and we live in William's-court, Stockdale-street. The de ceased was my mother-in-law. A fortnight, yesterday, just after I had finished dinner, a person came and informed my husband and me that the deceased was murdered. I went to to the house where she resided, and found she had been taken to the druggist's. I went into the room in which the pri soner lived, and found him there alone. He had a ship scraper in his hand. I said to him, " I think you have murdered her at last." He replied, " that if she was not murdered he would murder her." I was quite fright ened, so I then came down. I went to the Northern Hospital on Thursday last, and saw the deceased. She was perfectly sensible, but appeared to be dying, be cause she told me to take her clothes from home and pawn them, and to buy clothes for a little child of mine, as she did not think she would want them any more. She said that she was taking up some ashes, and that her husband had put a ship scraper to her head while she was stooping, and said this was a sharp weapon ; that she stooped again, and that her husband then struck her on the head with the scraper, and that he had more trouble in getting it out of her head again, than he had in putting it in ; that he struck a second blow at her, and that she put up her band to save herself, and that the scraper went through her hand. She also said that whilst the prisoner was beating her he stated that he would only get twelve months for murdering her. These were the last words she said to me. Edward Toye Woodward said :—I am one of the House Surgeons of the Northern Hospital. The deceased was brought there on the 23d of last month. She was bleeding very profusely at the time, and, on examining her, I found five wounds in different parts of her head. There was one at the posterior part of the head, just at the junction of the head and neck, about an inch-and-a-half in length, from which blood was issuing very profusely. On examining her left hand, I found a severe cut on the inner part of the fore finger, and a wound on the middle finger where it joined to the hand, with a fracture of the bone. She was exceedingly faint when she was brought in, but perfectly sensible. Every thing was done for her, but she gradually declined until her death, which took place yesterday morning, between five and six o'clock. I have since made a post mortem examination of the body. The four smaller wounds were quite healed ; but the large one, at the posterior part of the head, was not heal ed. On removing the scalp, I discovered, about the middle part of the skull, a small fracture, passing completely through the skull into the brain. At the posterior part, on the right side of the head, there was another fracture, also extending completely through the skull. Upon removing the skull, I found a small spicular bone driven into the posterior lobe of the brain, and on removing the membrane covering the brain, there was a large abscess in the substance of the brain itself. There was also effusion of serum in the ventricles of the brain. I consider the abscess in the brain the cause of death, and have no doubt of it arising from the injuries to the head. 1 have no doubt but that the injuries to the head might have been inflicted with an instrument similar to the scraper now shown to me ; and very great violence must have been used to have done it. The voluntary examination of the prisoner, taken the same day (he being first cautioned that he need not say anything unless he pleased, and that anything he did say would be taken in writing, and used against him), lie answered and said—" I have nothing to say." The jury, after listening to the Coroner's charge, brought in a verdict of WILFUL MURDER. DREADFUL MURDER AND SUICIDE.—A most dreadful murder and suicide were committed in the forest of Dean, on Monday night about seven o'clock, by a man of the name of Willis, a foreman in the employ of Messrs. James and Co., of Sydney. He was sitting by the fire at home, when his daughter named Ann, a girl about 18 years of age, went out of the door, and while in the act of gathering a few sticks her father suddenly rose from his seat, took up a hatchet that was near, struck her on the head, and knocked her brains out. The poor girl ran a few yards to a neighbour's house, where she died in a few minutes. After this attack on his daughter, the man ran at his wife, and made a blow at her head, but fortunately turning aside, she received it on her arm, which was much hurt. He then ran into the orchard in front of the house, and with a rasor cut his own throat, and died immediately. This melancholy circumstance has caused a great consternation in the neighbourhood, as the man was a lways considered " a quiet inoffensive " man, and supposed to be possessed of property to the amount of 7or £BOO. It is right to state that about three months back, he attempted to destroy himself by cutting his throat, but was prevented by his wife from doing it effectually. He was then placed in a private asylum at Whitchurch, in Herefordshire, where he remained till about a month ago, he then came home, and appeared quite well. Our informant saw the bodies of the deceased on Tuesday morning, laid out side by side. The daughter was a handsome and fine young worgan. The spot where the occurrence took place is about a nAllk from Coles ford, and within a few yards of the house where the unfortu nate Richard Yarworth breathed his last.--Bristol Standard. 1Z;;I-ON. TOTAL, 600 1275 GREAT MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the Liverpool Protestant As sociation was held yesterday, at the Amphitheatre. It was announced that the proceedings were to commence at eleven o'clock; but long before that period almost every seat in the theatre was occupied. The plan of opening the doors some hours before the time appoint- ed for the business of the meeting, has proved to be an excellent arrangement. It obviates the unpleasant ness of a general rush towards the doors, and especially affords the ladies an opportunity of securing comfort able seats. Indeed, the whole of the arrangements for the occasion were exceedingly judicious, and reflect the highest credit on the committee At a moderate estimate, we should say that there were upwards of four thousand individuals present. The appearance of the theatre from the platform was truly magnificent. The circus, the pit, the boxes, the galle ries, were densely crowded in every part, the boxes be- ing chiefly occupied by ladies, all of whom seemed to take a deep interest in the proceedings. It has been the fashion of our radical contemporaries to affect to disparage the importance of the meetings of the Pro- testant Association, on account of the great number of ladies who are in the habit of attending them. We think that their presence adds greatly to the impor tance of the proceedings. The influence which females exert over popular opinion is too great to be sneered down by the jests and jeers of the radical press. The following were among the clergy and gentry upon the platform : Revs. T. Tattershall, D.D., R. P. Buddicom, H. M`Neile, Hugh Stowell, R. J. M.`Cvbee, W. Maynard, Furnival, E. Lawrence, J. Jones, A. Knox, J. Lyon, R. Davies, Y. Richards, (Montgomeryshire,) Purdon, Cheetham, Smith, F. Ould, C. Postlethwaite, (Vicar of Hendon, Notts,) Dover, (Leeds,) H. S. Joseph, Borroughs, (Cambridge,) Chalmers, Banning, (Greenock,) —Meyler, (Prescot,) Allen, (Tilston,) Birkett, (Nortbwich,) D. Seddon, (Salford, Manchester,) Stone, (Rossett, Chester,) Fal loon, Hamilton, James Haworth, (Chester,) T. Barker, (Farndon,) Mayne, (Manchester,) Swinton, Dodd, A. 'W. Richards, J. M. O'Connor, De Vere Coney, (Mission- ary from Achill,) D. James, H. Carpenter, LL 'Mathley, (Manchester,) Lyons, A. M'Conkey, M. Allan, Ro berts, T. Bridges, (St. John's, Newfoundland,) Hassell, Mainwaring, Driffield, (Prescot,) W. Coombes, Henderson, G. Mansfield, M`Guire, G. T. Driffield, (Oxford,) Witts, J. B. Ingham, S. P. Boutflower, Furnival, J. E. Bates, Stokes, F. Barker, F. Parry, C. S. Absolam, (Tilstone,) B. A. Marshall, J. Fearon, P. Brown, Spencer, G. Mallony, T. Rawson, W. Fenton, J. C. Hamilton, Barker, (Chester,) Long, (Davenham,) J. N. Peill, W. Fisher, and Lindon ; Messrs. Rigby, Howard, Rounthwaite, Vale, Leete, Rowett, Boutflower, Sands, Roskell, Codner, Horsfall, Edwards, Brindley, O'Neill, Anderson, Reed, Cotesworth, Preston, Hodgson, Jones, &c. At eleven o'clock the chair was taken by the Rev. Thomas Tattershall, D.D., and the proceedings com- menced The Rev. CHAIRMAN opened the meeting as follows—My Christian friends,—We have an apostolical injunction that men should pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands without wrath and without doubting. And we cannot be otherwise than fully persuaded, ,that the most likely way to obtain any blessing from God is to supplicate the footstool of his mercy, for it is the spirit of humble faith. It has been the uniform practice of the Asssociation of which we form a part, from the commencement of its institution, to open all its meetings with an act of devotion. And as I am sure I speak your feelings as well as my own, in the desire that this meeting should form no exception to the general rule, I shall beg leave to call upon the Rev. Mr. M'Conkey to open this meet ing with prayer. The Rev. ANDREW 111‘CONKEY offered up an impressive prayer appropriate to the occasion. The Rev. CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting. He said—Rising now from prayer, and standing in the position in which you have placed me, I think I cannot better open the proceedings of this day, than by expressing a hope and trust that an answer to ie prayer which has been already offered up will be vouchsafed from on high, and that it will produce a softening and hallowing influence on the entire of the remaining part of our proceedings, so that those proceedings may be both carried on and completed in a man ner suitable to that in which they have been commenced. if I say that it is with regret that I find myself placed in my present position, it is not that I would wish to express the slightest unwillingness or reluctance to obey either your call, or the call of the committee of the Protestant Association, on this or any other occasion, and to render any trifling service which I may be able in the best manner that I can ; for I would not distrust the grace of that God which was ever made conspicuous in human weakness; and, moreover, I have good cause to exercise a strong confidence in your own kindness and indulgence, which, having been so liberally shewn to me on former occasions, will, I am persuaded, be repeated on the present occasion, and which causes me to entertain a full assurance that no deficiencies of mine will have the effect of deteriorating from the harmony and from the value of the proceedings of this day. My regret arises from another cause. I find myself standing in a position which would, with so much more advantage, have been occupied by one of three others—two of them ennobled individuals, for whom this place was destined on this occa sion : I refer to the Most Noble the Marquis of Downshire, the Right Hon. the Earl of Winchelsea, and Mr. Plumptre, M.P. for East Kent. (Hear, hear.) Any one of these, had he been present, would not only have more efficiently filled the situation of chairman presiding over this meeting, but have given much additional weight to the proceedings of this day. However, as the very humble substitute of one or other of those able and exalted individuals, it will become me to say a few words with respect to the objects on behalf of which we are called ,together. We are, then, let it first of all be remembered, professedly a meeting of protestants ; we are professors of protestantism, and by protestantism we mean primitive Christianity—(cheers)—the Christianity of the Bible, the Christianity of the word of inspiration, ante cedent to and set free from all extraneous additions, all cor ruptions, and defilements, which during the lapse of ages have been crowded upon the true Christian scheme, either during the Nicene age, or subsequently, during the ages of papal darkness and superstition, (Applause.) We protest against all and every doctrine, professing to be part of Christianity, which is not found in its enunciation, and in its proof and developement, in the Holy Scriptures: (Cheers.) The Bible alone is the religion of the protestant. (Hear.) Whatever professes to be Christianity, if it is not contained in the Bible, against that we protest. (Cheers.) More over, we are assembled here, not merely as protestants, but as members of a Protestant Association—that is, of an asso ciation formed for the diffusion and defence of protestantism. Having thus met together, it is to be hoped—indeed, I am fully persuaded—that all the proceedings of this meeting will be of a character suitable to the nature of this profession. We are of opinion that doctrinal truth is not a matter of mere naked speculation—that according to scripture language, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." The doc trines which lie receives us true have an influence on his whole character and on his conduct, in all the relations in which he is placed, whether domestic, social, civil, or reli gious. (Applause.) We are of opinion, that true doctrine will have its proper influence in the production of true and honest and beneficial practice. We believe that this is true in man's public relations, as well as in his private relations ; and we feel persuaded of the converse of this fact, namely, that whosoever entertains false opinions, is, so far as those false opinions have influence, likely to be carried to an im proper and injurious course of action. (Hear, hear.) Hence, therefore, we think it a matter of importance to warn our fellow-creatures, of every degree, against the influence of what we consider to be anti-scriptural doctrines, believing that the true interest of every community is bound up in the cordial reception of the truth as it is in Christ Jesus. Having made these very few simple remarks, I might now—indeed, it would by many perhaps be thought better that I should —immediately sit down, and allow the busi ness of the meeting to go on; but I must beg permission to make one or two allusions to some circumstances which have been of a character sufficiently notorious, and which have occurred during the past year, since we last assembled in this place, and which are not without their reference to some of our friends present, who will take a prominent part in the proceedings of this day. I dare say I shall be very well understood at once to refer, in the first place, to an attempt which has been made to fix a foul stigma, no less than that of disloyalty, on one of my reverend brethren here present. (Applause.) If any one wishes to be satisfied respecting the opinion held upon this subject by the parties to whom that rev. brother of mine is known, let them come here, and we will tell them. Let it not, however, be supposed, either by my rev. friend or by this meeting, that I am about to enter on an unnecessary work ; for I am not a Roman Catholic, and therefore do not estimate the value, and never wish to put in practice, anything of the works of supererogation. I am not about to vindicate that which does not require to be vindicated, nor to defend that which does not require to be defended, or, if it did, would find more able defenders than myself. But I wish, nevertheless, to make one or two remarks respecting the attempt itself. Calumnious indeed, as I have already remarked, has been the nature of the stigma on our friend, and the' occasion on which it was made is well known to every one that hears me. (Hear, hear.) Every body is aware that our friend, at a meeting like the present, in a county not far distant, in discoursing, as he is used to do on these occasions, respecting the Church of Rome, and giving his opinion of her qualities, a pplied the apocalyptic term of Jezebel to that apostacy. Now, attempts have been made to turn aside that term from the application in which it was used by my rev. friend, to another very different and very otherwise deserving quarter. But this is what I will remark, that the author of this ca lumny, be he who he may, and I neither ask who he was nor care who he was, either did understand my friend's speech at Whitchurch, or he did not. If he did not understand it, there may be some excuse for his attempt ; but he must have been most incorrigibly stupid. I will venture to affirm that the re marks of my rev. friend were easy to be understood, and that there was no occasion that they should be misunderstood. If, on the other hand, hedid really understand them, and the ap plication in which the term was used, I am willing to say that the author deserves credit for his ingenuity ; but the less we say of his moral principle the better. It may be said that that calumny did not proceed from one, but from a great number of quarters, and that the origination of the remarks might be traced to different sources. I do not believe that there was any general misunderstanding of the term, and we can easily understand how, when the cry was once set agoing in the form of a newspaper paragraph, it should be joined in by many, without knowing in what it originated. I therefore think that the credit of that calumny should be considered as belonging to some ingenious individual. But what, after all, is to be said in the way of excuse, even of a person misunderstanding a case of this kind ? Was it any thing new, do you suppose, that our rev, friend had been giving utterance to on that occasion ? Was the application of the term Jezebel to the modern Babylon anything new or unheard of? Why, I hold in my hand a volume on the in terpretation of prophecy, in which the author gives his interpretation of the epistle to the apocalyptic churches, and in so doing he quotes, or rather, more properly to speak, alludes to the opinions of preceding apocalyptic interpreters. He alludes to them in the present instance, in the volume I hold in my hand, for the purpose of expressing his dissent from them. This book is entitled " The Accomplishment of Scripture Prophecy, or the Approaching Deliverance of the Church," which was written in French by one of the minis ters of the French church at Rotterdam. This is said to be a translation from the second edition of the work published in French some time before, in which the author alludes to the opinions of three other authors. Why, this very volume was printed in 1687 ; so that, I think, we might even here trace the interpretation for a couple of centuries, for every one of the three writers, to whom the author alludes, applies the term Jezebel to the Church of Rome. In one respect, and that no doubt a felicitous one, the modern Jezebel resem bles her ancient prototype, and that is in the number of her ready and faithful friends. There have been found not a few ready to come forward at Jezebel's bidding, to bring accusations against an innocent individual ; and what crime had that individual been supposed to commit ? He was un willing to part with his inheritance in the land of promise ; and I trust our friend is unwilling, and so am I too, to part with our Scripture inheritance, our Christian inheritance, and with that which is bound up in the purity of faith, our eternal inheritance. They have found him unwilling to part with his inheritance. And what have they done ? Why, they have set him on high among the people. And what is the accusation that they bring against him ? That he blasphemed God and the Queen ! (Applause.) And they have been ready enough to throw missiles in abundance, in the form of hard words and newspaper paragraphs ; but missiles of this sort, I am happy to say, break no bones, and we have here the happiness of seeing our friend scatheless in the_ midst of us. (Cheers.) I shall allude also to another circumstance, not of less notoriety, with which another friend near me is connected. (Cheers.) It is well known that I refer—l see it is—to an issue which has recently been tried in a court of justice in this town. Ido not entertain the intention of ex pressing any decided opinion of my own on the merits of the ease, for what I conceive to be a very powerful and proper reason, namely, that although this case has issued on one trial, yet it is not impossible that it may be reviewed in another. (Cheers.) The remarks, however, which I shall make, though expressing nothing in the form of a decisive enunciation of my own views, wilt_ yet have something of that bearing intbein It appears that a paper was read, at a meeting in Manchester, that had been put into the hands rev. friend Mr. Stowell, in which certain statements were contained that have since been held to contain libellous matter against a Roman Catholic priest resident in the town of Manchester. The paper was supposed, I say, to contain libellous matter—that is, matter reflecting on the character of that gentleman. Now, in what does this libel consist ? Why, in the statement that this gentleman had appointed a certain penance to an individual, wnich penance that individual was said to have been seen performing. I suppose, from the necessity of the case, we are compelled to believe that the penance was confessed to be a wrong one, and the injury to that gentleman's character is also supposed to consist in the fact of its being made to appear that he was capable of im posing it. Nov, I apprehend that in all inquiries of this kind, and in every case in which injury to character is con cerned, it is of most essential importance that a distinction should be drawn, and clearly maintained, between moral cha racter and mere discretional character. If the imputation were supposed to affect that gentleman's moral character, and they thought that what he was stated to have done was in itself morally wrong, then I could very well understand how a statement of that kind should be a libel. But still that which is morally wrong in one place is morally wrong in another ; and I, therefore, feel surprised, as similar penances are performed in other places, as we know full well from good authority, and not a few in the sister island, how, if this be an imputation against amoral character here, any thing of the same nature can be carried on elsewhere, without bringing down that expression of disapprobation and punishment which is said to have been due to it, had it been true in this instance. But, on the other hand, if it were a mere imputation on the discretion of that gentleman—if to have imposed such a pe nance, had he done so, would have been a mere act of indiscre tion, why, then, I say that discretion is a thing belonging to time and place; and I can, therefore, very well understand how the system may be carried on without any expres sion of displeasure, where it might be so carried on without exciting much observation or attention on the part of others, but I cannot, I confess, understand how the mere imputation of an act of indiscretion—how, because a per son may have done a thing not morally wrong, yet im prudent, because it was done at a wrong time and a wrong place, can be said to constitute a libel. This, I again repeat, I cannot fully understand. It is no unusual thing, and not considered a matter of offence, to observe that persons who have discretion enough for one situation have not for another ; and I confess that I never heard, in anY former instance of this kind, that such an observation was to be considered libellous. We have heard, however, of " the glorious uncertainty of the law," and 1 think, that, if the imputation of indiscretion and mere error in judgment' may serve as the basis of an accusation of libel, " the glori ous uncertainty of the law" is rendered more gloriously uncertain still, and in what position any of us may stand is more than I can undertake to declare. One single observa tion more in reference to this matter, and I have done. We have it on the confession of the parties who have been brought prominently before the world on this occasion, that to ap point any penance of such a kind as that referred to, is a degrading tang, (hear, hear), we have it, on their own con fession, that they are ashamed of it. Let us hope that such, penances, then, will be entirely discontinued in England and Ireland too, and that we shall never hear of any of our beloved brethren residing in Ireland being subjected to any such degradation for the time to come. It is ne't impossible that there may be, among the persons as sembled here, some individuals of the Roman Catholic persuasion. I may beg just to say to such persons, that with my whole heart I bid them welcome, as wit' nesses of the present proceedings. We have no secrete to keep, and we wish not even to pretend to keep any from you. We hope that you will be attentive to such pro ceedings as will now follow. I must, however, beg to remora' you, that this is a meeting of the Protestant Association -- ; that you, who are not either members or friends of tho association, cannot be regarded as a constituent part of this meeting, but only as visitors on this occasion. We have n° questions to propose, either for your acceptance or dis approbation, and if, as will most probably be the case,' sta tements shall be made in which, the doctrines an d practices of your church may be set forth in a light dif ferent from what you have been accustomed to view there,' and if anything is said that may be unpleasant to your f ee ; ings, recollect that you are here of your own act and deed' and that you have put yourselves in a position of hearing them. We bid you heartily welcome : but we hope, and er press a full confidence, that in return for the court's, extended to you, in permitting you to witness these proceed ings, you, as the only and most proper return you can mait e ' will witness them in peace. (Cheers.) The SECRETARY then rend the following REPORT. The committee of the Liverpool Protestant Association desire to meet their constituents, at the termination of and thcr year, with expressions of heartfelt gratitude to the Li of all mercy, for the amount of blessing manifestly vo uch ' safed upon their labours. The two great evils among 1 7; testants against which your society had to contend, and yr, the removal of which it was originally constructed, ar e rapidly disappearing. Those evils are ignorance and a Pat h/. e a The proceedings of Protestant Associations, we ll direct and perseveringly sustained as they have hear ' lo st considerable extent supplied the needful remedy, Aragng the middle and lower classes of the community especiallq., Protestant determination has sprung up, and is daily Ote ll , ho ing and strengthening itself, well calculated to check te progress of Romish aggression, and to make the Roll', 1 ; r emissaries thros:ghout our country feel, that wha te ' o t temporary influence they may attain over any governin r , or parliament, byifraudulent professions, they can now eu te ie , tain no hope of beguiling the masses of the English PeeT ec t Englishmen, considered as a national body, have receii„, more effective information within the last ten years, cone er :o ing the true character of Papal ecclesiastical ambition, as w' s as Papal theological profaneness, than they had for above, century before. The valuable results are shewing thernsel ye gradually but steadily. The painstaking researches of ts,, leaders of Protestant associations ; the documentary eeidec. carefully examined, and luminously exhibited to the the circulation of tracts and lectures and other cheap pu b o f cations ; the spirit-stirring appeals addressed to meeting' vs thousands and tens of thousands of the people ; and, ab . , ; () „ all, the vastly advanced tone of true Protestant, because scilr,i tural, preaching from so many of the pulpits of our na tion o church ; these have sown the good seed, and already the bll more of a return than the most sanguine could reason s have anticipated. Your committee are aware that they have still much P. judice to contend against, in the minds of those who, 1 01 r, present peace, and not apprehending any coming clang:, resent the commotion occasioned by our proceedings stlo needless and consequently an unjustifiable violation of to harmony and good feeling of the community. But P ei t committee have the satisfaction of knowing that even ano l les this class considerable influence has been produced by or light lately thrown upon the true unaltered nature anti 4 , signs of the Papal system. Many persons, who were ac` ~t edly hostile to our proceedings, are now secretly approvinb them, and wishing us success, though they have not„be„ e s able so far to overcome former associations as formall y join us. Our decided opponents are compelled to feel our grot l .rs influence among the people. Affecting to despise, the in reality tremblingly on the watch over our proceed° to and ready, as is evident from a few remarkable facts' 6 l seize instantly upon any handle afforded them by the slig n 4o mistake on our part. The incident of five years ago, 11 ;be Mr. M`Ghee, amidst voluminous evidence which coul d no gainsayed, adverted by mistake to a document which could:4, be defended ; and the incident of this year, when Stowell boldly and honestly charged a priest by name with 'ul, posing degrading penance prove their systematic watch ' s : ness ; and the fact, that in those instances alone they P .,0 ( had anything to say, proves to demonstration the accuree, , ,,, our advocates, and the undeniable power of our proceet ll ?: o , Adverting to the local proceedings of your own associs ti t el, your committee have to inform you that we have di s tribd_ t l in the course of the last year, above 30,000 useful tracts 'of handbills ; that we have sent several petitions to both Ili° r 'of parliament (one against the continuance of a grant t0 14 5 e0 8 nooth College, bearing the names and addresses of 1 , 2 ! 0 01 men), and assisted materially in forwarding other peti,'leot of a similar character. We have supplied every subs er 'er of 10s. per annum with the Protestant Magazine, at o ,pp , penditure of nearly £25 from the funds of the associr to We have granted 30 copies monthly of the same mega:' ill' s the Operative Protestant Association ; and your coronpoe regret extremely their inability to supply the necessarY to their operative friends to carry out their plans of trac t ...,o l tributiou, the formation of a lending library, the delive" lectures, and other useful and important proceedinttd which the Protestant operatives of the town have man''' . a most resolute and laudable zeal. We have commenced a monthly periodical entitled Protestant Sentinel. Four numbers of this have been cp. lished, and have already attained considerable circu lati d but the work is still attended with a small monthly chadr s eo the funds of the association. This may be removed, an If publication made a source of profit as well as usefulnell'i i r a little exertion on the part of our friends to promote its culation. st Your committee have much pleasure in adding to this ' Do of their proceedings, that they have been instrumental i t/ formation of several Protestant asso c iations in different Pets of the country ; and also of branch associations among operatives. , These and similar efforts, to be carried on with vig: 11.‘ ..„1 CV' t, • any fair prospect of good effect, involve inevitable ant. e o , derable expense. - Your committee with respectful cl o t!' ness invite attention to this point, and take the liberty eltbeif treating their friends and supporters either to increas e 5 0 own contributions, or to solicit among their acquaintal te increased number of subscribers, or both. Your committee c ann ot c o n clude without giving exP',-,sr to to their strong feeli ng o f the obligation they are 111 w: t ole' your salaried secretary, to whose zeal, ability, prof:00 1 1 ,0' and untiring activity, they have no 'hesitation in ase r les ,4 " under God's blessing, the practical efficiency of your as ation. b et ,, requested, B. HORSFALL, Esq., then rose and said, 1113 0 requested, Mr. Chairman, to move that the report n° l `,„„' be printed and circulated, under the direction of the c°'itlo' tee. I have much pleasure in doing so, because I f ee ligl , ` , : my duty on the present occasion will be comparativelY although the resolution is in itself important. I feel 11 ,' ) ifor° to be light, sir, because I know that 1 stand on this POador in the position of an individual appointed to move the 1 0 1 ' tion of the report as a sort of necessary preface to ti;1 3 0 11 ' ) dresses of those champions of protestant truth, t c ,e' he eo', we shall soon have the gratification of listening. ( 1 ; Of t , I know, sir, that it is ony necessary for me to say, 08 '. are on this platform a M`Gliee, a Stowell, and o u ' M`Neile,—(much applause)—it is only necessary for say that there are such men as these, in order to gto r th e '' self against the suspicion even of wishing to occuY w el' tention of this meeting for more than one single To'.. (Hear, hear.) But 1 said, sir, that the resoluti on : l s o c '; portant, and it is important ; it is important, i o ta t ` as it asks the assent of at least, I should say, from ye n five thousand persons to the uncompromising Christit it re; tinaents embodied in that report. (Hear, T , ,t port, sir, speaks of the apathy of protestants ; hear.) bil'," o tl 3 `) same time, we rejoice to learn from it, as well as fr'lljett r ;,3 sources, that that apathy is fast vanishing awaY• li b„ And, sir, the unblushing efforts of popery have aceor°P ro res' e what protestant preaching, protestant exhortations , ,P„W ant entreasy, had in some degree failed to do : roused the latent energies of those Protestants who l ' e i e ve t") ious to pass on in a smooth and even course, and le b er- r rugged path of protestant agitation to others. (He ar ' s ee 1)( 41 TheY o They see the strides that popery is making. attempting, particularly at the present moment, hod town, to swamp the protestant constituency of th e