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a ruralTußO, roLs, FIN L 4 M ISCEL :EM411 4 1.5 01 ER. r (Wednesditi e 20th instant , oms, JRNITURE Sing those of asert, and Tea fated Articles, :abinet Piano s, a Rifle, by Lute, in We' id ingtav ing hes, a valua ble v Swinging ;An. ntitY eY, a Qua, n , y, intiw Wof a ge ise, arebon aPlain WOOLEnt FI Cim, th ty of Para sni* ods. nd CamP Bee itures, Featb e )er Recite:: apestrY, Pt - f. vood Dra in a Secre ta 2Z and Woric,o, lairs Coigne""dow,Curtaig lire-irons , ChimneyClljol;iv ;hen and useful Fanu. CatalOP ei t Twentyq IFS, Iv v ° ie tt and conlr,v '0 prior to lumber of / , e 4 ngle Barrels, 4tlel. .ers' and ch descriP /AY, at --- )'clock, a t ha a Gentle " a super!! ,plements , ? r manners • elled l Pistol, 0. r iOr Two SuPe. g , Cloth, IMP 'n Case. e t, p with Vel s 's, rreiled GUd Plate, Pcfm, tck of Cal"- ' ted up 1 111 , od ; 'nt PISTOP'' OFFICgIO Isome ng and well' eat PISTOL`' Lble.barrel le4 ----***"' 9 OZEN O f ITY. At h toms, , rnely • c e ularly Cbo2.s f a bout 0 1 , 0 Mr. BRA 14 ;0 the attentl a digereo :ars in Bottle' • Twelve and i also at the le, and may they will be _----.--' SALE. o'clocß, verpool, HORSE S, oicest Studl bsolute an raught Pur; , and Wit these qua: the h i, powers Powers 01 er imPor ta i perior it Y 0 mi in Priine try. ats, SP II ° esday), the O poll 'lBlF 1 ASI ) goTTLDP yen o'clOci‘ I-row, NITUR.O. 'k, Bottle d [re Guarul ernoved fo r be vietve Stained. Mr. G. a DS TOI 4.111311Vv' 25th inst. , Warehouse' tvedfron i embrace s ng Comb s ' is, Violins, ry, Eleetfl eces, Cora Is, Gouge''' ere, Tran I Lookin Belts;a 0 " Sale, 0, 0 ,. feral Sa,'" Evening , n, Lither- RTY DWELL in Littler r Wil er, as 11 15 and being in depth the north and con- of Greet Ite to the ds on the 8 inches/ ar il s , an e owner. of ith side •ontage t o lth bacX: 71 feet are yard o, olme, th w- initY of ; last two I. to 3 1 1 P espectiVs Office (7` RAL tcturere. ) those eing in ,cture °/. fluences nence of le of an per p* - 1 coy re as aser a n eV!' proP°' 'a to th e e grindti: use .0 len ern newli , a ppli. Eo *oar or Ist. TTO be SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, that excellent and commodious FAMILY RESIDENCE, called "Park. aide House, ,, the Residence of the late Edward Rushton Esq., .and now in the occupation of George James Duncan, ' Esq. ; :nether with the extensive OUTBUILDINGS, GARDEN, rLEASURE GROUND, and LAND adjng thereto, the Whole consisting of about forty-four thousand four hundred fguare yards. About one-mile-and-a-half distant from the Kxchange. Also, to be LET, a splendid HOUSE, at Egremont, Cheshire, containing Three Entertaining-rooms, Eigbt good Bedrooms. Kitchen, Scullery, Bath, and Water Closet, excellent Garden. Z- Ild everY convenience for a respectable Family.—Further par jculars may be had on application to Mr. WM. WILLIAMS, Estate Agent, 47, Ranelagh-street. 1' TO BUILDERS, SHOPKEEPERS, AND OTHERS. 0 be SOLD, a h an d some mo d ern Pl a t e Gl ass SHOP FRONT, in Mahogany Frame Work, equal to new. 40 be viewed on the Premises. Apply to JOHN CLEMENTS, 9, Bold-street. VILLA RESIDENCES, CHESHIRE. T° be LET, in various parts of Clifton-park, Birken head, Three excellent Family DWELLING-HOUSES, convenient and pleasantly situated. Rents from .4'50 to .4'60 per annum. 4mr, A WIL PPly to LIAM Mes SHARP, Cliftonsrs. CROOK an-park.d Sox, Exchange-treet Easst ; or PREMISES. TO MANUFACTURERS, WATERSIDE ENGINEERS, TIMBER MER CHANTS, AND OTHERS REQUIRING WATERSIDE 71 PREAMES AND RAILWAY COMMUNICATION. 0 be LET, on L ease , i n L ots to suit Tenants, LAND frontal l ing paris of the Kingdom the Birkenhead Grm neeat. Float, and connected u 37 Rail ay with e Land has especial a d van t ages f or S ugar R e fi ners, Saw , Timber Yards, Engineers, Shipbuilders, &c., and is accessible by Ships of large burthen. in t o Dock Dues are c h argea b le on Goods Landed or Shipped N hese Docks. By order, W . H . SL OMA N , S ecretary. Birkenhead, 12th May, 1853. LAND FOR SALE. T O be SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, a large quantity of LAND, comprising about 58 statute Acres, consisting of' 1. A large FIELD, situate on the north side of the Prescot road, below the West Derby Police Station, near the Old Swan, and east side of Green-lane, and having a considerable front age to Preseot-road, and also to Green-lane, and to the road front leading The Old Swan towards Derby Chapel Village. ....2_. SeveraelWErLt the south Acres. a FARM. HOUSE and OUTBUILD INYS, situate on the south side of Prescot• road aforesaid, op toposite the lot above- mentioned, having a considerable frontage Pre the and also a small frontage to Edge-lane, on the west side of Messrs. Jackson and Ronald's Ropewalk, and also a frontage to that part of Edze•tane which adjoins the premises of 111 r. Moses Dickinson. This Lot comprises a quantity of about 41 statute Acres. The whole of the above Land is Copyliold of Tnl i i a e t ri p ta o n s c s e e , ss a i nd 111 at present i n a s t a t e o f agr i cu lt ure , b u t immediate on may be had of it for building purposes, if required. Further particulars may be obtained, and a Plans ei o Le f o.h the L ands seen, o n a ppli ca ti on to J OH N STEN% ART ' E q , Street o M erpoo srs. CURRY esand STATHAM, Solicitors, 41, Lord-street; Livl. ........____ THIS ' QUEEN'S PARK, CHESTER. picturesque, finely-elevated, and extensive ESTATE, situate on the south side of the RIVER DEE, arid immediately adjoining the City, with which a close com niunication has een lately established y the erection of one iDREDGE'S PATENT SUSPENSION BR b IDGES; is within easy ac h t b either River or Road of the magnificent Park and _s e s_ l ate of f the Niariluis of Westminster (EATON HALL) and thee i g fi tful Village o f E CCLESTON. Q ueen ' s P ar k comman d s ntensive views of the surrounding country, including the Onge of the Welsh Mountains, Beeston Castle, and the Peck- Vi t ,9n Hills; and, on the other side, of the Dee Banks, City rt"s, the Cathedral, and Castle. This Estate is remarkable I :i_r the salubrity of its atmosphere and its many advantages. Withiage iCi n fig a substratum of Red Sandstone ; egg tensive riyer givipg facilities for fishing, boating, ; and being G ene s i. ten r.ninutes' walk of the Cathedral ; m and as the Chester vs ap :' 4 11 Way Station is within fifteen inutes' walk, Li- The pr oL is distant only an hour's journey . from Queen's Park. for th ° PertY has been recently laid out in BUILDING Lors on chi eerection of VILLA RESIDENCES, and will be sold either whic hn f Rent or entirely Freehold ; Lithograpbic Plans of to Mr' further particulars, may be obtained on application soN, S A , I TCWEN, in the Park, at Chester i_Messrs. ATKIN and Mr. Ileu m d' l bsas, and ATKINSON, Solicitors, orfelk-street,N or s°l,l3amiTits, Architects, Bond-street, Manchester sum Architect Colquitt.street, Liverpool. ' ER' Vublitations, -------_____--._.._______........ TRE LECTURE delivered by Mr. James Hibbert, RyGT,of * Manchester, at the Town-hall -of Todmorden, crt th e z „.. z!AN SYSTEM of JAMES MORISON, the Hygeist, is ..,`,LPrmte(l, L" ilorison's Uni v er s a l Medicines througbcrut the country. FISHER for the sale of Morison's Pills in Liverpool,lMr. JAMES . IN, SCOLIBIBI-load. `"lieh College of Health, New-road, London. April, 1853. THE MONUMENT, orJESUITISM UNMASKED: ,_ a Family R e li c; to which is appended a Translation and 7.;_raphical Explanation of the R e l ic an d it s A ut h or . By L. A. ,t 4/ PUGET, Peel -street House Academy, Prince's Park, ..iterpool. Price One Shilling. alld To be had from NISBET, Beaters -street, London ; SMYTH 5......._._2__ Co, Berry street , and L. A. Du PUGET, Liverpool. G BITS Just published—A New Discovery in Medicine l AFEW WORDS ON THE RATIONAL TREAT MENT, without Medicine, of Nervous Debility, Low Spirits... Lassitude, Weakn ess of the Limbs and the Back, In disposition and Incapacity for 'Study and Labour, Dulness of A pprehension, Loss of Memory, Aversion to Society, Love of Solitude, Timidity, Self-Distrust, Dizziness, Head-ache, Pains in the Side, Affection of the Eyes, Pimples on the Face, &c. From the French of Dr. 13. de Laney. The important fact that these alarming cotnplaints may easily beremoved, WITHOUT MEDICINE,is here clearly demonstrated, and the entirely new and highly successful treatment, as adopted by the Author, fully explained, by means of which every one is enabled to cure himself perfectly, and at the least possible cost. Sent gratis and post-free, in a sealed envelope, by remitti e nj t wo stamps to M r . HENRY Bwusuww, 55, Gracechureh-stre e t, , London. ..._ Just Published, Twentieth Edition, price Is.; post free for Is stamps, THE SCIENCE OF LIFE; or How to Live, a n d What to Live for; with ample rules for Diet, Regimen, and Self-management • together with instructions for securing Perfect health, longevity, and that sterling state of 'happiness " 1 Y attainable through the judicious observance of a well refulated course of life. By a PHYSICIAN. The instructions contained in this little work, embody the result of the experience acquired in a long and most extensive t e dical practice, in which the author has availed himself of :unusual opportunities to-study the habits and the physical eenliarities, constitutional or acquired which influence life a nd health at all ages, and in every social , grade. High critical authorities have pronounced the treatise to be an admirable p l l i u k"-une which ought to be in the hands of every adult in the ;,..Pre, more especially of the managers and heads of families." Also", Tim". A bY the same Author, price 2s. M., post free, 3s. M., co.,,,4EDICAL TREATISE ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND t;', ASTITUTIONAL WEAKNESS, with Practical Observa- C e s 4 e illustrated with Anatomical '- Plates in Health and C.The perusal of this work is particularly recommended to Persons lyno may entertain doubts of their physical ton or are conscious of having hazarded the health, liappi it`villnd privileges to which every man is entitled. To such prove invaluble."—Era. 63 0 J.kNIES GILBERT, 49, Paternoster-row ; H ANNAY , als o ,X Eo f i O d i d: - Streq ; MANN, 39 Cornhill ; and all Booksellers ; INTEw To u 4A urch-s Y t • reet, L'iverpool HEWOOD Oldham-street, Manchester ; and TILE INCE-HALL COMPANY'S COALS and Li`: CA NNEL may be procured as follows, viz. : ERP OOL. ........ 7, Rumford-street, 5. Crown-street, and Ejitr„„ Lightbody-street, Stanley Dock. Q ,„ HE.A.I) ...... 52, Bridge-street, and Commerce-street E .......... Demean-street. T ON, ROBY, and .rc e 4 INH ILL ....... Mr. M'Farlane, Postoffice. C° Mnany deliver their COALS within THREE miles of DISC OUNT their several Yards CARTAGE FREE , an d a ll ow a COUNT FOR CASH PAYMENT. OF FIVE PER CENT. rneertwithprompt addressed as above to the COMPA NY ' S O FFICES w ill attention. WILLIAM LAIRD, GENERAL MANAGER. Aum ford-etreet, Liverpool, October let., 1852. NEVER-FAILING REMEDY ! ROLL OWA Y'S OINTMENT! A CRIPPLE SETS ASIDE HIS CRUTCHES Coi,,, AFTER TEN YEARS' SUFFERING. ..., of a Letter from Sir. Thompson, Chemist, Liverpool, dated August 20th , 1852. Dear Sir,—l am enabled to fur till° P rofessor HOLLOWAY,— . 'la- ‘-' . and which has astonished every person ) h'l3'o,,u with a most extraordinary cure effected by your inva ae e. intment Pills, * thrown from his years ago, Mr. NV. rated wit!, the sufferer. About ten hor run lios, of Saltney-street, in this town , was an inmate bea!ie, whereby lie received very serious injuries; he had the „.I.tnedical advice at the time, and was afterwards . ma. ' olffer t • ompletely 1i..._ en infirmaries, yet he grew worse, and at length a .nant runninn• ulcer settled in his hip, which so c z`r±t)pled him, that he could not move without crutches for le. v. : l ,VY ten years; recently he began to use your Ointment. hisa i" . !_i_l , which have now healed the wound, strengthened -"ZaVT O . and enabled him to dispense with his crutches, so that vllguarlk with the greatest ease, and with renewed health I APE rr .... J. Timm esoN. ADISEA.,„XTRAORDINARY CURE or A DREADFUL SKIN Copy j" LEN ALL NIEDICAL AID HAD FAILED. o a Let r. t " ' frong 211" r ird, Draper, of Keardy, near To Professor"Winsbro', dated Jlarch Ist, 1852. children was artii°,4li-tovvety,—Sir,—Some time since, one of my and limbs. I. obtaineQh dreadful eruptions over the body and physicians, b y all of e advice of several eminent surgeons less. At length I tried 1- ‘ 7,1. ° „ 4 1 the case was considered exaggeration, the the effect wa a ~:ottnent and Pills, and without their use, all the eruptions oa r r h aus, for by persevering in Was restored to perfect beelik e i' "'"PPeared, and the chtld previously lost a child from a similar complaint, and I your medicines, she would hav e , b e Pad I in her case adopted I lappy to testify the truth of this to & en saved also. I shall be C ERTAIN REMEDY FOR SCorth''iT in quirer. —J. HIRD. ~LD LADY SEVENTY AN ASTONISHING CURE OF AN ,SIC HUMOURS—AND YEARS OF AGE OF A C°o,/ of a Letter from Messrs. Traik er 'AD LEG. To Professor HOLLOWAY,—Dear Sir .__Co-, Chemist., Bath. cares effected by the use of your vai '7 3 ' ol clot e l the numerous rt or le i t bei ghbourhood, we may mention tha icines in this an old lady living in the village of Preston, about five manyrgliis Veerated wounds in her leg for city. She had rticreased to such an alarming extent as to> And latterly they thetpedies; her health rapidly giving way defy all the usual , e endured. In this distressing condition der the suffering P. Your Ointment and Pills, and by the as s i7.. h a a n d reconrs! ce of . he._ .riendS, Was enabled to persevere in theirnseunytsilsLe received Verfect cure. We have ourselves been greau 1 .7,:, , ,. effect upon so old a person, she being above 70 astonished year at of be happy to satisfy any inquiries as to the auth s o nt' a l . 4 4 t his really wonderful case, either personally or byvleeertfteV ,alrivae in the Bath Police Force, also, has been o ie .ed of an old scorbutic affection in the face, after all le; yo,r_ns had failed. He states that it is entirely by the use of (1,14-Ointment, and speaks loudly in its praise. --We remain Th,4l!zYours faithfully, (Signed) WALKER and Co. /4„,v rills should be used conjointly with the Ointment, in b. 1 ,.0! the following cases 11 , 1 _Leg s Cancers Scalds tv B reasts Contracted and Stiff Sore Nipples Itu rl A Joints Sore Throats Ilit i Z t ont Elephantiasis Skin Diseases andof Moschetoes Fistulas t o Sand Flies Gout gocurenaeads 1(? na Y Glandular Swellings Tumours ti l i n T !cot Lumbago Ulcers th m ... atng Piles Wounds Ni'Ded Hands Rheumatism Yaws ls (oft) \ at the Establishment of Professor HOLLOWAY, 224, outl respectable %tr. d D r ,,nd, (near Temple Bar,) London, and b irgtists and Dealers in Medicines throughthe Civilized eaA, II ( I , in Pots, at Is. lid', 25. 9d., 48. fl., 11c. 2 25., and sas. s',."' There is a very considerable saying in taking the larger itl,`,ll. N.B.—Directions for the guidance of Patients Are -B ed to each Pot. B EARD'S NEW REGISTERED FOLDING STEREOSCOPE; BEARD'S ENAMELLED DAGUERREOTYPES ; BEARD'S DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAITS, from 10s. 6d. BEARD'S PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, 34, CHURCH-STREET. AIIU ,t 85, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY, 34, PARLIAMENT.. WIREILT, and ROYAL rOLYTEGUNIC INETITUTION,LONDON, Mantel. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. LOANS OF MONEY. orHE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS 1 do hereby give Notice, that they are willing to receive LOANS OF MONEY, on the Security of the Bonds of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, at the rate of 3 10s. per centum per annum interest, for periods of either Three, Five, or Seven Years. All offers to be addressed to GEORGE V. TAN TON, Esq., Treasurer of the Liverpool Docks, Dock-office, Liverpool.—By order, DANIEL MASON Secretary. Dock-office, Liverpool, February 10, 1853. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. AUDITING THE ACCOUNTS OF THE DOCK ESTATE. THE Commissioners for Auditing the Accounts of the Liverpool Dock Estate do hereby give Notice, that they are desirous of Engaging the Services of a Gentleman to fill the Situation of SPECIAL AUDITOR. The Salary will be 300 per annum ; and the successful Candidate will be required to devote the whole of his time to the duties to be performed by him * further particulars with regard to which may be ob tained from the TREASURER or SECRETARY Of the DOCK ESTATE. Applications, with Testimonials sealed, endorsed "Special Auditor," must be left at the Office of the Dock Secretary not later than 4th June next. The Commissioners will fix an early day for taking the same into consideration, but Candidates need not attend until re quested to do so. (Signed,) JOHN GORDON, Chairman of the Commissioners. Dock-office, Liverpool, 4th May. 1853. DUTY FREE.] \YEST DERBY UNION. TO' BUILDERS .4ND OTHERS. THE GUARDIANS of the WEST DERBY UNION are desirous of receiving TENDERS for the ERECTION of a STONE WALL, to enclose the Field forming the site of the Union Hospital, in West Derby-road. Plans and Specifi cations may be seen, and further particulars known, on appli cation to Mr. A. B. CLAYTON, Architect, Everton Village. Tenders, marked "Tender for Boundary Wall," to be sent to me on or before TUESDAY, the 24th instant, which will be opened on the following day. The lowest Tender will not of necessity be accepted. By order of the Board, WILLIAM CLEAVER, Union Clerk. 2, Elliot-street, Liverpool, 12th May, 1853. TO BUILDEHS. PERSONS willing to CONTRACT for the EREC TION of a NEW BRIDEWELL and FIRE-POLICE STATION, situate in Low-hill, for the Corporation of Liver pool, may ste the Plans and Specifications on application at the SURVEYOR'S OFFICE, Town-hall. Sealed Tenders for the above Works, endorsed " Tender for executing New Bridewell and Fire-Police Station, Low-hill," must be delivered at the above office, on or before twelve o'clock at noon, onyainAv, the 27th instant. The Committee will not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender. Surveyor's Office, Town-hall, May 14th, 1853. Ensurana Notices. SCOTTISH WIDOW'S' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. THE THIRTY- NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL COURT of this Society will be held within Gibbs' Royal Hotel, Prince's-street, on FRIDAY the 27th day of May next, at two o'clock, p.m., in terms of, and for the purposes specified in, the Articles of Constitution of the Society. The Bonus Additions to the existing Policies for the Fifth Septennial period of Investigation, ending the 31st December last, will then be declared. Edinburgh, April, 1853. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. E SOCIETY, LONDON. SUN LIFE ASSURANC MANA, GERS. In, Esq., Chairman. Felix Ladbroke, Esq. Henry F. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Henry Littledale, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. Brice Pearse, Esq. Charles Richard Pole, Esq. Lambert Pole, Esq. Charles Ranken, Esq. 'Henry Rich, Esq., M.P. 'John Shepherd, Esq. Henry Stuart, Esq., M.P. 'Claude George Thornton, Esq. SHARE OF PROFITS INCREASED CHARLES BELL FOl The Right Hon. W. Beresford, M.P. Hon. P. Pleydell Bouverie Harry Chester, Esq. Samuel Pepys Cockerel!, Esq. Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P. John Drummond, Esq. Russell Ellice, Esq. William Franks, Esq. William R. Hamilton, Esq. Capt. H. G. Hamilton, R.N. Joseph Hoare, Esq. FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS. The Managers beg to remind the Public that Persons effecting Policies with this Society now, or BEFORE MIDSUMMER, 1853, will participate in FOUR-FIFTHS of the Nett Profits of the So ciety at the NEXT DIVISION, in proportion to their contribu tions to those profits, and according to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other old-established Offices, and insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in addition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of premiums. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Offices, in Threadneedle street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. AGENTS. LIVERPOOL f Mr. NICH. D. BOLD. 4, Exchange-street West. 1 Mr. WM. HUSON, Royal Bank-buildings. Blackburn, Mr. Wm. Stones,lLancaster, Mr. Richard Bond. Builder. Manchester and Chorley, Mr. Blackpool, Mr. E. H. Brooke. Frederick C. Hulton. Bolton, Mr. Giles Cross, and Prescot, Mr. Edmund Ward, Mr. A. Ferguson, Clerk to Solicitor. the Bolton Bank. Preston. Mr. James Hayes and Burnley, Mr. It. Holdsworth, Mr. Henry Jennings. Agent to Leeds Union Canal Rochdale,Mr. J. H.Lancashire. Company. Staleybridgeand Ashton-under- Bury, Messrs. Woodcock and Lyne, Mr. W. Butterworth. Son, and Mr. Thomas Cromp. , Stockport, Mr. Samuel Hunt. ton. lUlverstone, Mr. H. Remington. Chorley, Mr. John Winder ands Warrington, Mr. Thos. Smith, Mr. Richard Jackson. Wine Merchant, and Mr. J. Douglas, Isle of Man, Mr. W. Ashton. F. Moore. Wigan and Ormskirk, Mr. F. Holyhead, Mr. 0. Owens. Dutton. T HE AGE ASSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL, £lOO,OOO. INCORPORATED PURSANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CHIEF OFFICE-64, CHANCERY-LANE, LONDON. DIRECTORS OF THE LONDON BOARD. John Best, Esq., Chairman. The Rev. George Roberts, Deputy-Chairman. W. F. Buchanan, Esq. Captain Faris. Frederic Kelly, Esq. William Montresor, Esq. Francis New, Esq., Managing Director. Consulting Actuary.—E. Ryley, Esq., F.R.A.S. Bankers.—The London and County Bank, 21, Lombard-street. Physician.—Walter Hayle Wslsbe, Esq., 40, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square. Surgeon.—W. B. Hutchinson, Esq., 70, Guildford-street, Russell-square. Soliciton—Joseph Ivimey, Esq., 30, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane. Secretary.—Edward Robinson, Esq. LIVERPOOL BRANCH—OFFICE, 21, SOUTH CAsTLE-STREET, Medical Officer.—Dr. Douglas Cohen, 16, Hardy•street, Great George-square. ?Manager.—P. Sewell, Esq. THE INDISPUTABILITY OF POLICIES in the AGE is secured by the Provisions of the Deed of Settle ment, a copy of which can beseen at the Office, or at any Agent's. Provision in case of DEATH or ACCIDENT. All objections to Assurance removed. Life Policies are payable with INTEREST from the day of the Death of the Assured. The accidental omisiiOn to pay a Premium is not taken ad rantage of by the AGE. On DEATH by ACCIDENT the sum assured is increased 50 per Cent., and ON DEATH BY RAILWAY ACCIDENT IB DOUBLED. PROBATE, ADMINISTRATION, and LEGACY DUTIES are SAVED by the peculiar plan adopted by the AGE. This will be found a very important saving on the Death of the Assured, and the Executors, or Administrators, or Creditors, or next of Kin, will have no Claim IF A NOMINATION BE MADE. The great Advantages this affords, for various purposes, will be seen on reflection. FRACTIONAL PARTS OFA YEAR allowed in calculating age. The GREAT ADVANTAGES _given by the AGE have been fully appreciated by the Public, and a LARGE and RAPIDLY INCREASING BUSINESS has been the result. THE PROFITS applicable to Policies will be divided amongst those entitled, according to the time they may have .been in force, and it will be found ADVANTAGEOUS TO EF FECT POLICIES SPEEDILY. All information may be obtained by application toP. SEWELL, Esq., Manager—Office, 21, South Castle -street, Liverpool. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN, AND FIELD MARSHAL HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, K.G., K.T., K.P., G.C.8., AND G.C.M.G. T HE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, AND EAST INDIA LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established A. D. 1837, forG EN ERAL ASSURANCE on LIVES. 13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. DIRECTORS. Colonel Sir Frederic Smith. K.H., F.R.S., R.E., Chairman. James Frederick Nugent Daniell, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. Admiral of the Fleet, Me Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.B. General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., Deputy Adjutant General Royal Artillery. Capt.SirGeo. Back, R.N., F. R.S. Wilbraham Taylor, Esq. Lieut.Gen.Taylor,C.B.,E.l.C.S Major-Gen.SirJno.Rolt,K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen.Ed.Wyndyard,C.B. Maj.F.S.Sotheby.C.B.,E.I.C.S. Lieut.-Gen. Arnold, K.H.,K.C.ILieut.- Gen.SirG.Pollock,G.C.B Archibald Hair, Esq., M.D iCaptain William Cuppage,R.N. Captain William Lancey, R.E. Captain Michael Quin, R.N. Wm. Chard, Esq., Navy Agent.' BANKERS—MesSIS. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. PHYsiclAN—Robert Lee, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., 4, Saville-row. COUNSEL — J. Measure, Esq.,4,Serle-street,Lincoln's-inn-fields, SOLICITORS—NIessrs. Garrard and James, 13, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East. ACTUARY—John Finlaison, Esq,,.President of the Institute of Actuaries. ASSURANCES are granted upon the lives of persons in every profession and station in life, and for every part of the world, with the exception of the Western Coast of Africa within the Tropics. The Rates of Premiums are constructed upon sound princi ples with reference to every Colony; and, by payment of a moderate addition to the Home Premium, in case of increase of risk, persons assured in this office may change from on: climate to another, without forfeiting their Policies. Four-fifths of the Profits are divided amongst the Assured. TABLE 1. EXHIBITS THE NECESSARY PREMIUMS FOR THE ASSURANCE OF £lOO ON A SINGLE LIFE. Annual Pre- 1 Annual Pre- For I For mium for the J mium for the Age. One Year. Seven Years. whole of Life, whole of Life, without Profi ts with Profits. --- -- Xs. d. X 5. d. X s. d. X 8. d. 15 014 9 016 6 i 1 910 115 2 20 0 17 7 0 19 7 ‘ 1 13 11 1 19 5 25111130 1 18 7 2 4 3 30 i 14 4 16 7 23 11 29 9 35 1 8 2 1 10 6 2 10 6 2 16 6 40 1 12 0 1 14 2 218 3 3 4 5 45 1 15 9 2 0 5 3 9 3 3 15 7 502462104 4 3 3 4 9 S 55 215 1 3 3 4 5 018 5 7 6 60 3 11 0 4 5 11 6 5 6 6 12 6 JOSEPH CARTWRIGHT BRETTEL, Secretary. MEDICAL REFEREES FOR LIVERPOOL, Viz. :- ROBERT BICKERSTETH, Esq., M. 1)., Rodney-street. EDWARD BATTY, Esq., 34, Stafford-street. AGENTS. HUGH BROWN, Esq.. Spekeland-buildings. JOHN A. BENCKE, Esq., 2, Hargreaves-buildings. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1853. A GRAND SELECTION OF MUSIC will be performed at the PHILHARMONIC HALL, THIS EVENING,(TuEsn.4.x), the 17th instant, including MENDELSSOHN'S FINALE TO LORELEY. the celebrated writer of the Protestant letter to the BISHOP OP DURHAM, which excited so much Romanist rancour. But the arguments upon which the Ministerial Leader of the House of Commons based his opposition to the measure, form one of the most singular features in the discussion; for while they evidence the consummate tact for which he is notorious, they afford a proof of that utter destitu tion of principle, and that base truckling to expe diency which have always thrown suspicion upon his professions, and rendered a Liberal Government the most dangerous enemy to English liberty. The ex perience of history is all to go for nothing,—the most glaring instances of tyranny and intimidation, for the basest purposes, are altogether disregarded. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has only one object in view—to maintain a Parliamentary majority by the aid of the Romish Brigade, whose price he can so well ascertain —and he would not believe that our Romanist fellow-subjects were so indifferent to political freedom and so destitute of the feelings of humanity, that they would willingly see our laws set at nought, and lend no assistance towards the liberation of their own relations. He may be quite right, but his arguments are altogether wide of the question. We believe with him that our fellow-subjects who profess the Romish religion, may be as zeal ous as ourselves in defence of their persdnal liberties, but they are the victims in the matter, and require that assistance from the legislature whicb they are unable to obtain for themselves, and which a Liberal Government has, as far as it could, refused to give them. The real offenders are not our fellow-subjects, but crafty and tyrannical priests, who own no allegiance but to the BISHOP OF ROME, and who do not attempt to defend their position but upon the absurd plea of spiritual authority, which is made the instrument of the most grinding despOtism the world ever saw. It may be said, and indeed it is assumed by the pro fessing Liberals who joined the Minister in his ineffectual opposition, that such a measure is a gratuitous insult, inasmuch as it has not been called for by those for whose benefit it has been proposed. Their helplessness in this respect con stitutes the necessity for the enactment. Such an argument might with equal force have been applied to the bill for the protection of women and young persons en - gaged in mining operations and children employed in factories. Their parents would never have demanded a restriction against the means by which they gratified their cupidity at the expense of their helpless offspring, but the humanity of the Legislature interfered, and, unasked, threw the shield of its protection over those whose very weakness and inability to demand a remedy constituted the strongest grounds for its being granted. So in this case, the pitiable victims immured in Nunneries have no power to avail themselves of the boasted privilege of habeas corpus, nor even to make known their griefs, and so long as they and theirs remain under that spiritual thraldom, that slavish superstition which is the stronghold of Romish influence, their groans are unheard, their sorrows unredressed, and they become at once the victims and the instruments of their own degradation, unless the strong arm of the law be interposed to rescue them from perpetual imprisonment, and restore to them their birth right of light and liberty. It is a shame that—with the exception of Spain and Portugal, which are sunk in the lowest depths of mental de gradation—Protestant England is the only country in Europe where Nunneries are permitted to exist without the pale of legal supervision ; that—with the exception of Turkey—England is the only country where the Jesuits are permitted to practise their nefarious arts unchecked ; and yet it is for the maintenance of such a system that the pseudo Pro testant Lord JOHN RUSSELL iS found exhausting his ingenious sophistry, and lending all the weight of his ministerial influence. Will Englishmen, and copecidlly the liberty-loving Radicals, never have their eyes open to the folly of which they are guilty in supporting the present Administration, that heterogeneous compound of pretended Liberals, renegade Conservatives, ultra Puseyites, and avowed Romanists ? Principles have been thrown to the winds, but we have the satisfaction of being able to record the fact that, through the votes of the Conservatives and some few Ministerialists, who had more honour than their leaders, the motion was carried by a respectable majority, in spite of the combination against it. PRINCIPAL VOCALISTS: Miss LOUISA PYNE and Herr STAUDIGL. SOLO CONCERTINA: Signor GUILIO REGONDI. Galleries opened to the Public, UNDRESS. Front Seats, ss. ; Back, 2s. 6d. See advertisement in another page. TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. MY LORDS, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN, IN offering myself for one of the appointments nowva cant as HONORRAY SURGEON to the LIVERPOOL DIS PENSARIES, I respectfully solicit your Vote and Interest on the Day of Election. If successful, my best efforts shall be to further the object of the Institutions. I have the honour to subscribe myself, Your obedient Servant, 4, Moss-street. HENRY HULME. PARLIA'SIENTARY CONSPIRACY. BRIBING THE IRISH MEMBERS. IT is not long since a charge was openly made u o c f ea the Whig the Irish s a e g c a t i i n o s n t members to vote agai n s t Mr . DISRAELI ' S Bud g et, osfointl:e o C f a t h h i e ne le t a , d o i f ng ha m v e in m g b i e n r d s u which proposed to extend the Income - tax to Ir e l and , the implied promise that the succeeding Minis try would retain the exemption of Ireland from the impost. Upon this charge being repeated in .the House of Commons, the truth of it was distinctly and emphatically denied both by Lord JOHN Rus- SELL and by Mr. HAYTER, the Whig-Radical whipper-in, and for a time the public, who were unaware of the casuistry of parliamentary denials, believed the whole charge to be a malicious slander. From a conversation, however, which took place in the House of Commons, on Thursday last, the statement appears to be not altogether without foundation. Several of the Irish members gave their own version of the conversations on the sub ject which had taken place, and which Mr. HAYTER did not deny ; and though it was admitted that the statements made by the supposed representative of the Whig-Radical party did not amount to an actual engagement, enough was said to lead the Irish members to the belief that such was intended, and several of them avowed that they gave their votes against Mr. DISRAELI'S Budget, because they distinctly understood one of their own body to say, that he had authority to state that, if the effect of the votes of Irish members were to throw out Lord DERBY'S Government, in the event of a Whig Government coming into office, the Income-tax would not be extended to Ireland. Admitting this account to be true, it displays a treachery on the part of the Whigs':of which even their enemies hardly believed them to be capable, and a systematic corruption and subsequent betrayal which out rivals the days of Sir ROBERT WALPOLE. All that the denial amounts to is the actually making of a promise, but the inference was allowed to be drawn ; and when we bear in mind the bribery, by implication, which has been con sidered sufficient to unseat Mr. MARE for Plymouth, because he is a Conservative, we may demand the same measure of justice for those who are Ministerial leaders. Mr. HAYTER was known to be the whipper-in of the Whig-Radical party, and consequently the man through whom communica tions with the several sections of Liberalism were usually made; and though, with diplomatic caution, he carefully guarded himself against any admissions which might prove inconvenient, he said enough for the bait:to take, and the Brigade votes made up that majority which unseated the Conservative Administration. The scheme was successful, as far as concerns those who held out the lure, but the Irish members gained nothing by their motion. They ousted Mr. DISRAELI, who would have laid on the burden very lightly, and admitted Mr. GLADSTONE, who has not only imposed a heavier Income-tax, but added to the burdens of Ireland an additional duty of eightpence per gallon on Spirits. Such are the fruits of Whig truckling to Irish agitation ; and such are the members of the Imperial Legislature returned by priestly influence and intimidation. With parties otherwise so nicely balanced, that the Conservatives had the bare ma jority, this faction of Rornish representatives have just sufficient strength to turn the scale on either side; and being open to the highest bidder, as they were when the notorious Lichfield-house compact was entered into, they readily seized upon the bait which was laid for them, and selling their prin ciples, found, when too late, that they had sold themselves. To take the mildest view of the affair, it was disgraceful to those concerned in it, and justified the anxiety which was felt to bring the dis cussion to a close, as one which would reflect no credit on a British House of Commons, though, unhappily, it is a complaint for which it would be hopeless to expect a remedy. MR. GLADSTONE'S FINANCIAL POLICY. AFTER a lengthened debate, during which several amendments to the proposed Income Tax Were dis cussed and finally defeated, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has carried the resolutions for this portion of his Budget; and on Thursday he proceeded to enter upon the next important item of imposing a duty on Successions to Real Property. As this proposal will also meet with much opposi tion, and as the Whitsuntide recess has interposed another delay, we may anticipate that the Session will be far advanced before the whole scheme will have received the fiat of Parliamentary approval, more particularly as several of the items have to undergo modification. In entering at large into a defence of his scheme to subject real property to legacy duty, Mr. GLADSTONE dwelt with much apparent sin cerity upon the alleged inequality of the present system ; but it must be remembered that though now exempt from legacy ('uty, real property is subject to charges from which personal property is free, and even when compared with leasehold houses and lands, the latter has always been pur chased at a lower price than freehold, on account of the exemption, so that those who have pur chased freehold property on the security of the existing law, have paid more for the fee simple on account of the freedom from legacy duty, and, if the proposition should be carried, will have the tax imposed on them. Mr. GLADSTONE has esti mated the ultimate yield of this tax at two millions a year; but it has been asserted by good authorities that it will produce considerably more, and, if so, it will he imposing new and heavy burdens upon land, although the promises of Sir ROBERT PEEL to make compensation for the Repeal of the Corn Laws are still unredeemed. PROSPECTS OF BIRKENHEAD. THE prospect which was held out a short time since of an amicable arrangement for a transfer of the Birkenhead Docks to the Liverpool Dock Trustees, seems, for the present at least, to be set aside, owing to the extravagant demands of the Birken head proprietors, upon which we commented last week, and which were brought before the Dock Committee on Thursday, when they "declined to accede to the terms named, as being excessive, and having no reference to the real value of the pro perty to which those terms refer." This result is to be regretted, not only on account of the trade of the port, which might be materially benefited by having dock accommodation on both sides of the Mersey, under one management, but also on ac count of the town of Birkenhead, which is suffering from the evil of having several companies, whose interest is to act in unison, but whose practice seems to be to destroy one another. The disputes and litigation which appear so rife between the Birkenhead Dock Trustees and the Dock and Ware house Company afford strong evidence of the neces sity of placing all the interests under one manage ment, or they will succeed in driving from the place every one who would be of most advantage to it. Mr. LAIRD, by his skill and enterprise in the building of iron steam-ships, has done much to improve the neighbourhood by the employment of a large number of workmen, whose wages circulate in the locality, but obstacles are thrown in his way which may result in driving him elsewhere. The Patent Candle Company, who were about to establish a factory which would give employment to eight hundred workmen, have prudently withdrawn from the scene of senseless litigation, and gone several miles further up the river; and any similar attempt to benefit Birkenhead will be hopeless, so long as the representatives of the several Dock Interests are acting in antagonism to one another, in the defence of pretended rights. Litigation on such subjects is bad enough when confined to in dividuals, but it is infinitely worse when carried on by public bodies, whose interests ought to be identical, and the only solution of the difficulty is to place the whole under one management, as was sought to be done by the proposed transfer of the whole of the Dock property to Liverpool. It may be remarked that one of the principal causes of the commercial greatness of our town arises from the simple fact of the whole of the Dock property being under the same control. Had the several Docks been the property of individual companies, the con sequence might have been ceaseless disputes and litigation, from which we are happily free; and if Birkenhead would share in our advantages, and attain that position, to which, by her favourable locality she is so well entitled, it can only be effected by pursuing a similar course, and entrusting her Dock property to a management which has worked so well, and produced such magnificent results. With reference to the value of the acqui sition, we may observe, that Liverpool has, from necessity perhaps, neglected a branch of trade which might have been carried on to a considerable ex tent, and under much more favourable circum stances than attach to most ports. While our Docks have been crowded with the shipping of all nations, but little has been done to add to the Mercantile Marine, and our Shipowners have been compelled to go to distant places to purchase ships, which might have been built at home, and furnished employment to a large additional population. This has arisen, in a great measure, from the want of available space, which is still being required for Dock extension ; but much would be gained from an acquisition of the other side of the Mersey, and we might then reasonably anticipate as rapid a progressive increase for the future, as has taken place within the last ten years. TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, T BEG to offer myself as a Candidate for the appoint ment' of HONORARY SURGEON to your DISPEN SARIES at the approaching Election. Soliciting the favour of your Votes and Interest, • I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your very obedient Servant, L. E. DESMOND, 8.A., L.R.C.S.I. Edge Hill, May 16, 1853. NEW CHURCH IN LEIGH, LANCASHIRE. AT a PUBLIC MEETING of the Parishioners of Leigh, held in the Town-hall, on MONDAY, the 15th March, 1852, JAMES POWNALL, Esq., in the chair, it was unanimously resolved, that a SUBSCRIPTION be OPENED, for the purpose of ERECTING and ENDOWING a NEW CHURCH, to meet the peculiar and urgent wants of the popu lous parish of Leigh ; and a Committee was appointed to carry out the resolution. COMMITTEE. JAMES POWNALL, Esq., Chairman, Pennington-hall, Leigh. J. S. TURNER GREENE, Esq—The Hallhouses, Bedford, Leigh. Wm. CHARLES JONES, Esq., Treasurer, Walinsleys, Leigh. Rev. A. HEWLETT, M.A., Astley Parsonage. RICHARD MARSH, Esq., WeStleigh-hall. RICHARD GUEST, Esq., Etherstone-hall. Mr. CHARLES WIDDOWS, Market-street, Leigh. Mr. HENRY JONES, Secretary, King-street, Leigh. BANKERS. Messrs. LLOYD, ENTWISTLE, and Co,. Manchester. Messrs. JONESLLOYD, and Co., Lothbury, London. The Committee appointed for the purpose of Building and Endowing a New Church in the neighbourhood of Leigh, feels it an incumbent duty, when soliciting the support of the public, to carry out a design unanimously sanctioned by a crowded meeting of the inhabitants, shortly to point out the grounds upon which they ask for assistance. The ancient market-town of Leigh stands in the adjoining townships of Pennington and Westleigh ' • but by the increase of building, a portion of the township of Bedford has become absorbed in the town ; and it is intended to build a Church in such a situation as most conveniently to provide for the spiritual wants of this dense and increasing population, in the above-named townships. They contain, according to the last census, nearly 14,000 inhabitants, and the Church accommoda tion is scarcely sufficient for one-sixth of that number. Although the Committee might confidently appeal to the Members of the Church of England for support, on the ground of inadequate accommodation for the existing and rapidly increasing population, it feels that this neighbourhood has peculiar claims on the sympathy of all who are sincere friends of the Protestant faith, as recognised in the teachings of the Church of England. The religious state of this district has long been painfully notorious, and the necessity for change has become imminent. The hulk of the people, though attached to the Church, will not, and most of them cannot conscientiously, attend the consecrated Churches in the above-named town ships. Amongst other things, they cannot reconcile them selves to the dogma that the Clergyman alone is the Church ; nor to the importation of novelties into the service, pertina ciously and offensively . introduced ; they cannot reconcile themselves to the capricious and arbitrary refusals to christen, marry, and bury the parishioners; nor to the harsh denuncia tions of eternal perdition over the dying; they cannot reconcile themselves to the preaching of inflammatory and abusive dis courses, nor to the frequent absurdities of the so-called cate chetical questions during the Church Service. By proceedings such as these, they feel that the influence of the Church of England has become weakened, and its people either scattered amongst other denominations, or withered into indifference.by a worship of form, with scarcely any of the essentials of Chris tianity. The labouring classes have especially . felt some of these grievances. Their instincts towards religion,—their affections towards their relatives, dying and dead—have been slighted and outraged; and when in their afflictions they have looked for comfort, or at least kindness, and when their broken spirits have welcomed instr"ction, sorrows have been heaped upon them by hard language and personal insult. The Committee asks for foreign aid. The neighbourhood may emphatically be termed a poor one. It ventures to crave assistance from all who hold Protestantism (at once the religion of true liberty and of Christ) dear and sacred; it craves, nay, it imploringly calls for assistance, from all who wish to exclude and to repel from the Church of England, those tenets, which, enunciated from the pulpits of some churches, consecrated to Protestant Worship, according to the doctrines and accustomed rites of the Church of Eng land, are calculated to impair and to destroy its purity, and to revive Romanian]. In conclusion, the Committee presents one fact, with thank fulness and exultation • at the Meeting which passed the resolution which has evoked this appeal, the labouring classes upon hearing that it was determined that the Protestant faith, according to the doctrines and discipline of the Church of England, untainted by Tiactarianism and its brood of evils, should be preached in the proposed Church, earnestly responded by instantaneously subscribing towards its erection. And, by the blessing of God, the Committee hopes that their desires may be abundantly fulfilled. Donations will be thankfully received by the Bankers, Treasurer, or any Member of the Committee. HENRY JONES, Secretary. The cost of the Building will be - 4 1,800. Purchase of Land 5OO. Church Furniture, with Fence Walls, about 5OO. Endowment previous to Consecration, must be 1,000. A Parsonage House will also be required. The Subscriptions, including the grant of ..e'coo from it.. Manchester Diocesan Church Building Society, amount to little more than one-half the sum that will be required. The Foundation- Stone of the New Churcl h we requesti 1 9 t li h e 1 a n i s d t b an y t t a h al the E R l i e tt . a o . n m . and L t f e o rd, on Committee Thursday, earnestly friends of the undertaking will be present on the occasion. Coymillee-rooms, Town-hall, Leigh, May 9, 1833. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. The following extracts from Testimonials are proofs of thegreat efficacy of this Medicine. That from Garrett Foster Gill, Esq., 157, New Bond-street, London, concludes by saying— . " Whenever I feel any symptoms of the disease approaching I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to me is so valuable that, were it not that the days of magic have ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. Moreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suffered; but, on the contrary, I believe the tendency of Blair's Pills is towards its improvement." " Twelve years ago," writes Mr. Blake, ofKingscliffe, North amptonshire, " I bcame afflicted with rheumatic gout, and I procured the best advice possible. but without deriving benefit ; and the doctors recommended me to go to the Stamford Infir mary, where I continued twelve weeks, and left it without obtaining any benefit, and all my hope of relief had vanished. This hopeless state of things continued until a friend advised me to try Blair's Pills. I then lost no time in sending to Mr. Mortlock, of Stamford, for a box; and by the time I had taken that quantity I got rid of one crutch. I then sent for another box, which enabled me to throw away the other; and thank God I have never since had such an attack." Mr. William Courtney, of Barton Stacey, Hants, says—" I had resort to your Pills, and within two hours I was quite easy. The use of these Pills ought really to be known all over the world. I have a brother, a young man, that suffers horribly with it, and his greatest relief and preventive has been your Pills." John J. Giles, Esq., of Frimley, near Bagshot, says—" Hav ing suffered much from acute Rheumatism, I was induced to try your Blair's Pills, and beg to bear my humble testimony to their efficacy, not only in my own case, but in several of my friends, who have taken them on my recommendation." Mr. John Gardiner, Advertiser Office, Wisbeach, writes— "A customer of mine, Mr. William Cooper, of Walso ken-road, Wisbeach, informs me that he has been troubled with severe attacks of Gout for many years. During the last attack, a few weeks ago, he was recommended to try Blair's Gout Pills. At that time he states that he had not slept for twenty-four hours, and the pain was like being racked with a hand-saw. After taking four of the pills he felt complete ease. He continued to take them, and has suffered no further from the disorder." _ _ Sold by all respectable Medicine Venders. Price 2s. 9d. per box.—Observe that " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," is impressed upon the Government Stamp. Kiberpoot -!-ztanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1853. INSPECTION OF NUNNERIES.-DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT. ONE of the most satisfactory evidences of a return to a better feeling in the House of Commons was •exhibited on Tuesday, when the motion of Mr. T. CHAmlsEas for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the recovery of personal liberty in certain cases, was carried by a majority of 140 to 117, notwith standing the opposition of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his Romanist allies and the adverse votes of the members of the Government. The Bill is spe cially directed against Nunneries and other Monas tic Institutions in this country, which are noto riously on the increase; and the remedy proposed is that the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment shall have the power of appointing one or more persons (where there are reasonable grounds to infer the exercise of coercion and restraint towards any female anywhere), to go, in company with a justice of the peace, to the house, see the party, ascertain the facts, and, if necessary, put the ordinary law in force by writ of Habeas Corpus. It might have been thought that in a country like England, where a jealous regard for the liberty of the subject is a popular passion, forming the burden of our national songs, and constituting, as it were, a national sentiment almost peculiar to Great Britain, such a motion, which proposed to remedy an evident deficiency of the law to provide against a flagrant and growing abuse, would have met with no opposition but from rabid Romanists. If nunneries were not the prisons, or something worse, to which ardent Protestant writers have compared them, there would have been nothing to dread from the inspection which could only originate from reasonable grounds of suspicion, and we might have accepted the version of Lord E. HOWARD, that the iron bars and other accessories of the dungeon, with which these places are secured, were designed rather to keep intruders out than to confine the inmates. The Bill , however , met with other opposition from professing Liberals, and from THE ROMISH CONTROVERSY. A meeting on this subject was announced to be held on Tuesday last, in the Tabernacle, Bispham-street ; but the owner of the building would not allow it to be used for the purpose, and, in consequence, the proceedings took place in Circus-street, Mr. HUGHES in the chair. Mr. O'DONNELL was the first speaker, and commenced by directing the attention of the meeting to the letters to and from Dr. M'NetnE in the Liverpool Standard of that day. Mr. JOHN MACDOSALD afterwards addressed the meeting. We have notes of all the proceedings by our own reporter, but the speakers indulged in such extraor dinary statements, couched in such extreme language, that a regard fcr our readers prevents us from doing more than referring to the fact. It has, however, removed any doubt of Dr. M`NExnz having arrived at a correct con clusion in deciding not to consent to oral discussion. Some allowance might he made for party zeal, but when the warmth of debate melts all the barriers which are ordinarily imposed by civilisation to preserve the decencies of society, the partisans are better confined to the colder proprieties of written language. Some further corres pondence on this subject will be found in another column. MR. CARDWELL'S SHIPPING BILLS. Thursday next is the day appointed for the House of Commons to go into committee on the Merchant Shipping Bill, and also on the Pilotage Bill ; hut, as the details of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget have not yet been gone through, the Shipping interest must wait. Several members have given notice of their intention t o move amendments, so that the discussion on these mea sures is likely to occupy some time. ith reference to the enlistment of Merchant Seamen in the Royal Navy, Mr. HUTT proposes the following clause : " Whereas, it is expedient that seamen should no longer be permitted to desert the vessels in which3,ltah.ey gaged for the purpose of entering into her are en vice, be it enacted, that the fiftieth and fifty-firsttle:tisoenr: of the act of the eighth year of her present Alajesty, chap. 112, shall be repealed; bud it shall not be lawful for any 5 officer in her Majesty's service knowingly to permit or encourage any seaman to leave the vessel in which he iS engaged ; and every seaman leaving his ship and entering into her Majesty's service shall be liable to all the penal ties of desertion, any law or custom notwithstanding." It is almost needless to remark that such a law would be a manifest injustice to the seamen, and it may be a serious detriment to the Royal Navy. Desertion shpuld by no means be encouraged, but British seamen should know that they could find protection under the British flag. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH SESSIONS. THE RECORDER ON JUVENILE CRIME, AND LADIES' DRESS POCKETS. The Borough Quarter Sessions commenced yesterday in the new Assize Courts, St. George's-hall, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., Recorder. There were ninety five prisoners for trial charged with felony, and four with misdemeanours. Of the prisoners for trial none bad received a superior education ; five could read and write well ; forty-six imperfectly ; twelve could read, but not write ; and thirty-six could neither read nor write. The following gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury :—John Mather, lead and copper merchant, Back Goree, foreman; Samuel Beckwith, broker, Tower -buildings ; Wm. Barry, merchant, Exchange-buildings ; Edward Brodripp, t ea merchant, North John-street ; Christopher Bushell, wine broker, North John-street; Robert C. Crosbie, merchant, Tower-buildings ; Wm. Leigh Clare, broker, Exchange buildings ; Frederick Chapple, merchant, Water-street ; Samuel Cherry, corn-broker, Fenwick.street ; John Finch the younger, iron-merchant, Cook-street ; Thomas Froste, merchant, Castle-street ; John Lord Howard, broker, Dean-street, Fairfield ; James Little, rectifier, Vernon-street ; Ed ward Johnstone, merchant, Tower buildings North ; Wm. Griffith Leete, broker, Sweeting street ; Wm. Jeffery Lockett, merchant, Islington ; R. A. Macfie, sugar-refiner, Bachelor-street ; Robert Mason, broker, Tithebarn-street ; Henry Newman, merchant, Canning-place ; Daniel Powell, corn-merchant, North John-street. The RECORDER, in addressing the Grand Jury, said that the calendar on this occasion contained the names of 100 persons sent for trial, who had been committed within two months ; this, therefore, would be at the rate of 600 prisoners a year—a number less than were sent to the Sessions last year, and considerably less than in the four years preceding, when the number averaged 900 an nually. He might add that the cases were also of a lighter character than before. If these indications might he trusted, there was much ground for satisfaction, because it would seem that, at a time when the commerce of this port was beyond all parallel, and when the imports and exports exceeded those of the metropolis, the benefits of commercial enterprise extended themselves to the hum bler classes, and acted as a preventative of crime. He hoped this was the state of the case at the present time in this town, bet, even if it was, still we must not rest satisfied on the subject, nor relax in the least in our efforts for the repression of crime. This borough had always labcured under this disadvantage, that the arrange ments of our prison were of such a kind as to render the indiscriminate association of prisoners unavoidable ; and although the gentleman who acted as chaplain pursued his labours with an almost unparalleled zeal, his efforts, as well as those of the governor, were prevented from having their due effect. It was, therefore, with great pleasure that he now saw the new prison drawing to a completion, so as to admit of the introduction of the separate system. As tar as he (the Recorder) had been able to form an opinion, the evidence was very strong in favour of the separate system, and he did not think that the adminis tration of justice would be fully provided for until they saw the separate system carried out. He some years ago assisted the Council in providing the prison which was now erecting, and he hoped that every exertion would be made to bring it to an early and a successful completion. Now, although it was a frightful thing for people to get themselves into prison, he had more anxiety about those out of prison than the offenders within its walls. They found some people often coming to prison, it was true, and eventually getting transported. Still, he could not doubt that imprisonment, and a rigorous administration of the law, had a good effect upon a community. Sup pose that, for a week, there was no provision made for the administration of justiet3—that the police did not inter fere with criminals, and that there was no restraint, no doubt a sense of moral restraint would prevent the mass of our population from committing crime, but there would be those—afraid of the law—who, in this case, would break out into the most frightful excesses against society, and it must therefore be seen that the due administration of the law did a great deal for the safety and decent regulation of society. Nevertheless, he by no means overlook e d th e very great importance of reformatory establishments in such a town as Liverpool. No doubt it was highly desir able to have such institutions, but he was afraid they were not to be considered the only advantages which they must provide in order to prevent crime. For example, sometimes a young man was brought before him who had been attempting to steal a quantity of money, and was penitent. lie admitted the crime, and expressed his sorrow for it. Now he would willingly say to such a young man, " Go, and sin no more,' but if he did so, what might be thought by other young persons viciously disposed ? He (the Recorder) could not discharge such a person. lie might be glad to see him penitent, but he must inflict a punishment on him as an example, and for the purpose of deterring others. The calendar, on the present occasion, contained the cases of several juvenile offenders, although he was glad to say not so many as on some former occasisns. Latterly much attention had been given in this town to the establishment of a reformatory institution, and the subject had been urged on the atten tion of Government. That some such institution was required he was ready to admit, at the same time it was clear to him that they must not rest satisfied that that was the only thing they had to do. There were other points which must be attended to in order to stay juvenile de linquency. In Liverpool, 400 fresh juvenile offenders were yearly added to the list of crime. Supposing the y put all those cases into a reformatory, for three or four years, and bring them up. A very desirable thing, no doubt. But would it stop the flowing of the stream ? As it seemed to him, it would hardly have any tendency that way. For why should there not next year be a similar number of new cares ? Nay, more, when they knew that in one district alone in the town it was ascertained that there were 2,000 poor children unprovided for, might not the providing of a reformatory alone ac tually tend to increase the number of juvenile delin quents ? What he said was that it did not go to the root of the evil. Suppose they put 400 children into a refor matory next year, 400 the year afterwards, and 400 the year after that again, what did it all amount to, if they did not go to the root of the evil? The question was, what were the causes of juvenile delinquency ? If they endea voured to grapple with the causes of crime, they would do much more effectual good. Upon inquiry he found that one cause was that children were sadly neglected by their parents. It was found, upon visiting their houses, that the father was a drunkard, neglecting his family, and that was one cause why the child became a juvenile thief. Any thing they could do to stay the progress of drunkenness was of the highest importance. He might say that every crime in the calendar could be traced to drunkenness. Having referred to a case of wounding in the calendar, in which a man had neatly lost his life, and which origi nated in a public house, the Recorder said he lamented the inordinate number of licensed public houses and the free trade in beer, which enabled wen, without character, to keep such houses. He had said that the drunken habits of parents was one cause of juvenile crime. The improper exposure of property at the shops was another cause. Children, living in country villages, had not the same temptations as they had in this town, where shop keepers were in the habit of blocking up their doorways with their property. This was no fancy of his. There was a shopkeeper, named Lewis, who would come before them in connexion with one of the cases which they had to investigate. Now he (the Recorder) had recently ascertained that no less than ten persons had been convicted for stealing goods exposed at his door. This gentleman was a wealthy man, who had, he believed, made a fortune in the business, and it perhaps might not mat ter to him that ten or fifteen young persons had been con. victed for stealing from the doors of his premises, who would, very likely, not have been convicted at all had he kept his property inside his premises. He could name many cases of a similar kind. In the year ISSO, from a return lie was in possession of, he found that 218 juvenile offenders were brought before the magistrates for stealing from shop doors, a very large proportion of the whole. In the same year, 7S clildren were brought before the magistrates for stealing cotton, the great staple of this town ; and any person who had seen the carters stepping into public-houses, whilst ragged children were fol lowing their carts, need not feel any surprise at thees robberies. This cottora was taken to the marine-store dealers, who readily purchased it. Now, if the carters paid any attention to their duties, a simple crack of the whip might prevent many of these offences. Then there was another species of offence that seemed fast coming into vogue in this town, and all in consequence of women wearing pockets in their dres se s. H e f oun d that in the year 1850, 163 children were brought before the magis trates for picking pockets. In the present calendar, out of the 100 cases, there were eleven arising out of picking women's dress-pockets. There was a time when it was a very rare thing for women or children to be pickpockets at all, but now we had an abundance of them, both women, and boys, and girls. Now it was all very well for a lady who sat in her drawing-room or who rode in her carriage to have a dress-pocket as they were now worn, hut when shopkeepers' wives and small trades men's wives went about the streets and to the markets with these pockets in their dresses, these children knew it, and they lifted up the dress, and robbed them with the greatest ease. He had done all he could to discourage the practice by disallowing the costs in all cases where ladies had come before him to prosecute, under the impression that it might have a tendency to check or prevent this par ticular species of crime. There was another kind of crime, peculiar to children in this town . , to which he would advert. It was very common for child ren of twelve or thirteen years of age to run away from_ th eir parents, offence. After ,ed at t h ese houses where they were their m lo i d of i and go to reside in a certain class of lodging-houses. They were readily receis g where by stealing. this k• and the result of thosewitn Captain He had harboured, madean d e nqui whererietshaeby p u a t d one, he communicated • ' Greig on the CerereulliCa bt whatever on his mind that there tions left n e doubt the last sessiosnusi, ihecutt, such dens in the town. were many e regretted that, ac cording to the present state of the law, power to punish those who so harboured he had not the children, even if they were b these young rought before him, al though it was of the greatest • should be suppressed, in importance that such dens order de gree, juvenile crime. After to prevent, in some learned gentleman repeated some further remarks, the learned that we must not be content with placing • • ' juv entle offenders in a reformatory, but go to the root of the evil, and see what ;we could do to pre vent crime, and thus render unnecessary, to a great extent, these reformatories at all. We must put drunk. enness amongst parents down, and look for a remedy for that state of things where parents did not educate or look after their children. It was in vain to attempt to stop crime by merely local treatment, and we should simply be doing that by erecting a reformatory, and not taking means to arrest the sources of crime. At the same time he was decidedly in favour of a reformatory, because he knew many cases in which imprisonment was of no avail, where a reformatory might have been of service ; still be knew that that mode of meeting the evil had its limits, and that other means of prevention must not be neglected. Th e triAll were then proceeded with.