The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-14 00:00:00

.. • • EYAN • STATE OF THE SUGAR TRADE. SECOND EDITION. hers in (From a correspondent of the Times.) The British government has certainly managed to get itself ------='-- - - -=----'- _ _____ )y CDR' into what the Americans call " a pretty considerable sort of a Standard-office, Three o'clock. fix" on t h e sugar question. Davis, Our readers must be abundantly aware that the price of sugar in England has within the last few - years been ver y The Brita nn i a steam-ship was telegraphed off Holy :re Jo y - neaaly do u bl e d . Coarse brown sugar was sold in London, s, not very long since, at 5d per pound. It now brings 9d, and head at 12 o'clock. She may be expected to arrive at subreY, even that high price yields, we are told, no profit t o t h e grocer. an early ho ur thi s even i ng. If s h e d oes so, s h e w i ll i Ed ward I __The cause f or thi s r i se i s su ffi ciently simple and obvious. h ave accomplished the voyage across the Atlantic in BI ckey. now left to his own option as to working among the about TEN DA YS -th e s h ortest passage on record, sugar canes or i n hi s own garden, very frequ en tl y s h oulders mood ; and which, taken together with her outward voyage of his hoe at ten or eleven in the morning, pockets his " bit " for three or four hours' work, and amuses himself with his twelve days, renders the performances of this splendid r d, jun. wife and children for the rest - of the day. (Abu'''. Now this is all ver y pl easan t, as f ar as poor sambo is con- vesse l unequalled in the history of steam navigation. Walter cerued ; but then, i n th e resu lt, t h ere i s one feature which is YO V ~U NG LADY BURNT T O not at all p a l ata bl e . W e have, probably, in London alone at least 100,000 wor ki ng men, who with their famili es , con: kinson• FIRE A T N EW F ERRY -A suave, on an average , a pound of sugar per week. A r ise' of DEATH.-This morning, about half-past two o'clock, a fire ' 4d pe r pou n d i s equivalent to a tax of 17s per annum on broke out in the house of Miss Sankey, who keeps the post rterson• each family, for this, whi c h i s now almost anecessary oflife. I Slack, So that, while we were talking of " relieving the poor man " office at New Ferry. There were in the house, at the . time, terary. of an eightpence on the postage of a letter now and then, we Miss Sankey ; a young lady, a lodger, from Nottingham, i were fastening on him a new burden of at least twenty times the weight. named Mary Ann Cooper, aged 21; and a servant girl. The trict. fire originated i n th e b e d -room o f Mi ss C ooper, who it is But there is ano th er point in the case which is still more supposed was readi ng i n b e d ; an d suc h was t h e rap idi ty of awkward. The pr i ce of sugar iniolt be lowered at once this whole 4d in the pound, if we would only take the sager of the flames, together with the circumstance of her having John foreign countries at the same duty with those of our own , locked htr room door, that it was found impossible to rescue s , John colonies. We are paying tax of some say £4,000,000 per her. The house, which is large, was interiorly nearly con annum, some say £6,000,000, merely to give a preference to Lethley, our West I n di an connect i ons. sume d, b ut the roof did not fall. Mr. Hayes, of the Custom siah B. . It is a question whether this can he maintained. It is to House in this town, and who lives opposite to Miss Sankey's, be expected that so me means o f evading the law by re-ship- was one of the first on the spot, and together with many of )11 Tay- Folunngdorif t o i t ii h s e e r n c n o nn ve o r u t s c rs i s i o ff d e e re s o o ee f s s h m o ugl e in ou g t r o i o ll e the neighbours, w h o were roused by the alarm, exerted him- Waddy, Would it b e w i se to d o anything towards an equalisation of ere long be self to the utm os t t o su b due the flames. Water was procured 3arnard the duties ? Here anothe r difficulty meets us, and one of no from a pit close by, and ever y thing possible w as d one t o ar- • ipernu- unimp or t an t ki n d . We forced upo n th e W est I ndian planters the law of Bush _ rest the progres s o f d estruct i on. A small portion of the fur- nitric only was s ave d. Wh en the conflagration was got un pne sab- cipation, an d pa id them the sum of £20,000,000 to cover nri : fourth their estimated l oss . der, the remains of the unfortunate young lady were found, 1 But this was for the loss of their slaves, not for the loss of but scarcely in a state to be recognized. Her head, indeed, ~ ange 01 1 their est a t es . If ue throw open our ports to slave-grown eac hers sugar, th e y w h o are not allowed to have slaves will be in- cou ld not be found. Her bed-room was over the , stantly put out of th e mar k et, and their estates will not be and in the latt er room were afterwards found, amongst tparlourhe 1 Walker , worth a shilling an acre. rubbish, 43 sovereigns, a gold watch, and a few trinkets, be- Nor is this all. The vast sacrifice we then made was made Louis 1 with a view to put an end to a certain amount of misery and longing to the unfortunate deceased, who, we have heard, we for get by I l e l enfranchisement of our negroes. But what if was in expectation of entering upon a handsome independency NI e u r s, gt zl r carry our cr h t e om res foh sugar to the slave in the spring of next year. The other inmates of the house • colonie g s et of a oth t augmented ltebde made their escape in, as might be supposed, a state of con the vast increase of demand for their sugars, an a t u l g y James , cultivation and augmented demand for slaves ' • and ;total at fusion and alarm. it a] Little. 1 last of fully as much human wretchedness as ' ever, althou g h - the sc ene may b e changed from one island to another. .LIVERPOOL (.7(SRN EXCHANGE,-Tis ts DAY change Here, the n; i s our present dilemma. In what way are we LIV hers at to be extricated ? Som e thi ng must sure l y b e done ; for. it tl some light showers interven e d h ere w i t hi n t h e cannot be imagined th a t th e peop le w i ll long submit to pay- Although Dulson ; double price for so needful an article as sugar. last few days, the weather for the most part continued fa- A Many schemes have been mooted for increasing the labour- vourable, and harvest, where it had commenced, progressed TI ii Low- err, and with them the productiveness of our own colonies. satisfactorily until this morning, when it began to rain ra- We doubt the expediency of transplanting Asiatics or Euro 'hillips. peans, Why not augment t h e num b er of negroes in the Bri- they heavily, but partly cle ar ed o ff i n th e course o f t h e d ay. - tish West India islands, without slavery ? Why should the . During the same period Wheat in bond appeared to excite eaton. liberated blacks, for instance, be cast ashore at Sierra Leone, much attention, and with a view to low duties, transactions when th e y m i g h t b e f ar more happy in Jamaica? a ohn P. And fu r th er , are t h ere no sugar colonies which might be to a considerable extent were reported ye s t er d a y, on th e f u ll purchased by England, or obtained by exchange ? The idea terms previously noted ;of English Wheat, likewise, several I May seem extravagant; and so, under ordinary circumstances; parcels were then sold at Tuesday's rates ; and very prime at Barritt, it would be. But the country is in a dilemma of no ordinary brands of States Flour under lock reassumed 30s per barrel. s t i kind, and some course of a similarly extraordinary character Exclusive of these the operations in free pro d uce were ge . must be taken, in order to restore something like a proper nday ill equilibrium. If we are paying even £3,000,000 per annum nerally of a limited character, without any material change in m more for sugar than we need, we are paying the interest on a p r i ces , • • trier. capital of £100,000,000. The duty On Wheat has receded t o lO s Bd, on B eans to . - RIOTS AT COLNE. is per quarter, and on Flour to 6s 5d per barrel ; leaving that RES'S on all other foreign prod uce unvar ied. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The arrivals up to this day's market contain a fair su foi pply We are excee di ng l y sorry to l earn, t h at serious disturbances occurred, during the last week , . at Colne, arising principally of Wheat, coastwi s e an d f rom a b roa d, w i t h a moderate im irisdic- o ut of the opposition of the lower orders to the constabulary port of other Grain, and 3482 barrels of Flour, chiefly from du rtn, ef t- police. Thi s feel i ng b roke out with such violence in April Canada ; but from Ireland we have still scarcely anything col :five ill last, as to make it necessary to increase th a t f orce f or a t i me , . torrible f rom the number of about ten or twelve, to some fifty, sup- worth paining kf Lord po r t e d for several days by a military force. This had the To-day a few furthe r p arce l s o f Wh eat i n b on d _ changed tlu sstand leer of suppressing for a while th e lawle ss proceedin gs of hands within the range of Tuesdays currency : for all de- IS COW' ' exy countY the Populace, and it was h o p e d th at t h e pol i ce were stead i ly seriptions of free. however, the demand was only moderate, 3 gai L ning ground in the estimation even of those who had been ability'• vi o l ently opposed to them ; but it appears that, about three and although holders w e re fi rm , hi g h er pr i ces were not o b - ! si appre' ' we e k s since, this opposition was revived with incre a sed tainable.-Foreign Flo ur , d u t y pa id, was i n f a i r request at ao, mur- v i o l ence, and was shown more openly and boldly from day small decline in value ; while good brands under lock were hal it bad to d ay, till at last the rabble p the turn dearer. , roceeded, at nights, to the :y were - breaking of windows, and making some murderous attacks Swift, u pon the officers by large volleys of stones, in some cases Grinding Barley was ra th er more sa l ea bl e at l ate pr i ces. - MI ent in- from the house-tops. The first party attacked was Mr. Malt, on the contrary, was nearly without in qu i r y, an d some !Oth of - Bolton a solicitor, of Colne, whose public conduct, on what cheape r 31s err re' several, points, had rendered him especially obnoxious to the Beans and Pe ase rema i ne d stea d y. w hi rac tor, rabble. Hi s o ffi c i a l a n d p r i va t e efforts against the chartists, g ly with his ad vocacy of the new poor law, and his efforts in the Oats and Oat mea l being almost wholly neglected, were list : om the establi s h ment of the new police, . we re sufficient to mark him easier to purchase, and nominally depressed in value. stained out as t h e first object of their vengeance ; and, accordingly, fie ier web on T uesday evening they began with demolishing about 14 Orel xi to a of hi s w i ndows, and making a dreadful attack with stones ARRIVALS 13t OF CORN, r hood., upon the police, man y o f w h om were severe l y h urt . P art i a l From the 11th to the h August, 1840, inclusive. .1. :abinor disturbances again took place on Wednesday evening ; and DESCRI IRK- COAST- , UNITED re. ! by ( a half' on Th urs d ay even i ng, about ten o ' clock, the town was en- LAN m PTION.D. WISE. ' STATES. REIGN. I TOTAL ' as i some' tered by a snob of 200 men, under the command of a leader, Wheat Qrs. 422 3286 552 8372 12632 thrc minds , armed with pistols, pikes, bludgeons, and stones, who for Barley Qrs. 349 1807 256 ft said hour s had complete and uncontrolled possession of the main Malt Qrs. 2 550 552 ree de- street, where they broke about 200 windows, and committed Oats Q rs . 813 160 ago 2163 rncast , some very severe personal injuries. Commands to fire and Rye Qrs. ,ey bad re-charge were distinctly hea r d, an d h ave b een deposed to: B eans rongli t A military force was sent for to the barracks at Burnley • Pease' Qrs. • ' Shelled Barley tif he but the rabble had made their attack so rapidly, and dispersed Indian Corn . . he re- so instantly after it, that, when the military arrived, the Rapeseed Qrs. The/ town was perfectly quiet. Next day a public meeting was Oatmeal .. . . Loads, mat 20 y we re advertised to concer t measures for the protection of life and Flourl2l Sacks i2O 20 en lei"' , property ; but, w h en t h e h our of meeting arrived, the chart- Ditto the magistrates and respectable inhabitants were obliged to 7 r r e si a ; nd Peaz i,e 6 a r t irs s . 6;., Indian Corn, EXPORTS.-Foreign. Wheat, - qrs. ; Barley, - qrs. ; Oats, 99 ved at . assemble at the King's Head Inn, where, among other -- qrs. ; Flour, _ 343 brls.-- 0 Oats, eceOP measures for preventing a repetition of the scenes of the Corn , - qrs. • b'at - n) ( 4 r a s ri a o ts a'd: - : VA.; Rye, 3, k qrs.; Indian v d then preceding night, it was resolved that a deputation, with one wise. Wheat , 126 qrS. • Barley , -dqrs • o lt i lLc - 20 8ac rs s l e the/ 1 of the magistrates, should proceed to Burnley for military qrs. ; Rye, -s. • ' Beans--1 qrs . '. Pe a.% e, 2 ,9 41%. ~a Oat- , W! i stateo t assistance. Detachments ' of cavalry and infantry were in- meal, 71 loads ; F lour, 85 sacks, 1576 . b ' rls. the lg tbe, • I stantly despatched, and, by their presence in the town till -__-_______________ Average prices of Grain; for the The ropto t Sunday morning, secured the peace of the place, and for the week ending Aug. 7. 1840. Whetit72s 10d. I , Barley.. 3..5. Od . ( Oats .. 30s. Od. ; Rye .. 375. 3d. would I present all is again quiet. We understand there is much BeRDS...47e. Od. 1 Pease, 4 . 5 a. ltd. - suPl red at ,¢ I complaint that the troops should be so soon withdrawn, and --- ' - ' Mi eat.. 70s. 4 A d glry ar te r. ar s e 4 r s a . g o e d. 7f o r a lg .. s 2 ix Bs w . P e d e . kr. only know - ' I the magistrates quite partake in that regret ; but they were Rye.. 365. Od. D shot ' t informed, that the orders to officers in command on such Beans .. 465. Od. I Pease .. 455. sd. cash agrees' ' L es ' ' occasions were such as to require the troops to return to barracks. This seems strange, if it be so ; and probably Wheat loa. Bd. Du i t 3 y i on i F o pr i e e ign G o r a a ts in, &c.thi 4 s s w g e d ek ; Rye 1.. 6d of fl ter at , some further inquiry will be made -into it. In the opinion of .Beans, Is. ad. I Pe r as eY e2s b . • Od: I IndianVo; .n 10s.. Bd.. I F10ur . ... gs.. ad four our informants there is not a town in England so completely Liverpool Averages, week ending 11th August, 1840. and under the dominion of mob law, :IS this unfortunate town of Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. i Beans. i Pe ase, Colne ; and the general opinion of the respectable inhabitants Qr 5..... 1670 - 601 75 11 pare, )Rl'. is, that, in such a reign of terror, the remedy must at least Price " • 725. Od. Os. Od. 275. ltd : 48s. lid. 455. Od. patia be a permanent military force in barracks. --- iriedY SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. mblie FURTHER RIOTS.-A CONSTABLE MURDERED. - TI parts' Since the above was in type, we have r ece i ve d some further • FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 .- Wind W. Rain. we on accounts from Colne, from which we learn, that, on Monday Aurrivao.- martin, -, from Trinidad-Europe, Batchelor, still Ken- bight,' there was a repetition of the lawless scenes which had from Mobile-Autumnus, Nickson, fromMirami In-Wolf, -, try, I ;tocit- previously disgrliced the town, and that they ended in the from Stettin- Cornelia, from ar Harl i ngen - T weeAnil oNaples The The :wood murder of Mr. Joseph Halstead, a gentleman who had been Rik, th ro o m ns Ari An twe rp -Elizabeth Campbell, from Trinidad ' , at this por't, sailed 3d July, in . o the, just before sworn in, and was acting as a special constable. company w' ith the Bl u ndell, for Dublin. Le ft the Ch&rles llamerton place my o f The statements which have reached us in reference to this loading for this port paral roles- matter, are not very explicit ; but so far as we can learn from Broad Oak, M'Coy, from Bahia at this port, sailed 21stJre. H The neigh them, the following are the leading facts of the case :-At an Resolution and Lady Kinnair d . were to sail in a fe n w e dr e s, se o a r neanmee. all i at Mr. early hour on. Monday evening, it became known to the po- burgh . .On the Bth August, in lat . 19, long 20, York si) IC h And man' lice and the magistrates, that the desperadoes who had coin- for j o V v i e rn e a ;e a sa n Superior, d Nrats New w York at this port, sailed :Bth , :onsi flitted the outrages on Thursday intended to renew them on July. On the Bth instant Dine, at lo a.m., spoke the Acadia, (steamer,) tarot olved that night, and that assemblages were collecting for that pur- hence for Halifax, in lat '49, long 25. Wind, S. The steamer was quilli ioneY P ose ,„.., a short distance from the town, on the road towards going at the rate of eleven knots an hour Table avej ghleY. In consequence of this discovery the magistrates by th and Is sued summonses to a number of the respectable inhabitants City of Perth, -, hence, at Para chin dy to of the town , calling them to attend at the King's Head ts i t z e d rs, Short, • fr fr n o m m4t..... ( Cuba) o at ir N E rtte m s cmth 1„ . . . upon . govei ds on ,Sul, and lie sworn in as special constables, for the preserve- Hazard, --, hence for Aewfoundlancl, was spoken 31st July, chich 'lon of the peace. About seventy were accordingly sworn in, in tat so, long 14 " cen s ap- !Ind with the magistrates and the police (wh o we b e li eve h a d Shamrock, -, for Dundee, has put back, with mast carried icitor bee n re i nforced subsequently to Thursday night, and amount- away. yesterday , in a squall Irelal exe- ed to some thirty or forty men), went into the streets for the Ju E n t e usl n be i t a t Moore, o _____ vir f er Valparaiso, was spoken on the 16th crow] toyed Purpose of dispersing the assemblages of people whi c h they Agenora. -1.- Unt i e for Quebec, was spoken on the 23d luly, Aire ! yOO 'night find there. They paraded several of the streets with- in la 45, long 33 ' ffice ; out meeting with any serious opposition. At length, between Champion, Breame. hence and Genoa, at Constantinople, and Bu tinie, ten and ele ven o'clock, it was announced that a large body of sailed 20th July for Taganrog nhe People were entering the town from the Keighley road, and Marina, Cock, hence at Constantinople, and sailed 20th July for impu Odessa the 1 rea- the magistrates, with the police and constables, moved in that ,hence at ditto 30111- direction to meet them. As soon as they came in sight of the Galata' -- tia d andleiram ' - Ostend Hug' were ,Mob, the latter halted for a moment and fired two pistols, Sydney. "Covi'• an ras f e, h ence at 0 leans off Cove. and proceeded to , the . whether loaded with ball, or if so, whether directed at the Havre. Jon the 7ih r Xu m gus e t w , passed the Acadia, (steamer,) hence for O'Co )fee ' c onstables, could not be ascertained ; but at all events no Halifax; but Captain Cowan omitted to report the Ist and long long d amage was done by the s h o t s . When these pistols wer e Spencer, hence for Ri o Janeiro, was spoken on the 10th August, Lieut the disch arged, the mob set up a loud shout as if about t o c h arge in lat 48, long 9 An :ow- the constables ; but finding that the latter were advancing ini (l e cer ‘ iv I,?trior,ttilieene smalls Quebec, was spoken 11th August. 46 . tion , the upon them, they gave way, and turned down St. John -street .-, ...0 8 NST . ANT . TI ' vOPLE, July 22.-An English vessel, coal laden, is Si and (which runs towards the south side of the town, and is at repoited to be lost on the Borussa side of the Marmora of DE ade, right angles with the main street), intending, no doubt, to DUNTALM, ISLx 01 , SKYE, Aug. 7.-The Methven Castle, from ri Ming Pass o n th e r i g h t of the constables, and get into their rear, Stettin to Liverpool, wheat laden, struck on a rock near the Isle of t h e . 'a of The co ns t a bl es, h owever, guessing their object, turned down Glass, and it is feared will b e a t o t a l l oss despn tom. Parliatnent-street, which ru ns p ara ll e l w ith ; St. John-street , the and on arriving at a ernec-rnarl . ‘ ,1.; ‘ .1. c......,,,... ~.r.. ' - rri..- 1 are this ting .—A LE MURDERED. Since the FURTHER above RIOTS was in type CONSTA we hav ß e received some further accounts from Coble, from which we learn, that, on Monday night, there was a repetition of the lawless scenes which had Previously disgrhced the town, arid that they ended in the murder of Mr. Joseph Halstead, a gentleman who had been just before sworn in, arid was acting as a special constable. The statements which have reached us in reference to this matter, are not very explicit ; but so far as we can learn from t hem, the following arc the leading facts of the case :—At an e arl) , hour on Monday evening, it became known to the po llee le :end the m ag i s t ra t es , th a t th e d espera d oes w h o h a d com mitted th e outrages on Th urs d ay i nten d e d to renew t h em on nigh T t, and that assemblages w e re collecting f o r th a t pur is'os,e a short distance from the town, on th e roa d t owar d s ,In consequence of this di s co ver y th e mag i s t ra t es of ued summonses to a num b er of the respectable inhabitants te town ll'n u tem attend at the Ki's Head , ca 6p "u, h and be sworn in as or spe h cial to constables, for the ng preserva tion of the peace. About seventy were accordingly sworn in, and with the magistrates and the police (who we believe had been reinforced subsequently to Thursday night, and amount ed to some thirty or forty men), went into the streets for the Purpose of dispersing the assemblages of people which they might find there. They paraded several ot the streets with out meeting with any serious opposition. At length, between ten and eleven o'clock, it was announced that a large body of People were entering the town from the Keighley road, and the magistrates, with the police and constables, moved in that direction to meet them. As soon as they came in sight of the ,mob, th e l atter halted for a moment and tired two pi s t o l s , 'whether loaded with ball, or if so, whether directed at the constables, could not be ascertained ; but at all events no damage was done by the shots. When these pistols were discharged, the mob set up a loud shout as if about to charge the constables ; but finding that the latter were advancing upon them, they gave way, and turned down St. John -street lwhich runs towards the south side of the town, and is at right angles with the main street), intending, no doubt, to pass on the right of the constables, and get into their rear. The constables, however, guessing their object, turned down P arliament -street, which runs parallel with St. John-street ; and on arriving at a cross-road which forms a communica tion between the two, they encountered the mob, who imme diately attacked them, and a sharp conflict ensued, the result of which was, that the mob were routed and driven off the ground, leaving two or three prisoners in the hands of the Police. After they were gone, the police and constables pa trolled the streets about ; and at a short distance from the Spot where the principal encounter had taken place, they found one of the special constables, Mr. Joseph Halstead, a respectable manufacturer of Collie, lying on the ground, with his skull fractured in a most dreadful manner, having appar ently been struck a terrific blow with an iron bar, or some other weapon of the same kind, by which the fore part of the skull had been completely driven in. and his face so fright fully disfigured, that it was with great difficulty he was recog nised. lie was alive when discovered, but perfectly insensi ble, and breathed his last in a few minutes afterwards. Ano ther constable, too, Mr. Templeman, manager of the Collie branch of the Craven bank, was found to have received a desperate cut on the back of the head, apparently inflicted with a sword, or some other cutting instrument. A sergeant of the police also received a severe stab in the shoulder dur ing the affray ; but it is hoped that neither he nor Mr. Tem pleman is in any serious danger. We have been informed that the circumstances under which Mr. Halstead and Mr. Templeman received their wounds were the following s—" They, with three or four other con stables, had gone towards the south side of the town, and, Without knowing what was going on, turned up one of the streets leading towards the place where the conflict was going on between the constables and the mob. When the latter gave way they encountered these gentlemen, whom they attacked on all sides, with the results which we have already Mentioned. in 3 ty, on nd As soon as the shocking murder of Mr. Halstead was made known to the magistrates, they set on foot the most active inquiries for the purpose of detecting and apprehending the murderers ; and, some information h av i ng b een procured, w arrants were immediately issued, and several individuals were apprehended during the night ; one o f them, a well known chartist, was taken in the act of trying to conceal a musket by thrusting it through a sky-light upon the roof of his house ; and on examining him, his shirt was found marked with recent splashes of blood. As s oon as th e di s t ur b ances commence d, a messenger was d espatched to Burnley for the military, and a troop of d ra - Vous were called out'and galloped off to Colne immediately. They were, however, as before, too late to be of any sereice, "'I we believe they shortly afterwards returned. When the last accounts left Colne the town was quiet, and the most active inquiries were making, with the view of de coting and bri ng i ng t o j us ti ce the parties who had been n cerned in the riots. MISCELLANEOUS It is reported that Durrow Castle, late the residence of Lord Norbury, has been taken by the Jesuits.—Limerick Chronicle. The Earl of Shrewsbury had 100 beds made up for the visiters at Alton Towers on the occasion of the Queen Dow ager's visit.— Worcester Chronicle. The Journal du Havre of the 7th instant, states, that or ders had been given to fit out the new ship Friedland, of 120 guns, and frigates the Reine Blanche and the Calypso, of 60 guns each. A levy of 2000 seamen had just been ordered in the first maritime division. At Brest there were two ships of war ready to be launched. The right hon. Sir Robert, with Lady Peel and family, arrived at the 'White Lion hotel, in this city, on Thursday, from Bath. Sir Robert was waited upon yesterday by the mayor, who conducted him over some of the principal build ings. The visit of this distinguished statesman was very brief, he having returned to Bath the day after his arrival.— Bristol Mirror. A countryman of O'Connell's states that his breakfast after a morning's hunt, up the mountains of Iveragh, at the house of one Mr. 8., who resides at the head of Waterville Lake, was—first, a large bowl of new milk, which instantly disappeared ; then, a liberal allowance of cold salmon, soaked in vinegar—a very common dish ;of this he ate heartily ; after which he finished a bottle of port wine, took leave of his entertainers, and set off to walk six miles to his home. " Duro ilia messorum !" We always knew Dan had the hide of a rhinoceros, but never before that his digestion was equal to that of the beast. He app r o ac h es th e perfection of disgust in and out. —Waterford Mail. „The Debals says, ” We will acknowledge that, if there be io PoPular rem i n i scence i n France, it i s that o f t h e great cap -li,h name is associated with it ou is t m il r iemimperi alortal vicfamily.; t omb tories if there be a for e son o f N apoleon, in dying, carried with him to the , the remnant of interest which was attached to the dof th e Emperor. France has pardoned in the Empe tl (4ilr the insupportable harshness of his domestic government, 18.,,iinheard-of rigours of the conscription, the disasters of 144 an d 1813, and the evils caused by his unbounded am -40, leand in the popular mind the hero has been almost 1 1 ,7 The image of Napoleon is everywhere, from the is ttage to tile public monuments, but Bonapartism tho„ extinct even the eclat of the glory of the Emperor crushes Where ridiculously ridiculously attempt to cover themselves with it. the c r o e l was M. Louis Bonaparte arrested ? At the foot of tism to expire arm y i i Ll an of Boulogne—of the column raised by the grand h onour of its chief ! It was reserved for Bonapar on that spot." How WAS THE NEWARK ELECTION CARRIED ? . .,7-By hocussing electors, and carrying them off, while insensible, to distant places. This is the answer; this is the mode in which tile solicitor-general fulfilled L or d Melbourne's repute 4 instructions—" Say what you like, do what you like, only carry your election." And they did win it ; and Sir Thos. Wilde is her Majesty's solicitor-general, and a member of parlia ment ; while Sir Thomas Wilde's confidential agent, Mr. Hitchens, is imprisoned in Nottingham Gaol for six months; two others, Pearce and Milford, for three months ; and a third, Morton, for a fortnight ! Such is the result of the trial at Nottingham, on Monday last. We shall be curious to hear something of the prison treatment of this Hitchins, " a respectable professional man," and the procurer of Sir Thos. Wilde's return. Remember, the (crime for which he has been sentenced has the moral turpitude of risking the life of an innocent man by poison for a corrupt purpose—namely, to prevent his voting against the whig candidate ! Thus was the Newark election carried.—Manchester Chronicle. THE MAN AND THE MOON. — During the wane of the last moon, Johnny Prost, of Sandal, went toddling home, about two o'clock in the morning, somewhat giddy in the upper story. Tibby, his better half, of course, had retired to roost; Johnny, not being pleased with that, sat down before tile fire in a pet, and fell fast asleep. in about an hour's time he awoke, and found himself all in the dark, except a small speck of light, which he took to be the remains of the once bright fire. After feeling about a short time, he found the bellows, the pipe of which he put into the key hole of the door, taking it for the firegrate, and oommenced blowing with all his might. Tibby, on hearing a strange noise, hastened down stairs to see what was amiss, and on seeing her husband behind the" door, ex c l a i me d, " J o h nny, , woti blawin r t, tie up, t ista r do n? Wha, responded Johnny, " A' m a be " sure, can't t o see ? " Wha wot a stupid ninny hammer tha is, it's nowt but t'shadda at emoonin thar blawin at ! Gie owr d and cum to bed witha." Newcastle paper. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL , ----- Fifth Night of Mr. W. FARREN, of the Theatre-Royal Covent-Garden, who is engaged for a limited period. Thirteenth night of Mr. ANDERSON, of the same The atre, who is also engaged for a limited period. THIS present FRIDAY, A ugust 14, 1840, the Entertain. ments will commence with the Rambleto n . . IMr NN W. Ho KEE ward. I PER' T S orn . B . RIDE. . Varnish.... M r . W. H . Bland. I Ellen Mrs. Tellet. After which, for the second time these twelve years, the revived Comedy of a WAY TO KEEP HIM. Sir Bashful Constant Mr. W. Farren. Mr. Lovemore Mr. Anderson. Sir Brilliant Fashion Mr. W. Howard. Widow Belrnour.... Mrs. Bland. Lady Constant, Mrs. Baker. Mrs. Lovemore, Miss Cleaver. Muslin.. Mrs. Clarke. Mignionet.. Mrs. Tellet. To conclude with a Farce, written expressly for Mr. W. Farren, called SHOCKING EVENTS. Griffinhoof... (a horse-doctor) Mr. W. Farren, As originally performed by him in London. Captain Spoff.. Mr. W. H. Bland. Mr. Puggs.. Mr. Baker. Dorothy.. Miss Barratt. Kitty.. Mrs. Tellet. MRS. STIRLING, of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane is engaged for a limited period, and will make her first ap• pearance at this Theatre on MONDAY next, August 17, when will be revived Shakspeare's Play, not acted here for six years, called MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. Anderson ; Dogberry, Mr. W. Farren ; Don Pedro, Mr. W. Howard ; Claudio, Mr. W. H. Bland ; Verges, Mr. Baker ; Beatrice, Mrs. Stirling ; Hero, Miss Cleaver.—To conclude with a new Farce, never acted here, called ASK NO QUESTIONS; oft, THE OLD INVALID. Principal characters by Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Baker, Mr. W. Howard, Mr. W. H. Bland, Mrs. Clarke, Miss Barratt, and Mrs. Tellet. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THE FIRST GRAND GALA of the SEASON will take place on MONDAY NEXT, the 17th instant, on which occasion the Gardens will be SPLENDIDLY ILLUMINATED ! introducing many beautiful and chaste Devices, in SEVERAL THOUSAND VARIEGATED LAMPS, exhibiting one GORGEOUS BLAZE OF LIGHT ! The celebrated D'ER.NST, Pyrotechnist to her Majesty, will surpass all his former efforts in producing the most Brilliant and Effective DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS EVER WITNESSED IN LIVERPOOL! introducing several of the SPLENDID COLOSSAL PIECES arranged by him for the Roy-al Vauxhall gard.. , .. ffig'I3O3IECCIUMENT OF ALGIERS, through all its stages of TERRIFIC GRANDEUR, will take place with GREAT ADDITIONAL EFFECT ! An excellent and efficient Military Band will be in attendance. *** Admittance, 2s ' • Children, is. The SECOND GRAND GALA will take place on FRIDAY, the 21st instant. EXHIBITION. WILL SHORTLY CLOSE. CAPTAIN SIBORN' S MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THE celebrated MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBIT at the GALLERY OFT HE UNION ROOMS, Slater street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad mission, One Shilling each. IMPORTANT TO MUNICIPAL VOTERS To secure . a vote at the next municipal election, the following is the necessary qualification, namely : " The occupation on the ensuing 31st August, and during the two preceding years, of a house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop, within the borough, for which the occupier is rated, and on which all rates due thereon, except those becoming due within six months before the 31st, have been paid before that date." The occupier must also, during the whole of that pe riod, (say two years and nine months,) have been an in habitant householder within seven miles of the borough. The day on which claimants' qualifications must be completed, and the last day for payment of rates, is the 31st of August. The sth of September is the day on which the overseers are required to make out the burgess lists, and to deliver them to the Town-clerk, who is to fir a copy of them on the Town-hall, during the week preceding the 15th of September. A person succeeding to the occupation of a house, 4-c., by descent, marriage, demise, (5-c., is entitled to reckon as his own the occupancy and rating of the person by or through whom he succeeds. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of " A Reformer" shall appear on Tuesday Zlberpool k)tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1840 We have received a copy of the Sydney Commercial Journal of the 25th of March. It adds very little to the news already received from New South 'Wales. There was little alteration noted in the markets. The supplies of wheat were rather limited—settlers sending only such quantities to market as could be turned to cash, to meet their immediate wants. The first quality of flour was selling at 355. to 40s. per 100Ibs. The four pound loaf of bread was selling for one shilling and sixpence. Rice was in great demand, and large parcels had been purchased on speculation, in antici pation of a dearth and scarcity of wheat. The mischievous career of the Irish mendicant is still winked at by a degraded and anti-national minis try, and becomes daily more undisguisedly treasonable. The cry of "Justice to Ireland or Repeal" has given place to the more insolent demand of " Repeal or Se paration"—a parliament in College-green, or a French alliance and an independent sovereignty for Ireland. And yet we are coolly told by every whig oracle throughout Great Britain of the " unexampled tran quillity" of that portion of the empire, and assured by the Lord Lieutenant himself, in an address to the citizens of Cork, that parliament and her Majesty's government are endeavouring by their measures to " cement the bonds of legislative union, and render Ireland at once the brightest gem in the imperial crown, and the strongest bulwark of the united em- pine !" But let us look more in detail at the superlative impudence of the actors in this conspiracy to effect the dismemberment of the empire,—from Father Hughes to the Popish Bishop of Galway—from Daniel O'Connell to her Majesty's representative, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. And first we may inquire what are the relative po sitions of the demagogue and the Lord Lieutenant — of Daniel and Viscount Ebrington. The former is the ruler of her Majesty's government : in him that despicable crew " live and move and have their being." The latter is the puppet set up by these imbeciles to be worked by the great impostor for the gratification of his breechless satellites. O'Connell is, de facto, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; Lord Ebrington only the Lord Lieutenant travestie—" a tool a knave doth work with." The former, after starring it in London since February, has returned to the Irish capital, to perform a little serious drama upon his own proper dunghill ; and, " bearing no brother near his throne," has or dered his meaner prototype forthwith to quit the scene of his usurped dignity, and content himself with en acting farce in the provinces. Accordingly we find O'Connell busily sowing the seeds of rebellion in Dublin—attending repeal breakfasts in Mayo, Castle bar, &c.—scraping together the repeal rent—organi sing repeal corporations—and preparing the hordes of traitors and ruffians, who dance or shed blood at his bidding, with weapons to strike at the throat of Great Britain, so soon as a foreign enemy or a dissolute ministry shall have succeeded in tying up her hands, and presenting her powerless to the assassin's blow; whilst the Lord Lieutenant is spouting his maudlin praise of teetotalism to the patriots of Cork, and exhi biting the readiness with which a Whig nobleman can shut his eyes and ears in broad daylight, amidst the agitation of incipient rebellion, so long as he is allowed to nestle amid the downy cushions and the gingerbread paraphernalia of a mock throne. Such being the relative positions of these twin lumi naries, let us see how their joint treason is working. The demagogue, it is well known to every man, wo man, and child throughout her Majesty's dominions, has declared that he will never allow agitation to cease in Ireland until repeal of the Union is carried. Lord Ebrington, so long ago as 1833, has declared that he considered " a repeal of the Union to be A VIRTUAL DISMEMBERMENT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, which would involve Ireland in ruin in the first instance, and would afterwards involve England in the same ruin too." A more candid speaker on the subject, Father Hughes, informs us that " O'Connell's continuous doctrine of non-separation is now becoming both ludi crous and mischievous !" and that were the Irish priesthood to cease to hold out to the people the hope of their being an independent nation, " at that moment they forfeit their influence, lose the confidence of their flocks, and, in case of a national eruption, that their anathemas, as well as their pastoral admonitions, will descend on the Irish people—to use the language of the late Doctor Doyle—' as a spent thunderbolt.' " Listen reader, and be amazed at the consummate mpudence which could prompt even such a confirmed ioodle as Lord Ebrington to utter the following stuff :0 an assembly of rational beings at such a crisis as ,he present ! " Proud, indeed," he says, " is the spectacle which Ire land at this moment presents, in the tranquillity of the coun try, and the great diminution of crime, amidst much, I fear, of privation and distress ; but prouder still may be the boast of your great and populous city, that within her walls, and by one of her citizens., was sown the first seeds of that great social and moral improvement which has spread such incal culable blessings throughout every corner of this island." Yes—this trashy mixture of rank falsehood and sheer drivelling was actually uttered from the lips of Lord Ebrington in reply to an address from the patriots of Cork—nine -tenths of them repealers, and one-half, sworn ribbonmen--no later than eight days ago; and we might admire the power of stolid gravity which could listen to it without fits of laughter, were we not convinced that the hearers were prepared to view the whole business of address and reply as an or dinary piece of acting on the part of his Excellency, as it was undoubtedly on their own. But Lord Ebrington was not sent to Cork for the simple purpose of uttering rhodomontade himself, or of enabling his admirers in that enlightened city to proclaim to the world that the " great moral phenome non" which is called tranquillity in Ireland is exhibited "from an anxious desire not to embarrass the action of his Excellency's administration!" The Lord Lieute nant was required to throw his contribution of mischief into the cauldron of agitation, in the r.hape of misre presentation, conveyed from vice-regal lips, of the principles and objects of Lord Stanley's bill. We quote the precious effusion ; and we ask how a noble man can possibly be degraded lower than to be the utterer of such a paltry tissue of insolence, hypocrisy, and abject crawling servility ? Here it is reader for your edification. Greatly, therefore, do I regret that, under such circum stances, you .should find, cause to complain of any attempt 'airing been made to curtail your liberties and impair your Nothing of the kind, however, has been effected; earnestly hope, that your continued good conduct, and il attachment to our beloved Sovereign, will strengthen hands of her Majesty's government, and enable them suc cessfully to show how just are the claims of your virtuous and warm-hearted country to the confidence and affection of the imperial parliament —to the fullest enjoyment of constitutional equality with all other portions of the British realms, and to every assimilation of laws and institutions which, by elevat ing the character and promoting the happiness of the people, may cement the bonds of legislative union, and render Ire land at once the brightest gem in the imperial crown and the strongest bulwark of the united empire." franchise Now what, we ask, must be the conclusion drawn from the whole case . between the government of Ire land and the present movements of Daniel O'Connell ? That truculent agitator is now confessedly engaged in an endeavour to subvert the Protestant constitution of Ireland, and to effect the dismemberment of the em pire—to do that very act which a few years ago drew from the present Lord Lieutenant, in his place in the House of Commons, the following declaration :—" I am therefore . qu it e ready to join with my noble friend (Lord Althorp) in saying, that, if driven to the dreadful alternative of a civil war, or the dismemberment of the empire, I SHOULD PREFER THE FORMER AS THE LESS EVIL;" and yet the noble lord is seen not only winking at the overt trea son—not only fondling and •caressing the traitors— but actually prostituting the name and the character of the Sovereign, in whose attributes he is clothed, by becoming in his own person an itinerant agitator, and throwing fresh fuel upon the smouldering embers of rebellion. It is no longer possible to doubt the fact, that Lord Ebrington and her Majesty's government are irrevocably committed to repeal ! They dare not, for their mercenary souls, take one step to arrest its pro gress; but, on the contrary, they are base enough to endeavour, by flimsy artifice, by fraud and palpable falsehood, to throw dust into the eyes of our Sove reign, and to hold back, so far as in them lies, from her knowledge and the knowledge of the British peo ple, the existence and growth of a conspiracy, whose full development will snatch a jewel from the crown, and wrest a powerful limb from the body of the em pire. That they will long be allowed to continue in their career of destruction we cannot believe; but, in the meantime, we know and feel that their dishonest and traitorous policy is preparing the way for a crisis of fearful and desolating strife, from the bare contem plation of which every sincere lover of Ireland's wel fare must turn with a shudder of mingled compassion and trembling. The session of 1840 has at length drawn to a " most lame and impotent conclusion." Her Majesty's inca pables, having been badgered and hunted from cover to cover for six weary months, are at length released from the daily and hourly fears of being run into and worried ; and are doubtless at this present moment licking their sore bones in their variou s burrows, whilst their conservative tormentors are relaxing themselves upon the moors, and gathering amongst their wild heaths an accession of strength and healthy spirits for another, and, it is to be hoped, a final contest. We shall not at present aggravate the lacerated feelings of the defeated and almost frantic Whigs, by alluding to the various discomfitures and bitter mortifications which they have had to endure; but we must enter our pro test against the miserably drawn up document in which they have recorded their victories. It would be unrea sonable, perhaps, to expect much enlightenment upon the subject of public affairs from a Queen's speech, either at the commencement or the termination of a session ; hut we do think that in the present very satis factory state of things, both at home and abroad, a little more detailed information upon two or three im portant questions might safely have been , ventured upon. With respect to our foreign embroilments especially this information ought to have been furnished, when it probabili ty, six whole months is co ns id ere d t h a t, i n a ll will elapse before the country can be gratified with one of those lucid and convincing statements which the Foreign Secretaw is so frequently in the habit of lay ing before the House of Commons and the public. We have, however, one consolation for these omissions 'the agitator himself, startled at this bold language, a f fects, in his speech at Galway, to repudiate the idea of " separation" ; but, in the very next sentence of that speech, he proceeds to prove that Ireland is, from her insular position, peculiarly able to assert and maintain her independence as a separate nation. But let us give the impostor's own words : 1 lam fo r th e continuance of the connexion, even to the death, if necessary—(cheers) ; but I declare that while I shall ne ver b e an advocate for separation, I shall never relax for one moment in my efforts for repeal. (Loud cheering.) I have m any i nstances to show, where those nations are only separated fro m powerful neighbours by an imaginary line, drawn, as if with a piece of chalk, upon a map—there is no hour of the twenty-four in which those nations might not be attacked upon every point of their frontiers, by troops poured from the dominions of their powerful neighbours ; but here we have a compact and sea-girt isle, assailable, it ma y b e on two or th ree points at once, not more—while its own compactness renders the movements of its forces so easy, that in a few hours troops could be marched from Galway to Dublin, or thence to Galway, if either were attacked, which would be sufficient to drive the enemy into the sea, if they dared to make a descent upon our shores. (Hear, hear, and loud cheering.) ! ! Whilst treason is thus rife around the seat of his vice-regal government, does the representative of the Sovereign hurry to repress the rising spirit of insubor dination, and to put down the agitation of a measure the success of which he knows and has declared would bring ruin upon the empire ? No ; his excellency has a different part to play in the drama. England must be kept amused whilst Ireland is being revolutionised. A demonstration of peace and healthy feeling must be made, to conceal the convulsed and angry spirit which is working in the background. The ministry of Lord Melbourne is on the brink of destruction, and clings for support to the skirts of the traitor whom in its better days it has denounced from the lips of the So vereign ; and the representative of royalty in Ireland, although placed there to 4dminister the laws and de u7-* LI tipn, la reaucea, ny hard necessity and the tyranny . of Daniel, to the mise rable conditiOn of a political showman—doomed to perambulate from fair to fair, from city to city, utter ing whatever stilted trash he pleases in behalf of his precious collection of incapables, and in praise of his own incapable self, provided he does not by any un fortunate chance stumble upon a true description of the said incapables, or of the country upon which they are an infliction. • . • <- in the fact, that there is little foreign information of THE LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE NEWS-ROOM. EVERTON AND RITZKDILE FLORAL AND HOP TICULTU RA L MEETING. • any importance which is not seen in the columns of This Meeting hick c i . s , fai7r jhnelisichi:inLoufnCdaerrnageonms,oFstrutz, This room —one of the largest and finest public rooms in our own journal, and communicated to every corner Europe—has recently been lengthened, and newly painted Veg FlOw'ewrs, of the United Kingdom, before that dignified or dan dified official has found time to break the seals of his and decorated. As it is the constant daily resort of our timetables,uptr, was held yesterday in a large marquee, in the grounds of the Derby Arms, Kirkdale, and was most dispatches. ' merchants ; as it constitutes a general " mart" for commercial, political, and general information ; and is, moreover, an n eighbourhood, andc fashionably attended. All the gentry of the interest in the beautiful productiosnslotha, t a h n e d w nm e er o T t s h p e arfies from the town, crowded We should have been glad, but we should at the object of considerable interest to strangers visiting the town thegtenTJurcrng' t a u n . d er t e oo ex k h l b rr e s d t . liT r ea: same time have been infinitely surprised, if the little (who may be introduced by subscribers),—the following which ministers have found time to say for themselves, I brief account of its architecture and dimensions will not be 5 r g , : t i t ~ . i e t r i i i , a a Li r d e e t zhee from a rt the we liLdrz(ily greenhouse, the combination of the hot-house, the from the lips of her Majesty, had been strictly the 1 out of place, at a time when the town is pretty full of visitors. was beautiful and sunn r The room occupies the whole of the basement story of th e tmdall p4 . te r n e t enjoyed themselves in a more than ordinary truth. Her Majesty, we apprehend, does not, as ea u s a t ne s d ide b of the Exchange -buildings —a pile perhaps une- degree.prizes at this annual aexil'ilbitioaill a b r a e nddn no atten e d . t anc.l heretofore, "continue to receive from" (all) " foreign commercial structure, in magnitude, excel- amount : the .hotiour_of successful ed,,,,,..+:,:__ great a pecuniary powers assurances of their friendly disposition." The fence of materials , l a t n er v ials, or superiority of trn”t-.„.„..1.:_ * T, omission of that little word "all" may, to be sure, protect her Majesty's advisers from the imputation of putting a deliberate falsehood into the royal mouth; but that omission is, after all, but a paltry evasion of the fact, that, with a powerful nation, whose alliance has of late been a great matter of boasting to the lvhig faction, we are not in that relation of friendly feeling which is to be desired; and it would have been more manly at once, and more politic as well, to have no ticed the circumstance. There are several subjects too which hitherto have furnished prominent features of such documents, and which are entirely omitted from the present. In what state, we ask, is the. American boundary question ? Her Majesty sayeth not. In what condition is Ire land ? Can Irish tranquillity furnish no theme for exultation ; or have "Repeal, or Separation," and the late exposures of Ribbonism, rendered this a sore sub ject for Lord Melbourne and his colleagues to venture upon ? We fear they have. The most important omission, however, which we have to point out, is that of parliament having succeeded in solving the knot which tied up in his cell, in Chelmsford Gaol, the im mortal, and never to be too much lauded, five and sixpenny martyr John Thorogood With ntiv ^ ~ ^se an a..5.,.. bwoisiu oawv liiiien trom the ups ot er a jesty the gracious announcement that her fair hand had signed the. statute which restored to liberty and to his lapstone this most obstinate of all cobblers ! But, perhaps, it was wise to shield the tender feelings of the two houses of parliament from such a call upon their delicate sensibilities ; and the announcement might have excited unreasonable hopes of similar acts of par liamentary favour in the minds of less interesting, though equally stubborn, opponents of the established laws and authorities of the realm. tstmteleol4 in, the su.fficient tug to ~ , , . .v. n,y ut worKtuansnip.'' From induce a rivalry i n which "Greek , z e the piazzas in front, it is entered by two wide folding-doors, of production, which is far better than the tug of destructio n. Amongst the rare plants shown as an honorary specimen, Ticaset,tie(i7esrveeustnaSNe:sno"luesaaiti)larteive o l f z Mexico, the sole " fo so adjusted on springs as to admit of easy ingress and egress. The style of the room corresponds with the exterior of the the white wig of an stonework,—being Grecian ; and to the visitor, on his first oilman on a barber's block, w s i e tT tl ' i n e g liair part ed. hich bear Ththeere entrance, from it s great magnitude and chastity of ornament, are, we have heard, spe c i mens o f t hi s plant w the effect i s mos t i mposing. It is 130 ft. 9 in. in length, and semblance of human hai r , f rom t h e straizht flaxen of some yrsirygoaonn e u African. The pl an t . can 51 ft. 8f i n . i n w id th ; thus presenting an area of about 6,209 wEausruspeneatu nations to the frizzle b superficial fe e t. Th e height is 31 ft. 4 in. in the middle. A beautiful specithen, asfof th a tall plant, was shown of the The most s t r iki ng f eature is a double row of lonic columns, ten on ea c h s id e, running longitudinally alongthe room, and Auraucaria own southern clim Excelsa, a species of th e fi r t ree, which in its e - attains a height of 300 to 370 feet. a l n t i r i aative offolk Iland, s a fine slid grain, and supporting the roof, w hi c h r i ses, between them, in a seg- . n learn, ' in comg s in use r as of valuable spar timbe r D iu went of a circle, some feet higher than those parts of it be- the navy. Sent by Mr. Skirving. tween them and th e wa ll s on each side. Each of these noble Of Carnations the di s pl a y was very sp l en did , and included columns has a ha n d some cap i tal, and each shaft consists of many w s beautiful stoc4 7 v ex. a r e i e t i w e s a . s a l s A o s l e a n T r collection a l t o o f n Dahlias, a single p o li s h e d stone : opposite to them on the sides and which, had they bee n . entered for competition, would doubt: less have a b sor b e d many of the prizes. Mr. at at the end s o f th e room there are corresponding pilasters. deed, sent a genera l collection of plants and flowers, ng, in with his The curved or centra l part of the roof is divided into panelled u sur i ll desire t o g i ve variety to the exhibition, and encourage compartments between th e pill ars, with central floriated orna- cu lt vation. ments, in stucco, serving as ventilators. The roof at each side is In " Agricultural" produce, a most extraordinary speci men or bunch of Oats was exhibited. It was the HOpetovvn also divided into larger moulded compartments. The mid skeiel, grown on the farm of Mr. Archibald Sinclair, from dle of the room, between the columns, is left open as a spa- . afsrt, J ., er f is .. go , wtl . l on the acme farm. The stalks cious commercial promenade, or place of conference : the sides, measured __a of about the same area as the middle, are appropriated for reading-desks and tables, where, seated or standing, subscribers and visitors may peruse the news of the day,—nearly all the journals in the kingdom, and many of fo reign lands, being here " served up" with great regularity. There are seven semicircular-topped windows on each side met .5 inches, to 7 feet 10 inches in height. The show of garden stuff, particularly turnips and cauli flowers, was splendid. The Searisbriek turnips were very fine. Of Cucumbers, the show was such as to demonstrate a de cided improvement in size and quality. The FRUIT generally was of great growth, and - fine qua lity. The grapes might have rivalled, or rather excelled, the finest of t _nrn,ls,n a ri - mer presenting t el and very large mouthfuls. The whole show went off with the greatest ecldt, and the competitors, with additions to th e i r num b ers, w i ll doubtless come forward with still greater enthusiasm at the next meet ing, which will take place before the close of the season. The following were the principal prizes awarded :—The best pan of Carnations,—Mr. Win. Lodge, of .Manchester ; for the second best, Mr. E vans , o f Ch ester. For the best "Maiden Growers,"—No fewer than seven prizes in the various kinds, to Mr. Thomas O'Grady. Scarlet Bizarre ,—First priz e , Th omas R o b y, of Prescot; second, Mr. Wm. Lodge. Crimson Bizarre,—First prize, Mr. Lodge; second, Mr. Ewing, of Chester. alternate square -topped windows, except in the spaces on the east side anti south end occupied , by three fire-places, and the twn spaces on. the west side where are the * doors. Owing to the shadow produced by the piazza on the west, a subdued rather than a bright light is admitted, but it is suf ficient for all practical purposes. At the north end is the bar, in a recess facing the centre of the room. The outer counter, or " bar," is gently curved outwards. Behind it are hand some cupboards for the newspaper files, &c., in the form of a bureau, and surmounted by a weather-clock; which, moved by a vane on the top of the buildffig, gives immediate indication of the changes in the wind. This is decorated with etchings in gold. At the opposite ead of the room there is a large clock to correspond. The cupboards, coun ters, and drawers are admirably grained in oak, and after wards varnished. We never saw a more masterly imitation of that timber. The sides of the room are painted of a light veined stone colour, harmonising with the stone columns forming the cent- We have not - time further to enumerate ; but may state that the remainder of the prizes for flowers were won re spectively by Mr. Roby, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Evans, Mr. Har. rison, C. S. Parker,- Esq., Mr. William Skirving, the Rev. Rector Brooks, Mr. William Smith, Mr. Moss, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Woodhouse, Mr. Davies, and others. We shall probably revert to this noble competition of Flo ral and Horticultural competitors. We understand that a severe struggle is likely to take place on Monday next in the election of Dock Committee-men. Mr. Alderman Evans, for the pur pose of securing the passing of his favourite scheme for investing the Dock Committee with the immense patronage that must inevitably result from the erection of dock warehouses managed by the Dock Committee, finding that there is no hope of success if five Whig candidates are presented to the rate-payers, has skill fully changed his tactics, and it is intended that five conservative gentlemen shall he brought forward as the protoges of the corporation of Liverpool, who have suffered themselves to fall into Mr. Evans's net, and who are willing that the warehousing, coopering, por terage, &c., connected with the new RellPnit. .h,ll ho ral colonnade. The roof is of a still lighter hue, and of varied tints, the object being to render the room as light as possible. The whole of the painting was under taken by Mr. Porter, and is admitted to be executed in a very superior manner. There are five bronze chandeliers appended from the centre of the room, each with five gas lights, subdued by large globular or " melon" glasses, which have a good effect. Mr. Jones, the master, from his being connected with the room for nearly thirteen years, is quite an fait at his duties, and is to be found at his post early and late : we . ...... exclusively placed in the hands of the Dock Commit tee,--not seeing, or not choosing to see, that this enor mous patronage will be wielded for political purposes, and will consolidate that power which, but for swamp ing the registry with fictitious Popish votes, was fast passing out of their hands. .otaining early and correct information, are well known. The maritime sod commer cial news, including arrivals of vessels, telegraphic infor mation from Holyhead, &c., is posted on " the slate," and in books, the moment it is received ; and the state of the barometer is registered twice a day. The ventilation is ex- Le in cellent, and the room is consequently never too warm in summer, nor too cold in winter. In fine, the whole institu tion is an honour to the town ; and we may add, that though we have heard of public rooms of a more decorative and showy description, none exceed' our Exchange News-room in simple and classical grandeur, and in accommodation ; and none, we may assume, can boast of being frequented and patronised by a body of men more honourable, more liberal, or more enterprising in the several departments of commerce to which they are attached. In proof of the increase of our mercantile population, it may be added that there are upwards of 1700 subscribers to the room, and the annual increase for We are glad to find that five gentlemen will be put in nomination, each representing important mer cantile interests, they not being opposed to the abstract question of quay warehouses, but decidedly opposed to their being managed by the Dock Committee in their legislative and executive capacity. The names of these gentlemen are—Mr. W. Potter, Mr. John Crosthwaite, Mr. Robert Henderson, Mr. Charles Challinor, and Mr. Thomas Bold. We hope the merchants will not be gulled by the trick of Mr. Evans; for although this gentleman is permitted to ride roughshod over our obsequious Town Council, it is no longer to be allowed that he shall also be first consul of the Dock Committee, with the appendage of an obsequious tail ! the last ten years has been about 60 per annum * These noble buildings, the first stone of which was laid on the 30th June, 1803, were finished on the Ist January, 1809, (when the room was opened,) from the designs of the late John Foster, Esq., architect to the Corporation, at an expense of upwards of £lOO,OOO. The stone, which is of very fine quality, was obtained from the quarries of the Earl of Sefton, near the Mount Cemetery. EXTRAORDINARY DISAPPEARANCE OF A TRADESMAN. —On Monday last, Mr. Roberts, of the firm of Chalkley and Roberts, Vine-street, left his place of business with a cart load of bread, which he expected to dispose of in Waver tree and the neighbourhood. Having finished his business, he was seen tO pass through the gate at the railway, on the Wavertree-road, on his retun home, about half-past nine the same evening, but has not since been heard of. The cart and horse were discovered in the road, and the remaindor of the bread was undisturbed, and about 10s. were found in the cart-box. Mr. Roberts is supposed to have had four or five pounds, and a silver watch on his person, but no reason can be assigned for his absence—he was prospering in business, and has never been known to remain from home longer than might reasonably be expected. The police have been in formed of these facts, and we hope that some satisfactory information may soon be obtained of this (at present) inex plicable circumstance. As may be supposed, the family of Mr. Roberts are in the greatest distress ; and we need scarcely add that any intelligence which may be conveyed to them respecting their relative will be most gratefully received. By the packet-ship North America we have accounts of the arrival out of the Britannia, royal mail steam-ship, at Halifax and Boston. She left the Mersey on the 4th of July, and arrived at Halifax in 12 days, and at Boston in 14 days. She may be expected to arrive here in the course of to-day or to-morrow. DESIGNS FOR THE LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. It will be in the recollection of our readers that designs for this intended structure were some time ago advertised for,—two prizes (a first and second) to be awarded to the parties whose productions were the most highly appro'ved by the committee. The result was• that about thirty architec tural drawings, each with accompanying elevations, plans, and estimates, were sent in from various parts of the king dom ; and the committee of the institution having made their award, with a view to gratify public curiosity they have placed the whole in the exhibition room of the Lyceum, where they may ha gratuitously inspected. We have been highly gratified by a cursory visit to the collection. Many of the drawings are beautiful, both as regards their execution and the designs of the structures they represent. The com petitors, we should premise, were restricted by the prospec tus to the Tudor style of Gothic, and also, we believe, to a stated amount of expenditure,—the latter not admitting of a very highly-elaborate pile of building. The object in choos ing this style was doubtless to blend in the building, as a public institution for the general purposes of education, a portion of the ecclesiastical character, which is appropriate to the religion's principles which it is the object of the foun ders to promulgate, and which this kind of architecture is so well calculated to impart. Though this style admits of great diversity of combination, as well as of considerable variety in details, there is a vein of similarity running through seve ral of these designs, and more particulary in those of them which, as we think, evince superior taste and mind. The grand original with the architects generally has doubtless been King's College Chapel, Cambridge. We shall briefly notice a few of those promiscuously which we consider the best, exclusively of the two prizes, with some details of which we shall conclude : No. 28. This is in our estimation the most " magnificent" thing in the room. It respresents a noble pile, in which hol? tl ADVANCE IN THE PRICIt OF CANDLES.-It has been de termined by the principal chandlers to advance the price of candles a halfpenny per lb., in consequence of the present high price of tallow.—[See advertisement.]—Housekeepers and others would do well to see that their candles are weight, as many as are sold at a low price, in consequence of the weight being deficient. PERKINS'S PATENT STEAM GUN.—We had on Wednes day night an opportunity, with some other gentlemen, of see ing this extraordinary and ingenious engine of destruction in operation, at the Shooting Gallery, in Tarlton-street ; and could not, in common with all who were present, withhold our astonishment and admiration of its wonderful effects. The principle may be applied to artillery. Our first impres sion was that such an " internal machine," which appears suited to riddle the bodies of a whole regiment of men with balls in a few minutes, should, by general consent of all ci vilized nations, be excluded from the field or the fleet, as being altogether too murderous to be tolerated. As, how ever, nations cannot be brought to court mutual annihilation, (the better part of courage, after all, being discretion,) on second thoughts, we regarded it as an invention which, if brought even partially into practice, might keep belligerents at so respectable a distance from each other, that it would eventually reduce rather than increase the fatalities of modern warfare, in the same manner as " the villainous saltpetre, (lug from the bowels of the harmless earth," supersede the more deadly conflict in which foe met individual foe, with deadly steel, and the arrow left more carcases in the field than the bullet. Be this as it may, Mr. Perkins's steam gun cannot be regarded as other than an important discovery in the ap plication of steam to projectiles, inasmuch as, independent of war, it may possibly be applied to useful mechanical piirposes. The steam apparatus consists of a furnace, on which is placed a coil of tubing 80 feet in length, and containing circulating hot water. In a long horizontal elevated iron case above there are four tubes of larger diameter, through the centre of which the hot-water tube passes, and joins both ends of the coil of tubing. The steam thus generated passes into a cham ber above, from the top of which it is conducted to the breach of the gun. The gun is almost 6 feet long, and of small rifle bore. Just over the breach, and screwed into it, is an up right pipe or hopper, from which, by turning a tap below, the balls drop one by one into the breach, and a valve being in stantly opened by a handle close by, the steam rushes in with great force, and " fires" it off with a loud report. One indi vidual turns the tap and opens the valve, and if this be done with dexterity 600 balls may be discharged in a minute. By keeping the tap entirely open a whole volley of 60 balls may be discharged as fast as the drop into the breach. The force with which these are projected is such that, after passing through a thick board at a considerable distance, and striking a plate iron behind it, they fall to the floor flattened to a sub stance even thinner than a sixpence. The principle of which Mr. Perkins has availed himself is the elastic power of steam. The explosive power of gunpowder is much greater, but is sooner expended, being more instantaneous. In other words, the explosive force of a charge in a fowling-piece is over at a distance of say three feet from the breach. But the elastic power of steam is so great, that it follows and propels the ball until it leaves the gun,—thus making up for the sudden and explosive power of powder, by continuity and rapidity of pressure. The steam gun is exhibited in aid of the funds of the Salford Mechanics' Institution, by the directors of which it was purchased from Mr. Perkins. It is well worthy of a visit, and its operation is fully explained by a gentleman who superintends its working. KNOWS!.EY.—Lord D er by, so f ar f rom being in a danger- ous state, is i n better health than he has experienced for some months past, and is now able to conduct his own correspon dence, and transact official business is lord lieutenant of the county. The Hon. Captain Charles Stanley, of the Grena dier Guards, has arrived with his lady from town, on a visit to the noble earl; and Lord and Lady Stanley are expected from Lathoin House, the seat of Lord Skelmersdale. Lord Stanley will not visit his estate, Ballykisleen, in Tipperary, this year. Act and the florid are happily blended. A fine square tower, with which the whole mass harmonises, rises in th e cen t re. I t remind us of Eaton-h a ll. Th e p l an of the interior does not, however, comprise that convenience which might be expected within so superb a pile; and the cost of the whole (probably upwards of .4,000), precluded all chance of the success of the artist, to whom it does much honour, to the gaining of the prize. It is surmised to be from Glasgow. 29. A very beautiful frontage. 18. A fine massy specimen. There is a central projec tion enriched by oriel windows, and two handsome square wings, with corresponding windows. The top (like the greater number of the designs) is embattled. This, we should think, would look well in execution. 17. A good and neat design, but rather better suited for a gentleman's mansion, than a Collegiate Institution. We speak of the style, and particularly of the peaked roofing. There is a central tower. On examining the plans the practi cal visitor will perhaps adinit that the interior arrangements are second only, if not equal-to those of the " grand prize." The drawing is very, good. We think we can recognize in this design the work of a respectable firm of our own town, who produced a very splendid design for the Courts of Assize. 8. Very pretty in its several parts, but too much cut up into projection§, indentures, and other details,—so that it wants imposing effect in the tout-ensemble. 21. A fine building. The buttresses or gothic pillars and rising shafts are well introduced. 16. This is evidently by a gentleman who knows what he is about. He has depicted a very handsome pile, with a square tower rising in the centre of the main front. The gothic shafts are good. The same artist has placed in juxta position with it a beautiful and highly classical Grecian de sign for the Institutioii; and has g i ven , i n manuscript, on the plan below it, his reasons for preferring that style to the gothic, in a triodern.strncture, to be devoted to the purposes of general education. His remarks are not without their co gency. The upper story of the promised building is enriched by most appropriate alto-relievos, depicting the most promi nent events and characters in the page Of history. Nos. 6,8, and 3 are all neat productions. No. 2. The Second Prize. This is a very beautiful de sign of a pile in the castellated style, with a projecting centre, and wings, in the middle of which last, at either end, rises a handsome square tower. ' The windows are of the Tudor form ; but those in the sunk story, which would have risen in the plinth, are omitted,—as they would detract from the appearance of the building. This is more discreet than can did in the artist. The interior arrangements, in particular as regards the admission of light to some of the rooms, are rather defective. No. 1. The First Prize. This is a remarkably fine speci men, but we defer until our next publication a detailed ac count. Suffice it here to say,' that it is a beautiful specimen of the Tudor Gothic, enlivened by large pointed windows, covering two stories, with wings, octagonal shafts, embattled *--- &c. It resembles np_9_,elC_i_n_g.E.Avvy.,ard:.s School at _. ....—.. ~,,mgitsh edifices. .-.. ""..5""" "'''. '''4'. -- tfin - t - the wings may be omitted until The architect proposes the building requires enlargement. We are glad to find that the committee have decided to construct the wings a Priori,— so much are they pleased with the design as a whole. We concur with them ; the design is excellent ; and the interior arrangements simple and admirableadmitting ample light Without the wings, however, the outward to every room. wou ld appear bald and unsatisfactory. It is by building H. D. Lonsdale Elmes, Esq., the successful competitor for the plans of our St. George's Hall, and, latterly, of our New Assize Courts. This gentleman is happy in his designs, and in the appreciation in which they are held. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—On Monday week a commercial gentleman from the old and respectable house of Messrs. Bromfield and Overton, of Liverpool, accomp an i e d by th e son of a resident tradesman, started in a gig from the Oak Inn, Welshpool, on an excursion to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the picturesque vale of Myfod. The horse had not been in harness for two years, and was probably too tightly curbed. They had not progressed more than twenty yards from the Inn ere the animal betrayed considerable symptoms of une as i ness i n thi s nove l em pl o y, b egan plunging, and eventually started off at a fearful pace, to !Ile serious alarm of the inhabitants and others. It being market day the danger was considerably increased, and serious app re h ens i ons were en t erta i ne d th a t the horse might run among the ear th enwa re standings, which, of course, would have added to his excitement. Fortunately, young Bromfield, (of the house of Bromfield and Cr?.,) the driver, was possessed of admirable presence of mind and gre a t firmness, which enabled him to keep the now infuriated animal " well in hand," yet affording sufficient freedom for his course. They cleared all obstacles, however, and got from the town towards the upper turnpike, where as a means of staying the animal's career, young Bromfi e ld run him up towards the ditch bank, which finally stopped him, but pitched the two occupants of . the gig into the h e d ge, which was very high and thick, luckily without any other i n j ury than a few slight scratches.—Salopian Journal. NIMM II.II.IIIMI —STABBING - • NI e reg - ret to state that the un-English prac tice of stabbing, not withstanding th e severe v i s i tations of the magistrates upon it, is becoming very general in the brawls that frequently take place amongst the lower classes of the pwas opulation. On W ednesday a man, z named Daniel Atkins, His examined at the Police-court on a charge of this nature. vietity, was a rigger, with whom he had had some dispute in a pi!blic-house, and a struggle taking place between them, the prisone r used the knife. Several wounds were inflicted by him upon the rigger, one of which, on the neck, was of a serious complexion. The rigger was conveyed to the Infir mary, where h e now li es in considerable danger, and in the meantime the priso ner was reman d e d. The instrument with. which th e injuries were inflicted was . a shoemaker a knife, which appeared to have been broken in the conflict. MAD Docs.—The public are cautioned to be on their guard with respect to dogs, and keep them muzzled, givi ng them a plentiful supply of water; severalidogs, showing de cided symptoms of hydrophobia, having been destroyed with in a few days. THE ASSIZES Our assizes commence on Monday next. We are glad to state that the offences are not numerically so great as usual. The following is a list of the prisoners for trial : FOR MURDER, 3, viz., James Anson, for the murder of Wm. Cheetham, at Manchester ; Ellen Bannan, for the murder of her child, at Liverpool ; John Fagan, alias Patrick Fagan, for the murder of Jas. Sherridan. The other prisoners are, for forgery, 4 ; rape, 2 ; manslaugh ter, 11; burglary, 8 ; felony, 3 ; cow-stealing, 2 ; horse stealing,. 2; cutting and stabbing, 4 ; Bank and Mint cases, ; uttering a forged Bank of England note, 1 ;—total, 47 : males. 49 fprn.).o r. Lurre prisoners were, in addition to the above list, corn mitted to the gaol last night, for cutting and stabbing. THE PENNY POST 0, Rowland Hill ! 0, penny post The public ne'er were so bit. Thou surely must give up the And soon become Post 0 bit A PENNY A LINER 12th August, 1840, THEATRE ROYAL.—The Clandestine Marriage was per formed last evening, and was followed by The Lady of Lyons. It is impossible to speak in too high terms of the acting of Mrs. Clarke, Mr. W. Farren, and Mr. Anderson. They left nothing whatever to be wished for. The bill for this evening is very attractive. We beg leave to direct the attention of our readers to an advertisement which appears in another column, announcing that the Rev. T. D. Gregg will deliver an address, on Wed nesday next, at the Amphitheatre, on the subject of " Po pery and its remedy." We have no doubt that thousands of our fellow -townsmen will avail themselves of the opportu nity of listening to the statements of this tried champion of Protestantism. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. --WC have great pleasure in di recting attention to an advertisement in another column, announcing the intention of Mr. Atkins to give a grand gala at the Zoological Gardens. The preparations are on a most extensive scale, and no means have been spared to give effect to them. The well known character of the gardens will be ably supported on this occasion.—See Advt. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton landed at Marseilles last week from Athens, and intended after a sojourn of three days, to go to Paris. The noble, lord and-lady may be expected to arrive in this country next week, after an absence of nearly 12 months. AccrnENT.—A distressing accident occurred to Mr. Prit chard, of the firm of Pritchard and Cornthwaite, extensive tea dealers of Liverpool, on Friday last. This gentleman was driving a phaeton, in which were Mrs. Pritchard and family, down the hill at Newbridge, when from some cause the horse startled, threw down Mr. Pritchard, over whose body the wheels passed, and gallopped up the other side. So great was the parent's anxiety for the safety of his family, that, unconscious of the injuries he had himself received, he hastened after the vehicle, which had been fortunately stop ped by a mal in the road, happily, without injury to either of the party it contained, but; on subsequent examination, Mr. Pritchard was very seriously injured, beside having his arm broken in two places. Four of his ribs were found to be dislocated. The unfortunate gentleman now lies in a pre carious state, at the Wynnstay Arms Inn, Oswestry, but favourable hopes are entertained of his recovery.—Salopian Journal. THE LATE MR. JOHN BIIIIIY.—Some circumstances have transpired within the last few days which tend to strengthen the suspicions which many persons have entertained that Mr. Bibby's death was merely accidental. Since we last alluded to this melancholy affair, the magistrates of the dis trict, Charles Birch, Esq., John Formby, Esq., and the Rev. Miles Formby have used all diligence in pursuing the inquiry. The offered reward of £5OO did not produce the slightest effect, and it was conceived that the mystery which hung over the event would never be satisfactorily cleared up. The magistrates have, all along, been in the possession of a certain piece of information respecting the departure of an individual soon after Mr. Bibby's death, which coupled with the circumstance of the watch not being found, tended to keep alive their suspicious. A few days since a man (not the party above alluded to,) was apprehended by one of the county police, and evidence has been produced, whi c h p l aces beyond doubt the fact that he was coining in a direction from the pond in which the body of the late Mr. Bibby was found, about four o'clock on Saturday morning, the 19th July. This man, who is a brickmaker, was remanded till yesterday for further examination. Yesterday h e was again brought up before the three magistrates just named, and after two witnesses had been examined, the further hearing was again adjourned till Monday next. Mr. D avenport, who appeared for the prisoner, said he had several witnesses to call on his behalf, by whom he expected to prove an alibi. We are not at liberty to allude more particularly to the circumstances which have come to our knowledge, as the authorities have their regards fixed on some collateral traces, to which it would be injudicious to direct attention. CHEPSTOW.—LAvscII.—At an early hour on Wednesday morning last our town was a scene of activity and bustle, its inhabitants being all anxious to witness the launch of one of the first models of naval architecture that has for years past glided into its destined - element, from the building -yard of Mr. Oliver Chapman, at this port. At half-past seven, a.m. all being ready, no sooner the word strike was given than the mandate was obeyed, and the " William Gillies," named by Miss Helen Chapman, moved onward in majestic style, amidst the roar of cannon, ringing of bells, and thunders of huzzas, until she took the mighty waters, much to the gratification of the innumerable spectators who lined the streets and avenues leading to the yard, as well as the vast assemblage on the op. posite side of the river ; in fact, we may say, that the shores of the far famed Wye were this morning beautifully tinged with the brilliant hue of female splendour, added to which, the morning dawned as though it were the first day of summer arrayed in all its beauty. -The " William (fillies "is a ship of the first class, 511. tons, p.m., 464 tons, 0.m., com man d ed by Capt. Thos. Clarke, an d intendeed for the East India trade. Mr. Oliver Chapman has been indefatigable in this as well as his former .exertions to prove .tOlhe'iniQeantile world that Chepstow is a port of no ordinary class in ship building. We say go on and prosper. .Merlin. NOVEL MODE OF TRAVELLING. —Lord Stanley, shunning the more modern mode of travelling,—" the rail "—or per haps fearing lest anything serious should befal Lady Stanley, who is at present in an interesting situation, last week adopted a somewhat novel mode of transit from London to Lathorn House, the seat of Lord Skelmersdale, in Lancashire. Early last week, his lordship, Lady Stanley, and a numerous suite, embarked from Cashiobury Park, Hertfordshire, in two of Messrs. Pickford and Co.'s boats —the one an elegantly fitted packet, usually devoted to the use of the company, when going on business excursions. The only stoppage made on the journey homewards took place at Stoke-upon-Trent, on Wednesday night, at which place the boats were moored seve ral hours. At six o'clock on Thursday evening, his lordship arrived at Preston Brook, Cheshire, the junction of the Trent and Bridgewater navigation. He was here received by M I Mitchell, the agent to the Bridgewater trustees, and the grin cipal inhabitants of the district. The whole of the work people belonging to the canal, then stationed at Preston Brook, turned out to a man; and and a very handsome set of harness, with liveries for the riders, made for Lord Francis Egerton's private use, was brought into requisition for th e first time. The boatmen and porters drew his lordship's barge the length of the wharf. His lordship stopped at Stret ford on Thursday night, and on Friday finished hie voyage. TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT. —On Friday, Angust 7th, the members of the Wallasey Independent Friendly 'Society presented their Honorary President, Mr. HenrpMeadows, with a silver tankard, as according to the inscription " A token of their sincere respect f or hi s steady perseverance. for their welfare." On the occasion he received the represen tatives of the society,.eighteen in number, at his resid ence , the Manor House, P oo l ton, with a most cordial welcome, and sat down with them and a few friends to an excellent dinner in his garden, where after the cloth was removed the retiring vice-president, exessing the feelings of the society, presented him with the above token of respect ; in accepting which he remarked ;—" Gentlemen,—l si ncere l y t h ank you for the kindness you have show n me t hi s d ay, in presenting mery with a silver cup as a testi mony o f respect for my past seices, and should you continue to repose that confidence in me, which you have hitherto done, I shall always be most happy to meet you on all occasions,.cud at the same time carefully study your future prosperity'," The cup being filled, " the Queen" was drunk with great enthusiasm, after which the song and toast went round in the cool shade of the fruit trees, till darkness warned them of the propriety of separoting. On no occasion did the beauties of the green wood shade, the setting sun, the azure sky, in fact, all the poet says of landscape beausty, with the flaah.of wit, the harmony of song, and philanthropy speaking through the eyes, combipe to Porn a mere happy grour„—(Fitln a Cbr reslchtereonf."