The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-28 00:00:00

larly to the fact, that those who have waterclosets attached to their houses are prevented, by a heavy penalty, from allowing the soil to be carried away by the sewer, and in consequence, are compelled to let it accumulate for months under their dwellings. He also pointed out a very simple and unexpen sive method of preventing the emission of stench from the openings to the sewers. (To be contimfed.) THE "MERCURY" FALLEN BELOW ZERO TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—My note published in your Tuesday's paper touched the Landl a d y o f the Pigeon and Penny Trumpet on the raw • when reference was made to " our circulation" " the galled jade winced ;" but come Mrs. Bott, come to the ques tion ; it is the " falling of Mercury below Zero." Give us (if you are not ashamed of it) your average weekly circulation for the last three months of the year just ended, and, if you please, the previous qua - rter also ; and to make the four quar ters complete, I now give you your own figures for the two first quarters of the year, viz„ that ending in April, 1839, " our weekly average" was 7824, but that ending in June had fallen to 7326, and the yearly average made up to Decem ber was 7000 ! What a falling off is here ! But, old lady, if you do not please to gratify your readers with the weekly average up to December, the House of Co mmons w ill i n a few days ena bl e th em to do it for themselves. The old twaddler's attempt to extricate herself from my charge of " weekly slandering the Protestant clergy, and her very effectual attempts to mask the villany of Popery," only confirms my statement; for she not only admits, but asserts, that, she slanders them on such and such occasions, when they act in such and such a manner ; for instance, when they " preach politics out of the pulpit." she thinks she is justified in slandering them ; but, old lady, your readers will infer from this that if they do not " preach politics out of the pulpit, then, by your own showing, you are not justified in slandering the clergy of the Protestant church. Now, the question is, did you ever hear them preach " politics out of the pulpit ?" It will not avail you to say that you heard it from good (Popish) authority. Suppose you leave your bil liards and your bagatelle some Sunday morning, and walk on to St. Jude's to hear your friend there ; would it no t b e much mere satisfactory for you to judge for yourself instead of relying on Popish calumny ? You could then write notes to correspondents without so much wincing ! Old lady, it is for you to consider your ways. I struck the nail on the right head when I suggested your " slanders of the Protes tant clergy" as one cause of the " falling of the quicksilver below Zero." Note.—lf you want political preaching from the pulpit, look .to the church of your holy mother Jezebel, and you need not go without texts for slander ; but this is a church which you love to honour, but don't, old dame, beguile yourself with the notion that she can absolve you from the guilt of a life of slandering Protestant clergymen.—l am, sir, &c., YOUR CORRESPONDENT. PROPRIETORS OF THE EXCHANGE AND CAPT. CLEGG OF THE HUDDERSFIELD. The annual meeting of the Proprietors of the Exchange Buildings was held yesterday, when the freedom of the News Room was most handsomely voted to Captain Clegg, of the Huddersfield. The following is a copy of the Secretary's letter, the resolution, and of Capt. Clegg's acknowledgment of the justly earned compliment : CAPTAIN CLEGG, OF THE HUDDERSFIELD. Liverpool, 27th January, 1840. of a r eso Sir,--It is lution my pleasing duty to hand you the inclosed copy , assed at a gel of the Petors of the. Liverpoolp Exchange held nera this day.—The P ropri roprietors would have pl easure in extending the privilege of free ad mission to the News Room to you for life, but the bye-laws of the tha n C ompany prevent the m gran ti ng it i n an y oth er f orm as expressed in the accompanying resolution.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, To Captain Cleg. JOHN SUDLOW, Secretary. At a general meeting of the Proprietors of the Liverpool Exchange held this 27th day of January, 1840. Present —Edward Sephton, Esq. Chairman, &c. &c. It Was unanimously resolved,—That in consideration of th gallant an d meritorious conduct of Captain Clegg, the sh e ip of Huddersfield, in saving the lives of 95 persons from the wreck of the steamer William Huskisson on the 12th instant, free admission present year, with a recommendation to the Proprietors to continue the same privilege from year to year. (Extracted from the Minutes.) JOHN SUDLOW, Secretary. Sir Liverpool, 27th January, 1840 . ,— May I beg that y ou w ill d o me t h e f avor to convey to the chairman and proprietors of the Exchange-buildings my grateful thanks for the very marked and unmerited Compli ment which you have this day so kindly conveyed to me. I can only again take o ccas i on to repeat, that the services on which the proprietors of the Exchange -buildings are pleased to compliment me, are, I feel, only such as would have been ren dered, under similar circumstances, by any individual actuated by the common f ee li ngs o f h umanity. To the many marks of public kindness which I have already received, I add, with much pride, the expresssion of approbation of so highly a respectable and influential a body of gentlemen, as the pro prietors of the Exchange-buildings, and have the honour to remain, sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN ARDEN CLEGG. John Sudlow, Esq. THE LIVER THEATRE - - 7 - At this establishment there is no lack of novelty. It is as spiritedly conducted as in any former season; and, in respect of attention to minor points, on which effect often in great measure depends, there is a decided improvement. To ad mirers of rustic " nature," Mr. Rayner's performances must be satisfactory : his engagement extends throughout the week. In all the old men that he personates, Mr. Til bury is efficient —his knowledge of his art ensures efficiency —hut in several parts of " his li he dilays a finish in his portraitures of c h aracter, and ne" a refinem sp ent of concep tion, which attest his possession of considerable imagination and the higher powers of mind. The dancing gives great satisfaction. Without mind. The to the talents of :Waddle. Chevallier, to which, with others, we have borne testimony, we think that in the style and school of the art there is not only much promise, but much of actual and pleasing attainment, nightly exhibited by the young ladies who are in the bills under the somewhat incongruous desig nation of the " Misses Thomassin and Lidia." However, it is on their dancing, and not on the titles of the dancers, that we have to remark. Chevallier's style is graceful and pretty, but it is too confined : it wants variety. The other ladies are young and meritorious. They are evidently aiming at success in the higher and more difficult, because more ar tistical " walk" or movement in their profession. Those ac quainted with the resources of the ballet throughout the complicated range of its departments, will we think coincide with this opinion. Nothing but sustained study, an steadily Alirected practice, can enable th em t o attain the Praiseworthy object which they have in view. Let their motto e PERSE VERE : th e y w ill t h us add to their present populari b ty. Both ladies dress well, and—which is more deserving of notice— with exceeding taste. CAPTAIN CLEGG.—The subscription going on at the Commercial Buildings, in this city, amounts to £225 ; and it would certainly have amounted to three times that sum if it had not been limited to five shillings. Yesterday an elderly gentleman, as we are informed, pressed a pound note upon VlyMr. Jameson, the secretary of the co m p any, who perempto refused it, saying, " I cannot take more than five shil 'logs." A. bye-stander sugges t e d th a t t h e gentleman should put down the nam es o f t h ree o f hi s children, or 'family, whereupon the hum ane personage fl ew i nto a violent passion, and exclaimed—" Sir, I did not come here to be mocked— you are an impertinent fellow." The bye-stander, evidently astonished, replied in a mild to ne —" I b eg your pardon, Sir, I really did not intend to offend you, nor am I aware of any reason why you should be offended." The testy gentleman, in a lofty tone, and with a sardonic grin, vociferated—" Sir, You did intend it ; y ou k new we ll I was an old bachelor, and. that nobody cares for me ." S o say i ng, he made his exit, currying off his pound note, and buttoning the pocket of his in expressibles as he quitted the room. Dublin Evening Packet. ROYAL Amer-trail:Amt.—lt is a pleasing duty with us to direct attention to the varied and splendid attractions nightly prepared at the Amphitheatre. Those who have not, from the inclement state of the weather, been able to refresh their knowledge of chivalry by seeing the Tournament, should avail themselves of the earliest opportunity. The gallant hearing of the armed knights, the sounding proclamations of the herald s , the prancing and neighing of the steeds, an d the gorgeous magnificence of the whole, attest the enterprising spirit which has prepared the piece. The other departments of the performances also manifest the superintending agency of Ducrow; for every thing is done in inimitable style and with exhaustless spirit. We have not, however, time to specify in detail the points of superiority, and therefore, we must conclude by recommending our friends to go and judge for themselves. SPECIAL MEETING ON THE TOWN COUNCIL.—The Mayor has summoned a special meeting of the Town Coun cil, to be held on Wednesday next, among other purposes, :to consider the best means of celebrating, in a suitable man ner, the approaching marriage of her Majesty. LAIINCH.—On Thursday a beautiful barque, of about 400 tons register, called the Livingson, intended, we believe, for the East India trade, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Joseph Steele and Son. Notwithstanding the tem pestuous state of the weather, an immense number of people were present, and witnessed the animating sight. A number of elegantly-dressed ladies were also present. The Living son went off in splendid style. LAUNCH.—On Tuesday last a beautiful brig, of 196 tons register, named the Fanny, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. I 3 annester and Simpson. She is surpassed by few as far as regards superior model and workmanship, and is admirably adapted for the West India trade, we be lieve, she is intended for. Although the day was exceedingly unfavourable, yet she Went off in gallant style, without sus taining the slightest injury, and is now lying i n N o. I Graving Dock, the admiration of every one who inspects her. LIVERPOOL FIRE POLICE.--On Wednesday a consider . able.nunaber of persons paid a visit to the station of the Fire Police, for the purpose of witnessing the plan pursued by the superintendent, and the men under his command. Much has been said in praise of this useful body. The extraordi nary alacrity they display, and the signal success which ge nerally attends their efforts for the preservation of lives and . property, have justly placed them in high estimation with the public. We were, however, quite unprepared for an exhibi tion so interesting as the one we witnessed. The engines, although a fire had not long before taken place, were in the finest order; all the appurtenances arranged in proper form for use •, and the appearance of a large number of the force, who had been called together by Mr. Hewitt, was highly satisfactory. The men having been duly placed, directions were given them to attach a length of hose, containing 16 or 18 yards. This was accomplished by one man removing the wooden vessel from the engine, by another fastening the mainscrew, a third taking the ho se , an d so on ; and this was accomplished in the incredibly short space of ten seconds. After this had been done, and the engines, with hose re attached and properly folded, two, lengths we r e f as t ene d i n a proportionately short period. Subsequently three lengths of suction, and four of hose, were screwed to the engine, and this length (above 70 yards) was speedily conveyed up Tem ple-court, and water carried over the houses, in less spa ce o f time than half a minute, much to the wonder and gratifica tion of those who witnessed it. The party, by invitation, afterwards dined together at Mr. Henry Morris's, who libe rally provided a sumptuous entertainment. The fire police had, for a considerable time, been badly managed ; but under the re -Construction of Mr. Hewitt, the training of the men, and, indeed, the whole arrangements, may now be said to be in the most perfect order,. and have been the means of pre serving lives and property to a great amount, which must otherwise have been inevitably sacrificed. • MEETING AT SIR ROBERT PEEI:S.—A meeting of some of the leading conservative members of the House of Com mons was held at Sir Robert Peel's, in Whitehall -gardens, on Saturday last, at noon. Among the noblemen and gentlemen who attended Were Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Bart., Viscount Eastnor, -Viscount Stormont, Lord Ashley, Si r G eorge Cl er k, M r . H o p e , M r. Packe, Mr. Emerson Tennent, Lord Grenville Somerset, Right Hon. Joseph Planta, Right Hon. John C. Herries, Mr. Acland, Hon. H. Liddell, Lord Eliot, Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, Lord Ernest Bruce, Mr. B. D'lsraeli, Hon. Captain Gordon, Mr. R. M. Mines, Hon. W. Lascelles, Captain Meynell, Serjeant Jackson, &c.—Morning Herald Of yesterday. Among the merchandize frozen in on the Erie mai are ay -four tierces Moffat's la pills. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. Mr. RAYNER FOR ONLY FIVE NIGHTS LONGER. Mr. HOSKINS will appear THIS NIGHT ONLY. Mrs. RAYMOND'S THIRD APPEARANCE THIS SEASON. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 28th instant, also WEDNESDAY, 29th, and THURSDAY, 30th, the Evening's Entertainments will commence with (never acted here) a humourous Drama in two acts, called THE SOLDIER'S STRATAGEM ; Or, Love and Transformation. Wrangle Mr ilbury. Misses Thomassin and Lidia will Dance the ebrated Taran tella, from the Opera of the Gypse Warning. Mr. Mungall will dance a popular _ dley Pas Suel. Mademoiselle Chevalier will appear i er admired Scotch Dance, from the Opera o Rob Roy. • To be succeeded by a new and most successful Interlude, never acted here, entitled, YOU CAN'T MARRY YOUR GRANDMOTHER. Sir Rose Bloomley, Mr. Tilbury; Tom Small, Mr. Hoskins; Emma Melville, (on this night only) Mrs. Raymond. After which Misses Thomassin and Lydia will dance an ad mired Pas de Deux. Mademoiselle Chevalier, the Dance of Cupid. Mr. Mungall hisadmired Sailor's Hornpipe. To which will be added for the first time in Liverpool, a new and most successful Drama, written by Mr. Tilbury, of this Theatre, as acted at several London Theatres with the most distinguished success, entitled THE ORPHAN AND THE DESERTER; Or, An Israelitee Philanthropy. Isaac Samuel Mr. Tilbury. Mr. RICE, the celebrated popular American Comedian, is engaged for a limited period, and will make his first appear ance at this Theatre in a few nights, being his farewell engage ment in England, previous to his departure for America. Tickets and places for the Boxes may be had of Mr. BREZE, at the Box-office, from Eleven till Three o'clock. Boxes 3s ; Pit 2s ; Gallery 6d. Second Price at Half-past Eight ; Boxes 2s ; Pit ls ; no Second Price to the Gallery. Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'clock, performance to commence at Seven precisely. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. GREAT NOVELTY. For the BENEFIT of MR. RAYNER, and his. Last Appearance. ON FRIDAY EVENING next, Ow 31st instant, THE PEASANT PRINCE. Ludvico Mr. Rayner. An entire new Ballet, " Auld Robin Gray," by Madlle. Chevallier, Misses Thotnassin and Lidia, and Mr. Mungall. THE DUMB BELLE. Mr. arid Mrs. Raymond. A variety of Songs, Duets, &c., by Mr. Rayner, Mr. Gard ner, and Mr. Marshall. To conclude with the Domestic Drama of THE MILLER'S MAID. Giles Mr. Rayner. Tickets to be had of Mr. RAYNER, 5, Anson-street. LIVERPOOL GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCER . THE THIRD CONCERT of the SEASON wi ake place THIS EVENING, the 28th instant, at th HEATRE ROVAL. PRINCIPAL PERFORME . VOCAL. Madame BALFE, Signora E. GRISI, I Mr. BALFE. INSTRUMENTAL. VIOLONCELLO .... Mr. LIDEL. PIANO-FORTE Mr. THALBERG, Who will perform on Erard's new patent Grand Piano-forte, brought to Liverpool expressly for this occasion. The Orchestra will be complete in every department. LEADER Mr. HERRMANN. The Boxes and Stalls are appropriated to Subscribers, and parties whom they say introduce. Single Tickets, for the Gallery, 2s. each, may be had at the Music Shops and usual places. Books of Words may be had at the Theatre on the evening of the Concert. The doors will be opened at a Quarter-past Seven, and the Concert will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. TO CORRESPONDENTS, Scrutator" may permit our venerable comtemporary to indulge his puerile pursuits : the wonderful discovery, of which an engraving has been given, is a significant picture of the doting old man, coiled up in his own vanity, though unable to sting. He requires no further castigation; he has received sufficient from Mr. Holme. ne Eihrpool btanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1840. We have received files of the Sydney Gazette and of the Sydney Commercial Journal, to the 14th of Sep tember, inclusive. The news from New South Wales is comparatively of little moment. The intelligence from Hobarts' Town and South Australia is somewhat more interesting. The South Australian Record fur nishes us with some very important details respecting the progress of the colony of Port Adelaide. It ap pears that, in the course of two years, from the 28th of December, 1836, the date of the establishment of the province, its population has increased from 200 to 8,250 souls; that its revenue, consisting only of duties on spirits, wines, tobacco, and publicans' licenses, amounted for the last six months to upwards of £5,000 ; and that the arrivals at Port Adelaide, for the same period, consisted of 99 vessels, of 21,709 tons— equalling the entire amount of the previous year's ship ping in the colony. The produce of the emigration fund, arising from the sales of land in the eolony, du ring the year 1839, and remitted to the commissioners in England, amounted to the large sum of £112,887 a sum sufficient to send out to the colony at least 3000 married couples of labouring emigrants. The number of sheep in the colony had reached nearly 70,000 head. The superior quality and decided healthfulness of the pastures are the subjects of constant praise. The ca tarrh, which has been so very destructive to the flocks in New South Wales, seems to be unknown in the more sheltered pastures of Adelaide. The attention of the settlers is, for the present, almost exclusively directed to sheep-farming. Little advancement, has, in conse quence, been made in agricultural affairs generally. The South Australian Register of the 3d of August gives the following as the prices of provisions in the province :—Potatoes £35 to £4O per ton ; ditto per lb. 4d. to 6d.; turnips is. per bunch ; carrots 6d. per lb. ; beef 10d. to ls. per lb.; mutton ls. to. Is. 2d. per lb.; veal is. 3d. per lb.; pork is. 4d. per lb. ; butter (fresh) 3s. 6d. per lb.; butter (salt) 2s. to 2s. 6d. per lb.: fish 4d. to 6d. per lb. ; eggs 4s. to 6s. per dozen ; cabbages and lettuce 3d. each; four pound loaf 35.; flour (best) £65 to £75 per ton ; oats 115. to 13s. per bushel; bran ss. 6d. to 6s. per bushel. The intelligence from Hobart Town reaches to the 16th of September. It appears that subscriptions to a considerable amount had been raised there for the re lief of the poorer classes, who had been, for some time previously, labouring under great distress, in conse quence of the scarcity of food. A public concert had also been projected for the same benevolent purpose. Severe frosts had been experienced in Van Dieman's Land in the early part of August, which, with the pre vious dry weather, had materially injured the early forage crops ; but subsequent mild rains had caused a great improvement in the appearance of the wheat and young barley. It appears that Sir John Franklin, the Governor, had received a draught of a new Colonial Charter, containing the elective principle of legislation and the abolition of military juries; but the Sydney and Hobart Town papers complain that publicity had not been given to this document. They state that the only details that have transpired are, that the Colony is to be divided into municipal districts, each to bear its own expences, and each to elect its own local magis tracy. The prices of provisions, &c., at Hobart Town were remarkably high. Fine flour was sold at £6O per ton ; seconds £5B ; thirds £56 ; Oatmeal 445. per cwt. ; pollard 2s. 6d., bran 4s. 3d., per bushel of 20 lbs. Wheat wes selling at 21s. to 225. 6d. per bushel; Eng lish barley Bs. per bushel ; oats 7s. 6d. per bushel ; po tatoes 18s., pressed hay £B., loose ditto £6 10s., straw ' £3., coals 305., gum 1 ls., she-oak 15s. per ton. From Sydney we learn that the new education scheme had been introduced into the council. The Governor ' introduced the measure in a speech of considerable length. The Bishop of Australia opposed the scheme with great force and ability. He argued that the system of education, at present in force in the colony, is adequate to the wants of the community, and consistent with the principle of religious equality established by the Church Act. He exposed the injustice which the pro posed measure would inflict upon the Protestant popula tion of all denominations, in making a separate provision for the support of schools in which the Roman Catholic clergy would have constant supervision, while the Pro testant Clergy would be excluded from all interference with the schools established for the education of the children of Protestant parents. From the atrociously exclusive nature of this provision it would appear that the government have determined upon furthering Popish Ascendancy in our Colonies as well as at Home. We are glad that the Government measure was scouted, as it deserved to be, by the Legislative Council of New South Wales. The Sydney Gazette informs us that, after a debate of six hours and a half in which the Attorney-General, the Chief Justice the Colonial Secretary, the Collector of Customs, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr. Macarthur, Sir John Jamison, and Captain King severally took a part, the Governor withdrew the resolutions he had submitted to the Council, being convinced, he said, that after the oppo sition the measure had met with, he could not, in his executive capacity, carry the sceme into effect, even if it had passed the Council. We rejoice most heartily at this triumphant result. A more deliberate insult 13 could not have been offered to the Protestants of New South 'Vales, than was conveyed in the, resolutions introduced by the Governor. We congratulate the Protestant members of the Council, and the Protestant inhabitants of the Colony, on the defeat of this most impudent scheme. We learn from the Commercial Journal that a Bill had been introduced into the Legislative Council, and . read a first time, for the admission of the aboriginal black natives as witnesses, in certain cases, in the various Courts of Justice. By this Bill, it is also said, besides the intention of making the blacks competent witnesses. they are to he eligible to the respcinsible offices of constables. It appears to us improbable in the highest degree that the Council could be induced to pass a measure so fraught with danger to the Colony. It would be infinitely wiser to endeavour to introduce some degree of'civilization, in the first instance, among the degraded aborigines. Great complaints are made respecting the depreda tions of the aborigines in the neighbourhood of Tort Phillip. Sheep, to the amount of 700 or 800 head, valued by the increased price of stock at £l5OO or £l6OO, had been carried away or destroyed; and the blacks were met with in every part, collected in large bodies, and armed with European weapons. They evinced the greatest hostility and treachery, corn mitted daily the most daring acts of robbery, and left the country in a state of the greatest excitement and alarm. In consequence of these acts, the sheep-owners had applied to the Assistant-Protector, for the purpose of having the most violent and conspicuous among the savages apprehended, on the form of a warrant : but this request had been refused, on the plea that the names of the offenders could not be obtained. By this imbecile policy—which is quite in keeping with the conduct of the Home Government—the hordes of savages are left to work their will without restraint, to the ruin of individuals and to the loss of the whole colony. The want of some plan for the effectual pro tection of the settlers in the remoter districts of our Australian Colonies is most grieviously felt and con stantly complained of. Owing to the unprotected state in which they are frequently left they are obliged to take the law into their own hands. The consequence of this is, that a system of retaliation is being constantly acted upon, and the settlers and natives are kept in a state of perpetual warfare. It is to he hoped that some measure may be speedily adopted for removing this grievance. The markets at Sydney were very brisk. The fol lowing are the last quotations in the flour market : first quality 80s.y second quality 755., ration flour 705., per 100 lbs. Freights to London and Liverpool were as follows :—wool, 13s. 4d., per lb.; oil, old measure, £4 ss. to £4 15s. per ton ; timber, £5 10s. per load; flax, £6 per ton. Rates of insurance to London and Liverpool, from 21 to 31 per cent. We have been favoured with a copy of the St. John's (N. 8.) Weekly Chronicle of the 27th of December. In reviewing the affairs of the colony for the past year it remarks—" Our commercial and monetary affairs have experienced some great changes, and, as a necessary consequence, some embarrassments have been felt : but on the whole, when we view the vast extent of the commerce of New Brunswick, the industry, wealth and enterprize of those engaged, we need not appre hend any very serious sufferings to our trade ; nor need we fear comparison with any colonial commercial port, in any of her gracious Majesty's wide domains." This is certainly a very flattering picture of the prosperity of New Brunswick. We trust that it is not exaggerated, and that this year may be productive of still greater success to the commercial enterprize of the colonists. There is no news of importance in the paper before us. Nothing further is stated on the subject of the Boundary Question. The next arrival from New York may supply us with some information on this head. The packet-ship Roscoe, Captain Huttleston, which sailed from New York on the Bth instant, arrived here We yesterday morning, after a passage of 19 days. find very little that is worth extracting in the papers which she has brought. The proceedings in Congress present no feature of the slightest interest on this side of the Atlantic. The sales at the New York Stock Exchange, on the 7th instant were to a fair amount, but prices had generally receded. United States Bank closed at 82, being a decline of 2 per cent. Not much was doing in exchange upon England. The nominal quotations were at Bto 81. Domestic exchanges were growing better daily. Freights 9-16 d. for square, and 11.46 d. for round bales, at which engagements had been made. Advices have been received from England to the Bth ultimo. The accounts carried out had produced no variation in regard to prices in the New York cotton market. There was very little fine cotton of any description remaining on hand, and scarcely any of New Orleans of a higher grade than fair. The finer qualities were, in consequence of this state of things, higher; while the lower, from their relative abundance, had experienced a proportionate depression. The transactions embraced 750 bales of Upland, at 9* to 101; 950 ditto New Orleans, at 91 to I If ; and 100 ditto Florida, at 91 to 10 cents. Of these about 1000 bales were taken for exportation. The arrivals for the week had been, from New Orleans 2312, Alabamia 902, Florida 743, Georgia 834, South Carolina 841, North Carolina 122—in all 5754 bales. The total im ports since the Ist instant had been 7824 hales. The exports from the Ist to the 31st December had been 7449 bales. The exports from the United States, since the Ist of October, had been 223,834 bales: during the same time last year, 135,199 bales ; and the same time the year before, 230,788 bales. In domestic goods there was very little doing, and the quotations were, therefore, merely nominal. The transactions in flour and meal were to a very limited extent, though, owing to the arrival of the packet-ship England from Liverpool, with favourable accounts for American flour, prices had generally ad- vanced. The Grand Jury of Pennsylvania had indicted the manager ofthe Schuylkill Bank and others, on account of the frauds which had been committed by the officers of that institution. The defendants had taken steps to quash the proceedings of the Grand Jury. The papers are still filled with melancholy details of the damage done by the recent storm in the Eastern States. The losses must be very considerable, as the shipping generally suffered very serious injury. There is no news from the Southern States. No mail had been received for twenty days from New Orleans, and all the Gulf was behind in proportion. There is no news of any importance from Canada. The Governor-General had sent a Message to the Le gislature, informing them that he would shortly sub mit a measure to them for the permanent establishment of the Church Reserves. All was tranquil in both pro vinces. There is, unfortunately, in Great Britain, a set of crawling hypocrites, as destitute of principle as they are of common sense, who seem bent upon the des truction of the West India Colonies. It is, we confess, a matter of astonishment to us, that these individuals, who are, for the most part, a set of needy adventurers, who make a profitable trade of their pseudo-philanthropy, should possess influence enough to enlist on their side men of high station in this country, yes, men of high standing and character in the Church. To see the latter co-operating with a set of infidels in religion and ultra-Radicals in politics, may well excite the surprise of every man of business in the community. Nor is it a less humiliating spectacle to see talented and dignified clergymen of the Church of England prostituting their influence, and bartering their reputa tion, by acting in concert with such a ruffian as Daniel O'Connell, the most measureless slanderer and the most unconscionable liar that ever trod upon the face of the earth. It will be perceived, by this, that we allude to the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society —a societ y that, despite of its title,;has done more to perpetuate slavery in its most frightful forms, than -all the slave traders of the eighteenth century put together. We make this charge deliberately and conscientiously. We have it upon the uncontradicted evidence of Mr. Bux ton, that the slave trade has increased in a most fearful ratio within the last thirty years. How has this come to pass? Slavery and the slave trade have been abolished in all the possessions of the British crown ; and yet the slave trade has increased and is increasing. W e fearlessly attribute this increase to the operations of-the Anti-Slavery Society. They havesbrought thin to pa's by depressing, in the most resolute, persevering, and systematic manner, the interests of the British West India Colonies. It has been the undeviating policy of this mischievous society and its lying agents to calumniate, misrepresent, and thereby ruin the planters in the British Colonies, and thus superinduce the necessity of procuring the supplies of colonial staples from Foreign Colonies, in which slavery is still in force, and in which there is not, at present, any prospect of its abolition. It is quite consistent with this malevolent and revengeful policy that the hypocritical agitators of the Anti-Slavery Society should urge upon the Govern ment of this country the propriety of admitting sugar, &c., the produce of slave cultivation in Foreign Colonies, free of duty into this country. This plan is only part and parcel of the grand system of persecution and extermination carried on towards the unfortunate planters in the Colonies of Great Britain. We have been led into these remarks in consequerce of the appearance of an extraordinary advertisement in the London papers of last week, to which we find the well-known (we do not say notorious) name of "Joseph Sturge" attached, as " Chairman" 'of a recent meeting, from which the advertisement in question emanated. This was a meeting of the Committee of the Anti-Slavery Society, held on Tuesday, the 21st instant, at which certain resolutions were passed con demnatory of the much-desired system of free-immi gration into the West Indies. After stating that the subject had been taken into deliberate consideration, the Committee proceed to give the result of their ex cogitations. In doing So they either incontinently fall into a serious error, or they give utterance to a wilful lie. They say that " the evidence they have collected from authentic and impartial sources proves that almost uniformly, where the emancipated negro has been fairly and equitably dealt with, he has wil lingly remained on the estate of his former owner, and cheerfully performed, for very moderate wages, the most laborious part of sugar cultivation, in many cases to an amount exceeding what could be exacted from him under the severest system of coercion, while in a state of slavery." We called this paragraph a lie : we ought to have called it a tissue of lies. It is a string of the most impudent lies from beginning to end. We defy the Anti-Slavery Committee to pro duce a tittle of evidence in support of their sweeping assertions. The " authentic and important sources" from which they profess to derive their evidence we hold in utter contempt, as unworthy of the slightest degree of credit. We have, over and over again, in the columns of the Standard, disproved every asser tion upon which the pseudo-friends of the negroes (pshaw!) have ventured in the passage just quoted, and that upon data of the most incontrovertible character. We have proved that the negroes have generally— almost universally, indeed—behaved with the greatest ingratitude towards their former masters—that they have almost universally refused to work, excepting for the most extravagant and ruinous rate of wages—and that they have, in no case hardly, done as much work as under the apprenticeship system, defective as that system was. The whole of this we have proved upon the evidence of despatches and statistical details, against which there can be no cavil. The quantity of sugar, rum, and molasses exported from the West In dies, during the last two years, is of itself conclusive upon this point. The Anti-Slavery Committee proceed to state that " the complaints which have been made of inability to procure a sufficiency of labour mainly originate from the agents of non-resident proprietors." This, again, is an unqualified falsehood. What do the Anti-Sla very folks think of the great public meeting of resident proprietors, held at Georgetown in Demerara? The truth is, that the complaints in British Guiana and Jamaica, the two most important colonies, are univer sal. There is scarcely a plantation on which labourers are not most urgently needed, and which, if labourers are not speedily supplied, will not eventually be thrown out of cultivation. The Committee next assert that " the emigration which has taken place since 1834 to our colonies, for the purpose of promotion sugar cultivation, has gene rally been accompanied by much fraud and injustice, as well as by dreadful mortality to the parties who have been entrapped into it." This is a most serious charge; but where, we ask, are the proofs ? We do not deny that subordinate agents may have occasion ally been guilty of indiscretion in carrying into effect the plans for a supply of the Hill Coolies; but we most emphatically deny that those gentlemen on whose pro. perties the Coolies have been finally located have acted in any other than a spirit of perfect fairness and jus tice towards these labourers. This has been amply proved in the copies of the despatches from Governor Light, which have already appeared in the Times, and, partially, in this paper. To them we refer for a com plete answer to this indiscriminate charge of fraud and injustice. They also furnish a complete refutation of the assertion that there has been " dreadful mortality" among the Hill Coolies. The average mortality among them has been less than that of Liverpool or of Lon don. Their constitutions are well adapted and soon assimilated to the climate of the West Indies, and their condition is proved to be infinitely superior to that of their countrymen whom they have left behind. They go through their labour cheerfully and without com plaint, and that in spite of the diligent efforts made by the Anti-Slavery agents to spread discontent among them. Not satisfied with these sweeping and malevolent charges against the planters, the Committee go on still further to asperse the characters of those who are the objects as Well as victims of their spleen, by saying, " although Slavery is abolished in our Colonies, its spirit yet remains in full force with a large majority of the dominant party." This is an assumption, as bold, unfounded, and gratuitous, as it is malevolent and spiteful in its nature. Was it not the " dominant party" that anticipated the act of the Imperial Legis lature, by the immediate and unconditional abrogation of the apprenticeship system? We tell the Anti-Sla very Committee, without fear of contradiction, that the " dominant party," at whom they sneer, embraces men as humane, as liberal, and as tolerant, as the most flaming of the pseudo-philanthropists at home. Let these sleek-faced hypocrites remove the beam out of their own eyes, before they proceed to take the mote out of the eyes of the West India planters. Let them do something towards mitigating the rigours of the thrice-abominable factory slavery at home, before they officiously and impertinently interfere with our Colonies. The white slaves of England are in an infinitely worse condition than the negroes ever were in the West In dies : and yet Mr. Sturge and his compeers do not venture to stir a finger against the home tyrants. How beautiful!) , consistent is their philanthropy I The Committee conclude their audacious resolution by praising the Government—that is, the Whigs, the tools of O'Connell—for disallowing the Immigration Ordinances of British Guiana, and by calling for an expression of public opinion against any scheme of emigration to the Colonies that may be proposed, " either by the local Legislatures, or the proprietary interests in this country?' In other words, they ex press their cordial satisfaction that the West India Colonies are rapidly sinking into ruin, and they intreat the people of England to resist any measure that may rescue them from their present condition, and secure to them a prosperous career in future. Their language is—" Perish our Colonies, and long life to the genius of HUMBUG!" But we tell Mr. Sturge and his friends that they will be disappointed. The country is no longer to be gulled by their fraudulent representations. The Bri tish Parliament will, we doubt not, devise a measure of immigration into the West Indies, which, while it will satisfy the mind of every true philanthropi s t, w ill secure the permanent peace and prosperity of those important appendages to the British .Crown, AND STRIKE A DEADLY BLOW AT SLAVERY IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD ! It is impossible to avoid being amused by the tone of flippant impertinence with which certain of our Whig-Radical contemporaries endeavour to hide their consciousness of the weakness and approaching down- Hope aft er h ope h as fled from fall of their party. them,—vision after vision has faded from before their anxious gaze,—disappointment, defeat, and disgrace, beset them at every turn; yet still we see upon eac h face the same self-sufficient smirk, the same jaunty conceit, and the same apish swagger, with which, in the high and palmy days of their prosperity, they were wont to astonish and delight by turns their wondering dupes. We have a rich specimen of this ludicrous assump tion in a leading article of the Manchester Guardian of Saturday, upon the subject of " Sir John Yarde Buller's want-of-confidence motion." Our contempo rary expresses himself as " rather disposed to rejoice that the Tories have determined to bring their strength to the test against that of Ministeri ;" for " not only are the leaders of the Opposition quite aware that they cannot win, but that the more prudent and clear sighted of them do not desire to win"! ! Omniscient Guardian ! may we just venture to inquire of thee, under what planet was it that the " prudent and clear sighted" amongst the leaders of the Opposition en trusted their sentiments to thy keeping ? We are quite ready to admit that they may not win, inasmuch as some thirty or forty Whig placemen, who, by that motion, will be put upon their trial before the country, will in all probability—not being troubled with an ex cess of delicacy --find it convenient to vote in their own cause, and thus declare that they at least have confidence in themselves; but that they do not desire to win we must really presume to doubt, until we see some better proof than the assertion, even of our om niscient contemporary. But should such a result as the leaders of the Op position dread to contemplate occur, and the Ministry, by some unforeseen chance, be declared unworthy of the confidence of the country, Lord Melbourne, we are assured, is pledged to her Majesty not to resign without first appealing to the constituencies by a dis solution of Parliament; and our contemporary asks, " Do the Tories suppose that, in the present state of public feeling, they can gain by an appeal to the peo ple ? We think the well-informed amongst them know better." Imagine, reader, the air of lofty scorn with which the Guardian threw down the pen which had indited that annihilating sentence ! Imagine, if you can, the " unutterable things" beaming from his countenance, as, placing his ten digits calmly and with dignity in the pockets of his inexpressibles, he gazed around him in all the ecstacy of editorial tri umph ; but do not flatter yourself with the idea that the cannibal propensities of our contemporary are yet sated. He has knocked the life out of the Tory party by a single sentence, but he has yet to mangle the carcase, and he again assumes his pen and proceeds to the task con amore. " Even were they enabled, however," adds the Guardian, " by the acquisition of such a majority as there is now against them, to ride roughshod' over the objections of the Queen, and force themselves into office, the moment, however, of their installation would witness the commencement of their difficulties." Hard measure this, most worthy Guardian ! We have no thing to hope from the constituencies, but if we pros per beyond hope and against hope, the moment of our prosperity would be the commencement of our difficul ties ! But, waving this, we should really like to know what the Guardian means by the Conservatives "riding roughshod" over the objections of the Queen (the brackets are our contemporary's own), and forcing themselves into office. What are the objections of the Queen ? How can the Conservatives be said to force themselves into office ? Perhaps our omniscient con temporary can give us some information in reply to both these questions—the first in particular. We our selves, in our simplicity, have always imagined that the Reform Bill was expressly meant to place the power of the state in the hands of the people, through the medium of their representatives ; and should the result of an appeal to that people be—as we confidently believe it will be—to return a majority of Conserva tives to the House of Commons, we certainly do con ceive that, according to the theory and practice of the constitution, the " objections of the Queen"—if such things do exist—must give way, despite of any Bed chamber influence, to the feeling and the will of the nation thus expressed; and a Conservative administra tion and Conservative policy be adopted as matters of course. With respect to the dculties which the Guardian imagines would stand in the way of such an administration—difficulties which are sufficient to deter Sir Robert Peel from undertaking its formation, we suspect that they exist only in the fancy of our imagi native contemporary; and, at any rate, are such as press equally upon the present O'Connell-ridden ad ministration. The Guardian concludes his article with a prophecy, of which, by the bye, he possesses a gift which on one or two occasions has been very felicitously exercised. Sir John Yarde Buller's motion, he says, will be " negatived by a majority of some dozen or fifteen at the least." The Radicals, he assures us, will hardly " venture" to vote against Ministers, but (with one exception) will all vote against Sir John. We have no objection whatever to the Radical Members thus stultifying themselves by voting that they have confi dence in a Ministry whose incompetence has been the theme of their denunciations for the last two years ; but we must pity the state of a party whose only de pendence for a bare majority, on a question so vitally affecting their character, is upon a few individual votes, given by men who openly condemn their policy, and insultingly declare, at the moment of recording their votes, that they exist but upon their sufferance, and are only allowed to do so for the sake of the concessions which they hope to wring from their venal natures and their urgent necessities. There can be no doubt that the Rev. Hugh M`Neile has entitled himself to the best thanks of the true Pro testants of this empire. His testimonies against Po pery, as an anti-social, as well as an anti-Christian system—as irreconcileable alike with the British con stitution and the holy Scriptures—have been too pun gent and too true to escape notice. They have tended so effectually to rouse the scriptural Protestantism of the country, and to strengthen the barrier thereby presented against the progress of Infidel liberalism, as well as Papal hypocrisy, that, as the rev. gentleman himself expressed it, " the enemies of England are stung to madness." One after another they betray the soreness of the wound he has inflicted, and, unable to answer him in argument, they endeavour to write him down by vulgar vituperation. First, that great metro politan foxhound, the Morning Chronicle, opens upon him in full cry, with a charge which the writer could not but have known at the time to have been utterly unfounded. Then followed the provincial beagles, our own Albion, Mercury, and Chronicle (not to mention town council terriers), the Dublin Evening Post, the Northern Whig, et hoc genus omne. Then the big beg german huntsman himself, unable either to despise or refute, blusters out, " monster," " traitor," " chartist," against the rev. gentleman. And now, not yet con tent, another, behold another assailant in the field ! with more deliberate malignity, more cold-blooded systematic rancour, more spiteful misrepresentation, than all the rest. And who is this ? He has too much of the " better part of valour" to give his name. He signs himself in euphonious Greek, a Lover of Truth —Philalethes. But no one who reads his pamphlet, and knows any thing of Mr. M`Neile, can doubt that the signature is doubly fictitious ; as far removed from a description of the writing as it is from the real name of the writer. A liberal of the first water, shaped and polished in British India, that happy paradise of indifferentism, where, he informs his readers, " party and party spirit are unknown,". returned in an evil hour to his distracted native country, and, stimulated possi bly by gratitude for an under-secretary's situation at the Treasury, hastens to exercise his modicum of abi lity in slandering the zealous watchman on the walls of our national Zion. It is quite in keeping with the high distinction which Mr. M`Neile has attained as our Protestant champion, that he should be the first mark at which the underling of office essays his wea pons of abuse. It seems he was taken to hear Mr. M`Neile preach; but his self-importance could not bear the high and solemn authority with which that servant of God delivers his scriptural message. Mr. M‘Neile's manner of standing offended him. He says— " His manner shewed a great deal of self-confidence. He stood up in his pulpit as if he was sure of the unbounded mental submission of his congregation." This is the beginning of charity, and shews with how unprejudiced a mind Philalethes began to kear the ser mon. True it is that Mr. M'Neile is no cringer—no trembling apologiser for the truth he delivers. He believes what he says, and he says it, fearing no man. He is bold. And Paul was bold, and prayed for boldness, and exhorted to boldness ; and " the boldness of Peter and John" attracted the attention and rotised the enmity of the self-sufficient of ficials in Jerusalem ; and Isaiah was very bold , and all the tr ue P rophets were bold in denouncing image -worship as bringing down judgments upon their nation. Of Mr. WlsTeile it may be said that he adopts a similar tone of bold ness. There was a class of men in Israel who acted very differently. They considered the present feeling of the persons they addressed more than eternal truth, and therefore they said Peace, peace, when there was no true peace. They knew nothing of " party or party spirit." They would say anything that suited the present moment. This was vastly agreeable, no doubt, and caused them to be well spoken of as gentle, un presuming teachers. But our Saviour has taught us how to estimate such men. " Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you, for so did their fathers of the false prophets." Mr. M`Neile's treatment much more resembles that which the true prophets received. They were called " disturbers of Israel." Philalethes says of him— " He began by drawing a highly-finished:picture of the iniquities of Jezebel." This is true, however reluctantly recorded. The pic ture is now national property, and its high finish, and the accurate and spirited delineation of its resemblance, feature by feature, to the idolatry, treachery, and per jury of the Papacy, have immortalised the reverend gentleman as a Christian orator and a Christian pa triot. Hence the spleen. Philalethes adds— " But whatever his object might have been, it was impos sible not to see that he had Windsor Castle and Lord Mel bourne in his eye throughout." This is the continuation of charity ! It betrays, how ever, the medium through which the expectant of office was viewing everything —even the preacher's eye. It was doubtless very natural that Windsor Castle and Lord Melbourne should so flit before him, that when he heard of " encouragement to idolatry," " discountenancing the prophets of the Lord," and " feeding the servants of Baal," he thought neither of Jezebel nor of Popery, of which Mr. M`Neile was speaking ; but of Messrs. Sheil, Wyse, and O'Ferrall, the partners of his future honours in office—of the ten Irish bishops cut off—and other " heavy blows and great discouragements" given to Protestantisin, under the benignant sway of his favourite Premier. There was enough of coincidence, it must be confessed, to account for the vision, although, upon the shewing of this most bitter opponent himself, it formed no part of the sermon. Philalethes proceeds— " The professed original of it was Popery ; but it evidently did not suit the purpose of the preacher to dwell upon this part of the subject." This is notoriously false ; for the preacher did dwell upon this part of the subject, and upon nothing else, throughout the entire of that memorable discourse. Again-- " He contented himself with reading a letter from Pere la Chaise to a Jesuit in England, and passed over, in silence, the many strong points in which the Romish system, in its worst form, really resembles the character of Jezebel." We should like to know the strong points of resem blance omitted by Mr. M`Neile, and thus unguardedly confessed by a liberal, whose associates in calumny have denied that any resemblance exists between Jeze bel and Popery, and that, consequently, Mr. WlCeile must have intended to designate our gracious Queen by the name of Jezebel. So consistent with itself is libellous lying. Again— " His whole sermon was a savage declaration of war. What is there wanting, except the power of ordering his victims to the stake, to complete the resemblance between the Preacher before us, and a Popish Vicar Apostolic of the dark ages ? There was the same unbounded reliance on the mental and moral prostration of his flock;—there was the same tyrannous hate of those who differed from him in opinion ;—there was the same stirring up of the people to persecution, by means of penal laws, if not by some shorter and quicker process;—there was the same gross misrepresenta tion of the principles and practice of his opponents ; and I fear there is too much reason to believe that there is the same Jesuitical sacrifice of means to end, by throwing out personal calumnies to serve a present turn, which are after wards shamelessly admitted, or as shamelessly evaded." This is the completion of charity. How meek these gentlemen are ! What a monopoly of kindliness of spirit and gentle forbearance in language they possess ! " 0 would some power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as others see us." There from behind the soft garb of Liberalism issues the envenomed sting of the envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness, which are in the same breath hypocritically disclaimed. Never, since the days of Catiline, was there a more reckless, a more unprin cipled, a more unsuccessful attempt to assassinate a I noble character than this. And in disguise too, behind a Greek lie, without giving the reverend gentleman an opportunity of calling the vile retailer of slander to account. Truly the Italian associates of our Liberals have carefully instructed them in the stilletto exercise, and they have already proved themselves apt scholars. It is a remarkable fact, and a triumphant vindication of Mr. M`Neile, that while every assailant has charged him with " gross misrepresentation of the principles and practice of his opponents," not one of them has dared to specify wherein. The reason is, that when they grapple with his representations, they find them given in the very words of the authoritative and still unrescinded formu laries of his opponents themselves. The fatal assump tion of infallibility has bound around the Papacy the millstone of all the councils and sacred canons. It is from this armoury the reverend gentleman takes his representations of his opponents, while for the direct defence o! the institutions of the country, he has per petual recourse to the Word of God. The elections of which we spoke in our last have taken place. The result of each is now known, and it is such as we anticipated in most cases. We are by no means dissatis fied with the indications thus afforded of the state of public feeling. The close of the poll at Southwark stood thus : Mr. B. Wood (Liberal) _ _ Mr. Walter (Conservative) Majority 1535 524 _ ..... In answer to a correspondent of the Albion we would say that we "are satisfied" with this result. The ministerial candidate succeeded by a tricky coalition, quite characteristic of liberalism. In 1837 the majority in favour of the " re formers" was as two to one : now it is barely four to three. Is there no reaction here ? At Birmingham the liberals have also succeeded. The numbers at the close of the poll stood thus : Mr. Muntz (Liberal) 1456 Sir Charles Wetherell (Conservative) ...... 912 Majority . It should be borne in mind that Sir Charles Wetherell was proposed without any previous notice or canvass. In 1837 the Conservatives were beaten by a majority of 1088. This year, under the most disadvantageous circumstances, the majority is only 544. Is there no reaction here? At Devonport the numbers at the close of the poll stood thus : Mr. Tanen (Liberal) Mr. Dawson (Conservative) i‘lajority At Penryn and Falmouth the numbers were— Mr. Hutchins (Liberal) Mr Came (Conservative) Majority 222 It should be remembered that Devonport, Pearyn, and Falmouth, are under Admiralty influence, and generally re turn Government candidates. In all these places the liberals walked over the course at the last elections. At Newark the Conservative candidate has only lost by a majority of 9 against him. The numbers were — Mr. Sergeant Wilde (Liberal) ............. . 542 Mr. Thesiger (Conservative) ............ 533 Majority ....... ........... 9 We shall have more hereafter to say on the subject of this election. At Beverley the Conservatives have again succeeded. The following were the numbers at the close of the poll :-- Mr. Fox (Conservative) Mr. Murray (Liberal) Majority ......... 146 At Edinburgh there was no contest. Mr. T. B. Macauley was again returned. The Whigs have gained nothing by these elections. They have not added a solitary vote to the liberal side of the House of Commons. The influence by which at least three of the above returns mere secured, reflects no credit upon the party in power. We see nothing, therefore, in the preceding state ment which ought to be a ground of discouragement to the Conservatives. The good cause is prospering in every di rection. We rejoice to find that the Bishop of Exeter has redeemed the promise which he gave last week, by br i ng i ng the sub ject of Socialism under the notice of the House of Lords. He deserves the thanks of the whole community for the spirited and eloquent manner in which he exposed the abominations of those degraded and filthy fanatics whose re presentative was presented at Court by the Premier. In doing this he de mended of the Home Secretary, the ex-dic tutor of 'rebind, whether any steps hod been taken by Go. titt't. y r t? 7 1 S.' -;k7;i:-) -r ) -1 .0 i'l, t .- -- ‘%\,..-..„'s kti---J.-- verumejlt to put a stop to this infamous and demoralizing system. The answer which he received was, that no steps had been hitherto taken, and that Government thought the " good sense" of the community would be a sufficient check to the further spread of Socialism. The "good sense" of the country, indeed ! is the " good sense" of the country a sufficient check to the progress and development of Chart ism ? Let experience answer. Why should it be more suc cessful against so flattering a system as that proposed by Robert Owen and his infidel missionaries ? The truth is that there. isz strong predisposition in the natural mind to the recep tion of the doctrines promulgated with much assiduity by these Socialists. Why should not the " good sense" of the people be a sufficient barrier to the perpetration of murder, robbery, arson, or any other crime ? Why is the law armed against the man who commits a petty larceny —who steals a little old iron, or a few cabbages—while the criminal who aims a deadly blow at the very vitals of the social compact is left to revel unrestrained in his wickedness ? Is this a Christian country, or is it not? If it be, there can be no doubt as to the propriety of putting down such enormities as those which are recommended and practised by the Socialists. The Bishop of Exeter's exposure of Owenism, we are glad to see, extorted from Lord Melbourne the confession that he had committed 811 act of " imprudence" in pre senting Robert Owen to her Majesty. Was it not his duty to have ascertained the character of the man and the nature of his writings before he committed himself and compromised the Queen by such a proceeding ? We are glad to find that Lord Melbourne has so much sense left as to disagree with Lords Brougham and Normanby in the gra tuitous assumption that the gross absurdities of Socialism rendered its doctrines innocuous. His reference to the French Revolution, in proof of the power of falsehood, com bined with the grossest absurdity, was much to the point, and told admirably against his colleague. Let Lord Mel bourne act upon his avowed convictions on this subject, and we shall he satisfied. We trust that good will result from the labours of the Bishop of Exeter. We find that a series of Lectures against Socialism is already announced to take place in the metropo lis. Among the lecturers we find the names of the Rev. Robert Ainslie, the Rev. John Garwood, the Hon. and Rev. W. B. Noel, Richard Matthews, Esq., Barrister at Law, &c., &c. Would it not be well for the clergy Y . Liverpool to commence a series of the same description? I) 7:3 Ot ' itt!) 'Z;* k\ ' i ‘ ..1 k; WRECK OF THE BARQUE CORSAIR. Our shipping intelligence contains a brief announcement of the total wreck of the barque Corsair, Captain Daly, from Halifax for this port, yesterday morning, whilst in the chan nel. The following are the circumstances under which this unfortunate disaster occurred : The Corsair sailed from Halifax for this port on the 7th instant, and after a most dangerous passage, during which she encountered continued gales, she arrived off Holyhead at eight o'clock p.m. on Sunday night. Capt. Daly then made Point Lynas, where he lay till daylight yesterday morning (Monday). The weather being clear, he made signals for a pilot, and after standing off and on, under close reefed top sails he fell in with an American ship which he supposed to have a pilot, as she had no signals flying, but it was impossi ble to speak her. This circumstance, combined with the in creasing gale, induced Capt. Daly to follow her towards the new channel ; but, unfortunately, a fall of hail and snow came on so heavily as to completely obscure both the light ship and the American vessel. Whilst Capt. Daly was en deavouring to wear his vessel in order to stand out, she missed stays, and about half past eight drifted upon the bank at the north of the new channel. The gale increased, and the sea now making a clear breach over the barque, she soon became leaky. The hail, however, clearing away, Capt. Daly made signals of distress, which were instantly answered from the light-ship. Happily the signals were also immediately observed from the Magazines, and the life-boat stationed there was forthwith got under weigh for the pur pose of proceeding to the relief of the ill-fated vessel. It fortunately happened that the Queen of the Isle, at this mo ment, was passing on her voyage to the Isle of Man, and she towed the life-boat as near to the wreck as the raging waves would allow. Owing to the tremendous sea, two attempts to board the Corsair were ineffectual; hut, fortunately, the gale drove her over the bank into the new channel. Both anchors were then dropped, but the vessel, from being water-logged, rode very heavily. After great exertion the crew succeeded in throwing a rope to the life-boat ; one of them was fastened to it, and drawn through the sea into the boat ; the rope was again hauled on board by a guy rope, and this process was repeated till the whole of the crew, 16 in number, four passengers, and two dogs, had been transhipped to the safety boat. Every ore was after this manner drawn through the water from one vessel to the other. The crew of the Corsair had left her only a few minutes when she parted both cables and drifted upon the main. The life-boat having then 31 persons on board (her own crew being eleven), laboured very heavily, and got into a swell at the stern of the wreck. Indeed she was in imminent danger of being swamped or dashed to pieces upon the main, but, providentially the President, steam-tug, Captain Eccles, with the Liverpool lif e -b oa t [which had been despatched as soon as the telegraphic com munication was received] came up to their assistance, and she succeeded in towing the boat out of the breakers. Both boats were afterwards made fast to the President, brought safely to Liverpool, and all the parties securely landed on George's pier. During her passage the Corsair carried away foretopsails, foreyard-staysails, and forestaysails. She is the property of Messrs. Fairbanks and M`Nale, of Halifax, and was con signed to Messrs. Fairclough and Frost, of this port. Her freight was oil and timber. She admeasured 302 tons, and was in every respect considered a first •class vessel, having been entirely coppered and copper-fastened last summer. She stood Al at Lloyd's. The passengers were Mr. O'Neil, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Silver, and Lieut. Turner, of the Bth Foot. Too much praise cannot be given to the crews of the life boats and the steam-tug, for the promptness and intrepidity with which this humane exploit was performed, and for the cordial unanimity with which they acted. THE LAWFULNESS OF RULERS EMPLOYING THEIR OF FICIAL INFLUENCE FOR THE PROMOTION OF TRUE RELI GION.—To-morrow evening, at seven o'clock, there will be divine service in St. Augustine's church, when a sermon on the above subject will be preached by the Rev. Dr. Tat tershall. The sermon will be published on behalf of the Young Men's Established Church Society. LIVER THEATRE.—Mr. Rayner, whose performances in " Love's Frailties," and other pieces, have been so rap turously and deservedly applauded, closes his engagement with his benefit, on Friday evening, when his talents, added to an unusually attractive bill of fare, will doubtless ensure him a bumper. IMPORTANT TO COUNTY VOTERS.—Conservatives who intend to qualify themselves to be registered as County or Riding voters, at the next registration, as freeholders, copy holders, and customary tenants, or tenants in ancient de mesne, should be reminded that they must be in actual pos session of the premises, or in receipt of the rents and profits thereof to their own use, before the 31st January, or they will not be entitled to be registered during the present year. Loss OF THE WILLIAM HUSHISSON.—The Lord Mayor, yesterday, stated, in the Public-office, at the Mansion-house, that he had received a letter in praise of the noble conduct of Captain Clegg and his crew, and suggested a subscription for them in London. His lordship intimated, that he would most gladly receive subscriptions, if sent to the Police-room, Mansion-house.—Sun, of Saturday. Lieut. Lord, Marine-surveyor, reports, in a letter d a t e d Jan. 2G, and addressed to the Ch a i rman f the Dock Com mittee, that " the - Voel Nant station is again in working order, and signals pass along the whole line as usual." CAUTION TO OWNERS OF HACKNEY CARRIAGES. ---WC are informed, that during the past week, some theif or thieves have been industriously employed in plundering numerous hackney coaches, cars, and other carriages of the inside cushi ons, and also taking out the linings of the inside ; in some instances the linings have been cut and completely destroyed, and the material (curled hair) with which they have been stuffed taken away, for the sale of which a mere y trifle would be obtained, in comparison with the serious expenses incurred by the owners in replacing the same. The robberies have been generally effected in the evening, or during the night, when the carriages have been unemployed. The " Associa tion of Hackney Coach and Car Proprietors " have offered a reward of ten pounds for the discovery of the offenders, which we trust will lead to their detection, and prevent fur ther depredations of a similar nature. The following parties are the principal sufferers :—Messrs. Weltare, Greaves, Griffiths, Disley, Kell, Whittaker, Robinson, and Penn. THE CAPTAIN AND THE OWNERS OF THE SHIP HUDDERSFIELD.—A report has, most unaccountably, got abroad, that Messrs. Charles Horsfall and Son had not only expressed their disapprobation of Captain Clegg's conduct in interrupting his voyage to save and bring to port the passengers on board the William Huskisson, steamer, when she was foundering, but that they had even dismissed him from their service. The report is mentioned in a letter which now lies before us, which, though the writer of it is anonymous, shows that it has received credence from many. Now, who ever set the rumour afloat could not have been actuated by good motives, for a rumour so utterly without foundation was never fabricated. All who know the Messrs. Horsfall must be fully convinced, that, so far from having been guilty of Captain Clegg, they must h ave re of so much courage j t o h i e oe c d ri tr m h e at o t f h c e e y n h su ad rin n g Cp in their a employ a man and humanity as to lead Min to risk the safety of himself and crew in the heroic attemp t ,, t have been so which proved saulce malignity of there malignity on o f•the inventor_ mus t the rumour, foundation cont r adicted, , and state,Captainas, it not authority,front Clegg he it might stilr without llc c b r i ng still i that it is utterly n Messrs. Horsfall an d S on ' s service- who heartily a pprove of the heroic condu c t w hi c h he a ppro evinced on the recent m elancholy and trying occasion. -4 sion.—.. tdlb•on. UNBELIEVING SOCIALIST CAVIL AGAINST THE CHA RACTER OF CHRIST. —Some f o our modern infidels, with that disingenuousness which has always characterised infi delity, turning away their attention from the ninety-nine lovely features in the character of Christ, and fastening their objections upon a single spot which seems to give a handle to them, have cavilled at Christ's miracle of the herd of swine, and, upon the strength of it, have actually accused him of injustice, and oppression, and unkindness. This is one of the cavils publicly promulgated by the socialists in some of their infidel meetings. The miracle in question will he found recorded in the sth chapter of Mark ' • it is an ac count of the man in whom there was a legion of d - ?vils. (See the Bth and following verses.) Now God makes a distinction between clean and unclean animals—Leviticus xi. 7 and 8, where swine are mentioned as unclean, and the Jews pro hibited from touching them. An unclean animal could not be offered in any of their typical sacrifices. In this case, then, what had the Jew in question to do with keeping swine ? They could not he eaten, for they were unclean ; they could not be offered in sacrifice, for they were unclean to that nation by God's own covenant. What, then, could they have been for? Swine were a favourite heathen sacri fice, because of the quantity of their blood ; and it appears that the Jew, whoever he was, to whom the herd of swine belonged, must have been keeping them for the purpose of selling them to the heathen. He was so far forgetting him self as to minister towards an ungodly sacrifice—towards heathenism : he was doing what it was contrary to the law of God to do. In this point of view, therefore, Christ was bearing a high testimony against the unlawfulness of this Israelite making a gain by breaking the law of God ; and the miracle was a ridding the laud from uncleanness—the root of which was covetousness, which is idolatry.—S'evozon• GRAND BALL AT THE TOWN -HALL, IN HONOUR OF THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.—The day on which the Marriage of the Queen takes place will, no doubt, be a gala day through out the country. The Mayor of Liverpool will throw open the Town-hall to the public on the occasion, and upwards of a thousand, we hear, will he invited to a ball in honour of the Queen's nuptials. We hope to see the-event distin guished by the same display of loyalty. and good feeling in this town which marked the Queen's coronation. - On that occasion, men of all shades of political feeling, sinking their differences, united to honour the sovereign ; and the same excellent example will be followed, we hope, on the stilinam e interesting occasion which we are shortly to witness. / - A