The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-03 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our report of the meeting of the Church Missionary Society last night, will be found on the third page. In the House of Commons on Friday evening, Mr. Cardwell. quoted largely frau, end made repeated reference to the un answerab!e speech cf Alderman Bramley Moore on dock ac • commodation. We have received several variously worked solutions to the arithmetical problem in our last. It is simply thus. Seven ap;:les divided as directed will give, first boy 4, second boy 2, third bey 1. With the Stain/arc/ of to-day our reader; will receive a copy of the " Reminiscences of an ex-Parish Doctor." which are dis tributed to call puNlic attention to several abuses which are there laid bare. We would respectfndy call the attention of the Committees ;of the Ladies' Charity and the Dispensaries to remarks highly important to those admirable institutions for the purpose of asking whether it would not be wise for the first mentioned charity to relax the stringency of one of their rules aff• et ng the welt-being of many a family, and whether the chi %!rs of the Di pensaries could nut extend their attendance to a greater distance, now that the funds have been materially relieved. QCbr Ztbrrpool TUESDAY MORAING, MARCH 3, 1846. One of the most momentous considerations aris ing out of the present measures of Government is that to which the lion. and gallant Member for Liverpool—Sir Howard Douglas—so ably addressed himself during the late debate; viz., their bearing upon our colonial system. It would be idle to as sume that either Sir Robert Peel or any of his Con servative supporters has learnt, during the process of their recent conversion to ultra-free trade prin ciples, to undervalue the importance to this empire of her extensive colonial possessions, We doubt, indeed, if more than half-a-dozen men are to be found in Parliament entertaining the opinions of Mr. Joseph Flume upon the subject. It is worth while, then, to entertain seriously the inquiry whether, in our selfish eagerness to grasp at sup posed commercial advantages and cheapness, we are not throwing away a predominating amount of 'those which we already possess, and periling the great source of our supremacy of wealth and power in the scale of nations. In the first place, let us see what is the basis of that system of colonisation to which Great Britain owes so much of her commercial and territorial greatness. We have had at home, established for ages, a great scheme of protection to the national industry and enterprise against foreign competition ; and as we have drafted off our population from time to time to colonize the acquisitions of our arms, or of discovery, in various quarters of the globe, the contract, actual or implied, with which we have bound these germs of nations to the mother coun try has been that, in the first place, their industry and their liberty should he protected by the arm of British power, and further, that towards their pro ductions our protective system should be relaxed, and, as the reward of their allegiance, and in con sideration of their kindred blood, they should enjciy a preference in our markets over those of the foreigner. At the same time we have stipulated that our own manufactured goods shall be received by theta upon similar favourable . terms. We added, in fact, the tie of mutual interest to that of consan guinity.. The operation of this colonizing policy, thus far, we need not dwell upon. It has been a potent source of our present greatness. It has afforded us vast markets for the products of our united industry and capital ; for the preservation of which, against foreign aggression, we have not hesitated to expend both treasure and blood. The whole world has regarded these colonies as the feeders of the national strength; the 'arteries of that powerful and imposing fabric of Which these circumscribed islands are the mighty _heart. If a blow has been dealt against the great nesss of England, the attempt h as b een ma d e aga i nst some weak portion of her colonial empire. On social grounds, too, how vast has been the benefit reaped from these possessions ! If our population has increased beyond the national means of profit ably employing it, the tide of emigration has flowed, not - towards alien countries, to carry the arts and the energies of Englishmen to en rich and strengthen rival countries, but towards countries leagued with us in friendship, in interest, and in brotherhood— peopled with the same race, revering the same laws, and speaking the same tongue. It has borne along with it civilization and Christianity to every quarter of the globe. Nay, if ever there was instrumen tality which, maintained in its integrity, promised the working out, under Providence, of the full scheme of Redemption of mankind, it was the great colonial fabric of this country. Apart, however, from these higher considerations, and to return to the mere commercial and econo mical view of the subject, it is scarcely possible to over-estimate the amount of advantage which her colonies, under a wise system of treatment, might have been the means of conferring upon Great Britain. "I have often imagined," remarked Sir Howard Dou glas,. "and it was for this that I moved for, and obtained -the order of this house, for the extensive returns which are now preparing, namely, the various colonial tariffs and commercial relations at present subsisting between all the colonies of the empire and the mother country, and be tween the colonies themselves—that it might really be possible to treat colonies like counties of the country, not only in direct trade with the United Kingdom but in com mercial intercourse with each other, by free trade among ourselves, under a reasonable moderate degree of protec tion from without, and so resolve the United Kingdom, and all her colonies and possessions, into a commercial union such as might defy all rivalry, and defeat all com binations. Then might colonization er-cced on a gigantic scale'.—then might British capital animate British labour, on British soil, for British objects, throughout the exten ded dominions of the British empire. Such an union is the United States of America—a confederation of sove reign states, leagued together for commercial and political purposes, with the most perfect free trade within, and a stringent protection from without; end sienally, surely, has that commercial league succeeded and flourished." How true is this view of our position ! How forcibly it must strike any impartial man who will take the trouble of casting his eye over the extent of the territories referred to, and to examine their vast -and varied productive power. Take India alone, with her three hundred millions of population, and see of what she is capable. Sir Howard Douglas reminds us that "The whole amount of manufactures exported to India does not at present exceed £8,000,000 (in 1844, £7,695,666 including Ceylon). If we were to encourage as wt might the natural productions of British India, to enable her the better to pay for British goods, there is scarcely any assignable limit to the increase of that vast market of con sumption for the productions of British industry ; the de mands fel. British cotton goods, in particular, if the popu lation took but at the rate of—per bead, it would amount to £50,010,000 sterling ; and the demand for woollens, silks; pottery, glass, plated wares, cutlery, iron, brass and copper implements, and an infinity of articles for domes tic use, would be prodigiously increased." Canada again —where is the limit of consumption to be drawn from that vast country when its wilds shall have been peopled and cultivated by an indus trious and thriving British population ? Need we point, either, at the vast capability of our posses sions in Australia and New Zealand to satisfy any reasonable man of the almost unlimited means which we possess, within our own empire, of em ploying. fully and profitably the industry of the British people ? We feel that we need not. Is-the measure, then, the principle of which has just received the sanction of a large majority of the . Reuse of Commons, one which is compatible with the preservation, in their present usefulness, of these noble possessions of our country? We main tain that it is not : that, on the contrary, it is one which strikes at the leading principle upon which our colonial system is based, by withdrawing from our colonies the tie of commercial advantage which so materially aids in securing their allegiance to the mother country. 'rake, for instance, the case of Canada. What is that country henceforth to re ceive in the shape of benefit from the connexion with and loyalty towards the mother country ? What is there to induce her much longer to submit to have her fiscal and administrative policy controlled by the British Legislature ? Nothing. Canada, as an in dependent nation, or confederation of independent states, would enjoy all the advantages, with respect to British markets, which she is henceforth to enjoy as a colony, with the exception only of her protec tion by the arms of Great Britain from the aggres sion of foreign powers. Concede the measure now before the House of Commons, and she has hence forth'nothinglo cement her to this country. Nay, - she has much, in our recent conduct towards her, to provoke exasperated feeling, or, at least, well grounded disappointments. Threa years ago we passed the Canada Corn Bill, by which we gave a preference in our markets to the wheat or other produce of Canada, or produce coming through that country, over those of other countries. We fostered the growth of an immense trade upon the river St. Lawrence, by which the shipping interest of Great Britain would ultimately have derived vast benefit, and to condUct which effectively Canada has already expended large sums*, in improving her inland com munications with the sea, and is meditating further i m provements, the carrying out of which would bring the rich virgin soils of her interior within a day or two in distance from the ports of shipment, The destruction of our protective system, of which the Canadian farmer—onr own countryman—has thus far enjoyed a portion of .the advantage, goes far to render useless and unprofitable all this ex penditure. He is henceforth placed no nearer to us in commercial allegiance than the farmers of the United States. Nay, he is in a worse position ; for the industry of th.! latter is protected by a duty on the importation of foreign corn, whilst we have sti pulated for the withdrawal of all protection from the industry of the former. May it not therefore be an ticipated, that in the Atural course of human events, the Canadian population will ultimately be driven to direct their attention either to the achieve ment of independence as a nation, or to a union with the great confederacy of the United States, by which they will, at least, acquire the right of trading with that important republic on better terms than they would possess if still maintaining their present con nexion with Great Britain. We cannot perceive upon what plea we can resist such a movement on the part of Canada, if it be re solved upon; or even defend much longer the granting of supplies to meet the cost of our establish ments in that country. The tie of our common blood apart, Canada, under a system of free trade, will be nothing to us. She will cease to be the child of England and merge into one of the great family of nations. Like an unnatural mother, we have thrown her, in her infancy, upon her own resources; and, when she asks, as she reasonably may ask, to be re leased from a dependence upon us, which our own act has rendered profitless, and demands permission to make her own arrangements for revenue pur poses, with what perfect reasonableness may some Hume or Cobden suggest the enquiry, "on what ground is England called upon to tax herself any longer for the maintenance of what has ceased to be a colony, and is now allied to her only by accocia tions of the past ?" That the course which we have pointed out is the one which Canada is likely to pursue will be ap parent from the following letter, addressed. under date of Feb. 6th, by an eminent member of the Can adian legislature—Mr. Isaac Buchanan—to the con servative members of the British Parliament We quote this, as confirmatory of the views which we have above expressed, and shall refrain from offering a word of comment. Mr. Buchanan says : " It is clear that the coloni-s of British America and the West Indies will be the first we shall lose, the inte rests of both now leading them to become members of the American union. " Take for instance the case of Canada. " Can any one for a moment doubt that, as soon as it is known on the other side of the Atlantic that Canadian wheat has no longer any protection in England, the Ca nadians will at once insist on the repeal f Mr. Glad sorter's Act, which gives protection:in the colonies to Bri tish manufactures? " Nine tenths of the Canada trade will thereupon go to the markets of New York and Boston. The overbur thened people of England will in their turn begin to feel that they are going to the expense of defending a colony which has ceased to be of any use to the empire, as con suming its manufactures, or employing its sailors and sh , pping. " And any hint from England of a desire for separation will be cheerfully responded to by the people of Canada, who wilt be writhing under the feeling that England has dishonourably broken promises of protection to Canadian wheat and timber, made by every ministry from the tim ber panic of 1808 downwards, and will have got their eyes open to the fact that (as there remains no longer any, the slightest bond of interest between Canada and the mother coentry) no reason can be given why the Canadians should risk their lives and properties in defending nothing! or should allow Canada to be any longer used as the battle field of European and American squabbles. " The Canadians will, moreover, see, that as their wheat is practically excluded from the English markets, their only chance is to get itintroduced into the markets of the United States. The republic, however, will not free trade with Canada, and a political connection will have to he consummated between them, to give Canada the American protection of Ss. sterling per quarter against British or other European corn. " Whether, therefore, England wishes it or not, Canada will certainly cut her connection immediately. " The Canadians, by joining the United States, will continue all the privileges which England's colonies enjoy under a free trade •ystem, and, into the bargain, secure a better market for their wheat than.that of England ; for, instead of removing their protection of Ss. sterling per quarter, the Americans will be prepared to increase the duty if found insufficient for their great western interests. " America will he the more ready to do this, when the result is shown that English free trade will reduce the Liverpool below the New York grain market ; our wheat being drawn from countries where their is no credit or banking system to inflate the price above the specie stan dard, for" England will get little or no grain in return for her manufactures, although the free traders delude the public with asserting that she will. " In losing the British American colonies, England will lose employment for 30,000 sailors, and the finest naval nursery in the world, the amount of tonnage in that trade being greater than that of the trade to all ledia and China. " But it is not a simple logs to England ; the cora:nand of the St. Lawrence will give a gain to America equal in extent to our loss, thereby trebling her naval power ; while it leaves leer with no rival or enemy in the north." It is nearly twelve months ago since we assured our readers that the repeal of the corn-laws was a consummation which they might expect from the government of Sir Robert Peel. It is*true, we gave that ministry two years in which to make, gracefully, the required pirouette from the doctrine of protec tion to ultra free-trade. The political Jim Crow is not jumped quite so expeditiously as the stage Jim Crow, or the genuine nigger movement. We did not, however; anticipate the potato panic. We were not aware of the important influence which that root appears to exercise in determining the national policy. We had been in the habit of regarding po tatoes as in the same category with cabbages, tur nips, and other esculents of the same class; and we certainly never expected that a murrain in one or other of them could have produced such startling conversions as have been witnessed amongst states men during the past few weeks. This portion of our prophecy has, therefore, been verified a year before we expected and predicted.— But, it may be remembered by our readers that, we went a little further in our anticipations of incon sistency and change. We imagined that we saw symptoms of betrayal of principles higher and holier far than those affecting merely commercial policy. We thought that we discerned the connexion of con cession upon one point, with the power of main taining their previously recorded opinions with re spect to another. Consistency once abandoned, it seemed to us impossible to conceive where such abandonment was to stop. We went, therefore, the length of predicting that, along with the abolition of the protective system, we should be compelled to witness an inroad upon the church establishment of Ireland : more sops thrown to popery in that country and in this, and ultimately, the granting of the full measure of the demands of the agitation for a repeal of the legislative union between the two countries. In short, we looked, at the hands of Sir Robert Peel, for measures of a republican tendency, destructive of the best interests of the country, and opposed to all the recorded opinions of his past life. Well, it will be accorded to us that, thus far, we have been correct in our anticipations; and it now only remains for us to shew that we are not likely to err materially with respect to the future. Ikon the subject of the probable policy of government towards the Irish church establishment, and other Irish affairs, we have the following evidence of the perfect accordance of the views of Sir Robert Peel's ministry with those of the "liberal" party—the free-thin king party—in the following quotation from the speech of Mr. Evelyn Denison, a gentleman with whose politics the people of Liverpool are tolerably well acquainted. Mr. Denison, at the South Notting hamshire nomination, thus expressed himself : " As Lord Lincoln came in the new and responsible office of secretary for Ireland, entertaininz the strong opinions which he (Mr. Denison) entertained on certain points o/ policy both as regarded church and state affairs in Ireland, he could not offer the noble lord, at all events, an entire and cordial support without some explan ation, in the first instance, as to the views with which Lord Lincoln entered on that office. lie (Mr. Denison) asked for no promise and no pledge ; it would have been unworthy of him to have asked, or of the noble lord to have granted. lie had had a conversation with the noble lord on Irish affairs, with which he was entirely satisfied, and if convinced the noble lord would enter on those high duties in a spirit of firm and liberal policy, he at once as sured him of his cordial good wishes and earnest support. Nor was this reluctantly extorted. The noble lord had known how to conciliate the good-will of his opponents." Now, what does this mean ? Mr. Evelyn l )enison is one of the appropriation-clause school of politi cians. Lord Lincoln has just been appointed to the responsible office of secretary for Ireland. Air. Denison"entertains strong opinions on certain points of policy both as regards church and state affairs in Ireland," and Lord Lincoln has satisfied him that her Majesty's government is about to deal with Irish affairs to his " entire satisfaction !" Another intimation of forthcoming measures of conciliation towards Ireland, was afforded on Mon day night, in the House of Commons, in a convers ation between the agitator, O'Connell, and the pre mier. Mr. O'Connell required to know, whether government were prepared, Ist-- to extend the elective franchise in Ireland ; 2nd—to increase the number ofirish . representatives; 3rd—to lower the THE LIVERPOOL STANI)ARI). franchise and increase the powers under the Irish municipal act; 4th—to afford compensation to ten ants in Ireland for improvements made during their tenancy. As a proof how well the parties in this parliamentary duet understood each other, we give. Sir Robert Peel's reply : " It was proposed in the course of the present session, that government should be enabled to bring in a bill to encourage the improvement of land in Ireland, and to provide in certain cases compensation to tenants to be founded upon the terms of their omapetion ( hear, hear). They also proposed to bring in a bill in the course of the session to amend the law in respect to registration in counties, and in respect to the holding of elections gener ally. The bill would also propose an alteration in the law respecting the franchise in Ireland, as far as county voters were concerned. With regard to the municipal corpora tions, the government hoped that they would be enabled to bring in a bill the effect of which would be substan. tially, and as far as it was practicable, to assimilate the municipal franchise in Ireland as nearly as possible to that of England ( hear, hear). He thought it would be hardly fair to ask fur information of a more explicit nature until an opportunity was afforded to an explanation of the details ( hear, hear). Blind indeed must be the man who cannot see here the machinery preparing for another deadly blow at the protestantism of the empire. THE DIVISION ON SIR R. PEEL'S MOTION. An analysis of the division upon this important motion presents some singular results. Taking, as first in local interest, the votes of the members for the three counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire, we fiad the fol lowing to be the re4olt For Sir R. Peel's motion. Against. Liverpool Lnrd Sandon. Sir El. Douglas. North Lancashire Wilson Patten. J. T. Clifton. South Lancashire Lord F. Egerton. W. Entwistle. W. 'l'. Egerton. North Cheshire . .1 G. C. Le;11. Sir P. Egerton. South Cheshire. { J. Tollemache. North Y 0. Duncombe. orkshire { E. S. Cayley. H. Broadley. East Yorkshire.. t Lord Elotham.: !Vest Yorkshire BOROUGH MEMBERS.—For—Peter Ainsworth, Wm. Aldam, Wm. Beckett, Dr. Bowring, John Bright, John Brocklehurst, J. Bro.herton, W. Busfield, E. Cardwell, Richard Cobden, W. S. Crawford, J. E. Denison, Wm. Feilden, John Fielden, Sir H. Fleetwood, I'. M. Gibson, T. Greene, T. Grimsditch, Lord 11. Grosvenor, Charles Ilindley, J. Hornby, J. Jervis, W. S. Lascelles, Henry Maryland, R. Monckton Milnes, John Parker, Mark Philips, E. Protheroe, W. R. Stansfield, Sir G. Strick hnd, J. Towneley, 11. G. Ward, C. Wood—Paired off, C. Standish. Against the measure we find J. I. Black borne, W. B. Ferrand, A. Lawson, J. 11. Lowther, G. Marton, Viscount Pollington, and paired off, H.Lindsay, absent, Rho Hardy. These three counties, therefore, contribute towards the majority upon Sir Robert Peel's measures, 5 members for divisions of counties, and 35 members for boroughs—in all, 40 votes ; whilst in favour of protection they give 9 county votes, and S borough votes—in all, 17. Lord Lincoln has come forward to oppose Lord H. Bentinck for North Nottinghamshire. The polling com mences today. ST.:MATTH EW'S CHURCH, KEY-STREET.—The friends of this church will be gratified to heir of the liberal re sponse that was made to the advertisement in our paper of last week; the collections amounted to £2O les., and the attendance, especially in the evening, was more numerous than for years past. We understand that the Rev. Ambrose Dawson, for merly minister of St. Michael's Church, and who is so well known and valued in our town, will shortly visit Li verpool. He comes to preach for the South Church of Eneland Schools, which have been lately attached to St. Michael's Church. The sermons will be on the 22d March, in the above church. SINGULAR ORIGIN OF A FlRE.—About twelve o'clock yesterday a fire took place. at the house of Mrs. Ford, publican, Back Castle-street, under simular nircum stancs. Some men were lowering a cask of whiskey into the cellar, when by some accident it slipped from their hold, and falling into the cellar the head came out, and the liquor flowing over the cellar, in a kitchen adjacent to which wry: a fire, ignited and filled the place with a volume of flame. The engines were promptly on the spot. and by the exertions used the fire was quickly sub dued, not, however. until the furniture in the kitchen was consumed. The whiskey of murk, value between £4O and £5O was totally lost. We regret to say that the whole falls upon Mrs. Ford, who was not insured. PROTESTANT LECTURE.—The lecture at the Concert Hall. Lord Nelson street. this evenirm, will be delivered by the Rev. Thomas Nolan, the subject being, " The Romish doctrine of Transubstantiation absurd and un scriptural." There can be no doubt, from Mr. Nolan's intimate acquaintance with Romish controversy, com bined with his wise discrimination, that the reverend gentleman will be able to prove his points with unusual force and clearness. Our readers will notice that there has been a slight deviation from the arrangement as an nounced in the placards, as Mr. Pollock, of St. Helens, was appointed to deliver this evening's lecture, bnt, in order to meet the latter gentleman's convenience, he will take Mr. Nolan's place en Tuesday the 17th instant. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE SOCINIANS.—The wilt doubtless remember the course taken by Govern ment with respect to the Dissenters' chapels act—a measure brought in to protect the Socinians in the pos session of the endowments for religious worship which they had illegally usurped in various parts of the king dom. In their support of that measure there was an obvious inclination to aggrandize error, and to withdraw the support of the laws from truth. A case, however, arose a few years agO, which the provisions of the be quests act did not embrace ; and in this Sir Robert Peel's government have taken a step in behalf of Socinianism which is most arbitrary and unaccountable. The library, with an endowment, the property of the late Dr. Wil liams, a Trinitarian, had got into the hands of this body, contrary to the express provisions of the testator's will; and to recover possession a suit was pending, to which Sir Frederick Pollock, as attorney-general, had given his of ficial sanction. In such cases the suit is brought in the name of the attorney general as a matter of form, and permission to do so is seldom refused. In this case, although actually brought, although sanctioned by Sir Frederick Pollock, and close upon a successful issue, the proceedings have just been quashed, and the propertlhanded over to Socinians by the present Attorney- General withdrawing that formal sanction of his name, without which it could not be brought into court. Surely, a government which is capable of such chicanery—which thus coolly converts property, bequeathed for the spread of religion and truth, to infidel purposes—will not be very tender in its dealing with the property of the Church in Ireland or in England. DARING AND EXTENSIVE SHOP ROBBERY.—At the police court yesterday, no fewer than eleven prisoners were Placed together in the duck, on r chaage of having broken into and robbed the shop of Mr. George Godber, draper and outfitter, west side of South Castle-street, near the top of Redcross-street, Eight of thejprisoners were lads and youths, and there were three females, a woman and two girls. Their names were.—Jane Davies and Sarah Jane Jones (girls), Catherine M'Donald (a woman), and John Quinn, John Smith, William Jones, John Williams, John Brellis, John Reid, John Farmer, and Valentine Mr. Benjamin Godber stated that he left the shop at a quarter past eleven on Friday night last, when all seemed to be safe. On returning on Saturday morning, he found the panels of the inner door of the shop broken in, and in the lobby, (or hall,) several articles of apparel, and some chisels, The street door had previously been opened by a person in the employ. The witness (B. Godber) unlock ed the shop door, and found goods strewed on the floor, — silk-handkerchiefs, trousers, drawers and other garments. William Ashlin, shopman, opened the street door, and found similar articles lying about in the lobby. From the shop many articles were missed,—of the value, in all, of about £lOO. Information was given to the police, and their activity in apprehending the pri soners was most praiseworthy, a clue being obtained through some of the pawnbrokers, who had received some of the goods and suspected they were not honestly come by. We learn that from 50 to 60 police-officers were required to apprehend the gang. They were nearly all found in the lodging (or rather receiving) house of a Mrs. M`Donald, in Lace's-street, whose daughter, Ca. tharinc, was one of the prisoners—she herself being in the infirmary. On John Williams was found a suit of clothes. Bellis was found asleep in the attic, and on his person a silk handkerchief. Another handkerchief was found on William Jones. These were identified. The witnesses could not say whether the daughter or the mother (M'Donald) was keeper of the house, but the po lice had been often at the place, and had once appre hended the mother, but the complaining party did not np pear against her. On the girl Davies, 5 handkerchiefs and a roll of ribbon were found. On Quinn a new suit of baragan clothes and a pawn ticket, for two handkerchiefs pawned with Mr. Moss. One of the handkerchiefs was pawned by the prisoner Williams, a young man of colour, and information was immediately sent to the police. A police-officer found two silk handkerchiefs under one of the beds. Another found three handkerchiefs in the house. O'Riley was seen drunk by a police-officer in Scotland-road on Saturday afternoon, and two tickets were found upon him for score of the property, pledged with Mr. Pye and Mr. Kewley. O'Riley bad also on him a pair of the trousers. Inspector Abraham found in the house some of the labels that had been attached to the goods, and which contained the shop walks. All the prisoners were found in the house but the woman and O'Riley. A comparatively small quantity of the property is :yet found. Six of the prisoners, against whom the case was clear, were :committed for trial, namely— Jane Davies, William Jones, John IA Mims. John Brellis, Valentine O'Rilev, and Catharine M'Donald. The other five, Sarah Jones, John Quin, John Smith, John Reid, and John Turner, were remanded for further evidence. On Sarah Jones a roll of ribbon was found which had been stolen from the shop of Messrs. Cook and Tounsel, Byrom-street, and there is little doubt but another case will be substantiated against the last named y arties or some of them, besides their being cated in:the robbery in South Castle-street.- - We have since seen Mr. Geo. Godber, and have learned from him that the thieves gut in at the back of George's-court , out of Redeross-street, over the back of Mr. Bentley's (gun maker) roof; thence over the adjoining roof of Mr. God ber's back premises, and thence by a small door into a stair case. They bad descended the stairs, broken t h e lobby door open, and got into the shop, making their ex it by the same way. Amongst the property carried off were silk handkerchief to the valve of pearly £6O. ST. DAVID'S DAY. DIVINE SEB.VICE.-SCHOOL EXAMINATION.- FESTIVITIES. St. David's Day having this .year fallen on a Sunday, the anniversary of the patron saint of Wales was celebra ted in this town yesterday, and with the usual enthusi asm, by the natives of the principality. In the forenoon, the children of the Welsh Charity School, in Russell-street, about 400 in number, attended by their teachers aid numerous benefactors, walked in procession, with flags and banners, to St. David's Church, Brownlow-hill, to attend divine service. The Rev. Mr. Hughes, incumbent of the church, the Rev. David Parry, vicar of Llywel, the preacher for the day, Ellis Jones, Esq., the honorary secretary, and a number of other gen tlemen headed the procession. The children were well and neatly attired, and their countenances beamed with satisfaction. The sermons in aid of the schools were preached in the Welsh language, on Sunday last, at the same church, by the Rev. David Parry, of 13recknockshire (berore named). The congregations were unusually large, filling every part of the church. Yesterday, divine service was performed, on the arrival of the procession, at the same church, commencing at half-past ten o'clock, after which a most appropriate and eloquent sermon was preached by the same reverend divine. He selected for his text that well-known passage recorded in Deut. vi., 6, 9. In his introductory remarks he showed that the "commandments" alluded to in the text, formed part of the conditions on which Jehovah made a grant of the land of Canaan to the Israelites for an everlast ing inheritance. Having arranged the matetials contained in the passage under four different heads, he proceeded, under the first, to describe the nature and requirements of the moral law as a rule of life, and represen!ed it as a holy, comprehensive, universal, perfect, righteous, good, and perpetual rule. His iliustrations of each of these points were remarkably simple and striking. Under the second head he showed that a necessity existed for this divine rule to be engraven on the heart, for out of it are the issues of life; and that every attempt to improve the morals of men would prove ineffectual except it com menced with the inward man—the spirit—the soul—the heart. His third division embraced the imperative duty, which lay upon all ranks and classes of society to instruct the rising generation in the law of God. It was God's injunction. No child was born into the world with in nate knowledge of divine things. Not to teach the chil dren of the poor was to deal unfairly by them. And to expect them to discharge the various duties of life to the satisfaction of their friends and the public, without in struction, was hard and unreasonable. Under the last general proposition, he urged with great point and fervor, the duty of using diligence in training up the 400 children now in the Welsh Charity Schools in the way they should go; and made a very touching appeal to the natural affection of parents for their children, with immediate reference to their eternal wellbeing. We regret that want of room prevents us from giving at greater length the materials placed in our hands. The sermon was a rich mine of biblical divinity. The collection after the ser mons amounted to about £2O. After the service the children and their benefactors returned in procession to the school, and their fine appear ance attracted numerous spectators. The number of children now educated at this excellent establishment is 180 boys, 110 girls, and (in a separate room) about 120 infants. Amongst those present at the examination of these interesting juveniles were Thomas Roberts, Esq.. president; Ellis Jones, Esq., secretary ; Owen Williams, Esq., chairman of the committee; Jonathan Hughes, Esq. ; John Jones, Esq. ; John Hughes, Esq. (surgeon); and the following Rev. gentlemen :—William Hughes, David James, Thomas Harries, and Thomas Jones. Amongst the female visitors were the lady of the Rev. D. Parry, the Misses Ktffin, &c. Prayer being offered up by the Rev. W. Hughes, the children sung a hymn in a tasteful and affecting manner. The girls then read a chapter from the Old Testament, and aptly replied to questions upon it put by the clever and anxious mistress, Mrs. Cotteen. They afterwards went through chatechetical questions with equal adroitness. Two girls then repeated a whole chapter from the Bible, showing a great exercise of memory. The boys went through similar biblical lessons, responding to questions by their attentive master, Mr. Frederick Edwards. A little boy, Joseph Daniel Thomas, repeated to admiration the 4th chapter of Proverbs in Welsh. Another, William Hill, pronounced a very feeling address to the directors and subscribers in behalf of himself and his school fellows, expressive of their unbounded gratitude to their benefactors in imparting to them the blessings of in struction which they enjoyed at the school. The PRESIDENT then addressed the children in a most feeling and energetic manner, dwelling on the advantages of a religious education, complimenting the scholars and their teachers, and urging the former to good conduct through life, and to love one another, by which they would arrive at respectable stations in life, and be amongst the blessed hereafter. The Rev. WILIAM HUGHES, incumbent of St. Ravid's, then addressed the meetrig. He said he was sure they had all witnessed the proceedings of the day with great satisfaction and delight. The person who has to educate the young was placed in a very important situation. The impression made in a school developed itself in after years. Time present in a school was, in reality,. the moulder of time to come. There was a sense in which God had committed the destinies of future years into their hands, and in proportion as they were faithful to the trust thus reposed in them, would succeeding ages-call them blessed. They had ascertained that day that those intrusted With the responsible duty of training the youth ful minds in those schools, discharged their duty in a manner highly creditable to themselves : the supporters and friends of the institution would rejoice to find that their design was properly, truly, and effectually carried out. He hoped the young ones instructed there duly con sidered that there was a debt of gratitude due to the con ductors and patrons of the schools; and as they were not only trained for time, but likewise for eternity, they ought ,to reflect that their responsibility, as subjects of the moral government of God, was greatly enhanced. Occasions like the present, he said, served to stimulate their zeal in extending, as far as it was in their power, the benefits of a religious education, for they were convinced that educa tion based upon Scripture, and inculcating religion, was the best—(hear, hear)—and, in fact, the only system of instruction calculated to make the poor, good subjects, useful members of society, yea, good Christians. Let the religion of Jesus find its way to the cottage of the poor; it might not raise them to honours in this world, but it made them new creatures, it made them men of whom the world was not worthy ; it might not bring earthly riches there, but it communicated contentment in poverty--and the poor man contented in his poverty was a more noble and dignified being than the rich man rest less and dissatisfied in his riches. Thanks were then voted to the Rev. Mr. Parry for his valuable services on Sunday and yesterday. The Rev. D. PAMRY disclaimed having merited so high a compliment, and in a pathetic manner exhorted the children to attend to the instruction given them by their benefactors, and as he thought it probable that in the course of human affairs he would not again meet them, bade them an affectionate farewell. Prizes of books, bibles, histories, &0., to the boys, and books, combs, and brushes, to the girls, were then dis tributed by Ehis Jones, &c. The children had afterwards given to them two buns and a penny each, and the pro ceedings closed by their singing " God Save the Queen." TIIE CAMBRIAN SOCIETY. Yesterday evening, the above respectable and truly ex cellent society celebrated their thirty-ninth anniversary by dining together at the Vine Tavern, Pitt-street. Nearly 120 sat down to a most sumptuous dinner, which did credit to the cate'ing capabilities of the worthy host. The Chair was ably filled by Mr. E. P. Jonas, the worthy president of the society, supported.on his right by the Rev. W. Hughes, the Rev. D. Parry, of Llywel, the Rev. R. Davies, Mr. C. S. Rowlands, Mr. Higgins, Mr. W. Jones, and Mr. Ilenry Jones; and on his left by Mr. W. Morris, Mr. H. G. Williams, Mr. H. Thomas, Mr. John Jones, Mr. W. Wynne, Mr. D. Hughes, &c., &c. Mr. Thomas Owen filled the! vice chair. The cloth having been drawn, and bumpers filled, ThC,CHAIRMAN rose and said, in addressing Welsh men it was hardly necessary for him to ask ihem to join with enthusiasm in drinking the toast he was about to propose, as their feelings of nationalism were so well known. He therefore begged to give the health of her Majesty the Queen. (Three times three ) Song—" God save the Qneen." The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of the "Prince of Wales, and may he equal his ancestors, and do honour to the country from which he has gained his title." — (Loud cheers and three times three.) The VICE-PRESIDENT next gave " Frince Albert and the Royal Family." The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of the " Lord Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese."—( Loud cheers ) The Rev. W. HUGHES was very warmly received on rising to respond to the toast. The reverend gentleman said—they generally found on occasions like that, that the hearts of their people were not altogether estranged from the Church and her Clergy. (Hear, hear.) It might be said that the praise of the Lord Bishop of Chester was in, all the churches : it was not very long since the greatest statesman of the age alluded to his faithfulness and zeal in the senate of their land. May every clergyman in the diocese (said Mr. Hughes) be like his bishop, an ornament to that Church, whose name is Protestant, and whose surname is Catholic. (Cheers.) He had great pleasure in meeting them once more on the anniversary of their so ciety, and had every reason to think he might congratu late them on the success and prosperity of their society; their number he believed was greater than it was the pre vious year, and their funds he had no doubt bad increased. Nothing seemed to have disturbed the unity of the insti tution—friendship and love appeared to have prevailed. He knew of no better mode for the safe diffusion of cha rity than the instrumentality of institutions like that ; what one man could not effect, the combination of many would easily accomplish—one little stream would not set the wheels of a huge machine a-going, but many concur rent streams, formed into one body, would turn the pon derous wheels, and its power and execution were wonder ' ful and great. The Cambrian Society had become a great machine; the President himself would not be able to keep its wheels in operation—yea, all the officers, if left to themselves, would shrink from the task ; but having the assistance of all the members, the great machine was kept in operation, and many were the hearts that were glad dened by its work and labour of love. (Hear, hear.) As Welshme n they were allowed on that day to give utter ' ante to their national and patriotic feelings. Cambria could number among her sons some of the most eminent in every age. (Cheers.) Not to mention their patron saint, they bad their Caractacus, Taliesin, &c., &c. Every glass of water a Londoner took ought to put him in mind of Sir Hugh Middleton. Sir William Jones, the eminent oriental scholar, was an immediate descendant of one of her sons. lie had been told, on good authority, 11153 t the great hero of many battles—General Sale-whose death the British nation then so greatly lamented, was likewise a descendant ' • and not only that, but that they kindredcould claim to be of blood with his gallant lady, who had such a just claim to the sympathy of every British heart, having bad to exchange the laurel for the cypress so awfully sudden. The names of ,Picton and Nott were ;-ell known. The author of Alexander—the Venerable Archdeacon Williams—was still alive,—without saying a word about her many other celebrated and eminent di vines. He here alluded to the talented and well-known preacher of the day ; famed, he said, as Liverpool was for its ministers, he was quite sure that the term " pentlehant ab ore" could not be more applicable to any congregations that those assnribled at St. David's the previous day and that morning. (Hear, hear.) He might safely say that Wales, considering its size and advantages, had given birth to as many worthies as any other country on the face of the earth. (Loud cheers.) As to their language, it had been lately said by the Lord Bishop of St. David's that the Welsh was the most interesting, not only of the dead, but also of the living languages. It an Englishman, having lately !earned the language, admired it, what must a Welshman feel for it. It was a matter of surprise that their language was still extant and living. The ancient language of Palestine was dead; the language in which Homer sang and Pinder soared, yea that flowed so majes tically from the mouth of Demosthenes, and sounded so mellifluously from the tongue of Pericles, was now only to be found in books ; the language of the Romans, once masters of the world, was likewise in its grave; but the ancient language of the Britons was still alive—it looked, too, strong and and was likely to see the death of many more languages—(hear, hear)—it had withstood the encroachment of the English, the fury of the Dane, and the address of the Norman, and he had no doubt it would be handed down in its surpassing excellence to the latest posterity. (Loud applause.) Some had traced its anti quity to the family of Adam. The first son was called Cain—" cawd un"—they had found one. Abel—"Ab ail" the second son. He called on them to observe its univer sality: all infants lisped it in their "dad, dad," "ta, ta." (Applause and laughter.) In the East Indies there was a dangerous pass called " seven drooge"—safn drwg ; and without mentioning the different names of places in Ire land, Scotland, and England, there was Glasgow—" coed glas," Avon in the south of England, &c. There was a shade of it in the Irish, the Manx, and the Gallic ; it flourished in America, it was alive in France, it was ca ressed in London, it was to be heard, not only in the courts and alleys, but likewise on the finest streets of Liverpool. (Hear, bear.) If some were desirous of extinguishing their language, they found that bishops began to learn it, and princes were coming to patronise it. He thought if they lost their native language, they would hear their mountains groan—they would hear the giant Snowdon Complain, in a rumb,ing tone, to his brother Cader Idris ; their rivers would mutter their lamentation—(laughter and applause)—the Teivy meeting the Dovey in the broad Atlantic would cry shame upon the sons of Cambria. (Loud demonstrations of applause, which were continued with great enthusiasm for some time after the reverend gentleman resumed his seat.) The CHAIRMAN expressed his obligations to those pre sent, who were not members of the society, but who were its friends, and had honoured them with their company. He delighted to find present gentlemen of various sects of religion and politics, from the several portions of the United Kingdom, and proposed " The health of the Strangers." Mr. SIMPSON and Mr. Etexs returned thanks in feel ing terms. _ _ _ The next toast was "The Mayor and Town Council," which was received with much applause. Mr. ROWLAND, after a very emphatic and pleasing speech, in which he manfully assumed his claim to be by descent an Ancent Briton, proposed, in terms of deserved encomium on the individual. " The health of the worthy President of the Society." which was enthusiastically re ceived. The CHAIRMAN expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the compliment, and after pointing out the effects of the society, as of the most benevolent kind, expressed a hope thot when it became better known it would be better sup ported. A capital, humorous national song was here sting by the Vice- President, Mr. Thomas Owen, written, we believe, for the occasion. The health of the Rev. D. PARRY was then proposed, with a warm eulogium, and was feelingly responded to by the rev. gentlemen, who said that his long travel of 200 miles to this town, and all' that be had been enabled to do, had been amply recompensed by the delight he had expe rienced amongst his countrymen, and by witnessing the examination of the children of the school.- He proposed the " Immortal Memory of St. David," and gave an his tor,cal account of that worthy. The toast was then drunk with great applauee. , _ The CHAIRMAN said they had a token of respect to present to a most faithful servant of the society, and re quested Mr. W. Morris to express the sentiments of the members in that respect. Mr. MORRIS stated, in terms of high encomium, the valuable and disinterested services to the society of Mr. Jones, the secretary, who had for eleven sears been unre mitting in his services. He also chewed to the company the present, a beautiful portrait of the secretary r by Hug gins, and in a handsome gilt frame, with an appropriate inscription. _ _ _ The SECRETARY, in replying, commenced by reading an abstradt of the accounts for the past year, which are most satisfactory, chewing a balance of £360 on the right side. He said that he could not follow the customary rule by expressing his gratitude in a long and.eloquent speech ; for he had not the power to do so. The power of lan guage, if he possessed them, could not at all' times ex press the honest effusions of the heart ;—and such grati tude as he felt, surpassed such effrarts, arid denterlutterunce to the tongue. Whatever services he had render'd were but the offspring of his duty, and all his exertions were amply repaid by their kindness and their pres.nt that night, which would prove a , more lasting incentive to his future endeavours than any possible pecuniary reward. It would be to him a perpetual memento of their kind ness—not of his own deserving. (Much applause.) On the health of the Rev. Mr. DAVIES being proposed, that gentleman returned thanks in eloquent and feeling terms, stating that although he had been called to the ministry of St. Paul's, he had not ceased to be a Welsh man—he had not, in fact, gone over to the Saxons. He alluded, in terms of high commendation to the Welsh School, and the system of religious education there pur sued, which he believed was alone effectual for happiness here, and salvation hereafter. The health of the Vice-president, of the Treasurer, of the Steward, &c., were afterwards given, and ably res ponded to. The toast of " The Press" was- also given, and ably responded to by Mr-Cooke. The company separated highly pleased with the day's proceedings. We understand that the Rev. David Parry., the talented preacher from South Wales,. is to preach again at St. David's, in this town, on Sunday next. Yesterday evening the members of the Ancient Britons' society celebrated the anniversary of their patron Saint by partaking of a sumptuous dinner and adjuncts, at the Globe tavern, in Williamson-street. The whole proceed ings were most agreeable and harmonious, enlivened by pa , riotic addresses, songs, and sentiments, and the com pany separated in excellent good humour with themselves, and with the kindliest feelings towards all their fellow subjects in this realm. ORDINATION AT CHESTER. On Sunday last, the Lord Bishop of Chester held an ordination in the Cathedral, when about fifty gentlemen were admitted to holy orders. After the service, the. Rev. Canon Stowell delivered the ordination sermon, being. the reverend gentleman's first sermon in the Cathedral since his appointment. He took for his text on the occasion a part of the 3d verse of the 6th Nehemiah—" lam doing a great work." He dwelt chiefly on the call there exists for zeal and singleness of purpose in building up the church, the spiritual temple, remarking, with considerable power, on the greatness of the work—the treasure committed to them as stewards of the unsearchable riches of Christ—the variety of evidence brought to bear with power on. all the prophec'es—the greatness of the intrest suspeaded—the glory of God— the sufferings of Christ—the responsibility being further manifested by the value of souls. The ministers of Christ could not go alone r. the salvation of souls was more or less involved in their work. The dignity of their office was high, but their responsibility was equally great. Some dwelt much on the farmer; let it be theirs to ex patiate on the latter. No enthusiasm was too great here. With what diligence, patience, and untiring assiduity should the minister of Christ be in his closet engaged in deep self-examination and earnest prayer for his people; in his study digesting the word, and comparing spiritual things with spiritual ; in his family circle, by his cheerful piety giving the pattern to the church ; in the daily round of pastoral visiting, encouraging the timid,. supporting the weak ; in the sanctuary, leading ' the devotions of the congregation ; in the pulpit, with simplicity. sincerity, and boldness, declaring the whole counsel of God, net descending into the petty trifles of this world's occupations. If the work were so great, then with what self-distrust and self-abasement should a true herald of the cross say, " I am nothing, Christ is all ;" not Himself filling the eye of vision, but, as a finger post, pointing to Christ as the only way. If the dignity were so high, and the responsibility so great, then with what dependance on God should the work be performed. In the sacrifices under the law the soaring eagle or the towering lion were not demanded, but the dove, the lamb, and the kid. The stone of the ruddy youth, the rod of the meek Moses, the rams' horns, the broken pitchers, were mighty as instruments in the hands of God for the performance of his work. Ile concluded by a very touch ing appeal to the sympathies of their lay brethren; they were men of like passions, and so needed that sympathy for their strengthening and encouragement in their work of faith and labour of love. On Wednesday evening the Rev. Hugh M`Neile preached in St. Peter's church, Chester, for th e P as t ora l- Aid Society. The Lord Bishop attended the service, and at his Lordship's request, the candidates for ordination were also present, when the reverend gentleman, in the course of his sermon, addressed them on the privileges and responsibilities connected with the holy office on which they were entering. At the Health of Towns meeting, on Friday last, Mr. Rathbone did the STANDARD a slight injustice—no doubt unintentionally. He stated that until the publication of Dr. Duncan's pamphlet, two or three years since, the attention of the public had not been pointedly called to the unhealthy condition of Liverpool, and the means for its amelioration. The truth is, that the subject was long previously prominently brought before the public i n a aeries of admirable letters, giving a mass of statistical Information, and published in the LIVERPOOL STANDARD under the signature of "Medicus Achates." It is only fair to add, that the author of them was Dr, Harbord. March 3, Igi6.___ LATEST INTELLIGENCE. • (BY EXPRESS.) On Friday, Mr. Le Grainier, one of the principal cen teniers of Jersey, was murdered lyaw irnan in a haunt of vice, whither he had gime for information connected with some stolen property. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT-YESTERDAY• FULLER V. JACKSON. Mr. Selwyn applied ex parte for a special injunction $ l2 restrain the defendant from neo ' cciating a bill cf txcha n g e for £2,500, given under the following circumstances. Certain contracts had been entered into for the purpo Bo of completing Hungerford Bridge, and it was agreed dillt the sum of £lO,OOO should be paid. The plaintiff sgrena to give the bill in question on the understanding that it was not to be negociated, bu: that it should be held alai' ply as a security until the completion of the contract. Notwithstanding this undertaking, the defendant in' tended to negociate the bill, which made present proceed' logs necessary. the Vice-Chancellor granted the application. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. The supply of wheat by land carriage samples from Ess_ Ad el ' Kent, and 'uffolk was again small to-day. Fine dry pat Fold readily at the full prices of last week, but the damp and in ° ferior qualities were difficult of dispysal. Bonded was aPP, A " rentiy neglected, but a cargo or two afloat at Falmouth chanfl.' hands on about late terms. Barley was less plentiful than it had been, fine qualities were the turn tearer, wi h rather more id:, quiry forwher ilescripions. The show of Beans was.arge. a" late prices were barely maintained. We reduce o ur quotatioll for white Pease is. to 2s. per quarter ; maple and grey fie" slowly. The value of Irish Oats is hardly supp o rt e d, but Scotto being scarce, are unaltered. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MA RKET.—YasTaanAlf• The arrival of Beasts from our own districts, fre s h up to.dat being limited, and the attendance of buyers good, the Be!' trade was active, at an advance in the quotations of 2d. P. Sibs., the primest lots producing 4s. 4d. per bibs., and at whim a good clearance was effected. The number of Sheep were smal'er than on any previotta market day duri tg the last forty years; yet the mutton trade was by no means active, at last week's quotations. Prime small Lambs produced 7s. per Sibs. In Calves very little was doing; while the pork trade Wa 9 inactive at previous quotations. LATEST FROM AMERICA. CRISIS ON THE OREGON QUESTION. By the packet ship Patrick Henry, which reached thus port yesterday, we have received intelligence from New York to the 12th ult. The most important inforroatio n t which is of a very unfavourable character, is the following abstract of THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. "Washington, Saturday Evening, Feb. 7. " A most important Message was made by the President to the house, in answer to the call of the house, consisting of Ist. A message transmitting the correspondence that h taken place between this Government and that of Great Ihv taM, in relation to the Oregon difficulty. 2d. A short latter from Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Polk, coveria the correspondence. 3d. A letter, dated Dec. 13, from Mr. Buchanan to, Mt. Mc. Lane, directing him to seek an interview with Lord Aber deen, and ascertain from him the object of the military prePt" rations being saade by Great Britain, and whether they were designed for us. 4th. A letter of the 3d - January, from Mr. M‘Lane to Mr' Buchanan, giving the result of the interview with Lord Aber deen, in Which his lordship said that the preparations were not commenced with reference to us, but that the condition of the Oregon question. proved the expediency of them, and they would be continued in view of the possible unfriendly term , ' nation of the question. sth. Mr. Pakenham to Mr. Buchanan, December 27, offer ing to submit the question of the boundary to the third power' 6th. Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Pakenham, declining the PO:: position,'Jiecause, to accept it would be to admit that Gres. Britain had rights there. The letter is a long, evasive, and 0 (4 very definite argument. 7th. Mr. Pakenham to Mr. Buchanan, January 6,, in answer to the argumentative part of Mr. Buchanan's last letter. Sth. Same to the-same, January 10, proposing to submit thl matter to the arbitriment of learned Jurists, or to a mire u commission. oth. Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Pakenham, February 4th, de- i cluing to accept this last proposition, for the same reason_ h did the first ; that it would be to admit that Great Britain hao a right in that country. It would seem, therefore, that the American govern" ment decline all negotiation on the subject. On the sth, the Senate passed a resolution, by a majo rity of 109 to 87, to close the debate on the 9th, E 0 that the next arrival wilhbe looked for with great i,,terest. k correspondent of the New York Advertiser says, doubt much whether the government will entertain propo sals to negotiate upon any basis which the British go vernment will offer. Next Monday ;the 9th) will shoo' that the house, by a , large majority, v.Ol pass the joint resolution, annulling the convention of 1827, and request ing the President to give the notice forthwith." The New York Herald says, that " There is no doubt that negotia tions which have been reopened at Washington by Mr• Pakenham will result upon a basis of compromise similar to the offer which has been twice made by the States, bu t refused by England. Mr. Pakenham has received full power from his government to open negociatiori s either on the old basis of the proposition for merly offered by Mr.. Gallatin, or on nearly the same as that offered by Mr. Buchanan. It is further said,l/31 4 , while the British negotiator approximates the offer maul by the United States, the United States - is receding, an, ' the government actually has been deliberating to insi s t upon having the whole territory, down to 54 40, and have therefore refused the offer of the British Government t° arbitrate, and will take the chance of accomplishing agar_ purposes by future events and contingencies. In th mean time Mr. Pakenham will send the last correso°' dente, by exrress to London, and hide his time to 01 , 9 at. perhaps , ,another proposHon. It will b e peiceife" mo t once, that we are now in the milt of a most ing , ° r and delicate crisis in the affairs of Oregon." One of the fast-sailing New York pilot-boots left company with the Patrick Henry for this country, s'l t : I ; important despatches for the British G ov e rn ment, and " is said that Mr. Pakenham himself was on board of ber• A rumour was current at Washington that a duel ha: been fought between Cassius - M. Clay and Thomas r.. Marshall, and that. the latter was killed and the foroier wounded. THE PACKET-SHIP OXFORD. TESTIMONIAL TO CAPTAIN YEATON. Ship Oxford, tsth Feb • O is. i o. Dear Sir,—We, the undersigned, C,,bin Passengers per Oxford, desire to express towards you our heartfelt thank s ' your uniform kindness, and urbanity to us, and also for yo u unremitting exertions, and extreme watchful: css during °„ late severe, and boisterous passage from New York. In taking leave of you, we beg t assure y o u of our CO; tinned esteem, and: hope that prosperity and success may WO. your future exertions. (Signed.) W. J. Cantell, Aug. S. Tobiss. S. Webster. S. D. Evans. Peter Rogerson. To Capt. Samuel Yeaton. List of Cabin. Passengers per ship Oxford, from New York• A, Mrs. Conn,ry, New York ; Si r P e t e r Ro g e r son, Newfodl i 'd land; Wiltiam P. Canti;l,jun., Aug. S. Tobias, S. Webster, O n S. B. Jerome, • New York. The Bishop of Chester has given notice, that he wille d ,: minister the s o l emn or di nance of c o n fi rma ti on , at St. Jut ( Church, on th e 4th of J u ly next, to candid a tes not un der the age of sixteen. Pt RN-AtIBUCO. - -The splendid ship Columbus arrifeat at this port yesterday, from Pernambuco, in the Ol e period of twenty. seven days. She brings no later int, e o „ gence from the River Plate. The stock of Cotton at re: 3o nambuco amounted only to 200 bales, and the crop w a l likely only to reach 15 000 bales, whilst the average an liu crop amounts to 60,000 bales. hoSe On Saturday, at the Newcastle Assizes. Belaney, ve name is somewhat notorious, recovered e SIOS, in an a cct (0 1 ee against the hundred of Bamhurgh,' as damages for br e3 s , age and destruction by fire of his furniture and• house by an exasperated mob, after his acquittal in "'" don on the charge of having murdered his wife. ; COLLEGIATE BAZAAR. This long-expected fes t :Le, will soon take Vace, and we would remind Those 0 ' l e lady friends who may not yet have made some prePohne. tions for it, and these we fancy will he but few, t h e° at d. time is to be lost if they intend to eff.ird helping,, P6 gee A lending library is now the only deficiency of the v gjate Institute. .11 11. On Friday a splendid new iron steamer, called a d Prince of Wales," was launched f rom th e building Yi , a i r Mesers. Tod and M'Gregor, Glasgow. The vesoe',„ - „gth tended to ply between this po r t an d W a les. The " h - o rse of her keel is 160 feet ; breadth of hewn, 221 feet ; power. 200 ; burthen, 400 tots. bert" "e FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday last. as John •e- be a fireman on board the Bealedi steamer, which trade s er o f tween this port and Rhyl, was cleaning the side leceele, the engine, a strong flood tide run n in g a g ainst the pa - 0 eO set the engine in moti o n, by w hi c h th e poor man ll IV' severely crushed that he died in about an hour afte r. lived in Key-street, in this town. etsge l At the Wicklow Assizes on Friday, £lO OO ,',6„5-: were recovered against Mr. , J. L. Arebin, ex-Lo rd of Dublin for sanction. The witnesses also derti"10001 18 0 a charge of incest against the defendant, but the irigei disbelieved the allegations. and the verdict surP, for almost every one in court. The defendant will MO a new trial. o l EXTRAORDINARY SKILL.—An AlLletic Indian w o o unfrequently diQcharge his darts with such forceeebeelfe have seen them (30 inches long) wholly buried in t i l a t th ° of a buffalo; and I have been assured by hunters t" etr arrows, missing the bones, have been known to r ro s ; 2 ol l ' tirely through the huge carcase, and fall upon the g —Journal of a Santa Fe Trader. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1846. PRINTED AND PIJELISFIED g EVERY TUESDAY I‘lOEl,-- - - _ JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove-street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford stre et ' At No. 4, ST. 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