The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-14 00:00:00

our colonies. Mr. Groom concluded by moving the adoption of the following petition : To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in parliament assembled. The humble petition of the mayor, aldermen, and coun cillors of the borough of Northampton, That your petitioners have learnt with regret that since the abolition of slavery a sufficient quantity of labour cannot be obtained from the emancipated slaves to cultivate successfully and profitably the British colonies in the West Indies. That the princpal productions of the West Indias, consist ing of sugar, coffee, and molasses, being necessaries of life, this country cannot dispense with them. That if these articles cannot be produced from our own free colonies, recourse must be had to the tropical estates of South America, in all of which sugar, coffee, and molasses are cultivated by slaves. _ That it would be inconsistent to admit slave-made sugar, or other articles, into this coui4ry, inasmuch as this country has expended a vast amount of money in emancipating her own West Indian slaves. That the fears of your petitioners are fully justified by the fact of the immense decrease in the importation of West In dian produce since the year 1834, and the consequent loss to the revenue since that year of upwards of five millions of our money, and a still greater loss to private par ties, and to the country at large. That the settlements of Demerara and Berbice, on the American continext, commonly called British Guiana, are capable, with adequate labour, to produce not only the above . mentioned articles of We s t I n di an pro d uce , b ut a l so t h e in valuable products of cotton, tea, tobacco, rice, and spices, and being of immense extent, could fully supply all that this country can require. That it appears there is a great and increasing demand for labourers in Guiana, and that the supply is utterly inadequate to the wants of the colony, it being estimated that 500 la bourers could be profitably employed for every one now in the colony. That it appears to your petitioners, that the interest of the manufacturers of this country is greatly concerned in the prosperity of her colonies, inasmuch as they afford a market for the manufacturers of this country, in exchange for the productions of the colonies. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray, That your honourable house will take into consideration these important facts, and that your honourable house will adopt measures to encourage the emigration of free labourers to the West Indies and British Guiana, and thus obviate the necessity of resorting to those countries in which slavery still continues, for supplying the necessaries of life, and also secure thereby a sure and increased demand for British manufac tures. The petition having been seconded was carried nem. con. hn a brief - conversation Whi6h'folloWed; Mr. Groom stated that the high price of sugar l►ad greatly injured the fruit trade. Scarcely half the usual quantity had been preserved this year. The example thus nobly set by the Town Council'of Northampton, will, it is to he hoped, be soon followed in every town and city in the United Kingdom. As we know of no place which is more deeply interested in this subject than Liverpool, we feel ashamed that our townsmen have not taken the initiative in the matter. It is not, however, too late for Liverpool to take a prominent part in influencing the legislature in favour of the prayer of the preceding petition. Once more we call upon the mercantile classes to prepare a petition in favour of. free immigration into our own colonies ; and we call upon all other classes to unite in so praiseworthy and philanthropic an object. On all sides we hear great complaints respecting the high price of sugar. The best refined sugar cannot be obtained for less than thirteen or fourteen pence per pound. Common brown is - selling at nine pence and ten pence per pound. 'This important necessary of life (for such it has become among all classes of society, from the peer to the peasant) is still on the rise. There is reason to fear that it will soon be numbered among those luxuries which are so expensive as to be out of the reach of the hard working artisan. The middle and lower classes of society are already stinting their families in their allowance of sugar. The grocers are, consequently, complaining of diminished sales and injury done to their business. The farmers and mar ket gardeners—among the latter of whom we may class the great bulk of the agricultural labourers and the peasantry of England, Wales, and Ireland—are beginning to complain that there is very little sale for their fruit, and that the price which they are able to command will scarcely defray the expense of carriage to the market. How are we to remove the ground of these com plaints ? It is obvious that something must be done, and that speedily, to obtain a cheaper supply, that is a more abundant supply of sugar. What, then, shall we do ? Some parties have suggested that the attention of government and of capitalists ought to be directed to the cultivation of beet-root in this country, for the purpose of manufacturing sugar. This alternative has been recommended by those who are utterly ignorant of the subject. In the first place, the extraction of sugar from beet-root is too expensive an operation to 'offer the prospect orany adequate remuneration for the outlay of capital. In the second place, the cultivation of sugar in Great Britain, if it could be rendered re munerative, would only tend still more to depress and ruin the West India Colonies—to destroy the com merce which we have solong enjoyed with those colo nies—and to throw out of employment the shipping and the sailors now employed in that commerce. Others, again, have advocated the equalization of the duties on East India sugar as a means of remedying the existing evil. On this subject there is great diver sity of opinion, even among the West India Merchants: but we think that the able author of the pamphlet which we have transferred to our last page —to which we beg the earnest attention of our readers and of our brethren of the press—has set the matter in its proper light. He has proved that the West Indies.and British Guiana are entitled to the privilege of a protective or differential duty, inasmuch as those colonies are en tirely importing countries, whilst the East Indies is, in part, a manufacturing country. As long as we compel the planters to consume our manufactures they have a right to a counterbalancing monopoly. Another party would recommend the introduction of free-labour foreign sugar for home consumption on payment of a moderate duty. This, again, would be an act of gross injustice to the West India interest. It would, at one fell stroke, annihilate all hopes of re trieving their prospects. It would also afford facilities for the importation, by fraudulent means, of slave grown sugar. We need not specify what those means are. They will he readily recognised by all who are initiated into the secrets of commercial transactions. ' There is, also, another expedient which has its ad vocates even among the pretended friends of universal freedom, but which every true philanthropist must scout and repudiate as a vile attempt to perpetuate the horrors of slavery. We allude to the introduction of slave-grown sugar from the Brazils, Cuba, Porto Rico, &c. We feel confident that the great bulk of the people of England would prefer remaining with out sugar for their whole lives to partaking in the pro duce of slave-holding countries. So utterly inconsist ent, and so repugnant to every feeling of humanity is this proposition, that we need not notice the scheme any further. What, then, is to be done? The reply is at hand. This nation has only to act upon the advice which we have re iterated, from week to week, in the columns of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. If we want free labour sugar exclusively, and at a low price, let us by all means encourage free immigration into British Guiana and the West Indies. That is our proposition. The plan is, at once, reasonable, practicable, and certain in its results. It is reasonable, because we have dis abled the planters of the West Indies from compet ing with other countries, and plunged them into a state of depression verging upon absolute ruin, whilst we still compel them to submit to a monopoly of their markets on the part of the British mauufacturers. It i s practicable, because there are plenty of labourers to he found ready and willing to emigrate to those colo __. The certainty of its results has been demon strated by the success of th e li m i te d experiments which have already been made at Trinidad, Jamaica, and British Guiana. The question of free immigration to the West Indies is one of great urgency. The colonies are going to. ruin. The capital of the planters is being rapidly frittered away. The commerce between them and the mother country is fearfully diminishing. Slavery and the slave-trade is increasing in a corres ponding ratio. The people of this country are sub jected to privations in consequence of the decreased imports from the West Indies. Every motive of sound policy, humanity, justice, and self interest,, strongly and emphatically urges us to adopt some instant plan of relief. W e nee d not h es i tate as to t h e pl an or th e means for carrying it into effect. Both are at hand. Let us, then, unite in petitioning the legislature to encourage free labour in our own colonies. There , is no time to be lost. Let gr an t us t o the planters the boon of free immigration while yet a remnant of their capital re mains, and before they are reduced to that desperate condition which will finally and effectually preclude them f r o m availing themselves of the privilege for which they are now contending. Oh ! what a crying shame it will be if this country, after setting so noble an example in the cause of emancipation—after waking such enormous sacrifices to annihilate slavery in her own colonies—should pertinaciously disregard the only scheme by which slavery may be abolished in every other region of the world. Before we conclude these remarks we would earnestly call upon our contemporaries to join us in agitating this question. With the exception of our Liverpool contemporaries, the Scottish Guardian, the Glasgow papers, the Inverness Herald,. the Bolton Chronicle, the British Standard, and Felix Farley's British Journal, we are not aware that any of the papers with which we are in the habit of exchanging have bestowed any thing more than a passing notice on this important subject. The metropolitan press, of all shades of politics, with very few exceptions, have taken an interest in its agitation. We feel assured that if our con temporaries will only investigate the documentary and other evidence brought forward by the West India planters, we shall have the powerful influence of their advocacy. Amidst the general rejoicing which pervades the ministerial press at the events of the past week, it is not difficult to discover that the pretended victories of their patrons are not regarded with unalloyed satisfac tion. The withdrawal of Lord Stanley's bill—tie defeat of Lord Wynford's amendment upon the Mu nicipal Corporations Bill, and of Lord Hardwicke's motion with respect to the Canada Bill—have, to a certain extent, smoothed the way of ministers; but the seat of office is by no means rendered thereby a bed of roses. They have secured a temporary lull. The breakers of the political ocean have become still; but there is a ground swell working beneath them, which they regard with even darker foreboding than the shriek of the tempest in its wildest fury. For what is it that Lord Melbourne's administration have gained by these assumed victories ? They have barely preserved ,a Contemptible s ,existence ! In the House of Commons they have been allowed a breath ing time to lick their sores—to wipe away the " filthy witness" of defeat—to brood over fresh schemes of corruption, which they will never be suffered to carry into execution. In the House of Lords, they exist upon the contempt of their opponents only until the abyss of infamy which they have dug for themselves is deep enough to hide them for ever from public execra tion. They are a government only in name—a sha dow without a substance—a thing whose very loath someness alone prevents its being trundled out of the presence of honourable natures into the nearest kennel which can be found foul enough to receive it. That this temporary forbearance on the part of the conservative party is wise and prudent, may reasonably be doubted. To some extent, however, we are inclined to coincide in the views of those at whose urging it is adopted. The Whig-radical, or liberal party, as they choose to term themselves, are hourly retrograding in influence and in numbers. Incapable, venal, and dis honest in power, they are fast losing the confidence of great masses of the community, who, lured by their specious professions whilst out of power, have held fast their faith until hope itself has become a bitter mock ery. The industrious classes—the shopkeeper, the tradesman, and the operative—upon whose shoulders they were borne into office, are beginning to distrust and despise them. The gentry and the aristocracy have long repudiated them ; and even the mere quacks of political life, the hangers-on of office and hungerers after patronage and corruption, are discontented and dissatisfied with their prospects. Under such circum stances, a resignation at the present moment, accotn, panied with its certain concomitant, a dissolution, might possibly tend to recruit and revivify them as a party ; whilst by allowing them to drag on a few more months of official life, they are daily adding to the depth of that scorn which awaits their ultimate fall. Admitting these views, however, to be to some ex tent correct, we are scarcely satisfied that they are those which ought to actuate the proceedings of a high-principled party. We cannot bring ourselves to admire stratagem in politics, and should prefer on all occasions to observe straightforward honesty of pur pose, and an open and determinate course, substituted for this ambiguous and unintelligible policy. 'We cannot distrust the motives which have led to the strange proceedings of some of the leading members of the conservative party upon late occasions, but we are not convinced of the wisdom of those proceedings, and lament the impression which they are calculated to produce in the public mind. Few statesmen can afford to risk the confidence •of their party, and none should risk it upon slight grounds. It has certainly been argued that Lord Melbourne's government is unable to inflict any serious injury upon the constitution by its continuance in office ; but we must take leave to deny that position. Openly, we admit, they cannot effect much; but are the acts of such a government as his open ? Is it no injury to a country to promote amongst its people disaffection, to encourage irreligion, to foster treasonable associa tions to resist the laws, and to shake the affectionate loyalty of the subject towards the person and the throne of the sovereign ? And yet all this is done, in sidiously and wickedly, by the partizans of this power less administration. Is it no injury to degrade the name of England throughout the world—to sacrifice her commerce, and to bring ruin upon her colonies ? Yet all this, too, is done ; and the contemptible fribble, by whose groSs incapacity—if not something worse — it is effected, is allowed to shroud his actions in official mystery, and to laugh at and deride the hand which strives to drag him from behind the screen of his de linquencies. Whatever, however, may be our views as to the policy of the conservative leaders in parliament, our own particular duty is plain and straightforward. We must strengthen their position. by an infusion of new 'conservative blood into their ranks. It is obvious, that, in the present balanced state of parties, the battle must be fought by the electors. To them alone can the country look, for a strong conservative government, and our watchword must therefore be, REGISTER, REGISTER, REGISTER! The crisis to which we have now arrived demands all the energies which we can put forth; and we must bear in mind, that, upon the success of our exertions, depends the fate not only of this administration but the very existence of the con stitution of our country. Look around you, conservatives of Great Britain ! On every side you are beset with enemies. The unclean spirit of Popery is upon the threshold of the constitu tion ; the demon of infidelity is spurting his venom against your altars. A false and spurious liberalism is deluging the land with heresies and polluting the air with its noxious impurities. To arrest the progress of these enemies of your moral and social welfare you require a staunch, Protestant, conservative govern ment; and the formation of such a one can only be secured by the zeal and energy which you are called upon to put forth at the approaching registration. Again then, and earnestly, let us impress upon you the warning—ATTEND TO YOUR REGISTRATION We insert below the Resolutions of the Committee on the Liverpool Dock Warehouse Bill, in which we fancy that our eminently virtuous Corporation will not find much matter of congratulation. It is, indeed, provided that " the Dock Trustees be empowered to erect Warehouses on the Dock Quays ;" but, alas ! they are at the same time required to abstain in doing this from putting their hands into the purse of the Dock Trust, but must raise "the money required for the erection of the Warehouses (and the purchase of the land) on the security of that property alone." There are some very cunning gentlemen amongst the Dock Trustees, we are well aware ; but it may be difficult, with all their cunning, for these gentlemen to realize their magnificent scheme with so little materi als. We dare say that warehouse property may be, generally speaking, a fair security for money; but it is not one upon which prudent men will lend more than a proportion of its cost; and, unless this can be achieved, the permission to erect warehouses must be a dead letter. We wonder what may have been the cost of this ridiculous effort--in money we mean—for the amount of sacrifice of the interests of Liverpool, it would be difficult even to guess at. Time will, no doubt, enable us to arrive at the solution of our question. In the mean time we beg to congratulate the clique upon their wonderful success in an attempt as impudent as it is dishonest. DECISION OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE ON THE DOCK WAREHOUSES BILL. Resolved, I.—That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this Committee that it is highly desirable that additional dock room should be provided for vessels frequenting the port of Liver pool. 2.--That it is•not expedient that the Trustees of the Liver pool Docks should be authorised to build and manage out of the funds raised on the security of the dock rates, Warehouses for the storing of goods upon the Quays of the Docks. 3.—That the Dock Trustees be empowered to erect Ware houses on the Dock Quays, the money required for the erection of Warehouses (and the purchase of the land) being raised on the security of that property alone. 4.—That the chairman and deputy chairman shall be chosen by ballot, the deputy chairman to succeed the chairman. Election to be annual, and the chairman not to have a double, but only a castimg vote. The Liverpool Journal is pleased to. discover in our remarks of Tuesday last, on the subject of Ribbonism, a retractation of the charges which we latelyibrought and substantiated against certain of the Irish Catholic resi dents of this town. Our contemporary can find nothing•in our remarks but " a repetition of assertions unsupported by a shadow of proof"—which is possible enough; but the public we imagine are not so preversely blind as the Journal himself affects to be. The charge which we brought forward we supported by documen tary evidence, the genuineness of which neither the Journal nor his correspondent have attempted to ques tion; and until that evidence is impeached we hold that we are fully justified in persisting in the charge which we founded upon it. Our contemporary congratulates himself on the fact of our not having attempted to reply to the long and abusive letter in which we were attacked in his columns, and asserts:that from the experience of former conflicts with its writer, we have only "discovered that he is beneath our notice when we found him above our strength." We are really at a loss to know on what occasion the writer in question has shewn himself above our strength ; but shall always consider him beneath our notice until he learns to write in the tone and to use the language of a gentleman. The rabid style of his last Epistle was enough to lead to the supposi tion ,that its writer was personally touched by our charge—a contingency for which, we must confess, we were not altogether unprepared. Mx. VINCENT NOVELLO.-04 'Saturday last a genteel and delighted audience greeted this veteran and sterling mu sician, who is now fulfilling an engagement at the Mechanics' Institution on a subject of historical and practical interest, namely, Ancient Church Music. The father of the talented and much-respected family of the Novello's presided at the piano. The illustr a tions of the masses of the early ages of the Roman Pontificate gave the highest satisfaction. The Misses Flower are accomplished musicians ; one of them is gifted with a voice of remarkable power and purity of tone. The bass voice is one of the finest we have heard for some time, and we regret we could not catch the gentle man's name when it was mentioned with those of the assist ing artists. The lecture was read, as we were informed in the room, by the assistant elocutionist of the insitution, whose want of physical power coupled with a thin sharpness of voice rendered him inaudible to parties who sat near the doors and in the back seats of the gallery. This partially interfered with the effect of the verbally descriptive part of the lecture. The judiciously selected illustrations, however, spoke significantly for themselves. • WOOLLEN AND LINEN DRAPERY, &c.—We refer to an advertisement in another column, announcing that a portion of the business of Mr. Claypole and Son has been disposed of to Mr. John Krebs, to whom, as their successor, they so licit a continuance of the favours with which they have been honoured. We are requested to notice an error which ap peared in the same advertisement in the Chronicle of Satur day. It is stated in that paper that " the ready-made linen department will not be continued as usual in Richmond street," whereas it will he so continued. FARMERS' FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE INSTITUTION.— The act for establishing this institution has received the royal assent. His Grace the Duke of Rutland, Sir George Sinclair, Bart., M.P., and the Hon. Charles Hope, M.P., have given permission to have their names added to the list of honorary directors. VIEW OF WHITEHAVEN.—We extract the following paragraph, complimentary of our townsman, Mr. Walters, from a recent Whitehaven paper :—" Mr. Samuel Walters, of Liverpool, the celebrated painter of marine subject was some time ago engaged by Mr. J. P. Youughusband, of this town, to execute • for him a picture of the port and harbour of Whitehaven. This week, Mr. Walters has completed his engagement, and the picture has since Tuesday been exhibited daily, at the shop of Messrs. Crossthwaite and Co., book sellers, and has commanded a large share of attention of the upper ranks of our town. The view is taken from the sea, and includes a vivid representation of the harbour, with the Ganga,' (East Indianian), entering in glorious style. Two or three other portraits, (which are introduced without stiffness),—a steamer—the west pier=the lighthouse, and other objects of local interest,—and the green hills form a pleasing back ground. The picture is executed with great skill, judgement and ability, and has commanded the ad miration of all amatures and connoiseurs who have inspeted it. [We are glad to find that Mr. 'Walters has consented to a general wish expressed in Whitehaven, that a fine en graving should be taken from the picture, —an announcement which cannot fail to be gratifying to natives of Whitehaven residing in Liverpool, who may obtain, at a moderate price, a beautiful view of their native town.] DEATHS BY BURNING.—On Friday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Mary Doherty, a child of six years of age. The deceased lived with her parents in Fisher-street, Toxteth-park. On Wednesday morning, her mother went out with her husband's breakfast, leaving the deceased and three other children in the house. Soon afterwards a neighbour heard the deceased call out, and on entering the room found her in flames. Before the fire could be extinguished, the deceased was so much burned, that she dled on Thursday in the Infirmary.—Verdict, " Acci dental death."—An inquest was held on Saturday, touching a similar case. The deceased, Peter Trainer, who was three years and a half old, was also left with three other children, at his parent's house, in a court in Colling Wood-street, and his clothes taking fire, he was much burnt, and died on Friday.—Verdict accordingly. FATAL ACCIDENT. — On Saturday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, touching the death of a carter, named Richard Molyneuv. On Friday evening the deceased was standing in his cart, driving iu Hood-street, when the wheel got into a hole, and the deceased was thrown out. In falling, the reins caught the deceased by the wrist, and the near wheels went over his neck. He was immediately carried to a sur geon's in Queen-square, but was quite dead when he got there: The deceased was 29 years of age, and the cart and horse belonged to him.—Verdict, " Accidental death." GRAND PROTESTANT CONFEDERATION.--The annual grand lodge meeting of this association was held at Warring ton on Wednesday, the Ist of July instant, and was numer ously attended by members from all parts of the United Kingdom. The accounts were of the most flattering de scription ; the appointment of a secretary resident in Man chester gave general satisfaction ; and the number of fresh enrolments, combined with the applications for new warrants, strongly indicates the prosperity and welware of the insti tution. _ _ AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—On Saturday an inquisition was held before P. F. Curry, Esq. coroner, on view of the body of Mr. Edward Jackson, a young man, thirty-one years of age, son of Mr. Jackson, of Mill-street, Toxteth-park. The deceased, who resided with his father, had risen from his bed on Saturday morning, between six and seven o'clock, and after dressing himself, and taking his hat, as if ready to go out, had gone into the front parlour, where in a few mo ments afterwards, he was found lying on the floor in a state of insensibiliry. Mr. Scott, surgeon, was immediately called in, but found the deceased quite dead, in consequence, he had no doubt, of a fit of apoplexy. The jury returned a verdict to that effect. _ _.____ TRH WARDEN SHIP OF MANCIIESTER.—The present mi nisters whether honestly or otherwise—into their motives we need not inquire—have always assumed the character of church reformers. They have, too, in most instances, tolera bly acted up to that character. Can it be true, then, that a job is in contemplation in the case of the vacant wardenship of Manchester? This important appointment places a cler gyman, as warden or chief rector, at the head of the 300,000 inhabitants of that great town. The revenues are variously stated, from £l3OO to £3OOO a-year ; but no one disputes the fact that they are stifficient. The post, therefore, requires the whole of one man's energies, and the income is equal to such a man's maintenance. Yet it is currently reported that this post is assig ned to a gentleman who holds a living of £l3OO a-year, at a distance of fifty miles from Manchester; and the new warden is to retain this living! Two thousand persons at Spofforth, near Wetherby, are to be handed over to a curate, while their rector removes to Manchester, there to spend his time, due to their service,' and his income, de rived from their labours! I can hardly credit this report, except, indeed, that an immediate prorogation of parliament is expected, and the jobbers thus hope to escape being asked any inconvenient questions.—Correspondent of the nmes. NEW NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK. " —The new building for the North and South Wades Bank, at the top of James's-street, and opposite the north side of St. George's Church, is now drawing towards completion, ex teriorly, and already forms a fine object, from Lord-street, and more particularly from the upper part of James's-street and Preeson's-row. It is one of the most elaborate and costly, though by no means one of the largest, of what are termed our public buildings," and a brief notice of it may, therefore, be acceptable. It is founded on a portion of the site of the Old Castle of Liverpool, part of the circular moat or fosse of which was discovered in excavating for the cel lars, and led, in order to obtain a firmer and uniformly level foundation on the red free-stone rock, to the formation of two underground stories or tiers of vaults, all of which are arched, and also covered with thick blocks of Welsh lime stone. The mortar employed in this part of the buildings was solely Roman cement, and for dryness, and security from other casualties, these vaults are second to none in the kingdom. The cost of these alone would have built a large range of ordinary warehouses. The building is of three stories in height from the ground, and of Grecian design, with a cornice richer and more massy than that of any other erection in Liverpool. The principal front is to the south, at one end, and though when seen from that direction it has i t e a c n t d wta h s e c d o e n p fi t hue ofd t t o h e s o p n l j a n r t r h o , w t a a s p p p a e c e s t ; s f t o o r b w e i p t h e r the c ornicing and the depth of the plinth, it appears to be per se a commanding effect, the spectator experiencesTreWtiral h disproportionately tall; and th e id ea i mme di ate l y nh at tcs s iloo t i eir g inl g aei e rcw s ci ted itself to us that it w ou ld f orm an elegant wing to a building extendiTg eastward to Castle-street, with a central colonnade. Be this as it may, ( an d it i s mere l y a matter of taste,) the architect has assuredly m a d e th e most o f hi s ground, and hasp roduced a superb specimen of stone work. The front noticed, has two fluted columns with enriched capitals of the Corinthian order, in the centre, and two cor responding pilasters — one at each corner. Th es e are 34 feet in height exclusi v e of the capitals. The walls of the bottom story are rusticated ; the upper stories of polished stone, and the whole of a good colour. This . front i s surmounte d by a pediment, and the cornice, which projects f our f eet eight inches, is enriched by foliated medilions, patras, o d f en st t o il n s, es an o d n o t t h h e er pe o d r itnn ornaments. is no lessnts.The than length of the upper tier eight feet. Th e plinth all round is of Welsh lime stone. The larger front is on the south, in Fenwick-street. The basement story has three round topped windows in the middle, and on each side is a door with a pedimented top. There are five square topped windows with mounted architraves in each story ab ove ; and between these, and at each end, are Corinthian pillasters, with elaborate capitals. The cornice on this side is similar to that on the south, and the whole presents a very beautiful appearance. The north and east sides of the building being in narrow streets are plainer, but are not without architectnral ornament. The interior will be fitted up for the bank, and also for offices above, in a corresponding style of elegance. The architect is Mr. Edward Corbett, of Manchester, who also furnished the designs for the new ." Union Bank," in Brunswick-street. The contractor for the work is Mr. Wylie. HAWKWOOD, A ROMANCE OF ITALY, IN 3 voLs There is a class of novel and romance writing in which the Germans of the present day are excelling all other con tributors to light literature throughout Europe. We allude to what is called the Art-Novel, a title of admission which one would suppose, on the face of fiction itself, would cheat it of friendly readus, and provoke inspection only from that irritable tribe of criticlings who thrive most on that which they sneer at, as knaves grow fat and look most happy on the strength of what they choose to style " poor stuff." But is is otherwise in Germany. In their literature,-and in their reviewing, our cousin-Germans are a profound people. Every writer of any kind of power is sure of an audience of competent appreciators. Not an artist among them, whether he works with pen or pencil, is discouraged. Whoever pos sesses talent is stimulated to exercise and make it known by the assurance that he has the opportunity of acting on the mind of a congenial class of readers, who in turn, though they do not notice all th e a b or ti ons o f their PRESS, yet read everything with a determination to sustain their rights as a national jury competent to try the Smatter at issue. To those only who have not thought for themselves will these remarks appear other than what inquiry will prove them to be. Hence, without tracing the causation, tediously by links, of the action and reaction of writers and readers upon each other, be it remarked, that in the department of Fictitious Writing the Germans have their art-novels, or works in which the skill of the artist is exhibited, or his deficiency as a literary artificer exposed and judged of, as anxiously on the part of author, reader, and reviewer, as though it were gra vity itself out of bed appealing to them at midnight. In the art-novels of that scholarly people, and which are alluded to for reasons which shall presently appear, the inci dents may be indifferent in themselves, but not so their time and place and manner of introduction. The art specially bestowed upon each of these points, and on matters appa rently of trivial detail, is as surprising as it is happily exer cised : it Pervades—imbues every page of their really clever works. So great, indeed, is the thought bestowed upon German light literature, that it does not stick or remain be hind in the sieve of catchpenny, gossiff, wire-spun transla tion. The second-hand deeds in literary burglary yearly and monthly " done into French" prove this. The finish and polish may, be somewhat tawdry—perhaps ragged and gewgaw ish ; but that applies Only to the shell of the nut : enough of the kernel of tine thought remains and speaks in vitingly for itself, even when hashed and served up by a mouthing transmogrifying process peculiar to all kinds of French cookery as done in France. --- These remarks have been suggested by the perusal of a work named " Hawkwood"—a perusal which at least has had fidelity to recommend it, and which justifies the allusion to that first and often-slurred,duty of a reviewer. We con ceive the romance in question to be a work indicative rather of promise of what its author may yet do, than of what he has already done. There is much of the German mind but not anything of the German mode in him, as reflected in the pages of this work. To those who look under the surface there is an evident German patience—a German disposition for minute and sustained inquiry —with a strong tendency to diverge on every occasion iu pursuit of what is historical in fact or association. The author frequently pulls up in mid career of flights of fancy, and lingers descantingly by the way on the more sterling, but to the million the less alluring points of genuine history. In these respects the merit of what in " Hawkwood " is subordinate and accessary, is as decided, and the author's powers, under proper direction, as full of promise and indicative of latent ability, as his romance, as such, is deficient in artistical skill—faulty in construction, and imperfect according to the rules of the art in which it comes before the world as an adventurous one of many. What the author of " Hawkwood" is without in 1840, he may have enough of, and to spare, in 1845. It is in the want of art in disposing of his materials, that present deficiency chiefly appears. Against all such unprovidedness there is but one lion's provider—PRACTICE. Practice alone turns apprentices into journeymen, and middlemen in turn into competent masters of their craft ; and novel-writing is as much an art as pie-making and millinery. It is also a sci ence, and to be cultivated with success it must be thought of and massively surveyed according to its own principles, as a science ; and the materials on which it works, systematically pieced out and reduced to shape, conformably to the finesse of art. Having said the worst that is justifiable of the demerits of "Hawkwood," it is but fair to notice some, and by no means all, of its numerous traits of talent. There is no unrewarding trash in any of its chapters. All that the author aimed at we cannot tell ; acquaintance, however, with what he has produced, will tend to improve the tone and elevate the taste of all but the hopeless gin-bibbers of mawk ish twaddle, supplied from the spruce shelves of circulating libraries. The writer of " Hawkwood" is no silky creature of pomatumed notions, fragrant with puerilities akin to skin paste and Macassar. There is less of down than feather about him. The calibre of his thought is manly, and of the proper broad-backed school, which sooner or later finds most favour with men and women of sense. Whoever, as a.word led creature, takes up the volumes as a romance, in the cir culating-library sense of the term, will be disappointed. In stead of abounding in the blue fire and hysterics of boarding school writing, the book is replete with historical allusions, which attest its author as a man of study and observation ; and, if not endowed with a rapid or vivid perception, yet manifests his possession of the humbler but more sterling qualities of a sensible and deliberative understanding. He could not have penned his descriptions until after having seen and felt the influence of Italian scenery, which he places be fore the mind's eye of the, reader with that life-like verisimili tude, blended with allusions to the past history of a great country and impressions of the instant, which rise, by force of contrast, to the consciousness of educated travellers when treading on classic ground, peopled no longer by the free and the brave, but by an inglorious race of three-halfpenny aris tocracy, peasants, and cits, incapable of discussing the merits of little else than music and maccaroni. Though but an episode—indeed the work is a remelt of chapters, encumbered with incidents beyond the author's present tact to dispose of them to advantage—yet the description of Venice and its motley life may challenge comparison, and rise by juxta position, with the pen-and-ink sketches of any actual tra veller in flesh and blood with which we are acquainted. Se veral scenes are powerfully thrown off : the provoking thing is, that more attention has not been paid to concentration, and to the indispensable demands of unity. After the first volume, chapter on chapter should have been made to sub serve the crisis, as by an ascending series of sentences in a rhetorical climax, and should 'have closely conduced to the swelling progress of the onward action. In thought, manage ment, composition, and everything, the introduction is the best part of this three-volume production, which, though uneven and unequal, is often much above the average of works of its class. Chapter 6 narrates a boar hunt, in which two princi pal characters figure in a foreground of stirring interest. The eager sportsmen are benighted, and their subsequent entrance and dangers, and successive escapes from a haunt of banditti near the lake of Como, are worth unmutilated extract. The scenes with a mysterious fellow named Ilderim, and with Louise—a retiring sweet wifey creature, who interests chiefly by implication —are well conducted. But the descrip tions of scenery are the most happy . ; that for instance at p. 145, of the spot where Alfred is joined by Mortimer, and the reflections (163) on the soothing effect of fine landscapes on the feelings of th e careworn . The manners, customs, and bearings of the age are well given. At page 195, there is a picture of John Galleazzo in little. But by far the best matter of the book, is the chapters devoted to Venice. The second volume ends with the death, by poison, of Bernabo Visconti ; and in the third, Ilderim again adds to the interest of an escape of the ladylove, from a convent. The state of Italy generally, is not forgotten. The time at which the narrative opens is at the close of the fourteenth century (1387), when Lombardy was shared between the elder and younger Visconti, and with the year in which a scheming nephew dethroned his old adder of an uncle. In noticing, instead of subserviently overlooking the deft ciencies of Hawkwood, we have been unceremonious, per haps, but not unconscieutious. There is that within the author, which we hope soon to see come tellingly out. He is worth a fling at, not being one of those scribes who, like flavourless crows, are not worth powder and shot. No dull ass, as friend William says, ever' mends his pace with beat ing; and we dislike any labour of love—except our respect for the Pope and O'Connell—to be thrown away unheeded. The book has its excellences to which we have•pointed with unfeigned satisfaction; but as it is irregular in execution, and its plot fairly weighed down by an overlaying or mismanage ment of incident, we entertain the divided opinion of it which is here unswervingly recorded. Some authors thank friends for suggesting subjects ; others growl at the implied presumption. But as we have the for bearance of an Indian, for mere displays of temperament, we ask—as the author of Harkwood has shown such conver sance with Italian scenery. and the stirring history of its denizens, what an Historical Romance ,of the Brigands might he not turn out ? Verb. sap : A word to the wise. We are glad to perceive that the very able Report on Deaf ness, by our townsman, Mr. Neil, has reached a third edition. THE EXHIBITION AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. — The exhibition at this institution continues to attract thou sands of visitors from week to week. Strangers who may have come to town to attend the races will find this splendid exhibition an agreeable lounge. LIVERPOOL REGATTA.—This regatta will take place on Tuesday, the 21st instant. The distinguished patronage which it has obtained, the valuable nature of the prizes, and the excellent craft entered for the several races, give promise of a treat which has never been' equalled on the Mersey. Mr. Warde the tragedian, a man with one of the finest speaking voices ever heard upon the stage of any country, died last. Thursday in London. THEATRE ROYAL.—This evening Madame Vestris, Mr. Charles Mathews, and Mr. James Vinine appear in a new drama called " Faint Heart never won Fair Lady," and the operetta of " The Loan of a Lady." Their engagement has attracted full houses every night, and, with the novelties that are in preparation, it is not probable that their popula rity will diminish. The dancing of Mr. Gilb er t, Mi ss Bailin, and their pupils, continues to call forth great ap plause. We must not neglect to remind our friends that on the evenings of the race days the performances will not commence till eight o'clock. MA. DUNN AGAIN.—This gentleman, who has rendered himself so notorious as the suitor of Miss Burdett Coutts, has been committed to Clerkenwell prison on account of his annoying conduct. TOTAL ABSTINENCE FESTIVAL. —It will be seen by our advertising columns that the total abstinence societies of this town are holding their festival this week. To-morrow they walk in procession ; and on Thursday and Friday meetings will be held in the Royal Amphitheatre, on which occasions great display of talent is anticipated. - - THE STEAM-SIIIP PRESIDENT."—On Saturday last, the engines of this fine vessel were se t i n mot i on f or t h e fi rst time. She proceeded as far as the Formby Light Ship, and returned to her moorings in the Sloyne. The object in this instance was merely to ascertain whether all was right and tight with the engines, without any att em pt t o pu t th e vesse l to her speed. Every thing worked to the satisfaction of all on board ; and, notwithstanding the great length of the vessel, she was steered with the greatest facility through the numerous craft on the river. Wednesday next is the day fixed for the experimental or trial trip, when the President will proceed to Cork, with several of the directors and their friends. This voyage to the sister isle will doubtless prove a treat to those on board. THE WEATHER. — For several weeks past, the weather has been usually cold and cloudy for the season, with frequent showers, and, indeed, continued rains. The hay harvest has consequently been much retarded, and in some backward districts is not yet completed. No great injury has, however, been done to the grass, and the crops have been generally heavy. Sun and warmth are now much re quired, particularly for the ripening of the early potatoes. The grain crops are heavy► and there will be a great yield of wheat and oats, if the farmer is favoured with a fine back end. Prices, however, continue very high as yet ; and a good deal of indifferent stuff is worked up by the bakers in household bread. In consequence of the long prevalence of strong westerly breezes, almost amounting to gales, much of our outward bound shipping has been detained, but on Sun day and yesterday the wind varied more to the north east ward, and northward, and the sailings were considerable. During the night of Sunday We experienced some violent squalls, accompanied with heavy h a il s h owers ; b u t now, evening) when we write, (Monday the sky has again become cloudless, and there is every appearance of a favourable change. NEW BANK. — Several gentlemen, at the head of whom is Donald Maclean, Esq. M. P., are endeavouring to establish a Joint Stock Banking Company in Reading.—Gloucester Chronicle. THE LAW OF STORMS Mr. Espy of Philadelphia, whose inve s ti ga ti o n s 'i n t o th e causes of storms have attracted considerable attention in this country, 'delivered the first of a course of four lectures on this subject in the Music Hall, Bold:Street, on Friday even ing. The lectures were given on behalf of the Shipmasters' Association, whose formation and progress have been repeat edly noticed in this journal. The attendance, we regret to say, was not so numerous as the interesting nature of the subject deserved. On the motion of Mr. J. B. YATES, seconded by Mr. ROWETT, Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY, Mayor, was called to the chair, and the lecturer was introduced in a suitable speech from his worship. The LECTURER commenced by stating, that the magnitude of the subject he had undertaken to discuss, and the limits by which he was bound, would absolutely preclude the pos sibility of giving a formal introduction ; therefore, he would at once proceed to give the auditory a theory or the law of storms. It was necessary, however, in the first instance, to call their attention to a few elementary principles which he found demonstrated by philosophers, when he commenced the study of this subject. It was a mathematical subject, and in its study lie went upon the principle of the inductive philosophy ; he began with facts, and concluded with facts. The first principle in it was laid down by Dr. Dalton of Manchester, who had done more than any man living for chemistry, and more for meteorology, and it was that we were able to ascertain the exact quantity of aqueous vapour in the atmosphere. The plan he recommended was acknowledged to be correct by all philosophers, and it was the corner-stone of the science he (Mr. Espy) was about to explain. The lecturer then exhibited the condensation of aqueous vapour on the outside of a tumbler of water, in which was inserted a lump of ice, from which it appeared that the quantity of vapour in the air corresponded exactly to the temperature. The point at which this vapour condensed, was called the dew point, or the condensing point of vapour in the at mosphere, which meant the highest temperature at which the moisture in the air would condense upon any body. The lecturer then explained that it never could rain more than nine inches deep, and the cause.. If, he continued, the dew point was taken immediately after a great rain, we found it much lower; and if it was taken from day to day afterwards, it would rise a little, because the heat of the sun increased the temperature. The moment this principle came from England to America, he saw it was a mighty lever placed in the hands of the meteorologist, by which he might move the world. He, therefore, studied meteorology and all its phe nomena for several years, before he discovered the laws which would be fully developed in these lectures. -The next law he found demonstrated upon this subject was this : if atmospheric air was condensed in a smaller space, it was in creased in temperature ; and if it was raritied in a wider space, it was cooled. Mr. E. here exhibited an instru , merit of his own invention, by which lie demonstrated this law. Nothing but heat could change water into vapour, and nothing but cold. could change it back into water. The clouds we saw were not vapour, but small particles of water ; and they were distinctly of the same nature as the clouds formed within the tube of the instrument. Now, if he could skew that nature, provided a contrivance to rarity the air in the course of a few moments, whereby a great degree of cold was produced, his theory was made out. It was the nature of air, that as we diminished the pressure it would expand. The auditory were aware that the atmosphere around the earth was only about 45 miles high, and that as it went higher it became thinner and thinner iu consequence of the dimi nished pressure. If then a portion of the air, whether large or small, should ascend 100 yards it would expand, through the diminished pressure little more than one degree, if 200 yards, two degress, if 300 yards, three degrees, and so on. It should be one of the principal objects of the first and se cond lectures, to demonstrate that nature did cause large masses of air to go from the surface of the earth upwards, till it was condensed, at least a large portion of it, into va pour, and so for Med large clouds. In other words he should demonstrate how a cloud was formed—a fact never discovered before. In thinking over these matters it occurred to him that currents of air might possibly be formed, and rise to a great height in this way. When the sun rose, and shed his rays through a transparent atmosphere, we knew that his heat passed through that atmosphere without much heating it, in consequence of its transparency. When, however, his rays came in contactwith the surface of the earth they heated it. The air in contact with this surface necessarily became heated by the contact; and it then expanded 1,448 th of its bulk at zero. Now it was the nature of all fluid, that it would not lie still under a heavier one. Now if there was hot air underneath it would gather itself into masses above the surface of the earth and rise up ; thus, then, clouds began to form and to rise by the up-moving current of air underneath. If therefore the air that went up under all forming clouds became one degree colder for every 100 yards in consequense of diminished pressure, we could ascertain precisely how high a column of air would have to ascend before it would begin to form a cloud. Suppose the dew point to be fifty, and to re main at sixty degrees as it was today, as soon as the air rose 1,000 yards high, it began to form clouds ; if it went up fur ther it became colder, and formed more clouds ; and as soon as it was 20 degrees below dew point the tops of the clouds could be measured, by the instruments before him. To wards evening, especially in his country, as the air be came cold at the surface of the earth, it increased its radiation, throwing out the caloric of the earth into free space; the supply thus cut off, the air became thinner, and the clouds disappeared. But another question occurred immediately. Suppose we imagined clouds to be formed in this way, that there was this moving of the clouds, increasing the heat of the atmosphere at the surface of the earth, the moment the cloud became of less bulk, what effect could that have upon the up-moving current ? He should shew that the principle that caused the clouds to begin to fall, caused an expansion of air, independent of diminished pressure, which also caused an expansion. This principle—which he should shew more fully hereafter—was what chemists knew well as latent caloric. It could be accurately measured, and its ef fects in expanding the air were also known, as might be seen in the works of Gay Lussac, Humboldt, and others. This being understood, we could ascertain how much lighter a column of air might be than the surrounding columns, and how much the barometer would fall under one of these clouds. If we could tell the increased levity of a cloud, we could tell also with what velocity the air would run in upon all sides, in consequence of the 'diminished pressure indicated by the barometer: By the laws of dynamics we knew that air would rush 240 feet in a second. So that this subject was actually under the power of mathematics. Having shewn that phi losophers were enabled to astertain the temperature of a cloud, to the top of it, he mentioned that the barometer under one of these great clouds would fall just as much as it was known to fall in the midst of storms, and the air would rush in from all sides of the circumference to the centre. On this principle he should show how some distant storms had reached this island. When the subject had proceeded thus far he communicated the result of his observations to a few of the most distinguished philosophers in Philadelphia, and it appeared so important to them, that communications were made with the American Philosophical Society, and with the Franklin Institute. Those learned bodies formed a joint committee, which was instructed to examine the subject, and to ascertain if it were true, in fact, that the air did rush in upon all sides towards the centre of storms. The com mittee did not say a word about any theory till on the occa sion of the ninth storm, when they used these remarkable words, " This is the ninth storm the committee have inves tigated, in all of which it has been found that the wind blows from the outside towards a centre." It might be oblong and more sideways, so as to scatter water over a vast extent of country. A series of interesting experiments with kites also confirmed his views respecting the uprising current of air under clouds of no great density or magnitude, but merely such as are formed every day in North America. The works of nature were regulated by such fixed laws, Mr. Epsy said, that the mariner might foresee the storm ; he might be able to see the direction from which it would come and the course which it would take, and he might hover on its verge and sail round it. In conclusion, Mr. Espy said, he had not come to this country merely to teach but to learn, and he should feel deeply grateful to those who would give him in formation. He wished particularly to have all the informa tion he could collect relative to the great storm of the 6th and 7th January, 1839. In reply to a gentleman who expressed a wish to communi cate with the lecturer, he stated, that his address was at Misses Perkins', 70, Duke-street. . . The MAYOR, after speaking in warm terms of the interest ing nature of the lecture, hoped to see a more worthy attend ance on the next evening. The lecture lasted from a quarter past seven till nearly nine o'clock. The second lecture was delivered on Saturday night, when the auditory was rather more numerous than on the preceding evening ; still, the attendance was not by any means so great as the talented lecturer had a right to expect, considering his eminence as a philosopher, and the interesting nature of the subject which he undertook to ,elucidate. The Mayor was not present ; and, after waiting some time for his arrival, Mr. Espy proceeded to business without a chairman, whose services, however, were not required. The lecture was ex ceedingly interesting, and it elicited much applause. The remaining lecture of the course will be deliv ere d thi s even i ng (Tuesday) and to. morrow. IRREGULARITY IN FORWARDING AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD , SIR,—I observe in your paper of yesterday, a paragraph respecting the irregularity with which a part of the American correspondence is now Forwarded by the New York Post office. I believe I can explain the cause of the disappointments which are thus so frequently occurriug, and think benefit may arise from its being more generally known than it ap pears now to be. When the steam-ships commenced running between this and the United States, their agents found that there was no law there (such as 1 believe exists in England) to prevent their making a charge for the receipts of letters, and they accordingly, refused to carry any but on payment of a tax of 25 cents per single letter, or one dollar an ounce ; the Post offices throughout the country collect this for the ship along with their own inland rate. The sailing packets, which had previously received letters free, soon followed the example, but charge only one-half the rate taken by the steamers. The New Yoik postmaster is under these circumstances obliged to forward by any transient vessel that will bring them, such letter's as reach him without the ship tax being paid, and I presume those of the delay of which we now have, such complaints, have been so situated. I am, sir, your obedient servant, AN AMERICAN MERCHANT. Liverpool, 11th July, 1840. LIVERPOOL DOCK AND WAREHOUSE BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALBION - - 4.• • SlR,—Observing. in the Morning Chronicle, of this morning, a statement which appears to me to convey a very erroneous impression of the decision of the Parliamentary Committee yesterday on this bill, I take the liberty of en closing yon a copy of the Re - Solutions then adopted, not doubting that correct information upon such a subject will be interesting to your readers. Differing as we, probably, do in our views of this contest, I will not presume to make any comment thereon, but, without either impugning yours, or betraying my own opinion, I may be allowed to whisper in your ear, let those laugh who win. I am, sir, your obedient servant JOHN . NORTH London, Saturday, 11th July PRESERVATION OF THE HAIR.—In order that the pub lic may avoid the di sa pp o i ntments so f requent l y complained of in the use of oils s old avowe dly f or promot i ng t h e grow th of hair, we beg to submit the following statements to those desirous of preserving the hair:—From 1820 to 10) J. Mid dlewood's genuine Botanic Oil was interdicted by govern ment on the ground that it possessed properties, .and per formed such cures of baldness, as brought it within the of the patent medicine act, and.not until its great utility in preserving the hair was submitted to parliament, could a legal sale be effected. The petition presented met with the kindest attention, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer ex empted it from the medicine duty, to be sold under th e de nomination of hair oil. The petition was presented by the late Right Hon. W. Huskisson, on the 10th April, 1830 while Mr. Goulburn was Chancellor of the Exchequer. See Advt. The railway companies have offered to convey passengers from Leeds, York, Sheffield, &c, to London, for £2 7s in first class, and for £1 Ils 6d in second class carriages. As there are no fees allowed to guards, the terms must be ad mitted to be very moderate. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. - MONDAY. Two women named Mary Fynn and Letitia Duffer, w4tVe placed at the bar under the following circumstances. (in Wednesday last, Mrs. Nicholson, wife of Mr. Nicholson, hatter, of Church -street, in crossing Clayton-square, dropped her gold watch, and nothing was heard of it although it was extensively advertised. It appeared that the son of Fynn found the watch the same day, and gave it to his mother. She exhibited it to a number of persons, and among others, to Mr. Fell, publican, hi Gloucester -street, who took the ❑umber of it, and by that means it was identified. After that, Fynn got drunk, and when she arrived at her lodgings, she was stripped and put to bed by Duffer, who was seen by another female to take the watch from her bosom. Since that time nothing had been heard of it. Mrs. Nicholson being in ill health was unable to appear. Mr. Rushton ordered Fynn to be discharged and the other prisoner to be remanded for further enquiry. I3REAKING OPEN A WORKSHOP. Elijah Stanely, a well known character, was charged with having broken open the workshop of Joseph Priest, a carpenter, in Mill-lane, and stealing therefrom four joiners' planes. The prisoner is the man who in humble imitation of Jack Shepperd, broke out of Rose-hill Bridewell about a month ago. From the. evidence, it appeared that about a quarter past three o'clock this morning (Monday), the prisoner was met by an officer in Scotland-road, with the planes in his possession. He was taken into custody, and on the way to Bridew•ell, the fourth plane was found under his clothes. The prosecutor stated that his workshop had been broken open some time . between Saturday night and Monday morning. Mr. itusHTox, after reminding the prisoner that it was only a short time since he was before the court, asked him what he had to say. He replied " nothing." He was com-' mated for trial at the next sessions. DISTURBING A CONGREGATION. William Sutherland, a sailor, was charged with having disturbed the congregation of St. Nicholas's Church during divine service on Sunday morning. The police-officer on duty, stated that the paisoner was drunk, and that on entering the doors of the church, he commenced singing " Hearts of Oak." He was ordered to pay a penalty of 55., or in de fault to be committed for three days. THE REGISTRATION COUNTY VOTERS.—Any person having a qualification for a county vote, whosename is noton the present register, must, on or beforethe2Othday offuly, deliver or send to one of the over seers of the parish or township where the property which gives him the qualification is situated, a claim to have his name put on the overseers' list of voters, and with the claim there must be given ls. This claim must be in the proper form, and he must take care that his qualification is correctly stated. If the name is on the register, but he has parted with the pro perty for which lie was registered, then he must make a new claim for any property which now gives him a qualification. If his name is on the register, but he has changed the place of his residence, lie must make a new claim, stating the place where he now resides. These claims must be given to the overseer• of the parish or township where the property which gives him the qualification is situated, and his name must be on the list of that parish or township. He must, therefore, ascertain whether his name is on the list of the proper parish or township. For this purpose he should examine the list, which will be placed on the church doors on the two first Sundays in August, and which may also be seen every day in the two first weeks of August, by applying to any one of the overseers of the proper parish or township ; such overseer is bound to show the list, and allow it to be read, without being paid anything. If he finds that his name is not on, the list, or that it is on the list, but has the word objected placed against it, or if he finds that there is some mistake as to his name, or his place of residence, or descrip tion of the property, or if any person gives him a notice of objection to his vote, the voter, or some one for him, must attend the revising barrister to prove his right, and have any mistake corrected. If he knows of any bad votes on any overseer's list, he should take care that these bad votes be objected to, and this must be done on or before the 25th of August. The 20th of July is the last day on which a claim can be received by the overseers. The 25th of August is the last day on which objections can be made. BOROUGH VOTERS.—If any one is qualified to have a vote for a borough as an occupier of premises of the yearly value of ten pounds, he must pay, on or before the 20th of July, all his poor's rates and assessed taxes payable for those premises previously to the 6th qf April last, or he will not be entitled to have a vote. It wiil De no excuse for him, that the collector of taxes o r parish officer has not de manded payment. He must examine the list of voters of the parish or township where his premises are situated, which list will be placed on the church doors in that parish or township, on the two first Sundays in August, and which may also be seen any day in The two first weeks of August, by applying to one of the overseers of that parish or town ship. Such overseer is bound to show the list, and allow it to be read, without being paid anything. If the voter finds that his name is not on the list, he must, on or before the 25th of August, deliver or send to one of the overseers of the proper parish or township, a claim to have his name put on the list. That claim must be in the proper form, and the voter, or some one for him, must 'attend the revising barrister to prove his right. If he finds that his name is on the list, but that there is some mistike as to the name, or as to the description of the premises, in that case also he must attend before the revising barrister, to have the mistake corrected. If any voter knows of any bad votes on any overseer's list, he should take care that these bad votes be objected to, and this must be done on or before the 25th of August. He should examine a l so th e li st o f o bj ect i ons, whic will be placed on the doors qf the church of the parish or township where his premises are situate, on the two first Sundays in September, and which may also be seen on application to any one of the overseers of that parish or township, on any day after the 4th of September, and before the 15th of Sep tember. Such overseer is bound to show the list, and allow it to be read, without being paid anything. if th e vo t er . • finds his name in this list of objections, he .or some one for him must attend before the revising barrister, to prove his right. The 20th of July is the last day for payment of poor rates and assessed taxes. The 25th of August is the last day to claim for to object to any bad vott Borough vote, if omitted from the list, or ECCLESIASTICAL ND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCI (From the Oxford Herald.) The Rev. F. Maurice, who is appointed to the Professor ship of English Literature and Modern History in King's College, London, is of Exeter College, in this University. The Rev. Charles Stroud Green, M.A., of Christ Church, Assistant Master of Leicester Commercial School, has been appointed to the Head Mastership of Milton Abbas Grammar School, Blandford, Dorset, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Wise. The Rev. Henry Tnffnell Young, 8.A., of Balliol College, has been presented to the Vicarage of Woriningford, Essex, on the resignation of the Rev. Geo. Tuffnell ; patron, John Jolliffe Tuffnell, Esq. PROMOTIONS, The Rev. W. D. B, Betties, M.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Mount Cashel, to the evening Lectureship at Milverton ; patrons, the Trus tees of the late Mrs. Morgan. The Rev. C. Tower, 8.A., of St. John's College, Cam bridge, late Curate of Morton, Essex, to the Curacy of Loughton. Vie Rev. William Jackson, of Stockport, to St. John's Chapel, Workington. The Rev. Thomas Garde Durdin, son of Robert Durdin, Esq., of Cranemore House, in the county of Carlo w , t o th e Living of Oldcastle, i n the Diocese of Meath, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Henry H. J. Westby ; patron, Lord Dunsaney. The Rev: D. Moore, 8.A., of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, to the Curacy of St. Bride's Fleet-street. The Rev. Wentworth Bird to the Free Grammar School of Bolton, void by the resignation of the Rev. A. Hadfield. The Rev. E. T. Alder, M.A., of St. Peter's College, Cam bridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Metfield, Suffolk, void by the resignation of the Rev. A. Stead. • (Prom the Cambridge Chronicle.) The Rev. Thomas Parkins Dodson, 8.A., of St. John's College, in this university, has been presented to the vicarage of Wysall Notts ; patron, Sir R. H. Bromley, Bart. The Rev. Algernon Feachem, M.A., late Scholar of Trinity College, in this university, bas been elected Head Mathe matical Master of Grosvenor College, near Bath. The Rev. Patrick Charles Nicholson, of Trinity College, in this university, Assistant Curate of St. James's Church, Leeds, has been appointed by the Rev. Dr. Hook, incum bent of the new church of St. Luke's, now building at Sheepscar, in the north end of the town. The Lord Bishop of Worcester has presented the Rev. James Henry Wilding, M.A., of Trinity College, in this university, to the Rectory of St. Helen's and St. Alban's, Worcester, void by the resignation of the Rev: Donald Cameron, on his appointment to the Vicarage of Snitterfield, in the county of Warwick. (From the Durham Advertiser.) At an Ordination held on Sunday last, by the Lord Bishop of Durham, in the parish church of St. George, Hanover square, in the county of Middlesex; the following gentlemen were ordained : DEACONS. J. G. Pearson, Student of University college, Durham. J. F. Bigge, 8.A., St u d en t o f U n i versity college, Durham. W. Norval, M.A., of the University of Glasgow, and Student of Theology in the niversity of Durh am. M. Thomp s o n , 8.A., University college, Durham. T. Dalton, 8.A., University college, Durham. E. Elder, M.A., Balliol college, Oxford. J. Stewart, 8.A., Trinity college, Cambridge. IL Barrett, M.A.; Pembroke college, Cambridge. W. Sisson, University college, Durham. C. Forbes, a literate person. T. C. Cook, 8.A., Trinity college, Dublin. G. Harlot, 8.A., University college, Durham. E. Edmundi, 8.A., Trinity college, Dublin. E. W. Milner, Pembroke college, Cambridge. Letters rlim. from Archbishop of Canterbury. PRIESTS • ..wcr, 1.1./1., university college, Durham. J. A. Burrough, 8.A., Emmanuel college, Cambridge, W. T. Shields, University college, Durham. C. Bird, 8.A., Trinity college, Cambridge. W. Bennett, University college, Durham. J. B. P. Dennis, 8.A., Queen's college, Oxford. The Earl of Durham has purchased Mr J. L. Gower's splendid yawhyacht " Albatross," of 75 tons. We learn from Athens that a violent shock of earthquake was felt in that city about midnight on the 11th ult. • -..1 to estate"-' :le government has resolver a chair of civil engineering and mechanics in the University of Glasgow, with a salary of £275. FINE SAINON.—On Tuesday morning last, a salmon was caught by Mr. J. Mc Gowen, fishmonger, in our river, which weighed 33 : Vbs.—Preston Pilot. Mr. William Burgess, architect, has been declared by the Shannon Commissioners contracto r f or the building of the Bascule bridge and piers of Shannon harbour. The conservatives of the City of Loudon held their annual dinner in Covent Garden Theat re on W ednesday last. There were upwar of 1600 present. A very great advance has recently taken place in the price of sugar Cent ~ amounting, during th e l ast four weeks, to nearly 20 per , and making a difference of 2d 'per lb. to the eonsutnr. On Thursday last, Mr. Farncomb was unanimously re elected sheriff of London, he having taking up his freedom, the want of which had made him ineligible when he was first elected. AL EXANDRIA, JUNE G.—lt is rumoured that the Israelites of Damascus are about to be transferred to Alexandria, in order to be questioned in the presence of the European consuls. The Hon. Thomas Kenyon is now quite recovered from the serious effects of his accident last month, and is, we are happy to hear, able to take an active part in the local affairs of his neighbourhood. THE DERBYSHIRE MOORS.—We have been informed that the young broods of grouse on these moors — especially in what is termed the Devonshire and Rutland district —are plentiful. They are said to be large and strong.—L ee d B Intelligencer. An enormous organ is now being erected in the abbey of St. Denis. It contains about 6000 pipes, amongst which are some measuring 52 feet, andweighing 1 2,0001b5. This magni ficent instrument is nearly completed. SECONT'' , Standard•c HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY MESSAGE FROM TIIE CROWN.-THE REG Viscount MELBOURNE said he had a Messl Crown to communicate. The noble viscount the Message to the Lord Chancellor ; it was to effect : " VICTORIA R. " The uncertainty of human life, and a deep s duty to my people, render it incumbent upon me mend to your consideration the contingency which after take place, and to make such provision as event secure the exercise of the Royal authority. " I shall be prepared to concur with you in such measures as may appear best calculated to maintain unimpaired the peace and dignity of the Crown, thereby to strengthen the securities that protect the rights and lib ert i es of lily people." On the motion of 1, iscountMELBOURNE, the mes sage was ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS.- THE REGENCY. Lord J. RUSSELL laid before the !muse a Mess-,_ the Crown couched in exactly the same terms as that to the House of Lords [for which see above.] Her Majesty's Address having been read by the S- Lord J. RUSSELL said a bill on this subject brought forward in the House of Lords without delay therefore now moved that a humble Address be presentt. her Majesty, returning her Majesty thanks for the most gr cious Message, and to assure her Majesty that th;- would, at the earliest moment, proceed to th of the important subject referred to in her M . The Address was unanimously a be presented to her Majesty. PEARET would k consideration THIS DAY LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, The arrivals of English, Irish, and Foreign produce, into this port, since Tuesday last, are much smaller than halve appeared within the same space of time for many weeks preceding. Irrespective of any large supplies, however, we as usual, to be influenced must begin to expect the trade mainly by the changes that may occur from time to time in the weather, which has been, upon the whole, fine since Thursday last, and we have to-day and rester y a much warmer temperature, so that all the crops in this part of the country are now progressing favourably. These considerations have prevented any lively operations in Wheat this morning, yet with some demand for Ireland, and from town and country millers together, a moderate cc- tent of business was transacted, and the rates of this day se'nnight were steadily maintained. Of bonded Wheat, a we been taken since Friday last within the Wheat Barley Malt . Oats . Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs, Qrs. Pease Qrs Shelled Barley Qrs Indian Corn Qr Rapeseed Qr Oatmeal Flour Ditto EXPORTS.—Foreign. Barley, qrs. ; Pease, 75 qrs. ; Indian Corn, Ay tub. ; riour, 1380 brls. Ireland. Wheat, 1195 qrs.; Oats, 62 qrs.; Rye, 37 qrs.; Indi Corn, 108 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 1095 loads ; Flour, 60 sacks.—Coa wise. Wheat, 438 qrs. ; Barley, 1001 qrs.; Malt, 45 qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Rye, 65 qrs. ; Beaus, qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ;O a meal, 1071 loads ; Flour, 70 sacks, 2108 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending July 3, 1840 Wheat 675. Bd. 1 Barley.. 365. Id. 1 Oats.. 275.10 d. Rye.. 3. Beans.. 455. 4d. 1 Pease, 435. I Id. 's. 9d. I Rye, d. I Flou: few cargoes range of our quotations. Of free States Flour the sales to-day were rather limit b it without variation in pri: )onded Flour al-- little passing, although there ar many buyers ready to at. - newhat be' in bonded Flour also, we had extensively in case holder ould submit to s the annexed currency Barley continued to meet a fair demand, with a tenth to improve in value.—Malt dull of sale, on tl noted.—Beans and Pease remained unvaried. Oats, being in short supply, were quit week ; and Oatmeal, of which been sold to Irish buyers, fully supported fora dear as last several further paicels hay ARRIVALS OF CORN From the 7th to the 13th July, IS4O, inclusive DESCRIPTION UNITED! FO LAND. I WISH REIGN.I TOZ STATES.! Aggregate average of the six vi Wheat .675. 7d. I Barley.. 365. id. I Oats Beans .. 455. id. I Pease Duty on Foreign Grain, Rm. thi. WheatlBs. Bd. I Barley7s. 10d. Oats .... Beans, 2s. Od. Pease ss. Od. I Indian Coni7: Liverpool Averages, week emit I Wheat. Barley. I Oats Prices.. I 67s TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Jinx 9 At G a.m.—No vessels to report along the lin At 9 a.m.—Off /101vhpari N., J Rle LONDON CORN EXCHANGI A t AA r tr. a v4rra -YESTERDAY 11.1. ULU Inariiet tms morning we had a larger supply of English Wheat, chiefly from Essex, than for several weeks past ; with, however, a brisk demand from our town millers, besides a considerable inquiry from speculators, the stands were cleared at an early hour, at Friday's prices, being an advance of from 2s. to 3s. per quarter on the quotations of this day se'nnight. In free Foreign Wheat the transactions were not so extensive as of late, but the value of the article was well supported. The recent advance in bonded Wheat was likewise firmly maintained.—For Flour we experienced a fair ready demand, at last week's rates.—Of Barley, the _ . • receipts were very trifling, and the business transacted in thif grain was to a moderate extent, at former prices. --We havt to report a small fresh arrival of Oats, both coastwise ant] from Ireland, and, having a very steady inquiry from oui dealers, the best samples obtained an improvement of ls. per quarter on last Monday's currency.—Beans and Peas re mained unaltered, both as regards demand and value. ARRIVED- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE TUESDAY, JULY 14.—Wind N.W —Rowena Gisdale, from Naples. Ann, Salkeld, hence to Bumbay was spoken 26th ult. in lat. 4 long. 12 Magdalen, Bowen, hence at St. John's, N.B. Andrew White, Clarke, and Collina, Marshall, hence at Arichat Oregon, Glidden, hence at Cadiz Don Juan, Shearer, sailed from Cadiz for Newfoundland 6th June Hoffnung, Saag, and Amitie, Schultz, hence at Riga Belvidere, Voss, hence at Bolderaa Perle, Castillus, hence at Memel Marie, -, hence at \Volgast Anna Agatha, Berghius, and Elizabeth, Pybus, hence at Helmet Magdalen, Bowen, hence at Newfoundland Astrea' . hence at Monte Video Mariner, Cock, and Vittorioso, Azzopardi, hence at Malta The Talleyrand, Pales, for Boston, grounded on Burbo Banks yesterday afternoon, but got off on the flood without apparent da mage, and proceeded illiarn Parker, Sewell, from Montreal at this port; sailed Igth ult. Off the Bird Rocks, passed the Benjamin Hart, from Montreal for this port Princess Charlotte, B S, was off the Skerries, at a a.m. STATE OF TRADE LEEDS.—The business in the cloth-ball continues ex tremely dull ; and we are sorry to add that matters are quite as cheerless in the warehouses. Until the existing monetary derangements and pressure are in some degree got over. it will be in vain to expect any material improvement. We believe we may say that the depression of the staple tracks of this district is unexampled. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. --The demand for bulk goods in the Cloth Halls during the week has been principally for domestic consumption, in execution of orders for the summer and autumn trade. For the export trade the purchases have been very limited, the amount of business doing in that branch being much less than usual at this season of the year. BRADFORD.—The demand for manufactured goods at this market on Thursday was extremely limited, and those sold scarcely realised former rates. There was, however, a fair demand for yarns, but the spinners complain of non remunerative prices, and several of them in consequence refrain from running their mills full time. The supply of wool was larger, particularly the new clip, but from the dulness of the demand for manufactured goods, the transac tions were very few, and late prices were scarcely maintained. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET.—We have still to report a continued depression in the demand for all descriptions of wool, both combing and clothing ;—tbe very limited sales that have been effected are at a further slight reduction in prices. YORK WOOL MARKET, July 9.—We have bad a fair supply of wool, and a good attendance of buyers at this day's market. Still, however, prices have again receded from the last week's quotations, and many lots were left over to the next week, unsold. DONCASTER WOOL PAIR, July 6.—This market was again well supplied with wool, and there was also a good attendance of buyers. Throughout the day 1 business was fl at . and a further reds t;,,., ~, -4. _, or h per lb. was submiied - TO, lii7rg; quantity being left in the ands of the sellerst. LEICESTER WOOL FAIR, July 3.--The annual meeting for the exhibition of the sale of Wool was held this day. It was well attended, and the quantity pitched was about 22,000 Fleeces, being less by 6000 than last year. The prices averaged from 28s. to 30. The Hon Wilson, the president of the Society, presented Mr. Henry Robinson with a cup as being the largest buyer, he having bought 900 tod. LEICESTER. —The demand for goods does not 1mm0.% the season for the home trade not hav American arrived zav LLLLLL at na al alteration, and wool remains firm at from 28s. to 3 tod. Worsted yarn, we understand, is now 2d. per It than it was this time last year.—Leicesfer Chronicle. IMPORTS OF WOOL—Quantity of Wool entered for home consumption during the week ending July 2 From Hamburg. 333.035 11 MISCELLANEOUS EXTRAORDINARY C ATCH OF SALMON. --On morning no fewer than 663 salmon were brought up from nets at Culmore, the take of t wo t i des. This is the large., catch that is within the recollection of those engaged in the Colmore fishery.—herry Sentinel. The Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, whi , numbers upwards of 1,200 members, proposes to hold eighth anniversary meeting at Southampton, on Wedner tha 22d, and Thursday the 23d, of July next. A LIE.--" A. great lie," says the poet Crabbl " great fish on d ry l and ; it may fret and fling, \d frightful both er, b ut it cannot - hurt you. Your .e only to keep still, and it will die of itself." KEAN'S STUDY. —Kean sat up all night in a room oppo sit • the Debtors' Door, in the Old Bailey, t o catch a full No( w of the d eat h s of the Cato-street conspirators ; , going on the stage in the evening, he said to me, I mean to d like Thistlewood to-night : I'll imitate eVe muscle of that ma n ' s countenance."—Bunn's th e Stage. ry and as he ‘: as PRICE OF A WIFE !—On Sunday week, James II residing in what is called the bottom building, New Ra disposed of his wife to his neighbour, Benjamin Hi for is. and a gallon of ale ! the amiable fair one apr quite delighted with the transfer. We presume she wu. %N.-- ranted, one of the conditions of sale being, that if the pur chaser did not approve of his bargain, she should be rcturued.—Nottingham Review.