The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-07 00:00:00

, • -""6-4S'-"-•v-1-- N's‘4llo ( i ,...\, ( . ~,b,,,t11 4\ eisePe3A k • s/eseNke• Nl Psei ‘eva e r ee ts-,;,,...t..\> 4 , , ! • . . 7 • .. ..., WANTED, a HOUSE, within a moderate stance of , ; lIA e rtITY BALL. CLOSE OF THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION . b RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. structions, or receive the subsequently expressed approba- COMP ARATIVE TR AFFIC FOR 1838 AND 1839. T the Exchange. Rent from £25 to A Line ad- THE ANNUA,k BALL, in aid of the Fonds of the AGAINST JOHN FROST.—FIFTH DAY. 1838. 1839. tion of the companies they represent for the course which dressed X. Y. - h., - Box S 84, Postoffice, will meet with im- - 11 - FEMALE ORPHAN HOUSE, and er Catholic M ONM O UTH , SATURDAY EVENING.—The case for the London to Maidenhead. London to Tvryford. mediate attention. Charities of Liverpool, is appointed to t e place at the prosecution has' closed to-day, with the examination of Mr. It would be of little use now to inquire into the particular they are pursuing ; but this fact—and it is a strong one— Jul Thomas Jones Philips, by whom Mr. Frost was arrested. y , £6,913 2 8 circumstances which have produced the-present ruinous de- should be present in their remembrance, that the act of par- August Town Hall, on MONDAY, the 24th of Fe ary.12,360 I 7 5 • - P: RUCH HALL SCHOOL, near WARRINGT , will be Mrs. TRAFFORD, LADY P RONESS. Sir F. Follock's speech on the part of the prisoner will be preciationsam same frailway property, unless by doing so we could la men t Which - authorizes their proeeedings, and legalizes the September •. • • 7, 5 7 9 19 1 -1- 2 REOPENED on the 23d instant. Terms and other particulars may he known application Tickets, 10s. each ;to be had at M srs. ROCKLIFF and delivered on Monday, and there can be no doubt it will sus- DucirevonTres, Castle-street ; Mr. PARSONS s, and Mr. taro the higli reputation which that eminent advocate has at the time hit upon a remedy for the evil. A variety meetings of proprietors from which their power is delegated, October 6,259 19 2 11,449 15 11 11,365 10 11 November 4,438 1 9 8,455 8 9 to Mr. SKELTON, the Principal of the Establishment, oralready attained, and to which he has gained so great an ac- of causes, acting together, aided in their effect by a pressure e x pressly provides that those whose inability to pay, or whom December, the Standard-office. at PALMER'S, Bold-street ; and at the usual places. - Doors to be opened at Half-past Eight. cession by his conduct of the prisoner's defence. As to the for money, more severe and of longer duration than any want - Of confidence has placed in the position of defaulters, time when the trial may be expected to close, it must depend — . INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC. - within our remembrance, have contributed jointly in creating have no, voice either to advise or control, their power of vot- £37,314 18 0 ' £65,885 19 6 Air R. MOLINEUX begs most respectfully t announce - SPECIAL COMMISSION. much upon the decision which may be come to, whether tea the embarrassments under which we labour ; but even if we ing, either in the choice of directors or on any other matter, Or as lOO to 176 .all. that the ACADEMY, at No. 1, HARD AN-STREET, timony will be tendered on the part of Frost; but it would and at No. 2, BRIDGE-STREET, Woodside, will re-commence' TRIAL OF THE CHARTISTS AT MONMOUTH. appear from the respite granted to the petty jury, but to could discover all these and trace their various workings, we ceasing whenever they have become in arrear of payment. Distances t a e s r t m h i e n c a o te un o s n el W fo e r dn th es e da p y ro m se o c r u ning, as if the judges, as well must not suppose that . merely their removal—the lifting up The acts of those directors are consequently not those of the Or as22l miles 31 on the 9th instant: - THIRD DAY—THURSDAY. 100- tion and the defence enter i . . • The judges took their seats upon the bench at five minutes of the weight which has prostrated our energies will pro- body which, constitutes the company, or of the represents t •tamed an o inion that this trial may possibly close on Tues- INSTRUCTION IN THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN past nine o'clock precisely. The prisoner 'Frost was at the day P . . LANGUAGES. • ' j - ' same moment placed at the bar. or Wednesday. duce_at once and of necessity the healthy, revival which is so fives of that 'body,' but only those of a portion—the richer The projected line Lea • a 'frail Coventry to Leamington" an ; LEAMINGTON RAILWAY. ' . DE LA CLAVERIE (Member of the Graminatical . Sir F. PoLLocx, in. addressing the bench, wished, he said, The judges took their seat at nine in the morning. greatly to be desired. We cannot expect that the injudicious portion perhaps—using their power against the other. Warwick, is about eight and a halfenilex, and we understand M• and Literary Society of Paris, and Author 'f several . to know . from their lordships if his client was not now to be the same situation popular Works on Education) begs to announ , that, on placed in. as if the point that had been , The . following witnesses were next examined.—Thomas Watkins, John Harford, William Harris, James John Parry, W. Roche, John Phillips, Christopher Kicha investments, made during the delusion and over excitement We fear that we - have trespassed upon the atience of some that the celebrated engineer, Mr. Stevenson, has gone over P Emery, of speculation. will, on the return of_ prosperity, reassume of our readers, but the subject is painfully interesting to the . same,. and expressed a most favourable opinion of the 1 MONDAY next, the 13th instant, he will re ,in and out made yesterday was decided in his favour ? , facility that the country offers, and the comparatively low gap, John Matthews, Richard Pugh, Edmund Lloyd, Joseph their original features, and again hold out their golden pro- many. In our next we shall endeavour to suggest a course of town, his PRIVATE TUITION in Fre and Italian,. Chief Justice TINDAL said that the course was, where rate at which it may be completed. It has been submitted to and re-opens his Classes. - ' there was a poineet all doubtful, or any difficulty occurred, Stockdale, W. H. Williams, Moses Scard, Thomas Watts, muses to our grasp,—that the entanglements of bad manage- of proceeding which may prevent some of the evils which we the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Corn ; M. DE LA CLeveatE, at the same time, informs the in - it was res e r v e d for the decision of the j ud g es. and Thomas Phillips; after which, merit will unwind themselves, or that the mushroom capital, deprecate. puny, who highly approve the same, and have promised to habitants of the Cheshir6side of the Mersey, that, as lie visits Sir F. POLLOCK did not wish to be understood as object- The ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—This, my lords, closes the • render every assistance towards its accomplishment. We Woodside and Birkenhead, professioiially, two days in the ing to that course generally ; but the Attorney-General.... for the crown. - ' - . . learn also that the Earl of Warwick, aware of the advantage case sir F. PoLLOCK. — Perhaps your lordships will not call up. which have been introduced into our various lists of share- Since the above was in type we have been led to notice some week, he will be happy to devote them entirely to Pupils in being then there, might, he thought, make a difference as to it will prove to the towns of .Warwick, and Leamington, will on me to speak at this late hour? • the course pursued. In the event, of its being their lordships' Chief Justice TlNDAL . . — Certainly not, Sir Frederick holders can be got rid of without the use of stringent and remarks upon the same subject, contained in the leading support the application to parliament. We• should be happy e and about the neighbourhood. Terms -and particulars may be. known on application to opinion that the. objection ought to have prevailed at the unless you yoursel wish it. ' well-directed measures. A certain amount of loss must of article of a contemporary—the Railway Magazine—to the could we add that Lord Leigh was a warm supporter ; hut al- M. DE La CLAVERIE, No. 17, Great Orford-street, Liver- trial, Mr. Frost was to be placed in the same situation as ifthough his lordship did oppose the line at first proposed (at At the request of the foreman, orders were then given by necessity be endured. Sacrifices—in some instances heavy whole tone of which we strongly object, as evincing too much pool ;or Mr. Siesoa, Prospect-house Academy, Tranmere. it had prevailed at this moment.which no one ought to feel surprise, as it cut direct through Chief Justice TINDAL.—If the judges consider that it the Chief Justice so that the jury might be enabled to take the ones—must be submitted to before the market for railway the spirit of a partisan. W e s h a ll no t here attempt to con- the magnificent park of Stoneleigh, and passed near to his air, not only during the evening, but in the course of the next MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. ought to have prevailed—certainly. property can arrive at anything like steadiness ; and it will travert his views, having already admitted the abstract justice noble mansion), yet the amended line leaving the latter at a i • LECTURES. . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—If that should be so, Mr. da y' distance of two miles, removes these . great and formidable (AN WEDNESDAY next, the Bth January,' 1840, at Frost will lee placed in the same situation with all her Majes- court adjourned, at a quarter to 4 o'clock, until Mon- require all the judgment and circumspection which we can of some of them ; but to one opinion of Our contemporary • objections, and we doubt not that his lordship will, seeing 1../ Half-past Seven o'Clock, d a y , Esq., ty's subjects. This case does not differ from any other morning, command to determine in what manner and to what extent we must strenuously demur, and the more so as its too ge- the great advantage it is the public, likely. to prove to P.M., EDWARD TAY': i'. Q 1 ; Gresham Professor of Music, London, will c, i mene:e a case. - these sacrifices must be made. ' neral entertainment by railway boards has contributed to induced to act with his accustomed noble and well-known Course of Six Lectures on the EARLY ENGLI ' OPERA; In reply to a question to a remark from Sir P. Pollock, . THE CRlSlS.liberal feelings, and consent to the line as now proposed ;'by Of the numerous railways for which Acts of Parliament many of the difteulties under which they and their share- I : pliftiogs benefittel probably produce—save make sacrifice t s t o l m n e try btfaveni y it lf ge personal presentg greater to be continued, at the same.hour, on every cceeding SA- Chief Justice TINDAL said, here the position of the pr i -- till completed. have been passed since 1836, and which are now in course of holders arc now labouring. g f b o et r co lvl r e i il v ff s ea o ecil d it o lit i gy n , TURDAy and WEDNESDAY soner will be precisely the same as if we had now decided in (From Fraser's Magazine for January.) Mr. GEORGE Ey-rore will preside at t . Pianoforte, and his favour. No one who has witnessed the events of the last three formation, not more than half a dozen can be enumerated The opinion to 'Which we allude is, that "If a man takes t the Course will be illustrated -by several Professional and The ATTORNEY-GENERAL. — It . wiII be like the case of all years will venture to predict, with any degree of confidence, whose shares are at a premium. Upwards•of twenty are at a shares in a railway4o become a permanent holder, it can be not trifling expense of keeping the roads in repair, which are Amateur Vocalists. others, where a point has been reserved for the decision of the course which affairs will assume even in the next three ruinous discount, and nearly the same number are not even of no importance to him whether the shares are at a high too much cut up by the constant traffic of coal carts and nu (These Lectures Ail be open only to Members of the In- the judges at Westminster. weeks. Marvellous have been the hairbreadth escapes of themerous other vehicles, that pass along to' Leamington, will also afford great accommodation to the public, and considera, quoted in any of our markets, and are probably unsaleable at premium or at a heavy discount :he cannot gain by the one stitution, and eftrillapplication for Tickets is requested. Baron PaRKE.—If the prisoner should be convicted, and Melbourne cabinet, and it may be that their "run of luck" During their continuance the Doors will he open at Half- the point now reserved be decided in his favour, a pardon is not yet exhausted. Still, it must be admitted, that, in the any price. lit most of these undertakings a considerable or lose by the other." Now we cannot imagine a more bly benefit Coventry, Leamington, and Warwick, the towns past Six, p.m.. instead of Seven, as usual.) will, on the recommendation of the judges, be issued as a ordinary course of human events, it would be held to be to- outlay has been made. In softie the works are half com- mischievous error than this, a lth o u g h conv eyed in the shape near which he dwells, and which mainly consume the produce * ;F * A Donation of Ten G u i n e as or up war d s constitutes matter of course. There is no instance of reserving such a tally impossible for the present ministry to stand a single of the respectable tenantry on his princely estate. i pleted ;in nearly all the land has been purchased, contracts of a truism. To a man who takes shares to become a perma ' Contributor a Life Member. Annual Subscription,.. One point, as if it were made at nisi pries. ' week after the opening of the coming session. Their ma-The immense number of persons who, with their fami entered into, and capital sunk, conversion of which into neat holder—that is with a view to receive certain dividends— lies, visit Leamington, from London, Manchester, and Guinea; Ladies, Half-a-Guinea ; Sons or Apprentices of - The first witness examined was Samuel Simmons, who de- jorities were ten, five, and two in the spring of the present Members, s s. , posed that he lived in the parish of Weolas, in the borough year. Since then, they have suffered two or three secessions, anything except that for which it has been embarked is now the market price can be no object, un til that man wants to Liverpool, and. being. engaged in the learned professions or W. B. HODGSON, Se cre t ar y. of N ewport. Si r F re d er i c k P o ll oc k raised an objection to and several seats are vacated by change of office ;in two or impossible. The question then remains to be solved—what • sell or mortgage. The market price of shares during the Mercantile pursuitsrean be absent, therefrom, for a short ' - -s el eret. RANEIN, Principal of the department et` Enelish course must be pursued with respect to these undertakings ? progress of an undertaking cannot direCtlY interfere with the time only, (leaving . their families at Leamington,) would be Literature in the High School of the Me In- entitled to have the name and place of abode of ..le . .vitness. tnil, :;,:is. They are, thee. at the prment moment, in a mino- enabled often to visit them when 41 or . 5 hours . onlyw . were occa- Can they all be carried thrOugh and completed, or ought amount of its dividend when . c ompleted, although, indirectly, pied in the transit each way, and which would be the ,>.. 1 To sav the parish of Woolas, in the borough of 'Ses , poet, vitv lo tlei 4- .i. , :te.pf Cerernone ; and even the returns made I s titution, and Evenine Lecturer on Elocur, devotes his . e travelling 90 or - 100 miles in 4 or 44.honrs, are dragged along leisure hours to PRIVATE IN STRUCTI in the several was, in the opinion of the learned geOtle:man, a reisu'il ere, le . n ;A, tk, the neee- writs; vvi,en 's new will fail efbi-inein e - ; heiF num- some of them to be abandoned for e the present even at the we have shown that it may,affect the cost of its completion. case if the proposed Railroad was adopted; but who, after -- - • ' k ( i it should have been in the norough . or Newort e iti 0., rartAi 1 bers• • -:. - ,. , ,0. '.::.• 1e. , ,t, ixisible, , ioo 2 ority., With the loss of the capital already sunk ? ,If their eompsetion. at tbe But, we may ask, how many rum are there who embark so the of his department, and in the Cies es. Terms mo-the remaining ten in bat little less than half the time ; thus, I , of Vs'oolas—it was part of •the parish, and: St. Woolas -was -pc-_,l, ,loese,ses .... ese•-enise th....... tA t ,, eatr_o: get, on.— , derate. • •- h . ~ h t e enormous individual sacrifice W h i ch must ensue, is resolved permanently in any investment as toleave out of their,calcu- to and fro, are three hours of valuable time sacrificed, which not in the borough, or any part of it. After 0- exareiva- Ileke, except cm so:no r.e.s. eantnigenny w le. .as no yet s e Mr. RANKIN wishes to receive TWO PUPILS into • his family as PARLOUR BOARDERS. Unexceptionable tion of the witness had -proceed to some e:::::::::. ;a tii.; . " ateurred, may be looked won as a settled poles. upon, what course must the directors pursue in order to raise lations the possibility of changing their minds ? . Who will might be saved ; and if saved how many more persons would absence- of the municipal act, that document was brought ' What, then, is the nee. sL,p ; The, winisterialists them- the necessary, funds upon the most favourable terms, and embark iu an undertaking to-day whose shares to-morrow he avail themselves of such a delightful retreat from . the fatigues referances will be given. into court, and the objection was overruled by the learned solves arenow beginning to talk unreservedly of a dissolution. what must those shareholders do who are pledged and legally expects to be able to buy for half the price •, or who, taking of body and mind ! The greater the number of visitors at 60, Bedford-street, Abercromby-square. judges.: • This is the natural, the constitutional course. Knowing them- Leamington, and the more convenient, cheap, and expediti- BA Z A AR. A nu mber of witnesses were examined respecting the out- selves to be possessed of their sovereign's confidence, and as- bound, although from circumstances unable, to supply those into consideration the chances of mortality, and the strange ons the transit to Coventry, the more would that city be bene- ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, FALKNER-SQUARE, break in Newport on the memorable 4th of November. At sowing, also, that " the people '' desire their continuance iu funds ? These questions require serious consideration, and turns of fortune even during life, will invest his capital in fitted. by such additional number of visitors to whom its mag ' WINDSOR. t h e h ea d of the mob was Frost ; the mob were armed with office, it is not only a proper thing—it is even an imperative it is fully time that they should be considered. Let us there- any property which, in case of emergency, cannot be made nificeut churches, noble hall, and other antiquarian remains A B AZAAR AAR in aid of the Funds for the ERECTION of guns, scythes, sticks, pikes, mandrels, pieces of iron, roast- duty,to appeal to thegeneral constituencies of the country, to . fore look our osition- fairly in the face and grapple boldly available ? Why, no one but a madman. must always be objects of interest. Let but 'Coventry lend ri ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, Falkner-square, Wind- ing spits, and long staves, and such kind of weapons. The decide between them .and 328 opponents, who beard them , , P, a helping hand with the influential projectors, aided by the spirited inhabitants of Leamington, and success will, we trust, sor, will be held in the SAVINGS ' BANK, Bold-street, on witnesses were examined minutely as to the proceedings from the opposite benches, and harass and perplex every with its difficulties. , The fact is, that this very inattention to public opinion, as TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY next, t 7th, Bth, before the Westgate Inn,—the attack of the Chartists on it,— movement of the administration. We shall postpone for the present the inquiry as to the speedily crown their exertions.—Coventry Herald. it operates upon the value of all share property, has been one and 9th of January instant, under the Petrone of • firing of the soldiers, and all the subsequent scenes of hood- Not decidedly outvoted in the lower house, then, and yet possibility of completing all the different undertakings, which of the main sources of injury to the progress of the railway WEEKLY RETURNS OF TRAFFIC ON RAILWAYS. Her Majesty, the QUEEN DOWA R. shed, which our columns at the time detailed so minutely. annoyed by so strong an opposition, the most natural thing having sprung into existence during a season of almost un- Passes- P mile , P.mile Passeng. Lady FRANCES SAN DON. Viscountess ANNING. and which are so familiar to most of our readers. for the ministry to contemplate is an immediate dissolution. system. The merchant, the small capitalist, and the trades- NAME. Cash. ' Lady SKELMERsDALE. Mrs, WILS p Aser go, The last witness called was Sir Thomas Phillips, mayor of And we cannot doubt for a moment that such a step is fre- paralleled excitement, are now languishing under the revul- man, looking round them for an investment for their savings, _______e Lady ANNE WILBRAHAM. Mrs. HUG HoRNBy, and Newport, at the time of the outbreak. We give the most quently under consideration, in the private meetings of the sion of feeling which has succeeded it. So far as some of might select the shares of a sound railway undertaking, pro- p;.wk. l p. day. per day. Birmingham .. X. X. £. Lady FRANCES EGERTON. Mrs. SHE BOURNE.' striking parts of Sir Thomas's evidence : cabinet. these are concerned, time may possibly solve the difficulty vided they saw value for value., In the opiniOn of such men - - - --- 12°6 20 188 0 68 7 i 39 11 - 153 91 --- Th e Hon. Mrs. BOOTLE I received intelligence of the approach of persons to the The main difficulty, or doubt, however, that would suggest Great South WWeesstteerrnn........ WILBRAHAM. town till between eight and nine o'clock on Monday, from itself here, would be, whether there was any reason to expect, for us. But with respect to ehose, the prosecution of which a thing is worth just what it will sell for ; and the article- An appeal is now made to th e L a di es o f Li ver po o l an d its different points of the road, and at last I sent a request for from a dissolution, anyaddition to theranks of their adherents; at all hazards is determined upon, we will endeavour to point Manchester& Leeds 11585 64.4 47f 6 1655 which they buy must be one which, like other property, can Greenwich 2 5999 8964 2361 33 3714 Vicinity, in behalf of this Church. They ate earnestly and troops to the barracks soon after baybreak , a n d in conse- or whether it was not rather more p robable, that such a loss out the course of proceeding which is open both to directors be readily sold, or upon the security of which they can pro respectfully solicited to contribute useful an d ornamen tal ate. quence thirty soldiers, I believe, were sent to me, under the would be experienced as would snatch the reins of government and their shareholders. Birming. &Derby — 78 , 7 201 3 tides, which if forwarded to . Mrs, CRAwFoRD, Berkeley - command of Lieutenant Gray, Sergeant Daley, and Sergeant immediately and irretrievably, from their hands. cure . funde if required. They have no faith in the security of York &N. Midland 2042 1 3981 271 4 2911 street ; Mrs. STOKES, Everton ; Mrs, L EAT HER, Upper Par- Armstrong. When Lieutenant Gray arrived he for m ed the Still , however , the question would return of what was The present position of most railways which have called up an article, the value of which is purely imaginary, and de- Croydon liament-street ; or t o mi ss e ntstoNs , D u ke-street, Secre- soldiers, in front of the house, and I requested he would to be done ?To remain in the present state of " dead lock" 15 or 20 per cent. of their capital, is this :—The parliamentary 3 5421 tary to the Ladies' Committee, will be thankfully received march theminto the back yard, There are two gates to it, seems impossible ; resign, it had been previously resolved, five years hence ; and consequently these, the mast valuable pendant upon contingencies to be determined some four or Midland Counties 37984 : 323/ 21 deposit, say £5 per share, has beep fully paid, or nearly so ; Eastern Counties 515 : -. • • 736/ and acknowledged. - through which carriages pass on the east side of the house. and "by her Majesty's special command," was to be the bu t The Committe e h o p e th a t thi s A ppea l w ill not be made in The gates are in front of the street. I returned through the very last step resorted to. What then remained, but to try non ma king a call for a second £5, a deficient arises. y description of shareholders, will carry their capital to another Ulster.. Glasgow & AYr.... 13.364 --• . 231 ster .. - vain, but, that all who are indeed ersenae to the ehnteh of our house; and having gone into the court yard. and coming the only remaining alternative, and to reesh upon a general Shareholders, perfectly solvent perhaps, have sold out, but market. see— --- -- ~'~. x ' :~: t The Committee hope that this Appeal will not be made in vain, but, that all who are indeed friends to the church of our fathers, to the pure, chaste, and Scriptural system of religious worship and instruction which she maintains, will, by their presence on this occasion, or as opportunity may serve, pro mote a work which must be deeply interesting to Christians generally. As it is intended to have Refreshments in one room, Con fectionary, Fraits, and Flowers, will be accepted with many thanks. The BAZAAR will be open each day from Ten a.m., to Four p.m., and from Six to Nine o'clock in the Evening. Admission—First Day, .2s. 6d. ; Second and Third Days, ls. Children, Half-price. ..xx.. . e ..c ..* *. IN consequence o f th e unavo id a bl e absence I. Honourable Wellington Cotton, on St. J The R. W. P. G. M. The Right Honoura Combermere has appointed WEDNESD AY, for his initiation to take place, on which d be happy to see as many of the Bretbre county and the neighbouring Provinces, venient to meet his Lordship, the B/ Brother the E ar l o f Hill s b oroug h , Si r other distinguished visitors. The Lodge will be opened for business at two o'clock, and the Banquet will take place at four. The R.W.P.G.M. LORD VISCT. COMBERMERE, Of the n's Day, e Viscount NUARY Bth. the W.M. will f this City, the ,can make it con- W. D. P. G. M. ,obert Cunliffe, and ON THE THRONE. Tickets, including Dessert, 6s. each, to be had at the Bar. By command of the Worshipful Master, SAML. BROWN, Director of the Ceremonies. N.B.—The Brethren are requested to appear in Craft Clothing. Lodge Room, Royal Hotel, Chester, Dec. 30th. t ANY per sons h av i n g CLAIMS aga i ns t the state of the .Cl late M r . JAMES ASPINALL, ofj43, ye-street and Temple-cou r t, B an k er , are reques t e d to se in. their Ac counts to Mepsrs. HARMOOD • BANNER, anti SON, Harring ton-chambers, North John-street, immediately, in order that the same may be examined prior to being paid. January 3, 1840. _____ TO BRICKLAYERS AND IRONFOUNDERS, PERSONS willing to CONTRACT with the ommis sioners for the better Paving and Sewerage o e Town of Liverpool to execute such BRICKWORK, i connexion with the Sewers, as may be required by the s d Commis sioners, for a period not less than twelve montl are requested to send in Sealed Tenders containiug the fo wing particu. lars, viz., the rate of Bricklayers' and Litho ers' Wages per day ; the price of Bricks per Thousand ; of Mortar per Load and per Hod ; and of Cement per Barrel and per Pound. And Persons willing to CONTRACT for the supply of such CAST-IRON GRATINGS and FRAMES, POSTS, and other CASTINGS as may be required by the said Com missioners during the same period, to be equal in quality to Samples now lying in the Yard, behind the Parish-offices, are requested to send in Sealed Tenders containing the prices of the following Articles, viz., for 22-inch Gratings weighing 6 cwt. ;of 18-inch Gratings weighing 44 cwt. ; and of Iron Posts weighing 5 cwt. The Tenders to be sent in addressed to the Commissioners, at their Offic e . N u . 1, Parish-offices, Fenwick-street, Liver pool, on or before WEDNESDAY, the Bth day of January next. ON SALE, A large quantity of Boulder PAVING STONES.—AppIy to the Treasurer to the Commissioners. By order of the Commissioners, EDWD. G. DEAN E, Cjirk. Parish-offices, Liverpool,26th December, 1839. On the Ist of January, 1840, and to be continue No. 1., price 2s Gd, of T HE COLONIAL MAGAZINE and COI lERCIAL / MARITIME JOU RNAL of the BRITI EMPIRE, including our Possessions in the East and We Indies,North and South America, Asia, Austral-Asia, Afr a, and Europe. Edited by R. AloNT.G.olviany MARTIN :, Author of the " History of the British Colonies," &e: ngland, possessed of Colonies in every part of th e g l o b e, has no Magazine de voted to their peculiar and nationally momentous interests. Relying, therefore, on the . obviou s want o f suc h a wor k, on the high reputation of its Editor, an d his personal ac gnaintance with our colonies, the Proprietors look with con fidence for the support of everyindividual who reflects on the intimate connection between colonial legislation and the prosperity of manufactures and commerce in England. Colonists of every class, at . home and abro a d ; emigrants; rich and poor ; merchants, ship-owners, and trad ers ; all who possess friends or relatives in the colonies, will find ample and authentic intelligence , arranged and classified under distinct departments. Detailed Prospectuses may be had of all Booksellers and News Vendors In reply to a question to a remark from Sir P. Pollock, Chief Justice TINDAL said, here the position of the pri soner will be precisely the same as if we had now decided in his favour. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL.-It . Will be like the case of all others, where a point has been reserved for the decision of the judges at Westminster. Baron PatticE.—lf thi prisoner should be convicted, and the point now reserved be decided in his favour, a pardon will, on the recommendation of the judges, be issued as a matter of course. There is no instance of reserving such a point, as if it were made at nisi pries. ' The first witness examined was Samuel Simmons, who de posed that he lived in the parish of Woolas, in the borough of Newport. Sir Frederick Pollock raised an objection to the description of the witness. The prisoner, Frost. was entitled to have the name and place of abode of the witness. To say the parish of Woolas, in the borougli ,(f New port, was, in the opinion of the learned gentleman, a raistii: ectian ;' it should have been in the borough o' Newport, in the. pariah of Woolas—it was part of the parish, and; St. Wools% , not in the borough, or any part of it. After thy exatoil tion of the witness had -proceeded to some e a ts - at. in 1 absence- of the municipal act, that document was brought into court, and the objection was overruled by the learned judges. . A number of witnesses were examined respecting the out break in Newport on the memorable 4th of November. At the head of the mob was Frost ; the mob were armed with guns, scythes, sticks, pikes, mandrels, pieces of iron, roast ing spits, and long staves, and such kind of weapons. The witnesses were examined minutely as to the proceedings before the Westgate Inn,—the attack of the Chartists on it, — tiring of the soldiers, and all the subsequent scenes of bood shed, which our columns at the time detailed so minutely. and which are so familiar to most of our readers. The last witness called was Sir Thomas Phillips, mayor of Newport, at the time of the outbreak. We give the most striking parts of Sir Thomas's evidence : I received intelligence of the approach of persons to the town till between eight and nine o'clock on Monday, from different points of the road, and at last I sent a request for troops to the barracks soon after baybreak, and in conse quence thirty soldiers, I believe, were sent to me, under the command of Lieutenant Gray, Sergeant Daley, and Sergeant Armstrong. When Lieutenant Gray arrived he formed the soldiers in front of the house, and I requested he would march theminto the back yard. There are two gates to it, through which carriages pass on the east side of the house. The gates are in front of the street. I returned through the house; and having gone into the court yard. and coming thence, ' I saw the military go into it. They were formed in the yard, and I desired the gates to be closed : and they were fastened. I then took Lieutenant Gray into the room at the east end of the house, and said the soldiers , might go in there, if he approved of it, as a proper position. He did approve of it. I soon after went into the front passage, hearing the people were in the town, and I ordered the special constables to come in, and the door to be closed. It was afterwards ' opened, and given in charge to two or three special con stables, with orders not to let any one enter. I then went into a room above the commercial room, which has a bow window, through which I could see a body of men passing the wing of the house formed in a column. They were regularly abreast of each other. They were all armed, some with guns and some with long spears or pikes. I stayed a short time there, and ran down to the passage below, and when I got opposite the bar, I saw the heads of the column in the door way, or 'close upon it. They were standing with weapons by their sides, as they appeared to me : they carried them ver tically. 1 ran to the room in which the soldiers were, and said, " Lieutenant Gray, load immediately." I believe Lieut. Gray opened the middle shutter of the window, and opened that to the left, and I felt my left arm benumbed, and saw two holes in my trowsers, and saw I had been wounded in the hip, from shots fired outside. The soldiers fired into -the street and into the passage. I saw one dead body of a man who fell close to my feet. I think the firing did not last more than ten minutes. Lieut. Gray knew I was wound ed, as I mentioned it to him immediately ; but I do not know if I told him before the soldiers fired. The special constables had not guns ; they had only staves, to my knowledge. As far as I know, peace was soon after restored, but 1 was oblig ed to give up the charge of the town to others, The wound in my arm was severe ; the other was a flesh wound. I did not leave the room till the affray was over. The present ma- Or (Mr. Hawkins) was with me all night, giving directions. The night was wet and windy. . Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY--I am an attorney, and was in partnership with Mr. Protheroe to the close of 1839, from June, 1824. I have been, and am interested in coal mines. I have not mentioned Frost's name during the exa mination, but I h'ave known him about seventeen or eighteen years. I was well'acqua.inted With him during the progress of the reform bill, but had no intercourse with him before then. There had been a difference between him and Mr. Protheroe. There were an action and two indictments by Mr. Protherne against Frost ; but I do not know of any dif ference since then, which was in 1824. I met Frost at the time of the reform bill, arid' on - Other occasions also. I had opportunities of observing his public conduct. Sir Thomas Phillips,in continuance of his cross-examina. tion, said—l 'am not certain as to the allusions I made re specting a majority of 37. I attended the Usk meeting, at which the high sheriff was to have presided. That was a county meeting. 'I might have then made some observations in allusion to the majority of the House of Lords. I believe I did say something concerning the majority of 37 in the House of Lords. I think I did make some observations re garding it. I have no doubt of it. I cannot tell what it was that I said. I censured the majority, but as far as my recol lection goes I did not u'se offensive terms. I believe I did not use offensive terms. I believe I did not say what their deserts should be, or what they should meet. I believe I did not wish that the majority should meet the fate of certain parties in France. I believe I did not. I believe I alluded to what occurred in France. I may have alluded to the pre decessors of the present King of France. I have no recol lection of having said that the 35 should meet their fate. I I have no recollection of having said anything of the kind. I will not undertake to swear that I did not, as I have no recollection on the subject. At that meeting I made allusion to the Bishops. I know of no serious disturbances in New port before the last. I remember having heard that the pre sent Duke of Beaufort was insulted during his canvass. This occurred between seven and eight years ago. I was not pre-- sent at those disturbances. I was not then eithei mayor or magistrate. I have no recollection of the part taken by Mr. Frost in those occurrences: At that time Mi. Frost and I differed.: Some heat might have been shoavn ; buf during that period I witnessed nothing 'reprehensible in him. This brings to - my recollection that he said something severe against me. I think that during those times there was no thing tending to riot. I had an opportunity of witnessing his public conduct during his mayoralty. He was 'a manistrate three years. I would rather not answer whether f found fault with him as a magistrate. I believe he acted on 'the impression that he was right. I would rather say that Mr. Frost thought he was right. I have lived in Newport 20 years. I cannot say' that his conduct as a private individual and head of a family has been , such as it ought to be. I know nothing of him as the head'of a family. I took the, question put' to me in two branches: I know nothing of him as the head of his family - , in his relations of private life. I have seen Vincent. I was present at his trial, which was conducted by the magistrates at the instance of the govern ment. I considered that to be a government prosecution. The magistrates were local agents, who conducted the pro secution 'through the means of their clerk. Vincent was convicted at the la.it assizes. Ido not know whether the supposed treatment of Vincent was the subject of public complaint. . ATTORNEY-GENERAL.-I object to such a question. Mr. KELLY,—I have a right to ask whether the treatment cpoatpinerts:m&ca: which Vincent experienced was the subject of a national complaint. Chief Justice TINDAL.—I suppose he received that in formation from newspapers. The paper should be produced. Mr. Kaux.—lt is sufficient if it was a matter of no toriety. - suc C h il i l n E f F or JUSTICE. --There are various ways of ascertaining examination ill um papers ed— conducted n k d n u o c vv t e do by y n no himself, complainteall called the Western Vindicator. 1 did not know that the apart- I d b i i d unt n att o l t i°)yrL a otp c u t b w li i e th n t e l w i e s apart ment of Vincent was a subject of discussion among the ma gistrates.istrates. I know of no such meeting. I attended a public meeting in the spring of the year, when it wasagreed to present an address of loy alty to the Queen, and resolutions were passed to support the lawful authority. This meeting produced by was meet ings previously held. I was in Newport the whole of the day of the 3d Nov. On the previous Thursday I received such intelligence that led m e t o order special constables to be sworn in, not in consequence of anything that would occur on that (Sunday) night, but at sonic other time. On Saturday I gave instructions to the superintendent of police to have the con stables in readiness. As early as 12 o clock on Sunday night prisoners were first taken. They were brought before my colleague and myself at the Westgate. I should say that the mob dispersed in ten minutes after I was wounded. I should say that the streets were cleared in ten minutes afterwards. I don't know that when the Duke of Beaufort was candidate, Mr. Frost protected him from ill-treatment. I was not then either mayor or magistrate. Re-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERA L —.I cannot re collect that I made allusion at the meeting to the French re volution in the way that Mr. Kelly suggested—then or at any other time. Captain Basil Gray, Serjeant Daly, and Thomas Walker were next then examined. The cou r t un til nine o'clock on Frid a y adjourned - mornin g . a Monthly ; The main difficulty, or doubt, however, that would suggest itself here, would be, whether there was any reason to expect, from a dissolution, any addition to the ranks of their adherents ; or whether it was not rather more probable, that such a loss would be experienced as would snatch the reins of government immediately and irretrievably, from their hands. Still, however, the question would return of what was to be done ? To remain in the present state of " dead lock" seems impossible ; resign, it had been previously resolved, and " by her Majesty's special command," was to be the very last step resorted to. What then remained, but to try the only remaining alternative, and to rpsh upon a general election? Upon the hypothesis, then, that the Melbourne ministry will remain in office as long as it is possible to do so, we have a right to look for a dissolution immediately after the meet ing of parliament on the 16th of January. Or supposing them to come to the conclusion that such a step would amount to an act of felo de se; and to prefer a simple abdi cation ; then we have Sir Robert Peel at once in office ; and it is impossible to doubt that his VERY FIRST STEP would be to appeal to the country at large, on the broad and tangi ble question of, Will you have a Conservative government or no? Either way, then, every conservative constituency in. Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland, ought to be prepared, before the 20th of January, with its candidates, its committee, and its sinews of war. To every such body we put the question, in the most earnest and emphatic tones that we can com mand, ARE YOU READY ? If the conservatives, or, in other words, if the educated, intelligent, moral, and religious inhabitants of these islands, are but properly aroused to the importance of this, the final struggle, we may expect, under the blessing of God, a return. of the days of peace and order, and security. If not;—if from their own inactivity, or from the inherent vices of the Reform bill, the coming struggle shall prove abortive, then . may we indeed resign ourselves to despair, or turn our hopes to other and happier regions. But we will not even allow our imaginations to picture such an issue. We know that the conservatives can win the approaching battle ; and we will not permit ourselves to suppose that they will lose such an opportunity. CONTENTS OF No. 1. 1. Present State and Future Prospects of England. -2 • Colonization, Ancient and Modern.-3. The Naval Power and Shipping of England.-4. Canada.-5. Commerce of India.-6. Colonial Government, &c.-7. Emigration.- . 8. French Colonies.-9. 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The tools of the adMinistration partake of the degraded character of their employers : " like master, like man," is a proverb no less ancient than 'true, and especially applicable to the whig ministry and their dirty myrmidons. In October last, a man of low character, who is in the ha bit of spitting his venom at all persons of respectability and character, wrote to Lord Normanby, stating, that Mr. Addi sou, the hairman of the Quarter Sessions, at Preston, was in the habit of inquiring from the chaplain of the gaol, re specting any confessions made to him by the prisoners com mitted for trial, and that Mr. Addison made use of informa tion thus procured in the prosecution of his judicial inquiry as chairman. Lord Normanby, without taking the least trou ble to ascertain the real character of the calumniator, directed M r. F. Maule, his secretary, to address a letter to Mr. Addison, calling upon that gentleman to produce a full statement of the case, to vindicate himself from the grievous charge pre ferred against him. Mr. Addison in reply explained that the chaplain was bound by a certain clause in an act of parlia ment, for the regulation of gaols,. to present a report 'to the magistrates attending at the Quarter Sessions, and that this report he (Mr. Addison) always perused. Mr. Addison in dignantly repelled the accusation so aeadily entertained •by his Lordship, and informed the sweet " Matilda" of the Home Department, the pride and glory of the " Minerva Press," the life and soul of the circulating libraries, that his lordship was mistaken if he supposed that he (Mr. Addison) was his Lordship's subordinate ; and startled Lord Flimsy with the intelligence that " though he might insult he had no power to degrade him ;" since the county Palatine was out of his " sweep of control." This reply brought a second letter from the Home Office,..in which Lord Flimsy declared his intention of laying Mr. Addison's insulting letter before the Lord Lieu tenant,in order that the magistrates acting with Mr. Addison might judge of the tone in which a subject had dared to ad dress so high a functionary as the ex-Viceroy of Ireland. On Wednesday last, new year's day, a meeting of the magis trates was held, and the letters read, when lo ! the magis trates so far from coinciding with Lord Flimsy, declared their sense of his tyrannical and unprecedented interference in the following resolutions which were unanimously carried : " Resolved unanimously—That the magistrates here as sembled much regret that any charge against a gentleman occupying the very important and respectable situation of Chairman to the Sessions, should have been entertained by the Marquis of Normanby, without, as appears from the documents produced, due inquiry having been. previously made into the station, character, and motives of the accuser; and consequently, this Court considers Mr. Addison justi fied under all the circumstances, in writing the letter to Mr. Fox Maule, dated the 22d day of October, 1839. " That the Magistrates assembled take this occasion to record their high sense of the ability, patience, and integrity with which their Chairman, Thomas Batty Addison, Esq. has for fifteen years, at a considerable sacrifice of profes sional emolument and bodily health, gratuitously discharged the numerous and oppressive duties of his office." , " That copies of- these resolutions be transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Lord Lieutenant, the Chairman of these Sessions, and to the magistrates of the Hundreds of Amoundness, Blackburn, and Leyland. (Signed) Jos. Bushell, Chairman, Joseph Feilden, J. Fowden Hindle, William Marshall, Gardr. Baldwin, Thomas Robt. Wilson France, William Carlow, Robt. Awthertone Rawstorne, Richd. Edward Alison, James Simpson, Wm. Birley, Corns. Bourne, S. Horrocks, jun.,. J. Nowell Farrington, R. C. Browne Clayton, J. Master, John Austen." 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" This little book abounds with excellent maxims and ob servations, and shows that the author has mixed much with society, and is fully competent to give instruction."— Standard, May 9._ _ EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY OF PROPERTY OF A FRAU DULENT BANKRUPT.—About the end of last year, a_person absconded from Manchester with goods to a large amount, and in debt some thousands. In February last, one of the creditors consulted Messrs. Beswick, solicitors, Bennett's Hill, Birmingham, as to the best mode to be adopted for the recovery of his claim ; and on the 21st of that month, a fiat in bankruptcy was issued out by those gentlemen against the party. The necessary papers were then prepared and duly authenticated by the authorities here, for the purpose of seizing the books and property of the bankrupt at Sidney, to which place it was discovered he had gone under a false name. A messenger, who was on the point of leaving for' that colony on ' other business, undertook the execution of the warrant against him; and upon arriving at Sidney; he succeeded, after considerable trouble, in seizing a vast quan tity of papers of great value to the estate, and upwards of one thousand five hundred pounds' worth of property. The messenger to whom this important trust was confided was Mr. Badham, sheriff's officer, Cannon-street, Birmingham, in whose praise too much cannot be said for his activity on this occasion. The colonial office was consulted previously to the document being sent, and gave every assistance to fur ther the exertions of Messrs. Beswick.—Birmingham Advertiser. Sir F. Pot]2c o • MONmnri At the sitting i f —..,T11, FRIDAY EveNING. .lordships to the ( I I ( el t ) l o i s e iti e D o n u o rt f C at ap n ta in in e G o r 'c a l y o . ck this morning, said he wished to call the attention of their Chief Justice TiND read ? AL.-1 - 40 you wish the deposi tion to be permission to see the depo s d Sir F. POLLOCK.—I wool first ask for your lordship 's ,Mr. Baron PARKB.—Ha ve understood x r not. depositions copies of the depositions ? Yon not been furnished with Sir F. POLLOCK.—My lord, I have been furnished with nothing. I have nothing but what li e making as papers and from which 1 have abstain'ear founddrTriliehilaiathpeoanseihwies: were ap plied 'Baron PARKE.—Copies of the has plied for. Ido not know whether Sir F. PoLtocx.—l do not wish to be making any complaint upon the point. lam Having looked over the deposition, 1 feel very nuic i l g oi ', l l `?rie• to your lordships, but Ido not feel it necessary to Cap tain %-•ap. tain Gray. The examination of Matthew Williams, James Hodg e , George Lloyd, James James, James Samuel, Henry Smith, William Howell, James .Woolford, Joseph Anthony, John Nickol Hawkins, and John Parsons, was then proceeded with. • An order was gra nted by the court, on the written appli cation_a of Si r F. Pollock, for the admisSio n of Mr. Thomas h Mr. O'C onnor to th e gaol, at all reasonable hours, for the purpose of seeing Mr. Frost.. . -. The.court adjourned at rt:quarter-to six o'clock. • : . - . TUE "SPORTING AMATEUR."—The sporting, or, as he is termed in th e bill s , " th e di s ti ngu i s h e d ama teur," who, to decide a wager (?) " is bound to appear at a certain number of theatres in a given time, "went on" last night to per form the character of Pierre, and .such an exhibition—to call it acting would be preposterous—it has scarcely ever been my lot to witness. The " amateur" read some portions of the text smoothly enough, and when he attempted to act he was greeted with precisely the same description of applause which " Romeo Coates" some twenty or thirty years ago, was wont to be honoured with ; but to see poor Pierre—a noble villain, to say the worst of him, and deserving of a better friend than the vacillating Jajfier—cut and mangled in the way he was, would have almost made the talented but eccentric Kean leap from his grave at - such a profanation which was perpetrated on the boards of the Windsor Theatre b th e e fo v r e e r t y h llest of humours lastnight. The audience, in order to keep up the farce (for curtain at the imaginable) called the and conclusion of king some half dozen most un summons, when, after ma . thunders of ' l " app ause. it must be said that they the tragedy, he was not slow* to obey the Pierre -like bons, retired " amidst am wereateu "amateur n ' one of the most profitable of This " distinguished the season. amateur," appearance on any The house was very ' respectably filled, and must have proved , who made "his first (?) stage" last evening, is announced to play the Duke Aranza in the " Honey Moon . g "to .morrow. I questio n the p olicy of the mana ger .. tryii, it on" a second time. It was all very well for "on u . l ;" -ln a way but !' ditto repeated" is _ sometimes-hiearctona in snit iptiate of - this nature. •- "once . We deprecate, as much as the Editor of the Railway Magazine can do, the truckling of directors to the whims of every shareholder, or the convenience of every needy specu lator. Their duty is a plain and straightforward one, from which no inducement should lead them to deviate. If their course of proceeding is right, public opinion will go with them, and if it does not the cause can only be found in a want of correct information as to their views and prospects, and that information they are bound to supply. We have no wish to see directors of railways operating in the share mar ket to create exaggerated hopes of profit ; but we do think it their duty to prevent, if possible, the circulation of un founded prejudice, by which their undertaking, and those embarked in it, may be depressed, and that duty can be per formed without in the least degree overstepping the path of proper dignity, or exceeding the powers confided in them by their shareholders. It is of paramount importance to the successful progress of a public undertaking .that its shares , should always bear a fair, and if possible a s teady, and even a high market price ; and we think that, on consideration,the Editor of .the Railway Magazine will admit that he has been somewhat hasty in his assertion to the contrary. " NORTH MIDLAND RAILwAs..— The directors of this railway have been induced, by the progress of the works, and the approaching completion of many contracts, as well as the payments becoming due for ,engines, carriages, &c., now in course of delivery, to issue the .£5O shares which they are EARTHQUAKE IN DORSETSHIRE (From the Lpme Regis Correspondent of the Shipping . Gazette.) . One of the greatest convulsions of nature ever on record, or that has taken place within the memory of Tau in this neighbourhood, has occurred in Dowlands and Bending Cliffs, situated between Lyme and Axmouth harbour. Various are the opinions formed respecting it—some attributing it to the long-continued and heavy rains, others insisting on its being an earthquake. If we may judge from its effects, it certainly has every feature of the latter.. We are no strangers to the occasional sliding of the dila. on this part of the coast, both east and west ; but here is presented a scene of awful grandeur. The above cliffs, which arevery lofty, are about three miles west of Lyme Regis. On Christmas-eve, Mr. Chaple, the tenant of Dowland's estate, invited his workmen to the farm-house, to regale them for the evening, among whom were the occupants of four cot tages, situated on the common at the foot of the cliffs. On their return home they found considerable difficulty in opening their doors, but took but little notice of it. On rising on Christmas morning, they discovered. a settlement of their houses, and becoming alarmed, removed their goods with all speed,. and retired to Dowland's farm, about a mile on the top of the cliffs, for safety—and very providentially too, for shortly after an immense portion of the top cliffs, con sisting of between forty and fifty acrr of arable and pasture land, with all their crops, together with the common below, sunk to a depth varyiag , from 50. to 200 feet, two of the above tenements beins , completely buried, whilst the other two are shattered to being, very foundations. The scene presents a spectacle not easily. described—gigantic rocks having been rent asunder, lofty trees buried beneath the mighty mass, with only their tops visible ; large fields, with their ; crops, separated, one. psat.here and another there; immense precipices formed, awed; chasms which appear bot tomless, the whole, of which strike the beholder with terror .and amazement,-and present fi,stri;cing view of the Almighty power of Him " who holds the-mountains in scales, and the hills in a, balance." The length of cliffs affected by this Shock is more than two miles, and perhaps in breadth about one, encompassing About .1 thousand acres. But perhaps the mostteuriarkahle phenomenon of the whole is, that, immense and ponderOus rocks hi front of this scene of action have been forced by the concussion from their beds,. where they have reposed. for ages, under the bed of the ocean beyond low-watet nark, make their, appearance hi pyramids and different fotms—th sOme places , forty and Aity feet above the sand, and hive Woriderfhlly formed a sort of harbour, whilst the beach; adjoining the laud remains unmoved. Boats have entered this naturally-formed harbour on the eastern side, which is shallow, and found in the middle three fathoms of water. Outside the rocks thus formed, towards the sea, is about five fathoms at high water. Thousands of persons have already been to visit this extraordinary scene. No doubt but it will attract numbers of the nobility and gentry to Lyme Regis. The celebrated Penny Cliffs, which are situated be tween Lyme and Dowlands, and which have been so much admired for their romantic scenery, sink into comparative insignificance,—their lofty rocks must " hide their diminished heads" when compared with the grandeur and sublimity which Dowland's Cliffs will in future present. The cele brated Dr. Buckland, of Oxford, the eminent geologist, who has been residing in Lyme for some time past, has prolonged his stay, in order to explore and view the wonders of this phenomenon of nature. He states that he never witnessed anything equal to it in England. It is to be hoped that his, or some other able pen, will gratify the public by a full and proper description of the scene. - empowered by their last act to create. In the present state of the money market, however, they have thought it right to offer the new shares of £5.0 each to the proprietors of orignial,shares at.the price of £4O per share; the new £5O shares will; be exititlid to the same dividend,, pro rata, as the original £lOO shares, that is, one-half. The first instalment of £lO per share on the new shares is payable on the Isth of January ; and we understand that 'the other' instalments will be called for at short periods. The diiectors are confi dent that the capital raised by the new shares will complete the undertaking."—Leeds Intelligencer. We can confidently recommend this unique and in telligent little work. . It may be studied as much for theprac tical lessons of wisdom it contains, as for the admonitions it offers on the usages and observances of good society."— Telegraphy May 10. " This beautiful little book really deserves all the credit which our contemporaries have given it; and we believe-that as much and as valuable instruction is contained in its_pages as could well be compressed into a similar space."—Journal, May 20. We have here a striking instance of the sacrifices which public companies were compelled to make in raising capital, whilst their shares are at a discount. The North Nidland Company's shares are now at a discount of about 12 to 15 per cent., and to raise the additional capital required, they have to present to those who accept these new shares a bonus of 20 per cent. (From the Tautiton Courier.) On ChriStmas Eve, about si.x, the residents in the houses and cottages along the coast, between Lyme and Seaton, were alarmed by a convulsion of the earth, attended with fearful. sounds. This astonishing occurrence. was succeeded by re;.- terations of the phenomena; and it was soon ascertained tb at a course of mischief was in serious operation. On arriv : Lng at a part of the coast called Dowlands, . a quarter of a mile from the sea, it was found that a large portion of the lanil, on which there were several cottages, orchards ' and a cop pice, had been separated from their sites, leaving huge Chas ins in a lateral direction along the coast, between Sidmone a and Seaton, to the extent of upwards of four miles. The c ,mvul sions of the earth continued at various intervals fry an the night of Tuesday the 24th instant, to Friday event Ig, the 27th instant, having within that interval occasioned tl le pros tration and subsidence of buildings of various dese' :iptions, and the displacement of large tracts of soil, a loss of property to a considerable extent, among the sufferers by , which is Mrs. Inman, a resp ec t a bl e res id en t o f Bishop's Hall, near this town, whose loss is estimated at upwards of X 2, 000. Mr. Hallett, of Axmouth, and Mrs. Dare, also suffered heavily by the event. A huge rock, 50 feet high, appears in the sea off Culverhole, nearly a a quarter of a mile from the, spot where the principal scene of mischief presents itself. ; The sound ings were being taken around the newly long led rock on Saturday. No lives were lost by this event, aith ough several of the occupants of cottages, who had left home to spend their Christmas-eve, found, to their astonishment, on their return, no other vestiges of their dwellings but those presented by the roofs and chimneys, discernible above the cha sins in which their habitations were engulfed. The, new roarl from Char mouth to Lyme is utterly destroyed. "kVhether the occurrence above stated be attributable to an earthquake, or considered as the result of the slow-working processes of nature, which, as foreseen by naturalists, and as serted by Mr. Bnckingham in his lectures in the town of Lyrae, a few years ago, will gra dually encroach upon the shores of the channel, as has already unquestionably taken place elsr;where on the British coast, is at present problematical. Th e visitation, to whatever cause it may be referred, besides Ow destruction of property, has occasioned great 'alarm and anxiety among the owners of buildings and estates in the vicinity. Multitudes of persons from all parts have been, for several days past, rushing into Lyme, Seaton, and Channouth, eager to ascertain the nature and extent of the catastrophe. The total loss of property is estimated at six thousand pounds. Mr. Chaple, the renter of the estate called Dowlands, upon which four of the destroyed cottages stood, succeeded by great exertions, on Wednesday, in saving the lives of 28 of the poor occupiers, and having employed nine carts, secured most of their furniture. On the following morning, the cottages had sunk up to their roo'is. The cliffson the coast do not appear to have suffered eny ruption, all the mischief being inland. MADEMOISELLE TAomol.a.—The painful reports in circu lation of late, respecting the bad state of health of Ma dlle. Taglioni, have this week been contradicted. Letters from St. Petersburgh announce that this celebrated dancer made her appearance on the 4th December last, in a ballet in three acts, called L Ombre, of which the first representatioz i was for her own benefit. The success this piece obtained is due, by all accounts, not only to the admirable talent displayed by Madlle. Taglioni, but also to the magnificence of thi : sce nery and the beauty of the music. There is one scene !to the second act which is highly spoken of. It represents a g Arden of flowers, on which Madlle. Taglioni executes a figure. At the back of the theatre there is a lake, on which 31; idlle. Taglioni, who performs the character of a shade, dan .ces a few minutes, and then vanishes. During the ballet M; Ole. Taglioni was encored ten times by the audience ; and a n the following day the emperor sent her a splendid muss ❑ent, studded with diamonds and turquoises, as a testianani al of the delight he had experienced. RAILWAY CHAPEL.—Many of the readers of the Ilirorn ilia Herald may remember that in the early part .of tin t last year the attention of the public was directed to the Sat bath desecration committed by the men employed on the raih.vays. A remonstrance, signed by all the clergy of Cheltenhani and many of the inhabitants, was addressed to the, directors of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union railway. Th ese gentlemen, with the• greatest promptitude, expressed their strong disapprobation of any work being carried on during the Lord's Day. The contractors as cordially and promptly acquiesced in the instructions of the direcOrs, and it was im mediately discontinued — the necessary occupation of keeping up the fires being alone persisted in. It Was, however, soon remarked that the labourers being unoccupied on the Sabbath, at a distance from their homes, and unprovided with such ap parel as they would naturally like to ainlear in at a place of worship, were exposed to more temptation to intemperance and irregularity, and it was suggested. by the Rev. Francis Close that a temporary building, expressly for the use of the. workmen, should be erected, wherein he himself would statedly perform Divine service (nice every Sunday. A subscription was immediately set on, font, and a large chapel has been erected, in which there are now three Services every Sunday. The workmen have expiessed-their -thankfulness to the Rev. F. Close for his exertions.—MarniNg Herald. Liverpool, H. Lwow ; Manchester, Bancks and Co., and all Booksellers. LANCASTER AND PRESTON RAILWAY. On Thursday a special general meeting of proprietors in this railway was held in the Town Hall, for the purpose of au thorising an application to parliament for a bill to enable the directors to raise money for the completion of the line. The meeting was thinly attended, not more than twenty or thirty persons being present. - George Burrow, Esq, took the chair. The Secretary having read the notice of meeting, The Chairman observed that it was not a very pleasant, thing for the directors to come before the proprietors to ask for more money, , but when he stated the causes which had rendered such a step necessary, he thought the proprietors would be satisfied that the necessity had arisen from circum stances that could not be foreseen. The sum for which they proposed applying was £125,000 ; not that the sum would at once be wanted, but looking at the probability of the line being carried further north, and at the contingencies which might be expected to arise in other respects, it was considered better at once to ask for power to obtain all that would be required, including such contingencies. It was calculated that the whole line of 20 miles would cost £20,000 a mile. That would be £77,000 in addition to the £330,000 already paid. The surplus for the contingencies would then be the difference between X 77,000 and £125,000. The first item he would advert to, as having with others made this application necessary, was that of excavations, bridges, and contingen cies. Under that head the original estimate was exceeded by £32,372. This arose partly from the circumstances of the standing orders having been altered during the progress of the bill, by which they were obliged to extend the width of bridges and all manner of work connected with them. The next matter was the land. It was estimated that the cost would be £25,000 and odd, whereas the sum actually paid was more than £90,000. That, of course, included large amounts awarded for compensation. Mr. W. Satterthwaite asked what was the compensation for Preston land alone ? _ _ The Secretary replied that the first mile on the Preston side would alone cost £40,000. The Chairman—The next item was £lO,OOO which they had put down for stations ; for engines and carriages, they had put down £26,000,' though only £14,000 would be im mediately wanted ; then there was £l5OO to the North Union Railway for raising their levels ; for law £13,000, surveying £3lOO, deputations £953, the Direction £llOO, and other matters, making in all an item of £31,000. The Chairman then read a letter from Mr. R. Garnett, in which that gen tleman expressed full concurrence in what was proposed to be done. He observed that such a letter coming from one who, with his family, held 1-10th of the shares of the Com pany, was entitled to some weight. Before sitting down he would allude.to one matter. A great object with the Direc tors had been not to lose time in the completion of the line, and he had to announce that there was every reason to be lieve that it would be opened at the appointed time—that was in June of the present year. The great difficulty was the work at Galgate, but that was overcome. The next difficult part was the Wyre embankment. Mr. Locke had been over, audhe had made such arrangements that he was sure that would be completed also in ample time ; so that unless any thing unforeseen should occur, the line would certainly be opened next June. Nine miles of permanent rails had already been laid down. He concluded by saying, the Directors were ready to answer any questions that might be sent. Mr. Bushell (of Myerscough-cottage), asked if the deed signed by the original proprietors gave power to make this application to parliament without the consent of the whole body of proprietors? Mr. Swainson replied that they were not then acting under the deed, but the act of, parliament, which conferred full power. Mr. W. Satterthwaite asked how the money was to be raised? The Chairman said either by new shares or by borrowing, or by both. Mr. Bushell then moved a motion to the effect that a bill be applied for to enable the company to raise £125,000 'ad ditional. Air. . Satterthwaite seconded it ; and inquired if the sum required to meet contingencies was not very large ? Mr. T. Higgin replied that if the line was carried north many things would be wanted, for the conveyance of mer chandise and so forth. Mr. Bushell asked if the land for the stations was pur. chased? The Chairman said it was, but that the stations were not yet fixed. The resolution was adopted, as was also one to enable the directors to appoint a committee of their body to watch the progress of the bill through parliament. The draft of the bill was read, and it was stated that the bill was almost a copy of the one passed last session for the London and Birming ham Railway. The meeting then broke up. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY TRAFFIC. Some time ago we published a comparative statement of the traffic on this line for a few of the months in 1838, and the corresponding of 1839. We are now enabled to come plete it to the end of the two years. It will be seen that with 37 per cent. of additional distance opened, the traffic has actually- increased 76 per cent._; that is, the increase per cent. of receipts has been twice the increase per cent. of the distance. Such a fact must be highly gratifying to the share holders, since it proves that great as the present traffic is, there is every prospect of its being considerably augmented as the successive parts of the line are opened. We should not at all be surprised to see this and the Birmingliam,com panics. double their present traffic as soon as all is complete and-their funds come fully into operation. :hat their forfeiture would be an actual bonus in favour 01 the non-fulfilment of his contract on the part of the share holder. Directors must therefore consent to relinquish a considerable portion of their. estimated capital or resort , to the alternative of law proceedings. 'This alternative it is which most companies are at present embracing, and its con sequences amidst a mercantile community threaten to be so serious that we may be excused if we express a doubt both Of its policy and its justice. In the first place, with respect to the policy of compelling or attempting to compel every shareholder of a public un dertaking, without discrimination (for we do not see how discrimination can be made without the imputation of undue preference), to perform what, circumstances, whether arising from previous indiscretion or unforeseen wants, have ren dered him unable to accomplish without involving himself in ruin, we think that serious difficulties present themselves. We must confess that we should not envy the situation of a director, who in the excercise of his duties, was compelled thus to drag on an unwilling constituency ; neither should we be able to look with pleasure upon an undertaking, every step of whose progress towards completion was marked by individual suffering. To enable any undertaking to proceed satisfactorily, there must be a mutual confidence between those who administer and those who provide funds ; and in the case of a company so situated this could never be the case. It is true, payment might be compelled and works might go on to some extent ; but expenses would accumulate at every step. The shareholder who one day had yielded to the powers of the law, would, on the first opportunity, get rid of his shares and his liability, by transferring both to some man of straw, whom it would be in vain to sue. Others would be driven to insolvency or bankruptcy, and their shares thrown back upon the hands of the directors. A constant struggle would exist between those who wished to escape from their liabilities, and the directors whose aim would be to retain them in those liabilities, and the market would be con stantly glutted with an unsaleable and unpopular stock. But this is not the whole of our case. We have proceeded on the supposition that the directors and a large portion of the shareholders were unanimous in favour of the stringent course pursued. But how long, we ask, would such unanimity remain ? As the share list got diminished by the constant secession of disgusted or ruined parties, would the remain der continue to pay up with ready cheerfulness ? We think not. Some portion might wish to pause, and for this purpose would strive to secure the election to the board, of those en tertaining the same views, and hence recrimination and dis sension would arise, and sink the undertaking yet further in the eyes tof the public. We must remember too that a 'portion of the capital of all railways is to be borrowed upon the security of its stock, and upon the stock of such a com pany who would lend 1 It may be said this is too black a picture. It may be, but we do not acknowledge it to be so. To a greater or less ex tent all these difficulties will arise, and some of them have already arisen, and, it must be recollected, that we have not as yet the experience of any railway having been completed, where the means have had to be drawn compulsorily from its shareholders. We have, however, this fact in evidence, that on lines merely unpopular where additional capital has been required for stations, locomotive power, or warehouses, (and what line has been completed without such additional means being required ?) that new capital has had to be procured at a sacrifice, in some instances, of one lrlf the amount paid by the original shareholders ; and it will be sufficiently obvious that any line of conduct which tends to produce unpopularity is detrimental to the true interests of the company which adopts it. With respect to the justice of the compulsory measures now adopting towards shareholders, we shall not trespass much upon the attention of our readers. It is true that on the part of those who have embarked in any public under taking, a contract has been made which ought to be binding ; but it is also true that many such contracts have been made under circumstances of delusion and misapprehension, as to their extent and nature, from which those who originated the undertakings in question, can scarcely acquit themselves of some degree of blame. It is well known that many schemes have received the sanction of the legislature, the sterling value of which is more than doubtful ; and where the judicial powers of two houses of parliament have confessedly failed in detecting imposition, the more limited opportunities of coun try shareholders may well have allowed them to be led into unwary and unwise engagements The nature of railway pro perty, its liabilities, and the legal modes of transfer have been little understood; and many ignorant persons have been in duced, by the persuasion of others, to embark their little sa vings in schemes of which they knew as little as the pen with which they signed their ruinous engagements. Others hav ing so embarked have afterwards sold, but for want of proper information have omitted to transfer, and although their in terest in the undertaking has long ceased, their liability re mains, and they can be compelled to pay calls upon their shares, whilst they cannot legally regain an interest in the property for which they are paying. Under all circumstances we think that there exist strong grounds both of policy and justice to induce directors of any public undertaking to weigh well their 'steps before com mitting themselves to extreme measures. They'had a duty to perform towards the body of shareholders, whose repre sentatives they are, but they have also a duty to perform to wards society ; and in the exercise of that duty they 'ere bound to use the great powers entrusted to them with mode . ration and forbearance. They may possess 'the previous in- LIVER THEATRE. vr RS. WAYLETT has the honour to announce, that her IVA. BENEFIT will take place on FRIDAY NEXT, the 10th instant, being the last nieht of her engagement ; when will be performed, the Grand Opera of , THE MAGIC YgIL! • OR, THE FAIRY LA . The Fairy Zela 1 rs. Waylett, (As performed by her at the The t -Royal, Drury-lane.) After which, the Int ude of the ' LOAN OF A LOVER. Peter Spyke.. Mr. Hoskins. Gertrude.. Mrs. Waylett. A variety of New Ballads.—Dances by the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with JACK SHEPPA'RD. Tickets to be had of Mrs. WAN - LETT, No. 1, Cases-streot, Clayton-square ; and at the Box-office. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Second Week of DUCROW and his extensive London National Establishment. ' THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, - Jan. 7, and dur -1 ing the week, an entire change of the whole Spectacle. At Seven o'Clock, for the first time ouVhf London, the Per formance will commence with the Grand National Equestrian Spectacle, called THE SIEGE OF J RUSALEM; OR, THE CAMP OF WILDERNESS. The whole arranged and pr uced by Mr. Ducrow. To be followed by splendid FEATS OF HORSEMANSHIP. In which Mr. and Madame Ducrow will appear. . . The whole to conclude with, for the first time in this town, a new, interesting French Military Drama, under the title of - THE CONSCRIPT. Eugene, (the Conscript,) by Mr. Ducrow. Doors open at Half•past Six, and Performance commencel at Seven o'Clock. Lessons in the Polit% Art of Riding given daily. THE TIMES, AND THE ENSUING PARLIA MENTARY SESSIO . PARTIES wishing to Subscribe to E TIMES, during the ensuing interesting Sessip of Parliament, must make application immediately to L.- GASKILL, 45, Lord street, when they will be ensured o the Latest Editions. The EVENING MAIL, Published at the TIMES OrvicE„ Three Days per Week. Advertisements forwarded daily. L. T. GASKILL. Amt. TO CORRESPONDENTS. As we have kept our columns open to the very latest moment practicable, in expectation of an arrival from /Sew York, we have been obliged to omit our Literary Notices, as well as several other articles intended for insertion. They shall appear on Friday. ebt Eiberpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1840. We have been favoured by a respectable firm with extracts from private letters from Monte Video and Buenos Ayres to the 25th of October. From these' it - appears that Rivera, by the last accounts, was en- Ta deavouring to get outside of the Entre Rianas, so as to JP gain the open country, in which he would have great .= advantages, more particularly as the French Admiral would keep the town for him with his sailors and about 1,000 resident Frenchmen, who had received arms. rt was, however, thought that Rivera would not be able to effect his object, being too closely watched by a su perior force; indeed, it was expected, from the best information that could be obtained, that Monte Video would soon be beseiged by the Entre Rianas, under • Echague. From Buenos Ayres the news is far from satisfactory.. It is stated that there was, on the 22d of October, no more prospect of the blockade being raised than the. day it commenced. Great things were expected from the Buenos Ayrean forces under Echague ; but if he: should even expel Rivera, the French will not be driven out of the . river by him ; and should Rivera,- on the other hand, prove victorious, a great deal would re main to be done before Rosas (the Governor of Bueno• Ayres) could be driven from his post, so that the ter mination of the blockade seems to be an event very far distant. The quarterly tables of the revenue, which were pub lished on Saturday night, furnish us with the follow ing particulars On the net produce of the revenue, for the:year ending on the sth of January, 1840, there is an in crease of £824,395 ; the total income of the year end ing sth January, 1839, having been £44,176,014, while that for the present year amounts to £45,000,409.. The last quarter, as compared with the previous quar— ter, shows a very considerable and disproportionate: falling off. The deficiency is in the following itema:-,-- in the Customs a decrease of £75,083; in the Excise decrease of £199,919; in the Taxes a decrease of £1,990; in the Post. Office a decrease of £14,000; in the Miscellaneous a decrease of £17,297 ; in the lin prest and other Moneys a decrease , of .L 83,068; and in the Repayment of Advances a decrease of £16,826.. The total decrease is £408,183, which, after de ducting an increase in • the Stamps, leaves ~a net., decrease of £324,245. This is a very serious de: falcation, which can only be accounted for, in -part, by the reduction in the rates of postage, which only operated upon the last 23 days in the quarter. It will r ci be observed that the principal item of decrease is in the Excise department. This may be, in. some measure, attributable to the spread of teetotal principles. The whigs have to face parliament with a very sorry account. The longev they continue in office the more deplorable do our financial affairs become. It would appear to be the policy of our present reckless admi nistration to bring matters to as bad a pass as possible, in order to incommode, annoy, and embarrass their successors. The subject of immigration into the West Indies and`• British Guiana, upon which we have felt it our duty so. frequently to dilate, must force itself upon the early at tention of Parliament, during the approaching sessiam Its importance, in a commercial point of view, we pre sume, no one can for a moment dispute, especiak at the present crisis in the monetary and mercantile affairs of this country. The unequivocal manner in which the ministerial organs have recently spoken out on this. topic is a satisfactory evidence of the manner in which: the question is regarded at the Colonial Ciffice_ favourable impression has already been made upon government. It becomes the mercantile classes of this and other towns to do all in their power to strengthen that impression. 'As far as lies in our pro vince we shall neglect no opportunity of endeavouring to further a measure which we believe .to be fraught with such momentous consequences, not only to those who are directly interested in the colonies and . the co lonial trade of Great Britain, but to the manufactures and operatives of this country. It is not, however, sufficient that the press should urge the subject upon public attention. Meetings should be held for the purpose of bringing all the facts of the case more pro minently before the country and the legislature, and petitions should be got up and forwarded for presenta tion to parliament. We see that the Anti-Corn-Law agitators are "stirring heaven and earth" to carry their monopolising schemes into effect. Why should the merchants of Liverpool, and others connected with the colonies, remain dormant? As we have already stated, our object in giving such - prominence to this question is, to urge upon Govern— ment the necessity of devising some well organised: scheme—either by means of ships of war or transports- - under British Commissioners—for affording a freer . immigration to our now free colonies from all parts of the world. This should be done under such a system,- and under such stringent regulations, as would preclude: the least shadow of ill-treatment of the poor: immi-!. grants, either on their passage, or after their location:. sd.; An opportunity would thus be afforded for resoiingtsl from starvation, and from the degraded barbalisuriirl uncivilised life, hundreds of thousands 01-ourfellow.-:.- creatures, especially in Africa and Hindostan—au portunity which would be seized with the gre a t es t ; avidity. Those unfortunate creatures would thus be come a happy and contented peasantry—living under the guardianship and protection of British laws—and consumers of our vast surplus wares and merchandise. It is confessed, on all hands, that this country wants new or extended markets for the sale of its manufac tures. To provide these is the object, at least the ostensible object, of the opponents of the corn-laws. But why resort to the hazardous experiment of crush ing landed and agricultural interests of Great .Britain—the best customers which our manufacturers possess—for the sake of conciliating those powers which have hitherto shown such little sympathy with this country, and which have so niggardly reciprocated ;any relaxations in our system of restrictive duties.? What guarantee haye we that the continental powers - - - would permit - us to reap any of the, anticipated benefits 'of a free trade in corn ? Have they not -of their own which-they have shown..every disposition: to foster and encourage,? Have.Ahey not:svinced unremitting zeal in excluding ! the manufacturets44hU:' -country from every possible,:compstition.withitkeeo4fr ' l ' . - their own ? If we want secure inzirketifor our maiu . ,f