The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-03 00:00:00

t, MRS. RAYMOND LIVE, THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. MRS. RAYMOND'S BENIT, AN MONDAY NEXT, t h e 9tb, and E TFUESDAY, the NJ 10th March instant. GREATEST NOVELTY OF THE SEASON. TWO NEW DRAMAS. First Nights of the Representation of a New Adaptation, expressly arranged for this Theatre, entitled THE FATAL SECRET! which will include the entice strength of the Company. First Nights of a New Drama, in One Act, Translated from the French of Mons. Scribe, by Mrs. Raymond, entitled MY UNC.E'S II LAST TWO NIGHTS OF Mr . J . L. HATTON. First Appearance at this Theatre of Mr. BLANCIIARD, the Popular Pantomimist. First Appearance these Six Years of Mr. CONEY AND HIS CELEBRATED DOGS. Mr. RAYMOND'S SIXTH APPEARANU THIS SEASON. The Favourite Melo-Drama, called THE FOREST OF BON Y. The extraordinary Feats of the celebrated Dog Dragon, the same splendid Animal who saved the ••'of a Child, of Ten Years of Age, in the month of Jo last, in the Ser. pentine Ri ver . Mr. Raymond, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. C. F. Marshall, Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Barton, Miss Baldie, in the Opening Drama for the first time. The Evening's Entertainments will commence with a New Adaptatio n of a Popular Drama, in Three Acts, arranged expressly fur this Theatre, entitled THE FATAL SECRET; Or, False Nobility. Mr. P a t r i c k Fitzpatrick Mr. Raymond. Miss Wra S t i l r o M e 'illiam Wrangle Mr. Tilbury. Mrs. Raymond. After which Mr. J. L. HATTON will Sing the favourite Italian Buffo Song, Accompanied by himself on the Piano-forte Largo Al Factotum, from the Opera of 11Barbiere di Seviglia. Mr. F. Gardner will Sing, " What will a' the Lads do?' Composed by Mr. Alexander Lee, Accompanied by himself on the Piano-forte. Mr. J. L. HATTON will sing the Comic Anatomy Song. Misses TDOMASSIN and LIDIA will Dance the admired Follie Dance, arranged for thefri from the Opera of Gustavus 111. Madlle. CREVALLIER will Dance a favourite Pas Seal. To which will be added, for the first time at this Theatre, a new Dramatic Sketch, in One Act, translated from the French, by Mrs. Raymond, for this occasion, entitled MY UNCLE'S WILL; Or, a Wager for Love. .dons. D'Egville, (a rich old Bachelor, and Guardian to de Rennlieu (a young idow,) Mrs. Raymonti. After whic, Made mo i se l le Chevallier will Danc h e an Admired Pas Seul. Mr. MUNGALL will, appear in his JOCKY HORNPIPE, and Mr. SMIT H will Dance a New GROTESQUE DANCE. To conclude with the celebrated Melo-drama, not acted here these Six Years, entitled THE FOREST OF BONDY; —. Or the Dog ch ard Captain Aubri, Mr. Blan ; Laundry, (as acted by him at several of the London Theatres,) Mr. Coney; Dra gon, by the Dog Hector; Ursula, Miss Baldie. • • In the course of the Drama, A GRAND MILITARY DIVERTIS EMI:NT, In which Misses Thomassin and Lidia will appear. Tickets and places ftir the Boxes may be had of Mr. BREZE, at the Box-office, from Eleven till Three, and at the usual places. Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, Gd. Second Price at Half-past Eight. Boxes, 2s ; Pit, ls. No Second Price to the Gallery. Doers to be Open at Half-past Six O'Clock, performanee to commence at Seven precisely. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. LAST SIX NIGHTS OF JACK SHEPPARD. . . Mr. J. L:liklyfoN'S LAST WEEK./ Mr. RAYMOND, his fifth - appearance this Season. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 3rd, TO MORROW, the 4th, and THURSDAY, the sth of March i ns t an t, th e Evening's Entertainmentswill commence with (first time) a Drama of intense juteC by the Author s of " St. M ary ' s E ve, " " Th e F armer ' s ry,'' " Lucille," `fie., performed with . the greatest suc ss at the Theatre- Royal, Adelphi, entitled A MAIDEN'S FAME; OR, A LEGEND OF LISBON. Count D'Alfarache,'Mr. Tilbury ; Paquita, Mrs. Raymond. In. the course of the Drama, Misses Thomassin and Lidia will dance the SPANISH BOLERO. • . Mr., Sm ith will appear in a Grotesque Dance. Madlle. Chevallier will dance an admired PAS SEUL. To which will be added, a new laughable Interlude, translated from the French, called BAILIFFS AND BLUNDERS ; Or, the Fancy Ball. Captain O'Didyrnus, Mr. Raymond. Misses Thomassin and Lidia will (lance their admired SCOTCH MEDLEY. Madlle. Ch eva lli er w ill appear in one of her most popular Dances. The whole to conc l u d e with the celebrated Historical Drama of JACK SHEPPARD, THE HOUSEBREAKER OF 1703. Owen Wood, Mr. Tilbury • Jack Sheppard, Mrs. Barton. Joe Blueskin, kr. J. L. Hatton, In which character he will sing " The Jolly Nose," " Now Farewell, my Rowry Towries," and the Chorus " Nix my ly, Pals, ake away." Mr. CONEY and t his celebrated DOGS, from several of the London Theatres, are engaged, and will appear in tilt' course of a few nights. Tickets and places for the Boxes may be had of Mr. BitEzn, at the Box-office, from Eleven till Three o'Clock. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Half-past Eight : Boxes, 2s, ; Pit Is. ; no Second Price to the Gallery. Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'Clock, performance to commence at Seven precisely. / ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS, GRAND NIGHT! THIS EVENING, (Tuesday,) will be represe ed, for the second time in Liverpool, and repeated duri the :k Ile week, with new Scenery, Dresses, and all the acquirwtrits, as pro duced by Mr. Ducrow, at the Royal Amphitheitre, London, the Historical Equestrian Spectacle of CHEVY CHASE! OR, THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE. The Spectacle will be followed by DUCROW'S Classic Scents of the Circle and Extraordinary Feats ; to give pomp and additional effect to which, and in compliance with the demands at the Box-office, Madame MICRON, with the Male and Female Equestrians, will appear in the pageant of Pomp and beauty called CATHERINE OF RUSSIA ; the whole terminating with the Asiatic Melo-Drama of the TARTAR PRINCE. On THURSDAY next, other novelties will be brought for ward for the Benefit of Signor HILLIER and Mr. BROAD FOOT, Treasurer; and on MONDAY, the 9th of March, and the last of performing, will be giVen a new series of Classical Novelties, for the Benefit of Mr. DUCROW. Mr. Ducrow respectfully informs the Nobility and Public, that the Amphitheatre will close on the 14th of March ; therefore, any persons having claims on him or his establish ment, are requested to send the same in immediately. TO CORRESPONDENTS. 'BRAND Y AND SALT—In consequence of the numerous and repeated inquiries which have been made at the office of the Liverpool Standard for copies of the paper in which the article on " Brandy and Salt" appeared, and in compliance with the earnest solicitations of a great number of indivi duals, we ha ve been induced to republish Mr. Lees's observations. They will be found on the fourth page. A " Scotchrnan" should have furnished us with his name — confidentially, of course. The note of " M. M. K." shall appear on Friday. t'itRATUM. — In our account of the President steam-ship. in our publication of Friday, an error was allowed to pass in the hurry of reading. It was stated that Bristol had formerly taken the lead of Liverpool, for some years, in ocean steam navigation." The word " steam" should have b een omitted. efir ktbripool &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1840. We have received a file of the Newfoundland Times to the 29th of January, inclusive. From these papers we learn that the "bill to provide for the relief of the Poor" had passed both the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council, after having undergone several InlPertant amendments. T he Times of Jan. 22 furnishes us with a long cor respondence between Captain Prescott and the Secre tary of State for the Colonies, relative to the disposal of the Crown Lands in the Island of Newfoundland. From the replies of the Colonial Secretary to Captain Prescott we learn that " those persons who are in pos session of lands by permission, but without any other title, will have the option of taking grants on the terms on which they have heretofore been given ;" but the application was to be made within three months of the 22d of July last. It is also stated that "in all future sales of land belonging to the Crown, purehLers will be required to pay down at the time of sale io per cent, on the whole value of the purchase, and the re mainder within fourteen days from the day of sale ; — that until the whole price is paid the purchasers will not be put in possession of the land ;—and that in the event of payment not being made within the prescribed period, the sale will be considered void, and the deposit forfeited." Owing to these stringent regulations, we find that proceedings relative to allotments of land had been suspended for some months. In consequence of this state of things the Governor says that he had as sembled the Executive Council on the 31st of Decem ber, to request their opinion as to the applicability of the Australian regulations respecting the sale of Crown Lands to Newfoundland. The Council decided that they could not be adapted in any way to that colony. The Governor apprised the Colonial Secretary of this decision. In answer, Lord John Russell says that he does not think it necessary to continue the suspension of all proceedings for the allotment of lands, and gives directions for resuming the " former system of sale by auction at an upset price." There is no general news of any importance in the papers before us. They are chiefly occupied with ex tracts from the English and Canadian papers. Never did our radical contemporaries give a more unhappy proof of their propensity to enormous lying -• than in their boasted cry, (too frequently reiterated,) •, that the School Question was set at rest for ever. Let • . any. .contemptible scribbler give publicity to his senti -4 ' . tments on this subject, and his nonsense is immediately "•, •a:.e ctolled, as something suite unanswerable; and the ' , Than who refuses to yield an immediate assent to the .feolish 'dogmas of the pamphleteer, is instantly de pounced as an infuriated . bigot and enemy of educa tion. The subject is one of peculiar interest to the town of Liverpool; and though we have frequently and boldly stated our honest convictions on the much agitated question, we insert in another column, with inexpressible pleasure, the admirable letter of the Rev. Thomas Drew, penned with special reference to the secession of the Synod of Ulster from the uncompro mising friends of scriptural education. Happy is it for our country that there are yet some master minds who persist in deprecating a junction with the iniquit ous board of education, under any circumstances, and who are not to be led astray by names or characters, however high-sounding or respectable. Happy is it that a few clearheaded and straightforward men can still dissipate the mists with which the subject is so frequently darkened, and who recognise the principal objections to the system existing to the present day— viz., that it gives instruction in what its promoters know to be falsehood, and that it invades the liberties of man, and robs him and his children of their best and noblest privilege,—the full, pure, and perfect word of God. As a practical illustration of the latter fea ture, we reprint the following extract from Mr. Drew's letter : " I confess the more I reflect upon it the more I shrink back with horror at the idea of being a party to the expulsion of seventeen thousand copies of the bible from the schools of Ulster. If this may be done at one blow, how must such a system work for timing years ? And now at a word, we de molish the enquiry made by you and many worthy men, namely, ' what is the difference between receiving a grant from the Board and a grant from the State ?' I say there is a difference; take money from the State, and, as in former days with other societies, you teach God's Word freely to all. Take money from the Board and you become a party to a bond more fatal to the souls of the Romanists than St. Bartholomew's day was to the bodies of sixty thousand Pro testants." a L r u t t i . cl - e - s st o a ;% . The Manchester Guardian of Saturday last, while i i tc rei " .un eon m fe a s n s u io fa n pt t i h ir a , t , replying to our article of Friday last, on the subject of - ;;;)stO l f L th 'a e l d '6 u ' ti nl es a o u r: are " wholly inoperative, and tend no more to keep up the prices of English fabric, than a tax on coals im ported into Newcastle, or upon oranges imported into the_ island of St. Michael!s, would tend-to enhance the prices of the staple productions - of those two places ;" adding, that "if the duties on imported manufactures were all repealed to-morrow, the effect of that repeal upon the great aggregate of English manufactures would scarcely be appreciable." If these assertions be strictly correct, what reason is there for agitating the repeal of the corn laws ? The Guardian distinctly insinuates that, even under existing circumstances, the manufacturers of Great Britain can afford to undersell foreigners, and triumphantly demands why, if that be not the case, " how it happens that foreigners do not drive us out of all markets to which btl o have equal access?" This is a concession which makes further argument almost unnecessary. We have always un derstood, until the Guardian condescended to enlighten us upon the subject, that the principal argument of the manufacturers, against the continuance of the duties on the importation of foreign corn, was, that these " taxes on corn" rendered it impossible for the British manufacturer to compete with the foreigner. We are sure that this argument has been most promi nently ,introduced into all the speeches made at the Chamber of Commerce and the meetings of the Anti- Corn-Law-League, as well as into those which have been delivered in the House of Commons in opposition to the corn laws. It now appears, on.the authority of the Manchester Guardian,—an authority to which we are bound to defer, as the editor of that erudite jour nal unhesitatingly proclaims his own superior acquaint ance with the merits of the question ,under discussion, —that it is a complete fallacy to assert that the British manufacturer cannot compete with the foreigner, even under the operation of the corn laws. Why, then, we 10,1' again, should the corn laws be repealed ? If we can ' - now undersell foreigners in all markets to which both the British and foreign manufacturers have equal access, why not rest contented with our present advantages ? " Let well alone" is surely an excellent maxim to act upon until we can discover something better : and we feel ipfite assured that we should be doing any thing but " bettering" our condition by plunging the agri cultural interests of this country into irretrievable ruin. The manufacturers would be the first to com plain of the consequences of a repeal of the corn laws, especially if accompanied by a repeal of the duties on foreign manufactures. However - strongly the Guardian may deny the effectiveness of these duties, we still main tain that they are operative in protecting the British inanufactnrei. If they did not thus operate, how comes it to pass that many articles of foreign produce are constantly introduced into this country, for home con sumption, after paying a duty of 20, 30, and even 40 per cent ? If it pays the importer to introduce such goods under these heavy rates of duty, what would be the case if these duties were repealed ? The truth is that the British manufacturer is pro tected—effectually protected in most instances— in the best market to which he has access—the home market. The duties on foreign manufactures have a greater practical effect in prohibiting the import of those manufactures, than the corn laws have in excluding foreign corn. The manufacturer, in other words, is more effectually protected than the farmer. Are the manufacturers of this country prepared to resign, without a murmur, those duties which the Guardian says are wholly "inoperative ?" Unless they are, they have no right to deprive the farmer of protection. Of course, we do not say that the restrictive duties on the importation of foreign manufactures should be repealed, any more than we advocate the repeal of the corn laws. Protection, in both cases, has been found to work well, and we believe its continuance to be indispensably necessary in a country so highly taxed as Great Bri tain is. There is no fear of foreign competition so long as we can keep our capital at home, instead of sending it to the continent, which would be the inevitable result of the repeal of the corn laws. We beg to remind our readers that a memorial is now lying for signature, at all the public news-rooms, newspaper offices, &c., praying the Lords of the Treasury that Liverpool may be appointed as the port from and to which the steam-vessels to be employed in the conveyance of the West India and other Colonial mails shall depart and arrive. We are sorry to find that the sheets to be appended to this me morial have, as yet, obtained but a comparatively small number of signatures. This is by no means creditable to the public spirit of the town. The object sought for in the memorial is one of the greatest possible im portance to every individual in the town. It has no thing whatever to do with any political considerations. There are no selfish motives to be gratified in this mat ter which are not equally shared by every one who feels the slightest degree of interest in the prosperity of Li verpool. The West India interest will only be effected by the decision of the Lords of the Treasury in com mon with the rest of the inhabitants. It can make very little difference to the West India merchant whe ther the mails are desp . aicled from Londori, Liverpool, Southampton, Bristol, or Falmouth; but it will make a great difference to the people of Liverpool, whether the increased expenditure of money which the West India mail steamers would cause should be secured or lost to this town. The ship-builders, carpenters, sail makers, engineers, upholsterers, provision dealers, wine and spirit merchants, innkeepers, and shopkeep ers of the town, are peculiarly interested in this mat ter. We trust, therefore, that they will see the pro priety of coming forward promptly to sign the memo rial, of which a copy lies for signature at the office of the LIVERPOOL , STANDARD. We have long been apprized that the system of Popish organization existing in Ireland contemplates the " restoration" of all the glebe-lands, and other ecclesiastical possessions, now belonging to the clergy of the Established Church, to the Popish priesthood. That this is the ultimate object of the present agita tion of the priests is openly avowed in Ireland. In that country there exist fewer reasons for c oncea l ment than there do in this country. Thanks to the tempo rizing conduct of too many professing Conservatives, and to the anti-Protestant policy of the present Admi nistration, the Established Church in Ireland has ex perienced so many " heavy blows," and such " great discouragement," that the Papists are already boasting that the day is not distant when " the religion of the majority" will again obtain the ascendancy, and when those revenues which are now devoted to the support of a Protestant Church will be seized upon as a wel come booty by the Romish hierarchy and their subor- dinates. But we must confess our astonishment on finding that the Popish priests in England have ven tured to predict a similar appropriation of our Church revenues. We do not mean to say that we ever enter tamed the slightest doubt as to the ultimate designs of the crafty priests of the Romish Church. We are well aware that they have been all along engaged in seeking the subversion of the Protestant Church of • England and the re-establishment of Popery. These designs, however, have hitherto been kept as secret as possible, lest the Protestant people of England should be alarmed by a premature disclosure. The time has at length arrived when the Popish priests think that they may safely cast aside the mask, and boldly proclaim the ends which they have so long contemplated. We find in the Halifax Guardian of Saturday last the fol lowing startling disclosure We have beforetime called attention to the Popish Gilds which have been established at Bradford, Huddersfield, and other neigh bouring towns. The apparent object of these asso ciations was for a time charitable; but by a copy of their laws now lying before us, we perceive that there is a deep and jesuitical design in this organization of the hereditary hodmen' and migratory jewellers who make up the Popish population of Yorkshire and Lancashire. A clue to this labyrinthine effort of jesuitry is given in the title-page of this pamphlet, which is a morceau of Popish presumption. We give it entire :—` Jesus. Marie. Joseph. The Laws and Constitutions of the Holy Gild of St. Joseph and our blessed Lady. To which is prefixed a short historical account of the Gilds that flourished before the Reforma tion. By the Rev. P. M. Kaye, CATIIOLIC VICAR OF BRADFORD. PERMISSIT SUPERIORI3III2" Catholic Vicar of Bradford! There is a bold an nouncement. Dr. Scoresby is not the Vicar of Brad ford any longer. The office is equally shared by a Popish priest, " with the permission of his superiors." We suppose we shall soon hear of the " Catholic Rectors of Liverpool," and the " Catholic Bishop of unester ;-- .ror me same - pa ni p meL ,norms us that " each Gild will erect in its parish church the Gild Altar, &c." Protestants_ of England ! when will ye arouse from your lethargy, and boldly come forvrard to the rescue of your glorious Constitution in Church and State ? Is any further warning necessary ? It is evident from the numerous electioneering movements now in progress in various parts of the United Kingdom, that a dissolution of Parliament is looked forward to as an event by no means distant. It is, therefore, of the greatest importance th 4 the Con servatives should every where hold themselves in readi- ness for the approaching contest. The next general election, come when it may, will be one of the most critical in its character and results that has ever been witne.ssed in this country. The issues which it will involve will affect the interests, not only of the present generation, but of generations yet unborn. It will emphatically decide the fate of our Constitution in Church and State." It will result in the triumph or downfal of the Established Church—the chief safe guard of our rights and liberties. The enemies of the Church are diligently employed in preparing for the impending struggle. Its friends must be equally vigilant. We sincerely trust that every county, city, and borough in Great Britain and Ireland will be con tested. A timorous policy has hitherto prevented the ConservativeS from fully testing the feelings of the constituencies. It is time that the Radicals should be attacked even in their strongest holds. Let no seat be resigned as hopeless. The country is still too strongly attached to constitutional principles to permit the final triumph. of Radicalism, if an opportunity is every where given for the expression of popular feeling. The Blackburn Standard of Wednesday last, we learn from several of our contemporaries, (for the pa per did not, as• usual, reach our office) announces that the borough of Clitheroe, which has hitherto been en- tirely in the hands of the Whigs, will be contested by a Conservative candidate at the next election. We understand that a clear majority of the electors have presented a requisition to Edward Cardwell, Esq., who has promptly accepted the invitation. Mr. Cardwell, as many of our readers are doubtless aware, is a barris ter of great talent, whose connections are well known and highly respected in this town, and who has consi derable influence in the neighbourhood of Ciitheroe. It is almost needless to add that his principles are stnctly Conservative. He possesses, also, in an emi nent degree, the - recommendation of being an eloquent public speaker. We have, therefore, no doubt that he will succeed in rescuing the borough of Clitheroe from the degradation of being a Whig nomination borough. The following are extracts from the address which he has issued : Intimately connected with your neighbourhood by many ties of early association and personal knowledge, I trust I shall always be found as able to appreciate your interests, as I shall be zealous to promote them. I will do all in my power to advance the welfare of your trade and manufactures. I am persuaded that agriculture and commerce are inseparably united with each other; and that no measure can be really beneficial to either which does not conduce to the prosperity of both. Firmly attached to the British constitution, I see grounds for serious alarm in the hostile spirit constantly evinced by the present administration towards the upper house of parlia ment. Considering that firm support in the House of Commons in the:constitutional test of public confidences have no faith in the popular professions of men, who r driven from their places by defeats in parliament, have condescended to resume them for the convenience of courtiers and the arrangement of the royal household. A loyal subject of the crown, I have no confidence in those who have abused, for party purposes, the sacred name of loy alty, and have employed it to shelter their own unpopularity, rather than to encourage, in the hearts of their countrymen, a genuine reverence and affection towards their sovereign. I am a sincere friend of civil and religious freedom ; and as I have no wish to infringe the liberty of others, so I will con sent to no aggression upon those principles which have placed the house of Brunswick upon the throne of Britain. Nor shall I ever regard it as any part of a real liberality to stand idle while those seeds of sedition and blasphemy arc sown, which grow up into the bitter fruits of infidelity and treason. Believing, therefore, that a vigorous administration affords the best security for public peace and private happiness, I shall do my utmost to support those distinguished statesmen (connected, the most eminent of them, with our own neigh hood), by whom alone such an administration can be formed. Above all, I am a devoted adherent to that mild and tolerant church which, by God's blessing, is established in these domi nions. I will steadfastly maintain her rights and privileges, and earnestly endeavour to increase her usefulness. I have no wish to recommend myself as a " reformer" to those who identify that word with restless notions of change. But uo man can be more desirous than myself to carry into every department of church and state that practical spirit of improvement, which is essential to good government and the preservation of the public welfare. These sentiments are alike honourable to Mr. Card well's head and heart. They are such as must be re sponded to by every true Conservative. It is to be hoped that the electors of other boroughs, now in the hands of the Whigs, will emulate the noble and inde pendent -conduct of the men of Clitheroe. RE-BUILDING OF GREAT GEORGE-STREET CHAPEL. — We hear, with very great pleasure, that the subscription towards the erection of a new chapel on the site of the old, now amounts to nearly the sum of £5,500. which.,, with a moiety of the insurance money, makes a total not far short of £7,500. A Building Committee has been formed, and no time will be lost in obtaining plans and estimates for the new edifice. The building will scarcely be ready for occupation before this time next year.—Albion. THE WATERLOO COURSING MEETING, WEDNESDAY NEXT. — We (Chronicle, of Saturday,) have little to commu nicate on this matter, to-day, the betting being principally confined to those who have a feeling in the matter, most of them being sly dogs, who will not allow a dogberry to know as much as themselves. The odds may be considered of a stationary character, and our last quotation will suffice. 500 to 25 has been laid against Lord Stradbroke's preten sions, but the other quotations are of a mixed description, which we quote below :- 100 to 7 against Lord Eglinton's Waterloo. 100 „ i Emprese. 100 „ 7 Maiden Queen. 100 „ 6 ~ Lord Talbot's "nomination." 100 „ 6 Mr. Blundell's "nomination." 100 „ 6 „ Kenwigs. 100 y, 6 ~ Mountaineer. 100 „ ~ Bugle. 1 ( 0 )0 0 4 5 Flora'sl?tle i h v er. 100 „ 2 Umber. DEATH FROM STARVATION.—On Friday an inquest was held on the body of an old woman named Martha Gordon: On the evening of Saturday the deceased was seen in Mary bone, in a dying state, hardly able to speak. Two police officers on duty came to her assistance, and finding her unable to walk, they carried her to the Dispensary, in Vauxhall -road. She told them she was dying for want of the necessaries of life. On arriving at the Dispensary she had ceased to live. The surgeon of that establishment, Mr. John Edward Nor ton, made a post modem examination of the body. He found the cavities of the body filled with a watery fluid ; the right lung was slightly diseased. Death, in his opinion, was pro duced by starvation! The jury, after an investigation of the facts, found the following verdict :—" Died through the in elemency.of the weather, and the want of the common neces saries of life." DIOCESAN CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY. On Friday last, the fifth annual meeting of the Chester Diocesan Society for promoting the building of churches in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and Cheshire was held in the Blue Coat School. Many of the local clergy, and a great number of ladies, were present. In the unavoidable absence of the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, senior rector of Liver pool, the Rev. Robert Raikes, Chancellor of the Diocese, was called to the chair. The Rev. C. W. L.:MRENCE, one of the secretaries to the society, having offered up prayer, The Rev. CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting. After having dwelt upon the general efficacy of prayer, he said that on the present occasion there were peculiar circumstances, personal as well as public, to make the audience feel the advantage of having recourse to God in prayer. lie then referred to the disturbed and unsettled state of the minds of the p eo pl e i n various part s o f t h e country, and feelingly alluded to the ab sence from that meeting of both the rectors of Liverpool, one of whom (the Rev. Rector Campbell) had been compelled to seek, in retirement at a distance, that health which had doubtless been in a great degree sacrificed by his unremitting spiritual labours, and the other, (Rev. Rector Brooks,) who should that day have presided, was necessarily absent in attendance in the chamber of death. If, again, they looked at the affairs of that society, they had abundant cause to re joice at the resource offered them in prayer. They were engaged in a work, the greatness, the overpowering greatness and difficulties of which became more apparent the further they progressed. Every step that they took only served to develope more and more the wants of their fellow creatures. and to exhibit rrillre strikingly the overwhelming picture of the spiritual destitution that surrounded them. If they had merely to rely on their own resources for the encountering of those difficulties, how lamentable would be their situation ; for there was unquestionably presented to them, at the first glance, such an amount of difficulties as might sink the stoutest heart in dismay, and paralyse the efforts that they might be disposed to make. There had been printed a state ment on the subject of the spiritual destitution of this diocese, which he would take the liberty of reading. It was as fol lows :—" Unless some change, such as it is impossible to foresee and painful to anticipate, shall turn the tide of ma nufacturing industry towards other countries, it is not easy to assign the amount to which the population of these districts may be carried by the natural and regular process of increase. In 1801, the population of the county of Lancaster.was 672,731. In 1831, it had reached 1,335,800. In other words, the population had, as nearly as possible, doubled itself in the course of the thirty years, and 663,069 souls had been added to the amount of - the inhabitants. If we suppose that 1000 is the average number of inhabitants in one of our pa rochial districts, and that this population requires a church and a resident minister, the increase in numbers would have required an addition of 663 new churches, and of the same number of clergy. If we suppose that two thousand is the number that may be comprehend©a ;.. inz the character of spiritual su perintendenFe, the number of wo,u sun oe .5.31 ; on either supposition, a comparison of the number of churches needed with the number that has been supplied, will leave a very melancholy conclusion as to the inadequacy of the religious provision that has been made for the community. But how melancholy soever may be the view in looking backwards, it is still more painful to look forwards. If the population continue to in crease in the same ratio, and it must increase, and will increase in the same ratio, if the manufacturing system is maintained, the county of Lancaster, in the year 1861, will contain 2,667,600. The church accommodation must be enlarged, so as to meet an increase of 1,330,000 in the num. her of inhabitants ; and the present number of churches mus be doubled in the course of thirty years, if even the present inadequate measure of accommodation is to be offered ' Such vas the extent of the work that was before them—the difficulties in accomplishing it must necessarily be many, and thereon it was that he grounded the consolation, and the privi lege of having, in such cases, recourse to prayer, and casting all their wants and burdens upon God, who alone could send that help which would make them triumph over every obstacle and_every difficulty. The Rev. C. W. LAWRENCE read the fifth annual report of the committee. This document, which was of consider able length, stated that seven churches had been consecrated in the past and fourteen in the present year; that grants to the amount of £3OOO had been made to several parishes and districts. The report also stated that the income of the so ciety had experienced a reduction in consequence of Liver pool and Manchester having to support similar societies of theirown. CHARLES GROVES, Esq. Liverpool treasurer, read a state ment of the accounts from which it appeared that the out standing grants amounted to £4680, and the balance remain ing in hand £2220. The Rev. JOHN • RustrroN, incumbent of New Church, in Pendlc, moved that the report should be adopted, and printed and c;rculated under the direction of the committee. He said it was natural to inquire what had been already done by the society which the public were called upon to sup port, and he would briefly allude to the beneficial result of . - its operations on the district from which he himself came. In that district nine churches had been erected, and five others were in the course of erection, and he, therefore, had an opportunity of making known somewhat of the society's results. First, then, as respected the clergy. In that dis trict, where the population of the parishes varied from 700 to 17,000, the labour had been subdivided, and, consequently, places which had been previously unaccustomed either to the presence or the name of a clergyman, were now attended to. Again, the beneficial results ware apparent in another point of view. The erection of new churches had not tended to lessen the attendance in the older ones, nor to decrease the number of the communicants or of the scholars in the Sunday schools ; but, on the contrary, in nearly every in stance there had been a very great increase in the congrega tions, the communicants, and the Sunday school scholars, and in the schools themselves. To illustrate the advantages attendant on the location of a clergyman in the district, he would mention one out of a number of facts which he could bring forward. During the building of one of the new churches, school, and parsonage, the clergyman who was to officiate was located at a considerable distance from the church. After the lapse of about twelve months, the church and parsonage being ready, the clergyman prepared to depart, when the pop ulation of the place where he had resided, assembled round him, and, with tears in their eyes, expressed their regret at his departure. "My good people," said he, " I am indeed going, but it is to no very great distance ; it is to a place that is within your sight." The peoplen•eplied that so much had they felt the blessing of his presence, that they were sorry he was going, even though the distance was so short ; they had felt the advantage of his presence in the peacefulness of the district. That was one out of many instances in which it had been made apparent th a t a c l erg y man was more efficient in preserving order, comfort, and peace, in a district than ten po lice-officers could possibly be. The Rev. GEORGE DR.Ti , FIELD, vicar of Prescot, seconded. the resolution, and said that it rejoiced him to do anything to promote the interest of so valuable a society, the beneficial effects of whose operations had been felt in his own parish. When he first went into that immense parish, twenty-five years ago, there were in it only five churches and five clergy men. Now, he was happy to say, there were nine churches and fourteen clergymen . , and he hoped that it would not be long before there were one or two more. The resolution r was passed unanimously. Tee Rev. R. P. - -Bunnicom moved the second resolution. He said that professing themselves simply to be Christians— to believe that they had immortal souls, which had been re deemed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ—that all their hopes of mercy were in Him, in His glorious person and finished work, it was impossible to imagine that there should be, not an uplifted hand of dissent to such a motion as he had then read, but even a passing thought of opposition. There could be no question as to the extent of spiritual des titution in various parts of the kingdom, and most especially in this diocese, after what had been laid before them in the lamentable account of the geometrical advance of the popu lation—for so it might be termed—whilst there had been no thing like an arithmetical provision of churches. In the course of a comparatively short period, this diocese had been changed from a pastoral into a manufacturing district, and its surface, instead of being thinly populated, had been covered by many and densely inhabited streets, running along it for miles. This had not arisen altogether from the increase of the home population ; for the i nmigration into Lancashire had been, in eighteen months, to the amount of nearly nine ty-seven thousand persons. The science of statistics was of comparatively recent growth in this country. France and Germany had done more for it than England had done : so also had Scotland ; but we were becoming awake to the ne cessity of operating in a similar way. We had statistics of the manufacturing and agricultural population, and medical statistics, and statistics of crime ; and latterly the necessity for the statistics of spiritual destitution—the great parent of crime—had become strikingly evident. They had recently been called together to stimulate the government of the coun try to extend church accommodation generally ; for it was felt, he believed, through a great part of the land, that indi vidual efforts could by no means meet the necessities of the case. The efforts of the voluntary system had failed entirely, as fail they must, to supply the spiritual wants of the people. Those efforts had, in conjunction with other circumstances not necessary to be mentioned, caused the church to make efforts in the same way ; but they (churchmen) had the great advantage of being able to fall back on the principle of a na tional establishment, so that they had a resting place for in dividual and social exertion, as well as for that which he hoped ere long to see forced, by the cries of the country, either from a willing or an unwilling government. Unques tionably the want of spiritual instruction was, as that motion full well declared, to leave the people to moral, social, and everlasting evils. And to what moral evils did that want leave the population exposed ? There was, in the length and breadth of the land, a voice of immorality, of crime, of disregard to the fundamental principles of all law and justice—a voice of defiance against all authority, and it would be well if that voice did not sound still more loudly and violently than it had hitherto done. lie believed that the only mode of silencing that voice would be to remove the difficulties that impeded the progress of religious instruction. And what of the social evil of which they were all well informed ? That miserable and cold-hearted assault on all that is good, and great, and amiable, and honest, and decent, and honour . able in the land—how would it have sprung up if the land had been provided with a sufficiency of churches—if there had been faithful ministers of God who had recommended Chris tian morality on Christian principles, and called on men to adorn the doctrines of God in all things ? If children had been brought up in the knowledge and fear of God—if from their earliest infancy they had been imbued with the first principles of the oracles of Christ, it was impossible that such a state of things could have existed ; it was impossible that either socialism, which aimed at the throne of G o d i n h eaven , or chartism, which aimed . to overturn ate institutions under which England had so long been a happy and a peace ful country, could have attained its present giant proportions, and stalked boldly through the land. As respected their ex ternal welfare, the people, in the commercial and manufac turing, to say nothing of the agricultural districts, had been grossly neglected; they had just been regarded in the same light as the machinery at which they were employed. Nay, not so much ; for it was quite striking to go into a manufac tory, and observe, not merely the exquisite adaptation of the machinery to its ends, but its high state of polish, the orna ment and the beauty with which it had been expensively pro vided. What, however, had been done for the immortal and accountable beings who attended those machines ? They had been classed by the side of the steam power that moved the machinery, and when the fire was out in the one case, and the life in the other, both were equally disregarded. Their efforts to counteract this state of things were not of long standing ; they had, however, broken ground, and that was a . great thi was happy to say, too, that they w e r e n ot f ar re from the d epos itaries of socialism and chartism ; they had come very nigh to the fortress, and should now use steadfast endeavours to bring it down. It had been said that there were many difficulties and discouragements to be encountered in the carrying out of their objects. This was quite true ; but those difficulties were necessary; for if their course was down a clear and untroubled stream, without a cloud above or a wave below, it would be an extremely easy task to be employed in works of love aud mercy, of charity and benevo lence. But the difficulties that gathered round the persons employed in such works, the hindrances and discourigements that thronged thickly on the right hand and o n th e l e ft, an d which, in their result, made each one engaged like holy Job —all these were in order that they might, on a dark day, put their hands into the hand of their Heavenly Father, and be led along the path of faith, assured that he would, in his own time, make darkness light, and the difficult easy. It might have been thought that the attempt to compass, by their fee ble efforts, such a mighty work as that in which they were en gaged, was something like the conduct of the man in the imam ble, who began to build a house and could not finish it, not having counted the co st. ut it appeared to him that they were not in this predicament; their excellent bishop had counted the cost of the work ere he committed himself to it. After having read an extract from the lord bishop's account of the churches consecrated, Mr. Buddicom proceeded to say that that and other societies had struck the spark which had fired the train, and the flame which had been kindled would go on extending its brightness through the land, and purify ing the moral atmosphere. He concluded by a reference to the immense and praiseworthy exertions of the diocesan, to his entire devotedness to the great cause in hand—exertions and devotedness such as ought to engage the sympathy and support of even ordinary beholders ; but when it was recol lected that they were fellow Christians with him, embarked in the same cause, having the same duties, feeling the same love of God, and alike beholders of the same sad spectacle of thousands perishing for lack of the bread of life, how much more intensely ought they to he delighted at the successful result of his lordship's efforts, how much more earnestly and heartily support him in continuing the good work, and enable him to go on till the moral desert bloomed and blossomed like a garden ! The Rev. 3. H. GUNNING, rector of Wigan, seconded the resolution. He said that the population of Wigan amounted to 35,000 souls, and there was church accommodation for only 3300. He was enabled, from that fact, to bear testimony to the statement embodied in the resolution, and he could also speak to the lamentable consequences that had arisen, and were likely to arise, from the want of church room in that town. The Rev. JAMES FURNIVAL, vicar of St. Helen's, moved the next resolution. He alluded to the erection of a small church at Parr, in the district of St. Helen's. at a total cost of nearly £lOOO (X 350 of which was a grant from the so ciety,) and said that unless for the stimulus given to the re sident gentry by that grant, the church would never have been built. He could bear testimony to the correctness of what had been said by his rev. brother who had first spoken, as to the beneficial effects which had resulted from local ministers, and was certain that each clergyman was as ef fectual in restraining vice as, not ten merely, but twenty or more police-officers. The Rev. W. 111`IvErt, incumbent of West Derby, se conded the motion, in doing which he said he might be per 'flitted to make one or two observations upon the indirect ' benefits that had arisen from the operations of this society. Our revered and beloved Diocesan had had the high honour of being the founder of such institutions as this. When the idea was first mooted many persons supposed the society would soon break down for want of funds ; but its proceed ings had been carried on in faith, and we had the happiness of seeing the example set in this diocese followed in every other diocese in the kingdom. Every original contributor' to the funds of the society had therefore the satisfaction of thinking that he done something towards a movement which had done more to restore the Church of Engiand to her pre sent position than had been done by any other means since the reformation. Previously to the institution of this society, and only a few years ago, when application was made to the government for a grant of public money in aid of church building, the answer was—" The Church of England is rich enough to build churches herself." " She," said they, "has the royal family, the nobility, the landed aristocracy, and a majority of wonlth in her pal e , an d th ere f ore s h e is rich enough to build churches nerseir. ,, had an air of plausibility and truth ; but the experiment had since been fairly tried, and with what result? In this diocese we had the support of the highest ecclesiastical authority, of many of the leading nobility, and the mercantile towns, and of some portions o f th e m iddl e c l asses ; b ut what hadbeen done had been totally inadequate to supply the want. We bad therefore an answer to the government, that the volun tary principle had been tried under the fairest circumstances and had failed ; and to say to them—" give us that relief which nothing but the public funds can supply." He be lieved he was right in saying that if the population of Lon don went on at the present rate of increase, it would be in a worse condition when .the proposed 40 churches were built than now. This fact sheaved the necessity that lay upon the government, willing or unwilling, to foster the Church of England as the guardian of the moral and social happiness of the people, and to supply her with funds to erect churches in proportion to the spiritual destitution of the population. (Applause.) He seconded the motion. The resolution was carried. Thanks were then moved to the reverendchairman, and le meeting separated. CORRESPONDENCE THE BRITISH COLONIES TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin,—l have long been a reader of your valuable paper ; for the quality of its promiscuous reading, the well-digested contents of its leading articles, and the interest it evinces for the welfare of England and her colonies, conspire to endow it with a character, as a provincial paper, which few others can boast of. I need not tell you, therefore, that lam an admirer of your journal. I have had frequent opportunities of ascertaining what your feeling is towards the British colonies : I believe you feel an interest in putting those colonies into such a position, that they shall be happy and prosperous in themselves, and be at the same time highly contributory to the commercial interests of their common mother country. I write now to offer a suggestion which may not be unworthy of the notice of your readers, nor unfit for the practical adoption of go vernment. That an immense number of operatives of every description, in every part of the country, are at present un employed, and have no means of subsistence, save what they may be able to obtain on credit, or from others' generosity, is a fact which I suppose is known both to you and to the state secretaries for the home department and for the colo nies ;—that in New South Wales, Australia, New Zealand, Guiana, and other British colonies, there are vast tracts of land inviting cultivation, and inexhaustible sources of pro fitable labour, is also a fact not open to question. The ad vantages of emigration must be apparent to all ; for if labour were transferred from this country, where there is 11 super abundance of it, to those places in the colonies where it is most wanted, and where the soil, if cultivated, would pro duce the richest fruits, the results would be—first, that the emigrant labourers themselves would, by leaving a place where their labour is neither wanted nor remunerated, and settling in a place where their labour is both wanted and well remunerated, be benefitted;—secondly, that the colonies into !which labour was introduced would be infinitely im proved in value ;—and, thirdly, that the mother country would be relieved from burdens which now weigh her down to the ground—her present evil of over-production of manu factured goods would be removed, and her superabundance of labour would be a thing not known; but her labouring . population would be prosperous, and her commerce healthy. My suggestion therefore is, that the government should take immediate steps to make emigration facile and inexpensive to the emigrants, and to remove the present existing restric tions as to qualifications. The proceeds of the sale of colo nial landS render the expense of mere freight a trifle ; then why should people starve here ?—why should the operatives carry on existence in a state of inactivity, unusefuhiess, and disgrace?—why 'should adult labourers, having families de pending on th e i r resources , b e compelled to sacrifice their best feelings of independence, or rather principles of self dependence, and either turn out on the highway as desperate robbers, or skulk from door to door with piteous face, igno bly begging the bOon of charity? I ask, in indignation, and with my heart almost bleeding with sympathy for these poor beings, why should this be the case, when government have it in their power to change starvation for plenty, anxiety for content, in the homes and minds of a labouring people, who, I scruple not to aver, are treated with as much callousness of feeling by men in power and of wealth, as are the beasts of the earth ? There is, therefore, every motive to encourage emigration on the part of government : now for the practicableness of the process. I would say, let all go out free of expense who wish, of whatever description of qualification they may be, if they be of sober character; and this point might be easily ascertained by any person disposed to emigrate presenting a note of recommendation from his present or late employer. There is scarcely anybody who would not be able to assist in felling trees, ploughing, fencing, tending cattle, &c. ; and, therefore, let no one say that the labouring population gene rally are not qualified to make useful colonists. But, sup posing some idle, immoral, and worthless characters avail themselves of the proffered free passage, the evil consequences would fall on their own heads, as, if they would not work, they would of course suffer—an evil which would necessarily be most felt by themselves. Now is the time for emigration: the colonies are waiting with extended arms, to receive an ingress of settlers : then let the utmost encouragement be held out to emigrants ; convey them free of expense to which colony they desire, and let free passage be promised to all who may desire to avail themselves of it. The present re strictions are too restrictive. I believe hundreds and thou sands would emigrate now, but for the ceremony, bother, and uncertainty of obtaining- a passage. The bare removal of a portion of the home population would be a great relief to this country, and therefore I cannot conceive any objec tion to a perfectly free mode of emigration. I for one have experienced the difficulty I have mentioned, and the conse quence is I am still a resident here. I am, sir, your humble servant, A 'READER Horton, near Bradford, Feb. 27th, 1840. THE CORN LAWS. TO COLONEL WILLIAMS. SlR.,—The following report of your speech, in reply to an observation made by Mr. Lloyd, at the Liverpool Corn-law Meeting, is copied verbatim from the Albion of Jan. 13. Mr. Lloyd stated that the inevitable result of the free intro duction of foreign corn would be to throw hundreds of thou sands of acres out of cultivation, and to deprive the manu facturers themselves, of their best customers. " Colonel Williams then rose, and was received with much applause. He said he was what the last speaker called a practical man : he was a practical farmer, and he stood before them in the character. of a landowner also. This gentleman, in the plenitude of his sympathy for the farmers, said they would all be ruined if the corn-laws were abolished. Now he (Colonel Williams) did not fear being ruined ; but he wanted to say a word or two more to the mover of the amend ment. That gentleman said, that, by_ the abolition of the corn-laws, a vast number of acres would be thrown out of cultivation. He would leave gentlemen connected with com merce to answer other fallacies, but, with respect to the acres thrown out of cultivation by the abolition of the corn-laws, he looked upon that to be the grossest fallacy that ever dwelt in the brain of any pseudo political economist. He should like to know, looking to his own fields, whether, wh 9n h e ceased to grow corn in o ne o f his fields, it would not grow something else ? (Hear, hear.) It was the greatest fallacy to say, that the country ought to be enforced to grow wheat, excepting so far as it was wanted, and could be supplied on advantageous terms to all parties, for if they did not grow wheat,. they could grow cattle, and he did not see if the gen tleman was so fond of a loaf why he should not like to have a round of beef with it. (Much cheering.) Such stuff as this was unworthy of notice, and he would not say a word more upon the subject." - The only inference that can be drawn from the above is, that Mr. Lloyd's fears are groun dl ess, and that the country would sustain no injury, as the additional number of cattle that would be reared would amply compensate for any dimi nution in the produce of corn. As your opinion was given with the authority of a practical farmer, it was received by the meeting as a fact that could not be disputed, and has gone through the manufacturing districts as a triumphant answer to one of the strongest arguments in favour of the corn-laws. But, positive as your assertions are, they will deceive no one that has the least acquaintance with farming. My at tention has for the last forty years been directed to mercan tile pursuits ; I cannot, therefore, have much knowledge of agriculture ; yet, limited as it is, I knew that what you so confidently stated could not be borne out by facts ; but, as it would have been presumptuous in me to have put my opinion in opposition to a practical farmer, I determined to apply to another practical farmer, who has for many years cultivated land such as Mr. Lloyd alluded to. I re quested he would state what 200 acres of this laud now pro duced, and what it did produce in its original state. This answer, which I give below, will convince even you that the change from arable to pasture of one-third of the cultivated land in the country would be a heavy blow to the prosperity Qf the country, and deprive, as Mr. Lloyd justly observes, the manufacturers of their best customers. The pract i c a l . farmer to whom I applied for practical information, s Y only profitable mode of cultivating poor lightlan l d so " I shall reply to your first question by s tating s , i t s h z b a t y t_ s t t i l i l e e quarters rotation system, and that 50 acres will producets hinder-ends, an d 7 quartets marketable wheat, say at 605., marketable ei at 40s. ; 50 acres will produce 225 quarters bar ley, at 305., and 11 quarters hinder-ends, seeds, 46 acres turnips, and 4 . acrestte awtil2lOss.u;ppsooratcirooes 30 beasts, wintered a s h t e 4 e 4 p s ,. bred ea and h in e p s r u o d Bo an ; and sold off each year, linseed-cake o each, their improved on strawe tares, nd a total of £1,262 10s. From this sum valy4VXlso ;—making )aid for 15 tons linseed-cake, at £lO we Mist deduct—sash and half-a-ton . c d c u e c s e si 7w ta ool, n ze e at 2s.t6ackl.en; ; together,sfurnodmrietsh,eXalb2ovleo,s.win £262 10s. sum, per ton ; e e £l,OOO, which this farm under tillage adds annually to 800 bushlhoTnihe.s, leave e v wealth of the nation. The pigs and poultry fed upon an arable farm will be equal to the keep of the extra horses re-. quired. In the above estimate a due allowance has been made for seed. I will now show you what the same land would produce as a grazing farm. It would support 50 beasts throughout the year, the improved value of say 60s. each ; 30 lambs, bred and sold off at Michaelmas, at 20s. each ; 30 bull ewes, sold at Michaelmas at 255. each ; 20 tod of wool, one-third hog and inferior, at 265. per tod ;—toge ther, £243 10s., say £250. This sum, deducted from the above, shews a loss to the country of £750 per annum on 200 acres thrown out of cultivation. The arable land in the United Kingdom is reported by. different authorities to be from 20 to 22 millions of acres. I will take it at 21 millions. If, by a free importation of foreign corn, wheat should be reduced to 40s. per quarter, and other grain in proportion, one-third of this land would cease to be cultivated, and one halt of this would soon be again covered with heath or broom, and almost worthless. The other half I will suppose of the description above mentioned ; the annual value of its produce would be 245. 4d. per acre. This, w ith th e h ea th at 2s. 6d. per acre, would amount to £4,681,250, or, in round numbers, say 5 millions sterling. The present value of its annual produce is £5 per acre, or, in the whole, 35 millions. The loss in national wealth would, therefore, be 30 millions per year." . - - When wheat is at 60s. per quarter, I estiniate the surplus income of the farmer (after he has paid for seed, rent, taxes of all kinds, and food) at 100 millions. This immense sum is annually circulated amongst the manufacturers in exchange for the necessaries or luxuries the farmer may require. Now it is evident, from the statement published in this paper on the 21st instant, that the whole of this surplus income will he lost if the corn-laws are repealed, and a diminution to this amount in the demand for our manufactures. From what quarter are we to expect orders to compensate us for this loss, as the most sanguine repealer will not promise that, if all his expectations are realised, our exports will be - increased 20 millions ? If, then, we have suffered so much from the partial loss of the American trade for the last year, which could not exceed 8 or 10 millions, what will be the effect if we are deprived of customers to the amount of 80 or 100 millions per annum ! But it appears that your friends the wise men of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce question the great importance of the home trade, and doubt if it is improved by the price of agricultural produce betog kept up ; for if that had been the case, they say, " the past year Iyould have been distinguished for its prosperous home trade ; but what is the fact ? In 1838 the home trade took 81 millions of pounds weight of cotton goods, and last year only 60 millions." Has it never entered the heads of these Solons that the manufacturing population consume cotton goods as well as the agriculturist, and that more than one third of the population are dependent upon commerce ? If they had been seeking for truth, they would have found that the distress in the manufacturing districts would at once have accounted for the reduced consumption of last year; and if they had made inquiry of the houses in the country trade, they would have found that the chartist riots had been a;r;nm i l cause why the demand was less in 1839 than in 1838. The alarm was at one time .0 g • cat, that the shop keepers limited their orders to what were absolutely neces sary to enable them to keep open their shops. 'With all due deference, therefore, to you and the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, I think it would be a suicidal act to ruin our home customer, who expends 100 millions with us, for the chance of gaining foreign orders to the amount of 20 mil lions, even supposing we do get flour 6d. or even ls. per stone cheaper.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, A •MERCHANT AND MANUFACTURER, EXCLUSIVELY IN TEE FOREIGN TRADE. Sheffield, Feb. 28th, 1840. BROUGHAM INSTITUTE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir,—When you inserted the malevolent attack upon the Brougham Institute in your columns on Friday last, you surely were not aware that you were giving vent to the men dacious effusions of a boy, who was lately expelled from the Institution for disorderly conduct. However contemptible a writer may be in himself, what he advances assumes a cer tain degree of importance when communicated to the public through the medium of a newspaper. The truth of this is fully exemplified by the letter in question. - It must have surprised any one of the numerous audience who attended this debate, not acquainted with the writer, that such a tissue of falsehoods could have been joined toge ther. So far from the audience favouring their system, not withstanding the muster of Cwenites that was there, it was easily seen that great majority was decidedly against it. As to this Institution being a " low place," I can assure you, 'sir, it is not nearly so low since this boy and some of his so cialist friends were expelled. From the nature of the question to be discussed, it was likely the socialist would come forward with his pretended remedy for all the ills of life. But considering, as I do, that the community scheme, even though it were based upon Christian principles, is so visionary and impracticable, that it never can come into extensive operation, I have no objec tion to hear it discussed, that its fallacies may be laid open. And connected as it is, by many of its advocates, with atheism, or perhaps what they would call pantheism, it be comes the duty of every well-wisher to religion and morality to endeavour to put it down, not by bonds and imprisonment, nor any other kind of persecution, but by argument. Chris tianity has already withstood the attacks of many powerful opponents, and certainly has nothing to fear from the nib bling of the Owenites ; and atheism is so utterly and palpably absurd, that the common sense of mankind revolts at the mention of the name. But socialism has of late been brought into so much no tice, and been laid before the public in such a variety of ways, and in so many places throughout the kingdom, from the pulpit, the lecture-room, the press, and the senate, that it is forced upon the observation of every one who either hears or reads ; and surely nothing can have a greater ten dency to stop its progress than to have it exposed in all its deformity, as it has been lately by its able and eloquent op ponents at the Brougham Institute : so that, instead of this Institution having even a tendency to encourage socialism, 1 consider it as one of the barriers that must be erected if we wish to stop its progress. The committee is composed of men differing, no doubt, in their political and religious opi nions, as they must do in all societies where no political or religious test is required upon the admission of a member; and as this society is neither a religious society, nor yet con nected with any party in politics, such a test is utterly use less. Nothing is required of its members but good behaviour in the rooms; and " A?rfal Crisis" knows, by experience, that without this he cannot enjoy its privileges. I am not aware of any thing being done improperly at the ball on the evening of her Majesty's marriage, as I was not there ; but from the eulogium passed upon it in your own paper, from your own personal observation, and the testi mony of all whom I have seen who did attend, I am led to believe it was well conducted; and if a socialist did bear a 'conspicuous part in the affair, it wily shows to me that he would make a better dancing-master than a teacher of morals. I believe 1 have said enough to show the motives which influenced the writer of this wanton attack upon one of the most useful and prosperous institutions in the town, and that no favour is shown to the principles advocated by Robert Owen and his followers ; for if there were, I should be no longer A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE Liverpool, 29th February, 1840. THE IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL.—A public meeting, ac cording to the Whig papers, is about to be held in Liverpool, to petition the House of Lords in favour of the Irish Munici pal Bill. The Whigs are terribly frightened at the menaced opposition of the Duke of Newcastle. THE BRITiSII QUEEN. —The British Queen, steamer, left Portsmouth yesterday afternoon, for New York. She did not, we gear, carry out many passengers. She may be expected to reach New York on or before the 20th instant. The argyle, one of the small class of sea-going steamers, sailed yesterday for New Orleans. She is intended, we hear, to ply as a small boat between New Orleans and Vera Cruz. SIGOR GIULIO REGONDI'S CONCERT.—This concert took place last evening and was attended by a highly respectable and select auditory. The performances gave the greatest satisfaction, but we have not space for a further notice of them. RAPE.—Yesterday, a tide-waiter, named George M`Kin non, was examined before Mr. Rushton and Mr. Harvey, on a charge of having violated the person o f a g i r l 13 years o f age, named Mary Boon. The girl on Friday last entered the service of the prisoner, at is 6d week wages, to take care of his three children, whichlodged with him in a ouse in Price's court, Great Howard-street, kept by James Emmett and his wife. On Saturday night, the girl being asleep in bed, and Emmett and his wife out of the house, the prisoner took the opportunity to perpetrate the offence charged against him. The girl instantly left the house and acquainted h r mother, who resides in Vauxhall-road. Mr. Gray, house-surgeon of the North Dispensary, was called in to her, and from his evidence it appeared no doubt could be entertained of the legal completion of the crime. When asked what he had to say, the prisoner replied—" 1 do not know what to say ; but I hope you will be kind enough to take care of my three children, as there is no one to take care of them. He was committed to take his trial at the ensuing assizes. ASSAULT ON A SEAMAN AT THE COAST OF AFRICA.— Captain Lyons, of the ship Charlotte, of this port, appeared before Messrs. Rushton and Maxwell, on Saturday, having been summoned by Thomas James Hall, to answer a charge of assault. It appeared, that the Charlotte left Liverpool for Bonny in January, 1839. Captain Lyons went with her as trading captain, and a Captain Parke as sailing captain. The complainant, Hall, went out in her as a seaman. In the month of April, Captain Parke had a dispute with the de fendant, and was compelled in consequence to quit the vessel and take refuge on board the Martha, a ship belonging to the same owners as the Charlotte. The statement of the com plainant was to the following effect :—On the 10th of May, the defendant was absent from the ship, visiting with some other captains, on board the Majestic. The first mate of the Charlotte, Peter Crompton, directed Hall to clean some muskets, which were part of the trading stock of the vessel. He cleaned three of them; and then said he could not manage to clean any other, as he was no soldier. The mate considered this as a refusal of his duty, and he immediately took a boat and went to Captain Lyons to inform him thereof. The de fendant returned with four other masters, with whom he went into the cabin. He sent orders.forward that Hall was to be brought to him. At the door of the cabin the com plainant met the captain and mate. He was ordered to ad vance into the cabin, but he hesitated. The mate pulled him forward and told him not to he afraid, and Captain Lyons the next instant seized him by the collar with one hand and with the other struck him on the left eye a blow which cut it open. The complainant was then dragged on deck, and a set of handcuffs were brought up. These were found to he too small, but they were, nevertheless, screwed on, and the com plainant was put in a boat in charge of four Kroometn was rowed ashore, and taken to a house, or hut, on the beach, tnd belonging to a trader. Here he was left seven nights : days without being relieved from his handcuffs, the pr e ssure of which caused him to suffer great torment. He was soon perfectly helpless, and was compelled to call assistancefoprrtehsesi,nats. of the nativeseo enable him to supply his most pressing wants. length, a surgeon, who, it appeared, was e mployed ashore, happened lo see him. His wrists wer e grea t ly swollen by th e pressure of the manacles, so that the surgeon, alarmed by the symptoms, went on board the Charlotte and remonstrated with the defendant, informing him that unless the handcuffs were taken off, the man would be in a state of considerable danger. The defendant, on this, sent to Hall and had the manacles removed from his wrists, but in th e i r stead irons were placed on his legs , and thisin state he was left during three days more. At length, through the int ercess i on of the surgeon above alluded to, hewas unchained an d ta k en on board the Charlotte. The defendant asked him if he would return to his duty, threatening him if he did not he would send him over to Mr. Peter's side, where he would, perhaps, never again be heard of, and where he would be stopped from telling any tales. The complainant further stated, that after he was retaken on board, he was confined to bed three days, and that he subsequently had the brain-fever. Mr. Daven port, who appeared for the complainant, called Captain Parke, the sailing captain, who gave Hall an excellent character. Mr. Lowe, who attended on behalf of the defendant, called Peter Crompton, the tnate, who admitted that the captain struck Hall at the entrance of the cabin. Mr. Davenport did not cross-examine this witness as to the subsequent treat ment which Hall said he had experienced, but produced a written document, which Crompton admitted was in his handwriting. It was a recommendation of Hall, given since their arrival in port, and stating the character of the com plainant to be excellent. Mr. Rushton animadverted in strong terms on the cruel conduct of the defendant. The case, he said, was one of the worst he had ever heard of, and was calculated to fill every bosom with indignation. The magistrates had not power to inflict any punishment com mensurate with the offence, but they would not be doing heir duty if they did not go to the extent of their power. The defendant was ordered to pay .£5, or in default of pay ment to be imprisoned two mouths. THE.NEW TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SHIP " UNITED STATES." This vessel, the largest steamer yet built at this port, and intended for the New York line, will be launched, we learn, on Saturday next, which, if the weather he fine, will doubtless be a gala day at the yard of Messrs. Thomas Wilson and Co., the builders, near the Battery, North Shore. Now that the vessel is closed in, .and awaits only the next high tide to he placed upon her destined element, she is daily visited by numbers of individuals, 'including many of the fair sex ; and the interest excited to view her, induces us to assume that the following particulars of her dimensions and construction (which are for the most part additional to what has already been published) will be ac ce pt a bl e to t h ose o f our readers w h o take an interest in the maritime improvement of the town : Feet In Length from stem to stern over all Length of keel 215 0 Breadth, including the paddle-boxes 6O 0 Breadth of the deck between the paddle. boxes . 0 Depth of hold from the upper deck Height between the decks respectively Length of the principal Saloon, about Breadth of Saloon, including the adjoining bed rooms Second, or fore Saloon, nearly of equal size.. Capacity for stowage beyond her coals, about.. 800 tons Total admeasurement The " United States" is admitted by all who have in spected her to be a beautifully modelled vessel, and in materials and fastenings she is equalled by few, if any, of h er Majesty's ships, and certainly surpassed by none, whether of the government or mercantile marine, of this first of maritime countries. Her frame throughout is of the choicest British "heart of oak." Her timbers from her kelson to her bilges are laid close together and interiously caulked so that her bottom, to that extent, would be water-tight, even if hat planks were removed. Her garboard stroke (of S-inch plank) is bolted together through and throughout her ke!son. Her flooring timbers are all cogged, or douedni t - g . ,11)(r, and further secured by strong rods of iron driven through them, fore and aft. fler bottom planks are of American elm ; and such is the joint thickness of these and the tim bers that they form a solid mass of the best timber, of eighteen inches in thickness. Her sides are proportionately strong, and so bound together, that it would seem impos sible that she could be at all shaken by any casualty it sea. Her bends are of African oak ; her upper planks of English oak and fine red pine, which last is, between wind and water, equal in durability to any other timber. . Interiorly the United States is fastened diagonally, in a very superior manner. From the centre, at the sides, to each extremity of the vessel, bands or straps of iron, of five inches in breadth, and three-quarters of an inch thick, are countersunk, diagonally, into the timbers, and bolted through them, those forward inclinins towards the stern, and those aft towards the bow. 4 0 Over these are diagonal wooden fastenings or riders, of English oak, each nine inches by six in thickness, in a trans verse diagonal position, and also bolted through, so that both form counteracting stays or binders, giving the vessel extra ordinary strength all over, and peculiarly fortifying her where her engines will work. Her ceiling is also placed diagonally. Her knees, chiefly of massy iron, are fixed in the most ap proved manner. Her clamps, of African oak, are all screw bolted through the sides ; and between decks are hanging knees, of iron, with strong stays, forming supporting brackets. The fore and aft beams of the boiler hatch are of iron,—wood being liable to become charred by the heat. In her upper works, interiorly. she is fairly studded with the ends of the screw-bolts from her sides. She has three decks, including the upper or spar-deck, which last, while it will afford a fine level range for walking— upwards of 230 feet in length—will, in tempestuous weather. shelter the main deck, on - which the passenger will find in the space between the two cabins, " ample range and room enough " to enjoy air and exercise. The hold, now that she is clear fore and aft, presents a very gratifying, we may add, magnificent specimen of the magni tude and perfection to which naval architecture has attained. The frame-work, or bedding, laid down for the engines, is an exceedingly massy piece of carpentry. It is composed of immense balks of African oak, fixed on the vessel's bottom longitudinally, and secured in their position by transverse logs of pitch pine. The thickness of these balks or beams, from the flooring of the ship, is no less than three feet ; yet this great bulk and strength of material are, it appears, required, to support and steady the engineS. The cabins are not fitted up. They *ill, we learn, be finished in the first style, both as regards comfort and deco ration. The sleeping apartments under the main saloon will he lighted by ten plate-glass windows on each side. Those on each side the saloon will also be lighted and ventillated from the sides, which have yet to be pierced for that purpose. The front saloon will furnish almost equal accommodations. The " United States" will be rigged, like " The President," as a three-masted schooner, with fore-topmast and top-gal lant mast. She has a figure head of old Father Neptune bearing his trident, and attended by sea nymphs,—all hand somely and classically carved. The stern and quarter gal leries are also enriched by various devices. Under the taff rail there are carved the Arms of England on one side, and those of America on the other. The engines wilt be of 420 horse power,—built by Mears. Fawcett, Preston, and Co. From ' our having supplied a somewhat " (lengthy" account of the " President" in ourlast publication, we have in justice to our townsmen, Messrs. Wilson, been induced to extend this notice. We feel assured, however, that those who in spect " The United States," will readily admit, that in ex cellence of materials and fidelity of workmanship, she is worthy of all the praise we have bestowed ; and that, when fully equipped, she will be an honour to the town, and to the enterprising company to whom she belongs. LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. We were not surprised to find in the Albion of yesterday a question relative to this institution, which is succeeded by one or two oth ers o f ra th er a quest i onable character. " What, asks our contemporary, " are the directors about ?" To this we shall presently reply. " Have they dropped the mat ter in despair of raising the necessary supplies ?" We cou )t not the wish was father to the thought, for the next sentence insinuates that the undertaking is not one which entirely meets our contemporary's approval; and why ? Of this he neglects to inform us, for had he done so the motive for making the first enquiry would have been too apparent; but as probably there are many of our readers who have other and better reasons for desiring the same information, we are enabled to state that the Directors have by no means been unmindful of the trust they have undertaken, as the " Rules and Regulations o'F the Institution," just published by them, and which have been the result of the most mature delibera tion, will amply testify. With-these rules, in which the modus operandi, by which their future proceedings will be regulated, is more fully and clearly shown than could be expected in a prospectus, they will again take the field, in the firm expecta tion of being at once enabled, by the bounty of their fellow townsmen, to raise an institution which may be as ornamen tal as it must be useful to the town and neighbourhood. Those gentlemen, therefore, who have not yet contributed, may daily expect a visit from one or other of the directors ; and it is to be hoped that Liverpool will not be behind the other great towns of the empire in furnishing the means of education, upon a liberal and extended scale, in a manner worthy of the position which she occupies among them. There are yet a number of vacancies to be filled up in the number of Life Governors, and as every donor of £lOO or upwards will, according to the prospectus, be qualified for that honourable office, let it not be said in after times that there were not, in 1840, one hundred men in Liverpool pos sessing the requisite amount of public spirit to induce them to contribute £lOO to an institution which, of all others, possesses the strongest claims upon their generosity, from its importance to the interests of the Protestant religion as professed by all Trinitarians. LIVERPOOL DOCK BILL.—On Friday night, in the House of Commons, Lord Sandon brought in the Liverpool Dock Bill, which was read a first time. CONCERT FOR THE PUBLIC CHARITIES.—We regret to say that the loss to the projector of this Concert, the object of which was so eminently praiseworthy, has been upwards of one hundred pounds. FIRE.-A fire broke out about half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday morning, in Mr. Fairclough's cooperage, School lane, but was got out before the arrival of the engines, through the exertions of Superintendent Bradshaw, of the county constabulary, and Messrs. Campbell and Poole, inspectors belonging to the Liverpool police. POST-OFFICE RECEIVING -HOUSE, AL LOW -HILL,—The post-office authorities, for the convenience of the inhabitant: of Low-bill, Kensington, Fairfield, and neighbourhood, have established a receiving -box for letters and newspapers at th( shop of Mr. G. C. Barnett, chemist, Low-hill, from whence letters, &c. are sent:to the general office twice a-day, (Sun days excepted,) without any extra charge. ST. DAVID'S DAY.—The anniversary of St. David, the patron saint of the loyal inhabitans of Wales, fell, this year. on Sunday, and the celebration of it therefore was postponed to yesterday (Monday.) The members of the Cambrian, the Ancient Britons, and the St. David's Societies assembled at half-past eight in the morning at their respective club rooms, and proceeded to Queen-square to mett the children of the Welsh Charity School. A procession of the whole was then formed, headed by a band of music, aad interspersed with appropriate flags aril banners, and about ten o'clock moved from Queen-square into the IA ayrnarket, thence along Dale-street to the Exchange area, and round Nelson's Monu ment, thence through Castle -street, Lord -street, Church street, and Ratelagh-street, to St. David's Church. Divin , service was celebrated in this church, in the ancient British language, by the Rev. Robert Davies, and a most appropriatt sermon, in the same tongue, delivered by the Rey. D. Jame: Minister of St. Mary's, Kirkdale. The procession, after th close of the service, moved along I3rownlow-hill, Ru sse ll street, Clarence-street, Rodney-street, Upper Duke -street Great George -street, Great George's-place, St. James's staeet, Park-lane, and round the Custom-house, wher. it separated. The Cambrian retired to the Grapes lur. where a feast was provided, at which Mr. Thomas Edward Tavern, w h et d d presided ; the , A va n s ei p e r n o t , B i rcito,nasntdo a t i h s e cu l: s i e n d e under the pr. asindoetnhceyroff.easMtr. John Owens ; and the St. David's to M. Wilkinson's, corner of Sir Th omas's-buildings, Whitechape where they dined, and were presided over by Mr. D. Davie: The utmost harmony and conviviality prevailed at each ( I these places. In the meantime the annual examination r the children in the Welsh Charity School tonk, place in th school-room, RuSsellstreet. Thos. Batton, Esq., presider and the progress of the scholars gave great satisfa c tio n . A number of g en tl emen, natives of and connected with ti. Principality, dined in the evening at. the Adclphi Hotel and Mr. George Evans, of the British Hotel, Moorfields had his opening dinner also in the evening. The celebrate harper, Richard Roberts, who has gained so many prizes the Esteddfods, was present. Taken altogether, this w:. one of the most spirited displays that we have seen for 50n...• years. LIVER TH E ATRE.—Last night A lifaide2es Legend, Ba: liffs and Blunderers, and Jack Shephard were perforrne, and gave unquestionable satisfaction. They will be repeat( till Thursday, and other novelties introduced the followW night. The dancing continues to excite great applause, an. we may report the same of the singi ng . M r . Raymond, F. Captain O'Dedimus, and Mrs. Raymond, as Paquita, great] distinguished themselves; and it' is to be wished,that w. could nave a little more of the former.- We* perceive the Mrs. Raymond takes her benefit on Monday next, whet Mr. Blanchard, the . popular pantomixner, and Mr: Cones with his celebrated dogs, will appear. MASTER BASSLE.—This young gentleman will give tv. more converzationes in Liverpool, previously to his depa: ture. They are announced to take place next Friday, in tl Medical-hall, and we would invite the attendance of all wl. take an interest in observing what may be done in the way , improving the memory by means of art. The programme distributed at the door, contain twenty thousand facts i every branch of knowledge—that is, in all the branches general knowledge which it is requisite for most people • know—and Master Basslu undertakes to answer instant any question relative to any of these facts. We can sPe' experimentally of the labour that even a slight amount research requires, and we apprehend there are many (All(' in the same condition. Now, by Yfie mnemon ical syste the results of which are d eve l ope d i n t h ese i n teresting cc verzationes, any fact, or ser i es o f f a cts, once ascertains may be permanently fixed in the mind, thus reducing labt and saving time. When we have said that, what more c be added in praise of the system ? We understand that Ma. - ter Hassle, on leaving Liverpool, intends to visit Le 6 Where we trust he will meet with that success which his III( riVreoliarly deserve. The Ayr Advertiser contradicts the reported illness of ti , Earl of Glasgow, and says that the rumour is entirely wits, out foundation. • 1 ■ r;§ '.':-., I I