The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-14 00:00:00

STATE OF THE SUGAR TRADE MISCELLANEOUS (From a correspondent of Me Times.) It is reported that Durrow Castle, late the residence of The British government has ce r t a i n ly manage d to g et itself Lord Norbury, has been taken by the Jesuits.—Limerick into the A mer i cans call " a pretty considerable sort of a Chronicle. fix on the sugar question. The Ear of Shrewsbury had 100 beds made up for the Our readers must be abundantly aware that the price of sugar in Enghtnd has withi n the last few years been very visites visit rs Alton Towers on the occasio n o f th e Q ue en Dow ager'. —Worcester Chronicle. neaaly doubled. Coarse brown c. ugar was sold in London, not very l ong s i nce, at 5d per pound. It now brings gd, and The Journal du Havre of the 7th instant, states, that or even that high price yields, we are t o ld, no pro fit t o th e ders had been given to fit out the new ship Friedland, of 120 guns, and frigates the Reine Blanche and the Calypso, of 60 guns each. A levy of 2000 seamen had just been ordered in the first maritime division. At Brest there were two ships of war ready to he launched. The right hon. Sir Robert, with Lady Peel and family, arrived at the White Lion hotel, in this city, on Thursday, from Bath. Sir Robert was waited upon yesterday by the mayor, who conducted him over some of the principal build ings. The visit of this distinguished statesman was very brief, he having returned to Bath the day after his arrival. — Bristol Mirror. The cause for this rise is sufficiently simple and obvious. Blackey, now left to his own option as to working among the sugarcanes or in his own garden, very frequently shoulders his hoe at ten or eleven lathe morning, pockets his " bit " for three or four hours' work, and amuses himself with his wife and children for the rest of the day. Now this is all very pleasant, as far as poor sambo is con cerned ; but then, in the result, there is one feature which is not at all palatable. We have, probably, in London alone at least 100,000 working men, who, with their families, con sume, on an average, a pound of sugar per week. A rise of 4d per pound is equivalent to a tax of 17s per annum on each family, for this, which is now almost a nece ssar y o f lif e . So that, while we were talking of " relieving the poor man " of an eightpence on the postage of a letter now and then, we were fastening on him a new burden of at least twenty times the weight. But there is another point in the case which is still more awkward. The price of sugar might be lowered at once this whole 4d in the pound, if we would only take the sugar of foreign countries at the same duty with those of our own colonies. W e are pay i ng tax of some say £4,000,000 per an num, some say A:6,000,000, m ere ly t o g i ve a pre f erence to our %Vest Indian connections. It is a question whethe r thi s can be maintained. It is to be expected that s o me means o f evad i ng the law by re-ship- Piung or other co ver t mo d es o f smuggling will ere long be fod, if this enormous difference should continue. Would it be wise to do anything towards an equalisation of the duties ? Here another difficulty meets us, and one of no u nimportant kind. We forced upon the West Indian planters the law of eman cipation, and paid them the sum of £20,000,000 to cover their estimated loss. But this was for the loss of their slaves, not for the loss of their estates. If me throw open our ports to slave-grown sugar, they who are not allowed to have slaveS will be in stantly put out of the market, and their estates will not be worth a shilling an acre. Nor is this all. The vast sacrifice we then made was made with a vie.v to put an end to a certain amount of misery and guilt, by the enfranchisement of our negroes. But what, if we forget all this, and carry our custom for sugar to the slave colonies of other governments ? The result evidently will be the vast increase of demand for their sugars, an augmented cultivation and augmented demand for slaves ; and a total at last of fully as Much human Wretchedness as ever, although the scene may be changed from one island to another. Here, then, is our present dilemma. In what way are we to be extricated? Something must surely be done; for it cannot be imagined that the people will long submit to pay double price for so needful an article as sugar. .., Many schemes have been mooted for increasing the labour ul and with them the productiveness of our own colonies. We doubt the expediency of transplanting Asiatics or Euro peans Why not augment the number oenegroes in the Bri -. t 5" West Indiaislands, without slavery? Why should the liberated blacks, for instance, be cast ashore at Sierra Leone, when they might be far more happy in Jamaica? _ A nd further, are there no su ga r co lonies which might be Purchased by England, or obtained by exchange? The idea !IlaV seem extravagant; and so, under ordinary circumstances, w ? u ld be. But the country is in a dilemma of no ordinary kind, and so me course o f a s i m il ar l y extraor di nary c h aracter lutist be taken, in order to restore something like a proper equilibrium. If we are paying even £3,000,000 per annum More for sugar than we need, we are paying the interest on a capital of £100,000,000. A countryman of O'Connell's states that his breakfast after a morning's hunt, up the mountains of Iveragh, at the house of one Mr. 13.. who resides at the head of. Waterville Lake, was—first, a large bowl of new milk, which instantly disappeared ; then, a liberal allowance of cold salmon, soaked in vinegar—a very common dish ;of this he ate heartily ; after which he finished a bottle of port wine, took leave of his entertainers, and set off to walk six miles to his home. " Duro ilia messorum !" We always knew Dan had the hide of a rhinoceros, but never before that his digestio was equal to that of the beast. He approaches the perfection of disgust in and out.—Waterford Mail. - How WAS THE NEWARK ELECTION CARRIED ?-13y hocussing electors, and carrying them off, while insensible, to distant places. This is the answer ; this is the mode in which the solicitor-general fulfilled Lord Melbourne's reputed instructions—" Say w bat you like, do what you like, only carry your election." And they did win it ; and Sir Thos. Wilde is her Majesty's solicitor-general, and a member of parlia ment; while Sir Thomas Wilde's confidential agent, Mr. Hitchens, is imprisoned in Nottingham Gaol for six months; two others, 'Pearce and Milford, for three months; and a third, Morton, for a fortnight ! Such is the result of the trial at Nottingham, on Monday last. We shall be curious to hear something of the prison treatment of this Hitchins, " a respectable professional man," and the procurer of Sir Thos. Wilde's return. Remember, the [crime for which he has been sentenced has the moral turpitude of risking the life of an innocent man by poison for a corrupt purpose—namely, to prevent his voting against the whig candidate! Thus was the Newark election carried.—Manchester Chronicle. THE MAN AND THE MooN.—During the wane of the last moon, Johnny Prost, of Sandal, went toddling home, about two o'clock in the morning, somewhat giddy in the upper story. Tibby, his better half, of. course, had retired to roost ; Johnny, not being pleased with that, sat down before the fire in a pet, and fell fast asleep. In alvut an hour's time he awoke, and found himself all in the dark, except a small speck of light, which he took to be the remains of the once bright fire. After, feeling about a short time, he found the bellows, the pipe of which he put into the key hole of the door, taking it for the firegrate, and commenced blowing with all his might. Tibby, on hearing a strange noise, hastened down stairs to see what was amiss, and on seeing her husband behind the door, exclaimed, " Johnny, wotiver ista doin ?" " Wha," responded Johnny, " A'm blawin t'fire up, ta be sure, can't ta see ? " Wha ' wot a stupid ninny hammer tha is, it's nowt but t'shadda at t'moonin thar blawin at ! Gie owr, and cum to bed witha." Newcastle paper. CHARACTERISTIC DEATH OF A MISER.-011 Saturday an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Globe, New Compton-street, Soho, on the body of John Cooper, aged 66. It appeared in evidence that deceased was one of those rare individuals who deny themselves all the pleasures and blessings of this life in order the more surely to gain and hoard up money. He lived at the corner of Monmouth street and White Lion-street, and kept a huxter's shop, sell ing almost everything that the poor require most, and during the last 20 years by strong and constant self-denial, he by degrees amassed a very large fortune, part of which he laid out in the purchase of several houses in the neighbourhood, and part of which he left behind in hard cash to the amount of many thousands of pounds. A parlour, the shutters of whose windows were always up, served him for sleeping room, kitchen, office, and sitting-room. In it he kept his money, and never.allowed a soul to enter but himself. It was a disgusting and filthy place, and deceased was so negli gent of his person and dress that he was known in the neigh bourhood by the nick-name of " Dirty Jack." It further appeared that on Wednesday evening last deceased had a violent altercation with a nephew of his respecting a pair of trowsers, the result of which was that the nephew left the house, but had scarcely gone beyond the threshold when he heard a noise, and on turning round saw the deceased stretched and struggling in a fit on a wide bench in the shop. A sur geon was sent for, but before he arrived death had for ever separated deceased and his gold. Verdict,—Died by the visitation of God. The Gazette de France has a letter from Ham, which says—" The Count de Morella (Cabrera) is here a prisoner in the full sense of the word, for he •is not allowed to com municate with any person but his companion in arms and misfortune, Brigadier General Don Jose Domingo Arnau, who sleeps in the town, but passes the day from eight in the morning till eight in the evening with his late chief. On the first day that the prisoner was permitted to walk on the ram part of one of the curtains of the fortress, he perceived that numerous sentinels had been placed there, at which he was so offended that he returned to his room, and has not quitted it since. These measures of precaution are the more odious, as before he entered France he had been solemnly promised that - he should be at liberty, and inhabit any town of his choice. Without this condition be would not have entered France. When he presented himself on the frontiers, he had with him 4000 men, and found only 200 French troops to receive him. He might, if he had pleased, have ordered his brave volunteers to fire, and have avoided this trap. He must now bitterly regret having placed confidence in the word of the French government, and at not having allowed himself to be shot on the frontier. by the Christinos." TEA AND TEA-TOTALISM.—The following hints, which we find in the August number of Blackwood, are well worthy the attention of all would-be tea-totallers :—" It may not be improper, with reference to the question of tea-totalism, briefly to advert to the present state of our relations with China. If, in consequence of our hostilities with that whim sical people, the Linnrean system were to be persisted in, and our supply of bohea, souchong, and the Howqua mixture to be permanently stopped,, what would kg the_positioof an individual who had unreflectingly taken the tea-total pledge, under the impression that there would be no end to the im portation of this favourite herb? Is a pledge of this descrip tion like a Roman Catholic oath? Can absolution form it, either total or partial, be granted by any authority, either civil or ecclesiastical? If not, the tea-totaller might possibly find himself suddenly deprived of his necessary element, like a fish from which the water has receded, and left him floun dering and gasping upon the dry land. I, for one, shall cer tainly abstain from any pledge of the kind, until I shall have been thoroughly convinced that the Chinese have become a thoroughly rational, highly-educated, and commercial people, understanding their own interests, and never actuated by capricious impulses, or otherwise than by liberal, long sighted, and honourable views." The following extraordinary narrative is given in a recent letter from Milan :—" A priest, on returning a few nights ago from visiting a sick person in the country, near Pistoja, perceived lights in the windows of a farmhouse belonging to a friend, and, supposing that there was a family meeting, entered with the intention of partaking of their festivity. On reaching the first floor he found the daughter of the house suspended from a beam in the ceiling. He im mediately cut her down, and took means to restore her. She recovered her senses, but before she could speak she urged him by her gestures to go into an adjoin ing room. Hre he found the father and mother both dead, having been evidently murdered. On returning to the poor girl, who was about 15, she had recovered her voice, and told him that the house had been entered by five men, one of whom was the priest's own servant, who had first killed her father and mother, then hung her, and afterwards decamped with all the plate, jewels, and money. Having placed the resuscitated girl in good hands, the priest went home. His servant came to him as usual to assist him in undressing, but he desired the man to go to the cellar, and bring up a bottle of wine, as lie was fatigued and thirsty. The servant went down, and the priest, stealing gently after him, succeeded in locking him in. He then hastened to the magistrate of the place, who, on hearing his tale, sent some officers to his house, where they entered the cellar, and seized the servant and two of his four accomplices, but the remaining two ef fected their escape. The whole of the booty was also found in the cellar." FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL OF DURHAM—NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Monday.—This being the day ap pointed for the obsequies of the late Right Honourable John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, the movement of car riages and horses towards mid-day here was altogether of a striking and animated order, bending their way to the venerable mansion of Lambton Castle, it having been understood that the bereaved family of the deceased and lamented Earl would appreciate the compliment of personal attendance on the part of his friends, as a mark of valuable attachment on so solemn an occa sion. Hence the attendance was most numerous and re spectable, not only from this town, but, as might be ex pected, from Sunderland, South Shields, and Durham. At 11 a.m. the great bell of our metropolitan church, St. Ni cholas, commenced tolling, and continued to do so till 4 p.m. (a ceremony heretofore never performed here except for de parted Royalty), and the same solemn notes were poured forth from the church of St. Mary's, Gateshead, for the same length of time r while the numerous shipping in the harbour hoisted their colours half-mast high, the customary sign of mourning. Although my reminiscence extends to half a century, I recollect no demonstration of the kind so solemn and imposing in its character, in this locality, as was this day exhibited in affectionate regard to the Memory of the de parted Earl of Durham. No doubt so marked a tribute of respect will be balm and consolation to his afflicted and sor rowing family. It is proper to add, that the whole of the shops and places of trade in the borough of Gateshead were closed throughout the day, and at Sunderland and South Shields the same general suspension of business took place. —Standard. LECTURE ON THE CORN LXV/S.—Last night, Mr. Sydney Smith, one of the itinerant lecturers of the Anti-Corn Law League, delivered an address on the subject of the Corn Laws, at the Temperance Meeting House, St. Andrew's place. The room was filled before the lecturer made his ap pearance. Owing to the inconvenient position we occupied, we were not able to take any notes of the lecture. We need not, however, apologise for the absence of a report of Mr. Smith's harangue. We could ill afford the space that would be requisite for the publication of the trashy verbiage which he uttered ; and we should feel very reluctant to impose upon any of our readers the irksome task of perusing his miserable attempts at reasoning. The whole lecture was composed of a tissue of vague generalities, vapid declamations, special pleadings, and palpably gross perversions of truth, to suit a particular purpose. Mr. Smith is certainly an adept in the art of working upon the gullibility of his audience ; but this he accomplishes in a manner that would convey the impres sion, to an accurate observer, that he utterly disbelieved the statements which he put forth. His facts are the wildest and most random fictions that ever were en gendered in the brain of a mad enthusiast. We have neither time nor patience to examine in detail the fallacies which pervaded almost every sentence of his address. He com menced by stating that he appeared before the audience as the representative of the " largest class in the community." Now, it is quite notorious that he is merely the hireling re presentative of the grasping and monopolising cotton-lords, by whom, to judge from his hale looks and portly dimen sions, he must be exceedingly well paid. To him, we appre hend, the repeal of the corn-laws would prove anything but a benefit. The grievances to which, according to his repre sentations, they give rise, are to him the source from which his daily bread is derived. Of the falsehoods by which he endeavoured to subserve the interests of his employers we can only notice a few. He falsely as serted that the working-classe s in England were in a worse condition than those of any other country in the world—that the distress now prevalent in this country was attributable to the operation of the corn. laws—that the re peal of those jaws would make bread cheaper, absolutely, not relatively—that the corn-laws were enacted for the exclusive benefit of the landholders—that the agricultural labourers of England are suffering under the grinding oppression of the aristocracy—that the " home market" is not worth a fig to the manufacturer—and that the corn-laws are condemned by scripture ! We have only one more remark to add. Through out his address Mr. Smith designated our " lawgivers' as " scamps." Does he know what is meant by a scamp ? We ect in our next. shall perhaps enlighten him on this subj RIOTS AT COLNE (From the Manchester Guardian.) ,s yye are exceedingly sorry to learn, that serious disturbances 0 1) ;a 4 rred, during the last week, at Colne, arising principally police the Opposition of the lower orders to the constabulary • This feeling broke out with such violence in April last, as to make it necessary to increase that force for a time, rurn the number of about ten or twelve, to some fifty, sup ported for several days by a military force. This had the effe ct of the suppressing for a while the lawless proceedings of gaii rPulace and it was hoped that the police were steadily violeing ground in the estimation even of those who had been weekrVY ° pposed to them ; but it appears that, about three vi o l Since, this opposition was revived with increased tn Ince, and was shown more openly and boldly from day Y, till at last the rabble proceeded, at nights, to the unreaking of windows, and making some murderous attacks f " II the Officers by large volleys ,of stones, in some cases ,;ofla the house-tops. The first party attacked was Mr. ueolton, a solicitor, of Colne, whose public conduct, on "ayeral points, had rendered him especially obnoxious to the ,hble. His official and private efforts against the chartists, niadvocac of the new poor law, and his efforts in the establishment of the new police, were sufficient to mark him out as the first object of their vengeance ; and, accordingly, T uesday evening they began with d emo li s hi ng about 14 of his windows, and making a dreadful attack with stones u pon th e police, many of whom were severely hurt. Partial disturbances again took place on Wednesday evening ; and o u Thur s d ay evening, about ten o ' clock, the town was en tered by a mob of 200 Men, under the command of a leader, armed with pistols, pikes, bludg, and stones, who for hours had complete and uncontrolled possession of the main street, where they broke about 200 windows, and committed some very severe persona l i n j ur i es . C omman d s to fire and -charge were distinctly heard, and have been deposed to. A military force was sent for to the barracks at Burnley ; but the rabble had made their attack so rapidly, and dispersed so instantly after it, that, when the military arrived, the town was perfectly quiet. Next day a public meeting was advertised to concert measures for the protection of life and Property ; but, when the hour of meeting arrived, the chart ists and the rabble had taken possession of the room, and the magistrates and respectable inhabitants were obliged to assemble at the King's Head Inn, where, among other measures for preventing a repetition of the scenes of the preceding night, it was resolved that a deputation, with one of the magistrates, should proceed to Burnley for military assistance. Detachments of cavalry and infantry were in stantly despatched, and, by their presence in the town till Sunday morning, secured the peace of the place, and for the present all is again quiet. We understand there is much eornplaint that the troops should be - sd soon withdrawn, and the magistrates quite partake in that regret ; but they were informed, that the orders to officers in command on such occasions were such as to require the troops to return to barracks. This seems strange, if it be so ; and probably some further inquiry will be made into it. In the opinion of Our informants there is not a town in England so completely under the dominion of mob law, as this unfortunate town of Colne ; and the general opinion of the respectable Inhabitants that, in such a reign of terror, the remedy m us t a t le as t e a permanent military force in barracks. FURTHER RIOTS.-A MURDERED. Since the above w as in type, CONSTABLE we have received some further accounts from Colne, from which we learn, that, on Monday night, there was a repetition of the lawless scenes which had Previously disgraced the town, and that they ended in the murder of Mr. Joseph Ilalstead, a gentleman who had been )list before sworn in, and was acting as a special constable. The statements which have reached us in reference to this utter, ar e not very explicit ; but so far as we can l earn from tn, the following are the leading facts of the case :—At an rlerlY hou r on Monday evening, it became known to the po _.e and the naagistrates, that the desperadoes who had corn tzted the outrages on Thursday intended to renew them on p os t e ni ght, and that assemblages were collecting for that pur- K:, a Short distance from the town, on the road towards In consequence of this discovery the magistrates of issued f ! n nunonses to a number of the respectable inhabitants Inn, - ; ° ;? 1 , calling upon them to attend at the King's Head tio n o ' f : # l be sworn in as special constables, for the preserva and wit Peace. peace. About seventy were accordingly sworn in, be e C h n the magistrates and the police (who we believe had ed t reinforced subSequently to Thursday night, and amount put ° s tmlO thirty or forty men), went into the streets for the outPh"e of dispersing the assemblages of people which they t find there. They paraded several of the streets with tenllleeting with any serious opposition. At length, between eleven o'clock, it was announced that a large body of ii;`'Plelvere entering the town from the Keighley road, and di r e Inn estrates, with the police and constables, moved in that !ction to meet them. As soon as they came in sight of the wh ether the latter halted for a moment and fired two pistols, nether loaded with ball, or if so, whether directed at the constables, could not be ascertained ; but at all events no d i a s rn age was done by the shots. When these pistols were thehagd, the mob set up a loud shout as if about to charge constables ; but finding that the latter were advancing ( pr.' them, they gave way, and turned down St. John-street mch runs towards the south side of the town, and is at angles with the main street), intending, no doubt, to pass tde right of the constables, and get into their rear. ;Plc c onstablea, however, guessing their object turned down !'arliatnent-street, which runs parallel with St. John-street ; on arriving at a cross-road which forms a communica ,,lon between the two, they encountered the mob, moliately attacked them, and a sharp conflict ensued, theresult nf . which was, that the mob were routed and driven off the ground, leaving two or thr ee p r i soners i n t h e h an d s o f th e police, After they were gone, the police and constables pa trolled the streets about ; and at a short distance from the Pot where the principal encounter had taken place, they found one of the special constables,llr. Joseph Halstead, a respectable manufacturer of Colne, lying on the ground, with his skull fractured in a most dreadful manner, having appar ently been struck a terrific blow with an iron bar, or some other weapon of the same kind, by which the fore part of the skull had been .completely driven in, and his face so fright fully disfigured, that it w as w i t h great d i fficulty he was recog nised. He was alive when discovered, but perfectly insensi ble, and breathed his last m a few minutes afterwards. Ano-- ther constable, too, Mr. Templeman, manager of the Colne branch of the Craven bank, was found to have received a desperate cut on the back 'of the head, apparently inflicted with a sword, or some other cutting instrument. A sergeant of the police also received a severe stab in the shoulder dur ing the affray ; but it is hoped that neither he nor Mr. Tern pleman is in any serious danger. We have been informed that the circumstances under which Mr. Halstead and 111 r. Templeman received their wounds were the following :—" They, with three or four other con stables, had gone towards the south side of the town, and, without kno w i ng w h a t was go i ng on, turned up one of the streets leading towards the place where the conflict was going on between the constables and the mob. When the latter gave way they encountered these gentlemen, whom they attacked on all sides, with the results which we have already mentioned. , As soon as the shocking murder of Mr. Halstead was made !known to the magistrates, they set on foot the most active I nquiries for the purpose of detecting and apprehending the murderers ; and, some informati on h av i ng b een procured, I w arrants were immediately issued, and several individuals c v ere apprehended during the night ; one o f t h em, a well novvn chartist, was taken in the act of trying to conceal a lillusket by thrusting it through a sky-light upon the roof of 'ls house ; and on examining him, his shirt was f oun d marked w ith recent splashes of blood. As soo n as t h e di stur b ances commence d , a messenger was des patched. t o B urn l ey f or th e m ilit ar y, an d a troop of dra- Tris were c a ll e d ou t an d ga ll o p e d o ff t o C o l ne i mmed i ately. ~,TY were, however, as before, too late to be of any service, we believe they shortly afterwards returned. the most th e l ast accounts left Colne t h e t o wn was quiet, and tee juost active inquiries were making, with the view of de ,icerning aednd b the ringing riots to justice the parties who had been in . he Debats. says, " We will acknowledge that, if there be -t-,,FhPular reminiscence in France, it is that of the great . cap butl,‘lose name is associated with our immortal victoris ; Th e if there be a forgotten family, it is the imperial . family. to u le a , B ° ll , of Napole6 - n, in dying, carried with him to the 1 ) 1 0 , the remnant of interest which was attached to the r o ; ° , l ;_ ef the Emperor. France has pardoned in the Empe the,' 'he i nsupportable harshness of his domestic government, 1812 heard-of rigours of the conscription, the disasters of bic a ndlBl3, and the evils caused by his unbounded am d • " and in the popular mind the hero has been almost -eth ed . . The image of Napoleon is, everywhere, from . the "'°!e The to the public monuments, but Bonapartism th o exti nct ; ev en th e ec l a t o f t h e glory of the Emperor crushes Wherese who ridiculously attempt to cover themselves with it. t he e°Pll4 wlB M. Louis Bo na p ar t e arrested ? At the foot of tt orm, ll of Boulogne —of the column raised b the rand honour of its chief ! It was reserved for Bonagpar w to exPleo on that spot." THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Fifth Night of Mr. W. FARREN, of the Theatre-Royal Covent-Garden, who is engaged for a limited period. Thirteenth night of Mr. ANDERSON, of the same The. atre, who is also engaged for a limited period. T HIS present FRIDAY, August 14, 1840, th e E n t er t a i n . ments will commence with the INNKEEPER'S BRIDE. Rambleton.. Mr. W. Howard. 1 Tom M r . B a k er . Varnish.... Mr. W. H. Bl an d. 1 Ellen After which, for the second time these twelve years, the revived Comedy of a WAY TO KEEP HIM. Sir Bashful Constant Mr. W. Farren. Mr. Lovemore Mr. Anderson: Sir Brilliant Fashion Mr. W. Howard. Widow Belmour.... Mrs. W. H. Bland. Lady Constant, Mrs. Baker. Mrs. Lovemolle, Miss Cleaver. Muslin.. Mrs. Clarke. Mignionep.,(Mrs. Tellet. To conclude with a Farce, written exp/essly for Mr. W. Farren, called SHOCKING EVENTS. Griffinhoof... (a horse-doctor).... Mr. W. Farren, As originally performed by him in London. Captain Spoff.. Mr. W. H. Bland. Mr. Puggs.. Mr. Baker. Dorothy.. Miss Barratt. Kitty.. Mrs. Tellet. MRS. STIRLING, of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, is engaged for a limited period, and will make her first ap pearance at this Theatre on MONDAY next, August 17, when will be revived Shakspeare's Play, not acted here for six years, called MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. Anderson • Dogberry, Mr. W. Farren ; Don Pedro, Mr. W. Howard ; Claudio, Mr. W. H. Bland ; Verges, Mr. Baker ; Beatrice, Mrs. Stirling ; Hero, Miss Cleaver.—To conclude with a new Farce, never acted here, called ASK NO QUESTIONS; OR. THE OLD INVALID. Principal characters by Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Baker, Mr. W. Howard, Mr. W. H. Bland, Mrs. Clarke, Miss Barrett, and Mrs. Tellet. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS HE FIRST GRAND GALKOfti;;SEASON will T take place on MONDAY NEXT, the 17th instant, on which occasion the Gardens will be / SPLENDIDLY ILLUMINATED ! _ introducing many beautiful and chastiDevices, in SEVERAL THOL SAND VARIEGATED LAMPS, eViibiting one GORGEOUS BLAKE OF The celebrated D'ERNST, Pyrotechnist to her Majesty, will surpass all his former efforts in producing the most • Brilliant and Effective DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS EVER WITNESSED IN LIVERPOOL! . . introducing several of the SPLENDID COLOSSAL PIECES arranged by him for the Royal Vauxhall : gardens, and never . _ _ _ on any previous occasion fired out London. THE. BOMBARDMENT OF ALGIERS, through all its 'Stages of TERRIFIC GRANDEUR, will take place with GREAT ADDITIONAL. EFFECT ! An excellent and efficient Military Band will be in attendance. *** Admittance, 2s • Children,ls. The SECOND GRAND' GALA will take place on FRIDAY, the 21st instant. EXHIBITION. WILL SHORTLY CLOSE CAPTAIN SIBOBN'S MODEL bi'TZfE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. / THE celebrated MODEL OF THW BATTLE OF WATERLOO is NOW OPEN foe . EXHIBITION at the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad mission, One Shilling each. IMPORTANT TO MUNICIPAL VOTERS To secure a vote at the next municipal election, the following is the necessary qualffication, namely : " The occupation on the ensuing 31st August, and during the two preceding years, of a house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop, within the borough, for which the occupier is rated, and on which all rates due thereon, except those becoming due within six months before the 31st, have been paid before that date." The occupier must also, during the whole of that pe riod, (say two years and nine months) have been an in habitant householder within seven miles of the borough. The day on which claimants' qualifications must be completed, and the last day for payment of rates, is the 31st of August. The sth of September is the day on which the overseers are required to make out the burgess lists, and to deliver them to the Town-clerk, who is to fix a copy of them on the Town-hall, during the week preceding the 15th of September. A person succeeding to the occupation of a house, 4-c., by descent, marriage, demise, 4.c., is entetied to reckon Qs his own the occupancy and rating of the person by or through whom he succeeds. TO CORRESPONDENTS , The letter of " A•Reformer" shall appear on Tuesday Crbe Kiimpooi g9tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1840 We have received a copy of the Sydney Commercial Journal of the 25th of March. It adds very little to the news already received from New South Wales. There was little alteration noted in the markets. The supplies of. wheat were rather limited—settlers sending only such quantities to market as could be turned to cash, to meet their immediate wants. The first quality of flour was selling at 355. to 40s. per 100Ibs. The four pound loaf of bread was selling for one shilling and sixpence. Itice was in great demand, and large parcels had been purchased on speculation, in antici pation of a dearth and scarcity of wheat. The mischievous career of the Irish mendicant is still winked at by a degraded and anti-national minis try, and becomes daily more undisguisedly treasonable. The cry of "Justice to Ireland or Repeal" has given place to the more insolent demand of " Repeal or Se paration"—a parliament in College-green, or a French alliance and an independent sovereignty for Ireland. And yet we are coolly told by every Whig oracle throughout Great Britain of the " unexampled tran quillity" of that portion of the empire, and assured by the Lord Lieutenant himself, in an address to the citizens of Cork, that parliament and her Majesty's government are endeavouring by their measures to " cement the bonds of legislative union, and render Ireland at once the brightest gem in the imperial crown, and the strongest bulwark of the united em pire !" But let us look more in detail at the superlative impudence of the actors in this conspiracy to effect the dismemberment of the empire,—from Father Hughes to the Popish Bishop of Galway—from Daniel O'Connell to her Majesty's representative, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. And first we may inquire what are the relative po sitions of the demagogue and the Lord Lieutenant — of Daniel and Viscount Ebrington. The former is the ruler of her Majesty's government : in him that despicable crew " live and move and have their being." The latter is the puppet set up by these imbeciles to be worked by the great impostor for the gratification of his breechless satellites. O'Connell is, de facto, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; Lord Ebrington only the Lord Lieutenant travestie—" a tool a knave doth work with." The former, after starring it in London since February, has returned to the Irish capital, to perform a little serious drama upon his own proper dunghill ; and, " bearing no brother near his throne," has or dered his meaner prototype forthwith to quit the scene of his usurped dignity, and content himself with en acting farce, in the provinces. Accordingly we find O'Connell busily sowing the seeds of rebellion in Dublin—attending repeal breakfasts in Mayo, Caitle bar, &c.—scraping together the repeal rent—organi sing repeal corporations—and preparing the hordes of traitors and ruffians, who dance or shed blood at his bidding, with weapons to strike at the throat of Great Britain, so soon as a foreign enemy or a dissolute ministry shall have succeeded in tying up her hands, and presenting her powerless to the assassin's blow; whilst the Lord Lieutenant is spouting his maudlin praise of teetotalism to the patriots of Cork, and exhi biting the readiness with which a whig nobleman can shut his eyes and ears in broad daylight, amidst the agitation of incipient rebellion, so long as he is allowed to nestle amid the downy cushions and the gingerbread paraphernalia of a mock throne. Such being the relative positions of these twin lumi naries, let us see how their joint treason is workin g . The demagogue, it is well known to every m an , wo man, and child throughout her Majesty's dominions, has declared that he will never allow agitation to cease in Ireland until repeal of the Union is carried. Lord Ebrington, so long ago as 1833, has declared that he considered " a repeal of the Union to be A VIRTUAL DISMEMBERMENT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, which would involve Ireland in ruin in the first instance, and would afterwards involve England in the same ruin too." A more candid speaker on the subject, Father Hughes, informs us that " O'Connell's continuous doctrine of non-separation is now becoming both ludi crous and mischievous ! " and that were the Irish priesthood to cease to hold out to the people the hope of their being an independent nation, " at that moment they forfeit their influence, lose the confidence of their flocks, and, in case of a national eruption, that their anathemas, as well as their pastoral admonitions, will descend on the Irish people—to use the language of the late Doctor Doyle—' as a spent thunderbolt.' " The agitatbr himself, startled at this bold language, affects, in his speech at Galway, to repudiate the idea of " separation" ; but, in the very next sentence of that speech, he proceeds to prove that Ireland is, from her insular position, peculiarly able to assert and Maintain her independence as a separate nation. But let us give the impostor's own words : I am for the continuance of the connexion, even to the death, if necessary—(cheers) ; but I declare that while I shall never be an advocate for separation, I shall never relax for one moment in my efforts for repeal. (Loud cheering.) I have many instances to show, where those nations are only separated from powerful neighbours by an imaginary line, drawn, as if with a piece of chalk, upon a map—there is no hour of the twenty-four in which those nations might not be attacked upon every point of their frontiers, by troops poured from the dominions of their powerful neighbours ; but here we have a compact and sea-girt isle, assailable, it may be on two or three points at once, not more—while its own compactness renders the movements of its forces so easy, that in a few hours troops could be marched from Galway to Dublin, or thence to Galway, if either were attacked, which would be sufficient to drive the enemy into the sea, if they dared to make a descent upon our shores. (Hear, hear, and loud cheering.) ! ! Whilst treason is thus rife around the seat of his vice-regal government, does the representative of the Sovereign hurry to repress the rising spirit of insubor dination, and to put down the agitation of a measure the success of which he knows and has declared would bring ruin upon the empire ? No; his excellency has a different part to play in the drama. England must be kept amused whilst Ireland is being revolutionised. A demonstration of peace and healthy feeling must be made, to conceal the convulsed and angry spirit which is working in the background. The ministry of Lord Melbourne is on the brink of destruction, and clings for support to the skirts of the traitor whom in its better days it has denounced from the lips of the So vereign ; and the representative of royalty in Ireland, although placed there to administer thelaws and de fend the integrity of the constitution, is reduced, by hard necessity and the tyranny of Daniel, to the mise rable •-•- condition of a political Shaiirman—doorned to perambulate from fair to fair, from city to city, utter ing whatever stilted trash he pleases in behalf of his precious collection of incapables, and in praise of his own incapable self, provided he does not by any un fortunate chance stumble upon a true description of the said incapables, or of the country upon which they are an infliction. Listen reader, and be amazed at the consummate impudence which could prompt even such a confirmed noodle as Lord Ebrington to utter the following stuff to an assembly of rational beings at such a crisis as the present! " Proud, indeed," he says, " is the spectacle which Ire land at this moment presents, in the tranquillity of the coun try, and the great diminution of crime, amidst much, I fear, of privation and distress; but prouder still may be the boast of your great and populous city, that within her walls, and by one of her citizens, was sown the first seeds of that great social and moral improvement which has spread such incal culable blessings throughout every corner of this island." Yes—this trashy mixture of rank falsehood and sheer drivelling was actually uttered from the lips of Lord Ebrington in reply to an address from the patriots of Cork—nine-tenths of them repealers, and one-half, sworn ribbonmen—no later than eight days ago; and we might admire the power of stolid gravity which could listen to it without fits of laughter, were we not convinced that the hearers were prepared to view the whole business of address and reply as an or dinary piece of acting on the part of his Excellency, as it was undoubtedly on their own. But Lord Ebrington was not sent to Cork for the simple purpose of uttering rhodomontade himself, or of enabling his admirers in that enlightened city to proclaim to the world that the " great moral phenome non" which is called tranquillity in Ireland is exhibited "from an anxious desire not to embarrass the action of his Excellency's administration!" The Lord Lieute nant was required to throw his contribution of mischief into the cauldron of agitation, in the shape of misre presentation, conveyed from vice-regal lips, of the principles and objects of Lord Stanley's bill. 'We quote the precious effusion ; and we ask how a noble man can possibly be degraded lower than to be the utterer of such a paltry tissue of insolence, hypocrisy, and abject crawling servility? Here it is reader for your edification. " Greatly, therefore, do I regret that, under such circum stances, you should find cause to complain of any attempt having been made to curtail your liberties and impair your franchise. Nothing of the kind, however, has been effected; and I earnestly hope, that your continued good conduct, and loyal attachment to our beloved Sovereign, will strengthen the hands of her Majesty's government, and enable them suc cessfully to show how just are the claims of your virtuous and warm-hearted country to the confidence and affection of the imperial parliament —to the fullest enjoyment of constitutional equality with all other portions of the British realms, and to every assimilation of laws and institutions which, by elevat ing the charatter and promoting the happiness of the people, may cement the bonds of legislative union, and render Ire land at once the brightest gem in the imperial crown and the strongest bulwark of . the united empire." Now what, we ask, must be the conclusion drawn from the whole case between the government of Ire land and the present movements of Daniel O'Connell ? That truculent agitator is now confessedly engaged in an endeavour to subvert the Protestant constitution of Ireland, and to effect the dismemberment of the em rpire—to do that very act which a few years ago drew from the present Lord Lieutenant, in his place in the House of Commons, the following declaration :—" I am therefore quite ready to join with my noble friend (Lord .Altkorp) in saying, that, if driven to the dtvaaful alternative of a civil war, or the dismemberment of the empire, I SHOULD PREFER THE FORMER AS THE LESS EVIL;" arid yet the noble lord is seen not only winking at the overt trea son—not only fondling and caressing the traitors— but actually prostituting the name and the character of the Sovereign, in whose attributes he is clothed, by becoming in his own person an itinerant agitator, and throwing fresh fuel upon the smouldering embers of rebellion. It is no longer possible to doubt the fact, that Lord Ebrington and her Majesty's government are irrevocably committed to repeal ! They dare not, for their mercenary souls, take one step to arrest its pro gress; but, on the contrary, they are base enough to endeavour, by flimsy artifice, by fraud and palpable falsehood, to throw dust into the eyes of our Sove reign, and to hold back, so far as in them lies, from her knowledge and the knowledge of the British peo ple, the existence and growth of a conspiracy, whose full development . will snatch a j ewe l f rom t h e crown, and wrest a powerful limb from the body of the em pire. That they will long be allowed to continue in their career of destruction we cannot believe; but, in the meantime, we know and feel that their dishonest and traitorous puficy le preparing the way for a crisis of, fearful and desolating Strife, from the bare contem plation of which every sincere lover of Ireland's wel fare must turn with a shudder of mingled compassion and trembling. The session of 1840 has at length drawn to a " most lame and impotent conclusion." Her Majesty's inca pables, having been badgered and hunted from cover to cover for six weary months, are at length released from the daily and hourly fears of being run into and worried; and are doubtless at this present moment licking their sore bones in their various burrows, whilst their conservative tormentors are relaxing themselves upon the moors, and gathering amongst their wild heaths an accession of strength and healthy spirits for another, and, it *is to be hoped, a final contest. We shall not at present aggravate the lacerated feelings of the defeated and almost frantic whigs, by alluding to the various discomfitures and bitter mortifications which they have had to , endure; but we must enter our pro test against the miserably drawn up document in which they have recorded their victories. It would be unrea sonable, perhaps, to expect much enlightenment upon the subject of public affairs from a Queen's speech, either at the commencement or the termination of a session; hut we do think that in the present very satis factory state of things, both at borne and abroad, a little more detailed information upon two or three im portant questions might safely have been ventured upon. With respect to our foreign embroilments especially this information ought to have been furnished, when it is considered that, in all probability, six whole months will elapse before the.CoUntry can be gratified with one of thoSe'luCid: and convincing statements which the Foreign Secretary is so frequently in the habit of lay ing before the . House of Commons and .the public. We 'love, however; one roneolation for these omissions in the fact, that there is little foreign information of any importance which is not seen in the columns of our own journal , and communicated to every corn of the United King, ..,...- dified official has found time to break the seals of his dispatches We should have been glad, but we should at the same time have been infinitely surprised, if the little which ministers have found time to say for themselves, from the lips of her Majesty, had been strictly the truth. Her Majesty, we apprehend, does not, as heretofore, " continue to receive from" (all) " foreign powers assurances of their friendly disposition." The omission of that little word " all" may, to be sure, protect her Majesty's advisers from the imputation of putting a deliberate falsehood into the royal mouth; but that omission is, after all, but a paltry evasion of the fact, that, with a powerful nation, whose alliance has of late been a great matter of boasting to the Whig faction, we are not in that relation of friendly feeling which is to be desired; and it would have been more manly at once, and more politic as well, to have no ticed the circumstance. There are several subjects too which hitherto have furnished prominent features of such documents, and which are entirely omitted from the present. In what state, we ask, is the American boundary question ? Her Majesty sayeth not. In what' condition is Ire land ? Can Irish tranquillity furnish no theme for exultation ; or have " Repeal, or Separation," and the late exposures of Ribbonism, rendered this a sore sub ject for Lord Melbourne and his colleagues to venture upon ? We fear they have. The most important omission, however, which we have to point out, is that of parliament having succeeded in solving the knot which tied up in his cell, in Chelmsford Gaol, the im mortal, and never to be too much lauded, five and sixpenny martyr John Thorogood. With what pride and grace would have fallen from the lips of her Ma jesty the gracious announcement that her fair hand had signed the statute which restored to liberty and to his lapstone this most obstinate of all cobblers ! But, perhaps, it was wise to shield the tender feelings of the two houses of parliament from such a call upon their delicate sensibilities ; and the announcement might have excited unreasonable hopes of similar acts of par liamentary favour in the minds of less interesting, though equally stubborn, opponents of the established laws and authorities of the realm. We understand that a severe struggle is likely to take place on Monday next in the election of Dock Committee-men. Mr. Alderman Evans, for the pur pose of securing the passing of his favourite scheme for investing the Dock Committee with the immense patronage that must inevitably result from the erection of dock warehouses managed by the Dock Committee, finding that there is no hope of success if five Whig candidates are presented to the rate-payers, has skill- fully changed his tactics, and it is intended that five conservative gentlemen shall be brought forward as the protoges of the corporation of Liverpool, who have suffered themselves to fall into Mr. Evans's net, and who are willing that the warehousing, coopering, por terage, &c., connected with the new scheme, shall be exclusively placed in the hands of the Dock Commit tee,—not seeing, or not choosing to see, that this enor mous patronage will be wielded for political purposes, and will consolidate that power which, but for swamp ing the registry with fictitious Popish votes, was fast passing out of their hands. We are glad to find that five gentlemen will be put in nomination, each representing important mer cantile interests, they not being opposed to the abstract question of quay warehouses, but decidedly opposed to their being managed by the Dock Committee in their legislative and executive capacity. The names of these gentlemen are—Mr. W. Potter, Mr. John Crosthwaite, Mr. Robert Henderson, Mr. Charles Challinor, and Mr. Thomas Bold. We hope the merchants will not be gulled by the trick of Mr. Evans; for although this gentleman is permitted to ride roughshod over our obsequious Town Council, it is no longer to be allowed that he shall also be first consul of the Dock Committee, with the appendage of an obsequious tail ! EXTRAORDINARY DISAPPF.ARANCE OF A TRADESMAN. —On Monday last, Mr. Roberts, of the firm of Chalkley and Roberts, Vine-street, left his place of business with a cart load of bread, which be expected to dispose of in Waver tree and the neighbourhood. Having finished his business. he was seen to pass through the gate at the railway, on the Wavertree-road, on his retun home, about half-past nine the same evening, but has not since been heard of. The cart and horse were discovered in the road, and.the remainder of the bread was undisturbed, and about 10s. were found in the cart-box. Mr. Roberts is supposed to have had four or five pounds, and a silver watch on his person, but no reason can be assigned for his absence—he was prospering in business, and has never been known to remain from home longer than might reasonably be expected. The police have been in formed of these facts, and we hope that some satisfactory information may soon be obtained of this (at present) inex plicable circumstance. As may be supposed, the family of Mr. Roberts are in the greatest distress ; and we need scarcely add that any intelligence which may be conveyed to them respecting their relative will be most gratefully received. By the packet-ship North America we have accounts of the arrival out of the Britannia, royal mail steam-ship, at Halifax and Boston. She left the Mersey on the 4th of July, and arrived at Halifax in 12 days, and at Boston in 14 days. She may be expected to arrive here in the course of to-day or to-morrow. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF CANDLES.—It has been de termined by_the principal chandlers to advance the candles a halfpenny per lb., in consequence of the present high price of tallow.—[See advertisement.]—Housekeepers and others would do well to see that their candles are weight, as many as are sold at a low price, in consequence of the weight being deficient. PERKINS'S PATENT STEAM GUN.—We had on Wednes day night an opportunity, with some other gentlemen, of see ing this extraordinary and ingenious engine of destruction in operation, at the Shooting Gallery, in Tarlton-street ; and could not, in common with " all who were present, withhold . . • . our astonishment and admiration of its wonderful effects. The principle may be applied to artillery. Our first impres sion was that such an " infernal machine," which appears suited to riddle the bodies of a whole regiment of men with balls in a few minutes, should, by general consent of all ci vilized nations, be excluded from the field or the fleet, as being altogether too murderous to be tolerated. As, how ever, nations cannot be brought to court mutual annihilation, (the better part of courage, after all, being discretion,) on second thoughts, we regarded it as an invention which, if brought even partially into practice, might keep belligerents at so respectable a distance from each other, that it would eventually reduce rather than increase the fatalities of modern warfare, in the same manner as " the villainous saltpetre, dug from the bowels of the harmless earth," supersede the more deadly conflict in which foe met individual foe, with deadly steel, and the arrow left more carcases in the field than the bullet. Be this as it may, Mr. Perkins's steam gun cannot be regarded as other than► an important discovery in the ap plication of steam to projectiles, inasmuch as, independent of war, it may possibly be applied to useful mechanical purposes. The steam apparatus consists of a furnace, on which is placed a coil of tubing 80 feet in length, and containing circulating hot water. In a long horizontal elevated iron case above there are four tubes of larger diameter, through the centre of which the hot-water tube passes, and joins both ends of the coil of tubing. The steam thus generated passes into a cham ber above, from the topof which it is conducted to the breach of the gun. The gun is almost 6 feet long, and of small rifle bore. Just over the breach, and screwed into it, is an up right pipe or hopper, from which, by turning a tap below, the balls drop one by one into the breach, and a valve being in stantly opened by a handle close by, the steam rushes in with great force, and " fires" it off with a loud report. One indi vidual turns the tap and opens the valve, and if this be done with dexterity GOO balls may he discharged in a minute. By keeping the tap entirely open a whole volley of 60 balls may be discharged as fast as the drop into the breach. The force with which these are projected is such that, after passing through a thick board at a considerable distance, and striking a plate iron behind it, they fall to the floor flattened to a sub stance even thinner than a sixpence. The principle of which Mr. Perkins has availed himself is the elastic power of steam. The explosive power of gunpowder is much greater, but is sooner expended, being more instantaneous. In other words, the explosive force of a charge in a fowling-piece is over at a distance of say three feet from the breach. But the elastic power of steam is so great, that it follOws and propels the ball until it leaves the gun,—thus making up for the sudden and explosive power of powder, by continuity and rapidity of pressure. The steam gun is exhibited in aid of the funds of the Salford Mechanics' Institution, by the directors of which it was purchased from Mr. Perkins. It is well worthy of a visit, and its operation is fully explained by a gentleman who superintends its working. KNOWSLEY.—Lord Derby, so far from being in a danger ous state, is in better health than he has experienced for some months past, and is now able to conduct his own correspon dence, and transact official business as lord lieutenant of the county. The Hon. Captain Charles Stanley, of the Grena dier Guards, has arrived with his lady from town, on a visit to the noble earl; and Lord and Lady Stanley are expected from Lathom House, the scat of Lord Skelmersdale. Lord Stanley will not visit his estate, Ballykisleen, in Tipperary, this year. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. —On Monday week a commercial gentleman from the old and respectable house of Messrs. Bromfield and Overton, o f Li verpool, accompanied by the son of a resident tradesman, started in a gig from the Oak Inn, Welshpool, on an ex curs i on to en j oy the b eautiful scenery of the picturesque vale of Myf o d. Th e h orse h a d not been in harness for two years, and was probably too tightly curbed. They had not progressed more than twenty yards from the Inn ere the animal betrayed considerable symptoms of uneasiness in this novel employ, began plunging, and eventually started off at a fearful pace, to the serious alarm of the inhabitants and' others. It being market day the danger was considerably increased, and serious apprehensi ons were enterta i ne d th a t th e hor s e might run among the earthenware standings, which, of course, would have added to his' excitement. Fortunately, young Bromfield, (of the house of Bromfield and C 0.,) the driver, was possessed of admirable presence of mind and great firmness, which enabled him to keep the now infuriated animal " w e ll i n h an d," ye t a ffording sufficient freedom for his course. They cleared all obstacles, however, and got from the town towards the upper turnpike, where as a means 'of staying the animal's career, young Bromfield run him up towards the ditch bank, which finally stopped him, but pitched the two occupants of the gig into the hedge, which :was *err high and thick, luckily without any other injury than a few slight stratehes.—Salapion Barna/. • I THE LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE NEWS-ROOM and decorated. As it is the constant daily resort of our merchants; as it constitutes a general "mart" for commercial, political, and general information ; and is, moreover, an object of considerable interest to strangers visiting the town (who may be introduced by subscribers),—the following brief account of its architecture and dimensions will not be out of place, at a time when the town is pretty full of visitors. The room occupies the whole of the basement story of the east side of the Exchange-buildings —a pile perhaps une qualled by any commercial structure, in magnitude, excel lence of materials, or superiority of workmanship.* From the piazzas in front, it is entered by two wide folding-doors, so adjusted on springs as to admit of easy ingress and egress. The style of the room corresponds with the exterior of the stonework,—being Grecian ; and to the visitor, on his first entrance, fi tom its great magnitude and chastity of ornament, the effect is most imposing. It is 130 ft. 9 in. in length, and 51 ft. 81 in. in width ; thus presenting an area of about 6,209 superficial feet. The height is 31 ft. 4 in. in the naiddl The most striking feature is a double row of lonic columns, ten on each side, running longitudinally along the room, and supporting the roof, which rises, between them, in a see- ment of a circ tween them and the walls on each side. Each of these noble columns has a handsome capital, and each shaft consists of a single polished stone : opposite to them on the sides and at the ends of the room there are corresponding pilasters. The curved or central part of the roof is divided into panelled compartments between the pillars, with central floriated orna ments, in stucco, serving as ventilators. The roof at each side is also divided into larger moulded compartments. The mid dle of the room, between the columns, is left open as a spa cious commercial promenade, or place of conference : the sides, or aisles, which are each of about the same area as the middle, are appropriated for reading-desks and tables, where, seated or standing, subscribers and visitors may peruse the news of the day,—nearly all the journals in the kingdom, and many of fo reign lands, being here " served up" with great regularity There are seven semicircular-topped windows on each side the room, and two at the south end.. Between these are alternate square-topped windows, except in the spaces on the east side and south end occupied by three fire-places, and the two spaces on the west side where are the doors. ' Oiling to thelihadow produced by the piazza on the west, a subdued rather than a bright light is admitted, but it is suf ficient for all practical purposes. At the north end is the bar, in a recess facing the centre of the room. The outer counter, or " bar," is gefitly curved outwards. Behind it are hand some cupboards for the newspaper files, &c., in the form of a bureau, and surmounted by a weather-clock ; which, moved by a vane on the top of the building, gives immediate indication of the changes in the wind. This is decorated with etchings in gold. At the opposite end of the room there is a large clock to correspond. The cupboards, coun ters, and drawers are admirably grained in oak, and after wards varnished. We never saw a more masterly imitation of that timber. The sides of the room are painted of a light veined stone colour, harmonising with the stone columns forming the central colonnade. The roof is of a still lighter hue, and of varied tints, the object being to render the room as light as possible. The whole of the painting was under taken by Mr. Porter, and is admitted to be executed in a very superior manner. There are five bronze chandeliers appended from the centre of the room, each with five gas lights, subdued by large globular or " melon" glasses, which have a good effect. Mr. Jones, the master, from his being connected with the room for nearly thirteen years, is quite au fail at his duties, and is to be found at his post early and late : we need scarcely add that his civility and obliging man ners, and promptitude in obtaining early and correct information, are well known. The maritime and commer cial news, including arrivals of vessels, telegraphic infor mation from Holyhead, &c., is posted on " the slate," and in books, the moment it is received ; and the state of the barometer is registered twice a day. The ventilation is ex cellent, and the room is consequently never too warm in summer, nor too cold in winter. In fine, the whole institu tion is an honour to the town and we may add, that though we have heard of public rooms of a more decorative and showy descriptiOn, none exceed our Exchange News-room in simple and classical grandeur, and in accommodation ; and none, we may assume, can boast of being frequented and patronised by a body of men more honourable, more liberal, or more enterprising in the several departments of commerce to which they , are attached. In proof of the increase of our mercantile population, it may be added that there are upwards of 1700 subscribers to the room, and the annual increase for the last ten years has been about 60 per annum. * These noble buildings, the first stone of which was laid on the 30th June, 1803, were finished on the Ist January, 1809, (when the room was opened,) from the designs of the late John Foster, Esq., architect to the Corporation, at an expense of upwards of £lOO,OOO. The stone, which is of very fine quality, was obtained from the quarries of the Earl of Sefton, near the Mount Cemetery. DESIGNS FOR THE LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. It will be in the recollection of our readers that designs for this intended structure were some time ago advertised for,—two prizes (a first and second) to be awarded to the parties whose productions were the most highly approved by the committee. The result was that about thirty architec tural drawings, each with accompanying elevations, plans, and estimates, were sent in from various parts of the king dom ; and the committee of the institution having made their award, with a view to gratify public curiosity they have placed the whole in the exhibition room of the Lyceum, where they may be gratuitously inspected. We have been highly gratified by a cursory visit to the collection. Many of the drawings are beautiful, both as regards their execution and the designs of the structures they represent. The com petitors, we should premise, were restricted by the prospec tus to the Tudor style of Gothic, and also, we believe, to a stated amount of expenditure,—the latter not admitting of a very highly-elaborate pile of building. The object in choos ing this style was doubtless to blend in the building, as a public institution for the general purposes of education, a portion of the ecclesiastical character, which is appropriate to the religious principles which it is the object of the foun ders to promulgate, and which this kind of architecture is so • well calculated to impart. Though this style admits of great f diversity of combination, as well as of considerable variety in details, there is a vein of similarity running through seve ral of these designs, and more particulary in those of them which, as we think, evince superior taste and mind. The grand original with the architects generally has doubtless been King's College Chapel, Cambridge. We shall briefly notice a few of those promiscuously which we consider the best, exclusively of the two prizes, with some details of which we shall conclude : No. 28. This is in our estimation themost " magnificent thing in the room. It respresents a noble pile, i n w hi c h tE bold and the florid are happily A fine square tower, with which the whole mass harmonises, rises in the centre. It remind us of Eaton-hall. The plan of the interior does not, however, comprise that convenience which might be expected within so superb a pile ; and the cost of the wholt (probably upwards of £4,000), precluded all chance of the success of the artist, to whom it does much honour, to the gaining of the prize. It is surmised to be from Glasgow. 29. A very beautiful frontage. Mended M. A fine massy specimen. There is a central projec tion enriched by oriel windows, and two handsome square wings, with corresponding windows. The top (like the greater number of the designs) is embattled. This, we should think, would look well in execution. 17. A good and neat design, but rather better suited for a gentleman's mansion, than a Collegiate Institution. We speak of the style, and particularly of the peaked roofing. There is a central tower. On examining the plans the practi cal visitor will perhaps admit that the interior arrangements are second only, if not equal to those of the "grand prize." The drawing is very good. We think we can recognize in this design the work of a respectable firm of our own town, who produced a very splendid design f or th e C ourts of Assize. 8. Very pretty in its several parts, but too much cut up i n to projections, indentures, and other details,—so that it wants imposing effect in the tout-ensemble. 21. A fine building. The buttresses or gothic pillars and risiug shafts are well introduced. 16. This is evidently by a gentleman who knows what he is about. He has depicted a very handsome pile, with a square tower rising in the centre of the main front. The gothic shafts are good. The Caine artist has placed in juxta position with it a beautiful and highly classical Grecian de sign for the Institution ; and has given, in manuscript, on the plan below it, his reasons for preferring that style to the gothic, in a modern structure, to be devoted to the purposes of general education. His remarks are not without their co gency. The upper story of the proposed building is enriched by most appropriate alto-relievos, depicting the most promi nent events and characters in 'the page of history. Nos. 6,8, and 3 are all neat productions. No. 2. The Second Prize. This' is a very beautiful de sign of a pile in the castellated style, with a projecting centre, and wings, in the Middle of which last, at either end, rises a handsome square tower. The windows are of the Tudor form ; but those in the sunk story, which would have risen in the plinth, are omitted,—as they would detract from the appearance of the building. This is more discreet than can did in the artist. The interior arrangements, in particular as regards the admission of light to some of the rooms, are, rather defective. No. 1. The First Prize. This is a remarkably fine speci men, but we defer until our next publication a detailed ac count. Suffice it here to say, that it is a beautiful specimen of the Tudor Gothic, enlivened by large pointed windows, covering two stories, with wings, octagonal shafts, embattled cornice, &c. It resembles much King Edward's School at Birmingham, and one or two of our finest old English edifices. The architect proposes that the wings may be omitted until the building requires enlargement. We are glad to find that the committee have decided to construct the wings a priori,— so much are they pleased with the design as a whole. We concur with them ; the design is excellent ; and the interior designs, arrangements simple and admirable — admitting ampl e li g h t to every room. Without the wings , however, th e outward building would appear bald and unsatisfactory. it i s by H. D. Lonsdale Elmes , Esq.. the successful c ompet i tor for - the plans of our St. George's Hall, and, latterly, of our N ew Assize Courts. This gentleman is happy i n his d • gns, and in the appreciation in which they are held. STABBING. — We regret to state that the un-English :- dee of stabbing, notwithstanding the severe visitations of the magistrates upon it, is becoming very general in the brawls that frequently take place amongst the lower classes of the population. On Wednesday a man, named Daniel Atkins, was examined at the Police -court on a charge of this nature. His victim was a rigger, with whom he had had some dispute in a public-house, and a struggle taking place between them, the prisoner used the knife. Several wounds were inflicted by him upon the rigger, one of which, on the neck; was of a serious complexion. The rigger was conveyed to the Infir mary, whe re h e now lies in considerable da n ger, and in the meantime the pris oner was remanded. The instrument with which th e i n j ur i es were inflicted was a shoemaker's knife,i which appeared to have been broken in the conflict. MAD DOGS. --Th e public are cautioned to be on their guard with respect to dogs, and keep them muzzled, giving them a pl ent if ul supply of water ; severalidogs , showing de cided symptoms of hydrophobia, having been destroyed with in a fetw days. EVERTON AND KIRKDALE FLORAL AND HOR TICULTURAL MEETING. vai xrults, vegetables, Flowers, &c., and which is under the most dis tinguished patronage, was held yesterday in a large marquee, in the grounds of the Derby Acme, Kirkdale, and was most numerously and fashionably attended. All the gentry of the neighbourhood, and numerous parties from the town, crowded the tent during the whole of the show, and took a most lively interest in the beautiful productions that were exhibited. The marquee resembled a combination of the hot-house, the green-house, the flower garden, and the parterre. The day was beautiful and sunny, with a breeze from the westward, and all present enjoyed themselves in a more than ordinary degree. There was a musical band in attendanie. The prizes at this annual exhibition are of no great pecuniary amount: the honour of successful competition, is sufficient to induce a rivalry in which " Greek meets Greek," in the tug of production, which is far better than the tug of destruction. Amongst the rare plants shown as an honorary specimen, was the Cereus Senilus, a native of Mexico, the sole " fo liage" (if we may so call it) re sem bli ng the white wig of an old man on a barber's block, with the hair nnri-pd • ___ pai LC4. are, we have heard, specimens of this plant which bear nere the semblance of human hair, from the straight flaxen of some European nations to the frizzle of the African. The plant was sent by Mr. Skirving, of Walton nursery. A beautiful specimen, as a tall plant, was shown of the Auraucaria Excelsa, a species of the fir tree, which in its own southern clime attains a height of 300 to 370 feet. It is a native of NQrfolk Island, is of a fine solid grain, and and is. we learn, coming in use as valuable spar timber in the navy. Sent by Mr. Skirving. 0- Of Carnations the di s pl a y was very splendid, and included many beautiful varieties. A large collection of Dahlias, Fuchsias, Stocks, &c., was also sent from the Walton nursery, which, had they been entered for competition, would doubt less have absorbed many of the prizes. Mr. Skirving, in deed, sent a general collection of plants and flowers, with his usual desire to give variety to the exhibition, and encourage cultivation. In " Agricultural" produce, a most extraordinary speci men or bunch of Oats was exhibited. It was the Hopetown kind, grown on the farm of Mr. Archibald Sinclair, from seed of last year's growth on the same farm. The stalks measured from 7 feet 3 inches, to 7 feet 10 inches in height. The show of garden stuff, particularly turnips and cauli flowers, was splendid. The Scarisbrick turnips were very fine. Of Cucumbers, the show was such as to demonstrate a de cided improvement in size and quality. The FRUIT f+'Pnprall.• _ . .. ~. ... .... . .. uz x 6 cuurany- was of great growth, and fine qua lity. The grapes might have rivalled, or rather excelled, the finest of those produced in Southern Europe. The goose berries and currants were also large and excellent, the for mer presenting tempting and very large mouthfuls. The whole show went off with the greatest ecicit, and the competitors, with additions to their numbers, will doubtless come forward with still greater enthusiasm at the next meet ing..which will take place before the close of the season. The following were the principal prizes awarded:—The best pan of Carnations,—Mr. Wm. Lodge, of Manchester ; for the second best, Mr. Evans, of Chester. For the best " Maiden Growers,"—No fewer than seven prizes in the various kinds, to Mr. Thomas O'Grady. Scarlet Bizarre,—First prize, Thomas Roby, of Prescot; second, Mr. Wm. Lodge. _... Crimson Bizarre,—First prize, Mr. Lodge ; second, Mr. Ewing, of Chester. We have not time further to enumerate ; but may state that the remainder of the prizes for flowers were won re spectively by Mr. Roby, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Evans, Mr. Har rison, C. S. Parker, Esq., Mr. William Skirving, the Rev. Rector Brooks, Mr. William Smith, Mr. Moss, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Woodhouse, Mr. Davies, and others. We shall probably revert to this noble competition of Flo ral and Horticultural competitors. THE ASSIZES Our assizes commence on Monday next. We are glad to state that the offences are not numerically so great as usual. The following is a list of the prisoners for trial : FOR MoanEn, 3, viz., James Anson, for the murder of Wm. Cheetham, at Manchester Ellen Bannan, for the murder of her child, at Liverpool ; John Fagan, alias Patrick Fagan, for the murder of Jas. Sherridan. The other prisoners are, for forgery, 4 ; rape, 2 ; manslaugh ter, 11; burglary, 8; felony, 3; cow-stealing, 2; horse stealing, 2; cutting and stabbing, 4; Bank and Mint cases, 7 ; uttering a forged Bank of England note, 1 ;—total, 47 : males, 42 ; females, 5. Three prisoners were, in addition to the above list, com mitted to the gaol last night, for cutting and stabbing. THE PENNY POST , 0, Rowland Hill ! 0, penny post ! The public ne'er were so bit, Thou surely must give up the ghost, And soon become Post 0 bit ! A PENNY A LINER 12th August, 1840 THEATRE ROYAL.—The Clandestine Marriage was per formed last evening, and was followed by The Lady of Lyons. It is impossible to speak in too high terms of the acting of Mrs. Clarke, Mr. W. Farren, and Mr. Anderson. They left nothing whatever to be wished for. The bill for this evening is very attractive. We beg leave to direct the attention of our readers to an advertisement which appears in another column, announcing that the Rev. T. D. Gregg will deliver an addres4, on Wed nesday next, at the Amphitheatre, on the subject of " Po pery and its remedy." We have no doubt that thousands of our fellow-townsmen will avail themselves of the opportu nity of listening to the statements of this tried champion of Protestantism. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—We have great pleasure in di recting attention to an advertisement in another column, announcing the intention of Mr. Atkins to give a grand gala at the Zoological Gardens. The preparations are on a most extensive scale, and no means have been spared to give effect to them. The well known character of the gardens will be ably supported on this occasion.—See Advt. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton landed at Marseilles last week from Athens, and intended after a sojourn of three days, to go to Paris. The noble lord and lady may be expected to arrive in this‘country-next week, after an absence of nearly • 12 months. ACCIDENT.—A distressing accident occurred to Mr. Prit chard, of the firm of Pritchard and Corntliwaite, extensive tea dealers of Liverpool, on Friday last. This gentleman was driving a phaeton, in which were Mrs. Pritchard and family, down the hill at Newbridge; when from some cause the horse startled, threw down Mr. Pritchard, over whose body the wheels passed, and gallopped up the other side. So great was the parent's anxiety for the safety of his family, that, unconscious of the injuries he had himself received, he hastened after the vehicle, which had been fortunately stop ped by a man in the road, happily, without injury to either of the party it contained, but ; on subsequent examination, Mr. Pritchard was very seriously injured, beside having his arm broken in two places. Four of his ribs were found to be dislocated. The unfortunate gentleman now lies in a pre carious state, at the Wynnstay Arms Inn, Oswestry, but favourable hopes are entertained of his recovery.—Salopian Journal. THE LATE MR. JOHN BIBBY.—Some circumstances have transpired within the last few days which tend to strengthen the suspicions which many persons have entertained that Mr. Bibby's death was merely accidental. Since we last alluded to this melancholy affair, the magistrates of the dis trict, Charles Birch, Esq., John Formby, Esq.,• and the Rev. Miles Formby have used all diligence in pursuing the inquiry. The offered reward of £5OO did not produce the slightest effect, and it was conceived that the mystery which hung over the event would never be satisfactorily cleared up. The magistrates have, all along, been in the possession of a certain piece of information respecting the departure of an individual soon after Mr. Bibby's death, which coupled with the circumstance of the watch not being found. tended to keep alive their suspicions. A few days since the party above alluded to,) was apprehended by one of tht county police, and evidence has been produced, which places beyond doubt the fact that he was coining in a direction from the pond in which the body of the late Mr. Bibby was found, about four o'clock on Saturday morning, the 19th July. This man, who is a brickmaker, was remanded till yesterday for further examination. Yesterday he was again brought np before the three magistrates just named, and after two witnesses had been examined, the further hearing was again adjourned till Monday next. Mr. Davenport, who appeared for the prisoner, said he had several witnesses to call on his behalf, by whom he expected to prove an alibi. We are not at liberty to allude more particularly to the circumstances which have come to our knowledge, as the authorities have their regards fixed on some collateral traces, to which it would be injudicious to direct attention. CHEPSTOW. -- LAUNCH.--.At an early hour on Wednesday morning last our town was a scene of activity and bustle, its inhabitants being all anxious to witness the launch of one of the first models of naval architecture that has for years past glided into its destined element, from the building -yard of Mr. Oliver Chapman, at this port. At half-past seven, a.m. all being ready, no sooner the word strike was given than the mandate was obeyed, and the " William Gillies," named by Miss Helen Chapman, moved onward in majestic style, amidst the roar of cannon, ringing of bells, and thunders of buzzes, until she took the mighty waters, much to the gratification of the innumerable spectators who lined the streets and avenues leading to the yard, as well as the vast casemblage on the op. posite side of the river ; in fact, we may say, that the shores of the far famed Wye were this morning beautifully tinged with the brilliant hue of female splendour, added to which, the morning dawned as though it were the first day of summer arrayed in all its beauty. The " William Gillies "is a ship of the first class, 511 tons, n.m., 461 tons, 0.m., commanded by Capt. Thos. Clarke, and intendeed for the East India trade. Mr. Oliver Chapman has been indefatigable in this as well as his former exertions to prove to the mercantile world that Chepstow is a port of no ordinary class in ship building. We say go on and prosper.—lllerlin. NOVEL MODE OF TRAVELLING. —Lord Stanley, shunning the more modern mode of travelling,—" the rail"--or per haps fearing lest anything serious should befal Lady Stanley, who is at present in an interesting situation, last week adopted a somewhat novel mode of transit from London to Lathom House, the seat of Lord Skelmersdale, in Lancashire. Early last week, his lord s hi p , L ady Stanley, and a numerous suite, embarked from Cashiobury Park, Hertfordshire, in two of Messrs. Pickford and Co.'s boats—the one an elegantly fitted picket, usually devoted to the use of the company, when going on business excursions. The only stoppage made on the journey homewards took place at Stoke-upon-Trent, on Wednesday night, at which place the boats were moored seve ral hours. At six o'clock on Thursday evening, his lordship arrived at Preston Brook, Cheshire, the junction of the Trent and Bridgewater navigation. He was here received by Mi. Mitchell, the agent to the Bridgewater trustees, and the grin cipal inhabitants of the district., The whole of the work people belonging to the canal, then stationed at Preston Brook, turned out to a man ; and and a very handsome set of harness, with liveries for the riders, made for Lord Francis Egerton's private use, was brought into requisition for the first time. The boatmen and porters drew his lordship's barge the length of the wharf. His lordship stopped at Stret ford on Thursday night, and on Friday finished his voyage. TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT.—On Friday, August 7th, the members of the Wallasey Independent Friendly Society presented their Honorary President, Mr. Henry Meadows, with a silver tankard, as according to the inscription " A. token of their sincere respect for his steady perseverance for their welfal , e." On the occasion he received the represen tatives of the society, eighteen in number, at his residence, the Manor House, Poolton, with a most cordial welcome, and sat down with them and a few friends to an excellent dinner in his garden, where after the clots was removed the retiring vice-president, expressing the feelings of the so c iety, Presen ted him with the above tok en of respect ; in accepti ng hic h remarked :—" Gentlemen,—l sincerely thank you for the kindness you have shown me this day, in presenting me with a silver, cup as a testimony of respect for my past services, and should you continue to repose that confidence i n me, which you have hitherto done, I shall always be most happy to meet you on all occasions, and at the sam e ti me carefully study your future prosperity The cup b e i ng filled, " the Queen" was drunk with great enthusiasm, after which the song and toast went round in the cool shade of the fruit trees, till darkness warned them of the propriety of separoting. On no occasion did the beauties of the green wood shade, the setting sun, the azure sky, in fact, all the poet says of landscape beamty, with the flash of wit, the harmony of song, and philanthropy speaking through the eyes, combine to Arm a more harrpit group.—Wean; a Cbr. a man (not