The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-17 00:00:00

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. FOR TIIE BENEFIT OF MR. HOSKINS. rriHIS pre - sent FRIDAY EVENING, the 17th instant, will be produced a Romantic Burletta, in three short Acts,, from the French Opera of Le Lac des Fees, called . THE MAGIC VEIL; OH THE FAIRY LAKE. Issacher.... Mr. Tilbury. 'Lela.... Mrs. Waylett. A Variety of Dancing and Singing. In the course of the Evening, a Comic Duet, entitled JOEY AND MARY ANNE, By Messrs. J. Hatton and Hoskins, accompanied by the former on the Violin. By particular desire, the very laughable interlude of THE MAN ABOUT TOWN. Skirts To conclude with a new version of the celebrated Historical Drama of JACK SHEPPARD, OR THE HOUSEBREAKER OF 1703. Owen Wood Mr. Tilbury. Joe Blueskin.. Mr. J. L. Hatton. Jack Sheppard Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Half past Eight—Boxes. 2s. ; Pit, Is. No Second Price to the Gallery. Private Boxes, to contain seven persons, to be had n ightly, price LI Is, Tickets and places to be had of Mr. BREZE, at the Box office, from Eleven till Three. Doors to be open at Half-past Six, performance to com mence at Seven precisely. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our correspondents must exercise patience. The press of American and other intelligence precludes us from availing ourselves, in the present publication, of several favours. ebt tibtrpoot &tanbayb. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1840• By the packet-ship Siddons, Captain Palmer, which a rrived here on 'Wednesday, after a fine passage of seventeen days, we have received New York papers to the 28th of December, inclusive. The Siddons was detained three days beyond the period advertised for her departure, for the purpose of carrying to England that long-expected document, the President's message. The Siddons has brought thirty-five passengers, inclu ding Mr, Featherstonhaugh, Lieut. Col. Mudge, and Tancred, M.P. Shp has also brought forty thou sand dollars in specie. The monetary intelligence from the United States does not present any novel feature. On the day pre vious to the departure of the Siddons sales of stocks were made to a moderate extent, but at a reduction on the rates. Very little was done in foreign exchanges. A few good bills on London were sold at S Domes tic exchanges u ere rather dull, and, in some instances, a shade lower. United States Bank shares were quoted at New York at 77, and at Philadelphia at 82 cash. Money was very scarce at New York, and the brokersdeclined to buy excepting at an advanced rate o f discount. In merchandise every thing was dull, o wing, probably, to the combined effect of inclement weather and the holydays. Cotton was the only article which a tolerable business was effected. The quo tations at New York ranged from 9:1- to . lo cents. At Mobile cotton was firm, owing to the small stock on hand, and prices ranged from s to 9 cents. It is stated that the banks in Boston had united in o ffering to the Philadelphia banks such indulgencies in the time and manner of paying the balances due by the latter, as would greatly facilitate the resumption of s pecie payments in Philadelphia, providing the banks in that city are otherwise in a condition to redeem their promises. Freights to France were brisk at New York. To • England freights were not quite so good. There was a n unusual scarcity of seamen, and good hands could command almost any price. At New York men were shipped at 15, 18, and even 20 dollars per month, with s mall stores, and masters found a difficulty in manning their vessels even at these rates. The. 'Morning Herald of December 27, states that intelligence had been received at New York of another e normous fraud,•equal nearly to ten millions of dol lars, having been discovered in one of the Philadelphia . banks.' It is said that this fraud was discovered through fainOus note system. It does not state positively i n what bank this fraud was committed; but mentions the Girard or the United States as those upon which t umour had ..fixed. Subsequent 'accounts, however, throw discredit upon this report. • ThefeinintrY from New York southward to Norfolk, • a nd eastward to Boston, had been subjected to a very -.heavy snow storm. Between New York and Washing .. t on tliefanowlelllo a very great 'depth. In the east, se veral losses of lives and vessels had occurred. A fi r e had taken place at Utica, which destroyed pro- p arty to the amount of 10,000 dollars. Part of the eiling of St. Joseph's Church, New York, had fallen i n while divine service was going on. The building w as much crowded, and the audience thought that the whole place was tumbling down. In the general rush to the door which ensued several were thrown down, trampled upon, and much injured. Two were not ex pected. to survive, the injuries they received having been:jot a very serious character. The news from Canada is comparatively unimpor tant. The resolutions founded on the propositions co ntained in the message of the Governor-General, re lative to the union of the provinces, had been brought before. both houses of the Legislature and passed. The majority in favour of the union, in the House of Assembly, was thirteen, and in the Legislative Council, Oght._ By these resolutions the equal representations . _ in both provinces, a permanent civil list, and the joint assumption of the public debt, are severally agreed to Both provinces appear to be in a state of tranquillity. In another column we have given an abstract of the long-expected Message of the President to the Con gress of the United States. The document itself is unusually long, prosy, and dull ; and expatiates with great prolixity on almost every topic that possesses the least - interest in the Union. The principal part of the Message is devoted to the currency and sub-treasury system. The President denounces the late suspension Of .specie payments, and is very severe in his animad versions on the conduct of the 'banks. He looks to the' several state legislatures for the correction of the evil -of inundating the country with the depreciated paper of the state banks. He very strongly urges the citizens to cease running into debt, as the only means of . avoiding embarrassment and a bad name in future. ' He.says very little about the runaway sub-treasurers, thatiwing - considered a very delicate subject, especially when viewed in connexion with his positive declaration that he will not allow the public money to be kept in a nyl)ank. whatever. He considers it, we presume, to be' much safer for a private individual to trade with the money, than for it to be deposited in the banks. He seems determined to carry out a system of rigid eco nomy in the public expenditure. Through Mr. Woo dbury's excellent financial arrangements, he says, the expenditure for the past year has only amounted to 26,000,000 dollars, or about 6,000,000 less than the year before ; and he only asks for 20,000,000 dollars for the next year. The New York Morning Herald says that the Presi dent's expressed determination to put down the slave tri4, and the whole of " his gingerly remarks upon the subject, form about the most consummate piece of hypocrisy" that was ever read. This is but a sorry compliment to the first officer in the executive : but we guess that Mr. Bennett is in the right. . . . The allusions in the Message to the foreign relations of ; lhe United States afford Mr. President much scope for self-glorification. He says that Texas is on the most friendly terms, and that he expects Mexico will pay up her debts in a very short time. The Grand Turk is anxious to cultivate Mr. President's friendship, and the King of Holland has paid up an old debt of thirty-nine years' standing. With all the other states, empires, kingdoms, principalities, and republics of the Old and New World, the most perfect amity has been preserved. On the Maine boundary question, the President speaks with . considerable . sophistry. He plainly inti mates that the exploration ostensibly agreed to by the United States will be a fruitless affair, and that no agreement will be come to on the subject of the dis puted territory unless America is permitted to dictate the terms. His remarks on the Canadian troubles betraY his sympathy with the brigands and robbers of the border. 'The whole tendency of the Message, according to the Morning Herald, will be to continue the great cri sis in the currency of the country, which is gradually r4/ 4cing the value of everything to a low specie stan diird, ,This'policy, it is said, " will, in time, lead to a de'ci4ed political revolution; but whether it will be ripe-enough--to defeat Mr. Van Buren's re-election next year, is questionable." One paragraph in the Message we recommend, to the notice of the anti-corn-law agitators, as pregnant with instruction. It is the following :—" I cannot,. indeed, view without peculiar satisfaction the evidences rfforded, by the past season, of the benefits that spring from the steady devotion of the husbandman to his honourable pursuit. No means of individual comfort, is more certain, and no source of national prosperity is so sure. Nothing can compensate a people for a de pendence upon others for the bread they eat.; and that cheerful abundance on which the happiness of every one so much depends, is to be looked for nowhere with such sure reliance as in the industry of the agriculturist, and the bounties of the earth." The great anti-corn-law demonstration at Manches ter came off on Monday and Tuesday last, and proved, as far as the respectability of the audience was con cerned, a complete failure. As to the number present, the affair, we allow, was rather imposing ; but it should be borne in mind that any two or three of the leading manufacturers of Manchester could muster between them a sufficient number of their own clerks and ope ratives to fill a room twice as large as the gorgeous pa vilion in which the meetings of this week were held. The Manchester Guardian states that there were 3820 present at the dinner of Monday. This number is little greater than that which attended the Peel Ban quet at Glasgow : but if we take into consideration the character and personal influence—the talent and re spectability of the Manchester and Glasgow " gather ings," the latter must be acknowledged as the more splendid of the two. When we also consider that a very large proportion of the gentlemen in attendance at the banquet on Monday last consisted of deputations from about fifty manufacturing towns in England and Scotland, we need not feel so much surprise at the large number who sat down to dinner. The deputa tions alone amounted to several hundreds ; and we do not exaggerate when we state that the majority of those present were specially invited, and had their expences paid, by the Anti-Corn-Law League. It is quite amusing to read the various excuses for non-attendance • sent by different members of both houses of the legislature. Nearly one hundred and sixty letters were received from peers and commoners, declining the invitation to the banquet. The commit tee of management were unable to secure the presence of a solitary peer on the occasion. The Duke of Nor folk " regretted that circumstances would not allow him to be present." The same excuse was made by the Marquis of Westminster, the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Howard of Effingham, Lord Radnor, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Cloncurry, and the Bishcip of Durham. No better success attended the applications to those " dis tinguished personages," the American, Bavarian, and Portuguese ministers at the Court of St. James. The general impression on the minds of the nobility and ambassadors seems to have been that there was some thing inherently vulgar about this Manchester meeting. When we look at the list of those members of Parlia ment who did attend on the occasion we need not won der at the general indisposition of the peerSto attend. At the head of the list we find Daniel O'Connell. The presence of this pestilent demagogue at any .such meet ing is sufficient of itself to account for the absence of the Duke of Norfolk and the other invited peers. We are heartily glad that the hoary mendicant accepted the invitation. His presence has contributed to bring the Anti-Corn-Law League into still greater contempt. The language in which O'Connell has recently indulged towards the people of England has earned for him the. unconquerable antipathy of every • honest and virtuous mind. His truculent denunciations of almost every man of any distinction in the country, and his foul and virulent abuse of the English as a nation, have excited a feeling of such general disgust among all who have any regard for the conventional decencies of civilized life, that we do not wonder at the contempt with which the nobility of England have treated the dinner and proceedings of the Anti-Corn-Law League. If there, is any one thing more than another which will contri bute to the defeat of these enemies of British .proi perity, it is the sanction, patronage, and presence of the brutal monster who •fattens upon the miseries of Ireland. - • . •• The other members of parliament in attendance at the Manchester dinner were Mr. Mark Phillips, Mr. Edward Baines, Mr. Thomas Gishorne,.. Mr. William Ewart, Mr. James Oswald, Mr. N. 41`Vigois, Mr. Robert Hollond, the Hon. C. P. Villiers, the Right Hon. E. J. Stanley, Mr. Henry Warburton, Mr. G. W. Wood, Mr. H. A. Aglionby, Mr. Thos. Thornely, Mr. Richard Walker, Mr. John Fenton, and Mr. Charles Hindley. We defy any one to find among this list the name of a single individual of any eminence as a statesman. Most of them are certainly entitled to the epithet " distinguished ;" but the distinction which they have attained is far from enviable. 'Some of them are, or have been, distinguished as members of the Irish tail. Among these we inliSt . clasS Messrs. Ewart, Gisborne, and Vigors. Others of them are distinguished as frothy mouthers of ultra-radicalism. But most of them have no other distinction :than that of being considered superlative blockheads. Such were the most "distinguished" of the speakers . at the Manchester " demonstration." The speeches were of the usual character—vapid, declamatorY, and replete with abuse and vituperation. To notiee,.sericr tim, all the wretched nonsense, the fallacies, the incon sequential reasonings, the absurdities, and the egregious falsehoods uttered on Monday and Tuesday would oc cupy more space than we can at present afford. On future occasions we shall select a few of the more pro minent arguments of the leading speakers, for the sake of exposing their hollowness and their delusive ten- dency. The muster of the anti-corn-law forces at Manches ter will not be without its benefit. The " strong ex pression of public opinion" which it conveyed will serve to warn the agricultural interest of the dangers by which they are surrounded. It appears, from the report which was read on Tuesday, that the Anti- Corn-Law League have no intention to relax in their efforts for the repeal of the corn-laws. The machinery which they have hitherto so perseveringly.employed, in furtherance of their object, is still to be kept in motion. Itinerant lecturers are still to be sent to spread discontent among the labouring classes. The Anti-Corn-Law Circular is still to be distributed by tens of thousands to vilify the landed.interest, and to delude the public. It is time, therefore, that the agri- cultural interest should employ means to counteract the anti-corn-law agitators. It is not sufficient to rely upon the strength of the landed interest in the House Of Commons. Measures should be instantly resorted to . for disabusing the minds of the people, through the medium of the press and otherwise. Correct informa tion should be disseminated among the manufacturing population respecting the operation of the restrictive duties on the importation of foreign grain. Before we conclude, we wish to impress one fact on the minds of our readers. The anti-corn-law agitation is essentially a radical and revolutionary movement. Look at the list of names in the report of the Man chester dinner. Is there a single Conservative among them ? Are they not exclusively Radicals and some thing more? When we reflect upon the political cha racter of this agitation, we are not surprised that the London Times should shirk the question of the corn. laws, as it has done of late. It must at length be evi dent to the conductors of that powerful organ of Conservatism, that the anti-corn-law agitators have objects in view ulterior to the mere abolition of the corn-laws, and that those objects are of a political character. We trust the Times will recognise the po• hcy of advising every Conservative to keep aloof from these pestilent agitators. The audacity of some people is beyond all concep tion, and is only equalled by their 'consummate igno rance and practised deception. When the Anti-Corn- Law League announced their grand demonstration at Manchester on Monday last, our readers were doubt less prepared for a recapitulation of the oft-repeated, but equally oft-refuted, fallacies of that superlatively ridiculous body; and in this respect, we will venture to say, they have not been disappointed ;—but proba bly they did not anticipate such a specimen of dupli city and hardihood of assertion as is displayed in the following sketch. One of the great guns at the meeting to which we have alluded was the self-styled Member for all Ireland, who, as might have been ex pected, emitted his usual quantity of rabid calumny against the landlords of this country, whom, he de nounced as " dishonest robbers and plunderers," and of whom he spoke in the following strain of affected philanthropy :—" While the landlords talk sentimen tally concerning their generous sympathy for the poor, Can they forget that their claret is purchased with the widow's tears, .and their venison sauced with the or phan's-hunger? Shall these-men any longer roll their chariot-wheels over the sufferings, the miseries , and woes ,of the people, those wheels being propelled by the tears of the widow, and the privations and anguish of 'the operative and the poor." The only man who could. be found to give utterance to such'atrocious sentiments as these, is the man who has a stinging consciousness within him -that--his own means of ex istence are procured by even more revolting proceed ings. He must have had depicted before his eye the lash of the priest falling on a poor wretch, to extract from his reluctant grasp the penny which assists to swell the amount of the national rent, but which ought to have been devoted to the more worthy object of relieving his famishing offspring—the purpose for which the owner intended it ; he must have remem bered the tears and anxious entreaties with which the delivery of that penny was resisted ;—but his mind is steeled against the " anguish and privations" of others, though endured to enrich himself, and he strives, in the recollection of his guilt, to fix upon others the character which only attaches to himself, and thus vainly hopes to escape detection: But we have another reason for directing the atten tion of our readers to this foulmouthed deceiver. It will scarcely be believed that such an apparently ho nest and indignant denial as the following could be given to a statement which has stigmatised the elm- racter of this man as the impugner of the chastity of the maidens and matrons of England, and which, though indelibly fastened upon him, he attempts at this late hour to repudiate and deny. The pompous parade about his affectionate feelings and tender remi niscences will be duly appreciated by the recollection of his slimy abuse of -Lord- Brougham; when attending the funeral of his own daughter. O'Connell the ad vocate of the ladies of England ! Shame on such an outrage on decency ! • " I feel that on two grounds I am perhaps called upon to respond to this toast. The first springs from the kindness of your respected chairman; for it was through him that I find, this very evening, one of the foulest and filthiest ca lumnies—and Heaven knows that calumny enough has been directed against me,—but one of the foulest and filthiest of all has been put into a placard, and stuck up in your streets. I forgive every thing, but my Christian feeling can hardly allow me to forgive them this. They dare,to say that I im pugned the purity of the maidens and matrons of England.— (" Shame, shame.") They lie—a• fouler lie never was in vented. (Cheers.) I dismiss that, however, with the exe cration which every man who hears me would feel, if that lie were directed against himself. (Hear; hear.) The second reason why I reply to the toast is derived from grateful re collections of the happiness 1 have derived from those to whom it refers. I have stood at the grave of a mother, and I know what are the feelings of children to their parents. I have stood by another grave that I dare not name, and I know what it is to have a widower's hearth. lam the father of daughters, who are themselves mothers ; and I know what is the love of a daughter fora father: I have grand-daughters growing up chirpingly and multitudinously around me— (much laughter) Hand therefore, with the experience of many years, and the recollection of present and bye-gone happiness, and with the knowledge I have of the affection of the female character, I can at least proclaim that there is no haPpiness for the man who does not respect their sex, and venerate them. (The hon. gentleman sat down amidst great applause.) We are glad tcand, from the Cork Constitution of Tuesday last, that the landowners, farmers, and labourers of the south of Ireland are awakening to a sense of the danger which would '"" result to that coun-. try from the' repeal of the corn laws. A large and respectable meeting took place, at Fermoy, on Saturday last, for the purpose of petitioning Parliatnent against any alteration in those laws, and of "protecting the Irish people against the conspiracy of the English ma nufacturers." • The repeal of thesorn laws would have a more disastrous effect upon Ireland than upon Eng land. Ittlutherefore, high time ,fqy the agriculturists of Irelandio look round them,-and? to seek, by every means within their power, to avert the ruinous conse quences which would issue from the •success of the 'anti-corn-law.agitation. At present, Ireland supplies this country with a large amount of . grain annually. This grain is chiefly paid for in money. The money thus acquired is spread, over the whole face of Ireland. This money enables the farmers, the labourers, and the landholders to 'purchase . English manufactures to a considerable extent. The repeal of the corn laws would throw an immense proportion of land in Ireland out of cultivation. .It is absurd to say that the far- mere of Ireland might rear more pigs, and export them to England. This they would find to be impossible Without growing more potatoes; and it is well known that by the rotation of crops it would not be worth the farmer's while to turn up his ground for potato crops *unless he.can grow corn. It is very easy to say that " rents must be lowered." How can this be done, with.any thing like justice, when landlords have had their estates - mortgaged nearly to their full value ? The ruin of the landlords of Ireland would speedily involve that .of the farmers. A poor or embarrassed landlord is scarcely ever 'known to possess a prosperous te nantry. The ruin of the farmer, again, would be inevi tably followed by that of the poor labourer. If it should not be worth the farmer's while to turn his land into tillage, he would not find it necessary to employ many labourers. The consequence would be that hundreds of thousands, would be turned out of employment, and reduced to starvation and misery, thus fearfully aug menting the burden of those who have to pay the poor rates: The effect of the repeal of the corn laws on the poor rates is scarcely ever thought of by the manufac turers ; and yet it forms one of the most formidable objections to the abolition of :the restrictive duties on foreign grain. When our labourers, and especially the labourers of Ireland, are thrown out of employment, there will be no one on which the increase in the poor rates will fall more heavily than the farmer and his landlord. We trust that the agriculturists in other districts of Ireland will follow the example set them by the people of Fermoy, and that petitions will emanate from every parish in the country in opposition to the anti- corn-law combinatory. The trials for high treason at Monmouth have been brought to an abrupt and unexpected termination ! On Wednesday last, Jones, the watchmaker, was convicted, and at the close of the trial five of the remaining pri- Boners charged with high treason withdrew their former plea of " not guilty," and r pleaded "guilty." This step is said to have been taken with the concurreuce of the officers of the crown. The prisoners will be punished with imprisonment. 'The other four, against whom true bills had been found, 'were discharged, the Attorney-Ge neral declining to prosecute! Here is another instance of Whig baseness and trickery. The course of justice must be interrupted, and rebels against the authority of the crown must be set at large, in order to afford the Attorney and Solicitor-General of her Majesty an op portunity of hastening to the rescue of their degraded aswociates in - office.. • This infamous procedure on the pat' t of goxernient stamps them more indelibly than ever with the brand of traitors to the public weal. The reckless career of Lord Melbourne and his cabinet of incapables is evidently drawing to a close. They have been sinking from year to year in public estima tion, until, at length, they have hardly any one to sym pathise with them but the vile traducer of English females, and the hordes of priest-ridden beggars who howl against the whole of the English nation as tyrants and oppressors. This last base act of the Melbourne administration denudes them of their remaining tattered remnant of public confidence. They have, in effect, de dared that treason is not punishable—that outrage and bloodshed shall escape, as far as they are concerned, • with impunity—that the lives and property of loyal I . subjects are to be attacked and sacrificed without any hope of protection—and that the loaves and fishes of office are, in their estimation, of greater value than the security of the crown and the peace of the empire. We almost fear to contemplate the effect which will ) he produced by the proceedings at Monmouth on the future movements of the Chartists. These rebels are already in a state of insurrection in Yorkshire. What is there to deter them from carrying their long-che ; .rished schemes of plunder and massacre into instant operation ? May an overruling PROVIDENCE preserve this country from the threatened curse of anarchy and civil war ! We have nothing to look to from the powers that be. They have offered a bonus upon treason, and given an invitation to indiscriminate car , rage and robbery. If England should be ea*d from the desolating influence of a bloody revolution, it will be owing, under PROVIDENCE, to the vigilance, promptitude,' and &termination of the local authori ties, in 'different parts of the kingdom, backed by the patriotic bravery of the - loyal and PROTESTANT part of the population. Wemay be derided for our alarms; but the threats held forth by the Chartists are too plain and unequivocal to admit of . any doubt, o 4 to justify any other feeliOg than that of serious apprehension for the public 'peace. As the Queen's Speech will reach this town in a few hours after our first impression is despatched, we do not feel justified in entering into any speculations on its probable contents. Whatever subjects may be in troduced into that document, it will only excite a tem porary degree of curiosity. It matters very little to the public what Lord Melbourne and his associates may put into the Queen's mouth. The speech will never be acted upon. A dissolution of Parliament is evidently at hand. The event may take place much sooner than the most sanguine friends of the constitution may ex pect. The ministers are on their last leg. They have no resource left but the desperate one of making ano ther appeal to the suffrages of the electors. It is confi dently stated that Lord Melbourne is preparing for his exit. The leaders of both parties are actually prepar ing for a dissolution. It is looked upon as an event certain within the month at least. One of the rumours current in the clubs is, that Lord John Russell will be appointed premier by way of breaking the fall of the administration. O'Connell's movements indicate that there is "something rotten in the affairs of Denmark." He has announced his intention to leave London for Ireland in a few days, to rally his forces preparatory to a general election. The Conservative constituencies of the kingdom must be prepared for the' approaching struggle, which will be more decisive in its results than any election that has taken place " within the memory of man." We earnestly call upon the Conservatives of Liverpool to he on the watch, and ready for action. A second edition of the Standard will be published this morning at seven o'clock, containing the speech of her most gracious Majesty on the opening of the par!iamentary session. The morning organ of the ministry has, as usual, announced the leading topics of the royal address. They afford much room for comment, but we shall refrain until our next number. The first topic in the speech will be the announce ment of her . .lajesty's intended union with Prince Albert. The next paragraph will state that the affairs of the Levant have occupied the attention of government, and a confident expectation will -be expressed, from the concord prevailing among the five powers, that the integrity of the Ottoman empire will be maintained. With regard to Tehran, the royal speech will state that the relations between the two courts have not yet been restored, but that such a result is anticipated. Regret will next be expressed at the interruption of the intercourse between this country and. China, and it will be announced that this matter is occupying the' serious attention of government. The military opera tions in Cabul, the affairs of Canada, and colonial af fairs in general, will also be mentioned as engaging attention. Ireland will be the text of the next paragraph. Satisfaction will be expressed at its peaceful state, and it will be announced that another measure for the re form of its municipal corporations will speedily be in troduced. Her Majesty will then inform the two houses, that their wishes as to the reduction of postage have been carried into execution. She will, lastly, lament the prevailing severe com mercial embarrassment ; and express her concern at the spirit of insuliordination exhibited in different parts of the country. She will, however, rely upon the laws of the country and the loyalty of her people for a correction of the evil. The Morning Chronicle adds, that the death, of the Queen's Aunt, the Landgravine (the Princess Eli;zabeth,) will not alter , therMgesty's intention of opening the session in person.. On this point .the Morning Heraktobserves— " Ministers want a rbial procession, in cover 'their own unpopularity, other Wise, we •presume.; under existing cir. eurnstances, parliament would have beenopened,- as the pub. lic until very lately anticipated, -by commission." f !!~ '~L' SCHOOL VOA THE BLIND.—The annual meeting of the trustees of this excellent institutionwill be held this forenoon, (Friday.) GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT.—The Theatre Royal was crowded on Tuesday evening on the occasion of the second of the series of subscription concerts. - ~We never re collect having attended a more delightful performance. The singing of Madame Lablache, Miss Woodyatt; and Mr. H. Lablache, was, in all respects, admirable, whilst Mr. •J. B. Chatterton on the harp both astonished and delighted the audience. We congratulate the promoter of these concerts on their success. PATENT PERRYIAN FILTER INKSTAND.—This novel-and useful invention fully deserves the encomiums which. it has elicited from the public press. It supplies a desideratum of the most important character, that of an instantaneous and constant supply of clear filtered ink. It will be found a per fect luxury (if we may be permitted to use such a term) to all with whom expeditious writing is an object. If used ac cording to the instructions of the patentee it cannot fail to give perfect satisfaction. Its cleanliness, its unique and ele gant appearance, and, above all, its decided utility, must soon render it universally popular. The mechanism by which the ink is filtered is exceedingly ingenious.- We recommend a trial 'of this inkstand, as a test of its decided superiority to all others in use. TRADESMEN'S INSTITUTION.—Mr. Robert Henderson has just concluded a course of lectures on astronomy, which were well attended, at this institution ; and a course on geography will be commenced this evening, by Mr. Mairs. Is truly gratifying to see this establishment advancing : it deserves the support which it receives, and there is little doubt but the tradespeople of Liverpool will place it on a solid and lasting foundation. DESPATCH.—The Times express on Wednesday, with the President's Message, accomplished the distance between Li verpool and Bi-mingham in the short space of two hours and forty minutes. The entire document, extending to nearly seven columns, was received in the Times last night, having been printed and travelled upwards of 400 miles, in little more than twenty-six hours. LIVER THEATRE.—This establishment continues to com mand success. The Fairy Lake, the Rear Admiral, and Jack Sheppard, have been the attractions, as they have com bined the talents of Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Barton, Mr. Til bury, and Mr. Hoskins. The latter, we perceive, takes his benefit this evening. - - A St. Petersburgh letter of the 31st ult. states that the cold during the ten preceding clays had been so severe, that twenty nine persons had been frozen to death in their dwellings, 'four in the streets, and two outside the city. SWEAR BY Your:. CHINS.—The Pacha of - EgOt - lia:s lately issued an edict commanding all his subjects to - shaybUir their beards—such mandate by a less powerful monarch Of a bearded population would probably cost as' many lifts as hairs ; 'how ever, though absolute rebellion was not the consequence, strong remonstrance followed. " Whit shall we swear by," was asked, " without our beards"—" swear by your'ehins . !" answered the remorseless exterminator of 'musselnian dignity. Happy will it prove for the Pacha, if, under these inauspicious circumstances he preserves his head, though he sacrifices his beard; but should any insurrectionary symptoms occur, let him instantly resort to Rowland's Macassar Oil, which in Grand Cairo, as throughout all parts else of the world, is in high repute ; the celebrated specific will then have to boast a new celebrity, re-bearding the whole male population of an empire, restoring unity, preventing the effusion of blood, and saving a Pacha of Egypt from impending annihilation.—See 'advt. LONGEVITY.—The village and parish of Ide have always been considered very salubrious ; the population, a corres pondent informs us, does not exceed 750, and yet there are 13 persons living there between the ages of 80 and 90 ; 16 between 70 and 80, and 29 between 60 and 70.—Dorset County Chro nicle. WEST DERBY POOR LAW UNION.—We understand that the guardians of the poor in the union of West Derby, at their weekly meeting on Tuesday last, adopted a resolution to the effect that for the future the reporters for the public press should be admitted to their meetings. THE NEW COUNTY CONSTABULARY.—Captain Wood ford, the head officer of the constabulary force for the county of Lancaster, is still in London, in constant communication with Colonel Rowan and Mr. Mayne, the commissioners of the metropolitan police. At the sessions at Kirkdale yester day (Thursday,) no report was presented from him to the magistrates, but it was understood that all the arrangements were satisfactorily progressing. STATE OF EDUCATION AMONG THE SESSIONS PRISONERS AT KIRKDALE.—The calendar of prisoners in the House of Correction at Kirkdale for trial at the present Quarter Ses sions (the commencement of which is noticed in another co lumn) contains the names of 64 persons charged with felony, and 13 charged with misdemeanours or assaults—total 77. Of this number only three are capable of reading and writing well, whilst there are the very large proportion of 3.1, or nearly one half of the whole, altogether ignorant of those simple but ex ceedingly important qualifications. There are 17 who can read, and that .imperfectly, but who are totally unable to write ; and there are 23 who can perform both in an indiffe rent manner. The oldest prisoner is a man fifty years of age, and with some difficulty he can contrive to read ; the, young est is J years old, and he has never been taught either reading or writing. It will be se,ea L therefore, that as far as this ca lendar is concerned there is a lamentable ignorance of the very rudiments of intelligence among the prisoners. THE AMPHITHEATRE.—The grand spectacle of the Siege of Jerusalem has been rapturously applauded by full houses. It will speedily be withdrawn. All the other performances continue in the same superior style, for which Mr. Ducrow is so celebrated. The Times of yesterday contained the following advertise ment, which we copy, in the hope of meeting the eye of the friends of the individual :—JOHN WILSON.—A. person, apparently respectable, of this name, is now lying dangerously ill and delirious at the Black Horse, Coventry-street, Hay market. No certain inteltgence respecting his connexions can be obtained from him. though be is supposed to come from Liverpool. Should this meet the eye of his friends they are requested to come to or communicate immediately with the landlord of the above-named inn. The said John Wilson is about 32 years ofage, five feet four in height, mo derately stout/ and of a darkish complexion. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. TUESDAY. AN ILL-TEMPERED TEETOTALLER. James Winde, a pale-faced, ill-dressed, young man, wa s ;placed at the bar, charged with having cruelly ill-treated his wife. Police-officer 273 stated, that about six o'clock on the pre ceding evening he was called into Frederick-street by loud cries for, help. He went and found a female lying on the ground bleeding. She was exceedingly - hurt, and charged the pri soner with having knocked her down, and afterwards kicked her with brutal violence in a part.where a blow was likely to be attended with considerable danger. She had lost a consi derable quantity of blood, and was much exhausted ; in fact, he thought at first that she was " , nearly gone," (i. C. in a dying state.) Having placed. the prisoner fn custody, he pro cured medical assistance for the woman, who was so ill that she could not appear. The doctor had told him that morning, that she was in a dangerous state. The officer handed to Mr. Rushton a certificate from the surgeon. The prisoner stated, that he was a member of the Total Abstinence Society, and he belonged to the band. He was engaged to go and play with the rest of the party at seven o'clock, but at that hour his wife was drunk and she followed him into the street to prevent him from going. He remon strated with her at first, but she determined that he should not go to the teetotallers, so he at last was exasperated and struck her, and he believed he did also kick her. The police-officer stated, that the woman was in a very miserable condition, and had no proper attendance. Mr. Rushton said, an order must be given to her for ad mission to the Infirmary. Officer.—lf she is not taken reat care of she will die. Mr. Rushton.—The surgeon's certificate here states, that the poor woman is in a very dangerous state, and I hope for your sake, that the injury which you have inflicted may not terminate fatally. You must be remanded to the Borough Gaol until we hear further reports respecting her condition. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A POLICE-OFFICER. A very powerful looking man named Alexander M' Keown, was placed at the bar charged with having assaulted police officer 19. Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoner. This case was brought before Mr. Rushton on Monday, but the officer, it was stated, was so much injured that he could not attend. The left eye of the prisoner also was, on Monday, completely closed up from the effects of a violent blow. The hearing was, in consequence of the absence of the officer, postponed till Tuesday. The officer (No. 519) sat in one of the boxes. His ancle was so severely injured that he could not place his foot to the ground. He stated, that on Sunday morning, shortly after one o'clock, he heard a cry of murder, accompanied by a great noise, in one of the alleys near the Custom-house. As he was proceeding to the spot he heard the rattles springing. When he arrived, he found a great and very disorderly crowd. Police-officer Sayle was doing his best to hold a man who brandished a poker, and the prisoner was assisting this in dividual who appeared to direct his thrusts against a woman. He (witness) seized the man who had the poker, and having taken it from him was holding him in custody. The other officer was endeavouring to quell the disturbance, and was also knocking for more assistance. Suddenly the prisoner rushed upon him, (witness,) struck him a violent blow, res cued from him the man who was in his custody, and then threw him forcibly, head foremost, into a cellar, whereby lie was so stunned, and his ancle so severely injured, that he was for some time unable to run. While the prisoner was scuffling with him for the release of the prisoner, a woman went up to him (the prisoner) .and struck him on his eye with a pound weight, which had caused the injury perceptible on the prisoner's face. Several stones were thrown pre viously to this, and one of them struck police-officer Sayle on the arm. He (witness) was compelled to go home in a car, and had also been under the necessity of having a car to come down to the court that morning. The above statement coincided with what had been deposed by the witnesses on the preceding day. It then appeared from the evidence of one of the neighbours, a decent looking female, that there was a general fight and disturbance among some parties who had just come out of the public-house, and that the officers were endeavouring to restore peace when the prisoner and the man with the poker assaulted them. One of the women, who had previously taken part in the affray, struck the prisoner with a pound weight, and closed up his eve. Mr. Davenport said, that the facts were that the prisoner was passing a public-house, kept by a perserrtnamned M`Girk, in . Crooked-lane, when he heard .a disturbance. As Mrs. M'Clirk knew him, she called upon him to protect her from the refractory individuals who were quitting the house. He interfered ; but he denied that he had assaulted the officer, or had any intention of doing so. Mr. Davenport called a' witness, named John .M`Cormick, who stated that he was at Mrs. M`Girk's house on Sunday morning, at one o'clock. There was some disturbance, and presently he heard a boy in the street shout ing murder. He went out to see what was the matter, when he saw the policeman with a man in his custody. He saw the other officer take hold of the man; amid the prisoner went up and requested .him to let the man go. He had some pattering" with the officer, but witness did not see him strike him, or hurt him in any way. A woman went up to the prisoner, and struck him with a pound weight. Mr. Rushton said the assault was very clearly proved, , ,for they could very. easily divine what " pattering with the offi cer" meant. The prisoner had rendered himself liable to a fine of £5, and if. he had been in circumstances to enable him to pay it, he would have fined him to that amount. The offi cers had a very perilous duty to perform, and they must be protected. The prisoner was fined £2 and costs, or, in de fault of payment, he was to be imprisoned 21 days.. • YESTERDAY. • MATRIMONIAL QUARRELS. Rosannah Hitchmore, a pretty but shrewish-looking wo, man, was brought before the magistrates under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that sonic time. back she had been sentenced to three months' imprisonment, in Knutsenrd. Waol; on her return from Which her husband, who is a terer, and apparently 'a Very decent, well-behaved man, wished to remove from Liverpool, to the Isle of Man or any where else. The defendant refused to 'go, quarrelled with her husband, and created such disturbances that he was obliged to bring her before the magistrate. . . Rosannah said she did not wish to trouble her husband, and: would leave lihri entirely if he would allow her sufficient fora separate maintenance. . Mr: Rushton ordered the husband to allow - her five shil lings ber week. Rosannah (hOldly)—I wont take it ; I can't live upon five shillings a-week. • Mr. Rushton—Then you must be put back. Rosannah (after some consideration)- 7 Well, I'll take the five shillings. (Laughter.) • Mr. RushtOn—You must go every week to Mr. Evans (the relieving officer), who will give you the money. Rosannah (starting as if with a sudden resolution)—l'll leave him altogether, and I wont have any money at all. (Laughter.) Upon this' the defendant left the court, and the husband retired, no doubt well pleased at the magnanimity of his rib. THE TABLES TURNED. Henry Entwistle was brought up under the following cir• cumatances :—The complainant (a loan named Weston)- stated that he had been casually in the employ of the father of the defendant, Sand that he was sent for to his foundry about one o'clock on Christmas day, when he found de fendant'quarrelling, with some persons, and that on his say ing shortly afterwards that defendant was in the wrong, he closed with him, threw him on the floor, jumped upon him, and kicked him, by which treatment he was severely injured. Defendant called several witnesses, who proved that the complainant was the aggressor. Pendleton (Mr. Entwistle's servant) gave evidence to the effect that the .complainant ,came to her master's house (a public-house), stripped off his coat and waistcoat, and wanted to wrestle. A man named Flynn accepted the chal lenge, and they wrestled for. some time, when witness ad vised defendant to go ; he said he would not, and struck her. A young man then interfered, whom he also struck ; blows were exchanged, and she once more endeavoured to push him to the door, when he struck her again. Weston next assaulted Mrs. Entwistle, who was then in a weak state of health, in the lobby. Defendant came to his mother's as sistance, struck Weston, and threw him on the ground. Witness did not know exactly what occurred then : several of them were fighting on the floor together. Mr. Rushton said that the complainant was evidently the aggressor in this matter. He had struck the servant girl and others; he had also assaulted Mrs. Entwistle, who was ill ; and he must not not be surprised, under such circumstances, that her son should come to rescue her ; and if he had been roughly used, it was his own bringing on. The case must be dismissed. OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT. Patrick M‘Donald, 'Eneas M`Donald, and John M`Der mott, were brought up charged with conducting themselves in a riotous manner about two o'clock in the morning. It appeared that the latter had used very threatening language to one of the policeman, and said that he would give him so much (guaging about three inches of the end of a stick) cold steel. Mr. Rushton ordered him to be put back until the arrival of a second magistrate. The other two had used very threatening language; and it appeared that they were in the habit, with others, of going about in bands, creating violent disturbances, and that if a single policeman inter fered, he was sure to get well beaten. They were ordered to pay ss. each, or be imprisoned. on the arrival of a second magistrate, M'Dermott, who is an ill-looking, ruffianly fellow, was again brought up. The evidence against him having been repeated, Mr. Rushton said that the police must be protected, and ordered him to pay 10s., or be imprisoned for eleven days. A BRUTE. Robert Quayle, a sullen-looking fellow, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, also with assaulting his mother. The father of the prisoner stated that his wife was so injured as not to be able to appear, and he could not say when she would be sufficiently recovered to do so. He was not pre sent when the assault took place. A surgeon's certificate was given in, from which it ap peared that the poor woman was very badly hurt. One of her arms was broken, and she had several bruises in various parts of the body. It appeared that the prisoner had been brought up before charged with ill-using hi; mother. He was remanded to the borough gaol. SHOPLIFTING. Ann M`Grady and mother woman were brought up, charged with having stolen some shawls from the shop of Mr. Rees, Scotland-road, and a dress from that of Mr. Taylor. It appeared that M`Grady's companion was brought up only on swpicion, owing to her previous bad character ; but as there was no evidence against her, she was discharged. Mr. Rees's shopman stated that M'Grady came into the shop, and inquired for some prints which lay in the window, and that while his back was turned she must have taken up the shawls produced, with which she de camped. She then proceeded to Mr. Taylor's, where she wished to see some calico. The shopman hid to go to the far end of shop to fetch the calico, and desired her to fol low, having suspicions of her honesty from a previous know ledge of her character. She, however, got possession of a dress, which, together with the shawls belonging to Mr. Rees, he found on her person.—She was committed for trial at the Sessions. STEALING PROPERTY FROM THE DO XS. Thos. Jones, who was taken into custodyiear Prince's Dock with a bar of iron concealed in his jacket, for the pos session of which he could give no account, was brought before the magistrate. He said nothing in his defence ; and as it was stated by one of the officers of the court that he had been previously charged with having committed a simi lar offence, he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment STEALING A. CLOCK. - . - John Kenyon was charged with stealing a clock, the pro perty of Wm. Tomlinson Dumbell. Mary Ann Dtimbell (wife of the prosecutor) stated that her husband was a painter, and lived at a lodge near Black field House. She went out of her house for a short time on Wednesday afternoon, leaving the door on the latch ; on her return she met the prisoner on the stairs with the clock in his hand, and subsequently discovered that there were other goods bundled up ready to be taken away. When the pri soner saw complainant, he threw the clock at her head, and ran away across a plantation. Elizabeth Perkins corroborated this evidence, and stated that, on the prisoner running away, they cried out " rob. hers," and " murder," when Graham, a policeman, followed, and took him into custody. The prisoner said nothing, and was committed for trial. PETTY THEFTS. John Moore, a very young boy, was charged with stealing two tongues from a pork-stand in the market. He had been previously once committed, and six times discharged.—Com mitted for three months. Thos. Mooney, a lad, was also committed for three months for robbing a young woman, named Ellen O'Hara, of 6d. in silver, and Bowe copper. We had also been . 0,02- wittßd is May last, for one month. .~' ~ '' ~. C-. ~~~~ ~ r LOSS OF THE STEAMER WILLIAM HUSKISSON. On Sunday morning last, the steamer William Huskisson, I belongi ng t o the City of Dublin . Company' foundered in the cha nne l on h er voyage from Dublin to this port, with passen gers and a cargo o f c attle, &c. Through the humanity and intrepidity of Captain Clegg,Son commander of the ship Hud derstield, the property of Messrs. Horsfall and , the greater portion of the crew and passengers were saved, though we regret t o state that a few unfortunate individuals met with a watery grave. The following particulars of this painful and disast rous occurren• havebeensu pplied to us by C a p t. Brown, the cocainandercO'f the William Huskisson, who hav ing lost his log and all his papers, has given us the details as he can remember them :-- On Saturday evening, the 11th January, at six o'clock, the William Huskisson, with about one hundred and twenty pas sengers on board, left the New -wall at Dublin, with the wind S.S.W. blowing hard. At lialf-past one o'clock on Sunday morning, the 12th, Holyhead bearing N.E., distance fifteen miles, the vessel sprung a leak. At two o'clock they got the vessel before the win d, all the pumps were k e pt go i ng , an d the deck load, principally cattle, were thrown overboard.. The water, however, continued to gain upon the vessel. It continued to blow hard throughout the morning. A t h a lf_ past seven o'clock A.M., the vessel broached to the water, having risen so high, that the fires were extinguished, and the engines, consequently, stopped working, which rendered her entirely unmanageable. On the engines stoppi ng , the water increased more rapidly, in consequence of the loss of assistance from the pumps worked by the machinery. Ab out. twenty minutes before eight o'clock, the ship Huddersfield, Clegg, master, hove in sight. The Calf of Man was then bearing E.N.E., distant eighteen miles. Captain Brown states, that seeing no possibility of saving his vessel, his I whole attention was turned to the preservation of the lives of his passengers and crew, in which he received the most ener getic assistance from the master and crew of the Hudders field, which vessel took on board ninety-four persons, who were brought to Liverpool on the evening of the 14th inst. Capt. Brown further says, the ship Huddersfield having re ceived considerable damage from her repeated attempts to board, and lay alongside the William Huskisson, while it was blowing very hard, and the sea running high, was mak ing much water. Such being the case, her Captain feared to make another attempt to save the lives of about six per sons who remained on board the steamer, considering it best to insure the preservation of those lives already under his care.—Gore's Advertiser. The following account, furnished by parties who had an opportunity of knowing what took place on board the Had dersfield, and of being acquainted with the difficulties en. countered by the intrepid captain in his ezertious for the preservation of so many of Ins fellow-ereatur es , was pub lished in a second edition of the Liverpool Courier : " Captain Clegg, observing the signals of distress on board the steamer, immediately bore down to her assistance. Oa a nearer approach, the ringing of the bell, and the heart rending shout which reached his ear, combined with the at titude of prayer of many on deck, satisfied him that no time was to be lost in endeavouring to save a large mass of human beings from immediate death. The sea was at this time run ning fearfully high, and any attempt to lower the boats seemed worse than useless. As the Huddersfield, however, neared the steamer, the boats of the latter were lowered, but imme diately swamped. Captain Clegg saw at once, that the only chance of saving the people was by endeavouring to run his ship under the stern of the steamer. " In this bold and hazardous attempt, with his crew mus tered on the forecastle ready to give assistance, they provi dentially succeeded in snatching twenty-three individuals off the wreck, and although in doing so, the Huddersfield car ried away her bowsprit, lost two.anchors and chains from the bow, and sustained other damage, the gratifying fact that they had so far succeeded, seemed to give fresh spirit to the officers and ship's company. The ship, with her gallant cap tain at the wheel, was immediately put about, and a second attempt made, in which about twenty to thirty more of the passengers and crew succeeded in getting on board en couraged by this success, the ship was a third time put about, and again brought •under the stern of the steamer, when a further number succeeded in gaining the ship, making a total of ninety-three, including fifteen women and some children. " The gale, which had been on the increase, had now arrived at such a height, that Captain Clegg deemed it pru dent for the safety of his own vessel, in her then crippled state, and those on board, not to remain longer by the wreck; as, however; there appeared to be still ten or twelve persons on board the steamer, he •determined to make one more attempt; and accordingly again, for the fourth time, ran his vessel under the stern of the steamer. This attempt, as was anticipated, proved unsuccessful; and seeing that there was no prospect of any abatement of the gale, and apprehensive of his mast going by • the board; after remaining by the wreck until ten a. m., they were reluctantly obliged to quit The captain and crew of the steamer had all succeeded in getting on. board of .the. Huddersfield, and Capt. Clegg, before quittiognoffered them- the shipi-g boats, if they chose to make any attempt to save those who still remained on the wreck ; thisrarowever;. they Very prudently declined, as it . was the opiquin.of Captain-Clegg, and •all'on board, that the attempt must have eutled.with an additional loss ofrlife. " The Huddersfield was outward-bound, with a valuable cargo on board.. Capt. Clegg, however, returned with her to port, and landed his grateful passengers. about six o'clock on Tuesday evening. Captain Clegg speaks in the highest terms of his first and second officers, Mr. Matthews and Mr. Drummond, and, indeed, of the whole ship's company, who conducted themselves throughout the trying occasion with a degree Of coldness, promptitude, and gallantly truly charac teristic of the British seaman. Several of. the passengers perished in a fruitless attempt to swim;. front the steamer to the Huddersfield,' and ci.lew in attempting. to spring- from one. vessel to the other; when we consider the impossibility of using the boats, elietily• Arise is how so many were saved: The ntinia) . !iiiti4' 0 3 irp due to Captain Clegg,- but 'we shaltleave his conduct' obe nOticed by those whom we are dare will not be found wanting in awarding him that reward which is so justly his due." KIRKDALE EPIPHANY SESSIONS. These. sessions commenced yesterday, before the Rev. JONATHAN 'BRooKs . ' chairman, and the following. magis trates :—Rev. J. T. Horton, John Formby, Esq., Charles ' Birch, Esq. Thomas Rodick, Esq., —. Edwards, &j ., Pe ter Bourne, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., Thomas Rawson, Esq., Dr. Winstanley, &c., &c. The following gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury : Charles Henry Lacy, Esq., of Kenyon, gentleman. C. Moss, of Garston, banker. • Thomas Addison, jun., of Garston, merchant. • George Parsons, of Garston, timber-merchant. William Brown; •of. Windle, nailmaker. . Robert Daglieb, of Windle, iron-founder. James Cawley, Of Winwick,, gentleman., Henry l3irchall, GolbOrne, rope-manufacturer. , William Barton, Windle ' ..watclimaker. .. • John Munrow, Sutton, brewer.• • John Broadbent, Walton Breck, architect. Thomas Banks, Winwick 7 itreet, Warrington. • John Dakin, Warrington, grocer. John Woolright,.Wavertree, silk-mercer., Joseph Reddish, .Garston. salt-agent. • • • John Glover,"Widelle, grocer. Edward Fidler, Windle,,publican.. Mr. John Pritt,iron-merchanf, of Garston, and Mr. Fran cis Morley, of Sutton, chemist,, being above 60 years of age, were excused from attending. ,Mr.•Ge.orge.•Heald, of Gar ston ; Mr. JoSeph Crossfield, of :Bank Quay, Warrington, soap-manufacturer; and Mr. John Geddes, of Warrington, tea-dealer, were fined £5 each, for not appearing when their names were called. The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the grand jury. He said the calendar was rather larger . than 'that of the last sessions, but the cases were of a similar description. ' None Of them called for any particular remark, and as far as he had looked over the depositions, he.believed they would present no features o . tdifficulty. The chairman then alluded to the first casein the misdemeanors, in which the party was charged with an unnatural offence, and having briefly explained the law relating to this crime, he dismissed the jury to their labours. The CLERK of the PEACE then called over the list of the petty jury. " A gentleman, whose name escaped us, com plained of having been called upon to serve, on two grounds-- first, that he was , above age ; and next, that he was qualified and had already served on the grand jury. The chairman instructed him to procure bis - name to be erased from the jury lists, and excused him from attendance. Mr. Peter Griffith, of School Brow, :. Warrington, file manufacturer, and Mr. Richard Taylor, yeoman, were fined £5 each for non attendance. The magistrates then retired into their private room, where they remained until the grand jury had found some bills. None of the trials, up to the period of our leaving the court, possessed the slightest interest, except to the parties immediately concerned. The Sessions are expected to terminate in the course of to-morrow (Saturday). . DEATH OF THE DOWAGER. MARCHIONESS OF HASTINGS AND COUNTESS OF LOUDOUN. (From the Scottish Guardian.) This much respected and severely tried lady died at Kel burne House, upon the night of Thursdaj , the 9th, in the fifty-ninth year of her age. Her ladyship left Loudoun Castle a few weeks ago, in the hope that Kelburne, fr om its vicinity to the sea, might benefit her health during winter. Although complaining for some time, and suffering (as may well be supposed) much mental distress, ever since the death of her beloved daughter, yet no immediate danger was ap prehended by herself or family, until Monday the 6th. Upon Tuesday evening she fell into a lethargic slumber, which was seldom broken, and expired without a struggle.. We understand that Ihere'is no doubt tbit the immediate cause of her death was water on the brain, occasioned by intense mental anxiety and distress. • We feel persuaded that this mournful event will not only fill the parish of Loudoun, where she was beloved and re spected, and a numerous circle of deeply attached friends, with unfeigned sorrow, but that,' from its intimate con nection with the late tragedy in the palace, it will also be heard of with sincere regret by the nation at large. Esteeming it to.be our duty and our privilege to direct the attention of our readers to those " lights of the world," which shine among them, ",that they, seeing their good deeds, may glorify God," it affords us the sincerest pleasure to be able to state, from undoubted evidence, that the lamented Lady Hastings was a devoted and a matnred Christian. I*to esteem self as no thing, and Christ as all=f "to pray," almost literally, " without ceasing"---ittePtaie firm _ and unshaken confidence, at all times, in the wiidonCand in the love of God ; if, in the depth ' of her distress, heartily to 'forgive, and to pray for those who brought desolation into her innocent and happy family ; if to visit the sick, and feed the hungry, and clothe the naked, for her Master's sake ; if to love all, " especially those of the household of faith"—if these graces are genuine fruits of the Spirit, that Spirit she had above measure. And if it was " given her to believe," so also it " was given her to suffer." Her whole life was one of trial. Her bark may often have been envied by the ambitious and admired by the world, but it was borne over a rude and boisterous ocean. " Yet the loud wind blew from the right point, it made a noise, but drove faster to the harbour . " ' Her bereaved fa mily may feel assured, that they have the sympathy of all and the prayers of many. Full dress dinner parties were given last evening by Vis count Melliourne and Lord John Russell, at which the - Queen's speech, on opening the session. of Parliament this day was read by the two ministers to their respective guests. The party at Lord Melbourne's, at his official residence in Downing-street, consisted of between 20 and 30 peers, and Lord John Russell's, at the Foreign-office, consisted of the Speaker and a large party of members of the House of Com mons, mostly connected with the Administration.--Morning Herald of yesterday. DEATH OF THE LANDGRAVINE OF HESSE HOMBURG. —We regret to state that intelligence was received yesterday morning, by the members of the royal family, of the demise of the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg. The precise time of the death of this severed lady has not transpired, but we understand it took place on Friday last. The deceased princess was the third daughter of King George the Third, and sister of their Royal Highnesses the Princess Auguste, Duchess of Gloucester, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Sussex, Princess Sophia, and his Majesty the King of Han over. Her Majesty was born the 22nd of May, 1770, and was married the 7th of April, 1818, to the Landgrave Frede rick Joseph Louis of Hesse Homburg, who died the 2nd of April, 1829. Her highness had been in delicate health for some time p(ift\p3y the death of her likis -the whok the royal favdy • be *Cal deep wi.--Monef*A fletak 1 V es era ay. , '~.~--`~ k \ fitV . -4s i tc k "<"- her. TO THOMAS BOLTON, ESQ Sts,--Since the debate in the Council yesterday, relati ve to the Borough Watch-rate Act, 1 have referred to the ac iociuti-itof the proceedings of a General Vestry held on the October last, as reported in the Mercury of the Ist of November, sought the pow Mr. Joh Clarke distinctly stated, " That it was not the (and this would save He intention of the Council to levy any such rate. They never sot on the parish Z.) could state that, upon good authority, found coal themselves wouklYC:mn'oo or £6OO, if it should be forward Council, to levy this rate) they an act to deprive them o to apply to Parliament for that power. (Hear, hear, with cheers)" Name your authoii Mr. Bolton for saying whiaiwtlines I , ' a ' d H H e o h n a e dp e O authority , oh, an o d f premature of ra th e e n y t e o st f ry th to e laughter.) "He thought entertain the subject, and moved question sine die." Now, sir, Mr. Clarke thus came forward, d ec l a n ' g h . lm self your mouth - piece on that occasion :— you vverenknown as the deputy-chairman of the finance committee— considered as one of the prime movers of the clique ttare who di rect the council : therefore , i t w a s taken for granted that the dominant party in the council would not oppose the rescind ing of this act. In the debate yesterday, you contended for the propriety of the council retaining the power, of levying a Borough Watch-rate, It was said that Mr. Cooper and myself were actuated by improper motives, in our Opposition, that it was electioneering motives which caused us to take the part we were pursuing. The liberal party are very liberal in their abuse of those who oppose their measures. I will not s a y but that on the 30th of October, the eve of an election . t-; tle.street ward , that you reall y did entertain an opinion, it was proper this act should be annulled. At present, it is evident, you enttain a different opinion, and that you con ceive it is ri ght, the council should have the power to levy the rat e. th respect to to the act in question, some curious circum stancesiW deservenoticed. A copy was sent down to the Town-cl er k, the be day after it was introduced into Parlia ment. The council authorities knew nothin g was not informed of it • the parish is reasonable to of it but the Torvn-c lerk ' ; and it were acquainted of the Surmise ,that yourself and a few others, council and the parishioner:o circumstance. Ido consider that the treated, in not having the informaitlerpool, were improperly I have referred to the act, anel o i t given. must again state, that there is tio occasion to go to Parliament the Town-clerk recommends. Thel for such a bill, as a su ffi cient rate, to impose by this act, if it of a penny is enforce any rate. The words distinctly ar e compulsory to " That no such rate shall in any one year exceed CA. h i t e h ' e . care not if a dozen lawyers told me it was imperT t rnd." I 64., the obvious, and - the only meaning is , that the rate tole". ate may be as much less as the council think proper , ,but in no case more than 6d. I confider it proper to address you thus publicly, in order that vou may place yourself in a right position before the parishioners ; as it might appear, that on the eve of an election, you authorised an individual, to state in your name, an intention which you never contemplated.—Yours, &c. ISAAC HOLMES. Sand Hill, 16th Jan. 1840. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Will you allow me, through the medium of your paper, to ackno w l e d ge t h e lib era l donation of £6. from "A Friend," to be divided at my discretion amongst the various societies to which 1 have lately called attention. This is a practical result of the benefit of bringing the va rious societies before the public, and I sincerely hope that many others will follow. The following appropriation will, I hope, meet the views of the liberal donor : Protestant Association Church Missionary Society Lord's Day Society Hibernian Society Church Pastoral Aid Society Mariners Church.... ...... Y Naval and Military Bible Society Trinitarian Bible Society .......... Irish Sunday School Society ......... Society for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews Jewish Institution .................. . The objects of the several societies may be seen in the ad vertisement in this paper. I remain your obedient servant, JOSEPH CRISP. £1 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 THE BRAWLERS FOR EDUCATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir,—l perceive, by your advertising columns, that the subscriptions towards building a College in the good old town is filling up most satisfactorily ; £ll,OOO having been already subscribed, one-tenth of which (leaving out the • munificent gift of Mr. Gladstone,) is subscribed by the few conservative members of the town council; but where are the names of the radical members of that council? where are the subscriptions of the " lovers of education ?"—of the canting brawlers for universal education—where are the liberal personal subscriptions of those who lavish the'corpo ration property in promoting popish and deistical education? Not one single, solitary name does there appear on the whole list from among the tyrant majority of our liberal represen tatives !!—Yours, J. B. THE "MERCURY" SUNK BELOW ZERO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. you be kind enough to inform your readers the cause of the great falling off in the circulation of Mrs. Twad dle, of the sign of the Pigeon and Penny Trumpet, in Lord street? Why has she dropped the blazing announcement which was wont to grace the most conspicuous corner of the twaddle4beet on each successive Friday morning? Why the doleful lamentation on Friday last, over "our sacrifice of interest in our advocacy of the penny postage ?" for who 'doubts the disinterestedness of Mrs. Twaddle ! Who would ever suspect the old jade of advocating the penny postage, without foreseeing that the " Brokers Circulars " . would cost them less than fivepenny Mereuries ? Nobody, nobody. We all know old Twaddle to be too great a patriot to allow his own interest to havo any weight whatever in the consideration of a " great national question." On the con trary, Mrs. Twaddle had foreseen all this loss at the com mencement of her disinterested advocacy; she only forgot to say anything about it until she felt her penny patriotism press ing down the quicksilver! But, sir, I asked you to inform your readers why " our • circulation," as published by the old lady herself, for the quarter ending in April last amounted to 7824 weekly," and this trumpeted forth weekly to catch advertisements, had fallen to 7326 for the succeeding quarter ending in June, and still further reduced to 7000 at the close of the year, for the yearly average ; so that she dared not to give the quarterly average as before, I apprehend, as that would reduce " our circulation" to 6824, probably, instead of 7824, as given in April last. I hope that the conservative subscribers to that twaddler will still see it their duty to withdraw their support •from it. _ _ Has its low Billingsgate attacks on the clergy of the town anything to do with falling off in " our circulation"—its per petual misrepresentations of Protestants, and its transparent attempts to mask the villainy of Popery—is it attributable to these causes or is it not ? Ask yourself, Mrs. Twaddle, these few questions, and let us hear the lying story by which you will extricate " our circulation" from. this sad appear ance of a falling concern. N.B.—Mr. Rathbone has not been reminded, for the last three weeks, of the spitting business—has he sent in a hint /—Yours, OLD TORY. - Yesterday morning there was a conference at Sir Robert Peel's, when the Duke of Wellington, E ar l o f Ab er d een, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Stanley, M. P. the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, M.P. Sir Henry Hardinge, M.P. the Right Hon. Henry Goulbourn, M.P. and several of the lead ing conservatives attended. —Morning Herald of yesterday. POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS FOR THE HOUSES OF PAR- ElAMENT.—Arrangements have been made, by which mem bers of parliament will be enabled to post letters written at the two houses, without the difficulty which would occur in paying a penny with each 'letter. Covers will be sold to members at the house, on payment of the postage, but such covers will only be available if posted - at the houses of par liament. • GRAND BANQUET AT APSLEY HOUSE.—Last evening his Grace the Duke of Wellington gave a grand dinner at Apsley House, to a numerous and distinguished party of his sup porters in the House of Lords. There were present the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Newcastle, Duke of Rutland, Duke of Dorset, Duke of Buckingham, Duke of Montrose, Duke of Buccleugh, Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis of Bute, Marquis of Downshire, Marquis of Salisbury, Earl of Wilton ' Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Jersey, Earl Bathurst, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Eldon, Earl Cawdor, Earl Clanwilliam, Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Lonsdalc, Earl of Winchilsea, Viscount Beresford, Viscount Strangford; Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Abinger, Lord Ellenborough, Lord de Rbos, Lord Montagu, Lord Maryborough, Lord Cowley, Lord Forester, Lord Wharncliffe, Sec.--ilornina Herald of yesterday. NEW AND EASY METHOD OF GENERATING CHLORINE GAs.—lt may not be generally known to our readers, that chlorine gas may be generated in an easy manner, and a pure state by means of chloride of sodium.(salts), nitric acid, and some metallic oxides. The process and the quantities which I employ are as follows :—Some chloride of sodium' is put into as much water as will dissolve it. A sixth part of nitric acid, and as much black oxide of manganese or peroxide of lead (minimum), is next added. A gentle heat is then applied to the vessel, when the gas passes over in great abundance, and is very pure. The chief advantage of this method is, that there is no sudden and violent action, nor any chance of breaking the vessel, which is the case when sulphuric acid is used.—January No. of the Chemist. • A WOAD IN FAVOUR OF ASSES. —We s h oul d like to know by what right /Esop and Gay, and all the fable-mon gers, from Jotham upwards, have pitched upon one unhappy animal, and made him a mock and a by-word and a laugh ing -stock for all succeeding generation to crack their " fool born jests" upon. Now, in a goose there really is some thing ridiculous ; his very waddle is vain-glorious ; he stretches out his bead and elevates its antipodes with all the pride of a peacock ! his hiss is most superlatively self-com placent and contemptuous—it is eloquent of irrepressible misanthropy ; a child can see through his pretensions to dignify ; his folly breaks out in the very means which he takes to hide it, but an ass; pshaw! there is no deceit about an ass ;—be pretends not to beauty which he does not possess ; he makes no ostentatious. display of his sagacity ; he is con tent to slip through existence as peaceably and silently as we will let him; he wants but little, and he gets it; he can teach as many lessons as the ant. •ands he finds, it' possible, fewer disciples.—Blackwood for January. INDIAN SUPERSTITION.—The power of the Datar is sup posed to be peculiarly shown upon this spot ; and his aid is here, it is believed, most successfully entreated. Nume rous poor people, from all parts of' Western India, when afflicted with leprosy, travel hither, and enter into vows to remain until the merciful Datar vouchsafes a cure. If their sufferings from this cruel disease are of long continuance, suicide is commonly the result ; the belief being general, that, in the event of a leper dying a natural death, the disease descends to his posterity. A few days before we visited the sacred hill, an aged leper desired permission from the British authorities to cast himself into the sea at Man- . grole : this'being refused, he left Junagarth ; and about three miles from the city, the aged sufferer caused himself to be buried alive; his only son, for whose immediate sake the act was committed, covering the grey hairs of his afflicted, parent with an earthern water vessel.—Mrs. Postans's Wes tern India, in 1838. HABITS OF THE Fox.—The fox is fond of fish. When ever a litter of cubs happens to be laid up, if there be a well- . stocked fish-pond within a reasonable distance, fish bones. ' are sure to be found at the mouth of the subterranean retreat as s oon as the cubs have attained sufficient strength to devour such food. Reynard is remarkably sagacious in avoiding: traps and snares set for his destruction : it is almost impos sible thus' to deceive him. A few years since a couple of foxes made their appearance on the extensive manor of Wrightington, in Lancashire, belonging to Charles Scads brick, Esq., which the keepers were anxious to destroy— and, be it recollected, no fox hounds are kept in the county of Lancaster. These foxes had no doubt descended from the - hilly moorland country some miles to the south-east, to feed upon the rabbits which literally swarmed in one part or the township. 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