The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-17 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROYAL, LIVERPOOL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MADAME VESTRIS, And the Last Night but Five of Madame VESTRIS, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS, and Mr. JAMES VINING. The Last Night of Mr. GILBERT, Miss BALLIN, Master and Miss MARSHALL, and Miss TAYLOR. THIS present FRIDAY, July 17th, will be performed the Opera of DUENNA. Don Carlos Madame Vestris. After which, the favourite Farce of A HANDSOME HUSBAND. Mr. Wyndham.... Mr. Charles Mathews". Henry Fitzherbert Mr. JamArVining. Laura Madame VestrisY As originally performed by them in London. To conclude with, for the last time, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. THE Principal characters by Mr. Gilbert, and Miss Marshall, and Miss Taylor. Miss Bailin, Master THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL ON MONDAY next, July 20th, for the BENEFIT o: Mr. CLARKE, ACTING MANA9pn, will be presented Mr. Knowles' last new and4opular Play o LOVE. In which Miss ELLEN TREE will (for this Night only) perform her original character of the Countess of Eppen stein. Madame VESTRIS will also perform her original character of Catherine ; Mr. ANDERSON (for this Night only) his original character of Huon ; and Mr. JAMES VINING his original character of Sir Rupert of Lorch.— After which, the Petit Drama of PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. In which Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS will sustain his original character of Captain Patter.—To conclude with the Farce of A LOAN OF A LOVER, In which Madame VESTRIS will personate her origina character of Gertrude; Mr. KEELEY his original charac ter of Peter Spyk ; and Mr. JAMES VINING his origiva character of Captain Amersfort. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. MINSTER, at the Box-office of the Theatre, from Ten till Three. Lowei Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d.; Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. The Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. EXHIBITION APTIIIN SIBORN' S MODEL OF THE BATTU OF WATERLOO THE celebrated MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WA TERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION a the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater. street, Bold-street. Open front Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad. mission, One Shilling each. EXHIBITION MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, MOUNT-STREET THOSE who have not seen this most extensive tun magnificent Exhibition ought to lose no time in visitim it. as, on account of the opening of the Schools on Monday the 3d August, it cannot possibly remain open longer that Saturday, the Ist August. The Exhibition consists of ; most splendid Collection of Paintings, Statues, Mechanica and Architectural Models, Philosophical Apparatus, Machi. nery, Manufactured Goods in their various sta s, Specimen: of Natural History, Antiquities, Curiosities, and interestim Articles of every description. Sixteen Rooms, five of then about ninety feet each in length are occupied with the Col. lection, nothing s imilar to which has ever been seen it Liverpopl. At One and Eight, p.m., every day, Philosophical Experi• ments, &c., are exhited in the Lecture Room, anc illustrated by short Lectures. The Exhibition \till remain open a fortnight and one day from this date. Admission, from Nine to Four, One Shilling ; Children, Sixpence ; from Four to Ten, Sixpence, for Persons of all ages. Season Tickets (of which 6000 have been sold,) Two Shillings and Sixpence. July 17th, 1840. W. B. lIODGSON, Secretary. SPLENDID PICTURE OF THE "PRESIDENT' STEAM SHIP, The readers of the STANDARD, and the public generally, are respectfully informed, that on Friday, the 31st of July instant, will be presented gratuitously to subscri bers and purchasers of the paper of that day a beau tiful Picture of the PRESIDENT, the largest Steam ship in the world, to be lithographed by a first-rate Artist, from a splendid painting by Mr. S. Walters, a gentleman of the highest celebrity as a Marine Painter. This Picture will be accompanied by a full and authentic description of the vessel, her construc tion, engines; and equipments. The production of this work of art will be attended with very considerable cost ; but the liberal patronage with which the STANDARD has been honoured, in duces us to make this sacrifice, in testimony of our gratitude, and in the hope that to a commercial and nautical community such a present may be found acceptable. As we anticipate a large sale on the day in question, a more favourable opportunity could not be presented for the wide circulation of advertisements, which we respectfully solicit. To parties desirous of obtaining Pictures, we suggest an early application at the office, where a book will be kept . for the insertion of names, in order that the earliest and beSt impressions may be secured. Standard-office, July 13th, 1840. CONSERVATIVES, OBSERVE! All notices of claims to be inserted on the list of voters for the county must be given to the overseers of the township in which the property is situate on or before the 20th instant, otherwise the claimant will lose his right for the ensuing year. One shilling must be paid to the overseers with each claim, as a registration fee, or the claim will be of no service. Voters who were on the list last year are not required to make a fresh claim, if they possess the same qualifi cation; and reside in the same place, as they did when the last registry was made ; but if they have changed their place of residence, or any change has taken place in the nature of the qualification, it will be neces sary for them to send in fresh claims, and to pay the registration fee in the same manner as though they had never been registered. Persons claiming to vote for boroughs must pay all the poor rates and assessed taxes which were due on the 6th of April last, on or before the 20th of July, otherwise they will be disqualified for voting in the ensuing year. They need not send in any claim, as the overseers are bound to place upon the list all £lO householders who have paid their rates in due time. IMPORTANT TO FREEMEN Those Freemen who are entitled to their Freedom must be Sworn in and Enrolled on or before the 31st instant, otherwise they may not be enabled to yet upon the Register this Year. IMPORTANT' f 0 MUNICIPAL VOTERS, To secure a vote at the next municipal election, the following is the necessary qualification, 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 th e 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 habitant householder within seven miles of the borough. The day on which claimants' qualjfications 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 entitled to reckon as his own the occupancy and rating of the person by or through whom he succeeds. TO CORRESPONDENTS Mr. Thomas's excellent letter is in typ e , b u t we are com pelled to postpone i ts insertion till Tuesday, owing to want of space. jr Zibrrpool tttanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1840 The Great Western arrived at her moorings in King road on Wednesday morning last. She left New York on the Ist instant, and accomplished the voyage in 13 days and 8 hours. She brought 152 passengers, a larger number than on any former occasion. In another. column we have given copious extracts from the New York papers of the latest dates. The Bank rupt Law had paised the Senate. The Sub-treasury Bill was out of Committee, and likely to be passed There is no news of importance from Canada. • It is not a little surprising to observe the indiffe rence manifested, by our great commercial commu nities, to the gross derelictions of duty on the part of ministers with regard to the s ecur i ty o f our re l at i ons with foreign s t a tes. Year after year, month after month, some important channel of intercourse is allowed to be obstructed, some immunity enjoyed by our commerce to be invaded ; yet, with the evidence before their eyes that from the . incapable being, to whose care our foreign interests and our national honour is committed, they have nothing, or worse than nothing to expect, the mercantile and manufacturing interests appear wholly indisposed to assume that re solute tone of remonstrance which, if once generally adopted, might at least draw public attention to, if it cannot at once arrest, the disgraceful betrayal of British interests which is fast bringing embarrassment and ruin upon the industrial interests of the nation. Can any of our merchants be unaware of the causes which, during the last few years, have been accumu lating to cripple the commercial relations of Great Britain with foreign states ? Surely not in Liverpool, at least, can such a character, so perversely blind, be found. And yet, where is the evidence of a desire to put a stop to the evil ? Nowhere. On the contrary, we regret to witness, upon all commercial questions, a narrow party jealousy substituted for that prompt and combined action which community of interest and injury ought to induce. In some cases we see an evi dent disinclination to look !.lie real evil in the face, and a disposition rather to fly off to the consideration of minor and subordinate questions, by the discussion of which a strong political feeling is introduced into sub jects of a purely commercial or international character. Our manufacturers and our merchants complain of the cessation of demand and the increase of competition in foreign markets; yet, overlooking the immediate causes of that cessation—the abrogation of solemn treaties—the betrayal of British interests, and the encouragement offered to those of other nations by the blundering incapacity, if not the treachery, .of the foreign office, they rush to the consideration of the corn laws, the currency, the principle of joint stock banking, or some .other crotchet of a similar descrip tion; and in the blind fury of an attack upon the in terests of one class or other of their fellow -country men, withdraw their own attention and that of the community from the working of the real canker which is eating away the very vitals of their prosperity. Let us 'entreat the merchafits of Liverpool and the manufacturing interests which feed her mighty com merce to take up a position of a more commanding character with respect especially to the relations of Great Britain with foreign countries. From what more fitting source—by what more fitting voice—can the national interests and the national honour be asserted— nay, pressed upon the consideration of the legislature— than from the midst of this community, so vastly af fected in its prosperity by everything which concerns the relative position of Great Britain with the other nations of the world ? 'We assert, fearlessly, that the opinion and remonstrances of Liverpool on any great question of commercial policy must coerce even the twaddling Corypheus of the Foreign-office ; and we must, at the same time, impress upon our merchants, that those high-spirited Englishmen who do occasion ally, in both houses of Parliament, stand forth the able and unprompted champions of the nation's honour and of its interests—for the one is bound up with the other—have a right to all the countenance and support which such an opinion, firmly and decidedly expressed, would confer upon them. Let our readers look at the contemptuous and almost insolent tone in which inquiries with respect to any question of foreign policy are replied to on all occa sions by Lord Pahnerston. Would this be the case, we ask, if the parties making those inquiries were backed by the great commercial constituencies of the empire ? Durst any personage, not quite so contempti ble as that antiquated red tapist, venture to draw him self up, in his official self-importance, and sneer at the opinions of such bodies of men—to oppose shallow casuistry and vapid impertinence to the experience and foresight of sound practical merchants ? He might. A pert debater, without either talent or principle, might, it is true, do even this ; but the impression produced upon the public mind would still remain, and at length prevail. The people of England, although often mis led by showy oratory—by " sound and fury signifying nothing" —are a reflective and discriminating people, and will not for ever remain blind to the evidence of truth, especially when that truth is enforced by the " severe teaching" of bitter and excruciating suffering. Our attention has been particularly called to this to pic by a debate which took place on Monday evening in the House of Commons upon a question introduced by Sir Stratford Canning respecting the occupation of Cracow by Austria, Russia, and Prussia, in direct vio lation of the treaty of Vienna. The subject, we dare say, is familiar to most of our• mercantile - readers. By that violation—a :continued violation—of the gua ranteed independence of Cracow, an important depot for our commerce to the south of Europe and Asia is destroyed, the national faith of Great Britain impugned, and her hard-won honour tarnished. It was com plained by Sir Stratford Canning, and by speakers on his side of the question, that, four • years ago, Lord Palmerston expressed strong opinions on what was then deemed the temporary occupation of that terri tory ; and that a promise was distinctly given, that not only should that occupation cease, but that a consul should immediately be appointed to represent and for ward the interests of British commerce in that last remnant of Polish liberty. Yet what is the result—a result as dishonourable to the national honour as it is injurious to the national interests? Why this. The grasp of the enemies of Poland has fastened itself so firmly upon that wretched country, that England— fallen England !—dare not attempt to drive the vultures from their prey. Yes : a British minister is found pre pared to stand up in the senate of his country and tell us that his promise to vindicate a solemn treaty and to send a consul to represent British interests at Cracow was " an unfortunate assertion," his "experience of e issue of which would prevent her Majesty's Go ernment (! 0 from giving any explicit answer to in- Ales as to their intentions for the future"—that the xpression of an intention on the part of Great Britain ) send a mere commercial agent to a free state had created great jealousy amongst the other three '—and that, in case of our persisting in doing so, we should run the risk of " having him returned" upon our hands—like a bale of damaged merchandize ! We ask, is it possible that the legitimate demands of a great nation can be thus trifled with ? Are we to see ourselves denied access to nation after nation, our commerce crippled, and our honour insulted, because a foreign minister is so justly despised, that " no man fears his threats, none relies upon his promises" ? We have already been bullied and wheedled out of half the markets of the world, and shall we wait until we are kicked out of the remainder ? Surely we shall not. Truckling and venal as are too many of the flaming patriots of the present day, and blinded as are most of their shallow and servile followers, we trust that before long the voice of the great commercial communities, whose interests they have so long been allowed to trifle with and betray, will be raised in indignant remon strance, and the stain which now tarnishes the national escutcheon be wiped off for ever. iowers". We have no wish for war. We need not provoke it in asking for what is our own—for justice ! A reso lute man is respected in his demands, whilst a shrink ing coward only provokes refusal, coupled with insult. Let the people of England speak out—if her govern ment will not—boldly and decidedly ; let them speak out, without that crawling diplomatic tone in which their demands have lately been couched ; and depend upon it they must be met by straightforward and in telligible answers—by concessions such as it is worthy of a great nation to require, and an honourable oppo- nent to grant We venture to present, for the instruction of our readers, a few chronological facts which tend to illus trate the close connexion of our present virtuous and patriotic government with the treasonable proceedings of their Irish dictator. On the 2d of July, it will be remembered, the archdemagogue O'Connell succeeded, by the unprincipled connivance of a section of the ministerial party, in obstructing the further proceed ings in committee upon Lord Stanley's bill. On the Gth of July, owing to such obstruction, and the evi dent sanction given to it by ministers, Lord Stanley withdrew his bill for the present session, and, amidst the cheers of the Whig-radical party in the house, O'Connell announced that early next session lie should introduce a measure to reform the system of registra tion of voters in Ireland. There rested, for the time, this much-debated ques tion. Lord John Russell had withdrawn his " ob structing" bills, and next session O'Connell was to take up and play the cards of government against Lord Stanley and the conservative party. But what is to be done in the interim ? Hear the learned and honourable (9 member for Dublin, in a letter dated the Bth instant, two days afterwards (just sufficient to allow the necessary compact to be arranged), and ad dressed to " my dear Ray" : " London, July 8, 1840. "My dear Ray,—l intend, please God, to be in Dublin with one of the mails on Saturday. Advertise a meeting of the Repeal Association for Monday. It is my fixed intention to remain in Dublin until I have fully organised the repeal agitation. There is nothing left us but that, and the man is as blind as a beetle who does not see that besides the repeal there is no remedy for Ireland." " I repeat my intention of being in Dublin on Saturday. Let John Redmond—my worthy friend John Redmond— know that I expect to attend the Rathmine repeal meeting on Sunday afternoon. I believe I will attend parochial meetings in Dublin for the same purpose." A REPEAL MEETING on SUNDAY AFTERNOON !! Again : " My plan is to call, first, provincial meetings —one, I should say, at Newry, for Ulster—one at Tuam, for Con naught —one at Thurles or Cashel, for Munster--and one at Kilkenny, for Leinster. Secondly, to organise a simulta neous meeting of all the parishes in Ireland, to agree, at one and the same moment, upon petitions to parliament for an enlarged and well-defined franchise, and for an easy, unex pensive, and effectual registration. "In the meantime the repeal question will proceed. I will, please God, set it once more on foot on SUNDAY and Monday next. I am glad to find that the Irish people are now convinced that nothing can again divert me from repeal. Stanley and his 300 enthusiasts have convinced me that he and they can be checked by not less than 3,000,000 of re pealers. Hurrah for the repeal ! "Faithfully yours, "DANIEL O'CONNELL. " M. Ray, Esq.' Now we appeal to any man, not on the verge of lunacy, whether a ministry which allows its own questions to be carried by treason and sedition is not as guilty morally, if not directly, as the traitor who thus boldly, from the very threshold of the cabinet— fresh from a snug party in Downing -street--announces his unalterable determination to agitaje, and carry, by an organised conspiracy, a dismemberment of the em pire —to avert which, one of that very administration has placed -it on tv,vl et - marne - writird' be willing "to wade through all the horrors and bloodshed of a civil war." But how are the three millions of repealers, who are to carry into execution this treasonable scheme, to be got together ? How are these simultaneous meetings to he summoned throughout Ireland ? To solve this question let us proceed to Longford, where, on the 10th instant, Baron Pennefather sat upon the trial of eight men indicted for the crime of ribbonism, and upon whom were found documents containing the following mysterious pass-words : " Will we have a repeal? On what cause? The con. laws. It is the cry of the people; it must prevail; no mat can object. May justice still prevail ? No man can objec . it. Sir, lam much surprised ? You aro offensive ?" The significant query in this ribbon document, " Are we to have a repeal ?" is, at all events, some evidence that the conspiracy of which it was selected as a pass-word is not altogether of that " harmless" nature which its apologists in Liverpool and elsewhere would have us to believe. We have here, at any rate, one link in the mysterious chain which binds together the midnight assassin, the ruthless " slater," and the political demagogue. We have here one finger -post to guide us to the seat of that inexplicable power by which the turbulent waves of discord and outrage in Ireland are lashed up to the fury of the tempest, or soothed into a deceitful calm, as it best suits the hid den purposes of a jesuitical faction to bluster at or fawn upon its victims. And when we look at the giant organisation of that conspiracy,—when we find it described in the emphatic words of a learned judge —by Baron Pennefather—no later than one week ago, whilst passing sentence upon one of the felons of whom it is composed, as " a society that compelled the people to pay obedience to unknown dictators, and to submit to all commands imposed—A SOCIETY THAT MAY HAVE AUTHORISED BURNINGS, MURDERS, AND ALL THE EVILS INFLICTED ON THE COUNTRY —A SOCIETY THAT POSSESSED ITSELF OF ARMS, AMMUNITION, &C.";—we may well exclaim with that learned judge, " `Vim CAN TELL FOR WHAT PUR- POSE THOSE ARMS WERE OBTAINED ? THIS IS WELL WORTH THE INQUIRY OF ALL." Yes, it is " worth the inquiry of all"; and it will in good time become the inquiry of all to what extent the ribbon conspiracy and the repeal conspiracy are synonymous; and it may - become the inquiry of some to what extent these dark and dangerous engines are at present employed to sustain in office, at any and at all risks, the most reckless and unprincipled administra tion that ever cursed the worst days of this mighty empire ! We have placed these few remarks and dates before our countrymen. Further comment of ours they need not. Let them be weighed and examined. Let the Protestant people of England pronounce judgment ; and, come what may come, our hands at least are clear. We are told that the conversion of plain Joshua Walmsley into " Sir Joshua" has wonderfully altered that worthy gentleman's prospects as a candidate of the borough. The aristocratic whigs of Liverpool (save the mark !) are prepared to worship the full-blown honours of the knight, although previously averse to rub elbows with the corn-merchant; and Sir Joshua, on the event of a dissolution, is to start for the race and to win, if the united efforts of Whig, radical and precursor, can effect that desirable object. We are not afraid of the loyal electors of Liverpool doing their duty on the day of battle. We should be ungrateful were we not to acknowledge that they have ever fought the good cause earnestly and manfully. But let us not rush into the opposite extreme and cry " victory" before the fight is won, for, depend upon it the enemy is putting forth all his strength and all his stratagem for the coming struggle. Let our conserva tive.friends be up and ready; let their committees be organized ; let all sound and loyal Protestants be brought up to register, and the claims of their oppo nents rigourously and strictly watched. Not a sinew in the ministerial camp will be left unstrained to secure a ministerial triumph in Liverpool, and not one con servative, however high or however low his station, should hesitate on this occasion to put forth his strength, to give his time, his talents, and his influence, to the cause of the constitution. We repeat that we are not cravens in politics. We are seldom found crying "wolf" when danger is not at hand. But we must now entreat the conserva tive electors of Liverpool not to throw any chance away by over-confidence. The ministerial faction have "set their all upon the cast ;" and they must be met with corresponding energy. A ministerial victory in Liver pool would be hailed with rapture by the enemies of constitutional liberty, not only throughout England but throughout the globe ; and it must not be said of us that by slothfulness and inactivity we have allowed so " heavy a blow" to be levelled at the time-honoured institutions of our country. Remember, too, that even victory is valuable accord ing to its extent. Let it ring then throughout England and throughout the world, that the loyal men of Liverpool have not only won the fight and remained masters of the field, but that the enemy is routed and scattered beyond the possibility of a rally ! Surely the conservative party in Liverpool cannot be aware of the treacherous efforts now being made by the popish and radical party in this town to swamp the constituency, by the introduction of hundreds of Irish men of the lowest grade, whose taxes are most myste riously paid under the auspices of the Reform Asso ciation, the machinery being prepared and directed by the Protector Society—the fuel being provided from other sources. The scene at the parish office has, we under Stand, for some days past been of such a charac ter, thai it is high time for every respectable inhabitant to look into it. Taxes have been paid by, or for, indi viduals who are unable to pay for a decent coat or even a pair of shoes, and this, no doubt, for the pur pose of keeping in power as unprincipled and degraded a ministry as ever this country was afflicted with; and for the purpose, too, of keeping our local power in the hands of the motley crew who have now a majority in the Town Council. But the taxes being paid, no matter from what source, the registry will be swelled with swarms of protectors, repealers, and ribbon-men, and also by numbers of labourers who never paid and never will pay a shilling of taxes in their lives from their own re sources; and unless very prompt steps are taken to day and to-morrow, to counteract the mischief, the conservatives will find on the day of election that their candidates will be in a minority. We entreat them not to look at the Mayor as a can didate easily beaten, nor to be deceived by the common remark, that the more respectable Whigs will not sup port him. It is true that many of them are jealous of his power and elevation, and would rejoice at his de feat ; but when the day of election comes, they will one and all support him. He possesses energy of cha racter, does not disdain attending to details, has at his command fictive lieutenants who will not stick at trifles, and, above all, he will bleed freely. 'What with the aid of a popish party, and the engines of the Re form Association, the - pretensions of his worship to re•. present the borough in Parliament are not to be trifled with. This is no time to conceal matters. UNLESS THE CONSERVATIVES REGISTER 600 VOTES MORE THAN THEY HAVE AT PRESENT ON THE BOOKS, SIR JOSHUA WALMSLEy AND MR. LABOUCHERE WILL BE MEMBERS FOR LIVERPOOL. And as the payment of rates entitles a man to parish relief, numbers of those who are so shamefully put on the registry will soon be found applicants for parochial relief, and the parishioners at large will in the long run have to pay for these scandalous proceedings. And this impudent fraud of swamping the registry is being acted by those who denounced the old freemen as unfit to exercise the elective franchise—men whose loyalty was their crime, and men a thousand times more re spectable than the shoeless and trouserless swarms of wretches sent forth from the sty of the Protector As sociation. THE UNION BANK TO rHE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. have this day had my attention called to a para graph in the Standard of yesterday, headed " New North and South Wales Bank," in which is a statement that I " furnished the designs for the Union Bank, in Brunswick street;" this is not correct, as I believe Messrs. Cunning ham and Holmes were the architects of that neat and elegant building. and, rpectfulty . , EDWARD CORBETT, Architect, Manchester. Liverpool, 7 m0.13th,,•1840. CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—On Wednesday last se veral parties were brought before Mr. Rushton, and fined, for allowing their chimneys to be on fire. It would be much cheaper, and certainly more creditable, if housekeepers would employ the chimney-sweeper a little oftener, rather than endanger and annoy their neighbours, and be under the disagreeable necessity of atoning for their negligence by a fine.—Courier We understand that Thomas Clifton, Esq., of Lytham hall, had the honour of conducting Prince George of Cam bridge, in his carriage, to the race course, and entertaining his royal highness; and the other officers of the 12th Lancers, at dinner yesterday at the Adelphi Hotel. Mr. Clifton has a son in the same regiment. Talbot Clifton, Esq., of the Household Troops, was of the party. EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE.—The extraordinary changes which a few years sometimes bring about was never more forcibly exemplified than in a transaction which fell under our notice last week. Only seven years ago every ounce of tea consumed in Liverpool was brought from London, and that too by the slow conveyance of the waggon or the canal. On Friday last no less than 1955 chests of tea were forwarded to London from Liverpool, by means of the railway in about 11 hours ! This fact is highly important in two points of view, as illustrative of the present improved mode of transit, and also of the advantage which Liverpool is likely to derive from the trade with China. CHURCH OF ENGLAND TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY. —A beautiful silver medal was presented on Tuesday to Mr. E. Lewis ' late president of the Live r p oo l T otal A b st i nence Society, by a few of his numerous friends, with the following inscription tbereon " Abstain from all appearance of evii." Presented to Edward Lewis, President of the Liverpool Church of England Total Absti nence Society, July 15, 1840. The same on the other side in the Welsh language. This is a well merited reward ; Mr. Lewis has not only been a zea lous advocate, but a liberal supporter of the society from its commencement. '—Thes. v. 21 THEATRE ROYAL.—Madame Vestris'takes her benefit this evening. No doubt she will be rewarded by an overflowing house. We perceive that the able and respected acting manager, Mr. Clarke, has announced his benefit for Mon- day next, and that lie has secured the aid of a host of talent to please his friends. The list is long—Miss Ellen Tree, Madame Vestris, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. James Vining, and Mr. Anderson ! We need say no more to induce the public to respond to Mr. Clarke's appeal. - - We perceive by an advertisement in another column, that Mr. Espy will commence another course of his interesting lectures this day, at twelve o'clock, in the room of the Ship Masters' Association, Oldhall-street, and at half-past seven o'clock in the evening, in the Theatre of the Royal Institu tion. Most earnestly do we recommend all who feel an in terest in hearing the phenomena of nature explained, not to neglect this opportunity of becoming acquainted with a theory so novel in itself, and which promises at some future period to produce such wonderful results. s FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.—Amongst the numerous distinguished individuals who have visited our town during the past week, the following have been staying at the Queen's Arms Hotel, in Castle-street ;—His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge ' • Lord Frederick Fitzclarence ; Lord Loftus ; Lord Adam Loftus ; Lord and Lady Lorton ; Lord Clements and family ; the late Lord Chief Baron Wolf's Lady and Daughter; Sir W. W. Dixie, Bart. and family; Sir Richard Puleaton, Bart.; Col. Stewart, 12th Lancers; Col. -Barton, 12th Lancers; Col. Custangt. 10th regt.; Col. Wer4Y . ss ITCoI. Kelso and Lady •, the Hon. Capt. A. Spencer and Lady ; Col. Coombs's Lady and Fa mily ; Captains Prior, Clifton, Phillips, Gray, and Cubit and Family ; Captains Bro wne and Bell, 8 3d refit.; Capt. Jekyll, 7th regt.; the lion. Lieut. Needham, 12th Lancers ; Messrs. Kirkaldy, Woodward, Steel, and Balderston, Glasgow; Mr. Davidsob ; Mons. Dupre, of France; Mr. Long; Mr. Law rence ; Mr. Grace and two sons, Dublin ; Mr. Haydon ; Mr. Watson and Daughter; Mr. Thompson ; Mr. Gumbton and Miss Thomlinson ; Mr. Edmonston and Miss Buness , Mr. Kelly; Mr. J. J. Hamel; Mr. C. W. Finche ; Mr. Duncan Shaw; Mr. C. Cramer ; Mr. Sewell and family ; Mr. Evans ; Mr. Bateman ; Mr. Graham and daughter; Mr. Wise, of Dublin ; Mr. Potts, of Chester ; Mr. Read and family ; Mr. Burger, of Hamburg; Mr. Claude Scott Stewart; Mr. C. Hosken ; Mr. M' Vicar ; .Mr. 0. Reilly, of London ; Mr. Phillips; Mrs. Hatchell and family, of Dublin. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM SHIPWRECK.—INTREPID CONDUCT OF CAPTAIN STOKES, OF THE ARAB STEAMER. —As the Arab steamer Captain W. Stokes, was coming down the channel on Friday night, on her voyage from Glas gow to Dublin, she fell in with the schooner Gertrude, of Liverpool, at eleven o'clock, off Corsil Point. The schooner burned three blue lights, and showed other signals of distress, and on the steamer approaching her she found that the masts and bowsprit were carried away, the boats stove in, and the vessel driving on a lee shore, then blowing a gale of wind from N.W. On seeng the dangerous position in which the vessel was placed, Captain Stokes ordered his vessel to be put about, and after three efforts to approach her, she was taken in tow by the steamer, and brought safely to anchor in Loch Ryan. Nothing could exceed the gratitude of Captain Newman and his crew for their providential rescue from certain destruc tion. On the Arab arriving off Carlingford, Captain Stokes was presented with a letter, complimenting him on his hu manity and intrepidity, signed by all the cabin passengers. LICENSED VICTUALLE RS ' SOCIETY.—The annual dinner of this excellent and benevolent association, it will be seen by the advertisement in another column, will be held on Wednesday, the 29th inst., at the Waterloo Hotel, Crosby, weather permitting the usual out-door enjoyments. There is a numerous list of stewards, well qualified for the office to which they are appointed. A very rich treat may be antici pated. TOTAL ABSTINENCE FESTIVAL.-011 Monday evening the proceedings of the anniversary of the total abstainers in Li verpool commenced, and they have been continued through out the week. Several public meetings were held in different parts of the town—amongst other places at the Music-hall. There a considerable body of working men, females, and youths were gathered together ; and a hymn having first been sung, and a chapter of the Bible read, several persons pro ceeded to deliver admonitory and exhortive addresses, which were listened to with great attention and apparent delight. Ott Wednesday the great public procession of the whole body took place, and this, though a costly and cumbrous method of drawing popular attention to the order, must nevertheless be admitted to be a very effectual one. The day has passed by when the multitude merely assembled together in order that they might at once gratify their eyesight with a view of the teetotallers' procession, and shower upon them the satire and ridicule of unthinking minds. The splendour of the spec tacle, the exhilarating music, the long crowd of decently dressed men, women, and children, tend to ensure the respect of even the most superficial on-looker ; and when it is reflected that many hundreds of those healthy-iooking and well-arrayed men may have been, but a short time since, unhealthy, squalid, and uncomfortable, the producers of misery which clung not to themselves alone, but fell with increased inten sity on their wives and families, there will not be one who will not utter a good wish for the prosperity and extension of teetotalism. The procession presented few features which were not possessed in common with the previous ones. There were a very large body of men, women, youths, and children, all very nicely and very decently dressed, and the greater part decorated with either white scarfs, ribbons, ro settes, or beautiful artificial flowers ; eight or nine bands of music ; and a great number of flags and banners, bearing appropriate designs and mottoes. Nor was there any l ac k o f inverted glasses. On one inve rted wine -glass, fixed a t th e top of a pole, there rested a miniature crown encircled in a neat white wreath, intended, perhaps, to he symbolical of a motto on one of the flags, " The prosperity of a nation is based on sobriety." Of the number in the procession we can only, of course, form a very loose notion ; there were probably five thousand persons. The time occupied in passing any given point was about 22 minutes ; if we recollect rightly, 25 minutes were taken last year. The procession altogether looked remarkably well, par.icularly the R ec h a bit e portion of it. As a whole, we think it was superior to that of any previous year. The Church of England Society pre sented by far the most imposing and sple n did appearance. notwithstanding their number did not much exceed 1000 persons. They not only preserved, but even increased, the great superiority which they lastyear manifested over every other body of the teetotallers. We never, in the w h o l e course of our lives, witnessed a more splend id out-door spectacle. Magnificent banner crowded on magnificent banner, and count less beautiful flags, ofdifferent sizes and colours, flaunted in the sunlight, the poles of every one of thembeing surmounted with a small gilded crown. Neither was there any lack of music. Three excellent bands poured forth ever and anon their lively strains, increasing the effect of the splendid scene. The members, whose personal appearance was extremely respec table, were decorated with red and blue favours, the richness and profusion of which were as remarkable as the co s tli ness and excess of all the other parapherna lia. In the morning this body attended divine service in St. Luke's Church, where a sermon was preached to them by the Rev. Mr. Jo seph, from Revelations, 'sr. 11. Afterwards they paraded the town until four o'clock, at which hour they arrived in Clay ton -square, whe re th e different parties separated. Before doing so, however, they gave three ch eers for " Ch urc h an d Queen," three for " total abstinence, " and three for " The Church of England Total Abstinence Society." In the evening they had a tea-party, at which the Rev: Mr. Joseph presided. • Nearly 200 were present, and the proceedings " went off" remarkably well. Last evening great meetings were held in the Amphitheatre, St. Luke's School-room, and other places. It is but reasonable to expect that these vari ous efforts will be productive of great benefit. James Morris, a priest, was found guilty at the Maynooth essions last week of obtaining money under f a l se pretence: , or the convent at Athlone. The court sentenced him to six nonths' imprisonment. MEETING OF TILE DOCK COMMITTEE At the weekly meeting of the Dock Committee yesterday, the following members were present :7 - Messrs. Benn, Holt, Barclay, Holmes, Yates, Bnlley, Mellor, Gladstone. Martin. Horsfall, Segar, and I committee, Mr. Henn, The deputy chairman of the THE SHIP TWEED A letter was read from Messrs. Bold and Mackie, agents to the owners of the ship Tweed, requesting to be released from the payment of the Queen's Graving Dock dues, amount ing to £135. After a short discussion in which it was stated that the compensation of £2OOO. f or d amage to the TwFpgi included all liabilities of the dock estate, and that it was un derstood the dock dues were to be p a id by the owner, the ap plication, as we understood, was refused. NEW BUOY NEAR THE SKERRIES. The secretary read a letter from Trinity House Board, stating that, in compliance with the recommendation of the Marine Surveyor, a suitable buoy would be placed as soon as possible near the Skerries to indicate the position of the Cole rock. THE TELEGRAPH STATIONS. Mr. Yates and Mr. Ripley, the sub-committee appointed at a late meeting to visit the telegraph stations for the nur- pose of examining into the necessity of certain propose re pairs and alterations, not having yet visited them, it was ar ranged that they should perform that duty on Tuesday next. THE VICTORIA CHANNE The MARINE SURVEVOR submitted a recommendation that the dredging process should be commenced in the Vic toria channel on the 27th inst., and be continued for two months, in 48 working days. It appeared that'on or about the Bth inst., H. M. S. Urgent had st ruc k on th e b ar at the entrance to the channel, and Captain Beazlgy in consequence called the attention of the Marine Surveyor to it. The Ma rine Surveyor explained how this happened, but intimated that by the soundings he had made yesterday he found the bar and channel to be in exactly the same state as they we at this period last year. If there were any change at all, he that wham MCI. cu _ thought the sand on the bar had become somewhat coarser. 1839. After it occurred, he wrote 300 letters with his own The dredging process was not therefore absolutely necessary, hand to different parties, requesting information concerning but at the same time it might be advisable to apply it. as the it, and he received 64 answers, from which he was enabled expense would be very trifling. to investigate it with great accuracy. It was 700 miles long. HORSFALL said the simple question was, whether Mr. Espy' then sketched a plan of it on all sides, upon a there was any good to be done by it. map of the United States ; and it appeared, from the state - - The S' to show th e i m p or t ance o f the Victoria ments of his t•nri•Pe ,,,, nd... , .. - • • ..... L.m.. vv as Lie report had not yet been made public ates on the 21 ECRETARY, channel, read a return passed through the seve calm in the middle, there was neither rain,Tail,no; His theory, therefore, was directly confirmed. The shape of the storm was oblonz. and it mom] frt.-. too ~," between the Ist January and the Ist July inclusive. It ap peared that 6678 had passed through the Victoria channel, 147 through the old . New channel, 1169 through the half to the west with a velocityof between 20 and 30 milei an tide channel Swashway channel, and 335 through the Formby hour ; but the exact rate had not yet been ascertained. Now, channel. NO register had been kept of the number passing the storms in the West Indies travelled towards the north through the Rock channel. west till they came to latitude 30 degrees, and in the me an - Mr. BULLY inquired wh a t p ro p or ti on o f t h e expense of time they changed their form from round to oblong. Whilst dredging would have to be defrayed by the corporation ? he teas investigating this subject, Col. Reid, of the Royal En- The CHAIRMAN.---TWO thirds. gineers, in this country, was devoting his talents in the same A resolution was then carried on the motion of Mr. way, and he collected a large number of facts. The colonel's HonsFALL, to the effect that the marine surveyor be in- book was taken to America, and he (Mr. Espy) procured structed to commence dredging on the 27th instant, and that a copy. It contained the very things which were most want a copy of it be sent to the Finance Committee. ed, namely, facts. Colonel Reid had access to the logs of TOE COBURG DOCK. many ships of war, by means of his connection with the Ad miralty, which were in the West Indies during the storm. It so happened that twelve or fifteen of them were in the midst of those storms, and in one or two instances they were sq located as if Providence designed to show the best means of ascertaining the cause and phenomena of storms. Mr. Espy then pointed out on the map the position of the twelve ships alluded to, and said he had the satisfaction to discover that, in the storm which took place on the 18th August, 1837, the wind blew on all sides towards a central space. He had reviewed most carefully Col. Reid's book, and he found that, although the Colonel believed in the whirlwind theory, and professed to teach the sailor to sail out of it, that it altogether confirmed his (Mr. Espy's) theory. It never occurred to the colonel that it was possible for the wind to rush inwards upon all sides towards a central space. Now, it was a matter, of importance to have this question investigated, and the very fact of his (Mr. Espy) having come from America to this country to controvert Col. Reid's theory, would compel men to open e - - 4 - -y - Ito The SECRETARY read a letter from Messrs. M`lver and Co., dated the 15th instant, agents to the Royal British and American. Steam Navigation Company, stating that the public prints led them to infer that:the Coburg Dock was to undergo some deepening process, which would render it ne cessary to exclude all steam ships for a time. They there fore begged to inquire whether the exclusion would apply to the steam-ship Arcadia belonging to them, which was in tended to sail on the 4th August next, when the dock would be closed, and how long it was likely to continue so. The additional expense thus caused to the company, would be enormous ; and on that account th e y solicited. the committee to forego the usual charges for dockage, &c. during the time their vessels might be compelled to lie in the river. Mr. HORSFALL remarked that the object of this applica tion was to get exemption from the dock charges, which was out of the question. Mr. GLADSTONE (we understood) inquired whether any report on the subject of the Coburg Dock had been sent in The SECRETARY applied in the negative, adding that Mr Hartley was yet out of town. s , ana ascertain which w as t rue : N ow, he (Mr. Espey es ) had de monstrated his theory to he correct in three ways, namely, by chemical experiments, by the uepheloscope, and from all the phenomena of nature, except the aurora borealis and the shooting stars, in which there was a world for some future Alexander to conquer. Mr. Espey then proceeded to explain the formation of clouds and of hail, which was listened to with, great interest. He concluded by announcing, that in the next lecture he should show that the great storm, which ravaged this country on the 6th and 7th of January, 1839, fully confirmed the theory he had laid down. The lecturer then retired amidst great applause. The last course of the series was delivered last evening. The principal topic was the great storm of the 6th and 7th January, 1839, and the lecturer proved most satisfactorily, that in all its principal circumstances it confirmed his theory. Mr. HORSFALt must be allowed to express the disappoint ment lie felt at the surveyor (Mr. Hartley) not having com municated with the committee, as he should have done, upon this important subject. He had had two dredging machines at work in the dock, d o i ng some thi ng or other, and he ought to have reported for the satisfaction of the committee. Messci. M`lver and others were thus kept in the dark as to the proceedings to be adopted. He (Mr. Horsfall) was sorry Mr. Hartley was not present, because that circum stance ,led the committee to suppose there had been more neglect in his department than there really had been. The matter ought to be explained : the committee ought to know what was to be done. As Mr. Hartley was not in town, he (Mr. Horsfall) should wish to see the Harbour Master. Mr. YATES.—What day was Mr. Hartley written to about the Coburg Dock? The CHAIRMAN.—On Thursday last. POLICE WEDN ESDAY INTELLIGENCE, Mr. YATES.—He certainly ought to have answered the letter that was addressed to him. What is he doing in Lon don ? AN AMIABLE YOUNG LADY. Mary Young, a blowsy creature, young in years, but old in vice and debauchery, was placed at the bar, she having been found in the streets in a state of extreme intoxication, and put into bridewell for safety. She had been liberated only the day before, when placed at the bar on a similar charge; and Mr. Parkinson mentioned that she had been brought up at least 100 times. She stated, when asked whether she had anything to say, that she had been attending a wake for the last two days and nights, and had got more ale than she could com fortably carry. " But if your honour'll let me off this once, I'll go home to Ireland, and you shall never see my face again." Mr. Rushton replied, •` I'll take care that I don't see it for three days at any rate," and ordered her to pay a fine of five shillings, or to be imprisoned for three days. FOOLISH DISSATISFACTION. A bald-beaded old man, on whose head, if properly ex amined, there must undoubtedly have been found the bump of stupidity in very marked development, was placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with having been drunk and unruly at the gate of the Prince's-dock. The officer stated, in ag gravation, " I thrust him . out once, and bid him begone, but the man wasn't satisfied with that, and came back and col lared me." The foolish old fellow was ordered to pay 2s Gd and costs, for having exhibited such stupid dissatisfaction at the kind treatment he had received. The CHAIRMAN replied that he was there upon the busi ness of the Dock Bill. Probably, the chairman added, it would ,not be desirable to empty the dock of water ir, the mean time. Mr. HORSFALL. —Certainly not. Mr. Askew, the harbour-Master, was then introduced; and, in answer to a question from the CEIAIRMAN, he stated that there were now two dredging-machines at work in the Coburg Dock. Mr. HORSFALI Mr. Itartley —Have you had any communication from Mr. AstcHw.—l had a letter from him about ten days ago Mr. HORSFALL.—With regard to this dock? Mr. ASKEW.—Yes ; and he desired - me to instruct the dock-master to keep all the water in the dock that he could. Mr..HORSFALL.—But not with regard. to deepening, or laying the dock dry for deepening it ? Mr. ASKEW.—Not a word. Mr. HORSFALL.—That is very strange. Mr.,YATEs.—Are there any elevated pieces of rock, or hard ridges, at the bottom of the dock ? Mr. AsKuw.—Some parts of the bottom are higher than others ; and they are not accumulations of mud. Mr. HORSFALL.—WouId it be dangerous for a steamboat to strike against them ? Mr. ASKEW.—Very dangerous. Mr. HouspALL—Can you tell what would be the most convenient tithe - for lavieg the dock' dry r - ---n-ts- stated-std us that the bottom of the dock is two feet above the sill. If that were taken up, of course there would be two feet more water. We should like to know what would be the most convenient time to lay the dock dry. Mr. Hartley will want the information when he comes back. SEVERE CIIASTISEMENT OF A BOY. On Tuesday, Mr. Dodd, solicitor, solicited Mr. Rushton for a summons against John Hughes, the foreman of Mr. li_saithwaita's -pipe Irmaufaotory.„ fur - hauinir.hastised lad named Kelly with extreme severity. Mr. Dodd said that a case of greater 'brutality had never come under his notice. The summons was granted, and to-day the parties presented them selves in court before Messrs. Rushton and D. Hodgson. Mr. Holt appeared foi the defendant. Kelly, who is about twelve years of age, stated that he happened to go to his work a little late on Friday morning, when Hughes beat him for the space of about half an hour, until his body was black all over. The certificate of a sur geon was put in, stating that the marks on the body of the child had been produced by a degree of violence which ought not to be exercised towards a young person. The lad was requested to show his arms and back ; he did so, and the livid marks still remaining confirmed the whole charge. Mr. Holt called the father . of Kelly, and questioned him as to whether he had not authorised the foreman to beat the boy. The man replied, " I might have told him to chastise the lad if he didn't attend to his work ; but I never told hi m to slaughter him." Mr. Rushton.—He has been shockingly abused, as I have no doubt boyi very frequently are ; but it is fortunate for this one that he has a father with spirit enough to bring the case here. Mr. Holt.—They did not bring it here until they failed in making money out of it. Mr. Braithwaite acknowledges that the boy has been overbeaten. Mr.. Rushton, after consulting with hi s b ro th er mag i strate, said, "We had some doubt whether we ought not in this case to go to the extent of the law. All poor men who have lads of tender years, whom they are obliged to send out to work, are greatly interested in this sort of matter, and we feel bound to give them all the protection in our power. Very often poor men have not the time or the energy to bring cases like this before a magistrate. Although the lad may have been irregular, you (the defendant) have exceeded all bounds in his correction •, you have behaved in a savage and brutal manner, calculated not only to waste the body, but to break the spirit of the boy, and to make a brute of him." The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of 60s. and costs, and in default of payment to be imprisoned one month. The money was paid. Mr. GLADSTONE believed that the steam-ships ran during the winter except two months. He thought that during those two months would be the time. The CH4lttmArsr observed, that during those two months the vessels would be here. Mr. MELLOR asked how long it would take to deepen the dock ? Mr. ASKEW thought about six weeks or two months, ac cording to the force employed: Mr. HORSFALL asked the Harbour-master whether he thought a gridiron could be laid at the east side of George's Dock ? Mr. ASKEW said one could very well; but he should pre fer that vessels should go into the graving -dock. The grid iron was very well for good ships, but bad ones it merely helped to patch up. After a abort conversation, a resolution was passed, direct ing the Secretary to inform Messrs. M'lver and Co. that they should have early information of the closing of Coburg Dock, and another, requesting Mr. Askew and Mr. Rosson to prepare a joint report upon the practicability and expense of fixing a gridiron on the east side of George's Dock. KIRKDALE QUARTER SESSIONS The Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the Kirkdale Divi sion of the County commenced yesterday, in the Court-house, before the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, chairman, and the follow ing magistrates :—Hon. R. B. Wilbraham, M.P., P. Bourne, Esq., Charles Birch, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., Thomas Rollick, Esq., Thomas Rawson, Esq., Charles Orrell, Esq., John Formby, Esq., Rev. Miles Formby, Holbrook Gaskell, Esq., and William Deakin, Esq. The court having been opened with the customary formali ties, the following gentlemen were sworn on the GRAND JURY. Richard Brian Smith, of Lydiate, ge n tl eman, f oreman. Michael Belcher, of Everton, broker. Daniel Smith, of Burscough, yeoman. William B. Williams, of ditto, innkeeper. Thomas Hatherto n , o f Upholland, gentleman. Nathan Gaskill, of ditto, gentleman. Richard Naylor, of ditto, gentleman. Robert Shuttleworth, of Tildesley-cum-Shakerley, yeoman. James Burton, of Tildesley-cum-Shakerley, manufacturer. John Moss, of Melling, yeoman. William Mawdesley, of Maghull, yeoman. John Whalley, of ditto, gentleman. Edward Sutton, of Lydiate, gentleman. James Blezard, of ditto, gentleman. Price Davies, of Fazakerley, gentleman. William Hyde, of ditto, eentleman. Thomas Lutwyche, of Litherland, merchant. Arthur Latham, of ditto, merchant. Francis Henry Penny, of ditto, merchant. Mr. Robert Aikin, merchant, of Everton, and Mr. Wil liam Astle - y, merchant, of Everton, were each fined £5 for non-attendance. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to deliver the charge to the grand jury. He said he was happy to find, from the calendar, that their labours would be considerably lighter at these sessions than was usually the case ; the number of fe lonies was not so large as usual, and he believed none of them were of a nature to require any observation from him. They were principally those kind of felonies which usually came before the grand jury upon these occasions, and they would have no difficulty in coming to a conclusion upon the bills before them. However, if they should find any, the court would be most happy to render them any assistance. The chairman then dismissed the grand jury to their labours. The grand jury then retired, and shortly afterward s the trials proceeded, but they were totally uninteresting. Mr. Hugh Bullen, brewer, of Fazakerley, and Mr. Robt. Alsop, merchant, of Everton, were each fined £5 for non attendance upon the petty jury. STATE OF EDUCATION AMONG THE PRISONERS FOR TRlAL.—There are 49 prisoners for trial at th ese sessions on charges of felony, and 14 for misdemeanours —total 63. Of this number only six are able to read and write well ; 31 im perfectly ; whilst the large proportion of 26 have Rever been taught either. tion Admiral Bau . s Ames ig command ned the comet of the expedi to Buenosre It is said that he quarrelled with his instructions, which were of so complicated a character that dibe couldunder not, unless they were rend ere d more simple and rect, take to carry them into exetion. Admiral Mackan is appointed his successor, and sail c s u forthwith. We are happy in being able to announce that the officers who have served with Sir George Cochrane will on Wednes day next present that gallant and estimable officer with a splendid testimony of their regard and admiration, in the shape of a magnificent service of plate, of nearly £lOOO value. — United Service Gazette. DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS LYNCH BLOSSE, on Sunday, the sth of July, at Perrin Castle, Sir F. Lynch Blosse, Bart., age d 40 years. His title and estates devolve on his eld est son, now Sir Robert Lynch Blosse, Bart. The IpaituenbkaeTnet married in 1824 a d aug h ter o f L or d Chancellor About 4000 bales of wool arrived in the St. Katharine Docks on. Saturday last from New South Wales on board of the Orient, Prince Regent, and Lady 111‘Naghten, being part of the first clip from the colony this season. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRMAN The SECRETARY stated, that he had received a letter, dated the 15th instant, from the chairman of the committee relative to the progress of the new dock bill. The letter was then read, but from the inconvenient position of the reporters table, and the low tone in which the secretary pitched his voice, we do not profess to give it accurately. The letter stated that the parliamentary committee had been engaged in considering the clauses of the bill for some days past, but they had proceeded slowly in consequence of the opposition of its opponents. Many clauses had, however, been passed, and some had been modified. The vestry clerk yesterday had stated the case of his board, and the clerk of the Highway Board for his as to the rating of the proposed new warehouses, &c. The committee decided against them very properly ; but the proportion of lighting and other expenses was to be paid by the warehouses and the parish. Thus the parish and highway boards had increased the expenses of their unwarrantable opposition to the bill. The proposed plause authorizing the measurement of steamers was rejected, on the ground that a private bill could not alter a public enactment. Yesterday and to-day the clauses authorizing the purchase of land had been discussed; and the committee decided that the purchase of land was optional, but that, if bought, the dock committee ought to be compelled to build warehouses. The clause authorizing them to borrow money would be settled to-morrow. The next passage in the letter related to the constitution of the committee, but it was ho possible to hear it correctly. The letter concluded by stating, that the opponents of the bill contended that the expense of the act ought to be equally born by the dock estate and the warehouse opponents, but this proposition was speedily re jected, and consequently clause 97 stood unaltered with re gard to the payment of the expenses. Mr. GLADSTONE said that, with regard to the letter just read, he could not help thinking that the Chairman of the Dock Committee would have acted a more prudent part if he had abstained from expressions calculated to excite and irritate those who were opposed to the bill. He for one, was prepared to contend that th e con d uct of the parish' was called for, and perfectly justifiable. It must be recollected that those members of the committee of the House of Com mons, who were opposed to the views of the promoters of the bill, had latterly, and, as he considered,. most inex cusably, absented themselves from the committee during the past week, in consequence of which, what had been previ ously decided was, in their absence re-opened and reversed— converting what was a majority into a minority. With re spect to the expressions in that letter of " promptly re fusing," and " speedily negativing," when it was known what the attendance of the members of the committee was, and how it was at that moment constituted, it was a farce to make use of such. On a very late division, he believed the numbers opposing were cut down to four, solely from the circumstance of three or four members having left town. He regretted that in the chairman's communication nothing was said as to whether the bill could or could not be carried through parliament this session. Those who were con sidered to be well informed, out of doors, were of opinion that there was no probability whatever of its passing this session. If that were the case, he should like to know upon what grounds the bill was still persevered in ; and whether it was yet known what amount of money had been expended on it ? He understood that the expenses of the promoters and the opposers amounted now to from £12,000 to £15,000 ; and this sum was to be thrown away on a bill which, so far as could be ascertained, would be lost ! He should be very glad if the information as to the expense, 'which he had be fore asked for, could be furnished; perhaps the Secretary could state it. The SECRETARY replied that the Treasurer was absent ; but he believed the expenses did not approach to anything like the sum named by Mr. Gladstone. The last return was £2,509, and the expenses since might have been £l,OOO more.. Mr. GLADSTONE had still a desire to know whether any communication had been made to the effect that it was im possible for the deputation representing the committee to get the bill this session? The. CHAI .M — A7 knew nothing of what might be passing out of door ; but the d e p utat i on b e li eved that the expecta tion of obtaining the bill was not altogether hopeless. There had been many delays certainly, but none on the part of the promoters of the bill. Mr. YATES complained that the course adopted to pro cure the bill was one calculated to irritate the great body of merchants and shipowners. Mr. HORSFALL said this was not the time to discuss the merits of the bill. If a day were set apart for that . purpose he should h ave no o bj ect i on to meet Mr. Y ates upon some of the points he had raised. Mr. YATES should be most happy to discuss the bill with Mr. Horsfall at any time. The' CH A IRM AN.—We cannot do it at present. Mr: Y ATES.—I am sorry for that, because the more you go into it th e worse you will come out of it. - The discussion then terminated, and the committee ad journed. PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS Mr. Espy, of Philadelphia, delivered the third lecture of his course on this subject in the Music-hall, Bold-street, on the evening of Wednesday. The attendance. although by no means so numerous as to offer any great encouragement to previous occasions,' notwithstanding the attractions,of the principal race day. In the absency of the Mayor, Mr. J. B. Yates was called to the chair. The Chairman expressed his regret to see so small an at tendance upon a subject so interesting and important to this port, and to the welfare of the seaman. It was true that the best portions of Mr. Esny's lectures nr.tnirrpd in n week devoted to conviviality arid amusement, and that un questionably had some effect in preventing many from at tending; but it must not be forgotten that there were other races to be run, of equal importance to those at Aintree, thn.. msnrs fl,. f.r.7 • -- Lue sea. (ufteers.) Every one inter ested in the prosperity of the country, he contended, should consider how these marine races might be run with the great est advantage, and with the greatest safety to our brave ma riners. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Espy, in the present lecture, would develope some interesting circumstances, shewing how this object might be partly accomplished. and t.- - man) had no doubt filo ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE-.ESCAPE INNSI A LOCK-UP. An occurrence which has caused a good deal of conversa tion in this town took place last Saturday morninhibthe particulars of which, we believe, to be pretty early s follows :—On Thursday last a lady and gentleman n in a very smart gig, drawn by a capital grey horse, drove rend Mr. West's, the Brownlow Arms, in Clitheroe. They ined there all night, and next morning, when the bill ought to have been paid, it was found that the gentleman was in the unen viable situation of being without cash. As credit was not to be had. he left the ..uy, as a pledge and a hostage, while he mounted the horse and rode over to Blackburn, putting up at Mr. Rothwell's, the Dun Horse Inn, Market street Lane. Here he bargained for the sale of the horse, and gig and harness, which the buyer was to take on the seller's description, and the stun he was to receive for the whole was £l5. One sovereign was given to him to seal the bargain, which done he exchanged - his horse for a pony of Mr. Rothwell's and hastened b ac k to Clitheroe to release his wife and the gig by the payment of Mr. West's bill. With these he returned to Blackburn, the latter being deli vered to its new owner, and the purchase-nionev hariflpri to our traveller. Thus matters stood on the evening of Fri - ...,...,..uz y wont(' aerive high gratifica- day, when the suspicions of our ac ti ve and intelligent tion from those explan a ti ons . Superintendent of Police, Mr. Burke, were awakened on Mr. Espy was then introduced, and received with much the fact of this extraordinarily cheap bargain coming to his applause. He commenced by demonstrating the fact, that knowledge. He accordingly made it his business to inquire by condensing the air it was much heated, and that by rani- into the affair, and being in plain clothes he had no difficulty fying it it was cooled. Ile next glanced at the progress made in getting into conversation with the gentleman and lady, in the preceding lectures in ascertaining the cause of storms, at the Dun Horse, the result of which was that he was con and said, if he had proved that air went up in currents under vinced the horse and gig were stolen. The parties were forming clouds, clouds would form, and all their phenomena immediately taken into custody, and the male prisoner, being take place. A great many storms had been investigated since of highly respectable appearance, was granted the privilege the report of the joint committee upon their origin. In of a room up staits in the police office, apart from the herd that report, it would be recollected, the committee stated, of common offenders, drunkards, and the like until the case that in all th e s t orms w hi c h they had investigated, nine in could be heard before a magistrate. He was placed in a room number, it was found that the air rushed in from all sides of on the third story in the building, the window of which was the circumference towards a centre: But them. .....-....- -,-- - - ' • . . . . secured by a row of iron bars, and in this situation was visited /. I purKe ninisett, we u n d ers t an d , saw his prisoner a little be fore one o'clock on Saturday morning. However, soon after that hour the fellow very ingeniously and dexterously con trived to make his escape. First he removed one of the iron bars which secured the window, by what means does not clearly appear; after which, having torn his shirt into strips and made a sort of rope thereof, he attached it to a remaining filar nriri 1., 11,-- --Ir , . wILIMUL cuscovery by any of the inmates of the police-office. When the escape was discovered by the means of descent hanging from the window, a hue and cry w;is and men were aespatched in pursuit in all directions, but the runaway evaded his pursuers and has not since been heard of. the. statement made by the woman it appears that that. na. swindler's name is Charles Hodson : he is said to have been in business in Kendal for ten years as a brush manufacturer, and having failed he is understood to have been afteruards engaged as a commercial traveller. Ile was married to the unfortunate woman who accompanied him at Manchester, on the 10th of Marcia laSt, though We hear that he has a former wife living, by whom he has three children. The horse and gig, worth probably not less than fifty guineas, (for the gig is a very handsome one, and apparently new,) are supposed to belong to Mr. S. Daxon, Griffin Inn, George-street, Halifax, from whose house the woman confesses that they were taken several days before the eclaircisseinent.—Blackburn Stand. OPENING OF THE GLASGOW RAILWAY. AND PAISLEY (From the Glasgow Courier of Tuesday.) Yesterday a most successful opening was made of the a b ove line of railway. Th e di rec t ors o f the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil marnock, and Ayr, and Greenock Railway Companies, and the friends whom they invited, making a party of upwards of three hundred ladies and gentlemen, assembled ab ou t one o!clock at the st a ti on in Tradeston, where a train of nineteen carriages was in readiness to make their first trip aloeg the line to Paisley. Among the gentlemen present, we observed the Lord Provost, the Magistrates of Glasgow, Paisley, and urc~uvt w, onerin Campbell, besides a number of county gentle Men, military officers, &c. &c. The band of th Royal Dragoons was in attendance, and enlivened the scene by some of the most inspiriting overtures of the best com posers. The streets in the neighbourhood of the station were crowded by admiring spectators, and the windows and eminences from which a view might be obtained, were similarly occupied. The permanent station-house in Bridge street not being completed, the party were admitted to the line through a temporary and substantially-built wooden booth covered with lead, which is to be used for giving out tickets until the permanent building is completed. The procession of carriages was drawn up opposite this erection, over the roof of which, and also over the tops of the carriages, and other appropriate places around, banners were displayed, adding to the gaiety of the scene. Signal guns were fired announcing that " the steam was up," when all in waiting f or th e t r i p too k their places, and exactly at lh. sm. and 38sec. the procession left the sta tion-house. The line takes a beautiful curve, commencing at the south end of the Glasgow Bridge, and extending be tween Bridge -street and Commerce -street, away round be hind the west end of Tradeston and Kingston. The passen gers, as they were sweeping round this tine bend, at a mode rate pace, had an opportunity of admiring the plain and sub stantial but not inelegant bridges, four in number, over the streets in Tradeston. The first over King street, built en tirely of stone, is finished to the raising of the parapets ; those over Neilson -street, Wallace-street, and Cook-street, are completed. They are formed of iron beams, laid upon sub stantial stone abutments, and instead of parapet walls, they are fenced with iron railing, which gives them a light and or namental appearance, rather thin that of obstructions, as might have been supposed, in the localities where they are placed. We cannot at present wait to describe the beauti fully diversified scenery through which we passed. We were cheered on our way at every turning, and not less enthusias tically at any place than at Craighton, the mansion of the Lord Provost. When we reached Paisley, it seemed as it' the inhabitants had determined on snaking a gala day on the occasion. The bells were singing, guns were firing, flags were displayed from every eminence, and it seemed as if the whole town were turned out. The streets in the neighbour.. hood were crowded, every window filled, and the house tops and even the roof of the jail, were covered with spectators. The party, on leaving the carriages, were kindly treated to sandwiches, champagne, and claret, in abundance, at the depot, and shortly after returned to Glasgow. The following is the rate at which the carriages travelled : From Glasgow to Paisley. Hours. Left Sation House, Glascow Ciossed COOk-street, 100 yards farther on - 1 - 6 Passed through Two-mile House Tunnel 1 13 Entered Arkleston Tunnel Reached South Croft -street, Paisley, (steam off) . 1 24 Arrived at Station House Min. Sec Total time from Cook-street, Glasgow, to South Croft -street. Paisley, or until the steam was taken off at Croft-street .. Including the tune of starting after the steam was taken off until arriving at the station . 0 18 Prom Paisley to Glasgow Left the Depot Left the Tunnel Left Two-mile H ouse Tunnel Hours. Min. Sec. 2 11 0 2 16 0 2 24 0 Steam off at Wallace-street, Glasgow 0 17 LIVERPOOL RACES.-THURSDAY The KNOWSLEY DINNER STAKES of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old ; colts Bst 61b, fillies Bst 21b. Once round. Lord Westminster's The Shah, by Abbas Mirza (Nat) w. o. MATCH. 50 sovs each, hf ft. Half-a-mile. Col. Anson's hlk fby Lamplighter (Nat) I Lord Stanley's D e Cliff or d (M. Jones) 2 The STANLEY STAKES, of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with 30 sovs added. For two and three yrs old. T.Y.C. Two yrs old 6st 121 b, three 9st 21b. Geldings allowed 21b. The second horse to save his stake. Mr. Billington's b c Snoozer, 3 yrs Mr. Palmer's br c Priamus, 3 yrs (Marsden) 2 The LivEnPoot ST. LEGER of 50 sovs each, 20 ft with 50 added, for 3 yrs old ; colts Bst 81b, fillies Bst 31b. On( mile and three quarters. Lord Eglinton's b c Dr. Caius Lord Westminster's The Shah Mr. Parkins' b c Naworth ....... 3 The GROSVENOR STAKES of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 sovs added, for three and four yrs old. One mile and three _ quarters. (Cartwright) 1 Major Yarburgh's br c Charles XII. 4 yrs (Lye) 1 Lord Westmi ns t er ' s b c Maroon, 3 yrs (N 2 The STAND Cur, va l ue 100 sovs, in specie, added at ) to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft. Once round and a distance. Mr. Bowes' ch f Mickleton Maid, 4 yrs Duke of Cleveland's b c Sampson •, Lord Geor ge B ent i nc k' s Naworth, 3 yrs .) The SELLING STAKES, a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 70 soya added. Three yrs old ist, four Bst 41b, five Bst Mb, six and aged 9st. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs. if demanded in the usual way. Mr. Loy's b c Ararat, 4 yrs Mr. Goodman's b g Pickwick, aged (Nat) I (Lye) 2 0 1 1 0 First, a dead heat Viscount Palmerston has appointed the Hon. Henry Eliot, son of Lord Minto, the P rec i s W r i ter at-t h e Foreign Office, in the place of the Hon. Edward Bouverie. Mr. Bouverie is a student of one of the Inns of Court. The Rev. Henry Vane, 8.D., Fellow of Dulwich College, Deputy-Clerk of the Closet to her Majesty, and domestic poi n chap tme t o of Dean Lord Hofollan dDurham , is stated to ha ve rece i ved the ap . His Royal Highness Prince Albert has presented his infant god-daughter, the child of Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, with a superb and costly gold basin that was used at the font on the occasion of the christening. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to express her intention to patronize the Cornwall Regatta, annually held at Falmouth, and which this year is expected to come off in August. The committee have, therefore, altered its appel lation to that of the Royal Cornwall Regatta. We quote the following strange consequence of somnam bulism from the Droit :—" A working jeweller, in the Quartier St. Jacques, had repeatedly lost articles of value intrusted to him by his employers, and, from the circum stances of his life and establishment, could not believe the abstractions to have been made by any one but his own daughter. He repeatedly accused her of the thefts, which she strenuously denied. As they continued till all his savings were exhausted, and his conviction as to the cause remained unshaken, he turned hi s c hild out o f d oors an d li ve d alone. Notwithstanding this, his losses did not cease, and he was almost in despair, when a few nights ago he was awakened from his sleep by a violent pain in one of his feet. On examining it, he found that it arose from a wound, in which there was a piece of glass. On recollection, he called to mind that on the preceding day he broke a glass on the table, and was convinced that he must have trod upon the frag ments with his naked feet, and to do this must have walked in his sleep and got upon the table. Following up this idea, he made an investigation, and at length discovered all the missing articles concealed in the corner of the ceiling of the room. He sent for his daughter home next morning." PERSIAN CURE FOR Homm-SICKNESS.—We met a throng of villagers, old and young, men, women, and children, some on foot, and some on donkeys. They were hurrying on in great haste. and every face in the company appeared a happy one. On inquiring the cause of their travelling such district o numbers, they said th a t t h ey were from the f Maragha, near lake Ouraniab, that their sons and brothers had been serving in th e army in Khorassan, two or three years, and, becomi ng discontented, - bad demanded permis sion to return and see their friends. Th e Shah replied to their imPortunities, th at h e would bring their friend s to , and immediately sent orders to the governor to take by force the families of these soldiers and convey them into khorassan. The order was obeyed. They were torn away from their homes, and driven, like a herd of cattle, from Maragha to Zenjan. Here they had prevailed upon their conductors to suffer them to tarry until they could send a representation of their reduced and miserable condition to the Shah, with' an humble petition of leave to return. The Shah had granted their prayer, they had been released that very morning, and wer e now scam p er i ng b ack to their homes. -- Sotithgals's Travels in Turkey and Persia. y T , 6 ~ T