The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-28 00:00:00

I • larly to the Fact, that those who have waterclosets attached to their housesare prevented, by a heavy penalty, from allowing the soil to be carried away by the sewer, and in consequence, are compelled to let it accumulate tin• mouths under their dwellings. lie also pointed out a very simple and unexpen sive method of preventing the emission of stench irons the openings to the sewers. (To be continued.) THE " MERCUp y FALLEN BELOW ZERO TO THE EDITOR OF THE; LIVERPOOL STANDARD. note published in y our T u esday's paper to uc h e d the Landlady of the Pigeon. and ,Penny Trumpet on . the raw; whe n re f ere nC e was 'made to -" Mir circulation.'" the galled jade winced ;" but come . Mrs. P,,itt, conic to the ques tion; it is the "falling of Alert:wry below Zero." Give us (it you are not ashamed of it) Your average weekly circulation for the last three months of the year just ended, and, if you Please, the previous quarter also ; and to make the four quar ters complete, I now give you your own figures for the two t'e'st quarters of the year, viz„ that ending in April; .1839, our weekly average" was 7824, • but that ending in June had fallen to 7326, and the yearly average made up to Decem ber was 7000 ! What a - falling off is here ! But, old lady, if You do not please to gratify your readers with the weekly average up to December, the House of Commons will in a few days enable them to do it for themselves. The old twaddler's attempt to extricate herself from my very charge of " wee k ly slandering., the Protestant clergy, an d h e r effectual attempts to mask _the villany of Popery," only confirms my statement; for she not only admits, but asserts, that, she slanders them on such and such occasions, when they act in such and such a manner; for instance, when they ".preach politics out of the pulpit." she thinks she is justified in slanderin g them ; but, old lady, your readers will infer from this that if they do not " preach politics out of the pulpit, then, by your own showing, you are not justified in slandering the clergy of the Protestant church. Now,-the question is, did you ever hear them preach " politics out of the pulpit?" It will not avail you to say that you heard it from good (Popish) authority. : - .u.ppose you leave your bil liards and Our bagatelle. some Sunday Morning, and Walk on to St. Jude's, to hear your , .friend there ; would it not be much m ore-satisfactory for you to judge for yourself instead of relyi ng on Popish calumny ? You could then write notes , to correspondents without so much wincing! Old lady, it is for you to consider your ways. I struck the nail on the right head when I suggested your " slanders of the Protes t" w ClerZg ioy"." a•s one cause of the " falling of th e qu i c k s il ver oelo e l o Note you want political prea c hi ng f rom th e pu l p i t, ok to the church of your holy mother Jezebel, and you need not go without texts for slander; but this is a church Which you love to honour, but don't, old dame, beguile • . you rse l f with the notion that sire can absolve you from the guilt of a lite of slandering- Protestant clergymen.=l am, sir, tk e., YOUR CORRESPONDENT. PROPRIETORS OF THE'EXCHANGE AND CAPT. CLEGG OF TILE HUDDERSFIELD, f B uildi -- The annual meeting of th e P ropr i etors o f t h e E xchange ngs was held yesterday, when the freedom of the News Room was most handsomel voted to Captain Clegg, of the lluddersfield.' The following is a copy of the Secretary's letter, the resolution, and of Capt. Clegg's acknowledgment . of the justly Clamed compliment : CAPTAIN CLEGG, OF THE HUDDERSFIELD. • Liverpool, 27th Janu ar y, 1840. Sir,—lt is mV pleasing duty . to hand yoti the inclosed copy of a resolution, passed at a general meeting of the Proprietors of the Li havverPool Exch ange h e ld thi s d ay. —Th e P ropr i etors would e pleasure in extending the privilege of free ad mission to the News Room to von for life; hut the bye-laws °.t . the Compa ny t han prevent them granting it in any other form an as ex pressed in the •accompanying resolution.—l have the honour to b e To Cap , sir, your most obedient servant, At a a g tain Cleg g . JOHN SUDLOW, Secretary. Exc eneral meeting of the Proprietors of the Liverpool hnge held this 27th day of January, 1840. Present—Edivard Sephton, Esq. Chairman, &C. &c. , L ll was fo rmiimon.vly resolved,—That in consideration of gallant and meritoriou s . conduct of Captain Clegg, of the %re c .' k or htil) Huddersfield, i n sav in g t h e li ves o f 95 persons from the free ad the steamer William Huskisson on the 12th i ns t ant, the to the news-room be granted to him for the p.resent Yea, with a recommendation t o th e P ropr i etors to ontinue the same privilege from year to year. (Extracted from the Minutes.) JOHN SUDLOW, Secretary. Sir —iv to the ehai Liverpool, 27th January, 1840. 4av beg that you will do -.me the favor to convey rrnan and pro rietors of the Exchange-buildings my ',grateful thanks for the p .very marked and untherited compli :t which yo u have this day so ki n dl y conveye d to me. I 7hlwhich agai n ta k e occasion to repeat, that the services on the proprietors of the Exchange:buildings are pleased to g com p li ment me, are, I f eel, only such as would have been ren eyr the common feelings of humanity. To the many marks of public kindness which 1 h ave already received, I add, with much pride, the expresssion of approbation of so highly a respectable and influential a body of gentlemen, as the pro prietors of the Exchange -buildings, and have the honour to remain, sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN ARDEN CLEGG. John Suitlow, Esq. --- -----' THE LIVER THEATRE. ----,-- At this establishment there ,is no lack of novelty. It is as spiritedly conducted as in any former season; and, in respect of attention to minor points, .on which effect often in great measure depends, there is a decided improvement. To ad mirers of rustle- " nature," Mr. Rayner's performances must be satisfactory : his engagement extends throughout the week. In all the old men that he personates, Mr. Til bury is efficienr-his knowledge of his art ensures efficiency —but in several parts of " his line" he.displays a finish in his portraitures' of character, and a refinement of concep tion, which attest his possession of conSiderable imagination and the higher powers . of mind. The dancing gives great *satisfaction. Without any disparagement to the talents of Maddle. Chevallier, to which, with others, we have borne testimony, we think that in the style and school of the art there is not 'only 'much promise, but m uc h o f actual and pleasing a ttainment, nightly exhibited„by the:young,Ladies who are in the bills under the - siimewhat incongruous desig nation of the "Misses Thomas:iin and Lidia." However, it is on their eir dancing, and not on th e t i tles of the dancers, that we hto rema r k. Cl ievallier ' s style is graceful and pretty, but it is too confined : it wants variety.. The other ladies are your and ineritiirious.. They are evidently aiming at t4itisttiettasis,!n the lii , .rise:' and more difficult,. bemuse more ar walk" or mope/no/it. in their profession. Those ac quainted with the resources of the ballet throughout the e'ollTheated range of its department.% will w e think coincide with this • • -- .1 •'b s- • - tained study, and steadily opinion. _,,, otaing u,, sub . • .1• . • dir ected practice, can enable them to attain the praiseworthy object which they 1 in ' liar view. ..Let their motto be cEitsE jta •: they xvilltlsT: add to their present popularity. Both tidies dress with exceedi w ta ell,ste :USd—Which is more dese rv i ng of notice— ns. . --- eou_A_preAiN CLroo.—The subscription going on. at the it 11"1,017pdal Buildings, in this city, amounts to £225; and i it had ce rtainly have amounted to three times that sum if • not been limited to five shillings. Yesterday an elderly gentlema • Mr. Jameson we are informed, pressed a pound note upon • Linty_ tiiie,i,'llseit: atab;isnege,retary of the coriiiiany, who perempto " IcannOt take more than live shit -1,4 dew bye. stander suggested that the gentleman should, whu n t he names o f th ree o f hi s children, or family, a n d eeres..!;on th e h umane personage flew into a violent passion, you a..reeTimed—" Sir, I did not come here to be mocked— , asto n i s r° impertinent' fellow." .. The bye-stander, evidently I rem' ,' e l. l , replied in a Mild tone—" I beg your pardon, Sir, i reaso,,,) did not intend to offend you, nor am I aware of any C in a I" w ny you should be offended." The testy gentleman, You didY tone, and with a sardOnia grin, vociferated—" Sir. th,., nob intend it; you knew well I was an old bachelor, and eargL,obody cares for me." So saying, he made his exit, in2 l r ng off his pound note, and buttoning the pocket of his pueLtessibles as he quitted the room. Dublin Evening toRO,.TAL A MPIIITHEATRE.—It is a pleasing duty with us nlreet attention to the varied and splendid attractions IJnightly,, prepared at the Amphitheatre. Those who have not, o e l i ll the inclement state of the weather, been able to refresh avail`o r knowledge of chivalry by seeing the Tournament , should 6, themselves of the earliest opportunity. The gallant arni g of the armed knights, the sounding proclamations of the heralds, the prancing and neighing of the steeds, and the gorgeous magnificence of b the whole, attest the enterprising ofhlirit which bus prepared the piece. The other departments th e performances also manifest the superintending agency ucrow ; for every thing: is done in inimitable style and with e xhaustless spirit. We have not, however, time to s Peeif v in detail the points of superiority, and therefore, we must conclude by recommending our friends to go and judge for themselves. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. —The Mayor has summoned a special meeting of the Town Coun cil, to be held on Wednesday next, among other purposes, to consider the best means of celebrating, in a suitable man lier, the approaching marriage of her Majesty. LAUNCH.-011 TllHrillay a beautiful barque, of about 400 tons register, called the Livingson, intended, we believe, for the E as t I n di a t ra d e, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Joseph Steele and Son. Notwithstanding the tem pestuous state of the weather, an immense number of people Were present, and witnessed the animating sight. A number Of e legantly -dressed ladies were also present. The Living went off in splendid style. LAUNCH,—On Tuesday last a beautiful .brig, of 196 tons register named the Fanny, was launched from the building- Yard of ' Messrs. Bannester and Simpson. She is surpassed b y ,few as f ar as regards superior model and workmanship, 1 1" is admirably adapted for the West India trade, we be "eye, she is intended for. Although the day was exceedingly Unf avourable, yet she went off in gallant style, without mis- t -lining the slightest 'injury, and is now lying in No. I ravin g Dock, the admiration of every one who inspects her. , LIV ERPOOL F IRE POLICE.—On Wednesday a consider °ale nu m b er of persons paid a visit to the station of the Fire ea Poli ce, for the purpose of witnessing the plan pursued by the liAlaB ben Perintendent, And the men under his cormnanextraordi d. Much ~ said in praise of this.useful body. The di nary alacrity they display, and the signal success which ge r pall y attends their efforts for th e preservation of lives an d pert have have justly placed the m i n hi gh estimation with the Ir?ublic. We were, however, quit e unprepared for an exhibi ',en so interesting as the one we witnessed. The engines, 0 fi n hough a fire had not long before taken place, were in the ri f° oest order; all the appurtenances arranged in proper form i v l l ;_°se i and the appearance of a large number of the force, p ~F had been called together by Mr. Hewitt was highly 'OO :"SfaCtOry: . The men having been duly placed, directions 0 0, IP'e given them to.attach a length of hose, containing 16 or v° ards.- This was accomplished by one man removing the ttla9clen vessel from the engine, by another fastening the j Et aniserew, a third taking the hose, and so on •, and this was 5 4 . ,onnalislied in the incredibly short space of ten seconds. To it_ter this had been done, and the engines, with hose re 4`taehed and properly folded, two lengths were fastened in fd)roportionately short period. Subsequently three lengths ): th.sntion, and four of hose, were screwed to the engine, and D i's length (above 70 yards) was speedily conveyed up Tem '4T, tiee-eourt, and water carried over the houses, in less space of ~•• do an than half a nainnte,-• much to the wonder and gratitica kffer of those who witnessed it. The party,. by invitation, 4 w ards. dined together at Mr. Henry Morris's, who libe ,, 1 44 1 ' Provided a 'sumptuous entertainment. . The fire police 0 0 th e , for a considerable time, been badly managed ; but under. ; a/We-construction of Mr. ' Hewitt, the training of the men, ,;14 tL ind eed, the whole :arrangements, may now be Said to be tttpvi-.,n!nst perfect order, and have been the means of Must , . he!i„siives and Property to -a great amount, which • 1 r wl e have been inevitably sacrificed. • ,i 1; ‘',. ,l f tl i t e TrlN . G AT SIR ROnERT PY.EL's.--A meeting of some p iq , ~,,, eading conservative members of the House of Com- III; 41 W as held at Sir Robert' Peel's,' in 'Whitehall -gardens, rt itt,sLatilrday last,' at, 'noon: Among the noblemen and edamen who attended were Lord Stanley, Sir James 7t.5,, Bart., Viscount Eastnor, Visconnt_ , Stormont, 1 tit; ths"leY, Si George , Clerk, 'Mr: 'Hope, 1,,r . A . ll, j •aers on ) _r. , ..",,.., P cke Tenant, Lord Grenville' Somerset., ..Rii.,ht j n',llailtisepb .Planta, ‘ Right lion. John C. ilerries, Mr . . r t a t ' lll ll II ". ii. ••LiddelP,lLM.d 'Eliot' Right lion. flew y 15 ' (! k 1',,t4i 4 1. ° , Lord - Ernest Slaice, , s'Alr:" . l3.' D'lsraeli, Hon. .;./ oetai, qordon, Mr. R. M. .Anlnes, lion. W. Lascelles, 114 i A li ett e . r ll g e , y l i e l I , -Sea) )Punt Jiickdiaif ,"' 'tf:.t.---:-11 , ..foriting Herald 4 tikSh t h e - - , y ._:, ~t,„! merchandize frozen ip on the Erie canal are •,: I r tierces Moffat's life pills. Ebe kiberpool TUISDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1840. We have received files of. the Sydney Gazette and of the Sydney Comnicrcial . Journal, to the 14th of Sep tember, inclusive. The news from New South Wales is comparatively of little moment. The intelligence from Hobarts"fown and South Australia is somewhat more interesting. The South Australian Record fur nishes us with some very important details respecting the progress of the colony of Port Adelaide. . It ap pears that, in the course of two years, from the 28th of December, 1836, the date of the establishment of the prOvince, its population has increased from 200 to 8,250 souls; that its revenue, consisting only of duties on spirits, wines, tobacco, and publicans' licenses, amounted for the last six months to upwardS of £5,000; and that the arrivals at Port Adelaide, for the same period, consisted of 99 vessels, of 21,709 tons — equalling the entire amount of the.previons year's ship ping in the colony. The produce of the emigration fund, arising from the sales of land in the colopy, du ring the year 1839, and remitted to the commissioners in England, amounted to the large sum of £112,887-- a sum sufficient to send out to the colony at least 3000 mar:ied couples of labouring emigrants. The number of sheep in the colony had reached nearly 70,000 head. The superior quality and decided healthfulness of the pastures are the subjects of constant praise. The ca tarrh, which has been so very destructive to the flocks in New South Wales, seems to be unknown in the more sheltered pastures of Adelaide. The attention of the settlers is, for the present, almost exclusively directed to sheep-farming. Little advancement, has, in conse quence, been made in agricultural affairs generally. The South Australian Register of the 3d of August gives the following as the prices of provisions in the province :—Potatoes £35 to £4O per ton ; ditto per lb. 4d. to 6d.; turnips Is. per bunch ; carrots Gd. per lb.; beef 10d. to Is. per lb.; mutton Is. to Is. 2d. per lb.; veal. Is. 3d. per lb. ; pork Is. 4d. per lb. ; butter (fresh) 3s. Gd. per lb.; butter (salt) 2s. to 2s. 6d. per lb.: fish 4d. to Gd. per lb. ; eggs 4s. to Gs. per dozen ; cabbages and lettuce 3d. each; four pound loaf 35.; flour (best) .£65 to £75 per ton ; oats I Is. to 13s. per bushel; bran ss. 6d. to Gs. per bushel. The intelligence from Hobart Town reaches to the 16th of September. It appears that subscriptions to a considerable amount had been raised there for the re lief of the poorer classes, who had been, for some time .previously, labouring under great .distress, in conse quence of the scarcity of food. A public concert had also been projected for the same benevolent purpose. Severe frosts had been experienced in Van Dieman's Land in the early part of August, which, with the pre vious dry weather, had materially injured the early forage crops; but subsequent mild rains had caused a great improvement in the appearance of the wheat and young barley. It appears that Sir John Franklin, the Governor, had received a draught of a new Colonial Charter, containing the elective principle of legislation and the abolition of military juries; but the Sydney and Hobart Town papers.complain that publicity had not been given to this document. They state that the only details that have. transpired are, that the Colony is to be divided into municipal districts, each to bear its own expences, and each to elect its own local magis tracy. The prices of provisions, &c., at Hobart Town were remarkably high. Fine flour was sold at £6O per ton ; seconds L5B; thirds £56 ; Oatmeal 445. per cwt. ; pollard 2s. 6d., bran 4s. 3d., per bushel of 20 lbs. Wheat wes selling at 2ls. to 225. 6d. per bushel; Eng lish barley Bs. per bushel ; oats is. 6d. per bushel; po tatoes 18s., pressed hay £B., loose ditto £6 10s., straw £3., coals 305., gum she-oak 15s. per ton. From Sydney we learn that the new education scheme had been introduced into the council. The Governor introduced the measure in a speech of considerable length. The Bishop of Australia opposed the scheme with great force and ability. He argued that the system of education, at present in force in the colony, is adequate to the wants of the community, and consistent with the principle of religious equality established by the Church Act. He exposed the injustice which the pro posed measure would inflict upon the Protestant popula tion of all denominations, in making a separate provision for the support of schools in which the Roman Catholic clergy would have constant supervision, while the Pro testant Clergy would be• excluded from all interference with the schools established for the education. of th e children of Protestant parents. From the atrociously exclusive nature of this provision it would appear that the government have determined upon furthering Popish Ascendancy in our Colonies as well as at Home. We are glad that the Government measure was scouted, as it deserved to be, by the Legislative Council of New South Wales. The Sydney Gazette informs us that, after a debate of six hours and a half in which the Attorney-General, the Chief Justice the Colonial Secretary, the Collector of CUstoms, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr. Macarthur, Sir John Jamison, and Captain King severally took a part, the Governor withdrew the resolutions he had submitted to the Council, being convinced, he said, that after the oppo sition'the, measure had met with, he could not, in his executive capacity, carry the sceme into effect, even if it had passed the Council. We rejoice most heartily at this triumphant result. A more deliberate insult could not have been offered to the Piotestants of New South Wales, than was conveyed in the resolutions introduced by the Gnvernor. We congratulate the Protestant members of the Council, and the Protestant inhabitants of the Colony, on the defeat of this most impudent scheme. 'We learn from the Commercial Journal that a Bill had been introduced into the Legislative Council, and read a first time, for the admission of the aboriginal black natives - as witnesses, in certain cases, in the various Courts of Justice. By this Bill, it is also said, besides the intention of making the blacks competent witnesses. they are to he eligible to the responsible offices of constables. It appears to us improbable in the highest degree that the Council could be induced to pass a measure so fraught with danger to the Colony. It would be infinitely wiser to endeavour to introduce some degree of civilization, in the first instance, among the degraded aborigines. Great complaints are made respecting the depreda tions of the aborigines in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip. Sheep, to the amount of 700 or 800 head, valued by the increased price of stock at £l5OO or had been carried away or destroyed; and the blacks were met with in every part, collected in large bodies, and armed with European weapons. They evinced the greatest hostility and treachery, com mitted daily the most daring acts of robbery, and left the country in a state of the greatest excitement and alarm. In consequence of these acts, the sheep-owners had applied to the Assistant-Protector, for the purpose of having the most violent and conspicuous among the savages apprehended, on the form of a warrant : but this request had been refused, on the plea that the names of the offenders could not be obtained. By this imbecile policy—which is quite in keeping with the conduct of the Home Government—the hordes of savages are left to work their will without restraint, to the ruin of individuals and to the loss of the whole colony. The want of some plan for the effectual pro tection of the settlers in the remoter districts of our Australian Colonies is most grieviously felt and con stantly complained of. Owing to the unprotected state in which they are frequently left they are obliged to take the I►w into their own hands. The consequence of this is, that a system of retaliation is being constantly acted upon, and the settlers and natives are kept in a state of perpetual warfare. It is to he hoped that some measure may he speedily adopted for removing this grievance. The markets at Sydney were very brink. The fol lowing are the last quotations in the flour market : first quality 80s., second quality 755., ration flour 705., per 100 lbs. Freights to London and Liverpool were as follows :—wool, 13s. 4d., per lb.; oil, old measure, f 4 ss. to £4 15s. per ton ; timber, £5 10s. per load; flax, per ton. Rates of insurance to London and Liverpool, from 2 to per cent. We have been favoured with a copy of the St. John's (N. 8.) Weekly Chronicle of the 27th of December. In reviewing the affairs of the colony for the past year it remarks—" Our commercial and monetary affairs have experienced some great changes, and, as a necessary consequence, some embarrassments have been felt : but on the whole, when we view the vast extent of the commerce of New Brunswick, the industry, wealth and enterprize of those engaged, we need not appre hend any very se: ions sufferings to our trade nor need we fear comparison with any colonial commercial port, in any of her gracious Majesty's wide domains." This is certainly a very flattering picture of the prosperity of New Brunswick. We trust that it is not exaggerated, and that this year may be productive of still greater success to the commercial enterprize of the colonists. There is no news of importance in the paper before us. Nothing further is stated on the - subject of the Boundary Question. The next arrival from New York may supply us with some information on this bead. The packet-ship Roscoe, Captain Hattlestim, which sailed from New York on the Bth instant, arrived here yesterday morning, after a passage of 19 days. We find very little that is worth extracting in the papers which she has brought. The proceedings in Congress present no feature of the slightest interest on this side of the Atlantic. The sales at the New York Stock Exchange, on the 7th instant were to a fair amount, but prices had generally receded. United States Bank closed at S 2, being a decline of 2 per cent. Not much was doing in exchange upon England. The nominal quotations were at Sto 8!,. Domestic exchanges were growing better daily. Freights 9-16 d. for square, and 11L16d. for round.bales, at which engagements had been made. Advices have been received from England to the Sth ultimo. The accounts carried out had produced no variation in regard to prices in the New York cotton market. There was very little fine cotton of any description remaining on hand, and scarcely any of New Orleans of a higher grade than fair. The finer qualities were, in consequence of this state of things, higher; while the lower, from their relative abundance, had experienced a proportionate depression. The transactions embraced 750 bales of Upland, at st to 10 ; 950 ditto New Orleans, at 91 to 11-; and 100 ditto Florida, at 9 to 40 cents. Of these about 1000 bales were taken for exportation. The arrivals for the week had been, from New Orleans 2312, Alabamia 902, Florida 743, Georgia 834, South Carolina 841, North Carolina 122—in all 5754 bales. The total im ports since the Ist instant had been 7824 bales. The exports from the Ist to the 31st December had been 7449 bales. The exports from the United States, since the Ist of October, had been 223,834 bales : during the same time last year, 135,199 bales; and the same time the year •before, 230,788 bales. In domestic goods there was very little doing, and the quotations were, therefore, merely nominal. The transactions in flour and meal were to a very limited extent, though, owing to the arrival of the packet-ship England from Liverpool, with favourable accounts for American flour, prices had generally ad vanced. The Grand Jury of Pennsylvania had indicted the manager of the Schuylkill Bank and others, on account of the frauds which had been committed by the officers of that institution. The defendants had taken steps to quash the proceedings of the Grand Jury. The papers are still filled with melancholy details of the damage done by the recent storm in the Eastern States. The losses must be very considerable, as the shipping generally suffered very serious injury. There is no news from the Southern States. No mail had been received for twenty days from New Orleans, and all the Gulf was behind in proportion. • There is no news of any importance from Canada. The Governor-General had sent a Message to the Le gislature, informing them that he would shortly sub mit a measure to them for the permanent establishment of the Church Reserves. All was tranquil in both pro vinces. There is, unfortunately, in Great Britain, a set of crawling hypocrites, as destitute of principle as they are of common sense, who seem bent upon the des truction of the West India Colonies. It is, we confess, a matter of astonishment to us, that these individuals, who are, for the most part, a set of needy adventurers, who make a profitable trade of their pseudo-philanthropy, should possess influence enough to enlist on their side men of high station in this country, yes, men of high standing and character in the Church. To see the latter co-operating with a set of - infidels in religion and ultra-Radicals in politics, may well excite the surprise of every man of business in the community. Nor is it a less humiliating spectacle to see talented and dignified clergymen of the Church of England prostituting their influence, and bartering their reputa tion, by acting in concert with such a ruffian as Daniel O'Connell, the most measureless slanderer and the most unconscionable liar that ever trod upon the face of the earth. It will be perceived, by this, that we allude to the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society —a society that, despite of its title,lhas done more to perpetuate slavery in its most frightful forms, than all the slave traders of the eighteenth century put together. We make this charge. deliberately and conscientiously. W e have it upon the uncontradicted evidence of Mr. Bnx-- ton, that the slave trade has increased in a most fearful ratio within the last thirty years. How has this come to pass? Slavery and the slave trade have been abolished in all the possessions of the British crown; and yet the slave trade has increased and is increasing. We fearlessly attribute this increase to the operations of the Anti-Slavery Society. They have brought this to pass by depressing, in the most resolute, persevering, and systematic manner, the interests of the British West India Colonies. It has been the undeviating policy of this mischievous society and its lying agents to calumniate, misrepresent, and thereby ruin the planters in the British Colonies, and thus superinduce the necessity of procuring the supplies of colonial staples from Foreign. Colonies, in which slavery is still in force, and in which there is not, at present, any prospect of its abolition. It is quite consistent with this malevole n t and revengeful poli c y t h at t h e h ypoc ritical agitators of the Anti-Slavery; Society should urge upon the Govern ment of this country the propriety of admitting sugar, &c., the produce of slave cultivation in Foreign Colonies, free of duty into this country. This plan is only part and parcel of the grand system of persecution and extermination carried on towards the unfortunate planters in the Colonies of Great Britain. We have been led into these remarks in consequence of the appearance of an extraordinary advertisement in the London papers of last week, to which we find the well-known (we do not say notorious) name of "Joseph Sturge" attached, as "Chairman" of a recent meeting, from which the advertisement in question emanated. This was a meeting of the Committee of the Anti-Slavery Society, held on Tuesday, the `l.st instant, at which certain resolutions were passed con demnatory of the much-desired system of free-immi gration into the West Indies. After stating that the , subject had been. taken' into deliberate consideration, the Committee proceed to give the result of their ex cogitations. In doing so they either incontinently fall into a serious error, or they give utterance to a wilful lie. They .say that " the evidence they have . collected from authentic and impartial sources proves that almost uniformly, where the emancipated negro has been fairly, and equitably , dealt with, he has wil lingly- remained on the estate of his former owner, and cheerfully performed, for very moderate wages, the most laborious part of sugar cultivation, in many cases to an amount exceeding what could be exacted from him under the severest system of coercion, while in a state of slavery." We called this paragraph a lie : we ought to have called it a tissue of lies. It is a string of the most impudent lies from beginning to end. We defy the Anti-Slavery Committee to pro duce a tittle of evidence in support of their sweeping assertions. The " "authentic and important sources" from which they profess to derive their evidence we hold in utter contempt, as unworthy of the slightest degree of credit. We have, over and over again, in the columns of the Standard, disproved every asser tion upon which the pseudo-friends of the negroes (pshaw!) have ventured in the passage just quoted, and that upon data of the most incontrovertible character. We have proved that the negroes have generally— almost universally, indeed—behaved with the greatest ingratitude towards their former masters—that they have almost universally refused to work, excepting for the most extravagant and ruinous rate of wages—and that they have, in no case hardly, done as much work as under the apprenticeship system, defective as that system was. The whole of this we have proved upim the evidence of despatches and statistical details, against which there can be no cavil. The quantity of sugar, rum, and molasses exported from the West In dies, during the last two years, is of itself conclusive upon this point. The Anti-Slavery Committee proceed to state that " the complaints which have been made of inability to procure a sufficiency of labour mainly originate from the agents of non-resident proprietors." This, again, is an unquaMfied falsehood. What do the Anti-Sla very folks think of the great public meeting of resident proprietors, held at Georgetown in Demerara ? The truth is, that the complaints in British Guiana and Jamaica, the two most important colonies, are univer sal. There is scarcely a plantation on which labourers are not most urgently needed, and which, if labourers are not speedily supplied, will not eventually be thrown out of cultivation. The Committee next assert that " the emigration which has taken place since 1831 to our colonies, for the purpose of promotion sugar cultivation, has .gene rally been accompanied by much fraud and injustice, as well as by dreadful mortality to the parties who have been entrapped into it." This is a inost serious charge; but where, we ask, are the proofs ? We do not deny that subordinate agents may have occasion ally been guilty of indiscretion in carrying into effect the plans for a supply of the Hill Coolies; hut we most emphatically deny that those gentlemen, on whose pro perties the Coolies have been finally located have acted in any other than ,a spirit of perfect fairness and jus tice towards these labourers. This has been amply proved in the copies of the despatches from Governor Light, which have already appeared in the Times, and, partially, .in this paper. To them we refer for a com plete answer to this indiscriminate charge of fraud and injustice. They also furnish a complete refutation of the assertion that there has been " dreadful 'mortality" among the Hill Coolies. The average mortality among them has been less than that of Liverpool or of Lon don. Their constitutions are well adapted and soon assimilated to the climate of the West Indies, and their condition is proved to be infinitely superior to that of their countrymen whom they have left behind. They go thrOugh their labour cheerfully and without com plaint, and that in spite of the diligent efforts made by the Anti-Slavery agents to spread discontent among them. Not satisfied with these sweeping and malevolent charges against the planters, the Committee go on still further to asperse the characters of those who are the objects as well as victims of their spleen, by saying, "'although Slavery is abolished in our Colonies, its spirit yet remains in full force with a large majority of the dominant party." This is an assumption, as bold, unfounded, and gratuitous, as it is malevolent and spiteful in its nature. Was it not the " dominant party" that anticipated the act of the Imperial Legis lature, by the immediate and unconditional abrogation of the apprenticeship system? We tell the Anti-Sla very Committee, without fear of contradiction, that the " dominant party," at whom they sneer, embraces men as humane, as liberal, and as tolerant, as the most flaming of the pseudo-philanthropists at home. Let these sleek-faced hypocrites remove the beam out of their own eyes, before they proceed to take the mote out of the eyes of the West India planters. Let them do something towards mitigating the rigours of the thrice-abominable factory slavery at home, before they officiously and impertinently interfere with our Colonies. The white slaves of England are in an infinitely worse condition than the negroes ever were in the West In dies : and yet Mr. Sturge and his compeers do not venture to stir a finger against the home tyrants. How heautiful!y consistent is their phi!anthropy The Committee conclude their audacious resolution by praising the Government—that is, the Whigs, the tools of O'Connell—for disallowing the Immigration Ordinances of British Guiana, and by calling for an expression of public opinion against any scheme of emigration to the Colonies that may be proposed, " either by the local Legislatures, or th e p ro p r i e t ary interests in this country." In other words, they ex press their cordial satisfaction that the West India Colonies are rapidly sinking into ruin, and they intreat the people of England to resist any measure that may rescue them from their present condition, and secure to them a prosperous career in future. Their language is—" Perish our Colonies, and long life to the genius of HUMBUG !" • But we tell Mr. Sturge and his friends that they will be disappointed. The country is no longer to he gulled by their fraudulent representations. The Bri tish Parliament will, we doubt not, devis e a measure of immigration into the West Indies, which, while it will satisfy the mind of every true philanthropist, will secure the permanent peace and prosperity of those important appendages to the British Crown, AND STRIKE A DEADLY BLOW AT SLAVERY IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD ! It is impoSsible to avoid being amused by the tone of flippant impertinence with which certain of our Whig-Radical contemporaries endeavour to hide their consciousness of the weakness and approaching down fall of their party. Hope after hope has fled from them,----vision after vision has faded from before their anxious gaze,—disappointment, defeat, and disgrace, beset them at every turn; yet still we see upon each face the same Self-sufficient smirk, the same jaunty conceit, and the same apish swagger, with which, in the high and palmy days of their prosperity, they were wont to astonish and delight by turns their wondering dupes. We have a rich specimen of this ludicrous assump tion in a leading article of the Manchester Guardian of Saturday, upon the subject of " Sir John Yarde Buller's want-of-confidence motion." Our contempo rary expresses himself as " rather disposed to rejoice that the Tories have determined to bring their strength to the test against that of Ministers ;" for " not only are the leaders of the Opposition quite aware that they cannot win, but that the more prudent and cicar sighted of them do not desire to win" ! ! Omniscient Guardian ! may we just venture to inquire of thee, under what planet was it that the " prudent and clear sighted" amongst the leaders of the Opposition en trusted their sentiments to thy keeping ? We are quite ready to admit that they may not win, inasmuch as some thirty or forty Whig placemen, who, by that motion, will be put upon their trial before the country, will in all probability—not being troubled with an ex cess of delicacy—find it convenient to vote in their own cause, and thus declare that they at least have confidence in themselves; but that they do not desire to win we must really presume to doubt, until we see some better proof than the assertion, even of our om niscient contemporary. But should such a result as the leaders of the Op position dread to contemplate occur, and the Ministry, by some unforeseen chance, be declared unworthy of the confidence of the countay, Lord Melbourne, we . are assured, is pledged to her Majesty not to resign without first appealing to the constituencies by a dis solution of Parliament; and our contemporary asks, " Do the Tories suppose that, in the present state of public feeling, they can gain by an appeal to the peo ple ? We think the well-informed amongst them know better." Imagine, reader, the air of lofty scorn with which the Guardian threw down the pen which had indited that annihilating sentence ! Imagine, if you can, the " unutterable things" beaming from his countenance, as, placing his ten digits calmly and with dignity in the pockets of his inexpressibles, he gazed around him in all the ecstacy of editorial tri umph ; but do not flatter yourself with the idea that the cannibal propensities of our contemporary are yet sated. He has knocked the life out of the Tory party by a single sentence, but he has yet to mangle the carcase, and he again assumes his pen and proceeds to the task con amore. " Even were they enabled, however," adds the Guardian, " by the acquisition of such a majority as there is now against them, to ride roughshod' over the objections of the Queen, and force themselves into office, the moment, however, of their installation would witness the commencement of their difficulties." Hard measure this, most worthy Guardian ! We have no thing to hope from the constituencies, but if we pros per beyond hope and against hope, the moment of our -prosperity would be the commencement of our difficul ties ! But, waving this, we should really like to know what the Guardian means by the Conservativo "riding roughshod" over the objections of the Queen (the brackets are our contemporary's own), and forcing themselves into office. What are the objections of the Queen ? How can .the Conservatives be said to force themselves into office ? Perhaps our omniscient con temporary can give us some information in reply to both these questions—the first in particular. We our selves, in our simplicity, have always imagined that the Reform Bill was expressly meant to place the power of the state in the hands of the people, through the medium of their representatives ; and should the result of an appeal to that people be—as we confidently believe it will be—to return a majority of Conserva tives to the House of Commons, we certainly do con ceive that, according to the theory and practice of the constitution, the "objections of the Queen"--if such things do exist—must give way, despite of any Bed chamber influence, to the feeling and the will of the nation thus expressed; and a Conservative administra tion and Conservative policy be adopted as matters of course. With respect to the difficulties which the Guardian imagines would stand in the way of such an administration—difficulties which are sufficient to deter Sir Robert Peel from undertaking its formation, we suspect that they exist only in the fancy of our imagi native contemporary; and, at any rate, are such as press equally upon the present O'Connell-ridden ad ministration. The Guardian concludes his article with a prophecy, of which, by the bye, he possesses a gift which on one or two occasions has been very felicitously exercised. Sir John Yarde Buller's motion, he says, will he "negatived by a majority of some dozen or fifteen at the least." The Radicals, he assures us, will hardly " venture" to vote against Ministers, but (with one exception) will all vote against Sir John. W have no 'objection whatever to the Radical Members thus stultifying themselves by voting that they have confi dence in a Ministry whose incompetence has been the theme of their denunciations for the last two years ; but we must pity the state of a party whose only de pendence for a hare majority, on a question so vitally affecting their character, is upon a few individual votes, given by men who openly condemn their policy, and insultingly declare, at the moment of recording their votes, that they exist but upon their sufferance, and are only allowed to do so for the sake of the concessions which they hope to wring front their venal natures and their urgent necessities. There can be no doubt that the Rev. Hugh 111'Neile has entitled himself to the best thanks of the true Pro testants of this empire. His testimonies against Po pery, as an anti-social, as well as an anti-Christian system—as irreconcileable alike with the British con stitution and the holy Scriptures—have bsen too pun gent and too true to escape notice. They have tended so effectually to rouse the scriptural Protestantism of the country, and to strengthen the harrier thereby presented against the progress of Infidel liberalism, as well as Papal hypocrisy, that, as the rev. gentleman himself expressed it, " the enemies of England are stung to madness." One after another they betray the soreness of the wound he has inflicted, and, unable to answer him in argument, they endeavour to write him down by vulgar vituperation. First, that great metro politan foxhound, the Morning Chronicle, opens upon him in full cry, with a charge which the writer could not but have known at the time to have been utterly unfounded. Then followed the provincial beagles, our own Albion, Mercury, and Chronicle (not to mention town council terriers), the Dublin Evening Post, the Northern Whig, et hoc genus omne. Then the big beg german huntsman himself, unable either to despise or refute, blusters out, " monster," "traitor," " chartist," against the rev. gentleman. ' And now, not yet con tent, another, behold another assailant in the field ! with more deliberate malignity, more cold-blooded systematic rancour, more spiteful misrepresentation, than all the rest. And who is this ? He has too much of the " better part of valour" to give his name. He signs himself in euphonious Greek, a Lover of Truth . —Philalethes. But no one who reads his pamphlet, and knows any thing of Mr. M‘Neile, can doubt that the signature is doubly fictitious ; as far removed from a description of the writing as it is from the real name of the writer. A liberal of the first water, shaped and polished in British India, that happy paradise of indifferentism, where, he informs his readers, " party and party spirit are unknown," returned in an evil hour to his distracted native country, and, stimulated possi bly by gratitude for an under-secretary's situation at the Treasury, hastens to exercise his modicum of abi lity in slandering the zealous watchman on the walls of our national Zion. It is quite in keeping with the high distinction which Mr. M`Neile has attained as our Protestant champion, that he should be the first mark at which the underling of office essays his wea pons of abuse. It seems he was taken to hear Mr. M`Neile preach; but his self-importance could not bear the high and solemn authority with which that servant of God delivers his scriptural message. Mr. M‘Neile's manner of standing offended him. He says— " His manner spewed a great deal of self-confidence. He stood up in his pulpit as if he was sure of the unbounded mental submission of his congregation." This is the beginning of charity, and chews with how unprejudiced a mind Philalethes began to hear the ser mon. True it is that Mr. M`Neile is no cringer—no trembling apologiser for the truth he delivers. He believes what he says, and he says it, fearing no man. He is bold. And Paul was bold, and prayed for boldness, and exhorted to boldness ; and " flue boldness of Peter and John" attracted the attention and roused the enmity of the self-sufficient officials in Jerusalem ; and Isaiah was very bold, and all the true Prophets were bold in denouncing image -worship as bringing down judgments upon their nation. Of Mr. M‘Neile it may he said that he adopts a similar tone of bold ness. There was a class of men in Israel who acted very differently. They considered the present feeling of the persons they addressed more than eternal truth, and therefOre they said Peace, peace, when there was •no true peace. They knew nothing of " party or party spirit." They would say anything that suited the present moment. This was vastly agreeable, no doubt, and caused them to be well. spoken of as gentle, un presuming teachers. But our Saviour has taught us how to estimate such men. " Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you, !or so did their fathers of the false prophets." Mr. M`Neile's treatment much more resembles that which the true prophets received. They were called "disturbers of Israel." Philalethes says of him— " He began by drawing a highly-finished: picture of the iniquities of Jezebel." This is true, however reluctantly recorded. The pic ture is now national property, and its high finish, and the accurate and spirited delineation of its resemblance, feature by 'feature, to the idolatry, treachery, and per jury of the Papacy, have immortalised the reverend gentleman as a Christian orator and a Christian pa triot. Hence the spleen. Philalethes adds— " But whatever his object might hive been, it was impos sible not to see that he had Windsor Castle and Lord Mel bourne in his eye throughout." This is the continuation of charity ! It betrays, how ever, the medium through which the expectant of office was viewing everything—even the preacher's eye. It was doubtless very natural that Windsor Castle and Lord Melbourne should so flit before him, that when he heard of " encouragement to idolatry," " discountenancing the prophets of the Lord," and "feeding the servants of Baal," he thought neither of Jezebel nor of Popery, of which Mr. M`Neile was speaking; but of Messrs. Sheil, Wyse, and O'Ferrall, the partners of his future honours in office—of the ten Irish bishops cut off—and other " heavy blows and great discouragements" given to Protestantism, under the benignant sway of his favourite Premier. There was enough of coincidence, it must be confessed, to account for the vision, although, upon the sheaving of this most bitter opponent himself, it formed no part of the sermon. Phitalethes proceeds— " The professed original of it was Popery ; but it evidently did not suit the purpose of the preacher to dwell upon this part of the subject." This is notoriously false; for the preacher did dwell upon this part of the subject, and upon nothing else, throughout the entire of that memorable discourse. Again— " He contented himself with reading a letter from Pere la Chaise to a Jesuit in England, and passed over, in silence, the many strong points in which the Romish system, in its worst form, really resembles the character of Jezebel." We should like to know the strong points of resem blance omitted by Mr. M`Neile, and thus unguardedly confessed by a liberal, whose associates in calumny , have denied that any resemblance exists between Jeze bel and Popery, and that, consequently, Mr. M‘Neile must have intended to deSignate our gracious Queen by the name of Jezebel. So consistent with itself is libellous lying. Again-- • " His whole sermon was a savage declaration of war. What is there wanting, except the power of ordering his victims to the stake, to complete the resemblance between the Preacher before us, and a Popish Vicar Apostolic of the dark ages ? There was the same unbounded reliance on the mental and moral prostration of his flock ;—there was the same tyrannous hate of those who differed from him in• opinion ;—there was the same stirring up of the people to persecution, Ity means of penal laws, if not by some shorter and quickerprocess ; —there was the same gross misrepresenta tion of the principles and practice of his opponents ; and I fear there is too much reason to believe that there is the same Jesuitical sacrifice of means to end, by throwing out personal calumnies to serve a present turn, which are after wards shamelessly admitted, or as shamelessly evaded." This is the completion of charity. How meek these gentlemen are ! What a monopoly of kindliness of spirit and gentle forbearance in language they possess ! " 0 would some power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as others see us." There from behind the soft garb of Liberalism issues the envenomed sting of the envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness, which are in the same breath hypocritically disclaimed. Never, since the days of Catiline, was there a more reckless, a more unprin cipled, a more unsuccessful attempt to assassinate a noble character than this. And in disguise too, behind a Greek lie, without giving the reverend gentleman an opportunity of calling the vile retailer of slander to account. Truly the Italian associates of our Liberals have carefully instructed them in the stilletto exercise, and they have already proved themselves 'apt scholars. It is a remarkable fact, and a triumphant vindication of Mr. M`Neile, that while every assailant has charged him with " gross misrepresentation of the principles and practice of his opponents," not one of them has dared to specify wherein. The reason is, that when they grapple with his representations, they find them given in the very words of the authoritative and still unrescinded formu laries V his opponents themselves. The fatal assump tion of infallibility has bound around the Papacy the millstone of all the councils and sacred canons. It is from this armoury the reverend gentleman takes his representations of his opponents, while for the direct defence o! the institutions of the country, he has per petual recourse to the Word of God. The elections of which we spoke in our last have taken place. The result of each is now known, and it is such as we anticipated in most cases. We are by no means dissatis fied with the indications thus afforded of the state of public feeling. The close of the poll at Southwark stood thus : Mr..B. Wood (Liberal) Mr. Walter (Conservative) Majority In answer to a correspondent of the Albion we would say that we "are satisfied" with this result. The ministerial candidate succeeded by a tricky coalition, quite characteristic of liberalism. In 1837 the majority in favour of the " re formers" was as two to one : now it is barely four to three. Is there no reaction here ? At Birmingham the liberals have also succeeded. The numbers at the close of the poll stood thus : Mr. Mentz (Liberal) -156 Sir Charles Wetherell (Conservative) Majority It should be borne in mind that Sir Charles Wetherell was proposed without any previous notice or canvass. In 1837 the Conservatives were beaten by a majority of 1088. This year, under the most disadvantageous circumstances, the majority is only 544. Is there no reaction here? At Devonport the numbers at the close of the poll stood thus : Mr. Tuffnell (Liberal) Mr. Dawson (Conservative) .. 750 Majority At Penryn and Falmouth the numbers were— Mr. Hutchins (Liberal) 460 Mr Came (Conservative) Majority It should be remembered that Devonport, Penryn, and Falmouth, are under Admiralty influence, and generally re ' turn Government candidates. In all these places the liberals walked over the course at the last elections. At Newark the Conservative candidate has only lost by a .majority of 9 against him. The numbers were — Mr. Sergeant Wilde (Liberal) .............. 542 Mr. Thesiger (Conservative) ........... 533 Majority ................... 9 We shall have more hereafter to say on the subject of this election. • At Beverley the Conservatives have again succeeded. The following were the numbers at the close of the poll : Mr. Fox (Conservative) Mr. Murray (Liberal) Majority ...................... 146 At Edinburgh there was no Contest. Mr. T. B. Macauley was again returned. The Whigs have gained nothing by these elections. They have not added a solitary vote to the liberal side of the House of Commons. The influence by which at least three of the above returns were secured, reflects no credit upon the party in power. We see nothing, therefore, in the preceding state ment which ought to be a ground of discouragement to the Conservatives. The good cause is prospering in every di rection. We rejoice to find that the Bishop of Exeter has redeemed the promise which he gave last week, by bringing the sub ject of Socialism under the notice of the House of Lords. He deserves the thanks of the whole community for the spirited and eloquent manner in which he exposed the abominations of those degraded and filthy fanatics whose re presentative was presented at Court by the Premier. In doing this he demanded of the Home Secretary, the ex-dic tator of Ireland, whether any steps had been taken by Go- LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. Mr. RAYNER FOR ONLY FIVE NIGHTS LONGER. Mr. HOSKINS will appear THIS NIGHT ONLY. Mrs. RAYMOND'S THIRD APPEARANCE THIS SEASON. T HIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 28th instant, also WEDNESDAY, 29th, and THURSDAY, 30th, the Evening's Entertainments will commence with (never acted here) a humourous . Drama in two acts, called THE SOLDIER'S STRATAGEM ; Or, Love and Transformation. Wrangle Misses Thoinassin and Lidia will Dance the celebrated Taran- tella, from the Opera of the Gypsey's Warning. Mr. Mungall will dance a popular Medley Pas Suel. Mademoiselle Chevalier will appear in T her Scotch Dance, from the Opera of Rob Roy. To be succeeded by a new and most successful Interlude, never acted here, entitled, YOU CAN'T MARRY YOUR GRANDMOTHER. Sir Rose Bloomley, Mr. Tilbury; Tom Small, Mr. Hoskins; Emma Melville, (on this night only) Mrs. Raymond. After which Misses Thomassin and Lydia will dance an ad mired Pas de Deux. Mademoiselle Chevalier, the Dance of Cupid. Mr. Mungall hisadmired Sailor's Hornpipe. To which will be added for the first time in Liverpool, a new and most successful Drama, written by Mr. Tilbury, of this Theatre, as acted at several London Theatres with the most distinguished success, entitled THE ORPHAN AND THE DESERTER; Or, An Israelite'e Philanthropy. Isaac Samuel Mr. Tilbury. Mr. RICE, the celebrated popular American Comedian, is engaged for a limited period, and will make his first appear ance at this Theatre in •a few nights, being his farewell engage ment in England, previous to his departure for America. Tickets and places for the Boxes may be had of Mr. BREZE, at the Box-office, from Eleven till Three o'clock. Boxes 3s ; Pit 2s ; Gallery 6d. Second Price at Half-past Eight ; Boxes 2s ; Pit Is; no Second Price to the Gallery. Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'clock, performance to commence at Seven precisely. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. GREAT NOVELTY. For the BENEFIT of MR." RAYNER, and his Last Appearance. ON FRIDAY EVENING next, the 31st instant, THE PEASANT PRINCE. Ludvico .An entire new Ballet, " Auld Robin Gray," by. Madlle. Chevallier, Misses Thomassin and Lidia, and Mr. Mungall. THE DUMB. BELLE. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond. A variety of Songs, Duets, &c., by Mr. Rayner, Mr. Gard ner, and Mr. Marshall. To conclude with the Domestic Drama of THE MILLER'S MAID. Giles Mr. Rayner. Tickets to be had of Mr. RAYNER, 5, Anson-street. LIVERPOOL GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS. 1 HE THIRD CONCERT of the SEASON will tak e place THIS EVENING, the 28th instant, at the THEATRE ROYAL. PRINCIPAL PERFORMERS VOCAL. • Madame BALFE, Signora E. GRISI, I Mr. BALFE. INSTRUMENTAL. VI OLONCELLO . . Mr. LIDEL. PIANO-FORTE Mr. THALBERG, Who will perform on Erard' s new p atent Grand Piano-forte, brought to Liverpool expressly for this occasion. The Orchestra will he complete in every department. LEADER Mr. HERRMANN. The Boxes and 'Stalls are appropriated to Subscribers, and .parties whom they may introduce. Single Tickets, for the Gallery, 2s. each, may be had at the Music Shops and usual places. Books of Words may be had at the Theatre on the evening of the Concert. The doors will be opened at a Quarter-past Seven, and the Concert will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Scrutator" may permit our venerable comtemporary to indulge his puerile pursuits : the wonderful discovery, of which an engraving has been given, is a significant picture of the doting old man, coiled up in his own vanity, though .• unable to sting. He requires no further castigation ; he has received sufficient from Mr. Holme. rernment to put a stop to this infamous and demoralizing system. The answer which he received was, that no steps had been hitherto taken, and that Government thought the " good sense" of the community would be a sufficient check to the further spread of Socialism. The " good sense" cf the country, indeed ! Is the " good sense" of the country a sufficient check to the progress and development of Chart ism? Let experience answer. 'Why should it be inure suc cessful against so flatteringa system as that proposed by Robert Owen and his infidel missionaries? The truth is that there is a strong predisposition -in the natural mind to theirecep lion of the doctrines promulgated with so much assiduity by these Socialists. Why should not the " good sense" of the peqple be a sufficient barrier to the perpetration of • murder, robbery, arson, or any other crime ? Why is the law armed against the man who commits a petty larceny —who steals a little old iron, or a few cabbages—while the criminal who aims a deadly blow at the very vitals of the social compact is left to revel unrestrained in his wickedness? Is this a Christian country, or is .•• 't not ? If it be, there can be no d ou b t as to the propriety of putting down such enormities as those which are recommended and practised by the Socialists. The Bishop of Exeter's exposure of Owenism, we are glad to see, extorted from Lord Melbourne the confession that he had committed an act of " imprudence" in pre senting Robert Owen to her Majesty. Was it not his duty to have ascertained the character of the man and the nature of his writings before he committed himself and compromised the Queen by such a proceeding ? We are glad to find that Lord Melbourne has so much sense left as to disagree with Lords Brougham and Normanby in the gra tuitous assumption that the gross absurdities of Socialism rendered its doctrines innocuous. His reference to the French Revolution, in proof of the power of falsehood; com bined with the grossest absurdity, was much to the point, and told admirably against his colleague. Let Lord Mel bourne act upon his avowed convictions on this subject, and we shall be satisfied. We trust that good will result from the labours of the Bishop of Exeter. We find that a series of Lectures against Socialism is already announced to take place in the metropo lis. Among the lecturers we find the names of the Rev. Robert Ainslie, the Rev. John Garwood, the Hon. and Rev. W. B. Noel, Richard Matthews, Esq., Barrister at Law, &c., &c. Would it not be well for the clergy of Liverpool to commence a series of the same description? WRECK OF THE BARQUE CORSAIR Our shipping intelligence contains a brief announcement of the total wreck of the barque Corsair, Captain Daly, from Halifax for this port, yesterday morning, whilst in the chan nel. The following are the circumstances under which this unfortunate disaster occurred : The Corsair sailed from Halifax for this port on the 7th instant, and after a most dangerous passage, during which she encountered continued gales, she arrived off Holyhead at eight o'clock p.m. on Sunday night. Capt. Daly then made Point Lynes, where he lay till daylight yesterday morning (Monday). The weather being clear, he made signals for a pilot, and after standing off and on, under close reefed top sails he fell in with an American ship which he supposed to have a pilot, as she had no signals flying, but it was impossi ble to speak her. This circumstance, combined with the in creasing gale, induced Capt. Daly to follow her towards the new channel ; but, unfortunately, a fhll of hail and snow • came on so heavily as to completely obscure both the light ship and the American vessel. Whilst Capt. Daly was en deavouring to wear his vessel in order to stand out, she missed stays, and about half past eight drifted upon the bank at the north of the new channel.. The gale increased, and the sea now making a clear breach over the barque, she soon became leaky. The hail, however, clearing away, Capt. Daly made signals of distress, which were instantly answered from the light-ship. Happily the signals were also immediately observed fro m th e M agaz i nes, and the life-boat stationed there was forthwith got under weigh for the pur pose of proceeding to the relief of the ill-fated vessel. It fortunately happened that the Queen of the Isle, at this mo ment, was passing on her voyage to the Isle of Man, and she towed the life-boat as near to the wreck as the raging waves would allow. Owing to the tremendous sea, two attempts to board the Corsair were ineffectual; but, fortunately, the gale drove her over the batik into the new channel. Both anchors were then dropped, but the vessel, from being water-logged, rode very heavily. After great exertion the crew succeeded in throwing a rope to the life-boat; one of them was fastened to it, and drawn through the sea into the boat ; the rope was again hauled on board by a guy rope, and this process was repeated till the whole of the crew, 16 in number, four passengers, and two dogs, had been transhipped to the safety • boat. Every one was after this manner drawn through the water from one vessel .to the other. The crew of the Corsair had left her only a few minutes when she parted both cables and drifted upon the main. The life-boat having then 31 persons on board (her own crew being eleven), laboured very heavily, and got into a swell at the stern of the wreck. Indeed she was in imminent danger of being swamped or dashed to pieces upon the main, but, providentially the President steam-tug, Captain Eccles, with the Liverpool life-boat [which had been despatched as soon as the telegraphic com munication was received] came up to their assistance, anti she succeeded in towing the boat out of the breakers. Both boats were afterwards made Oast to the President, brought safely to Liverpool, and all the parties securely landed on George's pier. During her passage•the Corsair carried away foretopsails, foreyard-Staysails, and forestaysails. She is the property of Messrs. Fairbanks and M`Nale, of Halifax, and was con signed to Messrs. Fairelough and Frost, of this port. Her freight was oil and timber. She admeasnred 302 tons, and was in every respect considered a first-class-vessel, having been entirely coppered and copper-fastened last summer. She stood AI at Lloyd's. The passengers were Mr. O'Neil, Mr. M urphy, Mr. Silver, and Lieut. Turner, of the Bth Foot. Too much praise cannot be given to the crews of the life boats and the steam-tug, for the promptness and intrepidity with which this humane exploit was performed, and for the cordial unanimity with which they acted. THE LAWFULNESS OF RULERS EMPLOYING THEIR OF FICIAL INFLUENCE FOR THE PROMOTION OF TRUE RELI GION.—To-morrow evening, at seven o'clock, there will be divine service in St. Augustine's church, when a sermon on the above subject will be preached by the Rev. Dr. Tat tershall. The sermon will be published on behalf of the Young Men's Established Church Society. LIVER THEATRE.—Mr. Rayner, whose performances in " Love's Frailties," and other pieces, have been so rap turously and deservedly applauded, closes his engagement with his benefit, on Friday evening, when his talents, added to an unusually attractive bill of fore, trill doubtless ensure him a bumper. . , IMPORTANT TO COUNTY VOTElLS.—Conservatives who intend.to qualify themselves to be regitered as County or Riding v oters, at the next registration, as freeholders, copy_ holders, and customary tenants, or tenants in ancient de mesne, should be reminded that they must be in actual pos session of the premises, or in receipt of the rents and profits thereof to their own use, before the 31st January, or they will not be entitled to be registered during the present year_ Loss OF THE WILLIAM H usErgsoN.—The Lord Mayor, yesterday, stated, in the Public-odice, at the Maniion-house, that he had received a letter in praise of the noble conduct of Captain Clegg and his crew, and suggested a subscription for them in London. His lordship intimated, that he would most gladly receive subscriptions, if sent to the Police-room, Mansion-house.—Sun, of SattiMay. - - - - Lieut. Lord, Marine-surveyor, reports, in a letter d a t e d Jan. 26, and addressed to the Ch a i rman o f the Dock Com mittee, that " the Voel Nant station is again in working order, and signals pass along the whole line as usual." CAUTION TO OWNERS OF HACKNEY CARRIAGF.S.—We are informed, that during the past week, some theif or thieves have been industriously employed in plundering numerous hackney coaches, cars, and other carriages of the inside cushi ons, and also taking out the linings of the inside; in some instances the linings have been cut and completely destroyed, and the material (curled hair) with which they have been stuffed taken away, for the sale, of which a mere trifle would be obtained, in comparison with the serious expenses incurred by the owners in replacing the same. The robberies have been generally effected in the evening, or during the night, when the carriages have been unemployed. The "Associa tion of Hackney Coach and Car Proprietors " have offered a rewind of ten pounds for the discovery of the offenders, which we trust will lead to their detection, and prevent fur ther depredations of a similar nature. The following parties are the principal sufferers :—Messrs. 'Welfare, Greaves, Griffiths, Disley, Kell, Whittaker, Robinson, and Penn. • THE . CAPTAIN AND THE OWNERS OF THE SHIP HUDDERSFIELD.—A report has, most unaccountably, got abroad, that Messrs. Charles Iforsfall and Son had not only expressed their disapprobation of Captain Clegg's conduct in interrupting his voyage to save and bring to port the passengers on board the William Iluskisson, steamer, when she was foundering, but that they had even dismissed him from their service. The report is mentioned in a letter which now lies before us, which, though the writer of it is anonymous, shows that it has received credence from many. Now, who ever set the rumour afloat could not have been actuated by good motives, for a rumour so utterly w i t hout foundation was never fabricated. All who know the Mes srs. liorsfall must be fully convinced, that, so _from having been guilty o f in their employ a ma n o f so much courage the crime of censuring Captai Clegg, they m us t h ave re as to lead him to risk the s a f e t y o f himself and I 'oiced that they had carnedw in humanity heroic attempt, which ty proved successf u l, o f • rescuing a multitnde of their fellow-creatures from a watery As, however , there m us t h ave been s ome malignity grave. i on the part of the inventor of the rumour, and as, if not contradicted, it might still circulate, we now state, from a uthority, that it is utterly without foundation, Captain Clegg being still in Messrs. Horsfall and Son's service, who heartily a pprove of the heroic conduct which he evinced on the recent melancholy and trying occasion.—Albion. UNBELIEVING SOCIALIST- CAVIL AGAINST THE CHA RACTER OF CHRIST. — Some of our modern infidels, with that disingenuousness which has always characterised infi delity, turning away their attention from the ninety-nine lovely features in the character of Christ, and fastening their .- objections upon a single spot which seems to give a handle to them, have cavilled at Christ's miracle of the herd of swine, and, upon the strength of it, have actually accused him of injustice, and oppression, and unkindness. This is one of the cavils publicly promulgated by the socialists in some of their infidel meetings. The miracle in question will be found recorded in the sth chapter of Mark; it is an ac count of the man in whom there was a legion of devils. (See the Bth and following verses.) Now God makes a distinction between clean and unclean animals—Leviticus xi. 7. and 8, where swine are mentioned as unclean, and the Jews pro hibited from touching them. An unclean animal could not be offered in any of their typical sacrifices. In this case, then, what had the Jew in question to do with keeping swine ? They could not be eaten, for they were unclean ; they could not be offered in sacrifice, for they were unclean to that nation by God's own covenant. What, then, could they have been for ? Swine were a favourite heathen siteri- • free, because of the quantity of their blood ; and it appears that the Jew, whoever he was, to whom the herd of swine belonged, must have been keeping them for the purpose of selling them to the heathen. lie was so far forgetting him- • s elf as to minister towards fill ungodly sacrifice—towards heathenism : he was doing what it was contrary to tialaw of God to do. • In this point of view, therefore, Christ was . bearing a high testimony against the unlawfulness of this Israelite making a gain by breaking the law of God ; and the miracle was a ridding the land from uncleanness-76e root of which was covetousness, which is idolatry.—Sermou. GRAND BALL AT THE TOWN -HALL, IN HONOTTR or THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE. — The day on which the marriage of the Queen takes place will, no doubt, be a gala day through out the country. The Mayor of Liverpool will throw open the Town-hall to the public on the occasion, and upwards of. a thousand, we hear, will be invited to a ball in honour of the Queen's nuptials. We hope to see the event distin guish_ ed by the same display of loyalty and good fe-eling in thisoWn which marked the Queen s coronation. On that occasion, men of all shades of political feeling - , sinking their diffeyences, united to honour the sovereign ; and the same excellent example will be followed, we hope, on the still mote interesting occasion which we are shortly to witness. . :44