The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-04 00:00:00

their ig als• duty' intage; to the erne) s' il as s eedio% e upon as beld .street, as V€ l l edings , in ad• ors' re" itisfac' ed thiA 'enteeo The ctorilY• aberea , n calla L ,i s the a rres t derable d. Y p al ng, t he 75,44 0 ' cipatd s hare Dt been e latt er ( vent res s tate ( ' lade °V, ; w ool" luld be rn e et ' of tlie sum ..., 01 rag n°' ,pet th e u , up "' bought Its s ' he )o,t cO O. of t r Pail 0 ancethe tiog b dire',tr he • Fle e ober, •ucti oo ;ers at coal' kilvia) l Ys were £12,537 13s. id. ; the expense of working the line, £3,523 19s. 4d. ; leaving a balance of £1',964 17s. 2d. for a reserved furid. The directors were happy to report that the cost of working the line and maintaining the establishment, amounts to less than one-third of the income. Since the commencement 84,991 persons have travelled upon the line, none of whom have received the slightest injury. The second line of rails from York to the Leeds and Selby railway will be completed in about two months. The works on the southern part of the line are generally in an advanced state, and it is the expectation of the directors that it will be opened concurrent with the North Midland before the end of June next. From the statement of accounts it appeared that the entire receipts of the compaay were £322,447 18s. Bd, and that th e expenditure had been £319,064 Os. 7d. leaving a balance in the banker's hands of £3,383 19s. Id. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. The revenue and profits derived frum the working of the Liverpool and Manchester•line. in each half year from the beginning of 1836 to the 30th of June, 1839, have been as follows : Revenue. Profits. Half year ending 30th June, 1836 .... £109,355 .. £39,402 31st Dec. • ... 125,280 .. 45,651 11 ?, 30th June, 1837 .... 105 , 9 51 .. 35,762 31st Dec. 120 , 081 47,148 PP 1/ 30th June. 1838 .... 123 , 6 10 .. 46,566 ~ 31st Dec. .... 136,693 .. 55,714 30th June, 1839 .... 123,814 .. 48,211 The increase in 1838 over the receipts of former years is re-• markable. There was but little difference between the two preceding years ; but the traffic of 1838 shows an advantage over either of those two years to the extent of 20 per cent., and the revenue of the first half of 1839 has more than kept pace with the corresponding portion of 1838. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY. We understand that arrangements are in progress, and may be said to be completed, between the Grand Junction directors, and the directors of this company, which will en sure a direct passenger traffic from Birkenhead to London. It will embrace four first-class trains every day—two in the morning and two in the evening. The works are fast pro gressing towards completion. The viaducts at Moston and 13roinbo roug h are proce e di ng mos t sat i s f ac t or il y, an d the brick w or k and masonry on the whole line is nearly all com pleted. It is expected to be open for passengers and traffic by the end of the month of July.—Chester Chronicle. WEEKLY RETURNS OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (Prom the Railway Magazine.) NAME. Passer ' . I Cash. P.mile P.mile Passeng. gers. I pr.wk.J). day. per day. Birmingham — 109371 97 4 1 13 South Western — 1893 32/ 41 Great Western ... : 2100 68* 94 Greenwich 21900 754* 199 281 31284 Manchester& Leeds 9563 582 43 6 1366 Binning. & Derby — 700 18* 24 York & e' N. Midland 1631 , 3594 18 21 233 Croydon ... Midland Counties 23694 241 151 2 3381 Eastern Counties 3412 -- 487% Glasgow & Ayr - 12081 644 6* 1 2011 Miter. _____ ...... i..._ ..._ MEETING OF GRAND PROPRI JUNCTION RAILWAY ,lETORS. A general meeting, numerously attended, of the proprietors of the Grand Junction Railway, was held on Friday last, at the Cotton Sale Room, Exchange Buildings, John Moss, Esq. in the chair. From the report, which was read by the treasurer, Mr. Chorley, it appeared that the gross ii►- come for the half-year ended December 31st, was, — From Coaching, conveyance of parcels and s d mails ~ Carriage of live stock 3,607 5 8 Goods, general traffic, and tolls Making a t o t a l gross rece i p t o f £226,684 la lo The coaching traffic, it is stated, exceeds by £26,066 2s that of the corresponding period of 1838. The merchandise traffic, although more than double the amount received during the same part of 1838, has not greatly exceeded the amount in the half-year ending in June last, which may be partly ascribed to the pressure under which the commerce and manu factures of the country have lately been labouring. The cost of locomotive power for the last half-year, on a receipt of £226,684 15s 10d only exceeds by £2,113 5s ld that of the Previous half-% ear, when the receipt was £188,962 16s, in cluding, as it does, the charge for four engines, which have been thoroughly rebuilt at an expense of more than £l,OOO each, and are equivalent to new engines, and, indeed, better than they were when first purchased. The increase in the consumption of coke, as compared with the previous six months, is on l y £647 is lld although the public service has required the addition of another train each way daily during the last half-year ; and a greater number of miles have been run by the engines in consequence. -The whole expenses amount to £107,880 lOs sd, or about 471 per .cent. on the gross receipt ; ma ki ng, with £10,259 Gs 9d the interest on loans, a total of £118,139 7s 2d ;—which, deducted from £233,256 14s 6d the sum of receipts and balance from the last half-year, leave a net surplus of £115,216 17e 4d. This would enable the meeting to declare a dividend at a higher rate than the directors are prepared to recommend, taking into consideration the dividends which will be required on fu ture calls ; and the importance of reserving a fund to meet unforeseen claims, or times of commercial depression, which might reduce the income of any single half year ; and they therefore recommend to the proprietors the declaration of a dividend of seven per cent. leaving a surplus of £15,863 is 4d ; of which £5,863 Is 4d might be carried towards the account of the current half-year, which is usually a period of less receipt, and £lO,OOO reserved to meet such contingen cies as have been alluded to. The directors then report that the difference s b etween them and the Manchester and Bir mingham Extension Companies have been amicably and sa tisfactorily arranged, and that an amalgamation of the Chester and Crewe Company with the Grand Junction Company has been decided on, on the following terms, viz : For every £5O paid up in the Chester and Crewe Railway Company, the holder is to receive one £25 share in the Grand Junction Railway Company. " Parties holding shafes in the Chester and Crewe Railway dissenting' from these terms, to be paid off at a fair remune ration, to be fixed upon hereafter. " Soul& any dispute arise from this agreement, or from Unforeseen circumstances, the same to be settled by reference." The construction of the line has cost in Engineering, surveying, parliamentary, legal, and general expenses ; construction of line • and works, stations, land, and compensa tion, rails, chairs, &c. Licomotive engines and tenders, and loco motive establishment ; carriages, waggons, trucks, and horse boxes, and buildings and establishments for these departments .... Purchase of Warrington and Newton line.. Arrears of calls on half-shares, less Warring_ ton and Newton interest not applied for.. Interest on loans 217,227 6 5 65,112 7 4 1,161 17 0 22,270 18 3 X 902,491 1 1 After an abl e an d i nterest i ng a dd ress from the l, chairman, and some desultory conversation which led to no result, the re port was received and adopted, and a dividend of £7 per share for the half-year, as proposed by the directors, declared, and ordered to be paid. The proceedings then terminated. TIDE TABLE. ' "(vs. Mrn. Ern. Height. I Sundays, Holydays, 6e. Tuesday 4 0 0 022 17 8 Wednes. 6 028 i 043 18 5 Thursday 6 1 1 122 18 2 Friday 7 138 157 17 6 Saturday 8 216 237 16 8 Su d ap 9 249 311 15 G 51h S un d ay a f ter E p i p h any Monday 10 339 4 3 13 8 GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester : OF DEPARTURE FR OM LIVERPOOL TJMES AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM 3 30'a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m 6 a.m. Mixed 8 l 5 a.m. First Class in 30 a.m. First Class 12 15 P.m. First Class 4 p -In . Mixed 7 p.m. First Class „ 12 FRONI BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Cliss—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 1 15 p.m 4 p.m, 6 p.m, 6 a.m. Mixed Train do it 30 a.m. First Class 2 15 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.m. Mixed 6 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed 10 30 I 30 p.m. 10 PS a.m. f 9 7 P.m . „ 2, 12 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. ~ 2 45 pan . The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. PROM L'eooL TO MANCHESTER. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 45 ~ 10 0 II ..11 45 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 445 ~ 530 ~ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed ll Stop only at Newton & Prkside * Except on Saturdays, when th ON SLn First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 5 0 Aftern. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton Rz Prkside I TO PRESTON FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 n 101 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class .. Mixed 7 4 4 15 5' .. First Class ',RIM MANCHESTER TO OPOOL. First Class Second Class --- Morning.. 7 0 Morning 9 0 • . 11 15 ~ ••11 45 „ 2 0 Aftern. *2 45 After!). Evening Newton 8t nge .. 7 15 s Mixed } doesonly not start till Th ree. 175t10i 0 ass E, 3° N First i t d Class Second Class 8 o Morning.. 7 0 Mornin ANDS 75 t0 I p os o l EA nfi te G e a "r A t inn s :\ e . t 0 75 n 31 8z 50 P r i‘Ali k itx sl tn e . FROM MANCHESTER. 11 1 90 Morning.. First 5 5 2 4 ( 5 , Af , x t , er n e i co e n d 7 15 .. First Class INLAYS. Class dlaSClsass 7 0 Morning.... Mix6d 5 30 Afternoon „ ON SU TO BO PROM LIVKRPOOL. 5 45 Morning.... First Class 12 I 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 930 „ „ OV S[' 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. 09 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon.. „ I,TON. TO ST. 1. PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 ft I 45 f. 2 30 Afternoon.. If 5 30 tr FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 Of 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 DAYS. ON su. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon 9! 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. lELENS. TO RUNG FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 5 30 Afternoon .. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 11 45 Pt 2 45 Afternoon .. 5 30 tf 'DAYS. ON SU 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Atternoon I 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. , 1 :ORN GAY. FROM MA NCJIRSTR R. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 5 30 Afternoon .. TNPAYS. 7 0 . Morning.... Second Class 5 30.. Afternoon „ ----- THE BILL TO PERMIT THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN FLOUR INTO IRELAND—MEETING ON IRISH PEERS AND MEMBERS. - A meeting of the peers of Ireland now in town, • and of the members of Parliament and other landed proprie• tors of that country, was held on Wednesday last, the Mar quis of Downshire in the chair, to take into consideration the bill introduced by Mr. Labouchere, the President of the Board of Trade, for the repeal of the law which prohibits the importation of foreign Hour into Ireland. The meeting • , was numerously attended, .and - a committee appointed to CoMmunicate'With the - landed.interest and inhabitants of Ire land generally, on the subject of this most important step towards the removal of the agricultural protection, P r°- n ' the efore to the eading ) eon in the laa} s•. much several train ; a at ,' ailwal nment AX,) on Id• It will LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. First Appearance at this Theatre of the celebrated and popu lar Mr. T. D. RICE, who is engaged for a limited number of nights, being his Farewell Engagement in England previous to his departure for America. NOVELTY ON NOVELTY! MRS. RAYMOND will appear during the Week. THE WHOLE STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY I—THREE NEW DRAMAS I—NEW SONGS I—NEW DANCES THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 4th Feb. inst., and every Evening during the Week, the Ent tain meats will commence with a new Drama, (never act here,) written for the peculiar talents of Mr. T. D. Ric , and per formed by him at the Theatre-Royal, Adelp •, and other London Theatres upwards of 100 nights in ccession, and, subsequently, in the Provincial Theatres rough England, Ireland, and Scotland, entitled TIIE FLIGHT TO AMERICA ; Or, Ten Hours in New York. Jim Crow, (a Negro Porter and Ostler,) Mr. T. D. Rice, as originally acted by him in London, in which lie will sing his celebrated Negro Melody" Sich a Gittin up Stairs." After which Misses Thomassin and Lidia will appear in their ADMIRED BOLERO, from the Opera Masaniello. _ _ Mademoiselle Chemllier her Dance front Rol) Roy. To which will be added, the laughable Interlude, not acted here these four ears, called THE CHRISTENING ! Grum, Mr. Tilbury ; Mrs. Dolby Lovechild, Mrs. Raymond. M. F. Gardner will sing a Popular Song. Misses Thomassin & Lidia will dance a popular PAS DE DEux Mademoiselle Chevallier her DANOE OF CUPID. Mr. Munghall his SCOTCH MEDLEY DANCE. To conclude with the laughable Negro Farce, written by C. A. Somerset, Esq., expressly for Mr. T. D. Rice, and acted by him so successfully at no less than five London Theatres, entitled JUMBO JUM ! Jumbo Jum, Mr. T. D. Rice, his original character ;in which he will sing the admired Negro Ballad, called " Jim Crow." Tickets and places for the Boxes may be had of Mr. BREEZE, 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. HALL, TEMPLARS' L, GREAT GEORGE-STREET, Wrls§ YANIEWICZ has the honour o reforming her lti. Friends and the Public, that her C CERT of VO CAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ill take place on MONDAY EVENING, the lith of February instant. Further particulars will be announced in a few days. 130, Bold-street. EbraZiintwol &tanbart. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1840. By the new packet-ship Stephen Whitney, Captain Thompson, which arrived here yesterday, we have re ceived New York papers to the 14th ultimo, inclusive, and Canada papers to the Bth. The Stephen Whitney was off this port on Sunday, but, owing to the weather, she was not able to reach port until yesterday. She accomplished the voyage, which was very tempestuous throughout, in eighteen days, which, at this season of the year, may be considered a very excellent passage. The late hour at which we received our papers pre cludes us from giving our usual analysis of the news. We proceed to lay before our readers the most inter esting extracts . NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. MONDAY. J AN. 13.—Since the Ist of January there has been a visible improvement in the money market. The di vidends of banks have been paid, and remittances made to pay off interest in Europe. So little business has been done for the last six months, that them begins to be a want of good paper. The banks take freely all short paper that is considered choice. Good grocers' paper, of which there is very little in the street, can be easily placed at twelve per cent. per annum. Exchange on Europe not only is down, it continues to decline ; indeed, it is getting quite as low as is desirable. The export of cotton is now large, and continu ally increasing. Besides cotton, flour has been largely ship ped, and if Indian corn continues to decline, it is not unlikely that this, too, may be sent abroad. There has been no period since the last war that so many Fire Insurance Companies have failed to declare dividends as during the present year. Out of twenty that are in active business, only five, we believe, have divided any thing. The losses have been so very heavy, as to sweep away a large portion of any surplus that had been accumulated, and in some instances to take some of the capital. A rise of pre miums has been charged, but unless there is a new organi zation of the fire department, no rate of premium can cover losses. The purchase of flour for Europe still continues. The last advices from England show an advance of a shilling a barrel. Besides this export demand, there is another of no small im portance—and that is for Algiers. Within a few days past, one or more French houses have made large purchases of flour for this important post in Africa, held by the French. The news from Philadelphia and from Europe continues to be very favourable for the United States Bank—and the stock has consequently gone up. At Mobile on the 31st ult. the price of cotton was the same as the week before, though the market was left firm. Sales of the week 4000 bales. At New Orleans up to the 28th ult. cotton had further ad vanced a cent. Sales about 5,000 bales per day. The mar ket closed very firm. A snow storm set in last evening, which has prevented the packets from sailing to-day. The harbour is quite full of floating ice. Vessels, however, get to and from sea without much difficulty or hazard. consequence of the detention of the packet to-day, there has been some sales of Exchange on England at 107 i to 108. STOCKS.—Monday. — There is no material alteration in the Stocks to-day. United States Bank sold at 86 on time ; North American Trust advanced + ; Stonington ; and American Exchange Bank 4 ; Harlem Rail Road is down ; Mohawk, do 4 ; and Delaware and Hudson I. Corporation Bonds do not obtain a ready sale at present. The North-Eastern Boundary question appears to be the source of a constant succession of troubles. The New York Daily Express contains a correspond ence between Governor Fairfield and Sir John Har vey, in which the former complains that the British authorities in New Brunswick had violated the agree ment entered into last winter, respecting the occupancy and jurisdiction of the disputed territory. The Canada papers deny that any violation of the agreement had taken place. _ There is no news of any importance from Canada Both provinces appear to have been perfectly tranquil. The following extracts we find in the Daily Ex, presi MEXICO--IMPORTANT RUMOUR. New Orleans, Dec. 25.—There is a rumour in the city that the Texans and Federalists, under Colonel Ross, have taken Metamoras. Th e M ex i can strength is said to have been 3000 men—that of the i nva d ers a thousand less, —consisting of 5000 Texans and ab ou t 150 0 Mexicans of the Federal party. The loss of the garrison of Metamoras is represented as con siderable. Though this is just such news as we were to ex pect, we have a doubt of its truth; for it is founded upon the arrival at Mobile of the schr Chippole, on Saturday last, from Vera Cruz ; while the Chronicle of that day, the even ing paper, does not contain a line of rumour, report, or as sertion, upon matters relating to Mexico. FALL OF METAMORAS, CONFIRMED ! (From the N. 0. Bee, Dec. 31.) By the arrival of the brig Samuel, Houston, from Mata gorda, which port she left the 27th inst. certain intelligence of the capture of the town of Matamoras, by the Federalists and volunteers from Texas, had been received. The siege commenced on the 12th inst. and lasted three days, during which there is said to have been great slaughter on both sides-60 to 90 of the Texians, alone, being killed. After the place had surrendered, the officers of the Cen tralist party were permitted to depart for the interior withou molestation — private property, in,all cases, being respected' when the government troops and the inhabitants of the town proclaimed in favour of the Federalists, greeting the raising in the city of their flag with long, loud and defening cheers. FROM TAMPICO. The schooner George W. Wetter, Captain Delaville, ar rived froin Tampico, which place she left Dec. 20th. We have learnt, by verbal information, that 3000 government s9ldiers were \ marching from the interior to Rio Grande. From La Plata our latest news goes up to the 28th ult. and we fear that the settlement of affairs there is far distant, as nothing decisive had occurred. The market was full of im ports, for which there is no outlet, as almost all communica tion with the country was cut oft. The blockade of Buenos Ayres was not so strict, as the attention of the French had been called off to Monte Video. (From the Louisiana Courier of Dec. 27.) FROM Rio JANEIRO.—By the brig Leander, which ar rived here yesterday, in the. remarkable short passage of 42 days from Rio Janeiro, we learn the following particulars of the state of things in the Brazils. In Rio Grande, the rebels had been repeatedly beaten by the imperial troops, and it was thought they would soon be forced to submit. In the northern, or cotton growing provinces, order was about to be restored. The city of Canais had been retaken from the rebels. The occupation of Oyapocko by the French, had made quite a sensation at the Court of Rio Janeiro, and it was said the Imperial Government was determined to resist such an usurpation of the Brazilian territory. The debate on Sir J. Y. Buller's motion has been brought to a conclusion, and the division shows the degree of estimation in which the present Ministry are held by the House of Commons. We are " quite satisfied" with the result. It is better even than we ventured to anticipate, knowing as we did the desper ate expedients to which the Ministry had resorted for the sake of securing a majority. The pitiable situa tion in which they are placed will abundantly appear from the analysis of the division which we proceed to give . It is with no small degree of pride that we refer to the subjoined statements, in proof of the preponderating strength of the Conservative interest in England and Wales. Of the number . who voted on Friday the fol lowing will be found a correct analysis : FOR THE MOTION. ENGLAND. Counties Boroughs '.. Universities ----226 WALES. Counties Boroughs 12 5 -17 SCOTLAND. Counties. Boroughs 14 1 I 5 IRELAND Counties .. Boroughs .. Universities 18 9 2 -29 For the motion .. 287 AGAINST THE MOTION. ENGLAND. Counties Boroughs U niversities Counties . Boroughs 40 169 --209 WALES, Counties Boroughs 8 -10 SCOTLAND. Counties Boroughs -29 IRELAND. -GO Total against the motion .. By the preceding statement it appears that England, Wales, and Scotland give a decided majority in favour of Sir J. Y. Buller's motion, which was only negatived, as we predicted, by the " Irish Tail." We shall take the representatives of .. Great Britain and Ireland separately. ENGLISH AND WELSH MEMBERS. For the motion .. 243 Against the motion .. .. 219 Majority for the Motion 24 ENGLISH, WELSH, AND SCOTCH MEMBEII.S. For the Motion .. .. 258 Against the Motion 248 Majority for the Motion .. IRISH MEMBERS. Against the Motion For the Motion Majority against the Motion 31 In addition to this analysis we find in the Times of of yesterday, in addition to the Conservatives who are included in the division lists, there were 1. Hon. W. B. Baring, (ill.) 2. Burr, (abroad.) 3. Coote, (abroad.) 4. Darner, (abroad.) 5. Estcourt, (abroad.) 6. Lard Lowther, (abroad.) 7. Master, (ili.) 8. Ker, (ill.) 9. Howard, (Sutherland,) the only Conser vative member whose absence was intentional—for the sake of not dividing. The Conservative account Will therefore stand thus :-- Voted, (tellers included) . • 289 Pairs .. • • 19 Absent unavoidably .. 8 Absent from a peculiar cause The actual strength of the Conservatives in the House is, therefore, 316. Mr. Howard is the only oae, usually numbered amongst the Conservatives, who declined voting with his party. Let us now exa mine the ministerial list. Voted, (including tellers) .. 310 Pairs .. .. 19 Absentees, (Fitzgibbon and Moreton unavoidable) .. 2 Speaker.. I There were six Liberals or Radicals who were inten tionally absent from the division, and whose absence must be considered as an evidence of their want of confidence in the Ministry. We give their names — Mr. Benett, Sit R. Howard, Mr. Goring, Mr. S. Jer vis, General Johnson, and Mr. Grote.. In addition to these there are three vacancies,—Meath, Ludlow, and Totness. We now proceed to strike the balance. The respective parties consist of Ministerialists .. 332 Conservatives .. • . . 316 Real majority .. • • .. 16 It should also be remembered that Ministers count in their majority of 310, upwards of 40 placemen. Right welcome are they to the triumph which they have achieved. They have been acquitted by their own votes. If they had had the modesty to leave their case in the hands of the independent members of the House of Commons, the majority would have been exactly reversed. We hope that the noble Comervative phalanx will follow up the division of Friday night by a series of similar attacks upon the drivelling courtiers now in office. They must have no respite until they are driven either to resign or to dissolve the present Par liament. For the latter event the people of England must be fully prepared. The event cannot he far dis tant. Let the Conservatives of Liverpool be on the watch and ready for action. The "Big Beggarman," alias the "Greatest Liar of the Age," alias the "Tom Pepper" of the House of Commons, has been again busy at his old avocation of slandering and defaming his betters. Among those who came in for a share of his abuse, on Friday even ing last, was our distinguished townsman, the Rev. H. M•Neile. The bloateil buffoon ventured to charge the rev. gentleman with having proclaimed at Man chester, " War, war to the knife !" We defy O'Con nell to substantiate this charge. The garbled manner in which O'Connell read the extracts, or :professed extracts, from Mr. M'Neile's speeches, is quite cha racteristic of the shuffling Jesuit. On Friday next we shall proceed to add to the many proofs extant of O'Connell's flagrant disregard of the truth, by ana lysing his abusive, truculent, and mendacious address on Sir J. Y. Butler's motion. It is some months since . the Attorney-General boasted, before his constituents at Edinburgh, that Chartism had . been suppressed—that it was, in fact, extinct. This vain-glorious boast was very so on fol lowed by the insurrection of the Chartists in South Wales ; an event which famed a very emphati c corn mentary on Sir John Campbell's speech. W ell, the strong arm of the law seized upon the ringleaders in the treasonable attack upon Newport—the Attorney- General was employed by Government to vindicate the insulted majesty of thr, law —and three of the prisoners have been, since the tr ial, lying under sentence of death. It might be expected that the apparent earnestness with which Government undertook the prosepition would have effectually inti midated the Chartists in other parts of the kingdom, as id deterred them from attempting any further outbru ak. Such, we have . no hesitation' in saying, would hay e been the consequence of the trials at Monmouth, if the present degraded administration possessed the stighltest degree of credit for honesty and sincerity in any of their proceedings,. But is Chartism extinct ? Let the armed assemblages of these ruffians in the Metropolis, at Sheffield, and at Bradford, furnish the answer. The plain truth is that the whole of the North of England is in a state of ferment at the present moment, and it is impossible to conjecture what mo ment a rebellion may break out. The Chartists evi dently consider that the present Government is so weak, timorous, and vacillating„ that nothing decisive or effectual is to be apprehended from it in the shape of interference with their proceedings. Hence they are emboldened to carrying on their agitation, and to mature their preparations for a civil war. It is a very easy matter to laugh at the Chartists, and to ridicule their strength and influence, as is the wont of most of our Whig-Radical contemporaries : but it will not be found quite so easy a matter to suppress Chartism. As yet, it is true, these rebels have only ventured upon partial and occasional outbreaks. It should not, how ever, be forgot that they have distinctly and repeatedly held out the threat of a general and simultaneous rising. for the purposes of massacre and plunder. It will be prudent policy to take heed to these onimous threats. Is it not probable that the sudden and disconnected movements, which have already excited so much alarm in different parts of the kingdom, have partaken more of the nature of experiments on the part of the Char tists, than of any serious intention to commence their threatened revolution ? Again and again we feel constrained to warn the pub- lie of the dangers to be. apprehended from the Char tists. A body of conspirators, consisting of nearly two millions of the population, according to their own ac count at least, may well excite feelings of alarm in the present state of the country. We should not feel so much disposed to justify these apprehensions if the country possessed a firm administration. Such, unfor tunately, is not the case. We have a ministry as des titute of firmness as they are of principle—a ministry under whose sway the country has been brought to the very verge of ruin. Such is the deplorable, almost hopeless, condition into which the nation has been plunged by the imbeciles in office, that it will require no ordinary share of moral courage on the part of their successors, to grapple with the complicated evils and difficulties which they have created. We have pleasure in directing the attention of our readers to a report of the half-yearly general meeting of the Grand Junction Railway company, at which the di rectors were enabled to declare a dividend of 7 per' cent. for the past half-year, leaving a considerable balance in the hands of the treasurer. The fact of such a dividend being made, during a period of severe pressure and commercial embarrassment, is not only encouraging to the shareholders, but valuable to the railway public, as an example of the result of economy in railway un dertakings ; and will also serve as a check upon the volubility of a numerous class of individuals who ex hibit their superior sagacity by constant endeavours to decry the stability of that property which their more enterprising brethren have created. It would not, by the way, be either unamusing or uninstructive to in quire how many shares, in this and the London and Birmingham Railway, are held by coach proprietors and carriers. We believe the number would be found to be not very inconsiderable—sufficient, at all events, to constitute a fair set-off against the confident predic tions of failure with which these undertakings were assailed in their infancy by the same gentlemen. We have another instance of pitiful Whig trickery to lay before our readers. It will be remembered that a requisition, numerously and respectably signed, ema nating from the electors of the Southern Division of Cheshire, was presented to Mr. Tollemache, inviting him to become a candidate on the Conservative interest, in the event of a dissolution of Parliament. To this requisition Mr. Tollemache returned a favourable reply. He promptly responded to the invitation, and issued a spirited address to the electors. After thus accepting the invitation, Mr. Tollemache, seeing his name on the Sheriffs' Lists for the County of Cheshire, addressed a letter to the Marquess of Normanby, expressing a hope that her Majesty's Ministers would not appoint him Sheriff, and thus disappoint a large body of the electors of South Cheshire of the power of bringing forward, at the next election, a candidate whom they wished to represent them in Parliament. This letter was dated on the 19th of November last. On the2lst of Novem ber the Under Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment addressed a letter to Mr. Tollemache in reply, stating that the application to be exempted from dis charging the duties of Sheriff was laid before the Lord President of the Council. Here the matter rested until the 31st of January, when Mr. Tollemache received an intimation that he had, in spite of his timely re monstrance, been actually appointed to the office of High Sheriff for the county ! Of course, Mr. Tolle mache is thus incapacitated from coming forward as a candidate for the representation of the Southern Divi sion, in the event of an election taking place during the present year. This, we have no doubt, is a trick to secure the return of Mr. G. Wilbraham, if possible. But it must be frustrated. Another Conservative can didate must be immediately found. The friends of the constitution in South Cheshire must bestiethemselves to defeat the disgraceful manoeuvre which has been at tempted by the ministry. We expect to hear of a deci sive movement for this purpose in a few days—a move ment which will result in the utter discomfiture of the Whig-Radical faction. We rejoice to find that the Conservative press, throughout the country, and, in some instauces, such as that of the Preston Chronicle, the Liberal press, have united to agitate the question of Socialism, with a view to the extirpation of this moral, social, and political nuisance. The time has come when the most strenuous exertions should be made to stay the spread of this pes tilence among the population. The bold and uncom promising manner in which the subject has been taken in hand by the Bishop of Exeter, ought to entitle that eminent prelate to the thanks of his countrymen of all grades and opinions. The triumphant exposure which he has made of the enormities and abominations incu next. cated by Owen and his disciples has already been pro ductive of extensive good. Since the debate took place in the House of Lords, in which the Bishop of Exeter, Lord Brougham, Lord Melbourne, and the Marquess of Normanby took part, we have remarked a studious avoidance of the subject on the part of the Radical press. This is a favourable omen. It shows that they are utterly ashamed of their former advocacy of Owen and his nostrums. It is to be hoped that the former favour shown to this " filthy dreamer" was the result of sheer ignorance of his atrocious doctrines. Those doc trines having been brought before the public, in all their naked deformity, by the Bishop of Exeter, our Whig-Radical contemporaries are now left without the shadow of an excuse for attempting either to palliate or to recommend them. So vile and beastly must they now appear, that we venture to say that no public jour nalist, who possesses the slightest regard for public decency, will venture to offer any apology on the behalf of those who assist in their propagation. We are not indulging in stronger language than the occasion war rants when we say that every journal in which the de fence of Socialism is attempted ought to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman. Nor have we less hesitation in saying that every man who professes to espouse the principles developed in the execrable pub lications of Robert Owen, his son, or his followers, ought to be scouted from society as a public pest. Every such man ought to he shunned as we should shun the most loathsome and disgusting reptile that crawls upon the face of the earth. He ought to be avoided as one tltat has the plague -spot upon him. If the blasphemous and bestial doctiines of Socialism are allowed to spread much further in this country, we shall soon witness a revolution in our national habits to which history can furnish no parallel. Under the in fluence of the hellish tenets propounded in the New Moral World, and similar publications, the people of this country would soon merit the slanderous charges in which O'Connell's imagination has delighted to revel. If. we wish to avert the curses which Socialism would infallibly entail upon our nation, we must strive with heart and hand to crush this " abominable thing" in the infancy of its growth. If we neglect to do so, from a mawkish dread of being stigmatized as perse cutors and bigots, we shall soon see the fruits of our misplaced forbearance in the general spread of atheism, the rapid i n crease of every spec i es of immorality, and the disrupture of the very bonds of society. of the T own C ounc il was held on A special meeting Saturday last, for the purpose of taking into -considera- tion a Bill on the subject of the erection of Warehouses on the Dock Quays, pursuant to certain resolutions which were passed by the Committee for the affairs o the Dock Estate, and adopted by the Council at their meeting on the 2d of October last. Mr. Alderman Evans, as most of our readers must be aware, has made himself extremely active in furthering the scheme to which the meeting of Saturday had reference. After some preliminary information had been given, for which we must refer to the report, Mr. Evans again moved the confirmation of the Dock Committee proceedings, relative to the Bill in question. His speech in support of the motion was a tissue of assumptions from begin ning to end—assumptions which we have on several occasions, felt it to he our duty to expose. Many of . the " arguments " vslich he brought forward were extremely childish and irrevelant. He remarked that " the union of warehouses with docks and ships must be extremely beneficial." So we should imagine. This " union " has existed in this port from time immemo rial ; and it seems to have answered remarkably well : but we should certainly not think of grounding an ar gument for an alteration in the system upon the utility of the present plan. The greater proportion of the warehouses in Liverpool are contiguous to the Docks, and have been found fully to answer every purpose con templated in the proposed scheme of Warehotises on the Dock Quays. Mr. Evans's Calculations respecting the value of the warehouse property in Liverpool are extremely curious and original. Why, not endeavour to ascertain the value of this kind of property from the criterion of rent ? If the calculation were made on the Hudibrastic matim, that the true value of a thing is just what it will produce in the market, he would soon find that his es- timate is egregiously wrong—wrong to the tune of a couple of millions, at the least. Mr. Bolton maintains that " an increase of dock ac commodation is wanted." By all means, if more docks are wanted, let more docks be constructed; but do not confound the increase of dock accommodation with that of warehouse accommodation. It does not follow that, because our docks are full, our warehouses must be full also. Look at the number of warehouses unoccupied in the town. Is not this a proof that the supply of warehouse room is more than adequate to the demand ? From the division which took place on Saturday last, on the subject under notice, we have strong hopes that the pet bantling of Alderman Evans will be turned out of doors. The last municipal election has had the effect we trust, of teaching the members of the Town Coun cil the folly of persisting in a scheme which has been proved to be as unjust as it is unpopular. We hope that this Dock Warehouse Bill will receive its quietus to morrow, or at all events, that the objectionable clauses will be expunged. MR. NEILL'S REPORT UPON DEAFNESS. —We have received a copy of this work, which we shall notice in our TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—In our last number we copied a paragraph from a contemporary, in which it was stated that several of the congregatiOn of St. Luke's had refused to contribute to a subscription for a piece of plate for their late minister, the Rev. J. Aspinall, said to have been set on foot by the Reform Association. We have since been informed that the members of the congregation, of all political opinions, have themselves, and in connexion with no party, subscribed for such a tribute of respect to that gentleman. They had a meeting for such an object some weeks since, at St. Luke's School, in Cropper-street, and all parties, who attended it, were unanimous. WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE.—We strongly recommend the admirers of animated nature to pay an early visit to this extensive establishment iu the Haymarket. They cannot fail of being much gratified. LIVER THEATRE. — Last evening Mr. T. D. Rice, tile popular American comedian, commenced an engagement at the Liver Theatre, which was crowded to excess. He ap peared in " The Flight to America," and " Jumbo Jum," and was loudly applauded. His songs were received with unbounded cheers. He will perform every evening this week. A very laughable interlude was added, called " The Christening," in which Mrs. Raymond and Mr. Tilbury performed with their customary talent. The singing and dancing continues remarkably good; and altogether it is but just to say that there are few, if any, provincial establish ments conducted with more care and enterprise than the Liverpool Liver Theatre. EPITAPHS. — Perhaps no country abounds in beautiful, pithy, or strange epitaphs, so much as our own ; some quite in keeping with the gravity of the tomb, and others indica tive of no very becoming levity. The old woman of Dunkeld, who survived some three or four reigns, and who concocted her own posthumous eulogy, tells us, among other things,— " An end of all perfection I have seen," little. deeming then of " the march," and of that annihilator of time and space, the railway. As regards the infantile por tion of our species, decidedly the most beautiful lines for a monument are those of the elegant Young— " Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven." But as regards the death of this most interesting portion of creation,those mothers who negleet to try that national medicine, Atkinson's INFANT'S PRESERVATIVE, will best know who they have to reproach !—[See Advertisement.] ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS : LIST OF PRESENTS SINCE OUR LAST Pu °tic ATI ON.—Robert Arnett, Esq., presented two crocodiles : Captain Adair, brig Dove, a spider monkey ; Captain Calvan, brig Rocket, a mandrille satvre ; Captain Callan, ship Bland, tine male leopard ; Demon, Esq., West-farm, Allerton, a grey squirrel; W. Duncan, Esq., Dublin, a peccary and monkey ; Captain Crosbie, brig Elizabeth, a maccaw ; Captain Grayson, Lancashire Witch, coatimondi ; Captain Gow, ship Orwell, a rattle snake ; Captain Houghton, ship Hino, pair of cora doves ; Captain Harrison, barque Wilberforce, pair of currasows ; Captain Hamblen, ship Williamson, Entelles monkey : Edward Healey, Esq., Seymour-street, au East Indian monkey ; Captain Lovell, barque Monarch, sooty monkey; Captain Nicol, brig John Brook, pair of gnat's ; Mrs. Palmer, Everton, New South Wales dog; Mr. Richardson, Frazer street, a ringtailed monkey ; Captain Rattery, barque Anne, a cootimonde ; Rowlinson, Esq., High Park-street, pair of currasows ; Chas. Saunders, Esq., Bedford-street, an ostrich, a pair of spotted covies ; and peccary ; Mr. Southern, barque Hydo, three doves ; Captain Tre a d go ld, ship Sir John Beresford, marmosite monkey ; P. Watson, Esq., of Demerara, a white falcon ; Pope, Esq., Upper Stanhope-street, a Bengal sheep ; Captain Gibson, of the Jamaica, two American ditto. STEAM-POWER APPLIED AS AN AUXILIARY AID TO SHIPPING, DURING CALM, LIGHT WEATHER.—The ship Maria, 460 tons burden, James Black commander, and Messrs. Gardner, Urquhart, and Co. owners, laden with a general cargo, and drawing 16 feet 6 inches water, sailed from London for Bombay on the 13th of December, 1838. This was the first sailing vessel fitted with steam-power for occasional aid during calms or light winds. She had two engines, of ten-horse power each, made by J. T. B ea l e , o f East reenwich, with Melville's patent propellers. From a careful inspection of the Maria's log-book and Captain Black's memoranda, it appears, that the engines propelled her, in a calm, at the rate of three miles per hour. The steam-power was used on forty-five different occasions, and during a period of 511 hours equal to 21 days, 7 hours. When the ship's draught of water and the smallness of power employed are considered, this result of a first experiment must be deemed, by nautical men, as very satisfactory. The owners of the Maria expressed their undiminished confidence in Mr.' Melville's invention, and hope it may be generally adopted for the advancement of the naval and commercial interests of the country. THE LATE STORMS.—Whilst the violence of the recent gales compelled many vessels to return to Liverpool, after having been at sea, some a fortnight and others three weeks, several ships continued to keep. out at sea, and hopes are entertained, that by having taken adv an t age o f a s li g h t s l ant of favourable wind, they had, at least, got out of the channel. It now appears, however, that not one of the outward-bound has been so fortunate, all the vessels that sailed before the storms having been accounted for, except the Tigris, for Calcutta. The packet-ship New York, which sailed hence on the 7th, for New York, put into Cove on Monday, the 27th ult., after having been 20 days out ; and, on Thursday, the 30th ult., the packet-ship Europe, which sailed hence on the 15th ult., in company with the packet ship Roscius, put into the same harbour, having been 15 days out. The Europe saw the Roscius on the 27th ult. The packet-ship Algonquin, which sailed hence on the Bth, for Philadelphia, was off Dungarvon on the 29th, after having been 21 days out. These facts show, that the weather must have been unprecedently severe in the Channel. Seldom, indeed has it been known, that a first-rate ship has, for three weeks, been knocking about between Liverpool and Dun garvon, the distance between the two ports not being more than 21 hours' sail with a moderately fair wind. THE CONDEMNED CHARTISTS.—We announce with un feigned pleasure that the lives of Frost and his wretched associates in crime, and in the sufferings it has produced, will be spared. What the commuted punishment will be has not yet been determined on : it is enough at present to know that the scaffold is not deemed essential to vindicate the authority of law and order; but that the mercy is allowed to triumph over the stern claims of retributive justice.— Ministerial paper. ROYAL AMPH ITHEATRE.—The Tournament will be with drawn at the close of the week. It continues to be as attractive as at the first, but it must be superseded by other novelties in Mr. Ducrow's splendid style. Of the horseman ship we have the same favourable report to make as usual— we do not believe it possible to be surpassed. NEW ACCESS TO THE RIVER MEnsEy.--The following is An extract, of general interest and importance, from a most elaborate and scientific paper read last month, Decem ber, 1839, to the Literary and Philosophical Society at Liver pool, by Joseph Brookes Yates, Esq., F.A.S., M.R.G.S., many years president of that society, and late chairman of the Shipping Association, an extensive West India merchant and shipowner, and a member of the Dock Trust Committee, Liverpool, on the rapid and extensive changes which have taken place at the entrance to the river Mersey, and the means now adopted for establishing an easy and direct access thereto. After adverting to the frequent representations of Captain Henry Mangles Denham, R.N, F.R.S., marine surveyor, and the results e mana ti ng from his surveys of Li verpool, the author proceeded, in detail, to state, "That Captain Denham had been indefatigable in watching the shifting of the sands, and at length announced, as his opinion, that a diagonal channel might be forced in aid of the ebb current, direct to the sea; this, he added, would afford a bet ter channel than heretofore. This proposition was much- op posed and jeered at as a vain attempt to oppose, in an open sea, the powers of the e l emen t s e i g ht m iles seaward of commence river's mouth ; but at length lie was enabled to acol of three operations at the close of last year over an admitting earliest by three hours into the port) cha n n e l , the Victoria quarters of a mile by one third, and there O S t no t' xists (the large ships, and recognised by authority, as part of the destined to be Channel, through which, indeed, the _ greater seems trade of Liverpool already passes, t !). d So complete a success the future great avenue to the resemble Liverpool, an d tors of those harbours which el k in any degree, to aid the great noticed in our .previous of the design is a sufficient recommendation to the conserva where human efforts are likely, is now engaged in giving M e numbers mechanics and is rapidly carrying out his plans opinions on other d p °straightening the Wyre navigation up to ics t h o a f t for deepening an nature :cn p tarti " ,i gladly publish the foregoing for the satis- De ti nh v a i m Port Fleetwood, we fa • of those in • terested in the undertakings confided to him.-- Editor Railway Magazine. A COLD-BLOODED ATTEMPT TO MURDER. MANCHESTER, MONDAY. This morning, at the Borough Court, a man named Gill, was brought before Daniel Mande, Esq., the stipendiary magistrate, charged with one of the most diabolical and cold blooded attempts at murder which has been recorded for many years. The victim of the attempt was his wife, a woman respectably connected, (the sister of Mrs. Leresche, proprietress of the Manchester Advertiser,) to whom he had been married about fourteen years, but who for the last five years had been separted from him owing to his ill-usage, and had been placed in a small way of business in Ashton road, Manchester. The prisoner had been to Africa during the last two years it appears, and returned to Manchester about a fortnight ago. During this time he had sought and obtained repeated interviews with his wife, the object of which was to persuade her to let him live with her. She re fused to do this, but offered to do all she could to maintain him if he would continue separate. On Friday evening last, he called and repeated his persuasions, and was sitting alone with her at tea ' when he suddenly seized hold of a clasp k n if e , an d dragging his wife into a dark room used for coals, threw her down, and after deliberately feeling about her neck, for the jugular vein, drew the knife across her throat, inflicting a wound about half-an-inch deep and three inches long. He then deliberately left the house, and was going down the street when some neighbours who had been alarmed by the cries of his wife, suspecting what was the matter, raised the hue and cry after him, and he was soon afterwards safely lodged in the keeping of the police. His poor wife was found weltering in her blood, where he had left her, but on the assistance of a surgeon being procured, it was discovered that the wound was not fatal, the villain having missed his object. The following are the particulars of what transpired in court : Mary Ann Gill, the prisoner's wife, was called into the witness box and sworn. The unfortunate woman appeared very weak from loss of blood, and being much affected on seeing the prisoner, was some time before she could proceed with bee statement. In answer to questions from Mr. Maude, she said : I am wife of the prisoner, and we have been married about fourteen years, but about five years ago he was induced to sign a deed of separation and leave me. I believe he went to Africa about two years since, and returned hoMe a fortnight since last Saturday. I have not lived with him since, but he has been at the house every day, and in consequence of the language he made use of I have mostly had a man who is a neighbour, to come and remain in the house to protect me. He came in first on 'Saturday fortnight, and said he wished to come and live with me. I told him be should not, but he said he would, and staid in the house several days. I was afraid of him, and had persons with me most of the time. During this time I had many conversations with him, but lie did not then attempt any violence. He did take his penknife on the Wednesday, before he left me, and threatened to stab me. In consequence of that he was taken before the magistrates at the New Bailey, in Salford, but was discharged on his promise not to annoy me again. On the Monday following he came again to my house, and said he was come to live with me. I told him he should not, but promised to do all I could towards his sup port if he would not molest me. He again threatened to annoy me before leaving the house. He came again on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and behaved in the same manner. Mr. Maude : Was there a threat held out on each occasion ? Witness : There was, sir : he kept saying he would have blood. He came on Friday, about three o'clock. There was no one in besides our two selves, and he sat down very quietly. I was getting my tea at the time ; and after he had been in the house some time, he said,—" Will you live with me, Mary Ann ?" and I Said " No." With that he dragged me into a dark place under the stair, used for coals, where I had not room to turn round, and there he threw me down. He had a clasp knife in one hand, and with the other hand I felt him feel about for the jugular vein ; but I put my hand over it. I said, "Oh ! spare my life ;" but he said "No ; you shall die, Mary Ann," and then he drew the knife across my throat. I cannot say how long we struggled, but it see m ea but the work of a few moments. In that state he left 1110. He had made use of no threats to me on this occasion, but seemed more than usually civil. The prisoner put a number of questions to his wife, of which the only ones to the purpose were the following : Prisoner : bid not I ask you, on Friday, to be reconciled to me, and I would try to get work, and assist you to keep my children ? Wife: You did. Prisoner : Did you not then fly into a passion and use op probrious epithets, saying I had borrowed another man's clothes ? Wife : No, nothing of the kind. Mr. Maude : Had you said any thing to the prisoner to make hint angry ? Wife : No, - sir. He appeared all the time unusually civil, but I observed that the muscles of his face worked very much. _ Prisoner: Did you not say that you had been obliged to whore with Mosca to keep a house over your head, and did not I feel as though the veins in my head had swollen to double their usual size, and I seized you and said, " Then you shall die, you b—ch, in your whoredom ?" Wife : Oh, dear no. Mr. Maude : Then did you say nothing of the kind to him ? Wife : I told him, sir, that he had tried to drive me to prostitution, and I would never live with him again. Mr. Maude : Was it then that he seized you ? Wife : No, sir ; MS last words were, would I ever live with him again, and I said I never would. He then seized me by the shoulders, and pushed me into the place I have before described. Pris Oner : Did I not accuse you of improperly admitting that man into the house ? Wife : Yes, but the accusation was very unfounded. The prisoner then said he was a murdered man ; but he did not attempt to deny that he bad previously threatened to destroy his wife, though the magistrate called his attention to that part of the evidence. Mr. Robt. Boyer, surgeon, said he had dressed the wound in Mrs. Gill's throat, which was about half an inch deep and three inches long. In his opinion she had narrowly escaped death. The prisoner was then committed to the Liverpool assizes for trial, charged with " cutting with intent to murder." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD . . SIR It so happens, that, " by a curious coincidence"— as my old friend Samivel says—l. am prepared to answer the enquiry of your correspondent " Mercator," as. to the iden, tity of the so-much-bruited, and the so-much unappreciated Mr. Dignan. The Mr. Dignan of the Chronicle, is the Mr'. Dignan of the Brazen Head. If he considers the denial of this statement worth his while, let him publish it. I can prove it.—l am, Sir, yours, &c. A REFORMER, BUT NO SLANDERER. Byrom-street, Feb. 1, 1840. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Please inform " A Licensed Victualler of Great George Ward," in reply to his inquiries in a contemporary Of. Sa turday last, that the Mr. Lawson whose name figured so prominently some short time since in the Chronicle, as one of the speakers at the North Toxteth Ward Reform Meeting, in factious opposition to the claims of Mr. Okill, is the same person whom he has so well shewn up. Being a chum of Mr. Dignan's, the editor of the Chronicle, is the sole reason (for purposes best known to themselves) why his name ap pears so conspicuously in the report. Yours obediently, JUNIUS. HER MAJESTY'S STEAM-PACKETS.—AS soon as it was known to Captain Bevis, R.N., agent for her majesty's steam packets in this port, that the Thomas Bennett, from Char leston, was on shore on Burbo Bank, Lieut. Tudor, R.N., commander of her majesty's steam-packet Redwing, waited upon Mr. Court, with an offer from Captain Bevis to take out her majesty's steamer Redwing, if her services could be made available in saving the lives of the crew of the Thomas Bennett. Captain Hague, however, having landed, and re ported that the ship would be got off next tide, with the assist ance of a steam tug, which he had sent down to her, and the Magazine Life-boat being telegraphed alongside the stranded 'vessel, consequently the lives of the crew being in no danger, while the good feelings.which prompted the offer were fully appreciated, it was considered unnecessary, in this instance, to accept it. Captain Bevis has expressed himself desirous of rendering her majesty's steam-packets serviceable on all occasions of shipwreck, when life is in danger. LEFT BEHIND.—A truly laughable affair occurred at the Edgehill Grand Junction Railway Station last Tuesday morn ing. 'When my friend Mr. A. had taken his seat in the car riage of the half-past three o'clock a.m. train, from the above station for Hartford, he thought that the train was a long time in starting after the time appointed, and on looking out he perceived that the engine and tender had departed and left the carriages behind ; upon enquiry he ascertained that the person whose duty it was to attach the mail carriage to the the tender had not done so, and that the engine and tender had proceeded without them—the party more immediately concerned with the railroad business instantly despatched another engine after the former one, and found that the en _ gine man and stoker had actually proceeded sixteen miles from Liverpool before they discovered their mistake, and were in the act of returning to the Edgehill station for the carriages ! !—Correspondent of the Mercury. MR. CLARKE'S BENEFIT.--WE have before noticed the crammed state of the pit and upper boxes on the evening of the manager's benefit; but we did not state what is the fact, that it was one of the largest houses ever known, the receipts of the night exceeding £3OO. The amount of tickets return ed, or checks given, did not reach £l5 ' • and of the h o ld ers of these, the great majority, the next day, exchanged their checks for admission tickets on other nights, the money be ing returned only in a few cases, chiefly to parties from the country, to whom tickets for any particular night might riot be acceptable on the score of distance. Altogether it was one of the best benefits ever known within the walls of this theatre.—Manchester Guardian. UNION BANK.—On Saturday the Union Banking Com pany removed from their old premises, in Water-street, to their new bank, in Brunswick -street. It is of the Grecian lonic style, and has all the simplicity and symmetry of the tout ensemble of the Grecian temple, though differing very con siderably from any of the ancient models. Although small, the admirable proportion and boldness of its details, com bined with a judicious blending of classical ornament, pro duce an effect on the mind which we have frequently looked for in vain in much largerbuildings appropriated to the same purposes. The interior we conceive to be admirably arranged for banking business, and is fitted up in a most beautiful and original manner, quite consistent with the style of the eexte rior, while, for substantial construction and excellence of workmanship, few buildings in the town can c ompa s rf g w n e it o h f i it. We understand the Union Bank is from the d e Messrs. Cunningham and Ilolme, and the contracteyrmwars u Mr. Thomas Wyllie. The interior was fitted P l 3 Thomas Haigh. ~,,,via ON DR. THE ROBBERY AND MURDEROUS %Tiber, that, some SHEPHERD. — Many of our readers will re:u. l ti e s robbed and very Gateacre, wa s one night when years since, Dr. Shepherd, of Gate severely ill-treated, by a gang 0 ir ill to his own residence. he was on his way from Moslef'sv-1 - 0 young men resident in Suspicion at the time fell upon . taken into custody. They Toxteth-park, and they e un derwent several exam!nwatior e s before Thomas Case E q magistrate, attended the Public-oices, Cni Case, investigating and t been ee t e l n i m e e affai r. were Theddis charged. . who, as a county this town, for the purP o s 3 e ir o . f evidence did not satisfy their b cebientiymofnDcer.has fully proved. Shepherd, three me n charged. Since the n a ft e r t h e TO About a year were execu ted, at Shrewsb u ry , for highway robbery. They were Roman C a tholics. To their priest th ey confessed what they could remember of theiratrocities. Amongst other cr imes, they acknowledged, first privately, and, afterwards, , publicly on the scaffold, that they had robbed Dr. Shepherd: whether they had killed him or not they had never taken the trouble to inquire. The Catholic minister at Shrewsbury has recently communicated the above information to the Rev. Mr. Philips, the Catholic minister at Gateacre. ARE THE AMERICANS PREJUDICED AGAINST THE EN GLISH ? — We say, deliberately, " No." So many years of peace have shown to all the enlightened inhabitants of the United States, the boundless advantages of national amity with the mother country. And, the following testimony front the government of the United States, nn the subject of one of the most valuable of modern discoveries, shows that merit, of whatever country, meets with a hearty reception in that land of liberty. The following letter was received by a large wholesale firm a few days ago :—Gentlemen,—The in all external malady, rendered by " Holloway's Ointment" and " Holloway's External Disease Pill, (the toniC : and that I alterative auxiliary to the Ointment.) are so great, the same ; and cannot refrain from publicly acknowledging_departmentwith 1000 naval with requesting that you will furnish • IIN erpoo , imme - diately.—l am, &c., 1000 packages of each, by the Castor, via I; ALEXANDER ADAMS. embly, See. pro. tern.. 1839. Washington, House of An POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-Fittpkv, SMUGGLING. William Cumming, steward of the ship 'Thomas Bennett,. from Charleston, was charged by Mr. Brooke, solicitor to the Customs, with smuggling a quantity of tobacco on board the above ve sse l. Mr. Dunn, tide surveyor, stated that the ship arrived on the 25th ult., and when he boarded her in the Waterloo dock, he found_fifty-six pounds of tobacco, called " Cavendish." The prisoner acknowledged it to be his. One of the officers who assisted Mr. Dunn, stated that when the tobacco was discovered, the prisoner attempted to bribe him. In his defence the prisoner said that the tobacco was for the use of the crew, and had been stowed away to keep it dry. Mr. Rushton convicted the prisoner in the penalty of £lOO, which he had no power, he stated; to mitigate. The only way to effect A mitigati on was to memorialize the Board of Customs. 'Mr. Dunn stated, that from the becoming manner in which the prisoner had conducted himself, the present was, he believed, his first offence, and he hoped that the magistrate would recommend his case to the Commis sioners of Customs. Mr. Rushton stated that he should have great pleasure in doing so, and the prisoner was remanded. MONDAY. ROBBING A MASTER. Jones Sutton was charged with having stolen a quantity of tobaCco, the property of his employer. Mr. 'William Percival said he was a tobacco-manufact urer in Henry-street, and had many persons in his employment. The prisoner had been in his service, as a porter, for about six weeks, but from some information his honesty was sus pected. About six o'clock on Saturday, after the priso ner had left off work and received his wages, witness stopped him as he was leaving the premises, and told him his suspicions. The prisoner denied the charge, but on being searched, 2lbs. of tobacco were found upon his person. The value of it was 10s. An officer was sent for, and the prisoner given into his custody. Robert Stocking, police-officer No. 224, said he received the prisoner., and produced the tobacco. The prisoner made no defence, and he was committed for trial at the'sessions. ROBBERY IN 'rm. EXCHANGE NEWS-ROONI• Charles Sirr, a man of respectable exterior, was charged with having stol en an um b r ell a f rom th e E xc hange News room, under the following circumstances. Mr. James Metge said he was a corn-merchant, and that he lodged at No. 9, King-street, Edge-hill. Between two into the three o'clock on T ues d ay a f ternoon l ast, h e wen t the Exchange News-room ; at that time he had a cotton umbrella with him, which he put in a stand underneath the weather-glass. On leaving the room he missed the umbrella, and made inquiry after it, but was unable to learn how it had disappeared. On Friday he borrowed a silk umbrella from the person with whom he lodged, and about two o'clock took it with him into the Exchange News-room, placing it, as before, in the stand beneath the weather-glass. He kept a watch upon it ; and whilst several gentlemen were looking up at the weather-glass, the prisoner walked up to the stand, looked about, and took the umbrella. He was walking away with it when witness charged him with the theft, and he re plied, " I beg your pardon, I thought it was my own." He was then given into custody to Gay, Police-officer No. 1. The prisoner, on being asked what he had to say, replied, " It is the first time I have been guilty of a case of the kind, and I express my contrition for it." He was committed to the sessions. LIVERPOOL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—I shall esteem it a great favour if you will allow me space for this reply to a letter which appears in this morning's Albion, signed Fair Play. I am sorry to admit, that, on Tuesday last, the best seats in the theatre were occupied, before the time announced for opening the doors, by parties who had obtained admission through the stage-door, I could almost have said without my knowledge, but certainly without my consent. My anxiety for the arrival of Mr. Thalberg induced me to leave the thea tre at half-past six o'clock to wait the arrival of the North Union train, at the Railway Station; on my return, I found the lobbies completely filled, and, on the private door being, opened, the crowd rushed in so eagerly that it was useless to offer resistance, and a great majority being ladies it was im possible to indulge in such an act of cruelty as to turn them back into the street. There was then no alternative but to open the front doors, which was done with as little delay as possible. Further than this explanation I can only express my regret that such an accident should have occurred. With reference to the partial admissions to the previous Concerts, they amounted to ten persons on the first evening, and about twenty on the second. I shall be glad to explain the cause of this apparent partiality to any subscriber who may require me to do so. The very liberal patronage given to my Concert undertaking, demands from me all that "Air play" requires, and more, — I will endeavour to deserve its continuance, although I cannot sufficiently express my thanks.—Most respectfully yours, JAS. ASHTON. 23, Pembroke Gardens, Ashton-street, Feb. 3rd. 1840. THE SPIRIT OF DISSENT. TO PROTESTANTS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS Mr. Nolan, a dissenting minister of Manchester, having been so dastardly and contemptible as to attack me by name from the pulpit of Stepney Chapel, Warrington, when I was not present to defend myself, or prove the charges I felt it my duty subsequently to make against him, I now, in jus tice to myself, and before taking leave of the subject, give a statement of facts to the public. But previous to doing so, I would warn Mr. Nolan of the responsibility of pan dering to the depraved taste of his hearers, by tickling their ears with personal sarcasm while professing to preach the gospel. At a lecture, delivered in Warrington in 1838, this person, amongst other grossly incorrect statements, gave out the following :,-- Ist. That all the efforts made by the Church of England for the spiritual welfare of Ireland have been of a party kind, and in one way or another to serve some party or political purpose. . . 2d. That, in Sligo, the Protestant magistrates actually tried to burn a meeting-house because the minister preached against adultery. 3d. That, although there was much talk of the murder of Protestant clergymen in Ireland, he knew no instance of a quiet; peaceable Protestant, who took no part in politics, be ing murdered. 4th. That the Church of England is divided - into three sections in Ireland, viz., the Heterodox, the Orthodox, and the Evangelical, and that " the latter are the most bigotted portion of the whole." These statements I heard him make, sand thrice have I requested him to prove or retract them, without receiving any reply. • Finding that the same person was to lecture again at War rington lately, I called upon him, for the fourth time, to prove his statements, or retract them ; and he, perceiving by this time that the affair was beginning to work to his preju dice, addressed a most insulting and evasive letter to me, not proving one of his statements, nor retracting one of his charges. In this letter he would have it believed that he was alluding to a past state of Ireland, and that if I would meet him at a friend's, he would satisfy me respecting his state ments. But this will not do. Public' slander must not be privately explained. Public charges; if groundless, must be publicly retracted. Now, for the first time, does Mr. Nolan state that the oc currence respecting the Protestant magistrates of Sligo took place before either he or I were born. .Does this look ho nest, does it look straight-forward ? He also now says, " that some of the most exemplary Christians lie ever met with in any community were members of the Church of Eng land," and " that he has witnessed a devotion, earnestness, piety, and self-sacrifice amongst the clergymen of th;.: Irish Church, which he has never seen surpassed, and seldom equalled in any others." And yet, in 1838, he reviled them as acting from hasty and political motives, and called them bigots. If these were his opinions, why not answer my let- . ters, as any gentleman was bound to do ? He appeared as a public lecturer, and I simply asked his proof for some of his statements. But a clue can be given. This first lecture was addressed to ears willing to listen to abuse of the. Church of England, with very little idea that any one was present to question the veracity of his assertions. This expression also occurs in this gentleman's epistle : " I cannot help recommending to you, and those with whom you act, less precipitancy, and more calmness of dis cussion, and an endeavour to avoid exciting the Prejudices of Catholics., and the just displeasure of Dissenters." Satan reproving sin, I declare. The man who will rake up pre tended crimes, committed by Protestants, which he dare not, because he cannot prove, and which - he now says took place before he was born, actually recommending " less precipi tancy in others !" The man who declares he knows no case of a quiet, peaceable Protestant clergyman being murdered, recommending to endeavour " to avoid exciting the preju dices of Catholics"—(falsely so called by Mr. Nolan.) When this statement was made, must not the conscience of the lecturer be pricked if the murders of Dawson, Goring, Ferguson, Hewson; Whitty, and 'Houston crossed his mind, all clergymen of the Church of England, and martyrs within the last few years to Popish malevolence? And was it from any relenting, on the part of the Papists, that the Rev. Messrs. Armstrong, Coate, Thompson , Ban ner, Goold, Marks, Athell, Butler, Fitzgerald, Nash, Sa vage, Trail, 'Walsh, Whitty, Young, Shaw, and many others, were not murdered, when they' were fired at, stoned, and violently assaulted ? This mawkish attempt at charity to Papists, at the expense of Protestants, may suit Mr. Nolan, and the time-serving notions of this world ; hut should he ever gain sound views respecting the duty of a preacher of the gospel, he will think very differently.' Considered individually, this person's assertions, false or true, would not be worth notice, and my apology for bringing them forward is, that he is, or was, agent to the. Irish Evan gelical Society in 183 S, when he dhl.'or ought to have known, that the Protestants in his own county (Sligo) were suffering the most violent and cruel persecutions from the Papists. Your's ever faithfully, • . . JOSH. CRISP. PLAIN QUESTIONS PRACTICALLY ANSWERED. I what institution is proved to be the most abominhble hot bed of bigotry. intolerance, and superstition What institution 'engenders in the students alratred and abhorrence of the - English name ?—MAYNHOTH. What institution teaches that " heretics, when strong, are to be' committed to God; when weak, to the'execiitioner ?" —MAYNcOTH. • What institution teaches that every form of Gospel reli gion is a damnable heresy, and that every Protestant is a child of hell ?—MAysooTn. - - What institution teaches that it is essential for a Roman Catholic to believe that it is lawful to murder Protestants, and break faith with heretics ?—MAYNOOTH. What institution spreads over the country the most violent agitators of murderous and monstrous bigotry ?--M.a.v- NOOTH. What institution teaches the most abOminable and atro cious lies, and also that they are lawful when for the good of the church ?—MAlrsooTh. What institution teaches that Protestants are heretics and schisniaties, the. bane and disease of the time ?—MAYNOOTH. What institution teaches that the service of the Church of England is damnable, and her ministers worse than a den of • thieves ?—MAYN - ooTn. What institution teaches that the Protestant clergy of all denominations are thieves and murderers ?—MAYNGOTH. What institution teaches that the prayer of a Protestant cannot be heard in heaven, and that their speeches and preaching are pestiferous and contagious ?—MAY-AtooTn. What institution teaches that the Protestant Bible and Prayer Book should be abhorred to the depth of hell, and that all Papists are bound to horn them ?—Ms.tsibo-rn. And yet .£9,000 per annum are paid by a Protestant Go vernment to support this hotbed of sedition! Churchmen, Methodists, Protestant Dissenters ! protest against this enormity, by SIGNING THE PETITION which lies for signature at Mr. Joseph Crisp's office, 38; Church-street ; Standard-office, 4, North-crescent ; Mail-office, South Cas tle-street ; Courier-office, Castle-street ; Gore's Advertiser office, Castle-street ; Tradesmen's Conservative Newsroom, Church-street ; Op era ti ve C ons e rva ti ve Newer m, , Hough ton-street, Clayton-square ; Air. Perrie,s, and Mr. Ledges London-road. / . . The Statistical Society of Paris havettleited G. A. Walker, Esq., metropolitan surgeon, hotiorat member of th e i r association, in conbequenoe of the publicitioh of his work on the grave yards of the metropolis, which is now attracting so much notice.—AfOrmiv Port, lastsiary 27, WO. DUCROW'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Truis present TUESDAY EVENING, the 4 th instant, I- and every Evening during the Week. LAST FIVE NIGHTS OF THE TOURNAMENT. SECOND OF AINSWORTH'S ROOKWOOD! With an ENTIRE CHANGE of SCENES in the CIRCLE. MR. DUCROW Takes this opportunity of returning his thanks for the splen did and liberal patronage bestowed on the Tournament and his other Productions, which has not only remunerated him for his heavy outlays, but given him a greater zest in render ing the Liverpool Amphitheatre, in all its departments, one of the first in Europe; and it is with pleasure he states that the present novelties are only withdrawn to make way for others no less attractive, which must biimmediately pro duced, on account of the approaching d arture of the Com pany for London, and the commence ent of the Benefits. The Entertainments commence at Seven precisely every Evening, with Ducaow ' s Historic and Magnificent TOURNA M E N T, IN THREE PARTS, Portraying a true and effective Living Picture of a Three Days' Ceremonies, Encounters, &c., and Scenei at the LISTS of ASHBY, so beautifully described by the cele brated author, Sir Walter Scott. After which, New and Extraordinary SCENES of the CIRCLE and FEATS of HORSEMANSHIP. The Entertainments will conclude with the Old English Equestrian Burletta Spectacle, called THE GIPSY HEIR OF ROOKWOOD; OR, TURPIN'S RIDE TO 'YORK ! On MONDAY, the 10th instant, the Historical Events of BUONAPARTE'S PASSAGE of the DESERTS, and the SIEGE OF ACRE. Places for the Boxes can be secured from Eleven to Three daily. ;ton r of Tll - of rain ting eted the will this w in t be oni the pro - nes, of •aflic lines tiler Fore, lines and bray for ares, ng to e no rect for pur s ori- Tease chick e oc ecut- arged iginal ut of )erty, their anent Lking, lg the full yes of )f the ening , rested ing it Stock ,wever iy de' sent 8 ie re' )posed : rich :ess, a ~Lr~- M 1111