The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-18 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Mrs. STIRLING, of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, is engaged for a LIMITED PERIOD, and will make her Second Appearance at this Theatre THIS EVENING. Second Week of Mr. W. FARREN, of the Theatre-Royal, Covent -Garden ; and the Last Week of Mr. ANDERSON, of the same Theatre. THIS present TUESDAY, August 18, will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of AS YOU LIKE IT. Jacques Mr. Anderson. Touchstone .. Mr. Baker. Orlando .. Mr. Howard. Amiens.. Mr. G. Horncastle. Mrs. Stirling. Mrs. Clarke. Rosalind Celia.. Miss Cleaver. Audrey After which, the new Drama of ASK NO QUESTIONS, OA, THE OLD INVALID Mathias. Mr. W. Farren To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Griffinhoor Mr. W. Farren, On WEDNESDAY, the favourite Comedy of the HYPO CRITE. Dr. Cantwell, Mr. W. Farren ; Colonel Lambert, Mr. Anderson ; Darnley, Mr. W. H. Bland ; Mawworm, Mr. Baker; Charlotte, Mrs. Stirling; Old Lady Lambert, Mrs. Clarke; Young Lady Lambert, Mrs. Baker.—After which, the Farce, in one act, called JOHN JONES. Sir Guy Goodluck (his original character), Mr. W. Farren.— To conclude with a new Drama, never acted here, written expressly for Mrs. Stirling, called ANGELINE LE LIS. Angeline, Mrs. Stirling. On THURSDAY will be repeated the Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. Anderson ; Dogberry, Mr. W. Farren ; Beatrice, Mrs. Stirling.—With a favourite Farce. On FRIDAY, Mr. ANDERSON'S BENEFIT, and the Last Night of his Engagement. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL A T R. ANDERSON most respectfully announces to the ILL Public, that his BENEFIT will take place on FRIDAY next, August 21st, on which occasion Madame VESTRIS and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS, of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, on their return from Dublin to Loudon, have kindly volunteered the aid of their valuable services, positively the only night of their performing here. Mr. JAMES VINING, of the Covent-Garden Theatre, also, in the most friendly manner, contributes his aid on this occa sion. Sheridan's Comedy of the SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, the principal characters in which will be sustained by Madame VESTRIS, Mr. WILLIAM FARREN, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS, Mr. ANDERSON, and Mr. JAS. VINING. Fifth Night of Mrs. STIRLING, of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, who will perform the character of Louise, in a new Drama (never acted here), called " THE VILLAGE DOCTOR," in which Mr. W. Farrell will sustain his ori ginal character of Pierre Boncoeur. IM" To afford equal facilities in securing Places, the Box Plan for this Night will not be opened until THURSDAY, and Places may be taken on that day, and FRIDAY, at the 13 0x-office, from Ten until Three. On FRIDAY, August 21,1840, will be performed Sheridan's . Comedy of the SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Lady Teazle Madame Vestris ' In whi c h s h e w ill introduce the favourite Song of " I'll be no submissive 'Wife." Sir Peter Teazle. Charles Surface: Joseph Surface. Mr. Anderson. Sir Benjamin Backbite .... Mr. James Vining. Sir Oliver Surface.. (first time).... Mr. Baker. Mrs• Candour.. Mrs. Clarke. Lady Sneerwell.. Mrs. Baker Maria Miss Cleaver. To conclude with a new Drama, never acted here, as produced last season at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, called THE VILLAGE DOCTOR. Pierre Boncoeur.... (the Village Doctor).... Mr. W. Farren, AS originally performed by him at the Haymarket Theatre Marchioness De Viellecour.. Mrs. Clarke. Baroness De La Fadaise Miss Cleaver Louise M. s. Stirling The Box-office will be open for this Night on THURSDAY and FRIDAY, from Ten until Three. No Places can be secured unless Tickets are taken. EXHIBITION. WILL SHORTLY CLOSE. C APTAIN SIBORN'S MODEL OP THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THE celebrated MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION at the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad mission, One Shilling each. EXHIBITION of PERKIN'S Celebrated Patent STEAM GUN, capable of discharging 600 Balls per Minute, with force superior to that of Gunpowder. r E H IS tremendous Engine of Destruction is being exhibited for a Short Time at the SHO,OTING GALLERY, No. 30, TARLETON-STREET, and is particularly recom mended to the inspection of the Scientific, as fully exemtn fYing the practicability of applying Steam Power to Gunnery with much g reater efficiency than Gunpowder. The Apparatus is worthy the inspection of Engineers, Mechanics, B ce., shewing an entirely new mode of generating Steam of a very high pressure. It is in operation Every Hour from Eleven o'clock, a.m., until Ten o'clock, p.m. . Admission One Shilling IMPORTANT TO MUNICIPAL VOTERS, To secure a vote at the next municipal election, the following is the necessary qualificat:on, namely : " The occupation on the ensuing 31st August, and during the two preceding years, of a house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop, within the borough, for which the occupier is rated, and on which all rates due thereon, except those becoming due within six months before the 31st, have been paid before that date." The occupier must also, during the whole of that pe riod, (say two years and nine months,) have been an in habitant householder within seven miles of the borough. The day on which claimants' qualifications must be completed, and the last day for payment of rates, is the 31st of Augu.d. The sth of September is the day on which the overseers are required to make out the burgess lists, and to deliver them to the Town-clerk, who is to fix a copy of them on the Town-hell, during the week Preceding the 15th of September. A person succeeding to the occupation of a house, by descent, marriage, demise, (5-c., is entthed to reckon as his own the occupancy and rating of the person by or through whom he succeeds. Elie Zibirpool A,tanbarb, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1840 We regret to inform our readers that the poll at the Dock -office, for five Dock Committee-men, closed Yesterday as follows : POTTER 159 CROSTHWAITE . 159 RIPLEY CHALONER 158 CHAPMAN . , HENDERSON. BOLD At four o'clock the polling was adjourned, to be re- Slimed at ten o'clock this day. The adjournment will be fortunate, if the conserva , tive:,a make good use of the additional opportunity thus afforded them : for if, in consequence of this poll, the council should succeed in parliament, the indepen dent expression of the principles and opinions of the great mass of the conservatives in Liverpool will be overborne for several years to come. That so many Conservative gentlemen should suffer themselves to be ' deceived—should voluntarily become the catspaw of the radical faction—is to us unaccountable. Mean while, a little vigorous action, well directed, will re verse the adverse majority; as not one-third of the constituency is yet polled. We can assure our readers, upon unquestionable authority, that the great majority of the papers now in, and unrolled, are in favour of the true conservative candidates. It is almost needless to -add, that the present majority is composed exclu sively of radicals, who have been actively canvassing for the gentlemen whose conservative reputation they have oppressed by their advocacy. We trust that the conservative ratepayers will not suffer themselves any longer to be ensnared in the trap that has been so cunningly laid for them by Alderman Evans and his " tail," but that they will repudiate a connection which cannot issue but in their own detriment and humilia tion. The position of the warehouse question in Liver pool is well known to the majority of our readers. The extraordinary feature in the present contest con sists in the fact of conservative being opposed to conservative upon a question which in reality is PURELY POLITICAL, The gentlemen who have been put forward by Mr. Evans and his party (of whom we would speak with all due respect) are made the dupes of that system of expediency which is, un fortunately, too prevalent in the present day. They believe that warehouses upon the dock quays would be of great benefit, by the facilities they would give, to the trade of this port. Who denies that advantage would be de rived from them ? Who opposes the building of ware houses ? None ! not even the warehouse owners themselves, who have certainly some vested rights Which ought to be protected. The opposition is not to the warehouses being built upon the quays, but to the management being placed in the hands of the Dock C ommittee. Unfortunately, there have been found in Liverpool five gentlemen professing couservative prin ciPles who either cannot, or will not see, that the re presentation of the borough depends upon the con test which is now going forward. TITIty the anxiety Which has been exhibited by the Reform party in Liver.. Pool t o reta i n t h e management of the warehouses ? 14 1 Ply because of the patronaye attached to It ! This Patronage. would place in the hands of the Dock Conl int te e a political lever which no public body, as local legislators, should be permitted to possess. It is our duty to open the eyes of the Conservatives of Liverpool to their present position, and doubly our duty at a time when they are liable to be led astray by well-meaning, but short-sighted, members of their own party. The tactics of Mr. Alderman Evans exhibit a skill worthy of a better cause, and the nomination of Conservatives favourable to his views of the warehouse question is, as we said before, a Trap set for the unwary. There is yet time for the Conservatives to redeem the ground which they have lost. If there be still a Conservative spirit in Liverpool, let it be this day exhibited by the votes to be given at the Dock-office. Conservatives, do your duty THE LATE SESSION is receiving its measure of review in every paper in the kingdOrn. The obituaries are not altogether most flattering to the memory of the deceased. Even the pen of the ministerialist has been fain to use violence in pressing "good . intentions" into the service, as substitutes for good deeds; and, whilst unable to conceal or deny grievous ministerial failings and failures, has endeavoured to excite pity or extort forgiveness by throwing all blame upon incon venient enemies. The two latest speakers on the subject of sessional doings in parliament, were Hume on occasion of the appropriation bill, and her gracious Majesty in the royal speech. Hurne was not over complimentary to his friends, nor indeed collaterally to himself; inasmuch as he evilly characterised the ministry whom he delight eth to honour with his support, and whom he would stand forth to assist by the rather strong measure, to an honourable man, of voting that " white is black." These ministers, says Hume, according to his words as reported, "have not during the session paid any at tention to the wants and necessities of the people." It is not for us to fathom the inscrutable things of the heart, especially those of Joseph Hume's ; but specu lation may amuse itself in running through a long list of motives which shall induce apatriot to support such a ministry as, even with friendly feelings, he pro nounces worthless. But, notwithstanding Mr. Hume's comptehensive summation of the demerits of the far niente ministry, the session has undoubtedly had its merits ; and, such as these merits were, they have been tersely recognised by her Majesty. " I have to thank you for the CARE and ATTENTION with which you have discharged your important duties," are the gracious words ad dressed by the Queen to the "Lords and Gentlemen." In the loyal mind, which reposes just confidence in the discretion and judgment of a beloved Sovereign, there cannot rest a doubt that the LORDS have, as a majo rity, given " care and attention" to their duties; and also that the same meed of praise is due to that power ful section of the lower house to which the term GEN TLEMEN, in its legitimate and, we trust, royal sense, is limited. The fact is that the late session, though not dazzling to the eye of the young or over-ardent politician, has steadily brightened upon the conservative cause—a cause which has more than favourably maintained its position within doors; whilst without, in the nation at, large, the proceedings of the session have confirmed many waverers, converted many candid opponents, and given encouragement to the already staunch. The spirit of conservatism has breathed its good influence upon the debates, and has won triumph in divisions; nor has victory the less attended the conservative ranks, because a defeated enemy has broken the con vention as his sole means of escape. In both houses "care and attention" have been well given when needed. Neither the strength of the right cause has failed, nor have its effects been lax. The Duke, that modern Tribune of the People, freely exer cises his right of VETO, as leader of the national party, and , his veto at once consigns to oblivion the most studied, the most pernicious, and therefore darling projects of an anti-national ministry. "But the Duke has differed from his party ! he has sown seeds of disunion and discord where he once acted as a spell to bind in har znony !" Such has been the language of hope amongst enemies, of fear amongst .timid or feverish friends. Were it so, had "disunion" symptomatic of decay ap peared amongst the patriotic members of that house which history has emphatically designated through all ages as the guardian of the people's rights, the prospect, before us would indeed be evil. But assertions which spring from superficial observation or hostile motive are generally bold in proportion as they are destitute of fOundation; the very boldness with which they are made serving to aid their reception by a certain claSs of minds. - Thus because upon two questions the Con servative peers were not unanimous, a gaping schism is pronounced to have rent asunder the Conservative party; Conservatism is declared moribund, nay its elegy has been set and sung; and the possibility of time which " brings all things round," even being able to bring round a Conservative administration, is placed in the same category as the possible discovery of an elixir of life, or a Royal Duke's recognition of the. claims of his offspring. _ _ The cleverest, perhaps, most honest, and certainly the least illiberal of the liberal journals, namely, the Spectator, in reviewing, on Saturday last, the tenden cies of the " late session," declares that it termi nated in leaving all three parties—whig, radical, and conservative--weaker than it found them at its com mencement. The first part of the propositian is esta blished with that clearness of demonstration which is the Spectator's forte, but which brief, though total, de monstration is, it seems, wasted upon a fact simply obvious. In 1833 confidence was voted to the whig radical ministry by a majority of 268 voteS; in 1840 the confidence of the people, as marked by their repre sentatives, had shaken down to a satirical majority of 21. At the commencement of the " late session," a majority of 21 then mustered confidence to repose theo retical confidence in the ministry. But rapidly this chivalrous purpose dissolved, turd in a vote of practical confidence, namely, as to the right purposes of minis ters in voting away the people's money, this shadowy faith in ministers melted, and even their speculative supporters hastened to rival the emphatic majority against them of 104. But to return to the Spectator. " No ministry ever suffered such a succession of de feats, great and small, without resigning or dissolving," says that paper of a ministry which it terms " disgraced, defeated, and despicable." The pages of liberal jour nals were not wont so to speak of a liberal government, under whatever especial attribute of liberalism it de lighted to be recognized. So much for the late ses sion, as regards the whig-radicals. With respect to radicalism, simply as such, we have the authority of the Spectator for stating that " in parliament it is non existent ;" an opinion to which we have pleasure in giving in our adhesion. -. But another party remains of which growing weak ness is assumed, not proved; and here at length we "join conclusions" with our able opponent. It is a pretty idea, and sliews a degree of impartiality in the origination of it, that the three antagonist parties have equally "gained a loss" during the last session. This view may have suggested itself in consequence of a certain pleasant feeling attending the contemplation of matters in equilibria ; but the assumption of conserva tive weakness has not been favored by the support of argument. The only pretext for the opinion is the as sumed " disunion" amongst leaders ; with reference to which, the Spectator bluntly remarks—" There is very great probability of an open break up ; the foreshadow ings of which have been thrown by the Lords on the Canada bill, and by the squabbles of the Duke and the Bishops on the church question." Has any such symptom of destruction to the con servative cause exhibited itself ? We think not. The Duke and the Bishops have not considered the same measure advisable, but no squabble has arisen ; con servative lords differed on the provisions of the Canada bill, but broke not out into enmity. All honest and good men, however agreeing in consequence of their being honest and good, in general rules, must, if gifted with reason, feel coincidence of views in every specific case to be impossible. It is neither to be expected nor to be desired. Conservatism does not trench upon the just independence of individual conviction as to the mode of its wisest deveiopement. We cannot ask and would not wish the conservative " lords and gentle men" blindly to bind themselves into a technical course of party action, to the restraint of their individual opinions, and the destruction of their individual and collective influence. Holding as we may, that the Duke has not converted us to his side on one or two points, we are by no means compelled to consider him an ene my, a deserter from the ranks, or a pestilent creator of schism. Conservatism is not a thing of dogmas, but the enlightened principle of social order and social happiness, springing from religious dictates, reconcilable with the results of philosophical investiga tion, and illustrated in every page of social history. But, although this, like All great principles, is one and incomplex, the detail of its application in various cases will vary in the opinions of different good men ; and yet the PRINCIPLE itself will not only be recog nised but prized. Thus, in the case before us, although the great warrior statesman has differed in his legisla tive views from other eminent men of the same party, it has been.as to the mode of carrying out a principle, not in a renunciation of it. It is a fact, clearly esta blished, to all who have attentively studied the laws of human motive and human action, that when the great est zeal exists to carry out great and important princi= ples, each mind will be prone to individualize its views, and most energetically and most boldly to pursue them, whilst at the same time, the same grand object being the aim of each, all will press onward to it. But what is right is less complicated than what is wrong; hence those who strive to carry out good prin ciples find fewest sources of difference or " disunion," although some will always exist, but none of DISCORD. The conservative principle is not in an unhealthy pre dicament. When differences of opinion arise amongst the conservative leaders, they by no means imply de struction to the cause; nor has any thing in the late session happened to fade its prospects, although one portion of the conservative friends of the constitution may have sided with the Duke, and another have de nied their acquiescence in his views, on the particular occasions adverted to. The idea of a pestilential disunion amongst the con servative leaders, seized upon with triumphant joy, has rendered the editorial pens of some of our liberal con temporaries vivacious to the verge of indiscretion ; whilst we regret to have seen, where they could not have been expected, traces of fear. Conservatism can not suffer because its champions bold their own con victions; 'nor will it expire because their convictions are honestly stated. On the contrary ; evil would befal the cause, and deservedly, should the time arrive when conservatives adopted the policy of " voting black to be white" for the mere sake of apparent cohesion, the vain boast of a transitory majority, or the prolongation of office by a contemptible tenure. Such a union would not be strength, unless it were the strength of baseness, dishonesty, and political delinquency. Other parties, who have tried their strength in this way, stand out to us as warning During the late session there has been 'no departure from conservative principle. Different views have existed, but the enemies of sound government have not been favoured by the discovery of any " split," or symptoms justifying the prophecy of an " open break up." Far from it; the Duke closes the campaign sur rounded by the same noble staff who aided him at first. An unexpected sally or two he may have made, an armistice now and then he may have allowed the enemy, contrary to the opinion of some of his most ex perienced fellow-generals; but the campaign has been so thoroughly a conservative one, that ministers are in no small measure gratified that the time for their " re lease" from conservative control has arrived. Turn we rapidly from the " lords" to the " gen- tlemen." Whatever meaning may have attached to the word in the royal mind, it is our purpose to apply it " on the present occasion" in its strict and legitimate sense— that is to say, in the old English sense ; for a couplet opportunely occurs to skew that the term would other wise be too comprehensive for our purpose-- " My father was a " jintleman," And lived at Bally-o-bree ; His pratie-ground it fed us all, Hisself, the pigs, and we." With a necessary limit, then, to the term, the nation may well join in the royal thanks to the gentlemen of the Commons for their " care and attention." Seldom has the " attention" of members to their duty been more seriously taxed, than during the great struggles of ministers and " jintlemen" against Lord Stanley and the conservative gentlemen ; and never, perhaps, have the parliamentary annals presented a se ries of apparently abortive victories, really so valuable. The consecutive defeats of those who professed to hold office only as long as they enjoyed the confidence of parliament, were almost unparalleled in decisiveness, in consistent repetition, in the light which they threw upon the motives of the' ministerial minority, and in the effective demonstration which they afforded that ministers had abandoned their hollow plea of " confi dence." The history of the last session is a political lesson. " We have lost all, but saved ou honour," was the exclamation of a king. "We have lost all honour, but saved our places," may hereafter become an apoph thegm for statesmen. We are not hastily impatient for a conservative ad ministration, although hopeful that the times may soon render acceptance of office by conservatives desirable. It is not the name of office, but the power, which is worth acceptance. The bed-chamber conundrum, which retarded the return of conservatives to office, could not deprive them of the wholesome influence with which unofficially they direct the government; and the events of the late session forcibly show the be nefit which the ladies of the bed-chamber unwittingly stored up for the country. Had a conservative cabinet been formed last year, the nation would not have lost valuable experience. It would not have witnessed the coarse abandonment of principle in favour of continuance in office, nor the means to which a faction can stoop in order to obstruct, thwart, and set aside the opinion of the people's repre sentatives, when unequivocally and repeatedly expressed. The nation would not have witnessed a ministry, whose profession is economy and sympathy with the people, burdening the people with new taxes on every article of consumption, and reviving the worst features of the most inquisitorial and most odious, because most un fairly propOrtioned tax—that on windows—and this after twenty-five years of peace. We cordially unite in " thanks" to the " lords and gentlemen" for their efforts during the session. If they have not much to show of their own, they have laid in cold obstruction much of other evila, and, more over, unmasked what was worth seeing. Nor will we withhold our meed of gratitude from the " jintlemen" also, for the exposure which they have made of their real principles and motives. One of the claimants to the title of " the largest Saturday paper in Liverpool " furnishes its readers every week with a catalogue of the virtues of Sir Jo shua Walmsley, the would-be M.P. for Liverpool. We are willing to admit that the knight may be an amiable and exemplary man• in piivate life, but this is no rea son why he should receive our support as a public cha racter. We believe that had Sir Joshua confined him self to the duties of the civic chair during his mayor alty, and retired again into priva'e life, he would have been handed down to posterity as a benefactor to this town ; but, having pushed himself into public life, his conduct must be examined by an independent press. It is said he ought to be supported because of his li berality to every work of charity in the town ; but a man's liberality should be traced to the motives from which it flows, and though we find Sir Joshua sup porting and patronising many institutions and societies in our town, from a Popish bazaar to a "friendly bu rial society," let us ask why is that support extended ? His own party have supplied our answer. " Votes, votes, votes !" is his motive and spring of action in everything. He does not attend a meeting at Clayton square ; he degrades himself by connection with a Po pish protector society; he attends meetings in Popish schoolrooms ; he asks Mr. M`Neile t o move or secon d reso lutions at the sessions ; he gives good dinners and fancy balls ; he votes with a " miserable minority" of five in the Town Council to desecrate the Sabbath, &c., and all to gain votes ; therefore his libe rality is no longer such, but selfishness. We need not say more ; but we believe that, notwithstanding all these things, Sir Joshua will never be member for Li verpool. We feel confident that the conservatives will never send as their representative one who holds the political Popery-supporting principles of Sir Joshua Walmsley. We feel assured that the Protestants of Liverpool will never support one who would divide our glorious constitution in church and state under the colour of liberality ; that the merchants will never en courage one who would support ministers who have ruined our commerce in every quarter of the globe —or one who would repeal the corn laws, the protection of British agriculture and landed property. No ! Electors, be not deceived by this skew of liberality. A radical is only liberal as long as it serves his own ends WHEN the member is returned the good dinners will cease : the amiable, good-natured man will then have attained the summit of his ambition, and will " All of a sudden in high disdain, Fall haughtily back in his order again, Scornfully holding his nose on high, As Keinble used at Corioli." • To-morrow, that bold and uncompromising cham pion of the Protestant faith, the Rev. T. D. Gregg, will, at the request of the Liverpool Protestant Association, deliver an address, at the Amphitheatre, on the momentous questions of "National Religion and Christian Legislation, as the means, under God, of eradicating Popery, and every other anti-Christian system, and promoting to the utmost the virtue, hap piness, and prosperity of all classes." We have no doubt that ample justice will be done to these important topics. Mr. Gregg has been, for many years, indefati gable in his exertions on behalf of the Protestant cause, and eminently successful in his exposures of the delusions and abominations of Popery. His protracted controversy with Father Tom Maguire, who retired discomofited from the contest, will not speedily be for gotten. We perceive from the Norwich papers that Mr. Gregg lately addressed an audience of between 3000 and 4000 persons in that city, on the errors of Popery. We trust that his labours in England will be attended with lasting benefit. The steam-ship Britannia, Lieut. R. Woodruff, commander, arrived in this port on Friday evening last, bringing letters and papers from Halifax to the 4th instant, from Boston to the Ist instant, and from New York to the 31st ultimo, all dates inclusive. The Bri tannia thus accomplished the shortest voyage on record across the Atlantic. She brought home upwards of seventy passengers, all of whom were highly delighted with the arrangements on hoard this splendid vessel. The arrival of the Britannia at Boston was hailed with iv:eat acclamation, and a magnificent entertainment was given to Mr. Cunard, the spirited projector of the line of communication between this port and Ha lifax. The news brought by the Britannia is comparatively destitute of political importance. The most interesting extracts will be found in another column. The Gover nor-General of the Canadas, Lord Sydenham, (lately the Hon. C. P. Thomson,) had visited Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. He was exceedingly well re ceived in both provinces. It appears that the British commissioners for the survey of the north-eastern boundary had gone out in the Britannia, with a view to the resumption of their labours. The President of the United States had also . appointed three surveyors, in accordance with a vote of Congress. The session of Congress had closed. The proceed ings, for some time prior to the adjournment, were entirely destitute of interest to the English reader. The arrival of the British Queen at Portsmouth on Saturday morning, has put us in possession of New York papers to the Ist instant, inclusive. The British Queen accomplished the voyage home in thirteen days and a half. She has brought 133 passengers. The news by the British Queen is of a very gloomy and unsatisfactory character. Trade was in the great est degree of depression. United States Bank shares were selling at 64k. Other banks and stocks exhi bited, a similar reduction in the value of their securities and shares. A ciimmercial gentleman who went out to New York on the previous voyage of the Great Western, has written home a very deplorable account of the state of trade and monetary affairs in that city. He says that they were in a much worse condition than he had anticipated ; and in regard to the banks his opinions are of the most unfavourable description. The accounts of the cotton crops, from all parts of the Union, were of the most flattering character. The unfavourable news taken out by the British Queen had nearly suspended all operations in the cotton-market at New York. It was anticipated that a 'very large stock would be left on hand at the close of the season, in addition to an increase of crop to the extent proba bly of 1,500,000 bales. The contest for the Presidency, between Mr. Van Buren and General Harrison, appears to present the usual characteristics of election contests in America— bribery, corrupt influence, and intimidation. The vote by ballot, respecting which so much clamour was made some time ago by the radical press of this country, is laughed at in the United States as a farcical piece of humbug. We learn from the correspondence of the London Standard, that great excitement prevailed in Canada relative to the incorporation of the Roman Catholic seminary of St. Sulpice. The following are the re marks in the Standard :—" The Protestants confi dently expected the home government would reject the ordinance, which is opposed by all the Protestants of the province. All classes of dissenters have united in the strongest feeling of opposition relative to the ini quitous nature of this ordinance, and they do not ex press any knowledge of the trick practised by the O'Connell government, much less the callous manner in which they have - been abandoned by the conserva tive party ; indeed, it can scarcely be expected that they should even dream of such treatment from any government, much less to be left unaided by the con servative party." For the state of the money-market, and other intel ligence brought by the British Queen, we must refer 'our readers to the summary which we nave given in another column. CORRESPONDENCE. ELECTION OF DOCK TRUSTEES TO THE CONSERVATIVE RATEPAYERS, " Up, boys, and at them," was the rallying cry of " the Duke" at the memorable battle of Waterloo. " Up, con servatives, and at them" is the advice which we would offer to the ratepayers during the impending struggle for the office of Dock Trustees. The contest which was commenced yesterday is one which involves far more important results than the conservative ratepayers of Liverpool seem to be generally aware of. The question at issue is, not whether we shall return fivetnser vatives to the Dock-office—not whether we shall have dock warehouses erected—but whether the borough of Liverpool, with all its important interests is to be handed over, in perpetuity, to whig-radical thraldom. Conservative ratepayers of Liverpool! we would have you to reflect upon the momentous consequences which are in volved in the present struggle. Upon your decision will de • pend the future independence or the future degradation of the borough. Are you willing to be made the subservient tools of Alderman Evans, and the radical clique who com pose his " tail ?" Do 'you wish to see the• Council-room once more filled with radicals ? Are you willing to have the town represented in parliament by two thorough-going mi nisterialists? Your votes to-day will solve these questions, either to your honour, or to your disgrace—either to the sal vation of the town from radical tyranny, or to its degrada tion and enslavement. " Procrastination is the thief of time." We beseech you to be prompt in tendering your votes. Delay or indecision may cause you hereafter many a pang of bitter but unavailing TO THE RATE-PAYERS TO THE DOCK ESTATE The struggle was this day commenced by the liberal party in the Town-council,,under the firm of Eyre Evans, Tindal Atkinson and Co., to swamp the cause of conservatism in this town. Unable, as the leaders are well aware, by their own strength, to do any injury ;, they have induced some gentle men among the conservaives to permit themselves to be brought forward as candidates, under the plea, that the Warehouse ouestion is not a political question. This con clusion I decidedly deny, and ere too late, I urge those con servatives who have not voted to take aarning, and by ten dering their votes at one o'cl9ck to-morrow, (to which time the polling is adjourned) in favour of Messrs. Potter, Crosthwaite, Chaloner, Henderson, an d B o ld , conv i nce t h e brawlers for liberty, that the cause of conservatism is still dear to them. A RATEPAYER AND NO WAREHOUSE Aug. 17, 1840: OWNER. TO THE EDITOR ,OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin.,—lt is positively disgraceful the apathy of the conser vatives in the struggle now going on in the Dock-office : many refused to go to the poll because it ra i ne d!!! an d, un leSs every exertion is made this day, the cause is lost. A CONSERVATIVE RATEPAYER. FANCY BALLS.—We understand that some gentlemen of our town intend giving a series of public fancy balls during the coming winter. If properly managed, we think no means of enjoyment likely to become more popular in the good old town." In London, Paris, and many provincial towns, this elegant recreation is daily becoming more admired and general. Its light, airy gaiety is unsullied by the coarse ness and lack of delicacy which too often attended the almost exploded masquerade; and its brilliant.display of beauty and magnificence, its vivid realisation of the fairy dreams of childhood, and its comparative freedom from the formal re strictions of the full-dress ball, bid fair to dethrone the lat ter, and erect in its place the far more fascinating attractions of the fancy ball. EMIGRATION TO TEXAS g letter at the request of a friend -rsons intending to emigrate from We insert the followir who is anxious to prevent i being imposed on by interested spent some time in Texas, and is residence there, made himself acquainted the pen of a gentleo;an wh who, during with the country DEAR SIR,—You have asked me for a description of Texas, and the eligibility of the country for settlers, and, as far as a short letter goes, I comply with your request. I must premise, that I have been through the whole of Texas, from Nacogdoches to Matagorda, and from Galveston to within ten miles of Austen, and I consider, that, in the western country, say up to the Brazes, beyond Fort Bend and Richproud, to the Colorado, there could not be a finer country for English families who are desirous of emigrating. The quality of the land is very superior: it is a fine, open country, and the plough can at once ,be put into operation ; the pasturage, too, is abundant; herds of cattle are met with everywhere, and to be pur chased at twelve to fourteen dollars a-bead, say £2,105. sterling. Of course, any one who goes out to a new country must expect to rough it for some time, particularly an agri culturist ; still, the climate is mild, and, except a north wind that blows sometimes during the winter months, any party may live well under a tent till he builds his log-house. La bour is exceedingly expensive, so that every one who goes out must be dependent upon his own exertions. With respect to mechanics; I think 'that most trades would d; m well 1 1311 have a better opinion of farming than any other; the two, however, combined will always answer ; and, if the besetting sin of drunkenness can be dispensed with, I am sure any man may do well there. Provisions are expensive, but this will only be a drawback for six months to the settler: he can raise more in the first year than twenty families can consume. A Mr. Fitzgerald, a friend of mine, who has been both to Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales, says, that one acre of land on the borders of the Colorada, or any part of the western country, is worth, for grazing and growing corn, any five he ever saw in those settlements. lam of opinion, that good wool, with judicious crossing of the common Mexi can sheep, which can be bought for 55., would be very pro dm Live IVPI thawanring, .- natfla j Ivnlll.l uuv:~avc, as vk ell as Luereuring in UaLUe. 1 WOULLI strenuously advise all the parties going out on no account to listen to the tales they hear of this or that fine situation, but go there and select, and keep their money in their pocket. Not one-half of the claims which are sold are valid : with the money there, they will buy what they *ant at fifty per cent. cheaper. The climate on the sea coast is like all the Gulf Mexico ; not so the rolling lands on the Colorado, and about Richmond, Washington, &c. the climate there I think unexceptionable, and in every way suited to English constitutions. Above all, impress your friends, that their money is better in their pock ets than laid out among these schemers. If you will send any paity to me who wants any particular account a the place, I shall be happy to give it thehh—ln haste, yours, truly. P. S.—lt is my opinion, that many parties, large landhold• ers in Texas, would be willing to give land gratis to settlers, particularly if they went in a body. The price of land varies from 5 dollars to 50. 100, say from XI to 2s. 6d. per acre. Sould any parties be induced to go out, we should be happy, through our friend, in giving them such letters to parties (original empresarios*) as would enable them to make pur chases of property that would bar anything like litigation, and titles which could not, for a moment, be doubted. * The empresario grants were made, originally, to Stephen Austen and others, for the introduction of American settlers, who received each one league and lebore of land, (about 170 acres,) in all, about 2,190 acres ; and, for every 100 families so introduced, the empresario had five leagues of land and a number of lebores granted him. These titles have been recognised by the present government of Texas, and no diffi culty exists about the title in these purchases, or in the titles given to soldiers or sailors who served the government during the war of independence. Every other title must be looked suspiciously upon, many hundreds of claims having, during the last six months, been rejected by the officers ap pointed by government to detect fraudulent land claims, 1,000 acres of which have been sold, both in the United States and England. THE BATHS.—We beg leave to direct the attention of our readers to Mr. Penn's advertisement, which ap pears in another column. On Friday we shall furnish our readers with some interesting particulars respecting.the com modious baths under his spirited management. THE LATE MR. BIDBY.—A very protracted examination took place yesterday before John Formby, Esq., Charles Birch, Esq., and the Rev. Miles Formby, of a number of witnesses, relative to the mysterious death of the late Mr. John Bibby. Our readers are aware that a man has been in custody for a week on suspicion of being concerned in the perpetration of the crime—for no doubt is now felt that the unfortunate gentleman was murdered—and that he has under gone two lengthened examinations. This man's name is James Cullen. Up to the period of Mr. Bibby's death he was in his service as a clay temperer, in some brick fields near Seaforth. The substance of the evidence against this man on the previous examimations was, that about four o'clock on the morning of Saturday, the 18th July, lie was seen near to and coming in a direction from the pit where the body was afterwards found. The testimony then produced also ex cited suspicions against one or two other parties, of whom as yet nothing has been heard, although strict inquiries have been instituted. Yesterday another witness was produced, who also saw the prisoner the same morning coming from the same direction, but at a later hour. A good deal of evidence was also given as to the prisoner, and the men for whom in quiries are now being made, going to bed on the Friday night and rising again the following morning. The testimony of one witness, concerning the time that the first intelli of Mr. Bibby's death was heard at the prisoner's lodgings, was very important, but it is not advisable at present to print it. Mr. Carson appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Davenport. Ultimately, further investigation was postponed till Friday next. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A TRADESMAN.—WS are glad to announce that Mr. Roberts, whose absence from home we noticed in our last, has written to his brother in this town from Manchester, and though his absence may not have been sufficiently accounted for, it is a great satisfaction to his friends to have ascertained that he is alive and well. The annual sermon in behalf of the funds of the Liverpool Church of England School Society, was preached in St. Jude's Church, on Sunday last, and the collection on the occasion amounted to the sum of £44 Is. id. THE ASSIZES.—The Honourable the Judges of Assize, Mr. Baron Rolfe and Mr. Justice Coltman, arrived in this town, from Lancaster, yesterday afternoon. After the open ing of the commission, their lordships attended divine ser vice at St. George's Church, accompanied by the High She riff of the county, Thomas Fitzherbert Brockholes, Esq. The assizes will commence this morning. THEATRE ROYAL.—" Much ado about Nothing" was performed, with Mrs. Sterling, Mr. W. Farren, and Mr. Anderson in the principal characters. It was loudly ap plauded and announced for repetition on Thursday. This evening " As you like It" will be represented, and an ad mirable opportunity afforded of contrasting the style of Mrs. Sterling with that of Miss Ellen Tree. To-morrow " The Hypocrite" will be produced, and on Friday Mr. Anderson takes his leave of the Liverpool boards for the present sea son. Several laughable farces will be performed in the course of the week.—See advt. Arrivals at the Misses Perkins' Family Boarding-house, 70, Duke-street :—Mrs. Lalor and Daughter, Clenmel, Ireland; Mrs. Cochraine, Dudley, near Birmingham; Mrs. Bramah, Moseley, near Birmingham ; Oliver, Esq., Quebec ; Charles Whitehead, Esq., Mexico. BRITISH STEAMERS ON THE NILE.-The Oriental Steam Company have purchased the iron steamer Dahlia, which is on the point of starting from England to ply on the Nile, under license of the Pacha, to convey the East India mails and passengers through Egypt. We understand that Thomas Molyneux Seel, Esq., Mr. Berkeley, of Spetchley, Mr. Howard, of Corby, and Philip Howard, M.P. for Carlisle, are under subpoenas to attend at the approaching trial respecting the will of the late Mr. Blundell, of Ince, which is, we hear, expected to come on for hearing at the assizes here on or about the 26th instant. REPRESENTATION OP CLITHEROE.—This borough WAS the scene of great festivity on Thursday last, on the occasion of a dinner given by the conservatives to Edward Cardwell, Esq. of this town, the candidate for the representation of Clitheroe in parliament. A majority of the electors was pre sent, and the meeting was most enthusiastic in their expres sions of loyalty and determination to place Mr. Cardwell in the honourable position of member for Clitheroe. Several most admirable speeches were delivered, and the sentiments of Mr. Cardwell elicited thunders of applause. Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, Esq. chairman, Clegg, Esq. vice-chairman, H. Fielden, Esq. Blackburn, Rev. John Whalley, Rector of Sladeburn, Rev. Whittaker, Vicar of Whalley, C. S. Parker, and H. Sandbach, Esquires, of Liverpool, and H. Fielden, Esq., of Blackburn. CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY.-1 monthly meeting of the committee of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society was held on the 2d of July, when grants were voted for 16 addi tional curates and 3 lay-assistants. The Society now aids 278 incumbents, having under their ministerial care an ag gregate population of 2,047,984 souls, or each on an average the charge of 7,336 souls, while the average amount of their incomes is only £164. 137 of these incumbents are without parsonage-houses. Previous to the aid of th e soc i e t y , on ly 315 clergymen were engaged in the pastoral care of the above stated population. The grants are to provide stipends for 295 clergymen, and 44 lay-assistants, at a charge to the so ciety, when all the appointments shall be made by the in cumbents, of £26,611 per annum. 212 clergymen, and 38 lay-assistants, are now supported in their important labours by the society, at a charge of £19,476 per annum. SHIPWRECK AND Loss of LIFE.-011 Thursday last the schooner Lucy, of Chester, Owen, master, put into this port on her passage from Carnarvon to Hull, having on board Captain Finch, of the smack Diligence, of Cardigan, and two of his crew. It appears that on the preceding evening, the Diligence, which had just rounded the Lizard, on a voyage from Newhaven to Runcorn, was struck with a heavy squall, in which she received some damage in her rudder or rudder irons. She consequently became unmanageable, and was driven on the rocks near Mullion Head, and sunk. The crew, on seeing their danger, got into the boat ; but she, becoming entangled in the vessel's rigging, both went down together, and John Harley, of Tenby, one of the crew, was drowned. The captain and the other two seamen supported themselves in the water for about 20 minutes ; when the Lucy, on board of which the accident had been seen, hastened to their assistance, and picked them up.—Cornwall Gazette. THE '" ORIENTAL" AND THE " LIVERPOOL" STEAM SHIPS.—The former of these vessels, (which has already made a most successful trial trip to the Isle of Man and back,) will leave this port in a few days for Dublin, whence she will proceed to Southampton, to commence running with the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails on the first proximo. The " Liverpool" will follow her in a few weeks, to run al ternately on the same station. The following particulars re lative to the steam communication with England vid Egypt., under contract with her Majesty's gover nmen t, b y means of these tine vessels, is derived from the Malta Times of the 25th ult., and will be found of conside ra bl e commerc i al inte rest to parties in this country, as well as in India :—" The company's new steam-ship Oriental, of 1500 t ons an d 450 horse-power, will'start from Alexandria direct for England, on or about the 21st of September next ; and thenceforward the Oriental and Liverpool of 1300 tons and 464 horse power, will continue to start from England on the Ist, and from Alexandria on the 21st of every month. The Oriental is fitted up with spacious accommodation for one hundred cabin passengers. A first-rate table, with wines, &c., will be provided on board and included in the fare, which for the present has been fixed at £45 for the first, and £3O for the second cabin, for the whole route from Alexandria to Eng land, and vice versa. An improved conveyance for mails, passengers, and merchandise, through Egypt, is about to be formed by the establishment of swift and commodious iron steam-vessels on the Nile, and by extending and improving the means of tra ns it b e t we e n Suez and Cairo, which is in tended to be immediately effected, so as to ensure the first passengers reaching Alexandria in time for the homeward steamer. The vessels will carry medical officers, and the time occupied in the homeward passage will be allowed in the quarantine. Any quantity of cargo may be forwarded through Egypt, under existing arrangements, in five days, and when the improved system is effected, in three days, if packed in cases of not more than 1501bs. weight; and goods of every description can pass through Egypt, and on to E ng l an d , without being liable to quarantine, provided they are packed in wood, iron, or tin only, and without any cordage, cloth, or other susceptible substance attached to them, and prov i ded they are sealed at an Indian custom-house. Arra ngements are in progress for despatching a vessel shortly t o C a l cutta, to commence a line of steam communicati on b etween the easternpresidencies of India, Ceylon, and Suez." i FIRE ,AT NEW FERRY = A LADY BURNT TO DEATH In our second edition of Friday last we gave a short ac count of a fire at New Ferry, Cheshire, by which an interest ing young woman lost her life. The following account, abridged, with some amendments, from the Chronicle, con tains the particulars more at length; and we append to it the evidence given at the coroner's inquest on Saturday :—Yes terday morning (Friday), at an early hour, a fire was found to have broken out in the house of Miss Sankey, of the Post office, at New Ferry. The house is the first on the right hand side of the new hamlet or village, about three-quarters of a mile from the New Ferry landing-place, on the high road fr6m Tranmere to Chester, and as yet known as New Ferry, or Lower Bebbington, though not adjoining the landing place The house is detached, of two stories in height, and within a railed inclosure, or' small garden, on its east and south fronts. About half-past two o'clock in the morning an alarm was given in the neighbourhood, and Mr. Hayes, of the Liverpool Custom-house, who resides opposite to, and close by, the premises, was one of the first at the spot. There were in the house at the time Miss Sankey, an elderly person, a little girl of from thirteen to fourteen years of age, and a young gentlewoman, stated to be Miss Mary Anne Cowper, who had been a lodger for about two months, and occupied the best bedroom and sitting-room, both on the se- WIIOSC name we could not learn, immediately on learning thrt a fire was going on, ran from house to house, with the most praiseworthy anxiety, and knocked loudly at all the doors. Amongst the first who were roused after Mr. Hay's, were Mr. Ostle, joiner, and three of his young men—Thomas Storey, Robert Heckle, and Robert Dixon—the last two ap prentices. These and others who had run to the spot found the upper part of the premises, on the north-east corner of the house, in a rapid state of combustion. The flames were issuing from the bedroom window of the young lady, facing the Mersey, and such was the heat and smoke in every room, even below, that precaution was required to approach the immediate scene of destruction. Everything that courage and humanity could effect was done to save the life of the young lady ; but the aid, though prompt, was unavailins•_ The room in which she slept waieniirely'birrnt out, and die . floor fell to the apartment below. The landlady states that her lodger (the deceased) had gone to Liverpool on the pre vious evening, at about five o'clock, and returned at eight. She then took supper, and shortly afterwards went to bed, taking her candle with her. Miss Sankey and her girl soon afterwards went to bed. Between one and two o'clock Miss Sankey heard a crackling noise ; and hearing it a second time became somewhat alarmed. The clock struck two and she rose. On approaching the room of the young lady, she saw the flames bursting out from under the door. In a state of alarm, she and the girl ran out of the house, and roused the neighbourhood. Every one present exerted the utmost energy to subdue the flames, but the bed-room of the deceased, the floor, ceiling, windows, doors, cupboard, bed, and furniture, fell a prey to the fire. Mr. Hayes first burst open the door, with a view to save the young woman. He was instantly driven back by the force and intensity of the flames, and all hopes of rescuing the poor creature were at an end. The remains of the deceased fell through the floor when the boards, bed, &c., were consumed, and were afterwards found, with the face down, reduced to a black and carbonized mass. Part of the skull was entirely gone. Only three beams of the floor are left, from wall to wall, and these, with a few stumps of the others, are reduced to charcoal. What re•• mained of the body was placed in a back parlour, after being removed from the rubbish. The deceased passed for a Miss Mary Anne Cooper, and stated that she was in the expecta tion of being shortly married ; and that she would, in January next, come into possession of £6OO a-year. We have since heard (though not from her own relatives) that she was mar ried, and on terms of the greatest affection with her husband; but that from some cause of a private nature, a temporary separation had taken place. She had lodged with two re spectable persons, at Woodside and Birkenhead, for some months before going to New Ferry, and both there, at her last residence, and at the Ferry-houses, where she was known, she is spoken of as a pretty, most interesting, kind, and lady like young woman. She dressed in a handsome but not gaudy style, and, it appears, had an extensive wardrobe. In the sitting-room adjoining her bed-room, and of which she had the use, was found the fancy basket she usually carried, and in it was• 44 sovereigns and some silver, her watch, &c. It appears that she had changed, in this town, a £5O note on the afternoon of Thursday, and had gone from Woodside to her residence in a car a few hours before her death in all the bloom of youth and health. The deceased was fond of read ing, and the probability is (as before stated) that she had fallen asleep, leaving the candle burning. She is said to be from Nottingham. It may be added that Mr. Newton, the chief constable of the township, was on the spot immediately after the alarm was given, and to his exertions and his encouragement of others is mainly to be attributed the preservation of the pre mises from entire destruction. On Saturday, an inquest was held at the house of Mr. Wm. Oxton, of Lower Bebbington, before Faithfull Thomas, Esq., coroner for the county, on view of the body of the deceased, whose name, it appears, was Mary Ann Cutts, and who was married. She was the daughter of Mr. Steel, of Park-hall, Littlewood, near Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire, a highly respectable gentleman farmer. After viewing the body, which was dreadfully burnt, the following evidence was taken : A respectable gentleman, of Lower Bebbington, said :—" I became acquainted with Mary Ann Cutts, now deceased, in consequence of my wife having known her at school, and her accidentally meeting with her at the house of Miss Mary Sankey, of the Post-office, in Lower Bebbington, with whom she lodged. She has been repeatedly at my house, and I have seen her at her lodgings." Miss Mary Sankey, of Lower Bebbington, postmistress, said : Mary Ann Cutts, now deceased, came to lodge with me in May last, under the name of Mary Ann Cooper. Her let ters were always directed to her in that name. She frequently went over to Liverpool. When she returned, I never saw her bringing liquors with her. She first occupied a parlour and bed-room on the ground floor,--and on the drawing-room and bed-room opposite becoming vacant, she took and occu pied them instead. She was at Liverpool the day previous to her death. She went at five in the evening, and returned about half-past eight. She brought some articles of new wearing apparel with her. I thought she was a little disguised in liquor. She had her supper in the parlour about nine o'clock, and complained of being sleepy afterwards, and asked for a-candle to go to bed. A candle was provided for her, and she went up stairs to her bed-room, which fronted the turnpike-road. I afterwards, with the girl, went to bed about ten o'clock. The candle she took to bed was rather more than half a one. I think it would burn about two hours. The candle-stick used to stand either on the chimney-piece or on the table in a morning after she got up. The table was about two yards from the bed, and the chimney-piece about a yard. The curtains of the bed were of chintz, and she used to draw them on both sides. About half-past one o'clock yesterday morning, the 14th August, I happened to awake, and listened to hear the clock strike, to know what time it was; and as soon as it had struck two o'clock I. thought I heard somebody had got into the house. I kept listening for some time, and it continued ; on which I went to her room door, and saw the fire coming from under it, and heard the furniture and wood crackling within side. I tried the door. It was locked in the inside. I tried to open it but could not. I immediately called the girl up to go to alarm the neighbour hood. We both went out, and called out fire, and very soon many of the neighbours came, and they began to use their exertions to get the fire out. I went to a neighbour's house. Mr. John Newton, of Lower Bebbington, being sworn, said :—I was returning by the Post-office in Lower Bebbing ton about eleven o'clock at night, on Thursday last, when I discoveued a light in the front bedroom up stairs, as if from a candle. I went home. About or near half-past two o'clock the following morning (Friday) I was alarmed by a person rapping very loud at the door, and calling out, " The Post office is on fire !" I went there immediately, and found a deal of smoke coming out of the lower part of the house ; and directly afterwards the flames burst out of the bedroom window in which I had seen the light. I called up the neighbours, and sent for the fire-engine from Birkenhead. The neighbours came and did all they could to extinguish the flames, by carrying water and throwing it into the room. A Mr. Burland had a small engine for forcing water there, which was of great service. The fire was got under before the fire-igine arrived from Birkenhead, about four in the morning. It was generally known that the bedroom floor had fallen down into the parlour below. About five o'clock the fire was extinguished, and I went into the parlour, where, on looking about, I saw the r' mains of some person amongst the rubbish, burnt as black as a coal, and having the same appearance as it has now. I ran across the road and fetched a door, partly burnt, and got some men to re move the rubbish, and got out the body, which we placed upon the door and carried into the other room, where it now lies. The upper part of the head was completely burnt away, and one of the legs—the right. The muscles were burnt away. This being all the evidence, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased was accidentally burnt to death. It appears that the unfortunate deceased, who was 21 years of age, was married at the early age of 16. She is said to have an uncle, who as well as her father, is a highly re spectable and wealthy individual. It appears, too, that the deceased had received a good education, and was clever and accomplished, as a drawer and scholar. The following verses, written by herself, in a neat hand, were found amongst many other pieces of manuscript in her room : STANZAS Oh ! never another dream can be, Like that early dream of ours, When the fairy Elope lay down like a child, And slept amid opening flowers. Little we reeked of our coming years ; We fancied them just what we chose, For whatever life's after lights may be, It colours its first from the rose. M. A. C: There is in life no blessing like affection ; It sooths, it hallows, elevates, subdues, And bringeth down to earth its native heaven. It sits beside the cradle patient hours, Whose sole contentment is to watch and love It bendeth o'er the death-bed and conceals Its own despair with words of faith and hope : Life has nought else. that may supply its place ; Void is ambition ; cold is vanity, And wealth au empty glitter without love. _ M. A. C. Too much praise cannot be given to those who exerted themselves at the fire, and who saved the house from falling a prey to the flames,—though their endeavours to rescue the deceased were in vain. The probability is that she was suffo cated, and her sufferings at an end at an early period of the fire. Several females were exceedingly active, and one lady stood in a pit close by, and continued to hand water in buckets to the neighbours. The furniture in the house was nearly all got out, with the exception of that in the bed-room of the deceased, and in the parlour below. All the wook-work of the door, and window in the upper room, also a cupboard door and a partition were consumed. The premises were insured, but not to their value; and Miss Sankey' s l oss will be considerable, as she cannot let her apartments after they 'are repaired, for some time, the season being so near a close. A quantity of wearing apparel, &c. belonging to the deceased was burnt. All the windows of the house were taken out on the south side, with a view to save them, and the breakage is consequently considerable. No loss was sustained in the po iss Sa st-offinkey cede when she got up. the letters, &c. b e i ng secured by M PERKINS'S CELEBRATED STEAM GUN. --This extraordi nary warlike engine (which we noticed on Friday) is now be ing exhibited at the Shooting Gallery, in Tarleton-street and has already been visited by many scientific gentlemen, engi neers, mechanics, &c. Th e mode of generating the steal, and of applying it to gunnery, is exceedingly interesting, and we strongly recommend an ea r l y v i s i t, in the assurance that those who visit the machine, and witness its terrific powers, cannot fail to be gratified and astonished. THE WEATHER. --We regret to say that during the night of Sunday, and nearly the whole of yesterday, heavy down. falls of rain were experienced in this town and neighbour hood, accompanied by strong winds from the north-west. The streets and roads are in many places flooded ; and we fear that damage has been done to some extent to the grow ing crops, and particularly to the wheat, which is generally heavy both in straw and grain. Should it, how i however, soon become dry and fine, the corn, which is approaching to ma turity, will aga i n r i se, or at least be but litt l e injured. Yes terday morning, and, we may add, yesterday evening, it blew very fresh from the N.W.,—aniounting indeed to a gale,--- 50 that, it is to b e f eare d, we s h a ll hear of some disasters on the coast or outward banks. At noon yesterday, the barometer stood at Holyhead at 28 deg. 61 min., and at Liverpool at the same time at 28 deg. 94 min. The wind here last night Varied between N.W. and W.N.W.—blowing in occa s i ona l squalls, accompanied by torrents of rain. BRITANNIA STEAM-SHIP , On the Ist instant, at five o'clock in the afternoon, the Britannia left Boston for Halifax and Liverpool. On this occasion, the passage between Boston and Halifax, which occupies only a day and a half, occupied nearly double that time. A dense fog, to which the coast of North America is subject, continued for upwards of twenty-four hours, and rendered it dangerous for the steamer to run. As soon as it blew off, she made for Halifax, which she reached at eleven o'clock on the m orn i ng o f the 4th. She left that port at six o'clock in the evening, with the mails and 76 passengers. At noon, on the 14th, she was telegraphed off Holyhead, and would have anchored in the Mersey before six o'clock in the evening had there been a sufficient depth of water to allow her to enter the Victoria Channel. As it .was, she came to her moorings, at the Sloy ne , a t e i g h t, having made the pas sage from Boston to Liverpool in thirteen, and from Halifax to this port in ten days, the quickest passages from those places on record. Had it not been for the fog, she would have performed the vlyage from Boston to Liverpool in twelve days. PASSENGERS Br THE BRITANNIA. From Boston to Liverpool.—Mr. C. M`Gregor, Mr. W. G. Hodgkinson, Mrs. Hodgkinson, three children, and a servant, Mr. and Mrs. Gossier and a servant, Miss Thorn dike, Mrs. Kirkland, Mr. Sayles, Mr. 0. Deane, Mr. Kirk by, Mr. E. T. Everett, Mr. J. A. Dickson, Rev. N. Adams, Mr. J. W. Tappan, Mr. J. Fox, Mr. Picard, Mr. M. Brim mer, Mr. G. Hepburn, Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Scholfield, Mr. Cabot, Mr. J. Tappan, Mr. Barber, Mr. B. A. Franklyn, Mr. I'. Smith, Mr. G. Dawson, Rev. W. Rintoul, Lieut.- Col. Loring, Rev. H. Winslow, Mr. G. Gillespie, Capt. A. M`William, Mr. T. Orford, Mr. J. Barr, Mr. A. Kilgour, Mr. M. Tombs. • From Halifax to Liverpool.---Mr. J. Bament, Mr. E. Billing, Mr. Chester, Capt. Mundy, Capt. Scott, Mr. T. Kenny, Mr. J. Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. M`Millati, five aaughters, and servant, Mr. J. Doherty, Mr. J. Wallace, Mr. Millward, Mr. Alexander, Mr. J. Frazer, Mr. H. Hat ton, Mr. Carter, Air. R. Simpson, Mr. J. Webster, Mr. C. Uniacke, Mr. Babcock, Miss Delesdersmers ' Miss Uniacke, Mrs. Henry, M rs . A mes l e y, M rs . R o bi nson , Miss Robinson, Mr. B. M`Gee, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Tannehill, Mr. Mac keague, and Mr. Tinaeune. The tbllowinz note was handed to Capt. Woodruff, R.N., commanding the Britannia, the signatures of all the passen gers on board being attached to it : " Dear Sir—At the conclusion of the first voyage of the Britannia, under your command, from Liverpool to Halifax and the United States, we, the undersigned passengers, have great pleasure in expressing our unqualified approbation of your management of the vessel, and in offering you our thanks for the kind and considerate - attention you have so unremittingly shown towards us, which has so greatly con duced to our comfort and happiness while on hoard. " With sincere wishes for your health and prosperity, we are,. dear sir, your most obedient servants." " On hoard steamer Britannia, August 13, 1840. " We, the undersigned passengers on board the royal mail steam-ship Britannia, on her voyage from Boston and Hali fax to Liverpool, cannot part without tendering you an ex pression of our sense of your kindness, attention, and gentle manly conduct towards us during our voyage, and at the same time, bearing testimony to your skill as a commander. " Wishing you the success which your merits claim, and health to enjoy it, we are, with respect and esteeni, your's very, truly, [Signed by all the pas sengers. ] " To Captain Woodruff." " Royal Mail Steam-packet Britannia, July 16, 1840. "My Lords and Gentlemen,—lt is with the most unfeigned pleasure that I receive the very flattering testimony you have so kindly given me. " L could scarcely hope, that my humble efforts to please would have been successful when so many comforts were wanting, which must. unavoidably be the case in every ship in her first hurried voyage. Should I, however, be so fortu nate as to convey any of you again across the Atlantic, my best exertions shall be used to ensure your happiness and comfort, and to merit the good opinion you have so indul gently formed. " f have the honour to be, my lords and gentlemen, your very obedient servant,' (" Signed) "J. WOODRUFF. "To Francis B. Ogden, Esq., U. S. Consul at Liverpool ; Wm. W. Audrews i U. S. Consul at Malta, and the other Gentlemen of the Committee." HOMEWARD LOG OF THE BRITANNIA. Course. Distance. Lat. Long Aug. 4, left at 5, p.m. TT 5, at 12, noon, N. 63 E N. 73 E. N. 71 E. N. 62 E. N. 60 E. N. 64 E. N. 88 E. S. 65 36 E S. 71 45 E 174 45 46 59 30 270 47 5 53 4 258 48 28 46 38 280 50 39 40 0 264 52 43 33 41 271 54 26 28 7 258 54 29 23 32 248 52 45 17 7 231 51 31 11 0 270 Holyhead. C.E INTELLIGENCE.-FRIDAY CHARGE OF STABBING. Daniel Atkinson, a man of colour, was committed to take his trial for having stabbed a seafaring man, named Macloch [an, with a knife, in several places about the head. The com plainant employed a shoemaker, in Chester-street (with whom the prisoner worked), to repair a pair of shoes, and on fetch ing them away, a dispute arose about the mannevin which the work was done ; blows ensued, and during the altercation, the prisoner seized a knife and inflicted the injury complained af. AMAN'S WAGES Capt. M`Pherson, of the Eleanor, appeared to answer a summons obtained against him by one of his crew, named. Richard Pollans, to show cause why lid refused to pay a ba lance of wages said to be due. The complainant stated that he shipped at New Orleans, on the 18th of June, and there was a balance of wages due him for the performance of a voyage from thence to this port. Capt. Nl•Pherson said his reason for refusing to pay the amount claimed was, that Pol lans had been sick, and incapable of performing duty during the whole voyage; that he learned, after taking him, that he came from the hospital to the ship. The mate of the vessel produced the log, in which an entry was made that Richard Pollans took ill the day after the vessel sailed. Mr. Rushton decided that, under these circumstances, Pollans could not substantiate his claim. A ROUGH CUSTOMER A stout-looking fellow, named Michael Kerry, was brought to the bar, charged with committing a brutal assault. It appeared that the individual assaulted, along with his mother, are iron dealers. On the night the offence was committed, they had removed all their / articles exposed for sale outside their dwelling to within doors, with the exception of a grate. Shortly afterwards the son's attention was directed to a noise as it some person was endeavouring to remove the grate from the place where it stood. On going out to ascertain what it was, he perceived the prisoner and another individual in the act of removing the grate. Having questioned them as to their reasons for doing so, he was answered by the prisoner, who gave him a blow on the left temple, accompanying the stroke with the words, " Do you think we're going to steal it." The prosecutor then laid hold of him, when he was struck again by the prisoner's companion, who immediately afterwards made off. A gentleman having come to the com plainant's assistance, he likewise shared the same fate as him self ; and lastly, when his mother appeared, the prisoner aimed a blow at her which struck her on the mouth, and knocked one of her teeth out. Kerry excused himself by say ing be was drunk. He was fined twenty shillings and costs. SATURDAY. THEFT FROM A CATHOLIC CHAPEL. James Brown, a respectable-looking young man, who stated that he was a native of Dublin, was brought before the Magistrates, on Saturday, charged with having stolen two books and an umbrella from the Roman Catholic Church, in Copperas-hill. Police-officer No. 302 had s t o p pe d the pri- • souer, that morning, as he was running along Copperas-hill, pursued by Mr. Newman, the clerk of the chapel. It ap peared, that books had 'frequently been purloined from the chapel during the time of prayers. On Wednesday last the pew of a Mrs. Gibson had been robbed while she was receiving the communion. These depredations put the clerk on the alert. On Saturday morning, while officiating at prayers, he saw the prisoner enter the chapel, and, from his stealthy manner, he was induced to keep his eye upon him. He saw the prisoner go into the pews of Mr. Pennington and Mr. Hayes, from each of which he took a book. He afterwards went into another pew, and, after looking cautiously about him for a few moments, he stealthily took an umbrella, and was walking off with his booty when the clerk followed him out of the chapel. On seeing that he was followed, he ran off, and was stopped by the officer. He was searched in Bridewell, and the books, which were subsequently identified by the owners, were found on him. The books were worth nearly twenty shillings. The prisoner was committed for trial. YESTERDAY. SERIOUS CHARGE OF FORGERY. A respectable looking man, named Donald Munroe, cap tain of a ship, was placed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having forged the name of his own brother, deceased, and thereby having obtained a sum of money out of the Saving Bank. An elderly female named Margaret M‘Bride, after bang sworn, said that she resided in Liverpool, and knew Robert Munroe, who died in August last, in Demerara, in the ship Kingswell, as she had been informed. To her knowledge he had put money into the saving bank. A small bank book vi as here produced, which she said belonged to the deceased, who used to take it with him to the bank when he went. He brought it to her house himself, and left it with her for safety when he went to sea. She was called upon by the prisoner some time ago, and he told her that his brother was dead, and got the hook from her, she thinking lie was heir to it. No other person inquired for the book but him self. When the prisoner asked for the book he said he was next heir to his brother. The Rev. Rector Brookes said that the money at the Savings Bank always was paid by him. He identified the book as belonging to Robert Munro:,. He had a balance in the bank of £69 Gs. Gd., and this was asked for by the prisoner, who represented himself to be Robert Munroe. The amount paid with interest added was £7O ISs. The Rev. gentleman stated that he was in the habit of asking the parties their names. When he counted the money that was to be paid to any claimant, he handed it to one of the clerks, who paid it and received a check or re ceipt duly signed. One of the clerks said the signature to the check " Robert Munroe" was written by the prisoner in his presence. • Mr. Shaw of the bank said, the discovery of the forgery was made in consequence of a letter received from a person named Malcolm Sinclair, to the effect that the book should not be given to any one. The prisoner was after wards apprehended by Police-officer Ainsworth, on board of his ship, and t o hi m the prisoner admitted that he signed the check. He also acknowledged having received the money, and said his name was Donald Munroe; that he had made a mistake in signing his brother's name ; and th a t h e had spent the mone y on fitting himself out for sea. Mr. Davenport said he believed he could procure a witness to state that the deceased brethcr had said that he would leave all his property to the prisoner. Mr. Rushton said that that would not alter the case, which was clearly o ne o f f orgery, and the prisoner must take his trial at the present assizes. He was then committed. SMUGGLING A man, apparently a seaman, named John Haughie, was placed at the bar, charged with smuggling several pounds weight of foreign manufactured tobacco. He was ordered to pay a fine of 20s, or go to gaol for 14 days. ILLEGAL. PLEDGING. A woman named Agness Russell, was charged with having taken from ber lodgings two blankets anti two sheets, the property of her landlady. The case being proved, she was required to pay 16s, the value of the articles, and 50s for illegally pledging ; or be in default imprisoned for two months. AFFRAY IN A BEER ROUSE. The keeper of a small beer-house was complained of by several of the officers for suffering riotons and disorderly conduct in his house. He was required to pay a fine of 20a. and costs, or suffer 14 days imprisonment. ASSAULT. Sarah Eaton, for a violent assault on another woman, with a knife in her hand, was fined 40s. and costs, and in default was committed to gaol for two months. A . Yesterday, R o b ert Fowler w CARMAN as FINED summoned before Ed..vard Rushton, Esq., at the police court, by Mr. Martindale, su perintendent of coaches, to answer a complaint for detaining atop coat left in his car, who was fined 20s. and costs. He was also required to find bail to keep the peace towards Mr. Richard Hayden, his master, for abusing hiin, in consequence of coming to give evidence against him at the request of Mr. Martindale.