The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-06 00:00:00

ikk iIYEAPOOL STANDARD

OUSTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF-
-11 YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLD-
ERS in this COMPANY will be held, at the Office, 61, Moor-
gate-street, in the city of London, on FRIDAY, the 16th day of
March instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon.

This Meeting will be made Speci in order to determine on
the expediency of raising add' al capital by the creation of
new shares under the pow f the existing acts, and of a bill
which has been introd into Parliament for the purpose.
To authorise th 'rectors to exercise the powers of the
Company of bo ing money on mortgage, and to confirm the
purchase eft e Mold Railway.
The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
ANDREW G. GIFFORD, Secretary.
N.B.—The transfer books of the Company will be closed
from Friday, the 9th of March, until after the Meeting.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
T JOHN BRAMLEY-MOORE, Esquire, Mayor of
1 the Borough of Liverpool, do hereby severally as to their
respective Wards, (except No. 6, or Castle-street, No. 11, or
Abercromby Ward, and No. 12, or Lime-street. Ward,) publish
the following List of Auditors for the Borough, and of Assessors
for holding the Court for Revising the Burgess Lists, with the
Mayor elected by the Burgesses of the said Borough, and of
Assessors for the Wards of the said Borough elected by the
Burgesses of the said Wards respectively, (except as aforesaid,)
on the First day of March, One Thous Right Hundred and
Forty-nine; and as to No. 6, or C e-street Ward, No. 11, or
Abercromby Ward, and No. 1 or Lime-street Ward, on the
Second day of March, 0 housand Eight Hundred and
Forty-nine.

Au ' rs for the Borough :
HE CHRISTIE BELOE, and
G RGE HALEWOOD PLANT.

Assessors fo_;-Irolititigthe&uitiOilievisTnitlie Burgess Lists

with the Mayor :
JOHN YATES, the Younger, and
JOHN ATKINSON.
Assessors for the Wards :

Ward:.
No. 1,
Everton Ward...

Assessors elected.
J GEORGE KERFERD,
IJAMES JOHNSON.
j•THOMAS MEACOCK,
1 HARRY ASHCROFT.
J GEORGE BROWN,
1 RICHARD RIGBY.
J WILLIAM MASON,
ITHOMAS RICE ESTLIN.
J WILLIAM CALLOW,
1. JOSEPH PANNELL.
I ANTHONY BARNS,
ITHOMAS MAYER.
{JOSEPH BISPHAM LEATHER
BARROW,
GEORGE HOPKINSON.
f WILLIAM DAVIES,
IREES JEFREYS.
f JOSEPH BARROWS,
1. HENRY ROOKE.
(JOHN MELLOR,
ITHOMAS WALKER.
f JOHN GOLDRICK,
IEDMUND JARDINE.
.1 JAMES ROTHWELL COOPER
ITHOMAS McGEORGE.
SGAWIN HERDMAN COBLESS,
IWATKIN SAMUEL.
f JOHN BENNETT,
IROBERT MARTIN.
f EDWARD PRICE HUGHES,
ITHOMAS HUNTINGTON.
ITHOMAS HARRISON,
THOMAS WARING.
J. BRAMLEY-MOORE, Mayor.

Icotland Ward

Vauxhall Ward

No. 4,
St. Paul's Ward.
No. 5,
Exchange Ward,

-No. 6,
Castle-street Ward

No. 7.
St. Peter's Ward

No. 8,
Pitt-street Ward

No. 9,
Great George Ward

No. 10,
Rodney-street Ward,

No. 11,
Abercromby Ward
No. 12,
Lime-street Ward .

No. 13,
St. Anne-street Ward

No. 14,
West Derby Ward

No. 15,
South Toxteth Ward
No. 16,
North Toxteth Ward

Town-hall, 2nd March, 1849.

AT a PUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants of
the Borough of Liverpool, convened by the Mayor, pur—
suant to public Advertisement, held at the Sessions-house,
and, by adjournment, at the Amphitheatre, on THURSDAY,
the Ist of March, 1849,
JOHN BRAMLEY-MOORE, Esq., in the Chair, _

It was moved by FRANCIS SHAND, Esli, seconded by J. A.
Tourist, Esq.,—
I. That this Meeting considers the Bill brought into the
House of Commons, intituled " A Bill to amend the Laws in
force for the Encouragement of British Shipping and Naviga-
tion," to be eminently and directly calculated to discourage
British Shipping and Navigation.
Whereupon it was moved, as an amendment, by C. E. RAW-
LINS, jun., Esq., seconded by FRANCIS BOULT, Esq.,—
That we fully approve of the measure introduced by Mr.
Labouchere into the House of Commons for the modiAcation
of our Navigation Laws, so far as it contemplates the removal
of restrictions upon the use of Foreign Shipping; at the same
time we learn with unfeigned regret that this act of justice to
the community at large is not accom • riled by the Repeal of
the Duties on Timber, and the remo of all other restrictions
and compulsory arrangements NO' • i now injuriously affect the
British Shipowner.
And this Amendment bei•_ negatived by a large majority,
the original motion was p •nd agreed to.
It was moved by W. oULBORN, Esq., and seconded by
GEO. GRANT, Esq., a, resolved,-
2. That this Bill together uncalled for by any expression
of public opinio vill tend to transfer Shipbuilding from this
to Foreign cou ies, to increase the employment of Foreign
Vessels, and . diminish the British Mercantile Marine.
It was • ed by JAMES AIKIN, Esq., seconded by WILLIAM
MANN, Big., and resolved,-
3. That this Bill is calculated to cause a reduction of the
Seamen, Shipwrights, and other Operatives dependent on the
Shipping of this country, and an addition to that of Foreign
nations, thus at once diminishing the resources of our own
national defence, and increasing the maritime strength of rival
powers,—the consequences of which, especially in the event of
war, this Meeting contemplates with the utmost alarm.
It was moved by JOSEPH B. YATES, Esq., seconded by
RALPH BROCKLEBANK, Esq,., and resolved,-
4. That the following Petitions to both Houses of Parliament
be adopted by this Meeting, and signed by the Mayor, and that

reported in favour of the seller,

the hiembers for the Boro-ugh be-requested to stippOrt in the
House of Commons the prayer of the petition to that House:—

. .
"To THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND
TEMPORAL, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.

" The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of Liverpool, in
Public Meeting assembled,

" SHEWETH, —Thai your Petitioners observe with great
alarm that a measure has been put forward by Her Majesty's
Government for the abrogation of the most important provi-
sions of the Navigation Laws.

" That your Petitioners humbly pray, that your Lordships
will be pleased to reject any proposition so fraught with dan-
ger, not only to the Mercantile Marine of Great Britain, and
to'the numerous Operatives and Artisans dependent thereon,
but to the National Defences of the Empire.
" And your Petitioners will ever pray."
"To THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.

" The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of Liver Pool, in
_ Public Meeting assembled,.

" SHEWETH, That your Peiitioners consider the Bill
brought into your Honourable House, intituled A Bill to
Amend the Laws in force for the Encouragement of British
Shipping and Navigation,' to be eminently and decidedly cal-
culated to discourage British Shipping and Navigation.
" That your Petitioners respectfully submit that this Bill,
(altogether uncalled for by any expression of public opinion,)
if carried, will transfer Shipbuilding from this to Foreign coun-
tries, will increase the employment of Foreign Vessels, and
diminish the British Mercantile Marine.
"That this Bill is calculated to cause a reduction of the Sea-
men, Shipwrights, and other operatives dependent on the Ship-
ping of this country, thus at once diminishing the resources of
our own National Defence, and increasing the Maritime
Strength of Rival Powers,—the consequence of which, especially
in the event of War, your Petitioners contemplate with the
utmost alarm.

"Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly, but earnestly pray
that your Honourable House will not suffer the said Bill to
pass into a Law."
The MAYOR having left the Chair, _

It was moved by SAMUEL HoL.mii, Esq., seconded by
and resolved unanimously,—
That the best thanks of this Meeting be presented to the
Worshipful the Mayor, for his able conduct in the chair.
It was moved by FRANCIS A. CLINT, Esq., seconded by
DUNCAN GIDE, Esq., and resolved,—
That a Committee be appointed to adopt such measures as
they may deem best for the defeat of the Government measure,
and that the Committee consist of the following Gentlemen,
with power to add to their numbers :
Joseph B. Yates, Esq. Francis Shand, Esq.
Thomas Bold, Esq. R. Rankin, Esq.
William Mann, Esq. W. R. Sandbach, Esq.
J. A. Tinne, Esq. John Worral, Esq.
J. A. Tobin, Esq. J. N. Wood, Esq.
James Tyrer, Esq. James Aikin, Esq.
W. Tapley, Esq. John Lockett, Esq.
J. P. Younghusband, Esq. Duncan Gibb, Esq.
Harold Littledale, Esq. W. Fisher, jun., Esq.
Charles Cotesworth Esq. Joshua Prowse, Esq.
W. R. Coulborn, Esq. W. T. Tomlinson, Esq.,
H. C. Chapman, Esq. F. A. Clint, Esq.
R. S. Henderson, Esq. George Kendall, Esq.
Ralph Brocklebank, Esq. John Aikin oEsq.
T. B. Horsfall, Esq. William lmrie, Esq.
George Grant, Esq. Samuel Bright, Esq.
J. BRAMLEY-MOORE, Mayor, Chairman.

BANK ROBBERY.—A most serious system of robbery
connected with the branch of the British Linen Company's
Bank in this city was discovered on Wednesday. The
parties implicated in the transaction are, we believe, an
accountant, three tellers, and a check-clerk. One of the
number died in December last, and another a few days
since. It is rumoured that the discovery of the fraud
arose in consequence of some disclosures made by the
latter on his death-bed. There can be no doubt that the
system has gone on for several years—we believe since
1845—undetected, in consequence of all the persons by
whom it should have been checked, being compromised
and interested in its continuance. The amount of money
involved is variously stated at from £20,000 to £30,000.
This sum had been originally used in railway speculations,
and the immediate loss will be reduced by property be-
longing to the unhappy individuals by whom the fraud
has been committed.—Glasgow paper.

IMPORTANT.—REAL PROPERTY.—A bill " th facilitate
the transfer of real property" has just been introduced,
and is to apply to England alone. It proposes that a re-
gistrar of deeds shall be appointed by the Crown, who
shall receive documents for registration, and subsequently
retain or redeliver them, at the option of the parties by
whom they are deposited. All persons registering any
land or encumbrance are to deposit proper maps and spe-
cifications. Searches of the registry are to be made on
the requisition of parties giving proof of interest in the
estate and paying the requisite fees. The fees fox regis-
tration are to be graduated according to the extent and
nature of the property, and any surplus after payment of
the salary of the registrar and the expenses of the office,
is to be carried to the Consolidated Fund. Owners of
lands, in registering such lands, must register all the en-
cumbrances, &c., which may exist at the time. All sub-
sequent transfers must be registered, or they will be in-
operative as against any persons claiming under a regis-
tered title. In cases where the owner, from accidental or
other circumstances, is not in possession of the title deeds,
he may register with such explanatory statements as the
registrar may approve of. Persons holding liens may re-
gister such liens in case the owner of the lands shall have
omitted to do so. Any wilful misrepresentations with the
view of obtaining a fictitious title is to be felony. All
transfers of land registered under the act are to be made
either by a document, which shall be registered, or by the
transferor signing in the books of the registry an acknow-
ledgment of the transfer, and of the consideration there-
for. No new encumbrances are to be legal unless regis-
tered. Owners of land in undisturbed possession for 30
years may be registered as absolute owners, provided they
shall have given due notice in the Gazette, and their title
thenceforth is to be beyond question. Encumbrancers
under the act in the case of overdue claims are to have the
power of entering into possession, and of effecting sales.
Lands registered under the act nevi not be registered
Puder any other acts.

GENERAL TRADE REPORT.

MONDAY 11 VENING.

There has been great dissatisfaction expresseClTO:day
OP 'Change, respecting the conduct of C4eneral Gough,
which is universally condemned, as being most hasty and i
ill-advised ; and the question now s " Who is the fittest
person to replace him ?" The appointment of Sir Wm.
Gomm, who has been directed to hold himself in readi-
ness, meets with little favour ; and the opinion of all par-
ties is that Sir Charles Napier is the only fit man for the
present emergency ; and that the differences which exist
between him and the East India Company ought not to
be carried the length of endangering the stability of our
East Indian empire.
The SIIAB.E market was inactive all the week, without
change in prices, until the arrival of the Indian news.
These depressed Consols one per cent., and Shares have
given way in consequence. London Stock is to-day 136
to 8 ; Midland, 83 to 4.
There was a brisk demand for Sugar on Saturday, and
3000 bags Bengal were sold at full prices. TO-DAY the
account from India of a short crop and light shipments
has further increased the demand ; 3000 bags Bengal have
been sold at rather higher prices, and 500 hhds. West
India, chiefly Barbadoes, at full rates,-38/ @ 42/. In
other grocery articles there is little doing. Nitrate of
Soda is in good demand at 11/6. and holders are asking
higher prices.
The CorroN market TO-DAY displayed some little ir-
regularity in prices, but we heard of no material altera-
tion. The sales were moderate, waiting the arrival of
the steamer, amounting only to about 5000 bales, 1000
of which were taken on speculation, and 500 for export;
but whether this takes into account the probable transac-
tions of the seceding parties or not, our information does
not state. With respect to the dispute which has caused
the inopportune disagreement between gentlemen en-
gaged in this important branch of commerce, we under-
stand that the mere accident of delay, as regards the ten-
der of payment on the day in question, is entirely secon-
dary to the principle involved in the utility or inutility of
keeping up the old-established custom of making pay-
ments in the cotton trade before half-past two o'clock,
whilst for other goods payment is received up to within a
few minutes to three. Thus the matter stands. We may
not presume to offer an opinion without a more intimate
knowledge of the peculiarities of the trade, but in the
hope for the resumption of regular and exact returns, we
trust that an arrangement satisfactory to both parties will
speedily take place.
The demand for Foreign WooL still continues good, I
although the accounts from the country are rather worse ;
but as stocks are light, holders are firm. There have
been a few lots of Laid Highland Blackfaced and Cheviot
sold at late rates, but the market presents but a poor
assortment. There has been a considerable sale of Fo-
reign Wool To-DAY, made at full prices. We have no
imports of Foreign Wool to report at present for this
month. For the month of February our imports were -
Peruvian 798, River Plate 79, East India 755, Mediterra-
nean ports 227, total 1859.
SILK.—The large consumption going on places the
trade in a satisfactory position, although they have only
purchased to a limited extent during the month, and
prices are without material change.
Since Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming's report of the
26th January, (which we gave,) the arrivals of TIMBER
from British America consist of 15 vessels, 7503 tons ;
most of which cargoes have been sold from the quay.
The demand from the country is still limited.
The CORN trade here has been almost lifeless since
Friday, with very little passing, except a few transactions
in Indian Corn, for which there is a little demand TO-
DAY, though even in that article the trade is by no means
active. Prices altogether keep steady, and we have no
alteration to report since last market-day. Our imports
on Friday and Saturday were—Wheat, 1425 qrs. ; Barley.
340 qrs. ; Malt, 1034 qrs. ; Oats, 76 qrs. ; Beans, 2792
qrs. ; Indian Corn, 9504 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 896 Ids. ; Flour,
790 sacks and 16,489 brls. ;—and our exports—Wheat,
93 qrs. ; Beans, 107 qrs. ; Pease, 40 qrs, ; Indian Corn.
2738 qrs. : Indian Meal, 15 brls. ; Flour, 4 sks. 1273 brls.
A slight reactionary feeling has displayed itself in the
Wheat trade throughout England, according to the last
received reports ; and when no actual advance has taken
place, prices have generally remained firm. Ireland has
not yet participated in this movement, and we cannot
better illustrate the present state of business in that
country than by giving the following extract from the
Cork circular of Messrs. Richard Clear and Sons :

"Except in cases where actual necessity exists for the supply
of present wants, the millers act with great reserve in the pur-
chase of Wheat ; however, a few needy buyers have appeared,
and taken moderate quantities, at about former rates. Some
forced sales of this grain are reported at unduly low prices.
With an appearance of steadiness in the leading English mar-
kets, we should without doubt experience an improved and
extensive demand for all qualities of Wheat, as the millers,
with very few exceptions, hold light stocks."

The prices of Indian C'orn are variable in Ireland, a
decline having been submitted to in Limerick of 5/ @ 10/,
and in Belfast of 2/6 @ 5/ 'IR, ton, whilst in Cork sales are

The IRON market here is perfectly inanimate TO-DAY ;
there are both buyers and sellers, but nothing doing, all
parties waiting the arrival of the steamer. With respect
to the Metal market generally, Messrs. T. & H. Littledale,
in their monthly E. I. circular, published on Saturday,
state that
" There has been a considerable rally in all Metals this
month, and prices have advanced.. Our quotations

the demand for California. are very considerable. They are
also on the increase from the Continent, and the Iron masters
and manufacturers are in better spirits at the bright prospects
of trade, than they have been for the last tear years."

The demand for fine qualities of hum Butter has
considerably improved latterly, and fresh prime parcels
have been scarce, in consequence of the limited supply of
fresh Butter, and the high price demanded for it. Ex-
treme rates would be paid for the finest descriptions, if
there were any more offering. Other kinds move some-
what slowly. Prices TO-DAY :-

Waterford, 70/ e 74/; Kilkenny, Carlow, and Clonmel, 70/
@ 74/ ; Carrick, 70/ @ 72/ ; Cork Dry, Firsts, 72/ ® 74/; Do.,
Thirds, 58/; Wex ord, Carlow, 72/ ; Belfast, 70/ @ 74/; Bally-
money and Coleraine, 70/@ 72/; Banbridge, 68/ @ 72/; Newry
and Dundalk, 60/ @ 64/ ; Dublin, Carlow, 66/ @ 72/ ; Sligo,
60/ @ 66/; Londonderry, 60/ @ 66/. _ _ _

Bacon is in better demand ; Long Middles, free from bone,
new, 48/ @ 50/.. Lard is a little more inquired for ; fine
Keg, 40/ @ 42/.
We hear of no change in AMERICAN PROVISIONS since
Friday, when the market ruled, according to the circular
of Messrs. Black, Barnes, and Whittingham, as follows :
—" English refined Lard can be bought at 41/, and
American having been sought after freely by country
dealers, former rates are maintained. Bacon, of every
description, has been sold freely at 1/ cwt. advance.
Holders of New Hams obtain extreme prices, owing to
the small arrivals at present. There are no Shoulders
on the market. Prime Cheese continues scarce, and
commands 42/ @ 44/ cwt., while inferior sorts are dull
of sale. Good New Mess and Prime Mess Pork is want-
ed, and an advance of 2/ If, brl. paid. The transactions
in Butter are limited to a few sales of Canadian."

TALLOW.—P. Y. C. has moved but slowly, while the
soap-makers have cleared the market of South American,
at higher rates ; and a parcel of very fine North American
brought 39/9 C 40/'x' cwt. at auction.

Prim °it. being confined to such a small space, £36 is
now demanded. _ _ _

HIDES have advanced about *d. on better qualities,
and other sorts are in good request.

The English funds opened on Saturday in London with
firmness, and remained without any particular variation
until the publication of the accounts by the overland
mail, when a fall took place of nearly one per cent., which
was not in any degree recovered from up to the close of
business. The arrival of lower prices from Paris had also
an unfavourable effect. The first quotation of Consols
was 92k, and they left off at 911 for money, and 91i to I
for the account.

The commercial advices from India suggest the appre-
hension that the steady improvement which had at length
commenced, and which had been confirmed by the last
three or four arrivals, may be seriously checked unless the
Punjab war shall soon take a decisive and favourable turn.
At present the mischief has only extended to the Bombay
market, where a sudden dulness has come over all kinds
of Cotton goods. In Metals, however, there has been an
improvement, and at Calcutta both descriptions of imports
have continued to show much firmness, while in exports
also there has been increased activity.

WREXHAM ALE.—Amongst the numerous ales that
have been introduced into Liverpool during a series of
years none has stood more prominent than that from the
breweries of Wrexham ; but of late the quality has been
more than usually excellent. The Albion and Cambrian
breweries (for which Mr. Banks is agent) have produced
an article which, in strength, colour, and fineness, will
equal any thing from that principality.
BURIED ALIVE.—An aged man, who for a long period
had discharged the duties of gravedigger in South Hack-
ney Church-yard, was preparing a ten-feet grave a few
days ago, when, having attained a depth of about six feet
without the aid of shores, an immense mass of earth gave
way, and instantaneously buried him. No time was lost
in extricating the unfortunate man, and every effort was
used to restore animation, but without effect. The acci-
dent is ascribed to the disuse of shores.

A STRANGE JURY.—George Elton, Post Office letter-
carrier, was on Wednesday indicted for stealing a letter
containing two fourpenny pieces and a postage stamp.
When Mr. Clarkson had concluded his address, the pri-
soner expressed his desire to retract his plea ofnot guilty,
and to plead guilty ; but Mr. Justice Cresswell said that
was not the usual course when a trial had commenced :
and the case proceeded, the testimony of the witnesses
clearly establishing the facts. The jury, after being absent
about half an hour, to the astonishment of every one in
court, the prisoner himself,evidently not excepted, gave a
verdict of not guilty.
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.
—This, the oldest of all Protestant societies, established
for the spread and advancement of religion, will, on
Thursday next, the Bth of March, have completed its
150th year. The friends of the society in London have
determined to meet on that day in St. Paul's Cathedral,
to offer up their praises and thanksgivings to Almighty
God for the blessing which has so abundantly rested on
its long continued labours, on which occasion the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the president of the Society, has
kindly consented to preach. His example will be followed
in other places throughout the country ; and although
from the shortness of the notice given it has been found
impossible to postpone other pressing claims, it is yet in
contemplation by the clergy generally to testify their
gratitude and good wishes to the society by parochial
collections during some part of the year 1849. The fact
that the total number of Bibles, prayer-books, and other
books and tracts circulated by it from April, 1847, to
April, 1848, was between four and five millions, surely
needs no comment, and only requires, we feel assured, to
be more generally known to ensure it a yet further mea-
sure of public support.—ln this town the celebration of
the Jubilee will be commenced on
.Thursday next, when
a sermon on behalf of the society will be preached by the
YencrAble
,Archdeacon BrOOks, se. Peters church,

LITERARY NOTICE.

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receive

The Jetvish Missionary ; a new and literal interpreta-
tion of the Visions of Daniel ; the Prophecy of Christ
on the Mount of Olives ; the Book of Revelation, and
other Prophecies with reference to the Restoration of
the Jews, and the Reign of the Idol Messiah. London :
James Nisbet, Berners-street, Oxford-street; Lough-
borough : Richard Griffin, Swan-street.
It cannot be denied that the above programme invites
to the study of subjects that are the most interesting, as
well as the most important, to which the human mind can
be drawn, and the present state of the world—to its utmost
limit—tends greatly to enhance the importance of the
subjects that are discussed in the book now before us.
We pretend not to commend the views set forth in its
pages, they are novel, and we believe not before touched
upon by any of the great mass of students of prophecy
that have written in these latter days.
The book presents a series of essays on portions of the
Prophecies of Daniel, and the Book of the Revelation, LONDON CORN MARKEI
presenting a Phase quite new in the mode in which these The supply of English Wheat by land.carri
prophecies are expounded. the near counties was again small this morni
The author, if we may venture to use the expression, is eels sold slowly at about Is reduction upon 1
but a decline of 2s. had tn cnhmitterl tn t• P . • .

former it

pretations of these sublime and symbOlical prophecies.
We know something of the reverend author : he is a gen-
tleman of learning, of research, and a sincere lover of and
enquirer after truth, and of deep and experimental piety,
as the following extract from the closing pages of his
book will amply testify :

"Such, in the opinion of the present writer, are the future
events which God, by the mouth of his holy prophets, has
made known to us. These prophecies are, doubtless, sent in
mercy to prepare us for the woes which are approaching;—to
forewarn us of the exact form which the devices of Satan are
about to assume; and, therefore to arm us for the contest;—
to strengthen our faith in the true Messiah, the Son of Gol;
and so to lead us with firm and settled confidence to resist and
defy his Idol rival ; to inspire us with patience under persecu-
tion, with hope in death, and with a joyful assurance that the
coming of the Lord draweth nigh !'

" In the mind of every man who believes these things, these
prophecies must awaken a feeling of the most solemn interest,
but in the Jew, this feeling will be yet more solemn—an intense
and overwhelming anxiety. In the approaching contest, the
gentile Christian may perhaps be able to stand aloot, in compa-
rative security; but the Jew will be called to the fore-front of
the battle : he must be enrolled either in the ranks of Jesu of
Nazareth, or in those of the Idol king; for him there will be
no escape. Let every Jew, who reads these lines, fly from the
approaching trial—while flight is in his own power."
We are persuaded that no one will rejoice more than
the author himself if he is proved to be wrong in the opi-
nions herein set forth, and a more excellent way shown
him. The following may be considered as an outline of
the mode in which the author treats his subjects.
The fourth, or iron empire of Daniel, is yet to arise in
the east : it will reach from the Danube to the Indus,
being the fourth in succession to those of Nebuchadnezzar,
Cyrus, and Alexander. It will therefore include Turkey,
Egypt, and Persia. This empire will rise at Pergamos ;
and its sovereign will be king of Pergamos, king of Baby-
lon, and king of Jerusalem. Under this head the Jews
will be restored to Palestine • they will acknowledge the
king of Pergamos as the Messiah. He will then claim
divine worship, sit in the temple as God, and set up his
image there, as an object of worship. Then will come
the flight of the believing Jews to the mountains, and the
great persecution. The overt act of allegiance to this
Idol king will be the public wearing of phylacteries or
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cypher, and that cypher of his name wi
gematria to 666. With the sanction and support of thi
sovereign of Pergamos, the Jews will make Constanti
nople the centre and metropolis of their commerce ; and,
since that city will then be governed entirely by a Talmudic
sanhedrim, and consequently the principles and practices
of the Talmud will there reign supreme ; therefore that city
is prophetically described under the name of Babylon.
The restoration of the Jews coincides with the beginning
of Daniel's seventy weeks ; and the reign of the Idol
Messiah will immediately follow those seventy weeks.
This reign will commence with a new epoch—the year
one : it will be introduced by a change in the Turkish
calendar, and it will continue exactly three and a half of
the new years, or times introduced by that calendar.
The power of the Idol King will be upheld by delu-
sions or miracles of Satan : those miracles will not be
wrought by the King himself, but by the individual who
is described as the two-horned beast—the false prophet.
The cause of God will be upheld by real miracles, by an
extraordinary effusion of the Holy Ghost, and by the re-
publication or unsealing of the pure word of God—the
Maccabean copy of the Old Testament. The reign of the
Idol King, and the destruction of Constantinople, will
be immediately followed by the coming of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and by the establishment of his kingdom over all
the earth.

THE INDIAN BATTLES.—The Times of yesterday, in
a leading article on the subject of the recent Indian con-
flicts thus summarily describes the fatal results :—" The

action commenced With a cannonade, which, on our

mers content

iainst the

themselves with directing their fire
supposed to indicate the position of the Sikh pieces

Campbell, was ordered to make "a think movement,"—a
manoeuvre which disclosed too plainly that the Sikh artil-
lery was to be found, as usual, where it could act with the
most destructive effect. No sooner were the troops
within range than some heavy batteries, before unob-
served, opened a cross fire upon them, under which offi-
cers and men fell by hundreds. The leading brigade, con-
sisting of the 24th Foot and the 22nd and 25th Regiments
of Native Infantry, advanced resolutely upon the guns,
but upon arriving at the batteries were so terribly weakened
by losses and so exhausted by their blind struggles in the

jungle, that they were compelled to retire upon the

ments which had been ordered to their s
place was taken by the sth Brigade, which succeeded, un-
der a tremendous fire of round shot, grape, and musketry,
in reaching the battery, and capturing and spiking the
guns, but so completely were they then enveloped by the
Sikh infantry that it was found advisable to close up and
retire. This is almost the only definite operation of the
battle, and with so terrible a loss was it attended that the
total discomfiture of the enemy would have been dearly
purchased at such a sacrifice of life. The 24th lost its
oolonel, 1 major, 3 captains, 3 lieutenants, 3 ensigns, and
218 men killed on the spot, and 1 major, 2 captains, 7
lieutenants, and 244 men wounded. In one of the native
regiments brigaded with it the loss in killed and wounded

tain's) had no fewer than 27 officers and 859-men 'hors de
combat, a list to which 5 officers and 240 men were con-
tributed by the 29th Foot. The rest of the battle was a
confused melee of detached and unconcerted conflicts, in
which each brigade and regiment, after plungine in the

jungle and finding itself attacked, defended itself as best
it might."
DREADFUL WRECK.—TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST.—
We regret to hear that the bark Floridian, 500 tons bur-
den; Captain Whitmore, from Antwerp, was wrecked, on
Friday, on the Long Sands, near Harwich, with a great
number of emigrants for the United States, principally
German agricultural labourers, with their wives and fami-
lies, amounting to nearly 200. exclusive of the crew, of
about twenty. During Wednesday the storm increased
in fury almost every hour, and about three o'clock the
ship struck with terrific force, and her planks and false
keel immediately rushed up alongside. A scene of horror
instantly presented itself on deck ; the emigrants hastened
on the deck in frantic dismay. Within a few moments of
the vessel striking the sea broke into her hull, blowing up
the hatchways, and sweeping many of the poor creatures

overboard, while others were drowned in their berths,
being unable to rise from the effects of sea sickness. Capt.
Whitmore, perceiving the inevitable destruction of his
ship, gave orders to his men to launch the boats. The
first boat broke adrift the moment it was launched, and,
it is said, capsized directly with two men who were in it.
The moment the second boat was lowered the captain
jumped into it with Mrs. Whitmore, his wife. This led to
a desperate rush towards the craft. Some twenty or
thirty poor creatures, men and women, leaped from the
quarter-deck of the foundering ship into the boat; the re-
sult was that it also instantly capsized, and the whole
party were precipitated overboard and lost, The crew
took to the rigging, to which they lashed themselves, and
upwards of 100 of the emigrants congregated on the quar-
ter-deck. Here they had not been more than an hour
before the ship broke in two, amidships. The mainmast
fell over the side with a fearful crash, and a tremendous
sea carried away the whole of the quarter-deck with the
mass of human beings on it. A frightful shriek filled the
air, and the next moment the unfortunate creatures were
struggling in the deep. By great efforts eight or ten were
rescued by the men who had secured themselves in the
rigging. The moment the ship broke in two her cargo,
mostly merchandise, floated out and intermingled with
the drowning sufferers. For some time men, women, and
children, were to be seen floating about on the packages.
Ere night had set in, however, all had disappeared. The
then survivors, about twelve in number, continued in the
rigging of the foremast, which, with the fore part of the
vessel, was all that remained of the wreck, the whole of
the night enduring the greatest suffering. The sea kept
breaking over them, and the cold being most intense ren-
dered their condition most painful. When Thursday
morning broke it was discovered that six had died in the
course of the night; they had been frozen to death, and
their bodies were dangling in the rigging. All that day
the same fearful weather existed, and not the least aid
could be rendered those who still existed in the rigging.
They could see vessels passing at a distance, but they
were too far off for the crews to observe their situation.
Thursday night and the greater portion of Friday passed
away, yet no help came. Only four now remained, three
sailors and one passenger; the other two were frozen to
death in the course of the preceding day and night.
About seven o'clock great was their joy at perceiving the
approach of a vessel, which proved to be her Majesty's re-
venue. cutter Peterel. The crew belonging to her, by
direction of the commander, lowered their boat, and pushed
off to the spot, the heavy surf beating round the wreck
in such a manner as to render the running of the cut-
ter alongside the wreck exceedingly dangerous. After
considerable difficulty the poor fellows were got off
and taken on board the revenue-cutter, where every thing
was done for their comfort. They were in a deplorable
state of exhaustion, and partly bereft of their senses.
Their hands and feet were severely frostbitten, and how
they escaped with their lives appears most remarkable.
The names of the seamen saved are Henry Hill, William
Harry, and a Swede, name unknown. The fourth is one
of the emigrants, apparently a mechanic. He has been
deranged ever since he has been landed. Front_accounts
from Brightlings(

and inferior samples

Foreign V

-
to 2s. less money.
Fine malting Barley maintaine
tions were easier to purchase. C
are scarce, brought previous rate
were the turn cheaper
Beans were Is
Peas 2s. t

price of town-made hour; sh
tainable on easier terms.

country 1

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET-I

The public sales of Sugar sear
large, say 4,000 bags Maurif'
Madras, and 3000 bags P
opinion still seems strop
theeagerness of importer,'
to-day fully 6d. Grocery lumps,
We have not much activity in the
any article to-day, but there cont

gin favo

foreign Sugar. - -
Tea without alteration,

Iron,
f artber
lb. ; Ca

LONDON COTTON MA

LONDON METAL
Scotch pig, firm,
advanced. Sheet a

Tin and Tin 1

week's currency

SMITHFIELD CAT

The supply of beasts is short
consequently trade is better, a
currently realised. The numb
Friday's advance is well suppc
ther exceeded, still the trac
as was anticipated. We have

of ch
lambs
have co
reduced prices. Tr..—
Holland there are 279 _—
SO beasts ; Leicester and Northam
folk, 2,000 ; and Scotland. 400.

At an early hour on Satur

of Mr. John Key, a come
was found in the front qu
and close to the hall stairc;
of the wall. From this ch

nature of the injurie

peared quite c

top of the college,
posed that decease

his own rooms to those C
THE LIVER THEATRE

evening, the
and Juliet,"

Miss Cuttriss

a you

Mr. James Rogers, the r
character of Juliet,—h
well attendeA
throughout,

)f the art

thi hnrl

and the young d

ad deseri

trionic powers, thonglt, on t

ing under some timidity

deficient in powe

Her voic

_ .
close she was called for loud]
homage of an intelligent am

to his patrons, tha
ted that he had bee

THE LITERARY

Yesterday evening, the usual t
society took place at the
Esq., the president, it
a male child, apparentl
inspection by Dr. Mai

uano deposit on the cc

nd is supposed to I
imbedded in the material stl

position, similar to tht
buried by the Peruv

served, and the sca

Boult read a very interesting paper
plans and drawings) on "Local Ifni
He made a number of suggesti
amendments and alterations;—
George's Dock, a direct street

iy-station, &
should Ilene

opened to the public

that a new basin f
ad be made, &e. M

to the_ supply of Eng,

1 with prc

.e doubted

From G

ye aston

a small fishing village near

,ne premises. ,hat
their ventilation, height
that of ordinary storage

)r provi

Ind coolness,) will

UOLD FROM CALIFORNIA
that intelligence has been re
land to the effect that her Majesty's sum
dora, Commander We
Pacific with a freight (

of nine tons—or to the value of .1 )0,000
will give the lucky commander aout
freightage, the admiral's share wil be
wich Hospital will benefit to a like amount

I be £9

An illegal marri

residing a few miles from the town of Ax
married his first wife's daughter. The issu
marriage was a daughl
son. Thus the girl i
aunt to her brother.
in the neighbourhood
separation.

Wivenhoe, we hear that a Colchester vessel lost five han
in an attempt to rescue some of the sufferers.
in The noble
fellows saw the quarter-deck carried away with the emi-
grants on it. They immediately pushed off. their boat
with a view of saving some of them, but
.had scarcely got
a few strokes when a heavy sea caught their craft, upset
it, and the whole of them met with a watery grave.
Long Sands form a very extensive shoal some distance
outside the well-known channel known as the Swin. It
is a matter of some surprise that the ill-fated vessel she uld
j2ave made such a cOurso as to touch these sands.

10 el

1

VA!Mmeowaisoll

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(BY EXPRESS.)

,-YESTE RD.

1 about the clos

)r money, and

4- the d

it lay within

Hown ha

ectect with in c

the lecturer on several points, and ably pointed
he considered to be the impracticability of other
views. Mr. Wakefield, of Nottingham, introdu,
meeting a new patented mode of making z
apparatus, from resin, tar or turpentine, water,
and scrap-iron, which gas was, he said, found tc
brighter illumination than coal gas, and was frer
deleterious vapours of ordinary gas and cheape
about to erect an apparatus for this at Rock
also to light, by the same means, Southport
An interesting discussion ensued, and tb-
of t .

..ne evening terminated.
THE AMERICAN TRADE.—We know no g.rea,
of the progress of the American trade than that
creasing demand for storage. When Mr. M'lle
father of the business) first broached to the I

pelted to be provided .
in 'question will have s.
Mr. M`Henry was right at,
now in the hands of some of
which would, for their extent,
two years ago ; buc Messrs. Stitt, _
to be determined to take the lead in the ft,
about to take place, having taken premises w
over a space in appearance scarcely less than a qt,
acre, i.e., occupying the whole of the excavatior
Commercialßuildings in Water-s'
wards nearly to Brunswick-strr
at least two complete cargoes.
of our town ; and we are satisfieu,
0-- *--.- t► their adaptation

treet, and extend

from an exarr

It is reported i
Ban!

£ll.OOl

QUEER MARRIAGE.—
some three or four weeks.
indignation amongst the clergy, as well as an
pious and well-disposed inhabitants of the
Whitechurch, Canonicorum. It appears that

ister to her mother-in
is said that the leading (
1 use all lawful means

SHIPWRECKS.—Besides the wreck of the emig
sel, which we notice elsewhere, on the Long Sa
Harwich, several other vessels were lost there o

day. The first was the Dyle, Captain Laws, boi
Antwerp to Havannah, the crew of which (with tl
tion of one poor fellow) were picked up by her
revenue-cutter Scout, and landed. A large
3bared a similar fate on the same sands, with t
every soul of her crew. Seven or eight total lo
also reported as having happened on the adjace:
and it was hoped that these formed the exter
disasters.

A BURGLAR SHOT DEAD.—On Wednesday
attempt was made to rob. the mansion of Mr.
Streathall Hall, near Chesterford. The only it
in the house were Mr. Nehemiah Perry himself
man above 60 years old), his brother, Mr. Thou
and one female domestic. A little before or
morning they were roused by a noise below sta

the servant an eying the cal had upset sornetl
about to go and see what mischief had been do
she was met by Mr. Perry on the landing, who, (
there was some one in the house, and by whose
she returned into her bedroom. Mr. Perry took
at the top of the stairs, armed with a loaded g
scarcely had he done so when a man appeared al
torn of the staircase, with a lanthorn in one hai
bludgeon or pistol in the other, and a piece of co
over his head and face, with two apertures cut foi
We need not dilate upon the ghastly appearance
by such an apparition at such an hour of the nig
Mr. Perry was nothing daunted either by the al
of the robber, or the instigation of two co
behind, who urged him on with some such word;
—" Go on, you b--; you are all right." Bu
for upon the scoundrel attemptine to ascend tl
old-fashioned staircase, Mr. Perry levelled his gi
and fired ; the man fell, and, as it afterwards
was shot through the heart. One of the robber
b' "-11, cried out, " Whew -

as companion fa .re my
" Come on with your pistols," responded Mr
" I'm ready for you." And calling to his brother,
now on the scene of action, he added, " I've sn
candle for him. Youkeep ready while i load again.
garding the renewed request to " come on," thf
I
the cowed by the vigorous measures tay9n. again

ry, of
duals
n old

removed-their dead companion to the kitchen, and find-
ing that no breath of life remained, they decamped,
&
leaving the corpse there. Some false found in
deceased's pocket, lie appears about 4111001,
NpkRD

t

Komi

Nils.

I to preach two sermons

in have ent

journeys.
by origin

and tot
tremely
nnmero

a rnarrie
street, I

when, e

her, an

thehea

after, b
the blov

of the I

I the WI

aal dissolving
will confine i

here can 1

to the steam-pa

for ser

i on a pet

m Bill

e comme

almost

he officers of

iy as the

—We see by the re-
on Wednesday, that

and broke their backs
1, when taking the thiri

3,- cutting their throat's

eased had been f
had recently apt,

to believe that his

ly put Ito the test t

ward with such t

)out 4

ry last

et in the

ST. DAVID'S DAY.—the anniversary of the Patron
Saint of Wales wait celebrated, as usual, in this town, by
the natives of the Principality, with every demonstration
of love to their country and their language. Most of the
children (upwards of four hundred constituting the boys'
and girls', and infants' schools), who receive their daily
instruction in the Welsh school, Russell-street, assembled
at ten o'clock in the morning, and walked in procession to
St. David's Church, accompanied by many of their bene-
factors. and headed by Richard Griffith, Esq., 0. Wil-
liams, Esq., W. Jones, Esq., J. Jones, Esq., the Rev. J.
R. Griffiths, from Carmarthenshire, preached a very suit-
able sermon from Jeremiah, 6th chap., 16th verse. After
the service, the procession again formed, and returned to
the school, where the examination of the pupils took place
The progress of the children was deemed
The president, John Buck Lloyd, Esq., 1
the zeal and fidelity evinced by the teach

and to the very c

iety, dined t

Cambr

Whiteman's t

and appropriat
the society, MI

s on the Welsh.'

vice-president,' Mr:
Bev. Mr. Hughes, in
Bishop and Clergy
of his c

?. Jonc

are testimon

Len, the

acts followed.—

to the pupils

I which state t

1 past year was twent

h all the c

on, wa

)uring the
the harp

[dent of
and the

—As we

;ed the