The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-16 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL

VrISS GRANT begs leave most respectfully to acquaint
IV" her Friends and the Public, and those distinguished
Families in particular who have kindly signified their inten-
tion of honouring her with their support and patronage, that
her FAREWELL BENEFIT will take place on WED-
NESDAY next, October 21, when she respectfully solicits
a renewal of that support and patronage so liberally extended
to her on former occasions, and for which she takes this
opportunity of returning her grateful thz4uks.
The Evening's Performances will commence with Bellini's
Opera of

LA SONNAMBULA.
Amina.. (betrothed to Elvino) Miss Grant,
(her first appearance in that character.)
Rodolpho.. (Lord of the Village).. Mr. G. Horncastle.
Elvino..

To be followed by the Interlude of
THE RENDEZVOUS.

To conclude with (by particular desire, and for this night
only) the Grand Musical Spectacle, called
GUSTAVUS THE THIRD ;
OR, THE MASKED BALL.
With the whole of the original Music, and Ball.
Oscar.. (the Page) Miss Grant.
Gustavus.. Mr. Chaplin. Colonel Lillienhorn.. Mr. Barker.

Captain Ankarstrom..
Christian Engleheart...
Arvedson...
Madame Ankarstrom

Mr. G. Horncastle.
Mr. Baker

Miss Cleaver.
.. Mrs. W. H. Bland

Tickets to be had of Miss GRANT, 27, Benson-street,
Mount-pleasant ; at the principal Hotels and Music Shops ;
and of Mr. MINSTER, at the Box-office, by whom Tickets
will, if required, be exchanged.

WILL SHORTLY CLOSE.
NOW EXHIBITING, at the LYCEUM. BOLD-STREET,
the magnificent PAINTING of ADAM and EVE, (by
GILLARD,) which has commanded the admiratinti of thou-
sands, amongst whom . may be named thefilst Judges of
Pictures in England. / /
Doors open from Ten in the Morning till Nine at Night.
ADMISSION—SIXPENCE.

ON SALE.
Size of the Picture, 11 feet by 8

MOVING PANORAMA.
LAIDLAW'S well known and universally admired moving
PANORAMA of a Sail up the Bay and a Visit ;mind
the City of NEW YORK, is every day and evening afiibited
in the large new Building erected on purposevNewington
Bridge, near Bold-street, and next to the Clapendon Hotel.
The interior of the Building is tastefully decorated. Day
Exhibition, punctually at One o'clock ; 3ri. the Evening at
Seven, and again at Half- past Eight o'clock.
Admission—Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit Is. Children, Half price.
Gallery, 6d. each person,

The'views of the Huddersfield, rescuing 116 persons from
the Huskisson, as also of the late Fire of York Minster. and
the Rock and Bay of Gibraltar are exhibited along with the
Panorama of New York.

THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION
THE SIXTEENTH- ANNUAL EXHIBITIOrtf the
LIVERPOOL ACADEMY of WORKS of ERN
ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN for the Season, froxf Nine until
Dusk. Admission, ls. Catalogue, Is. Season Ticket, 55.
SAMUEL EGLIWTON,
Secretaryith the Academy.
Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place, September 14, 1840.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROTESTANT
ASSOCIATION.

We regret much our inability to supply copies of the
STANDARD of Friday last to the numerous appli-
cants since the meeting : but as the interest continues
unabated, we have resolved to publish a corrected re-
port of all the speeches in the form of a pamphlet,
which we expect will be ready on Tuesday next.
We may take this opportunity of stating, that with our
publication of Friday will be presented a STAMPED
SUPPLEMENT, gratis, in order that we may be enabled
to give a full report of the first annual meeting of
the YOUNG MEN'S ESTABLISHED CHURCH SO-
CIETY, the interesting proceedings on laying the foun-
dation stone of the COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, with
the SPEECHES at the DINNER, and the SERMON by
the BISHOP.

nt titirrpool aVanbarb.

FRIDAY

MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1840

The Britannia steam-ship, Captain Henry Wood-
ruff, came to anchor in our river at half-past two yes-
terday morning. This splendid vessel sailed front
Halifax about half-past eleven o'clock on the night of
the third instant. She has thus accomplished the pas-
sage in eleven days, which, considering the prevailing
winds for the last ten days, is fully equal to her for-
mer voyage. Her outward voyage to Halifax was made
in eleven days and a half, and to Boston in thirteen
days. The Caledonia steam-ship, Captain Clelland,
which sailed from Liverpool on the 19th ultimo, reached
Halifax on the 30th, having accomplished the voyage
across the Atlantic in ten days and a half. The Bri-
tish Queen arrived at New York on the evening of the
16th ultimo, having made the passage from Portsmouth
in little more than fifteen days. The Great Western,
which sailed from Bristol on the 12th ultimo, reached
New York on the 27th, making her voyage in fifteen
days. The British Queen was to sail for England on
the Ist instant, and may, therefore, be daily expected.
She had eighty passengers, a large freight, and about
200,000 dollars in specie.

There is very little news of importance from the
United States. The election of President continued to
be the most engrossing affair. If we may judge by the
tone of the Whig papers, the Van Buren party have no
chance whatever of success. General Harrison ap-
pears to be the favourite in every part of the Union.
A great fire had occurred at New Orleans, the par'
titulars of which will be found among our extracts.
The accounts given of the cotton crops are gloomy
in the extreme. It is said that the army worm bad
proved exceedingly destructive in many districts.

The news from Canada and the other British pro-
vinces of North America is comparatively unimportant.
The departure of Sir Colin Campbell was the subject
of general regret in Nova Scotia. On this subject the
Boston Times remarks—" For the sake of the Province
and of all who feel concerned in the just and faithful
administration of its affairs, we regret the approaching
departure of our excellent governor. If an unceasing
endeavour to perform his public duties conscientiously,
without respect to persons, a kind and courteous de'
portment in private life, and a triumphant exit from the
most vexatious ordeal to which the occupant of his es-
posed situation has ever been subjected, entitle a man
to praise, we feel confident that the same regret is al'
most universal. For his own sake every one who think°
with us must rejoice at his advancement to a higher
dignity, and hope that the happiness of his future life
may compensate for the annoyance which has of law
so causelessly beset his path. Time, which does Ps'
tice to all, will ere long find the whole population of
Nova Scotia united in offering a heartfelt tribute to the
merits of Sir Colin Campbell."
It is stated that Lord Sydenham was labouring un-
der considerable indisposition. All was quiet in both
Upper and Lower Canada.

Some time since there was a prevalent rumour that
an alteration was contemplated by government in the
duty on mahogany. This report led to an inquiry °P
the part of our distinguished representative, Lord Saw
don, when an intimation was given that, whatever al'
terations had been determined upon, those alterations
had been, for the present, postponed.
The occurrence shortly of a very large sale, in this
town, of this important article of import, induces us t°
recur to the subject, with a view of laying before our
readers some facts connected with the mahogany trade!,
which clearly show the impolicy of imposing upon P

any additional restraints. These facts we derive from
an admirable memorial which has been drawn up by
Mr. Edward Chaloner, whose experience, during the
last 25 years, in the general timber trade, entitles his
statements on the subject to the greatest attention.
It is well known that the timber trade was chiefly
created to meet the requirements of the shipping in-
terests. The supply of teak, from Africa, has long
continued to be a prominent feature in this trade. This
article, has been, for many years, supplied from the
western coasts of Africa, and has been chiefly consumed
In the construction of the larger descriptions of ships.
It cannot, however, be procured, in adequate quanti-
ttes, without an enormous sacrifice of human life.
Sierra Leone, one of the principal settlements on the
coast, has been long known as the " charnel-house of
Africa," from the immense number of Europeans who
have annually perished in that fatal colony. It has,
therefore, become a question of much importance
whether any substitute can be procured for teak, that
Is equally well adapted for naval purposes, as well as
for general use. Mr. Chaloner suggests that ma-
hogany is much superior to teak for these purposes,
and he accordingly suggests the diversion of the tim-
ber trade from Sierra Leone to Honduras—a country
Comparatively salubrious, and which may be termed,
for British merchants, the " toll-gate of Central Ame-
rica." The Honduras mahogany far surpasses teak
for Ship-building, and it is to be found of much finer
dimensions, presenting much larger scantlings. It
flay be obtained at the shipping ports abroad, and
freighted home, at a considerably less cost. It is also
the hest adapted for constructing the valuable machi-
nerY in our manufacturing districts, and for railway
and other carriages. It is therefore suggested that the
:hit)? on mahogany should be assimilated with that on
eak, and that the superior and essentially useful tim-
ber
of America should no longer be subjected to a duty
of
nearly 300 per cent. over that on the inferior teak of
Africa.

With all its disadvantages in regard of duty, maho-
gany has been supplied for some time, in the British
Market, at a cheaper rate than teak, and has been con-
sumed in preference by some sbipwi ights. This has
been owing to a late regulation of " Lloyd's," encou-
raging its use ; though, as no such purpose was in
contemplation when the recent supplies were felled, the
logs were found, on being converted, to have been
mostly crosscut too short.
Mr. Chaloner has furnished us with an enumeration
of the comparative qualities of mahogany, which is ex-
treme',
) in favour of that timber. The heaviness of
teak and the lightness of cedar—both of which have
been used for naval purposes—are objections to which
Mahogany are not liable. Besides, this species affords
trees of sufficiently hard as well as of soft texture; also
shrinking less from heat, and expanding less from satu-
ration than any other wood. Without undergoing any
chemical process it is not liable to dry rot. The craft
used on the coasts on which it grows are said to out-
live those of English oak. It is, therefore, of the high-
est importance that every reasonable facility should be
given for the introduction of so valuable a timber into
this country ; and as the interests of Liverpool are so
deeply involved in this matter, we shall recur to the
subject in our next.

The mandate has gone forth from Derrynane, en-
3'ining the dupes and slaves of its unprincipled owner
to bring in their voluntary contributions. The maw of
the greedy impostor O'Connell grows more insatiable
in proportion to the increase of his grey hairs ; and the
nearer his approach to the grave, the faster the clutch
with which he drags his portion from between the lips
of his famishing countrymen.
We are told by its priestly collectors, that the
atnount of the tribute for the present will be greater
than on any previous year, and we do not doubt that
.B,ll°l will be the casc, for to do so would be to doubt
e power of a crafty priesthood over the most igno-
rantul„ and bigotted population in the civilized world.
lne mendicant is now openly embarked in the paths
of
fres treason ; the threat of rebellion has already fallen
11 his lips ; and in proportion to the danger which
hehe incurs in his career of crime is the reward for which
stipulates
he is now with his priestly employers. Confessedly
andembarked in a course of agitation, the result
certain end
of which is the dismemberment of the
empire the
transfer of a jewel, and that one of the
brightest, from the crown of Britain's monarch to the
tiara of Rome; and for such an object need we wonder
if the emissaries of Rome are
_preparing to put in opera-
tion, in every diocese and parish throughout Ireland,
those weapons of superstition and ghostly terror which
have ever been so effective in their hands ? The alter-
native presented to their trembling victims will be com-
pliance with their exactions or excommunication in its
severest form. The wretched peasantry of wretched
Ireland must choose between starvation—actual, literal
starvation—and exclusion from the sacraments of
their church, which in their imagination is exclusion
from the presence of God; and we are well aware
Which alternative will be chosen by men who know
that their tyrants can bring to their aid the bludgeon
of the suborned assassin when the fulminations of the
church fail in effecting their object.
From one source, however, we trust there will be
found a falling off. In past years—to their shame be
I,t spoken !—the earnings of this beggarly trafficker in
imposture have been swelled by the contributions of
British Protestants—of members of the British legisla-
ture, and even of the peerage. Yes—the descendants
of those men who fought the battles of the Protestant
church have stooped to the indignity of paying "black
'nail" to the descendant of the Derrynane smuggler !
We do trust that this source of plunder will for the
future be stopped'—that men whose strange and inex-
plicable feelings towards the Protestant institutions of
their country allowed them to contribute to the sup-
Port of one who had sworn their destruction, will at
'east arrest their peculiar liberality when required to
feed the flame of rebellion—to supply fuel to the engine
Which is working the dismemberment of the empire !
Amongst those who in former years have contributed
to the box of the mendicant, if we remember right, we
,have noticed the names of a goodly number of the
liberal party of Liverpool. Our worthy and worshipful
Sir Joshua Walmsley, Mr. William Rathbone, and
various other luminaries of our corporation and of the
magistracy, have not thought it beneath them to curry
favour with the popish faction, by paying tribute to
Daniel; and so long as this worthy was merely doing
the work of her Majesty's whig administration, by
aiding in the infliction of " heavy blows and great
fliscouragements" upon our Protestant church, we
have no fault to find with the exceeding liberality of
the gentlemen in question. But we ask seriously, will
they pursue the same course now, when the agitator
is confessedly engaged in a treasonable course, and is
denounced by government as attempting to bring
round a bloody revolution ? Will Sir Joshua Walms-
ley and his tail contribute to the funds upon which
the author of that revolution is fed ? We do trust
they will not : we trust that the mayor, at any rate,
will not. But we have little faith either in the discre-
tion or the patriotism- of some others of his party;
and shall keep a look-out, and record, for the en-
lightenment of their fellow-townsmen, the amount of
their subscriptions in support of a denounced rebel
and traitor. From some of the liberal candidates in
the approaching municipal contest we dare say that
Such a contribution, for such an object, would be a
recommendation in the eyes of their friends the Pro-
tectors, and has been already duly furnished ; but
although on ordinary occasions it may be pleasant to
gure on the same list with " honest John Langan,"
the im2gine that in the very possible contingency of
an outbreak in Ireland, and the subsequent indictment
for treason of its prime mover, those gentlemen who
subscribe funds for his support will not stand in a
very enviable light in the eyes of their loyal and
Patriotic fellow-countrymen.

The whig-radical candidates for municipal honours
appear desperately at a loss what to say for themselves.
The
clap-trap topics of past years are worn out. The
°, Ilee magic word " Reform" has lost its charm.
Retrenchment" is no longer in favour with our whig
Politicians; and the " warehouse question" has be-
"lrie one of very doubtful popularity. The addresses
°f_ Our aspirants are therefore reduced to miserably
3.11%11 proportions, and are about as deficient in mate-
rials as in grammar.
We have no intention of criticising any of these
meagre productions, of which unmeaning bombast is
e Principal characteristic; but we cannot avoid no-
'Clog the altered character of the names which are

attached to them. The whig aristocracy of Liverpool
seem just now singularly unambitious of a seat in the
Council; and that once-prized honour is yielded up
readily to members of the shopocracy—to men of yes-
terday—small nobodies, smitten with a mania for the
unenviable notoriety of being soundly beaten, Ho-
nourable and respectable men, even of the whig party,
have apparently a disinclination to sue for the " most
sweet" voices of the denizens of cellars and courts who
now dispense our local honours ; and, unless some
great revolution should take place in society, we are
seriously afraid that in a few years a decent radical
member of the corporation will be as great a curiosity
as a whole coat or unpatched brogues upon the great
bulk of his enlightened supporters.
A heart-rending affair it will be, no doubt, to witness
the extinction of whig supremacy in the Corporation—
to see conservative gentlemen once more assembled
upon those benches which now support the dignified
emptiness of the Nookses and Snookses. We are
afraid, however, from the present aspect of affairs, that
we shall live to witness such a catastrophe. When
Whig-radicalism can no longer boast and applaud it-
self, the game, we may depend upon it, is all.but up.

The interesting ceremony of laying the foundation
stone of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution, as we
have already apprised our readers, will take place on
Thursday next. The site of the proposed erection is
the east side of Shaw-street, where excavations for the
foundation have been carried on for some days. The
structure will be of a very handsome character, in the
Gothic style of architecture. The ceremony will be
performed by Lord Stanley, M.P., (the president of
the institution), assisted by the Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Chester, (the visitor), and the Rev. Rector
Brooks, (the chairman). The directors of the institu-
tion have very judiciously invited the noble patron to
a public dinner, to be given in the Amphitheatre, on
the evening of the above day, when a great number of
the nobility, gentry, and clergy of the neighbourhood,
as well as several distinguished strangers, are expected
to attend. This testimony of respect to Lord Stanley,
as the patron of the institutionlis extremely appropriate
to the occasion. His lordship is pre-eminently quali-
fied, from his distinguished talents, and his ardent zeal
in the cause of scriptural instruction, for the office of
patron to an institution so much in consonance with
his own views on the subject of national education.
We have no doubt that all classes of our townsmen
will be anxious to testify their respect for his public
and private character, as one of the most eminent states-
men of the day, and as one of the most munificent pa-
trons of learning.

To celebrate an event of so deeply interesting a cha-
racter as that of Thursday next, we hope to see a union
of all parties who are really anxious for the encourage-
ment of science and literature, and, above all, of scrip-
tural education.

After all the formidable preparations made by the
Reform Association and the Protector Society,—after
the expenditure of such immense sums of money in the
payment of taxes, in the employment of objectors-gene-
ral, in printing, and in fees to counsel—after the strenu-
ous and unremitting exertions made by the several ward
committees—and after the protracted sitting of the mu-
nicipal court of revision—the next municipal election,
according to the decision announced by the mayor, at the
close of the proceedings yesterday, must take place ON
THE BURGESS LIST OF LAST YEAR. The reasons
for this decision will be found in our report. This will,
be a glorious piece of news to the conservative electors.
On last year's list, it will be remembered, the conserva-
tives returned nine members to the town council, and
might have gained three other wards, if the casting
votes of the returning officers had been given the other
way. It will also be remembered that the majorities
in those wards which were gained by the radicals were,
in almost every instance, exceedingly small. We have,
therefore, every reason to congratulate the conservative
electors on the decision which was come to yesterday.
Nothing now remains, in order to gain at least fourteen
out of the sixteen wards, but an instant, active, and
persevering canvass. The conservatives have now the
game in their own hands, and it is only requisite that
they should play their cards well. Let them set to
work this day in good earnest, and never relax in their
exertions until they have a decided majority in the town-
council. " UP, LADS, AND AT THEM," as Wellington
said in commencing his grand simultaneous move-
ment at Waterloo.

EMBEZZLEMENT AT PRESTON.—At the Police-court on
Wednesday, a man who had taken his passage for the United
States, was brought before Mr. Rushton, charged by a mem-
ber of a funeral club at Preston, with having embezzled be-
tween £6O and £BO, the property of the society, with which
he absconded. Mr. Rushton said the case was beyond his
jurisdiction, and he should discharge the prisoner ; but if
the party chose to re-apprehend him on his own responsi-
bility and convey him to Preston, he might. Ike believe
this was done, and the man conveyed to Preston by the next
railway train.
APPREHENSION OF AN ESCAPED CONVICT.--Edward
Oakes, alias Thomas Matthews, alias Thomas Heaton, alias
Edward Jukes, who was convicted two
i years ago at the Li-
verpool assizes for swindling a man n the Molly Malony
Tavern, and sentenced to seven years transportation, but who
escaped near Stony Stratford, on his way to Chatham, was
lately apprehended in the neighbourhood of Bristol, where lie
had been travelling for some time with a spring cart. It ap-
pears that his wife was in the gaol at Bristol on a charge of
having robbed a farmer, and Watkin, an officer of police, per-
suaded the gaoler to send for Oakes under the pretence that
his wife wished to see him. Whilst his wife and he were con-
versing he was taken into custody. Notice was sent to the
Liverpool Police-office, and Gres ves, an officer, being sent
over to Bristol, he recognized the prisoner, and brought him
over to this town. The prisoner was examined this week be-
fore Mr. Rushton, and committed for trial at the next assizes.
THREATENING A POLICEMAN.—TWO vagabonds, re-
joicing in the names of O'Hara and Waterson, who have had
a long acquaintance with the interior of the Borough Gaol,
were brought up at the Police-court on Wednesday, charged
with prowling about the streets at night with intent to com-
mit robberies. They were found by the police in the early
part of the preceding night in the neighbourhood of Addi-
son-street, and cautioned not to be seen again, as their ob-
jects were well known, Waterson having only the same
morning concluded a two months' visit to the Borough
Gaol. Notwithstanding the caution they were again found
prowling about at two o'clock, and the policeman forthwith
put his threat into execution by locking them up. Whilst
the Bridewell-keeper was searching them, Waterson told the
policeman many times that he would not die until he had
opened him " like an oyster with a knife." Mr. Rushton
told the prisoners he would not tolerate such conduct. Dis-
solute and abandoned characters like them must be taught
that they would not be allowed to infest the streets at night.
They must each be committed as rogues and vagabonds to
hard labour for three months.
ADVERTISEMENT. BEDFORD HOUSE, 22, CHURCH-
STREET.—At the above establishment is exhibiting an unli-
mited variety of the choicest and most rare designs in Cloaks,
Mantles, Envelopes, &c. &c., selected from the most ap-
proved specimens of Parisian productions. The selection
will be found to contain all that is useful, warm, and elegant
in that most useful article the Cloak, comprising Carriage,
Opera, Walking Cloaks of every description, with Parisian
Mantles of a very exclusive character. The Cashmere Tar-
tan Plaid Cloaks in every clan, and an extensive selection of
Silk, Satin, and Satin Turc Cloaks and Mantles.—GEOßGE
LINDLEY, Proprietor, late of Commerce House.

IMPORTANT SALE IN THE CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND•
—Mr. George Robins has announced a sale of 300 quarter
acres of town lands, in the Bay of Islands, in New Zealand,
which must create a considerable sensation. The public are
not generally acquainted with the fact, that it is now the
capital of her Majesty's Government, where his Excellency
Captain Hobson, R.N., and Governor of New Zealand, is
located, and has established this spot as the official capital of
the country. The lands which are announced for sale is all
frontage ground to the sea, where frequently there are to be
seen twenty to thirty ships riding majestically at anchor in
this splendid bay. The land is surrounded by mercantile
residents—is midway between two Protestant churches—a
Catholic chapel of the Bishop of Australia close by—and her
Majesty's General Postoffice within three minutes' walk of
the estate. When all these facts are duly considered, it will
not be difficult to imagine how, in this, " the land of pro-
mise," a fortune will be secured at a railway pace.
LAUNCH OF THE HARLEQUIN, SCHOONER.-011 Tues-
day a fine schooner of 150 tons burthen, named the Harle-
quin, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Ban-
nister and Simpson, Trentham-street. The day was very
fine, and the ground was crowded by spectators, amongst
whom were many ladies and gentlemen of the first respecta-
bility. The Harlequin was built for Mr. W. S. Dixon's fine
line of schooners running between this port and Glasgow,
and which may be properly called the pantomime line.
She will take the place of the late Harlequin, of the
same line, and is equal in every point to her consort vessel
the Columbine, also built by Messrs. Bannister and Co.
Her materials are of the best quality, and have had the ad-
vantage of long-seasoning, so that she will stand A 1 for a
number of years. In point of model, she was admitted, by
all present, who are practical judges, to give promise of
quick sailing, combined with considerable capacity for stow-
age. We never, indeed, saw a finer bow ; and she is pro-
portionately clean abaft. The preparations for launching
were made with great promptitude, and excited much in-
terest, the vessel being freed from the blocks by being, as it
were, lifted on the ways by wedges simultaneously driven by
a number of workmen on each side of her. All being in
readiness, about twelve o'clock, the word was given, the
daggers were struck, and she glided beautifully into her
destined element, amidst the cheers of the spectators and the
firing of cannon from on board and also from the shore. The
descent was considerable, and the sight therefore the more
gratifying. The vessel's decks were crowded, and she looked
remarkably well on the water. She has a handsome small
figure head of " Harlequin," carved by Mr. Robertson, and
" classically" painted and gilded to represent the hero of
pantomime. The Harlequin has every appearance of turning
out a line sea-boat, and we doubt not will establish her claim
to take her place amongst the finest coasting vessels of the
port. The keel of another schooner for the same line has
just been laid down in Messrs. Bannister and Co.'s yard, to
be called Mother Goose.

COURTS OF LOCAL JURISDICTION.—We hear, from a
quarter which justifies our
i assuming it as a fact, that govern.
ment has determined on introducing a bill into parliament
for the establishment of courts ot a local junsdiction.....Giobe.