The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-17 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Our correspondents must exercise patience. The press of
American and other intelligence precludes us from availing
ourselves, in the present publication, of several favours.

Elie Llbtrpool &tanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1840.

By the packet-ship Siddons, Captain Palmer, which
arrived here on 'Wednesday, after a fine passage of
seventeen days, we have received New York papers to
the 28th of December, inclusive. The Siddons was
detained three days beyond the period advertised for
her departure, for the purpose of carrying to England
that long-expected document, the President's message.
The Siddons has brought thirty-five passengers, inclu-
ding Mr, Featherstonhaugh, Lieut. Col. Mudge, and
Mr. Tancred, M.P. She has also brought forty thou-
sand dollars in specie.
The monetary intelligence from the United States
does not present any novel feature. On the day pre-
vious to the departure of the Siddons sales of stocks
were made to a moderate extent, but at a reduction on
the rates. Very little was done in foreign exchanges.
A few good bills on London were sold at 8i Domes-
tic exchanges were rather dull, and, in some instances,
a shade lower. United States Bank shares were
quoted at New York at 77, and at Philadelphia at 82
cash. Money was very scarce at New York, and the
brokers declined to buy excepting at an advanced rate
of discount. In merchandise every thing was dull,
owing, probably, to the combined effect of inclement
weather and the holydays. Cotton was the only article
in which a tolerable business was effected. The quo-
tations at New York ranged from 9 to 1O cents. At
Mobile cotton was firm, owing to the small stock on
hand, and prices ranged from 8 to 91 cents.

It is stated that the banks in Boston had united in
offering to the Philadelphia banks such indulgencies
in the time and manner of paying the balances due by
the latter, as would greatly facilitate the resumption of
specie payments in Philadelphia, providing the banks
in that city are otherwise in a condition to redeem their
promises.

Freights to France were brisk at New York. To
England freights were not quite so good. There was
an unusual scarcity of seamen, and good hands could
command almost any price. At New York men were
shipped at 15, 18, and even 20 dollars per month, with
small stores, and masters found a difficulty in manning
their vessels even at these rates.

The Morning Herald of December 27, states that
intelligence had been received at New York of another
enormous fraud, equal nearly to ten millions of dol-
lars, having been discovered in one of the Philadelphia
banks. It is said that this fraud was discovered through
the famous note system. It does not state positively
in what bank this fraud was committed, but mentions
the Girard or the United States as those upon which
rumour had fixed. Subsequent accounts, however,
throw discredit upon this report.
The country from New York southward to Norfolk,
and eastward to Boston, had been subjected to a very
heavy snow storm. Between New York and Washing-
ton the snow fell to a very great depth. In the east,
several losses of lives and vessels had occurred. A
fire had taken place at Utica, which destroyed pro-
perty to the amount of 10,000 dollars. Part of the
ceiLng
,of St. Joseph's Church, New York, had fallen
in while divine service was going on. The building
was much crowded, and the audience thought that the
whole place was tumbling down. In the general rush
to the door which ensued several were thrown down,
trampled upon, and much injured. Two were not ex-
pected to survive, the injuries they received having
been of a very serious character.
The news from Canada is comparatively unimpor-
tant. The resolutions founded on the propositions
contained in the message of the Governor-General, re-
lative to the union of the provinces, had been brought
before both Houses of the Legislature and passed.
The majority in favour of the union, in the House of
Assembly, was thirteen, and in the Legislative Council,
eight. By these resolutions the equal representations
in both provinces, a permanent civil list, and the joint
assumption of the public debt, are severally agreed to.
Both provinces appear to be in a state of tranquillity.

In another column we have given an abstract of the
long-expected Message of the President to the Con-
gress of the United States. The document itself is
unusually long, prosy, and dull ; and expatiates with
great prolixity on almost every topic that possesses the
least interest in the Union. The principal part of the
Message is devoted to the currency and sub-treasury
system. The President denounces the late suspension
of specie payments, and is very severe in his animad-
versions on the conduct of the banks. He looks to
the several state legislatures for the correction of the
evil of inundating the country with the depreciated
paper of the state banks. He very strongly urges the
citizens to cease running into debt, as the only means
of avoiding embarrassment and a bad name in future.
He says very little about the runaway sub-treasurers,
that being considered a very delicate subject, especially
when viewed in connexion with his positive declaration
that he will not allow the public money to be kept in
any bank whatever. He considers it, we presume, to
be much safer for a private individual to trade with the
money, than for it to be deposited in the banks. He
seems determined to carry out a system of rigid eco-
nomy in the public expenditure. Through Mr. Wood-
bury's excellent financial arrangements, he says, the
expenditure for the past year has only amounted to
26,000,000 dollars, or about 6,000,000 less than the
year before ; and he only asks for 20,000,000 dollars
for the next year.
The New York Morning Herald says that the Presi-
dent's expressed determination to put down the slave
trade, and the whole of " his gingerly remarks upon
the subject, form about the most consummate piece
of hypocrisy" that was ever read. This is but a sorry
compliment to the first officer in the executive : but
we yuds that Mr. Bennett is in the right.
The allusions in the Message to the foreign relations
of the United States afford Mr. President much scope
for self-glorification. He says that Texas is on the
most friendly terms, and that he expects Mexico will
pay up her debts in a very short time. The Grand
Turk is anxious to cultivate Mr. President's friendship,
and the King of Holland has paid up an old debt of
thirty-nine years' standing. With all the other states,
empires, kingdoms, principalities, and republics of the
Old and New World, the most perfect amity has been
preserved.
On the Maine boundary question, the President
speaks with considerable sophistry. He plainly inti-
mates that the exploration ostensibly agreed to by the
United States will be a fruitless affair, and that no
agreement will be come to on the subject of the dis-
pitted territory unless America is permitted to dictate
the terms. Wis remarks on the Canadian troubles
betray his sympathy with the brigands and robbers of
the border. •
!Pe..Whole ,tendency of. the Message, according to
Herald,- will be to continue- the great cri-
sts.irrthe'-currency of - the - country,' which :is' gradually
reducing :the Na] "i)f. every- thing: io.-a low• specie stam:.
dard;:• This policy,* is,-said; time; lead to a
deceefi.revolution;bitt Whether it will be
rte `enough_ to, 'defeat.r.'Yait BUITn!e:, re-election,
next year, is questionable."

One paragraph in the Message we recommend to
the notice of the anti-corn-law agitators, as pregnant
with instruction. It is the following :—" I cannot,
indeed, view without peculiar satisfaction the evidences
afforded, by the past season, of the benefits that spring
from the steady devotion of the husbandman to his
honourable pursuit. No means of individual comfort
is more certain, and no source of national prosperity is
so sure. Nothing can compensate a people for a de-
pendence upon others for the bread they eat; and that
cheerful abundance on which the happiness of every
one so much depends, is to be looked for nowhere with
such sure reliance as in the industry of the agriculturist,
and the bounties of the earth."

The great anti-corn-law demonstration at Manches-
ter came off on Monday and Tuesday last, and proved,
as far as the respectability of the audience was con-
cerned, a complete failure. As to the number present,
the affair, we allow, was rather imposirig ; but it should
be borne in mind that any two or three of the leading
manufacturers of Manchester could muster between
them a sufficient number of their own clerks and ope-
ratives to fill a room twice as large as the gorgeous pa-
vilion in which the meetings of this week were held.
The Manchester Guardian states that there were 3820
present at the dinner of Monday. This number is
little greater than that which attended the Peel Ban-
quet at Glasgow : but if we take into consideration the
character and personal influence—the talent and re-
spectability of the Manchester and Glasgow " gather-
ings," the latter must be acknowledged as the more
splendid of the two. When we also consider that a
very large proportion of the gentlemen in attendance
at the banquet on Monday last consisted of deputations
from about fifty manufacturing towns in England and
Scotland, we need not feel so much surprise at the
large number who sat down to dinner. The deputa-
tions alone amounted to several hundreds ; and we do
not exaggerate when we state that the majority of those
present were specially invited, and had their expences
paid, by the Anti-Corn-Law League.
It is quite amusing to read the various excuses for
non-attendance sent by different members of both
houses of the legislature. Nearly one hundred and
sixty letters were received from peers and commoners,
declining the invitation to the banquet. The commit-
tee of management were unable to secure the presence
of a solitary peer on the occasion. The Duke of Nor-
folk " regretted that circumstances would not allow
him to be present." The same excuse was made by
the Marquis of Westminster, the Earl of Suffolk, Lord
Howard of Effingham, Lord Radnor, Lord Kinnaird,
Lord Cloncurry, and the Bishop of Durham. No
better success attended the applications to those " dis-
tinguished personages," the American, Bavarian, and
Portuguese ministers at the Court of St. James. The

general impression on the minds of the nobility and
ambassadors seems to have been that there was some-
thing inherently vulgar about this Manchester meeting.
When we look at the list of those members of Parlia-
ment who did attend on the occasion we need not won-
der at the general indisposition of the peers to attend.
At the head of the list we find Daniel O'Connell. The
presence of this pestilent demagogue at any such meet-
ing is sufficient of itself to account for the absence of
the Duke of Norfolk and the other invited peers. We
are heartily glad that the hoary mendicant accepted the
invitation. His presence has contributed to bring the
Anti-Corn-Law League into still greater contempt.
The language in which O'Connell has recently indulged
towards the people of England has earned for him the
unconquerable antipathy of every honest and virtuous
mind. His truculent denunciations of almost every
man of any distinction in the country, and his foul and
virulent abuse of the English as a nation, have excited
a feeling of such general disgust among all who have
any regard for the conventional decencies of civilized

re, that we do not wonder at the contempt with which

the nobility of England have treated the dinner and
proceedings of the Anti-Corn-Law League. If there
is any one thing more than another which will contri-
bute to the defeat of these enemies of British pros-
perity, it is the sanction, patronage, and presence of
the brutal monster who fattens upon the miseries of
Ireland.

The other members of parliament in attendance at
the Manchester dinner were Mr. Mark Phillips, Mr.
Edward Baines, Mr. Thomas Gisborne, Mr. William
Ewart, Mr. James Oswald, Mr. N. A. Vigors, Mr.
Robert Hollond, the Hon. C. P. Villiers, the Right
Hcn. E. J. Stanley, Mr. Henry Warburton, Mr. G.
W. Wood, Mr. H. A. Aglionby, Mr. Thos. Thornely,
Mr. Richard Walker, Mr. John Fenton, and Mr.
Charles Ilindley. We defy any one to find among
this list the name of a single individual of any eminence
as a statesman. Most of them are certainly entitled
to the epithet " distinguished ;" but the distinction
which they have attained is far from enviable. Some
of them are, or have been, distinguished as members of
the Irish tail. Among these we must class Messrs.
Ewart, Gisborne, and Vigors. Others of them are
distinguished as frothy mouthers of ultra-radicalism.
But most of them have no other distinction than that
of being considered superlative blockheads.
Such were the most "distinguished" of the speakers
at the Manchester " demonstration." The speeches
were of the usual character—vapid, declamatory, and
replete with abuse and vituperation. To notice, seria-
tim, all the wretched nonsense, the fallacies, the incon-
sequential reasonings, the absurdities, and the egregious
falsehoods uttered on Monday and Tuesday would oc-
cupy more space than we can at present afford. On
future occasions we shall select a few of the more pro-
minent arguments of the leading speakers, for the sake
of exposing their hollowness and their delusive ten-
dency.

The muster of the anti-corn-law forces at Manches-
ter will not be without its benefit. The " strong ex-
pression of public opinion" which it conveyed will
serve to warn the agricultural interest of the dangers
by which they are surrounded. It appears, from the
report which was read on Tuesday, that the Anti-
Corn-Law League have no intention to relax in their
efforts for the repeal of the corn-laws. The machinery
which they have hitherto so perseveringly employed,
in furtherance of their object, is still to be kept in
motion. Itinerant lecturers are still to be sent to
spread discontent among the labouring classes. The
Anti-Corn-Law Circular is still to be distributed by
tens of thousands to vilify the landed interest, and to
delude the public. It is time, therefore, that the agri-
cultural interest should employ means to counteract
the anti• corn-law agitators. It is not sufficient to rely
upon the strength of the landed interest in the House
of Commons. Measures should be instantly resorted
to for disabusing the minds of the people, through the
medium of the press and otherwise. Correct informa-
tion should be disseminated among the manufacturing
population respecting the operation of the restrictive
duties on the importation of foreign grain.
Before we conclude, we wish to impress one fact on
the minds of our readers. The anti-corn-law agitation
is essentially a radical and revolutionary movement.
Look at the list of names in the report of the Man-
chester dinner. Is there a single Conservative among
them ? Are they not exclusively Radicals and some-
thing more ? When we reflect upon the political cha-
racter of this agitation, we are not surprised that the
London Times should shirk the question of the corn-
laws, as it has done of late. It must at length be evi-
dent to the conductors of that powerful organ of
Conservatism, that ' the anti-corn-law agitators have
objects in view ulterior to the mere abolition of the
corn-laws, and that those objects are of a political
character. We trust the Times will recognise the po-
licy of advising every Conservative to keep aloof from
these pestilent agitators.

The audacity of some people is beyond all concep-
tion, and is only equalled by their consummate igno-
rance and practised deception. When the Anti-Corn-
Law League announced their grand demonstration at
Manchester on Monday last, our readers were doubt-
less prepared for a recapitulation of the oft-repeated,
but equally oft-refuted, fallacies of that superlatively
ridiculous body; and in this, respect, we will venture
to say, they have not been disappointed ;—but proba-
bly they did not anticipate such a specimen of dupli-
city and hardihood of assertion as is displayed in the
-following. sketch. One of the -great guns at the
meeting to which we have alluded was the self-styled
Member for all _trawl, who, as might have been ex-
pected,
_emitted his usual quantity. of, rabid calumnY
against the landlords pf
,this country,
,whom he de-
nounced as "dishonest robbers and plunderers," and
of whom he spoke in the following strain of affected

rates.

philanthropy :—" While the landlords talk sentimen-
tally concerning their generous sympathy for the poor,
can they forget that their claret is purchased with the
widow's tears, and their venison sauced with the or-
phan's hunger ? Shall these men any longer roll their
chariot-wheels over the sufferings, the miseries, and
woes of the people, those wheels being propelled by
the tears of the widow, and the privations and anguish
of the operative and the poor." The only man who
could be found to give utterance to such atrocious
sentiments as these, is the man who has a stinging
consciousness within him that his own means of ex-
istence are procured by even more revolting proceed
ings. He must have had depicted. before his eye the
lash of the priest falling on a poor wretch, to extract
from his reluctant grasp the penny which assists to
swell the amount of the national rent, but which ought
to have been devoted to the more worthy object of
relieving his famishing offspring—the purpose for
which the owner intended it ; he must have remem-
bered the tears and anxious entreaties with which the
delivery of that penny was resisted ;—but his mind is

steeled against the " anguish and privations" of others,
though endured to enrich himself, and he strives, in
the recollection of his guilt, to fix upon others the
character which only attaches to himself, and thus
vainly hopes to escape detection.
But we have another reason for directing the atten-

tion of our readers to this foul .mouthed deceiver. It
will scarcely be believed that such an apparently ho-
nest and indignant denial as the following could be
given to a statement which has stigmatised the cha-
racter of this man as the impugner of the chastity of
the maidens and matrons of England, and which,

though indelibly fastened upon him, he attempts at
this late hour to repudiate and deny. The pompous
parade about his affectionate feelings and tender remi-
niscences will be duly appreciated by the recollection
of his slimy abuse of Lord Brougham, when attending
the funeral of his own daughter. O'Connell the ad-
vocate of the ladies of England ! Shame on such an
outrage on decency !

" I feel that on two grounds I am perhaps called upon to
respond to this toast. The first springs from the kindness
of your respected chairman ; for it was through him that 1
find, this very evening, one of the foulest and filthiest ca-
lumnies—and Heaven knows that calumny enough has been
directed against me,—but one of the foulest and filthiest of
all has been put into a placard, and stuck up in your streets.
I forgive every thing, but my Christian feeling can hardly
allow me to forgive them this. They dare to say that I im-
pugned the purity of the maidens and matrons of England.—
(" Shame, shame.") They lie—a fouler lie never was in-
vented. (Cheers.) I dismiss that, however, with the exe-
cration which every man who hears me would feel, if that lie
were directed against himself. (Hear, hear.) The second
reason why I reply to the toast is derived from grateful re-
collections of the happiness I have derived from those to
whom it refers. I have stood at the grave of a mother, and
I know what are the feelings of children to their parents. I
have stood by another grave that I dare not name, and I
know what it is to have a widower's hearth. lam the father
of daughters, who are themselves mothers ; and I know what
is the love of a daughter fora father. I have grand-daughters
growing up chirpingly and multitudinously around me—
(much laughter) ;—and therefore, with the experience of
many years, and the recollection of present and bye-gone
happiness, and with the knowledge I have of the affection of
the female character, I can at least proclaim that there is no
happiness for the man who does not respect their sex, and
venerate them. (The hon. gentleman sat down amidst great
applause.)

We are glad to find, from the Cork Constitution of
Tuesday last, that the landowners, farmers, and
labourers of the south of Ireland are awakening to a
sense of the danger which would result to that coun-
try from the repeal of the corn laws. A large and
respectable meeting took place, at Fermoy, on Saturday
last, for- the purpose of petitioning Parliament against
any alteration in those laws, and of "protecting the
Irish people against the conspiracy of the English ma-
nufacturers." The repeal of the corn laws would have
a more disastrous effect upon Ireland than upon Eng-
land. It is, therefore, high time for the agriculturists
of Ireland to look round them, and to seek, by every
means within their power, to avert the ruinous conse-
quences which would issue from the success of the
anti-corn-law agitation. At present Ireland supplies
this country with a large amount of grain annually.
This grain is chiefly paid for in money. The money
thus acquired is spread over the whole face of Ireland.
This money enables the farmers, the labourers, and the
landholders to purchase English manufactures to a
considerable extent. The repeal of the corn laws
would throw an immense proportion of land in Ireland
out of cultivation. It is absurd to say that the tu-
rners of Ireland might rear more pigs, and export them
to England. This they would find to be impossible
without growing more potatoes ; and it is well known
that by the rotation of crops it would not be worth the
farmer's while to turn up his ground for potato crops
unless he can grow corn. It is very easy to say that
" rents must be lowered." How can this be done,
with any thing like justice, when landlords have had
their estates mortgaged nearly to their full value ? The
ruin of the landlords of Ireland would speedily involve
that of the farmers. A poor or embarrassed landlord
is scarcely ever known to possess a prosperous te-
nantry. The ruin of the farmer, again, would be inevi-
tably followed by that of the poor labourer. If it should
not be worth the farmer's while to turn his land into
tillage, he would not find it necessary to employ many
labourers. The consequence would be that hundreds
of thousands would he turned out of employment, and
reduced to starvation and misery, thus fearfully aug-
menting the burden of those who have to pay the poor
The effect of the repeal of the corn laws on the
poor rates is scarcely ever thought of by the manufac-
turers ; and yet it forms one of the most formidable
objections to the abolition of the restrictive duties on
foreign grain. When our labourers, and especially the
labourers of Ireland, are thrown out of employment,
there will be no one on which the increase in the poor
rates will fall more heavily than the farmer and his
landlord.

We trust that the agriculturists in other districts
of Ireland will follow the example set them by the
people of Fermoy, and that petitions will emanate from
every parish in the country in opposition to the anti-
corn-law combinators.

The trials for high treason at Monmouth have been
brought to an abrupt and unexpected termination ! On
Wednesday last, Jones, the watchmaker, was convicted,
and at the close of the trial five of the remaining pri-
soners charged with high treason withdrew their former
plea of " not guilty," and:pleaded "guilty." This step
is said to have been taken with the concurrence of the
officers of the crown. The prisoners will be punished
with imprisonment. The other four, against whom true
bills had been found, were discharged, the Attorney-Ge-
neral declining to prosecute! Here is another instance
of Whig baseness and trickery. The course of justice
must be interrupted, and rebels against the authority
of the crown must be set at large, in order to afford the
Attorney and Solicitor-General of her Majesty an op-
portunity of hastening to the rescue of their degraded
associates in office. This infamous procedure on the
part of goverment stamps them more indelibly than
ever with the brand of traitors to the public weal. The
reckless career of Lord Melbourne and his cabinet
of incapables is evidently draving to a close. They
have been sinking from year to year in public estima-
tion, until, at length, they have hardly any one to sym-
pathise with them but the vile traducer of English
females, and the hordes of priest-ridden beggars who
howl against the whole of the English nation as tyrants
and oppressors. This last base act of the Melbourne
administration denudes them of their remaining tattered
remnant of public confidence. They have, in effect, de-
clared that treason is not punishable—that outrage and
bloodshed shall escape, as far as they are concerned,
with impunity—that the lives and property of loyal
subjects are to be attacked and sacrificed without any
hope of protection—and that the loaves and fishes of
office are, in their estimation, of greater value than the
security of the crown and the peace of the empire.
We almost fear to contemplate the effect which will
be produced by the proceedings at Monmouth on the
future movements of the Chartists. These rebels are
already in a state of insurrection in Yorkshire. What
is there to deter them from carrying their long-che
rished sehemes'of plunder and massacre into instant
operation? May an overruling PROVIDENCE preserve
this country from the threatened curse of anarchy and
civil war ! We have nothing to look to from the
powers that be. They have offered a bonus upori
treason; and given an invitation to indiscriminate car-
nage and robbery. If Englazd should be saved from

the desolating influence of a bloody revolution, it will
be owing, under PROVIDENCE, to the vigilance,
promptitude, and determination of the local authori-
ties, in different parts of the kingdom, backed by the
patriotic bravery of the loyal and PROTESTANT part
of the population. We may be derided for our alarms;
but the threats held forth by the Chartists are too plain
and unequivocal to admit of any doubt, or to justify
any other feeling than that of serious apprehension for
the public peace.

As the Queen's Speech will reach this town in a few
hours after our first impression is despatched, we do
not feel justified in entering into any speculations on
its probable contents. Whatever subjects may be in-
troduced into that document, it will only excite a tem-
porary degree of curiosity. It matters very little to the
public what Lord Melbourne and his associates may
put into the Queen's mouth. The speech will never
be acted upon. A dissolution of Parliament is evidently
at hand. The event may take place much sooner than
the most sanguine friends of the constitution may ex-
pect. The ministers are on their last leg. They have
no resource left but the desperate one of making ano-
ther appeal to the suffrages of the electors. It is confi-
dently stated that Lord Melbourne is preparing for his
exit. The leaders of both parties are actually prepar-
ing for a dissolution. It is looked upon as an event
certain within the month at least. One of the rumours
current in the clubs is, that Lord John Russell will be
appointed premier by way of breaking the fall of the
administration. O'Connell's movements indicate that
there is "something rotten in the affairs of Denmark."
He has announced his intention to leave London for
Ireland in a few days, to rally his forces preparatory to
a general election. The Conservative constituencies
of the kingdom must be prepared for the approaching
struggle, which will be more decisive in its results than
any election that has taken place " within the memory
of man." 'We earnestly call upon the Conservatives
of Liverpool to be on the watch, and ready for action.

A second edition of the Standard will be published
this morning at seven o'clock, containing the speech
of her most gracious Majesty on the opening of the
parliamentary session.

The morning organ of the ministry has, as usual,
announced the leading topics of the royal address.
They afford much room for comment, but we shall
refrain until our next number.

The first topic in the speech will be the announce-
ment of her Majesty's intended union with Prince
Albert.

The next paragraph will state that the affairs of the
Levant have occupied the attention of government, and
a confident expectation will be expressed, from the
concord prevailing among the five powers, that the
integrity of the Ottoman empire will be maintained.
With regard to Tehran, the royal speech will state that
the relations between the two courts have not yet been
restored, but that such a result is anticipated.
Regret will next be expressed at the interruption of
the intercourse between this country and China, and
it will be announced that this matter is occupying the
serious attention of government. The military opera-
tions in Cabul, the affairs of Canada, and colonial af-
fairs in general, will also be mentioned as engaging
attention.

Ireland will be the text of the next paragraph.
Satisfaction will be expressed at its peaceful state, and
it will be announced that another measure for the re-
form of its municipal corporations will speedily be in-
troduced.

Her Majesty will then inform the two houses, that
their wishes as to the reduction of postage have been
carried into execution.

She will, lastly, lament the prevailing severe com-
mercial embarrassment ; and express her concern at
the spirit of insubordination exhibited in different
parts of the country. She will, however, rely upon
the laws of the country and the loyalty of her people
for a correction of the evil.

The Morning Chronicle adds, that the death of the
Queen's Aunt, the Landgravine of Hesse Romberg
(the Princess Elizabeth,) will not alter her Majesty's
intention of opening the session in person. On this
point the Morning Herald observes—

" Ministers want a royal procession, to cover their own
unpopularity, otherwise, we presume, under existing cir-
cumstances, parliament would have been opened, as the pub-
lic until very lately anticipated, by commission."
Sc

_nom, FOR THE BLIND.—Te annual meetin of the
trustees of this excellent institutionh
will be held this fog renoon,
(Friday.)
GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT.—The Theatre Royal
was crowded on Tuesday evening on the occasion of the
second of the series of subscription concerts. We never re-
collect having attended a more delightful performance. The
singing of Madame Lablache, Miss Woodyatt, and Mr. H.
Lablache, was, in all respects, admirable, whilst Mr. J. B.
Chatterton on the harp both astonished and delighted the
audience. We congratulate the promoter of these concerts
on their success.

PATENT PERRYIAN FILTER INKSTAND.—This novel and
useful invention fully deserves the encomiums which it has
elicited from the public press. It supplies a desideratum of
the most important character, that of an instantaneous and
constant supply of clear filtered ink. It will be found a per-
fect luxury (if we may be permitted to use such a term) to
all with whom expeditious writing is an object. If used ac-
cording to the instructions of the patentee it cannot fail to
give perfect satisfaction. Its cleanliness, its unique and ele-
gant appearance, and, above all, its decided utility, must
soon render it universally popular. The mechanism by which
the ink is filtered is exceedingly ingenious. We recommend
a trial of this inkstand, as a test of its decided superiority to
all others in use.
TRADESMEN'S INSTITUTION.—Mr. Robert Henderson
has just concluded a course of lectures on astronomy, which
were well attended, at this institution ; and a course on
ge9graphy will be commenced this evening, by Mr. Mairs.
It is truly gratifying to see this establishment advancing : it
deserves the support which it receives, and there is little
doubt but the tradespeople of Liverpool will place it on a
solid and lasting foundation.

DESPATCH.—The Times express on Wednesday, with the
President's Message, accomplished the distance between Li-
verpool and Bi7mingham in the short space of two hours and
forty minutes. The entire document, extending to nearly
seven columns, was received in the Times last night, having
been printed and travelled upwards of 400 miles, in little more
than twenty-six hours.
LIVER TIIEATRE.—This establishment continues to com-
mand success. The Fairy Lake, the Rear Admiral, and
Jack Sheppard, have been the attractions, as they have com-
bined the talents of Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Barton, Mr. Til-
bury, and Mr. Hoskins. The latter, we perceive, takes his
benefit this evening.
A St. Petersburgh letter of the 31st ult. states that the cold
during the ten preceding days had been so severe, that twenty-
nine persons had been frozen to death in their dwellings,
four in the streets, and two outside the city.
SWEAR BY YOUR CHINS.—The Pacha of Egypt has lately
issued an edict commanding all his subjects to shave off their
beards—such mandate by a less powerful monarch of a bearded
population would probably cost as many lives as hairs ; how-
ever, though absolute rebellion was not the consequence,
strong remonstrance followed. " What shall we swear by,"
was asked, " without our beards"—" swear by your chins !"
answered the remorseless exterminator of "musselman dignity.
Happy will it prove for the Pacha, if, under these inauspicious
circumstances he preserves his head, though he sacrifices his
beard ; but should any insurrectionary symptoms occur, let
him instantly resort to Rowland's Macassar Oil, which in
Grand Cairo, as throughout all parts else of the world, is in
high repute ; the celebrated specific will then have to boast a
new celebrity, re-bearding the whole male population of an
empire, restoring unity, preventing the effusion of blood, and
saving a Pacha of Egypt from impending annihilation.—See
advt.

LoNGEvITY.—Thc village and parish of Ide have always
been considered very salubrious ; the population, a corres-
pondent informs us, does not exceed 750, and yet there are 13
persons living there between the ages of 80 and 90. 16 between
70 and 80, and 29 between 60 and 70.—Dorset County Chro-
nicle.

WEST DERBY POOR LAW UNION.—We understand that
the guardians of the poor in the union of West Derby, at
their weekly meeting on Tuesday last, adopted a resolution
to the effect that for the future the reporters for the public
press should be admitted to their meetings.
THE NEW COUNTY CONSTABULARY.—Captain Wood-
ford, the head officer of the constabulary force for the county
of Lancaster, is still in London, in constant communication
with Colonel Rowan and Mr. Mayne, the commissioners of
the metropolitan police. At the sessions at Kirkdale yester.
day (Thursday,) no report was presented from him to the
magistrates, but it was understood that all the arrangements
were satisfactorily progressing.
STATE OF EDUCATION AMONG THE SESSIONS PRISONERS
AT KIRKDALE.—The calendar of prisoners in the House of
Correction at Kirkdale for trial at the present Quarter Ses-
sions (the commencement of which is noticed in another co-
lumn) contains the names of 64 persons charged with felony,
and 13 charged with misdemeanours or assaults—total 77. Of
this number only three are capable of reading and writing well,
whilst there are the very large proportion of 31, or nearly one
half of the whole, altogether ignorant of those simple but ex-
ceedingly important qualifications. There are 17 who can
read, arid that imperfectly, but who are totally unable to
write ; and there are 23 who can perform both in an indiffe-
rent manner. The oldest prisoner is a man fifty years of age,
and with some difficulty he can contrive to read ; the young-
est is 9 years old, and he has never been taught either reading
or writing. It will be sees, therefore, that as far as this ca-
lendar is concerned there is a lamentable ignorance of the
very rudiments of intelligence among the prisoners.
Tut AMPHITHEATRE.—The grand spectacle of the Siege
of Jeruealem has been rapturously applauded by full houses.
It will speedily be withdrawn. All- the other performances
continue in the same superior style, for - which Mr. Ducrow
is so celebrated.
The Times of_yesterday contained the following advertise-
ment, which we copy, in the-h Ope of meeting the eye of the
friends of the -individual :--JOHN WILSON.--A person,
.apparently respectable, of this.name, is now lying dangerously
Horse, Coventry.street, Hay-
ill and delirious at the Black
Market.. certain intelligence respecting his connexions
can be obtained from hin4, though he is supposed to come
from Liverpool. 'Should. this meet the eye of his friends
they are requeste(l tocume to or communicate immediately
with the landlord of the above-named iun. The said Johu
Wilson is about 32 years of age, five feet four in beight, mo-
derately stout, and of a darkish complexion.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—TvzsDA Y.

AN TETOTALLER.
James Winde,lLL-TEMPEREa pale-faced Dill-drE
essed young man, was placed at the bar, charged with having cruelly ill-treated his
wile.

Police-officer 273 stated, that about six o'clock on the pre-
ceding evening he was called into Frederick-street by loud cries
for help. He went and found a female lying on the ground
bleeding. She was exceedingly hurt, and charged the pri-
soner with having knocked her down, and afterwards kicked
her with brutal violence in a part where a blow was likely to
be attended with considerable danger. She had lost a consi-
derable quantity of blood, and was much exhausted ; in fact,
he thought at first that she was `: nearly gone," (i. e. in a
dying state.) Having placed the prisoner in custody, be pro-
cured medical assistance for the woman, who was so ill that
she could not appear. The doctor had told him that morning,
that she was in a dangerous state.
The officer handed to Mr. Rushton a certificate from the
surgeon.
The prisoner stated, that he was a member of the Total
Abstinence Society, and he belonged to the band. He was
engaged to go and play with the rest of the party at seven
o'clock, but at that hour his wife was drunk and she followed
him into the street to prevent him from going. He remon-
strated with her at first, but she determined that he should
not go to the teetotallers, so he at last was exasperated and
struck her, and he believed he did also kick her.
The police-officer stated, that the woman was in a very
miserable condition, and had no proper attendance.
-Mr. Rushton said, an order must be given to her for ad-
mission to the Infirmary.
Officer.—lf she is not taken great care of she will die.
Mr. Rushton.—The surgeon's certificate here states, that
the poor woman is in a very dangerous state, and I hope for
your sake, that the injury which you have inflicted may not
terminate fatally. You must be remanded to the Borough
Gaol until we hear further reports respecting her condition.
VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A POLICE-OFFICER.
A very powerful looking man named Alexander M'Keown,
was placed at the bar charged with having assaulted police-
officer 19. Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoner.
This case was brought before Mr. Rushton on Monday,
but the officer, it was stated, was so niuch injured that he
could not attend. The left eye of the prisoner also was, on
Monday, completely closed up from the effects of a violent
blow. The hearing was, in consequence of the absence of
the officer, postponed till Tuesday.
The officer (No. 519) sat in one of the boxes. His ancle
was so severely injured that he could not place his foot to the
ground. He stated, that on Sunday morning, shortly after
one o'clock, he heard a cry of murder, accompanied by a
great noise, in one of the alleys near the Custom-house. As
he was proceeding to the spot he heard the rattles springing.
When he arrived, he found a great and very disorderly crowd.
Police-officer Sayle was doing his best to hold a man who
brandished a poker, and the prisoner was assisting this in-
dividual who appeared to direct his thrusts against a woman.
He (witness) seized the man who had the poker, and having
taken it from him was holding him in custody. The other
officer was endeavouring to quell the disturbance, and was
also knocking for more assistance. Suddenly the prisoner
rushed upon him, (witness,) struck him a violent blow, res-
cued from him the man who was in his custody, and then
threw him forcibly, head foremost, into a cellar, whereby he
was so stunned, and his ancle so severely injured, that he
was for some time unable to run. While the prisoner was
scuffling with him for the release of the prisoner, a woman
went up to bins (the prisoner)
.and struck him on his eye
with a pound weight, which had caused the injury perceptible
vn the prisoner's face. Several stones were thrown pre-
iously to this, and one of them struck police-officer Sayle on
the arm. He (witness) was compelled to go home in a car,
and had also been under the necessity of having a car to
come down to the court that morning.
The above statement coincided with what had been deposed
by the witnesses on the preceding day. It then appeared
from the evidence of one of the neighbours, a decent looking
female, that there was a general fight and disturbance among
some parties who bad just come out of the public-house, and
that the officers were endeavouring to restore peace when the
prisoner and the man with the poker assaulted them. One
of the women, who had previously taken part in the affray,
struck the prisoner with a pound weight, and closed up his
eye. _

-Mr. Davenport said, that the facts were that the prisoner
was passing a public-house, kept by a person named M'Girk,
in Crooked-lane, when he heard a disturbance. As Mrs.
M'Girk knew him, she called upon him to protect her from
the refractory individuals who were quitting the house. He
interfered ; but he denied that he had assaulted the officer,
or had any intention of doing so. Mr. Davenport called a
witness, named
John M'Cormick, who stated that he was at Mrs. M`Girk's
house on Sunday morning, at one o'clock. There was some
disturbance, and presently he heard a boy in the street shout-
ing murder. He went out to see what was the matter, when
he saw the policeman with a man in his custody. He saw
the other officer take hold of the man, and the prisoner went
up and requested him to let the man go. He had some
" pattering" with the officer, but witness did not see him
strike him, or hurt him in any way. A woman went up to
_the prisoner, and struck him with a pound weight.
Mr. Rushton said the assault was very clearly proved, for
they could very easily divine what " pattering with the offi-
cer" meant. The prisoner had rendered himself liable to a
fine of £5, and if he had been in circumstances to enable him
to pay it, he would have fined him to that amount. The offi-
cers had a very perilous duty to perform, and they must be
protected. The prisoner was fined £2 and costs, or, in de-
fault of payment, he was to be imprisoned 21 days.

YESTERDAY.
MATRIMONIAL QUARRELS.
Rosannah Hitchinore, a pretty but shrewish-looking wo-
man, was brought before the magistrates under the following
circumstances :—lt appeared that some time back she had
been sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Knutsford
gaol ; on her return from which her husband, who is a plas-
terer, and apparently a very decent, well-behaved man,
wished to remove from Liverpool, to the Isle of Man or any
where else. The defendant refused to go, quarrelled with
her husband, and created such disturbances that he was
obliged to bring her before the magistrate.
Rosannah said she did not wish to trouble her husband,
and:would leave Lim entirely if he would allow her sufficient
for a separate maintenance.
Mr. Rushton ordered the husband to allow her five shil-
lings per week.
Rosannah (boldly)—I wont take it ; I can't live upon five
shillings a-week.
Mr. Rushton—Then you must be put back.
Rosannah (after some consideration)—Well, I'll take the
five shillings. (Laughter.)
Mr. Rushton—You must go every week to Mr. Evans
(the relieving officer), who will give you the money.
Rosannah (starting as if with a sudden resolution)—l'll
leave him altogether, and I wont have any money at all.
(Laughter.)
Upon this the defendant left the court, and the husband
retired, no doubt well pleased at the magnanimity of his rib.
THE TABLES TURNED.
Henry Entwistle was brought up under the following cir-
cumstances :—The complainant (a elan named Weston)
stated that he had been casually in the employ of the father
of the defendant, and that he was sent for to his foundry
about one o'clock on Christmas day, when he found de-
fendant quarrelling with some persons, and that on his say-
ing shortly afterwards that defendant was in the wrong, he
closed with him, threw him on the floor, jumped upon him,
and kicked him, by which treatment he was severely injured.
Defendant called several witnesses, who proved that the
complainant was the aggressor.
Pendleton (Mr. Entwistle's servant) gave evidence to.
the effect that the complainant came to her master's house
(a public-house), stripped off his coat and waistcoat, and
wanted to wrestle. A man named Flynn accepted the chal-
lenge, and they wrestled for some time, when witness ad-
vised defendant to go ; he said he would not, and struck her.
A young man then interfered, whom he also struck ; blows
were exchanged, and she once more endeavoured to push
him to the door, when he struck her again. Weston next
assaulted Mrs. Entwistle, who was then in a weak state of
health, in the lobby. Defendant came to his mother's as-
sistance, struck Weston, and threw him on the ground.
Witness did not know exactly what occurred then : several
of them were fighting on the floor together.
Mr. Rushton said that the complainant was evidently the
aggressor in this matter. He had struck the servant girl and
others ; he had also assaulted Mrs. Entwistle, who was ill ;
and he must not not be surprised, under such circumstances,
that her son should come to rescue her ; and if he had been
roughly used, it was his own bringing on. The case must
be dismissed.

CONDUCT.
Patrick M`Donald,OUTRAGEOUS
Eneas M'Donald, and John M`Der-
mott, were brought up charged with conducting themselves
in a riotous manner about two o'clock in the morning. It
appeared that the latter had used very threatening language
to one of the policeman, and said that he would give him so
much (guaging about three inches of the end of a stick) cold
steel. Mr. Rushton ordered him to be put back until the
arrival of a second magistrate. The other two had used
very threatening language ; and it appeared that they were
in the habit, with others, of going about in bands, creating
violent disturbances, and that if a single policeman inter-
fered, he was sure to get well beaten. They were ordered to
pay ss. each, or be imprisoned.
On the arrival of a second magistrate, M'Dermott, who is
an ill-looking, ruffianly fellow, was again brought up. The
evidence against him having been repeated, Mr. Rushton
said that the police must be protected, and ordered him to
pay 10s., or be imprisoned for eleven days.
A BRUTE.
Robert Quayle, a sullen-looking fellow, was charged with
being drunk and disorderly, also with assaulting his mother.
The father of the prisoner stated that his wife was so injured
as not to be able to appear, and he could not say when she
would be sufficiently recovered to do so. He was not pre-
sent when the assault took place.
A surgeon's certificate was given in, from which it ap-
peared that the poor woman was very badly hurt. One of
her arms was broken, and she had several bruises in various
parts of the body.
It appeared that the prisoner had been brought up before
charged with ill-using his mother.
He was remanded to the borough gaol.
SHOPLIFTING.
Ann M'Grady and another woman were brought up,
charged with having stolen some shawls from the shop of
Mr. Rees, Scotland-road, and a dress from that of Mr.
Taylor. It appeared that M'Grady's companion was
brought up only on suspicion, owing to her previous bad
character but as there was no evidence against her, she was
discharged. Mr. Rees's shoprnan stated that M'Grady
came into the shop, and inquired for some prints which lay
in the window, and that while his back was turned she must
have taken up the shawls produced, with which she de-
camped. She then proceeded to Mr. Taylor's, where she
wished to see some calico. The shopman had to go to the
far end of shop to fetch the calico, and desired her to fol-
low, having suspicions of her honesty from a previous know-
ledge of her character. She, however, got possession of a
dress, which, together with the shawls belonging to Mr.
Rees, he found on her person.—She was committed for trial
at the Sessions.
STEALING PROPERTY FROM THE DOCKS.
Thos. Jones, who was taken into custody near Prince's
Dock with a bar of iron concealed in his jacket, for the pos-
session of which he could give no account, was brought
before the magistrate. He saitnothing in his defence • and
as it was stated by one of the officers of the court that he
had been previously charged with having committed a simi-
lar offence, he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
STEALING A CLOCK.
John Kenyon was charged with stealing a clock, the pro-
perty of Win. Tomlinson Dumbell.
Mary Ann Dumbell (wife of the prosecutor) stated that
her husband was a painter, and lived at a lodge near Black-
field House. She went out of her house for a short time
on Wednesday afternoon, leaving the door on the latch; on
her return she met the prisoner on the stairs with the clock in
his hand, and subsequently discovered that there
were
other
goods bundled up ready to be taken away. When
pri-
soner saw complainant, he threw the clock atherhead, and
ran away across a plantation.
Gra
criedout " rob-
ritiming they .ee ra
foll Owed,
Elizabeth Perkins corroborated this evidence, and stated
that, on the prisoner_
bers-;" and 1! inurder,!2,wheri haint'a
and took- him into custody:
'
-The-prisoner said nothing, and 'wag committed for trial.
• market. He had been
"TY
- John Moore,- a veryTU wab charged With atealin!
r 11,a"c1 111 ,4:4lY.tne.
two tongues froth .a poric-n
/flitted, siz times di7charged. C
forpinrietrausl
lad, was also committed for, three•
Thos. Mooney, a .
y threennl .enindom
hs for robbing a young woman, named Ellen O'Hara,
months.
copper.. He had also been 00121-
mont
of 6d. in silver, an
witted in MO last, for one month.