The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-10 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES

The news from Sydney is to the 27th August. No abate-
ment was perceptible in the commercial and monetary em-
barrassments of the colony. The market for almost every
description of goods continued in the same depressed state
as previously advised, and it was almost impossible to effect
sales without a great reduction on their actual cost. The de-
mand was limited hi the extreme, and neglected, while the
sales by the hammer continued numerous of every variety of
merchandise, which went off heavily, even at a reduction of
25 per cent. on the original cost. There had been consider-
able speculation i❑ coffee, owing to the market having been
bare in tea, and the disturbed state of affairs in China ; but
in consequence of the arrival of the Giraffe and the Jean with
full cargoes, coffee had declined in consequence, and a full
clean bean Manilla coffee was worth only 7d. per pound, with
every prospect of a further decline. The landed proprietors
of the colony were labouring under great distress in conse-
quence of the importation of foreign grain and flour from
countries where it could be grown at a much lower rate than
it can now in New South Wales—more particularly since the
discontinuance of the assignment of convicts, and the ex-
treme scarcity and high price of free labour. Notwithstand-
ing the heavy losses in wheat and flour last year, large arri-
vals from Calcutta and Valparaiso had taken place, which
were sold at very low prices. The finest South American
wheat was not worth more than ss. 6d. per bushel, and two
or three cargoes from Valparaiso sold at £lB per ton, while
American barrel flour was held in large quantities, and
scarcely saleable.

THE BRITISH QUEEN AND PRESIDENT,

STEAM-SHIPS

A meeting of the Cork shareholders in the British and
American• Steam Navigation Company was held on Friday,
when a statement of the receipts, expenditure, profits, losses,
and liabilities, was submitted by the mayor, who had spent
four or five days in London seeking for information. Some
persons had paid up from 20 to 60 per cent. of the capital, all
of which, amounting to £67,000, was lost, and there was a
deficit in the assets in hand to meet the outstanding liabilities
of £9,199 ss. 3d. The losses were chiefly attributed to the
establishment of the Cunard line of packets, with a bounty
from the government, whilst further discouragement was
given by the proposed West India line, supported by a go-
vernment subsidy, and the example being followed by the
French and Belgian governments. The establishment of the
Cunard line, it was stated, reduced the passage-money 20
per cent., diminished the passengers from an average of 240
to an
in
of 165 per voyage, and as a result made a differ-
ence n the receipts on the three voyages in 18-10, corres-
pondent to those of 1839, of £8,266 in passage-money alone.
It was expected that the payment of arrears, with an addi-
tional call of £lO per cent., would clear the company of all
liabilities, and the directors agreed not to recommend the
creditors to proceed against those who paid £6O per cent.
until after those who had not paid up that amount were co-
erced to pay up £6O per cent. The directors had lost fully
one-third of the whole. Mr. Bainbridge 105t1.£6.000. besides
the world of trouble and annoyance he had, for which, he
said, £12,000 would not pay him.

'Sir. Fitzgibbon said, that the prospectuses set forth that
they would build eight vessels at £50,000 each, while it ap-
peared that the two they did build cost £181,431. He
accused the directors of bad management.
The Mayor.—The_defaults amounted to £6,900, £3,500 of
which was considered good. He believed that one of the
largest shareholders was in America, who had paid up hut
40 per cent., and his deficiency would have to be paid by the
other proprietors. The assets of the company were put
down at £5,875, and supposing £3,500 recovered, it would
make about £9,400 to meet £15,400, which was a deficiency
of £6,000 ; £22,000 had been paid by the fork shareholders,
though but few at the time had paid 60 per cent. Mr. Laird
had paid up his full shares, £lOO each.
After con•.iderable discussion of a desultory nature, the
foltbwing resolution was adopted :
" That, in order to avoid law expenses, the proprietors
who have not paid up 60 per cent. are requested to do so
forthwith, and lodge the same in the hands of Mr. Thomas
Lyons ; that he then be requested to ascertain the further
liabilities, if any, of the shareholders, and report the result
to a future meeting, with a view to bring the affairs of this
unfortunate company to a close."
The following are copies of some of the documents read
at the meeting :

Total receipts of nine BRITISH
voyages, viz. :UERN
Passage money
Freight
Parcels
Letters

. £61,583 15 9
. 13,980 15 10
. 348 0 9
. 6,088 10 2

£82,001 2 6
Total expenses on nine voyages
Average receipts per voyage,
Average expenses per voyage
Average profit per voyage 1,256 13 6
Total number of passengers, nine voyages-1,714
PRESIDENT
Total receipts on three voyages, viz
Passage money

Freight
Parcels
Letters

£14,181 14 6
9,183 4 8
129 2 6
2,440 4 11

£25,934 6 7
Total expenses on three voyages
21,183 3 7
Average receipts per voyage..
Average expenses per voyage
Average profit per voyage. 1,350 7 8
Total number of passengers, three voyages-414.

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, OCTODZIL 15, 1841.
Balance at bankers... ..................... £2,055 19 8
Ditto due by Wordsworth and Smith ...... 347 4 2
Ditto Captain Locke .............. 200 0 0
Ditto Junius Smith ............. 148 11 6
Ditto James Beale ................ 221 19 0
Amount to be received from Belgian Govern-

ment for stores
Ditto for Coals at New York
Coal-hulk at New York, balance per ledger,

716 10 4
1,375 0 0
814 0 7

£5,879 5 3

LIABILITIES

15,378 10 6

Outstanding claims

£9,499 5 3

Dotieicasy ..

FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1841

We are unfeignedly sorry for the condition of many
of our brethren of the broad sheet, Conservative as
well as Radical, in this time of unparalleled scarcity
of the wherewith to fill their columns and to satisfy
the cravings of the public for political discussion. Not
a word will Sir Robert allow to escape with respect to
the detail of the policy of his administration. Not a
hint—not even a feeler will he condescend to throw out
for the " fourth estate ". to exercise their ingenuity
upon. The world goes on much in its usual way.
The seasons change, the sun rises and sets, the moon
waxes and wanes, as they have been accustomed to do
in time bypast; but journalism stands still. The eyes
of the political gladiator gaze only upon vacancy; the
world around him is a blank ; he has not even a sha-
dow upon which to place his spear in rest, or the ghost
of a measure proposed to gnaw at by way of keeping
his teeth in order.

And yet we cannot say, after all, that this is not as
it ought to be. Far though we are from wishing to
undervalue " our order," we are not by any means sa-
tisfied that it is good for a people to be kept in a con-
stant state of political fever by the discussion, through
the press, of every question which it may enter into
the minds of statesmen to moot, until their details and
the extent of their application are fully settled. We
are not inclined to place great reliance upon the wis-
dom of a minister or a party which, because undecided
upon a principle or a measure, throws out its undigest-
ed materials to be moulded into the particular form
which popular prejudice may devise for it. We have
no confidence in a minister or a party which has so
little reliance upon self that it cannot and dare not ma-
ture its plans before ushering them forward upon the
world, and whose measures are thrown up like straws
to be fanned into compactness by the breath of agita-
tion, and approved or condemned before we have either
the opportunity or the power of viewing them as a
united whole.

It may be said, indeed, and it has been said, that the
public has a right to be acquainted with the views of a
government upon such important questions as those
which are now occupying the attention of so large a
portiGn of the people of this empire ; that we have a
right to be put into possession of the views of Sir Ro-
bert Peel upon the operation of the corn laws and
upon our commercial policy generally. But, we may
ask, do we not already know perfectly well the opinions
held by him upon these important subjects ? Have
we not had ample opportunities of ascertaining the
bearing of those opinions, and of determining the po-
licy to which they point, as likely to be adopted by
him ? Undoubtedly we have; and it is not a little
unreasonable, we think, that we should insist upon
being made acquainted with the details as well of
the measures which he may propose to carry out those
opinions without allowing adequate opportunity for
their being brought to maturity.
We have had enough, in all conscience, of ad cap-
tandum propositions, and of merely tentative measures
within the past ten years. We have had abundance of
specious promises—of crude and undigested measures
thrown out as tubs to the whale—as baits for the po-
pular maw and subjects for the appetite of hungry
journalism. We have had hopes raised—bad hopes—
which were never intended to be gratified. We have
had a government bidding for popularity, through the
instrumentality of the press, which it never intended
to earn by performance. We have had professions in
abundance, theory in abundance, and the assertion of
principle in abundance; but the result of all this pro-
fession and fine-spun theory—where is it ? In public
disappointment; in the conviction on the part of the
people that charlatanrie and the party by whom these
instruments were used are inseparably allied ; and we
are quite satisfied, therefore—although as journalists we
feel its inconvenience in being occasionally driven to
bestow our remarks upon subjects of merely local in-
terest, when we might, if we had chosen, have been
dilating in large terms upon more speculative ques-
tions—to wait his own time to discuss the measures of
Sir Robert Peel when they come before us in an au-
thenticated form.

Our local contemporary the Times has fallen foul of
the able and eloquent minister of Christ Church, for
having made what he calls a " malicious and detesta-
ble insinuation" contained in the passage of a speech
delivered at a meeting of the Bolton Protestant Asso-
ciation, and which passage he recites, we know not
upon what authority. To what extent the insinuation
was either "malicious" or " detestable," however, we
shall enable our readers to judge, by extracting what
we believe to be a correct report of the passage in
question from the Bolton Chronicle of the 29th ult. It
is as follows :

" The rev. gentleman quoted a portion of the resolution
that the church was " constantly surrounded by watchful
enemies," and said, that a few years ago the two Houses of
Parliament had been destroyed by fire ; shortly after that
the Royal Exchange was burned, and at one of our ports
ships were fired, and no one could tell how they were done.
Since that, also, there had been a fire at the Tower, and no
one could tell how it had happened ; and in the newspapers
of that day he had read cd an attempt to fire the Horse
Guards—and when the question was asked " how it had hap-
pened," no one knew how it was done. They were sur-
rounded by enemies, and eaese things having happened so
recently, they had every reason to recollect Guy Fawkes.
They had to recollect what had been done, and, if possible,
prevent its being done again."
Such is the material out of which a Whig and Pa-
pietical journal has attempted to frame a bill of indict-
ment—plentifully interlarded with epithets of great

sound and fury, and enlarged upon with the usual ar-
tifices—against the Rev. Mr. Ould. But we would

remind his accuser that extreme mental perturbation,
such as he palpably evinces, is unfavourable to logical
discrimination, and shall take upon us to assure him
that in a sober moment, so far from regarding Mr
Ould's speech as either " malicious
" detestation," he gill he forced to admit with us the
perfect candour of its statements and the soundness of
its reasoning.

" or worthy of

The name of " Guy Fawkes " may sound harshly
to some ears, but the foul conspiracy in which the in-
cendiary was engaged, and the signal deliverance which
the nation experienced from his treason, must never-
theless remain on the page of history as a warning to
the simple and an instruction to the judicious. Mr.
Ould may have excited the displeasure of the liberal
journalist by alluding to this celebrated conspirator;
but if history be " philosophy teaching by examples,"
and not, as some would like to treat it, "an old al-
manack," useful only to mislead, the reverend gentle-
man was perfectly justifiable in so doing with a view to
derive thence a useful practical lesson.

Every body must admit that the great fires which
have lately taken place, in this country, have been,
taking them in the aggregate, strange mysterious, and
remarkable; and they have not, as Mr. Ould observes,
been accounted for. The Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees al-
leges that they are the work of Jesuits, states that he
is in possession of much important information on the
subject, and that he is anxious for an opportunity of
proving his allegations before a committee of either
house of Parliament; but with that reverend baronet
or his discoveries Mr. Ould does not appear to identify
himself. Mr. 0. does not take upon himself to say
by whom these several fires have been raised, nor whe-
ther they have been the effects of design or otherwise.

On the contrary, he contemplates them as peculiarly

mysterious, inasmuch as they have not been accounted
for. On this subject, however, in common with
others, he gives a caution. "We are surrounded with
enemies," he observes, " and shall do well to he cau-
tious; remember Guy Fawkes." Ay, remember Guy
Fawkes; there's the rub. How " malicious" and
" detestable" it was of the reverend gentleman to talk
of that Popish conspirator, and allude to the Gunpow-
der Treason in connection with the burning of the
Houses of Parliament, the Tower, and other recent
fires ; how slanderous, how abominable of him to in-
sinuate that, as a combination of Jesuits and fanatics
had, in the year 1605, made all things ready to de-
stroy, "in a most barbarous and savage manner, be-
yond the examples of former ages," the Sovereign, the
Queen, the Princes, and all the royal branches, with
the nobility, clergy, and commons of England then
assembled in Parliament—a similar combination might

in the year 1841 be again at work, and be the effectual
authors of great undertakings of mischief—of a cha-
racter not perhaps so bloody and diabolical, but, ne-
vertheless sufficiently injurious to be considered in the
light of national calamities. Such reasoning was, to
be sure, excessively shallow, and quite illiberal ; we
have got so enlightened in these days, and Popery, Je-
suitry, and fanaticism are so different now from what
they formerly were ! On the alleged prodigious im-
provement which has taken place in Popery in latter
times, Mr. Ould adduced a most remarkable illustra-
tion from a recent letter addressed by the Earl of
Shrewsbury to Ambrose Lisle Phillips, Esq., giving a
devout pilgrim's account of two as gross, blasphe-
mous, and disgusting "lying wonders" of the Pope's
church, at the present hour, as ever were got up, and
stupidly believed in, in the darkest ages. Bernard Ca-
vanagh is, God be praised, doing penance just at pre-
sent, on the tread mill; but if he should ever escape
thence, and make a tour to Italy, doubtless some Popish
tourist, if not my Lord Shrewsbury, will be found to
exalt him to a par with those wondrous ladies whom his
lordship describes, and for whose genuine miraculosi-
ties he vouches, namely, the Estutica of Caldaro, and the
Addolorata of Capriana. We must refer to Mr.
Ould's speech, or to the Popish Earl's letter, for the
details; we shall only say with him, that " two such
cases of blasphemous imposition no one would have
set their name to who did not imagine that there was
credulity in England capable of swallowing such hide-
ous falsehoods, as well as monstrous absurdities."
Here then is a fact pregnant with evidence as to the
unchanged and unchangeable character of Popery, and
if like will from like, we shall make our Popish con-
temporary a present of all he may gain from charging
an eloquent champion of our Protestant faith with in-
consequential reasoning, or " malicious insinuation,"
in connecting a detected conspiracy of Jesuits and fa-
natics of a past age, with the not impossible, but yet
distantly surmised plots and operations of a similar

coterie, in the present.
We thank Mr. Ould for his fearless and powerful
advocacy of our common cause at all times, and parti-
cularly for the very excellent speech which has let loose
the flood-gates of Popish and liberal vituperation upon
him so copiously in this instance. The howl of the
adversary is good proof that the arrow has pierced
him ; we should doubt that it had reached its destina-
tion, if a cry of this sort had not assailed our ears. He
slavers in a rage, and pours out a vast quantity of filthy
slander ; nor does even this expectoration seem suffi-
ciently to relieve him ; he darkly hints at the fate of
the Rev. Mr. Gathereole. And what was this fate ?
Why, prosecution, and persecution by nunnery people,
eremites and friars—black, white, and grey, with all
their trumpery—the revenge of law proceedings, and
law expenses, and all the long vexation of an action
for damages, or a criminal information ! But Mr.
Ould may well laugh at such impotent rage, and defy
the utmost malice of denunciations or menaces so per-
fectly contemptible. Let the abettors of Guy Fawkes
bring their action by all means ; and when the plead-
ings are opened, the judge on the bench, and the jury
sworn, may we be there to hear and see. There are
no such men for maintaining liberty of speech, and the
liberty of the press, by suits at law, as your thorough
Liberals. We are thankful, however, that their power
is not commensurate with their inclinations, and that
their star is at present rapidly on the wane.

Lord Palmerston has had the honour of an address
consolatory from the town council of Bridgenorth, and
it is pleasant to see by his answer that his lordship's
accustomed buoyancy of spirit still survives, and sup-
ports him in adversity. He confidently expects that
the reign of the Tories, or " combination of monopo-
lists," as he has learned to call them, will be but short,
and that himself and his late colleagues—who are free-
traders to the death—will be sent for, and restored to
the seat of honour. There is a circumstance deducible
from the terms he makes use of, which will be gratify-
ing to all who love firmness of purpose and consistency
of conduct ; it would seem that he is resolved to be
not always a "juvenile Whig." Having served in all
administrations, and fought under all colours, he has
got fixed at last, and sink or swim, will abide by the
cause of free trade to the end of his—political career.
We are glad to perceive in his lordship such an evi-
dence of desperate fidelity. It is natural to suppose
that so old a courtier, when he does fall in love—with
a cause—must love it with extraordinary affection, and
that free-trade and commercial people, now that he has
given himself wholly to their interests, will share an
extraordinary portion of his regard. There may he a
question as to his age as a " free-trader ;" some may
think that he is only a juvenile anti-monopolist; his
own allegation, however, is, that for one who has been
so versatile as a politician, he is tolerably mature in
this respect. " It has always been," he says, " the
study of the late government to carry into practical
application those principles of civil and religious liberty
which are founded upon natural justice." And " we
attempted to apply to the commercial legislation of the
country those principles of trade, the soundness and
truth of which have long been demonstrated in reason-
ing," &c. Now it will be granted that they made an
attempt—their budget attests it—an attempt to fix
and to make those
d timber imports, of
other
fcohr
ae
ni ggne s corn
io
the a n Bsugar
u tayn,
which every body knows ; but to say that the ex-Fo-
reign Secretary, and rejected of Liverpool, can found
upon this a claim to be considered a veteran advocate
of free trade, is a fact which nobody can concede to
him. Palmerston and free trade for ever! Only think
of the association—Lord Palmerston and—a cheap
loaf !—Lord Palmerston and—no monopoly !—nay,
nay, it won't do; we could not teach our parrot—one
of the most educationable of birds—to repeat it ; his
stomach, poor old fellow, would rise against it ; he has
a conscience, and could not be induced by any means

to dotitiet in a carat-it cry so incongthOus a compound.
But, headed by die town council of Bridgenortti, the
ex-minister cannot fail to do wonders, let the world

hat it will, whether of his versatility, juvenility,

or antiquity, in free trac
Robert Peel and the

love, politics, or war. Sir

Tories must look to- themselves—

The Campbells are coming

LOCAL NE WS

DANCING.—The lovers of dancing will perceive that Mrs.
Jackson's annual ball will take place next week.
Tun CHASE.—The Cheshire Hounds will meet to-morrow
(Saturday,) the 11th, at the Three Greyhounds •, Monday,
the 13th, at Kingsley Windmill; Wednesday, the 15th, at
Ridley Toll-bar ; Thursday, the 16th, at Hankelow ; Satur-
day, the 18th, at Hurleston Village—at half-past ten o'clock.
Sir W. Massey Stanley's Hounds will meet to-morrow, (Sa-
turday,) the 11th, at Badger Rake Gate—at eleven o'clock.
CONCERTS A LA MUSARD.—A few weeks back we took
occasion to draw attention to the pleasing musical soirees
which, under the above title, have, during the winter months,
been current at the Portico in Newington. The series was
slightly interrupted by the arrival of Jullien, the band of
that celebrated foreigner being principally composed of the
identical gentleman who perform at the Concerts a la Musard.
Now, without intending any disrespect to Jullien, we may
take occasion, hereupon, to speak a word or two in praise of
our townsmen. Jullien engages them, and thus they be-
come, to all intents and purposes, Jullien's band, and then
their townsmen flock to hear them and listen " with ravished
ears." We do not deny that Jullien brings other attractions
in the shape of certain highly-talented individuals, capable
of something extraordinary in the way of solo; but is is im-
portant that our native musicians are capable of showing to
advantage, in company with such performers as Jullien brings
in his train. Now, the band to which we are anxious to
attract attention, is positively better and more complete than
that of Jullien. For instance ! the latter had no bassoons,
no oboe, hut one violoncello and one contra bass, while at
the concerts a la Musard there is an ample provision of all
these instruments. The band is, in fact, exceedingly full
and complete; the members have practised together with
Jullien, and are filled with a spirit of emulation, and, in
short, they want nothing but that patronage and support
which our townsmen, we hope, will feel it their duty to give
to enable them to advance rapidly towards perfection.
The fifth concert of the season, and the last but one of the
series, took place on Saturday night. The following is a list
of the performers, which, it will be confessed, embodies "the
most promising individuals in Liverpool :—violins, Mr. H.
Aldridge, jun. leader Messrs. Hammond, Tivendell, Hilton,
Mackenzie, and others ; violas, Messrs. Wilberforce and
Dando ; violoncellos. Messrs. Davies and Ball ; double-
basses, Messrs. Tavleure and Hornby ; flute, Mr. Fisher;
oboe, Mr. Scruton ; clarionets, Messrs. Leonard and J.
Stubbs; fagotti, Messrs. Jones and Smith; coni, Messrs.
Edwards and Thompson ; cornet a piston, Mr. T. Fisher ;
trumpet, Mr. Hanson ; trombones, Messrs. Druce and
Brindley ; drums, Mr. Filleen, with grand casa, triangles,
cymbals, &c. One proof we have had of the good quality
both of the selections and of the performance, in the regular
attendance of a number of talented Musical amateurs. Now
we have our eye on many musical amateurs of good taste,
who are ,gonnected with the fashionable world. We have
looked in vain for these individuals at the concerts a la Mu-
sard. We are sorry for this, because one word of approval
from the persons to whom we allude would fill the room.
We can scarcely think the price is too low, for it is these
moderately-priced entertainments that, in France and Ger-
many, are most fashionable. The last concert of the series
will take place on Saturday next. Let us see a change come
o'er the spirit of the musical patrons of our town, who can-
not have a more honourable or a more elevated occupation
than that of endeavouring to cherish the musical taste of our
community.— Courier.

MRS. JOHN PALMER'S CONCERT.—This accomplished
vocalist gave her annual concert at the Adel* Hotel, on
Tuesday evening, and we are happy to say that this elegant
concert-room was crowded by a fashionable audience who
throughout expressed their warm approval of the entertain-
ment provided for them by their fair entertainer. The first
piece, " Le rans de Vaehes," was charmingly sung by Mrs.
Palmer and her interesting little daughter Cecilia, who dis-
plays much budding talent ; this was followed by " sweetly
o'er my senses stealing," exquisitely given by Mrs. Palmer ;
the same praise may likewise be awarded to all her other
efforts of the evening. " Tyrant, soon I'll burst thy chains,"
and " Tell me, my heart," were splendidly executed. Our
old favourite, Mr. Davies, had only two songs, " The Night"
and " Woman," both of which he gave in his usual capital
style, especially the last, which as regards both execution,
music, and words, was a gem. Mr. William Holden sang
delightfully Russell's " Wind of the winter night," accom-
panied by himself on the piano ; we do not recollect having
been more pleased with any song than this ; it was loudly
encored. A Miss Foster, a pupil, as stated in the programme,
of Mr. G. Eyton, made a very successful. effort in " Come
where the splendid harvest moon," a very sweet song by our
old townsman Him:. Little Miss Palmer joined her mother
in the duet of the Meeting," by Malibran, and sang her
part well, but her crowning effort was, " be no submis-
sive wife," which sae gave with the archness of a coquette of
twenty. Before we close this brief notice, in justice we must
mention the pleasure we received from Mr. E, F. Smith's
piano-forte playing. This gentleman possesses the most
brilliant execution we have heard since we listened to Herz.
His " Variations brillantes sur le Trio Favori du Pre aux
Clercs," were beautiful, and many of them very difficult—so
difficult, indeed, as to seem almost impossible. He was
loudly encored in his fantasia from favourite subjects from
" Les Huguenots." The concert was over before eleven,
and the numerous and fashionable audience separated, evi-
dently much pleased with their evening's amusement.
LIVERPOOL ARTISTS' FUND.—We perceive that the ex-
hibition of paintings by modern artists is announced to be
closed on Saturday week. It appears really very extraordi-
nary, that at the most festive season of the year, when even
the most sorrowful heart attempts to make itself glad—when
" the scions of our noble houses" are returning borne with
joyous faces to enjoy the pleasures of the holidays—this de-
lightful resort of the intellectual, the fashionable, and the
gay, should be closed. We have no hesitation in asserting,
that if the rooms were kept open during the month of Janu-
ary, it would answer the purpose of materially adding to the
receipts, and afford children a treat they cannot enjoy, as the
holiday-time is not included at any period of its being open.
We know how jealous the sage limners of Postoffice-place
are of interference from any quarter, or any suggestion even
being made to them ; but we must and will protest against
the closing of the exhibition before Christmas-time, when so
many children would be delighted at the sight, If open
during Christmas-week even, it would be conceding some-
thing to what we know is not a solitary wish.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS.—The subscription concerts,
which have been the source of great gratification to the musi-
cal and fashionable world during the last few winters, are, we
perceive, about to be again undertaken. These concerts
appear to us to be of a two-fold benefit to Liverpool: they
afford satisfaction to those who are fond of music, and cer-
tainly give an impetus to trade in many ways. They cause
money to circulate; and though only a drop, as it were, in
the great ocean of the commerce of this town, yet we could
trace, if leisure permitted, in what way the benefit we have
named takes place. Amongst the engagements, many of
which will in due time introduce to us eminent and popular
performers, we perceive Madame Caredori Allan will be one
of the first. Madame Caradori Allan is a fine graceful
woman, sings well, and will be an attraction. Miss Bassano
has been tried here, and passed favourably through the
ordeal of public opinion. Miss Whitnall is well known
amongst us. She is decidedly the best chanteuse this town
can boast ot. Her voice is of fine quality and compass, with
good execution. Miss Whitnall is also an excellent musician.
Mr. Croach and Mons. Barrett (oboe) are new to us, if we
mistake not ; but in the leader, Mr. Herrman, we shall
recognise a " well approved good master" of his art. The
orchestra is promised to be filled with eminent performers;

and we do hope that no petty professional feeling will inter-
fere in any way to prevent the best players in Liverpool
being brought together. The drawing for the reserved seats
will take place on the 29th, at the pretty little Portico-room.
We have been given to understand that the subscription list
this year is unusually numerous.

AN Ex-MAYOR'S NEST.—This worthy ex-functionary is
sadly in dudgeon with the appointment of Mr. Harhord as a
member of the Education Committee; and has made the ex-
traordinary discovery that he was unduly elected. And how
does the reader imagine? Why that he only received the
greatest number of votes of three members proposed, where-
as Mr. Bolton maintained that he ought to have had the
votes of the majority of the members present ;—in other
words, that, after having had the greatest amount of support
of the three, he ought to have gone again to the scale against
the second best. But a more valuable discovery still Mr.
John Smith has made. The worthy member for West Derby,

or miscalled member, as the Toxteth-park boys have it, was
of opinion that the same rule was laid down for the election
of mayor in the municipal act itself; and although on ex-
amination the town-clerk found that no such provision was
in his copy of the act, yet Mr. John Smith was quite stout
upon it that "he had it at home." We presume that the
West Derby Edition is a scarce book ; for we have seldom
heard of variorum editions of acts of parliament.

ST. BARNABAS' CHURCH AND DISTRICT.—We have
pleasure in announcing to our readers that the plan, to which
we alluded last week, for adding to the accommodation within
this church, is to be carried immediately into effect. The
committee of the Liverpool Church Building Association,
satisfied of the desirableness of the proposed enlargement,
with characteristic zeal and promptitude at once resolved
upon its adoption. The intention is to erect a gallery at the
east end for the organ, singers, &c., and to extend the upper
west gallery over the space the organ was to have occupied.
By this means an increase of free sittings will be provided to
the amount of nearly 300, and the church will afford accom-
dation iii all to upwards of 1,600 persons, combined with as
much of architectural beauty and propriety as is to be found
in any other church in Liverpool. The entire was desirzned
by Messrs. A. and G. Williams, upon whom St. Barnabas'
Church reflects the utmost credit. Much is owing to the
happy co-operation of the congregation and churchwardens,
one of whom it is but right to mention by name—viz., Mr.
Thomas Wagstaff, to whose praiseworthy exertions and
judicious arrangements in all the details a considerable share
of that success is, under God, to he attributed, over which,
in common with all good churchmen, we do most unfeignedly
rejoice. The other churches built by this association have
been scarcely less successful,—St. Bartholomew's, Naylor-
street, and St. Clement's, Windsor, being the centres re-
spectively of a similar useful influence. The funds of the
association are, we regret to learn, nearly exhausted ; but
the committee can now come before the public of Liverpool,

as stewards approved and faithful, and can confidently appeal
for a renewal of that trust which they have already exercised
alike to their own credit and to the advantage of the town and
neighbourhood. We are sure that the appeal will be re-
sponded to, and that fresh funds will be forthcoming.

THE LivEnroot. SWINDLERS.—This flash company, it
would appear, have not been deterred, by the repeated expo-
sures which have been made of their systematic frauds, from
attempting still to impose upon the mercantile portion of the
community here and in other towns. Last week a manufac-
turer in Glasgow received from the fictitious firm in question
a letter, containing three neatly clipped bits of jaconet,
as
patterns, and an order for a quantity of goods of the same
description. The letter was addressed, according to the
name of the gentleman, and his designation, according to the
Old Post-office directory, but he has some time ago removed
from the premises, a circumstance which, of itself, would
naturally create suspicion. Independently of this, however,
the notices which have appeared in the newspapers of late,
respecting the existence of a company who hare been more
ready with their orders than with the means of settling their
accounts, put him upon his guard ; and notwithstanding the
specious and business-like communication, he made a prac-
tical application of the maxim, " a bird in the hand is worth
twa in the bush, by retaining his jaconets in his own pre-
mises to wait the chance of more trust worthy customers.
These impostors have, in few instances, been successful in
their attempts upon the more extensive and intelligent mer-
chants amongst us • but, we regret to learn, that, before they
were exposed by john o' Groats Journal, they managed to
get into their possession several large supplies of herrings,
ling, and cod, from the curers in the north, who, perhaps,
are not accustomed to see the newspapers often, and who bad
not been in possession of the true state of matters until it was
too late. We arc not aware whether there are any means by
which this company can be put down. It is evident that if
they get goods into their possession they can only be pur-
sued for the debt at civil law, like other creditors ; but par-
ties who are so simple as to deal with them may find that
in prosecuting them they are chasing a shadow ; and the
best way to get the better of them, after all, will be, not to
let them get the substance.—Glasgow Gourier.

,
At it Meeting Of tild Grand United Order of OddfellOvis,
held last week at the house of Mr. Jones, Lime-street. a
handsome silver watch was presented to Mr. Parry. D.M.,
for his exertions in forwarding the interests of the order.
THE INFIRMARY. —On Sunday last, a sermon was
preached at Trinity Church in behalf of this institution, by
the Rev. Thomas Briggs Dickson, B.D. The sum collected
was nearly £2l.

POCKET PlCKlNG.—Yesterday, at the police-office, two
youths—James. Burns and Michael Duffey—were charged
with picking a gentleman's pocket of a silk handkerchief, at
St. John's Market. They had both been previously com-
mitted, and the case being proved, they were committed for
three months each.
MR. ALDERMAN EARLE'S CONSTITUENTS. —At the
council meeting, on Wednesday, in reply to a remark of Mr,
Sandbach, the alderman for Abercromby Ward was strongly
of opinion that members ought to be sent
atituents every year. Very kind of Mr.
but who are the alderman's constituents?
CONCERT.—Mr. George Eyton, a very talented musician
and clever teacher, has appointed Monday next for his annual
concert to take place. From Mr. Eyton's connection with
the Mechanics' Institution, and his gpute in teaching the
pupils there, it is to be expected that there will be a very full
and fashionable attendance on the occasion.
AMPHITHEATRE.—We perceive Mrs. Carman's benefit is
announced to take place on Monday next. Mrs. Carman is
a lady of much ability, not only as a dramatic authoress, but
as an actress ; her mode of playing the charity girl, in the
" Yew Tree", proves her the latter. A new piece from her
pen will be represented on Monday night, under the delightful
title of " Jack Ketch, or the Hangman's Bride".

back to their con-
Alderman Earle;

THE LATE MR. CLOUGH.-it will be seen by the advertise-
ment, which appears elsewhere, that the Philharmonic Society,
wishful to do honour to the memory of the late Mr. Thomas
Clough, intend to give a concert, the receipts of which are to
be devoted to Mrs. Clough and her child. The talents of
the late Mr. Clough, and the great respect for him entertained
by all who were acquainted with him, will, we trust, conduce
to make this undertaking one of the most successful of the
season. Many professionals have volunteered their services—
this is as it should be.

THE LATE MR. EGERTON SMITH.—A meeting of the
friends of the late Mr. Egerton Smith was held at the
Clarendon Rooms, on Wednesday last, for the purpose of
considering whether some public testimonial should not be
erected to his memory. Mr. Thomas Thornely, M.P., was
called to the chair, and a committee was appointed to con-
sider for what sum a permanent night asylum could be
erected, or a building purchased, in honour of the memory
of the deceased.

TuNATRit ROYAL.—We noticed in our last that Mr.
Holl and Miss Honner's benefit was fixed for this evening,
and we have now the pleasure of drawing attention to Mr.
W. J. Hammond's on Monday night. Mr. Hammond is a
great favourite here, of long standing, and is held in high
esteem ; he has been buffetted about by fortune, and we are
greatly pleased to find that he is about to settle amongst us
permanently. We trust his friends will muster strongly for
him on the occasion. and give him a foretaste of success. He
has secured Mr. Tilbury's services, rendering the attraction
to an already powerful bill greater.
LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—On the even-
ing of Wednesday, a sermon was preached by the Rev. Hugh
M'Neile, in St. Mary's Church, Edgehill, on behalf of the
funds of the Protestant Association. The rev. gentleman
delivered a most animated discourse from the 2nd Epistle of
St. Paul to Timothy, 3rd chapee, verses 12 and 13 :--" Yea,
and all they who live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer perse-
cution ; but evil men and seducers shall wax worse and
worse, deceiving and being deceived." The sermon was one
of great power, consisting chiefly of an earnest appeal to
real Christians, to stand fast by their principles. At the
close of the sermon, Mr. M`Neile alluded to the education
question, and intimated his belief that the committee of the
town-council had, or would, come to a determination that
would prove perfectly satisfactory to the friends of the Bible.
A collection was made after the sermon, which amounted to
about £25.

Ten years ago a facetious gentleman remarked that he
perceived by the newspapers that all Brighton was to be sold
by Mr. George Robins. It so happened that an estate of
moderate extent in Shropshire, of the value of £50,000, and
called Allbrighton, was placed with Mr. Robins for public
competition. Poor Theodore Hook, who was a personal
friend, could not miss so good an opportunity to display his
wit and shew his kindness of feeling ; and therefore, in the
following John Bull, of which it is known he had the prin-
cipal direction, he thus delivered himself :—" Our friend
George Robins has actually announced the sale of All
Brighton • we may soon expect he will announce all London
to be sold." If this talented, this lamented, good-humoured
man had been spared to us, what would he say now ? for
half Brighton is really announced to change hands through
Mr. Robins's instrumentality, It includes Mr. Kemp's
fast property, the value of which is estimated at one hun-
dred and fifty thousand pounds.—Brighton Gazette.
We understand that a memorial to the Treasury is in the
course of signature, from the wholesale and retail dealers in
spirits in this town, to do away with the excise survey and
permit system, which has been for so many years a great
annoyance to the bade, and which would, if carried into
effect, be a great saving of expense to the revenue. The
excise survey was taken off tobacco some years since, and
has since proved to he no decrease to the revenue whatever.
As a deputation of the trade intend haiing au interview
with the commissioners appointed by government, which is
expected will be here next week, it is to be hoped the very
great annoyance to the trade will be removed if it can be
proved to them that no loss can accrue to the revenue by
such alteration.

OLD OFFENDERS.—At the Police-court, yesterday, two
men well known to the police, (Thomas Doyle and John
Henis,) were placed at the bar, on a charge of having been
found loitering about Peter-street on the previous night, and
finally about two in the morning, apparently with intent to do
something wrong. The police-officer, knowing them:to be
bad characters, repeatedly told them to go home, and they
moved off for the time, but again made their appearance, so
that he finally took them into custody. It appeared, on re-
ference to the public books, that Doyle had bcen seventeen
times, and Henis seven times, committed for felony. Henis
said, that if the magistrate would let him go this time, he
would never trouble him again, as he would enter the navy,
which his friends much approved of, and was willing to ac-
co-npany an officer, who might see him enter. Mr. ltushton
Said—" I cannot trust you, neither will the navy. Yov must
each go to gaol for three months."

WAGES CASE.—At the police-court, yesterday, William
Francis, who had been employed as a cooper, on board Mr.
Tobin's barque—the William Huskisson, on her late voyage
to Bonny, applied for an order for the amount of £l9los 4d,
his wages, in which he was opposed on the part of the owner
by Mr, Carson. Mr. Davenport appeared for the applicant.
Captain Kelly, the sailing master of the ship, said, for the
defence, that the complainant was an indifferent workman,
and that from not sufficiently " hardening" the hoops on
the casks which he set up, they were not fit to hold palm-
oil, and that the other coppers had, consequently, to go over
his work again. An entry had been made in the log book,
(which was produced) setting forth the complainant's inade-
quacy as a workman, and which was signed at Bonny by the
officers of the ship, and also by two other coopers who were
on board. He considered £3 a month was as much as his
work was worth. William Kane, the mate, said the usual
wages to a competent cooper was £5 a month. Some other
witnesses were examined, who generally agreed in opinion
on the imperfect work of the complainant—one of them ad-
mitting that he was only slow. A captain of another ship,
who had been called on board to examine his work, also said,
that the work was bad, and that he should consider .£2 to £3
per month ample wages for such a man. He claimed £4 lOs
per month, for which he said he had signed articles. Mr.
Siddous, foreman of the coopers at Mr. Tobin's yard, was
then called by Mr. Davenport. Witness admitted that he
shipped the coopers for the ships of the concern ; that the
complainant had been working—on trial—in the yard sonic
days before the ship sailed ; that he did not consider him a
competent workman, but as men werescarce, he had told him
that £5 were the wages to workmen who had before been at
sea, and £4 lOs for those who had not. He had not mew-
tioned his incompetency in the counting-house, and the man
accordingly signed articles for £4 lOs a month. Mr. Rush-
ton said, that but for the last witness's testimony he should
have awarded the complainant only £2 lOs a month ; but it
appeared that Mr. Siddons shipped the coopers, and though
he had him on trial, he had not mentioned his incompetency,
which was clearly established ; but, lie being accepted after
that trial, the full amount of his wages—£l9 lOs 4d—must
be paid.
A BALE OF COTTON MISSING FROM A CARGO.—John
Garratt, mate of the ship China, appeared at the Police-court
yesterday to answer a charge of having detained, or not ac-
counted for, a bale of cotton, alleged to have been put on
board, and not delivered with the rest of the cargo. A clerk
said that there was a parcel of cotton put on board consisting
of 201 bales, for which he produced the bill of lading and also
the defendant's receipts, but 200 bales only had been received
at the warehouse. The landing-waiter who attended the ship
stated there were on board, in all, 3507 bales of cotton, and
that one bale was missing out of the parcel alluded to. On
cross-examination in behalf of the defendant by Mr. Daven-
port he, however, admitted that, on the last day of unloading,
five bales were missing, they. having, as he supposed, by some
accident been taken away without being weighed on the quay.
The warehouse was in consequence examined, and four of the
missing bales were found, the one still short being that with
which the defendant was charged. The value was upwards
of £5, which the owners sought to deduct from his wages.
Mr. Rushton said that it was by no means clear that the de-
fendant was at all to blame. It appeared that no fewer than
five bales had at first been missed, four of which were found,
and if the warehouses had been properly searched perhaps the
other would also have been found. He could have no depen-
dence on the accuracy of the custom. house officer after he
had allowed, by his carelessness or neglect, five bales to pass
without being weighed. had none of them been found, the
defendant would no doubt have been charged with the whole
five. The defendant must have the full amount of his wages,
namely, £l7 Os. ld.

THEATRE-ROYAL.—We believe that, at the close of this
season, Mr. Clarke retires from the lesseeship of the Theatre-
Royal, the management of which he has sustained with credit
to himself, satisfaction to the public, and benefit to all. Mr.
Clarke, in his retirement into private life, will take with him
the good wishes of every one who has known him, profes-
sionally or otherwise. His strict punctuality, his honourable
mode of dealing, his liberality, and gentlemanly conduct,
will make him greatly missed in the theatrical world. His
spirit has been of the right sort : he has brought out every-
thing that has been well received in the metropolis, while his
engagement of every leading professional has shown his
willingness to please and cater well for the public. Look
over the bills this season, and where shall we find a theatre
in the three kingdoms that can boast of such engagements,
or of such a company. No doubt Mr. Clarke expected to
gain by such engagements; but who would have run the
risks he has done, with so little chance of repayment ? Mr.
Clarke's benefit takes place the last night of the season. if
Williamson-square could be taken in it would be about large
enough to hold his friends on the occasion. Mr. Clarke is
succeeded by Mr. Anderson, (the Great Wizard of the North,)
Mr. W. J. Hammond acting as stage manager. From the
spirit, tact, and ability of these two gentlemen, much may be
expected from them. If they uphold, as no doubt they will,
the respectability of the profession with an equal firmness to
their predecessor, neither the public nor the profession need
complain.

The Bishop of London has been applied to by the Gresham
Committee to write the inscription for the first stone of the
Royal Exchange, to be laid in January next by Prince Al-
bert. His lordship immediately acquiesced in the kindest
manner. The preparations will be upon a scale of elegance
and splendour worthy of the occasion. The entertainment
to be given by the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, to
Prince Albert, will be the first grand entertainment of the
mayoralty of Alderman Pirie ; the first day of which mayor-
alty has been distinguished by the birth of the heir apparent
to the crown.

The Queen Dowager, whom Heaven long preserve, is,'no
longer a source of public anxiety as regards her health. She
has surmounted the afflicting visitation, and her medical
attendants have announced their intention to withhold any
further bulletins of her majesty's gradual progress to conva-
lescence. Amongst the first acts of her majesty, on directing
her thoughts to her people, was to order the transmission of
a check for £lOO, for the relief of the sufferings of the poor
Spitalfields weavers.

The Queen has been pleased to order letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, for creating his Royal Highness
the Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land (Duke of Saxony, Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay, Earl
of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Great
Steward of Scotland), Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.