The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

TILE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1853.

said something in his usual style, giving his support in
general to the plan. I have for many years considered
Mr. EWART ambitious, yet shallow ; in the more elevated
questions that come before Parliament he is sure to put
his beak—and says nothing either to instruct or amuse—
certainly nothing worth remembering. Fox, too, the
Unitarian orator, and by far the best living critic of
SHAKSPEARE I happen to know, said to Lord JOHN that
he liked the rate principle—(of course he does)—lent—
he feared the noble Lord's scheme in other respects would
not do. With what delight has Fox, when the dramatic
critic of the old Whig Chronicle, watched MACREADY'S
glorious interpretations of several of WILLIAM SHAIC-
SPEARE'S great creatures. There the hon. member—
critic only then—sat generally with a lady on either side—
he, Fox, squat as a Madagascar bat—vulgar in aspect,
but how rarefied the mind ! Bother Fox.—The Educa-
tion Bill was read a first time.
A curious conversation took place in the House of
Lords during the discussion of the Education Bill else-
where. It appeared to give deep satisfaction to nearly
all the Peers present, save and except the Earl of
MALMESBURY, the apologist of Lours NAPOLEON, and
the Earl of CLARENDON, the apologist of certain City
Peace Deputation people, who went with the address in
Easter week to the Emperor. Lord CAMPBELL, as sound
a lawyer as ever sat on the bench, denounced the whale
proceedings as illegal. contrary to the law of nations, and
altogether unseemly and uncalled for. The Earl of
ELLENBortouon said the address and its presentation was
quite disgusting. The Government, however, managed to
get tolerably well out of the mess, and CLARENDON espe-
cially was lucky in causing Lord COWLEY, our ambassa-
dor at the French Court, to withhold his countenance
when the deputation went to court. Had Lord CLAREN-
DON not done this, there would have been a tremendous
storm in their lordships' house. The city people feel
rather soft on the subject ; however, as nothing lasts long
wonderful with them, in a day or two the whole affair will
blow over. Meantime, persons of weight, respectability,
and experience in mercantile circles, do not hesitate to
declare that a desire to participate in certain share profits
had as much to do with the getting up and presentation
of the address as a love for the preservation of peace
between the two countries. Mr. Alderman Alooer
has been somewhat annoyed in connexion with the depu-
tation. Some wag gave out that the alderman was to
write a history of the great civic demonstration. Now, it
so happens that the alderman was not of the party—argal
he cannot write on the subject.
The discussion on the reduction of the wine duties,
brought forward by Mr. OLIVIERA, though it led to no-
thing, was interesting to every poor man's friend. But
alas and slack a day—in Indian parlance no bad things—
I am certain it will not be in our time that such a reduc-
tion of duty on really good wine—which we are told in
Scripture rejoiceth the heart of man—will take place,
so as to allow its purchase by the artisan, the clerk,
or skilled mechanic. TIieCHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
may be, nay is, a learned man, representative of the
" dandy" University, but he knows little of the statistics
of human nature—the propensities thereof as regards the
working men—workers with head as well as hand, when
he said, certainly in substance, that there must be
36,000,000 of gallons of wine annually consumed before
the deficiency caused by the proposed reduction would be
made up • that could not be done until the national taste
was so altered and modified as to be completely trans-
formed. He thought there could not be so great a change
in the taste of the people in so short a period. The time
mentioned by the mover—two years, when the reduced
duty was to come into operation. GLADSTONE, Chancellor
of our ever " flourishing" Exchequer, why don't you take
a stroll round some of the streets of the wine-shops of the
metropolis ? Say on a Saturday,—the after part of the
day,—if Cabinet Council, deputation, &c., do not prevent
you, with your own eyes you would see the transformation
—the " deformed transformed"—of public taste already
accomplished. Your intellectual workers—skilled men I
mean, head and hand workers, as I have stated, eschew
heavy beer ; it makes them unfit for their labours, if these
are beyond those of the coal-heaver. Not that the English
workmen repudiate beer when their work is done. They
dislike alcohol for various reasons, which I may refer to
by-and-bye ; they do now generally prefer what is called
wine, but, ah me ! brain-poison—worse infinitely than
malt liquor, and more absurd in its drunken developments
than those of gin and water. Three public-house or tavern
keepers were mentioned as having given their evidence in
regard to the prodigious quantity of wine they sell in
glasses over the counter. I know them ; have seen the
wine drank ; there was little harm. But go to certain
resorts, by me nameless, where the manufactured stuff is
vended ! CYRUS REDDING, a tolerable judge of wine,
certainly a pleasant writer enough thereanent, was quoted
during the discussion ; but he does not, as far as I am
aware, say one word on the philosophy of drunkenness
produced by cheap-manufactured wine-drinking. For
me it is enough now to state that there is a strong, a pre-
valent desire among our better workpeople to take the
wine if they could, but then they cannot get it ; and-,
unless the duty on good wine is taken off, verily the
new and praiseworthy attachment to wine-drinking will
soon be heard of no more, the cheap stuff is so bad. I
need not tell our intelligent readers that port, sherry, and
champagne, are made sometimes, nay frequently, without
a particle of the essential elements in their constitutions ;
claret, also, has its main stock in elderberries, sold by the
bushel in our public market-places for the wine-press of
the adulterator. Of the effects produced by drinking sham
claret I shall say little further than thatitproducesintestinal
disorder, but scarcely affects the brain. Our working
people care not for it. Try a fourpenny glass of the port
and sherry for the most part vended at present,—try
another, or, rather, try neither, but sit quietly in a corner
and observe in the infatuated drinkers the workings of
this " perilous stuff." They are temperate, remember ;
they wish to avoid beer and spirits—they have heard of
cheap wine. a liquid some of them have sang about,
" Wine, mighty wine I" few of them have tasted it a
dozen times in as many years, On they drink—another
fourpenny glass—only two ; anon the pupils dilate, a dirty
rabid froth appears at the corners of the mouth, they begin
to make faces at each other,—moe and grin like apes and
chatter also; curious the drink don't make the parties
wicked, not even mischievous; the appearances superin-
duced after two glasses are those of a harmless idiotic
character ; the drinkers, now in the third heaven, forget
they have only thirty or forty shillings a week, become
soft, swear eternal friendship, " babble o' green fields,"
those of their boyhood, and fairly end in crying ! These
are a few of the results of cheap and bad wine drinking
observed by a rather wide-awake eyewitness. All of
these developments would remain inexperienced, if cheap
and GOOD wine were substituted, because I know there is
a growing and unmistakeable taste for wine among our
working people, though Mr. GLADSTONE avers to the con-
trary. Were wine come-at-able by the poorerof our friends,
it would necessarily put an end to the hellish traffic in
" jigger spirits," now carried on in the metropolis to an
incalculable extent. I refer to illicit distillation, de-
frauding the Government of thousands of pounds sterling
per annum. The spirits illicitly made in the Highlands
of Scotland, and in most parts of the sister country, for
excellence of quality cannot be sufficiently eulogised ; but
oh ! the jigger stuff! I have tasted it—jiggered gin,
whisky, rum, and brandy—the sale of it is frightfully pre-
valent in the metropolis, especially in the humbler parts
of it. Drinking this demon-cup destroys all the better
affections of the heart, substituting the rage of demons,
to it is attributed by physiologists—friends of mine, great
observers of human nature and human vice—the till now
almost unheard-of frequency of assaults—murderous—on
helpless and unoffending women—wives for the most part
hard-working :and careful. If gin-drinking softens the
brain, the jigger hardens the heart. But to return to
Mr. OLIVIERA and the wine duties. Banish the present
cheap wine out of our streets—to say ports would be a
gross mistake. Let the poorer classes stick to a moderate
allowance of good porter and ale, but beware of the jigger.
Good wine, with reduced duty, Mr. GLADSTONE will never
give us.
On subjects musical, dramatic, artistic, and literary—
a few words. The Royal Italian Opera—sole temple of
the lyric muse—you will have seen, bas opened with
" Alasaniello," a French spectacular melo-dramatic opera.
AUDER'S magnificent work, out of place on Italian boards,
has been superseded by " II Barbiere di Siviglia," with
the finest cast in the world. RoNcoNI, with a temper
short as schist, is a great artist, and the greatest Figaro
living as regards musical qualifications, via comica, mise
en scene, or what you will ;—in one English word, Roe:-
corn is perfect. Bost°, a nice woman enough, was the
Rosina. Her musical education is good ; she is accom-
plished in every sense of the word, while nature has
blessed her with a magnificent voice ; but she don't vin-
dicate her author. She sings her own music; throws
Rossi's', the best and last of composers, to the dogs ;
and runs riot in her own fioriture ;—a vile fault in a
singer. " Vat is dat, Sere GEORGE ?" said the immortal
WEBER, as he sat in the orchestra of Drury-lane Theatre,
on the first representation of the " Frieschutz" there,
when he heard, in ear-agony, the prima donna of the
evening trilling " shakes" to no end, where WEBER
meant all to be plain, simple. " It is an accident,
CARL," said Sir GEORGE—he knew better. The great
German threw up his tremendous nose in disgust. So it
is with Bosto—a gifted creature, who appears not to care
a rush for her author, but electrifies while she destroys.
I have said thus much, because the Liverpool musical
people may have a visit from the syren. The Ballet, intro-
duced for the first time, might as well have been spared.
At the Haymarket a new full-blown five-act play has
been introduced by Mr. BUCKSTONE. The author, Mr.
SULLIVAN, has taken much pains to make the story as un-
intelligible as possible. The piece was saved by the droll
acting of BUCKSTONE and HENRY COMPTON.
Don't speak to our artists at present, if you please; they
are all as busy as bees, touching up for the Great Exhibition
of the R. A., which I am afraid will be poor : lots of pie-
tures—genre—
" What's this dull Academy to me, Erry's not there."

And I might go on, and so travestie with half a
dozen great names. However, after the dinner on
the first Saturday in May, we shall know more about it.
Some good pictures are on the easel ; who is to engrave
them ? or what is, perhaps, of more importance, who
publish them ? Alderman MOON leaves business.
£15,000, it is said, has been paid for hia magnificent
stock of engravings—John Knox Preaching, and many
other splendid works included, alike creditable to the
Alderman's liberality and British art. There will be an
opportunity now afforded for every body, so minded, of
having specimens of the rarest productions of the burin.
They are to be disposed of by auction. This will cause a
glut, which will affect the print trade for the next two
years. Sir BULWER (excuse the French mode of naming
the literary baronet) is in poor health ; he is in town at
present, and shows none of that jaunty air for which he
was long distinguished ;—his lips, no longer compressed,
but apart, as if he were gasping for air ; his countenance
is eager ; his step feeble and slow. Let us hope he
may recover, for, after all his harmless eccentri-
cities, lie is one of the right sort—one whose works
will live for ever. DISRAELI is looking well,—for
him,—waspish,—and apparently full of sting. A new
weekly paper, to be called " The Press,
principles,Press,"of Opposition-
Conservative principles,—ThzzYtop writers are en-
in h,
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banker's. BAD MA-
cAuLty, the greatest historian we have, is also ill—.face
yellow as a guinea. Do these great creatures eat opium ?
Government has given DOUGLAS JERROLD'S son another
lift; he has just been removed from the Treasury to the
War-office—Commissariat, I believe, and he toddles to
Canada forthwith, a promising lad, with the best pros-
pects in the world. Duggy himself—Pere, I mean—is, as
usual, chirruping away like a grasshopper,--bent be is.
but Young-Woking. /tut imult stop.

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.
AMIDST the various speculations which have taken
place on the long-expected Financial Statement of
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, which he
has promised to make on Monday next, we may
take credit to ourselves for having been alone in
predicting that he would interfere with the Interest
of the National Debt. So far he has anticipated
the Budget ; aq, on Friday, he proposed a series of
resolutions with the view of reducing the Interest
upon certain portions of the Three per Cent. Stock,
with permissive powers for the voluntary conversion
of a further amount. The first part of the scheme
provides for paying off the following Stocks, which
unnecessarily at present form distinct features of
the public liabilities, namely—
Debt due to the South Sea Company, at 3
per cent. £3,662,784
Old South Sea Annuities, at ditto .. 3,010,378
New South Sea ditto, at ditto 2,137,984
South Ses ditto, 1751, at ditto, 480,200
Bank Annuities, 1726, at ditto 709,292

£10,000,638
And that the holders of these are to have the option
of £lOO in money for every £lOO stock, or of
takino instead—

£B2 lus. New 31 per cent. Stock guaranteed against re-
duction for 40 years—namely, till the sth Janu-
ary, 1894, and which will yield an annual interest
of £2 17s. 9d. ; or,
£llO .o-r.,,d-a-half per cents., guaranteed till sth Janu-
ary, 1894, and yielding annually £2 15s. ; or,
£lOO Exchequer Bond, hearing 21 per cent. for 10 years
—namely, till Ist September, 1864, and 21 per
cent. for an additional 30 years—namely, till
September, 1894.
Another of the resolutions provides that all holders
of Consols or Reduced (the aggregate amount of
which is £494,098,474), are to have the power,
by giving notice any time before the 10th of
October next, to commute those stocks for
either of the three descriptions of new secu-
rities now to be created, but a subsequent
resolution states that no amount of Exchequer
Bonds shall be issued, exceeding, in the whole,
the sum of thirty millions; so that, in the event of
this becoming the favourite mode of conversion, it
will be necessary to apply to Parliament for new
powers. Upon the plan becoming known, it was
so far favourably received that Consols advanced in
value; a fact which may be accounted for by the
proposed conversion of a portion creating a scarcity
of the floating amount on the present basis. The
proposal to create a new Three-and-a-half per Cent
stock at £B2 10s., and that for Exchequer Bonds
at Two-and-Three-quarter per Cent for ten years,
are thought to be advantageous, though unneces-
sarily favourable to the public creditor ; but the
second proposal, of giving £llO for a Two-and-a-
Half per Cent stock, though paying the same
amount of interest, is thought to be injudicious,
because it will virtually be adding to the capital
stock, and may render the future dealing with it a
matter of greater difficulty. The scheme, on the
whole, displays considerable ingenuity; but it
would have been considerably simplified had it
been confined to the creation of a new stock bearing
interest at 21 per cent for a guaranteed term of
years, which would have made it an acceptable
bargain, with the addition, perhaps, of a limited
amount of Exchequer Bonds, on the terms proposed.
The activity which was prevalent in all depart-
ments of the Home trade during the previous week
has experienced a slight lull, which is no more
than might ordinarily have been expected ; but
nothing has occurred to destroy or even weaken
the general feeling of confidence in the maintenance
of prosperity, which has prevailed for some time
past. The intelligence brought by the Africa hav-
ing been acted upon by anticipation, there was no
further impetus given to the Cotton trade in this
port, but prices have been well maintained, and
holders have, as yet, shown no disposition to realise,
except at full rates. Even Manchester has re-
frained from its late grumbling tone; and the
reports from the other manufacturing districts con-
cur in representations of continued activity in every
department of industry. Nothing has yet occurred
to mar the predictions which we ventured to ex-
press a short time since, and we entertain no doubt
but that Cotton will reach even a higher figure
before a falling off in the demand will show that
the supply has been in any degree excessive.
The returns of the Board of Trade for the month
ended sth of March, have just been published. In
the declared value of British goods exported, there
is an increase of £919,097, as compared with the
corresponding month of last year. The increase is
principally upon Metals, £325,087 ; Cotton Ma-
nufactures, £251,485 ; Haberdashery, £162,237 ;
Woollen Manufactures, £90,037; Leather, £80,682;
and Silk Manufactures and Thrown Silk, £88,545;
while there is a decrease in Cotton Yarn of £125,417,
and Woollen Yarn, £18,715. In imports of raw
materials there is a decrease in Hemp, Silk, and
Tallow, and an increase of Flax, Cotton, and Wool.
The quantities of Provisions, &c., taken for home
consumption, shows an increase in Wheat, Flour,
Cocoa, Coffee, Sugar, Rice, Spirits, Tobacco, and
Spices ; and there is a decrease in other Grain,
Indian Corn, Butter and Cheese, Eggs, Tea, Wine,
Opium, and Fruits.
The return from the Bank of England, for the
week ending the 2nd of April, gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits .. £8,234,115; Decrease £234,643
Other deposits .. 12,690,203 ; Decrease 31,579
Rest
_3,635,929 ; Increase 5,291

,
On the other side of the account—
Government securities £13,464,536 ; the same as before.
Other securities .. 16,383,120 ; Increase £453,673
Notes unemployed .. 10,182,860 ; Decrease 607,450
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,387,170,
being an increase of £593,475 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,007,449, show-
ing a decrease of £115,547, when compared with
the preceding return.

in Molasses or Rum. The Tea market is quiet :
holders, however, demand full rates, and in several
instances Teas have been withdrawn. 700 sacks
and 600 bags Bengal Rice brought 9s. 6d. to 10s.
per cwt. for broken to ordinary yellowish white.
15 tons St. Domingo Fustic sold at £6 12s. 6d. per
-ton, and 600 bags Cutch at 275. per cwt.
COTTON.— The advices per Canada, which
steamer arrived yesterday, from Boston, confirm
the late accounts of the falling off in the receipts at
the Cotton ports, and also brings tidings of higher
quotations. It is now pretty generally believed,
both here and in America, that certain prices who
have had an interest in running parties down, to
enable them to execute their orders on moderate
terms, have greatly over-estimated the crop, and
that it will fall far short of their extravagant
anticipations. With the present enormous con-
sumption going on,not only in the Cotton districts,
but in the Woollen districts likewise, anything
short of a large crop would be a national evil. The
general estimates now vary from 3,100,000 to
3,200,000 bales. The weather was also exceed-
ingly wet, and preventing the planting in many
districts. There were no less than seven mails due
from the South, owing to the impassable state of the
roads.—The trade during the week was steady, there
being evidently a disposition to wait for further
advices. The sales on Friday and Saturday amounted
to 6,000 bales each day, of which about 3,500 were
on speculation and for export. TO-DAY the sales
reached 7,000 bales, at very firm prices ; and the
market closed with an upward tendency.
WooL.—Little offering here at present of any
description, consequently the transactions are not
extensive, the late arrivals are principally held for
the public sales, which are advertised for the 20th
instant, when about 4,000 bales will be offered for
public competition. The demand continues good,
and prices very buoyant. Imports for the week,
1,720 bales, namely :-381 Australian and Cape of
Good Hope, 255 East India, 114 Portugal, 371
Buenos Ayres, 5 Peruvian, 464 Mediterranean ports,
106 Irish, and 24 Coastwise. English and Irish
are very scarce. The farming districts have not
been better cleared for a great number of years ;
and, if the present large consumption continues,
prices may be expected to range even higher for
the new clip.

IRON.—there is nothing particular to note in
this market. To-day being a holiday in Glasgow,
there are no quotations of Scotch pigs.

SAM SLICK IN LIVERPOOL.

England is to have the honour of receiving in 1853 an
unusual number of the greatest literary celebrities of the
United States. Mrs. Beecher Stowe, the first novelist ;
Judge Haliburton, the first wit; and Mr. Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, the first prose writer (if we except Mr. Washing-
ton Irving, perhaps). Mrs. Stowe is, even while we write.
in our immediate neighbourhood ; Sam Slick is not out of
Lancashire ; and very soon we shall have the author of
" The Blithedale Romance" settled amongst us as Ame-
rican consul. Mrs. Stowe's visit to this country has been
for some time past the subject of much conversation and
eager anticipation ; but, even in the midst of the uni-
versal enthusiasm, which her arrival on our shores is so well
calculated to create, the visit of the witty and the wise
Judge Haliburton, author of the amusing and Instructive
" Sam Slick," will not be deemed unworthy of note.
Mr. Haliburton has, we believe, left Liverpool, though
he has not yet taken his departure from Lancashire. He
goes at first on a visit to his relative, Mr. Haliburton, of
Whitby, near Wisan.

MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IN

LIVERPOOL.

The author of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," who was unable
to leave New York by the Glasgow screw-steamer, which
arrived in the Clyde on Friday last, arrived at Liverpool
by the Canada, on Sunday morning. Having recovered
partially from the severe indisposition which prevented
her from leaving Andover, U.S., at the time originally
fixed for her departure, she made all haste to proceed by
the next vessel. During the voyage Mrs. Stowe suffered
from sea-sickness, and the result is that she is almost
entirely prostrated, though it is to be hoped that a few
days' rest in Old England will restore her to her wonted
strength. She is accompanied by her husband, the Rev.
Mr. Stowe; and also by several of the Beecher family,
of which she is so distinguished an ornament. From
some misunderstanding, perhaps, no party proceeded
in the tug to receive Mrs. Stowe. On landing she pro-
ceeded to the Dingle, where she is at present the guest
of our townsman, Mr. Cropper. Her stay, will, however,
be necessarily short, as she will hasten to Glasgow, from
the Anti-Slavery Society of which place she was first in-
vited to this country. It is understood that Mr. Stowe
accepted the invitation to visit this country with the view
of attending the approaching May meetings. In Glasgow
a public soiree is to be given to the distinguished lady
whose name, unknown a year ago, is now to all ears
" familiar as a household word." We learn from the
Greenock Advertiser, that the committee of the Ladies'
Anti-Slavery Association in that town have been making
arrangements for a soiree in honour of Mrs. Stowe. The
committee had transmitted to the secretary of the Glasgow
Association an invitation to be presented to Mrs. Stowe
on her arrival. She and her husband, Professor Stowe,
are to be the guests of John Scott, Esq. of Finnart-house,
during their stay in Greenock, and Provost Martin has
kindly consented to preside at the soiree.
We understand that a party of gentlemen and ladies
breakfasted yesterday morning with Mrs. Stowe, at the
Dingle, and among the clergy present to meet her were
the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, the Rev. Richard Burgess, rector
of Upper Chelsea, &c.

WEST DERBY UNION.

GUARDIANS.

of the elections of guardians
tested :

LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND
INSTITUTION.

THE third annual meeting of the above institution was
held in the society's rooms, Bold.street, last evening.
Among the gentlemen present we noticed Harwood
Banner. Esq., the Revs. W. F. Tayfor, G. W. Warr,
Thos. Moore, P. Mitchell, Brake!, Saltier. Wm.
Roulston, Cropper, Mallett, Pickering, Gardiner, &c.

The chair was taken by E. Heath, Esq ,who stated generally
the objects of the institution, and remarked that the great
difficulty was to secure permanence. The difference between
this institution and others with which he had been connected
was, that it had a prominent feature, the religious element,
which would serve as a bond of union, and promote its per-
manency. The lectures and discussion classes would also serve
the same object. The importance of concentrating our powers
on one or two objects, and pursuing these with steadiness, was
forcibly set forth ,and its application to the institution clearly
stated.

The Honorary Secretary then read the
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT.

In presenting the third annual report, the committee have to
congratulate the members on the steady progress of the insti-
tution, and the experience of the past year gives them reason
to hope that the society, if judiciously managed, will be able
to carry out with success the objects for which it was formed.
To the list of life-subscribers have been added the names of
the three following gentlemen—viz., The Right Hon. Lord
Stanley, Charles Turner, Esq., M.P., and Thomas Littledale,
Esq., ex-Mayor. During the last five months, 70 new members
have been enrolled. The increase for the year at this rate
would have been 170, but, through the negligence of the late
librarian, many members did not renew their subscription
when due, and numbers who could easily have been induced to
join, were never made aware of the advantages of the institu-
tion. The present librarian, whose zeal and intelligence the
committee duly appreciate and desire to acknowledge, has im-
proved mattErs much since his appointment, and bad the
same energy been applied during the entire twelve months, the
number of members would have almost doubled, and the ad-
vantages of the institution proportionably increased. It has,
however, more than maintained its ground, and the basis on
which it rests is more secure than before.

The committee desire to express their regret at the death,
during the past year, of their treasurer, who was one of the
earliest members who watched over the origin of the institution.
The members will see what kas been going forward during
the year from the following summary :
Lectures.—The public lectures, which during the two past
years formed such a prominent feature, have not been supplied
to the same extent this year. Great efforts were made to
secure distinguished and popular lecturers, but much difficulty
was experienced in making the necessary arrangements. Only
two public lectures were delivered, and a third, which was an-
nounced, did not take place, owing to the ill health of the lec-
turer. A loss of nearly .elO having been sustained on the first
twos the committee did not think it desirable to have any more
dunng the present year.
The lectures in the rooms to members and their friends have
been well attended, and have given much satisfaction. They
were ten in number, arranged into two courses, of five lectures
each. They treated of the history and doctrines of the Church,
and of such important subjects as ragged schools, emigration,
and natural history. The committee, on the part of the mem-
bers, desire to th nk the clergy and other gentlemen for their
kind and valuable aid in these lectures.

Neirsroom.—This department has been well supplied with
papers, and every effort has been made to meet the suggestions
and wishes of the members. Several important magazines and
periodicals have been added. The average attendance of mem-
bers is large.
Library.—About .e2O has been expended on the library dur-
ing the year. The members are indebted to the liberality of
Mr. Brakell, one of the life-members,- for the catalogue of the
books, which he presented to the institution. The committee
were most desirous of increasing the usefulness of this depart-
ment. A voluntary subscription was made, which amounted
to a small sum, and an attempt was made to have a soiree on a
large scale, for the express benefit of the library. They beg to
recommend this part of the institution to the particular atten-
tion of the new committee.

Classes.—One important object of the institution is to afford
its members an opportunity of improving themselves in any
branch of knowledge they may wish; and for this purpose
class-rooms are at their service, and classes in French, Italian,
&c., have been in active operation. The Mental Improvement
Class, which meets weekly, and which is now in its third ses-
sion, deserves special notice. Its aim is the mutual improve-
ment of the members, who meet together to train and mature
capabilities and powers to do good to mankind, which, but for
such co-operation, might have slumbered in inaction. Several
highly interesting and instructive subjests have been discussed
during the year, and. in the study and discussion of these,
members have instructed themselves, and mutually improved
and encouraged each other, and the result, which we may
fairly anticipate, is, that each member may increase in such'
useful knowledge as gains man weight of character, procures
for him respect. enables him to form an opinion correctly,
state it with clearness, offer it with confidence, and enforce it
with argument. This class is deserving of the special attention
of the members of the institution.
Gymnasium.—The use of an excellent gymnasium has been
added to the other advantages of the Institution during the past
year. It is in Colquitt-street, under the management of Mr.
Harrison. Annual and half-yearly subscribers can avail them-
selves of it by the payment of' ss. per quarter. Some members
have availed themselves of the privilege, and it has been the
means of procuring new ones for the Institution. It is hoped
that this notice may direct the attention of members generally
to the fact, that there is a Gymnasium• in connexion with the
Institution.

Finanees.—The treasurer's abstract will not show as large an
amount of receipts and expenditure as in former years, owing
to the absence of public lectures. The accounts have been
examined monthly, and an exact statement hid before each
monthly meeting of the committee. These statements show
that the Institution is now all but self-supporting, and that,
were it n..)t for the public lectures and other causes mentioned
above, there would have been a considerable balance in favour
of the institution.

The Committee would suggest that guinea subscribers have
the privilege of giving each a ticket not transferable to a non-
member.

A special effort bas just been commenced by those members
who are engaged in Sunday-school teaching, to bring the insti-
tution more prominently before the great body of Sunday-
school teachers in the town. Your Committee most cordially
and strongly approve of such a movement, and trust, by the
blessing of God, it may be crowned with success.. They have
long felt that the institution has a strong claim upon that im-
portant class of young men, a very small proportion of whom
have participated in its advantages. Its principles and objects
are such as.must commend themselves to the support of every
one who is in any way labouring for the promotion of God's
Clory and the good of his fellow-men. As there is now no
hurch of England Sunday-school Union in town—no associa-
tion in existence specially devoted to those amongst whom
there should be a oneness of principle, of motive, and of
action—no society in which the inexperienced teacher may
gather knowledge, the young encouragement, and, the despond-
ing spnpati.y,—your Committee would earnestly impress upon
the minds of Sunday-school teachers the desirability (they had
almost said the duty) of connecting themselves with us, and
making the Church of England Institution the very centre and
basis of such union.

When the committee consider the vast numbers of young
men engaged in business in such a town as Liverpool, who
have neither home nor connexions, the importance of our in-
stitution, which can in some measure supply this deficiency,
and introduce them to the acquaintance of those who will
direct them to useful and improving pursuits, cannot be over-
estimated. They trust, therefore, that all the members will
exert themselves in gaining others, and they venture to express
the hope that the clergy and gentlemen of the town who are
possessed of influence will give their aid cordially, as promoters
of the objects of the institution.
The Treasurer having read the abstract of accounts,

The Rev. W. F. TAYLOR moved the adoption of the report.
He discoursed on the advantages of the Institution as a bulwark
against error. He pointed out the evils of Socialism, Mor-
monism, Chartism, and Infidelity in general, and showed how
the institution might act as a remedy, by instructing its mem-
bers in the best way of meeting these evils. He dwelt, also, at
length, on its adaptation to meet the great evil of the:age—the
assumption of Popery. The advantages which Sunday School
teachers would derive from connecting themselves with the
institution were clearly shown.
r. MITCHELL seconded the resolution. He explained the
causes of some drawbacks during the first six months, and
showed the present state of the society to be most favourable.
The second resolution—thanks to th eofficers of the past year,
was moved by Harmood Banner, Esq. He said it was very en-
couraging that the number of members was continually in-
creasing, and spoke well for the lasting prosperity of the
Institution. Mr. Banner referred to the importance of Ragged
Schools. He alluded to the various institutions in the town
for preventing juvenile delinquency, and bringing up the rising
generation in the fear of the Lord • and showed the impor-
tance in this respect of efforts on the part of the members of
the Church of England Institution.
The Rev. G. W.:WAnn seconded the resolution, and remarked
on the importance of concentrating the mind on one or two
objects at most. The main object of the institution was that
it was especially for the young men of the town. The clergy felt
deeply the responsibility of the charge when young men were
committed to their care. The institution was in all speciality
intended for the young men, and the fact that it was a Church
of England institution was an additional fact of great impor-
tance. _ _

The REV. THOMAS MOORE moved the thanks of the mem-
bers to those gentlemen who have lectured for the Institution,
which was seconded by Mr. ELLIS, and carried unanimously.
51n. GARDINER proposed, " That the year close with the
31st of December; and that the annual meeting be held in
January." Seconded by Mr. SALTIER, and carried.
The officers were then reelected, and the vacancies in the
committee were supplied ; and after a vote of thanks to the
chairman, the meeting separated.

Ma. RICHARD DOWN, formerly of this port, and lat-
terly of London, has been selected for the office of Comp.
troller and Lhnding Surveyor of Melbourne, South
Australia, at a salary of £BOO per annum

APOTHECARIES.—Amongst thenames of those who have
just passed their examination at Apothecaries'.hall and
received certificates to practise were those of Mr. Thomas
A. Moore, of Preston, and Mr. W. E. Vaughan, of Crewe.
THE OLD PEAL OF BELLS AT WALLASEY, cast in
1730, by Mr. Luke Ashton, of Wigan, have been tuned
and rehung by Mr. W. Thistlewood, of Liverpool. They
were hung on Easter Tuesday last.

THE SCREW STEAMSHIP GLASGOW (the one in which
Mrs. Stowe was to have sailed) arrived at Glasgow on
Friday, after a passage of 12 days 20 hours. She brought
three days' later news than received per Africa.
THE GOLD ON BOARD THE GREAT BRITAIN.—Tha
weight of the gold brought in freight was 3 tons, 131 cwt.
and 11 ounces. Many of the passengers were also in pos-
session of large quantities of gold dust and nuggets, pro-
bably 10,000 ounces more. One of the passengers brought
£15,000, made in a public-house in Melbourne. Two
others £30,000, made by keeping a circus. A carter
brought home £2,000. and one man on board had a nugget
of pure gold, weighing 8 lbs., which he picked up himself.
THE WELSH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AT LLAN-
DOVERY.—Our talented young townsman, Mr. Robert G.
Williams, has been appointed mathematical tutor and
professor of chemistry, &c., at the above institution.
When a boy he entered the lower school of the Mechanics'
Institution of this town, from which he obtained a free
scholarship to the high school, where he distinguished
himself, and received the highest honour in classics,
mathematics, English, chemistry, natural philosophy, and
drawing, and obtained the Rev. James Yates' scholar-
' ship of £2OO to graduate at the university of London.
During his career at the University College, London, he
received three prizes, and eight certificates of merit, for
proficiency in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, mathematics, natural
philosopy, and English history, and finally graduated at
the university in the first division.
THE REV. R. WHISTON.—Our readers will recollect
the long and trying litigation in which this gentleman was
engaged with the authorities of Rochester Cathedral, re-
specting the disposal of the funds under their control.
As master of Rochester School he laboured incessantly
to expose the abuses of the system under which the funds
had been diverted, and having freely commented on the
conduct of the Dean and Chapter, was by them dismissed
from the office of schoolmaster. Against this he appealed
to the Court of Queen's Bench, but that court having no
jurisdiction, he was compelled to appeal to the Bishop of
Rochester, who had already expressed an unfavourable
opinion of him. After a lengthened investigation, the
Bishop of Rochester ordered him to he reinstated, but
without awarding to him the arrears of his salary for about
three years, or the heavy costs to which he had been put,
and which are said to amount to about £1,500. In order
that some compensation may be made to him for his
arduous exertions to restore a portion of the Cathedral
revenues to their original object, a committee has been
formed for the purpose of raising a fund, and an appeal
is made to the public for contributions. Some particulars
will be found in our advertising columns.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE•

MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
LONDON.

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.THE QUEEN'S HEALTH.—MONDAY, 9, A.M.—Her Wl'
jesty's recovery goes on favourably. The Infant Prince
continues well. The next bulletin will be issued on
Wednesday next.
A Cabinet Council was held to-day.

VIENNA, APRIL 7. Marshal Radetsky has declined
to leave Italy. The consequences of the hostility siglin
to Englishmen in Austria already begin to be felt. 11
Lloyds' steamer, which brought the last two Overkill
mails, had no English passengers on board.
SICILY.—The movement at Palermo was confined t...°
the lower classes ; some of the numerous prisoners are
priests.

BERLIN, APRIL B. The renewal of the Zollverein. 11,1
already given a great impetus to manufacturers.—Aol
The Leipsic Fair was unusually crowded, and bnsinal
brisk and satisfactory.
CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 28.—The Times' c0.11.6:0
spondent writes the following in a postscript:—" 1 Da'f
just learned, on the best authority, that the object
Prince Menschikoff's mission is neither more nor le°
than a treaty of alliance, similar to that of Unkiar SO.;
lessi. This has hitherto been, and is yet a profotlo7
secret. The Turks resist until they receive the advice °f
England and France."