The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-18 00:00:00

TI MBER.

LIVERPOOL.—There have been no arrivals of either
Baltic or colonial timber during the week. One cargo of
St. John pine, of small average girth, arrived last month,
has been sold from the quay at 2s 31-d per foot, with birch
at 22d. One cargo of deals has come up from St. John,
N. 8., which is now being landed and yarded for importer's
account. The transactions in this article have not been
extensive, the pressing cargoes being all cleared off. Those
remaining in first bands are held for higher rates, present
prices being much below cost of importation. The stocks
in dealers' hands are becoming very much reduced, and to
supply orders high prices have to be paid for lengths.

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PACKET 'LIST. . .
Mails de- Last Next
Destinations. spatched from Packet Packet
London. . Salled. ' Due.
--,—'-- --
S'HAMPTON STATION. (By Day Mail.)
Lisbon, Spa'n, and { , Tagus,
nth ofevery April 26.
. _,. 7.
Gibraltar .... e.. -
7th, 17th, and
month. ~‘PI
Gibraltar, Malta.). 4th and 20th 1 Colombo,
Egypt, Ceylon, and of every Apl. 4. May 4'
China month.
4th June, and Enxine,
Australia (via India){ 4th of every June 4.
Mar. 4.
,altrnt. month.
British Co"onies inl !
'West Indies(except l ,
Honduras), Foreign 1
Colonies, 8.:.c. in W. I
Indies (except II:t- L 2nd and 17th 1 M'dalena,
vana), California, r every month. f Apt. 3. April 16.
Venezuela, N.Gra- i
nada, Chili, and I
Peru, Greytown, 1 •
(S. J. de Nicaragua) '
,2nd of every 1 M'ealena, Mexico and Havana {
{ i 7th of every
i month only. I Apt. 3. May 1.
Honduras & Nassau
month only. I Mar. 17.
Great
1 Atrato,
April 16.
Lisbon, Madeira, { 9th of everyb 1
Brazil, B. Ayres. & Western, May 16.
Falkland Isles . mouth. • • Apt. 10.
PLYMOUTH STATION.i
C. G. Hope, Natal, ,„ • of
Mauritius. Cey.lon, ,`" ening the Pro pontis
India. Ascension, 14th of every Mir. 15. May. 26.
and Cape de Verde - month.
Madeira, Teneriffe, (Evening of the 1 it
and West Coast of I 23rd of every Fa 14 May 6.
Africa month. • Ito ar. 24.
LIVERPOOL STATION. ' Canada,
British N. America 1 ,Every Friday 1 Arabia, _
'..- _6.
and United States. 5. Evening. j April 15. April

VESSELS SPOKEN.
Rolling Wave, hence for Calcutta, March 6, in 7 S, 32 W.
Town of Liverpool, from Pernambuco, March 24, in 34 N, 41W.
Gaz•lle. hence for Madras, March 4, in I N, 22 W.
British Queen, Bombay for this port, March 7, in 4 N, 22 W.
Henry Moore, from the Clyde for Australia, Feb. 25, in 3 N,
24 W; 22 days from the Clyde, 16 from Land End, 17 from
Cape de Vent.
Loodianah, Jan. 29, in 36 N, 20 E.
Hartley, Tranquebar for Queenstown, March 9, in 5 N, 22 W.
Andrew Foster, hence for New York, off the Saltees.
Shackainaxon, bound west, March 24.
Samoset, March 2.5.

Star of Empire, March 27, in 44 N, 50 W.
Queen Victoria, Savannah for this port, April 3, in 49 N, 21W.
Manilla, April 10, off Cape Clear.
Amelia, hence for Alexandria, E. April 3, in 48 N, 13 W,
Valleyfield, hence for Montreal, April 7, off Nfitie Head.
A large ship, bound west, March 24, In 42 N, 40 W, under
jury foremast and bowsprit.
John Bright, bound west, March 30, in 51 N, 25 W.-

TIDE TABLE.

DAYS. I MORN-EN-ENO. HORT

HOLYDAYS, ETC

April.' h. m. h, m, ft. in.
Tuesday....lSi 229 I 263 16 5
Wednesday .19, 320 350 14 4
Thursday .. 20, 425 5 5 12 9
Friday ....21 551 640 12 3
Saturday ..22, 728 8 8 12 5
Sunday .... 23' 842 911 'l3 11
Monday .... 24 935 110 1 1 15 9

Sun rises, 5 3 a.m.
'Sun sets, 7 20 p.m.
lst Sun. aft. Easter.
Lst. George

POPULAR ERRORS.—Numbers of people seem to be of
designed p
to
opinion that the human hair was only provided us as a tem-
poraryend ornament, instead of which. i! was
protection
'Duns for life, and with ordinary care it would
do so. It must be treated, however, as other parts of the
body, that is to say, supplied with nutrition, and no article
has ever shown itself So capable of affording Oils in the high-
est degree as Rowlands' Macassar Oil. the successful results
of which during the last half century have proved beyond
question its extraordinary powers in the growth and improve-
ment of the hair, and which have obtained it a universal
celebrity unparalleled.
horded b y his brother,
account,
BLAIR'S GOVT AND lIIIRUMATIC PlLLS.—Extract of a
keßlanlyr'fBriPieneldnlsiw,
eater, written by John Moltard Wheeler, Esq.., collector of
oini but a 1
ntnleyae
it
suffer
from
rnstoms, Jamaica, having been
Swindon to Mr. Prout, for publication :—" I know you have
ma
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tniecsaiiry htiteilli occas
yen,ionin
it
no
lumbago,t a
,out, rheumatic gout, sciatica, rho umatism, or a"
branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their''
using them. In this country they are of wonderful effic
not only am I personally aware of their powers, but Lace
friends and
througrbeocuetiliit uunnitfaei,liitklign
their use. I would not be without them
taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate benefit from
if in a later, they alleviate pain, and
gbdom, 1)r tl:
cure than by any other means within m knowledge."—gold
a Much speedier
by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London Y "wiedge."—Sold
hle medicine venders ; and by all respects-
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8 . "I'HE LIVERPOOL STAIN]
- - ---- - ---
~w ble " I told you so" of such a proceeding, which is an ordinary consumptive demand. In the Woollen
kiberpoot ,---itaitarb. -
de'rdinteonlie unprecedented. eztentiendv.et Antoether fiepartile; lieemei3f
metropolis,wan districts also, the prospects are slightly more
favourable,. and the opinion
.is gaining . ground
____ ___---- is found in an alleged intention.of Her. MAJESTY to Visit
--- St. Paul's Cathedral along with Prince ALBEIT on the that prices have reached their lowest point, and
FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. 10th proximust as if Her MAJESTY and her Royal will improve as the season advances.
Consort shoe lti not attend the metropolitan church, or The great uncertainty which prevails, is owing
visit an entertainment which hertth amiable disposition
MONDAY MORNING.to the impossibility of forming anything like a
prompts her to participate in
swearer
tterleavreeeaesdkeedat,a and
THE commencement of last week was more prolific in
threat-
given by those ivllc, voluntarily search settled opinion on the probable effect of the
?ore they tie their shoe-latchets, and would prescribe to
be-
such
incidents as form the vivifying principle of politicalened war upon monetary affairs. Indeed, this
club-life than any of its predecessors for many months past. others a rule of conduct which they carefully abstain from appears to be the only evil to be dreaded, as from
First came the astoundingintellig, ence that,in discarding our Practising themselves.
In these stirring times,
awdhenhthe
,13.4,rpaaratios. of naval warlike operations being chiefly confined to the
• Black Sea and the Baltic, but little interference
ambassador from the court of St. Petersburg, the CZA.R and military expeditions
urs
had resolved on retaining possession of the heavy baggage of wars" fill the eye and theil ear,wenand choke the under- can take place with the ordinary channels of
ions. com-
of the embassy. Next in the order of unnatural events, standing', from week's end to week's end, the advent of mercial transact The highway will still be
came the announcement that Lord JOIIN meant to strangle more congenial topics steals over the senses with a double open to all the rest of the world, and the large
tiontiofil'at
ton. l The weaekhliVeaStali,egun by a qee inaug
his infant progeny, the new Reform Bill. Each of the profits made during the last year will also tend
assertions, in itself considered startling :in the one case memory of e&eSORGEsal nlSTEPHENSnoeNexeconuce the harr BAILEY,er, inf considerably to lessen even the evil of monetary
the law of nations was held sufficient to restrain the act ; a coal-pit, and latterly the Archimedes of railways. The pressure ;so that, upon the whole, there is less
involved too flagrant a violation of statue is a good one, and it has been appropriately placed cause for apprehension than, under ordinary cir-
the other it was said
' meeting of the The Corn
in the railway station at Euston-square. On the afternoon cumstances, might have been anticipated.
natural affection. Time, that sad dispeller of delusions, of the same day (Monday) the ninth annual trade the week has
during experienced
however, upset the conclusions of the inductive theory, Royal General Theatrical Fund was held in the City of very little change, the continued fine weather having
and proved that those who indulged the wild belief were London Tavern, Mr. R. M. MILNES, M.P., occupying the had the effect of delaying a reaction ; but a better
right ; those who urged prescriptive usage and natural chair. The field days of our histrionic benefit funds in the „ ~ .
meting may be said to prevail, and it is believed
olden time—then two in number—
affection, wrong. "Madness in great ones must not un- Brethren in arts, but rivals in renown," that the loss to large holders will not be so great
"
watched go," said or sung the Swan of Avon nearly three were enlivened by the wit, enriched by the talent, and as was feared a short time since. The great com-
centuries ago; and since his time, as well as before it, the dignified by the presence of all that was intellectually plaint is from consumers, as the price of Bread has
freaks of distinguished madmen have given colour and noble and characteristically great in art and in letters. not been reduced proportionate to the fall in Wheat
KEAN YOUNG, the elder and Flour.
credence to the apothegm, the most recent illustration ilrairr%SwitsE,annict'at' KEMBLE,
hostof other stars, Major and inor who In our SHIRE MARKET we have had but a small
being those afforded by the CZAR and the nondescript shone brightly in every constellation of poesy and of' his-
British Minister. In the former case the malady must bionic art, were gathered at the carnivals, and if, alas ! business, and prices have fluctuated with Consols.
such splendour of genius no longer grace its celebrations, On Tuesday the decline in these had a considerable
be looked on as rooted and hereditary, partaking of pa- the fault is not in the institution, nor can the falling off influence on shares, say to the extent of £1 per
roxysms ; in the latter, constitutional and desponding, be fairly charged against the profession in whose behalf share or more upon each description. On Wed-
producing languor and prostration. His Imperial Majesty, they annually take piece. At Monday's meeting, it was nesday, however, the rally in Consols was again
who, for a considerable time past, has been in what intimatedhurgaad it'nhteericaelia, gif
aawn.tacrlfultintile,
jtelLatttheeeeEndt in-
ralsympathised in throughout the share list, and a
BURNS called "a cankerous mood"—a battle, murder, and one. The Edinburgh Theatrical Fund! what singular rise took place to about the amount of the previous
sudden death kind of humour—has been of late moved to and stirring emotions are conjured up in vivid form by day's fall ; since that day the market has been
a madness that has obviously no method in it. Having those three magic words. The institution itself, though very steady, but with a small business, owing to
first endeavoured to cajole his eher ABERDEEN into a rsrayiectablttenwashanveevecor :fferrlssciaal
lasting
t g interaestt eoirneuittai the Easter holidays. We annex this day's prices:—
conjoint spoliation of Turkey, which the hesitating Cale- Listen and yo'u shall know. The members and managers Caledonians, 26i i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
donian durst not carry out, the imperator of all the of that institution never held but one public celebration, 601- 1i ; London Stock, 95-ic i ; Midland Stock,
Russias, incontinently and with little courtesy ordered and that turned out a notable one. It was in the autumn 581 e 1 -.1- 1.
of 1826, in the Assembly-room, in George-street, —a street,
our ambassador forth of his dominions, laying an embargo the boast of Edina, and one which would outstrip, in The return from the Bank of England for the
on the ambassadorial goods and chattels. The news of so architectural charms, any half-score of streets to be met week ending the Bth of April gives the following
unusual a mode of declaring war threw the west-end with in the Queen of the Mersey.—Round the social board results, when compared with the previous week :
clubs into a ferment. Gossip is the soul, the only vital on the occasion were gathered many a brilliant intellect, Public deposits ... £2,683,754; Decrease £1,762,034
including in the galaxy a host of Scotia's most distin- Other deposits ... 13,819,988; Increase 2,782,835
principle of such establishments, and in what soil could a gins' hed sons. Conspicuous among the intellectual band Rest ... ... ... 3,154,657; Decrease 602,919
more prolific crop of that material be reared, than out of sat one, whose lofty brow and manly features distin-
On the other side of the account—
speculations arising from this capture of the diplomatic guished him above all others—whose inextinguishable
of lartto singled him out for the post and the Government securities £13,939,132; Increase £2,331,516
strong-boxes ? Among the most popular of the "thou- attachedgoodness
rssthe reputation of being the King of Other securities ... 15,720,271; Decrease 802,455
sand-and-one"rumours, arising out of this imperial outrage, good fellows" whose easy good humour or playful Notes unemployed ... 4,968,755; Decrease 1,029,500
was one recognising the EMPEROR'S desire to repossess fancy made him the "observed of all observed," albeit on The amount of notes in circulation is £22,410,850,
himself of those curiously confidential communications tshorerpowres;enrt
hon..:Loandhiwsaamaenvenerhweas seza)ewmhiaatferdttneedabnyd being an increase of £126,610; and the stock of
relative to dividing " the sick man's property," which, of bullion in both departments is £14,140,599, showing
late, adversity had fixed her envenomed fangs yin the secret re-
late, received such edifying ventilation. The popularity cesses of his own generous heart. This was Sir WALTER a decrease of £309,119, when compared with the
of the rumours, and the ingenuity of the speculations SCOTT, the then ' great unknown," though greatly sus- preceding return.
founded on them, were alike doomed to rapid and uncere- petted "Author of Waverley." As an enthusiastic ad-
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
monious extinction. They, like the serpents of the Egyptian mirer and judicious patron of the drama, and as one of
magic' s were speedily swallowed up by the greater the leading literati of the northern metropolis, Sir Notes issued ... £27,379,605 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100
reptile of 'Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S hatching—his lordship's WALTER was, in every respect, an eligible guest to be Other Securities 2,984,900
latest "final measure"—which wriggled itself through all Present on such an occasion, and on which he conferred a Gold coin & bull n. 13,379,605
the splits and zigzags of the Cabinet. Now darting its peculiarity, such as, in all probability, the world will never Silver bullion ... ...
venomed tongue full in the face of Lord PALMERSTON— again witness. The dinner is concluded, for, like all other
now insinuating its terminal vertebra; between the folds Theatrical Fund gatherings, it was a dinner. The feast of £27,379,6051 £27,379,605
of Sir W. MOLESWORTH'S carefully adjusted mantle— grosser earth is past. The cloth is drawn. The expres- BANKING DEPARTMENT.
hissing now its hated breath below the fastidious olfac- sions of loyalty and patriotism befitting the occasion have Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000'G0v. Securities £13,939,132
tones of his Grace of NEWCASTLE—anon twining. its slimy been uttered and responded to, by enthusiastic outbursts. Rest ... ... 3,154,657 Other Securities 16,720,271
folds among the reluctant fingers of the CHANCELLOR of The toast of the day " Success to the Edinburgh 'rheatri- Public Deposits 2,683,754 Notes ... 4,968,755
the EXCHEQUER, causing dismay and exciting irritation cal Fund" has been given with genial warmth from the Other Deposits 13,819,988 Gold & Silver Coin 760,994
round the council-board, and communicating its malig- chair,—acknowledged in neatly appropriate terms by Mu R- 7
-day & other bills 1,177,753
nant influence through all the ministerial ramifications. BAY, the model of managers, and prince of comic actors—
Even the cold-blooded Times did not escape the contagion duly honoured by the company, and all is once £35.389,152 £35,389,152
of its sway, but seemed as nicely poised between the more quiet and decorus. A gentleman of fastidiously
autocratic outrage and the strangulation of the new fine features, and bland expression, rises to crave the corn- PRODUCE.—The markets during the week have
Reform Bill, as MAHOMET'S coffin is said to be between mon-place privilege of giving a toast. The boon accorded, presented little worthy of notice. Sugar has been
earth and heaven,— the " Thunderer" muttering, with he proceeded, in set phrase, to give "The Author of dull, in Tea little more doing, Palm Oil and Tallow
melancholy plaint, in reference to the one case, and hurl- Waverley," a toast as welcome as it was common. In an without change. To-DAY there has been a fair
ing defiant teachings relative to the other. The Reform instant every man sprang. to his feet and welcomed the
demand. for Sugar, especially for refining qualities,
Bill farce, however, although for a long time in course of toast with a swell of joyous glee which made the fine hall
what is called active rehearsal, was not played out for the ring, and ring again. It was soon observed that Sir which having been freely met, the sales reached
season till Tuesday evening, when it was gone through in WALTER SCOTT had not risen, and did not pledge the 120 hhds. Demerara, at 325. 9d. to 335. 3d.; 1000
a style of completeness which reflected credit on the stn- toast. The suspicion of his being the author had, long ere bags Dates, 325. 6d. to 335. ; 700 bags Madras,
dious assiduity of all the performers. this, been more than whispered, and now received a tacit 295. 6d. • 250 bags Benares, 38s. 9d. ; and 120
Both Houses, like other classical institutions, have and sort of negative confirmation. Again, the hall rung
cases 600 bads Bahia, in bond, at 19s. 6d. per cwt.
broken up for the Easter holidays, the Ceremonies, preli- with wild and yet wilder aclaim, convinced, as every one e,
urinary to the dispersion for fifteen days, having been gone now felt, that, in thus declining to pledge, the author sat Nothing to notice in Molasses and Rum. Several
through on Tuesday night. My Lords, on the occasion, , publicly confessed. The clamour is once more stilled, for parcels of Coffee will be offered to-morrow. The
with becoming dignity, quitted their benches, and betook ' even the Stentorian lungs of shouting barristers, and the Tea market continues firm, but not many sales to
themselves to a dissemination of those festivities and hos- cordial plaudits of admiring players, cannot long sustain report—common Congous of fair sound quality,
pitalities which so characteristically grace the baronial- an ordeal so exhausting as they had then encountered. llid. to 111-d. per lb. Of Rice, 1300 bags mid-
hall, in taking their departure scarce listening to the Slowly, and with obvious diffidence and hesitation, the „ ~..,_
Aberdonian lay, whose tremulous and uncertain notes gifted baronet rose from his chair. The act was an impos.. uung nengal, short of colour, sod at 13s. per cwt.
served but to exhibit the bruised condition of the battered ing, the moment an embarrassing one ; but it was soon 800 bags yellow Bombay Mustard Seed sold at
pipe on which the " spring" was played. The Commons, I brought to a close. In a few brief sentences, uttered in 50s. from the quay, and 700 bags Bengal Linseed
in their honourable house, like the tuneful tones of his most winning Doric, Sir WALTER
Linden, showed another sight, returned his personal thanks for the honour done to him at 655. per quarter.
CorroN.—The market during the week has ex-
as the previously unacknowledged Author" of Waverley."
when Lord Jon's, as a valedictory oblation, sacrificed his Again and again the banquet hall rung with plaudits of hibited unmistakeable signs of re-animation, not-
newest bantling," the little reform of the great Reform Bill," admiration and delight. Prior to the period referred to withstanding the holiday season, the general
the awful and mystic ceremonies of which immolation his several of the " Waverley Novels " had been dramatised, inactivity in trade, and the strike of more operatives
lordship went through with the ready tact of a veteran and as theatrical spectacles had acquired a popularity, if Stockport. The sales for the five days up to
performer, embellishing the scene with numerous new not more lasting, at least as intense as they had obtained at
incidents, and exhibiting himself as thoroughly master ofThursday, reached 40,390 bales, of which 7,450
lin their original'and more legitimate form. Ere he sat
the situation. The stock properties of the establishment 1
down; and before the sound of his triumph had ceased to were on speculation, and 2,450 for export, leaving
furbished up for the occasion consisted of the usual clap- vibrate on his ear, Sir Wst,Teu seized the opportunity, 30,490 for the trade.. Prices have also advanced
traps,—beginning with the good of the country, and which he said had long been deniedhim, of complimenting to the extent of 1-16 d., and in some cases id. for
ending with a pressure of more urgent business. This MACKAY on his inimitable personation of Bailie ~n;A •n, • • • • -•
....Alms. This rise may be attributed to the better
sort of thing—the refuse of the Ministerial wardrobe—was Nicol Jamie, in the drama of " Rob Roy ;" an imperso-
happily glanced at by Mr. DISRAELI, who, cuttingly con- nation which must be fresh in the memory of many a
feeling which appears to prevail in Manchester, and
earring in the propriety of the sacrifice, said the bill ought which exists as to the
Liverpool play-goer. Such a scene of bewildering excite- the less apprehension
never to have been brought forward at all, unless the ment followed SCOTT'S declaration as can never be erased monetary pressure.
necessity was clear and the means-of carrying it certain— I, from the memory of the beholder. At that moment was To-DAY the sales were from 8,000 bales to 9,000,
just as if Lord JOHN cared more about that bill than he revealed a secret for which ladies fair had sighed in vain,
did about papal aggression, when he fulminated his Minis- which had been withheld from men of station and repute, of which 2,000 were on speculation and for export,
terial bull on the subject in the famous "Durham letter." and which even royalty had failed in extracting; it was and the market closed firmly with an evident up-
His object in both instances was of course the same—ad now openly confessed—and from that hour the single ward tendency, notwithstanding the non-receipt of
captandum vulgus—that object accomplished, his conduct banquet of the Edinburgh Theatrical Fund was immortalised any advices from America. The following are
in both cases was similar, or nearly so ; in the first, he in the literary history of the world.
allowed his highly-wrought indignation to ooze gently out From the Edinburgh Theatrical Fund, and the revels- present quotations compared with the correspond-
in assertions growing " fine by degrees and beautifully tion of the authorship of " Waverley," to the living lite- ing period of last year.
less ;" in the second he retires with a bluster of blank rary world, the transition, though a distant, is not an 1853. 1854.
cartridge. The Ministry, he says, were not prepared to unnatural one; and in this latter sphere of action I find a New Orleans, middling 5 15-16 d. 5-Id.
incur the responsibility of dissolving parliament, and marked sensation has followed the production of Lady But,- fair M. 6 9-16 d.
staking their existence as an administration on the fate of WEB LYTTON'S new satirical sketch, entitled " Behind the Uplands, middling sid. 5 7-16 d.
this bill. Of course not ; nobody ever thought they were. Scenes," in the pungent pages of which her ladyship in- fair ......... -14d. 6 3-16 d.
The measure will, his lordship assures us, be re-introduced Bulges freely in caricature and lampoon in relation to her , SALES. IMPORTS. STOCK
when parliament can attend to it—probably some time gifted lord. Her pen seems to have been sharpened on
about the advent of the famous Greek Kalends—at all the whetstone of family discord, and her ink to have been
ending! ously ending
DESCRIPTION. PRICES. riVeeTc.A-Pre-Z Week —.
events not speedily. Parturient monies, nassitur ridi• strongly tinctured with domestic gall. While her hand isApl.l3
CU/U8 mUS. So far as regards the established stage pro- in at the entle work, she dashes some telling strokes API. l34hisyr. Apl. 13 Year.
This
perties of the event and circumstances, the novelties were of' blackening hue at DISRAELI, Sir F. THESIGER, and
novelties indeed, and of themselves constituted a highly other celebrities, who, unhappily for them, or for herself, Rea island .. ----gi@sB64 -714 6220 r
wrought serio-comic scene. His lordship, frilly aware of2a 520 4726 180336
have given her cause' to censure them. CHARLES DICKENS SLawineedds :: :: 31 61 10630 111530
the relentless perseverance with which the BRIGHT has commenced a new tale, which he calls "Hard Times." Mobile 4l 6/ 7540 48740 7509l 314466 392540
faction of his supporters pursue game they have once It appears in his " Household Words," and among other New Orleans. 31 81 15200, 245960 }
resolved on hunting down, made a dreadfully pathetic notabilities, it brings, his readers into familiar acquaint- Pernams, &c. 6* 81 1250 12430 .... 10448 18
effort to arouse the sympathies of the house and of the ante with the class ' Minor Theatricals," the idiosyn-
. f. . . a
,?1 til
37880 ... 9669
3•173 13958 11580,970
country in his behalf. ' Pity the sorrows of a poor old cracies of whom are graphically hit off. Theatricals are
Rad" wile rang out in dolorous accents,. as with tears and all agog in preparation for the Easter entertainment, ex- ar-a
Demerara,m iz.c .. . . 240 .. . 124 150
Egyptian 5/ 101 1030 33230 .319 9651 59780
in faltering tongue he besought commiseration and for- cept, perhaps, poor CHARLES MATTHEWS, who is again Com.W.l.&c. 6 7 130 1660 .... 1174 3370
bearance. All of us have seen, or heard, or read, or surrounded b'y debts and beset by difficulties, his manage. Surat
dreamed of crocodile's tears, which are believed to be but vial career being in all probability brought to a termina- Madras
•150 1790 J
questionable indications of sincerity. Some credulous and tion, he having been gazetted as a bankrupt, and the lease Bengal — •• • . 880 .... 9741 3680
.... 91878 205070
—____
imaginative heathen discourses in eloquent terms upon the of his theatre being, it is said, voided by such an event. 40390 564980 15727 632678 716070
" iron tears" which he alleges trickle " down PLUTO'S If Easter brings a recess of Parliamentary duties, April
cheeks," and SHAKSPERE tells us of generally comes in decked with the budding promises of WOOL.—WO have again experienced a dulness in
One who loved not wisely but too well— the artistic summer. The SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS, the Wool market this week, and the trade gene-
* * . * * the BRITISH INSTITUTION, and the NATIONAL INSTITU-
Whose subdued eyes, rally is quite inanimate ; the imports, however,
Albeit unused to the melting mood, TION appearing as harbingers of the ROYAL ACADEMY'S
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees fully-decked summer radiance. Occupying a distinguished, from all quarters have been very light for some
will keep stocks from accumu-
Their medicinal gum. as well as a conspicuous place among the non-academical weeks past, which .
No one of all these authorities, ancient or modern, has displays, the Edinburgian brothers, the two LAVDERS, lating to any great extent and holders from forcing
bethought him of representing an ex-Premier, and such an ROBERT S. and JAMES E., are prolific as well as able con- sales, so that prices cannot be expected to go lower
ex-Premier as Lord JOHN RUSSELL, "like NIoBE, all tributors. At the British Institution, capital specimens
tears." No, such an event in human history has been left are
ndtGrlZ seen from the pencils of F. STONE, F. GoODAL.L,
RUIKSHANK • and BODDINGTON and PYNE assist unless some unforeseen event transpires to create a
prolonged state of the present stagnation. Imports
for his lordship's exclusive use in solving the great moral ?' .
hin the 'of the British Artists. The
collection.
.. . for the week, 768 bales, viz., 286 Portugal, 470
problem that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. The inPric - g .
occasion was a great one, and the event worthy the occa- subject o
t art is readily suggestive of a new move in sewn- Mediterranean Ports, 10 Buenos Ayres, and 20
sion. Having been unluckily absent from the conclusion tific art; that is. as art
found
to beapplied to war. Photo- Irish.
the Baltic
of the scene, lam not from personal observation able to graphic art
to been
usefuloeunrildloied in the Bast ; and, in
hydro-
do justice to the amount of bye-play which accompanied graphicßti s toveteleissco es andP theodolites, pick-axes and PRESENTATION of PLATE.—On Saturday evening, s
the climax of the farce. Nor am I capable of depicting
shovels,nour sap rsPand miners are to be furnished with deputation waited upon Mr. Humphreys, late Collector of
the effect of the pantomimic display upon the susceptible
m , fixed Peon universal joints, with pendulums Inland4llevenue, at his house, 13, Evertor Crescent, Liver
nerves of the representatives of Manchester and the Westpool, for the purpose of presenting to him a piece of plat(
cameras,
whether to make portraits of the Calmucks or
Riding; but the imagination of your readers need not be
daguerreotypes of the Tartars is not stated ; but, armed as a mark of their regard as a high official, and as a uni
of the most creative class to realise the full burlesque
with these new instruments of observation, they are ex- formly consistent man in the discharge of very difficult
occasioned by the non-official leader thrusting his lingual duties, during the long period of 34 years, in which hi
peeted to make at least a formidable impression.
displayed fidelity to the crown, and secured the confidence
organ into his "weasened" and lantern jaw. The lacrymose
Chief among the musical performances of Passion week
peroration of his lordship's appeal, ad misericordiam,of the Board of Inland Revenue, dispensing justice to all
nha s
..been the. production of Handel's "Messiah," on Wed-
was one from which KEELEY might have derived some style ofexcellence andcompleteness and alike charitable and sympathetic for his fellow-erea•
esuay evening, in a
valuable hints. which left little to be wished for by even the most fastidi- ture in every time of ... need. The following is the inscrip.
Besides the parliamentary scene referred to, between tion :—"Presented to. William Humphries, Esq., by his
ous. The leading solo singers were Madame CLARA
Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the honourable house, anotherfriends and admirers in office, this memento of their re•
OVELLO an N d Miss DOLBY., Mr. SIMS REEVES and Herr
scene, nearly as novel if not quite so dramatic in its Wei- spect on his retirement from the Collectorship of Inland
. . . , , . _„__. __,_„„ aa,„_„_,„„„,,_ FORMES. Tt.su.nnn at the IlArt of Liveroool." The rdate, which wag

MONDAY MORNING.
Tun commencement of last week was more prolific in
such incidents as form the vivifying principle of political
club-life than any of its predecessors for many months past.
First came the astoundingintelligencethat,in discarding our
ambassador from the court of St. Petersburg, the CZA.R
had resolved on retaining possession of the heavy baggage
of the embassy. Next in the order of unnatural events,
came the announcement that Lord JOHN meant to strangle
his infant progeny, the new Reform Bill. Each of the
assertions, in itself considered startling : in the one case
the law of nations was held sufficient to restrain the act ;
the other it was said involved too flagrant a violation of
natural affection. Time, that sad dispeller of delusions,
however, upset the conclusions of the inductive theory,
and proved that those who indulged the wild belief were
right ; those who urged prescriptive usage and natural
affection, wrong. "Madness in great ones must not un-
watched go," said or sung the Swan of Avon nearly three
centuries ago ; and since his time, as well as before it, the
freaks of distinguished madmen have given colour and
credence to the apothegm, the most recent illustration
being those afforded by the CZAR and the nondescript
British Minister. In the former case the malady must
be looked on as rooted and hereditary, partaking of pa-
roxysms ; in the latter, constitutional and desponding,
producing languor and prostration. His Imperial Majesty,
who, for a considerable time past, has been in what
BURNS called "a cankerous mood"—a battle, murder, and
sudden death kind of humour—has been of late moved to
a madness that has obviously no method in it. Having
first endeavoured to cajole his cher ABERDEEN into a
conjoint spoliation of Turkey, which the hesitating Cale-
donian durst not carry out, the imperator of all the
Russias, incontinently and with little courtesy ordered
our ambassador forth of his dominions, laying an embargo
on the ambassadorial goods and chattels. The news of so
unusual a mode of declaring war threw the west-end
clubs into a ferment. Gossip is the soul, the only vital
principle of such establishments, and in what soil could a
more prolific crop of that material be reared, than out of
speculations arising from this capture of the diplomatic
strong-boxes ? Among the most popular of the " thou-
sand-and-one" rumours, arising out of this imperial outrage,
was one recognising the EMPEROR'S desire to repossess
himself of those curiously confidential communications
relative to dividing " the sick man's property," which, of
late, received such edifying ventilation. The popularity
of the rumours, and the ingenuity of the speculations
founded on them, were alike doomed to rapid and uncere-
monious extinction. They, like the serpents of the Egyptian
magicians' were speedily swallowed up by the greater
reptile of Lord JOHN RussELL's hatching—his lordship's
latest "final measure"—which wriggled itself through all
the splits and zigzags of the Cabinet. Now darting its
venomed tongue full in the face of Lord PALMERSTON—
now insinuating its terminal vertebra between the folds
of Sir W. MOLESWORTH'S carefully adjusted mantle—
hissing now its hated breath below the fastidious olfac-
tories of his Grace of NEWCASTLE—anon twining its slimy
folds among the reluctant fingers of the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER, causing dismay and exciting irritation
round the council-board, and communicating its malig-
nant influence through all the ministerial ramifications.
Even the cold-blooded Times did not escape the contagion
of its sway, but seemed as nicely poised between the
autocratic outrage and the strangulation of the new
Reform Bill, as MAHOMET'S coffin is said to be between
earth and heaven,—the " Thunderer" muttering, with
melancholy plaint, in reference to the one case, and hurl-
ing defiant teachings relative to the other. The Reform
Bill farce, however, although for a long time in course of
what is called active rehearsal, was not played out for the
season till Tuesday evening, when it was gone through in
a style of completeness which reflected credit on the stu-
dious assiduity of all the performers.
Both Houses, like other classical institutions, have '
broken up for the Easter holidays, the Ceremonies, preli-
minary to the dispersion for fifteen days, having been gone
through on Tuesday night. My Lords, on the occasion,
with becoming dignity, quitted their benches, and betook
themselves to a dissemination of those festivities and hos-
pitalities which so characteristically grace the baronial-
hall, in taking their departure scarce listening to the
Aberdonian lay, whose tremulous and uncertain notes
served but to exhibit the bruised condition of the battered
pipe on which the " spring" was played. The Commons,
in their honourable house, like
Linden, showed another sight,
when Lord Jon's., as a valedictory oblation, sacrificed his
newest bantling," the little reform of the great Reform Bill,"
the awful and mystic ceremonies of which immolation his
lordship went through with the ready tact of a veteran
performer, embellishing the scene with numerous new
incidents, and exhibiting himself as thoroughly master of
the situation. The stock properties of the establishment
furbished up for the occasion consisted of the usual clap-
traps,—beginning with the good of the country, and
ending with a pressure of more urgent business. This
sort of thing—the refuse of the Ministerial wardrobe—was
happily glanced at by Mr. DISRAELI, who, cuttingly con-
curring in the propriety of the sacrifice, said the bill ought
never to have been brought forward at all, unless the
necessity was clear and the means-of carrying it certain—
just as if Lord JoHN cared more about that bill than he ,
did about papal aggression, when he fulminated his Minis- ,
terial bull on the subject in the famous " Durham letter." ,
His object in both instances was of course the same—ad ,
captandum vulgus—that object accomplished, his conduct 1
in both cases was similar, or nearly so ; in the first, he i
allowed his highly-wrought indignation to ooze gently out
in assertions growing " fine by degrees and beautifully
less ;" in the second he retires with a bluster of blank
cartridge. The Ministry, he says, were not prepared to
incur the responsibility of dissolving parliament, and
staking their existence as an administration on the fate of
this bill. Of course not ; nobody
Sever thought they were.
The measure will, his lordship assures us, be re-introduced
when parliament can attend to it—probably some time
about the advent of the famous Greek Kalends—at all
events not speedily. Parturient monies, nassitur ridi.
culus mus. So far as regards the established stage pro-
perties of the event and circumstances, the novelties were
novelties indeed, and of themselves constituted a highly
wrought serio-comic scene. His lordship, frilly aware of
the relentless perseverance with which the BRIGHT
faction of his supporters pursue game they have once
resolved on hunting down, made a dreadfully pathetic
effort to arouse the sympathies of the house and of the
country in his behalf. Pity the sorrows of a poor old
Rad" wile rang out in dolorous accents, as with tears and
in faltering tongue he besought commiseration and for-
bearance. All of us have seen, or heard, or read, or
dreamed of crocodile's tears, which are believed to be but
questionable indications of sincerity. Some credulous and
imaginative heathen discourses in eloquent terms upon the
" iron tears" which he alleges trickle " down PLUTO'S
cheeks," and SHARSPERE tells us of
One who loved not wisely but too well—
* • a
Whose subdued eyes,
Albeit unused to the melting mood,
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum.
No one of all these authorities, ancient or modern, has
bethought him of representing an ex-Premier, and such an
ex-Premier as Lord JOHN RUSSELL, "like NIOBE, all
tears." No, such an event in human history has been left
for his lordship's exclusive use in solving the great moral
problem that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. The
occasion was a great one, and the event worthy the occa-
sion. Having been unluckily absent from the conclusion
of the scene, I am not from personal observation able to
do justice to the amount of bye-play which accompanied
the climax of the farce. Nor am I capable of depicting
the effect of the pantomimic display upon the susceptible
nerves of the representatives of Manchester and the West
Riding; but the imagination of your readers need not be
of the most creative class to realise the full burlesque
occasioned by the non-official leader thrusting his lingual
organ into his "weasened" and lantern-jaw. The lacrymose
peroration of his lordship's appeal, ad misericordiam,
was one from which KEELEY might have derived some
valuable hints.
Besides the parliamentary scene referred to, between
Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the honourable house, another
scene, nearly as novel if not quite so dramatic in its inci-
dents, has been enacted in another place. The performers
were Lord CLaaarinon on the one hand, and a handfull
of modest deputationists, named NICHOLAY, CUNNING-
Elm, WILSON, COLLETT, and WILICS, who waited on his
lordship at his official residence, and complimented him
and his colleagues by presenting and reading a series of
resolutions, in the strongest terms condemnatory of the
ministerial policy as regards the Turkish question • cut-
tingly severe on the hypocritical " private and confiden-
tial" correspondence between the British Government and
the Autocrat relative to the partition of Turkey ; slyly
sarcastic on the withdrawal of the Reform Bill, and
oppressively polite in the stolid civility with which they
presented now one horn of the dilemma and now another
to his lordship, while urging him to receive and study the
address. In vain he alluded to the discourteous charges
against the honesty and fair dealing of himself and his
colleagues, contained in the address, as a reason why he
should not listen to it. These remarks
were met by a cool
averment of its truth. When he urgedthe nnteoral appro-
bationke of the ministerial proceedings in
re
he was told, having been agreed to at largeY ;
the address, a
public Illeeeing, was de facto a contradiction to his state-
ment. In fact, his situation resembled precisely that
which, in years long gone by,l remember having seen
depicted- in a caricature() , entitled " Puzzled which to
choose, or the Kingf Timbuctoo offering one of his
.
daughters in marriage to Captain —." Three or four
of the sable Vennseg are arranged
on one side, tittering
with half-roguish glee; .
on the other stands a row of sa-
vages with skulls and cross-bones fixed on spears, emble-
matic of the fate awaiting hesitancy or refusal. In the
magnanimously showing off
centre sat his ebon majesty of choice. I
the charms of the embarrassing subjects
cannot receive this,
Mr.
says his lordship; it charges all of us
with want of honesty and good sense. But
o, f q uoth
Russia in
COLLETT, to have listened to the proposal-3
such a case, was to accede to them. Oh, says his la_ordsft hianpd,
the country is satisfied with our Prnevecling".3*
is no unani-
fairly, says Mr. WILXS, these resolutions have
.bee adopt
adopted
by a large meeting, therefore the country
mous in its satisfaction.
" Coming events," the poet tells us, " cast their shadows
before ;" and, concerning some of the proposed movements
of our beloved Sovereign, a loyal and interested public is
engaged in anxious speculation. Her MAJESTY having,
it 18 said, intimated her intention of countenancing,
by her presence, the grand bal costumi to be ven
at the French Embassy on the gth of next month,
political quid nuncs of all orders and persuasions are
busy as to the why and wherefore, and the proba-

WooL.—We have again experienced a dulness in
the this week, and the trade gene-
rally isoomk
quite t
inanimate ; the imports, however,
from all quarters have been very light for some
weeks past, which will keep stocks from accumu-
lating to any great extent and holders from forcing
sales, so that prices cannot be expected to go lower
unless some unforeseen event transpires to create a
prolonged state of the present stagnation. Imports
for the week, 768 bales, viz., 286 Portugal, 470
Mediterranean Ports, 10 Buenos Ayres, and 20
Irish.

PRBSENTA.TION OB PLATm.—On Saturday evening, a
deputation waited upon Mr. Humphreys, late Collector of
Inland4Revenue, at his house, 13, Everton Crescent, Liver-
pool, for the purpose of presenting to him a piece of plate
as a mark of their regard as a high official, and as a uni-
formly consistent man in the discharge of very difficult
duties, during the long period of 34 years, in which he
displayed fidelity to the crown, and secured the confidence
of the Board of Inland Revenue, dispensing justice to all,
and alike charitable and sympathetic for his fellow-crea-
ture in every time of need. The following is the inscrip-
tion :—"Presented to William Humphries, Esq., by his
friends and admirers in office, this memento their re=
spect on his retirement from the Collectorship of Inland
Revenue at the port of Liverpool." The plate, which was
executed by Mr. Dismore, of Bold-street, was of very
superior style.
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS were specially opened on
Good Friday, to gratify a number of parties from various
localities who visited this town. In addition to the highly-
improved attractions, the spirited proprietor has engaged
those singular human curiosities, the Lilliputian Aztecs,
with the particulars of whose appearance our readers have
been made familiar by the lengthened descriptions which
have appeared in our own and the metropolitan papers.
These extraordinary children have, during the past year,
excited the astonishment of Her Majesty and most of the
nobility, together with many of the learned men of the
empire. They are descended, it is said, from an ancient
race, who were many centuries ago located in Mexico,
but whom the Spaniards endeavoured to exterminate in
1819, who destroyed their cities, and the few inhabitants
who escaifed were compelled to fly to the interior of
central America, where they built the city of Iximaya—
a place unknown to the other portions of the earth until
very lately, and where these Aztecs have been, and are
still preserved as objects of adoration in the pagan tem-
ples. The Zoological Gardens will become more attractive
this season than formerly, in consequence of the various
improvements which Mr. Atkins has effected in every
department. The walks and shrubberies have been
carefully attended to, and a number of statues adorn
the different avenues, which will be brilliantly lighted
by a greatly increased number of lamps. The model of
the house in which Shakspeare was born is still preserved,
reminding those who have visited Stratford-on-Avon of
the careful exactness with which Mr. Atkins has followed
the resemblance of the birth-place of the immoital bard.
The pyrotechnic panorama of Mount Etna has been in-
creased in beauty, and whether viewed in the magnifi-
cence of volcanic eruption in the evening, or beneath the
sunny brightness of mid-day, the tout ensemble displays
the skill and taste of the artists, Messrs. Norie and Mat-
thews, as well as the pyrotechnic resources and lavish pre-
paration of Mr. Atkins. It is not, as yet, quite complete,
but when the whole machinery is finished, it will afford
the most gratifying spectacle ever exhibited at these gar-
dens. The menagerie has somewhat increased, and many
beautiful specimens have also been added in ornithology,
the parrots and other birds displaying the most brilliant
plumage. The archery ground, gymnasium, and other
attractions of the place have been carefully attended to,
and will prove, this season, that the most vigilant and
spirited exertions have been used by Mr, Atkins in cater-
ing to suit the taste of ills Wrens,

COMMERCIAL 4 MONETARY NEWS

MONDAY NIGHT. 1
NOTWITHSTANDING the many conflicting reports I
received by electric telegraph from the seat of war,
and the doubt which still exists as to the policy
to be pursued by the German Powers, the public
funds have gradually improved in value, without
any very great fluctuation, during the week. No
official change has taken place in the rate of dis-
count, and for commercial purposes money has
been much in the same state as during the previous
week, but little having occurred to induce any
alteration. The returns of the Bank of England,
published on Friday, show some considerable
changes. The stock of bullion has diminished to
the extent of £309,119 ; but this is a very small
sum, arising from the payment of the dividends,
by which the Public Deposits were diminished
£1,762,034. The " other deposits" were increased
no less than £2,782,835, and " other securities"
diminished £802,455, so that it would appear that
ample provision had been made to meet anticipated
demands. There was also a large increase in the
active circulation, circumstances tending to main-
tain confidence in the security of commercial credit.
The season being one of 'general cessation from
business, there is little that is worthy of comment,
and, indeed, the most favourable feature is the
absence of anything of a contrary tendency. Trade
generally has been dull, and little or nothing doing
of a speculative character, but prices have experi-
enced no great alteration, all parties seeming in-
clined to wait the turn of events rather than enter
into any new transactions. In the cotton manufac-
turing districts, however, there has been a slight
improvement, owing to the demand for Yarns and
goods for the India markets ; and the great number
of operatives out of employ must render it easier
for the manufacturers to reduce their stocks upon

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER

GREAT PROTESTANT TEA PARTY.

A GRAND Sora of the Liverpool Working Men's Pro-
testant Reformation Society was held last night, at the
Hope Hall, in Hope-street. This building has been re-

cently purchased by Mr. Robert A. Macfie, as a place for
public meetings, and was liberally granted by him for the

nse of the Society on this occasion. The spacious area
was tastefully decorated with flags, transparencies, &c.,

representing the destruction of the Spanish Armada,
Ridley and Latimer in prison, and other appropriate de-

vices. Tea was provided for about eight hundred persons,
and every place was occupied. The refreshments, which
were of excellent quality and abundant in quantity, were
provided by Mr. Hutchins, of St. John's-lane, and gave
general satisfaction. Alderman James Parker occupied
the chair, and amongst those on the platform were the
Rev. H. Carpenter, Rev. W. F. Taylor, Rev. R. W.
Wolseley, Rev. D. F. Barry, Rev. G. L. Ireland, Rev. S.
B. Sutton, Rev. G. F. Matthews, Rev. H. Cooke, Rev.
V. M. White, Messrs. Robert A. Macfie, G. Nickson, W.
Clarke, J. Parsonage, W. Bennett, &c.
At the conclusion of the repast,
The CHAIRMAN, who was received with considerable

applause, said it augured well for the success of the
association, when he found that during the past year above
eight hundred members had been enrolled, and he saw
that they had been under the patronage of the late Al-
derman Alolyneux, whose regard for the interests of the
working classes was unbounded, and whose loss they so
deeply lamented. He saw around him their friends, the
clergy, who had done the work of the great cause they bad
in hand ; and he asked what it was that made Liverpool

such a great Protestant town ? what but the labours
of the Evangelical Clergy, who, with Dr. M`Neile at their
head, had for the last twenty years been working dili-
gently in the great cause of the Reformation,
The President of the Society (Mr. John Parsonage) read
letters of apology for their absence from the Rev. W.-Fal-
loon, Rev. S. Minton, and T. B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P.
The Rev. H. CAMPENTER, in the course of an eloquent

speech, said their object in coming there was not to drink
tea, but to strengthen each other in one common princi-
ple, the great principle of the Reformation, to which,
under the grace of the Almighty, they owed every blessing
they enjoyed. -There were some who said that the Refor-

maiion was a mere negation—a destruction. It might be
destruction, but it was the destruction of everything
sinful, of human traditions, of all that had overloaded and
buried true religion beneath man's inventions. He pro-
.

ceeded to descant on the great work which had been done

at the Reformation in making the Scriptures free, in libe-
rating the world from ignorance, and helping to remove
that long night of darkness under which Rome had alone

been able to preserve her baneful influence. He told some

amusing stories from Romish books of pretended miracles
and inventions, even of wild beasts; and said such were
the idle tales which were substituted for the teaching of

the Scriptures.
The Rev. V. M. WHITE expressed the satisfaction he

felt in attending such a meeting as the present, although
he confessed he felt something like an opinion that the
name "Working Men's Reformation Society" was not
exactly the name which the purposes of the•society would
lead him to choose. It inferred, as it were, the idea that
there might be some among them who were not workers
in the cause. If any such there were, the question

should be fairly put to them, " Why stand ye there idle
all the day ?" But he felt assured there were none such ;
but that all were actuated by an earnest and active desire

to forward the work of Protestantism. As opposed to
Popery, there were numerous ways in which all could find
useful occupation, particularly in exposing the grossness
of the delusions by which that system is upheld.. The

mention of delusions brought to his rememtirance a case
in which a priest had practised very successfully, and very
artfully, on the credulity of some of his flock in' Ire-
land. Some- of the priests, not all of them, had
the power to work miracles ; and one poor woman,
a member of his flock, happened to be afflicted with• a

ever come to pass, he would propose that the endowment
to the priests should be in the inverse ratio •of the num-
ber of Popish prisoners contained in the gaol ; that is, that
he should be paid his minimum salary when there were
the greatest number of prisoners, and his maximum
salary when there were fewest popish prisoners in the
gaol. He next made powerful allusion to the awful scenes
enacted by the murderers of Mr. Bateson before their
execution, dwelling upon the callousness and blasphemies
of the culprits, which he reprobated while lamenting it. In
conclusion, he moved—" That the thanks of this meeting
be given to Robert Andrew Macfie, Esq., for his kindness
in granting the use of the Hall to the Working Men's
Reformation Society."
The Rev. V. M. WHITE said, as he had introduced to
the notice of the meeting the subject of Mr. Caine's
speech, his object in alluding to it was simply confined to
the remarks made by that gentleman. He (Mr. W.) had
reason to believe that the speech was not in unison with
the sentiments of the chairman, and was opposed to the
opinions of several other gentlemen who were speakers on
that occasion.

disease which the doctors could not overcome, and it was
agreed by her friends that she should apply to this blessed
priest, for only the blessed priests can work miracles. The
distemper she was afflicted with she thought was that she
had three black crows in. her inside. (Laughter.) On
going to the priest, they met him in the road, busy as he
seemed reading a book, and he did not observe them as
they laid their case before him. He still walked on, pre-

tending not to hear them, as they described the malady,
till arriving at a place where there were numerous black
crows, in every respect similur to those with which the
woman said she was troubled ; here, watching his opportu-
nity, he made a shout, startling the crows ' • and giving
the woman a slap on, the hack, " Ha ! look there," said
he, " these are gone, go thou thy ways and sin no
more." (Loud and continued laughter.) Such (said
he) are the miracles with which the blessed priests

The Rev. S. B. SUTTON, in seconding the resolution,
said he heard a cry for Mr. Cooke, and they should have
him very soon; but he hoped they would not cook him.
(Laughter and cheers.) He wished that Mr. Cain had
keen present when he (Mr. Sutton) had " pitched into"
Popery (as had been stated) ; for, if he had been there, he
would have heard a fair declaration of sound Protestant
principles. He was glad that reference had been made to
Mr. Caine's observations, for it would teach clergymen to
look more narrowly to their duty. Many working men
looked upon clergymen as mere schemers, and religion as
a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence. He trusted that
clergymen would throw more sound Protestant reasoning
into the minds of working men. (Hear, hear.) The
working men were the very bone and sinew of our national
greatness, and have always been the main defenders and
supporters of Britain's dominion. (Great cheering.) He
wished the time would permit him to show how sound
Protestantism would be a benefit, not only to their heads,
but their hands also. England had advanced or retro-
graded, according as Protestantism or Romunism was in
the ascendancy. This was the case in the days of Queen
Elizabeth,Charles, and other monarchs. Charles the First
got into trouble through a Popish woman; and he
wished to warn young men against the wiles of Popish
women. (Cheers.) England had increased in religious
development as Protestantism advanced, thereforea sound
Protestant education was the greatest blessing to the
working men. (Hear and. cheers.) It was true that he
(Mr. Sutton) did not belong to an Orange Lodge, but still
he was as sound a Protestant as any one. Protestantism
was another name for Christianity, combining as it did
the principles of the Reformation, and shaking off the
incubus which had so long enslaved the nation. (The
Kentish fire was given as Mr. Sutton sat down.)
The Rev. H. CooKE then commenced, amidst great
cheering. He rejoiced to meet with his Protestant
friends—men who knew what Protestant truth was, and
were prepared to maintain it. Every working man ought
to be a sincere Protestant ; every genuine Protestant
should know what was won for us by William of glorious
memory. (Great cheering.) The banners he saw around
him were, emblems of victories won' by our fathers in days
gone by. (Cheers.) It was not the• "No surrender" in-
scribed on the banners, but it was the No surrender" in-
scribed upon their hearts which won thevictory. (Cheers.)
He hoped the working men would be prepared to carry
the principles of the Reformation, and give a solid reason
for the hope that is within them. The ministers of the
Church should not alone be the champions of the truth ;
but every working man should be able to defeat any
Romish champion who stood up against him. (Cheers.)
Mr. MAME thanked the meeting for the compliment
they had paid Min, and expressed the gratification he felt
at seeing such a meeting as the present. He was delighted
with every part of the proceedings ; and he hoped his
friend Mr. Caine would attend at the next anniversary, in
order to form a just opinion of the Society. (Great
cheering.) He hoped the Roman Catholics would attend
the meeting, and hear the truth adverted to in truly Pro-
testant and temperate language. (Continued cheers.)
A vote of thanks was then given with acclamation to
Mr. Alderman Parker, for his Protestant zealin taking
the chair. (Cheers.).
The resolution was carried with the warmest acclama-
tion ; after which the meeting terminated at half-past ten.
We understand that at the meeting, the Chairman, Mr.
Alderman Parker, presented the handsome donation of
£5 to the treasurer, in aid of the funds of the society.

edify their flocks ! He• had been asked by many
what was the object of such societies and of such
meetings as the present, and he had been told that politics
are at the bottom of the movement, and some object to it
on that account. Politics, however, he could assure them,
were not at the bottom of the movement. Others are so
careless about the benefits or blessings of pure religion,
that they tell us, if a man has a fair moral character,
we do not need to care what creed he professes. Can
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such men see no treason against God in the delusions,
and irreligion, and idolatry of Popery ? Can they not
see in those• the• curse of society? And is it no mat-
ter how the glory of God is interfered with ? A more
unaccountable class, however, he must still allude to—
those who, admitting that in. popery there is treason
against God, still say, can you not be content to live in
peace with your neighbours, and allow them the same
freedom which you- insist on having for yourselves. These
men maintain that it is uncharitable to do anything to
disturb the good feeling of society, as they say, on such
a subject. It often happens that those who speak most
about charity, exhibit least of it in practice. True charity
is that which is taught in the bible, and which in
God's holy word, we are told, thinketh no evil. Are we
to consider it charity, which would withold our opposition
to that system which enslaves the people, body and soul ?
If we are to send out missionaries, are we to forbid them
to denounce the idolatries of heathen lands ? And if we are
not to do this, are we not more called on to aid in blotting
out the idolatries which prevail in our native land ? The
great principle of Christianity is aggressive ; its object and
its principle is to wage war with untruth. Some say, why
do you not, instead of combatting error, fill the people with
truth, and that will of itself drive away the error. Such
reasoning is fallacious. If we would drive away disease,
we must attack the disease ; we cannot combat it by filling
the body full of health: In proceeding to overthrow error,
however, we must do. it in. a charitable spirit ; we must
love the men while we repudiate and abhor the sins ; and in
doing this we shall only be following our Saviour's blessed
example. One point in connexion with this subject he
should allude briefly to, the report of a meeting in which Mr..
Caine expressed himself strongly in condemnation of this
association and its operations. In speaking of a meeting.
held in Bold-street, that gentleman described it as " a plat-
form of parsons pitching into Popery, exciting envy, ha-
tred, malice, and. all uncharitableness ; promoting rancour
among neighbours, provoking party feuds, and street
fights." (Cries of " Shame.") He did not speak in any
way to reflect on. the objects and general good intentions,
as well as good results, of the Working Men's Sunday
Services Society ; but simply of the narrow-mindedness of
the sentiments uttered, and the uncharitableness of the
conclusions drawn by this gentleman, who could bring
himself to describe such a meeting as the one referred to
as a platform of parsons pitching into Popery. At that
meeting, every speaker who addressed it carefully incul-
cated the necessity and charity of distinguishing between
the sin reprobated and the man who commits it. Not con-
tent with this misrepresentation of the Reformation So-
ciety, Mr. Caine goes on to condemn the. Scripture
Readers' Society and the Town Missionary Society.
Before 'making such sweeping condemnations, Mr.
Caine would have done well to study some commen-
tator, who would have shown him the meaning of that
Christian charity, with the practical signification of which
he seemed so little acquainted. (Loud cheers.)
The Rev. R. W. WOLSELEY, on rising, said it was his
pleasing duty to move, as a resolution, that " The thanks
of the meeting be given to the ladies, and to the managing
committee, for the eminent services they had rendered to
the society." In moving this resolution, he felt much
pleasure, as he was satisfied the society was not sectarian
in its constitution or objects, a fact sufficiently proved by
the appearance of his friend, if he would allow him to call
him so,the Rev. Mr.White.—(Cheers.) The speaker then
alluded to the war in which we are now embarked as one
directed on our part against religions oppression, in which
he ventured to predict, that, under the guidance of the God
of armies, the Russians would speedily be soundly beaten..
These, however, were not, he contended, the enemies whom

NEW BRIGHTON COLLEGE having been unitedio the
Royal College of Preceptors, the Resident Masters and
Pilpils of this institution are expected to wear the aca-
demic dress, consisting of a cap and gown, as adopted by
the• Council of the Royal College of London.
'ERR ARABIA, British and North American RoyaliMail
steam-ship, Commodore Judkins, sailed about noon. on
Saturday, for Boston and Halifax, with the usual mails
for the United States and British possessions in North
America, 179 passengers, and a full cargo of merchandise
on freight.
TIIE SAILORS' HOME.—As some persons are collecting
subscriptions for a metropolitan institution, and stating
that our Sailors' Home will be benefited by the funds
they receive, the committtee of the Sailors' Home have
beendnduced to advertise that they neither require nor
desire such indirect assistance.

Mu. BUNI.'S AMERICAN REMINISCENCES.—We per-
ceive, with pleasure, that this talented gentleman is about
to give a series of his entertainment, entitled " A Visit
from John to Jonathan." The entertainment, which em-
braces-numerous graphic sketches of American life, man-
ners, and opinions, has been well received in the metro-
polis and in the provinces, is •to be given in Hime's Music-
hall, Bold-street.

IMPROVEMENTS AT GA.Ratrow DOCIE.—The new ware-
houses in course of erection are somewhat after the plan
of the Albert Dock Warehouses, with the additional ad-
vantage of their ground floors being traversed by lines of
rails which will enable waggons from the railway to,be
loaded in any part of them, and the goods thus to be taken
direct from the store to any, part of the country without
further handling, and, therefore, in the best possible con-
dition, and at the least possible expense. When com-
pleted, these warehouses must be of great benefit in. pro-
moting the rapid loading.and discharging of vessels enter-
ing the dock for or with goods liable to injury from, ex-
posure, and they will, no dbubt, add very materially to.the
attractions which this dock already presents to shipowners
and merchants. We understand that a spacious section of
ground adjacent to the dock is being laid out as a . place
for storing timber, in order to accommodate this most im-
portant branch of trade, theincrease of which has of late been
so great, and the facilities of conducting it at Liverpool so
inadequate and expensive, that any addition to them. can-
not but be hailed as a boon by the entire trade. The direct
communication which, this ground has with all the neigh-
bouring towns, by means of the railways branching from
it, and the fact that timber can be imported and stored
there free of all dock-does both on ship and cargo, have
already, we believe, attracted the attention of merchants,
and the present season will not pass without seeing this
excellent locality availed of for the purposes indicated. In
further development of the capacities of the lan& adjacent
to the dock, some of our more enterprising shipbuilders
have already contracted for ground for building-yards,
and it is to be presumed that graving-docks for the repairs
of ships will soon follow these arrangements.. For the
shipment of coal the Garston Dock affords facilities unri-
valled by any other dock in the Mersey. At present there
are several vesselairt the dock loading coals for the Mediter-
ranean, the St.. Lawrence, the West Indies,,and coastwise.
Recently, a large American ship, approaching 1,200 tons
register, we believe commenced loading there, and within
half-an-hour she had 125 tons of coal on, board ! With
such means of'despatch as this it is impossible but that
this dock should be extensively resorted to, and the export
trade in this. grand source of our mineral wealth vastly
increased.—Mercury.

we have chiefly to fear; we have popery on the one hand,
and he supposed he might call them " our tractarian
friends" on the other. (Cheers) Whether friends or not,
he must,' for one, say he trusted them not ; he liked not
their proceedings. He concluded by warning the meeting
of the necessity of protesting, in earnestness and sincerity,
against the soul-destroying errors of popery.
The Rev. D. F. BARRY seconded the motion, which was
put from the chair, and unanimously carried.
The Rev. W. F. TAYLOR, on rising, was received with
loud and continued applause. When it subsided, he
proceeded to say that he advocated the radical reform of
all real abuses, and would apply that rule to the npas tree
of Popery, as well as to any other. He next alluded to
the meeting in Bold-street, to which Mr. White had re-
ferred, and said, their language was then what it has been
since, and is now, bold and uncompromising in its assaults
against Popery, but carefully distinguishing between the
evils of the system and the individuals who have been
He also read a passage
(Htiar disseminate envy, hatred,d
*denied that any object of
frodthelemudpedrAesfrbe.ynctiaitssnocmeisfleutsyepneeccweas.h,
malice, or uncharitableness, and remarked on the uncha-
ritable inconclusiveness of Mr. Caine's assertion. While
they generally assailed the doctrines and evil practices of
Popery without individual allusion, this gentleman charged
them with inculcating personal hostility against Ro-
manists. if he was justified in calling them a platform of
parsons "pitching into" Popery, what was his own case
He was, it was understood, a Baptist, and if he was sur-
rounded by
Baptists, it would then be a platform of
Baptists "pitching into" parsons. (Cheers.) The tenets
inculcated by this society were, that, wherever Popery
exists, man is' prevented from holding free converse with
his God. It holds it as one of man's dearest privileges to
read in his native tongue the Word of God ; to approach
God without the intervention of priests or any other me-
diator but the Son of God. Popery prevents this, and it
does more, it corrupts the moral sense, and endangers the
peace and safety of society. This was made apparent from
statistics which have recently been published. From these
statistics, we learn that even in Protestant moral England,
in the ten years preceding 1851, there had been annually
four murders in 1,000,000 of individuals ; in Popish Ire-
land during the same time there had been nineteen raur
dens annually in 1,000,000 ; in more Popish France there
had been thirty-one murders to the million annually ; in
ersix, more Popish still ; for Spain and Pot',
Austria,
no returns ; in Italy, the land of the
there were
Pope, the land which is in fact the centre of the system
of Popery, the annual murders among a million of the
people amounted to seventy-five. Here, then, was an
illustration of the workings of Popery ; but its immorality
might be tested by other means not less conclusive. He
then alluded to the recent attempt at having Popish
chaplains endowed in our gaols, and said he sincerely
hoped that ',mold never be tolerated; if, however, it eholdd

THE GLASGOW Steam Ship, on Tuesday, in going down
the Clyde) on her outward voyage, ran aground a little
below Renfrew. She appears to have. struck on a rock, or
large stone, as her hull was smashed through, starting
the boilers and forcing one of the compartments. Another
account states that her back has been broken.
Dula ON LOGWOOD.—The lords of the committee of
Privy Council for trade and plantations have received a
copy of a despatch from H.M. Consul at Mexico, enclosing
a decree of the Mexican government announcing the
establishment of a duty on the exportation of all descrip-
tions of logwood, at the rate of 8 per cent. upon the valua-
tion, of 50 cents per quintal.
" Mary, my love," said a not very attentive husband to
his wife at the dinner-table„ " shall I help you to a piece
of the heart ?" " I believe," said she, " that a piece of a
heart was all that I ever got." There was a commotion
among the dishes.
AT HORPIELD Clioncn, on Sunday morning, the
clergyman, in making an appeal to his congregation, on
behalf of the expenses of the church, expressed a fear that
there were some present who would much rather spend
their money in the alehouse than contribute towards. the
support of their parish church; whereupon one of the
congregation, a labouring man named Thomas, rose and
inquired if he alluded to him, because if he did, he thought
he had a right to do what he thought proper with his own,
more especially as he thought the infirmary or hospital a
much better object of charity.
A STRIKE IN SPAlN.—There has been a great strike
at Barcelona. The trade of that famous city supports a
large number of manufacturing artisans, and. these work-
men " turned out" some ten days ago after the fashion of
the Preston, operatives ; but the authorities, mistaking
the movement for an insurrection, attacked the operatives
and killed several people.
CRIMINAL CONVERSATION BILL.—Mr. Bowyer's bill,
now before the House of Commons, proposes to enact that
hereafter notice of an action for criminal conversation,
and of the name of the defendant, is to be given to the
plaintifrs wife, or (if she cannot be found after reasonable
search) left at her last known place of abode ; and she
may, within ten days, notify her intention to appear at
the trial; in which case she is to have notice of trial, and
may appear by counsel or in person, and make full defence,
and produce such evidence to disprove the allegations and
evidence of the plaintiff, affecting her reputation, as she
shall think fit ; and she is to have the same powers as a
defendant to enforce the attendance of witnesses and pro-
duction of papers. It is further proposed that no damages
be recovered in an action for criminal conversation but
that, on a verdict being found against the defendai* he
shall be adjudged to pay to the Crown such fine as the
court shall think fit. The judge is to make such order
with respect to the payment of the costs of the plaintiff, or
of the defendant, or of the wife, as such judge shall think
just and reasonable.
COUNT NESSELRODE.—CharIes Albert, Count Nessel-
rode, who has now attained the mature age of eighty-four,
is the only man amongst the Emperor's advisers who
has
been well known in foreign countries for the last thirty
years. He was the son of German parents, subjects of
Russia, and born off the coast of Portugal, on board a
British ship. Hence his origin and nationality may shortly
become as mythical and problematical as those of Homer.
He was first a sailor, secondly a cuirassier, thirdly a diplo-
matic attache at Paris, and finally he has become the first
statesman of Europe, and more than a match for Metter-
nich and Palmerston. Though he has exhibited the usual
pliancy and duplicity of Russian diplomatists, it is reported
that, in connection with the present contest in the 33ast,
he has always opposed the extreme measures of the war
party, which appear at present to have the 1)1)er b,a44 in
the imperial ccancilai—Russza a it is,