The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-15 00:00:00

WARWICK HANDICAP

sto 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Little D Avie—tk. aft. off.
sto 1 Mr. T. Dawson's Lerrywheut—take 6to 1.
6to I Mr. Dobson's Conmore—taken.
6to 1 Lord Clifden's Poodle—take 7to 1.

LEANIINGTON STEEPLE CHASE.
sto 1 agst Captain Little's Peter Simple—taken.
500 even on Lord Waterford's lot agst Peter Simple.

2
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HANDICAP.
Ito 1 ag,st Mr.
10 to T. Parr's Defiance—take 100 to S.
100 to 8
20 to 1 Mr. Lumley's Maria—offered.
15 to 1 Mr. Snow's Postulant—taken, aft. off.
1 Mr.
20 to Cowley's Lampedo—taken.
20 to 1 1
Mr. Harrison's King of Trumps—tk. freely.
Mr. Nichol's Newminster—taken.
25 to 1 Lord Eglinton's Lucio—taken.
lir. NVrerleY
Lord Derby's Hobby Horse—taken.
6to 1 agst METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
12 to 1 _ Mr. ~,,,. Parr's Contentment—offered.
12 to I k9wley's Lampedo—taken freely.
15 to I 's Snowdon Dunhill—tk.l4 to 1.
20 to 1 Lord .J"' "s ' s Peg"—take 100 to 6.
Trifle—taken, aft. off.
Scott's Pug Orrock—offered. •
12000 100 61 agst
LMorr.dTiNcl,tl:atErornsr CUP.
St.
Indian Warrior—take
5s Ail,,gyplocwteolyr_n—tatkaekepo ftroeell.y.
Nancan Warrior—take 100 to 3.
2aken freely.
2S to 1 Mr. Saxon
30 to 1 Mr. Spence::
Andrew—taken.
30 to 1 Mr. Morris
40 to 1 Mr. Brown's
50 to 1 Mr. Pettijean ns. SIT
1000 to 15 Mr. Stewart's Banshee-
-2000 to 90 Mr. Eglinton's The Carriearkent
THE nuanv,
alc en.
9to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's West Australian—off re
100 to S Ilaron Rothschild's Orestes—taketf;iteely.
25 to 1 Captain Lane's Ninnyhammer—
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25 to 1 Mr. Jacques's Hurworth—take 30 to 1..
25 to 1 Sir C. Rushout's Ethelbert—offered.
23 to 1 Mr. Suites ns. Honeywood—friendless.

THE OAKS.
7to 1 agst M.r.W.alwadeu'sThe Queen,--witutea,

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET,
FRIDAY. MARCH 11.
This morning's market was very poorly attended ; at a reduc-
tion of Id. per bushel on Wheat there was a very limited
inquiry, and even a further reasonable concession did not
appear calculated to produce a greater demand, in the present
inanimate state of the trade. The pressure of Flour was
greater to-day, and several parcels were obtained at a decline
of Is. per barrel, but we found no general demand for Ame-
rican, and sack Flour ruled very dull, at nominally the same
reduction. Beans are Is. per quarter lower, and slow sale.
Fine Oats in tolerable request, but inferior much neglected,
and Oatmeal again rather cheaper. Indian Corn, arrived here,
is offering Is. lower for both white and yellow: several cargoes,
at calling ports, have been taken through the week; the demand
appears about equal to the supply, but were buyers to hold off,
prices would give way a little.
BRITISH. FOREIGN.
Wheat, qi.), 70th., s. d. s. d. Wheat, 4.1, 70/b, s. d. s. d.
English red.. old 6 6to 7 1 Canadian 4to 6
Do. do. new 6 3.. 6 9 United States 6 6.. 611
Do. white old 7 0.. 7 6 Danzig, &c. .. • • 6 10. 7 2
Do. do. new 6 10.. 7 4 Pomeranean, &c. 6 8... 7 0
Irish red.... old 6 3.. 6 7 Danish, &c 6 6.. 7 0
Do. do. .. new 6 0.. 6 4 French, &c 6 6., 611
1)o. white.. old 6 3.. 6 8 Odessa, Polish 5 8.. 6 1
Do. do. • new 6 6.. 610 Danube
Barley, T•qr.,Chev.33 0..35 0 Tissian,&c.hard 5 0.. 5 5
V 6011). Sc. & Irish 3 9.. 4 0 Egyptian
Malt, I, qr. Eng... 37 0..61 0 Barley, aa, 60th 9 3 7.. 3 9
Do. Irish 51 0.. 54 0 Oats, 45th
Oats, 45th., Beans, qr. hurl) 36 0..39 0
Eng.&Sctch, old 3 0.. 3 1 4,480% Egyptian 33 0..33 6
Do. Irish, old 2 7k.. 29, Peas, T qr. white. 39 0.. 40 0
Do. Do. new
0 w 27
8....9 3 0 Amer.e
2 9.
Ind.
ICrn;rlov4l Bn,
qr. E3l 6.. 32 0
480tb. Sc. & Ir. 34 0.. 36 0 Do. white 32 0..33 0
Peas, T qr. Eng... 42 0.. 44 0 French, yellow 3l 0.. 31 6
Flour, a? 280th, Do. white
Seconds 0 0.. 0 0 Ibrail& Galatz.. 31 0.. 32 0
Fine 31 0..33 0 Flour, brl. 196th,
Superfine 34 0..36 0 Canadian, sweet 24 9„25 3
Extra 3B 0..39 0 U. States, do. 24 3.. 25 0
Oatmeal, T 240th , Do. &Can. sour 21 0.. 22 6
Irish 2O 3.. 21 0 Frnch,T,sk2Boll) 36 0.. 38 0

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET,

MONDAY. MARCH 14

The supply of stock at market to-day was very small, being
less by one-half than on the Bth March last year, the number
of Beasts then being 2,432, and to-day only 1,269. Prices were
consequently high, prime Beef bringing 64d. ; second quality,
sid.; and Mutton from 73d. to Bd. per lb., sinking the offal.
All sold at an early hour.

SUPPLY AT MARKET.
BEASTS. SHEEP.
This week
Corresp. week last year.. 2432 Corresp. week last year 4BOl
I
Last week
Corresp. week last year.. 1555 I Corresp. week last year 4478

LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET,

FRIDAY, MARCH 11.

We have heavy arrivals of Beef, but cannot note any improve-
ment in the demand, dealers. holding back in the anticipation
of lower prices : we do• not alter our quotations, but there is a
disposition on the part of holders of ordinary qualities to meet
buyers. The late- arrivals- of: French. Pork gire the dealers a,

SHIPPING.

TUESDAY, MARCH S.—Wind S.W., light,

ARRIVED.—Charles Crocker, Delano, and Great Western,
Furber, from New York—Commerce, Lowell ; Marshfield,
Torry ; William Nelson, Cheerer; Union, Penning; and Jane
Henderson, Collier, New Orleans—Meridian, Nowell ; Adonis,
Nowell; Imperial; and Western Empire, Watts, Mobile—New
England, Preble, Savannah—Admiral ; Mersey, Armstrong ;
and Jessie, Coleman, Charleston—Limena, Baltimore—Wan
derer, Galveston—Hibernia, MiLoughlan, Bombay—Waterlily,
Tullock, and Electric, Douglas, Calcutta—Harrison Chilton,
Verrill, Maranham—Mercutio, Buenos Ayres—Minalto, Tre-
garthen, Monte Video--Venilia, Andrew, Rio Grande—Gold-
finder' St. John, N.B.—Balbec, (s. 5.,) Gibraltar, &c.—Leo,
Couch, and Margaret Roberts, James, Marseilles—Marsala, Le
Suer, Malta—Juan, Cove, Altea—Postboy, Poingdestre, St.
Michael's—Martha, Murray, Villa Nova—Redbreast, Nickels,
Charente—Prenda, Pureza, and Alert, Roberts, Lisbon—Hope,
Ellie, Dunkirk. _ _

SAiLEn.—Vangunrd, Norton, for New York—Antelope, (s. 5.,)
Keen, Melbourne—Gannet, (s. 5.,) Holland, Lisbon—Propontis,
Barnes, Monte Video—Elvise, Schwank, Sie-
peldt, Memel—Wales, Lombard, Philadelphia—E. Z., Harts-
horne, New York—Baltus, Humphreys, Halifax—Johann
Frederick, Behrend, La Guayra—Henriette, Preuing, Havana.

The royal mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Lang, has ar-
rived at this port. She sailed on the 24th Feb., and has brought
twenty-seven passengers, and 250,000 dollars in specie on
freight.
Mary Muir, Crawford, from Iquique, at Valparaiso.
Benares. Brown, from Calcutta, at Trinidad.
Isabel, Griffith, hence at Antigua.
Henrietta and Rebecca, hence at St. Thomas.
Queen, Campbell, hence at Panama.
Orleans, Eyans, and Elizabeth Bruce, Brown, both hence at
Mobile.
Franchise, hence at Charleston.
Pioneer, Child, hence at Baltimore.
The Pacific, (s.), Nye, hence at New York, at 5 50 a.m., on
the 21st Feb.: she sailed at noon on the 9th Feb. . . _

The Arabia, (s.), Judkins, hence at New York, at 1 50 p.m.,
on the 21st Feb.; she sailed at noon on the 12th Feb.
The Chance, Hayes, from Melbourne; Mary Seaton, Stewart,
and Pampero, Johnson, from Panama, all at Callao.
The Countess of Durham sailed from Callao on the 28th Dec.,
and the Grace sl'Vea, on the 3rd Jan., both for Englaffd.
The Jenny Jones sailed from Valparaiso on the 22nd Dec.,
for Iquique, and the Vicar of Bray, 22nd Dec., for San Atonio.
Waterloo ; Guy Mannering, Freeman ; New York, Hutchin-
son ; Sandusky, Borland ; Isaac Wright, Abeel ; Constantine,
Duryee ; Albert Gallatin, Delano, all hence; and Racehorse,
Hoffner, hence and Fayal, all at New York.
NASSAU, Feb. 9.—A large American ship was ashore, on the
Bury Sands, for some days, but she was eventually got off for
800 dollars.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9.—Wind S.NV., moderate.

A RRlVED.—Adventure, Bonny, sailed 27th Dec.—Fidget,
Jarvis from St. Michael's—Matilda, Lee, Savannah—Warlock,
Valparaiso—Thane of Fyfe, APKilly, Buenos Ayres—Sutlej,
and Portland, Mobile—Windsor Castle, Rogers, Apalachicola
—Janet, Ferguson, Laguna—Supply, Kirkness, Marseilles—
Jans Zore, Cherburg—Cintra, Wilson, Charente—Alabama,
M'Dowall, Charleston—Telegraph, Driscoll, St. John, NB
Desdemona, Farnham, New Orleans—Wanderer, Hinds—Com-
modore, (s.), Little, Havre—Neptune, and Admiral, Brown,
Madras—Jose, Javier, Santander—Esperance, Nantes.
SAlLED.—Atlantic, (s.), West, for New York—Philo, Ca-
meron, Lima—Auguste, Waldack, Ghent—President,Cumings,
Boston—Walton, Stanton, Valparaiso—Prosperous, Jones, St.
Michaels—Diamond, Legge, Constantinople—Naparima, Ber-
wick, Coquimbo—Emma, Freeman, Calcutta—Levant, Jones,
Beyrout. --
National Eagle, Pedrick, from New Orleans, at this port.
On the 26th Feb., passed the wreck of a dismasted and water-
logged brig, painted black, with a white streak, a house on
deck painted white, and, had apparently been. abandoned some

Lockett, Valentine, sailed from Woosunr, for London, Dec. 7.
Sarrow, hence at Ca maroons.
Belmont, Doane, and Mary Atkinson, both hence at New
Orleans.

Parker, and Jamaica, both hence at Demerara.
Juverna, from *.ilixillones,_ sailed 17th Dec., for this port,
and. Win. Parker., from Arica. both at Islay.
Elizabeth Itoe,,Tyrrell i,ancl Pomona, Co rran,

hence; and Cleopatra, Chapman, 112.nce and Barbadoes, all at
Bonny.
John Dugdale, Rome, sailed from Shanghai for this port,
18th Dec., and Cassiterides, 2nd Jan., for London.
The royal mail steamer, Faith, front Plymouth, at Sierra
Leone, with the African mails front England.
Una, sailed from Demerara, 21st Jan.; Hope, 24th ; Love.
dale and Undine, 29th; and Sea Nymph, 9th Feb., all for this
port.
Ann Baldwin sailed from Galdera, ;21st Dec., and Glauchs,
25th, both for this port ; and A. F. Moore, 12th, and Tagus,
19th, both for Swansea.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10.—Wind S.S.W., light.

ARRIVED.—John Bull, Richardon ; William Gibson, Crawe;,
and Richard Battersby, Thompson, from Bombay—Australia,
Campbell, Calcutta— Alceste, Manson, Singapore—Thomas
Mellor, Pernambuco—Johnstone, Demerara—Palermo, Hol-
man, and Georgiana, Brown, Smyrna—Virgo, Patterson ; Isis,
Cappen ; and Carl, Jepson, Marseilles—John Cumming, Phi-
ladelphia—Britannia, itobertson, St. Domingo —Tambeen,
Cardenas—Cambria, M'Cullogh ; Jacob Gross, Kompf ; and
Fylla, Charleston—Centurion, Haswell, St. Michaels—Allerton,
Bulford, Mauritius Midas, King; Devanport, Coulbourn ;,
and Charles Walton, Robinson, New Orleans—Eugene, Gul-
leper, Mori six—Ednoard, Louwes, Ghent—Sphynx, Tarragona
—Forget-me-not, Alexandria—Nymph, Nicholas, Palermo—
Pelican (s.s.), Byrne, Rotterdam.
SAttzn.—Pytho, Lewis for Africa—Walton, Stanton, Valpa-
raiso—Fingal, Black, New York—Mary Nixon, Parker, Sydney,
N.S.W.

John Gray, 111`Donald, hence at Sydney, N.S.W.
The Coronilla sailed from Panama for Callao on the 29th Jan.
Indian Queen, Forsyth, hence at Barbadoes.
Jhelum, Bell, hence at Arica.
Guatemala, from Swansea, at Coquimbo.
Joshua Waddington, front Valparaiso, at Masco.
Gardine, from Iquique, at Islay, and re•sailed for this port
on the 31st December.

Jenny Jones, (and re-sailed for Iquique Ist Jan.,) and the
Zillah,—both for Valparaiso, at Caldera.
The Irene, Robinson, has arrived from Sydney at Callao;
she sailed on the 10th Dec.

The Eliza, Camus, cleared at St. Domingo on the 10th Jan.,
and the Jenny, on the 29th Jan.,—both for this port.
Ayter, Wright, ssiled from Callao 11th Jan.; Sobraon, 11th;
Emma, and British Yeoman, 12th; Carrickfergus, 13th; Co-
lumbus, 16th ; and Priscilla, 20th,—all for England.
Charles Young, Taylor; Lucy Wright, Ernile; Elizabeth
Radcliffe, Murphy; Reward, Floyd; Ellen, Walker; Larne,
Jamieson (and re-sailed for Panama on the 23rd Jan.)—all
hence at Callao.

Lady Kinnaird, Robb (and re-sailed for England); Harry
Lorrequer, from Panama (and re-sailed for Pisco); Lord
Altborp, Jordan, from Valparaiso (and re-sailed for Pisco;)
John Davies, Hughes, hence and Portland Bay; and Miltiades,
Henry; Maria, Jardyne ; Hope, Crawe ; and El Dorado, Gil-
bert, from Melbourne,—all at Callao.

Tarter, Rogers, and Coromandel, Haddon, hence; Coaxer,
Bell, from the Clyde; Bergman, Matthews, hence, arid Rio
Janeiro; and Elizabeth Williamson, from Hobart Town,—all
via Valparaiso.

The Mary Muir, Crawford. sailed from Valparaiso 31st Dec.,
and Raymond, 2nd Jan., both for this port; Adam Lodge, 31st
Dec., for San Francisco ; Tyrer, Ist Jan., for Boston ; Cheshire,
sth Jan., for Tortoralillo ; and Judith, sth Jan., for Caldera.
William, and Tiber (s.s.),—both hence at Genoa, 3rd March.
Eden. hence at Civita Vecchia, Feb. 23.
The screw steamer Sydney, sailed from Sydney with the
mails for London, via the Cape of Good Hope, on the 7th Dec.
The brig Valiant, of Workington, was passed on the 21st
Feb., in lat. 39 N. lon. 43 W., a derelict, but apparently in good
condition, and only recently abandoned, by the Meridian,
which has arrived here from Mobile.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.—The screw-steamer Great Britain,
Capt. Mathews, was to sail from Sydney for this port, via Mel-
bourne and the Cape of Good Hope, on the 20th Dec.
WESTPORT, March s.—Large quantities of timber are coming
on shore on the coast of Erris, and part of the wreck of a vessel,
apparently not long in the water, has also been washed on shore.
DEMERARA, Feb. 10.—The Hope, Phillips, for Liverpool,
with produce, was totally destroyed by fire on the 7th instant,
about 30 miles to the southward of this port. The crew were
saved in their jolly-boat.—The Lord Elgin, which has arrived
here from China, lost 68 emigrants out of the 156 who embarked
at China, by disease during the passage.
PLvmouTit, March 9.—The Lady Worsley, from Liverpool
for Bonny, went on shore on the Bar at the latter place, on the
15th Jan., and was abandoned by the crew, who took a portion
of the cargo to Fernando Po. She was subsequently got off
with the loss of her rudder only, and anchored at New Calabar.

MARRIED.

On the Ist inst., at Leeds, Mr, J. Thompson, timber-mer-
chant, Sunderland, to Esther Eleanor, daughter of the late H.
Crewe, Esq., of this town.

On the Ist inst., at Belfast, Robert, son of the late W. R.
Graham, of this town, to Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. H. C.
Clarke, of Belfast.

On the 3rd inst., at London, John Chichester, son of the late
Right Hon. George Knox, and cousin of the Earl of Ranfurly,
to the Lady Louisa Georgiana Dawson Darner, sister of the
Earl of Portarlington.

On the 9th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Bebington, by the
Rev. Wm. Pollock, of St. Mark's, Francis Forster Gouthwaite,
Esq., of this town, to Mary Emma, third daughter of George
Wainwright, Esq.
On the 10th inst., at St. Mark's Church, Lieut. William
Henry Wall, of H. Al.'s 61st Regiment, to Marianne Emily
Cottuli de Cothi, eldest daughter of the Baron Charles Felix
Cottuli de Cothi, of this town.

On the 12th inst., by license, at St. Mark's Church, by the
Rev. J. P. Murphy, of Macclesfield, Mr. Bernard Parkinson, to
Miss Frances Fordhant, both of this town.

On the 12th inst., at St. John-the-Evangelist's, Knotty Ash,
by the Rev. G. F. Greene, A. 8., Henry Waterfield, Esq., to
Sarah Jane, eldest daughter of the late T. Wills, Esq., both of
this town.

On the 13th inst., by license, at St. Michael's Church, Upper
Pitt-street, by the Rev. H. Carpenter, Mr. Joseph Davies to
Miss Ellen Huff.

On the 13th inst., at St. John's Church, by the Rev. Wm. F:
Taylor, M.A., Mr. Geo. Jones to Miss Louisa Jones.
On the 14th inst., at St. John's Church, by the Rev. Wm, F.
Taylor, M.A., Mr. Charles Leatt to Miss Ellen Menzies.

On the 14th inst., at St. Michael's Church, Upper Pitt-street,
by the Rev. H. Carpenter, Mr. Joseph Calvert, to Miss Mary
Wilkinson.

Eibetpooi fitanbarb.

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY MORNING.
IT is trite to remark, that Ministers and Members of
Parliament for the most part hold no sinecure offices.
Were the question doubted, a visit to Downing-street and
the House of Commons on Saturday—generally considered
a holiday, from the schoolboy upwards—would have dissi-
pated the pleasing illusion. I will give you the result of
a walk in the neighbourhoods referred to, and I firmly
believe it does not comprise a tithe of the business dis-
posed of. First, there was a Cabinet Council, which sat
pretty well all the afternoon ; at the same time there was
a sitting of the committee of the Privy Council for the
affairs of Jersey and Guernsey. Then there was one of the
greatest deputations I ever remember to the CHANCELLOR
OF THE EXCHEQUER, on the important question of cus-
toms reform, at which Mr. BROWN pleaded strongly, I
must say, on the part of the Liverpool merchants, that
differences arising between them and the Board of Customs
may be submitted to an open tribunal in future, in order
to guard against the hardships constantly arising under
the present secret system. Lord PALMERSTON received
no fewer than three deputations; the first was from the
Epidemiological Society, on the Vaccination Extension
Bill—a measure, by-the-bye, which will make the prolific
beggars of London and Liverpool more careful of their
brats. The other two deputations to the " bottle-bolder "
were from certain colonels of militia, and divers personages
on the subject of land drainage. Mr. CARDWELL, President
of theßoard of Trade, also had a deputation on the subject
of a National Savings' Bank,—(don't you wish you may
get it

—for the convenience of the less affluent classes.
From what I could gather, it appeared to be a sort of
company. Mr. CARDWELL heard the parties, and told
them that the chief points aimed at must be left to Par-
liament to decide. PALMERSTON is the best behaved
fellow in the world to deputations (all of them great minis-
terial bores). " PALMY" never loses his temper, laughs
now and again—at the deputation—they don't mind—
shakes hands with lots of them, having allowed them to
stay as long as they like,—wise policy in a minister—
promises everything after a manner. In short, never says
no ; the consequence is, that before the parties are out of
hearing, " capital fellow !" " aint he ?" resounds through
the passages echoed by " PALMY'S" " clever fellows, I
dare say,"—when at home. GLADSTONE is cold at first,
to a deputation, but on a great commercial question, like
that of Saturday's, he warms up, and don't seem to get
tired. ABERDEEN IS coldly indifferent all through, but,
as was used to be said of JOHN BRAHANI'S old parrot,
perhaps he thinks the more. Sin CHARLES WOOD when

he was CHANC'LLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER MO very apt
to lose patience,—aye temper,—with his coffee and chicory
visitors, laying hold of the handle of the door, and telling

them to be off.

The business of Parliament during the past week was
drowsy in the extreme—good for nothing, in brief. I
need not except the proceedings of Friday evening—
usually considered as an interesting night. A discussion
on the affairs of India in the Upper House occupied the
entire sitting of their lordships,—the second reading of
the Jew Relief Bill was the work of the Commons. Great
exertions had been made for several days previously by
Baron ROTHSCHILD and his party, to get as many votes
for the second reading as possible. The baron and his
friends said they would be satisfied if they could obtain a
majority of 40 ; their united exertions produced a majo-
rity of 51, being an increase of 21 on the last division.
The baron was under the gallery of the House of Com-
mons during the debate. It is understood that the
Archbishop of Dublin (WHATELY), the Bishop of Nor-
wich (born at Barbadoes), and the Bishop of Oxford
(WILBERFORCE), will vote for the measure in the Lords ;
and of course the members of the motley Ministry, with
their hangers on. The promoters of the measure think
they will carry it in the House of Peers.
For fun, I would advise your Liverpool visitors to the
metropolis just to pass two or three hours in one of the
election committee-rooms of the House of Commons.
They will find it much more enlivening than some of the
theatres I could name. Guffaw, loud and long, suc-
ceeded guffaw, the other day, as old FLEWKER gave his
evidence in the Derby affair, and told about the £l,OOO
offered to him if he would cut to Boulogne. Some peo-
ple, honest enough, say that FLEWKER ought to have
taken the money and gone off to France, singing or
whistling, " Tautarara, rogues all,"—allowing himself
to be taken—come back, and furnish his evidence. What
use there would have been in his going to Boulogne,
am sure I can't say. Perbaps W. B. or FRAIL may be
able. FLEWKER was as liable to be caught in Boulogne
as he would have been in Palace-yard. Next to Derby,
Chatham comes,—worse even ! Thanks to honest en-
quiry, they have sent the cbivalroas knight, Sir JOHN
MARK FREDERICK SMITH, about his business, and put
an end to dockyard abuse in Chatham for ever. Then
come a lot more, Hull, Rye, &c., served in the same
manner. Touching Rye, every decent politician must
regret the fate of WILLIAM ALEXANDER MACKINNON.
His election-people had a leg of mutton and trimmings
for dinner one day ; some of the voters were at it,—
straightway MACKINNON is unseated. A more irre-
proachable and thorough Conservative—beautiful scholar
and writer, patron of the fine arts, and single-minded
man than the rejected member for Rye, does not exist.
His conversation instructs and pleases ; his magnificent
collection of pictures, for the most part kept in darkness,
save when the owner finds a visitor—never mind his rank
—the poorer the gentleman the more welcome,—in an
instant the picture-gallery is full of daylight, life, and—
liberty to roam. Beneficent BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL
has come off better at Boston. The SPEAKER could
hardly but smile the other evening, when he intimated to
the house he had received a letter, stating that the peti-
tion against Mr. CABBELL'S return had been withdrawn.
Success to him. I wonder what the charities of the
" Wen" could do without him. Immensely rich, CAB-
BELL goes about the streets, anywhere indeed, wearing a
hat so bad, you would not get a Jew to give twopence for
it. Why ? During the dining part of the year, BOND
CABBELL attends every charity-dinner. Who ever went
with a good hat to the Albion, the London Tavern, the
Freemasons', the Thatched House, Crown and Sceptre,
Greenwich Yacht, and Trafalgar Ditto, and found it in
the morning ? Nemo. Hence the honourable member
for Boston's shocking bad hat.
But who is COPPOCK ? I fancy I hear your readers

inquire; his name appears everywhere in connection with
election committees ; " fighting petitions," too, what
First touching friend COPPOCK—for he is
among the number of my illustrious—he is a stiffish-built
fellow, about forty-five years of age, certainly more
than inclined to be fat—to say corpulent or obese, I
question if COPPOCK could understand the terms ;
n'irnporte, COPPOCK'S countenance is replete with
vitality, as the critics say, and vulpine cunning, a most
serviceable development, by-the-bye, considering the
files he has to deal with. A few sessions ago CorPocK
was not known as agent, parliamentary or otherwise,
beyond those precin'ts of gingham,—Milk and Bread
Streets, Cheapside, London. COPPOCK was a "bagman ;"
in more elegant phraseology, he was a traveller for some
warehouse or other in the above-mentioned localities—
he was a popular bagman in the north, a very feather in
his cap—made noise in traveller's room in the big towns
to the north of Liverpool ; pooh-poohed the Reform
Bill as it suited the flavour of his company ; COPPOCK
made many friends, and the Reform Bill made work for
many men never heard of in parliamentary philosophy.
Such a one was and is Mr. CoProcK. Election law is
soon known ; all the agent especially has to do, is to sail
as near the shore as possible, keeping aloof from
breakers,—and herein COPPOCK is a prince. He lives in
good
style, keeps a drag, and puts a friend down as he
goes home, like a brick. It is a sad thing, politically,
however, to consider that such men, during a few months
of a parliament, can clear several thousands of pounds
sterling.
A job in pelto. Gore House is now in the hands of
the Government for fine art purposes. Save the mark
1 have been over every part of this splendid mansion ;
it is enough to say that it belonged to Lady BLESSINGTON,
and within its classic walls D'ORSAY found refuge, and
passed much of his time. The chief rooms are large in
the extreme ; fit for the accommodation of a conclave.
Well aired, too, and beautiful, looking out on an open vista
of hill and dale and woodland, the tbrostle and black-
bird with " mellow pipe" making the scene—so near
London—perfectly enchanting. Yet we find the fine art
chandlers., who have got hold of it, want a new wing to
he added. Gods and little fishes ' This is £lO,OOO dead
out of the public purse,
and no more cause for it than
there is for a frog to have a side pocket. Pray, CHARLES
BARRY, don't " come it" too strong ; your ginger-
bread palace, '
yclept the " New Palace at Westminster,"
is by no means magnificent, convenient, or satisfactory ;
take care what you are about at Gore House. You are
not a MICHAEL ANGELO. You cannot conceive—you
may execute. MAROCHETTI also, the Baron—the Pim-
lico-French-Italian sculptor—he of the Longsword,—
very like, in great part, to MATTHEW WYATT'S gigantic
chimney ornament of the DUKE on the top of the arch,
Hyde-park Corner. CHARLES BARRY and Baron
MAROCHETTI ! We have no sculptors here,—no BAILY
—no WESTMACOTT—" no nuffin ;" therefore we must
patronise the baron : the two are at it tooth and nail--
fine art commission, and so forth ; let them,—we can't
help ourselies—fleece our purses, and flay our pictures
Who's afraid ? Too much truth will be found, I am
afraid, in the foregoing. A. commission to enquire int 9

are they

the management of the National Gallery, on the motion
of Colonel MUIRE, has been appointed ; but really when
we see such men as BILL EWART and JOE HUME taking
the lead in such a question, what good can be expected ?
Mr. EWART thinks he has a knowledge of the fine arts,
and that he loves them ; Mr. HUME, I believe, don't
affect such nonsense ; his remarks, though not artistic,
were useful and business-like. Nous verrons.
Apsley House still attracts its thousands of visitors per
diem. Indeed, those who can command tickets and time
for a second visit will find themselves amply repaid, for
it is impossible on one visit to appreciate sufficiently the
chief works of art and objects of interest in that marvel-
lous collection. I went again the other day—found the
crowd intolerable, but well-behaved, which is by no
means the general rule with our well-dressed crowds.
The directors of the Apsley House exhibition have made
a great mistake in dating the admission tickets each hour,
without causing each hour's company to turn out and let
the next's come in. As it is, you have five hundred per-
sons distributed over the rooms at a time, while there
ought only to be about two hundred. At this rate about
2,000 persons a day could see, admire, and study the
great works in comfort; and surely that number, in these
comparatively short days, is quite enough. It was gratify.
ing to witness the immense crowd, thickest in the DUKE'S
sitting-room, wherein—(pardon this ugly use of the ad-
verb)—are the elbow-chair, with red back, made of the
elm-tree under which the great man stood at Waterloo,
and his writing-desk. The chair is magnificent
enough, but the desk—the despatch-box is of rough
wood, and rougher workmanship ; it has a two-
penny padlock (second-hand) with a rude iron hasp.
Jupiter ! what has not this ignoble bit of car-
pentry held in its narrow compass ? It was the
D vice's companion in the tented field all through the
wars. It formed a contrast with the orient riches around.
The most poverty-stricken pedlar that ever tramped
through Lancashire would be ashamed of it. Why of
such beggarly aspect ? I'll tell you ; the papers have
not. Had the despatch-box been of ducal splendour,
it might not have escaped so long. The DUKE was
always prepared for a " skrimmage "—it might come;
the humble-looking wooden box might be kicked about
by a mercenary foreign soldiery and despised. This was
what WELLINGTON wanted. I heaved a sigh as I recog-
nised, flung carelessly on a book-table, the DUKE'S well.
known overcoat, precisely as he left it. The next and
greatest attraction—beyond all services of china, candela.
bra, sculpture, and paintings—was the DUKE'S bed-
room, as it is styled. It is neither a room. nor a closet,
nor a passage, nor a cupboard, nor anything else I have
ever been in. I will call it a hutch, with seven doors and
a chimney. The place is so small, you can scarcely whip a
cat round in it. How the DUKE guarded himself from
the innumerable draughts of air, which must have con-
tinually prevailed in this chamber of tEolus, I know not.
The portraits of SOULT, COMBERMERE, Sir GEORGE
MURRAY, Col. GURWOOD, General ALAVA, Lord BE-
RESFORD, Lord LYNEDOCII, Lord ANGLESEA, and other
renowned soidiers, mostly all of them by that prince of
portrait painters, Sir TuomAs LAWRENCE, are the finest
likenesses I have ever seen.

Leaving Apsley House and the contemplation of these
heroes, I met in the Park, as a droll pendant to the
" military glory" referred to, a strapping sergeant, all
moustache, and harmless ferocity, with about sixty tat-
terdemalions, 'of all sizes and shapes ; these lads had
taken the shilling in the QUEEN'S name. Oh, dear !
Her gracious MAJESTY must be ill off for soldiers, if
nine-tenths of such creatures pass examination. Many
of them were splay-footed ; well, never mind,—they
could march the surer !—knock-knee'd, others. What is
to be done with such ? Nothing. The only indications
of a virile character observable in others of the lot, were
a few straggling sandy-coloured hairs on either side of a
face debased in feature ;—great open mouths others had,
with scarcely any teeth. Do the soldiers now bite off
the end of the cartridge, when they load ? If so, these
boys can be of no use. However, they all appeared to
be jolly, giving token that they were, as far as they had
gone in the " paths of glory," contented and happy ;
and what more can mortals want.

Permit tee to introduce to your readers a dusky, frisky,
funny fellow and friend—His Highness the RAJAH of
Coor.G ; some people call him the ex-RAJAH ; T don't.
A season or two ago we had in town the Nepaulese
princes, terrible fellows they were in their way, with their
iridescent blades stuck quietly under their girdles, merely
for ornament, of course. Hookey. Those princes were
gentlemen, especially careful how they ate in public, tem-
perate in the extreme. The London Tavern tables
groaned, as the phrase is, with calipash and calipee,
stewed sturgeon, venison, and so forth, the Nepaulese
lads ate only an apple or two, with a tumbler of pump
water. They had their carnival, however, when at home
in the magnificent river-end mansion of Richmond-ter-
race, Whitehall. Prodigious was the slaughter of young
cocks ; these were roasted in the ashes on the prepared
floor by themselves, and formed their usual dinner. Their
pleasures in other respects were refined—fond of the
opera and ballet, the latter especially. During their stay
their diamonds sparkled everywhere. Our friend COORG
is of another sort; he stays at home in one of the state-
liest houses of one of the west end's stateliest streets. He
thinks his affairs are all in confusion, perhaps they are. But
this circumstance don't mar the RA JAH'S sport. Tumbling
in the other evenintr, Scottish melody greeted theear. Shade
of ROBIE BURNS ! what was played,—and well played too
(ear music) before the RAJAH ? " Of a' the airts the wind
can blew ?" Who the performers ? Those blind bon-
netted varlets that every visitor to London must have
seen and heard playing as in a gang—the violoncello first,
split clarionet second, then following, in glorious musical
confusion, fiddle and flute. There they were playing like
mad before the RAJAH,—lots of cognac for them during
the performance—lots of tin when they left. I never felt
so happy in all my life : the simplicity was the thing. The
blind Scottish pauper-minstrels took their crown apiece,
reverently thanked the Giver of all good and the Rawjaah.
The concert, such as it was, I liked,—Scotch melody—
Scotch whiskey—Scotch lasses—and Scotch scenery—
the little I have seen of it, have pleased me much
always. After the music came several athleice ; one
stalwart chap—the muscles of whose arm quivered like a
bag of eels—cut a leg of capital mutton in twain at a
slash—bone and all ; likewise a thick bar of suspended
lead. The RAJAH seemed to be desperately pleased with
these feats. I observed that the mutton was sacked by
the party who cut it, also that every bottle opened, if not
drank, was not suffered to remain on the premises. The
Rajah COORG is proud of our gracious Queen VICTORIA
standing godmother to his daughter, now being brought
up as a Christian lady at a charge of about £4OO a-year.
COORG is anxious to remain among us a little while longer,
but lam told he must " toddle" to India. I forgot to
mention that his ladies participated in the vagaries refer-
red to,—a drawing-room door was left ajar, and you could
hear them chuckling applause in their own way, very
significant.

There is a rumour still very prevalent in parliamentary
circles, notwithstanding the denial of its truth which
has been published, that the widow of the late Sir
RonEter PEEL, and her lovely unmarried, but betrothed,
daughter, together with Lady KENMARE, the cara sposa of
a member of the House of Peers, and one of the visitors of
Maynooth College, have gone over to the Romish Church,
not only in spirit, but according to the forms usually
prescribed in the Roman ritual for those who desire to
read their recantation. Lady PEEL was always known to
he tinged with Puseyite principles ; but I confess that
for this step on the part of the lamented statesman's re-
lict I was quite unprepared. Latterly she has been in the
habit of invitint, to her domestic circle some distinguished
members of the Roman Catholic hierarchy and clergy ;
and it is a notorious fact that while travelling on the Con-
tinent, immediately after Sir ROBERT PEEL'S death, she
was seldom or ever unaccompanied by one of the sharpest
files among that disinterested class of surpliced gentle-
men—the Italian Jesuits. It is not difficult to believe
that Lady PEEL'S " geographical guide " also directed
her views in another direction. Young FRED PEEL, who
assists NEWCASTLE in propagating the Roman Catholic
religion in our colonies—voila his speech on the Canadian
Clergy Reserves Bill--has been twitted more than once
about his mother's secession from the Established Church;
but the only answer our juvenile Colonial Under Secre-
tary condescends to vouchsafe is, " I have heard the
rumour, but I was not present at the imposing ceremony
of their recantation." Such is the extent of information I
am able to give you touching the religious " embrace "
of Madame and Mademoiselle PEEL ; for aught I can say
to the contrary, they may have allied themselves to
Popery for " better or for worse." But there is another
description of embrace presenting features of a decidedly
less ambiguous character, about which I can give you in-
formation beyond all probability of doubt cr cavil:
Lady PEEL'S marriage to no less distinguished a states-
man and warrior than our present Commander-in-Chief,
Viscount HARDSNGE, is said to be settled.

With regard to the performances at the theatres, be-
fore the curtain, little or nothing new is to be said. The
sale of properties, contents of repertoire, &c., of lIER
MAJESTY'S Theatre, which I intimated some weeks ago
as likely to take place, has been put off. The Opera
opens in a couple of weeks or so. Ditto at the Royal
Italian C. G., very strong in lyric talent—AlAßlO, GRISI,
FORMES, and others. The ballet department is to be
much improved, and more of it given, which was very
necessary at this house. Benefits at most of the English
theatres indicate a near close of them before Easter
season—merely—(ahem !) to afford an opportunity for
preparing the Easter spectacles ; but, in fact, to get rid
of a certain loss per night during the Lenten period.
BEN WEBSTER, after losing a couple of decent fortunes--
.

one season I know he lost-X8,00.0—(to be sure he had
previously made the money), quits the Haymarket, to
stick entirely to the merry little Adelphi, with CELESTE.
BUCKSTONE, Mrs. FITZWILLIAM and her daughter,
together with Mr. COPELAND--a rather popular manager,
I believe, in Liverpool—jointly try their fortune at the
Haymarket • where WILLIAM FARREN, the last man of
the real school of acting, is to play some ten or twelve
nights, take a benefit, and leave the stage—for ever !
When FARREN shall have left, there will not be one—no,
not one—genuine English actor on our boards. I know
scores of mouthing fellows—actors, forsooth, they call them-
selves, without an atom of the real dramatic in their earthy
temperament—who will cry out against such a hideous re-
mark : let them—they can't act ; though some of them have
the impudence to stand out for full £l5 a week. Oh !
Gemini ! a couple is quite enough. Twenty-five shillings
to live upon, five shillings for white sheep-skin gloves
and clean stockings, and the remaining ten shillings to
go to the Savings' Bank. If there be a wife and kids (they
seldom stand in the way), ofcourse the foregoing arrange-
ment must be slightly altered. CHARLES KEMBLE, the
last of the Romans, is creeping about—large, heavy, and
much bent, but vastly cheerful—at the Garrick, over his
cup of toy, as he likes to pronounce tea. What an
immense change the last fifteen or twenty years have
worked on the frame of this fine actor and otherwise
accomplished man. During that period I have seen him
play Mercutio no one has come within a million of
miles of him since : young Mirabel, too—perfect em-
bodiment ! Now CHARLES KEMBLE is as stiff as a
Pantaloon in his last days. That other, CHARLES
YOUNG, the gentleman, takes it quietly in the country;
sometimes he " apes humility " in town by bestriding a
horse of such homely aspect and symmetry, you'd fancy
that the rider—the greatest lago of them all—was a
small farmer, just come to see about the sale of his wife's
butter and eggs for the previous six months. CHARLES
YOUNG was indeed wise in his day and generation—took

his salary, always good, and never was a manager. Yet
another CHARLES—MACREADY ; he is likewise enjoying
his otiutn in the country, far enough away not to be
bothered with humbugs—happy immunity yet not too
distunt for the few be likes,

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NETTS. I

MONDAY NIGHT.
THE monetary tide has at length turned, and the
returns of the Bank of England show an increase
in the stock of bullion to the extent of nearly three
quarters of a million, and since the account was
made up several large arrivals of gold have been
reported, with the prospect of many more. The
funds have consequently advanced, and Consols
have gone beyond par, while there seems a general
feeling of confidence in the security of commercial
credit. It was stated in the House of Commons,
on Thursday, that the establishment of a mint in
Australia depended on the local authorities, and
that Sydney had already remitted £] 0,000 towards
the expense of sending out the necessary machinery.
This had puzzled The Times exceedingly, not as to
the right of a Colonial Legislature to place the
Queen's image on coined gold, but as to the effect
which a colonial supply of sovereigns will have
upon our home currency. Our contemporary con-
fesses to the seeming absurdity of transmitting
gold from Australia to London to be returned in
the shape of coin, thereby incurring the expense
and risk of two long voyages ; he admits the only
practicable remedy to be the establishment of a

-mint where the gold is produced, but sees a further
difficulty in the hazard of having our own currency
disarranged by an inundation of colonial sovereigns,
when perhaps they are neither expected nor desired.
He seems to have been afflicted with the popular
error of supposing that any probable accession of
this element of our circulating medium can have
any more serious effect than stimulating industrial
activity, augmenting commercial enterprise, or
enhancing the value of real property.

The movement which we noticed last week as
having taken place in Manchester, in the agree-
ment to work the mills at short time for a limited
period, has partially had the effect which was
anticipated, strengthened by the advices per
Niagara of continued large supplies on the other
side. We however adhere to the opinion which we
then expressed, that the fall in the lower qualities
of Manchester goods has been but the temporary
reaction from full activity, and that the spinners
have been purchasing as lightly as possible, in order,
by their influence on Liverpool holders, to replace
their stocks of raw material at lower prices. This
view is confirmed by a comparison of recent sales
with those of last year, when an apprehension of
limited supplies induced the manufacturers to pur-
chase more freely. Reports from other seats of
manufacture show a continued demand at fully
previous rates, and as nothing has yet occurred to
check the rate of consumption, we are the more
firmly convinced that Manchester is merely work-
ing upon the fears of Liverpool for her own
advantage.
The return from the Bank of England, for the
week ending the sth of March, gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits .. 7,312,751; Increase £250,622
Other deposits .. .. 12,622,301 ; Increase 224,758
Rest .. .. •• 3,617,702; Increase 370,366
On the other side of the account—
Government securities £13,464,538 ; Decrease £24,315
Other securities .. 15,401,220 ; Increase 475,006
Notes unemployed .. 10,086,030 ; Increase 423,760
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,275,870,
being a decrease of £285,820 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £18,894,312, show-
ing an increase of £703,507 when compared with
the previous return.

Our SHARE MARKET has been pretty steady all
week, without any particular feature. With the
exception of a few quiet transactions of bond fide
operations there has been no business, there being
very little to tempt speculators either for a rise or a
fall at present. The business of this day has been
done at the prices annexed, the market closing
with a very heavy appearance :—Chester and Bir-
kenhead, 217,-; Caledonians, 32,1 I -a- ; Dublin nnd
Belfast Junction, 11 1p; Eastern Counties, 13 3-16
*; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 78i i; London
Stock, 120 119 ; Sheffield Stock, 30; Midland
Stock, 70; North British, 9 1-16; Dover Stock,
231 :=1- t- ?-;- t 47; York and North Midland, 29* *;
Lancashire and Yorkshire 6 pref., 15 1-16.
METALS.—The market for Scotch Pig Iron con-
tinues in a very unsatisfactory state. A week ago
there were sellers at 515., without meeting with any
buyers, but upon the execution of a few orders the
market assumed more firmness, and was nominally
put up to 535., but subsequently relapsed into the
previous unsettled state. In Birmingham the pig
market is very dull, owing to the inability to work
tin the immense amount which has been made
within the last few months. Tin has again advanced
£5 per ton. The last advance in copper has been
maintained, and there is a further tendency to,
advance.

COTTON.—The large import during the week of
140,000 bales, added to the ad vices by Niagara,
which represented the receipts on the other side as
still being very heavy with declining prices, had a
flattering effect upon this market. Buyers operated
with caution, while some holders were anxious to
realise, prices consequently gave way to the extent
of fully 1d . per lb. from the rates of the previous
weeks. This decline was more particularly in the
lower qualities, Sea Island remaining unchanged.
On Saturday the sales amounted to only 4,000
bales. TO-DAY the advices by the America, which
were received in the forenoon, were looked upon in
a more favourable light for holders, as prices were
maintained in New York, though somewhat lower
in the southern ports, and the impression is gaining
ground that the yield of crop will not be in excess
of the demand for consumption. There was a
firmer tone, and the sales amounted to 5,000 bales,
of which about 1,000 were taken for export and on
speculation at fully the rates of Friday last.
WooL.—The imports during the last ten days
have been more extensive than for some time past,
owing chiefly to the contrary winds which have
prevailed, but still the market is very bare, and
prices for all descriptions are very firm, with an
upward tendency. Skin Wool continues very
scarce, and sells readily at extreme prices. Stocks
in growers' hands, of both English and Irish, have
not been so light for many years, and the new clip
just on is anxiously looked for by the manufacturers.

PRODUCE.—TiIe demand for Sugar has conti-
nued good, with better prices for refining qualities.
Owing to the short supply of West India the sales
were confined to 100 hhds., but of East India
13,600 bags were sold chiefly at 355. 6d. per cwt.
In Foreign a very extensive business was done at
an advance of 6d. per cwt. on previous rates. The
sales amounted to 450 cases, and 11,000 bags Bra-
zil ; and 3,800 bags Pernambuco and 400 cases
Bahia were sold to arrive. In Molasses nothing
doing. Of Coffee only 230 bags St. Domingo were
sold at 455. to 46s per cwt. In Tea a considerable
business was done in the better kinds of congou,
ar.d for common sorts there was more enquiry. For
greens there was a good demand at full prices. Of
Chicory 110 tons were sold at £l5 10s. to £l6 per
ton. For Rice there was an active demand, but at
lower rates ; and 8,000 bags Bengal were sold at a
decline of 6d. per cwt. Little doing in Rum. Of
Saltpetre about 1,600 bags, chiefly of fine quality,
sold at 295. to 295. 9d. for 3'l and 11 refraction.
Nothing doing in Hides. Ashes were dull. For
Olive Oil a fair demand at fully previous rates.
Sperm Oil in good demand at £9l to £93 per tun.
In Palm Oil but little doing, and the same remark
will apply to Linseed Oil and Spirits of Turpentine.
In Tallow a limited business at 455. Gd. to 465. for
Petersburg Y. C. On Tuesday, Jute was slightly
depressed, but it recovered on Friday, and sold with
spirit at full prices. The total sales were 1,850
bales at £l7 ss. to £22 ss. TO-DAY, owing to the
recent arrivals of plantation Sugar not being yet
upon the market, no sales have been effected, but
1500 bags East India have been taken, at 41s. 6d.
for Cossipore, 395. for Benares, and 355. to 365. for
Dates ; 680 boxes Havana have also been disposed
of at 225. Gd. per cwt. Of Molasses, 100 puns.
Barbadoes, to arrive, have realised 19s. per cwt.
There has been rather more doing in Rum, the sales,
including Saturday's business, consisting of 300
puns. Demerara and 100 puns. Trinidad, the latter
to arrive, at about previous prices. The Tea market
continues firm ;_ blackish Hohows in demand at
ls. d. to ls. ld., with not much offering ; common
Congous are worth 10d. to 101-d. per lb. 500 bags
Bengal Rice sold at 10s. to 10s. 3d. per cwt. for
first-class damaged.

MR. GRANTHAM'S HIGH LEVEL RAILWAY.—A
numerous and influential meeting was held last night at
the Royal Institution, in Colquitt-street, to renew the
discussion on Mr. Grantham's scheme for a high level
railway along the docks. There were several plans and
diagrams both of this scheme and that of Mr. James
Holme, which Mr. Grantham attacked as being applica.
ble to one line of railway to the exclusion of others, and
a trade which did not exist. Having replied to Mr.
Newland's observations at the former meeting, he said
he was glad to see that the Dock Committee, while they
determined to have a line of railway round the docks, had
resolved to have a rigid enquiry into every plan before
adopting any. Mr. James Holme said he should
object to any large outlay until it had been seen how the
scheme would work. He denied that his plan had been
brought forward for the occasion, and that his position as
a Director :of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway had
anything to do with it. Mr. Brocklebank remarked that
the scheme might interfere with the erection of ware.
houses, which he thought of more importance to the port,
After some further discussion, the cceetiug separeted„

THE IRISH SOCIETY.-MEETING LAST
NIGHT.

The annual meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary of the
Irish Society was held last night, in the Philharmonic-
hall. The Rev. Dr. M'Neile presided. The Rev. Pro-
fessor Foley, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, and the
Rev. Alexander Dallas attended as the deputation from
the parent society. There was a numerous attendance.
Amongst the clergymen and gentlemen on the platform
we noticed the following :
The Rev. J. Cowan, Rev. D. Foley, Rev. A. Dallas,
Rev. H. Carpenter, Rev. Geo. Dover, Rev. Herbert
Jones, Rev. S. Minton, Rev. Edward Hall, Rev. J. Pisey,
Rev. J. J. Butler, Rev. T. T. Sutton, Rev. J. W. Lester,
Rev. Robert Brown, Rev. T. L. Pain, Rev. S. B. Sutton,
Rev. D. Anderson, Rev. T. Newenham, Rev. C. Clarke,
Rev. H. Maslen, Rev. Williams, Rev. W. Brewster,
Rev. S. P. Boutflower, Rev. W. Maynard, Rev. F. A.
Power, Rev. A. Hume, L.L.D. Rev. Chas. H Burton,
Rev. William Rawson, Rev. A. A. Nunn, Rev. J. P.
Jones, Rev. J. Marland, Rev. J. 0. Powell, Rev. Chas.
W. Lawrence, Rev. W. M. Falloon, Rev. W. H. Duck,
Rev. Joseph Bardsley, Rev. Thomas W. Moeran, Rev.
R. Powell, Rev. G. W. Warr, Rev. J. Ellison-, Rev. W.
H. Wright, William Jones, Esq. J. K. Rounthwaite, Esq.
and Herbert Campbell, Esq.
The meeting having been opened with prayer, offered
up by the Rev. Mr. Minton.
The CHAIRMAN said,—We are assembled in aid of a
society which has been long known, much valued, and
cheerfully assisted in this town. The Irish Society has
occupied a comparatively unostentatious, but practically
a most important place in the modern religious history of
our sister island. (Hear, hear.) Large masses, I believe
I might, without exaggeration, say millions, of the Roman
Catholic population of the west and south of Ireland were
separated from all direct attempts to give them true Chris-
tianity and increasing civilization, not only by the super-
stitions of their creed, and the selfish ambition of their
agitating political leaders, but also by the barrier of an
unknown language. (Loud cheers). What could our
good friend, and 'lreland's benefactor, Mr. Dallas, have
done in West Galway in the year 1820 ? The inhabitants
would have been barbarians to him, and he would have
seemed a barbarian to them. (Hear, hear.) He might
as well have sung to the rocks, like Orpheus, or preach to
the fishes, like St. Anthony, as have wasted his sweet
English, simple, colloquial, and grammatical as it is, on the
aborigines of Connemara. (Cheers). An English tra-
veller passing through the country, might not, it is true,
have discovered this state of things ; because on the lead-
ing public roads, and in the inns frequented by travellers,
there were individuals who could speak English. But if
such a traveller forsook the great road and entered into
the little villages scattered about the bogs and heaths,
and swarming as they did at that time with an increasing
population ; if he would have joined the domestic circle
of one cottage after another over thousands of acres, lie
would not have heard one word of English. (Hear, hear.)
The husband addressed his wife in Irish, and the wife her
husband. (Cheers.) Parents spoke Irish to their chil-
dren, and children to their parents. Irish songs were
sung. Irish anecdotes were told. Irish wit was relished.
All was Irish. (Hear, hear). And although some few
individuals in such families, those who had been in the
habit of going to the next market town, might have been
able to understand a short question in English, and to
give a short answer ; yet they were totally incapable of
understanding any lengthened address, or receiving any
useful instruction by means of the English language.
English prejudice against the Irish language has been of
long standing, and was most injuriously operative at an
eventful crisis of Irish history. At the period of the
Reformation Queen Elizabeth had imbibed this prejudice,
and endeavoured to suppress the Irish language. Tnis
was beyond her royal power, but the attempt was at-
tended with incalculable mischief. The Act of Uni-
formity passed in 1560, contained a clause commanding
those pastors of the Church in Ireland who could not
read the Liturgy in English to read it in Latin. The only
medium through which the reformed faith could have
been conveyed to the Irish mind was cut off. Rome
saw her opportunity, and availing herself k then as now)
by England's mistake, suppressed the Reformation and
stereotyped her own traditions and corruptions on Ireland.
Within a few years Queen Elizabeth discovered her mis-
take, and endeavoured to apply a remedy. In the year
1571 she had founts of Irish types prepared, and
is !recorded by our historians to have uttered the
pious wish, that it might please God to raise up
some of her subjects to translate the New Testa-
ment into Irish. It was too late. The golden oppor-
tunity had been lost. Many years elapsed before any
translation was completed ; and when it was completed,
and ready to be printed, a curious discovery was made
concerning Her Majesty's Irish types. They had been
laid aside when first prepared, and not being in use, they
had been neglected and lost sight of by the authorities,
but not by the Jesuits, who, to do them justice, always
have their eyes about them. Search was made for the
types; in vain for a long time, but at last they were
found. Where, do you suppose ? Not in Ireland ; not
in England. They were found in the Roman Catholic
College of Doway. They had been stolen from Dublin,
and instead of being used to print the New Testament in
Irish, they were used to print Popish tracts for circulation
in Ireland. The Irish people have never since had fair
play in the matter of religious instruction, because it
has never been presented to them, on a large scale,
through the medium of their own language. (Cheers.) This
is no light matter. Its importance is not felt as
it deserves. Perhaps it cannot be fully entered into by
those who have never heard any language but one, or felt
themselves barbarians to a speaker. You would all feel
it,lwere I now to cease from English. and speak some
other tongue. -To the masses in the west of Ireland, 30
or 40 years ago, English was as useless as Greek is now to
you. But a great change has taken place in this respect—
s pioneering change—preparing the way for " Irish
Church Missions." Various causes have conspired to
produce this change, doubtless. But one of the most
effectual is to be traced to the quiet, steady, and persever-
ing operations of the " Irish Society." How, it may be
asked, would this be, seeing that the object of that society
was to promote the education of the native Irish, through
the medium of their own language ? The process
may seem strange, but it is simple and sure. It
is impossible to invade the ignorance of a people, and
teach them to think, by means of a language of which they
are ignorant. The native Irish could never have been
reached by the English language ; but when through the
medium of their own language they were reached, and
taught, and induced to think, they soon saw how advan-
tageous it would be to themselves and their children to
become acquainted with English ; and, although they
were unable to do so themselves to any very great extent,
they had the good sense to avail themselves of the oppor.
tunities afforded to send their children to schools where
English was taught. (Hear, and cheers.) The experiment,
for its fair trial, required the passing away of one
generation and the rising up of another. (Hear, hear.)
It has had the trial, and its success has been
astonishing. The Irish Society reached and stimulated
the Irish mind, creating thereby (under the circumstances
of the country, commercial and political,) a demand for
English knowledge. Other societies were ready to supply
the demand thus created. The operation proceeded
steadily. The school children of 1820 to 1825 became the
men and women of 1845 to 1850 ; and then, when the
fields were white to the harvest, " the Irish Church
Missions" sprang forward as an accomplished reaper.
" Other men laboured, and they entered into their
labours"—not in rivalry or jealousy, but with the same
noble end in view, " that he who soweth and he who
reapeth may rejoice together." (Cheers) It is our privilege
to behold the action of this mutual joy in the arrangement
now made for a wise and prudent division of labour

That arrangement comprises two points : one has refe-
rence to the fields of labour, and the other to the
collection of funds for the cultivation of the fields.
I must leave it to Mr. Foley and Mr. Dallas to enter
into explanatory particulars with regard to this arrange-
ment, congratulating the latter gentleman on the differ-
ence between the state of things in 1820 and in 1853, in
this respect, that now, let him go where he will, in Clif-
den, in Oughterand, Castlekerke, Ennismore, in creek or
bay, in bog or mountain ; not only is his Christian zeal
duly appreciated, and his affectionate interest in the
well-being of the people gratefully felt, but also his
English tongue is "understanded of the people." (Cheers.)
To these observations on the language, which was long
a serious hindrance in the way of the progress of Protes-
tantism and civilization in Ireland, it may perhaps be
interesting and useful that I should add a few remarks
concerning other co-operating causes. Land, the tenure
of land, the relations between landlord and tenant—
these are topics forced now upon the public attention. A
committee of the House of Commons is busily engaged
with what is called tenant-right. Our liberal legislators
are not likely to connect any considerations of religious
creed with their inquiries about the tenure of land. But
although they will not, others will do this, and have been
doing this, systematically and perseveringly for years. It
ought to be known that before the middle of the last cen-
tury, numerous societies or clubs of Roman Catholics
were formed in Ireland, for the purpose of outbidding
Protestant farmers, at the expiration of the leases by
which they held their lands. They were wonderfully suc-
cessful. The landlords, not all of course, but many,
alas too many, greedy of gain, and more eager for
an augmentation of rental than solicitous for the
advancement of their country's welfare, encouraged
this species of competition ; and their sordid conduct in
giving a preference to strangers, merely because they
offered a larger rent, drove multitudes of the most active
and useful Protestants to Great Britain or America. The
former holdings of these men were soon occupied by
Roman Catholic tenants, at such rents as rendered it im-
possible for them to enjoy the ordinary comforts and de-
cencies of life, They were degraded into fellow lodgers
with their own service. Thus the agriculture of the
country was paralyzed,—the diffusion of sound, reli-
gious, and moral principles hindered,—the progress
of Popery accelerated, —and the dark night of igno-
rance and disaffection and crime deepened and extended.

It was a wily scheme. Romanism addressing herself to
the known cupidity of the natural heart of man, and
bidding for Ireland by bribes in the legal shape of
increased rents. It will not be difficult to trace it to its
true origin, if we recollect that the Type-stealers, the
confederacy of Jesuits—those master-managers of fallen
man—have always had active emissaries in Ireland. Even
when they were supported elsewhere by Papal and by
Royal authority, their slimy path can be traced in the
island of saints, ever since Wancop, the Popish Primate
of Armagh, employed John Codure, Alphonsus Salmeron,
Pasehasius Broet, and Francis Zapata, in the year 1541.

The author of a valuable pamphlet, published anonymously
in 1746, describes, in vivid colours, the partition and sub-
division of lands produced by the speculation of these
Popish clubs, and mourns over the expulsion and con-
sequent extirpation of Protestants thus driven from their
habitations. This continued till the year 1768, when it
received a check. Prior to that period the Irish House of
Commons was rarely dissolved. Its legal existence was
terminated only by the demise of the Crown ; and as an
election, therefore, so seldom occurred, gentlemen cared
comparatively little about the number of freeholders on
their property, and preferred an increase of the pecuniary
amounts of their rentals. But when the Octennial Bill
was passed; and Parliament came to be comparatively
frequently dissolved, voters were felt to be of conse-
quence, and efforts were made to multiply their numbers.
Roman Catholics, however, did not at that period possess
the elective franchise, and proprietors of estates found
themselves reduced to this alternative, that they must
either do without voters, or they must encourage Protes-
tant acttlers on their Wide. Tbea commenced a mingled

process, with some landlords low covetousness prevailed
over political ambition, and they continued the race of
Popish serfs. With others, political ambition prevailed,
and they encouraged a Protestant tenantry. By means
of the amount of encouragement thus given, Pro-
testantism was rapidly on the advance—(hear and cheers)
—and the general habits of the people, in such districts,
were in a state of progressive improvement. This went
on from 1768 till 1793. In that year the elective franchise
was extended to Roman Catholics, and there was no
longer any political object in giving a preference to Protes-
tant tenants. It is grievous to think how they were
again superseded by Romanists offering rack-rents for
their farms. Multitudes of Protestants so dislodged with-
drew in disgust from their native land. And in the in-
solvent, unsettled, and unsafe state of the south and west
which followed, the landlords met with the deserved
retribution for their egregious folly, not to call it by a
severer name. Approaching our own times, Ireland has
been the field of battle, and the battle has been urgent.
Politically, success has been with Rome. Religiously,
success has been with the Gospel. The Emancipation
Bill, the Reform Bill, the Education Board, the May-
nooth Bill, all added, in parliament and out of parliament,
to the power of the O'Connell Anti-Union faction, now
called the Brass Band. There is little doubt that the
forthcoming tenant-right bill will be on their side, and
further aid the accomplishment of their designs. Mean-
time the Irish Society, the Hibernian Bible Society, the
Sunday School Society, the Hibernian School Society,
the Ladies' Hibernian School Society, and the last, not
least, the Society for Irish Church Missions, have been
carrying on their Scriptural labours, and, through the
grace of God, gaining their bloodless victories. The
Christians of England have been supporting and encourag-
ing these various Societies for the promotion of Pro-
testantism in Ireland ; while successive parliaments and
governments of England have been supporting and en-
couraging Popery in Ireland. And at this hour, our
most urgent difficulties in this conflict, arise from the
reinforcements which our opponents are annually receiving
from the British government. But even so, our cause is
so good, and in such a progressive state of triumph, that
the Priests of Rome, though aided by the Treasury of
England, are trembling for their very existence in many
parts of Ireland. Our reverend friends will enter into par-
ticulars.—Dr. M'Neile concluded amidst great cheerng.
The Rev. S. MINTON, the Hon. Secretary, then read
the following REPORT,
" The Committee of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the Irish
Society rejoice in being able to fulfil the anticipations,
which they held out at the last anniversary, of having to
address their friends on the present occasion in terms of
unmingled congratulation—congratulation on the progress
of the work in Ireland, on the increased support rendered
to it by the town of Liverpool, and on the present position
of affairs with regard to the two societies through whom
that support is conveyed.
"In Ireland the Reformation marches onward with
gigantic strides, promising very shortly to cut the Gordian
knot of Irish difficulties, by eradicating from her soil that
one deadly root of bitterness, from which they all spring
in such luxuriant abundance. Scarcely has the excite-
ment subsided, produced by Priest Mullen's note of
alarm from America, which came as a thunder clap upon
his own camp, and a fresh stimulus to ours, namely, that
emigration to America was almost certain destruction to
Irish Roman Catholics, the great mass of them being
immediately lost amongst the sects '—when a still more
pitiable cry of distress is raised by Priest O'Sullivan in
Dingle, who proclaims in the Tablet, that, after mature
deliberation, lie has arrived at the conviction that nothing
but emigration can save his flock from perversion.' Nor
is this the only encouragement afforded us from the same
unexceptionable quarter. Within the last few weeks a
priest in the north-west of Ireland publicly told his con-
gregation that ' the jumpers were getting too strong for
them,' and that unless things very soon took a turn, he
should leave the country himself, and he knew many
other priests who had resolved upon doing the same.'
" With this decisive testimony to the rich blessing be-
stowed upon those devoted labourers who are carrying on
the Lord's work in connection with the Irish branch of
our national Established Church, your committee feel the
utmost pleasure in reporting real progress also on the
part of the Liverpool Auxiliaries, whose purpose it is to
assist in that glorious enterprise. Exclusive of several other
minor agencies for local, or more limited, Irish objects,
there are three great Societies, whose claims have been
brought prominently before the town. The Irish Society,
the Irish Church Education Society, and the Irish Church
Missions. The sum contributed to each of these during
the past three years, will spew the improvement upon
which your committee so cordially congratulate you.

]B5O. 1851. 1852.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Irish Society 841 3 7 445 17 11 1161 6 0
Church Ed. So. 10 0 0 311 10 0 32 0 0
Church Ministers 214 9 1 23 9 6 907 10 2

£1065 12 8 780 17 5 2100 16 2
From which it appears, that the amount raised in the last
year is more than double the average of the two preceding
years.

" The sum of £ll6l 65., which your treasurer remitted
to the Irish Society, for 1852, was contributed as follows :
X. s. d.
St. Augustine's Branch ..... 9 10 4
St. Bride's..
Christ Church, Everton
St. Clement's
St. Mary's, Edge-hill . .
St. Mary's, Wavertree .. 6 2 6
St. George's, Everton
St. John's..
St. James's, West Derby
St. Jude's
St. Mark's .
Mariners'
St. Matthew's, Toxteth
St. Nicholas's, Parish Churcli ...... 17 5 0
St. Paul's, Prince's Park .... 613 4 7
St. Peter's, Everton ...
St. Stephen's, Crown-street 11 12 9
St. Saviour's ........ 7 10 0
St. Silas
St. Thomas', Seaforth
Collegiate Meeting
Donations and Collecting Cards, less
Expenses