The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-30 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS

not do so,

elusion of our manufactures and the promotion of
their own, which they have felt was every day becom-
ing more pressingly necessary for the emi;oyment o!
their increasing population, the result of a long conti-
nuance of peace and a want of colonial vents to take
off a

In consequence of a great pressure of advertisements at a
late hour, and many local matters which would not brook
delay, we are compelled to postpone our remarks on the
Book of Registry for British Shipping until Tuesday.

ebt Kiintwei &tanbartt.

art of their surpluses, s ich as we fortunately
possess; though, at the same time, we seem to speak
and act as if ours was the only country where excess
of population or want of employment was to be
found ?"

The reply of the free-traders to these facts—for a
reply they must have—

Convince a man against his will,
And, though convinced, he'll argue still—

is, that the argument is drawn from an irregularity

This, say they, was the consequence of trade not being

free at all times. Had free trade been the rule, you
would have had no such results. Abolish your pro-

teeling duties altogether, throw open your market per-
manently to the foreigner, and he will make his ar-

rangements to afford you an adequate supply, and to

deal with you for your commodities in return. It is

your refusal to do this which drives him to the neces-
sity of manufacturing for himself, and of refusing to
sell you his corn, when a scarcity compels you to re-
sort to him, except on cash terms. Such is the reply
of the invincible free traders ; but it rests entirely on
hypothesis—an hypothesis which, it may he shown, is
anything hut a sound one.

Under existing circumstances, they admit that the
inconvenience spoken of by Mr. Gladstone might re-
sult ; but if the protecting duties were abolished, there
would be no reason, they say, to apprehend any such
consequence. But if foreigners derive an advantage
from protecting their own manufactures whilst a pro-
hibition is laid upon their corn trade, it is only fair to
ask, how that interest would be diminished if their
trade in corn were set free ? So far from that interest,
whatever it may be, being lessened by this circum-
stance, it would, we conceive, he considerably increased;
for the condition of the corn-grower being improved,
he necessarily becomes a better customer to the manu-
facturer, and therefore the manufacturer, so far from
having less interest in the protection of his trade from
the prosperity of the corn-grower, has necessarily and
obviously more. We ask, therefore, upon what foun-
dation of probability does this hypothesis of the free
traders rest ? Did they propose to make the matter
the subject of commercial treaty—did they require
that in consideration of the removal of restrictions on
our part, an equivalent should be conceded by the fo-
reigner—there would be some show of prudence in
their requisitions ; but when they propose to cut the
painter and launch out to sea, depending solely on the
common-sense principle for their guide, we are com-
pelled to say, that at least our common-sense principle
tells us that they must very soon be swamped, upset,
or wrecked. The common-sense principle, we take to
be this, that the foreigner will, take all the advantage
we are kind enough to give him, and be much obliged
to us, but give us as little in exchange as he possibly
can ; and we do not perceive how or why he should be
coaxed into giving up his infant domestic manufac-
tures merely because we afford them—indirectly, in-
deed, but certainly—additional encouragement, by en-
abling the corn-growers of his country to buy them.

FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1841

A passenger on board the British Queen, in her
voyage out, gives what evidently appears to be a

" landsman's" description of the great storm she en-
countered, and the perilous position in which, to his
eyes, she seemed to be placed during its continuance.
"The steam-power of the ship," he says, "crippled as
she was, (having lost more than half her paddles) was
totally inadequate to the size of her and the storm.
We rolled helplessly in the mighty billows. Every
sail was split into rags, and we were completely at the
mercy of the waves. At length the violence of
the storm and size of the waves rendered it unsafe to
scud before the wind, and our only chance was to face
it with half-paddle power. The consequence was, we
were twice, each time for four or five hours, in the
trough of the sea without steerage way, and as help-
less as a raft. Nothing saved us but the prodigious
strength and buoyancy of our noble ship, which only
wants 150 more horses' power to make her uncon-
querable."

But there is one country at least, says the free
trader, which would deal with us on equal terms,
namely, the United States—a country, too, which, if
we only give the necessary encouragement, will he
quite equal to supply all our wants. But we must
deal with things as they are; and Mr. Gladstone re-

minds us that the United States have of late years
required foreign corn for their own consumption ;
" and," he adds, " even if they had corn to spare, they
would also be to pay for it in cash, as the large sup-
plies of cotton that we annually receive from them
alone require the cost of all our exports to pay for them,
nor is it long since a deficiency of funds to do so was
supplied to make it good by an export from hence.
South America, Asia, and the south of Europe, where
our goods are exported, have no corn to give us in
return, but pay us for them in other productions."
And thus the argument returns in full force, that the
free trade sought would only drein away our gold, and
in a little time leave matters even worse than it found
them.

From this description we can form a tolerable idea
of a storm in the vast Atlantic, and the condition of
one of our mammoth steamers when overtaken by its
mighty force. We read the description with a painful
suggestion on our mind, we own, as to the fate of the
President. But whatever her lot may be, we think this
lesson has been taught by recent experience—namely,
that steamers of her vast bulk are not the best adapted
to Atlantic navigation.

It was early ascertained that the power of the en-
gines in these enormous vessels was not equal to the
obstacles to be overcome in circumstances of trial of
an extreme kind; and it is further a question whether,
in the present state of our mechanical knowledge, the
defect is remediable without incurring danger in other
respects. Mere powerful engines could, no doubt, be
made; but, not. we believe, without a proportionate
increase in the weight of metal; and then there is th
risk arising from such a massive structure being stowed
in the hold—a cargo in itself—and a cargo to which
this disadvantage is annexed, that no part of it can be
thrown overboard upon an emergency, without an
abandonment of the great element itself from which the
safety of the ship is to be looked for. An amplitude
of power would seem to he the most important ingre-
dient in the machinery of the steamer under trying
circumstances; and, in order to give this, we must
either have machinery of greater efficiency, or vessels
of less burden for distant and dangerous navigation.
The performances of the Cunard packets confirm the
theory, which may be considered an important one in
connection with this invaluable science.

As to the memorial on the slave-grown sugar of
Cuba and Brazil, it suggests another strong argument
to shew, that however good and desirable "free trade"
may he in the abstract—and none admit the principle
more fully than we do—it is nevertheless quite impos-
sible to bring it into operation in all cases, without
either some gross injustice to particular interests, or
violation of some great and paramount principle of
religion or morals. The memorial has clearly shewn
that, in opening a trade with Brazil arid Cuba on the
terms and in the, articles proposed, flagrant injustice
and wrong would be done, in both these respects, to
our own colonies, and to that great principle of bene-
volence which we have, as a nation, made such vast
and honourable sacrifices to establish. We could not
speak too warmly in praise of this paper, and we are
confident that whatever apparent advantage we n-ray
forego by refusing to take the sugar of countries in
which all the detestable wickedness and cruelty of
slavery continue in full commission, we shall find a
much greater in the end by persevering in our present
system.

In our last number there were inserted two papers

to which we were only able at the moment to direct the
attention of our readers in a few general terms : we
allude to the memorial of the British and Foreign
Anti-S!avcry Society concerning the sugar trade with
Cuba and Brazil, and Mr. Gladstone's able letter on
the Corn Duties. We would now detain our readers
for a brief space, chiefly with a view to show the very
great importance of the considerations suggested in
these documents.

A sum amounting to nearly £28,000 was subscribed
at a meeting held on Tuesday last, for the purpose of
sending out bishops to the various colonies in which
this country has settlements, and where such officers

do not exist at present. The meeting was most nume-
rously attended, and dignified by the presence of the
archbishops, and a number of the bishops and other
dignitaries of the church, several of the nobility, of the
judges, and other laymen of rank and influence.

It has long been a matter of regret to many that a
subject of such moment has heretofore engaged so
little attention in high quarters. They were aware,
both from reflection and report, of the evils that re-
sulted from our colonies being left without episcopal
superintendence; and they saw but little to hope, in
the way of relief, florn official persons, in the conduct
and feelings manifested by them towards the church at
home. British colonisation, they observed, was ex-
tending to the remotest parts of the globe, and the lan-
guage and civil institutions of England went abroad
also, but, strange to say, the Church of England, in her
discipline, polity, and government, and appointed
heads, went not along with them.

If Mr. Gladstone's positions be well-founded, it
must be observed .that the bait held out to the work-
ing classes, of cheaper bread being the ultimate and
abiding result of the solicited freedom in the corn
trade, is altogether a deception. Some temporary fall
of prices there certainly would be, just enough to do
great injury to the farmer, and drive him out of his
native market—just enough to give foreigners the ad-
vantage over him, and spoil him as the best customer
of the shopkeeper and manufacturer. So much be-
nefit there might be attained ; but it would have but a
very, very short duration. Gold must go abroad to
pay for the foreigner's corn; our circulating medium
in the precious metals is drained away; money be-
comes scarce ; and then—the poor man finds it as
difficult as ever to pay for his loaf, and the bubble of
the present hour immediately resolves itself into thin

Mr. Gladstone puts this case in a manner so plain
and practical that we desire to add nothing to his state-
ment. When our gold is exhausted, he asks, how is
foreign corn to be paid for ? and what then becomes of
our multitudes of manufacturers and artisans ? "With
home production discouraged, limited, if not put
down, by this temporary foreign supply, it could no
longer be depended on as heretofore, whilst, exposed
to this risk of competition, which, from the position of
our home-growers, they could not, while it lasted,
maintain. Their consumption of goods, too, would be
lost to tho, manufacturer ; and, with such adverse and
conflicting results, might not the public revenue be
expected to suffer, and alarm to rise ? Who then
would be found to stem the torrent when the flood was
once broke loose ?"

The answer of the free traders on this head consists
in a denial of the position that gold would he thus
'drawn out of the country. No, say they, that would
not be the result; but foreigners being permitted a free
access to our market with their grain and flour, would
then take our manufactures in exchange ; and thus,
whilst we should have a greater abundance of bread
from abroad, our trade and commerce would be ex-
tended. This answer is indisputably plausible, and
would be of immense value indeed, if we could depend
upon its being well-founded. But at present it is a
mere theory, and, instead of being supported by facts
and experience, is strikingly contradicted by them.
Mr. Gladstone refers to the unfavourable seasons of
1837, 1838, 1839, and our importations during those
years. Our supplies were drawn from Germany, Rus-
sia, Prussia, and other countries bordering on the
Baltic; and he asks this material question—" did they
take payment in our manufactures during those years.?
Or, on the contrary, is it not well known that they did

On this important subject no care was bestowed,
and no provision was made. It was a great neglect—
big with fatal consequences—and every day seemed only
to make the cure more difficult, and more hopeless.
It was clearly the duty of the government to consoli-
date the empire, and bind its colonies and dependencies
firmly to it—if they would act from no higher motive—
by making the church establishment coextensive with
its possessions. But how long should we wait for our
rulers to become enlightened on this point? Too much
time has been already suffered to elapse without any-
thing being done, and the government seems still as
little disposed to move in the right course as ever.
Now the meeting of Tuesday was held for the pur-
pose of effecting that by voluntary effort which seemed
unlikely to be accomplished by any other means ; and
the beginning was indeed one of the most gratifying
and encouraging kind that it is possible to imagine.
On the importance and duty of giving our colonies and
dependencies the full benefit of the national church,
by giving them bishops to superintend, and ordain, as
well as ministers to baptise and teach, there could be
no difference of opinion in such a meeting ; the won-
der would be, how any government could attempt to
palliate the omission. We can conceive it to have pro-
ceeded from only one or other of two causes—either an
absolute infidelity, which would, of course, make light
of all religious instruction ; or contempt for the Church
of England, as though religion could be as well cared
for without her instrumentality. The omission, we
conceive, amounted to a proclamation to all distant
lands, that religion was a matter of little consequence,
and that our national church was quite unnecessary;
and can it be supposed that such an act of foul impiety
would not be repaid to us? It was by such neglect
we lost America, and a continuance in the same course
now would endanger the adhesion of other possessions
similarly circumstanced, and in time re-act with terri-
ble disaster on the mother country. But the question
is no. longer speculative, but practical. The meeting
of Tuesday has brought it to this point, and we hail it

and that they have been engaged for yeast; ag an omen of great good not only to our coons but
past in originating and adopting measures for the ex- to the domestic empire.

The speeches of the Archbishop of Canterbury and
the Bishop of London were worthy of Christian bi-
shops, and particularly gratifying as coming from pre-
lates occupying so high a station. We could find none
of that morose and narrow-minded bigotry in their ad-

dresses which tractarian churchmen seem to consider
a necessary part of good churchrnanship ; no=-they
put their plea for the church on the broad ground of
the church's usefulness, and argued the necessity of
giving bishops to our colonies and dependencies as a

natural consequence of a sincere attachment to, and
belief in the advantages of, our church in its entirety-7—
in its complete apostolical order and discipline; and in
their addresses there was the enlarged spirit of men
who kept the diffusion of CHRISTIANITY in view as
their first object. The right reverend prelates were
ably supported in the discussion by Mr. Justice Cole-
ridge, and Mr. W. E.. Gladstone, M.P. ; and at the con-
clusion of the meeting the following, amongst other
munificent contributions to the object in view, were
announced :

" Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, £2,000 (loud cheers);
the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, £lO,OOO
(great cheers) ; the Society for the Propagation of the Gos-
pel, £5,000 (cheers) ; the Church Missionary Society, £6OO
a-year, to continue until they should be enabled to make a
grant of laud, which it was their intention to make as soon
as possible (cheers) ; the Colonial Church Society, £11.2 ;
the Archbishop of Canterbury, £l,OOO (cheers) ; the Arch-
bishop of Armagh, £500; the Bishop of London, I:1,000
(cheers) ; the Bishop of Winchester, £300; the Bishop of
Durham, £315 ; the Bishop of Calcutta, £25 ; the Bishop
of Bangor, £200; the Bishop of St. Asaph, £200; the
Bishop of Llandaff, £2OO ; the Bishop of Salisbury, £lOO ;
the Bishop of Chichester, £5O ; the Dean of Chichester,
£2OO ; the Dean of Westminster, £2OO ; the Dean of Leigh-
lin, £lOO ; Sir Thos. Dyke and Mr. Acland, £5OO (cheers);
Lord Bexley, £lOO ; Colonel Austen, £lOO ; the Marquis of
Cholinondeley, £500; John Gladstone and Sons, J2I,COC
(loud cheers)."

We are in sonic hope that the career of Melbourn

O'Connellistn is about to terminate
been to them a week of serious disaster
beaten on the principle of their Irish Registration Bi
in the Commons on Monday night, by a majority o
twenty-one, in a house of five hundred and sixty mem,
bers ; and Nottingham, radical no longer, has returned
the Conservative candidate by the large majority of two
hundred and seventy-nine. Thus, in the course cf
the last five months, Ministers have lost five votes, and
the Conservatives have gained five, making a difference

The present has
They were

of ten on a division. The lost seats are Carlow, Can
terhury, Walsall, Monmouthshire, and now, Notting

ham. The tide has fairly turned against them; but
the overthrow of Monday night is, we apprehend, irre-
deemable. It has been alleged by a Ministerial organ
that this victory was not a purely Conservative one ;
that the motion was Lord Howick's, and gained by
the aid of his partisans. Lord Howick's tail, however,
happens to be a small one, and cannot, with the most
liberal disposition to allow, be ascertained by any
means to exceed eight votes, including his own ; so
that without his lordship's aid at all, the Conservatives
would have been in a clear majority of thirteen. But

again, as to the question on which the house divided
being one of his lordship's prOposing, that is a point of
little consequence. It raised the only question which
the Conservatives cared about, viz., the question of
property, or beneficial interest, as distinguished from
qualification by mere rating ; and this is the principle
for which they contended, and have contended .all

through. His lordship is quite welcome to the honour
of having so far aided his friends in place; the Con-
servatives will freely grant it to him, well pleased at
having gained an important victory by the opportunity
he afforded them.

But being thus shamefully beaten, it might be ex
pected, if we had any other other than a bed-chambe

ministry to deal with, that Ministers would have

mediately sent in their resignations. But not so; they
took just a day to consider about it, and then came to
the resolution to go on with their bill as if nothing had

happened.
This brings us to Wednesday evening ; but here
again another amusing episode occurs, for now Lord

Howick, having done his friends all the mischief in
his power, begs leave to announce that he will go no
further with his amendment,' or, in other words, abzin-
dons it altogether!

Of the debate on this evening we shall say nothing:
as we are hastening to the denouente;lt. The gran
division on the £8 rating, we shall merely say did 11C

take place on Wednesday, but was postponed to
evening, the house agreeing to meet at five o'clock

this special purpose,

The result of this division,

with the fate of Melbourne and of Rome," we may per
haps know by the mail of this morning ; if so, we sha:
communicate it to our readers in a second edition. Th
division will, indeed, be one of momentous import—

for if ministers be beaten on it, we cannot, nom

A very serious blow is aimed at, and will be inflicte
on the trade of Liverpool, if, by any accident, the in

LOCAL NETVS,

DISSOCIATION.-It is confidently stated that
jody will hold their meeting- in 1812 in the town of
hester.

SIIOP-LIFTING.—On Monday, an old offender, named
Kelly, was committed to take his trial on a charge of having
attempted to steal a piece of black silk handkerchiefs from
e shop of Mr. Byford. Park-lane, on Saturday afternoon,
here he and another man went in under the pretence of
lying so-.-ae. He took the advantage of the young man of
e shop being engaged with his companion to take the hand-
iefs out of the window and place them under his

k
clothes

EALING ntom A CHILD.—On Monday a woman named
r O'Hara, was committed to take her trial at the sex-
, for having stolen a bundle of clothes from a child in
;-street, about a fortnight ago. It appeared that the
, Hannah Dixon, was bringing the clothes from Brown-
bill to the house of her parents in Houghton-street,
i the prisoner accosted her, and having engaged her at-
on, snatched the bundle from her and ran away with it.

prisoner was seen by_ several persons running :with th

- - .
buncile in her apron. The little girl having met the pri-
soner in St. John's-market, on Saturday, identified her and

ye her in charge

We are gratified to find that a remedy has at length been
liscovered for the relief of the peculiar noise or nervous
rritation that accompanies deafness. Musk passed in va-
lour into the internal ear, by quieting the irritative action,
rives tone and energy to the pents within the ear, and in a
hort time completely removes the cause of irritation. Mr.
-.;ronin may well feel proud of this successful experiment,
rhich promises decided benefit to the sufferer. We perceive
)y Mr. C.'s advertisement he intends paying our Manchester
hends a visit.

AMATEUR. PERFORMANCE.-To-night an amateur per-
formance will take place at the Amphitheatre, when some of
our young Liverpool blades will " strut and fret their hour
upon the stage." We hope they will be well supported, as
their " intent" is " charitable," the proceeds of the house
being for the benefit of the Bluecoat Hospital. Report
speaks highly of the getting-up of the pieces, which are
under the direction of Mr. Marshall, of the Liver Theatre.
That most delightful actress, Mrs. Gordon, plays Emily
Worthington, in the " Poor Gentleman." There is much
talent and true acting in Mrs. Gordon. The Liverpool
playgoers have not as yet had an opportunity of seeing this
lady in parts wherein she can display her abilities.

lEEIING OF 13/.LACKS AND C 0.,. CREDITORS, OF MAN-
3STER.—On Tuesday the first meeting of creditors under
fiat was held, being for the proof of debts and to choose
gnees. It was dated 15th March. The bankrupts, Mr.
in IL Hayward and William Cosier Fletcher, were in at-
dance. Several extraordinary disclosures were made at
meeting relative to certain transactions which the batik-
,ts had bad with other parties. It appeared they endea-
wed to establish themselves in London and elsewhere, and
ried on business in the names of other parties. The

amount of debts proved during the day was beiween £50,000
and £60,000. Besides the amount of £9,363 proved by the
Union Bank, the amount proved by the Bank of Manchester
was £20,316; the South Lancashire Bank, £654 ; Messrs.
Orr and Co. (on bills), £696 4s. 6d. ;Mssrs. Seeley. and

Burnside, £362 ss. 4a: ; Messrs. Charles Knight and Co.
£5,900. The meeting terminated a little before lour o'clock.
STREET RODDERY.—A man, named John Wilson, was, on
Monday, placed before Mr. Rushton, charged by a farmer
named Nathan Lovelady, with havitrg attempted to rob him
on the previous morning. It appeared that on Saturday
evening the complainant had been at a friend's house in the
New Haymarket, which he left early the followint, morning.
He was proceeding home on foot up London-road, and, on

:urning into Ans On-street, the prisoner and another man
[aid hold of him to get their hands into his pockets, in which
was £7 Os. Od.—but the old man being resolute prevented
them, when Wilson (the prisoner) struck him on the face

,
and knocked him down. They again attempted to rifle his
pockets, but he struggled with them and called out, when
police-constable No. 216, hearing the cry, saw the prisoner
and his companion making off, but he succeeded in capturing
Wilson. The prisoner was committed for trial.

MODEL OF DUBLIN.—This very beautiful model has not
been visited by the numbers of visitors we certainly antici-
pated. We are quite convinced that, if its merits were suf-
ficiently known, instead of a few dozen persons seeing it per
day, as many hundreds would inspect it. It is without ex-
ception the most exquisite work we ever saw. The houses
are all made of wood : the little gardens, which hound
throughout the Irish metropolis, are distinctly laid out, even
to their very flower-beds. On looking at the model, one
might fancy 'oneself in a balloon, gazing down upon " the
swate city') : the Liffey, like a silver snake creeping through
it, has its banks covered with warehouses, &c. Take our
advice, good reader, and see the model of Dublin. You will
be highly
.gratified, we promise you. Should you be an

" EmerEader," a view of what Judy of Roundwood was
wont to call " the Cit. of Dub. with Trin. C 01.," will do you
good.

LIVERPOOL FEMALE PENITENTIARY.—The annual meet-
ing of the subscribers and friends to this institution was held
in the Charitable Institution House, on Tuesday evening..
Sir Joshua Walmsley was called to the chair, and opened the
meeting with some very pertinent remarks upon the import-
ance and value of an institution which had now been esta
blished thirty years, and had been productive of so much
good amongst a class of individuals so greatly to be pitied for
their great degradation. John Cropper, jun., Esq., in the
absence of the treasurer, Mr. Joseph King, read the audited
cash account, and explained the financial circumstances of
the charity. It appeared that the institution was upwards of
£5OO. in debt. The report of the committee was then.read.
It appeared that out of 103 applitations for admission during
the:last year, 63 were received, being All that came within
the rules. Twenty-one had been restored to their friends or
placed out to respectable service, after having been their full
time in the house; fifty-seven still remained, and the sum of
£423. 16s. Ild. had been received for work done by the peni-
tents during the last year. The adoption of the report was
moved by the Rev. Charles Haydon, Wesleyan minister, who
commented upon the facts stated therein in a very judicious
and eloquent speech.. The Rev. F. F. Barker moved the re-
solution of the appointment of the officers and committee for
the year ensuing: He urged the claims of the institution
• upon the regard of the benevolent part of the community.
Several gentlemen briefly addressed the auditory, when the
thanks of the meeting were voted to the chairman, who ac-
' knowledged the token of respect, and beaded a subscription
for the reduction of the debt by a donation of ten pounds,
Which example was followed by some others. Several new
subscriptions were also announced.

Tfl EATRE-ROYAL.—After an absence of a few brief years
Mrs. Warner has again come amongst us. What she was
when she quitted the Liverpool company any playgoer can
remember. She has returned with her talents matured,—
her style if anything more fascinating, and her person lovlier
than ever. Her welcome was the most enthusiastic we have
witnessed for many a day. Her Lady Macbeth, on Monday
night, was a fine conception. She fully developed the poet's
creation, and gave us a true impersonation of the bold, daring,
and ambitious woman, who will allow no obstacle to stand
between her and her husband's preferment. Mr. Charles
Kean, who made his first appearance this season as the •
" Thane," played it extremely well. It was replete with
those bursts of genius which electrify and delight as well as
astonish. Mr. Charles Kean is in full possession of the sub-
tleties of his art, and we are glad to uphold him as the first
actor of his day. Mr. Charles Kean is not without his
faults, but we are always too much delighted with him to
notice them. Mr. Stuart's Macduf was very cleverly and
judiciously played. Few men know and understand Shakspere
better than Mr. Stuart. " Macbeth" has been got up in a
splendid style. The audience appeared quite surprised at
the new scenery presented to their view, while "the appliances
to boot" appeared to afford equal astonishment. If all
,Shakspere's plays were represented with the same care and
expense, we are confident crowded houses would well repay
any manager for his outlay and risk. We have never seen
" Macbeth" produced in the provinces so expensively as at
the Theatre-royal at present.—On Tuesday "The Stranger"
was played—Mrs. Warner as Mrs. Haller, and Mr. Charles
Kean as The Stranger, his first appearance, here in the cha-
racter. He played it with great ability, though it afforded
little scope for display. His description of his wrongs was
finely given—his earnestness thrilled through the audience,
and drew forth a burst of applause. Mrs. Baker played the
Coyntess Wintersen very nicely. Mr. Bland made the
most of the Count. Baker and Slaiter were extremely droll
as Solomon and Peter, while Mrs. Clarke's Charlotte, with
her airs and impertinences, was very amusing. But what
shall we say of Mrs. Warner's Mrs. Haller? We may de-
clare, with truth, that so graceful, natural, and so beautiful
an impersonation, has not been seen tor many and many a
day. The sympathy of the audience was enlisted towards
the erring but penitent woman from the first ; and pity for
her " stooping to folly" prevailed in the sternest hearts ;
but the closing scene was a triumph of histrionic art. Her
pathos, tears, grief, and distress wrung tears from minim
eye, "albeit unused to the melting mood." The poet says,
that

standing all' our experience of their tenacity, believe
that they will presume to hold on any longer. We
are very sanguine in our expectation that last night's
division will prOve to have been against them. Many
circumstances lead us to this conclusion. If we are
right, we shall only have to congatulate our readers
very heartily, that the reign of Whig O'Connellism
at length, very near its end, if not altogether terminated.

land bonding bill, now progressing through parliament,
should pass. What gain Manchester would make by
it we cannot undertake to say ; but avarice, if it be un-
like justice in other respects, has, as we have frequently
observed, a small resemblance to it in this particular—
that it is sometimes very near-sighted, if not quite
blind. Manchester is not satisfied with its immense
traffic and profits as the chief seat of the cotton manu-
facture—it now aims at becoming, in spite of fate and
nature, a great emporium of foreign commerce, and
seeks, consequently, to deprive Liverpool of those ad-
vantages which she enjoys as the legitimate fruit of her
position. Avarice, in its blindness, may suppose the
attainment to be easy, and close at, hand, for, in the
cloudy state of its vision, it is apt to mistake the diS-
tance of objects ; but persons not inflamed by the same
diseased cupidity, see things in quite a different light.
If Manchester is granted the privilege of becoming a

Smiles may be false, but tears must be true ;'

fiscal port, other inland towns will, of course, set up a
claim to the enjoyment of a similar privilege—and we
may look forward to having an indefinite number of
such inland ports. By such an arrangement Liverpool,
doubtless, must suffer. Her cotton importers and bro-
kers must be injured Manchester and other " impor-
ters," and their employes, must supplant them. But

what will the Manchester manufacturer gain by having
the staple article of his trade, instead of being all
brought to the one market—where prices are at once
ascertained, and selections made—scattered about in

different quarters, and taken up for divers lesser mar-
kets. In our humble opinion he will gain a loss, and
discover, in the end, that he has been attempting to
grasp too much. But this is his affair, not ours. Our
position simply is, that the bill will necessarily do great
injury to our ain town, and that the legislature, hold-
ing the balance fairly between conflicting localities, as
it should do, ought to reject it. We are aware that
we have some potent influences to contend against—
that there is rottenness and jobbing in the transaction
—that a shifty, place-making, patronage-seeking mi-

and many a true tear ran down stern cheeks on Tuesday night.
As for the ladies, God bless them, no wonder they should
weep—they would have been no women to have refrained.
We never saw such a scene ; a pin might have been heard to
fall until the curtain dropped, when a tremendous burst of
applause rang through the house, continuing until Mr. Kean
appeared, leading on Mrs. Warner, to receive the courtesies of
the audience. The.closing farce of " The Sleeping Draught"
proved anything but a " sleeping draught" to the audience.
Mrs. Clarke, as Nonna, and Baker,. as Popolino, kept the
audience laughing for the rest of the evening. Norma' s
packing her lover up in the grave clothes was most ludicrous.
Verily, Mrs. Clarke has no compeer. in similar characters.
To-night; " Macbeth will be repeated, for Mrs. Warner's
benefit.

nistry gives it encouragement—and that the silence
even of our Town Council has been secured by some
extraordinary interposition; but we do nevertheless
opine that the mischievous scheme may be defe ted if
the people of Liverpool will only move, as they should
do, to oppose it. Whatever may be conferred upon
Manchester, or any other inland town, will be just so
much taken front Liverpool. And for what purpose, or
for what cause, we beg to ask, is Liverpool to be sub-
jected to such a privation ? Liverpool has a vested
interest in this matter, which the legislature is bound
to respect. Liverpool is properly the handmaid of
Manchester—her merchant, her port, and her broker
—and both have thriven together as fellow-workers
and mutual auxiliaries; and why is the connection to
he dissolved ? why is the eye to say to the hand I have
no need of thee ? why this " sedition of the members"
to be encouraged ? We see no reason for it but the
mere lust of the eye—the mere wantonness of an un-
reasonable covetousness, and an unwise ambition. To
the country at large it will be disadvantageous, for it
will increase the expenses of revenue collection. In

short, it is an unwise and a mischievous scheme alto.
gether, and ought to be most strenuously resisted,
We hope the necessary movement may be made in. time,

PUBLIC CHALLENGE TO ALL SECRET ORDERS.—A Mr.
Doherty, from Manchester, having placarded the town in
every direction, threatening a " heavy blow and great dis-
couragement" to all secret societies, inasmuch as he would
deliver a lecture at the Music-hall, on the utter absurdity
and fallacy of Och!fellows, Foresters, Druids, Recabites, &c.,
and that he would there develop a plan much safer, and more
in accordance with the attributes of justice, he, according to
this public announcement, lectured on Wednesday night at
the above-named place, when upwards of 1000 persons at-
tended. A great deal of noise and confusion ensued with
regard to the election of a chairman—Mr. D. wishing Mr.
Dix to occupy the chair, he belonging to no society what-
ever, and the majority of the meeting being in favour of a
Mr. Kelly. A show. of hands being called for, Mr. Kelly
had a great majority. Mr. Doherty then commenced his
lecture; and although he had stated •in the bills that he
would show the risk persons were subject to who were in
anywise connected with secret societies, he never touched
that point, unless when he alluded to the last quarterly report
of the Reckabites, where two cases were enumerated of
persons being guilty of fraud, and over which cases the ma-
gistracy said they had no controul, the society notbeing enroll-
ed according to the act of parliament. The whole tenor of his
lecture bore upon the superior system, as he stated it to be,
of insurance. He, along with a number more, had adopted this
plan ; but, previous to doing so they had waited upon the
directors of the Norwich Life Insurance Society for the pur-
pose of ascertaining whether they would insure to the amount
of £25. They had for answer that this was rather a new
feature, and would require consideration. In about three
weeks after they received an answer, stating their willingness
to adopt this system, and consequently they had all enrolled
themselves under the banners of the Norwich Society for a
life assurance for £25. The manner he proposed to raise
the 10s. per week for the sick was by a levy from each mem-
ber ' • so that the money to be received after death, and the
sick allowance, were altogether distinct—the members de-
pending on Insurance Society for their burial allowance,
while the other was controlled by themselves. In favour of
his system he urged the benefit to be derived from the mem-
bers being protected by law, which secret orders could not
boast of. After he had concluded, he was warmly attacked
by a few gentlemen belonging to the different secret orders
in town, one of whom, Mr. Hardwick. Taylor, challenged
Mr. D. to a public discussion on the merits of the insurance
system and the system adopted by secret orders, the largest
place in town; which could be bad, to be taken for the occa-
sion, and twopence to be charged for admission—the receipts
of the evening, after paying expenses, to be given to some
charitable institution. Mr. Doherty accepted the proposal,
and the parties were to meet after the close of the meeting
for the purpose of drawing up the preliminaries, such as fix-
ing the place and night of discussion, &c. The meeting
throughout was rather turbulent. Mr. Dix stated, previous
to our leaving, that he had never as yet belonged to any so-
ciety, but, from the discussion he had beard, he would cer-
tainly take the earliest opportunity of becoming a member
of one of the secret societies, and that would be the Odd-
fellows. Mr. Kelly, us
.chairman, acted in an extremely
impartial manner. ' •

THE Du gn or WELLtivoTorr....To.morreiv the Duke of
Wellington attains his seventy-third year ; and we are urged
by a correspondent to call upon the authorities to show, in
the usual manner, the respect in which the noble duke is
held by all classes of his countrymen. We hope some de-
monstrations will take place on the occasion.

GEORGE'S PIER BATIIS.—We are happy to announce that
these baths are now open for the season, under the superin-
tendence of Mrs. Penn, and we are certain, from the accom-
modation afforded, and the attention to the comfort of visit-
ors always show:i at the establishment, that a continuance
of the patronage of the town will be given to the widow of
the late lessee.—See Advt.

IfrQuEsTs.—An inquest was held on Friday last at Wal-
lasey, on the body of John Metcalf, who was found lying
dead in a sandhole, at Wallasey, with a deep wound in his
throat. The deceased was " boots" at the Victoria Hotel,
New Brighton, in Liscard, and had been for a few days in a
bad state of health. His master, Mr. Garratt, was very
kind to him, and told him on the Wednesday morning, that
he would send for .a surgeon, bidding him at the same time
not to go out ofthe way. The doctor arrived, but the de-
ceased was not to be found, and on the following day he was
discovered lying on his face quite dead, in a sandhole at
Wallasey, with a razor beside him.—On Saturday, an in-
quest was held at Ellesmere, •on the body of James Leech.
The deceased was a flatman. and had been drinking in a
public-house at Whitby Locks until he became intoxicated.
He was then taken to his flat, which lay in the basin, and
being missed on the following day, the basin was searched,
and his body was discovered. Verdicts were returned in
each case according to the evidence.

THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.—We beg to refer to a notice of a meeting which
will take place this day, of the American merchants and
others, on the subject of shewing some mark of respect on
the occasion of the death of General Harrison. Some en-
quiries having been made, by several of our correspondents,
whether a new election will take place, we beg to state that
the present vice-president, John Tyler, Esq., who is presi •
dent also of the senate, steps into the president's chair, and
serves the time out ; and a new election of vice-president Will
take place, that office to be chosen by congress, and not by
the people. Mr. Tyler is a retired planter, from Virginia, a
person of considerable wealth. Now that we are on this sub-
ject, we cannot help expressing our surprise that the Mayor,
connected so closely as he is with the United States, has not
given orders to have the colours at the Town-hall hoisted
half-mast ; and we think there is a want of respect shown by
many of the masters of vessels in the port, in not paying a
similar mournful compliment. We have observed that the
Americans at all times exhibit the greatest attention in this
respect, on occasions relative to public events in this
country.

MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.—If there is one institution more
than another which requires investigation, and demands im-
mediate reform, it is that of the College of Maynooth. Al-
ready have the blasphemous doctrines and the treasonable
principles inculcated therein been brought before the atten-
tion of the public, through the painstaking and persevering
labours of a committee of the House of Lords ; but our le-

.
gislators are too much imbued with the fashionable indiffer-
entism of the present day to attend to any of these things,
and, unless the) are compelled to feel the pressure from with-
out, they will continue to foster and support any and every
teacher and false opinion, if they only minister to the vile
passions of an enslaved population, who are willing at all
times to obey the mandate of the priest, and he, as is well
known, is the mere tool of a foreign potentate who abhors
our liberty, and seeks to destroy our social privileges. Let
our Protestant readers, then—all of them—attend the meet-
ing to be held in the Music-hall on Wednesday next, for the
purpose of petitioninr, our rulers to withdraw the annual
grant from Maynooth'College. It is expected that the Rev.
Hugh M`Neile will preside, and the Rev. Hugh Stowell has
been requested to lend his powerful assistance.

LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—On Wednesday
evening an eloquent sermon was preached in Christ Church,
Hunter-street, by the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, in aid of the
funds of the Liverpool Protestant Association. The weather
was peculiarly unfavourable, and a smart shower, which oc-
curred at the commencement of the service, must have kept
many away; nevertheless, the church Was almost filled, and
the upper gallery was crowded with protestant operatives.
Mr. M'Neite selected for his text the 2d chapter of St. Paul's
Epistle to the Colossians, and the 18th and 19th verses :
" Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary hu-
mility and worshipping of angels, entering into those things
which he bath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
and not holding the head from which all the body by joints
and bands, having nourishment ministered, and knit together,
increaseth with the increase of God." From these words
the rev. gentleman traced the sources of the corruption of
Christianity, which had been taught from the beginning by
unenlightened men. They were two-fold, Judaism and
pagan philosophy ; and it was against both Judaizing and
heathenizing teachers—who had intruded themselves into the
Christian church—that St. Paul was to be found strenuously
contending, in the chapter from which the text had been
taken, at every step contrasting the truth which he com-
mended with the falsehood which he deprecated. He laid it
down as a scriptural axiom that a voluntary humility and
worshipping of angels, as both existed among the Roman
Catholics of the present day, was a humility existing in
man's own device, and not in any commandments of God,
and that it was a wilful humility tending to beguile Christians
from the course which they ought to pursue. For a long
time Christendom had slumbered over those things, and
though there had been many whining their way to God with-
out either saint or angel who grieved in silence, yet their
number had been but few, and to all 'appearance the truth
had departed; darkness covered the land, and gross darkness
the people, but, after a time, light sprung np again. The
egregious corruptions of the day affronted even the common
sense of sonic men, and the reformation was effected. The
church in England was then purged from the surround-
ing error—the holy scriptures were brought out—the
voluntary humility and worshipping of angels were con-
demned—and the church contained a noble protest against
those inventions. If the protest of the church of England
had been kept' plainly before the people, there would be no
occasion at present for protestant associations, because the
whole church would be a protestant association, and the whole
country members of that association. But there had been a
declination ; and in proportion as men declined, and the pro-
test was not made, reiterated, and repeated, the human heart
returned ; there had been a relapse into what had been con-
genial to men's minds—there had been a falling away and a
slumber, both on the part of laity as well as the clergy ; this
pervaded all ranks of the country—it extended to our rulers,
and, indeed, had chiefly been confined to the highest ranks,
all in consequence of the needful protest not having been.
properly attended to. This it was which had given rise to
the establishment of such a society as the present—a sdeiety.
whose duty it was to sound the alarm, to remind the country
of its protest, to remind the clergy of their pledges, and to
ask the latter to redeem them for what were those pledges ?
Why, the fact was, that every clergyman in the kingdom had
given thirty-nine pledges. Was it sufficient for a man who
had given such a number to redeetn the pledge in fourteen,
fifteen, or sixteen cases, and to leave the remainder of them
unredeemed? Surely they should redeem them all, and go
their rounds inasmuch as they were not intended to be use-
, less. The object, therefore, of the society was, to sound
the alarm among ,the clergy, to invite them to consider their
pledges, and to ask why they permitted some of them to be
so long slumbering in their prayer-books, after having
pledged themselves to spetik out boldly upon the invocation
,of saints and the worshipping of angels, and further to
why they had- continued to slumber in this respect, and
why, from the day they were ordained, to the present

hon.': they never opened their mouths on the subject?
The reverend preacher next addressed the laity as citizens of
the state, and told them plainly that not only was their salva-
tion hereafter at stake, but that their civil privileges here,
and those of their children after them., were at stake also. He
asked why it was that the Bishop of Rome should have any
jurisdiction in this realm, and where it was stated in the
protest that he should possess such jurisdiction over the
heads of the clergy and laity of the land ; Two courses were
left open for the protestants to pursue—either to blot out the
protest alitigether, or to revive such a protestant tone as
would give it utterance. There were some who would blot it
out, and there were whet s who would revive the tone ; which
of those courses would the protestants pursue ? The protes-
tants of Liverpool had associated for the purpose of making
the prayer-book speak. and to continue sound doctrine and
civil liberty in the land ; to hear the " one sacrifice for sin"
universally prothulgated, and to have one sovereign in Eng-
land, and no jurisdiction upon the part of the Bishop of

Rome. Those were the gloriims tones of the protest, and for
those purposes they were associated. But means should be
used—they did not expect miracles—and it was by means of
meetings, sermons, publications, petitions, associations—
means such as they had been using for the last few years in

Liverpool, and he thanked God they had not been used in
vain. Mr. M'Neile then appealed to the congregation to be
liberal in supplying the means for carrying on this work. The
sermon occupied about an hour and a quarter, and was highly
interesting and instructive.

A PEEP IN THE -PRINT-SHOPS.—WC must confess that
we like dearly to stare at the print-shops. It is a habit we
acquired in our boyhood, while perambulating through the
mazes of the great metropolis, before we knew what was ex-
cellent in art, true in nature, or capital in execution. How
many a ten minutes have we not spent gazing at the caricatures
in the corner-shop in Pilgrim-street? How we used to revel
at Tilt's, feast at Akermart's, and banquet at Colnaghi's,
Moon's, and a hundred other pleasant places, all endeared
to us by the happy memories of boyhood! We confess that
we still enjoy a good stare in the printshops. Lacey's often at-
tracts us, Linuecar's has always fine specimens of fine works,
Hunt's is sure to pull us up, and in Holden's we can always
find something to admire. Good or bad, a print is a print,
and has given employment to many, from the artist who
sketched it, to the publisher who sells it ; and, therefore, let
it be honoured. It has been said that in Liverpool the arts
are not encouraged. Now how , can this be main-
tained, when we see so much money yearly laid out on
the paintings at the exhibitions, the numbers of pictures
Sold at auctions, the quantities of tine engravings dis-
posed of by the various printsellers ? Why we could
adduce a hundred ether reasons to spew and prove that
art is encouraged in Liverpool, and liberally paid for.
Not only do we readily purchase the works of London pub-
lishers, but the printsellers here issue themselves at their
• own risk, and upon speculation. There have been many
very beautiful engravings published in Liverpool, that are
highly esteemed in the world of art. Now that we are upon
this matter, we may notice a very admirable engraving of
the Rev. Mr. Haldane Stewart, by Lupton, just published,
from the picture by Patten, which was exhibited a year or
two ago. This picture, it may be remembered, was painted
at the desire of the rev. gentleman's congregation. It has
been esteemed so excellent a likeness,. that a demand has
been excited for an engraving from it.—Another local work,
we may here notice, is now in ckritemplation : we allude to
the portrait of the late Mr. W. W. Currie, by Phillips, now
in the Town-hall. This portrait will be readily purchased.
The late Mr. Currie's virtues are still fresh in the recollec-
tion of his friends.—Besides these, a very large plate is now
in progress (we believe by Mr. Hague) of a view of the river,
and the port in the distance.—Quitting local works, we now
turn to those of general interest.
gThaet oneurfiprlsetasise:
which all
sporting men will•look upon with great we allude
to the portrait of John Mytton, of Ralston. The celebrated
sportsman is seen mounted on his famous horse Sir Oliver,
and is surrounded by some of his crack dogs, and accom-
panied by his whipper-in, Edward Evans, on the celebrated
Little Grey. This. engraving is full of character : the like-
nesses are most faithful; the grouping is excellent. The
landscape is chosen from a portion of the Halston estate.—
Amongst other works now complete and in progress, there
are the Waterloo Banquet, from a painting by Slater ; a mili-
tary portrait of the Duke in his uniform of a field marshal,
painted by Lucas ; the Queen receiving the Holy Sacrament
at her Coronation, by Leslie ; and Napoleon and his Gene-
nerals, by Horace Vernet.—Roberts's Views, now in pro-
gress of publication, are occupying much attention. They
arc extremely beautiful, and replete with interest. •

Railway travelling must be apprecicted by gentlemen of
most vocations, but none perhaps so much as auctioneers,
because their busy time is confined to a few months, and
they incline to the good old practice, to " make hay while
the sun shines." Referring to our journal of Saturday last,
it will be seen that Mr. G. Robins sold, at Ludlow, on Mon-
day last ; he goes then to Newmarket to sell, on Friday next ;
on the 4th and sth of May, the following week, Lord South-
ampton's estates ; and the Gth and 7th, estates at the Mart ;
on the 9th, to be at Windermere, in Cumberland ; on the
13th, to sell estates at the Mart ; on the 15th, to be in
North Devonshire ; on the 18th, in Cornwall ; and the 20th,
in South Devonshire ' • on the Ist of June, he sells at the
Mart. After a little breathing time and selling large estates
in London, the 17th and 24th of June, he goes to Liverpool,
the 29th ; and to Dublin three days after ; and in Shropshire.
the 7th of July. This is indeed active employment, and
could only be accomplished by the aid of railways.

SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT

'No. 4

(FOR THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.)

DEBATE UPON THE FIRST CLAUSE OF LORD
MORPETH'S IRISH REGISTRATION BILL.-
DEFEAT OF MINISTERS. APRIL 26Tn.

The interest excited by the committal of Lord Morpeth's
Irish Registration Bill last night was increased by the cir-
cumstance, that not only had ministerial circulars of the

most pressing nature been issued to their usual supporters,
but that a very numerous meeting of the opposition held
in the course of the day at the residence of Sir Robert Peel,
the proceedings of which, having transpired, afforded every
reason for the hope that at length that great leader of his
party had determined to throw off the apathy, which for some
time past has characterised his parliamentary conduct, and

to assume that firm and peremptory position towards the
degraded ministerial faction which his country, every day
more loudly, demands at his hands. Long before four
o'clock the neighbourhood of Palace-yard was thronged with
equipages of every description ; the lobbies of the House
Were filled with anxious and excited Nees. Upon the order
of the day being read Lord Howick rose, and proceeded to
move his amendment upon the first clause of the bill, in ac-
cordance with the terms of his notice. Ills lordship's
speech, which was an exceedingly creditable one, was listened
to throughout with deserved attention ; and his recognition

of tha principle that an interest in the profits of the land,
and not a mere occupation, had ever been the basis of the
county franchise, was received with loud cheering from the