The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-25 00:00:00

DIED

La'e'y, at Hobart Town. New South Wales, Mr. GEORGE
GREEK, who was transported for Luddism, at the March Assi-
zes, at Nottingham, in 1812, leaving ehiud I,im proper yto the
amount of .*3do a-year. He was a native of Nottinghamshire.
His elder brother, Mr. Robert Green, the person who succeeds
to th- property is n. .w living at or near Southwell.
Lbtely, aged 88 years, Mr. JA MES BIRCH, an old pensioner,
formerly of the 12th Regiment. The deceased was the only
survivor left of the noble body of men engaged at the seige of
Gibraltar, on the 13th of September, 782. on which occasion he
was severely wounded in the head He was als present at the
taking of Seriegapatam, on the ath of May. 1780.
On the 6th of October, at Moonay, in the Shan States. East
Indies. aged 27 years, CIIARLES, third son of the late THOS.
WILSON, Esq , bank° of Preston. Mr. Wilson had proeeeded
with Mr. Lander, a brother of the enterprising African traveller,
and a Mr. Beauman, to found a Eurupea mercantile establish-
ment at Moonay, which is further in the interior than any mer-
cantile settlement has yet been made, when the whole party fell
a prey to fever. It appears from the 'enter of the head native
mad, who accompanied them, that Mr. Wilson was the last of
the patty attacked; Mr. Beauman having ded on the Ist o
August, and Mr. Lander on the Bth. All the servants were then
sick, and the writer of the letter also.

Cu the in instant, at Rome. the Rev. HENRY CODDING-
TON, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Vicar of
Ware.curn-Thundriclge, Herts.
On the 7th, instant, aged 34, Mr. WILLIAM HENRY CROW-
LEY. grocer rid • rovision dealer. of this town.
On the gth instant, at St. Stephen's-green, Dublin, CARO-
LINE, th.• wife of JAMES HANS HAMILTON, M.P., of Ab-
botstown, county Dublin.

Same day, the lady of the Hon. DEEMSTER HEYWOOD, of
Bemahague, near Douglas.
On the 10th instant, at Islington, London, aged 46 years,
WILLIAM FREDERICK DEACON, Esq., a distinguished
writer.in some of the best periodicals, and for nearly 25 years
emp!ovrd on the Sun newspaper.
On the 12th instant, at Portsca. aged 44 years, BRID.IET,
eldest daughter of the late Sir CH A RLES FORSTER GORING,
Bart.

On the 13th instant, READER WAINEWRIGHT, Esq., of
Lincoln's inn, London. harrister-at-law.
Same day. at his residence, Essex Lodge. Brixton-rise, aged
69 years, DANIEL HIGLEY RICHARDSON. Esq., Master of
the Court of Bankruptcy, to which cffice he was appointed in
August. •

Same day, in his filth year, WILLIAM VASSALL, Esq.,
M.D.. of Ashley-place, Bristol, an active medical officer in the
British army.

On the lith instant, at Phillistown House, Trim, in his 72d
year, Captain JOHN 'MOCK LER.
Same day, at Antony Vicarage, in the County of Cornwall,
iq the 30th year of his age, the Rev. GERARD POLE CAREW;
youngest son of the late Rignt Hon. Reginald Pole Carew.
Same day, in Stething-Luce, London. aged 27 years, ALFRED
MARSHALL, Esq , of Great Ormond-street, and Liverpool.
Sa,,e day, at Helmsley, aged 34 years, the Rev. WILLIAM
NORTH, Wesleyan minister.

same day, at his house, in Old Palace-yard, London, W.
TARDY, E q.. her Majesty's Ancient Serjeatit.at- Law, and At.
torney.General to her Majesty the Queen Dowager.
Same day, at Brighton, aged Si years, JOHN KENNEDY.
Esq , Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Washington.
same day, at his residence, Hillingdon, Middlesex, CHAS.
AGAR HUNT, Esq., M.P.
Same d y, at his residence, Bulstrode.street, Cavendish.
square. London, in the 73d year of his age, Major-General
GE )RGE REEVES, C. 8., late Lieutenan-Colonel of the 27th
Regiment.
Same day, in London, the Rev. WILLIAM NEWTON, D.D.,
Vicar of Swansea.
Same day, aged 411 years, MARGARET, wife of Mr. R. WAT-
SON, Childwall. street
Same d ty, at Grcensnook, in this 'county, SARAH, relict of
JOHN HEYWORTH, Esq.
Same day, at Scotland-road, aced 64 years, Mr. WM. SIMP-
SON, lade sale-man. late of Beverley.
Same day, at Birmingham, E LIZA, wife of Mr. E. C. THOMAS,
of the Stork Hotel, in this town.
Same day, aged 62 years, JOHN MORRIS, Esq., of Page
Field Cottage, Wigan.
On the 15th instant, in Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park. Lon-
don. ELIZA ESTHER, wife. of THOMAS LEA, Esq., and only
child of the late James Harding, Esq., of Leydon House. Man-
chester, and niece of Messrs. Dymmock, of Eccleshall, Stafford-
shire.

Sarne.day, at Astley Castle, Warwickshire, the residence of
her son, Vi.count Liffurd, in her 80th year, ALICIA, Viscoun.
tess Dowager LI FFORD.

Same (14y, at her father's house, Chorlton-upon-Medlock,
MAItY, eldest daught.r of Mr. B. PEARSON. and relict of
the laic Mr./CHARLES THOMAS IX. of Liverpool.
Same day, at New Mallon, aged 92, ELIZABE I'u, widow
of Mr. LEONARD TATE.

On the 16th instant, in London, aged 86. Admiral CARPEN-
TER. senior Admiral of the White. and eleventh from the top of
the list. Admiral Carpenter had been in the navy for nearly
sixty-nine years, having entered the service on the 11th April,
1776. lie served as midshipman in Lord Byron's action off
Grenada, and as lieutenant in Lord Hood's action off St. Eitt's,
and in Admiral Groves's action of the Che-.apeake. lie was
also at the reduction of Martinique, in the beginning of 178.1,
serving there. with a detachment of seas en, under the orders of
Captain E. Harvey. He was appointed captain of the Alarm
in the same year, and in that vessel co-operated with the army
of Sir Charles Grey and Sir Ralph Abercrombie in the reduction
of the Caribs in St.-Viment and other West India islands in
1795. . _ _

Same day, at Clifton-villa, in his 86th year, RICHARD
POULDEN, Esq., Rear-Adm sal of the Red.
same day. suddenly, aged 59, Mr. JOHN HUGHES, for
twenty eight years the faithful and valued servant of Messrs.
Croft, soap boilers, of this town.
Same day, at Chester, Mr. John M. KIRKPATRICK, son of
the late hey. Dr. Kirkpatrick formerly of this town.
Same day, aged 64, Mr. JOHN PARKE, Gill-street.
Same day, at Cheltenham, aged 33 years, WILLIAM HENRY
S.-

lIERLOCK, Esq., late of Manil:a.
Same day, at the reside;.ee of her son-in-law, Fox-street,
ELLEN. relict of JA NIES ANTRO 311 S, Moss-street, seed 72.

Same day, of consumption. aged 30, Mr. THOMAS FRANCE
Lower Traomere.

Same day, at Cannock. Staffordshire, in her 41st year, SIT.
SANNA:I, wise of Mr. MICHAEL WALKER, of We ges Mills,
in the same county, and Fourth daughter of the late Mr. Thomas
Jones, it n-founder, Wrexham, North Wales.
Same day, in Warwick-street, aged 77 years, Mr. WILLIAM
GOADSBY.

On tine 171 h instant, in Gerard-street, aged 73. Mrs. SUiqkN-
NAII CARR, low her of Mr. Henry all. professor of mu-ie.

On the 17th instant. much regretted by numerous friends,
Mr. JAM ES MURPHY, Pi ee-nason's-row. aged 33.
. .

„
Same day, at Waterford, aged sg, REGINA MARIA ROCHE.
authore:s of the •` Children of the Abbey,” and other works.
Same day, aged 27. LOUISA AUGUSTA, daughter of Mr.
WILLIAM CLIFF, of Barnton, Cheshire, 1 te of this town.
Same day, aged 59, Mr. JAMES HAMILL, haberdasher,
Richmond. row.

Same day,aftcr a lingering consumption, which she bore with
Christian fortitude, Sirs. SARAH SANDER,ON, daughter of
Mrs. Eyres. stay and corset maker, Norton-street, London-road.
Same day. at the Rect :ry, Sudbury, Derbyshire, aged 25,
Lieutenant THOMAS ANSON, R.N., youngest son of the Very
Rev. the Dean of Chester.

Same day, at Iver, Lacy GAMBIER, relict of Lord Gambier,
Admiral of the Fleet.

Same day, in his 36th year, after a long and painful illness,
Mr. THOM NS RAMSEY, of Parker-street.

On the 11th instant, at Allerton-hall, LETITIA, wife of
PATTISON ELLAMES, Esq.
On the 18th instant, the Rev. JAMES GRAHAM, one of the
curates of Derry Cathedral.

On the 19th instant, aged 92 years, Mr. JOH H RIMIER, of
Ainsdale.

On the Ipth instant, aged 53, LIWRENCE KEOGH, Esq., of
Edge hill.

Same day, aged 15 years and p months, EDWARD HUNT,
only son of Mr. W. J. I.UNNAN, Upper Mill street. His ami-
able manners endeared him to all who knew him, and his great
talents and rare endowments made h.m the idol and only hope
of his distressed and bereaved fam.ly.
On the 26th instant, Mr. JOHN HAYDOCK, aged do.
On the 2,th instant, in his 71st yenr, at his residence, Buile
Hill, Manchester, Sir THOMAS POTTER., Knight, one of her
Majesty's Justices of the Peace for this county, and t .e first
mayor of the borough of Manchester.

Same day, at Notiing.hill. in his 25th year. PRYCE, fifth son
of the late DEVEREUX .10:\ ES NICHOLLS, Esq, of Altrinchani,
Cheshire.

Same day. at Chelsea, 'a her Slst year, MARIA. relict of LAW-
RENCE WRIGHT, Esq., of Mottrain-hall, Cheshire, and of
Hilltop, in this county.

Same day. at the palace in Ely, in the ;6th year aid,. age, tLe
131S1101) of ELY. Ills Lordship was originally a native of
Manchestes, his father being a banker; the bank was situated
at the corner of Bank-street, ;11 St. Ann's-square, to which cir-
cumstance the si-cet owes its name. lie received his education
at the Free Gramtnar School in this town, whence he proceeded
to Trinity College. Cambridge. and obtained a fellowship there;
and coon afterwards he acquired a far greater advantage in be.
ing appointed tutor to Lord Al harp. now Earl Spencer. Soon
alter the comple'ion of Lord Althorp's education, Dr. Allen was,
by the fi:ther of his pupil, p esented to the vicarage of Battersea,
in surrey ; and he likewise received a prehendadi all in West-
minster Abbey, in addition to which he was afterwards appointed
the living of St. Bride, in the city of London, made his

income at the time above X2,uoil per annum. On the advent of
the whigs to office, of whose administration Lord Althorp was a.
conspicuous member, Dr. Allen, on the death of British Gray in
1834, was nominated to the bishopric of Bristol. He was trans-
lated from this see in October, 1838, the bishopric being united
t i Gloucester under the provisions of an Order in the Council;
and Dr. Monk, then bishop of the last mentioned diocese, be-
came Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, while Dr. Allen—his
friends being still in power—had the good fortune to be transla-
ted to the Bishopric of Ely, which formerly was worth £lO,OOO
a year, but which by recent ►egislative enactments has been re-
duced to £5,500. Over the last-mentioned see he presided to
the day of his death, a period of nine years.
Same day, at Broughton Parsonage, aged 14 years, HENRI-
ETTA MARIA, eldest child of the Hon. and Rev. HORACE
P. WYS.
Fame day, at Scacombe, in his 75th year, Mr. JOHN CROW-

THEK, of this town

. Same day, of consumption, Mis M. S. RACK HAW daughter
of Matthew Rackham, Esq. of Norwich, and sister to Captain
Matthew Rackham. of this port.

On the 21st instant. at 18, Great Stuart-street, Edinburgh,
ALEXANDER BLACKWOOD, l• sq •
Same day, aged 70 years, ANN, relict of Mr. JOSEPH
MONDELL.

• Same day, aged 71, MARY, relict of Mr. ROBT JACKSON.
same day, at Harewood-house, aged 16, the Hon. ALFRED
LA3CELLES, fifth son of the Earl of Ilarewood. He had come
from Eton for the Easter holydays, and was out hunting iu the
previous week.

Same day, aged 28. WINIFRED, the beloved wife -of Mr
JOHN ROBERTS. Mount-street
On the "2nd instant, in his 7
Esq., of Upper Par:iamen t. street

st year, JOEIN TROUGHTON,

On the 22nd instant, at the re idence of his brother, Clifton,
B. D. SAGE, Esq. _ _

me day, aged 73, at his residence, Scotland road, Mr
NNELU.

aged 44, ANN, wife of Mr. DAVID

On the 23rd instant, _
HOLMES. Upper Islington
Same day, in the"Bth year of his age, at his residence, Moss-
street, Mr. JOSEPH ROBINSON, cotton-broker.

LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL,

Direct. (I direct)

Direct. ,Indireet

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Australia .. Oct. 26. Lima
Bahia .. lan. 21. St. Helena .. Jan. 27.
Barbadoes.. . Feb. 2 M arm) ham .. 23 ..
Bombay „ .. 1 Mauritius .. .. Dec 23.
B. Ayres Jan. 16. Mobile
Calcutta .. Feb. 7. Monte Video. .. Jan:
C. G. Hope .. Jan. 4. N. Orleans
Charleston. .. Feb. 25. New York
China ...... ',ec. 22. Pernambuco . Feb. 3. ..
Derne.-ara.. .. Feb. 4. Rio Janeiro .. 15.
Havana.. O. Savannah i .. Feb. 23.
Jamaica.... .. .. 21 Valparaiso ;Nor. 16
La Guayra. 4 Vera Cruz

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ertisements and other matter, which
,stponement, hai again prevented the

Itberpool 4)tanbarti.

TUESDAY MOING, MARCH 25, 1845

We do not think that the proceedings, during
the past week, of that party in the House of Com-

raons who style themselves, par excellence, "the

farmers' friends," are calculate to confer any bene-
fit on the class whose interests ihey profess to study.
On the contrary, the great mass of the public, and
even of those favourably disposed towards the aur►-

cultural class

•
regard with an indignant eye the
impediments which have been thrown in the way of
the settlement of the Government measures by
trifling and captious motions, made night after night
Treasury benches; and very justly attribute
,entletnen the inactivity

from tt,
to the pro,. ~igs of these
and embarrassment, which must continue to charac-
terize the operations of commerce until these mea-

sures arc ~. producer and artizan was predicted, we find that,
____...
It is, we conceive, highly injudicious that such a though to a slight extent the revenue has been be-
feeling should be allowed to spring up in the public nefitted, these parties have in most cases not been
mind. The agriculturists have already quite suffi- sensibly affected. In some of these cases the re-
eient to contend with in the temper of the present duction has proved a direct protection against the " Liverpool, March 19.
times,—in the increasing tendency of modern injurious operations of the smuggler; and in others
ha'v'eMbeire been LORD,
—erlfrboemg tom assureten intention
nu
than to
to nothingp o
impose
couldupon
®pinions towards relaxation of the protective system, the predicted ruin has proved a mere bugbear. Thus your Lordship the unreasyonable trouble of entering into
and in the powerful system of agitation which is the reduction of the duty upon foreign potatoes, any details, or anticipating any of the arguments which
organized against them. It is sheer madness, there- from 2s. to 2d. per cwt., was to have put an end to may be adduced in a Parliamentary discussion.
fore, in their advocates in Parliament to aggravate that branch of cultivation in Yorkshire, in Ireland, "My simple and single object in taking the liberty of ad-
the difficulties of their position by an outcry against and elsewhere. Yet, although the imports rose in doreshsing your Lordship was to be favoured with a. reference
government, which, obviously, can have no valuable two years from the passing of the act from 1794 to
sesiljtttoerbavfe the engagements into which Parliamentf
entered for the support of the College o
result ; which excites no sympathy in their behalf, cwts. to 99,062 cwts., the latter quantity is only es- 1 Maynooth.
and which, from the trifling nature of the objects timated as the produce of 600 acres of land, or about , " Your Lordship said, in the House of Commons (at
'least, it was so reported in the public papers,) that you
contended for, to very many people will appear fac- one-sixtieth part of the consumption of the metro-
, ' thought itthebideubtybsofd the Parliament. to carry out the
tious and unreasonable. True, it may be that the polls alone. The duty on onions was reduced from engagements been entered. into with the Col-
general policy of Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues 3s. to 6d. ; yet the quantity imported in the secondwhich
h•
lege of Maynooth, both in the spirit and letter.'
has been directed principally to the removal of COM- year was little more than doubled, being only the i " I was therefore led to conclude that your Lordship's
mercial restrictions ; that their amended corn law yield of 116 acres of land—a space said to be de- ! opinion rested, not on any doubtful bearing, or variously
has been attended in its operation by prices lower voted in the county of Essex alone to the raising, estimated value of certain facts and arguments, but upon
actuall d engagement or engagements embodied in
t
than the average which it was estimated by its au- not of onions, but of onion seed ! The importation
: some
thors to establish; and that, as stated by Mr. Miles, of men's boots and shoes rose from 5900 pairs to ;son' eFproum thencruempleynwsith which your Lordship has fa-
the price of butcher's meat in the metropolitan mar- 16,600 pairs, shelving an increase of between voured me, 1 now perceive that you have no knowledge
kets has been considerably reduced. But really, 10,000 and 11,000 pairs, and women's in somewhat of any such document (from which I confiderely infer
with no favourable predilection for many of their greater proportion. Yet assuming that every inha-
that no such thing exists) but that your opinion rests on
generally measures, and no sympathy with the very cavalier bitant of the metropolis and its vicinity wears out facts
rafotutere patotliadimsceunsts at large until the whole
style in which they are in the habit of treating their two pairs of boots or shoes annually, the increased
subjectdknown, and arguments which you think
e o mPe sehme
friends, when agricultural questions are under dis- importation would not supply the wants of one- " I will not, of course, intrude any further discussion
cussion, we must submit that some consideration is hundredth part of that population alone ! of the subject upon your Lordship, or expect you to take '
the trour,le of noticing this letter. But, however due to the position of ministers, placed as they are The remainder of the articles particularized, as
We are happy to be able to state, that the demonstra-
ffaoctory your Lordship's reservation of your arguments
satis-
in antagonism upon these questions to a powerful chewing these results, will well repay an attentive
Lion of the Protestants of Liverpool,' against the Govern-
agitation out of doors, and in the House of Corn- perusal of the pamphlet. We must come, however, wrinthaereflionora of the otousbeesotfLosmnmswoents
themay
there,betothitosise
ment proposal of an increased national grant to Maynooth,
Mons itself. Nay, we may without hesitation ex- to the statesmanlike conclusion which Mr. Glad- obviously not the most satisfactory arena for Lord- has now been definitively arranged to take place on Mon-
your
day week, the 7th proximo, in the Royal Amphitheatre.
press our conviction that, under all circumstances, stone draws from the whole facts stated, so far as ship's constituents.
Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues, by their corn- the British producer is concerned : , " I trust, therefore, that you will kindly excuse me, The Resolutions will be moved by some of the most
when I take advantage of the connexion of this comes- eipinernttmemberismofhtahvee mercantilebi aristocracy and clergy
law and other similar measures, made for the agri- "That in some few instances," he remarks, "among
.sbamneo
of lethargy
come fornwaornd
ttboisre
vitals ue
cultural party a very advantageous hargain,—a much alterations so numerous, the British producer may have pondeneewith your Lordship's respected name and ex- °I.
been subjected to inconvenient pressure, I can readily tended. influence, to state briefly some. of my own convic- Liverpool from the
better than they seem capable of suggesting for tions (in which I doubt not many millions of her Majesty'sdisplay
question ; and. we may with safety anicipapte a of
believe : that increased importation has produced benefit
honest consistency, of right Protestant and Tory feeling,
themselves, if we may take the abortive proposal of to the public, almost follows, as a general rule, from the subjects will concur) upon this subject.
Mr. Miles as a specimen of their financial ability. fvct that it has taken place. That the degree of increase ' " I believe, that as it has pleased Almighty God to bless and vigorous eloquence, which will serve at least to strip
It is absurd in Mr. Miles and his supporters to has ordinarily been so limited, appears to me, on the us with a revelation of His will, that revelation cannot be
disregarded without, guilt. in the act, and danger in the from around the subject the Jesuitical subleties and the
q btal gso. expediency which it is sough. t to b. e
whole, to be a fact full of instruction, and gives rise not
in a remission of taxes to the amount of
consequences, whether it be done by a nation or by an surrounded, if even it fail to arrest the approaching evil.
only to the supposition that foreign competition has often
The nation will at least have its eyes opened to the nause-
upwards of six millions sterling, since 1842, the individual man only.'
stimulated improvements which have enabled the British
agricultural interest have had no beneficial share. producer to repel or to endure it., but also to the inference " I believe that a national adoption and encouragement, oneness of the drug, although unhappily it may be com-
Where that remission has been upon the raw mate- I have already named—which, if true, is very important of the doctrines and practices of the Roman church is, on 'Jelled to gulp it down.
gals of manufacture, it is true that benefit to them —namely, that British industry—even when it is not the part of England, a practical disregard of the authority
has only accrued indirectly. And yet how vast supported by superior machinery, by the application of of Almighty God,n dwfhobihdads plainly condemnedf many of
lsa capitalie
to
on
ma largeeet tb
the
scale,in d o
industry
yb yoroattehny sei coaulnttcountries
advantages—o on a tSELECT VESTRY.--YESTERDAY.
n tTeana
my
oonn t thoseo the practices.grant
of d A specialttelvmeeoetei nliFferi)cf thefor Selectt -
must this have been ! How vast the advantage of" I believe that to increase
r g upon
r.
the prosperous condition of the manufacturing and footing of less inequality than we have been apt to suppose. public money for the support of the College of Maynooth
commercial classes,—the consumers of their pro- "It would be well, also, if all parties who conceive and to pledge the state to the repairs of the buildings they icaontwracts recently advertised, for the supplies
quired for the Liverpool Workhouse and Industrial
ducts,—to the native producer ! But the tariff of themselves to be threatened by impending changes would composing and connected with that college, amounts to a School, for the next six months, when there were pre-
1842national adoption and a very efficient encouragement of sent—the Rev. Rector Campbell, in the chair, Messrs.
was far from being confined to raw materials recollect that there are usually some classes who have a
the doctrines and practices of the Roman Church. , Houghton, Muncaster, Molyneux, Whitby, Sholfield,
of manufacture. It embraced timber and a varier strong interest in exaggerating their force, and that such
My conviction, therefore, is, that even if it could be Bright, Thornely, Ford, Green, Kilshaw, Hand, Briscoe,
Y interest may either afford a temptatioo to dishonesty, or of imports extensively consumed by the agricultural very powerfully warp the judgment." shown that a constructive engagement (and the plea of a
Mellor, Wilkinson, Bennett, Bremner'
classes ; and the tariff of 1845 is still more in favour We may perhaps be twitted by those parties who direct one must now be relinquished) existed to maintain Ferguson and
that college, the result would be to place us in this di- the Vestry Clerk. The following are the names of the
of the British farmer. The cheapening of sugar will arrogate to themselves the exclusive possession of a
viz.:—
be to him an important boon, from many conside- right to the title of a free-trader—by the ultra and of our
either from deference to the acts and words parties whose tenders were accepted,
Mr. James Parker, Rose-hill, ale and porter.
gmbutsyt ; continueor on t toof violate(i e
fe t e
rehee rot atilni
the
we
: Messrs. Jos. and John Fernihough, 2, Parr-street, to-
rations, as will be the abolition of the glass duties ; unreflecting persons who compose the Anti-Mono- cepts of. thers:araeii
whilst, with very few, and those unimportant excep- poly Association—with something like a dereliction thority of the God of our fathers and our own God, we mbacco and snuff. 3
tions, there is scarcely another duty remitted by of principle, or a wish to " steal their thunder," •in must refuse to make ourselves voluntary partakers of our Mr. John Scarborough. i 9, London-road, clogs.
r. John Frost, Tarlton-street,,. shoes and boots.
'
which other classes will be benefitted, directly or the tone of approval in which w fathers sins. Mr. Joshua Henshaw, Ranelagh-street, flour.
e have spoken of the lam quire aware that this is a tone uncongenial to Par- Mr. 'William Parry, 53, London-road, tin-ware.
remotely, from which the agricultural interest will views taken by the able writer of this pamphlet. liament, and that the ready retort is at hand about the as-
not benefit as well. Mr. Gladstone himself, however, shall he our ago- sumed interpretation of the revealed will of God. But, Mr. Caleb Ashworth Tate, 17, Great George-place, tea,
Upon these grounds we regard the proposition of logist. Upon commercial policy we can unreservedly my Lord, if we once admit the sacred Scriptures to be so mceosffee, and groceries.
Upon
Miles to relieve the county rates of the sum of adopt his opinions, although, with respect to a few obscure, that it still remains doubtful whether bowing James Marsdens. and Sons, 1, Duke-street,
down to images, e. p., and teaching men so, be, or be not, brushes.sr
£3oo,ooo,—the estimated amount of half the ex- minor articles embraced in the tariff, upon whose offensive to the Almighty, and such an offence as, in days All the rest of the contracts were referred to the Work-
house and Finance Committees to examine and report.
penses of sessions trials and coroners' inquests, and results he comments, we at first entertained inis- past, incurred crushing calamities, subversive of the most The Board broke up at half-past two o'clock.
of the whole expense of assize trials and the mainten- givings. Here is his creed : flourishing national prosperity, we do, in fact, yield all
ante of prisoners in the county gaols, and to transfer "lam a deliberate adherent of that policy which is that is worth contending for, all that Rome has ever con-
it to the consolidated fund, as both unreasonable described in contemptuous terms as halting between two tended for, viz., the practical uselessness of the written
and trifling. And, more than that, it is a proposi- opinions: between the opinion which regards commercial word of God. It is in vain—it is, I think, an offence to
tion to which the üblic ought never to submit.
restriction
as being permanently
and essentially a good, good sense and honest consistency, to profess to take the
P and the opinion which deals with it as an evil necessarily Scriptures as our guide in some things, while we so wil
Whilst country gentlemen persist in maintaining greater than that of a sharp and violent transition to fully and avowedly disregard them in thers. Itis more;
-
air preserves as a temptation to their ill-paid pea- freedom ;as the source of all our economical difficulties ;itis an insult to the Almighty himself, to pretend to be
.owding our county gaols with often- and even as a violation of the laws of God. Nor is it a guided by His word, so tar as it involves no practical in-
. the game laws, it is a protection which . fearful and a languid mean, a mere neutrality, of which convenience among our fellow-men : and, as soon as
. the observance is here implied : it is only that reasonable such inconvenience arises,l to find excuses for not being
enjoy that at least a portion of the expense of circumspection—that regard to the lessons of the past, in guided by His word any
"ring and maintaining them comes out of their ' their detail, as guides for the future—that just compari- "lf England, in heryPaornligaemrent and in her constituen-
It is a protection, too, against the I son of conflicting considerations and care to elicit their cies, be content to treat the word of God so, we must only
arter sessions prosecutions,—too compound result, which, in almost every branch of legis- patiently await His provoked and sure, though mercifully
common in many parts of the country,—which the
lation, constitute the universally acknowledged rule of protracted judgments; but all that is required to change
summary jurisdiction of a local bench is quite
statesmen, and which have alike marked the genius of the the face of affairs, and enable us, without hypocrisy, to
suffi- institutions of this country as a whole, and the character seek shelter under the shadow of the Most High, is prac-
ciently qualified to deal with, were it not that some of its people.
tical consistency in the members of England's Church.
needy country attorney has the ear of an easy com- I. " For the desire to realise, under these conditions, a "To say that such views and arguments are not suited
miffing magistrate. No, no ; we must not give up I just liberty of trade, I an deem no apology requisite to these times, is manifestly not to answer them. They
1 from any adherent of a party which follows in the train profess to rest upon the word of Him who is the same yes-
to such hands the privilege of dipping extensively,
of Mr. Burke and Mr. Pitt as its guides among the lumi- terday and to-day and fore ver ; and unless they can be
s, into the consolidated fund ! naries of a former generation, and which has reckoned refuted from they same source, they must stand. To at-
Mr. Canning, Lord Liverpool, and Mr. Huskisson among tempt to refute them from any lower source is to concede
its members, within the memory and the experience of their Scriptural character, and to betray the unchristian
...to w0ei...,.. our living statesmen." weakness of thecause opposed to them. To attempt to
luthor professes to be ins ~., And, now, with respect to the extent and the turn them into ridicule is to betray worse than weakness.
•of the tariff of 1842, or as mode in which Mr. Gladstone—and we may take "As a clergyman of the church of England, I cannot
tonewitli a
andsafe
do m conscienceosttake y other than this
'f the principles upon his views as those of the Government of Sir Robert
reedioaitcteeeirLyoenutr
1 and of the length Peel—would have the principles, which. have thus 1 assur;ance of your ' cordiallyundiminished to our Lordship'sPro-
'it in future legis- far been so successfully applied, carried into fur- testant faith and our Protestant institutions, and your
f, must be re- ther operation. Upan this subject we quote from unshaken desire to uphold them."
-sing portion the pamphlet at length without offering a comment " I have the honour
faithful and obedient servant. honour to be, my Lord,
-1 opinion, of our own. Remarking upon the exclusive corn- "Your Lordshipl
-,n pos- mercial policy, recently pursued by foreign Govern- " HUGH M'NEILE,
" Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P."
'in of ment, which he maintains " demands from us a vi-
•,l gorous and steady counteraction," he continues,—
" But what is the form of that counteraction ? Are we
to weary them, by remonstrances, into undoing their acts ?
But first, as matters now stand, it is too probable that we
should be interpreted by contraries, as Irish pigs are said
to understand their drivers ; that the earnestness of our
request might be deemed the most demonstrative reason
against its being granted. Secondly, to do is one thing,
rapidly to undo is a very different one. We ourselves
have occasion to urge this plea : we must allow it due
weight on behalf of others. We cannot and ought not to
expect foreign states at once to break down the lofty bar-
riers which they have been so carefully erecting.
" Shall we then counteract by retaliation? The public
sentiment, I think, among us nowhere leans to such a
course. For states having more contracted interests to
regard, it is, I believe, in most cases, as unwise as at first
sight it is seductive : for us it would be suicidal.
" Shall we then pursue the daring course of repudiating
at once all our own restraints, all our protective duties,
high and low, and our Navigation Act, from its first sec-
tion to its last, in order thereby to prove our heroic sin-
cerity, and to force a sympathy in other lands, which shall
bear down every obstacle, and establish the commercial
intercourse of men on the footing of universal brother-
hood ? This is the sentiment of a hardy minority among
us; but the project, on account of its disregard of sub-
sisting arrangements and habits, is unwise and unjust ;
and, what is enough for enabling us to dispense with de-
tailed discussion upon its merits in this place, it is plainly
impracticable.

' the measure upon domestic producers—presents
features which eminently deserve attention, and
which ought very materially to allay the apprehen-
sions of those who view with dread the approach of
foreign competition, in articles of which domestic
industry and labour are principal ingredients; whilst
they are calculated to operate as an encouragement
to statesmen to proceed judiciously, and with due
consideration, to further remissions of duties sup-
posed to be required for protection. Thus Mr.
Gladstone points out a number of articles, upon
which almost prohibitory duties were replaced by
merely nominal ones, yet upon the import of which
the revenue has gained largely, whilst the home

producer has not been sensibly affected. In this
category are a large number of raw materials, upon
which the duties, previously to their reduction, pro-
duced £294,000, and which, with reduced duties, pro
duced last year £834,000—a result which is most
satisfactory so far as the revenue is concerned, but
infinitely more so when we consider how vast a mass
of additional industry must have been employed to
convert such materials into manufactured commo-
dities. Again, with respect to a number of articles,
upon which the protective duties were reduced, as
the consequence of which certain ruin to the native

letter by the same rev. gentleman and his lordship's
further reply. The last was received in Liverpool
yesterday ; and with it, we presume, the corres-
pondence will close.

" London, March 15, 1845.
"Mr DEAR SIR.—I have already, in answer to letters
from several esteemed constituents, expressed my regret
at finding myself at variance with them on a point so in-
teresting to the feelings of all of us, as the proposed en-
largement of the parliamentary grant to Maynooth, but in
my replies to them I have thought it better not to enter
in detail upon the grounds on which I have formed my
opinion in favour of the proposition,—reserving them for
that more full discussion of the subject in parliament, in
which, ere long, the whole question will be debated, with
every advantage for statement and counter-statement, for
argument and reply, on every side. To this course I must
still adhere. I have no private sources of information
upon the subject. I know nothing upon it, to which the
world has not full access. Upon the bearing and value of
the facts, or arguments, which induce me to think that
the state cannot abandon the support of the College of
Maynooth, different minds will, I have no doubt, come to
different conclusions.

" I only ask for myself that credit should be given me,
in the conclusion which I have come to, for an undimi-
nished att4chment to our Protestant faith, and our Pro-
testant institutions, and an unshaken desire to uphold
them.

fully into effect

THE SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL

Yesterday forenoon, a special general meeting of the
trustees of this institution was held in the board-room of
the hospital, Parliament-street, for the purpose of con-
sidering the expediency of enlarging the present building;
Joseph Brooks Yates, Esq., the President, in the chair.
It was decided that it was highly desirable that a story
should be built on each of the two wings now forming
wards, for the reception of fifty or sixty additional pa-
tients, in consequence of the increase of casualties in that
locality. It was determined also to issue a circular letter,
soliciting the aid of the public, so as to raise about £l4OO,
the sum required for that specific purpose. The Chair-
man submitted a letter which he had prepared to that
effect, which was approved of, and a sub-committee
being appointed to carry out the object, the meeting
separated.

Before leaving the hospital, we made a cursory inspec-
tion of the whole of the premises and arrangements, and
may state that no similar establishment in the kingdom
is in finer condition or better adapted, in every depart-
ment, for the humane purposes for which it is intended.
The principal front (to Flint-street) is of two stories in
elevation, and of neat. but unassuming, architecture.
Here, below, is the board-room, surgeons' parlour, &c.,
together with a spacious vestibule ; and above two excel-
lent and cheerful wards for the female patients, private
rooms for the resident officers, &c. From the vestibule
a large folding door leads into a spacious corridor, out of
which are the entrances to the respective wards for the
males, and to the nurses' closets, and other convenient
small apartments between these wards, of which there
are four larger and two smaller. This corridor is well
lighted from the roof by sky-lights. and serves as a pro-
menade for the convalescent patients. At the further
end of it is the operation-room, forming a semicircle,
with seats round it for the students in surgery ; adjoining
is the surgery or laboratory, commodiously fitted up, and
well stocked with drugs; also an excellent bath-room, an
out-patients' room, and the porters' rooms. The heating
and ventilating departments throughout are on the most
approved principle that modern science can suggest, and
are all that can be wished. The wh le is beautifully
clean. The building is cellared throughout. and in this
lower part there is a spacious kitchen, with every conve-
nience, scullery, large washhouse, stoves for drying the
clothes, a capital laundry, &c. &c. The surgeon (Mr.
Medcalfe) and his assistant (Mr. Challinor) reside on the
premites, and are, one or both of them, constantly in
attendance. About sixty-two beds can now be made up,
and there are at present fifty-seven in-patients ; but as it
is desirable that a number of beds should be kpt in rea-
diness for patients,brought in, accidents (about the docks
especially) being very numerous, it is clear that the pre-
sent number of patients in the house is a full complement,
and that the increasing population, and consequently
increasing number of accidents, fully justifies the trustees
in their present appeal to their benevolent townsmen for
the enlargement of the building. We were politely shown
through the house by the respected matron, Miss E.
Jackson, and were much gratified by the order and regu-
larity we everywhere observed.

" We may differ now, as we have before, as to the
means—we differ as little as ever upon the object.
" Believe me, my dear sir, yours, very truly,
" SAN DON.

affirm tha

Bantry, an
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own pocke

evil of paltry go

for such purpose.

N. pamphlet has just been published by Mr. W. E.
( adstone, whirl- —l-lether we look upon it as afford-
(; '-ie i. • professes to be his object,
2 -w of the oper on of the tariff of 1842, or as
containing an ,-

us, what ti

a revs

which t

exposition of the principles upon
ziff was framed, and of the length
out in future legis-
F. esent Government, must be re-
with equal interest by the reasoning portion
--Timunity, of all shades of political opinion.
as emanating from a gentleman pos-
..' character and grasp of
great fund of commercial

to be can

like L.

" The Rev. Hugh M`Neile

London, March 20th, 1815.
MY DEAR SIR,—I do not write now for the purpose
of answering or attempting to answer the arguments of
your letter received this morning.
I only wish to set myself right on a point on which I
appear to have been misunderstood.

LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT DEMONSTRATION

The expression which 1 am reported to have used in
the House of Commons as to the duty of Parliament in
acting up to the spirit as well as the letter of its engage-
ments in regard to the College of Maynooth, referred
not to the language of s particular document as to the
engagement itself, but to the amount to be proposed this
year as compared with that which had been granted from
year to year, since theunion, forthe sun?, purpose. Thecon-
tinuance of the same sum might be considered as acting
up to the letter, the proposal of an increase according to
the occasion, as acting up to the spirit of the engagement,
It was in this sense that the word, were used.
The misunderstanding of my meaning was not unnatu-
ral, especially considering the necessary brevity of the
reports of Parliamentary debates, and it is not of much
importance ; but as it has been made the subject of ob-
servation I had rather it were removed.—l am, my dear
sir, yours faithfully, SANDON.
To the Rev. H. M`Neile.

" There remains, I think, only one course—it is to use
every effort to disburden of all charges, so far as our law
is concerned, the materials of industry, and thus to ena-
ble the workman to approach his work at home on better
terms, as the terms on which he enters foreign markets
are altered for the worse against him. I do not believe
that this will be a losing game.
" If a new tax is laid in Germany upon the iron which
our bounteous earth yields us in profusion, that tdx crip-
ples the power of the country imposing it to compete with
us in every one of the hundred branches of trade to which
iron is an accessory. If France doubles the duty on our
linen yarns, she stimulates us to economy, and bids the
smuggler thrive, she taxes her consumer, and fetters that
ingenuity and taste on the part of her weavers, which are
the main support of her commercial strength.
I do not mean that what is undoubtedly injurious to us
is to be viewed with satisfaction because it is yet more in-
jurious to others; but let other nations come to be con-
vinced that such is the tendency of their present policy,
and they will spontaneously save us the trouble of expos-
tulation, and will hasten to reverse it, for the just and
natural reason which alone would warrant their reversing
it—namely, not our interest, but their own.
" Let us have a few more years of experimental instruc-
tion, such as that which is afforded by the figures of the
statement I have given of the relative growth of our trade
with Europe and the world: such results cannot fail to
exercise a powerful influence on the intelligence and the
will of governments, and of the nations whom they rule.
" It is this regard to the course of commerce and of
commercial legislation in the world at large which con-
vinces me of the wisdom of pushing further than might
otherwise be necessary, or even desirable, our efforts to
relieve the materials of industry from fiscal burdens, and
also of endeavouring to diminish (as is just now being
done in the case of sugar) the impositions upon articles of
consumption, as the state may be able to afford it. and our
own industry and capital, immediately engaged, to bear
the operation, I do not say without alarm, but without
real and substantial derangement."

Whilst directing the attention of our readers to
these documents, we beg to correct an error into
which a Conservative contemporary seems to have
fallen as to Mr. M‘Neile's position with respect to
the movement now making and about to be made
against the Government proposal of increasing the
grant to Maynooth. Our contemporary, who de-
precates any interference with the ministerial bed of
roses, and who would have us believe that a measure
regarded by Churchmen and Protestants as highly
dangerous when brought forward by Lord Mel-
bourne's Ministry, must be perfectly innocuous when
introduced by Sir Robert Peel, remarks,—

" With Mr. M'Neile and his friends, this is exclu-
sively a religious question—a question embedded in a
strong feeling of conscientious duty—is the reverend
gentleman the fountain-head of religions obligations ?
Has he consulted the rectors of Liverpool, or other cler-
gymen, not so high in the church or parish as they, but
quite as much entitled to be consulted as Mr. M'Neile
himself? If they have not been so consulted, or con-
sulted, have not acquiesced in the p opriety of the mea-
sure, then we must, however painful 'must be the task,
contend that the intended meeting will be nothing but a
party meeting."

We subjoin the reply of Lord Sandon to the
letter addressed to him by the Rev. Hugh M`Neile,
which appeared in our last publication, with a second

We do not know on what ground he imagines it
obligatory in the rev. incumbent of St. Jude's, to
consult " the rectors of Liverpool, or the other cler-
gymen" referred to. If the rectors or the clergy of
the parish of Liverpool did not choose to move in
the matter, Mr. M‘Neile had a perfect right to con-
sult his own feelings and take his own steps; and
this he could do without the slightest want of cour-
tesy towards them. Mr. M`Neile is not, we believe,
subject to the spiritual authority over him of the Rec-
tors of Liverpool, his incumbency not even being in
their parish. It is a mistake, too, in our contemporary
to attribute the entire onus of the movement in pro-
gress to the rev. gentleman, as he will discover in
good time.

THE FUNDS • SATURDAY NIGHT.—The news from
India. received by the bi-monthly mail, was read with
much interest in the city. It had, however, no particular
effect on the funds, which continue steady and quiet, with
a small amount of business transacting. Consols closed
99k to 100 for motley, and 100 to k for the account. Ex-
chequer-bilis were 595. to 61s. pm. The foreign securi-
ties have not exhibited much change. The only altera-
tion to notice is rather flatter quotations for Spanish and
Portuguese. Spanish Five per Cents. closed this after-
noon 291 to 301 ; the Three per Cents., 401 to a ; Portu-
guese, 671 to 661; Mexican, 36 to 37 ; the Deferred, 17
to ; Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents., 632. to I;
Danish, 90 to 91 ; Colombian, 14k to ; Buenos Ayres,
43 to 44; Brazilian, 90 to 92; and Belgian, 101 to 102.
A fine new vessel will be launched from Mr. Steel's
ship-building yard, Baffin-street, to-morrow (Wednesday.)
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.—The subject of this even-
ing's lecture is " The Christian guarding against the love
of money, and cultivating Christian liberality."
MR. CHARLES KEMBLE.—It will be seen that Mr.
Kemble will give a reading from Milton's " Paradise
Lost" this evening, at the Collegiate Institution. As
this is the first time that Mr. Kemble, or perhaps any
one else, has ventured to occupy one evening in readings
from this most sublime of poets, the novelty, if not the
confident anticipation of most refined enjoyment, must
ensure acrowded audience. Mr. Kemble's readings will
terminate on Friday week, after which, Mr. Thomas
Griffiths, tie most popular lecturer of the day upon Che-
mistry, will commence a course upon that subject at the
Collegiate Institution.
THE PORT OF RUNCORN.—Some few years ago a vessel
of 200 tons burthen could with difficulty navigate the
estuary of the Mersey up to Runcorn. The improvement
in the navigation, together with the facilities afforded to
merchant craft by the introduction of steam-tugs, is
evinced by the following interesting fact. Yesterday, the
brig Pomona, of 306 tons, loaded with meal from Ireland,
and drawing thirteen feet of water, was towed up to Run-
corn by the steamer Alice, and safely placed in the Duke's
dock there,—which is a considerable height above the
high-water level of the river,—locks giving the means of
exit and entrance. The vessel, which is larger by one-
third than any that has before entered the dock, had nearly
two feet of water to spare before she would have touched
the bottom.

THE WEATHER.—The frosty and chilling weather,
which had prevailed with slight intermissions for many
mouths, broke up on Friday last, and has been succeeded
by a mild temperaturelnd occasional heavy showers, so
that all vestiges of the severities of the long winter have
already disappeared. The change is exceedingly grateful
not only to the farmers and gardeners, who may now sow
their spring seeds, but to all workpeople whose occupa-
tions are out of doors, and bricklayers, joiners, &c. are
again in full and active employment. The wheat crops
in this neighbourhood look well, though less forward than
is usual at this advanced time of the year. Vegetation is,
indeed, generally backward, as might be expected, but a
few weeks, and perhaps even days, of the present weather
will bring all rapidly on, and any subsequent severity of
frost can scarcely be apprehended.
GRAND PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION OF LOYAL
ORANGEMEN.—We understand that it is intended to
open a lodge of the above loyal order, in Chester, on Sa-
turday evening next, when various of the officers and
brethren from Liverpool and other parts have promised
to attend and assist in the proceedings. Contrasting the
steady, quiet, persevering loyalty of this body under all
circumstances, whether of success or discouragement ;
their ready willingness to abide not only by the orders,
but even the wishes of the authorities ; with the rebellious
proceedings of some other societies of a very opposite
character, who hesitate not in acting against the wishes of
the magistrates and even the authorities of their own or-
der, all true and loyal men must be glad to see the Grand
Protestant Association of Loyal Orangemen so rapidly
spreading throughout the country.
COLONIAL CHURCH SOCIETY.—It will be seen, from
a notice in our advertising columns, that a meeting in aid
of this institution is to be held to-morrow, in the Music-
hall. The society has especial claims on the support of
the friends of religion in Liverpool, its object being to
send the gospel to our emigrants in those colonies to
which the trade from our port is so extensive, and to
those settlements of English which our commerce princi•
pally has formed in so many foreign countries. The con-
stitution of the society being that of a strictly Church So-
ciety, based on sound evangelical principles, must com-
mend itself to the approval of discerning membersof our
church; and as we understand that many of the most in-
fluential of the clergy have promised their support to it,
we hope the meeting alluded to will be well attended.
Rev. Hugh Stowell, and Rev. S. H. Merrich, secretary
of the Parent Society, it will seen, form the deputation.
" THE OLD DUKE IN HIS PRIME."—We had occa-
sion a short time ago to notice in terms of commenda-
tion, which we think the piece well deserves both in music
and in words, a song (of which we gave the words) entitled
'' The Old Duke in his Prime," complimentary to the
veteran of " Waterloo" and " The hero of a hundred
fights," and who has shown himself not less the staunch
and uncomprising guardian of constitutional principles in
the senate, than he was the fearless and skilful defender
of his countries welfare and honour in the field. The
song, we are glad to say, has become popular wherever it
is yet known, as a truly English expression of patriotic
feeling, both in the poet, our townsman, Mr. Murphy,
and the composer, also our townsman, Mr. Molyneux.
A copy of the song was transmitted to Lord Sandon, and
another to Sir. H. Douglas, by a gentleman of this town,
both of whom have acknowledged the receipt of it in a
very complimentary manner—feeling that the national
sentiments it conveys are in accordance with their own.

ATTORNEY'S CERTIFICATES.—IO Easter Term, 1834,
there were 9,450 certificates taken out, which produced a
revenue of £Bl,lBB. The certificates taken out to the Bth
of March instant numbered 10,120, and the sum realised
therefrom was £89,222.

REPEAL AND REDUCTION OF CUSTOMS

DUTIES

WEST INDIES.

The Royal mail steam-packet Severn arrived at slier
The delay which has taken place in bringing into opera- iampton, from the West Indies, on Saturday night. Help
tion the changes effected by Sir Robert Peel's modifica- ;dates are, from Jamaica to the 23d of February, fib of
tion of the tariff is now at an end ; and we may expect Ithe 25th, St. Thomas's the Ist, and Fayal the 1'
immediately to see every branch of our import trade, March.
note
seriously by them, and which for some time past have been The damage caused by the fire at Barbadoes is 1t
100
seriously embarrassed by the uncertainty under which timated at more than £40,000 or £50,000, and the
se
merchants have laboured, assume a vigorous activity. will principally fall on the opulent portion of thewtia
o
On Friday morning the authorities of our Custom-house munity, who already are planning improvements
ill b
received their official notification of the passing of the old ground, in streets and houses, many of which I/
resolutions, since which considerable stocks have been en- forthwith commenced. side°4
tered, or removed from bond, at the new rates. Amongst The west end of Hayti, under Guerrier, the Pre- io
the most important of the large number of articles admit- is for the moment tranquil ; but he is far from fittarrible
ted duty free, we may enumerate cotton wool, furniture post, as the seeds of intestine convulsion are perc
trio/
woods. vegetable oils and spermaceti oils the produce of enough, and will break forth at the first oPP°I.O the
British fisheries, foreign bar and scrap iron and hoops, against the Jaunes, or coloured people, against vilia.„ the
staves, silk raw and thrown, flax, skins, woods for ship- rancour of the blacks has been transferred from rb°
building admitted as teak woods, unwrought steel, &c. ; whites. It was reported at Jacmel that Santana' apd
upon nineteen sorts of seeds the remission of duty takes President of the Eastern part, had been defeateuersli;
place on the Ist June next. Upon spermaceti and sperm had surrendered, with his staff, to Guerrier's gesat
oils, the produce of foreign fisheries, the remission takes this, however, was not confirmed on the packees leafs
place on the Ist of Jan. 1849, and upon foreign whale In the meantime, business and industry in the isle far
oil and blubber, and whale fins, not prohibited, on the Ist at a low ebb. The indemnity to the French is as
oths
Jan., 1847. A reduction from a high to a low duty has ever from being paid, though the latter are in bctesie
also taken place upon seven or eight articles, of no very Haytians will get a loan, when their squadron, v"::0 the
great moment however, except as entering into the corn- always at Port au Prince, the capital, will pounce `'
position of some branches of manufactures. The removal lion's share. tht
in
of the excise duties has not yet taken place. That of the From the very favourable season, as well as t opro'
auction duty will, however, probably take place immedi- improving cultivation, a larger crop of sugar will "ed. for
ately after the termination of the official quarter (the sth duced in the West Indies than has been obtainehhtlf,,
of April), and the duty on glass a little later in the year, many years. Jamaica, it is said, will make 50,0070 r
as originally proposed by government. Demerara 45,000, and the other islands one-third 106
A great number of free entries were passed in conse- half more than usual. Agricultural improvelne:to
quence yesterday for goods which hove for a considerable paid considerable attention to, and the plough o%oo'
time been housed in the bonded warehouses, but which implements of husbandry are fast coming into
will Rio the
are now free of duty, and the officers of the warehousing- ficially replacing manual labour, and no doubt wibLisiots
department will no doubt be very busy for a time, until end enable the West India planter to compete Wit°
the goods on hand, now declared to be free of duty, are grown sugar.
Eli- a betb'
all delivered, when it is expected that the bulk of the free A gentleman, it is reported a resident of St. 1:- Pde
goods imported from the present time will be delivered has made a discovery in the manufacture of coffeehlcsit
direct from the quay at the side of the importing vessel, has made a statement to his brother growers, by vdcloPtei
thus doing away with the necessity of placing them at all is apparent that the method he has so successfulli a
in the bonded warehouses, and thereby relieving the ware- very materially improves the berry in quality.
housing department of a great portion of the duty which At Demerara, 220 emigrants had arrived *ea'," big"
at present devolves upon it, though of course adding in Leone, in the barque Arabia. • They were 0.1 ,sor,
proportion to the landing department, and thus strength- spirits, and seemed pleased with the change. It Is rose,
ening the claims put forth in a recent memorial from this rally thought that the system of emigration will bei; 001
town to the Central Board of Customs, praying for an to answer exceedingly well in every respect. It
rtel'
increase of strength in that department. i yet decided to what part the convicts will be trans
li
Some are of opinion that a part of British Guiana ',-
selected.

PARISH AFFAIRS.-IMPORTANT ANNOUNCE- 1
MENT TO THE PARISHIONERS OF LIVER-
POOL, BY " PUNCH."

THE CHASE.

FELLOW PARISHIONERS,—Your interests are largely
involved in the proceedings of our parochial authorities;
and as mine are only so far involved in those proceedings
as they affect the prosperity of the newspaper with which
it is my pride to be connected, I conceive myself, there-
fore, much better able to judge how the affairs of your
parish can be advantageously managed ihan yourselves.
I beg, therefore, to intimate to you that I shall have the
honour to present myself to the notice of the annual gene-
ral vestry, this day, when I hope to make your personal
acquaintance.
Twice have the authorities of your parish disobeyed •
An explosion took place at the patent signallightfardif
your earnest desire that the meetings of the Select Vestry factory of Messrs. Robeson, at Poplar, on Satd,rd.
should be reported in the Liverpool Mercury, and that
which a young man and a young woman were hil.reio6l enlightened journalist be thus spared the pain of squeezing
himself through the keyhole, to the serious derangement EXECUTION.—On Saturday, at Reading, Je Ott
the murderer of his two children by poison, tits idi
of his person, in order to catch the stray flowers of ors- the
last sad penalty of the law. He persisted id, toe°
tory there delivered. I have myself a deeper interest nocence. to the last, and died in a most hardened '
than my contemporary in wishing that these meetings mind. r
bell
should be open, Mercury could only give you dry
On Wednesday, as three boys and six men vieeatoae., speeches and musty figures—a matter which I conceive let down a pit near Pontypool, the chain (a patent wbo'
to be of very little importance, now that your ancient slipped off the pully wheel and by the jerk broe' 010
control over the parish accounts is chiefly transferred to the poor fellows were dashed to the bottom• ilitslir the Poor-law Commissioners, and the Select Vestry can- were killed, and the rest received, it is feared, fate
not be guilty of the extravagance of putting an extra cur-
juries.
rant into the Christmas pudding of the paupers in your ~.„.. tO,the:
THE PORTLAND VASE.—It Will be interessi••a prtto workhouse, or an additional handful of meal into their
antiquary and the lover of art to know that the ezt;lesi!,
cauldron of gruel, without drawing down upon themselves
of Mr. Doubleday in the restoration of this valda ogiF
condign punishment from Somerset-house. I propose,
instead of this, to inform you, not what the Select Vestry
tique, have been so successful, that it will in the oil
does, but how they look when they are doing it. You
of a short time again be submitted to public inslihishi
shall have, in the inimitable style for which Punch is very little blemished by the effects of an injury cy"
celebrated, correct portraits of Bright upon his legs,
first seemed to be irreparable. h
trio-,tol
boi
Thornely reading his speech out of the crown of his hat, MUMMY FROM THE COAST OF AFRICA.—The hs ,
&c., &c., which -will form a gallery of comicalities to be of a Portuguese seaman, dug out of the guano at ng'
prized for all time, and what is most important to myself, in April last, after being inhumed for upwards of . tots
will add immeasurably to the already large sale of my in- century, and of which we recently furnished a descrilei%trs:
valuable publication. is now on view in North John-street. It is a very„ it 7,
Those who know me personally are well aware that I ordinary relic of humanity. Thousands have seekr' visit
have no political feeling in this matter. In the columns Manchester, and equal numbers will, we doubt n°" 0
here.
PARTY of Punch I am never political, and will praise the radicals
it
PROCESSIONS.-15 persons pleaded <<gildiittiskei
Bright and Thornely, as invariably as I will abuse the
tory members of the vestry. In private life. I associate at the Derry assizes on Monday, "in ignorance ry °
quite as much with conservatives as with reformers • in- law," of walking in procession on the last anniversil ger
deed, the dinners of the former I always prefer when 1 the battle of Aughrim. The judge deferred the see
hare two invitations on hand for the same day.
ces.—[ln Liverpool papists can walk in processi°l! oiatli
I will not, like an eminent brother luminary who, I repeal and other rebel flags and can play party tniieb-stl II
perceive, has addressed you on the same subject, and impunity, whilst in Ireland the protestant is punish sill
whose enlightened views of parish matters and personal celebrating a day glorious in the annals of truece.)
interest you will this day have an opportunity of com- freedom. This is " justice to Ireland" with a vengn,,,,,
paring with mine, indulge in needless rigmarole. Em- INVISIBLE AMATEUR PERFORMANCE AT T 115,1 if;
phatiCallY, lam a modest man. I, therefore, content THENON.—What is that? the reader will sal' 811
00;
myself with calling upon you to come forward on Tuesday refer him for an answer to the advertisement in:clever°
and elect men as your public servants who will really column. The idea, however, is really novel enu.,,ss
serve you, amongst whom will be myself. Elect men td
and will no doubt attract a large audience, anxt ea l''
who disapprove of extravagance and heavy rates—(who ascertain what amount of modest merit blushes 1105,40:
should be, of course, men who have the smallest possible our town. The singers—for it is to be a vocal entei- 01
amount of rates to pay)—who disapprove of workhouse ment—will, we presume, wear invisible green 04400'
immoralities (unlike the Rev. Rectors and the present raise their most sweet voices from behind a °'''
tory majority) of cruelty to suffering humanity, of illegal Either way will do.
payments by means of secret service money ;—but, I find BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—On Eli,the
lam getting into rigmarole like my worthy contemporary. an action was tried at Exeter, brought by X6silifl°
I shall, therefore, close by stating that like him I shall Hillyard Cummins, against Lieutenant Willenford °fes $
have a list to propose; and, as a poll will doubtless take 66th regiment of foot, to recover compensatidr!ded Is
place, any little favours in the printing line will be thank- breach of promise of marriage. Both parties re6l 00;
fully accepted by, Tavistock, and it appeared that the attachment Wileisor,
Fellow Parishioners. menced in 1842, when the plaintiff was 17 and the, it `li
Your obliged and faithful servant, ant 20, but at the request of the parents of bow. f esc
PUNCH. broken off. The lovers were again enamoured °inter; ,
other, but from some unexplained cause another so
ruption took place, when all the letters which had .1)03e 1
between them were respectively returned. Sosne"doll
1842 the defendant's father died, and left the defe".o- sa;
considerable sum of money. After this the plaintive 0.,
defendant again met at a ball, where his reserd be 10r
broken, and his resolution taken that she shd,nl„,ll3eo
wife. The plaintiff again received his propoFa', '"ejitqir,
father was applied to, who gave his consent on ,c° set
that there was to be no further breaking off of wet Jett
A correspondence was then carried on, his 6frsd.'' xj,
commencing—" My dearest ever-devoted HillYe;110,"(
thousand loves and angels, dears and darlings le 1:10'
Another letter opened with—" My dearest dedr'noo;
dear, dearest dear:" and if one might judge by th,f t',„1!0
ber of "dears," " sweets," " angels," and " Pe',l° v
love of the valiant gentleman was strong indeeu'dail
defendant however broke off the match after
~,o'he, JO
cake, clothes, gloves, &c., had been prepared. .1 ;ie./
returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with £7OO dam

The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet niefitil
Wednesday. 26, at . Duddon old
Thursday, 27, at.
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Saturday, 29, at Sfrettenhani
Al a Quarter to Eleven o'clock.
Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet owe
Wednesday, 26. at..
Friday, March 28, at
Saturday, 29, at pentre—
h

INNOVATIONS IN THE CHURCH.—We publish in
another part of our paper a paragraph announcing that a
meeting had been held at Hillsborough, in the diocese of
Down and Connor, to consider the changes in the mode
of conducting the church service in that parish, of which
Archdeacon Mant is the rector. A series of resolutions,
strongly deprecatory of the innovations, as well as pe-
titions to the Queen and the Legislature, were unani-
mously agreed to. But the most important feature of
the meeting was the reading of a letter from thelord primate,
toj.he Marquis of Downshire, who had previously written
to his Grace upon the subject of the changes lately made
in the churches in the county of Down. His Grace
laments the dissensions " because men's minds cannot be
occupied in such controversies without drawing away their
thoughts from the consideration of more profitable and
edifying subjects, and also because the energy of the
Church, while engaged in strife about what is of
comparatively trifling importance, will be slackened in
those efforts for the advancement of true religion in this
country, which require the hearty co-operation of all
its members in order to be successful." His Grace's
remarks upon the obsolete laws of the realm, and particu-
larly as to their bearing on the conscience, with his
application of the subject to ecclesiastical laws which
have long since been disregarded, deserve to be carefully
perused. " The laws," he says, " which regulate the pe-
culiar ceremonies belonging to our national Church, are, in
my opinion, no more exempt from the effects of long usage
than the laws of the land. And if the rulers of the Church
have for successive generations allowed of that disuse, and
do not now command a revival of them, I would hope that
the peace of the Church a ill not be disturbed by attempts
to return to ancient custcrns where the feelings of the
people are repugnant to them." It might be thought
that such ssntimen's, expressed by one so high in au-
thority, although only in the way of an opinion, would
have had some effect on the conduct of a junior and a
subordinate. But no: when the Marquis of Downshire
received this communication from the Primate of Ireland
in reply to a letter from himself, he informed the Arch-
deacon of its contents, and wished him to read it. But
Mr. Mant had made up his mind and taken his measures,
and was so much above remonstrance, even of an Arch.
bishop, that he declined to receive the letter—he declined
to enter into discussion—he declined an interview!

CONCERT AT BIRKENHEAD.—It is announced in ano-
ther column that Miss Whitnall purposes to give on Fri-
day evening next a grand concert at the Town-hall, Bir-
kenhead, when she will he assisted by her pupil, Miss
Kelly, Mr. J. S. Reeves, and Mr. Robinson, who will
preside at the piano.
LANDING STAGES.—It will be observed by an adver-
tisement in our present sheet that it is in contemplation
to form an exhibition of the models and drawings for
landing-stages, after the decision of the Dock Committee,
and the parties who have sent in either to that body are
invited to come forward and take part in a meeting to
consider the subject.
LOCAL BILLS.—The Wallasey Improvement Bill has
been reported, and the report ordered to lie on the table.
The Birkenhead Commissioners' Dock Bill is to be read
a first:time on Monday next. The Birkenhead Company's
Dock Bill was reported on Tuesday, and the report
ordered to lie on the table. The petition for the Chester,
Manchester, and Liverpool Junction Railwry has been
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private
Bills. The Liverpool Guardian Gas Bill has been read a
second time, committed, and referred to the committee
of selection. The committee on the bill bad been fixed
for Tuesday, the Btb of April.
THE GlPSlES.—Arrangements are making, we under-
stand, for that beautiful vocalist, Mr. Bansford, of Lon-
don, to give three nights of his highly-interesting and
instructive entertainment, entitled, " Illustrati ns of
Gipsy Life and Character," which has met with such im-
mense success in the metropolis. Considering the very
interesting character of the real gips;es, and the very little
that is known of them by the people; as a distinct race,
their close approximation to the Rechabites mentioned in
Scripture ; and their general manners and habits, it can-
not fail to give the highest interest to such an entertain-
ment, even apart from the vocal performance, which, in
itself, must be a great treat.
EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Wednesday, a young man,
named William Tierney Munro, was brought before Mr.
Rushton at the Police-court, on a charge of having em-
bezzled various sums of money, to the alleged amount of
£4OO. the property of his employers, Messrs. Sandbach,
Tinne, and Co. Mr. John Howell, cash-keeper at the
house of the complainants, stated that the prisoner was
employed to receive the amount of out tending accounts,
and that he usually accounted for the money so received
by handing it in immediately. The clerks at several
houses who transacted business with the complainants,
and paid them accounts from time to time, were examined,
but, the only case that seemed to be made out was one in
which the prisoner had received a sum of £62 from Henry
Horsbrugh, clerk to Gladstone and Co., and failed to ac-
count for it to Mr. Howell. On Thursday the young man
was again brought up, and several cases were established
against the prisoner, and he was committed for trial at the
sessions.

At Half-past Ten o'clock

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
,t • fit'l
MONDAY, MA Reit 24.—Wind N.W. mo-e- a oea,foir.;
ARRlVED.—Frederick Augusta, Berg, from Gentts-'
Morgan, from Havre—lsabella Cooper, from Caleunco.
Its
White, from Lundoo—Rodolph, from Drogheda—D.6o'
Swansea—Lesmayne, from Poole—and Scipio, from
SAILr).—Wm. Fisher. M'Lean. for New Orleans.
Alftl

ellos`"
Diamond. Fowler, and Plata, Pringle, hence at 13°
Mast ry, from Stettin, ditto /fele°
Lord Sandon, from Africa, for New Orleans, at St.
Bolivar, Peat, from Calcutta, at Bristol
Caroline. Marsh, from Ichaboe, at St. Helena
Zante, hence for Tobasco, at Waterford
Superb, Applet n, hence at Sierra Leone 118t;01
Solway, Spence ; Queen Dowager, Robinson ;,,„600'
Brown , Naples Packet, Thompson ; Maybro', Steph`-
Grasshopper, Hawkins, from Ichaboe, at F ilmouth fro11,
Sheraton Grange, Bulmer, from Alexandria. at dir.,t°l)ie° 4
Brooke, Locke; John Hall, Thwaits, and VelocitY'
;0;
from Ichaboe, at Cove terfo
CARNARVON, March 23.—The Prosperity, from orl 'to
Liverpool, parted from her anchors at Llandclwll'kelf iporo
night, drifted among the rocks, and sunk ; she 0I':e ;I'
front pti come a total wreck ; crew saved. There,
to Liverpool, was driven on shore near the same Plr'sge fee
been got off, and into Lland wyn Cove. without d 3 g
gig,
HoLYHEAU, March 23.—The Oakland is a total Wr
eee
part of cargo will be saved cett/
21srrol
Dumfries, from China to Liverpool, was spoken, orn
Leeward Islands, Straits of Banes.; Woodstock, ir,,„ Dv
to Liverpool, 9th Nov. in lat. 9 N, long. 84 E; Tag"-
Ichaboe, 10th Jan. in lat. 34 S. long. 16 E

0,0:
TELEGUAPH OFFICE, MARoI ;
Wind at Holyhead, N.N.W., gentle breeze, at 7 9-„t °
ditto N.W. ditto at 12 noon; ditto W. light breeie Or
ditto W. ditto at 6 p.m. theft ,
A ship and barque off Holyhead (has not shown
hers) at 12 noon ; and 1 brig and 1 schooner off the rr,o"o
4
Oif the port, at 3 39, p.m., No. 5641, Isabella C°,2l3rigg'
from Calcutta; off the port, at 6 p.m., 1 barque,
schooners.

vrAfinie
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET,
A paralysis has seized upon our Cotton market, he tri4 o';di
ness is very trifling to-day—say 3000 hales—all to "'oed,
which. 70 ; are Bahias, in one hand. Prices range eat''
eat'
par with last week—about id. to 4d. lower since t"
off.

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LIVERPOOL PROVISION NIARK ET, l‘liote co 9
Genial spring weather having succeeded the
some lo
continued wintry blasts, holders of Butters have %ell tesilf!O
:pondently melted. All is now anxiety to sell"—atell 001
week, anxiety to buy. Stocks, however, are fortuo5ult• tCr
otherwise great confusion would have been the re's ste
brands of either northern or south country Butter
offered at 1009

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKE---Tr
We have had a smaller supply of Cattle at 17101.,"Ait0 v".
last week, which met with dull sale at—Beef, s*"'
ton, 64d. to bid. per lb.

4'
NORTH HAY MARKET, MAR-rig 2
0. 4
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 5, d. it
s d. s. d. I 0
' I
o @ 1 o ,Potatoes, r_olb 6
9 11 Cups. ..... •
O 8— 010 Short-tops •• 8 0
O 0— 0 0 Pink-eyes ••26 0 59 0,
O 6 0 6 ,Turnips, ton .38 0
O 6i— 0 7 iCarrots ..... -
.. 6
(1 0 0 Manure .• •

Hay, old
new

Clover

Green ditto
Straw, Wheat.
Oat
Bar:ey

Tuesday 25 -
Wednes. 26 025
Thurs... 27 1 4
Friday.. 29 146
Saturday 29 231
Sunday. 30 324
Monday. 31 3 31

TIDE TABLE.

HO L1TA0_....,

EVN. HICIGHTI
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045 I g 7 Jupiter
124 I g 0 M ars risei,erje'olliet
2 9 18 moon iT? O, P'
257 16 4 Venus Os ate
356 14 s Ist Satidai
5 12 13 5

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