The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-16 00:00:00

AT REDUCED PRICES.

WIND OW-BLIND MANUFACTORY,
135, WHITECUAPEL,
Opposite Great Charlotte-street.

ESTABLISHED 1813, BY
FRANCIS PINNEY.

IN STOCK, 2000 VENETIAN SHADE BLINDS.

Gauze Wire and all other Blinds, Wholesale and Retail

J4ONDON CHAIR WAREHOUSE.

CARPETING,
MOREENS, DAMASK, FLOOR-CLOTHS, &c.
WOKELL, of 17 and 19, PARADISE-STREET,
• finding it again necessary to enlarge his Premises,
and having made arrangements to increase his Carpet
Warehouse to double its present size, has determined to
SELL OFF the STOCK on hand at the undermentioned
prices _ _

Good Soot Kidderminster CARPETS, 18.4 d., ls. 9d.,
to 2s. per Yard.

Extra Super Ditto Ditto, 2s. 2d., 2s. 4d., to 2s. Bd. per
Yard.

Good Stout Brussels Ditto, 2s. 11d., 3s. 3d., to 3s. 6d.
per Yard.
Extra Suner Ditto Ditto, 4s. per Yard.
STAIR CARPETS, 6d., 8d„ 10d., Is., Is. 3d., to
ls. Bd. per Yard.
_ _

Watered Moreens. Old. to Is.; Damasks, 10Id. to
Is. 6d.; Furniture Prints. 2d. to ad. ; yard and a half
wide Printed Druggets, Is. 6irl. to 2s, ; Blankets, Coun-
terpanes, Quilts, Sheetings, Bed Ticks, &c.
FLOOR CLOTHS, of elegant pattern, and well-
seasoned, at 2s. Gd. the Square Yard.
LOBBY CLOTHS, at ls. 6d., 25., and 2s. 6d.
From the well-known good quality of the Articles
offered for Sale at this Establishment, every Housekeeper
in want of the above description of Goods will find it
advantageous to make an early call at the
BEE-HIVE ESTABLISHMENT,
17 AND 19, PARADISE-STREET.

BRANDY.
WM. GROVES, Sole Agent in Liverpool for GRIM-
BLE and COMPANY'S ROYAL COGNAC
BRANDY, begs to inform the Public they can procure
the Royal Cognac Brandy at his Depot on the same terms
and of the same fine quality as from the Distillery in
London. The flattering distinction this French Distil-
led Barndy has obtained from various Medical Boards
and from all classes of consumers is the most convincing
proof of its goodness and general usefulness in every
branch of domestic economy.
Mr. GROVES has constantly on Sale the following :
Grimble's Royal Cognac Brandy lBs. per Gallon.
Grimble's Royal Orleans and London Malt Vinegar.
Booth and Co.'s London Gin l2s. per Gallon.
The Celebrated No. 1
Old Campbelltowtl and Islay Whiskey.. 18s. ~
A liberal Discount to the Trade.
GROVES'S PATENT WINE FININGS, being
perfectly free from acid and flavour, will not injure the
most costly and delicate Wines. Price ss. per gallon.
Brewers supplied with Finings for every description of
Ale or Beer. Price 3s. per gallon.
School-lane, Paradise-street, Liverpool.

PARSON'S ALEPPO OPFICE WRITING INK.
THIS very superior Ink being made with pure ALEPPO
GALLS,tis equally adapted for Quills and Steel Pens,
and combines the requisite qualities of INcoßnonraniTY
and PEEMANENCY of COLOUR with an easy flow from the
Pen. It is therefore strongly recommended to Merchants,
Bankers,r Solicitors, Accountants, and others.
arranted Ito be affected by time or7climate.
*s*o* ffldin Quart, Pi , Half-pint, and Sixpenny Bottles,
by JOHN PARSONS, at his Manufactory for Printing and
Writing Inks, 9, Ave-Maria lane, London, and sold by
all the Booksellers and Stationers in Liverpool.

PIANO FORTES.
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF PIANO-
FORTES IN ENGLAND- AT
W. P. DR.EAPER' S 4fUSIC BAZAAR,
56, BOLD-STREET,
And at his extensive SHOW-ROOMS, 48, Wood-street.
PIANO-FORTES 'LENT ON HIRE, TAKEN IN EXCHANGE,
REPAIRED, AND TUNED, SINGLY OR BY THE YEAR.
Good Second-hand Piano-fortes, from 6 Guineas upwards.
EXPORT ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED.
AN ASSORTMENT OF MUSIC AT H A LE-PRICE.

FARMERS' ARMS.
VICTONA BOWLING GREET, PARK-ROAD.
TIT N)fI!OLS begs most respectfully to inform his
.VV • Frielids that the above GREEN will OPEN
TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the lith instant ; being en-
tirely new land, and drained at a very great expense,
W. N. flatters himself that it is surpassed by none in or
near Liverpool.
An early attendance is particularly requested to the
Farmers' Fare.

COALS.
CIEORGE LOXTON, COAL MERCHANT, having dis-
k 1 continued receiving orders in Dale-street, begs to
inform his Friends that he has taken an OFFICE in
DERBY-BUILDINGS, FEN WICK-STREET, oppo-
site the North and South Wales Bank, where the Coal
and Carrying Business will for the future be carried on.
Best King Coals for House Use, and Rushy-park Coals,
in the River, for Steam-boats and Shipping.

THE ORIGINAL CARPET, &c. ESTABLISHMENT
REMOVED TO
13, BOLD-STREET.
MO avoid mistakes and disappointments arising out of
the various means resorted to to divert, induce, and
decoy BUYERS of CARPETING from the " Original Car-
pet Warehouse," founded, maintained, and continued by
THOMAS L
TRQUH ART, who intimates that, from the
increasing demand for his Goods, was compelled to re-
move his Establishment to those extensive Ware Rooms,
13, BOLD-STREET,

where he is in the daily receipt of his New Patterns of
CARPETS, &c., made of the best materials, expressly
for his Customer Trade, and being contracted for before
the late advances on Carpeting, enables him to continue
to sell at his usually low prices.
T. U.'s is the only House in Liverpool who sells
WHYTOCK and CO.'S genuine PATENT TAPESTRY
and VELVET CARPETS.

Turkey and Persia Carpets and Rugs to any dimension.
Observe—U RQUHAR T' S

BRITISH AND FOREIGN CARPET, &c. WARE
ROOMS,
13, BOLD-STREET, (from 76, Lord-street,)
Adjoining the Palatine Club House.

COMFORT AND ECONOMY COMBINED.
HEAD QUARTERS EATING HOUSE,
OVER THE HAIR DRESSER'S SHOP, CORNER.OF LEIGH-

STREET, WHITECHAPEL.
THE want of an Establishment between an HOTEL and
a COOK-SHOP, which should provide all the comforts
and respectability of the former, even more economically
than at the latter, has long been acknowledged, and has
induced the Proprietor to establish the

HEAD QUARTERS EATING HOUSE,
which will be conducted on the AMERICAN PRINCIPLE,
and as near as possible in the manner pursued at the
Tamany Hall, New York.

Gentlemen can be provided at any hour of the day with
every article our extensive Markets supply, at such rates
as cannot fail to meet the desires of a deserving Public,
in proof of which the Proprietor will provide a Plate of
excellent Meat—Beef, Mutton, or Pork, Roast or Boiled,
with Potatoes, Greens, and Bread, for 6d. ; and every
Article proportionately Cheap.
A TRIPE SUPPER every THURSDAY NIGHT.—
Fried and Boiled 6d. per Plate.
An ORDINARY every SUNDAY, at One o'clock, One
Shilling each.
TEA AND COFFEE AT ALL HOURS.
F. MAY, Proprietor.

OLDEST ESTABLISHED PAPER HANGING
WAREHOUSE.
ENRY DODD, Successor to the late MARY DODD,
II begs respectfully to inform his Friends and the Public
that he has now completed his extensive Alterations. His
SHOW SCREENS are now ready for inspection, con-
taining Original Continental and London Designs, in
Decorations.

H. D. also begs to state, that having purchased the
entire STOCK of a first London House now retiring
from business, he is enabled to offer for sale a large
assortment of GOODS, 20 per Cent. under any House
in Town.

CLAPHAM'S EMPORIUM FOR ECONOMY AND

-.
FASHION.
NO. 4, TARLTON-STREET,
FIRST DOOR FROM CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
CLAPHAM begs to announce to his Friends and,
• the public that he has combined the TAILOR-
ING with the WOOLEN DRAPERY BUSINESS, and
respectfully informs them that he has engaged a Foreman
of first-rate cutting celebrity, H. C., pledges himself that
he will not be wanting in dilligence to have every descrip-
tion of Clothing made in superior style, and to fit well.
H. C. has found from experience that it is a matter of
delicacy with many parties who may have Cloth, purchas-
ed elsewhere, to apply to Tailors who keep a Stock to
make up, without furnishing all materials; but to obviate
that, he begs to assure Gentlemen feeling such delicacy,
that equal attention shall be paid to them, and at a mode-
rate scale of charges.

L. HAUSBURG has the pleasure of announcing
I: • a further addition to his splendid and extensive
Stock of

JEWELLERY,
consisting of BRACELETS, NECKLACES, CHAINS,
RINGS, PINS, BROOCHES, &c., which have been
completed to his order, for the present season, by the
most eminent Metropoltan Manufacturers, and to which
have been added the recent Productions of his own Manu-
factory, on the premises; forming together an Assortment
of Ornaments which, for novelty, elegance, quality, and
workmanship, will. he trusts, ensure the continuance of the
liberal patronage with which he has been honoured in this
branch of his Business.

F. L. H. takes the liberty of directing attention to the
following lists of Gold and Silver
WATCHES,

completed, on the Premises, under his own superintend-
ence, all warranted perfect time-keepers, or immediately
exchanged ; and he ventures to observe, that it is only in
consequence of the Manufacture being under his direct
control that he is enabled to submit Watches at prices so
low as to be beyond competition :
Gold Lever, for Gentlemen, with hard Ena-

melted Dials, Seconds, Capped, and Jew-
elled in two holes and five actions, main-
taining power during winding, and improved
detached Lever escapement £lo 10 0
Gold Skeleton Levers
Patent Lever Silver Watches..
Ditto, Ditto, Hunting Cases.. 510 0
Geneva Watches, Silver, from 4 0 0
Ditto, Gold, from. ... .
He further solicits the favour of an inspection of his
Stock of

ELECTRO PLATE,
in DINNER and TEA SERVICES, SALVERS,
LIQUER STANDS, CRUET FRAMES, &c., pos-
sessing the advantage bf being indistinguishable from
Silver by the closest observer, and of far greater durability
than if plated by the former method, and which may be
re-plated at a moderate cost as often as desired, a deside-
ratum previously unattainable..
F. L. HAUSBURG,
OLD POSTOFFICE-BUD ,DINGS.

STRAW BONNETS.
BEE-HIVE ESTABLISHMENT,
17 AND 19, PARADISE• STREET.
WOKELL having Opened his new and spacious
• Room with an elegant display of
FASHIONABLE BONNETS,
including every shape, style, and quality that art can
produce, and in no less a variety than
6000 BONNETS,
respectfully solicits an early inspection, feeling confident
his new Stock will give complete satisfaction to all who
become purchasers. The STOCK includes every size and
quality of Girls Bonnets, Boys' Hats, &c., the whole of
which are fully 15 per cent. cheaper than last year's
prices.
SILKS, CACHMERES, RIBBONS, HOSIERY,
GLOVES, LACE, &c.
In these Departments the Stocks are just replenished
with every Novelty of the Season, and to an extent which
precludes the possibility of ladies not being suited with
the articles they may require.
The Stock of Linens, SheetingF, Prints, Calicoes, &c.,
is unusually good, cheap, and extensive.
CARPETS, HEARTHRUGS, DRUGGETS,
LOBBY-CLOTHS,INIOREENS, AND DAMASKS.

April 12, 1844.

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r- fIYDROPATHY.
TVPI. HEATHCOTE has REMOVED his ESTA-
BLISHMENT from LIVERPOOL to " TYCOC El
HOUSE, near BANGOR," North Wales, and will be
ready to receive Patients after the 13th of May, the num-
ber of whom is limited to Five.
TYCOCR House overlooks the Menai Straits, and is
situated between Caernarvon and Bangor. On the Shore,
to which the grounds extend, is a private Sea-bathing
House ; the fresh water is pure and abundant. The house
itself is warm, and the rooms spacious. A letter-bag is
left and taken away every day by the Mail.
Until May, address Postollice, Birkenhead, after " Tr-
ench House, near Bangor."

PATENT PURCHASES FOR SHIP'S WIND-
LASSES.
TO SHIPOWNERS, CAPTAINS, 4-c.
_____
_____

MESSRS. BETTELEY and ROBERTS beg to au-
nounce that they have come to an arrangement with
Messrs. Pow and ntwcus, of North Shields, to MAKE
and SELL their PATENT NIPPING LEVER, which
for its known character of a powerful and well-known pur-
chase, has been proved to be one of the best now in use.
Messrs. B. and R.'s PATENT WINDLASS PUR-
CHASE, is also one that can be recommended for its
simplicity and great power, so that they are now able to
supply the Merchant shipping with Machines which have
been proved to effect (beyond doubt) a great saving in the
expense of worhing ships,
Anchors and Cables. and to prevent the loss of
They have the above on Sale at their Office, where
Models and Testimonials may be seen.
BRUNSWICK CHAIN CABLE and ANCHOR MA-
NUFACTORY, UNION DOCK, LIVERPOOL.
12th April, 1844.

THE LAST WEEK OF ENTERING FRESH
PUPILS.
AS Mr. BUCK, whose success has been unparallelled
as a TEACHER of WRITING SHORT-HAND,
BOOK-KEEPING, Scc. is retiring from the Profession,
those who wish to profit by his Professional Instructions
should make an immediate application. Terms for
Book-keeping by Double and Single Entry, One Guinea.
A- Course of Lessons in any of the other branches, 10s.
Maw be bad at Mr. Bucx's Teaching Rooms his STE-
NOGRAPHIC STANDARD, Price ls. ; also his PA-
TENT FLEXIBLE PENHOLDER, Price 6d.

Teaching Rooms at Mr. Haywood's, Bootmaker, 11,
CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.
A T the ANNUAL GENERAL VESTRY, held in
ni St. Nicholas's Church, on TUESDAY. the 9th day of
April, 1814, the Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS, one of
the jHectors, in the Chair,
It was moved by Mr. EPHRAIM KNAPPER, seconded
by Mr. THOMAS INIAYNARD,
That Mr. John Wilkinson be re-appointed Church-
warden.

It was moved, as an amendment, by Mr. HUGH
HORNBY, seconded by Mr. WILLIAM M`GEE,
That Mr. Joshua Henshaw be appointed Churchwarden.
Upon a show of hands the amendment was declared to
be carried, whereupon a Poll was demanded by Mr.
Thompson. _ _ _

It Was moved by Mr. Churchwarden HOUGHTON, Se-
Mr. Churchwarden WILKINSON.
That Mr. Thomas Muucaster be appointed an Overseer
of the Poor.

It was moved, as an amendment, I y Mr.JouN SMITH,
seconded by Mr. THOMAS URQUHART,
That Mr. John Scholfield be appointed Overseer.
Upon a show of hands the amendment was declared to
be carried, whereupon a Poll was demanded by Mr.
Churchwarden Houghton.
It was mowed by Mr. Churchwarden Hot/Gni-ON, se-
conded by Mr. Churchwarden WILKINSON,
That Mr. John Kilshaw be appointed an Overseer of
the Poor.
It was moved, as an amendment, by Mr. Jour/ SMITH,
seconded by Mr. RICHARD BRIGHT,

Tnat Mr. John Wooßright, of 80ld-street, be appointed
Overseer.

Upon a show of hands the amendment was declared to
be carried, whereupon a Pull was demanded by Mr.
Churchwarden Wilkinson.

It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden HOUGHTON, se.
conded by Mr. Churchwarden 'WILKINSON,
That Mr. John Goad Swainson be continued Select
Vestryman, to supply the vacancy to which he had been
chosen by the Select Vestry.
It was moved, as an amendment, by Mr.JoilN SMITE,
seconded by Mr. WILLIAM M'GEE,
That Mr. Thomas Avison be elected in the place of Mr.
John Goad Scrainson.

Upon a show of hands Mr. Avison was declared to be
carried, whereupon a Poll was demanded by the Church-
warden.

It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden WILKINSON, CC-
conded by Mr. MuNcAsTER,
That Mr. Edward Ford be continued Select Vestry-
man, to supply the vacancy to which he had been chosen.
by the Select Vestry.

It was moved, as an amendment, by Mr. JOHN SMITH,
seconded by Mr. ROBERT BRYDEN,
That Mr. R. A. Mould be elected in the place of Mr.
Edward Ford.

Upon a show of hands the amendment was declared to
be carried, upon which a Poll, was demanded by Mr.,
Churchwarden Wilkinson.

It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden HOUGHTON, se.
conded by Mr. MUNCASTEX,

That Mr. Henry Bremner be continued Select Vestry-
man, to supply the vacancy to which he had been choEett
by the Select Vestry.
It was moved, as an amendment, by Mr. Joßic SMITH,
seconded by Mr. ROBERT BRYDEN
That Mr. Joseph George Snowball be elected in tEe
place of ?Ir. Henry Bremner.

Upon a show of hands the amendment was declared to
be carried, upon which a Poll was demanded by the
Churchwarden.

It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden HOUGHTON, se-
conded by Mr. Churchwarden WILKINsoN,

That Mr. John Hand be appointed a Select Vestryman
for three years.
It was moved, as an amendment, by Mr. JAMES
HUGHES, seconded by Mr. BIG/TAM,
That Mr. Robert Bryden be appointed in the place of
Mr. John Hand.

Upon a show of hands the amendment was declared to
be carried, 'whereupon a Poll was demanded by Mr. John
Mellor.

It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden HOUGHTON, se-
conded by Mr. Churchwarden WILKINSON,
That Mr. William Groom, of Lord-street, be appointed.
a Select Vestryman for three years.
It was moved, as an amendment, by Mr. JOHN SMITH,
seconded by Mr. WILLIAM WOOD,

That Mr: Thomas Taylor, of Castle-street, be appointed
in the place of Mr. Groom.
Upon a show of hands Vie amendment was declared to
be carried, whereupon a Poll was demanded by the
Churchwarden.

It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden HOLGHTON, se-
conded by Mr. Churchwarden WILKINSON,
That Mr. Thomas Mayor, of Bold•place, be appointed
a Select Vestryman for three years.
It was moved, as an amendment, by Mr. WILLIAM
AVGEE, seconded by Mr. SHAKESHAFT,
That Mr. Thomas F. Roskell be appointed in the place
of Mr. Mayor.
Upon a show of Lands the amendment was declared to
be carried, whereupon a Poll was demanded by the
Churchwarden.

It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden HOUGHTON, se-
conded by Mr. Churchwarden WILKINSON,

That Mr. Thomas Bennett, of Sir Thomas's-buildings,
be appointed a Select Vestryman for three years.
It was moved, as an amenument, by Mr. JOIIN SMITH,
seconded by Mr. ROBERT BRYDEN,

That Mr. Samuel Taylor Hobson be appointed in the
place of Mr. Bennett.
Upon a show of bands the amendment was declared
to be carried, upon which a Poll was demanded by the
Churchwarden.

JONA. BROOKS, Chairman.

PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.

At the Annual General Vestry, held by adjournment
in St. Nicholas's Church, on THURSDAY, the 11th day
of April instant,
The Rev. Rector BROOKS in the Chair,
The Poll was resumed on Tnrs DAY, at Ten, A.M., and
closed at Four, when the numbers stood as follows
THURSDAY. THURSDAY.
Persons. Votes. Persons. Votes.
Mr. Wilkinson 331 821 Mr. Henshaw .. 237 531
Gross Poll. Gross Poll.
763 2,060 632 1,599
Mr. Muncaster 335 828 Mr. Scholfield .. 231 510
773 2,069 626 1,576
Mr. Kilshaw 335 831 Mr.Woollright.. 236 520
766 2,056 631 1,582
Mr. Swainson 334 827 Mr. Avison 233 520
764 2,057 629 1,578
Mr. Ford 334 827 Mr. Mould .... 230 503
769 2,062 619 1,547
Mr. Bremner 334 827 Mr. Snowball 230 517
767 2,064 625 1,566
Mr. Hand 337 833 Mr. Bryden .... 226 493
769 2,066 615 1,521
Mr. Groom 334 827 Mr. Taylor .. 232 514
767 2,060 627 1,570
Mr. Bennett 334 827 Mr. Hobson .... 231 512
768 2,061 626 1,563

PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.
At the Annual General Vestry, held by adjournment
in St. Nicholas's Church, on FRIDAY, the 12th day of
April instant,

Mr. Churchwarden HOUGHTON in the Chair,
The Poll was resumed at Ten o'clock this Morning, and
closed at Twenty Minutes past Ten, no person attending
to vote for the Amendments during the time limited by
the Chairman.

At the Close of the Poll the numbers stood as follows :
THIS DAY. THIS DAY.
Persons. Votes. Persons. Votes.
Mr. Wilkinson 7 10 Mr. Henshaw.. 1 1
Mr. Muncaster 7 10 Mr. Scholfield.. 1 1
Mr. Kilshaw 7 10 Mr.Woollright. 1 1
Mr. Swainsdti 7 10 Mr. T. Avison.. 1 1
Mr. Ford
Mr. Bremner
Mr. J. Hand 7 10 Mr. R. Bryden. 1 1
Mr. W. Groom 7 10 Mr. T. Taylor . 1 1
Mr. W. Bennett. 7 10 Mr. Hobson .. 1 1
Whereupon Mr. 'WILKINSON was declared to be duly
elected Churchwarden ; Mr. MUNCASTER and Mr. Ku,
SHAW, Overseers ; Mr. SWAINSON, Mr. FoRD, Mr.
BREMNER,. Mr. HAND, Mr. GROOM, and Mr. BENNETT,
Select Vestrymen.
M. D. LOWNDES, Vestry Clerk.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

The coral fisheries on the coast of France, during the
last year, gave a produce of, says the Moniteur•Parisien
100,000 francs. _ _ _

The massacre of the Bishops Jinbert, Messrs. Chastan
and Manban, with 70 Christians, all Roman Catholics, at
Corea, is confirmed by the Friend of China. The same
paper adds, that in addition to the above, who were all be-
beaded, 180 other Christians were put to death by strangu-
lation.

RESPITE OF JOIN BROWN. - AMERICAN SLAVE
CASE -It is announced in an American paper, by the last
arrival, that "the young man sentenced to death for aid-
ing in the escape of a quadroon slave has been pardoned
by the Governor of South Carolina. He is, however, to
be publicly whipped."
FRANCE.—The government, it is said, has determined
on abolishing slavery in its colonies. A sum of two mil-
lions sterling is to be appropriated, in imitation of the
English plan, in purchasing from the masters the liberty
Of their slaves. The plan is not vet matured, but we may
expect to hear something decided on the subject before
the close of the session.

The French papers confirm the account, that the Porte
bad yielded to the demand addressed to it by Gre•tt Britain
and France that a formal assurance should be given, that
in future no renegade returning to Christianity be put to
death in Turkey. The following is tie official note, dated
March 2, which has been handed to the English and
French ambassadors :—" His highness the sultan is irre-
vocably resolved to maintain the friendly relations, and
strengthen the bonds of perfect sympathy which unite him
with the great powers. The Sublime Porte engages for
the future to prevent, by effective means, any Christian
abjuring Islamism, being put to death."

ALARMING Rumourt.—We in our last gave Cape news
to the Ist of December, but have since received some
papers of earlier date, in one of which we regret to ob-
seree mention of a report current in the settlement, that
her Majesty's brig of war Rapid, of 10 guns, Lieutenant-
Commanding C. E. Earle, belonging to the Cape station,
had been sunk near Benguela, after a smart fight with a
Spanish slaver, and that every soul on board had perished.
Her Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt had been despatched
to ascertain the precise circumstances in connexion with
this unhappy affair. The following officers were on
board the Rapid :—Lieutenant-Bornmanding E. C.
Earle; second master, W. Studwell ' • assistant-surgeon,
W. Maitland ; clerk in charge, H. Niblett.—United
Service Calcutta Gazette, February 9.
KALLEY AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN POR-
TUGAL.—The case of Dr. Kalley, who was last autumn
illegally imprisoned at Madeira, on a charge of " blas-
phemy and heresy," and " abetting apostacy and heresy,"
has been tried at Lisbon and Funchal. On the 24th
February, the Judge Conservator at the latter place passed
the following sentence :—" Supposing the British subject.
Dr. Kalley, to have disturbed the public order of this
island, by preaching doctrines opposed to its religion, as
is sworn by the witnesses ; and considering this preaching
an abuse which degenerates into crime; nevertheless, the
said Dr. Kalley, as a Protestant, which he is, is not pu-
nishable, seeing that there does not exist a law to punish
in the person of the accused the act charged. I, there-
fore, declare the accusation given against the said Dr.
Kalley irrelevant, and order him to be held clear of guilt."
Baffled on the religious question, Dr. Kalley's prosecu-
tors, it is said, are going to institute proceedings against
him as a disturber of the public peace.

IRELAND.

IRISH EDUCATION.—The proposed grant this year to
the National Board is £27,000, being an increase for the
year of £22,000.

A man charged with the murder of Mr. Waller and
Miss Vereker, at Finnee, escaped from Islanagh gaol on
last week.

OLD AGE! ! !—MORE THAN " FOUR-SCORE-YEARS AND
TEN.—Mrs. Henderson, who nursed the late Archbishop of
Dublin, Dr. Magee, attended divine service in St. Auuoen's
Church, Dublin, on Easter Sunday morning last at seven
o'clock. She is now one hundred and four years of age;
she walks to and fro from the church, and was a commu-
nicant at the Lord's Supper.—Dublin Slalesman.

DEATH OF ROBERT Cot RTENY, OF BA LEDMOND, ESQ.
This well-known and extensively connected gentleman
died, at his residence, Ballyedmont, in his 87th year, on
Thursday. He was one of our oldest, and while health
of our most active magistrates, as well as one of the most
considerable and improving landlords of the part of the
country in which he resided. For years that reach beyond
the recollection of many that read of his decease, he had
been in the habit of giving employment to a large num-
ber of our labouring population, among whom notwith-
standing his decided Conservatism, he was popular, as
among those of his own class of life be was respected.—
Cork Conservative.
SIR R. PEEL AND THE STATE TRIALS,—The London
correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail contains the
following :—" London, Monday.—The meeting of Con,
setvative members, held at Sir R. Peel's official residence,
Downing-street, to-day, was very numerously attended.
In the course of his statement, Sir R. Peel made this
important announcement.— That as the Government were
determined to bring the evil doers and the disturbers of
the public peace to justice, it behoved them to see that the
inhabitants of Ireland were left no just grounds of com-
plaint. This announcement sets at rest the question as to
whether Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers are to be
brought up for judgment.
THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—An important question
centinues to be urged by the Warder—ls the repeal asso.
ciation lawful? Its avowed object is the repeal of the
union, which the government have declared they will re-
sist, even to civil war; yet it is allowed to prosecute that
end. Sooner or later it will come to this, that it must be
made unlawful, if (as seems now admitted) it he at present
no crime, to seek to make Ireland independent of the im-
perial legislature. Mr. O'Connell is convicted for seek-
ing it by intimidation and other unlawful means; it is im-
plied that he may use other means if he will; and whilst
that is law Ireland will be cursed with this agitation from
end to end. He himself alleges that it is anything but a
sudden passion of his which we might hope would pass
away; "in looking for Catholic emancipation," he told
the association on the 29th of last August, " I always said
I looked to it only as a step towards repeal." This is not
exactly wbat he said before the Committee of the House
of Commons, when he was "looking for the Catholic
emancipation ;" but Mr. O'Connell will often puzzle the
historian.—lrish Correspondent of the Record.
O'CONNELL IN A QUAKE.—At the great Cork dinner
given to Mr O'Connell this week, the honourable' and
learned gentleman thus alluded to the probability of his
imprisonment :—" I am as sure as any man that hears me
here that I will go into prison. (several voices : You
shan't.') I must, for others command. How is any man
foolish enough to imagine that I will not. There are three
ways of avoiding the prison. First would you recommend
me to make an abject submission ?—(Cries of No.')
Now we are perfectly agreed on that. The second would
be the result of a writ of error. I confess I know so
much of the judges that, though in my conviction as a❑
old lawyer, putting self out of the question I have the
clearest possible case, still never believe any one who pro-
phecies the result of law suit.—(Laughter.) Still, though
there ought to be a fair chance, don't rely on it at all.—
(Cries of Oh I') The third way of avoiding it would be
by the Government abandoning the present prosecution,
and holding us by recognisance, to come up at some inde-
finite period.—(Cheers.( Will the Government do that?
They will not. They cannot. They won't relax. They
cannot relinquish, from this manifest reason, they have
not the manliness to shrink from it.
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A dreadful
tragedy occurred in Dublin on Tuesday se'nnight. A
man named Vv'est, a painter by trade, resided in Essex-
street, wito his wife, a young woman of great personal at-
tractions, but unfortunately addicted to the shocking vice
of drunkenness. The parties lived together on very affec-
tionate terms whilst the wife remained sober, but when
she indulged in drink she became very abusive, and dread-
ful quarrels ensued between them. On the day in ques-
tion, when there were only an old and infirm woman, the
mother of West, and one of the children, a fine boy, about
eight years of age, in the room, one of these quarrels took
place. The man, in a frenzy of passion, seized a sword-
stick, stabbed the unfortunate woman several times
through the body, and then attempted to destroy himself,
the poor old mother receiving several wounds in her at-
tempts to save him from his frantic violence. Some of
the neighbours having come in and secured him, the un-
fortunate man begged eagerly of the bystanders to be al-
lowed to die ; and after he had stabbed himself, prayed
ferventlylor the welfare of his child. The deceased had
borne two children, and was enciente. The following was
the verdict of the coroner's jury :—" We find that the
said Mary West came by her death from the effects of
several wounds inflicted on her person by her husband,
John West, with a cane sword, at about eight o'clock in
the evening of the 2d of April instant, in a room occu-
pied by the said West and his wife, in the house, 45,
Essex-street."

AWKWARD EFFECTS OF THE DECISION ON THE PRES-
BYTERIAN MARRIAGE QUESTION.—The Derry Standard
gives the following " case in point " as the effect of the
uncertainty of the marriage law :—lt appears that a man
named Boyd, who was transported for bigamy some time
since at the Derry Assizes, by Baron Pennefather, has
recently returned from his banishment, exulting in his
liberty, and blazing out a full-blown martyr—a miracle
of " injured innocence." This man has actually written
to Baron Pennefatber for advice in the dilemma in which
be finds himself placed by the unfortunate affection of his
two wives. Like Captain Macheath, in Gay's opera, he
exclaims— _ _ . . .

How happy could I be with either,
" Were t'other dear charmer away."
Here is a copy of Boyd's letter :—" Please your Worship,
—Maybe you don't mind, but I do, that I was tried be.
fore your honour nine or ten years ago, for having two
wives. I gave a guinea to a counsellor to get me off,
which he said he would do, because I was a Churchman
and it was a Presbyterian minister married me. Your
Itonour would not listen to him at all, but said that a
Presbyterian minister could marry a Churchman well
enough to one of his own, awl your honour sentenced me
to be transported for seven years. It would be a long
story to tell of the voyage out, and the horrors of Botany
Bay--(may your honour never know them!) When my
time was up I was let off, and, after iivingmear another
year in the colony, I was able to get honie. Here I am,
but I don't know what to do about the wives. My father
and mother died when I was in foreign parts, and left me
a snug house with a bit of land, and the women are both
willing to come to me. Not wishing to get into more
4roubfe, or to come before your honour again, or anybody
like you, I want to know which of them has a right to
me. Your honour told me that I ought to have kept to
the first, but I Etter their worships in London say that

the sccond is the right one._ Maybe I may keep,them
both, or they are Alit and good creatures, and woe d live
cegether.very agreeable: But if I am to have only one,
• It it be all the same to your honour, I would as anon
ep Mattv, that was the first one. Seeing they have
found it, since your honour sat upon me, that I never
broke the law, and so was wrongfully transported, maybe
your honour will allow me something for my hardships
abroad and my expenses home again. No more at pre-
sent, only please send an answer, and soon, to your ho-
nour's bumble obedient servant."

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE CALEDONIAN

RAI LWAY.

GENTLEMEN,—The circular issued by order of the
board of directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-
way, calling upon the shareholders to do everything in
their power to discountenance your undertaking as being
highly injurious to their interests, appears to have greatly
excited your ire, if I may judge from the style of your
secretary's letter to the chairman of the Glasgow, Paisley,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway. As a shareholder in the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, cordially concurring in
the sentiments expressed in that circular, 1 feel it my duty
to endeaVour to expose the false colours under which you
have ushered your bantling into the world ; and, in doing
so, I trust I shall not lay myself open to the charge of
making statements " equally at variance with good feeling
as with the ordinary usages of society."
You head your prospectus by stating that yours is " the
line recommended by the government commissioners."
Your secretary asserts that the " Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle" line can only be regarded in the " light of a
scheme got up in opposition to the recommendation of
the government commissioners,"—and again, "that such
meetings as that over which Mr. M`Call presided are
crusades against all projects, however beneficial they may
be to the public, which are supposed to interfere in any
way with the interests of the Glasgow and Ayr, or Edin-
burgh and Glasgow Railways ; and that such meetings
are held for the purpose of disseminating, in an irrespon-
sible way, whatever statements shareholders may make
against the government line of railway."
These observations imputing the most selfish and un-
worthy motives to gentlemen in every way as respectable
and honourable as themselves, come with a singularly bad
grace from parties who are, at the same moment, com-
plaining of the usages of society being violated by what
they are pleased to call unprecedented end unwarrantable
attacks upon themselves ; of the justice and good taste
of these accusations, I must leave the public to be the
judges, and will at once proceed to the main object of my
letter.

I will not offend against "good feeling," by saying
that you hie, by yourselves, or by your secretary, said
that which is not, but the suppression of the truth—and
of truth most important for the public to be acquainted
with, in order to"arrive at a right conclusion as to the
merits of your undertaking—l do most distinctly charge
upon you.

That the government commissioners did, on the 15th
of March, 1841, give the preference to the line from Car-
lisle by Lockerby, Beattock, &c., is most true, under the
circumstance* which then existed ; and in accordance
with the instructions which they had received to select the
line which would embrace the greatest number of requi-
sites for the object in view—one line only being then con-
templated—but did the commisssioners recommend that
line in the contemplation of circumstances which now
exist, and which their report shows clearly that they
anticipated as probable ? Let them speak for them-
selves.

EXTRACT FROM THE FOURTH REPORT ON RAILWAY
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDON, EDINBURGH,

AND GLASGOW.

We are led to believe, from all the information we hare
been able to collect, that the amount of traffic which, in
the present state of the commercial and other relations of
England and Scotland, may be expected between Edin-
burgh and Glasgow and the south, is not such as would
be likely to afford an adequate return for the outlay of
capital required for the construction of two distinct lines
of railway, the one from Darlington to Edinburgh, and
the other from Lancaster to Glasgow. Were this other-
wise, we should subdivide the question into two branches,
and consider, in the first instance, which of the several
lines would be most suitable for a communication from
Lancaster to Glasgow, as well as to the west of Scotland,
and to the north of Ireland, and which would be the
best route by Newcastle to Edinburgh. Under such cir-
cumstances we should have awarded the preference to the
east coast line, whether deviated or not, between the two
last named places, and have then weighed the merits of
the various routes to Glasgow; but, seeing the extent of
capital that would be required for the construction of two
distinct trunk lines, the one to Edinburgh, and the other
to Glasgow, we feel under the necessity of recommend-
ing, at present, the construction of one line only ; and
after a careful review of all the circumstances of this im-
portant question, we give the preference to the line from
Carlisle by Lockerby, Beattock, Lanark, and Hamilton
to Glasgow, with a branch to Thankerton or Symington
to Edinburgh, as being the general route which would
fulfil the greater number of requisites in the railway com-
munication under consideration:

We give this opinion, however, under the supposition
that, antecedently to the construction of this line, the
railway shall have been formed between Lancaster and
Carlisle, or that both lines shall be undertaken simulta-
neously ; but should this not be the case, and parties
should be found to construct the line from Darlington to
Edinburgh, then the western route ought to be aban-
doned for the present ; and in that event, we should award
the preference to the east coast line over the Hexham
line.

The report was issued, as already stated, in March,
1841, we are now in April, 1814, and what, let me ask,
are existing circumstances? The Branch from Leith to
Kilmarnock is completed by the Glasgow and Ayr Corn-
pany. " Parties have been found" to construct the line
from Darlington to Newcastle. A bill is before parlia-
ment, with hardly a doubt of success, to make a line from
Edinburgh to Berwick; and an announcement has ap-
peared in the public papers that surveys have been made,
a company formed, and the funds provided, under the
auspices of Mr. George Hudson' (a well known name in
railway matters,) for carrying a line from Newcastle to
Berwick to complete that line, to which the commissioners
declare they would, "in such event, award the prefer-
ence,"—and—mark the conclusion—" Then the western
route, (the Caledonian,) ought to be abandoned for the
present."
This, gentlemen, is the government commissioners' de-
cision—and the case has arisen when, if called upon, they
would do that which they have not yet done—" Consider
which of the several lines would be the most suitable for a
communication by Lancaster to Glasgow."
Having thus disposed of your claim to be " the govern-
ment line of railway," I will briefly consider your pre-
tensions that the Caledonian is greatly preferable to the
Dumfries line, as a communication from Carlisle to Glas-
gow. At page 49 of thecommissioners' report, it is stated,
" that the gradients on Mr. Locke's two Clydesdale lines
are, it is true, of an unusual character, the principal
plane in both cases having an almost continuous slope of
1 in 123 for a length of 18 miles ;" but by way of qualify-
ing this it is added, " as this line, in all probability would
not have an abundant traffic, it would be injudicious even
supposing it to be practicable, to incur a large expense for
the purpose of reducing the gradient to one of less incli-
nation." This remark has reference to the line receiving
both the Edinburgh and Glasgow traffic, but the former
being now lost to it, the subscribers must judge for them-
selves how large a dividend they would be likely to receive
were the line made. But the difference in the gradients
between the Caledonian and Glasgow and Duinfries line
will more clearly appear, from the mode adopted by the
commissioners of adding to the length in proportion to
the inclination to be surmounted. At page 50, the line
from Carlisle to Glasgow, by Kilmarnock and Beith, is
stated to be 120 miles 60 chains, and the equivalent dis-
tance 124 miles 54 chains, whilst the line from Carlisle,
by Lockerby, is 100 miles 74 chains actual distance, but
116 miles 78 chains, equivalent distance, so that accord-
ing to the commissioners' view of the matter a person
going from Glasgow to London by the Caledonian, would
be 20 miles in distance, but only about fifteen minutes in
time shorter than by the Dumfries line, an object cheaply
accomplished, no doubt, at an extra expense of £500.000.
Local traffic, too, is usually deemed of some importance,
as an element in the composition of the receipts and divi-
dends. A reference to the statistical tables, which it
would be tedious to give in detail here, will show a popu-
lation of three to one in favour of the Dumfries over the
Caledonian line. It would be uninteresting, as I think
the public will deem it unnecessary, to pursue the sub-
ject further. You boast, and doubtless, truly, that your
subscription list is full, which can hardly be matter of
surprise, when the names of your provisional committee
are looked at. The Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle will
also, I have no doubt, be taken up, and the promoters of
both lines will have to stand or fall upon the merits of
their respectise undertakings, before a tribunal, where
the interests of Scotland and the wishes of its inhabitants
will carry more weight than any array of names, however
respectable, the majority of whom can have no interest in
the matter beyond the anticipated profits of a mere com-
mercial speculation. By the decision of this tribunal I
am content to abide ; " a fair field and no favour" is all a
fair opponent can require. Yours, &c.
AN EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY
SHAREHOLDER.

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.—There has been,
within the last few days, an understanding come by to the
rival companies northward from Perth to A berdeen, where-
by continuous railways further north. through Dundee,
Strathmore, Blairgowrie &c., will be formed, which must
prove excellent auxiliaries to this undertaking as feeders.
—Edinburgh paper.
An important event in railway annaunctionls is
of now onLiver-
the
the
very eve of completion, viz., the j
pool and Manchester Railway with the Manchester and
Leede, of Hunt's Bank, Manchester, by which that long
desired and most important object will be gained, viz.,
the connexion of the western with the eastern ocean, by
railway—between Liverpool and Hull—and that in the
short space of about ten hours. This astonishing work
will, it is now evident, be completed so as to enable the
carriages to come to the Hunt's Bank station within the
time originally stipulated, viz., Ist May, 1844.
EASTER EXCURSIONS.—The number of passengers
on the Eastern Counties Railway, from Easter Tuesday
to Wednesday inclusive, was 13'454, of which 5,439 tra-
velled into the countryoncl 8,015 up to town. On this,
as on the Brighton and Dover lines, the great proportion
of traffic was up to the metropolis. The excursion tickets
issued on the Brighton line, from Monday to Wednesday
inclusive, was 5,720 ; and on Easter Monday and. Tues-
day, to Dover, 1,270. The number of passengers on the
Blackwall line, on Easter Monday, was 13.570 ;
Tues-
day, 10,220; and Wednesday, 8,970, the chief Proportion
of which were visiters to Greenwich Fair. on

A guard on the Dover railway, named Nunn, was killed
on •Monday last, through incautiously standing up while
passing under a bridge near the Maidstone station.
BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—On Wednesday
last, a special general meeting of the proprietors of shares
in the Bolton and Preston railway, was held in Bolton, at
which a draft of the bill to amalgamate the North Union
and Bolton and Preston railway companies, was submit-
ted to the shareholders. Atter some discussion, it was
approved of, and the seal of the company was affixed to
the bill.

EXTENSION OF RAILWAY COMMUNICATION FROM
BELFAST TO THE INTERIOR.—A company is about to
be formed for the purpose of extending railway communi-
cation from Portadown to Monaghan, with a view to far-
ther extension towards Longford and the banks of the
Shannon in one direction, and towards Enniskillen and
the west of Ireland on the other. We understand that
arrangements have been made for proceeding immediately
with the preliminary survey of the proposed new line.—
Northern Whig.
RAILWAY COMMUNICATION.—The importance of rail-
way communication from the British to the Bristol Chan-
nels, and the desirableness of a junction between the
South-Western and Bristol and Exeter RailwaYs have
been felt by the public. Both these objects are now likely
to be attained. A railway is about to be proposed from
Southampton, through the New Forest, between Ring-
wood and Christchurch, to Lytchett, which is immediately
at the back of Poole Harbour ; from this point it will be
continued to Dorchester, thence to the River Reo, and
extending to Bridgewater. It is not yet decided whether
there shall be one or two companies, but this will be
known in a week or two.—Sherborne Paper.
ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAYS.—Dr. Pauli, the eminent
Bavarian engineer, who came over to inspect and report
upon the works from Kingitown to Dalkey, to the King
of Bavaria, has returned to Munich, and sent in a report
most decidedly favourable to the atmospheric system.
The French government have determined on the adoption
of the atmospheric system, so successfully carried into
' effect for the first time between Kingstown and Dalkey.
That government have entered into a contract with
Messrs. Samuda, the patentees, giving them 250,000
francs for the use of their patent, on a line of railway from
Paris to Meaux, twenty-six miles, and appointing Mr.
Joseph Samuda the sole manager of the undertakiug.—
Dublin Paper.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE LONDON AND CROY-
DON RAILWAY COMPANY.—A dreadful accident oc-
curred on Thursday morning, at the terminus of the
London and Dover and London and Croydon Railways,
Old Kent-road, London. At this station, which is the
joint property of the two companies, there is an iron roof
for the reception of passage trains. This roof gave way,
and buried a number of workmen under the ruins. Two
men—one a carpenter, the other a labourer—were killed,
and upwards of a dozen others so severely wounded, that
the lives of many were in jeopardy. The cause of the
misfortune was the columns supporting the iron ties of
the roof not being sufficiently braced, and consequently,
getting out of the upright, the superincumbent weight
caused them to give way.
RAILWAYS.—On Saturday, a return was issued of all
moneys raised under acts, whereby railroad companies
have been inlorporated, from January 1826 to January
1844, distinguishing the sums raised as principal from the
sums to be raised by loan or mortgage. The return con-
tains the names of 121 railways, and the titles of no fewer
than 250 acts of parliament, which passed in the years
mentioned, under which the moneys were raised. The
entire sum was " Seventy-nine millions, twenty-six
thousand, and three hundred and seventeen pounds! !"
of which enormous sum £57,387.735 was capital in joint
stock, and £21,638,582 to be raised by loan or mortgage.
Fr6m May 1833, the London and Birmingham railroad
was empowered to raise £5,500,000, of which amount
£3,500,000 in joint stock, and £2,000,000 by loan or
mortgage. This appears the largest amount set forth in
the return.