The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-23 00:00:00

TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1843.

Amongst the flippancies of which Mr. Cobden was
delivered on Monday night, and for which the world
so patiently waited, was one which, as he has more
than once repeated it, he possibly considers to possess
some weight. It would be most absurd, argues the
apostle of the League, if manufacturers, because their
operations were unsuccessful, were to approach the
legislature and ask for assistance to maintain them in
a healthy position. They asked for no law to keep up
the price of their goods in the British or any other
mrzrket. Now we rather imagine that this is as near
as possible what the manufacturing body do ask from
the legislature—that this is as nearly as can be the
meaning of their cry for the repeal of the Corn-laws !
The manufacturing interest was depressed. They
had overrun the necessities of their existing markets.
They had produced goods for which there was no de-
mand.
They had erected factories and drawn toge-
ther a manufacturing population for which there was
no existing employment. And the Parliament of Great
Britain was asked to find markets for those goods ; to
give value to those factories and employment for that
population, by the prostration of the agriculture of the
country ! What plea has been so common as that the
warehouses of manufacturers were filled with unsale-
able stock ? What complaint more pathetically urged
than that the capital invested in manufacturing pre-
mises could not be realised ? Why we have had at
least a dozen times repeated, in Parliament, and a
thousand times out of doors, the fact of one property
—the mill at Gorton—being sold for a sixth of its '
cost ! And we have had a thousand times repeated the
same story about other properties in every part of the
manufacturing districts.
" The capital—the property of millowners—is de-
preciating daily in value." This has been the cuckoo
note with which we have been assailed from the first
hour of the existence of the Anti-Corn-law League !
" Stockport is depopulated ; Bolton is eaten up by
poor-rates ; the mills at Ashton are shut up ; the
mushroom banks of Manchester are groaning beneath
the affliction of dishonoured bills and worthless secu-
rities." These have been the ceaseless complaints of
the League party for the last five years. And we have
been asked to legislate—for what ? To give value to
the empty mills and the empty houses and the worth-
less paper in question ! We have been asked to
legislate in order that speculators in mills, machinery,
and bank shares, should be able to realise the amount
of their investments I It is true that we have not been
asked that yarn should be fixed by the legislature at
any particular price per pound ; . that mousselines de
laines should be rendered worth eighteen pence per
yard, or printed calicoes eighteen shillings the piece ;
but we have been asked that legislation should take
place, to mulct the possessors of one description of
property, and one description of labour, in order that
the improvident speculators in another should be borne
harmless from the result of their own improvident
speculation and extraordinary cupidity !
Let us, for Heaven's sake, hear no more of this
mare's nest of Mr. Cobden! Let us hear no more of
the extraordinary disinterestedness of League agitation ;
for, if the cry of that selfish faction to the legislature
implies any thing more especially than another, it
means this :—" help us to prosperity at the expense of
every other interest in the community !"

`• Once more—and for the last time—are the repre-
sentatives of agricultural constituencies about to be put
upon their trial."

" The debate on Lord STANLEY'S resolutions will
be a debate decisive of the fate of county members,
even more than of the fate of the agricultural producers
of Great Britain.
" There must be tolerated no shirking, no equivoca.

tion, on this mighty question.
" Let every man who shall rote in favour of Lord
STANLEY'S resolutions know, that he is voting in
favour of a virtual free trade in corn.

" Wo to the county member who shall vote for Lord
STANLEY'S resolutions ! Wo to the trimmer who shall
tru to sustain our enlightened' ministers, at the expense
of all the industrial interests of Great Britain and
Ireland." (.1 !

When the reader has recovered himself from the
effect of the above astounding specimens of the furioso
style of writing, he may perhaps be inclined to ask
what patriotic housemaid has flung down her sweep-
ing brush, and rushed, pen in hand, to discharge a
volley of thunder so awful ? How infinite will be his
wonder, when he is informed that the volley in ques-
tion is the performance of no less a personage than the
editor of the Morning Post ! \Vo to you, county
members, who presume to exercise your reasoning
faculties in the House of Commons ! You are to be
swept away, for your perverse disobedience, by a whirl-
wind from the FANS of the empire !
In sober sadness, is it not wretched to witness a por-
tion even, however small, of the Conservatism of
Great Britain misled by raving so absurd and con-
temptible ? Is it not miserable to see the/efforts of a
ministry—the only one which can stand between the
agricultural and industrial interests of the empire and
the bowling fanatics by whom their very existence is
threatened—embarrassed by an organ—a Conservative
organ too !—which can be guilty of the perpetration of
trash so utter and folly so suicidal as this folly of the
Post ? " Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first
deprive of reason ;" and if there be indeed—which, we
thank Heaven, there are not—many members of the
influential Conservative party in the country prepared
to follow this blind guide, and to rush madly upon the
outrageous course which he points at, then indeed is
the battle for the maintenance of the agricultural pros-
perity of our country, and the permanence of her noble
institutions, already fought AND LOST ! Then indeed
may every Englishman, who has thus far rallied in
their defence, lay down his arms and prepare to be
trampled by the feet of their victorious opponents
The object, the effect, of the resolutions of Lord
STANLEY, thus rabidly denounced, what are they?
His lordship proposed to legalise a trade which has
hitherto been carried on in a quasi-contraband shape.
The corn of the western states of America has been of
late borne over the frontier, and, after being manufac.
tured into flour in Canada, has been brought into con-
sumption here, as the produce of those possessions.
The average duty which such flour has paid has not
exceeded 2s. ld. per quarter in this country, whilst the
introduction of the wheat of the western states of
America into Canada, duty-free, has operated as a se-
rious discouragement to the cultivators—being British
subjects—of that colony. For the protection of those
cultivators—for the promotion of the interests of a
colony, which is the only home which offers itself for
the thousands of our emigrant population—the Cana-
dian legislature, relying upon the wisdom of the British
Parliament and the sympathies of British agricul-
turists, have imposed upon American wheat crossing
its frontier, a duty of 3s. per quarter, and they ask
only to be placed by us in a position no worse than
that which they previously enjoyed under the sliding
scale, with ss. as its limit. hey ask for the flow of
America, manufactured in Canada, and upon which
they impose a fixed duty of 3s. per quarter admission
into our ports at a nominal rate, instead of the trade
being carried on, as heretofore, as a quasi-contraband
a fixed protection of 4s.
itnraldieeu.
ofThaeflyugcitlu-eatuins, in
gonfea,cltv'hose extreme is five shil-
lings, and whose average is two shillings and a penny
And this is the proposition, the support of which is
to be " decisivs of the fate of county members!" l'hU,
la the promitioh which it " tiefiefro vi the fete of the

agricultural producers of Great Britain ;" and to resist
which the representatives of county constituencies were
urged to throw themselves into the insidious embraces
of the declared enemies of British cultivation !
For such was the modest demand made upon the
country gentlemen by this very discreet (?) organ of
Conservatism and Puseyism—the Morning Post. We
quote the passage in which this demand was made,
and which, with our previous extracts, is to be met
with in his publication of Thursday last.

" Mr. Labouchere means to move the rejection of Lord
Stanley's resolutions. Well :—these resolutions ought to be
rejected—although for reasons precisely the reverse of those
which find favour in the eyes of Mr. Labouchere. The
county member who shall vote with Mr. Labouchere, for the
rejection of Lord Stanley's resolutions, does not, of neces-
sity, assent to Mr. Labouchere's unexpressed proposition in
favour of free trade. No : in voting with Mr. Labouchere
against Lord Stanley's resolutions, each county member will
vote—not for a free-trade proposition—but against resolu-
tions that tend to establish, virtually, freedom of trade in
corn. Let Lord Stanley's resolutions be thrown out ; and,
then, let Mr. Labouchere's proposition share by all means,
the fate of Lord Stanley's resolutions."
Yes, " Let Lord Stanley's resolutions be thrown
out; and then"—what ? The question was answered
on Friday, by the feeling existing on the Stock Ex-
change of London, as described in the City article of
the Times of Saturday. This intractable minority of
county members would not be permitted to deal, after-
wards, with Mr. Labouchere's proposition, so leisurely
as the Post supposes ; for Sir Robert Peel and his
cabinet could never condescend to hold office for a mo-
ment, after a defeat upon grounds so factious and

senseless !
'We thank the good sense of the great majority of
the landed gentlemen in Parliament, that advice so
maniacal will not be followed. And this lesson we
would, with all respect, read those few gentlemen who
have permitted themselves to be deluded into an inju-
rious opposition to government on the question of
these resolutions. We value, equally with them, the
agricultural greatness of our country. We labour for

its promotion with equal zeal, and we trust with
greater discretion. We detest and denounce equally
with them, and we trust more efficaciously, the designs
of that factious body, by whose agitation the very
existence of native agriculture is threatened. But
whilst doing so, we cannot forget that agriculture is
not ALL to which our country owes her greatness ;
that Berkshire, or Sussex, or Lincoln, or Leicester-
shire, or all these together, do not compose the British
Empire! We have a mighty commercial interest, and
an extensive manufacturing interest; we have shipping
and colonies ; all bound together in mutual depend-
ence—all acted upon by the necessities of the age in
which they are placed ; and we regard him as its worst
friend, who attempts to persuade any one of these that
it can exist in prosperity irrespective of that of the re-
mainder. We regard the Morning Post as such a
friend; and we implore of the sincere supporters of
British agriculture to separate themselves from its
counsels, and to throw aside those unworthy jealousies,
and that course of obstructive annoyance, which can
only result in the overthrow of—we repeat—THE

ONLY MINISTRY WHICH CAN SAVE THE COUNTRY

LOCAL NE WS.

There are upwards of 1,300 private boxes in the Liverpool
Post-office.

In the House of Commons, on Friday, the Walton-on-tbe
Hill Rectory Bill was read a third time and passed.
FINNS ON PUBLICANS, &c.----On Friday nineteen indivi-
duals were presented at the Police-court for violations of the
recent act. Nine were publicans and ten beersellers.
EMIGRATION.—There is, we understand, a considerable
diminution in the number of individuals who have emigrated
this spring, as compared with the number which had emi-
grated up to this period last year.
The Rev. W. C. B. Cave, brother to one of the incumbent
ministers of St. Philip's Church, in this town, has been pre-
sented by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield to the vicarage
of Hope, Derbyshire.
The deputation in support of the Water Bill are still in
London. The bill is strongly opposed in the Committee by
the Liverpool and Harrington Waterworks Company. The
promoters of the measure are, we hear, pretty confident of
carrying it.
The British and North American royal mail steamer the
Acadia, Captain Ryrie, sailed on Friday for Halifax and Bob-
ton. She carried out about fifty passengers. The Hibernia,
which would leave Boston on the lt;th and Halifax on the
18th instant, will be due at this port on Monday next.
CHINESE EXHIBITION.—ThiS exhibition is as well worth
seeing as any thing at present in Liverpool. It is rarely that
specimens so perfect and so varied are congregated together.
The dissolving views are extremely pretty, and are very well
managed. It is decidedly the cheapest treat for the sight-
seers going.

SPIRITS IN STONE BOTTLES FOR SHIPS' STORES.—
The Commissioners of Customs have ordered, that, as spirits
are no longer prohibited, when in stone bottles not exceeding
one quart each, such may be allowed, out of bond, for ships
stores, if packed in cases containing not less than one dozen
reputed quart bottles of stone, the minimum allowed when in
bottles of glass.

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PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX:—Our readers are perhaps
not aware that the 4 per cent. discount allowed for prompt
payment of the income tax, is only granted to those persons
who are charged under a " number or letter," and who shall
not pay less than two instalments at oace. Persons wishing
to obtain this advantage, should till up No. 6 on the second
page of the notice paper.

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NEW SCHOOLS FOR THE WORKHOUSE CHILDREN AT
KIRKDALI,—Our readers will not be generally aware that,
under the new improved system of management of the work-
house establishment now in progress, the children are to be
accommodated at a separate branch building at Kirkdale,
near the prison, to which suitable schools are to be attached
for their useful and religious instruction. The foundation
stone of this erection will be laid on Thursday next at twelve
o'clock, by the Rev. Rector Campbell, who will be accom-
panied by the Churchwardens, and others in authority, i.s
well as, we doubt not, by many of the parishioners interested
in so desirable and laudable an object. The children of the
Blue Coat School, and those of the other schools in con-
nexion with, or partly supported by the parish in various
parts of the town, will be present. The procession will leave
the Workhouse, in Brownlow-hill, at eleven o'clock. Should
the day prove fine, the attendance of the friends of the poor
and of sound moral and religious education, will, we trust,
be at once great and gratifying. A royal salute will be fired
on the intended site from the workhouse guns.
DARING ROBBRRY.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, (held
in the Sessions-house,) two men, one calling himself Thomas
Hughes, but supposed to be named Fitzsimmons, and the
other John Smith, were placed before Mr. Rushton, they
having been apprehended on strong suspicion of having
broken into and robbed the house of Mr. T. I. Lowndes,
provision dealer in this town, who resides in Wavertree-lane.
It appeared that on Wednesday night, or early on Thursday
morning, the premises were. entered by some thieves, who
bad forced themselves in defiance of locks and bolts, in the
cellars and other lower apartments, undoing amongst other
fastenings a very strong bolt, the socket of which had been
inserted in the stone wall with lead, that was chiselled out,
and getting into the wine and spirit cellar, from which, and
other places they abstracted a number of bottles of whisky,
some wine, a sirloin of beef, and other articles. On the
morning of Thursday, about a quarter before four o'clock,
three men were seen by Mr. Lowndes and others at a pit in a
field near the house, busily engaged in extracting and fishing
out something, which turned out to be some of the bottles of
whisky that had no doubt been previously thrown in by the
thieves. Mr. Lowndes immediately collared two of them—
the two prisoners. One of them Fitzsimmons broke away
from and struck him with one of the bottles, with intent to
injure him, and broke it in the act; but a neighbour coming
up, both of the prisoners were secured, and given into cus-
tody. They were taken to Hotharn-street Bridewell, and
being overheard lamenting that a knife which one of them
had, being taken from him, they were handcuffed together
with a view to frustrate their intended attempt to escape.
The handcuffs happened, however, to be rather too large for
the younger prisoner, Fitzsimmons, and he contrived, after
being again locked up, to disengage his hands, and it rip-
' peared had ascended the chimney, breaking some bars near
the top. This was not discovered until some little time af-
tervrards, when one of the keepers on going into the cell found
Fitzsimmons just coming out 01 the chimney place, probably
to re-,it himself before lie made the final attempt to escape b.,
that exit whir l,ls companion, which they might possibly
have effected (as was done by a prisoner some years ago,) by
going from the top of the flue on to some houses and out-
buildings behind. They were then more effectually secured,
and brought up in due time to answer the charge. Mr.
Lowndes identified the whisky recovered, from its strong and
peculiar quality, and more particularly from the wax on the
top of the bottle (produced) with which he had been as-
saulted, and which he had himself prepared and affixed. The
third man seen with them is not yet captured. Both pri-
soners are known as notorious characters, Fitzsimmons
having been twelve times previously committed for felony.
They were both remanded, some further evidence being ex-
pected ; and there can be no doubt they will be committed
for trial.

OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—A good-
looking well-dressed young man, a minor, named John
Frederick Edge, was yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton,.
on a charge of obtaining goods by false representation. He
had been committed last month on a charge of embezzling
certain sums of money from his employer, and was tried at
the present sessions, but acquitted on the ground of defective
evidence and the good previous character given to him. It
appeared that about three hours after his release he had com-
mitted the alleged offence now imputed to him. Mr. Barnet
Levi said, he was a cigar manufacturer, and his shop was in
Great George's-street. He was aware that a person named
Walter kept a g:ocer's shop in the same street. About threo
o'clock on Thursday afternoon last the prisoner went into his
(Levi's) shop, said he was the partner and brother of Mr.
Walter, 87, Great George's-street, and wanted three boxes
of cigars, at 12a. a box, adding, " You must take groceries
for them weekly." He took the boxes with him, nothing
wrong being then suspected. On the following day Mr. Levi
sent his boy to Mr. Walter's for some groceries, and from
information which he brought Mr. Levi went himself, and
found that the prisoner was not brother or partner to that
individual, and that he had given him no authority to procure
the cigars. Information being given to police-constable
Kehne, with a description of the prisoner, that officer appre-
hended him near the Exchange at noon on Saturday. The
prisoner at first told Keine that he had got the cigars, and
had sold them to a friend in Birmingham ; but he afterwards
slid that the latter part of this statement was untrue, and
that one of the boxes was at Mr. ilcleck's, in Mount Vernon,
and the other two at Miss Stubbs's, in Wavertree. The
officer went to these parties, and found the boxes accordingly.
The prisoner, on being asked what he had to say, said that
he told Mr. Levi not to send up to Walter's shop until he
got an order from him (prisoner); and that Levi had pro-
mised him two months ago to take out the worth of the
cigars in tea and coffee from him, if he were agreeable, The
prisoner was told he might be liberated on bail for his i • •
pearanoe to anawer the edridemeanour 1 and as he it la tiqt
quite at' Osql tett/ Atletlem were reoclled In SAO .0011, ills
rfloidoi fib midi alit nittilltighotai

TAM DUBLIN MAIL PACIIIITS.—We learn from an ad-
vertisement, that, as soon as the Post-office authorities can
make arrangements suitable, the Dubin mail packets will
leave Kingstown at 9 30 p.m., instead of 10 30 p.m., as at
present. We hail the acceleration of an hour with pleasure,
inasmuch as both mails and passengers will, in most cases,
be enabled to travel from hence to their respective destinations
by the morning train at half-past ten.

THE SHIP ST. PETERSBURGII.—This vessel, which many
of our readers may remember was stranded on Taylor's Bank
during the violent hurricane in January last, sailed for New
Orleans a few days since. Through the facilities afforded at
this port, she has been thoroughly and substantially repaired;
and though she was so much shattered that many persons
considered her not susceptible of repairs, she has been Yo
completely refastened and strengthened in every part, that it
is not possible to discover anything which would indicate she
had ever been stranded.
CAUTION TO IMPORTERS OF PPOVISIONS.—Under the
new law, the Customs have this week seized, at London, a
poscel of American beef, because it bore a brand said to be in
imitation of certain Irish brands : thus, " Prime mess beef."
The officer contended, that New York. or Montreal, or some
foreign place should have been added to the brand. However
it transpired that the parcel had been warehoused on the
sth January last, whilst the new law only applies to impor-
tations occurring " from and after" that very day ; conse-
quently, the seizure had to be given up.
ZOOLOGICAL. GAILDENS.—These pleasant gardens open for
the regular "season" to-morrow evening. The grand ta-
bleau this year consists of a representation of " the siege of
Amoy," one of the most striking events during the late
Chinese war. We understand, that for diversity of object,
picturesque appearance, and general effect, this view sur-
passes all the others that have been exhibited in the same
locality. Great exertions have been made to secure several
novelties and additions to the amusements. The fire works
will be of the newest inventions, and on an extensive scale ;
the band engaged is a first-rate one, so that no stone will be
left unturned to render the place attractive and agreeable to
the public.

LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE. INSTITUTION.—This evening
Mr. Robert Addams, of London, the most pleasing and
talented of all scientific lecturers, will commence a course of
lectures upon voltaic and magnetic electricity at this Insti.
tution. The experiments with which they will be illustrated
are of the most brilliant and striking description ; and in
addition to the costly apparatus of the lecturer, we under-
stand that a powerful Daniel's battery, belonging to the
Institution, will be used for the first time in exhibiting the
deflagration of metal, charcoal, &c., as well as exhibiting the
decomposition of water. The whole range of the sciences do
not admit of more beautiful illustrations than voltaic and
magnetic electricity, and there is probably no other science
from which so much is expected in the way of discovery.

DEATH OF THE LADY OF DR. RAFFLES.—In O,IF ItlSt WC
inserted a paragraph, calculated, quite unintentionally on our
part, to cause considerable pain to the family of Dr. Raffles.
The former portion of the statement we alluded to was taken
from the Herald of the preceding day ; and whilst the proof
containing it was being read, our reporter came in from the
meeting in Great George-street Chapel, and informed us,
with the greatest confidence, that Dr. Raffles had taken the
chair; and on this assurance we appended the remark at the
end of the extract from the Herald. We had no alternative
but to strike out the Herald statement, or to add the remark
attached to it ; and as we have had so many proofs of our
reporter's care and accuracy, (for which all who know him
will give him the fullest credit,) we were convinced that the
announcement in the Herald was without foundation. Im-
mediately on discovering the mistake, we wrote to Dr.
Raffles, expressing our regret for the insertion of the painful
paragraph, and giving him rather a fuller explanation than
we need insert here •, and we have since received a letter from
one of the doctor's family, expressive of their entire satisfac-
tion with our explanatory statement. We regret to say that
the paragraph in the Herald was painfully true.
THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY EVENING.—It is understood
that the Bank directors have complied with the wish of the
committee of the Stock Exchange, and will for the future
allow no transfers of the permanent securities to take place
on a Saturday after 1 o'clock, p.m. Public transfer days will
henceforward be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri-
day. The attempt was made to enforce the new regulation
to-day in reference to private transfers effected by the pay-
ment of the additional fee of 2s. 6d. each transfer; but as
some of the bankers complained that sufficient notice had
not been given of the alteration, it will not be imperatively
carried into effect till next week. The business of the
English stock-market was conducted with more confidence
to-day, and hence the favourable reaction in quotations,
although the purchases made were of magnitude. Consols
for money and the account left off 95+ to i; Bank Stock,
1701 to 1801; Exchequer-bills, the advertised, 50s. to 525.
premium, and the bills, 565. to 58s. premium ; India
Stock, 264 to 266 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 94i to 1 ;
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, loot to i; New
Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 to i; Long Annuities,
12i; and India Bonds, 655. to 675. premium. The specula-
tors in Spanish were strong buyers of their favourite stock,
under the impression that the firmness of the new Ministry,
as advised in the accounts received from the capital, will
lead to the resumption of public business, and do away with
that uncertainty which has for the last fortnight prevailed
respecting the formation of a Cabinet to meet the wishes of
the nation. This was sufficient for their purpose, and there-
fore they changed their operations ; and althoughl there ap-
pears yet to be much doubt on the ultimate fate of the quick-
silver contract, still the advance obtained in the course of
dealings with the Three per Cents. was equivalent to the fall
of yesterday. This particular stock closed 30! to 1, and the
Actives, 20i to Very little change occurred in the other
foreign securities, which have scarcely in any one instance
recovered from the general depression last noticed. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents, left off 551 to ; the Five per
Cents. 100 to 1 ; Mexican, 291 to 1; the Deferred, 8k to ;
Colombian, 24 to 1; Brazilian, 73 to 74 ; Belgian, 1021 to
1031 ; and Portuguese converted, 40 to t.
THE REFUSAL OF BAPTISM.—The Rev. Cecil Wray, In-
cumbent of St. Martin's Church, has addressed a letter to
the Albion of yesterday, in justification of his conduct in
refusing to admit as sponsors of Mr. Logan's child persons
not in communion with the Church of England. The fol-
lowing are the principal portions of the rev, gentleman's
letter :—" First, I must inform Mr. Logan and Mr. D.
Logan, and also the public, to whom, instead of the bishop,
they have thought proper to appeal in this case, that the
office of sponsor is one of importance and responsibility con-
nected with the discipline of our Episcopal Church, and is
not to be undertaken as a mere matter of courtesy and com-
pliment to parents. This will appear from the exhortation
which the priest is directed to address to the godfathers and
godmothers at the conclusion of the baptismal service: " Ye
must remember that it is your parts and duties to see that
this infant be taught, so soon as he shall be able to learn,
what a solemn vow, promise, and profession lie hath here
made by you. And that he may know these things the bet-
ter, ye shall call upon him to hear sermons; and chiefly ye
shall provide, that he may learn the Creeds, the Lord's
Prayer, and the Ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue,
and all other things which a Christian ought to know and
believe to his soul's health." And, "Ye are to take care
that this child be bronchi to the Bishop, to be con-
firmed by him, so soon as he * * is instructed in
the Church Catechism set forth for that purpose.
Secondly, I would show, from the canons of the Church,
who are qualified to discharge these duties. The twenty-
ninth
canon, which is set up in most of our churches, pro-
vides, that "no person shall be admitted godfathers or god-
mothers to any child, at christening or confirmation, before
the said person, so undertaking, hath received the Holy
Communion." That this canon is speaking of members of
the Church, and not of those who disapprove of the doctrine
and discipline of the Church, hardly needs proof; for it is
evident that such persons cannot, with any propriety, take a
part in those public services at all from which they consci-
entiously dissent. But the twenty-ninth canon places this
beyond doubt, inasmuch as it expressly forbids, under pain
of suspension, any minister from giving the Holy Communion
o those " who refuse to be present at public prayers accors
ding to the order of the Church of England." And the
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and other canons declare impugners
of the Prayer-book, ordination services, and episcopal gov-
ernment, "excommunicated." Now in the face of these
canons, (to which I was charged at my ordination as far as
possible to conform,) bow can I, when publicly administering
the sacrament of baptism, be justified in admitting as spon-
sors persons who not only hare not received the Holy Com-
munion, but are not even members of the Church ; nay,
more, who belong to the Church of Scotland, which rejects
the office of sponsors as worse than useless ? Can, indeed,
these gentlemen be disposed to discharge " their parts and
duties," and to "see their godchild be taught what a solemn
row, promise, and profession he has made by them," when,
as Presbyterians, they reject the idea of a promise being
made by sponsors on the infants behalf? Will they, indeed,
take care that the chid be "instructed in the Church Cate-
chism," when they have the strongest objection to that form
of sound words ? Do they intend "to bring their charge to
the Bishop, to be confirmed by him," when the very name
and office of Bishop is odious to them, and when they repu-
diate the ordinance of confimation as a relic of Popery ? I
say, then, that I was compelled, by a sense of duty and pro-
priety, to act as I did on this occasion. To have done other-
wise would have been to violate the canons, to make a mock-
ery of one of our most solemn services, and to justify the
sneer with which Dissenters are wont to speak of the office
of sponsor."
RUMOURED ARREST OF DANIEL O'CONNELL. —The
City article of the Morning Post of Saturday, in noticing the
transactions of the money market, states that " at the close
of business there was a decided heaviness ;" but that, " after
the shutting of the market there was, it is understood, rather
more firmness, owing to the reported arrest of Mr. 0' COn•
nell (!), the transactions entered into during the day being
apparently founded altogether upon circumstances connected
with the state of Ireland." The Stock Exchange people are,
it is true, occasionally singular in the views which they take
of passing political events ; but we can scarcely believe any
other than, as to the reason alleged for an improvement in
the price of stocks on this occasion, our contemporary has
been joked with by some wag, or ias chosen to attempt a
very palpable fraud upvu. his readc,a. Perhaps n more sub-
stantial reason for such a feeling might be found in the result
of the meeting of Conservatve members of the House of
Commons, held on Friday at the residence of the Premier, at
which it is understood the Conservative opponents of the
Canadian Corn Bill were induced to desist from their pre-
viously-determined course.
DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. RE SOUTHERN.—
Yesterday was appointed :for the :final examination of the
bankrupt before Mr. Commissioner Phillips. Mr. Tyrer said
that Mr. Barnes (of the firm of Barnes and Barrow, of St.
Helens, the attorneys for the fiat) was unable to attend, and
as, in consequence of a rule which had been made, their ma-
naging clerk could not conduct the case, he (Mr. Tyrer) had
been requested by that clerk to take the bankrupt's examina-
tion. The Commissioner inquired who had made the rule
referred to. Mr. Tyrer—lt was made in the other court( by
Mr. Commissioner Skirrow.) The Commissioner—All the
rules that I made are posted up in my court—l have made
no rule at all of that kind. Messrs Barnes. and Barrow ar
the attorneys in the case ? Mr. Turner—They are. The
Commissioner—Well, then, their managing clerk is entitlee
to conduct the case in their stead ; and I am fully confirmed
in this view from ten years' experience in Basinghall-street
If any objection is made to this by the opposite side, I am
bound to listen to the objection ; but if there is no objection
made, and the managing clerk is the managing clerk of at-
torneys enrolled in this court, I shall conform to the invari-
able practice in town, and hear him. It would be very hard
if this were not permitted. Mr. Bardswell, who appeared
for the bankrupt, said he had no objection whatever to the
managing clerk conducting the case. Mr. James who atten-
ded on behalf of the assignees, said he had an objection to
take to the balance sheet which if successful would render
an adjournment necessary. His objection to the balance
sheet was that it did not contain a single date. Mr. Follett,
the official assignee, in answer to the commissioner said that
the balance sheet was very unsatisfactory and that he had no
data to show the dates of the transactions. The Commis-
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WRITING.—Of the numerous professors that have endea-
voured to establish themselves in Liverpool within the last
fourteen years, none have met with the success which has at-
tended Mr. Thompson's practice in this useful art. We
need only draw the attention of those requiring his assistance
to his advertisement elsewhere.

DARING ROBBERY.—On Saturday morning week, between
the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, the house of a gentle-
man, in Field-street Everton, was entered, during the absence
of the family and servants, and wearing apparel to a very
considerable amount taken from the premises. The entrance
was gained by climbing over the back wall, and forcing open
the back kitchen door. The thieves ransacked almost every
drawer in the house, and took away several valuable suits of
gentlemen's clothes, several ladies' dresses, a quantity of
servants' clothing; also a silver lever watch, and the works
and dial of a time-piece, leaving the frame of the latter on
the chimney piece.
CAUTION TO PERSONS ENGAGING SERVANTS.-011 Fri-
day a young woman, of decent appearance, was placed at the
bar of the Police-court, charged with throwing a paving-
stone through the window of her mistress's residence, in
Park-lane. It appeared that the prisoner was a servant to
Mrs. Margaret Neale, the prosecutrix, and had been but a
short time in her service. While there, however, she had
absented herself on several occasions, both day and night ;
and, being remonstrated with and discharged, she had re-
venged herself in the way described. It was stated in court
that the prisoner was a well-known prostitute. On being
asked what she had to say to the charge, the prisoner replied
that she did not intend to do it. Mr. Rushton (with evident
surprise) : Not intend to do it ! Do you think you can throw
a stone at a square of glass and not break it? 'You must pay
the cost of the window, 2s. 6d., or be imprisoned seven days.
THE SCREW STEAMER.—On Friday last a large party of
gentlemen, interested in the carrying trade between this port
and Manchester, met by invitation of the Old Quay Com-
pany to proceed down the navigation on a tour of inspection.
Mr. Lingard and Mr. Guyton, agents to the company, con-
ducted the arrangements. The small screw vessel, which
has for some time been running on the Mersey, was borrowed
to convey the party, and formed an additional source of in-
terest on the occasion, from the proof afforded of the facility
with which steam may now be employed on canals. A very
handsome entertainment was provided, and nothing tran-
spired to interrupt the pleasure which all seemed to enjoy
except a little rain towards the conclusion of the trip. This,
however, only seemed to change the scene of action, for the
whole party having retired to the cabin, several healthy were
drank, paying a just tribute of praise to the highly respecta-
ble company that had given occasion to the day's enjoyment,
and to the projectors of the vessel which conveyed them.
MAINTENANCE OF PAUPERS.—The favourable reduction

in the price of provisions is sensibly experienced in the co.t
of the paupers in the workhouses. In the Liverpool Work-
house, the cost for food, for the quarter ending 25th March
last, was Is. Gid. per head per week. The reduction has
been gradual, as follows:—For the quarter ending June,
1811, the cost was 2s. Ofd. ; September, 2s. ; December,
Is. lO,d. ; March, 1842, is. 10d. ; June, is. 10 d. ; Septem-
ber, Is. 91d.; December, Is. 7d. ; March, 1843, Is. Girl.
As the number of paupers maintained is about two thousand
the difference in the price of food only, for the paupers in
the Liverpool Workhouse, if the present prices continue,
will amount to about £2,383 less than the cost for the year
1811. Assuming that an equal reductiou in the cost will
take place throughout England, and that the paupers main-
tained in the workhouses of the variors unions average about
150,000, the ;saving in the cost of in-maintainance for food
only will amount to £178,750 for the current year.—Poor-
law Guide.

INQUESTS, BEFORE THE BOROUGH CORONER.-011
Saturday, on view of the body of Jane Ratcliffe, a married
woman, aged 34. The body was found on Friday morning
lying in the cellar-hole under the house in which she lived,
in Bay Horse Lane. She and her husband and some ac-
quaintances had been drinking freely on the previous evening,
and, about eleven o'clock at night, she went out for a quart
of ale, and nothing more was seen of her until she was found.
On a post mortem examination it appeared that she had died
in a fit of apoplexy, caused by excessive drinking—Verdict
accordingly. Same day, on the body of Hiram Lawson,
aged 24, carpenter of the ship Edinburgh. On Thursday
last the ship was being hauled out of the Prince's Dock, and
the deceased was stationed in the mizen-chains, with a cork
fender. By some means the rope attached to the fender slip-
ped through his hands, and he fell from his position, and
striking his shoulder against the quay in his descent to the
water, sank, and did not again rise. He was picked up about
a quarter of an hour afterwards, but was found to be quite
dead—Verdict, " accidentally drowned." Yesterday, on the
body of Margeret Lloyd, aged 24, deceased was subject to
convulsive fits. On Tuesday evening last she was seized with
a fit, and fell down the kitchen stairs. She remained in a
state of insensibility until Thursday, when she died. On a
post mortem examination it was found that there was exten-
sive disease of the liver and stomach, together with congestion
of the brain,—which last was the immediate cause of death.
—Verdict accordingly. Same day, on view of the body of a
recently born child, found in a field in the Park. The de-
ceased had lived for a short time, but had died from general
debility.—Verdict, " found dead."
NEW YORK PACKET SHIPS.—The Sheffield, Capt. Pop-
ham, which left New York on the 20th ult., arrived here on
Friday ; and on Saturday the New York, Capt. Cropper,
which left on the 20th, and the Siddons, Capt. Cobb, which
sailed on the 29th, reached this port. The splendid new
American liner, " Liverpool," arrived on Wednesday. The
latter vessel is described as an admirable specimen of naval
architecture. The following are her dimensions :—Keel,
157 ft. ; length of main deck, 175 ft. ; spar deck, 188 ft. ;
beam, 36 ft. 9 in. ; tonnage, 1077 ft. ; ditto, (new measure-
ment,) 1125 ft. ; depth of hold, 23 ft. 3 in. ; length over all,
about 210 ft. She has accommodation for upwards of 400
passengers, and her between-decks are lofty and well venti-
lated, and run the whole length of the ship without interrup-
tion. The cabin accommodations are of the highest order,
and the saloon, conjoining with the ladies' cabin further for-
ward, is 73 ft. in length. The decorations interblend the
national " insignia" of this country and America in happy
concord; and the whole of the woodwork being French po-
lished, has a most magnificent effect. The steering machi-
nery is on a new principle. On the rudder-head is fixed a
quadrant of a cast-iron cog-wheel, which is moved by an
endless screw on a transverse spindle, communicating by
two bevel wheels, one of them on a long shaft or spindle on
the larboard side, terminating i❑ the steering wheel, in the
front part of the house. On the top of the rudder there is a
farge and strong grasshopper spring, (similar to those in
carriages,) and placed vertically, to give play to the rudder
in the event of its being struck by a heavy beam sea, so as
to ease it as well as the helmsman from the effects of the
concussion. This apparatus is well worthy of the inspection
of nautical men.