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excite the people againsl the monster grievance
Which oppresses, which afflicts and paralyzes all the
interests of the country."
We do not presume to know anything liaf the truth
°F the report to which the Albion here i4fers. We
trust, however, that it has some good foundatioi. We
trust this, because we are satisfied, that to the mis-
chievous agitation of the members of the League and
their tools is to he attributed, mainly, the recent dis-
turbances in the manufacturing districts. At all events,
a review of the speeches and proceedings of-the League
I'6ll prove whether this is or is not the case ; and
Should the latter he the conviction forced upon the
Government—should it be found capable of proof that
the League itself stirred up rebellion in the land—then,
no fear of the strength of that body, no fear of the
strength of its press, or of its advocates in Parliament
itself, should for a moment intervene between the
executive and the imperative duty which belongs to it,
of vindicating the laws and preserving the peace of the
country. If, on the contrary, the proceedings of this
body have been strictly legal hitherto, and are strictly
legal now, surely there can be no ground for the
evident dislike with which the Albion regards the
supervision, by Government, of those proceedings.
Sir Robert Peel, he may depend upon it, "has never
had the madness to think of stopping the anti-corn-
law agitation by the arm of the law," although, we
trust that he has contemplated stopping SEDITION and
ICITEMENT TO OUTBREAK, whether their source
be in the League, in its press, or in the raving of its
representatives in the legislature of the country.
Let us see, however, whether it is not in accordance
With his duty of administering the laws with equal im-
Partiality to high and low, that such an inquiry as has
been mentioned should be entered upon. It may he
remembered that, at the sitting of •the recent Special
Commission in this town, several parties, of Chartist
°Pinions, were placed upon their trial, and traversed
until the next assizes. What was the crime of which
these men were accused ? Why, this—that during
the disturbances in Manchester, they were assembled
in conclave to determine the best steps to be taken to
divert the so-called turnout for wages into a Chartist
movement. Now, we ask the Albion—and we hope to
receive an answer to our inquiry—suppose it can be
Preyed that during the same disturbances, when the
town of Manchester was in the possession of a furious
moll, after the riot-act had been read, and some hun-
dreds of special constables sworn in to preserve the
Peace, a body of Rev. members of tile Anti-Corn-law
League were sitting, in similar conclave, for the pur-
Pose of diverting the riotous proceedings then taking
Place into a demonstration of physical force in aid of
the Corn-laws :—how can we dray. a distinction be-
tween the two cases ? The Chartist agitation—as an
agitation—is, we presume, as legal as the Anti-Corn-
law agitation ; and we are at a loss to know, if
O'Connor and Scholefield be worthy V being indicted,
by what logic or by what law the " ministers of all
denominations" can be held guiltless. At all events,
a calm comparison, by government, of the two cases,
With the facts and circumstances before theM, will
enable a just decision to be arrived at, and strict and
impartial justice to he dealt out to all parties.

The Albion, however, has another horn to the
tlilemtna in which the report of this supervision of
league oratory places him. " The new version," be
tells us, " is, that the Premier," by the inquiry which
he is said to have instituted, " is merely contemplating
a good digest and summary of the arguments em-
Played by the champions of free trade (!), that he may
strengthen himself with them, should it be his will
and pleasure to make any further alteration of the
Corn-laws when parliament again assembles." The
ARGUMENTS employed by the champions of free trade !
And these to strengthen any sensible man in legislating
ltPon the Corn-laws ! The notion is about as richly
farcical as any we have lately met with. We cordially
admit, however, the value to a statesman of such a
summary as that spoken of by our jocose contem-
Porary. The raving speeches and crude opinions of
'the champions" in question would be a shirt of mail
to Sir Robert in his approaching parliamentary cam-
Paign. They would enable him to refute Cobden with
Cobden—the quack of to-day with the Charlatan of
Yesterday—and to hold up to the contempt of man-
ifold a collection of conflicting assertions and argu-
roents, of specious professions and dishonest practices,
of affected loyalty contrasted by virulent sedition, such
as never before disgraced a political party in this
or any country. Oh, that we possessed such a " digest
°l' summary !"

The London Sun of Thursday evening contains the
following remarks, to which we beg to draw the atten-
tion of our readers. " It was well said by Mr. R.
Greg"—at a recent meeting of the Anti-Corn-law
League---" that rent is not a necessary ingredient in
the cultivation of the soil :' that is, we do not need
landowners to provide the country with the means of
subsistence. The only classes required to obtain that
Prime end and aim of all social institutions are the
actual cultivators of the soil. The receivers of rent
Perform no part of the indispensable operation."
Couple with the above the following dictum of Mr.
Richard Cobden, propounded at the Liverpool tea
Party, and we may arrive at a tolerably accurate esti-
triate of the designs of the leading members, at least,
of the League party, and of the kind of morality (!) by
Which they are actuated. " The rental of the land,"
aYs the latter eminent personage, " is laid down by
Macqueen at £77,000,000. That seventy-seven mil-
lions stand between us and the danger of throwing the
agricultural labourers out of employment, and until
that £77,000,000 be gone, it is an imposture to talk to
us of the danger of throwing the agricultural labourers
°at of employment."
RENT, then, according to the first of these autho-
titles, is not " a necessary ingredient in the cultivation
of the soil. Until rent, according to the latter, " is
GONE," you do not begin to inflict injury upon native
agriculture. Do not BOTH contemplate, as a result of
free trade measures, scarcely to be at all deprecated,
TKE ENTIRE CONFISCATION OF THE RENT OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM ? but rent is the representative
0f the capital invested in the soil, and whilst getting
rid of rent we get rid of capital too ! And whose is
that capital ? Who are " the receivers of rent" who
Perform no part" in society ? Imprimis, those who
hold the title to the soil; and, next to them, numerous
classes of " mortgagees," " lessees," " annuitants,"
and other claimants, interested under various tenures
411c1 circumstances. These parties, then, must all be
included in the proposed decree of confiscation ! We
have a Church establishment, too, deriving in part
itB revenues from the soil of the kingdom ; we have
universities, schools, and charitable foundations of
various descriptions, endowed out of the rent .of land.
To them, also, the doom of confiscation must extend;
they also must be involved in the common ruin, which
18 to be levelled against the " unnecessary ingredients"
Of our social system!
We ask our readers, what do they think of the
honesty of the gentlemen by whom a measure so infa-
tnolls is thus coolly contemplated, and as coolly pro-
Pounded to the public ? We ask them, moreover, to
Weigh well how easily the principles here avowed may
he extended to other interests besides that of the owner
(3f the soil. Admit that it is just and wise to confiscate
the entire rental of the land of the kingdom, to enable
the millowner and the merchant, the jobber in corn
and cotton, the commercial blackleg and the usurer, to
hoeep into their hoards the wealth of the world; and
nw can you refuse a similar liberty with respect to
"3' other interest which may hereafter be found to
Stand in the way of their aggrandisement ? The main-
tenance of the national credit, even now, stands in the
aY of a perfectly free trade. To be enabled to pay
dwenty-four millions per annum to the national cre-
°r3 we must have duties upon imports, or adopt
Same direct and still more obnoxious mode of raising
revenue. Why not, then, apply " the sponge," and
get rid at once of the debt of the country ? To main-
t
t,ai° an army and a navy, and to keep up in its efficiency
Working of the constitution, we must have taxes.
hat moral obstacle exists to prevent our dealing with
ese, as we are urged to deal with the rent of land ?
Such would be the legitimate carrying out of the
Principle of confiscation. Such an atrocious exhibition
national dishonesty would be the inevitable result of
0
ge ascendancy of the disinterested (') gentlemen who
iiat,l4se the Anti-Corn-law League. This great
inn—the cradle of the liberties of the world—would
then
indeed be. fallen ; her name a mockery and a bye-
rci ; her high-spirited nobles swept away, her loyal

yeomanry extinct, her industrious population toiling in
slavery, to pamper AN ARISTOCRACY OF SLOP-
SELLERS ! Can Englishmen contemplate with pa-
tience a picture so black with infamy ?

The Journal of Saturday affects to discover some
inconsistency in the tone of two articles which appeared
in our columns on Tuesday last. We expressed in
one of these our opinion of the contemptible character
of the recent " grand festival" of the Anti-Corn-law
League, held in our town. We expressed in the other
our sense of the danger attending the unopposed efforts
of that body to poison and pervert the national mind.
We still adhere to both these opinions; and, with all
due deference to the great discernment of our con-
temporary, we can see in them nothing unreasonable.
The arguments and the spouters at the Amphitheatre
were alike trashy and shallow. But what of that ?
hhallow people went to hear and see them, and cheered
them to the echo. They were eminently suited to such
an audience; and by their constant repetition, unmet
by the attempt at refutation, even such displays of
feebleness and folly become dangerous. It is the con-
stant dropping which at length hollows the stone. It
is the frequency of these exhibitions, and the agitation
which they are designed to foster, which we dread, as
calculated to produce, in the minds of the lovers of
the expedient in legislation, a wrong impression of the
real strength of public opinion, with respect to the great
question to which they have reference.
Passing over this mare's nest of the Journal, let us
come to the business portion of his remarks. We are
told by the Journal, that the advocates of the League
are always ready and anxious to meet the supporters of
native agriculture in argument; and that he, the editor
of that paper, " always rejoices to meet any opponent
who is willing to enter into this question with a desire
to discuss it fairly." Now we have every inclination
to pleasure our contemporary, at any time, in this
matter ; and as an earnest of our anxiety for informa-
tion, we shall at once direct his attention to one or two
points upon which we are desirous of having our diffi-
culties solved.

First, then, we require to know the source and mode
of working of the promised increased demand for our
manufactured goods, consequent upon a free trade in
corn ; the probable extent to which we shall exchange
manufactured goods for such corn, and whether this
new state of things is to be accompanied with any re-
duction in the wages of the manufacturing producer.
An explanation of this branch of the question, con-
veyed in a practical manner, will be of infinite value to
those who, instead of flying off into abstract generali-
ties and magnificent professions, entertain a sincere
desire, by reasoning from facts rather than theories, to
arrive at the real truth; and we do not think we mis-
take the character of our contemporary, or our own,
when we express our conviction that he will fairly
make the attempt, and promise that we will, as fairly,
meet, and if unable to reply to him, acknowledge
our inability.

-THE COTTON MARKET.

Throughout the week before last the Cotton Market had a
downward tendency, and opened on Monday with a sluggish
feeling. On Tuesday morning a " change came over the
scene," the news of peace with China, and all the important
features in its train gave a new aspect to it : in the place, of all
being willing sellers, few would even spew their stocks; and

it was not till men's minds were a little sobered down that
business fairly commenced, when it set set off at a canter, and
from Tuesday last to yesterday evening, increased in speed,
getting through 8, 10, and even 12,000 bales a-day. Specu-
lators are doing a little, but the best feature is, that the trade
are buying freely, and du not grumble at the advance of to
'; per lb., which is now established in all descriptions of
American and Surat, whilst Brazil, &c., are only k per lb.,
and not so much sought after.

The permanency of this advance seems not to be que'stioned,
as all the manufacturing districts have participated in the
improved tone and feeling ; and though we cannot possibly
have the same extent of business done, yet it is generally
acknowledged that the stock of the raw material (as well as
the manufactured) in the interior is yet very inconsiderable
to provide for a healthy trade. It is reported that most of
the idle mills have been, or are about being, put into motion.
The following is a comparison of the stock on hand at pre-
sent and at the corresponding period of last year :
November 23, 1842
Same period in 1841

REDUCTION OF DUTY ON AMERICAN PORK
CONVEYED THROUGH CANADA.

By a Treasury Order, dated 31st October, which we give
at foot, it will be seen that permission is given for the impor-
tation into Great Britain of hams, made from salted pork,

the produce of the United States, smoked and dried in Ca-
nada, at the reduced duty of 365. per hundred weight. By
this concession to our Canadian fellow-subjects, a large trade
will, no doubt, be carried on in this article over the American
Frontier, which may possibly afford to the Government of
the United States a further convincing reason of the good
policy of revising their present highly restrictive tariff. The
salted pork of that country will afford to our Canadian bor-
derers a convenient article of barter, in return for the cottons
and woollens of Great Britain smuggled over their Frontier.
" Office of Committee of Privy Council of Trade.
" The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council of Trade
have had under their consideration the Report of the Com-
missioners of Customs, dated 29th ult., relative to the duty
on hams smoked and dried in Canada, from salted pork im-
ported from the United States—and I am directed to acquaint
you, for the information of the Commissioners of the Cus-
toms, that upon considering the whole of the circumstances
before them in this case, my lords are of opinion that the
hams in question ought to be admitted at the duty of 3s. 6d
per cwt.
(Signed)
" Whitehall, Oct. 31, 1842."

" J. MACGREGOR.

LOCAL NEWS.

COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The Rev. J. W. Conybeare,
the newly appointed Principal of the Collegiate Institution,
arrived in Liverpool last week, and has since been engaged
in preparing for the opening of the college, which takes place
immediately after the Christmas vacation.
Mr. Thom, whose name is appended, as translator, to se-
veral of the Chinese documents published in the London Ga-
zette Extraordinary, is brother of the Rev. David Thom, of
this town.

We understand that Mr. Bertinchamp, the well-known
professor of iforeign languages, long resident among us, is a
candidate for the situation of French tutor in the Collegiate
Institution. His recommendations are of the highest cha-
racter, comprising many of the most eminent men in Ire-
land, and his general qualifications are too well known to
require eulogy.
THE " GREAT ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE FUND."—
Yesterday a meeting was held in the large room of East-
wood's Royal Hotel, Moorfields, "to elect a committee and
transact other business relative to the great anti-corn law
league fund." Between-forty and fifty individuals, princi-
pally members of the anti-monopoly association were pre-
sent. Mr. Charles Holland was called to the chair, and on
the motion of Mr. William Rathbone, seconded by Mr.
Lawrence Heyworth, a committee was appointed to take
subscriptions. The chairman said the subscriptions amounted
to £450; of which Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, it appeared,
had given £lOO. The proceedings, which lasted little more
than half an hour, went off very tamely.
CONVERTS FROM ROMANISM.—On Sunday last another
convert was received into the Holy Catholic Church, at St.
Simon's Church, Gloucester-street, from the apostacy.
This is the sixth person who has publicly renounced Popery
in St. Simon's Church this year. There are many inquirers
in connexion with the congregation, some are now willing to
come forward, but the minister (Mr. Connor) does not wish
to receive any who have not duly deliberated on the impor-
tant step ; others have been prevented coming forward by
intimidation; and many having learned the truths of the
Gospel have gone to earn their bread in other lands, all more
or less alive to the soul destroying errors of the Bishop of
Rome's religion. If the Scripture readers of the Liverpool
Protestant Association were at work, we have no doubt but
that with God's blessing, hundreds of benighted Romanists
would be emancipated from the spiritual bondage of modern
Babylon.
VERACITY OF AN ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUER.—We are
quite willing to allow a reasonable margin to the distempered
gentlemen of the league in their descriptions of passing events
bearing upon their favourite agitation. The following para-
graph, however, of a recent speech of Mr. Bright, of Roch-
dale, is not to be passed over so leniently On the 18th,"
remarked this gentleman, " a very large meeting was held in
Liverpool, about the largest which ever has been held there,
certainly by far the largest which ever has been held on this
subject. (Applause.) * * * The large amphitheatre was
crowded, most inconveniently crowded, in every part. (Ap-
plause.) The committee were so besieged for tickets, though
it was known that Daniel O'Connell was not to be there, and
therefore the people did not go because there were lions to be
seen (hear, hear), that they imprudently sold 200 after they
had issued as many as the place would conveniently hold ;
and 1 believe they could have sold several hundreds more if
there had been room for them." Now, with respect to the
magnitude of the amphitheatrical meeting, we make no ob-
jection to the 4escription of it by the Anti-Corn-Law Quaker.
But that a great portion of the meeting were not attracted by
" the lions," who were so widely placarded as being expected
to attend, we must take leave flatly to deny. It was not pub-
licly known " that Daniel O'Connell was not to be there."
On the contrary, during the whole of Friday morning the re-
port was current that he had arrived in Liverpool; and the
truth of the matter was only announcedlat about five minutes
to two o'clock in the afternoon, by a small placard posted on
the window of the Mercury-office. A few copies of this were
subsequently placed upon the walls of the town, upon the
verge of dusk; and we are confident were not seen by one out
of six who attended the meeting! In fact, the wording of
the placard itself, which intimated that parties who had taken
tickets, in expectation of seeing O'Connell, might have their
money refunded, was a very significant proof of the import-
ance attached to the use made of his name ; and if few per-
sons did return their' tickets, that circumstance may readily
be accounted for—first, by the fact that they did not know of
the opportunity in time, if at all; and next, that the mere
knowledge that there was to be a large assemblage would have
been a sufficient inducement to one half of such a description
of audience to have attended, had the exhibition been a
Punch and Judy show, or any other similar performance, in-
stead of an exhibition of the persons of Messrs. Silk Buck-
ingham, John Bright, junipr, and Richard Cobden, M.P., or
as our facetious friend over the water might term him Richard
Cobden, M.T.

AMPRITHEATRIL—There was a very full house last night
to witness the first appearance of Madamoiselle Leroux. Her
style is totally different to any other equestrian. Mr. North
made also a successful d6but.

THE PRESTON GUILD RODEERY.—Within the last few
days the Bank of England has received from the branch at
Liverpool a note of the value or £lOO, which turns out to be
one of those stolen from the person of Mr. Marquise, on the
occasion of the late Preston Guild, being the second note
which has been discovered. it is presumed that some one
who was concerned in the robbery has lately been in Liver-
pool, doubtless with the intention of embarking for Nmerica.
No tidings have yet been heard of the parties who actually
committed the robbery, although the utmost exertions are
being made for the discovery and apprehension of the
offenders.

THEFT BY A SERVANT.—A female servant, named Ann
Jones, was yesterday charged before Mr. Rushton with hav-
ing; stolen a quantity of wearing apparel from her mistress.—
Alice Brookes said she kept a lodgin-liouse in Lawrence-
street, and employed the prisoner. She missed several ar-
ticles from the house from time to time, including a shirt, a
sheet, a pair of trowsers, a cloak, &c. The prisoner left her
service on Friday last. Suspicion being roused she was af-
terwards taken into custody, and upon her were found three
pawntickets, which led to the discovery of the property, which
had been pledged at different times and places. The pri-
soner had, it appeared, also stolen from the house a quantity
of tools, &c., which she had employed a little boy to sell at a
marine store-dealer. The prisoner said that some of the
articles were her own property, and denied having taken the
others.—She was committed for trial.
THE DISTRICT BANKRUPTCY COURT.—The business
done in the District Bankruptcy Court has not hitherto been
of a character to afford much interest to the public. The
opening of the court to the press (under the late system it
was practically closed) will no doubt be productive of benefit,
whilst it is an extension of the principle that all judicial tri-
bunals ought to transact their business in the face of the
world. We understand that the commissioners are at pre-
sent endeavouring to find some convenient and central place
for the holding of their court, as the Nisi Prius Court will
shortly be required for the purposes of one of our local
courts. Whilst on this subject, we would impress upon
those who may be concerned, the desirableness of the boors
appointed for the hearing of the several cases being observed.
In most instances they may be without any inconvenience.

We understand that the letter-carriers of this town waited
upon J. Bockenham, Esq., on Friday, at the Angel Hotel,
as he is visiting Liverpool as a Special Commissioner of the
Post-office Department, and laid before him what they con-
sider to be their grievances respecting their extra duties,
which are performed without pay ; but more particularly
respecting the ship duty on the Sunday, which they cannot
but consider a great hardship. The deputation were very
kindly received, and every attention paid to their requests.
As we understand that Mr. Bockenham is a practical man,
we trust some good will result from this step, for we cannot
but feel with these men that their case is one which deserves
enquiry. Neither can we understand the necessity for the
Sabbath being desecrated at the Liverpool Post-office, seeing
that such is not, and never has been, the case in London.
DEATH ruom DROWNING.—An inquest was held before
Mr. Curry, on Saturday, on view of the body of Hobert
Shield. The deceased was employed by Messrs. Skellicorn
and Co.. painters, Blundell-street. He was ;about 25 years
of age. On Friday afternoon deceased and another man were
engaged painting the stern of the brigantine " Brigand," lys
log iu the King's Dock. They were both on a single plank,
supported by a rope at each end. While they were so en-
gaged the rope broke, and the deceased fell into the water.
He rose to the surface only once, and then sank. The alarm

was given, and a custom-house officer jumped into a boat;
but before he had done so the deceased had sunk. The grap-
pling-irons were procured, and in about three hours after-
wards the body was drawn up, and conveyed to the dead-
house. The jury returned a verdict of " accidentally
drowned." The deceased has left a wife and child. The
painters, it appeared, had the fixing of their own stage, as is
the custom of the trade.

DEATH FROM INTOXICATION.—An inquest was held on
Saturday, beforc Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Edmund
Coxhead, police-officer. Mr. M'Whati stated that he found the
deceased in Moor-street, lying on the steps of a warehouse.
He was so much intoxicated that he was unable to move or
speak. He was taken to Bridewell as quickly as possible.
The deceased was there treated with attention. Edmund
Coxhead, a carter, said that the deceased was his father, and
was fifty-six years of age. WitnesS was in the Bridewell at
the time of the deceased's death. Dr. Archibald Arnett, of
the Northern Dispensary, described the manner in which he
had treated the deceased. He found the deceased insensible,
and on using the stomach pump found a strong smell of spi-
rituous liquor. He had since made a post mortem examina-
tion of the body. He found a large quantity of serium on
the membrane of the brain, which was much congested.
There was also disease of the heart. Witnees was of opinion
that the cause of death was serous apoplexy, arising from in-
temperance.—The jury returned a verdict accordingly.
LECTURE ON THE WILHEM SYSTEM.—A very interest-
ing lecture on the Wilhetn system of teaching vocal music,
was delivered on Friday evening to a very crowded and
respectable auditory, in the Music-hall. The Mayor pre-
sided, and amongst those present were, the Earl of Sefton, a
large body of the clergy, and many of the principal families
of the neighbourhood. Mr. Crowe's lecture was very in-
teresting : it was characterised by peculiar clearness, and de-
livered in a pleasing manner. The illustrations were given
by a chorus of 110 children, and an adult class under Mr.
Crowe's tuition. They were correctly sung, and afforded
another instance of the common remark that the Williern
system supplies the best means at present known of pro-
moting congregational singing in our churches, and other
places of worship. One of Tallis's chants was effectively
given, and the Old Hundredth (a favourite everywhere)
would have been infinitely more impressive had the time in
which it is usually written been observed. There were here
and there defects in the execution of the illustrations, but,
as the pupils had been brought together only for the second
time, their performance must be pronounced not only cre-
ditable to themselves, but indicative of the practical utility
of the system. This lecture was preparatory to establishing
a singing school for workmen in the southern parts of the
town ; and we believe that an extensive class of them is now
in course of rapid formation.
MIDSHIPMAN HENRY LYON.—We stated in our last,
that amongst the wounded in the naval service at the taking
of the city of Chingkiangfoo, in China, was a son of Thomas
Lyon, Esq., of Appleton Hall, near Warrington. We under-
stand that the gallant young man is Mr. Lyon's second son,
end is only about 16 years of age ; hut, we understand, he has
already given many proofs of a fine, undaunted spirit and
noble bearing. After the usual course of education at Eton,
he entered the naval college, at Portsmouth ; where the port-
admiral soon took notice of him, frequently stopped to con-
verse with him, invited him to his house, and finding he was
desirous to onter the service, at once procured him a berth
on board the Blonde frigate. Since the late affair, we un-
derstand, letters have been received by his friends, both
from Captain Dourchier and young Lyon himself ; both of
which state that the wound is but slight, and had not pre-
vented him from continuing in active service. It is some
proof the estimation in which he is held by his superior offi-
cers, that when the Blonde's boats were ordered out for the
important and responsible service of landing the artillery,
Lieutenant Crouch taking the command of the barge, that of
the cutter was entrusted to him, a young midshipman of 16
years of age. However, Henry Lyon showed himself worthy
of the trust placed in him ; for Lieutenant Crouch having
been struck down by a gunshot, be assumed the command of
both boats, and effected the landing of the guns, notwith-
standing a very heavy fire which opened upon them under
the walls of the town. Indeed, we understand that Captain
Dourchier, in his letter says, that Lyon brought off his men
with great credit; and expresses the hope that his wound
will only add to his credit, and tend to aid his promotion
when his time is served.
PICTURE FRAMES.—We direct the special attention of ail
persons interested in this subject, to the frames for pictures
manufactured by Mr. Bielfield. They are of papier machee ;
and the advantages they possess over the ordinary composi-
tion frames are so strong and so numerous, that they must,
inevitably, be brought into general use. First, they are
cheaper; being about two-thirds of the cost—much less, in-
deed, where the frame is of large size ; next, they will not
" chip " in carriage ; and next, they are so much lighter in
weight, as to supply an important item in their favour to
those who are in the habit of transmitting large pictures from
one place to another. This retnarable " lightness "is indeed
desirable every where ; for in many rooms, where the walls
are thin or aged, it is impossible to hang large pictures in the
usual ponderous frames. To exhibitors in provincial exhibi-
tions these are no ordinary recommendations. But we refer
chiefly to the appearance of those frames, which interests the
collector as well as the artist, and, indeed, all persons who
adorn their homes with pictures or prints, be they many or
few. They look exceedingly attractive, and are in reality as
much so as if they had passed through the hands of the cars
ver, and been produced at about ten times the expense. The
gilding tells with very brilliant effect ; and, no matter how
elaborate the pattern may be, they have a clearness and sharp-
ness that we have seldom, or never seen obtained in composi-
tion. Now that so many frames will be required for the
prints about to be issued by the several Art-Union Societies,
we conceive we may convey useful information to thousands,
by recommending them to examine these frames ; the patterns
are infinitely varied ; some have been designed expressly to
meet those particular purposes; and their advantages are so
obvious as to be at once appreciated by all by whom they are
seen.—Art-Union.
COMMITMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—About the end of
August last, a man, named Charles Griffiths, offered for sale
a number of saws, and, suspicion being entertained that
they were not honestly come by, he was apprehended. Se-
veral skeleton keys were found on him ; and as no owner
could then be found for the saws, he was committed to gaol
for three months, under the vagrant act, in consequence of
his possession of the keys. He had completed his term of
incarceration on Saturday last, and was no sooner released
than he was again taken into custody on a charge of stealing
the saws, the owner having in the meantime been discovered
—and he was yesterday brought up at the police-court. Jane
Higgins, wife of an ironmonger, in Park-lane, said that in
the latter end of August last the prisoner came to the shop
with sixteen saws, which he offered to her husband for sale.
She opened one parcel of them, and remarked stamped upon
them " Burgon and Cadman, cast steel." The prisoner
asked £2 10s. for them, and the latter, suspecting all was
not right, called in a constable, who apprehended the pri-
soner. When taken to bridewell, there were found upon
him 9 skeleton keys, and he was committed as before stated.
Mr. James Marsden, timber-merchant, said, that in August
last he had an unoccupied warehouse in South John-street,
where he kept a quantity of new saws, which he saw safe on
the 23d of July. He afterwards went out of town, and did
not return till the latter end of Augnst, when, from infor-
mation he received, he searched the office, and missed 16 of
the saws. He identified those produced as his property. A
constable stated, that on the 23d September he tried the
skeleton keys at Mr. Marsden's office, and found that one of
them would lock and unlock it. The prisoner was committed
for trial at the sessions.
FIRE ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Sun-
day evening, about eight o'clock, Mrs. Brown, wife of Mr.
Brown, flint glass dealer, Dale-street,went down to the base-
ment story of the premises, a place where a quantity of straw,
old crates, and lumber of all sorts was kept. Shortly after
she had descended, she was heard to scream, and her hus-
band, who rushed to the top of the step ladder, saw that the
place was in flames. An immediate alarm was given, the
police were called, and the officers of the fire-police, with
Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, were quickly in attendance with
engines and water tanks. The poor husband was in such a
distracted state that he neglected to tell Mr. Whitty that his
wife was in the cellar, till the engine had been playing on the
burning straw, in the back of the cellar, for some time.
Suffocating fumes filled both apartments, but, spite of
them, Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt took lanterns and searched
the place. Their endeavours were fruitless, for the cellars
were lumbered with crates, &c. The husband was called
down to assist in the search, but he also failed to find the
poor woman. It was surmised that she had, in her alarm,
run from the premises, and taken refuge with some neigh-
bour. In a few minutes, however, the vapour having well
nigh subsided, an officer stated that he had found a woman
in a corner. Mr. Whitty and other officers entered, and
found a woman under the stairs. She was brought forth im-
mediately, and several surgeons were sent for, to ensure a
speedy attendance. The first who arrived was Mr. A. J.
Jeffrey, of Queen's-square, who found that the woman was
burned severly, though her death had been caused by suffb-
cation. Mr. Jeffrey ordered her to be stripped and put into
a warm bed, and he continued for some time to use every
endeavour to restore animation, we regret to say without
success. The fire was speedily entirely extinguished. No
doubt was entertained that Mrs. Brown, in searching for
something, had set the straw on fire with the candle. The
inquest will be held to-day.

Poitrrco.—The Theatre Lazary, after a tolerably successful
season, is about to close. Next Monday will be the last
night. The entertainments are of the most innocent nature,
and extremely amusing and curious. Those who wish to pay
these ingenious contrivances a visit must lose no time.

Mr. Henry Russell, who appears at the Royal Assembly
Room to-night, is the composer of several very beautiful
ballads. He has made a considerable impression in London.
We have been informed that he possesses a fine voice, and
that his style of singing is very original and effective.
The Cork Constitution of Saturday says, that at the late
examination in Trinity College, Mr. Thomas Waller Evans,
only son of Eyre Evans, Esq., of Kilmalooda, in Cork
County, distinguished himself by obtaining a first rank pre-
mium in classics.—[We believe the young gentleman is a
near relative of Alderman Evans, of this town.]

FREE TEADE TEA FAItTY.— Last night there was a smell
tea party in the !arse room of the Albion Hotel, Woodside,
in aid of the .C 50,000 fund of the Anti-Corn-Law League.
Only about one-third of the number who were expected were
present. Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, who presided, addressed
the free trade ladies present, in a speech of more than ordinary
dullness; and be was followed by Mr. Bentham, a local
quaker, Mr. John Bright, another quaker imported from
Rochdale, and an Irish barrister named Moore. The affair,
we should think, would hardly pay its expenses.
THE FUNDS—SATURDAY EVENING.—The government
broker was a buyer of stock to-day ; the extent of his deal-
ings was not positively known, but from their effect on prices
being only temporary, it is presumed they were of a limited
nature. Consols for money touched 94k, and closed 244;
the account price left off 95 to L. There were no other bar-
gains of interest. Three per Cent. Reduced closed 94 ;
Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Reduced, 1001 to L ; New
Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1014 to L; Long Annuities,
12% to 9-1 G; Bank Stock, 171 to 173; and India Stock, 265
to 267. Exchequer Bills were marked at the lower price of
545. to 565. premium. More confidence was displayed in
the purchase of foreign securities, and the result was a much
firmer position for prices. This applies to the market gene-
rally. Mexican was done a' 301, and finally closed 30f to
31L; the Deferred was 81 to ; Spanish Actives left off at
the better quotation of 181—„ and the New Three per Cents.,
22? i to L; Portuguese Five per Cents. were 374.' to 1; ditto
Three per Cents., 221 to ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 521 to 53; Dutch Five per Cents., 101* to k; Da-
nish, 83 to 84 ; Brazilian, 651 to 664; Colombian, 211 to # ;
and Belgian, 1021.
FIRES LAST NIEEY.--Yesterday evening about half-past
five o'clock, a fire broke out in the upper part of the premises
of Mr. Chapman, jeweller &c., on the west side of Castle-
street, nearthe Exchange, and excited for some time. consider-
able alarm, though happily the damage was eventually but
trifling. The fire broke out in a bed-room on the third story,
and fronting the street. A boy had been sent up stairs to
bring some article of dress from the apartment, and a spark
from the candle which he took with him, had, no doubt,
fallen amongst some of the clothing and ignited it. The en-
gines were speedily on the ground, and hose being taken up
stairs the flames were subdued in a few minutes, the only loss
being a small quantity of clothing.—This fire was no sooner
extinguished than the alarm reached the fire-station that
another fire had broken out in Limekiln-lane. The engine
in Castle-street was immediately driven off to the spot, and
others were dispatched in a few minutes afterwards from the
fire-police-station, together with a strong body of the fire-
police. This fire had broken out in the paint, colour,' and
turpentine works and sheds of Mr. William Glover, near the
top of the lane on the east side, between the two high wind-
mills, and occupying an area of about 40 yards by 15. The
materials were of the most combustible nature,—namely, oil
paints, varnish, grease. tar, turpentine, &c. ; and the erec-
tions—of one story within a wall—were almost entirely of
wood. The men had been at work after dark, with a light,
rolling in casks of turpentine. About a quarter before six
o'clock a blaze of fire was observed to issue from some of the
turpentine and close to the wall that bounds the premises on
the side next the street. There are two gates:one at each end
of the wall, and efforts were made to extinguish the flames,
by the men employed on the works, and a number of others,
but without effect. The first engine came up about 20 mi-
nutes past six, and others immediately followed. The fire
had, by this time, gained such a head that it became evident
that little or nothing in the works could be saved, and the
exertions of the firemen, under Mr. Whitty, Mr. Hewitt,
and others, were diverted to the extinguishment of the flames,
in order to save the adjoining buildings on the north, east
and south sides, including the two mills at the extremities,
Miss Burrow's house on the north, and other premises, in
which their efforts were happily successful. After great ex-
ertions for about 40 minutes, the fire was so far subdued, that
lamps were required to enable the men to corn plete their work.
The whole of the sheds and works were destroyed as well as
nearly the entire stcck—what little is saved being so much
injured as to be of trifling value. We regret to say that Mr.
Glover had not insured any portion of the property, and the
loss will be to him a severe blow. Owing to the neighbour-
hood being densely populated, and the fire becoming known
at the time when the workmen at the docks are let loose
from labour, the crowd that had
_collected in the street—
which is very narrow and long—when the engines came up,
was immense. No accident,, however, occurred. At one

time, during the early part of the fire, the public-house im-
mediately opposite the spot where the fire commenced was
in great danger of ignition, the paint of the window-shutters
being scorched off, and the glass in the gas-lamp over the
door broken by the heat. Luckily the wind was from the
south-west, and tended to confine the body of the flames to
the area of the premises where they originated ; and the dan-
ger was further averted by a number of workmen, who car-
ried and threw water upon the woodwork. The next house,
on the south, was also in considerable danger, but also es-
caped. At the back of the burning premises—which soon
resembled an open yard, strewed with half-burnt boards—
stood several tea-vans, three of which were burnt, and ano-
ther much damaged. A horse was also burnt to death, and
others bad a narrow escape in some stables on the same side,
which are approached from Titchfield-street. By eight
o'clock the fire was entirely subdued.—About half-past
twelve o'clock this morning, another alarm of a fire was
given, which had broken out in West Derby. We could not
learn particulars, as we were on the eve of going to press.