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Elizabeth Windle, „ Prescot, „' 85
John Webster

George Lawrenson, „ Sutton„, 90, „ 16, „
Elizabeth Dudley, „ Bold, „ 91, „ 19, „
Alice Taylor, „ Eccleston, „ 81, „ 20, „
Six persons, their ages amounting to 516 years, all within
ten days. On referring, there were only four interments,
during the whole year of 1841, whose ages exceeded 80 years.
IMPRUDENCE PUNISIIED.—Jane Ross, a female of the
most degraded class, and Thomas Brown, a mean-looking
fellow, were placed at the bar of the Police-court, on Satur-
day, charged with having robbed a Mr. Penmen, a rather
gaily-dressed individual, who represented himself as a mer-
chant of London. It appeared, from Mr. Pennell's state-
ment, that he was passing along Castle-street, when be was
accosted by the prisoner and another woman, who asked him
to treat them. He declined going home with them, as they
requested, but he accompanied them to a public-house,
where he paid for some drink for them, and they left him.
On quitting the public-house he missed his purse, which
contained a £2O note, three £5 notes, five sovereigns, and
some silver. The delinquents were discovered by Inspector
Cottam, who, accidentally saw the male prisoner changing a
l''2o note at a public-house in Marybone. He took him into
custody, and, knowing him to he the " fancy man" of the
girl, he went and apprehended her also. She was at once
identified, both by Mr. Pennell and the landlady of the house
where the latter bad treated the girls. The male prisoner
said he worked hard for his living, and denied that he had
ever been the "fancy man" of the prisoner, or anybody
else. The Inspector said the female prisoner had, a few
months ago, claimed the protection of the police when he
was violently abusing her. Police-officer Pierson also
stated, that he had seen them together frequently. The note
offered by the male prisoner was identified by Mr. Pennell.
The prisoners were committed for trial.

CORRESPONDENC_E

SOCIALISTS AT THE POST-OFFICE AND RAIL-

ROAD YARD

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

St tt,—l should like to inquire through your valuable paper,
whether the Past-office authorities are aware they are em-
ploying both Socialists and Chartists, as lettet-carriers ; and
also, whether the Rail-road directors know that they are
employing Socialists in their yard—aye, and in such situa-
tions too that they have the power or influence to appoint
others, which, of course, are also Socialists ? Being one of
those old fashioned persons who think a man who declares
himself to be an " irresponsible being," should not be
trusted, I would recommend the authorities at both esta-
blishments to institute immediate inquiry.—Your obedient
servant, FACT.

Liverpool, Jan. 24, 1842

" THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION AND ITS
PROFESSORS."

TO 2'HE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sto.,—l have never read any of Mr. Reid's works, and
for anything I know they may be very full of errors ; indeed
some have been pointed out, in a more kindly spirit, by the
Athenceurn. A writer in the STANDARD, who signs " 8.,"
has undoubtedly, however, criticised him in a very carping
spirit; and I think you will admit that the wisest of men►
may make mistakes, if I shew you that even "B." is n')t
infallible. Finding fault with Mr. Reid for saying of acri-
form fluids that they are usually colourless and invisible,
" B." says all colourless things are invisible. Now such is
not the tact. Pure water is colourless, and not invisible.
All black objects and all white ones arc colourless, and not
invisible. The diamond usually is colourless, and certainly
never invisible—except in circumstances under which all
things are so, namely, in the dark. Possibly, however,
" B." never saw the diamond, and concluded that therefore
it was invisible. So much for the facts of" B.'s" criticism.
Now for its spirit. Surely any one might see that "it is"
is merely a misprint for " they are " ; and I am surprised
that a newspaper, being constantly liable to have its sense
turned into nonsense by mistakes of compositors, should do
more than notice the fact of the mistake. But then " B."
could not have sported his " light weight"-ed and' " ex-
tremely light" wit. And surely, to say of anything inor-
ganic that it is insensible to the touch, is at the worst but a
familiar arid colloquial mode of saying that it is not discerni-
ble by the touch. The statement could mislead no one as
to the author's meaning. Mr. Reid must certainly be wrong
in saying that the particles pass through each other, as they
can only pass between each other; but is " B." any nearer
right in asserting the absolute impenetrability of matter?
Matter is certainly penetrable by heat and electricity, and in
certain cases by light. Even according to those who deny
the material nature of light, heat, and electricity, matter is
penetrated by a subtle wther which conveys these influences.
Now possibly the work in question may contain more serious
errors than any pointed out by " 8.," wbo may be even un-
able to discover them ; but let them be discussed in a candid
mariner. Do not treat Mr. Reid unjustly because he belongs
to an institution of which you disapprove, but observe

Liverpool, Jan. 21, 1842.

FA I R PLAY

T II E FUTURE REPRESENTATIVE OF LIVERPOOL,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,—On account, of the elevation to the bench of our
esteemed representative, Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., I beg
to ask you, through your valuable journal, who, in your
opinion, is likely to be brought forward on the conservative
interest. As there are many reports that some of the follow-
ing gentlemen are to be brought forward for our suffrages,
it is quite essential that we should make the selection imme-
diately, and go to work with that true protestant spirit,
which I hope and trust will for ever distinguish this great
commercial town. The names of those reported as likely to
be brought forward are Mr. Colquhoun, Sir Geo. Murray,
Sir Howard Douglas, the Hon. W. Cust, Lord Maidstone,
and Robertson Gladstone, Esq., of our own town. Now,
sir, all the above gentlemen are worthy the highest enco•
mium, as being staunch conservatives ; but which is the best
PROTESTANT, in deed and in truth? He it is who is entitled
to the suffrages of our protestant burgesses ; he who will go
to the House of Commons free from the taint of expediency,
and who will boldly and fearlessly declare that he values the
three creeds of our beloved church, and that he holds in ve-
neration the 39 articles, and particularly the 37th, which
says, with a voice dear to every true and faithful protestant,
that the " Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this realm
of England";—he it is for whom I and hundieds of my
fellow-operative protestant burgesses would like to record
our votes. I hope .he will be one who will not forget to
avow the principles which have been so manfully avowed by
Mr. Gregory in Dublin, when he told the electors plainly
that he did not approve of the grant to Maynooth College ;
and I hope and trust, sir, that such will be the manifestation
of the gentleman who may offer himself as our protestant
conservative candidate.
I hope, sir, you will pardon me for this intrusion; but I
have heard it represented that it would be well to call ward
meetings to make choice of one of the gentlemen above
named, because the protestant constituency of Liverpool
will no longer trust to the name of conservative, unless it
derives from a true protestant principle. Only refer to the
result of last November, and look at the conduct of those
half-and-half, lukewarm, ostentatious, and nominal protes-
tants, on the school question ; and it will suffice to spew,
that we ought to return the candidate only who has his con-
servatism founded on true protestant principles, which alone
can be the only safeguard of life and property in this world,
and of immortal souls in the realms of eternal bliss.

I hope and trust, sir, you will have the goodness to give
your esteemed opinion on these few remarks, as I, in con-
junction with my brother operatives, am in the habit of
reading your valuable journal constantly twice a week,
knowing that you are always anxious to further the views of
the protestant operatives, and to cultivate that mutual feel-
ing, which ought to exist to a greater extent, between the
aristocracy and the democracy, which 1 am glad to say is
much increasing; and I hope, sir, it may continue so to do,
as we are all under one glorious banner, under which we all
wish to " fight the good fight " of faith, and maintain those
blessings which God has given us at the hands of our ances-
tors, in whose steps may we always be ready to follow; and
when duty calls we will all obey,
I beg to subscribe myself, your obedient servant,
A PROTESTANT OPERATIVE AND BURGESS.
Tuxleth park, lan. 22nd, 1842.

THE NAME OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.—There is now
no doubt that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will
be christened Albert Edward, with, it is expected, one or two
additions. This point, upon which, of late, so much spec-
ulation has been afloat, it would not have been " court
etiquette " to have decided until after the arrival of the royal
sponsor. The ceremony will be performed by his Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury.
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE AND PRAISEWORTHY CONDUCT.
—On Wednesday, the 12th instant, Captain Robert Walsh,
of the schooner Eleanor, of Maryport, on her passage from
Limerick to Glasson-dock, when off Mulroy, in the north of
part of Ireland, fell in with a small open fishing boat, which
had been driven out to sea about 20 miles. It appears that
the crew consisted of nine individuals, three of whom had
died of fatigue and cold ; the remaining six Captain Walsh
took on board and treated with great kindness,and made every
endeavour to launch them near their place of abode, but,
in consequence of the then prevailing contrary winds, he was
unable to accomplish:it, and eventually brought them to Peil
harbour, which they reached on Wednesday last. On their
being landed at the latter place the captain and mate provided
means for their support, and gave them a certificate to guard
the public against imposition.
THE ROYAL COMSTENING CAKE.—A most magnificen
" christening cake," manufactured by royal connnand, ex-
pressly for the occasion, by Mr. John C. Mawditt, first yeo-
man confectioner to her Majesty, will be placed upon the
royal banquetting table. It weighs very nearly 2 cwt., and
has thus been described :—" Its case or outside, and all the
ornaments, are made entirely of sugar, several of the latter
are silvered over. It is ornamented round the bottom with a
neatly executed border of the rose thistle and shamrock. On
the sides of the cake are placed, alternately, medallion por-
traits in silver of her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the
arms of England over them, and the Prince of Wales' fea-
thers with the Arms of Wales over them, the whole sur-
mounted by a neat scroll in dead sugar work. Above are
three tiers, each environed by smaller scroll work, surmoun-
ted by silvered princes' feathers; and on the summit are
pedestals supporting sugar figures of Ceres, Fortune, Plenty,
Britannia holding the infant prince, Clio, the goddess of
history ; and St. David, the tutelar saint of Wales. In the
the centre of the group is a representation of the royal font
and several small vases, with flowers, surround the figures
The lout ensemble present an elegant and chaste appearance."

- --- -
We regret to notice the death of the venerable master of
the Charterhouse, the Rev. Dr. Fisher, who died at Kingston
on Wednesday last. The reverend gentleman was in his 92d
year. By his death there is also a vacancy in the canon-
residentiaryships of Norwich. By a somewhat remarkable
coincidence the Rev. Robert Watts, the librarian of Sion
College, who was exactly of the same age, died the same day
at the college. The Rev. Mr. Watts was also rector of St.
Alphage, London-wall, and a prebendary of St. Paul's Ca-
thedral.—Morning Herald.

THE NIGER EXPEDITION AND IMMIGRATION

TO THE WEST. INDIES,

The Niger expedition, of whicii some particulars will be

found elsewhere, and from which visionary philanthropists
anticipated such important benefits to the people of Africa,
may now safely be said to have resulted in signal and dis-
astrous failure. We record the fact with no pleasurable
It is painful to contemplate such a result to an
-which received the good
wishes of the virtuous and benevolent of every party, and

feelings

effort made under such auspices-

which has been conducted throughout with such energy and

The Lt VERPOOL

STANDARD denounced it then as a hopeless and a mad

project; and we viewed it as espeCially injurious to the real

African race, hill-sring' as it drew away at-

vantages to be derived by establishing upon a permanent
basis the prosperity of our West Indian colonies, from which
source we are satisfied must mainly emanate the future
civilization of unhappy Africa.
Our object in recurring to this subject now is not to in-
dulge in any taunts against those of our fellow townsmen,
who, at the time, regarded the opinions, which we felt bound

to express against the practical usefulness of this expensive
national effort, as emanating from feelings of no very amiable
character. We have no desire to build up a claim to superior
discernment, and thus to triumph, upon an issue so full of
calamity and so destructive to the nation's hopes. On the
contrary we would gladly convert even this disastrous failure
into a blessing. We would gladly erect upon this prostration
of the fond anticipations of so many wise arid good glens
beacon to direct them in the true path to the object which
they have in view. We would gladly use it as a warning to
the friends of the negro race, at once to lay aside the con-
templation of visionary projects which involve physical im-
possibilities ; to lay aside, too, unworthy prejndices ; and to
direct their attention earnestly and honestly towards the
means which we possess in our own hands of effecting a vast
amelioration of the condition of the people of Africa, if not
ultimately, even, of bringing them within the pale of civili-
zation •, and if such a good can be brought out of the evil
which has attended this unfortunate expedition, the treasure
lavished upon it will not have been spent, and our gallant
fellow-countrymen, who have fallen its victims, have died
in vain.

Let the friends of Africa now—let those whose sympathies
were with this effort of misdirected humanity.—turn their at-
tention calmly and seriously to an examination of their posi-
tion with respect to the object which they have in view. The
experiment to promote the happiness and civilization of
Africa by means of colonisation has been made and failed.
We can effect no amelioration internally and directly in
the condition of the people of Africa. Malaria and disease
hedge them round in their present state of abject degrada-
tion ; and the barrier which they form is impassable and
impregnable against any efforts of European cilvilization.
What then are the means by which we can operate upon that
state of degradation from without T By commerce along the
shores of Africa, something—and yet how small when com-
pared with the whole which we contemplate ?—may be done.
We may stimulate the inhabitants of the coast to the adoption
of European habits and create in them new wants, which in
return will induce exertion and industry to supply them. But
there, alas, the curse which aflicts Africa stands in our way ;
and those wants which we create, and from which we look
for the production of industry, result only in giving a stimu-
lus to barbarity. The Brazilian, the Spanish or the American
slaver lurks in the rivers and prowls along the coasts of that
unhappy land; and human flesh and blood is bartered to pur-
chase the luxuries and comforts for which commercial inter-
course has created a taste. So long as slavery exists in the
world, civilisation, to the extent to which commerce can
effect it, is a curse and not a blessing to Africa.% Unhesi-
tatingly we make that declaration. The continued ellstence

of slavery and the slave traffic neutralises all our efforts in
the cause of African amelioration ; and a perseverance in
them. unaccompanied by a determined resolution to effect
the destruction of that odious traffic, is cruelty rather than
philanthropy !
. . . . . .

But is not Great Britain earnest and resolute in her efforts
to put down slavery? it may be asked. Are not her cruisers
upon every coast, and at the mouth of every river? And
has she not determined to risk even war rather than relax
in her noble efforts? All this we reply is true and yet the
slave trade increases despite of all this energy and determina-
tion, and the horrors of that trade are increased tenfold be-
cause of it ! We cannot, with all the sacrifice of valuable
lives and money, which the effort involves, do more than
check it. We cannot even make it unremnnerating; and
until we can do this, and so long as avarice is inherent in the
human mind, the slaver will laugh at our efforts and deride
our philanthropy. • . . . . _ _ _

Turn, then, We ask of the friends of the African race, to
our British West Indies, and examine the facilities which
there present themselves for effecting the objects which they,
and we too, have in view. In those colonies we see thou-
sands of our African brethren enjoying the blessings of free-
dom, in the enjoyment of every comfort,—civilized, educated,
Christianized, and under the guarding protection of British
laws and lit itish institutions. In those colonies, too, we see
an exhaustless field for the supply of additional hundreds of
thousands of Africans with the means of comfort and the
blessings of civilization. With proper cultivation those colo-
nies are capable of supplying the whole world with those pro=
ducts which the bosom of unhappy Africa is rifled for limbs
to raise? And yet what use does Britain make of these noble
possessions ? To what extent are they made to operate to-
wards the accomplishment of that great object which, as a
nation, we profess to have in view ? We answer, NONE !
British philanthropy, when it struck the fetters from the
West Indian slave, there paused, and left but half accom-
plished its glorious and beneficent task. sought to strike
tto have gone forth the edict at
a blow to the heart of slavery: we have not pierced the skin.
From these fertile lands ott
every enslaved man beneath the
whose sound the fetters
canopy of heaven would have been broken ; and yet the spec-
tacle which they present has only riveted those fetters more
firmly and hopelessly upon
. . . .

We have already shewn that in one at least of our colonies
(Guiana) cultivation by means of free labour cannot be car-
ried on except at a ruinous sacrifice to the plititer ; and that
without a supply of labour it mast hoot' cease entirely, and
the markets of Great .13ritaia pical produce be thrown
open without restriction to the cultivation of foreign slave
countries. No government canton maintain the protection at
for mat
present afforded to free-labour produce, in the face of a li-
mited and high-priced supply. We must have those neces-
saries of life which the tropics afford us at a diminished price
and in larger quantities; and there are but two modes by
which that can be accomplished. Abandon West Indian
protection--declare emancipation a failure—proclaim to the
world the harrowing fact that tropical produce cannot be
produced by free labour—throw open the 13ritish markets to
slave labour without restriction, and say to the slave-trader,
" Go on in your inhuman traffic, which has now become one
necessary to the comfort and the luxury of mankind ; " or,
as the only alternative which can avert a result so greatly to
be deprecated, throw into the hands of the planters in your
own colonies the means of procuring a supply of labour
give to the degraded and oppressed natives of Africa the
means of transporting themselves within the confines of ci-
vilization, since civilization cannot visit them in their own
deathly and wretched climate.
Can the British philanthropist have any hesitation which
of these two courses he should advocate? Surely he cannot.
The only means by which the amelioration of tire condition
of the African race can be effected, exist in our emancipated
colonies. In these colonies the labour of Africa may find
an abundant market. Here they may find protection, edu-
cation, and Christianity. From these lands the slave traffic
may be effectually and peacefully put down ; and thence ul-
timately the blessings of civilization may reach the heart of
Africa her self.
" I consider," wrote Lord John Russell, on the 20th of
March last—" I consider the establishment of a regular
INTERCOURSE BETWEEN AFRICA AND THE WEST INDIES
will tend greatly not only to the prosperity of the British
West India possessions, bet likewise to the civilization of
Africa. A new epoch has arrived for the African race. We
have in the West Indies 80Q,000 negroes, of wham, perhaps,
three-fourths are Christians in the enjoyment of practical
freedom, of means of education and of physical comfort, to a
very high degree. There is no reason to suppose that their
advances in wealth, knowledge, and religious improvement
may not be in proportion to the most hopeful anticipations.
Nothing like this state of society exists among the African
race elsewhere."

Open out, then, we say, even at the expense of the British
government, additional facilities for that intercourse. Let
no unworthy prejudice against the planters of the West Indies
interfere with such a work of real benefit to the African
race. People our West Indies from the shores of that be-
nighted land. Lay the foundation there of an Africa's em-
pire; and from its growth and prosperity, and the intercourse
which may be established between it and the parent conti-
nent, who shall place a limit to the vast results of good which
may arise to the cause of humanity and to the negro race ?

" OBSERVATIONS ON THE REV. H. M'NEILE'S
LETTEIt. By THE REV. T. YouKNs, D.D."
Liverpool : Rockliff and Ellis, Castle street.

We took up the above " Observations " in the full expec-
tation of finding in them a reply to the arguments and the
statements contained in the letter of Mr. M`Neile, which
appeared in our publication of the 11th instant. The repu-
tation of the rev. doctor as a controversialist, fully warranted
us in the supposition that he would meet the whole question
embraced in that letter fully and fairly ; and we must con-
fess that we have laid it down with the impression indelibly
fixed upon our mind, that, even as a controversialist, per-
mitted by the usage of his order to employ every subtlety of
argument and perversion or evasion of truth to establish the
case of the church to which he belongs, the author has most
signally failed to prove himself entitled to enter the lists and

to break a lance, 'in the presence of intelligent and discrimi-
nating witnesses, with so approved and powerful a champion
as the rev. gentleman against whom he has so presumptu-
ously set himself in array. A more feeble and flippant pro-
duction it is scarcely possible to conceive than the letter
before us ; and could there have existed any reasonable doubt
as to its authorship, we should have unhesitatingly main-
tained the impossibility of so flimsy and trifling a composi-
tionWe could easily prove the correctness of this judgment by
quoting entire the five pages and a half of mingled swagger
and shuffle, which the doctor has endeavoured to palm off
uponbea havingtrlsi emanated from the learned doctor whose imprint
ignorant supporters of his church as a triumphant
settlement of the whole question at issue, but which no edu-
cated and reasoning Roman Catholic will be satisfied, we
imagine, to accept as such. We have not space for this,
iti
however, even if we were desirous to load our columns with
the rev. doctor's rhodommitade ; and shall content ourselves
with an extract or two merel, as specimens of his style and
of the quality of his arguments
" On the subject of creeds we have a little more skirmish-
ing on the outskirts of the question.
argument, charging him with incon-
tYnhe Athanasian Creed and in subscri-
iietrttoiy?'-gnmi c Articles. lieAi
tells I M'Neile
s us that a t ht eempts
safely and consistently receive the Athanasian Creed, ' be-
cause
can
scripture contents ' ; and that lie can subscribe
tbsoiisntegel un
to
oye
ittilhil ecafdTotrilic)
nine Articles, because they have no condem-
natory clauses.
tot h l
e 'Thirty-nine
iirttsy.
n Creed with its condemnatory clauses,
clauses. And yet his orthodoxy can
"'This is really amusing. ' No power on earth could in-
duce him to subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles if they had
'
swallowthe
and that without any apparent effort. This reminds me of
.a singular peculiarity of deglution mentioned in the Gospel."
This little flourish, we dare say, will be " very amusing"
to the ignorant Popish reader of the learned doctor's observa-
tions, and their author will be incontinently held up as a
nasia
prteux chevalier amongst the controversialists of Romunism
but, unfortunately for the doctor's reputation in the eyes of
the thinking and reasoning portion. of mankind, the flourish
in question has only been gained at the expense of truth.
The alleged inconsistency of Mr. M'Neile in receiving the
Athanasian Creed, and at the same time subscribing to the
39 Articles, is thus triumphantly established by simply mis-
representing the meaning and suppressing a portion of the
,'
explanation itself, by which ,". M'Neile showed most satis-
factorily the unstable grounos
,_uyon which Dr. Youens found-
ed his original charge. Mr. 1%:1 Neile never told the doctor or
any other person that be received the Athanasian creed " be-
cause of its scripture contents, mid subscribed the 39 arti-
cles " because they contained no condemnatory clauses."
Ilia argument, as published, was a consistent whole: its al-
leged substance, as given by the doctor in the extracts above,
is only composed of shreds, cunningly selected, to pervert its

waning, The doctor quotes 'within inverted commas' n
Mr. M'Neile's composition, a paragraph which Mr. M'Neil

never wrote

We could give similar instances of the doctor's jesuitry ;
but it is perhaps superfluous. Doctor Youens has been met
in his first essay against Mr. M'Neile. has shuffled out of

large, and a portion of the reflecting Roman Catholics them-
selves, will nut be satisfied unless the doctrines of the Romish
Church can he defended and their antiquity established upon
scriptural evidence ; and its chosen champion, when chal-
lenged to do this, has distinctly declined the attempt—has
laid down the Bible, and taken refuge in the fathers.
" Let Mr. 111`Ncile nor," writes Dr. Youens in concluding
his feeble ' Observations,' " tell us that Scripture is his test.
In his hand ihe Scripture ha. till the potency of a magical
wand : by means of it lie can, at will, change truth into error,
and error into truth. Until, therefore, he and I can come
••

to some understanding as to the criterion whereby religion
truth is to be distinguished from religious error, let hint tit
me a lest" (the Bible) ‘• against which I protest." By a
means, most learned doctor ; and the conclusion whist tit
bile must arid will draw front such a ens nnn nn ybe tin

the existing Chur'th of Rowe

ral, and schismatic ❑ovelty, or why " protest" against
appeal to the Scriptures.

MR. BRAID'S DISCOVERIES

On Saturday evening Mr. Braid, surgeon, of Manchester
'hose discoveries in the so-called science of Mesmerist)

have been noticed in our paper, delivered at the Portico, it
Newington, a lecture, which was partly a narrative of tin
incidents which caused him to turn his attention to the sub•
ject; descriptive of the process by which he produces the
somnambulie, or cataleptiform, state ; elucidative of what he
conceives to be the causes of the phenomena induced ; an►l
illustrative so far as regarded the production of certain effects
on the parties whom he himself brought forward. The room
was well filled, at an early hour, with a highly-respectable
auditory, among whom were several ladies, and many gentle-
men of the medical profession.

The lecture commenced at eight o'clock. It does not,
however, require to be reported at any length, as it was
chiefly a recapitulation of matter which has been already
published more than once. He set out with a brief history
of Mesmerism ; alluding to the scepticism which prevailed
on the subject; the admission which had been made touching
its phenomena; the •conve.sion of Dr. Elliotson in this
country; Mr. Wakley's investigation of points averred
by the 'alter, with the results thereof; and the deathblow
thereby inflicted on Mesmerism in England till the subject was
revived by the visit of M. Lafontaine. With such variable ac-
counts of the success of the latter he was, like many others, ex-
tremely sceptical, and he deter mined to go and judge for him-
self. From this POint Mr. Braid proceeded to describe the
progress of his discovery, and its gradual developement, all of
which has been abundantly narrated heretofore. lie appeared
particularly desirous of drawing a strong distinction be-
tween the professors of animal magnetism and himself,
and ridiculed the notion of one person having a power
over another, as has been constantly asserted by the
former. He believed that the magnetizers produced the
same effects, though not by their manipulations, but by
causes similar to those which he set forth; and, while the
magnetizers frequently failed, he seldom did so, as even
the most strong, if they complied with his directions,
mentally as well as bodily, must be influenced, and so far
from it being requisite that any individual should have power
over them, they might, if they pleased, mesmerize themselves
by complying with his directions. The lecturer here paused
for the purpose of cautioning his hearers not to attempt ex-
periments of this nature alone, as one or two individuals.
who had imprudently brought on the cataleptic state without
having some person at hand to awaken them, had been found
in a very alarming condition. The lecturer mentioned the
exceedingly strange susceptibility of the patient, and the extra-
ordinary variations which take place in the pulse. He ad-
verted to an instance which lie had noted in a girl, named
Sarah Connor; whose pulse, before he was mesmerized, was
94 ; in two minutes after she was put into the cataleptic state
it was 90: when one limb was mesmerized it went no to 118.

and subsequently to 148. The statement went to show, that
when the limbs were demesmerized, the pulse sank, and tha
it rose again as they were mesmerized or placed in a state o
rigidity.

Mr.
M Braid explained the eseful purposes to which he had
turned his discovery. It had enabled him to extract teeth
without pain, for the persons so influenced were not sensible
of pain. lle had removed rheumatism of long standing ; had
cured a tic-doloreaux in eleven minutes ; had even restored
the use of paralytic limbs,—limbs which had been paralytic
from birth ; and had cured the deaf and dumb. Some of his
worldly-wise friends had desired him to conceal his disco-
veries, and to practice them in private for his own profit and
emolument ; but, as he found them important and capable of
being largely beneficial to mankind, he thought they could
not be too widely disseminated. Mr. Braid having con-
cluded his lecture, expressed his intention of illustrating his
discourse by experiments. His plan was first to call forward
those whose susceptibility be had tried, and then to experi-
mentize on any individual who might offer.
Mr. Braid first called forward a young woman, who is, he
informed us, his domestic cook. Iler name did not transpire.
He held his lancet-ease above her eyes, and she fixed her
eyes steadily upon it. In a few seconds her eyes closed. The
operator raised her arms, so as to bring each of her hands
nearly in contact with her face. Ile then caused her to fol-
low him. She walked slowly and cautiously, and with an ap-
peorance of great rigidity of muscle. The operator observed
that she was a heavy sleeper, and a heavy walker likewise.
She was placed in a chair, her arms still up, and the operator
extended her legs, which she retained at a right angle to her
spine. He declared her insensible to pain, and, to prove it,
darted pins into her forehead, where they stuck. He then
pierced her legs till the blood followed each puncture. Dili.
M'Culloch and M'lntyre felt her pulse. It was, at first, 84 :
when her limbs were extended it was 166. Her legs were
dereestnerized, and she was slightly aroused when the pulse
sunk to 80. The limbs were again extended, and the pulse
rose to 152. During the whole of this time the muscles of
the arms were extremely rigid, her face was flushed, and her
eyes, on being examined by Dr. Sutherland and the other
medical gentlemen, were found to he congested with blood.
the iris was preternaturally dilated, and the retina was insert.
Bible to the action of light. All these phenomena were par-
ticularly noted. The girl was next subjected to the influence
of galvanism. The shocks produced a sensible effect on her
arms, but no indication of pain was visible on her counte-
nance. The pulse, immediately after the removal of the
galvanic apparatus, was 160, As her face had become
much flushed, the operator aroused her by a few strokes of
his fan and a few shakes. She opened her eyes and exhibited
all the appearance of a person suddenly started nom a deep
sleep. Mr. Braid immediately mes►nerized her again, for
the purpose of trying upon her the effect of the fumes of
ammonia. The ammonia used was exceedingly strong.
Several young gentlemen who stood about the stage were
sceptical as to its power. Mr. Bushell applied it to his nose,
and it was so potent that it brought the tears from his eyes.
However, it had no effect on the girl. Ilereupon the scep-
tics, who were, assuredly, most hard of belief, declared that
she held her breath. This was tested by Dr. Sutherland,
who, while he ascertained that she was breathing, applied the
phial to her nostrils, It produced no effect. A Mr. Bain-
bridge, who was one of the most unbelieving of the unbe-
lievers, required that some snuff should be exhibited. A
copious pinch of snuff' was administered, but it produced no
evidence of sensibility. The girl, on being aroused, pre-
sented the same indications of half returned consciousness
as before.

The next girl produced was Sarah Connor. Our space
will not permit us to go into a detailed account of all the
experiments. This girl was quickly put into the cataleptic,
or somnanibulic, state, when her pulse was found to be 120.
The operator, in order to convince the audience of the supe-
rior sensibility of persons in this state, took out his watch,
and directed her to follow it, he going with it from place to
place at a certain distance from her. This experiment par-
tially failed, which the operator stated arose (ruin so many
gentlemen having watches about them. The girl wax next
seated, and her limbs raised, when shp bnre the test of
pricking with pins, &c. without any indications of sensibility,
though the blood flowed each puncture. She was also tried
withthe galvanic battery, which produced precisely the same
indications as were exhibited iu the former case. A young
gentleman, one of the sceptics, at the suggestion of Dr.
M'lntyre, tried the galvanic apparatus, and he was enabled
to hold it without flinching. Dr. M'lntyre bad previously
tried it. and had thrown it precipitately front him. Another
gentleman, who tried subsequently. threw one of the bars
from him very quickly.
Mr. Braid next produced two boys, Edward and James
Shelmerdine, two brothers of three who were born deaf and
dumb. Edward had been entirely deaf from his birth, as
had the brother who was absent. James had been capable
of hearing the report of a gun. He had operated on them a
few times, and they were now able to hear the ticking of a
watch, and, though they could not speak, the power of speech
was restored to them, and they could imitate articulate
sounds. Mr. Braid said, these boys were well-educated, and
could write well, having been brought up in the Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb, at Manchester. Mr. Braid read
certificates of the truth of what he said, and gave convincing
proofs that the boys could hear and articulate. Ile subse-
quently put them into the cataleptic state, when they exhi-
bited all the usual phenomena, the boy Edward in a remark-
able degree. His pulse beat most vehemently, his face
flushed, and, at length, the vessels of his neck and visage ap-
peared so swoln that the operator deemed it necessary to de-
mesmerize him. It was shown that, after this process, the
hearing of the boys was considerably improved. The audi-
ence was compelled, of course, to take this upon the showing
of the boys, who were either deceiving themselves or wil-
fully deceiving the audience.
Mr. Braid mentioned several instances of the great success
which had attended his experiments on deaf persons, which
we are sorry we have not space to advert to. After having
mesmerized his own servant man with the usual results, he
called forward two little girls, one of whom is a daughter of
Mr. Edw. Browne, of this town, professor of the flute. The
last-named child, he stated, he had mesmerized only once be-
fore. After gazing a few minutes at an object, they shut
their eyelids, and their arms were raised in different posi-
tions. In this state, with closed eyes, they followed Mr.
Braid whither he desired, and turned and walked in the di-
rection of any individual who called to them. At the desire
of Mr. Braid, one of them waltzed with apparent good-will,
and both essayed to sing, but with an intonation indicative of
drowsiness.

When Mr. Braid informed the audience that he would ex-
perimentise on any individuals who would submit to the ope-
ration, the male candidates were numerous. Mr. Braid in-
quired if any lady present wished to put his statements ti,
the test of trial. After a slight pause, a lady who sat in one
of the front seats, stepped forward. Previously to trying the
experiment, Mr. Braid related that he had, by fixing the gaze
of a lion on one occasion, and of a Newfoundland (log on ano-
ther, succeeded in mesmerising both these animals. Mr. B.
proceeded to try the experiment upon the lady to whom we
have alluded. After gazing for a few moments at his lancet
case, she closed her eyes, in obedience to the whispered in-
junctions of the operator. Mr. Braid then raised her arms,
which she kept in the position in which he placed them, and,
on her pulse being felt, it was found to be 100. She soon
opened her eyes, and Mr. B. intimattd politely that he had
done with her. The operator was completely under the im-
pression that he had succeeded ; but the lady was of a diffe-
rent opinion, for she declared that she could at any moment
have put down her arms or opened her eyes, a fact that was
communicated to the audience by Dr. M'lntyre. Mr. Braid
observed that it could not be said that he had not produced
any effect, seeing that the lady's pulse had risen to 140, and
as to her opinion on the subject, he had uniformly observed,
that the parties Mesmerised would not at first 'believe that
any effect was produced. The lady was, however, in the first
stage, which would have gone on till the cataleptic state would
have been produced in its extremity.

Four of the candidates for specimens of the operators
powers were now placed on the stage in a line. The first of
these, a good looking young gentleman, Mr. George Jobbling,
of this town, quickly closed his eyes. One of his ar►ns was
raised,. and the operator left him and proceeded to the

gaze of Mr. Smith, a gentleman in the corporation treasurer's
office, who, after looking intently at the lancet case for a few
moments, closed his eyes. His arm was then raised, and he,
too, was left with an arm uplifted towards the sky, in the
attitude of a Brutus when appesling to the gods against the
tyranny of a Tarquin. The fourth gentleman, Mr. Moss,
secretary to the Shipmasters Association, Oldball-street,
gazed most intently, but could not, or would not, yield.
Many times the operator evidently thought he was going off;
but he ever and anon opened his eyes, and created much mer-
riment by gazing around. Suddenly Mr. Johbling's arm
dropped, his head fell upon his breast, and it was feared be
would have fallen forward. In this attitude he continued
till Mr. Braid again raised his arm, which he held out rigid
as before, The operation was again tried on the refractory
subject above alluded to ; but he resisted all Mr. Braid's
powers. A sudden sound awakened Mr. Jobbling, when

operator,

catching Mr. Smith's arm, per
formed the same kind office for him. Numerous question,
were asked by the audience, many more than could pos.
sibly be answered. Mr. Braid said he had no conceal.
meat, and he requested the gentleman to reply candidly.
Mr. Smith said, he had closed his eyes at the request of the
operator, and had also, for the same reason, held his arms in
the position in which they were placed, though he had power
at any moment to have opened his eyes and to have let fall his
arms to their natural place. Mr. Jobbling declared that he
had no power whatever either to open his eyes or to move
his arms. He was perfectly conscious, but he seemed to have
lost all control over all his muscles.
A young gentleman, named Tinley, was the last person on
whom the experiment was tried. His eyes soon closed, and
his arms were fixed. lie speedily awoke, however, when he
',lelared that he had endeavoured to open his eyes, but w'
the till lie was fully roused. lie was u
wess, and in this as in the former c

.lin subjected to
when his eyes
3. He was now
short interval of silence, for the
purpose of allowing his insensibility to deepen, his arms and
one of his legs were raised. His face flushed exceedingly,
and it was evident from his breathing that his pulse was
greatly accelerated, though nu one tried the experiment. Lie
appeared, through Out, to be struggling to awake, which at
length he did. He stated to the audience, that he felt an un-
usual sensation of warmth ; that he had no power to open
his eyes or to arouse himself ; but that he could, if he had
pleased, have put down either his arms or his leg.
Several other individuals were very desirous of being mes-
merised, but, as it was now within a quarter of an hour of
twelve o'clock, Mr. Braid decided upon discontinuing the
operations. We may observe in conclusion, that a portion
of the audience were sceptical and dissatisfied to the last;
while the main hulk of those present, if not entirely convin-
ced, were, at least, much gratified, and those who looked on
and iistened with a firm desire for the attainment of truth
were without doubt, edified and instructed.

dosed teArs rolled copiously down his cheek
seated in a chair. and, att

Mr. Braid thanked the audience for the attention with which
they had listened to him, and said, if it were desired, he
would repeat his visit, and endeavour further to illustrate his
subject Al uch applause followed this anouncement.

THE COALBROOKDALE IRON COMPANY

Whatever may be the moral condition of our country,
which we would fain hope, notwithstanding the demurs of

cynical philosophers, is in progress of improvement ; our

advancement in scientific and mechanical science is unques-
tionable, and enables us to appropriate materials considered
by our forefathers the most obdurate and unpromising to
purposes of utility or elegance. In the adaptation of sub-
Stanaes, " dug from the bdwels of the harmless earth," and
particularly of the most ordinary and abundant, though per-
haps the most truly valuable of metals ; and, by means of
the furnace or the forge, fashioning it into an infinite variety
of forms, from the largest structures in naval and domestic

architecture, to itrticles of utility or ornament tile most

minute, we have assuredly progressed to a degree of perfec-
tion, the bare anticipation of which our forefathers would
have deemed altogether chimerical. Modern ingenuity and
perseverance have found in iron an admirable substitute for
timber, brass, and other materials formerly exclusively in
requisition as alone suited for many of those purposes ; and
we have now not only iron machinery, but iron roads, iron
ships, iron printing presses, iron stoves, iron utensils, ad in-
finitum, but (as will be shown), iron chairs, iron bedsteads.
and even iron statuary, iron pictures, iron houses, and iron
tomb-stones we have not vet revived the beatitude of

" the golden nge," we may, at least, physically speaking,
assume our claim to have realised the age of iron ; and we
should be cold, indeed, as iron itself, did we not take pride
to ourselves in living in a generation characterised by such a
triumph of human ►ntellect,—especially when we rind the
articles enumerated to be neater, more elegant in form,
stronger and more durable than those of former times, and
of which we ►nay have an inexhaustible supply even at our
own doors.

We have been led to these reflections by a recent visit to
the Coalbrookdale Company's splendid warehouse in James-
street, which though but lately established in this locality,
and consequently not vet generally known, is deservedly
worthy of baing classed amongst the lions of our native town.
We were at once surprised and delighted by an inspection of
the numerous beautiful articles, large and small, displayed in
extensive show rooms. A quarter of a century ago, the Car-
ron Iron Works, near Glasgow, were considered the first
foundry in the kingdom, and the common Rumford grates,
ovens, &c., there produced were regarded as a great acquisition
to the comforts of the parlour and the cuisine. Great im-
provements have doubtless been there introduced since that
time, and we have seen some fine modern specimens; but
without wishing to disparage the efforts of our northern
ne:ghbours or others, we must say that the Coalbrookdale
Company, whether in taste oldesign. perfection in execution,
or the magnitude of their undertakings, have distanced all
former competitors in the art. The extent of their works
(at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire), where they are in possession
of valuable iron and coal mines, may be estimated from the
fact that they employ upwards of five thousand men !
The warehouse here is a stone building constructed ex-
pressly for the purpose. It is of Grecian architecture en-
riched with columns in front, between the wings, and is one
of the handsomest commercial edifices in the town. In the
lower room, which occupies its full length, are shown the finer
descriptions of articles. The prevailing style, inn accordance
with the revived fashion of the dry, is the florid Elizabethan,
which permits of great richness and variety. The fenders
are peculiarly elegant and of great diversity of design, some
resembling the finest bronze, and others in Berlin black, with
classical figures minutely cast, and ornamental open-work,
polished steel shafts, &c. Toe fire-irons, of various modern
patterns, are of the finest polished steel. The tables are of
'numerous forms and sizes,—some for balls, of antique
, the tops resembling real marble, or polished
oak, and others of smaller size and round toned for the
drawing-room or boudoir, mounted on richly-carved pillars
or pedestals, the tops of some of anent enriched with beauti-
ful groups of flowers in the French style, select views, finely
painted, and so japanned as precisely to resemble the finest
work in papier• triach4; others of them are inlaid with marble,
as backgammon tables, and one curiously topped with a va-
riety of Derbyshire spar. The castings forming the edgings
of the tops of these arc of open-work like lace
are chiefly of the stove description, and of be

design

The grates
atifttl, rich de-

signs,—many of them with chimney-pieces painted or var.
nished in marble, &c., and cast as smooth as that material
when polished. Amongst a splendid assortment of articles
or vertu—all of east-iron—are the Warwick,
other v

excecedingly perfect in every respect. The pro-
jecting Roman heads on the former are as minutely tine and
expressive as if formed of wax in the finest mould. It is
considered superior in execution to the same vase produced
in bronze at Berlin, and is but half the price. We observed
some handsome and elaborately-designed fruit plates, in imi-
tation of bronze, or in Berlin black. One of them in parti-
cular is of fine open-work, interspersed with small heads,
finely finished, and the pattern cai.ied out on both sides of
the article. Others are in the form of shells. The chimney
and drawing-room ornaments arc various and beautiful—
equal in every point to the finest productions in bronze. A

representation.of the Crucifixion is quite a grin. The figure
of the Saviour is only from four-nod-a-half to five inches,

ong, yet anatomical accuracy is strictly preserved, and the
rown of thorns and even the hair on the head are minutely

lirown out. A nude and female French peasant a hors'e
amp:int, a bull. &c., arc all perfect and spirited representa-
ions. The attitudes arc tine, and the Whole beautifully

smooth. There are also some fine pictorial castings of hisl
torical subjects, amongst which is the " Lord's Supper," in
alto relievo, taken from the celebrated plate recently pub-
lished. The price of this imperishable " picture," (which
is within a frame,) is extremely moderate. A variety of ink-
stands, of elaborate designs, ornamental watch-stands,
flower-bowls, 64c., also claim the visitors' attention. We
noticed, too, several handsome flower-vases for the parterre,
Painted In resemblance of stone. These and other castings
for exterior ornament arc boiled in oil after being cast, and,
being impervious to moisture, arc not subject to corrode or
rust. Gas-fittings are also produced at the works, in pillars
and chandeliers, of the most elaborate, massy, and classical
.
design. One, of a superb description, is now in progress of
completion by the company, for Dr. Itatties's new chapel,
Great George's-street. The design is much admired, and it
will, we believe, be decorated with Chitin ornaments in
flowers, manufactured at the celebrated China-works, at
Coalbrookdale, contiguous to the company's iron-works.
The stoves are of numerous descriptions, and beautifully
designed—Grecian, Elizabethan, &c. The company sup-
plied a splendid large one, m the former classical style, for
the Great Western steamship, the drawing of which we were
shewn. It hits four fires, one on each side, and the flue
forms a highly ornamental column.
The warerooms above are also well worthy of inspection,
being filled with an endless variety of grates ; cabooses for
ships, on the most compact and approved principles ; iron
safes, with gilded mouldings, and Chubb's patent locks ;
kitchen ranges, &c., all designed and finished in a superior
style of workmanship. One of the last is of great size, with
two ovens, hot •hesrths, &c., and appears to be calculated
for a baronial residence, in which the good things of this
life are dispensed to numerous guests and retainers in the
liberal spirit of good Old English hospitality. We here
observed several handsome garden-chairs, representing seats
formed of the vine in its full luxuriance. From this we
wandered into other spacious apartments, where we were
almost lost amongst piles of boilers, pots, bushes for wheels,
register stoves, and a variety of castings, weighing hundreds
of tons, though on an upper floor. It is somewhat remark-
able that some of the larger double stoves (one of which
fully heats, with common coal, the very large room below)
have door-handles formed of a large bulb of cut crystal, a
material which, probably from its being a non-conductor of
the electric fluid, never becomes inconveniently hot.
We were shown a bird's-eye view of a house to be con-
structed entirely of iron, for a Izetitlemau ;mil his lady resid-
ing in America. It is in the Elizabethan Gothic: style, richly
ornamented. It is to be sixty feet square, and besides being
fire-proof, will, no doubt (judging from the drawing), form a
very handsome and comfortable residence. The company have
also, we learn, extensive premises in Manchester.

In conclusion, we repeat that these show-rooms cannot
fail to interest visitors, whether the. scientific or the merely
curious. , The smoothness, sharpness of edge, and general
beauty of the castings, exhibit to nn eminent degree the
adaptation of iron skilfully employed to many purposes in
which it was hitherto unemployed; and the designs and ex-

ecution reflect the highest credit on the proprietors of the
works.

THE IRISH REPEALERS OF LIVERPOOL

When we read week after week the amount of contributions
which, under the title of " The Repeal Rent," the mendi-
cant impostor—his lordship of Dublin and Derrynane—
scrapes into his capacious maw, we are sometimes inclined to
inquire whether the scoundrelism of the receiver or the
gullibility of the contributors is the most prominent. There
must be, we have always imagined, a vast number of very
uncomprehending animals in " unhappy Ireland," or the
rapacity of this " inoomprelkensible vagabond" could never
be permitted to absorb the immense sum to which this weekly
rent must amount, We were, therefore, scarcely prepared
for the information conveyed in the following paragraph,
which we extract from the Dublin correspondence of the
Liverpool Journal of Saturday last:—

"The Repeal Association met on Monday, when further
remittances from Liverpool, towards the repeal rent, amount-
ing to £145, were acknowledged. The truth is, that were it
not for the subscriptions received from England and America,
the doors 'of the Repeal Association could hardly, be kept
open. The amount of rent for the week was £260. '

Really this is very oomplimentary to the good sense of the
Irish inhabitants of Liverpool ! The gulls of the great im-
poster arc not, after all, the poor benighted bogtrotters of
his own country. They, stupid and ignorant as they are,
have begun to see through the manifold frauds and the giant
avarice which attend every movement of the great 0. But
America has fortunately her " sympathizers " and abettors
of rebellion, and England, and Liverpool at its head, has its
besotted idiots in abundance, to supply the vacuum caused
by the secession of Ireland herself from the number of his
dupes. Ycs, even now, in our own town, whilst the hand of
benevolence is being stretched forth to save thousands of the
suffering poor of Ireland from perishing in our streets—when
the cry of sympathy is being raised in behalfof the education
of he childrn of tse poor—the Irish inhabitants can raise
to t
swell thee hoardhos or a burly imposter no less a sum than
£145 in one week ; and we are gravely told that but for such
contributions from amongst us, and from the braggart
" symphatbizers " of the United States, the arrant LUlllbUg
repeal must (lie of inanition. The thing is monstrous and
disqusting ; and the scoundrels who aid in this system of
extortion in I..iverpool, by which their ignorant fellow.
countrymen arc thus robbed and duped, are worthy, it they
could he made known, of the indignant reprobation of the

MONEY MARKET AND CITY

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TN,A,eI .

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TELLIGENCI

SATURDAY EVENING.—WitiI the exception of a few in-
considerable purchases by the Chancery broker, to the amount
altogether of about £lB,OOO for Friday next, and sales by the
same party to the amount of about £B,OOO, this has been al-
together a quiet day in the funds. Consols in consequence
of these purchases were a shade better for money, the closing
prices for present transfer being 891 to 1, and for account
891 to 4. Exchequer Bills were 16s to 18s premium. Bank
Stock 167 to 4. India Stock 217 to

In Foreign -Secoriti
and-a-Half per Cent:
to I. Belgian 102 to
24{ to 5. Portugueat

Cents 20 to 1.
lombian 22 to

Five ncr (

no alteration. Dutch Two-
1, the Five per Cents 100
Ac:irr with the Coupons

to 4, the Three per
can 29L to 30. Co-

London and Birmingham Railway Shares w
Great Western 211 to 2.!,. the Halt Shares 1(I

port 51 to 6; premium. -
5, North Midland 71 to 3, the New Sham.
36} to 7k. Blackwall 11 to 1, South Weste,
share. Eastern Counties 11; to 14, South
Dover 211 to 201 discount.

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tern a

PROFESSOR OF POETRY.
RETIREMENT OF MR. WILLIAMS

(From our Second Edilion of Friday.)
We have this moment been favoured with the fol-
owing gratifying letter from the Principal of Brase-
nose College, Oxford :

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD
" Brute-nose Col

lanuar

" SIR,—A comparison has 5
number of promises given in behalf of each eu
Professorship of Poetry, when they were foun
" For Mr. Garbett
Mr. Williams

didate f

" Mr. Williams has in consequence withdrawn.
" We beg you to accept our thanks for the intention ea•
pressed by you of supporting Mr. Garbett, and to congratu-
late you on this termination of the contest.

" 1 am, Sir,
" For the Fellows of this College and myself,
" Your obedient faithful Servant,
" A. T. GILBERT, Principal.'

AICA.
By the Cambridge packMet-sEßhip, which arrived at this port
on Friday, we are in receipt of New York papers to the
3d instant, inclusive ; being four days later than those re-
ceived by the last Boston steamer. The intelligence possesses
no great interest.

Tile Albany and Boston Railroad was opened on the 28th
ult., and a grand dinner was given on the occasion by the
authorities of the city of Albany. Governor Seward's mes-
sage was expected to arrive from Albany on the evening of
the 4th instant, and will be brought by the Roscoe packet-
ship of the 7th.

According to the Herald, the probability that the currency
project of the President would pass into a law, declined every
day. The moderate whigs opposed the exchange feature of
the plan, and the ultra whigs were against the whole. Not-
withstanding there was a general want of confidence in State
and Bank Stocks, the stocks of flour, wool, cotton, and corn
commanded cash at moderate prices.
The first of January was a holyday, and little or no busi-
ness was therefore transacted in the money market. The
second of January was Sunday, and no alteration has there-
fore taken place since the Columbia left. The transactions
at the stock board on the 31st ultimo were large, and prices
were generally up. A fair busi►►ess was done in bills.