The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-27 00:00:00

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY ELECTION.

It will be seen from the subjoined correspondencei. which
we copy from the Evening Packet, that the zealous pastor
of St. Jude's, whether at home or abroad, is indefatigable in
his efforts for the advancement of truth. The high consis-
tency of the course which he has always pursued, itself the
consequence, bears witness also to the purity of the motives
by which he is actuated, to wit, the forwarding of truth, and
not (as he is clandestinely reported), the following of party.

To the Editor of the Evening Packet.
Stn,—On the Sth instant, I took the liberty of addressing
the enclosed letter to Mr. Smith. I have received no reply,
and conclude that Mr. Smith does not intend to write one.
I do not feel that this is, in the slightest degree, discourteous
on his part. If I had addressed a private letter to him, he
would, as a matter of course, have written to acknowledge
it ; but when I told him that I intended to publish my letter
and his answer, he was, in the strictest sense, at liberty to
withhold any answer, if he felt that publication would be in-
convenient or premature. He may moreover feel, that as he
was not, by any overt act of his own, a candidate for our
suffrages, no elector had a right to address him publicly upon
the subject.

If I have been guilty of an unseasonable intrusion upon
the hon. and learned gentleman, I can only plead, in my ex-
cuse, the conviction that, unless some publication from Mr.
Smith shall appear, and speedily, the election for the College
will be virtually closed. What is tantamount to a poll is
rapidly going forward.
I wrote to some friends by the same post which conveyed
my letter to Mr. Smith, and I have their answers entirely
coinciding in my views of this subject.
I would not be doing justice to them or to myself if I did
not say distinctly, that the course we adopt is not prompted
by any want of the kindest and most cordial feelings towards
Mr. Hamilton ; but simply by the high principle of obedi-
ence in all things lawful, to our lawful rulers, as stated in
my letter.
By giving a place in your columns to this, and the enclosed,
you will oblige, sir, your obedient servant,
Ballycastle, 19th Sept., 1842. Hricrx M'NEILE.

TO T. B. C. SMITH, ESQ.
have just now received a circular, forwarded to
me from Liverpool, containing the names of several members
of our University, and signed by the Reverend Wm. Lee.
It invites me to join in a requisition to you to allow yourself
to be put in nomination as apandidate for our representation
in parliament. I have declined compliance, not because of
any objection to. you—l entertain none, nor because of any
promise of support to another, I have given none—but be-
cause I am altogether unacquainted with your opinions and
convictions upon certain subjects which I deem of paramount
importance. Many of my fellow-electors are in the same
condition ; and I feel assured that, by addressing you pub-
licly, without loss of time, I shall be contributing towards
that clear and unequivocal understanding which ought to
exist amongst us all on such occasions. It is my intention,
therefore, to publish this letter, and also your reply, if you
do me the honor to write one.

It is currently reported that you are put forward on this
occasion, and will be supported by her Majesty's government
in Ireland. If this be so, you possess a prima facie claim
upon the support of all who think and feel as I do. Because
the Christian duty of Submission to " the powers that be" is
a matter of conscience with us. We do not think that per-
sonal preferences in questions affecting merely temporal mat-
ters should ever array us in hostility against the government.
On questions of a very different character, involving, as we
believe, the highest interests of the revealed truth of God,
and, by consequence the everlasting happiness of men ; we
were driven into painful but inevitable collision with the late
government. We hoped and are still anxious to hope, that
with the present government, friendly representations and
remonstrances, patience, and a more accurate acquaintance
with the real wants and wishes of the Roman Catholic peo-
ple of Ireland, considered as distinct from their ecclesiastical
leaders and a few turbulent agitators, may render all such
opposition unnecessary, and therefore, upon our principles,
unjustifiable. Our duty of submission, not only to the ex-
press authority, but even to the known wishes of the Queen's
government, we deem second only to the higher duty we owe
to the great SOURCE of all rule, by whom Kings reign, &c.
There are questions which involve this ultimate duty, and
questions closely connected wtth the parliamentary represen-
tation of our University at this time. One is, the treatment
which the Holy Scriptures are to receive in the matter of
national education ; and another is, whether the college of
Maynooth is to be supported by the state without any inquiry
into the principles, religious, moral or political, which are
inculcated upon the students therein ?
Against the system at present adopted by what is called the
National Board of Education in Ireland ; and against the
continued national support of Maynooth College, as a matter '
of course, without inquiry, we feel it to be a duty, painful
but imperative, to opposs any government, and to teach others
to do likewise. Because we feel the integrity of our allegiance
to THE KING OF ALL KINGS involved; and because, if we
forfeit that integrity, our advocacy of any human cause must
become eventually as worthless to others, as it would, in the
mean time, be irksome, nay offensive to ourselves.
We believe the Bible to be indeed what it professes to be,
and, therefore, we believe it to be the duty of professedly-
Christian statesmen to mould their moral and religious mea-
sures for the community, not by the doubtful preferences
and fluctuating majorities of men, but by the unerring and
unchanging principles laid down with clearness in the Word
of God. While, on the other side, we detest the intolerance
which would aim at the propagation of truth by the sword ;
we cannot, on the other side, be reconciled to the indifference
which consents to the propagation of falsehood by the trea-
sury. _ _

We believe, for example, that no government support or
command, can make it lawful for any man to bow down to
images, or to teach others to do so ; seeing that the Almighty
has distinctly said to every man, " Thou shalt not bow down
to them." We believe that no government support or com-
mand can make it lawful for any man to put, or to teach
others to put, prepared lists of indelicate questions to either
man or woman ; seeing that the Almighty has distinctly for-
bidden all corrupt, or corrupting communication out of our
mouth. We believe that no government support or command
can make it lawful for a subject of any state to take, or teach
others to take, an oath of allegiance to a foreign power,
(under any pretence or plea that it refers to spiritual things
only,) such as in critical circumstances, and at a critical mo-
ment, may involve, inevitably, the tremendous alternative of
perjury or treason. We are prepared to prove—we have
proved by documentary evidence not to be gainsayed, how-
ever it may be neglected, that these are among the things
taught in illaynooth College.
In like manner, we believe that no government support or
command can make it lawful to withhold, by authority, from
any child of the human family, the Holy Scriptures ; or to
consign by authority any child [to teachers who avow their
determination to withhold the Holy Scriptures from the in-
struction of that child ; seeing that the Almighty has expressly
commanded the reading of Holy Scripture by all, and highly
commended it, even in the case of a child, as able to make
wise unto salvation.

it is our deliberate conviction, after calm and patient in-
vestigation, that the National Board of Education in Ireland,
judged by its own printed rules, is fairly liable to the heavy
charge of doing this—notwithstanding the permission to give
separate religious instruction granted to persons over whom
the board have no control ; and, notwithstanding the use in
some schools of the three small volumes of extracts, from the
Scriptures, in a new translation. We are aware of the
multiform deviations from rule introduced and connived at,
iii the present cameleon practice of the national schools, but
our business at head-quarters is with the rule itself. We
are aware of the apparent approbation and practical support
obtained by the board from the Presbyterian body, by con-
ceding to that body an exclusively Presbyterian education in
their existing schools where no building grants were required;
but this does not alter the original constitution of the board,
or diminish the objections entertained against it, by those
who cannot conscientiously secure truth to their own children
at the expense of consigning the children of others to hope-
less error.
Now, sir, while we altogether disapprove of the system of
sending, or attempting to send, pledged delegates to parlia-
ment, instead of free, unshackled, and competent representa-
tives ; we are naturally desirous to do our part, however
inconsiderable it may be, towards having the members for
our University really representatives of the opinions of the
constituency on these great subjects. We ask for no pro-
spective pledges or promises as to how you will vote if
returned for the College; but we do ask, with unfeigned
respect and frank freedom, for a present honest and bold
avowal of the deep convictions of your soul on these soul-
stirring questions.
If you approve of consulting human convenience first, in
matters of legislation, involving religion and morals, and so
setting aside Divine revelation altogether, (for if it be not
first beyond comparison, it is nothing, worse than nothing,
because false in its paramount claim,) you can, 1 presume,
have no difficulty in candidly saying so.
If, on the contrary, you think that risks of displeasing
men, of any name and in any numbers, should be run, (re-
luctantly and cautiously indeed, but still firmly and consis-
tently,) rather than sanction and support what GOD con-
demns; you can, I know, have no difficulty in avowing it.
If you have no strong convictions on either side, and de-
cline to commit yourself by any declaration beyond the mere
common-place generalities, which mean nothing; we must,
of course, form our own judgements upon the evidence thus
borne to the nature and strength of your principles, and the
light thns thrown upon our duty in the contest.
I write in all good faith and good feeling towards you. I
know nothing, even by report, of your religious principles ;
but am anxious to find them such as will justify me in render-
ing you any support and assistance in my power, if, as we
have been informed, it be indeed the wish of the government
that you should be returned.—l have the honour to be, sir,
your faithful servant. HUG!! 11/PNEILE.
Ballycastle, Sth Sept., 1842.

HER MAJFSTY'S EARLY RlSlNG.—Everybody was sur-
prised and pleased, while the Queen was in Scotland, at the
punctuality with which her Majesty kept every appointment,
and with the early hours at which the sovereign got up in the
morning. While at Drummond Castle, the Queen rose at
half-past six o'clock and breakfasted at eight, chocolate
being the favourite beverage. In the forenoon the Queen
unched, and drank cherry-water.
Tit E AROOSTOOK MOUNTAINS.—This important tract of
country, which has just been ceded to Great Britain, has
been examined by some of our eminent geologists. Dr.
Jackson, the geologist of Maine, gives an interesting account
of his examination of the mountain region of the disputed
territory near the Penobscot Forks, which gives a graphic
feature of that part of the country, and makes it one of the
most sublime and imposing formations. Mountain Katah-
din is a lofty, precipitous cone of pure granite, whose tree-
less summit, having no vegetable growth but a few bushes
of the mountain cranberry and spicy blueberries, was at-
tained with great labour by clambering almost perpendicular
crags. It was ascertained to be 5,300 feet elevation, the
highest in Maine. What is remarkable is, that in this gra-
nite formation was found diluvial limestone, with shell im-

, _ ...._
pressions, showing the sea had been there ; and in the same
region limestone with scoriaceous trap melted and imbricated
into its seams in an elegant manner, showing also that vol-
canic action had been at work. From one high mountain,
the Sugar Loaf Cone, he saw round him no less than fifty
lofty peaks, and seventeen mountain lakes, cascades of 200
feet fall, &c. Why, this Aroostook country must hereafter
be called the Alpine Regions of Maine !—Nett. Fork Herald.
N 1 NATIO .I. EDUCATION.—His Grace the Lord Primate
of Ireland, in the course of his charge to the clergy at the
annual visitation
of
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state all his objectionst '
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education; and having done
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give the subject their
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which lasted to the close of the session, on the long debates,
financial and
other affairs of the country, he could not brit
and when, near the close of the session, he mentionedigitforward ;
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matter to the head of the, government, he told him that
there would not be time to give the subject due consideration,
and that it would be better not to take it up then, Ilia
Grace then stated some reasons, which led him to think that'
the government would make some change in reference to
education in this country, and said, as he had occupied them
so long on the subject of education, he would not on that
occasion detain then' by taking up 4ny other bubject,"

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.
THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 27th instant,
the Musical Play of

'ROB ROY.
Bailie Nicol Jarvie Mr. Mackay.
After which,
A FAVOURITE SONG, by Mr. J. RUSSELL.
To conclude with
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
Sandie Mr. Mackay.

LIVER THEATRE.
MR. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAINMENTS.
THIS EVENING (Tuesday), by desire, IHE ADVEN-
TURES OF PRINCE C ARLESrViith the illus-
trative Jacobite Songs.
TO-MORROW EVENING (Wednesday), ,Mr. WILSON
will give his Entertainment on HIGHLAND MELODY
and SONG, in which he will sing several Songs' of the
Highlands.

Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is.
Programmes, Tickets, and Private Boxes, may be had at
the Theatre.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

POSITIVELY THE LAST EXHIBITION OF THE
SEASON.
GRAND EVENING FETE.
TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 28th instant, to com-
mence with the
GRAND ROMAN FESTA.
At Dusk,
THE GRAND ILLUMINATION OF ST. PETER'S.
This inconceivably magnificent Spectacle is succeeded
by the Pyrotechnic Wonders of the
GIRANDOLA OF ST. ANGELO,
with all its splendid incidents, terminating with the Gor-
geous Cascade of Brilliant Fire, and Tremendous Flights
of Rockets.

The great Elephant RAJAH will promenade the Gardens,
drawing a splendidly decorated Car, with the attendants in
the full Eastern Costume, during the Afternoon.
THE GRAND MUSICAL PROMENADE

will commence at Five o'clock, and the FIREWORKS pre-

cisely at Half-past Seven.
Every possible effect of Pyrotechnic grandeur will be pro-
duced to render the Closing Fete of the most splendid de-
scription.
Mr. STUBBS'S ROYAL HARMONIC BAND will
Perform a favourite Selection of Music.
The Gardens are Illuminated with beautiful tripod Gas
Lamps.

ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING.

Ebt Zibtrpool &tani3arb.

TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1542

Who are the Anti-Corn-law Leaguers ? What is
the extent to which the principles of this seditious
and anti-national conspiracy have spread themselves
throughout our manufacturing districts and large
towns, within the last few years ? The public, we
believe, are not sufficiently informed upon this subject;
and arc a little disposed to under-estimate the strength
of the League faction. We shall endeavour, there-
fore, to convey a more correct notion of it, which we
are enabled to do by a close observation of the- growth
of the principles themselves for years past—before,
in fact, the League, as a distinct body, existed,—and
of the circumstances which have tended to promote
those principles.
The Anti-Corn-law League—under which term we
class the whole of the supporters of an abolition of
what is called " the food monopoly"—is not confined
exclusively to the radical or " liberal" party. We are
admitting something, perhaps, to our opponents here;
but we are anxious to bring the facts before our
readers and the conservative public generally. It
includes within its ranks many moderate men, averse
to, and indeed disposed to denounce, the violent pro-
ceedings of its leaders. It includes many men who,
upon other subjects than our commercial policy,
entertain conservative opinions. It comprises many
men of considerable property and influence, and, we
may add, character—perhaps a majority of the middle
classes of our manufacturing towns ; and we fear is
adding daily—by the activity with which its principles
are disseminated, the taking nature of those principles,
when offered to the approval of superficial thinkers,
combined with other strong inducing circumstances—
to the number and the influence of its members.
With these elements of strength, however—and that
they are great must be admitted—the League, and the
movement which it is banded to advance, contains
many elements of weakness; but we would earnestly
urge upon our conservative fellow-countrymen, that
these are not sufficiently stable to be depended upon
as able to arrest its career of destruction. Its leaders
are men whose motives are subject to the taint of
being influenced by strong personal interest, and
whose very existence, in the position in society to which
they have climbed, appears to be dependent upon the
carrying out of some great change, of a nature calcu-
lated to inflict a dangerous shock upon the institutions
and the property of the country. Here the league
party are seriously weakened; and they are weakened,
too, by the almost total want of sympathy towards
them and their objects of the great bulk of the working
classes. The gentry, the clergy, and the agricultural
portion of our population view their objects and their
persons with strong repugnance. Their alliance with
dissent, and the ultra notions of their leaders upon po-
litical subjects, have alienated many, who, otherwise,
might have been disposed to concur with them in
seeking what they denominate " commercial reform ;.'
and, lastly, they are weakened by the almost total want
of character, truthfulness, and morality, of the instru-
ments which they employ.

With all these drawbacks, however, we fear it is un-
deniable that the principles of the Anti-Corn-Law
League are growing principles. They are entertained,
in secret, by many who shrink from their avowal; and
circumstances tend, at present, and have for ten years
past been tending, to increase the numbers and em-
bolden the conduct of such. The strength of the
Anti-Corn-Law cry consists in the progressive decline
of every species of property, but, more especially, of
property in our large towns, from the inflated value
conferred upon them in years of bubble prosperity.
The manufacturer, the merchant, the shopkeeper, the
small trader, the owner of houses or cottages in our
manufacturing towns and villages, the mortgagee of
such property—all these, or, at least, a large majority
of them, look to the commercial activity promised, as
the result of ultra free trade measures, for the restora-
tion of their fallen fortunes, or, if not that, for the re-
storation of their position in society, as compared with
those whose property must be deteriorated by the re-
sult of such a policy. They have invested their capital,
their accumulations, the savings of years of industry'
or of fortunate speculation in mills, houses, or land ex-
orbitantly raised in value by the existence of the very
mania which produced their profits, and which has
proved itself to be the fickle thing they find it ; and
they would now move heaven. and earth, embrace any
unknown risk, dare, like a desperate gamester, any
throw, to win back the stake which was never their's
except in imagination, or was thrown away in wanton
and foolhardy imprudence.
The manufacturing districts and the large towns of

Great Britain are filled with inen of all shades of po-

litics, thus situated and feeling thus. These men con-
stitute the Anti-Corn-Law party—the leaguers. They
may be added to by the gradual immersion in loss and
difficulty of those at present entertaining better princi-
ples, because, perhaps, as yet suffering less. How
many such men, though doubting the efficacy of the
Anti-Corn-Law remedy, and especially its permanence
as a remedy, are already whispering to their own souls
a wish to make, at least, a trial of its operation ! To
the human heart, however sound may be its beating,
self-interest is a powerful pleader. We shrink with an

instinctive horror, after years of successful industry
and the enjoyment of respectable station, from being
thrown back into comparative poverty and insignifi-
cance; and with a powerful and daring faction point-
ing the way to a remedy, however precarious and dan-
gerous it may be, we cannot wonder if, constituted as
we know human nature to be, men are found to rush
eagerly to the adoption of that remedy, though involv-
ing the ruin of thousands around them-
The remark of Mr. Cobden in one of his latest dia-
tribes in parliament, that the repeal of the Corn-Laws
would be the signal for a vast increase of manufacturing
activity, furnishes a sufficient clue to the mode in which
such a course is expected to benefit those whose pro-
perty is embarked in the manufacturing districts. By
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such revived activity the valuemhoeuflsadutecisoliingpsn,rhoi
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dupes would be left to sink or swim with the recoil of
the tide, which a few years of inordinate production
and reckless joint-stock banking would most assuredly
bring on.

We give the ultra free-trailers all the benefit of any
admissions we have made as to their strength and the
growth of their principles in the course of these re-
marks. The extent of a delusion is no warrant for its
basis being truth. The le ague has achieved great
things, and may achieve grwiter, as revolutionary prin-
ciples have done in time par;t, and pay do again; but

that circumstance is no reason why w© should tamely
lay bare the bulwarks of the established order and in-
stitutions of the land to its destructive course. The
power of that body must be grappled with firmly and
at once. Conservatism must be watchful and ener-
getic, and, above all things, must lay to its heart the
important truth that it is not by inch by inch conces-
'sion to its menaces that a devouring flood can be
stayed.

On a future occasion we may endeavour to point out
the curative policy towards which the efforts of Con-
servatism must be directed. At present we have trans-
gressed sufficiently upon the space which we can
devote to the subject.

Upon the subject of the recent calamitous fire in this
town the Albion, of yesterday, has the following re-

marks :

That destructive fires should occur amongst the ware-
houses of Liverpool is the inevitable result of the want of
plan in their formation and judgment in their location, with
the consequent absence of system and responsibility in their
management. Erected by individuals without regard to ge-
neral interests, the warehouses scattered throughout the
town are frequently in proximity or immediate contact with
active sources of ignition, such as smithies, cooperages,
mills, steam-engines, &c. ; and to these dangers, to which
they are exposed from external causes, are added those from
dram-shops, ship-chandlery stores, and other hazatdous
trades which not unfrequently occupy part of .warehouses
otherwise filled with merchandise of immense value and in
connexion with other richly laden stores. Each warehouse,
being separate private property, is liable to have as many
tenants as rooms, or parcels of googis therein stored, and to
be served by as many different sets of porters. Open, al-.
most ad libitum, to the thief and to the incendiary ; free
from general superintendence ; and exposed to the danger of
fire within and from without, such calamities as that which
we now witness are, according to the doctrine of chances, of
certain advent, the precise times being the only question or
uncertainty.

To the truth of a portion of this paragraph we freely
give our admission. No one can object more strongly
than we do to the practice of permitting warehouses,
containing valuable property, to be approximated by
ship chandlery stores, boarding-houses, cooper's
yards; and other similar places almost inviting com-
bustion. We would, if possible, in regulating the fu-
ture construction of warehouses in Liverpool, guard
against the recurrence of such evils; and if ware.
housing property of our own, we would avoid ware-
houses situated in such dangerous localities. We
would avoid also warehouses constructed of such
flimsey materials, as must have been many of the
erections upon the ground now occupied by burning
ruins ; and seek instead to deposit it in premises such
as those in Formby-street, which, although placed in
the heart of a fire which has had no parallel in Liver-
pool within the memory of man, have withstood, so
far, and are. likely to withstand, every attack of the de-
vouring element. There are parties, however, who
entertain different sentiments with respect to the locali-
ties best suited for depositing their valuable merchan-
dize. Some people prefer cheapness to security, and
would rather risk the chances of a miserably-built
erection, provided it were one for which low charges
were made, than pay a reasonable rent for the use of
premises offering almost certain protection from fire,
and all other hazards. To a certain extent, therefore,
the sufferers by the late fire have themselves to blame.
Warehouses in abundance exist throughout the town,
well-regulated and well-built, and free from the dan-
gerous contiguity of the description of premises men-
tioned ; and when men have security offered to them,
and decline for a paltry saving, taking advantage of it,
they have no earthly right to complain when the chap-
ter of accidents turns against them.
But we cannot permit the Albion to raise out of the
late unfortunate calamity an argument in favour of his
pet scheme and that of his friend Alderman Evans. In
our own humble opinion there is a step between the
continued existence of trumpery erections, surrounded
by every description of hazardous buildings, and the
swamping of the whole of the well-constructed ware-
houses of the town by the Dock Committee. The
Albion talks in high-flown terms of the management of
that committee—of the "general superintendance"
which would exist to protect property in its ware-
houses. We have seen as yet nothing to render us
enamoured of the management in question, and we
can see nothing in the "general superintendence" of
our docks themselves to convince us that the property
of the merchants of the town would, if in the hands o
the committee, be better superintended than it is cap.
ble of being in private hands.
Putting out of view however the question of ma.
nagement and "superintendence," let us presume tha,_
such a fire as has just taken place bad occurred in a
range of warehouses placed upon the west of Prince's
Dock. The Albion will perhaps say that such an event
is impossible, or at least improbable ; and he may
throw in our teeth the example of the dock warehouses
in London. The cases, we say, are not parallel. In
Liverpool our chief storage is of cotton; in London it
is not : and we ask what would have been the result of
such a fire on the west quay of a dock, crowded, as is
the Prince's, with a valuable shipping, at low water ?
The wind during the late fire was north west, got
round to north, and on Saturday evening was almost
east—all the time blowing fresh. What, had such a
fire broken out, could have saved the bulk of the ship-
ping in that dock from being burnt down to the water's
edge?

LOCAL NEWS.

THE REV. HUGH MWEILE.—Mr. M`Neile, who has
been in Ireland for some weeks, is expected to resume his
ministerial labours at St. Jude's on Sunday next.
So plentiful is money at the present moment, bills are now
discounted in Liverpool at 3 per cent., while in London good
paper may, we believe, be discounted for 2 per cent.
THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW.—It is expected that this
show will be one of, mere than ordinary excellence, not only
in point of number of stock, but also in quality.
SPECIAL. CommissroN.—A Supplement to Friday's Ga-
zeite contains an order for the Special Commission, for the
County palatine of Lancaster, to be liolden at Liverpool.
KIRKDALE AND EVERTON SCHOOLS.—The collection in
aid of these schools after the sermons on Sunday last, by the
Rev. A. M'Conkey, and the Rev. R. T. Wheeler, amounted
to £3O 18s.
ST. PETER'S WARD.—Mr. Samuel nolnie has consented
to come forward as a candidate for the representation of St.
Peter's Ward in the Towu-council. No doubt he will be
eturned.
THE HINDOSTAN STEAM-SHIP.—The Hindostan, steam-
ship, Captain Moresby, belonging to the Oriental and Penin-
sula Steam Navigation Company, left Southampton on Sa-
turday morning, with 70 passengers.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS.—An excellent sermon
was preached in St. Jude's church, on Sunday morning, by
the Rev. W. Falloon, on behalf of the Church of England
Schools. The collection (made without any previous an-
nouncement) amounted to £25.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—To-morrow evening the gardens
close what may be termed their season. The " Fke of St.
Angelo" will be exhibited for the last time. Those who have
not been yet should not fail to be present. They will be
pleased with all they see.
EXPORT OF MANUFACTURED GOODS TO THE UNITED
Srarks.—,The packet-ship Independence, Capt. Nye, which
seined on Sunday for New York, carried out more goods than
any of the packet-ships for some time ; yet her freight did
not exceed £170! With passage money, however, Captain
Nye would have nearly £l,OOO, a large suns, as times go.
GLUTTONY EXTRAORDINARY.—An exhibition took place
in Parkgate, for a trifling wager, which exceeds anything of the
kind we ever heard of before. A man, namml Clarke, ac-
tually cat six pounds of pork, with etceteras ; and another
iskiividual, named Norman, masticated two pounds of raw
beesteaks. Considering the extraordinary digestive powers
of these gluttons, it is a happy thing for their neighbours
that S'ir Robert Peel's tariff will reduce the price of pork and
beef.

SHIP srAsTnas' Assoc'Atriosr.—The first of a series of
lectures was delivered last night at the Shipmasters? Associ-
ation Itt w3m, in Oldhall-street, by Lieut. Tracey, R.N.; upon
the theo. ry and practice of navigation. We had prepared a
condense d notice of this lecture, which was introductory,
and was I listened to throughout with much approbation by
the shipn tasters present; but the pressure of our advertise-
ments. ar td other matter, compels us to postpone it until our
Friday's l publication.
ST. BA .R.NABAS' CHURCH—SCRIPTUKE READER.—The
sermons announced in our last were preached on Sunday
morning, in this church, by the Rev. F. Ould, the respected
minister ( of Christ's Church, from the text, Luke 16-5,
" How m tech owest thou unto my Lord"—and in the even-
ing, by th a Rev. W. Falloon, of St. Jude's, from James,
1-21. Ti re congregations on each occasion were numerous
and most a itentive. The collections amounted to the hand-
some sum of £39 15s. 10d. A gratifying and encouraging
evidence it must be to the minister of St. Barnabas' of the
success of his ministry and the confidence placed in himself,
when he Ii ads his flock so ready to contribute (even beyond
their powt tr) to carry out his plans for the good of the dis-
trict helot ging to his church.
Tna T A:LTAN.—Her Majesty's visit to Scotland has had
the effect of bringing Tartan plaids into fashion to a most
unpreced, wited extent. Every thing connected with ladies'
outward purnients will now be " Tartan Plaid."
er.;
1„
:ly the
Scotch nr? atst feel pleased to see so many elan colours about
our &tree ts,- Poor Jeannie Deans, after her tedious journey
to Londe its, on her first interview with the Duke of Argyle,
said she thought " his heart would warm at the sight of the
tartan." Verily Scotch hearts must warm indeed, now that
it is so c. ttainonly seen. We perceive that Mr. Pringle has a
great sto; '*of these beautiful and elegant fabrics. We can hardly
conceive E snore beautiful combination of colours than we
noticed yeaterday exhibited in his window in 80ld-street..
As a " I hew- Scotchtnan" himself, Mr. Pringle will, no
doubt, b, t subject to the visits of all his lair countrywomen
who clan, t kin from John o'Groat's Houte to 'fweedside.

LtvEn. TIIRATRE.—Mr. Wilson has taken the Liver
Theatre for the purpose of giving his agreeable lectures on
Scottish music. Mr. Wilson's success has been very great
wherever he has appeared. He sings the sweet songs of his
country in a chaste, expressive, and tasteful style. He
seems to have been extremely diligent in hunting up histo-
rical anecdotes connected with the various songs he intro-
duces. Scotland is rich in her minstrelsy, and Mr. Wilson
avails himself of every opportunity of giving the best pro-
ductions extant. On Saturday evening, the Royal Assembly
Room was fashionably attended. The programmes for the
week are rich indeed. Mr. Wilson is very ably and cleverly
accompanied by Mr. Land on the piano-forte.
THEATRE ROYAL.—On Friday the amusing farce of the
" Agreeable Surprise" was produced, in which Mr. J. Rus-
sell sustained the part of Lingo, and Miss Bennett Cowslip,
which, considering it was her first appearance in it, she
played with much naivete and archness. Mr. Russell's Lingo
is one of the most sterling bits of comedy we have seen for a
long time. He „gave the misquotations and blunders of the
'pedantie. Butler with a "gravity and earnestness, and with
shew of learning that was truly laughable. The song of
"Arno, .Ainas," was sung in inimitable style, and drew forth
an unanimous encore. Mr. Russell makes every line in the
song tell. We never saw Lingo played with such humour
and so effectively. It is a pity the " Agreeable Surprize" is
not to be repeated. It will be seen that Mr. Russell takes
his benefit tomorrow evening, his bill of fare is an excellent
one. Mr. Russell introduces for the first time, a new song
of Mr. Lovers, entitled the " Widow Machree," from
Handy Andy ; singing also Mr Levers' " Widow Malone"
the music of which is Mr. Russell's own composition. In
this song whenver he has sung it, he has been enthusiasti-
cally encored. In the part of Steady, in "The Quaker,"
he will have an opportunity of displaying his excellent voice,
and great taste. This operetta contains some exquisite com-
positions in the ballad style. The admirers of good singing
should hear Mr. Russell on this occasion, they cannot fail to
be pleased. The entertainments consist of " Redganntlet,"
" The Quaker," and " His Last Legs."

BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A STRANGER.-At the Police-
office, on Friday, a respectably dressed man, named Decker,
appeared before Mr. Rushton, to prefer a charge of assault
against Joseph Brown, a cab-driver. The complainant
stated, that being a stranger in Liverpool, and wishing to
find his way to Stanhope-street, Tinteth-park, he asked his
way from such persons as he met in the most civil and re-
spectful manner. In the neighbo.urhood of Blair-street he
met the prisoner, from whom he inquired, and the answer he
received was a severe blow on the head, which knocked him
down, followed by the most scandalous and unprovoked ill-
treatment. The complainant stated that he received some
time since an injury on the head, which affected his brain,
and the present assault has greatly aggravated his former
malady. The prisoner, in his defence, endeavoured to turn
the tables on the complainant, by representing him as the
aggressor, and himself as merely acting on the defensive.
But the officer stated that he apprehended the prisoner in
the act of running away from the complainant, after abusing
him in the manner described. The complainant was sober,
but the prisoner was the worse for liquor. Mr. Rushton de-
nounced in strong terms this brutal assault on a stranger
asking his way. He ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of
10s. and costs, or to be committed a month to prison.

SCOTCH CHURCH, OLDHAM-STREET.—WC understand
the settlement of the minister to this charge goes on har-
moniously. The edict inviting the congregation to sign
" the call," and at the same time inviting dissents, should
there be any, was read from the pulpit on Sabbath the 18th,
and Wednesday following, named as the time appointed to
receive the same. After sermon on that occasion, full
threefourths of the congregation present cheerfully adhibited
their names in presence of the Presbytery, and no dissents
being offered, the " call" was sustained, and Mr. Welsh ap-
pointed the discourses usual on such occasions to be de-
livered before the Presbytery at Manchester; on Wednesday
the 19th of October, which trials being satisfactorily passed,
the Ordination is likely to take place on Thursday the 3rd
of November. We are authorised to state, that the " call"
to Mr. Welsh has received the sanction of a majority of the
trustees of the Kirk Session, of the beads of families of the
communicants, and of the congregation generally, and is
daily added to, being still open for signature as appointed by
the Presbytery ; in short, it is very rare that so satisfactory
a " call" is ever effected in Scotland ; and, after the late
unhappy circumstances of the congregation of Oldham-street,
is not a little remarkable. and is certainly matter of earnest
and warm congratulation to all concerned.
THE AWFUL Whitty, our invaluable Head
constable, has frequently, in the course of conversation, in-
formed us, that a terrible fire would, at some time or other,
take place in the region just swept by the devouring element;
and that, from the nature of the locality and the crowded
state of the buldings which covered it, his apprehension was,
hat the Fire-police would be unable to check its ravages un-
til they had caused most extensive havoc. We have repeat-
edly heard him make the same statement to gentlemen con-
nected with fire-offices. The dreadful conflagration of Friday
last has proved, that Mr. Whitty's apprehensions were too
well founded. The state of the wind at the time the fire
broke out in the bonegrinder:s mill : the contiguity of the
building to the warehouses in Formby-street, where they are,
or rather, were crowded together so as scarcely to permit
carts to move freely about between them : the sheds,
cooperages, &c., filled with combustible material : above all,
the notorious disaster, making it imperative to draw the sup-
plies for the engines from the Waterloo Dock : all these cir-
cumstances, while they conspired to swell the danger, ren-
dered the fire brigade the less able to encounter and to check
the conflagration. An alteration must be made in the laying
out of streets for warehouses, as well as in the construction
of warehouses themselves, or the town will be subject to the
constant recurrence of calamities from fire like the terrible
one it has just sustained. Mr. Samuel Holme has, we hear,
made a plan for constructing warehouses which, if carried out
in practice, would expose them less to the effects of tire than
warehouses as at present constructed.—Albion.
CONJUGAL FELICITY.—At the Police-office, on Friday, a
respectable-looking woman, named Smith, appeared before
Mr. Rushton, to prefer a charge of assault against her
husband. She entered into a somewhat clamorous and
• lengthy statement of her wrongs, in the course of which she
stated, that during the two years they had been married
he had given her ten black eyes—that she could no longer
endure his brutality, and wished for a separation and a
maintenance. Mr. Smith, in reply to these charges, directed
the especial attention of the bench to his arm, which was
bandaged, and which he said his wife had broken. On the
night of the alleged assault, he retired to bed about half-past
eleven o'clock, at which time his wife had not returned from
his mother's. The first intimation he had of the presence
of his " better half" in his bed-room, was finding the bed-
clothes torn violently from him, his lever watch dashed upon
the floor, and a furious assault commenced upon him by that
lady, the why or the wherefore of which he could not divine.
" I then," exclaimed Mr. Smith, " set to, and gave her a
good thrashing, when she broke my arm (pointing to his
disabled member) with a piece of crockery." Mrs. Smith
made two or three desperate attempts to break the narrative
of her worthy spouse, by exclaiming " It's false, gentlemen !
it's a lie ! I wish to leave him—his friends are well off; he
can support me ;" all which exclamations were duly sea-
soned with tears that flowed copiously when her husband
made any assertion that interfered with her own version of
her wrongs. Mr. Rushton : Oh, she did not break your
arm. Smith : She did, sir, I assure you (offering to expose
the wound to the bench). Mr. Rushton : No, never mind ;
I saw you moving your fingers just now as glibily as possible ;
you had better allow her a maintenance—you must support
your wife. Smith . Oh, but can she prove that she is legally
my wife. She has no name; she never was christened!
Mr. Rushton : Don't go away with that quibble ; it makes
me suspect you in other respects. Owing to the absence of
the officer on the beat, the case was adjourned, and the par-
ties left the court, speaking daggers, though they used none.
CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A LIVERPOOL CAPTAIN.
—On Friday last, at the Central Criminal Court, Philip Par-
tridge, aged 30, seaman, formerly master of the Jarrow,
trading from this port to Africa, was indicted for the wilful
murder of Jose Maria Balager, a Spaniard, on the high seas,
within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. The
indictment alleged that the prisoner, being the master of a
certain vessel, called the Jarrow, on the 20th October and
other days assaulted the accused with a certain rope, also
with a piece of wood, and with his hands and feet, whereby
he inflicted divers wounds about the head and body of the
said deceased ; and that he neglected to give him sufficient
food, and compelled him improperly to work in and about
the navigation of the said vessel; that in consequence of such
said injuries and want of sufficient food the said deceased
languished from the 20th of October to the 30th of Novem-
ber, when he died. Mr. Adolphus having produced the case
for the prosecution, and Mr. Justice Cresswell having said
the case was one of manslaughter only, Mr. Ballantine told
the Jury that he could not, after the evidence, struggle
against a verdict of manslaughter. The prisoner, in a mo-
ment of irritation, inflicted the wound upon deceased which,
unfortunately, caused his death. No one regretted more
than the prisoner himself the unfortunate occurrence, and
would never cease to do so as long as he lived. Mr. Justice
Cresswell having summed up, the Jury instantly found the
prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter, accompanied by a strong
recommendation to mercy, on account of the provocation he
had received. Mr. Justice Cresswell told the prisoner he
had been found guilty of manslaughter, but the Jury, be-
lieving that the deceased in the first instance struck him a
blow for which he had given no provocation, had recom-
mended him to mercy, and in that recommendation the Court
entirely concurred. It was, however, necessary that persons
on board ships should be taught to maintain discipline, and
not, when excited, make use of such deadly weapons which
must of necessity be lying about. The prisoner was then
sentenced to six months hard labour in the House of Cor-
rection.
LOVE'S SACRIFICE ; OR, THE RIVAL MERCHANTS.—
MR. AND MISS VANDENHOFF.—This is the title of the new
play produced, the week before last, at Covent Garden
Theatre, and in which Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff sustained
the leading characters. The play was most successful, and
is now acted twice or thrice every week. The critics, with
one consenting voice, praised the acting of both father and
daughter throughout the piece. On Miss Vandenhoff they
were even lavish in their praise. We give an extract from
the Court Journal as a specimen of the criticism on the play
and its performance :—" The acting was such as the critic
feels it a sort of reflected glory to witness it : even, yet
animated, and full of purpose. This praise especially applies
to Mr. Vandenhoff; but of the rest we cannot help saying,
in this place, that Miss Vandenhoff threw into the shade
those with whom she co-operated, and achieved one of the
most signal histrionic triumphs of which we have ever been
witness. Originality, power, and delicacy of expression
were observable throughout her performance, and, occasion-
ally, there were graces beyond the reach of art, which drew
down the most enthusiastic acknowledgment of the audience.
Cooper was an impressive Lafont ; Diddear gave much sus-
tained effect to Friar Dominic; Charles Pitt (his London
deb2ll) was an elegant representative of the young De Lorme;
and Mr. Meadows made the most of Jean Ruse; the knavish
servant of a scoundrelly master. There are many very
striking situations, but that which o'ertops all, and is, with
great skill, reserved for the last and crowning scene, is the
discovery that the priest is De Lorme. Few things in the
whole range of the drama can be compared for thrilling in-
tensity with this magnificently grouped climax. In the lan-
guage there is much boldness of phrase, combined with
rythmical smoothness, and the sentiment is never ex-
aggerated. Among other fine passages, that which describes
woman's devotion and readiness to sacrifice ' a world' for
those whom she cherishes, breathes the purest actuality of
love ; and the scene wherein passion is made to struggle with
duty is sublimely pourtrayed. The scenery, orchestra, dresses,
and other adjuncts are worthy of the success which through-
out attended the performance. We have omitted to state,
that Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lacy had light comely parts,
which they enacted very cleverly ; and that Mrs. Orger and
Mrs. Humby were a couple of laughter-provoking domestics.
At the conclusion, Mr. Charles Pitt made his bow before the
curtain; and Mr. Vandenhoff, in obedience to a vociferous
call of the house, led on his talented daughter. The young
lady was received with deafening applause and the waving of
hats and handkerchiefs, for some minutes, and appeared
deeply moved, elated, and grateful for testimonies so cordial.
We can unhesitatingly pronounce that the play will enjoy a
long lease of popularity."
A SET-OFF.—A French paper has been amusing its read-
ers by a diatribe against this country, in which, amongst
other remarks; it observes, " ninety-nine times out of a hun-
dred we thresh the English in battle." We have been at
some pains to End out those redoubtable 99 battles, yet we
have not thus far been successful ; but whether the odd one,
to make up the hundreds, refers to Cressy, Poictiers, Agin-
court ; or to Ramillies, Blenheim, Malplaquet, Ondenarde,:
or to the Nile, St. Vincent, Trafalgar ; or to Vimiera, Ro- '
leira, Talavera ; or to Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajos, Vittoria ;!
or to Salauaanca, Toulouse, Orthes ; or to the Pyrenees, or'
to Waterloo, or to plenty more of these little trifles, we do
not pretend to determine ; but certain it is, that a more di-
verting set of monkeys than these Gallic Bobadils are not t&
be found under the ann.—The Ape.

DREADFUL FIRE.

IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, AND

OF MANY LIVES.

The following account of the outbreak of the dreadful fire
near the Waterloo Dock, on Friday morning, and of its
awfully destructive progress up to the evening of that day,
is derived from the second up to the seventh edition of our
last publication, with corrections of such slight mistakes as
were inevitable during the confusion and fatality, together
with such additions as we are now enabled to add, after fre-
quent visits to the spot. Subjoined we supply all the sub-
sequent information that could be obtained from slay to day
of the progress of the tire, and•its lamentable results, from
personal inspection and inquiry, as well as from other au-
thentic sources—the whole, we trust, forming a correct nar-
rative of a disaster, than which none has been so destructive,
whether as regards life or property, since the burning of the
Goree warehouses in 1801.

. Standard-office, Half-past Ten o'clock, Friday,
September 23, a. sn.
We lament to say that a very destructive fire, attended
with most extensive loss of life, probably from 30 to 40 in-
dividuals being killed, besides as many more wounded, broke
out this morning from half-past three to four o'clock. The
flames were first observed in the back part of an extensive
stack of warehouses, erected within the last two years, ad-
joining to which ,there are several cooperages and timber
yards. How the fire:originated, it is utterly impossible to
ascertain in the confusion existing at the period we are
writing. Suffice it to say, that it spread with tremendous
rapidity, the
_power of the flames being heightened
by a , strong wind which prevailed from the sea.
An alarm was given to the police station, and one after
another all the engines were sent to the spot under the com-
mand of Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt. At that moment the
flames presented a dense mass of fire, which it seemed almost
hopeless to contend against, nevertheless the best disposition
was made of the engines for preventing the fire spreading to
the surrounding buildings. The prevailing wind, we regret
to say, prevented this desirable consummation; for a cooper-
age immediately'adjoining caught fire. Shortly before six
o'clock the walls one of the buildings where the tire had only
presented itself fell, and a most lamentable catastrophe then
occurred. Several were instantly buried beneath the
ruins. Another portion of the walls fell at a subsequent
period, and another body of men, spectators as well as fire-
men, were buried beneath the burning materials. We have
heard that at this moment 30 people have lost their lives.
Mr. Whitty had a near 'escape of being killed, but
the exact circumstances we could not learn. Ile is much
scorched abort the head and face. The other casualties are
numerous, and parties are constantly being carried into the
Northern Hospital.
The Town-clerk, the chairman of the Watch Committee,
and other per Sons in authority are at the Borough Gaol, near
the spot.
Liverpool for the last 25 years.

This is the most exiensise fire that has occurred in

The tire being so contiguous to the Borough Gaol, the heat
in the interior, as well as the exterior of the building, was
tremendous. The lead in front was in a state of fusion, and
the wind, being west-north-west, carried the burning parti-
cles directly over it. At nine o'clock, Mr. Highton, the
overnor, has stationed men upon the roofs, who are
constantly engaged in throwing water upon the parts where
ignitio❑ seems most to be apprehended. At the present
moment (10 o'clock), no furs are entertained for the safety
of the Prison. .

On calling at the Northern Hospital at ten o'clock, we
were informed that the following was the state of the par-
ties who had been removed there :—John Martin and Luke
Smith, dead; one man dying ; Robert Black, skull exten-
sively fractured, not expected to recover ; Superintendent
Ridings, of the police, compound fracture of the leg ; and
18 to 20 more or less dangerously hurt. Many other cases
of a minor nature have been sent to the hospital, and dis-
charged, after having their hurts examined and dressed.

Standard-office, Eleven o'clock.

(FROM 'ANOTHER OP our. OWN REPORTERS.)
We have the painful duty to record a calamity which, whe-
ther as regards the loss of life or of property, is calculated
to excite the most painful feelings at the present moment,
and will form a sorrowful page hereafter in the annals of the
town. Asehe fire is'still raging over many acres of ground,
it is impossible to'give, as yet, a correct account of the de-
struction en masse, much less in detail ; but we shall supply
throughout the day, in succeeding editions, such particulars
as we may be enabled to gather.
The fire originated in Crompton-street, formerly Wood-
street, at the north end of the town near the docks. The
three principal streets riffected—namely, Crompton-street,
Formby-street, and Neptune-street, all nearly opposite and
east of Waterloo Dock, run east and west, between Great
Howard-street (in which the prison stands,) and Waterloo-
road,closeto the docks. The three streets and boundaries, east
and.west,loccupy an area:of froin.:six to seven acres, and the
whole of that space is even now in, the centre north and south,
a mass of fire. It appears that at three o'clock precisely, a
watchman named fsßarnard Coyle, who :was employed to
guard the premises of Mr. Peniston, bone grinder and
drysalter during the night. He found that fire had broken
out in the engine-house, precisely at three o'clock—the fire
having been kept in all night to keep up the steam. Ile im-
mediately gave the alarm to police-officer No. 21, who ex-
erted himself to the utmost, but before the engines could be
yards were on tire in Crompton-street. The combustible
brought up several warehouses in Formby-street, and three
nature of the premises was such, together with a strong breeze
from the vest north-west, that Mrs. Isaac's oil and colour
store soon took fire, as well as many small crowded work-
shops of wheel-wrights, smiths, &c., in that immediate
locality. The fire next got to " Poole's" bonded cotton
sheds, in Great Howard-street, and finally swept to Formby-
street. The whole of the warehouses at the top part
and centre of that street were successively ignited, and
are burnt to the ground, with a vast destrnuction of
property, and, we lament to say, several lives. Fire
Fire police-officer, Samuel Hodgson, of No. 1 Engine, was
killed and crushed in the ruins of one of the walls, which fell
upon him while he was holding the pipe. Two of the engines
were also smashed, and we fear a considerable number of the
firemen and others were killed. Several men were carried
to the hospital badly burnt or hurt—some of them mortally.
From eight to half-past nine o'clock the fire in Formby-
street, and in the adjoining cotton sheds (Poole's) in Great
Howard-street, raged with an intensity that heated the at-
mosphere to a great distance round. Great exertions were
made to save the top houses in Formby-street, but those on
the north side, dwelling-houses, caught; lire chiefly by the
intensity of the fire, just below, of the burning warehouses,
the ruins, and burning:materials of which, were piled to the
height of 80 to 'JO feet—throwing up immense volumes of
flame and smoke. From time to time the high
walls of the warehouses fell with a thundering crash, and
shortly after nine o'clock one man was killed outright y the
falling materials at the back of one of them. The wall of a
large warehouse in Formby-street, which had been on lire
some time, and had reached, with the cotton within, almost
a white heat, at length fell upon some of the sheds on the
south in Neptune-street; and the consequence in a short
time was, that the whole range of sheds at the top part of
that street, used for bonding cotton and as cooperages, were
ignited. & great quantity of staves, poles, hoops, &c., were
carried out, before and after the ignition, to the neighbour-
ing vacant ground in Great Howard-street. Several men
who were engaged in taking the few remaining hales of
cotton out of a shed in Neptune-street, were burned beneath
the ruins of the far end or gable, which was crushed in by
the falling of a warehouse close behind, fiilled with the same
material.
The flames during the whole of the fire were throughout
most intense, and at intervals terrific. They rose, on some
occasions, apparently to the height of 150 feet, or even
higher. The heat and sparks were such that the eyes of the
parties near were so much affected that they were obliged
frequently to turn away and procure water to 'wash before
they could distinctly see. The whole of the police, including
Mr. `Witty, head constable, and Mr. Hewitt, of the fire-
police, were so covered with dust, mud, water, flour, and
other materials, and their faces so begrimmed that they could
scarcely be recognised by their most intimate acquaintances.
At ten o'clock the sheds and cooperages in Neptune-street,
some of them new buildingsand full of goods, were in a state
of rapid combustion,; and little of the property would be
saved from them. There was a report that about 30 indi-
viduals connected with' the engines ihad perished ; but this
will, we hope, be found to be greatly exaggerated. At pre-
sent no correct account of the loss of life can be obtained ;
and even 'in the end,i,the probability is, that some of the
bodies, if found atfall, will be so burnt and calcined that
they may not be recognised. One of the fire-police, John
Rogers, (No. 215,) was close'to poor Hodgson, of Engine
No. 1, when he was struck down by the ruins and killed on
the spot. The hose was: cut off, as if by a hatchet, by the
materials ;!ande.he piece near the pipe (which Hodgson held,
and which is buried,with him), was scorched to the hardness
of horn.
Amongst the warehouses, sheds, &c., burned down, were
Poole's two sheds (before noticed) in reat lloward-street,
both filled with cotton, the masses of which, in a burning
state, and closely compacted, resembled immense broken
rocks in a state of red heat at every interstice. In Formby-
street there • were five warehouses belonging to Mr. Maw,
two to Mr. J. H. Rayner, and others belonging to Mr. H.
Horseley and Messrs. Waterhouse and Son. In one of the
warehouses there was said to be a quantity of saltpetre, and
a kind of explosion on the falling of one of the walls favoured
the supposition. Amidst the destruction in Neptune-street,
besides the cotton sheds, were the cooperages and timber-yards
of Messrs. Chapman and Dean, and Mr. Lythgoe. The
vacant ground between the prison and the canal bridge, on
the east side of the street, was covered with staves, wooden
hoops, &c., saved from the yards and sheds ; but the greater
part of the property, as well as the buildings, were nearly
destroyed. It is stated, but we know not as yet with
what accuracy, that the cotton destroyed amounted to about
35,000 bales. Cotton, we may state, formed the great bulk
of the property destroyed.
Standard-ggice, Twelve o'clock.
The following is, as near as we can ascertain, a statement
of the buildings destroyed, and the goods supposed to be de-
stroyed
Rayner's A 309, B 315 ; ditto, C 309, D 315 ; Maw's 1
warehouses, no numbers ; Grey's E 228 ; Grey's C 229 ;
Taylor's 233 ; Rodgers's 256, two ; Rayner's shed, 252 ;
Gregson's 319, two; Horsley 's two sheds; M'Knight's 1 do. ;
Poole's two sheds; Taylor's cooperages and other timber
Yards. The whole is assessed at an annual value of £3,500.
The value of the buildings, exclusive of the land, probably
from £35,000 to £40,000. The property which they con-
tain may be estimated at the value of £300,000 to £400,000.
The principal contents are cotton, turpentine, flour, &c.
The brokers can add up to 20,000 bales ; but there must
be more. The following is an estimate :
£250,000 in cotton. .
150,000 in other goods.
35,000 in buildings.

£.435,000

The following is a correct statement of the buildings burnt,
(chiefly in Formby-street,) for which we are indebted to the
courtesy of Mr. Samuel Holme, who was for a long period
on the spot :
4 warehouses (Gray's) North. Burnt
1 ditto (Taylor's) do. do.
2 ditto (Rayner's) do. do.
2 ditto (Poole's) do. do.
4 ditto Maw's) South do.
1 ditto Roger's) " fireproof," in great danger.
2 ditto Rayner's) Burnt
1 shed (Rayner's) do.
2 sheds (Horsley's) Neptune-street, now al-
most burnt.
1 shed (M`Knight's) west of the above, on fire.
Taylor's cooperage, Crompton-street,
Molyneux's timber-yard, Great Howard-street, } Burnt.
Cart-houses, stables, a row of about 16 houses, and a large
mass of property of various descriptions.
Seventeen men have been carried to the hospital, one of
whom is dead, and three more supposed to be dying, and,
probably, 18 to 20 more are buried under the burning piles,
together with one of the engines.
'Air. Holme states it as his opinion that the value of the
buildings alone which are burnt will exceed £30,000; and
we have been informed by several brokers on 'Change that
the quantity of cotton alone which has been destroyed ex-
ceeds 40,000 bales, together with an immense quantity of
other foreign and colonial produce.