Liverpool Mercury, etc. from Liverpool, Merseyside, England • 3

The Emrllsh Battle, fleet nailed frnm apprentices by requiring, them td Ignore the foarth commandment, can they bo surprised if the eighth bo soawMraea ignored ty the same parties? ,1116 motive for. this goneral Sunday, trading by drnggists is purely sordid for the sakeof a few shillings extra receiptsthey systematically desecrate the Sabbath, and subject their dependents to a crying injustice. The remedy for this evil is. eniirely. in the hands of the masters let them have the conscience to confine Sunday business to tho sale of medicinal articles, and it is at once sup-nressed.

A few in Liverpool do this, and I believo with haobv Gallon; fTbm.jWa Bay; ConSk from China; Blanokmore, tod Britlsli Emp.j, froni I'das. from the Mauritius; and Adelaide, Voia Dersti-Si at Deal, 27th Jan. 101 William CampbeR Leeds, from Trinidad Ira DuVe, Honlthnn. from Newfounclano; Emma Gramm, Ditchbvu: ti, from Sirrmom-Mnntrose, from Maurititet Mohawk, I from New York; Woodside, Gibson, from Cadiz, 27th Jan. Cordelia, from New York, 28th allatOreonock.

Duke of Wellington, Smith: Dominica, Mur, Ay E' Dorado, Bnrns; Simons, Lovett; Hero, Newborns Sihe Broota; and Triton, Oiling all from Caliao Day Star, Patterso. from Trieste Euroslydon, Fielden, from Alexandria: William 'largart, Oreeu, Mi Quebec, short of nrovfefems Roanoke. Baiter, wra NeoYork: J'IYEBP0PL CORN MARBT ryB3TKRDAY. o'S jTS'lf flour' during 'the week has been confltted to retail tendency has been rather In favour oT buyera. OaW have declined Id.

per bushel, beans Is. load. lodian born has been offered freely at la. per quarter decline, with only a moderate solo. The sblprnente -to Irelaud comprise 6d3 quarters wheat, 106 quarters beons, 0 qcartora, peas, ,4418 quarursXn-diau corn, 843 sacks and 150 barrels flou; and coastwha 7S quarters wheat, quarters beans, 167 'sicks and 181 bal-rels flour.

At our market this day there was about the usual iu tendivnee. Wheat was inaeto, ami offered at decline of 3d per bushel on the wsek. Oals were 2d. per biuel lower. and very little passing.

Barley wao 2d. Is. te-2s per quar-tor easier. to movent le. decline Indian com was aiiytihmg but lively, and the raarkst 0 used 2s' per quarter lower on week.

Oatmeal was and fully 2s. per load cheapwr. Flour moved slowly in ratal, at la, To my mind there appears no: 'doubt that if the dead weight, especiaby that which is at the two extremitioa of tho ship, should be. removed, and the defects about the gunwales made good, all the important difficulties and evils would be roinoved aud I see no reason why the Royal Charter should not fully regain tho reputation which prospectively had been attained. And In support of this convio ion Lmay add that her buoyancy aud action as a "sea boat" were admirable.

I might say splendid, rising above the formidable disadvantage of berdeep loading, even in heavy weather, with high cross seas we encountered off tho Bay of Bkoay for whilst nor motions were singularly easy, she neither leaked below nor ever ehippsd a sea! I will just add that; painful and oneroiis'as the step taken by Captain Boyco was iii'putting back-to this port, I am perfectly satisfied that a due regard for the health and safoty of tho independent of other rendered this important decision imperative ah opinion, I believe, which is concurred in by all the passengers en hoard. Even the avoidance the wear and tear of a westerly gale still blowing heavily, and which-bas already sent in here a fine clipper-ship with loss spars, might woll repay, for tho loss of time in putting back. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WiiiMAU Sooaxsirr. Thomas Court, Underwriters' Rooms, Liverpool. grocera, As the prisoner had not had t'mel to oansult: with his solicitor the oase wesreminded until ti-morrow.

TiiBpf bt A-Dowssiic Sbrv ant. Owen iDaly and Harriet Davies were brought up in charged with stealing Tfeiringripparol belonging to Mrs, Elizabeth Carver, residing in tue Old Hayraarketr It'appeared that the female was servant, and had engaged tire male-iprisoner to carry her fcox. He was dischurgedaid Harriet Davis was sent to gaol for two months. ROTovsBYoABioriSWATOH. AboynamedThoaas Coogan, and nu old woman named Bridget Higgius, were charged by Iuspeetop Murphy, with being; in possession of a watch which had bean stolen.

The officer was called into Mr. JScniwsi's shop Parotllse-stroet, ou Sa'tBfday aftcmooti list, wbei the old woman was: offering a'Watcb in which she stated she received from tbe boy, who resided witli her in aeellar in1 Tbo, watch had. been stolon from Visitor named John Niele, by the boy, on. Tuesday night, aad bod been pledged for a sovereign. The boy was given tip to bis parents, and tbo old woman ordered to pay tlie amount for which the watch had been pledged, and a fine of 1, ill dSault go to prison for.two mouths, Si'EAiiso Corros.

Mary Cameron and Bernard Davies ware brought up iu custody of officers Grisonthwaite and Thompson, former charged with being In possession of eight parcels of sampling cotton, and the latter with COlbs. of bale ropes. Tho male prisoner was watched' on Saturday last carrying the hate ropes to Cameron's house in Rae-street, ami on searching it they found tho cotton, for which 6lie could not satisfactorily account. The bale ropes were iientified warehouseman for 'Messrs'. Ecclos an I Chapel-street, as' having been stolen, the 'coverings of tlie samples bore their private marks.

Davies was sent te gaol for a month, and the female remanded seven days. BtmaiiABX ih A FoBiio Housb. William Jones, Thomas Green, and Ann Jones were charged by police-officer 7dl un for following circumstances At two Sunday moru-ingho sawtlie prisoners Jones and Grceu going along Christian-street, and when- they saw -him they rah down Circus-street. THE LIVERPOOL TOWN MISSION. The annual meeting ot the friends and supporters of the Liverpool Town Mission was held tot evening, in the Hope Hall, Hope-street.

Tho chair was occupied by John Cropper, Mid on the platform were the Revs. Dr. Raffles, W. M. Falloon, J.

B. Lowe, Joseph Tarlor, 0. M. BirroU, Edwards, Dr. Roche, Dr.

Taylor; Messrs. William Crosfidd. K. Radclifl'e, Woodfall, Peni.ell, Kowlat John Houghton, J. 0.

Jones, W. II. Jones, Brougham, llattheson, and othors. The proceedings having been opened with prayer, The Chairman made a few remarks on the satisfactory naturo of the annual report and concluded by calling upon the secretary to read that report. Sir.

W. H. Jones, the secretary, then read the following report: During the past yoar there have been more changes than osual among the agents employed. Tbolr number at the beginning of the yo ir was 24, and an offer having been generously made by a friend of the society, with a view to proiuoto an increase of labourers, three new ngonts were engaged but owing to various causes the society has lost the services of four of the old agents, so that, iu fuel, wo commence the present year with one agent Ics3 than last year. For some tinm past the o-rmi-mittcc have been very anxious to fill up the vacancies, but they have had extremo difficulty in meeting with persons altogether qualified for the work.

They are now engaged in examining several candidates, and trust that tho friends of the society will enable them not only to maintain, but evon to extend their number. Tho committee have also to record, with deep sorrow the branch ir. their number by death during the past year Mr Blackburn and Mr. Morscroftworo among the oldest supporters of this society, and it is fitting that, on this occasion, honourable mention should bo made of their devoted Christian labours Tho following is a summary of the labours of our agents during 1835. They navo paid ne fewer than 61,979 visits to the dwellings of tho poor in this town and neighbourhood, for the purpose of giving religious instruction to the inmates, and promoting, as far as pos3tblo, their moral and social welfare.

In addition to this, 11,865 visits have been paid specially to the sick, who deserve our peculiar sympathy, and are generally moFt inclined to listen to tho Word of God. Our misa'onaries have attended the death beds of 359 persons, and it is gratifying to add that in many of these cases they had just reason to hope that tho sufferers departed in the true tear and lo7e or God. Another large portion of the work consists iu holding meetings, both in and out of doors. The in-door mettings hare numbered 3252 this year, and tho aggregate attendance has been 107,102, which gives an avorage of S3 on oach occasion. The out-door meetings, which take placB chiefly during the summer are held in convenient open places where can assemble without obstructing tbe thoroughfares, and their tctrl number this year has bsen 342, the aggregate attendance 67,305, so that at each meeting the averago attendance has been no less than 167 persons.

Our agents have also been ol use in distributing tbe large number of 142,726 tracts, and lending 2006 books during this year, which, it is to be hc-pei, have been read by large multitudes, and produced abenvficial effect upon them. speaking of tills, we may mention with approbation two publications, viz the Leisure Hour and the Sunday at Home, which bavo recently appeared under the auspices ot the Religious Tract Society, and which are well calculated to interest those for whom they are intended and it is well that efforts should bo made by the issue of such works as these to counteract the effects of the profane and immoral publications which, as it is well known, are circulated to an immense extent among tho working classes. We must not forgot to mention the schuols with which our missionaries are more or less connected, various parts of tho town, and at which the average attendance of children has been large. In addition to children's schools, evening schools for adults have been opeued in somo neighbourhoods, and receive the cordial co-operatiou of our missionaries. With regard to cottage visiting, the agents' attention was at the beginning of this year called especially to the necessity of paying evening visits, for the purpose of seeing tho working men, asduriugtho daytime women only are usually found at home and we have much pleasure in reporting that the adoption of tills course has been very advantageous, as the men have received these evening visits with great cordiality, and fully appreciated the sympathy shown towards them.

It is gratifying to reflect that so much has been done, and the committee desire to express their sense of great gratitude to God for the measure of success which He has given to the society but when they consider the vast size of this town, and the debased condition of large portions of its inhabitants, they are painfully reminded of what still remains undone, and nppesl very earnestly to all benevolent and Christian people lor the means of extending their operations. The 23 missionaries whom Nueva Leon, Landata, froroHavannah Eienzi, 8t fhens jThos. Bell, Ajles and Coavmeree. Smith, with loss of bulv. wrs, Sc.

all from CaBao Mercurius, Raspon. from 8t. Domin Kigene, Nielsen, rem Prince EdwariSs Island, with daraat GodeHaaSi Houlf, from Syra; Son Franrasco, Page, iJSKif: seiUes; Wind. Roster, from Alexandria; Exemplar, from part of cMBOthrown overboasd Adelhead. SpiUe, dad.

Su-ene, Cadoatr, from Salooica all a 26th Jan. Jnuna ArvigBe; Groubeck; and'fiusfav Melia Lnudb. Wg. from PMnambaco iJoutSiampton. Austiot from New York En, for Santander Lady Sale, mSSS160? -Motanzas Mara, Jack, from Newer 'I8' l0M ot briwarks, Sir J.

fi fro? lonAon to Scatari? Queen of the goqtb Michael; Peri, Sheriff, from BrthaTsSnri hea4. bulworks carried 'J010 pamhuco JTerma, Clarke and Ii 'auras rSSLytoVrro'Iimdria; Gkistav, from. cSSS' Mr-semes, ocean, Gruber, trom Hartlepool for Lisbon -Alwine; Pi Viet-son, from Rio Janeiro, wtth loss of -7 -J. i es. 8ita iUaetfcra tdiz VVaterford, Jan 28 -The Mary Marsdesv for Liveroool lwn.

gomgout, ran aground, and renamed till foiiiffiii JoftT without apparent damage, and nroceedeil. she go. on: Off Lampsake, Dardanelles Jan. Alpcn, of ft LiveroooL and Mary, of Loridon. from ArflVAS been on shore near Gallinoli, aad wero both towed oS by i New York.

Jan 12. Tfao Biiena VrcVa Yaimah, wenfc ashore on the South Breakers at the ctXraao (fijvi iuu kjuuuu. trai jv amov omjj wu sectl ashore ytil jgn. tea miles north of Cm Florida. The Irene froiD liivatroool Bostou, weut ashore on Fawn Bar, 13th Jau hee masts weiocat ond she drifted on WarthorD Bar.

7 rm to Havre, has foundered at sea 30 Uvea lat, iwludiiiStae TUESDAY. Jan. 29. Wind N.jT.W. AKRIVKD.

Robert Kelly, Baretow, from Sew York ADSes. Outhouse. St. John. N.B.

SAILED. Julia G. Tyler, Loirrv, for New Orleans American Union, Caldwell, and Calhonn JVuman. New York Athelstan, Woodward, Melbourne Golden Age, Gregory, Africa JTasso, Newfoundland Eliza Killick, Shepherd, Jamaica Kraacis Barclay, Wataon, Ceylon Eugenie, Le Guillersr, Algisis Camilla. Hignitt, Peraambuoo Stella, Martrn, Malta Siiiou, Long, Malaga-Fort George.

Smith, Calcutta. 7 Joba Knox, Ginn, hence at Bermuda. N. Hinckley, Struat, heace at Havannah. CoDtest.

Jennings, from China, at Deal 27th Jan. Eliza, Poole, hence for Genoa, at Pill, leaky. Bertha, Kochen, from Copenhagen for this port; at Deal. Inca (barque), for this port, off Bonchurch, Gambia, from Caliao, at Queenstown. Contest, from China, in the Downs.

Amelia, Haynes, hence at Sierra Leone. Enigma, hence at Smyrna. Arcadia (s si, 6ailed from Smyrna for fr.hlg port, 7th Jan. Or lntes (s s), benca at Malta. Taurus (s s).

hence at Malta, and sailed for Syra. Biiza Ann. sailed from Malta, 18th Jan-, for this port. Bonita. Sturmav.

from Pernambuco. at Oeara. wnnl A sail fop port. oumata, iserg; ona vuia ae Borento, Caflera both hence at Trieste. British Empire, Trevellick, from Calcutta, in the Downs, and for Hull, 26th Jan.

Atalantv and Victor, Dean, from St. John, N.B. end Rc-lrina, Gilford, from Athens all at Dubliu, 28th Jan. Trafalgar, Barney, from Uemerara for Maryport, at Holyhead, Avon, Elsby, from Chincoa and Valparaiso, for Cork, at Milford. Jan, Favourite, Cort, from Castellamare for this port at Milford.

Jan. Duchess of Hamilton, from Strangford for this port, Newry, 26th vrith loBe of bowsprit and port of bulwarks. Cherub, Cowland; Bed Coat. Barnard; Daring, Ball; Snake, Wells; Kecnha dos Azores, Menderos; Mantura, Heath; King Arthur, Hanaford; and Tessamin, Dote all hence at St. Michael's.

Samuel Morley, Parker, and Desdemona, Farham, from. Orleans Sutlej, Soultet, and Gambia, Anderson, from. Caliao Battier isteam tug hence, in search of the abandoned ship Garroir all at Queenstown; 27tb Jan. Express, Walshaw, from Salnruca Eliza, Fotel, from Alexandria Nautilus, Schweers, from Kalamatte Archibald, Walker, from Glasgow for Charente all at Falmouth, 27th Jam Vampire, Cathcart, from Table Bay. and sailed for Ascension Unity, Way, from Algoa Bay, and sailed tor London at St.

Dleleha. The Kapid, Brodison, from Bio Janeiro to the Channel, was abandoned at sea, 12th Jan. Crew taken off by the Truro, arrived the Thames. The American ship which arrived at this port yesterday Mobile, mode the passage in 22 days 15 hours. She soil-id oa evening of the 5th and on the 11th was iu lat.

27, lpn. 80, at noon ou the 26th Cape Clear was in sight. She passed Tustcar on the morning of the 27th, at three o'clock; when the wind-shifted to tbe north, whioh detained her 12 hours. She took a at Point LyniB, at 7 a.m. on the 28th, being then 22 days and hours from Monde.

It will also be remembered that she left port on the 29th and has thus been absent 2 months and and out of that time she lay 42 days at Mobile. A Bhip, with painted ports and figurehead of a man, supposed to the Gibson Craig, wita loss of fore and main topmasts, and with apparently but few men on board, was passed, 13th in lat. 37 Ion. 29 in tow of a schooner, which was taking her to Foyal, the lanthe, arrived at from lttieno3 Ayres. fMero.

The Gibson Craig sailed from Calcutta, 16th Sept, for London, and left St. Helena, 4th Dee. 7 St. Michael's, Jan. 16.

Strong gales from W. to N.W. were, experienced here from the 1st to the 7th instant, accompanied hail storms and a fall of snow on tbe The Eleanor, from Cardiff to Bvrmudo, passed through the roads on 7th, leaky, the pipeof her watercloset having burst. She was running for theiter to the eastward of the island. Has not since seen.

VESSELS SPOKEN. Enthusiast, hence, 8thDec, in lat IN, Ion 26 W. Ellers'de, hence-for Ceylon, 23rd Oct Naomi, hence, 28th Oct. John Melhuish, Calcutta for this port, 14th Nov, in lot 2J Ion 71 Kalli-bokko, hecoe for China, 4th in lat 23 8, Ion 2S W. Marlborough, from Belize for Leith, 13th Jan, in lat 38 N.

Ion- 36 leaking nine inches and upwards per hour. Bialto, from New York Cork, 25tK Jan, inlat 21N, Ion 10 W. Seaftower, hence for Ne Orleans, 22nd Dec, inlat 24 Ion 81 W. Telegraph, from Cape Breton, Sth Jan, in lat 50 Ion 13 W. Ralph Waller, from Caliao.

Cork, 10th Nov, in lat 41 Ion 81 W. Mary Carson, from Caliao Cork, 7th Dec, in lat 27 8. Ion 27 W. Amazon, or Australia, Deo, inlat 7S, lou 33 W. Anne Porter, from Mauritius for port, 24th Jan, in lat 50 Ion 12 W.

Persia (r s), hence for York; 25tli Jan, off Holyhead, at 6 p.m. Mobile, from Mobile this port, 12th in lat 30 Ion 79 W. ten days oat Shandon from Savannah for Glasgow, 25th in lat Ion. W. A baraue dismasted, off Cane Clear.

Btnroosed to he stearin Cork. Jenny Bonos (schooDEr), 22nd Jan, in lat 32 Ion 11 W. William Bogera, hence for Valparaiso. 12th Dec, in lat 3 N. Ion 22 W.

Security, from Calcntta for this port, Sth Dec, eg 1Agnlhas. Kevenue, hence for New Orleans, 20Bi Deo, in lat 20 Ion 67 W. Plymouth, from New Orleans for this port, 18th Dec, in lat 30 N. 73 W. John Melhuish, from Calcutta, 31st Oct.

lat 1 Ion 91 Martaban, from Madras for London, 3rd Nov, in lat 2 Ion 93 Parker, in lat 49 Ion 9 Conqueror, hence for Calc'ttta, Dae, in lat 4 Ion 21 iS daro ont-Tohn Wood! hence for Calcutta, 20th Dec, in lat 13 Ion 30 39 dav out Clangregor, from Calcutta for this port, 14th Dec, in lat 33 Ion 31 Ocean. Sprite, henoe for Buenos Ayres, let Jan, in lat 3 Ion 24 W. In-tret id, from Marseilles for Calcutta, 3rd Jau, iu lat 6 Ji, ion 23 W. AMEaiCAN MINERAIi TBEXH. MESSRS.

GABK.IEL, the old-established DENTISTS, No. 102, DUKE-3TBEET, Liverpool. Artificial Teeth fixed without pain or trouble, and guaranteed never" to change coloui or decay. A Single Tooth, 3s. a Set, Si 4s.

Deeayeo Teeth Stopped, charge 2s. 6d. and os. Misfits Bemodclled. MESSRS.

GABRIEL, SUBGEON-DENTISTS, 102, DPKE-STRtiET, LTVEItPOOL. A Pamphlet respecting the Teeth may be had, gratis. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS. BIRTHS. Jan.

20, in Brook-street, London, lady Emily Dun-garven, of a daughter. Jan. 21, at Grange Hall, Poulton-le Fylde, the wita of Edwards Atkinson, Esq. of a daughter. Jan.

21, at Seatorth, Mrs. E. S. Flynn, of a daughter. Jan.

22, the wife of Mr. K. Buggiani, victualler, White-chapel, of a still-born son. Jan. 23, in Morpeth-street, Mrs.

1. A. Mather, of a still-born son. Jan. 27, at Cardwell terrace, Huskisson-street, Mrs.

Joseph Head, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Jan. 11, at Calvary Episcopal Church. New York.

Mr. Charles Henry Hubbard, late of London, to Miss Louis Williams Rogers, formally of Oxfoid, England. Jan. 14, Mr. P.

Grindley, carpenter of the ship Annie Long.on, to Christina, daughter of the late Mr. J. Reid. Jan. 22, at St.

Bride's, by the Bev. TV. M. Falloon, Mr. Henry Gatliff to Miss Hannah Farrar.

Jan. 24, as the parish church, Stockport, Koberti son of the late Mr. W. Tliornely, of Hyde, to Sarah. Ann, daughter of Mr.

J. Webb, of Newton. Jan. 24, at the parish church of St. Nicholas, Glamorganshire, by the lrd Bishop of Worcester, nncte' to the bride, the Hon.

Windham Hnry Wyndham Quin, late of the grenadier guards, to Caroline, third slaughter of Admiral Sir George Tjler, of Cotttell, M.P. for the county. Jan. 25, at St. Biide's, by the Bev.

W. M. Falloon, Mr. Augustus Manston to Miss Elizabeth Baker, both of Poole. Jan.

26, at St. Silas's, by the Bey. S. Minton, Mr. W.

Wilson, merchant, to Miss Bird. Jan. 27, at St. John the Baptist's, Mr. John Oyrens, to Ann, second daughter of the late Mr.

J. Jones, Jan. 28, at St. Paul's, by the Bev. J.

H. Stafford, Mr. Erskine Brown M'Lean, Greenock, to Christina Oliphant, second daughter of Captain David Hardier of theisteam-Bhip Athenian, Jan. 28, at St. Philip's, by the Rev.

C. H. Burton, Mr, George Howard to Miss Hannah WinQeld. Jan 28, at St. John the Baptist's, Mr.

John Jones, plumber, oxteth-park, to Miss Elizabeth Williams. Jan. 28, at Tremerchion Church, by the Rev. Watkin Williams, the Rev. I.

Roberts, incumbent of Moetyn, to-Ellza, eldest daughter of Mr. Edward Jones, ty-Coclt Tremerchien. Jan. 28, at St. Philip's, by the Rev.

C. H. Bnrtto, Mr. John Meroer, Everton, to Harriet, second daughter the late joan urannage, ot tnis town. Jan.

28, at Bt Philip's, by the-Bat. C. H. Burton. Mr.

John Innea, of Everton, to Caroline, third daughter of Mr ui mis buwu. DEATHS. Lately, at Melbourne, Australia, Henry E. Eshlh. late of this town.

Deo; SO. at Oourook, Renfrewshire. red 7 vears. Ma-. garat; Jan.

7, aged 5 years, Steoree, Murray Jan. n. aged 12 months, Alary aud Jan. 18, aged 3 years, Jehn, vuo ui uin uusuy ui. mx.

George straehsn. The. disease was meosles.and hooping cengh combined. April, and was Immediately followed by that of France and as joon as the breaking up of the ice permitted, they re-formed the blockade of tho Russian coast. The first event of importoce was tbe massacre at Hango, on tho Sth June, of of an English boat crew, while bearing a flag of truce.

The object nav BBd i25 of lhe boat9 of Harrier HmT2' ships, having au estimated pictty of 20,000 tons. On the 4th of July, tbe MuAio'n8. and Buoy proceeded to the fortress of bvartholm, which commands the approaches to the port of Lovisa. Tho fortress, which had been abandoned by the Russians, was blown up, aud boats were then despatched to Lovi'a to destroy the barraoks and Government stores. It had been intended to spare the town, but an accidental fire oconrrod in a quarterto whioh the English had not penetrated, aud consumed ui oi August, mo allied neet ooraDaraea 8 wrtress of Sveaborg, and in two days tho English portion ol ths fleet alone threw 1000 tons of iron into a space of about half a mile in diame'er.

Several terrific explosions and fires ensued, which causod enormous destruction to the Russians, without any loss of life to tho allies. In October the fleets wore compelled to leave the Baltic by tho approach ol wintir. "In the White Sea, on the 17th July, tho allied squadron (ffocted the completo destruction of the town of Kandalak, with tho exception of the church. The forts of Petropaulowski wore demolished by the allied fleet in tho PaniSc, in May, without any loss of life, the garrison having previously deserted the place. "We can do little more than mention tho otbor martial events of the year.

The civil war in China continues with all its extreme ferocity. It is related that about 10,000 of the inhabitants of one city, baving surretidered to the Imperialists, were all exeouted at the rate of 700 or 800 per diem, several being put to most exquisite torture. On the west coast of Africa a dispute arose with the King of Foulab, owing to tho seizure by English ships of canoes carrying slaves. An expedition was sent from Sierra Leone in May to the town of Malaijhea. and after an ineffectual attempt to open communication by a flag of truso, the town was fired upon and mucli of it destroyed.

A detachment of troops sent on shore were fired upon, and sovoral killed. "At the Gambia settlement an attempt to arrest a lawless character led to a disturbance, which resulted iu the loss of about 230 livos. In India many outbreaks have occurred. Severe skirmishes on tho Punjaub frontier in April. An insurrection of Sautals a tribe at the north of Bengal in tbe course of which many villages have been destroyed, and several large towns put in danger.

The insurgents are said to havn amounted to 30,000. Whenever they have come in contact with regular troops thoy have been dispersed with much Blauehter. Religious disturb ances between the Hindoos and Mahonimcdans in Oude have been attended with heavy loss of life. In the Nizam's dominions, to the north of Hyderabad a party of Rohilla robbers wero attacked by 2500 of the Nizam's cavalry and defoatod, the majority oeing kiuoa or tauen prisoners. "In Mexico Bovoral revolts, connected with the abdication and flight of Santa Anna, were quelled with more or less effu sion ot Diooa.

"Thus closes a catalogue of horrors which, in many of their details, as given in the daily papers, ought to Bhock even the most eager advocate of war. The news lately received of the acceptance by Russia of the terms proposed by Austria on ce more permits us to hope for a termination of the war, and seems to cjll upon all parties to form an estimate ol its results, Man's highest duties are obligatory, independently of their consequences. We stand upon the conviction that the wilful destruction of man by his brother man can never be pleasing the common Father of all. We hold that the command "Thou Bhalt not kill" should unswervingly govern the foreign policy of every God-fearing nation. As far as we can discern, the exclusive relation to an enemy prescribed by Christ is that of love.

Therefore, we are compelled, prion', to denounce this war, as we do all war, as inhuman and anti-Christian. We are willing, however, to meet its advocates on other grounds. They will no doubt claim it to have been eminently successful in securing its proposed objects; but in our view the evils infinitely surpass the advantages achieved. It was undertaken, it is said, to protect the weak against the strong; and design is accomplished. But at wbat a cost The suffering prevented cannot for a moment be compared, we think, with the happiness destroyed.

The latter is all bitterly realised the former is either wholly speculative or contingent on the future. Granted that the war has crippled the power of Russia, and that, as far as her aggression is concerned, the In -tegrity of the Turkish empire is secured. Well, and what are these results when estimated in their effects on human happiness? We.do not claim for the disciples of our creed an immunity from injury. Virtue implies risk aud self-denial, but notwithstanding the seeming, successes of violence, the meek shall inherit tbe earth. We do not advocate indifference to the quarrels of other nations.

We would invite, urge, enforce, an equitable agreement between belligerents by all tbe intelligence and moral influence of our Court and Government. We hope our nation will always be willing to submit to some disinterested sacrifice, in order to preserve the blessings of peaco to its neighbours, aud it is between the unknown results of mediation thus offered and those which our armed interference has caused that the fair comparison should be made. "The happiness destroyed, at least in its grosser symbols, we partly may compute. Statistics are imperfect, but we shall probably be under the mark in estimating the loss of life from all causes incidental to the state of war at half a million, a large proportion of the victims having not only boen deprived of tho possible happiness' of lifo, but having borne the infliction of suffering and torture to the limit of human endurance. To at least three times this number has death brought mourning, woe, dismay, from loss of tbe husband, father, son, brother, or friend.

The torments of wounds and disease, to be continued, in many cases, in life-long helplessness, have been borne often without solace or remedy by fully four times the number killed. Unusual hardships have boen endured by tho whole of the armies, in march, in camp, or siege. Sufferings have accrued to tho native population of the countries through whioh tho armies have passed, or in which they have encamped or fought, and of thoso over which tho Austrlaus have enforced their nominally friendly occupation. Millions have been distressed, and will be in the long future, to spare from their hard earnings the means of defraying the enormous wasteful expenditure. What is to be set against all this positive misery? Russian aggression, be it remembered, though wo admit its wickedness, would have operated in favour of the oppressed Christian majority of the inhabitants of Turkey, while that ill-fated country, under its present rulers, has been notoriously misgoverned.

In how many years, then, would the balance of evil caused by the substitution of tho former misrule in place of tho latter accumulate au amount of suffering equal to tht catalogued above? Making abstraction of the nominal loss of nationality, it is even wnetnor a cnange trom the present Mabommedau rule to a Christian Government, however debased, would not be a blessing rather than a curse. "Is it asserted tbat the object to be attained by fighting Is one of justice and truth rather tban of life and happiness, and that these are ot secondary importance? we aumic tne inreriority, but we answer that physical force can no more solve a problem ot morals, or give prevalence to the true solution, than it could perioral tnese omcos tor a question oi aritnmetic. Truth and morality have methods of progression peculiar to themselves which are wholly independent ot material causation. When the mind of a people is prepared to receivo them, they reoulre ouly to be presented in their owu naked beauty to en- Bure their adoption but withsut such preparation no external conuuost can emorce tnem on tno minus oi tne vanauisneri. Toe natural effect of all the horrible details of war with which the newspapers have been tilled has been to weaken iu the pdpular mind the feeling tho sacredness of life.

And it is to this effect that we are disposed mainly to attribute tho alarming increase in our calondars of mui der and crimes of violence. On behalf of the committee, January 29. 1856. J. B.

Cookb. Hon. Sec. From the statement of accounts read by the treasurer, Mr. F.

Woodhead, it appeared the expenditure during the year was 68 15s. and the income 53 4s. leaving a balance of 15 10s. 8d. duo to the treasurer.

Tbe Chairman said he could conceive nothing more horrible, more detestable, more inhuman, more unchristian than the slaughter which had taken place in the quarrel with the Russians, and in whioh they bad taken: very active part. (Hear It would he scarcely honest to his friends of the committee not to say that he did not aijree with them, as he wished he could in everything, with regard to self-defence. Ho thought if their enemies were toattack this country that they werebound to defend themselves from aggression, but, in the strongest way that be could use the term, that it was unchristian and unrighteous in every way to coTBhiit aggressive war. They had no right to do so. (ilear, hoar.) It was in vain to call the present war a defensive war, ns was ihat called in the old regime, at the time of Napoleon Buonaparte, and the battle of Copenhagen.

In the latter case, where a nation was at peace with them he might say in alliance with thembecause they thought Napoleon Buonaparte would have an opportunity of taking possession of the Danish fleet, and in order to prevent his doing so, they destroyed the Danish fleet without any cause that was either reasonable or just. (Hear.) They spoke of the prosent war as a defensive war. He(Mr. Ratbbone) maintained that it was an aggressive war. They had sent soldiers abroad to suffer what bad been detailed to them, and he thought they had no right to do so.

Atter saying so much on the subject of self-defence, he went with his friends on every other point in thinking that nothing could be moro horrible than to coosider'this as a defensive war. They had no right to take people abroad to be slaughtered. They had no right to take the flat of the Almighty into their hands ai say, You shall do so and so let 500,000 persons be killed, and three or four times that number be wdunded and maimed. He did not think anything eouid compensate for such a state of things, and he thought they had no right to enter into this war. After thanking Mr.

Cooke for the able report which he had read, he moved that the report and tho statement of accounts be adopted, printed, and circulated under the direction of the committee. He regretted that in a population of 400,000 they oould not raise more than 50perannum, and he trusted the mention of the fact would produce a good effect. The Rev. Mr. Brunner seconded the resolution.

All that he had ever learned persuaded him of the utter injustice and inhumanity of war. He was astonished to find enlightened men in this country urging on and reoommending this war. It was painful in the extreme to go to church or chapel on the Sunday aad begin to say the Lord's Prayer and to except fne Russians. (Hear, hear.) After urging that war was unchristian and unnecessary, he expressed his concurrence in tho views expressed by the members for Manchester, and thought to continue this crimo of war was the last thing they ought to do. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman remarked that the Government had never made an attempt to have the dispute settled by arbitration and ministers would laugh and sneer at him if he proposed it to them.

It waB shocking to reflect that such a dispute could not be settled without a sacrifice of 500,000 persons. He begged to move the appointment of the officers fbr the ensuing year. Mr. Rdbert Chorlton, who had formed one of the deputation from the Peace Sooloty whioh had waited upon the Emperor of Russia, seconded the motion. He stated, in order to coirvev an adequate impression of the destruction of 600,000 human tTorltu7nsTAheltc, Tnd ages of 17 and 65 of the whole of the four western countieR.

Gloucestershire, Somersetshire, Devonshire, and Cornwall. Just imagine the whole of the able-bodied population of those four large and populous counties to be entirely swept away, and it would give them some idea of tho destruction which had been committed. Tho speaker then went on to show, from faots within his own knowledge, that tho Russians were not the debased and brutal people they had been represented to be by the press in this country tney were hospitable, docile, and far advanced in civilisation. The motion was put, and unanimously agreed to. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr.

0. E. Rawlins, thanks were given to Mr. Chorlton for his remarks. The Rev.

F. inshop then delivered a leottireon "War as inhuman, anti-cbristian, and subversive of true heroism," After tnanKs had seen voteu tu the lecturer and chairman, the proceedings terminated. THE STEAM SHIP ROYAL CHARTER. The following letter in reference to the steam-ship Royal Charter, which put back into Plymouth on Saturday last, was received in this town on Monday, from the Rev. Dr.

Scoresby, a passenger on board. The letter will be read with peculiar interest, coming as it does' from a porson of such great nautical experience and scientific attainments as the reverend writer Royal Charter, Plymouth Sound, Jan. 1866. Sir, The putting back of thiB splendid ship is a circumstance which will necessarily produce surprise, and, perhaps, unfair comment. I think it my duty, therefore, as one of tbe passengers, and'not an unobservant one, to report, through the medium of the Liverpool press, the principal circumstances leading to and rendering, according to my personal judgment, our return both judicious and eesentlal.

The ouestion of nutting baok was brought to an issue by verv heavy weather, encountered off the Bay of Biscay, and the con- stances, as it seems to me, the inconveniences and evils requiring Our teturn are clearly traceable, namely- First, somo strange inadvertency or neglect about the waterways" and gunwale, with other tmnller matters sbout the main deck, by reason of which, as seon as the seVBprays began to fly on board, the water poured down into the berths of the third and second-class pai-sengers in extraordinary quantities and this having no muana of pKeaniner. accumulated nnd 'washed about, to the great suffering and damage' of the occupants of tuo uertus. Secondly, The circumstance' of the shin having inadvertently been far too heavily loaded. From prudential motives, in re spect to tue snip proper stability under canvas, several Hundreds of tons of ballast were distributed along the bottom of the hold; a full cargo, at the time, I understood, not being at all expected. Too late, with reference to the time of sailing; for the removal of what was now a dead weizht and encumbrance.

cargo flowed in till the ship was full. The consequence was most unfortunate, the snip being sunk deeper in the water by two or three feet than her proper line of flotation. The gocd qualities expected from so fine a model in naval architecture were overwhelmed, and the ordinary manngeableness vastly in-i Thin latter inadvertency necessarily rendered the Bhio wet on the main deck, aiid eo became the cause ef supply for i.t.nia the and whilst running, the shin's nroner duali ties for nautical evolutions occasioned the screw, even when iia nliu-H above the ordinary level of the water, to be continually dipping, and thus interferi-jg by the position of its oblique olaaee, wivu i v. uuue ik of of of on for by in of as of a par sacii an rmrrei ieu urejr WnKAT.Dcr701b3, d. s.

aX English, II red 10 rrish. com. red. ..10 Do, 10 Canada, Upper. .11 10 0 1 '0 il(" hIO-0 ,.11 4 nlO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i.

0 0 nO 8. nil 0 1,10 0 iilO 0 ii 8 0 nil Brass, per qr EnglSh IriBii.rueon.. 6) 0S5 Foroigs do. .40 38 Phasj, per qr. English, Foreign do.

...,43 Foedincr 46 k4S 0 nSO Dantzic Stettin Rostock French' SpaHish, rod. American, w. 0 n53; 0 1.48- fKniAN Corn. 480 lbs 40 -0 .42 Yollew ........37 Mixed .....87 Indian corn meall9 Rye, 480 lbs. Foroign.OOlbs..

0 Irish 0 Fiotrn, 280 lbs. English ........65 French Spanish ...62 Irish, suporfitteSS American, barrels. Westorn 39 4.0 Baltimore 40 Ohio 41 Canada. 0 Sour 0 Oatmeal, 2i0 lbs. English 6 "38 0 n7 0 20 0 0 ii 0 0 n59 8 ii 0 0 .,03 0 69 0 0 i.40 0 till 0 i.tl Ii43 0 0 0 ii 0 0 ii 0 10 Oats, per 451bs; Scotch Welsh Potato 3 6 iilO 10 3 3 ii 3 3 8l3 3 10 4 0 0 0 3 6ii 3 3 0 0 i.

0 IriBh.Wicklow. Limerick. Wostport. Dubiin Foreign 0 BAariST, pr qr, iSnglish.malting -10 Foreign, 60 lbs. 6 5 English ..76 Irish fl 42 9 6 0 0 ttSO 0 inn 0 .,31 0 General average of grain for tho week ending January 19.

Wheat. I Barlev. I Oats. I Rve. I Ren.ni 1 va 70s.

Id. 1 37s. 8d. 1 23s. 7d.

63s. 4d. 46s. 3d. 44s.

3d. Aggregate average of the last six weeks. 77. ...61 39s. d.

28s. lOd. 0d, 4Si. 7d. 47s.

2d. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. YESTERDAY. The sales yesterday wore 12.000 hairs, of which 8000 were taken on speculation and for exnort. To-dav.

10.000 hairs wer sold, 3000 being taken on speculation and for export. The prices of Saturday are maintaiued with firmness. Arrived since January 2I 24 vessels from the United States, 6 from Brazil, 4 from Egpyt, and 1 from Madras. LONDON COEN MARKET. MONDAY.

For English wheat full ratos were asked, but little dons, and fair supply. Foreign slow of sale, but no reduction. Barley plentiful, and dealt in cautiously at last Monday's rates. Flour in good demaud, and fully as dear, Oats moved oil slowly at last week's terms. LIVERPOOL HAY' MARKET.

YESTERDAY. d. 8 9 4 4'! 2 3 0 0 s. d. per stone of Hay, Ditto, clover.

Straw, wheat. Ditto, oat Ditto, Potatoes, kemps Turnips Mangel Manure 0 0 0 0 0 3 ...21 ...23 7 St, 11 3UIOS. 0 10 ditto 0 4i uitto ditto ditto per bushel, per ton. ditto ditto 0 4j 0 8i 3 0 26 0 25 0 9 6 UVURPOOL STOCK EXCHANGE. Jak.

28. Sales Chester and Birkenhead li shares, 9 Blackburn, 5 o-l; Caledonian, 26 Eastern Counties, Lancoshiio and Yorkshire. 81 1 Loudon and Horth-western. 98 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 26ft ditto SJ per cent, preference, 61 B9t i'i South-eastern, 18 7-13; Dutch Rhenish, i.prem.; ditto new, 2i Qreai Western of Canada, 26i North and South' Wa'es Bank, 6. JaV.

29. Sales Birkenhead. Lancashire: and ChesMrn. 1st Dublin and Belfast Junction, 3 Dublin and DrORheda. ana juuuaee, ureac ooutnem ana Western, S3 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 15: London and North-western, 9Si i ditto fifths, Manchester, Sheffit Id, and Lincolnshire, 25J ditto iSlO preference, 18J Midland, 69J fcouth-eostern, 18J Great Western Chester per cent preference, 16 Dutch 13-16 ditto new, 2 preuu.

Jas. of Liverpool, 2S 24; Borough Bank, 10S i ditto new shares, i Bank, 11 12; MahcHester and Liverpool" District Batik, aj Sort and South Wales Bank, 4 Royal Bank, 428 97 ditto preference 7 per 113J 164 TJnioii.Bonk, 10 tiverpool and Loudon Fire and. Life Insurance, 78 Royal insurance, IJ Lancashire Insurance, 316 1-18 dis. Liverpool Gas. 83; Jitto new quarters, 44' 45 Birkenhead ahd Claughton Gas and Water Company, par 2 Birkenhead Decssand Wireho'ises, 46 47 ExChangr Buildings, 271' 73 Liverpool Corn Exchange, 390 400; Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 470 75; Electric Telegraph, 19; Magnetic 30 31 Royal Rook Ferry, 4 4 Steam Tog Company, 'gS.

STATE OF TKADE. Halifax, Jan. 26; Our piece hall does net show mnch appearance of hhprdveinent but in tbe warehouses thare is a fair amount of uusihess doing, and the manufacturers are obtaining, iu some cases, prices. Yams ore a shade higher. The wool market is tolerably active, and the quota-tions'exhibiti a'trlflihg advance." 'RodhdaIjB, Jan.

28. Business generally was confined to im- mediate, wants, large mannlacturersnot beingdeslrous of taking peavy oruer at tms seasou, owing to tue nuctuattuns tu tne value of wooL EEVIBW OP THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. (From the Mark-lane Express.) The Influence of the pacific hews" has continued throughput all the eons markets of the United Kingdom, aud has pro-: need an equal effect in Franco. It has also been ieit In Belgium, Holland, the Mediterranean, and te Baltic. Both London and tbe country presented the same prostration as to business on receipt of this' important intelligence bat during the week there have been indications, especially in the country, that tbe lowest prices, for a time at least, have been passed, and a returning confidence, with Improved rates in several may revive busiuesss In the metropolis.

Pe4ce, however desirable: is by no means morally certain: as surely im- jplloit faith can hardly be placed In Austria's disinterestedness. xnettussian ablatio irontier pas to oe uerjneu, as well as tbe pwtire ut uur.juiue iortrebses unu wnat.witn nermuttituamous' 'coiinciilbrs arid most intricate pcimts, 'we may again very probably indeed be driven on the slusala. But as neace must ha certain before corn can be shipped from Russia, in proportion to its difficulties must. these arrivals be distant. And: then comes the often repeated question.

What has Russia to send We think but little, except possibly in tue article of oats, which amy uaya accumulated ut Arcaaugei nut next uuiy is tne earliest time to expect even such shipments. Then, moreover, with barely an average crop of wheat an annual demaud for foreign of S.OOO.OJO quarters under any dream- 1 stances it seems next to an imposihdity that Russia can send as 500,000 quarters this side harvest and before this could be done she must have satisfied the more uriro'it wants of Northern Prices in America will doubtless be influenced by tne turu o. anairs in. fiurope, ana tier, snipmenis neing maae more freely be a check to a material advance low: rates seedi out of the question till we are more fully assured that the stores of the new world are equal to the wants of the old, and our ewn crops in spring give promi-e of future abundance. Though farmers: generally have been reluctant sellers sit the extreme decline there has been.a'good shw of samples.

Tbe sales of tho po-jt Week were 101,400 quarters, at 76s. last year they were 77,711 quarters; The foreign importations for tbe January wheat and flour, have been 23,015 quarters. Of the 19 arrivals on tlie coast two-thirds were wheat and -flour, the remainder principally In the preseut state of business it has been vain, to offer floating cargoes. TIDE TABLE. Januarv.

Mor.iBv'n) Ht. Festivals, ti.m. Wednesday .30 1 4'42 4.19 511 6 26 7 43 Aberdeen Ministry resumed, 1855. Hilary Term1 ends. Pari.

House, Quebec, 185t Dr. Gregory died, 1841. 0.uitiauane.ima Rnndn-v. February. Friday 1 Saturday 2 Sunday 3 Monday 4 44 7 5 27 9 9 40 Sir J.

nanks born, 1743. ruesaav; 10 4S It 7 shrove Tuesday. Ash Wednesday. 6j 3lU 6S Last Quarter, 30th 8h. 35m.

morning. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDATi Jan. 28 Wln3 W.N.W. The Arabia, which arrived here yesterday, from New Orleans, expenencea very heavy, weather during the passage.

In lat. 48 Iod. 35 encountered a violent gale from northwest was struck by a heavy sea, which sprung rudder, and did other domage. ARRIVED. Baronet, Berwick, from Madras -Delgany, Hayes, Caliao-Joseph Bushby, Davey, Demerara-Elizabeth, Grahoin; Jamoioa Guide, Beer, Laguna Stalwart, Lucas, Aew Orleans Eroily St.

Pierre, Tessier, Mobde Vesto, Melsen. Alexandria John Martin, Cowan, Saldaiiha Bay 8t. Anne, Vebert, Rio JaneiroLima, Honduras Anna Dorothea, Jones; C. L. Preble, Lowry; aud Arabia, Boutelle, New Orleans --Burrell, Dodds, Savannah Frienda, Kent, Santander.

Ouiiriuok, afcster, Baltimore-Jolm Martm, Cowan, Saldanah Bay St. Anne, ytbert, Rio Janeiro Lima, Honduras Great Britain, Fod-choo-too Prinoess Royal, SelWit -Calcutta Criterion, Gregory; New York-Jhelum, West Coast-Meteor, Porter, New Orleans-Wtos, Laugnlan; Mobile Berbice, Ross, DemeraraAnne Porter. Cann, Mauritios-Iona, Newformdland Adventure, Ecttlna.Benln-Faicon, Moys, Ceara. "uwo, SAlLED.Charlos, Coriway, for-Now Orleans Pioneer, liiont-gomezy. New York.

Startled lawn, Carble, from Sydney, at Shanghae. Ericsou (a.s,), from Havre at New York: Gram to City, from Sydney, at London sailed 31st Oct, Dauntless, hence at Apalachicola. Maryst hence and Lisbon at Baltimore. Imperial, Moran, hence at Mobile, 3rd Jan. Zobdab, Robertson, hence at New Orleans: 1st Jan.

Morning Gillian. haniw at. ATnhila In 3aro Mindoro, Crowell, from the MauritiiiB at London, 27th Jan. Victress, Kenney, from Virginia at Marseilles, 22nd Jan. Blanche Moore, from Calcutta in.the Downs.

8 WMfhiBtrtonto s), Wylie, hence at Morsemes. in nine days. Welch John Bryant, Dyer-both hence at Baltimore. Kate Hunter, Bush, hence at Philadelphia. Goshawk.

Cross, from Smyrna, at Dublin, 26th Jan. Greta, Gibson, from Syra, at WaterforuV26th Jan. Pairy Queen, from this pprt for Ipswich, off Harwich, 25th Jon. Blanche Moore, from Calcutta, in ithe Downs; 28th Jan. Atlantio (U.S.

York, Grecian (s b), from Havre at New York. Sorento, hence at Trieste, 22nd Jan. Vigilant, hence at Osteud, 25th Jan, Inanita, hence at Trieste, 21st Jan. hence at fi Nora America, Clarke; J. L.

DemmbckiW: C. Bogart aH hence at' Momte. 1 i Fanny Pern, Jordan Sarnxrat, Greenaugh; Amelia, M'Kerme nence at (JhariRsirin Edward Johnston and Typhoon all hence Freeman. Rrahitm finm, 'Came all hfuwn af. fi Middleton, Cooper, and Arab, both hence at Savannah, A large miaiitity ofnloriko and deal ends were passed, 22nd 'V uu- J.

saw jiasueer. -Hatelhte, Long, hence, and Vesper, Kerr, from tKe Olyde-i-'both at oan Francisco. ouistrla, HarrlBon Old England, Adams Ella A. Ciarfc Koer-nolt; Zebonoh. Roberteon all bonce at Nw 1 Joven Guillenn, 6th: and 7th, both heose at Havannah.

Triornphanto, heano, 4th Jan. Nra' Stra Del Carmen. 1st ami Nizeaino, 4th, both tor this port-all at Matonzas. 1 Rdnia; from Attiens, and Urania, from at, America hence at Halifax, 16th, and psoeeeded to aauNe6rteClyde' The Canada (r from Boston, arrived hem vvi D. left Boston on the I6tli, and Halifw onttsthJa- Thornton CoH'mi TT and deoks swent.

Sew York, with loss of sailiii spars, nrtantine and" EUzabeth, Mnller, from Akyab, off Wmontt, jsb, Keuy, from Wtoviow lor this port, at HolyheaeL'to Bto and SS5 oSk have about to iiwav. hence this soiled 28th 28th 27th at Nev in from the and pilot 10 this 29 be by the been from for for for 21st this New for 16 for Ion B. E. 20th Pall a results to all parties. i A DRUGGIST.

AILEGED DEFECTIVE AOdrj3TICS OK THE ASSIZE COUitp. TO TnB EDITORS OF THE MVEBPOOL 1HBROD11Y. Gentlemen." An by hisireniarks in vour naoer of this date, appears totally to have misapprehended the pur port-oi my iHiwJt in joiu vibiuu ui mat in the least apply to tho judge, on. the' bench or the, counsel nt the bar, who would bo unfit to exercise'tho duties of their profession were 'tlie' lungb not in a healthy stated aiid capable of making themselves hojird in court. Unfortunately thocase with those geniionion Is exactly reversed, and thoy are often extremely vociferous Far otherwise with a witness, probably weigBed down with bodily infirmity, and whoso voice is hardly abive a whispor.

Hero the-uso of a spoakiiig trumpet or a sonorous board, otherwise a sounding board, over the box, would most assuredly remedy the defect complained. of. STBNXOfi, 25th January, 1850, EVENINGS WITH WORKING MEN. TO TUB EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL' MERCURY. Gentlemen, The conductors of the Nelsoo-stroet institution have struck on a happy idea evenings with working non meaning evenings with literature, science, and art, I presume.

Carried out, it will have most beneficial results. There aru manv srentlemen in the 'town who would. I am sure, gladly aid tho attempt by contributions of lectures it the views ot toe institution wore uiuuu ttuuiyii tu But bo tbat as it may, tho gentlemen of the institution deserve thanks of the community for their movement. It is' to be hoped that those tkev aim to instruct will take advantage of deBign, Threepence, the price of an ovening, to be sure, is price of a pint of ale, so Called. i The aonrobation of an unknown individual is worth nothing se, but made in; the face of 70iC00 readers of the Mercu.ru may cause some oi tnem to, unna, ana mereiore it that! extirossmv aonrobation of a measure that, earnestly supported, must lead to an infinity' of good.

Yours, THE CLARIONET. TO ins ED1TOB8, OF THE LIVERPOOL MEROBItT, Gentlomon. In vour naner of was an' article whloli had reference to ah improvement in the clarionet by Wytmo, of theponsionei's by the addition pf a B-flat key. Surely this who claims the invention, cannot bo aware of tho great improvements that 'have been made in the clarionet and similar instruments of 'lata' years. Wo are chiefly indebted to Bothin for them.

I do nbtiWish to detract from merit ol the invention, but the iddatioal plan this person claims was applied to the clarionet twelve years since by. Mr. wiiuam Alien, tne present ieaacr otktue uaua at.iur. james Cooke's circus. I believe the plan was first invented by Ills father.

If tho person has any doubts of this assertion I oan show the clarionet to which it was applied. The plan gave little or no advantage; consequently it has not been adopted. There is also in this, town an improvement on the same' plan, invented by Mr. and executed by the late Mr. Jordan.

to the note being a bad one, it depends in a groat measure whose bands the instrument may ho. I am sure he will confer a favour on the profession by informing them what an extreme sharp is. Touts, -JOSEPH STUBB.S, Id, Leeco-strcet. Professor of tho Clarionet, THE. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

TO THE EDITORS OF THE. MERCUETi Gentlemen: la vour report of the: annual meeting of the iPhilharmonio Society a member is described as lamenting the gradually lessening or visitors to mo: ns a remedy, suggests "-whether a larger proportion popular music might not-be' substituted for. the music of high character, whioh generally adopted by the society." A subsequent speaker very properly wished for a clear understanding of what is meant by popular, music," and proposed, a definition, that music whioh most correctly interprets tho feelings of tho people, instancing piBiJfn'a songs; The definition does not seem to be a bad but tue people "are divisible into many sections, requiring varied grades of intellectual amusement. The music altraoiive to a Lord Nelson-street audience might be less so to the frequenters of the' Philharmonic galleries. As one of these, and keenly alive to the progress of musical development in our country and time, ,1 must enter a protest against introducing "popular music" in tho place of works of a high c'-aractor" (thusi assuming the popular music to be inferior), in order to nil the coffers of a society whoso aim should be to elevate tho art in elevating the people.

The principle appears to me to be fundamentally' bad one; but I must also take exception' to the fact that, the gallery visitors do, the usual oroarammes of too hia-h" a quality their appreciation. their name I deny it, and, on tlie contrary, state' my belief that a more vivid and intelligent understanding of most schools exists amongst the middle classes of this tnan amongst tne weaitoy ana arigiuurauc. it is nut, tue symphony of Beethoven, but the inanities of Doniiettl and Bellini, that, will emntv the Philharmonic galleries. 1 Why. should not.

the-society fall in, with, the wpll-Jsnown national predilection tor oratorios, anu give one, entire, at every third concert? Why. need Elijah be ho much more iarailiar than Stl Paul." and why should not the classical taste in vocal selection that characterised the Loudon Fhilhar- monic concerts, and the "vocal concerts there, of some years oacn, prevail here also i ourssc, vx via. EMOLUMENTS OP MESSENGERS IN THE DISTRICT COURTS OF BANKRUPTCY. TO TUE EDITORS OF THE: LIVERPOOL MB30CIIY. iGentlemen, In the Mercury ol Friday and Saturday last a quotation appears in the form of a paragraph from the pro ceedings ef tlie annual meeting of the Manchester Commercial Association, having reference to the emoluments of tho messengers in the District.

Court 6f Bankruptcy. The statements therein made, if unexplained being -calculated decidedly to mislead the public, I respectfully wish to place those allegations and the position of the messengers in a true light, In allusion an endeavour to be' made by the association in question to procure a modification of the "excessive charges" in the Man--Chester Court of BankruDtcv. Mr. A. Turner, the chairman, is made to say that'he bad tbe authority of Mr: Commissioner Skirrow for 'saving that the messenger of his owu court had received between the 1st of; December and tbe 18th of January, 1855 (one y.ar), above i62000, out of which there actually went into the messenger's own pocKct at least 1400 tbat the duties of such an he was well aware; required a collegiate education, but the talented individual who now filled the office wis receiving a larger inoome than full beneficed clerervmen iti this cOuntrVi" With this sneer at the ability.and edaca.tionoff.the messenger have nothing to do, letting, it pass for its estimated value; but this I take the liberty to Oliservc, that if the qualification for the office does not require a classical and refined knowledge, it requires that description of education which nothing but' experience can' impartfA g-loal assured that gentlemen from colleges would not covet Bucli'slfuations.

(which means popular) but if: thoy did tney in all probability would be no u.ore adapted fof them than, they would be to manage' a uancnester cotton factory. With regard, however, to the statement ma'do by Mr. Turner. it'may or may not be correct but tbat. gentleman omitted to nis statement Dy, acquainting tne society tnat one messenger had for the time he specifies been receiving the emolument's of two messengers.

Two were appointed to superintend the extensive district of which Manchester is the, centre, but under peculiar circumstances one was suspended tor that year. Supposing he had not been so suspended, the emoluments, upon this statement, would be reduced to 700 each, whicb. alter deducting the expenses of clerks' income tax, would leave a net income oi anoui isnuuper annum. This sum to manv.mar appear too nilich, but it must be per- ceptlble at a glance that it is very unfair to base a calculation of any person's income upon the etmpluuieuts accruing iu one particular year. It is no criterion whatever.

Had Mr. Turner, taken: a Ave years' average of this' messenger's' income, easily obtained, he would then'have been enabled to give the society and tho nublio correct information on this matter. It must lie borne in mind that the' messengers of, courts of oanitruptcy are not saiariea omcers, out aro paid py lees only tor oustness aone, wtnen ices, are prepared ny tne teamed commissioners, and sahctioued and authorised by the Lord Chan cellor. U.nder these circumstances, ine year of commercial' embartassmeut might put considerable su'nvihto the messenger's pocket whilst, on the.contrary, in-other might ba the recipient of very little, and there is a possibility; after paying his heavy expenses and risks, he might pocket a loss. The messengers of these ccurts, 1 presume to think, ought to be moderately well paid for the onerous and disagreeable duties they.

nave to periorm. aneir naoiuties are great tney are ''in fact, as it were, between two In the execution of tho commissioners' warrants they must seize the property of the bankrupt, and all other property suspected to be his and if after they have used all due diligence and discretion they seize property not belonging to the bankrupt, they are liable to an action and if they do not seize property whiclvnpon legal investigation, proves to be the bankrupt's, and In tbo meantime it isimade away with, they aro held liable for the value The responsibility of a messenger, however, does not cad here. He has to prepare and insert bankruptcy advortisomontB, in the Gazelle; and if a mistake (even in a date) is made in any, one of them, whereby the bankrupt is put to inconvenience, his examination or his certificate retarded, he has inot onlv to rccomuonso the hankrunt. but to pay all the expenses of the meetings, The messenger also prepares tbe warrants, summonses, notices to solicitors, and most other documents appertaining to the opening of a petition in bankruptcy. From these causes he is compelled to employ intelligent clerks, aa it is out of tho question that the messenger nimseii can ationu to tne in-door duties ot tne oiuco, when he may be travelling his district on other business con nected with the courts, for tlie correct transaction of which he is solely liable.

Feeling as I do that tho statements of Mr. Turner, if unexplained, may be detrimental to the interests of all the messengers in England, and the public is the only apology can offer for thus trespassing so much upon your columns. If you wish, I will forward to you a copy of the fees allowed to messengers, either for criticism or publication. Mr. Turner ONE OF THE MESSENGERS OF HER MAJESTY'S DISTRICT COUKT3 OF BANKRUPTCY.

Liverpool, Jan. 26, 1859. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY. JaNu-Arx 28.

EnACTDnlNa a Mam's Jaw. Three brothers, named Den'nlo. Edward, and Charles Redmond', were charged' with assaultliisr a man named Mile's Riley i-and fracturing his jaw. Inspector mawaesiey stated tnat eignt ana nine ciook on Saturday night he heard that a man who had been seriously assaulted had been taken to the Northern Hospital. He went there, and found Riley cettlnir his head dressed and in conseauonce of bis statement he proceeded to court in Hornby-street and apprehended the prisoners.

When told what they were charged with, tbe prisoner Charles Redmond said he was ill and did not do it. The statement made by the prosecutor was to the effect that he met the prisoners in Hornby-street en Saturday nicht. and, without the slightest provocation, Dennis soiled him by tne nair oi tne neou, uuanes strucit mm on the head with some kind of a weapon and knocked him down, and all three then kicked him repeatedly about the head. He hod had no quarrel, with any of the but he naa lougnt wna nnotner orotner uoout nve weens ago. Mr.

jbiuck (wno appeared lor tne prisoners! uiei you Dreaic nis law Prosecutor I don't know I gave him a box. Mr. William Wall, house-sursreon at tho Northern Hospital, saldthenrosecutor had received a severe scalp wound' about two inehes and a half in length, and ft fracture of the jaw. It was possible that ervsioelas mitrht suoervene. -and ho was therefore not out of danger.

Mr. Mansfield said it was impossible to say arhioh of: tne men committed this grievous injury upon tne prosecutor, but there was no doubt that in consequence of an old 'feud these, tnree men naa iam watt lor mm, ana naa committea a savage assault upon him. He thought the case was of too serious a nature to be disposed of summarily, and the prisoners must tberefpra committed to take their trial at the sessions. BunaoMHo, James Wells, steward of a vessel iiist arrived from Pernambuco, was fined 3, with the alternative of three weeks' imprisonment, for having 0 lbs. of foreign-manufactured suun couceuieu in nis pantry.

I Uhseamanlibr Conduct. A seaman, named Charles Miller, was charged with desertinrr the shin Ann. -bound for iHavra. which was cdmpelled by stress of wsa.ther to put into Holyhead harbour about three weeks since. tTne.pruoner wonti ashore' in the boat durimr his watch in tho liiuht.

and hivlnrr landed: turned the boat adrift. He sold his, clothes in Holyhead and returned to Liverpool, where he was apprehended by, Police-" offlcer'Nb. 7, In the PrfrlceV Dock. The prisoner saidjhe: was afraid to risk his life In the vessel. Mr.

Mansfield never heard of more abominable and uraeamanlike conduct. You must be Imprisoned and kept to hard labour for sis weeks. kobiusot in a ruuuu hodbe. Tares named J03epn Reynolds, William Irving, and. John: Armstrong, were charged' by police-officer Smith (617) with attempting to steal a purse, containing three sovereigns, from an elderly gentleman, Mr.

Roberts, of No. 8, Hope-place, Hope-street. At half-past nine o'clock on Saturday night the officer heard a noise! iu MK Jones's tan. at the corner of Charles-street and Marble-street. and on going into the house he found Mr.

Jones, the navtng noia or tne prisoners Armstrong ana Irving, anu tne nurse was found lying on the floor. It appeared the prisoners had importuned the presecutor to, give thorn each a glass of me, anu upon nis ukidc out nis purse irviug aeineu ii, tue nrtsener Armstrdnff told him to "sliner' it. Reynolds, who was not known to the poUce, was discharged and the others were committed tor trial. Two men.niunadahristanherM'CannaadPatiiekH08lin.who were seen by a boy named John Carney to pick the pocket of a drunken man. in rinle-street.

on Saturday evening, were sent to gaol for a month, the prisoner M'Cann declaring himself as innocent as the child unborn. i Two bhvn. nnl Oeorire Bailev and Edward Lamb. sont prison for 14 days for stealing a pound of sigaisfrom the shop of Mr. Softan.

in Shaw's-brow. looking mon, named Henry Bernard, was chafed with stoalinir a roam of paper from the shbn of Mr. Thompson, No. 78 PltS 1 street, and telUag i( at tha bUvP of Jisasr.i, Sorton and Brrff or iBuirT irKOM am iiairuuvtttt. a resnecutme- in bad to the and for the The in he of the Ss.

for did on for for IV 2b. of by is THE RTOELEF POISONING CASE. EXHUMATION OF THE BODY OF MR. COOK, Prom some cause orother'it was thought proper by tho gentlemen acting on behalf of the orown to exhume and re-examine '-the body of Mr. Cook.

Information of the circumstance having reached Mr. John Smith, of Birmingham, the attorney for Palmer, about eleven o'clock on Friday night, he at ouce gave notice to Messrs. Lander aud Gardner, solicitors for the prosecution, at Rugeley, that he should insist on being present with a view to the examination of ths spinal marrow and brain theso two importaut organs, which would be primarily affected by strychnine, having never previously been examined. Professor Bolton and Mr. Oliver Pemberton, Birmingham, attended at ltuceley on Saturday morning the prisoner's behalf, where they met Dr.

Monokton, who bad- been- deputed by the crown to make the reexamination of the body, Of bourse we are not iu a position to state what report Dr. Monokton may make, but we are assured that so far as the examination went there was nothing whatever discovered to show that death 'had resulted from the administration of strychnine. The brain, however was not. there examination. It had been extracted when the first post mortem examination was made, aud bad been thrown amongst the abdominal visoera consequently examination of it in the present case was-impossible.

oonneotipn with the ease, we may mention that the solicitors for the prosecution have been served with notices by Mr. Smith, calling on Dr. Taylor for his reasons supposing Mr. Cook had died from tetanus, produced the administration of stryohnine, and also to know whether Dr. Taylor formed his opinion before the spinal column and brain had been examined, and, if so, upon what data.

Mr. Smith further required a statement of the condition of each organ examined, in reference to Dr. Taylor's evidence, wherein he said that no other medicine than strychnine could produce tetanus. A somewhat similar course, we believe, has been adopted with respeot to the medical evidence affecting Mrs. Palmer.

Wo have heard that a formidable number of medical gentlemen are at present engaged in experiments with strychnine and other vegetable poisons, with a view to the defence. Their testimony, it is said, will throw great light upon the subject. Manitheater Guardian. THE ALLEGED MURDER BY POISON AT MANCHESTER. DISCOVERY OF THE BODY.

On Monday, the wholesale exhumations in St. Wilfrid's Roman Catholic ohapel-yordj in search of the body of John Monnghan, who is alleged' to have been pbisoBed by the administration of acetate of lead by his son and two accomplices, were recommenced at eleven o'clock a.m. Up to Saturday night 47 bodies had Been exhumed and unsuccessfully examined. At thu conclusion of the day's work the whole of them were re-interred, and the operations recommenced oh Monday graves immediately adjoining those already examined. The prosecuting solicitor, Mr.

Bradlaugh, wa3 present, and directed the proceedings of the exoavators, five whom were engaged in the work. Fortunately, the chapel-yard is walled all round, so that the operations were conducted in great privacy, and anything like painful exposure was avoided. The work was conducted in an orderly manner, and so as to occasion as little possible of anything that would be painful to the feelings of friends and Buryivors of deceased persons whoi may be interred there. Each coffin was removed (from the earth as it was reached, the lid taken off, and.the features the body scanned by the undertaker, Timperley, and his wife, to the former of whom the deconsedliad been known.for a period of 17 years. We have previously stated that a grave had been opened which contained the body of man wno ctiea on tne same aay confidently expected that his body would be found in the same.grave; but it was not The persons engaged in the work were firmly of opinion that the cofliu had in some way been tampered with the plate removed, or the coffin itself shifted from the grave in which it was originally placed and the search was carried on under the i mpression however, at 20 minutes past three o'clock in the afternoon, after opening a fresij grave, the searchers came upon the coffin of the deceased, which was placed the one nearest to the Burface; and immediately adjoining that of a person named John, Tierney, whose coffin plate bore the date Sept.

5, 1855. The plate on Monaghan's coffin was found jUBt as the body had been interred, and the coffia was in a good state of preservation. The plate being sufficient identification, tne coma -ltselt was not onened. but other bodies that had. been interred durine tfie mouths of July aud August were found to be in a good state oi preservation, ana so nut tne ieatures covilil clearly he recognised.

The spot at which the body was found was about four yards from that at first pointed out by the relatives as the site of the interment but it oan readily be understood that in a graveyard, in a spot where there are few or no gravestones to assist the recollection of the persons, a mistake as to the precise locality to that extent might easily arise. There was no reason whatever for believing that the body had been removed from the orisinal place of deposit, or in any way tamnered with. A reward of two sovereigns had been promised to the excavators in the event of the recovery of the body, to whioh the successful termination of the searoh will now entitle them. The inquest on the body will be opened this (Tuesday) morning, before Mr. B.

Iitrford, the city coroner, and immediate arrangements will be made for a chemical analysis of the viscera, Manchester Guardian. Trakmere Total Abstinence Society. On Monday evening last, Mr. Rothery, of the Liverpool Temperance League, delivered his concluding lecture on the Churches of the East." Mr. Guy, druggist, presided.

Several new members w(cro enrolled. Soiree of the New Church Society. Last evening, thp members and friends of this sooiety, to the number of about 250, held a soiree in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street. An excellent tea and other refreshments were provided, the whole being under the auspices of the young men belonging to the society. The chair was ocoupied by James Harvey, Esq.

The following vocalists were in attendance, and at intervals sang several seleot piece's of music Miss Bromley, Messrs. W.Gunn, J. Skoaf.jun., G. G. Raleigh, and W.

Phillips. Mr. J-. Skeaf, presided at the -pianoforte. iAfter tbe repast, the chairman, in opening the proceedings, said the audience might depend upon it that the'different speakers would keep clear of a sectarian spirit, ahd-all they would say would be in strict accordance with -those brotherly sentiments and Christian feelings which are entertained in these days by all parties, sects, and oreeds.

Mr. Mackereth followed by an interesting address on the utility of mutual association, The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. Kinnerly, of Heywoodand Mr. Heyworth, oi Silfbrd. The business of the evening closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

The Wesleyan Association- Sohools. On Monday evening last, the twentieth anniversary of these schools was celebrated by a tea party, which took place in. the schoolroom underneath Russell-street Chapel. The attendance was numerous and respeotable. Mr.

George Smith occupied the chair, and the following gentlemen were also present The Rev. J. Woods, Mr. Faull, Mr. Alsopp, Mr.

John Cox, Mr. Longbottom, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Richard Lloyd, Mr. S.

Johnson, An excellent tea was served up, and after the tableB had been removed the chairman briefly addressed the company upon the objects of their meetiDg, congratulating them upon the satisfactory state of the school in connection with the Wesleyun body. Mr. Faull, the secretary, read the report for tlie past year, from which it appeared that the number of the books of the Sabbath sohools was 544, and that the average attendance had been 355 the number of children on the books in tne day school was 599, with an average attendance of Sii showing an increase of 252 over the number in tho previou? year. There were five Sunday schools and four day schools connected with the body in addition to which there were two Subbath schools attached to the association situated out of the town. In these the number of children oni the books was 205, with a regular attendance of 157.

Mr. Longbottom, the treasurer, read his statement of the accounts, which showed that thereceipts, including 142 fio RIA r. fK on anon in- ISs. 3d. Mr.

John Cox moved the adoption of the re-. port, and the resolution was seconded by Mr. Perkins, and carried unanimously. The meeting was afterwards addressod by Mr. Alsopp, the Rev, John Mr.

Richard Lloyd, and Mr. S. Johnson arid the officers for tne management ot tne schools during the ensuing year having been appointed, the meeting separated, much pleased with the evening's proceedings. CORRESPONDENCE. LANCASHIRE HUSSARS.

YEOMANRY CAVALRY. TO THE EDITORS OF, THE LIVEKP08L Gentlemen, Having noticed in several of our local haners of recent dates a paragraph which is calculator! to reflection the1 respeotability or the Liverpool tropp of Lieutenant.Coldnel Sir Robert Gerard's Lancashire Hussars, I feel it my duty, in justice to my fellow-troopers and myself, to inform you that their mlB-conduct has been visited with such. punishment as the case merited. The two troupers who figured so conspicuously on Thursday, tbe 17th instant, have been dismissed the regiment, by order of ptain George Loch, the officer commanding the troop and I would further have it known that nothing short of good behaviour, Idler-like oonduot, and gentlemanly bearing is auowea tne nussars. icurs, Liverpool, 2th January, 1860.

A VOLUNTEER. THAN MERE POLICE. i fro una chairman of the ST. pauis-boad watch committee. Sir, My attention has lust been drawn to the Rlrkenhend police report in last Friday's papers, and on reading the paragraph referring to a charge of assault made by one of v.iwi.!iB, ugniiioi, mu young raen wmcn resulted tne acquittal, or, tit least, the discharge of the prisoners, and alBO' in calling forth a few remarks from the was mare than over confirmed lh my oplaion (and numbers of -my neighbours agree with me in' the same) namely, that a more strict supervision of the private police officers belonging to St.

Paul's-road District is absolute'y necessary. Therefore, with all due deference to yourself, sir, and' to the gentlemen who act with you on the committee, I beg leave to aBk one question Would it not be to the advantage of the district if some arrangement was made with the "County constablefor the township of Tranmere," and a small weekly allowance mado to him in addition to what he regularly receives from the county so that ho may be empowered to inspect the men regularly, and make Ms report to sour ebmmvttee This would not T- owu imagine, in any way interfere with his present duties. But of one thing I am well assured, that an efficient regular inspector is much needed, one whoso -periodical visits would ensure improved discipline among the officers, and a better security for tuu iivus ttuu prupci by vi win liuinianum ui suis neignoouraood Yours, A RATEPAYER. Tranmero, Jan. 23, 1850.

THE DRUGGISTS, AND SUNDAY TRADING. 10 THB EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. Gentlemen, 1 have read the letter of A Druggist's Assistant" in your issue of this day, and cordially approve of its salient points, There is no more necessity for druggists to sell hair oil, fcc. on Sundays, than, for erasers to retail sucrar or candles. Personally, I have always acted on the principle thats it is a sin and a shame to compel assistants to work uunecen- sarily on Bundaya, If principals flemoraiiee theii iHsktalrtii and the the the per is Mr.

tho As in of a as a In of to I officer followed, and stopped Jones to know what be carried nis urease, wneu a oottie oi wnisay was snown to Dim, The prisoner Green made his escape, and Jones was tuken to bridewell, from a knowledge of the haunt ot the other prisoner was followed into Ben 'Jonson-streot, whore the female uri- soner was just about entering kou the officer came up, and on searching the house sho was found in bed with him. A quantity copper money was found upon two pounds of sugar, and a quantity of tobacco and.cigars. These, it turned out, had been stolen from the Lady of the Lake puolic house, kept by. Mr. Matthew Klabett, at the corner of firownlow-hill and Rupert-street.

The prisoners, who. were old offenders (Jones having been six times committed and live times discharged, Green five times committed and seven times discharged, aud Jones twice committed and twice discharged), were sent for TUESDAY, January 28. BundtiAitY ttt 'SooTLANii-PbAoii. A young fellow, named William Clarke, was brought uu in custody of detectlve-otlicors Astich arid Hargreaves, charged with burglariously entering shop of Mr. Thomas Ellison, flour dealer, No; Scotland-place.

The officers observed the prisoner, at twelve o'clock lost ingot, standing in AUoisou-screet, ana shortly atterwards saw him L'o down to the shoo, and disaDnear throuich tho coal-brrid hole. Thoy watched the shop uiitil three o'clock, when tney went in, and found him iu the top loft of the premises, with 7d. in moncv and 46 farthings in his possession. They afterwards found several parcels of copper under an egg. crate in Hare-place, amounting in all to 10s.

which, with sork bearing Mr. Ellison's name, were identified. The prisoner, who left his boots on tho premises, was committed for trial ist tbe sessioris, having previously beeii in custody 18 times various offences. I Eobbbry Fitc-M ths Pkrson. A resnectablv-attired man and woman, named James Jackson and Ann wcre appre hended by Police-officer Williamson (168), at a beerhouse in on.a caarge oi rouoiug uouu Wilson, of Preseot-road, of his pocket book, containing a 20 note and two half-sovereigns, oh Saturday night last; Tlie Pro secutor was passing along MoortleldG, when the female prisoner accosted him and followed him towards his residence.

At tbe cornorof Cunllffe-strcet put her arms round him, and it inust Imvo been at this time she took his he not mss it until, he got home. When the prisoners were appreneuaeu, sjyen sovereigns were rouna upon ana the way to bridewell tho female endeavoured to piss thiee half-crowns to him. Scaife, the detective-officer, found that he naa neon purchasing a quantity oi new wearing apparel, ana had ascertained that the 20 note stolon from the prosecutor, had been changed1 at the shop of Mr. l'entony, boot and shoe manufacturer, Commutation-row. Tho prosecutor had furnished him with the name which tue note bore on the back.

Police-officer Bo ton (702) had occasion to take the female Into custody disorderly conduct on the morning of the 28th, when Jackson followed her to bridewell and declared her to be his wife. Ht. Clongh upplled for a remand, which was granted. um'Ounbbd uharob of bkhy. ttenry Bernara; remanded from yesterday, on charge of stealing a ream of paper from the Bhor of Mr.

James Thompson, No. 78, Pitf-streot, was again brought up for Mr: Campbell appeared the prosecution; aiid Mr. Bluck defended the prisoner. Mr. Campbell stated the charge, and called Mr.

James Thompson, who said ho opened, a shop as a'tea shop in-Pitt-slreet on the tn ot January, ana a uuinoer ot joiners and other workmen were, employed in fitting it up from that period until Friday night last. Tho prisoner was employed on the 17th to look after the place and his business: The property consisted of utensils-in-trade and a-quantity of paper; Witness gave -the prisoner 6d, each night, as he had informed him that he was in needy. circumstances, and required to. be paid each; witness missea piper on uriaay-mgnt or a stmuar oesenp-tion to what; bad been found iu full bulk at the shoo Messrs. Sorton and Barrow, Oil jdross-examiuation by1 Mr.

Bluck, witness said the paper taken away by the prisoner weighed '86 and the value of it was ijs. a ewe; witness inougDt tne value oi tne pager taneu away the prisoner would be about 10s. Had knotvn the prisoner perhaps about twelve months, or more he lived with the master that witness was employed with. Witness: had'a situation at present in the Albert Docks. The rout of the premises, which ho took from the landlady, Mrs.

Moore, commenced on the 1 7th There was no conversation between witness and the prisoner about any stock, as, there was very little yet put in. Of witness's own property there would be about 70 or 80 worth. There was half a chest of.tea that vfithess gave the prisoner instructions and money tO Ket. aud he bought it: The prisoner became bond with a friend of witness's for a loan of loan auuioky in auuvu VA3bio-sbtwut, aue prisvuer was toe borrower, and. witness and his friend went botd for -the prisoner, who gave witness the money.

Several persoas. caruo with the prisoner when he took the A number of other articles were sent by the. prisoner to the shop, which witness oraorea to pacK. witness aia not tninK tnat he naa got articles to the value or 10 or 50 that did not belong to him. The prisoner came with a set of men with Instructions to knock witness down in the shop when he first came he said, man tnnnt bn.wth.

had gono.on Friday, but did not give the prisoner into custody until Saturday nignt, Mr. Haywood, the presiding magistrate, iieiB uxurcsseu au upiuiou mat no ouareecouia oe maiutainea. Mr. Bluck: We have not: heard the lostlof ithis: we shall bring on action for false Imprisonment. Mr.

Campbell There nothintr belonging to him in the shoo. If r.Hlunn I will crn on with the case, then; and bring two gentleoYen to prove tbat there is. It is the greatest swindle 1 ever heard of, Thbmaii oharged was tho borrower of! the money that was paid for the urbtuioa nuivu uuuia mw tue tump, 4ue prisoner, wno-nau oeen subject to fits, and suffered severely in bridewell, was-then discharged. He applied to the court for au bplnion'relatlve'to tne case, out tnis was aecunea. John a carter, was fined and costs: nr seven rim-a' nv fetpnllnc ffw-mov nf ttin c.i.Mn.

Tknnlr). H. irutM iiiuigaiub iruieutuu was ucuuscu entering tne uouse ot ttuen Flood, 21, Scotland road; and stealing pair of boots. As theie was anotner cuarge against tne prisoner, she was remanded. FaACXURISQ A Wira's Coliar BoSB.iAfames Walsh, living in Milton-street, was 'charged with' haying assaulted: Ms wife Willi a broomstick, inflicting a' severe scalp wound and a fracture of the collar hone.

Police-officer i'iO was pastttir' the prisoner's house, last evening, when, hearing a noise inside, he entered, and found the prisoner striking bis wife with abovementioned, He took the prisoner into custody, aud sont the poor woman, to the North Dispensary, where it was fouud that" her collar' bone was fractured; Thfe'prisoneE1 said he was under the Influence" of passion When lie struck his wife, and he was sorry tor what lie had done. ir. Mausfleld characterised the assault as one of a most brutal and inhuman character, and. sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and; to naru laoour lor six calendar niontns, ana at tne expiration of that time to enter into his own recognisances in. the sum of 50, and find two suretie ef 25 eacli, that he would Keep uie peace tor cue mrtner penoa oi six montus.

ASittAKOK Smith. a girl about twelve, years of age, and'two children, named ii ry Toole and Kate Shoughlin, aged about eight years, were brought up in Custody of police-officer. 762, who stated that ho found thorn, at an earlv hour this morning, crouching in -a cellar area iri Mount pleasant. They bridewell for- warmth and shelter. In answer, to tbe inquiries which.

were there jmade of the.girl Smith stated that they lived. in Birkenhead, that her father was a brieidayer-inconstant employment, and that she' aiid her companions had been brought over by a woman, to sell oranges. The younger girls, on the other hand, stated that Smith had brought them over thoy didn't eaactly kriow'wby; but she said something about taking them'to Ireland. Iu answer to the grl Toole said that her father was a labourer living on the other side of the river; ond Shoughlin said her father and mother were both lying oh a sick bed. Mr.

ManBfleld (to the had better toke them across, the river aud send them home. The girls then left the court with the officer. John Jordan Was fined Ss. and costs for Durchasins" marina stores at the Prince's Dock without being duly licensed. Piehubau and INBcaoroLis Omnibus Stand Messrs.

William and Daniel Busby were summoned for allowing the horses drawing one of the omnibuses plying between the George's piorhead and tbe Necropolis to be cruelly distressed and overdriven, on the 23rd ihstaut. Mr. Chilton appeared for the defendants. The-officer who laid the information stated that the horses were not competent to draw the vehicle, and came a dead stop in Elliott-street, to the great inconvenience 01 uis passengers, wno were compelled either to walk the remaindor of tho' journey or to wait for the next 'bus. Tne defence was that the information was imnronerlv laid that it should have been laid against the driver, and notaaainst Mmsn.

Ajuauj, nun, ii, tvua cjbuLe-u, uiu not suuction any ut-treatment ot their horses. Mr. Crosthwaite said he could only express his nmul Hia In.u.mnnlJ nA.nUIAU! 11 which he should mpit assuredly do if he had it iri his power. MAirNS uss oy A Fobqed Cbrtificatb OF CnAnACntn Mr. Tyndal, solicitor to the Board of TraJe, appeared to support an information ngainst a sailmaker named James Llnsey, charging him with having fraudulently made use of a certificate of character as seaman, knowing the same to be forged, thereby i Euuuuug Miuiacu uuuiu 10 a penalty not exceeumg or not more than six months' imprisonment.

The defendant had gone to seal but a nerson annsared in1 hin hnhnif nmirf.M that odmitted his guilt, but threw himself, on the mercy of tbe court, pleading that be had been led astray.i-A fine' of 5 and costs, with the alternative of three months' imprisonment, was Inflicted. I MEEMNS OF OKKDITOKS FOB iJVBaPOOL. Jori. Konr. Court, 11 Court, 11 i Court, 11 Court, 11 30, John T.

Edwards (choice of assignees) 30, Catharine Hughes (choice of assignees) 31, M'Ourtin and Biley (dividend) xeu. Aery mantmeia.tcuoice or assigneesl WyEBPOOL, PRODUCE MArStsJ XESTEaDAY. In Sugar a moderate amount of business has been concluded, consisting of 350 hhds. plantation. chiofly Demerara; at S8s.

Orl. to 42s: and at 48s. for grainy also 280 bags yellow sii faults; 900. bags yellow grainy Bengal, at 45s. to 45s.

1300 mats Mauritius (vor export), at 42s, 6dl and 100 oases-white'Bahia, in bond, at 28sl per cwt. No sales have transpired in Molasses, Bum, or: Coffee this week. Cognac brands, 1851, Is quoted at Msi 4d. to os. ou.

wis. auto, iHfiO, at 10s: 6d. to 10s. with older at Hi). 2d; to Us.

and Geneva at 2a. lOd to 3s. 8d. per proof, gallon. (London prices,) i Bioe continues flat, no business having been concluded Tba.

Transactions aro to a moderate extent, without ohanze priees keeping firm. 160 bags Singapore Blaek Pepper are reported, at Sid.lper Ibi Brimstone eomiiianas.fuir rates. Nothing moment has transpired in Saltpetre. Suraao continues in fair at lis. Od.

lo 11a. fld. for Palermb. Tartars are rather dearer some cream havins brought llOs: to 112s: flrl. ipi.r,, ir.u Roots keep firm.

Sauoflour has declined 280 baes havlnn- hnn at Qfin nor nwf fn Miimil 6 lisihess 'tb fenort In Jute. 180' tons Laguria Logwood, will be offered to-morrow with about 0, tons Fustic. Of 1500 salted Australian 'Hides offered to-dav. nona with the exceDtion of a fow kinii and akin. 8 Bola Of Linseed welhava to report 600 quarters, at 65s Mr auartor.

beine a considerable decline. TaUow little passlhg; yellow candle keeps steady, at 60s; toOlsiperowt. f. LltraRPOOL dATE MARKET. MONDAY Aslow'ddman'd for' at lower and all sold Number at market SaitlelBl shS box.

ceer, oa. to mutton, Sjd. to 7d. per lb. LIVERPOOL BUTTER MARlCKir.

unnn.v Tho weather is wild and Etornvy. Our bntter murltit i wujvoi.iBircwi.s. a. s. d.

i Bacon, nor est. B. a d. Belfast 0 v. AlUlUt 0 0 100 100 0 Short middles 0 Loner kr 0 rj .0 68 Dauymony Carriok, new 08 88 0.

0 0 American, 0 0 ii Hains, per cwt. Irisbj dry 0 in 0 American, ti Lard, per Irish '0U 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ajanow 0 Kilkenny 0. Cork o' 0 Do.3rds,10s.d, 0 0 Dublin 0:0. O' SUgo 6 WatorfordHewl02 Qreiwe.olean 0 0 0 0 AnierSoan briB. ssrapin4js.

8 this society now employ are as nothing iu a population of auo uuu ana, alter catting luto consideration tue agents employed by kindred societies or otherwise, it wiil bo found that the whole force combined (probably not more than 06 men) is utterly unable to overtake tbe vast amount of work which lies before them, and we are constrained to confess that the Sfreat mass of the people are still 1 Ignorant of God, without Cod, and without hope in the It is unnecessary to dwell much on the subject of the ignorance, vice, and consequent misery of many thousands of tbe poorer population of this and other large town. These evils have often been depicted in fortver reports of ths town mission, and need hardly any proof, for they reveal themselves to every eye in our public Greets. The journals of the agents of this society teem with cases of tho profligacy and wretchedness which are to be found on every hand and every one who has spent any time in visiting the poor at their own dwellings hears witness to the truth of their representations. To remedy this state of things the most active exertion is requisite, and it is every ones duty to take his proper share in the work. Self-interest alone would seem sufficient to urge us to ameliorate, as far as we can, the moral and social condition of those by whom we are surrounded for how rapid is the effect of contamination, how is society endangered by a vicious population, and what expense is entailed on the community by tbe machinery requisite for restraining crime and punishing offenders Many, however, it is hoped, are actuated by higher motives, and labour for the evangelisation ofthepoorinaspiritof obedience to love towards their fellow-creatures.

But whatever motive be uppermost, the woi of tbissociety must on all hands be admitted to be of a most beneficial nature. Nothing could be better suited to the condition of themany whocannotbe induced to enter theohurches and chape.s of the tewn, but mustbesoughtoutpersonally, and visited at their own dwellings, before any effect can be produced upon them. Tho field of labour whicb town missionaries occupy would be loft almost untouched if we had nothing to depend on but regularly ordained ministers, who are too few in numbers and too much occupied iu time systematically to visit our crowaeu courts ana aueys, anu enter mio lammar intercourse with those that dwell there. The agents state that their visits are generally very well received, and that often they are warmly pressed to repeat them, even in some of the worst localities of the town and, whilo lamenting the apathy towards religious concern which prevails bo widely, they speak, on the whole, encouragingly of thoir work, and hope that good is being done. They not unfrequently meet with instances of poor per sons who, from their scauty means, contribute to the funds of the society out of gratitude lor tho benefits they have received zrom it.

The financial statement, which was read by Mr. Houghton, showed a balance of 156 4s. 7d. iu hand on the 31st December last. The Rev.

W. M. Falloon, in moving the adoption of the report, observed that, taking into account the population of this town, which now stands at the figure of something like 400,000, and the small number of agents, stated by the report to be 24, be was compelled to ask, what were they among so many 1 The were now engaged in examining several candidates, and he trusted that the friends of the society would enable tnem not only to maintain but even to extend the number of their by responding liberally to tbe appeal which was made to them. Tho resolution was seconded by the Kev. Mr.

-Taylor, of Rootle, and carried unanimously. The Rev. J. B. Lowe, Geo.

Ponncll, an unpaid town missionary, and several other gentlemen afterwards addressed the meeting. During the evening a cellection was made in aid of the funds for the support of the mission. LIVERPOOL PEACE SOCIETY. Last evening, the annual meeting of the Liverpool Peace Society was held in tho Charitable Institution, Slater-street, Mr. Richard Kathbone, president, in the chair.

The Chairman, in opening the business of the meeting, said, as he had nothing to remark beforehand he would ask the secretary to read tbe report which he had drawn up, and to which he begged their serious attention, for he was sure it well deserved it. Mr Isaac B. Cooke, the secretory, then read tho following report "The work accomplished by the committee has been upon a limited BCale, though quite as much, it is believed, as could have been performed with the pecuniary means at their disposalmeans which they feel to be absurdly inadequate' te the requirements of the times. The committee have met each mouth, as usual, to deliberate upon affairs, and have lost no opportunity in which they thought that public action could be Denenciai, tnougn tney nave preterrcd, on tbe whole, for the ptesent emergency, a more quiet means of usefulness, in the distribution of the periodicals and other peace publications. Thoy did, however, in the early part of the year, invite the delivery of a course of four lectures, by the Rev.

P. P. Carpenter, of wariingi-on more lately, oi a single lecture, ny air. aamuei Rowley, of Stroud and now the Rev. French) Bishop has Jtmoiy consenteu to uenver the one announced lor this evening.

"In eacli case the efforts of our advocates have been gra tuitous, the admissions to the lectures have been without charge, with the excoption, in the earlier ones, of a few reserved seats discussions at tbe close of each lecture have been permitted, and apparently in every case the suffrages of tbe audiences nave oeen on toe nue oi peace, tnougn only in one lustauce was this actually tested by a resolution. The committee have, therefore, some reason to hope that the miuds of the working men of Liverpool have not bsen wholly carried away by the prevalent war mania. "We now proceed, as usual, to comment iu brief upon a cutuuiaij ui tuw tvuiiittti occurrences oi vue past year. "About the end of January our hopes of peace wero excited by the news that the Czar accepted, as a basis for negotiation, the interpretation put upon tho four points by the Couferen.e at Vienna. "As the discussion proceeded, however, difficulties omened tip, which did not appear to be in any degree relieved by the death of the Czar Nicholas and the succession of his son Alexander, who was supposed to possess a milder disposition.

The conference closed in May, having failed to establish an agreement on the third point. "Meantime, the winter had in a great degree suspended hostilities in the Crimea, while entailing severe hardships upon our m-prepareu army, me nrt encounter occurred at JSups-tori3, on the 17th February, when about 100O lives wore lost in an unsuccessful attack by a large force of Russians upon the Turks under Omar Pa-ha. assisted hv a few Frflrtnh trnnns. Tlnrinn wliila 1 works nearer to Sebastopol, many fierce struggles with the besieged took place at night, in several of whioh, especially on the 17th and 22nd, -horrible slaughters were perpetrated. Though wo have no precise estimate, the slain must have amounted during the month to several thousands.

"The renewal of the bombardmont commenced on the 9th April, and continued throughout tho rest of the month, though with reduced vehemence in the latter half. The fleet also now and then cautiously took an active part in the siege. Some very bloody and desperate actions were sustained in May. In the nights of tlie 22nd and 23rd, attacks were made by tho French npoh the Russians, and during the armistice given on the 25th to bnry the dead, General Polissier states We handed over more than 1200 corpses to the An expedition, consisting of a mixed land and naval force, was in this month undertaken to the Sea of AzofT and to Black Sea coast east of the Strait of Yeuikale. Its conrso'was mainly unopposed, the Russians generally on its approach blowing up their batteries, destroying their provisions and stores, and retiring.

Thus the allies became masters of Kertch, Ytmi-kalo, Avabat, Marionopol, Taganrog, Ghiesk, and the whole of Sea. It is calculated that the quantity of food destroyed in this expedition would have sufficed to support 100,000 men for four months. On the 6th, 7th, and 8th of June there was a series of sanguinary conflicts, when tbe English drove the Russians cut of the quarries in front of the Redan, and the French secured possession of the Mamelon and of the White Works. On the 18th the allies combined in an attack upon the Redan and the Malalt-hoff Tower, which proved unsuccessful, and was one of the most disastrous actions of the whole siege. The springing of a mine by the Russians destroyed a large number indiscriminately of Russians, French, and English.

In July, though few distinct struggles are chronicled, yet, in consequence of thecloser proximity of the combatants, the casualties, 6o called, were daily very heavy. Further destruction of provisions, Bakeries, forage, steamers, and boats, to an enormous extent, was perpetrated this month in tho Sea of Azoff, "On the 16th August a frce of about 60,000 Russians attacked the French and Sardinian lines on the Tcbernaya, and were Tepulsed. The combined loan is estimated to have amounted to 4000 On the 24theVerol hundreds were killed in tue capture of an outwork of the Malatthoffby the French. Asecond com-bined attack on the Redan and the Malakhoff and other of the Bussiah defences was made on the 8th September, which, though repelled in all other directions, resulted in the acquisition by and was succeed! by tho evacuation, in the ensuing night, of the whole south side of sseoastopol by the Russians, ui me auiea iuiy v.v on this occasion. Prince Gortsohakoff estimates the deaths amongst the besieged during this attack and.the bombardment of the previous 20 days at about 16,000 men.

The only incident of imp ortance at Sebastopol in October and November was the explosion, in the latter month, of a store of powder at the French siege train, which communicated to a portion of the English stores, and destroyed about 50 men. A similar number of lives was consumed in the capture by the allied fleets in October, of Kinburu, a fortress at the estuary of tbeDnioper, and since that date the season has compelled the suspension of all offensive operations in the Crimea and tho neighbouring seas, with the exception or preparations for the destruction of the docks of Sebastopol. "In Asiatic Turkey, Russians, who had long beleagured Kara, made, on tbe 28th September, a general attack upon the city. After a desperate battle of seven hours' duration thoy repulsed, and left behind them 5000 killed, the Turks having lost about 500. Tbe Russians, however, did not raise the siege, and as no hope of relief could bo entertained by the famson, they surrendered the city, after enduring extreme ordships, on the 28th November.

On tho Cth. of the same month Omar Pasha ventured to cros3 the river logour, in the A fortmdablo opposition, a sacrifico. including both noes, of 600 men. -ou. a long ana pamsm uiness, aged SSI, JobAc Starkey Bevin, son of Jamea.Bevin, High Park-strtai, antk grandson of the late John Stoikey, of this ttwm.

Jan. 21, in Salisbury-Eteeet, aged 65, Margaratj. widow of Mr. Samuel Buckiey. 7 Shw'tb.

Abbey, Cumberland, year, WilUam Parker, J- Jan. 22, in Webster-street, aged 76, Mr. John. lor nearly 40 soars warehouseman to Messrs Gibson and Braokenridge, merchanta. Jan.

23, ia Bbkenhead, itf his 85th year, David Cram, formerly of Newca8fta--Tyoe. Jan; 23, at his residenoe, Blackburne-tevraoa. London. aged 58, E. D.

Falkner, last surviving 30a ot the. late Edwd. Falkaer, of Fairfield Hall, inthiseonnty. Jan. 24, at his residence, Corlisle-atreat, Toxieth-park, in his 62nu year, Mr.

Benjamin Lewis. Jan. 24, at Milbauk-row, Westminster xged 46, Mi. Jan. 24, of scarlatina, aged 5 years, 'Mary Ann, oalv- uaagmer 01 nir.

josujju "awg maser, arte ton-street, Everton. Jan. 24, aged 3 years, Louisa, thirX daugliterof Mr. Iiightfoot, Toxteth-street. Jan.

25, Harriet, daughter of tSm iate Jonathan Roose, of this town. Jan. 25, aged 43, Mr. George. ornby.

Jan. 25, aged 17, Bobert ryMl eldeat Robert Jan. 26, at his resident tUgll PatVatreetJ aged 81. Jan. 28, very suddenly, Mv.

jon- Leeds board of poor-law guardians. Jan. 26, at tbe house of ivn 1- seas rom 8t. John, N.B.. at Kingotpwii, 28i Sibtewrn! foremost cut awayloss of'maatopgtrokst The Marlborough, of Iflndomjrom Belize for Ieith, vras snokeif wth lat.

48 Ion. making nina inches watertmd upwards per hour, by the Oriental, The Dagger, hence, went ashore in Vera Urate harbour, 24th Deo the Arm of fViiflSWt son ot Solm CoUignoa, of nuw 284 86 HftWiet, wife of Mr. Gillsteeet, i-ue cargo naa neensavoa, a verysmanporuorjof it slightly damased Carpentaria, Letten; Silistria, Watson; Old England, lilla A. CtaXSjSt James Neamitn. Wstts: Zenonah.

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