The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-01 00:00:00

his att THE LIVERPOOL STANbAki. TO CORRESPONDENTS, `Honest party. This; however, has been defeated for the hundred per cent. On our Stock Exchange, we to a measure, petitioned against by 47,000 pea. present, owing to a provision in the Imperial Statute heard of nothing daily but that this "junction " ple of that town, including not less than 1000 uniting upper and Lower Canada, which declares was to be Midland thirds, and that " extension " leading mercantile firms, was an index of the Our reporters cannot be everywhere, ' that no alteration in the electoral laws shall be was to be Midland preference, or guarantee stock; opinions of the mass of the constituency ; and we made without the consent of two-thirds of each and forthwith up went each share, like a rocket, are afraid that in referring to this portion of Sir house. unfortunately to come down like its stick, when James's remarks, and to Mr. Disraeli's comments It is stated that the permanence of the con- the purposes of some parties had been served. upon it, we shall have to say something, which flexion of Canada with England depends for the Periods of difficulty and losses, however, tend to may be rather distasteful to one, at least, of those present entirely upon the decision of the Crown open people's eyes, and drive them to inquire of members. Mr. Disraeli, in the course of his tri with respect to the Indemnity Bill. Loyalty, and what metal are the gods they have been wor- umphant refutation of the sophistries of the minis pride in their being a portion of this great empire, shipping. Mr. Hudson was in parliament—was terial party and their Conservative toadies, ~ re- . .uoiluiollo are still strong in the hearts of the B r iti s h C ana di an in London—was feted and courted—gave great marked a meeting of the Tow : ~.,n Council will ..a population ; but it is undoubt e d th a t many are dinner parties—patronised " poor Buckingham, " — The right hon. gentleman says,—" Where are the two f - - - - - seriously and calmly calculating the advantages yes the York draper looked down upon the fallen members for Liverpool? Are not their names in the which would accrue from their admission into the Plantaganet !—and some of his too trusting majorityi i t t ? a n : i The members he e petitions Glasgow, g o t w h a , t otheyit thealso support,e protective system of the American union, or the friends found themselves with nothing in their of the Governm g ent.' P ßut it is possible men y m , ay have been erection in British North America of an indepen- own pockets but bundles of worthless scrip. How elected by constituencies without any frank or detailea dent federal unioa. Should the Indemnity Bill can this be ? was the question mooted. Suspicion exposition of their opinion on the subject, (Hear.) pass, a convention is to be immediately called to- once roused was followed by enquiries. Disap- Men may have been sent to this house—as lam sorry to done—pledgedsay my experience of the last few . years shows can be gether, the proceedings of which, although spoken pointed speculators and clever accountants have to support a particular policy, and when of as intended to be most constitutional, no one keen noses. Figures of arithmetic are very like they have come here they may have opposed it. (Cheers.) can predicate. facts; and a few rather ugly figures presented Ido not know what passed between the members for The following letter from our own correspondent themselves, connected with a transaction of Mr. Liverpool and their constituents at the last election. It - much the same view of affairs as the above : Hudson's with a northern railway under- his is possible that between them and their constituents no communication took place on the subject of the Naviga- MONTREAL, APRIL Han. management. The king was henceforth a burst tion Laws." The Times, with happy ignorance and in ex cathedra bubble, so far as regarded his public character. style, has been perpetrating some articles on the state of affairs and the position of parties in Canada. These T h ere was still a hope, however, entertained by cutting sarcasm was uttered ? He knew what articles might be entirely unworthy of notice, were it not his friends that explanation was possible. It was passed at the last election between his constitu that they have the appearance of being ministerial urged that amongst his multifarious transactions a ents and himself on this subject. He knew that articles—and that if they he not curiosities of literature, mistake was possible ; and that "to err is human, a strong feeling existed, with respect to it, amongst they most assuredly are of ignorance. He gives a sketch of the rebellion, with a "view of probing to the bottom of to forgive divine." We are afraid, however, the those constituents; that his own opinions, with the matter, and tells of battles fought and villages attacked report, just published, of the doings of himself rpe to it, were somewhat distrusted, and that which nobody ever heard of in Canada. He speaks of and Mr. Waddington, in their capacity of chairman helmet et various bodies of electors, connected with Dr. Nelson and Papineau as of those whom he .-- : and deputy chairman of the Eastern Counties the shipowners, by the advice of his friends, to -in? • Railway, the leading facts of which will be found endeavour to allay ' that distrust; that to some aatia in our columns, has prostrated Mr. Hudson, never -.•0 r..-' ar - extent he succeeded, but w h e th er th e expos iti on o f his opinions had the "f ran k" c h arac t er, re f erre d t o aAao re, *lag,— - to rise again. It was not our intenti on , i n re f err i ng t o this by Mr. Disraeli, is a q ues ti on f or hi s own consci _ _ which has Riau b matter, to press hardly u p on M r. H u d son. H e " 1...........(1, (1.0‘.1,41.5 ee. an d will pay the penalty . , to ence to answer. Whethe r it was, or not, Mr. some extent, in the loss o f his s t an di ng i n society. Cardwell, we hubuilb wiw, lo lwujur, bound to stand up in his place in th e H ouse, an d i n f orm i t We conceive that oth ers h ave erre d i n t h e matter a besides himself ; and wou ld par ti cu l ar l y po i nt at- and the public that his vo t e was, emp h a ti ca ll y, not a true expression of th e o pi n i ons o f th e b u lk o f tention to the fatuity and an i mus o f th e Eastern those who returned hi m by th e i r su ff rages; t h at Counties Directers and the shareholders througho u t the whole transaction. Th e li ne i n ques ti on was he had either chan ge d hi s op i n i ons s i nce t h e elec ' in bad repute; and was b a dl y manage d . I t h a d tied, or concealed them d ur i ng hi s canvas. H e knew that there were h un d re d s o f hi s supporters paid dividends rather l ess th an was expec t e d , and who would have cu t o ff th e i r r i g ht h an d s rat h er Mr. Hudson was called i n — on account o f his than vote for him with hi s p resen t op i n i ons on t hi s administrative ability, or f or w h a t reason ? We subject; that there wer e some o f hi s mos t i nt i mate should say solely on accou n t o f hi s pres ti ge a t the and influential friend s , w h o wou ld h ave f or f e i te d time, and the certainty th a t w ith hi s name a t the all they possessed, rather than have been led, as head of affairs the pric e o f s h ares wou ld advance. they were, to assure their humble and yet vitally What were the conditions on which he accepted the chairmanship ? He was to be supreme dictator was a interesteefellow-townsmen'that he " 11right" of the whole conc ern . Thi s was, t o say t h e l east, upon the question of the Na v i ga ti on L aws; and it could have been only that pec u li ar sor t o f mora lit y, not a very prudent b arga i n. Wh a t was th e fi rst step of the new dictat or ? Wh y, it was one w hi c h which we have described as sep ara ti ng th e character the whole board of di rec t ors an d th e shareholders of the politician from th a t o f th e man, th at re _ wnich , strained him from exoneratin those ....e talking about ver y if they h a d t a k en care to k now anything of their g before the face of the wor ld f rom complicity gentlemen own property must have known to have been an in the" _ ~..Cation of the provi nc i a l t ar iff i s at present under concealment of his views, or, on the other hand, —Hud Mr. son, was appointed au or the warm discussion in th e assem bl y. Th at proposed by the unwarrantable one. if we are to believe that he was sincere whilst chairma toortly previous to December, 1845, when . ni sererspector-genral is founded on the principles of free trade, soliciting the honor of representing this important .....aa or water yield. His levyifEt rever anly ‘ ; , it iswarmly opposed by the dires did not calculate upon being able to town, from honestly and candidly acknowledging lands. our borough engineer +l--. ' _,„,i i n pay a dividend of above 3s. per share. He that his own opinions had undergone a change, __...aenrs. No Canadian declared one, before the accounts could by any and that his vote was no longer an index of the .core importance to the English manu- possibility have been made up, of 9s. per share. He ..,,curer and shipowner than this, as it will very materially opinions of those who returned him. , ..,111, went on, thus anticipating profits, paying dividends We are sorry to have to speak in such terms of affect English exports to Canada, which at present are ~..aueu for some time out of capital, till the end of 1848. Surely no very considerable, about 1,400 British vessels yearly ar a gentleman, for whose private character . we have to that gentleman's decease, many great riving at Quebec. The tariff of the inspector-general will sensible set of men could have expected that the great respect, and of whose public career we at ich wa -- --.•....-. F el e,..,id likely induce trading with the States to a greater extent mere magic of Mr. Hudson's name could have asmsts proposes effected this more than doubling of the revenue of o a n - e time augured ' highly. He must excuse us any concern ! Probably an exam i na ti on o f t h e however. transfer books of the company during this period would show how nicely those i n th e secre t got out, By the lamented death of Mr. Thomas P oo l e, and how many gulls got i n . one of the representatives of St. Anne's Ward, and It is quite possible that from further inquiries a gentleman who, by his unswerving honesty of into the doings of this company, further revels- purpose, and his persevering advocacy of all mea tions may result. In the process of increasing a sures calculated to advance the interests of the concern, representing two millions and a half of ratepayers of Liverpool, has endeared himself to his fellow-townsmen generally, a vacancy has be en capital, to one representi ng a b ove f ourteen mil created for that ward, which will have to be fill e d lions, there was ample ro om f or prac ti ces not very very straightforward. W e s h a ll not, h owever, an up on Friday next. We hear that it is in th e con ticipate. Particularly w temptation of an influential portion of the consti- e should like to know what t • to invite Mr. 'Thomas Dover to allow • was the mode of applicati on of the six to seven uency him thousand pounds e x pe n d e d b y M essrs. H u d son self to be put in nomination on the occasion ; and and Waddington, as " Se cre t serv i ce money. " certainly a fitter choice could not be m a d e . M r. Dover was the personal and valued friend of the THE morale of public men, in these degenerate deceased; has shared in many of his arduous days, has suffered a sad declension. There was a labours for the good of his fellow-townsmen; is time when the distingui s hi ng f ea t ure o f t h e cha intimately acquainted with the d e t a il s o f th e pu bli c questions at present bein g ag it a t e d i n th e t own ; ratter of a British States man was hi s highminded- and is moreover one of th e h eav i es t o f it s rate ientary plans, the town 1 ,---- A hab - WP h.. for some d a y s p as t most beautuut weateet-, tress ' his utter disre g a r d o f se lf , i n hi s devotion advancementpayers, and therefore interest e d, as we ll as i nc li ne d strict stlh I to the eoo o truth, and hi s fi ns cella° o f Loth of his country's int eres t s; his to advocate measures of the mos t s t r i c t economy. t personal and political honour. Thi s s t a t e o f thi ngs The ward should e ., ei t its-eirst renuous l y to secure the services of so valuable a m em b er , an d so a bl e is changed. We see no w one co d e o f mora li ty as 1 • I an auxiliary to its present faithf u l represen t a ti ves, applicable to the statesman and another whi c h regulates the conduct of the gentleman. The for- Mr. Parker and Mr. Bennett. -....,.V.., mer may wriggle, by any devious ways, to his _ „ a , a object; the latter, to b e res p ec t e d , mus t be above EXCHANGE NEWS -ROOM, MONDAY. The uncompromising front, w hi c h L or d S tan l ey stated ..,r me packet of yesterday, even the suspi c i on o f t a i n t , or o f pract i ces, w hi ch in the House of, Lords on Friday last, he was determined angry in its la ~ .....- inuicating the fact that the Canadian people attach may not be avowed before the whole world. To to offer to the bill for the repeal of the navigation laws, lis set down a littl_ ...ler z 300,000, against the slightest interest to the question of the Navi- the former a successful juggle, a movement which has given much satisfaction, and it is to be hoped that :Ilion sterling; and the annual revenue gation Laws. We do indeed find a repudiation on enables him to throw dust in the eyes of a politi- the other noble lords will act independently, and not allow • ---a-aa_ at £35,000, against the part of the American government, of the asser- cal opponent, a feint of any kind to throw a rival anyfalse expediency to interfere with their free judgment. thelamPienrieoannstzeinntoett intelligence una e n r iir ' ---,--- ~r o- lion of Mr. Labouchere, so pompously put forward from the scent of a political trail, nay even the o Niagarau s a s to u the uu 0 b ur ea m ri a ng e o ta f ' ' —.stamen in introducing the bill, now betrayal of friends and the relinquishment of so- I here. We incline, ligowe e v e er P to our s elves P to those latter, " 1 ---f the United States lemnly recorded principles, is glory; to the latter I who look upon the bright side of the pictre. The ex compt , - - - -n- any one of these things is inextinguishable shame. I change by the previous steamer was 105 to 1061, and is some 34., This change of the whole character of modern quoted by these advices at 1064-, which is so much in favour of this country • the American money markets are seriously upon the interests aria statesmanship has never been so strikingly evi also easier, seeing that obtained quite sufficient relief the people of Liverpool. dented as during the debate, on Monday evening from the bullion exported from this country, which, It only remains now to he seen what steps the last in the House of Commons, on the third read- added to the cheering nature of the Californian intelli 'ration of Liverpool are prepared to take in ing of the Bill for the Repeal of the Navigation gence, is li To go on with the Rivi ng - h ones t y ! Laws. We shall refer first, in exemplification of various wayskely to improve our c o m merc i a l re l a ti ons i n ....il the engineering evidence at p re - our position to the speech, in favor of the bill, of Our information as to the Iron trade, however, runs as follows . ire us, we should say will scarcely be WE were ourselves amongst the first to express that political chamelion, the ex-Radical, ex-Whig, " (rwin . gto the very unfavourable accounts received to-day, contemplated. How far we are already compro- disapprobation of that adding of railway to rail- ex-Conservative and, now again, Whig Sir James per Niagara, from the United States, our Iron market looks badl t y e , i 4i o nd l ihi a s rt fe s ff e e r d rie all y len l d r s on w a il t i 4 V mised and deprived of the opportunity of exercising way, by amalgamations, leasing, guarantees, and Graham. The bon. member or Stamford, Mr. f a o s low a refore. N n v i e l an independent action in the matter, we are not purchases of rival projects, which has placed the Herries, in his speech in opposition to the bill, had mixed numbers at 45/6e aga." • • Glasgow, and lawyers enough to determine. We should submit, communications throughout the entire kingdom in remarked : 1 But as the l ow pr of eta m "ever, that the penalty f or our pas t t ransgress i on th e h an d s o f a few giant companies, and conferred " It was said, however, that the measure was for the arisen from a previous stringency in th S e mo tes n ay have ey markets, ”rudence cannot be so great as to deter us upon chairmen and boards of directors the exercise interests of commerce. Now, let commerce speak for from which they had not sufficiently re covere d t o a ff ec t even at this advanced hour, i n t o of powers, and th e managemen t o f an amount of itself. What was the opinion of the g r e a te s t c o mmerc i a l prices bef ore the sailing of the steam er , we l oo k f orwar d Better suffer now, than suffer capital, which belon g t o f ew p r i nces . W e f oresaw, community (Lord J. Russell) ? Th e first magistrate of that city had The Share Market h as rece i ve d a grea t bl ow t hi s week. iy and have cause to depl ore our as the ultimate resu lt o f th e sys t em, grea t public presented a petition from it against this measure, signed It opened but dull on Wednesday; prices gradually de blindness and obstinacy for years to come. inconvenience and tyrannical extortion; and, in by some 20,000 persons or more, including such names a s dined on that day and on Thursday. On the issuing, however, of the report of the committee of investigation Before concluding, we may advert to a little epi- the mean time, unparalleled opportunities for those those of Messrs. Baring, F. Huth and Co., Rawson, sods in the history of our complicated affairs, which who moved the strings—for boards of directors, a r n al d m A eli w M oo Tilk le p ic tn er d C i i l 3 .ie , x l% , a l n as d t e e r rm a a n n d anl o Co.,S iv p u o r o p n u e u r I of the Ea ' stern Counties Railway on Friday—exposing Liverpool system of management of fictitious traffics and fictitious a occurred during the past week. It appears that secretaries, lawyers, and their friends—to aggran before bringing their report, condemnatory of his dim themselves either at the expense of the public, had spoken to the same effect by 47,000 petitioners, in- credits, with debits far below the reality, such as has not eluding not less than 1000 mercantile firms of great im- been heard of in the history of railways—the market was scheme, before the world, Messrs. Simpson and or at the sacrifice of the permanent interests of portance ; and the petition on the other side was signed thrown into a complete state of panic, and there was an Newlands were ( 1 - " us of affording Mr. Hawks- their own proprietaries, It was impossible to omit by a comparatively small number, not including above instant and general fall, in the stocks . being dealt in, of from 5 to 10 per cent.: Midland declined from about 70 Ip, - - xamining` the evidence ad- seeing, during what has been called the "railway 100 of thethe otherclass of lo drilspettble Bristol, i sTe mercantileeast Newcastle, set fiu ni ll s 4 o ater. to 64; London, from 132t0127 ; Midland Fifties, from 10 aonfirming, if possible, the mania" of 1845 and 1846, that most improvident against ford, Belfast, Sunderland, had also expressed w- the opinion to 13 dis. ; London I--shares from 4to 3 prem. This panic .1 views and estimates. They bargains were being made by most of the great of commercial communities upon the question. Din was at its height on Saturday morning ;at one time of the with a mass of statistical data companies with the projectors of rival lines; that hon. member.—" And Glasgow."] Glasgow, also, was day it seemed almost impossible ta give shares away, espe ,iad arrived at their conclusions, branches were being constructed which never could not with the Government on this question. (Hear, hear.) things tho a s l c i i ie l Huds . o d n e ' r s a Nies a ; n tsw t a o rd d s even s p ii h t oz r e t va r , yield a profit on working, and guarantees of divi- _S a me n oi nt t e h r e vie princ i i t p:l th m e erc e hat i i 3 ts th f er r e, ti i 3 t at app t eare o d n , e ha o d h were ready to submit to his inspec f impr g o s ve r ment is manifested, altogether, perhaps, p a erha g ps, two or _ demur being given which never could be paid, ex- h of a few gentlemen, not mena whom suggested as worth -- aittee. Mr. Hawksley was cept out of the earnings of the companies guaran- y m of m co e n ra is consideration a c n i e y r:traordi_ three per cent above Saturday's prices. London Stock is nary rumour that it was to be understood that the fate of 128 to 130; Midland, 661 7; Midland, £5O, 111 dis.; teeing. Shares in second or third rate projects accordingly communicated with, and a meeting the Ministers would be affected by the ill fate of this bill ; London +.s hares, har f s,. 31- prem. minted for a certain day, when Messrs. Simpson jumped up in the market, no one k new w h y, un til but the other member with a manly independence, spurned - '- 4 - ids attended at the Town-ball; but no at length we heard that this, or that, great company the idea of being swayed upon a great public question by -howea • - i were about to lease or purchase; and the suspicion the consideration of any mischief that might befal even ab . became natural, when we sa w men, sagac i ous i n Her Majesty's Ministers. (H ear , h ear. )" What was the reply of Sir James to this home ig their conduct individually, making these ill-advised the acknowledged fact that thrust—to was speculations in their capacity as guardians of the cantile classes throughout the kingdom viewed the set property of others, that there was something be measure with undisguised alarm ? The right hon. ant hind the scenes offering temptation strong enough gentleman (by courtesy, for we could find him a T to seduce them from their propriety. much more appropriate name,) sought to weaken ml One of the most prominent in the railway tran the fact of the London petition being signed by vii sections of this period, and, indeed, the originator a ' of the system of rail wa y ama l gama ti on, was Mr. the Messrs. Baring, by pointing to one o f th at family supporting the bill, as Secret ar y o f th e 't time George Huds on , Ch a i rman o f th e Mid land Counties and Northern lines of rail wa y. I n th e course of a Admiralty. Without at all i m p eac hi ng th e h onor few years this gentleman had sprung up from the of Mr. F. Baring, however, Sir James himself, an ex-Secretary to the same Bo ar d , cou ld have afforded position of a respectable drap er a t Y or k , t o b e the reputed possessor of vast w ea lth . H e h a d s h own, us a little information with respec t t o th e s i ngu l ar effect of official station in enabling gentlemen to in speculation and in railw a y management, great shrewdness and administrative capac it y; an d was regard Government meas ures th roug h a co l eur d e regarded as incapable of any di s h onoura bl e or even rose light ; and he mi g ht h ave no ti ce d th e f ac t th a t lax transaction. He had successf u ll y un it e d i nto if one Baring was in fa vour o f th e measure , ano th er ay. leers __ one well-conducted main line of railway three in- member of the same family, Mr. Thomas Baring, ''""rl S pro, gave it his most decid e d o pp os iti on . Si r J ames dependent•companies, possessing a l arge aggregate 1 --lr- wt.,- _ • I capital ; and this success, at the very commence- Proceeded meet of the excitement in share property, di rec t e d : " I have spoken o n ly o f the Treasury Bench. But the right hon. gentleman s p o k e o f th e opinion expressed by all eyes towards him as a kind of arbiter an d in- the outports. I collect their opinions by the voice of fallible authority in railway matters. For a new their representatives here. He mentioned Liverpool. project to receive the approval of Mr. Hudson was How did the two members for Liverpool vote? (Loud to ensure its success and double its price in the cheers.) How did the members for t Glasg a o n w re i e o r t- re -l i market. Did it excite his fears, as an opponent, (Renewed Newcastle. cheering.) did The th eritgwhot membershon. gentleman le for m Newcastle the same result followed; for it was to be bought vote on the second reading of this bill ? (Continued up at a high premium, and carried out, or shelved, cheering.) The right hon. gentleman referred to the as it suited his sovereign pleasure. By the bye, commerce of this country. Where were we to look for we saw him, like a human spider, spreading his trade and commerce 1 In th e. West Riding of York rsepireeai ; he ne ot o i f ie t r h i e s r . e u p s re t r s e e t nta n ti e ve is a supporter of the d s from a contest in the iron network over the whole kingdom ; grasping a line here, and crushing a line there; setting corn- West Riding, and I should j be happy to hear how he, de peting projects by the ears, whilst he walked off dares the opinion of his constituents on the subject." himself with the bone of contention; offering his We shall not remark upon the disingenuous august countenance to struggling companies at his shuffle, contained in the assumption that one mem own price, and all the time, as the world no doubt her for Glasgow and one for the West Riding, truly believed, amassing wealth at a railway rate of represented the opinions of the influential and well speed. Whatever the "Railway King" touched informed portion of these great constituencies; or then turned to gold in a day. "Mr. Hudson has upon his utter forgetfulness of the fact that the two taken a large allotment," exclaimed delighted members for the only great port of the West speculators, and immediately their scrip was buoy- Riding, Hull, one of them too a member of the ant in the market at a premium. "Mr. Hudson is Cabinet, opposed the measure. Our business in negotiation with us for a purchase," exclaimed is now with his assumption that the vote of a hoard of directorsZand prices went up fifty or a the two members for Liverpool, in opposition is "at fault" in not furnishing his name, by which we might have obtained the particulars of the case to which he refers. Our reporters cannot be everywhre. Wear e not disposed to qualify the remarks to which e " Crito " objects. He has forgotten what Pope says— "'Tis with our judgments as our watches—none Go just alike; yet each beli.- ves his own." Ebe Etberpool AlPtanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1849 IT affords us the very highest gratification to announce that a meeting of the Town Council will be held on Friday next, in accordance with the fol- g summons " BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. "Town-hall, 30th April, 1849. " SIR,—You are requested to attend a Special Meeting of the Council, to be holden in the Council Chamber, within the Town-hall, on Friday next, the 4th of May, at eleven o'clock in the foronorm ` To consider the propriety of Pdjtioning the Legislature on the subject of tllVNavigation order of the " SnurrLiwoßTH, Town-clerk We doubt not that a considerable majority of e Council will deem it their duty to petition ainst the ministerial bill for destroying the effi . r mercantile marine ; and we hope her will allow any obstacle to prevent ion. His Worship the thanks of hi on so Important an occL Mayor is entitled to the warmest fellow-townsmen for calling the could not have been convened ration of ar , Y 4 , lhiect more vitally meeting ieved to _ the interests of the whole communal) ae plundering the spoils, when these gentle men are as wide as th e p o l es asun der, and their enmity the proverb of even the poor habitans. He speaks of Lord Metcalfe as one o f th ose w h o are now denot.nced r- 1 - 1 ---, IN present to our readers, in another part of our as traitors by the ex a sp era t e d l oya li s t s , w hil e hi s name i s t. imtortant portions of the adored bv evory loyal heart in Canada, and his govern repo been published by messrs. ment meet us au e.ampi, ~„ x_.,..a ni„-i... 1, .......q ..--, Simp.on and Newlands, which we trust will place votive newspaper in the province, and by every conserve the whole subject of the water supply for this town e l r os in ses the ils e elb us ly duringthe e h e e bat i c us on ee t t h o e r published intelligibly before them. That report, we do not tr,,ievbeelllioenak Generals circular, as giving a true state of the case, hesitate to say, is the most convincing document while he has said not a word of Mr. Cayley's (the ex which has ever been issued upon this important Inspector General) in answer, which is the truth. Not to subject. It is calmly and temperately written ; waste any more time in citing more of the blunders of and betrays not the slightest animus against the which the whole articles arc composed, we will just take projectors or p romo t ers o f th e sc h eme, wh i ch it one got more as a climax. He sa y s th e w h o l e s ti r h as b een especially condemns. No Gins or up without reason, and that there was no thi ng b e f ore pa expense appear the Assembly but a resolution to enquire into the rebel to have been spared to render the gentlemen, by lion losses. Very likely the bill that has now passed two whom it has been made, perfect masters of every branches of the legislature might not have been before the necessary detail connected with the subject : and, umsbiloy the e th e 7 fe t e im t e th t , h t e it art a icle ex wa e s di w eu ri t tt t e o n ; but rsuote lAusjoe most important of all, their opinions are stamped, £lOO,OOO from the funds of t w he e prov P ince for the r ing only with the strongest evidence of their fication of persons who had suffered losses during the perfect capacity for the task which they have rebellion and that the indemnity would extend to persons undertaken, and so ably completed, but we have who had ' been engaged in the rebellion, were. And it is additional assurance, derived from their past expe- on this provision of the resolutions that all the excitement rience and recognised ability as hydraulical en- a h l P i s t tr i i s se a n s . in lp a i c s t An e n re ec eu es u sar b y e t u o o m o adt ie e r a t t h i a y u co sa m y r i n u en i t t o i n s Mr. Simpson, it is known, as the engineer simple absurdity, delivered in that pompous style g which rks, and the constructor of those who do not know what they are talking about very ar kind, in various parts of often ipe. ,s, is well and practically The question of the provincial tariff is at present under warm discussion in th e assem bl y. Th at proposed by the .1 sand-stone form a ti on o f t h e insctor-general is founded on the principles of free trade, and its capabilities of water yield. His levying duties for revenue only ;it is warmly opposed by _.3, our borough engineer, the protectionists, and it is likely they will succeed in ell known, has also had a very carrying very considerable amendments. No Canadian in hydraulical engineering; has question can be of more importance to the English manu ne construction, unde r a very em i - facturer and shipow ner th an t hi s, as i t will very materially 1 himself Planned for some time affect English exports to Canada, which at present are pry ms's decease, man very considerable, about 1,400 British vessels y ear ly Ar y great riving at Q ue b ec . The tariff of the inspector- genera l w ill works ...ention, were we not afraid likely induce trading with the States to a greater extent to offend ._ —.racteristic modesty. than at present, while that of the protectionists proposes The result of Messrs. Simpson and N ew l an d' s to impose such hi g h d u ti es as w ill foster native manufac has gone to affirm the fact, w hi c h we tures. The preli m i nary di scuss i on on the resolutions it ' - committee has been conducted with considerable ability -, ng contended should be disproved the inspector -general and his supporte vn was hurried into an extensive tection is unadapted to a colony, and - ' 'ng surface water from a di s t ance, tions with the m o th-- -lent for the present and pros- that a protective r green-lane wo: many others this and oti a simil r count acquainted with the rep district colleague, it may not be so inquiries have al] before t s urging that pr-c scheme that a s pective 1 the nem works i town; th jectionabl injury to that of any wt states that the marl costing million this important in sent bef more heav n opportunit duce them, aid of c ness of I were also prepar Bich they from v Water Co and Mr. H After some time spent in ole absent gentleman, a despatch ar announcing that Mr. Hawksley could not be gs be w- emired in London, when Mr. as he had to be in London 's, and as Mr. Hawksley were is a rair inquiry tor sugar, but we are not aware of any sales to-day ; several cargoes having arrived, both of Barbadoes and other descriptions, which will be put on the market in the course of the week, parties are look ing forward. In Coffee there is little doing : 2500 Costa Ricas are advertised for to-morrow, the quality of which is generally low. 1500 bags of Saltpetre were offered for sale to-day, about half of which were disposed of at rather lower prices, i.e., 26/6 @ 29/. 7000 bags of Rice were also offered to-day :8/ was bid and refused for broken ; the fine sold at 10/9. 500 bales of Jute went off at a slight decline—£l3 per ton for very inferior, and £l6 for really good. Rum and other articles quiet. Our Cotton trade closed steadily on Friday, the prices of the previous week being fully supported, and on Sa turday the quotations were not only more readily nh_ Simpson proposed tin shor'tl sent bu bad app. ently been detained by something as urgb. .ie should start at once for town and have an interview with him there. He accordingly left the room with Mr. Newlands for the purpose; and in a shor - afterwards was in the train, where, to his astomsr -it, seated opposite to him in the ~ ntered was—Mr. Hawksley ! time when Messrs. Simp re waiting, with the gentle gent at the interview, Mr. carriage which It is said tt t the very tained, but a trifling amendment was observable in the lower descriptions of American : the sales were 7000 bales, of which about 1500 were taken on speculation and for export. To-day the news by the steamer conveyed the certainty of supplies continuing on a large scale, as the crop is generally set down at 2,650,000 bales, and the fact of a decline in value in the American markets. We have, nevertheless, done a steady business, and 7000 bales (1000 on speculation and for export' were disposed of. Since the public sales of the sth instant, there has been very little doing in any description of Wool, and to make sales, lower prices would have to be accepted ; but the holders are firm, and look for an improved demand shortly, as the manufacturers continue well employed, and the stocks of Wool are comparatively light. The new clip of Australian Wools is now arriving in London, and a public sale of about 20,000 bags will come off akout the middle of next month (May). Ld Newlan men sel, to t Hawksley's arrival, that gentleman was actually in the Town-hall; and that it was only after the re porting eng;- I Pff; the room to make pre parati,- -.dons for Mr. Simpson's proceeding to the rail way for London, that the Town-clerk, who had been in communication for some time with the Pike engineer, returned to say that he was then prepared to go into the inquiry, but found that Mr. Simpson and Mr. Newlands had retired. Subse quently Mr. Hawksley himself volunteered pro ceeding at once to London to meet Mr. Simpson ! We have heard no satisfactory explanation of these llnas, which are rather comical, if true. It ly strike the public, however, that there was a disinclination somewhere for a meeting be tween the rival engineers. proceed will nat THE LATE CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUD 1600 BAGS OF SUGAR AND 1100 MATS OF SUGAR.—We are glad to be able to state, that the police have done all that lay in their power in this matter up to the present period. The officers of the customs evidently thought that the police were unnecessarily interfering with it; but it is for the Liverpool merchants to be glad that the inquiry is pro gressing satisfactorily. It is not the wish of the custom house officers to let the thing slumber, but at the same time the cleverness displayed in the transaction renders it difficult to investigate. DANGEROUS SURGICAL OPERATION. -- A gentleman named Brick, residing in South Wales, lately determined to submit to amputation at the thigh, rendered neces sary from the effects of scrofula. He accordingly sent for a surgeon, and desired the operation might be attempted after the inhalation of chloroform. The gas was, however, not so potent as is usual, for the patient was disagreeably aroused to a consciousness of what was going on before the second incision was made. Being a brick, however, he requested the operation might be finished, which it was successfully. The news from Canada, contained in the New York papers received yesterday, state that things are quiet just now, pending the decision of the Governor-General upon the Rebels Indemnity Bill, which had passed through both houses of the legislature. It was understood that his excellency had written to England for instructions on the subject. An additional excitement had deen caused by an attempt of the Ministry to introduce a new electoral . bill, which, by an alt e ration of the di visions or counti es , wou ld swamp com pl e t e ly th e British influence, and ensure the return to the Assembly of a vast preponderance of the French imical to our ;el, , untry ; the protectionist will only affect the coar ~ replying , ......,.,.., .........• •.•,J . Imported from England, and ultimately increase the im wn may be obtained from, portation of finer ones, urge with force the example of , by means of additional the United States, and say, that to their wise, protective to neighbourhood o f th e po li cy, their almost unparallelled prosperity is mainly us to be obtained is unob- owing. I will defer till these resolutions be passed through be got without permanent committee, any speculation of the effects they will be Is in the district likely to produce on E ng l an d . ; and that m6.. T......---.- ~, • we alread t addition to the supply I. Their report further igton Pike scheme the are very seriously under interest ks required, instead of p r i nc i r , on, will cost close upon a Quebec and that, even with this immense nutlnv Varir evening, move a series of resolutions relative to railroads, to the effect that railroads are necessary, and that in newly-settled counties where capital is scarce, govern ment assistance may safely be given for their construction in certain cases, by granting land and guaranteeing the These resolutions are to be brought forward ly with a view to afford assistance to the proposed Halifax railroad. '-er measures, chiefly of local have that the v under half E - ... - according to the pan,- ..1 plans, the town passed through the legislature, and there is little else ne We have had for some days past most beautiful weathei will he exposed in average seasons to succession which _has.brukeu up the ice of the St. Lawrence ; and.we toppages of supply, and, in the event of El are living in daily expectation of cholera. and the opening 'isually dry seasons, to positive drought, of the navigation. -'erring of penalties for withholding Sir James Graham, in his much lauded speech -..ious works and towns alon' eal of the Navigation Laws Bill, enunci -i:-. onef he inc The corn tnliU Ut - I the retention of th e C ana d as b y t hi s country. Lis per day a dditi ona l is cannot discover a sentence in the news which have +o t tof the Rivington project, reached this country by the packet of yesterday, ► The whole outlay re- indicating the fact that the Canadian people attach li ander £300,000, against the slightest interest to the question of the Navi nearly a mli— l',,g; and the annual revenue gation Laws. We do indeed find a repudiation on required for the local supply, at £35,000, against the part of the American government, of the asser £6s,ooo, the annual cost of Mr. Hawkslay's pro- tion of Mr. Labouchere, so pompously put forward posed scheme. There are, moreover, contingencies by that gentleman in introducing the bill, now connected with th- rather fearful to contem- before the legislature, that the United States plate, in the -'3ape of compensations to millowners government were disposed to meet us in our pro and others, which in some years would tell very posed concessions. They offered, through their 'rests and the pockets of charge d'affaires, nothing which had not been offered years ago ; and the proposed opening of the coasting trade of the tw o countr i es h a d never been mooted at all. So much for modern official on the rer n4-„I I.:_. the sc ame proposed by the reporting engineer h ten million gall to be di PASSENGER SHIPS AND THE PASSENGERS' If we take a retrospective view of the improved accom modation presented in the hitherto unparalelled number of ships that have this year graced our docks, we are led to the conclusion, however unpalatable to our national love of supremacy, that American enterprize has done more to ameliorate the condition of the thousands emi grating to the New World, than all the ponderous pro ductions of the legislature in the shape of acts of parlia ment. Session after session they have been engaged in manufacturing laws to regulate the transit of passengers in merchant vessels, and within the last seven years they have turned out no less than five altered bills, each of which has contained clauses of restraint and vexation to the sllipowner, at the same time that they are unne cessary and expensive to the emigrant. After being seven years thus engaged, it is not to be won dered at that we hear the cry, "Ministers are doing no thing." Prorogation after prorogation, and not a perfect or efficient measure passed. Labouring like a mountain, they give birth to a mouse. There was an act passed in the sth and 6th years of the present reign, another in the Bth and 9th, another in the 10th and 11th, another in the 11th and 12th, and now another is produced as a great panacea, (a mixture of all other bills, with something very original,) that is at once to remedy " all the ills that flesh is heir to." But one clause (which could only have emanated from a navigator on some inland canal) will show, as all passenger acts have done, the folly of government passing a bill without consulting those who are interested, and have had expe rience in the trade—the clause in question affects the size of ships, but deals not with the more important points of strength, ,security to health, light, ventilation, or cleanliness. It is suggested to enact that, exclusive of stores, cabin passengers, &c., " No vessel shall be allowed to carry on any deck below the second deck, or platform, more than one passenger for every 30 superficial feet; on the poop or second deck, or platform, more than one passenger to every 12 superficial feet; or, if destined to pass within the tropics, one 'passenger in every 15 superficial feet." What, we ask, will be the effect of this clause on the American trade, and, as that is principally confined to Liverpool, on the business of the town ? Will it not at once chock the building of ouch noble throe deckers, as the Constitution, Constellation, New World, Guy Mannering, &c. by rendering it more profitable to employ only those ships that can carry a passenger to every 12 feet ? and these are principally small vessels that have barely the accommodation of a 'tween decks. It is the climax of the ridiculous to assume that the accommodation of an ordinary, or old merchantman, without light or ventilation, and the height between decks scarcely sufficient to allow an ordinary person to stand upright, can be half as healthy as the lower decks of a vessel solely constructed for the trade ; and this was fully instanced in the awful preponderance of deaths from fever in the fatal years of 1847-8, in those ships which sailed for British America, few of which were built for the trans port of passengers. But all under the new act would be far more lucrative than vessels of a larger class, and in every way constructed to promote health and comfort. Captain Edwards, who has successively commanded the Sea, the Marmion, and the Ivanhoe, and whose experi ence in the trade should be a guarantee of the excellence of the arrangements of his ship, arrived here on Thursday, with another magnificent vessel, the Guy Mannering, and as, under the arrangements of the act, such floating cas tles would cease to be required, we shall give a brief des cription of her. She is consigned to Mr. John Taylor Crook, through whose kindness we were allowed to in spect her. _ _ - The " Guy Mannering " is 1600 tons new measurement; and while in appearance she has all the stateliness of a line-of-battle ship, she still partakes of those clipper qualities that would qualify her for a " monster" pri vateer. She has a long sneaking-looking bow, with a gracefully curved stem, surmounted by a neatly carved head and trailboards. On the lines she is fine fore and aft, with a side plump as an apple. Indeed, she is the beau ideal of nautical beauty. Her beam (42 feet 9 inches) is carried well forward, which gives room for a spacious topgallant forecastle, Aft of this are the galleys, as well as several state-rooms, The cabin forms a kind of quarter deck, but being built with a eomplete gangway round it, is encircled aloft with a substantial bulwark. Though not very large, it is beau tifully decorated. Neat Grecian pilasters, in burnished white and gold relief, run up to the deck beams, forming the sides into panels, each alternate one serving as a state room entrance. The panels are veneered in beautifully feathered mahogany, with skirtings ofrose-wood and zebra wood. The ceiling is a dead white, as also are the state rooms, which are neatly furnished, and ventilated orna mentally by perforated arabesque carvings. The advan tage of a cabin on deck is more readily seen on going below ; for where in ordinary ships there is a per manent bulkhead to separate the cabin from the for ward portion :of the vessel, here there is one unin terrupted sweep from stem to stern, and as perma nent ventilators are fixed in the bows with an ex hauster abaft, there can be no fear of a continual cur rent of fresh air. The state-rooms are here erected for the second-cabin passengers. They are convenient, airy, and well lighted ; indeed, superior to anything we have before seen. The height between decks is eight feet ; and we can see no difference between the upper and lower decks, save the difference of position. They are , equally lighted and ventilated. The number of superficial feet in the second cabin, from the apron aft, is 5,960 feet, i anu in Lne Lower clecic space 4,966. Thus she is built under the existing act to carry on the lower deck 355 pas sengers, and on the upper deck 426, which calculations exclude the store rooms, chain lockers, wate r t an k s , & c. There is also further available space on the main deck and in the cabins. The dimensions of the Guy Mannering are :—Length between perpendiculars, 190 ft. Sin.; length overall, 206 ft. ; beam, 42ft. 6in. : depth of hold, 28ft. Sin. She was built at New York by Mr. W. Webb, and in point of strength as well as beauty she excels. Her keel, kelson, and futtocks, are all of live oak. The tops and half-tops are of live oak and red cedar. The stern-frame, the night-heads, the dead woods, fore and aft, as well as all her principal timbers, are of the same durable material. Her guardboard streak is 8 in. thick, the wales 6 in. thick, and the remainder of the outside planking from 4 to 6 in. thick, of the choicest white oak. The deck knees, of which there are 320, are all well formed and finished, of great depth in the throat, and from 7 to 8 inches in thick ness. The hanging knees (146) proportionately stronger, and there are some 150 others applied to the houses on deck, stanchions, &c. We think we have already said sufficient to shew the efficiency of such ships as those recently constructed for trade, and while we see the necessity of government forcing those injunctions for the regulation of a proper ventilation, an abundant supply of water, and all the other tributaries of health, we must deprecate the sweeping measures they propose to adopt, which will retard, if not altogether prevent, the building of three-decked ships, and we trust that ere the act becomes a law they will consult the experience of the past. A. FEW MORE FACTS FOR THE FREE-TRADERS We contributed last week a few facts towards the solu tion of the important question—Can we compete success fully with the foreign artizan I—which went to shew that with respect to one of the great staple trades of the coun try, the hardware manufacture, we were already feeling our inferiority. Further evidence of this is now before us, derived from the same source, a correspondent of the Midland Counties Herald. The writer says : I would call your attention to the following quotations from actual Lists of Prices of Articles very extensively used. Ido not give the names of the tools, nor yet the names of the firms, because in these matters of trade both manufacturers and sellers are somewhat jealous. Persons connected with the trade will be easily able to satisfy themselves that I am here giving real prices. The tools are denominated by inches, and the German measure is better than the English. Thefollowing are the prices of one set of articles :- 5 6 7 8 inch. Ils. Bd. ]ls. Bd. 14s. 3d. 16s. 9d. per doz. German make. 225. 6d. 265. 6d. 30s. Od. 355. Od. per doz. Birmingham make. 245. Od. 28s. 6d. 335. 6d. 28s. 6d. per doz. Lancashire make. • •- - - Another article— German make, 6,1 7 13s. 6d. doz Birmingham' make, 10s. Sid. 13s. 2d. 16s. 94d. 21s. doz. Lancashire make. Ils. 3d. 14s. sd. 17s. 7d. 20s. 9d. 245. Od. 325. Od. 38s. 4d. doz The margin here, from a hundred to a hundred and fifty per cent. in favour of the German, is tremendous; and as the cost of the articles, most likely, consists chiefly of labour, nothing except a very considerable reduction of wages can place the British manufacturer on a level with his opponent. The comment of the writer is most im portant : "The new tariff of 1845 fixed the duty on wrought-iron and steel goods at fifteen per cent. ' • this in the following year was reduced to ten per cent., bein g the duty now paid. The reduc tion of the duty, no doubt, directed the attention of foreign manufacturers to the articles suitable for the English trade. • 1 1_ . • - The articles above enumerated have been manufactured pressly for the English markets, and great judgment has been exercised in adapting them to this purpose. In order to effect this the workmen have had to be carefully trained, and the different processes of manufacture carefully examined. This has taken considerable time, and will, in part at least, account for the long delay which has taken place in introducing these goods into the English market. There will still remain another counteracting influence; every person practically acquainted with trade knows the difficulty of introducing articles of a new make, even though they be hom e - ma d e goods : there are always prejudices in favour of certain makes to overcome; and it is very just that this should be the case. The manufacturer who, by carefully attention to th e qual i ty of his goods, has ensured ' to himself a good name, ought to reap the benefit of his honest exertions; every man should have his due." It is well-known that there has always existed, not only in our own, but in nearly every foreign market, a preju dice in favour of British-made articles, even although the foreign were produced at a cheaper rate. Let the foreign maker, however, progress in the course to which we have invited him. Let him adopt British patterns and British processes, and produce, as he is now doing, articles which cannot be distinguished from our own ; and we shall find him not only competing with us successfully in our home market, but taking away from us, as well, the custom of the foreigner. What is to prevent him even adopting the marks and names of our best makers ? We have our selves for years, with our fictitious French and other labels, and our imitations of every foreign article, which Possessed a higher reputation than our own, been setting the example of such dishonesty. CARELESS PLACING OF GOODS AT the police-court, yesterday, a woman named Catherine Welsh, was charged with having, on Saturday, taken a piece of gingham from the shop door of Mr. Boyse, in Tithebarn-street, where it had been temptingly exposed. Mr. Rushton, with reference to this and another similar case, reprehended the custom of thus exposing goods, which saddled the public with the heavy expenses of pro secutions, and scarcely entitled the losing parties to pro tection. The piece taken by the prisoner contained About 40 yards, and was stated to be worth 6d. a yard. She was committed for trial at the sessions. May ‘.! j4l> LATEST FOREIGN AND COLONIAL' A telegraphic despatch was r eceived on Sat% P IO the French Gove rnmen t. It i s dated Civita . 9 April 26, 11 o'clock, a . m ., an d is as follovisfistg thearm ya.uthTohriistieosccoufpatthioentowwasn, squadron under my command anchored Yes te , r e hleict i4 o'clock before Civita Vecchia. At twelve 0.,;6004 city was occupied by 1,809 men of the esP-u,06 11 struck. The whole of the troops have disernbarke_aito this morning, and I hasten the landing of th ai p stores. Signed, the Rear-Admiral comala n ,„, ~ squadron of the Mediterranean." A second 1 2 4' thaeg"ldbeor,l despatch was also received on Saturday', at live effanecdtewditwhiotuht p.m., to the following effect 2 o'cocsl4lo. AARSEILLES, APIUL " GENERAL OUDINOT TO THE MINISTESS, "' CIVITA VECCHIA , Arglkille W without are masters of Ci v it a V ecc hia without strinhitt; blow. The autho r iti es offered no resistance • ' ( 0: tants and National Gu ar d rece i ve d u s with acclara3' ROME, sees i ll APRIL 20.—The R oman M on it eu r annou,,,ej official part that Sicily h as f orma lly acknow l .e t r e Roman Republic, and name d F a th er Ventura to r" it at tt ' al to : Notice to quit within fi ve days has been given to parties still inhabiting th e Quirinal. YesterclaX 01 4 the arms of the Republic were placed on ene o ? t b,eu it y ments of that palace, the marble tiara ho ic '' 3 - 0 01 " t y removed. To-morrow (the 21st) the annicer' 3te ddd foundation of Rome will be pompously c elebr p Colosseum will be illuminated, and the National will be reviewed by the new War Minister, A ve— t he is said that the men on whom the Pope reckons ... 4 for the re-establishment of his power are I C nbel; ji j Antonelli. In the sitting of the Constituent, °031.04, they adopted the manifesto to the Parliament s oefea2 and France. The document is a rather lengtTa'icinigwo merating the evils of the Papal rule, and c is right to substitute such a form of Governtnecor place as they think best for their prosperity a° ness. THE WAR IN HUNGARY. 0 0 4 VIENNA, APRIL 24.—Th e Kohler Zeitta i g s wati other German papers, con fi rm t h e news of a t e 9C7, battle in the vicinity o f G ran. A cour i er from t it of action arrived at Vienna on the night of the lrh but the news whi c h h e b roug h t was not then P o t,d, by the military commandant of that capital. A / t he to the second edition of the Kolner Zeitung 01 a io u inst, gives an extract of the Hungarian intelligentiot IP; had come to Cologne that morning, to the effec t GrF great blow had been struck, and that the battle "00 had ended in a defeat of the Imperialists. e r ne of; rians are stated to haye advanced to the ban March, the siege of Cornorn has been raised, 3n evacuated by the Austrians. THE DANISH WAR. ra l t A r 0 ALTONAt s General V. Bonin h as f orwar d e d the followiil i o. to the Schleswig Government of the affair at I °, / , " KOLDING, A pB P " The Danish army, cons i s ti ng o f ten b a ttalici a j' e el regiments of cavalry, a numerous artillery, suPPlCold ill ,, i a corvette and t wo gun b oa t s , w hi ch lay i n t, "; 3 „ r `,4" - Fjord, attacked m y p os iti on o f K o ldi ng. and bloody combat, which lasted six hours, ""be was repulsed on all sid es . K o ldi ng, w hi c h may (Rig' sidered as a sort o f t e t e d epont, was, a f ter a brns'e r , ; by the advanced g u ar d s , evacuate d b y my °rA:ebles later, after 1 had assum e d th e o ff ens i ve, Navin; a r 'o up my left wing from Giolholle with the Second Di , r ig the town was s t orme d an d ta k en b y the S eco nd Be; I am pursuing th e enemy i n the d i rect i o n °` Almost all the town of K o ldi ng i s b urne d t o thei a ill Colonel the Count Ba n di ssen an d C o l one l V. Sr 0 8 0 wounded. The loss on b o th s id es amounts to 1 in killed and wounded ~ir. gosl'l' SCIILESWIG, M' • t h o ,), Orla Lehmann h as b een b rought in here wi of d ti le prisoners. He is in the C as tl e o f G o tt or p. p .t will be ill um i na t e d thi s evening. The battle 13 4 0 hours. The D anes it i s sa id had 24,000 men ill t ' .. 1 and the S 2 hlesw!g-Holstein troops only 16,000., J e ff The Prussian Ministry has sustained another • but it is not exp ec t e d th at t h ey will retire. r ein Advices from the South of France speak of the P ro o cial effects of the late severe weather upon the g ,A crops. The Belgian papers state that large purchases d 0 poultry, and potatoes continued to be made on ,roo, account in the neighbourhood of Louvain and St. 'i tr itse An active competition was also carried on betweeor and French agents employed to buy Belgian horse) P ~(11 The law against tumult uous assem bl ages was og,,W in Paris on Saturd a y. A n i mmense crow d again v. bled on Saturday night on the Boulevards betsvel, Porte St. Denis and P or t e St. Martin; at 9 o'c l°c roio were summoned to dispe r s e by th e Commissaries ' 3 ' , and the City Sergeants made numerous arrests. vpqterd'„•ief' OFFENCE AGAINST A RAILWAY ;P . 1 Al of i)) the Police-court, a decently-clad man, named t 3 1 , was charged, on information of two of the serv an .,itlilli London and North-Western Railway CompanY , ." it . ino• 115pri P”,orl _ As, ,cater, SO that by alte o ps"'o rode from Liverpool to Manchester in.t..a of 0 4 - e di only. 1 - 1 , 3 declined making any defence, and ices flex STEALING PICKLES.—Two young women, x l fi l ' o t wood and Laura Williams, were yesterday charge eSJ, Police-court, with having stolen a number of boatte pickles from the premises of Mr. Stevens, of Duke - ,_ s „ t tlta where they had been employed. A number of t roeo were traced to a sh o p i n C opperas -hill, and one I L 01 to a stand in St. J o h n ' s M arket. They were b°"'" mitted for trial. to SMUGGLING.—Two Italian sea men b e l on ging te n ship Sarah, recently arrived f rom N ap l es, were 9e5,4 t 7,1 charged with having concealed, under the cargo n d ship, 28 lbs. of foreign tobacco, 18 lbs. of cigars, a r ettl e j gallons of brandy. Mr. Do w li ng ac t e d as interP-od The case appeared cl ear , an d th e pr i soners were ren 33 o jos until Friday, by which ti me th e au th or iti es in Jodi will have signified in what manner they are to be with. a i i OP ; ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—Two young 0, - -n r ieo,,, Jones and Charles Williams, were yesterday et r oc/ the Police-court with having, on Saturday a " - r 4e o robbed a lady at the top of Bold-street, of her p r : money, to the amount of ab ou t 30 s . They sver'eisilA together near the lady, and were a ft erwar d s - follow apprehended in Lime-street. Jones attempted t ° r e ilYi an alibi, but failed, and both prisoners were sent° fit ) three mci the imprisonment. 0 o DEATH BY A FALL FROM A SHlP.—About 3 F e at' wassin ce, working ßobort ona Graham, stage at a the sh ship ipcarp G e a n r t r e o r w , g t e h d en og4ilo a irli° No. 1, Canning Gravin g D oc k, an d w hil e d o ins t leaned against a st anc h eon , w hi c h being rotten bo ,ttD,, lower end, gave way with hi m , an d h e fell to the of the dock, He wag picked up in a state of insen7ts l ; e and bleeding from a lar g e cu t i n hi s h ea d . He sqet0 0 to the hospital, whe re a sca l p woun d was foun d. afterwards set up, from which he died on Saturday'ol l BIRKENHEAD HOTEL.—It will be gratifying ta i j, of our Cheshire friends, as well as to some of '.l,o„Fti Liverpool, who enjoy the envigorating exercise 0 W ing or the pleasure of a garden walk, to learn t ',o 6- 0 beautifully situated hotel has been taked, and is 03 4, pied by Mr. B. Jones, who has for years past been 11 0 , 4 , and respected in his connexion with the George he Kj No one could have been selected to fill so well tP lo tt; ratter of " mine host." He is so well known t - „air world are his friends, and he has presented ever9, l 4J ment to secure their support. The hotel has '4 j, decorated from top to bottom, and entirely ne"„roW handsomely furnished. The gardens are greatly ill, ;4 and for tea and pic-nic parties are admirably suite green too is in splendid order. The hotel is all" to open to-day. ton The packet-ships G u y M anner i ng and Ashbar f er: 4 New York on th e 7th u l t . , within a few hours °de other, and arrived almost simultaneously in the A A. 0 on Friday. retY HER MAJESTY'S THEATR E .—Th e second apP-- pa Jenny Lind, on Saturday night, was productiv e be t e ; same generous enthusiasm as that which attended a turn to the stage on the Thursday previous. The 004, and Prince were th ere accor di ng to the rece i p t 0' 'bliC:4l, and the house was crowded to repletion. The 0, 0 pr;bl citemeut increases with w h a t it f ee d s on, an d tP a t r perity of Jenny in the favour of the town shoals ° remotest sign of decay. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE MONDAY, APRIL 30. 11 0 F ARRlVED.—Niagara, (steamer,) Kyrie, from Bos" ito tezuma, Kendall ; Harwood, Harwood, and Alliance, ebei, son, from Charleston—Delta, Glover, from Mobile. „, (2 0 , 4 6 SmLED.—Spencer, Webster, and Burrell, Foster, "tot —China, Pascoe, for Charleston—Emanuel, Betelsen,,,,ions , gen—Asia, Hannah, fo r St a t en I s l and — Flora, To dd ; ford Clark; Mary Ridg wa y. 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