The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. If we complied with the suggestion of "Liber" each of our literary notices would be charged by the Stamp-office as an advertisement. It is not always convenient or prudent to allege a reason for the non-insertion of correspondence, but we always endea vour to find room for as much as possible, and we are cer tainly as liberal in this respect as any of our contemporaries. We did not forget the proceedings to which "A Friend" alludes, but the omission of the intelligence was occasioned by the inability of the Telegraph Company to supply us with the report, for which we had male arrangements. This was not the first time we have met with a similar disappointment. We wish we deserved the flattering encomiums of " A Distant Reader." He will find, as he anticipates, that the intended rise in the price of newspapers in this town will infuse increased life and energy into every department, and we hope that, as lie observes, the public will be the first to be thankful for the Clange. Zi)z &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1849. WHENEVER, even during a period of general depression, a demand is made for reductions in va rious departments of the public expenditure, we are met with the plea of " vested interests." This or that secretary or clerk, was appointed to his office, sinecure or otherwise, under the expectation that he was to enjoy it for life without reduction, what ever Might be the changed circumstances of the community by whom he is paid. Ergo: to disturb this pleasant arrangement—to reduce the employe from the enjoyment of his little villa at Twicken ham or Hampstead, and his phaeton and pair of greys, to the more modest position of a residence at Kensington and the diurnal " bus" to and from town—is an injustice, which a reformed (!) Parlia ment shrinks from with llorror. Dock a slice, however small, from the pay of a secretary of state, an official of the Board of Trade, or any other of the numerous tribe of cousins and hangers-on of lords of the treasury, and all Belgravia and the lobbies of the Downing-street are up in arms. Even the Manchester school of economists cannot put up with the enormity. Cobden himself says that he cannot see why, every body else being put upon shorter commons, the salaried employes of go vernment should not be permitted to enjoy rations increased by the very measures which have pros trated the industrious and producing portion of the community ! _ _ _ Let any of the victims of our new-fangled policy, however, complain, and forthwith Downing -street and its organs are convulsed with a fit of agreeably mingled tittering and sneering. The farmers' just complaints are " bucolical grumblings ;" the ship owners are baffled monopolists; and the West In dia proprietors are beneath the regards of such en lightened statesmen as a Grey or a Russell. Yet what have been the sacrifices which the last-named class have been called upon to make, at the dicta tion of our ultra-liberal and anti- national politi cians ? We shall give one instance, amongst the many which have, unfortunately, only been made public through the medium of the reports of pro ceedings in our courts of bankruptcy. The case we refer to is that of Messrs. Cruickshank, Mel ville, and Co., the partners in which appeared be fore the Court of Bankruptcy in London, for their certificates, on Wednesday last. The following is a statement of their career in business, as given in the report of the official assignee : " The above bankrupts commenced business as mer chants under the firm of Cruickshank, Melville, and Co., on the Ist January, 1840, with a capital amounting to £31,204 2s. 9d., which was increased the following year to £53,364 15s. 9d. They continued to carry on their business as East and West India merchants, trading also largely with New South Wales, until the latter end of the year 1845, when they commenced winding up ; and with the exception of a bill of exchange for £7,800, drawn by Cruickshank, Melville, and Co., upon Messrs. True man and Co., bearing date, September 3, 1847, (which bill was discounted by the Bank of England, who are now the holders, and the petitioning creditors under this fiat,) it does not appear that any new mercantile transaction was entered into by this firm." The following is a statement of the . losses which accrued upon the realisation of the assets of the firm in question, as stated in the balance-sheet made up on the 19th Dec. 1848, although the statement made at the period of their giving up business, at the close of 1845, sheaved a surplus, being capital, of £36,000 odd :- 13v West India estates, being a difference between their cost and present value . £90,535 2 - 1 Ships .. .. 20,573 2 8 Bad debts .. .. 68,359 15 3 Adventures to Sydney and elsewhere .. 10,560 16 7 Merchandize, &c. 6,756 10 3 £196,785 6 10 Now this is clearly not one of those cases, so flip pantly referred to by the defenders of our present commercial policy, of a firm trading upon fictitious capital, or speculating beyond their means. Messrs. Cruickshank and Melville retired from active bu siness, possessed, as they presumed, of tolerably ample fortunes. £36,000 was what they anticipated being able to retire with. The report of the official assignee explains why it was that this anticipation was Tut realised : "Ii explanation of the great deficiency arising in the realization of the above debts and properties, the bank rupts state, that in consequence of the depreciation in the value of West India sugars, and the admission of slave grown sugar in 1846 and 1847, many of the debtors to whom they had made advances on account of their crops grown on the West India estates, became totally bad by reason of the produce not paying the expenses of cultiva tion, and the estate becoming of mere nominal value." We cannot resist quoting a portion of the eloquent appeal of the bankrupt's counsel, Mr. Laurance, on the certificate of the senior partners being opposed on account of a single irregular transaction, com mitted by a junior member of the firm : " Here was a house a first-rate respectability, which bad carried on a most extensive trade with different parts of the world—which started with a large capital—which for more than 20 years carried on a most prosperous busi ness—which could not be accused of wild or excessive speculation—which kept its boons in the most regular manner—and which had a name and a credit scarcely second to those of any British merchant—here was this miner t firm completely crrshed and ruined. And ruined by what ? By an act of the Legislature. Did he state anything novel—was the case of this house singular ? Not at all; but the wonder would have been if, amongst the general wreck, his clients' credit and fortunes could have survived, He would refer His Honour to an admirable work which he had had often occasion to quote—the Com mercial Crisis, by Mr. Evans, and in the second edition of that work His Honour would perceive the awful extent of the calamity and the enormous sacrifice of property that bad taken place in consequence of the Sugar Bill. He would read to His Honour the following authentic tabular return, showing the depreciation which had occurred in West India property : After Since pass- Slavery After abolition of ing Sugar value. aboli- apprentice- Bill of 1845. tion. ship. Windsor Forest est. 120,000 60,000 45,005 5,000 La Grange estate.. 65,000 32,000 26,000 5,000 Belle Plaine estate . 55,000 I 27,500 23,090 3,500 Rabacca estate .... 50,000 1 3u,000 20,000 6,000 120,000 65,000 55,000 sO,OOO 70,000 45,000 60,000 32,000 27,500 30,000 25,000 20,000 45,C03 26,090 23,090 20,000 17,003 15,600 5,000 5,000 3,500 6,000 3,000 5,000 Prospect estate.... Richmond-hill est.. 435,000 194,500 146,030 27,500 Slavery value Estimated present value X 435,000 27,500 £407,500 Depreciation Or equal to 93i per cent. on original value. This is one only of the disastrous reverses, con sequent upon our recent legislation. But for its being brought publicly before our notice by the proceedings of the Court of Bankruptcy, the world at large would have been ignorant of its existence. Yet how many thousands of families, once opulent, and without having by their conduct given cause for even a whisper of blame, are just now suffering privation, and barely able to hold their heads up in the jostle of commercial competition, from similar acts of the legislature. Our modern political eco nomy is an abstraction—a thing without a heart or a conscience. It prostrates one class to-day. and another to-morrow; and all the consolation offered to the prostrated is the assurance of some cold blooded philosopher that their individual ruin is requisite for the benefit of the mass of the commu nity. What man can with safety say to his own soul that his turn to suffer will not be next ? What class is there who may not to-morrow be called upon to lie down, unpitied and uncared-for victims, beneath the wheels of this idol, cheapness, which the British people have set their hearts upon wor shipping ? The gentlemen, whose piteous case we have laid before our readers, belonged to a class to whom a few years ago the world looked up as to merchant princes. We are told that " they had a name and a credit scarcely second to those of any British merchant." They had invested their capital unon the faith of the past policy of the British Parliament, and of the national protest against the existence of slavery and the slave trade. They had acted in the confident belief that the Wilberforces, the Clarksons, the Nowell Buxtons, the Macauleys, and other professors of cheap philanthropy, were sincere in their abhorrence of the torture of the ne gro. They had only erred in believing the seeming saints of the world to be honest. The policy, how ever, under which they entered into their large bu s Mess arrangements stood in the way of the realisa tion of the modern Utopia. The Manchester schoo of economists wanted cheap sugar to enable half fed weavers to reduce the price of the coffee accom paniment to their matutinal red herring. And they were sacrificed without hesitation or remorse. The only question which now remains for solution is—what class is next to be submitted to the wheel ? THE affairs of the new Roman Republic afford just now the problem, whose settlement most con cerns the restoration of tranquillity throughout Europe. Thus far a singular fortune has attended its arms; and although the last post has brought us news of serious reverses, sustained by the people of " the holy city" at the hands of their brother Republicans, the troops of France under the leader ship of Marshal Oudinot, it is not at all certain that a French vivtorv, or even a French occupation of Rome will do more than render still more com plicated a web which defies the cunning of ordinary diplomatic dexterity to unravel. Nay, it is not at all certain that the fate of the government of Louis Napoleon, and the very existence of the French Republic itself, may not depend upon the issue of a quarrel, into which they appear to have been hur ried, by a more than human rashness, or a more than human controlling power, working unseen to carry to completion its own high and mysterious decrees. We refer to our foreign intelligence for the latest information of the hostile movements of the con tending powers. Pending the decision, which threatens to be a speedy one, we take the oppor tunity of quoting from the correspondence of the Times some singular facts bearing upon the ques tion. The first is descriptive of the reception and conduct of M. Lesseps, late the envoy of the French Republic in Rome, at g ministerial reception in Paris since his arrival in that capital. After endea vouring to evade the numerous questions put to him by numerous of the guests, we are told that— M. de Falloux took him by the arm, and, leading him into an adjoining saloon, he, in the most gracious manner, reproached him with observing such a rigid silence on a subject on which so much curiosity was naturally felt by all his guests. " What !" said M. de Lesseps, "is it then you, a member of the government, who reproaches me with acting with indiscretion ! Well, then, since you are curious, it is for you to say to what point I may gra tify public curiosity. Put any question to me you like, I promise to reply frankly, without reserve, and without ambiguity." "Are you of opinion," said M. de Falloux, without hesitation, " that France sh ould recognize the Roman republic ?" " You put to me a question," replied M. de Lesseps, " which under existing circumstances, be fore so many people, and among whom I recognize the representative of Austrir, would be of a nature to crush a diplomatist who has in his heart anything except a deep love for his country and his head,—something more than the remembrance of having fulfilled an im portant duty. I will, however, reply in the same un hesitating manner that you have asked the question. Yes, France ought to recognize the Roman republic ; and it is I, a man of peace, I who at Rome, as at Barcelona, risked my life to prevent bloodshed,—it is I who affirm to you before the Austrian representative here present, and who will not contradict what I say, that the only means of avoiding the horrors of a general war before six months are over is to immediately recognize the Roman Republic ; to make known that recognition to the Cabinet of Vienna, and to negotiate with energy and with faith the justice, the humanity, and the right of the cause, for the evacuation of the Roman States by the Austrian troops," After this frank declaration, M. de Falloux with increased amiability re-conducted his visitor to a group of ladies, and M. tie Lesseps in passing through the crowd met with repeated marks of sympathy : one hand was silently held out towards him, which he shook—it was that of the representative of Austria. As to the opinions of the Romans themselves, the Times correspondent of Italy has the following remarks, which also speak of the abdication of the Pope as more than probable : " Wonder is that M. Mazzini can assume the right of speaking in the name of the Roman people. He is no Roman—neither is Avezzina, nor Garribaldi, nor any other person in the government holding an effici ent post. The fighting men are Lombards, Genoese, Poles, or Modenese ; and if the Romans have taken part in the contest, it is more from fear of these armed volun teers than from any good for the cause which these bad men are determined to impose, The inhabitants of Rome desire, I believe, the return of the Pope. They see the infallible ruin of their city if the present system continues, and they can find no possible advantage in a paper circulation— not worth one penny if the Republic falls—or in the absence of those 25,000 rich strangers who annually spent their money within their walls. On this point, however, it must be clearly understood that, whilst all desire the return of the Pope, and the establishment of a sound government in accordance with the spirit of the age, not a single person wishes for the restoration of the Cardinals, and none will ever suffer the reconstruc tion of a Church government, "These considerations bring me to a point on which I have tried, but without success, to find good information. I cannot help thinking that, from all I know of the gentle qualities of Pius IX., and his conscientious scruples of leaving the Popedom exactly with the same attributes as when be took it up, that he must ere long, of his own free will, resolve to abdicate. He has sworn to make no terms with the rebels who usurp his throne, and his humane heart recoils at the slaughter of his subjects in order that he may be restored. What other alternative has he? " The Pope is an excellent, but a weak man, full of the best intentions and of religions zeal ; he is totally unsuited to these troubled times, and if he can reconcile an abdi cation to his own conscience, I conclude that he will gladly fly to it for consolation. I cannot possibly undertake to say that the Pope can abdicate. Examples are very rare." We understand that the Bishop of Chester has licensed St. Jude's Church for the publishing of banns and the solemnization of marriages. On Sunday afternoon the Rev. Dr. M`Neile very kindly delivered a sermon in St. Simon's Church to the soldiers attending the usual service for the military in that church. The reverend doctor's address was characterised by grace ful simplicity and faithful scriptural teaching. On Sunday night, Alice Henderson, aged two months, residing with her parents in Blenheim-street, after crying a good deal, was put to bed with her mother, and was found dead in the morning. On a post mortem examina tion, it was found that death had been caused by inflam mation of the brain. Father Mathew, the apostle of temperance, is connected in blood with the noble Irish family of that name ; he is one of numerous children. His views respecting temper ance would seem not to be coincided with by his immedi ate relatives, as two of his brothers are, or have been, dis tillers on an extensive scale. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF COUpICIL ON EDUCATION.—On Tuesday last her Majes ty'sinspector of Schools, the Rev. W. J. Kenneday. visited St. John's Church School, Farnworth, near Bol ton-le-Moors, when he announced to the mistress, Miss Elizabeth Holmes, (late one of the mistresses of St. Bar nabas' School, Liverpool,) that the Committee of Coun cil on Education had been pleased to award her a certificate of merit, the value of which is enhanced by the fact that Miss Holmes was one of the youngest amongst the can didates at the recent examination at Newton. EXAMINATION OF FEMALE TEACHERS.—At the late examination of female teachers, held at Manchester by her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, certificates of merit were awarded to seventeen of the candidates, four of whom are resident teachers in Liverpool, viz.—Miss Chapman, of the South Church of England School, 2nd class, Ist di vision ; Miss Crampton, St. Mary's, Edge Hill, 2nd class, 3rd division ; Miss M`Douell, Everton and Kirkdale In fant School, 2nd class, 3rd division ; Miss Miller, Everton and Kirkdale Infant School, 3d class, 3d division. The examiner expressed himself highly satisfied with their in tellectual qualifications and practical ability as teachers, and we sincerely hope their success will stimulate many to aspire to similar distinction. ' ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—At the Police-court. yesterday, four men, Peter M`Loughlin, Clarke, and two soldiers whose names we did not know, were charged with having, on Thursday last, robbed a man from Oldham, named Thomas Curran, of about £l2 in money. The complainant had met with two of the prisoners in New Bond-street, and the whole party had afterwards gone from public-house to public-house until they had got to a house in Richmond-row, where, as the complainant asserted, be was surrounded by the prisoners and robbed of his purse. One of the witnesses said she saw the prisoners, and they appeared to he dividing some money, and disputing about it. M`Loughlin, on being apprehended, said that the two soldiers had picked the purse up on the stairs, but acknow ledged that he had received some of the money to drink. The prisoners were committed for trial. SUICIDE.—An inquest was held yesterday, on view of the body of Daniel M`Callister. Deceased had recently been farm bailiff to Mr. Wilson, of Orrell, A fortnight ago, he had gone to lodge at Mr. Sergeant Corbishly's (of the police force), and after remaining four nights, said he was going to Ormskirk. Ile returned, and on Friday last, at noon, asked for pen and ink to write a few lines. With these he went to his room, and appeared then as he had done before—to be very cheerful and talkative. As he did not come down stairs for some hours, some of the inmates went up to his room, and found him hanging by a rope to the bedstead, and quite dead. He had made use of a skipping-rope belonging to one of the children in the house. As there was no ground to suppose insanity, the jury had no resource but to return a verdict of " self destruction." ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—At the Police-court, yester iay, two men, Peter Morgan , Patrick Fagan, and Agnes Geary, were brought before Mr. Rushton, at the instance of two excise officers, who stated that they had dis covered in the cellar of a house in Stewart-street, (Great lloward-street,) a still, imperfectly set up, but charged with what is called " wash" and " low wines,"—prepara tory liquids in making whiskey,—and samples of which were produced. The still was not at work, nor set in the brickwork, but the prisoners being found on the premises were apprehended. Fagan protested that he had only gone casually into the cellar to get his shoes soled, and had waited for them, paying 2s. 6 d. for the Job. He added that he was in the employ of Messrs. Burns and Co., of Waterloo-road. The woman said she was merely a seller of eggs, and lived in the house, but knew nothing of the matter complained of. The evidence appeared at first to he rather against the prisoners ; and Mr. Rushton said they must each pay a fine of £3O or be imprisoned three months ; but Fagan was recalled, and on being or dered to show his shoes, he did so, and they appeared to have been newly soled. He was consequently remanded for further inquiry. THE LIVERPOOL STANDAiIk MR. FREME AND ST. ANNE'S WARD. What do the gentlemen, who threw over Mr. Dover at the last election, and humbled themselves by accepting the whig candidate forced upon them by the Confederation clique in the ward, think of their precious representative, Mr. W. P. Freme? What the town says of them we can tell them. The town says—" Served them right." The candidate, whom they preferred to the thorough-going and unflinching Mr. Thomas Dover, was nursed in the Whig-radical school—looked up to the Rathbones and Earles of the Council, as to his patterns in political science, and his allies in the furtherance of local projects, some of which have proved most disastrous to the town. Yet all these former phases of his public life appeared to be for gotten at the recent election. They took him—at least they said they did —irrespective of political opinions, or any recommendation beyond the fact of his professed hostility to the Rivington project, and his willingness to support the rating of the dock and corporate estates. Mr. Dover, upon these questions, sincerely maintained the same views, and had proved his sincerity by many overt acts ; but Mr. Dover was a consistent conservative—and his political leanings alone were remembered, his opinions on local questions passed over entirely. Well, Mr. Freme has just signalised himself by voting with the pro- Pike men ; and we repeat our question, what do the electors of St. Anne's Ward think of their member ? COURT OF BANKRUPTCY-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Perry.) THE WREXHAM BANK FAILURE.-IN RE R. MID _ DLETON LLOYD. _ This was an adjourned hearing for the production of an amended balance sheet, extending back to the year 1824, when the bankrupt dissolved partnership with his brother Sir Wm. Lloyd. Mr. Evans, solicitor, appeared for the assignees, and objected to the capital amount on the Ist of July, 1824, which was stated by the amended balance sheet to be £1,950. He contended that it was incorrectly made out, as it was founded upon a statement of affairs which appeared in the deed of dissolution in which the bankrupt himself was entered as a debtor to the firm in the sum of .t 9,000 ; whereas, by the books he only ap peared to be indebted in the sum of .i 5,000. Mr. Evans stated that there were further objections. The bankrupt then underwent an examination, in the course of which it appeared that at the time of the dissolution there were certain debts to the partnership concern, amounting to 410,255, and estimated at £5,685, which yielded to the bank rupt upwards of £7,500. Mr. Evans objected that the difference between the estimated amount of £5,685 and £7,800 actually received, had not been accounted for by the bankrupt, and as he did not seem able to explain these discrepancies, he (Mr. Evans) suggested that a further adjournment should take place. The Bankrupt said he could explain all the transactions if he had further time given him, but the lapse of time was so great that he could not do so at present. Mr. Evans then proceeded to examine the bankrupt in refe rence to a mortgage to Lady Wale for £2,000, which did not appear in the balance sheet ; also as to monies received by the bankrupt on the joint account of his brother and himself, which did not appear in the accounts ; and further in reference to his wife's marriage settlement, under which he had received upwards of £3OO a year from 1832 to 1844. The Bankrupt said he had applied this money towards the maintenance of his family. Mr. Evans then again addressed the court, stating that he did not consider it necessary to pursue the examination further at present, seeing that the balance sheet was so unsatisfactory. Mr. Badham (the bankrupt's accountant) said the .e 4,000 re ferred to would, he believed, never be cleared up. The further hearing of the case was then adjourned to Mon day, the 23d of July, a further amended balance sheet to be made ready in the meantime. A. FEW WORDS UPON THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. MR. G. H. LAWRENCE AND LIVERPOOL TRADESMEN. —We have seldom noticed anything in much worse taste, or more ridiculously overstretched, than the sweeping accusation brought by Mr. G. H. Lawrence, on Wednesday last. against the tradesmen of this town, of systematically giving short weight. The chairman of the Finance Com mittee, acting upon the report of the Inspectors of Weights and Measures,—a newly-modelled body who, like all new bodies, must show exec ssiva liveliness to entitle them to their salaries,—stated that " a practice was prevalent in this town amongst parties, chiefly grocers and dealers in articles of consumption, who made up parcels, intended to represent pounds, half-pounds, and quarters, of deficient weight ;" and, he continued, " they systematically gave deficient weight." According to Mr. G. H. Lawrence and the Inspectors of Weights and Measures, the "grocers and dealers in articles of consumption" in Liverpool must be a set of uncommon scamps, and te.e same fraternity in other towns must blush for them. With all due deference, however, to Mr. Lawrence, we must submit that the par ties in question are, in all likelihood, quite as honest as the rest of their neighbours. It is possible that, amongst the thousands of tradesmen of Liverpool, the keen eyes of Mr. Fell and his officials may have been able to detect a few black sheep ; and in the name of all that is honest. we say,—punish them as robbers of the unsuspecting poor ! But do not set down every tradesman as dishonest, who chances to offend against the strict letter of the law which the inspectors have to administer. It is natural that weights, like all other substances, will suffer wear and tear. Unlike those of the inspectors, which are kept care fully in air-tight glass cases to prevent corrosion, those of shopkeepers, market people, and others, which are in hourly use, will suffer both from friction and exposure to the atmosphere. Pounce suddenly upon any of these peo ple a month after their weights have been adjusted, and probably they may be found deficient. The number of persons so fined is less evidence of intended fraud than of the vigilance of the officers administering a system which is too unbending, and does not discriminate at all between the wilful and the unintentional offender. But the "made-up parcels, intended to represent pounds, half-pounds, and quarter-pounds," which are " systematically deficient" in weight—what are these ? Simply, pounds, half-pounds, and quarters of such articles as sugar, soap, currants, &c., which, all the world knows, are made up ready for sale generally the day before market day, and which, all the world knows equally well, are liable to a slight decrease after their separation from the mass. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, we firmly believe that these substances are in the first instance ho nestly weighed ; and if immediately handed over to the customer, the only difference would probably be that the diminution would take place in his hands, before the arti cles being required for use, instead of, the shopkeepers. Such direct weighing of every article, however, at the time of its being called for, Mr. Lawrence would find. by going into any of our large shops on a Saturday evening, to be simply impracticable. With respect to the custom of weighing the paper with sugar, it is universally practised ; the shopkeepers get no advantage save that of conve nience ; and at all events the public get, in the shape of a pound of sugar so weighed, as much value for his money as if the correct system was adopted. It would be better, undoubtedly, that this should be done. Make the law binding upon all, and easy to enforce, and the practice will be put down. MR. WORTHINGTON'S RETIRING PENSION.—It is an ungracious task at all times to have to interpose between the hand of benificence and the object towards which it is extended; and the task becomes painful when that object has claims upon general sympathy. We can conceive, therefore, that it was not without great reluctance, and a strong sense of duty, on the part of the majority of the Council, that the annuity proposed to be given to the late Solicitor to the Dock Trust was withheld by them. A stand was required to be made somewhere against the too lavish hand with which members are in the habit of deal ing with funds, which are not drawn directly from their own pockets. We have had of late rather too much of increase of salary, or gratuity, to this or that public officer; and, by the bye, such boons too invariably accrue to the higher class of officers, whilst the humble and ill paid drudge goes unnoticed. There would be no retiring pension proposed for the poor clerk of £7O or £BO per annum, who had fallen upon evil days, and who, unlike those above him, had never during his years of ill-re munerated toil had the opportunity of providing for old age or infirmity. We are sorry, nevertheless, that eco nomy should have to begin with Mr. Worthington, who was a most valuable servant to the Dock Trust; but we cannot consent to , recognise, as a claim, the circumstance urged by Mr. Alderman Nicol, that be has been " un fortunate in money matters." We can only remember that he was very largely paid during the seven years that he occupied his situation. The suggestion of Mr. Coun cillor Neill should be rigidly enforced,- viz. i—that all the Corporate officers should be compelled• to effect an in surance on their lives. THE WATER QUESTION---THE PIPE. CONTRACT.—The position of the Water Committee, and the Council, with respect to the unfortunate Rivington joly, resembles that of a party who has got possession of a house, which the ejected owner has exerted all his ingenuity to render as uncomfortable as possible. He attempts to light a fire; and it is found that a flag has been laid upon the chimney top. He indulges in expectations of a dinner; and the cook maliciously burns the roast and wastes the dripping. The wkole household is unruly and leagued against his comforts. He goes to bed, and before he has got well into his first sleep, is. startled to find that the sweeps have been ordered to come by daybreak. Calls for unpaid taxes and unsettled contracts add daily to the sum of his annoyances. The present Water Committee entered upon their duties, with the hope of being permitted to carry out the decision of the Council with respect to the water sup ply; and at once they found• that they had to deal with the refractory servants left them by their predecessors. Mr. Hawksley had been fastened like a leech upon their sides, and was tugging away for his meal of blood ; others played the part of stinging insects, less dangerous, but equally annoying. They were in hopes of getting rid tf these persecutions, when, 10,. they are pounced upon by an invasion of greater nuisances from the other side of the Tweed, in the shape of pipe contractors asking for their bond. Their embarrasments are increased by the service upon them of a notice of injunction, on the part of Messrs. W. Rathbone, W. Earle, and Ambrose Lace, which hands them over, bound hand and foot, to the tender mercies of their tormentors ; and the climax of their difficulties is reached,by the Council commanding them to proceed with a work, which it had just previously declared should never be completed; The Scotch contractors for pipes to the amount of £137,000, demand, it seems. compensation for the non carrying out of their contracts, the modest sum of £30,000; which sum, or any sum, the Town.clerkassures the committee that they cannot legally pay for such a purpose. We certainly, with others, foresaw this diffi culty ; but felt confidence that with firmness, and by that aid which it was the duty of the whole Council to- afford towards carrying out the decision of its majority, and the wishes of the great bulk of the inhabitants, it might have been surmounted. But we underrated, it would , seem, the full extent of the determination of a party in the Council, and out of doors, to press forward this Pike scheme, conte qui conic. We were never aware that pa triotism was so strong in. the-breasts of the gentlemen, no longer members of the Council, who have threatened to coerce that body into carrying it, as to impel them to undertake the expense of legal proceedings for that pur pose, and thus to give a kind of sanction to the extor tionate demands of the contractors. Even these hustile demonstrations might have been got over, if the popular majority of the Council had stood firmly by the principles, on account of the profession of which they were returned. But, alas for the faith of public men ! Alas for that public folly which believed. that men who had condescended to be returned as the faggot representatives of such bodies as the National Confederation would remain true to the expectations formed of them ! Upon a question in volving the very existence of the financial credit and the character of the town—affecting the interests and the pro perty of the bondholders—only thirty-two members could be found to give their attendance out of a body composed of sixty-four members. How many of these were pledged to support the wishes of their fellow-townsmen in op posing the Rivington scheme, we leave the public to as certain. Perhaps they will do well to consider the pro priety of selecting their own candidates in future, instead of having them foisted upon them by leagues or confe derations of any kind. In the meantime, we trust that we are not so far doomed to see the public voice overridden by the manoeuvres of a small majority in the Council as the advocates of the Pike imagine. There is a healthy vigour in the minds of Eng lishmen, which, when once roused, will kick energetically against such coercion. It is notorious that we were hurried into. some of the contracts and other difficulties which now surround us, at the last hour, after the public had unequi vocally manifested their repugnance to the scheme. Under such circumstances, Parliament may notnot be soindisposed to interfere for our extrication as some gentlemen imagine. We are told of the vast preponderance of engineering evidence by which the Rivington Pike was carried. The Council, however, was then paymaster, and opened its pursestrings freely. Perhaps, when the question is next mooted before the same tribunal, the preponderance may be on the other side. Honourable members have a tole rable notion of the real value of engineering evidence ; and must respect the wishes of such a community as that of Liverpool, if properly and urgently expressed. Of course, pending their decision, the casting of pipes may go on, unless the extravagant demand for compensa tion prove, as we expect it will, a brutum fulmen. Cir cumstances may occur which will make our Scotch friends the only dancers to their own piping. A DETERMINED SWINDLER.—On Saturday, Stephen Williams, a man of colour, who has been repeatedly be fore the magistrates on charges of fraud upon lodging housekeepers, was charged by a person in Clare-street with swindling him out of £2 and a gold ring. It ap peared that the fellow went on Tuesday to the house of the complainant, and, as he usually did on such occasions, said lie was going out in a vessel which he named ; that he wanted board and lodging, for which he would settle when he was paid off. On this representation he was taken into the house. Having been there a short time and gained the confidence of his landlady, he borrowed £2, and then left the house, saying he would be back very soon. In a day or two he returned, and, suspicions being entertained that he was an imposter, be was given into custody. His story about the ship in which he was going was totally untrue. A ring was missing from the room in which he had dined. The prisoner made his usual statement in defence, that he took the lodgings, and the people were so kind as to ask him if he wanted money. He replied that he did, and accepted their generous offer. The officer who took the prisoner into custody, said there were five or six persons who had been duped by the pri soner in a similar manner. Mr. Rushton remarked that the fellow bad been before him more than a dozen times, and he was afraid he could not do anything with him. The only way would be for persons to exercise greater diligence. The prisoner was remanded. INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY. Yesterday evening a meeting took place at the Theatre of the Royal Institution for the purpose of forming a Young Men's Church of England Society. The Rev. Mr. Brooks was in the chair; and around him we observed the Rev. Canon M'Neile, Reeds. J. Jones, T. Nolan, F. Parry, &c. The body of the meeting was composed of a highly respectable audience, male and female, a considerable number being apparently of the class—young men—for whose benefit the society was princi pally intended to be established. The Rev. CHAIRMAN read-notes from the Rev. Mr. Ewbank and Mr. Samuel Holme, pleading illness for their non-attend ance at the meeting; from Mr. Edward Molyneux, desiring the Chairman to put down his name for .e 5; and another from Mr. Pollock, who was called out of town, owing to the dangerous illness of a relative, and who expressed his warm wishes for the success of the society. The Rev. CHAIRMAN proceeded to say that they would all be aware of the object of the institution which they were met to form. Many amongst them were busily employed during the day following their various business avocations; and after its close they found the opportunities for recreation and amuse ment of a proper character provided for them very limited. By the establishment of this society they hoped to supply this deficiency. He was not one who took an open interest in the movement for early closingofshops and offices, for two reasons -Ist, he thought the regulation of their hours of business a matter peculiarly between employers and employed ; but chiefly be cause he saw that there was danger, from want of occupation, in the midst of the temptations of a large town, that young men might have both their morals and their health injured rather than promoted by the movement. The establishment of this society would rid his mind of that fear, by affording to those young men the means of moral and intellectual improvement. He would not enter into details, as other gentlemen would be able to give these much better than himself; and he called upon the Rev. Mr. Nolan to move the first resolution. The Rev. Mr. NOLAN, having been called upon to move a resolution to the effect that the meeting recognised the meets situ of establishing such an institution, said he considered it an honour to propose it, as it would afford to young men an opportunity of intellectual improvement after their daily la bours. He considered the most important feature in the pro posed society to be its connexion with the principles of the Church of England,—principles which it was quite unnecessary for him to eulogize. That church embodied in its tenets the real scriptural truth, and would give a stamp, sanction, and dignity to any institution that placed itself under its guidance. That church, in the early struggles for education had been maligned, as having prevented the spread of innocent know ledge and useful information; bnt it had been shown that she was the foremost in for Warding the moral, scientific, and lite rary improvement of the human mind, consistently with those truths revealed in scripture. He enlarged on these points with powerful eloquence and much effect. Mr. HARDY seconded the resolution in a very impressive speech, and detailed the objects and, plans of the institution. He .spewed that such institutions in other towns had been attended with most successful results; and, as one instance, read extracts of a very interesting character from the Rev. W. Masters, the founder of the Burnley Church of England Lite rary and Philosophical Society, shewing the great progress made in their numbers, &c. If this could be done in a small place like Burnley he was confident that it might be better done in Liverpool. After combating the plea which might be put in against this society, that it was calculated to injure th! Collegiate Institution, and that it was not necessary, the speaker concluded by a forcible appeal to the audience in support of the association. _ The second resolution, which was as follows, was moved by the Rev. 1)r. WINEILE That this society shall be desig nated The Liverpool Church of England Institute,' and shall comprise a library, news-room, classes, lecture-room, &c., &c. The object of the institution shall be to afford to its members instruction in the history, doctrine, and principles of the United Church of England and Ireland, and other literary and scien tific knowledge, not opposed to its doctrine and princi ples. The institution shall consist of life members, paying five guineas and upwards in one sum ; annual members, subscribers of 108., if gentlemen, and ss. if ladies. The insti tution shall be governed by a board of directors, consisting of a president, who shall be the Archdeacon of Liverpool for the time being (provided he accepts the office); a vice-president, includ ing the rectors, all the incumt.ents and perpetual curates of the churches in Liverpool, who shall become subscribers or donors of five guineas or upwards ; fifteen directors, two-thirds of whom shall he made members ; a treasurer, and an honorary secretary. The election of officers shall take place at each annual general meeting, and one-third of the directors, together with the trea surer and honorary secretary, shall retire annually, but shall be eligible for re-election ; no officer to be eligible for the office of vice-president, treasurer, secretary, or any other office, who is not a member of the United Church of England and Ire land." The Rev. DR. having read the resolution went on to analyse it. He considered that if the committee had, as was pro fessed by the resolution, laid the basis of such an institu tion as was there prefigured, they had a 'great deal to do. He went on to explain that the meeting had been delayed in order that the full concentration of the energies of those interested in the undertaking might be put forth to secure an auspicious inaugural meeting, and he must confess that ne felt some disappointment when he contemplated that meeting,—assembled as it was under the auspices of their Rev. Archdeacnn,—if they were to suppose the undertaking were supported by the thousands of young men in Liverpool. Why, if that really were the case, the result would have been that that room would have been too small for the.purpose ; the natural expectation would have been that no room, in the town would have been sufficiently capacious for the meeting. The object of the institution ,was to ensure,. to young men and: young women engaged in shops or elsewhere, time for, and the means of, cultivating their moral and Intel , lectual faculties ) what many of that class of young persons . could not enjoy their domestic circles ;to such the institu tion would be a great benefit ; but he could not abstain from expressing his opinion that to those, whose happier' destiny allowed them the privilege of a domestic hearth, that circle wag the fittest in which to spend their evenings. The learned and reverend divine drew an enchanting picture of a happy home, the young man partaking in the social and refined amusement of music with a sister, or mutu ally with his young wife, as the case might be, admiring the smiles of a guileless infant. The cultivation of the mental power was a duty, but to cultivate the affections was a. better work—the conscience being cultivated brought them inimme diate contact with God. The man who so taught himself' would, in his domestic relation, present the most lovely sight under heaven. But it was not so with those for whom that institution had beenfounded ; numbers of young men were in lodgings, surrounded by harpies, by men and women, whose degraded condition tended to give them the desire to bring tulle.; dUvrll•to their vnia. ounkcn He implored young men in such a friendless condition ever to. bear in mind that a.mother at a distance never failed to offer up daily prayers for her absent boy. The reverend doctor, proceeding with his Tevision of the resolution, remarked that' the institution appeared to be half literary, half domestic, and• referred to the clause setting forth its object so far as instruc tion in the doctrine, gm, of the Church was concerned.. Now, he thought they need not come there to glean that description of knowledge; that might be obtained every Sunday. It was true the teachers of religion did not on those occasions launch into ecclesiastical history, but their energies -were applied to the more important work of instructing in religious doctrine. He observed that it was proposed to offer such scientific instruction as was not'opposed to the doctrines of the Church : he knew of no philosophy opposed to religion except the false philosophy of men who revelled in the beauties of the works of nature, without giviwthe dark pictures—who would describe the phenomenon of the fly walking on the ceiling, but pass over the destruction of the insect by the spider in his web. The learned doctor graphitally described the torture of the unfor tunate fly, and likened the delight of the more blood-thirsty insect to the executioner of the Inquisition. These were the maladies ; their cause and remedy were to be found in the Bible, but because such was the fact they were passed over by such writers. This was the fault of the heathen writers, who, as far as talent was concerned, had never been surpassed by Christiamwriters. An appropriate metaphor was adduced from the works of a mythological writer, who repre sented Sorrow clothing herself in the garments of Pleasure, while the latter was bathing, who consequently in turn was habited in Sorrow's gare , ents. He feared many there would find their anticipations of pleasure, in too many instances, realised by sorrowfuVfruits. He would, without- disparage ment to the committee, say that they had set themselves an arduous task when they undertook to select books suitable for their library, and to reject those that were objectionable, it was a work that could scarcely be undertaken by young men com paratively inexperienced. To select works not opposed to the doctrine of the Church of England might require more expe rience than many of them could be expected to. possess. In conclusion, Dr. M`Neile proposed the resolution,. with wishes for the success of the institution. _ _ Mr. JOHN GRANTITAM, in seconding the resolution, said that he had attended wholly unprepared; but had it been otherwise, it was wholly unnecessary for him to amplify on the subject after the impressive addresses of the previous speakers. The movement made to establish the institution. he considered most opportune, and he trusted that it would be cordially sup ported by the town at large. Those who had come to Liver pool in early life, without the advantage of a home, in which dwelt their relatives or friends, and surrounded by the tempta tions which in a large town beset them, would.know how great would have been to them the advantages of such an institution._ He could but add his high commendation of the object. (Cheers.) The resolution was put and carried unanimously. The Rev. Dr. Humu spoke strongly in behalf of the esta blishment of the institution, and proposed aresolution appoint ing the officers (including the directors), whose names were read. Upon the.directors the onus of carrying on the institu tion would rest for the first year. He could not concur with any man who considered that the present meeting was a failure. A public meeting was not necessary for the mere preliminaries of such a movement, and the announcement had not been spread. Besides there were many in the town who coincided with them who could not attend, and many of the young men whose absence had been complained of; who were not at that hour let loose from their shops and othervocations. He trusted the meeting would, having heard the principles and !objects of the institution, exert their influence amongst their friends for its encouragement and support. Mr. KEMP proposed a vote of thanks.to the chairman, which was carried by acclamation. The Venerable and Rev.CHAIRMAN returned thanks, stating that he had felt great pleasure in presiding during the evening. He considered that the institution would afford great accom modation and opportunities of mental improvement to those who were thrown abroad after the labours of the day, and had no domestic circle to which to resort. He, however, implored the young men not to make the institution a place of display, but a means of solid instruction. He expressed the pleasure he should have in becoming a life member. (Cheers.) It was announced that the Rev. David Stewart had sent a note, lamenting his inability to attend, but expressing his desire to befriend the institution. Ansther note was alsosent by Mr. George Smith. who had sent a present of books. The proceedings then terminated. It will be seen that it is proposed to erect, a monument to the late Peter Nicholson, the eminent writer on the science of architecture. Such a proposal in a town like this will, doubtless, meet with warm support. THE RIVINGTON SCHEME.—A public meeting was held last night, at the Great George-street Tavern, Pitt-street, for the purpose of considering the steps necessary to be taken in the present position of the Pike qu estio n . Mr. Henry White occupied the chair ; and among those present were Councillors Harbord, Wagstaff, and Rogers. The speakers were Mr. 3. Grantham, Mr. W. Rigby, Mr. C. Baker, jun.. Mr. M`Millan, Mr. R. Bryden, &c. The resolutions expressed satisfaction with Messrs. Simpson and Newland's report—approval of the conduct of the councillors for Gt George Ward, indignation at the conduct of the parties applying for the injunction —and a determination to form a committee to com municate with the other wards of the town, with a view to the holding a public meeting of the burgesses, for the purpose of opposing the threatened injunction, and taking any other measures which may be deemed necessary. MORE CHEAP EXCURSIONS.— We are happy to call at tention to an advertisement from Mr. Marcus, the well known enterprising conductor of summer trips. The ad vertisement gives the details, prices, &c., of an excursion to London and back, at an astonishingly small charge, and also of one to Paris or Brussells and back. We hope that Mr. Marcus's speculation will prove as profitable to him self as it is convenient to the public. Garibaldi, the Roman commander, is described as a most picturesque warrior, the ideal of a brigand—emi nently handsome, with a red blouse, broad belt full of pistols, wide-brimmed hat, and green feather. " Commercial as we are," says the London correspon dent of the Manchester Guardian," you may depend upon it there will be a reaction against that mere spirit of the till which some people are trying to infuse into every thing, public and private." June 1!,1S MORE FACTS FOR FREE-TRADERS. of rapidly declining ofourwhich daily home comeprodubcatieff :i.lula.y.31:11c:1301; ture. The following calculation of the cost o _',7 rt i 3. o Here crop we take from a letter addressed by a s. farmer to the liberal paper of that county, pying the very centre of a purely agriculturalnnrco"tijaci which the farmers are generally capitalists , a s yste o their avocation after the most approved modern °f (query' Expenses and profits on the cultivation of an acre e °, l ( „ a er• say the produce thirty bushels at 6s. per bush how often does an acre produce this supply ?)£ 3 , s. d. 0 To thirty bushels at 6s. .. 0 By two bushels for seed 0 12 0 Sixty bushels of lime at 9d. per bushel • 2 5 0 Hauling same Turnpikes for ditto 0 1 6 Slatting and putting on land 0 2 6 Four ploughings at 9s 1 16 0 Four harrowings 0 12 0 Reaping (men finding them selves) Hauling in. Threshing thirty bushels at sd. and winnowing the same .... 012 6 Hauling to market, gates, &c. 0 8 0 Two journeys, one to sell and another to receive the money 0 2 0 Chap money 0 0 6 Two years' tithe Two years' rates 0 6 0 Incidental tradesman's bills 0 4 0 Weeding Income-tax 18 oi u nd The writer supplies his name an d address , , 8 2,l a tio°' upon his opponents to dispro v e th e resu lt of his canigiiii which is that the profit upon one acre will be one ' c r et her , and two pence half-penny, leaving out rent a lt r 7justli as will be seen from the foregoing items. H {need observes, that the most s t renuous a d voca tes of dor cannot deny that unless some meas ure be instantly 6 . be d to secure the farmer, he must si n k un d er his prese n tsse l burdens, left as he has bee n t o compe t e w ith the 0 ' foreigner. A GOLD MONEY INCOMPATIBLE 11Pd EXTENDING COMMERCE. 0 0145 The quantity of money should k ee p p a ce with t l, - os telo , of an extending commerce. But, by our present .i tbe, commerce is tied down to the quantity of gold 0 ' 5 _0 4 may be in the country. The natural conserinence,Ve pro' the quantity of gold remaining stationary whilst " ductive powers of industry and machinery are e%te ll t iceS we are driven upon a system of constantly falling This would be of less consequence but for onr rer nanes' fixed charges—such as the nation a l d e bt, the ewlilc h salaries, the settlements on est a t e s an d annuities , ,, ;oo i o become heavier every year throu g h this deprec i %r, 11 13 prices. The farmer finds his corn falling every Ye i carl ° i rent remaining the same. Th e merc h an t import -I. but finds he has to me e t a cons t an tl y f a lli ng rna r ' e e a 59' the annuitant, the fundhold er , an d th e me n at fixthe ries, find themselves better off every year, bea u ' ~ 111 3 incomes command more of these c h ea p commoditt e Lpitr are at this moment in the power of a f ew shrewd irh lists, who, by controlling the supply of gol d ' c lef° themselves, embarrass the B an k of E ng land, an j . 11. tate trade by constantly recurring prices. A deputation, including Mr. Ewart, Mr. LairdferP Mr. Ellice, had an interview with the Comniissios Her M*sty's Woods and Forests on Saturday- rba rch; Dr. M`Neileis announced to preach at the City ti to to Oxford, on Sunday next, in aid of the Church Yes Aid Society. t oor°L GREAT GEORGE-STREET ACADENM— Yesterd ay ing, the Rev. Di. Raffles delivered an eloquent addFrAf Mrs. Fisher's pupils, on the necessity and value 0f "" piety. 40;:i On Sunday morning, Helen ArKenna, aged a d married woman, residing in Oriel-street, was folio AY in bed, having expired from aneurism of the aorta is result of natural; causes. On Saturday night, Ellen Murphy, aced 34, re si g il le North-street, went home rather intoxicated, and I , ll o oi i hours after was found dead in bed. Upon examin a l,o l l was found she had died of disease of the bangs, p ro accelerated by excessive drinking. ,he COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION . — We perceive that, t o yearly examination of the vocal classes takes Pla c !f r of o evening, when, as usual, a choice selectionuf piec e ' u pil s l the most esteemed' composers w ill b e sunghi then who will likewise perform the acc o m p a niments ,be organ ; and a musical treat of the first order 111 . 1 ":01 expected. The distribution of prizes is fixed for Thu next. DO S FATAL ACCIDENT:—On Saturday afternoon” 60 0 Chisholm Jones, a boy, ten years of age, inca u hog' crossed North John-street when a float, with on e Ile was passing one way, and an omnibus anotber for d fell under the feet of the horse in the float, and b.°' 1$ could be stopped, one of the wheels passed over !lipid did not appear that the driver of the float, who na _ e a $ of his reins, was at all to blame, and the jury return verdict of accidental death. t 1 rridg MAHOGANY SALE AT, BIRKENHEAD.—On - Ilea'. of o 10 0 0 3 0 largest sale of mahogany which has yet been - „ 0 1, piooc in the cmieLl.,, at Ilan.lt DlrKean. Messrs. Holme, Slater, and Crook. Previous to t bss mencing the sale, Mr. Slater informed the greP anY boat there was now railway communication direct to frol thirty important towns in ,England and Wales, e n " 0 .1)0 the charges for delivery at the yards of all persons 3 6, 4 , might desire it, and which appeared to give gr eat 4.o l cßan''' rP faction. The party present consisted of meroo l, dealers from Bristol, L on do n , Bi rm i n gham, ?b e Chester, Dublin, Glasgow, Preston, and Mancheste r. do§ Live bidding was continued with very great spirit. lie n pot; mahogany was sold at from 54d. to ls. 11d. Per ,; 1 4 Cuba mahogany from 61d. to 2s. 2d., and a large:a tn ;• o o 9 of business was done. Lancewood and other descr i Pl i t he of timber were knocked down at good prices. 193 ect' whole, the sale must have been gratifying to the resPoith able brokers, who appear to carry on their busines s &spirit calculated to ensure success. ;d tab ° THE MISSION SHIP.—For some time cons-100 interest has been excited by the appearance of a ba n T oe, little schooner, of about 70 tons burthen, called the is $ which was fitting out in the Trafalgar Dock. She " mission ship," the property of the United PresbY : i n 'od Church, and intended to subserve the three rnis s , w re e stations at Old Calabar. She is the gift of the 0115 ' 0 36 Lions belonging to the Church named. She tie the place of the Warree, which, at the commencemen t 01. the mission, was gratuitously placed at the disposal " t Church by our philanthropic townsman, Mr. 1 0ber ,. / ice' mieson, and which, after renderin essential too returned home last year. Mr. Waddell, who had rijos l i e . active missionary at the stations, and had returned to deepen the interest in behalf of Africa, return%yeli , her, in company with his wife and one of his an' n oi Mr. Thompson and Miss Miller, teachers, also aceeny l os him. Oa Friday, at noon, the Jane left the port, th is; l ois; towed out to sea by a steamer. The devoted vb 9 sionary band was accompanied as far as the bell.l3o°,ioes' a large company of friends, including several clerg4r th . Psalms were sung on board,, and prayer offered up T,b, a safety and success of the little vessel and her crevr• jeer parting of those on board with their friends Was affecting. A' THE DISTRESS IN IRELAND. We have the best reason for believing that the state ments in the subjoined paper are below the real facts of the case :—• " The state of the poor in Castlebar and the country around it, in the county of Mayo, is heart-rending. To three years of the most direful famine is now added sick ness of the most fatal kind. The cholera has added its horrors to the indescribable miseries endured by the suffering poor. Great numbers are daily suffering by hunger. The poor are unable to put a crop in the ground without assistance, which cannot be given to them in this country, all classes being, mare or less, involved in the calamity. The sickly and emaciated poor are scarcely able to work from the effects of long privation of food ; still it is most desirable to promote by every means the cultivation of the land, the only hope of emerging, by God's mercy, from the long-continued famine. " No language can describe themisery that has follow ed from these awful visitations, which the Lord in his righteous judgment has sent on a sinful land. He maketh a fruitful land to become a wilderness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Yet how often in judgment he remembers mercy, and does not stir up all his wrath. " This appeal is made in humble trust that it may please the Father of Mercy to influence the hearts of some to pity the suffering poor." We understand that the Rev. Fielding Quid has kindly consented to contribute, and to receive donations for the purpose of purchasing seed for these starving creatures, which will be transmitted to the Rev. W. D Stoney, the esteemed rector of Castlebar. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) It was said in Paris on Sunday, that government was in pos session. of a telegraphic despatch, stating that the Preach army took possession of Rome en the sth instant, the Romans hav ing capitulated. LONDON MONEY MARKET.-YESTERDAY. The home funds have been a little more animated this morning. Consols opened at 014 to f, being * above the dosing prices of Soturday, and receded for a short time to 911, when several large purchases were made, and they are now quoted at 911 to 1 for money and accountwith little doing. The Reduced Three per Cents. were done at 90i, 90, and 90k; and the Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 901 91, and 901. Exchequer Bills at 455. and 4215. premium. LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY. The supply of English Wheat by land-carriage samples from the near counties was again short, and readily cleared off at prices fully equal to those of last Monday. The trade in Foreign was to , a moderate extent,. and last week's quotations were well maintained. Flour unaltered. Barley did not sell on quite such good terms as of late. Good fresh horse Corn brought quite as much money, but inferior and out-of-con ditioned parcels, of which the great bulk of the supply consists, were a heavy sale, at a decline of 6d. to is. per quarter. Beans and Peas steady, at late rates. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY. A good supply of Beasts, both as regards numbers and qua lity; the weather, however, being cold, the trade is active, at rather more money than on Friday. The number of Sheep and: Lambs has considerably increased. Big Sheep are a heavy sale, but sizeable ones are selling quite as freely as of late. The dead markets being clear, everything is disposed of. The trade is still very bad for Calves. MINOR OFFENCES AT THE POLICE-COVET YESTERDAY.- -Wm. Musker, for stealing lead from premises in Scot land-road, was committed for two months; Wm. Andel , — ton. for picking pockets in Williamson-street, three months ; Wm. Jones, for attempting to pick pockets in Tarlton-street, three months; John M'Avoy, an accom plice, but less known, one month ; and Thomas Saxon, another active assistant. three months. Margaret "Love," for robbing John Finn (an amorous swain) of ss. in Peter-. street, two months; Helen Lockett, for stealing a pair of sheets in Harpur-street, two months; Wm. Hutchinson,. for stealing and killing on the premises of a poulterer, in Mile-end, a number of hens, &c., three months. ALLEGED ROBBERY.-At the Police-court, yesterday, a ship-carpenter, named John Morrison, complained of a shipmate, named James Kearney, of having robbed him of £4 Os. 6d., in a house in Regent-street, on Saturday. It appeared that the two, after a recent voyage from Con stantinople, had gone into a public-house together; that complainant had the money in his stocking, and that the other pulled off the shoe and stocking, and took the cash. The prisoner said the money was his own, and was taken from him by the complainant to keep for safety. He also recriminated against the complainant in regard to some money transactions between them at Constantinople, but this could not, of course, be entertained. Two sovereigns were returned by the prisoner when he was taken, and one was afterwards found in his coat pocket. The pri soner was committed for trial, but as the case was of a somewhat doubtful nature in some points, Mr. Rushton said he would accept of bail for his appearance—two sure ties in £2O each. _ _ GREAT SALE OF THE MOSTYN ESTATES, AT PARK GATE.—The announced sale of the town of Parkgate, and other large contiguous estates, by Messrs. Churton, the well-known auctioneers; excited much interest throughout the whole country. The sale commenced yesterday week, at the Mostyn• Arms Hotel, and continued during the whole week. The attendance of capitalists was great, about 200 gentlemen being present. The property con sists of the valuable estates of the Hon. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn, M.P., situate in Parkgate, Leighton, Neston, and Thornton Hough, and contains 1,500 statute acres of land, with the whole town of Parkgate, and the greater portion of the town of Great Neston, together with the manorial rights and tithe rent charges. The estimated value of the property is upwards of £200,000. The amount realised on Monday was upwards of £20,000. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the biddings were still more spirited. Mr. Chamberlain obtained possession of the first teu lots, being the whole of the property in the neighbourhood of the ferry, at a cost of nearly £5,000. There were in all 284 lots. The Leighton Hall Farm, with buildings and 249 acres of land, was bought by Mr. Chamberlain for £7,100. The sale up to Friday night realised £62,826, out of which Mr. Chamberlain's pur chases amounted to £18,070. On Saturday, prior to other business, about thirty lots, bought in on the former days, were again offered. Mr, Arthur Henderson, of this town, made one or two small purchases, and Mr. Kellet, printer of Oldhall-street, bought a house and nine acres of land. The Thornton-hough Estate contains 820 acres of land. It is situated on the road from Birkenh , ad to Parkgate, and consists of several farmhouses, comfort able cottages, a public-house, smithy, &c. It was put up by Messrs. Churton, in the first instance, in one lot, to prevent, if possible, the splitting up of one of the most beautiful estates in that part of the country. The tim ber was included. It was ruled that the advance in the biddings should not be less than £5OO a time. £20,000 was named as a beginning. The biddings gradually ad vanced to £23,500, when Mr. Churton stopped to remind the competitors (some three or four) that such a price was ridiculously small : at only £5O an acre it would come to £40,000, and there was not finer land in the kingdom than that at Thornton-bough. The biddings afterwards ad vanced to £27,500, and stopped there, and as this was many thousand pounds below the valuation, the estate was subdivided and sold in lots. Amongst the competitors for its possession as a whole were Mr. Harper, of Man chester, and Mr. Geo. Thompson. Exclusive, of course, of many lots bought in, the six days' sale have yielded upwards of £lOO,OOO. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, JUNE 11. il vit. Q ra 0 01 ARRIVED.—Mersey, Cubbon, from Maranhain - -A r y, il Clayton, from Copenhagen—Highlard Mary, Ben"' ' 11, Halifax—Progress, and Vigilant, from Oatcrul- 91 1 ,_„, SAlLED.—Montezuma, Lowber l for New. York —J 4 ' Putt, for Beirout—Breeze, Kendrick, for. Genoa. o: 1 I D METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER , BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STR E ,c - i ATMOSP I I E R I C D 1 • C. ri 1 in Temperature Humidity at Fallaiiy o Pressure at shade by self- Noon. Win d f I registering ' Diffeyeace of of , at n .: (,5 Nine Six therthometerWet and Dry Rain. no o- ' 0 e L - ' a.m. 1 p.m. Max.l Min.: bulb. = P In. 1 In. Deg. De_. 1 Deg. In. 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