The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-13 00:00:00

_ 8 . TIIE LIVERPI TO CORRESPONDENTS. directed to the overthow of all that is stable in the THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE DOCK --- "A Proprietor of both Companies" h as f urn i s h e d us w i th institutions of the country. COMMITT EE. what is very likely a pointed reply to our correspondent who But we must make a parting remark, and we do wrote to us last week on the subject of the Royal Assurance The following is a copy of Mr. North, the dock soli shares, but we ought to have been furnished with the name it in sorrow and in shame ; sorrow that we should citor's letter, referred to yesterday in the Council-chamber: of the " proprietor." have to speak harshly of a gentleman, of whose SIB,—I intrude upon you with extreme reluctance, but my "An Inhabitant and Constant Reader" wishes to know why talent and personal worth we have always thought services, such as they are, being now the property of the public, the Birkenhead Commissioners object to the vacancies occa itthseems scarcely .consistent with my duty to be silent under sioned by the disqualification of any members of their body highly, and shame for the reproach which his con- Ir t p e u m tatioe which lam about to answer. being filled up (when such vacancies arise) before the expira- duct, with respect to this measure, reflects upon the 11meeting of the Council, on Wednesday last, the Town tion of each year. clerk advised that " a minute of the 10th of February and a character of the public men of these days of sad apos- INDIAN WARFARE.—" Vigilans '' very properly asks if great o re e pof o t of the 22nd of February," entered in the book of pro benefit might not arise, if the '° Prayer in time of War, &c." Lacy. We remember perfectly well the impression ed gs of the Dock Committee. "were not proceedings of the was constantly read in our churches. • which Mr. Cardwell succeeded, during his canvass, i s t ald w c E n m ot ittee," and they were , therefore, in effect annulled. We have been requested to state that the person who is goino• trouble you with any argument to reply to this, for about th._ town soliciting subscriptions, with a note purport- in making upon his friends, with respect to his not interest the Council now,and would worse than ing to be from the Rev. D. D. Stewart, and giving particulars views on the subject of the Navigation Laws. We uselessly vou revive an unfortunate controversy. But notwith . of a loss sustained by the fall of a horse aud cart into a quarry, admit that he pledged himsalf to no definite mea- standing the above opinion, I maintain, and am ready to prove, is an impostor. that the said minute so called, so far as it purported, on the sure; but his whole language and conduct led to face of it, to be a resolution of the committee, and that the re ---------- Erg . Eibtrpool ginanbarb. the conclusion that he was favourabl e t o th e pr i n- port, and all other proceedings of the deputation and corn ciple upon which they are found e d . E ven on t h e mittee unde r th a t reso l ut i on, were as legal, binding, formal, and proper, in every res p ec t, as any resolut i on or proceeding -- -- - hustings, he appealed, in reply to a ques ti on on t h e that ever emanated from the Dock Committee or any other TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1849. subject, to his position with the chairman of the public body. tio l n t , w a r d m m T a d a u s p a r ta d o u o r e inf o t a hi v l a a e te n ontest, .with little t preplra- THE question, what will be the course taken by Shipowners' Association on one side of him, and Rortant and difficult questions of lawe commit construction onre o e f tTie . the representatives of Liverpool, with respect to the chairman of the Dock Committee on the other. y i r re Acts. Upon itteeup three Now we cannot think for a moment that the mind each question the Town-clerk's opinion the Government measure for the repeal of the d from mine. Which of us was Town-clerk's I by no means pre . Navigation Laws, has received its solution, so far of our representative was at that time quite at sea sume to say; but if I erred, four eminenecounsel, including the at least as one of them is concerned. Mr. Card- upon so important a subject. He must have en- Attorney-General, afterwards erred with me. Now, I claim no t m w e e r o it ry i - v fi l v ia e te y v e e a r ra from that result, but I do claim that it (and well will vote for the second reading of the bill, tertained opinions very nearly similar to those ' practice) ought to have saved me from the in the hope, he says, of arriving, by the aid of which he has now promulgated. He knew that imputation of being so ignorant as to have penned, under the " the wisdom of either side of the house" at such those opinions were most obnoxious to the majority ziaomneoicttleofDpo that arlirent,: document purporting to be a resolu anpretensiontom improvement o f it s prov i s i ons as w i ll ensure for o f t h ose who gave him their support; very differentcharacter. hilt m h a ar e ie r f o , i c ri oni fo p ri l la n n t , c 1 l e , e ff o e a c o t ; e n 7 am quite sure that my friend, the Town-clerk, intended me no it the general concurrence of the country. We to the opinions which he heard his friends express- wrong; but it would have saved ou this trouble, and myself must " progress " he says. We must effect some ing on his behalf, and conscientiously representing much pain, if I had been asked, in y private, to support myopi nion, before it was publicly and so summarily condemned.—i alteration of our present system. It may be im- as his own. Either, therefore, we must have better portant, therefore, to his constituents to see how reasons for the entire change which has taken place have the honour to be, sir, with much respect, yonr very obe dient servant, (Signed) JNO. NORTH. To the Worshipful the Mayor. far the hon. gentleman is willing to progress, and in his mind, or we must adopt a conclusion, to where he design s t o s t op. Th e i mpression forced w hi ch we should be very sorry to be driven, that Dock Solicitor's Office, Li ver p oo l, upon us by his sp eec h i s th a t h e i s prepared to go t h ere was concealment, if not something worthy of 12th March, 1849. very far indeed. a harsher name, most unjust towards those friends SPECIAL MEETING OF THE VESTRY THIS DAY. In thb first place it is evident that he is favorable who so warmly interested themselves in his success, to the overthrow o: that main principle of the Navi- and dishonest towards the entire constituency. Our local readers will have been pretty generally informed of the special vestry mee ti ng w hi ch i s to be held this day at St. gation Laws, contained in wh a t i s common l y terme d the long voya ge claus e . H e wou ld allow the irnpor- A few months ago, during a period of excitement Nicholas' Church, though we h ope to see i t ad j ourned to a tation of the produce of Asia,Af r i ca,an d A mer i ca into and apprehended danger to the peace and prosperity more suitable place, for th e purpose of receiving a report from the Equitable Rating Committee, of their proceedings in Lon this country, hitherto carried only by British ships, of the town, it was determined by the Watch Corn- don in support of the bill for Rating the Dock and Corporate or ships belonging to the countries in which the mittee, and acquiesced in by the magisterial bench Property. We trust that those who are favourable to this im produce was grown, by foreign vessels without any and the Council, that, instead of relying solely portant object will make an effort, by the sacrifice of an hour restriction. This is a pretty sweening change to upon the services of the special constables, an ad- or two of their time, to strengthen the hands of those gentle begin with. It is, in effect, an abrogation of the dition should be made to the number of the regular men who have kindly taken upon themselves the cause of their entire system, all that will be left behind being police force. In common with the rest of our fel- fellow-townsmen with respect to this important matter. mere shreds and patches. Mr. Cardwell's reasons low-townsmen, we fully expected, that when the for the conclusion at which he has arrived are so occasion of its augmentation had passed by, the POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.—LAST NIGHT. original that we shall make no apology for giving body would be, as soon as possible, reduced to its . them in extenso : strength in preceding years; and we have waited MT e ..BALLANTYNE read e an interesting paper "On an Im- ] "They were told," he said, " that reciprocity was to be anxiously for an assurance of the fact through the pp e Apparatusnt. He ifioertb Administrationsuccinct iaryoof of galvanism f a r s om a the order of the day. Let him, then, ask what was their medium of the Council proceedings. No such as- gave a succ the time of its discovery by Galvani to the present day, ex- ( plaining the various and successive imprevements in the ap- ( position in regard to one of the most important interests surance, however , has transpired. The worst period pastas, with the names of the distinguished authors, and each of this country ? He knew of none more important than fth winter has , passed over; the working classes illustrated by drawings. He then exhibited some beautiful 6 that which was known by the name of the ' warehouseapparatus in action, and noticed at some length the most ap- ( o of the e town Ire moderately well employed ; no ap system,'—a system which was the growth of recent years,proved modern medical application of the subtle agent to the and resulted from a judi c i ous re l axa ti on i n th e nav i gation prehension, or sign, a t p resen t ex i s t s o f more than cure of various diseases, especially those of a nervous char ac ter. laws, by which this country was made the great entrepat, ordinary amount of disturbance or crime : and, in Mr. Dixon's paper (reported elsewhere), on the improved I not only of Europe put of the whole c i v ili ze d wor ld. th e a b sence of official informatio n , we h ave been patent ventilator, was then r ea d. V England imported cotton from America, sugar from the led to make enquiries upon the subject for our- RAILWAY GRIEVANCE AND NAR ROW ESCAPE c tropics, and all kinds of produce from the different por . - selves, the result of which we proceed a t once to 1 tions of the globe. These she sentlargely to the ports in the Baltic Sea. Last ye ar s h e sent 200,000 bags of cotton lay before our f e ll ow -t ownsmen. FROM ACCIDENT. to the northern ports." The following is a comparative statement of the A case was laid before us which occurred yesterday, strongly P This " Warehouse system," whi c h h as grown up strength of our po li ce f orce, for the docks and i f i r l o u m str t r e in e g ag t e k r e c e o x n tf e ezel f a r n i e v e a r l r a g a m %r ol es p u a l a t i e t os to e e l;i l u b r l o i s c 4 ii under the operation of our Navi ga ti on L aws, a id ed for the town, during five years, commencing fromtraffic t ] the of the districts in which their lines are situate. A by our vast capital, is to be destroyed, unless we January, 1844, arranged for each quarter, showin g Laarttly o f t tentle o m n en th s e taf i t n e e d 3 , 7s t te;clay m h East o an in gslt o re m Rail e a n y - „I the averages of each year. At the head ' of each now repeal those laws. England is no longer tobooked to Manchester, at which they were assured by the , be "the great Entrepot, not on l y o f E urope, but colum n, we h ave p l ace d the names of the gentlemen time - tables that they would arrive at a c er t a i n h our. It has 1,, of the whole civilized world," unless we uproot the who filled the office of chairman of the Watch shot distance alit p a r n t oi l : s r t tehr alongn t s h o e f a n ise hirelai a r u n ( II y f o o r r k a . s t system which contributed t o ma k e h er such entre- Com m itt ee f or th e respect i ve years : shire line. On their arrival, however, at Clifto n St a ti on, the Ii point of junction, they found a notification, we are told only „, pot ! Russia and Prussia will insist that if we do J. Law- D. Hodg- J. Law-H. received a day or two before, that in future the former corn- ". km not allow them to send their vessels to Asia, Africa, rence. son. rence. Turner. Tinne. Turner. pany's trains would not be permitted to run along the Lanca shire and Yorkshire, and the Junction was blocked up com- nc and America to load cargoes for Great Britain, we _____ _______ 1844. 1845. 1846. 1847. 1848. —1849. pletely with empty carriages, engines , . and other obstructions. 11E shall not be allowed to ship a hogshead of Sugar, a bale of Cotton, or a chest of T ea f rom Li verpool, Tn. Dk. Tn. Dk. Tn. Dk. Tn. Dk. Tn. Dk. Tn. Dk. it was only after threatenin g l ega l procee di ngs that they were t ll Jan. 1.. 464 194 469 200 509 218 515 239 555 235 660 310 anden enabled to make any o impression upon the Company's servants, _ 1 London, or Hull, except in Russian or Prussian April 1.. 463 201 489 204 516 2 9 3 541 2441 615 237 Yorkshire Company, to prevent the "' threatened proceedings, volunteered to send them on to Man- th vessels. We are to lose, in short, "the whole car- July 1.. , 467 201 485 210 506 226 - 566 243 i 569 241 : • •- . a c r h r e i s v t e l fr ee of charge, in a train of their own which had just el( Oct. 1..1 468 200 483 219 , 510 222 556 235; 791 274 .: : Tying trade of the Baltic"—a possession which we never knew that we enjoyed to the extent which we Average.! 465 199 481 208 1 510 222 544 240' 630 2471 660 310 This was certainly fulfilled, but only by forwarding the train fu ji , , 1 / 4. _ .„, _ .. „ 1 / 4... _ .„. __, , 1 / 4 _ ,. ___, t _ .„ __, ~._,__, ~_..„...._, on the wrong line, which, of course, was liable to a collision at are now assured that we have done. We have all T otals of with any train coming from Manchester. Many of the passen- I along thought, in our simplicity, that Baltic yes- Tn. &Dk' 664 689 1 732 784 1 877 I 970 gers, in consequence, preferred walking; and those who wen- Pr' eels took such produce as a par t o f t h e i r return tured took the precaution, so me of h av i ng the doors open, and gel e to leap in too, to speculate whether th e repea l o f t h e long a r cargoes from this country. It m a y b e wort h while, It will be seen from this stat emen t , that previ- others of I standing on the steps of the c arr i a ges . t ...th a whistle at that a part being for e tnnately siltrianiglft, Ehen force had been gradually increasing in numbers c th o r li tlo n traiii i s a lTez e enabled to be stopped in time to avoid a wh voyage clause may not have the very effect of each successive year. Thus, there were 25 men curves, Of which the y lin ar e p i r s o f a u c ll, the cons o eq th u e e r nc i e l s must - i l l ha th ve n°' damaging the warehouse system, and establishing added in 1845, 43 in 1846, 52 in 1847, and but been an awful loss of life. cat great entrepots in other countries, which Mr. Card one man more up to the January quarter of 1848. ti We leave the above facts, as . stated to us by respectable gen- pa: were le in the train thus recklessly exposed to dan well dreads, instead of contributing to keep them - the here. Probably the increase thus far was justified by the get, e s i i i id `‘ le h a o ve 1 public to make their comments, and say aro We are told in addition, that " a new trad e i s exte cot t age nsion of buildings, and especially o f what course should be adopted to put a stop t o such dangerous proceedings. we: springing up i n California," and that the Ameri- property, in the outskirts of the town. In the cans will not allow us t o carry tea and other pro- cot April quarter, however, when it w ill b e remem b ered YESTERDAY' S P OLICE. hoi duce to that land of go ld di gg i ng, f rom China and an uneasy f ee li ng h a d b een exc i ted amongst our to -- the Philippine Islands. How many cargoes per working classes by Chartist movements, and the NOVEL MATERIAL FOR A BUSTLE.—An Irish girl, named w°, l Mary Kelly, was charged with having stolen some beef from a N incendiary appeals of the Irish Repealers to their vessel lying at the west side of Prince's Dock. When app re- (Ro annum of tea and spices are thus placed in jeopardy fellow-countrymen, we find an increase of 62 fended , and searched in bridewell, 141bS. of beef were found I% we are not told ; but the consideration is very small when compared with that o f surren d er i ng men. In the quarter ended July I s t , th e f orce was mgtlestdetdo a ga b o l or h a er m rr pe by way of bustle. Sh e was com- Nsyuacr to America the carrying trade of Great Britain and again decreased by 42 men ; hut in the quarter CAUTION TO CABMEN.—A cab-driver who had been em- In„al ended Ist October, an increase took place of 255 f i lo e y t e o d w a n t t a h n e d pi i, "ef lo to ha tr a e fte a r g w e a n r t c l i e s m yv av ie ndd i l e is o.e l l u i titage into ti hl her vast Colonial Empire. There is the produc men, the number being in the July quarter 810, looking lifter bis things, taken up another person, and m r a l w se a c s l 31 tion and consumption of short of 20,000 souls at one end of the balanc e , an d o f 150, 000,000 a t t h e and in the October qua r t er 1,0 6 5 men. Th e force to take the former, unless he went with the other, was fined was other. Mr. Cardwell remar k e d th a t : up the Ist of January, 1849, averaged 970 men. 20s. and costs. .m VIOLENT ASSAULT BY A FEMALE.—A woman name d Mar- said It will be seen, however, that during the last quar- garet M‘Laughlan was charged with having violently assaulted lonP, " He knew a gentleman who was reaping a large reward in having sent out tea. from China and sugar from the ter, probably on account of the area added to our a fernit t le, Mrs. e . !;,Ti t t l or, th w e ho appeared l with her head bandaged as,.,_ a " Philippine Islands to California. Was it not to be ex- dock space, that portion of the force has been au g- m a g d atn e Ln t r r o e natrerde arrears o cellar fre in it ,11;aald- petuo i t l e ) i-stree l t p ,li e v a m r the ' prisone c r o , petted that the American government would have an mented considerably. But there is still shown an distrained upon her. On Saturday afternoon they saw each bang establishment themselves in California ? and then would increase of 116 men belonging to the town division other in the court in which they lived, and some disagreement , Con probably took place, though there was no evidence to that (Lot come into operation that clause of their navigation laws effect. The defendant at length seized a joiner's tenant saw, V which had been made on the model of the English long . over the number employed in 1847. In these days .of economy and retrenchment, we and attempted to stake complainant,. who ran away. In doing ~, voyage clause, and so made because there was such a so, she fell, and while down, prisoner struck her violently on t-mo , clause in the English navigation law, and then no more shall be excused if we inquire a little into the the head with the saw, cutting the scalp to the bone, and also to P tea, no more prod uce of the Philippin e I s l an d s , cou l d b e money par t o f this ques ti on. Wh at, then, has wounding her on the leg. The case being proved, the prisoner inter carried to the western coast of America by British COM- been the increase of expenditure caused by these was fined .e 5, or in default of payment to be imprisoned for one r A merce. It was important, therefore, for the sake of the progressive augmentations of our police force? month. R DINARY CASE OF HOUSE ROBBERY. — A servant to th commercial interests of this country, that they should We find upon the average strength of the force in girl, named Sidney Douglas, in the employ of Mr. Wilkinson, spTeri, acco come to a right understanding with regard to the long 1844, as compared with its average strength in the of No. 34, Springfield, was placed at the bar under the follow ing extraordinary circumstances :—lt appeared that on Sunday cattl voyage clause. Mr. Huskisson warned them to be care ful not so to arrange their navigation laws as to call up quarter ended January Ist of this year, an increase night, between eight and nine o'clock, the family being then at Tb . , church, two lads heard a noise in the house as of a female in q great maritime power in opposition to them. What of 306 men. The maintenance, clothing, &c., oL distress, and on entering found the prisoner tied with a horse- Tb. , country would carry cotton to Russia and Prussia, and each man may be put down at £55 per annum. hair rope to the bottom rails of the stair, and her face covered nut , ' the 1 tea and sugar to California, if our jealous restrictions We have thus an increased expense, with our pre- with blood. She said the house had been forcibly entered by were maintained ? That one country of which you were sent force, of £16,830, as compare d w i t h t h e ex- some men, who had struck and ab use d he and superintendent of sevei and tied her as she Betio ' afraid, and with which you have m a d e it your particular was found. The boys gave the al arm , an d consideration not conclusively to decid e —A mer i ca. " pence in 1844. This is certainly a large amount, go lice was soon on the spot._ She told him that some men had not e g It is painful to think that we shall be able to and suggests the importance of a very searching ii ii fvx,°z=dy, zAreri ex ,, d got t into was = al H e found then inquiry into the whole subject of our police expen- or mark of violence about it, and began to suspect the truth of MP, send no tea, no more produce of the Philippine into the cellar, and found from the state or at diture and management. Taking 1847, as a year o h rtri t e o fints ; 17 H O. ...e nt window that it ' had been broken open from with Islands to California. We must bear up under the affording a fair criterion of the force required by the infliction; and, if we want to reap our large re- the inside,- not the outside. The sashes were laid on the floor, Nyhic town under its present circumstances, we find that ex an a d m t l i i n e e g d l r e a r unbroken . minut he e o n o tA r fi ll a T oo G ro i% r tu a r: f e s o d n o , le w o h e o e ties examined her minutely, and he could find no marks of violence howe wards in that quarter, employ foreign tonnage. the increase in the present over that year will cost upon the prisoners face ; and the inference was that she had Parts The quotation from Mr. Huskisson strikes us as us no less than £10,230. It may be asked, how- bled her nose, and smeared theblood over her. She also tom- t r o a. a e lt i singularly out of place. We know of no other examined we l ( l l e o r ever, whether even the expenditure of 1847 was 14a r l . na ll o: w o i lh o ervloienc which to ap afterwards e way " to call up a great maritime power in opposi-not i 4i g a a r r tAc e u d l particularise , t tion to us" than to foster the shipping of that attended with greater efficiency of the body, as a ment, found no proof whatever of anything of the kind. The other whole, than the greatly reduced one of 1844. The inspector and another afterwards searched the house, and in a in ,1' closet power, by giving it increased employment, at the near the prisoner's bed-room 14 sovereigns and a .e 5 pi üblic, we may remark, are not at all satisfied of note were found in a bag. A quantity of valuable property was Mr sacrifice of our own. Moreover, we know of Lave/ Ill i s o o found in the attic, and in other parts of the house, inch- tion nothing in our present laws to prevent America that fact. With our present largely augmented bag g , all e pqso w na c 't bed o - a room , ve i n bweehoicllmt4n7tsilewraesdisolilionodesilil dishonestly. Conn - 5 Coun carrying cotton to Russia, and Tea and Sugar to force of 970 men, we are not aware that crime is at The whole of the property missed was found in the house, ex- 1,1 1 , 1 California; nothing, in short. except the fact that all more completely suppressed, that our streets at c e n p iv t e a s h , o f u o t r it' s 26 su in ga moli e e a y. ba l c i o iriz e o . ner t s w ro as er:ler d e . als e o vi r o n o d e it pays the American shipowner better to bring his night are at all more safe, that disorder and out ell cc cotton here, where he has a certainty of getting a rage are less frequent, or that members of the force that the prisoner w r as found with her hands tied in n ehind her being return cargo. The whole argument is very puerile . are to be found when wanted more e a s ily th an i n back, in such She was committed for trial. to a way that she could no t h ave d one i t h erse lf . bar Mr. Cardwell goes also the whole length of ta e 1844 or preceding years. Th e abo v e s t a temen t ker, 1 shows a feature, independently of the large in- THE REV. MR. CRUMMELL A NEGRO CLER- ter t s c ministerial measure, with respect to the Colonies. no C crease of the force made in the autumn of that GYMAN) IN CHESTER. bills: Canada especially is aggrieved by being required to shout year, which .worthyis of notice. We refer to the -- employ British or Colonial tonnage. We give an essed two very cro w ded the pi gradual increase which had been going on f rom bill? instance of the nature of her griefs, as related by On Sunday week Mr. Crum m ell a dd r audiences in Chester—that the morning at St. Peter's, an d 1844 up to that time. The rate at which we pro- in was ti him : i that in the afternoon at old St. John's. The sole mn it y of h s Mr. aressed from 1844 to 1847,-120 men, or 2-lithe <<A t him the other day, stating that - devout • and unassuming manners ; the f ervour and perspicu- cee di : gentleman wroteo he had received, by an American vessel f rom N ew Y or k, of the whole force additional in three years —was its of his language; and the . point aid pathos of his unadorned Mr. eloquence, left a very pleasing impression upon his hearers, The a quantity of flour. By the brand he perceived that the not warranted by the increase of our population, or corn was grown in Canada, and, being an honest man, he any other circumstance of which we are at present ho cheehully e ponded to hi all fr'd by • about .E3O to the Ands for building his o chu ai rch in Ne wor ng ce e di i Y R. fir The Vicar of St. John's afterwards invited the clergy of if he, stated the truth to the Custom-house, when he was told aware. g. seemed Chester to . meet Mr. Crummell at a social party, where all fi rs t p that it could not be admitted, and he prayed him (Mr. In bringing the subject before the public, we be gratified with his varied and general information. Mr. decid( Cardwell) to go to the Treasury. (Laughter,) Would the hon. gentle man w h o sneere d te ll h i m why they should to disclaim all other motives bey o nd a d es i re t o C rummell had several interviews with the Bishop of Chester at answe the Palace, s and we understand that his lordship manifested m r . protect corn grown in the United Sintee, end not protect promote the utmost economy. consistent with ef corn grown by her Majesty's subjects in Canada ? But fectiveness, in every department of our local admi- 70710 all * in - Hiscialip th-e.(., has licensed Mr. Crummell to preach throughout his diocese. on the it was said that a plan had been devised to meet this (lit& nistration. We had hoped, in fact, to be spared proce culty. They were to nationalize Canadian corn, by caus- the trouble of entering upon the task ; and that - inn. it to pass throueh the United States. But corn could it could not be admitted, and he prayed him (Mr. zdwell) to go to the Treasury. (Laughter,) Would e hon. gentleman who sneered tell him why they should otect corn grown in Me United Staieey and not prefect '7, grown by her Majesty's subjects in Canada ? But said that a plan had been devised to meet this diffi . They were to nationalize Canadian corn, by caus ,t to pass through the United States. But corn could !cnveyed from the interior of Canada by the Welland al and St. Lawrence as cheaply as it could be conveyed Ey way of New York. The right gentleman greatly lauded the Americans for giving a back for the transit of Canadian corn through their it But, if it were sagacity on the part of the ,er an government to give a bounty on the transit of. In bringing the subject before the public, we beg to disclaim all other motives beyond a desire to promnta tbia MOSt eennamy. nonsistent with ef fectiveness, in every department of our local admi nistration. We had hoped, in fact, to be spared the trouble of entering upon the task ; and that the subject would have been mooted in the Coun cil yesterday, a motion having been put upon the books to that effect. Such motion having, how ever, been withdrawn, we had no choice left us but to take the initiative ourselves. Looking at the onerous amount of local taxation, which is pressing upon the inhabitants of Liverpool, and the diffi culty with which it is met in these ti mes o f pres sure and commercial suffering, there is not an item in our expenditure to which a rigid scrutiny ought not to be directed ; and this item of increased ex pense in our police force is by no me ans an insig nificant one, amountingin the aggregate, as it will have done from the end of 1844 to the end of the present year, to a sum of no less than £40,000. The petition against the repeal of the Navigation Laws, in Liverpool, received nearly 25,000 signatures. The counter petition gets on very slowly. On Sunday, at Trinity Church, Woodside, after a ser mon by the Rev. J. Baylee, the sum of £l5 ss. was col lected as a jubilee offering to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. On Sunday next, as will be seen, two sermons will he preached in St. Peter's Church, Aintree, when collections will be made for the choir, which, on this occasion, will be strengthened, as it is intended that full cathedral ser vice will be performed. AIR. HARBORD'S TESTIMONIAL.—A meeting was held last night in the large room of the Great George Tavern and Lonsdale Arms, Upper Pitt-street, for the purpose of promoting the testimonial about to be presented to Mr. Councillor Harbord. The books will be closed in a few days, when a deputation will wait upon Mr. Harbord to ascertain his wishes as to the form of the testimonial. REMOVAL OF IRISH PAUPERS.—A deputation from Belfast waited on the Home Secretary on Saturday, and proposed, with reference to the removal of Irish paupers from England and Scotland, that the English precedent should be adopted, that when the Irish pauper become chargeable on the English parish, and had I no settlement in England, the justices should inquire respecting , his place of birth in Ireland, and that he should be sent there. Sir George Grey said he would communi cate his determination to the deputation. THE LIVERPOOL SHIPOWNERS.—To their credit, be it spoken, the shipowners of Liverpool have always been ready to assist the agriculturists and colonists ; but, at the time when most wanted, the London shipowers did not respond to the call made upon them ; they too confidently relied on the Navigation Laws being out of the category of Free Trade. This we shall show by re printing a letter, which appeared in the columns of the Morning Post at the time. As the predictions of the writer (Mr. H. C. Chapman) have been so remarkably fulfilled. they cannot but prove extremely interesting as coming from a practical Liverpool merchant and shipowner, and entirely disposing of th e —Morning 'Post. --Morning of Canadian complints. the Erie Canal and prOVinCeS res— • grain from Canada to New York, what was the virtue of that policy which gave a positive discouragement to the conveyance of grain by means of the canals in Canada ? Canada sought"only to be put in a position to compete )n equal terms with the United States ; and was the Bri tish legislature to refuse that reasonable demand ? He could not come to any such conclusion." The question, which we have marked in italics, is rather a naive one. The whole passage, indeed, comes well from a member of the very ministry which placed Canada in this disadvantageous po sition, and invented the evasion, by which grain is naturalized, for the purpose of giving its freight to the foreigner, which evasion Mr. Cardwell's friend, being an honest man," was not satisfied to Another vessel with a cargo of mahogany has arrived in the Birkenhead Docks. The Rev. Benjamin Strettell Clarke, incumbent of Thorp Hesley Church, Yorkshire, has received much assistance from the congregation of Christ Church, Liver pool, of which he was formerly curate, and from th e noblemen, clergy, and gentry, in and adjoining his parish, towards the purchase of an organ for the use of his church. The organ, which is new and very handsome, has been built and purchased in Liverpool. SIR ROBERT'S PANACEA FOR IRELAND. — The demon strations against the rate in aid project have been quite cast in the shade since the Peel panacea was thrown into the political market as a more tempting bait for the pens and brains of Irish journalists. Never was a " hit" so complete — its success has been all but universal. With some few exceptions, the press, whether Whig, Tory, or Repeal, has yielded an assent to the justice of the propo sition, and although one may deny its feasibility, another object to its details, and a third affect a pious horror at the bare reference to the " plantation of Ulster," all seem willing to forget the right hon. baronet's manifold back slidings, and to accord him full credit for the aiueerity of kitggtnu§ IA the pregent ingauce, actopv. The hon. gentleman referred to "anomalies in the Navigation Laws, which it was impossible to allow to remain as they at present stood." What these may be we are uninformed ; but it is a signi ficant fact that, from the first to the last sentence of his speech there is not a word of reprobation of any one portion of the government scheme. It is thoroughly ministerial throughout ; and might, but for a certain tone and mannerism, peculiar to the head of the school of which Mr. Cardwell is a fol lower, have been spoken by a member of her Majesty's present 'Whig government. We there fore hand over Mr. Cardwell at once, with respect to this question, and we fear some others, to the party whoa paimc,lcu,s counsels seem especially COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.--YESTERDAY. An adjourned meeting of the Council was held yester day, at eleven o'clock, at which time there was but a thin attendance of members. His Worship the Mayor pre sided. MR. NORTH AND THE DOCK COMMITTEE The MAYOR, on the sitting of the Council, observed that he had received a letter that morning from Mr. North, the solicitor to the Dock Committee ; but, as this letter did not come before them in the ordinary course of the proceedings of the Dock Committee, and as the letter confined itself to some remarks on the recently discussed legal points involved in the proceedings of the Dock Com mittee, in strictness it could not now be received, inas much as this was an adjourned Council. But it would be for the decision of the Council, whether they would hear it now. He felt bound, however, to state that it would not be in order if the Council did not please to extend their indulgence to Mr. North, and hear what ho had to say. Mr. S. HOLME—What is the nature of the letter ? Mr. HODGSON—What has it reference to ? Mr. NicoL—lt is an explanation from Mr. North, stating what were his intentions when he penned the resolution on the subject of the Dock Committee. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE— In point of fact it is a matter personally relating to Mr. North alone. The MAYOR—In fact it is a matter which in strictness could not come before the Council, if you are not pleased to extend your indulgence to Mr. North. • Mr. HORNBY objected to the reading of the letter, on the ground that it would lead to a renewal of the discus sion which had already been disposed of. The MAYOR thought not, for so soon as the Council had decided whether they would hear Mr. North's letter, and if it was their pleasure to do so, he would ask them not to take any discussion upon it, except an explanation from the Town-clerk. Alderman HODGSON thought that it was highly inexpe dient that such a letter should be read, however much they might desire to hear Mr. North's opinion on this subject, as to do so without allowing the question to be fully dis cussed, would be unfair to all parties concerned. No person entertained a higher respect for Mr. North than he did, and, therefore, he felt the greater ease in opposing the present application. Mr. T. B. HORSFALL objected to the reading of the letter on another ground. If the resolution and report to which the letter referred had been the resolution and report of Mr. North himself, he would allow any expla nation from that gentleman to be read ; but as it was a resolution and report of the Dock Committee, they might leave it to the members of the Dock Committee to explain their own actions. Mr. NicoL—That is the question we desire. Mr. HARBORD—In what capacity does Mr. North come here ? The MAYOR—As the solicitor of the Dock Committee. Mr. BALLANTY NE rea d an i nterest i ng paper " On an Im- And he is desi rous o f exp l a i n i ng a matter which affects his personal characte r . proved Apparatus for the Ad m i n i s t rat i on of G alvan i sm as a Mr. HARBORD—I asked the question because I was Medical Agent." He gave a succincthistory of galvanism from 1 of opinion that the Town-clerk was the solicitor to the the time of its discovery by Galvani to the present day, ex plaining the various and successive imprevements in the ap- dock trustees. (Hear, hear.) paratus, with the names of the distinguished authors, and each Mr. AIKIN suggested that, by hearing the letter read illustrated by drawings. He then exhibited some beautiful gentlemen would have an opportunity of reflecting on its apparatus in action, and noticed at some length the most a contents between this and the next Council. (Oh, oh.) proved modern medical application of the subtle agent to the Mr. NicoL.—Perhaps it will answer Mr. North's pur cure of various diseases, especially those of a nervous character. Mr. Dixon's paper (reported elsewhere), on the improved pose as well if th e C ounc il re f use to h ear h i s letter, as if it patent ventilator, was th en rea d. was read. RAILWAY GRIEVANCE AND NARROW ESCAPEAfter a few words f r o m M r . M ANN, t h e Council de cided that the letter should not be read. FROM ACCIDENT. THE OBSERVATORY COMMITTEE. These proceedings comprised interesting reports on the ... case was laid before us which occurred yesterday, strongly present state of the Liverpool Observatory ; a report of illustrating tke extreme danger which may result to the public, the Royal Observatory, and also a letter from Professor from the eager contests of rival Railway Companies to engross Airey, the Astronomer Royal. the traffic of the districts in which their lines are situate. A Mr. AixiN, party of gentlemen s t ar t e d y es t er d ay morn i ng from Rawten- ceedings, begged in proposing the to call the attention of the Councilpro stall, a town on th e li ne o f t h e E ast Lancash i re Railway, booked to Manchester, a t w hi c h th ey were assured by the the gratifying f ac t th a t th e Ob servatory was now com time-tables that they would ar r i ve a t a cer t a i n h our. It has pleted, and that Li ver p oo l cou ld b oast of having a been customary hitherto for the trains of this line to run for a set of instruments, and an observatory that could not be short distance into Manchester along the Lancashire and York- surpassed in any portion of the Empire. (Hear, hear.) s hirt line. On their arrival, however, at Clifton Station, the In addition to these, they had an observer (Mr. Hartup) point of junction, they found a notification, we are told only who was one of the most competent practical men in the received a day or two before, that in future the former com kingdom, and who was devoted to the pursuit of pany's trains would not be permitted to run along the astro shireLanca- and Yorkshire, and the Junction was blocked up com- nomical knowledge. This Observatory had already been pletely with empty carriages, engines, and other obstructions. used, to a very considerable extent, by the authorities in The party strongly remonstrated against this proceeding; and London, and by the Royal Society, for the purpose of it was only after threatening legal proceedings that they were transmitting chronometers to various parts of Ireland enabled to make any impression upon the Company's servants, and the officials of the Yorkshire Company, to prevent the where surveys were now being made. In transmitting threatened proceedings, volunteered to send them on to Man- these chronometers there, and back again to the Royal So chester free of charge, in a train of their own which had just ciety, they had b een ena bl e d to ascertain the exact lon arrived. gitude of their observatory, as compared with the longi- This was certainly fulfilled, but only by forwarding the train tude of Greenwich, so that now the two balls fell together on the wrong line, which, of course, was liable to a collision at noon-day almost instantaneously. Mr. Aikin then with any train coming from Manchester. Many of the passen gers, in consequence, preferred walking; and those who ven- proceeded to pass a very high eulogium on the various tured took the precaution, some of having the doors open, and gentlemen who had assisted the Observatory Committee others of standing on the steps of the carriages. ready to leap in their efforts to establish the present institution, which, out. At length a whistle ahead warned them of a train ap- he regretted to say, was not so well supported by the proaching, and the line at that part being fortunately straight, English captains as it was by the American ; in fact, the two trains were enabled to be stopped in time to avoid a whilst almost all the American captains sent their chro collision, Had they approached . each other in any of the curves, of which the line is full, the consequences must have nometers to be regularly ra t e d, no t a tyt h e o f the English been an awful loss of life.captains did so. The Observatory was not at present a We leave the above facts, as stated to us by respectable gen- paying concern ; it was not self-sustaining, but he hoped tlemen, who were in the train thus recklessly exposed to can- the time was not far distant when it would be so. This ger, and leave the public to make their comments, and say arose from various causes, one of which was that they what course should be adopted to put a stop to such dangerous proceedings. were differently situ a t e d f rom pr i vate i n di viduals—they could not puff off their wares. (Laughter.) He hoped, however, that the attention which would now be drawn to the institution, through the reporters for the press, Nov.._ _ Foit A BUSTLE.—An Irish girl, named would have some good effect. Mary Kelly, was charged with h av i ng s t o l en some beef from a Mr. PARKER,—You ought to ad ver ti ze lik e ot h er tradesmen. vessel lying at the west side of Prince's Dock. When appre- (Roars of laughter.) hended, and searched in bride w ell, 1411,4. of beef were f oun d A r • was qu ite sure that there wa s n o necess i ty f or adjusted about her perso n by wa y o f b ust l e . She was com- such course, iKE asthepress had alw a y s supported the institution nutted to gaol for a month. warmly. In conclusio n , h e begged -leave to move the con fi r - CAUTION TO CABMEN.—A cab-driver who had been em- mation of the proceedings.—S econ d e d b y Mr. HOR,',." oye' 't " "- to take a gentl emP - , -i s .' TV Mr- HAILBORD wished tom,. ><. -• - --t ',now wilat amount the tion paid per annym foy the support of the Observator ;ozioora- • giving some details, stated th a t .. the cost ... s fined I was about .4'300 a-year. Mr. PARKER complained that nothing whatever had been iuu . rte mut long been of opinion th a t it was a failure,o obervato ry and he thought that as it suited the docks it should be handed over to the Dock Committee. (Hear, hear, hear.) It was to be sure a nice little pet bantling of Mr. Aiken's , from its birth ; and as he was the bantling of the Dock Committee, they should allow the Dock Committee to take charge of and nurse his little pet for him. (Loud laughter.) • The pro - ceedings were then confirmed. Mr. AIKIN again rose, and moved that the thanks of the Council should be conveyed, through his Worship the Mayor, to Professor Airey, the Astronomer Royal, for the very great interest which lie bad always evinced for the welfare and pro sperity of the Liverpool Observatory.—Carried unanimously. THE FERRIES COMMITTEE. The minutes of this committee comprised a recommendation to the effect that the Seacombe stage should be so altered as to accommodate sea-going steamers, and admit of the landing of cattle from the ferry-boats. The proceedings were confirmed without comment. THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL RATES. This committee reported that a deputation from the com mittee had proceeded to London, to attend to the progress of the bill for rating the Dock and Corporate Estates ; but in con sequence of the expression of opinion which had fallen from several Members of Parliament, to the effect that they could not give their support to the bill in the shape in which it was then brought forward, they had withdrawn the bill Mr. HORNP- in moving the confirmation of the proceed ings, observed that it was not his intention to occupy the time or attention of the Council, at the present stage of the business, with any remarks of his. He regretted the want of success which had so far attended the efforts of the parochial authori• ties to rate the docks for the support of the poor. He was, however, convinced that whatever party was in power—whatever party held the reins of government, they would be obliged soon unequal and unfair . system of levying the rate for the support of the poor. (H ear , h ear. ) Th i s he meant to apply generally ; but whatever might be the position of other towns with regard to this burden, there was not a town in the kingdom where such a bill was more required than in Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) Mr. COOPER had great pleasure in seconding the confirma tion of the proceedings. Mr. Nicol, inquired whether the report now before the Council was to be considered as the final i eport of the com mittee, or only a report for the time being ? The MAYOR stated that none of the proceedings of the Coun cil could be considered as fi na l ; they were all for the time being. Mr. Nicol, said he was glad to hear that this was not intended to be the final report of the committee, because, like Mr. Par ker, he was desirous of seeing something of the financial mat ters connected with the working of this committee. He did not mean those paltry matters generally comprised in tavern bills and the like; but he took a higher stand, and therefore he sh^ ....,,.t,,1 tue kAntucii were to pay the parish for the part they had taken in promoting the rating bill? Andhe should like also to know in what shape this money was to be brought before the Council? Mr. T. B. HORSFALL.—It will come in the ordinary pro ceedings of the Finance Committee. Mr. Nicol.—Well I will ask the Town-clerk that question. The MAYOR.—There is nothing on that subject in the pre 'eee - q of the committee which VA., • ..... you are called con firm, and therefore I thi n k thatn Mr. Nicol will not upon be in order if he presses the latter part of his question. He may ask the first part, and it will be for the Chairman of the committee to decide whether he give him an answer at all, or what kind of an answer he will give him. Mr. Nicot then repeated his question. - DIA • ill/.1•1. Vls , rtabl.l. WIG of oruer. .11 the committee had made any payment it would have appeared on the face of their proceedings; and when any part of their proceedings came before the Council in which such payments were mentioned, then it would be for the consideration of the Council whether they adopted them. Mr. Nicol, explained that he had asked a similar question before the resolution empowering the council to bear half the expenses of that bill had passed. He asked the Town Clerk how it would be in case the bill failed? His answer was, that in that case there would be some difficulty as to the payment. Those were his words, and now he would ask him how that difficulty was to be got over? Mr. HORSFALL thought it would be quite competent to dis cuss that question when any bill from this committee came be fore the council for payment. (Hear.) The MAYOR repeated that the last question was quite out of order; but he thought it might be in order to ask if any money had been paid at all by the committee. If Mr. Nicol confined himself to that question, it might be in order. Mr. Nicol. : Then I will ask that question. Mr. S. HOLSIE objected to the question being asked. When payments were made by the committee, they would be entered on the books, and they would afterwards be brought before the council, when it would be quite time enough for Mr. Nicol to ask the question, if he were so inclined. Mr. COOPER : If I understand Mr. Nicol to ask whether any money has yet been paid to the parish authorities? lat once say " not a penny." The MAYOR then read the various resolutions of the council on the subject, and repeated his former opinion, that it was quite optional with Mr. Hornby whether lie answered the ques tion or not, Mr. lloaNny said if he understood Mr. Nicol's question to be whether under the resolution of the Council, the committee had made any payment to the parish for the expenses incurred with respect to this bill, in the first place he would say that he thought it a very unnecessary question, as they had not made any payment yet. He was not aware, however, whether the deputation that went up to London had received their expenses, but whether or not, he looked upon that as an entirely different question from the one which had been put. Mr. HARBORD was rather astonished that Mr. Nicol could have imagined for a moment that the functions of the commit tee had ceased. He would remind him that it was quite within the province of any member of Parliament, or the Govern ment, to bring i n a genera l bi ll, which would comprehend all they requir in Liverpool ; and he would also remind Mr. Nicol that it was quite competent for the committee to act in conjunction with the promoters of such a bill, therefore he begged to assure Mr. Nicol that he never was more mistaken than when he imagined the committee had ceased to exist. Mr. Ai xix said the question which had been asked by Mr. Nicol had induced him to ask the same question ; but he would put it in a different form, Hg Mid ask the Town-clerk whe- TIIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The MA Y OR.—Entirely. Mr. Nicol. then moved that the proceedings of the Commit tee be not confirmed, and that it be an instruction to the Com mittee to furnish a full statement of their expenditure to the next Council. Mr. AiKEx having seconded the motion, Mr. THOMPSON observed that he was quite astonished to behold how some gentlemen strained at gnats whilst they swal lowed camels. (Hear, hear.) These gentlemen had no objec tion to pay £7OOO for witnesses alone when they had a water bill to promote, but they could not give a sixpence for the promotion of a rating bill. .e7OOO for witnesses alone. The amount was enormous. Manchester had got their whole bill for less money. If there were much more talk or bother about the paltry affair, they would subscribe the amount themselves, sooner than that Mr. Hornby should be annoyed with this petty opposition. (Hear, hear, and loud applause.) Mr. T. B. HORSFALL would vote against the amendment; but he would do so on the ground that the Council might object to any portion of the expenses, which were not satisfactory, when that matter was brought before them. Mr. S. HOLME thought it would have been much better if the Castor and Pollux of the Dock Committee had not put for ward this amendment; because it would go out of that room that they had only done so as a sort of retribution on those who had refused to allow these same gentlemen to place their own expenses to the account of the Dock Estate; and it would look as if those gentlemen had been vexed because they had been compelled to do what few gentlemen north of the Tweed did not like to do, that was, to put their hands into their own pockets and pay their expenses oil such occasions. Mr. Ai KIN.—If it be the pleasure of the Council I will with draw the amendment. (Loud cries of no, no; vote, vote; ac companied with a call for the amendment.) The amendment was then put and lost, every mmber in Council, including even both the move / and seconder, e having voted against it. The following is the result of the division, if so it may be called ; for, as Mr. Bennett observed, it was a real Irish division, being all on one side:— For the amendment.—Nil. Against.—Couneillors Langsdale, James Holme, Thomson, Morris, Preston, Hodson, Stitt, Briscoe, Littledale, Aikin, H. Hornby, Henderson, Rimmer, Robinson, Harbord, Wagstaff, S. Holme, Gardner, Johnson, Bennett, Parker, Poole, G. H. Lawrence, Beckwith, Watson, R. L. Jones, Hindley, Fisher, Aldermen Hodgson, Swainson, T. B. Horsfall, John Holmes, Nicol, Cooper, Wood, Procter, Bent, Turner, and the Mayor. THE CORONER'S ACCOUNTS. The coroner's accounts for the past month, amounting to e2B 18s. 6d., were then passed. KIRKDALE MEMOIAL. A memorial was the n read from the i R nhabitants of Kirkdale, praying for a more equitable adjustment of the rates of th a t township. - --Referred to the Health Committee. THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB. A letter was next read from Mr. Thos. Littledale, Commo dore of the R.M.Y.C., soliciting the Town-hall rooms for a ball, originating with the members of that club, for the benefit of the funds of the Sailor's Home.—Referred to the Town-hall Committee. LOSING OF THE POST-OFFICE ON SUND. Mr. S. C HOLME rose to propose that a memorial on AYS the sub ject be presented from the Council to the Post-office authorities. He said that at the request of a great number of excellent men he had taken the liberty of bringing before the Council his present motion with regard to the management of the Liver pool Post-office establishment. He regretted his inability to do that justice to the subject which its importance demanded; besides, this was not the place, nor was he the person to make a theological question of it, although he admitted that the vastness of the question demanded that it should be discussed on the broad basis Christian principle. The obse rvance o f the Sabbath was a national privilege which they all liked to enjoy. They . enjoyed it themselves when free from turmoil, and spent it in the bosom of their families. And they were all well aware that the poor equally enjoyed the same glorious privilege. It was a privilege to have one day in seven. on which the pale and toil-worn mechanic could rest from his physical labours, as they all liked to do from their mental. It was a day of rest, for all must delight in the quiet of the day, when— `,Mute is the voice of rural l a b our hushed s.s• Mute is the ploughboy's whistle and the milkmaid's song." Yet, he was not generally opposed to levi slative enactments on this subject, because they scarcely ever could succeed. The observance of the Sabbath in this country must be a question of degree, for they could not have the strictness of the Jewish Sabbath, nor would it be consistent with the mild genius of Christianity if such were the case. Their teeming thousands, breathing the vitiated atmosphere of dark rooms and factories, and living in crowded neighbourhoods, ought to seethe glorious works of nature, and breathe for a time the pure air of Heaven. Those who would carry the observance of the Sabbath so far as to suspend all meansof transit on that day, knew but little of the confinement and deprivations which thousands of the population of this country were subjected to. He held, that whether a government, a corporation, or an individual, com pelledthose who were dependent on them for bread to labour without cessation—Sabbath and week-day—depriving them of that privilege of repose which God and nature demands, was guilty of an act of oppression; and common humanity com pelled them to remedy the evil, even at some personal sacrifice. Having been on the Postal Committee for some time, his atten tion was drawn to the over -worked and ill-paid officers of that establishment, to many of whom an unbroken day of rest seldom shines. Before taking up this subject he went to the Postmaster-General, for some information on the point, and he felt it due to Lord Clanricarde to state that he had directed that every information which he might require should be placed at his disposal. He went much further into this subject, and con tinued—Looking at the subject in all its bearings, looking at the great commerce of Liverpool, its central position, and also that efliflinitiPn rAndiA . l• ,autunities remter aim) , communication necessary, he would only ask the Council to memorialize the authorities that the Post-office should be closed each Sunday after 10 o'clock, a.m., and that the clerks should be liberated, but that the office and receiving -houses should be open for stamped letters as usual, and perhaps a clerk might remain to receive the fees upon foreign letters. This would be a relief to many, whilst the sacrifice on the part of the public would be but trifling. He would ask the Council to reflect on what science had done for them—to reflect on the increased facility of communication which they had at present as compared with the state of affairs twenty years ago. Let them look at their railways—their electric telegraphs—and reflect that, possessing as they did such extraordinary and powerful advantages, they might well, in gratitude, make some sacrifice in the cause of suffering humanity. He would - commend the subject to the favourable consideration of the Council. He pleaded for men who were condemned to perpetual toil ; but he hoped he had not pleaded in vain. Mr. COOPER seconded the motion; which, after a few words from Mr. G. H. Lawrence and Mr. D. Hodgson, was unani mously referred to a select committee. UARE MARKET. Mr. BRISCOE, in POWNALL-S accordanc Q e with the notice on the books, moved " that a market be erected in Pownall-square, accordin to a plan now in the Surveyor's office." g This gave rise to consid era bl e discussion, which eventually ended in the matter being referred to the Markets Committee. vonruttATlON CONTRACTS. Mr. TnomsoN then moved—" That all work to be done by the Corporation, or any committee thereof, including the Water and Health Committees, exceeding .30, be done by contract ; and if exceeding .el5O, by contract after public advertisement." In support of the motion, Mr. T. entered into a variety of sta tistical details, relative to the• price at which work was done for the old Highway Board. which was all executed by contract, ie sums now paid by the Health Committee, Mr. Woonat:FF seconded the motion. Mr. TINNE courted inquiry into the manner in which the Health Committee had its work executed, and on the subject of cost he ventured to say that they got it done very much ch.eaPallaM if it y wasy ban= ihyontrPat d i tviiillb b e7A! pre judicial to the Council, and to the ratepayers at large. Mr. JAS. HOLME would be glad if Mr. Thomson would with draw his motion, in order that, at the next Council, he (Mr. H.) might have an opportunity of examining some of the state ments which had recently been put forth by the Borough En gineer on that subject. A short discussion ensued, which ended in Mr. PROCTOR moving, and Mr. TINNE seconding, a motion to the effect that Mr. Thompson's motion should be postponed till next meet ing; but whilst the worthy alderman was preparing his motion so many gentlemen left the room that the MAYOR announced there "was not a Council." The motion then dropped, and this being all the business, the Council adjourned. LECTURE By DR. MREILE.—The Rev. Dr, 111• Neile will deliver a lecture in the new school-room, Miles street, Prince's Park, this e ven i ng , i n aid of the Evening School, just established for the benefit of the youth of the industrious classes in that neighbourhood, under the patronage of Edward Cropper, Esq., and the presidentship of the rev. doctor. The subject of the lecture, " What we mean by Secular Instruction on Christian Principles," is one rife with interest to the supporters and friends of an institution intended to ground the maturing faculties of its members with sound views of their moral responsi bilities, while it imp ar t s t o t h em the treasures of secular knowledge. This all-important subject will, no doubt, be elucidated by the rev. gentleman with a fullness and force commensurate with the decided view he is known to entertain with regard to it ; the address will, therefore, afford a high intellectual treat to the rev. doctor's hearers. The school will shortly be opened and promises to be of the greatest possible good in the populous neighbourhood in which it is situated. Its purposes and the terms of subscription have been fully set forth in the published bills. INQUESTS YESTERDAY.—On view of the body of John Tillen, who was seven years old. Deceased resided with his mother, a widow, in Milk-street. He had been mis sing from Tuesday morning. On Saturday night last, the water was let off out of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal for the purpose of its being cleansed, and on Sunday morning a flat-man discovered the body of the boy in the mud.—On the body of James Hutton, a child seventeen months old, residing with his parents in Grosvenor-street. On Sunday week, his mother placed a basin of hot broth on the table and the deceased pulled the basin down, and WAS so severely scalded that he, diva oil Sturday last, ther this money could be legally paid 'under the resolution of the Council on the 15th of November last. itos:3l4 , The MAYOR.—That is a_question which it would be quite out of order to put now. You should have put that question when the resolution you refer to was before the Council. It was a resolution which involved a legal point, and it was the Town-clerk's duty to have advised the Council at the time ; but you are out of order now. Mr. At should like to have an answer from the Town clerk. Mr. DAVID HODGSON.—We all know that we have often to correct the proceedings of committees. The MAYOR. There is a question now to be decided before the discussion goes further, if you please. Mr. HODGSON--1 trust I have been long enough in this Council, and deported myself here in such a manner as should protect me from being called to order, when I do not merit such a rebuke. The MAYOR.—WiII you allow me to complete my answer to Mr. Aikin first? Mr. Honsox.—l am going to speak to the question before it is answered. The MAyoß.—Then I can't hear you. Mr.HODGSON.—How can the question be decided till we hear the opinions of the Council upon it. Will you allow me— The MAYOR.—Not till I have spoken. His worship then proceeded to observe, that when the matter was before the Council was the time when Mr. Aikin's question should have been put, and as the question was not then raised, the respon sibility of the matter rested with the whole Council; and as there was nothing in the proceedings relating to a matter of payment, he thought Mr. Aikin was out of order. If his ques tion was allowed, it might raise a discussion on a question which was not before the Council. Mr. HODGSON.—I was going to speak on the general question. The MAYOR.—But this question must be decided first. Mr. HODGSON.—WiII you allow me to sp ea k t o th e quest i on? The MAYOR.—No question has been put. Mr. HODGSONWiII you allow me to speak before the ques tion is put? The MAYOR.—I was going to do so ; but you would not allow me ;—you were so fast. Mr. HODGSON had the greatest respect for the gentlemen of that committee ; but they were not to canvass the proceedings of any and every committee. They had oftentimes taken off the redundancies which appeared in the reports of committees, before confirming them ; and why, he would ask, should not any which might be considered as an omission on the part of the committee, be added? Mr. AIKEN wished to know if his question was to be put? The MA YOR.—II is out of order. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE considered the present case VI be analogous with the Albert Dock Warehouse Bill, anct they all knew that there w as no diffi culty there. I Mr. HORN BY l oo k e d upon t h e matter as a point of order solely. March 13,1540. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. VI ECITS Ch MONDAY The Navigation Laws engross considerable atte 4 , e g 'Change in th e i n t erva l s of business, and Mr. t;ari o ri is becomin g any thi ng b ut popular. The general ai`..;o3, is, that hi s cons tit uents have been mistaken a bo ut and that he does not now fairly reflect their opilt3 Some partie s suggest t h at he b e immediately requl':rk he withdraw from a p os t, t h e d ut i es of which they tnt? co , has so signally f a il e d i n fulfilling ; whilst others feel • n e vinced that he will s ti c k t o his seat as pertinaciousqg seems determined to sti c k t o Sir Robert. Still, le' back to the electi oneer i ng per i od, few can b 131,, the,thel selves for their p ar t i n th e transaction ; of three ev". thought they chose th e l eas t ; and in re t urn ing to P a r s, ment an undoubt e dly c l ever man, they unfortuna telq , lected one who they allege, seems too eager fora Pf te , tion with his pet p ar t y , t o pay much attention to the rests of the m ercan til e community he went to rePref„ir.. The appointment of Si r Ch ar l es N ap i er to the Indian"e, mand is satisfactory to all parties, and much good ie the pected from his abl e " ar bit rat i on " of the a ff a i rs in east. A singular exhibition was made in the Esel ve r News-rooms thi s a ft ernoon, i .e., two pieces of quiclorai, ore, weighing a b ou t 501b s. each, brought from Calif° and said to contain 80 per cent. of pure quicksibrer',o r ruse e a was ted some g o t not Business in SH ARES i s ex t reme l y qu i et : there uptat merriment,the were two lumps of gold, iv"' been a week for some months in which so little has bee is 136 8, Midl an d 81 2. done. The tend ency of prices is upwards. Londonst e The CORN trade h ere continues heavy and dull, department lacking ani ma ti on , though are stir,,, n , e,/ o e g, ary TO-DAY at the quo t a ti ons of Friday. In Indian uf however, there is alw a y s somet hi ng passing, and this p eel the exports from Liverpool have greatly exceeded the ports, ports, 905 quarte rs b e i ng t h e total arrivals reported sLuo Tuesday, while 12,800qrs. have been forwarded to fret, alone ; the sam e remar k app li es to Indian Meal, the ja ports being 445 bushels, against 1,200 bushels exPelif Our letters, with one or two exceptions, shew a fur,. t t i l decline in the mar k e t s o f t h e United Kingdom; a u fi i t some of the Irish mar k e t s a s li ght advance is spoken 0 ..„ Indian Corn. Sin c e th e re d uct i on of duty at the c!rej mencement of February, th e pr i ce o f Wheat has on the Liverpool Exchange 4/6 @ 5 / 1 p- qr. . CorroN is recovering itself. With a good feel ing. Saturday and TO-DAY, the Id. has been nearly reg ain There was a good attendance of spinners dawn,: day, anticipating a receding market from Friday's and the sales amounted to between 7000 and bales, of which 2500 to 3 000 were on speculation an d fo r export. The disp u t e not i ced last week has been tersn" nated by the Cott on B ro k ers ' Association issuing ? uki commendation to the diffe ren t mem b ers, that they sa°.,os receive all payments made before 4 to 3, but this Is binding. Scotch WooL continues in good demand, and •" being light, prices are rather in favour of the seller. . reign is also in good request, but as the greater , .L of the stocks no w i n are h e l d for the public sales,th e ta has not been much business done. Imports for the % —Foreign 560, S co t c h 2 45 ; previously—Foreign 11/°''' Scotch 1125. In Scotch Pig IRON transactions have been fewer the last day or two than in the early part of the week. P , fltd, numbers are obtainabl e a t 52/ cash, No. 1 at 53/ ~, and Gartsherrie No. 1 at 56/, f.o.b. at Glasgow. 1 h price of Bar Iron h as a d vanced here to £6 per ton, fo." in Wales, at which there is a good demand. There li also sellers at this price and at £6 2/6, £6 12/6 0 1; f.o.b. here. The cau se o f th e present depres s io n t h e in " Pig" market had its o r i g i n i n t h e fact, that some won tij , ago, when prices were lower th an now, several eontraZ; were made to p ar ti es w h o were considered not to have t he means of taking them up at the expiration of the speou s l time, the deposit having been 5/ ton. Hence the princiPtil dealers at the present time refuse to buy largely un these nce an r lr ya cpartiestasllf ellatdr, ue andou n t o f twh ee t th e- market; - s ta m yo a f r p k r eets this; nm a t n loy d n t a eh s x, pmtehac they y y aa o ir f iev t e t v e o,. : : market. The feeling of the ultimate upshot of price 9 0 but one, i.e., that they must go higher; and no doubt I t shall have extend e d limits from the Stat es b y the ned 11'- ~g-steamer, steamer, for by the l as t a d v i ces received in America tr this country, pri ces ru l e d at 46/ @ 48/, which have 5' advanced to 52/ @ 56/. The feeling still continues in favour of Sugar, anderi c6 6 a o r e 0 creeping d u i a p s d o a l i d l 40 S o i n ß c a e r b t a h3 o c e i s r , c a u t l a 3 r B/ th @ e re 42 h / a 6 v , e t, 1: tha grocers, and 200 Antiguas at 39/ @ 42/6 to the refin ergf I ' l which latt er i s a s i ngular and important feature in 0 trade, as refin ers generally take the lower description 5 ; • but in this in s t ance t h ey have given a price a shade highe r than the grocers. 2,000 b ags Bengal have been sold rather higher prices, and 50/ has been refused for Cossl l pores. Molasses are i n very good inquiry, hut stocks ..e exceedingly light. Rum is quiet. There is rather re% inquiry for Rice : s ome o f t h e b ought-in lot at Litt ledale,,o sale has been sold a t 10/3 . T ea is firm, but quiet : opinion in London i s , th a t pr i ces will be no lower, ill. that some little i m p rovement may be expected. , have nothing new to report in Plantation Coffee, wait the coming seaso n f or th e arr i val of supplies from '., t maica and Ceylon ; b u t w i t h respect to Foreign, scarce, and in good d eman d , wh i ch as the export seas° a , goes on will doubtl ess i ncrease. The Saltpetre on market is limited in amount, with a good inquiry ; has been refused for 3 per cent. refraction. There ar e rorObuesrtsgtouacklitoiefsß; aunttderotdheeCrrkeninsedss,, extensive buyers of Nitrate at Ils. 9d., but 12s. is ge l ''' . rally asked for good quality. THE PROVISION TRADES demand IRis so extensively noticed, are in fair request, but at som e what irregular prices. Bacon gives place to the A rneric'r article; and Lard is very slow of sale. Irish letters Wl' " Butter has nearly closed for the season." AMERICAN. —Messrs. Black, Barnes, and Whittinglo,. °2 state, that " the business in Lard has been limited, Wi t i out change in price, buyers operating cautiously at prese° rates. A moderate retail demand for Pork at quotation!' but Beef is neglected. Bacon has commanded more tention, principally low-priced and middling, for the Irish market, but the better descriptions met less inquiry Hams in good demand, at steady prices. No Shoulder s here. The small quantity of Cheese offering goes off L a' full rates." A letter from Waterford states that " tu ° demand for American provisions seems daily to b e on the increase; the stocks on hand, which are trifling, movie" althoughwtwith sg goonocit off at a figure leaving a fair margin to realize on. " LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON MONEY MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The market is ;n a depressed condition. Cons•ls opened morning at 92i to for money and to-more, vf, at the letter 4 which rates business was actually transacted ; nut they are Dort marked only at 924- to 4, showing a fall of per cent. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. There was very little English Wheat fresh up this m0r 11111 ... by land carriage s amp l es f rom the near counties, and the dition of most was inferior to that of last week . ; the sale.s l „, slow at a decline of I s . t o 2s. per qr. Fine choice Dantilf aI Rostock Wheat could not be purchased on better terms, b u re a secondary and inferior d escr i pt i ons of foreign Wheat we ,f heavy sale, at a red uc ti on o f Is. to 2s. per qr. The price town-made Flour was unaltered, but ship and country branuf were the turn cileaper. Barley in moderate supply, an d its value was maintained. Oats were taken by the dealers wi tli extreme caution, at last week's prices, in ex pectation of a WO/ be quoted lower, a lth ough the inquiry was supply of foreign bei ng near at hand. Beans and Peas nano° Creme. limited in the a<' ----- SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET:YESTERDAY. We have had a larger supply of Beasts, and an unfavourau,'" dehualln,gaenidn i t t he is w w e i a t t h he g r r ; eat in consequence , trade t tr la ad te e a is uo e t x a e t ee ion di s n a P r.. i maintain.a . unsoia. Tne number of SheeP 7/' larger than we have had for a considerable time. The demat t is very limited, and prices have fallen about 2d. per Sibs. ; n: can a clearance be effected. Calves meet with a dull sale, Friday's quotations. Trade is slow for Pigs, at rather lovi vt e r rates. From Germany and Holland there are 259 Beasts, Sheep, and 77 Calves ; Norfolk and Suffolk, 2,500 Beasts, a Scotland, 200. Captain Joseph Johnston, of this port, and late o f the, ship Columbia, has receiv e d f rom her Majesty a beautifel silver medal commemorative of his being present a t O r ; engagement between the Sh annon an d Chesapeake. -SS believe that Mr. Johnston is now almost the only survive' of that memorable occurrence. VESTRY MEETING AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Thursdel l last, a meeting of th e ra t epayers was held in St. Marl. Church, called by the overseers in consequence of a recl lll sition presented to them, for the purpos e o f adopting- mom'„l an property o et w eer r toe rents of £6 which shall be let for less periods than yearly. API Mortimer, senior overseer, was called to the chair ; after the business had been opened, and th e chairman had asked whether the requisitionists had anything to p r opose; Mr. Robert Hughes then stepped forward, and stare that the owners of property had considered the question maturely, and h a d t a k en the best advice the time would permit on the subject, the result of which was that they had come to the determination of handing to the chair Mal: a protest against the l ega lit y o f t h e meet i ng. Mr. Hug l i C then handed a paper to th e chairman, whichwas read u/4 Mr. Harw oo d.—M r. C raven (formerly of Wakefield) sak i it was a waste of time to discuss such a subject as the le' gality of the meeting, and begged of the chairman to pro' ceed to business.—The Ch a i rman sa id h e was threaten with legal proceedings, and that he should be personally responsible for the cost of such proceedings ; he therefor e requested that the requisitionists would either indemnify him, or that some ono of them would take the chair. — rf Mr. Craven begged of the chairman, " like a good fellow, to remain and hear the discussion on the resolutions' —Mr. Bailiff said he came to the meeting f o r the purpose of hearing the question fairly discussed 01 both sides. He confessed h e di d not understan d it, and came to the meeting to learn.—A scene 0 ; confusion here ensued very disgraceful for such place, and in the course of which the Chairman Ie l " the chair. A ratepayer proposed Mr. T. B. Gelbornef one of the requisitionists, should take the chair, but ape , ' ther called out that h e was l eav i ng the building. The whole_... list of requisitio n i s t s was then read over, but o n ly aim or four were pre sen t, an d as none of those had the CO!l# rage to take the chair, the parties present left the church and the meeting broke up. LIVOOL TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1149. PRINTED AND PUBLID EVERY TUESDAY M SHE ORNIN By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, as* LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4. ST. Gsoasz's CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL. BIRKENHEAD ; TODHUNTER, Chester-street ; LAW Ail. 1p PINKNEY, Argyle-street; OSBOR NE , Ch ester-street ; QIIIFFITH, Hamilton-street. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. 4i ADVANCE. 183. 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