The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-24 00:00:00

S „ TO CORRESPONDENTS. 1 to Dublin and from Dublin to Live In our notice of the consec ra ti on o f W a l ton Breck Church last communication with the Post-officitransmitted their views to the T r week, we erroneously st a t e d th a t t h e R ev. Mr. Lawrence had been presented to the perpetual curacy. We ought to will • acquiesce in them :—that the have said the Rev. Mr. Lomas. livery with you on Sunday mornin --- _______ ______ should not be detained he r e a ll f. Eiji kibrupool Manbarb. spatched so as to secure you a A livery; and that they expected - -.- arrengements, so far as letters are TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1849. same facilities via Holyhead as eu direct packet from Liverool so We fully e x p ec t e d i n t hi s d ay ' s publication to despatch and morning deliv p ery , in e have been enabled to lay before our readers the " Yours, whole of, or copious extracts from, the Report of (Signed,) the En g i neers , Messrs. Newlands and Simpson " Fenton'sHotel, St. James's-st ; , appointed to exam i ne t h e sc h eme of Mr. llawkesley A memorial on the subje c t has 20th April, 1849." for bringin g a supp l y o f water i nto the town from Rivington Pik e . O w i ng to some circumstances, the proper quarter from th e G u however,—w e b e li eve th e diffi cu l t nature of some of it is expected that a d e p u t a ti the calculatio ns requ i re d t o b e gone into,—the Council will shortly p rocee d Report is not as y e t i n a s t a t e t o b e b rought before matter is also receiving it s d ue the public, and will not be so until S a t ur d ay. Chester, Leeds, and o th er t owns Its main featur es , h owever, we believe, are the inhabitants are di s p ose d t o following. M essrs. N ewlands and Simpson give resisting so gross a n aggress i o - an unqualified con d emnat i on of the Rivington ... .... J Seiler '- • : Lnd . tatp , •,, -..„.. : 4 ---- : -Li_ Tur. nrnoppinntro ~P Os- - , were in other respects a desirable one , it could it not even be executed for less than nearly double Mr. Hawkeslev's esti- ❑enr views, however, are. P ~f•d to equally opp we are informed, rely upon a local , _he scheme suggested in their Report proposes to use both local and ex In inc traneou sunDIN It is recommended that the principal sta tion of ti Water C sl ...... could he the Green Lane Works, and that the other wells should be discontinued working. It is also proposed greatly to enlarge the Kensington reservoir, and to form two additional ones at Windsor and Ever ton, to be filled from the Green-lane works. Thus far the supply would be dependent upon the yield of the red sandstone; but it is con templated to put in requisition the water of the river Alt, which is to be brought by a tunnel, or large chamber, to the Green-lane works. By these arrangement. Li.. cli g inctio cw p er.,b to lao o.blo 4-n give a supply of twenty, thirty, or, if required, forty millions of gallons daily to the town. We do not, of course, pledge ourselves here to precise accuracy of detail. The general features of the scheme, however, are pretty nearly as we have stated them. It is a little startling, after the long controversy which has taken place upon this subject, and the mass of scientific opinion which has been brought to bear upon it, to find that we are still somewhat at sea. We have now three full-grown Richards in the field, and have yet to find which is the real king. In the meantime, it will not be very plea sant to the community to be informed that one of these, the Pike project, which has just received an unqualified condemnation from Messrs. Newlands and Simpson, has already cost us in outlay of money a sum exceeding a hundred thousand pounds ! Water inquiries and the quarrels of engineers are rather expensive amusements. THE treatment which the largest provincial towns of the empire receive at the hands of govern ment, as compared with that of the metropolis, is strikingly unjust. Is there an object of conve nience, luxury, or ornament which can be suggested for London, a minister at once puts his hand into the pocket of the public to supply it ; whereas we provincials are not even allowed to enjoy what our own energy and enterprise have succeeded in cre ating for ourselves, if once the greedy eye of Lon don is turned in our direction, The postal arrange ments throughout the whole kingdom meditate the convenience of London alone. A retired spinster at Hackney or Richmond is an object of greater interest with the officials of St. Martin's-le-Grand than a population of a hundred thousand souls, creating that wealth of which the nation boasts, in the unaristocratic localities of Bolton or Stockport, Manchester or Glasgow. The demands of the f Yorkshire, Lancashire, or Cheshire, in the balance when weighed COMME are as e against those of rLel watering pla A few years ago, on their first b c, --- metropolitan suburb, or a chan- no - start We urged the powerful claims of Liverpool as the port of starting and destination of the West India Mail steamers. We had at our backs the commerce of the manufacturing districts of Lancashire, York shire, and Cheshire, and within a few hours sail of the commerce and manufactures of Glasgow and the north of Scotland. The whole of Ireland was within easy reach of our docks ; and we were per fecting a chain of railways from all parts of the united kingdom, towards this port as their eentre. We had, moreover, already shown, by the success of our admirably managed Halifax and Boston steamers, that we were in possession not only of the facilities required for the conducting of our communications with the colonies, but of the en terprise and experience required to ensure efficiency. It was an acknowledged fact too, that a greater stake in the prosperity and commerce of our West Indian possessions was held in the north of Eng land and in Scotland than in the rest of the king ' Our appeals on that, as on all similar occasions, were made in vain. The convenience of Downing-street, and the interest of a few railway proprietors, outweighed the claims of a nation's commerce, and Southampton was the post selected for the mails in question. Another blow, still more glaringly uncalled for and unjust, is about to be dealt against us, in the withdrawal from our port of the Irish mails, and their transfer to Holyhead under a stringent railway monopoly. We should have thought that our very po sition alone was sufficient to insure us the facilities which the Dublin Mail affords for our vast commercial intercourse with the sister coun try. But no; Holyhead offers a little shorter route for honourable gentlemen proceeding to and from their parliamentary duties. It is a little nearer to Downing-street and the Government offices; and perhaps the directors of the Chester and Holyhead Railway possess a little interest in those quarters. The immense passenger traffic and correspondence of Liverpool and the district at its back must pro ceed to Dublin via Holyhead. Not a single ground of complaint, worthy of notice, has ever been urged against the existing route. The Dublin Mail steamers are of the very best class•of vessels. Their swiftness and regularity have been proverbial. We have provided for them, and are increasing that provision, every facility and convenience which skill and outlay of money can effect; but we have no backstairs influence to back our claims to con sideration with the Government and the Post office. The fiat has already gone forth; and in a few weeks the job will have been completed, of which Liverpool and the manufacturing dis tricts are to be the victims. We may receive Ireland's shoals of paupers and beggars; but her respectable gentry, her landlords, and her legisla tors are to be assisted to "pass on the other side," of the wrotoheancaa their h and aig We should really imagine that it will not require much more to stir up the inhabitants of this im portant locality to the necessity of commencing a vigorous struggle for their just share of the con sideration of Government. Every paltry rotten borough which contributes to swell the tail of a minister, or a leader of the opposition, has its demands for accommodation of various kinds promptly acceded to. No town of any 'considera tion is overlooked, systematically, like oursel ves , _ _ in the arra ements of the post-office and other Government departments. What place, for in stance, would have tolerated for a month the and harassing postal arrangements miserable A present between Liverpool and Glas gow—the manufacturing metropolis of Scot land ? We venture to say, none ; and we would suggest to our fellow-townsmen, that they should at once lay aside their supineness under intolerable insults and injury, and make their voice be heard at the seat of Government. Surely, a port which returns nearly four millions per annum of Customs revenue, and whose tonnage exceeds that of London, has a just right to have all its reasonable claims listened to with attention. Since the preceding remarks were in type, we have had placed before us the following letter from Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P. for the Southern Division of the County, to a friend in Liverpool, which, although not at all satisfactory as to the question of the Holyhead mail, affords evidence that the Government will be found "squeezable," if the required amount of public opinion be brought to bear upon them : existing " My Dear Sir,—ln consecittence of a wish expresed from Liverpool and other towns by some parties not to have a delivery of letters on Sunday, and by others that all foreign letters should be despatched from this on Sun day evening, that would give you a delivery ou Monday morning, in place of Tuesday, and not lose a day by lying in the Post-office here, and a remonstrance from Liver pool against allowing a contract to expire next month for the transmission of the mail every evening from Liverpool to Dublin and from Dublin to Liverpool, I have been in communication with the Post-office authorities, who have transmitted their views to the Treasury, who, I believe, will' acquiesce in them :—that there thould be one de livery with you on Sunday morning; that foreign mails should not be detained here all Sunday night, but de spatched so as to secure you a Monday morning's de livery; and that they expected to be able to effect arrengements, so far as letters are concerned, to give the same facilities via Holyhead as are now enjoyed by the direct packet from Liverpool, securing a late evening despatch and morning delivery in each place as now. " Yours, very truly, " WM. BROWN. street, London, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Africa, and America to be imported (with certain revenue law exceptions,) for use in this country from any country in Europe by either a British ship or a ship of the country from which such goods are last imported, provided similar privileges are granted to British ships by such foreign country, otherwise solely in British ships. LIVERPOOL GOVERNESSES INSTITUTION. Mr. Bainbrigge delivered his lecture on behalf of this object last night, at the theatre of the Collegiate In stitution, to one of the most respectable audiences we ever witnessed on such an occasion. The Rev: Arch deacon Brooks was in the ehair,`, and on the platform we observed Major-General Sir Wm. Warre, the Revds. F. Parry, J. Baylee, Dr. Hume, H. Jones, S. Fenton, Dr. Carpenter, D. D. Stewart, and J. Headlam ; Edward Cropper, T. B. Horsfall, J. E. Naylor, C. Rawdon, W. Clare, Netland Tory, E. Batty, H. Stolterfoht, Hugh Neill, Charles Inman, John Clow, J. S. Kirkpatrick, R. Crossley, R. V. Yates, W. Nicol, C. Cotesworth, W. Rathbone, W. Wainwright, A. Hodgson, and R. Duck worth, Esqrs. ; D r . S co tt, D r . V ose, D r. N ottingham, and r. John Gray Sandie. When the lecturer entered the theatre he was loudly applauded. He began by directing attention to the fact that although mothers are appointed by nature as the instructors of children, there are many circumstances liable to occur which prevent their performing their duties in this capacity. There is, consequently, a substitute requisite, whose social position must be on a level with that of the parent, in order that the with extra reshipping ch arges , i nsurance , i n t eres t , an d education of the children m a y b e e ff ec ti ve l y con d ucted, He also noticed the too painful truth, that the tendency i'HE proceedings of the meeting of proprietors transit freight • as well might the proprietors of the Lon 9forsotcilety had been to degrade the governess, and that of railway stock, held on Monday last at the don and North Western Railway take alarm, and apply h te attainments,taunt and an co d nt a u cc fn mpli t s o h w m i e li n c t i s l w ae re h n a (d) Clarendon-rooms, on the subject of the unequal topliam f ent fo l r d a bill to protect them against the com= Rating of Railways, have, we are glad to see, petition he n se the are ()the m m a o il d Lac t h io a n lo s ng ro the lo o r ld i nwocitichhroltdr.es.shield hitherto been subjected. Such col - Aida tended to depress attracted in the minds of the public at large the pectfully submit might be made in d i m existing laws, but the energies of the governess, and render her services less attention which they deser v e. Th e f ac t s, as s t a t e d cannot, I apprehend, be introduced in the government bill, efficient. Th e scan ty remunerat i on, w hi ch her straitened by the various speake rs , di sc l ose a case o f h ar d s hi p, if any word b ut ` Whereas' is allowed to remain. " circumstan ces o ft en compe ll e d h er to accept, placed her obliged defenceless position with regard to her empl o y er , an d e v g e rn r s i i• n o m m I t la n y o i t n o g n n y p t n o n p y r t r i e n n g t n a g n a r i l l o i syta sick i c o e i nbs s e ut ment can refuse to redress. It can never h ave b een wh o w i s h t o h ave th e w h o l e su bj ect placed Intel- pr within the contemplation of the legislature that ligibly before them. It is concise and unanswerable, or old age. In his dis course th e l ec t urer h a d t h ree o b jects in view: these works should b e t axe d upon an amount greater than their actual va l ue t o l et. W e t reat a ll EXCHANGE NEWS -ROOM, MONDAY EVENING. first—to establish an instit u ti on f or governesses, which o. 7 t llalidn obtained d irr i iisli them with such advantages as could not be other property erected upon the soil in this manner. The general feeling among commercial men on 'Change tenance at ntheanleyasott,av i f i r ledoetnucree lectures o n n d sn s If a mill, or a village, is built within a parish, such is one of gloom at the almost inexplicable dullness of possible s7l y e , cost, vlz' main erections are rated at their tenantable value ; and t t rad an e. d w N e o m d s ou e b x t theeet no o anish a n ff n a e ir t has much to do with tific and useful subjects; a library, and to provide means we never think of inquiry into the profit derived this vexatious y que p stion is settled. lilei c re eo p a r a o r v e em opoo untiluord for cultivating the theory and practice of music under by the occupiers f rom th e emp l oyment i n them of Palmerston for his the best maste r s. S econ d—t o f oun d a training college inattention t o so i mportant a despatch for those inte n di ng t o b e governesses, whether they may his capital, or his skill, w hi c h, h owever, i s not the as that lately received from Copenhagen, and unopened mode in which railway property has been dealt with by him for the space of three days, has not been removed 1 belong f t? :, large families, whose parents have not the pro throughoutby his f unsatirtictory explanation ; his usual _indifferent vsrauctaloip d e e i n ng ri te2olr e v h e . ! .. ache the z i, c el i ll ? ers z ar c i in t, c i li .; the country. Our parishes and vestries U have assessed not only embankments and rails, to "' make r in p atL n rs g wOrse.siThe coar ges tion market is isidParrsoa occupation from unforeseen adversity. Third—to have an bridges and tunnels, but carrying stock, locomo- affected by the intelligence received by the Canada of annuity fund for the reception of the small savings of tives, and every other a r ti c l e emp l oye d i n t h e rail- continued large receipts at the shipping ports, which, al- governesses, so that they, i n th e d ec li ne o f lif e, may be way proprietors' trade, whether it has been a losing though she brought considerable orders for manufactured whateversecure m want. roth The profits of the institution, from or a gaining trade. Just as legitimately, as was e g e o i o v d e s d , and f t r o crable ha advices had previously been re- ' the benev:lenntefunedy, m w T a r oi b i w d i e l ly e ed d , e a v r o e te ts li! o e r ans o lie s d n to remarked by one of the speakers, might the coaches, the from valueo; the raw East, in ate d ria tl l ie n e n ff d ef n t ?‘fisfnuoritlhosetredreprrieosessinol. port of unemployed or aged governesses. A register 1 ;o " be kept for governesses when unemployed. horses, and other requisites for locomotion, in the both goods and yarns are tending decidedly downwards.P At the conclusion of the lecture, and amidst tlse warmest time of the old system of conveyance upon our On Saturday no improvement was developed here ; turnpike roads, have been assessed, as the amount t°-dav we have to report a good inquiry ; but as our au- T r a o n h i d e e s a t o a o ti n onlo o f o r s proval o b so y d th a e m ot eeti o n f g, the Venerable invested in stock in trade upon the present railways. t t tit i w e s e a m re a at v v e a n r t i v a r n e ce a as to the tereency . of prices, we Bainbrigge for his gre P a r tne P xertions s in behalf of thisthanks a to oo M om r._ We would guard the gentlemen, however, who could be sea y rcely a shadnenionraneirseencey that e s i a t y h i e n r g ws present would attend the public meeting to be held at the are now very properly agitating this question, sales are 6000 bales, about 1500 fors peculation andyexport. Medical Institution at two o'clock, on Tuesday next, and against leading the public and themselves into an Bullion to the extent of nearly half a million has been which would then be error by ad captandum statements. It is not, for already exported to the States, and probably one million 1 submittedea.di ly7O-ro co-operate o th va e l scheme example, any conclusive argument that the present more may go t L r bi t i o t an export to this extent, or even The talented lecturer r carried with him (as he deserved be desired than dreaded,. with the rating is unjust, that "in one parish, the total pgresenielass rather ofi to do), throughout his highly interesting address the cor acreagein America,our money . market,. as it would putl dial sympathy of his intelligent and numerous audience. of which is 1,660, a railway company pays matters eas y y and improve things there. for 20 acres £3,482, or more than half the total There have been very few transactions in the Share POLICE COURT. I' ESTERDAY. assessment of £6,165." Such a rating m i g ht b e market du r i ng th e past week, and, excepting in Midland -- perfectly consistent with fair ness, a lth oug h we h ave half-sha res , h ar dl y any fl uctuation in prices. The closing ROBBERY FR OM A DWE LLING - HOUSE. — A man named Michael Mullen was . charged with having stolen, little doubt that the contrary is the fact. The trices of this evening are the same as on this day week 4, Midland 75,@ 6 Mr Hudson's on Saturday, a shawl, a shirt, two pairs of boots and amount expended by the company within that having o resignedn s t ock 1 2 chair 3 th of the Midlands has not yet had several other articles, in all of the value of £3, from ' the parish, if laid out in any other manner, in the much effect on the price of them. On the fact first being house of Mr. Zackarey, cooper, of Soho-place, whose wife there keeps a butcher's shop. It appears that the pri &c.,erection of mills, houses, the working of collieries, announced they were somewhat firmer, but this did not last. soner was known as a hawker of earthenware, and had fre might have created property equal in value to tly been about the premises. No clue was found the railway works, and fairly rateable at that value. Our market ( T t a o rk o e o t n t for Sco o tchPi until ., - tghelrl3andsl very flat, and set- to 1 1 P to ne the depredator until a girl was seen in the streets with ex The grievance properly to be complained of consists tied. We quote I t i ld/ s 6 (q), 47/ for nalisxel d qinie n s m itn ers i , s s n e nd one of the missing gowns on her back, which her mother, in the fact that railways are not rated merely upon No. 1 Gartsherrie at 49/ ® 50/, f.o.b. at Glasgow. it was shown, had purchased, and it did not appear that it their value as property, but upon an arbitrary On Saturday 2000 ma t s M aur iti us S ugar were so ld at was th e pr i soner w h o h a d so ld i t. R e had, however given to assumed value, det erm i ne d b y t h e amount of their rather lower prices ; l ow w hit e B enares are more i nqu i red hi s l an dl a d y a d ress m i ssed from the house, and several receipts as trading companies. And the worst for, but have beco me very scarce . I n C o ff ee t h ere i s pawn tickets were founduponT i m oh fo h r some of the articles feature of their positi on i s th e c i rcumstance that, ar t e tle ad s y t e ir r r t i i n se g c i f2ooroorubeasgdsayofAClsoystalsßtica, N t o per r a hin P g e fu n r v t i h n e; He brought a witness, 4ho o s r ard he had c n o n u r l o t a s o oetdascocmo some of under our present parochial system, they appear to in Molasses since the weekly circular, R um con ti nues the articles in the street in exchange for mugs. He had have no means of protecting themselves from neglected, but prices are maintained. Saltpetre and Ni before been brought no for stealing clothes, and had but unjust treat men t a t th e h an d s of the parish boards, trate are less inquired f or , an d p r i ces are a s h a d e eas i er. recently b een let loose after a long imprisonment. He appeal to the magi s t ra t es a t quar t er sess i ons b eing, was sent for trial. in most cases, att en d e d w ith no reme di al result. IMPRACTICABIL ITY OF OBTAINING A PER PICKING POCKETS. William Bradburn, a littl e We trust that, no chubby-faced boy, of from eleven to twelve y ears o f age , w that the abuse is about to be MANENT RISE IN THE CORN MARKET. was charged by Mrs. Catherine McCosland, (whose hus fairly grappl e d w ith , th e necess i ty of some legisla- band is master of one of the docks)• with pickin g h er tive meas ure on th e su bj ect w i ll b e acknowledged. pocket of a sovereign and a half-sovereign, i n M r . c a - The parties i n t eres t e d i n t h e we lf are of this new d mu's toy shop, St. James's-street, on Saturd a y. Com species of pr o p er t y are an i n fl uent i al class, and have plainant felt prisoner's hand in her pocket, and on chal lenging him, he threw down the money on the groun d, deserved well of th e commun i ty at l arge. They and endeavoured to escape, but was given into custody ask for no more than strict justice. They seek to through the activity of some persons present. He had throw off their own s h ou ld ers no l eg i t i mate bur- but a short time ago been re le ase d f rom a serv it u d e i n prison for a similar offence. He was committed f or t r i a l. then ; and their c l a i ms are en ti t l e d to an i mpartial ,d can did consideration. Margaret Evans, for picking th e p oc k e t o f Eli za b et h McGregor, on Saturday, of 7s. 6d., was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—WiIIiam Jennings and Tebay, for stealing a door-mat from the outside of the door of a house in Warwick-street, where it had incau tiously been left by the servant, were committed, the first for one month and the other two months,—the latter being an old offender. " The second amendment restores what I contend Lord Dalhousie illegally deprived British shipowners of, viz., the coasting, or what is generally known as the country trade, of India, hitherto retained as an exclusive right. " The third and fourth confer exiended privileges to our colonies and the colonial legislature. The latter will enable the Canadians to make Montreal and Quebec free ports for the produce of the upper lakes, as Quebec is now a free port from the seaboard, to receive the ships and produce of all nations. The repeal of the navigation laws cannot benefit Canada, or in the least compensate for the withdrawal of national protection. This is now admitted by the Canadians themselves. " I do not further notice the fears of those who ground their objections to these modifications on the score of risk to the direct long voyage ; for it must be self-evident that with freights at Calcutta only 4s. per cwt., and from our colonies at 2s. 6d. to 3s. per cwt., no foreign vessel can compete successfully, by a circuitous continental route, A memorial on the subject has been forwarded to the proper quarter from the Guardian Society, and it is expected that a deputation from the Town Council will shortly proceed to London. The matter is also receiving its due attention in Man chester, Leeds, and other towns, whose influential inhabitants are disposed to assist this port in resisting so gross an aggression. Brunswick-street, Monday. The buoyancy reported last week has already dis played symptoms of settling down, not only in our own market and the neighbouring towns, but in distant dis trict,', altogether uninfluenced by the amount of our im ports. Manchester letters attribute to the oppression on the Liverpool market (occasioned by the heavy stock of American flour) the preponderating effect on the prices ruling in that town, and state that Friday's decline here had caused the enhanced rates obtainable during the week in their market to be barely maintained on Saturday. From Preston also, letters merely state that the improved feeling continued till Thursday, but report a slow drag ging sale on Saturday for Wheat, at the prices of that day se'nnight, although in that town and Manchester an advance on most other articles is quoted on the week, the upward movement of the previous days having partially evaporated in the sober deliberations on market-day wierelore, wnicn oecomes apparent is, that while a rise on recent prices is every where evi dent, an indisposition on the part of buyers to purchase largely at present has produced a dulness at the close of the week, the markets on the east coast of England hav ing been in a great measure influenced by the increased supplies of farmers' Wheat and Oats. In London, to-day, although Wheat of home growth was in short supply, very little life was observable in the trade, and some difficulty was experienced in obtaining Monday's currency for English Wheat, whilst Foreign was the turn lower, and Flour moved slowly at late rates ; but floating cargoes of Indian Corn were held at full terms. Our market is a little less active to-day than at the close of the week. Indian Corn is, however, fully as dear, owing to the advanced rates obtainable in all the Irish markets, and a good attendance of purchasers from Ireland being: expected at our Corn-Exchange to-morrow; other articles are pretty steady, but if anything prices are rather giving way for Flour. The Liverpool statistics for the five days ending Satur day stand as follow : THE third reading of the bill for the repeal of the Navigation Laws was fixed to come onlast night; and, of course, so far as the House of Commons is con cerned, it is tolerably certain of being carried, the only doubtful point being the strength of the majority in its favour. The real battle will have to be fought in the Lords; and, pending its introduction to that House, It is not difficult to see already tne tactics likely to be resorted to by its promoters to warp their lordships' judgment. The following, which we take from the London Times of yesterday, is, doubtless, only the first of a series of articles of a mixed persuasive and minatory character, with which the known objections of a portion of their body to any course which bears the semblance of going contra to the personal wishes of the Sovereign, or inflicting upon her inconvenience, will be endeavoured to be worked upon VEIVICE FOR BURIAL SOCIETIES.—An elderly man, named William Roberts, was charged by William Gavig -11(1111, MAU ULU." orraucLo ul - uic OE,. dune Burial Society," with having obtained money belonging to that club under false pretences. Gavigham stated that the club was established in 1847, but was not legalised until November last. The prisoner had been a member and a collector from contributors, but he was expelled from the society and collectorship by a resolution of the committee of the 11th December, according to an entry in the book, which was produced. Mr. Rushton enquired by which`of the rules of the society the prisoner was ex pelled, and was shown a printed copy of the rule as passed, and referred to the sixth and seventh rules. The magis trate, having read these, said he found that they embodied no power whatever to the committee to expel a member, but only to fine him. The rules, as usual, indeed, were not so framed as to protect the property of the society , from invasion, and no summary vote of the commit tee could under them enable them to expel a mem ber. Words should have been inserted to the effect that "if any member did not conduct himself properly, or withheld any moneys belonging to the society," &c., he might be expelled ; but here there was nothing of the kind. The whole mass of the rules of such clubs, indeed, required a revision. It appeared, too, that the prisoner had been dismissed as collector by the committee, accord ing to an entry " that after he had received notice to collect moneys, he should cease to do so," &c., the word " not" before the word " collect" being omitted by a blun der. It further appeared that the prisoner had, according to a resolution of the committee, delivered up his collecting book, but that he had afterwards collected sums from two parties (2d. a week) up to the 27th February, and the 11th March respectively, and also that he had issued some new tickets to the parties. It came out, however, that he had not obtained the tickets surreptitiously, but that one of the complainants, who had succeeded him, had employed him as his assistant in collecting, and had given him the tickets, he, the complainant alluded to, (McMann,) not knowing where to find the members to be called upon. Mr. Rushton said, that it appeared from this that the prisoner had acted as agent for McMann even up to the 15th January last, long after he (prisoner) had been dismissed, and in direct opposition to the resolution of the committee. He (Mr. Rushton) had, therefore, no, other course left but to dismiss the case. He also re marked that in the book of rules it was stated generally that the society should be conducted "on the most approVed principles," which was very vague wording,— for who was to define what were to be considered " the most approved principles ?" BRUTAL ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.— A man, named Henry Shepherd, a stonemason from Cheshire, complained of an ill-favoured youth, named William Carney, and a girl of the town, named Mary Ann Jones, who, he said, had on Saturday, while he was the worse for liquor, vio lently assaulted him, and robbed him of his bundle of clothes, three halfcrowns, &c., in Spital-fields. The cona plateau', was dreadfully battered about the head and face, which were bound and plastered up. When found ho was insensible, and he could not swear to the male prisoner, but ample evidence was adduced against both the offen ders. It appeared that he had been in search of lodgings for the night, and that when applying to a female in the street, the woman Jones went up to him, and said she would take him to a proper place. She was afterwards heard - to say to Carney, "He has money ; don't leave him." They then assaulted and robbed him, finally thrusting him down the steps of a cellar, at the bottom of which he was found as he had fallen, head, downwards. The male prisoner was seen to strike him violently with an umbrella when he was down, and one of the boots he (pri soner) had on at the time was produced, and was stained with blood. Besides clothing and money, complainant was robbed of a penknife and pencil-case. The female prisoner's shawl was also stained with blood. The man called for a wit ness to prove an alibi, but no one appeared. Some of the i articles were found, and were traced totthe prisoners, who, ' were both committed for trial. SERIOUS CASE OF STABBING.—Thomas Carr, a very stout sailor belonging to the American ship Shanandoah, appeared to prefer a charge against a shipmate named James Welsh, of having stabbed him with a knife.. It appeared that they had had some words on Sunday at the lodging-house where they stopped, during the time they were at the- dinner-table. In the company there was an old man whom the prisoner shook, and threatened to strike. Complainant told the prisoner he was as much to blame as the old man, and should not strike him. Upon this prisoner picked up a plate which he threw at the com plainant, who warded it off with his hand. He then struck at complainant, who said he would not fight on Sunday, and left the house to avoid further disturbance. Yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, complainant went into the forecastle of the vessel, where he found the pri soner asleep an his bunk. The men's breakfast being ready, he (as was usual amongst them) shook him, to waken him, and told him to come. Prisoner said if he did so again he should rue it, and sprung upon him with a knife, inflicting a wound in his left arm two inches long and half an inch deep. Complainant gave him into custody. The circumstances were corroborated by others of the crew. The prisoner denied that he bad done it. Prisoner had also threatened to other parties that he would take com plainant's life. It was ascertained that the ship was about to proceed to sea, but would return in about three months. Mr. Rushton committed the prisoner for trial at the next assizes. - . " The third reading of the navigation bill comes on this evening. As far as the House of Commons is con cerned the bill is safe enough, but in the lords the discus sion has yet to begin ; and the opponents of the bill will, of course, take care that it shall proceed to the lords endorsed with the smallest possible majority. What is to be gained by a rejection in the lords we do not quite know. Perhaps their lordships themselves, such as wish to reject it, have no other objectin view than to damage the govern ment, and try another shuffle of the political cards. As a class, the lords are not so likely as the commons to be warped by their prejudices or interests in favour of the present navigation laws. As they are not shipowners, their interest in the question is that of the nation at large. Unless, therefore, they should wish to send her Majesty once more adrift on the world in search of a ministry, we are inclined to expect that they will let the bill pass, and that any further resistance now made in the commons will be altogether fruitless. The question of party is so distinct from the intrinsic merits of the bill, that we will take the liberty of confining ourselves to the latter just now, leaving parties alone." The gist of the paragraph is contained in the two lines marked in italics. The peers are to abstain from the exercise of their constitutional privileges, for fear of the Whigs being driven to incommode her Majesty by a resignation. It is all but insinuated that her Majesty will feel such a loss personally; that the measure is one on which she has set her own mind. But, if we have read aright the speech from the throne, the measure in question is a very different one from that which she recommended to the attention of her Parliament; and any alteration in the existing system was to be made under certain specified conditions, which left to both Houses a distinct right of exercising their unbiassed judgment. The doctrine put forth by the Times is one which, coming from any other than the Whig oracle of a Whig administration, would he treated as pointing to a most unconsti tutional stretch of prerogative. The evident object of the Times is to drive the House of Lords into a false position, by inducing them to pass the preamble of the bill, or to con sent to its being read a second time, with a view to purge it in committee of some of its most dangerous features. We find some very able remarks, in deprecation of such a course of concession by their lordships, in a letter addressed to Lord Stanley, which has just been published by Mr. Henry Cleaver Chapman, of this town. The writer says— Imports :—Wheat, 1298 qrs. ; Barley, 1299 qrs. ; Malt, 1574 qrs. ; Oats, 1155 qrs, ; Beans, 1962 qrs. ; Pease, 20 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 9623 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 1357 Ms. ; Flour, 2140 sks. 4000 brls. Exports :—Wheat, 2863 qrs.; Barley, 173 qrs. ; Oats, 25 qrs. ; Beans, 144 qrs.; Pease, 88 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 20,890 qrs.; In dian Corn Meal, 1265 brls. ; Oatmeal, 101 Ids. ; Flour, 271 sks. 8761 brls. The extraordinary weather prevalent for some time has doubtless had an extensive influence in promoting the value of grain; but we have evidence to the effect that, about forty-five years ago, winter only terminated with April, whilst May was ushered in by bright sunny, weather, and the year never looked back until the land teemed with a luxurious harvest. We must ad- mit that where the Potatoes are forward, they hare cer tainly received some injury. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.—TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.—On Saturday last, Mr. Frederick Iliff, son of Dr. Iliff, late head master of the Royal Institution School in this town, and Mr. Lightfoot, formerly a pupil of the same school, were elected to Scholarships in this College. MONUMENT TO MRS. HENRICHSON AND CHILDREN. —We inserted a letter last week respecting the erection of a fitting testimonial to mark the sorrow entertained by the inhabitants of this town that so many innocent vic tims should have been sacrificed within their precincts. It was, however, considered necessary to apply: first to the owners of the vessel in which Capt. Henrichson sailed, it being desirable that they should head the sub seription-list. This they declined to do, on the ground that by doing so they would be pandering to the morbid feelings already too prevalent at the present day, and thus the matter dropped. We cannot help thinking that a public demonstration of this kind would have had quite a contrary effect,. its object not being to exalt the culprit into unenviable notoriety, for his name itself might have been omitted,. and the monument would have stood as a lasting testimony of the due appreciation by the Liver pool people of the finest feelings of humanity. THE LATE CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUD OF 1600 BAGS COSTA RICA COFFEE AND 1100 MATS. MAURITIUS SUGAR.—The strong feeling of indignation amongst our merchants, that so comparatively little progress has yet been made in bringing parties to justice connected with this wholesale fraud, is more warmly expressed on 'Change than ever, more particularly as it is understood that the officials at the Custom-house, not wishing to clash with the police, have delayed the adoption of the decided measures which their vigilance would otherwise have dictated. There is a strong impression that in London there would have been no such delay, and that a Forrester would have made short work of it. The detective force, as we noticed last week, have been much engaged at the Sessions, but are now ¶more at liberty ; and it will be for them to show what they can do. That nearly three thousand packages, weighing 11- cwt. each, could be purloined out of a bonded warshouse, and sold, either here, in London, Dublin, or elsewhere, without the ultimate destination, and the party or parties eon. nected therewith, being known, would indeed be a very strange coincidence, and unworthy the character of the detective police of this large town. BRITISH AND NORTHAMERICAN ROYAL MAIL. STEAM SHIPS.—During the past year (1848) these unequalled vessels have made forty-four voyages each way across the Atlantic, making in all eighty-eight, and have carried 3955 passengers, namely, 1689 out and 2266 home. The average length of passage from Liverpool to Halifax was twelve days and two-and-a-half hours. The longest was that of the Britannia, inMarch, eighteen-and-a-half days. The shortest passages were as follow: " In the first place, I would respectfully submit that it is quite impossible to introduce any modifications in the Government Bill, because, as your lordship is fully aware, the preamble repeals all the fundamental principles of the existing laws. " Herein, I conceive, lies the difficulty of dealing with such a measure in the House of Lords. It so destroys the spirit of our ancient Navigation Laws as to prevent the introduction of modifications suited to existing neces sities and the altered position of our commercial relations with what may not be inaptly termed the " New Com mercial World," in which term 1 include the opening out of the India and China trades, caused by the abolition of the trading monopoly of the East India Company : and, secondly, the existence of trade with the United States, in the wonderful and rapid extension of its territories, population, wealth and power, under a fostering and pa ternal government. These States are separated only from British America by a mere conventional line of demar cation—their people are highly encouraged and protected in their industry, while our own subjects are abandoned to their own resources, and to the hard and unequal compe tition of Free Trade, in districts frozen up for six months in the year, and cut off from direct water carriage during that period with all other countries. Mr. Chapman proceeds to give a draft of four sections in a proposed act, which he conceives would have met all reasonable objections against the present system, and avoid rendering it neces sary to reject the Government measure altogether. As we have previously laid the most important of these before our readers, we shall content ourselves with giving here, what will be far more intelligible to the bulk of the public, the writer's explanation of the mode'of their operation ! " I will merely remark that No. 1 consolidates the 2d, 3d, 4th, and sth clauses of the present laws Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 88. It will permit the produce of Asia, Liverpool to Halifax, the Europa, in October to Boston, the America, in June... n to N. York, the Europa, in October Halifax to Boston, the Niagara, in December. to New York, the Europa, in April... to Liverpool, the Niagara, in July ... Boston to the ~ in N.York to the America, in N0v..... -- to Halifax, the Europa, in November. 53 Boston to the u in August — 3O The America has made the best running outwards of the four new boats, her average passage to Halifax having been ten days two-and-a-half ours ; Europa's ten days four-and- a - quarter hours; Niagara's four-and-three-quar ter hours. Th e C anada made but one Halifax Chronicle, passage out,-: Dys. Hrs. . 818 . 10 6 . 10 23 . 29 , 44 8 12 10 10 11 11 - A magistrate of Sheffield, Mr. Charles Appleby, ex pired suddenly in the streets of Derby when within one hundred yards of the building in which the late Midland meeting, to which he was proceeding, was held. April ~4, learn ed SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY Jew. This he very much doubted. The leash Jefi3ll AMONGST THE JEWS. doctor said he would not go into the subief„ Jo tbs doctrine and tenets, one which enlarged Use °;,;,, oe stlf Yesterday evening, a public meeting of the subscribers s m h i o n w d e , d a h s ow it t p h r e o p cee w d e e r d of to Go e d x , a s m w i o n r e d and friends of the Liverpool Auxiliary of this Society was all earthly powerpower of God's word was WOTl ° and friends of the Liverpool Auxiliary of this Society was all earthly power was weak, and adverted to that whel held in the Music-hall, to receive the annual report and .which 0. in the the -. boo accounts. It was stated in the bills announcing the been Jew r s should meet their Kin„, _ . earth s dicted, and when the nations of tne et',7,.,, fer! it. t ' il wo e rkieinviw beta meeting that resolutions would be proposed by the Rev. haveps t ue li ff e e s r i e g d n s that the destruction seemed to to whichfo res h a: h vl ie . lig T h e: l D. James, Rev. J. Baylee, Rev. W. H. Wright, and the doomed. He spoke of the present condition of,Lf o f V, Rev. Dr. M'Neile. The hall: was filled by a respectable city of the beast, the city of anti-cbrist, the e Aoes oi audience; and the Rev. W. Rawson, M.A., occupied the great usurper, who had attempted to unite the, !I s , w ho chair. There were amongst those present on the plat- king and priest, a union which could not 5 0 ' 1 ho by{ form, besides the speakers mentioned, the followint , gen- had kings in attendance on him as vassals, but ‘,' 4 . A O tlemen :—Revds. W. M. Falloon, W. Maynard, D. T. himself been glad to escape from his own city in the this oe, Barry, E. Jones, J. C rum p, W. Hughes, R. W. Wolseley, of a livery servant. But wonderful as the fall °I 11 and Messrs. J. Webster, J. Grantham, G. Jones, &c. ht b ° " 1 J After prayer had been offered by the Rev. Secretar The Rev. CHAIRMAN commenced by explaining that he stored after a fashion by republican France, bu t it gloie had been requested by the Committee to express their y, i p t ote w n as tat t e he m w ig o l r i k t s o e f em G , od i . t was This npootwtehre might et-it bad virtually passed away. The eloquent speaker tben co w n oloo reason for holding the present meeting at this time. It ins and animated language depicted the changec_oeo was not intended that this should interfere with the usual of the Pope when he had - to look to republican r,: tiog ag meeting in October ; and it had been called only in order the restoration of his power, and concluded by re,l 1 15 1 01 to allow the friends of the Association, resident in the anecdote illustrative of the difficulties the society town, and who had frequently been prevented from so contend with owing to the prejudice against, an di f o o ' doing at the annual meetings, to express their sentiments. of, the Protestant religion on the part of the b .) 4 They also hoped thus to be able to lay a greater quantity Jewish rabbi in England had been inducer' , to b eli eve a sir t4 P of information before their friends, and to give a better Rornish priest whom he was instructing in 11-1- 1%, beet i and more satisfactory statement of their lists of sub- the Church of England taught idolatry, scribers and expenditure, to facilitate which the accounts presented with a Prayer-book translated into 1 - Ir7 i , IP would in future be made up to th e 31 s t Decembe r , instead was able to refute the stigma. The priest left 01 1 ' of the 31st March. Th e rev , gentle man proceeded to structor, who is now a teacher of the Christl k ',7 , 1( 0 remark very touchingly upon the general objects of the Dr. M'Neile having concluded his forcible renia b i ch tlie Society, and the position of the Jewish nation, for the he gracefully declined to call a speech, but. w " as tbef promotion of whose salvation it was formed and was work- time at our disposal would not permit us to give b e ho ing ; and after asking for the speakers that evening, and deserved in detail, again expressed the satisfaction l oi for the cause, the interest and attention of the meeting, in seconding the resolution, and resumed his sea ' whatever might be the views and the motives upon which by bursts of applause. thanks 0 their interest in God's chosen people might be based, and The Rev. W. MAYNARIY moved a vote of to till referring briefly to the progress which the Society was the worthy chairman, one of the oldest Meal!. Olt: making, especially in Jerusalem, concluded by calling upon Jewish cause. Judging by his own feelings of ti 7.4 tbe., the Secretary to read the Report. man's, he believed that the best way to exPr' - theP This document went somewhat more in detail into the thanks would be, when they retired, to offer uP on explanation given by the Rev. Chairman as to the cause prayers in his behalf, for the blessing of God u fieY 1 ' 34 but hav!it vt,. l,o of changing the arrangements of the accounts, meetings, ministry, and the success of the cause in which t &c., and furnished some interesting particulars of the that night met. of working of the Society i n Li verpoo l an d i n other ;places, Th e R ev . J. C RUMP, i ncumbent of Bootle , 8 f el l to which they h a d b een a bl e t o exten d the i r labours. the motion in an eloquent eulogium on the Dorits 0 ravnb ~.r a ccouars mid e.pet,attara, 4ioh ahowed a t o t a l The CHAIRMAN feelingly returned thanks, - The Treasurer, M r . H. J. Webster, then read a state- c h a i rman, as a minister and a man. an d thi of £744 ss. received. and £706 2s. sd. expenditure. meeting separated. The Rev. JOSE PH B AYLEE rose t o move the first reso lution. He introduced the subject by inquiring what was Christianity ? It was not religious knowledge and religi ous feeling, for we knew that many who had been thus endowed were now damned souls. If we wished to know - what was Christianity in its life and in its power we might LONDON MONEY MARKET —YESTERDA Y. / SgtO go to the history of the woman of Bethany, or follow our Consols opened this morning at the ' closing prices ° t he Us °. Saviour himself through his works of love to the cross day, viz., 92 to i, at which they have remained steadY, 1 , and hear him say, " Father forgive them they know not ' tation being the same for money and the next ccoun, t ' Se/ we as what they do." We might not come up to these examples. Three per Cents. Reduced are quoted at 903 to )-,sanda, or 1/ 7 1 , We knew our infirmities and weaknesses. There were Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 913 to I. Exche.'7os.l'i are quoted at 455. to 48s. pm., and India Bonds 675. L° 0 0 none who went out into the world in the morning who Stockßan _ is s quoted at 192 to 4. India Stock has 2 1, ,,r5. did not come back in the evening dispirited and cast animated this morning, and has been done at 245 and down at seeing the self-seeking which continually re-____________ tarded their exertions. The Rev. Gentleman referring to the openings making in the world by revolutionary and other changes, for the carrying out of missionary exer tions both amongst the Jewish and Papal nations, which he regarded as the voice of God calling them forth to the work, regretted that the earnest purpose was so greatly wanting, and that labourers could not be found to devote themselves to it. After an eloquent appeal, urging a more earnest and Christian spirit, to enter upon so noble a work, he traced the want of more general success which hitherto attended the operations of the society to the coldness and selfishness which bad hitherto charac terised us, a Christian people, and concluded by calling the attention of the meeting to the signs of the times, which skewed that the end of things was approaching. He saw in the world two great powers preparing their strength for the final struggle. France, Austria, and other European powers were broken up. The powers to which he referred were Russia and our own nation; and they must ultimately meet in awful concussion, bringing on that great day spoken of in Scripture, and harbingering the coming of judgment upon the earth. The reverend gentleman moved the first resolution for adopting the report The Rev. W. H. WRIGHT said, that he wished to throw in his mite of feeling and affection into the holy work before them. Never were the exertions of Christians more required in such a cause, for the prince of darkness was abroad amongst the nations. It became them to stem the torrent of vice and irreligion which was setting in against all that was good and holy. The object was not to evangelize whole nations in the present dispensa tion. All they could accomplish was, during that dis pensation, to bring to a proper feeling the remnant of obstinate Jews, and we ought to be thankful for what God had already enabled them to do. They could expect no more, without the most earnest prayer and supplica tion. Labourers were being brought out into the field, and much progress had been made in disseminating the blessings of the Gospel. While they sent out faithful ministers, and the pure Protestant Bible, untainted by note or comment, or by tractarian doctrines, all would prosper. If they believed that the cause was God's they would succeed, provided they besought Him to hasten his promise. He seconded the resolution, that the report and accounts be adopted, printed and distributed at the expense of the society. The resolution was unanimously carried. A hymn was then sung, while a collection was made in behalf of the funds of the society n.ev. L. JAMES moves a fist of names of gentle men to form the committee for the ensuing year. His reason for having been a member of the society, since he had entered into holy orders, was because- it was a society to promote Christianity amongst the Jews. It was what it professed. It did not aim at restoring the Jews to Jerusalem, but prepared them for the fulfilment of the promise made to them. When the time came the Ruler of all would gather them together. The•object of the society was truly scriptural. But there were obstacles to their exertions,—the dispersion of the people through al most every country and town in the wcrld. They should not be too sanguine in the expectation of success. The Jews were in a great measure ignorant of even the truths of the Old Testament, for their own teachers had filled their minds with traditions in place of the truth. They had also been taught to hate Christ and Christianity. This , society, however, had undertaken to grapple with this great obstacle. The Jews, too, had been reviled and maltreated in Christian countries, r.nd it was difficult to reach the mind of a Jew. St. Paul said blindness and hardness of heart had beset them, as was proved by Scripture. (Hear, hear.) How often were they rebellious, and how they contemned the most kindly promises to lead them to life and happiness. The history of the society was full of interest. It was at first com posed of Churchmen and Dissenters, but it was so ma naged that it had but an income of £500; and got into debt to the amount of £14,000. Its founder himself, the Rev. Louis Way,,contributed £lO,OOO towards redeem. ing that debt, and other individuals made up the differ ence. (He here noticed the persecutions endured by the Jews even in this -country, in the reign of Edward I.) It was the Popish Church of England that persecuted them. No such feeling was ever evinced by the Reformed Church. He then supplied same interesting information relative to the operations of the society on the continent and here. Thousands had become converts to the Christian faith, as was stated by Sir F. Baring, at the meeting at Exeter hall. (Hear.) No good work ever was pursued without difficulty. But all good was from the word of God, and preaching the Gospel was sure to Christianize vast num bers of those before in darkness. The Jews were, after all, but a remnant, as compared with the mass who had been brought- to the truth. We owed a deep debt of gratitude to the Jews for having first inducted us into a knowledge of the Gospel, and through this Eng land became the first Christian monarchy, and the first to disseminate the principles of salvation through Christ. All could be accomplished by the blessing of God; and they ought to go forward in the work. Let them perse vere. If we went on evangelizing mankind, the Lord would take this country into his pavilion, and her reward would be,, notwithstanding the national commotions throughout the world, everlasting peace. (Cheers.) The Rev. Dr. M`NEILE rose amidst loud and long-con tinued applause. Addressing the chairman and the meet ing in turn, he said it afforded him much satisfaction to have to second the resolution which had just been pro posed. Observing the time of the evening, he thought he need make no speech (a sensation of disappointment ran through the meeting at this announcement). The rev. gentleman understood what that meant, but he was not very well, certainly unfit for much exertion. He had to account for the absence of many friends of the society from the platform, by acquainting the meeting that there was another meeting going on that evening in another part of the town, viz.,, the meeting of the Governesses' Association, held at the Collegiate Institution, which was as justly popular and,as deserving of a good attendance as the meeting which they were then holding. The rev. doctor then proceeded to read an extract from &Jewish newspaper published in London, dated 20th Nicene, 5609, or in other words, the 12th April, 1849. It was a com plaint addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore, of the lament able influence which the society had on the Jews in Jeru salem • this complaint was bo rne ou t b y shewing that the poor jews were protected and cared for in hospitals sus tained by the society, and upon leaving were presented with a gratuity, interpreted by the writer into a bribe. The rev. gentleman adduced this as a testimony from their enemies of the beneficial operation of the society. He also read a gratifying communication from the Biseop of Jerusalem, from which it appeared that 31 adults and 26 children had been baptized. It was true the number was small, but it was indicative of the progress of the society ; the same communication shewed that the converts were hard-working and industrious. The correspondence from Berlin, like that from Jerusalem, went to chew that a great change was going on ; the bishop of the latter place stated that a great number of young Jewesses were in the habit of reading the Scriptures in secret; some of these had re quested him not to make this known to the missionaries. Alluding to the Rev. Lewis Way spoken of by Mr. James as the chief promoter of the Society, he had known him• well, and often heard him relate the circumstances attend ing the resuscitation of the parent society. Dr. M'Neile next referred to a libellous paper which had been circulated containing slanders against Mr. Thomas and Mr. Lazarus, charging the latter with having furnished misstatements in reference to the report of the Society. He would ask how the writer could impugn the number of visits, &c., made by Mr. Lazarus without following him in his daily walks. He had letters from clergymen residing in Dublin, bearing high testimony to the character of Mr. Thomas, any one of which testimonials were of more worth than thousands of such libellous papers as that ho referred to ; it was pub lished not only without the name of the author, as many papers were, but as few respectable papers were, without the name of the printer. Dr. M`Neile shewed, from analogy, that it must have been the production of a foreigner. It professed tQ be written by a converted LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON SHARE MARKET.—YESTERDAY• ,„ e of The share market has not acquired any greater ilS:rie" activity this morning. But in the business done tu`_.. s 9o`: slight advance perceptible in London and North We st , e" theltl o in Great Northerns, the former being marked 133, 11 ,m,`, 0 39 ter 114. Eastern Counties are quoted 81 to Brighton $, and Caledonians 26i to 7 LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY-, ; ffictl l s Our market opened heavily this morning, and much ":,lff was experienced in effecting a clearance of a small sa t " o ra l English Wheat at our quotations of Monday last. F° r ,re Wheat there was but little inquiry; factors, however, o' cl oth generally inclined to submit to lower rates, and consl ev ioliS e a limited amount of business was the result, at about Pre prices. English Barley was fully as dear, as was al ratb e : Saale, but foreign grinding and distilling qualities were . 0 easier to purchase. Oats were a heavy sale, with the l ' xtr eo g favour of the seller. Beans and Peas realised the e quotations of last week. Flour dull, but not cheaper. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YEsTEddaIib re: We have an extraordinary supply of Beasts, both cea, se spect to numbers and qualit 3sy. A reduction of price 11 J oquence submitted to, and . 6d. must be considered , treme quotation for th e sma ll er ki n d s of choice Scots, tr4eeP jority of the su p p l y b e i ng heavy Beasts. The number a slqq(' is also larger, an d t h e demand very limited. Trade 'loll! and prices are about 2d. per Sibs. lower. The weather 1 o z been so unfavo ura bl e d ur i ng the week, Lamb is not sell, dal' well. Trade is p re tt y steady for Calves and Pigs. Pro Tod land and Germany there are 372 Beasts, 480 Sheep, s ad Calves ; from Norfolk and Suffolk, about 3,000 Beas ts Scotland 300. TIMBER SALE AT BIRKENHEAD.—The second Messrs. Holmes, Slater, and Crooke, of Hon pee sro mahogany, took place o n Th urs d ay l ast. T he a tten. s o, was good, and consisted principally of up-country Woe while the prices rea li se d were suc h as must pr omote the trade. Indeed, ano th er cargo h as a l rea dy arr and is nearly discharged. MISSIONARY MEETING.—A mee ti ng was held e v oi 1 night in the school-r oom a tt ac h e d t o S t. Bartholereoaf Church, Naylor-street, at which the Rev. Mr. Joi ll 'i o a; secretary to the Church Missionary Society, made 5 at' and interesting state men t o f th e bl ess i ngs w hi c h ar,q oo s , tending the labour s o f th e soc i e t y at i ts var i ous state t o On Sunday last the same rev. gentleman preaehe,c` b the sermons in St. Ba r th o l omew ' s c h urc h , after wl"etiodS' sum of £9 11s. was collected in aid-of the Society's TITE POOR-RATE.—The estimated value of the the ble property in Liverpool is £1,073,750, on whic i ',ield tc.,t, rate of 25. in the pound would, of course Wet? .C 107,375. But th e cottage piopercy, wnicn Is £18,609 of the am oun t, h as hi therto been almost J:A.Oi, tually excused ; an d th e sum actually legally es,,ed'i3-1, void, and oth erw i se not recoverable, is about 00 leaving £80,532 collectable. Of this sum £65,' obtained up to Saturday. eed A treaty of co mmerce h as b een • conclude d bet° Spain and Persia. ce Several packages of new potatoes and green pease ha been imported into London from Lisbon. A public dinner is to be given to the Hon. T. 1 ' • previous to his departure for Greece. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the per-f ° v , ante of the French plays with their presence o n Freda the A. rumour has just reached us that the whole °f w , Stowe collection of MSS. is about to b e di s p o sed of to private Mrs. purchaser.—Athenceuni. theß S r a id ra g h end, aCrm ßa p r t n o a n r , d a Castle, yin her te. t It i understood to be the intenti on o f governmel l oOf extend the powers of the county : courts to £3O or giving at the same time an eq u it a bl e j ur i s di c ti o n. . 0 ,0 A COMPLIMENT.—In the county cour t a t Rnnce'. o 0 verdict having been given aga i ns t th e d e f en dant 1 1 , 0 cause, his wife observed to th e pl a i n tiff, " Y o u O. eth s last week cut twoYee of feed' well take his DESERTION OF body, as he's no good to me !" f rs" BRITISH SEAMEN.---We have I g er very good authority that no l ess th an 14,000 B r itis h 0t men have deserted the merchant service during the P oe , year, 8,000 of whom have left their vessels on the i t rican coasts.: T United Service Gazette. DOUBLE MURDER.—The Louth Advertiser e r ief " Early on Friday mornin g , t wo brothers, named % e V who were watching a farm in th e ne i g hb our h oo d of 41 0 ball's Cross, were most crue lly murdered—their " being literally smashed to atoms." f ° The Recorder of Hereford recei ve d f rom the Afs,,,c;" pair of white gloves, on Thursday ; there b e i n g 0° • de, ll for trial at the sessions then f orma ll y opened. A " M session" bad not previo us ly occurred during sore'nr years. r Letters from the rel a ti ves an d fr i ends of the c!ffee OO5 and seamen serving in the Arctic Seas in her Mal e oprl ships Erebus and Terror, Enterprise and Investig will be forwarded by her Majesty's ship North sti :tl o sent to the Se cre t ary o f the Admiralty on or befo r e Ist of May. AFRICAN E PISCOPAL CRURCII.—On Sunday we eo 13r Rev. A. Crumrnell preached in three churches etc the mingham, (one of them the parish church,) in aid e'Sef l , erection of a church fo r th e negro populat i on of 0 0 York. On Tuesday evening he addressed a large . 0 0 5 influential meeti ng a t th e T own-hall. The co lleeti amounted to about £l2O. c hit RUSH'S CHILDREM.—DeepIy do the bereaved clio l of Rush feel the positi on i n w hi c h they are place d. sympathy of every generous mind will be with then'' OP, most sincerely do we.hope that the sins of the parefv e st not be visited upo n hi s uno ff en di ng offspring. ' r ja very glad to learn that th e y are not, destitute ; upe'e o r £lOO a-year will. be realised t o e d uca t e t h e Ye" branches. eb r i NEW CHURC H ES.—The numb er o f a dditi o nal ell e r te", erected during the last thi r ty y ears i s variously estl,4", at from 1100 to 1400 ; the latter amount p ro b a bly Cb e the whole number consecrated, many being ch"..a# 7 " rebuilt only ; means are adopted to ascertain the ,br, number. In the di ocese o f L ondon 161 new cherjdi were consecrated (to 29th July, 1847). In the dio ce V Winchester 155, of which 55}were rebuilt (to Nev ern e ll 1847). In the di ocese o f Li chfield 135 new che r . o o were consecrated (to O c t o b er, 18 4 7) . In the dioce' r e , Chester, during the twenty years it was held by Wife ° sent Archbishop of Canterbury, 230 new church° built. DIED On the 20th instant, after a short but severe illness,Yee'ste the wife of Mr. GEORGE SCOTT, silk dyer, of 65, Ol ° ' street, and 4, Ranelagh-street. r rdo On the 21st instant, at St. Michael's Church, 1.11 , 10 , t street. by the Rev. Cyrus M orre ll, M .A., Mr. JOHN stree, e y mariner, to Miss SARAH PHILLIPS, of Bridgewaterollo Yesterday, at St. David's Chu rc h, b y t h e Rev . t Mr. JOHN EDWARDS, mariner, to Mrs. OVVE I IP'_,, town. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1849. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORI ,- is l By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, G ro ve stre e t , LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-stre e ' fr At No. 4. ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT. 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