The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-01-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. WEST INDIES The mail steamer Teviot, which arrived at Southamp ton on Thursday. has brought advices from Jamaica to the 22d ult., from Barbadoes to the 29th ult., and from St. Thomas's to the Ist inst. The yellow fever still ho vered at Barbadoes, but hopes were entertained that it was likely to cease, as no new case had appeared for a fortnight. The Barbadoes House of Assembly, like that of Jamaica, had declined the proffered loan from the mother country, and for similar reasons. Papers from Berbice, Demerara, and Tobago, state that public meet ings of the inhabitants had been held, for the purpose of adopting resolutions, and founding upon these petitions, to the United Kingdom. These resolutions set forth the deplorable condition of the colonies, the unfortunate po sition in which they were placed by the refusal to allow a reduction of the salaries upon the civil list, the disappoint ment produced by the results of the last session of the British parliament, and the imperative necessity that some effectual relief should be accorded by the next. The ad vices from Jamaica mention that the House of Assembly had come into strong collision with the Council, and voted that they would not pass any bill raising a revenue beyond the 15th of February, till a measure of retrench ment, consonant with the impoverished condition of the island, were passed into law. An extraordinary error had, however, crept into the Import Duties Continuance Bill, and of this immediate advantage was taken by the Council, the Governor (Sir C. Grey) also expressing his determination to avail himself of it. The bill, which Own duration to the 15th of grossed bill substituted Dec February, 1849. The en )er 1849 for February 1849, grasped at the error, and and the Council, it v in one night abstained from Inlelligencer passed the bill tt. Rouse of A unless a re no bills befo wise, could sitting f JAM AIC says £200,000 against us is X the scarcity of by every packe and with more str, which we the Gov( ether of rev house had -De Cordova's Mercantil, prior to tl stated our imp We hay s exceeded our exports since - unfortunately found - tha To this c se may be attributed f Exchange and the drain of s Can anything y ;ly before Britain the dreadful position in we been placed by the law of 1846, which has procured by free labour, rendered our produce val while our neighbou England's protecti to continue slavery under 3ss still very dull. Sugar again receded in value, and the quotations are from 124. to 155., according to quality. It is almost uns Dark would not fetch as much as 12s. Frei land very dull THE GOLD COUNTRY to Eng- waiting a conveyance—a prey to pestilence. and to the " hope deferred that maketh the heart sick." The bones of many will whiten the sands of the Pacific. A party of Al gold in the neig ormons had collected large quantities of ourhood of the Salt Lake; while on a th 81,280 worth of one of th. gold on its bac in the midst of a vast p The ania 1, and waslrretiievabli lost FRANCE Paris was in a state of great di: quietude on Wednesday, arising out of an immense assemblage of persons, mostly Red Republicans, collected to witness the funeral of Col. Rey, one of the chiefs of that political party. It was greatly feared that at tl , e close of the ceremonial serious disturbances would arise; but all passed over without the least manifestation of riot or confusion.—The committee appointed to examine the budget consists principally of the ultra-democratic memb -'ssembly, being in the proportion of ten to five ers of the The . decree regarding the Garde Mobile, which is to be reduced from twenty-five to twelve battalions, and then remodelled. Several petitic were presented on Thurstla anger and disapprobation. contrary sense. for the dissolution of the Assembly r , and received with marks of There were also petitions in a There are a great number of Italian diplomatic agents at this moment in Paris, seeking to induce the French. Government to adopt a policy of intervention. M. Taf fiti, who is there on an extraordinary mission from Charles Albert, is now endeavouring, as the second best thing to be done, seeing that he cannot charm the Government into his views, to get a loan of a good general. Both Marshal Buzeaud and General Oudinot have refused to take the command of the Sardinian troops. M. Balilay (de la Meurthe) I dent of the French Republic by Five Omni on Saturday of the Garde elected Vic :yof 417aga -Presi 1 . committed to the military p: In the National Assembly on Saturday, the Hous ded on the report of the committee appointed to consider whether the bill introduced by the Minister of the Interior for the suppression of the clubs should be declared of urgency. The report itself decided there was no necessity for urgency, and recommended its being referred in the usual way to the Standing Commitee. On the division there appeared for the report, 418 ; against it, 342. Ma jority against Ministers, 76. CEYLON We have received Tl 4 monthly Coluinbo Obsery contain a variety of inform tion against the British of kingdom of Kandy, which troops, though preparation: thly Ter, and the . . . benaion of another re% Congaleggda Banda, 1 tence of death recorde to the insurr sion and explanation of the court, and implorin of the nativ would be spared, espec lives of several of the hands of his people. been a mer puppet a suppre by our insurgent were being made in appre- The Kandian " Pretender " en captured, tried, and sen nst him ; but from a confes- Lhat chieftain, read by him before mercy, it was thought his life tly as it appears he had saved the 3ritish who had fallen into the e is supposed, indeed, to have A poor uistering oaths to the dence with, and not had been and in in the POwer of oti of the pretender, divulging the hiding place tried by court-marshal, convicted on strange - _pro bable testimony, and shot. A strong opinion prevailed that :he poor creature was perfectly innocent of the charge ; and the conduct of an official, Mr. Buller, in pushing the prosecution to a conviction, is strongly com mented upon. DENMARK.—SKIRmisii. -- Intelligence has been re ceived of a skirmish between a Danish free corps and some of the Holstein troops. The Danes were defeated and dispersed, with the loss of 3 killed and 22 wounded and prisoners ; some horses and arms were also taken. The great prison of Sing Sing, New York, is supported by the prisoners, who labour only eight hours in the day. If eight hours only for a prisoner why it must be " Sing," sing, merrily sing. _ _ _ The Mexican mail, with £350,000 in specie, has arrived and reports all quiet in the republic. At Tampico sales of British goods were making freely, at profits varying from 20 to 50 per cent. The lower orders in Rome have treated with the great est disrespect a Bull of Excommunication. They tore the announcements from the walls, bore them in ridicule through the city, and then threw them into the Tiber. Towards the end of last month, Constantinople was visited by a violent storm, which drove a Turkish ship of the line ashore, sank several vessels in the Bosphorus, blew down several houses, and unroofed many others, which were half filled with the heavy snow and hail that fell. PURCHASE OF CUBA. — On the sth instant the purchase of Cuba was debated in the United States Congress. On motion, the senate proceeded to the consideration of a resolution, previously offered by Mr. Miller, of New Jer sey, calling on the President of the United States to communicate to the senate any correspondence had with the government of Spain for the purchase of the island of Cuba. Cape of Good Hope journals to the 10th December contain the best of all news, viz., the tranquillity of the colony ' and the absence of all appearance of future rebel lion. Public works are forming, trade is increasing, the people are becoming daily more prosperous rnd happy. while his Excellency the Governor is ceaselessly engaged in devising schemes to improve the morality, augment the finances, and advance the general interests of the country. A LITTLE CALIVOILNIA IN SOUTH AUSTRALlA.—Dis patches have been received by the South Australian Com pany, from their colonial manager at Adelaide, dated 30th Sept., from which the following is an extract :—" Capt. R— tells me, that he has raised about 20 tons of ore from the sett in Lynedoch Valley, and that he has dis covered (on assay) three and a half ounces of gold, in a ton of the ores raised." Of course, no decisive opinion can be formed as to the continuance of such ore, but the fact that it has been found, and assayed by one perfectly competent, is undoubted, and calculated to excite consi derable hopes. Smelting operations have also commenced in the colony, by Messrs. Thomas, who have produced copper ore, which on assay is found to contain 97 cent. of pure copper. The first shipment has been made-15 ingots, containing about a ton and a half—and sent, per the T homas Lord, to Singapore, for sale. This is an im portant move in the history of that go-a-head colony. Mr. Williams had arrived with his well-appointed smelt ing staff and operatives, and was on the out-look for a suitable situation to erect his works for smelting, on Na pier s patent, the establishment of which must, necessa rily, produce a great effect on the mining interests of the colony—perhaps of this country. THE LAND OF LIBERTY.—About six months ago, a man by the name of Edmunds, who called himself a Scotchman, came into the lower part of the parish as a teacher, and succeeded in getting up a small school. After some time, however, it was discovered that the in struction of the rising generation was not his principal object, and that he avowed himself publicly an abolition ist, denounced slavery, said that it was contrary to the spirit of Christianity, &c. Our high-minded and spirited citizens waited for nothing more; and a few evenings afterwards a party of six or seven entered his school-room, and, without ceremony, dissolved the relations existing between master and pupil—led him out to a convenient thicket, and substituted for his thin apparel a coat con sisting of the inside of a pine and the outside of a goose. Twill not stop here to describe the unseemly and ludicrous figure which he presented, as be wended his course up bill and down dale, until he reached his place of refuge. The next morning, it seems, the injured man applied for redress to a neighbouring justice. While he was relating his wrongs, " a few gentlemen, deputized by the citizens of the neighbourhood," rushed in, and told him that if he did not leave in five hours they would give him thirty nine lashes ; and if he did not leave in five hours after wards, they would give him thirty-nine more; and if he did not then leave, they would put him to death by banging 4 7 -South Carolinian' resent beef, and a quantity of turnips, as a Christmas box, in addition to their weekly wages. Such conduct cannot be too generally known or too highly. commended.—Free- Jour;zal. THE DOWNSHIRE HEROINES.—An action more gallant than that performed by the two noble and courageous daughters of the Down farmer, it seldom falls to the lot of heroism to perform. Their conduct is beyond eulogy. It puts to shame the inertness (to use no stronger word) which has suffered the ruffian rick-burners to carry fire and destruction throug so many a fait harvest gathering. We will not anticipate the Lord Lieutenant. Of course he will mark his admiration of the bravery of these girls, and mark it, we hope, munificently. But the farmers of Down have a duty. There ought to be a subscription—a subscription that will include the name of every man who owns an acre in that Protestant county; and there should with the subscription be a testimonial that will commemo rate a defence as remarkable as any that does honour to their annals. And if there be among them two men of weal and worth in want of wives—we need not tell them where to look for them. POPERY IN THE 19TH CENTURY.—There has been a grand ecclesiastical pageant at Tuam : On Tuesday the provincial synod of prelates and dignitaries of the arch bishopric walked in procession from the archiepiscopal palace to the cathedral, where mass was solemnised. The following glowing account of the ceremony is from the Freeman's Journal: —"As the procession descended the steps of the archiepiscopal residence, and proceeded through the dense masses of the people along the laurelled path strewn for it, the scene was in the highest degree magnificent, and imposing in its solemn grandeur—the voice of the prelates and the clergy raised in the glorious chaunt of the litany of the saints—the blaze of the jewel led mitres and copes of cloth of gold, worn by the vener ated shepherds of the church, the clouds of fragrant in cense through which gleamed the golden cross borne on high, in front tie long stream of white-robed clergy, all moving through the dense masses of the people, whilst on all the bright morning sun shone with a brightness like that of a young spring day—all formed a scene that seemed to fill every heart in that dense multitude with feelings too deep for words. As the procession passed the outward gates, another scene, scarcely less imposing, pre sented itself. The cathedral, in all the magnificent sym metry of its proportions, and the true ecclesiastical tone of its gothic turrets and arched windows, presented its glorious front to the morning sun, reflected by the thou sand apices of its gothic tracery, while through the widely opened valves of its front entrance was seen within the high altar, with its blazoned window of many hues, its golden candelabra blazing with red light, its gorgeous anti-pendium and glittering tabernacle, shining afar through the long vista of white-robed priests and attend ants, whilst on either hand rose noble buildings devoted to religion : the College of St. Jarlath's, and the convents of the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Charity. The vast crowd having assembled within the church, the high mass was chaunted. The imposing scene was presented to the faithful present of the preparatory invocation by the prelates and dignitaries about to meet in synod, of the blessing of the Most High on their intended deliberations." This reads like a page out of the ecclesiastical history of the middle ages. A WEALTHY PAUPER.—Some five-and-twenty years ago (says the Cork Constitution) an old lady died in the barony of Kinnalea, who was supposed to have been wealthy, but no money or valuable documents were found by her relatives. It was known at the time that a labour ing man on the farm, Jeremiah Riordan, had been in her confidence, and the roof of her house being broken through on the night of her death, and it being evident that her boxes had been sifted, suspicion attached to Riordan, but no evidence could be adduced against him, and the cir cumstance was forgotten. Subsequently Riordan mar ried, and became tenant to a plot of five acres of ground and a mud cabin, in which he appeared in apparent wretchedness ; so much so that the gentry in his neigh bourhood occasionally employed him to come to Cork for messages, and he brought back small loads of marketing on a donkey. About twelve months since his wife died, and shortly after he proposed to marry a young woman, servant to the gentleman on whose property he re sided. She scouted his offer, saying that an old pauper (he being 60 years of age), with a large family, had much impudence to ask her to be his wife. For some months he pressed his suit, and to induce her to become his partner sent six of his children to America, keeping but one at home, a boy about 14 years of age. He then offered to settle £lO on her, which was refused, and each day he increased liis offer, until she consented to marry him if £6O was lodged in the savings bank to her account. The money was lodged, and Riordan and his affianced went to the coadjutor to get the nuptial knot tied. Here a new difficulty arose; £lO was demanded as she marriage fee. This Riordan protested he did not possess, and tendered £1 as being all the money he could command. The priest refused, and the parties retired to their respec tive homes. Riordan called on the priest the following day, and said he had sold some of his furniture, and had now £2. This was also refused ; but the priest said he would accept £5. After a long colloquy, Riordan left him, but shortly after returned, offering to swear th a t he had sold all he was owner of, including the donkey, and that he could only increase his funds to £4. After much declamation on the one side and protestation on the other—the purchase money for the wife never having been hinted—the bargain was mane, and Riordan was for a second time married about a month. After the cere mony, Riordan and his spouse retired to the mud cabin ; but the following morning she quarrelled with the bride groom, who required to get back the savings' bank book he had given her ; a fight ensued between them, and she quitted the house, leaving him bleeding at the nose and mouth, with a pair of swollen eyes. He lay for three days moaning on Isis bed of straw, and when he rose he wandered through the country, crying " Norah ! Norah !" but she did not return. About a fortnight since he remained out all night, and returning in the morning fell faint upon the ground, after two or three times ad dressing his son, the on l y inmate of the cabin, with the words, " Shawn, 'tis in the thatch," expired. The boy immediately ran out and called in a neighbour, saying his father was dead, who asked, " Did the poor man say any thing before he died ?" She was told his last words. She IRELAND. As the session of parliament approaches, speculation is more rife and anxiety is increased. The question recurs, " What will be done ?" for that things cannot be allowed to remain as they are seems universally taken for granted. County meetings, embracing, we may almost say, the pro pertyand intelligence of the kingdom, have been held; and there wa3 a meeting of Ir;sh members of parliament last week, calling foran immediate re-consideration of the poor law question. It is found to have failed everywhere in its operation, and is characterised as eating up the property without relieving the poverty of the country. A system of poor-law, equitably adjusted, and carefully adapted to the peculiarities of that kingdom, would now be gladly re ceived at the hands of any government. The' sufferings and privations of the clergy are becoming more and more apparent, aggravated, as they arc with some, who are pressed and sued at law by the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners for any instalments still owing by them. The Cor repeal of t 1 .k Constitution, anticipating the effect of the ,e Corn-laws, affirms that there is now in bond, waiting the 2nd of next month, corn enough to maintain the population of that city for the next year and upwards, and asks what hope can the farmer have of prices, or the landlords of rents, under such a .ate of things ? This measure, so fatally suicidal to the only staple interest of Ireland, was carried by the Irish members at the bidding of the late Mr. O'Connell. Romish priests are recommending the actively for state endowment. The Sligo priest, who knocked down a peaceful alderman with a skull-crozier, is rivalled by a Romish dean, who calls to account the Com- mander of the Forces in Ireland, because the officer in command ordered the troops out of chapel when the very Rev. Dean favoured his audience with a tirade against the Protestant clerg &c., & under the name and in the place of a sermon read of agrarian outrag, is forcibly dwelt upon in the address of Theophilus Jones, Esq., the respected assistant barrister for the county Down, in his address to the Grand Jury at Newry. His hope and belief is, that from the prompt measures adopted by the magistracy and farmers for the prevention of fur- ther outrage, the peaceful character of that county will very speedily be restored The Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, refused the application to admit Gavan Duffy to bail, as was antici- ferred to a healihier prison, as he is suffering severely from the confinement in Newgate. Archbishop M'Hale, since his return from Rome, has •anted a second indulgence of 40 days to " the clergy and ithful of Tuam," who shall receive two litanies for the day at Tuam against the Qt. m's colleges THE DUBLIN REFORMED CORPORATION.—An infor mation at the suit of the Attorney-General bas been pre pared, under the advice of Mr. Brewster, Q.C., and other eminent counsel, and is ready to be filed, praying a sale of the Dublin corporation estates, to make good £187,260, alleged to be misappropriated by that body out of the pipe -water estates, of which they are the trustees, and f or a receiver over the same. IRISH TRIALS. —SUCCESSFUL WRIT OF ERROR. DUB LIN, WEDNESDAY.—IN GOGARTY V. THE QUEEN.—TIIO Court pronounced unanimously for the prisoner, who had been sentenced to transportation for drilling. This deci _ _ sion will effect the liberation of 15 others for the same offence, the indictments being bad.—Morning Chnonicle. The Chief Justice in pronouncing judgment, said, that he and his learned brethren were clearly of opinion that the indictment was bad in every count, because of its omit ting to specify the exact nature of the offence charged in the words of the act of parliament; and therefore the sentence must be set aside, and the convict discharged. A GOOD IRISH LANDLORD AND EMPLOYER OF HIS TENANTRY.—Burton Bindon, of Clooney, in the county of Clare, Esq., proprietor of the extensive and well known Red Bank Oyster Beds, has at present in his employment four hundred men and three hundred wo men, engaged in collecting and dressing the oysters upon his property, It the weekly wages of one hundred and ninety pounds, the consequence of which is, that there is no such thing known upon his estate as a poor-rate. As a further instance of this gentleman's benevolence, it may be mentioned, that upon Christmas Eve, Mr. Bindon - the tenants upon his estate with 421bs. of good and young Riordan instantly set to work to rummage the thatch, and, after a diligent search, found 188 sovereigns, in cartridges of six each, wrapped in rags stuck in several pails. The story went abroad, the neighbours flocked in, and the search was resumed ; at last his " caub" (hat) was alighted on, when in the crown of it were discovered receipts of the National Bank for £776, and savings' banks books for £2lO. THE LIMPOOL STANDARD. ?"Cif.Mli2=nM &E;22,3gimiD:l;ww , _ order to stop what appears to have led to a sort of spon taneous increase in these establishments, the ratio of the apprentices to the workmen is to be reduced at once from a fourth to a sixth, while the entries of new apprentices are to be only in the proportion of one to seven. The ten hours system of labour is to be introduced ; a change de manded both for more regularity, and for the profitable use of the expensive machinery lately erected. The muster is to be more exact than it appears to have been hereto fore. The superintendence is found to be ex-essive, and accordingly the gangs are to be increased from fifteen men to twenty, so as to require so many less leading men while eleven inspectors and eight foremen may now be dispensed with." CHICORY.—EarI Grey is to be memorialised by the inhabitants of Ceylon to prevent the adulteration of coffee with chicory. It appears that the home consumption of coffee suffers to the extent of 60,000 cwt. annually, en tailing a loss in customs' duty of £126,489 ! On this subject a writer in the Ceylon Examiner remarks :—" In London and Liverpool there are large manufactories of articles sold by grocers in which adulterating. ingredients can be introduced without detection. Mustard, chocolate, chicory, indigo, blue, and hundreds of other things, may be purchased at all rates corresponding with the propor tions of fictitious compounds added to the genuine articles. This traffic is carried on without the least disguise, and from what I have been told, I should say that you very much under-estimated the quantity of coffee lost to the consumption by this sort of trade. I have a very great doubt whether much of the stuff sold in the low neigh bourhoods of manufacturing towns and at village shops is coffee at all,—at least half of it may be chicory, or some thing so called ; for chicory itself genuine is by no means a bad thing, and properly prepared would be nearly as dear as coffee itself at present prices." _ VALUE OF THE COLONIES TO GREAT BRITAIN.—A certain school of political economists in England, and their echoes abroad, maintain that the United States, in dependent, are, commercially, as useful to Great Britain as if they had remained dependent colonies to this day, and that if the present colonies were to become indepen dent of her to-morrow, she would lose nothing, commer cially, thereby. The official return of exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures in the year 1847, will perhaps throw some light on this subject. Taking the population of the United States at twenty millions, and that of the British North American Colonies at two millions, or one tenth of the former, the United States ought, if this doctrine be orthodox, to consume ten times as much British produce and manufactures as the British North American Colonies, The total declared value of such produce and manufactures exported last year to the latter was £3,233,134 sterling. The value of similar exports of the United States ought, therefore, in the above hypothesis, to have amounted to something like £32.330,140. But instead of that, it only amounted to £10,974,162, or a little over one-third of the sum. These data being admitted, the British North American Colo nies, then, consume about thrice as much of British pro duce and manufactures, in proportion to their population, as do the United States. MR. LABOUCHERE'S NAVIGATION LAW.—This mea sure, in sweeping terms, at once proposes to repeal the act in existence "for the Encouragement of British Ship ping and Navigation," which enacts that "no goods shall be exported from the United Kingdom to any British possession in Asia, Africa, America, &c., except in British ships." Upon what grounds, my lord, is this act to be repealed, by a measure which you are pleased to style, as one "for the Encouragement of British Shipping 1" If the words, " British possessions," had been omitted, and it had been enacted that no goods were to be exported from this country to Asia, Africa, and America, except in British ships, there would have been just grounds for an alteration, as we would in that case have compelled other countries, if they required our produce or our manufac tures, to have shipped them in our vessels, and those countries would have justly retaliated or created manufac tures of their own. But by the act now in force we legis late for the carrying trade from this country to our own colonies only, to which surely, my lord, we are justly en titled, and against which no foreign power has ever raised the voice of censure or threatened to retaliate, if it was not repealed. I ask not this act to be maintained as a matter of protection. I demand it as our absolute right, to which no other country, no other power, has the sha dow of a claim, either on the ground of justice, equity. or policy. I will give a homely case in point. Your lord ship possesses a mansion in Richmond Park. I find the city lanes not particularly salutary in the summer months, and I think that a room in your lordship's mansion, and a couple of days' recreation in your lordship's gardens, lawns, and parks, would be a pleasing change. You find me so enjoying myself, and request to know my right of trespass. I have no answer to give except that I literally followed your law of nations, and that as we were subjects of the same realm, with a like affinity of feeling, and bur dened alike, I had more right to the enjoyment of your pleasure-grounds than the alien and stranger had to the carrying trade of our colonies, which were ours by pro jointure, and for which we fought, conquered, and paid. My lord, if you repeal this act, could you say I had not this right to a share of your lordship's residence ?—Cor respondent. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, At the last ordinations 182 deacons and 205 priests were ordained. The present Baron Auckland (the earldom being ex tinct) will be the first Bishop of Sodor and Man who has ever sat in the House of Peers. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge has granted the sum of £l,OOO towards the erection of the buildings of the Training College, at Carmarthen. The profits arising from the retail soap and candle busi ness, carried on under the name of Roberts, at Chandos street, St. Martin's-lane, London, are devoted by the proprietor to the Church Missionary Society. The first donation on account of half a year's profit, December, 1847, was £2OO. CHURCH RATES.—At the annual meeting of the depu ties from the Protestant and dissenting congregations, which was held in London on Friday, the subject of Church-rates was thus summarily disposed of. The chairman, in reply to a formal complaint made by a Mr. Brown, who stated that he represented a dissenting con gregation of 2,000 persons, said :—" Gentlemen might charge the committee with neglect if they pleased ; but he had no hesitation in telling them, that they had no chance of carrying the measure (the abolition of church rates) at present. In fact, the committee could not yet any other member of thq House of Commons beside Mr. Osborne to take up the question. A great nzany members positively." The truth is, Radicalism is fast finding its level. MR. NOEL AND HIS LECTURE ON THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD.—For the first time since his secession from the establishment, Mr. Noel appeared last week be _ fore an Exeter-ball audience, in order to deliver a " Lec ture upon the church and the world." Every artifice was resorted to in order to give eclat to the occasion. The seats were at a premium, and excitement was maintained, now by reports that Mr. Noel would not deliver the pro mised lecture to the Young Men's Christian Association, and anon by assurances that the committee would not re lease him from his engagement. The result was that there was—as there was intended to be—a multitudinous assemblage, and Mr. Noel appeared before a sea of heads that welcomed his entry upon the platform with roaring billows of approving sound. The gathering around him, however, no longer bore the appearance of the olden time. The old familiar faces were not there in their ac customed numbers. Still Mr. Noel was not entirely for saken : the seceder retained some portion of his old staff, whose fidelity to him betrays a want of it for the church. Of Wesleyan and Dissenting ministers, generally, there was, of course, no lack. There was a goodly array of citi zens with the outer testimony of broad-cloth, whatever it might hive been with them as to the " warm heart within." One or two slips of a more aristocratical lineage gave that sanction to the proceedings of which Dissenters are usu ally so fond, and which they generally affect to despise. The Rev. Mr. Bickersteth and the Rev. Mr. Mortimer arenamed as havingattended.—Church and State Gazette. LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT.-THURSDAY Before Mr. Justice Erie. LEECH /7. FOSBROKE.—Privilege :of Attorneys.—Mr. Cowlin -, applied for a rule calling on the defendant in this case to ;how cause why a writ of privilege he had obtained, directed to the judges at the County Court of Lancaster, should not be quashed. The action came on to be tried in November last, and the defendant being an attorney of this court had obtained a writ of privilege, which had the effect of causing the judges to refrain from hearing the case. His Lordship observed that if the plaintiff had been an attorney, and had applied for a writ of privilege, its ope ration would have been effective; but such would not be the case if an attorney stood in the position of a de fendant; and, as the writ had issued from that Court, he (the Learned Judge) should grant a rule nisi.—Rule granted. CURIOUS CASE.—In the Liverpool County Court, last week, a case came on in which a Mr. Jones was the plaintiff, and Mr. M. G. Dowling, the commissioner of police, the defendant, for the recovery of £lO, the amount of a reward which was offered in October last. A consi derable quantity of linen had been stolen, and the reward was offered to any person or persons who would give such information as would lead to the conviction of the thief or thieves, and on the recovery of the stolen property. In the notice offering the reward, it was stated that the reward would be paid upon application at the affice of the Commissioner of police, in High-street, Liverpool. The defendant submitted—lst. That he was not personally liable ; that he merely allowed the owner of the property the use of his office, without intending to incur any per sonal responsibility ; and that the plaintiffs right of action was against the owners of the linen. 2d. That as the whole of the stolen property was not recovered, the plaintiff was not entitled to the reward, or any portion of it. On the latter plea the learned judge decided in favour of the defendant. BARTON, IRLAM, AND HIGGINSON'S the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy, on Tuesday, Mr. Lowndes, solicitor for the assignees, appeared before his honour, for the purpose of ascertaining how the rail way shares, purchased by Mr. Jonathan Higginson, were to be treated—whether they were to be considered as be longing to the joint or separate estate ? A very large sum of money, being not less than £lOO,OOO, had been taken from the joint concern by Mr. Higginson. and appro priated by him in the purchase of railway shares, the amount being entered in the books of Barton, Irlam, and Higginson. under the head of " Jonathan Higginson's private share account." That account was not in any way mixed up with the private accounts of Mr. Higginson, also entered in the partnership books, haying reference to various domestic and other transactions, but was kept altogether separate as Mr. Higginson's share account. He (Mr. Lowndes) contended, that if this was to be con- sidered as belonging to the private estate of Mr. Higgin son, the assignees, on behalf of the creditors of the joint estate, should have a right of proof. Mr. Blair, barrister, appeared for certain creditors on the private estate to oppose the application made by Mr. Lowndes. He con tended that the money had not been fraudulently taken out of the joint estate by Mr. Higginson, but that it had been all entered in the books in a regular manner, every transaction being distinctly recorded. A lengthened ar gument took place between Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Blair; and, after some observations from the commissioner, Mr. Lowndes replied. His honour delayed judgment, as he was not well acquainted with the case. He ordered the official assignee to draw up various papers. The long-disputed suit relative to Lady Hewley's charity has at length terminated, by means of a compro mise between the English and Scotch " orthodox dis senters," they having agreed that the charity should ex tend to " poor and godly preachers of Christ's holy gospel" in England and Wales. WARNING TO BANKRUPTS.—The case of J. T. Clay, a bankrupt, who recently appeared in the Leeds District Court, before Mr. Commissioner Ayrton. on the question of his certificate, has attracted some attention in conse quence of the large outlay which this party had made in connexion with property at Birkenhead. The measure of punishment awarded by the court for his conduct towards some of his largest creditors was the refusal of his certi ficate, in delivering judgment on which Mr. Commissioner Ayrton severely animadverted on his having been guilty not only of a fraudulent preference, but a breach of trust, at the time of committing which he admitted that he was worth £40,000. He said. " Was it not grasping avarice that led him to do this ?—a wish to double or treble his fortune ? If I let this bankrupt escape without the slightest punishment I can inflict, how can I ever inflict any punishment on a poor man who fancies he comes with extenuating circumstances. In the Queen's Bench, on Thursday, in an action, Tur rill v. Crawley, it was decided by Lord D e n man that a landlord of an .hotel has a lien upon the goods of a third party for a debt contracted by him. The defendant bad detained a carriage belonging to the plaintiff, for expences incurred at his hotel by a Miss Jordan, who had hired the vehicle of the plaintiff, a coachmaker in Long Acre. A HARD CASE.—In the London Court of Bankruptcy on Wednesday, the case of Mr. Maclean, late M.P. for Oxford, came on for hearing. The debts and liabilities amount to £120,000. The assets will not, under the most favourable circumstances, realise more than 3s. in the pound. The bankrupt, who is the son of the late Sir G. F. Maclean, was member of parliament for Oxford up to the last general election. He is a barrister. Previous to his bankruptcy he engaged in a great variety of specu lations—he was director of the Marylebone Bank, a brick maker, owner of two collieries which he worked, and was, it is reported, a director in several projected railway com panies. Several applications for an adjournment of the last examination were made by the bankrupt's solicitor, Mr. Lawrence, and it was alleged that Mr. Maclean, who was then in Italy, was unable to attend in consequence of ill health. Certificates to that effect had often been made, but the bankrupt neither attended nor was cause shown for his absence, and outlawry was the result. There has been, of course, no balance sheet filed, and no explana tion given of the numerous transactions in which he was engaged. The principal claimant is Miss Maitland, the bankrupt's niece. Her claim, a proof of which was ten dered by Mr. Loader, amounts to £67,090. She was his ward, and the money was borrowed from her when she came of age. Miss Maitland holds a variety of securities, but they are not of great value, and she will be almost destitute. The further hearing was adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, STOURTON STEEPLE CHASES On Wednesday the annual Steeple Chases came off at Stourton. The Hooton-park Steeple Chase came off first. It was a handicap sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 sovs. added ; about three miles. Nine horses started, and a more excellent race we never witnessed. The horses took the leaps in capital style. Dicky Misfor tune led a considerable way round, but towards the close he fell back, and Rover came up, winning in gallant style by about half a length. The horses were placed as follows : Rover .. The second was the Stourton Steeple Chase • a sweep stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 100 sovs. added ; four miles. Nine horses were entered for this race, but only seven started ; Wolverhampton and Victim not having shown up. This also was a good race, and it differed from the other races of the day in this particular,—that one of the horses, Prince George, fell, and threw his rider, the cele brated jockey. Oliver. The following was the result : _ Peter simple 1 La Syl'Phide 2 Knight of Gwynne Peter Simple won on the post by a bare head. The third race of the day was a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 sovs. added, for horses the boncl-fide pro perty of the Liverpool Hunt Club, to be ridden by mem bers of the club.; three miles. Four horses started, and they kept well together until within about a length of home. The horses were placed as fellows Johnny Boy ...... 1 I Banshee 0 Petticoats will meet to- THE CHASE.—The Cheshire Houn morrow (Wednesday), at Staighton ; on Thursday, at Tarporley ; on Saturday, at Dutton-hall, each day at half past ten.—Sir W. W. Wynn's Hounds will meet to morrow (Wednesday), at New Bridge ; Friday, at Carden ; and Saturday, at Baschurch-station, each day at half-past ten.—Sir Thomas Hesketh's Harriers will meet this day, (Tuesday,) Jan. 30th, at Burseough Tollgate ; Thursday, Feb. Ist, at Walmer Bridge, Longton ; Satur day, Feb. 3rd, at Eccleston. Each day at eleven o'clock. CORRESPONDENCE PROTECTION TO GOODS ON THE DOCK QUAYS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR, — About twelve months ago I addressed a letter, through one of the public journals, regarding a loss I sustained from some of my goods being stolen from the quay on the west side of George's Dock, and pointing out a mode by which thefts of a similar nature might be obvi ated, viz., having sliding doors to the sheds around the various docks, and particularly that part of the George's Dock, the west side. I observe that this improvement, suggested at the time by me, has actually taken place, but not without robberies of far greater magnitude having previously taken place ; and I trust the Dock Committee will see the propriety of having all the docks which are similarly exposed as the west side of the George's Dock was, to be closed in, and thus protect the merchant and consignee from loss for the future.—Yours, &c., STEPHEN MOORE, Shipbroker. Liverpool, 22nd January, 1849. ON THE SUPPLY OF WATER IN THE RED ROCK, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR SETTLING THE WATER DISPUTE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIAM How it can be asserted that the rock under and about Liverpool will not yield water in sufficient abun dance for a constant supply of the town, perplexes me. The least-experienced miner would not hesitate to stake his existence on the contrary being the fact. I have been told that Dr. Buckland and Professor Ansted have given an opinion decidedly condemnatory of a reliance on the red rock. I hesitate to believe that these gentlemen ha zarded such an opinion ; but supposing they did, in judging of the value of it, we must take into considera tion that they have had no underground experience; and I am confident no miner will contradict me when I say, that a man without underground experience is inca pable of pronouncing a sound opinion on the point. Miners know well, and many to their sorrow, that the red rock holds immense stores of water, the lower strata being particularly wet. The Liverpool wells are in the upper strata of the series of rocks that make up the new red sandstone formation, and as sinks they are mere hen, scratches ; but insignificant as they are, and execrably fitted as they are, it appears they are nearly adequate to the wants of the town. What, then, would they be, if sent lower, and fitted with efficient machinery ? Un questionably they would produce more water than could be fairly consumed, and amply demonstrate bow little reliance can be placed on the authority of bookmen and chamber geologists. I do not mean to say that all the wells could be sent down advantageously, neither do I pretend to know which could ; but, from the nature of the case, it is certain the majority would be improved very much by being sent down ' • and if it were found necessary to abandon any, a skilful miner, one combining science with practice, would readily select sites for one or more new ones. BAing at the bottom of the wells for the purpose of increasing the water, as recommended by some, would be found an ex pensive farce. They should be sent down fairly, or not touched. In the anonymous papers that were so plentifully pub lished a few months back, the pro-Pike advocates rung a thousand changes on faults, dykes, and other subterra nean difficulties, representing them as insuperable obsta cles to any plan for supplying the town with water from beneath, and even to deepening the present wells. To the empiric, faults and dykes would be a sore trouble and bewilderment ; but the scientific miner would find little difficulty in not only avoiding the destructive conse quences of being ignorant of their position, but would frequently turn them to advantage. Mr. Dunn may well exclaim, " When the immense area of country in question comes to be considered, how very inadequate are the trials hitherto made, with a view of procuring a supply of water !" To settle this " Water Question," and to put things in their true position, I suggest -Ist. That Messrs. Lean, of Marazion, Cornwall, the gentlemen who report the duty of the engines of the principal Cornish mines, be engaged to report the duty of the engines at the wells. I consider it would be far more satisfactory to employ strangers from a distance; and as the Messrs. Lean are entirely engaged on report ing engine duty, more efficient men could not be named. 2nd. That a scientific, well-practised miner—such a man as Mr. Dunn—be instructed to survey the district and the existing wells, and report on the capabilities of both, as well as on the practicability of improving the latter. Water is the miner's greatest foe, and ic, is only the miner who knows where most to expect it. 3rd. That finding it possible to obtain an ample supply of water,—and such would surely be the result,—the existing engines and pitworks should be substituted by the latest Cornish improvements, such as Messrs. Hock ing and Loam, Harvey and West, or Mr. Sims, would readily inform any gentleman of, that chose to apply. It is notorious that the Cornish engineers have no supe riors in the manufacture of pumping engines. No engines in the world do the same duty at the same expense. The expense of working the Liverpool waterworks engines is e110:1110110. T would abandon the Pike, e ven if th e obtaining o .10 fi supply from the rock cost as muc h as th e Pike ry would. Surface water is the horridest stuff that eall tl sent down the throat of a human being. I have see ° o much surface water as most individuals, but I nev er s io saw it used for cooking or d r inki ng , when well-watf attainable. Even by the side of mountain strew:o-'6i run every yard of their course over rock and gr ay fci well, if it can be bad, is resorted to • and no wonder the the one is sickly and insipid, th e other brisk and re p :o ing ; and if the weather is at all warm, the different remarkably striking. Ague, dysentery, and eholers' h o as often the results of d r i n ki ng sur f ace wa t er a s anYt ' 11 ; else. The Nith, at D um f r i es , h as f urn i s h e d a recent a bo dreadful example. Surface water must of necessity loaded with impurities, and saturated with foul gase s :o The miserly calculations of the loss in soap at l „, from the use of hard w a t er , are unwor th y o f a ttenti°: In conclusion, I again urge, that the determinatie' et the capability of the r ed roc k un d er an d aroun d Li v jh pool, to supply the town with water, can be satisfaetuGe, accomplished by experienced scientific miners only bo ologists and geology are all very well in their war; without practic a l ex p er i ence i n m i n i ng, the opintn,n, fit surveys of geologists, in cases like the one before n -•• of small value. I h ave the greatest respect for gel 111 and geology, but I h ave no di spos iti on t o bli n k fse 4 o flatter them, and I mus t asser t th at t h e sc i en ce " more to miners than miners owe to it. dti The gentlemen I have na m ed, I am un d er n o k- P dat obligation to ; and it is only under an impression l ;I naming them might s erve th e " goo d o ld town," t ha t / so, ventured on it. Mr. D unn I s h ou ld no t k now , i f my head against him ; but I am acquainted with s °P'"ii his works. He is the author of an elaborate treatis e 0 Winning and Working Collieries; and I believe 13e c o the same Mr. Dunn who in 1832 received the first ail medal of the Edinburgh Society of Arts, for the 0 1 ) . 1,40 tion of cast-iron tubbi ng i n a Scotch colliery, and V also introduced the practice of tubbing back water the Irish collieries. I hope, sir, you will " tub back " all anonymous Al ters on this question. An opinion is worth no more a name than without, but a name guarantees facts, compels a writer to foot fair. With thanks for your past indulgence, I remni,o' obediently yours, B . DONBAVX.' Glanadda, January 25, 1849. ola FOREIGNERS' AND JOHN BULL'S NATI- CONSOLS NOff n4l O TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAY- - SIR,—" Mentor," by his letter in the Liverpool 3 . 5 cury of the 26th instant, is afraid that foreigners w . O place no faith in John B u ll' s p rom i ses, w hi c h h av e yet been repudiated. A national note, based upon 3 per cent. consols'A both in this and foreign countries doubtless circulateD equal facility and favou r , as our presen t B an k of Bora notes or sovereigns, an d so l ong as t h at proposed "-gel exists, its representati ve (l ega l t en d er note ) cannot be,r se, depreciated. Thi s p aper poun d , lik e our presen t lei pound, will sometimes command more, and at o thers corn, and other commodities, according to the Pi t 's, thereof in the market, as exclusively governed by supply of and demand for the same. Foreigners do not take our gold back for their pro .001 in doubt of Engl an d' s so l vency, b ut only when it isseJl cheapest commodity we can give them in exchange , l o knowing they can rely upon its fixed legal value so loon, our present monetary laws continue to disgrace our e.""i they are tempted t o secure suc h protect i on, and war t y ; seek for a more convenient season, and will, perhaPsto led to a forei gn mar k e t t o supp l y t h e i r wants theresV4 and thus we too frequently lose the benefit of their tsW our products or commodities in exchange for theirs. ,i e f, Americans send thei r vesse l s t o the EAst and W?st round the Horn, and to load at all the foreign port s ?,A trade on mere letters of cre dit , never requiring a sover`si. or bank note in all the transactions incident thereto , ~4 big on board an experienced mercantile gentleman as representative and super cargo. They surpass the l 3 merchants in their foreign maritime adventures. td 4 One hundred s uc h conso l notes would invariably r e j three pounds p er annum ; and if Mentor pref erret`ty receive for such interest, 15 dwts. 9 grs. of gold 01 , pesent standard fineness, the nation might enact that, should be paid f or it, f or t h ere i n the nation $ Olll , likely to make a good bargain with the fundholders, of a'' , all probability, th e supplies from California will, ere l 'lel enable them to b u y more gold with a consol note t 5 dwts. 3 grs. ; b es id es , if go ld ceases to be the sta° or i 0. at a fixed price, we s h a ll soon have it in s u ffi c ient a , u, o of dance and cheapness, independent of any new sourc e i ; is, supply. It has al rea dy b ecome a proverb, that ,1°.,1i California is only wor th it s we i g h t i n bread. c.e am at a loss to conceive how either greater diffieultw - :, obstructions could arise than those which mar b e ew,,, rienced with our present circulating medium ; but, so." eo ti ci contrary, I am of opinion that much less inconve° l o and loss would result from the proposed change, w appears to nie would be as simple in its operations as circulating medium that could be devised. The quantity of gold in a sovereign (viz., 5 dwts. is all that the national creditor can ask for each Pbi , 6 owing to hi m . Th e na ti on may give him the weight, it is not bound to maintain its value to him ; "E br o, would be to p ro t ec t an d k eep up the value of his re 11 property in the funds, which is not done for theo er. land, building, p ro d ucts, or commodities of anY kin d;, Mentor objects to the necessity of " calculationaoh arise from the proposed currency, but does not show 41 those will be, or whether mo re difficult than any , are now required in trade. and keeping accounts of n 3 P t pli It must be self-evident there can be none other—f° r 43 operation of the purchase o f go ld, as a commo dity, " the proposed consol notes, would be precisely as we buy any commodity with sovereigns or bank notes. J o Then, as the said consol note will buy any comm°, 4, or serve for any purpose of t ra d e , an d also comma°;ty, , the will of the holder, wh enever re i nves t e d i n the Juoi 3 per cent, per annum, it is clear they will perfect l /0 adequately perform all the functions required of a 50 %plt‘ based nation a l l ega l t en d er c i rcu l at i ng me di um, the 01 Joel office of which is to facilitate the exchange of one Pr ° id or commodity f or ano th er , na ti ona ll y and i nterna lly, , e r with them the foreigner adventuring his products or Po( chandise hither, can purchase, or order his English ago to purchase, any commodity he may require or prey;(gold or whatever e l se ,) as t h e e l ect i ve procee d s of exchange, with or without importation into England. Hence, it is manifest, notwithstanding Mentor's a Pt rently unconquerable fears, how easily the ber/atwrt trade could be adjusted with the proposed currency 0 ; , much more to our advantage th an b y our present .g o r laws, which deprive us of an adeq ua t e commerc i a l Cl ti t rating medium, and hunger and keep idli ng th e wo uld . t y employed and industrious portion of our fellow_meNe producers of the national wealth ; and, if not reper i p , will exhaust all the honey, and s'arve to death 9 „ l ` tit working bees of our national hive. Surely, then, 3- e b d most perceive that the consol note wou ld b e the l pivot for all national and international traffic. al Having shewn that the proposed legal tender note w ° e ccrrectly and efficiently represent weight, meastir e :,r, capacity, of and for all commodities, it may se em unfit cessary for me to refer to what " Mento r " s t a t e s, o il " he cannot understand how the pu r ch as i ng pow er , pound note can be fixed, unless th e sa l ea bl e va l ue cct iri ! property on which it is b ase d b e unalterable." rfol, then, if the phasis of his ideas on this subject be fait'ett conveyed by the language in which he has essayed to ,4 vey them to the public, he will probably have disce .e 170 from what i s a b ove stated, that the purchasing Po',,,t? the consol not e is fixed, as one hundred such notes always command three pounds per centum per 0 1 ;4,4 , which he may convert into gold or coin, or anything jo e as, when, and where he determines. Secondly.—ffe,of not forget that our present go ld sovereign has not roof the same purchasing power; because the comnwurd which we may purchase with it, does not and cannot,.':i the well-known elements of supply and d eman d, r asp' unalterable saleable value. Let us not expect to indulge in the imbeciliti eg ip Midas. and yet escape his fate-- Auriculas asini habet." O bi The fruits of labour and the vegetable products . i de earth, are more valuable than the finest gold ; be'ylc being essentials for the sustenance of man, which g ° not, legal paper money equa lly as gold mone y w ill P" , wages of labour. SOLVV TIDE TABLE. v , DAYS. MORN. I EVENG.I H GHT . I H OLY DA Jan.' h. m. h. m. ft. in. Tuesday.... 30' 247 3 11 16 2 Wednesday.3l 335 4 4 15 4 Thurs. Feb. 1 433 5 8 14 3 Friday .... 2 544 624 13 9 P ur ifi cat i on o f d Saturday .. 3 7 3 743 jl4 1 Sunday .... 4 819 854 14 9 ,SeptuagesiMa s°v , Monday.... 5 923 951 , 1 6 0 PACKET LIST, GENERAL POST-OFFICE, JAN - 1 - 1 47 Mails desp'diLast Packet Nel2 ,/.lye . from London sailed. Destination S'HAMPTON STATION lig i Lisbon 7th, 17th, 'lberia Next i.et, Madeira Spain Gibraltar Malta &lonian Islands 3rd and 20th Indus 1 Greece and Egypt.... of every Jan. 20 due • • • India, Ceylon, - & - China , month. (1) Brit.Col.in W. Ind. 1 0 pi 4 41 (except Honduras & 2nd and 17th Gt. Western ~ vj - --t I - Bermuda,) For. Col. of eve Jan. 17 due • 'in W. Indies, except mont h Havana, Venezuela, and Madeira ..i! ----- i „„. , rt g (2) Mexico& Havana . } 2nd of every/Severn .... r. e . " tr (3) Bermuda St. Juan month only.) Jan. 2 due •' t 1,0 • x de Nicaragua, and 17th of every Gt. Western Ne• le New Grenada FALMOUTH STATION. HM re,t, Madeira, Brazil, and Evng. of 4th llMPenguin ..-- ft , . Buenos Ayres } every month Jan. 6 LIVERPOOL STATION.' Bait. N. America, Ber- . Every Fri muda, and U States } I day ;Ician'arn. I 'Jan I _r CHRIST OPHER NORTH.--Wilson is by nature a - I ,i will be to the end of the chapter. His stalwart f unbent by age, passes along our streets the imasc ton amongst the The long flowing hair, 'V, grizzled by the enemy, escapes from beneath th e eaves of his beaver, and descends like the snake- 01 f 5 11 locks of an antique Jupiter. over the snowy petals 9 1 4 collar that flank the breadths of his ambrosial vf t o giving altogether a peculiar and picturesque aspcn e iri head and its arrangements. This massive capital, ,e b ll , on Atlantean shoulders, and the most gigant' o lo / 01 borne along with speed and firmness of step, be . 7. - 0 dauntlessness and decision of character, sufficient , / the man.— Taies Maydzine. COURT AND FASHION. The fifth dramatic performance at Windsor Castle took place on Friday. The plays selected upon this occa sion were a drama in two acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled the " Housekeeper," and a comedy in two acts, by James Kenny, entitled " Sweethearts and Wives." RAILWAY AFFAIRS On Thursday night the railway station at the village of Hatfield Peverel, on the Eastern Counties line, about three miles from Witham, was destroyed by fire. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending the 20th instant :—Coach traffic, £732 lls. 11d. ; parcels, £3l 55.: goods and cattle, £179 19s. ld. ; steam boats, £lOO 12s. 3d. ; total, £1,044 Bs. 3d. PARKGATE works on this branch line from Parkgate to join the Chester and Birkenhead Rail way at Spital Station, have commenced. The contracts have been taken by three spirited parties, who intend to put on from 300 to 400 men to expedite the construction of the undertaking. Sir Charles Fitzroy is well inclined to the furtherance and developement of railways in Sydney. The line which has the best repute is that which has its starting point at the head of Darling Harbour and terminating at Rope's, being 24 miles, at a total estimated cost of £66,000. The company's capital is set down at £lOO,OOO. The amount of traffic for the last week, on 4,404 miles of railway, was £467.115, thus accounted for :—£69,529 for the conveyance of passengers only, £47,862 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £49,724 for pas sengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £20,565 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was 3,342. The average earnings per mile were £3B, whilst last year they were £43. The receipts of the London and Northwestern Company, first in magnitude as in management, are £3,559 in excess of those in the corresponding week of 1848, the Great Western £1,421. the Eastern Counties £1,027, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire £1,716 in excess. Each of these have more miles open than at the same period last year. and for these due allowance must be made. The increase in the London and Northwestern is 7 miles, Great Wes tern 30. Eastern Counties 291, and Lancashire and Yorkshire 811 miles, which makes the receipt per mile rather less in all these except the London and North western. RAILWAY COMPENSATION.—LANCASTER AND CAR LISLE RAILWAY.—A trial took place on the 23d instant, at Carlisle, before a special jury, to assess the value of six acres of land belonging to the Maryport and Carlisle Rail way Company (now in the possession of Mr. Hudson), but which was required by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company. Mr. Hudson, on behalf of the Mary port Company, first demanded £100,000; he then called about a dozen witnesses, who valued it at sums varying from £75,000 to £70,800. The Lancaster and Carlisle Company had previously offered £7,005 for the land. The jury, after two days' investigation, gave a verdict for £7,171. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SHREWSBURY AND CHES TER RAILWAY.—Another fatal accident occurred on this• line at the commencement of the present week, at the Rhosyrnedre station, close to Ruabon. A train left Shrews bury at a quarter past six o'clock, and on its arrival at the Rhosymedre station at the appointed time, a man named Parry crossed the line, ju-t in- front of the advancing train. The consequences may easily be imagined; before the train could be stopped the unfortunate man was knocked down, and frightfully mangled, his death ensuing in a few hours. It does not appear that the slightest blame is to be attached to any of the railway officials, the disaster being purely accidental, and caused solely through the carelessness of the deceased. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, a dreadful accident occurred at Upholland, on the Liverpool and Bury Railway, by which one man lost his life on the spot, and another one sustained such shocking injuries that his 'recovery is despaired of. It appears that the workmen of the contractors are employed throughout the night in making good any defects of the line. One of the trains of waggons so employed had, it appears, been put into a siding, and shortly after another train, in which two men were, was also brought up, and was about to be pushed in also. From some misplacement of the rails in the siding, however, the waggons got off the line, and being pushed by the engine, they rolled upon each other.- The unfortunate men were dreadfully crushed between them. One man was killed on the spot, and the other was dreadfully cut on the lower part of the body. SUNDAY TRAVELLING.--At a meeting of the Sabbath Alliance Association, held in Edinburgh on Monday, Dr. Candlish said, "The lines running Sabbath trains embra ced 280 miles, and the lines having no Sabbath trains embraced 240 miles, showing a difference of 40 miles, which, in railway travelling, was not material. The num ber of passengers conveyed along the Sabbath-breaking lines was 1,623,617, and the number conveyed along the Sabbath-observing lines was 1,572,637, making a diffe rence of somewhere about 50,000 passengers out of one and-a- half million. They would see, therefore, that the two classes of lines were pretty equal, both in regard to the number of miles and the number of passengers. Now, upon the lines that run Sabbath trains, within the period mentioned, sixteen accidents had occurred, fourteen pas sengers were killed, and fourteen were wounded. On the lines that observed the sabhath, there had been only two accidents, and one killed and one wounded. FALLING OF RAILWAY ARCHES.—On Saturday week, an accident occurred by the fall of an arch, erected by the London and North-Western Company at Manchester. The line of railway known as the South Junction, con necting the London and Manchester line with that from Manchester to Liverpool, is carried on a viaduct across Oxford-road and Deausgate. chiefly constructed of brick, and between these two points, near the bottom of Gloucester-street, the arches had been completed, and on Saturday the servants of the contractor were striking away the centres from one of these arches, when, from some cause, the north side gave way and fell in. There were ten labourers at work at the time, and one of these men, named Ralph Beresford, being underneath, was buried by the falling materials, and killed. Two other men, named James Oates and Thomas Davis, were on the top of the arch, and, sinking with it to where two of the disjointed portions of the arch again came in contact with each other, were transfixed, and held between them for some time, and when released were found to be lifeless and dreadfully crushed. Two other labourers were found to be badly hurt. On Wednesday and Thursday, two other arches fell, but fortunately without injuring any , one. At the inquest, the jury found a verdict of " Ac cidentai death," expressing an opinion that the accident was induced by injury sustained by the brickwork through the excessive fall of rain upon the arches since they had been erected. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The address in the Lords will be moved by Lord Bruce, and seconded by Lord Bateman. Lord Lewisham, son of Earl Dartmouth, walks over for South Staffordshire. Lord Palmerston has attached Mr. Wolff, son of the Rev. Dr. Wolff, to the regular staff of clerks employed at the Foreign-office, that gentleman having previously been an assistant of the head clerk. ALL IN THE FAMILY.—Lord J. Russell has conferred on his father-in-law's brother, the Hon. John Elliott, the post of Secretary to the Board of Control, recently va cated by Mr. Wyse. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has retired from the ap proaching contest for the representation of Leominster. The candidates are Mr. Fredk. Peel (conservative). son of Sir R. Peel, and Mr. Phillimore (radical). The Queen of Spain has, it appears, addressed the Ro man Catholic Governments of Europe, calling for a con ference to take into consideration the present circumstan ces of the Papacy, with a view, of course, of restoring by force, if necessary, the temporal sovereignty of the Pope. THE NAVY ESTIMATES.—It is understood these esti mates for 1849, already in course of preparation for par liament, will be on a considerably reduced scale, so as to save a million on that branch of the public expenditure, as compared with the last Year. The Indus left Southamp)on on Saturday, with the India mails from Alexandria. AMong the passengers was Dr. Bowring, late M.P., for Bolton, who has been appointed her Majesty's Consul in China. Mr. Hume, M.P., and a number of distinguished political and literary friends of the doctor took leave of him on board the Indus. A writer in the Times, under the signature of "Emeri tus," says, " The total amount expended directly for the pay and maintenance of the whole force in the army, ordnance, and navy, is £6,936,496; the amount paid indi rectly, for extras and subsidiary expenses, is £10,448,873. The actual forces cost us seven millions, the et ceteras ten millions and a-half !" Amongst other indications of approaching parliamen tary warfare, is the announcement that Mr. Bernal Osborne, now one of the members for Middlesex, is going to attempt to bring in a bill for the abolition of church-rates. This question used to be the parliamentary " card " of Sir John Easthope, at one time a chief pro prietor of the Morning Chronicle. A severe contest is expected for Cardigan Boroughs. Three candidates are in the field, the Hon. Mr. Vaughan, brother to the Earl of Lisburne; Mr. John S. Harford, of Bristol, who was defeated in 1841 by the late member ; and Mr. Pryse, who has been invited by the Aberystwith voters. Mr. 'Williams, the late member for Coventry, is also spoken of as likely to come forward. MEETING OF IRISH MEMBERS.—The meeting sum moned by Mr. H. Grattan, M. P., was held in Dublin, on Tuesday, but was most indifferently attended, onlya dozen gentlemen having answered to the call. After discussing the question, whether, with such a paucity of members, they should proceed to business, a conversation arose on the subject of the poor law. The honourable gentlemen were unanimous in condemning the poor law in its present form, but generally approved of its principle. The exact mode of effecting amendments was, however, a matter of controversy. Ultimately, the meeting was adjourned, and the second meeting was as great a failure as the original one. There is no union of opinion between them. We are informed that the contemplated reduction in the army will be to the amount of ten tho , 2sand men. The proposed diminution will take place chiefly in that portion of our forces which is now on home service.— Morning Chronicle. The Times of Saturday gives the following additional information on this subject : " The working strength of the dockyards is to be consi derably reduced ; the shipwrights to 3500, and the other branches of skilled labour in a corresponding degree. In Jan. 30, 10 THE FL' Th e "*lati v f ° 11 ( e of