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

Jn 12, 1849. LOCAL MEETINGS. DERB, ntAnDiANs.—on Wednesday, the 15n, W e ,t l Y meeting was held in the Workhouse, Ever- Fora th e •P. Ro s C ell i n the char. A letter was read the e Poor law commissioners, saoctioning the increase k tootl e s" rrorn alarY of Mr. R e id, di str i c t /medical officer for ir geon .£lB Bs. to £4O per annum,—Mr, Pea!son o ,_ ,Qiild,4,was appointed vaccinator for the township t f ??ard t " Mr. Rees, the auditor, appeared before . he elispitari°ate:mplain of the very irregular manner in which the last°Aler, collector for Bootle, kept his accounts. At isa • audit he (Mr. Fowler) was s summoned before the s and convicted in a small penalty on the same nt • Re (Mr. Rees) considered him totally Tilete,nt to fill the situation. It was resolved that Mr. r i ) ,,e called ' , von to send in his resignation. . nr,t,Ern COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting , was te Port e i' h ursday, Mr. Thine in the chair. Mr . . Fresh san atn that a special inspection is being made into the sai 4Y state of all the streets where cholera appears, Oi u P i Pt measures are resorted to to cause the cleans those ill% houses, and the removal of nuisances from t een str eet ,. The ' medieal officer reported that there had death increase in the mortality of the borough, the bein g o.t , 'id against 245 the preceding week ; the Ileith e se , was Principaily from fever and cholera ; the !'dtilt, 'min the lane). dista- , . 1 ,-..rt• 19 children and 22 4ei t 01;lainst 2,5 in the preceding weeic.. There had also u deaths from diarrhcea, and 22 from tever. Two tteha °f the cholera cases had occurred in Vauxhall, sdone tt e4d °3e, and Scotland Wards. Mr. Tyrer called the t u c t i l t. the committee to the injury that was "Ler* s uiPowners and others by the reports of the pl ae ,, eases in the newspapers ; it caused vessels to be ti„,qt under I\ 4 ' l took quarantine' at` t•breign ports. A conversa "lel( s u Place as to the ari•god obstacles which the ropes a t ZeYer had thrown in the way of laying the water e() In `us north docks. It was understood that some ba. tanniear , i ttee would be re.•••ive i from the Dock Corn -1;4azi.e.,,,T co nsequently n , , r•-•polution was come to. .It "'sitarit-u, comoliance memorial from the in eNstrti,,3, ,uf Gloucester-pi te2, that a sewer should be alitt i ,; e Q fa that locality. CHEMISTS.—On Monday, a meeting g ee o t f e tn e ' i ls held at the Queen's Hotel, Lnne-s at, Y Mr. Joseph Bell, of London, editor of r the Cesdsned4,4tical Journal. The meeting was numerously ptaeluditl, Detween forty and fifty gentlemen being present, Wrana ihNer between members of the society from Manchester, haa9v a n d other neighbouring towns. Mr. Edward taken the chair, introduced Mr. Bell, who laij'erY befo re received, and in a very able address ink ;,the naneting the claims of the Pharmaceutical Lueir cOrdi I support. On Mr. Alpass object ett; Pass the examination, a though competent, and . ZJOjn t hat that was the only means now open to him ion n ' e the society, and stating the difficulty of p.repa bl.4•43 t t-, ll °, Part of ' those already . engaged in business, -clwards stated, that having undergone both f tri: o ll ;ta at ,r e s e , : i t a a s s s s i u s r te e d h s e ince in preparing candidates gentlemen present, that it t t l , ) ,. e l)ar i t 3e n e t . ll a nature as simply to ensure competence on 7 1 'al e ," ; ` ,these who presented themselves, and that a '4l,;t Prevailed in the council towards those whose ttl o . ent rt u e „e'_°,h . usin es! had supplied the place of the usual ti r Ito wr imh their circumstances would not allow of. atitli a " suo,,ested the propriety of memorializing eriti e , n of this town to apportion a part of the ILl.lntie:l.rardens for the express cultivation of medicinal tj o „ v et3 - o e ;'„thus afford the students of medical botany in 'And • 'uase advanta es which the members in Lr th e N o t t i. , 'a i . e es b o e i n_efi , c . ial in the Regent's . Park. The meeting he r objec , t e s ci into committee to carry out this and pfWthis h° COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly meeting ,•"elo i s ,*: ° "Y was held on Thursday. Upon the report of Pentt7l.l'4oal-4•Ze Committee being read, Mr. Meadows 8 ), in e negligence of the surveyoT (Mr. H rea,,th ug obstructions in the roads, in the shape h stones, for upwards of eight months. Thong he s s ofteipeatedly ' made inquiries of the men as to the the neglect he was told he could not be informed ; tl a. e !eet r : f .e re, moved the dismissal of the surveyor for l it't 4 h ili q th e d ut3r. Mr. Peer Mr Have you nothing more 4 t man than this . Mawdsley : How comes that ". Meadows makes the complaint now, after a h'°lld d eight months' alleged neglect ? No gentleman t e ,, P e e- t t he motion,and the matter dropped.—After trl P t Plr th Finance Committee had been read and t he r e ed, r. w e h k e Por t ard Parry complained . of that portion of t e e ded 9, ° ' the Improvement Committee which recom ,,otV,,Minediate construction of a main sewer frntia i4elrio r i za `-ourch to Orrell's Corner t in accordance with Iridtk, Presented to them from Liscard,. signed . by six 0 1 1 cl `s• The effect of proceeding with such a_work .r . o lb ,e t o nterrut the access to the Seacombe Ferry tiii 87 Egremont, and New Brighton, during the th2 l lB l o g'arner months, and woul . d be attended with ' e ss t° himself and inconvenience to parties from by his ferry. He re th th ornoods contracting ilep4ese ro !, e . °lllmissioners that, during several months of in,„,2lnter, the road thro d u u g i h n Seacombe was ren bee th e bt;"sable by the construction of . the main sewer Ptlt i!l tki ng op of the pavement, which had not yet to Nth "'la Proper order. It seemed to him that these t o - pi . telt betrayed a;design somewhere to do everything tan Ferry, and drive he t Seaeamhe the contractors dp r ill nt end New Brighton Ferry.—Mr. C. Hol `,4col.4led the imputation of wishing to oastructthe e terry cast upon the committee by the previous . ad . not himself attended the meetings at i rt 7, r esolution was come to,. but he had perfect con fri, had Lne judgment and fairness of the gentlemen eot h ,l` l ade the recommendation. For his part (and he e ' t 1) h •l 'med it was the same with the rest . of the * ,!"i anxious to do everything to facilitate the 4r e of theferl and, if possible, to make them h-jetit. -aftere e bj then dropped, and the board - ` 4l shortly eight o'clock. \.,I\r ' A PWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. ''tt. "inesday the usual monthly meeting as held. 4.'14 LA WRENCE,.'in moving the confirmation of . the i. tif tk .e co _ . p l ' , e N. iztmittee's proceedings, referred to the R...por. e, % sed 'Deefors of Weights and measures. That report k4-11°siitst Parties, chiefly which was prevalent in this t - own y grocers and dealers in articles of )4.4g i lltitl4lBl3 7 e w s •Lo ch m le a fi d - eup parcels intended to repre!en. toi l lt' t itlif Pounds, and auarter pounds of deficient %''tiiti t le (Mr. Lawrence) denounced thispractice as N il -3 °TI unfa'rness almost fraudulet, and unbe -44 14 L' - 'He (Mr. Lawrence), tv A atl ier iverpool tradesmen._ 1 11: 4 to..' me pool of the committee, sent to the shops of t `, 4 4 1 . '4 grocers, within a few yards of the weight and e ra s3l ep,e establishment, in order that they might see the 1) I,' establishment, Mr. F 11 purchased from them half . pound e s r o! t,41114-:tlt, rice,' and e so on, and they found, with one He had t e kti. 4 , 4 %erl' one of their parcels was deficient. lie.. / %144 .- itona the report of the out i d . o t or inspectors, and Mr. Lawrence kite e lerely read the heading o _i • Nai a4 the following names of parties who . practise , the ko i k.: A r hich he complained :—E. C. Hindle) and Co.,_ arr kitta,'irson, W. J. Taylor, Michael Murphy,_Carr '''' 7 .l 4 son and Co., Charles Williston Boote, John bean )11 ,. '. ° ° k 5 Thomas Meacock, Tinnis and Co. Thos. 14 a;. 1°1 1 44 (3 !:;•, Thomas Taylor. Those parties had Pl'h - ' eoft Weighing half pounds and quarter pounds o ala t '"rl;,• e ,e, &c., not with a half . pound, f as would be tli E 4 (1 0 ; 4,1 fairly supposed, but with a r e a T c e t r io y nal part ; *I I Y itft Onaking up the whole, in almost instance if I QI h e italf an ounce deficient. This was the practice , I lit a tb ,Pattp c° ,,n l Plained of. What would those parties say '' wer,s Of sugar were to make them ay for their } l 4 ,4) ad:", e d with 54 lbs.? and whenre p presentations one of them said 4 t It Iv 1 0 those men on the subject, taco '',ei,,,°41,1 cost him X. 500 a year to_giveproper weight ; t "ed t and could never "std i tu (Ls en tons of sugar a, ,wseweka,s persecution, and ; ,s );c o fl , e t ra "d e ' s .. 4 would t he i* fi a a l v d e t p ill possession of the Council 1 1 4 lay tl °l ber. m ~. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Lawrence) dared N f o qo e ' i Nv olild, but he was mistaken in the feelings of 111:-;"i'wnsmen and in the feelings of members of l' tt,) f f ." , ,if they 'allowed a practice so unfair. t (fei,l o r r , I % Tii,, t 'Jght be asked, was there no remedy all i't ( - . t iie s : l-6 ,was no power of summary convi a ction in_ ,4,10 ,t a , they could not be fined as thewould for 14 t ' 1 11 ! 4 1 `i false weights ; but surely at common law an It tl !:`g l • w ould lie, and they would not be driven to ,'C il t '4 ItY of permitting such a proceeding as this. i t kl k : lY°4 observed, that since the parties had been ;t1,, / !zy - b .,,° 1 1, the subject of short weight,. the practi e 2 c f; Ilin a - rn diminished. and except cases which had com '' .5 4 1 liti. 4t elY, with a few pons, had not been of 'A.', t,, bad a c haracter as formerly. Many respectable r 'e e tt ' th m e °nle and consulted him (the o on the * Q2 (l l, ° Ree re ssing a degire that a universal system . should 4.414-;',.t• Ti and all parties be compelled to give proper 4 00 th e 413 subje c t had been mentioned at a late meet taeh-',, that Markets' committee, and a recommendation kkte.'itt ealmittee would come before them, rec 4 e,.,1 an ° Council to put up three scales in the war d,des; su ch other parts of the town as they might ( die k ks: a l:de, that poor people might g 9 to them, free qied.atay,,: ‘ and have their provisions we ; and h t i! 4 ,., - ` i " h ` i i, was satisfisd the moral influence of such a I;ttlrtlle(l,,,''., entirely put a stop to the rascally practices No. 1), hi s men in the town. (Hear, hear.) In con yto ic., f tto r , 'tt! worship said Mr. Lawrence had neglected ~V,,a a dil i g „ e Paine of a person who had been twice fined ~, 4,,,," weights. The name was Reynolds. NiZ 4 i/',.aitb. ll °Ro said that if the sweeping charge which N.' , tl,'",° of the finance committee had advanced el ....rad e , 11 4, 54 , 0wr0ui be inen could be thoroughly borne out, i t. 4l th, _tray e a Very great argument against the ad c) into the Council, and tend to s . how 4 i b llt c a Mber should be filled by merchant princes V I req," th al'a he might remark that the merchant N I '. 4 , l red a little supervision It„ .1 1) tas e ,p . said, that, as one of the parties alluded to At;* E c 11 ,..e Gilled upon Mr. Hin.lley to explain. . NI L i P A ' b • tiIAnLEY —I have nothing to say on this. *taeOlf cw t 's• would * like to know the number of cwts. Ira. that were sent out incorrect by mercantile d W,be h e thellg.ht that the mayor had used too strong a 4 e g to- he designated the conduct of the tradesmen L r, es '' ra 11 '' ' l ttl . II sea Y. tr IPLIIE tl . h h ,Girdo, .. L k i rldi song t t at some explanation . was mapdu It li . n ~eY• If the grocers had been unjustly ..r: 4 4,1!e k s tI t ti on si- li qc , B l4 at gentleman's tlernan's duty at once to step to_ _ An imputation of dishonesty did TN them he upon them as a body ; but that some 4% disc" acted honourably there could be no doubt. t ic, r, Ai, ussion on this subjecethen terminated. t , of t i i ti_ern lari lIEN-DERSON in moving the confirron -1)1,4 ache .Proceedings of the Dock Committee, alluded ki 4 ki r , ,Gity cini Pro Posed to be given to Mr. Worthington. 44 E4 1 ' 4 th e g_iving annuities - was no . doubt objection op t i ..tp,ti o ,. rustees considered that this case might be 4f• I ‘ q vis ( 4, l , °PPosed the granting of an annuity ; and, t% li ikt sotu , tlie reco mmendation was annulled. tillanshi th,selission, Mr. Procter's resignation of the Vel,l i' oi the Water. Committee was accepted. pro,...c eed . 'rue WATER QUESTION. 4 i A 4,„ I rlgs of the Water Committee were then tie sto; Me a detailed account of the proceedings -etsloinitte, wh o wait e d upon the Board of Trade, and also of some steps which had been taken to effect fl compromise with the parties with whom the Council had entered into contracts for the supply of metal pipes for the Rivington Pike water scheme, all of whom demanded sums varying in amount from £4,000 to X 13,796, making a total of about £30,000, for giving up their contracts, and giving the Council to the 11th inst. to decide what course it would take. The minutes also recommended that the borough engineer should be ap pointed engineer to the water-works. The TOWN-CLERK said he had been served with a no tice of an injunction, if the Council paid any money on account of the contracts, or attempted to get rid of the provisions of the Water Act. It was from Mr. Thomas Rigge, at the instance of Mr. Wm. Rathbone, Mr. Wm. Earle, and Mr. Ambrose Lace. Mr. BENNETT.—What is the force of this ? The TOWN-CLERK said if they paid any sum of money for the purpose of voiding those contracts, or entered into any arrangement to void them, an application would be made to the Court of Chancery for an injunction to re strain them. A letter was read from an iron founder, named Cochrane, in reference to the pipe contract, who stated that every necessary preparation had been made by those parties for the casting of the pipes, and that the work which had already been done was of an excellent kind. A portion of the letter was suppressed, at the suggestion of the Town-clerk, on the ground that its publication would be inimical to the interests of the Cor. poration. A letter was read from Mr. Hawksley to the effect that if sixteen million gallons per diem were deli vered from Rivington to the present population, £lO,OOO would have to be added for filter beds to the previous estimate of £480,000. Mr. BENNETT, as the deputy chairman of the Water Committee, said that on the 14th of May a majority of the council had decided to stop the Rivington Pike scheme, and the Water Committee had then duties to perform which devolved upon them from that course. On the 15th of May, the committee at their first meeting, gave the charge of the works (Mr. Scott having resigned) into the hands of Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer, with power to consult with Mr. Simpson as to the neces sary staff and arrangements. Mr. Newlands drew out a re port which showed that a saving of £5OOO or £6OOO would be effected. The committee requested the Town-clerk to report on the several contracts and obligations which the late Water Committee, previous toNovember, had inolved the Town Council in. The amount of these contracts was £137,000. Mr. Hawksley's contract with the Corporation was sealed on the Ist November. Mr. Jackson's was sealed on the Ist of November. Mr. Hawksely was required to give some view of what he would require as remuneration; but his reply was a short one, just in character with his other correspondence on this subjec. Mr. Bennett here entered into a statement to show, that whilst the income from the waterworks should not be estimated at more than £57,000 per annum, the interest on liabilities already incurred, and working expenses, amounted to £57,922 ; and this statement, he said, showed clearly they could not incur any further expenditure without increased powers. Mr. THOMPSON.—Have we any power to pay this sum ? —Several members of the council replied they had not. Mr. COOPER.—That settles the matter, Mr. BENNETT.—The difficulty of proceeding was much greater than stopping. At the worst the compensation would not amount to more than £200,000. (Great laugh ter.)' And he maintained that if it cost the whole £480,000 it would be advisable to abandon the scheme. (Continued laughter and hear, hear.) He then moved the adoption of the report. Mr. RODGERS seconded the motion. Mr. HARBORD proposed that a payment of £4,500 to Mr. W. Pendlebury, recommended in the proceedings, should he struck out. He did not think that because an action had been brought against the Town-clerk, the Council should pay £4,500 for nothing. The TOWN-CLERK explained the circumstances under which the Council had become liable to Mr. Pendlebury for £4,500. He had taken an opinion on it, and he was advised that he would be obliged to pay the money. After some discussion, The MAYOR said he regretted to say that the discussion had not borne upon the proceedings before them. (Hear, hear.) Somewhere about £30,000 was claimed as com pensation by the ironfounders, and they had till the 11th June given to them to consider an answer. Therefore, if they confirmed the proceedings, they would then have to propose some resolution authorising the Water Committee or some other body to carry out these compensations in a manner to satisfy the parties, which would be contingent on an act of parliament being obtained, inasmuch as they had at present no power whatever to advance one farthing of the money. Mr. AIKIN asked the Council what was their position ? Suppose they gave £30,000 to cancel these contracts, and in the course of twelve months found they were in a posi tion to maze other contracts, at a rate, perhaps, of 15 or 20 per cent. beyond the original contract price, they would have paid 10 to 15 per cent., whatever the case might be, to get rid of the contracts. In twelve months a new light might burst upon them, and he did not think that there would be the slightest chance of their being able to enter into contracts then at the same rate. Mr. Bennett alluded to the fact, that pig iron fell 2s. or 3s. immediately after these contracts were entered into. They all knew that his (Mr. Aikin's) countrymen on the other side of the Tweed had shrewd notions of what was going on ; and he suspected that these contracts were made in the expectation that pig iron would fall very much lower. He thought that as men of business and common sense, instead of paying £30,000 as compensation now, they should take the 30,000 tons of iron, and he questioned then whether they could sustain much loss. A remark had fallen from Mr. Bennett, that if the worst should happen they would get rid of about £200,000 for doing away with that about which the town of Liverpool was once so anxious. After all, the whole of their proceedings would be stultified, and £200,000 would be sacrificed. Let him beg of them to ponder the result. Mr. S. HOLME, in the course of a long speech, in which he went over the old ground, advocated, as the best way of getting out of the dilemma,proceeding with the Riving ton scheme. He had a letter from the Town-clerk of Manchester, the substance of which was, that the new works for bringing water from the hills of Longdendale were progressing satisfactorily,—that the contracts had been taken under the parliamentary estimates,—and that any arguments used for the abandonment of the Riving ton works, grounded on the failure of the Manchester works, were fallacious. As an individual member of this council Mr. Heinle was not prepared to sanction a reso lution placing the whole of these works in the hands of the bororgh engineer. In conclusion. he said that if the committee showed that they could get out with honour on one hand, and advantage to the inhabitants on the other, be should be glad to support them. Mr. HAnnonn said, it had been proposed that we shall go on with these contracts, and carry out the letter of the law. All he would say was, that if they were to do this, he would be deceiving the bondholders if he were to say that the council would be able to meet its liabilities. At the present moment they might be able to pay 17s. or 18s. in the pound, but if they were driven on to this ruinous expenditure, they would not be able to pay anything like that sum. Mr. Harbord concluded by stating that if they went for the pipes, they had better suffer the bondholders to take possession of the water works and pay themselves. Mr. FERGUSON moved the adjournment of the report— At this stage of the proceedings, the Mayor stated he had an engagement in London, and should .leave. He ac. cordingly left the chair, which was taken by Mr. Moly neux. _ . Mr. Ferguson's amendment was then put and nega tived. Mr. Aikin's amendment was then put, and was declared to be carried by a majority of 20 to 12. The following gentlemen voted for the amendment : Aldermen Swainson, Sands, Cooper, Molyneux, and J. H. Turner ; Councillors Walthew, J. Holme, Thomson, Morris, Hodson, Tyrer, Aikin, Tinne, Rimmer, S. Holme, Freme, Watson. Benn, Mann, and Fisher. The following gentlemen voted against the amendment : Alderman Henderson ; Councillors Woodruffe, Bell, Fer guson, Harbord, Rogers, Wagstaffe, Neill, Johnson, Ben nett, Parker, and. Hindley. It being five o'clock, the council adjourned toWednesday (to-morrow). c . Rai gil n Fe' the editor , -einve Fre dese l as rate. T he 8 0 0 ( ' t h e conduct the a! 1 41 ee a A., App. , - her , L; tha :hurs“:;ltor s ' ions ‘ .i rs cre' A s cot ;haw F,i f ir the few by! ;e Ili" i„ 'nor a rc tol l l a rs oi r )ilgricl e or ye 'W in r oof s of t be VEf 5. Her o :he F rit' tDel aid St v ViCtOrit' tre A .ro e tO lto. 'ef inee ..d. cotia' o3 o 7 , th t e r i e .c o )11 o Eto Pr in le. rt irO o d Df nee'. THE AINTREE HOPWOOD BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. The members of this society met on Tuesday last to ce lebrate their thirteenth anniversary, at the house of Mr. James Rossall, Aintree, where they formed in marching order, headed by an excellent brass band, banners flying, and proceeded to St. Peter's Church, near the Race Course, where they were met by the respected minister, the Rev. W. H. Vernon, from whom they heard a very appropriate sermon. The reverend gentleman gave for his text Ist Samuel, vii. 12, " Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpeb and Shem, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saving, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." The rev. preacher enlarged on this interesting sub ject, and showed that a splendid deed may in the sight of the Almighty be almost as strong an indication of a cor rupt heart, as a foul transaction, which all.would unite in condemning; that a rich and costly offering may be made on the shrine of religion—that an individual may bestow half his goods to feed the poor—yet, if the motive which prompted the deed be that of personal aggrandisement— to promote his own, and not the glory of God—to display his wealth, and not to evidence his charity—it becomes an unhallowed transaction, while, on the other hand, a most significant emblem. The prophet Samuel had experienced manifest tokens of Divine interposition. God had dis comfited the host of Philistines who had gathered them selves together in battle against his chosen people. Sa muel, who was deeply affected at the great deliverance. would erect some public permanent testimonial of the loving kindness of the Lord, which should tell of his good ness to generations yet unborn. He set up a stone ; he called its name Ebenezer, or the stone of help; adding at the same time, " hitherto bath the Lord helped us." The rev. gentleman proved very clearly that meditations of this nature are at all times appropriate, and form a most delightful source of Christian employment ; but that it seemed particularly to solicit attention at the present season, when they had been permitted by a gracious God to arrive at the commencement of another anniversary. He regretted to say that when he looked around upon the respective members of this benevolent society, assembled in this sanctuary, he could not avoid observing that there was a chasm made in their number—that some who began last year with them were not permitted to celebrate the close ; but because the Lord hitherto helped and spared them, they were there together to acknowledge His good ness, &c. &c. &c. The most marked attention was paid throughout the entire of this interesting and profitable discourse ; and after the service was concluded, the members returned in order to the club-room, headed by the chaplain, surgeon, and other officers, where they sat down to an excellent dinner, prepared by Host Rossall in his usual good style. The chair was taken by the Rev. W. H. Vernon, sup ported by Robert Woods, Esq., surgeon. The cloth being removed, the usual loyal toasts were given—" The Queen and other Members of the Royal THE LIVERPOOL STANIIARD. Family," " The Church," "The Army and Navy." The " Health of the Right Hon. the Earl and Countess of Sefton" was received with loud applause, as also the " Health of the respected Rector of Sephton," &c., &c. Notwithstanding the last year being one of much sick ness we are happy to state that the funds of this useful society have increased upwards of £l7. acts. He (complainant) got him into St. John's College, in the United States, but that produced no beneficial effect. He never rose from his bed till twelve o'clock, neither would he do any work. He had as many suits of clothes as any man in England, but they were all at the pawnbrokers. He beat some of his sisters every day, and frequently ill-used his mother, or any one about the house he came into contact with. The particular offence com plained of was, that, a few days ago, his son knocked him down in the shop, dragged him about the floor, and kicked him, and, if he had not been stypped, he would have com mitted further acts of violence. The prisoner was required to find bail for his future good behaviour, or be impri soned two months in default. He was ordered into cus tody until the sureties could be brought forward. IRISH ISLAND AND COAST SOCIETt A meeting in furtherance of the objects of this society was held in the St. James's School-room, St. James's ' road, on Friday evening. It was most reseectably at tended. Of the clergy, the following members were present,—the Rev. Dr. M`Neile ; Messrs. Parry, Nolan, Cowan, Barry, and Minton. The Rev. Mr. Lowe was also present as a deputation from the society. Mr. J. Lawrence and Mr. J. Grantham were among the lay gentlemen present. The Rev. F. PARRY, being called to the chair, opened the proceedings by requesting the Rev. T. Nolan to offer up a prayer, after which, he proceeded to the immediate business deputed to him. He regretted the absence of the Rev. Mr. Hampton, who was confined to his house by indisposition, as also that of Mr. Samuel Holme, whose absence was occasioned by the same lamented cause. Having drawn attention to the usefulness o the society, and its claims on the Christian public, the chair man was followed by the Ilev. T. NOLAN, who, ire illustrating the difficulties and discouragements which beset converts from Rome in the sister kingdom, mentioned a case which had met his eye that morning in a newspaper. The incident occurred in Tralee :—A convert, of twelve or fourteen years' standing, was seized with cholera, a short time ago, and when on his death-bed, a rumour spread that he could not die peaceably without seeing a priest ; one was sent for, but on his arrival at the bedside of the dying man, the latter declined his services, and expressed a wish to see the Rev. Mr. Scott, the curate of the parish. This gentleman, ac companied by the rector, attended the summons, and met the priest in the chamber of death. At this time a riotous mob surrounded the house. To convince the people thus assembled that he and his rev. brother were there by the desire of the dying man, Mr. Scott wished a person to be sent into the house from the crowd. This was done, arid the man heard a corroboration of what Mr. Scott had averred from the dying man's lips. Nevertheless, he re turned to his comrades and concealed the truth. Another being deputed, however, proved more candid. Still the scene was a deplorable one—the administration of the Sacrament at a death-bed inset with unseemly uproar. The Rev. Mr. LOWE entered into a minute and elabo rate detail of the operations of the society in the remote region to which these operations were directei : it con sisted of a number of islands with the proximate coast, and contained a population of 50,000 souls. The society had fifty stations, some of which were situated in Antrim, Mayo, Waterford, Donegal (where there were seven), &c. &c., &c. It had, during its career of fourteen years, been the means of making many converts. The rev. gentle man gave a very interesting account of the condition of these islanders, whom he described as being chained down by the most debasing superstitions ; indeed, their religion was nothing less than a mixture of paganism and popery. In one district, the people actually worshipped an image they called Molest'. Such a saint did not exist in the Roman kalendar ; and the women, under the convict ion that this god could assuage the pangs of child-birth, were in the habit of tearing shreds of wood from the back of the idol, which they preserved about their person. With same motives, large quantities of the earth over the grave of a certain priest Rogers had been carried away. Other instances of superstition equally gross were adduced ; yet the work of conversion had been all jhat could be expect ed. In Great Allan, in Galway, 80 converts had been made; and out of this number three had become valuable teachers. Mr. Lowe, while he partly admitted the truth of the difficulty said to stand in the way of training the Celt in knowledge and usefulness, contended that there were traits in the naticnal character which counterbalanced the alleged imperfection. He pleasingly illustrated their strong natural affections, and showed that so far they were pre-disposed to reverence the teachings of those who went amon g st them. He spoke of numerous congregations which assembled to hear the divine teachings of the gospel in various parts of the wild but beautiful country he referred to. Many of these were assemblages of converts ; but there were not wanting instances of numerous Roman Catholics meeting for this purpose, and this was a circumstance full of hope. From the operations of this society, the devastations made by the famine and other causes, the spiritual power of the priest hood was clearly in the wane; the people might still dread the temporal power of the priests, but they seemed to care little for their spiritual threats, and in districts where formerly it would hardly have been safe for a Protestant clergyman to have shown himself, now the emissaries of the society acted unconstrainedly, and their schools were filled with the children of Roman Catholics. He went to show that the labours undertaken by the society could not be performed by the parochial clergy, owing to the great extent of the parishes, some being 40 miles long by 15 miles wide, others 20 by 20 miles, &c. And over this wide area the Protestant population was widely scat tered. The parochial clergymen were mentioned as being everywhere most earnest for the success of the society, and as aiding in its operations. An instance of devotion in these trying times to his flock on the part of one of this class amounting almost to self sacrifice was given, and a beautiful picture of the resignation of the people to the scourge under which they are labouring was drawn, end the main cause of Ireland's woes was found in the de basing tendency of the Roman Catholic religion. Much injury was also attributable in respect of education to the national scheme, which is actually acting in opposition to the labours of the society. The Rev. Dr. M'ISTEILE, at the request of the Chair man, addressed the meeting. He said if there was one consideration that appeared more powerful than another in contemplating the great subject which the evening's proceedings had naturally referred to, it was that of the national retribution which Almighty God wields in his go vernment of the world. England had been repeatedly ad vised of her false policy with regard to Ireland ; she had fostered popery in that country, though warned again and again • she had been told that if she attempted to govern Ireland by means of the Church of Rome, she would com mit a great mistake. She was warned by her highest statesmen of the danger that must follow the passing of the Emancipation Act,'but she persisted in the liberal policy. The idolatry of England was wealth, and the re tribution she was made to suffer was directed against this. She had undertaken to govern Ireland by Popery, a sys tem which encouraged the people to depend on the potato ; in consequence of the failure of this England's god had been smitten. Ten millions of pounds had been given, and now more money was required ; the Protestant dis tricts of the suffering country were called on to contribute to aid to stem the torrent which she bad created herself. It was similar to the retribution of Adonizedek, who was taken prisoner by the Jews. It was not the habit of that people to mutilate their prisoners, but they cut off this man's thumbs—Adonizedek had cut off the thumbs of others—here the Jews worked out God's retribution. The reverend doctor, after further elucidating the point, re ferred to the continental intelligence received that day— that the French had concluded on the restoration of the Pope by the force of arms, and that the Romans were de termined to resist to the very uttermost, having declared that they would die in the ruins of their city rather than yield. They had mined the .Vatican and St. Peter's, and were ready to apply the torch if need were ; and he (the Rev. Dr.) must candidly confess, whatever the expense such a calamity would be to architecture or taste, that if it were not for the loss of human life, inseparable from such a catastrophe, he would cordially rejoice and give thanks to God that that great temple of idolatry was blown into atoms. He considered St. Peter's the greatest temple of idolatry now standing. The learned Doctor went on to illustrate his assertions, by portraying the mode of exhi biting the images to the people by the priests, and the prostration of the latter before them—worse in his opinion than the superstition of Juggernaut or the abominations of Sodom. At the conclusion of the eloquent address of the Rev. Doctor, — Mr. LAWRENCE proposed a vote of thanks to the Rev. Chairman—who responded—and the meeting dispersed. A collection was made in the room in behalf of the cause. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Tuesday, the man and woman charged before Mr. Rushton with robbing the house of Mr. Lloyd, publican, Trueman-street, were committed for trial. SMUGGLING.—EIdred Curwen, second mate of the Irt, now lying in the Prince's Dock, was brought before the magistrates on Friday, on the above charge. An officer of the customs stated that he went on board the Tit, and on searching her, found concealed in a bag 191bs. of cigars. The prisoner confessed that they belonged to him: Mr. Rushton said that he must be fined in the full penalty of £lOO. _ __ _ _ _ MEDICATED BRANDY.--On Friday, a female named Mary Leatherbarrow, a nurse at No. 3, district cholera hospital, was brought up before Mr. Rushton, charged with drunkenness. It appeared that the surgeon to the hospital, having occasion to discharge one nurse for get ting drunk, engaged the prisoner, who stupefied herself with drinking medicated brandy. Mr. Rushton ordered the prsioner to pay ten shillings and costs. SINGULAR Tnicx,—An old man, named Richard Price, was charged with constantly practising the following sin gular trick. He suddenly falls down in the middle of the street, and shouts out that he has got the cholera, when generous people passing by, immediately procure him brandy and other spirits. Several police officers stated, that the prisoner has, for a long time, practised this trick in the town. He was committed to prison for one month. EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Wednesday, Edward Rigby, collector to Mr. John Johnson, coal merchant, Oldhall street, was committed, charged with embezzling sundry sums of money, the property of his employer. The pri soner had been paid, in one instance, £l5 16s. which was due to the Canal Company for Rats, but he had failed to hand over the money, though he had accounted for it in the cash book. In another instance 10s. 10d. had been given to him by the yard-man for coals; this lie had not acknowledged at all. BIGAMY.—On Thursday, a decent looking man, named William Gilbert, was charged with having married Ellen Whitby, his first wife being alive. Ellen Whitby stated that about nine weeks ago she became acquainted with the prisoner, who represented himself to her as a widower. Oa the sth of June they were married at St. Peter's Church. The next day, however, she discovered that his wife was still living, when she gave him into custody. Grace Gribble proved that the prisoner was married to Catherine Matheson, at St. Peter's Church, en the 17th May, 1848. The prisoner was committed for trial. A HOPEFUL SON.—On Saturday, Michael Flood, a master shoemaker, complained against his son, James Flood, that the latter had committed a most violent assault upon him. The father gave a fearful account of his son's misconduct. He had had him frequently before the ma gistrates, and had sent him several times to sea. During one of the voyages, he drew a pistol and threatened to shoot the captain, besides committing ether atrocious 11)15tritt Reivs. During the last twelve months, there have been seized, at Manchester, twenty-two thousand pounds' weight of unsound meat, which would most probably have been sold to the public for food. The Manchest°r Guardian states that during Whit week one hundred and fifty thousand persons left that town by railway; and during the corresponding week of last year one hundred and sixteen thousand. The Bishop of Chester consecrated the new church of St. Nicholas, Sutton, in the county of Lancaster. Sutton was formerly part of the parish of Prescot, which has, by an Order in Council, under the Church Building Acts, been constituted a distinct and separate vicarage and parish for all ecclesiastical purposes, and St. Nicholas is the church of the new parish. It has been endowed with a portion of the tithes, dues, &c., belonging to Prescot. The church, which contains 400 sittings, all free, has been built by King's College, Cambridge, patrons of Prescot, in whom the patronage of the new vicarage is also vested. FATAL ACCIDENT AT POULTON, NEAR FLEETWOOD.— An inquest was held at this place on Wednesday, on view of the body of four women, who lost their lives under the following shocking circumstances. A widow, named Kirkham, with four daughters and two nieces, occupied a shop in Church-street, near the market place. Between 2 and 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning, one of the daugh ters (Agnes) perceiving a smell of burning, went down stairs to ascertain the cause r when she found that flames were issuing from an unoccupied room on the second story. She immediately alarmed the family, and some of the neighbours were attracted to the spot by her cries. Before a ladder could be raised to the house, she threw herself from the window on the third story, and being caught by a man below, happily escaped with but little injury. The premises were entered with as little delay as possible, when one of the daughters and two nieces were found quite dead, having been suffocated whilst endeavour ing to escape from th flames. Another daughter ex pired in the course of the day. Mrs. Kirkham lies in an insensible state, and fears are entertained that she will not long survive. It would appear that the sufferers, on being aroused, stayed to dress themselves, and thus perished. The names of the deceased are as follows : Elizabeth Kirkham, aged 47 ; Sarah Kirkham, 30 ; Eleanor Ball, 14 ; and Margaret Ball, aged 6. The cause of the fire is at present enveloped in mystery. MANCHESTER UNITY OF ODD FELLOWS A.M.C.—The annual meeting of delegates from the various districts of this Unity was held during the Whitsun-week at Black burn, Lancashire, when the attendance was not so large as upon former occasions, on 112 representatives being present. The proceedings terminated on Saturday, and were altogether of a very gratifying character.—The ques tion of obtaining legislation again occupied the attention of the meeting, and elicited considerable discussion. It was stated that the bill for that purpose, which was in troduced into the House of Lords in the last session by Lord Beaumont, was so mutilated in its passage through the house as to be totally unfit to meet the wants of the society, and a resolution was ultimately adopted to the effect that while it is highly desirable, to have better pro tection for the accumulated funds of the Order, which the bill of Lord Beaumont would afford, yet, should the legislature think proper to make such alterations as would interfere with the present system of government, that districts should be recommended to petition against it.— A letter to the Chairman, from Lord Dudley Stuart, was laid before the meeting, in which his lordship recom mended that as the select committee on the Friendly Societies' Bill would meet on the Bth instaet, and were desirous of hearing evidence on the subject of the Order, its requirements, rules, &c., three witnesses with the officers should be appointed to afford the necessary infer formation. The officers of the order wil h three of the board of directors were accordingly authorised.—Some new laws were passed and alterations made, and the meeting proceeded to the election of officers for the en suing year, when D.G.M. Luff, of Liverpool, was chosen G.M. without opposition, and Mr. Bradley, of Hyde, as D.G.M., for which office there were six candidates; Mr. Henry Ratcliffe, was reelected as G.S., and John Richard- . son, Esq., of Cockermouth, was again appointed Trea surer, giving security to the amount of £looo.—The next annual meeting will be held on Whit-Monday, 1850, at Halifax.—A dinner in connexion with the meeting took place on Wednesday, at which James Pilkington, Esq., M.P. for Blackburn presided, the Rev. Gilmour Robin son filling the vice-chair ; both gentlemen were sur rounded by many of the influential inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood. Many excellent and edifying speeches were delivered, and the whole proceedings of the week will tend to place the Order upon a firmer basis than it has hitherto attained.—The present number of members is 134,000, whose annual contributions amount to upwards of £150,000. FARMING IN THE ORMSKIRIC DISTRICT.—The Orms kirk district is throughout very productive, and yields good crops of both grain and roots. The land in the vicinity of the Leeds and Liverpool canal is much enriched with manure. The rents range from 40s. to 50s. per acre. In some parts there is a greater proportional quality of grass land, but fully three-fourths of the district within eight or ten miles from Ormskirk are in an arable state. In some of the townships, as Burscough, Scarisbrick, fully nine-tenths of the land is under the plough. On the new red sand-stone ridge, in Aughton, there is a greater por tional quantity of grass land ; and though ten to twelve miles distant from Liverpool, the land is let at £3 to £3 ss. per acre—some small portions as high as £5. The tithes are ss. to Bs. per acre, and the rates 9s. The profits of the land, for a considerable number of miles around Li verpool, have been somewhat diminished since the opening of the railways, in consequence of the abundant supply of milk obtained by that means of conveyance, which has tended to diminish the average price of that commodity, and reduced very considerably the number of cows kept in the town for milking purposes ; and hay and straw, &c., which formerly commanded a good price, and wer sold offe the farms from all parts of the surrounding country, are now very difficult to sell, and depreciated considerably in value, and though the rents have remained unchanged, the rate of farming profits is unquestionably diminished. Throughout the greater part of this district, the cultiva tion is so complete that little remains to be desired in the way of improvement on the generally established practices. It may probably be thought a severe course of cropping is pursued—potatoes and wheat being the principal crops— oats, beans, and clover occasionally intervening, and nearly the whole of the produce sold off the farms ; but it must be remembered that a large quantity of town dung, containing all the elements of fertility, is purchased an nually, which repairs the exhaustion of the crops. Drain ing is effected to a considerable extent; and may be ad vantageously extended. The fields, also, for an arable district, are smaller than is desirable, and the hedges are studded in many places with timber. The average size cf the present enclosure are about five or six acres ; and if the area was increased to ten acres on the smaller farms, and twenty acres on those of larger extent, and the hedge row timber removed, the productiveness of the district would be considerably increased. The value of the timber which might be advantageously removed, would, in many localities, be equivalent to the cost of the removal and re disposition of the boundaries of the enclosures.—Report on the State of Agriculture in Lancashire, by G. Beesley. THE BARD OF COLOUR.—Mr. Rose has probably writ- 1 ten as much verse as any man in Lancashire, although, as yet, he has never contributed any very ponderous volume to the world of letters. It pleases us, however, to record the numerous little works that have emanated from his vigorous and industrious pen at different periods. In the first place we have a very pleasing " Collection of Son nets ; which are highly commendable, both in matter and style. They exhibit much excellence of feeling, and oc casionally some free and flowing rythm. Here and there, we probably have some slight defects of metre and inele gance of diction, but, upon the whole, they betray some warm and noble emotions, boldness of conception, and strength of expression. One or two of them have pleased us exceedingly, both for their fervency of emotion and melody of versification. Another poem, entitled " The Coronation," is a pleasing production, and manifests a goodly flow of poetic feeling and poetic utterance. We have read it with much satisfaction, and can cordially coincide with the Countess of Blessington when she so approvingly called it " a very charming poem." In some places, we must, impartially speaking, confess that he de scends a little to the common-place, although this may probably have arisen from some haste or inadvertency in composition. The poem has run through four editions, has been very generally read, and reviewed by most of the London and provincial papers in a laudatory strain. A beautiful copy of it was presented, through the present Earl of Carlisle, to her Majesty, the which she graciously received. It is a good specimen of the author's powers. Upon the occasion of the Manchester Mechanics' Institu tion Bazaar, Mr. Rose produced a very acceptable poem, entitled " The Bazaar," which won the approval of the committee, and went through two editions. It is a some what pleasing performance ; light and thrilling in versifica tion, and warmly enthusiastic in matter. It was a pretty successful production and sold somewhat extensively. A beautifully pathetic monody on the death of a young lady formed the subject of another production under the title of "The Cypress Wreath." Of this the Countess of Bless ington, who should be no mean authority, expressed her self as " very much pleased with the perusal," and , prounced it as well expressed, and written with great feeling and judgment." With this we most cordially agree, and consider the poem to be one of the best pro ductions the author has brought before us. It is the utterance of grief in the most fervent sentiment, and there is a poetry of feeling and language infused into its contents, that cannot but enlist the sympathies of every reader. It is written with considerable ease of style and versification, and manifests throughout much of real poetry, both in the matter and the manner in which it is rendered. Upon another local event, the Manchester Fancy Ball in aid of the Public Baths and Wash-houses, Mr. Rose again plied his pen in the production of a clever and pleasing little poem, entitled The Fancy Ball." This, although possessing some flowing and musical ver- I sification ' did not prove a very successful undertaking, although the object it had in view, and the general merit of the production itself, ought to have secured it a good shere of public patronage. Upon the whole, Mr. Rose has fully maintained his claims as " Laurent of the Isles." His productions have been generally well received by the press, and among some of the higher authorities who have been pleased to eulogize them, we may mention Lords Brougham, Morpeth, Stanley, Russell, Lansdowne, Sy denham, with Charles Dickens, Moncton Milnes, Harrison Ainsworth, William Ewart, Joseph Pease, and other emi nent literaryand political characters.—Siockport Mercury. The Manchester Examiner gives full' particulars of the number of Sunday-school children carried by the local railways during Whitsun week. In three days 4302 were carried over the line of the London and North-Western Rai l wayl the Macclesfield branch, 10,529 • on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line, about 12,000 in the course of the week ; and on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15,260. How much innocent amusement must these trips have produced. A GRATIFYING FACT.—At the Rochdale petty sessions on Monday. there was not a single prisoner; and it was stated that there had not been a single individual put in the lock-ups for drunkenness or any other crime during the last eight days, althoual there are 231 licensed public houses, 295 beer houses, 90 hush-shops, or houses where ale and spirits are sold without license, and 43 brothels in the division. There is not a similar record on the books for the division, which comprises a population of about 150,000 persons. . . CLAIMS MADE UPON AND COMPENSATIONS ALLOWED BY THE MANCHESTER CORPORATION.—At the time when Manchester was treated a corporate borough, some heavy claims were made by legal officials, and others, 'for com pensation for loss of emolument. The three principal parties were, Mr. Oswald Milne, clerk to the county justices, sitting at the New Bailey, Mr. Ratter, the coro ner, and Mr. R. J. Harper, clerk of the peace and the gross amount claimed by them was upwards of £60,000. After tedious litigation, the *hole of the claims have been settkl as follows :—Mr. Rutter, instead of an annuity of 4434 tier life, and an additional sum of £2,031, which he cla'rned, was awarded, and is now receiving, an annuity of £277, without any additional amount. Mr. Milne, in sti :11 of receiving the amount which he claimed, of £34.724, is compensated with " nil." The latest claim for e.)qpperoation, that of Mr. R. J. Harper, has just been disp , sed of in an equally satisfactory manner. instead of receiving an annuity for life of £744, equivalent to one gross sum of £19,351, he is allowed an annuity for life of £683. THE TEN HOURS' BlLL.—There is another movement in the manufacturing districts in reference to the Ten Hours' Bill. The operatives intimate an intention of ap plying for an eight hours bill, while the millowners and manufacturers are desirous of extending the hours of working to eleven hours. The latter, according to the Manchester Guardian, have deliberated, and "the result of their deliberations has been the almost unanimous adoption of a memorial on the subject to Sir George Grey, as the home secretary, setting forth their views, and in effect praying for an amended act. Numerous and influ ential deputations from various towns are to have an inter view with Sir George Grey, on Monday next, in order to present similar memorials, and by their statements and arguments to enforce the substance of their prayer on the consideration of the government. These memorials have been signed by no fewer than 536 firms, employing 167,892 hands, and paying, according to the ascertained average wages of 1844, more than £85,000 weekly in wages of labour." The signatures to the memorial are so far curious as indicating the number of hands employed in the different towns, viz. :—Manchester, 25,045; Rochdale, 5,850; Hyde, 9,195; Bury, 6,338; Chorley, 2,718; Hey wood, 4,042;' Burnley, 2,348; Wigan, 3,051 ; Oldham, 8,310 ; various towns, 19,513 ; Preston, 14,659 ; Ashton under-Lyne, 15,244; Stockport, 11,880; Stalybridge, 6,580; Bolton, 5,557 ; Carlisle, 2,079. THE CORN TRADE.—Mr. Levi, the celebrated chiro pedist, advertises in our paper to-day a reduction of his charges for this his last week. The numerous and highly respectable testimonials to his ability, which he has laid before the public, constitute an ample guarantee of his skill in eradicating those evils which the " toes are heirs to." All who would profit by his acknowledged skill should favour him with the opportunity of plucking the sting from their sorrows, or else limp on through life, martyrs to the excruciating tortures of the corn laws. Mr. Levi will, we learn, leave in a week, his annual visit calling him to London. IRISH IMMIGRATION INTO LIVERPOOL. Mr. McElroy, the active agent in this town of the Drogheda Steam Packet Company, has addressed a letter to the Secretary of State, in reply to Mr. Rushton's com munication on the grievances resulting from the increasing immigration of Irish paupers into this town. Mr. McElroy says : " Ist. The root of the evils complained of appears to be in the influx of Irish immigrants. This is an evil which, I respectfully submit, must always exist, more or less, so long as a free intercourse between the two coun tries is permitted. It cannot be denied that there has been an abuse of this right of intercourse, by the indis criminate conveyance of deck passengers to Liverpool. many of whom could not be supposed to be seeking legi timate employment in England. There is a difficulty in discriminating; but, making allowance for this, I beg to state, on behalf of those I represent, that the Drogheda Steam-packet Company have long been in the habit of applying the test—ability to work—as the only right to be conveyed in their vessels to Liverpool. By this test, many have been rejected ; hut if an able-bodied man, with a wife and children, applied for a passage, I think it but fair to state that he would not be refused, even though his wife and children could not be supposed to contribute towards the support of the family. Such a man, (and there are many,) when he arrives in Liverpool with his family, might find legitimate employment or he might not : in the latter event, he and they become paupers, and, as such, are chargeable on the parishioners of Liver pool, either for their support in gaol or their return to Ireland. This is a grievance from which the people of Liverpool may seek fair and practicable relief; but I re spectfully submit, that the limitation of the number of deck passengers brought in steamers from Ireland, by the granting of certificates ander the act 11 and 12 Viet., c. 81, would not meet this case. "2nd. The next evil complained of is the increase of crime. It is a melancholy fact, which Mr. Rushton shows too clearly, from statistics that crime in Liverpool has frightfully increased. The fact is clear, but the cause is, in my opinion, not borne out by the details. In 1845, the number of persons committed for trial, and summarPy convicted of felony, amounted to 3,599. In 1848, the number increased to 7,714. Mr. Rushton states that he does not possess the means of accurately distinguishing the countries to which the criminals belonged, before the year 1848. This is to be regretted, as, bad the distinction been made as regards the year 1845, it would be seen whether the increase of crime was confined to the Irish. or whether English crime did not increase pani passu with it. The distinction is made as regards 1818, and it is stated that, while the Irish form but about one-fourth of the population of Liverpool, they give very nearly half the criminals. This may be so, but the statistics don't show it, unless it be supposed that the English and Irish form the whole of the population of Liverpool. If it can be shewn that the Irish, as compared with the English only, form about one-fourth, or one-half, or even two•thirds of that, class to which the criminals belong, then it must be admitted that crime tells more or less against the Trish; but until this can be shown, I respectfully beg to submit. that the balance cannot fairly be struck. It appears not to have occurred to Mr. Rushton, in accounting for the in crease of crime, that the year 1845, from which he draws his criminal statistics, was a year of great prosperity to tha trade and commerce of this country. affording fell employment to the labourer tied the mechanic, whereby crime was kept in check—and that the three succeeding years (during which thousands were thrown out of em ployment) must needs have been so prolific of severe pri vations amongst the masses, that it may be fairly taken into account as a cause, and a great cause, of the increase of crime in Liverpool. " 3rd. Mr. Rushton states, that from the 14th to the 19th of April inclusive, 4412 deck passengers arrived in Liver pool from Ireland. The inference might be drawn from this, that these deck passengers came to settle down in Liverpool—some to seek legitimate employment, and others to beg or thieve ; but judging from the number of these conveyed to Liverpool by the Drogheda Steam packet Company's vessels during the above period, I can have no hesitation in stating that fully seven-eighths cf them were emigrants for America. If the above state ment were merely to show the crowded state in which these people are brought from Irelani, on deck, it occurs to me, that the fair way to meet this is to show the num ber of arrivals within the time stated. From the 14th to the 19th of April inclusive, there were 28 steam-boat ar rivals, including screws, from Ireland ; and if the num ber of passengers arrived, say 4412, were to be equally divided over these, it would show tha low average of 158 passengers to each vessel. It may be said, that while some of these vessels,had but few passengers, others were comparatively crowded. Granted,—but why is this ? The people think they have a right to select the shortest voyage and the best vessels, and the steam-packet pro pietary think they have a right to whatever preference the public choose to give them. This emulation has brought out a superior class of paddle-box steamers, such as those I have the honour to be agent for here, which generally make the run across the channel in nine to ten hours ; and since these vessels commenced to trade be tween this port and Drogheda, there never was a death on board, nor accident, or suffering, (beyond sea-sickness, and that which might be endured on the ou:side of a coach,) either from exposure to cold, or what is termed overcrowding on deck. " Having now finished my observations on the evils complained of, I am free to admit, that the people of Liverpool, from their close proximity to a country suffer ing from the horrors of famine and pestilence, have, undoubtedly, pecuniary burdens to sustain, from which they have every right to seek such relief as may be fair and practicable ; but if the granting of certificates, under the act 11 and 12 Vic., c. 81, for the limitation of the number of deck passengers, brought in steamers from Ireland, is to be considered as the chief remedy suggested, then I respectfully beg to state, that such limitation, unless it amounts almost to prohibition, would not in the slightest degree mitigate the evils complained of; as the same number of passengers, the great bulk of whom come from the interior of Ireland, by scattering themselves over the sea-board, would still find their way to Liverpool, to the great detriment of that spirit and enterprise which, at certain ports, has brought out a superior class of steamers. if Ibe right in my conclusions, limitation cannot serve the people of Liverpool, nor can it serve the cause of humanity, by forcing deck passengers to distant ports, to encounter the sufferings and dangers, consequent on longer channel voyages, and thereby aggravating, instead of mitigating, the sufferings which it is stated these poor people endure. " Under these circumstances, the Drogheda Steam packet Company think it but reasonable, that while the people of Liverpool have a right to seek such relief from their grievances as may be fair and practicable, the liberty of the subject and the rights of legitimate trade will con tinue to receive that consideration from the government which they hitherto enjoyed." S THE BISHOP OF RUPERT'S LAND. The following is a copy of an address to the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Rupert's Land, from the minister and inhabitants of Kilburn, Middlesex : "Connected as your lordship recently was with us, and cherishing as we do towards you, feelings of the highest esteem for your character, and gratitude for your faithful and zealous ministrations among us during a season of painful trial to yourself, we beg to be permitted before you leave the shores of England for the distant diocese over which, in the providence of God, you have been appointed, to express the lively interest with which we regard all that concerns your happiness and usefulness, and our earnest prayer that in the sphere of your future labours the great Head of the Church may enable yOu to 'do all that is in your heart,' and may crown it with His abundant blessing. As attached members of the Church of England, we hail with delight and thankfulness the appointment of a missionary bishop to one of the most extensive regions under the sceptre of our beloved Queen. but which, alas, has hitherto been unblessed with the spiritual privileges of our own highly-favoured land ; and, knowing your ministerial qualifications, we cannot but regard the selection of yourself as the first bishop of a diocese, the duties connected with which will be so pecu liar and arduous, as the result of wisdom afforded from above by Him 'Who holdeth the the seven stars in His right hand,' and assigns to each the sphere in which its light may best promote His glory. " Independent in your circumstances, and enjoying the esteem and love cf an extensive circle of friends, and of .an attached congregation, you have sacrificed the enjoy ment and and advantages of home and country to devote yourself to the most self-denying labours in a territory whose climate is more severe than that of any of the ether dependencies of the British Crown. The love of Christ has constrained' you thus to act, and we are sure that His presence will go with you, and bless you, and make you a blessing. " Seldom will you have the pleasure of hearing from your friends in England, but you may have the comforting assurance that their prayers, and those of many of whom. you are not personally acquainted, will be continually offered to the Throne of Grace for you; and it will be our comfort to reflect that, although you are absent from us in body, you will often be present with us in spirit, and that we shall not cease to possess an interest in your prayers. ' Finally, dear bishop, and dear friend; farewell: may your lordship, through the grace and blessing of God's Holy Spirit, be instru:nental in the land to which you are going of building up the old waste places' and be the restorer of paths to dwell in,' ,that the wilderness and solitary place may be glad for you, and the desert may rejoice and blossom as the rose,' so that many here after may rise up and call you blessed, and call that church and nation blessed which sent you among them ; and, above all, call that God and Saviour blessed ' from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed," who has given to England so large an empire, and has at length inclined the hearts of her rulers and of her people to seek the spiritual as well as the temporal welfare of her vast colonial possessions. "To this watchful Providence we commend you and yours ; may He afford you a prosperous voyage ; may you evermore be `satisfied with favour, and tilled with the blessing the Lord, so you finish your course with joy, and in the great day of his appearing receive the crown of glory' which fadeth not away." PRIMARY VISITATION OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.-BAPTISMAL REGENERATION. Last week the recently appointed Arshbishop of York, Dr. Musgrave, held his primary visitation at Thirsk, Beverley, &c., and delivered the usual charge, which was an admirable one, and occupied two hours in the delivery. The enunciation of his Grace's views on baptism may be regarded as a settlement of the question raised in . Mr. Gorham's case for surely we shall not have the melancholy sight of one Archbishop pitted against another. His Grace commenced by alluding to the removal of tbeir late diocesan, who had so long, so mildly, and so efficiently exercised his episcopal functions among them. The last few years were remarkable for the building of churches. Fifty new churches had, in the present century, either been built or enlarged ; nine in last year and one in this had been consecrated by himself'. It was difficult to estimate the number of schools, but it was quite clear they were increasing and rising up in every direction. The school was indispensable to the carrying out of the church. B3fore they could embrace right principles, they must necessarily understand them ; and though difficulties often presented themselves, they must be overcome. A great deal of discussion had taken place as to government in spection, and many difficulties and much correspondence had taken place, but the result had been, on the whole. satisfactory ; and those parties who had objections to the inspection and to the assistance, had still the power of raising the money and superintending the schools. He was net sure, however, that the standard of the examiners was too high for village schools, and thought and believed that moral qualifications in school masters and pupils would be taken into consideration in such cases. A plan had been devised by the Rev. Sir H. Thompson of diocesan visitation by the rural dean or other parties, which had many and great advantages. As to Sunday schools, there could be no difference of opinion. Though some parishes were too small for week-day schools, at least every parish, however small, should have a Sunday school. After alluding to the evils of non-residence, and urging that when it arose from insufficient parsonages, the patrons should endeavour to build them ; he strongly urged, in cases where practicable, that there should be two full services, and very forcibly pressed the catechising of the candidates for confirmation. One of the important ques tions now occupying a large share of attention in the Church was that of baptism. On the subject of adult baptism, little difference of opinion prevailed ; but on infant baptism a great deal of discussion was taking place. This much, however, was quite clear, that the compilers of the services, both in the 6th of Edward and also in that of Queen Elizabeth, held the peculiar doctrines of Calvin, almost without exception, on the doctrines of election, predestination, and final perseverance. Hence they taught and believe that spiritual regeneration in baptism could only be partaken of by the elect, and all men were not elected, and thus they could not be sup posed as believing it to be received by ell, nor could frame it to convey such a meaning, unless with the gross dis honesty practised by some parties row, who teach one doctrine, and at the same time believe another. No sucit doctrine is held by the Articles, and you are not to force upon them a construction they will not admit. Our re formers took the doctrines as they found them in the Scriptures on infant baptism ; they neither added to them, nor diminished from them. In the case of adults they restricted the benefits of baptism to the worthy reception, and left it open in infants, but different from, and exclu sive of, the ex opera`o of the Church of Rome. The service is in the langnage of Martin Luther, and the words are intended only to be expressive of hope and charity. Some parties contend that they left the lan guage so open as to be capable of either interpretation, but no such feelings actuated the reformers, and they were incapable of stating in that manner, and we must express it as the reformers did. Care, however, must be taken in not carrying out these views too far ; the opposite extreme is that which we must avoid—of losing.sight alto gether of the benefit of the sacrament. Men were now ranged under two great parties, but they must nut gene rally be regarded as, in all things, assimilating themselves under either extreme, nor be charged with a rebellious spirit, because they hold somewhat different views, so long as they adhere to the language of the formularies and the Articles. We must not stigmatise those who do not see just as ourselves. The wisdom which is from above is first pure, then peaceable, easy to be entreated, full of good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy ; and the reverse of it is that other sort of wisdom, from which proceed confusion and every evil work ; and who art thou that judgest another man's servant ?—to his own master he standeth or falleth. Both the sacraments must be received as means of grace—the one as an admis sion to the privileges and blessings of the visible Church, and the other as a mark of union and continuance in it. Another question connected with this was the forgiveness of sin before and after baptism : but to suppose either out of the range of forgiveness is to deny the assertion of our Lord. St. John also says—" If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to clennec from all unrighteousness ;" and another apostle, in the same spirit, urges us to come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy. Scriptures are full of the offers of grace and repentance ; and as to sins, both before and after baptism, " Christ is able to save unto the utter most all who come unto Ged by Him." They who rely on Him for salvation will surely be pardoned ; for "He who spared not his own Son, but freely delivered him up for us all, will he not with him also freely give us all things ?" His Grace begged to call their attention to the proposed change in the law as to the marriage with a de ceased wife's sister, which had been brought into the House of Commons by a member of this county (York If it were in accordance with God's law, well; if not, there must be an end of the whole discussion. Many persons also disapproved of it on social grounds, and it was a subject which requ7red to be well considered by the clergy. Many as were the claims upon the clergy, there were several societies which they would do well to pro mote, by every means in their power. There was the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledee, which was always extremely liberal; and as our Church is essentially a missionary church, there was the Society for Propaga ting the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and the Church Mis sionary Society—and the clergy would do well to recom mend these, not only in set sermons, but incidentally in the course of their ministrations, thus bringing their claims regularly and systematically before their hearers. How its spreading profess to receive the G o sp e l, an d do nothing for spreading to others, he was totally at a loss to understand. There were also the Additional Curates' Society, and one somewhat differently consti tuted, but having the same e xc ell en t aim-the Pastoral- Aid Society ; and to the Incorporated Church Building Society, and the National Society, many persons present had been doubtless indebted. The funeral of the Hon. Anthony F. H. Ashley, second son of Lord Ashley, who died at Harrow school, took place on Wednesday. At the gate of the churchyard the coffin was met by the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, the head mas ter, who performed the service, and the pall was borne by the ten monitors of the school. The rest of the boys were in their places in the church ; and when the body was taken to the grave in the north-west corner of the Churchyard, the whole school, with the masters, stood in order round the spot. The principal mourners were, Lord Ashley and two sons, Earl Cowper, the Hon. J. Ashley, Hon. W. Ashley, lion. W. Cowper, Lord Jocelyn, Rev. W. Moore, of St. CEles's ; Rev. J. W. Cunningham, &c: Mr. Ashley had just entered his lith year. He was in the sixth form, and already gave evi_ dente of having inherited no small share of his father's ability and character.