The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We quite agree in the sentiments of a correspondent that the authorities are culpably negligent in not providing at all the corners of streets, their names in legible characters. There is more ground of complaint on this score at present than during any period within our recollection, and the omission is particularly annoying to strangers. The numbering on the doors is also very incorrect in many instances and ought to be revised. We can very well imagine that the facts are as represented by " A Shopkeeper." The most absurd reports are circulated through tite country about the spread of the cholera in this town, and so long as the Mercury keeps up its silly puffery of Dr. Hawthorne, we are not likely to fine the reports dimi nishing. Our contemporary has done and is doing the trade of the town a very serious injury. tl)t iLitierpool "Otanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1849. THAT the movement, commenced by the Society for the Protection of British Industry, at their splendid gathering in Drury-lane on Tuesday last, is regarded with some misgivings by the Free Trade party. is very Pvident from `!.e =ittempts made by the press in their interest to misrepresent the num bers and influential characters of those present. We are told that the theatre was not filled; that it was, on the first opening of the doors, so thin that the chair was not occupied until nearly an hour after the time announced ; and the London Times has even gone the length of suppressing some of the speeches, and ridiculing, in a most vulgar strain, some of the speakers. But these parties dare not deny that the very attempt to hold such a meeting, two or three years ago, would have been scouted as most quixotic, and that its being suffered to bring its proceedings to a close without disturbance, is proof that a strong reaction has taken place in the public mind with respect to the operation of their favorite policy. The intelligent classes, in the metropolis, and throughout the country, are regarding with serious misgivings and disappointment the non-fulfilment of the flattering prophecies of the League and its spouters ; and, but for a natural curiosity, which might be excited to learn how such non-fulfilment would he ac counted for, we are satisfied that Mr. Cobden, its once prominent leader, would experience some little difficulty in getting together a meeting so numerous and intelligent, in the scene of his former glories, Covent-garden, or even amongst his own consti tuents in the West Riding. There would certainly be no enthusiasm, no rounds of cheers, and no subscriptions. Our Free Traders are obviously afraid of the facts brought to bear upon the question by practical and clear-headed men • and their tendency to dispel the fallacies, with which they succeeded,a couple of years ago, in blinding the credulous public. What sophistry can withstand such a statement as the following, which we cull from the speech of -Mr. T. W. Booker—a speech, by the bye, which the Times suppresses, because, as he says, " our re- Aorters have general instructions not to report sheer onsense" !' " In the United Kingdom they had for the manufacture of iron from the ore, 672 blast furnaces, of which at the present moment 174, or upwards of one-fourth, were standing idle, and, in consequence, a population of at least 40,000 able-bodied men and their families, amount ing at least to 200,000 British souls, were lacking their natural employment, and were thrown upon the redund ant population of the country. (Hear, hear.) To give the meeting an idea of the depreciation of the produce of that great article of industry, he might tell them that no later than last Tuesday a friend of his had told him in that metropolis that he had lost the contract for 1000 tons of manufactured iron at £5 per ton, while in 1845, the year that had produced these great changes, he had ob tained the contract for 30.000 tons of the same descrip tion at £l2 per ton. (Hear hear.) Here, then was a sacrifice of £200,000 in one contract upon one of those branches of those manufactures with which he was con nected ; and he might add that the aggregate amount of that manufacture was 'not less than 1,200,000 tons per an num. Again, with regard to one of the oldest manufac tures established in the kingdom—the manufacture of tin plates—of those connected with which he had the honour to be chairman, he would state to them that a month ago, finding the markets of the world closing, instead of opening around them—(hear, hear)—his bro ther manufacturers had asked him to call them together, to consider what was best to be done. He did so, and there assembled a body of men of all ranks and grades, from the lord lieutenants of counties down to the humble artisan, and they unanimously decided upon this—that such was the falling off from that branch of their indus try. that the yield should be reduced 20 per cent. He ad d ,ne that, and in his own personal concerns the dif feren :3 was L 20,000 per annum ; and thereby by so much was he prevented from giving remunerative employment to British labour." (Cheers.) The tradesman, carrying on an unprofitable trade, the shopkeeper, with decreased custom and in creased poor-rates, the artizan without employment, can all understand the bearing of such facts as these upon their reduced condition. They can see in them why building is at a stand, why improve ments are suspended, and stagnation characterizes the position of nearly every branch of industry and enterprise. When they have it proved to them that the farmer has had 25 per cent. lopped off the price of his crops, they can account for the neces sary reduction of his expenditure in the products of British industry, why he manages to do with a coat and a hat less in the year, and to curtail his luxuries, and even his comforts. They look for the promised extension of our export trade, which was to compensate them for any decline in the home demand ; and they see it not. They see no relaxa tion in foreign tariffs ; no abandonment by the foreigner of his own manufactures in favour of those of Great Britain, and in place of the universal brotherhood, and peace amongst nations, which was to have followed free trade, they see only universal anarchy and confusion. We are still convinced, however, that except as an auxiliary to some more comprehensive move ment, established upon a basis deeper seated in the hearts of the British people, this association will be unable to effect any great amount of practical good. A few county constituencies may be worked upon to elect Protectionist members. A. strong party may be formed to prevent further progress in the Whig-Radical crusade against British industry; nut, beyond this object there would be no cohesion amongst its members. We should still go on unchristianizing the institutions of the country. Rabid dissent would still be permitted to deal heavy blows against our Established Church and religion. We should still witness the spectacle of a state support conceded to promote education in Popery and irreligion, and withheld from those who would educate in the faith of the Gospel of Truth. If the Protectionist party mean to establish a permanent resistance to the machinations of an anti-national faction, we repeat to them the warning, which we offered to them last week, that they must base it deeper in the foundations of the British constitu tion, and in the hearts and affections of the British people. They must combine with protection to British industry and capital, a resolution to main tain the Christian character of the nation, and its Protestant attitude, alike against the encroachments of false doctrines and the assaults of infidel libe ralism. Nothing, obviously, can be effected, except through the means of the constituencies, acting to improve the composition of the House of Corn , xnona - ; and, to enable us to do this, we must secure a portion of the town constituencies, as well as those of the counties, which are not alone to be wrought upon extensively by the cry for mere pro tection to industry. There is no strong sympathy at present between these two classes. They have for years been pulling different ways. We remem ber with what little compunction the country gen tlemen voted, session after session, against any mitigation of the condition of our factory opera tives; how strenuously they have propped up an inhuman poor-law system, and with what perfect unconcern they have regarded other movements for the amelioration of the condition of our working poor. We want a bond of union now, and a race of representatives, which will comprehend all the great questions which true Conservatives have at heart ; and that bond and that race of men will be found best in the bosom of the Established Church, and amongst the religiously-minded men of other Christian Communities. Glance through the con gregations of our land, both in the country and in towns, and you will see there the materials of a great constitutional party ; earnest men, by whom the franchise is either possessed already, or by whom it might readily be secured; who would not be seduced from their duty by any light consider ation of expediency or interest. Do we forget by what instrumentality the battle of Free Trade was carried ? Do we forget by what means that so called Conservative party was formed, which, in the hour of its triumphant strength, its parent, Sir Robert Peel, shattered to pieces ! Both these parties owed their success to their exertions in the Registration Courts; and the apostate Head of the latter was only enabled to destroy his own work because it was cemented together by no stronger principle than the interest of classes. We cannot forget how the impulse was first given, of which that wily politician availed himself to reconstruct his party, and to reinstate himself in the confidence of his fellow-countrymen. The Melbourne-O'Con. nell Government dared to lay its hand upon the temporalities of the Established Church in Ireland, and it was hurled from office by the indignation of an insulted people. Let the same stand be made now for the principles and the faith of our revered Establishment, that was made for its temporalities, and a party may be reared up which not even treachery can overthrow. The great strength of Liberalism is to be found in the conventicle and the mechanics' institute, the leettne-room and the cheap news-room, in the sup port which it gives to a revolutionary press, and to unprincipled and seditious demagogues. A con servative party is to be found in the universities and in the churches of the land, upon our leading marts of commerce, amongst our leading profes sional men, in thousands of houses through the length and breadth of Great Britain, within whose precincts the ravings of the demagogue, the specu lations of the infidel politician, and the trash of a seditious press have never entered. Give us but a leader and an organization of these wholesome elements of strength, and this great country may be once more enabled to hold up her head amongst the nations, as one resolved to cling to the truth, instead of sacrificing all—honour, religion, loyalty itself—in a mercenary scramble for the idol which she has of late been setting up in place of her God. She may be enabled at length to sweep out her moral and social pest houses; to lift up her squalid populace from their grovelling position ; to educate, to humanize, to christianize at home, and to re sume once more her proud destiny, as the hearer of the blessings of civilization and religion to the ends of the earth. Neglect this effert; go on with our present iso lation of parties; expend our strength in petty struggles for triumphs in matters involving no great principle; and we confess that we can see in pros pect nothing but national decline in power, and, in the end, a national convulsion,—an upheaving of the elements of our social system, guided by ro in fluence strong and healthy enough to re-build and re-model what it uproots. It is such undeterminate changes which we have recently seen agitating con tinental Europe; the wild struggles of desperate men, whose minds have been inoculated with an in fidel philosophy, and whose condition is hopeless as that to which we are rapidly dragging down our own working masses. To such a struggle it is that the Cobdens and Brights of the day are hurrying this once happy and prosperous England; hurrying them blindfolded to their own fate in the melee ; for certain it is that they will find themselves then fiercely swept aside by a more violent race of de magogues, of whom the Ledru Rollins and Proud hons of Parisian notoriety are the accurate types. THE following incident, which occurred at the last meeting of the Select Vestry, affords an ad mirable specimen of the spirit in which we are governed in these unhappy days : " Before the ordinary proceedings of the board com menced, the clerk laid before the board a letter from the Registrar-General [acknowledging the receipt of a let ter from the Vestry in reference to the new registration offices now irr course of erection in Brownlow-hill, which was accompanied by a statement that he had received a memorial, numerously signed by the dissenters of Liver pool, in which they complained of the site of the new offices as being very inappropriate for the purposes of marriage, and that in consequence he should refuse to sanction the building as a register-offs e. " Mr. Avison said the Vestry ought to have some re spect for the feelings of Dissenters. He (Mr. A.) should have no objections to be married there, but there were those amongst the Dissenters who had such objections, thinking it was being married at the workhouse. " Mr. Earle denied that there was any intention of marrying people at the workhouse. Such a statement was nothing better than humbug. He (Mr. E.) was an enemy to all humbug, from whatever quarter it came— whether from the Church or (turning to Mr. Avison) from the Dissenters, and he regarded this cry of the Dissenters as altogether humbug. He advised the Vestry to take no notice of the Registrar-General, but proceed with the erection of the building. " The matter then dropped, the Vestry agreeing to go on with the building, notwieastanding the Registrar- General's communication.', What ready deference on the part, of the Regis trar-General, to the tender feelings—not the religi ous scruples, mind, but the susceptible vanity—of the dissenters is here evinced ! The new registra tion-offices, which we believe will form a handsome structure, and at all events will cost a good round sum of the money of Churchmen, are located near to the Workhouse; and our dissenting brethren arc afraid that it should be imputed to any of them that they were joined together—made one by Act of Parliament—in that establishment itself. It is not enough that we have kindly consented to gratify them in a ridiculous whim, of which by the bye, very few avail themselves, and that we have saddled upon the country the expense of an army of registrars and assistant-registrars, but we must provide them with the means of effecting their hymeneal objects, in the most fashionable locality, studiously removed from any object calculated to shock the most fastidious feelings, or any sound which can jar unpleasantly upon the most fastidi ous ear, on the auspicious occasion. When the Registrar-General will find a place, at once centra l and fashionable, and with an elegant appellation we cannot divine. Let us for a moment place in contrast with this ready deference shewn by a government official to the whims of the Dissenters, the opposition offered by the Whig-Radical party in Ireland, to a motion made by Mr. Hamilton, member for the Dublin University, in which the interests of the Established Church were concerned. It is well known that for years the Church in Ireland has been shut out from all participation in the governmeut grant for education, because unwilling to educate other wise than upon scriptural principles ; whilst the Romanist and Dissenting schools, in which the government emasculations of the Scriptures only are introduced, have been very liberally endowed. On Thursday week, Mr. Hamilton moved an ad dress to Her Majesty, praying "That she will be graciously pleased to direct that such a modifica tion of the system of National Education in Ire land may be made as may remove the conscienti ous objections which a large portion of the clergy and laity of the Established Church entertain to that system, as at present 'carried into operation ; or otherwise, that means may be taken to enable those of the clergy and laity of the Established Church, who entertain such conscientious objections, to ex tend the blessings of Scriptural Education in Ire land." We beg attention particularly to the alter native, printed in Italics. We are happy too, to see that Mr. Disraeli seconded the . motion _ . Now compare the two cases. In the first, the Government defers to the most trivial memorial of a few Dissenters, objecting to the mere locality, in which an institution is erecting, to gratify a mere whim, for which the public pays. In the other they are asked to assist the Church in giving, not sectarian, but scriptural education—education, which no christian dissenter from the Establish ment can object to on any Other ground than a wish to be enabled to educate in his own sectarian principles. Yet what is the reply made to this very reasonable demand ? A refusal, carried by a ma jority of 162 to 102 ; And that refusal is based upon the injurious supposition that the advocates of religious education in Ireland are nearly tired out, and disposed to give in to the Irish national system. If, under the present circumstances of that country, we were told that they were nearly starved out, we should not demur; but the asser tion, that one iota of the objection§ of the clergy and laity of Ireland to the National System is abated, is a calumny and an insult. IT will be seen from our summary of the news brought by the Europa mail steamer, that the ques tion, which has for some time occupied the attention of parties interested in monetary science, as to the probability of a large increase in our stock of bul lion from the mines of California, may be regarded as determined. The Crescent City steamer has arrived at New Orleans from Chagres, with 600,000 dollars' worth of gold dust; and she reports the arrival of the California, at Panama, with a similar quantity, making in round numbers a million dol lars altogether. In addition to this supply it is stated that a large number of diggers are on their way home, loaded with the pure dust, which will he in active circulation throughout the States, giving an immense stimulus to every branch of industry and enterprise. The writer of the monetary article in the New York Herald, gives a carefully compiled statement of the quantity arrived, or known to he shipped from San Francisco, up to the latest dates. The arrivals at and shipments to United States ports are to the amount of 1,362,300 dollars ; and the arrivals at and shipments to European and other ports are 2,907,488 dollars ; making up an aggre gate amount of 4,269,788 dollars. In addition, there has been a large quantity brought away pri vately in the trunks and bags of individuals return ing home from the mines, which he estimates to THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. swell the aggregate to 5,000,000 dollars; and there would no doubt be a further amount, in lumps and dust, already got and in the possession of the miners and dealers on the spot. These sums have bean yielded during the season of 1848 alone, a period of about three months' digging; and the writer reminds us that— " The miners in 1848, had no facilities for extracting the gold dust from the soil, but those of the roughest and most imperfect character, and they, therefore, laboured under the greatest disadvantages. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, the product averaged more than an ounce of pure gold per day, for each man engaged. This year 1849—the miners commence under the most favourable auspices. Many of them have experience, and such great improvements have been made in the machinery necessary to work advantageously, that it is our impression that the aggregate of last year will be equalled, if not exceeded. Taking the average of last year as a basis, the result of this year's operations will be enormous." _ . It is a striking fact, that the first calculations of Governor Mason, relative to the quantity of the precious metal likely to be got by each labourer, have thus far been shown to be under rather than overdrawn ; and if it he the fact, as is believed by many, that the deposits extend over a much larger area than was at first estimated—and the result of subsequent explorations in different parts of the territory tend to confirm this belief—the result of the labours of the immense increase of population, now thronging thither from every quarter, must be an addition to the stock of bullion in the world, calculated to startle by its vastness the most en thusiastic. If the increase goes on for a few years in the same ratio, as it is expected to do this year, we perfectly agree with the writer in the Herald, that " California will literally flood the world with this metal, and produce as great a revolution in its value, and in its uses, as has ever been realised in any of the political and religious systems of the world." What the precise nature and course of this revo lution will be, we shall not speculate upon at present, although we may hereafter enter upon the task. In the mean time we leave it in the hands of the admirers of our present unfluctuating standard of value, and especially recommend it to the serious consideration of the holders of fixed incomes, annuitants, &c., whom we should not wonder to see shortly decrying, with greater zeal than ever,the Birmingham currency reformers, their favourite specific, and as puzzled as other people to answer the question. " What is a pound ?" LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. Late on Saturday evening Lord John Manners was induced to come forward as a candidate for the representation of the city of London, in opposition to Baron Rothschild, who, on Wednesday, accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and is now again pressing his claims before the electors for reelection. The nomination took place yesterday, when Mr. R Currie proposed, and Mr. Dillon seconded, the nomi nation of the Baron Rothschild, and reminded the electors that the question they had to decide was not one of party or per sonal ambition, but one of religious liberty. Mr. T. Baring proposed, and Alderman Sir P. Laurie se conded, the nomination of Lord Manners. Both candidates addressed the electors, but the noise rendered it impossible to bear what was said. The Sheriff declared the election to have fallen on Baron Rothschild. A poll was then demanded on behalf of Lord John Manners, and appointed to commeuce to-day at eight o'clock and close at four. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S-LAST NIGHT. JULY STAKES.-2 to I agst Sweetheart (t freely), 4to 1 agst Sisyphus, 4 to I agst Impression, 6 to 1 agst Tordisellias (taken freely), 6 to 4 on Sweetheart, Sisyphus, and Impression (off). Paul is scratched. LIVERPOOL Cup.—Essedarius and Thringarth, 4 to 1 agst each (taken). GoOnwoon CUP.-100 to 45 agst Canezou (off), 4 to 1 agst The Hero (taken), 12 to I agst Being (taken). GOODWOOD STAKES.—I 2 to I agst Plaudit (off), 14 to 1 agst Giselle (taken), 16 to 1 agst Emma Donna (taken), 20 to 1- each agst Col limtwood and Chanticleer (taken), 12 to 1 agst Remem brance (taken), 17 to 1 agst Syrup (taken), 35 to 1 agst Miss Whip (taken), 14 to 1 Emelt Maid of Mashatn (taken). Maid of Masham in considerable demand ; 16 to 1 taken to some money. THE Dzanx.-20 io 1 agst Italian (taken); 1000 to 35 agst Cyprus (taken), 1000 to 25 agst Pontifex, 40 to I agst Tordicel lius (taken), 40 to 1 agst Windbound (taken), 40 to 1 agst Blar ney (taken). _ _ . _ _ _ - 6 to 1 agit Tadmor winning the Gratwicke, Cazenou the Cup, and Flying Dutchman the St. Leger. 4 to 1 agst Glen Saddel winning the 300 Sovs. Stakes, and Flying Dutchman the St. Leger. LONDON MONEY MARKET.-YESTERDAY. The English funds continue to manifest some degree of firm ness, and have only varied within the last hour from the first quotation of the morning. Consols were first done at 9l and 92, and are now quoted 912 to with little business doing. The Three ter Cents. Reduced were done at 912 and ; and the Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. at 92i and a. Exchequer Bills have maintained the prices, 435. and 465. premium. DREADFUL COLLISION ON THE ATLANTIC, AND APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE. The British and North American royal mail steam-ship Europa, Captain Lott, arrived at this port on Sunday morning, and brought intelligence of a fearful calamity at sea, in the production of which she was unfortunately— without any fault on the part of her officers or crew—a participator; a casualty by which 134 persons, just pre viously in good health and spirits, were suddenly killed in the concussion, or drowned, within the period of two or three minutes. A fine ship called the Charles Bartlett, with a cargo chiefly of lead and chalk, and having on board 162 steerage passengers, and one cabin passenger, had left the Downs on the 14th ult., and proceeded on her voyage towards New York. On the 27th she had got well on her way, and bad made some hundreds of miles westward from Cape Clear. On the afternoon of that day she was overtaken by a fog; but as she proceeded but slowly, there being a head wind as regarded her course, no danger was apprehended, and the passengers were cheerfully be guiling the time by various amusements. At the same time the Europa, one of the most powerful steamers in the world, was crossing the Atlantic Ocean from west to east, her officers equally considering that they were navi gating her in perfect security, a sharp look-out being kept, and a certainty known of ample sea-room. Both vessels, unhappily, approached each other in the cloud of mist by which they were surrounded, and as from its density and deceptive nature, neither could see the other, or mark their respective courses until they became so proximate that all chance of clearance became impossible, the next moment there was a fearful crash : the bows of the steamer, striking the ship on her broadside, nearly cut her in two, killing many of those on board, and the vessel heeled over and sank, and of those on board of her nearly three-fourths perished, the remainder having, a few of them, escaped into the steamer, and the rest, with great and persevering exertions, being picked up by the crew, officers, and others of the latter vessel, which was but slightly injured bailer figure-head work, and fore gearing. Her fore-topmaWwas carried away by the sinking of the vessel. The calamity took place at half past three o'clock on the afternoon of the day stated, in lat. 54 deg. 49 sec., lon. 29 deg. 30 sec., about 700 miles westward of Cape Clear. The Europa was running at the time about eleven and-a-half knots an hour. The Charles Bartlett, Capt. Bartlett, was proceeding at about five knots an hour, close hauled upon a wind. Those on board either vessel could not see distinctly many yards in any direction from the fog. The lor,k-out in the steamer saw a vessel in the mist and gave the alarm, but before anything in the way of altering her course could be effected the collision took place, the side of the ship was smashed in, and she reeled, and in a few minutes disappeared, leaving only a few pieces of wood floating about. The scene during those few minutes was appalling in the extreme. A crowd of suffering wretches maimed and broken by the collision lay dead or dying at the spot where the bows of the Europa had entered. Some of the individuals who crowded the decks appeared panic stricken, others ran shrieking to and fro in despair, while some rushed forward and eagerly seized upon the oppor tunities which were presented for giving them a chance of safety. The most strenuous exertiuns were made on the instant by all on board the Europa. Hand-buoys and ropes were thrown over, boats were lowered, and every man was busied in those few fearful minutes in rescuing the struggling sufferers from the waves. Yet, with all the exertions that could be used only forty-three individuals were saved out of 177, who had recently been alive on board the unfortunate ship. Amongst those preserved were the captain of the Charles Bartlett, the second mate, and seven seamen. Of forty women who were on board only one was rescued. The second mate, who was below at the time—it not being his watch—rushed on deck on hearing the crash. He seized a hand-buoy thrown from the steamer, and gained,her deck in safety. It is remark able that all the men of his watch, who were also below at the time, were saved, while those of the crew on deck all perished, with the exception. of three. He states that not more than three minutes elapsed from the time of the shock until the vessel disappeared. Some of the passen gers were, at the time, playing at games of pastime ;• others were listening to the tones of a fife, which, it appears, were plainly heard on board the steamer just before the collision. In a moment all was a blank of troubled water. Some of the boats of the Europa, engaged in picking up such of the struggling passengers as could be reached, narrowly escaped being sucked into the vortex formed by the rapid sinking of the ship. One body, seen at a depth of six feet in the clear blue water to retai.some appear ance of life, was raised by means of a boat-hook, but it wes found that life had departed. Another was raised from a like depth, and soon afterwards recovered. Not the slightest blame rests upon or has been at tempted to be imputed to those in charge of the Europa. The casualty was one which no human prudence could foresee, and no promptitude could avert, at the fearful moment. All that energy and courage could effect was afterwards instantly exerted to rescue as many persons as possible. The most fervent sympathy for the survivors was also manifested by all on board the steamer, tVsytnpathy which was without loss of time actively exhibited. Immediately after the accident a committee was formed, with Mr. Bates at their head, for the purpose of giving a tangible form to the benevolence of the gentlemen and ladies on board. The following subscriptions were raised in the Europe by the 29th, two days after the accident : Cabin passengers £3oo 0 0 Fore-cabin passengers Captain, officers, and clew of the Europa 42 15 0 £352 5 0 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. " Steam-ship Europa, June 28, 1819. Lat. 50.50., long. 23.38. " The undersigned committee, appointed by — the cabin pas sengersof this ship to inquire into and report upon the cir cumstances of the unfortunate collision which took place between the steam-ship Europa and the barque Charles Bart lett, on Wednesday, the 27th instant, beg leave to state, that Captain Bartlett, of the wrecked ship Charles Bartlett, gives the following account : " At half past three, p.m., yesterday, dense fog.. The barque standing to the N.W. by N. by compass on the port tack, going about five knots, close hauled, several men on the look-out forward and himself on the poop. Joshua Cary, at the helm, cried out, Sail ho.' Seeing that the steamer would come into him, ordered the helm up. After the barque had fallen off about two points, the steamer struck her between the main and mizen masts, opening ber side for a space of ten feet. As soon as the steamer was discovered all hands and the passengers on deck shouted, and Captain Bartlett cried, Port your helm.' He thinks that about one-and-a-halrminutes elapsed from the time the steamer was seen until she struck the barque, and about the same time from the collision until she disappeared entirely under the port bow of the steamer. " Captain Bartlett made up his mind, from the moment the steamer was seen, that a fatal collision was inevitable ; and that the consequences would be exactly . as they. proved to be. Acting in accordance with this conviction, he recovered from the first shock, which threw him to leeward, and sprung to the head rails of the Europa, crying out to the passengers and crew to save themselves. He states that, before leaving the wreck. he saw many of the passengers immersed in the water on the main deck, about two feet deep. He states that, out of forty two souls saved, about thirty were taken in over the bows of the steamer. _ _ . . _ . _ _ _ The C;go of the Charles Bartlett being of .iron, lead, and chalk, with a small proportion of general cargo, caused her to fill and sink in a very short time. Captain Bartlett states that his complement of souls consisted of about eighty seven men, forty women, thirty-five children, and his crew of fourteen ; in all one hundred and seventy-six. Of the last the chief mate, Mr. Parker, of Charleston, South Carolina, aged about twenty two, George Parsons, of Portland, aged nineteen, and William Rich, of Gravesend, England, aged twenty-six, were drowned. Captain Bartlett thinks that the barque was going five knots, and the steamer twelve knots at the time of the collision. He thinks the catastrophe was inevitable, and that everything was done that could be done to save the few survivors. " The above comprises all the material facts to be derived from Captain Bartlett. The undersigned find that the log-book of the Europa corroborates the above statement in the most important particulars, and offer the following extracts : " June 27, 1849.—S'ea account. Commences with moderate breezes, and a dense fog. Set starboard foretopmast studding sail. At 3.30 dense fog ; could not see farther than the ship's length ahead. A sail was reported by the look-out ahead. The helm was put hard-a-port, and the engine stopped, but before we could clear we struck her between the main and mizen rig ging, and in about four minutes from the time she was first seen she went down. " Boats were immediately down. Altogether forty-two persons were saved of the crew and passengers. She proved to be the Charles Bartlett, of Plymouth, United States, Captain Bartlett, from London, bound to New York, with 162 passen gers, and fourteen men. In sinking she took away our head knees and foretopmast : the boats pulled round the pieces, of the wreck until satisfied no more livescould be saved. " At 4, thick weather. At 4.30 set on the engines.' " It appears from the evidence tendered, that the officers and look-outs were at their posts, and the committee are satisfied that all proper vigilance and activity were used, in this sudden emergency, on the part of the steamer. " The undersigned having weighed all the circumstances of this painful and unparalleled disaster, whereby about int souls found an untimely grave, feel boun d to report that no blame can. be attached to either party. " We feel convinced that everything was done by the com mander, the officers, and the crew, of Europa to prevent the lamentable disaster, and everything tried after its occurrence to save the lives and to minister to the comforts of the sur vivors. " The undersig ned herewith present a list of the surviving passengers, antheir condition prior to the accident, with a recommendation to collect a subscription for then/ immediate relief from the cabin passengers of the Europa. A list of the officers and crew of the Charles Bartlett is also hereto appen ded, and their condition is specially recommended to the sym pathy of the passengers who have called upon the undersigned to report the facts of the case. " The undersigned not doubting for a moment the liberality of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Company, y e t venture to recommend to the company the pro priety of their giving a free passage to the passengers andcrew, or such of them as may desire to go to the United. States. " R. U. FORBES, Boston, U.S.. J. D. DANIELS, Baltimore, EDWARD VICKERS, Sheffield, WILLIAM SHIMMIN, Boston, CHARLES DE MONTHOLON, Richmond, Va, FRANCIS P. Contix, Philadelphia, LEON JAVA HALPHEY, Paris, EMILE DRIKO GAND, JAMES M'CONNELL, Mobile, DAVID BELLHOUSE, Liverpool, JAMES TYRE, Montreal, THOS. B. HER; Hamilton, Canada, Wm. B. Roouas, University of Virginia. " By vote of the passengers, 20th June, the following was ordered to be added to the report of the committeee : " We take pleasure in stating that the Europa sustained only slight damage, and that none of the passengers, officers, or crew, were in any way injured.' " R. B. FORBES, Chairman." LONDON SHARE MARKET.-YESTERDAY. In the share market this morning most of the old lines are rather heavy, and business is dull. Caledonians have been dealt in at 25}; London and North Westerns at prices ranging from 131 to 132. York and North Midlands have undergone a considerable fall, having been done as low as 28i ; they are now quoted 28 to 29. LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY. There was a very short supply of English Wheat at market this morning by land-carriage samples from the near counties, and nothing fresh up coastwise. Selected parcels realised prices rather above those of this day se'nnight, but secondary qualities were not dearer. Fine samples of both white and red foreign Wheat fully maintained previous quotations, owing to their comparative scarceness ; but Polish Odessa, of which arrivals are large, were rather easier to purchase. There was not much business passing in Flour, but its value underwent no change requiring notice. Really fine Horse Corn, which is scarce, was saleable at a slight improvement, but no advance could be established upon other descriptions. English Beans, being extremely scarce, brought fall prices ; but Egyptian, of which receipts during the week have been large, were 6d. to is. cheaper. Peas unaltered in value. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY. The number of Beasts has considerably increased, and the weather being warm, trade is exceedingly dull. The choicest kinds scarcely make as much as on Monday last, and middling ones are with difficulty got rid of at rather lower rates. The supply of Sheep is shorter ; trade is more cheerful, and in some instances a little mote money is obtained. The quality of Lambs is very inferior ; trade on the whole is worse; ss. 6d. is an extreme quotation. Calves are still plentiful ; they are no dearer. From Germany and Holland there are 307 Beasts, 2,360 Sheep, and 157 Calves; from Leicester and Northampton shire 1,700 Beasts ; and 360 from Scotland. THE LATE CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUD OF COFFEE AND SUGAR.—We have frequently alluded to this subject, and felt satisfied that the truth would come to light, and that the law would he allowed to take its course. Proceed ings are now being taken which will, no doubt, eventuate in all the particulars being disclosed. THE LATE FEARFUL COLLISION.--We understand that the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-packet Company have voluntarily intimated to his Worship the Mayor their intention of forwarding, free of charge, by their two next steamers to America, the persons saved from the vessel which unfortunately came into collision with the Europa steam-ship as elsewhere detailed. The offer is only characteristic of the unvarying generosity of this enterprising and successful company. SUDDEN DEATH. — On Saturday, a man unknown was seen at the door of a public-house in Park-lane, with another man. Some words passed between them, and some blows were given to the former by the man who was with him, including a blow in the abdomen, which appeared to give him great pain. In about an hour and a half afterwards the first-mentioned person died, and the other man was detained. It appeared, however, that the deceased had died from apoplexy. SNOWBALL V. THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL. — We understand that the taxing master of the Crown office, to whom this case (a claim for loss of emolument in consequence of the plaintiff having been removed from his office of clerk to the Toxteth Park Commissioners, through the operation of the sanatory act) was referred by the Court of Queen's Batch, has awarded to the plaintiff an annuity of £lOO as compensation—the sum we are in formed offered by the Corporation during the progress of the proceedings. It is said that each party is to pay his own costs. ANOTHER FILLIP AT THE FARMERS.—Mr. Edmund Buckley, in his Wool circular, published on Saturday, states that the attention of the trade has this month been chiefly directed to the new clip of our own growth, and. from various causes, they have succeeded in pur chasing long stapled English sorts at a reduction of ld. to lid. per lb. from the prices of February. The abundance of the clip, many of the farmers being needy, and the still unsettled state of the Danish question, which affects the combing trade, have all conspired to bring about this reduction. SPEEDY STEAM-SHIP COMMUNICATION WITH DUB LIN.—The City of Dublin Company's splendid steam- ship Iron Duke, now commanded by Captain Christie, (for merly of the Princess,) made the passage from this port to Kingstown Harbour last week, against a strong head wind, in very little more than nine hours. The " Duke" recently underwent a thorough revision, and some im provements were introduced into her machinery, &c., which have increased her speed, and added to her before fine qualities as an easy sea-boat. This vessel, as well as other splendid vessels of the same company, usually make the passage across, either way, in from nine to ten hours. THE FORTHCOMING FANCY FAIR AND FLOWER Snow.—We are Odd to learn that the arrangements for carrying out this forthcoming event with a spirit worthy of the object, are progressing most favourably. It will be a brilliant affair, and the leading men of the town are " putting their shoulder to the wheel" right heartily. The Earl of Sefton has, with his customary liberality, offered to place at the services of the Mayor and the com mittee whatever objects of attraction Croxteth contains. The letter to his Worship, conveying his lordship's offer, shows the deep interest which the Sefton family have always taken in the affairs of the " good old town." The Bishop of Chester has expressed his great interest in the affair, and the Worshipful the Chancellor will be present. W. Brown, Esq., has contributed £5O, E. Zwilchenbart, Esq., £5 55., an Mr. Rathbone £5. Among other pre sents Mr. Councillor Parker has announced his inten tion to give a hundred dozens of porter. We are happy also to find that many of the ladies, who intend to preside at stalls, are actively exerting themselves amongst their friends for contributions of works of elegance and vertu, and other articles suitable for the occasion. Amongst these will be found the ladies of some of the leading dis senting congregations, who are giving their assistance on the occasion in the most zealous manner. The commit. tees are working well in their various departments, and the affair promises to be one of the most successful which ever took place in this locality. STAIEMENT OF CAPTAIN BARTLETT• " The Charles Bartlett was a first-rate ship of 400 tons regis ter. She left the Downs from London, bound to New York, on the 14th June, with a general heavy cargo, of about 450 tons weight, and 162 passengers in the steerage, one cabin passenger, and fourteen souls of the crew • had fine weather, with light easterly winds, up to the 19th. From that time to the 27th had S.W. and W. winds and foggy weather. At noon it cleared up a little, observed the lat. 50 48 N., and estimated the lon, at 29 W., all well on board, and everything lookinf properous. Soon after noon a dense fog set in, wind W, by S., ship heading to the N.W., close hauled, all sail set. At three o'clock ordered a good look-out from the topgallant forecastle ; also directed the man at the wheel to look sharp to windward. At 3 30, p.m, being on the weather side of the poop deck, heard a rumbling to wuldward like distant thunder; turned any ear to ltindyna and my eye to the horizon. The man at the wheel noticing that I was listening, looked to Windward, and cried out Sail, ho.' lat once saw what I supposed was a ship about one point forward of our beam, about 400 yards distant. I ordered the helm up, thinking if she did not discover us that we should have time to clear her before she could come into contact. All hands shouted at the same time to alarm the ship, and I or dered the bell to be rung, and called to the ship to port her helm,' as I saw that was the only chance of escape. There were nearly one hundred passengers on deck at the time. All was of no avail, for in one minute from the time we saw the ship she was upon us, going at the rate of twelve knots, strik ing us abreast of the after main shrouds. The crash and the terrible scene which ensued lam not adequate to describe. I was knocked to leeward with the man at the wheel. I reco vered myself in a moment, shouting for every person to cling to the steamer as their only hope; I caught hold of a broken chain on the bow and hauled myself up, shouting at the same time to the crew and passengers to follow. I had barely time to get on the steamer's bow, and, while getting up, I noticed that her bow was into the ship within a foot of the after hatch, and that she was stove clear to the lee side, and that full 20 feet of her side was stove in. There must have been nearly 50 persons killed by the collision, and every exertion was made by Captain Lott, his officers, and crew, and the passengers on board the steamer. The boats i were lowered as soon as possi ble. Unfortunately only about ten were saved by the boats, the balance, making thirty-three more or less, saved themselves by hanging to the bow. The steamer lay by tlio scene as long as there was any hope of saving any. Of the crew, Mr. Thos. Parker, of Charleston, S.C., aged twenty-two years ; George Parsons, of Portland, aged eighteen years ; and William Rich, of Gravesend, England, aged twenty-five years, were lost. A list of the passengers and crew saved will be found in the public prints. We were most hospitably entertained by the captain, officers, and passengers of the steamer. " I will notice that all due exertion was used by Capt. Lott, the officers and crew of the Europa, as well as all the passen gers. I particularly observed one passenger using the most noble exertions; I saw him let himself overboard and clench a man in his arms, and, finding him (lead, let him go. I next saw him on the bow of a boat haulltig a man from under water with a boathook, who was afterwards restored to life on board. I afterwards found that person to be Captain R. B. Forbes, of Boston. I cannot express myself as I feel for the noble and generous conduct of all on board in contributing to the wants of the surviving sufferers, and for the sympathy felt by all, par ticularly by the ladies.—Yours, with gratitude, "WILLIAM BARTLETT." The passengers saved were chiefly from London or Germany. They had each sums of money with them va rying from £5 to, (in one instance,) £800; the owner of the last-mentioned sum having also lost his wife and family. Many others have been deprived of relatives and friends, and, besides losing their cash, have lost luggage, tools, merchandise, &c. Scarcely one of them was with out money. Besides the captain and second officer of the unfortunate vessel, nine others of the crew were saved. THE COTTON TRADE. 30th June, 1849. In the early part of the present year we had the plea sure of inserting, for our readers interested in the article of cotton, two or three letters from a valued correspon dent ; and now that this main staple of our manufactures is attracting so much of the public attention, we purpose following up the subject. Our correspondent, in January last, pointed out in a very forcible manner that the value of raw cotton was moderate, and that it is not to the per manent interest of the spinners and manufacturers in this country to have cotton too cheap, or below a remunerat ing point to the grower. The advance in price which sub sequently took place has no doubt had considerable in fluence in drawing the bulk of the late large crop in the United States to this country, and this circumstance ought to be a matter of no little satisfaction to us all, as in the case of an advance in the value of the article,, which is highly probable, holders in this country will reap the benefit ir stead of our American friends, they having parted with, comparatively, every bale they will be able to spare us for several months. The receipts in the American ports for the next few weeks may fluctuate a little, but they can make little dif ference in the ultimate result, the crop being generally admitted to be about 2,700,000 bales, which we take as our basis. The steamer now nearly due not having arrived, we will refer our readers to the Brokers' Circular' of last week, dated the 22a instant : the total stock of cotton, including all descriptions, is there put down• at 672,000 bales. By the Niagara steam-ship, which arrived on the 25th instant, we find there were afloat' 228,000 bales, which, added together, make 900,000 ; by' the same advice, they had only 277,000 in the ports and on shipboard, to which we will add 103,000 bales yet to be received of the crop, together 380,000; of this quantity , they will require, for their own use, three months' con sumption before they get a bale of their new crop, which, at their present rate of 600,000' a year, is 150;000; and they' will export to the continent, at a very low estimate, 50,000 bales, so that there can only'be an available balance for this country of 180,000 bales. The following figures will exhibit pretty nearly the probable stock of all de criptions at the end of the year : Total stock of Cotton in Liverpool 22nd June, Bales. 1849 On the way from America Balance of America old crop Extreme supply from the new crop .... Probable import from E. 1., Egypt, and'S. A 120,000 1,300,000 Probable export from this port the next six months, of all sorts 1,200,000 From the 22nd June to the 31st Dec., 27 weeks, at 30,000 bales a week consumption BlO,OOO Stock 31'st Dec., 1849 390,000 A stock of 390,000 bales, at any time, in the present requirements of this country, is doubtless a vary small quantity, and if the calculation that after the present quantity now arriving from the " States 'has been re ceived we obtain no more than 280,000 bales of Cotton from that quarter for nearly six months, be coupled with the late season, and more or less injury done to the coming crop, then we cannot help coming to the con elusion that future prices must in a great measure be governed by what holders from time to time determine to demand—supposing no check to the present ratio of con sumption to supervene; and though we should be sorry to see Cotton• run up beyond its legitimate ratio,- we know it to be the opinion of some of the largest spinners, that cotton must inevitably be dearer ; and further, that they would rather see a moderate advance than not ; and we think they are right, for the greater the inducement we hold out to the planter, the greater care and' expense he will use in securing the coming crop, now admitted to be in a very precarious state from the lateness of'the season, recent inundations, and other causes ; and, from what we can heer, we do not think that a moderate advance would materially interfere with the consumption ; for though the spinners and manufacturers might threaten short time, we know that working short time would be attended with loss. 2d July. The accounts of the steamer Europa, arrived yesterday, estimate the present crop at rather under 2,700,000 bales, the receipts for the week having fallen off 5,000 bales; total receipts, 2,62Z500 bales. Shippers and planters are now.finding out that their stocks are exceedingly light, and the manufacturers are alarmed about their own supply. EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL, Contrary to the expectation expressed in our last notice of this subject, that the tide of emigration from this port would fall off in the next few weeks, owing to the approach of harvest, we have a further increase to report during the past month. The numbers now stand as follows: — First six months of 1848 62,680 Ditto, ditto, 1849 The increase on the last month is, in round numbers, 5,000 persons. The same improvement continues to be noticed in the class of emigrants going, many of whom appear to be of moderate substance. This, too, is the case in the emigration from other ports, as is shown in the case of the loss of the.un fortunate vessel, Charles Bartlett, from London to New York. Of the parties saved, we find some stated: to have lost, besides baggage, tools, &c., cash varying from £5, which is about the lowest, to one case, in which the,loss is £BOO. On the average, they appear to have possessed from £2O to £4O each, and to have been parties likely to get on in their new country. THE SUGAR DUTIES AFTER THE STH JULY. Although the end of the official quarter, at which the Cus toms' Receipts are made up, has not quite arrived, yet we be lieve we are correct in stating that a slight deficiency in the receipts at this port, and possibly in some others may be anti cipated. This, however, so far as Liverpool is concerned, will not be such as. to indicate a falling off in business. The re ceipts for the first two months, which we gave at the time, were as follows : ..... _. 1848. 1849. Month ending sth May 266,603 267,720 Do. sth June 273,257 273,846 There was.therefore a slight increase tor the first two months of the quarter, which is large, however, when we remember that the Corn Duty was reduced to Is. in Feb. in the present year. The falling off, which will probably not amount to, above £15,000 to ..t . 20,000, will arise entirely during the present month, and is to be accounted for by the fact that a reduction of the Sugar Duties takes place on the sth inst. The following will show the alteration in the scale :.-- Duties on Sugar or Molasses, the growth of any British Pos session, into which the importation• of Foreign Sugar is pro hibited. Up to sth July, Up to sth July, Candy, brown or white, refined, or 1849. 1850. sugar rendered by any process s. d. s. d. equal to refined, per cwt. White cloyed l5 2 14 0 Muscovado, or any other equal to white clayed Molasses 4 10 4 6 Growth of any other Possession, and imported direct, Up to sth July, Up to sth July, 1849. 1850. .e — ti: - d. £ s. d. Candy brown or white, &c. White clayed 0 18 4 0 16 11 Brown clayed, not equal to white clayed - 0 18 4 0 16 11 Muscovado, not equal to brown clayed _ _ _ Molasses 0 5 10 0 5 5 Foreign. Up to sth July, Up to sth July, 1849. 1850. _ • ' v s. d. £ 8. d. Candy, brown or white White clayed 1 1 7 019 10 Brown clayed 1 0 0 0 18 6 Muscovado Drawbacks. Up to sth July, Up to sth July, 1849. 1850. -e s. d. -e s. d. Refined Suzar tin lose, perfectly cleared or pounded, refined 0 16 4 0 15 0 Bastard or refined, broken or pounded 0 13 0 0 12 0 The Liverpool Philomathic Society made their annual excur sion last. Saturday week. The place chosen was Wynnstay Park, and, by the kind permission of Sir Watkin, their dinner was provided for them (by Mr. Allen, of Ruabon) in the tower, at Nant-y-Belan. The day was very fine, and having liberty all over the grounds, they did not fail to enjoy themselves. Due justice being done to a good dinner, and several appropri ate toasts drank, they returned to Liverpool between nine and ten in the evening, except those who could not help lingering in this romantic district, July 3, 1541, PROGRESS OF THE BIRKENHEAD DOCg • WORKS. We believe the public' of Liverpool , and prob, works, great portion sep,royar:iinopdnr indistinctly present e gl yo i i n an h eg a g b uo i a t ni a n, n ta t en s dd o fwoißft with t r h k te e h n ep h r. e no a s : trueo l ;e3w o ro f o iss t a , l : : towards making available the docks on the site ( I re, er sey Pool. The following particulars will, tber r: wi ret haps-interest our readers. The works in progte s, A the act for enabling the Dock Company to boereuwrider of £50,000 on preferential bonds, are classe d I heads, as follows : the ° d i l k Ist. The formation of two wharfs, one a t veto Cathcart-street and the other at the end of „ego: fi st o r a e t et o , n m t a h k e in ßr g i a k v e a n i h la e b a l d e for business ad joininagptohrteleparensfq is dol t and warehouses. The frontage to VittOria-Streel:, i 5 511 feet; and, from Vittoria-street to Cathcart-sreer n a e t feet. At the Cathcart-street end, the wall sit ti foundation ; and for 266 feet at the end of Vittona_eree the foundation is also clay. Th e re mainingj t ia br northward, abutting on the pool, or great 1 1°a ; ioe gitt built upon piles, upon the heads of which are Wa dding fe dinal, cross, and trans verse b eams to form a b e ! D ot t o the stonework. This portion of the works proceeded with until the great pool is inclosed. rose No. 2. This, the most important and difflcult l3 4 frout, the works, is the formation of the temperer! u' i edc' the west end of the passage between the Ege rt ° l . oe• and the great float (at the west side of the dc' eti the houses) and the Neff Point, (near the smelt !Nov o ro e , Seacombe side of the pool). To form this date t,, ° . d ef of piles have to be driven in parallel lines, 10 fee_Velf, outside measurement , and five feet apart, long er ect in the clear. These piles are to be five feet WI, be e' the filling pipes afterwards to be put in; and a re ,,potol l fixed that the filling piles may be true in line. -" the °Pe' walls of timber are to be fast ene d t o them during 0 1 0' 1 '1 ration of driving the filling pil es , an d r emoved a' e ele completed ; after which perm anen t h a lf-timbe r ,':iegel inches by 6 inches in dimensio n , are t o be holten}:p souse to the pile work. The piling commen ces fenm e t 24 f e ! t end. The dam itself is to be, w h en c omplet se f e els above the level of the Old Do c k s ill. It is to be If' 0 385 width at the top, with slopes averaging 2k to I 'e to the filling progresses, the silt at the roundatioe„ completely removed, so as to secure a solid leee te bot t ; outside of these slopes is to be pit c h e d from teP, feet tom ; and the inside lined with ru bbl e stone 1; wetcfed, thickness, for a depth of 15 f ee t. Th e t o p wilt and 12 inches of stone well rammed downs t n ei n ie b e wards coated with 9 inches o f s t one c hipping of brick Quarry, or from the sto ne y ar d s . 4 poi - 6' 5 0 1 ;5i' south end of tee dam is to be of masonry; and ja ( 30C 1 ' 5 ' to be formed the sluices for scouring the out r , eekg e , They are three in number ; and each are to !T r : a t t' paddles, 12 inches thick at the top and 6 itoi t , e .7 r diet tl ; bottom, with the proper chain and purchase te ' l ll st i t l : ll The jambs, or lintels, into which they are to 5 4 bottom, will be formed of Runcorn ashlar. 1 . e 2 feel' holes are to be brought up in the wall, inches in the clear. This interesting portion octr le goer, we may describe more in detail hereafter. ht poles for this work have been put down across e ,te e pith' and the filling piles are now being driven by l' at eic la a . 6 patent engine, the expeditious working of ww described in a previous publication. 4 5; O r° s ll 3d. This also is a most interesting portion of th and before stating its object, and importance , %es° 5 feet by e oro briefly describe its engineering character. It O f ' a se ( an open drain, commencing from the mouth 0 con . culvert, of large dimensions, which has already he e ,.ol° structed from a point on the road from Birke.n—e° de' Wallasey, near the dock cottages. The culvert a - o wei bouches at the west side of the W oo d s id e basin ' s °tl ,6 drain is formed to bring into it the surface an' e a for waters, collected on the Wallasey M ars h, to be n- 0 6 4 scouring purposes. The excavati ons co mmence 'e n i or° Wallasey Road, and are carried th ence , with a rise of 1 in 1,670, as far as Ford Brook, between Bed in 3r tea and Leasowes. The bottom of th e drain is f erm i feet wide; and the sides have a uniform slope of o fee with a benching of 10 feet wide o n th e l eve l of the - h oe of the marshes. Outside of this benching, or Pl Y ei s e the excavated soil is used to raise side banks, h 3 `,, 1 , ,1. uniform level 25 feet above the Liverpool Old r" - s iopeg The top of these banks are 5 feet wide, and the 0 0 0 , 1 have an inclination of 2to 1. Th e so d s ere taken, and inches in thickness to form the surface of the slaP e f the banks; and it is interesting, and c o n fi r matory report of the historians of the loc a lity, t o o bserve soil; throughout the length of the work is strong!y or', with decayed timber, proving that th e w h o le of t he vet' has at some period been the site of an extensive O f th e A rail fence will be erected on th e - inside slopes `‘')/ the outer banks. In order to provid e f or th e d r ainage d a d land on each side, wooden trunks, 19' inches deep s te, feet wide, are laid along th e i ns id e s l ope o f the dta te ' e ptf into these, whatever springs, o r s id e d ra i ns , are int er ' otp.' are brought by wooden trunks, or faders. Three eon cient bridges are to be built across th e d ra in . in 0 ; 11 It ° tions as may be selected by the owner of the lana'es said, and is no doubt the fact, that by the facilitl le o w ho ,„ drainage afforded by this work the value of the . 00 0 the marsh has been very greatly increased. This l o f th e taut work is now nearly completed. The whole 5 ,01 excavations, whiCh have consisted of 90,000 cubicYar" o .o7 been taken out, within the short period which has si d e, since the beginning of April. The trunks downe coo-' and the connecting trunks for drainage,. are near l y , e lee pleted. What remains to be done is to correct a n y dence of the side banks , and to er ec t th e b r idges a , mined upon by the owner of the marsh. No. 4. This portion of the wor k s em b race s the crotaille; e ti x o c n av o a f t t i o h :; srequired passage throu g h thei frits Woodsideßas securing ie!, scouring works themselves. Culverts are bone 0 11 ; through the rock upon which the foundations of the fee t , ing are laid. A portion of these are tunnelled 3 cot' inches wide, and 5 feet high ' • and a portion is 00114 {set 1 ting 3 feet 6 inches wid e , and covered at the top high. The last hundred feet of each culvert is to be nod' with a wooden trunk, st rong l y secure d an d Well l''3to be and the poriton which is f orme d o f stone-wo rk 15 executed with smoothly saw n s t one. Th ese shlj ees a nd be opened and closed with paddles, the formatileg e operation of which are very ingeni ous . These , in rapid progress. a n d No. 5. Embraces the completion of the MeeP eth at; 7 % Egerton Docks, the two passages, or guts, coal - 0 the i them, and also the formation of a passage beter'"v fe Egerton Dock and the Great Float. The latter is 0 3 0 0 deep, with a thirty feet archway. Bridges similar to each' in use on our own dock quays are to be erected over These are also proceeding. e t tl O- ( No. 6. This work is the deepe n i ng o f the gr" et 0 throughout, to render it available for the purl: o ' 4 w' business. A portion of this p rocess h as . been el e '' and the remainder is in progress. f " Great credit is due to the resident engineer t e° works, Mr. Sherwood, for the manner in whi e ,,tetor:j works are being conducted. Th e s pi r it e d comee e el Messrs. M!Cormack, are also putting forth the" . A bel t energies ; .and we may hope sho r tly t o see a localitYe the conversion or usefulness of w hi c h the pub! 011 1 ` entertained doubts of late, placed in te , condition tc i „er , a great portion at least of the exp ec t a ti o ns whi e , e . co °. entertained by those who, ori g i na lly, prompted "" version to the purposes of commerce. A fi- .ne soft rain fell on Friday and Saturday eveningi; 0 1 ;6 continued for several hours each night. Heavy sho ce ireOik fell on Sunday evening and last night, and have so rf,,,t• h ga e t r h e, er s e in d ee in h . is Th re e tu p r a n ta f t r o o e m s continue Ameri ol last night,proye vegetation that the country every where looks luxul"fires'" good deal of hay-grass has been cut, and some hay - 4 n earL i THEATRE ROYAL.—Mr. Macready made his first t a i l; e r c r eoft e ter of Macbeth. The house was crowded, and the su po g!P A y greeted him with torrents of applause as he came l stage. The house looks beautiful. This evening Mr. er appears in Richelieu. dig Messrs. M'Corquodale and Co. have just printed 11 ,•, borate series of tables, giving a carefully-compiled 101.0°F-of trains in connection with the London and North WeStl ll ll way. The tables are so arranged that the time of der—,, c ,w,e• each train, its progress along the line, its destination, ', i t M r be ascertained with the greatest ease. The whole is P. 7 0010 ther in a very convenient form for reference, and the_,l" tion is to be continued monthly, at the most trilling an index is given, in alphabetical arrangement, the de _.,,e s.- of all trains leaving London, Birmingham, Liver" Manchester. SODDEN DEATH OF A FEMALE, NAME 'lN .— flare' (1 On Friday evening a woman came to Drew's, tiuttlio, Hotel, Regent Street, and called for a glass of bra o jcpePo a biscuit, alleging that she was suffering from sely s t i. On the following day she was found dead la b e t be inspector of police was called in who s earchea sh iiiied ceased's pockets, in which four pounds and a fell .501).4 were found, besides a verge watch set in a tort?!„. case, and two rings. The only clue to her furnished by two letters- found on her, directed;o 9 , 4 1 Lee ; the initials M. A. L. were also seen on a b c) d dres s to deceased'sAlaio General po s ses s j i o . n. Hay, There c .B . ford, Ireland; also one addressed to Mrs. Lee , 'fr,, Barry's, 14, Fitzwilliam-square West, Dublio•ceteety , w K a s i I b u alsorn gold rings were found on the third finger of decade left hand. A post-mortem examination Was r e dig' Mr. Hilt, when the cause of death was found to . , of the heart. 9 2 ' t oara LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JUL with (A ,el We have had a large supply of all kinds of stock..l a fair; ket to-day, the greatest portion of which met ~peel, mand at prices a shade lower than last stateraents ___ to sd. per lb. Mutton, 50. to 5 ; Lamb, 54d• to -- - METEOROLOGICAL REGISTERS T , ei BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD -STS t• D tt 0 0 ATMOSPHERIC ailYp-,c- i; 11 A l Temperature t of a el in Humidity at Fall woe $ s_, Pressure at shade by self-, Noon. of "t * ,1 n so. , registering Difference of Nine , Six thermometer Wet and Dry Rai • I , '' a.m. p.m. Max. Min. bulb. ~../ ~., I = 0 61 4 P In. In. Deg. Deg. Deg. I n. 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