The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-10 00:00:00

the official val The d( Newd ruinous commodities, ca 1847 and the commencement of Traders had left entirely out of by the impun ittle way t lency or ti ea upon e tore There woul ) him to d to I r whi connec THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY, Yesterday evening, the manthlv meeting of this Society was held in the large Lecture Room of the Royal insti tution, Mr. William Miliner, the President, in the chair. The attendance was numerous, the subjects to be dis cussed being of much interest, especially to the commer cial and maritime public. Several new members were duly elected by ballot, and others were proposed for election at the May meeting. CRUELTY TO CLIMBING BOYS. Mr. SOUTH Commenced the business of the evening by an eloquent and really humane paper on the advantages to be derived, both to the public and to the cause of humanity general!y, from the introduction and constantuse of the Vulcan chimney-sweeping machine, in lieu of the abominable practice still pursued in this country— that of sending unfortunate children up chimney flues. The lecturer commenced by stating that hitherto one of the causes of the want of success which at tended the efforts of those humane individuals' who felt for the wretched and degraded state of " the poor little sweep," as he was familiarly called, was to be found in the insufficiency of the machinery employed to supply bis place. That defect, however, has recently been remedied, and in Liverpool, if the householders accorded the Vulcan Company that alinnoA-__l-,...;...._ .., zuppurb—leavlng and Christian feeling of the matter out of the question— which, as a mercantile people, they always awarded to those who worked best and cheapest; in a few short years such a ernin • r :tutnanity t al ' °Arb ] 'k !r,,1 4,1 4 ZA p hli 4, lg ß i o -141,,Y1t:N.t ilt t ;') } ot thAitc Nb 4kle the e contracted currency, b .enormous dep in its supply by , are - p: scarce commodity, upon asters wi mu pity in suf With a cu called for, in :iation of , and the commercial di ich involved so large a p on of the corn- g and ruir meet the requirements of our d aye occ .ed. N in the four N ceeded that of o tor our br cornmodi demand f ability them. offered had to red,._, its place in maintaining prices But we had no such aids witl instant our imuorts Bevan tin our exports, he basis of our note circu hition, to g the pressiiref . it produced d was c o , pay for grain,) tl ispended ; the pri •• • commodi ,t commercial paper became almost bolder of our gold was c our ma-' ful' and the foreign ets, appreciated rchasin z power I like our iently, by ot trade policy ay, at this moment, more, after flattering ourzt., of a general revival of commercial activity - , be, ning to experience its effects. We have had heavy imports of bread stuffs from America during the past few months, am! we have every certainty, even at the present low prices in our markets, of further large arrivals. The cotton crop is estimated at fully 2,600,000 bales, th,e greatest portion of which must find its way to this country. The balance of trade with that country is now against us. The last mail from New York brought us advices that the exchange upon England had fallen to 1061 per cent; and as this gives a profit upon specie remittances of 3 to 32 per cant., we shall undoubt edly be called upon to pay for our imports from that country in gold. The drain upon us has in deed already commenced, ' steamer, which .L L...aerve tnat in consequence of this information the committee wrote to Mr. Hawksley, from whom thaw erni• A• the IT !ceive a full contradiction in sovereigns ..y =CiO caving taxen out £90,000 the drain must continue until the par, or about 110 per cent,; I ‘,. tuns mere was not a Single pipe ready for delivery ; and, as regarded the proving machines, the only one of them which wan rand., n-1-1:-/- L.. exchange rises to ne and, bear in mind ti- EXCHANGE NEWS Ro om , M ONDA A telegraphic report was posted this of effect that hostilities had commenced het. ...._. " the services of the inspectors, now refer flans, and that two Danish frigates had bee and intelligence has since arrived to the effe4 a ship of the line, of 84 guns, blew up in conse quence of her having caught fire, and that the Gefio frigate had also surrendered to the German troops. Thi intelligence threw a gloom over things to-day, althoug it is generally thought that other powers will interfer more strenuously than bevane.,,..,. _ _ _ Thn with reonrCliOtcle;;ial Mr. THOMSON agreed to this c ~ 'mug-pending dispute. The Share market, which has been dull with a small business all week, was to-day very much further depressed by the unsatisfactory nature of the York and Berwick report, and all shares have participated in the decline. The following is an extract from this report : " With respect to the payment to Mr. Hudson for these shares by the company, we feel ourselves called upon to observe that at the period when he received the cheque for .*'Bl,ooo (the 27th of October, 1849) he himself could not have paid more than .e 25,000 on account of the purchase of these shares, aur lthough he might be called upon to make a further payment .b.nr 4, 10,000 on the 30th of October. The effect of this would be that the sihuca by Mr. Hudson on his own account and sold afterwards at an enhanced price to the com pany, were to a considerable extent paid for in the first in stance with the money he had reeeived frori the company. The impropriety of such a transaction between an individual and a company towards which he stands in the relation of a trustee cannot be doubted. And we are of opinion that the sum charged by Mr. Hudson for these shares ought to be re duced to the sum he actually paid for them, and the difference repaid with interest." and of course no proof whatever' of the strength of these pipes could have been made. As these . pipes were to stand a great amount of pressure, h e thought it of the greatest importance that these trial bars should have been cast at first, in order that the pipes might be tested soon afterthey werecast. He objected to having the pipes exposed to the action of the atmosphere previous to being tested, because they all knew that pipes cast from honeycomb Scotch pigs, when exposed to the action of um ann sun, the water which fell upon them percolated through them, became oxidized, and eventually filled pip the pores of the otherwise open metal, so that after three months such exposure they would stand the test much better than if proved immediately after being cast. Mr. JAS. HOLME thought these details of Mr. Bennett so lengthy and so minute that they would never arrive at their conclusion. Mr. S. HOLME pledged himself to reply to them all in detail Mr. TINNE rose to a point of order. He did not believe that this report had been authorised to be placed on the books of the committee at all. The MAYOR observed that it was not for him to raise the objection, for the report set out by saying" in accordance with wevions a miturtuu SLOCK was quotec 132 @ 4 ; Midland halves, 4 pm. at the close 75 @ 6 ; London, 91 @ 9 dis. ; L on d on quarters, - some former arrangement of the committee. But he now understood from the remarks of Mr. Bennett that it was alto gether an unauthorised report. Mr. HARBORD.—What 1., meant by an unauthorised report? The MAYOR.—llnean to say, from what has fallen from Mr. Bennett, that you took a journey to Glasgow unauthorised by either the Council or the committee, and that your report is incidental to that journey. Dr. HODOSON begged to say that, so far as the committee were concerned, they did not nrinpt th. cpult j uuQ so Tar as as an are, lie did not know that it was on the minutes. Mr. BENNETT.—Mr. Hodgson should attend the meetings of the committee, and then he would know something of the business transacted. He is about the worst attender on the Water Committee. Mr. HORNBY thought this a very important matter, for here was a document on the minutes of their proceedings which had not been sanctioned by the committee. Mr. HARBORD.—WiII you have the kindness to read the minute accompanying that report. He did not think it right that Mr. Hodgson should be allowed to make these mistate ments on his own responsibility. Mr. DRIFFTELD read the minute, from which it appeared that the report h a d b een ordered to be placed on the books by the committee. Mr. POOLE explained that the committee did not receive it as an official report, they having merely recoreed it on their books as a communication. The MAYOR. —The question is whether this report will be allowed to remain on the books, and Mr. Bennett be allowed to go on with his remarks. Decide, gentlemen. Mr. S. Ilounn.—" Who shall decide when doctors disagree.' (Laughter.) 5 After a few words from Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Aikin, Mr. BENNETT resumed. He said that during their visit they had taken great care that nothing should fall from them outlay of 160,000, cal culated in any way to compromise the Corporation. The Council should r eco ll ect that this was a contract involving an pipes which they received for that enormous sum of money and it was, therefore, essential that the should be of the best quality. He was now in a position to prove, from what he had seen in Glasgow, that they were not cast according. to the terms of the specificationany failure in their strength should afterwards be discovered, he considered this most valuable information. Then, with regard to the point of compensation, he could inform the Council that Mr. Francis had done all in his power to magnify the expenses which these contractors had gone to in order to work out this contract. With regard again to these accounts, he thought that the public ought to know more than they did of the vast sums of money which the family of Mr. Francis had received from the Corporation ; but as he was precluded from entering into that subject, he would not further allude to it. He would conclude by moving that the proceedings be confirmed, except that portion which related to the accounts, and that they be sent back for re -arrangement. Mr. !TARBORO rose to second the confirmation of that por tion of the proceedings named by Mr. Bennett, and observed that as his name had been coupled with the report in question, and as some gentlemen had been pleased to throw a sneer with regard to the payment of their expenses, he begged to assure the Council that he never would stand there in forma pauperis Since the circulars the holidays have intervened, and we have scarcely got to wprk again. The only feature in our Colonial markets is the continued good feeling for Sugar : the remainder of the old crop of Antigua—be tween 400 and 50t) hbfl. —ia powtocl to Novo bcon zula to renners at extreme rates. The Cotton market was dull to-day, owing to the press of sellers in the market, al though there was a numerous attendance of spinners, and prices Lave been rather irregular, buyers having a slight advantage : 4000 to 5000 bales are estimated to have been sold, chiefly American, including 500 for export. The Iron trade has also been affected by the news from the Baltic, and Scotch Pig Iron has receded from 50/ to 47/6 for mixed numbers, and other kinds are lower. --•- .... .ca,, ur tne world. Witt. to have used 'that language. inst ourselves she knows that she could compete for the Mr. HARBORD.-1 b eg t o s t ate d i stinctly that I heard Mr _.l - free long voya ge t ra d e; b ut s h e would buy that privi- Nicol say so. Mr. BENNETT continued to observe that in conseo . _..., we are once lege dear by admitting into her ports, upon equal —.lion the committee wrote to Mr. 11 ,- es upon the prospect terms with her own shipping, the cheaply built and ' - -•. information on the s übject. tie never had been in Glasgow during the whole of the time which has cheaply manned vessels of Northern Europe. Any elapsed since the completion of these contracts. The commit government of that country would be worsted in tee were anxious to know what was going on there: but as no making the attempt ; and the present government i t tpr o itA c tl i l a e l lik ed C c O a m a lli ci i4tee Ar lto incur r ci a t n h3 risk s o e f l ir o v i e n n g t there t in is is known to b e ut t er l y opposed to free trade policy, private charact e r; and he l considered• that information of w l whether with respect to the liberalization of the greater importance never had been received by the Corporation Memorial was acceded to. tariff or of the laws affecting navigation, at so trifling an expense. They found, although Mr. Hawksley Mr. D. HODGSON did not think that Memorial took a s had previously sent a li s t o f quer i es to t h e diff erent parties, the ciently high ground, coming as it did from a Christian COM- In such a state of feeling, both internal and returns to which showed that 597 tons of pipes were ready for mittee. He would however accept it as an instalment in .tbe abroad, there can be little doubt how the House of delivery, and that 1600 tons would be ready in April, that not right directioa. Mr. THOMSON rose to move—" That it is unadvisable and Lords will deal with this bill. It will he thrown one pipe was ready according to the terms of the specification, at the time of their , visit. It struck him that there was a strange tajur n f c oT io tl n ie s C o cre h o e ration, or any Committee thereof, to usurp out, and an appeal made to the country. That similarity in the answers to all these queries ;. and it struck him own. rmn • - - tradesmen of the t such appeal will be decisive as to the future polio, also at the time that this wonderful similarity cmild nnh, h. U of the country we cannot assure ourselves; bt most confident we are that it will very material] alter the composition of the House of Commor and the existing balance of parties. appointed with reference to the use of the Post-office on the Lord's-day presented a memorial to the Postmaster-General, praying that the post-office be closed each Sabbath morning at 9 o'clock. Mr. S. HOLME moved the adoption of the Memorial, and trusted that its prayer would be acceded to. The MAYOR was of opinion that the letter carrier. .he prayer of the ..,, . ,‘,... ku Luc uukation is levied, and that in future all work, of every description, where practicable, shall be d -., „...,Lcu uy sue various parties to whom they were sent having L A a meeting together on the subject. He understood since that one by public contract."—He observed that it was some time since , Captain Francis had c a ll e d th e w h o l e o f t h e contractors toge- he had first brought the motion forward, and as it had been so Ly ther, in order that they might arrange their replies together. 9ftei i ! i postpd he would merely con t ent hi mself with nrnyins- Is He mentioned this publicly, in orde r . if n ot t rue . th a t it might . Mr. TIIVNE observed that the object whatever in view but to fnn.nr, th Committee had no AA,ctiLix I,OIIIIIUL ,0 I sub-committee to investigate this matt( Lc, iffivi Lorin, ana as not a single pipe had yet been proved Air. S. HOLME agreed with the principle of Mr. Thomson's up to the time he was in Glasgow, he was at a loss to discover motion. He did not like to see the Corporation usurp the in what their duties consisted. The pipes which they saw when functions of private tradesmen. He would however suggest there had been pronounced as very objectionable by Mr. Camp- that the motion should he bell himself. but h. naa.a - eucn 'ommittee of the Council, previously to recommending that any Rata be laid by the Council, to consider and report how far each of the Rate s now l a id b y the Council can be redu ced." It would be in the recollection of the Council that the burgesses at large viewed with unqualified approbation the con duct of the corporation in settling the claims of the burgesses in regard would to the local r a ti ng question. They ould have ob served that the recent vestry meeting expressed a strong f ee li ng that the. ennrtron v_ • .. butituu, in Laying its rates, make them as liglii as possible for the ensuing year. The poor rate for the next year would he at least 3s. 2d. in the pound; this must be paid, although it was heavy, indeed, and as the parish had no sur plus fund to depend upon, no estate to fall back upon, they hoped that the committees of the council wouild deal as lightly with the local rates as possible. He had great reason to hope that the 3s. 2d, in the pound would clear off almost all their liabilities, and that next year they would have a very low rate indeed. Cheap rates was a question in which all were inter ested, not only the tradesmen and shopkeepers, but the house owners, and the owners of all kinds ofproperty. In conclusion, he would respectfully move the resolution of which he had given notice. Mr. PARKER seconded the motion. Mr. At KIN suggested that the motion ought to be altered to a recommendation to the committees, to the effect that each of them should on all occasions do their duty. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE did no understand the resolution. Mr. Ferguson had asked " for this year," but he must be aware that they were not to lay any rate this year, in addition to the rates which they had already laid. Mr. COOPER was satisfied that the rates in Liverpool were so high that tradesmen would soon find the town too hot f or th em Churchwarden Ferguson . And he might just tell them that if the Health Committee came there for a larger rate than that charged by the oid Highway Board, he would oppose it to the last. Mr. TINNE was quite as unwilling to impose a rate as any member of the Council could be. He did not know what was to be gained by passing such an abstract motion as that before them. At this stage of the proceedings, the MAYOR intimated that there was not a Council present, and so the matter dropped. The meeting then adjourned. tainly profit ble to remit in British manufactured description for the strieted very mat It is very from this state of ti I d, the shipments of .. - ---- i 'cods, and produce f every kets, will be re- irn eri can r lally in amoun 'e the parties who suffer ..CIL u beu, na ms an- ticipated p ro fit s converted i into lo p sses, Et by fluctua tions in the value of the medium of exchange; the manufacturer, the trading classes generally, and, most of all, the operative. And who are they who reap the profit of its operator) ? The bul nonibia, tho :tones Lovds of the commercial world, and the exchange merebunto. These men become, at a time like the present, the only exporttia and the commodity in which they deal is gold. For every hundred thousand pounds which they send away from this country, they can assure themselves of a profit, in a few montns, cent. For every hundred thousa, embarked, they may safely reckon upon resew', back in a few months at least a hundred and ten thousand, in depreciated British man ,, c- And whilst they are engaged ;- " - safe operation : 1 pounds dills proiitable anc _ _ nut, witn commodities but with the standard by which the value of commo dities is measured ; the commerce and industry of the country must look on idly, suffering from the withdrawal of circulating medium, and seeing the fruits of their enterprise and toil, however well directed, melting within their grasp. A few months ago, we imagined we saw symp toms of such a revolution of the commercial cycle of Mr. Samu e l J ones L oy d as would enable the bullionists to shelve for a time the important question of tht currency—the question upon which we maintain, without hesitation, that all the evils of our condition ma ly hing We imagined, wit: IRE LATE CUS TOM - HOUSE FRAUD OF 1600 BAGS OF the bulk of th e commerc i a l commun„ trig passed "what we a re i n th e h a bit o f e‘... _ the COFFEE AND 1100 M ATS OF S UGAR. —This matter seems to be progressing slowly, but we will hope surely, as it is g p r o o r a t t a n o t that ii the th er merchants ch,te rosf cleared Liverpool oo withoutsh o ul should worst portions of his "established cycle," in which the state of trade revolves—convulsion, pressure, lvlearvye important stagnation, and distress--we had at length reached the loss of an unnecessary momer SUDDEN DEATH.—The following inquest was held its beginning, quiescence, and were about to pro by Mr. Curry yesterday :—On Thomas gress to the next stages of improvement, growing elderly man, living in Quilliam-terrace, Daltogn-sireeata. confidence and prosperity ; and that, such heirs He had been in a low state of health for some weeks, and the case, the ears of the public would be deaf to all on Friday night last he was found dead. From the sur warning upon this question. There would appear, Lo e n as s e e o v o ide t rge l i o t o tp s peared he died from the effects of however, to have been introduced, new policy, a burr in the wheel. It does nyotytuour THE REV. J. SHORE'S CASE.—A meeting was held with quite its established regularity. Nay, itseems rn the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, yesterday morning,at ff the purpose of which was to support the measure intro about to turn back. Money we have Qee , ered duced into parliament by Mr. Bouverie, by which the in vain to the commercial world at 1 1 to n n 2 per Rev. J. Shore would at once be relieved from eclehgeaaeirltipneTnahle cent ; speculation attempted an d sudd e nly shrunk ties. ' T Mr. Charles Robertson occupied t back from, as if the results of th e past were not to following dissenting ministers addressed the m be forgotten. We have heard o f i mprovement in R evels. Kelly, H. Stowell Brown, Donald Ferguson, gand trade, week after week ; and have no t b een able to Towers. A reso l u ti on a pp rov i ng o f th e measure before find it. We have looked for a r esump ti on of that parliament was unan i m o u sly p a s se d. confidence and monetary ease, which displays itself —lt a w . i it l ir b A e a s n e ' e s n C fr o o is m - e the advertisement A i M n S o O u N ; S:),ITA RE . in buildin g , i n th e prosecution o f use f u l works, in that this room has been placed, in its management, ° uupon the commencement of new, though legitimate en- the metropolitan style, Mr. Ward taking the chair every evening at e i g ht o ' c l oc k. Th e concert - room is being terprise, in pr om pt ness o f p a y men t s t o tradesmen, tastefully decorated by the Messrs. Cuffley, of this town ; and increased custom to the shopkeeper. But we by its chaste effect, gives promise of what it le a ted have seen none of these things; and now, in their will be r m ea a d m ie p , stead, we have the prospect of a tightening of the When co er a t c h c e or h i t i n o d g s of those thLsep o l s zi n te s dLe i c e o r r m at i o o r e s ci y i p n o g n d , o i m t . will be one of the most beautiful rooms in the money market, and an upward movement of the k , that ha ding" BIRKENHEAD GUARDIANS OF THE POOR There has been rather a smart contest for the office of guardians in the township of Birkenhead. The parties nominated were Messrs. E. G. Willoughby, R. Hughes, W. W. Mortimer, and H. Gough, on one side ; and Messrs. H. Watson, J. Ravenscroft, Edward Mills, and George Craven, on the other. The latter quietly retired from the contest.. Yesterday, the clerk (John Gregory, Esq.) attended at the Board-room for the purpose of ad ding up the votes, and making his official return, of which the following shows the numbers : Gough 321 Watson ... I Huzbes Willoughby Mortimer .. 250 000 227 241 1422 Majority of votes The name of the hon. member for Newcastle was intro duced as the nominator of the lcsing party, for the pur pose of influencing the election, which called forth a reply not very flattering to the M.P., who has so frequently been denominated the King of Birkenhead, the other party asserting that he had not even a vote for guardiens in the township, either as owner or ratepayer. However, the election passed over with little excitement, and now it is the best policy for all parties to join together, and try to restore the prosperity the town once possessed, and now so vitally essential to all its inhabitants, and this can be best accomplished by placing men in power who will not lend themselves to jobbing for self-aggrandisement. TO CORRESPONDENTS, Through an accident, a portion c relative to the sale of his fine 1 our last publication. rate of interest. We trust that, under such a state TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.—YESTERDAY. tr. Banks' advertisement, of thipgs we may, • with some degree of success, ' , am ale, was o m i t t e d i n urge upon the mercantile and trading community day, at the Tow n -h a ll ; hi s wors hi p the MAn adjou rne d meet i ng of the Council was held Mayor presidin yester g. the necessity o f di rect i ng their inquiries to the COMITTEE. operation of th e b ana f u l system —our bullion sys- The proceedings, re WATER solutions, M and reports of this corn tern—which is depressing their energies, and mittee cbntained reports from Messrs. Scott and Rodgers, crushing them to the earth. Surely, in this age of in connection with the Liverpool Water Works,_ t a t n o d u i l t e r . eport cent visit advanced intelligence, such a community will not Messrs. a e s n cr n o e w t t and trom H w alo h r d i t re a l p a p i appeared e d that re submit to be for ever blinded by a destructive fal- had visited the four establishments in which the iron pipes Newdegate in his lacy—by a moneta f y system which, whilst promis- for the new works were being cast. The first foundry past four years the ing to protect them from commercial fluctuations, which they visited was the Llndon Vulcan Company, ded that of our ex- is fertile only in n,,,,i„„:-._ -i. j where they found piled one above another in the open air, and consequently in a rusted state, 53 pipes, none of which hail been tested, as the testing apparatus had nor yet been prepared. Many of these pipes were in a very bad state, several of them briny honey-combed. None of the trial bars had yet been prepared in accordance with the terms of the specifications. They next visited the foundry of Messrs. Neilson, where they found only six pipes, none of .blob ..,...,, -....1.- r _I ,• '^ V3e ewiberpOol )tanba rb. -ORNING, APRIL 10, 1849 tablished b 'ling, is one cv rich I disast ed ion, both as connect mania an The third reading of t 11 v. and with the a, 1 of th • rr u It nc( v. I when Parliam en t meets after the a Easter recess Let us see, then, under what cirr- - ‘ of Commons We must I Hot nstances th The ulterior re- them no longer in th au y VIWECCI was the St. Aub ers , where no pipes had yet ut.aut been cast at all. The foundry of Messrs. Godie and Co. was next visited. Here there were 45 pipes, but none of them had been tested by trial bars, or otherwise. From all this it appeared that there was not a single pipe yet ready for de livery. With regard to the inspectors (Messrs. Francis and Campbell) who have been in Glasgow since October last, the report stated that the writers could not find that they had performed any duty u hatever. ' They had no confidence in the present insn,,t.r. nr th. ncy and pauper- .va • r 1-v th ad vise the rec a l o f Messrs. Francis and wou Cam l-1 pbell, erefore and the appointment of one efficient inspector in their place. This report was submitted to Mr. Hawksley, who in a letter to the committee defended the conduct of the inspectors, statincr th,t • , .. proper head in the account. must be aware, because thn uone so. I take this to be a case analagous to the Albert accounts, and you know that the same course was pursued in that instance. I think it right to lay this rule down in order to prevent a discussion which can tend to no good. Mr. BENNETT understood that the object in getting these accounts published was to enable the Council to understand them. Now if members of the Council did not happen to understand them after they were published, they had a right to have some explanation on the - " _ ouoect. For his own le could not under s t an d h ow certain matters got charged pa in O the £20,000 item which he had alluded to. The MAYOR. —You cannot enter into particulars. Mr. HARBORn Water aK the to read the 12 7th clause of the Water Work's Act, and wn.cierK to give the Council his construction of it. The MAYOR.---I wish it to be understood that this has always been the rule of the Council. If it were otherwise, an d th at . the serni,nt. nnv•-• assiduously, and to his entire satisfaction. The minutes also contained a letter from Mr. Scott, resigning his situ ation as managing engineer to the Liverpool Water Works, and stating that he would not hold himself responsible for the accuracy of the Water Works' accounts, as published by the Water Committee, nor for any of the details men tioned therein. Mr. BENNETT, on rising to move the confirmation of the proceedings, regretted the abse nce o f t h e c h a i rman of the committee, (Mr. Proctor,) inasmuch as that gentleman had taken such full notes of the material points in the whole of their proceedings as would have enabled him had he been present, to have placed the details before time Council in a much Hawksley'llad received only .1,51 , 3 18s. 4d., when, in point of prevent our giving an outline of it. more clear and concise form than he (Mr. B.) could hope to do. fact, h e h a d got ,e 3,489 38. 4d. It was stated there that Capt. CAPTAIN PURNELL'S PATENTED APPARATUS FOR THF He would, with the permission of the Couucil, move the con- Francis had got only ,t'1,345 18s. 11d., whilst, in fact, he had SELF-RELIEF OF WATER-LOGGED SHIPS, CARRIrme: firmation of the whole of the proceedings, except that portion got £2,739 17s. 9. There was a Mr. Jackson who it was stated e A which related to the accounts; these he should wish to have had received _4•9gfl Imt - - • • • - referred bank. There we... AA__ _A . nave tnat lace? Mr. HARBO RD wou ld have it you referred back, in order to have it put in its proper place. He had been looking over the vouchers for this .320,000 of parliam en t ary expenditure _ and he aPr In r.ri _ . . - c itnu y attem had been to abolish a s its most oemareu tnat the amounts pa i d under that head were o f the te an rn as enecruar pt pernicious to public yet morals ma as de it was cruel to its most disgraceful and lavish character. The MAYOR.—i mus t ca ll you to order. unfortunate victims. At the close o f th e paper an animated discussion ensued, Mr. HARBORD then o bj ec t e d to the .e 20,000 being put to the • • • Rivington account, when be found in it such enormous sum. many of the membprs onjected to Capt a i n F r an c i s ' re Cel vi mils. Ile also vote of thanks h av i ng b een passed to Mr. South, fo r iig" aiZe .e5OO for testing bringing this matter under the notice of the society, these wells. There was also an item paid for Mr. Hawksley, at Mr. ROW ETT nex t rea d a paper on " A new moti ve his hotel, to the amount of .t , 83 l3i. 9d., and which Mr. Lave, for marine purposes." Thi3 was an exceedin e h r in...— the late chairm an o f t h e Water Committee, ordered to be • - debitted against that p•pntia,-.,.„ -,. —...- ...,.,v, ~... mutt was the fact, he had got .€1,019 ~..itttlaULS OF LESS SPECIFIC GRAVITY THAN WATER. •v PURNELL, Ma3ter of the Queen's Dock, ex ..,.......0 nu itia in sue abstract, which he 18s. 4d. hibited a large working model of a vessel fitted up with neld in his hand, of .e 20,000 for Parliamentary expenses, which The MAYOR.—I will not allow you to depart from the line I h 3 considered— have chalked out. the apparatus, and several smaller ores, and thus intro- The MAYOR.—Before you go to the question of the accounts, Mr. HARBORD.—But that line is a very eccentric one. doted the subject :—Gentlemen,—My invention of an I think it right to state that you have no right to go into any The MAYOR.—I don't care • there is a proper way of doing apparatus to be applied to timber-loaded and other yes ,At it has not been placed under its this, and you must adopt that' plan or none, sels carrying materials, the specific gravity of which is I come to this conclusion, as you , Mr. HARBORD.—Then I will content myself, for the present, lighter than water, preventing the necessity of sbandon aceounts were before the Coun- I with seconding Mr. Bennett's motion. in them at sea, by ridding them of the superincumbent cil lono•ao•o an - d when they were up for confirmation, if v." Mr. S. HOLME said that after the very long and useless die - --"^- to make, then was the time— • cussion which they had had, it would ill become him if be water, and enabling them to carry sail, consists in placing should attempt to answer in detail all the observations of Mr. two or more tanks or cisterns in each side of the interior of IBennett, or follow him th rona h h i s philosophical dissertation the vessel, containing from 50 to 10n ~.11,,-. --- ,-- on the qualities of iron. If these gentlemen had brouvht far_ , . rey nad had no confidence in I. nuwKsley, ana recommend (Mr. H.) could perfectly understand them bold and manly course which he would ay two ,he after p, vow.; omcer. He had some no - - stowage of tion of replying to Mr. Bennett at present, but he would refer tank is place that till a future occasion, promising that if the amendment from within which he was then about to propose should be carried, he would , follow him pant vasqt thron,t, the far s report TUESDAY The fact able pampt . , value of ou por des with the Comm we have recently been auf As private individual • live above our in produce befi we must dra sults of su whose imp( ducts exceed other nations viously not. ) a VE upon - us, we tnu In the first place it comes befo lnape in which it was oria we can cm. course are, ~ • .-....• au /MO Ueen . . rith resp ec t t o a nation, portions by the parental hand. iption of foreign pro- which distinguished it from its - doh it can export, or cessor of last vp.- take, in return ? Oh- trad- 'air pro . strangled prede year,—the opening of the coasting he result of an additional twelve month, he same rt our foreign stocks, mort- 1ii,,....._ description we may powers of th e .. 1 ..., .acrifice, to ma k e upon. We are pi- . .a give toem Anus the diminution of capital shillings in the pound of what we offered. ad its actual amount, by the con- Again, of what section of the House can the bill cessions required to be made to find buyers for our as it now stands be said to embody the precise realized property; just as the individual spend- opinions? It does not embody those of the majo thrift, who has overlived his years' income, has t o rity who voted for the second reading. Its retalia send his furniture or his horses to the auctioneers, tion clause is objected to by the ultra free traders. or to do a little bill with an accommodating Jew. A portion of the Peel-Conservative section are in It cannot be said that the loss of fifty millions of favour of a conditional reciprocity ; and another the capital of this country was anything like the section of the majority maintain that it is unjust to amount sacrificed during the recent commercial the ship-b u ildi ng classes, unaccompanied by the crisis. repeal of the duties on all the raw materials used Most assuredly this is not what was promised us, in building. The only divisions in onmm;44.,- ---- y the demands j the negotiate d on durin‘ gages, or property of whatex have most easily aN presentatives of the mar up the remair is increased as the resul p ; nor is it the r esu lt w hi c h ought to have been ulle exy perienced. Whatever might have been the effect of continued large importations of foreign grain and other products upon domestic industry, at all events the exports of the country ought to be in creased, rather than diminished. Ann ;n 44, orld cannot therefore he d only five themselve wvisions tretvveen the majority upon any of these the Protectionist party have inflicted upon the authors of the bill a crushintr defeat. How these conflicting Op,- )s a mystery to us at present but if I read- 'here is sisteney in statesmen—any sense of ordinar Pnnyr L • • )ur exp 1, was in a great ave a righ to look to numerous from the ministerial ranks, and, if any at ) only a very small majority in favour of the ble i f In the m what demonstrations in its ~tr have been made out of doors? Where are cue numerous petitions which were to have loaded ree the table of the House of Commons ? We 11 vra i the Mancheste ying for sig nature for a cuctveU at length something un d er f our hundred. signatures. The drum political, notwithstanding allthe anti-corn law machinery. wnq }lna+ 41_4. • ;y in vair y, was cond ion, got up emnatory of the bill as it now sor grain could And from the foreigner, what assurances hal. question whether we received of a desire to imitwtwrs„.. a 4.1„. nder its proper head ity, in uur ,iirowin g d own one of the most efficient supports ieg a. all ex- of our national strength and prosperity? Non al awe paid On the contrary, the most flattering hope held d an native to us of reciprocity from the govt.. thp TT •• Aseu i Uni ased I Am ti stat pudiat 1 no tern ave an end ho was not eith porarily to exceed Priding themse marine, dept ....uletii uouncii, under the leadership of a ir e n cur cusFussion anti comment, after they hadiieenl7a ' ;le li ci l l e i o t m w e oup e be endless o a n nd th a em re ig:Radical placeman, was obliged to come to the work. The accounts of eac Y ll committee come le. The opinions of men of sewers and drains, p yo it t s t se m d t , r t d that is the time to make any comment on after that you cannot do so without a spe ng and lighting, scavenging and street cleans- cial mo g tion p o e f a t s g Council. After they are passed, the onlys , were the offering of NlArloh 4. i Ref.,. ~ —..: A_., i thing you can de a l w ith i s t o s h ew whether an itFn ~ ii. ~, r- Aoe iow N -c LEax then read the 4th, the 126th, and the 127th sections of the Water Works Act, the latter of which enacted h that an abstract of the accounts should be regularly placed be fore the borough Recorder, and that he, upon the annlicatifl,-, ~e ~ ... ,,,caviliil tll •,. any two ratepaye rs , was b o u n d to appoint an auditor to examin e these accounts. Mr. H BORD submitted that he only requested that (that`.,... upon the same foot- ny of the burge Mr. BENNETT understood, that although the major part of Recounts had been passed in detail, yet they never were before the Council as a whole before—as be then held them in his hand. ‘,„.-- mat 'nese accounts were in a great measure made l up to January last, and approved of at the time ,ached from our lips. of Council, so if he (Mr. B.) went into them now it ...—Anantly the assurances con- would not much, as they were all paid and discharged. eyed Mr. G. LAWRENCE objected to any discussion eyed to us by her charge d'Affaires, Mr. Bancroft; these accounts now. It was a case quite analogous to ch tZ ,on and Lord Palmerston, through whom they were Finance Committee's accounts, and if they were to be brm,o4,. fhe made, ought to have known tinit rigin so to pledge a government, whose knc mid have supplied policy was opposed to that by which he COUita It their just level. appointed: N mil,o one, in fact, who n - tie could not allow him to go , into the matter, whether the par- The blind, or dishonest, could imagine that the United I liamentary expenses were too much or too little, right or Ives upon their commercial I wrong. Tne MAYOR said he laid it downos a rule, that Mr. Bennett is I could not open up the discussion of the items, because it would to a further di scuss i- - - - ....., ~ ,,. ...ITIOII of their ,—..... . proceeuea TO say that the first matteg on Scott T e l= to which he would refer was the report of A power, and possessing a seaboard ofto his own duties and , the duties of the Ir. under him. With regard to this point, he had merely te rn ob n and miles, washed both by the Atlantic that if those dudes had been performed in the way in and Pacific, could be tempted -to such suicidal w se ac e h Mr. Scott reported that they ought to be performed policy by any offers we could make them. there would have been no cause for the Council to complain.' l a d r i d ie t x o t refer to the report of Mr. Harbord and himself, The very principle of the Navigation Laws of the wiliet would gow e . irf t ec w e o n u t l ai e t, f i r n esi c i cin n jgctio . n , lvith Mr. New- United States, which are based upon our own, land, tgGlac of the ---- --ich euriccealuil tieing, mutle. Adier_l(2a cit. that in l ' annary lagt Mr Nient tom tt e ,,,V n th s 2 <, 2 COO tons of iron pipes ready there for delivery. . has hpp cri grr591.....1 --, _ _ .9 ' 9 • k.ouncu react your spapers, and you are represented THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. to sue for his money. (Hear, hear.) If it was not his lust right he would not have it ; and if it was his just right he would expect to be paid. With reference to this journey, believirig, as he did, that truth was indestructible, he cared not what be came of the record on their books; whether it was expunged or not, he had performed his duty to his constituents in such a manner as he believed would meet with their approbation. It would be remembered that Mr. Proctor had been appointed chairman to the committee, but for two months after his ap pointment he had omitted to perform his duties to the bur gesses on that committee. Previously to his coming, the then chairman, Mr. Bennett, and himself(Mr. Harbord), had various conversations with the members of the committee as to the de sirability of having some correct information on the state of things in Glasgow, and they all agreed that it would be ex ceedingly unwise and impolitic to have recorded on the minutes that they (Messrs. H. and B.) were going there on a certain day. He might at once say that he had not confidence in the persons who had access to their minutes; he had not perfect confidence in some person, in whom every member of the Council should have confidence, because, as he believed there was great likelihood that the Rivington Pike scheme never would go further, strong feeling existed on the matter. However, they did g. to Glasgow, and the information then before the Council was the result of their going. Now, with regard to these accounts, he objected to the abstractwhich had been printed and laid before the Council. He did so on three grounds, first, because a great number of the items were under wrong headings ; secondly, because many of the items shoule never have been charged to the Water Committee at all, and thirdly, because that great thumping sums are put down, without the slightest detail, by which me ans t h e Contra i, the h,TAQ... vv_ u.,sezes are misiea. He objected to six 111indr - e'd' and odd pounds under the head " testing wells ;" why, he said he said, it should not be charged to the committee at all. The TOWN -CLERK.—oh 1 it should. Mr. HA Ttnnn ___...- ... ... us one or liod'S -, ""''' creatures being thus debased, demoralized, and condemned ..•. ~-,....,54 us. ntl. enarged. Now, he apprehended that there from early childhood to the grave to lead a lite of misery was no money in the hands of the Water Committee, which ought to be used for any extension beyond what their income and wretchedness, debauchery and crime, would be un would admit of; and yet they found altogether, for extraordi- known among us. Mr. S. then adduced instances of re nary expenses, about .eio,ooo charged, although there was no cent date where cruelties the most unheard of in % rt...;.+:— The MA provision in the water estimates for m a ki ng extensions at all. - children, and concluded a warm al that company through whose exertic Apr'! _ - WEST DERBY UNION. A l ' GUARDIANS. Union took place on Saturday, tbe The election of for poor-law guardia•D vvhea t he merated in the subjoined list were e lectedf°l' go five townships : 04 1 Aintree. Allerton E C v h e i l r d t o w n a 1 .. ... .. .. Wilso nWPlsea.taeMrc Joseph Harrison. E‘PC L lciluisvl a i d an° g rge i e ht r s°. Bootle el ir 0 Fazakerley.... Richard Shaw. Garston Robert Lightbncl):. Ki G n :er e ek a b t ßy C l u r n o d s b e l y l. . . ............ Jump ........ ..... ............. v Kirkdale T. W. Medcalf, T. N Litherland Robert Sidney. Little Crosby John Dale. Lunt. Joshua Bolshaw. Netherton John Whitehead. Orrell & Ford John Birch. Sefton James Birch. Thornton William Sutton. l O,0 1 , Toxteth-park.. W. B uc kley Jonc ,, 4 , 0 ,X Charles Batten, ~ and Thomas I,IOP John Peers. Rev. W. Badnall. ~, T Thos. Walker, Th) Walton Wtvertree West Derby James Barton• , obi There were contests i n t wo of the '%OO flowing was the fin a l s t a t e o f the 1"1` T. F. Rosk Medcalf, Ditto ohn Foden, Victualler . J. Wareham, Gentleman John Peers, C o tt on B ro k e r WALTON. • • 10S" R. A, Mould, Wine Merchant. 63 LATEST FOREIGN AND C°',o ! SCHLESWIG.HoLSTE I. TI ? HOST' 4 ,1 HAmßugG , - Reports are current on the Exchange' h oec 4 4 yellers from Flensburg, that the Dsrie 3 , f itt, hostilities by havi ng l an d e d on t h e Suatf a r e, pelt, yesterd a y, a b ou t 10 ,000 strong , aa'feo-5' stein continge n t b e f ore t h em towar d s ur' another body is said to have landed als° 4 Some 16 wound e d h a d b een conv -le', o sr and others kill e d reported. It was ..i,l'tbeof Danes, abo u t 15,000 strong, ha d cr0 3,1 and the patriot an d i nsurgent troops ha' before them towards Hadersleben. RENEWAL 01 .../....-slo,' DESTRUCTION OF THE DANIS H SHIP cal" oleo ....-.sn water or for the' The Danes have advanced as far as AP A c s O lO, divisions of troops, and the Germans a• o r, ar to the bottom of each stein forces have retired, but no combat.% o oi e, opening to any pressure occurred. and th. n...... 1...._ ~.._ . A;visl ....5 ;t any nr.Q..,,,, c....._ _ .., )etween the lower deck nipty, and not required, - -.- ai,tacit on their enemy, or retire when El , ' .••- -,.. ~.. Lne vessi. It will be evident • quite uncertain, but in a few da, on the part of a few to find fault, and to lay them open where that by the use of this apparatus in the event of the ves- something likely to influence the c_ but little chance for complaint existed. If the Council were to sei leaking the rolling of the hull will keep the water below a certain level far as the vestel rolls to starboard, ing parties for final success. io"i i p. s Inction the payment of these gentlemen's expenses to Glas gow, why any gentleman might take a trip to the other end of the tanks or cisterns upon that side will dip into the water VIII.. of 84 zuns, bl'e OA the kingdom and charge them with it also. I the line Christian in the interior of tae vessel and fill themselves sna I Mr. TziostsoN.—Cheap trips would be all the go. (Laugh.) . ,r, .._,,.., __„_ __ _ Mr. S. HoLmE.—Yes, cheap indeed. He w0,,,,i ~,, ....... th isplayed' h:ri s c h e a s ilSe' ine question, out content himself merely witiimo;rin' amendment that the whole of the proceedings be referte( till after the report of Messrs. Simpson and Newland been received ; and that a special meetine ne rh. as o Lae vessel, rons over to larboard, as soon ;‘-t-I;;'Zieur geureinsheeedofinhehre 2 an the starboard tanks rises above the level of the water on perished frigate has ' also su y rrendered the2 - ,; e ri I r la a y s in o i n e l4 - g l oo h;: rn fi e re:, %, a:n er i e o l :4 l 6 ,,y rio . .. .k, / the outside of the vessel, the pressure of the water against , (1 _ I the outside of tho recommended tion. ui tile c ouncil to take the whole water into considc said tanks will,. and flow out by n g remove( 'cifi I . the water in the the gravity, open the valves on tt 3 'ln / 1 • . • ,e Lwo vessels, at, Eckenforden batteries, which were s iI TIP, le morning o f th e 4th, but got agr°llnAea°l ompanied by two st Mr.GARDNER h ;Ted that the motion of 1V ks I and were e: bouum come in the shape of an amendment first, and aftei wards any other which might be proposed. After a short discussion, the first amendment was put an lost by a majority of 10 to 24. For the motion : Councillors—Ferguson, Harbord, Bogen War,staff, Johnson, Bennett, Parker, and Hindley; Aldermen- Henderson, and Bent.-10. AgainstCouncillors—J. Holme, Wooernff, Thomson, Morris, Hodson, Littledale, Hornby, Tinne, 13e11,5. Holme, Booker, Gardner, Poole, G. H. Lawrence, Beckwith, Jones, and Fisher; Medi men—Hodgson, T. B. Horsfall, Holmes, Cooper, Wood, Turner, and the Mayor.-24. Mr. PARKER then rose, and after paying a handsome com pliment to Mr RPnnptt and 51.. Li —l.--A he vessel it- The Minister of Marine has publishe a notice that, in additior Supposing, now, the vessel to be stein, which it was declared by , hemp, cotton, barrels of flour, palm oil, or any ult. should ' be in a state of blo;ka , AR the specific gravity of which is lighter Cammin, Swinemunde, Wolgast, r - el may thus be kept in sailing con- and Rostock, would be blockaded from th` abandoning her will be obviated, the ports of Pin—. T , • lawat'u'ibe ,— a lso, .fswall, e l; is r, such ves that the expenses of these gentlemen she and -Jahae •-• I" L y . .tt • na A great num b er of vessels ha' that these vessels d o not sink but haven Roads, or captured amo the surface of the ocean, there is no the Baltic. lief they do in consequence of ves- TNF.AXTPQT ,r with va l ua bl e cargoes running into 1.41.4 .•-- ff nv Jeen brou , 4 t the DO" cannot be brought forward now Mr. S. HOLM then brought forward his amendment, to the effect that the whole of the proceedings of the Water Committee should be referred back till after the rniinrt ,aac cifivi VI essrs. pson and Newlands had been recei ve d, and that a m Special Council should he appointed to take the whole of the water question into consideration. At that time of the day he would not make any observations in support of the amendment, but simply leave it to the Council. Mr. GARDNER had great pleasure in seconding the amend mpnt Mr. THOMPSON was convinced that it min g Iney count no to interfere with a contractor. He felt that Mr. Bennett and Mr. Harbord had done what deserved the best thanks of the Council ; but he was of opinion that if they adopted the report referred to, it would be setting a very bad precedent. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GA RDNER wished to say that he wig ncbiatod by no bud feelinK aglzinot tither _ au ryvtaill ue Heuer ir the chairman were present before these proceedings were confirmed. He could not help saying, however, that in this matter these gentlemen had displayed more zeal than dis cretion. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The amendment was rl., nna i„.— _ CLOSING THE POST-OFFICE ON SUNDAY • • " • brio] the ttt 11l e --- .., a long time to - i ht ‘ . l e hi, • , ..s. g , aim so German flea batteries which were broul , t he , AO.r t ,, celet ...rnately as long as the level of the water in the cis- them, and at eight o'clock in the eveni 9 f g t heil tt k i l ' 3 POI rns of the vessel is higher than the lowest point to VIII. was blown into the air with many of (# 1 e 'ittii,,, O r , 4 which the rolling of the vessel will cause the tanks to dip. interior s io in r otrhehoemst the p o r f e t v l e ie nt v e e d ss; r l o l m eak r i i n si g n , ga n o, ''y 45 4 the ' "nds o o w ve ate a r c i o n a tle CopENIIA- I. C,,' in. tour s un do .11 ,oldm. of t d, il rl bles i "Itt l . t. 4 i Y e. O level by the rolliT, nr ~,t..1.;..._ ......—,_ .. • io f So i L'4; rand 4 thO i, • , I give InF, )4 'or TtiTn., h s; 1 146. eP at t,, i lllay ' , y eti, Si , it' 4 ir nad uold-at G 4 G t 0 C o, , I other mat( than wat( dition, th and the c causing calculating sels with e these dere • —.,.... uestruction in general, indeed, The royal mail steamer Clyde, Captaltiofo such a casualty amounts to. By adopting my plan the off' Southampton on Sunday, with the 11 5 ' 1 ' ocean may be kept free from these obstructions, and the and Pacific mails. 0 31°5 ; mind of the mariner be set at ease to a great extent, par_ and Clyde was detained three days at J ticularly in carrying on during the night. The Under writers too would save many thousands of pounds annu ally, for I entertain no doubt in my own mind that many She brings n a g n s d a 25- fu p l a l s c s a e r n g g o e . rs, specie to tl' e a gallant ship, capa bl e of with The intelligence i s o f consid e r'standing any st orm in From Jamaica we learn a ~...... _ open seaway, which after leaving her last port has been reform was being agitated. 0 0 " no more seen or heard of, and the loss of which has been conjectured to have arisen from foundering in a eels. eatTinhgetchitevporfoplCriientr of applyinga taken the i i ii.-1 0 , to ..er il a r • her to grant the island a constitutioi? sim ' 1 z h n a i s i,. go a n c e 3c d r o tc w a n v w e i s t s l e i l h , her which has .:7-er..habis e b u e l e ll n SlO t n os Vi si l n t g can.an..nd th. iv_ about for months in A 11.1E..,.,1,,,- 1. Opt,, iiec e :d it, " I N G e conseq; vie' k , imports"' 1 44 4 Teatly it 104, te!tio:. P.nvirot q 7 ;re '"'.:.. 4, s 1 k ate, tot t.“ ,,,c , N N ° l ldi t 'eYe c i t Y in ' 4tkiketexertio. et'i can prov tie world of waters. I trust the " 'n'a- 0. ter the sake of th a t com f ort tfford to persons a-board ships The Legislature of the islands had been P ,:f the 24th March. dello 1 , I have named, the benevolent -,ce on behalf of men to whom we The island was healthy, and the weather a & E,s , ,t , ( I oft cool. A y, . _......., a ted for many and great comforts we .toy a-shore, in calling the attention of all concerned in 0 4 1 TII E Sc shipping to this important invention. Mr. Purnell il lustrated his paper by a large model of his apparatus at The e Jamaica markets remained m ßa ar n k k et h s addecla red d u a l t l l i . v i s de aL n g i- aor e t work in a trough of water, and also by a model of a ship price, in consequence of Iv o , 41 ) e-@ 11 laden with timber. These models excited con 'd si erable Exchanges, 90 days, one-half per cent. pre , ti.. , ,, l.) ... khk e tai en ,g the interest, and were examined with great attention. The thanks of the meeting having been given to Mr. in St. Lucia. The governor and council wer e , ce 0 4 11, i . ed to On the sth of March there was an in th sur e r u e : 1,0 1 1: f . ettit ~, for Purnell, the meeting separated. besieged in the Council-chamber. The P o ' l , o P' r t , ' Ci ta pAy constables being ineffective to suppress ,t7 het iot N, , , htie it e ,9 ... troops were called out. The insurgents ban !' I co' 11 %... 4 11 14 1 , 0 , ~„"" the military with stones, who, after the speel_U 4 t b. l ition 1 I ip 4 -.4 - .TI had retreated, fired on the mob, and disPer's, el,h P°ll the' affected blacks. A great many arrests we re 04, 11 4 b 9 ,t o o d n ; s a . .... , ...iractea in our port was launched from 144,01 bee A - order quickly restored. tie yard of the builders, Messrs. P. Chaloner, Sons, and Co., There had not been any fresh cases of Ye ll° tt ' r : 4 4Mse... ea . 0, h d . ,en i ..1 Baffin street. She is destined for the East India trade, and Barbadoes for 16 days. - all tli' '`,.Nt ngs tl measures in length 120 feet 9-10ths, breadth 27 feet, and depth The weather was highly favourable in a' 141 :0'Ai th at ! li k aile s 20 feet 6-lOths. Her tom,— k eit .n t _ -..ro lu i IA 8h 'YAre Jointed a lamr--- .._.____ ', Y e t ssei of l i t tk • tri 4 " Itlx ''es, t she glided majestic ndAtthethsehiph,ohuarvianpg. Indian islands. ROMAN STATES.—The news of the defeat tb' zufi i 'llt o Nienant • future destined to nectators. A more having been known at Rome on the 29th n_l t i ii,' le 17';',4 11 ‘ th i , 44 i,'4Z n fi e e e 4 of After the launch stituent Assembly has named a triumvirate vr, oil. l i .- 4k 4cl4 hti t .,, ass pc • ---. in th e powers, composed of Maxzini, Atnellini, an a 0 til e kkt:ll{l kriNelits'n f Letters from Genoa of the 31st ultimo confifbell' 4 44 h rn i°l),Y l and- Ice 14 Ni t , :nt i ti t u o r n e o o f f t t h h e e t citadel o l f t Bresc ia added that e t h2e6t Austria' , Nsi ei Z el)l : 44i - tith : at e np; were put to the sword. Bou , The Queen of the French arrived at , •org Saturday, with another party of English v' s 'of 250—who were received with every kindly fe e _d people and authorities of the town. After r refreshments they left for Paris direct. for the sake of humanity, which my invention would loaded with such cargoes a Influential thi s If it as tg doe tablishr T 4 rias LAUNCH OF THE " RANEE." Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, one of the most splendid vessels which we ev • it or Tri p, *i t ,. th e AI( t t o ti;erosir "„-1 , The Dean of Westmi ns t er i ntends to apply ;.• ofi; 1!,1 Lb, able portion of hi s revenue to the embellished) 4 • -.ou pTHE la Abbey. , 11 0 Pith tit p ) Yesterday (Monday) morning, a biscuit - 11 the name of Plummell, was murdered by 13 , ff , et, th a t ikkt h e ?le y whom he had had a quarrel. The miscreant of purpose by stabbing his victim with a carving'a3e" 'atl %. I q l n, ANIr On Wednesday, a desperate attempt was t r e: 'N, 4 th;Triajes convicts for transportation in Monaghan to 0- er' NA' - ' 1 w'rvc turnkeys and effect their escape. The pris ° lo.o. tp4„ be,,.t.he tit] however, defeated, but not before several of " 4 IN. ° ''s" i t iry severely beaten. 4, t ti t ks L e -tk, STREET BEGGARS. --The editor of the Ga i h es e 1 ;/ server relates the following illustration of o t a ' e .(1 trade :—A manufacturer in Sunderland was e o i ), hhe Mina prised to learn that an Irishman, whom be 11 0 " N O ., 4 411 tjej7, 1 1a,Li for some months, had more money in the saving" p , t all the wages he had paid him. He sought !Picltd„, 41' Ilk tion, and found that the man's wife and . ., 0 , 1 ,01,,,v# ' l.4, fie ( the whole of the family by mendicancy. 111 ;" ktt't- A t ht'ithr P YI turer said he would keep no man about his " I 1114 ttu robbed the benevolent, and Pat was dismissed' Dto d oltai, -4 tie ", (1 3 ,,, Is ~ the ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—MadIIe. Auriol, 4.1 b, - ‘e tp A r i ai . vn A. ,: u bm r u i o at I da , en t h h oe e pr e c dr e ea l bt e i, b ,ct r ( a hl a t e e nr d ec ei C ra,s l o ta w ne dnv evening, She the es e rh i k at, o st rt - 1 :1: 14 I I ; l beforeeo f the e p h r a e d m s i e e e r n e d h a er n . seu ssehs has h conclude r i f: o l : eve ryi j t l q k i t l_r e o o;,, i e e t' ei t ' t o i f o " in London at the Princess's Theatre; and 31r. ,'„; tilt 11 4 W engaged her in conjunction with Mr. Fle.xmore luipt• pf ter r a 41 14 k Of a holidays. Her talent is certainly of the highest or' - i bt qtt, very easy, graceful, and natural, and we have nn d f c' tlie * will become a great favourite. The performing 0 ' Roscius was clever. it l-411. 11 t p 4 111 44j t e li t t i: T , ''lrir hiti, Of c o tll4 e l a S 1," .0 1ja, . t ° t LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET.—YP et i lo . 1 We have had a small er supp l y of Beasts at our inar. 0 4 t t , and the number of Sh eep a b out t he same as of 13t , e iott° r brisk demand for Beef, a t an a d vance in price. 6#l. our late prices. B ee f, 4 3d . to 53d. ; Mutton, 30, to ~1 LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1849. 41 **l PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MOR i e eti St e;, 4 1 - By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove et, , ki t Nti LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford -6° o/ 'l4 l l At No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIO S - o °, l e , 14.4, 1 Ne Orders for Advertisements received by Messrs. 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BIRKENHEAD ; TODHUNTER, Chester -stree . : r e St , PINENEY, Argyle - street; Osaoftiva, Chester -s` GRIFFITH, Hamilton -street 1 , 4 -• t IY : Ti 411j(Ir c( 1 ) . tt iOn S°t. ere, S ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION• IN ADVANCE .... oy airs. Louis Ifaciniir ally into the element which she is for I ntinrn . the corn dom witnehed Lue usual toasts of "the Queen," " Prince Albert," and "the Royal Family," the chairman, Mr. Chaloner, gave "the health of the owners " in a brief speech. Captgp,.*poyd, one of the owners, returners tne last 20 ears ; a worthy companion for the Rajah; s and his friends y would acknow ledge that every Rajah ought to have a Ranee. Mr. A. S. GLADSTONE e , roosed " health of Captain Boyd,", the w Vice hom be p had resident know p p n abroad. the in many voyages to India, and who had always the interest of his owners at heart. The speaker wished him the same success as an owner of the Ranee, which had always attended him as master and part owner of the Rajah. r._ uaptain BOYD returned thankC Mr. MACINTYRE, after paying a deserved compliment to the firm of Messrs. Chaloner and Co., for the excellence of the vessels of which they were the builders, andof which this was declared the best, proposed " the health of the Builders." Mr. CHALONER returned thanks, and in a good old English style transferred the credit of the efficiency of his establ,sh ment to his son Thomas, and the junior members of the firm. The•health of Captain Leslie was subsequently proposed by Mr. GLADSTONE, in very flattering terms, who, in reply, spoke very highly of Captain Boyd, who had served under him with great credit; and, after the toast of the ladies, the afternoon was spent in great harmony. Mr. Leffler, the eminent English bass singer, who ap pears at Miss G rant ' s concert, on Friday evening, is said to possess one of the finest voices in Europe. Miss Marsh has succeeded in enraging the talented services of the well-known artiste Miss Dolby, for her concert to-morrow evening. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE. — Last night this theatre opened with an operatic company of a very first-rate order. The house was a good one, and when we mention that the leading singers were Miss Anne Romer and Mr. E. L. Hime, we need not say that the piece, " La Som nambula, was well got up, and very ably performed. DEATH AT SEA.—As the " Chieftain," Capt. Williams, from New Orleans, was on her way homeward, she was overtaken by a severe storm which carried away some of the bulwarks and standing rigging, killing a seaman named Hugh Roberts, who was in .the galley at the time. The body was brought to Liverpool where it is now awaiting a coroner's inquest, which will be held to-day. NARROW ESCAPE FROM SUFFOCATION. —Two men, in the service of the proprietors of the new gas works at the south end of the town, narrowly escaped death on Thursday last. They were working in a sewer, when suddenly they became affected by the noxious vapour, and before they could apprise those about the place of their danger, or take the necessary means for liberating them selves, the poor fellows were prostrate at the bottom of the excavation. At this momentous juncture, Mr. Michael Barker, a foreman o f t h e paviours, came to the spot, and immediately descended; but, so far from car rying his humane and noble purpose into effect, he fell senseless upon the bodies of the other men. His fate, however, did not deter Mr. Standing, the superintendent of the paviours, from taking instant measures, at the hazard of his own life, to bring the three men to the sur face. He at once descended the shaft, provided with a rope, and by a judicious mode of action, such as retaining his breath and other precautions, succeeded in fixing the rope round th e b od i es of the three men in suc cession, and thus all were hoisted to the surface. and carried to the Southern Hospital, in a dangerous state ; one of them, however, aas soon restored, and able to walk away. His fellow-workman, James Bibby, was longer in returning to animation; but Barker, the third sufferer, remained in a most critical state for two or three days. A n i mat i on only returned to convulse his whole frame with agony. The most stringent remedies were had recourse to, and ulti ma t e ly were successful in restoring him. H a d no t M r. S tand i ng adopted such decisive men. sures to rescue the men, they must have died. We hope he will be rewarded. The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen have left town to join the circle partaking of the hospitalities of the Marquis of Northampton, at Castle Ashby. 04 44 Ro te e „ r.. an, (ti n I,44,Phant s,„ N igh - t - s' E .dived With to rtA —, Rig „ . pres ent kttiti: c ? be p„s Nth • Ir Ira TO c 0 Pl egi r i ; Q ua l t ° l .lpin, Esrercia°l ,Tn. On 'f t , - MUNr i ; 13 tr, ‘ 74 ) , AY 8 111 ' 0 f Aru,, ItDo. L'hi e RCI` the 314,\,,i Rlt upliAxl si -e p uEii c st 0 pr ger 1 11118 P b r e e r S e e p t e t TH E Bi tic l a A h ie th e Bliss tetZdga'r e o n aPPeafr— laci Dal eha 1 (I,on. ratter, q''Peh a o tt . 4t s e , bi eepl l ck f e: ° Den d I tiU I ,..,_ ! t a ir Y be "ql lT — .l/ A MI " 4„, „ ''ibAy co, t, 'Or''G A RRE NI 401 i% Whei h i P ll, th .P0f4.1-°4do " i ‘ t hA Pi o kr. TioAssisi 6 /41 0 r y 11 A a t t ed - ondt • e 1 44 t t , th e 'Vp, 3s 10 4,, kus ic ußltow 25 1 10e'