The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-20 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We believe that it is not binding on the clergy to devote the offertory money exclusively to the poor. We are not in a position togi , e anyprecise reply to "Enquirer," but probably we are not far wrong in saying that the cost of sinking the well, and purchasing the land actually required for the Green-lane works. was about £lB,OOO. These works supply us with 1,200,000 gallons daily. At this rate, five -similar wells, costing about £BO,OOO, would supply us with -6,000,000 gallons per diem ; an ample quantity when added to our present resources. We are compelled to postpone, u n til n ext week, an article giving some statistical details as to the probable effect of the water scheme on the rates of the town. We had prepared an article in reply to some remarks of the Albion, on the Rev. Dr. 111`Neile's speech at the Sessions house, but have been compelled to withdraw it. Any person, however, who will read the speech, as well as our contempo rarv's trade, will beat no loss to see the fallacious reasoning of the latter. It may he well, notwithstanding, to correct a misreport of the speech which the Albion has quoted. The reverend gentleman is made to say, arguing from the ißre , rnises of the free-traders, that "all protection means robbing somebody else," that then "all policemen who have care of our houses at night, are robbing the houses." What Dr. IWNeile said was, that they "are robbing the housebreakers." Ebt Zibtrpoot tanbarti. TIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1848. A more singular position was never occupied by any people than is that of Great Britain, at the present hour. Never was a higher destiny placed within the reach of any people, and at the same time so obstinately lost sight of, or misunderstood. 'The indomitable enterprise of our forefathers suc ceeded in planting the British flag upon the soil of lands previously unknown, or immersed in barbar ism ; whilst the fortune of war, or the inscrutable decrees of Providence have given us noble colonies in every clime, to serve as advanced posts for our intercourse with, and our occupation of these new worlds. We have sent forth a race of pioneers to explore them, to ascertain their capabilities and climate, their soils and their productions ; and these hardy men now call upon us from the distant places, which they have visited and adopted, to aid them in fulfilling the mission upon which they have entered. They ask of the toiling millions of their fellow countrymen to quit the scene of their ill-requited labour, to throw off their wretchedness, to exchange the worn-out and over-crowded soil of their native land for the expanse and the virgin soil of another, which only requires the hand of man to convert it into a garden. They ask of our government to send out to them the hungry thousands, who clamour in our streets, and are only kept from outrage by the strong hand of authority ; and they offer to find them remunera tive employment, and abundance. They ask us to empty our workhouses, and they promise to keep their inmates, and enable us to shake off from our backs the burthen of taxation which is crushing us. Nay, they are even willing to accept the aid of the scourings of our prisons, and the houseless outcasts of our great towns. Australia, Canada, Sydney, and other Colonies are crying out for labourers to till their fertile soils ; for artizans, and handicraftsmen of every kind ; for domestic servants male and female ; for indus try, both adult and non adult, for which they offer a price beyond its utmost dreaming ; whilst, here at home, the same classes are in excess over the demand for them, jostling each other at every turn, ,-snatching the limed from each others lips and the clothing from each others backs. In these new colo nies' superabundance of every article of necessity is only checked by the scarcity of labour. They could supply Europe with food of every kind, with mut ton, beef, wheat, Indian corn, and with wool, and other raw materials to an unlimited extent, if they - bad only a portion of the surplus labour which is bow burthening this country. Yet we resolutely refuse to give them the aid which they require. The thousands of industrious emigrants who would gladly rush to people the lands of Australia, Sydney and other distant settlements, we leave to their own resources, to struggle in vain against the pauperism which is rapidly engulphing them, or to seek, by the cheapest and the nearest way Ca nada or the United States, which they reach as beggars, in nine cases out of ten, to scramble westward and become unprofitable and miserable squatters upon wastes, which they have neither the capital, the implements nor the energy to cultivate. We leave them, by our neglect, to retrograde into the condition of hangers on upon the outskirts of civilization, whose benefits they may not enjoy : we drive them to harbour feelings of bitter hatred, instead of affectionate remembrance of the country of their birth : instead of becoming, as we might have enabled them to become, thriving members of well-ordered communities, knit to us by the ties of gratitude and the memory of a common fatherland, exchanging with us their abundance of agricultural and other products and giving in return a prefer ence and a market for the industrial products of Great Britain. On every ground—of interest, of philanthropy, of justice to our colonists and to our suffering and industrious poor, and consideration for those classes upon whom the burthen falls at present of main taining them in compulsory idleness—the present emergency calls loudly for large facilities to be afforded for the purposes of emigration. Petty and desultory efforts either of the government, or of individuals, or of philanthropic societies, will not meet the requirements of the case. A cargo now and then, from the unions of Ireland or from the Scottish Highlands, with a few reformed con victs from the Parkhurst prison, are only like the drops of an April shower upon a parched wilder ness. We want a large and comprehensive mea sure, which will give assurance to the capitalists and farmers of these distant countries of a constant and continuous supply of labour, sufficient to meet the progressive extension of their operations. There is no fear that the very utmost we can achieve in this way can exercise an injurious effect upon the condition of the working portion of the present settlers. There is ample capital at present engaged in most of these colonies to quadruple their cultivation ; and there is more both of capital and enterprise at home, only waiting to carry them out until the time when their possessors can be made sure that hands will not be wanting. It may he pleaded, no doubt, that the country cannot at present spare funds. But we apprehend that this plea is not a valid one; and we are pre pared to maintain that an extensive and well regu lated system of emigration might be carried on without involving a farthing of ultimate cost to the country, or to whatever local bodies may be found willing to make the attempt. In the first place it is by no means to be inferred, neither is it desirable, that even a majority of the parties to be assisted should be without funds, or require a free passage. In the case of numbers, who would emigrate and ' become valuable settlers, it would probably only be necessary to bring the rate of passage to the level of that to the United States, to divert them to more distant and desirable colonies. Arrangements might be made, too, of a sufficiently binding cha racter for the repayment of the advances in these cases to the colonial authorities. Another source from which government would be enabled to pro tect itself from the effect of the primary outlay, would be the largely increased revenue which would be produced by the sale of colonial lands, which revenue would begin from the moment that it was known in the' colonies that supplies of labour were coming. A large portion of the emigrants assisted out would no doubt consist of the redundant fami lies belonging to agricultural parishes, at present dependent for half their support upon the rates ; and the permanent disposal of these in a land where their labour would be eagerly welcomed, would, we imagine, be so far a boon as to render arrangements with the government for the gradual liquidation of the first outlay, a matter perfectly easy. Further facilities for the advancement of the object in view might be found if earnestly sought for. What, for instance, need interfere to prevent some of our large ships of war, at present lying idle in our dock yards, from discharging their guns and ammunition, and taking out a thousand passengers each, by the adult males of w hich, with a proper complement of officers, and half, or even a third of a crew, they could be efficiently navigated ? ? The machinery, however, of such a measure is a minor matter, not worthy of being dwelt upon. A committee of half a dozen practical statesmen could settle the whole in a single sitting. The recogni tion of the broad principle of the question is all that we contend for. And we contend for it on other and far higher grounds than those to which we have already adverted. We repeat, as we set out with stating, that we - see, in the position of Great Britain towards her distant colonies, a direct calling of Providence to undertake the greatest mission to which a Christian nation can be sum moned—a mission, too, which she alone, of all the nations of the earth is capable of fulfilling. The Almighty, in his goodness, and for his own high purposes, has intrusted to her care, in the distant antipodes, vast territories, upon whose soil and varied and genial climate he has bestowed his rarest gifts. He asks of us—he calls as to the enjoyment of a privilege—to people its solitudes with Christian men; to raise up under the foster ing protection of the British flag, his human in strument, a new world, to balance the folly, the misery and the crime of the old. Such is the des tiny to which we seem to be called ; and it is one of which we ought to be abundantly yet reverently proud. We only glance here at this great feature of the subject in hand. It is worthy to be dealt with through higher channels than the columns of a newspaper, and by more able hands than our own. THE leaning with which the majority of the Town Council were likely to approach the question, to be decided at the special meeting held on Wed nesday last and adjourned over to Friday, with respect to proceeding with or abandoning the Rivington Pike scheme, was pretty well known. The Water Com mittee, with a few exceptions, have satisfied them selves of the advantages of the scheme in question, and the oracular correctness of Mr. Hawksley's opinions ; and we do not hesitate to say, that they are at present prepared, and expect to receive for so doing the sanction of the Council, to press forward the scheme upon the evidence as it stands. It is true the report of the committee, approved and con firmed by the Council, does not go this length. It only authorizes the committee to do what, we should supposed had been done already, before the sanc tion of Parliament could have been procured for that scheme; viz :—to prepare plans and specifica tions, and go into details of the estimates. We presume that these will be the "working plans and specifications," the completion of which at a serious cost, is as effectually and truly a step in advance as if they had proceeded to purchase the land and break ground. The public must not deceive them selves on this point, or be drawn from their pre sent firm attitude of opposition to the scheme. The promise to come again before the Council pre pared with proofs of the correctness of the estimates, before " entering into any contract in reference to the new works" is scarcely a concession at all to the feeling of the town upon the subject. It is not the substantial correctness of Mr. Hawksley's estimates which is principally called in question. These may possibly be as near the truth as most estimates for great works of the kind are. It is on other, and far more important ground that a pause in the headlong career of the Council is called for. The production and verifica tions of the working drawings, nay, the actual letting of the whole contracts within Mr. Hawks ley's estimates—will not satisfy the public mind. We are not as yet sufficiently assured of the fact that it is necessary to go to Rivington for water, or or that we shall get it if we do go. The fact has as yet to be tested by experience —by actual boring— whether or not by sinking more and deeper wells we shall not find ourselves in possession of abun dance. Mr. Hawksley's working drawings will prove nothing as to the amount of compensation which maybe extracted fromus,by the bleachers and printers in the Pike district, for compensation, &c., under the various clauses of the act of parliament referred to in the able speech of Mr. Josias Booker. They will prove nothing as to the correctness of Mr. Hawksley's estimate of the rain-fall of the district, or of any other thing connected with the scheme, beyond the fact that a certain number of miles of piping, a certain number of roads. bridges, aqueducts, and other works can he constructed for an original outlay, of a certain amount of money. That the works so to be constructed will be pro ductive of profit or loss to the projectors they prove nothing at all about. It has been urged, in reply to those who now ask for time to examine and inqui re i n t o t h e question, that all these points have been fully discussed, before a Committee of the House of Commons and the Commissioner sent down to Liverpool to make investigations on the spot ; and that, if the public have not been attentive to the evidence, they ought to have been. We may, however, recal to memory, that on the first origination of this and other rival schemes the public were in almost a fever heat on the subject of water, anxious to have it at any cost, and from whereever it could be got. Men in such a state of mind are not always very prudent; do not always look before they leap. Besides, a new state of things has arisen within the last two years. We cannot afford to ride a hobby at so high a charge as we could have done two years ago; and the alleged scarcity of water has since been sbewn to be—by the aid of the additional Green lane works, and more liberal management of the old companies —a kind of bugbear which will not be in a position to bite severely for a few years to come. Moreover, we find public men changing their minds upon this very subject—men of large experience in local matters, and men of great engi neering and geological skill—and why may not we, who acknowledge to have allowed ourselves to be committed and bound down by an act of parlia ment, without having taken the trouble of forming an opinion at all ? We can remember, for instance, that, two or three years ago, Mr. Hawksley, at that time engaged in opposing a Corporation scheme, declared in evidence that Corporations were the worst people in the world to have anything to do with water supply ; and that their management was al ways more expensive than that of private Companies —(we can give his exact language from the short hand writer's notes if required); but does Mr. Hawksley say anything of this kind now ? Of course not. He has changed his opinion. We can remember a letter too, addressed to Mr. Harmood Banner, during the enquiry for the purchase of the Harrington and Bootle Company's Works, in the following extract from which we find nothing indi cating any suspicion on the part of the writer in the deficiency of the red sand stone supply of Liverpool : " When we erected our new premises in Benson-street, we put down a 50-horse engine, and to supply that, and our general establishment, we sunk a well. This well is just 400 yards distant from your well in Hotham-street. At eighty feet from the surface we found plenty of water. The bottom of the lodge is 114 feet from the surface, and such was the rush of water that it required all the force of the engine, night and day, with an 11-inch pump, to enable us to excavate our lodge. The entire cost of sink ing this well was £232. Our consumption is very great ; supplying a 50-horse condensing engine, and thirty horses with water, together with mortar mills, the dwelling houses, smithies, and workshops, and keeping immense tanks and cisterns constantly full, and yet we discharge every twelve hours 80,000 gallons of pure water into the public sewers, for which we have no use ! And this is daily occurring close to a double row of cottages inhabited by working men who are, no doubt, paying for their water. So plentiful is our supply, that on one occasion, working the engine at full speed from three in the morn ing till nine at night, we only lowered the water seventeen feet, leaving seventeen feet of water in the chamber ; and beyond this we could not reduce it. I never heard that our well, so close to yours, at all diminished your supply; and, pump as much as you please, I have no fear of your injuring us. Now if I add the cost of the pump, the cost of an engine to raise 1,500 tuns a-day, with men's wages, wear and tear, &c., it will not cost quite one penny per tun to raise the water, and let it not be forgotten that water is not an article of manufacture, but merely requires an excavation, and a pump to raise it to the surface. Yet. if I recollect rightly, your charge to the Commissioners is fourpence per tun. lam borne out in my calculation by Mr. Wicksteed, the engineer of the East London Water Works Company, who gives in the Sanatory Report, vol. 2, page 12. a detailed estimate of the cost of raising 1,000 gallons of water 100 feet high ; and which he asserts is less than one halfpenny per 1,000 gallons. You will therefore believe that my penny against your fourpence is a sufficiently liberal calculation." _ When we find such opinions operating in the mind of such a man as our excellent townsman, Mr. Samuel Ilolme, so very recently as two years ago, and that gentleman now one of the most eloquent supporters of the Rivington scheme, as evinced by his able speech at the meeting on Wednesday, we say that the public has a full right to have time to sift thoroughly the evidence and weigh the new facts, which have brought about changes so sudden and so signal. We must confess that we have little expectation of producing any effect by the ordinary measures hitherto used by the constituencies to procure a postponement of further proceedings with respect to this measure. Individual remonstrances with the representatives have failed to move them. Ward meetings havebeen held with similar want of effect. The last resource must at length he tried. His worship the Mayor must be solicited to call a town's meeting, at which the sentiments of the public can be fairly tested. If those sentiments are averse to the further progress of the scheme at present, we have only the hustings in November to appeal to. The demonstration which a town's meeting would call forth could not, however, we think, be set at defiance, and would spare us the ungracious task of opposing old and tried friends, who, perhaps, have only offended us upon this question. At a meeting of the Court of Examiners, held on Fri day, Mr. John Sinclair, of this town, was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. SERIOUS FALLING OFF IN OUR EXPORTS TO BRAZIL AND CUBA. It was predicted that one result of our free trade policy towards these countries would be a large increase of our exports to them of manufactured goods, if in the first nineteen months following the Sugar Act of 1846 there was an increase over the corresponding months antece dent of £455,381 of nominal value. It was stated, how ever, in committee of the House of Commons, by a Liverpool merchant, engaged in the Brazilian trade, on the authority of his captain, for twenty years in the habit of going to Rio Janeiro, " that he had never in his life seen in Rio Janeiro such a quantity of goods as there were then ; he thought there must be enough to last them four or five years." This evidence has been proved to be true by the diminution which has taken place in the ex ports during the first four months of the present year. Of "plain calicoes" we sent to the Brazils in the first four months of 1847, 25,153,708 yards, and this year only 12,669,453 yards. Of printed calicoes, we sent in 1847, 19,825,571 yards, and this year only 8,902,881 yards. To set against this decrease there was a slight increase to Cuba, the quantities being plain calicoes, 1847, 955,066 yards, and 1848, 1,140,278 yards ; printed calicoes, 1847, 874,930 yards, against 1,283,547 in 1848. The aggregate decrease, however, in the last four months, has been 12,369,043 yards of plain calicoes, and 10,514,073 yards of printed calicoes, or one-half of the exports of each article in 1847. A FACT FOR THE PSEUDO-HUMANE ON THE OLD SLAVERY QUESTION. In a pamphlet just published by Mr. Jacob Omnium, a gentleman well informed on West Indian affairs, a fact is stated, and the authority for it is given, which ought to be regarded with attention by that class of free-traders especially, whose quondam horror of slavery and the slave trade has of late, as noticed by Dr. M'Neile on Tuesday, so mysteriously vanished. We quote the paragraph con taining the fact in question :—" in 1828 the British West Indian slave colonies, not however importing slaves," — mark that circumstance, gentlemen of the Society of Friends !—" produced 198,000 tons of sugar. Cuba and Brazil importing annually, according to the accurate and well-informed Mr. Bandinel, (first Report of Mr. Hutt's Committee on the Slave Trade, p. 220,) 94,000 negroes, but 93,000 tons." At that time, the pararaph goes on to say that the West Indians were able, in addition to supplying the home market, to have a surplus for Europe. Now, what in 1828 must have been the nature of the in stitution since put down—slavery under British laws—as compared with the slavery of Cuba and the Brazils, from whom we are now receiving our slave-grown sugar ? Without importing an additional slave, we could in 1828 supply ourselves arid a portion of the world besides. Our hands were clear at least of the sin of man-stealing. Ours, too, must have been a mild sort of slavery —one under which human life was fostered—one under which it was not necessary to wear down our poor toilers to a premature grave. But to enable Cuba and the Brazils to produce 93,000 tons of sugar, with other produce of course —and we too raised other sorts—it required an annual importation of 94,000 negroes—one human being, and a fraction, for each ton of sugar I We make no comment. LIVERPOOL THE FIRST PORT IN THE WORLD. We take the following figures, showing the increase of the business of Liverpool over that of London, from the excellent circular of Messrs. Stitt, Day and Co. They have been gathered from parliamentary returns : TOTAL CLEARANCES OUTWARDS OF EACH PORT DURING 1847. LIVERPOOL. LONDON. Tons. Ships. Tons. With cargoes, 2598 British ships.. 771,857.... 2664.... 656,500 1409 Foreign d 0... 548,289.... 892.... 156,448 With cargoes 1,320,146 812,948 In ballast.... 438 British ships.. 198,469. ... 1276. 377,216 ~ • ... 83 Foreign d 0.... 23,888.... 2106 320,770 Total tonnage .. 1,542,503 1,510,934 This must be gratifying to every lover of the good old town ; but it is still more gratifying when we look at the fact that whereas of the total amount of tonnage only 521 ships, 222,357 tons came here in ballast, London had 3,382 ships, and 697,916 tons in ballast. It will be noticed that the total amount of tonnage cleared from Liverpool exceeds that of London, our metropolitan city. Messrs M'Clellan and Lee, of Price-street, have pre eented to the Industrial Schools a costly and richly executed banner. _ Mr. A. Wilson, son of the Rev. A. Wilson, of the Scotch Church, Rodney-street, was in the first class at Trinity College, Cambridge. He obtained the University Exhibition at the Collegiate Institution last year. THE HISTORIC SOCIETY.—The inauguration of this society will take place this day at the Collegiate Institu tion, His Worship the Mayor in the chair, when it is Jioped all lovers of archaeology will enrol themselves as members. Lancashire and Cheshire are very rich in an tiquarian remains which have never been properly looked into, - and we anticipate great good will result from the working manner in which this society is about to carry out its intentions—that of thoroughly investigating all the British Roman and midiceval remains, &c., and publishing the results of its labours. Already the society has had several valuable presents ; and the exhibition of antiqui ties and historical documents, which will be laid before the society at its meeting this evening, will continue open for the inspection of the public, gratis, the whole of to morrow (Wednesday). UNLAWFULLY SIGNING A LUNACY CERTIFICATE. — J. Arthur, a surgeon, was indicted, on Friday, in Lon don, for having unlawfully signed a certificate.—Mr. Bod kin appeared to prosecute, at the instance of the Com missioners of Lunacy. The prisoner signed the certifi cate in question, not from any corrupt; motive, but as an act of kindness to a man whose wife had been for some time a confirmed lunatic. The certificate averred that he had seen her the same day, and that she was a lunatic; but the defendant had not seen her that morning. The lunatic's husband was anxious to have her removed to a private lunatic asylum, and he asked Mr. Arthur as a fa vour, to sign the certificate, a favour he very imprudently granted. The commissioners did not press for punish ment.—The defendant pleaded guilty.—Mr. Baron Rolfe said he was very glad that the commissioners had insti tuted this prosecution, for it was fraught with consider able public importance. He should order the defendant to pay a fine of 20s. ; but if any similar case came before the court after this public example the result would be very different. The defendant paid the fine, and was liberated. MR. REEVES.—In presenting the following condensed extract from our contemporary, the Albion, of the 22nd ult., we would remind our readers that the subject of it, confessedly the bset English tenor singer of the present day, appears at the Grand Concert of the Roscoe Club, at the Theatre Royal, on Monday next. The long popularity of Mr. Reeves, in Liverpool, before he attained the national and European celebrity he now enjoys, renders his debut, as primo tenore of her Majesty's Theatre, a circumstance of no little interest to the early admirers of his genius. A. triumph more complete and unequivocal, in every pos sible sense of the term, no tenor within memory, on any stage, ever accomplished than he has done to-night; and, in modern times at all events, it is paralleled only by his own success on his recent first appearance at Drury-lane. The part, he chose, or rather that was chosen for him, to suit the long-announced soprana, Madame Tadolini, was Carlo, in Linda di Charnouni—a character of indifferent importance, as compared with many others in his role — Edgard°, for instance, in the Lucia—but one which he invested with an effectiveness never imparted to it, either vocally or dramatically, by any other representative. His reception was of the most animated kind imaginable, and every instant he was on the stage contributed to augment the feeling, till partiality became enthusiasm, and en thusiasm vented itself into plaudits and acclamations seldom indeed manifested towards any one, and probably never before in the same degree, within these walls, in behalf of a native artist. We observe, from the pro gramme of the forthcoming Concert, that two of the pieces are from the opera in question. One of these is a duet, in which our favourite, Miss Birch, takes the other part, and in which, at her Majesty's theatre, Reeves and Tadolini received a rapturous, and even double encore. The programme, as a whole, manifests much taste and judgment, the selections are exceedingly attractive, and the combination of vocal and instrumentel talent is of so high an order, that we augur one of the fullest and most fashionable audiences ever beheld at our theatre. PRETENCES--GlLD lNGwyoayoung n gG chargedom L a u n D wb yh u o :T ihr . — .a dL Y eg e vi s vi ee of f d h a pi y sa , rna a ad t mi s name to ts e ot r beee P e o t c wo e hi -tnchouh Ogdenartv , n a g, OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE obtained from him a sum of money under false pretence. It appeared that the prisoner had taken to the complain and a quantity of metallic substance representing "gold," ant that notwithstanding the acuteness of the two parties with whom he had dealt, (both Jews,) they were taken in, and found that "it is not all gold that glitters." Mr. Levi said that the prisoner had, a day or two ago, called upon him, and offered him for sale, a quantity of gold filings, or gold turnings— (shavings we suppose)--and pushed his bargain so strongly, that he was induced to be a purchaser. The vendor asked 50s. an ounce for the material. and com plainant gave him 455. and a gold ring, to make up the balance, thinking himself quite safe, and secure of a handsome profit. Mr. Marks, another gentleman of the Jewish persuasion, was, it appeared in evidence, after wards honoured by a friendly visit, by the same specula tor, and also purchased a quantity of the same " dross," which had a very bright and captivating appearance— albeit the descendant of Moses did not discover the cheat. The representation was, that the gold was just imported from China. A third party, named Healy, a gold refiner, also purchased some of the lot, and afterwards found that it was not the genuine metal. It appeared that the com plainants had tested the metal in the usual way by acids, and being scarcely satisfied that it was " sterling," had expressed a doubt. The prisoner, it was admitted by one of them, had told him that he was commissioned to sell for gold, whether it was gold or not. It was sworn to by one of the parties deceived, that there was only half-a grain to the drachm, or 10 grains to the ounce, of pure gold in the composition ; but it was so cunningly wrapped up in real gilding, that the deception was not detected in the first tests. The stuff was a composition of gold size, blended with some mineral substance, and so gilded over with real gold, that the acid applied to test it did not fro, mediately disclose the deceit. The prisoner was corn , mated for trial, PUBLIC MEETING ON REFORM. Yesterday evening a meeting took place at the Portico, to consider the propriety of petitioning the House of Com mons, in support of Mr. Hume's motion, for the adoption of " extended household suffrage, equal electoral districts, vote by ballot, and triennial parliaments." The placard convening the meeting was signed, on behalf of the com mittee, by Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., and seven other gentlemen of standing in the town. The room was filled, as was the stage, and the greatest unanimity prevailed for some time. Mr. CHARLES EDWARD RAWLINS was called to the chair, and in his opening address, said that he most cordially agreed with Mr. Hume in putting off the debate on his motion until it could be fairly heard and appreciated. He (the speaker) would have preferred a measure of larger extent ; he wished, in fact, to have the full extent of " manhood suffrage." He thought this was due to every mand of sound mind, and unconvicted of crime, and that all such ought to have a vote in the election of their representatives. Annual parliaments might be too short, and seven years was too long, but he was inclined to give support to Mr. Hume's motion so far as it went, until they could obtain all they required, " manhood suffrage." Mr. JOHN SMITH, of the Mercury-office, after an argumentative address, moved the first resolution. He was of opinion that not only housekeepers, but lodgers, should be possessed of the elective franchise. Mr. ROBINSON (stated to be a working man) seconded the resolution in a spirited address, which was listened to with much attention and applause. He noticed the extravagant expenditure of the Government,—the pen sions, royal palaces, sinecures, over-paid churchmen, patronage, &c., which deprived the people of their due share in the representation. Out of six hundred members in the House of Commons, 423 were influenced by interested motives. He enlarged upon the injustice and extravagance of the Government and the Royal Family, without, however, blaming our gracious Queen, for whom he claim e d a ll due respect. They asked for reform constitutionally, and gradually. It was for them to tell Lord John Russell that they had a will of their own, and that they might yet achieve universal suf frage. He prognosticated much from the mind and pro gression of the people, and urged peaceable and moral force to accomplish all they desired. Mr. WILLIAM RI striolv spoke in favour of moral re form. He observed upon the present extravagance of the Government, who spent about sixty minions a year—a larger amount than ever before was known. This was not a reform, and the] people would have no ]more of it. An allusion made to the obtaining the whole of the charter, was received with loud cheers. The free traders had had their turn, and now was the time for the Chartists to have theirs. He believed that if the wealthy wished to enjoy their substance in peace and quietness, they must exert themselves in doing justice to the industrial classes. He contended that no good could be effected without a reduction of the taxation. The motion was put and carried by loud acclamation— not a dissentient hand held up. Mr. FERRAR moved the second resolution, in a lengthy address. He knew not the points of the Charter, but he believed that every man untainted by crime ought to have a voice in the choice of their representa tives. (Cheers.) He had looked forward for something good from the present parliament, but he was disappointed. In the reign of Tiberius, several of his subjects in the provinces, it was thought by his ministers, might be taxed a little more, His noble reply was, "It is the property of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them." He read an extract from a letter which he had intended to send to Lord John Russell before the recent revolution in France, and which embodied, in strong language, the rights of free-born Englishmen, and urging a reverting to first principles, and a freedom from the burthen of the national debt. The petition was read by Mr. JACKSON, and was unani mously adopted. It was agreed that it should be presented by Joseph Hume, Esq. After some other remarks, by various speakers, a young man, (from Manchester,) apparently about eighteen years of age, presented himself on the platform, with a greasy card in his hand, and be ga n, w ith great self-possession, to preach about the six points of Chartism. He was called to order by the Chairman, but the meeting seemed to be strongly inclined to listen to him, and some confusion arose. The Chairman said, with a view to conciliation, that the meeting, though called for a specific subject, would, no doubt, hear the gentleman at the proper time, after the resolution was secondegl. Mr. L. HEYWORTH seconded the resolution. A purely Chartist amendment was moved by the well known Jones, who, amidst several attempts to interrupt him, advocated the six points, in opposition to the ori ginal motion ; and another Mr. Jones rose to second the amendment, when Mr. Thomas Bolton rose to order, and contended that no amendment could be put. The meet ing became uproarious, and the seconder proceeded ; and from his prolixity we were compelled to leave. There seemed little doubt that the pure Chartists would have the majority. The demi-Chartists on the platform seemed throughout not a little put out by the false position in which they had placed themselves. To enable our readers to judge of the strength of the two parties when put together, we ascertained that whilst the Reformers (1) — Chartist and demi-Chartist put together,—only filled the little Portico, the Sparring-match in the Music-hall, close by, for the benefit of the Tipton Slasher, was a bumper. The resolutions (two in number) were to the effect that "the House of Commons does not truly represent the people," and that " the motion of Mr. Hume is to be regarded as an important practical advance towards the full, free, and fair representation of the people." The petition prayed that " every male householder in the kingdom may have the right of voting for members of parliament, with the protection of the ballot, and that members of parliament may be returned from equitably adjusted electoral districts throughout the country, and for a period not exceeding three years." FEELING IN LIVERPOOL TOWARDS THE MINISTERIAL SUGAR BILL. We never remember observing, during our acquaintance with this port, so unequivocal a feeling of general con demnation as that which has been bestowed upon the sugar measure of Lord John Russell, received here on Saturday morning. A slight hope had been entertained by some parties, excited by the tone of several recent articles upon the subject in the London Times, that at length something approaching fair play was about to be shown to our free-labour colonists. This previous hope has increased the disappointment which is now felt ; and the only plank to which they have to cling is the proba bility of the ministry failing to carry their project through the house. The slight modification made in the duty as to clayed sugar and foreign Muscovado is by some con sidered as an improvement, though not of material value; but the other changes are scouted as a mockery and an insult. Of course some of our ultra free traders condemn Lord John as having gone too far in the trifling step which he has made. Moderate men, however, even of that party, are not unwilling to acknowledge the peculiar case of the colonists and their claim to be placed in a just attitude. By those immediately interested in the sugar question, a protective duty even of 10s. is not thought to hold out any great encouragement to renewed enterprise, without being accompanied by a material change in the system of colonial policy, as well as the certainty of a continuous supply of labour. They complain of the inefficiency of the laws for preventing vagrancy and squatting by the free negro, and the perfect impunity with which he is per mitted, at his caprice, to leave his unfinished tasks and either idle or transfer his labour to another estate. With out a complete revision of the colonial law in this respect, by which the planter may be put upon the footing of other employers of labour, the most abundant supply of immigrants which could be afforded them would not save him. When neither this boon nor a fair protective duty is afforded, they conceive that to expend the offered £500,000, to be laid out in importing labourers, would be sheer insanity. • The Times of yesterday says that in the city it is ad mitted, " on both sides," that the £500,000 " might as well be sunk in the sea." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) MONEY MARKET-YESTERDAY. The English Funds have been rather firmer this morning, and there has been a steady business doing. Consols for the opening have been 83i to 83i. The speeches delivered by the Miaietero wt the Momoicera-holatsc. blancict, 0. Owt•tarday, bevy° afforded much satisfaction. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. ,have been 841 to 841. Bank Stock is quiet at 191. Exchequer-bills have been 375. to 41s. premiumAbeing scarcely so good. India Bonds are 18s. to 19s. premium. LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY, The demand for all kinds of Wheat: of home produce was steady, at an advance in the quotations realized on Monday last, of from Is. to 2s. per quarter, and at which a good clear ance was effected. The supply of foreign Wheat on show, not withstanding the liberal importation of that article last week, was by no means large. Selected:parcels moved off steadily at 2s. per quarter more money, while the value of the middling and inferior kinds advanced quite I . s. per quarter. A few float ing cargoes were disposed of at a trifle more money. Scarcely any English Barley was brought forward, but the show of foreign samples was very extensive. Fine parcels were in moderate re quest at late rates, but inferior grinding sorts sold at in some instances, a fall of Is. per qr. With Malt we were fairly supplied. Most descriptions moved off slowly, but we have no alteration to notice in value. Oats were in good supply. Fine sound Corn produced late currencies, but the damp and otherwise weathered parcels were quite 6d. per quarter cheaper, with a very inactive demand. A very large quantity . of foreign Beans was brought forward, and which met a heavy inquiry, at a re duction in value of Is. per qr. All kinds of Peas were in moderate supply, and moderate request at last week's prices. Indian Corn and Meal were n eglected, but not cheaper. Fl our was in better request, but we have no improvement to notice in its value. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Although the attendance of buyers was somewhat extensive, the Beef trade was excessively dull, at, in some instances, a further decline in the quotations of 2d. per 81bs. However, a few of the very primest Scots sold at 4s. per Blbs. At the close of business a large number of Beasts left the market unsold. Although the supply of Sheep was moderately extensive, the Mutton trade was steady, though not to say brisk, at prices fully equal o u t t t: o t n hos r e o p d aid o m n Monday 4i lLst,sts hewirouettclifircnulralilih.es number of producing s e w in gs by . no Means 'heavy for the time of the e year. All breeds met a fair demand, at fully last week's prices. Prime small Calves moved off freely, at full prices. Otherwise, the Veal trade was in a very sluggish state. Pigs sold heavily, at last week's currencies. It appears by letters received from Copenhagen, that the Danish authorities are proceeding with the con. demnation of the German vessels laid under embargo, partial exception in some few casea being made in favour of cargoes DEFENCE OF THE NAVIGATION LAWS. Sir John Gladstone, in his 84th year, has dictated, from his bed, tohis son, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., a long letter on the Navigation Laws. The venerable writer contends that the boasted principle of reciprocity cannot be worked out in this country. He says :—" We have very extensive colonies and foreign possessions (many of them earned at the cost of British blood and treasure, and thus considered to be achieved by conquest, though now, I lament to think, likely to be rendered valueless to us by the present measures of our rulers,) with which an intimate and constant intercourse is main tained and carried on in British shipping, productive of important advantages to Britain and British ship-owners. If I understand you right, you propose to lay open this carrying trade to the shipping of other countries—for instance, to the United States. Now, it does happen that the United States possess neither colonies nor foreign possessions, and, therefore, have no such privilege to offer to us in return or to concede ; it, therefore, follows there can be no reciprocity in such a course of conduct, no quid pro quo, but all the advantages, whatever they may be, are to be given up by us without a consideration. You contend that, in such a case, our colonists have a choice of conveyances, some of them, perhaps, on lower terms than by British shipping, are willing to adopt them, and would reap the advantage. If this principle is to be re cognised and acted upon, do you not at once lay the axe to the root of the tree out of which have grown the sources of our commerce, our wealth, and our maritime greatness ? By laying them open, you propose to abandon to others the sources which support the superiority we have hitherto possessed in our ships. our colonies, and commerce,, the sources of envy and jealousy to other countries. You say that, if you do so, in return we shall confer advantages on our colonies ; as, for instance, you suppose a German ship carries emigrants from Germany to Australia, and on her arrival there the colonists should have the power of loading their wool, or other produce, and through such a foreign channel conveying it to a British market. If such a concession were to be made, the benefit to the colonist would only be incidental and unimportant. But whilst the transport of their , produce is restricted to British shipping, the certainty of their finding employment secures the necessary supply on which the colonist may depend ; but if laid equally upon the foreigner, who, with such competition, can have no dependence on finding employment—thus, between the two stools, whilst you propose to benefit the colonist, you risk his being left without the means of sending his wool to market. But this is only a secondary consideration. We have at great expense, established and settled our colonies ; we have given them privileges, protection, and admission to our markets of consumption for their pro duce on conditions advantageous to them—concessions all calculated to promote a union and intercourse alike beneficial to both, but which, under your propositions, are to be abandoned and thrown open to the world, — whilst that world, caring only for itself, makes no optional contribution in return towards raising our enormous revenue—defraying or providing for our sources of taxation, local and general—supporting our sys tems, institutions, our habits of industry, labour, expenditure, and consumption. These are wholly local, and depend upon ourselves ; whilst you pro pose, with a hand of vast and liberal profusion, to lay open every source we possess, or advantage we enjoy, to the free and open competition of others, who, as far as can discover, while we are to part with substantial good, have nothing to give or even to offer to us in return. If I understand you right you are also disposed to lay open our coasting trade to the foreigner, which certainly, in many instances, would be not only gratuitous, but with out a pretence to reciprocity. The principle of recip roc it y might be urged by the United States, if she prop ose d t o us to admit British shipping to participate in carrying on their coasting trade, provided the same privilege' were conceded by us to American shipping in the coasting trade of the United Kingdom. If such an uncalled for, un natural, and inconvenient concession, with a sacrifi ce o f local feeling, was to be made, I can discover no serious advantage it would be productive of to the interests of either, whilst it would be found to prove a sour ce o f grea t jealousy and risk of misunderstanding. But come nearer home, and let us suppose that the excess of shipping be longing to the ports of Hamburgh and Brem en , b u il t an d fitted equally well with Brit ish shipping, tho ug h at a muc h lower cost, navigated and provisioned on more favourable terms, and now spread over the ocean, and advantageously employed in the commerce of the world, which seems rather a favourite object of yours—l say that if these bottoms from the opposite coast were to be employed in our coasting trade—let us suppose that great branch of it carrying the supply of coals from Newcastle and it s neigh bourhood, to supply the consumpt ion 9f fuel by near two millions of our population residing in London and its vicinity, employing many hundred sail of British ships, and many thousands of British seamen — suppose this trade laid equally open to the shipp ing of Hambur g h an d B re in - men, what have they to give us return ? I answer, — nothing. literally nothing ; for they have neither coast nor coasting trade of any kind or description. Yet, in . 'this mania of liberality you, with others, appear disposed to make such vast and uncalled for sacrifices. You may say that what we give up is to be occupied by others, and that the general trade and commerce of the world is to be extended and increased by it. That may be true, but the ' concessions and sacrifices are to be ours—the gains and advantages are to be given to others, whilst this country, raised to power and eminence by the advantages of situ ation united with well-regulated liberality in our inter course with others, but with a due regard to our own in terests, supported by the wisdom of our laws and insti tutions, has gained a pre-eminence in the affairs of the world which these new-fangled doctrines and theories are calculated to undermine, and ultimately to break down and overthrow, but which I would fain hope, by hasten ing a change of both men and measures, may be pre served to us unchanged. * * * Once lay open our colonial possessions and coasting trade to the shipping and seamen of other powers, I ask, where is your boasted nursery that has hitherto manned your navy and pro tected your shores ? If they are to be laid open, and passed into the hands of foreigners, who, in place of being our friends, may prove to be our inveterate enemies, and if we shall t:ms be cultivating and promoting the means and engines for our future destruction, what then is to become of your justly-boasted wooden walls ?" EFFECT OF FREE TRADE MEASURES UPON OUR COFFEE-PLANTING COLONIES. It will be known to our commercial readers that up to 1836 the duties upon coffee were 6d. on West Indian, 9d. on East India and Ceylon, and ls. 3d. per lb. on foreign. In 1836 the duty on Ceylon Coffee was equalised with that upon West Indian ; in 1842, by Sir Robert Peel's famous tariff, the duty on foreign was reduced to Bd., and that on West Indian to 4d. ; and in 1844 a further reduction was made on foreign, which brings us down to the present scale of 4d. per lb. on British and 6d. on foreign. The effect of these several concessions to the foreigner may be traced from the following statement of the prices, in bond, of Ceylon coffee in the month of March in each year, beginning at 1838 the March of that year, the price per ton was £BO ; in 1839, £lO2 ; in 1840, £99 ; in 1841 (with free trade in perspective), £6l; in 1842, £7B ; in 1843, £55 ; in 1844, £6B ; in 1845, when a further di minution of protection was made, £46 ; in 1846, £46 ; in 1847, £43 ; and in March, this year, only £3O to £32. Some of the large houses which failed in the autumn of last year are declaring dividends. Reid, Irving, and Co., in announcing a first dividend of is in the pound, have issued a circular disclosing a further considerable reduc tion in their assets occasioned by depreciation in the West India and Mauritius estates, and the failure of their cor respondents,. 11. Adams and Co. Upon the revised estimates, 10s..in the pound, instead of 205., is the limit calculated. Barclay, Brothers' first dividend, is fixed at 2s. 6d. in the pound. A second dividend is on the eve of declaration under the estate of Rougemont, Brothers, which will be from 2s. to 2s. 6d. in the pound. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We have had ano ther week of fine feeding, but rather rainy weather; and the crops, both in field and garden are luxuriant and, on the whole, highly promising. Early potatoes are of large size, and from dry soils almost ripe and flowery. The wheats, generally, look well, though we regret to say that we have observed, in some fields in the neighbourhood, a decided appearance of smut,—which, however, we hope will not proceed far, especially if the weather takes up, and becomes dry and sunny. The oats this year are truly tha thick on the ground, the seed not perhaps being a.por,a..a 'upon Irma cow+. +no lovialaly, havin g sprun g up almost to the suffocation of the plant. The turnips and mangles,so far, give great promise, and the country, gene rally, never presented a more luxuriant clothing of ver dure. With regard to fruit, (a secondary consideration), we may say, from present appearances, that there will be much more than an average crop of apples, pears, currants, gooseberries, strawberries, &c. A good deal of hay-grass has already been cut ; but owing to the repeated showers has not yet been gathered, and is in some degree: in jeopardy. That portion which is yet on its legs (perhaps two-thirds of the whole), will, we hope, be entirely secured. There is abundance of feed for cattle of all kinds, and the prospect is cheapness for the housekeeper. IDOLATRY OF CHEAPNESS.—" It is in the retributive justice of the Great Being who sways the universe," said the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, at Liverpool, on Tuesday last, "that an idol unduly worshipped shall .be turned to the punishment of the idolaters ; and if there be an idol ever unduly worshipped on the face of the earth, I believe that cheapness is that idol now, and that God will smite it, and cause the men who are worshipping it to buy dear." We recommend the words to the serious attention of Mr. Richard Cobden. That gentleman is evidently in danger of selling his soul to the fiend, if the bargain be not already contracted. The disclosures made by the hon. member for the West Riding in the House of Commons as recently as a week ago strike painfully on all well regulated minds. He lives to buy cheap. This is his mission. All men have their work to do in life. Old Chapman thought he might die when he had trans lated Homer. Schiller s heroine loved, and then prayed her Father to remove her from the earth. Mr. Cobden will have done his work, his very ignoble work, when he shall have brought his weekly expenses down to the lowest point hitherto attained by mortal stinginess. He tells us so himself. He hates every thing but buying cheap. He cannot bear to hear men talking Rule Bri tannia : ho grumbles when he sees a noble-hearted middy not four foot high clapping his hands and delighting him self with the thought of England's naval supremacy. He is only happy when he sees a bankrupt's stock advertised for sale, or when haberdashers announce their attention to dispose of their goods fifty per cent. under cost price. Then he lives : at other times lie is dead. High spirited gentleman ! Englishman thoxongh-bred to the backbone !—John Jane te, MS. THE LIVERPOOL MEETING ON THE SUGAR QUESTION. The meeting of Tuesday last at the Sessions House, upon the subject of Lord John Russell's proposed modifi cations of the Sugar Duties, resulted in another triumph of the intellect and prosperity of the town over that small but self-sufficient party who style themselves free traders ; who arrogate to themselves the character of luminaries of the first class, and assume that all who disagree with them are immersed in the depths of ignorance. It was a de monstration of which Liverpool might well be proud, and from whose proceedings, orderly throughout, and full of ability, the parliament of Great Britain itself might with advantage take a lesson. Deeply interested in the subject before them as were many of the speakers opposed to the then existing law affecting our sugar colonies—one of life or death to some and of intense interest to others ; con taining amongst them, and having around them, the re presentatives of some of the oldest and most respectable firms in Liverpool, connected with our colonial trade, whilst the advocates of the application of a further measure of free trade to th ose colonies were composed, in part of rude theorists, and wholly of parties unconnected with, or having interests apart from their maintenance in, or rather their restoration to prosperity. We saw no attempt to bear down the weight of the arguments adduced by clamour, on the one side, or the other; and still less by the influence and weight of authority which must ever attach to the opinions of such gentlemen as Mr. Shand, Mr. Adam Hodgson, Mr. Josias Booker, and others upon such a subject. The overwhelming majority, therefore, in favor of the whole of the resolutions must be considered on the part of colonial protection, must be set down as the result of pure con viction on the part of the meeting —as a declaration of the sentiments on the subject of a majority composing men of every shade of politics, establishing above all things the fact that, in the opinion of the commercial people of Liverpool, the question at issue as to the treat ment by the mother country towards her free labour sugar colonies is one which cannot and ought not to be decided on purely free trade or politico-economical principhls. There was another characteristic of the meeting on Tuesday, which contributed to establish the exception of this measure from the rule to be applied to other subjects. We refer to the fact that, amongst the most able of the speakers, and listened to with the deepest attention, never attempted, even by those amongst the adverse minority, upon whom their arguments appeared to tell with the greatest force, to be reproached with having descended from the exercise of their high functions to mingle in the strife of ordinary politics —were two clergymen of the Church of England, the Rev. Dr. M`Neile and the Rev. Thomas Nolan, A.M. The question involved in our treatment of our sugar-producing colonies was recognised as one involving the sacred rights of humanity, and of national faith and justice, as well as the merely selfish question of money and cheapness. In their hands it was elevated above these paltry considerations ; and it is signi ficant that the resolution moved by the Rev. Dr. M‘Neile, affirming the adherence of the meeing to the principles of " British Justice, British Consistency, and British Honour," was carried by a great- majority, and with greater enthusiasm than any other. THE LIVERPOOL WAREHOUSING COMPANY. We noticed briefly in our last the object of this com pany, whose prospectus appears in ouradvertising columns this day; and we learn that during the week the plan proposed has been discussed in many influential quartet* and promises to meet with a large share of success. We have ourselves more maturely weighed it, and it really seems to us that nothing but some such measure call effectually protect the great mass of warehouse property throughout the town from serious deterioration. In parti cular we would direct the attention towards it of the owners of those warehouses, whose means and position do not admit of making large advances for the purposes of im provement, and whose interests would be greatly served by the proposed central management by the Company's officers, and the advantages of the improved machine*" to be provided. The.departure of the West Indian mail has been again postponed until to-morrow (Wednesday.) FATAL SQUABBLE.—On Friday last two men in . the village of Greasby, near Upton, commenced a quarrel which, unfortunately, ended in a fight, during; which one of them, named Evans, received so severe a blow on his side, from his antagonist, that he died soon after. SINKING or A PIER.—On Sunday, the Fire King, a Gravesend steamer, came with such force against the City steam pier, Temple bar, that it forced th e d u mmy agai nst a pile, which entered its keel, when it filled with water, sank, and dragged down the whole pier with it. THE IRON TRADE OF SOUTH STAFFORDSIIIRE. — This important branch of manufacture has been exceed ingly dull during the past week. Th ere ar e very few or ders esrs on hand, and nearly a ll no w b e i ng m Throughout the district there are greatade unemployed, and many working only half time upon re duced wages. MURDER IN WESTMEATH.--A travelling Connaught man, named Joh n C oo k, was b ruta ll y mur d ere d, at Horseleaf, near Kilb eggan , on Th urs d ay n i g h t . Th e ill fated man's head was sm a sh e d i n pieces by. blows with stones, supposed to have been th rown a t hi m b y hi s com rade or fellow-traveller. Ihe plunder of a few shillings is supposed to have been the object of the murder. NOVEL IMPORTATION.—The St. George, Capt. Ferris, from New York,'landed here on Friday last, 101 live hogs- They were shipped at New York after travelling 1000 miles 900 of which they were driven. One hundred were shipped, three were used on the passage, and one only died, while another gave birth to five, thus increasing the original shipment by one. They are well bred and fine large animals ; and have been so well attended that they are ready for butchering. The St. George is consigned to Mr. A. Taylor, and the hogs to Messrs. Jas. Taylor and Co., Dale-street. SOMETHING GRATIFYING FOR SIR ROBERT. PEEL.'"' After the manner in which the once great leader of the House of Commons was received, the other night, in the scene of his former glory,. it will be consolatory to his friends to read the following paragraph from a contemporary Sir R. Peel officiated at Birmingham, on Tuesday evening, at a public dinner given to Dr. Hodgson, of the General Hosplw of that town. The right hon. baronet was received, in a veil complimentary manner. We shall, perhaps, next hear of Sir Robert's " health and song" being well received at the cyder cellar or the coal hole. Verily, the mighty are falling 1 THE ALLEGED POISONINGS AT BRISTOL.—ANOTIag EXHUMATION.—On Friday, the coroner, assembled a jury for the purpose of holding an inquiry on the body of a Mrs. Mitchell, who died about four years since, and whose case is connected with the late extraordinary' poisoning cases. The coroner and jury proceeded to St. Paul's Churchyard, where they disinterred the body in the presence of several medical gentlemen. The viscera and entrails were perfectly decomposed, indeed soluble , but some portions of the lower extremities were in good preservation. The contents of the stomach were delivered to Mr. Herapath for analysation, and the inquest was ad' journed.—Bristol Mirror. QUERY—A BIT OF SATIRE ?—We cannot accuse our contemporary of the Journal of disregard of the merits of Sir Charles Napier; but the following two paragraphs are unfortunately so arranged as to convey an inuendo both upon that distinguished officer and her Majesty's minis ters. We give them precisely as they appear in his pub lication on Saturday ! " Admiral Sir C. Napier entertained the ministers and a large naval party on Wednesday, at Portsmouth. " The Lords of the Treasury have ctecided upon givin • g S ir Charles Napier one-eighth of the Scinde prize-money." We are at a loss what we have to infer. But the decision of the Lords of the Treasury to give Sir Charles one eighth of the prize -money is certainly made here into an after-dinner decision. Whichever way it is, however, the entertainment and the award of the loaves and fishes are brought rather too much into jtixta-position. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JUNE 19. We have had a larger supply o f a l l kinds of stock at our market to-day than last week, with a numerous attendanc e of customers. On the whole we had a dull market, particularly for second-rate and inferior qualities. Beef, 52d to aid per lb.; Mutton, 6d to 7id ; Lamb, 6d to 7d. PRICES OF PROVISIONS IN BIRKENHEAD MARKET, JUNE 17, 1848. 8 . d. e. di= 0: 3 Beef Mutton Veal Lamb, per lb 0 74 0 8 'Grapes, per lb.. 3 0 —4, 0 Fresh I'ork Bacon Hams • o9—o 10 ,Cucumbers, each 01— 0 Salmon gp Soles 00 10 4 0 9 0 0 Ducks 4 0— 4 6 Cod Fish 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0 0 ! Turkeys—. each 0 0— 0 0 Brit 0 8— 0 0 c'ntry fed 0 0— 0 0 ,Geese, Haddocks Whitingo 0— 0 0 Lobsters IP Pl a o r v tr e i r d s ges,vbrce 0 0 0 0 Fresh Butter.... 1 0— 1 03 Black Game Salt ditto Eggs.... la , 120.. 5 8— 0 0 Hares ...... each 3 ; 6 0 ,O s Potatoes, IR , Peck 1 6 2 0 Pigeons,vcouple 1 8— 0 ~.' New Do., per lb. 0 02— 0 14 Rabbits 2 2 0 u _—...,...• METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STl_ tEg_____L . ; . ATMOSPHERIC • Si , 5 3 Daily Three- 4 0 in Humidity at a, 1 Temperature tion Pressure at shade byself- Noon. Wind 4. registering Difference of of at ~.. Nine Six thermometer Wet and Dry Rain. Noon. '. a.m. p.m. Max. Min. 1 bulb. F :A . 0 P In. In. Deg. Deg. Deg. In. 948 13 29'46 , 29'60 57 50 3 o'oB s.s.vir• 5 0 , 5 3 14 29'83 ,' 29 . 83 60 55 I 3 Fall of g', 0 0 o'o3 s.byW - 0" 55 15 29'86 ' 29'85 70 58 1 7 —5.5 .1 3. 2 a," 39 16 29'87 i l 29'85 70 60 i 5 E' l ''' .4 62 ,-.,,, 17 29'84 ' 29'83 63 58 I 1 62 ,4 -' 18 I 191 30'18 3019 I 3 W.el:l_.-v ----------„ 0 0:2 15 8 vv. rm' fight rain, breeze.-14th: stroll 15th: bright.-16th : bright , n" flavy rain. —l9th : light rain* louded. THE WEATHER.-13th : lil breeze, light rain, sunny.-1 clouded.-17th : morning, he 19th : alternately bright and c] LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1848. E NVERY TUESDAY MOR IN62' PRINTED AND PUBLISHED By JOSHUA FLETCHER. LACE, of 53, Grove street, W I LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great , At No, 4., ST. GIP:MEWS CEESCaST,Orford-street LIVERKI9go - 2 /_., An Bo Am 1 Th Rai tlu Ta