The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-28 00:00:00

•• ~. ... • , ~. , .• A ... , 6 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ;Qum:A ..., ..... . ebt Eibtrpool grQtailuatb. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE < DEATHS BY WANING.—On Saturday, Thomas Pest, down. The building is in the style bf the earik decorated JUNCTION RAILWAY. who was much burned at the gas works in this town teriod, and is erected of blue limestohe; hammer-dressed - -- through some children having set fire to some shavings, and coursed, the quoins, tracery, &c., being of beautiful TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 28, 1848. On Saturday, a special meeting of the shareholders of on the 14th inst., died at the Toxteth Hospital.—A few freestone. It is 150 feet long by GO feet wide. The nave this undertaking was held at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, days since, William Jones, a child eight years of age, is 50 feet wide, and the side aisles 15 feet wide each. The "to take into consideration and determine upon an appli- living in Holly-street, was left in the house with another roof is supported on each side of the aisle by seven pillars THE aspect of political parties is just now a cation to parliament, in the ensuing session, for powers to child of six years old. The poor lad's pinafore, by some of beautiful polished Drogheda limestone. Although the somewhat singular one. The old Whig family— abandon a part of the line, to enable the company to make means took fire, while, as he stated he was warming a bit weight which the pillars have to support is great, such is the Holland House clique—is confessedly in arti- a railway to form a connexion with the London and of glue at the fire, and he was so much burned that the quality of the stone that the diameter necessary is culo mortis. The Premier is reported to he sick of North-Western Railway, to ma k e a lt era ti ons i n th e levels he died soon after. on l y two feet. The pillars rest on circular pedestals, and the cares of office; sick of the incapables he has of the Chester branch. an d o f th e mo d e o f crossing Can- On Tuesday evening a lect ure was d e li vere d i n Exeter h ave ornamented capitals of freestone. The roof, which rang -street. in Birkenhead, to extend the time for the Hall, by the key. Dr. M`Neile, Canon of Chester, to the is of oak panelling is fifty feet in height. The body of around him ; worn out alike in mind and body by purchase of lands, to make alterations in the tolls and members of the " Young Men's Association," on the the church is lighted by means of eighteen windows. At the difficulties which meet him on every side ; and rates authorized to be levied by the company, and to de- Distinctive Features of Protestantism and Popery. The the north end of the nave there is a splendid window, —sure si g n of an approaching change—the Greys crease the capital of the company, and also to t consider ti chair was filled by the Right Hon. Lord Ashley, who was with stone frame-work, handsomely carved, At the top have set about providing for their friends. The and det i e a r i iine on the several subjects referre s d har o eh in olders supported d by the Hon. Arthur he Kinnaird, R. c l . ai L t L. Bevan, i of a this . there is also a window in the form called St. party have literally nothing left them to fall back i m o transmitted t rr ie or eoropy the directors by the , t aitiallawgurseaLbed dyof finist r d ne w 'a ith w e l il lee s l u , ti f ay er t o h ss e es wh r ft ly of ea t r l ‘ r ed ga i b u le s s to a u r e e . upon—nothing, at all events, which they can call Gr g e; in ery clergyp more thin . 3,000 The attendance was ver y numer ous. Mr. Alderman tickets having been purchased long before the day of The chancel, at the south end, is lighted by three large their own, or upon which they can found an agita- Bancroft was called to the chair, and Mr. W. Jackson, meeting. windows. The interior walls are of dressed freestone, and tion ; for even Ireland, which has helped them so Ai, p., was present . The Secretary rea d a memorial from THE WINTER ASSIZES.—At the assizes which corn- at the east side there are fourteen small apartments or often, would spurn them now and henceforth. some of the shareholders to the directors. Praying chiefly mence here on the 9th proximo, there are indictments vestries, to be used as con f es si ona l s . At th e nor th- wes t Still more pitiable is the position of the ultra for a repeal of the A ma l gama ti on Act. Mr. J. B. Ll o yd f rom Li verpool, Manchester, and Ashton-under-Lyne, corn er th ere w ill b e a ga ll ery f or t h e c h o i r, an d an organ read the notice to parliament for various purposes (already against a great number of persons for conspiracy, unlawful will be fitted up. The chapel is calculated to hold from liberal, or free-trade party. The Brights and Cob- advertised), and then the proposals, which the directors assembling, sedition, &c. The Manchester chartist in- 1500 t o 1800 persons . A t t h e north-west corner stands dens, the Kershaws and the Bowrings, have be- submitt e d f or approva l, an d w hi c h were pu bli s h e d i n our dictment, as it is called, includes no fewer than 46 indivi- an immense square tower, eighty feet in height. The come dumb dogs. We hear of no great gatherings last paper. The ( hairman said the original memorial had duals ; that from Liverpool includes 4 ; and that from top is finished with open tracery or battlements, and here arrived. The names were numerous, the parties repre- Ashton-under-Lyne, 34. Independently of these trials, the spring of the spire commences. The spire will also at Free Trade Hall, or Covent Garden ; no blow ;Tetyinwgeorneep-rtronetihpiflytewsihiiorlee Junction capit il ofp proprietors, i e c t o o m r s p a u n n y ci criminal ie business euv tlitatth;roapmprtohaechLnrgouwgir ofer be for eighty sorue feet in height, m but its rou erection t as Salisbury-street. l ü b r e delayed street ing of trumpets, no rejoicing over the results ofl'e. assizes eve ri's the sai t otime. nprincipalf is lb y their pet projects. On the contrary, we find them the capital represented nominal; but that was suffi- Manchester is quite as large y as ; at any ordinary assizes. wondering how it is• that those results have not cient for the act. IRISH IMMIGRATION.—The select vestry have deter- LOCAL MEETINGS. been what were promised ; groping in the dark for The CHAIRMAN adverted to several items in the notice mined to adopt the most summary means for the imme- THE WEST DERBY GUARDIANS. The weekly meeting excuses for their failure, and tilting at imaginary that had been read. He thought it desirable to omit the diate removal back to their haveresective parishes, every was held on Wednesday, Mr. Roskell in the chair. The erectionuuuino..osftrteheet across e s c s t t ee e brides rail e at 13 t ir h k s e d nite e a e d o , m t e o o ii 3 i r T i y . nat i v e o f Ireland is u w h o m u t t h F windmills in every direction. They have been o t esezie..g,endto reas t on l tovetrheinsukffaerre following communications were read from the Poor-law awakened from their dream of self-glorification, ous that the line could not be w c a a y rr . ied throughout in its in- ing pa n p t e o r a t . h e Th aged, e h . - Board :—A letter in reference to the defalcations of Mr. inevitably cleTld a r i en a , e during the and find themselves friendless, the scoff of the tegrity, that was, from Birkenhead to Chester, and thence rigours of winter, but the wholesale deportation of these Peter Ar d ro ti lv a s t m i g, ristant. i o ti v l er: a er of t G t r n ea t t o C t r i rb i l. It masses whom they deluded, and themselves the to Stockport. The line, in fact, could not be carried fur- poor creatures by the union officers or landowners of that l ' a p vi p • e li r o e ard, stating; his wish to retain office, in order Za r- t ther than Moore with the money that could be raised by mismanaged country, leaves no alternative to the guar victims of the blow which they imagined, in their he may liquidate the amount be owes to the overseers. A calls upon the present register. £450,000 would be re- dians of the parish funds here. The number of deck selfishness, they , were inflicting solely upon others. letter sanctioning the appointment of the Rev. T. Dwyer qui red for that purpose alone. He felt assured that not passengers brought to this port by the Trish steamers, last Stockport has just shown the estimation in which more than from 12,000 to 15,000 shares would be paid week, is fully equal to that of the previous week. to the office of chaplain to the Fever Hospital ; a letter she holds her former idol, and his friends; and the upon it in all. Finding then.selves in this position, the di- COTTON CLEANING IN INDlA.—There is reason to refe d r!in l g o tt e h r e fpreintumrear district r h i lr. H. Fitzpatrick, as West Riding, we feel somewhat confident, is about rectors had cast about for some scheme to get out of the believe that an important success has been at last achieved V a 4st ie terb in t e he t room r of Mr. t a c i t ris o t f ie h b e ut to r w e n u s e hi s r iu of to throw itself into the arms of Conservatism. difficulty, and to enable them to accomplish what they in the enterprise of cotton cultivation in India. A me- to know the cause of Mr. Christie's resignation; q a letter g t h h e ou d ght the importance of tr e u t T e tetil . concern from requiredi lest `to chanical invention has been exhibited and submitted to a Another few months of the pressure and prostra approving of the discontinuance of the allowance made to tion, under which we are now suffering, and the r ie nb r l e ie e t o rp e lg c t i Cal y cu t tta, which promises le to . imparthainheigohf the medical officers of districts Nas. 1 and 2in Toxteth- Moor e e e , e a ; distance of was, fi ( fle m en a m . iles, and further for the efficiency the r o ea y o entire nation will boil over in indignant anger present. The proposals the directors submitted would, he the 4 Hindoos. 11 churka great achievement—an ann‘aacehieve- park. An order was received for the election of a guardian against the incapable meddlers, and hand them trusted, meet with the serious consideration of the share- ment as important to India as the inventions of Arkwright for n Tc e xt m e t o h ti g n ar o k i I s q r t . h i e jl p o l y az i 4,f es M s, r ;. Sheppard, to 4e o s im ive n d s: over to the harmless amusement of holding peace holders. He believed the scheme was calculated to bene- were to Lancashire—has been accomplished by Mr. and Potts were appointed relieving officers for the three fit all parties, and begged the adoption of the propositions Mather. Mr. Mather, we believe, was formerly con congresses, or spouting at Athenaeum soirees. districts of Toxteth-park. A sub-committee was ap- That nected with Unquestionably the intelligent portion of the 7Piethdeiyrecs t t o o r o s d p . r o T ee h e e d r i e u s resolution was application o t u h e to effect, parliament, " then a resident an for engineeringsom em time in the't Liverpool. trietof Ti o f! veelviays pointed for carrying out the provisions of the Nuisances Removal Act. public, of all classes, would hail the advent to in the next session, and take such measures as they may in the north of the Madras presidency. . Docic CommirrEE.—The use of two plots of land on power of a soundly constitutional and Conserve- deem expedient to carry out the alteration of the corn- COURT or BANKRUPTCY.—On Tuesday, William Day the west side of the Brunswick Dock was or to tive Government with satisfaction, if not even with pan 's works p ro p ose d i n t h e not i ce ; an d th e reduction appeared on his last examination. The solicitor for the Messrs. Sharpies, Jones, and Co., and Messr g s. Duncan and alteration of the capital as contained in the proposals assignees said he had made an arrangement with Mr. Peil, delight. They perceive clearly that the country is and Ewing, at the rate of ls. 6d. per square yard, and to bmitted." a claimant on the estate, whereby Mr. Peil agreed to be given up at any time after the Ist. of July at a not safe in the hands of the present men or of any su Mr. BROWN, banker, of Glasgow, said that at first he receive from the assignees the sum of £6OO, and forego all men who hold their principles; and that ;heir policy had strong objections to the directors' proposals, but, further claim on his debt, which was £2,600 ; and that a month's notice. Mr Tobin : Do those parties pay' rates on their round—it is . a subject which the public at large is more likely to be directed towards the infliction after a conference with the chairman, he had seen their deed for this purpose had been prepared and executed by are anxious to get the fullest information upon ? Mr. of further injury than to provide a remedy for the policy in a different light.—Mr. Cochrane also expressed the assignees, bet that the bankrupt refused to sign. Bold said the tenants paid the poor rates. The Chair- Unless the bankrupt consented to sign the deed, he (the past. The attempted legislation of the last ses- a similar opinion. . . man : Our dock and harbour masters pay the local rates It was stated that the extension line to the docks had solicitor) should ask his Honour to commit him. It was on their lands, and:the tenants of the Dock Estate generally sion was aggressive throughout, and evinced an cost the sum of £300,000, which had been incurred at the added, that this arrangement would enable the assignees to obstinate perverseness, quite inconceivable with the instance of the Cheshire Junction Company; that pay the creditors fifteenshillings in the pound. His payed3itihra.t T t o h b e in v l at t e hi l nk o that perfec u t c l i yL. , i o g i l 3 i u t r .—llw ei a is s conduct of men willing to enquire after the truth. £371,182 had been paid on the Cheshire Junction shares, Honour, having looked over the deed, advised the bank- agreed that the Waterloo, Victoria, and Cobueg Docks conduct of men willing to enquire after the truth. £371,182 had been paid on the Cheshire Junction shares, Honour, having looked over the deed, advised the bank- should be run dry at the e next spr e i r n ia gqdes, to m g ake cer- Committee after committee was appointed to con- and £303,112 had been expended ; that £93,000 had been rupt to execute it, which he then did, after which he was fain rspairs which were necessary.—A letter was read eider and to receive evidence upon questions of expended on the works between Chester and Waryington. allowed to pass his examination. from Mr. M'Gowan, of Newton, county of Armagh, A very long and, at times, rather angry discussion then ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN A Docx BASIN. —An inquest vital interest to the public ; and in every case such took place, the principal speakers being Mr. Wills and was held on Saturda before the de ut -coroner, on view Ireland, requesting the committee to examine a. scheme questions were burked, the committees selected Mr. Webster, barrister, against the directors' proposals, of the body of John y Goforth. Deceased Py was upwards of of t h u i r L d whi - L he w which ' le a tt in r va c l o n n a c b l l u e de f d r w a i a t n h ag re u vessels st , when t With a party bias, or the evidence received was dis- and Mr. Mallaby and Mr. Jackson in their favour. seventy years of age, and had latterly been employed by should the committee e honour his plan with the7r a e pproval, torted to meet the views of the ultra Free-traders, M r . WILLS then moved his amendment, and wanted to his son-in-law, a young man named Wm. Stitt Jenkins, they would oLtain for him a patent in perpetuity. The Need we refer to the West India Committee, or to address the meeting, but . was met with the cries of " Vote, as a watchman of goods at the dock quays. On Thursday latter part of the document caused much laughter, and v m o e t n e t !' f ' o * r H o e w m er ov to ed r , ev ' is T e h t a h t e a eu ppl!c ts ati . on to bLmf i deg e o p w a o rl r ili cs - night last, deceased had to watch a quantit u y_o u f ft A er m e e a r l ign the Committee on Navigation ? Need we point to after a short conversation it was, as we understood, re disgraceful suppressions of evidence, and the apples on the quay of the Coburg Dock, d to the construction p of the line between p Chester and War- at the . hut of the quay watchman, he went out in the dark g , withholding of returns and correspondence, by ?;,,,,fon ~,. - un--. 4.1,..1- +1,6 —..f;.,- 1,......1:............1 4411 Q. ferred. pestions were burked, ti. .—.Aimittees selected - with a party bias, or the evidence received was dis torted to meet the views of the ultra Free-traders. Need we refer to the West India Committee, or to the Committee on Navigation ? Need we point to disgraceful suppressions of evidence, and the withholding of returns and correspondence, by members of the Government themselves ? We The remembrance of these infamies is -1 the public are becoming satisfied ~ne party, by whom they were urry us blindfold along the path, experienced only need not too recent of the intention of t , thus far, Mr. WILLS then moved his amendment, and wanted to address the meeting, but was met with the cries of " Vote, vote !"* He moved, `• That application be made to parlia ment for power to revise the capital ; to limit the works to the construction of the line between Chester and War rington or Moore ; that this meeting be adjourned till Sa turday, the 16th December; and that a committee be ap pointed, consisting of an equal number of the shareholders in each company, to investigate the accounts, and to re port as to reducing the capital in conformity with the works." Mr. GooDBER seconded the amendment. The CHAIRMAN put the amendmeat. Only six hands were held up for it, and the original proposals of the di rectors were carried with but the same number of dissen tients. The result was hailed with a cheer. A formal resolution, authorising the proceeding to par liament was then passed, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting broke up. * Printed slips of a squib on the directors' proposals were cast about the room by some indignant holder of Cheshire Junction shares, and evidently caused great annoyance to the speaker. MOST DANGEROUS PRACTICE-NARROW ES CAPE OF THREE PERSO., S FROM DROWNING. On Saturday evening, two accidents occurred at the Seacombe Slip, at the south end of the Prince's Pier, the result of which was very nearly fatal to three parties. It is the custom for the Dublin mail boat to come every evening, at half-past six o'clock, to the slip in question, or, at low water, to the small landing stage, to take in passengers and luggage, and to remain there until half past seven. Whilst there, of course, the passengers to and from Seacombe and Egremont have to scramble over her comparatively lofty deck, strewed with luggage and crowded with loaded porters, as best they may. This in convenience and danger is increased by the very inade quate provision made by the Dublin boat, in the shape of a gangway, which is a narrow slab, with a man-rope on only one side, and not a rib or step to enable the passen- At half-past six o'clock, on Saturday night, in crossing from the pier to the Seacombe boat, a respectable gen tleman, an inhabitant of Seacombe, slipped off the gang way in question, it being a wet night and the plank slippery. and was with very great difficulty got out of the water, almost insensible. A passenger by the next boat at seven o'clock—we believe a Liverpool gentleman— encountered the same accident ; and, at one time, his recovery was thought impossible, as he had got under the paddles of the Dublin boat. A respectable working man of Seacombe, whose name we understood to be Jennings, and whose manly conduct is worthy of all praise, went overboard to his assistance ; and it was with great exer tions that either the gentleman or his humane protector were saved. The confusion on board the boats during the immersion of the parties was indescribable ; and a strong tide running, with a heavy swell in the river, it is wonderful and most providential that fatal conseauences THE - WINTER ASSIZES.—At the assizes which Com mence here on the 9th proximo, there are indictments from Liverpool, Manchester, and Ashton-under-Lyne, against a great number of persons for conspiracy, unlawful assembling, sedition, &c. The Manchester chartist in dictment, as it is called, includes no fewer than 46 indivi duals ; that from Liverpool includes 4 ; and that from Ashton-under-Lyne, 34. Independently of these trials, hcwever, the criminal business at the approaching winter assizes is said to be heavy ; that from the borough of Manchester is quite as large as at any ordinary assizes. Intsn IMMIGRATION.—The select vestry have deter mined to adopt the most summary means for the imme diate removal back to their respective parishes, every native of Ireland whom they have reason to think are paupers. This course must inevitably entail severe suffer ing to the aged, the ailing, and to children, during the rigours of winter, but the wholesale deportation of these poor creatures by the union officers or landowners of that mismanaged country, leaves no alternative to the guar dians of the parish funds here. The number of deck passengers brought to this port by the Irish steamers, last week, is fully equal to that of the previous week. COTTON CLEANING IN INDlA.—There is reason to believe that an important success has been at last achieved in the enterprise of cotton cultivation in India. A me chanical invention has been exhibited and submitted to a public trial at Calcutta, which promises to impart a high degree of efficiency to the churka or cleansing machine of the Hindoos. This really great achievement—an achieve ment as important to India as the inventions of Arkwright were to Lancashire—has been accomplished by Mr. Mather. Mr. Mather, we believe, was formerly con nected with an engineering firm at Liverpool. He was then a resident for some time in the district of Tinevelly, in the north of the Madras presidency. COURT or BANKRUPTCY.—On Tuesday, William Day appeared on his last examination. The solicitor for the assignees said he had made an arrangement with Mr. Peil, a claimant on the estate, whereby Mr. Peil agreed to receive from the assignees the sum of £6OO, and forego all further claim on his debt, which was £2,600 ; and that .a deed for this purpose had been prepared and executed by the assignees, but that the bankrupt refused to sign. Unless the bankrupt consented to sign the deed, he (the solicitor) should ask his Honour to commit him. It was added, that this arrangement would enable the assignees to pay the creditors fifteen shillings in the pound. His Honour, having looked over the deed, advised the bank rupt to execute it, which he then did, after which he was allowed to pass his examination. ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN A DOCK BASIN.—An inquest was held on Saturday before the deputy-coroner, on view of the body of John Goforth. Deceased was upwards of seventy years of age, and had latterly been employed by his son-in-law, a young man named Wm. Stitt Jenkins, as a watchman of goods at the dock quays. On Thursday night last, deceased had to watch a quantity of American apples on the quay of the Coburg Dock, and after calling at the hut of the quay watchman, he went out in the dark, and by some means missed his way and fell into the dock, at a time when the water was very low. His body was found next morning on the strand near the dock. Blood flowed from the head,. and the probability was that he had fallen from the dock-gate bridge, when the tide was out. His skull was fractured at the base. SHIPWRECK, AND SINGULAR ESCAPE.—Captain W. Hampton, of the schooner Annie, of Poole, from Leg horn, at Dublin, states, in a letter to a firm in Liverpool, that, on the 4th instant, about 260 miles S.W. of Cape Clear, he fell in with a boat containing two men, the one dead and the other alive. He picked up the man who was alive, and let the boat with the dead man drift away. The man thus rescued proved to be Alexander Grant, the master of the Jockey schooner, of Leith, from Galatz, foundered on the 28th ultimo, and the captain had been exposed in the open boat from that day till he was rescued, without meat or drink. The schooner, it appears, sprung a leak about 150 miles S.W. of Cape Clear. Her pumps became choked, and as she was sinking, a Dutch brig bore down to her assistance. Three men jumped into the boat,, but the vessels came into collision, and one man was killed. SINGULAR FULFILMENT OF A DREAM.—On Thursday night the mother-in-law of the captain of the flat Lucie dreamed that her daughter fell overboard, and was drowned. Her anxiety was great on awaking ; and the next day she called repeatedly at the owner's office to inquire where the vessel was lying. She did not come down the river until the evening, when, on her arrival at the entrance of the Clarence Dock, the parents of the captain's wife went on board, and the mother, after communicating the incidents of her fearful dream, remarked that the place the vessel then occupied was the precise spot indicatedin her dream, and endeavoured to persuade her daughter-to leave the vessel. Failing in this, the parents went away, and before twenty minutes had elapsed the dream was literally fulfilled ; the unfortunate young woman, whonwas only twenty years of age, and but two months married, fell backwards into the river, was carried by the farce of the tide under some flats anchored ahead, and the body has not yet been found. THE WATER INQUIRY.—The Water Committee have instituted an inquiry into the allegations which hays been publicly made, respecting attempts on the part of-certain officials connected with the water works, to allow the water to run to waste, in order to further the Rivington Pike scheme. The Sub-Committee for conducting the enquiry, met on Tuesday, in the Board-room of the late Harrington Company, in Hotham-street. Mr. Morris, chairman of the Sub-Committee, presided, and there were also present, —Messrs. Nicol, (chairman of the Water Committee) Poole, Cooper, Danson, Harbord, Bennett, and Tinne. The-Town-clerk was in attendance, took notes of the evi dence, and asked a few questions. Several reporters were present, but they were requested to withdraw, until the course of proceeding was decided upon. It was ultimately resolved by the committee, that until the proceedings had terminated, no report should appear. Mr. James Mac donald, on the part of the allegationists, examined two witnesses, and the proceedings were adjourned. On Saturday and yesterday, the proceedings were again re sumed, but they are not likely to close for a day or two. Miss EMILY GRANT'S GRAND CONCERT.—We cannot omit calling the attention of our readers to the delightful treat to be afforded by the concert of this fascinating vo. calist, to be given at the Concert-hall this evening, under the special patronage of the officers of the garrison, who will honour the concert with their presence. To draw attention to Miss Grant's own merits as a highly educated artiste would be like endeavouring to add a perfume to the rose ;" as wherever she has been heard, whether in the metropolis or elsewhere, the leading musical journals have been so unanimous in her praise as to make her fame almost European as a sound musician, a distin guished vocalist, and an accomplished gentlewoman ; and whether in public or private life she has invariably com manded the respect and esteem of all. Independent of the officers, several of the most distinguished families of the town and neighbourhood are on the i eserved seats, including Lord Sefton, William Brown, Esq., M.P. Charles Scarisbrick, Esq., Scarisbrick -hall, Joseph Brooke Yates, Esq., William Rathbone, Esq., the Misses Yates, &c., &c. ; and, as Miss Grant has most liberally placed the prices within the reach of all parties, she well deserves an overflowing house. Independent of the other attrac tions, Miss Grant brings out a pupil, (a fellow towns woman, we hear,) and by general request sings her far-famed Highland Echo Song, which she has made exclusively her own, few venturing to attempt it after her. MYSTERIOUS POISONING OF SEVEN PERSONS.—One of the most singular and mysterious cases of poisoning that has ever come under our notice occurred on Friday, at the Old Swan, near this town. One of the children of the gardener to the Rev. J. A. Wilson, May-place, pur chased a half-pennyworth of common Spanish liquorice at a small shop in the village, and shared it with his seven brothers and sisters. Shortly after having eaten it, the e seized with the most urgent symptoms of poisoning : incessant vomiting, burning pain in the ..ion of the stomach, and eyes and forehead, which in tl I " whole seven Nvf ,wo of ae sufferers was accompamea Jy the appearance of spectral illusions, such as sometimes attend a highly excited state of the brain and circulation. Medical aid was immediately called in, which, for some time, appeared unavailing. Although the violence of the symptoms were considerably mitigated, excepting in one case, where the sufferer had violent vomiting of blood, the whole of the sufferers are, we understand, still in considerable danger. No effic;ent cause for these alarming effects has yet been discovered. Under present circumstances, no blame can attach to the vendor of the liquorice, as he doe 3 not manu facture it himself. It is unfortunate that none of the liquorice used by the children remains for examination. Some, however, purchased from the same person, is, we understand, about to be submitted to chemical analysis, when it is to be hoped some light will be thrown on this painful and mysterious case.—• Journal. A HARD CASE.—The Mercury mentions a case of ex treme hardship, in which the victim is a young captain of a vessel, who, while sitting writing in the cabin in the Prince's Dock recently, was waited upon by a respectable looking "shark," offering for sale cutlery and other ar ticles. The captain ordered goods to the extent of £lO, believing them to be good and cheap, and signed his name to that effect in an order-book which the vendor carried. In a day or two after, good) amounting to £7B were deli vered at the ship's side, and, on the captain's refusal to take them, as being contrary to the order, he was arrested on the trumped up debt, and is now a ruined man in Lan caster Castle. He states that forgery has been added to fraud. Twenty gross of steel pens had been swelled into two hundred gross, and fifty gross of lead pencils into five hundred gross, his original writing in the order-book having been made in figures, and not in words. The writer says,—" In vain I requested to have the goods taken back, referred to my £lO limit, to my complete and utter inability to raise £7B, &c. My signature was to the bond, and it was mere idle verbiage to "rail it off," parti cularly as we were battening down the batches, and it be came a good game to play to deprive the owners of their captain just as the vessel was on the point of sailing." The letter is well written, and the unhappy victim is evi dently a superior man. NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL. — The splendid structure in Salis bury-street, called " St. Francis Xavier's," is nearly completed, and will shortly be opened. The architect is Mr. Scholes, of London, and the work has been superintended by dr. Hildick, of this POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Tuesday last, at the Liverpool Police-court, no fewer than 25 shipmasters were fined ss. each for leaving their vessels without any shipkeepers. An old man, a discharged soldier. named Thomas Mur ney, was committed for trial, on Tuesday, at the Liver pool Police-court, for harbouring and concealing a deserter from the 4th regiment. William Blain, a lad only thirteen years of age, em ployed in the office of Messrs. Sh or th ouse an d Hadden, estate-agents, was committed, on Wednesday last, to take his trial at the sessions, for embezzling the moneys of, his employers. LOITERING wrea OMNIBUSES.—An omnibus driver, named John Parry, was fined ss. and costs, on Tuesday, for loitering with his omnibus at the Trafalgar Dock. He said, in defence, that he was employed by Mr. Radley, of the Adelphi Hotel,. to bring Lord Ashley and his family, who were expected fry one of the steam-boats, which.ap peared to be the fact ; but the offence lay in placing his vehicle in a place to annoy the public. Joseph Wade was also fined the same amount for allowing his omnibus- to loiter in Burlington -street. THE SMOKE /NFORMATIONS.—On Wednesday the in formation against Mr. Hardman Earle, for not consuming the smoke from his chimney in Oil-street, was again heard. It had been postponed from the 11th of October, in order to allow time for making some experiments with the furnaces. Mr. Grantham had, on the former occa sion, given it as- his opinion that the smoke had arisen from bad firing or. negligence ; but the result of the expe riments showed it to originate in the smoke-burner being out of order. Mr. Rushton, on this ground, refused to convict. Mr. Grantham said smoke-burners should be examined onee a week ; and it was understood that their being out of order was in future to form no excuse. A FORTUNE TELLER IN TROUBLE.—Wm. Wallace, a mute, was placed at the bar, on the charge of defrauding people by fortune-telling. Martha Lee said, " The pri soner has taken away both my character and my mother's." —Mr. Rushton Taken away your character ! What do you mean—by telling fortunes ?"—Witness : " A per son lost a pair of sheets, and he says that I took them, and gave them to my mother to pawn, and afterwards burnt the ticket. She has no other evidence o it but this, and she gave him three shillings to tell it to her." — Mr. Rushton :—" Well, but that woman is not here. It makes one quite ashamed that decent English people, with clothes on their backs and heads on their shoulders, should give a fellow like this three shillings for telling fortunes. Discharge him." TIMER POLICE OFFICERS SUSPENDED.—On Wednes day Daniel Myers, a ropemaker, complained of the con duct of officers numbered 605,631, and 634. Complainant stated that on Tuesday morning last, as he was passing along Prince's Park-road, to his work, the three officers were on the other side. One of them threw a stone at him,, and upon his remonstrating, two crossed to him, used opprobrious epithets, and assaulted him several times. Complainant said officer 605 was the man who struck him, but the other officers said 605 never crossed the road. The officers also denied throwing the stone or assaulting the man, who, they said, challenged them to go into the field to fight. Mr. Rushton said there had been very improper conduct on the part of the officers, and suspended them. EMBEZZLEMENT.—A respectable-looking young man, named Kyle, was charged pn Tuesday last at the police court, with having embezzletl certain sums from his em ployers, the Railway Company, at the Railway-office, in Lime-street. Mr. Mitchell, the head book-keeper, said he had missed money from time to time, and could not account for the deficiency, which, being under responsibi lities he was obliged to make up. Some items were found in the books which went to show that the prisoner had falsified several items, apparently with the view of appropriating the difference to himself. The prisoner had, however, given sureties, and these were not liable until a certain date. On a mature consider tion of the case. Mr. Rushton admitted the prisoner to bail, himself in a recognisance of £lOO, and two sureties in £3O each. WHOLESALE THEFT OF GUANO.--A well-dressed young man, of respectable appearance, named Samuel Roberts, was committed to trial, on the charge of having stolen 65 bags of guano, belonging to Messrs. Joseph My, rs awl Co. The guano had been carted from the Victoria DJ; 1, q•:ay, and transmitted by railway to Staf ford, to the aci, of Mr. John Dawson. It was traced by Bates, an active officer of the detective force. Mr. Dawson, to whom the guano was forwarded, stated in court, that in May last t le prisoner introduced himself ral Tar him as a dealer in guano transactions in the commo Messrs. Myers and Co. to take weights on the dock quays, and from letters found at his lodgings, it appeared that for a length of time he had been in the habit of making heavy remittances of guano to persons in different parts of the country. MARINE STORE DEALERS.—Our police magistfate appears to be determined—and properly so—to punish with severity all " marine store deal ers ," as they style themselves, who are found in possession of property for which they cannot account. On Thursday a police-officer in plain clothes observed a person enter the store of a person named Grant, a respectably-dressed young man. It appeared that about 8 cwt. of Indian corn had been taken to the store, and that it had that morning been claimed by a man named M'Gee, but that M'Gee was the owner or occupier of the store, and of others in the town. The magistrate said that he had no doubt but that the corn was the plunder of the poor wretches about the docks, who were induced by these dealers to commit depredations.—On the same day Mr. Rushton committed three other persons for trial at the sessions, for similar practices. In one case a quantity of copper nails had been stolen, and an attempt had been made to disfigure them by the action of fuel. They were, however, identi fied. WEALTHY PAUPER.-Mr. Latham, one of the re lieving officers for the West Derby Union, appeared be fore Mr. Rushton, on Friday, and made the following statement :—IIe said, pointing to an old man in the dock, William Harris has received relief from the township of Toxteth for the last eight months. Having received some information relative to him, when he came for his weekly allowance I searched him, and found £7 6s. 3d. on his person. He has been receiving from us during the whole period named two shillings per week, in addition to which he is in receipt of four shillings a week from the Trinity Hospital, and twelve shillings per quarter from the Trinity fund. When the old man first applied for relief, he repre sented himself as being too old to work, that he had lat terly been employed as a ship-keeper, but this resource had been withdrawn in consequence of his increasing years, that his wife was sick, and in a state of destitution. He was relieved : his wife died, and was buried at the ex pense of the parish. Regularly at the commencement of the quarter his case was brought before the board, and the relief received. Mr, Latham concluded by saying he had no doubt the old man had been employed during the whole time he was receiving relief, as he had been em. ployed as ship-keeper only the night previous : he was also supposed to have money in the bank. The old man had nothing to say in his defence, and the magistrate, who seemed at a loss what course to adopt, ordered him to be put down. TriE LIVERPOOL CURRENCY REFORM Asso- eIATION AND THE " ECONOMIST." On the 10th ult. the Liverpool Currency Reform Asso ciation addressed the following letter to the Economist : " ' (To the Editor of The Economist.) " Sir,—ln your last number, of the 7th instant, there appeared an article on Foreign Exchaages, in which you repeat your statement of the 7th May, that under a system of barter, the effect on prices, in the event of a bad har vest, would be the same as under our present sys tem of currency. In your reasoning to substantiate this doctrine it appears to us that you have committed the error of regarding gold as a mere commodity, overlooking the fact that the law has given to this metal the privilege of measuring the value of other articles. Thus gold has a double function to perform, that of a commodity, and that of money ; and as you make no allowance for the effect whicli an export of gold produces in consequence of its possessing the latter and more important function, it ap pears to us that the whole of your argument falls to the ground. At all events we find it very difficult to conceive that an equal value exported in the shape of iron, coals, or calicoes, or even railway and government securities, in payment of corn, would produce the same disorganising effects as result from a large export of gold, nor can we conceive that if it were reduced to a mere commodity like iron, the export of gold itself would cause the same dis turbing effects in the prices of other articles, which it now produces in consequence of its possessing its money function.' To this the Economist replied as follows, on the 4th in stant, and not before : " A little consideration will show that our correspon dents are confounding two entirely distinct and separate things. The fact that gold is fixed upon as the standard of value in this country, and silver in France, do not in any way alter the character of these articles as ordinary commodities ; nor does it interfere in any way with their fluctuations of intrinsic value, which is still regulated alone by supply and demand, the same as wheat or iron. The precious metal adopted as the standard mry rise or fall in value like all other commodities, the only difference being that the changes in its value are not expressed in the rela tion it bears to any other article, but by the relation which other articles bear to it. If gold were to become very scarce, and of more intrinsic value, that change would not be expressed by saying that 1 oz. of gold is now worth more wheat, but that a quarter of wheat is worth less gold (or money.) But the main reason why gold has been fixed upon as the standard is, that it is subject to those changes of intrinsic value less than any other article ; and, therefore, it is the best standard, though not a perfect and unalterable one. All other commodities are measures of each other at any one moment; but from their nature they are so rapidly changing in their intrinsic value, by variations in their supply and demand, that they would be wholly unfit to be adopted as a standard whereby value should be measured at different times. " Gold is never exported but as a commodity, nor until it becomes mere profitable to export than any other com modity. It is not correct to say that the export of gold is the cause of the disorganisation which arises from a bad harvest. It is, in fact, the means by which the evil is most easily met, and greater disorganisation prevented. Nor is it correct to say that in exporting gold the quan tity of money is lessened in the country. The gold ex ported is always taken from the reserves of the bank, or from the stocks of the Cambist, and not from the circu lation, which, in fact, generally is larger during a drain of bullion than in ordinary times. And if those resour ces are not sufficient to meet the demand, it is met by a greater reduction in the prices of other commodities to balance our foreign payments for grain. Still gold is never exported except when it is more profitable than anything else. If, instead of gold, or if at the commencement of a large import of grain we had no stock of gold, and there fore those imports had to be paid by other commodities — say iron, coal, or calicoes—what would be the reduction of prices to which we should have to submit in order to obtain the necessary quantity of corn ? It would certainly be much greater and much more sudden, than it is now by the use of gold. It must always be borne in mind that in those cases we have a large payment to make to foreign countries over and above their wants of our or dinary commodities of export. Under those circum stances, what extent of reduction in price would induce the shippers of wheat in Hamburg to buy iron, coals, or calicoes to such an additional extent at the time as would pay for such imports of corn as we received in 1847.?_ "But what our correspondents are confounding with the simple functions of gold as a commodity in the con sequences of its exportation, is the effect which it pro duces, owing to the existing extensive system of credits on which the business of the country is carried on. As gold is exported, thongh there may be no less currency or money in this country, yet the available loanable capital becomes less, and can only be obtained by the payment of a higher rate of interest. A greater degree of un certainty prevails as to whether it can be obtained in the necessary quantity to meet current engagements, and this fact induces all who have it to keep it in larger qpantities than usual to meet their own exigencies and contingen cies. But if in a state of barter a system of credits ex isted, that is, if extensive loans of commodities were constantly made, to be redeemable on a given day, with so much more for their use, what would take place if a deficient harvest caused a sudden exportation. of those commodities, on the usual supply of which all the com munity were relying for the payment of extensive en gagements, and without renewed loans of which they would be unable to carry on their business ? The truth is, that the derangement consequent on the export of gold is caused chiefly by the huge current, liabilities arising out of an extensive credit system, which are not only more difficult to be met, but to be renewed to the extent necessary for the mode of carrying en the busi ness of the country.. It is to this cause, that is. the great extent to which the system of credits exists in this coun try and the United States, that large exportations of bul lion lead to so much more disorganisation than it has usually done on the continent under similar circumstances. In England and France the precious metals are equally adopted as the standard of value, and the same principle of currency exactly is followed ; but in France, as com pared with England. the credit system exists to a much smaller extent, and while the trade of the country has made much less progress, yet, apart from political causes, it has never been exposed to the same severe derange ment as has oeen the case in England. The following excellent reply was then immediatel transmitted by the Association : " go the Editor of The Economist.) " SIR,—In reply to our communication dated the 10th ultimo, you say in your last number : " 'As gold is exported, though there may be no less currency or money in the country, yet the available loanable capital be comes less, and can only be obtained by the payment of a higher rate of interest. A greater degree of uncertainty pre vails as to whether it can be obtained in the neces sary quantity to meet current engagements: and this fact induces all those who have•it to keep it in larger quantities than usual, to meet their own exigencies and contingencies.' " This. exactly corroborate; our views, because, if the particular description of capital so exported did not pos sess the function of money, but consisted of a simple commodity, then we conceive that `the available loanable capital' would not ' become less,' and conseauentiv the 1 J same disorganising effects on credit and prices would not be produced. Even if the quantity of money in the hands oft le public should not be less during the drain of gold,' by your own admission money is " kept in larger quanti ties than usual by those who have it;' in other words, it is hoarded, in anticipation of the reserves being exhausted. Thus the circulation becomes paralysed, and panic is the " But the main characteristic of Sir Robert Peel's Bill being to cause a :reduction of circulation by the with drawal of bank notes when gold is abstracted, to say that ' the circulation is generally larger during a drain of bullion than in ordinary times,' is to say that the bill acts in versely. It is certain, however, that the reserve in the bank is to all intents a part of the circulation, and any ab straction, therefore, by any export of gold, produces the same effect as though it was taken from the hands of the public. Again, you. say is, if extensive loans of commodities were constantly made to be redeemable on a given day, with so much more for their use, what would be the derangement which would take place if ities, on the usu, ed a sudden exportation of those corn supply of which all the community wen .0 carry on N0v,,28, 184 g. EXTRAORDINARY ARRIVAL OF VESSELS AT LIVERPOOL DURING THE LAST WEEK.- SYMPTOMS OF IMPROVEMENT IN COM MERCE. We are indebted to the Liverpool Telegraph and Ship ping Gazette for some statistics, which will be interesting to our commercial readers, as showing a great increase of imports during the past week, indicating a revival of spe culation in the commercial world, if not an advent of more prosperous times than we have for many months enjoyed. To say the least, there appears to be an abundant supply in foreign lands of the principal staples of consumption in this country, whether for manufacture, or for food • and notwithstanding our monetary dep r e ss i on , th e holders appear to be contented to send us large portions of their stock in the hope of an adequate reversion, or something approaching towards it. _ - It is nexi'to impossible to state precisely the number of arrivals of vessels daily in our extensive port, for some obtain entrance into our docks on the same tide that brought them up channel, and others anchor in the river at various points, and may so remain for some days, before they can dock. There may therefore be a few missed, and a few reported twice by mistake. This, however, makes up about a balance ; and we may submit the following list as being nearly correct, of ocean-going vessels from dis tant foreign ports, of large tonnage : a • 0 0 Monday (yesterday week), reported arrivals Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday and Monday (inclusive, " We contend that, in such a case, the derangement would be felt only by those who had engagements to meet in the scarce commodities, and not by all the commu nity,' as it is highly improbable that all commodities would become scarce at one and the same time. But it only requires a little consideration' to perceive that a state of barter, conjointly with a system of credits, does actually exist; for gold being a commodity, engagements Total 187 We find that these vessels, chiefly from the United States, South America, the West India Islands, the East Indies, the Brazils. China, &c., average, (taking about 25 of them at random) about 580 tons, and they appear to have been fully laden with produce. These are irrespective of smaller vessels from the Mediterranean, and European ports, as well as of all coasters, sailing or steam, of which we have a constant accession day and night. The arrivals from foreign ports have been in fact from, it may be said, all parts of the world, and some of the cargoes of great value. The chief weight of the imports have been, Ist, Flour, Indian Corn, Corn Meal, and a large quaatity of Wheat; 2nd. Cotton ; 3rd, Sugar ; 4th, Tallow ; sth, American Cheese and Hams, and a large quantity of American Apples. The " Andrew Foster" brought 3,628 boxes of American cheese ; and the " Constitution" 2,926 boxes. payable therein amount to barter, with this important disadvantage, that the community is limited to the use of one:commodity only for the payment of their liabilities. " Your remarks, on the credit system only proves the danger and incompatibility of having A COMMODITY the measure of value ; and therefore either credit should be abolished, or a new and more stable measure of value adopted. " From your allusion to the small progress of the trade of France under a less extended system of credit. as com pared with that of England, we presume that you admit credit to be favourable to the development of the produc tive powers of a country ; and if so, that you will agree with us in the necessity of altering a system of currency which so seriously interferes with that development. " A desire to confine ourselves to the effects of an ex port of gold in its two functions of commodity and money, induces us to abstain from remarking on other parts of your article. We must observe, however, that it is not correct to say that `toe intrinsic value of gold is regu lated by supply and demand, the same as wheat or iron;' it is the market value which is so regulated." Liverpool, Nov. 8, 1848. The total amount of breadstuffs imported 'into Liver pool on Friday and Saturday comprises,—Wbeat, 12,223 qrs. ; Barley, 42 qrs. ; Oats, 2,214 qrs. ;; Beans, 5 qrs. ; Pease, 745 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 21,740 qrs. ;. Indian Corn Meal, 2,325• brls. ; Oatmeal, 1,570 loads; Flour, 1,184 sacks, 55,721 brls. The steam ship Europa alone brought I,3lB.barrels and 30 half-barrels- of American apples. The arrivals for the fortnight previous to the last week (noticed) were not very great, owing principally to the prevalence of easterly winds, which retarded some of the vessels in the chops of the channel. LECTURES ON EGYPT, &c.—OnThursday, the Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A., delivered the second of three lectures on this subject, at the Collegiate Institution, to a numer ous and highly-respectable audience. The lecturer gave some interesting details relative to the Desert, the R e d Sea, and the principal cities in that locality. with remarks on the manners, customs, and present state of the inha bitants. He also pointed out those places and objects which are connected with many of the leading events and scenes in Scripture History, and which have been made the subject of remark by commentators. The lecture was illustrated by views, maps, &c., produced by the magic lan tern, which were particularly striking and beautiful. What renders the lectures doubly interesting, is the fact that the lecturer has visited the various places he describes in this hitherto but partially explored portion of the globe. The next lecture on Thursday evening will be of a highly interesting character, being a description of the city of Jerusalem. The proceeds of the lectures, as our readers are aware, are to go to the Church of England School, SQ-. ciety. We rejoice to add, that the cotton market last week underwent a revival to something like olden times,- though not in prices. The demand was such that the daily sales amounted to about 8,000 bags, and the spinners took off during the week about 40,000 bags. We learn that the only cotton mill in this town is now employing more hands, and that generally in Manchester and other in terior districts ' there is a resuscitation to a certain extent, which gives promise of better things than have for along time been experiencedia the manufacturing districts, . lid not occur Considerable, and very natural indignation, we and stand, were expressed on board the two ferry boats—the Seacombe and Egremont,—at the dangerous nature of the arrangements by which these accidents were caused, and which are sufficient to alarm even those passengers who cannot reasonably be called timid. It was conceived, when we went to the serious expense of constructing the great landing-stage, that it would be the means of re- lieving the public from the danger of similar recurrences ; and we certainly cannot see why, in the winter months at least, when heavy seas are running, and considering that it is now dark when she st should not be relived from the inconvenience to their p sengers, and the risk of damage to the boats themselv( le regular ferry tonnage The boat in qm le the great landin, _ht surely have a berth tage for the short period she has in remain a the Pi' ?Loral ixtus. Mr. Alderman J. H. Turner has been appointed chair man of the Watch Committee, and Mr. James Parker On Thursday William Cole, of Birkenhead, passed his Mr. Commissioner Perry, without last examination before opposition - The screw-steamer Nautilus, Captain James Brown, from this port, arrived at Constantinople in 19 days 9 hours, including 50 hours' stoppages. This is the quickest ' passage yet made by a screw steamer to that port. On Thursday the Mayor gave his first official dinner. According to custom, the invitations for the first dinner were confined principally to the members of the council in, of the Liverpool Mechanics gain recommended for honours in erm (October examinations, at Trinity ( Within theTla everal of the Liverpool have been in search of a person named forgeries in this town BAPTISM BY IMMERSION permitted, rather than cot performed on Saturday, at SL by the Rev. W. W. Ewbank aL was conducted solemnly and imt rhis ceremony, which is remanded, by the rubric, was fleorge's Church, Everton, his curate. The service On Thursday the house of a gentleman residing in Bir kenhead, was stripped of nearly all the wearing apparel of the inmates. ,The supposed thief was the maid servant, since been heard of In the Livery of persons named Directory, the addresses and callings roes, occupy 849 lines ; those of 442 lines ; those of others, and those of others named others, named Smith, named Hughes, 326 line Williams, 517 lines. The Rev. William Henry Wright, minister of St. James's, Jersey, has been presented to the incumbency of Christ Church, Everton, consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Chester on the 30th ultimo. Patron, T. B. Horsfall, Esq., ex-mayor of Liverpool. On Thursday Patrick Murphy, a carpenter, was found dead in the hold of the ship Tuscar, lying in the Victoria Dock. He had gone into the hold for his jacket a short time previously, and it is supposed he must have fallen and received some injury which caused his death. MESSRS. BROUGIN BURLESQUE.—" The Isle," lately played and originally produced at our Amphi theatre, has been highly successful at the Adelphi Theatre, in London, where it was brought out with great splendour last Monday evening. All the papers speak in the highest possible terms of it. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Wednesday night, about six o'clock, as a Mr. Jones was going to Poulton Hall, near Bebbington, Rock Ferry, he was stopped by two men, who knocked him down and robbed him of a £lO note and Is. Several gentlemen in the neighbourhood, hearing of the robbery, went in search of the robbers, but without success. CONSEQUENCES OF INTEMPERANCE.—On Thursday, a " helper" in a livery stable, named Peter Crowley, was found dead in a horse midden, with his head in the water hole. He was occasionally employed about the stables of Mr. Stanley, coach proprietor, Roscoe-street, and on Thursday he had been sent with a fare to the steeple chase. When he returned he was in a state of intoxica tion, and went into the midden impelled by the calls of nature. A very- short time elapsed when be was brought out a corpse. practiced, to I upon which - - bitter suffering and loss ; and feel anxious above all things to be permitted to pause awhile and ,ely the reality of their posi- examine d Lion and its causes. - But we shall be asked—where are the materials for the construction of such a Government?—and ve shall be reminded that the old Conservative 3arty in Parliament is weakened by divisions, and nmon ground of cohesion ; P is no likelihood no longer possesses a cc that tl; . f agreement between cates fora protective the Peel policy. ion and ti We admit the obstinacy with which the .ormer cling to the doctrines, foisted upon their acceptance by the advocates of Free Trade; but .at we perceive a growing disposi 'on on the part of the latter to abate a little of 'qinal -nd not to rush at once to of their opponents. we fancy their 0: a violent reve In such a moderate and • judicious course- 1 -in the retracing of our steps, wherever a fairly conducted enquiry shews their operation to have been perni cious, and the boons so recklessly lavished upon other nations to have been met with no return— we feel confident that the majority of the British Vree Trade, would h coincide, if appealed to -e already at our com at the hi naand ection of our h honour and ma- , amongst the co Governm - ent and the country is fully prepared to In — estir of the constitutional there seems to be, in ing that the adhesion of the Peel section of the House, or a coalition, in which both parties must concede something, is in some sort a necessity. The acknowledged great )arty to form a e quarters. lea preva: administrative talent of placed in his hand would be promptly We beli( position e for fer )eing once more in power woi. restoration o Admittin confidence munit feel confide etween hi most import opinion. In pa attachment for his pet hobby, our system. It is tolerably well knoN views ; and in what is moment engaged reputation Of 'the Bank he onus of it sank Directc Dbiect of the se ,paration of the b artment, and acted as if no ob: !onstilt any intere of the Sr arehol s of theßaril appeared in the Mc of the B and his fi The first st( ment as we .onicle lical d and those from whom he has en; hopeless. Upon some Questions of the day Sir ins indisputably his , sent monetary hat the Morn- e exponent of his ,rnal at the present In attempting to patch up the 44, and to throw iisconduct of the who it says have mistaken the Lking from the ley were under is beyond those From a perusal ome restriction iscount market which press , must be a thorough ex mportant of all atnination of this, as the me vative questions involving our prospects as a nation ; and we are assured that it has not escaped the anxious consideration of several of those, from amongst )m such a government will have to be formed. b no longer be oyd or any other in examination h an ated to b nt the frat afford a . f protection to tfi and to restore tional industry, to a condition in which expenditure, will it will be adequate to meet o We cannot olvent state ; and ect before us of such an possibly - go on in our present there is little present prc , aced productivene as will res of our present Taxation It is probable, se enquiries. and of re us to solvencN too, that as the result of tt sound mea enabled to tern, which tion of ow But in ( enquiries .es founded upon them, we might be nit some portion of our Excise sys .esses most severely upon the condi- ing upon these, and other similar ent must free heinselves from the trammels in which they are at present held by the Board of Trade and other similar bodies. We must have some new and more honest blood infused into these manufactories of garbled statistical and other returns. We must see an end to the influence over them of the Fon blanques, the Wilsons, the Stephen's clique, and the politico-economical doctors ; and be permitted to learn facts, whether they bear in favor of their favourite systems or against them. a Conservative Goverr PILOTS' COMMISSIONERS.—O n Thursday a meeting was held in the council chamber, for the purpose of elect ing a pilots' commissioner, in the place of Mr. Benjamin Simpson, deceased. The Mayor presided. Mr. Jenkins, seconded by Mr,J. N. Wood, proposed Mr. W m . P o tt er ; nd be was elected without opposition. ration great leader - of that affairs of the country ore satisfactory ourselves th a such is hfs of resource, the fact of his tly contribute zst the com- afiaid that we lg capacity ; and 1 of a coalition, EfOtrtrt Attns. An explosion of fire damp took place on Wednesday last, at Strangeways colliery, Hindley, by which four men are said to have been killed, and others seriously injured. MANCHESTER PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. —The annual meeting of this important institution is an nounced to take place in the Town Hall on the 7th of next month. Dr. Cumming of London is to be present. On Monday week the stage coach running between> 111verston and Lancaster, became fixed in the sands ; the horses were loosed, the passengers carried out, and the coach left to be floated out next tide by means of some empty puncheons_ fastened to.it. On Friday, Edward John Gerrard, the infant son of Mr. Gerrard, grocer, Hindley;.was drown e d i n a mug o f buttermilk. The child was only about a year and a-hal old, and had been left for a short time playing in the shop. He was found with his- head down at the bottom of the mug, and his legs sticking up. A BEAST.—On Sunday week, a man named Dutton,_ at Stockport, died from excessive drinking. It appe a red that on Saturday night, he had undertaken to drink a dozen gills of ale in ten minutes, but after swallowing the eighth, he became so stupified as to be unable to com plete the wager, and was taken home. He resided alone in the house, and the next morning he was found a corpse LIRE AND Loss OE LIFIL—On Monday night, the house of James Crowther, in Irwell-street, Bacup, was discovered to be on fire. The premises were speedily consumed, and James Crowther, and his wife, Mary Crowther, the inmates of the house, were burnt to death, their bodies being shockingly. disfigured. The fire was caused by the ignition of some naptha which was kept in the upper part of the house. JOBBING ix JUSTICES.—The prevailing subject in Stockport is, the appointment of a batch of politica/ magistrates which has just been granted by the Lord unancelior to Air. uoppocic, tOB late town clerk, in spite of the town council, in defiance of the borough bench, and in utter contempt of the voices of the burgesses. through their local legislature, and the definite represen tations of the deputations sent to London on the subject.. Messrs. Thomas Labrey, Scholes, and Co., tea dealers,. Newell's Buildings, Manchester, have had for some time two Chinese young men, employed as counter-men, in which occupation, both are exceedingly attentive and active ; while their placid, quiet manners soon allay the apprehension which ladies often manifest at first, on be ing served by a " foreigner," and their docility and teach able dispositions have rendered them favourites. A Goon SIGN.—At the New Bailey, on Wednesday, there was not a single prisoner to be examined, nor a summons to be heard, nor an application made. W.hen Mr. Trafford took his seat at the usual time there were scarcely half-a-dozen persons in the court, and they were there from curiosity rather than business. On Monday. the whole of the business done was the hearing of an ap plication for a summons ; and yesterday the court was again almost empty, all that passed being the hearing of two or three applications for summonses.—Manchester Guardian. DEPLORABLE STATE OF THE NECV W The dAVERS.-1 late reduction of wages at Wigan together with the increa sed lengths of the warps that are now delivered out by some of the employers, has comparatively brought these weavers on a par with the out-door pauper. According to a statement of the weavers, some of their warps are 70 yards to a piece, for which they receive ss. 6d. for weav ing ; out of this they have to pay, if a journeyman, Is. for shop-room, 11d. for winding, 6d. for candle;, and 2d. for other materials : thus leaving the weaver 2s. lid. for his week's work. This is one cause of so much vagrancy at Wigan. TARVIN HALL SouooL.—On Friday week the pupils at this excellent establishment gave a concert for the benefit of the poor of the township. The Rev. Chancel lor Raikes presided on the occasion ; and at the close said that he had much gratification in expressing, on oehalf of himself and those present, their obligations to Mr. Brind ley for his praiseworthy endeavours in behalf of the des titute poor. He was sure all must feel pleased with the extremely interesting manner in which this Institution was conducted, and he trusted the Divine blessing would rest upon it that it might long continue to diffuse its ad vantages amongst the rising generation. BRUTAL ASSAULT AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Monday, a young man of the name of James Stockley was brought up before the magistrates at the Town-hall Wigan, on a charge of having committed, along with an• other person, a violent assault upon Nathan Talbot, a labourer on the new line of the Liverpool and Bury Rail way, and robbing him neckerchief, between 12 i-uuntenanee of the —..c that he had been severely „..0 eye being almost entirely swollen up, and had other severe cuts upon his face. The prisoner is committed for trial, and the next day another man was committed. -•-•• LLIVIIC V tobacco box, and dog muzzle, that morning and 1 oclock_ Prim, +1,,, A:. A. NOVEL UNDERTAKING AT CONGLETON. —Last Christmas, Messrs. William and Samuel Bull, silk throw ater-a, bought a large silk factory, forty yards long, nine yards wide, and four storeys high, which had been built upwards of twenty years. The upper story had been bent or jutted out by a strong wind soon after the factory was erected, so that the top of the front wall projected over the centre of the building fourteen inches. The brick work in the top storey being in some parts in a very decayed and dangerous state, induced the new proprietors to decide on lowering the factory one story. How this was to be effected required some consideration. To take off the roof, which was estimated to weigh fifty tons, and replace it on the third storey, would no t on ly b e ver y inconve nient and likely to injure the machinery in the lower rooms, but would cost an immense sum. This difficulty, hewever, was overcome by Thomas Shepley, an ingenious mechanic, who had long worked for Messrs. Bull. He undertook, with assistants, to take out the top storey and lower the roof, without removing it off the building. In the first place, be made two inclined planes, with four long planks on the edge, supported by poles outside the building, and had waggons to slide down the bricks, &c., the full waggons to pull the empty ones up by means of a rope and pulley. tie then lifted with long levers, alter nately, the beams which supported the roof, and sup ported them with small blocks of wood, whilst he lowered the walls one course of bricks at a time, so that the roof was gradually and . imperceptibly Lowered about eight feet to the top of the third storey, without the least accident occurring, or without the breaking of a single tile, or crack in the roof, to the astonishment of many who saw the work in progress, and of others who, although passing fre quently, had no idea of what was going on, so gradually was it brought to its resting place. When completed, people could scarcely " believe their own eyes," that so large a factory should have been reduced from four to three storeys, as though it had been effected by magic. MIRACULOUS RESTORATION OF HEALTH BY HaLO.• WAY'S PILLS !—Miss Ellen Knight, 36, Stanhope-street, Regent's-park, a young lady of the most delicate consti tution, had suffered for years from overftew—of bile and bad digestion, causing palpitation e&tlle heart, with great difficulty of breathing ; t; d v l 9ll-lhe least ascent, was im practicable : the best m cal advice had been obtained in London, Birmin m, France, and other places, but in vain; nor did e receive permanent relief until she took a course Holloway's inestimable Pills, and she is now by t • use enjoying the blessings of health that for 44z previ us eighteen years she had been a stranger to. 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