The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-02 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. INCONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECIEVING BOXES AT THE LIVERPOOL POST-OFFlCE. — Scarcely a week passes in which we do not receive complaints of the inconvenience sustained by parties posting late or foreign letters at the " unpaid," or rather paying windows of our Liverpool Post office. Two little pigeon -holes are all the accommodation provided inside for this departmen`, whilst, outside, parties— sometimes delicate females—must scramble amongst a host of saucy boys, who climb up the circular grating in front, and generally, when they have succeeded in posting their letters, slip down upon rho toes of those behind them. Many a coat tail is weekly damage; here, many a pocket picked, and many an important letter prevs , ‘ted being forwarded, when, from physical weakness, or a clisture to the clothes. destroying process to be gone through, persons foil in getting them posted in time. We cannot but think, that, in such a the,,Eost-office of Liverpool, a portion of these access to the windows migni.—&- The preseut inconveni..nt a ddition of a broad step and the rein., imuroved, by the grating in front, if even r architectural d TaL I:bility of opening one or two a dditional windows.the respondent WhO itudikAlNST THE BIBLE SOCIETY.—The t co a r- t ct . is, h all the important porti ons o f the Velle c i l t l igre diic informed sdy appeared in our paper. A Pooa BOY BEGGING.—J. C. complains, and no doubt justly, of the unfeeling conduct of a shopman in Byrom-street to a poor little boy who asked for charitable assistance at the door; but we have no legitimate power to interfere with in dividuals who, in such instances, are free to give or to with. hold as they may think proper, —especially as the act of beg ging is in itself illegal. Our correspondent shewed his kind ness of heart by himself giving the required aid—another proof that " God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb." "THOUGHTS ON TazES."—These lines evince the amiable feel ing and good sense of the author ; but they are scarcely suffi ciently accurate in versification to abide the ordeal of publi cation. Ebt iLtberpool gPtanDarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1844. The state of parties in the legislature at this mo ment presents for our consideration one of the most singular anomalies ever witnessed in any country. Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham, in the one house, and the Duke of Wellington in the other, virtually sway the destinies of this country, the le gislative bodies having been converted into the mere instruments of their will, recording determi nations with which they are absolutely forbidden to interfere. And in what consists the power which enables these statesmen to assume and hold such a position ? Ministers have in neither house a large body of sympathising and trusting friends, acting with them from motives of affection for their persons and character, and confidence in their general po licy. On the contrary, no ministry perhaps was ever so weak in this respect, and commanded so little the enthusiasm and love of those who, never theless, are constrained to their support. Upon some vital principle they are at issue with every section of their friends, and upon none are they united with all. Upon the questions of Education, Church Extension, Factories Regulation, the New Poor-law, and some other questions of importance, their views are most unpalatable to the majority of those through whose influence they hold place and power ; and yet with respect to no questions are they more decided and dictatorial, and we may add more omnipotent, than with respect to these, in which they are supported only by enemies or con strained and disgusted friends. It is not then its popularity out of doors, or the confidence which it enjoys within the walls of Par liament, which constitutes the strength of Sir Robert Peel's ministry, and enables it to dictate its measures to all parties, and in contempt of all. No ministry, we repeat, ever enjoyed less general popu larity, or less of the confidence of Parliament, than this ministry does. We much question, indeed, whether, if it can be said to enjoy popularity and confidence at all, these do not flow in a greater mea sure from the "liberal" and destructive party than from Conservatives. By what means, or upon what principle, then, is it that Sir Robert is able to wield the baton of office so proudly, and surmount diffi culties and opposition with such apparent ease and success ? How is it, above all, that humbled, de jected, down-looking Conservatism walks chained and crouching at his heels, through whatever de gradation he chooses to impose upon its head ? What is the influence which has converted all the flourish of lofty principle and unbending consis tency and patriotism, lately so rife upon every bust ngs, into this abjectness of slavery ? The influence of fear upon Conservative breasts, stronger than principle —strong as selfishness itself! Sir Robert has but to glance—with that peculiar and meaning look which he so well knows how to use—tow Irds those benches where sit the determined Cobden and his enthusiastic supporters, and country gentlemen are ready at the hint to sacrifice independent action, to fly in the face of recorded opinions and even pledges, and to say "aye" to whatever the minister chooses to dictate as the price of his forbearance. If a body of Conservative members are anxious to snatch from some meditated infliction the West India or any other interest, the minister has but to point significantly to a continuation of the income tax, or to hint at retirement to a private station, and the object of their anxious care is resigned, with grumbling perhaps, but still resigned, to be dealt with at his pleasure. And if upon some measure of concession or expediency the demand upon the obedience of his usual friends be too great to be at once submitted to, we see forthwith from amongst the opposing ranks, a tender of support gleefully held out, to to enable Sir Robert Peel and his evil genius, who holds the seals of the Home-office, to defy and override the honest opinions of the few of their party who dare be honest. This is a painful picture to contemplate; but it is one which the Conservatives throughout the empire must contemplate boldly and at once, or they are lost. A Conservative government acting upon Whig principles—is this the thing for which we have fought so long and so stoutly ? It is not. This is not such a government as that which we hoped to set up when we drove from office the late incapable administration. This is not such a government as that for whose maintenance in office and in useful ness we submitted to the imposition of an income tax, and to the sacrifice or temporary forbearance in the assertion of principles ever held to be a por tion of the character of Conservatism. But why do we urge the contemplation of truths so painful ? Not surely without some effort in view to repair the evil. On the contrary, we feel that such an effort is necessary and is within our reach. Once more, and earnestly, we must apply ourselves to the registries, and strengthen ourselves there, that when an appeal to the country is made —and that cannot be far dis tant—we may have at our disposal such an array of strength as will enable us to select, with a determi nation not to be deceived or cajoled, honest and faithful representatives of our opinions ; and be spared the indignity of returning the pledged sup porters of this or that, or any ministry, which des pises and boastfully sets itself above public opinion. Let every man, who has a c l a i m t o b e put upon t h e register, see now that his name is placed there. Let every Conservative bear in mind and act upon the injunction of one who knew well its importance— let every Conservative who wishes for truly Con servative policy. " REGISTER-REGISTER -REGISTER !" •••••0MMgmm........... We have given elsewhere an analysis of the pro visions of the measure recently brought i n by Mr. W. E. Gladstone for the regulation of railways. Its importance will readily be admitted, when the vast interests which it is calculated to interfere with are considered; and we, therefore, offer no apology for bestciwing a few remarks upon the subject. We cannot, however strongly impressed in favour of the railway system, and recognizing the right to something like inviolability of the property em barked in it, bring ourselves to believe that this bill is to he denounced with the violence and bitterness of tone displayed by some of our contemporaries. We cannot, for instance, bring ourselves to believe, with the Railway Times, that it is entitled to be called the " Railway Plunder Bill ;" or that it is one "invading the legal rights of railway companies— interfering with their property—assuming over them the most extensive, intrusive, and offensive powers." A little arbitrary, perhaps, it may be, as are all such interferences with property, nearly every clause in an improvementbill,inadelledparis liamentary regulations of fees, &c. —as, every alteration of the standing orders of either p r im of parliament applicable to railway or other than sonAgt It certainly does go a little further in a direction lag; but, we contend, it goes only what, to some extent, - pointed out, and provides ner a proper regard for the interes, ative e moreover, what has been in manytly h called for by cae public, and, to be provided already by th e legislature,q ttempted successfully evaded by r a il way compan i es. .igh Let any dispassionate man glance over the clauses of our existing railway bills, and say whether he can entertain any doubt of the intention of the legisla ture, at the time of their being passed, to restrain ex orbitant charges and to keep down profits of work ing to a legitimate level. For what are maximum scales of toll laid down but to insure such a result ? For what are clauses inserted enabling parties, other than the companies themselves, to put locomotives and carriages upon the various lines, under given conditions of remuneration and regulation ? True, these clauses have been rendered null by parlia mentary omission, or undue and improper evasions of their spirit and meaning on the part of railway proprietors; but they serve, still, to show that the governments who passed such bills did not mean to promote permanent monopolies; and, if this could I have been considered at all doubtful, the direct re strictions imposed in sonic cases to the payment of dividends of more than ten per cent. (which are got rid of by the creation of new shares upon which only a small per centage of capital is paid up) should be perfectly conclusive upon the matter. It is contended, however, and most strongly by our contemporary, the Railway Times, that govern ment has no right to step in, in the way proposed, between the monopolies which have grown up, by evasion of the spirit of acts of parliament, and the public, who are onerously subjected to the arbitrary exercise of their powers, unless it is prepared to "protect their property against destructive compe tition." In other words, our contemporary, in be half of existing companies, says, "protect us against the competition of rival lines —render our monopoly, to a certain extent, a permanent monopoly, and you may regulate our fares and compel us to increass the scale of accommodation to be afforded to the public." The unreasonableness of the demand is palpable. In the first instance, government only asks for the power of interference with railways pay ing above ten per cent. Where, then, can be the great injury ? But it is absurd to contend that a future railway enterprise is to cease in order to pro, tect existing lines in their ten per cent. remunera. tion. No government can give —no governmen t ought to be asked to give —a guarantee so improvi- dent and unjust to public interests. Against many of the clauses of the proposed bill we feel that serious objections may lie—especially against that clause which allows to Government compulsory powers of purchasing, and themselves working, any line or lines ; that, in fact, few of them are scarcely sufficiently matured; and we regret, therefore, that they should have been proposed at so late a period of the session. To Romp nf flip'', however, we must give our cordial support; and particularly to that which insists upon accommoda. tion being provided for third-class passengers—for the poor—and that such accommodation should not be of the paltry character afforded upon some lines, but carriages with seats, and containing sufficien covering from the weather. We want this much upon a line very near our own locality; and for the sake of the true interests of the proprietors of that line, and of the public, we would urge upon the former, without waiting for the probable necessity under which they may be placed, to adopt the hint, and thus obviate the possibility of the projection 01 • " ' • some injuriously competing scheme. When that particularly discreet and modest indi vidual, Mr. William Rathbone, on a recent occasion, was not the occupant of the chair, at a meeting called to sympathise with the convicted conspirators, Daniel O'Connell and others, having previously oc cupied a similar position at a meeting held to pro test against the then pending trial, we gave him credit for something very like a spontaneous return to a sense of what was becoming in a man invested with the responsible duties of the magisterial bench. But we knew not hitherto whether such were really the motive or not. The fate, however, it now appears, which has just befallen a Mr. Cornelius O'Brien, like William Rathbone, not a repealer, but who, un like William, attended such a meeting as that lately held at the Liverpool Amphitheatre, had " cast its shadows before, " and illumined the mind of our own Solon. Mr. Cornelius O'Brien couldn't take a hint; William Rathbone could and did : and, as the result, the said Cor nelius no longer writes J. P. after his name. and bustles in all the pomp of magisterial authority, whilst his wiser brother of the bench of Liverpool can still occupy his usual seat in the Sessions house, with the duties and dignities thereunto attached. The awful fiat of Henry Sugden's secre tary has extinguished Cornelius, whilst 'William still blooms and shines with undimmed beauty and re splendence. Unhappy Cornelius—fortunate Wil liam—more fortunate Liverpool for whom he is still spared! THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The business at the Stock-Exchange, to-day was extremely limited, and prices had a tendency downwards. In the case of the English securities the flatness of the market was occa sioned by the appearance of an influential broker, who was supposed to be a seller. Consols for the account left off 98Z to 1 ; Bank Stock, 1971 to 1981; Three per Cents. Reduced 994 to 1. ; Three-and• a-half per Cents Reduced. 1024 to 4; Long Annuities, 121; India Bonds, 91s. to 965, premium ; and Exchequer-bills, 735. to 755. premium. In the foreign market there was no particular feature. Dealings were much restricted, and values were drooping. Spanish Three per Cents. closed 34/ to ; ; the Five per Cents, 221 to 1. ; Portuguese Converted, 461 to 471 ; Peruvian, 261 to 271; Mexican, 35 to 4; the Deferred, 15 to 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 611 to 624 ; the Five per Cents., 1001 to 1; Danish, 88 to 89 ; Colum bian, 131 to t ; Chilian, 103 to 105 ; Buenos Ayres, 35 to 36 ; Brazilian, 82 to 83 ; and Belgian, 1021 to 1031 ; EXPECTED VISIT OF THE KING OF SAXONY TO LI. VERPOOL.—The Mayor has received intimation that his Majesty, the King of Saxony, intends to honour Liverpool with a visit on his journey through England and Wales. His Worship has in consequence been in hourly ex pectation of the Royal visit since Saturday ; but up to the arrival of the latest train lass night his Majesty had not made his appearance. The King was at Cambridge on Thursday, and at Oxford on Friday ; and on Saturday morning he proceeded to Blenneim near Woodstock, the seat of the Earl of Marlbo r o ug h, Aere, we believe, he is at present. His visits to the provinces have been strictly private. He travels under the name of the Graf Von Hohenstein •' and his suite consists:of Baron de Gersdoff, the Saxon Minister resident in London, Baron de his Majesty. The Mayor has forwarded a communica tion to his Majesty's private secretary, respectfully requesting p o g v e t o r be ol i ; n afonrdmaend answerwhen the is e x ßoyal pect e d visit ths will be paidremorn ing.guetoL We believe it i s hi s worship's intention to give a handsome dejeune at the Town Hall on • the approaching occasion. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LIVEIIPOOL DOCK BILL This bill, which will confrr so great a boor upon the commerce of the port, passed the Committee of the Lords on Saturday last. The committee was compcsed of the following noblernm : Chairman,--The Earl of Chichester. Earl of Dartmouth, Earl Somers, I Lord Saltoun, Lord LiHord. The principal witnesses examined in favour g the bill were Mr. J. Bromley-Moore, Mr. Geo. Kerdall, Mr: Askew, Mr. Garniss, Mr. M'Bride, Mr. Chat:non, Mr. Samuel Holcne, Mr. Weightman, Mr. Jno. Stmart, Mr. Withers, and Mr. J. Hartley. Their testimon! went to show the great want of dock extension, the desiableness of the sites chosen not only for the steam trod,: but also for the further accommodation of the timber Vide at the south, so as to leave the Brunswick and Cobug Docks more at liberty for the general trade of the port—the sufficiency of the surplus revenue of the dock estate to pay all the interest of the required capital, even upposing that no increase of the dock dues should tae place. They also corroborated the estimates of constrution, and proved the rea , onableness of the price to be pad for the sites, both to the Corporation of Liverpool andthe Har rington Company. The opponents of the bill consisted of Mr. _Merman Evans, who played the nart of primo buffo, ht whom Mr. Talbot characterised as " not possessing tlxconcen• tration of all the commercial wisdom of Liverpol," and Mr. George Holt, who was examined before thrommit ehee, a H n a d rr w in as g • o f further extension, but which he state: he h a d in t p o a n tie p n u t r ly ch p a e s r e m , a it u te h d ou to gh fir h e e h;s ad p al op lt g td, 9 ,t a h g e at n n e s_t The committeehowever, --‘ in another place. to e ld ye h A i o k and worthyM r, upon Thos. Ripley were ais.. of those gentlemenl-resent as bottle holder: but nei thern that room his duty was tckeep his friend the Alderman (till Novel:m.oe next) engagi the at. wool alone. tention of the committee for above two hour, and no symptom of impatience could restrain him fromacking a M e examined. co ine d James. long speech to all his answers to questions, whit he did, as he averred, " by way of explanation." Mr. Austin declined to cross-examine Mr. Eves, who, in the course of his long speeches, had avowed sat " if docks with warehouses had to be made at Garton, he would prefer them to docks without warehouse any where in Liverpool." Mr. Austin summed up the whole in one of to most masterly and convincing speeches we ever herd, and which was admitted by all to be one of his most ble and happy efforts. He used the scourge to Mr. Evas with I most unsparing severity—made more laceratingby the sarcastic compliments which he paid to " his enthsiastic penetration !" In one part of his speech, in comienting on the worthy alderman's observation that " rurality" was in favour of dock warehouses, he designatd Mr. Evans as his "learned friend," and the following inter lude took place : Mr. EVANS (with great emphasis).—Not your earned friend, but your ignorant friend, if you please, Sir. Mr. AUSTIN.—My Lords, I would not for theworld call Mr. Evans my ignorant friend ; but, with he per mission, I will alter the phrase and designate hint if he likes it b tter, my enthusiastic but mistaken fiend. (Loud laughter in all parts of the room.) Mr. Austin proceeded to shew that the proposiion of Mr. Evans to erect warehouses around the dock ;lays, would be a breach of the solemn contract enters into with the public by the act of 1841, and that no fgther warehouses ought, under that arrangement, to be )uilt, until the whole of the Albert Dock warehouses hacbeen ( rested, and the experiment fairly tried; that the opposi tion had been carefully concealed before the commitee of the commons, and that it had not then been brosched until the case of the promoters bad been closed, so that no opportunity was given to rebut the assertions of Mr. Evans and Mr. Holt by substantial evidence, aid he called upon their lordships not to countenance sub an attempt to trick the owners of property in Liverpoo, on the mere assertions of two gentlemen carried swat by their enthusiasm, and determined to ride their hoboes; and he finally declared, that, according to the standing orders of both houses, the adoption of Mr. Evans' news wculd be to risk the fate of the whole bill. The nom was then ordered to be cleared, and after a deliberation of about half an hour, the public were re-admitted, and the noble chairman declared their unanimous decision to be—that the Liverpool dock bill, as it then stood, wih a few verbal alterations suggested by the promoters, shculd be reported to the house, Pnd that the committee wculd not consent to the introduction of any clause for the enc. tion of additional warehouses on the dock quays. Yesterday, we understand, the committee would com mence going through the clauses, provided Lord Chiches ter, the chairman, who, with Lord Stradbroke, chairman of the Birkenhead d oc k bill, was supeenaed to attend upon a trial in a court of law, could get released in time to take his place ; and the bill may now be expected to pass in all its integrity. We may remark, however. that the unwise opposition of Mr. Alderman Evans, and the minority of the Dock Committee, will probably add several thousand pounds to the parliamentary expenses of the measure, a circumstance which, we trust, will be remembered by the Council of Liverpool in November, when the first-named gentleman will have to present himself for re-election alderman. PREVENTION OF SMOKE.—In another part of our paper ; is a paragraph announcing the introduction of a bill into the House of Commons for the prevention of smoke. This measure, materially affecting manufacturers using an Sii i~le oinin t ot, L "aci . 's - taiitis t ieCiiiiii i iited for Wednesday next. We understand a print of the bill is at the Town_ clerk's-office for the inspection of parties concerned. No time ought to be lost if any alteration in ihe bill is desired. ORDINATION.—On Sunday last, the Right Reverend the Bishop of Kildare, (by permission of the Bishop o Chester,) admitted into Holy Orders, Moses Margof lionth, of this 'town, a learned Hebrew, the author of " Modern Judaism Investigated," and " Israel's Ordi— nances Examined." Mr. Margolionth is ordained to Dr. Tattershall's curacy, and in a town with so large a Jewish population as Liverpool, a wide field of usefulness (for which he is eminently qualified) opens before him. This he has every disposition to cultivate, and, conse quently, it is intended to revive the weekly Jewish ser vice in this town. Mr. Margolionth has also undertaken the editorship of a monthly Jewish periodical, " The Star of Jacob," and his learning, industry, and research will also be taxed to the utmost, in the translation of the Babylonian Talmud, which he is pursuing with an ardour, true genius, and sincerity could alone inspire. Margo lionth is the fourth Jew admitted into holy orders by the Lord Bishop of Kildare. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The grand summer fete at these gardens, on Mondays and Fridays, continues to become more and more attractive on each representation. The Temples of Ellora and the Caves of Kylas, those wonders of the East, are beautifully and faithfully de picted; and an impressive idea of a Hindoo Festival, in which the Goddess Kyles floats from her magnificent abode upon a throne of fire, is conveyed to the astonished spectators, amidst a characteristic mete of water and aerial fireworks. The view of the caves, mountains, &c., even before the firing takes place, is very beautiful, — particularly in the dusk of the evening, when the pictorial illusion is more perfect than in the broad light of day, and the apparent " distaw;e lends enchantment to the view." The centrifugal railway is another object of at traction; and a sight of the gardens themselves, with their diversity of surface, fine shrubberies, and collections of rare and wonderful animals in their peculiar and ro mantically-contrived dwellings and locations, is itself worth more than the admission-money for the whole spectacle. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest was yester day held before P. F. Curry, Esq., the borough coroner. on view of the body cf Joh n right, aged 36 or 37, a fisherman, belonging the smack Arrow, of this port. Samuel Biddy, one of the crew, said that the vessel left Port Rush, in Ireland, on Friday night last, for Liverpool. Deceased was then quite well. Oa Saturday night, about nine o'clock, while the vessel was in St. George's Chan nel, about ten miles outside the N.W. lightship, de ceased went down into the cabin for his tobacco-pouch, and was then quite well and hearty. He came on deck directly after, and then said, " Oh, dear, how dizzy my head is," and leaned on the side, and died immediately. The vessel arrived at Liverpool on Sunday morning, and the deceased was taken on shore, and conveyed to the house where he resided in Charter-street. The master of the smack said that when called up to see the deceased he found him on the deck quite insensible, and that he only breathed twice and then died. He was never heard to complain of anything ailing him. Although there can be little doubt but death was caused from apoplexy, the jury could not come to a decision until a post mortem ex amination had taken place, and the inquest was accord ingly adjourned until this day. SALE OF SHARES IN THE LIVERPOOL NEW GAS AND COKE COMPANY.—A sale, by public anction, of the shares recently created in the New Gas and Coke Com pany, in compliance with the p rov i s i ons of the act ob tained last session, took place at the Clarendon rooms yesterday. Mr. Thomas Branch was the auctioneer, and there was a large attendance, amongst whom we observed many of the directors of the company and a number of shareholders. The sale consisted of 330 shares of £25 each, which were divided into eighty-two lots of four shares each, and one lot of two shares, making eighty. three lots in all ; and Mr. J. B. Lloyd, law-clerk to the company, stated that all the lots, except the last, repre sented £lOO in the capital stock, and the biddings, which would be not less than XI each, or ss. per share, would be for the premium. Mr. Branch then read the condi tions of sale, which differed in nothing from those at other auctions, except that the duty would be paid, not by the purchasers but by the company. In the sharebrokers' list of that morning, Mr. Branch remarked that the shares were at £ll2 premium. The sale then commenced. The biddings for the first lot commenced at £5O; in a few seconds they rose to £lOO, and eventually the lot was knocked down to the Rev. Thomas Woodward at £lO6. The second lot commenced at £lO5, at which sum it fell to the same purchaser. Lot 3 commenced at £lOO, and was bought by Mr. Parsons for £103; the same party also bought the two succeeding lots at the same price. Mr. E. Arnaud bought lot 6 for £103; and Mr. Parsons se cured Nos. 7,8, and 9 for the same amount. Mr. Alder man Houghton bought No. 10, and the four following lots fell to Mr. Parsons, at £lO3. The price then rose to £lO4, at which Mr. Williams, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Parsons bought the next 22 lots. The next three were knocked down at £lO5, Mr. Gerard, of Oldhall_st ree t , b e i ng the purchaser of two. The 33 fol lowing lots brought £lO4 eac h, c hi e fl y among b uyers on commission. Lot 72 was bought by Mr. Thos. Stafford, of Regent-street, at £lO5 ; and the remaining part, with one or two exceptions, brought the same price. The last lot, consisting of two shares, was sold for fifty guineas. The biddings on the whole were animated, and the prices seemed to give satisfaction. The sale occupied less than an hour. BIRKENHEAD DOCK BILL. The Committee of the House of Lords on this bill met on Wednesday, at eleven o'clock, the Earl of Stradbroke in the chair. There were present the Earl of Aylcsford, the Earl of Ilehester, Lord Londes, and Lord Bateman. Mr. Cockburn. Mr. Hildyard , and Mr. Webster appeared in support of the bill; Mr. Austin and Mr. Bellasis for the Liverpool Dock Trustees ; and Mr. Loundes for some other parties. Mr. Cockburn stated the case of the promoters of the bill, but adduced little or nothing that had not before been advanced in the House of Commons. He stated the in crease of the shipping during the last 10 years to be great, the tonnage in 1833 being 1,590,461, while in 1843 it was 2,445,278 tons. He contended that dock accommodation at Liverpool was inadequate to the trade ; that much time was lost from vessels laying before they could be docked, the docks being entirely full for months and days during the year. Vessels, too, could dock at Liverpool only at a certain time of the tide, for about two hours and a quarter, and vessels drawing 16 feet of water could not enter at high water several times in the year. A bill had been brought in by the Dock Trustees to remedy the evil, by the construction of 41 acres of additional dock room ; but this would accommodate only the steam and lumber traders and give nothing like the accommodation which the present bill would afford. He then noticed what was proposed to be done at Wallasey Pool—a 38 acre tidal basin—a sea-wall from Seacombe ferry to Woodside ferry, wharfage, &c. Steamers might enter the basin at all times of the tide, and there would be a basin for coasters, and about 16 acres of beaching room. The coasters would have nothing to pay for coming in, but a small charge if they remained above four days, or eight tides. The Birkenhead Commissioners, in whom the works would be vested, proposed to take £400,000 for their con struction, which was approved of by the Lords of the Ad miralty and the Conservators of the Mersey. He then referred to the Corporation disposing of the land for the purposes of docks, and on the following day petitioning against the bill. There were several important petitions in favour of the bill, and he trusted their Lordships, on hearing the evidence, would decide in its favour. Mr. W. Potter was then examined. He stated that the want of dock accommodation in Liverpool had long been complained of, and that a number of vessels were detained in the river during the last month, the car goes ofwhich were valued ataboveXl,ooo,ooo. Inthecourse of two periods of 13 years the trade had doubled, and the regular tonnage was about one-eighth of that of the whole kingdom. He went on to describe the sales of land on the pool by the Liverpool Corporation. Witness had bought some at 16s. a yard. About four-fifths of the land was sold by the Corporation after the bill was before Par liament. He should not have purchased butjor the pros. pect of docks being made. A river-wall was to be built on part of the land, which would convert the land into quays, with good warehouses behind, so that the insurance, now very high in Liverpool, would be reduced. The Clarence, Waterloo, Victoria, and Trafalgar docks cost £26,000 per acre of water,—the Brunswick dock £27,000. The docks now in course of construction would cost £37,000 per acre.—On cross-examination he said he was not aware when he bought the land that the Liverpool Corporation would not consent to the damning up of Wallasey Pool. If cotton warehouses were erected on the Wallasey side, the cotton that goes to Manchester would be conveyed by flats, via Runcorn, as easily as from Liverpool. There was no provision in the bill for making graving docks at Birkenhead, but there was nothing to prevent their being made. The shore opposite Wallasey Pool was not convenient for large vessels. He had never seen 50 coasting vessels laying at the beaching ground. He had seen some landing stone. They were from 50 to 130 tons burthen, and it was proposed to accommodate them in the ten. acre basin.—On re-examination he said he did not think the measure would extinguish Liverpool. (A laugh.) There was room enough for another Liver pool on the opposite side. Many of th leading merchants of Liverpool were in favour of the measure, and had signed the petition for it. He admitted that many respec table parties had petitioned against it. Mr. Rendal was then examined. He said he had been employed to survey the pool in June and July, an d h a d presented a plan which would effect the greatest a mount of accommodation to the port that circumstances would allow. Plans, sections, and borings were carried out without secrecy. Altogether they could make 206 acres of water convenience. The high water width at Egremont ferry was 4030 feet, at Seacombe 3060, at Wallasey, when their works would be made, it would be 3350, at Woodside ferry 3500, and at Tranmere ferry 4800. The projected wall would improve the navigation of the harbour and the course of the river, and would be one of the greatest im provements of which the estuary of the Mersey is capable. The length of shore within the dam, on either side, was four and a half miles. The length of the pool was, of course, half that. The land was eligible for commercial purposes at a small comparative cost. He had no doubt but the pool was silting up. The water at the Cheshire shore was deeper than the Liverpool side, and was the most favourable for docks, and a deep water basin. The Committee then adjourned. On Friday the Committee again met. Mr. Rendal's examination was continued, and occupied some hours, during which he exhibited a variety of calculations and diagrams, the result of minute and detailed experiments made under his direction in the course of the last few weeks. Mr. Hill commenced his cross-examination of Mr. Rendal at two o'clock, soon after which the Committee adjourned, in consequence of the chairman (Lord Strad case of Sir Augustus D'Este. The room was crowded during the whole proceedings. On Saturday Mr. Rendal's cross-examination was con cluded. Professor Challis was then examined in support of Mr. Rendal's views, with reference to the velocity of the currents and the flow of the tides. The other wit nesses consisted of the five following engineers, namely, Messrs. Leather, Bateman, Bidder, Stephenson, and Murray. At the conclusion of Mr. Murray's testimony the Committee adjourned until to-day, (Tuesday,) in consequence of the chairman, the Earl of Stradbroke, having to give evidence, yesterday, in a matter pending before the House of Lords. THE COUNCIL MEETING. —At the usual monthly meet ing of the council, to be held to-morrow, the proceedings of the Health Committee will comprise a report on the wash-house and baths for the last two years, and a letter to the Home Secretary on the subject of cellars. The coroner's accounts, amounting to £62. 9s. 6d., will be submitted, so also will the expenses incurred by the To vn-clerk in carrying into effect the registration of voters' act, and for certificate for payment out of the poor rate. The Mayor's communications will comprise the applica tion from the burgesses of St. Anne's Ward, upon the alleged vacancy in its representation, in the person of Mr. Robert Jones, and a report of the Town-clerk relative to the same. THE EXHIBITION AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. —We are glad to state, that the merits of this show of works of art, science, and mechanics, and of antiquities and curiosities, have—even before a full catalogue of all that is to be seen has yet been published—drawn to the spot thousands of visitors; and that the financial results will, in all probability, fully realize the most sanguine ex pectations of the committee of management. Every day, we may add, brings forth new attractions, in additional contributions—exhibiting still more powerfully " the do minion of the world of mind over the world of matter." Besides the paintings, the fine cartoons, the statuary, the antiquities, the curiosities, natural or artificial, from every quarter of the globe, artificers may be seen at work in all the skilled branches of mechanical art,—glass-blowing, gilding, printing, weaving of fine fabrics, &c. The model rooms are peculiarly interesting, as showing the advance ments of science in every sort of machine, from the ori ginal spinning -wheel to the most complicated loom, and the finest steam-engine for land or for sea. The concerts, the diorama, &c., throughout the day lend a variety to the entertainment; and if to this we add the skating on arti ficial ice, the diving-bell, and the newly invented orchestra piano-forte, which imitates to the very tone al most every musical instrument in solo or in combination, we need add but little to induce a visit. We have not ourselves yet had an opportunity of inspecting one half of what is to be seen ; but we would direct the more imme diate of the lovers of the higher arts to {he paintings and cartoons, which we shall notice more fully hereafter. In the room appropriated to the works of native avists, there are some fine specimens. Nos. 25, 54, 68, 70, 76, 86, and some others struck us as worthy of attention. Our townsman, Mr. Daniels, has been peculiarly happy in several portraits and sketches, and all we wish from him is, that he would be a little more industri ous, and firmly establish his fame by producing more. His portrait of Master R. G. Williams, the ta lented youth of the school who obtained the £2OO exhi tion to the London University, given by J. Yates, Esq., is a masterlyproduction—an admirable likeness, in graceful attitude, and full of all the beauties, and few or none of the imperfections, of the artist's style. This is in one of the cartoon-rooms, and has been much admired, though we believe hastily painted, and scarcely finished in some minor details. There are some drawings in the adjoining room by the youth himself, which do him great credit, as well as his teacher, Mr. Pigeon, who contributed them. Mr. Daniels has other pieces in the rooms of great merit, but we cannot now particularize. Beard's slavery pic ture, "A Scene on the Coast of Africa"—of which our townsman, Mr. Lacey, has contributed fine engravings in a series from the first light groundwork to the finished specimen of the art, and all beautifully similar to the original—continues to excite much admiration. In the other picture galleries, and particularly the larger one, there are many fine paintings, both ancient and modern— the " Snap Apple Night," the " Making of a Mock Mayor at Newcastle," and a few others being, however, the most popular. Amongst the best we may instance Nos. 22, 29, 23, 313, 13, 88, 98, 111, 155, 192, 234, 271, 283, &c. Amongst the sculpture are some fine specimens, some of them colossal, but a few only of marble. In room No. 13 we noticed a very ingeniously painted chif fonier, and also a writing desk, designed by Mr. G. 11. Corless, and painted at his establishment, Scotland-road. In the model-room we, yesterday, observed a fine new steam-engine (with two horizontal cylinders working one crank) just erected for the purpose of driving some of the working machinery, and exhibiting the a d va ntages of the plan. It is from Messrs. Geo rge F orr ester and Co.'s , who have obtained a patent; and one on a similar con struction, as a marine engine (with vertical pistons), has been found to act admirably in the steam -ship ' Helen Macgregor." The cyli n d ers of that at the institution are six inches in diameter, with an eighteen - in ch stroke, and v t t i h eon e nt p ,u o ra w en e ud r n i ed s xe c s r i i x twea h s toegrrs7e great T wi ne h tl e el r d aes i s v tt i hnaegmboenlgl amongst ts numeroust t h n o ssep full ew htoaopt spectators. The writer of this had a trial, and can recommend the submersion as at once curious, interesting, and safe. The Mercury concludes a brief explanation on the sub ject of gambling with the singular exclamation, " h ow preferable is a good man to a better! " EXIIIBITION OF PLANTS, FRUITS, &c., AT TIIE BOTANIC GARDEN. The second show of the season of Plants, Flowers, Fruits, &c., at the Botanic Garden. took place on Friday, before as goodly a company of the elite of our town and neighbourhood as ever before assembled on those grounds. The day was bright and delightful, with a gentle breeze; and the garden and conservatory, both in prime order, presented a marked improvement in the density of verdure and diversity of bloom. Refreshments were provided in a tent on the green by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, and were served up in his usual style, the wines, &c., being of the choicest kind. Mr. Parker's band was sta tioned near the fountain, in front of the show-tents, and enlivened the proceedings by playing a variety of pc pular airs, quadrilles, overtures, &c., throughout the afternoon. The exhibition was, on the whole, quite equal to those that have preceded it at the same season of the year, and comprised many specimens of great variety and beauty. •The Orchideous plants, shown in one of the green houses, were especially excellent, and many of them (parasites) truly curious. A first-rate collection was sent by Mr. C. Horsfall, and amongst them the Oncidium Luridum, in the highest state of cultivation attainable in this country. One of these (growing upon a rude block of wood without soil) bore two immense panicles, about ten feet long, full of insect-shaped flowers. The same gentleman also sent a fine specimen of the Aerides Macu losum, quite new from the East Indies, and though rather over-gone in flower, still beautiful. Messrs. John Moss and 0. F. Meyrick also produced fine plants of the same genus. Several Cattleyas were in flower—though so early in the season—and in great perfection. We also noticed a fine Oncidium Lanceanum, and a group of fine Orchi deem from Mr. S. Harrison, John Armstrong, gardener; a fine Stanhopea Oculata, and an Oncidium Sangueneum, from Mr. Meyrick. The Fuschias were fine and in con siderable variety, but rather short in leaf, owing to the late droughts. One from Messrs. Whalley, with numer ous pink flowers, pendant chiefly from the extremites of the branches, was much admired. Messrs. Davies and Co. were again successful in Calceolarias, the group sent by them being singularly beautiful, including several large and curiously-mottled seedlings. Amongst the stove plants was a fine one of the lily tribe, sent by Mr. Isaac Hadwen, of Edge-hill. A specimen of the Ceropegia Elegans, with curious cellular flowers, attracted much attention. A beautiful ornamental plant, the Russellia Juncea, (from Mr. Meyrick, of Anglesea,) which is diffi cult to flower in this climate, overtopped one of the tables, being about six feet in height from the pot: it presented a mass of small scarlet flowers when brought, and though many of them were shaken off, it was still an admired object in the show.—Amongst the Geraniums (or, as now called, Pelargoniums—for no reason that we can divine but to puzzle the incognoscenti in dog Latin) were splen did specimens of the Sedonia, the Rising Sun, and one might imagine the meridianal and setting orb of day, from Messrs. Davies's nursery, whose " Wi tc h " an d " Shep pard's Victoria" were splendid. The last, a small plant, bore an extraordinary flush of pink and white flowers. Mr. Cunningham and Messrs. Whalley were scarcely behind-hand in this genus. Mr. Skirving, of Walton nursery, sent some fine specimens, including some not for competition ; also a fine basket of plants. The basket and devices of flowers were excellent. A device repre senting a stand or urn, sent by Mr. Beckwith, was much noticed. In his collection we observed the Statice Macro phylle, a curious plant, like a narrow-leafed cabbage, bearing small blue flowers from tall slender stems in the centre. A lne single specimen of the Phlox van Houtii, with purple-and-white flowers, distinctly marked through the segments of the petals, was brought by Mr. Cunning ham, and was much admired.—There was a fair collection of Cape Heaths. —The grapes, pine -apples, cherries, peaches, &c., were large and fine, and evinced great skill in the several cultivators. We subjoin a list of the prizes, omitting, however, the Latin names of the several varieties of each class, which, though interesting to florists, are the less required, inas much as they do not interest our general readers, and we have supplied the generic titles of most of the favourite plants exhibited. We omit also the words " best," " second best," &c. of each kind, the Ist, 2nd, &c. prizes, being sufficient indication. CAPE HEATHS, (8 species.)-Ist.. Mr. Cunningham, Oak _Vale Nursery ; 2nd, Messrs. T. Davies and Co. Wavertree Nursery. FUCHSIAS, (12 species).-Ist, Messrs. Whalley, Fair. field Nursery; 2nd, R. W. Preston, Esq. John Morris gardener. CALECOLARIAS, (10 species).-Ist, Messrs. Davies and Co. PELAROONIUMS.—ht, Messrs. Davies and Co.; 2nd, Mr. Cunningham ; 3rd, Messrs. Whalley. (Sir.) Ist, Messrs. Davies; 2nd, Messrs. Whalley; 3rd, Messrs. T. Davies. GARDEN ROSES, (12 species).—Mr. Skirving. China Ditto, (12 species), the same. Roses in pots; Ist, 0. F. Meyrick, Esq. C. Ewing, gardener. STOVE OR GREENHOUSE PLANTS, species).-Ist, Isaac Hadwen, John Armstrong, gardener; 2nd, H. Winch, Esq. Seacombe, John Young, gardener; 3rd, 0. F. Meyrick, Esq. ; 4th, Mr. Skirving. A second prize was also awarded to C. Horsfatl, Esq., Thomas Lees, gardener. _ SINGLE ORNAMENTAL SPECIMEN.-Ist, (Russellia Juncea), 0. F. Meyrlck, Esq. ; 2ad, Mr. Cunningham ; 3rd, Mr. R.M. Beckwith. Esq. ; 2nd, 0. F. Mey r i c k, E sq . Ditto, (3,) John Moss, EXOTIC ORCIIIDACE;: (Cr species).-Ist, C . H orsfall, ESQ. Noah Joni a P. Ar ri e npr • Eaq. mugte specimen, st, (Onidium Luridum) C. Horsfall, Esq.; 2nd do, (Erides Cornutum) John Moss, Esq. BASKETS OF PLANTS.-ISt, C. Horsfall, Esq. ; 2nd, Wm. Blair, Esq. Edge-lane. BEST SINGLE SPECIMEN.-ISt, (Phlor van Houtii,) Mr. George Cunningham. FRUlT. — Grapes, Ist, A. Sinclair, Esq„ J. Robinson, gardener ; 2nd, E. D. Falkener, Esq., James South, gar dener. Pine, Ist, R. Alison, Esq. Woolton, Jos. Hill, gardener. Melon, Ist, 0. F. Meyrick, Esq. Collection of Fruits, Ist, Earl of Derby; 2nd, 0. F. Meyrick, Esq. Strawberries, Ist, H. Littledale, Esq. ; 2nd, Mr. Skirving. EXTRA PRIZES.---Basket of Plants, W. T. Keightley, Esq. ; 2nd, H. Winch, Esq., J. Young, gardener. Pelar goniums. (6,) Ist, R. M. Beckwith, Esq. ; 2nd, R. W. Preston, Es. Fuchsias, Mr. Skirving. CELLARS.—Yesterday (Monday) two clauses in the late local act came into operation, with the nature of which it behoves landlords to be well acquainted. Clause 11 says, "That from and after the Ist day of July, 1844, it shall not be lawful to let separately, except as a warehouse, or to suffer to be occupied as a dwelling-place, any cellar or room, under any other house whatsoever, which cellar or room shall be less in height from the floor to the ceiling than seven feet, or which shall be less than one-third of its height above the level of the street adjoining the same, or otherwise shall not have two feet at least of its height from the floor to the ceiling above the said level, with an open area of two feet wide from the level of the floor of such cellar or room up to the level of the said street, or which shall not have attached thereto the use of a privy and an ash-pit, or which shall not also have a window of not less than three feet square." Clause 12, " That every person who shall let separately , or kn ow i ng l y suffer to be occupied for hire as a dwelling-place, any cellar or room contrary to the provisions of this act, shall forfeit any sum not exceeding five shillings for every day during which such cellar or room shall be so occupied." The Town clerk has given notice that this law will be enforced strictly. SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquisition was held yesterday before the borough coroner, on view of the body of Thomas Lean. aged 64, who resided in a court in Clay ton-street. The nephew of the deceased stated that on Saturday night last deceased went to bed apparently quite well. He was a little in drink at the time. Witness slept in the same bed with him, and gave him a drink at two or three in the morning. Witness fell asleep and did not awake till about eight o'clock, when he found him ly ing across the bed, and soon ascertained that he was cold. His son came in at the time, and callen a surgeon, but it was of no avail. Mr. F. Cripps said he had frequently attended the deceased for epileptic fits, brought on by excessive drinking. Witness was called to see him on Sunday morning, and found him dead. He was opinion that the deceased died in a fit of epilepsy, most probably arising from intemperance. Some evidence was offered tending to show that death might have been accelerated by the ill-treatment the deceased received from some parties who had entered the house and behaved in a riot ous and violent manner towards him, but there was no thing sufficiently definite to lead the surgeon to alter the opinion he had expressed, and the jury returned a ver dict to the effect that deceased died from epilepsy brought on by intemperance. THE RESPITE FORTHE CONVICT DALMAS.--The respite Abbott, was quite unexpected by th e conv i ct. Th e task which the G w o v a e s r no r t. he through prison,the ti Mr.ons o u f n Ar d l er . K _ sh e e a r n i ti of announcing the respite. was assigned to the reverend Chaplain, who intimated the news to Dalmas in the most manner,yovneroptwowitehrsetdan. diDngaiwnihaischsetahrecuelnyhhapadpvsmumfll7 com pletely unnerved him, of taking a last sad and re c w j a cn s tc cautiousot i m m p e le t t o e i recover from the effects, which had c r o nful the poor girls were separated from the embracesto .. with the was H stateo me enactingo f fi bordering office e fr Ao l on . doomed adieu f h a i t s h daughters.e father. T il They y wept bitterly. the feelings of despair, The himselfconvict ii ieyoung women At length the last moment arrived,. d hu l n t g w ro as un w d i distraction. Whilst this painful s e with the Secretary of were led from the cobndenmrenceedivceedlliltneantahe Kean and the Under-Sheriff wer r. Mr. Under-Sheriff Abbott State. Both Mr. Kean and j Home Secretary on Friday had an interview with t . d the Right Hon. Secretary that period a t with d g re c 1 a u t l i d g i ffiebuiola him with their that afternoon, but at t hopes. In the course of Satur day out not the slightes w e have reason to believe that a day morning, however , *ud Gurney, the learned j - ge who tried the pri ,Baron Mr. nature of ,rafter was not suffered to transpire. soner, the Graham a very mature deliberation, Sir James convict a resite of a week, to afford time ranted the into all for the fullest investigationthe circumstances of e thecae, the evidences of some of the witnesses not being emed sufficiently clear and satisfactory, particularly where the life of an individual is at stake. At the period that the intelligence was conveyed to the convict he was alone in the condemned cell, with the exception of the two communication has ee turnkeys, who were appointed to watch him, and for the first time since his condemnation, his fortitude completely forsook him. Alluding to the last airewell which he had just taken of his afflicted family, he exclaimed with the most poignant grief, " The bitterness of death is past." The convict was then again left with the turnkey, and did not regain his usual composure for a considerable period. Very little hopes are entertained of a further respite, and the condition and reason of the reprieve was fully ex plained to Dalmas. It is feared that further investigation will terminate unfavourably for the convict, and that the extreme sentence will be carried into effect on Monday next. July 2, 1844. DREADFUL EXPLOSION IN BOLTON YE S TEN v DAY, AND LAMENTABLE LOSS ` LIFE. We regret to state that an explosion took place in Bel, ton yesterday, and that it has been attended with a we° lamentable loss of life. According to the several an; counts we have received from our correspondents, and the guards and passengers by the various trains, It aPPea rg a to have occurred a b ou t e l even o ' c l oc k, i n th e spac i o us an elegant linen-factory, o f which Mr. Alderman Joh a Brookes, of Manche s ter, a l ea di ng mem b er o f th e Leagu" is the proprietor. The hands went to work, as usual, yesterday morning,: and were proceeding with their various occupations in ti l linen and yarn trade until th e ti me mentioned, whentle boilers helong:ng to one o f th e eng i nes suddenly burg"' and laid the principal portion of the building in tui l l burying the whole of the unfortun a t e wor k peop l e , and female, underneath. It was impossible to ascertain' even up to a late period in the afternoon, the exact nitel' ber of bands which were employed in and about the Int mises, and whose lives have thu s b een f or f e it e d : th e y Wei" variously estimated at from 50 to 100; but even talqdg them at the lowest of thos e fi gures , it is dreadful to thin of the immense sacrifice of hum an life which this melsik choly catastrophe has so unexpectedly created. We understand that the force of the explosion was toe' mendous—that it shook the walls to their very founds tions, and that it brought a large portion of them dos together with the whole of the immense r o o f, w ith a crash ' ' the noise of which was heard distinctly at the extreroil of the town. Most of the da mage d mac hi nery , roo f, 5 12 walls were carried a considerable distance off, scatteridt terror and dismay amongst the affrighted inhabitants, IS they fell towards the front and rear of their dwellings. It may naturally be supposed that when the shock ha ° subsided, and the public were enabled to ascertain the locality and extent of the damage, thousands crowd e d to the scene. The authorities were speedily on the spot , accompanied by the whole of the available constabulary] In as short a ti me as p oss ibl e , wor k men were em ploye d to clear away the ruins with the view of discovering tbd wounded and dying, and of having such assistance refl • dered to the former as the nature of their inju, les re' quired. The work of removing the stones and machinery was one of intense labour; but in the course of about We hours from the time of the occurrence, six dead bodied were dug out of the ruins and identified by their sorroVP ing relatives and acquaintances. Subsequently four moot were dug out; and we believe that up to the departure of the last train those ten constituted the whole of the bodies found. The work of clearing away, however, pal being vigorously p rocee d e d with, and no doubt severa l others would have b een discovered during last night. The unfortunate deceased seemed to have met their deaths instantaneously ; ats.d as a wounded person was not die* coverable in any part of the ruins, it is feared that thg whole of the workpeople must have been crushed to death at one and the same moment. A more calamitous catastrophe it is impossible to co*. template. The factory stood close to the river Cr°l e ' almost immediately adjoining St. George's Church, in the town of Bolton. It was erected by Mr. Brookes betiret 10 and 15 years since, and was the only linen factor"! * the district. Some idea may be conceived of its mad , tude, when we st a t e th a t th e b u ildi ng it se lf, toget h er its yards and offices attached, occupied about two acres ground. There were two en g i nes — one a t eac h end au': works ; one; of them of 50 and the other of 60 horse power' and, as we have said, it was th e exp l os i on o f t h e b o il er a t e tached to the larger one that caused the melancholy elv amity it has been our painful duty to relate. UP WEIGHTS. yrs. st• It Somerset Revel.. 1 8 _ 'B. g. by Hindoo, out of Sister to )Eolus ...... 5 7 1 I Kbondooz . 4 7 11 Messalina 4 7 1 1 (Aristides Arundo The Princess Discount The Ugly Buck .. 3 7 i lonian 3 Antler i Red Deer 3 7 1 Brunel Milton Little Vivian.. Giges (bred in France) a 6 1 ° Cameleon (bred on 6ie the Continent) a IS Lightning . a Rowena. 3 6 6 Stomacher ( the Cestus fi11y).... 3 6 t The Ashtead Pet.. 3 6 e ( Broken Down .... a paid' le up to Saturday night. GOODWOOD yrs. st.lb Robert de Gorham 5 9 9 Alice Hawthorn 6 9 5 Attila 5 9 4 Cotherstone Una . 6 9 3 William le Gros Lothario Bishop of Rom ford's Cob 49 1 1 Vibration Sealteen . The Altered One ' (late Cabrera) 5 813 Aristotle 5 8 11 Orion . ....... 4 8 10 Parthian Phlegon . Siricol Prizefighter 4 8 10 The Era Bramble Wiseacre .. Semiseria Whistleßinkle.... 5 8 6 Daddy Longlegs .. 5 8 6 The 'Squire 6 8 5 Pompey 4 8 5' British Yeoman Belcceur The above weights are mad, The steam-ship Hibernia sails for Halifax and Boata on Thursday next. The Liverpool July races will commence on the 17tb instant. The autumn meeting takes place on the 27th of September next. SpnFluky ThspßANcinsEmENT.—The governmeta have determined to disfranchise the borough of Sudbury, on account of the bribery committed therein, and to erase it from the representation. Lord Sandon presented a petition to the House of Commons, on Friday. from the wood-sawyers of LiVer . pool, praying for protection against the steam-sawyers, br whom they were thrown out of employment to the num ber of 800 or 900 persons. On and after Friday next the London mail train no 4 leaving Lime-street a t e i g ht o ' c l oc k i n the evening, iv",. leave at a quarter p as t. Th e o bj ect of th i s change, w hich is made by order of the Postmaster-General, is to accele" rate the mail. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. —A dramatic company ( dam: siderable talent has, for the last few weeks, appeared at this theatre, playing the most approved pieces of eminel l , / authors, ancient and modern, with excellent success ; an the crowded houses pro ve th a t th e se l ect i ons, which al° all confined to what is ca ll e d th e l eg i t i mate drama, illy such as merit public approval. THE CouET.—The Queen and Prince Albert 1 1 Buckingham Palace, i n an open carr i age and four, at 2 minutes past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, et corted by a party of L ancers , f or Claremont. 'Biel' Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Prince se Royal were in the next c arr i age . Th e C ourt is expec ted to return to Buckingham Palace to-day (Tuesday.) OVERLAND MAIL.—In reply to an application fro,°!, the East India and Chi na A ssoc i at i on at this port, t°l Assistant Secretary of the G enera l Post-office has state d that the " 7th of each month is the day appo nted for th e despatch of the India mail, via Marseilles ; and, wbea that day falls on Sunday, the despatch of that mail vo take place on the evening of the Bth." THE ORANGEMEN IN CANADA.—SOMe of the United States journals are kind enough to take the affairs of Canada under their protective care, and they predict the worst consequences from the "coquetry," as they al' lege, of the Governor-General with the Orangemen of Upper Canada ; but why coquetry, why any dis guise ? The Union between the Government everywhere and the Orangemen is a legitimate union. The Orange' man is the living representative, and the only living representative of the old English Whig. He is the chain" pion, wherever his lot is cast, of the liberty, the religion' and the honour and interests of England. England is country under whatever cli ma t e h e may have first seen the light—the liberty of an Englishman is his inheritanc e —the pure religion of England, his hope here and here' after ; and the security to England of every dependency will be in the exact proportion to the number and influ ence of such men whom that dependency may contain' It will be always the policy of the enemies of this n ation to recommend the discountenancing of Orangemen, ac cording to the moral of the great orator's fable of the dogs, the sheep, and the wolves. But we trust that see have outlived the suicidal stupidity that allowed the argtv_ ments of the enemy t o preva il over grat i tu d e an d com mo? sense ; indeed, there is no appearance of such a triumph to folly on the part of Sir Charles Metcalfe. /9 z 4: C TELEGRAPH OFFICE, JULY 1. Wind at Holyhead, North , l i g ht airs at 6 a.m. ; North, Ugh at 4 p.m. No. 8491 , M onarch, brig, for S t, Lucia. br o ee gr ze p , o a i t u l t 2 L a y t n n as o . on ; N. W. light airs at 12 at noon. Off Grea t Ormshead, at 5 p.m. —o • 613 7, John Bolton. ship telegrap h e d for Quebec, and several other vessels, ou tward bound. the port, at 6p.m. 1 bri g and 1 schooner. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JII L I ith Prices of new Butter are fully 2s per cwt. higher; vi relan d extensive demand. Supplies are liberal ;—the North 0 . is ntitY having commenced its contributions aud a fair qua le, coming in from Wales. Pickled Butter is a tolera l b n l and 72s is still the ruling quotation for seconds. we notice no alteration. Bacon brisk and is dearer. yprfoeveision.... LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOEMARKE I' ' J 1. Potatoes, is , 901 b... s. d. s . ULY d. Hay, old 2t it, 0 0 @ 1 S Pink-eyes ...... 00— 0 0 new Sho Cups .... s ...... 2 6 $ 2 Clover p Cattle - 0 0 2i -- 3/ Manglewurzle 0 0— 0 0 Vetche s 0 0 S c z sast w,Wheat. 0 0 4 4i: . 0 ,44 Red Rogers 230- 3 6 0 Grass 7 0 LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, JULY 2, 18 4 4 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING' BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove-street, an d LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At N 0.4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT,LIVERFOO P Orders and Adertisements are received by Messrs. NeW t l,. ; Co , Warwick-square ; Barker and White, Fleet-s . ' lo ,r, Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell, Chancery-lane ; Charles Bar,.iii; Birchin-lane ; Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Corn Red Munden Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; Mitchell, 9, •l Lion-court, Fleet-street; Lewis, 3, C as tl e - co urt, Corn hd i f n I at the London Commercial Cofiee-h ous e, Mincing at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhill ; Chapter fee-house, Paternoster-row ; N or th an d S o uth Amerjou, Coffee-house, Threadneedle-street; Parsons, 9. Ave-Ml:n lane, London; Johnston and Co., Eden Quay, D ub _ a e l- t„ Wheeler, Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewis, s tr e Market- Manchester; Haddock, and J. and W. Booth, Bookse ll a d Warrington; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston; and Wright a Dain, Herald-office, Birmingham, Termsao advance—one %e_a year, £1 u t b nl s c e r ta: year h ri zall f f o -l r ys e t . r i , s h r ail a fs p . : 6 - e EOliopei:ca6ri e dd d) st Dul Op / . I Cc at