The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-02 00:00:00

TO CQRRESPOI' 4DENTS, ;he letter of,"Ati Arnaterr lay our hand nln i Z.. find another extract in Our columns to day on Our correspondent h his letter treat amps at c onious!y _4)tanbarb. ption : On. Credit, 15s. 11AR CH 2, 1 itical perfidy and relig' N'T ) Iw - k upon the life, is accounted ebt tibermot In Adl TUESDAY Liberal ; and of wisd enchained t 1 iedrie to it we to ti Ind. T which were m some portion of t To turn are biqr, by the public exam' fact of of the ich a Bill i in a House which one sistency in st Tim many of those professing Conservatives, whose names are to be found in the majority upon this question, would have dared to tell the Con 'ho sent them to Parliament, that they be persuaded by any Idoption of a measure atituene: ted. c a,nt mu kew indee For suc a co vet to many of these been perfec , d. V success of the measure is n the accident of a Whig ac d of the nation ? arse, however, with re- Les, any man, who has past years, must have t is clear too that the lot to be set down to ution being in i of the late Chan- ) a por cnot ( iminist )ulbourn, every 1 administration :voted Robert Peel himself the Bill he had Ise from the Statute ), by which the Su- n the constitution was .rtain what was slight power ; for, win. cellor of the Exchequer fluential member of the iecond y of Piot acknowledged, unl iimsy no dou views of the )n. ba office and the measure in fallen to him Auld have done, all past ical ca hat it would t Protestantism" as his arded at the time, or as a We do not know what 1 the phalanx w suppo )t very many must I The en repeal of ciple of nto the confide Sir R foil nu h this bil 1 on the Roman Catitoli he present bill Mat sue! bered, is of itself ity demanded it ; proc grand mink! - val of t Protestant Ir an aze o ,nd is re 1 as a proof of charity f we refuse to keen we know and ac ligious perversion agencies 1 eternal interests of r. atson, for the remo ir Protestant faith, which anrepealed by the act of Papists, towards our t the same time t mig objections en must that measure, is 'an of the .Times - ; whilst the been read a second time, oasted of a large Conser- is calculated to strike home to our tion that there is no truth or can- Something very .ettung w 1 a ver Lid doubtless meet the now that he is out of other hands.• Had it m in good time it %. - perienee of Sir Robert tints us arriving at the been quite as sweep lprehensive—a blow asure of 1829 was re nilar blow at the native Ln has been regarded may be the nature of That the extent of their iveness which some ,nd consistency serva- I the bill, and espe st have )n of it, r: nd principles which professed themselves 'hieh they wormed d affections of , bert Peel, we fancy g manly declaration of ht to repeal formed .?,s obtained in 1829. He obsolete statutes, but he the limited restrictions ::ommeneing in 1829. As aced the measure of Ro d not to lend himself to a every prin. hould dierefo.riv )hing, as it does, an 1, should have been whose Y( it. No i ;ions and Lays are lemons ne- mummeries, y in Great Britain and Inf.); pe To do s to strive for at the 11 majority by which pires us with a tely he defeated Aher :" we esc ; and am exit with res ncuncir constituencies, v n our institu t feelings of Protestant tirinei- 'abric was based at the 'o enable us to do this, e their energies in the !cts. We must peti-, prone to put a stop to all further encroach- s of Romanism the Protestant As end. It will be mpire for signs- -protes 9. nt and 11 not be wanting in count of the upport Atering institu- TO POPERY , e United Kingdom ament a inbled, rd, with deep regret and .onourable nonSe, hay )thers, certain provi stors, not for the rotect the Crown, 3 country from ti r Church of Rom, mind your Hollow id division Which we le politic of the Papacv, an,' ,ower of the too rt were enacted at a tint e people of th some 'sueli lav the Institution ,ur HOnourabl )man - I public liomish and the install- orders Vound by will not feed a r Yoper :t is what a legislature ha .esent moment econd that the bill-will trus us until ar ,rnestly do w fiction ui .e had an'oplior of our country, th )cial hich o ,ver, our masses must u that the i the destruct .cti a pet tion in the metropoli yarded to E town it and numerical ishewillt GAINS' the Honourable the ( Great Briti That your Petitio: and dominion of t: :•3titioners would ye T Rome, u [tt, before at 14 of Pr ries— ti )ns rn t TITION live to eonle Cathol nd oti iders, and her ustice to the poverty whit Lgitators as we have proposed be adopt •, istice of the leaisiature me contribution towards its expense, and for inanent and lit al poor law to preven recurrence of a similar en dependent of her dirort Liverpool the relief of distress in Ireland, is just now paying £750 per week to succour the mass of pauperism, which the Irish people are shufflin heir hands The nation at large is to pay ten millions sterling, to support that people up to the period of harvest ; and Liverpool, which is the recipient of so large a portion of Irish misery, and, we regret to add, - of Irish imposture, ought to have a share of that na tional contribution. We were not aware when the above was written, that a proposition is to be made by Mr. Earle, at the Council meeting to-morrow. to PrPei fTrn Hour P.,>117, t the south endof the reception of patients, nc .e ,to pay.asmall sum per weei k for the accommo- npiovided llv do 1. ?port to such a proposition we press our own plan. It is more cam snd its exn meet the present em <7, _ be no more than th e workmen's u hire of the n rid, the reover, we would n• fever patients, sh, whose influx into our already crowded street breeding fever We are just now in the midst of the first year of our ad trade measures, and of th second year of that cerial difficulty, which startled ottr .Conservative statesmen from their consistency, and precipitated the withdrawal of protection from native agriculture. It may not be inopportune at Ich a time to ,ttempt examir prospects before us, arising out o action of these two ( position: L , t us fir supply of food am all t Iratior land, of asual imm informa not onl vAnt I: 1 Eng ton of the this year have been, in Gre — at Britain, larged seal ) far, vv sown. We have been favo lish winte he conjoint hanger in our refer to the prospects of our ')ast social hich we can anti bread stuffs %r of nothir. th an ; and we may reasonably hope for - a mopitious spring seedtime. There is still every prospect that our farmer trous experience of the their potato cultivation st two years will restrict Should this be the case the root may however 1 70 ani serious extent, a short crop There is the possibility action of the fro which ha.N 7 e bound up be anticipated that th snows, which Cannot fail to have nourished i done much towards its restoration, as we towards the erad T, source itroyed. An avera,( From Irelanu, of the ate ; cult means at han energy required to er population of larlq hopel ,cimation by famin leavny tax ea ntered. he seasons and t h they bear so palpable an evil gwi our working classes, and of the fearful ravage% by diseaSe and death which that destitution is oeca , sioning. Of course, the speaker traced' a great portion of those ravages, and justly, to the want of proper ventilation, overcrowded tenements, and contact with diseased persons. We give the sub stance of his statement : "He instanced the case of a court, the inhabitants de prived of pure air,' breathing a foetid atmosphere, where forty or fifty persons were crowded in a space ten feet square. At the present moment there were symptoms of a pestilence in the town, Mr. Holm° alluded to the death of some of the parish officers—amongst them that Df Mr. Rowlands—who died from fever, leaving five chil li-en, whom he hoped would be provided for. On Tues- t, 130 cases of fever came b, -street, Dy was left living. _9 street six cofli parts of that street were r subject to typhu Martir -street, Fill other Pia, mentioned, e ten or fif- were at present teen thousand straw at in anoth There we p1)01 no' ad them to t yet thirteen id abide in Lace- ins were found in a house which coot rooms We knov Ir. Holme sufficiently w that the facts of his dreadful statement ar correct. We admit, too, that our parish au strictly who have shown a noble example to those of other towns of the empire, are devoting all their energies • and mortality. The Com- to avert ich su- mittee of the Town CO'uneil are loin„ their best to bring the provisions of the Sanatory Act into effectual operation. But the combined efforts •of these two bodies are, it is clear, unequal to the emergency before them. " Ten thousand to fifteen thousand poor creatures in Liverpool now lying on straw and shavings, and breathing an atmosphere which in another week may send them to their gravest" Nature shudders at the contemplation of such a state of things existing in the midst of this great seat of commerce and opulence. Can nothing be done of a remedial character ? Can the hand of e way of aid to of , mething can be done, in a d poor beings, -ho are dying and sp‘r-eac pestilence, might be snatched from amongst our population into more healthy localities. We have vessels enough lying up in our dock, which might bG floated up the river and converted into fever hos- pitals Our ( prom their present hal fulness. Or Mr. San our large master huih ,ssinp.; purposes, to real use- ,el Holme I , ould in a week or a fort- y wooden erection, or ereC- .shore: such —tem tions as would suffice fo private charity, in the first inst, townsmen, won 11, in mere self. defen of our fello !, if with no 1 the cumbrous LPI 1,•110 Ottillaury Act, or any other legis lative effort, removes the evil from our doors, — the pestilence from our doors. We cannot wait until death sweeps away the wretched population of our narrow streets and courts, or for the com pulsory measures of sanato the Council are putting in egulat which we place in our church yards, Ireland js sending us a dozen destitute wretches, whose only resource is to herd in the pestilential hovels, which the fever-stricken has just left—to lie upon the to breathe the same atmosphere same tainted st nobility; her gentry, her t are compelled to do hey create to the benevolence harrassed and OA' We submit tt 'or fit 4 teen tho amon y timb, Le disea d, if they even had t into ti s and helpless eople of tl- From Ireland a ,ity, or even one in- reason to ch we ha to bel THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. supply, and may have little to spare for some time to come. The potatoe disease has ravaged many districts whose population was equally dependant with our own upon that root; and the deficiency, which it has caused, must be made up by an ex tended cultivation of .grain. This, even with a more than usually abundant crop at home, will tend in some measure to prevent any sudden de cline to arise from European competition. To America, then, we must look as alone capable, for a year or two, of exporting bread-stuffs in suffi cient quantities to produce any sensible effect upon The most extraordina r y proposition, which ever came before Parliament and the public, is one which has just been proposed by the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, in a Bill intituled "A Bill to enable the Chester and Holyhead Rail way Company to make certain extensions of, and alterations in, the Line of the Chester and Holy head Railway Company, and for other purposes." The title, of itself, is a modest one. Like a lady's postcript, however, or like certain noxious mem bers of the creation, the gist and the sting- of the project is in its tail, comprised in the words which we have quoted in Italics. The preamble of the Bill recite • " And whereas her M prices in British markets. In their past calculations >f the 'effect of free trade upon the prosperity of 'cul mr native au , he United States a - ui the 16a-n-ai;; has been rated *sty's , Government purpose to at Holyhead; and, with a view far too low; and sine of flip most prominent of our politicians have exhibited an amoun ranee upon the subject which is wholly inexcusable Our transatlantic brethren possess a vast continent, containing within its limits every variety of climate. of increasing the facility of the said communication with Ireland, also purpose to, make a pier and inner harbour to communicate with the said railway : And whereas plans of such harbour of safety, inner harbour, and pier, have been prepared by the orders of her Majesty's Government : apable Of rearing almost every product suitable for the wants of man, and possessed of great na tural facilities for their transport to the seaboard. A large portion of their soil is as yet in a virgin state; and, unlike the worn out soils of Europe, it is known to produce crops with the minimum of hjman labour. Hitherto, grain cultivation in Arne ' rica has been discouraged by the want of markets And her Majesty's Government haVe required from the said Company, in consideration of the benefit they will derive from the said pier and inner harbour being devoted to the exclusive use of the .Company, subject to the use thereof by her Majesty's Government, that the said Company should contribute towards the expense. of the said works the sum of two hundred thousand pounds, which the said Cc to do if authorised by Parliament." Dmpany are wink for its consumption ; but, with the prospect now held out to its enterprising farmers, we may expect to see a largely increased amount of capital and labour devoted to the developing of the hitherto neglected resources of the country. "When this is effected, and the produce of that increased capital and labour is fully directed towards Europe, its vast extent will most fearfully disturb the dreams of our politicians and of that portion of our native agri culturists who are at present hugging themselves with the belief that free trade measures are not to fall upon their condition with any serious weight. We quoted, last week, from the city article of the York Morning Herald of the 4th of February - oat whirl " here refl..* It goes on to ask for powers to build steam-boats, to navigate them, to charter or hire them, or to contribute towards the expense of their building or construction, by any company or companies, demanding for these purposes the power to raise additional capital. So far the anguis in herba is not plainly percep tible. A railway company, or any other company, contributing the funds required for its construction, may legitimately ask from government the exclu sive use of any inner-pier or harbour which may be in its possession, although it seems strange that a public work, undertaken by the state, should be thus bartered, to the damage of public interests. __. ~c ..—__ ..epum,. opea,king naroours or range, it is presumea, t._ i . removal of the restrictions which have works. Their location was determined upon with nitherto depressed American agriculture, the writer a view to the benefit of the shipping interest of the says that the two states of Indiana and Illinois whole empire, not exclusively for 'the steamers to ,an, if pushed, with favourable seasons, be built or hired by a railway monopoly. A corn produce enough to supply our whole demand for munication from Mr. C. W. Williams, addressed consumption, leaving the production of breadstuffs to a contemporary, inclines us to suppose that in all the other states to supply any foreign demand either her Majesty's government are hoodwinked that may arise." With regard to the article of in this matter, or that a job is in contemplation. Indian corn, of which the exports in 1846 amounted We quote a portion of the communication in ques to 470,136,375 bushels, he remarks : tion, which will be more intelligible to our -readers eital of the act itself : "This grain has heretofo re b een b ut li tt i. U,.,......=-44—, . ,I ry re re pu of the % VW Ai %.0 7 .urope, and we have been c o m p e ll e d t o consume at home " The Government he immense crops annually produced. Necessity has it appears. have been induced to n sterling in the construction of an of Europe to a very great _asylum or Safety Harbour at - Holyhead for the general ch benefit of all her Majesty's subjects, and in which, it article of human food having would be presumed, all vessels would receive equal favor It must hereafter be a very and accommodation. the prejudice been completely removed. important staple article of ex Juy noine arimigeinent, avwever, ueLween Llle I.....lwvern le state of the European harvests. As an economical, ment and the Holyhead and Chester Railway Company, utricidus grain, it is superior to every othe r in existence, (the particulars of which are not before the public,) and Id will prove as great a blessinz to the poorer classes of ;r, 4-i.e Rail deemed [uction a. corn in th •• has been 1 advisable that the said Corn pany should contribu us wheat, and towards the expense of the said works the sum of with twelve months' notice, or in a twelve month, the £200,000, which the s a id C om p an y are w illin g to do if cultivation could be increased to such an ex t en t, th a t, authorized by Parliament.' under favourable circumstances, the productio n cou ld b e " The plan of the proposed Harbour and Works is now nearly doubled. This grain is grown to great perfection lodged in the Private Bill Office, (a strange mode, by in every section of the country. At the extreme north, the way, of giving access to the plans of a public and and at the extreme south, it reaches early maturity, and n a ti n ti n t Aqvinni Harhniir anti , se disasters ane, diseases which near every other grain is almost annua lly v i s it e d w ith. Th d e y J CA6IIIIIIaUIt, IJI 1.1113 pittu at once brings the fact to light, that the Railway Company rich prairies of the west are peculiarly adapted to the cul- do not contribute a single shilling towards such Asylum tivation of Indian corn, and the yield frequently reaches or Safety Harbour ; that even more than the above sum in that section, one hundred bushels of shelled corn per of £200,000 will have to be expended on objects intended acre. It is the safest, and with a yield ranging anywhere exclusively to benefit the said company, and not only above fifty bushels per acre, is the most profitable crop foreign to the purposes of the asylum harbour, but abso our farmers can devote their lands to—and if orices re- 1,4.1., main unfit planting time in the neighbourhood of the tent, j indeed, as virtually to deprive it of any claim to the rates now current, the extent of soil appropriated to this character of ' safety.' grain another year will be imMense, and the production, "I t would appear, that, under colour of accommodatio n with a favourable season, enormo u s." to the public, and with the view of carrying passengers and It may be urged that the imports into this coup- her Majesty's mails to the farthest possible point, a pier try of this corn will only supply the void created by of 2,000 feet in length is to be run out into this asylum. the destruction of the potato, a - nd that its consmr, • Mn will cease with the close of our present salami , who so arnme, however, are doomed to d position of this pier, and the fact of its not only [hose The taste of our population once occupyi ng th e en ti re of that space where alone shel could be o bt a i ne d d ur i ng th e nor th eas t gales, is with an article, whose nutrative quali ctoo show, th a t th e , con t r ib u ti on o f £200 , 000 b y thi s pr iv ate ties are so great, will not be so easily satisfied with rnpany had m u c h b e tt er b e . en ti re l y di spense d w i t h . the watery and uncertain vegetable with which it , a a a When , however, it is stated, that this inclosid inner appointment enough harbour together wi Irish settler in America soon learn to place their dependence upon their corn crop, and forget the potato. The price, too, at which the American farmer can afford to raise corn for this country, 50 cents, or 2s. 2d. per bushel, must enable them to beat down that of every other species of grain with which it come become the private and excinsive property of the railway company, it is manifest that her Majesty's Government cannot be aware of the effect of the arrangement made with this private company. "That there be no mistake in this matter, the express s in which this is stated in the bill are as follows, " Aud . be it enacted, that the said inner har: into competit We feel then, and we must tell the British farmer, , at a vast reduction of the value of his grain and bow and pier, and , quays and works connected with the said pier, a shown.on the said - plan prepared under the fajesty's Government, as, when the same on Of fie; e crops is before him ; and, notu perty of, and Z7ested in, the said' company for the e existing state of markets, that reduction is approaching him more rapidly than he imagines. Well informed and thoughtful men in the United States calculate upon an increase of exportation of and separate use." Her Majesty's Government having, however, the free use thereof. " When it is understood, that this pier offers the only available ground for trading purposes, or where a vessel of any kind could lay alongside in safety ; and that the inner harbour .is the only available portion of the whole where vessels would be safe while receiving passengers or goods, it will be very difficult to distinguish this case from that of an absolute monopolo of the harbour. So fully do this company appear to think they may secure their own terms, that this privilege of entering the inner har bour is given with this reservation ; namely, that " in food during the year up to the end of June, 1847,.0f fifty per cent. at least. That increase can, in another year, be doubled; and thus all the advantages of an abundant harvest to the British farmer will be swept away by its rush into the markets of this country. It may be well also to glance at another difficulty which is approaching our doors. What are our prospects of a sufficient quantity of butcher's meat during the next few years. The stock of pigs in Ireland and Scotland is almost exhausted. In some parts of both countries not a cotters' pig is to be seen, having been hurried to market as pork, because there was nothing left to feed them with. In Great Britain itself there is a great decrease in the quan tity on hand from the same cause. Perhaps there never was a time when the farmer throughout the country had less young stock to consume their coming hay crops, it having been found more profit able to sell off their calves than keep them through an expensive winter. Here, also, America steps in. That our astute brother already sees in prospect John Bull driven to the consumption of his beef, his pork, his lard, his butter, and his cheese, is evident from the excited state of the markets for these articles at the date of our last advices. such use the said company shall not. be interrupted or impeded in the use and enjoyment of the same." So glaring an inroad as this upon the privileges of the public certainly cannot escape the notice of parliament,' or to meet with the sanction of any in fluential section- of the legislature. The whole thing is monstrous ; and must be scouted so soon is ever its feature 'es are mane apparen We refer our readers to the report, as full a one as we could give, of the two days' discussion be tween the Rev. Joseph Baylee, of Trinity Church, Birkenhead, and Mr. Miall; editor of the Noncon formist journal, upon the subject of the grounds by which the connexion of church and state is defensible. It is. not necessary for us to give an opinion upon the question at issue; and we leave to the reflecting portion of the public to decide which of the able controversialists has made out the best case. Of that result we have no doubt. Few impartial men can read the whole discussion through without being- satisfied that Mr. Baylee has thoroughly vindicated his position, and that Mr. Miall has done little more than prove how easy it is to rant in print, to hurl anathemas against an establishment, to gratify the ignorant or flatter the We have not left ourselves space to enter upon the other branch of our subject—the effect of free trade thus far, and the prospect of its future effect upon our manufacturing interest. We, shall take another opportunity for this inquiry. There is one important portion of the Liverpool Sanatory Act, which presents, beyond all others, really practical difficulty. Sewering, draining, cleansing, and other matters important to health, ble it is, upon a question of this nature, to. put aside the teachings of God's Revealed Word. . Our business here ; however, is not to discuss ividuals is only to tax ou interference selves to accomplish them with the property of in not so easily to be managed, justice to those indi viduals being fairly meted out. The Cottage dwell ings of the poor of Liverpool are admitted to be defective in their construction, so far as their sana- the subject, )ut to return our than he Christian public Mr. Baylee, for his spiiited rivalrous exertions on ti s occasion. Dissent has long wanted so able and fearless an antagonist aim, we tinstaKe it aissent will not regret having provoked this encounter. The report will tell to lispassioned reader in the closet, whatever may have been its effect inn Ytiblic ass INl`Neile will preitch ai.St. Bride Church on Sunday- evening next, when a collection will be made for the schools attached to the church. There is snore flour in Liverpool at present than the local want usually served by that market would take off i in eighteen months. CHARITABLE SOCIETY. - The demands on the funds of this excellent institution continue very urgent. The tors during. the last - month have expended £126 17 lu person 2 • mander Aylen, is ordered to proceed to Liverpool as soon ts her defects are made good at Davenport, to convey red, grain, and potatoes for Scotland. THE .ALBERT DOCK.—During February 33 vessels with to I a total register of 15,871 tons entered the Albert Dock — l 2 e locked - 14th of the vi ,ese were o. on and after the month. Of this number 21 have had their ca charged and eight of the remainir - completed. vessels are very nearly l•U UNUI t. ETING.-Alll OTIgSt the business to be brought before the Council at their monthly meeting to morrow, is a report of the special committee appointed to take all necessary steps for securing an adequate supply of water to the borough, for domestic,. manufactur- ilia-, and publicother purposes, which will be ... ei private and 1, so a ) will the bill new before parlia ment. The four following motions will be submitted :-1. By Mr. Alderman Horsfall, " That a clause be inserted in the bill of the Council now before Parliament, authorizing the Council to. make a free grant of the land required for March 1847. LIBERAL HONESTY, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL .ITANDARD• Sin,---I cannot help calling your attention to the report of the discussion on Friday evening, containe in the " liberal journal" of Saturday. Throughout the whole of Mr. Minll's address, in that paper, there appeared to be a continual " applause," " great cheering," and "hear, hear;" and if you will take the trouble of referring to the report of Mr. Baylee's beautiful, man l y , and unanswer• able arguments, disposing of every point raised, and crushing to pieces every assertion of the specious" and " comprehensive" imagination of his opponent, from the beginning to the end of that report, it would seem there was not a silvle expression of feeling and approbation: and I only appeal to every one that was present as to the correctness- of the report in this particular. I care not for assent or dissent in a matter of this kind, for truth and religion will prevail, but I think it is the height of dis honesty that when a speech is reported, it is done par tially and unfaithfully.—l am, sir, tkc., ONE THAT WAS PRESENT. The Countess of Ellesmere, Lady Mary Brackley, and Lady Alice Egerton have arrived in Belgrave-square, from Hatchford House, near Cobham. Lady Mary's accouche ment is daily expected to take place. It was stated in Chester yesterday, that the Rev. Mr. Wood, Rector of Middlewich, has been appointed Arch deacon of Chester, in the room of the late Yen. Unwiu Clarke, of Eastham. Cheltenham, says the Railway Chronicle, is the Phi lippi at which the North Western and Great Western meet again to renew the contest of 1845, with this im portant difference —now, the Great Western have to de fend—the North Western to attack. On Saturday, Miss Outeridge, who, as may be seen from a paragraph elsewhere, has been charged at Bristol with arson, was discharged from custody, the evidence not hav ing substantiated the charge. The decision gave great satisfaction. From experiments lately made at the Agricultural , In stitution of St Germain, it appears that a sheep which. in creased in weight a kilogramme and a half a month,- in creased double that amount in the same space of time when three kilogrammes of salt. (about the tenth of an ounce) were added each day to its food.—Galignani. The annual address of the Royal, Caledonian Culling Club, contains some curious remarks on the prospective advantage of railways to curlers or skaters, and propose* the appropriation for skating purposes of sheets of shal low water in juxta-position with the Caledonian Railway, and other lines, for the use of the curlers in Edinburgh and Glasgow ; the club itself numbers 7,000 players. In the October of 1845, Sir Robert Peel cut the first sod of the Trent Valley Railway, and it is positively fixed that the line shall be opened on the Ist of May next. The making of a railway 491 miles long within a year and a half reflects great credit on the contractors, Messrs• Brassey and Co. The coals and stone of the valley may be carried to Liverpool, and thence exported to wherever the sun shines. One of the on dits of Chester is, that Minor Canon Yarker, of St. Michael's Church, Chester, has been ap pointed Vicar of Neston, and that Canon Eaton, of St. Mary's, Chester, fakes the living of Eastham. There will thus be no vacancy in the list of Minor Canons. It is also said that the Marquis of Westminster has appointed the Rev. Mr. Longville, of Hoylake, to St. Mary's, vacant by the preferment of Canon Eaton. The appointment of this Rev. Gentleman will be hailed with satisfaction by the inhabitants of Chester. TAtt - Ti.:-3Wpatehes have been received by the French government from Rear Admiral Bruat, dated Tahiti, No vember 12, stating that on October 30, November 7 and 12, engagements took place between the nativeinsurgents and the native allies, the latter being supported by. the troops established at the post of Pienavia. The skirmishes were occasioned by the necessity in which were placed both parties of the Indians of penetrating into - the valleys for food. In the course of them, twelve men of the F ren ch trnnns and their part only slightly their submission - wines were wounded, the greater Several important chiefs had made co the Protectorate, but that did not appear to cause any change in the disposition of the insurgents, and Rear Admiral Bruat w , mf n 'l--t as of opition that they would not lay clown their arms until after - the arrival of-the expected reinforcements. ORIGINAL TRAFFIC ESTIMATES AND PRESENT TRAF FIC RETURNS.—The establishment of a railway in any district creates a traffic which, under the old system of communication, was never thought of. In all cases where estimates have been taken of the traffic through , a line of country, double the gross amount arrived at is allowed on all hands to be a reasonable calculation of expected traffic on the new railway. If, however, promoters of railways were to multiply the actual returns by five or six, and put down the sum total thus arrived at as their .expectation of traffic, they would, even •• • . •• in •, be justified by experience making such calcultions, the London and Brighton line, when before estimated the number of passengers likely to pass over their line at 4,500 per week. N o d ou b t, _ t hi s was' con sidered a large calculation at the time, but what , 1 perience shown ? why, that it was t msengers on the brignton line is upwards of 30,000 ! This, it Is true, inchrdes the Croyd on P assengers ; b ut, deducting one-half for them, what an enormous increase upon the original estimates is left ! Again, in the case of the South Eastern Company, an immense a wonderful increase has taken: place. The original estimates of the pro moters when► the line waR , six thousand per -weak. Th is upwards of 22,000 per week, or „,o „,,e o u). times the original estimate. When the G rea t N'tre'3'4rit passengers, avera lament were for passenger traffic to the extent of 8000 persons per week f - The present returns show an average of 45,000 passengers per week, or nearly six times as many as the original estimate. The same increase is observable on most of the other lines of the country,.with the exception of the Blackwall and the Eastern Counties. In the case of the Blaekwall, the estimate was for 35,000 passengers,, and itt that of the Eastern Counties 40,000 per week. The actual returns now are about the same as the original estimates. —Railway. Monthly Magazine. Th. by the Rev. Thos. Noran, of the Brandt Bank 01 WILSON BOLTON, of this and. SUPPER PAL DIVAN ,tai mt only On Sunday last, after a sermon in St. John's Church, I Air I,ll_ • tory condition is concerned Many of them, how re incapable of being altered to fulfil either ict, as applicable to neIN t tons, or the re as the health of_ their inhabitants is concerned. We cannot ask of the owners of such houses a sacrifice of their property, at the erection of which we have winked, if we have not promoted it, in times bypast. We must he just, whilst we striving to be humane and wise such property, it appears to us, was most judiciously pointed out by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, in his speech at the Meeting of the Health Improvement Committee, on Friday night The rev. gentleman proposed, in order to aid the whose owners, improvements--and there are many such—that the Corporation should advance money in such cases, to be repaid by instalments. In the next place, he for their own safety, to get rid the Tenants ORDINATION AT CHESTER, The following gentlemen were admitted into holy orders on Sunday last, by the Lord Bishop of Chester, at the Cathedral, Chester. DEACONS. George John Banner, 8.A., Brasenose College, Oxford. John Kirkland Glazebrook, 8.A., St. Mary Magdalene Hall, Oxford. Matthias Henry Beaumont, 8.A., Catherine Hall Cambridge. Francis Patrick Fleming, 8.A., Cambridge Magdalen College Richard Deodatus Harris, 8.A., Trinity College, Cam. bridge. Edmund Clay, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. William Brownrigg Smith, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. Arthur Stock, 8.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge. George Frederick • Weston, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge. John Wilson, 8.A., Clare Hall, Cambridge. William Angell, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Peter Bennett, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. John Williams Cotter, 8.A., Trinity College, D u bli n . William Carter, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. William DOyle, B.A. Trinity College, Dublin. • William Ellison, Trinity College, Dublin. George Pryme Jennings, B.A.,Trinity College, D u bli n . James Murray, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Henry Daveney, St:Bees. BY LETTERS DIMISSORY. Robert Warburton, 8.A., Exeter College, Orford PRIESTS. . Samuel Johnson Butler, 8.A., New College, Oxford. Wm. Dry, 8.A., King's Hall and College of Brazenose, Oxford. Gilbert .Henderson Philips, 8.A., Brasenose College, Orford. • George John Piccope, M.A., Brasenose College, Oxford. John Willington, New Inn Hall, Oxford. Thomas Rigbye Baldwin, BA., Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. William Baker, 8.A., Christ's College, Camb r id ge . John Brame, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. John Howard Cressy Wright, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. Frederick Brealey, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge. Thomas Clarke, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge. Jahn Gray Goodrick, 8.A., Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Henry Mayers, 8.A., Trinity Hall, Cambridge. George Henry Nicholls, 8.A., Trinity College, Cam bridge. Edward Parker; 8.A., St. Peter's College, Cambridge. John Marratt Taylor, 8.A., Magdalen College, Cam bridge. Ebenezer Bates, B.A. Trinity College, Dublin. William Bennett, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Daniel Sutcliffe Chater, 8.A.,. Trinity College, Dublin. Anthony Ambrose Edward, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Berry Mantle Huntington, 8.A., Trinity College,. Dublin. Henry Spencer Pearson, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin John Thompson, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Robert M'Clure Woods, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, Francis John Allnatt, St. Bees. Miles Chippendall Barton ' St. Bees. John Henry Coombe, St. Bees. Henry Kitton, S. Bees. Henry Marlin, St. Bees. Thomas Whitaker Morris, St. Bees. Henry Parr, St. Bees. William Sharp, St. Bees. John Pughe, St. David's Lampeter. BY LETTERS DIMISSORY. Edward George Edwards, Magdalene Han, Oxford Alfred Kent, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge. Francis Connor, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Richard Frizeller, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Joseph North. 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. LAUNCH TO TAKE PLACE TO-MORROW .ct eleven n'elank to-mosrow will be laur About half. ilding-yard of Messrs. J. Hodgson, and Co. (south end of Bru Willoughby, and to run, as a companion to "The Birken head," between their ferry and Liverpool. She is an iron vessel; is to be named "The Britannia.;!' and is of the following dimensions :—Length over all 114 feet ; length of keel 107 feet ; breadth of hull 171 feet ; and depth 9 feet 2 inches. She will be propelbed by an engine of sixty horse power, and from her model is expected to prove herself a regular " clipper." vPERATION.-Mr. T. Slater, surgeon, Gt. George-street, has performed several of the minor surgi cal operations, in which the beneficial effects of the inhal- AINLESS ion of the ;wo me sr stumps extracted out. ony pain, although an ex pression of s extrac pain upon the he second l'llV I.IIU 'U.,- when she had recovered from the lithargic state, she ex pressed her total insensibility to pain during the whole operation. There seemed, however; a vague sensation of fear, for, during the lithargic state, she dreamed that she was travelling on a railroad at a rapid rate. When the the young lady experienced an unusual buoyancy of spi rits, which was afterwards followed by a corresponding de pressiOn. _ _ EVERTON NATIONAL ScnooLs.—The second annual meeting of the young persons who have been educated in the-Everton and Ksrkdale, and Mill-lane Girls Sehnols, School-room Rev. W I many of the district visitor Mill-lane: —Tea was prided V Ewbank and his lac- at which the presided, assisted, by y-school teachers ratter brought by those who were at service, were very creditable both to themselves and . to the conductors of the schools, Miss M. M`Millan and Mr. H. Thompson, the former of whom was delighted with the gr igs of several who had been her scholars more than twMt - y years previous to the occasion. After a considerable time had been allowed for the mutual expression of kind feelings towards each other, by those who constituted- the happy gathering of old school-fellows, addresses were made to them. by the Rev. W. W. Ewbank, the Rev. J. Green, and the Rev. 11. H. Higgins, and the meeting separated about nine o'clock. SUDDEN DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN UNKNOWN.—On Sunday morning, about eight o'clock, a gentleman who had gone into the railway station in Lime - street, suddenly dropped down, and died almost instantly. He was quite unknown to any of the attendants or parties present. His height was found to be about 5 feet 5 inches ; and he wore a black coat and waistcoat, lead-coloured trowsers, drab ‘o -coat. clotl• and Mac -.AI boo, and about fifty years of agc Fair. comp Two gold rings on on ROBBERY FROM ATWAREHOUSE.-At the police court yesterday, two men, Thomas Watson and Luke Meldon, were charged with having stolen five casks of saltpet re , and endeavouring to sell the same. It• appeared that • - - 91 elurteen .v atson, who had been for twelve or rb. - years in the employ of Mr. Lutwych, chemist (and without any impu tation on his honesty,) had taken, or sent away from his master's premises, in Paul-street, on Thursday evening last, five casks of saltpetre, weighing each 1121 b. These were offered for sale by the other prisoner, Meldon, to Mr. Benson, drysalter, Williamson-street, Church-street. Mr. Benson had some like_ transactions with the prisoner at a very small friction lower per cwt. (only Is.) than he had been served with by Mr. Lutwych, who, he thought, had charged him a little above the usual price at which the trade was supplied ; but on the last occasion (that stated) his suspicion& were roused that the article was not honestly come by, and hence the apprehension of both the prisoners. They were both committed for trial at the sessions. THE LATE C. S. ROWLAND.—The news of the death --,__ _Li _ s• of tms estnnabie public officer muct have come upon many of our readers, as it came- up on ourse l ves, w i th startling effect. Not a week before his untimely end we stood 1w hiq 4-1,„ -..1. . , atching admiring at once his keen perc ption of im,- posture, and his kindness in the administration of relief to the .crowds of . suffering Irish,which the destitution .of their own country threw upon the resources of this parih. For years we have known him-as a humane and active servant of this community ; and: known how highly he was held in the grateful affection ofthe regular poor, amongst whom his office brought him. She demonstration made by those poor at his funeral. sufficiently shows the extent and depth of that affection, hundreds of them following his remains• to their place of rest, in the church-yard of Walton. Mr. Rowland leaves behind him , a wife an d five children—we learn, almost wholly unprovided for whose hand was "Open' as day toaneltino• charity" seldom , dies a rich man. We trust that his fellow town: men will' receive Mr. Rowland's widow and fatherle: ithildran as the saerpfl lAmslov of n fnitbfni some adequate provision will be, made for theit : suppo;i: We understand that a• subscription for this object is about MARRIED Yesterday, at St. Philip's _ _ A.M., Mr. CHRISTOPHER by, England, to miss ELIZABETH town. FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT LOUNGE, 17. CLAYTON-SOUR uy a a 'nose who have not yet visited the ()RIM (should not omit an opportunity; for the arrange surpass those of eVPry MM.,. 1 I,n+ 4.1.. - crci y ..... Jar n.tnet, nuL tne vianwrare of choicest kinds. An excellent Steak, cut in the. Lori - don style, is charged 9d., and it may be finished with a half-pint of splendid Amontillado Sherry, or fine-flavoured Port, for One Shilling. The Oriental has been flattered by the following notices from our local Press : The elegance with which it is fitted, /he promptitude and neatness with which everything is se red :up,: render it the most fashionable restaurant.—Stand d. The Restaurant, Clayton-square.-1 e have noilouht the ~cprom ises which teen y makes to the eay e will, unlike IVlachettl , ( witches, keep both to the ear and the hope.—Mercunl• The-dinners am suppers cann be excelled-fo r variet, or lowness of cha rges. —Albion. y It for the pnbli consolidc.atesraii. the re putation f the proprietor as a caterer 77 2 t _ ... ounaule Loan classes; the wfne is undeniable.—nmes. BILL OF FARE AT' THE FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT, YORROW, the 3rd, F,sa• THIS DAY, the flare. Ta s DAN Mock Turtle, m flare. Mu One o'clock Taco o'clock.— Three o'clock Four o'clock ast Beef Soiled Rabbit and I Tarts and Puddings, TO-MORROW One o'clock Info o'clock Three o'clock ot Pork is, and Pancakes tton Broth, and Gravy. _, Pigeon hiting. ll addle of utton, ie, Veal and Ham, Roast Pork. Soiled B e ef, Roast Lamb, Rump Steak Pad- ding. —BoiledTowl and Ham, Shoulder of Nlutton —Mutthn Broth, Gravy, and Mock Turtle. Fisn.t-Haddock, Soles, and Codfish. —Roast Turkey, Boiled Beef, Haunch of Mut ton. -Rahbit Pie, Roast Beef. —Roast Pork, Calves' Head and Bacon -Seel Steak Pie„ Veal and Hum -Roast Lei Pigeon Pi( Puddings Half-pint of Fine Amc Cup of Coffee, 4d. ; with Toast or Muffin, 6d, n Tea or Coffee, Is. Ladies will find the call at for Refreshme, at a most respectable Irort.se to ILondon Oysters received daily 71. cod. per barrel, or ls. fug CELEBRITY OF THE LONDON OYSTERS. The acknowledged superiority of the London Oysters, and the difficulty of obtaining them • • adueed isillingsgate, from, whom he daily receives AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF TILE NAMES; but as all the Liverpool journals have enlop;ised them, Mr. F. sub mits their recommendation rather than his own. "A dish of the finest Oysters we ever remember to have seen or rili tasted ; we caonestly recommend them."-=Mercury.them."-=Mercury. " We ca n safely vouch for th eir fine condition and excellent wrn honor rannnt- I_ A.oooon or else where."—Stamiard. "We recommend our friends to pay the Divan a visit and . judge of the Oysters by their size, freshness , and deliciou's fla vour."-Journal,.` le divided is c Gpa of v TO- 1 , , sth ii Do Ad and doctrinei of the ad how 'far t NE would not willinzl one word which ien in Ireland - Ind. We `1 te, hitherto our bst to stimula Xll continue to du to direct the at- rs to t .e awful condition of 1; and, although maxim, " Charity to overlook the Aranting its kind mstrations at our own UM 11. a • At the annual meeting of the Health of Towns sociation, held on Friday night, Mr. Samuel Arne laid before the public some most appalling Ltements of the .destitution prevailing amongst a correct exemolific ence, of )n Of it nyt►iint- lik( ical polity of which We have free t all the world, le in the main artiel ad high prices at the enamoured. A' food with Che poor man's loaf is cheapened; the Brit as a nec ry CO sequence of free not rejoicing in the agrandizement, which was pre dieted by the opponents, and certainly hoped fo and sought, as its result, by th would not ha.e ti •ocates of tin the danger with which s past 'e menaced t has not crushed them during the past year , been reduced below a profitable rate not to be so reduced. The calcu- have nol that, I prices tions made of extensive foreign supplies are not roved to be fallacious because those supplies have 3t overwhelmed us up to this period, large although Ley have been. Europe has required ail her QWI3, MASTERS AND MATI of examiners, held at the Board AS" _ • 4.r.. . It the meeting of the Board mm on the 23d instant, 'union W aiker, late-second mate of the ship Calcutta, of Liverpool, was found duly qualified for a first-class masters.' certificate likewise Mr. Robert Thomas Dun- second class 1 • iiarnaoas unurch, atter a sermon by the Rev. T. Nolan, in compliance with the Queen's letter, for the distressed Irish and Scotch. This is in addition to the sum of £2.30 which the conzresntion had nrevinnslv nl.ecd in their re- spected pastor 7; tressed localities ST.. JUDE'S SUBSCRIPTION FUND.—The treasurer of this fund for the relief of the starving in Ireland and Scotland has received upwards of £4,000, as may be seen from the subscription list in another column. Notwith standing the sum is a handsome one, we are sorry to say it is quite inadequate to meet the exigencies of the case, and we hope the list will be still farther swelled —liberally and immediately, • . of demur on the part of their Landlords to make such improvements by offering . them a trifling increase of rent to cover the expens( Excellent as these sug .estions are, and dictated by the us the rev. gentleman, there is one other which we would impress upon the attention of the Council, as applicable to those cases, where the property oc cupied by our poor is absolutely unimprovcable. It is admitted] that Liverpool is in want of good and wide streets, to serve as ventilators to its crowded localities. We have omitted many oppor tunities of effecting this desirable object ; and now, when we are at a loss what to do with masses of wretched property in various parts of the town, it ought to be attempted. Mr. Samuel Holme showed clearly that the Cook-street project could be carried out without a loss to the Corporation ; and if it could be done there, with valuable pro perty to deal with, it could be done in such locali ties as Vauxhall Ward. A few good business streets would be better paying prdperty than the existing ere,ction, which would be displaced. • a, in accordance nz letter, the sum of £l5 was (*Bee,— land. When we add to this £BO Ws. previously sent in by members of the congregation to their minister, and. by him forwarded directly to various parishes in Ireland, _ a. • :ed for . Ireland ant] the Council may think fit 2.1301 r. Councillor James That it be an instruction to the Courts of Law -hall Committee, to prepare and lay before Ld St. George the Counci A return, showing, as nearly as can be now ascertained, the amount of all sums expended up to theist of February 4th. An estimate of the rs for the purposes forwhich y, on account of extras W. A return,iliowing to accrue on subsisting contract they are respectively amounts remaining due, 0: '.ll - tended, comprising all the ap: Councillor Earle, " That the health Committee be re quested to take into consideration the expediency o f hay ing two _ • •. Fever hospitals erec one at the north and the the Cor- poration, tor tae-reeeption of persons infected with fever or other contagious diseases, who are not paupers, and who will be called upon to pay a weekly sum for their ad= mission into such hospitals." 4. By Mr. Councillor Hig gins, " That the Newsham-house Estate be placed under the management of the Gardens Committee, with a view to their laying out for public use, as gardens, walks, and drives, such . portion of i$ as may be required for tho4p purpOse3 imously-in favour of Mr.Feeny —Albion. Indon 0 t•-:stera." lovers of this fine shell.. quality at the Oriental l ill can now procure it of LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1847. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED F.VERY TUESDAY MOR NING By JOSHUA FLETCHEII LACE,. of grove street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford:streei. At No. 4, ST. G.F.O.Gg'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL rders for Advertisements received by Messrs. 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