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April 23, 1844. PROSPECTUS OF THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY. CAPITAL, £1,000,000, IN SHARES OF £2O EACH. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. THOMA S BLAME, Esq., Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen, . The Ri g ht H onourable the Earl of Erroll, K.T., Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire. Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore. The Right Honourable the Viscount Arbuthnott, Lord of Kincardinesre. The The Right Honourable the Lor d Forbes. j'ae Right Honourable the Lord Panmure. The Provost of Dundee. ThThee ovost of Arbroath. The P rovost of Montrose. ft,ue rrovost of Forfar. ahe Provost of Brechin. Alexander Bannerman, Esq. M.P. for City of Aberdeen. Edward Ellice, Esq., M.P. for the East Fifeshire Burghs. George Duncan, Esq., M.P. for Dundee. The Cou n t Leslie, ofßalquhain. John Adam, Esq., of Sobbach. Captain Barclay, of Ury and Allardice. David Blaikie, Esq., of the firm of John Blaikie and Sons, Aberdeen. M ajor-General Byres, of Tonley. Newell Burnett, Esq., Aberdeen. Patrick Chalmers, Esq., of Auldbar. Lewis Crombie, Esq., one of the Baillies of Aberdeen. William F. L. Carnegie, Esq., of Spynie and Boysack. Robert Duff, Esq., of Cutter and Fetteresso. Thomas Abercromhy Duff, Esq., of Haddo. Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tillychetly. Janus Farquharson, Esq., of Invercauld. James Farquhar, Esq., of Hallgreen, Kincardineshire, one of the Directors of the Union Bank of London. James Farquharson, Esq., Manufacturer, Auchinblae. Colonel Fraser, of Inverallochy and Castle Fraser. Robert Grant, Esq of Tilly four, Con vener of Aberdeen shire. Colonel Gordon, of Park, Convener of Banffshire. Alexand er Gibbon, Esq., of Johnston. John Gordon, Esq., of Avochie and Drumlithie. jo tew Gammen, Esq. of Drumtocbty Castle. n Taylor Gordon E sq., of Nethermuir. James H a d den, Midde n and jun'., Esq., of the firm of Alexander Sons. Frederick Holland, Esq., of the firm of Richards and Co. JWilliam ohn Angus, Esq. City Clerk of Aberdeen. Inner, E'sq., of Slifemoir, Convener:of Kincar dineshire. Alexander Jopp, Esqiilberdeen. James Kilgour, Essr,, , ; of the firm of Gordon, Barron,& Co. Clements Lumaden, Esq., Aberdeen. Alexander Morison, Esq., of Bognie and Montblairy. Isaac Macbray, Esq., Torry Farm, Mail Coach Contrac tor, Aberdeen. John Morice, Esq., of Tullos, Kincardineshire, Merchant in London. Alexander Pifie, jun., Esq., of the firm of Alexander . _ . . . Pirie and Sons. Henry Paterson, Esq., Manager of the North of Scotland Banking Company. Major George Thomson, C. 8., Bengal Engineers, of Fairley, Aberdeenshire, residing in Liverpool. George Thompson, jun., Esq., Shipowner in Aberdeen. David Wylie, Esq., Cashier of the Banking Company in Aberdeen. BANKERS. The Banking Company in Aberdeen and Branches. The North - of Scotland Banking Company, Aberdeen, and Branches. The Royal Bank of Scotland and Branches, The Uni on Bank of Scotland and Do., }Edinburgh. The C ommercial Bank of Scotland and Do. Sir Richard Carr Glyn and Co, Messrs. B arclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., }London. The Uni on B ank of London, Messrs. Beckett and Company, Leeds. The Commercial Banking Company, Liverpooi. ENGINEERS. Messrs. G ra i nger and Miller, Edinburgh. Messrs. John Gibb and Alexander Gibb, Aberdeen. --LWAY, conneting the City of Aberdeen with - the Southern Lines c through the populous towns of Dundee, Perth, Arbroath, Forfar, Brecbin, Montrose, and tonehaven, and the numerous Towns and Villages in this ;roportant Agricultural and Manufacturing District, has long been anxiously desired, and the Line was surveyed as far back as the year 1837. The execution of the undertaking, however, was deferred until the chain of Railway commu nication should be farther advanced. This has now taken race. Railways have been completed or are projected t r hngland, and the South and West of Scotland, to e e as Termini of the present line. A fresh Sur / Estimate having been obtained, the undertaking amen, since received the sanction of the Noblemen and Gen "en; Prop r i etors of the greater part of the lands to be escribed raversed, and a l arge portion of the Capital has been sub within the district. From a consideration of the route and length of the Line, it will be seen that the whole traffic of the various ItailwaTs throughout the South and West of Scotland Vust, in i t _ progress to Aberdeen and the Northern °un ties; fall into, and be conveyed along this line. CommencingTh lent of the Line is 66 miles, including Branches. at the Harbour and Wet Docks in the centre Aberdeen, it proceeds by the Villages of Cove, Port letthen wi S oeueliavSeknateraw and others, to the county town of ; thence through the fertile district of the and arna, near to the Villages of Drumlithie, Auchinblae, Laurencekirk, b Maykirk, to Brechin, and having a branch to the Docks y at Montrose. From Brechin, it is Proposed that the Line shall be continued to Friockheim 00 the one hand, forming there a junction with the Rail- Ways already finished to Arbroath and Dundee, and the Edinbur g h and Northern, through Fife ; and, on the other hand, to be continued to Forfar, where it will meet th e Northern Junction Railwar from Perth through Strathmore, thus connectin g it with the Scottish Central Line. No Tunnel is required on the whole length of the line— the gradients are good—the value of the Land is compa ratively small—and the works are of a description which can be estirnatd with certainty. In addition to the ex perience of M_.ssrs. Grainger and Miller, and Messrs. Gibb, as Railway Engineers, the practical experience of the latter as Contractors, under the firm of John Gibb and Son, is well known, and will give more than usual confidence in the estimate of cost. After the most careful c onsideration of the whole works on the Main Line and Branches, and includin g th e p l ant, t h e Capital has been fixed at £1,000,000 sterling. The Line traversed is very populous, and besides the other large Towns above mentioned, Aberdeen alone con tains 7 5 ,000 inhabita n t s , an d i s t h e dep6t for the supply of the important and wealthy district north of that city with general merchandise. Aberdeen and the other towns on W the line are also imp or t an t seats o f the Linen, Cotton, oollen, and other Manufactures. The Salmon and Lother Fisheries are of great magnitude. These afford a cry large it em i n the present carrying trade of the Coun r, whi c h, w i th the advantage of a rapid transit, so ne y9esary to a commodity of a perishable nature, will largely R t u rse. Thi s trade, it is well known, has, in lines of a y similarly circumstanced , proved a source of great revenwue. A portion of the country traversed being deficient of stone for building purposes, while the other is abundantly !,uPPlied with stone of the finest quality and of different 'ascriptions, a large traffic will thence arise. Its importance as an Agricultural district, in which the nest cattle are reared and fed in great numbers, requires I ° MY to be mentioned to satisfy every one of the large re e.nue which the Railway will realise from the transit of Tel and Dead St oc k to the sout h ern M arkets, to which ' are at resent riven b tedios and expensive e nits of copnveyancde. The y Grain u Trade also forms m an important item in the anticipated receipts. _ Tabl es of Traffic have b een prepare d f rom the passenger of a nd carrying trade, exhibiting a clear revenue of upwards 80,0 00, or of Eight per Cent. on the Capital of ;000,000, without reckoning on any new branch of _ade to be called into existence, or on any undue increase a r_that at present existing. Share s is proposed that the Stock shall be divided into 50,000 b n ares of £2O each ; and, as the Standing Orders of the 'loUs e of Commons provide that 10 per cent. on the sums Subscribed shall be paid before a Railway Bill can be read a second time, a deposit to that amount will be required befor e app lying to Parliament. A deposit of 20s. per Share to be paid as the Shares are awarded, and the re tuaining 20s. before the Ist of February, 1845. The amount of future Calls to be payable at such times as the Committee may direct, and the Shares of parties failing to pay the Calls when required, will be forfeited, along with any sums which they may have previously paid. The Act will provide that no Subscriber shall be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription, that no more than £2 Ios. Per Share shall be called for at any one time, and that •there shall be an interval of not less than three months betwixt the Calls. all owed the Act i s o bt a i ned, 4 per cent. Interest will be !!!yowed upon the Calls, from the date of payment, until e Line is opened for traffic. If the Act is not obtained, Peplicati Payments, dor eductin Shares in exenses, will be returned. 2,e!kithe form annexed, may be 1,7 tO A „„, •••••DA34 and A NDERSON, B LAIKIE and SMITH, or T. Ni k ' s ' . 4 ,'"DAVIDSON; Advocates in Aberdeen ; to G. and Pan ctu , risTER, Old Palace Yard, and JOHNSTON, th e parigi../..m; and ' LEECH, 64, Moorgate-street, London, BROWN, ~..entary Solicitors; to CLARK, DAVIDSON, and D unde e; "),,n, Essex -street, London; SHIEL and SMALL, G ORDo x s ' °ll sON and M`DONALD, Arbroath ; WILLIAM kont ros : and D. D. BLACK, Brechin ; ADAM BURNESS, ko,„,_ -;, A LEXANDER SMART, and KINNEAR and Stonehaven ; DUNCANS and M`LEAsr, and bro.' and JAMIESON, Perth,. or to the following Share ‘ers, viz • -- WILLIAM GORDON, Marischal-street, 4beraeei,',`li,EoltoE and Co., and JAMES BL ACK an d C o., ROBERT ALLAN, JOHN ROBERTSON and Co.. ts LA NS and H OME, Edin b urgh ; D. B. NIVEN, and erth Ipattocx, Jun., Dundee ;W. H. OuPnasTT, 1.1 BS and AULD, JOHN C. FOULDS, an d ".ttdd Glasgow ; MOORE and GATLIFF, •' \V W KER and GEO. HEAPS and eed s Af. AL , 14 1) 1a0y d ' 4 riAturox and SON, Manchester ; B. and Bank Bu ilding s, and C. and J. 11. , 57 , it , ew Posl c orgate-street, London ; or 121 and PRITCHARD, 1 10. (1 J. RD SCHO LES,► B. NEILSON, and Liverpool. A Ilm To held. d e L Pl ' . Ob . : l „ P APPLICATION FOR SHARES. I re I cl . t.p l s , --4, 2/ Committee of Me Aberdeen Railway. e ach, ue st "' e IN th e at You will allot to me Shares, of £2O Lnd 'Poditz berdcen Railway, on the terms the 13 kri th e tleocef:he Prospectus I shall pay the deposit, ated at necessary deeds when required. , the day of , 1844. eside t 'rad e 07 PROSPECTUS OF THE G LASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY, VIA PAISLEY, JOHNSTONE, KILMARNOCK, AYR, CUMNOCK SANQUHAR, DUMFRIES, AND ANNAN. CAPITAL £1,300,000; SHARES £25 EACH DEPOSIT, £1 ss. No Subscriber liable beyond the amount of his Subscription. GOVERNOR. The Right Hon.theEAßL of EGLINTON &WINTON DEPUTY- GOVERNOR. The Right Hon. LORD JAMES H.C. STUART, M.P. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. JOHN LEADBETTER, ESQ., CHAIRMAN. The Most Noble the MARQUIS of QUEENSBERRY, THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF ORKNEY. SIR DAVID HUNTER BLAIR, of Blairquhan, Bart. SIR C. G. STUART MENTEATH, of Closeburn, Bart. SIR JAMES CAMPBELL, Glasgow.-- WILLIAM EWART, Esq., M.P. JOHN LEARMONTH, Esq., Chairman of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway. GEORGE HUDSON, Esq. of York. THE PROVOST OF DUMFRIES. THE PROVOST OF PAISLEY. THE PROVOST OF AYR. THE PROVOST OF KILMARNOCK. THE PROVOST OF ANNAN. JAMES MONTEATH, Esq., of Stonebyres. JOHN HENDERSON, Esq., of Park. THOMAS D. DOUGLAS, Esq. JOHN MILLER, Esq., of Muirshiels. JOHN WILSON, Esq., of Dundyvan. JOHN FLEMING, Esq., of Claremont. JAMES DOUGLAS, Esq., Glasgow. ARCHIBALD SMITH, sq , Glasgow. ROBERT DYKES, Esq., Glasgow. WILLIAM BROOKS, Esq., Glasgow. ANDREW M`GEORGE, Esq., Glasgow. GEORGE STIRLING, Esq., Glasgow. JOHN ROSS, Jun., Esq., Glasgow. ALEX. BROWN, Esq., Glasgow. ALEX. CHRISTIE, Esq., Muirkirk Iron Works. JAS. STUART MENTEATH, Esq., Jun., of Close burn. MARMADUKE C. MAXWELL, Esq., of Terregles. Colonel PERRIER HAMILTON, of Cairnhill and Westport. WILLIAM M. ALEXANDER, Esq., of Southbar. C. D. GAIRDNER, Esq., Banker, Kilmarnock. JAMES DUNLOP, Esq., of Annan-hill. J. 0. FAIRLIE, Esq., of Williamfield. BANKERS. Glasgow UNION BANK OF SCOTLAND, AND WES TERN BANK OF SCOTLAND. Edinburgh Do. Do. Do. Manchester—Messrs. JONES, LOYD, and Co. London Messrs. GLYN, HALIFAX, and Co. Liverpool BANK OF LIVERPOOL. Leeds.. Messrs. BECKETT and Co. ENGINEER. JOHN MILLER, C. E., Edinburgh. SOLICITORS. Glasgow.. Messrs. BAN &Ali 7 KkS and KIRKWOOD, 16, Gordon -street. Glasgow. London .. Messrs. W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall, London. INTERIM SECRETARY. WILLIAM LOGIE, 76, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow, " Applications for Shares may be made to WILLIAM LOGIE, 76. St. Vincent-street, the Interim Secretary ; or JAMES WATSON, Esq., Messrs. M'EWAN and AULD, Or Messrs. BUCHANAN and AITKEN, Sharebrokers, in Glas gow ; ICI ROBERT ALLAN, Esq., or Messrs. PILLANS and HOME, Sharebrokers, Edinburgh; and to MATTHEW WOTHERSPOON, or SAMUEL WOODS, Jun., Sharebrokers, Live EAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, Tpool. FROM PERTH through STRATHMORE to ABERDEEN, FORMING A CONTINUATION OF THE CALEDONIAN AND SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAYS. THIS line will complete the great chain of cent ra l rail way communication between England and the north of Scotland. It will join the Scottish Central Railway at Perth, and will in this way connect the northern parts of Scotland in the most direct line with the south and west of Scotland, and with England by the Caledonian Railway. The whole traffic from Aberdeen, and from Inverness, and the whole northern counties towards England, and all parts of Scotland, must pass along this railway. By this line, the interruption, delay, and expense in curred in crossing two arms of the sea, will be avoided, and passengers will be more qnicklv, easily, and econo mically conveyed than by idly other line which can be constructed. _ A considerable portion of this line was surveyed some time ago, and was found to be upon one uninterrupted level. The valley of Strathmore, through which a great portion of the line passes, is famed for its unsurpassed fertility, and is very populous. It is already the seat of important manufactures, which will be greatly extended, and is studded with towns and villages. The importance of Aberdeen as a seat of commerce and manufactures is well known. The railways from Arbroath to Forfar, and from Dun dee to Strathmore, by Newtyle, already constructed, will run into this line, and form feeders to it. It is proposed to invite the distinguished engineers, Messrs. LOCKE and ERRINGTON, to undertake the exe cution of the line. This will ensure the adoption of the line from the south to Aberdeen, best adapted to the in terests of the public. A Provisional Committee is in course of formation, and will be immediately announced. It already includes many noblemen and other extensive proprietors and influential persons. It is believed there will be no dissent along the whole line. Till the report of Messrs. Locke and Errington is ob tained, the capital cannot be precisely fixed ; but it is proposed that it be divided into shares of £5O each, the parliamentary deposit of 10 per cent., or £5 per share, being payable on subscription. Applications for shares, or generally for information on the subject, may in the meantime he made to Messrs. HOPE and OLIPHANT, W. S., Edinburgh ; Messrs. CHRISTOPHER and JOHN KERR, writers, Dundee; Mr. LANG, Parliamentary Solicitor, 11, Park-street, West minster, London ; or to the following Sharebrokers,__ viz., Messrs. FOSTER and BRAITHWAITE, 61, Old Broad street, London ; Messrs. JOHN Ro r tl i E r wr ri so u N T. a A nd LL C A o N . : 15, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh, and nmdrre.wisticu.aFreo,isELdDisn,burgli Glasgow;; Mr N js4 V . . r. H J O . O B ILP L it oc A K N E T : Messrs. FORSYTH and PRITCHARD, & I‘ ,BP r 'e a Sr n tti C A l ; lester ; Liverpool. Messrs. TOD and ASHTON, EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM EDINBURGH THROUGH FIFE, TO DUNDEE, WITH A JUNCTION LINE TO PERTH. CAPITAL £BOO,OOO, IN SHARES OF £25 EACH. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. JOHN GLADSTONE, Esq., of Fas que —Ch a i rman. CAPTAIN WILLIAM RAMSAY, R.N., Deputy Chairman resident at Edinburgh. The Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh. The Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen. The Provost of Arbroath. The Provost of Burntisland. The Provost of Cupar. The Provost of Dundee. The Provost of Kirkaldy. The Provost of Montros The Provost of St. Andreiv's. The Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Edinburgh. Lord Frederick Hallyburton, M.P. for Forfarshire. Sir Adam Hay, of Haystone, Bart., Banker, Edinburgh. Sir James Forest, of Comiston, Bart. Sir David Brewster, of Allerly, K.H. John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, Esq„ of Balfour. James H. Burnett, Esq.. Moray-place, Edinburgh. Peter Cameron, Esq., Thomaston Mill, of Messrs. Ca meron and Co., General Carriers. W. F. Lindsay Carnegie, Esq., of Boysack, Chairman of the Arbroath and Forfar Railway Company. William Curr, Esq., Dundee, one of the Directors of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company. George Duncan, Esq., M.P. for Dundee. William Stark Dougall, Esq., of Seotscraiz. Edward Ellice, Esq., M.P. for the East Fifeshire Burghs. Colonel Ferguson, of Raith, M.P. for the South Fifeshire Burghs. George Fyfe, Esq., Dundee, one of the Directors of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company. John Gibson, Jun., Esq., Charlotte-street, Edinburgh. John Leigh Goldie, Esq., London. • David Greenhill, Esq., Grant Lodge, late Bombay Civil Service. Archibald Horne, Esq., one of the Directors off' the Royal Bank. John Learmonth, Esq., of Dean, Chairman of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway Company. Donald Lindsay, Esq., one of the Directors of the Royal Bank. James M. Melville, Esq., George-street, Edinburgh. George Moon, Esq., Manufacturer, Russell Mill. David Nairne, Esq., of Drumkilbo. Erskine Douglas Sandford, Esq., Chairman of the Edin burgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway Company. Henry Stewart, Esq., of St. Fort. John Thompson, Esq., Cashier of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Alexander Thompson, Esq., of Whiterig. William Thorns, Esq., Banker, Dean of Guild of Dun dee. William Tullis, Esq., Auchmuty Mill. Patrick Wallace, Esq., St. Andrews. Robert Wiseman, Esq., Cupar-Fife. David Tool, Esq., Manufacturer, Blebo Mills. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The Royal Bank of Scotland and Branches. The Union Bank of Scotland and Branches. Messrs. Coutts and Co. Sir Richard Carr Glynn and Co. London. Sir Clatide Scott, Bart. and Co. JJJ ENGINEERS. Messrs. Grainger and Miller, Edinburgh. SOLICITORS. Sir Charles Gordon and Co., Edinburgh. Messrs. lii.chard,oo and Connell, and Messrs. G. and T. W. Webster, London. THE line of this Railway is ungtzesti , , , ilably the best which could be selected. From Aberdeen to Edin- burgh, the distance, as compared with any Railway which has at any time been proposed, is shortened 455 miles ; from Perth to Edinburgh 4O miles ; from Perth to Lon don 37 miles ; from Dundee to Edinburgh 54& miles ; from Dundee to London 54 miles ; and from Dundee to Glasgow 55 miles. The time which will be occupied in travelling tram Perth to the centre of the city of Edin burgh, will be 2+ hours ; and from Dundee to Edinburgh, 21 hours. 'The estimated Traffic, after a most careful inquiry, shows a clear Revenue of upwards of £70,000, being nearly Nine per Cent, on the Capital. The Prospectus, affording full information as to the Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and other particulars, will be found in the London Times of the 13th instant, in the North Bri tish Advertiser of the 6th and 13th instant, and the Li verpool Mail of the 13th, and STANDARD of the 16th inst. Books to receive the subscriptions of those who propose to be Shareholders will be found at the following places, where copies of the Prospectus may be obtained. London.. Messrs. Coutts and Co., Bankers. Sir Richard Carr Wyn and Co., Bankers. Sir Claude Scott and Co., Bankers. Messrs. Johnston, Longdon, and Co., Bro kers, Token House Yard. Messrs. Capel and Co., Brokers, Popes h d- alley LIVERPOOL Messrs. Moss . and Co., Bankers. Messrs. D. and J. B. Neilson, Brokers. Manchester. John Duncuft, Esq., Broker. Leeds Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Brokers. Derby Messrs. Thomas Earp and Son, Brokers. Newcastle . Jonathan Drury, Esq., Broker. Edinburgh The Royal Bank of Scotland. The Union Bank of Scotland. Those who may not find it convenient to enter their subscriptions at any of these places, may transmit their applications to any of the Bankers or Brokers ; to the Provisional Co mm itt ee , a t 7 , Darnaway-street, Edin burgh ; or to the Solicitors in Edinburgh or London, in the form annexed : To THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY. GENTLEMEN, I request that you will allot to me Shares, of £25 each, in the proposed Edinburgh and Northern Railway, on the terms and conditions of The Prospectus. I shall pay the deposit, and sign the neces sary deeds when required. Dated at the day of 1844. Name, Residence, Trade or Profession,. getu Vubliration6. THE RAILWAY CHRONICLE appeared on S A TURDAY, the 20th instant. *** Order of any Newsvendor. LA POLKA. MONSIEUR JULLI EN has the honour to announce that he has just published the ORIGINAL POLKA as danced and played at the principal Theatres of London and Paris, price 25., postage free : splendidly illustrated by BRAN DARD, with a short desuription of the figure by E. CouLost, price 3s. The music composed on national melodies by Jullien. Many spurious imitations of M. JULLIEN . S POLKA having been sold to the public under so many assumed forms, he has published the POLKA. DANCE at his own Office, 3, Maddox-street, Bond-street, London ; and in order to secure the public against the possibility of purchasing incorrect copies, he has attached his signature to each, none therefore can be relied on which have not his autograph. Correct copies of Jullien's Polka to be had of every respectable Music-seller in the Kingdom. Also, LES FOLIES DE PARIS POLKA, THE RAGE OF VIENNA POLKA, and the NOBILITIES BALLS POLKA. For the convenience of persons residing in the Country, Postoffice Stamps will be taken in payment. TO BOOK BUYERS. Just Published, JAMES CORNISH'S CATALOGUE o f NEW an d SECOND-HAND BOOKS, at VERY REDUCED PRICES, may be had gratis and post-free, on application at the CHEAP BOOK ESTABLISHMENT, 37. LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL, where there is always on hand a large and valuable col lection of STANDARD WORKS, in all branches of Literature. The following are a few selected from the present Stock :- Baxter's Works, 23 vols. Bvo., calf, very neat, £8; pub. £l2 12s. boards.-Goldsmith's Works, and Life by Prior, 6 vols. 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Bvo., 13s. 6d. ; pub. £2 2s. 8. -s.lljal Imis n l m isto a r n y ual of otfheßilbileicbarlew Antiquities,CoonwBevaolt., Commonwealth, Bvo., THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Regal 00 tirtl. POINT, at present and or lr C llingwood-street, and for three years pre vious at No. 37, o e f months EDWARD pa past residing PE PIER POINT, I both in the N i t y h e r e m sid a i t n te g r at of No.th the Petition t f i t Eaton-street, iotni pa rishcartowner f Liverpool, e a r n d in cou nty O manuref a L n a d n e m a k e r h , o a u n s d e _ b k e e i e n p g e r a . formerly of Naylor•street, in the same parish, cartowner and beerhouse-keeper, Notice is Hereby Given, that EBENEZER LUDLOW, Sergeant -at-Law, the Commissioner acting in the matter of this Petition, will proceed to make a Final Order there on, at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy, at Li verpool, on the third day of May next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, unless cause bs then and there shown to the contrary. JOHN DAVIES, Solicitor, Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. T PARKER UNSWORTH, at present and for ten months past residing at No. 17, Simpson-street, in the parish of Liverpool, and county of Lancaster, and being out of business, but occasionally a journeyman butcher, and for upwards of twelve months previously residing at No. 42, Blundell-street, in the said parish of Liverpool, and there being a butcher, on my own account, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that I intend to pre sent a Petition to the Commissioners of the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate and effects ; and to be protected from all process, upo❑ making a full disclosure and sur render of such estate and effects, for payment of my just and lawful debts. And I HEREBY FURTHER GIVE NOTICE, that the time when the matter of the said Petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette, and in the Standard, Liverpool newspaper, one month at the least after the date hereof. As witness my hand, this twenty-second day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, PARKER UNSWORTH. W HEREAS, a fiat in bankruptcy, dated the 11th day of April, 1844, directed to Her Majesty's District Court of Bankruptcy at Liverpool, bath been awarded and issued against WILLIAM LLOYD, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, carrying on business there as a wine and spirit merchant, and also now or late carrying on business at Liverpool aforesaid in copartnership with James Alexander Forrest, as glass dealers, under the style or firm of " Forrest and Lloyd," dealer and chapman, as a trader, indebted together with one John Christopherson, and he, having been declared a bankrupt, is hereby re quired to surrender himself to EBENEZER LUDLOW, Sergeant-at-Law, one of Her 11jajesty's Commissioners of the said Court, on the third and twenty-first days of May next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon on each day, at the District Court of Bankruptcy at Liverpool ; at each of said meetings the creditors may come prepared to prove their debts, and at the first sitting the said bankrupt is required to submit himself to be examined touching his estate and effects, and the creditors may then and there vote in the choice of assignees; and at the second sitting the said bankrupt is required t o ma k e a full discovery and disclosure of all his estate and effects, and finish his exa mination. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons indebted to smoilsicsiiotonre,rNhaos. 4a6p,pco appointed, effects, no the said btatnokrpuapytorordehliisveersttaitlee, s o a r tn t e ha b t u la t av to e any o f BIRD, Liver-court, Sonta Castle-street, Liverpool, and give notice Official Assi YOUNG, Solicitors, New Inn, No. 10, London. street, Liverpool ; or to Messrs. HOLME, Lorrus, and e e tc; w M b r ° . lll BOOKER,theC IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES, HOTELS AND BOARDING SCHOOLS. ' s 5..“.., a . a...-. ... -.., DRESSING FEATHERS BY HAND, WILLIAM NOWLAND, 149 and 151, D ALE _ STREET, near Byrom-street, Liverpool, est a bli shed 1812. continues the good old process of Stoving F eathers for Forty-eight Hours, by which means the effl uv i a and animal oil, which causes them to smell, are effectual) destroyed ; they are then thrashed with flails, in canvas bags, till not a particle of dust remains, and lastly, f anned over large wire screens. SHOW ROOMS and FEATHER STORES, w h ere a large Stock of Featheißeds, Hair, Wool, Silk and Cotton Flock Mattresses, and Paillasses, and an elegant assort ment of Four-post, Camp, French Stump, and N ursery Bedsteads are constantly on Sale. Excellent Rabbit Down Beds. Large Flock Beds, is. 6d. _ _ A great assortment of ready-made Bed Tick s, that Parties may choose and see them filled. COALS. GEORGE LOXTON, COAL MERCHANT, having %ifdis continued receiving orders in Dale-street, begs to inform his Friends that he has taken an OFFICE in DERBY-BUILDINGS, FENWICK-STREET, oppo site the North and South Wales Bank, where the Coat and Carrying Business will for the future be carried on. Best King Coals for HoUse Use, and Rushy-park Coals, in the River,/or Steam-boats and Shipping. DZIVER'S BONDED BOTTLING VAULTS, FOR WINES AND SPIRITS FOR EXPORTATION, Called "Jones's" 321, Rumford-place. THESE capacious and dry Vaults contain Stillage i room for upwards of 150 Pipes, and every facility is given to parties Bottling for Ships' Stores and Exporta tion. The Proprietor has now on hand, for the Trade only, WINES of all description, Wishaw and Campbelton Malt WIIISKEY, and Henessey's BRANDY, in Jars and Cases of all sizes.—For prices, &c. apply to JOHN DRIVIZR, 4, Exchange-alley North. Joni.; DRIVER, Shipper of Portugal, Spanish, and Madeira Wines, and General Commission Agent, begs to inform Merchants and others that he leaves Liverpool about the Ist May next, on his sixth trip to the Wine Countries, and offers his services to those persons who may have business to transact at Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz Seville, Gibraltar, or Madeira. Liverpool, 161 h April, 1844. (One concern.) HENRY ROSE AND CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND BRITISH WINES, ALE, PORTER, &c., 44, DALE-STREET, CORNER OF TEMPLE-STREET, IN commencing the above Establishment, the Proprie tors beg most respectfully to call the attention of their Friends and the Public to the annexed List of Prices, which, they feel assured, will bear comparison with any other house in the trade, and command a share of that support, which it will be no less their study to deserve than their desire to continue. TERMS,-CASH. WINES IN BOTTLE : Prime old crusted Port.... 425., 485., and 545. per dozen. Pine ditto Ditto .. 365., 425., and 48s. „ -raft, Ports..:. Prime - old Sherries 365., 425.. and 48s. ~ Draft Sherries . 302. and 345. Rhenish and French Wines, Champagnes, Clarets, Moselle, Hock, &c. WINES IN WOOD, duly paid, and delivered free in Liverpool : PORTS, of the choicest vintages; SHERRIES, of the choicest marks ; CANARY, Bronte (Florio), in Pipes, Hhds., or Quarter Casks, direct from Bond. PORTER AND ALES, in Bottle, per Dozen: PINTS, Dublin Porter ...... 4s. Gd. 2s. Gd, Scotch Ale Burton Ale East India Ale • Gs. Od. 3s. Od Whitbread and Co.'s London Double Stout . 6s. Od. 3s. Od BRITISH WINES, of every variety: Ginger, Grape, Raspberry, Raisin, Cow•? all at 14s. per slip, Elder, &e British Champagne CIDER, in Wood and Bottle. All Orders executed in Town or Country, with the ut most despatch, Free of Charge. Agents for London PICKLING VINEGARS and pure ACETIC ACID. (One concern.) ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, No. 34, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. ESTABLISHED 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. Chairman—The Right Hon. Tiros. FRAN/ELAND LEWIS. Deputy-Chairman—HENßY FRED. STEPENSON, Esq. THE following a r e among th e a d van t ages o ff ere d b y t hi s Society : LOWER RATES of Premium than those of any other Office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. THE WHOLE OF THE PROFITS divided among the assured. Three Bonuses have already been declared out of three-fourths of the Profits. The first, in 1834, averaged £l6 per cent. on the Premiums paid. The second, 1839, averaged £3l per cent, since the Ist division. The third, 1844, averaged £36 per cent. since the 2d division. In addition to which, all Policies entitled to the absolute bonus, will receive a contingent prospective bonus of £1 per cent. per annum, on becoming claims before 1849. Assurances effected on the equal scale of Premiums in the year 1844, will be entitled to participate in the bonus to be declared in 1849. Agent for LIVERPOOL T. 0. COOPER, If Manchester William Johnson, jun. Al Chester Edwards a n d R o b er t s . PP Blackburn T. B. Ch a d w i c k. Bolton MISCELLANEOUS. The excise authorities have issued a detailed notice upon the subject of the. adulteration of tea, tobacco, and other leading articles of consumption, which it is hoped will secure the public to a greater extent than at present from the shameful practices of a few unscrupulous dealers. DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN SCOTLAND.—On Saturday week, as a number of labourers were engaged in the for mation of a new road from Alyth to Glenshee, in For farshire, a high bank under which they were working gave way, and buried most of the party alive. Five of them were extricated totally lifeless, whilst a sixth was so shockingly bruised, that but slight hopes are entertained of his recovery. Two of those killed were contractors, and two were Irish labourers from Dundee, where they have left destitute widows and families. At the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday Mary Furtley, a married woman, aged 36 was committed for the wilful murder of George Furley, her infant son, and sentenced to death, by Mr. Justice Maule, without hope of mercy. The unhappy mother being in a state of desti tution, after working at shi r t- ma ki ng at led. per shirt, threw herself into the canal on the 20th of March, along with her child. She was taken out and with much diffi culty recovered, but the child, which was observed to slip from her grasp was quite dead. They will hardly hang the wretched mother under such circumstances as these. THE GALVANIC TELEGRAPH.—The first intelligence of the arrival of his Royal Highness Prince Albert in England from Germany, on Thursday week, was com municated to her Majesty at Windsor Castle, by means of the galvanic telegraph on the line of the Great Western Railway. Within one minute of the arrival of his royal highness at the Paddington terminus, the information had reached Slough, at which station a special messenger was stationed by command of the Queen, and who proceeded with the intelligence to the Castle, where he arrived in eight minutes and a half from the time of his leaving Slough. LORD FRANKFORT AGAIN !—A suit, in the nature of an appeal from the Consistory Court of London, has just been decided, in which.this notorious personage and Lady Frankfort were the appellants and respondents. The former objected to the decision of the court below. which, on the ground of adultery committed by him, had allotted £550 as alimony pending suit, and £BOO pe: annum as permanent alimony; and the latter objected also to these sums as being too small, considering that she had to sup port and educate their two children, one of them heir to the title. It was proved that his lordship's income of £15,000 a year only yielded him £2,500 to £3,000 a year ; and the Arches Court decided, under the circumstances, that the alimony of £550 pendenle tile should have been £550 per annum, and not for the four months only during which the suit lasted ; and the permanent alimony was correctly fixed at £BOO per annum. MURDEROUS ATTACK AND EXTRAORDINARY DE FENCE.—In the township of Dilworth, some eight or ten miles from Preston, there is a house known by the name of Cuckoo-hall, which is occupied by two brothers, Rich ard and Edward Hubbersty, the only other inmate being a housekeeper. On Tuesday night last, at twelve o'clock, Richard Hobbersty was woke from sleep by the barking of the dog. The watchfulness of the animal had been ex cited by the sudden bursting open of the door, and the entrance of three strange men. Richard Hubbersty went down stairs, and was instantly set upon by the three ruffi ans. Being a powerful man, though fifty-six years old, he returned with interest the blows dealt to him by the assailants, calling to his brother for assistance. The brother, who is sixty-two years old, went down, and a fierce battle ensued, the assassailants dealing heavy blows with heavy instruments which they carried, cutting and bruising the heads and arms of the brothers severely, and occasionally igniting lucifer matches to direct their at tacks. At lenth Richard Hubbersty obtained possession of a crow-bar from one of the villains, and they were with difficulty expelled, and the door forcibly closed upon them, But the men returued to renew the attack, and complete their intended work of plunder or murder, or both, or perish in the attempt ; and they again forced the door and gained admission into the house, and commenc ed, and continued till the worn-out strength of the Hub. berstys compelled them to express their readiness to give up all the money they possessed or any other property that might be demanded. The money in the house amounted to £5, with which the robbers, sorely against their will were obliged to rest satisfied. From the quan tity of blood, and the marks about the door, terrible blows must have been dealt on both sides, and the ruffians must have suffered severely. The heads of the two bro thers are dreadfully cut, and they are bruised over their entire bodies. Cuckoo-hall, the scene of this san guinary outrage, is situate about three miles from Longridge, and belongs to the brothers Hubbertsty, who, being men of supposed rather penurious habits, were, no doubt, expected to be in possession of a much larger stock of ready money than was met with. • FIR T LIGIITING OF LONDON.—Arno 1416 Sir Henry Barton, being mayor, ordained . lanth orns an d lights to be ' cut on the wiqter evenlngs, betwixt Allhallowticie and Candlemas.—lioteci's Londino) 0.78 CORRESPONDENCE. VILLIAM RATHBONE'S MOB-ORATORY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—One of the most pitiful illustrations of the viper gnawing the file, it has ever been my lot to witness, took place in this town last week. Here it is in the Chroni cle': report of Mr. William Rathbone's speech at the Free Trade Bannutt on Friday evening:— " The young men of Liverpool have, however, done their duty ; but I must say, so far as we are all concerned, that the town has not done its duty to itself. (Hear, hear.) It has been wrapped up in monopoly, and under the influence of those who would monopolise even heaven itself. (Cheers.) Gentlemen have told us to-night of the ignorance of other places, but I can tell them we have ignorance in Liverpool, ay. and in the pulpit, too, even though it be occupied by M'Neile. (Oh. oh.) We have had quoted in the pulpit Russell's history, and been gravely told that it was Lord J o h n Russell's history. (Hear, and oh! oh!)" Liverpool has not done its duty to itself! In other words, it has become Conservative. Hine :11(e lacierymee. But who is to blame for this ? M'Neile, of course. And accordingly the galled jade, unable to conceal the sore, proceeds with an essay at detraction. The charge is igno rance, and the instance a cotable one. Mr. M'Neile, it seems, could not read the author's name on the title-page of a book he quoted from, but ascribed it to a different author! This is beyond doubt a degree of ignorance in the reverend divine which the Liverpool public were not prepared for. It would seem from the notices of the re porter that even Mr. Rathbone's free trade audience could not swallow this, but instead of cheering as before, groaned " Oh, oh," at the orator. It would seem fur ther that Mr. Rathbone himself did not believe it ; for then, instead of saying, there is ignorance in the pulpit, " even though" it be occupied by M`Neile, he would have said because it is occupied by M'Neile. It has been well said, concerning envy, that like the scorpion, it turns from a brilliant fire, and if closely sur rounded by such a fire, it turns in upon itself and stings itself. An image of Rathbone ! He cannot bear M'Neile's brilliancy : he turns away from it : he meets it again on every side : he is surrounded by it to distrac tion: in the madness of mortification he stings himself. Alas, poor scorpion ! Alas, pale envy ! Alas, poor Will Rathbone. I am, of you, Mr. Editor, and others. on both sides. AN OBSERVER LOCAL NEWS. PUBLICANS FINED.—On Friday, publicans and retailers of beer to tbe number of seven in all, were fined at the police court in sums ranging from 40s to 80s and costs for various infractions of the local Improvement Act. ANOTHER CHILD BURNT TO DEATH.--A child, three years old, who lived with her parents, poor people, named Hayward, in Cooper-street, was burnt so dreadfully by her pinafore accidentally catching fire, that she died soon after, in great agony, on Thursday , last. KING'S ARMS HOTEL, EGREMONT.—We call the at tention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. W. Redhead, in to-day's paper. The bowling-green is in excellent order, and will, we doubt not, give the greatest satisfaction to the admirers of that popular amusement. The fine steamer Hibernia, Capta'n Judkins, sailed on Friday morning for Halifax and Boston, with a full complement of passengers. Amongst them is our towns man, Mr. Edward Wilmer, of the firm of Messrs. Wil mer and Smith, who visits the United States and Canada on business. EMIGRANTS.—The Davenport and Argyleshire sailed from the Prince's Dock on Friday, and the Atlantic on Saturday, all bound for New York, having on board about 300 emigrants each. Emigration promises to be very extensive this season, and we are glad to see that the vessels are of the very first class. CAUTION TO PARENTS.—A little girl three and a half years old, the daughter of George Hayward, who lives in Co , per-street, Toxteth-Park was so severely burned on Saturday morning week, during the temporary absence of her mother, that she expired on Thursday last. An inquest was held upon the body on Friday. Verdiet, accidental death. THEFT IN A SHOP.—At the Police-court, on Friday, a woman named Mary M'Corrnock, was charged with having stolen 49 yards of calico from the shop of Margret Row son, Draper, in Scotland-road. It appeared that the pri soner went into the shop and bought half a yard of calico, for which she paid 14d.' and soon after she departed a roll of calico was missed, when she was followed and appre hended. The case was fully proved, and she was com mitted for trial at the sessions. FIRES,—On Wednesday night, the policeman on duty discovered a fire in the stable of Mr, Shepherd, Shepherd street. A horse was nearly burnt; but water being pro cured in buckets, the fire was speedily extinguished.-- On the same night a fire was discovered in Mr. Sharpe's stables, Low-hill, which was also quickly put out. Both fires were caused by the carelessness of the stable people. On Friday about midnight a fire broke out in a pawnbro ker's shop, Stanhope -street. It was speedily extinguish ed. THE HEAD CONSTABLE.—Mr. Miller, the new Head Constable was, on the afternoon of Monday, introduced to the whole of the police force in Seel-street station, by Mr. Whitty, that gentleman accompanying the introduc tion with some pertinent remarks on the private worth and public experience of the new functionary. Mr. Whitty having also tendered some excellent advice to the men on taking leave of them, the whole force marched past Mr. Miller in single file. Mr. Whitty retired from his situation on Saturday. THEFT FROM A SHOP. — Yesterday, a female named Mary M'Cormick, with a child in her arms, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having stolen 49 yards of calico from the shop of the Misses Rowson, No. 105, Scotland-road. About six o'clock the night before, the prisoner called and asked for half a yard of calico, with which she was supplied, and went away. A fter she was gone, a piece, 49 yards in length, was missed; and upon coming up with her, she dropped it on the footway and swore lustily that she had never either seen or handled it. She was committed for trial. EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. —Emigration to the United States and Canada is now at its zenith. Every vessel which leaves this port carries out shoals of the poorer classes of agriculturists and mechan. ics, who are bent upon seeking their fortunes on the west ern continent. From the beginning of March to the present time, several thousands have left Liverpool for this purpose. At least a dozen first-class ships will leave here before the end of the present month, and every ship will carry out as many as can be accomodated. the great bulk of the emigrants are Irish peasantry. The emigrant brokers are reaping a golden harvest. CARELESSNESS OF OMNIBUS DRIVERS.—On Satur day last, as the '' Criterion," Wavertree omnibus, was proceeding down Lord-street, it came in contact with two carts, the one going up and the other down the street. Instead of the driver drawing up, as he ought to have done, for a moment or two, although he slackened his speed, he still went on, and the consequence was, that the heavy omnibus caught the back part of one of the carts — a small country covered one—and completely capsized it and the pony. No accident occurred, but it is only one instance out of many of the reckless manner in which om nibuses are driven through the streets. CUSTOMS ORDERS.—By a Board's minute, dated the Bth instant, the order of the 17th February last, masters of vessels who have adopted temperance princi ples are allowed, upon waiving all right to any allowance of spirits for stores, to ship brandy fo r m e di c i na l pur poses from the war ehouse, duty free, in the proportion of one -tenth of the total aggregate quantity of brandy and other spirits to which they would be entitled for stores, according to the complement of the crew and the duration of the voyage, and also to ship bra n dy i n s t one j ars , pro vided the whole quantity required be contained in one package ; the like indulgence to be extended to the port of London and the several outports in the united kingdom. RAPID PROGRESS OF THE LIVERPOOL GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.—At a meeting of the Royal Britannia Lodge, of the Caledonia District of the above order, on Tuesday evening last, a splendid and substan tial token of respect, was presented by the officers and members of the above-named lodge, to brother John Joseph, P.N.G. of the Royal Wellington Lodge, as a grateful acknowledgment of the high and valuable services be has conferred upon them as a body of working men, and of his indefatigable exertions in the advance ment, welfare, and prosperity of the Liverpool Grand United Order. SWEARING IN7THE NEW HEAD CONSTABLE.—Sa turday last having been appointed for Mr. Michael James Whitty to retire from the head constableship of the bo rough, and for Mr. Henry Miller to succeed him in the duties of that office, both these gentlemen entered the Poliee-court, shortly after one o'clock, for the purpose of going through the necessary formalities. They wereac companied by several member s o f the Watch Comm ittee, among whom were Mr. Alderman Houghton, Mr. Aspi nail, Mr. Thornhill, Mr. Preston, Mr. Parker, Mr. Plimpton, Mr. Harbord, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Glaze brook, and Mr. T ro t man , w h o took their seats on the right and left of the bench. FATAL ACCIDENT` IN PEM B ROICE-PLACE.--011 Thurs day afternoon, as a girl named Margret M'Grey w as pas. sing th roug h P em b ro k e-p l ace , s he passed bet ween the Walton omn ib us an d a brewer's dray going in the same direction, when she was knocked down by the wheel of the latter which went over her neck and head. She was immediately taken up to be conveyed to the infirmary, but she died before arriving there. She was eight years of age and the daughter of a porter, residing at No. 13, Rus sell-place, Warren-street. No blame attached to the dri ver of the dray, as he had hold of the chain horse at the time, and was proceeding very slow. At an inquest on the body, which was held on Friday, a verdict of accidental death was returned. ACCIDENT AT B IRKENHEAD.—FO RTUNATE ESCAPE. —For some time prev ious to VF, ednesday, wo r k men were employed in digging the found ation of a h ouse, belonging to Mr. Thomas Hilton , Hamilton-square, corner of next to the ho use occupied by Mr. Ch a p e l- s treet east, John Danson. About six o'clock on the morning before mentioned, Mr. Danson went out as usual ; but some thing providentially calling him back again, he perceived that the gable-end of his house was giving way and crack ing in all directions. He immediately raised his family, cons i s ting of two boys, his wife, t wo b abies, ten weeks old, and a young female ; and they had scarcely time to escape into the yard at the back before the wall of the house fell taking with it the beds in which the inmates were only a few moments before lying, and most of the other furniture in the rooms. Surely there must have been g ou reat neglect on the part of th e persons taking out the fndation. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—Professor Rymor Jones commenced his lectures on Tuesday, on the deweiopetnent and metamorphoses of plants and animals. By some neglect on the part of railway companies, the lecturer's diagrams did not arrive in time for exhibition, so that a portion of the interest of the lecture was unavoidably lost. Notwithstanding this drawback, the able manner in which the lecturer treated his subject was felt by all and elicited the marked approval of his audience. He speaks extemporaneously, and employs the most choice language to clothe his ideas, sparkling with exquisite and refined imagery, and his words flow without the slightest embarrassment or interruption. Add to this, he never fails to employ the many opportunities which his subject affords him, by the introduction of a lofty strain of piety, to lift the views of the spectator from nature up to nature's God. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Present : Messrs. Molyneux, (chairman) Smith, Trotman, Middleton, Holmes, Holt, Bulley, Bold, Alolyneux, Chilton, Royden, Aikin, and Sandbach. The Marine Surveyor's report contained the result of a survey on the 4th and sth of the present month, with a tide of 20 feet 11 on each of those days. It was as follows :—Victoria Bar 10 feet 9 inches ; Hilbre Swasb, 7 feet ; Half Tide Swash Way, 4 feet, allowing no alteration in depth at those places dur ing the winter. It was also recommended that the Black Buoy, VI, should be removed north west about 30 or 40 fathoms, towards the edge of the bar; and that a new life-boat house should be erected at the Point of Ayr.— The Warehouse Management Committee have suggested the appointment of an assistant at the Transit Sheds, the matter was referred back, with power to select a suitable person for the office.—A letter from Mr. J. F. Ford, of Seacombe, complaining of incivility of one of the officers at the George's Dock gates, was referred to the Harbour Master's Committee.—Mr. Sandbach inquired whether any information had been received respecting a meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce, at which they had decided to withdraw their opposition to the new Dock Bill. The chairman said, he was not aware of any com munication having been made on the subject.--The com mittee then proceeded to the consideration of financial matters and soon after adjourned. APPEARANCE IN LIVERPOOL OF THE CELEBRATED VIOLINIST, HERB H. W. ERNST.—This splendid master of the violin, whose performances at the recent festival in Manchester were received by such enthusiastic admira tion, is to be introduced to a Liverpool audience, at the concert advertised by Miss E. Hamilton, to be given at the Amphitheatre on the Bth proximo. The lovers of music are under obligations to this young lady for such munifi cent catering for their gratification, as is evidenced by the engagement by her of, we are assured by those who have heard him, the first violinist of the day. We give, for the information of our readers, the following description of Ernst's playing from a Manchester paper:—" Previous to the third part, or miscellaneous portion of the enter tainment, Herr H. W. Ernst, the celebrated German vi olinist, made his first bow to a Manchester audience. He is a tall slim figure, wearing moustachios, and altogether he presented that spirituel, eccentric appearance which, for some reason or other, it is the pleasure of the musical lions of the continent to assume. His reception was most flattering ; and after the applause had subsided, he pro ceeded to play a concerto from Spahr. His porforniance was indeed wonderful; the command he has over his in strument strongly reminded us of Paganini, for like him he extracted the most plaintive notes from the violin, which almost seemed to be narrating its sorrow to its master. In the delicacy of his playing, in the tenderness and feeling which he throws into the andante movements there is consummate skill, a skill which he also imparted tc his livelier movements. He is decidedly superior as a musician to Camillo Sivori, not resorting to the quaint devices of the latter, but rather trusting to his knowledge of the violin and to its own resources, for bringing out those strains which promise to establish his unquestion able superiority as a violinist. Loud and long continued applause followed his performance." DEATH FROM A DISLOCATED ANCLE.—An inquest was held on Saturday, and, by adjournment, yesterday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Thomas M`Ewen, a man aged about 60. It appeared that, on Saturday night week, deceased, who was much intoxi cated, was found by police-officer John Wilson leaning up against a wall, and asked where he lived, but he spoke so indistinctly, being very drunk, that witness could not understand him. Witness took hold of him but deceased, being a heavy man, fell down in the street. A young man assisted witness in picking him up, and, having ascertained where he lived, took him to his lodgings in Thomas-street. He was there placed on the floor with a pillow under his head, and it being found soon after that his leg was app rently broken, and the bone protruding, the officer was called back, and deceased was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where everything was done for him. His right ancle had a compound dislocation, and mortification ensuing he died on Friday. When taken home, on the night in question, he was (said the woman of the house) unable to walk, and was laid in the lobby, but afterwards before the fire. Atithe adjourned inquest a witness, named Connolly, said he was at the house when deceased was brought home —much in drink. He was unable to stand or walk. A woman, who saw the de cea-ed on the night in question, stated, that at first deceased was standing near a cellar, supporting himself with one of his arms, when the police-officer stopped and said to deceased, " You drunken old beast, what are you doing out at this hour of the night ?" and then went be hind the deceased and took hold of his left arm, and gave him a punch with his stick, either on his back or his legs, she could not say which, but that the legs of deceased went from under him, and he fell down the steps of the cellar, and then backwards on the parapet. Deceased was able to walk befure the fall, but not after it. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased came to his death by cause of the injury to his leg, but how that injury was received there was no evidence to show. GRAND HISTORICAL PICTURE OF THE QUEEN PRE SIDING AT THE COUNCIL ON HER ACCESSION TO THE TuttoNE.—This admirable production of art, painted by Sir D. Wilkie, by request of her Majesty, and of which the subject is truly national, while the whole execution evinces the skill of a genuine master, is yet on view at Mr. Grundy's repository of the fine arts, Church-street, corner of the old Post-office-place. There are no fewer than thirty-three portraits, forming the group seated at, or round the table, of the most distinguished personages that at the time, June 1837, graced the court of our august sovereign, —including the names of Wellesley, Howard, Campbell, Grey, Paget, Fox, Lamb, Gordon, Russell, Cecil, Temple, Erskine, Abercrotnb'e, Peel, Keppel, Burgherslo and Villiers,—all rousing pleasing reminis cences of historical events, ancient and modern, while Howley, Copley, Denman, and Pepys connect the occa sion with both the law and the gospel, and Bing, Greville, Croker, and others give it connection with the House of ' Commons. The likenesses are all admitted to be good; and those of her Majesty, of the Duke of Wellington, and his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, (who ever entertained a parental fondness of her Majesty, and was ever a elcome in her sight,) are painted to the life. The artist who thus happily represents the first great act of the reign of Queen Victoria, employs no meretricious or naments in costume or architecture ; no glittering jewels, or sparkling emblems of authority. He has caught up the simple and chaste, we may almost say sublime taste of the principal personage, who impressed, in her sin cerity of heart, with the solemnity of the occasion, herself appears in plain but becoming attire, while those around her, appreciating her firm but modest and retiring feelings, in this as in other respects, are also in simple modern garb. It is well said in a brief description of this painting Chat " it is a picture of mind as well as of action ; and doubly remarkable from faithfully representing the first act of Queen Victoria's reign, and for being the first great work of art which her name has called into exist. ence." We confidently recommend an inspection of the work to all lovers of the fine arts ; and may add that beautiful engravings (proofs and prints) are to be taken from it, for which orders are now being received. THE LATE FIRE IN OIL-STREET.—On Saturday after- noon last, a young man, named Robert Raleigh, was brought before Mr. Rushton, at the police-court, he having been apprehended on suspicion of having wilfully set fire to the cotton shed of Messrs. Ho war d, H ors l ey , and Co., in Oil-street, on the 16th ultimo, in which he acted as warehouseman. The circumstances had been privately inquired into before the Magistrates, on Friday ; and the prisoner who was on the eve of departing for Bombay, was arrested on Saturday morning. The evi dence adduced, however, was of a vague and unsatisfactory nature. Some bales of cotton had it appeared been mis sed from the shed, and the prisoner had received notice to leave the employ—the notice expiring on the very evening the premises and their contents were burned. It was ad mitted that when the cotton was missed the prisoner re quested that the bales should be counted by another per son, and not by himself. The prisoner had been seen locking the door of the shed very shortly before the fire and ro matches were left in the place. It will be remem bered that there was a quantity of brimstone in the shed, (part of which had just been sent away in a cart,) as well as a large quantity of cotton. The prisoner returned in about a quarter of an hour after the alarm of fire was given and appeared much surprised at what had taken place. The prisoner in a conversation with Mr. Dowling police commissioner had said that he supposed the fire had ori ginated through the pressure of the iron break of the lorry (or cart) in which the brimstone was taken away, and which had he said pressed upon the brimstone in the shed, into which the lorry had been backed. Two witnesses stated to the contrary that the back of the lorry could not touch the floor. The prisoner was remanded until yester day.—On his being brought up Mr. Rushton said that he had thought it his duty to detain him till then, as a strict enquiry ought to be made, as the warehouses were under his, (the prisoner's care, and the fire had taken place un der circumstances of suspicion, He regretted, however, to say, that the whole affair was involved in such doubt and confusion, that all that could be really known was that the premises had been destroyed. He was, be added, bound to say that there was nothing before him to justify him in further detaining the prisoner in custody, and he was therefore discharged. WRECK OF THE BRIG FRANCIS : CONFLICT BETWEEN THE COAST -GUARD AND WRECKERS.—We have received letters from Ilfracombe, announcing the lose of the brig Francis, of Whitehaven, from Belize, in the Bay of Honduras, last from the Cove of Cork, and bound for London, which took place on the night of Tuesday last, by the vessel running ashore at Milhoe Bay, situated about six miles to the westward of the coast-guard sta tion, at Ilfracombe. The brig is laden with a cargo of mahogany and dye-wood, and is so much imbedded among the rocks, that in all probability, ere long, she will go to pieces. About midnight, on Wednesday, at least two hundred wreckers, of a most desperate character, made their appearance on the beach, to plunder the wreck ; however, their motives being communicated to Lieut. John Coleman, the chief officer at the Ilfracombe Coast guard station, he met them with his small party of men, and drove them back, but not before they had a severe conflict, in which the wreckers got the worst of it. All he hands were saved.