The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

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In espotism of a tinted by the troul for the loard will be [es, to a seat .mer, his not ? his position e other mere ?.sident of 'the secretaries of 2.: The new ; there is to of inspectors► bation of five brought be action of the w system, is erfering with nmittee such to the Board, )f the present e inmates in its, and pre ciety as useful ng as now a e district. 3MMARY. for commer- is beginning at moderate secured even has imparted ;aple ; cotton her than last were 29,490 and 1850 on 10,813 bales. with respect short time ;netted that, attempts are )f the opera and for the ders are onll' 11, however, y to sustain satisfactory he pressure Tate amount ether, which' infidenee to d we should of activity high price us difficulty ave received ;he weather Friday the ►nd ls. per e, probably, he country' o long ; and n the down- e stocks in ;attic, how pect an ad , as well as trust the t of a fair, ks ago was rial decline re is more 3 as to-the Imo of the I; and we .e similarly own mar &c., the an insuffi vn popule. LONDON e Court - of extremely n for hear s the eon' to recover s and false their con- I held bad now came " On the I travelled Sydenham is journey don, been mpany, .on de on him .oyden, "ter IT paid , ose of , 0 8 dants, must 0 yet be e At the was abou t lient, wh o ,omp" liana ng able to edict, and , with a vet' _ --wear arch C 0 0" eported to' it verbiage ted to el. every one ility. Le t and there direful in 'prove in 6dmitting our in- long man- less which lissemina- rights of [eavour to the cloak veep. IS r j i phase a lect,'bel" at ulter l 9,,i ng it v u. hrone the [on of o,il! vernxnen I nummer wehendedr the great perfected' ng in the, inciples o f ,ement, le restless I hence the acted from Anti-Cor o ith to be heir con' are forth Ld breadt h thed agar A Aliteratel Church °` , of whie b Or a go d ' , cation toa too unial' Nay 25, 1847. total letus. The Orion steam-ship made the passage from this port to Greenock on Wednesday in 14 hours 24 minutes. One of the fever sheds at Mount-pleasant is now fully occupied with patients, and another is now ready, for the reception of such patients as may be found in the streets either by day or night. A brig called the Punch was launched from the Bath building yard, Douglas, Isle of Man, on Saturday week. She is the property of James Aikin, Esq., merchant, of Liverpool, and is intended for the fruit trade, between Liverpool and the Straits of Gibraltar. Loss OF Two HUNDRED AND EIGHTY POUNDS.—On Friday information was received that a letter addressed to Mr. Reynolds, of.Cild Broad street, London, from Liver one £5O, and six £5 Ba n k o f Liver pool, cont a i n i n g two £lOO, -England notes, had been lost in its passage through the Post-office. The numbers of the notes are known, and payment is stoppen. SCARCITY of CArrLE.—The most extensive 'cattle dealers in this neighbourhood had only two head of cattle at the Liverpool Cattle Market last Monday. A member of this firm states that live stock sold higher at that mar ket than at any market he had ever attended since the war. Allowing for the difference in the value of the mo ney, the present prices are little short of war prices. LAND AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Monday night a quantity of land and houses were offered for sale at Gough's hotel, with rather indifferent success. For 6000 yards of land, having a front to Bridge -street and Argyle-street, 10s. per Yard was bid, but it . was withdrawn, the reserve being -6fty shillings. Seven houses and shops, with land, in Lower Market-street, were put up at £1750, but the re serve was £2,100. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT. The Firefly, steam-ship, Plying between this port and Carlisle, which sailed hence at an early hour on `Friday morning, about two hours af terwards met with an accident—part of her machinery giving way. Two of the crew, the engineer and a boy, were severely scalded by the escape of the steam. The Newcastle, steamer, which was in company with the Fire fly at the time, towed her back to this port. ACCOMMODATLON RoR FEVER PATIENTS.—On Thurs day,' Mr. Parkinson, bridewell-keeper, stated that several parties, found suffering from fever in the streets during the night, had been refused admission to the Workhouse, and no accommodation could be found for them. Mr. Rush ton said he would communicate with the Select Vestry on the subject, and he had no doubt that some arrangement would be made. STIMONIAL.—A gratifying testimonial to the worth of Mr. Arthur Holum, the distinguished architect of this town, was presented to that gentleman. The presentation consisted of a full-length portrait, executed with the taste and accuracy of tielineation which distinguishes the produc tions of the artist, Mr. Norbury ; and the occasion was celebrated at the. Neptune Hotel with the usual honours of the festive board. About 21 gentlemen were present, under the presidency of Mr. W. Bennett. SALT.—On Thursday, a meeting was held in the Han over-square Rooms, to establish an Anti-Salt Monopoly (India) Association. Cheshire and Lancashire werelargely represented. There were amongst those present—George Wilbraham, Esq., in the chair ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, ,M.P., Sir P. Egrton, M.P., G. Cornwall Legh, Esq., -1 ` 1 ...P., Hon. J. Tollemache, M.P. , J. Ireland Blackburn, M.P., Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., Mr. Alderman Nicol, besides a host of salt merchants and manufacturers from Northwich, &c. Some very powerful speeches were Made, and the association was formed. The teachers of St. Barnabas' Sunday School, at a meeting on Thursday last, presented the Rev. Edward Roberts, curate, with a handsome copy of Killo's Cyclo pcedia of Biblical Literature, with the following inscrip tion Presented to the Rev. Edward Roberts by the teachers of St. Barnabas' Church Sunday School, as a token of respect and esteem : May, 1847." The book l'ras presented with an address from the teachers, express ing regret at the removal of their pastor and superinten dent, and thanking him for his kindness in presiding over their meetings. The rev. gentleman, in reply, thanked them for their kindness, and expressed a hope that though absent from them in the body, he would be present in the aPirit, and concluded by commending them to the Lord. - LIVERPOOL LIBERALITY.—ReIative to the published assertion that Mr. Herbert, R.A., had received from a Wealthy customer residing in Liverpool the sum of 1000 guineas for painting a portrait, and which assertion re ceived a subsequent contradiction, the artist has written to the editor of the Art- Union journal, stating the case as it really occurred. According to Mr. Herbert, " When Challoner's picture was completed, that gentleman, with the liberality which so much distinguishes him, put my" hands a cheque or draught on his ca s hi er , autho ,,-,:ing me to receive whatever su m I s h ou ld demand, not e --c* 'ding £lOOO. Of this cheque it was Mr. Challoner's express wish that should r e make a very liberal use. i e diately took the cheque to the cashier, and asked for and received, without difficulty, 250 guineas." Tan LYCEUM NEWS Room.—There has been a dis agreement amongst the proprieto r s o f thi s es t a bli s h men t. At the annual meeting on Tuesday, Dr. Macintvre corn- Piained that - the appointment of committees had hitherto been influenced by political motives, and moved the re scinding of • a rule, so th a t eac h gen tl eman m i g ht i n f u t ure be nominated seriatim, and elected by a show of hands. The motion was seconded, but the chairman declined to put it, and vacated the chair ; to which Mr. Thomas Ur quhart was appointed, -- when the motion was carried, and a com mittee elected o n 'file newly-adopted principle. The chairman and his supporters had adjourned to another room, where they el ec t e d a comm itt ee un d er t h e o l d sys teni,—by ballot ; so that there are t wo comm itt ees P t present in existence. Legal proceedings are threatened, but we trust that matters will be amicably arranged. THE. GREAT TUNNEL ; THE OLD POOL.—The great tunnel now constructing under this town by the proprie tors of the London and Northwestern Railway, extending from the Clarence Dock to Edge-hill, has already de bouched at the site of one of the intended stations of the company, in Byrom-street, opposite the Baptist's Chapel. Several houses have been taken down, and the company have also., urchased the premises on each side the breach thus formed. The work of excavation is rapidly proceed ' lag, and the tunnel will be carried forward under the hill and the mass of houses opposite, the hundreds of labour ers working like moles beneath the busy multitudes who throng the habitations above them. The workmen, in clearing the land and digging downwards on the site of the demolished buildings, have laid bare a portion of the bed and b an k s of the old pool which formerly bounded the town of Liverpool on two sides. Before they reached the sandstone rock they dug through a substratum of sea hard slightly mi xe d w ith mu d, th e b an k s b e i ng o f t h e st iff 4 ard clay so common in this district. From the clay im o ediately contiguous to the sand-bed, they likewise dug several roots and stumps of old trees. The pool, it is 4 , ell known, opened at the site of the revenue buildings, Wrinerly the Old Dock. Here it was tolerab wide. dll.t.between Hanover-street and Paradise-stre tuts ud tiutiY narrowed, turned, and pursued a course nearly in a e _direction now taken by Paradise-street, Whitechapel, a l l d Byrom-street, till it reached Scotland-road, where, d C haucer -street, it is supposed to have turned, still ri e. V?lis, between rocky and precipitous banks, to the Btr of Nash-grove, towards Great Homer-street, whence, 1 reduced in width, it flowed on, at the foot of the re on ridge, to Kirkdale, and then joined a stream, or P°k, which ran near the present Kirkdale Gaol. hat 4 Y be c a ll e d anc i ent Liverpool stood on a mou n d, roun d the foot o f which, on the south a n d eas t s id es, t hi s poo l 'lowed from the Mersey. It will be observed, that at the Present day, notwithstanding vast alterations, all the Streets from the site of the old town leading to the bed of the pool have a considerable descent. WINDOW PLATE MANUFACTORY. —O UT readers can hot fail to have been struck with the marked improvement which has taken place of recent years in the engraving, and style of getting up window plates, with the superior beauty and elegance of the designs, the price, instead of advancing has considerably decreased. The artist in Liverpool, by whom these changes have been mainly Produced, is Mr. Jordan, of London-road, whose name is doubtless familiar to most of our local readers, and whose e xtensive establishment is well worth a visit. There is Sc arcely a shop of any taste, or noted for any display in the town, which is not beautified by him. P ANTDRAINIOG SLATE COMPANY. — Weobserve that the Promoters of the company which has been formed for W orking this quarry have extended the time for the allot ent of thecancelled shes till Tuesdathe 15tha of Lune next. This we consider the most judicious course „, - ' 4 t could have been adopted in the present state of the ,7 ° ,neY market ; for, although this is one of the most f . i. 'atnable, and, we fear, one of the few bona ,fide under tirings which have appeared before the public for some under rme yet those who are willing to become subscribers st not at present be pressed too quickly for the deposits. v eri great recommendation in favour of this company !fe think, the amount of the deposit. Unlike most 4„ the s peculative schemes which have lately been Fun ,eeted, with a deposit of 6d and ls, and which, we fear, is "11 Ma.,, Pmra cters of these bubbles can expect, if evcu, ip r0c..,. _ Cori e ases, they receive the payment of that small sum dr. 4 1, - ,a great proportion of the shares they allot, the Pant -42 V s ! . Slate Company have wisely required a deposit of the and if that amount is not paid into the bankers hebr d ' aY appointed in the letter of allotment, is to be exeat: Positively cancelled. We believe, however, that the *hiltdo not depend upon the public to any great ; for it i s reporte d t h at, b es id es a goo d many shares ao h 4 , were taken before the company was advertised, ior large capitalists have evinced a disposition to come as fo ra few hundred. The following are a few particulars stL,Lne situation of the quarry. &c. The Pantdrainiog area fi e f ' 4 °,n. which the quarry has been opened, covers an LuirtY-nine acres, and the estate is situate on the O r g . w , e tankor roofing slate formation, in the valley of / 3 'e - st/ o ., 11 ; • The celebrated slate quarries of the Penrhyn and atlf -- '°g are hi the immediate vicinity. The quarry it tati:ruPies an area of three acres, and has been almost e n . „ 7 opened upon the blue vein. The gross mayket tiraatnantitY of slate now, uncovered and available is es quat„.--eu at woo t o ns. At Bangor, from which the I ttid - ",,j 8 distant five miles, the company possess a wharf th s „,;mees ; an d a t th e quarry every requisite, in the filaa °f rnachinery &c., for the immediate production of have,.somo of which, we believe, they be able to eo In the market within a fortnight from the arti c l e 'Leernent of operations. Of the value of this Mark b ,,t. present some idea may be formed from a re 30r1 was made to us a few days ago by a per t% tlittgelY engaged in the slate trade. After observing Sup p i,.! great difficulty he found in procuring a sufficient e adder and the consequent high ricep he had to pay, eating Yes, slates are money." We are continually that n g of complaints of a similar nature ; and any means n egei be adopted to meet the supply, in any degree, i lider w e :: great benefit to the building trade. We con of their good opportunity for builders having a chance castourvrsants being supplied ; for we have no doubt those Would to the company, who are also shareholders, t o the case of a great demand, have a preference 14:nother who has not. We believe there has already h uf .': !line demand for the shares, at a small premium ; L when better known, we expect to sVe t llOll at a her P ri Ce* -- lifining J ournal, THE T/ITERPOOL STANDARD. ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—On Saturday, an inquest was i held before Henry Heathcote Statham, d epu t y coroner I for the borough, on view of the' body of Margaret Wain wright, aged 66, who resided w ith h er d aug h ter in Cross- At a meeti ng o f th e medical pro f ess i on i n this town on hall-street. On Monday night week, deceased was left Tuesday it was resolved to petition in favour of Mr. Wak alone in the house, and was then in liquor, but able to ley's Medical Bill. take care of herself. On her daughter's return she found THE HEALTH COMMITTEE AND THE PRESS. —The her lying on the first floor landing on her back, and un usual weekly meeting of this body was h e ld yester d ay at able to get up. Sh e sa id she had fallen while going the Town-hall, at which the motion, of which notices had up stairs. She was taken to bed. On the following Wed- been recently given by Mr. Higgins, for the admis s io n o f nesday she becam e una bl e to speak, and a surgeon was reporters from the public .press to the meetings of this sent for, but she never rallied, and died on Friday last. body, was brought under consideration. Aft er a l eng th y , Mr. Lodge, surgeon, who examined the body, said that and we understand somewhat animated discussion, the death was caused by extravasation of blood on the brain, motion was negatived, on a division by a majority of six. the result of the fall.—Verdict accordingly. The numbers being for the motion seven ; against it LADIES' INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND AND thirteen. However the mattter will, we believe, be that the sale at SCOTLAND.—We learn with grea t pleasure brought under the conside ra ti on o f t h e C ounc i l, at the the Lyceu m h as p rogresse d most satisfactorily from the next monthly meeting. first, and that considerable relief has been afforded to DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The annual meeting many destitute districts in both countries. We have be- was held on Tuesday in the Savings Bank, Bold-street, fore pointed out the great advantages of a plan which G. H. Lawrence, Esq., mayor, in the chair. The secre stimulates industry in the same proportion that it pro- tary, R. L. Carr, Esq., read the report, from which it ap vides relief, and we are gratified to find that our anticipa- peared that relief had been granted to the large number Lions are being realised, not only in the alleviation of dis- of 29,630. They comprised, of English, 9,447 ; Irish, tress at the present melancholy crisis, but also in the more 18,987 ; Welsh, 721 ; Scotch, 636 ; and 78 whose places lasting benefit of the formation and encouragement of in- could not be ascertained ; and the cost of the provisions, dustrial habits. The greatest praise is due to the ladies &c., with which they were supplied was £2,283 3s. ld. who have originated and conducted the sale; to their un- The number in the year before was 8,102, and the cost remitting attention and indefatigable labours the success £435 17s. 6d. Since the accounts had been made out a. of the enterprise is due. We trust that the inhabitants of donation of £5O had been received from the Earl of Sefton, Liverpool will continue to do their duty in forwarding in addition to £7O contributed by his lordship in January. this good work, and support an institution which not only The Rev. W. Hesketh hoped that a more than common provides relief but teaches thrift. circulation would be given to the report, possessing, as it THE ATHENIC CLUB.—This literary, scientific, and ar- did, more than common importance. Mr. Payne proposd tistic association celebrated the close of its first session by the officers for the ensuing year, his worship the Mayor a dinner at Hamer's Hotel, at Woolton, on Saturday last. being requested to accept the office of president. On the Mr. Robinson, sculptor (son of our late mayor, Nicholas proposal of Dr. Reynolds, it was agreed, that the annual, Robinson, Esq), who is President of the Society, being meeting, instead of being fixed for the third Tuesday in unexpectedly prevented from attending until the evening May, should be held on such a day as the committee might was pretty far advanced, Mr. Ross, of the Chronicle, was a pp o i n t. called on to presid e , an d th e v i ce -chair was filled by Mr. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The sub-committee Norbury, artist. We may as well here state that the club of works recommended that Mr. Richard Chaffers should excludes the subjects of religion and politics from its dis- be appointed to take charge of the new landing stage. cussions, and that it embraces parties of every variety of Mr. Shand said the engagement was only made for throe opinion on those and other topics. A sumptuous enter- months. Mr. Ch a ff ers was o f op i n i on that it would cost tainment, embracin g e ver y d e li cacy o f t h e season, was not less than £l5OO a year to work the stage. Mr. Mann served up by nd r. Htheamer, in excellent style. After thell usua said the present b arges cos t £6OO or £7 OO a year each to nested o with the club, h a d b een g g i al ven, several very y toasts a healthentlemen officia coal -1 work. The temp orar y appo i n t men t was agreed to.—The e lent speeches were delivered on the subjects of paint- Warehouse Sub-committee reported that they had offered to leave the question as to the sampling of the salt ing, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry, and Detre belonging:to Messrs. Grey' and Co. to a barriser. embracing, indeed, the whole range of the fine arts. Niessrs. Grey and Co. declined this, but had no objection Among the gentlemen who addressed the meeting besides to leave it to a number of merchants. The Sub-commit the chairman and vice-chairman, were Mr. Mc'. Bride, tee said that, being advised a barrister was the proper sculptor; Mr. Reed, architect; Mr. E. H. Strype, the person to whom such a matter ought to be referred, they poet; Mr. Isaac, lithographer; Mr. R. M. Parker, could not accede to the proposition. Here the matter H. M. C.; Mr. Gallatley, artist; Mr. Robinson; Mr. rested. The Sub-committee reported that an antelope Crouchley, (who is, we understand, an admirable judge of was killed the Sunday previous, on board the Syria, in the art,) &c., &c. The toast of "The Strangers present,' Albert Dock, by a dog belonging to one of the watchmen was responded to by Mr. Clarke, and " Success to the employed there, and recommended that the demand of The Roscoe club" ngs w was proposed and dru th several k with enthusias llent m. £lB, less the value of the carcase , s h ou ld b e pa id b y t h e proceedi exce committee. The Chairman said the antelope had been songs, and by an exuberant indulgence in every species of sold to Mr. Atkins, of the Zoological Gardens, and would art and humour. Indeed, the intellectual character of the be have en removed Saturday but the Customs inter whole meeting fully realized the p o et' s id ea o f " Th e feast Mr. Horsfall on questioned whether the Customs of reason and the flow of soul." We never spent a could not be made liable. It was a specimen of natural merrier or more leasant evening in our lives. We must history, and they had no right to interfere. Mr. Hender do our brother `typo," the chairman, the justice to say, son thought some inquiry might be made upon the sub that he evinced much tact and talent in promoting the sect. Mr. Sandbach did not think it reasonable that the conviviality of the evening, and in preserving harmony Dock Estate should be made answerable for such an acci amid the conflicting opinions expressed in disputed ques- dent. Mr. Shand wished to know whether the commit merits connected with the fine arts, and the respective tee were legally liable, or whether the payment was a merits of their professors and patrons. The party broke voluntary act on their part? Th e Ch a i rman sa id M r. tip early, at eleven o' c l oc k, (it b e i ng S a t ur d ay n i g h t, ) and Worthington considered the comm itt ee were legally liable. Mr. Hamer sent them home in a w ell-fill e d omn ib us , to Mr. Aikin : Suppose th e ra t s h a d d es t roye d t h e an i ma l ? their respective habitations. L e He thought it a dangerous p rece d en t. Th e amount was LIVERPOOL, BIRKENHEAD, AND BRISTOL. —T n Bristol Mirror of Saturday, in a complaining article, ordered to be paid. dMEETINGraws OF THE __ SELECT VESTRY.—Yesterday week, draws some comparison between the ports we have me n - the first of the we e kly mee tings of the Select Vestry was tioned, tending to exhibit greatly the progressive supe held at the Parish- o ffi ce . It was reported that Dr. Swift, riority of Liverpool. Our c on t em p orar y, a fte r p u bli s hi ng the statement in our last relative to the reduction of our of Canning-street, had been appointed to discharge the dues, says :—" About forty years ago, when the Bristol duties of the house. The Workhouse now contains 1526 Dock Acts were passed—that is, in the year 1806—the .p ersons. The children in the nursery are s ai d no t t o b e dock dues on goods and shippi ng i n Liverpool were in good health. The salaries of six of the relieving 0ffi £44,530 ; and those of Bristol £11,353. At this period cers were advanced to £2ss. a..week for the present. _ Mr. the dock rates and dues were about upon a p ar i n th e t wo Canning,jun., John ports ; but how does the case stand no w ? Why, i n carat £7O per annum with 20s. a week for an assistant, Liverpool they are reduced to about one-thi r d ; w hil s t, i n during Dr.Gee's illness. P it was agreed that the sum of Bristol, they are stationary on shippi ng , an d grea tl y £440 be paid to Mr. Lo wn d es . It was re p or t e d th a t th e increased on goods. And what do we find is th e i r re l a ti ve . hulk Akbar was admi ra bly position ? Why, whilst the one has increased sixfold i n and that government had adapted for a fever hospital, offered to se nd down two naval amount, the other has not increased threefold ! No d ou bt medicalofficers, which 6 offer was dec l ine d .re ported it was it will be said that the rise of the manufactu r in g di s t r i c t s that there were 8 0 members of the house sick. there in the north has produced this result ; b u t our rep l y is that the neighbourhood of Bristol p o ss e ss e d, an d still were 952 children in th e I n d us t r i a l S c h oo l s , and 152 children in the Infirmary,—being a considerable increase possesses, every natural element to place it on a par wit • h of the former numbers. Mr. Weightman, had reported the most favoured localities, both as a port and a mane- that two timber sheds as fever hospitals might be erected facturing district. That which has bee n , and s till rema i ns i near those now built n Mount-pleasant, and thr ee on wanting, is the accommodation of artificial ar r a ngemen t s the site of Islington Market. The cost of accommodating (amongst which, port charges now rank first in importance) 1310 patients in this way would be £8,840. He added, . _ in front of the old Wo r kh ouse w ould an s wer that the area to the variations in the commerce of the world, and th e consequent spirit of liberality and enterprise. Ten years LOCAL MEETINGS. as a site for the tents, which are daily expected komLon- ago, the leading men amongst our fellow-citizens aroused the public attention to these facts, and an endeavour was made to bring about great changes, the whole of which were based on this principle, that it was essential the city should regain possession of her port, and full control over her docks. Great exertions were made, but the city sank into lethargy again. Again an effort is being made, but obstacles are thrown in the way ; and in the meantime, whilst we are disputing whether the port should be entirely free, or whether there should be only a moderate reduction don. The committee re p or t e d th a t as three medical men would immediately be required —one to reside on board the Akbar, and two to inspect the passengers daily arriv ing from Ireland, they had recommended Mr. Kilner, Mr. M`Clelland, and Mr. Haverty to be appointed, with in structions to enter on their duties at once. They were accordingly appointed. At the request of the Protestant patients in Great Howard-street for a clergyman, the Rev. Cecil Wray had been requested to attend to them. To a question whether the rev. gentleman had attended to the in the charges, the younger ports around us are growing and Thriving on our losses. Birkenhead docks are com pleted in less time than we take to construct a new entrance to the basin ; and the great leviathan is opening his capa cious jaws still wider : Liverpool is about to abolish entirely the dock dues on its staple article of import, the amount (X 37,000 per annum) being greater than the whole of our dock receipts, and to reduce and modify other of the dock charges, the Dock Comtnittee being troubled with a surplus of £128,000, which they scarcely know what to do with ! We earnestly appeal to our fellow-citizens of all ranks and classes, and ask them, how much longer is Bristol to be sacrificed to intestine divisions ? We appeal to the non-proprietary Dock Directors, and ask them to deal fairly, candidly, and openly, with the free-port scheme." request, it was replied that - he had not as yet.—Mr. Rid ing said that there were now 500 to 600 cases of fever that required immediate accommodation—the sufferers being in their own wretched domiciles. The sheds were filled. It was agreed that the two additional lazarettos should be respectfully accepted from the government, and that the admiralty be requested to grant two more. It was agreed that the Mayor and Town Council be requested to till up the cellars that oiuld not longer be legally inhabited. It was further agreed that £l5O per annum be paid for the new parish-offices in St. Anne-street, and that three months' notice should terminate the tenancy. Mr. T. H. Brancker and Mr. J. Rogers were elected members of the Select Vestry, in the room of Mr. Chesney and Mr. H. Molyneux, resigned. The Vestry then adjourned. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY On Tuesday the second meeting of the Liverpool Auxi liary to this Society was held at the Amphitheatre, Adam Hodgson, Esq., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN commenced the proceedings by re gretting the absence of the Chancellor, and by expressing his hearty approval of the society, which, he said, was a living, untainted witness of evangelical truth. In these times of trouble and rebuke it was essentially necessary that so valuable a society should be nobly sustained in Liverpool and throughout the country. He then alluded to the embarassments by which we are surrounded—to the monetary depression, and to the apprehended famine ; and said that now we were made acquainted with the im portant fact, that our trust ought not to be reposed in man—but on the Most High. It was a question of serious moment—whether we had used our prosperity in com merce, arts, and manufactures for the propagation of Christian truth ? He recommended the society to the notice and consideration of the young men of the Church of England ; and in conclusion he passed a glowing eulo gium upon the memory of the late Dr. Tattershall, the sa lient points of whose character were—simplicity of mind and feeling. The Rev. W. W. EWBANK read extracts from the un published report of the Parent Society, and mentioned, that Mr. Tuton had sent his annual thank-offering of £25 to the funds of the society. The Rev. Mr. LAWRENCE moved the first resolution, which alluded particularly to the great opening China now presented. The Rev. HENRY POWELL, church missionary from Ceylon, 'seconded it. The CHAIRMAN said the next speaker would be the Rev. Hugh M`Neile. 1 . 31 T 1V1- . li M r e . ` E C Nli A n le: - .L K ;S ,N a o id updl t a heyienllerysx cheers.) The would be the Rev. Intende te d , ttohebße Rev. Hugh upon ugii w h N im eii for H ha e vi h 'n a g d, oped that no reflection was b M e ‘Nei before he could sink the honoured rever ence for new-tangled names • d e. indeed, to them all, of his revered and valued friend, the . Rev. Hugh M`Neile , in.canon, or doctor, add, bishop. (Great' cheers and laughter.) The was going to The Rev. Dr. M'NEILE , or rising, was hailed with loud applause. He proposed the next resolutien, which was an long, naln l e n , d s e o e l d hca o . t , n t s ll g i h ee k o d n u o l M d i r n t . one of thanks to God that the principles of the society were unchanged. One of the fundamental principles of the society was, confidence in divine truth as contained in the scripture. It contended that the fundamentals of Christianity were plain and true. Influential men in the state had no confidence in revealed truth. They hesi tated to say that bowing down to images was wrong. It was of all things necessary that a man should be sure of his message. The saving fact of Christ's atonement was to be preached ; and the more there was of confidence in these fundamental principles of Christianity the more there would be of missionary exertion. There would be more of the young men of the land reared up and sent out to preach the gospel. Missionaries were looked down upon. They were supposed to be a rhapsodical set of beings. But what was comparable to the work of Christian missiona ries ? It was the noblest, the most glorious to which man could be called, and compared with which everything else sank into insignificance. This society, he contended, was doing a great work for the Church of England. An at tempt had been made to make her a clergy-church—to se parate her from the sympathies of the people. (Applause.) A popular element must be infused into her ; and this so ciety infused it and rallied thousands round the church. If the people became infected with the prevailing poison of doubtfulness about truth, how should we have a strong spring of missionary effect in the land ? Englishmen must know that if the Church of England be true, the Church of Rome must be false, and that Romanists were idolators. (Applause.) True Protestantism was not a mere nega tion. There was a time coming when hereditary notions about truth would not answer. All the seminaries in the universe could not make a Christian ; they might make doctors of divinity, but they could not make a single Christian. The Church Missionary Society was honest, and faithful, for it believed that the heathen world, and the Romish world, and the Mahommedan world, were in the hands of " the wicked one." He commended the Churchman's Penny Magazine to the notice of the pub lic, and said that that excellent publication had a circula tion of 110,000 a month. He said the attacks on the Church had not ceased, for a Dissenting publication had lately made a libellous attack upon her, and a reply had been sent by Mr. Seely, and insertion to it as a whole had been refused. _ The Rev. Dr. BYRTR seconded the resolution in brief but forcible terms. The last resolution was moved by the Rev. FIELDING Otn.n, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. DALLAS. It ex pressed regret that the atuatal aubocriptiona iu Liverpool had fallen oft; ii: farirt petus. The Manchester Board of Gliardians are making ar rangements, by the appointment of additional relieving officers, to meet the pressure of increased distress. In the New County Court, Little Bolton, last week, - James Stott, gamekeeper to Henry. Tempest, Esq., was ordered to pay £lO to the owner au Scotch terrier itch, which he had wantonly shot. THE WARRINGTON JUNCTION STATION.—The new 'and beautiful buildings at Warrington Junction were opened last week. They are in the medieval style, built of beautiful stone, RISE IN VALUE.—The market tolls &c., of Manches ter, were, in 1570, purchased for £3ooo:by Mr. John Lacy, of London ; sold by him in 1596 to Sir. Oswald Mosley, for £3,500, and by a descendant of the latter, the other day, to the Manchester Corp Oration, f0r.£200,000. A meeting was summoned on Tuesday, at Manchester, to petition against the corn-laws being allowed to come again into even partial operation. The. Mayor presided. 'The chartists proposed and carried an amendment against all mercantile monopoly whatever. A• splendid service of plate, valued at £5OO, was pre sented at the Cheshire Quarter Sessions, at Knutsford, on Monday, to Trafford Trafford, Esq., chairman, who has officiated in that capacity fortwentyrsaven years, and has been a magistrate of the county for upwards of half a century. A .SIGN or THE TIMES.—We may state as a sign of the present depressed times, that on Wednesday, a deputation from the hands employed in a portion of the works of Messrs. Horrockses, Miller and Co., at Preston, waited upon the manager to request, as a favour, that they might be permitted to work on Whitmonday—a day which in that town, from time immemorial we may almost say, has been dedicated wholly to festivity. The request, however, could not conveniently be complied with. A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF INCENDIARISM formed the subject for examination before the magistrates of the Borough Court, Manchester, on Thursday. A girl about fifteen years of age, named Maria Atkinson, was charged with setting fire to the house of her master. on Wednesday last, no less than six different times ! Mr. John Bragg is a rope and packing-sheet manufacturer, and also keeps the Crooked Billet, in Back Princess street,. close by the soup kitchen. She declined to make any statement, and was committed to the assizes for trial. WARRINGTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION.— The newly created burgesses are now actively, engaged in preparing for the contest for town councilors in the different wards. Great political excitement prevails. The friends for the incorporation of the borough have held several meetings and aro canvassing the burgesses in favour of the Liberal candidates they have put in nomination for each ward; and the opponents of the incorporation of the borough (as they are called) are holding meetings in the different wards, and putting in nomination gentlemen of proved " Conservative principles." Each party entertains san guine hopes of success. W. Beamont. Esq. is the return ing officer for the borough, and he has appointed the Ist June next for the election. TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE.—There is now on the Lan caster and Preston Railway a travelling post-office, the beauty and workmanship of which are really charming. It is of commodious size, claret coloured, and most ele gantly embellished with the royal arms, in full blazonry, the royal cypher, richly gilt, the stars of the different or ders of knighthood, and altogether presenting an outward appearance of dazzling brilliancy. Within is a large apartment, entirely lined with mahogany, French polished, having at a convenient part innumerable little deposito ries for the reception of letters, all inscribed on gold la bels, with the names of the various post towns. Four lamps are suspended from the ceiling, whilst at the sides light is admitted by the spacious windows of plate glass, shielded by crimson silk blinds, such as are used in private carriages. THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE MANCHESTER Ex- CHANGE has been commenced, and the foundation stone ofthejnew erection was laid on Thursday morning, by James Consterdine, Esq. By this enlargement the first floor of the Exchange, which is now nearly double the size of the same room in 1840, and contains 5,500 square feet, will be increased to an area of 14,400 square feet. The new portion of the building is erecting from designs by Alex. Mills, Esq., architect, of Manchester, and the cost is esti mated at £70,000. Mr. Consterdine, in his address on laying the foundation stone, declared the intention of the committee to spare no expense to render every business facility in their power to the large commercial community assembling within the building; and said that arrange ments Wad already been entered into with the Electric Telegraph Company for connecting the Exchange, by means of that invention, with London on the one hand, and with Edinburgh on the other ; and in fact with all the great towns of the kingdom. TRAGEDY EXTRAORDINARY.-At the Queen's Theatre, Manchester, on Monday, the sock and buskin were laid under peculiar contribution in the representation of King Richard 111. Mr. Wyndham took a benefit, which, we trust, proved really what it was hoped to be, and a quintet of comic actors, including Messrs. Sloan and Wyndham, undertook the novelty of strutting through the crook'd back tyrant, one act of the tragedy being apportioned to each actor. Of course so startling an announcement as " five Richards being in the field" astonished " the gods," who, as the several tragedians appeared, scarcely knew whether to laugh or to cry. At length the climax of the tragic farce arrived, Mr. Sloan dashing upon the stage as King Dick. In the midst of a very grave soliloquy the risible muscles of the audience were disturbed, and this indecorous facial_ expression in the midst of a solemn tragedy was quickly 'followed by a loud guffaw, which Richard's philosophy could not scorn. Hastily stepping to the front of the stage, and with his well-trained tragic face he said,—" Ladies and gentlemen, pray don't think we are playing comically, for I assure you we are playing tragedy'as earnestly as we can. You'll oblige us much if you won't laugh !" The people again hardly know whe ther to laugh or cry; and in a few minutes afterwards the curtain fell amidst peals of laughter. THE PARISH OF MANCHESTER.—The result of the ne gociations pending between chapter and churchwardens, on the subject of the ecclesiastical arrangements of the parish of Manchester, have transpired. The main ques tion was whether or not the dignitaries of the Collegiate Church should be resident in the parish. This point has been so far conceded to the parishioners, that hereafter it will be imperative on all canons to hold, together with their stalls, one of the livings in the parish, within the gift of the chapter, so that each shall perform duty in a church, and reside in the parish. The chapter has also agreed, that it is de s i ra bl e th a t any surplus from the pro perty of the Chapter shall be exclusively devoted to the spiritual wants of the town, and will use their influence to secure such application. They have also offered to devote one of its estates, the best situated for building purposes, and whose proceeds will soon be great, to secure the ulti mate exemption of other churches in the parish from dues to the mother church, and to endow the poorer livings in the gift of the chapter. Hereafter the Dean will receive an annual income - of £2OOO, and the four canons £lOOO , each---the surplus to go for the relief of the spiritual ne cessities of the parish. The Dean will be required to re side, according to the several acts, in the parish at least 8 months in the year, and the canons 9 months ; but a contemporary says that arrangements ought to be made through the ecclesiastical commissioners to secure the ex penditure of_ the church property of Manchester in the parish, and that it is not certa - inthatihe longer residenceof the Dean and Canons within it can be enforced, the penalty being insufficient to exert obedience to the injunction. Objections are also made to giving £lOOO each to the canons, and also a living, the former being considered an ample provision for them. MEETING OF WARRINGTON POLICE COMMISSIONERS. —Qn Thursday last, the Police Commissioners of the township of Warrington held their monthly meeting in the large room over the police station. Joseph Perrin, Esq., was called to the chair.—The clerk to the commis- sion - ers then read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. He next read the report of the com mittee appointed out of the commissioners to confer with the Warrington Gas Company, as to the conditions to be agreed between them for transferring the powers vested in the gas company to the corporation. It was moved and seconded, and carried unanimously, that the report be received, and entered on the minutes. A letter was next read by the clerk, and which he stated he had re ceived from the overseers previous to the last monthly meeting, but there not being a sufficient number of com missioners present to form a quorum, the meeting was ad journed, and the consideration of the subject contained in the letter was deferred. The overseers complained in rather strong terms of the want of proper and in creased accommodation at the overseers' office ; that since the offices had been rented from the com missioners, four years ago, there had been an in crease in the number of weekly paupers cases from 503 to upwards of 1000. That owing to this increase and the great influx of Irish poor into the town, the only en- trance into• the office was crowded to excess, which not onty rennerect it dangerous but impossible for the overseers and other rate-payers to attend there on ordinary busi nuoeososm, a m nd od if ut t i h o e n c , o tb m e m y i w ss o io u n ld er i s ia w v o e u u l d o a o ff b o j r e d o t t i hem outh i n p c r u e y a s and u d increased rental. Several commissioners were of opinion that the present offices were too small, and that at the present time, when typhus and scarlet fever were spread. ing to s such then e n anm moved e l alarming n a t ad i ng seconded n t hde passed town, unani mously, at imme diate steps ought t o be taken t o arres t i ts progress.lt w that " the General Paupers' Committee " be, and they are hereby appointed to take immediate steps to remove the museum from the large room next to the Overseers' Office, and that such increased accommo dation be provided for the overseers as the neces sities of the case appear to require. --Mr. White then in quired whether any and what measures were being taken - to remove nuisances, and to compel owners of small cot tage property to whitewash and properly ventilate the same.—The Clerk replied , that no steps whatever had been taken by the Commissioners other than to appoint a Nuisance Committee, which wer e th e Highway Board ; and that, if nuisances existed, on the same being repre sented,doubt tobe paidt at to tbete committee, --m a r t . t attention twould,then expressed the he had no desirableness of the Commissioners issuing a placard, call ing on the owners of cottage property to whitewash them and to remove all nuisances about their premises. The matter after considerable discussion was referred to the Nuisance Committee. Mr. Nicholson then said that he had a complaint to make against some parties; but as he was not aware who were the committee that had given cause for the complaint, he did not wish it to be under stood, in any remarks that he might make, that he was personally alluding to any one present. He said he had to complain of the removal, within the last nine months, of a' lamp from the corner of his premises, which lighted up two streets, and had been placed there for many years previonsly.—Mr. P. Rylands said he was chairman of the Lamp Committee, but had no knowledge of any orders having been given to remove the lamp in question.—Mr. Nicholson replied, and stated that, from what had fallen from Mr. Rylands, it appeared that the Lamp Committee Were inefficient, and had a most inefficient chairman.— Mr. Moss said he considered that the complaint made by Mr: - -Nicholson.was avvery proper one ; that there appeared a want of courtesy in the committee removing the lamp without consulting Mr.. Nicholson; and he thought it ought' to bet , Testored 'to its former situation.—A rather recriminatory . discussion followed between Messrs. Nichol son and Rylinds, which'•was interrupted by the chairman desiring the .committee to inquire by whose direction the lamp had - been xemoved, and recommending that it be fixed as before... The meeting was then adjourned, and separated. CORRESPONDENCE. DR. BOW-RING AND THE QUARANTINE '0 THE EDITOR. OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—lt has afforded me.no little amusement, that while the merchants of Liverpool are agitating the fever question, and using their best exertions to arrest the devastating progress of pestilence, the hon. member for Bolton should be making the best use of his parliamentary influence in endeavouring to counteract those efforts, so requisite for the preservation of the sanatory condition of the British empire, by seeking to abrogate the quarantine regulations. I will not for one moment deny the inconvenience which merchants must of necessity experience from delay in the transmission of their goods, but where is the law tobe-found unattended with inconvenience to some portion of the com munity? Will the Government submit to abandon church rates, because dissenters object to pay them ? Will the state refuse support to the army and navy, for the protection of our commerce and our• country, because Quakers object to the principle of war? If not, then. I ask, upon what principle shall it be urged that Government should abrogate laws for the preservation of health, because a few, and a few only, of our merchants and cotton-spinners object to the trifling delay arising from the detention of their goods on board the lazaret toes ? I have said trifling delay; because it is only on sus pected articles, such as cotton, wo o l, sponges, an d others capa ble of harbouring contagion, and where vessels do not bring clean bills of health, that any detention whatever occurs. I apprehend the Government would do well to consider so serious a question, before they consent to withdraw their pre sent restrictions; for what would be the consequence if vessels arriving from, ports infected with a contagious disorder were allowed to enter our docks, land their produce, and thus carry contagion to Manchester? What, I repeat, would be the con sequence if even one bale of cotton or wool, out of many thou sands, (which, from the closeness of the ships' holds, could receive no advantage from ventilation,) were to convey the plague or any other disorder into the thickly-populated dis tricts of Manchester ; Leeds, or even Liverpool ? It is well known that the chances of life are greatly in favour of the sol dier in the most sanguinary engagement, compared with those who live in an unhealthy town. I hesitate not to say, that the excitement of the populace would be such, that even the lion. member himself would be as anxious to retrace his steps, as lie is unremitting in his exertions to repeal the existing laws ; and should he live long enough to realise his expectations, I venture to predict he will live to feel the taunts of thousands, and the reproach of those feelings which now influence him in seeking to deprive his fellow -countrymen of the only protec tion a Judicious Government have afforded them against the invasion of foreign sickness. It has been asserted that the p l ague has never been known to penetrate healthy countries through the medium of ships' cargoes. I mention the plague, as it seems it has never oc curred to the hon. member that any other infectious disorder might be imported, though I believe if any sickness greater than usual should prevail in this or any other town, there would be found those who would, and perhaps not without cause, attribute it to the suspension of the quarantine regula tions. lam supporte in my belief hat the inhatants of Lver- pool will resist d the motion of t Dr. Bowring,bi should he t ever carry the question so far, by the circumstance of the ship Brutus, which occurred but a few years ago, when that ship was obliged to return, after having been for several days at sea, owing to cholera breaking out on board. The people of Liver pool were so horrified at the idea of the emigrants landing on the quays, although the same disorder was raging in the town at the time, that the authorities refused to admit them, and compelled the ship to proceed to the quarantine station, where they disembarked the sick on board the lazarettoes. Permit me to ask the hon. gentleman if he entertains any doubt as to the existence of contagion and infection in any case? or if any change in the nature of the plague has been observed, that will warrant him in asserting that no fear is to be apprehended from their existence? If so, then I would ask him to explain whence arose the plague which swept the streets and desolated the city of London in the reign of Charles the Second—Marseilles in 1820 (in reference to which, the Presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce a few weeks since uttered these startling and significant words, "We do not forget the cruel plague of 1820")—and Malta about the same period, or a little after, where the disorder was traced to a shoemaker's stall, conveyed there in some pieces of leather. A melancholy instance of contagion occurred, not many years ago, to the relative of a gentleman with whom I am ac quainted, who, on his passage through the Dardanelles, called at a shop in Constantinople, with his wife and a boy from the ship, to purchase a few articles. The lady and gentleman were a short time after seized with the plague, then the boy and several of the ship's crew, who all died in consequence. There are many such instances ; and, in the face of these facts, can any reasonable mind believe there is no fear to be apprehended from contagion ? In consequence of the present unhealthy state of Liverpool, the Consuls stationed here dare not withhold communicating the fact to their different Governments, who will beyond a doubt apply the good old maxim, that " prevention is better than cure," and compel our vessels to hoizt the yellow flag on entering their ports, and give them sixty days' quarantine. I am moreover informed, that captains of Sicilian vessels are fearful of having three months of it on their arrival out. I shall not trouble you any further for the present, but am of opinion that the journals of the day are not fulfilling their duty to themselves and to the public in general by suppress ing any communication they may rece i ve calculated to arouse the inhabitants of our large commercial towns to a sense of the danger which must inevitably follow, should the Govern.. ment of this country yield to the motion Of the hon. member for Bolton, and abandon the quarantine restrictions on vessels arriving from contagious countries. - I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, • Liverpool, May 21&t, 1817. J. CAVE SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Without incurring the charge of being a friend to joint stock speculations of any description, itt I hope I may b e per mitted to express my an t agon i sm to te monstrous outlay and the consequent charge on the inhabitants which the " Riving ton" water scheme will necessarily impose, not .only on the present generation, but in perpetuity. To save this eno rmous expense were worth a trial of some magnitude; but to save the expense and realise a purer article than any that can be ob tained from a reservoir exposed above ground, when the trial can be made for, comparatively, an old song, surely this is such an appeal to the public spirit, and the patriotism of every man in our local community, as cannot be resisted without an im peachment of the understanding that idiotcy itself wo u ld no t brook. A cost of a million, Air. Editor, for that which th e earth is yearning to yi e ld t o th e tapster who shall sue for it by a simple application to her over-gorged bowels, is enough to stagger all belief in the assertion of that crippled state of our finances, both public and nrivate_ which ;. ..c is now smiting every heart with fear. Let any one, however unscientific, take a suburban walk of four semicircular miles, north, east, and south, from the To wn -h a ll , see the struggle of the precious fluid for egress through the fissures of rock even, and then say if the expensive proposition of the Rivington Pike scheme can be justified before a trial has been made to realise it at a less cost. Now what I would propose through your columns, Mr. Editor, is a trial of the "Artesian Well," which is very likely to succeed in Manchester, where it is now being made. Three hundred yards may be bored for an expense of .e 1,200, or £4 per yard ; but suppose an extra hundred yards were required to accomplish the desiderated blessing of adequate supply for every purpose, should a paltry sum of .e 1,600 deter from the attempt? Well, if we are agreed thus far, could there be, ought there to be, any difficulty in raising such an insignificant fund by subscription even, among our townsmen for so noble a pur pose. Why, the Corporation itself ought to do it j but if this were too large a demand on its liberality, surely it would not scruple to give a thousand, when the residue would be got from the public m a month. But if both should f a il. a nu bil e rnm- ea navll, pany might be formed, create 2,000 shares at 20s. i per share, call itself the " Artesian Well Company," limit itself to that process exclusively, and to an ouside profit of 20 per cent, on a cost of £2,000, or not exceeding, say £5,000, should extra boring be necessary, to be stimulated by probabilities of suc cess as they proceeded with the perforation. Mr. Kyle, celebrated i n Pope's immortal verse as the "Man of Ross," conferred, at his own expense, the blessing of a sup ply of pure water on his lovely little village on the banks of the Wye, receiving in return the blessings of his fellow parishioners ; and shall the wealthy town of Liverpool want its" Alen of Ross" to do likewise? Why, Sir, a solitary shilling from each house holder would meet the exigency for th e trial ; and where is the individual, even though his own pump renders him inde pendent of the necessity, who would begrudge five to supply both poor and rich with a first requisite of existence, the town with a first essential of health, and all with the first necessary of enjoyment and comfort, cleanliness, which is very appositely said to be "next to godliness." I throw out the hint, Mr. Editor, as worthy of all attention from any and all who have heavy purses, abundant time, and patriotism and love of kind, sufficient to attempt the realisation of that self complaisant and exquisitely fine feeling of inward de light which could not fail to attend the accomplishment of so great a boon, and at so trifling a cost too. But if we have no ` Men of Ross" among us, why then let it be taken up as above suggested, either by public subscription, or, if that fail, by a small public company. It were better to be indebted to the selfish principle of private gain than miss so great a good; but better still to owe that good to the amor patrice of some good Samaritan, who would earn for himself a marble monument of fame that would carry down his name and deed to the latest posterity. I have the honour to be. Sir, Your obliged Sarvant, _ PUBLIC NUISANCES , TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. "Shilling wise and Pound foolish," appears to be the mo tt o adopted by the Town Cou nc il of Liverpool'; they issue strict orders that no cigar smoking be allowed on the Pierheads, because one or two of their fair friends affect to dislike the smell of tobacco, and pronounce the custom a public nuisance, and if this is really a nuisance, pray Mr. Editor what term can we use sufficiently expressive of the dust we expe r i ence i n Lord street, and to-day in particular, five days out of six, and to check which there is no exertion whatever made by the council. —Yours very obediently, A LORD-STREET TRADESMAN 24th May, LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLEANSING OF MIDDENS. -On Saturday, Messrs. Pickering, and others, the contractors with the corporation for the cleansing of middens, were summoned before Mr. Rushton for neglect of dpties. In two cases they were acquitted, but in three other cases they were fined £l5 and costs. A MAGISTERIAL POLICEMAN.—On Tuesday an Irish man, named James Murphy, was b roug ht up before the magistrates, charged with rioting. Mr. Rathbone, who was the complainant, said, that, when in Brown-street, he was told that a man was beating his wife. He went to the place and saw the prisoner in a boxing attitude. As no officers were about, he said he must turn officer himself, when the crowd, as usual in such cases, took part with the man. The man was eventually imprisoned. He would not have appeared against him had he not thought it necessary that these things should be put a stop to. He applied to the court for protection against such scenes. The prisoner, however gallant he had been in abusing his wife at home, showed the white feather in court, and said he most humbly begged Mr. Rathbone's pardon and would never do it again. Mr. Rathbone said he had no vindictive feeling in bringing him forward. His object would be accomplished if people were taught that these scenes could not be allowed. After an admo mnietßinoi,no,the IN namedw w as fined ss. and costs. ST. a ANDREW -STREET.—On w mt , Ew Tilston,-sT E a E nd T. 100 Rogers, rs Tuesda y, were broughtthree s u t p re a e t t the . T P h o e l i prisoners,c Police-court, cou rt, chargedappowa appeared, rioting had b i e n e S n t . d A ri n n d ki re n w - and one man having been taken into custody, they gat temptedtogether,taonrdessctouneehsiwme.re oetoleersw.erTe `hey y th w er e e re d A flu m ng ob at the p the eventuallyway, ninetaksehnillit shillings havingew ell b in ee a n ca a r, ( l7 fo l r d ,l they broke on gers,whose head was bandaged, said had baemenawgeosr.kinlgtoin- Cheshire, and the policeman struck him with hi s stic k. This was acknowledged by the officer, who said th at h e used the stick in self-defence, and if he had not done so, he would have been killed, The magistrates fined Wal thew 20s. and costs, Tilston 10s. and costs, a fine which would have been heavier but for the punishment he got, and Rogers was also fined 10s. and costs, or seven days imprisonment. The defendant, Walthew, has written to a wo c ui on si te h m a p ve ora pr ry o - d , u s c ta e t d in w g, that he had b witnesses s if toproveh e i e s n allow, e i d, nn h o e . cence—that he was not in St. Andrew-street at all—and that his only offence was a remark on the brutality of the police, for which he was taken into custody. CRUEL FRAUD ON IRISH EMIGRANTS.—A poor emi grant complained on Friday at the Police-court of the conduct towards him of a passenger broker, named Patrick Gormanby. The evidence was to the effect that Gor- manby had, by false representations, induced Daniel Har ragan and three others to ship themselves for Pugwash, North America, instead of St. John's, New Brunswick, the place to which they desired to go ; Harragan landed in Liverpool on the 11th April, and two days aftek en quired of Gormanby if he had a ship for St. John's. De fendant said he had a vessel called the Sophia for that place, and asked for the passage money. Harragan re plied, that he had his wife and two young women who had come from Cork to emigrate with him, and as they were outside he would speak to them first. Gormanby said there was no time to be lost, and if he did not pay the money the vessel would put to sea before they could reach her. Harragan went and afterwards returned with his wife, to whose enquiry defendant gave the same an swer, and she paid him £B, the passage money for herself and husband. She then brought in the girls, and they also paid £8 for their passage. They then left the office, when Harragan's wife found by the tickets that they had shipped themselves for Pugwash, in Newfoundland. They returned and complained to defendant, who laughed at them, and told them they could not go to a better place than Newfoundland, and that Pugwash was only 36 hours sail from New Brunswick. Harragan protested against the fraud, and desired that the money should be returned. This being refused, he offered the defendant 30s. to re store it, but without success. The vessel alluded to had gone out of dock at eight the same morning, in place of at four in the afternoon, as defendant had stated she would, b u t s h e returned next day disabled, and remained in dock till the 18th. During the interval Harragan re peatedly called to get back the money, but never finding defendant at home, the whole party were constrained to go by the ship named. She encountered bad weather, and put into Belfast dismasted. The government officer then found 50 passengers on board, although he knew she had cleared . the Custo m -h ouse h ere tor on l y 29 , an d h e wrote to Lieutenant Hodder of this port. The latter, from enquiries made of several of the passengers, found that several of them had been defrauded in the same way. A defence was attempted, but it failed. Mr. Rushton said the whole affair was disgraceful on the part of the broker, and he fined him £lO, and deprived him of hie UMW, THE GUARDIAN GAS BILL The Parliamentary committee appointed on these bills sat during the last week. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, who appeared for the promoters, gave a history of the com panies from 1834, and their bringing down the price of the commodity from 15s. per 1000 cubic feet to 4s. 6d., to which it was reduced in 1845. A further supply was required, for which further capital had to be raised, and he contended that a new company alone could supply it to suit the means of the poor. The Guardian Company proposed to do this by means of a capital of £330,000 at 74 per cent. dividend, and at 3s. Bd. per 1000 cubic feet. He said the clauses of the Act of the Dale-street Company were exceedingly objectionable. Witnesses were then called, on that and the following day, including Mr. Reay, secretary to the Guardian Society, Mr. Macdonald, secre tary to the Guardian Gas Company, Mr. Councillor Par ker, Mr. Cox, the Company's engineer, and others. On Thursday Mr. W. Herapath, the chemist and lecturer, was examined, and instanced places where better gas was produced than at Liverpool, by Mr. Cox's patent princi ple, which was applicable to heating and cooking as well as lighting purposes. He considered gas at 3s. was suffi ciently low in price to admit of gas being universally used for all household and domestic purposes. There was also a saving of 25 per cent. in using a material hitherto thrown away. Mr. S. Glegg deposed to the saving to artisans by using gas in place of candles, and the superior light. Mr. Cox has proposed plans to light Liverpool of which he (witness) entirely approved. The works of the proposed company were to be on that plan. It would be desirable that one company should provide the whole of the gas required for the town. Other witnesses talked of the advantages of Mr. Cox's plan in melting iron, &c., and said the expense of the coal would be covered by the sale of the-coke. Mr. Smith, of the Windsor Iron Foundry (Liverpool), spoke in favour of the new company. A third company would cause a real not a sham competi tion, and the public would be better served.—The chair man, in addressing the learned counsel, desired to know if a compromise could not be come to ; that is, whether the old companies could not make such a reduction in the price of gas—a liberal and substantial reduction—as would justify the committee in preventing the establish ment of a third company, and entailing the necessity of breaking up the streets, laying down a third set of mains, and occasioning various other annoyances and incon veniences to which it was unnecessary to allude more par ticularly. Unless this was done, the committee was pre pared to go on with the case, and to decide upon Mr. Cox's plan, with which they had every reason to be satis fied, and to believe that perfectly responsible persons were ready to carry it outiin the manner that gentleman had detailed. He (the chairman) had received a communica tion, purporting to be an offer on the part of the Dale street Company, but it did not satisfy the committee. The reduction must be liberal, otherwise the preamble of the Guardian Company's Bill would be declared to be proved, if the remaining evidence did not upset that al ready adduced. After repeating this advice several times he gave the parties until twelve o'clock next day to make a proposition, and if it were not such as the interests of the public demanded,. the case would be fully proceeded with. On Friday the committee again sat. All the counsel for the various parties were for the first time present- The rooms were crowded to, excess by the parties inter ested.—Mr. Slade, for the Liverpool Gas Company, read his proposition, to the effect,—that their committee has maturely considered their proposal of yesterday, that the existing shareholders in the company should be allowed to take the whole of the new capital at 7 per cent., with the object of ascertaining whether they could prudently take such a capital at a still lower rate of interest, and they had concluded that they could not—especially front the state of the money market,_ and the fact that the per centage named was not sufficient to pay the dividends on the present capital. They therefore urged their pro position of the day before on the further consideration of the committee then sitting. To meet the wishes of the com mittee with regard to a modified plan ',of raising capital, they proposed that to the new capital should be given a dividend of 71 per cent., and appropriating one-half of such capital, and selling one-half, or appropriating one-third, and selling two-thirds ; and these modes they respectfully submitted to the committee ; that if the committee I thought the new shareholders ought not to have a pro spective advantage, but that all the new capital should be sold by auction, they were prepared to accede to their wishes, influenced in no small degree by the belief that it would afford satisfaction to the Town Council, who rep resented a large body of consumers, and meet the object of the petition against the bill. —Mr. Austin (for the Corporation) said his clients would be satisfied with the last portion of the proposition.—Mr. Sergeant Wranghant proposed (for the Guardian Con any,)-Ist, That each company should have their bill., with power to raise £lOO-,000 each, at 71 per cent. 2dly, That the capital to be raised (of £2C0,000) be divided equally between the Dale-street Company and the Guardian Gas Company.. Maximum interest on new capital to be 71 percent. Maxi_ mum price, when the consumption arrives at 250 millions to be 45., when 300 millions the maximum price be 3s Bd -Mr. Lace, chairman of the Corporation Company, said that this would entail a loss to the public of 21 per cent -The room was cleared for about an hour, and when opened, Mr. Wm. Brown came out and assured the promoters of the Guardian Bill that nearly the whole committee were completely against them, and that all he and Mr. Brotherton could do, with any likelihood of prac tical good, was to propose that the Guardian Company should have their expenses allowed. To this proposition the Guardian Company were of course obliged to submit, and accordingly withdrew their bill.—The chairman said the committee would pass the preamble of the Old Com pany's Bill, on the understanding that the whole of the new capital will be raised by auction ; that the £200,000 will be sold by auction, with the precautions necessary to ensure the best possible price to the public; that the maximum price of the gas be fixed at 4s. 6d., with a power of revision by the recorder.—The committee then pro ceeded with the clauses of the Dale-street Company's Bill. —The decision come to created the most extraordinary surprise amongst the audience, by whom it was most distinctly understood that the chairman's suggestion of the previous day, as to a decided reduction in the rnaximmu price of gas would be fully acted upon, especially as the evidence in favour of the Guardian Company was on all hands admitted to be founded on sound and conclusive principles. COURT AND FASHION. The ordinary routine of Court life in town has been lit tle varied within the last few days. The Queen and the Prince have been taking their usual out-door exercise ; and on Thursday evening, the Queen, the Prince, and suite, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence.. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace for Claremont, on Friday, where they will remain until to-day. Yesterday, the anniversary of our Sovereign's birth-day, will be publicly kept on Thursday, when the Queen will hold a drawing room for its celebration. Orr Monday, the 31st, it is understood that the Court will remove to Windsor for the purpose of spending the Ascot race week there, during which a succession of visitors will be received by her Majesty at the castle. The Hon. H. T. Stanley has been gazetted Colonel, vice the Earl of Derby, of the second regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia. The Duke of Wellington and the Rev. Dr. Wellesley now only remain of the five sons of the late Earl of Mor nington. EARNING A FORTUNE. The Birmingham Advertiser gives the following sketei of the personal history of an eminent iron-master "Mr. T. M-, of well-known iron-works in the parish of Tipton, was formerly a working collier, and to use his own simple narrative, went to work, when only seven years of age, under Mr. Richmond Aston, with whom he continued some years. When he was 16 years of age his father was killed in a coal-pit. He was the eldest of 11 children, for whom and an aged mother he continued to toil. He suceeetieri_ hv uy care aria inaustry, in bringing up this large family, and he supports his aged. mother to this day. When I married,' said he, ' I gave my mother all the money I h a d, v i z ., 4 9. 6d.' He mar ried when very young, and was exceedingly persevering, so much so, that he earned one shilling an hour ; but, unlike, many in similar circumstances, he never entered a public-house, but cared only fo r hi s f am il y. E arly i n life he joined the Wesleyans, for whom he entertains the strongest affection, believing, as he does, that he attained to his present position through the aid, instruction, and comfort he derived from them. As a proof of the sin cerity of his affection, the munificent sum given by hint at the centenary fund is already on record. At the present time he has given upwards of £2OO towards building schools for the Wesleyans : nor is his liberality confined to them, for he gave £5O towards the erection of St. Paul's Church at Tipton, with £7 for incidental expenses ; and he states that he has found that the more money het has given away in the holy cause of charity, the more his wealth has increased. He reared in his own house 21 fatherless children, all poor relations. Here was a mind not refined by education, yet always sensible of the sufferings of the poor, and always ready to alleviate dis tress. ' You see that man on the bank,' he said to Veri tas, pointing from his drawing-room window—' he was a poor basket-maker, living with his famly in a cellar. I discovered, on inquiry, that his conduct was good—l took him info my service, and found him useful.' Mr. M— went through all the gradations,—first, the collier-boy ; secondly, the butty ; thirdly, the royalty man ; and, fourthly, the sole proprietor of iron -works, and is in the parish of Tipton. Notwithstanding - thepressuTe of a large family, he earned enough by the labour of his hands to purchase a piece of land of Mr. Isaac Aston, of Tipton, on which he erected six hous es . Th ese were h i s first fruits. He next bought, on Tipton-green, a piece of freehold land, which he presented t o the Wesleyans, and on which their school now stands. At this time he began to prosper in the world. He took royalty under the Rev. W. B. Collis, then under Mr. Elliott, and then under Sir H. St. Paul. He finally bought, at the request and solicitation of his late employers, Messrs. Hateley and Jesson, Tipton Colliery, for which he p a id down £7OOO, and the rest by instalments. This large purchase, the amount of which from prudential motives we refrain to mention, excited the attention of his neighbours, who said that he would never be able to pay for it, and that he must have taken leave of his senses. What could he be thinking of? Did he want to injure his children, and lose his previous hard earnings ? Time rolled on, and in a few years he completed his purchase. Having paid for it, he gave an entertainment to 2,000, including the wives and children of his guests ; the next day - 400 of his la bouring men ate up the fragments, so that nothing was ,m. msL. i nere were 400 charity c hild ren, t o o, who partookof his bounty. He feeds the hungry and clothes the naked, even to this day.; his weekly contributions are large indeed to the necessitous. He got money so fast that he bought the estate adjoining his own, then an estate of Mr. Fletcher, then Burnt Tree estate, and Richard Fryer's estate and Dudl e y P or t, t h en an estate of Bankes Brothers, at Wednesburv, as also other property; in addition he has 70 houses, all his own freehold; and at this time he employs between 400 and 500 pair of hands. • His property at this time is upwards of £200,000, besides the increased value given to it by three lines of railway that will go through his estates. Some years ago he was met by an old acquaintance, named George Bailey, who accosted him in these words, ' Well, Tom, there is a blessing reserved in heaven for you, for the good that you have done here upon earth in relieving all who are in a state of destitution, and particularly the fatherless child ren and widows !' He never has had any money left or given to him ; his whole life seems as though the suit never ceased to shine upon him. He took the property of Coseley-moor Colliery, under Sir Horace St. Paul; it was the only one that turned out badly, and was inspected by Sir Horace's confidential agent, Mr. Bradley, who rep resented it to Sir Horace. He afterwards made an ap pointment to meet Sir Horace at the Hotel, Dudley, for the purpose of obtaining a decrease of royalty. It so happened that Sir Horace was about to dine with Lord Dudley, but on hearing of the arrival of Mr. M—, he said, ` Mr. Bradley, take off 3d. p er t on f rom M r. M 'gr royalty.' Are you aware,' rejoined Mr. Bradley, ` l r,vi large a difference thi s w ill ma k e ?' Si r Horace replied, Ll ' Never mi n d, M— i s a wort h y man — let him have ,e benefit.' The advantage h e d er i ve d f rom this reduc t ion; was upwards of £2,000. The family of this great man look back with pl easure upon t h e f act th a t their father has been the maker of his own f or t une , n ot like some others whowh o havea cu ashamed mhed to so own suddenlyth t to he enteTtams no bad oncethiejjelop wereo of h i r ladder, d a e n r a , that they know not how to balancethemselvm . Although that h being, educated for a f s e tr e o h n o g g ly to a w tt or ac d h s e t d ho to c W hu e r s c l i ezal b l e i l s i ni ev , ing she . has within herself the elements of her own resuscitation ; an d, as a the Church of Zngland, • isprrerfo'fhis youngest son. E li,