The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-30 00:00:00

eh* the American forests ? No wonder that the Americans blade their own axes ; they were compelled to do so, or to leave the wilderness unreclaimed." This statement, it is true, has nothing to do imme diately either with " over-population," or " over trading"; but it has much to do with what we must call swindling—much to do with that awkward and un pleasant remembrancer of which we have been speak ing—" Physician, heal thyself." When we speak of o ver -population, it is not to be understood that we speak of the population of the entire kingdom, but of the excess in those districts which has been caused by the stimulus of manufactures, not to say over-trading— and the existence of which cannot be denied, whatever be the process which men may recommend for dealing With it. The new process now hit upon, as we have Observed, is to deluge the country with paper, and Since the people seem to want money, make it for them, like the Sheffield scissors of " virgin steel" the very cheapest materials " It is certain," says the Birmingham Association, " that demand may be rendered permanently equal to the supply of co mmodities, by increasing the means of purchase among the People, and that the general prosperity may thus be restored and rendered permanent —an object of too vast and over whelming imp ioortance to admit of its being abandoued from tile consideratn of the difficulties which may attend it." To effect this object little more will be necessary than to repeal Sir Robert Peel's act of 1819—and then We shall have paper enough to purchase up all the ma nufacturers' stocks, good, bad and indifferent, and to keep all their mills going, with all their steam on. Shade of William Cobbett hear this ! or, rather do not hear it, for if it were possible for shades to blush, sure We are that your's would grow crimson at a proposi tion, now, after all we have experienced, so peculiarly Preposterous. We abstain for the present from entering gravely Into the discussion of this curious remedy—and we shall not he in any great haste to do so at another tuze—and chiefly for this reason, that we are perfectly satisfied it will never meet with the least encourage- Meta so long as Sir Robert Peel is premier. It cost the country too much to get back to a sound system of currency, to render any proposal approximating to a return to the purely paper medium endurable. We have abstained hitherto from the expression of any opinion upon the important question which is now agitating the minds of our commercial fellow-towns rnen, with respect to the plans of construction of the Proposed new docks, from a feeling that the decision of such questions, involving practical experience of a nautical nature, as well as engineering knowledge, is scarcely within the province of a journalist. And if We now venture to offer a few remarks upon the sub- Jett, it is not, we must premise, that we are in any materially improved position with regard to the means of forming a judgment, although we have attentively considered the evidence and the opinions which have been offered on both sides. It cannot for a moment be denied that it is an object of paramount importance, in the construction of the Proposed or any future new docks, to exercise the ut most economy of the present available space in the Ventre Of the town ; and we admit fully the importance, In the design of such docks, of securing the greatest amount of lineal quay space which is consistent with the internal convenience of the docks themselves. It is undeniable, too, that in many of our existing docks the construction is faulty, the facilities of loading and unloading afforded being very limited in proportion to the water space which they occupy. At the same time We can easily perceive the possibility of carrying the principle contended for by Mr. Gage and others—that quay space is all important—too far; and we are se riously afraid lest the lessons of practical experience should be overlooked, in the eagerness to jump to that perfection so easy to lay down upon a plan or to de scribe in a pamphlet or in the columns of a newspaper, but so difficult to reduce to working. It is quite possible that in the opinion of Mr. Gage, (which it must be borne in mind is to be regarded as that only of a professional competitor,) the plan of Mr. Hartley, which has received the sanction of the Dock C ommittee, may be deficient in the convenience of its form and arrangements. We can scarcely however think it possible that its defects can be so glaring, and the superiority of that of Mr. Gage himself so striking, as the public might be led to believe by the representa tions which have been put forth in their behalf.. The constitution of the Dock Committee—the mass of mer cantile experience which it concentrates, and which must have been applied to the earnest oonsideration of the merits of the plan laid before it by Mr. Hartley and others—the character of that gentleman himself, as a sound, practical man, and his known extensive experience, all vouch for the fact that at least as a working and practical plan, that which has received the sanction of the committee cannot possibly be so grossly deficient and objectionable as we have been told. And when we compare, with the experience arrayed upon the side of Mr. Hartley, the absolute dearth of the same valuable aid to the formation of a judgment upon such a question which exists upon the Part of Mr. Gage, and witness moreover the somewhat inflated tone in which that gentleman's pretensions are Pressed by himself and others upon the Dock Com- Inittee, we cannot, we must confess, resist impressions of an unfavourable nature with respect to their solid and sterling worth. Upon an early occasion we shall endeavour to lay before our 'readers a few explanatory statements, from which perhaps they may be enabled to arrive at a cor rect idea of the question in dispute. At the same time, we are perfectly satisfied that the Dock Committee are in reality the proper and sole authority by whom, as being in possession of all its intricate details, the ques tion can be best decided ; and that by its members, as will be seen from our report of the proceedings yester day, it will be fairly and impartially considered pre viously to any irrevocable step being taken. 'The important case of HEARNE v. STOWELL is at length terminated, and the admirable remarks of Lord Denman in delivering judgment will be found in their Proper place. His lordship administers a suitable bu t Cutting rebuke to Baron Rolfe, the judge who presided at the trial, for allowing any evidence to be tendered irrelevant to the subject which was made the matter of controversy on the record. We believe the effect of this decision will he that, Whilst no new trial will take place, each party will have to bear his own costs incurred up to this period, which, on the part of Mr. Hearne, have been very considera ble. A correspondent in a Manchester paper calls atten tion to the fact that the poor in that town are made to contribute weekly instalments towards Mr. Hearne's expenses, four of whom, according to the writer, have each doled out the sum of twenty-seven shillings, and yet, he adds, these very persons will be the first appli cants for relief from the fund now raising in Manches ter for the destitute poor. Such are popish priests : th e y extract the last farthing from their ignorant and deluded followers, in order to carry out their iniquitous and selfish projects, and they then throw their dupes Upon the bounty of the Protestant public. Lord Clifford, of Chudleigh, Devonshire, presided ast week at the dinner of a Catholic benevolent society in this town, and did not, on this occasion, give the health of Gregory XVI., Pope of Rome, before that of his and our most gracious Sovereign. This was an improvement, and is a fact worthy of observation. His lordship took the opportunity to account for his lapse on the former occasion ; but the explanation was so full of nice distinctions and jesuitical subtlety, that we Protest we have not been able fully to understand it. The object of the former meeting was, it would seem, t'ery religious ; so religious that it might be deemed al together spiritual. At such a solemn season, there fore, he thought the Pope should be first in his mind, and her Majesty, who is only his civil ruler, might be content to hold the second place in his attention. Ac cordingly, the toasts followed in that order. But at this meeting things did not take quite so religious a Atir n ; the affair was more secular, and the Queen was restoria to her proper place in the order of bumpers, '44 the bon pre was postponed. This is his lordship's ' e xcluv; hut it by no means satisfies us. We attri litite the improvement in his manner decidedly to two ` c auses-notch more intelligible to our mind, and pro bahly more influential with him—and these are, first, that, as 'the ,acknowledges. he got well lashed for his reo-popery m an if es t a ti on on the former occasion, and -eondly, that the Tories were not in power then as 4 /ley are now: Oh there is nothing like a free press A,ttl d a go o d strong Tory government for making people Verbunt sat. LOV.4L NEWS. The consecration of the new church hi Warwh;lc•street cakes place to-morrow (Wednesday.) The service is to commence at half-past ten in the forenoon. DIABOLIC AL OUTRAGE.—On Wednesday evening, about nine o'clock, as Mr. Williams, of Victoria-place, Woodside, was walking with his infant about the parlour, some villain fired a bullet through the window. Very fortunately it missed both of them. The ball struck a chair in the parlour, and was found on the floor near it. We hope the ruffian will be discovered and brought to justice. NIGER EXPEDITION.—On Monday last, Mr. John Laird, of Liverpool, had the honour of an interview, by appoint ment, with his royal highness Prince Albert, to present a model of her Majesty's iron steam-vessel " Albert," one of the vessels built by Mr. Laird for the Niger expedition. His royal highness has always taken great interest in the expe dition, and inspected all . the vessels minutely before they left this country. INFAMOUS ASSAULT.-Mr. Edward 'Peers, township constable of Bebbington, charged John Grice, before the magistrates at Birkenhead, on Thursday, with assaulting him on the 18th of February last. The offender absconded im mediately after the affair, and was only apprehended on Tuesday last. Peers was called out of bed on the night in question to quell a disturbance, and after he had charged the peace, he was knocked down by a stone, his head dreadfully cut, and he was carried home insensible. Miss Shakeshaft deposed that she was led to the scene of disturbance in con sequence of the noise, and while looking on she saw Grice quit the crowd, pick up a stone, and throw it at Peers's head, who fell immediately on the ground. The magistrates after expressing their opinions as to the brutal conduct of Grice, convicted him in the penalty of £5, and in default of pay - mentordered him to be imprisoned two months. A MAN ROBBING HIMSELF.—On Friday, at the Police court, Mr. Dowling, the commissioner, stated that a circum stance had come to his knowledge of which he thought the public should be made aware, as he believed such deceptions were by no means uncommon. On Thursday, a young man, named William Worrell, residing in Upper Beau-street, came to him and stated that he had been knocked down in. the street by some men, severely hurt on the head, and robbed of his watch and £3 15s. Bills announcing the assault and robbery were published; but, on inquiry, he had since found that the young man himself bad sold the watch, and that that the mark of injury on his head, which he had exhibited in proof of his statement, had been produced by his volun tary knocking his head against a wall. The object of the young man, in thus robbing and assaulting himself did not appear. WELSH MEETING TO ADDRESS TIIE QUEEN.—It will he seen, by an advertisement in another column, that the na tives of the Principality, resident in this town, are invited to attend a public meeting tO address her Majesty ; and, from the proverbial loyalty of the Welsh, they will doubtless most willingly respond to the call. The other object of the meet ing, to petition for a new order of knighthood, is highly cre ditable to the patriotism of those with whom it originated ; and were all classes of the inhabitants of Cambria cordially and spiritedly to co-operate in petitioning for the same ob ject, we have every reason to believe that they would ulti mately succeed. The practice pursued by the customs' authorities at Liver pool in the registration of ships de novo has lately been opened by the chiefs of that department here and revised. It appears that the case in which their judgment was thought unsatisfactory, and was in consequence submitted to the London department, was where parties were interested in the sale of a vessel built and registered at a British colony, A, of London, being part owner of it, and the others residing in the colony and at Liverpool. The vessel being at Liverpool, A sold his interest in her to B, of that port, and required B to take his bill of sale, with the original register, to the customs there, and in virtue of the 3d and 4th of William IV., cap. 55, sec. 11 and 39, to demand to have the ship registered de novo. The officers refused compliance with this on the plea that register de novo could only be made at the port of building and original registration. Now, this being manifestly contrary to the practice adopted at the port of London, the bearing of the case was properly represented with the view to get it adjusted' on the same footing, or at least to know what could cause such difference in the practice prevailng at the two most important ports of the kingdom. The result has been that a communication has been made to the collector and controller of the customs at Liverpool for their government, to the effect that upon the production of a bill of sale, under the circumstances stated, and upon the other requisites of law being complied with, they will hence forward grant registry de novo.—London Times __ ON 'TfiE PRESERVATION OF ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FOOD.—Various means have from time to time been adopted for effecting the preservation of animal substances. From the very earliest periods, indeed, attempts more or less rude have been made to keep alimentary substances from perish ing in the brief limit assigned by nature. The art of pickling and salting was soon discovered, and very little progress was made beyond this primitive invention during a long course of ages. The union of science and art has, however, at length come to our aid, and enabled us to discover the means of preserving animal and vegetable food, to keep fresh, without -the intervention of any extraneous matter, for any length of time, and in any climate. We were invited a few days ago to inspect specimens of meat, fish, poultry, and vegetables, cured according to this novel preservative process. Tile en tertainment was given at the Commercial Hotel, Dale-street, and the meeting was most numerously and respectably at tended. The advantages vi hich appear to be derived by the process are thus enumerated in the circular :—" First—That the preservative process is reduced to a certainty ; it is sim pler in execution, more efficacious in principle, and much less expensive, than any other method in use. Secondly— That the peculiar and unpleasant flavour which the old mode of preserving imparted to the provisions, and which greatly limited the practical and general application of the inven tion, is entirely obviated by the new method, without the inseparable inconvenience which invariably attended all for -mer processes in use, of being too much cooked. Lastly— That every description of provision can be preserved in cases of very large dimensions, the size of the package offering no impediment to the successful completion of the operation, so that whole joints of meat, poultry, game, and fish, inclu ding even lobsters, crabs, and prawns, in the shell, may be sent to table in as good and perfect a state as if they had only just been dressed by the ordinary culinary proeess.'!— The advantages which must naturally flow from a simple and inexpensive process of keeping fresh, with all their nutriment and flavour, articles of animal and vegetable food, must be too obvious to need particularscomment. If this can he ef fected for one year only, that is from the season of produce to the season of security, there is not an individual in the kingdom, rich enough to lay in a stock of such articles, and not too rich to despise the economy of his family, that will not find himself materially benefitted by the invention, or by the adoption of the pfocess. This, however, is but one of the many advantages to be derived from the invention. It offers us incalculable benefits in the equipment and victual ling of our fleets, and in providing for the health and com fort of the floating defence of our country, as well as of that meritorious class of men to which the nation owes so much of its prosperity. There can be no doubt that whatever pro mises an improvement ill the condition of every order of men who subsist on the ocean, must be considered as an object of national concern; and it becomes the imperative duty of go vernments, and also of every individual, to lend a helping band to promote the success of an undertaking, which has in view an object of such an important and praiseworthy na ture. The provisions cured by this process cannot fail to be looked upon as an invaluable acquisition on board of packets and steamers of every description carrying passengers, and more partichlarly for those engaged on long voyages, where economy of fuel, saving in stowage, and clear and clean decks, are objects of great moment. The very circumstance of being able, without the least bustle or annoyance to the passengers, without even the appearance of cooking on board, to send up a dinner, in any part of the wide ocean, compri sing in the bill of fare every luxury and delicacy which hu man ingenuity can devise or more genial climes than ours produce, must be sufficient inducement for the general adop tion of such provisions on board of all passenger vessels ; more especially as we are credibly informed that they can be introduced at one-third less cost than the present indifferent and inconvenient system of victualling. SINGULAR RECOMMENDATION. " Catholic Church, Copperas-hill.—To be let or sold, a seat in the front gallery. It commands a full view of the grand stained glass window, recently put up under the direction of Mr. Pugin."—The writer of the above advertisement, which appeared in the co lumns of the Journal of Saturday last, beats George Robins hollow. How consolatory must it be to the sinner or the devotee, who may be fortunate enough to obtain this favored seat, to be able to turn his eyes from the mummeries which are enacting below, and to gaze in devout adoration upon the GRAND STAINED WINDOW ERECTED BY MR. PUGIN ! Pity that be cannot have, as well, a peep into the organ loft. MR. BRINDLEY'S LECTURES.—On Thursday and Friday evenings this eloquent opponent of error brought before the public the blasphemies and frauds of the Mormonites or Latter-day Saints • and although opposed on the former e vening by the Yankee apostle of Mormonism, Adams, successfully established, in the presence of numerous audi tories, the swindling and infamous character of the system. The lecture of Saturday was devoted to an examination of the merits and practicability of Chartism ; and the lecturer, although we were sorry to observe him labouring under severe exhaustion, the effect of his indefatigable exertions throughout the week, entered fully into a discussion of the probable working of the " five points," upon which this panacea for " all the ills that flesh is heir to" is based, in the course of which we were glad to notice the enthusiasm with which his arguments were received by the right-minded working classes of Liverpool. During the proceedings, au attempt was made, according to the usual tactics of Chart ism, to create interruption, which was, however, promptly put down by the voice of the meeting. At the close, a strange-looking mortal, calling himself Jones, who was stated to be the accepted champion of Chartism in this town, introduced himself upon the platform, and handed in to the chairman, with a prodigious flourish, a challenge to Mr. Brindley, to discuss with him the Chartist question on some future occasion. The audience. however, were of opinion that the best time for discussion was now; and the orator was, therefore, requested at once to proceed with his subject. After about half-an-hour's desultory speechifying, however, during which a prodigious quantity of declamatory " sound and fury, signifying nothing," was poured out by the erudite Mr. Jones, the audience became impatient; and on the question being put, the advocates of Chartism present were outnumbered by a forest of hands being held up in favour of the cause of good order and the constitution. LECTURES ON SHAESPEAIi.E'S PLAYS.—Mr. Stuart, the leading tragedian of the Theatre-Royal, has now ready a course of six lectures on Shakspeare, including the plays of Lear, Hamlet, Othello. Richard, and Macbeth, and a con cluding miscellaneous lecture, embracing the characters of Wolsey, Timon, Jacques, Touchstone, and a variety of our great poet's characters. These lectures are remarkable for their language and effect, and, we doubt not, they would be highly attractive if delivered at any of our public rooms. WATERLOO COURSING MEETING.—It will be seen by the advertisement that this celebrated meeting comes off on Thursday next. Mr. Towers provides the substantials, and no doubt every comfort and luxury will be prepared. It will be seen that an extra prize is offered this year. LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAL INSTITU TION.--On Friday evening Mr. Thomas Venables gave his third and last lecture on music, The subject of this lecture was the music of the Druids, and also of Wales; like the preceding one it was very interesting, showing great re search and abounding with anecdote, and copiously illus trated with both vocal and instrumental melodies. Among the former were " Ar hyd y vos," " The rising of the lark," the words by Mrs. Hemans, and ".Nos Galan," or " New year's night," all delightfully sung by Miss Sarah Venables. The latter were so numerous that we cannot particularise, but only return our thanks to Mr. Venables for the splendid manlier in which he performs them. At the conclusion of the lecture Mr. Venables returned thanks to his numerous audience for the kind manner hi which he and his daughter had been received. AMPIIITHEATRE.—A new drama called " Susan Hopley," was produced on Thursday, and has been performed during the remainder of the week. From the commendations be stowed on this drama by the London press, we expected something more than common, and were not prepared for the trash it turned out to be. The only redeeming feature in the whole piece was the scene of Susan at her mother's grave, which was beautiful. The principal characters by Mesdames Emery, 13oroughcliff, and Carman, and Miss Beverley, and Howard, were better performed than such rubbish merited. A ballet in which Madame Rosier and Miss Gilbert exerted themselves to the great satisfaction of the audience followed, and was succeeded by the usual excellent ring performances ; th e entertainments wound up with the talented Mrs. Car man's clever drama of the " Death Grasp." This week mor e novelties are announced. The manager deserves to be encouraged, if only from his evident desire to cater well for the public, and the variety of his dishes. ! BRANDT Agl) SALT.—An elegantly bound copy of the Rev. Mr. Fenton's work on Salted Brandy; was lately for. warded to London by the author for presentation to her Majesty, who was graciously pleased to direct her librarian to make the following acknowledgment of its receipt and the letter which accompanied it : " Her Majesty's librarian is instructed to acknowledge the aeceipt of the Rev. Mr. Fenton's letter of the 29th ult., and to acquaint him that the small Pamphlet which accompanied it has been deposited in the Royal Library. " St. James's Palace, Nov. 2, 18-11." We believe that only a few copies remain of this work, though an addition of several thousands was printed. SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Wm. Clare, aged 21, captain of a flat, whose death it was suspected had been caused by the contents of a bottle administered to him by an practitioner of Harrington-street. It appeared, however, from exan;ination of tine hotly that he died from in flammation of the outer coats of the stomach, the result of natural causes, and a verdict was returned accordingly. CHILD FOUND:—On Saturday last a male infant, of full growth, was found dead in St. Martin's church-yard, wrapped in a cloth, but without any marks of violence. It appeared from a pOst mortem examination that the child had been alive. An inquest was held yesterday, and a verdict re- turned to the effect that the deceased was found dead ; but by what means it came to its death there was no evidence to The deceased, it appeared, had been attended in the usual way, so that the only delinquency was the exposure ST. BRIDE'S NATIONAL SCHOOLS.—On Sunday last, tw•o excellent sermons were preached in St. Bride's Church, Percy - street, by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, in aid of the above schools. The morningservice was attended by the worshipful the Mayor, and several members of the Town Council. There was also a third service in the afternoon, during which, the children of the schools were publicly examined by questions upon the Church Catechism, which they answered with great correctness, and gave entire satisfaction to the .friends of the schools. The_ collections throughout the day, realized up- upwards of £BO. NEW MAGISTRATES.—We stated last week that Sir Jas. Graham had offered the honour of the Borough Magistracy to several gentlemen. It was, we hear, offered, in the first instance, to the gentlemen who had sat on the bench before the passing of the Municipal Corporation Act. Of that body Mr. Horsfall is, we believe, the only gentleman who has positively accepted the honour; but Mr. Aspinall and Mr. Case will, it is expected, also accept it. In addition to these gentlemen, the following have accepted the honour : namely, George Grant, Esq., Charles S. Parker, Esq., Duncan Gibb, Esq., Charles Challoner, Esq., William Potter, Esq., and Richard Moon, Esq. All these gentlemen profess tory EARLY CLOSING OF SGOPS.—We have long been of Opinion that the prolonged hours of business, particularly in drapers' shops, is destructive of the health of their numerous assistants, as well as inimical to their morals, by leaving them little or no time for rational relaxation or the improvement of their minds, while at the same time (provided one uniform system of early closing were strictly adhered to by the whole), shorter hours would rather benefit than injure their employes, in the reduction of expenses in gas and otherwise; and.little or no inconvenience would be experienced by customers, who would soon learn to make their purchases in good time. therefore, learn with regret, that the arrangements for closing the shops at seven in the evening has already been infringed. It was observed by the greater part of the trade in Church street and Bold-street until Monday evening, when one indi vidual broke through it, and others (probably in self-defence) followed the example. In many of the principle thorough fares the regulation has also been abandoned. It is stated that the principal cause is, that St. John's Market is kept open till eight o'clock, and that no general concurrence in earlier hours on be expected, particularly from the smaller dealers, until an alteration is made in that establishment. The market people, it is said, are themselves favourable to closing at six o'clock, and, it is added, that a memorial on the subject to the Common Council is in preparation. We are not prepared to offer an opinion on the propriety of such a change, but we still entertain a hope that the shopkeepers will reconsider the question, and come to some definite ar rangement that may benefit those in their employ, while, as we trust, it would not in the end militate against their own interests.—Chronicle. [We have made some enquiry into this matter, and find that in one of the largest establishments in this town, a positive saving has been effected by closing the shop at seven o'clock, and that so far, the young men employed, have shown the best results. They have worked more cheerfully and better. If a saving can be effected in a large establishment in the same ratio, a small one will benefit by early closing. We noticed one evening last week, that in only one shop out of 47 was there a single customer at half past seven o'clock—that shop was a chemists—" necessity hath no law." The houses that have shown a disposition to meet the wishes of the young men in their employ, deserve, surely, to be patronized by the public. It is really monstrous that numbers of young men should be compelled to sacrifice their health and enjoyment to please two or three old women that stand idling all day, and can only find time to go shop ing at night. We have noticed that men very rarely make purchases by gas-light--they know better.—E. L. S.] . ST. HELENS COURT OF REQUESTS.—The first sitting of this court took place on Saturday last, in the Town Hall, St. Helens, before H. L. Trafford, Esq., the judge. The number of cases heard amounted to upwards thirty, and the mode of transacting business under the improved regime of a court of requests has given unqualified satisfaction to the inhabitants of St. Helens, because it affords not only a certain and efficient mode of recovering, at comparatively trifling cost, debts so large as £l5 when vexatious refusals have been made to their payments, but establishes a means whereby many of the pernicious practices followed out amongst the lower classes for the purpose of obtaining credit will be remedied and re formed, if not entirely nullefied. There is no doubt it will become the ordinary channel of recovering debts not exceed ing £l5, therefore, the. populous district over which the act extends. The next court, it appears, is appointed for Friday, 31st December, INQUESTS.—On Thursday and yesterday, an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., on view of the body of Henry Robinson. Elizabeth Robinson said she lived in Prince William-street, and the deceased was her husband. He was 25 years old. Last Saturday four weeks, the deceased left home after dinner, and was then quite well. He did not re turn till about one o'clock next morning, when he said he had been ill-used by a man, and that he was maimed and would never get over it. He had a large cut on his fore head, from which blood was flowing. He said he did not know the name of the man who had injured him. Mr. Han nah, surgeon, and assistant to Mr. Gillon, said four weeks ago the deceased came to Mr. Gillon!s surgery. His wound was dressed, and he appeared to be doing well. On Thursday night last he was attacked by a convulsion fit, at the time the time the wound was being dressed ; he became much worse, and died on Saturday morning. Sidney Campbell, wife of Edward Campbell, who keeps a beer-house in White Mill-street, said the deceased was in the habit of frequenting the house. Four weeks last Saturday, (the day in question) the deceased was at a supper there. About half-past eleven o'clock she let the deceased out. He was a little in drink, but able to take care of himself. Directly afterwards she heard a great noise, as of persons quarrelling, and could dis tinctly hear the voice of the deceased, but did not go to see what was the matter. Some further evidence was tendered, but it was immaterial. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from inflammation of the brain, arising from the wound, but how the wound was caused there was no evidence to show. A man was apprehended on sus picion, but was discharged on the evidence being heard. THE QUEEN.—We are happy to learn that the Queen has so entirely recovered that her Majesty has resumed her petits diners en fainille, which are confined to the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent.—Evening Paper. The new Bishop of England and Ireland in Jerusalem was, 17 or 18 years ago, the officiating rabbi of a synagogue at Plymouth, in which town he was baptised by the late Arch bishop of Tuam. The new bishop is of pure Hebrew descent, of the tribe of Judah ; his wife, Mrs. Alexander, is also of the purest Hebrew blood, and of the tribe of Levi, thus uniting in one the royal and the priestly tribes. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—A dreadful accident happened at Newport, on Monday, to a poor woman named Sophia Thomas. The deceased was killed by a pistol discharged ac cidentally by a buy who was playing with it, and who does not know how it went off. CORK AND DUBLIN RAILWAY.—A numerous and highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Cork was held in that city on Thursday last, when it was determined to memorialise the Lord Lieutenant in favour of the railway from Cork to Dublin. EXECUTION FOR THE MURDER OF MR. POWELL.— On Saturday last, the 20th instant, the extreme penalty of the law took place on Patrick Woods, whose case had stood over from last Assizes, on an objection by his counsel, which the twelve judges overruled. The wretched man said to the people that he was innocent of the murder of Mr. Powell, that he was seven miles off when the murder took place; he forgave his prosecutors, his judge, and his jury, and died protesting his innocence. After having delivered these few words he seemed to be suffering intense mental agony, mid was moving from side to side, not knowing what he did. He sunk down before the fall of the drop, in the centre - of which he was placed by the exeentioner. In a few moments the bolt was drawn, and the wretched man ceased to breathe. — Dublin paper. NEW TELEGRAPH FROM LONDON TO DOVER,—The Lon don terminus, at the end of Tooley-street, London Bridge, of the telegraphic communication between London and Dover has just been finished, and the whole line will be opened in a few days. The intermediate stations are situated on elevated spots, at Forest-hill, Peckham-rye, Knockholt Beeches, Wrotham ; Blue Bell-hill, Chatham ; Isle of Sheppy, Whit stable, Herne-bay, Minster, Broadstairs, and Deal. The establishment of such a line of communication will be of the greatest advantage to the mercantile world, as a ship's arrival off the coast can be telegraphed to the owners in five minutes. An experiment was made a few days ago, on the line between Hull and Liverpool, when 18 seconds only elapsed while a message was conveyed a distance of upwards of 70 miles. — Globe. CHARGE OP SHOPLIFTING.—At the Cheltenham police office on Monday, Miss Jane Allen, a lady of great respecta bility, was charged by Mr. Thomas Joslin, chemist, with stealing a packet of pot porri perfume. The case excited an extraordinary degree of interest. The office was crowded to suffocation, and a great concourse were assembled outside unable to gain admittance. Before the matter came on Dr. Thorpe begged permission to be allowed to make a few ob servations to skew that this was a case which ought to go be fore another tribunal. He spoke as a professional man, and from his knowledge of the family he could take upon himself to say that this was at case for another jurisdiction—it was not a case of commorilheft—it was one of moral irresponsi bility. Evidence was then given to prove the theft, and se veral witnesses deposed that the prisoner was not in a very sound state of mind.—The magistrates - said they would admit her to bail, and she was bound over, herself in £2OO, and two sureties in £lOO each, to answer at the sessions. Dr. Thorpe and Captain Frobisher immediately became bail for the un fortunate lady. The Queen has been pleased to appoint his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K. G., the Right Hon. Lord Lyndhurst, his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, K.G., the most Hon. the Marquis of Landsdown, K.G., the Right Hon. the Earl of Lincoln, the Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, the Right Hon. Lord Francis Egerton, the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., The Right Hon. Viscount Melbourne, the Right Hon. Lord Ashburton, the Right Hon. Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, the Right Hou. Sir Robert Peel, Bart. ' the Right Hon. Sir James Robert George Graham, Bart., Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart., Henry Gaily Knight, Esq., Benjamin Hawes, jun., Esq., Hanry Hallam, Esq., Samuel Rogers, Esq., George Vivian, Esq., and Thomas Wyse, Esq., her Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into the best mode of promoting the fine arts in the United Kingdom. CoßoNgit's INqugsT.—On the 16th instant an inques was held at Whit s t a bl e , on the body of a French mariner ' named Eli Mingour, mate of a lugger, laden with coals, bound from Sunderland to Mantes. It appeared in evidence that the deceased, with the captain and four others, (all Frenchmen,) bad taken in a cargo of coals, and were out in the gale on Sunday night, when the vessel was wrecked, and they were all compelled to take to the boat, in which they were exposed for fifteen hours, the deceased taking part of the labour of rowing during the night; that on the followi morning they were picked up off Margate by Captain W lace Beel and the crew of the smack Prosperous, and putting the deceased on board, they discovered him to dead. A most careful examination was taken of the bo and not any marks of violence appearing thereon, the jti without the least hesitation, returned a verdict, " Tha:c deceased died from being exposed to the inclemency of weather."—London paper. MR. GAGE'S DOCK PLANS.-CONFERENCE OP THE DOCK COMMITTEE WITH DEPUTATIONS FROM THE COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS. ne conference of the Dock Committee with deputations veral associated commercial bodies, on the sub- Gage's plans, in opposition to those of the Dock urveyor, for the intended new dock and warehouses, took place yesterday, at one o'clock in the afternoon. The mem bers of the committee present were—Messrs. Sands, (chair man,) Horsfall, (deputy-chairman,) Barclay, Holt, Holmes, Middleton, Chilton, Nicol, Aiken, Bailey, Evans, Tobin, Chapman, Ripley, and Moon. Mr. Hartley, the Dock Sur veyor, and Mr. Gage were also present, each prepared with plans and drawings for the purpose of elucidating the sub- from the s ject of Mr, East Ind and Mr. CI West India Assaf and Mr. C. S. Parke Shipowner', dall. Brazilian worth. /iina Associati ed the deptiiatioes —Mr. Robert Diror ciation.—Mr. George 1- all Lawrence s Associalion.—Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Ken- Association.—Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Cole Mexican and South American Association.—Mr. Dunlop, and Mr. Tyrer. British and North American Association.—Mr. Rankin, and Mr. Duncan Gibb. American Chamber of Commerce.—Mr. Roskell, and Mr. Mediterranean and Levant Association. — Mr. Pilcher. Mr. Powell, and Shipbuilder's Associalion.---Mr. Royden, and Mr. Thos Wilson. Shipmaster's Association.—Mr: James Spence, and Mr illiam llowett. The CHAIRMAN said the object of the conference was well known both in and out of doors ; and on the part of the committee he had to state that they would be very happy to hear any suggestions the deputations might have to make. The dock committee bad only one object in view, and that was to give the greatest possible amount of dock accommo dation to the shipping interests. The plans lying upon the table, and for which an act of parliament had been obtained, had pot been adopted by the committee upon slight grounds. Most earnest consideration had been given to them ; but if it should appear from anything that the deputations should say that those plans - were not the best, and ought not to be proceeded with, but that others ought to be substituted, the committee would be willing to reconsider, and to adopt such plans as appeared most desirable. They would, of course, think it right to take the very best and most scientific evi dence upon the subject that it was possible to procure. The SECRETARY here read the names of the deputation, and it was arranged that they should-.be heard in the order given above. Mr. TURNER, on the part of the East India and China Association, then rose and said, that the merchants con nected with the East Indies felt, and had always felt, that as far as respected their trade warehouses were wanted round the docks. They hailed the bill which had just been passed, as giving them in a great measure what they wanted. Per haps it did not give them the entire warehouse accommoda tion they wanted, but it was an approach they considered to a better system. They consid ere d th a t thi s p or t wa s inferior to London in this respect, and they were anxious for the committee not to lose sight of this question. So long as they could secure efficient warehouses the association were not in opposition to any plan ; but they felt that no altera tion in the plans involving danger to the warehouse space, or impaired their efficiency in securing any other advantage would compensate for the loss. These were the general sen timents of the merchants connected with the East Indies. Mt. DIROM concurred in Mr. Turner's statement. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said, that although the West India Association had been mentioned in connection with his own name he had no instructions from that body. He thought, however, that the West India Association placed every con fidence in the Dock Committee, and they left the matter in their bands. Mr. PARKER expressed his concurrence. Mr. HENDERSON, as one of the deputies from the Ship owner's Association, begged to observe that the committee of that body had taken Mr. Gage's plans several times into consideration, and had made very minute investigations of them, because their interests were largely involved in the question. They were decidedly of opinion, comparing them with Mr. Hartley's, that Mr. Gage's were a very great iro proveznent, that he secured great er d oc k s p ace , an d a much more advantageous appropriation of quay room. Twice the number of vessels, at least, would be accommodated with working berths either for discharging or loading. His dock area was larger, with this greater advantage of facility in working, and, therefore, the Shipowner's Association were decidedly of opinion that such a very great improvement ought to be undertaken at any cost, either of time or money. As to Mr. Turner's observation relative to interference with the warehouses, it was rendered perfectly nugatory, inas much as Mr. Gage's plan furnished as great a superficial area, and much greater lineal quay space for that purpose than the plan agreed upon. The Shipowner's Association, after great consideration, were decidedly of opinion that the large plan of Mr. Gage's, which occupied the whole space from Duke's Dock to George's Dock was the plan which ought to be adopted. They also recommended this plan as having Graving Docks. They thought it better, however, not to go too much into detail, but to leave the future consi deration of the question entirely in the hands of the com mittee. Mr. KENDALL concurred in this statement. Mr. RIPLEY said it was proposed to be either warehouses or sheds in Mr. Gage's plan, and hewished to know whether the Shipowners' Association had agreed to either one or the other ? Mr. HENDERSON had intended to state that so long as Mr. Gage's plans furnished an equal superficial area applicable for quay or warehouses, he conceived the objection, as to ware houses,was done away with. Mr. HORSFALL asked whether the Shipowners' Associa tion had calculated the cost of carrying out Mr. Gage's great plan ? Mr. HENDERSON/ replied in the negative, but intimated that whatever it might be it ought to be incurred. Mr, HORSFALL next asked whether they had estimated the time the work could be done in ? Mr. HENDERSON replied that he was not prepared to an swer that question. Mr. HORSFALL remarked that the plan Mr. Henderson spoke of did not contain graving docks. _ - Mr. HENDERSON, in answer, said that from a discussion that had taken place this morning four graving docks would be recommended as far as the Shipowners' Association were concerned ; but the shipbuilders would be best able to give an opinion upon this. Mr. HORFA.LL asked which plan Mr. Henderson was speaking of? Mr. 14ENDERSON.—I speak of the large plan. The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Henderson whether he was aware that if Mr. Gage's plan were adopted, the committee would have to go to parliament again. Mr. CHAPMAN said the object of the Shipowners' Asso ciation was not at this moment to reopen the question of the act of parliament, but to recommend Mr. Gage's large plan to the consideration of the committee. At present the par liamentary site being fixed upon, they recommended Mr. Gage's dock instead of the intended one now before the coin mittee. Mr. HENDERSON..— Most decidedly. Mr. AIKEN here suggestediliiTtliestatements of the va rious deputations should be heard before any discussion took place. . _ The CHAIRMAN acquiesced, and called upon the deputa tion from the Brazilian Association. Mr. COTESWORTH said, that along with several other gen tlemen the Brazilian Association had compared the plans of Mr. Gage with those of the Dock Committee, and had found a striking difference between them. He would confine him self to the space contemplated by the Dock Committee to work upon. They found, by experience, that by the plan of the Dock Committee there were eighty vessels out of a work ing position, whilst there would be only eight by Mr. Gage's plan. This circumstance clearly demonstrated that the plan of Mr. Gage gave greater quay space, placed vessels is greater security, and also left, at the same time, sufficient room for warehouses. He apprehended it was not the intention of gentlemen present to enter on the point whether they would build warehouses or not, and that question was not at all affected by the opinion the association were now expressing. The Brazilian Association would recommend that Mr. Gage's plan, if practicable, should be car r i e d ou t t o th e f u ll ex t en t ; but ?fit were not, that it should be adopted as far as possible, and with reference to being carried out ultimately. Mr. HORSFALL said Mr. Cotesworth had not spoken with certainty whether he would recommend a different plan upon the present site, or whether they would go all the way from George's Dock. Mr. COTESWORTH said he would recommend that the whole extent of ground be laid out upon Mr. Gage's plan, if practicable ; but if not practicable, then be would recom mend that the land at present laid out according to the Dock Committee's plan should be laid out upon Mr. Gage's plan, and that with reference to being ultimately carrying out the whole of it. At the request of Mr. EVANS, the CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Cotesworth whether his assessor had made any estimate of the cost, and of the additional time this plan would require? Mr. COTESWORTH replied that if Mr. Gage's plan were proved the best, there would be abucdant , funds to carry it out. It certainly could not be carried out immediately, but the means of the committee would increase as they went on. He should think it was very difficult to make a calculation ; but he might express this, that the plan contemplated for the site the committee were going. to work upon would not cost more in one case than the other. Mr. HoaSVALL.—Are you aware that all this could not be effected without another act of parliament ? Mr. CoTF.swoRTH said his feeling on this point was that such facilities would be afforded for an amendment of the present act as to ensure to the committee, if they began the work at present that long before they would require the amended act, it would be completed. Mr. SANDS supported the statements of Mr. Cotesworth. Mr. COTESWORTH begged to ask whether an amended act would be required to make Mr. Gage's plans to the south ? The CHAIRMAN.--Our Solicitor is of opinion it would require an act of parliament, or at least an amended act. Mr. COTESWORTH.—I should think there is no question about that being obtained with little difficulty. Mr. HORSFALL.—Then you do not contemplate disturb ing the warehouses ? _ Me. Cors.swoßTu said the quays could give sheds, or would give what quantity of warehousing was wanted ; and if it were important to make the whole number of ware houses, that would not interfere with the loading or discharg of the ships. Mr. DUNLOP, on the part of the Mexican and South American Association said, that Mr. Gage's plan afforded so much more accommodation both for landing and discharging, that they could not but strongly recommend its adoption to the committee, If the large plan were found impractible the association would strongly recommend the other. They looked with dismay at a large square dock with very few fa cilities for landing and discharging. Several gentlemen con nected with the association had declared that they would much rather pay one-half more dock dues, and have facilities nearer the centre of the town, than have the same facilities straggling away at the other docks far off, at the present rates. Mr. TIMER, from the same association, thought it of so miich importance to have the docks near the centre of the town, that any additional expense was not to be compared with that. Mr. PuNeAN Gm, on behalf of the British and North American Association, after putting some questions to Mr. Hartley upon the measurements, expressed at considerable length the desire of that body that the active commerce of the port should continue as near the centre of the town as possible. They thought that Mr. Gage's plan would afford greater, facilities for that purpose than Mr. Hartley's, on account of the greater quantity of quay room, and the facilities for loading and unloading shipping; and they had come to a resolution recotnmending his plan, but in an amended form—that embracing graving dock accommodation. Mr. RANKIN agreed with Mr. Gibb in recommending Mr. Gage's extended p l an w i t h graving dock accommodat i on ; and at all events he recommended that the river wall should be proceeded with upon that principle. He believerithere would be uo objection upon parliamentary grounds to Mr. Gage's plan being proceeded with. Mr. ROSKELL and Mr. TODD, on the part of the American Chamber of Commerce, said that althougla they had not had an opportunity of examining Mr. Gage's plans, contended from the amount of American tonnage coming to this port, that every facility was due to them. The chamber had ex pressed an unqualified opinion in favour of the erection of warehouses. _ _ Mr. PucuEß and Mr. POWELL said that the Mediter ranean and Levant Association. expressed the regret of that bndy that any delay should take place in the construction of the works. The CUAIRMAN:—That is you are in favour of the present plan? Mr. POWELL.—Not exactly, sir. Mr. WILSON and Mr. ROYDEN, on the part of the Ship builder's Association, strongly represented the necessity of additional Graving Dock accommodation in the centre of the docks. Mr. SPENCE and Mr. ROWETT, from the Shipmasters' Association, expressed a decided opinion in favour of Mr. Gage's plans, and the former alleged several defects in those of Mr. Hartley. Mr. Gage was then requested to describe his plans, and he proceeded at great length to lay down the principles of them, which we have already described in this journal, and to illus trate them most minutely by references to plans. A very long, irregular, conversational discussion followed concerning them ; at the end of which, The SLCILETARY read the following remarks from Mr. Hartley upon the propositions of Mr. Gage:— PROPOSED NEW DOCKS " My attention having been called to a pamphlet written by Mr. Gage, on the subject of the construction of docks in the port of Liverpool, and with especial reference to the ground to the westward of the Custom-house, and as he alludes to me personally, and condemns the plan for the pro posed new dock and warehouses, for which an act was ob tained during the late session of parliament, it may probably be expected that I should make some remarks on the subject. " In September, 1840, three plans, designed by Mr. Gage (numbered 2,3, and 5), for laying out the whole of the ground between the George ' s and Duke's D oc k s w ith new docks, were sent to me by the Dock Committee, with a request that I would give them my opinion thereon ; this I did in a report, dated 17th September, 1840. The opinion I then gave I still adhere to, but as that opinion was general terms I will now Mr. Gage's plans unfit for adoption state my reasons for coniide " 1-113 plati No. 2, contains six canals of the various widths of 210, 207, 213, and 138 feet, and varying in length from 816 feet to 1,077 feet.. These canals or docks have a total area of 29 16-100 acres, and 4,701 lineal yards of qua y s p ace , and are capable of holding as many vessels as the Prince's, George's, Canning, and King's Docks all put together, cal culating on the old system of 10 square-rigged ships to an acre. For the accommodation of these vessels he affords but one single entrance, through which all the ships either arriving or departing must pass. • " Plan No. 3, has two single entrances from the river as well as a connection with George's Dock ; it has nine canals, varying in length from 1,120 feet to 325 feet, and in width 207 feet to 102 feet. " Plan No. 5, is in a great measure simil 1, - ar to p . xn NO. 3, _ having nine canals of similar forms, but differing somewnat in their various widths, being narrower at the south and wider at the north ; it has two entrances from the river, one a single entrance, and the other a Y-lock, capable of admit ting but one ship at a time, and serving for two docks ; it has also a connection with George's Dock. " The qUays between all these canals are shown 120 feet wide, and Strand-street and the east side of the Salthouse Dock are shown only 93 feet wide. The quay to the west ' ' .2 V • • - he river is shown t Taking the principle upon which Mr. Gage's plans are designed, first into consideration, as tar as the ge neral open trade of the port is concerned, 1 consider it right, feet wide the increase of dock accommodation in 1824, was exactly on this principle. The Victoria, Trafalgar, and Waterloo Docks are constructed on this principle, and several other plans which I have from time to time laid before the Dock Com mittee, and which I now produce, are also upon this principle. These plans, or most of them, Mr. Gage has seen, having been shown to him by me some time back, but which he has not acknowledged. Agreeing, therefore,.as I do, to the ge neral principle of the docks running east and west, I am very far from agreeing with Mr. Gage in the contracted dimensions he had chosen for his designs. I consider that 250 feet is the narrowest dimension that any dock should be, and that 300 feet is more advisable; no dock should be constructed for shipping that will not allow of those ships which enter being swung round in them should occasion require. A ship has come to this port very recently which measures 22G feet from outside of tatirail to outside of billet-head, and in Nos. 2 and 3 of Mr. Gage's plans there are only two spots immediately within the entrances in which the ship could turn; in the south entrances of Nos. 3 ands she could not be admitted at all. This is certainly an extreme length for a mere__ sel, but in the present docks there would not be any difficult, of admitting her, and I conceive that in laying out a plan for a new dock, accommodation ought to be provided for as large vessels as have yet offered. I may also remark that t P " rrince's ➢uck, which has 1,187 lineal yards of quay space, exclusive of the locks, and 11 acres area, has two locks for the ingress and egress of vessels, opening into basins, and yet out sufficiently quick. What, then, will be the case in Mr. Gage's plan, where over two and a half times the number of vessels are depending upon similar accommodation, but without basins to make sail from ? " I cannot agree with Mr. Gage in the widths of his quays being only 126 feet,'as I consider them much too narrow ; the east quay of the Prince's Dock averages 100 feet, and it must have been remarked by all, how inconveniently crowded it generally is, yet this is for the side of one dock only. The quay between the Waterloo and Victoria Dock is 114 feet at the west or extreme end, and 150 feet wide at the east or up per end, where exit is, and is much too narrow. I consider those quays where there is a dock on each side, should be at least 180 feet in width, more particularly where they are such a great length as are shown upon Mr. Gage's designs, and where there is no exit from them at the west end. The width allowed for Strand-street and the westside of Salthouse Dock is only 93 feet, which will have to serve both for quay and public thoroughfare ; and it must be borne in mind that through this width the whole traffic created by dock accomo dation, equal to that of the Prince's, George's, Cannir and King's Docks, besides t iat of the general trade, must pass as well as afford convenience for the carts waiting to be employed. I consider it a great want of convenience in Mr. Gage's plans, that his docks are dependent upon single gates opening directly into the river, not only as regards the safety of the vessels within the docks, but also with respect to the dispatch of vessels, the economical working of the docks, and even dry basins, though they may in some degree be considered a waste of room, are still of wrest advantage for this purpose. Taking, then, i n t o consideration, the general design of Mr. Gage's docks, their contracted dimensions, the narrowness of the quays, and the intricacy of their working, I consider, that should they be carried into effect, they would be found in the greatest degree inconvenient for general busi ness, and in this respect I cannot agree with Mr. Gage that quay space and harbour space are synonymous,. If, as Mr. Gage justly supposes, docks so near the centre of the town are likely to be in general demand, and at most times crowded with shipping, when a vessel has finished discharging, is slit to lay at the quay ready for sea ?—if so, what is to become of the vessels laying in the centre of the dock ? if no vessels are to lay at the centre of the dock, but each is to occupy either a quay or a stage berth, then there is a waste of room in these desizns greater than in a dock where vessels can be moved about, and have opportunities of lying to wait either for a charter or for a wind, or for their turn in the graving dock— for a general overhaul or refit—or for sale, without taking up room which other vessels require. If a place is to be left open in the center of each canal for the passage of ships up and down, which will be necessary, then it is evident that the aggregate room thus left unoccupied will be far greater than in a dock double or three times the width when the same only would be required. I connot advise the committee, either now or prospectively, to adopt a plan which will an nihilate all convenience for the repairing of vessels from the extreme north end of the Clarence Dock to the Queen's Basin. Were Mr. Gage's plans to be adopted, such would be the case, and a ship which required repairs would have either to take steam and go into the river or be hauled through the new docks, George's, Prince's, Waterloo, Victoria, Tra falgar docks, and the Clarence Basin to get into a graving dock, and this at times when these docks are full would be impracticable. This may be a minor consideration in theory, but the practice would be far different. Eight graving-docks are few enough for the trade of the port as it is. What, then, will six be with the increase which Mr. Gage leads us to ex pect to the amount of 30,000 tons ? " Leaving the designs welch have been submitted on this enlarged scale, it is necessary now that 1 should make some remarks upon four designs which Mr. Gage has furnished for laying out the ground occupied by the Salthouse Dock, and that to the westward of it. " These designs I saw for the first time last Saturday, the 13th instant. No. 1, or what Mr. Gage calls an improve ment upon all other plans designed by him, is a portion of the great design before alluded to, No. 3, and is, therefore, open to the same objections, viz.—that it is dependant upon a single pair of gates opening immediately from the river; that its canals are too contracted and its quays too narrow : and if covered with warehouses, as shown by him, the dock could not be worked at all except by small-class vessels, and that there are vessels coming to the port which could not get into the dock. As to the warehouses upon the quays 120 feet wide, along the middle of which carts would have to go up and down with but little—and during spring tides when the vessels are high—and scarcely any light, the con fusion would be such as to verify Mr. Gage's assertion, ' that much greater dispatch would be tinted without warehouses.' " Plan No. 2 is confined to the space west of the Salthouse. Dock, and is a dock of a parallelogramic form, with two tongues of 120 feet wide, thus dividing the dock into three canals, two of which are 180 feet wide, and the middle one 325 at the west and 230 at the east end. This middle portion of the dock alone is, I consider, useful, as the entrances into the north and south canals are only 100 feet wide, and im practicable for large vessels when the quays on each aide are occupied. The entrance to this dock is furnished with a single pair of 70-feet gates, and opens immediately from the river. The quays are covered with warehouses, except to the westward, where there are none; to the north and south the warehouses are GO feet deep, whilst those to the east and upon the tongues are 120, and have the same objections as I have described for those in plan No. 1. " Plan No. 3 is for two docks upon the same site as the preceding, which are entered from the river by a Y lock serving for both docks—this plan is open to similar objections to the last, but not to the same extent. Long vessels can en ter this dock, but when full, will be most difficult to work, The double-lock, though it diminishes the risk of accident, will be but of little use as a half-tide basin, and will in no degree facilitate the getting of vessels more rapidly to sea. Plan No. 4 is confined to the same site, but it is an inner dock and an outer half-tide basin. This is the least objec tionable of the four designs ; but is still much too contracted in its dimensions, the bottoms of the canals being only 188 feet. The quays between the dock and the basin are of a horse-shoe form, presenting a very quick convex aide to the dock, and a corresponding concavity to the basin. I con ceive the convex side would be found objectionable to moor ships alongside, as they would touch only in the middle, and be difficult to keep steady, particularly during tempestuous weather. The warehouses upon these quays would be more objectionable than those iu the other plans, as they are only 90 feet wide, and would have the same trafAc of carts, egz. passing through them, The form of the outer basin, is such, that if it once got filled with mud, as outer basins quickly do, it would be difficult to clean, as the dredging machine could not work with effect. " To the general principle of these four plans, viz., that of crowding as much loading and discharging room into a space as possible, without paying due attention to other considera tions, I have decided objections. In a dock where increased facilities are given, a corresponding desire to get vessels in will arise; this dock will always be full of vessels loading, discharging, or waiting their turns ; let us suppose then, that a prevalence of westerly winds detains ships whilst others are still arriving—are vessels that are ready for sea to occupy quay berths and warehouse frontage to the detention of other vessels, merely because there is no space in the middle of the dock in which they can lay ? I imagine not, and as vessels will be discharged with very increased dispatch, in the pro posed new docks, this evil will increase in the same propor tion, or will cancel all the good effects that are expected to arise from these increased facilities. " These are some of the objections which occur to me on a hasty consideration of Mr. Gage's plans—having been too much occupied to go into the detail. With respect to the plan at present contemplated, and for which the act was ob tained, it was designed on the principle of giving vessels every accommodation in connexion with the proposed advantages of warehouse facilities ; and I am still of opinion, that unless ample space is allowed for the quick moving of vessels to and from the quays, as well as for those to lay in, which have no furthcr immediate occasion for such berths, but little pro. portionate advantage will be gained ; at the same time lE beg that it may be distinctly understood, that whatever plans this Committee may entertain, designed by whatever person, so long as I hold the situation ; now have the honour of filling, I shall deem it my duty to carry them faithfully into execution, but I wig not at the same time be .held responsi ble for their effects. " With regard to any future increase of dock accommoda tion, I think it necessary, merely to observe, that 7 conceive there will be no difficulty in finding abundant fats, suffici ently convenient within the borough, for this purpose. with out sacrificing present inconveniences, or being driven to seek for situations upon the Cheshire shore. " I am, Gentlemen, " Very respectfully, your a ement servant, "JESSE HARTLEY. - lan and Members of the Dock Committee.' 18th November, 1841." To the Chili " Liverpoo The C thank the gentlemen that it was now only necessary to the deputations on behalf of the and to state that both the Hartley should be sub ' intelligent and sci • - best might be committ for their information plans of; Mr. Gage and those of Mr. mitted to the consideration of the r entitle men in adopted. On the moti country, in order that t mded by Mr. HEN putations were pre. on, and the i)ro- AN BOARD OF EDUCATION ECOND ANNUAL MEETING. Preston rid Rev DERSO CHESTER DIOCI The second annual meeting of the Chester Diocesan Board of Education was held yesterday, in the large room of the Town-hall, Manchester. The meeting was one of the largest nd most respectable ever witnessed in that town. The Lord among the noblemen served the following : I, the Hon. and Very Thomas Blackburne q., J. Wilson Patten, Wilbraham Egerton, le Rev. 0. Sergeant, Mr. Parr .(vicar of I. Powys (rector of Warring. Rev. W. J. Kidd (Didsbury), Bishop of the and gentl —Lord I Rev, the Dean c (rector of Prestwic Esq., M.P., 'l'. B. Crosse, • Esq., M.P., the Rev. Hugh Stowe the Rev. Charles Dodzshon. the Manchester, the Rev H. H. Birlev, E , Esq., M.P., he Hon ton), the Rev. Dr. Berth, tht the Rev. Mr. Clifton, &c., & The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said it was hardly necessary to remind them of the principles on which the society was established; it was hardly necessary to re mind them 'of the feeling manifested by those who met at Warrington two years ago to establish the society, that it was absolutely necessary, as well as desirable, that more at tention should be paid to the state of education among the rising generation, and that it was desirable such extended education should be based on church principles. The num ber interested in these principles would not be less than from 400,000 to 500,000 youth from ten to fiftppn tins diocese ; and it must be confessed that this was a - very important body. It was not that they desired by a religious education to lock up their faculties, or withhold them from other branches of education ; but that they should go to those studies with those principles impressed upon their minds without which all other learning was of no use. He compared those who went forth without these principles upon their mind, to a ship without a rudder. It was there- fore the church had paid, during the last three years, so much attention to the obj the intention of the ch urc h,—f or i t was always the desire of the church to educate her own youth ; but the great and rapid increase of population in the diocese had perhaps pre vented them from keeping pace as they ought with its wants. The success with which the 0- • • ob- ciety had carried out the stanshed, would be laid before them ould not but congratulate them on its success. A conversation with the pupils of the Training College in London had convinced him more than ever of the lle related the particulars of one His lordship and the pupil were ar a conservatory, and looking at a specimen of -fruit tree. He remarked to the young man what g such trees would be to a population like ours, so want of bread. The young man with great modesty ented, and said he had always observed that in those countries where the people looked for food without the trou ble of cultivating it, they were much worse off, and much more sunk in degradation, than in others. Now he (the chairman) was much struck with the truth of the answer. and he could not but call attention to the desirableness of such teachers as these—teachers entertaining such excellent, currectond enlightened views going forth among the people to instruct them,—men who had a proper reliance upon the providence of God, and who could so justly apprecieate and understand what seemed to have been his designs. The peo ple much wanted such instructors; they were too apt when ever a temporary or unfortuitous circumstance led to suffer ing, to arraign the providence of God, or to attribute it to 'cots for which it wa in the r conversations had they been taught to look at these things in the light they they would have seen that they were the result of a itic which no human power could have arrested, rnd ought, they we as these, it would be a sCLI Ida guuu. n 11.11 duty of the teachers this society would send forth, to imbue them ; and he looked forward to the time when the society would be able to send them forth with satisfaction, and with a perfect reliance that that their labouts would be calculated to produce most ex tensive and important beneficial results. (Applause.) His lordship then called upon_ The Hon. and Her. HENRY Powys, Rector of Warring ton, who read the report. Lord FRANCIS EGEnT4II4 was next called upon, and was received with great cheering, but his lordship spoke briefly. After alluding to the indisposition which he labcured under, and which, lie said, was such as incapacitated him from taking any part in the proceedings which might require great bodily or mental exertion, his lordship said that though he seldom rose to address a meeting less free from bodily pain, he never rose to address one on a subject with regard to which he felt more ease of mind. The motion he had to recommend was, that the report be.adopted and published, under the direction of the board, for distribution ; and he thought it was only due to the gentlemr— th e labour. and who had so ably performed it, that their report should be published. His lordship went on to express his satis faction with the report, and to state that he believed the exposition of the reasons which induced himself and others to join in the establishment of that society as given in the report were perfectly correct. He expressed his satisfaction, particularly with the proceedings of the board, in the esta blishment first of drawing-schools for teachers. Most of felt the difficulty in their own nei ation to t} —.u6 competent instructors in whom to repose the sacred task ; and it was therefore with gratification that he found theboard had determined to attend to the quality as well as the quantity of the education they should give. (Great applause.) He was not one of those who were opposed to what was called secular education, nor was he one who was jealous of the spread of intelligence and science amongst the people; he was anxious that every a man should be as well educated or better than himself, S that he had been opposed to the - of ne system of education so ap plicably stigmatised by a noble duke—whose sight was as clear and generally as well-directed in civil matters as in the field of battle—the " clever devil system iif education." He had opposed it because be felt they could not promote any system of education which should be carried on separate from sound religious instruction without positive prejudice to so ciety at large. It might be very specious to say that we are laymen, and you are the clergy, and that we'll give a secular *ln to the youth entrusted to us first, and then you _ter us—it might sound very specious to say, that in giving a secular education they were only preparing the soil fur a spiritual one, and that when they had taken a clever lad and taught him in the various branches of education which might be desired, others might come and teach him religion, and that when he had been taught geography and shown where Palestine was, the clergyman could ultimately be admitted to tell him what once happened there— but however specious it might sound, it was not a system of education he should wish to establish, nor was it a system of education he could well lend his assistance to promote.— (Applause.) There were subjects, his lordship continued, on which it would be easy to delate, but he was addressing an audience, he imagined, not inclined to differ with his own views upon them. If, indeed, the opinion did prevail that instruction apart from religion ought to be given, there were few who had taken a view of the subject, except to a very limited extent, that did not know there were facts connected with the statistics of crime in this and ether countries which gentlemen in this and ether countries would not feel it diffi cult to overlook. It hapened to himself but the day before, to look into a French book. upon the state of prisons and crime in that country ; and he found that from 1834 to 1836, a period during which it was said, light and intelligence had progressed more rapidly than it was ever knowen to do in France before, crime had increased 29 per cent. With refe rence to the description of crime, most of the increase during that period he might mention that the crime of assassination had increased one-third, and forgery, subornation, and per jury one-half. - The fact might perhaps bear explanation, and there would be those ready to give an explanation of it, but it shewed at least one thing, that the adoption of education without religion, or apart from religious instruction, was not desirable. And there was one thing more remarkable still, that the increase of crime in those places where education was given without religious instruction was greater than in those placds where no education was given at all. His lord ship went on to say, th a t he did no t a ll ege thi s as conclusive evidence upon the subject, but he thought it was evidence which deserved their very serious attention. can come a The Rev, CHARLES lionosixos, in supporting the reso tion, said it was an essential part of church principles, that, if you establish a church you must not establish it by halves; they must not begin with the adult but with the infant popu lation, and it was for this reason he thought they hada claim to support on the legislature. In reference to the proposed scheme of national education, he said there was one point in the report to which he wished to call attention. It was as to whether they should make any concession as to the omissi,,n of the established formularies of their church—he meant the church catechism. It would be easy to enlarge on this subject, but the point to which he would limit him self was that the clergy had no option, no discretton in the matter at all. His lordship if he would, could not, and, he would add his belief, would not if he could, permit any of his clergy in the schools connected with their congregations to omit the use of the church catechism. And if that were the case, why discuss the question at all? (Hear, hear, hear.) These acts of conciliation—if conciliations they could be called—might be deemed by some expedient, but they must be confessed by all to be unwise. They might be called libe ral, but it was the liberality of this world, and could only be compared to that of the unjust steward, who gave away his master's goods that he might make to himself friends of the men of this world. (Applause.) He did hope, therefore, that such principles as these would never be mooted among them. Having spoken of the duty of the clergy, he would say a word to the laity. And he would ask them to re member that they, equally with the clergy, were members of the church. (Hear, hear.) To them they looked for co operation and support, and confidence at least, until they should have shown they no longer deserved it at their hands. They might be told that the clergy had a selfish motive, and that they looked to the preservation of their tithes and in comes alone. Away with the unmanly clergy. If there were such dishonesty and selfishness in their motives it would be found connected, as all selfishness and dishonesty was, with something of a worldly character ; but he would ask if it was likely they should support a system they did not believe to be found to ward off some imaginary danger to incomes of from £5O to £l5O a yeer ? The fact was, that they had the same interests which laymen had, the interests of their Great Master, to whom they were all in common bound. Having a common object in view then, let them go forward to the great work in which they were concerned, and let them re member it was a work of such a nature that its results would be expected at once. It was a work in which they must walk rather by faith than by sight ; for they might not see even in their generation the effects of their labours. The adults of the present time were beyond reach ; many connected with the church had reached the age, or gone past the age for education; but let it be remembered, there were thousands of unconscious infants who had not yet arrived at the proper age, and whom, therefore, they might hope it was not too late to benefit. The reverend gentleman went on to notice, amongst the infant generation springing up, the royal infant, and said, mi g ht G o d grant t h at h e might live to see the triumph of those principles which were now so happily working among the p eo ple. (Applause.) The resolution was put and carried unanimously. The Bon. and very Rev. the DEAN of MAKCHESTER proposed the next resolution, calling for renewed efforts in support of the society, and spoke at great length. Th e rev , gentleman went on to complain of the sentiments contained in a paper which had been forwarded to him by the board, with reference to to the sort of teachers to be employed in the diocesan schools, which paper proposed that they sh ou ld be taught that unless the schools were under the superintend. ence of those who had authority (the clergy of the established church) they could not expect thattheir efforts bad the Divine blessing. Now he put the case of dissenting missionaries, or of laymen working in foreign lands and teaching the word of God, and, he asked whether it was _to be nhderstood that their work would not have the blessing of God? The Hon. and Rev. H. Powis, who had been absent from the room, here entered and said, the paper upon which the Dean was commenting, was one which was sent him for re vision only, and the objectionable passage had since been struck out. The Hon. and Rev. the DEAN said he had- certainly never received intimation. The paper in question was only sent him for revision, or he should have excercised his privilege, and not commented upon it in that meeting. He proceeded to notice next, a proposition from gentlemen in Manchester, for raising a sum of £lO,OOO, the object of which should be to found three schools in connection with the Manchester Free Grammar School, and to regret that the trustees should have felt it necessary to decline their offer. Lord FRA.NCIS EGERTON rose to order, and said he thought it. undesirable to enter upon this subject. As a trustee he begged to say that there were reasons connected with chancery law, which had compe.iled them to take the course they had, but those reasons which it would require at least an hour and a half to explain, and he thought for that reason it was undesirable that the rev. gentleman should call them forth on the present occasion. (Hear, hear.) The Hon. and very Rev. the DEAN said he had not in tended to pursue the subject, and if his Lordship had waited he would have seen in the course of a few sentences more the tendency of his remarks. He• proceeded to regret that the schools in question could not be established in con nexion with the Manchester grammar school, under some modification, and it was for this reason that he thought the present system of education by falling short of what was wanted by the middle classes, led them t o th e esta bli s h ment of instutiti ons themselves disconnected with the church, and to some extent forced them into dissent. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CARDWELL, barrister, next addre sse d th e mee ti ng, and was foll owe d b y M r. W. Patten, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, and other gentlemen, all of whom, however, spoke but briefly. The meeting, which commenced at twelve o'clock, termi nated a little before four. MISCELLANEOUS A breach of promise of marriage action, mentioned in the Globe a few evenings since, as having been brought by a lady, aged 18, against a gentleman advanced in years, and in opulent circumstances, and in which the damages were laid at £5OOO, is made special, and stands for hearing in the Queen's Bench, 7th Dec. The brief runs to 2000 folios, and the case excites great interest. SINGULAR PROPORTION OF THE SEXES.—In the county of Westmoreland, according to the last census, there are 28,234 males, and 28,235 females. There were taken fiom the garden of Mr. Edward Brice Plymtree, a few days since, the enormous quantity of 723 potatoes, the produce of a single seed.—Western Luminary. The inhabitants of Leeds have presented Mr. Edward Baines, late M.P. for that town, with a splendid candela brum, and four silver covered dishes, weighing about 700 ounces, as a testimonial of their approval of his conduct. THE EXPLOSION AT BARNSLEV.—By this melancholy oc currence fifteen persons have lost their lives. The concus sion is represented as the report of a field of artillery, and it shook down a wail near the pit. One of the most singular traits of this distressing accident was the preservation of two of the boys descending in the corve and before adverted to. Although actually blown out of the corve, they dropped into it again as it went down ; whilst their poor companion fell to the bottom and was killed. SHOCKING CATASTROPHE.—On Saturday week two men named Bennet and Draper, residing at Brethy, Derbyshire, were found poaching by two watchers, who immediately pur sued them. The chase was continued until the poachers found themselves hemmed in with the river Trent on one hand, and the river Dove before them, and their pursuers behind. The two misguided men leapt ii:to the Dove, and one of them sank directly to rise no more ; the other uttered several heartrending cries, but soon shared the fate of his companion. TIIE RECTOR OF MIDDLETON.—The distressed state of the working classes of Middleton, arising from the present depression of trade, has been materially alleviated within the last few days by the humanity of the Rev. Richard Durn ford, the rector of that parish. who has tnanifested a kind in terest in their welfare, without regard to their opinions.— Large quantities of provisions have been distributed by his liberality to the most necessitous and most deserving objects. —Manchester Guardian. [Will the reverend agitators of the anti-corn-law league follow the exampl e .—E. L. S. -.—On Friday week, as the Van of Lousdale steamer was on her way from Liverpool to White haven, a dense smoke was seen issuing from the hold, which prOduced considerable alarm on board, and left no doubt on the minds of both the crew and passengers that some part of the vessel had caught fire. Captain Thompson, with a cool ness and promptitude highly creditable, went below, and heti ing ascertained that the coals had by some means caught fire forthwith ordered four or Live holes to he cut in the d, - the vessel immediately over the ignited coals, into which a continuous stream of water was poured for full two hours, without any apparent diminution of the fire. Eventually, however, the united efforts of the crew and passengers pre vailed, and the fire was subdued. STEAMEIt ON FIRli EXTENSIVE ROBEERY.—On Thursday last a gentleman of the name of Marston arrived in London to receive pay ment of £3OO, which, having obtained, lie returned to his hotel. Two other persons entered shortly after, and in the course of conversation Mr. Marston told them the object of his business in town. H is new friends, after giving him sun dry cautions as to the multiplicity of pickpockets, advised him to deposit his money (which consisted entirely of bank notes) in his fob, and politely offered to show him a most se cure way of doing so, which Mr. Marston foolishly per mitted. Shortly after, when these gentlemen were gone. Mr. Marston took the parcel out for the purpose of marking the notes, when he found to his great surprise that the con tents were several pieces of blank tissue paper. The proceeding of the house of Coutts and Co. against Lord Strangford is now understood to be not an action at common law, but in the form of a bill of discovery filed in chancery, in order to ascertain the degree of knowledge pos sessed by his lordship of the origin of the exchequer-bills, accepted by that house as security, with the view of institut ing legal proceedings, on evidence so obtained from Lord Strangford, against other parties. This is no abandonment, as has been interpreted by some, of the claim against the government for the spurious bills, but in order to show that all possible legal steps have been taken against those even suspected to have a guilty knowledge of the original fraud, in aid, so far as it may go, of the liability of the govern ment. The papers from De nerara of the IGth of October state, that the affairs of Messrs. Troughton were still much liti gated, and there were fears that the whole of the assets would be swallowed up by the law courts. Sickness had again broken out in the regiment stationed there, and as the smallpox had not decreased among the labourers, all vessels bound for Barbadoes would be subjected to quarantine on arrival there. It is stated that the proprietors of slaves at Cayenne were about to declare them free. The Dutch at Surinam, it was believed, would shortly follow the same course. At Essequibo there bad been sickness among the Portuguese emigrants, but not of a very alarming character. The plantations are all reported to be in good cultivation, and likely to produce good crops. SECOND EDITION. Standfird-office, Three o'clock LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Tnis DAY. (From Messrs. 1?. MAKIN Sr SONS' Circular.) Of Irish and Foreign Wheat together we have to note a fair quantity into this port since Tuesday last, with a good supply of Barley and Oats coastwise and from Ireland ; also a further abundant accession of Oatmeal from the latter source, several parcels of Beans from abroad, and a mode rate import of Flour, as stated beneath. The weather continuing so extremely unfavourable for autumn culture, that much land, intended for Wheat, must necessarily remain over to sow in spring; which seemed to impart a slight impulse to the trade for good descriptions of Wheat this morning, and a moderately fair business was transacted chiefly in foreign, at prices, in some instances, rather above, and in others a little below the rates of this day se'nnight ; the damp and inferior qualities of English or Irish new, however, remains unnoticed, and were nominal in value. English and Irish Flour ruled in the same dull state as last week, and foreign gave way Gd per barrel. Barley and Malt moved off very sparingly on the reduced terms of Friday. Beans, with an improved demand, recovered the decline abovementioned ; and Peasesteadily supported former prices. In consequence of the increasing supply of Oats, and large accumlation of Oatmeal, both these articles met an exceed ingly difficult sale ; the former receding Id. per 45 lbs., and the latter 6d. per 240 lbs. below our last quotations. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 23d to the 29th inst., 1841, inclusive DXSCRIrTION mu- LAND I COAST- !CANADA WISE. A lI.STS REIGN. TOTAL Wheat Qrs. 3057 Barley Qrs. 173 2393 Malt Qrs. 261 Oats Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. 140 Pease. Qrs. 31 Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn .. • Qrs. Rapeseed Qrs.; Oatmeal .... Loads! 14024 7 Flout. Sacks 1532 1240 Ditto .. &Is.' 3163 1 360: '22 722 10JS 155 1 116 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise meal, 3225 Ids; Flour, 156 sacks. —Oats, 1634 qrs. ; Oat- EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, 252 qrs.; Barley. 5 qrs.; Oats, 223 qrs ; Pease, 20 qr. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, 2 loads ; Flour, 75 scks, brls.--Ireland. Wheat, ►047 qrs. ; Beans, 36 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 85 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 2 loads; Flour, barrels. —Coastwise. Wheat, 1881 qrs. ; Barley, 122 qrs.; Idalt, qrs. ; Oats, 10 qrs. ; Beans, 25 qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Pease, 12 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 7 Ids. ; Flour, 236 sacks, 1914 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week endin g Nov . ig, 1841. Wheat Us. I Id. 1 Barley 33 5. 4 d. 1 Oats.. 225. 6d. Rye.. 40s •ci Beans.. 40s. 4d. I Pease.. 40s. 3d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat..64s. Bd. I Barley 325. 4d. I Oats.. 2ls, id. Rye. Beans _ 3gs. gd. Pease.. 395. iod. Duty on Foreign Grain, &e. this we e k . Wheat22s. ed. Barley iss. loci. I Oats .. . 13s. 9d. I Rye..l2s. 6,1 Beans I is. oil. I Pease .. 115 . 0 d. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. Flour 136 .7 i. Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.... ss. 0,1. I Barley.. 25. tid. I O a t s .. 2s. Od. I Rye.... 3s. Od, Beans.. 3s . I Pease.. 3s. I Indian Corn.. Os. Od . Flour Od. Liverpool Averages, week ending Nov. 2:3, 1541. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Beans. I Pease 835 730 ( 10 58s. 4d. Os. Od . 21s. 7d. 465. Otl. Os. 0(1. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE TUESDAY, 29111 NOVEMBER.— • imam:v.—Hesperus, Jackson, from Bonny; sailed stn Sept.. and from St. Th omas 18th Sept.—Monarch, Booth , from Bombay — Francis Staunton, from Savannah—Windsor Castle, Young, from Bonibay ; sailed sth August-51artha, Fish, from Poole. Wind N, Irt --- . Ludlow, fram Bahia, at Liverpool; sailed 12 th October. On 28 th instant, off Wi c kl ow , spoke the Crown, for Bombay, and Ab botsford, for New Orleans. James Baillie, for Newcastle, has put back leaky. Satisfaction, Simon ; Commerce, Corran ; Mary, Scott ; and Snowden, Calvert, hence, at Bonny. Chebar, Renner, from China, off Cove, and proceeded for Liver pool ; sailed from Macao 14th May, and St. Helena 4th October. On 12th Sept. in lat. s 5 S. long. 21 E, spoke the Celt. hence to Ba tavia. On 24th October. in lat. 12 N, long. 26 W, spoke the Reli. ance, hence to Rio Janeiro Sydney, Elliot, f r om Laguna, at Cove Cantab, from Rio Janeiro, at Plymouth Thomas Hunter, hence to Africa, was spoken 17th instant, in lat, 49, long. 12 Dorcas, Anthony, hence at Genoa Frances, M'Lean, hence for Berbice, at Kingstown Centaur, Fox, hence at Gibraltar Alliance, Harper, hence at Seville Endeavour, Davies, hence at Ilelvoet Eugene, Schreyenherg, hence at Ostend Anne Laing, Hudson, from China, at London Wm, Parker, Sewell, from Calcatta, ditto Bella Marina, \Vykman, from China, ditto