The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-06 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. We beg respectfully to call the attention of Merchants, Brokers, Auctioneers, and others, to the important fact that the LIVERPOOL STANDARD IS NOW THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED WEEKLY ON TUESDAY, which can be read on that day by the thousands of Manufacturers and others attending THE TUESDAY'S MARKET IN MANCHESTER. The STANDARD is taken at all the Newsrooms and respectable Inns in that town and the surrounding manufacturing district. A SECOND EDI 7 lON is published at Half-past Two, in time for the North Mails, containing the MARKETS, and any news of importance that may arrive in the course of the morning. Eig ilibtrpoot &tantart. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1848. ON Thursday evening, with the usual stage ef fect no doubt, the Premier, Lord John Russell, rose in the House of Commons, and delivered him self of the following announcement : " I wish to give two notices of motion. One is, that I propose on Monday next to ask for leave to bring in a bill to alter the form of oath to be re quired of members on taking their seats in parlia ment." There was, of course, the usual " Hear, bear" in resporise to this weighty communication. " The other is, that on Friday I shall move for leave to bring in a bill to repeal so much of the existing law as makes it necessary to pay the as sessed taxes in order to be on the register as an elector in cities and boroughs." The same equi vocal response-followed; and the Premier sat down, big in the consciousness of having astounded the house and the country—done something to redeem the former from the contempt intowhich it is falling, and the latter from the suffering in which it is steeped to the very lips. What feelings, however, save those of indigna tion and contempt, ought to be excited amongst a thoughtful people by this idle trifling with the time of the legislature—this attempted mockery of their wants—this astounding feebleness and blind ness in the midst of the present crisis of the na tion's and the world's affairs ? We stand upon a heaving volcano ; the elements of disorder surround us on every side • pauPerism, bankruptcy, and ruin are spread over the face of the land ; and the go vernment—if such a thing can be called a govern ment—to whom every eye ought to be turned for succour and protection, think to cheer our hearts by allowing a Jew representative for the city of London to creep into the House of Commons by the back stairs. Unemployed and exasperated thousands, in the manufacturing districts, are arm ing and assembling for outrage and destruction of property; rebellion in Ireland has thrown away its mask, and is about to throw down the gauntlet to the British government; and that government, in the feeble hands of Whiggery barely able to main tala itself against the scamps and pickpockets of. London, thinks to calm the gathering tumults by a petty modification of the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Bill—by declaring it unnecessary to pay, in order to secure a vote, what four-fifths of the electors in cities and boroughs have never been under any liability to pay. What a mighty weapon is this with which to but down the Chartist rioters of Bradford and Manchester ! What hungry mouths it will fill! What shuttles and looms it will set in motion. The Roman Emperor fiddling amidst the flames of burning Rome, must for a time be regarded as a pigmy in heartless absur dity, compared with Lord John advancing with his smuggled. Jew, and his mite of parliamentary reform, to right the affairs of a nation, never before so hopelessly tangled, and to heal the sufferings of a people, never before so intense and appalling. We appeal to that people, and ask them here— is it not time that, this miserable farce of Whig Government should be put an end to ? Are they willing—are they in a position—to endure a com bination of the mingled trifling and recklessness of these men? The answer of every loyal and sensible man, who has life and property at stake, must be "No." It cannot go on. We must have a Go vernment, not a mockery of the name ; and there never was a time when it was more vitally im portant that the Government should be a strong one. There is not an interest in the country, not an institution, which is not disorganized, and loudly demanding the intervention of wise, ex perienced, and, above all, of firm statesmanship. This is no time for peddling paltry attempts to get rid of the solemn decision of any branch of the legislature by a side wind, or for entering upon the debateable ground of Parliamentary Reform, with trumpery concessions such as this of Lord John Russell, When the captain of a vessel, driven before a gale, sees sheet after sheet stripped away by the tempest, and breakers rolling beneath her bows, we should be amazed at his insanity if we found him seizing such a moment to call upon his crew to discuss a proposed alteration in the ship's rig, or the effect of an extra button upon a regu lation jacket. Yet this very insanity, in a worse form, we are now tolerating, by the lethargy with Which we permit the most incompetent ministry ever placed at the head of the affairs of this great nation to grimace and mouthe and meddle with every settled institution of the country, at a crisis like the present. We must tolerate it no longer. Endurance is now becoming sinful. It is disloyalty to the sovereign, whose crown these wretched tricksters are perilling, dishonesty to the nation, whose best interests they are jeopardising, and heartless cruelty to our suffering working masses whom they are sinking, by their dogged worship of theory, and their incapacity, deeper and deeper every day into misery and discontent and crime. The country must make an effort to release itself from its present position, and to get rid of these men, who are an incubus upon its energies, and a reproach in the eyes of the world to its intelligence. We may be asked, with whom do we seek to re place them ? Our answer is that we cannot by any possibility get worse men, and that we must, there fore, benefit by a change. Give us a pilot whom we know to be hostile and bent upon running us upon the rocks, and we can watch him, and per haps save the ship. Leave us to the guidance of a fool, and, worse than all, a crotchetty fool, and nothing but a direct interposition of Providence in our behalf can snatch us from wreck. _ We call then upon the merchants, the trades men, the shopkeepers, the working classes ; we call upon the intelligence of Liverpool to come forward in this emergency, and to make their voice heard in a demand for the dismissal of these incompe tent men from the councils of her Majesty. There ought not to be two opinions with respect to our duty in this matter. Some of us are confederation reformers—reformers of our system of local tax ation. Do we hope for any efficient aid from Lord John Russell's ministry ? We have no such hope. Some of us—most of us—desire reductions in the national expenditure, equalization in the pressure of taxation, and judicious alterations in the mode of levying the revenue of the country. Do the most sanguine expect such boons from these wretched and selfish incapables ? No. Some of us are sick with changes and theprospect of con tinual change, A ministry, which seeks such change, without the slightest notion of the result to which it will lead ; which is ever bent experi mentalising, yet without experience to direct them ; whose legislative principle is the thimble-rig ger's art, and whose only consistent and abiding idea is the rule to be continually pulling down, or pulling to pieces, gives us little assurance of that abiding state of things, upon which alone commer cial men can base their confidence, and in which alone they dare to put forth their speculative ener gies. Many of us are working men, depressed by the times, heart-si c k an d hungry, with wives and children at home, and no bread to give ron tL them. d Do any such men hope for anything f John Russell's ministry? No. H e h as just Lord them his backstairs entrance for the Jews, and his modification of - . .e rate-paying clauses of the Reform Bill He has not offered them even a stone :- cried for bread, but a bubble. You cann,,.. ‘,lol* street in any town in the ). • er any company, go upon any exchange, or attt ,,, i any fair or market, in which nine men out of ten that you meet, and the tenth is some hungry expectant of place, or a place man already—do not scout the notion of any good thing being derived from such a set. They are recorded failures—admitted humbugs of the first water, and even worse. We call therefore upon the intelligence of Liver pool to bestir itself to get rid of Lord John and his colleagues. Worse, we have already said, can not be found. Better, we trust, are .within the reach of this people. Let a public meeting be called; let an agitation be set on foot, and vigor ously conducted ; and a memorial laid at the foot of throne praying for the removal . of the incubus which is now oppressing us; and we shall be doing five thousand times as much for our own preserva tion as all the confederations and associations united could effect. Let her Majesty offer to the premier a dukedom, the command of the channel fleet, or anything else he likes ; pension . off, no matter at what price, Lord Palmerston, Sir Charles Wood, and the rest; only spare the nation the 'dreadful infliction of their presence in Downing street. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—FRIDAY. (Sittings in Banco.) NORRIS V. FRESH, _ _ This was an action of trespass, to which the defendant pleaded a justification. The question turned on the con struction of the Liverpool Improvement Act, 5 and 6 Vict., c. 106, by the 94th section of which it is provided that " when any house or building, any part of which now projects beyond the regular line of the street, or beyond the front of the houses or buildings on either side thereof, in any street within the borough, shall be taken down to be rebuilt or altered, the same shall be set back to the line of the street. or to the line of the adjoining house or building, in such manner and according to such elevation as the council shall approve of for the improve ment of such street ; and when the said house or building shall not adjoin the house and building to be so taken down, but shall be separated therefrom, then the same shall be set back to the line of such street; provided always, that the council shall make compensation to any such owner for any loss or damage he may sustain in con sequence of his house being set back according to the pro visions herein contained." The plaintiff was owner of some houses, with areas in front of them, in a street called Islington, at Liverpool, and after the passing of the act the plaintiff pulled down the corner house and commenced rebuilding it somewhat in advance of the other houses, but not beyond the limits of the areas. The corporation of Liverpool interfered to prevent this, and in so doing committed the trespass for which the plaintiff brought his action. The learned judge (Mr. Justice Wightman) at the trial construed the line of street to mean that along which the public had a right to pass, and not the line of houses, and therefore the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. A rule having been obtained for a new trial on the ground of misdirection, Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Cowling appeared to show cause against this rule, and Mr. Knowles, Q.C., Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. Crompton, in support of it.' A. model of the street, comprising the house, areas, gar dens, &c., was exhibited in court, and used by counse to illustrate their arguments. The Court said there was great difficulty in compre hending the meaning of the act in question, in consequence of the obscure, ambiguous, and doubtful mode in which the sections were framed. They were, however, unani mously of opinion that the learned judge's construction was right, and that the rule must be discharged. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK BILLS.-DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE. At a quarter-past one on Monday afternoon, the Par iamentary Committee gave their decision in the case of :he Birkenhead Dock Completion Bill. The Chairman, after the parties had been out nearly an hour, announced that the preamble of the bill, empower ing the Woods and Forests to advance £150,000 to com plete the dock works at Birkenhead, had not been proved. The promoters then prayed Tor a few days adjournment, to consider what course they should take with the other bills. The application was granted. The division in the committee upon the preamble was —ayes, 4 ; noes, 5 ; majority, 1. The chairman did not vote. ?Loral prtua. Three men are in custody at Birkenhead, charged with the illicit distillation of whiskey in Holloway-street. The Queen has approved of the appointment of Mr. G. A. Alullens as consul at Liverpool for the Kingof Denmark. The Liverpool Dock Bill has passed the Lords' Com mittee. On Thursday the body of a man, name unknown, was found floating in the river. On Tuesday and Wednesday, ninety-three vessels ar rived in the Mersey from foreign parts. EARLY PEAS.—A dish of very finepeas has been gathered during the present week in a gardan in the vicinity of Bowdon, Cheshire. The peas wore grown in the open air. The Very Rev. Dr. Youens, Vicar-general, expired at five o'clock on Wednesday morning, at Mount Vernon, Liverpool, of malignant fever. On Saturday week, Daniel Littlejohn, a rigger, died from an injury he received on the 3d ult., while removing a bowsprit at the Prince's dock. O❑ Sunday week, high mass was sung, and a sermon was preached by the Rev. Father Ignatius, formerly the Hon. and Rev. G. Spencer, at St. Patrick's Chapel, Li verpool. The merchants in this town connected with Scotland are complaining grievously of the postal arrangements with that quarter. Letters from Scotland are not delivered here until a quarter before ten, when by a better arrange ment they might be sent out with the first delivery. On Monday Patrick M'Cann, a labourer on the Liver pool and Bury Railway, was killed, by falling from a wag gon. The deceased got upon a train of waggons at Wal ton to ride home, but had not advanced far, when he accidentally fell off the waggon where he was sitting, and those in the rear passed over him. MINUTE CALCULATION.—It is said that Captain Jud kins, of the America, on leaving Liverpool for the United States, on the 15th April, ordered his dinner to be ready ' at his hotel, on his return from America, at six o'clock on the 22nd ult., and that he was there within five minutes of the time. On Wednesday, Joseph Longwortb, a labourer, em ployed on the London and North-Western Railway. go: accidentally crushed between the buffers of some carriages at the Edge-hill station. He was taken in a state of in sensibility to the Infirmary, where he survived only about an hour. At the bankruptcy court on Tuesday, Mr. Robert His cock, formerly a brewer at Birkenhead, a bankrupt, came up for his last examination. He was, however, strenu ously opposed, but after a lengthened discussion, Mr. Commissioner Perry, though he censured the mode in which the accounts had been kept, allowed the bankrupt t) pass. ARSON.—On the night of Monday, an attempt was made to set fire to a house belonging to G. H. Lawrence, Esq., now in course of erection at New Brighton. The fire was placed under the stairs, but fortunately it was discovered before it had done much damage. A reward of £2O has been offered for the apprehension of the offender. CLERICAL RooMs.—A suite of rooms for the use of gentlemen of the clerical profession is about to be opened in Bold-street, under the management of Mr. Newling. The reading-room is to be supplied with metropolitan and local papers and reviews. There will also be a dress ing-room attached for the convenience of members. The terms of subscription are moderate. LAUNCH. — On Saturday, a most splendid new ship, built for the East India trade, was launched from the building-yard of Mr. Joseph Steel, Baffin-street. The day being remarkably fine, an immense concourse of people assembled to witness her introduction to her future element. She glided most gracefully on to the bosom of the old Mersey, amidst the plaudits of the assembled mul titude, receiving her name, Helen Wallace, from Miss Brice, the accomplished daughter of Mr. Brice, of this town. She will measure about 650 tons, is a most beauti ful model, and a fine specimen of the perfection of British naval architecture. About two hundred Chartists assembled at Birkenhead on Wednesday, when they were harangued by Mr. Rey nolds, the Chartist ironmonger, and others. He recom mended them all to provide themselves with arms and pikes, which he offered to supply on very moderate terms. He also called upon them to assemble at New Brighton, on Sunday. Another meeting was held on Sunday night last, when the speakers (amongst whom was Dr. Rey nolds), again recommended the people to arm. It was resolved to form a repeal club, with the title of the John Mitchel Club. Only about two hundred persons at tended, and no enthusiasm was displayed. NOTICE TO MARINERS.—An advertisement has been published, announcing the rebuilding of the light-house at Key West, which was destroyed by the last hurricane, which did so much - damage at Havannah and other places in the Gulf of Mexico. It is a first class light, and will probably be visible from a ship's deck at the distance of twenty two miles in clear weather. It is situated eight hundred yards north-east of the site of the old light. The bearings and courses heretofore followed for entering the port may still be observed ; but vessels approaching the ship channel in the day time, will find five fathoms water on the bar by bringing the buoy in range with the light house and running for it. CONCERT HALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.—A grand concert took place here on Monday evening week, of a very delightful and varied character. The artists were Miss Emily Grant, Mr. T. Bishop, Signor Paltoni, Miss Keale, and Mr. Wildblood. Miss Gr a nt was i n splendid v oice ; her execution of Bishop's " Lo, here the gentle lark," in which she was ably seconded by the flute obligato of Mr. Wildblood, was a most charming performance, and will not easily be forgotten by those who had the pleasure of hearing it ; and, as usual, in her celebrated Highland song, " Sound the pibroch," she was applauded to the echo, and vociferously encored. Mr. T. Bishop was eminently successful in a duet with Miss Giant, (also encored,) and in the ballad "My sister dear." Signor Paltoni proved himself equally excellent in the serious as well as in the buffo ; and the duets " Dunque io Son" and " Quanto amore," as rendered by him and Miss Emily Grant, were as perfect specimens of vocal excel lence, combined with dramatic effect and expression, as can be well conceived, both artists evincing a thorough knowledge of the text and style of the composers, and entering, con amore, into the spirit and character of the music. Miss Keale performed two solos on the piano forte in her usual excellent style, and Mr. Lewis conducted. Till; LIVERPOOL STANDARD. BENEFITS OF ABOLISHING CELLAR HABITATIONS. — Mr. W. Bennett of this town, in a letter to the Journal of Public Health, says, " You will be pleased to learn the following fact in connexion with the working of our Sanitary Act. During the last few weeks, I have had several hundred (tax defaulters) of our poor population before me, who up to last year resided in cellars, from which they have been driven by our officers into houses liable to rates. These poor people, without a single ex ception, rejoice in the change, both as regards health and comfort, and only complain of the additional rent and the taxes ; many said they would not return to their cellars on any terms, although, as you know, the houses to which they have removed are wanting in many of the essentials to health and comfort." EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE•--The following ex traordinary scene, we are informed, took place the other day at the Clarence Dock :—A deserter, in charge of two armed soldiers, had just disembarked from Ireland, and was being marched in town when, taking advantage of the crowded thoroughfare, he separatedhimself from his guar dians, and as they advanced to enclose him, he rushed on one of them, whom he struck on the face with his whole force ; being handcuffed, the blow was given with the united force of both arms. The unfortunate soldier fell to the ground, and it was afterwards found his jaw bone was broken. His comrade immediately run his bayonet into the body of the deserter. A policeman interfered, and was about taking the soldier into custody, when he received a hint that if he did not' keep his distance he would also be treated to several inches of cold steel—a treat which he appreciated.—Chronicle. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Friday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the body of Elizabeth Davies, a respectable female, who, it will be remembered, thmw herself into the waters of the Mersey on Saturday fortnight. It appeared from the evidence that deceased, who was about 40 years of age, bad for some years kept a standing in the Fish Market. A witness named Mary Ann Stephenson, living in Oakes street, deposed as follows :—" Last Saturday week, I went with the deceased to the pier-head. After I had got upon the landing-stage, I lost sight of the deceased. In a few minutes after, I heard an alarm, and saw deceased in the water. Before any assistance could be given to her she sunk. For some time back the deceased had been in a very low state of mind, in consequence of being in debt, and, (as stated by another witness) having a good deal of money owing to her which she could not get in. Before going down the steps leading to the stage, I asked the officer on duty to stop her, as she was in a low way, and I was afraid she was going to make away with herself. His answer was that, as I was a friend of hers, I could follow her. I should not know the officer again. The deceased was perfectly sober at the time." Deceased was a married woman. Her body was found floating in the river on Thursday morning, near the new north docks, and was taken to the dead-house, where it was recognized by the witness, whose testimony we have quoted. Mr. Cribbs, a musician, said that, on the Saturday referred to, he was on board of the Prince of Wales packed, plying to Bir kenhead, and saw deceased come on board apparently in a great hurry. Just as she got on board, she walked past witness and went to the side of the boat, and then jumped into the river from the top of the rails. Under the cir camstances, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased destroyed herself while labouring under tem porary insanity. SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual fortnightly meeting the Rev. Rector Campbell presided. Mr. M'Taggart, of Bold-street, was elected a member of the select vestry, in the place of Mr. Bridson, who declined to serve. Messrs. Whyte and Lea were elected relieving officers, at a salary of £lOO each, in the room of Mr. Lamonby and Mr. Courter.—Mr. Cafferata moved for the appropriation of a room in the Workhouse, for the celebration of the Roman Catholic worship at such hours as may ie re quired, and that a sacristy or vestry be provided f& the sole use of, the officiating clergyman, and the safe custody of the sacred utensils. After a very lengthened discus sion, the motion was rejected by a majority of 17 to 6. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly meeting took place on Thursday night, Mr. H. Winch, in the chair. The Improvement Committee recommended that Mr. Thomas Deane. of Seacombe, should be recommended to the Postmaster-General, for the vacant situation of postmaster, at Seacombe. A report was read from the committee appointed to oppose the Birkenhead Dock Bills, which stated that the Crown had consented, with the view of inducing the Commissioners to withdraw their opposition, to make a carriage road and causeway for foot passengers from the permanent embankment at Wallasey Pool to Seacomb Ferry. The Law-clerk said he was sorry, however, to say, that the bills had since been thrown out, but this would form a portion of any arrangement that was made, whether the Liverpool people or anybody else got the docks. A plan of the road was submitted. The estimated cost was £BOO, exclusive of the land, Mr. Littledale said this parish ought to watch narrowly all proceedings, for whoever got the docks, they would think little of the parishioners of Wallasey. He regretted much the crown did not get their bills. Mr. Littledale stated that on Wednesday night some persons walked through Mr. Maury's house and opened every lock in it. Placards were ordered to be issued, offering a reward for the appre hension of the offenders. the Chairman did not know any community so free from crime as Wallasey parish. Mr. Meadows said if they had three or four more police men they would have fifty times more crime. The Birken head commissioners had a policeman in every boat and robberies were daily committed, whereas in Mr. Wil loughby's boats, where there are no policemen, no rob beries occurred. Mr. Barton asked what had become of the memorial from Mr. Bushel. The Law-clerk : The matter had been deferred in consecuence of Mr. Mann not having attended the committee since the subject was referred to. FINANCIAL REFORM. A numerous and influential town's meeting was held in the Sessions-house, on Wednesday, in pursuance of a re quisition addressed to the mayor, " for the purpose of pe titioning parliament to take immediate measures, by wise and prudent retrenchment, and a just revision of taxation, to equalize the ordinary expenditure with the ordinary in come of the country. His worship the Mayor took the chair shortly after the hour of noon, and opened the proceedings by a short ad dress, pronouncing the object of the meeting to be most legitimate —none more so. Mr. FERGUSON then rose to move the first resolution, which, with the others, will be found in an advertisement. The question was essentially a tradesman's question, he said, hence the prominent position he occupied before the meeting. He depicted at length the sufferings and the depression which weighed upon every branch of mercantile affairs. Speculation was at an end—speculation, the life spring of commerce. He detailed the sufferings which, locally as well as generally, had been experienced, and which had caused thousands of the artizans of Liverpool to pawn their little' goods. The list of bankruptcies were enormous ; the extent of pauperism, and the cost of its maintenance, was also enormous ; and among the chief causes of all this was the Bank Act of '44, which was a ditgrace to legislation. But the supreme cause was the unjust system of taxation. He exhibited its partial and preferential operations upon the rich, as compared with the poor man ; and strongly urged (with the sympathy of the meeting) the axiom that the expenditure must not exceed the receipts. He justified the loyalty of the inha bitants of Liverpool, but whilst they were loyal, whilst they were resolved not to countenance sedition, they were determined to procure an adjustment of expenditure and taxation. "Justice to the overburdened people" should be their cry. Mr. C. HOLLAND seconded the resolution. The state exchequer was now virtually going on in a bankrupt state ; the Ministers had not the courage or had not the ability to come forward with some measure of amendment. Yet in France what results had attended the prostration of the finance affairs of the state ? We were threatened with a deficit of £5,000,000 by the ensuing year ; and what if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had•then to go the Bank of England, that foul monoply upon which the merchant was forced to rely and seek advances ? They must de mand fiom the Government some better system. They absolutely now had none. The Chancellor wished to in crease taxation : they were determined to reduce expen diture; and in order to promote their view they must dismiss from their minds the war humbug, which he fully exposed. Financial grounds had been the cause of revo lution in Europe, and the distresses and embarrassments of the continent were our guarantee for peace. The security of this country was her large population, and it was an injury to their interests—to the interests of their trade and commerce, to extract annually from their capi tal the enormous sum of £18,000,000 for our war estab lishments. He denounced the waste on account of our Coburg marriage intrigues, the results of which had been so briefly dispelled by the financial convulsions that waste tended to increase. The African armament ought, he maintained, to be dispensed with. Shipmasters feared the approach of our vessels of war in foreign ports, inas- ' much as it was an incitement to the seamen to be turbu lent and discontented, because of the premium they could then obtain by shipping in the service. The United States had no such lar r ire armaments, yet their interests were fully protected. The speaker then denounced the secrecy preserved in the miscellaneous estimates. Finan cial reformers, he said, were outnumbered by scions of the aristocracy. The bias was against the people, and they must support their members. Not the aristocracy, but the masses, paid the greatest proportion of the taxes, and vet they were scorned and treated with derision, as was Mr. M`Gregor. He denounced the insulting conduct of the Prime Minister as that which the people would not allow. The members for Liverpool, he urged, especially, now wavering, must be confirmed and convinced of this. The people of Liverpool had been powerful to stop the income-tax increase; they would also now procure a re trenchment. Partizanship he deprecated. It mattered not whether it were Sir R. Peel (as was not unlikely), or whether it were the dogmatic Minister who now ruled. Agitation, though considered by some useless in the pre sent constitution of the Commons, must be carried on. The adjustment of taxation upon capital and labour was better than the French system of Communism ; and these reforms must be yielded. They were necessary to the ex panding population. Mr. 'John TAYLOR expressed his concurrence in the motion ; and he appealed to all present if it would not have been for the benefit of the merchants of Liverpool had the Mersey been blocked up during the last two years—(a laugh.) He had seen many bad times, but he remembered none like the present. He hoped the recent convulsions on the Continent would turn out advan tageously in the end ; but the people of England must never forget that if they expected to realise any benefit from the Government of the day, they must fearlessly and unitedly assert that the time for imposing heavy taxation had passed. Mr. C. ROBERTSON said, it was to be regretted that when the labouring classes were so deeply suffering, they should have such an objectionable Administration. He thought it was a Government without principle ; which would move only on compulsion. It had converted a sur plus into a deficit revenue ; and so far from remedying an unjust burden which weighed upon our interest, by re moving its inequality, its plan was to equalize it by plac ing an unjust burden upon another class. Such was its proposition to increase the income-tax; and rightly had the attempt been met in Liverpool overthrew it. If there was a deficit, the Executive was to blame. They would not submit to injustice. The Government, he said, was the friend of the democrat, a n d a id e d hi s case. He de nounced the vile system of unmerited place, uncalled for pensions, purient commissions, and other glaring abuses of the state—the hangers-on of the court—of whom he thought the Queen would be happy to be rid. The buck hounds would be better attended to by some respect able groom than by an aristocratic lord. It was a menial, contemptible office. The war establishment absorbed the life-blood of commerce, it regarded men as brute beasts, whose tendency was to destroy and to blood, and was op posed to revelation ; and he for one would rather take the risk of invasion than pay the present enormous pre miums. It 'was frightful to see so many millions of money dancing mysteriously before a man's eyes. The number of admirals, he thought, ought to be sufficient for the two hemispheres, and a few odd planets; the generals, he thought, were more general than special ; and the non-effectives were decidedly non-effectives. Government ought rather to pension retired shareholders, who had facilitated the transit of the country, than retired incapables. There was the diplomatic staff—gentlemen paid to draw the country into disputes which incurred a a little dock-yard bill—John Bull paying the piper. Then there were attache's, who danced and feasted for the advantage of Britain at foreign Courts. Justices and the repression of crime, miscellaneous estimates, &c., were all of the same description. How long was this state of things to be continued ? So long as the people—the heads, hands, heart of this country, would fight for party matters, and allow these monstrous grievances to exist ; —so long as they failed to send men of business to Par liament—men neither to be bribed nor to be sneered down ;—and until the whole people ranged themselves under the banner of justice. The question was not a mere question of £ s. d. It was a question of the rights of Government and governed—a question of a Govern ment which undermined the source of its own power. He concluded by moving the second resolution. Mr. A. H. - WYLIE rose amidst applause, and proceeded to show, that though parliament was now sitting, no plan of finance had been brought forward ; and he rejoiced in the movement now making. He referred to the rebuff Liverpool had administered to the Government on the question of the budget, and denounced the Bank Act. The evidence against it was most conclusive. The expen diture of the country was unjustifiable; and, in proof, he entered into a statement of the various items of the esti mates. He denounced the squadron on the coast of Africa as useless, though maintained at an enormous cost. He depicted the increased sufferings to the slaves which it caused. He did not wish to curtail the comfort and dig nity of a Sovereign so beloved as ours. He was sure she did not lend herself to the waste they saw. Far other wise. He thought it was derogatory to a nobleman to ' superintend th e buckhounds. The appointments of the Ministry he also denounced. He did not see the analogy between the buckhounds and the Board of Trade, which fitted one man for both. Ministers evidently thought the people cared not for these matters. He referred to the spectacle of Lord J. Russell sitting in the house, whilst his brother, as Sergeant-at-Arms, sat at the door, though t he did so receiving "a large emolument." He referred I to the small expense of the United States Government, and exhibited the various items, contrasting them with 'the miscellaneous votes in England for palm-houses, re pairs of palaces, residences for ambassadors, &c. We paid for our consuls in China more money than the whole vote for American diplomacy. He referred to its external expenditure, and contrasted the small expenditure per head in Ohio with the large expenditure here in England. He showed from the progress of Ohio what the energies of untrammelled men would achieve, and contrasted that also with the slow advance of our colonies. He judged from the articles in The Times. generally well informed, that some large scheme was about to be propounded, and expressed his gratification. Mr. LAWRENCE HEYWORTH denounced indirect tax ation, and showed the many evils to the labouring and industrial classes, of which that system was the parent source. _ _ Mr. R. V. YATES thought it most iniquitous that the people of this country should contribute £70,000 towards the payment of the London police, and £36.000 towards the payment of the Dublin police, whilst Liverpool and other towns supported their own. Mr. JEFFREY explained, at great length, his project for wiping off the national debt. He asked how they could expect the financial condition of the country to be other wise than unprosperous, when they had such a man as Sir Charles Wood as Chancellor of the Exchequer ? Had a Liverpool merchant, acquainted with business, and the details of money transactions, been placed at the helm of monetary affairs, then indeed the country would place confidence in him, and good management might be ex pected. Mr FRANCIS BOULT showed the evils of indirect tax ation, and congratulated his native town upon having been the first in the country to demand a revision of the pre sent unjust mode of taxation, and a retrenchment in the national expenditure. Mr. FARRELL adverted to the enormous expenses of the Custom's and excise departments, and detailed to the meeting the origin of Probate and Legacy duties. Mr. Councillor ROGERS briefly seconded the resolution. June 6, 1848. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. _._ The traffic on the Chester and Holyhead Railway for the week ending May 27, amounted to £6Ol 13s. 7d. The parliamentary committee has passed the Great Western Company's bill for making a branch line from Slough to Windsor. On Friday a fireman, named Rupert Cooke, employed 'on the Birmingham and Bristol Railway, was killed through a train passing over him, which received a sudden jerk as deceased was shunting it into a siding. On Monday a three-arched bridge on the Buckingham shire Railway, and across Bath-lane, Buckingham, fell, with a tremendous crash, into ruins. The abutments only remain. The Swindon Refreshment Rooms, on the lines of the Great Western Railway, held for a term of ninety-nine. years from the Company, at an annual rent of one penurr , have been sold by auction at Garraway's for £20,000. Thefull amountauthorized under their act (XI ,055,000) is to be borrowed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire. The shareholders (with the exception of Messrs. Fielden) as sented to the directors' proposals without opposition. At the half-yearly meeting of the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershire Junction the report was adopted. It announced the gradual liquidation of the liabilities of the company, and the extension of time • afforded by the commissioners. At the general meeting, of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company o n Wednesday, it was resolved to lease the line perpetually to Mr. Hudson's companies on a per petual lease paying 6 per cent. for three years, and 7 per cent. afterwards. On Wednesday the magnificent new South Wales Rail way bridge, which crosses the river Usk, built of wood, and being about four hundred yards long, was completely destroyed by fire. The bridge cost £20,000 in construc tion, and the contractors are insured to the full amount. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company have to raise £1,055,000 by the creation of new preference shares of £lO each, bearing a guaranteed interest of 6 per cent. This will enable the directors to complete about 100 miles of railway upon which upwards of ..€2,000,00 0 have been already expended. LIVERPOOL AND BURY.—The whole of this hue is now presenting as busy an appearance as a " bee-hive," and its progress is most satisfactory. It is contemplated that they will be en a bled t o h ave th e i r " open i ng d a y " early in September. The principal part of the work to be executed is in Wigan and the neighbourhood. Piles are placed under the rails of the North Union Railway, under which the line passes. From our official returns it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on 3,785 miles of railway, was £189,778, thus accounted for :—£96,911 for the convey ance of passengers only, £48,083 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £44,784 for passengers and goods to gether, not respectively apportioned; being an incresse of £8,781 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was 2,862. The average earnings per mile were £5O, whilst in 1847 they were £63. EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—At an extraordinary general meeting of this company, at Bury, last week, it was resolved to raise £300,000 by creating new shares of £6 ss. each, to be called preference share. The money is to be expended in expediting the completion of the • verpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway, which is ex pected to he opened between Liverpool and Ormskirk on the Ist November next. The line from Accrington to Blackburn and Burnley will be completed this month, and that from Burnley to Colne in the month of August. The incline at Accrington, which has a rise of one in forty, is as easily workable as any other part of the line. RAILWAY RESOURCES FROM AGRICULTURE.—At a time when commerce languishes, and trade and manufac tures are depressed, it is gratifying to observe that the owners and occupiers of land are at length become fully sensible of the advantages of railways. The quantity Of food poured into the metropolis weekly by railway almost surpasses belief ; nor is it the agriculturist alone who is benefitted by the railway system. Even the hardy fisher man on every part of our coast, now finds a ready and re munerating market for any quantity of the perishable fruit of his enterprise and toil. Tire following quantities of provisions were forwarded to London, via the Eastern Counties Railway, during the week ending May 27th• Beasts, 2.250 ; calves, 112 ; sheep, 7,980 ; pigs, 817 ; grain, 13,572 ; flour, 5,327 sacks ; meat, 168 tons ; poul try, 26 tons ; fresh fish, 70 tons ; fruit and vegetaJlest 198 tons ; ale and porter, 207 tons ; wool 159 tons ; wine s and spirits, 78 tons ; milk, 20,848 quarts ; bread, 79 cwt.► and general merchandize 2.500 tons.—Railway Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Thursday, a seaman, named Wm. Travers, belong ing to the barque Chusan, was committed for trial at the sessions, charged with having obtained £7 125., by means of forged shipping notes, from a boarding house keeper, named John Pearson, in Dance-street. It appeared that Pearson had charged upon the notes an exorbitant interest, six times the amount to what he was entitled. A man named James Reid was brought up at the Police court on Tuesday, charged with entering the house of James Rice, in oe-street, and making a distraint for rent not due. Kb estate agent, named Phillips, had, it appeared, signed a blank order to distrain on another party, and it was by mistake served on Rice. The prisoner was discharged, and Mr. Phillips cautioned to be more care. ful in future. SUSPENSION OF A POLICE INSPECTOR.—IIIspector O'Brien liss been suspended by Mr. Rushton on account of violent and illegal conduct in breaking into the house of Mr. Robert Ellis, broker, 25 Tarleton-street , on Satur day night. 'I he police, it appeared, had been sent in by the landlord, who apprehended that the parties in possession of the house were about to remove the gas pipes and fit tings. Mr. Ellis offered resistance, and was dragged through the streets like a felon. STABBING.—On Friday, a coloured seaman named James Adams was brought up, charged with having stab bed a boatman, named Edward Hughes, in two places, the forehead and the chin. The complainant, according to his own statement, was going home about twelve o'clock on Thursday night along Vauxhall-road, smoking a pipe, and a little the worse for liquor. He asked the prisoner for a little tobacco, when the latter, alarmed by his de mand, seized him by the collar, and a scuffle ensued, in which the prisoner drew a penknife and inflicted the two wounds we have named. There was some reason to fear that the complainant was the aggressor, and the case was remanded till to-day. THE CASE OF PIRACY AND MUTINY.—On Tuesday, the prisoners were again brought up, and the case was ad journed to Thursday, when the depositions were read over. Mr. Snowball took several legal objections in favour of his clients. He contended that there could be no revolt, as there was no captain on board, and consequently there had been no opposition to his authority ; he also de.iied that Henry had any authority to appoint Captain Dawson, and added that in consequence of the ill-treatment the men had received, and the deficiency of provisions, they might have acted in error in going to the man-of-war for protection. Mr. Rushton admitted there was some weight in the first points advanced by Mr. Snowball, but still he thought it would be dangerous to take the responsibility of the view which he had suggested ; their acts had been illegal, and they must answer for them. The prisoners, after having been duly cautioned, did not say anything material in answer to the charge, but referred to the ill treatment they had received, and put several questions to the surgeon, touching his alleged misconduct, and causing a disturbance on hoard the ship. It was stated that the prisoner Antonia Buruzico, who is in the hospital, was de sirous of making a statement to the magistrates, and, in consequence, the case was again adjourned, in order that he might be brought forward, if sufficiently recoved to appear. Mr t Rushton said he would admit Boyne and Goodchild to bail. STEALING FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT DOL LARS.—On Friday a sailor, named John Bryant, was brought up at the Police-court, before Mr. Rushton, charged by Mr. George Rippard, captain of the Penope schooner, of Jersey, with having robbed that vessel of 598 dollars. The captain stated that some time ago he sailed from Valparaiso with 310,000 dollars, which he placed in the lazarette under his cabin. The prisoner had been shipped as cook and steward, and, of course, had frequent access to the cabin. When the ship was in lat. 40 S., she had the misfortune to lose her foremast, and then put into Bahia. Whilst there the prisoner pretended to be sick, and was placed in the British hospital. When the ship was ready to sail, it was found that the prisoner had quitted the hospital four days previously, and that he had been seen in possession of more than 300 Spanish dollars. He was subsequently taken into custody on the charge of deserting his ship, and, upon being searched, 107 Spanish dollars were found in his belt. It also tran. spired that he had given 200 dollars to a female, and had squandered various sums away. These circumstances, to gether with the fact of his being moneyless when he first went on board, aroused a suspicion in the mind of the captain that all was not right, and upon examining the la zarette, it was found that one of the boxes of dollars had been broached, and 598 dollars stolen. Mr. Rushton said he had no earthly doubt that the prisoner had stolen the money, and ordered him to be remanded. LOCAL MEETINGS. COUNCIL MEETING.—IMPORTANT MOTIONS. — At the Council Meeting to-morrow, Mr. Councillor Harboard intends to ask, as to the intention of the respective com mittees about improving St. James's Market, providing a landing slip at the south end of the town, and widening Park-lane. Notices of the following motions have been also given :—By Mr. Councillor Walthew, "That it ba a recommendation to the Water Committee to construct such conveniences contiguous to landing places as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of supplying water to the cattle imported into the town." By Mr. Councillor Parker, " To rescind the resolution of the Council, adopted on the sth of April last, confirming the recommendation of the Water Committee, that that committee be author ized to make an arrangement with Mr. Hawksley for the purposes stated in the report of that committee then sub mitted to the Council, and to employ such persons in the engineering department of the waterworks as may be found necessary for the economical and efficient working of the present establishment." By Mr. Councillor Earle, "That as there is a great extent of vacant land in the muni cipal borough, it is highly desirable that some regular plan for laying it out, with refe rence to th e ex i s ti ng an d future streets, be submitted to the Council for RI con sideration; and that the Health Committee be requested to make a report as to the best means of accomplishing this object." ELECTION OF BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. —OH Friday night, a meeting of ratepayers of Birkenhead was held at the Craven Rooms, to select ten persons to fill the office of Commissioners for the township of Birkenhead, in place of seven who retire, and three who have become disqualified. Mr. Edwin Taylor occupied the chair. After some discussion, the following names were selected as being those for which the ratepayers were recommen ded to vote :—Messrs. John Somerville Jackson, Thomas Evans, R. MacWhan, H. Lightbound, S. Bailiff, James Highton, Benjamin Williams, Robert Hughes, Edwin Taylor, and W. R. Milnes. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. GUARDIAN MEETING, WEST DERBY.—On Wednesday, the weekly meeting was held at the Low-hill office. After reading of the usual hospital report, the governor stated that a child 3 years' old had been found 'deserted, and it was agreed that a reward of 3 guineas should be offered for the apprehension of the mother. The sum paid for relief at Toxteth-park for the week ending Ist April, was stated to be £32 That for the week ending 18th May, only £l3. A letter was read from Mr. Lister, complain ing greatly of the quality of the meat supplied, to the Fever Hospital; the matter was referred to the Fever Hospital Committee. A letter was read from Mr. Whit tle, one of the medical officers, complaining of the inmpa city of the person appointed as his assistant, and request ing an allowance of £1 extra per week, to enable him to engage a competent one—he himself paying the difference. A motion for the increase of Mr. Nevins , house surgeon's salary, from £52 to £lOO a year was lost by 13 to 4 votes. A call of 30 per cent. was ordered to be made on the various townships. There was no other business of im portance. Btstrirt tlrtvs. The Installation of the Bishop of Chester is to take place on the 16th instant, in the cathedral of the diocese. HOARDING UP.—At the last Garstang market one per son offered for sale no less than 111 loads of old potatoes. At this season of the year one-fourth of that quantity is considered a large stock. INSTINCT IN BIRDS.—On Tuesday, two boys, residing at Great Harwood, near Blackburn, robbed a lark's nest of the young ones, which were nearly fledged. They removed them to their residence, about half a mile dis tant ; yet on the following morning the old birds found their way through a hole in the broken window, and when discovered were engaged in feeding their young brood, which were prisoners in the cage. EMPLOYMENT IN MANCIIESTER.—The official report for the present week, indicating the state of employment in the borough of Manchester, discloses further proofs of declining trade. Nearly 900 hands, heretofore engaged in full work, have been discharged from that rate of em ployment. whilst upwards of 500 are placed on short time, and from 300 to 400 are thrown wholly out of em ployment. The results of the report are as follows : Number working full time last week, 30,272; in the present week, 29,390. Number working short time last last week, 6,675 ; present week ; 7,229. The number of hands wholly out of employment last week was 8,520 ; in the present week the number is 1,144. . CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—On Sunday last, June 4th, two sermons were preached in the Parish Church of Croston, near Rufford, by the Rev. Henry Powell, secretary to the Church Missionary Association, after which the sum of £l3 was collected in aid of that valuable society. The children of the Sunday-schools, who presented a very neat and clean appearance, walked in procession in the morning to the rectory, where, after singing a hymn in a very impressive and affecting man ner, they were addressed in suitable tents by Mr. Powell. They then proceeded, headed by the venerable and dearly esteemed rector, to the beautiful church, to attend the usual morning service. The inhabitants of the village appeared much interested in the scene. The present rec tor (the Rev. Mr. Masters) will, next month, have pre sided over the spiritual welfare of the parish for fifty years, and has, during that unusually long period, always mani fested the utmost solicitude for the well-being of his pa rishioners, by all of whom he is much beloved and re spected. We hope some step will be taken to perpetuate the recollection of his labours for half a century. CHARTIST DISTURBANCES.—OR Wednesday, a troop of infantry and another of pensioners arrived at Bingley from Bradford, and immediately after two troops of hussars arrived from Oxley into Bingley, in order to assist the civil authorities in the apprehension of a number of men, who, on Friday, rescued to chartist prisoners, whom Mr. Busfeild Ferrand, late M.P. for Knaresborough, had committed to York Castle for training individuals in military movements. The soldiers remain in the town, but no outbreak was apprehended. On Wednesday, the threatened demonstration of chartists and repealers in Manchester, went off as everybody expected. The autho rities prohibited the meeting, and issued a caution to all well-disposed persons to keep within their houses. The rebels did not enter Manchester, perceiving that ample arrangements were made to meet them, but resolved to hold the meeting at Failsworth. Mr. John Henry,, son of the member for the county, who was acting as a moun ted patrol, was attempting to apprehend a man rioting in Oldham-road, when the fellow suddenly stabbed Mr. Henry in the face with a pike or sharp weapon. Although ' arms were not generally displayed by the crowd, yet the instant they were called for they were more numerous than was anticipated. Several arrests were made during the day. At Walsden on Sunday week, between 2,000 and 3,000 met mostly armed with bludgeons, the different ranks preceded by black banners, with pike-heads on the tops. They marched in full military array, apparently well-drilled, and a terriffic storm of thunder and lightning hail and rain, had no effect in thinning their ranks. EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL ILLUSION. Professor Wheatsone, in his indefatigable researches into the ab struse, but beautifully interesting, phenomena of light and optics, discovered a property in optics, previous to the perfecting of calotype pictures, to which Mr. Cundell has since successfully applied it, and which, while most extra ordinary, in an optical point of view, will probably lead to discoveries in the delicate arts of obtaining sun-light pic tures, and the effects resulting from them, of very consi derable importance. A board is provided about two feet long, and a few inches in breadth, at each end of which is an upright piece truly perpendicular, with a grove at top and bottom, for sliding in a picture ; in the centre of this board, at the height of the centre of the uprights, are placed two small mirrors, at angle of 45 degrees, with the edges of the board, or 90 degrees with each other, in front of which is a piece of metal with sight holes, sufficiently apart to suit the sight. On placing two calotype pictures of the same object in the grooves, against the uprights— such, for instance, as a jug, vase, piece of statuary, geo metrical figures, &c., each eye of course sees the reflec tion in the corresponding mirror of one picture only, the left hand picture being seen by the left eye, and the right hand picture by the right eye ; yet, the singular result of this arrangement is, that the spectator sees before him a fac simile of the object from which the pictures were ob tained in its original state, with the lights, the shadows, the under cuttings, and all the full roundedness and pro jecting points of the solid body. In fact, so complete and beautiful is the illusion, that it is impossible, by any at tempt, to see the pictures as viewed separately, and a perfectly finished solid body is represented to the eye of the astonished viewer. It must be pictures taken - by sun light, in different points of sight, to have the effect, as no two drawings by hand could be done sufficiently correct to prevent confusion in the shadows, and meeting of the corresponding lines. Professor Wheatstone, in the first instance, applied it to the representation of geometrical solids, which may be drawn mathematically true, and shaded to Nature. OUR PRESENT POSITION. - It was impossible that we should not in some degree feel the effect of the continual revolutions. Itwas impossible that one part of the politi cal machinery of Europe should be out of order without the rest being disturbed at the same time. Two-thirds of the continent have been upsetting, destroying, and recon structing for the last three months. Society has been dis organized, institutions overturned, and trade palsied. That England should retain her composure, that English commerce should maintain its stability, and English capi tal its security at such a crisis, was just as unlikely as that the pulsations of the heart should remain unchanged by a shock in the system and a fracture of the extremities. The disturbance of Lyons vibrates to the looms of Manches ter; the convulsions of Paris and Berlin-arc felt in Liver pool and London. The distress of the burgeoiseie and the Burgerschaft reacts on the manufacturer and the mer chant ; and if the operative of Lancashire or Yorkshire seems worse off than his compeer at Paris, it is only be cause his master is not anticipating his wages by a com pulsory tax. nor exhausting on idleness the means of creating wealth and remunerative labour. The distress in the commercial world is indeed great ; but the wonder is that is not greater. France is wholly, and Germany is partially, withdrawn from the sphere of mercantile corres pondence. They make, nothing, they import nothing, they order nothing. The stagnation of their silk imparts lethargy to our cotton. s The palsy of French machinery clogs the action of its British fellow-labourer. When wheels cease to play and jennies to spin, coal and iron be come superfluities. Two staple trades in England are thus struck down by one heavy blow. And on these two many besides depend for support, energy, and life ! It is no wonder that in such a state of things men should be come discontented. At any time distress like the present would be acutely felt. But now it is worse than at any other. It comes at the climax of a period of bitter suf fering. It comes after the ,train of misery occasioned by an unexampled dearth. It comes after unprecedented sums have been sent abroad for cotton and corn. It comes, too, while the rec ollection of the years '45 and '46 is still strong in men's minds, years of golden visions and gorgeous extravagance. To expect that men should reason calmly, wait patiently, and suffer silently under such con ditions, is irreconcileable with the dictates of common sense and the lessons of ordinary experience. It is at such a time that the new reform movement commences in the north. It must be admitted that the scene is well selected. The first precept of the dramatist, Si via me fiere, &c., is duly obeyed. In no other place could agitation rouse so great a multitude or command so great a spmpathy. The speakers and the hearers are alike in the same boat. A man has but to look around him, and his eye is sure to light on hundreds in the same plight as himself, merchants without capital, brokers without commissions, manufac turers without orders, and all the long series of trading and professional men, whose fortunes and subsistence de pend upon the prosperity of a great commercial depot, or a large and crowded port—all stunned, dismayed, and pauperized, not by one crisis, but by an array of revolts ] tions, not one of which could have been foretold twelve months ago. It is strange that Birmingham and Liver , pool should seize this opportunity for proclaiming their [ grievances, courting sympathy, and demanding relief ? Time. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. -4 Knntsford races will take place on the 6th and 7th of September. Gaming tables, and even "shies f or snuff-boxes, ?, axe interdicted at the approaching Ascot races. on THE DERBY DAY.—On Thursday, while at BPI o f Surplice beat Spingy Jack and Snylo e k, in the H ouse Lords the Bishops beat Little J o h n an d Rothschilu'n tb, In consequence of the di s f ranc hi sement o f Yar°4llave by which the " members' pl a t e " i s l os t, th e race' been abandoned this year. q q feet, DISTANCES JUMPED BY HORSES.—Chandler , -- _ ver over a brook at Warwick ; Culverthorpe, 33 fe t feet, at Newport Pagnel ; King of the Va11"34 over the Wissendine Brook, Lei ces tershire ; Lottery, feet, at Liverpool ; Peter Sim le, sold f°ll b ° by ing auction, y eale, 37 feet , a t Boston. S of Earl L property EoF BoosDpSeTnocecr7. were day last, by M essrs . T attersa ll : —C as t a nero, by Sir Her cutea, out of Serquidilla, 105 gui neas ; Pharo, by Cother stone, out of Allumette, 225 gu i neas ; H ump h re y, 1 4 rl o ui n g i‘ s io the n. Cotherstone, out of Conscience, 260 g uine a s ; B r i ng tont T by Cotherstone, darn by Glencoe, 235 guineas; Filbert , by Nutwith, out of Agnes, 120 guineas; Judy, by Paw taloon, out of The Maid of Fez, 82 guineas ; Amusement , by Cotherstone, out of Recreation, 31 guineas ; Hood, by Cotherstone, out of Clock, 210 guineas ; .The Wren, by Cotherstone, out of Wyrneck, 92 guineas. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Mellor, of the Midland Circuit, has been nominated Recorder of Warwick, in the room of Mr. Waddington, who has been appokted Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department. An order has been issued by the Commissioners of Es" cise that any person letting out omnibuses, coaches. or other carriages to attend races, without such car ria g es bearing the plates required under the Stage-Coach Act. will be visited with a penalty of £2O. The office k nown i n the legal profess i on as " The At torney-General's Devil," vacant by the appointment f 0 n Mr. Waddin g t on to the situation of Under S ecretary for the Home Department, and who had held the office since the elevation of Mr. Justice Wightman to the bench, 11. been conferred on Mr. Welsby,gof The North Wales and C circuit, and Recorder of Chester. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEAS ED WIFE'S SISTER Lord Denman (in the case " Regina v. the Churchwar" dens of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields ") has decided that a marriage with a deceased wife's sister is invalid, ec ee when the first wife was the legitimate daughter, and th e second wife the illegitimate daughter, of the same parents, the illegitimacy of the second daughter making no differ ence as to the law. SUMMER CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.—On Thursci a i the judges arranged the summer circuits. Midland , Lu r , Denman and Justice Patteson ; Home, the Chief 1 3 1. and Justice Coltman ; Oxford, Barons Rolfe and Pe a ' Norfolk, Baron Parke and Justi c e M au l e • Western, -it' tires Coleridge and 'Williams ; Northern, Justices ' Cress well and Erle • North Wales, the Lord Chief Jusit e i ,. Wilde • South Wales, Justice Wi g ht ma n. Baron son will remain in town as vacation judge, and will stt daily at his chambers in Serjeant's Inn.—Globe. e'S In the sittings in Banco, in the Court of Qu e v r. Bench on Monday, Lord Denman and Judges Pan e. Coleridge, and Wightman discharged a rule, Reg ie r v st Wilkinson and another," which had been obtainedags of two magistrates of the county of Surrey, calling u pP o t them to show cause why they refused to issue a vcar r w to summon one John Ashby, for the purpose of enforced, the payment of a church-rate made in the parish of Dt" o f dington. The magistrates called for the producti9;loo the rate-book, when they decided the rate was invalls,ta the face of it, being defective in the title, which slal be that it was made in and towards the repairs ef church and other incidental charges of the said peris h t he hamlet." It was contended the case was not one fo r t he magistrates to have decided upon, but a question fo r is ecclesiastical courts ; consequently they ought to be , v_„i, sued their warrant. The Judges were of a differen t nion and discharged the rule, Lord Denman say . ing - i the church-rate ought to be_ confined to the repsos h e _ r ateS church, and those general purposes to which cbur for the were applicable. The rate in question was inacr e . o f the repairs of the church, ' and other incidental charg es said parish and hamlet.' The other incidental c might be a poor-rate." -- FASHIONS FOR JUNE. h n." ) (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of 'a i S. i f aa d• Materials of slight texture are now much in a e i n i „, — vri•• Mousselines de soie of every colour, bareg6s,.P e l i - e ;Tref ennes, and a new material partaking of the poil de C ` 5 i11; with jaconots and organdys in Persian patterna,,;„slitb dresses of fancy stripes of the palest colours are ma x "' r igs three flounces en biais, the upper one rounded e'''d 00 gradually, diminishing to the waist, and is continue , t be the corsage, forming double revers. For demi toiletteero forth of the corsage varies but little they are gee open, with revers or chale the sleeve, m3deratelY particularly at the bottom, drooping on the arm , w ith mitting the under sleeve of clear muslin ; the ski rt ' r iag e very deep flounces. It is only when required for cad DI wear or dejeuners that the dresses are ornanieutpogtl3, coquilles, ruches, &c. •, if ribbon, all are made of 3 - ,atua, with deep bir.is flounces, edged with small Om , to give freedom to the feet ; barege dresses are ornarn e us or made a , gradualed size to the wrist. Redingotes are still la Puritaine, ornamented by gimp trimmings; " les ' 4 dres thin materials have the corsages made full ; InanY,,,, r oeca gote are made with corsages ala Dubarry. Th e a" of this season are of moderate size, demi-evas6o,_eifits ao,lo the ears, with round crowns ; very pretty ones g lace' of paille de riz, with the capote crown of taffetaa4 a teli and some are trimmed with ruches of taffetas, so del' ic iia% pinked as to imitate moss, in pink, white, or blue, ( 0 1. the edge bavolet ; it also forms trimmings on the t r y 01 0 The ribbons used this season are very rich • pr_e te ,.,,',x straws are with bands of taffetas or gauze, and `ois!' t i; iare ternately, lined with taffetas glace and !we nd, b owli' pink rose at the side. Many of the capotes oft uoibbour llonne, or rich blond, are simply tr i m med \vial ',,,iieate and merely ornamented inside by bunches, of flowers ; sometimes a lace lappet forms the trini,n_le"tlea Capotes of crape, gauze, or linen, are, with Nl ° „ It tli r_ w , the same, pink, blue, or white, confined by a taffetas glace of every colour, of figured tall ; :li c r e l; ribbon copies. The mantelets and pardessus a e rc. _ 9 - f izo c o t with lace or fringe of the same, pinked or einp,f e A g la, they are also made of embroider ed muslin a; on shawls, both single and double, c ontinue in f many mantelets aro made matching the dress. Jill ail Ti ARRIV Sovereigi Robinsoi at this p( the 19th on the 19 Scotland Thistle, ' Amarant delphia— Gourley Hebe, NV Murray from Bo Castellov sAiLEI Alice, Pll New Yor Boston— Eagle, K Cambr Henry Hiagin S. W. Chaos, Ross, he Metokt ' filbert] hence foi Lightti and Cors Argo, 1 Stadac Parago Heselton hence at Bangui Leone. Invinci for this y Louisa Bess, C Honest Otto, I Doctor Mercui Etna, I Baltic, Sea Ny Geerdi Libert, Oliver. John I- Elise, tailed for Expres and both , ISLAY, Montreal 'foretop]] • HA from Li% very leak MALT) mas, froi 10th of 1 , BOSTO Weston, Key We been ash off with were awa lays: Th and was lightened to discha Put into 1 and prow for Liver of April, 13th insti ARRIV. Ritchie —Jan. Ai —Cumbe Robert V bados-11 Boston - ' crates, R Brennus, and Olim Garnett, Speculan Ondernet • and Haz Lisbon— Fanny, L foot; Sw•: and Orbi —Londo; Harnrnol pea, Br( Hebe, TI: and Nyv Janeiro— Rotterda Bryan ; ness, and mond, Vi • SAILEI Malabar, Witch, 13 Eldrid,ge, Bevis Ft: , nora :Sop N.B.—K Payne, S Royal' May, pa! ' 250 tons, • Pierce," from, pai The VI squadror . adjudical irena, Geare, lo - filled, an, Herefo I Williar London. . Elfida, ' August HELIG longing that erni; cruisers, searched, Will be in MALTA lonica to leaky, an CoLoM Newport and with Mars, port; Err Port, botl Halifax . „ , ARRIVI znonie, 0 Delano, Wander New Brui Ripley, Govern ieu n e ( Ernanu, 24th Man Emily, Workin Kezia I ARRIVE York—Fo A-Palachic SAILED 2 118—Midi bOVVthOrp India 31 Mary S April 13, Black P St. Vinc Ala y. Pantalo, George Generot Albany, Indus, ( SATU ARRIVE Mooney, fi Unicorn SAILED, Ilarry nostonLot—l- Ind Lord JUdkins - I Zephyr 'C ,hance, hil Vordt—G( Atewley, R. 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