The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-09 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. Bre beg respeciftlly to call the attention of Merchants, Brokers, Auctioneers, and others, to the t that the LIVERPOOL STANDARD ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IV KLY ON TUESDAY, hick can by the the Qfyla THE TUESDAY'S MARKET IN NCHESTER. ARD IS ken a and respectable SECOND EDITIOT MARKETS. a TUESDA question " It is the pr broken up.ti _ tion of the people of policy of their rulers._ industrious people; and remunerative employment, a recompense for their labour sufficient to keep ody and soul together, for barely two thirds of nworthy of our Li +l-,p F thet:n. We 1 and the wholesome axiom that the man who is taxed for us, and fights for us, is of our blood, bows at the same shrine and speaks c P blQf nories, ought modifies in the dim - pest now seriously, and irnpera narket ' and we have to consider what e birthright we have transferred to another. We cannot keep him in our perience is warning us of this fact dole of charity falls far behind t' es. Ex The miseral such support hemselves in a condition of struggleand emba n do with no policy ;—for the evil anent and incieasinff. !'here employe working - and the other third The cries of the gerou and civil strife There is but one answer. The world is wide enough for us all still; and other lands must provide for the _ *-^* and throw s, whom we be the lot of tl left for them sundered The holy ties of f and these once happy othing else therland must be slands must pour , est bl prairies of But our fellow sal we have a duty to perfo :n towards these, s, which v Save too long neg mircel We ha !S. We ►Vemay led. to brm towarc ay encourage their mere emigra y to them, you shall be allowed, tion. 'V nay, aic le you - r y enury, to become tillers of a soil which will yield you the means of existence and even of independence; but we ought to do more. A. wise and paternal government would colonize, instead of casting adrift, these un fortunates ; would render them the instruments, in God's • unread of eivi- of pro communities age have a government v itionize our present fostering hand at the system port in other from wt 3 in this mo number of I " Our color life and children attending le of the midland counties. is way to the coast, but at hat a ship has already been hundreds like him; with- been taken to s conveyed himself at the office of the upon payment I his family, he will be ur.til he has fixed upon and matter a time money yment evertheleis, been expla have no rip I to him be: o complain d him ; am 3 tion of Yankee, If he be Irish, and a large majority of those who seek new homes on the other side of the Atlantic come of a its rest unfortunat ;ort of well .ted to the mid consider their dignit bie comes the mer to be l'he g What then i fore he But no now he at his N probably mat and, laying a gether. bitter SI got tber Lue peopi and upon makes, t once it that ti that there are i capital, howeve and severe pr leave t urc , lit s too often wn a f importance that tanbarb. rA Y 9, 1848 present day lab ou Suropean nations have nolitical •angements ; anil which has at lenath of the tbi king por- xreat Britain b he blind What are we to do with 'our We have hands to till the soil We have ed and tourer, hen of .erated the first im, and t liployment is he is hired if an ad never heard of or seen end even of an Irishman. same fancy fellow• emi. most turhu- last, tlic g Made a year t( d thernst for ever, and to icing a state of ie times out of ten emi- We do not mean to say Le rule. If a man have • how to employ it judi krt with a determination such t 1 thPllll e JoI ) cto x He mi. of a do . ,Ktvr; the way nnrtand ,t, moreover, mit repining, many is a lair probability that, in at least, after a lapse of years, ins account in the step which he has taken. who leave our 11; and flying find them- .orn fort greater r press t others, different it may be in their lifficult to be borne. And,tb. re swe have described above. Those 1w do not return home, either spend their days Wil; lem r social a n a raws and cl s from e no bush, in a state little removed from barbarism, or, with feelings of bitter animosity against the land which having given them birth refused to support them, they go out from her, and devote to the service of the stranger ener gies which, if she had directed them aright, would have served to carry her imititutions, and to extend her influ ence, to the furthest comers of the earth." We must amend this wretched system, which is thus planting aliens of our own blood throughout the world ; and at the same time depriving us of valuable aids for the employment of . our home population. We have lands in every zone, capable of producing, by the agency of British capital and energy, every requisite for our comfort and our in dustry—raw materials, food and luxuries,—and of consuming in return, exelusivel•- our labour toe products of But we are madly neglecting. our great mission. W forth and live, or beg, o are saying to our people "go , on the world's fly office anti b-rott .ly sympathy, which they )ught to command in virtue of their misfortunes, if we are even too blind to see their importance as a selfish question. We might, and must colonize, ' - ead of merely casting out. We might render British subject, who leaves our shores in search of a mart for his industry, a feeding offshoot of the country which he has abondoned. We every might he world's solitude ,nd' affection bound to us by the ties of gratitude 1. At present, we are only contributing mmunities in every wards which the tide of emig. on sets from our shores A GENUINE FRENCH SCENI Our republican hbours are a thoroughly theatrical people ; and, of course, the opening of the new National Assembly was a theatrical exhibition throughout. The following little incident is thoroughly French : M. Demosthenes 011ivier next rose and demanded , after the adruission of every member, he should nt the tribune, and " of the iterrupted the speaker, crying, 'By whom ?' asked M. ` The oath 011ivier. ' is abolished . By the Provisional Government What, continued Al: 011ivier, Provisional Governmen do you place the power of the above that of the National " M. Cremicux, the Minister of Justice, then rose and said that the oath of allegiance had been the occasion of so much scandal during the last sixty years, and had excited such universal indignation, that the Provisional Govern ment had thought proper to abolish it. The oath of every true republican,' added the minister, is in his heart, and not o with great bation, th ratified, by its unanimous appro )pted by the Provisional Govern cries of Vice la republigue,' and • • ' ment. amid Vive le gouvernment provisiore.' We can imagine the whole scene, as it would be put upon - • • _ „.th is abolished," —the lively excl do you place the power of the provisional government at_ t . • ional assembly from second tragedian ; then, the grandiloquent bearing of first trageu,... _ , his hand thumping his breast, he proclaims oracularly " the oath of every true republican is on his heart"—this with an emphatic thump—" and not on his lips ;" and finally, the unanimous approbation irama- ay the corpse ' tique replied to vocifer ous ly from pit and ga ll er y. could be more splendidly melo-dramatic. After all, we quite approve of the abolition of the oath rd . T. Nothing • •-• broken there so often—been,ll. - CTe .7 mieux says occasion of so much scandal during the last 60 vp. excited such universal indignation," that much future ROYAL AMPHII lEATRE.-MISS CUSHMAN'S ENGAGEMENT. re of the past week's performances at this Thehtre has been the production of Beaumont and Flet cher's Comedy of the " Scornful Lady," a play which has not been represented in England for nearly 100 years, and which was only revived recently in Lon•lon, to intro duce Miss Cushman in the character of the heroine. As might have been expected by any party who has perused the play in the original, and observed the pruriences which it _ contains and which, however suitable to the taste of the age for which it was written, would be revolt ing to playgoers in the present day, considerable pruning was required ; and this was unexceptionably executed by Mr. Searle. Great credit is due to the spirited manage ment of Mr. Copeland for the excellent manner in which it was put on the stage at the Amphitheatre, and as well to the Company for the efficient manner in which it was cast throughout. The play is one very different from the flimsy abortions which pass current for comedy in the present day—full of character, and of a fine scope for genuine acting. The character of the Scornful Lady is especially adapted to pertection. The changes of temper from the scornful to the loving woman—from the mocking and obstinately provoking to the dejected and almost despairing one— were most truthfully depicted. Miss Cushman' acting was, in fact, the great attraction of the play, the subordi nate characters, however, being excellently sustained. In the Curate som - ewl lat too broadly fareiCal, perhaps There is however, something still wanting in truthful ness in the pourtraiture of some of the characters. We cannot, for instance, reconcile to our ideas of the tastes of even a profligate in a civilized age the debaucheries and coarseness of Young Loveless's companions. The Cap tain especially is over-drawn in his blustering ; and the s little in keeping with even a younger We cannot conclude our notice of to the excellent acting of remainder arc brothe gentility Mr. Ruin in the last act. This personation of the Elder Loreless's betrothed was a rich piece of comic acting. Mr. Andrew Leighton has been appointed secretary to the Roscoe Club. On Saturday evening one of the Eastham boats, from Liverpool, ran aground when opposite to Rock Ferry, and as she could not be got off, the passengers were landed there, and had to walk the remaining distance. HEALTII OF TOWNS' BILL.-Mr. Councillor Walthew, chairman of the liouseowners' Society, and Mr. Coun cillor Thompson, on behalf of the Builders' Society, have proceeded to London, to oppose the operation of this bill extending to Liverpool. POST-OFFICE ORDER.—On Friday, man remanded from the previous Fri- day, charged with having forged the signature to a post office order for £2 l is. 9d., was again brought up. The prisoner was committed for trial. YOUGIIAL AND LIVERPOOL STEAM-PACKET.---We are happy to learn t cessful, and that counties of Waterford and Tipperary are availing them selves of tne facilities afforded them, in the shipping of cattle, butter, grain, &c., Youghal being a much nearer Waterford or Cork. A splendid _ t sails from Youghal on every Ind from Liverpool on Mondays.—Clonmel port for Shipment tl is steam-pac first- elas Thurs d Constitution DEATH Fl M A FALL.—An inquest was held on S turday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Ma Armstead, who habit of going I Deceased ;:vas in 11 s.. Ruth Edwards's public-' lie fell i ii up -_ .ared from a post mortem exazninati I death ,on, concussion of the brain f the Liverpool icinday even- Royal Institutic Yates in the c ir, Dr. Iligginson ro tie asked if any geo t the statement that upply derivable ion on the subject of water supply ogist present could satisfactorily n he wells are inexhaustible, and that the fully adequate for the wan. lence of Le believed, that the wells wer hausted , ngines had he Chairman vent was beitg made of the produce of each well, to ascertain how many gallons are produced in a given time. The Rev. Mr. Dwyer was strongly of opinion that the red sandstone strata was not ur wells were sunk in it, wed symj in external part for water till it was actually 'e had it not beneath our feet he had no doubt THE NATIONAL CONFEDERATION AND FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.—The negotiations between those two most useful bodies, undertaken with a view to a coali tion, have thus far, we regret to say, entirely failed. The Finance Reform Association has definitely refused to unite with their neighbour "on the question of local tax ation, although they desire to express their sincere sym pathy with the objects which the National Confederation have in view." They will have "great gratification in acting in perfect harmony with the National Confedera tion, in endeavouring to obtain the abolition of indirect taxation for national purposes, and the substitution, in its licit inforrr_a- I stead, of direct taxation," NEW CHURCH IN OXTON VILLAGE. —OH Sunday week, the new church at Oxton, erected entirely by the pious munificence of the Rev. Joshua King, patron and v► wnicn ancient parisu, forms an out-lying part, was opened. The prayers were read by the Rev. W. Corkcroft. the incumbent of the new church, which is called St. Saviour's, Oxton. Ap propriate and eloquent sermons were preached by the Rev. T. F. Redhead, the respected incumbent of St. Peter's, Rock Ferry Park. The church is built in a very peculiar site, and seems admirably adapted to it. The bell was presented by our respected townsman, Mr. M'Murdo, timber merchant. The cost is about £1,400, and there is accommodation for 350 persons. ners ' I SERIOUS COLLISION AT SEA AND Loss OF LIFE.—The packet-ship West Point, Captain Allen, which arrived in the Mersey on Sunday, from New York, reports having been in contact, on the 27th ult., with the barque Cove, of Quebec, which was on her passage from London to Quebec. The mate and three men of the latter vessel lost their lives during the collision. The remainder of the officers and crew and two passengers, (in all 14 persons,) after abandoning their vessel in a sinking state, were brought to this port by the West Point. The West Point showed a light which could not have been observed by the Cove. The jibboom, head, cutwater-head, stays, &c., of the West Point were carried away. The Cove was a com plete wreck when the West Point left her, with main and mizen masts gone by the deck, decks swept of everything, and stern off. . TRIAL TRIP OF THE HIBERNIA. — This fine new iron steamer, built by Messrl. Vernon and Co., of this town, for the new line of mail steamers between Holyhead and Dublin, made a trial trip to the Menai-straits on Tuesday. She ran from the Rock twelve miles out in ninety-six minutes, and accomplished the distance to the Great Ormshead in two hours and seven minutes. The engines were built by Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, and are of 370-horse power. They are oscillating, 5 feet 9 inch stroke, 73-inch cylinders, and have two air-pumps worked at an angle by the intermediate shaft. The en gines made twenty-two revolutions per minute with a twenty-eight-feet wheel. They reflect great credit upon the talented engineers who constructed them. The boat herself is of 680 tons burthen, and is a very handsome model. Her interior fittings are very beautiful. rewsroa iistrict ith food yet exhausteC Childwall valley there w an immense supply• Red sandstone was slightly porous ; water percolated through, and in the deeper portions of the strata a vast body of water might be got which had been stored up there for centuries. A stratum of clay might intervene and stop the "1. • .. , 14 LUC b r rara tuctriseives were spat tered, so that there were many outlets by which water could get into a lower stratum. It struck him also that, whatever it might b e f or dom. estic purposes, the water which welzotiTfiLez,,lt_hrou4h sandstone was beautiful to him that the new red sandstone under Liverpool miles thick. He asked if the water which we obtained might not rise from lower levels. The Rev. Mr. Dwyer said no, else we should have thermal springs; the water, would be hot. The Chairman hazarded an opinion, that the water even at Bolton or at Prescot might rise up here in the form of a siphon. A member asked if much of the water that fell here might not escape, at a low level, into the sea. The Rev. Mr. Dwyer replied that that would be prevented by the hydrostatic pressure of the sea, so that there might be reservoirs below which had bee n kept up from all time. He added, as a burgess, that he thought the corporation should try what they could do below this town before incurring the expense of going to another district. Mr. Fletcher said he had. seen the water at Risington very muddy, but that in the smaller springs it was very beautiful. THE LIVERPOOL STAINBARii. LOCAL MEETINGS, TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS On Wednesday the usual monthly meeting of the Council was held at the Town-hall. FINANCE COMMITTEE.—MR. WILLOUGHBY'S LEASE. The proceedings of the Finance Committee comprised an offer upon the part of the Rock Ferry Committee to let two steam-toats to the Corporation, for the sum of £8 each per day, to be run between Liverpool and Bir kenhead, at the same times that the late lessee of the Birkenhead Ferry (Mr. Willoughby) used to run his boats. The Corporation agreed to accept this offer, and appointed a proper officer to receive the tolls. With reference to the Coroner's office, the committee agreed to allow to a witness, not a medical witness, ls. ; boat for picking up a deld body, in fine weather 45., in rough weather Bs. ; allowance to publicans for holding inquests in their houses, 4s. ; ditto, when the dead body remains all night in their houses, Bs. Mr. WOOD sought for some explanation relative to Mr. Willoughby, who, according to current report in the town, had been very badly treated by the Corporation, in having been asked an additional rental of £4OO a year for the Birkenhead Ferry. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE observed that it was not the custom of the Corporation to deal with severity towards their tenants, and more especially to so good and punc tual a tenant as Mr. Willoughby had been. That gen tleman's lease, which was a seven years one, had expired on the Ist of May, and then the Finance Committee began to consider whether the lease was not susceptible of some beneficial arrancrement for the future; and they thought it was. Mr. Willoughby had been in possession of the property for the last fourteen or fifteen years, and for eleven years he had only been paying a rental of £9OO a-year. When first he went to Birkenhead, the inhabi tants of that township numbered about 6,000; at present they amounted to about 16,000; and, therefore, the com mittee thought, although it was very difficult to form any real estimate of a ferry, that more money ought to be exacted, the more particularly as the Corporation had expended the sum of £2,000 upon the improvement of the property last year for which improvement Mr. Wil loughby had on ly pa id £5O, though he might have been charged 71 per cent. on outlay. In demanding an in crease of rent now, the Finance Committee had been guided entirely by the opinion of their surveyor. Mr. PARKER said that Mr. Willoughby did not com plain of the Corporation for having tried to make the most of their estate, but he certainly did think that when he had £15,000 embarked in his steamers, he ought to have received timely notice of the intention of the com mittee to raise his rent by the sum of £4OO a-year, whereas he was only informed of it a few days before the Ist of May. He (Mr. Parker) feared that the Corpora tion by their present movement would depreciate the ferry , by one-half, and that if they were to carry it on them selves they would not realise £5OO a-year by it. Mr. EARLE said that Mr. Willoughby, who was very cunning, must have known very well that his lease would expire on the first of May ; but the fact was, he was about to hand over his hotel to somebody else, and then he was balked a little in not being able to get a tenant for the hotel, and he found fault with the Corporation. Mr. DANSON thought a very reasonable increase of rent had been asked ; for, in reality, deducting the interest on the cost of the improvement made at Birkenhead last year, it did not amount to more than £2OO a year. Mr. AIKIN said it appeared to be the general opinion of the Council that the Corporation had acted perfectly right in demanding the increase of rent. ' Mr. THOMPSON moved that it be an instruction to the Finance Committee to enter into the necessary agreement with the Liverpool and Bury Railway Company for the improvement of Burlington-street. Mr. H. HORNBY objected to this improvement, upon the ground that the sanatory condition of the town had the first claim upon the attention of the Council. The rates were likely to press with immense severity upon the burgesses, and if improvements were to be made, he thought that the rich should come forward and pay a vo luntary rate for the purpose.. A motion for referring the proposed improvement back for consideration, was carried by a majority of 34 to 6. Mr. BENNETT asked why the Corporation had not paid their po'r-rates to the parish ? Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE replied that the delay was occa sioned by some items in the account being incorrect ; but the fact was, that although the Corporation paid poor-rates on the markets, they were not, strictly speaking, liable to the payment of any such rates ; and he believed the mat ter would shortly be adjusted between the Council and the parish, through the instrumentality of Mr. Lowndes. Mr. EVANS strongly objected to the principle of having the markets, or any other portion of the corporate pro perty taxed in any way whatever ' • and if the Finance Committee paid any rates they had compromised their duty. Mr. PARKER.—The whole town, sir, is alive to this subject, and all I can tell you is, that every bit of the cor porate estate will and shall pay the local rates before long, as well as the docks. ENOUGH TO CAUSE A WAR. In opposing the bill for the removal to their own coun try of the French, German, and other foreign scamps, who swarm in the metropolis, and are said to have been of late busily engaged in fomerting rebellion and outrage, Mr. Joseph Hume is reported to have declared his opi nion that " the French and Germans in London had no more chance of getting Englishmen to listen to their re volutionary principles than a horde of Ourang-Outange would have as propagandists." The comparison is cer tainly not very flattering, and unless properly understood would not be unlikely to give serious offence to the French people in particular, in the present touchy state of their temper. We can assure them, however, that it has been prompted by a complete misunderstanding of Mr. Hume. Joseph has got into his wise head, along with his arith metic, the notion that every grimy-looking, dirty•shirted, unshaved monster he meets with in his peregrinations through the metropolis, disfigured by a filthy beard, an equally filthy moustache, and long greasy hair trailing over his coat collar, is a communist emissary—a Ledru- Rollin, a Blanqui, or a Cabet in disguise. Nothing can be more untrue. The hulk of these aspirants to the hir sute beauty of an ourang-outang, or of our own domestic goat, are no more foreigners than we are; but consist of discharged policemen, pedlars, old clothesmen, journey men tailors and snobs of various sorts. Joseph Hume himself would be the first to welsome an alien bill suffi ciently comprehensive in its provisions to remove such a nuisance. We make this explanation to prevent any un pleasant feeling being excited across the channel by his mistaken remark. DREADFUL CONDITION OF FRENCH INDUSTRY. The effect of unsettled institutions and political agitation is at length telling fearfully upon both the employers and the labouring classes in France; and the government'find out the impossibility of the task which they have under taken, of supporting by an unnatural stimulus, or out of the national funds, the industry of the people. At Rouen, it is said that the funds depended upon for this purpose are quite exhausted, and the various charitable institutions are about to be closed. At Cherburg 700 men employed on public works have been dismissed for want of funds to pay them. Throughout the country vast masses are unem ployed, who must be paid by the. state, or be driven to outrage, and the means of providing for them are becom- t to procure he cond ition of the manufacturers is one of actual or approaching insolvency At Lyons, says a private letter : "The manufacturers are living on the produce of sales, or rather, the sacrifice of the fabrics ; but that resource will soon fail. They complain that they have been forced by necessity velvets at two-fifths of their . Value. 'The best velvets,' say they, which ought to produce 23f. to 24f. the yard, we have parted with for St.' " Such a state of things must have a speedy end. The whole fabric, not only of French, but of continental indus try, is shaken to its base, and must come to the ground, when to be built up again, who can say, and at what cost ? Truly our neighbours are paying dearly for their various whistles; and affording a warning which revolutionists and agitators in this more favoured land would do well to con template attentively. On Saturday gooseberries were selling in St. John's Market at 8d per quart, and new potatoes at 8d per lb. The Rev. Mr. Alcock, of Kilkenny, has been appointed pastor of St. Barnabas', Douglas, in the place of the Rev. Dr. Carpenter, now at St. Jude's, in this town. The Caradoc, Holyhead mail steam packet, will leave Woolwich early this week, under the charge of Lieutenant Robertson, for Liverpool. On the forenoon of Wednesday, a horse and cart backed over the Albert Parade, Liverpool, and fell upon the deck of a flat. The horse was killed. Mr. R. B. Brough, late editor of the Liverpool Lion, is at present engaged in writing a new and original bur lesque for the Amphitheatre, which we believe; will be produced by Mr. Copeland with great splendour. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday Patrick Doran, liv ing in School-lane, who had been complaining, was found lying on the floor of his bedroom by his wife and died in a few minutes afterwards The f cation stone of a tr_.w Unitarian chapel for the Paradise-street congregation, to be erected in Hope-street, will be laid this morning. The tuilding is to be in the Gothic style of the early decorated period. AN UNPROMISING NAME FOR A NURSE. — The London Times advertises that " Elizabeth Crabb wants a child to nurse. Situation airy." We should not like to trust a little innocent of our own to so crabbed a person. The Birkenhead Docks Completion Bill, which em powers the Woods and Forests to advance 4150,000 to complete the extensive works at that place, is to go be fore the select committee of the House of Commons to -day. HORSE-STEALING CASE. — We are assured that Mr. Stritch was :not charged before Mr. Rushton, yesterday eek, with any guilty knowledge in this case ; and that the s character is a sufficient release from any such imputation. young man MRS. BUTLER'S READINGS.—Oa Thursday evening, Mrs. Butler read before a very fashionable audience at the Collegiate Institution, "Much Ado about Nothing," which was extremely well received. Last night she read " Romeo and Juliet" to an equally brilliant assembly. On Thursday night we shall have the last of the series. On Tuesday, a flatman left his flat in the river opposite Harrington Dock, and came on shore, leaving hiOon, about thirteen years of age on board. On his return a few hours after, the youth was missing, and it is supposed he accidentally fell overboard, and, no one being near, was dro caned. On Sunday week, two sermons were preached in St. Andrew's church, in aid of the Sunday and Day Schools belonging to it : that in the morning by the Rev. J. Jones, M.A., the incumbent; and that in the evening by the Rev. T. Nolan, M.A. The collections amounted to £B2 7s. 9d. Dr. Carpenter commenced his duties as minister of St. Jude's Church, on Sunday week. On Monday week, be fore leaving the Isle of Man, he was presented with a check for £420 from his congregation, as a token of their esteem and of their appreciation of his many years faith ful ministry among them. A deputation on the health of towns, consisting of Sir Thomas Birch, Bart., M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. Law, the Town-clerk, Liverpool, and Messrs. Newlands and Driffield, of Liverpool, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth, on Thursday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall- FATAL EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS.-011 Tuesday night Mary Ann M'Kenzie, an habitual drunkard, living in Parr-street, retired to rest in a state of intoxication ; between three and four o'clock on the following morning she was seized with a fit from which she never recovered, death ensued in about half an hour after the attack. The unfortunate woman was only 31 years of age. SECRETARY TO THE EXCHANGE NEWS-ROOM.—The number of applicants for this situation exceeded 80. The committee sat on Monday and Thursday. and reduced the list to eight ; from these eight one was selected on Satur day, and the appointment fell on Mr. Younghusband, for merly in the service of Messrs. Moon Brothers, and Co., and of the late firm of Messrs. 'Barton, Irlam, and Hig.. M. GUIZOT.-It has been rumoured that M. Guizot intended to resume his old occupation of lecturer, and in consequence Mr. Hogg, the very active secretary of our suggesting (if the rumour were true) a visit to Liverpool. M. Guizot returned an immediate answer, informing Mr. blie, and Hogg that it was not his intention to lecture in pul declining the invitation in very courteous terms. FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND FOREIGN MISSIONS.— On Thursday evening, a public meeting was held in St. George's Presbyterian Church, Myrtle-street. The prin cipal speoker was the Rev. Dr. Begg. The object of the present effort was to raise £20,000 for the purpose of re placing missionary premises in Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras, from which the ministers of the Free Church had been expelled. DOCK COMMITTEE ^TII E DOCK BILL The proceedings of the Dock Committee having been read, The MAYOR said he bad received three memorials on the subject of the Dock Bill, but these memorials were now superseded by a letter he had that day received from the chairman of the Dock Committee, to the effect that the standing orders of the House of Commons had been suspended in favour of the Liverpool Dock Bill, and that the rating clause would now necessarily be inserted. (Hear.) Mr. Nicol. observed that when the Dock Bill passed with the rating clause on Thursday, it would then have passed through the committee in all its integrity, with one exception—the alteration from 30 to 90 days for selling goods for freight - and it was a matter of congratu lation that the bill had been so favourably received after a very strenuous opposition. In reply to Mr. Earle Mr. Nicol said he 11(1 been given to understand that there would be a barrack on the fort on the North Shore for 700 men. Mr. G. IL LAWRENCE thought there ought to be a barrack in Liverpool, and that the town ought no longer to be left in its present defenceless condition. (Hear.) Mr. RooEusasked whether it was the intention of the Dock Committee to make landing slips at the south end of the town ? Mr. NicoL.—We shall make all the slips the act of parliament obliges us to erect. The proceedings were confirmed ; so also were the pro ceedings of the Market Committee, which comprised bye laws for the regulation of the markets. HEALTH COMMITTEE LAYING OF DOUBLE RATES UPCN THE BURGESSES The proceedings of the Health Committee comprised bye-laws for regulating the registration of lodging-houses, maintaining cleanliness therein, and keeping the same in a wholesome condition. This committee reported in strong terms against the government Health of Towns Bill, upon the ground that few would have lent money to them (the committee) had they imagined for a moment that the control over the rates in Liverpool would be vested in a central board ; and they urged that every endeavour should be made to have Liverpool exempted from the operation of this act. Mr. TINNE moved the confirmation of the proceedings. He also moved that a fire-police rate of one halfpenny in the pound be laid.—Agreed to. Mr. TINNE moved that the following rates be laid on the parish of Liverpool for the ensuing year :—A sewer rate of ld., a paving rate of ls., a general rate of 5d., and a water rate of Id. in the pound. ' Mr. BOOKER asked whether something could not be done to keep the rates as low this year as they had been last year ? He expressed his regret that the rates for the parish this year were proposed to be threepence in the pound more than they were last year; and he asked what necessity was there to incur the expense of re-paving Castle-street, as the Council now proposed ? He called upon the Corporation of this great town to evince some sympathy towards the suffering and struggling shop keepers by whom they were surrounded, and out of whose pockets these increased rates would have to come. He called upon them to remember the poor. Mr. DANSON said that life was daily imperiled in Castle street ; and he had heard that if any fatal accident hap pened in that street it was the intention of the inhabitants, unless it was re-paved, to indict the Corporation for man slaughter. Air. EARLE asked whether the people of Liverpool, who had always been so loud in demanding sanatory improve ments, could expect to see the town well paved, we ll sewered, and well cleansed, and to pay nothing for it ? After a few remarks from Mr. Parker and Mr. Rath bone, the rates on the parish, as proposed by Mr. Tinne, were adopted. _ _ _ Mr. TINNE moved that the rates on the township of Kirkdale be as follows, for the ensuing year :—a paving rate of ls. Bd., a sewer rate of 2d., a water rate of ld. and a general rate of 10d. in the pound,—in all 2s. 9d., or double what it was last year. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE opposed the imposition of so large a rate as 2s. 9d. in the pound upon the inhabitants of Kirkdale. The out-townships, he said, bad had a very poor share of the surplus income of the borough, and therefore he thought the surplus income Might be appro priated tcwards the payment of the rates for the out townships. _ _ . Mr. EARLE observed that the parish had been paying these sewerage and paving rates for years, while the in habitants of the out-townships had not paid a farthing ; and was all the dirt and filth of the out-townships to be. sent down into the parish, and were the people of those out-townships not to pay ? Or, were they to sit like ducks in the midst of their water and filth, and were not the Council to endeavour to cleanse them, and to compel them to pay for the process of cleanliness having been per formed. (Hear, hear, and loud laughter.) Mr. DANSON agreed with Mr. G. H. Lawrence, that the surplus fund of £5OOO ought to be appropriated to the payment of, at least, the paving rate, and he moved an amendment to that effect. _ Mr. AIKIN declared that he would as soon throw the £5OOO down the river as apply it in the manner proposed, to the payment of the rates of the out-townships. Mr. HODGSON said it appeared oppressive, and almost unheard-of, to double the rates upon the burgesses all over Liverpool. He called upon the Council to graduate the rates, and not, at one slap-dash, to make the people pay double what they had paid last year. The MAYOR thought that great credit was due to the committee for having stated, in their printed report, (a copy of which was in the baud of every member of the Council) the grounds upon which they had been compelled in every instance to increase the rates. Mr. bANsoN here withdrew his amendment, and the proposed rates on Kirkdale were confirmed. Mr. TINNE moved that the rates be imposed on the township of Evertou :—a paving rate of ls. 7d., a sewer rate of 2d., a water rate of ld., and a general rate of Bd. in the pound, being double what they were last year. • These rates were agreed to. Mr, TAN NF. moved that the following rates h►e laid on West Derby :—a paving rate of Bd., a sewer rate of 2d., a water rate of ld., and a general rate of 9d. in the pound, being nearly double what they were last year. These rates were agreed to. _ Mr. TINNE moved that the following rates be laid on Toxteth-park :—a paving rate of ls. 5d., a sewer rate of 3d., a water rate of Id., and a general rate of Is. Id., being double what they were last year. Mr. HARBORD opposed this motion, and moved as an amendment that the rates be not imposed, and that the alleged misconduct of the late Commissioners of the Townships be investigated. The amendment was negatived ; the rates as proposed by Mr. Tinne were agreed to, and the proceedings were confirmed. MISCELLANEOU3, Mr. HENDERSON reported that 16,000 persons had visited the Botanic Gardens last month, being an increase of 12,000 visiters, compared with the corresponding month of last year. He suggested that if the Newsham-house estate were laid out, an impulse would be given to build ing in that neighbourhood, and the coffers of the Corpo ration would be replenished. The proceedings of the Water Committee were referred to a Special Council, to be held some day this month, after the quantity of water in the wells under the town has been ascertained. The MAYOR announced that both the borough mem bers were in communication with Sir G. Grey relative to the immense number of frivolous objections preferred in Liverpool at the time of municipal revisions. He stated that the delays occasioned by the Board of Customs in this town were quite discreditable, and that shortly a report would be presented to the Council on the subject of master porterage. _ Mr. DAMSON moved, pursuant to notice, that it be an instruction to all cohunittees to make an annual report of their proceedings, and that such reports be brought be fore the Council each year, in the month of October. While this motion was under discussion, a member moved that the Council be counted, and there being only eighteen members present, the Council was counted out at four o'clock. DOCK COMMITTEE, THITRSDAY.—The sub-committee reported that they could not recommend the adoption of the plan for thirty cottages for dock gatemen, the cost of which would be from £6OOO to £7OOO, the ground being required for more important purposes. It was ordered that £lOOO should be paid on account of the iron work connected with the bridges at the new landing stage. In reply to questions it was stated by the Chairman and Mr. Hartley that the bridges were completed, and only waited for the presence of Mr. Cubitt, to get them finished. It was expected all would be competed very soon now. Some conversation took place as to the removing of the stage further to the north, but it was considered that it would be better to await the arrival of Mr. Cubitt before this question was decided. The expense of removing one of the bridges, Mr. Hartley guessed, would be some where about £2OO or £3OO. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—On Tuesday, at the usual monthly meeting, Mr. Christopher Bentham occu pied the chair. The Law-clerk was directed to look after the deficiencies due by Mr. Milligan and Mr. Reid, and to look very particularly after the defalcations of the latter. The salary of Mr. Rudd, the manager of the ferry, was ordered to be raised from £2OO to £250 per annum, on and after the Ist of the present month. The receipts of the ferry to the 22nd of April, 1847, were re ported to be £22,506 16s. ;. the receipts to the 22nd of April, 1848, were £19,503 16s. ; and the expenditure for the past year, including interest, was £18,933 Bs. In reply to the question of a commissioner, Mr. Greene said the expenditure this year was much less than it was last year. A letter from Mr. J. H. linde was read, in which he resigned his office as one of the commissioners. The resignation was accepted. _ a SELECT VESTRY.--On Tuesday, the first of the usual fortnightly meetings of the Select Vestry, held since the holding of the General Easter Vestry, took place at the Parish-office, Lime-street. The Rev. Rector Campbell presided.—Mr. Ferguson moved that the churchwardens and overseers be ex officio members of all the committees. The motion was adopted.—Upon the motion of Mr. Fer guson, six committees were composed for the ensuing year. The quorums for the ensuing year were next ap pointed.—The Chairman called attention to the expedi ency of continuing the Parish-office in Lime-street in stead of removing it to the Workhouse, and in doing so said he was so deeply impressed with the conviction that the removal of the office from its present position would be inconvenient to the Vestry, and therefore detrimental to the interests of the parishioners, that he R ished a sub committee to be appointed to see whether it might not be desirable to retain the office where it was at present. The following sub-committee was appointed to take the sub ject into consideration : namely, the churchwardens and overseers, and Messrs. Earle, Avison, Swainson, Moly neux, Abraham, and Wylie.—Upon the motion of Mr. Riding, Mr. John Naylor was appointed treasurer to the parish, on the usual conditions ; and Mr. William Wood was appointed keeper of the pass-house, at St. Paul's square, at a salary of 30s. per week.—The following was the return of out-door relief distributed during the week ending the 29th ultimo : Settled poor, 6282 cases, £287 ; Irish, 3335 cases, £100 ; non-settled, 2084 cases, £7B; casuals, 1166 cases, £35 ; total relieved, 12,847 ; cost, £5OO. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS, WEDNESDAY.—Present, Mr. Sheppard (chairma n ), and twelve other members. Letters were read from the Poor-law Board, sanctioning the appointment of Messrs. Lister and May as medical officers, and Mr. Wood as assistant-governor. After some routine business it was agreed, on the motion of Mr. Appleby, that the medical officers should send in the names and qualifications of all their assistants, so that the board might know what their qualifications were. It appeared from the report, that the sums expended for the removal of the Irish poor during the year ending the 25th March last, in the several townships, were—in Toxteth park, £llB ss. 10d. ; West Derby, £2B 15s. 7d. ; Kirk dale, £1 ss. ; and for magistrates' clerks' fees, £8 125., making a total of £l6l 2s. sd. It was agreed to charge these sums to the Union.—Mr. Shaw said that twelve months ago a rate-book clerk had been appointed for Everton at the request of the ratepayers, and one over seer. The Commissioners, however, did not wish to appoint him, but agreed to add £lOO per annum to the salary of the assistant overseer, to enable him to pay a clerk. Mr. Straun was accordingly appointed by the assistant overseer. Since that time much jealousy had arisen between the honorary overseers, who considered he was a servant of theirs, not having been appointed by the Board. To obviate all unpleasantness, he should move that the salary of the assistant overseer be decreased £lOO a-year ; that Mr. Straun receive the appointment direct from the Board, and that the Commissioners be requested to allow it. Mr. Harrison seconded the mo tion, and it was agreed to.—At the suggestion of the Rev. Mr. Badnall, it was agreed that two giant strides" be erected in the boys' play-grounds, for gymnastic exer cises. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ROBBERY OF BONE DUST AND GREASE.— On Wednes day, five men, Jones, Munyon, Blakely, Chambers and Hindley, were charged at the police-court with having stolen three casks of grease and a quantity of bone dust from the yard in Great Oxford-street occupied by Mr. Briddon, manufacturing chemist, Bootle, on the previous Monday. They had taken the bone dust to a marine store, and sold it for 16s. The whole of the prisoners afterwards went to a public-house, and spoke of dividing the booty. About four tons of bones had been taken from the yard, and five cwt. of fat. The latter was after wards found in the open street, where it had, no doubt, been placed in order to be carried away. The prisoners were remanded for a few days, in order that the evidence against them might be completed. CHARGE AGAINST A SHERIFF'S OFFICER.—On Tues day at the Police court, Mr. Wm. Bennett, ironfounder, preferred a charge against John Rowley, a Sheriff's officer, for having entered his house in Shaw-street, and there created a disturbance to the great alarm of his fa mily, while he was himself absent. It appeared that the prisoner had an execution warrant against one John Francis Bennett, another person ; that he went to exe cute it at Mr. Wm. Bennett; was in a state of intoxica tion' and refused to leave the h ouse w h en M r. B ennett, on his return, requested him to d o so . M r . B . h ad h i m , . bna a a _ br it. Mr. Rushton said his con duct was scandalous. Mr. Bennett's only remedy was by civil action. He should take care that the prisoner should not again be employed as an officer; but all he could do in the matter now was to fine him ss. for being drunk. ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.—On Tuesday an old man, named Lahy, prefefted a charge, at the police-court, against three men and a woman, named Dodd, Thomp son, Cornthwaite, and Jackson, of having assaulted him, and robbed him of .07. The complainant, who was much distressed, said he was a farmer in the county of Galway, and after disposing of his property, in order to emigrate, had arrived here on the previous Saturday. He spent Sunday and Monday with some acquaintances at West Derby, and on the evening of the latter day came into town, and met Jackson and another woman, named Kirk, at a public-house. On afterwards going up Hatton garden, the three male prisoners darted out of a gateway, and assaulted him, knocking him down several times. The female assisted them. They then snatched the bag from him containing is money, and ran off, but he fol lowed them, and saw them enter a brothel in Peter street. Information was given to the police, and the prisoners were apprehended shortly after in Dodd's house in Peter-street. The woman Kirk ran out of the house, and after being pursued a short distance, dropped down dead in the street. None of the money was found, except 3s. Gd., picked up on the foot-walk where the robbery was committed. The prisoners were remanded. COMMITTAL OF A GANG OF THIEVES. — James Burns, George Stanley, Robert Hanley, and George Smith, ap parently four members of the swell mob, were charged at the Police-court, under the following circumstances : One of the prisoners, about eleven o'clock on Tuesday morning last, entered the Stag Vaults, in Mill-street, Toxteth-park, kept by Mrs. Margaret Kerr, and, having called for a glass of spirits, tendered a sovereign in pay ment. He received the change, and afterwards wrote a letter in the back parlour. He was shortly joined by two more of' the prisoners ; and, during the temporary absence of the complainant from the bar, they managed, by reaching over the counter, to get possession of a bag containing £9 in gold, and another bag containing £7 lOs in silver, with which they hastily decamped. Three of the prisoners were apprehended. One of them effected his escape, but was subsequently taken into custody. An officer in the main bridewell stated that' on the fourth prisoner he found XI 103 in gold, and £7 i n s il ver . While in the bridewell, the prisoner asked for something to drink. He took them a can of water, and he saw each of them drink. When they banded him back the can, he perceived there was a sovereign at the bottom of it. The prisoners reffised to give any address, or any account et themselves, They were committed for trial at the ses, sions, :ake anc was sorry May 0, IS4S• Misfria Retoo. d The a n w n e u e a k l , c a o f l t l e e r c ti t o w n o s e s t e r C m h o r n i s s t b C y hu t r h c e lt rite Sa t i . f ins 'i Sunday Stowell, M.A., incumbent, in aid of the Sunday ant"' Schools, amounted to £246 4s. 4d. t b 9 At Runcorn, on W e d nes d a y, a new sc hooner, u"- t h e ir Messrs. Brindrit an d Whitewav, was launched friso T e d premises. She is chri s te ne d " th e Duke," and is leen,' for the coasting trade. at j O r ens in nlmrsd Manchesterlarge assembledn umbers and dtphaeraudneedmtphlrooyuegt rritio.riff: of the streets and Victoria park as a begging prOCes but the police eventually dispersed them. T 4 SINGULAR PRESERVATION OF L IFE IN A About a fortnight ag o, a h en b e l ong i ng t o Mr. 31 ' ' te h of Cadley, was missed from the farm-yard, and all sea for it was i ne ff ec t ua l. O n Sunday last, h owe ver, it sto os discovered in a hayloft, buried beneath a number of be ` of straw, which had been inadvertently thrown upol lie It had thus re ma i ne d thi rteen d ays w i t h ou t food., ' ef hen had laid one egg d ur i ng h er l ong f as t. She luar. almost restored to her former condition.—Preston dian. f the THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL FUlstD.—A meeting - Cobden Testimoni a l F un d h as b een h e ld a t Manclie;,rolo It appeared that the amount subscribed was £79, 000 ' ; „ E . 0 which £4,800 had to be deducted for expences, 1e,a. v „7 0 1 , balance of £ 74,000 t o b e p l ace d at M r. C o bd en 's m. s r the The whole of th e money h a d not rema i n ed l os .ith banker's hands ; s ome p ort i ons h av i ng b een invea te „d o ne Mr. Cobden's co nsen t, t o greater advantage, a," Cob' moiety had been ex p en d e d i u th e purc h ase o f 3 0 ' d y 10 den's birthplace. Th e b a l ance was i n cas h, a nd ro de o f be paid over by th e t reasurers so soon as the °l° doing it should be determined upon. „,„„ aie, st DARING BURGLARY AT CROSTON.—On Friday, iden daring burglary was committed at the house of Forshaw, farmer, C r ost on , a b ou t one o ' c l oc k in the, P1 ,,. ° 00, ing, by a number of thi eves , arme d w i t h guns and 5 ,'" dit and having their f ace s bl ac k e d. Th e v ill a i ns suceeeueto carrying off a great number of articles, amongst the al i f flitches of bacon, two or three sovereigns and two hai, so l vereigns in gold, and a quantity of silver, two toff the spirits, and great variety of wearing apparel. Tcr° "„, t bet men were described as being stout, and one of tkern;",dte b lo u w t . nei l t n h f e o r rm th a e t m ion no o r f ti t i h e e ti b li ur ev g es la h ry ar h e a y s e b t e b e ee n n forwa:' various police stations, with a description of the erne j, FOREIGN TRADE.—We are glad to see thadtisctbcleerree! every probability of the foreign trade "of this port bufo; ing extensive. We last week announced the arrival °, et barque Isabella, from New Orleans, and the schou4 Content, from Rostock ; as well as the sailing of t he w leo Jane and Esther from this port, for Pernambuco', ter ) with coal. The Grace has since sailed from the Vl,' for Quay, with a cargo of coal; s h e i s b oun d f or Stettirjiorf grain. The schooner Alph a i s now repa i r i ng , prepa°ol to a voyage to the Mediterranean, for currants.„ Content is also, we b e li eve , go i ng f or ano ther 0) We'; cargo. The Therese, C a pt a i n C ar l S c h utze , of 1 0 1, 0 0' yesterday arrived at P r e s t on , w ith a cargo o f g rain, " Rostock.—Preston Pilbt. L CURIOUS CASE.—THE COBDEN T ESTI MONIA —A curious case was called on for hearing on the County Court, Stockport. The plaintiff was 1 " - ,10S ton, the league agent at Stockport, and the defenna ll . e tioa Mr. Lees, a manufacturer at the same place. The 5 p ro; was brought to recover £lO, which the defendant ha d ao,a mised to contribute to the Cobden Testimonial F ull ior which, in conseauence, probably, of some change , o te d oa nion, had not been prid. When the case was es,." o it was stated by the attorney for the plaintiff that xj oo ol. been paid into court, and the summons was with ale to Who paid the money into court we have not been 7 ;o0 ascertain, but it certainly was not with the sang - la` Mr. Lees, who has resolved to contribute the £ 1 " - of the Stockport Infirmary. ,OP SHOCKING ACCIDENT FROM FURIOUS DRIVIS G ; too' the afternoon of M on d a y wee k, a s h oc ki ng acc ident a il place on the arrival of the Blackburn and Skipteo rfi d tot Burnley. It appears that the driver, a Mr. Rarottobu formerly veterinary surgeon at Burnley, w as consl, froo l , in liquor, and had driven, at a most furious ral e it Collie. He entered the town at a rapid pace, and I'4 P. the market day the streets were much thronged v`r" t poi) . ple. On nearing the B u ll I nn , t h e crow d o f markeeoPq ope n ple was very dense, an d as it was impossible to e " ea' four persons were thrown d own b y th e coac h, a°d A Of I „, these, named John Ch a d w i c k, an o ld man upwarithe' years of age, 111,..d both his legs run over , an d one of shattered in a sho c ki ng manner . A not h er , na°11,011; jamin Uttley, a f armer , at Netherwood, near '' - cove" was severely injured in his back, so that his total r e is doubted. s lord' THE EARL OF DERBY AND THE CHURCIL ---i 'Lliar ship has already built a church, schools, and pa r ` o pea: house, in Bickerstaff, i n th e p ar i s h o f O rms kirk. -1 , 00 og: poses to build two more churches, sc h oo l s , and ear - ot houses, and to endow the chur c h es , in the sam e r a e r e f He has aided, with land and contribution, the 5c13 61 00 building a parsonage-h ouse i n B urscoug h, i n the Pa r r ee tioa t Ormskirk, and he has agree d t o g i ve a s it e f o r the e torY:d of a parsonage-ho u s e , t o b e attac h e d t o the ll'e r go Rufford, all in L ancas hi re , b es id es , d ou btl e ss, ntu r e ds jiiP t works of the like nature on other parts of his 1.4° 1 . 5 tia% estate. It may be in the recollection of our read! lie an act was procured, some years ago, to divide til,jso, and wealthy rectory of Winwick into eight or ten th‘', o of , the immediate execution of which, we are hapPYL'e has been rendered easy through the generosity of t" , o the James Hornby, the rector, who gave up his claims ', r e' portions assigned for the endowment of the s evers' tories. o sr SERIOUS COACH A ccIDENT.— O n M on d a y, a n ° l. t•-e tion coach, put on the road by Mr. Huthersa%`; daY , left ßr".ll Blackburn l ° w A in on on going down the steep declivity in Clithero control ove,' broke, and the coachman necessarily lost all full s peee e ' C its lit r h e e t r u o r e n , tfoorutihteherfiores! qui t aeppttil'er reins the horses. They immediately started a t re et. ° and when near the B rown l ow A rms , Castle - s t ,beeit coach came in contact with a post. The collision ,:fros! the coach right ov er , an d separ ated the fore-wheeibersc; the body of the coach and the hind-wheels —tile ,, ls ....-alr e galloping off throu g h th e t own w ith th e fore-who ou t the passengers on and i n th e coac h scattered abuttae road. All of th em were more or l ess i n jured; i r o ,bor b ' y , were particularly hurt, one having had his e e beril t b h r e ok o e l n d . eo T ae h h i , s b p u e t rs o o n n a , r w ri e vi b n e g li a e t ve, h ad Whalley left Blac k a 01 i to the " opposition," and had obtained a is'eeat,t7th:e-re°sol:soe: thus thrusting himself into the misfortune Wn r ,ler e i,l),, , l' D - 0 quently happened. Two females went from P a ' T , to one of whom was very much cut about the hea"bea ii ii horses continued their career with the wheels at ta e J them, right through the town; and were not stailjeyoa they arrived at the " Black Horse," nearly a w ile + het , Clitheroe.—Blackburn Standard. z 09; or EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.—The no - d 0 11- 0 the favourable result of the French elections, a ° `d, two other causes, have produced some an imatie e ldetlav market this week, although there has been no cl e p , fre b e vance in prices. Both goods and yarns have be for li ce inquired for, and a brisk demand has been madeto W o e Oriental markets. There are yet no exports _ o ficle,, or Germany, and some time must elapse before r t is 5, is restored in reference to continental orders. „ of tifying to mark any change for the better after a ' fl irit' o ened a period of gloom and depression. The : I .", loa?„ the. eople generally are revived, and as stoeka: v erf e st return to activity may speedily be expected. j09 1° ,0 -0 vourable change has occurred in the state of einE ds P o e among the operatives. Upwards of 4,50 113 7 30 0, r e , been this week placed upon full time, over and a n iiiese number so employed in the former week. The,",..-I`"ift turn for this week indicates the following re501,,` 5 4 . 75 6 , 0 4 ber of operatives working full time last week, 1-,;:,2.!;,:0. the present week, 29,31 7 1. The number vcc'r ic rl 6 , /1 0 , time last week was 10,630 ; in the present vv e :„ e ek The number wholly out of employment lastjars',o 9,303; in the present week, 8,630. The Ten ."„ - f a ctt l sc eo tory Act came into full operation in the Ina il ,"„ce voti' districts on Monday last, and its provisions t o rl l . ° ll ,e, generally adopted in Manchester and the neig i 7 o rt ti K Many of the mills had been previously working' s i , e so that the restrictions of the new law could 1 0 : a ge P , s ,b' slight change in such establishments. A Pt', 5 .,h10 6 411S Ferqusson and Taylor's Monthly Circular,w l)l. •; i . sv c) " sr ° tained high authority in the northern districts , ife,belt of quotation :—" Looking forward to the futurt:ot"tinS inclined to the expectation that the day is not di,oo,rile t w h e e s g h r a a l l ti s f e y e i n t g h es sight s o a f n d t h d e o ir ck f s o o r m f tehrisbcuosuy nater.tYi%rtf, great impediment to a speedy consurrin t`. ° ,;. 3 1 c":, 1 0. 5 hopes lies in the disorganized social and pol' - ' 1 „ - pext a si' tion of neighbouring states, as well as in the tr - y, and apprehensions of insecurity in this CIS,. 10' 4 : O r oned by fermenting masses of discontent, fil,," ff 'o l 4%,` p n e e a ss ee w a b h echanhdave loyal of native vyeearsbeen population,th r i o n l io :,,:l a s w ° f l.o l l - I tb a e l grants from the lowest class of the sister ug. iow located in our larger communitie • and, alt` i i da 4r i i 0 have added greatly to the burdens of the tbe9 poor, by fixing themselves on the parish re e '' or' fee' not contributed to the advancement of Tb.ceo wise benefitting those they have come am - o ,n h g st iol'e fourths of the tumultuous assemblages wh ie rp . rdAY s b - r i O d v disturbing the peace here on Sundays and ° t Ti,gs ° . , ;,10 the occurrence of the revolutionary procetableee". '°- have consisted of these people. Our re e. e re P r/ classes have stood aloof, although suffering , se ‘' tions from diminished employment." •rii tin 8' HEROISM OF A FEMALE SERFANT. --We Saturday morning week, no t l ong a fter the ' ,Jog i t o left their beats, a female servant, who Was w— ,,uag ar t 'j the steps at Gloncester-place, perceived a o f a"„ " $ ll , the corner of the garden, h a bit e d in the gaie 0 c be .. t zan, and cutting away at some lead piping' .troc l ‘•ie boldly collared him ; the miscreant savage...;, right and left, and struggled hard to ge t I,—lp'• banded held firm to her grip, and called loudly for '' e her - e co he wriggled out of his jacket, which he left in, b y Of and ran off. Such courageous conduct is war' to nt and imitation. Rascals are mostly co wards. p10: 5 0 g 15 IMPORTANT SALE OF V ESSE LS.—ORT" S dysa Or/ to an order of the Court of BankrupteY, ,anioanace belonging to the estate o f M essr s. Barton , trio, °w o o ) ginson, were put up for sale by aUCtiOn, acr e Weretit Ti lno t p 1.1) Messrs. T. and H. Littledale and Co. shipowners present. The barque Alecto irs s x it3s o .... She was knocked down to Mr.Prowse far '' - od brig Favourite was next put up at I" 2 ° °° . n t oc l4 l3o o( advanced to £3700, at which sum she Iraq' for Cbe; to Mr. Mandell. The Lancaster was sol",. The, prl the purchaser being Mr. Bagebott, Of Bristo_i_eseriool: lotte was also offered for sale but as the id r not l i fte o was £6300,. and the highest bidder site u t e ssrs' oP Ai t she was, withdrawn. After the sale of n ee O t to '' - o$ Maui,. and Higginsan's vessels, Mr. IteY a nd t o r, t 7 O ( other vessels,. one the barque Collectori_whate.,,to Mary. 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