The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-11 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 EDITION 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. Ebt Kibtrpooi 'tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1848. The debate, on the motion of Mr. Hume, for the adoption of a semi-Chartist system of Representa tion, has resulted as was anticipated by most accu rate observers of the tone of parliamentary feeling upon the subject. In a House of 435 members, only 84 could be found to vote for the motion ; and, of these, a considerable portion were opposed to important parts of the plan. Moreover, the decision of the House was at last taken upon a much modified system, as compared with that originally proposed, its author having announced his abandonment of what is usually understood as the Electoral district system, and the substitution for it of a modified system of his own, which was to be made known to the House when the Bill should have been laid upon the table. This parti cular hobby of the ultra Liberal party may be regarded as having been got rid of for the present : and we should scarcely have thought it worth referring to except to notice some extraordinary statements and admissions made during the course of the debate. The first which we shall notice is an assertion made by Mr. Cobden, in reply to Mr. Serjeant Talfourd and Lord John Russell, who had denied the existence of any urgent desire amongst the people, at the present moment, for extensive organic changes. We give the denial in question as most eloquently expressed by the learned Sergeant ? " Before he sat down he wished to say a word or two of the Parliamentary Reformers of past times. In those days there were great and acknowledged abuses ; but was the present a time when the sober and discreet portion of the people of this country desired to see great changes effected ? At this time did any reasonable man think of unsettling the institutions of the country ? There might be some anomalies in our representative system, but surely a more fitting season than this might be discovered for applying to them a remedy. The hcuse had been remin ded of the number of petitions presented upon this subject, but those appeals to Parliament would never have been heard of but in consequence of delay on the part of the hon. member for Montrose, in consequence of a speech that was supposed to have been made by the noble lord at the head of the Government, and in consequence of a resolution that had never been agreed to by the commit tee. Was it well to bring forwar such a motion as the present, when the results of democracy on the continent were so disastrous,—when it was felt that in this country at least there were institutions time-honoured and invalu able,—when severe trials had proved that our constitution was not a theory, but a practical reality, that we had something worth living for and something worth dying for,—when thousands of humble hearts were raised in grateful acknowledgment of such blessings, —was that a time for unsettling institutior.s which were likely to prove a model to the nations of the continent, when they should awake from the fearful dream that now overcame their senses,—were Englishmen at a moment of such doubt and danger to waste their time and energies in tampering with institutions which had long been to them a source of fame and protection ?" We have no hesitation in affirming the perfect correctness of this exposition of the state of feeling which pervades three-fourths of the intelligent middle classes of this country, and even of a ma jority of the industrious working classes. Mr. Cobden, however, says,—" At least six-sevenths of the male population of this United Kingdom are earnestly praying for and claiming the rights which you are denvina• them,"—such rights hping, presume, those to be conferred by the bill sought to be introduced. And he adds,— will go fur ther and tell the House that a very large proportion of the middle class regret that so many belonging to a humbler order of society than themselves should have been included amongst the unrepre sented portion of the community. They express a sincere desire that the franchise should be extended; they look with great interest to the result of this night's division ! ' Now, there is one very decisive test of the truth of this statement of the alleged earnest desire of six-sevenths of the people to pos sess the right of voting. Do six-sevenths of those within whose reach it is take any trouble to obtain it ? It is notorious that they do not. A very large portion omit the payment of their rates within the time limited, through sheer indifference to the pri vilege to be conferred as the reward of prompt payment ; and we believe firmly that if a proper census were taken of the houses throughout the parliamentary boroughs of England, whose rents are sufficient to confer the right of voting upon their occupants, it would be found that three out of five of such occupants do not estimate the value of the franchise as worth the trifling sacrifice, in many cases of mere trouble alone, of claiming to be put into possession of it by being rated. Mr. Cobden himself could tell a story of the thousands of parties, who are rated and who have paid their rates, who, when objected to by the paid officers of the league and other societies, have been found unwilling even to take the trouble of attending the Revision Courts to substantiate their claims. With respect to the " great interest" with which the pub lic have been looking to the result of Thursday night's division, it is the mere prompting of his own inordinate vanity—the vanity of a newly breeched boy, who fancies, as he puts his hands consequentially into his first pockets, that all the world is setting him down for a man. We give him a week longer for the result of the debate to circulate in ; and at the end of that period assure him that three-fourths of the world will never have taken the trouble to ascertain what it has been. Another statement of Mr. Cobden is, that this movement for the four points of the Charter has been a spontaneous one by the people—not one dictated from some central point. May W 3 ask how long it was heard of before a certain impor tafit conclave of ultra liberal members of parlia ment was held not a hundred miles from the Reform Club ? May we ask him where would have been the petitions sent up in its favour, but for the active working of the Anti-Corn Law League machinery in Manchester and elsewhere ? We can tell him what, at any rate, is the opinion of the great portion of the people, as to the alleged spontaneous character of the movement. They regard it as partly got up, by the boasting professors of free trade, to lead the public from a contemplation of the failure of their pet specific, and partly as the effort of certain burst bubbles, of whom Mr. Cobden is one, to float again. If free trade in corn had produced national prosperity, or Messrs. Cobden, Kershaw and their tribe had not proved themselves rank parliamentary failures—a collec tion of mere parrots, with but one constantly itera ted " pretty poll," as the united stock of their accomplishments,—we should have heard very little of Mr. Joseph Hume's motion, or of his ab breviated version,—his "edttio castrata,"—of the six points of the Charter. That there is amongst the reflecting community —amongst those even most conservative of the institutions and the good order of the country—a feeling of growing dissatisfaction with the working of our existing system of representation we shall not attempt to deny. The Reform Bill has not brought about perfection of, legislature ; and we never expected it would do so. It has not satis fied even its framers—the advocates of "the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill ; " for we have just heard the principle of its finality aban doned by Lord John Russell himself. But its practical errors are not on the side of its want of an ample popular basis; and are capable of being repaired without resort being had to, what our political philosophers are pleased to term "enlarged and comprehensive measures " of Reform. Cor rupt constituencies may be purged of their im purities, or the franchises, which they abuse, may be transferred to othcp. A few of thou pocket boroughs, which the framers of the Bill retained for Whig uses, may be swept into a new schedule A, as from time to time they exhibit their delin quency. But the great mass of the public are not prepared to pull down the present structure, in order to found a more democratic structure in its stead, convinced as they are that, whilst from its existing democratic elements have been produced that influx of wordy froth ane vapouring,—that con stant flood of talk and declamation, which impedes all practical legislation, and mocksat the most press ing demands and wants of the people—these elements have brought before the world no eminent legisla tive talent, no great lights in the firmament, no statesmen who, compared with the giants, pro duced under the old and vilified representative system of England,—the Pitts, the Foxes, and the Burkes of the last generation,—are not as utterly ridiculous as would be any of the. gutters from Rivington Pike compared with the Mersey or the mighty Missisippi. It has foisted upon us Cob dens, Thompsons, and Kershaws by the score; but it has not even produced us any thing so large as Lord John Russell himself. Eorai Jattus. The Rev. William Hume Mayston, 8.A., Curate of St. Simon's, has been appointed to the curacy of Farley, Sa lisbury. On Thursday, the body of a still-born child was found in St. James's Church-yard. It had been slipped over the wall in a box. WEST INDIA PINES.—A parcel of 200 dozen of pine apples has arrived in this port from Nassau, New Provi dence. The sum of £5O has been offered by the Royal Agri cultural Society, for the best essay on the " Farming of Lancashire," to be sent in before the Ist of March, 1849. Amongst the " drunk and booked for safety" cases in Liverpool a few days since, were a mother and two daugh ters, the youngest only about nine years of age ; and a man who had £lO5 in his possession. We were gratified to hear that Mr. H. J. Marlen, of Wadham College, Oxford, and son of the Reverend H. Marlen, incumbent of All Saints in this town, was elected on Monday last to the Pusey and Merton Hebrew Scho larship. Mr. J. P. 0. Tomkins, son of Lieut. Tomkins, R.N., of this town, was on Friday last elected a scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge. Mr. Tomkins has been educated at the Grammar School, Gisboro', near York shire, under the Rev. J. Penistan, M.A. ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL.—Mr. C. T. Hudson, pupil of the Rev. Dawson William Turner, head master of the above school, has been elected to the sizarship of St. Jonh's College, Cambridge. The other successful candi dates were Messrs. Chambers, Ellis, Lessuers, Mitchell, Monro, Tompkins, White, and Woodward. IMPORTANT TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS.—Nine of the shops lately erected in the Upper Arcade by Mr. Jevons, are to be demolished by order of the Council, and the ex pense thereof to be levied from the owner; Mr. Johnston, building surveyor, having reported to the Health Com mittee that they were built for shops only, and were after wards converted into dwelling-houses, contrary to the 84th section of the Sanatory Act. Two MEN KILLED.—On Wednesday, two porters, named Finn and Furlong, were at work at a warehouse in Back Goree, and were hoisting cotton by means of a jigger. The two men had been working at the handle when they suddenly let go their hold, and were struck by the handle. Furlong's skull was fractured by the force of the blow, and the injuries sustained by Finn were a com pound fracture of the right arm and leg. Both men ex pired on Thursday. THE FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.—This body has put forth its third section. It complains of the man ner in which the public accounts are kept, and states that it is almost impossible to obtain the exact amount of the pension list. The sum is about £300,000 annually. The association recommends the abolition of all pensions granted before the reign of her present Majesty, (except ing, of course, the mass of minor military and naval pen sions), and the placing the power of granting all future pensions in the hands of the House of Commons. A BOY DROWNED.—On Thursday a little boy named Alexander Hunter was playing with a companion near one of the pits near Berkely Fields, when he approached too near the edge of the pit, and his foot slipping, he fell in. The other lad extended his hand, which the child grasped, and, in his efforts to get out, pulled him into the water also. The latter, however, contrived to get out again, and called lustily for assistance. Thomas Plunkett, a brickmaker, ran to the pit, and, after much exertion, succeeded in bringing the body up, but not before life was extinct. The child's parents reside in Dover-street. ADJOURNED INQUEST.—The adjourned inquest touch ing the death of Isaac Hunt, who was drowned on Satur day week, hi the flat Jane, during the collision between her and the steamer Prince, of Woodside, was resumed on Thursday, when several other witnesses were examined, including the steersman ;'engineer, and crew of the steamer. Their testimony was, however, only corroborative of the witnesses evamined on Monday. The jury, after delibe rating about three quarters of an hour, returned a verdict of " accidental death," but expressed an opinion that there was a want of due caution on the part of the mas ter of the steamer and the men on the look out. COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS.—The following intelligence at tests in the most satisfactory manner the remarkable suc cess which has attended the labours of the present princi pal, ana affords a practical proof of the efficiency of the school :—On the 30th June, A. Hunt was elected to the Lancashire Scholarship of Corpus Christi College, Ox ford ; he was first in the examination, and the competition was open to the whole of Lancashire. This scholarship is very valuable, not only in itself, but as leading directly to a fellowship. The late Dr. Arnold began his career by getting a scholarship of Corpus. A. Hunt obtained the Canning University exhibition at the Collegiate Schools only a fortnight before his success at Oxford.—On the 14th June, Andrew Wilson, who was sent up from the Collegiate Schools, last year, as the master's university exhibitioner, obtained a first class at Trinity, Cambridge. —On the 29th June, J. B. Harbord was elected to a si zarship at John's College. Cambridge, which was thrown open to competition. He is in the senior class of the up per Collegiate School. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday night last, a female named Ellen Gollaghar, residing in Regent-street, went to bed, in apparently perfect health; about four o'clock on the following morning she complained of great pain in the intestines, and was also afflicted with nausea and sickness. Her husband brought her some brandy and water which she drank, and expressed herself much re lieved. She soon afterwards fell asleep, and, as it was thought, was convalescent. About eight o'clock, on the same morning, her husband found that she was quite dead. It is painfully remarkable that the deceased, who was only nineteen years of age, was married on the pre vious day (Thursday), to a respectable mariner, Gollaghar. The inquest has not yet ended, but, so far as we can learn, the case (it appears probable,) is one of cholera ; and as that fearful disease is, by all accounts again travelling westward from India, parties would do well to avert its inroad by personal and domestic cleanli ness, and the observance of a temperate and proper dietary. SANATORY STATISTICS OF SCHOOLS IN LIVERPOOL.— Mr. Thomas Balman, M.R.C.S., of this town, has, through the columns of the " Journal of Public Health," published a series of tables made from actual inspection, relative to the comparative sanatory state of no fewer than 77 schools within the limits of the borough. It appears from the facts adduced, that "ventilation and cleanliness are not sufficiently attended to. The majority of the in fant-schools are in a miserable state, one half situated in cellars, and under churches and other places of worship." He adds :—" They are often damp, invariably insuffici ently lighted, and never ventilated. That these and other imperfections do exist, is placed beyond a doubt, from the large proportion of sickness usually prevalent, avera ging from ten to twenty per cent. The female and other private schools, of which there are a very great number, are far worse than the public schools. I often found the little urchins crowded into small, close rooms, breathing an atmosphere so deleterious—from the effluvia arising from the mass of the scholars, mingled with the close air of the room, that it would certainly have been destructive to many classes of animals. To mention an example ; about fifty were found shut up in a room of little more than fifteen feet square, having only one small window, and that partly blocked up ; and to sharpen their intel lects, the children were not allowed time for dinner, or any interval for relaxation in the middle of the day. The same room served as a dormitory and for other dom'estie purposes." TIIE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' FETE.—Of all the sum mer days which ever cheered our spirits in the pursuit of pleasure, last Thursday was the most delightful, and few who participated in the .entertainments provided by the Committee of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, at the Zoological Gardens, can forget the opportunity afforded them for enjoyment. Their object was a charitc.ble,one ; and their efforts were responded to by the public in a manner which shewed a desire to add to the amusements of the day the gratifying confidence that the estimable de sign, which, masked under the semblance of gaiety, was in reality to provide for unfortunate age and feeble child hood, had succeeded. The programme was excellently arranged, so that the most versatile guest must have felt " used up" before its termination, and the most fastidious have found many things pleasant to his wayward fancy. Signor Juan de Castro on the " corde volante," and the Infant Acrobats, went through their wonderful perform ances several times in the course of the day ; and the im mortal Punch had a laughing audience, among whom the " children of a larger growth" seemed as much de lighted as the juveniles. Those fond of old English pastimes disported themselves on the high ground of the gardens, where also a spacious pavilion was erected, in which a plentiful cold collation was provided. The chair was taken by H. Danson, Esq., who, after the repast, made a suitable speech, and the company were afterwards addressed by several other gentlemen. The great concert-hall was opened for dancing at five o'clock, and although the heat was excessive, the fairer portion of the company were not long in attracting part ners to lead them through the eccentric movements of polka, waltz, quadrille, &c. After about two hours and a half , dancing was suspended, and a pretty poetical ad dress, written by Mr. James Morgan, was delivered by Mr. Geo. Grist, secretary to the institution, and received with much applause, previous to the performance of the farce of " The Review ; or, the Wags of Windsor." The characters were enacted by gentlemen amateurs connected with the trade, assisted by a few professionals. Our old favourite Fitzroy was great as Caleb Quotem, and the Looney Mactwolter of Mr. Howard was highly spoken of. The amateurs did their best, and their efforts were re warded by roars of laughter. The out-door recreations went 95 continuously and the ply source of regret ori ginated in the absence of Rajah - and the eastern car. The fireworks were on an extensive scale ; and, in addi tion to the usual display in front of the representation of the city and bay of New York, a little paper balloon was let off from the centre of the gardens, from which a va riety of beautifully-coloured fire-works shot forth; and a magnificent pyrotechnic illumination, " Thanks to our Patrons," concluded the evening's entertainments, with the exception of the ball, which continued until midnight. THE GRAND HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT THE CORN EXCHANGE.—This show took place on Thursday last, and realized all the expectations of the most sanguine amateurs. The display of plants, flowers, fruit, &c., was splendid, and the day being fine e attendance was very numerous. The exchange was tastefully decorated with evergreens, &c., and the whole arrangements were highly creditable to the " management." We cannot find space for a list of the successful competitors for prizes; suffice it to say that nearly all the horticulturists in the neigh bourhood, and also the nurserymen, who have before dis tinguished themselves by their skill and perseverance in producing rare and beautiful specimens, were successful; and that the awards of the judges, (who were somewhat puzzled to decide,) were admitted by all connoiseurs to be just and legitimate. We lament to say that some parties in genteel attire, meanly carried away some of the fruit, &c., which, in some instances, gentlemen's gardeners are required to return. We concur with our contem porary the Chronicle, that a practice so disgraceful ought hereafter be averted by the introduction of a few of the " detective" police. ELECTION OF AN ASSISTANT OVERSEER AND COLLEC TOR FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF WALLASEY.—III conse quence of the collector of parish and other rates, for some years back, having left the locality, it became necessary to choose a successor ; and, accordingly, a meetinc , of the rate-payers took place on Thursday evening last,' at the Ship Inn, in Wallasey village. The attendance was numerous, and amongst those present were the Curate and several influential gentlemen of the locality. Mr. Bateson was called to the chair, and neatly introduced the business. It was proposed by several of the parties pre sent, that security should be found by the successful can didate for the office, to the amount of £4oo,—though the salary, as regards the rate-payers in this department is under £3O per annum. A gentleman resident in the village stated, in effect, that the security required ought to be ap portioned to the salary, which was but small, and in order that they might engage the services of an efficient and honest man, who might"not be enabled to procure so large a security as £4OO, that the amount required should be £l5O, which he considered would be quite sufficient, (if the books and accounts were properly looked after,, to ensure the parishoners from all loss. This proposition was agreed to, and the meeting was adjourned to this day (Tuesday), for the purpose of electing an assistant over seer and collector to fill the situation now vacant. TIIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL MEETINGS. PROPOSED DIVISION OF THE WEST DERBY UNION. — At the weekly meeting of the West Derby Guardians on Wednesday, a discussion of much importance in reference to the division of the union took place. A few weeks ago the Poor-law Commissioners sent down a communication to the guardians, in answer to a memorial from the latter, in which the commissioners made two propositions to them. One was to separate Toxteth-park, Childwall, Wavertree, and Allerton from the present union, and the other, to erect a new workhouse in Toxteth- park, and appropriate the present workhouse at Everton as an industrial school. Mr. Harrison proposed that a new workhouse should be erected in Toxteth-park. The Rev. W. Badnall proposed, as an amendment—" That with regard to the second proposition of the Poor-law Board, the plan propounded therein is highly objectionable to this board." Mr. Badnall spoke at considerable length. A long and rather warm discussion ensued, in which several of the guardians took part ; and, on a division, Mr. Badnall's amendment was carried by a majority of 15 to 6. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly meeting was held on Wednesday. The proceed ings of the Works Committee for the past month included a minute to the effect that the Law-clerk should inform Mr. Rendel that it was desirable he should name an early day for delivering up all plans, papers, documents, Ike., and receiving the amount of salary due to him ; also, that it should be ascertained who were the proper parties to defray the expense of lowering the Corporation road, and putting it in a proper state of repair. Confirmed.—The Chairman stated the result of the proceedings in London relative to the new dock bill. The chairman added that the bill would, no doubt, pass through the House of Lords in about a fortnight or three weeks. On the whole, the bill would be admitted to be in a more favourable position than it was formerly. Mr. Hicklin thought it desirable that the Board should be correctly informed as to the estimates of Mr. Rendel, respecting which some strong remarks had been made. He produced a report of Mr. Robert Stephenson, who, after an examination of the plans and other documents, spoke in terms of approval of the dock works generally, and estimated the total cost at £345,480. The chairman produced a number of docu ments, in order to show that the estimates of Mr. Rendel were inconsistent, and that they had been the means of misleading the Board. The original estimate was £338,148, but the total cost of the outer works would be upwards of £600,000. He also read a letter from Mr. Rendel, in which that gentleman proposed the carrying out of the Morpeth Dock ; and he (the chairman) conten ded that the scheme was not originated, as had been stated, by several of the commissioners interested, and they were not at all to blame in the matter.—Some dis cussion took place as to whether the statements made by Mr. mann and the Chairman should be recorded on the books, but no resolution to that effect was adopted. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—It appeared from the minutes, that, at the last meeting, after the reporters had left the room, the committee had an interview with Mr. .Cubitt, when it was decided to remove the new landing stage to the northern site. This will render it necessary to block up the ferry slip. A communication was read from the Ferries' Committee, stating that the small land ing stage could be removed at any time aftel' two days' notice. Mr. J. Hartley said he expected they would be able to get the bridges on the last day of the present month, when they would have the highest tide.—Mr. Chilton and Mr. Sandbach were appointed to revise, with the Chairman, the list of dock rate-payers qualified to vote in the election of members of the Dock Committee. —Thejoint opinion of Mr. James Crompton and Mr. J. R. Quain, barristers, was read, as to the payment of freight out of deposits, and the sale of goods in the Albert Dock warehouses. It confirmed the opinion of the dock solicitor (Mr. Worthington), and was to the following effect :—" We are of opinion that the Dock Committee are authorized, on the expiration of fifteen days, after making the deposits respectively, to pay freights out of all deposits which may have been made pursuant to the pro visions of the 4th Victoria, cap. 30, whether such deposit has been made before the passing of the 11th and 12th Victoria, or afterwards. We are also of opinion, that in all cases where the deposit had not been made within ninety days after the goods have been warehoused, pur suant to the 4 Vic. cap. 30, that such goods may be sold on giving the notice mentioned in sec. 30, and that these powers to sell apply to goods warehoused before the pass ing of the 11th and 12th Vic., as well as to goods ware housed afterwards." The sub-committee was authorized to carry out these powers, reporting to the general com mittee from time to time. A letter was read from some company, with a high sounding name, requesting a mono poly of the walls round the docks for bill posting, oroffer ing to keep the walls altogether clear of bills. The pro position was laughed at, and the letter ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Royden called the attention of the com mittee to the necessity of a landing-stage at the south end, and said the only site was opposite the Toll-house. He asked when the works there were likely to be gone on with. The Chairman said they had begun to put down the engine, but they could do nothing till they got their line of rails. THE WATER QUESTION.—On Tuesday evening a pub lic meeting of the National Confederation was held at the Music-hall, to memorialize the Council not to proceed with the Rivington Pike water scheme until it was ascer tained whether the necessary supply could or could not be obtained from the more immediate locality. The chair was occupied by Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., who stated that the question was whether the inhabitants might not, in obtaining water from a great distance, incur a great and unnecessary expenditure. Mr. T. Urquhart moved a re solution, to the effect that the inhabitants ought to be satisfied of the merits of the Corporation Pike scheme before they were rendered responsible. He spoke gene rally against the Corporation scheme, which he believed, if prosecuted, would supply them with bad water. He was much more in favour of the Bala Lake proposition, which would, if carried into effect, supply the town with abundant and pure water, if, in course of years, a larger supply were required than could be derived from the red freestone in the neighbourhood of the town. Mr. J. Grantham, C.E., proposed the second resolution, to the t h h e e o r h a t t e e i p n a e y d - e r f r s o t m h a t t h a e s i u ni ffi m c e i e d n i e t t l e s u v p i p c l i effect that it had not been proved t o th e sa ti s f ac ti o n of y n o t y f o w f a t t h e e r t c o o w u n l d . n ll o e t denied that he had any expectation, as a professional man, of receiving one shilling's worth of benefit from either the carrying out or the abandonment of the Rivington Pike scheme. He reviewed the proceedings of the Council, for the purpose of showing that Mr. M`Donald, in his esti mate of water from the red sandstone, was correct, and that Mr. Hawkesley, in his estimate, was wrong. He also reviewed these proceedings to prove that the Council had given no scientific evidence to show that there was not a sufficient quantity of water to be found in the red sandstone. He sharply alluded to the conduct of the expressed a practical Corporation in giving Mr. M`Donald notice t o q uit their asenrdviecoenemeieernetlyioubsecaopuisneiohn theagen a la in n s fully t Pike scheme. He showed that at present there was a satisfactory supply from the wells, and thus concluded:—" What did this mee ting propose to the Council ? Why this—that the men now in the employ of the Corporation should go on supplying the town until they cried out that they had no more. Then bore and excavate and use salt water; and thus fifteen years at least would pass over before wo should be necessitated to go to the Pike, or anywhere else for an additional supply, should such supply be re quired." (Applause.) Mr. Jeffery seconded the resolu tion in an able address, in which he hit off the headstrong ness of the Corporation in persisting in a scheme so spe culative, expensive, unpopular, and unnecessary. Mr. Spencer went into some statistics, which he had collected, with a view to show that local wells would not yield the quantity of water required. He was so evidently an in terested advocate of the Corporation scheme, that he was interrupted, and finally put hors de combat. Mr. Picton moved " That all necessary steps should be taken by the Town Council, by borings or otherwise, to ascertain whe ther a sufficient supply can, or cannot, be obtained in the immediate vicinity of the town, before incurring further expense in the prosecution of any other scheme." A memorial to the Council, embodying the substance of the foregoing resolutions, was adopted. All the resolutions were passed without a show of a hand by any of the few dissentients. THE LIVERPOOL CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION. On Tuesday last, the quarterly meeting of this associ ation was held at the Clarendon Rooms,—Mr. Alderman Molyneux in the chair. That gentleman expressed his regret that Mr. S. Holme's health prevented his atten dance, and read a letter from him to the effect that had he not been forbidden by his physician he would have been present. Mr. BUCKMASTER, the secretary, then read the report. The following are the heads : The memorial to the Council, calling their attention to the frivolous objections made by parties on the registries, had been presented, and received very general support. The committee had drawn up a petition to the Commons praying for the exemption of Liverpool from the operations of the Health of Towns Bill. The petition was signed by 1661 persons. The deputation from the committee had had an in terview with Lord Morpeth, and have since reported -Ist. That a petition signed by one-tenth of the ratepayers of any borough having a local act must be presented. 2cl. That on that petition a local enquiry must be made. 3d. That should the local enquiry confirm the petition, then a special act has to be passed to place it on Lord Morpeth's bill. Thus, for the present, it rests; but it is the opinion of the deputation that it is next to an impossibility Liverpool will ever be affected by it. The committee had taken some steps with respect to the Na vigation Laws, and being solicited to oppose any alteration in the fundamental principles of those laws, Mr. Booker, Mr. G. H. Horsfall, and - Mr. James Tobin, agreed to propose and se cond certain resolutions. At the request of some influential merchants, the committee had drawn up a petition to the House of Commons, praying for enquiry into the negligence of officials in the Colonial Office, withholding certain documents of great importance from the committee on the Sugar Duties. It was signed in a very short time by most of the leading mercantile men of the town, and had been forwarded for presentation. The committee in con clusion state : _ _ "That in the present condition of the country, when doc trines subversive of that real liberty which is enjoyed under our monarchial institutions are openly promulgated, when our finances are injured, our commerce prostrated, our colonies ruined, and our artizans thrust upon the nation by parliament, under the specious name of free trade, it is the paramount duty of all lovers of their country to join an association, which has for its objects the preservation of our liberties under that form of government winch has for ages stood the test of trial, and to preserve our privileges on the basis of commercial reciprocity with all nations, in order to insure for the artizan, the peasant, the operative, and the merchant seaman, that fair reward for his labour which Englishmen have been used to enjoy. And, combined with a provident expenditure, to enforce a sound and equitable system of taxation, which shall combine the greatest return to the national exchequer, with the least pres sure on the English producer and consumer." Dr. TRENCH, on rising to move the adoption of the re port, was received with rapturous applause. He said : The absence of Mr. Holme imposes upon me the agree able duty of now moving the adoption of the quarterly re port. It is gratifying to recognise, in these labours of your committee, the successful advocacy of those great constitutional principles which form the basis of this asso ciation ; and it is encouraging for us to know that the Li verpool public has responded, with enthusiastic adherence, to all those appeals which have been made to English honesty, in favour of English faith, vested rights, and good old English customs. (Cheers.) It is no vain boast to assert, that the impulsive tide of selfishness, which passed with irresistible force over the length and breadth of the land—which filled the country with the crude fallacies of Manchester economists—which swept Whigs and Peelites into the whirlpool of free-trade, and into the shoals of ex pediency—which threatened to overwhelm the moral grandeur of this great empire as effectually as it has effaced the prosperity and social happiness of the citizens—that this mighty wave of error, which the Times was wont to call " the great fact," has been first stemmed in Liver pool. Yes, sir, the ebb shall date from those large town meetings of our borough, where Christian philanthropy warred face to face with the dreamy notions of the fol lowers of the Cobden Rousseau ; and where English mer chants defended, in this mart of commerce, the claims of British industry, British capital, British colonies, and British ships, against the bastard liberalism of slave-deal ing traders. Yes, sir, the ebb is certain, though it may be slow; for its reflux is impeded by many a foul encum brance, and many an accumulated wreck ; but the tide will surely obey the great law of error and pass away, and men will wonder at their own simplicity. They will wonder and make a by-word of Charlatanry, of Cobden and his £7o,ooo—(hear, hear, and laughter)—of the base ness of Sir Robert, and his treachery to his party. They not wonder at such an old fact as the Whig's incom petency. The report of your committee refers to the op position given by this association to Lord Morpeth's health of town's bill. Now, sir, it is a cunning device of Whiggism to insert some single seed of their political gar ner in every social measure whish is offered to the public ; and it is consistent with the Machiavellian policy to know that this seed will germinate and bring forth the fruits of evil. Now, sir, the Whig seedling of the gentle Morpeth is called centralization. It is an exotic—an early yield of ' Robespierre's Free Trade of Liberty ;" and it is not the least curious of the anomalies of these modern times, that this centralization, with this accompanying functionarism, which sprung up in the wildest moments of the French Revolution, and became the crushing instrument of the tyranny of the Jacobin democracy, should have been adopted by all the despotic states of the continent as the suitable machinery of their government. And yet it is scarcely curious, if we recal the numerous bastiles of the Whig poor-law with which it has already defaced the once beautiful surface of once merry England. Now, sir, this system of centralization is repugnant to the spirit of the English constitution—it is opposed to the municipal self government, and to all control of the people over the ad ministrators of their financial expenditure. It leads to all the abuses of unrestrained patronage, and all the wasteful ness of uncontrolled commissioners, and yet its financial cost is nothing to its moral cost in that deteriorating in fluence on the industry, the habits, and the moral condi tion of the people. It was on those high grounds that this association opposed Lord Morpeth's bill, and I must congratulate the committee on the energy they displayed in obtaining for Liverpool an exemption from its baneful influence. I need hardly say how cordially I sympathise with those concluding sentences of the committee's report which portray the pressing dangers of these troublous times and urge upon us the necessity of unrelaxed exertion in the good cause. It is, sir, when the spirit of anarchy and civil discord stalks over the nations of continental Europe —when the sedition of the English Chartist and the trea son of the Irish Repealer add force to the propogandism of French Republicans—it is when inexoraole theorists would follow the phantoms of their crazy imaginations through all the horrors of a bloody contest—it is in such appalling times as these in which we live that an English man may ask, with anxious apprehension,—Who are our country's ministers ?—who are the pilots of the looming storm ? Oh, sir, they are a shifty set—imbecile in coun cil, yet bold and powerful in patronage—unknown by le gislative acts, yet familiar by Gazette appointments. These Russells, Elliotts, and Greys are the t.evastating locusts of our land—the instruments of a wrathful lispen sation on our afflicted country. Who are our pilots for the coming storm ? They are placemen by profession— statesmen by an accident—ministers by the sufferance of contending parties. They have neither wisdom to ori ginate, honesty to maintain, power to carry into effect, any legislative:measures. Do I do them justice ? Look at their budget ! It was carelessly improvised at a sit ting, heedlessly altered in a night, and recklessly aban. doned in a day. They have a Chancellor of the Exche quer who announced the necessity of increased taxation for increased defences of the country, and who proves, in one short month, that this plea was trickey cheatery. They have a Prime Minister squeaking out his haling finalities when the great colonial empire is hastening to destruction. They have secretaries hulling documents, and they have the Lord Grey, " proud of his name, but unmindful of his honesty," asserting his right as a peer of parliament to falsify the petitions of his clients. It was, sir, a law of ancient chivalry, that he who perverted the truth, qui de'guisoit la ve'rite, was a craven knight; and yet tis nobleman shall boldly boast an infamy in the once honoured hall of England's peers. They have a foreign secretary—our friend the protean Palmerston—who, wield ing the mighty force of England's name, forgets or trans poses the proud motto, " parcere subjectis et debellare superbos," for he is a bully to the weak and a paltroon to the strong. He forgets his country's interests in the gra tification of official piques and places, the honour of Eng land in subserviency to some paltry personality. These are our pilots, and may we not reasonably fear for the good ship in the looming storm. Oh, sir, who amongst us does not wish for one day of the honest purpose and strong arm of Billy Pitt I beg to move the adoption of the report. Dr. Trench resumed his seat amid loud and long continued bursts of applause. Mr. Councillor TOBIN, on rising, was received with loud cheers. He said—Sir, in rising to second the adop tion of the report, T cannot but feel, after the eloquent -speech you-have just heard from Dr. Trench, that any thing I may say will fall dead upon your cars. There is, however, one subject mentioned in the concluding part of the report, relative to finance, upon which I would take the liberty of addressing a few words to the Associ ation ; and as it was only this morning I was solicited to take part in the proceedings of to-day, my remarks must necessarily be incomplete. Sir, the subject of finance has been attracting a great deal of attention, more parti cularly at the present time, and it must be approached with delicacy. We have several financial associations rising up around us, and I hope much good may be ob tained from these associations. I go with them some way, - tut certainly not all the way. I go with them to a great extent in their desire for retrenchment, and a re vision of the pension list ; and while I would be no nig gard in dealing with those who deserved well of their country, I would use the pruning-knife towards those who had done no good service to the state, and who are now fattening on the industry of the people. One word with regard to direct taxation. So far as I have been enabled to give consideration to that system, it appears to me to be almost impracticable. In a country lightly taxed, it may be the best mode; but in a country heavily burdened as this is, it seems to me to be impracticable ; for you must bear in mind, that we have an exceedingly heavy debt that swallows up half the revenue of England. If, indeed, the plan of William Pitt—whose name has been already mentioned and is embodied with our principles—had been followed out, we might turn our attention to a system of direct taxation ; because, if his sinking fund had been preserved, the national debt would have been wiped away two years ago. Having only had an hour or two to arrange my thoughts, I will, instead of using my own words, read to you the sentiments of an eminent writer who has attracted much attention in this country—l allude to Alison. He writes, with reference to direct taxation, " unlike the indirect taxes which are paid without being felt, or forgotten in the enjoyment of the objects on which they are laid, it brings the bitterness of taxation in undisguised nakedness to every individual, and produces in consequence a degree of discontent and exasperation which nothing but the excitement of continual warfare or a sense of uncontrol lable necessity can induce a nation to bear." Gentlemen, in these times of public discontent, I believe the plan of direct taxation would produce more discontent, and that. were it adopted, the institutions of the country would stand in imminent danger. (Hear, hear.) Again, Alison says with regard to direct land taxation—and you must recollect, gentlemen, that it is direct land taxation you are now called upon, by one of the existing associations, to sanction.—" That direct land taxation during the progress of the revolution attracted the attention of the Emperor Napoleon ; his sagacious mind at once per ceived the superiority of taxes on consumption, which compounded with the prices of the articles on which they were laid were hardly felt as a grievance ; under his auspices indirect taxes were organised." Already, you are well aware, a very great experiment has been tried with land. The corn laws have been abolished. Land has not yet had a struggle since their abolition, but I very much fear that shortly, after two or three years of good harvests on the continent, there will be a struggle of life and death amongst the owners and tenants of land in this country. Now, then, is not the time to saddle the land with an additional heavy burden. Land pays less interest than anything else. We will suppose it pays something like 3 per cent. If you charge half per cent. on its value, as is supposed, it becomes a tax on the income derivable from land of seventeen per cent. Now, are you prepared to charge the land with seventeen per cent. ? If you are, I can only say that I think it a doubt ful and dangerous experiment. In support of my view on this question, I find that Hume in his Essays writes to this effect : " Historians inform us that one of the chief causes of the destruction of the Roman State, was the alterations which Constantine introduced into the finances by substituting an almost universal direct tax in lieu of almost all the tithes, customs, and excise, which formerly composed the revenue of the empire." This is the very same scheme you are now called upon to sanction by the Reform Association. Gibbon, again, corroborat ing this view, says :—" Constantine increased the ordinary taxation of the country by direct taxes on land, &c., which were very oppressive—mark the result—in the rich and fertile province of Campania, the garden of Italy, within sixty years after the death of Constantine an ex emption from taxation was granted, on an actual survey, to 330,000 acres, one-eighth of the whole province, of desert and uncultivated land ; as the footsteps of barba rians had not yet been seen in Italy, the cause of this amazing desolation, which is recorded in the laws, can only be ascribed to the administration of the Roman emperors." I purpose not to take up your time further ; but, before I conclude, I would offer a word of advice to those misguided men who are so recklessly seeking organic changes in this country. I would ask these men—or rather I would ask their leaders to instruct them as to what has been the result of commotions and revolutions in this and other countries at all periods. I know of no revolution in which taxation was not afterwards increased. Under the Commonwealth, the taxes of this country were £5,000,000, being five times as much as under the unfor tunate Charles ; and the permanent revenue of Cromwell, when he came to power, was double that of the unhappy monarch who preceded him. In France, again, after the revolution. when Louis Philippe came to the throne, taxes were i m med iatel y in creased from £39,000,000 to £60,000,000 in 1831. Sir, would it not be well for those who are now anticipating cheap taxation, from organic and revolution ary change, to be made acquainted with these and other equally instructive facts which stand recorded on the page of history ? (Loud cheers.) The motion was here put, and the report unanimously adopted. Mr. H. C. CHAPMAN in an excellent speech, justly condemnatory of many of the votes of Mr. Cardwell, moved a vote of thanks to the honorary officers, which was seconded in a very able address by Mr Josias Booker. Mr. DRINKWATER urged the friends of the constitution to join the ranks of the association, and hoped that at the next election any honest man, whether he were a son of the aristocracy or of the democracy, would meet with their support, and that they would not travel to the end of the country again, and bring those who were little bet ter than old women to represent Liverpool. (Applause.) He then said a few words in defence of the consistency of Mr. Cardwell upon the income tax division, and expressed his opinion upon the issue of five millions of notes. The vote of thanks to the chairman, secretary, and committee having been carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN briefly replied. He exhorted the members of the association to cultivate a spirit of unity among themselves, and to spread a knowledge of religious and loyal principles amongst the humbler classes of the community—pointing to France as a lamentable example of the anarchy caused in that unhappy country, by a peo ple who had never been scripturally instructed. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday the usual monthly meeting of the Council was held at the Town Hall. The prcceedings of the Finance Committee having been read, Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE moved their confirmation, and said the Committee had directed the surveyor to advertise for more powerful packets to ply between Liverpool and Birkenhead: He confessed that he shrunk from having anything to do with steam-boats, because a traffic of that kind was uncongenial to his own feelings and that of the Committee;. but he did not see what alternative the Council had. They must either close the ferry or abandon it altogether, or provide good and efficient boats to carry on the traffic to Birkenhead. He wished it were other wise. He wished they could get a good and efficient tenant ; but, under present circumstances, there was no probability of that, for it had been proposed to run the Monks' Ferry and Woodside steamers at the reduced rate of a halfpenny, or possibly to throw the charge of main taining the ferry on the rates, and thus by carrying the public over for nothing, endeavouring to repay themsel ves by the advantages which might accrue to their pro perty generally on the other side of the water. Now, the Corporation could not contend with Birkenhead in this respect, for he was not prepared to take parties over to Birkenhead for nothing. The experiment of a penny rate satisfied him that it would be ultimately remunera tive, the penny had been a great boon to the community, and especially to the lower classes of the town. For the weeks ending the 15th, 22nd, and 29th of June, the num bers carried across the river by the Corporation boats were 39,907. During the three preceding weeks, the numbers carried at. twopence . each were 14,668. The Council would thus perceive that a larger sum had been received at a penny than at twopence ; but it was only fair to mention that one of the weeks was Whitsun week,, when, of course, pleasure excursions were numerous. He believed that hitherto the Cor poration had done no harm either to Woodside ferry or to Mr. Willoughby ; and, indeed, he was exceedingly sorry that Mr. illoughby had ever ceased to be the tenant of the Corporation. He admitted that the Birkenhead ferry was being worked at present at a very serious loss, and he advised Mr. Parker and others to be cautious before they injured, by their remarks, this-or any other portion of the corporate property. Mr. THOMPSON said he found that from the 11th of May to the 29th of June the sum of £428 had been received by the Corporation for conveying passengers, and that the expense of the steam-boats was £B96,—thus leaving a deficit of £468. The public had taken a de termined stand against going in the Corporation boats, — for, right or wrong, thsy had got it into their heads, that the rich and powerful Corporation of Liverpool were persecuting an individual ; and therefore it was a pity for the Corporation to go on, throwing their money away and being laughed at into the bargain. He moved, as an amendment, that the working of the ferry be abandoned. The amendment, not having been seconded, fell to the ground. Mr. PARSER contended that he had a right, as repre sentative of the burgesses, to find fault, particularly when it was now quite certain that the working of the ferry must entail a dead loss upon the Corporation of many thousands a-year. He moved, pursuant to notice, that it be an instruction to the Finance Committee, that an account of the receipts and expenditure of the Birken head Ferry be rendered at each monthly Council. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE objected to this motion, upon the ground that the Committee ought to be left some dis cretion, and that, if the receipts and expenditure were published monthly, the affairs of the Committee, which might be considered as private affairs, would be unneces sarily exposed. Mr. S. HOLME warned Mr. Parker not to be quite so anxious as he appeared to be in depreciating the value of the Corporation property, and said that Mr. Parker's zeal was not perhaps, without knowledge, but it sometimes was a zeal without discretion. Mr. PARKER'S motion was not carried, and the proceed ings of the committee were adopted. Mr. TURNER asked whether the opinion of counsel had yet been received relative to the selling of goods at the Albert Dock warehouses ? Mr. Nicol, replied in the affirmative ; it was received yesterday, and it was in confirmation of the dock solici tor's opinion that goods could be sold at the expiration of ten days after being warehoused for 90 days. In reply to Mr. EVANS, - - - Mr. ISTicoL said, that when the new docks were opened, the income would, of course, be carried to capital account. Mr. EVANS said it was rumoured that a deal of the land and warehouses, which were to be bought in order to have the Wapping Dock, had been left out of the bill, and that the Dock Committee were now at the mercy of the owners of the lands and houses in question. lie wished to know if this were the case ? _ _ _ Mr. Nicoi. replied that he had never heard of it. A paragraph of that kind had appeared in the newspapers, but it was quite a mistake. Mr. J. B. Lloyd said the Courts of Law Committee were making the necessary preparations with a view to the erection of a suitable organ for St. George's Ball. The MAYOR read a memorial from the inhabitants of Toxteth-park, praying that St. James's market might be enlarged. Some discussion took place relative to the failure of Gill-street market, and as to whether provision shops were not more useful to the public than markets; and eventually the memorial was referred to the Markets' Committee. _ . The proceedings of the Health Committee, including wash-houses and baths, comprised the consideration of the report of the borough engineer, on the general system of sewerage and other works, which was postponed at the last monthly Council; a recommendation to the Council to take immediate steps for remedying the deficient venti lation of the Council room • and a further report f r om the sub-committee on sites for additional baths and wash houses. _ _ Mr. LACE moved the confirmation of the proceedings. Mr. TINNE seconded the motion, and in doing so said that the carrying out of Mr. Newland's plan was esti mated at £650,000, but that it probably would be 100 years before that gentleman's plan of sewerage would be fully carried out. Mr. S. HOLME highly lauded the report of Mr. New lands and called upon the Council, in a time of such un paralleled distress as at present, to give all the employment they possibly could to the poor artisans. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE was willing to give employment but he warned the Council against burdening the rate payers too heavily, for if the new goal were erected a rate would have to be laid, . _ The engineers' report on the general system of sewer age was approved and adopted, so far as the general prin. July 11, MS. eiple there laid down was concerned, subject to such modifications in the details and expenditure as might hereafter be found necessary. Mr. TINNE complained that although a thousand copies of the proceedings of the Health Committee had been printed for gratuitous distribution to the public, very few copies had been required. The proceedings of the Water Committee comprised a report from Mr. Thomas Spencer, in which he stated that, pursuant to orders, he had examined all the local wells lying between Liverpool and the Old Swan, and that in thirty-six samples he had taken there were considerable quantities of saline matter, which had oozed into the wells from the river Mersey. A memorial from the Guardian Society was read, pray ing that the Pike scheme be not proceeded with for the present. Mr. Parker and Mr. Harbord supported the prayer, of this memorial. A similar memorial was read from the National Con federation. A letter was read from Mr. M'Donald, complaining that two of his reports to the Water Committee had not been submitted to the public. He also stated that he was only cognizant of one series of experiments by Messrs. Kennedy and M'Gregor, and that had it not been for his observation, the yield of one of the wells would have been set down at 60,000 gallons a day less than the actual quantity. He denied that the local wells were contami nated by surface water, and he again contended that if his plans were carried out the inhabitants might obtain an ample, and perhaps continuous supply from the local wells. A long discussion followed, at the close of which the proceedings of the Water Committee were confirmed. Mr. PARKER moved, pursuant to notice, to rescind the the resolution of the Council, adopted on the sth of April last, confirming the recommendation of the Water Committee, that that committee be authorised to make an arrangement with Mr. Hawksley for the purpose stated in the report of that committee then submitted to the Council, and to employ such persons in the engineering department of the Water Works, as may be found neces sary for the economical and efficient working of the establishment. Mr. BENNETT seconded the motion, which was lost, after a lengthened discussion, by a majority of 19 to 10. A memorial on the subject of the consumption of smoke was read and referred. THE REV. MR. SHORE'S CASE. It is well-known that the Bishop of Exeter has pio ceeded with great severity against the Rev. Mr. Shore, late a clergyman in his diocese of the Established Church, for exercising the functions of a Non-conformist minister, Mr. Shore being anxious to separate from the church. Having stated his grievances before several clergymen and dissenting ministers of this town, a meeting on the sub. ject was called on Friday, at the Concert-hall, Lora Nelson-street. On the platform we noticed the Revds. W. W. Evv bank, Dr. Raffles, Mr. Crichton, Mr. Shore, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Graham, Mr. Osborne. Mr. Fergusson, with several dissenting ministers, and Mr. Walker, and Messrs. A. C. Dunlop, J. J. Godfrey, T. R. Arnott, B. Bloore, Crossfield, J. Priestley, and W. Fergusson. The Rev. W. W. EWBANK having been called to the chair, stated the circumstances which had led to his brief acquaintance with Mr. Shore. For his own part, he (Mr. Ewbank) was a most conscientious churchman, and that was the reason why he appeared before them, and because he did not choose, as a churchman, to be mixed up with the proceedings of the Bishop of Exeter. The Rev. Mr. SHORE next addressed the meeting at considerable length, but as the grievances of which. he complained have frequently appeared in print, there is no necessity for giving the details. He expressed a hope,. that as they would not allow him to be in the church, the would quietly allow himself to separate from it. 1 - 1 0 alluded to a letter of the Bishop of Exeter, in whi c h his lordship stated that Mr. Shore was not liable to imprison.' ment for preaching the gospel. This he (Mr. Shore) con tended was a mere quibble, for he would be imprisoned for contempt of the Ecclesiastical Court. By the ordina tion service, he had bound himself to obey the bishop's Godly commands, and because he supposed that he was not Puseyite enough for the bishop (and not being able to obey those commands), he supposed that was the cause,. of his suspension. He also entered into a num b er of details with respect to the proceedings to which he had rendered himself liable. The meeting was subsequently addressed by the Rev. Mr. Osborne, Dr. Raffles, Rev. Mr. D. Fergusson, and Mr. A. C. Dunlop, and a vote of sympathy with Mr. Shore, and a petition to the House of * Commons upon his case was adopted. With reference to this case The Record says,—"W - e hear, on authority, which we have no reason to doubt , that the Bishop of Exeter has at length resolved to drive matters to extremity in the case of the Rev. Mr. Shore. We are informed that a writ or warrant was issued last week, which must lead to his committal to prison, for continuing to officiate in the Duke of Somerset's chapel at Bridgewater, without the bishop's license and against the bishop's prohibition. On the same principle if the lordship of Exeter were inflicted on the see of London , we might expect even now to see the Rev. J. H. Evens sent to Newgate ; and had such promotion happened to Bishop Phillpotts, formerly, in the lifetime of the late Rowland Hill, that venerable and useful minister of the list,e ua Gospel on: might twtiot nti ehthae crowds portion of the diocese of L on d on , which be o e ds en c walls n wohr called t l l ht e r e Queen's : 0 eeffirdi Surreya officiate Bench a s Chapel,a p n Ev ri is on a n .b g ; in that ,!" Distrirt Mr. Curtis, for nine years collector of poor's rates and assessed taxes in Salford, has absconded with a considera ble sum of money. At Chester cheese fair, last week, there was but a limited supply, though sellers were somewhat disappointed at the prices realised. DARWEN.—AII the mills in this populous district are working full time, and we believe there is every obs; bility of a power-loom weaving estdblishment, w hich wor k been closed now for nearly two years„recommencing in a short time. Paper staining is very brisk, but PP' making continues at half-time. THE TEN-HOURS' ACT.—WORKING By RELAYS. -- ° Friday another information was laid at the TyldesleY petty sessions, against Messrs.. Jones, Brothers, and Co., of Manchester and Leigh, charging them with having sought to evade the Ten-hours' Act, by means of a sY s " tem of relays. Mr. Leonard Horner, sub-insp ec t or of factories, was also p resen t. The magistrates refused to hear the case. Several of the magistrates having been, on the bench when the fo rmer i n f orma ti on was di s missal at Atherton, declined to give any opinion as to the pro priety of a second hearing. FIRES IN MANCHESTER.—From Capt. Willis's Sta tistical Returns," for 1847, it appears that the total amount of damage to property and buildings arising iron! 112 fires which have occurred, is only estimated at £42,653 lls. 6d. viz. £10,459-10s. 6d. for damage to building, and £32,194 ls. for damage to property, and that the salvage of property which has been in danger ha s amounted to or is estimated at £156,125 4s. The esti mated value of the property destroyed by 114 fires in th e previous year was £23,000, showing an excess of nearly £20,000 in 1847. EMIGRATION.—On Thursday, a meeting, convened by the mayor, for the purpose of considering the above sub ject, was held in the Town-hall, Lancaster. The gua rdiar' of the poor requested permission to apply a portion of til e poor-rates for the purpose of enabling those who are in eligible for the government free passage to proceed t o Australia. In this they were opposed by Mr. Leiner chartist, but resolutions enabling the guardians Of the poor to apply a portion of the poor-rates to the abo ve purpose, were passed by a considerable majority. Ani eng the company was H. Fox, Esq., emigration agent. A public meeting of the inhabitants of the city of Chas , ter was convened yesterday week, in pursuance of a re quisition presented to the Mayor, for the purpose of to t dressing the legislature on the importance of carrying ° e l with all practicable despatch the Report of the Ti Harbour Commissio ners o f th e 20th M arc h, 1846, h , enacting the General Conservancy Bill recommended by such Commission, whereby the mischiefs affecting dal". harbours and open ports are p ro p ose d t o b e am endeal and the navigation of such ports and harbours improve' throughout the kingdom. The meeting was very nume rously attended ; the Mayor, R. P. Jones, Esq., M. P. ' occupying the chair. WATER FOR MANCHESTER.—The Corporation of Afir chester Water Works Bill passed through th e c ommit e. 6 4" of thellouse of Lords on Friday week, and, no doubt , : will receive the royal assent in the course of a few tin, We understand that a report, entering into various de a i will be presented to the Council on Wednesday ; and the steps will be taken immediately to commence the Pr4 o ,. cution of the important works which are to give to 14 Iy. chester and the neighbourhood a full and constant suPt'a of pure water. When these works shall be fully catrl o f out, there is little reason to doubt that a daily supPlY re a not less than thirty million gallons of water will be sec D e for this borough and adjoining populous district. . - " - os importance of this supply to the latter is much incre a bill by the clauses which are being introduced into the f o ar for promoting the public health, by which (as some, e tc of readers will probably recollect) it will become the, " ;tip the local authorities to compel every cottage to ne o ot plied with water where it can be obtained at a price no w exceeding 2d. per week. As the supply to cottagesnt to varies from 6s. to Bs. yearly, it would be tantaree u co introducing water as ganerally into cottages in the ;ter rounding district as in the borough itself, where th e I s to is to be taken to every house, and a compulsory rat e „ I ds , be levied for repayment of the expenses. In other vruscill the townships of Salford, Pendleton, Broughton, St.coin have a supply to every house, just as if there were r; ti .. pulsory rate for that purpose.--Manchester Exao l a Mr. Reynolds, M.P. for Dublin, has p ublished a iettel;: stating that " the announcement in the Liverpool C 4 the expenses of the petition now pending against his parliament, Timßßu N is s u cv n l t c ru K e c in Lu e ß v . eLy l p t a m rt u ic s u t l b ar e . nicle regarding the raising of subscriptions to defraY /I P reter tifYi llg rwaphiednporroiggirneastsedininnpumecbeemrsbearnldastusietfudlnidess obser,iiiag, to the promoters of this excellent club, to particular." gr a _..„,. the not it e is li cln' b n o r al more tl'an one hundred members, while it now Ca n ,„,,,i if , of at least 600, and as the members have ilicre'""tive like proportion has the club become useful and a ttrac jou; In addition to the fine room in Fleet-street , a sPa d c anc t field at Edge-hill has been taken for a cricket gror,,etl; a club of the members of the Brunswick is already o a 4ict on the same space there are all the exercises—gYnlTl.eitivs recommended by the faculty, as well as the more oi l long games for the promotion of health, bowls, Avo,ef ic n ! i n tel; bowl, ninepins, Morris, &c, Those, too, seet" l T ra ishe" lectual pleasures will find ample scope in the well- f bscrir library and news room, The smallness of the s .01A tion to the Brunswick Club should. compand 00 tl " net hundreds v tts inqmligg.