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

►r the motive public 3ming , wards y the In ) of a 5, the nr the ill be s seat mem )f the ies of new e is to , ctors, )f five it be- Df the .m, is 3oard, resent tes in I pre useful isten; .k s o f O r. 19 re lotion •rk ° f wil l cation low & May 25, 1847. oral .e lvs. The Orion steam-ship made the passage from this port to Greenock on Wednesday in 14 hours 24 minutes. One of the fever sheds at Mount-pleasant is now fully occupied with patients, and another is now re ady , for the reception of such patients as may be found in the streets either by day or night. • A brig called the Punch was launched from the Bath building yard, Douglas, Isle of Man, on Saturday week. She is the property of James Aikin, Esq., merchant, of Liverpool, and is intended for the fruit trade, between Liverpool and the Straits of Gibraltar. Loss OF Two HUNDRED AND EIGHTY POUNDS.—On Friday information was received that a letter addressed to Mr. Reynolds, of Old Broad street, London, from Liver pool, containing two £lOO, one £5O, and six £5 Bank of England notes, had been lost in its passage through the Post-office: The numbers of the notes are known, and payment is stopper. SCARCITY OF CATTLE.—The most extensive cattle dealers in this neighbourhood had only two, head of cattle at the Liverpool Cattle Market last Monday. A member of this firm states that live stock sold higher at that mar ket than at any market he h a d ever attended since the war. Allowing for the difference in the value of the mo ney, the present prices are little short of war prices. LAND AT BIRKENHEAD.-011 Monday night a quantity 'of land and houses were offered for sale at Gough's hotel, with rather indifferent success. For 6000 yards of land, having a front to Bridge -street and Argyle-street, 10s. per yard was bid, but it was withdrawn, the reserve being „fifty shillings. Seven houses and shops, with land, in .Uwer Market-street, were put up at £1750, but the re serve was £2,100. PYTEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT. - The Firefly, steam-ship, plying between this port and Carlisle, which sailed hence at an early hour on Friday morning, about two hours af terwards met with an accident—part of her machinery giving way. Two of the crew, the engineer and a boy, were severely scalded by the escape of the steam. The Newcastle, steamer, which was in company with the Fire fly at the time, towed her back to this port. ACCOMMODATION FOR FEVER PATIENTS.—On Thurs day, Mr. Parkinson, bridewell-keeper, stated that several parties, found suffering from fever in the streets during the night, had been refused admission to the Workhouse, and no accommodation could be found for them. Mr. Rush ton said he would communicate with the Select Vestry on the subject, and he had no doubt that some arrangement would be made. TESTIMONIAL.—A gratifying testimonial to the worth of Mr. Arthur Holme, the distinguished architect of this town, was presented to that gentleman. The presentation consisted of a full-length portrait, executed with the taste and accuracy of delineation which distinguishes the produc tions of the artist, Mr. Norbury ; and the occasion was celebrated at the Neptune Hotel with the usual honours of the festive board. About 21 gentlemen were present, under the presidency of Mr. W. Bennett. SALT.—On Thursday, a meeting was held in the Han over-square Rooms, to establish an Anti-Salt Monopoly (India) Association. Cheshireand Lancashire werelargely represented. There were amongst those present—George Wilbraham, Esq., in the chair ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Sir P. Egerton, M.P., G. Cornwall Legh, Esq., M.P., Hon. J. Tollemache, M.P., J. Ireland Blackburn, Esq., M.P., Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., Mr. Alderman Nicol, besides a host of salt merchants and manufacturers from Northwich, &c. Some very powerful speeches were made, and the association was formed. The teachers of St. Barnabas' Sunday School, at a meeting on Thursday last, presented the Rev. Edward Roberts, curate, with a handsome copy of Killo's Cyclo pedia of Biblical Literature, with the following inscrip tion :—" Presented to the Revs Edward Roberts by the teachers of St. Barnabas' Church Sunday School, as a token of respect and esteem : May, 1847." The book was presented with an address from the teachers, express ing regret at the removal of their pastor and superinten dent, and thanking him for his kindness in presiding over their meetings. The rev. gentleman, in reply, thanked them for their kindness, and expressed a hope that though absent from them in the body, he would be present in the spirit, and concluded by commending them to the Lord. LIVERPOOL LIBERALITY.—ReIative to the published assertion that Mr. Herbert, R.A., had received from a wealthy customer residing in Liverpool the sum of 1000 guineas for painting a portrait, and which assertion re ceived a subsequent contradiction, the artist has written to the editor of the Art- Union journal, stating the case as it really occurred. According to Mr. Herbert, " When Mr. Challoner's picture was completed, that gentleman, with the liberality which so much distinguishes him, put into my hands a cheque or draught on his cashier, autho rizing me to receive whatever sum I should demand, not exceeding £lOOO. Of this cheque it was Mr. Challoner's express wish that I should make a very liberal use. I im mediately took the cheque to the cashier, and asked for and received, without difficulty, 250 guineas." THE LYCEUM NEWS Roots: There has been a dis agreement amongst the proprietors of this establishment. At the annual meeting on Tuesday, Dr. Macintyre com plained that the appointment of committees had hitherto been influenced by political motives, and moved the re scinding of a rule, so that each gentleman might in future be nominated seriatim, and elected by a show of hands. The motion was seconded, but the chairman declined to put it, and vacated the chair ; to which Mr. Thomas Ur quhart was appointed,:when the motion was carried, and a committee elected on the newly-adopted principle. The chairman and his supporters had adjourned to another room, where they elected a committee under the old sys . tem,—by ballot ; so that there are two committees et present in existence. Legal proceedings are threatened, but we trust that matters will be amicably arranged. THE GREAT TUNNEL ; THE OLD POOL.—The great tunnel now constructing under this town by the proprie tors of the London and Northwestern Railway, extending from the Clarence Dock to Edge-hill, has already de bouched at the site of one of the intended stations of the company, in Byrom-street, opposite the Baptist's Chapel. Several houses have been taken down, and the company have also purchased the premises on each side the breach thus formed. The work of excavation is rapidly proceed ing, and the tunnel will be carried forward under the hill and tha mass of houses onnosite. the hundreds of labour- ers working like moles beneath the busy multitudes who throng the habitations above them. The workmen, in clearing the land and digging down the demolished buildings, have laid bare a por is on the site of 'ion of the the town of Liverpool on two sides Before they reached the sandstone rocli they dug through a substratum of sea sand slightly mixed with mud, the banks being of the stiff hard clay so common in this district. From the clay im mediately contiguous to the sand-bed, they likewise dug out several roots and stumps of old trees. The pool, it is well known, opened at the site of the revenue buildings, formerly the Old Dock. Here it was tolerably wide. But between Hanover-street and Paradise-street it sud dentl7 narrowed, turned, and pursued a course nearly in the direction now taken by Paradise-street, Whitechaoel, and Byrom-street, till it reached Scotland-road, where; at Chaucer-street, it is supposed to have turned, still - devious, between rocky and precipitous banks, to the right of Nash-grove, towards Great Homer-street, whence, still reduced in width, it flowed on, at the foot of the Everton ridge, to Kirkdale, and then joined a stream, or brook, which ran near the present Kirkdale Gaol. What may be called ancient Liverpool stood on a mound, round the foot of—'' 'dr winch, on the south and east sides, this poo, flowed from the Mersey. It will be observed, that at the present day, notwithstanding vast alterations, all the streets from the site of the old town leading to the bed of the pool have a considerable descent. WINDOW PLATE MANUFACTORY.-Our readers can not fail to have bee n s t ruc k w i th the marked improvemen which has taken place of recent years in the engravi ng , and style of gett i ng up window plates, with the superior beauty and elegance of the designs, the price , isi instead of advancing has consider a bl y decreased. these changes h ave been e mainly t in Liverpool, by whom produced, is Mr. Jordan, of London-road, whose name isy doubtless familiar to most of our local readers, and whose extensive establishment is well worth a visit. There is scarcely a shop of any taste,. or noted for any display in the town . , which is not beautified by him. PANTDRAINIOG SLATE COMPANY.—We observe that the promoters of the company which has been formed for working this quarry have extended the time for the allot went of the cancelled shares till Tuesday the 15th day of June next. This we consider the most judicious course that could have been adopted in the present state of the money market ; for, although this is one of the most valuable, and, we fear, one of the few bona fide under takings which have appeared before the public for some time, yet those who are willing to become subscribers must not at present be pressed too quickly for the deposits A very great recommendation in favour of this compan• is, we think, the amount of_ the deposit. Unlike - of the ,eculative schemes which haye lately been con cocted, with a deposit of 6d and Is, and Al the promoters of these bubbles can cx many cases, they receive the payment of upon a great proportion of the shares the h, we fear . . £2 10s. • and if that amount is not paid into the bankers by the day appointed in the letter of allotment, is to be held positively cancelled. We believe, however, that the company do not depend upon th 9 public to any great extent ; for it is reported that, besides a good many shard Which were taken before the ( liertist °me large capitalists have evince, in for a f e w hundred. The following are a few particuk as to th e s it ua ti on o f th e quarr y, "& c . Th e Pantdrainic Estate, on which the quarry has been opened, covers a area of thirty-nine acres, and the estate is situate on th Great Bangor roofing slate formation, in the valley ( °VvYn. The celebrated slate quarries of the Penrhyn an restiniog are in the immediate vicinity. The quarry it self occupies an area of three acres, and has been almo: position to . coir entirely opened upon the blue vein. The u gross market able quantity of slate now uncovered and available is es timated at 80,000 tons. At Bangor, from which the quarry is distant five miles, the company possess a wharf and offices ; and at the quarry every requisite, in the shap of machineryfor the immediate production of slate e s , some of which, we believe, they will be able to have in the market within a fortnight from the commencement of operations. Of the value of this article at present some idea may be formed from a re mark which was made to us a few days ago by a per 80n largely engaged in the slate trade. After observing on the great difficulty he found in procuring a sufficient Supply, and the consequent high price he had to pay, he added, " Yes slates are money.' We are continually 'hearing a complaints of a similar nature; and any means that can be adopted to meet the supply, in any degree, must be of great benefit to the building trade. We con sider this a good opportunity for builders having a chance of their wants being supplied ; for we have no doubt those customers to the company, who are also shareholders, would, in the case of a great demand, have a preference to aty)ther who has not. We believe there has already been but, highcswa_oirsne demand better k f n o o r w t n h , e w s e h a e r e x p s e , c a t t t a c, s e m all t p h r e e m m i a u t m p rice.-211 ining Journal. ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—On Saturday, an inquest was held before Henry Heathcote Statham, deputy coroner for the borough, on view of the body of Margaret Wain wright, aged 66, who resided with her daughter in Cross hall-street. On Monday night week, deceased was left alone in the house, and was then in liquor, but able to take care of herself. On her daughter's return she found her lying on the first floor landing on her back, and un able to get up. She said she had fallen while going up stairs. She was taken to bed. On the following Wed nesday she became unable to speak, and a surgeon was sent for, but she never rallied, and died on Friday last. Mr. Lodge, surgeon, who examined the body, said that death was caused by extravasation of blood on the brain, the result of the fall.—Verdict accordingly. LADIES' INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.—We learn with great pleasure that the sale at the Lyceum has progressed most satisfactorily from the first, and that considerable relief has been afforded to many destitute districts in both countries. We have be fore pointed out the great gdvantages of a plan which stimulates industry in.the same proportion that it pro vides relief, and we are gratified to find that our anticipa tions are being realised, not only in the alleviation of dis tress at the present melancholy crisis, but also in the more lasting benefit of the formation and encouragement of in dustrial habits. The greatest praise is due to the ladies who have originated and conducted the sale ; to their un remitting attention and indefatigable labours the success of the enterprise is due. We trust that the inhabitants of Liverpool will continue to do their duty in forwarding this good work, and support an institution which not only provides relief but teaches thrift. THE ATHENIC Cum.—This literary, scientific, and ar tistic association celebrated the close of its first session by a dinner at Hamer's Hotel, at Woolton, on Saturday last. Mr. Robinson, sculptor (son of our late mayor, Nicholas Robinson, Esq), who is President of the Society, being unexpectedly prevented from attending until the evening was pretty far advanced, Mr. Ross, of the Chronicle, was called on to preside, and the vice-chair was filled by Mr. Norbury, artist. We may as well here state that the club excludes the subjects of religion and politic from its dis cussions, and that it embraces parties of every variety of opinion on those and other topics. A sumptuous enter tainment, embracing every delicacy of the season, was served up by Mr. Hamer, in excellent style. After the usual loyal toasts, and the healths of gentlemen officially con nected with the club, had been given, several very excel lent speeches were delivered on the subjects of paint ing, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry, and embracing, indeed, the whole range of the fine arts. Among the gentlemen who addressed the meeting, besides the chairman and vice-chairman, were Mr. Mc. Bride, sculptor ; Mr. Reed, architect ; Mr. E. H. Strype, the poet ; Mr. Isaac, lithographer ; Mr. R. M. Parker, H. M. C. ; Mr. Gallatley, artist ; Mr. Robinson ; Mr. Crouchley, (who is, we understand, an admirable judge of art,) &c., &c. The toast of " The Strangers present," was responded to by Mr. Clarke, and " Success to the Roscoe club" was proposed and drunk with enthusiasm. The proceedings were diversified with, several excellent songs, and by an exuberant indulgence in every species of art and humour. Indeed, the intellectual character of the whole meeting fully realized the poet's idea of " The feast of reason and the flow of soul." We never spent a merrier or more pleasant evening in our lives. We must do our brother " typo," the chairman, the justice to say, that he evinced much tact and talent in promoting the conviviality of the evening, and in preserving harmony amid the conflicting opinions expressed in disputed ques tions connected with the fine arts, and the respective merits of their professors and patrons. The party broke up early, at eleven o'clock, (it being Saturday night,) and Mr. Hamer sent them home in a well-filled omnibus, to their respective habitations. LIVERPOOL, BIRKENHEAD, AND BRISTOL. — 'The Bristol Mirror of Saturday, in a complaining article, draws some comparison between the ports we have men tioned, tending to exhibit greatly the progressive supe riority of Liverpool. Our contemporary. after publishing the statement in our last relative to the reduction of our dues, says :—" About forty years ago, when the Bristol Dock Acts were passed—that is, in the year 1806—the dock dues on goods and shipping in Liverpool were £44,530; and those of Bristol £11,353. At this period the dock rates and dues were about upon a par in the two ports ; but how does the case stand now ? Whv, in Liverpool they are reduced to about one-third ; whilst, in Bristol, they are stationary on shipping, and greatly increased on goods. And what do we find is their relative position ? Why, whilst the one has increased sixfold in amount, the other has not increased threefold ! No doubt it will be said that the rise of the manufacturing districts in the north has produced this result ; but our reply is, that the neighbourhood of Bristol possessed, and still possesses, every natural element to place it on a par with the most favoured localities, both as a port and a manu facturing district. That which has been, and still remains wanting, is the accommodation of artificial arrangements (amongst which, port charges now rank first in importance) to the variations in the commerce of the world, and the consequent spirit of liberality and enterprise. Ten years ago, the leading men amongst our fellow-citizens aroused the public attention to these facts, and an endeavour was made to bring about great changes, the whole of which were based on this principle, that it was essential the city should regain possession of her port, and full control over her docks. Great exertions were made, but the city sank into lethargy again. Again an effort is being made, but obstacles are thrown in the way ; and in the meantime, whilst we are disputing whether the port should be entirely free, or whether there should be only a moderate reduction in the charges, the younger ports around us are growing and thriving on our losses. Birkenhead docks are com pleted in less time than we take to construct a new entrance to the basin ; and the great leviathan is opening his capa cious jaws still wider : Liverpool is about to abolish entirely the dock dues on its staple article of import, the amount (X 37,000 per annum) being greater than the whole of our dock receipts, and to reduce and modify other of the dock charges, the Dock Committee being troubled with a surplus of £128,000, which they scarcely know what to do with ! We earnestly appeal to our fellow-citizens of all ranks and classes, and ask them, bow much longer is Bristol to be sacrificed to intestine divisions ? We appeal to the non-proprietary Dock Directors, and ask them to deal fairly, candidly, and openly, with the free-port scheme LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLEANSING OF MIDDENS. —On Saturday, Messrs. Pickering, and others, the contractors with the corporation -.1- • - pd before Mr. ens, were summoned be, • In two cases.they were or tne cleansing of =— Rushton for neglect of duties and costs. A MAGISTERIAL POLICEMAN man, named James Mu —On Tuesday an Irish- Av, was brought up before the magistrates, charged wiih'iioting. gr. R a athbone, who was the complainant, said, that, when in Brown-street, he was told that a man was beating his wife. He went .... • As no officers were about:he said he must film officer himself, when the crowd, as usual in such cases, took part with the man. The man was eventually imprisoned. rie WOULLI HUI, Have appearett against, U 1111 Will 1 thought it necessary that these things should be stop to. I such scenes. l'be prisoner, however gallant he had been in abusing his wife at home, showed the white feather in court, and said he most humbly begged Mr. Rathbone's pardon and would never do it again. Mr. Rathbone said he had no vindictive feeling in bringing him forward. His object would be accomplished if people were taught that these scenes could not be allowed. After an admo nition, he was fined ss. and costs. RIOT IN ST. AND REW - STREET .-0 11 Tuesday, threw men, named Wa'thew, Tilston, and Rogers, were brought up at the Police-court, charged with rioting in St. Andrew street. The prisoners, it appeared, had been drinking, and one man having been taken into custody, they at tempted to rescue him. A mob of people were gathered together, and stones were flung at the officers. They were eventually taken to bridewell in a car, which they broke on the way, nine shillings having been paid for damages. Ro gers, whose head was bandaged, said he had been working in Cheshire,. and the policeman struck him with his stick. This was acknowledged by the officer, who said that he used the stick in self.-defence, and if he had not done so, he would have been killed, The magistrates finm thew 20s. and costs, Tilston 10s. and costs, a fine which would have been heavier but for the punishment he got, and Rogers was also fined 10s. and costs; or seven days imprisonment. The defendant, Walthew, has written to a contemporary, stating, that if he had been allowed, he would have produced witnesses to prove his entire inno cence—that he was not in St. Andrew-street at all—and that his only offence was a remark on the brutality of the police, for which he was taken into custody. CRUEL FRAUD ON IRISH EMIGRANTS. ant complained on Friday at the Polk A. poor emi- -court of the conduct towarc Gormanby. The miden manby had, by false reprE 2 was to the effect that Gor 3entations, induced Daniel Har- raganand three others to ship themselves for Pugwash North Americ instead of St. John's, New Brunswick, the place to which they desired to go ; Harragan landed in Liverpool on the 11th April, and two days after en quired of Gormanby if he had a ship for St. John's. De-. fendant said he had a vessel called the Sophia for that place, and asked for the passage money. Harragan re plied, that he had his wife and two young women who . . were outside he would speak to them first. - Gormanbi said there was no time to be lost, and if he did not pay the money the vessel would put to sea before they could reach her. Harragan went and afterwards returned with his wife, to whose enquiry defendant gave the same an paid him £B, the passage money for herself She then brought in the girls, and they they then left the office. ,d husband. - go naid £8 fc y ugwazup au ..cuauuuuulana. returned and complained to defendant, who laughed at them, and told them they_ could not go to a better place was than Newfoundland, and that Yugwas,_ nours sail from New Brunswick. Harragan protested against the fraud, and desired that the money should be returned. This being refused, he offered the defendant 30s. to re store it, but without success. The vessel alluded to had gone out of dock at eight the same morning, in place of at four in the afternoon, as defendant had stated she would, but she returned next day disabled, and remained in dock till the 18th. During the interval Harragan re peatedly called to get back the money, but never finding wow+ ennstrained to .. , .,Aluct.o 711. 110111 e, LIIC WILULU poi 11 v. •••••••• •••• go by the ship named. She encountered bad weather, and put into Belfast dismasted. The government officer then found 50 passengers on board, although he knew she had cleared the Custom-house here for only 29, and he wrote to Lieutenant Hodder of this port. The latter, from enquiries made of several of the passengers, found that several of them had been defrauded in the same way. A defence was att emp t e d , b ut i t f a il e d . M r . R u shton said the whole affair was disgraceful on the part of the broker, and lie fined him £lO, and deprived him of his THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL MEETINGS. At a meeting of the medical nrofeision in this town on Tuesday it was resolved to petition in favour of IVlD..Wak ley's Medical Bill. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE AND THE PnEss.—The usual weekly meeting of this body was held yesterday at the Town-hall, at which the motion, of which notices had been recently given by Mr. Higgins, for the admission of reporters from the public press to the meetings of this body, was brought under consideration. After a lengthy, and we understand somewhat animated discussion, the motion was neg atived, on a division by a m a j or it y o f s i x. The numbers being for the motion seven ; against it thirteen. However the mattter will, we believe, be brought under the consideration of the Council, at the next monthly meeting. DrsriticT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The annual meeting was held on Tuesday in the Savings Bank, 'Bold-street, G. H. Lawrence, Esq., mayor, in the chair. The secre tary, R. L. Carr, Esq., read the report, from which it ap peared that relief had been granted to the large number of 29,630. They comprised, of English, 9,447 ; Irish, 18,987 ; Welsh, 721; Scotch, 636 ; and 78 whose places could not be ascertained ; and the cost of the provisions, &c., with which they were supplied was £2,283 3s. ld. The number in the year before was 8,102, and the cost £435 17s. 6d. Since the accounts had been made out a donation of £5O had been received from the Earl of Sefton, in addition to £7O contributed by his lordship in January. The Rev. W. Hesketh hoped that a more than common circulation would be given to the report, possessing, as it did, more than common importance. Mr. Payne proposd the officers for the ensuing year, his worship the Mayor being requested to accept the office of president. On the proposal of Dr. Reynolds, it was agreed, that the annual meeting, instead of being fixed for the third Tuesday in May, should be held on such a day as the committee might appoint. DOCK COMMITTEE, THIIRSDAY.—The sub-committee of works recommended that Mr. Richard Chaffers should be appointed to take charge of the new landing stage. Mr. Shand said the engagement was only made for three months. Mr. Chaffers was of opinion that it would cost not less than £l5OO a year to work the stage. Mr. Mann said the present barges cost £6OO or £7OO a year each to work. The temporary appointment was agreed to.—The Warehouse Sub-committee reported that they had offered to leave the question as to the sampling of the salt petre belonging: to Messrs. Grey and Co. to a barriser. Messrs. Grey and Co. declined this, but had no objection to leave it to a number of merchants. The Sub-commit tee said that, being advised a barrister was the proper person to whom such a matter ought to be referred, they could not accede to the proposition. Here the matter rested. The Sub-committee reported that an antelope was killed the Sunday previous, on board the Syria, in the Albert Dock, by a dog belonging to one of the watchmen employed there, and recommended that the demand of £lB, less the value of the carcase, should be paid by the committee. The Chairman said the antelope had been sold to Mr. Atkins, of the Zoological Gardens, and would have been removed on Saturday but the Customs inter fered. Mr. Horsfall questioned whether the Customs could not be made liable. It was a specimen of natural history, and they had no right to interfere. Mr. Hender son thought some inquiry might be made upon the sub ject. Mr. Sandbach did not think it reasonable that the Dock Estate should be made answerable for such an acci dent. Mr. Shand wished to know whether the commit tee were legally liable, or whether the payment was a voluntary act on their part ? The Chairman said Mr. Worthington considered the committee were legally liable. Mr. Aikin : Suppose the rats had destroyed the animal ? He thought it a dangerous precedent. The amount was ordered to be paid. MEETING OF THE SELECT VESTRY. — Yesterday week, the first of the weekly meetings of the Select Vestry was held at the Parish-office. It was reported that Dr. Swift, of Canning-street, had been appointed to discharge the duties of the house. The Workhouse now contains 1526 persons. The children in the nursery are said not to be in good health. The salaries of six of the relieving offi cers were advanced to £2ss. a-week for the present. Mr. John Canning, jun., was appointed a district medical offi cer at £7O per annum, with 20s. a week for an assistant, during Dr. Gee's illness. It was agreed that the sum of £440 be paid to Mr. Lowndes. It was reported that the hulk Akbar was admirably adapted for a fever hospital, and that government had offered to send down two naval medical officers, which offer was declined. It was reported that there were 806 members of the house sick. "'here were 952 children in the Industrial Schools, and 152 children in the Infirmary,—being a considerable increase of the former numbers. Mr. Weightman, had reported that two timber sheds as fever hospitals might be erected near those now built in Mount-pleasant, and three on the site of Islington Market. The cost of accommodating 1310 patients in this way would be £8,840. He added, that the area in front of the old Workhouse would answer as a site for the tents, which are daily expected from Lon don. The committee reported that as three medical men would immediately be required —one to reside on board the Akbar, and two to inspect the passengers daily arriv ing from Ireland, they had recommended Mr. Kilner, Mr. M'Clelland, and Mr. Haverty to be appointed, with in structions to enter on their duties at once. They were accordingly appointed. At the request of the Protestant patients in Great Howard-street for a clergyman, the Rev. Cecil Wray had been requested to attend to them. To a question whether the rev, gentleman had attended to the request, irwas replied that he had not as yet.—Mr. Rid ing said that there were now 500 to 600 cases of fever that required immediate accommodation—the sufferers being in their own wretched domiciles. The sheds were filled. It was agreed that the two additional lazarettos should be respectfully accepted from the government, and that the admiralty be requested to grant two more. It was agreed that the Mayor and Town Council be requested to fill up the cellars that eduld not longer be legally inhabited. It was furtherr - agreed that £l5O per annum be paid for the new parish-offices in St. Anne-street, and that three months' notice should terminate the tenancy. Mr. T. H. Brancker and Mr. J. Rogers were elected members of the Select Vestry, in the room of Mr. Chesney and Mr. H. Molyneux, resigned. The Vestry then adjourned. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY On Tuesday the second meeting of the Liverpool Auxi liary to this Society was held at th e A m phith eatre. Adam in the The CHAIRMAN commenced the proceedings by re gretting the absence of the Chancellor, and by expressing his hearty approval of the society, which, he said, was a living, untainted witness of evangelical truth. In these times of trouble and rebuke it was essentially necessary that so valuable a society should be nobly sustained in Liverpool and throughout the country. He then alluded to the embarassments by which we are surrounded —to the mo- ary —.int. depression, and to the apprehended famine ; and said that now we were made acquainted with the that our trust ought, oe reposed in man—but on the Most High. It was a question 44 serious moment—whether we had used our prosperity in com merce, arts, and manufactures for the propagation of it Christian truth not to He recommended the society to the notice and consideration of the young men of the Church of England ; and in conclusion he passed a glowing eulo- glum upon the memory of the late Dr. Tatteishall,-thesa lient points of whose character were—simplicity of mind and feeling. The Rev. W. W. EWBANI read extracts from the un published report of the Parent Society, _and mentioned, that Air. Tuton had sent his annual thank-offering of £26 to the funds of the society. The Rev. Mr. LAWRENCE moved the first resolution, which alluded particularly to the great opening Chinanow presented. The Rev. HENRY POWELL, church missionary from Ceylon, seconded it. The CHAIRMAN said the next speaker would be the Rev. Hugh M'lsleile. Mr. EWBANK said the next speaker would be the Rev. Dr. M'Neile. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN playfully hed that no reflection was intended to be cast upon him for having called Mr. M'Neile, the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. He had little rover teibiotelucbtgehehfefoom:rien, 4ahe_lweel of eield ss d ai inri t ko l e a ivt m . e,hreoeesridi; honoured ,:t a lcoi n dtu, dorrie.,laaoolnigae: name, as i ed f n r,h d i see e on e vl d lao: should snighoke. nnßo ewtv i on t . add, in ,rh b e is ß h e o v p . . Di (: . G m re , a N t E c i h L e . er , was hter. h ) aile . with or rising, g loud applause. applause. He proposed the next resolution, which was one of thanks to God that the principles of the society were unchanged. One of the fundamental principles of the society was, confidence in divine truth as contained in the scripture. It contended that the fundamentals. of Christianity were plain and true. _lnfluential Ten in the state had no confidence In revea tated to say that bowing down to images was wrong. It was of all things necessary that a man should be sure of his message. The saving fact of Christ's atonement was to be preached ; and the more there was of confidence in these fundamental principles of Christianity the more there would be of missionary exertion. There would be more of the young men of the land reared up and sent out to preach the gospel. Missionaries were looked down upon. They were supposed to be a rhapsodical set of beings. But what was comparable to the work of Christian missiona ries ? It was the noblest, the most ..1.; ph man saulaU UD 1U Wllll , ll Waaa could be called, and compared with which everything else sank into insignificance. This society, he contended, was doing a great work for the Church of England. An at tempt had been made to make hers clergy-church —to se parate her from the sympathies of the people. (Applause.) A popular element must be infused into her ; and this so ciety infused it and rallied thousands round the church. If the people became infected with the prevailincr opt axis va 11110Z/Vlltli y imeta, 1u Lue mutt znoshmen musl know that if the Church of England be true, the Church of Rome must be false, and that Romanists were idolaters. kappiause.) True Protestantism was not a mere nega tion. There was a time coming when hereditary notions about truth would not answer. All the seminaries in the universe could not make a Christian; they might make doctors of divinity, but they could not make a single Christian. The Church Missionary Society was honest, and faithful, for it b e li eve d th a t t h e h eat h en world, and the Romish world, and the Mahommedan world, were in the hands of " the wick e d one ." H e commended the Churchman's Penny Magazine to the notice of the pub lic, and said that that excellent publication had llaU na. tion of 110,000 a month. H e sa id the attacks on tarei the Church had not ceased, for a Dissenting publication had lately made a libellous attack upon her, and a reply had been sent by Mr. Seely, and insertion to it as a whole had been refused. The Rev. Dr. BIRTH seconded the resolution in brief but forcible terms. The last resolution was moved by the Rev. I'IRLDIN% OULD, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. DALLAS. It ex.. pressed regret that the annual subscriptions in Liverml had fallen off. 19 tOtrirt 3eb3o. The Manchester Board of Guardians are making ar rangements, by the appointment of additional relieving officers, to meet the pressure of increased distress. In the New County Court, Little Bolton, last week, James Stott, gamekeeper to Henry Tempest, Esq., was ordered to pay £lO to the owner of a Scotch terrier bitch, which he had wantonly shot. THE WARRINGTON JUNCTION STATION.—The new and beautiful buildings at Warrington Junction were opened last week. They arc in the medieval style, built of beautiful stone, RISE IN VALUE.—The market tolls, &c., of Manches ter, were, in 1570, purchased for £3OOO, by Mr. John Lacy, of London ; sold by him in 1596 to Sir Oswald Mosley, for £3,500, and by a descendant of the latter, the other day, to the Manchester Corporation, for £200,000. A meeting was summoned on Tuesday, at Mancheste r , to petition against the corn-laws being allowed to come again into even partial operation. The Mayor presided. The chartists proposed and earned an amendment against all mercantile monopoly whatever. A splendid service of plate, valued at £5OO, was pre sented at the Cheshire Quarter Sessions, at Knutsford, on Monday, to Trafford Trafford, Esq., chairman, who has officiated in that capacity for twenty-seven years, and has been a magistrate of the county for upwards of half a century. A SIGN OF THE TIMES.—We may state as a sign of the present depressed times, that on Wednesday, a deputation from the hands employed in a portion of the works of Messrs. Horrockses, Miller and Co., at Preston, waited upon the manager to request, as a favour, that they might be permitted to work on Whitmonday—a day which in that town, from time immemorial we may almost say, has been dedicated wholly to festivity. The request, however; could not conveniently be complied with. _ A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF INCENDIARISM formed the subject for examination before the magistrates of the Borough Court, Manchester, on Thursday. A girl about fifteen years of age, named Maria Atkinson, was charged with setting fire to the house of her master, on Wednesday last, no less than six different times ! Mr. John Bragg is a rope and packing-sheet manufacturer, and also keeps the Crooked Billet, in Back Princess-street, close by the soup kitchen. She declined to make any statement, and was committed to the assizes for trial. WARRINGTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—The newly created burgesses are now actively engaged in preparing for the contest for town councillors in the different wards. Great political excitement pre'ails. The friends for the incorporation of the borough have held several meetings and are canvassing the burgesses in favour of the Liberal -candidates they have put in nomination for each ward ; and the opponents of the incorporation of the borough (as they are called) are holding meetings in the different wards, and putting in nomination gentlemen of proved " Conservative principles." Each party entertains san guine hopes of success. W. Beamont. Esq. is the return ing of f icer for the borough, and he has appointed the Ist June next for the election. TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE.—There is now on the Lan caster and Preston Railway a travelling post-office, the beauty and workmanship of which are really charming. It is of commodious size, claret coloured, and most ele gantly embellished with the royal arms, in full blazonry, the royal cypher, richly gilt, the stars of the different or ders of knighthood, and altogether presenting an outward appearance of dazzling brilliancy. Within is a large apartment, entirely lined with mahogany, French polished, having at a convenient part innumerable little deposito ries for the reception of letters, all inscribed on gold la bels, with the names of the various post towns. Four lamps are suspended from the ceiling, .whilst at the sides light is admitted by the spacious windows of plate glass, shielded by crimson silk blinds, such as are used in private carriages, THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE MANCHESTER EX CHANGE has been commenced, and the foundation stone ofthejnew erection was laid on Thursday morning, by James Consterdine, Esq. By this enlargement the first floor of the Exchange, which is now nearly double the size of the same room in 1840, and contains 5,500 square feet, will be increased to an area of 14,400 square feet. The new portion of the building is erecting from designs by Alex. Mills, Esq., architect, of Manchester, and the cost is esti mated at £70,000. Mr. Consterdine, in his address on laying the foundation stone, declared the intention of the committee to spare no expense to render every business facility in their power to the large commercial community assembling within the building ; and said that arrange ments had already been entered into with the Electric Telegraph Company for connecting the Exchange, by means of that invention, with London on the one hand, and with Edinburgh on the other ; and in fact with all the great towns of the kingdom. TRAGEDY EXTRAORDINARY.-At the Queen's Theatre, Manchester, on Monday, the sock and buskin were laid under peculiar contribution in the representation of King Richard 111. Mr. Wyndham took a benefit, which, we trust, proved really what it was hoped to be, and a quintet of comic actors, including Messrs. Sloan and Wyndham, undertook the novelty of strutting through the crook'd back tyrant, one act of the tragedy being apportioned to each actor. Of course so startling an announcement as " five Richards being in the field" astonished " the gods," who, as the several tragedians appeared, scarcely knew whether to laugh or to cry. At length the climax of the tragic farce arrived, Mr. Sloan dashing upon the stage as King Dick. In the midst of a very gravesoliloquy the risible muscles of the audience were disturbed, and this indecorous facial expression in the midst of a solemn tragedy was quickly followed by a loud guffaw, which Richard's philosophy could not scorn. Hastily stepping to the front of the stage, and with his well-trained tragic face he said,—" Ladies and gentlemen, pray don't think we are playing comically, for I assure you we are playing tragedy as earnestly as we can. You'll oblige us much if you won't laugh !"rhe people again hardly knew whe ther to laugh or cry ; and in a few minutes afterwards the curtain fell amidst peals of laughter. THE PARISH OF MANCHESTER.—The result of the ne gociations pending between chapter and churchwardens, on the subject of the ecclesiastical arrangements of the parish of Manchester, have transpired. The main ques tion was whether or not the dignitaries of the Collegiate Church should be resident in the parish. This point has been so far conceded to the parishioners, that hereafter it will be imperative on all canons to hold, together with their stalls, one of the livings in the parish, within the gift of the chapter, so that each shall perform duty in a church, and reside in the parish. The chapter has also agreed, that it is desirable that any surplus from the pro perty of the Chapter shall be exclusively devoted to the spiritual wants of the town, and will use their influence to secure such application. They have also offered to devote one of its estates, the best situated for building purposes, and whose proceeds will soon be great, to secure the ulti mate exemption of other churches in the parish from dues to the mother church, and to endow the Poorer livings in the gift of the chapter. Hereafter the Dean will receive an annual income of £2OOO, and the four canons £lOOO cessities of the parish: The Dean will be required to re side, according to the several acts, in the parish at least 8 months in the year, and the canons 9 months ; but a contemporary says that arrangements ought to be made through the ecclesiastical commissioners to secure the ex penditure of the church property of Manchester in the parish, and that it is not certainthat the longer residence of the Dean and Canons within it can be enforced, the penalty being insufficient to exert obedience to the injunction. Objections are also made to giving £lOOO each to the canons, and also a living, the former being considered an ample provision for them. MEETING OF WARRINGTON POLICE COMMISSIONERS. —On Thursday last, the Police Commissioners of the township of Warrington held their monthly meeting in the large room over the police station. Joseph Perrin, Esq., was called to the chair.—The clerk to the commis sioners then read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. He next read the report of the com mittee appointed out of the commissioners to confer with the Warrington Gas Company, as to the conditions to be agreed between them for transferring the powers vested in the gas company to the corporation. It was moved and seconded, and carried unanimously, that the report be received, and entered on the minutes. A letter was next read by the clerk, and which he stated he bad re ceived from the overseers previous to the last monthly meeting, but there not being a sufficient number of com missioners present to form a quorum, the meeting was ad journed, and the consideration of the subject contained in the letter was deferred. The overseers complained in rather strong terms of the want of proper and in creased accommodation at the overseers' office • that since the offices had bee n rented from the: com missioners, four years ago, there had been an in crease in the number of weekly paupers cases from 503 to upwards of 1000. That owing to this increase and the great influx of Irish poor into the town, tl trance into the office was crowded to excess which not only rendered it dangerous but impossible for the overseers and other rate-payers to attend there on ordinary busi ness, and if the commissioners would afford them increased accommodation, they would have no objection to pay an increased rental. Several commissioners were of opinion that the present offices were too small, and that at the present time, when typhus and scarlet fever were spread.. ing to such an alarming extent in the town, imme diate steps ought to be taken to arrest its progress. It was then moved and seconded and passed unani mously, that " the General Paupers' Committee " be, and they are hereby appointed to take immediate steps to remove the museum from the large room next to the Overseers' Office, and that such increased accommo dation be provided for the overseers as the neces sities of - the case appear to require. —Mr. White then in quired Whether any and what measures were being taken to remove nuisances, and tc. compel owners of small cot- tOver no steps been taken by the Comnusioners other than to appoint Nuisance Committee, which were the Highway Board fbnt_ if nuisances existed, on the same hemnr, MILL - uvpre sented to that committee, attention would, h e h a d io doubt, be paid to them.—Mr. White then expressed the desirableness of the Commissioners issuing a placard, call_ ing on the owners of cottage property to whitewash them and to remove all nuisances about their premises. The matter after considerable discussion was referred to the Nuisance Committee. Mr. Nicholson then said that he had a complaint to make against some parties ; but as he was not aware who were the committee that had given cause for the complaint, he did not wish it to be under stood, in any remarks that he might make, that he was personally alluding to any one present. He said he had to complain of the removal, within the last nine months, of a lamp from the corner of his premises, which lighted up two streets, and had been placed there for many years previously.—Mr. P. Rylands said he was chairman of the Lamp Committee, but had no knowledge of any orders having been given to remove the lamp in question.—Mr. Nicholson, replied, and stated that, from what had fallen from Mr. Rylands, it appeared that . the Lamp Committee were inefficient, and had a most inefficient chairman. — Mr, 31)$$ said he considered that the complaint made by Mr. Nicholson was a very proper one ; that there appeared a want of courtesy in the committee removing the lamp without consulting Mr. Nicholson ; and he thought it ought to be restored to its former situation.—A rather recriminatory discussion followed between Messrs. Nichol son and Rylands, which was interrupted by the chairman desiring the committee to inquire by whose direction the lamp had been removed, and recommending that it be fixed as before. The meeting was then adjourned, and separated. CORRESPONDENCE. DR. BOWRING AND THE QUARANTINE TO THE EDITOR 01? THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—It has afforded me no little amusement, that while the merchants of Liverpool are agitating the fever question, and using their best exertions to arrest the devastating progress of pestilence, the hon. member for Bolton should be making the best use of his parliamentary influence in endeavouring to counteract those efforts, so requisite for the preservation of the sanatory condition of the British empire, by seeking to abrogate the quarantine regulations. I will not for one moment deny the' inconvenience which merchants must of necessity experience from delay in the transmission of their goods, but where is the law to be found unattended with inconvenience to some portion of the com munity? Will the Government submit to abandon church rates, because dissenters object to pay them ? Will the state refuse support to the army and navy, for the protection of our commerce and our country, because Quakers object to the principle of war? If not, then I ask, upon what principle shall it be urged that Government should abrogate laws for the preservation of our health, because a few, and a few only, of our merchants and cotton-spinners object to the trifling delay arising from the detention of their goods on board the lazaret toes? I have said trifling delay ; because it is only on sus pected articles, such as cotton, wool, s p onges, an d ot h ers capa ble of harbouring contagion, and where vessels do not bring clean bills of health, that any detention whatever occurs. I apprehend the Government would do well to consider so serious a question, before thy consent to withdraw their pre sent restrictions; for what would be the consequence if vessels arriving; from ports infected with a cont ag i ous di sor d er were allowed to enter our docks, land their produce, and thus carry contagion to Manchester? What, I repeat, would be the con sequence if even one bale of cotton or wool, out of many thou sands, (which, from the closeness of the ships' holds, could receive no advantage from ventilation,) were to convey the plague or any other disorder into the thickly-populated dis tricts of Manchester, Leeds, or even Liverpool ? It is well known that the chances of life are greatly in favour of the sol dier in the most sanguinary engagement, compared with those who live in an unhealthy town. I hesitate not to say, that the excitement of the populace would be such, that even the bon. member himself would be as anxio us to retrace his steps, as he is unremitting in his exertions to repeal the existing laws ; and should he live long enough to realise his expectations, I venture to predict he will live to feel the taunts of thousands, and the reproach of those feelings which now influence him in seeking to deprive his fellow-countrymen of the only protec tion a judicious Government have afforded thern against the invasion of foreign sickness. It has been asserted that the 13'ague has never been known to penetrate healthy countries through the medium of ships' cargoes. I mention the plague, as it seems it has never oc curred to the hon. member that any other infectious disorder might be imported, though I believe if any sickness greater than usual should prevail in this or any other town, there would be found those who would, and perhaps not without cause, attribute it to the suspension of the quarantine regula tions. I am supported in my belief that th e i n h a bi tants of Liver pool will resist the motion of Dr. Bowring, should he ever carry the question so far, by the circumstance of the ship Brutus, which occurred but a few years ago, when that ship was obliged to return, after havin been for several days at sea, owing to cholera breaking out onboard. The people of Liver pool were so horrified at the idea of the emigrants landing on the quays, although the same disorder was raging in the town at the time, that the authorities refused to admit them, and compelled the ship to proceed to the quarantine station, where they disembarked the sick on board the lazarettoes. Permit me to ask the hon. gentleman if he entertains any doubt as to the existence of contagion and infection in any case? or if any change in the nature of the plague has been observed, that will warrant him in asserting that no fear is to be apprehended from their existence? If so, then I would ask him to explain whence arose the plague which swept the streets and desolated the city of London in the reign of Charles the Second—Marseilles in 1820 (in reference to which, the Presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce a few weeks since uttered these startling and significant words, "We do not forget the cruel plague of 1820")—and Malta about the same period, or a little after, where the disorder was traced to a shoemaker's stall, conveyed there in some pieces of leather. A melancholy instance of contagion occurred, not many Years ago, to the relative of a gentleman with whom I am ac quainted, who, on his passage through the Dardanelles, called at a shop in Constantinople, with his wife and a boy from the ship, to purchase a few articles. The lady and gentleman were a short time after seized with the plague, then the boy and several of the ship's crew, who all died in consequence. There are many such instances; and, in the face of these facts, can any reasonable mind believe there is no fear to be apprehended from contagion? In consequence of the present unhealthy state of Liverpool, the Consuls stationed here dare not withhold communicating the fact to their different Governments, who will beyond doubt apply the good old maxim, that " prevention is better than cure," and compel our vessels to hoist the yellow flag on entering their ports, and give them sixty days' quarantine. I am moreover informed, that captains of Sicilian vessels are fearful of having three months of it on their arrival out. I shall not trouble you any further for the present, but am of opinion that the journals of the day are not fulfilling their dutyto themselves and to the public in general, by suppress ing any communication they may receive calculated to arouse the inhabitants of our large commercial towns to a sense of the danger which must inevitably follow, should the Govern ment of this country yield to the motion of the hon. member for Bolton, and abandon the quarantine restrictions on vessels - arriving from contagious countries. I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, Liverpool, May 21st, 1847. J. CAVE. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Withotit incurring the charge of being a friend to joint stock speculations of any description, yet I hope I may be per mitted to express my antagonism to the monstrous outlay and the consequent charge on the inhabitants which the " Riving ton" water scheme will necessarily impose, not only on the present generation, but in perpetuity. To save this enormous expense were worth a trial of some magnitude; but to save the expense and realise a purer article than any th a t can b e ob tained from a reservoir exposed above ground, when the trial can be made for, comparatively, an old song, surely this is such an appeal to the public spirit, and the patriotism of every man in our local community, as cannot be resisted without an im peachment of the understanding* that idiotcy itself would not brook. A cost of a million, Mr. Editor, for that which the earth is yearning to yield to the tapster who shall sue for it by a simple application to her over-gorged bowels, is enough to stagger all belief in the assertion of that crippled state of our finances, both public and private, which is now smiting every heart with fear. Let any one, however unscientific, take a suburban walk of four semicircular miles, north, east, and south, from the Town-hall, see the struggle of the precious fluid for egress through the fissures of rock even, and then say if the expensive proposition of the Rivington Pike scheme can be justified before a trial has been made to realise it at a less cost. Now what I would propose through your columns, Mr. Editor, is a trial of the "Artesian Well," which is very likely to succeed in Manchester, where it is now being made. Three hundred yards may be bored for an expense of .ei,200, or .:,€4 per yard ; but suppose an extra hundred yards were required to accomplish the desiderated blessing of adequate supply for every purpose„ should a paltry sum of .t1,(300 deter from the attempt? Well, if we are agreed thus far, could there be, ought there to be, any difficulty in raising such an insignificant fund by subscription even, among our townsmen for so noble a pur pose. Why, the Corporation itself ought to do it ; but if this were too large a demand on its liberality, surely it would not scruple to give a thousand, when the residue would be got from the public in a month. But if both should fail, a public com pany might be formed, create 2000 shares at 20s. per share, call itself the "Artesian Well Company," limit itself to that process exclusively, and to an ouside profit of 20 per cent. on a cost of £2,000, or not exceeding, say £5,000, should extra boring be necessary, to be stimulated by probabilities of suc cess as they proceeded with the perforation. Mr. Kyle, celebrated in Pope's immortal verse as the "Man of Ross," conferred, at his own expense, the blessing of a sup ply of pure water on his lovely little village on the banks of the Wye, receiving in return the blessings of his fellow parishioners ; and shall the wealthy town of Liverpool want its" Men of Ross" to do likewise? Why, Sir, a solitary shilling from each house holder would meet the exigency for the trial ; and where is the individual, even though his own pump renders him inde pendent of the necessity, who would begrudge five to supply both poor and rich with a first requisite of existence, the town with a first essential of health, and all with the first necessary of enjoyment and comfort, cleanliness, which is very appositely said to be " next to godliness." I throw out the hint, Mr. Editor, as worthy of all attention from any and all who have heavy purses, abundant time, and patriotism and love of kind, sufficient to attempt the realisation of that self complaisant and exquisitely fine feeling of inward de light which could not fail to attend the accomplishment of so gTeat a boon, and at so trifling a cost too. But if we have no " Men of Ross" among us, why then let it be taken up as above suggested, either by public subscription, or, if that fail, by a small public company. It were better to be indebted to the selfish principle of private gain than miss so great a good; but better still to owe that good to the armor paeri‘e of some good Samaritan, who would earn for himself a marble monument of fame that would carry down his name and deed to the latest posterity. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your oblig Scrvant PUBLIC NUISANCES TO THE EDITOR OF THE 41VERPOOL ST_INDARD. " Shilling wise and Pound foolish," appears to be the motto adopted by the Town Council of Liverpool ; they issue strict orders that no cigar smoking be allowed on the Pierheads, because one or two of their fair friends affect to dislike the smell of tobacco, and pronounce the custom a public nuisance, and if this is really a nuisance. nrav Mr Fditnr we use sufficiently eßrf street, and to-day in T A. LORD-STREET TRA sale of the coke. Mr. Smith, of the Windsor Iron Foundry (Liverpool), spoke in favour of the new company. A third company would cause a real not a sham competi tion, and the public would be better served.—The chair_ man, in addressing the learned counsel, desired to know if a compromise could not be come to; that is, whether the old companies could not make such a reduction in the price of gas —a liberal and substantial reduction —as would justify the committee in preventing the establish ment of a third company, and entailing the necessity of breaking up the streets, laying down a third set of mains, and occasioning various other annoyances and incon veniences to which it was unnecessary to allude more par ticularly. Unless this was done, the committee was pre pared to go on with the case, and to decide upon Mr. Cox's plan, with which they had every reason to be satis fied, and to believe that perfectly responsible persons were ready to carry it out in the manner that gentleman had detailed. He (the chairman) had received a communica tion, purporting to be an offer on the part of the Dale street Company, but it did not satisfy the committee. I The reduction must be liberal, otherwise the preamble of the Guardian Company's Bill would be declared to be proved, if the remaining evidence did not upset that al ready adduced. After repeating this advice several times he gave the parties until twelve o'clock next day to make a proposition, and if it were not such as the interests of the public demanded, the case would be fully proceeded with. On Friday the committee again sat. All the counsel for the various parties were for the first time present. The rooms were crowded to excess by the parties inter ested.—Mr. Slade, for the Liverpool Gas Company, read his proposition, to the effect,—that their committee has maturely considered their proposal of yesterday, that the existing shareholders in the company should be allowed to take the whole of the new capital at 7 per cent., with the object of ascertaining whether they could prudently take such a capital at a still lower rate of interest, and they had concluded that they could not—especially front the state of the money market, and the fact that the per centage named was not sufficient to pay the dividends on the present capital. They therefore urged their pro position of the day before on the further consideration of the committee then sitting. To meet the wishes of the com mittee with regard to a modified plan of raising capital, they proposed that to the new capital should be given dividend of 71 per cent., and appropriating one-half of such capital, and selling one-half, or appropriating one-third, and selling two-thirds ; and these modes they respectfully submitted to the committee ; that if the committee thought the new shareholders ought not to have a pro spective advantage, but that all the new capital should be sold by auction, they were prepared to accede to their wishes, influenced in no small degree by the belief that it would afford satisfaction to the Town Council, who rep resented a large body of consumers, and meet the object of the petition against the bill.—Mr. Austin (for the Corporation) said his clients would be satisfied with the last portion of the proposition.—Mr. Sergeant Wranghatrt proposed (for the Guardian Company,)-Ist, That each company should have their bill, with power to raise £lOO,OOO each, at 71 per cent. 2dly, That the capital to be raised (of £2C0,000) be divided equally between the Dale -street Company and the Guardian Gas Company. Maximum interest on new capital to be 71 percent. Maxi mum price, when the consumption arrives at 250 millions to be 45., when 300 millions the maximum price be 3s Sd. —Mr. Lace, chairman of the Corporation Company, said that this would entail a loss to the public of 21 per cent. —The room was cleared for about an hour, and when opened, Mr. Wm. Brown came out and assured the promoters of the Guardian Bill that nearly the whole committee were completely against them, and that all he and Mr. Brotherton could do, with any likelihood of prac tical good, was to propose that the Guardian Company should have their expenses allowed. To this proposition the Guardian Company were of course obliged to submit, and accordingly withdrew their bill.—The chairman said the committee would pass the preamble of the Old Com pany's Bill, on the understanding that the whole of the new capital will be raised by auction ; that the £200,000 will be sold by auction, with the precautions necessary to ensure the best possible price to the public; that the maximum price of the gas b e fi xe d a t 4 s . 6d ., with a power of revision by the recorder.—The committee then pro ceeded with the clauses of the . Dale.street Company's Bill. —The decision come to created the most extraordinary surprise amongst the audience, by whom it was most distinctly understood that the chairman's suggestion of the previous day, as to a decided reduction in the maximum price of gas would be fully acted upon, especially as the evidence in favour of the Guardian Company was on all hands admitted to be founded on sound and conclusive principles. • THE GUARDIAN GAS BILL, The Parliamentary committi sat during the last week. Mr. 27 7 appeared for the promoters, gave a history of the corn panies from 1834, and their bringing down the price o the commodity from 15s. per 1000 cubic feet to 4s. 6d. to which it was reduced in 1845. A further supply wa required, for which further capital had to be raised, and he contended that a new company alone could supply it to suit the, means of the poor. The Guardian Company proposed to do this by means of a capital of £330,000 at 71 per cent. dividend, and at 3s. Bel. per 1000 cubic feet. He said the clauses of the Act of the Dale-street Company were exceedingly objectionable. Witnesses were then called, on that and the following day, including Mr. Reay, secretary to the Guardian Society, Mr. Macdonald, secre tary to the Guardian Gas Company, Mr. Councilor Par ker, Mr. Cox, the Company's engineer, and others. Thursday Mr. W. Herapath, the chemist and lectur was examined, and instanced places where better g produced than at Liverpool, by Mr. Co ple, which was applicable to heating a] as lighting purposes. He considered ciently low in price to admit of gas bei I Lt Wrangham, who t 3s. was suffi- universally I for ak. AousehOld and domestic purposes. There was a saving of 25 per cent.. in using a material hitherto thrown away. Mr. S. Glegg deposed to the saving to artisans by using gas in place of candles, and the superior light. Mr. Cox has proposed plans to light Liverpool of which he (witness) entirely approved. The works of the proposed company were to be on that plan. It would be desirable that one company should provide the whole of the gas required for the town. • Other witnesses talked of the advantages of Mr. Cox's plan in melting iron, &c., and said the expense of the coal would be covered by the COURT AND FASHION. The ordinary routine of Court life in town has been lit tle varied within the last few days. The Queen and the Prince have been taking their usual out-door exercise ; and on Thursday evening, the Queen, the P r i nce , an d suite, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace for Claremont, on Friday, where they will remain until to-day. Yesterday, the anniversary of our Sovereign's birth-day, will be publicly kept on Thursday, 'when the Queen will hold a drawing room for its celebration. On Monday, the 31st, it is understood that the Court will remove to Windsor for the purpose of spending the Ascot race week there, during which a succession of visitors will be received liy her Majesty at the castle. The Hon. H. T. Stanley I vice the Earl of Derby, of tl Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia s been gazetted Colonel, second regiment of the' The Duke of Wellington and the Rev. Dr. Wellesley now only remain of the five sons of the late Earl of 'Abr. nington. EARNING A FORTUNI The Birmingham Advertiser gives the following skelc`t of the personal history of an eminent iron-master : " Mr. T. M—, of well-known iron -works in the parish of Tipton, was formerly a working collier, and to use his own simple narrative, went to work, when only seven years of age, under Mr. Richmond Aston, with whore he continued some years. When he was 16 years of age his father was killed in a coal-pit. He was the eldest of 11 children, for whom and an aged mother he continued to toil. He succeeded, by care and industry, in bringing up this large family, and he supports his aged mother to this day. ' When I married,' said he, ' I gave my mother all the money I had, viz., 4s. 6d.' He mar ried when very young, and was exceedingly persevering, so much so, that he earned one shilling an hour ; but, unlike, many in similar circumstances, he never entered a public-house, but cared only for his family. Early in life he joined the Wesleyans, for whom he entertains the strongest affection, believing, as he does, that he attained to his present position through the aid, instruction, and comfort lie derived from them. As a proof of the sin cerity of his affection, the munificent sum given by him at the centenary fund is already on record. At the present time he has given upwards of £2OO towards building schools for the Wesleyans : nor is his liberality confined to them, for he gave £5O towards the .erection of St. Paul's Church at Tipton, with £7 for incidental expenses ; and he states that he has found that the more money ho has given away in the holy cause of charity, the more his wealth has increased. He reared in his own house 21 fatherless children, all poor relations. Here was a mind not refined by education, yet always sensible of the sufferings of the poor, and always ready to alleviate dis tress. You see that man on the bank,' he said to Veri tas, pointing from his drawing-room window—` he was a poor basket-maker, living with his famly in a cellar. I discovered, on inquiry, that his conduct was good—l took him into my service, and found him useful.' Mr. M— went through all the gradations,—first, the collier-boy ; secondly, the butty ; thirdly, the royalty man ; and, fourthly, the sole proprietor of iron -works, and is now universally acknowledged to be the largest freeholder in the parish of Tipton. Notwithstanding the p ressure of a large family, he earned enough by the labour of his hands to purchase a piece of land of Mr. Isaac Aston, of Tipton, on which he erected six houses. These were his first fruits. He next bought, on Tipton -green, a piece of freehold land, which he presented to the Wesleyans, and on which their school now stands. At this time he began to prosper in the world. He took royalty under the Rev. W. B. Collis, then under Mr. Elliott, and then under Sir 11. St. Paul. He finally bought, at the request and solicitation of his late employers, Messrs. Hateley and Jesson, Tipton Colliery, for which he paid down £7OOO, and the rest by instalments. This large purchase, the amount of which from prudential motives we refrain to mention, excited the attention of his neighbours, who said that he would never be able to pay for it, and that ho must have taken leave of his senses. What could he be thinking of? Did he want to injure his children, and lose his previous hard earnings ? Time rolled on, and in a, few years he completed his purchase. Having paid for it, lie gave an entertainment to 2,000, including the wives and children of his guests ; the next day 400 of his la bouring men ate up the fragments, so that nothing was lost. There were 400 charity children, too, who partook of his bounty. He feeds the hungry and clothes the naked, even to this day ; his weekly contributions are large indeed to the necessitous. He got money so fast that he bought the estate adjoining his own, then an estate of Mr. Fletcher, then Burnt Tree estate, and Richard Fryer's estate and Dudley P or t, th en an estate of Bankes Brothers,lat Wednesburv, as also other property; in addition he has 70 houses, all his own freehold; and at this time he employs between 400 and 500 pair of minus. riffs property at tnis time is upwards of £200,000, besides the increased value given to it by three lines of railway that will go through his estates. Some years ago lie was met by an old acquaintance, named George Bailey; who accosted him in these words, ' Well, Tom, there is a blessing reserved in heaven for you, for the good that you have done here upon earth in relieving all who are in a state of destitution, and particularly the fatherless child - He never has had any money left or given to him ; his whole life seems as though the sun; never ceased to shine upon him. He took the property of Coseley-moor Colliery, under Sir Horace St.. Paul ; it was the only one that turned out badly, and was inspected by Sir Horace's confidential agent, Mr. Bradley, who rep resented it to Sir Horace. He afterwards made an ap pointment to meet Sir Horace at the Hotel, Dudley, for the purpose of obtaining a decrease of royalty. It so ren and widows ! liappenec Dudley, Sat air Horace was about to dine with Lord but on hearing of the arrival of Mr. M—, ha Mr. Bradley, take off 3d. per ton from Mr. 3 1— 's royalty.' Are you aware,' rejoined Mr. Bradley, how large a difference this will make ?' Sir Horace replied, ' Never mind, M— is a worthy man—let him hayejhe nenetit."rhe advantage he derived from u l, 'let. l "'"" was upwards of X 2,000. Th e f am ily of this great man look back with pleasure upon the fact that their father haS been the maker of his own fortune, not like some others who are ashamed to own that once they were poor, a n d who have climbed so suddenly to the top of the ladder, that they know not how to balance themselves. Although strongly attached to Wesicyanism, he entertain s no b ad feeling towards the Church , believing that she has with' herself the elements of her own resuscitation • and In proof, his youngest son, Eli , is being educated for a a toter of the Church of England or a 111111.• n last 9,490 50 on bales. spect time that, s are pera r the :only chich e to hould tivity eived ather y the how ad- Al as the ) the the we 'uly , the mffi ?lila- WON rt of melt' false con bad came the elled sham been the bout ance le to and, ver- Con ti to biage , one Let there al in ,hich iina ts of Lr to- !look We 3e of the es of t, in ;tless Corn 3 be Com mill- adth wait rated of rhich god that atm- than ; the ►fully Inds. Bestir i and )n of p th e I en. ,t on t of e 05 ' what