The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-04 00:00:00

SPONDENTS. your hope that the founds n the state of this country at no Bible Society, no Tract , ty. no City Mission, no Scrip ted Schools, and no Ten Hours' one of extreme peril. The iecessity, so large a proportion 4 had they been left in neglect, pportunity afforded at the pre itors would have been a fearful tibtrpoot otanbarb. TUESDAY OUR contempor found co we put to with which the delis Whig-Radical Mem a three-years Income 'I whilst a similar offence vative, Mr. Cardwell, w emand of inst MORNING, APRIL 4, 1848 the Mercury, has at length )ond to the questions which aspect to the absolute silence luency of Sir Thos. Birch, the er for Liverpool, in voting for x, was met by his party, ;onitnitted by the Conser s held as sufficient to jus resignation. A brief no- lame explanation offered. After stating the offence committed by Mr. Card well, in dividing against Mr. Horsman's motion, ourse adopted towards him by our local ss and, the National Confederation, the iliercuru says : and the c ch, on the contrary, was es of the Liverpool consti- J modification proposed, and, e crpetration of the injustice pro _.....scers—although, had it been given in the direction, less surprise would have been felt in the town than was caused by Mr. Cardwell's vote, on ac count of what we stated at the time—namely, his long established Whig principles, and his personal friendship with ministers.' His spirited independence of such con in this instance, gained for the hon. baronet artiest approbation, which was expressed in a glow . • 1 Inotimer men of all omas I of coursi posed b siderations A few days however, on the vote upon i was designed to limit the characteristics of the Income force an equitable adjustment Sir Thomas Birch voted with ,nifying his consent to the perpetua- Mr. Hume's motion, wh duration of the iniquitous Tax to one year, and to et of taxation for the future, wrong for three years, seeing that, by the DfMr. Horsman's motion, it had been that wrong at once." tion of glari.. s previous rejectic derided nnt. In ri We shall have, bye and bye, to direct attention to the concluding lines of the above extract, which we have given in italics. Our contemporary con- tinues : " Great dissatisfaction was caused by this vote but neither the press nor the National Confederation adopted such a tone of remonstrance in this case as in the other. " Our Orange contemporary of Tuesday has expressed his surprise at the circumstance, though we were by no means silent at the time ; but the fact is, that the cen surable vote of Sir Thomas in this instance was in a great measure covered by the iiiry extensive delinquency of some of the best men we have in the House of Commons, who were panic-stricken by the threat of Lord John Rus sell to relinquish the government unless the fraud were sanctioned for three years." Now what does all this amount to ? Sir Thos. Birch voted in accordance with the wishes of his constituents, notwithstanding " his long established Whig principles, and his personal friendship with Ministers," on the first division, those Ministers and particular friends being very well able, on . that occasion, to spare his vote. But what became of the Hon. Baronet's " spirited independence of such considerations" as " Whig principles" and " per- mdship with Ministers," when the occa m came that his vote might have been efficacious in advancing the wishes of the people of Liverpool, and getting rid of a "glaring wrong" and a "fraud ?" Lord John threatened to resign if Mr. Hume's motion for a limitation of the duration of the Income Tax was carried ; and poor Sir Thomas's spirited independence fled. Flesh and blood couldn't stand the thought of parting with his personal friends. " Long, established Whig principles" at least couldn't stand such a parting. So Sir Thomas, to use the words of his apologist, " voted with Ministers, thereby silty ing . his — consent to the per- petuation of a glaring wrong for three years, stead of one. nporary says that the offence of the Hon. Member " was covered by the very extensive delinquency of some of the very best men we,have in the House of Commons, who were panic stricken by the threat of Lord John Russell ?" We can just imagine the scene of such a panic—the horror—the xzement which must have been painted faces of these "very best men" at the ad the Treasury. Our cont blank at upon th, patronage — , commissionerships, and cabinet dinners receding from their grasp. Our's is not a pictorial newspaper, or we would cut it in wood for the gra tification of our readers. We cannot, however, but admire the Mercury's notion that delinquency is covered,—that crime is less crime,—when it is com mitted in company. Sir Thomas didn't rob an orchard by himself. He only went with the other big lads to commit the robbery ! Our contemporary says that although " great dissatisfaction was created by the vote (of Sir Thos. Birch) neither the press nor the National Confede ration adopted such a tone of remonstrance in this case as in the other," (the case of Mr. Cardivell.) When he says the press, he means, of course, the Whig to knc Radical pre rar that a vi and we are quite old enough light excuse _will serve that the conduct of at any expense, a W round for -ref ss as a 'raining from censure of a Whig Member in propping up, at ,ts of the community, or finistry. But with respect .e cannot conceive them to be a political body; and to them the im putation of party prediliction ought not to apply. They abstained from visiting his just punishment upon the head of Sir Thos. Birch, because of "the very extensive delinquency of some of the best men of the House of Commons !" Such, at least, is the plea put forth in their behalf by the Mercury. But there was an " extensive delinquency" when Mr. Cardwell voted against Mr. Horsman's motion. And after all, what had the extent of the delin quency to do with the matter. Liverpool has two members - One -1' only. Ar. Cardwell—voted in opposition to his constituents upon this question, and was denounced ; and when the other had simi larly offended, why should his offence be passed over. The Confederation have only to act at home, and punish their own delinquent members; and leave therest of the constituencies tossleal with theirs. And now with respect to the passage marked in talics in our first quotation, viz., that " by the pre vious rejection of Mr. Horsman's motion it had been decided not to redress that wrong"—the une qual pressure of the income tax—" at once." We deny thatthe rejection of Mr. Horsman's motion any such thing was decided; forit has notyetbeen proved that the plan of Mr. Horsman would have redressed inflicted upon the community by the It was the rejection only of a specific income tax measure, regarded by many, who are firmly op - posed to the present tax, as crudely drawn up and unlikely to be efficacious in its object. But on what ground can Sir Thos. Birch's vote against the proposition to refer the subject to a select committee, with in structions to "redress the wrong at once" by the production of a well-considered and just plan of imposing the tax, be justified ? Such a committee, composed of practical men from both sides of the House, need not be a fortnight in drawing up such a plan. They might even, if there be so much ab solute wisdom in Mr. Horsman's proposition, make it the basis of their labours. At all events it is clear that the principle involved in the motion for which the Hon. Baronet voted was virtually the same as in that of yesterday week against which he voted, viz., that it was inexpedient to concede a three-years Income Tax without the inequalities of noved its pressure ben], We shall not follow the Mercury through the remainder of this poor apology for his fri end, and for his own want of independent spirit in hushing up all direct mention of his delinquency. It is stuff to tell us that " the feeling of the country was di rected against the House generally," and that "indi viduality was comparatively lost." Individuality was only lost in quarters where it was more conve met to inveigh against the House generally than against a Whig-Radical representative. THE recent manly declaration of Lord J. Russell, with respect to the influence of our Colonies in promoting the greatness of this empire, will be in the recollection of most of our readers. " I for my part," said his lordship, "have always considered our Colonies as a part of the strength of this em pire. I may be mistaken in that view; but if they are part of the strength of this empire, then I say I am not the person who would be willing, by reason of any notions of economy and retrench ment, to reduce any part of that strength. If it be the choice of England to descend lower in the scale among nations; to Say that Slfe liaS Nen too; long powerftil, that she wishes no longer to influence TO CORR: We join you heal ddot co nstitt ica! pot the destinies of the world, that she will be contented ith a humbler part,—then it is for this country to is for this country to carry those words say So t : only let me not be the instrument. Let me not, I say. be the instrument in carrying into erect that which I should think to be the degradation of the country ! " His lordship was, no doubt, sincere in this.declaration ; yet. it is very doubtful whether the Colonial policy of his lordship's ad ministration is not advancing the very result which his lordship so much deprecates ; and whether, too, that result is not more close at hand than either him self or the people of England generally imagine. nto eft We commented in our last upon the instructions sent out from the Colonial office to our possessions in America, suggesting to their legislatures the im position of restrictions upon emigration to this country—restrictions which we showed to be un necessarily harsh, framed, as they obviously were, to meet an evil which no longer exists. We showed how those instructions were acted upon by the legislature 'of a portion of those Colonies—the Canadas ; that the measure suggested by them was so increased in the severity of its pressure upon the shipowner, as to put a stop entirely to the emi gration of British subjects to those Colonies ; and thus to take away from the shipowner a valuable outward freight, and to transfer it to his American rival. But there was a further circumstance to which we promised to direct the attention of our readers, viz :—the animus displayed by the Cana dian legislature towards this country in discussing the measure in question. It was sufficiently signi ficant of the feeling of the " Liberal" majority of the Canadian parliament towards us, to observe at what a low estimate they regarded the further in flux of a British emigration population into the colony ; that they were ready to snatch at the plea of a temporary evil—the distressed and sickly con dition of the emigrants who arrived there last year— in order ,to put a stop to that influx altogether. But the measure itself, as passed in. its pr esent form, against the earnest protest of the loyal and Conservative body of that legislature, des not dis close the full extent of that feeling. Still more violent-and stringent provisions were proposed by the members of the ultra-Liberal, or anti-British party,—the terms are synonymous—and were only rejected by the influence of the leaders of that party—the ex-rebels and present proteges of the Colonial office, Messrs. Papineau and Lafontaine — because these gentlemen saw that the measure, in its present shape, was practically sufficient to se cure their present object; to prevent the hands of the loyal population of the colony being strengthened by a further infusion of British settlers into the upper province; and, perhaps, because they conceived that the time had not arrived for throwing down the gauntlet openly to the mother country. The opportunity, however, was not lost of venting a torrent of abuse on our poor emigrant brethren, as "the scum of Ireland," "the sweepings of England and Scotland," as idle beggars and lazzaroni, unfit to mingle with these republican traitors and Ame rican sympathizers. The French Canadian party had already been rendered, by Whig-Radical policy, supreme in .the Canadas ; and every effort had been added by the quasi-Conservative ministry of Sir Robert Peel to disgust the loyalists of the colony. This last stroke of Earl Grey will tend to introduce a further ele ment of weakness into the hold which Great Britain has upon her subjects in the North American con tinent, by alienating the shipowners and the Cana dian party at home. When the struggle comes for separation between Great Britain and Canada—and it is nearer than we dream of—it will be found.that if Lord John Russell's has not been " the hand " to strike asunder the connexion between Great Britain and these valuable possessions, his col league, Lord Grey, has done his utmost to bring about such a consummation. But the influence of the policy of the" Colonial Office, in producing disgust and disaffection amongst our colonists, is not confined to the Ca nadas. It is in full operation in our West Indian Islands, whose planters and traders are fast sinking into a state of insolvency and beggary, as the re sult of the measures which have emanated during the past few years from that office. " You," writes a West Indian Planter, in a letter addressed to Lord John Russell in the Morning Chronicle of Friday last, " You have had experience yourself as Colonial minister, and gained golden opinions in that capacity, giving some signs of independence on the Exeter-hall influences which rule that very mischievous office—influences which have cost and are costing millions to the country, with a cruel waste of life and property (witness New Zealand and the Cape), accompanied by the loss of the affections, and, I must also add, the loyalty of the colonists. Some evidence has been lately given of this feeling in one colony before a committee now sitting, and much more might have been obtained as to others; believe me, it is not confined to the island in ;question; a deep sense of injustice and oppression prevails, and a looking out for more conside ration elsewhere. What are the proper duties of a colo nial office Are they not to foster, Protect, and govern the colonies on just and British principles ? And what is the fact? When an application is made there, a grie vance stated, a remedy proposed—in lieu of a kind con sideration and even apparent sympathy and wish to afford relief, a defensive attitude is assumed, a thorough disbe lief of all statements is implied, objections sought for, and the applicant is repulsed with a conviction that he is a sacrifice to cant and crochet, and the crude theories of an obstinate man, who is said to be viceroy over you all." His lordship may depend upon it that the above is not an idle warning—the language of one who has not weighed his words. Similar indications of the feeling described are weekly reaching us ; and we do not hesitate to declare our conviction that the time is coming, unless steps be taken to mete out justice to them, when it will not require a direct blow from either his hands, or any other statesman's, to strike asunder the connexion of our colonies with the mother country. Our colonists themselves will have saved his lordship both the trouble and the odium of having been the direct author of that country's dishonour and degrada tion in the scale of nations. OUR TRADE WITH THE CONTINENT OF UROPE FOR 1848 We have remarked in an article in our leader columns upon the prospect of an increased trade with the European Markets, which was developing itself in the commence ment of the present year, until checked by the spread of Republican movements on the Continent. Since those remarks were written we have received the circular of Messrs. Dufay and Co., of Manchester, dated the Ist April, by which it will be seen our views are fully borne out. These gentlemen say : " It gives us great pleasure to be able to lay before our friends, at this early period, a table of the exports of textile fabrics for the first quarter of the present year, ending 16th ultimo, compared with the corresponding period of 1847. At this particular time, when one of the most valuable branches of our export trade, namely, that to the continent of Europe, (which is equal in value to one-half of our total exports to all parts of the world,) lies prostrate, it may afford but a poor con solation to those interested in it to state that, prior to the French revolution, (five weeks ago,) our commercial prospects, as regards that branch of our trade, were highly satisfactory, and that the expectations which were pretty generally enter tained at the beginning of the year, respecting a revival of our commercial intercourse with the continent of Europe, were fully borne out by the facts which we are now in a position to submit to our friends. _ _ " Our statement of the exports of cotton yarns and manu factured goods, during the first quarter of the present year, shows the following result : An increase of 6,008,661 lb. in cotton yarn, of which about 3 millions went to Hamburgh To . the 11 millions went to Holland Conti -1 million went to Belgium tent. And 1,470,351 yds. in plain cotton 1 Chiefly to And 1,366,886 yds.in dyed & ptd.do. I H'burgh. An increase of 2,338,240 lb. in cotton yarn 1 To Turkey, lonian And 6,135,732 yds. in plain cottons Islands, Greece, And 6,135,732 yds. in ptd.&dyed do.JJJ and Malta This increase, in every article, shows the increasi of our trade to the Levant. A decrease of 10,141,935 yds.in plain cottons ll To Brazils & other And 6,761,920 y da. in dyed&ptd. do. f parts of S.A merica. A decrease of 17,473,381 yds.in pin.calicoes tt To China, an Manilla, Sincapore importance Messrs. Dufay and Co. have the same anticipations which we have expressed with respect to the probability that a result favorable to the industry of this country may be anticipated to arise fiom the changes which are taking place in Germany, and the reduced duties which will pro bably be imposed upon manufactures from this country. " SINGULAR TRANSFORMATION. "— Under this heading a contemporary informs us that " the old cockpit at Ain tree is about to be transformed into a place of worship in connexion with the Established Church." The transfor mation is not only singular but gratifying in the extreme. We have seen many transformations of an opposite kind, in which places of worship—our own St. Nicholas's Church, for instance—have been transformed into cock pits by liberal and dissenting brawlers at Easter Vestries. WHO IS HE ?—The Mercury of Tuesday states that at Runcorn, " on Friday evening, the 24th instant, Mr. Smith, of Liverpool, delivered a lecture in St. John's the Bottle,' as ill us t ra t e d' by Cruik in the name of all th a t i s m yste r i ous , i s s S h c a h n o k o . l , School-room, Who, o n Mr. Smith ? Louis Philippe, we know, in selecting a travelling name for his passport, thought that John Smith would be a puzzler sufficient to drive his pursuers from their scent. But Smith ! Smith, without a Christian name to distinguish him from the countless family of Smiths ! We cannot conceive a more vague index to the identity of any human being. The family of the Smiths, however, are benefitted by the modesty of this Mr. Smith. Any Smith can appropriate anything that may happen to have been good in his blank relations lecture, and deny anything of a contrary description, without fear of detection.. We trust that the lecture was not ,a failure, for the sake of the average reputation for cleverness of the Smiths. MEETING OF PORTERS LAST NIGHT. Y es t er day evening, a mee ti ng o f the porters and others of Liverpool was held at the Music-hall, Bold-street, to agree up on a petition to bring their grievances before parliament. The meeting was called for half-past seven o'clock, at which time the hall was filled by a most orderly and respectable assembly—as different from the rabble who took advantage of a recent occasion to crowd the Exchange area in the character of porters as can be conceived. We have seen many assemblages of the working classes in that room, and we cannot call to mind an occasion on which we observed one of a character more worthy in appearance, as a mass, to have their complaints and statements respectfully listened to by their superiors in worldly station. At the opening of the meeting it was proposed that Mr. Richard Woolley take the chair, who very ably addressed the meeting. directing their attention to the grievances under which they laboured. It was well known that for years the work of loading, weighing, and discharging vessels was wholly conducted by the servants of the merchant, in whom he placed implicit confidence ; but the Dock Committee, for some unaccountable cause, took the power from the merchant; and invested it in the hands of a master porter, and the only advantage gained was a decrease in the value of labour. But to the mer chant there was a corresponding loss from breakage and carelessness—for excellence was now sacrificed to expedi tion.. If there was any additional speed now obtained, it was owing to there being less delay in landing-waiters, and more punctuality in entering goods. The object of the Dock Committee was not to advance trade, but to carry out a few crotchetty ideas of their own. Mr. Woolley, in the course of his speech. went very fully into the anatomy of the question at issue between the advo cates of the old and the new systems, and concluded by calling upon the next speaker to move the first resolution. Mr. JAMES RAY, then alluding to the hardships they (the porters) had endured throughout the winter, from a system most tyrannical—that of Master Porterage—moved the following Resolution : Resolved—" That the present system of weighing and load ing of goods from the Quay, by placing the entire Cargo of a Vessel under the management of one Master Porter, after hav ing had a fair trial, is found to be most objectionable and a great grievance, as it has deprived the porters of their former employers, and placed them under the surveillance of a class of middlemen, who neither study the inteYests of merchants or workmen, having but one desire—to get amount of work done, no matter how great the destruction of property, life, or limb ensuing upon such a mode of porterage." Mr. James M'William seconded the resolution. We had prepared a report of the speeches made by the movers and seconders of the following and other resolu tions, but have been compelled to withdraw it. Resolved—" That the only advantage that the greatest advo. cate of Master Porterage is able to advance in favour of the system is the speed with which vessels are discharged; and we pledge ourselves to prove from numerous and indisputable facts that this advantage is far more than counterbalanced by the destruction of property through breakage and waste, and, ahoy e all, frauds of the most bare-faced character, which are daily occurring in the operation of this unhappy system as it now exists." Resolved—" That the dispatch with which the discharging and loading cargoes can now be effected, is not at all attributa ble to the Master Porter System, but to the change in Customs' regulations, arising from the new Tariff, the former delays, which have been unjustly ascribed to the old system , being in reality attributable to the conduct of Custoi. , House officers." Resolved—" That this meeting hereby pledge themselves to persevere in the agitation of this question until the local authorities aid them in the total and absolute Repeal of the system altogether." The fifth Resolution was for the appointment of a Committee to draw up a Petitiqn to Parliament. A VALUABLE HINT TO THE WORKING CLASSES At a period when onr distressed labouring classes are exposed to the seductions of demagogues and sponters of sedition, anxious to lead them into disorder and outrage as the remedies for want of employment, every exhortation addressed to those classes, calling upon them to weigh tne characters of the men who would first mislead and after wards betray them, is valuable. The following descrip tion by the London Times, of the sort of people who con stitute the executive department of agitation amongst our working classes, is worthy of being studied : " There exist everywhere amongst us men who have quar relled irreconcileably with their friends or their employers— men who have only half learnt their trade or T rofession—men of desultory and useless abilities, with their heads full of schemes applicable to every other state but their own. Such men are generally beaten in the race of life by steady and in dustrious worth. They are usually at the tail, while plodders are at the head of their society. Therefore, their only chance is a row. When labour is disorganized, when large populations are committed to ruinous strikes, the same folly that causes myriads to starve raises such persons as we have been descri bing into wealthy and comfortable men. They are Just the sort of people to be the presidents and vice presidents of union lodges, of course with the management of the funds, and with no end of meetings and deputations. As long as there are many such men, there is always the material for sedition ; and there fore it is necessary in times like these for the working classes to be put on their guard." The intelligent portion of the working classes will rea dily recognise tie above description,. as applicable to se veral of the gentry who are in the habit of declaiming against aristocracies and the unequal division of property —fellows who have through life had au overpowering in disposition to work at any honest calling, and an equally overpowering inclination to live tiponthe earnings of their more industrious neighbours. ADJOURNED MEE'I ING OF THE LIVERPOOL BANKING COMPANY, [As our reporter was not allowed to.be present at the meet ing yesterday, we are indebted to a gentleman there for the following outline of what took place.] The adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the Liverpool Banking Company was held yesterday, at which Mr. Ward and Mr. Coward, the two auditors appointed at the recent meeting to investigate the accounts, presented their report. That do cument was extremely short, and will be found in our adver tising columns Thereupon a long and stormy discussion ensued, and eventually a motion was submitted by the Rev. F. Parry, to the Effect that the present directors (seven) continue in office, and that it is inexpedient to increase their number. This was met by an amendment, which was moved by Mr. Ward, and seconded by Mr. Coward, " that the present direc tors be requested to resign." Mr. Ward entered into a long detail of alleged mismanagement by the bank, and amongst other things he stated that shares to a considerable extent were held by parties who had never paid a farthing up to the bank's stoppage—that the great bulk of the capital of the bank had been let to parties on securities which were at present unavail able—that discount had been effected with parties whose com mercial standing did riot justify such advances being made, and that the stoppage of the bank bad been occasioned by discounts being granted to parties who were not regular customers, and who, in some instances, had been introduced through channels which ought reasonably to have excited suspicion. M length the motion of Mr. Parry was carried, the directors votingwith the majority, and the meeting terminated. In the course of the proceedings the two auditors offered their shares at .e 8 discount. We are informed that the auditors are about to pub lish a statement in elucidation of their report. This statement will be looked to with considerable anxiety by the public as well as the shareholders. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. 03 1 1 EXPRESS.) THE LIVERPOOL STANDAIB. LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTE RDAY Notwithstanding that our market was but moderately sup_ plied with English Wheat this morning, by land-carriage sam_ pies from the near counties, such was the indisposition to pur chase evinced by millers, that a reduction of fully Is. to 2s. per qr. bad to be submitted to before any progress could be made with sales. A very limited amount of business was transacted in foreign at a like decline. Barley was not quite so tree a sale as last week, but can scarcely . be quoted cheaper. The arrivals of o.Ats have been very considerable during the week, and their value has again declined 6d. to is. per quarter. Beans and Peas were in but little request, and their value was nominally the same as last week. THUNDERSTORM.—Qa Sunday afternoon, this town was visited:by such a thunderstorm as we have not expe rienced for many years. The flashes of lightning suc ceeded each other with fearful rapidity, and with a vividness majestic but truly awful, and the peals of thunder broke immediately over the town like responding crashes of artillery. After the cessation of the thunder and light ning, the rain came down in torrents, and so continued for about half an hour, when a thick rain set in, which in about an hour subsided, but throughout the night there were occasional showers. The American ship Hindostan, loading for New Orleans, lying at the Routh-cast corner of the Victoria Dock, was struck during the storm on her top-gallantmast, and numerous small pieces were splin tered off, and the mast otherwise much injured. St. Matthew's Caurch School was also struck, but no mate rial damage was done. A NOVEL SORT OF DEPUTATION.—We have had some very queer sort of folks announced as having waited up on the Provisional Government of France at the Hot e l d e Ville ;and have sometimes wondered at the rema r k a bl e versatility . of the Minister, who could enter into and satisfy their varied acquirements. The deputations of tailors, cobblers, and sempstresses, must have taxed severely the acquaintance of Mons. Lamartine with their several trades ; but we read of a deputation which waited upon him on Sunday last, which must have puzzled him. The deputation, we are told by the Paris correspondent of the London Times, consisted of " the wet nurses of Paris and the faubourys !" What on earth could the wet nurses have to demand of Mons. Larnartine and his colleagues ? We should imagine that the young French Republic itself was beyond requiring their services; an d it is not easy to see how he could limit their hours of la bour, or guarantee them constant employment, as has been done with respect to other deputations. Perhaps th e ladies called to protest against the Provisional Govern ment monopolising the wetnursing of the various y oung republics which every day brings forth in Europe. MEETING OF THE UNEMPLOYED. —On Saturday a re _ port was current in Manchester that two Chartist meeti ngs would be held that day, and considerable apprehension was entertained. The magistrates swore in several thou. sand special constables, but no breach of the peace was committed. Early on Saturday a meeting of unemployed operatives was held in Stephenson-square, to consider the best means of getting food for those who were not in receipt of parish relief and were in a starving condition. It was suggested that they should go round the town with a hand-cart and ask alms from the inhabitants personally, but, in order to prevent a collision with the police, it was determined that a deputation should wait on the authori ties to ask permission to do so. The mayor and magis trates informed the deputation that they could not suffer the hand-cart to go round, because it would be in reality demanding food by intimidation ; those however who were in want of food had a right f o relief, and if the ordinary mode of granting it would not meet the case, the authorities were prepared, if a list of persons really in want we re brought to them, to cause immediate enquiry to be made into their cases, and relief to be afforded when required. This satiSfied deptifatiO6, - anct during the day the list reoeived a number of signatures, CROWN COURT.-YESTERDAY. His Lordship took his seat shortly after nine o'cloc'' and proceeded to pass sentence upon several prisoner s. Daniel O'Brien, aged 27, and Michael Connelly, 26, who had been found guilty of assaulting Nicholas German, at Prestwich, and robbing him of a watch, a crown piece, and other money, were first brought up. O'Brien mad e a strong protestation of his innocence, appealing to his Maker, were it his dying day. His LORDSHIP gently re buked the prisoner for calling on the Almighty to judge him everlastingly. On the last day his innocence, if he were innocent, would be made manifest, and it would be well for him to suffer quietly. The prisoners had both been found guilty of a violent assault. with pistols, in the middle of the day, and the sentence of the court was that they be each transported for fifteen years. Charles Henry Coupe, 27, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of forging an order for goods, and who had been previously convicted, was sentenced to be transported for seven years. IVilliam Edward Davies„ aged 37, who had pleaded guilty to forging a bill of exchange with intent to defraud Messrs. Percival and Yates, of Manchester, gnd who had received strong recommendations, from one of his em ployers and other parties of respectability, of good pre vious character, was sentenced to be imprisoned for six months and kept to hard labour. William Longbottom, 35, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of having forged the indorsement to a bill of ex change, at Rochdale, and also with having uttered a bill of exchange for £29, with intent to defraud another party, was sentenced to be imprisoned for eighteen months with hard labour. Richard Jackson, 44. found guilty of a violent and almost murderous assault on a woman at Newton, on the 12th February, was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen months. Henry Meadows, 27, for stabbing a man, and nearly killing him, (as reported in our last week's paper,) was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year. His lordship said he deeply regretted that the crime of stabbing had become rife in this country, and he was determined as far as he could to suppress it. THE MANCHESTER BOILER EXPLOSION CASE Thomas Riley, a respectable-looking man, was then put up. He had pleaded guilty of having, through careless conduct with regard to a steam boiler, at Manchester, by which, as already recorded, no fewer than thirteen unfor tunate men had lost their lives through the explosion of the said boiler. His lordship remarked, that the prisoner had by carelessness and negligence been the unhappy cause of sacrificing life to a large amount. He had been equally careless of the lives of his own children and wife, permitting the former, who lived close by, to play about the premises while the boiler was in a dangerous state. The sentence of the court was, that the prisoner be com mitted to gaol for three months. Thomas Barrett, 50, and William Mawson, who had each pleaded guilty to the respective charge of bigamy, were sentenced, the former to nine months, and the latter to three months' imprisonment. John 112` Kee, who pleaded guilty to a charge of bur glary, at Manchester, was sentenced to be imprisoned and put to hard labour for four months. Thomas Ostick, 13, who had been out on bail, and pleaded guilty to forging a receipt at Manchester, with intent to defraud, was sentenced to six montsh' imprison ment and hard labour. William Thomas, charged with having stabbed,. at Li verpool, Thomas Halliman, was proceeded against; but the prosecutor's testimony and manner raised a doubt of his veracity, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. - • THE WIGAN COAL CASE. • Henry Bleasdale and Enoch Grimshaw, respectable looking men, were arraigned for having feloniously ab stracted a large quantity of coal from under the town of Wigan, and feloniously appropriating the same, the coal being the property of other parties. The prisoner Bleas dale pleaded not guilty, and the other pleaded guilty. Mr. POLLOCK, with whom for the prosecution was Mr. WHEELER, explained the case, stating at the outset that he and his friend did not purpose to bring any evidence against the parties, in asmuch as the principal offender was John Bleasdale, brother of one of the prisoners, who had absconded. The case was one of great importance as regarded the coal districts. The charge was one of stealing a large quantity of cannel and other coal. The parties who were guilty had, from his own mine, penetrated the coal fields of others, and the quantity taken ex ceeded, since 1844, the value of £lO,OOO. They had, in fact,. undermined the town of Wigan. John Bleasdale, it was ad mitted, had a right to penetrate to the eastward, under the churchyard, only 13 yards, but they had gone eastward exca vating the coal to a distance of 160 yards beyond the boundary, and had abstracted coal in mines belonging to forty other pro prietors. The prisoner, Enoch Grimshaw, was employed as an underlooker by John Bleasdale, and it was his duty to , measure the workings from time to time. It did not appear, however, that he did other than act under the instructions of John Bleasdale ' and therefore no evidence would be offered against him. In 1844, Mr. Gunniug, the rector, and the' churchwardens suspected that coals had been wrongfully taken,. and they sent down- to ascertain the fact, by dialing, when they found that in place of going only 13 yards, they had gone 160 yards into the property of others. They had great difficulty. in ascertaining this. It did not appear that Henry Bleas dale participated in the profits. The JUDGE suggested that. he should be bound over to give evidence against the main offender John Bleasdale, if he could be caught. This was concurred in by counsel, and the result was that the pri soner Henry Bleasdale was acquitted, and he was bound over. in his own recognizances in £5OO, to appear as a witness if hereafter called upon, and was discharged ; and the other pri soner, against whom there was no direct evidence, was also discharged, on the provision that he should be liable to be brought up for judgment—the object being to secure him as a witness should the main aggressor be apprehended. There were three indictments against the prisoners, charging them with abstracting coals, the property of the Rector, Mr. Gun ning, and others, also the property of Benjamin Powell, and the Earl of Balcarres, &c. At the request of Mr. Wilkins the learned Judge agreed to issue bench warrants for the apprgien sion of John Bleasdale. The prisoners were then discharged. The Judge remarked that he had long wondered why the legis lature had not passed a law to enable parties owning coal fields contiguous to other workings, to go down and examine whether there was any inroad made upon their property. As it was, parties suspecting such aggression might not be enabled to ascertain the fact without going to the expense and inconve nience of sinking a new.shaft on their own ground. Michael Kelly, 19, William Kelly, 18, John Quin, 22, andre turned Michael M‘Laughlan, charged with h a v in g , at Liverpool, jury eerrpso.el,.in December last, feloniously stabbed Bartholomew Monaghan. The e a videvnecrediwetaosfcaosnsefuusltedonalnydaguaniiiinetteall•elstthinegp. lso, h Evi dence to good character was given on behalf of M'Laughlan. The sentence was that the two Kellys should be imprisoned for was afterwards recalled, and his sen tence was mitigated to one whosix m w o e n r t e h e s 0 , m t h p e a y r e h t i a v v e i l n g y m u i s n e e d r e the e n k d n e i r f s e , ; f e a r n s d i x the we e o k : r Quin two, month. William Shaw, 40, was charged with d, atLiver rder for the payment of e 5, pool, on the Ist January, a forged o k r Co with intent to defraud Mr. Thos. Phillips, ba e , pperas-hill and St. John's Market. The jury found the prisoner guilty, • • oned and kept to hard labour UTTERING A FORGED ORDER. C a hrstnia and he was sentenced' to be impris for six months. was l m as u t e: f F el a o rn ni e o s u , s 2 iy l, cut Day last, 112.1aokTe, consta ble, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. It appeared that the prosecutor and other officers had gone to an unoccu piedtwo of whom had been fighting, when the former was struck by and chargedeun wounded h tm h m a s e i s n the prisoner with a brick, which knocked. him down, and pri soner afterwards kicked him. He was seriously injured. There slight fracture of the skull. The assault was proved. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a character for quietness, industry, and kindness to his mother, w hom he had long supported. The jury returned a verdict oiguilty of the assault only, recom mending the prisoner to mercy. After a ver y stron g admoni. tionthejudge sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. Thos. Speakman, 20, was found guilty of having, at Liverpool, on the 6th of March, broken into the dwelling-house of William Redfern, and stolen therefrom a quantity of articles of wear ing apparel, &c. He had been ten times in gaol before, and was now sentenced to be transported for ten years. William Green, 27, was charged with having, in Richmond street, Liverpool, on the night of the 9th of '.March, cut and stabbed Henry Clansey, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor did not appear, but the surgeon of the Northern Hospital described the wound as extending from the eyebrow to the chin. The prisoner was found guilty, and was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for one year. Henry Bonas, 19, Robert Guy, 19, and William Thompson, the 26, were house ch e a f H rgV n w ee i h th c h e a p v p i e n r g ; ionnthe Summer l9th Seat, Ma Liverpool, rchbroke and into stealing therefrom groceries, clothes, copper money, &c., her property. The prisoners had forced their way into the house by the cellar, which had been fastened by a chain and a rope. The two first-named prisoners were found guilty. Bonas was before committed eight times, and was sentenced to be trans. ported for seven years. Guy was committed to prison for one year. Thompson was acquitted. John Burgess, 18, was found guilty of having, on the 20th March, entered the house of Mr. Robert Syers, in Hothatn street, and stolen therefrom certain articles. He was sentenced to seven years' transportation, having been before convicted of felony. CHARGE OF CHILD-MURDER Elizabeth Grier, 32, charged with killing and murdering her new-born illegitimate child, at Liverpool, on the 24th February, last, by strangling it with a cord, pleaded not guilty. She had acknowledged the birth of the child, and his 'LORDSHIP said, as there was no concealment of the delivery, the prisoner must either be found guilty of the murder or acquitted.—To Inspec tor Anders, who apprehended her, she said the chid was dead, and had been taken away by a Mrs. Ashton, and buried in St. John's Churchyard. It was, however, afterwards found among the bedclothes, still warm but quite dead.—Ann Hughes, the prisoner's mother, said the prisoner had lived with her for six months. The prisoner was a widow, and had had a child by her husband some years ago, and that was stillborn.—The charge rested almost solely on the evidence of Dr. Imlack, who said prisoner had attended him for prolapsis of the womb ; on the 23d February he found she was pregnant ; and on the next day he found she had been delivered. He made a post-mortem examination, and found a mark round the child's neck, which he at first thought was a wrinkle arising from position, but afterwards tho ,ght it was caused by a cord like a window-cord, It appearing, however, that this was merely an opinion, and that there was no proof whatever that the child was born alive, his LORDSHIP stopped the case. If, he remarked, the prisoner committed murder, she called several parties round her to'see her do it, which was by no means likely. Under his lordship's direction, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was immediately discharged. POACHING. Richard Brown, 34, and Thomas Hewett, 38, were charged with having, with divers others, on the night of the 19th Jan., entered certain land in the occupation of William Blundell, Esq. , at Crosby Hall, armed with guns , for the p ur p ose o f taking game. It appeared that on the night in question, or rather at four o'clock in the morning, Mr. Blundell's gamekeeper and his three assistants heard a gun fire in one of the plantations near the hall, and on goingup found the two prisoners and two others. A challenge and a fight ensued. The prisoners were found guilty of poaching in the night, and his Lordship deferred the sentence until this day—which will be the last for the criminal trials at these assizes, as but three cases remain to be gone into. The court rose at half-past six. NISI PRIUS COURT—YESTERDAY. (Before Baron ROLFE.) BREACH OF CONTRACT. BLACKBURN AND OTHERS V. SMITH. - Mr. ATHERTON opened the pleadings. The declaration contained two counts, the first of which set forth that the defendant had agreed to sell certain land, situate in the borough of Li verpool, to the plaintiff, at the same time entering into a special agreement that he would furnish the plaintiff with a full and sufficient abstract to the land, which he had neglected to do. There was a count also for money had and received. The defendant pleaded that he did not promise to furnish a complete abstract, and also that he furnished as good an abstract as it was possible to get. Mr. BAINES, Q. C., stated the case, from which it appeared that the plaintiffs purchased this land from Mr. Smith, who is a solicitor in this town, for the purpose of building a school on it, This purchase was made du the 20th of December, 1844. This contract contained stipu lations to the effect that £l5O should be paid down on the signing of the agreement, the rest of the purchase money on the 2nd of December, 1846—in consideration whereof Mr. Smith agreed to furnish a full and perfect abstract of title to the land. It was alleged by the plaintiffs that the defendant never had done so. He was, therefore, guilty of non-performance of his part of the agreement. In consequence of this, the plaintiffs claimed to have the de posit of the purchase money refunded, together with the interest due thereon. It was true that the plaintiffs had received various abstracts of title, but none of them were perfect. Evidence having been given in proof of these facts, Mr. MARTIN, (with whom appeared Mr. Crompton,) for the defendant, contended that they did furnish a full and sufficient abstract of the title down to a purchase by the defendant from a person named Forshaw, who was alive at the time this sale was made. This was a tenancy in fee, held by Smith from Forshaw. Another clause of the contract was, that all objections to this title should be made within one month from the date of the agreement, else the non-making of an objection within that time was to be received as an acceptance thereof. This objection not having been made within the specified time, he con tended there was no case for the plaintiff. With regard to the covenant to recover the money had and received, he said that his client had done everything in his power to complete the title and to fulfil the agreement, and therefore no claim could be made against him on that count of the declaration. It was proved for the defence, that another piece of land had been got, which was more convenient for this school than that which had been gut from the defendant, and in consequence of this the plaintiffs had endeavoured to sell this land. His LORDSHIP then summed up, after which the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, with liberty to the plaintiff to move for such a sum as the Court might direct. PARLIAMENTARY EXPENDITURE Bremner v. Chamberlain.—Mr. Attorney General Knowles and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin and Mr. Sands for the defendant. Mr. CROMPTON opened the pleadings, which contained a declaration for work and labour done, for professional attendance, for money paid and due on the account as stated. The defendant pleaded not liable. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the facts of the case, which were as follows :—The plaintiff is a solicitor in this town, and the defendant lives or did live in the township of Tranmere, where he owns a property. The object of the present action was to recover a bill of costs for Ms client. It appeared that in August, 1845, a number of gentlemen connected with the township of Tranmere thought it would increase the value of their property if they obtained an Act of Parliament for the better lighting, draining, and doing various other things for the improvement of the township. A public meeting was held, in consequence, by the churchwardens. He did not know whether any resolutions relative to the matter were come to on that occasion, but a committee was appointed to decide whether or not the bill should be applied for. The committee agreed to apply for this bill, as did also the inhabitants of the township. Mr. Chamberlain, the defendant, was chairman of this committee, and in their deliberations the committee deemed it prudent to resolve that they should not have a solicitor who was in any way connected with either the townships of Tranmere or Birkenhead ;—conse quently Mr. Bremner was appointed, and he received in structions to prepare the necessary notices, and to take such other steps as were necessary to insure the success of the bill through Parliament. This instruction was given by the chairman of the committee, Mr. Chamberlain. In consequence of this instruction Mr. Bremner incurred considerable expenses in London and elsewhere. Matters were proceeding in this way up to the first or second month of 1846, when the committee came to the resolution that the bill should not be proceeded with that session ; but in the subsequent session the plaintiff was ordered to serve fresh notices, which he did, but no more was done in the matter. Then came the: day of payment, —a day which they all dreaded, and when pressed for payment all the gentlemen connected with that committee denied their liability to pay the expenses incurred. It was now sought to recover the expenses of Mr. Bremner from the defend ant, who, besides being very much interested in the scheme, was more benefitted in his property than any other gen tleman in Tranmere by these improvements. He could not say what line of defence his learned friends would pur sue, but he should, perhaps, inform the Court that since this action was commenced, various members of this com mittee had paid some small sums-, to the amount of £l3O, and credit for which would be given in the accounts. Several witnesses were then called to prove these facts ; after which Mr. MARTIN contended that the defendant had not been appointed to the committee until subsequent to Mr. Bremner's appointment, and therefore, according to the law laid down in the case of Provisional Committee-men, he was not liable. He also contended that Mr. Bremner had engaged, if the bill was not obtained in Parliament, he would not charge more than the money out of pocket, except with regard to his professional services in London. His LORDSHIP being of opinion that this view of the case was correct, the case was left for arbitration, a ver dict for the plaintiff being taken with costs. WATER-WORKS CASE--COMPENSATION GAGE V. THE MAYOR AND. CORPORATION OF LIVER POOL.—Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Michael Alexander Gage, of Liver pool, and Mr. Martin and Mr. Crompton for the de fendants. The action was brought to recover the sum of £157 10s., being a balance due for work done by the plaintiff for the Corporation of Liverpool. Mr. Gage, who is an engineer and surveyor, in 1846 sent into- the Corporation a memo rial stating that, in his opinion, it was practicable to sup ply Liverpool with water by means of Artesian Wells sunk in the neighbourhood, and that his plan would be much less costly than the proposed one—that of bringing water from the Lancashire hills, at the Rivington Pike. He was instructed by the Town-clerk to make the necessary surveys and inquiries, and to report thereon to the Water Committee of the Council with all possible speed. Mr. Gage at once commenced the work, in conjunction with his son, and was engaged in it from the 30th of Septem ber to the 30th of November, 1846, working from sixteen to eighteen hours per day. He drew up a long report, and prepared a plan and section, all of which he sent to the Water Committee of the Corporation. The sum which he charged for this work was £5 ss. per day, including every thing. The bill was sent in at Christmas, and no objec tion was made to it. In February, 1847, £5O was paid on account, and in the following October, £55 more was paid, and then, for the first time, a complaint was made of overcharge. Evidence being called on, His LORDSHIP said that there was no proof of employment by the Corporation. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS said it was an employment by the Town-clerk. The Corporation might undoubtedly, if it chose, avail itself of the legal objection, but he under stood that it would not do so. The committee was, in fact, a body appointed by the Council for certain pur poses, and after the acts of the committee had been con firmed by the Council, the latter body considered itself bound by the acts of the former. Mr. MARTIN said that the Council was willing to pay every honourable demand which could be made upon it, but the present demand was considered to be unjust. After some conversation between the respective counsel the case, by mutual consent, was referred to arbitration. THE :NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK. BROWNRIGG AND OTHERS v. REA.—The plaintiffs in this case were Messrs. Brownrigg, Miller, and Brown, the former being also one of the late commissioners of Birkenhead. The defendant, Mr. Rea, was the manager of the North and South Wales Bank, and the action was brought to recover the sum of £2,898, alleged to be due arising out of transactions with the bank. On the first witness being called he failed to answer to his name, and his evidence being material to the case, the plaintiffs were nonsuited. BETTING DANSON v. COLLETT.—The plaintiff, Joseph Danson, was a sharebroker residing in this town, and the defendant, Benjamin Collett, was a gentleman residing at Brusgrove, in Worcestershire—both parties being what in sporting parlance are called "gentlemen of the turf." From the facts of the case it appeared that the plaintiff lost the sum of £75 by betting with the defendant, and in payment thereof he sent the plaintiff a bill for £3OO, in order that he might get it discounted, requesting him to deduct his £75, and remit him the balance. This balance, however, he failed to return, whereupon the plaintiff wrote to the defendant on the subject. Subsequently the defendant returned £154 of the money, but though frequently ap plied to, ho did not return the balance, for the recovery of which this action was brought. A verdict was taken by consent for £55 and costs. EJECTMENT DOE DEM. DIXON AND OTHERS V. SEDGWICK.-Mr. Crompton appeared for the lessor of the plaintiffs, and Mr. Atherton for the defendant. This was an action in which the plaintiffs sought to recover possession of certain premises, formerly a dwelling-house, but now a warehouse in this town. The defendant was the owner of the pro perty in question, and being indebted to the Borough Bank, he mortgaged the property, making a conveyance giving them a legal estate in it, and giving them power to sell. In the year 1845 they sold the property to Mr. John Getty, a gentleman who was now trying to get possession, he having paid for it £l7OO. The plaintiff's case having been closed, Mr said there was no defence Atherton Verdict for the plaintiff—ls. costs. SALE OF TOBACCO SYERS V. JONAS AND OTHERS. - Mr. Martin and Mr. Tomlinson were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Watson and Mr. Hoggins for the defendants. The plaintiff is a mer chant in Liverpool, and the defendants are tobacco ma nufacturers in London. The action was brought to re cover £222, as the price of 51 bales of tobacco sold by the plaintiffs to the defendants in September, 1846. This case was tried at the last summer assizes, before Mr. Jus tice Wightman. and came down now on a new trial. At the close of the:plaintiff's case the court adjourned to nine o'clock this morning. SUDDEN DEATHS OF INFANTS. —William Halliday, a child four months old, living in Limekiln-lane, and who slept with its father and mother, was found dead in bed. It died of con gestion of the lungs.—On Sunday morning Mary Richardson, five months old, living in Crown-street, was also found dead in bed, it having been unfortunately overlain during the night. ROBBERY OF MONEY FROM THE PERSON:A Welshman, of respectable exterior, appeared as prosecutor, yesterday, a against two girls, upon whoma pocket-book, lost by hi m i n house of in fame, and containing, when he lost it, eleven five pound notes, had been found. From the complainant's story, it appeared that he had been taking some wine with a friend, i whom he left at about five n the morning, after which he went to the house in question, and lay down for an hour by himself, and was awaked by a pitcher of water being thrown over his face. He got up and left the house, and soon missed his pocket book. He did not return for it, but wandered into a public house near. The book was subsequently found in the poises sion of the prisoners, who were lodgers at the house, but it did not appear that they had been in company with the prose cutor. Only one of the notes was found in it. The defence, was that they had found it, in cleaning one of the rooms, under the mattress-, and- that only four of -the -notes were tligu,sak.. The prisoners were then committed for trial. April 4, WS. LATEST PROM PARIS. Thirteen of the rioters who destroyed therailroad brill at Amieres near Paris, ha ve b een found guilty, and sol a ced to terms of imp r is onmen t var yi ng from one to years. eciare" The Paris and Orlensd or? dividend of 12 per cent. a rairoad meeting in companY Paris on Th day. t, the The Irish deputation wou ld no t b e r eceived .1 bat Provisional Government before yesterday (MondaY)t. o f they are not likely t o rece i ve a more satis f a ctory an: hei g than the Polish ref ugees , an d thi s w ill scarce ly rePg trouble. The Paris papers of Saturday deny the rumoured b°lll4, bardment and destruction of Warsaw. can The extensive Paris banking-house of Paccar& D u and Co.; the principle agents of the Swiss bank , s; 05 8 been compelled to suspend payment. This bankinn l oa d was the holder of an immense quantity of Orleans ra.lt„„01 shares and bonds, and, as this company has been olot6/15, to postpone the payment of its obligations for six pr li de- Paccard, Dufour, and Co., are unable to meet tu e mands on them. INDIA AND CHINA 0 to • Advices from Bombay to the 2nd of March, and LA ( the 22nd of Feb., have been received by the Overlandla el* chief point of interest in India regarded the threatened fot break in China. But though preparations were Ina!' a Yisit ll that event, the general opinion in India was that 11 e ,, for China was not imminent. Keying professed great nol l t the peace. Sir J. Littler has relinquished the command ,` hist! , forces in the Punjaub, and has been succeeded by Gen', "r"ib" s The efforts of the Indian Government, to discover coo,' the districts of Western India, are likely to be successtt,i v ea, The news of the disturbances in Europe had quite Pal: r. 'oo trade in Alexandria, and the failure of a French banki co ttos others expected, has caused great distrust. Two lots n, o vete have been sold at a small advance in price. Exchanges quite nominal. t e h l e n l d yh ia o n le m s a oc ii k w l h co ic n h di a t n• io i n ve o d f y c es a t l e c r u d tt a a y, w h a r s in d g ee s by the commercial embarrassments which still continneat h thel shareholders of the Union Bank have been advised t c o& are not bound by the "bank post bills," as they are mO OO, which have been issued to the extent of £200,000 or - 6 .7 0 06 and which have been taken by the whole community to nAes th T at h a promise on account of the bank to pay; whereas,...ooo viewed closely, they are found to be only a promise 1 01 4 account of the bank, and therefore a promise to which the„„ re:- is not a party. Many of the shareholders have therelo':lo fused to make forward, and the bank committee have r e Fbees ated the bills. The post bills issued by the bank ha ve is1) 0 negotiated through the firm of Hickey, Bailey, and Co,t. have been driven in consequence into the Insolvent Coin', OC' Business in Calcutta had not been characterised by and tivity. There was no scarcity of money, but it was not , f ot obtained for purposes of mercantile accommodation. ` t e ster amount amount had been done in the principal fabrics of Mauch tratiLi manufacture. Latterly, the market has been dull, and 1 0 sactions limited. A fair demand existed for the ordi n loo j i ii middling kinds of gray shirtings. Bleached . jacconets better request than the gray kind, and a fair quarititY . ,;,', o or description sold at current rates. An improved demand'lac e peared for mull-mulls, in which transactions have tase", bee' to a moderate extent. The demand for book muslins limited; stet prices depressed, and stocks large. LaPPe i , t . s v e Op dull and stocks heavy. In Turkey red goods we u" change. lit t° a fair extent at former low rates for cotton goods, Ya r e r :iy At Bombay business had been done during the fortnig a s cotton wool, while for metals the prices remain St formerly. Freight to Great Britain was. .t 4 ss. pinlyteallfregeclacetteej ...• SPAIN. A popular movement wa s raised on the 26th ult., to f, os io the dismissal of mini s te rs was contemplated, on the stiP ocv , that the troops wo u ld rema i n neutral ; b ut it having been uote r , tained that this was an error, the movement was ~.c °a be e ? manded. The people, however, declared that they 0 0 . 1,0 0 ,1 betrayed refused to disperse, and commenced forini a 'dell e cades. The troops fired, and a conflict, in which the Peci[ja the no chance of success, was carried on up to three o'cloce, morning, when, the loss of life having been considers' disturber& of the public peace dispersed. AME. By the John R. Skiddy, which ßlCA arrived in the MerseY.., ) i es u t fti ► day, we have received advices from New York to the l a 'ive,' being four days later intelligence than that previously r e ., trs o The advices from Mexico are important. The America;; r isco e j f w o h r i o cl r y z e a f b t aV4eharadCbneiezn uatntdaecrkethdebcyoamlmaragnedboofdyCaptain g ueri a desperate fight ensued, when the latter were routed an d siderable loss On the A mer i can s i de Lieut. Hendertlce four of the Georgia v o l unteers were killed. An arm; Coto' Col; been agreed upon bet ween G en. Butler and the M e xicq. or t . . missioners for two mo n th s . Thi s w i ll give ample tisleuericl: receipt of the ratified treaty, and the ar r i va l o f the Commissioner at the capital of Mexico. The New V r fra cti° n. Market was not so buoyant, and prices h a d fallen ed. I i j Money continued tight. The market for Flour remva -en d and full prices were obtained. The demand was ste t a he s tag, the receipts of Southern continued to be light, while „ t oile of Western was.undergoing daily reduction.' The oP e 'boat the Cotton Market on the 14th were moderate, sal a bales, but at prices indicating a firmer market. ,he AUSTRIA.—The Emperor of Austria has conceded v " Bohemian inhabitants of Prague all th e i r demands- dermsit POLAND.—The inhabitants of W arsaw are order.-- W ar re3t e e r all fire-arms in the police courts. Everyb o d y is to be rn sit who is found in the streets w ith ou t a lighted an tO e eleven o'clock at night. to' , 1 SWITZERLAND.—The Republican propaganda 01 n, et l workmen in Switzerland hav e reso l ve d to i nva de Ger o cis iol A the course of this week. The Republic is first to be P r the n''' in the Grand Duchy of Baden. Wirtemberg i s to be country in which they intend to prop aga t e their faith. d i e A od l n a i d nt h a Madame t e3 e nl G ds to u un i z i t o o t ,n , iurmother.da.vvy W. .o f R t . h R e a e b x - y p , a 0 ,3 0 mitted a member . of the Royal College of Surgeons, e ullicat e Mr. T. W. Kelly, of this town, has received ac r. for j rime ofß i m r kiethn minister °0 ' I 11: $ i; practise from Apothecaries' Hall, London. a rid ti t io o At the adjourned meeting of the Birmingham ~,., 0 ?0,, of Railway Company, on Saturday, it was resolved, 01,1. the bill, of Mr. Mozley, that petitions be presented agani si 7 , , ,tl it i the Great Western Company. that Mr. "' Is IT TRUE ?—The Dublin Freeman sari - iv gee' Q.C., declined to sign the address of confiden ce .ped, , Clarendon, and the Cork Examiner says that the le , tin . e 0 tleman has given in his adhesion to the Irish Confea'i; ° s ' i s era CHEM IRE.—A woodcock was shot on Friday lash OA S are the plantations of Mr. Webster, of Upton. Anot , e .i,iri . on the 26th ultimo, at Claughton. It is sekTom tiT,oce'lzieff, seen in this neighbourhood when spring is so far 00 0 0 ''bsCh• SUSPECTED ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY.—A boy, i'¢ in the vo!, was brought up yesterday, charged with being se!..n . , n on, ,' l , - t ot premises of a house, the residence of W. M. D un a 1 3 "11 1 e, which was aftewards found to have been entered, a il for 1(0 0 : a cheese stolen from the larder, which had been ~,w oil hp io prisoner was seen by two policemen looking over . 4' d oa " .. l)e; the inside, about four o'clock in the orning, u ' r i g ht ; _ L Loi, asked what he was doing, he said `nit was a Q . e ntlea. n o longed to the house, and was waiting up for a4 r , for IV The magistrate severely reprimanded the poliCe.' n tisfle‘ l far once alarming the house, instead of going away S " ~itt the prisoner's account of himself. Riley was coll fC°l' three months. playmr iv ao 'A egr l r ery a oso s vfw s aav a nri s idnh . id harness,ml ti ets c e A hmt s aha ' se cr A shbei ixyltndNae .Messrs. arises es A pseb t shs reafge S re. no A t Lom L hnu E i tstc . hi — ees SALE.—The depression and ee exhibited . a u itrt a ol s efis. a s: i 1 Il e i,5. no tipi: te:s, 0 ? li or from , the daily increasing celebrity of the firm, s v i - Polv lets, Cars,Britskas, Barouches, Drags, Whiteell a t ilinsia;, o 0 everything from the most magnificent to the Plc' s " the lb- S• . n tO baser machine--from the taste of the anti9uarla.„,, purc _____-, fashion. An inspection will gratify all intenthl6 _ - ......,vii will gratuy au inten..- -- BY MR.ME T C. E H O . R c O B L A O D G B I u C B A N L , 7 R I, E L G O I B S D T . H____ .. , g ' Ell 4 , 0 c. r 4 4 ATMOSPHERI C , DailY li're a k o n M T em p era t ure ti p f Pressure at shade i b n yself- Hum N i o d On ty . at gall 18? ai l t °6 's 9‘ thermometer, D ry W e t Rain. N °°ll. ; ( 4" registering Nine Six I g a.m. p.m. Max. MM. bulb. bulb. ,----- >'" 5 4 ---- , 0 56 ..e'' , In. In. Deg. Deg. ' Deg. Deg.. In. b y Sp, 28 1 29'63 , 29'7.6 50 43 149 46 O. ' M S g . bY 3 , if ii 291 29 . 86 29'78 52 45 52 48 0.08 -. 8 .0. 55.1 30 29'72 1 29'75 53 46 52 49 0.07 N . p. 040' 31 29'94 30'02 55 47 155 52 '"- r „- N.' 1 67 7 , 1 30'07 30'01 57 49 ,56 52 - . ,' 2 _ _ ..... 0.30 s vc ; ~13 3, 30' — 59 57 — F. ail, THE WEATHER.—March 28th : wind fresh, occasilio!zy showers-29th : wind fresh; bright and fair-0 11 1 0A 0, 31st : bright—April Ist : bright-2nd : a.m y, s ~i IC..7i gl ell, clouded; p.m., bright ; 4 o'clock, dense clouds IN'hi i ti! o f P 4 30, heavy shower of rain and hail, accompanied We er' dous discharges of electric fluid, lasting three-0' -. THE WEATHER.—March 28th : wind fret showers-29th : wind fresh ; bright and fa; 31st i bright—April Ist : bright-2nd : f clouded ; p.m., bright ; 4 o'clock, dense tic 4 30, heavy shower of rain and hail, accomr dons discharges of electric fluid, lasting _ hour-3rd : bright. 0 0 ' SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH'S REGISTE S"4l ,N, Atmolpheric pressure, max. in., 30.14; min., 28• % T:4bre 29.59.—Temperature, max. deg., 55 ; min., 38 ; a ll', deg' , —Humidity, average difference of wet and dry bu 4 0, fall of rain during the month, inches, 2.46. er' 4l. EVERTON.—Temperature, max., 55; min., 31; a v 1 0$ MONDAY, APRIL 3.—Wind South. „Pi ARRlVED.—Pursuit, Williams, from New Orie nt, ' Skiddy, from New York ; s a iled 15th March. nd yripo.se. ?four] , SAILED.—Sarah Sands, (steame r ,) Thompson= ? t in). r iv r Royal, Duguid, New York—Persia, Ewing, and v' pe , ' Ward, Bombay—John, Heselton, Quebec—TioP e e Yullet s6 Newfoundland—Sir R. Jackson, Doran, and Mon„pil dall, Montreal—Mary Henney, Henney, Leghorn , Atkinson, Constantinople. Edward Kenny, Cook, hence at Charleston. sie Cl Emigrant, Anderson, hence at Baltimore. Champlain, Miller s hence at Philadelphia. lien- re al Marmion, Benjamin, a n d Louisiana, BarstoW, York. ~,h Gers on ' f Pemberton, Henderson, hence at Bombay " " - nder s- ' 0 0 Duchess of Argyle, Philips, and Strabane, , x .40 Clyde at Bombay. /IP Commodore Broadfoot—Manilla, Harrisoll -- ",,AE10,1 04 ' tri er' Harnett—Earl Liverpool, Coulthurst—Mary t ' si ncl ' 0 ,1 —Bounty Hall, Macbeth—Mary Spencer, Fisher , ci ,,, hence at Calcutta. St t ' ' Gazelle, Wood, sailed from Saugor for this Por t p. ,Pi Sophia, Saxon, for Demerara, 10th Feb. lacb tc° l , , Sir John Beresford, Threadgold, hence at APl l i n gl, 0 0 Margaret, Rogers, and Benjamin Heape, It°' Vic t 2icp Savannah. the 0' 'll 01 • The Hindostan, loadin e , for New Orleans,L, n ieo •, , er Dock, was struck by lightning yesterday a , " -- ,„,I ,l „stP, splintered the main topgallant mast. fr o . v 0 0 pool C E r o A W E se,xlfos Wexford, d April.—The e n C t a o r n y s f il o r a t r , r o y f F ilk u r i r c i t l i *: 13 11 :4 0 g l e i ,' :, March, was got off this afternoon with seriqul r , a ' beached at Kemlyn. The cargo is all saved, '- state, and in course of shipment to Liverpool* LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL .- I:P - -0 o• MARKET, APRIL 1, 1848.0. a. 1 6 . s. t o Hay, old, 2011, 0 6ti® 0 9 Potatoes, V 01b g o . 5 - 0 :-- 5 'o New - 0 0 Clover Grass 0 0— 0 0 Cups ........ 0 ~,, ~,- 10 0 Straw, Wheat Oat 0 3 —.O 3,1 Manglevvurz e ‘.15 0 Barley .. Carrots, per t0n.21 0 —23 0 Manure ...... • • Alt nf red 54 c ,g, On the 2nd instant, after a protracted DINO, ,',ols at her residence, 29, Washington-street , Ji . ,: r „ s „, e4 l d , wife of Mr. WALTER P. JEFFREYS. She "ace' t spected, and exemplary in life. Her end was,a., s tree'pi` Yesterday, at her residence, 7, Cliesterne.ioEP years, ELIZABETH, the beloved wife of gr. TRIE. EVERY TUES D AYLIVEIWOOL: m 0 I, stree" ig4B , it, TUESDAY, APRIL 41 A - ,14 v PRINTED AND PUBLISHED ,pj I ll By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 532 qr ..r 9 e s tree t, 6 4 0 LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great LI V E lff l- Srl ° , -, . 1 , I 'AP At No. 4. ST. GEORGE'S CRESCEN, s • '-' 81 , BIRKENHEAD T ; -OD H UNTE,R, Chester-stree ket; • -rINKNET, Argyle-street ; Ds/30E113' Chester•a" GRIFFITH, Hamilton-street. tii t 11; 4 kir - , 'l (1, kevai FN t o 4 N A~ ~~ bi tro t : tte,.