The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

PLAN OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCJS. This day fortnight, the sth of NovenOer, we intend to present to the purchasers of the STANDARD a beautifully-executed PLAY of the whole Line of DOCKS belonging to our noble and increasing Port. This Plan will not only exhibit the Docks already constructed but will also denote the Albert and those at the north and south ends of the Town now in course of formation, showing the present boundaries of the land and the confemplated.im provements. This will, we believe, be the first Plan ever published embracing the present and intended Docks. Along with the Plan will be given a mass of Statis tical Information connected with the subject, showing the astonishing capabilities of our Dock accommodation. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot inform " A Member" when Mr. Charles Kemble I will deliver his readings at the Mechanics' Institution. The lectures at the Collegiate Institution are invariably advertised in all the Liverpool papers ; bit`, for some reason which we cannot explain, the announcements of a similar description at the Mechanics' are confined almost exclusively to the Radical press. A correspondent most pathetically deplores the great danger passengers are exposed to, where our great areas, Ranelagh place tor instance, and chief thoroughfares, are intersected by other streets, in consequence f the rapid or furious driaing of hired carriages ; more especia ly during the evenings of winter &c., before the lamps are available. And when our streets are lighted up,—he observes,—it is no easy task to keep safe from the fearful perils alluded to. The letter from Ormskick in or next. The young lady who christened the George Canning Plot Boat yesterday week was Miss Bullen and not Miss Banner, as we erroneously stated. Ve know nothing whatever of the party alluded to by " A Churchman." . 1 An Assistant" and " Bearer" who addresses on the subject of " holiday or half holiday along with the closing of the shops on the day of the laying of the foundation stone on Wednesday next should really have forwarded us their communications earlier. We should have cordially seconded their views. At present we can only wish them well, such an era in the history of this locality would have waaranted a little sacrifice on the part of their employers, many of forlorn, would, no doubt, like well enough to enjoy the scene them Eby ttbrrpool &tanban. TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 22, 1844. In another column we have offered a few remarks upon the subject of the approaching Municipal Election ; and find that, in doing the same, a con temporary of Saturday, the Journal, has thought proper to raise an objection against the eligibility of a gentleman, whose name is mentioned for the office ,of MaY•or for the ensuing year. We refer to Mr. James Lawrence. it seems that, by section 49 of the Municipal Ad, it is provided "that on the 9th of November in every year the council of the borough shall elect, out of the aldermen or councillors of such borough, a fit person to be the Mayor of such borough." Mr. Lawrence happens to be amongst the number of aldermen whose period of office expires on that day; and the Journal, somewhat too hastily jumps to the conclusion that, as such, being no longer one of " the councillors or aldermen" he is legally in capacitated for election to the Mayoralty. For the . satisfaction however, of our contemporary, and the council, we beg to intimate that this very point has already been raised before the Court pf Queen's Bench, and twice decided in favour of the eligibility of a retiring alderman under similar circumstances. In the first of these the Queen v. Maddy, to be found in the 18th volume of the Law Journal Reports, it was decided that an outgoing alderman may be duly elected mayor at the quarterly meeting on the 9th of November; and that his election is not voided by two outgoing aldermen having voted for him, such outgoing aldermen continuing members of the council until new ones are elected, which election takes place after the election of mayor. In the second case the Queen v. Stanley Lord Denman, C.J. thus confirmed his former decision : In the case of he Queen r. Stanley, Mr. Maddy, although en retiring alderman, was still an alderman, and as such one of the council, and eligible as mayor; and the election of mayor being the first thing to be done at the quarterly meeting on the 9th of November, was rightly elected mayor. Being mayor end so, ex-officio. member of the council, he was competent to givesany vote for which he was not expressly disqualified ;. but any member of the council, who is en out-going alderman, is expressly dis walifie,d from voting in the election of the new alderman. IVir. Maddy wa sstill an out -going alderman, and subjeCt to this disqualification. tie could not, therefore, vote' originally for, Stanley's motion. if he could not vote originally for him, the case never arose in which he would have a casting vote for the tim, as mayor. It follows, therefore, that Stanley was not duly elected." So much then for the legal part of the question; and now t hat we have had so prominently brought be fore us the consideration of Ms. Lawrence's claims to the office, to which his friends are wishful to raise aim, we may, however much we should have pre ferred leaving the selection in the hands of the council, take the opportunity of saying a few words. Mr. Lawrence has been a member of the Watch Committee since the year 1836. He has sat as its chairman for three years past; and the activity, Thinness and impartiality which he has ever dis played in the discharge of his onerous duties cannot be sufficiently admired. In cases of fire, especially, be has always been amongst the first at his post, and his services have been incalculable and most praiseworthy. He is a member too of the markets committee mi the highway board, upon which, as in every department of the public service to which he has devoted hithself, his attention has been most unwearying and most useful. We know no greater compliment that could be paid to the tradesmen of the town—no appointment more likely to give universal satisfaction—than Mr. Lawrence's elevation to the office of chief magistrate. The crisis in the affairs of Ireland appears now about to arrive which all sensible men have long ago anticipated. The arch agitator, Daniel, has tbought proper to make a Jim Crow movement ; to jump round from Repeal to the senseless and ricketty crotchet called federalism; to defer the ex pression of the craving of Ireland's masses for nationalists, and to become the fawning slave of a a new Whig alliance. But in attempting this, he bus a little mistaken his powers. The pirouette of the old imposter appears destined to he a solo per formance; for alas, " young Ireland" refuses to dance at his prompting, or to be dragged in the mire of his selfish and tortuous policy. The split already has betrayed itself, in a letter addressed to O'Connell by Mr. Duffy, of the Nation, one of his recent companions in prison; and we may with certainty discover from the tone of the writer, which is firm and yet respectful, that the slippery agitator has now very different materials to work upon from those which, in times past, he has moulded to his will :—that, in fact, he has instilled principles and awakened hopes in the breasts of those earnest and ardent men, who may be regarded as the young blood of Ireland, which will not be suppressed pr postponed at his mere and selfish caprice. These men have learnt to contemplate the reality of national independence, which O'Connell, in his anxiety to mystify the eyes of the British people, has inured even himself to view as something too shadowy and unsubstantial for accomplishment. Whilst he has been. making the cry of Repeal a convenient lure for the pence, and shillings of his ignorant fellow countrymen, they have been preparing in earnest , for its achievement. Whilst he has prated of moral . force as his only weapon, they have looked forward to far other, more direct and bolder means of working 3ut their objects; and they will no longer submit to be duped by the timid and plausible speciounesses with which their former leader has been in the habit of gulling and bewildering the mind of confiding Ireland. We may now, at length, as the result of this movement, expect to see a little light thrown upon the subject of Repeal. We shall know at least what it means, and how the more - daring and earnest of its advocates expect it to be tarried. I, W.- perfectly agree with the objections urged by *lr. Duffy to the adoption of the principle of ederalism in place of Repeal. There can be no '.Lialf-way house, no compromise in such a question as :this. Utterly delusive as we believe to be the - expectations of the Irish people, of advantage to be derived from a local and indepedent legislature, we ook upon the present project of a federal parliament fee a mere mockery, and its proposal as a paltry i aubterfuge to enable a d e f eate d b u ll y t o b ac k ou t o f a r osition which'he feels to Le dangerous, and to en able him during the remainder of his unruly career $o pocket the money wrung from his wretched ocrillin g what is dearer coun trymen, without - 10 him than any earthly object—the safety of his precious person. But it will not do, Daniel. You 1 ust go on now with your eager and e xc it e d a lli es, 1P et abdicate at once ! We are happy- to have it in our power to thank Ilbe Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester itailway, on behalf of the public, for the satisfactory regulation of their fares, which they have now an nounced to come. into operation on the 2nd Novem ber. We could have wished indeed to see the first class fare reduced a little lower still ;—say to 54. 6;l. each way, with the return ticket at nine shillings; but we must not be unreasonable. The principle is conceded that a necessity exists for this, and other old lines of railway, to come down from the extravagant rates hitherto imposed upon travellers, to a scale consistent at once with the convenience of the public and a fair remuneration for the enter prise of proprietors. Experience is daily shewing that the abundant capital now directing itself to the formation of these undertakings will eventually crush attempted monopolies ; and with this fact ad mitted by the chairman of the Liverpool and Man chester Company, in announcing their new regula tions, we may be assured that they will see the ne cessity of further concession whenever circumstances arise to call for them. A contemporary, we observe, who has moved in this question of low fares in common with ourselves, endeavours in his last publication to depreciate the value of the boon now accorded by a complaint of alleged insufficiency of accommodation in the new carriages of the second class trains. We can only say, for ourselves, that we have used them and can see no reasonable ground for the complaint urged. They are quite roomy enough for passengers of ordinary dimensions. We have seldom been more amused than by the lame attempt of the Mercury to fabricate a political grievance, out. of our re!rarks upon the question now at issue between the Works Committee of the Dock Trust and the warehouse owners. The poor gentleman has been well prompted, doubtless • but unfortunately the prompters have not succeeded in driving, if they intended doing so, the real facts of the matter into his stolid intellect. He is as deci dedly abroad as if he had just arrived from Kam skatcha to start in his career of local journalism. It is almost a folly to notice such trash as the Mercury delivers himself of on this occasion ; but Unfortunately he fibs a little in his facts, and there fore we must set him right, for the sake of the nu merous wiseacres who imbibe his wisdom in the cellars and taps where he finds his extensive circula tion N. . Our wise contemporary urges, in excuse for Messrs. Evans and Aiken, who have certainly managed their business very astutely, that the ware houses round the Albert Dock have, " in compliance with the suggestions of Mr. Stewart"—a compliance scarcely to have been expected from such all-suffi cient authorities—been built in detached blocks ; that' some five feet have been taken to widen the quay of the Salthou'e Dock, and, ergo, the Works Committee were justified in taking the space, thus given up, from the quays of the Albert Dock, and converting it into warehouse accommodation. This plea may stand for what it is worth. But when our contemporary states that only " about one-fourth of the space under the warehouses" has been appro priated " to the stowage of heavy goods," or, in other words, to warehousing purposes instead of quay room, - he states that which, in his own nolite vocabulary, he would fill up by a very significant line, thus : , but what we shall only term such an erroneous statement as we firmly believe he would not make, if he had ever inspected the ware houses in question, and knew what he was talking about. A walk round the Albert Dock works would convince him that he is wrong, and, of course, he will acknowledge that he is so—some day far distant. Vain men, like our friend of the Mer cury, take time before they confess that they are in fallible. Another statement in the Mercury's article con vinces us that he is innocent of any knowledge of the subject which has•drawn from him his remarks. He says that " if the warehouse owners go to law With the dock trustees"—a proceeding which be is striving to bring about, and which we should be sorry to witness, as we are satisfied that Ms un necessary—" the result can only be either the com plete stoppage of the works, with the loss of all the money expended upon them, or their demolition and erection on a different plan." Poor gentleman ! He may just as well tell us that tearing a leaf, and that a blank one, out of that. elementary work to which he' has apparently confined his studies, and which is familiarly called "The Horn Book," would haVe,'as its awful result, " either the complete stop page of the work's" of the pedagogue, with the loss 'of all the birch expended upon his unhappy subject, or the," deniolition" of the alphabet and its " erec tion on a different plan." There is no more diffi culty 'tit tiiitkill e g 1.1. c work, in crucotion what they were intended to.be, and what the act of Parliament contemplated, than there would be in reducing our contemporary's " high-lows" into slippers. It would really be a treat if the Mercury would confine his remarks to matters which he under stands. A treatise upon peg-tops or tet-totems from his pen might send us to sleep with some com fort;, but the serious business of the world he ought certainly to leave alone. A correspondence appears in our paper this day between Mr. John Moss, the chairman of the Grand Junction Railway,. Mr. Geo. Carr Glynn, the chairman of the London and Birmingham Railway, and Mr. Ormsby Gore, on the part of the provi sional. committee of a proposed line of railway be tween Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, which in volves a question so important in its results to the interests of the shareholders of the two great lines that we cannot resist the opportunity which it af fords'us of addressing to the respective boards a few words of advice. But first let us endeavour briefly to place the subject a little more clearly befcre our readers than a hasty perusal of the lengthy and somewhat disjointed document published may perhaps do. One of the principal causes of the collision which took place recently between these two boards, and excited such alarm in the minds of their constitu encies, was a disagreement between them with re spect to the line, and the mode of formation, of this , Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton Railway. The Grand Junction directors, who had stirred in the matter only at the earnest solicitation of a party in Shrewsbury, wanted the communication with that town to be made from Stafford, having ascertained that " as regards the North (Manchester and York shire for instance), no point on their line further south than Stafford could be considered as offering any considerable accommodation; whilst, as regards London and the East, they found that the Trent Valley Railway would shorten the road to,London nine miles, besides giving a direct comm unication with Derbyshire and the East." Such a line was accordingly determined upon, a subscription list filled up, and preparations made for going to Parlia ment. At this point sprang up the rival Shrews bury and Wolverhampton scheme, which was armly esponsed by the London and Birmingham board, jealous alpart ntly of the !eaning of the Grand Junction Boatd to the adoption of the Trent Valley line ; .and a serious di , agreetnent between them en suedovhich was however terminated, or thought to be terminated, by an arrangement entered into on the 3d of July in which the course of the two. companies, as to, the support to be given to any proposed new lines, was laid down. The following was the stipu latieti. with respect to the Shrewsbury scheme, by which it will - be -seen that the choice of the line tb he formed, .viz., from Wolverhampton instead of Stafford,: was conceded by the Grand Junction, reserving to themselves, however, its formation.— " The - LandOn and Birmingham Board is prepared, with the cqncurrence of their Shropshire party (whiClt!tbey will use their best endeavours to obtain) to .withdrawfrom the guarantee towards the Shrews bury ' the Grand Junction, with the concur rence of their Stafford shareholders, undertaking to make ii[ line to Wolverhampton, and guarantee four per, ceni..on: the capital, and an equal division of future profits ; the Shrewsbury Birmingham share holders (under the same condition as the Stafford and Shrew-bury) having an option of half the capi tal, the*Grand Junction Company having a lease in perpetuity, and working the line a manner conve nient to that part of the country. This stipulation certainly appears plain enough, and was -accepted at the time as perfectly satisfactory to all parties. Misconstruction, however, will break in Where ponerful parties, mutually jealous, are at tempted to be bound together by any mere form of words. Misconstruction has broken in, each party to the contract accusing the other of having evaded its spirit, and meaning, and neglecting to ulfil its provisions. The Shrewsbury party claim the right themselves " to make the line," leasing it when made to the Grand Junction Company, and repu diate having ever agreed to the interpretation which the latter put npon the stipulation above quoted ; whilst the London and Birmingham Board display, to say the least of it, no great inclination to bring their allies to reason and amity. The results it is not difficult to foresee ;—a parliamentary contest, a wasteful and unnecessary expenditure of the money. of the shareholders, with no real and practical ad vantage to either of the parties or the public, and, finally, the alienation of two powerful companies, whose true interests lie in the same direction, and can be best advanced by mutual friendship. We must confess th a t a ca r eful perusal of the whole correspondence, as now published, has con vinced us that the course pursued by the Grand Junction Directors has been straightforward, and actuated by a desire to fulfil their portion of the agreement, whilst that of the other parties cannot he so characterized. The tone of the letters of Mr. Moss, on the part of the former, is better than that of the,chairman of the London and Birmingham, who writes in a style too cavalier to lead to that amicable and eouitahle termination of the quarrel which is so desirable for the interests of all parties. We trust that the good sense of Mr. Glyn and of his colleagues in the Board will convince them that a different tone should be adopted, and the candid and pacific bearing of the Grand Junction Directors met in a kindred spirit. There is no difficulty, by a mutual effort, in extricating themselves from their present position of antagonism, and every reason why that effort should he made at once. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. The following +s a Hit of tb the Ist of November nest, dates, so far as at present kn+ Ward, Retiring Members le Councillors who retire on and also a list of the candi )wn CANDIDATES. Conservatives.' Reformers. Kvetton Thomas , haw Thomas Shaw Scotland Isaac Holmes Isaac Holmes .Jas. Brancker Vauxhall Wm. Prestrn (R) Wm. Preston St. Paul's Joshirt Edwards Rob. B. Hill Exchange Henry Holmes ( R)'C.S. Middleton' Castle-st. John Holmes (R) No opposition John Holmes St. Peter's R. S. Henderson R.S. Henderson Thomas Bolton Pitt street James Aspinall James Aspinall G George G. G. Hamby G. G. Elornby No opposition Rodney-st. H Lawrence Jn. Pemberton Win. Lassell Aberormby. R. Gladstone Josias Booker 1 Lime street J. 11. Lloyd St. Ann's I.J. Parker J.B. Lloyd J. Parker William Earld West Derby .J. S. Leigh J. S. Leigh S. Toxteth S. 1.. Trot►nan R. L. Jones IR. V. Yates N. Toxteth A. Smith Wm. Mann .Geo. Holt Upon the respective merits of the above list of candi dates our remarks must this week be, of necessity, very brief, our spare being more than usually confined. The number of new names brought forward will be our only plea for at all referring to the subject, in the absence of the space which would be required to do it full justice, In South Toxteth Ward, Mr. R. L. Jones comes foraard in the Conservative interest, in the place of Mr. S. L. Trotman, who retires from the council. A more unex. ceptionable candidate could not have been selected. Mr. Wm. Mann, (of the firm of Stringer and Mann,) a mer chant of h'gh standing, and a sound Conservative, repla ces Mr. Alexander Smith in North Toxteth. Aber cromby Ward, from wnich we regret to find that AS r. Robertson Gladstone retires will find a candidate either in Mr. Josias Booker, or its old and well-tried represen tative, Mr. Procter. Mr. C. S. Middleton, an excellent Conservative, and active member of the Dock Commit tee comes forward for Exchange Ward, from which M.. Henry Holmes retires. It is probable that Mr. Middle ton's seat will not be opposed. A valuable candidate. who will be most influentially supported, has presented himself for Rodney-street Ward, in the person of Mr. John Pemberton. We trust that every true friend to the constitution will rally to his as sistance and carry him triumphantly. We must not only win the battle here, but win it decisively. St. Paul's Ward has suffered a severe deprivation by the retirement of its excellent Conservative member, Mr. Joshua Edwards, over which the Radical Journal of Saturday exults, whist it misrepresents the motives of such retirement. We are happy to know that Mr. Ed wards carries with him the hearty approbation by his constituents of his conduct whilst their representative, and their regret at the loss of his services, exi.ressed at a meeting held on the 15 of August last, and presented to him by Mr. J. Briscoe, the chairman of such meeting. We find, however, that his place will be efficietitly filled up, a gentleman eminently calculated to represent the Ward, Mr. R. B. Hill ha.ing consented to offer himself. In Scotland Ward the retiring member, Mr. Isaac Holmes, has been induced again to offer himself. The Racicals nominate Mr. Jamss Brancker, who, in tthe palmy days of Radicalism, would not enter into the coun cil. It is little more than a vexatious opposition, as we believe Mr. Brancker- is not even desirous to succeed. Our contemporary of the Courier said that Mr. Holmes supported Mr. Thornhill last year; he certainly did no thing of the sort ' • he had declared he would not interfere in any of the elections; nor did he this year. fie was desirous to retire, but was persuaded to offer himself. There is a large Conservative majority in the Ward, and there is no doubt of Mr. Holmes being returned. INCREASED COMMERCIAL AND INDUS TRIAL PROSPERITY OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE. The gratifying state of the national revenue for the last few quarters, and especially the increase of the pro ductiveness of those portions of it which are usually con sidered as the test of the national progress, have prepared most people for the conclusion that Great Britain, tinder Conservative auspices and financial management, has already attained a greatly improved and an improving social position. Compare her now with herself three years ago, and what a change is manifest ! She was then an enfeebled and well-nigh exhausted patient, prostrate under the united effects of bleeding and blistering, sudo rific and purgative. She has since gone through the stages of rallying, slow convalescence, and recovery ; and may now be said, in a social and financial point of view, to have almost attained the condition of rubust health. The results shewn by some statistical . data just now before us will be sufficient to prove this beyond . the poss , bility of cavil. And first we take a few of the principal of our imports. In the year ending the 6th Sept. 1843, we exported of " Cotion manufactures," under which head are exclu sively meant manufactures of cotton, in a peVet: . ed date, to the amount 0f.... In the corresponding year of 1844 the amount under this item had reached .... £1,792,034 thus chewing an increase of upwards of ha, wilfions sterling. Our exports of cotton yarn during the same period had sustained a trifling decrease, thus furnishing another satisfactory evidt•nce that the increased activity of our commerce has taken a direction by which the na -I.ional industry is benefitted, and not exclusively capital and machinery. The exports of the article " Earthen ware," in the year ending sth Sept. 1843, were to the amount hi In the corresponding year of 1844, the exports under the same head were shewing an increase of a hundr^d end twenty thovsand poudds, also in an article exclusively of handicraft pro duction. Under the head of " Hardware and Cutlery," we ex ported in 1843 to the nmount of £1,099,766, and in the present year of £1,438,295, chewing a difference in favour of the present year 'of nearly three 12:faulred and pf th,usadd poie,ids. The amount of exported " Linen manufactures" in 1843 was f:1,852,709, and in 1844 4'2,111,821, chewing an increase this year of ,wo hundred and fifty thousana pen; ds. In the article of " Metals," embrac:ng iron and steel, copper, brass, and tin, we exported in the year ending sth Sept. 143, to the amount of 1.3,405,563, and in the same period ended sth Sept. 1844, £4,136,984, chewing an increase in the present year of upwards of seven hun :red and L,irty tlovsand pounds. In the same way our exports a " Silk manufactures" have increased by a ,af,abed ,11 usand pounds; our ex ports of raw " Wool " nearly that ; our exports of " Woollen Yarn" one hund,.e , ' and forty thoinaad; whilst our e::ported " Woollen 51 anufaaures" have in creased above a miliion and a-half, or from, in 1843 £4,574,212, to, in 1844 L'6,!52,880. 'We have here, certainly, the proof of a vast increase of mercantlle and manufacturing activity ; and yet it, does not e:;hibit anything .like the full amount of the nation's accession of pxoverity.. Whilst our,. eicil'ort trade has been increasing, the home demand has xe ceived a still greater impulse, skewing, on the part of the industrious masses, an increased power of consump tion, accompanied of course, as a natural and inseparable feature of such a position, by a large accession of social comfort and enjoyment. WEST INDIES.—The Teviot, West Indian Steamer, arrived at S, utharnpton on Sunday, bring the third time she has arrived lat that port; the very day she was due. The Teviot left Demerara nn the 19th ult., Jamaica on the 23rd, Barbadoes on the 24th, and Fayal on the 12th inst. The pipers by her which have come to hand do not contain any news of importance. Atter twelve trials in smooth water of 11. M. steamship Rattler, fitted up with Mr. Smith's screw propeller, the average speed gained was 111 statute miles per hour. The Rattler is 688 tons, and 200 horse power ; and her sitter ship the Prometheus, similar to her in every respect with the exception of having padd:e-wheels. only reached 8.1 knots an hour. The Rattler has got her masts on board, and is to be fitted for sea immediately ; and in consequence of her success, the Admiralty have gives orders for six other steam-ships, of a large class, to be forthwith constructed on the same principle. RAILWAY FOR THE POTTERIES.—A meeting to con. sider the plans proposed for affording railway communica tion to the Potteries took place on Friday at Stoke-upon. Trek. The secretary to the Grand Junction Railway Company proposed a line to start from Stoke, pass through Etruria, leaving Hanley to the right and New. castle to the left. The grand point was to get a line to Liverpool. The line would pass Stoke and Stow to Stafford. The Chairman of the Chester and Birkenhead Company (Mr. W. Jackson) said, they were prepared to co-operate in forming a line from Birkenhead through the Potteries to Rugby, and this the meeting approved of. The latter line will pass from Trent Valley Railroad to Birkenhead, through the Potteries and the valley of the Weaver, joining the Cheshire Junction Railway at Prods ham, and will, it is said, lessen the distance from London to Birkenhead about twelve miles.- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GRAND FESTIVAL AT BIRKENHEAD. To-morrow being the day appointed for the laying the foundation-tone of the first of the intended new docks, at Birkenhead, the day will not only be one memorable in the annals of that rising township, but, judging from the extent and liberality of the preparations, one of the most splendid and, (should the weather be fine,) gratifying" dO *rents," that have yet taken place in this neighbourhood. No expense or exertion, or ingenuity, has been spared to give it an eclat worthy of great and, novel exertion, and for the last week hundreds of workmen and others have been busily employed in fitting up and embellishing the various places thut will be the respective scenes of the for malities and the subsequent festivities and amusements. The morning will be ushered in by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannon from the neighbouring heights, and also from the shore. The ferry steamer, vessels in the river, and particularly those on the other side. will be gaily perorated ; and flags and banners will be displayed in profusion from the dock-works along the shore, the public buildings, the inns, and houses, and shops, and works of private indivithrils: At eleven o'clock, a Procession will be formed at the Town Hall to consist of the several benefit and other societies, the Commissioners of the town, and gentlemen of both sides of the Mersey, workmen, &c. We are in formed that in all it is expected that upwards of 6000 persons will join in the procession, besides equestrians, and Vast numbers in vehicles. ' The following is the Programme : High Constable and four Mounted 09icers. Four Trumpeters, on Horsedack. Man in Armour. Fire Engines. Firemen and Fire Police. Printing Press. Military Band, Colours, and Per ons employed in the Parks (upv, ards of ;000.) Band. Masons. Band. Good Samaritan Tent of Itechabites. Band. United Order of Od.l-Fellows. Band. Grand United Order of Catholic Brethren. Bands. Independent Order of Odd. Fellows. (Eight Lodges.) Band. Foresters. Military Band. National Colours. Shipwrights and Iron Ship-builders. Chelsea Pensioners. Master Tradesmen. Gentlemen. Commissioners of Birkenhead. Carriages. Gentlemen on Horseback. Carters. Police. THE FOLLOWING IS PROCESSIONAL ROUTE :- From the Town-hall rou n fiamilton-square, down Hamilton treet ; along Church-street, Abbey-street. Chester-s• reet, down Ivy-street, Grange-lane, Hainißon-street, to Conway-street; along Conway-street, Cavendish street, down the Corporation road, and Canning-street, to the Road leading to the Shore, at the Wood-side Slip. The Procession to start at half-past eleven o'clock precisely. The accommodations for the parties more immediateiy concerned in laving the foundation stone are on as exten sive a scale as the circumstances will admit. Platforms will be erected round the site (on the shore, a short dis tance to the northward of the upper part of the Woodside Ferry slip. • Amongst the distinguished persons who have signified their intention to be present are the following : The Earl of Essex, Lord Bateman, Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., of Hooton, and party ; Hon. Lord Kenyon, M.P., and a great number of other noblemee and mem bers et parliament. The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone will be per. formed by Sir Philip Egerton, M.P. The trowel will be pre sented by Rendill, the engineer of the Birkenhead Docks. The trowel was designed and made by Mr. Joseph Mayer of Lord Street, and does him much credit. alike for the beautiful classic feling about it, and the daring innovation made on the old angular shape of the usual trowel. The form of it is that of the Greek aelm or paddle —on the blade or flat part of which is chased in alto-relievo, Terra. the Goddess of Earth—and Neptune, God of the Sea—in the act of calling into existence Commerce and Navigation—which is strikingly pourtrayed by a lovely undraped female, crowned with an antique Proa, with her arms folded across her bosom she affectionately holds in her right hand a The God and Goddess arrayed in their appropriate symbols the trident and dolphin. turreted coronet and Cormocopia, with their h - ads a little inclined, are looking approvingly on the beautiful being of their creation. The handle is composed of a dolphin, which. f om the curved form it a=snmes, gives the whole an elegant and unique appearance worthy the acknowledged taste of the designer. Above the figures is engraved. in classic letters, the following inscription —" Presented to Sir Philiy de Malpas Grey Egerton, Baronet, M.P ' on his laying the Foundation-stone of the Birkenhead Docks, XXIII day of October. M.DCCC.XLIV., in the VII year of the reign of Her MaCesty Queen Victoria." And on the back of the trowel the names of the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners, with those of the engineer and solicitor. The whole is sur rounded by that beautiful Greek border, emblematic of the waves, so often seen on the early Etruscan vases. The grandest of the entertainments will be die public dinner, and afterwards the ball, both of which will take place at the railway station buildings, Grange Lane, the first in the large shed at the terminus, and the latter in the carriage-room adjoining The dis play here will be magnificent. The DINING Room or Banquetting Hall, i 3 about 140 feet in length by "0 in width. and of ample height. The coup d' ie uill nit entering is extremely impressing. The walls are covered with crimson, yellow, and blue drapery. The recesses are decorated with evergreens and large ornamental flowers, and the whole of, the ptineipals and frame work of the roof are similarly adorned so as to resemble a shrubbery that has taken leave of his parent earth and mounted into mid air. From the beams are suspended hand some richly gilt gas chandeliers ns central lights. There are four rows of tables, the two outer ones united at top and bottom by _ . _ . being continued in the form of a 9 The refreshments will be proli, ,micirele. led by Mr. 'Horne, of the Mersey 'yr fare. 6o Tureens of Turtle. 10 ~ Dishes of — 6apon Oyster 40 Dishes of Fish. Sauce. an Haunches of Venison. 12 Dishes of Fins of Turtle 20 Necks of Venison. Ragout. 20 Turkeys, boiled. to fishes of G, me. 20 'I urkeys, roasted. 30 Dishes of Prauns and Lob ,. .. . 20 Game Pies, 26 Entres. 6 Saddles Mutton. ster Sallad. 20 Cold Entres. 60 Jellies and Creams, 10 St wed Mumps Beef. 30 Tarts. 12 Hams. ornamented. 3 , Pod ines 20 Tongues, ornamented. (100 D shes Vegetables. Champagne, Sherry, Port, Hock, and Madeira Wines. - - It Is reported that about 500 gentlemen.will sit down to the feast. The BA LL-B oom, of about the same size as the Dinir g-room, is. if possible, still more u ique and beautiful. This is semi. circularly recessed at one side, and in the centre there is a foun tain spouting a large jet of water to a height of 8 or 10 feet from a circuler basin, forming a beautiful rocking of curious fossil and other stones, and seashells, thickly planted between with eve. green plants, sea-mosses, images of tritons. &c. —the whole presenting a classical and cooling effect. Tne Hall-room itself-is lined with coloured drapery in a manner somewhat similar to the other large room, but 'with the roof also hung with the same materials to a great height. so as to resemble an immense Turkish tent. The whole is lighted by an immense gas chandalier of four circles of lights, in the centre of the room, and also by minor literal chandeliers. The Countess of Essex, Lady Amelia Capel, Lady Grey Egerton, and man other noble ladies have intimated their intention to attend. The celebrated toast-master, Mr. Toole, of London, has been en gaged, for the dinner, and as vocalists the equally popular Mr. John Parry, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Fitzgerald. It is gratifying to state that besides the grand entertainment for the elite just noticed, there are to be others on a smaller scale in various parts of the town. A substantial treat to the working classes connected with the works will be given, while at the same time the poor are not to be forgotten. A supper and ball are to be given at the Town-hall, by Mr..lack son, to the clerks and other official gentlemen in the service of the commissioners and their friends. .... _ A dinner will be served at Mr. Gleave's, Adelphi Hotel, close to W, ockide Ferry, and from which and the terrace gardens in front a fine view of 'he river, the works &c . Mr. Tomkinson, the contractor for the dock works, will give a dinner to nearly 510 of his workmen, who will be regaled with roast and boiled beef, baked end boiled plum-pu•iding, and a pledtiful supply of Hindley's XX ale, at Mr. Willouhgby's or the Birkenhead Hotel. The room for their accommodation was erected specially by Mr. Tomkinson in the yard near the Bowling Green pp 'Ate to the entrance of the hotel) and is of very large size,aad very commodioos It is splendidly decorated with festoons, evergreens, foliage, and flags of all nations. The whole will be splendidly illuminated by gas chandeliers. We may here state, as an interesting feature in the records of the proceed ngs, that the ship-carpenters of this port, yesterday addressed a writt n communication to Mr. Tomkominson, iu which they stated that they did not consider them,,elvhs merely ship carpenters of Liverpool, but of the Mersey generally ; that it is their intent on to j in the 'tirken: head procession with their flags and ensignia. and that they wished, in respect to Mr. T., to be permitted to escort him from his house to the place of meeting. To this request, we un derstand, Mr. Tomkinson cheerfully acceded. Not the least gratifying circumstance is, that the poor of the township are not forgotten on this occasion. The families of the in digent will have distribnted amongst them rations of beef and bread, the former in pieces of 4 to 8 lbs., according to their respective num bers and necessities. We have authority to state that the Paragraph in the Albion of yesterday, relating to the Head Constable did not originate with the Watch Committee. A Sub corn mittee has been appointed to inquire into the present efficiency of the Police-force generally, and until their report is made, nothing whatever can be known-as to the possible result. The following is a copy of the appoint ment of the Sub-committee. Resolved,—That a Sub-committee be appointed to enquire into the present state of the Policc•force, as to in fficieney, and whe ther the Printed Rules and Regulations are fully earr;ed out. Resolved ,Aso,--That the Sub-committee be requested to report the result of their investigation to a future meeting of this Com mittee. WHAT IS POPERY DOING?—Some documents have just come into our hands,—baving been picked up in the streets, where they had been dropped, no doubt, by some careless member of the faithful,—which throw a little light upon the dark workings of that body, and especially upon the mode in which they possess themselves of the edifices of the English estaolishment. These docu ments are a printed circular, signed by a party who styles himself a "missionary apostolic," reciting that an opportunity now exists of purchasing in Cornwall, " a fine roomy church, with arched roof, recently built in the Norman Gothic style, with School-rooms, and Rectory_ house, the whole surrounded with an area, and well walled in." It is stated that this property can be bought for £lOOO, although worth double the money—a lamentable fact if true. But how, it will be said, is the money to be raised ? An accompanying collecting card informs us collectors are to form a circle of subscribers amongst their friends, and for every penny they receive they are to put a pin-hole into one of the squares of the cross—a truly respectful mode of treating that sacred emtlem ! When they have received a shilling they are to hand it over to two very respectable parties, whose names appear on the reverse side of the card, '1 hosei who fill a second card are to receive " a handsome copy of the Catholic Choralist," as a reward for their exertions. But, the concluding intimation of the worthy " Missionary Apos tolic " is a truly melancholy specimen of what Romish credulity remains even in the present day. His poor dupes are told that " to draw down the blessing of God on this mi-sion, and on all concerned in its formation, each subscriber is earnestly requested to recite every day a de vout Pater and Ave. In return the holy mass will be celebrated for them on every Sunday and holiday during the course of their lifelinv, and—after their death" Remark is superfluous. INTENDED SAILORS' HOME. It will no doubt be in the recollection of our readers that for some years past the project of establishing a sailors' home, for the domiciliary Use, at a cheap rate, of the less fortunate portion of our seamen, and their pro tection from the impositions practised upon them, has been contemplated by our philanthropic townsmen; but that, though the proposition was generally approved, several obstacles to its formation presented themselves, amongst which not the least was the want of a suitable scite, near the docks, for an adequate building. We have now, however, the gratification to announce that the latter difficulty, and others of minor amount. have, happily, been removed ;—the Town Council having liberally granted a suitable piece of land..and the plan proposed by the first originators,-- namely, the providing of poor seamen with lodgings only,—having, on nurturer consideration, been extended, so as to embrace not only a comfortable home and board for the hardy tars, but a registry, a savings bank, a library, a school for apprentices, and the means of moral, religious, and genersl instruction for all, — addenda which will render the institution not only more useful in its operations, but stamp it with a degree of respectability which could not otherwise be attained. We further rejoice to state that a public meeting, (as an• flounced in another column,) called by the Mayor, and at which his worship will preside, will take place on Friday next, for the purpose of forwarding the arrangements, and at which we anticipate a full attendance of our townsmen. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks, Bee. Hugh M'Neile, Messrs. Gladstone. Rathbone, and many others, will advocate the claims of " Poor Jack." The temptations and frauds with which our gallant tars in this town, PS in other laree ports. are beset on their arrival from sea, are so notorious that it were almost superfluous to endeavour to enumerate them. Naturally of a generous and jovial disposition, their first resort. after the fatigues of a long voyage, is almost invariably the grog-shop" ; where, in the excited ebullition of their spirits, they are prone to treat all around them, parting with heir hard-got gains with a reckless prodigality which has obtained them the reputation of " earning their money like horses, and spending it like asses." This improvidence is not, however, the greatest evil of their position. Dissolute characters, of both sexes, em phatically denominated " men-hunters," are continually lying in wait about the docks for their prey, and poor sailors are marked out as ready victims. Precisely in proportion to the amount of money poor Jack has in his possession, (and which, over a glass, he is readily induced to show or to divulge.) is the amount of cunning and dexterity employed by these wretches to secure it. He is treated, or persuaded to drink at his own expense, until his senses become bewildered; and every ingenuity is exercised to strip him. Cheating slop-dealers, or their scouts, are at his heels from the moment the anchor is let go in the river, or the shop got into dock. Goods of the most worthless description are pressed upon him, at extortionsble prices ; but, perhaps, the crowning mischief is the extartion of low lodging-house or paltry tavern keepers, who wile him to their immoral haunts, and spee dily relieve him by inducements to lavish expenditure and exorbitant charges, of his cash, after which the chances are, that his decent clothing is, pledged, and he is turned adrift rageed and pennyless, deprived too of the means Of resuming his vocation, for what captain will receive a man , who has not a proper stock of apparel ? Add to all this the allurements of abandoned females, who often contrive dexterously to rob the seaman of the whole earnings of his voyogs "at one fell swoop," darting off, are rarely seen again. This proves Jack to be an inconsiderate character, no doubt, but he ought not, therefore, be the too easy prey of the views of others • and the proposed institution ap pears to be well-calculated to shield him from many of the dangers by which he is beset, to induce him to be more wary and circumsdect : and, finally, to elevate him in the scale of humanity. by implanting a proper degree of self-pride, and moral f , eling. The intention of the founders is to make him a wiser and a better man, and to throw around him the shield of protection, of which he . stands so greatly in need." In addition to the other benefits of the proposed institu tion, and which will, we presume, include the teaching of the mathematical theory of navigation, we would suggest that the use of the globes, and of the quadrant and sex ton should he introduced, and that charts of the most fre quented seas and coasts should be provided. It may not, too, be premature to suggest the gradual formation of a Museum and Model Room, to which many of the men (who are in the habit of bringing home quriosities, and disposing of them for a mere trifle) might be induced to contribute. and this would soon form an interesting col lection. And we have known not a few poor sailors who are ingenious in making models of vessels of a new or peculiar construction, from which prie•tical improve ements in hulls, sails, &c., might possibly be derived. Lectures oft ship-building, and on general navigation might afterwards be superadded, and would be a source ' of edification and entertainment during the winter nights, keeping the inmates rationally engagea at " Home." in place of squ9ndering their money and their time in the noisy tavern. or the low concert-rooms attached, where he is liable to fall into demoralizing associations. That all our seamen who Lave no real homes to resort to, will. in the first instance, take advantage of the insti tution we are not so sanguine to expect ; for obdurate habits in some and prejudices insothers must be over. come ; but it is to be hoped that if even a considerable portion of the class become inmates on its opening, others will soon be induced to follow their example, and the cha racter of the whole will eventually become intellectually e'evated. Captains will always select the most intelligent and well-behaved seamen they can find, and no one who receive a certificate of good conduct from the institution need long want a ship. And as to the individual advanta ges, a man or a youth who can keep a ship's course at sea has chances of promotion that do do not tall to the lot of those who have not that knowledge of their profession. One instance in point will suffice. A few years ago it was rumoured in the New York papers, that a tine and value ably laden ship belonging to Salem, and which had lost both captain and mate by sickness on a distant voyage, was safely carried to her port of destination by a young' man of but eigteen years of age, one of the crew, who, to his honour, though poor, had, applied himsel to the study of navigation ; and he was 'duly appointed to the command by employers. We had prepared some other suggestions for adoption by the founders of this excellent institution, but they will keep until our next. We are glad to have it in our power to announce tha the late Mrs. Bury, of Moss-street, left by her will cer tain property the proceeds of which she directed to be di— vided equally between four most excellent charities, namely—The Church Pastoral Aid Society—The Intir mary—The Blue Coat Hospital—and the Strangers' Friend Society ; and that in consequence each of these Institutions has lately received the handsome sum of £125, duty free, through the hands of Mr. John Hicks and Mr. Thomas Branch, the executors. FARMING MACHINERY. — This being the age for im provement, our landed proprietors are determined if possible to keep pace with our wealthy millocracy in the improvement of machinery for every description of farm. ing operations. In the neighbourhood of Llangollen, on a farm held by a late townsman of our own, may be seen, gorse and hay cutting, kibbling oats, brans, &C., &c., and churning, all in operation at the same time ; or the thrash ing and winnowing of grain, and the straining of potatoes,' chaff, corn, &e., sufficient for the food of twenty cows and six horses, for a day and night. In the first operations, 200 quarts of milk art churned in an hour, and as much hay, gorse, and grain knibbled during the time of churn ing as will supply eight horses three days; and by the latter, eighteen measures of grain thrashed and winnowed ready for market. IRON SHIP BUILDING COMPANY.—At thelast quarterly meeting of the iron masters in Staffordshire, it was pro posed by Mr. Thorneycroft that a Company should be formed for the purpose of bringing Iron Sailing Ships into more general use, to overcome the prejudice which at present existed against them. Iron Steam Vessels were thoroughly established and required no assistance, but in consequence of several defective sailing vessels having been built this branch had not made any progress. Mr. Thorneycroft also recommended that the proposed Com pany should not themselves build the vessels but contract with the existing builders to construct them from the plans and under t he superintendence of a first-rate En gineer. This proposition met with the warmest approba tion of the meeting, and me. Thorneycroft last week visited Liverpool for the purpose of ascertaining the state of public opinion ; and, in company with Mr. Grantham, waited on the Mayor, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, and other influential men. He everywhere met with the greatest encouragement to proceed with the undertaking. It was also proposed that the same Comi any should, if found necessary, adopt measures for insuring all Iron Vessels built under the inspection of their Engineer. The steam-ship Great Britain, according to the Bristol Mirror, is to be released from her long confinement on the 26th inst. ADULTERATION OF BEER.—It is said that an extensive increase of drugs used in the adulteration of beer has taken place in - an ale and porter brewery of consideraole standing, and that it will be heard of at the next meeting to be yeßebgnKeppr o.etrvi Woodside and seacowbe.. of the Commissioners of Excise. PieToittAL . (.TPPLETIIENT.—Our friends across the water have stirred up the members of the broad sheet to accomplish wonders which were never even contemplated before. Our neigbour of the Dlnil has announced that he will present with his publication r.f Saturday next a stamped pictorial supplement representing viers of the chief occurrences which will take place at Birkenhead to. morrow. From the toleuted artist engaged by our contemporary we expect to see very correct and graphic illustrations of the animating scenes. PAINTINGS BY THE OLD MASTERS. — We lately visited Mr Wilson's collection exhibiting at Lact-y's rooms, and, as we pro mised in our last, proceed to notice what appeared to us most choice and beaulful. The unfortunate Queen of France, " Marie Antoinetto," by Greitze. is a lovely and exquisitely coloured picture, highly interesting hist-rically and as a work of art. " The Salutation of the Virgin." by Luciri, is one of those gorgeously coloured and wonderful-y finished paintings, that display i perfectii -n the grand characteristics of the Flo- rentine school. The heads of he Angel anti Madonna are types of ideal beauty. " The llawking Party, by Wouve rmans, is a charming composition. and remarkable: for the argentine tone so desirable in that master's works. Among the landscapes," we particularly noticed a grand classical one by Hughtentrurg, and others of great merit by Salvator Rosa, flobbemw, Rnysdael, and Berghem. There are also some very fine " Holy Families" by the great Italian paidters, particularly one by Baroccio which is remarkable► for its sweet expression. The " Card players," by Murray, is a rich-toned syecimen and full of cha racter. Lastly, there is a picture by Roepel, which, for beauty and harmony of colour and the most extraordinary transparence and finish, we have never seen equalled. Many others of the hundred paintings on view deserve a special notice, but our li now highly r ou s wl t st becom ing oe fac gra tifiedova nm i ri Al em i ssTbepiyl_r%G.eetvßsheseonAft inspection,sto:ui sir opportunityA Ts saying aTn m hd eorrueeoscfetol witnessing t i t nie t , e t er r sis , sie t i noh w gua e trts w i irae e er r aer e de and time has —thEe apscruhorvrpoeudur:tdhhiaanstge purchaser c h oo e f u y t nh a ter r ye e .. az:lrTlihetreh of e v ead vertisementsto- morrow w announce them to be,—light, durable, and o e Na a s k s l i , e ei e n na A t n e n d d . with a lithographed view of Birken head, t g art. eneral ; from the mast-head of a ship stationed mejvsadudwip,Eapwwyo impervioussa.bweibetw e en tai wßstit Oct. 22, 1841. LIVERPO OL OCTOBER SESSIONS• The October sessions of the peace for the borough of Liverpool commenced in the Crown Court at the Sessions house, shortly after ten o'clock yesterday morning, before GILBERT HENDERSON, Esq., Recorder. The calendar contained the names of 116 prisoners for trials on charges, of felony, and seven for misdemeanours, making a total 0' 123. Of these only eight are retur ed as being able to rani and write well, 41 can read and write imperfect'', 31 ran read imperfectly, while the very large proportion of 43 have never been taught either. The following gentlemen were sworn the Grand Jury :-- Robert Crosbie, Esq., of North John-street, merchant; William Anthony, ofHope-street, timber-merchant; . , ~ . Joseph Brice, of Bedford -street, c orn - mer chant; Samuel Beckwith, of Tower-garden, hide broker ; James Brebner, of Water -street, merchant; Robinson Dockworch, of Canning-street, merchant; Abraham Gartside, of North John-street, w oo. il broker; Edward Jones, of - Exchange-buildings, merchant; William Logan, of Bath-street, anchorsmith ; Edward Langdale, of Shaw-street, timher-merchant: John Woolfall Mulleueux, of Brougham-terrace, rec tifier ; William Maxwell, of Union-court, wine-merchant; Thomas Mather, of D r ury-lane, corn - merchant; . . _ _ John Mather, of Mount-pleasant, merchant ; John Pemberton, of Fen Wick-street, merchant; William Rotherham, of Exchange-street East, merchant; John Daniel, of Thornley, Hope-street, merchant; ' Joseph Ridgway, of South Chapel-street, cotton- broker ; Robert Taylor Woodward, of Irwell-street, merchant; Isaac Worthington, of Percy-street, cotton-broker. Jury The Learned Riscoarisa, in delivering his charge t , Grand Jury, spoke as follows :—Gentlemen of the Grand Jar 43 —lt appears from the depositions before me that there are prisoners to take their trials at this Court. It is s arisfact o 2 l ,, however, to observe that large as that, number is, A is less tt - t the number of committals in the corresponding period of 14 :, year, which amounted to 136. In disposing of these cases, g t . tlemen, it must be our duty so to enforce the law as most elf, e ;, ag natty to restrain and prevent the future commisoion of n It is a reproach to the administration of justice when 0 " n „ 0 . go unpunished : it is a still deeper reproach to confound tam cence cence with guilt. Under these sentiments. gentlemen. Y",„ e ; have to institute a preliminary investigation into every you will call for the witnesses before you : you will bear tb evidence : you v ill weigh it and judge whether It is such; in the absence of defence, ought to warrant a conviction of d individual accused. Where you find it is of a satisfactory an us conclusive nature, it will be your duly to find the ' b a t wher , , in any case, the evidence is not of that descriptioa•.,',l, does not bring home the charge to th e p ar t y accused, it scl"th-e your duty to stop at once all proc ee di ngs b y throwing bill. Gentlemen, the eases are in g m eneral of a slight and ordt nary character, and do n o t seem to require fro me any asl 1- marks for the guidance of gen tl emen of such intell i gen ce have now the honour of addressing. There are some offence" however, the frequent recurrence of which Seem to call for e%' emplary punishment. I allude more particularly to the offence" of stealing from shops and stealing from the person, which yO a will find constitute a large porion of the cases in the calenda r ' I will take this opportunity of correcting a tnisapprdhellsil which, from applications made to me, I know to preva il. tha when a sentence of transpot tation is accompanied by n recoln ; mendation to the Penetentiary, it is supp , sed that the coriv!c: will not be sent out of this country. That, gentlemen, is aln take. It is seldom, now, that a sentence of transp o rtation,r s not carried into effect by the sending of the party out of w e d country. When the recommendation to a Penttentiary la a ct to upon, the Pentitentiary is only the potted to a penal cravat' ; 1 , party must look forward to pass a long period, it not his Wo' life, in toil and in labour in a distant country It is, therefol gentlemen, always a sentence fearful to undergo, and wll!c.ri always calls for great deliberation in imposing it I rne , ' W this because many parties eta under the impression that it re , ‘e not always carried into effect by sending the convict out of t' country. Gentlemen, I shall not trouble you with any observations, or detain you from thoge duties which I am airs will occupy you some time. The Grand Jury then retired to their room '; and short/9 afterwards the trials commenced. The ca s es during th e e entire day were of minor interest, and all of them ba re been previously noticed in this paper. turth!rd COURT OF PASSAGE.-YESTERDAY. The Court of Passage for the borough of Liverpool Wa g held yesterday, before Charles Crompton, Esq.,-assessq, r ; The cause list contained 57 issues; but there w e rdno wri` e of trial from any of the superior courts. The cases W l ', Principally for the recovery of small depts,—a few, h°,l; ever, involved considerable amounts,—in addition to wh' c there were several on promises, three cases of trespa ss ' and one on the case. Undefend e d cau ses we re tak en first ; and of the others, the following are the u;tost portant that occurred during the day :—. RECOVERY OF AN ATTORNEY'S BILL. MASON V. GILLELAND.—This was an action to recs . "' £32 14s. Od., for work and labour done by the plaiittift; Mr. Mason, a solicitor in this town, for the defendant, Robert Gilleland, who carat s on the busine,s of a pa V ionr. The work was done in a professional capacity during 1 84 ; and a portion .of the present year. A verdict was return in favour of the plaintiff's claim. ALLEGED ILLEGAL DISTRAINT. SivII , BURNE V. WILLIAMS AND OTHERS.—ThiS Was an action to recover compensation in damages for an.a leged illegal distraiwt of the plaintiff's goods by the de fendants. The damages were laid in the declaration al £2O. Mr. Hamshay appeared for the plaintiff; , James for the defendants. On the part of the plaurti ffr who is Mrs. Nancy Swinburne, it appeared that she has a family. for whose support she follows th occupatto . n a schoolmistress. On the 27th of July last, she a r e w th her brother, Wm. Henry Parkinson, in Devonshire street, on which day a distress was levied upon his goods for £2 7s. 6d.—rent of a house he had previously occu pied in Mann-street, and for which Messrs. Williams and Jones, two of the defendant", are the agents. The allegation was that the bailiff. in executing the distress, had taken property belonging to the plaintiff;—evidence to prove which was given by several witnesses For the defendants it was contended, first, that the plaintiff had no property on the premises; and as to the defendant Williams, the assessor intimated that there w no evi deuce to shew that he had outhorised the seizure. After a long investigation, a verdict was eventually-taken by consent for the plaintiff, as regarded Jones; agli for the defendant, in the case of Williams.—Damages, £lO. - The Greyhound, the last of the coaches between Len' don and Birmingham, ceased running on Saturday, the sth of October. This has been ti e only coach , between London and Birmingham for some years past. The London Times is advocating the conversion of the Fleet Prison into one of the public bath establishmen ts for the metropolis. The building is to be disposed of to day by tender, by order of the Woods and Forests. , Mr. FL V. Lewis, (Isle of Mary's Kirke:ale.) n a 7 been appointed to the situation of organist to Christ Church, where be will have the instruction of a choir of boys. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. I I MONDAY, OCTOBER 21.—Wind Northerly and vai;able•_6l, Artarven.—Philopontis, Bell, from Bombay—Royal —, from Bahia—Enchantress, Phillips, from St John , i` —Java, Pic eying : He en, Limiter, and Evening Star. Gree... from Quebec—Edith, Welsh, from Rotterdam—Ocean from Antwerp—Haabet, Johns, from Whangeroe—Brodriy-to Novigard, from Gothenburg—and Clitus, Padden, for W l ' Vide6. SAILED.—Fanny. Lennes, for Swinemunde—Atalanti. ley, for Leghorn Cornish Diamond, Boase, for Genoa- --- r' Wood, Crosbie, for Nass , u—Lew s Charles, Wallis. for Lisb°, ol ' Volo, Churchward, for C nstantinople—Cheshire, King' for Barbadoes— Rosalind, Gate, for Berbice— Lydia, . 40 n e ': Antigua—Aeolus. Grace, for Azores— Regal.a, Aftlex And 1 3 . a a 0 Sharpe, for Cape Good Hope—Ann, Johnstone. for Maran a o, —Britannia, Smith, for St Andrew's, N.B.—Flora M*D° l ' Morrell f r St. John. N.B.—lsabella. Grey. for Sinc , P ( '` ,,-- Crown, Fletcher, fot Mobile— ' riumph, sel, for Alexandrit., Medina, .'ames, for Sincapore—Veloce, Bell, for Shangrled Vesper, Bellany, for Malta—Lily, Stevenson. for Npavtound:„.• —Minerva, yarrow. for Hambro'—Alert. Ord, for Derner n 7do Covenanter, Paterson. for Apalachicloa—star, Ptighe, Janeiro—Emerald, Leighton, for New Orleans--Albion, holm, for Beirout—Mount arles.Frost, for Lisbon Gorr"' rhffe /, --, and Antelope, Greilke, for Danzic—Chaffey, -- for Welshpool. Creamore, Shapley, from Torbay, at Newfoundland Heroics. Donough. for Buenos Ayr , ....5. has put back. o ile her crew having attempted to set her on fire off Holyhead, 411 d themis, Brown, from St. J o h n. N.B. at this p -rt saileupotti irstant, in company with th e John Bentley, and Robert. r. f r Liverpool. On I:_th instant, s p o k e th e M oun t a i ne er, s t v/ iis ing East. On loth while lying to in a gale from N. W ilar struck by a sea, whi c h t o k the man at the wheel (Edwar d cf ) gar! overboard. On 2 , th, at noon, saw the iiibernia, (stea l " for Halifax, off the Saltees. Diadem. from Valparaiso to Swansea, was spoken 22nd S ePt. in lat. 23, long. 36. DIED. On the 14th instant, at his residence in Dundrntn , °I:40 Wp % .1 •en klow, Ireland, in the 47th ye ar o f h is age. •••r• LEESON, atter a Huge ing illness of 12 years duration. c ore/f d he bore with Christian fo: titud e an d res i gnat i on : h e is sin,,,ao a, , d deservedly regretted by a l arge c i rcle of re lativ' riend.. . LIVERPOoL PROVISION MARKET, Oc ith a very free imp , rtation of Burtter, during the Pa s iv eri"; iron all parts of Irel a d ; we h ave t o no ti ce, a conisuMP`r f iCr e mand to such an extent, as still to keep stocks very,loW• 50 0 ..1 are not higher ; but th e i nc li na ti on i s d ec id e dl y u pward . t erm, 56 fine S - utheru . Butters have brou g ht 86s. Th er e is no m a t change in the urrency of pickled Butter. The demand ti; ° moment inconsiderable. Indian Beef 90s ; prime Mes s t 7 o : i le 82s 6d per tierce. Prime M ess P or k 65 s t o 72 s 6d Per rinl e stocks very high. and prices likely to be upheld for som e int ti 4 Bacon is held at full prices, but no very great enquiry h" article. —.00% LIVERPOOL: • 7 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1844. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED .e G, EVERY TUESDAY MOliNll` BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53,G rove-street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-stree t. i tNo.4, ST. GRORGE'S CRICSCENT.Liviirroct-', 04 Co , Warwick-square ; Barker and White. 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