The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

FOREIGN c - COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE, ANOTHER 3LiII Lieutenant Wag] bringing despatche The news of the advanci immediately c and their •t brigade of Color lundur D , eve the to b 4 will be san Town domir mediate r ing to on Decembe till Marc] .Eelta continu siderable sick lery, one r to be drawn f about a million of six per c wander-; -Chief vernor of Mac the Nielrborn turned to tl The new he has co. :horn PROM INDIA rrived by ti n anticipation of -th German route .clusion of the Cashm The Sheik Emaum-, Indian mai t of. 0, to return to quarters enced their h I, and t 3f Sir C hewillq de. move Accord. Le will exte that he will remain till ti -m. Tl i not vet given much India, generall Since the depart' iiaS continued in the past fortnight a have eon communi by which of our pr very deci have bees tyOra his career shortl mate v 8 season, in Calcutta 0 quiet and contented; he steamer with the I much mo: 4ck from it r of Bona nut) , 4 Curren t 1-11 to 1-11 f i VAL OF THE CALEDOVTA y befor required The Cor The C -ship ( Boston. 'the C but brings fluid ,don tuber. than our -t light, fro ouuts of the 19th, The Carnhrin . Our accounts fr the close of the 15 )y this arri ington, publisl of the 12th from Wasl led in the New York to that Mr. Sevieri;adi)een-a' greed upon by the Demo their candidate for chairmai n Affairs, and that the Presi of -the Commiti dent had determined to _ Minister to the French Court to succeed Mr. Bagby in the Mexican citizen who has been in cc ninate Senator Bagby Negotiation, would leave Washing ton Zeva," says th e correspon d ent of the Journal, " slid not propose that the Northern Provinces should be, annexed to the United States, but that they should declare their Independence, and that the United States should guarantee their inderienclenep_ - .er into an , 4th. " M hualiva, and-D;r—a-n-g--o—fie 'ew Leon, Cohahuila, Chi ays that the people, of these to this Union.' The pro- states arc not fit to come ceedings of Congress oh thel4th were iminteres,....,, From the south accounts had been received announcing the quiet investment of Saltillo by General Worth,. and the return of General Taylor to Monterey ; and it is stated by the American journals, that it was the intention of the General to concentrate at Tampico the whole of the forces not employed in garrisoning the several ports on the line of communication, with a view to future land operations against Vera Cruz. General Wool, with the army of the centre from Monclova, was expected to effect a junction with the army of the left at Monterey. From the mouth of the Rio Grande we J...., stating that large forces were being shipped for Tampico, including a company of sappers and miners arrived at the Brazos from New York, and the 4th Regiment of Indiana 'volunteers. Some bold measures were fully anticipated. From the Gulf squadron and other scenes of operations there are no later accounts. Many rumours were current in the southern'American ports with regard to privateers; And in New Orleans the apprehensions entertained in con sequence had acted favourably for British freights. From the interior of Mexico we have yet no definite accounts. accounts In the domestic rffairs of the Union there is nothing flew. A discussion of the slavery question in Congress was expected. _ _ The payment of the Pennsylvania interest due in Fe bruary next was beyond question. Commercial affairs had been active. Cotton, since the last dates from Europe, by the Caledonia, to the 19th No vember, had steadily advanced both in prices and in de inand ; while for bread-stuffs the prices had declined, but the demand was still great, and very considerabl had been made, and were making, to Europe. Money was in demand, but not scarce. There was t rnidity among the banks, mainly because of the operation__ of the law which exacts coin in payment of all dues to the United States, and locks it up while in the treasury. The exchange on England ranged from 6 to 6+; though ther shipments had been tray The expecition still wn THE LIVER-PO ;. -~; J 1848, a loan of 23,000.000 dollars will be required. " If, however, Congress should, at the present session, impose a revenue duty on the principal articles now embraced in "Lord Morpeth has sent £lOO to the fUnd fofilre relief the free list, it is estimated that an additional revenue of of thelrish poor. about two nfilliortirand a half, amounting, 'it is estimated, DER6S, Nor on theRAO, of IQA4 .Nr ITT IRELAND, WORDS !—J. L. W. Naper, Esq., of t s - ittrew; has converted his kennel yard into'a soup would be deriv mount • --- Kitchen, and is now killing his fine herd of deer, wilier' It is estimated also, have .been the pride and ornament oftis family for a cen- Id reduce the price of 'Wry of years, 'to provide for the hu su long in the market, ng/7,410'0e. market,The Galway Vindicator reports the death of a labouring venue derived from that; half a mil- man trom starvation, when fifteen daysteilim by the Board of Works, and he t were du nillion of dollars, and the loan required may to that amount also. Should these measures 'the loan required would not 'probably exceed • 1- •11 • any to purchase food. Se xl in communications fron eral other deaths are a men- Galway. —leaving in the ins •of dollars." rors of the west have quickened private charity. in the hands of many of the relief committees nt proposes ti mount of with authorit The'( a, £564 port committee over £5OO ket val ch may ietors of Londonderry, attended by every s the county, to consider the proposition of 'erguson, that the landlords should submit to a voluntary assessment of ss. in the pound for reproduc tive labour. All acquiesced hi the proposal, but few were in a condition to adopt it. STATE OF ROSCOMMON. — Coroners' inquests have been sure as an held on the bodies of three men in the course of last rof a similar line of po- week and from the evidence adduced it was fully , proved that the wretched creatures hail died from absolute hun ger. In consequence of the continuance of outrage and robbery, the magistrates of the county have made an an- my applicable to that purpose. M ponsible for the expense of the war The President amend warmly a system of duti )sed merely for revenue purpo! which I 3 the recent relaxation of the re He recommend ;e to the am e navy, and he also re s of the United State crony of Boyl over the territory of Oregon I OUTIVIC IN KERRIi ons ass bled at Killerg s, and menaced the g( t. The police had to interfere to ward off a di rec t suit on the establishment. They seized a fat ram at The Queer has appointed Sirjohn Gaspard Le Ma t, Lieutenant-Colonel in_ the army, to 1 chant, K Gov tee stor e tributio de Moleyn. The military were sent their arrival, the police succeeded in .dis h persing the mob. The cause of the attack is said to have been :the stoppage of the public, works in the neighbour hood the day previous. for ; but befor N.THS FROM STARVATION -The Mayo Conti les seven cases of coroner's inquest m• starvation. On. was town` deaa•in a field. Another, who died in a sheep house, was -r family in the utmost state of destitution, and children had nothing to wet the lips of its ' but a drop of water or a little snow. The days before a few boards could be pro- one of ti r of the island of Newfoundl from theqape of_ Good the 24th of Octc her. Skirmish after skirmish had taken• place, but wit some provoking and unsatisfactory results. The Cath tine had been wrecked in Waterloo- The valet of the Archbishop of 1; _ . Lt triad t had- ordered him to cut th archbishop - desired the man t, before I execute the comn plied, when the archbishop slipped from the room and madman wnc 3Jatform on current was running very strongly and the full of ice no little danger was incurred. IND :BT .E STATES OF TEE AMERI N.-Of tk ,ty-seven St the Union, the follo;vin New York, Ohio, Vi sing ei, ) German g parent were,, three grains - of corn.' - Invtrutisttns.--Ciovernment must hay( some bitter pill for these gentlemen, to wart Inicle using such language as the followir in that paper on Friday :—" During t , st. The day window of a farmer's hou grazed the . forehead of one of the part the hoUs:e adthitted he fired the shot, excuse that he thought they were • robbers, who plunder; - It' mattered very little in his mind, what fatal results followed from hic vomit of 0n0+;,,.. The oNnier of but al Mr. Serjeant Howley, the able and -Barrister for this counts was ouugeu , _ to bo fu rn i s h e d with an escort, on proceeding to Clogheen to open his court, on yesterday. The military and police ' Mother an incr( each of t 1141; I Micl;izar gn squadrons of the ttension of the law: ma! sect ~ T :iihC~ o man can count on the po single ni 1"-one DERS FROM R ist and his at said ti. e institt brmation back to the ti ever, is but their first MON ,nv Piot from Co. Their r primitiv PRENOMENO c.—The Journal de la ,gne; describing a most SXTRAORDI, at rye published a 0 _ raOrdinary phenomenon which occurred on the night of irday the 19th ult., on the banks' of the Rhine, oppo ed and e Unkel erfect volcanic em lit liay us noise, which m 4 ccompanied by a sub seen mistaken for an approaching hurricane, has created , Mountain (of fragments it is true) of from 180 to 200 eet in heiEht. There exists on the spot referred to a stone, used fc mg the road, pa.- ,n the ..a wood. A large plaice extends between the Rhine rnd the quarry, which is traversed by the high road ; this can be more terrific than the appearance of this nountain ; it is a chaos, which represents marvellously he confusion produced by an immense mine which has )een exploded. On the north of the quarry there exists a ofty mountain, which was cleft from top to botto m a t th e ' . Main w a A MISTAKE.—CHERBOURG, DEC. 24.—Last Monday morning, the 22d instant, orders were given here to all the authorities, civil and military, to prepare for the reception of his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, accompa nied by Baron de Mackan_ or Marine, the mo ment the guard- s hip fired three guns, which were to be repeated by two of the batteries on shore. At about five p.m. a signal was made by the Alm ...- ...--- , ~.. ' ,Lim watcning toe otner . side of the breakwater that the steamer was in sight ; the guns were fired as ordered, the Garde Nationale beat to muster, every one was on the qui vine, when the Prince of Wales steamer, bringing a newly married couple from Guernsey. came into har1,,,,,.. TL.....i_... A-A uaruour. Trey landed amongst a crowd of people come to see the Prince, and no doubt were not a little astonished at the bustle created by their arri val. Had they remained in the roads a salute of 21 guns would, in all probability have been fired. The parties were Mr. Miles, M.P., just married to the daughter of Finisterre, fiom Havre to Morlaix, put in here from stress of weather, when the same mistake was math but as it was later the troops were not mustered. Wt now expect his Royal Highness hourly ; he comes here to witness the trials of a new steamer, the Pomone. st night THE COURT AND FASHIONABLE.WORLD The Court leaves Windsor for Claremont on Thursday, returns to Windsor about the 16th, proceeds to London on the following Monday, and next day, Tuesday, the 19th, her Majesty will open Parliament in person; The mufti circutar nas neen issued by Lord John Russell. It announces that " business of great import.. ance will be proceded with on the opening of the. session." Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles Phipps, brother of the Marquis of Normanby, is to succeed Mr inson as private secretary to Prince Albert. The Queen has appointed Colonel the Hon ward Cust, K. C. H., to be her Majesty' s M as t er of I t he Ed Cere ~ re monies, in the room. of Si r R o b er t Chester, Knt Zarl of Harrowt with Viscount and Viscountesl The Irish ldridlords, then, ar nature ; stern►, They tmost they can 's vast es S LIBERALITI made towa ting, w roperty has 8 duties as in Dub- re this large coiitribt s to any reply being Made ; but he naively remarks that the hod. Mem' h !!' Of course Forth of c is talk was as t held or itap , :end ance 9.1 weekly mee ken by the Hon. Cecil I the meeting, If ti country sent wer its would be opened, and they ivould not be Irish should starve, lest the English might Mr. O'Connell then addressed the that he h, observing, at its them' to desist from attackin —to resign all resort to violence, to give up all . _ fotce, and to endeavour to assist each other in the terril crisis which was upon them. Some sums of money w then handed in ; the rent for the week v ;renounced t von, a body of police proceeded to the iiiaCe to arrest a man of the name of Michael Coghlan, on a charge of Murder. On entering the house, the candles were put out, and a •man named Michael Mooney cried- . out that " Coghlan should not surrender," which, it is stated, he offered to do. The police were then assaulted with the smashed on their Ileac' their b [s, their carbines were broken, and mets lost or taken in the melee. In sc the: ppl 41 •to fire when CC vonets Lind them. Moray after, a patrol of two then ' Sub. constables Donohoe and Lane, hearing the shots am noise, proceeded to the house, when Lane, seeing a po liceman's carbine in the hands of one of the peasantry, immediately took possession of it. The crowd, having cried out for revenge, would, in all probability, have put their threats into execution, had not the police presented _ . We firmly believe by the- culpable their carbines and threatened to fire TIIE ENTIRE PEASANTRY ARMED that this ill-fated country is doom, apathy of the Government, to become the scene of riot disorder, .and bloodshed, at the bare contemplation of peasantry evince to furnish themselves with weapons of destruction—the - avidity with which they expend\ large sums of money in purchasing them, is matter of astonish ment to all. It is an anomaly which could happen in no other country in the world, save Ireland, whilst the vic tims of famine and destitution are dying in hundreds ; numberless others, scarce removed from a similar fate, Society will arm themsekes. And for what purpose. be dearticulated, if a stop be not forthwith put in, the propensity of these misguided people, who - coneulcate all the recognised laWs of society. Not ater than Saturday y of military frc Caher, were on-pa. `o answer fa entitled tq no .1 '1 as its r lin to pro` Daniel O'C, z. Xst Pence iB. the ;ioned in , about 300 per- in, opposite the relief commit *lemen employed in dis- OL STANDARD. • THE BENCH AND THE BAR. told =us that he belongs half to Yorkshire and half to Lancashire, and I am sure you will be all glad to join me The Rev. R. Parki n s on , 8.D., o f St. B ees, h as b een in twinin g a c h a pl e t .o f re d an d wh i te roses to bi nd upon placed on the commi ss i on o f th e peace f or C um b erland. his respected head. It has been observed that the gu ar - Thomas Dawson, sq., of Allanlßank, Grasm ere , J : P, rels of rail w ays 'are like the qua rre l s of lover s , an d I can E for Westmorel a nd an d C um b er l an d , h as b een p lace d in only hope that all such will end i n th e c l oses t nup t ual ' embrace (laughter and cheerg.J. I feel that you must the commission for thi s coun ty. The appeal to the judges from the . Ben c h of th e: In n er all have better opportuniti es th an I can have of b ecoming _ ; , .tine :the rejection of a candidate for :the , acquainted with the ex ce ll en t qualities of our worthy ._ iced at the time of the argument, h a s chairman, but sh or t as my opportunity has been I can The judgment recognizes andcon readily understand the adva n t ages the North Western power and discretion of the Benehers Railvvay must derive from the co- o p erat i on of one who.. bench, which we not now been decided firms the absolut in the el ction of their own members ; but recommends i future abetter mode of election should be pur -1 than that of ballot, a single black ball excluding. LIYINARY CASE.—In the Morning Herald of a- report was given - of an ext palace Court, of a pE debt of 6s. lld public spirit and good humour are so conspicuous." WH Y ARE NOT OUR RAILWAY CARRIAGES WARMED —lt is now nearly two years since this question was first propounded in this paper. Since that time railway car riages in America have been heated ; and during this winter some of the Belgian and French cor also adopted means to warm their carriages. English companies taken up the scheme ? No, no., _ that we know of. Some may ask, is the thing practicable ? or will it pay ? • It is easily practicable, arid it will, pay better than other outlay on any line adopting the plan The swift boats on the several canals have lour b schP". rson who was originally Ind who was ordered to ,h 1,54;11 ed panies have Ha+ be committed for 30 days to Maidstone gaol, in Kent. On Wednesday the warrant was enforced, the man was conveyed to Maidstone gaol. Ike is a work ing man, and offered terms which his plaintiff refused, This is the second commitment, and by a provision in the Sts Act, under which the commitment was edings may be adopted, as often as made, the same pru, the court may think fit ..eme in operation—to warm their best tubes, about four feet long and six inches in diameter, are filled with hot air, and laid on the cabin floor ; these will preserve and give out heat quite sufficient for comfortable warmth during a space of five or six hours. - Indeed, we have travelled with one for eight hours, the water un changed, and there was a comfortable heat at the end of the journey.. How, you may say, can this plan be applied to carriages ) LAW OF COPYRIGHT —The most interesting case in t we I Westminster Hall during the p iwas tried before the vice-chancellk the Messrs. Longman, who move, restrain the defendant, a Mr. Heale% one whiel The plaint ills wer ul for an injunction to the Medical Times, reports, contributions, &c., fur *-hed exclusively to the Medical Gazette, of which the plaintiffs are the publishers. The articles are paid for, and it was therefore contended that they were copyright. The Vice-Chancellor said, that before he should be called on to issue an injunction, the matter ought to be tried at common law. The injunction was therefore refused. Nothing easier. In all carriages a narroN Jc,ess or box may be made across and under the floor where the passengers feet rest, betwixt the seats, but parallel with them ; and if th e ma k e o f th e carriage rame will allow of an outside opening to put in the hot-water tubes, they may be fitted with doors. If this is not practicable, let the door be in the floor, and be perforated, • tt.s. y burgh, last week, the - case in which Messrs. Vincent Higgins, and Sons, iron merchants in. Liverpool, were plaintiffs, and Messrs. Dunlop, Wilson, a n d C o ., i ron merchants in Glasgo w , were defendants, came before the Lord Justice General and a jury. It arose out of an offer shutting over the door, and then covered with the mat or carpet ; this will equalise and diffuse the heat. One or two stations will require a boiler to heat the water ; there must be tubes to hold it, and the present staff of porters would place them in the carriages in a few moments, even in the longest train. Think of going to London, or elsewh€' ' • " uutuo oy Lae attenuants to the plaintiffs of 2006 tons of pig iron at 655. per ton ; but as the plaintiffs did not an swer the letter containing the offer by return of post, the defendants held that they were freed from it. Damages were laid at £6OOO. The plaintiffs produced six witnesses to prove that according to the practice in mercantile mat ters that they were not bound to answer in course of post, while - the defendants brought forward an poonl this cold weather, warm all the way, and warm feet at the end. Reader,' would you give an extra shilling for such a luxury ?—Journal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ALTCAR COURSING to prove that the contrary - Nv FRIAY.:— Concludin .ifton Cup : M r . Ball's Breeze D heat M r . Eden 's Molyneux Plate : Mr. Deakin's Dusty beat Mr. ' Croxteth Purse ! Mr. liOrnbY's He. Altear Stakes : Mr ion obligatory The J 'erdict for the plaintif Damages, Xl5OO. rest' beat De - akin's Dot beat 11 THE GUARDIANSHIP OF ORPHANS.—A singular case occupied . Bruce last week. It related to the custody of-four children whose father, Capt. North, formerly of the East India service; died some time ago, he then being a member of th e E s t a bli s h ed Church. ro,_ • , lomitain. Christina r. Swan's Sovereiv.,n West - Derbf Stakes : I Mr. ball's Miss Elis beat Mr. Jebb's Hazard. Lancashire Stakes : Mr. Eden's EnergY`beat Mr. Garvin's Grinder. New Year's Day Stakes : Mr. Bennett' Q RVTI\II L TT__ \T7_ 101 Ar • Stomanisi aile race tives 1: Lth, between d perm for £lOO aside came off on Monday, at Davies and Maxfield, when the former by about thirty yards. came in winner court on a writ of habeas, to try t _ 1 liter -very ler Vice-Chan s of opinion iha wmcn the Court should Interfere, and direct that these children - should be brought up as members of the ChUrch of England, and that if they were placed with the mother they might recoivp . the Roman Cathog d religion, in whi c h it aisposition was the dut ar y of they the Court t o see th at ana a tows . should not be educat e d. Th e children Tcpvc. ..,,.....—__ _ ' - into the consequently ordered,,ad inte islaster v., tee guardians, but whollrto a conversation. The case was then referred to the usual course. Nimminnismnearn-,acrwermx I Y. RAILI4 The Duke of Rutland wi 11 cut the f ;Min from IFFA IRS field, near Notting, the present month amount to lergate railway this wee £4,717,206 An extensive central railway station is about to he built 'ter, to cost £BOOO, and a commodious approach to ie my is also .coutemplated. For the latter purpoSe, and has been purchaied f leading from the intended station nto Foregate-street, opposite to the ancient outpostealled the Bars, which, when completed, will be the handsomest approach into the city ; and, in conjunction with the sta tion, an hotel upon a most magnificent scale is to be erected. Government has ordered an inquiry into the condition and management of the Manchester and Bolton Railway, at the request of the town council of Bolton, and of several county magistrates. The Colebrook Dale Company and the firm of Bailey Brothers, have taken the contract for 35,000 tons of rails, for the Great Northern Railway, at £lO per ton, 721 b. rails. LONDON AND Yonx.—The contract for the works from nas peen let to Mr. Brassey,'by a sort of half private, half public tender. It is said that Mr. Brassey's tender was no less than £120,000 below the next highest bidder. The cutting of the first sod of the Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction Railway took place on Wed nesday, near Clitheroe, by the youthful -Lord Riblipqrlnl. he company pre- On the morning of Saturday, owing to the fog, an acci mt occurred on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Ashton Two trains ca: carriages were injured, but no life or limb was lost. The passengers were much alarmed, and a delay of forty mi- nutes look A new locomotive engine is now in the course of con struction at the manufactory of Sharp Brothers and Co., Manchester, possessing greater power, and likely to ac complish a higher speed than any yet attained. It has been invented by Mr. M'ConnAli F.nainonw of fhn lAriel-n1 and Birmingham Railway, and is calculated to be equal to between 70 and 80 miles an hour on the narrow gage From a correspondence between Mr. Saunders Great Western Company, and Mr. Glyn, of the Western, there. appears to be slight hope of any cordial - of the North- guage respectively. The Morning Herald, however, ;;;;-s that there is every prospect of an amicable arrangement being come to. The workmen and others employed on the Cho, Birkenhead Railway have presented to Mr. Henry Watson late locomotive superintendent, with a handsome servic€ of silver plate and gold snuff box, on his removal to' the Liverpool and Bury line. The plate was manufactured by Mr. Wordley. The testimonal was presented to Mr. Watson on Friday night, at a splendid :public dinner, 'at Mr. Harwood's, Market Inn, Birkenhead. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Frit:lnv a fslt.nl nn_ - er and cured on the Ayrshire Railway. One of the guards on the luggage train, which leaves Glasgow at five o'clock in the morning, when between Paisley and Johnstone, had accidentally fallen off the train, and was instantaneously killed. The second guard having missedhim immediately stopped the train, and in going back found him lying on the rails, ode of the trucks having passed over his body. On Thursday, Lord . 11forpetlient the first sod o('the North Western railway at Settle, amid unusual rejoicings. The line commences at Skipton, and passes in a north 'westerly direction, through Settle, Ingleton, near Kirby Lonsdale, Sedberg, and near this point, joins the Lan- 'HAS. The Cheshire hounds, on W ednesda Thursd at Oulton P irk—at half-p" r a'st 10. Sir W. W. 'Wynn's hounds, on Tuesda' 3ruera Sta at Taiton Dudlesto aturday:at Penley Ha POLITICAL MISCELLANI nounced.his intention of retiring at the next election. The }lon. W. 0. Stanley, M.P. for the county of An glesey, states that he has no intention of resigning the representation of the county as reported. W. F. Campbell, .Esq., son of Lord Campbell, has an his intention of coming forward at the next Adair, on ti- The Standard ar, liberal it Idge, in conjun ices a probable contention for the eats on the front opposition bench, between Lord George Bentinck's followers and Sir Robert Peel's, on the opening of , Parliament. , , Lord Stanley has issued cards to a distinguished circle of Protectionist peers, inviting their presence at a grand banquet to be given to his lordship on the evening of the 18th inst., the day before the opening of Parliament. Lord Stanley has formally taken up the leadership of the opposition in the House of Lords, and has addressed a circular to the protectionist peers hoping they will be in the house the first day of Parliament meeting. -sAmmrrEs.—The MASTERMAN AND JEWISH- Di, above-named gentleman has publicly declared his hostility to the removal of the disabilities under which the Jews at present labour. . . Mr. Oastler and Mr. W. B. Ferrand, M.P., have been well received in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other places in Scotland, held in support of the Ten_Hours' Factory Bill. in favour of the measure advocated by dastler were una nimously_agreed to. The . Morning Chronicle says, that the most prominent place in opposition during the ensuing session will be conceded to Lord Lincoln. This does not, however, ap pear _likely, except on Irish onestions. about whirl, _-.,..., ..—.. ....,, n.e.y take a leaning part, from his connection with Ireland under the Peel ministry. The Dublin Mail however, says, that Sir Robert Peel will not relinquish the leadership,, and that to th a t end Mr. John ire members. :onserva THE S' (From the Morning Herald.) We have just read a letter addressed to the Premier by the Rev. Canon Al`Neile, of Liverpool. The letter itself is introductory to the republication of a series of letters, written in 1778, but as applicable to present circumstances as if prepared in 1846. Without committing ourselves to all the sentiments which have been thus resuscitated, we very much agree with the eloquent and single-hearted minister of St. Jude's that the substance of these letters not only embo - lie im- " In vain, mediate peace and prosperity of the empire. says Canon Al`Neile, " shall the fiscal arrangements of the country show a balance in favour of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; in vain shall the interests of agriculture and manufacture be harmonised ; in vain, with all due de ference to Mr. Macaulay, shall literature be encouraged and flourish—there is ' a worm in the gourd' so long as this question is neglected or dealt with in "oppoSition to the unchangeable principles of revealed truth and right reason. Why is Ireland the burdensome stone' under the weight of which one British minister after another sinks and retires ? Because this question has been so far 31`Neile merits the immediate and answered wrong." The letter- of Mr ration of Lord John Russell. Its state ments are of vital, paramount, and pressing value.' Let earnest consid thousand tongues, and the Bible with one, but that one emphatic and imperishable, declare they are true,) let us appeal to Lord John is extremely effective Jan. 5, 1847. CORRESPONDENCE. THE DISTRESSED IRISH PROTESTANTS County Tyrone, Dec. 28th, 1846. MY DEAR MR. GROVES,—The pressure of my various duties during the past fortnight prevented My doing more than hastily acknowledging your kind note of the I;th, and remittance of £l2 in further aid of our suffering poor. I have now to report to you. how we progress. The intensely cold weather led us to make inquiry into the wants of the people as to clothing, and the result exhibited a state of wretchedness beyond what I shoiild have thought possible. Large families sleeping in one room, on different bundles of straw, without anything to cover them except the tattered garments worn by day. They had been usually able at this season to buy some clothing for their persons, and perhaps to add a blanket in place of the remains of what was once deserving that name ; but now they want food to sustain life, and have no means of obtaining clothing of any kind. The ex treme suffering and privation th us cause d we d eemed i t well to alleviate promptly, and expended about £8 in clothing this month. Our funds, however, are scarce half expended as yet, though did I entertain a tenth part of the applications for relief, it would not last one fort night. We are at present entirely supporting about 23 or 25 families, giving employment.to the men, and selling them meal considerably under market price ; and we aid in the support of others who have large families, and whose pay on the public words cannot feed them all, by giving them also the meal at a low priee. The value of soup for the poor is so highly commended, that in addi tion to giving it daily to the persons we employ, we are arranging this day to afford it also to families at home. You see our operations are exYending, and may think we are too lavish when spring will add so much to the num:. ber of the destitute ; but if we struck off one, we would be entailing on such certain and immediate want. lam convinced, but for the assistance redeived from Liverpool, several of those whom we have been enabled to clothe and feed would before this have died from cold and hun ger and nakedness. Persons are daily and hourly applying to me for em ployment, many of whom I know to be on the verge of starvation, but I am compelled to dismiss them with a single meal, as I dare not add to my number. The greatest and most extended good I am able to effect is by the sale of meal for money at a reduced price. As my funds fail, I am turning my mind most to thiS ; and when I can collect what will enable me ts make a larger pur chase than hitherto of Indian meal, I hope to continue my relief for some time, though I fear scarcely so long as you anticipate " 3 exertions or care on my part shall be wanting. Indeed almost my entire time, as well as that of ev er y mem b er o f my h ousehold, is occupied in this work- I am most truly grateful for your exertions in our behalf ; you have done for us truly great things. I sincerely with some of the Liverpool and Birkenhead brethren could be persuaded to advocate our cause from their pulpits. In the latter place, I presume to think I a m no t Qu it e forgot _ _ v uxac. Jim mer ter. I rest the strength of my case on the fact t application is made for Protestant National -- members of Romanists wh om I fi n d to t • testant With iteftd 'thanks for tour past kind exertions, and I remain, faithfulliyoias, ~ will be :ewe - any SUPPRESSION OF STREET NU SANCES IVERPOOL STANDAI Six, — Notwithstanding the frequent applications to Parliament for the enactment of bye-laws, Liverpool may; I think, be considered the worst regulated town in the kingdom. A ca s u a l ' o b server may notice the daily infrac tions of our local acts, in many instances, such as wheeling loaded barrows of coal, &c., whippi ng tOps, and trundling hoops over the par a p e t s .—D ur i ng the late frost I observed a dozen, or more, boys sliding on the footwalk near St. Another important matter to which no attention is paid is the want of system in pedestrians having no regard whatever to the security of their neighbours, but walking as it seemeth good in their own eyes. In passing along our crowded streets you are continually in danger of being hustled 'off the flags, or receiving a severe concussion, and probably at the same time a con tusion, from coming in contact with other parties. Stringent rules and regulations are laid down for the government of cabs and coaches in the drive or centre of the road ; why not, then, enforce on the causeways a. similar law to keep our erratic footsteps in the right path. Ist January, 1847. ARGUS. LOCAL it a meeting of the ratepayers, on Wed nesday, prior to the transference of the hi g h wa y s t o the MEETINGS EVERTOI.I.- corporation, the accounts of the surveyor were passed, and that gentleman, who has held the appointment for upwards of twenty-six years, was cordially recommended to the Corporation. The case of the collectors, workmen, &c., was also recommended to the Council. A subscrip tion has been set on foot in Everton, for the purpose of raising a sum of money to be applied to the purchase of a suitable testimonial t )e presented to Mr. Shaw, on his retiring from office, after twenty-seven years' faithful services WEST. DERBY GUARDIANS.-At the meeting on Tues day a letter sfrpm the Poor-law Com - missioners was re- Leir concurrence in of the board, t he resolu • -- VI 1L erumary meemuji.E., from Tuesday to Wednesday. The next _smini s f board will be held on Wednesday, (to-morrow.)--The medical officer of the fever-house reported that to the fif teen patients in the house, as stated in his former report, one only had been added ; that four had been discharged cured, and the number in the house was then eleven. The fever appeared now greatly on the decline, and he had, therefore, deemed it proper to take steps for re ducing the number of nurses. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At a special meeting of this board on Wednesday, the clauses of the Improve ment and Building Acts were considered. The only clause materially altered was No. 211, which provided that no burying should be allowed in any burying ground than the proposed cemetery at Flaybrick Hill three months after its opening, and authorising the infliction of a pe:- nalty of £2O on any person burying or causing a corpse to be buried. Mr. Mallaby said this clause was calculated to excite a strenuous opposition, if not from the bishop of the diocese, from the incumbent of St. Mary's, the Rev- A. Knox ; and that if the House of Commons passed such a clause, it was sure to be thrown out in the Lords- Mr. Mallaby recommended that the church yard of St.. It was eventually agreed to make the clause prospective, and to relate only to such burying-grounds as may be made after the passing of the act. SELECT VESTRY.—At the meeting on Tuesday, a state ment was made as to the relief afforded during the previ ous fortnight, similar to what v• last. Mr. ve gave H- Dowling wrote to say that he had observed Mr. Rowlands giving relief on Christmas morning to a woman and her child. The child was' crying with the cold, and shoes and stockings were immediately procured for it. 1 10 , (Mr. Dowling) saw the same child in Fenwick-street, later on the same day, and it was then crying again, and happy to such a state of the excha . England. find its way hither ?man From Canada we have no accounts of importance From Havannah dates to the 2d instant had been re ceived. The English mail-steamer from England due at Havannah on the 29th ult. had not arrived up to twelve o'clock on the 2d. Fears for her safety were beginning to be felt. Th e new cro p o f mo l asses was bE ...._ • come in THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE . The message of President Polk was read to the Ameri can Congress at its opening on the 9th of December. It commences by statin g that there has been no period in which " all the elements of national prosperity have been so fully developed ; general good health has prevailed ; abundance has crowned the toil of the husbandman ; and labour in all its branches is receiving an ample reward, While education, science, and the arts are rapidly enlarg ing the means of social happiness. The relations of the United States with all other countries except Mexico are of the most amicable character. After alluding to the peaceful spirit of the American nation, and his own de sire to cultivate friendship and commerce with every fo reign power, the President goes on to speak of the provo cation suffered by them from Mexico, as fully justifying war, and to charge that republic with having commenced hostilities. Scarcely had Mexico" achieved _her inde pendence (he continues) than she began to insult and plunder the citizens of the United States who traded to her ports ; and she had continued the system ever since, in defiance of repeated promises and treaties. The de mands of the former for redress were met by Mexico ad mitting claims to the amount of 2,026,100 dollars, which had, however, not been paid. The annexation of Texas, he maintains; was no just cause of offence to Mexico, since the states of that republic were severally indepen dent, except as they chose to unite for federal purposes, and since the abolition of the state constitutions by the military government formed at the Mexican revolution of 1835, freed all the states from their allegiance. All our attempts to preserve peace have been met by insult and resistance on the part of Mexico. The war will continue to be prosecuted with vigour, as the best means of secur ing peace. It is hoped that the decision of the Mexican Congress, to which our last overture has been referred, may result in a speedy and honourable peace. The war has not been waged with a view to conquest ; but having been commenced by Mexico, it has been carried into the enemy's country, and will be vigorously prosecuted there, with a view to obtain an honourable peace, and thereby secure an ample indemnity for the expenses of the war, as well as to our much injured citizens, who hold large pecu niary demands against Mexico." He states that the Spanish government has agreed to treat the holders of 111ex.ican letters of Marque as pirates. He recommends that letters of marque should be issued in order to make reprisals against the Mexican flag. He proceeds to state the imports for the year at 121,691,797 dollars, of which. 110,345,174 dollars were retained for I home consumption : the exports amounted to 113 , 188 ,J 102 ,141,893 dollars' worth was of domestic production. The t s i n to the Treasury amounted to 29,499,247 dollars. V l'he expenditure to 28,031,114 dollars; and the balance in hand on .11e Ist of July last was 9,126,439 dol lars. The amount of Ate public debt, including treasury notes, on the Ist of pe ee inber, was 24,256,494 dollars, of which 6,467,691 dollar% 110,3 been incurred since March 4, M 45. Zf the war should be.continued to the 30th June,.' The Earl of Derby, who is in the enjoyment of excel lent health, is surrounded by a family circle at his Seat, Knowsley-park. Lord and Lady Stanley and farnily, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Stanley and family, and Mr. and Lady ; Charlotte Penrhyu and family, are among his lord ship's guests. On Tuesday, his lordship gave a grand ball in celebration of the Hon. Miss Stanley's birhtday. iich all the neighbouring nobility and gentry Well ; and a ball and supper to between 400 and 500 of (From Pt as given on FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. :ondon and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") Ire equally fashionable for soirees bouquets of feathers are used to ornament the )nores koche's in gold or silver, each confined by on ornament of precious stone ; for dresses of greater simplicity • ___ for young ladies taffetas dresses . are trimmed with crape flounces pinked ; as many as nine are put on in tiers of three and three, and form a pretty light as well as bon': fiz,,te trimming. In evening dresses the skirts offer morevariety than the corsages berthes and rerers are so much in favour as to nreponcicrat... twer the czornmes drupes; the sleeves remain short and small, and indeed are mostly covered by the trimming of the corsage. For morning dresses there is much variety in the make of the sleeves ; some are a l'Amadis, others tight, with pretty jockeys, or wide straight sleeves fulled into a deep wristband, or almost tight, endit ' , at the elbow, or wide and open festonnes, or piped at the bottom, &c. Under the name of passe nzenterie, a variety of new trimmings are constantly intro duced ; those forming foliage in velvet have a very rich effect on satins, moires antiques, and other rich mate rials, as also fringes headed by a crete dentelle. _ Black velvet is always used en negliy are reserved for dress ; these are trimmed with lace ; the point a l'aiguille is much worn, with the colour oreille d'ours_as well as deep blue. Furs are also fashionable for trimming dresses at this moment of pink and white satin, whilst mantelets and sorties are lined throughout with er mine, which always preserves its pre-eminence for soirees ; sable is fashionable for pelisses and muffs ; they are worn a little larger than last year. . • Satin capotes are much used for morning wear, many I are covered with tulle bouillonnie ; coloured blonds matching the bonnets are also fashionable ; plain velvets are lined with a different colour, and feathers to corres• pond. Ribbon and figured velours epingloc are used tc ornament the interior. of bonnets Flowers will .1 .universally worn this season ; various .coiffureB are introduced, some of the prettiest are the wreaths Luisa formed of marine flowers and coral ; the Norma of feuillage and gold, the merge, a reath of white rose buds, or a very narrow cordon on the forehead, and pendant flexible flowers at the sides, sparkling with pre cious stones. Caps are worn very small, showing the hair as much as possible, with profusion of flowers • with lappets, on the contrary, the ornaments should be light and simple. Caps are without , brides, with double and t r ipl e rows o f l ace • • •. or silver, charming corer p,,remadp of it, sometimes intermixed with velvet UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAI. NEWS Intelligence has ITeTll.Teceivee safe arrival , pencer, Bishop of Jamaica, in his distant diocese The Morning Post says that Ll of Dr inquiry to both the Universities. Last Tuesday's Gazette contains at _ . commission of upprtmlug a seneme or me zectesiastical COMMiSE for augmenting the incomes of the smaller bishopric the revenues of the Bishop. of Durham. Saints, in this town, but more recently of St. Georg( Little Bolton, preached his farewell sermon at the lat place, on Sunday week. rev •J • entleinan has been appointed chaplain to Dr. Shirley, ishop of Sodor and Man, formerly Archdeacon of s HOP OT the intention of goverritrie . nt, make' Lancnshire'inti, separate 'Cc, under the like of " the Diocesc - of Alanehes ter." In addition, we may state that the Warden and Fellows' of the Collegiate Church of Manchester -are- con stituted Dean and Chapter, and that the see of Manches ter will be in the province of York. Mr. Murray, of Chancery-lane, has been appointed Registrar for the new diocese. The annual income of the bishop has been fixed at £4,500 per annum. On Thursday, a gentleman came before Mr. Yardley, at the Thames Police Office, to complain Of . the'conduct of the Rev. Bryan King, the rector of. St. George's-in the-East, who had refused to read the burial service over the body of the applicant's sister-in-law. The dispute is between the Rev. Bryan King nna naliShiOnCrS, in service of the church, and the numerous vestry meetings held on 'the Subject must be fresh in the recolleettim of our readers. It is understood that the rev. gentleman has determined not to perform the funeral rites of the church over the corpse of any one supposed to have com mitted suicide. Hence arose the present singular appli cation to the bench. The deceased had been found drowned, but there was no evidence to lead to the sup position that she had destroyed herself. Mr. Yardley said lie could not interfere. . • •, TRACTARIAN INNOVATIONT.—The Church after invit ing the attendants on Divine worship to come to the Holy Communion, directs any who are troubled with " scruples and doubtfulness" to come to some minister " and open their grief." Considering how many there always are who doubt their fitness and worthiness to come . . . to the sacrament, nothing could be more.ptcyer or judici ous than such an instruction. Yet this plain and simple direction, for "the re mov i ng o f d ou bts," is now wrested to the purpose o f au th or i sing regu l ar , stated, auricular cortfession. Dr. Pusey, in his last: sermon atiOxford, boasted that there were tising confessio n thangnnik in England now mac- Whether ti '°a priest, under cover of this injunction lurch's _meaning, any man s common. of the of the univ - ersal . practic ir;3l for centuri will ea6ily satisfy hicn 2. Roscommon.. 20,106 3. Limerick .... 18,283 4. Galway . 14_71.1 6. Sjiio - - 7. Kerry .. 8. Leitrim 9. Tipperary 10. Cork ... • 6,823 8,918 3.348 9;718 10,565 Total In ten of the northern ant! eastern eounti bers stood thus Armagh Carlow Dublin Fermanagh Kildare .. . Kilkenny Monaghan Queen's G Wicklow.. inndred of the able-bodied . IT of tnose employed has more t h an doubled; — but We may feel pretty sure that a similar return made up to the ke sent time, would still show an enormous inequality in the number employed upon public Works in different districts. from Mr. Gray for assistanc oranch to Lan - , and including this, the - line will be sixty-one miles long. A very handSorne silver spade, with rosewood haft, was presented on the occasion to Lord Morpeth. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-011 Friday, a severe acci dent occurred upon the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway near Kendal, by which a man and two horses were killed. It appears that whilst the man was engaged removing some earth from one part of the line to another, he had crossing the line when the train which leaves 'Preston at half-past nine in the morning came up and ,killed both horses and man, mutilating the animals shockingly. is mentioned in HWapath's Journal, thaiAlt :ephensOn, C E., has invented _a three cy'lind, one with two outside cylinders acting both to, le same way and in the same 1 IMIIIP nr.l n in the middle of the axle, at right id crank pins of the other cylinders. - -micity of either of the The middle Cylinder is double the other two. The COndpnastfinr. place at the highest velocities. miles from North Union liner Tuesday train leaving Wigan at last i -Wi g" l " When 'epassenger lead proceeded a short distance a past six for the south - along the line, it came in contact R .1I LWAY ACCIDENT.—An with a coal train which accident about occurred four o n the was corning down a branch to the main line, but which, owing to the dense fog, - was not distinguished. The crash was awful," two waggons were smashed to pieces, and the engine was forced upon a third. The stoker per ceiving a collision inevitable, jumped off the tender, and the engineer laid himself down amongst the coke; and both escaped with slight injuries. One of the guards was a little bruised, and some of the passengers suffered a few scratchei. The man who was in charge of the coal wag gons has been taken into custody for npirit,t. of dnf,. ~. - - --; ...-g.a.a.a va ) he omitted to make any signal whatever. At the banquet given by Messrs. Stephenson, Brassey, and Mackenzie, the contractors, in celebration of the it r 1 ata3 were starea in a speech f rom Mr. Mould, the con tractors' superintendent. In the blasting of rocks no less than 4,800 barrels, or 201) tons, of gunpowder had been used. The patent fusees alone,. if put on a line, would reach4oo miles. The number o f n i g ht s during which the men worked was 152,147. The number of horses em ployed was 10,500. No fewer than 400,000 yards required blasting, as it could not be removed by any other means. The number of bridges on the line was 219 ; of culverts 230, and of viaducts 500. The greatest number of men employed was about 10,000, and the number of workmen \ltozether wns equal to 3,000,000 in one day ; whilst the raged 100,000 cubic yards per mile. The number of wagons employed was 2,200, which, if ex'- tended in a line, would reach nearly five miles ; and the temporary wheeling planks, placed end to end, would ha tend to 35 miles. excavations as-c PI7DSEY DAWSON, ESQ.—At the banquet on the occa sion of raising the first sod of the North Western Rail way, on Thursday, Lord Morpeth, in propoSing the health of Pudsey Dawson, Esq., Chairman of Directors, thus alluded to that respected gentleman :-4` Gentlemen, I atinir if rirrll4- fn ing any more raihi .NA CM Will, 110 doubt, anticipate my toast, since it is one that I venture to propose without the leave of your worthy chairman. It is his good health I ask you to drink (cheers). lie tat; iig of 1 mean in his public cha racter—with the high, the noble, the patriotic, the Chris tian, and Protestant Whig of 1688 ; and after your wan derings among the fogs and mists of Liberalism, we shall 3r l , l o a ur ve l t o h r e happiness, dshiponth e a i nd oek yo a u n r d c hi o u t n h t e r y daylightt he sayfe o t f E , o n f seeing gla Scriptural Church." ,yiln;gtry WlOl7 frkyvvr, ,-,c 41_ Whatever opinion the presen pr "neiples of the Church of Rome, there is no doubt that soon for - ce the whole sul et on .t 1 religiousYluid; therefore, the mow a mon )per srepresent, a sceptac may sneer, scorn, IWNeile's letter, hut a THE DESTITUTION IN -IRELAND (From the Morning Chronicle.) a aramo are, are the really alarmin g facts in the present condition of Ireland ; but with regar d to these facts, it is important to keep in mind that the strong representations which reach us . refer to less than a third.of the area of the country. We are not at present in possession of the numbers em ployed in the various counties,.but we may recal attention to the conclusions furnished by a return which we_pub fished on the 20th of - Novembeast, and which had refe rence to the middle of that month, when there were 150,000 men on the public works. From that return, it appeared that more than six-sevenths of the whole num ber were employed in ten counties of the south and south west. They were thus distributed : 1. Clare Men .. 23,89;►, or about one in three of the able le population one in three. one in four one in seven one in seven one in eight one in ten one in twelw one in twenty sequence of tieing overworked; and the Financ,e Cole mittee were authorised to afford him temporary assistant' Certain alterations were then agreed to in the staff of the Industrial Schools, with a view of rendering its efficieuel greater ; and the annual examination was announced, for . 1 Monday Schools, )06 children in the Industrial 212 are labouring—under divers There are and of these committee were authorised to select and recommend a list of officers for the warehouse No. 4, at Albert Dock, re- oorrdered duties that on n a general bondera go l ods should f warehoused in the Albert Dock warehouses, - ;and for the due exportation of the said tat au. va 411 G aixlU guuun. A portion of the letter of the American Chamber of Com merce, of the sth November, recommending that vessels discharging in.the Albert Dock should. have a preference of berths in the Saithouse and Canning Docks was re ferred. fiftpr cnrnn Prmvarcalinn +n +l,n tiatthnily_rnete+,... Sub-committee, the other portions of the letter having occupied the attention of the Warehousing Sub-commit tee. It was reported that the table of rates for the Albert Dock received the signature of the Mayor, the Chairman of the Dock Committee; and the nenior magistrate, on-the 29th ultimo. The Chairman called the attention of the committee to Prince Albert's coat of arms, handsomely executed for the banquet-room, on the occasion of- the visit of his Royal Highness to Liverpool, which had been placed on the eastern wall of the committee-room, and was intended, with the approbation of the committee, to be .permanently fixed there. On one side of the shield tloats the union jack, and on the other the ensign of St. George.• It adds very much to the appearance of the already elegant room, in which the Dock Committee hold their rneetinos. FINAL MEETING OP THE HIGHWAY BOAIIIL—On Wednesday, th e fi na l meet i ng of the Commissioners o f Highways, preparatory to the transference of their powers to the Corporation, was held at the parish office. Ple sum of five guineas a-piece, was ordered to he p a id to Messrs. Davis and Cunningham, the surveyors, for extra services in 1844. Mr. Walthew-presented a report on the state of the Green-lane Water Worlis, from which it ap peared that the well was 185 feet in depth, that water could be obtained to the amount of 800 gallons per minute, and that the" total cost of the works was £70,000, £50,000 of Which had been borrowed. In a few days, the re port stated, the engine would be at work, and the water would be conducted to the reservoir, and the board were con gratulated on the fact that the 'water from Green-lane might be very mu c h increased hereafter, and that it might be made to supply fountains for the use of the poor, and troughs for the use of cattle. A report from analysing, chemists was also read, stating Ahat the water at Green lane was good, but that it contained less magnesia than the 'Harrington water. On the motion of Mr. Aspinnil• seconded by Mr. Procter, the board recorded their sense of the diligence and engin . eering talent displayed by lkir,; Duncan, assistant to My. Simpson, and they recommend e; him to the authorities in order that his' services might n°' be lost to-the town. A vote of thanks was passed to gr. John ✓ l-lolmes, who had for so r - our iue 1)111114.1Se ()I nuv...;,,,t portrait of Mr. Holmes, with liberty for him to presei to whatever public institution he pleased. A voW thanks was also passed to the law-clerk (Mr. Deane)t to Mr. Capes Ashlin, the treasurer. fame injure Patric lived alone dental burns AP As] havin i head, walkh .quay Ai`Ar ( burnei by his quite the p that - the I will t sou] bent them cheer funds enhai there to col ist, fore : Ttu will - '1 aba Ma 3 IVI.I Esq Rev Esq. pool nor. Esq. Stat :Lori irme of o Acac Fish it is dent this univ train suits that situa lug c the I lofty