The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-11 00:00:00

es to the i °l3d the Ole 6gb. OXNERAL MISCELL A.NY, The splendid hounds, known as the Northumberland and North Durham Fox hounds, formerly the Lambton Pack, and which have hunted the northern portion of this county during the last few years, have just been given up by their owner, David Robertson, Esq, of Lees near Cold stream. The worthy gentleman's extensive stud of hunters are announced for sale ass 1-.s"6"ottrevenne of the port of Gloucester in 1840 , in 1841 £123,688, and 1842 £156,124. Geyer 1 teneekeatet.;"lztaeonatna2l,o7s, the Ryal.West India Mail Steam , 1 taB 3oo / -...1000 per annum, and receives a re tt4a the e e i eb a the shape of postage duties. „aols eh_ d rosary of Mr. Cole, at Wellow, there cnola t 704 a vas,of 60,000 rose trees, in ' full bloom, corn- Am a va rietie s . The bee p arre lias 4°f the " P i e of Hulme , alias Cast Metal J -031ofl'eaee w s ed in M anchester ' on a ch ' arge of elliienh i „ as committed in October 1810. ed ae "ester, 50 . • Wool lite,l B2 ;day, Tbi _guns, is to be launched at . 4 Guid e 3 vessel has been on the stocks sic t a ltri i tt eo b: t° t he Lak The ! It gentle D rs es, containing some marginal notes e °(th' th e late ma. Southey, was sold for £29 at the °f t e e , ei cket In t a property. tat o , inand a _ ,a eh on Tuesday between the gentlemen r o t E„_',lc a l the gentlemen of Kent, terminated • aikticarg4; gl and i t I , er aj, t ao tbeee_arrrived at Kingston, Jam. _I I : c r e ha dily 4 e )s a t t a ;)y eTr o y f trliieee people, who 1 -• ft! 'd la s i t ie el of the Excphequer acknowledged in 1. . istZ 3 Cea seie ' n e e B _ the receipt of seventy pounds sent to e t o w 4114 : MOoe y. C 0 4111 4 41 .1141 was 111 of li.ricks made in England and Scot ia s wi th 14) 62 ' 2 ,275, a decrease - of 263,375,458, t atcr h le izOr e wh : , segvoods kiti, ° tl;' t)f some " 1 : 4 was made a short time since in Wi ts e re were upon which duty had not been the n o ul a the l ast , n Y-tveo silk whiskers. % to aler sal w _ rtilrlree Years, fifteen females have died it MORE SEIAKSPEARE At .-Within the last oa_Res a,n,, house, in the Dewsbury Union, whose few weeks there has turned up what, if authentic, must s Frid a "tit to 1240 year be by far the most valuable of all . t e ...1 h SI aksease auto -12.141 Of a h_ t , at Canterbur s. black-letter Silk, graphs. This is no less than the identical userb Zoe h aite, T , ci tteaser was so y, al a arm lit e tl d e b boy a s u a g m; u d in S p il ug , i copy of Hollinshead's Ch n I d ith ro hi i s ele inin w t i L i c e r h ipt w n as otes, am!, 4EI y, that he was seized with illness and died raving Shakspeare, eocirc e t N lav )sz above all, by his own autograph w signature in full.-Morn- I A ,or ' • AVI tillae woiverhokrrotv ImPaovE - -Henr Hill ing Chronicle. beet (t):in:laissioa. an ' T nton, has been • appointed Nlur treasurer Y to REMOVAL OF SaturdayCONVICTS. - i On tiievan morning a of the Old D ered to „i-oans to the amount of £150,000 have draft of convicts was be placed to the hulks off Chat 16,„:_Arct,R0.. me company and accepted. Bailey, London, to removed ei d eze o f tt,„_" Acetnt.NTas II - - G Llo d ham. They were 25 in number, and principally those in "', as li e ge , bu n , h; AN GIN G.- eprge Y ' sentenced to expatriation for 10, 14, and 15 years, as a n 0 101 1 w as tryl inaself on Friday se'nnight, by ac well as a few for life. Among th e . number was Howse, Ab b , eas e at b ng some experiment with a halter, others, house-steward to the late Lord Fitzgerald, an d No s W ilson orstone, Gloucestershire. who once filled respectable stations in society. is going gsale, h: who built the Roman Catholic Church at DII p retty cottage villa, near Horndeau, Hants, ape to van k en consecrated ' Bishop, at Rome, and Key- e, a of Mr. George Robins) the and (to use the phraseo lo gy b o e mans Land on a mission from the place of the vicinity, was sold through his instrumen lhe an , N aaa ti, pet o Mr. Charles Kean, the eminent tra aftarbo-a,°411,t or•allsl3,,°°ll.---We und t d that damag e to taT a y r :as w t k, it w h ee thir t ty acres of park-like grounds, for 3,700 •4 e boia t ° ' baeb - a "nt XlOOO was ers sustained an by the new g g e uin l eas ' . The greater portion is freehold, but there are s tlt crog anes (on the night of Tuesday last, from two or three acres held on lease at a pepper-corn rent for the •k.th 8 °f the sea.Berwiek Warder. the short term of only ten thousand years. , to b tt, ANn week, three wo rt , n tl• ba t ti;s T ENANTS.-On Saturday last Two BOYS KILLED.-On Saturday morning the t n, w h e. , onet s balf-yearly audit wa s held at boys got into a corve to be lowered into e Wheatley 's coal enantr " 1 ° Per ed to their work. „„O n p p y. cent. was returned to the whole pit, near Wakefield, in order to proce ed sna r " ecle esd They were in the act of descenc in . g \l . vhen the hook on one N I u al, wi l l a Y , a water which attached it to the rope, broke and h. . wa s • I stl ea „ i _ _ man of the name of Christopher side of the corte, of the names of Grace and Rcyds, were ' l le, an daMbed 1) 4 1. 7 trom a boat into a barge at Black- two of them, to the bottom of the shaft (about 4r ee tbaceellshed to aeteunmasship and th • e gunwale of the suddenly prec i p itated y l a y rsan d ) d were killed on the spot. ea th e e e ast of r about 140 whales went on shore on the The Rev. Dr. Baines, Roman Catholic "Bishop . c o! et StoreatainintawaY, sold e claimedby the tenants Siga," and vicar apostolic of the western clis in tr u ic r t au f g E ~, last, n ,C O l O ,, ,"aY, as en en _s_ , who them to the merchants land, was . found dead . in his bed on Thursday el S t s_vera ge of £1 6s. each. at his residence, Prior-park, near Bath. . O y n the previous of h ot F ls tr oop f _n ..the Grenadier Guards, whilst re- day he had con secra as a consecrat ed a chapel at Bristol, which had ' the h t a nd died i l Al onday, in Hyde Park, fell from been previousl y . us e d place of worship by the Irving- The eart. astantiy Big complaint was disease ites. The bishop had celebrated mass and preached on s Obj eet e state s and the occasion. The original cost of the I ttltin to rent w orks of the British Iron C £13,000, and it was purchased by the Roman Catholics the tb, are 8 and ro • Company, for £5,000. e% ps offered f o r royalties amounting to £12,000 per At ny amount r sale for £ 2 00,000. The debts of DISCO V ER Y OF Two HUMAN SKELETONS.---A day Sele., the Th asoe mut to ni , nearly £ 45 0,000. or two ago, as the workmen were engaged in digging the houses at the bottom of Lower aa,_u.artie shillies -°Fe•office, last week an overseer was foundations for some new owu, . v. , e. b eer i and costs, - -fi Harley-place, Clifton Down, they turned up a portion of for refusin ' • g to sign a certi - 'on having been given to Dr. sati 2 and 3.cence 'ag reeably h man skeleton. Information to the Act 4 and 5Wm. a ." 141.11)earellaelsnaY the that gentleman proceeded to the spot and in- Fairbrother, it d dig further, - when appeared 'lc deb t - ue ( ore' tii we ll known jockey and horse-trainer, strutted T el w et o o r a k s m ( e o n ne to of them six feet long,) were ern creditors we re deo% Court of Bankruptcy on Monday : bedded in the ground, at about 18 in. from the sutface.- tiYAt a t :l ) Posed t ti ed at £525 4s. ; credits, nil. No Bristol Paper. s ai ae a drinki ng ' - VEN T AT EDINBURGH.-On te ROBBERY OF A CON 44,ictore,.berwee match at East Challow Berks, a few ni ght between Monday and Tuesday last, St. Margaret's rueifix I ran h cr e t e r ank 29 ;_,le six or eight females for a prize, ,-, t,c7nvent, Brantsfield Links, was ro b be d theyof ar ith e (ral st ! and tour others 25 full-sized cups in standing about two feet in height, wh ic h su a p e posed to ha e eZ bt e l ad e tj i l s Pns ef the t be gold, but which was only brass, gi _ It worth about £l2. d ' f the •i• prize, they 14 4 14 11 so f torn wail sta ge at Covent Garden Theatre Either scared by some noise, or . prou o.ei t 1 05 f e tt ; tot i o Wall 82 feet, proscenium to made their way oot, leaving .t a s so h' 1 t d fiver crucifix, w ic i s oo ,Is tin eet. a length from float-light to Hart- in view, and which is woi ff . h gnineas. On Tuesday be d pe ° o he l• of ni s . Fallen apprehended a man the stolen crucifix dbro o ke e n n t n o g pieces. -Caledonian set o y es in Ple of 134.tuotingales have this season surprised the for sale as old brass, an t a th e 8 1 1 exteek, n"nnHumber, having located them- Mercury. T IN Vi11ate.....c,! osier plantation, about half-a-mile SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.-O n i Monday last, whilst Driy at 4 e tyrao,,, St amford Mercury. a file-grinder was at work in At um-s . , treet the large take i vies,. of B °P THE LAT E D x o ussE' The grinding-stone (10 or 12 cwt.), whilst running at a great stat e tace on t he late Duke's collection of cigars speed, and without any previous . warning, suddenly flew $, to e Qaturdav upwards - of 'eat e h l eeedroo 00 - n ext- The number to be sold is pieces, and a piece of the disjointed mass, in . It, Net er * , 0, and most of them are of the veryprojected through the wall of the scwt., was literally . to tal Is ja „ • workshop, across street eight or ten lards in width, k r tatn i - Ro c , , ' in tact with the door of a cottage, it 1) )' the l'aa t t iste d bY th e FARMING STOCK, &C.-Thew h en , on coming con smashed it to atoms. The missile found a restin g pla ce W hat: °l• der Y t 7 r ' as eonetafiirneec7ffices on farming stock, Bcc. in the cottage without having injured either the j our neyma n .H.. to ,t s3,oo t i l le H ouse of cu•rotureotpusrnsamjousututpetAblinishee a passenger, or inma • te of the cottage.-Manchester ei • - 11 Yed 141• 11I N I°° °. ald. ilf"4tea 'se G NEW•-• I'll b• a Farr, Master, WITCHCRAFT.-That at this dayany serious belief in hitherto, i t horn 0 ~ .e rig Ann, witchcraft should prevail, would . scarcely obtain credit Li b r tn Ported d.n ,F r iday last, laden with 220 tons It ie rlio o i a ultlit h !sect to Dumfries. All the guano waswere it not for many instances of it that are a fforded. only last week that a decent looking man, understood () • --- -/a c e Fe had bee n imported at stall : the oe a rai neB courier. Previously ,entered the house of a to be f t roath t r e a ida e r s i n s l h an o of t NN , T 7 otsham en , and begged of the teesetheorf tpeenseirhoacithe ceremonial of laying the first respec t a ble of the house a penny, saying hip ro so m n t w ast n umber "ovr- t ors i e l : / 14; t w i l hil l askedaV library at Lincoln's Inn, a looked" and he was i n ce u lle u c t t d i e n r g tu penc e take him to and pay this li . , r, en bpi answered what material th ey . were to be o f females, 30 pence, i t t , ° dirt en thefir:. "Of brick," he ob- the consulting fee to Dr. Tuckett, at Exeter !! ! At this of "e n o r offer i I atone will be the last." house at least, he was very properly r ' refused.-Exeter Fly- r.brety L as Yet been made for either Covent ing Post. e. o4l iet n b e ; fort n i, t .'e for next season. An association EXTRAORDINAY FISH.-A man who was trollipga sh o rt e n ext r, in order if Possible , open the latter . time since in the Thames, at Clewer, near Wi nd sor , .1, ......OA_ ; but the ar r pikes ever caught in the river'; t;:e cri m es we'ern er. arr angements are yet very in- hooked one . of the larges t . and after skilfully ' playing" with the fish for upwards f tb o ard tl e r tie t ofinne.luded in the ne t ie f th utual of an hour and a half, he gust length landed i a t s saf a lly. re a tcu This totit r ry : attetnlistives from r e a a r t e s with %lto n um jostleA erica, enormous fish, which has j o been stuffed and three feet sla:" attesi to seven murder, piracy,' arson, robbery, riosity, weighed upwards of S I lb., cu- G B r., for ge nR ; Pm and a half in length . I% r. Mil l s, I the banker of titter B erg s p ry and fraud France, murder and attempts inches _ oru h e „ ele,e_ntai, NE uoulent bankruptcy. L bard.street, who was " spinning" in the Thames Saturday last, caught, in the course of the Cle of 4. a fire7,`tVCASTLE.-Saturday night, shortly from a punt b u et n ween Windsor and Datchet bridges, three th•:, WhinTessra, To d d out in the extensive raff ware- afternoon, deal lined e ud and Co. t imber merchants, Pan- splendid trout 3 0 , batt Y and 1), wards of 251 b. A barbel was also hooked, and landed 4 liv ed en s, ike., 101. t e whole building, with all weighing 241 b.! near Datchet, two feet 10 inches long, an d that " %y ll e esd aY week ich it contained. of the account p t i ,er r - ntry, a nd _ a wolf made his escape from a SYCEE SILVER.-By th t e he Mint and the Lords of the L?e er il t 4 th e iobgP through several streets, to the between the Ma . ster to o the Sycee silver remitted from N ea kile e , - road. 1 ,, ' t ants, going at a sharp pace up Treasury, relative Ile. ' .3' In etios 'ip Was retaken, after a scent of China, it appears that the total value is £1,334,485 12s. 1 4 1.4 dother expenses connected with which a ce s l, 4 of a wolf dog, and brought back to Bd., the freight an of £1 315,188 9s. ei tY /44 11' eel nesis, is £19,291 18s. 2d., leaving a balance in , . d sum being equal Chinese value t osethil st l s, co a l al's -On Saturday evening last Mr. 5d.; the abovenair NOro ' s sistin e.rehant! o f in this to 6,000,000 d oll ars , e the first instalment under the treaty ~,ecirte„... .-g ‘1) Stack Queen -street, Hoyle of Nankin. Of this amount, £1,281,406 13s. 10d. has £`3 0 - 313 s 9d. re loll,.a. on 'insely f en ~__ the some hay on the and been paid into the Exchequer, and a .14Q44,:neato.puupepot, i'llfo3mineeit being top of the stac k, served for defraying freight, charges of 'd preparation, tiPsot k : / t o f 14 er • dislocated by t h e con tingent expenses, allowances, Ssc.., sub je c t to the pal,appro s,„eoeB,lleln altatt•--On Tuesday iast an adjourned bation of the Treasury. ilietm illch ha d been on view of the body of A TRIP co GR7NA.-On Thursday evening, about up at full speed to the Coffee the 5 1 1 ( '',:.,,nriday be en found on the common near that nine o'clock, a carriage drove t wings of love " a very Blame ;1,...,411 on,„%rni,ous. After a long inquiry a ver- house Hotel, bean gentleman ne accompanied by a beautiful NI tai t "cor ge b`r was returned against a man of handsome young . t n ,, ,_ stedfern who her yo ung lady. Fresh horses were ordered on the instant; tih ( ,a ~;._ Nes ' is was sweetheart. " in less than no time ." four spanking bays, with ei !e d ' s IA 4atlemen There a throstle's nest in the drivers in splendid scarlet liveries, were prancing L at the liv h tt l 4 fer eur 4 Pie ce ot .„St• John's, Wakefield which is Lamb, the sk ecap , a ' oft YO rk Herald, apiece of the door; and into the fresh carriage stepped 'll a about r t • o sit -upon a Mel d B Of p leaf b era , county coroner, looking as grave as e f 4 ,,A e a ,. ta tik aPer, a„,..e Pilgrims Progress, some body, and a lady could not learn. Off wllose green w that lies over the zaeleloas Aire c o. ' and the corner of a note of the they set at full gallop, to !taigrear Altie.nnlstance h "the which they manifested, it border ; " and from the' haste ~ . e " relentless father was in pur- Ot e n! h a „ l !teh at , , h appened on Monday week, in was strophesupposedsutheatesaotm occurred;_and in little more I,44 4 , per a ti ti olies s arr o i n e t ti oft a •k el , I , rO r n a g i s immense :v d hi i r t lw t i o nd an tookup a . t s iiia it n; t h w u o t n i c: ours n , the happy pair or T i t , ur e t n . e m d e , .!) , oth r l i o e o y k looking 01, „erY teed theta, _°,'t" the town of Altrincham. i' as we . ll as could beexpec fo t r ed the west.--Carlisle Journal. Nahtto ;It:,eilikeueltitaLight i balloon was passing over. The history of the mag- GREAT SILVER CIST.ERN.- Vii °°ll B M e a s t , the timber yard. of Mr. Robert ni fi cent cistern lately sold at the sale of the late Duke of Laiu s tro,,,,:s, p r i n I.• 'Newcastle the •°lliewt fi• 4 bY fi-etPallY inhabited - .Tyne, and twelve Sussex's _ effects Courtney; is rather -curious. It was made for and at the sale of his plate in the 1 4 s ) 44 ol e i.o re. TheTyney poor . families, lat e Lord 181 it was purchased by Q. Dick, Esci., M. f 13. '141 I tet aN l.ig t h e_er e be en 4 1 ° , 43° t n 20,000, aezuszteesataatessixhty s t Lar eum 0 't• £574 at 10s. per us., it then weighing 1 4 It t 44 elPeacilY "4 ' 4" homeless ' oz. In the year 1818 Mr. Dick cede d . it to the a originalapiece of e tok e eot a et ed th ar k s in the for N York, proprietor at his particular request, it being t 0 It hi. is let _ at heWil l remain autumn . "New States bought family plate. On his death, a few year s . ago, it was Of t . 0 ,0, t s de ce ment nc ",", main . in the United difficulty in Nsioe p ree,.-.ture we tne ensuing summer. Untilby . . a Jew in that country, who finding a It t al lab `nit hi ' Ye uderstand that he means to bringing it to s e l'in *day . b oar, healt h b totalabstinence from on imported plate, sold it to . another Jew in England, of 'di e) , A gri ,13, tb •* - -,s•t ancistre Y a whom the Duke of Sussex bought it, having procured a C t kd ;14104144in', is the d• of the Treasury•order to have it importedduty o f u l t . , Ti!se Royaluur- 11 4 na s lii t e tts ; Of h 0 1ri ety , to a il for 1d the pa• ney arms being splendidly embossed and his own substituted. , W ill sY ° e' 1,8 ding 40 0 person rl been y• erected Highness had them removed, ma ' l l it '" e th ttr nbrid ' l ave alread bs, has t ted for I t now weighs 1,185 oz., and was sold for £350, at ss. 9d. ay tt c gu est Re. af , ,We understand n well i r 3 ac an ounce, to a dealer. nt • I ll titi qi e etitl ll4l Vss a ., ,; toe Duke e s f a De ' vo w n i shir e e. Prese ' ASCENT AND PERILOUS DESCE‘TT I O C:1 F Ga A r N dels . , R rufZ i n, eta telisee4fos 7;01 -s-busing the i- ast ten days a great -A balloon ascended from Por w to as e ra n pid and beautiful. 4 cle e :tloe L'haettli/t! thap s e t i l s k o sgi Nine' have been held in the on Thu a r r sd te a t y p l a as s t t . six T e a s c ent theballoon was observed by some ka t e i ti oaii h e ete tlti ttit o f f s i t r he j. metropolis, consequent , At pers a o ti n u s on the beach, descending as it were from the iiil,ltthel)Osle,balaete-rrhese meetind g n s •e l s aa; G e r be h e a n m c s hie a y tor o y f clouds, and approaching the earth from a N.W. direction. N a de l los it ' sal„ d .'„ a nd largely attended. It came so close to the surface that the aeronaut was heard on shore; but wtiettey he , 01 !It t he la dernesne in Gloucestershire was calling with his utmost str t en e gt ru h r l a o t t i h n e g g m a e s u did not escape the { l 4 as aQ i cite r, au erne mart, last s)eek, to Mr. it was soon tha t u el i d , e i n u t .ore h d r to bring the balloon to the sur t&Lthearoa ittit9i:tries-streen. for one hundred quickly ace o n terra en o g firma. The wind, which was a stiff breeze, tne • N• Pe illei e 11. 0t 0 • . It is said that M r . Holford blew obliquely from the land out to sea ; the balloonasse a tsp i , io ns pal e‘s_ sekild were, by means of their I sh e verge of the beach, and seemed to ascepd still hi g her tatv7 hi t trr o It is -Lnpetitors We %Ott 'all mid 4 • it came over the deep, end for a moment it was doubtful valet a 1 1 cn,,additi ha ve been issued by the Secre- as it it would not be carried among the . surf and rocks t the reci lelq,,,dee aerer the°alntaber of Chelsea Pensioners i at the foot of Bray Head, or be ash e e a d se a agains t :f the 143 1 - ISl;tteideot.!d finceMotul of staff o ffi cers. The pikes of that promontory, in either aeronaut m being inevitable destruction. vrett 40_ 111 etil,tentry Lit strabnd W L est Wales, . Bath, , bold and unfortun of the balloon at this time was extremely tsa N0.c144514:1 iZto upwards o Y f . 6ooi t i n . coin, and Nor- The appearan ce curiots. From its callapsed state it fluttered it 11 d d i ar e ted from IlltitsS'deeot tt h e aSlay Tea de HOUSES CON- 1 of a vessel when tacking near t . thllYin ea , b d rolled about, Il i t :tx . ,4 . l ;4pipoi:t-er"ng the village of Burton 'side to side like a paper er 's . e f l abo ' ve the deep agitated sea, Ag . l 4 ii % e t% of t ' ~a 3 visited by a fire that has and . the car, pendulous hoccupant of the frail vehicle bei ng t 441, these iew% propewenty-two houses besides other oscillated . fe . arfully, te n P A thN 41 ,0- tight rty an d The number of families scarcely visible in the distance. At length the decisive in large volumes, and Ne4 it lis t th e Pro p ' none of them were insured. ; moment came. The gas escape d . t e I ,adi w cae, , 1 1 4. 11 , 5t0 erty of Lord Rivers. j the balloon fell with great velocity, and in an almost per from two to three cables' ta tl la i ,e e as re f deati,"(ln Tuesda a g eneral respite ' pendicular line into the sea, with its burden causing a a s Z hvti,:. Ivaaceived hPronouncedyagainst Goizeppo length from the s d h s o i r ri e i:ip th g e o c r a a r f moment out of sight. A L lc aeV i t k li, , In e ol c n e !asi ote Y, the governor of Newgate. teatvywas splash , imm a elately pushed off through the surf, and LL of t ,ln e ,s e ld o ,,urt of th e the tbe last sessions of the six fishermen from the neighbouring houses pulled out, o. 4,4 hi ; v eti4 hat snl7l7anaurder of a female named and having first rescued Mr. Gypson from his perilous a p r 14"11311twejl a sp g ai ner tht'vwebo took him into her sition, after being about . twenty nintes balloon, and t.e y h e t o r o a u nced ag a a , i a n n a c t i the bim extreme sen they made an incision in the st i l l in fla ted The aen- , to Paying gathered it into the boat returne d land. 4814)riation for life, On Friday morning week, three prisoners succeeded in escaping from the county prison at Durham. They had effected their purpose by taking the funnel out of the stove, and emerging through the hole thereby made in the roof. Their names are James Taylor, James Grierson, and George Lamb. Taylor was under sentence of Trans portation. murde Three extensive seizures were made, last week, by the officers of customs—the Elizabeth, of Newport, at Exeter, with tobacc', cigars, tea, silk, and eau de Cologne, the duties on which would exceed :£,000; the French smack Nouvelle Societie, from Cherbourg, at London, with 100 gallons of brandy: and the sloop Pink, of London, at Grimsby, with 4,000 lbs. of tobacco concealed on board. On the 20th ult. a little girl, about five years of age, daughter of Alexander Wallace, boiler-maker, Carts duke, while lying on a spot exposed to the rays of the sun, which were intensely ardent, sustained a coup de soleil, from the effects of which. after lineering a few she expired, It is rare that such a casualty occurs in our temperate latitude.—Glasgow paper. Lord John Russell has placed upon the notice books of the House of Commons intimation that it his intention, on Tuesday, the 18th of July, to move the presentation of an address to the crown on the subject of education in Great Britain. Mr. Hume's motion for a bill on the same subject has been deferred until Tuesday, the 25th of JLly ; and on the same day Mr. Colquhoun has given notice that he will move resolutions on the subject of education. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The usual monthly meeting of the Town Council was held on Wednesday last, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, i❑ the Council Chamber, within the Town-hall. FINANCE COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Finance Committee were read, comprising the sale of the advowson of the Cemetery, subject to the approval of the Ecclesiastical Commission ers; plan for laying out for sale the land on the east side of Great Howard-street, for the erection of fire-proof warehouses ; proposal for the sale of parts of the Cheshire estate, both in Birkenhead and Wallasey Pool, on leases not exceeding 75 years : proposed appointment of a dock master and three assistants at River Craft Dock ; gratuity to Mrs. Fresh, at the Alms-houses ; the recommendation of the increase of the salary of Mr. Fox from £l5O to £230, the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly council. Mr. G. 11. LAWRENCE requested that the subject of the increase of Mr. Fox's salary might be postponed till the repert of the Paid Officers' Committee was presented, as he understood it embodied some observations regarding the surveyor's office. Mr. Lawrence laid before the council the plan for laying out the site of the present Borough Gaol, for the erection of fire-proof warehouses. His great object, he said, was to sell the land to advan tage. The committee did not give any opinion as to the propriety of erecting warehouses, but they gave a plan of the best mode of laying out and constructing warehouses, without intending to compel the purchaser to erect such warehouses. It was the opinion of many, that such ware houses would he advantageous, and the committee were of opinion that the land would sell better for that purpose. Parties must, however, guard against thinking that in taking land for such a purpose they had any privileges which might, as heretofore, be used as arguments to pre vent the corporation from appropriating other land as they might think fit. Mr. Lawrence next drew attention to the proposal for the sale of part of the Cheshire estate, a subject, he said, of great importance. In the department devoted to questions touching leases, was a recommenda tion to extend a lease of premises on the south-west side of Park-lane, having fifty-eight years to run, to seventy five-years, on payment of a fine of XIS. . . Mr. COOPER moved that the recommendation last allu ded to be referred back to the committee. The street, he contended, ought to be widened. Mr. EARLE seconded the motion and supported the views of Mr. Cooper. Mr. SMITH said it was in contemplation to widen Park lane from the church upwards, on the east side. After some conversation, Mr. Cooper's amendment was put, when there appeared For the Amendment.—Messrs. Shand, Hodgson, Isaac Holmes, Preston, Thompson, North, H. Holmes, Stew art, Rae, Royden, Cooper, Lloyd, Kilshaw, Plumpton, Lace, Trotman, Platt, Harbord, Barclay, Bulley, Earle, Bramley-Moore, Chilton, and the Mayor.-24. . ..... Against the Amendment.—Nlessrs. , Shaw, Houghton, (Councillor) Thornhill, Blackburn, Sands, Hornby, H. Lawrence, Bushell, Parker, G. H. Lawrence, Smith, Holt, Nicol, Moon, and Sir Thos. Brancker.-14.—Ma jority in favour of the amendment 10. Al - r. G. H. LAWRENCE.—Then the effect of this is to declare that you refuse to renew any leases on the south west side of Park-lane. The MAYOR.—Yes ; unless some other and more sub stantial reason be shown. Mr. EARLE asked if the subject of the plans for ware houses on the site of the gaol were at an end. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE.—We merely ask for permission to offer the land for sale, in order to get money to pay for a gaol. _The plan is not conclusive. Mr. EVAN; said, when he received the paper he was astonished to perceive that a plan was to be brought for ward for laying out the site for warehouses. After having heard from the Chairman of the Finance Committee, that all future warehouses should be built on the margin of the docks, he was very much astonished to hear from him a recommendation so much at variance with that•opinion. They had heard, however, that the real object was not to get the plan of these warehouses carried out, but to get money. In order to make a sale of this land, they were to involve Liverpool in a perpetual inland warehousing and a vicious system. The land was on the top of a hill, at a considerable distance from the docks, and such an expenditure of animal and physical force was a national loss. If the land were sold, who was to prevent the pur chasers from building warehouses there ; but here was a proposal far making the building of warehouses impera tive. Where was the reason for such wonderful haste ? The way to succeed with this land was to wait till the wants of the system rendered it desirable, but here was a project to drive a warehouse system up a bill. Where was the haste? The new gaol was not erected, nor the old one pulled down ; yet here was a project for selling the land. Even the period at which there would be power to proceed with further warehouses at the Albert Dock would expire before they could get possession of this land. lie considered all these plan, as a mere sort of frippery legislation. Mr. HonosoN considered the application of the com mittee irregular, as in the notice they only mentioned the laying of plans before the council. The subject was pre mature, while the warehouse question was still under agi tation, for they would not ge t th e va l ue f or t h e land. It would likewise be undesirable to sell the land prospec tively, while they had not the power of delivering it. He thought it likely that when the land was unoccupied it would be an eligible site for a public company. He thought there was no parallel between warehouses built by a company and built with public money, which was a lirect violation cf private rights. Mr. HOUGHTON said there had been no less than three applications for 700 yards of that very land. Mr. EARLE.—They want to get a bargain. Mr. LACE said it was a question whether this was not the very best time to sell the land. The only considera tion was whether they could now sell it well, not being able to give possession for three years. Mr. AIKEN said the avowed object was to get money, yet it was plain that they could not get money, for who would buy land then and pay for it at anything like a fair price, knowing that they were to be kept out of it for three years. This land was so situated that, with the in crease of the trade of the part, it would go on increasing in value. As to Mr. Hodgson's remark, it was the pub lie interest of Liverpool that had been injured by private rights, it was because of the private interests of persons in that council that the public interests had been injured. When the proper time came for discussing the Question he trusted they would be able to show that even the rights of the warehouse owners had been injured by the course which they had pursued. Mr. BLACKBURN contended that the question ought to be postponed till they were in possession of more informa tion. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE was willing to postpone the question. Mr. worded BLACKBURN. —Your notice is unfortunately Mr. G. H. LA W.RENCE.—He had several offers for the land, and one party offered to take the gaol with it. He would withdraw the part relative to warehouses if they would allow him to sell the land. (No, no.) Mr. EARLE.—Give us a month. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LAWRENCE.—Very well; I will postpone it for a month.---Agreed to. THE FLOATING BATH. Mr. SANDS said the Dock Committee had received a memorial requesting the removal of the Floating Bath. They examined their officers, and found that the bath was an obstruction to the navigation. They referred the matter to the Finance Committee, and that body informed them., that, having examined the subject, they had de cided against removing the bath. Mr. Sands concluded by expressing an opinion that the subject ought to have been referred to the council. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said the Finance Committee had annually given permission for the bath to be moored in its present position. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said the matter ought to come before the council. Mr. Moore contended that the bath was most inconveniently placed, and that it prevented shipping from getting with facility into the docks. He moved that the subject be referred back to the committee. Mr. SANDS seconded the motion. Mr. HODGSON supported Mr. Moore's motion. Mr. AIKIN, Mr. EARLE., and Mr. H. LAWRENCE opposed it, hoping that the council would not deprive the public of so great a coavenience. Ultimately, Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE withdrew his mo tion. The proceedings were approved, with the understanding that the plans for warehouses in Great Howard-street, and the gratuity of Mrs. Fresh stand over a month, and that the increase of Mr. Fox's salary be postponed till the report of the Paid Officers' Committee was brought for ward. THE ALBERT DOCK WAREIIOUSES Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE asked what the estimate for the Albert Dock warehouses was. Were the warehouses to be fire-proof! There were various assertions on these subjects. Some said the warehouses would cost 438 per square yard, others Mr. SANDS said he had been greatly astonished to see in the papers, an assertion, that the warehouses would cost as much as £4O per square yard. Mr. Stewart could bear him out in the assertion, that with the vaults they would cost £lO per square yard, and without the vaults £B. It was intended to make the warehouses fire-proof, and, when finished, he believed the insurance offices would insure them as low as any warehouses whatever. Mr. EARLE.—Does the estimate include the making of the ground? Mr. SANDS.—Not the making of the dock-wall, cer tainly. Mr. EALLE.—Then I think they will cost £4O. IMPROVEMENT AND COURTS OF LAW, &C. COMMITTEES. Mr. HODGSON moved Mr. Stewart, a member of the Improvement Committee, in the room of Mr. Samuel Holme. It was necessary that the question be postponed in com pliance with the standing order. Mr. EARLE gave notice that he should move that Mr. Stewart be a member of the Courts of Law, &c. Com mittee. ARTIFICIALLY-DRESSED MEAT, The new bye-law for extending to the whole borough the regulation against the exposure to sale of blown and stuffed meat was read, and ordered to stand over till the next council. SALARIES OF SCHOOLMASTERS The proposed increase of the salaries of John Harris and Charles Robinson, masters of the North and South Corporation Schools, from £5O to £6O, was postponed. THE FIRE HILT. The TOWN-CLERK reported that this bill was lodged, and would go into committee next Tuesday. Copies would be in his hands on the following day, when the ab stract would be banded to the members of the council. PAID OFFICERS' COMMITTEE. A very voluminous report of this committee was pre sented, It was taken as read. Mr. LLOYD moved that the report be. printed, and a copy sent to each member of the council, and that it be taken into consideration at the next monthly council. This was agreed to. The increase of Mr. Fox's salary was likewise postponed, but it was understood that it commences from the present month. THE MAILS TO SCOTLAND Mr. AIKIN spoke strongly in — iavClTof a memorial signed by numerous highly respectable firms, requestin the council to petition the post-office authorities for an additional mail to Glasgow, &c. Mr. EVANS gave l is testimony in corroboration of the complaints alleged in the memorial. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE objected to the use of the cor porate seal without inquiry, and proposed that the subject be referred to the Finance Committee, which was agreed to. THE WAREHOUSE QUESTION The MAYOR read a memorial from the associated bo dies on the subject of preventing fires, and praying that a clause be inserted in the Fire Bill, for enabling the Dock Committee to proceed with additional warehouses at the Albert Dock, and to erect the sheds on the west quays of the Prince's Dock, into fire-proof warehouses. Mr. EVANS supported the memorial, contending that the owners of warehouses ought, as well for their own sakes as for the public good, to concede the point. What ever might be the views of those in council those out of doors would no more feel themselves restricted by the late act, than the public ever. felt restricted by any other act of the legislature. Mr. AIKIN said if they persevered in the insane system that had been pursued, the warehouse interest would be the first to cry out. because our cotton would go to Man chester, and our sugar to Lancaster, and our other goods elsewhere. Mr. HARBORD said if the warehouse owners had car ried their opposition still further it would have been better for the town, for it would have prevented the Dock Committee from wasting the money which they would do if they were permitt9d to proceed. The Albert Warehouses would not pay 2 per cent. The warehouse interest would oppose to the utmost any violation of the agreement - Sir T. BRANCKER moved that the memorial lie on the table. Mr. AIKIN thought it would be much more respectful that the memorial should be referred to the Finance Com mittee, which he accordingly moved. Mr..BaAmLEY-111ooRE - seconded the amendment. He thought such a memorial ought to be treated with all respect and courtesy. The present warehouse system was bad. We were doing all in our power to help Manches ter to obtain the inland Bonding Bill. Mr. Bramley- Moore proceeded to contend that there is not sufficient warehouse accommodation in Liverpool. He had seen carts laden with cotton proceeding to Aigburth. Under the present system the robberies that were committed were alarming. There were not less than 1000 bales of cotton pilfered in a year, under the present system, besides indigo, and other articles that could be carried away with greater facility. The TOWN-CLERK gave it as his opinion that it would he out of the question to think of introducing such a clause in the Fire Bill. It would not be permitted. Mr. AIKIN said, after that opinion he had no course but to withdraw his amendment. It was agreed that the memorial should lie on the table, and that the mayor should communicate the result to the delegates of the associated bodies. The council broke up at a quarter before four o'clock. a special meeting of the council, to consider the Fire Bill, was held on Saturday, for a report of which see ano ther column. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS The first general meeting of this body, as at present constituted, was held on Tuesday evening last, at the Town-hall, Birkenhead. The following gentlemen were present :—Messrs. J. S. Jackson, W. Cole, J. R. Pim, A. Kerr, R. Fry, C. Bentham, T. A. Dale, J. H. Hind, W. Horner, J. Laird, W. Jackson, W. Adamson, D. Appleton, D. M'Nicol, S. Stansfield, and J. N. Wood. In the absence of Mr. J. D. Case, Mr. Wm. Jackson, vice-chairman, took, the chair. Several of the newly elected members took the declaration required by act of parliament. BORROWING MONEY The first business tran , acted was the confirmation of a resolution for the borrov‘ in. of a sum of £14,000, for the purpose of carrying on the improvements under the new act of parliament. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN, AND APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES Mr. WILLIAM JACKSON said that, in the absence of Mr. Case, he begged to move that he should be appointed again to the office of chairman. Carried unanimously. Mr. William Jackson, without observation, was then re-appointed vice-chairman. The following gentlemen were then appointed on the several committees : WATCHING AND LIGHTING COMMITTEE.—Day of meeting, Monday.—Messrs. Horner, Pim, Watson, Kerr, Gilbertson, Adamson, Hind. MARKET.—Saturday.—Messrs. Watson, Cole, Apple ton, M`Nicol, Stansfield, Berner, Hind. FERRY.—Saturday.— J . S. Jackson, Greene, Beutham, Kerr, Fry. ROAD.—Thursday.—Messrs. Laird, J. S. Jackson, Fry, M'lsiieol, Horner, Pim. FlNANCE.—Friday.—Messrs. Greene, Bentham, Cole, Laird, Dale, Howard, Stansfield. IMPROVEMENT.—Messrs. Laird, Stansfield, M`Nicol, Hind, Greene, Bentham, J. S. Jackson, Howard, Pim. The chairman and vice-chairman are ex-ejficio mem bers of all committees. GENERAL BUSINESS The arrangement to be made with Mr. Mallaby, as clerk to the commissioners, was referred to the Finance Committee, to consider and report at the next meeting. The CHAIRMAN said he had received a communication from the Corporatioq of Liverpool on the subject of the Bridge-street road, and he was gratified to find that the corporation had acceded to the wishes of the commis sioners, and allowed them to proceed at once with the improvements there. The CHAIRMAN said the Finance Committee were also anxious to know for what the commissioners would under take to keep in repair the road from Canning-street to Bidston-road. This was referred to the Road Committee. An application from Mr. Scott, for the situation of surveyor to the township, was deferred until the act of parliament authorising such an appointment should come into operation. DISPENSARY AT BIRKENHEAD A letter from the Rev. A. Knox, including a resolution of the committee of the Birkenhead Dispensary, was read. The resolution was as follows :—" That the commissioners be requested to say whether they would give or sell a piece of land for the purpose of a dispensary and hospital, and supply a portion of the stone for building the same." The CHAIRMAN said that, considering the way in which everything was improving, it was a shame there was no place in which they could put their sick. He bad been told by the clergy, and many of the medical men were of the same opinion, that many lives were lost in consequence of the want of proper treatment. Mr. Pim said he had lately had occasion to send two men over to Liverpool, who had had their limbs broken. Mr. BENTHAM said he would cheerfully unite in dedi cating a piece of land for such an object, and he hoped that every Commissioner would feel that he had a duty far beyond that, and not only open his own purse, but use his utmost efforts to prosper the work. Referred to the Im provement Committee. SEA WALL. The CHAIRMAN said that the usual notice to the con servators of the river as to the erection of a sea wall had ex pired, and that it would now be proceeded with. As the erection of a sea wall would cause a vast improvement to the property of the Corporation of Li►erpool, and would prevent their property being washed away, he (the chair man) thought they ought to bear some portion of the ex pense. Yards of their laud were daily washed away by the water, and £l,OOO or £2,000 spent on the road would improve their land very much. In reply to a question from Mr. J. N. Wood, the CHAIRMAN added that the sea wall was to be only eight yards wide on the old road which had existed for many years. The Corporation would gain more yards of land by the road being made than would pay the expense of making three times over. Referred to the Improvement Committee. NEW ROAD. The CHAIRMAN said a great many enquiries bad been made why the new road from Sampson's Pit, to Upton road bad not been commenced, and he begged now to state that it would be commenced as soon as the turnpike was removed. NEW MARKET AND TOWN-HALL Mr. Wood said that, a few months ago, a committee was requested to enquire into the necessity for building a new town-hall and market, and he wished to know whether they had reported? The CHAIRMAN said it bad been deemed prudent to wait until the new act was passed. Mr. Woon said it was time something was done, for there were loud complaints about the present market. Mr. WOOD asked if they were going to warehouse cot ton at Birkenhead ? The CHAIRMAN said he had no doubt that they would soon not only warehouse cotton, but all other kinds of goods, and he hoped they would soon discharge ships there. In reply to a question from Mr. Wool), The CHAIRMAN said that, including the entire pur chase money of the ferry, £83,000 had already been bor rowed. The £14,000 now to be taken up was to pay for a portion of the land for the park, and would make £97, 000 . They would want a considerable sum to carry on their operations. At the first meeting in August the ferry com mittee would be able to make such a statement to the board that would prove to them that they were not going beyond their tether. Mr. MALLABY said the statement would be to the effect that, after paying the interest of all this money, there was a clear surplus. The Commissioners then adjourned till that day fort night. MILITARY DONKEYS.-A very amusing and highly laughable race with donkeys, ridden by 13 of the officers of the 2d Life Guards, for a sweepstakes of one sovereign each, with nothing added, came off a few evenings ago, after mess, in the park of Captain Bulkeley, at Spittal, near Windsor ; feather weights, and the winner to be sold for all it would fetch. After a well contested race of a mile, which was got over in something less than a quarter of an hour, during which time there were about six times as many falls and " pitches over" as there were donkeys, the prize was won, entirely through superior jockeyship, by Captain Bulkeley, the President of the Mechanics' Institute. MEETING OF THE DELEGATES OF THE COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS. A meeting of the gentlemen appointed to represent the commercial associations of this town, pending the progress of the Fire Bill, was held on Tuesday, at the committee room of the East India Association, to receive the atiswer of the Mayor to the requisition adopted at the meeting on Saturday fast. WilliaM Brown, Esq., presided. The Chairman said he waited on the Mayor N requisition on Saturday afternoon, and on Mon ceived his worship's reply. In the absence of Mr. Duncan, who acts as secretary to the combined body, Mr. Myers read the following letter: Town-hall, 3rd July, 18-13. SIR,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter to me of Saturday, the Ist instant, requesting, on behalf of the delegates of the associated commercial bodies of Liverpool, and in pursuance of a resolution passed by those gentlemen, that I would call a public meeting of the inhabitants, to take into consideration, in consequence of the alarming state of the town in reference to fires, the propriety of petitioning parliament to allow a clause to be introduced into the Liverpool Fire Pre vention Bill, to remove from the dock trustees and com mittee the restrictions from building warehouses on the quays. No one can be more feelingly alive to the state of the town, in reference to fires, than myself, nor can any one be more anxious than I am that any plan for removing, or only lessening the evils of those fires, should have the fullest consideration. But, as my calling a public meeting necessarily involves that I should take the chair, I must draw your attention to the circumstance that the restrictions which you pro pose to remove, are restrictions upon the trustees of the Liverpool docks, and that I, as Mayor, am the head of those trustees ; consequently, were I to preside at the meeting proposed, the chair would be filled by a party in the question under discussion. I would further beg to point out, that were the public meeting to determine the question one way or the other, the subject must come before the council, over which I preside. To this council would be submitted resolutions bearing my signature as chairman of the public meeting; and it might be that contradictory resolutions would have to be signed by me as chairman of the council. Under these circumstances, without giving any opinion on the subject, I think that a right determination requires that I should decline to comply with the requisition. But, though I deem it my duty to decline such com pliance, I shall be ready to present any memorial which either a public meeting or the delegates themselves may wish to submit to the consideration of the council. (Signed) ROBERTSON GLADSTONE. To William Brown, Esq., Chairman of the Delegates of the Associated Body. _ _ _ Mr. Ratfibone, while he bore testimony to the admirable conduct of Mr. Gladstone in his office as Mayor, differed widely from him as to the propriety of declining to call a meeting, and on the reasons which he had given for doing so. He was sure Mr. Gladstone had acted according to the best of his judgment. Mr. Todd said they had to deal with the project as they found it. The Mayor had declined to call a public meet ing, and they had to consider what should be their next step. The subject would be taken into consideration at the council on the following day, and, perhaps, it would be best to suspend further proceedings till they saw what would be said in council. He would, therefore, move that they should adjourn till Thursday. After some further discussion it was agreed that printed copies of the schedules should be put into the hands of the delegates on the following morning, and that the meeting should adjourn. FRIDAY, On Friday a meeting of delegates was held, at the same place, for the purpose of taking into consideration an ab stract of the bill for the better protection of property in Liverpool from fire, as it had been amended by the fire committee. The chair was occupied by William Brown, Esq. and about sixteen delegates were present. The pro ceedings were commenced with an announcement from the East India and Cotton Brokers' Associations, to the effect that they were not in a position to advance money for the carrying out of the object in view, but that they hoped voluntary subscriptions from individuals would be found amply sufficient for all the purposes of the associa tion. Mr. Duncan then read over the several clauses of the bill, which by many of the delegates were considered of a very burdensome character, so far as fines and im prisonments went, and almost wholly impracticable in some of its details. The first clause enacted that the Council were to appoint a committee out of their own body to carry out the purposes of the act. Upon the mo tion of Mr. Drink water, it was resolved that an equal number of the dock ratepayers ought to be associated with the committee of the Council, one of the latter body act ing as chairman, and having the casting vote. According to the 19th clause, it was enacted, that. while palm or cocoa nut oil might be stored in the warehouses, butter should be an excepted article. The Chairman was of opinion that palm or cocoa nut oil should not have been excepted, as it was one of the most dangerous matters which could be stored in a warehouse : and upon the motion of Mr. Crosfield, butter was conceived to be such an article as might with safety be warehoused in places which were not fireproof. It was conceived advisable to ask for power to remove dangerous trades from the vi cinity of warehouses on compensation being made to the parties out of the borough fund. Upon the 27th clause being read, Mr. Todd moved, that nitrate of soda and saltpetre should only be stored in warehouses separate from others, and fireproof. The motion was adopted. It was agreed that a power ought to be vested in the Fire Committee to allow the windows of warehouses to be open in cases of necessity, such, for instance, as damaged cot ton being likely to ignite of itself in confined apartments, and that they ought, also, to have the power of making exceptions from the stringent provisions of the act with regard to the skylights, windows, and doors of mercantile offices. When the whole of the clauses had been gone through, the meeting was adjourned until eleven o'clock next morning, to take the regulations contained in sche dules A and B into consideration. SATURDAY The delegates held their adjourned meeting in the Ex change-buildings, at eleven o'clock on Saturday. The chair was occupied by William Brown, Esq. The CHAIRMAN read a communication from Mr. Cas son, of the firm of Gladstone and Casson, turpentine dis tillers, upon the subject of their particular line of busi ness, which was ordered to be transmitted to the Fire Committee. Mr. STEUART said that, upon the previous day, and before the delegates assembled, the Sub-committee had met and adopted a resolution, to the effect that it be re commended to the deputation to present a memorial to the Dock Committee to apply to Parliament, in the next session, for an act to amend the Dock Act, whereby the restrictions on the building of warehouses on the dock quays might be removed. They had discussed, at the same time, the propriety of petitioning Parliament, but, in consequence of the Town-clerk having declared that it was impossible to have the standing orders of the house suspended in case of opposition, they had come to the determination of memorializing the Dock Committee. He concluded by moving that the Dock Committee be memorialized on the subject, and left to carry out the measure as best they could. Mr. RATRBONE had no objection to second the motion, provided the associations were not thereby prevented from taking ulterior steps. He considered the Fire Pre vention Bill to be a monstrous interference with the pro perty as well as the liberty of individuals, and that, if it were passed, it would bind the mercantile community hand and foot. Mr. TODD said the associations had already expressed their opinion, on many occasions, that it wag expedient for the Dock Act to be amended ; and that the question for immediate discussion was, how that object could be brought about. At the meeting of the Sub-com mittee, he had proposed that they should petition the Legislature to allow a clause to be engrafted on the Fire Prevention Bill, which would enable the warehouses round the Albert Dock to be completed ' • but he had been over ruled, as it was considered more advisable to memorialize the Dock Committee, a proceeding which would neither pledge themselves, nor tie up their hands from taking any further steps. It had been said, that it was useless to memorialize the Dock Trustees, as their hands were tied up by the compromise. He thought that this was not the case, as they only asked the Dock Committee to second their efforts, provided those efforts were practicable. The motion was here put and carried with one dissen tient, (Mr. Sandbach, the delegate from the West India Association). Mr. GILL, then proceeded to condemn the bill in very strong terms. He said that it was as bad as Egyptian bondage ; that it was decided to incarcerate some of the most eminent of the commercial community in a prison by reason of its stringent provisions ; and that before it should have been twelve months in operation its repeal would be loudly and unanimously demanded. Mr. RATUBONE, after expressing his assurance that the public would be startled at seeing how completely it tied up their hands, moved that a petition against it be for warded to the House of Commons that evening. The motion, not having been seconded, fell to the ground. Mr. DUNCAN having here read the whole of the regula tions contained in the schedules A and B, and which were embodied in no fewer than thirty-seven clauses, Mr. RATHBONE suggested that the delegates should offer no opinion upon those clauses, as they were not com petent to do so. The suggestion met with the unanimous concurrence of the meeting. Mr. STEUART, after having expressed his confident hope that the associations would liberally subscribe to carry on the opposition, asked what amount would be necessary for the purposes of that opposition ? The CHAIRMAN thought that about £2OO would cover the expenses. Mr. RATUBONE said it would cost £lOOO at the least, seeing that counsel and parliamentary agents would have to be retained. Mr. STEUART moved, " That the chairman be re quested to ascertain whether the views of the delegates, as communicated to the Fire Committee, are entertained by the council, and that the meeting do adjourn to Mon day (yesterday), at eleven a.m., for the purpose of re ceiving the answer, and, in the event of its being unfavourable, to appoint a deputation to proceed to Lon don to oppose the bill." This motion was adopted, with one dissentient, (the delegate for the West Indian Association,) and the meet ing adjourned. YESTERDAY Another meeting was held yesterday. There were present Messrs. W. Brown, W. R. Sandbach, Geo. Cros field, J. Holt, W. Bathbone, W. Stewart, Jos. Heap, Robt. Gill, Thomas Todd, R. C. Crosbie, Ed. Pilcber, Geo. Holt, John Marriott, James Miller, and Robinson Duckworth. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. W. Brown), before entering upon the business of the meeting, stated that a strong impres sion had arisen amongst the porters and others of tl working classes, that what they (the associatior e avouring was adverse to flick interests, in which they laboured under a very erroneous view, inasmuch as a tendency quite the re he posters !were as•mucl: also opposed, not sanctioned, these men of ss. for the license cal to them :oinniunitv proposed payme were in no point initui. Mr. TODD expressed himself in ter All they had done was in favour of who would be subjected to a dirainu' ease of the trade oft ted in tt unless the improvements which had been s► bill by the associations were carried out, n operatives would be thrown out of employmen contrary result, they would be benefited as wells The business of the meeting Mr. RATHBONE proposed, a! council, then sitting bill, to request them, if possib ment of the consideration of t parliament, fixed for Tuesday so that the associations migh several clauses as pr commenced the bill would be'returned by t taining n committee intil Timrsd ,ouncil, an tiered it was due to the mercantile as! should first see it, and then direct tht cure the suppressio❑ or amendm they considered still remained stror The CHAIRMAN questioned wI of such clauses the power to obtain a postpo )uncik sideratii in the parliamentary cOmtn.itte Mr..RATHBON under the impression tha those who had the conduct of the bill mig presentation of the circumstances, do so. 114 that it would be but right and candid in tht the Council that they purposed strenuously to oppose if it went back in its present &nape, or was not sulticientil altered to meet their views. CHAIRMAN said that in order that the Com should not be in ignorance of their proceedings, he had sent copies of all their resolution it encios in a note to the Mayor, respecting Mr. RATHBONE thought the sero...._, would be a fair and open m an n er o f dealing with the qu, tion, and if the Council did not apply for the postpone ment, they could then petition Parliament itself, who, he had no doubt, would see that justice was done to them. He did not, however, wish to come into any state of un friendly contact with the Council, but rather to proceed in a conciliatory and respectful manner. g of the deputatiot A conversation, somewhat desultory, took place on this and other points, in which Mr. ,Mellor, Mr. Steuart (the delegate from the West India Association), and others, took part. The question of raising funds to defray the necessary expense of a deputation to London to consult with the members of committee (should that hereafter be deemed necessary) was also brought upon the carpet ; and it was stated that the American Chamber of C had agreed to subscribe to the extent of .J £lOO, and the grocers (a comparatively s Several of the delegates of other associa rnmerce brokers instructed on this point. This subscription applied to tl Fire Bill only, without reference to the Warehouse Bill. Mr. TODD said that some of the additional clauses i the proposed amended bill sent down, under the bye.law were monstrous; Mr. MELLOR strongly objected to the clauses requiring the private warehouses, appropriated to the use of the proprietors and their connections only, to be subjected to the same management and regulations as the large hired warehouses, in which good s were promiscuously stored from Jack, Tom, or Harry. He thought the bonded warehouses, which were more than half of the whole, might be satisfactorily regulated in three weeks, by an application to the Lords of the Treasury. Finally, a resolution was agreed to, that a deputation should be sent to the Mayor, then presiding in council, with a letter to the effect that that body should apply for the postponement of the consideration of the bill in com mittee, for the purposes before stared ; arid while the secretary was about preparing the letter, Mr. Tood, by request, read the following memorial to the dock trustees, submitted for approval by the sub-committe of the associations : "THE MEMORIAL, &C. " Showeth, " That the frequent occurrence and destructive magni tude of fires during the last five months having induced your memorialists to enquire into the causes of their fre quency and extent, it appears to them to be in a great measure attributable to the defective construction and management of warehouses. " It is with the deepest sorrow that your memorialists admit that there is but too good reason to suspect that part of the fires have been the work of incendiaries, while some abortive attempts at arson have also been discovered. " That the fire insurance offices have been forced, for their own protection, to advance the premiums to such a rate, that 355. per cent. is now paid for a risk which in London only costs 2s. 6d. per cent. " That such insecutity of property and heavy addition to the charges of trade are calculated to divert the com merce uow enjoyed by Liverpool into another channel: and that it is well known that already produce has been ordered to London which had been destined for Liverpool, while considerable quantities have been ordered into the interior, after having been deposited and intended for sale here. " That the low rate of fire-insurance in London as com pared with Liverpool arises from the greater security in the landing, storing, and custody of merchandise which enters there. " That your memorialists were deeply disappointed that the Bill introduced into Parliament, by the Dock Com mittee under the sanction of the trustees, met with such a degree of opposition from a particular interest, as ma terially to adridge and postpone its usefulness . that since the time of its becoming law, the circumstances of the port have most materially changed ; and that had the same state of things existed during its passage through Parliament as now, there is every probability that it would have passed in its original form. " That the Transit sheds, on the West side of Prince's Dock, having been built a sufficient length of time to test their utility, are found not to answer the expectations which may have been formed respecting them ; and in the great deficiency of secure warehouse-room, which is mo severely felt, it is highly desirable that those sheds be forthwith replaeed with fire-proof warehouses. " That the defective construction and management of warehouses having been one of the chief causes of the late heavy losses by fire, the rapid completion of the ware houses on the quays of the Albert Dock has become a matter of great importance to the public interests, as it is understood that all that science can do will be put in re quisition to render them fireproof, and the experience to be derived from the systems followed in London and else where be profited by towards making the management as perfect as possible. " That, under such a vigilant and uniform system of management as is expected to be introduced into the warehouses belonging to the dock estate, no attempts at incendiarism need be apprehended, because of the cer tainty of detection and punishment. " Your memorialists venture to express a hope that the Dock Committee will take this subject into their early consideration, with a view to seeking an amendment of the act, whereby they may be enabled forthwith to complete the building of warehouses on the quays of the Albert Dock, and to replace the transit-sheds with fire proof warehouses on the west side of Prince's Dock." After a shert discussion, the memorial was adopted. The SECRETARY then read the following letter, which he had prepared, from the chairman, to the mayor : TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR SIR, — At the request of the delegates from the associated bodies of the town now assembled, I have to request that, as the council is still in deliberation on the Fire Preven tion Bill, and have not been enabled to return an answer to the resolution of the delegates of the Bth instant, that the council will be pleased to return an answer to the re solution of the delegates of the Bth inst.,—that the council will be pleased to apply for a postponement of the com miitee on the bill, at present fixed for to-morrow, so as to afford the delegates an opportunity of considering the bill as it may be revised by the Council,—in order that they may, if possible, withdraw any opposition. The time being so short as to admit of no delay, I trust that you will be enabled to return an answer very soon. A depu tation from the delegates is in attendance, and will be glad to have a conference with you if it would suit your con venience. (Signed) BROWN, Chairman. Three gentlemen, the chairman, Mr. Crossfield, and Mr. Todd, was:then appointed to wait, with the letter, upon the Mayor ; and, meantime, the meeting adjourned for an hour. On their reassembling, the CHAIRMAN reported that the deputation had had an interview with the Mayor, who courteously came out of the council-room for that pur pose, and who stated that he had not had an opportunity of laying the letter before the council, but had consulted with the Town-clerk, and their impression was that, al though the committee would meet on Tuesday (this day), they would only do so pro forma, and that nothing would be so hastily done as to preclude the delegates from hav ing an opportunityof urging their views. It was then agreed that a deputation should be chosen to-morrow (this day), if necessary, to proceed to London, and the meeting adjourned—to assemble again to-day, at eleven o'clock. CHESTER CATTLE AND HORSE FAlR.—This fair was held on Wednesday last. The supply of fat stock was generally short. Fat cattle were worth from sd. to 6d. per lb. and sink the offal : fat sheep sid. to 6d. Calving Cows were not in much demand. Pigs were in abundance: the buyers few. The horse fair was largely attended by dealers, and good horses were in good demand, but excedingly scarce. In the lower qualities the show was large, and the demand limited. CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.-At this fair, on Tuesday last a very light quantity, say 50 tons, was piled for sale Much less than at any previous July fair. This was caused by the very deficient make of last year, being about one-fourth below an average ; and this has, of course, at nearly the close of the season, created an advance. The sale was brisk, and prices ruled generally from 555. to 655. being an advance of ss. to 7s. per cwt. above last ,lair. There was no fine cheese in the market. By Mi chaelmas, when markets arc freely supplied with new cheese, prices will doubtless recede as low as they were three months back. ie 5 1 6 Di Jew 1 1111 0