The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-15 00:00:00

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Helms a read , is comtouni :ions will 31..tberpool ktanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 15, 1850 OUR readers who have remarked the absurd choice made by Government of a site for the Post glad to see, from the following communication, that there is still a chance of the wishes of the town being attended to. Thus far it has seemed as if Government were resolved to take their own course, in spite of every remon strance. How they can get over the representa tions as to the inconvenience of the locality of the Blind Asylum for the purpose, furnished by the influential parties to whom our local claims are en trusted, passes our comprehension. One alone of the parties in question—Mr. Wm. Brown, our member—ought, from his high commercial stand ing, to be listened to even if he stood alone in opi nion. The Chamber of Commerce deserves the thanks of the town for the zeal and perseverance which they have displayed in this important matter. We have good hope that their exertions will be crowned with success. It OF CO , MMERCE A special meeting of the council was held yesterday, Wm. Brown, Esq., in the chair, when it was communi cated that officers from the Treasury, Post-office, and In land Department had been appointed to proceed to Liver. pool for the purpose of meeting a deputation, in compli ance with the memorials from this chamber on the sub ject of the removal of the Post-office, as well as with the • ' the town's meeting, and that on .early to receive them. It was I. P., C. Robertson, resolutions pa. Thurso .auld agreed that M lii A. Macfie, anc dent and vice-pre: ler with the presi. of the chamber, and that of the Town Council on t ey cont .th the Anmittee mittee, for the purpi appointing clef subject, and the Dock Com- their co-operation by t -- from the chamber WE publish elsewhere a reply from Dr. M`Neile second letter of Archdeacon Wilberforce. to the a contemporary t the venerable divine requires 'cunt the difficulty The third letter of We are not surprised to find th seems to think tha some help to enable him to su which is of his own creation. the Doctor is so complete a " silencer" of the com plaining statements of his correspondent that we do not expect any further letters will be written on the subject. Dr. M`Neile is usually victorious in all his encounters with opponents, but we do net n when his triumph was so complete as on the present. remember any oc Harbord and Dover appear, in their capacities as members of the Council, to be espe obnoxious to the Liberal portion of our Their ice it is rather difficult MESSRS. i cially local journalists to deiertnine, unless it consists in the exercise of a rigid watchfulness over the interests of their con stituents, and occasionally of a scrutiny into the financial condition of the two great estates of which they are appointed trustees, along with the rest of the Corporation. We have a specimen of the flippant censure levelled against these gentlemen in the Liverpool Times of Thursday last, in which interested motives for their public conduct are it reminds our of the r of the excellent man and the people of England threw off its yoke. The selection of the city of Westminster, the very seat of the Court and the Parliament of England, and the appropria- Lonoured ified with the glories of our with those rights and associations to which we, a fere n ce nation, , . ,- are most unanimously and devotedly attached. We sup pose that even among our Roman Catholic fellow-country men there are few who hold such extreme ultra-montane doctrines as to wish to see the Pope of Rome exercisinc , powers in the distribution of ecclesiastical dignities whiclq he rarely ventured to claim in the most benighte and reli ions bigotry itself can hardly make them fo - rget is not a question of theological opinion, but of surdity of the selection of this title for this illegitimate prelate is equal to its arrogance. Everybody knows that - Westminster never was in early Christian but a monastery. On the suppres __ us houses. Henry VIII. did, indeed, bdp of Westminster, for the first and only IX. seems to have borrowed his precedent atic King of England ; but on the accession ,op's see, ion of the r create a his of Edward VI. the see of Westminster was incorporated with that of London, which gave rise to the expression of `robbing Peter to pay Paul.' So that there is neither tradition nor usage to justify any such appellation. It is a mere figment of the papai brain. As applied to the city and liberty of Westminster, it is a term devoid of meaning ; but its meaning lies, we fear, in an unambiguous intention to insult the Church and the Crown of England, and in an absurdly mistaken notion current abroad that the con version of a few weak minds to the doctrine of Rome has shaken the adherence of the people of England to the great principles of the Reformation. This inference is, we know, Egregiously presumptuous and false; for if there be one clans of Englishmen more than another who ought to be sensitive to this indication of the undying pretensions of Romish authority, it is precisely that class which most highly venerates the traditions, the authority, and the liberties of the English Church. It has been suggested that the Pope determined to take this ridiculous and offensive step for the purpose of retaliating on the English Government the political hostility which has been imputed to it, arid especially of countervailing the intrigues of a consular agent at Rome ; whom Lord Pal merston declines to remove. But we can hardly imagine that the Papal Court was actuated by so pitiful a motive for one of the most daring assumptions of power it has, put forwarc and his adv in this country for t hree centuric 'he Pope Ts have mistaken our complete tolerance for indifference to their designs; they hiive mistaken the renovated zeal of the Church in this country for a return towards Rotrish bondage ; but we are not sorry that their indiscretion has led them to show the power which Rome would exercise if she could, by an act which the laws of this country will never recognize, and which the public opinion of this country will deride and disavow, whenever his Grace the titular Archbishop of Westminster thinks fit to enter his diocese." THE appreciation of commodities, as measured in gold money, of which we spoke last week as certain to occur from the discovery of the mines of California has already commenced ; and is not operating thus far in favour of this country. America, the locality in which the discovery has been made, is the first to reap the advantage of the extension of monetary power afforded her. She has now an evident pull upon ourselves and upon Europe. To supply herself with the products of the old world she has no longer to force her cotton, her tobacco, her grain, and other commodities into our markets, being able to satisfy any temporary balance of trade which may be against her with the precious metals from her newly acquired terri tory. Her banks are full of money; prices of Stocks, and shares of every description, are ad vancing rapidly throughout the union ; and the increased consumption of the American people themselves is giving an upward. tendency to the market value of every description of property. The effect produced indeed is as if there had been discovered in the States something a thousand times more valuable than an abundant harvest, or a new territory fertile in whatever can conduce to the maintenance and employment of man. _ Yet what is the fact? What is the amount of the accession of real wealth, or capital, to America from the discovery of these mineral deposits. The mines have yielded thus far not much more in value than half-a-year's crop of cotton, and far less than half an average grain harvest. An increase in the yield of either of these products would have produced no sensible effect upon prices generally ; and certainly no such speculative excitement as is described in our recent advices from the United States. Take the following for example : " THURSDAY, SEPT " The excitement of speculation still continues in Wall street. All the leading fancies are in active demand, at steadily improving prices. Movements at the Board of Brokers remind us of old times, when the members were nearly all operators for a rise, and there were plenty of outsiders, well provided with means to purchase and carry large lots of stock. It is a long time since there has been such a speculative feeling visible. and there is a wide margin for a further improvement, before prices reach points realized years ago. The movement is still upward, and the excitement is increasing so rapidly, that we have not the slightest idea where it will stop. It is pretty evident that the inflation has but just commenced. Outsiders have, as yet, hardly got a taste of the feast spread out before them. The spirit of speculation is very strong, and is rapidly spreading. A careful review of the past, and the prospect before us, must satisfy all, that there has not been a time, within the previous five years, when the elements of prosperity have been in a similar and more healthy state than at the present moment. The difficulties which have for so many years surrounded the numerous important political questions at issue be tween different sections of the Union, have been disper sed, and we cannot see anythine in the future, likely to occur calculated to check, in the slightest degree, our onward progress." It is not mere wealth, or capital, which our for tunate friends have discovered. It is " money," or the means by which, in the present temper of mankind, a currency is maintained. The banks of the United States' are full of specie, and perfect confidence being felt as to the certainty of Laker ample supplies, money accommodation is freely afforded for every description of speculation or investment. The same writer from whom we have quoted above—the writer of the Commercial Arti cle in the New York Herald—remarks : " The movements of gold and silver do not have that influence upon financial and commercial affairs as in former years, and we are not therefore, subject to those fluctuations which have heretofore been so frequently experienced, and were so injurious in their operation. The movement of gold in lots of one and two millions of dollars now hardly creates a remark, and the immense amount held by the banks of this city gives confidence to men of business, and does away with all apprehensions for the future. Gold from California goes into the vaults of our Wall-street banks, and thence to the mint. After a time it comes back in the shape of coin, and passes into circulation. It is this influx of gold coin in the channels of trade that has given the public so much confidence, and such an impetus to stock speculation. The abun dance of money among all classes gives nearly every one the means of enjoying more of the luxuries of life than heretofore—gives people facilities for travelling—and in that way gives all our public works greater activity and greater incomes. The ability of the masses to consume all the necessaries of life requires greater supplies of breadstuffs and provisions, and guarantees remunerating orices theto producers." Such is the effect which an enlarged currency is producing in America. It is enhancing the price of every commodity, stimulating consumption, and thus encouraging production. The accumulated property of that country, as well as the annual money income of its citizens will probably be in creased one-half in the course of a few years, not from the value of the gold discovered, which will probably be a mere fraction of the increase, but purely from the abundance of the instrument of exchange. And ultimately the same result will occur in every country where the circulating medium is based upon or measured by the value of the pre cious metals. The issuers of money, whether the state or individuals, will have the fetters stricken from their hands, and a flowing circulation will give an impetus to prices and to enterprize, the result of which it is difficult indeed to foretell. This is no new state of things. There is nothing in it to excite the wonder of men who have read the pages of history, and reflected upon their im• We cannot do better than quote in illustra- iion of this fact a passage from a very able speech on the subject of the Currency, addressed last contemporary mentioned in Gil Bias, who devoted his attention to the management of the affairs of widows and orphans with so much zeal that he made his own fortune in tak;•. - of theirs." This is in wretched taste, and can only have been introduced to shew the extent of our contemporary's light reading. If such assertions are seriously meant, and are to be persevered in on every occasion when any member happens to excercise his judgment in a direction which does not please particular parties, we are afraid that very few independent men will regard it as an honor to he a member of either the Council or the Dock C mmittee The particular sin, which has on this occasion excited the ire of the Times, is the overthrow, on Tuesday last, of the bill for which the Dock Com mittee proposed to go to Parliament in the ensuing session. Our contemporary says :—" On Tues2a7 they" (Messrs. Dover and Harbord) " instigated and helped to commit a complete Herod's massacre of all the measures prerared by the Dock Com mittee, including some which deserved a 'milder fate." The former gentleman, we may remark, was not present at the Tuesday's sitting of the Council, owing :to a domestic bereavement, which might have been known to the Editor of the Times. It was going a little out of the way, therefore, to refer to Mr. Dover at a part: to the proceedings of that day. The fact of the Editor's wrath and wit being lavished exclusively upon Messrs. Dover and Harbord, with respect to a question which was carried by a majority of 29 to 9, makes us almost suspect that some personal pique must have prompted the article. _ _ As to the merits of the matters at issue, doubts strong enough to lead any man to the conclusion arrived at might reasonably exist, without presum ing dishonesty of motive. The Dock Committee itself is divided in opiti m as to the permitting of lights and fires on board of ships in our docks. Both the Insurance-offices and the Underwriters object to such permission being grantel. The establishment of emigrant houses can be easily effected without seeking new powers from an Act of Parliament. What is so easy as for the Corpo ration or the Dock Trustees to lease convenient sites for the purpose, to parties in whose honesty of management full confidence can be placed ? We doubt greatly the propriety of such a work being undertiken tiy that the esta'blis'hment of' houses of refuge for emigrants would lead to a great increase of pause - ism and crime, for which we are already sufficiently taxed. Nor are we at all aware on what ground an Act of Parliament is required to define the powers of the Dock Trustees, or to alte - unless it is sought to take ceedings of the Dock Comm of the burgesses. On evert eto on nittee out of the hands y ground we think it . . islative is prudent, in the present temper of th mind, to keep out of Parliament as much as pos sible. We might come out of a Committee of Commons shorn of important powers, to which n e shall not here further allude. WE have often been accused of bigotry and in tolerance when asserting that the Papacy aimed at cendancy in this country. obtaining a corn}, Recent circumstances have, 4., open the eyes of many of our Liberal contemporaries on this subject, and accordingly we find their tone completely changed from what it cnce was. Om "There have been two periods of a great increase of readers are aware that the Pope has recentl y a p - money. One, in the time of Queen Elizabeth, from the pointed an Archbishop of Westminster, a Bishop discovery of the American mines ; the other when Mr. of Liverpool, &c., and now Protestants are dis- Pitt carried out the system of a paper currency. What the e j l ficet . of the increase 4 of the circulating medium in covered all at once to be right. The London wat;sza lOs. ars tt b ms; b3 F a ro g m ua l rie 9 r 9 ; to fro ls m 6o ls tl 6 3e l p tn ric l e 6o l wheat Times has especially helped forward this delusion, was but our contemporary has at last assumed a silver been i n ie pro was 475. s&d. a quar t er . (H ear .) Wh a t wa s the ca use Protestant attitude. He says yesterday "we can of this enormous rise ? ' The discover y of the abundant never forget the part which papal power has at dif minesoin A saT erica,' says Adam Smith, 'seems to have useof this I . liminution in the value of ferent times played or endeavoured to play in pre pe c o i in the to that the same eivsearccbooudnted andfor sumptuous hostility to the independence and the accordingly, liberties of this realm." and after speaking of this there has never been any dispute, eit y her about y 3 ; the fact, " newfangled archbishop," our contemporary has or about the cause of it.' How few things are there the following sentiments, which have long been about which Adam Smith, or any other man could say, s trangers to its c o lumns : and say truly, ' there never has be en an y di s pute !' (Hear. y , " It may be that the elevation of Dr. Wiseman to the imaginary Archbishopric of Westminster signifies no The second period of a great increase in the more than if the Pope h a d b een pleased to confer on the supply of money was during the administration of editor of the Tablet the rank and title of Duke of Smith- William Pitt, in 1797. We had then been drained field. But if this appointment be not intended as a of the precious metals by our long struggle with clumsy joke, we confess that we can only regard it as one our American colonies, and were at war with of the grossest acts of folly and impertinence which the France, and the bank could no longer pay its notes Court of Rome has ventured to commit since the Crown . ___ -- vever, tended to week by the_ Rev. J. Twells to the Market Bos worth Farmers' Association. Mr. Twells reminds us that : t, form the THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. in gold, or lend money to the state. But, as the same rev. gentleman well asks, " were we therefore poor ? No ; the real wealth—the land, the mines, the workshops of the world—remained. Our ships covered the seas, bearing away the produce of our looms and mills. to exchange for the riches of every clime. And, above all, our country was full of MEN-of an industrious, energetic, and persevering population." All that we wanted was money to represent this wealth, and to enable us to exchange the products of our labour and skill with each other at home, whilst we supplied our wants by exporting the surplus to foreign markets. The great statesman of that day supplied such a me dium by the issue of paper money. In 1797 the bank notes in circulation amounted to £8,601,964; in 1814 the amount was £28,291,832, or three times as much. And what was the effect upon prices ? Wheat, which previous to 1794 had never averaged above 50s. per quarter, was, from that year to 1820, 87s. 10d. per quarter, and from 1809 to 1820, 98s. 9d. Precisely a contrary result was effected by the contraction of the circulating medium which took place on the return to cash payments. The prices of every commodity, and of labour, at once commenced a downward progress. _ _ But it will he asked, do we begrudge the Ame rican people their possession of this ample cur rency, and the high prices assured them by it? Will they not he better customers for the products of British industry and skill? We do not be grudge them the natural advantages derived from their new acquisition. We know and admit that they may be better customers to our manufacturers. But, at the same time, we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that they will become year after year more powerful rivals, and he enabled to wield their gol den possessions as a lever against us. Already America is preparing a gigantic inroad upon the commerce of the East. She hopes to grasp the markets of the Pacific; and looks for ward vauntingly to the time when the commerce of the whole world will centre in New York. We should certainly wish to see some effort made to arrest the decline which Great Britain must suffer in a struggle so momentous as that which appears to be impending ; and that effort can only be suc cessfully made by a reform in our Currency Laws, and by this country at least ceasing to regard as any other than a mere commodity that metal, upon the possession of which our great rival builds her hopes of supremacy over us. COMPLETION OF SEARLES' ONE THOUSAND MILES MATCH. The feat undertaken by the pedestrian Searles, to walk a thousand miles in a thousand successive hours, has, we believe, been very generally believed to be the same as that performed by the celebrated Captain Barclay, and never satisfactorily performed by any pedestrian. There is this difference, however, between the two undertakings. Captain Barclay performed his first mile in the last quar ter of the hour, and his next in the first of the following hour; thus allowing himself an hour and a half of unin terrupted rest out of each two hours. Searles on the other hand performed his mile at the commencement of each hour, having never more than three quarters of an hour for rest. This extraordinary match was completed yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, amidst a very numerous con course of spectators. The last mile of his extraordinary feat Searles accomplished in seven minutes and forty-one seconds ; and he subsequently ran a quarter of a mile very gallantly. We had an opportunity, yesterday, of seeing him at the Tranmere Hotel, where he is still likely to reside for a week or two more, in order to bring himself by degrees into the proper condition of a mortal being who sleeps his allotted time. He seems in excel- lenCcondition'and spirits, but says that he feels very much disposed to sleep. His eye is bright, and his coun tenance full of life and vigour. When he commenced his arduous task he had been in severe training and lost nearly a stone and a half of flesh. Five or six pounds of this he regained during the first fortnight ' • but he has lost it towards the close of his exertions. He offers to take £6OO to £4OO and to perform the same feat in four months from this time, the money to be staked at once. Searles is an unassuming, modest man, about thirty years of age, and height about five feet four to five inches. From what we can gather there can be no doubt whatever as to the perfect fairness with which the feat has been accomnlished TO GEORGE HOLT, ESQ., CHAIRMAN OF THE WATER COMMITTEE. Sta,—l beg to call your attention to what I consider a most important subject,—one, in fact, involving the in terest of every burgess. Nothing but a strong sense of duty, combined with a hope that the course I am taking is the best for arriving at the truth, should have induced me to address you through the public press. What I particularly wish to draw your attention to is the fact, that two of the forty-four-inch pipes, now stored at Rainhill, have broken, after laying on the ground a considerable time. These pipes were proved in Glasgow, stood the carriage to Rainhill, and rolling in the field; they were stored as sound pipes ; and, after a space of ( I believe) several months, have now burst open, from some cause which it is the duty of your committee most fully to investigate. From the appearance of the fractures, it is very evident the pipes have been rent asunder to relieve some power ful strain amongst the particles of metal, as the fractured parts have opened considerably. One pipe is 'broken through the strong flange used for caulking ; the other pipe transversely in the centre. These two pipes lie side by side in the field : there may be others similarly frac tured. Had the Itivington water scheme progressed (as its supporters wished ), these pipes would, in all probability, have been buried in the earth, and the first intimation of their condition might have been a claim for compensation to a large amount. _ _ . . . . . If the above remarks induce your committee to take the opinion of several of our practical ironfounders on the subject, the object of the writer will be gained. I remain, Sir, your's most respectfully, A RATEPAYER. Liverpool, 14th October, 1850. The Committee of Works of the Dock Committee are stated to be favourable to the ship-building yards at the Sandon Graving Dock. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. -- Professor Ansted will deliver to-morrow evening the third lecture of a course on the structure of the earth. The subject is especially interesting in the present day, and the practical acquain tance of the lecturer with the subject enables him to make it interesting and intelligible to all his audience. BODY RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE " PRO VIDENCE."—The body of the unfortunate man lost on the ship Providence has been recovered. The man's name was Hugh Williams, he was only twenty-five years old. The body was brought here on Saturday, by Jno. Bird, the master of the fishing-boat Thomas and Elizabeth, of Hoylake, who has been assisting at the wreck for the last few days. An inquest was to be held on the body to-day. TYRANNY.—A rev. gentleman of this neighbourhood wishing to publish rather an elaborate work on divinity— an exposition of one of the books of the Holy Bible— applied to an eminent publishing firm in London to un dertake the printing. The reply of those gentlemen was to the effect that being very closely identified with the high church party they must decline associating their names with any work which differed from the dogmatic peculiarities of that sect. TILE ASIA.-This noble vessel sailed on Saturday, with about one hundred and seventy passengers. At twenty minutes before twelve o'clock, a. m., she fired two guns from her station between the Rock Ferry and Tranmere slips, and at the same instant she moved majestically down the river. The morning was beautifully fine, and the sight as magnificent as can well be conceived to be presented in a commercial port. On the quarter-deck were to be seen knots of passengers in conversation, others lounging on settees, others again promenading the exten sive deck. The smart and service-like looking officers were giving and receiving orders, which were acted on with an ability and promptitude marking their importance. At a short distance lay at anchor the Pacific, from which the last portions of her cargo were being discharged, and giving completeness to the reality of British and trans atlantic commerce. A host of the ordinary river craft were either gliding past or at anchor, contributing their tiny proportions to add variety to the effect produced by the mammoth ships referred to. The spectator, as be eyed the Asia, and scanned her symmetry and seaworthy qualities, involuntarily uttered an ejaculation for her speedy passage ana simultaneously ventured to predict its fulfilment. THE NEW AMERICAN SHIP TEMPEST. —Another splendid effort in the art of shipbuilding has been achieved in the completion of the Tempest, a new and beautiful vessel that has just arrived in this port, and is consigned to Messrs. Harnden and Co. In point of strength and equipment, capability for the conveyance of passengers, &c., she will not at all deteriorate the previous high charac ter that eastern ships have attained. She was built in the vicinity of Bath, by Mr. J. Pennett, and as far as mate rial and fastening go every justice has heen done, while in model she is as fine fore and aft as a due capacity for carrying properties will allow. To give some idea of her strength, we may mention that her hanging knees are not less than nineteen inches in the throat : the lodging knees are equally strong, and she is secured fore and aft by im mense breast hooks. The keel and kelson are six feet through, and her ceiling and planking are fully propor tionate. The Tempest is nearly 1000 tons register, and her accommodations for passengers exceed excellence. The poop, which runs forward of the mainmast, is in three compartments or cabins. The after one, which is the captain's, is fitted up in the Gothic style, and the panel ling—which is of oak, with skirting of yellow pine, rose wood, and walnut, richly polished—is not only novel, bat has a chaste appearance. The whole of the poop is fitted with most comfortable staterooms, furnished with every necessary convenience for the better class of passengers. The top-gallant forecastle reaches close to the main hatch, so that the deck is almost completely sheltered. Beneath these are the galley, haspitals, &c., which are excellently arranged. The Tempest sits like a duck on the water, and her immense length seems to be diminished by the height of her spars and the tauntness of her rigging. She is commanded. by Captain S. Patten, whose character as a skilful navigator is so thoroughly established that eulogy would be superfluous. EXHIBITION OF THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY keeiniTti NOTICE. We commence (Air stroll this week in the corridor, in which we find a few pictures which it is rather asto nishing have not secured a more prominent position in the exhibition. Take, for example, No. 485. " Un Braconier au moment qu'on vient le prendre"—(or, anglice, A Poacher at the moment when they come to apprehend him)—by P. Van Schendel. In the left centre of the picture is the wife, apparently, of the poacher, who, in her flurry, is endeavouring to cover with her apron a table upon which lie the results—game of various kinds—of her husband's successful foray. In the centre is the poacher himself. his features and those of his wife, and of a son in the background, strongly lighted up by a candle which is burning on the table of the little cabin. Nothing can be more finely depicted than the terror-stricken looks of the man, as brought out in the broad glare of the light. His eyeballs seem literally starting from their sockets; and utter mental prostration is finely expressed in his features. The son, in the back ground, is in the act of preparing for resistance by load ing his gun, whilst at the right of the picture armed gens- d'armes are see entering the apartment. Nothing can be more clever than the effect of the candle-light upon the whole dramatis persona. The execution, too, is elabo rate and finished throughout. Yet this picture, the price of which is fixed in the list hung in the corridor at 200 guineas —the work, too, of a foreigner—has had allotted to it a place in the exhibition which is generally considered as set apart for portraits in chalk or crayons, or the infe rior productions of inferior artists. A much more talented picture is - not in the exhibition ; and there are scores in the first nom—the Alpha of the concern—which are mere rubbish compared with it. The hanging committee have exercised very little judgment, and less courtesy, in such treatment of the work of a deserving foreign artist. Another picture, deserving of a more complimentary place, and also the production of a foreign artist, is No. 471. " Travellers in the Alps," by John Zeitter. The figures of the travellers—a hardy old man, and a boy and girl, struggling against the fierce blast, hich seems inclined to tear their thick covering of clothes from their persons—are very spirited and bold. The face of the old man, the centre of the groupe, and that of the blooming girl who is clinging to him for support, are painted in a masterly style. The wild landscape and the stormy t-ky are well put in, and most characteristic of the scene. This picture ought in justice to have been hung in the first room, than many of the productions in which, occu pying favourite situations, it is much superior. 497. " The Hero of Trafalgar: a View from the door of the National Gallery. Trafalgar-square, looking down to Whitehall. A. C. Hayter. The subject of this pic ture is at first sight not a very inviting one—a view of a line of street and the statue of Nelson, through the pil lars surrounding the National Gallery. The artist has, however, succeeded in conveying a pleasing incident by means of the figures introduced in the foreground. Lean ing against one of the pillars is a veteran in the attire of a Greenwich pensioner, who, by his hand being pointed to the statue, is evidently detailing to two young urchins be fore him some feat of the great commander. The boys are drawn with much spirit, and one of them is an admi rable specimen of his class. A trooper who is leaning against another pillar, listening to the story, is well painted ; and the light thrown past his figure from the right of the picture is well managed. 453. " The Portico of the National Gallery, and St. Martin's Church seen through it—A. a Hayter,—is a companion to the above. is well painted, although we cannot see any thing to attract an artist to such a oubject for the display of his ability. The orange woman seated on the steps in the foreground of the picture, whilst a fine specimen of the jack tar is pouring his flatteries into her ear, forms a pleasing incident. The two lads scrambling for an apple are very spirited. 444 and 449. " Views of Hale Village," by Pierce Boardman, are specimens about worthy of the painter of the sign-board of the Childe of Hale Hotel, in that pretty village. We are only surprised that the committee could hang such pictures after rejecting many more worthy of the honour. 470. " Queen Elizabeth as the Fairy Queen," by Frank Howard. is good in grouping and rich in colour. Many of the figures introduced are noble in expression and finely painted. The horses, however, are most of them fail ures ; and the queen herself is not a correct likeness. The picture, we observe, is sold. 465. " The Trumpeter"—H. Melling—is a very spi rited little sketch. The trumpeter seems to have been compelled to dismount in order to lead his refractory horse to the charge ; and both horse and man are very cle verly painted. The battle in the distance, indistinctly seen, is very effective. If the picture has any fault, it is the too great prevalence of blue in the colouring. 477. Jeannie Deans and Madge Wildfire"— Bell Smith—is a well-painted picture. The coquettish atti tude and look of poor Madge, as she adorns hers Elf in the scarf, is true to the character as depicted by the great novelist. • 511. " Flora Maclvor and Kathleen waiting for Wa verley"—L. Blanc—is another subject from the same author. It is well painted, and the characters of the two females, much as we should have imagined them. There, however, the merit ceases. 508. " Auld Rubin Gray—Jamie's Return"— Alex. M'lnnes. A charming subject, which might have inspired a painter of the most ordinary ability. Mr. M'lnnes, however, has produced a very wretched and unmeaning picture. The heartbroken wife, as described by the poetess, is a placid, simple being, without expression of feature or attitude, and is very indifferently painted. 425. " Portrait"—C. Schiller—is a very nice picture, and the likeness unmistakeable. 422. " C. Rowland—a sketch in chalk, is a spirited specimen. The head is very good. 368. " Quinces, Pomegranites, and Grapes" —Mrs. Margetts—is very clever, as is also 348, by the same lady. EVERTON WARD.—A meeting of the Reform burgesses of this Ward was held last night, when it was determined to bring forward Mr. Samuel Mellor as a candidate. Mr. Walthew seems very scurvily treated by his Radical friends. WEST DERBY WARD.—We understand that a deputa sion waited yesterday on Mr. Eyre Evans, and that he consented to become a candidate for the representation of this Ward in the Town Council. No doubt an oppo sition will be offered, as Mr. Evans' peculiar views on dock questions are not very popular. SCOTLAND WARD.—A requisition is in course of signa ture to Mr. Raymond Houghton, to ask him to become a candidate for the representation of this Ward at our municipal b )ard. A more popular gentleman could not have been chosen, and we hope sincerely tag he will comply with the wish of the requisitionists. MUNIFICENCE. — A correspondent of the Albion says that the mayor, John Holmes, Esq. intends, on the expi. ration of his magisterial dignity, to present to the chari ties the full amount of the vote annually made to the chief-magistrate of the borough. We believe no prece dent exists for an act so graceful in character. It is stated that about £70,000 was paid by the govern ment of Spain for the steam-ships Hibernia and Cale donia. _ _ _ _ _ On the 24th ultimo a fine ship of 1,600 tons for the Liverpool and New York trade was launched at Bath, U.S. She is named the Arctic; being the second ship bearing that title, intended to run in the trade from the Mersey to the Hudson. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS.—The anniversary meeting of this society, on Mon day evening, is expected to be of considerable interest. Few names are better known than those of the Rev. Messrs. Goodhart and Pym to that large body of the Christian public who are interested in the study of the prophetic scriptures ; nor do they hold a less distinguished place among the numerous friends of this society, as two of the warmest and most able advocates. We observe that Mr. Goodhart is announced in the advertisement to preach three times next Sunday—an arrangement which cannot fail to please those who heard him on his last visit, and doubtless many will take the opportunity of , attending at St. Luke's Church, in the afterooon, who might not wish to absent themselves from their own places of worship at other hours of the day. We believe that the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, who has also promised his assistance, differs from his colleagues on this occasion in his views of unfulfilled prophecy ; but he is no less ardent an advocate of the objects of the society, and, without laying claim to any prescience, we need not hesitate to predict that he will be as gladly welcomed on the present as on his previous visits to Li verpool. The other member of the deputation, the Rev. A. M. Myers, is himself one of the many thousands of Israelites who, since the attention of Christians was awakened to their state by this society, have renounced Judaism for Christianity, and of whom above forty are now in the ministry of the Church of England. He for merly resided in this town, but is perhaps best known as the author of two excellent little works entitled, " Both ono in Christ," and " The Jew." We understand that he delivered a speech at the last meeting of the Parent Society, which was regarded by competent judges as ex.: ceedinglv effective. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—Mr. Littledale is confi dently spoken of as the new mayor, and in the event of his election the dock chair will of course become vacant. Mr. John Bent is also a candidate for the mayoralty, and we are told that twenty-two members of the Council have pledged themselves to support him.—ln Everton ward, Mr. Walthew again solicits the votes of the electors, and Mr. S. Mel'or is to oppose his return. Iu Scotland ward, Mr. 'Woodruff will be again a candidate, but op posed. For Vauxhall Mr. Preston and Mr. E. Bradley are the candidates. Mr. Hill vacates the seat for St. Paul's, and Dr. Games and Mr. Savage are the rival can didates. Mr. George H. Horsfall retires from Exchange ward, in consequence of his intended absence from Liver pool, and Mr. Charles Tnrner is his successor. Mr. Geo. Holt will seek to retain his seat for Castle-street ward. For St. Peter's ward, Mr. Daniel Bell is the retiring oan didate : Mr. William Henderson, of the firm of Cox, Hen derson, and Co., and Mr. James Holme have come for ward. Mr. Thomas Rimmer, in consequence of ill health, retires from the representation of Pitt-street ward, and Mr, W. P. Jeffreys comes forward in his place. Mr. R. Harbord will be again returned for Great George ward. Mr. J. A. Tobin will be re-elected for Rodney ward, and an other candidate will be required to supply the place of Mr. George Booker, who has been absent from the bo rough more than six months. Mr. R. C. Gardner has been requested to sit again for Abercromby ward : here opposition would be fruitless. Mr. J. B. Lloyd is the re tiring member for Lime-street ward, and there is no indi cation of opposition to his re-election. Mr. Parker is equally secure for S - . Anne's. Mr. Eyre Evans is named to supply the place of Mr. Josias Booker, in West Derby ward. Mr. Samuel Holme stands for South Toxteth, and Mr. Matthew Gregson for North Toxteth. For St. Paul's a spirited contest is anticipated. The aldermen who retire are Messrs. D. Hodgson, Swainson, T. B. Horsfall, J. Lawrence, Dover, Sands, Bent, and Turner. Mr. Hornby, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Tobin will be elected aldermen, creating, after the 9th of November, vacancies in Castle-street, Rodney, and St. Anne's wards, WARD MEETINGS LAST NIGHT. NORTH AMD SOUTH TOXTETTI WARDS The burgesses of the two Toxteth Wards met last evening at the School-room in Mill-street, for the purpose of hearing an exposition of the opinions of the two candidates for the representation of this important mu nicipal division in the Town Council. The candidates, it is well known, are Samuel Holme and Matthew Greg son, Esqrs. Before the hour arrived for the commence ment of the proceedings, the room was, properly speak ing. full, but at the time the chair was taken it was crammed to excess; a great number of the principal burgesses of the Wards occupying the platform and other parts of the room. R. L. JONES, Esq., was unanimously voted to the chair. He thanked the electors for the kindness he had experi enced from them during the six sears he had represented them in the Council, and, in lanltuage dictatsd by the warmth of his friendship, introduced to their attention the name of Mr. Gregson, of whose abilities for public life, and private virtues he held a high opinion. He next referred to Mr. S. Holme, whom it was intended to pro pose for South Toxteth Ward, as a gentleman at once well qualified to take a prominent place at the Council board, and as one whose interests were identified in an unusual degree with the burgesses of those particular wards. HRNRY STEELE, Esq., was called on to move the first resolution. He spoke of the candidates in the highest terms, being warranted in doing so from an intimacy of twenty- six year 4 standing, and pointed out the advantages the burgesses would have in procuring the services of two gentlemen who had so large an amount of property at stake wit'.in the wards as the candidates before them. The resolution pledged the meeting to use every exertion to ensure the return of Mr. Gregson. JAMES FARNWORTH, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was formally put from the Chair, and unanimously carried. HILTON HALHEAD, Esq., proposed the second resolu tion. He had had opportunities of judging of the busi ness capabilities of Mr. S. Holme, from having frequently met him in committee on the Timber Question, and he was convinced from the zeal and judgment he exhibited, that he stood pre-eminent as a man of talent ; he formed that opinion long before he knew what side Mr. Holme intended to take on that question. The resolution, ex cept referring to Mr. Holme, was similar to the last. THOMAS VERNON, Esq., seconded the resolution in an eloquent speech. He was delighted to see so many of the influential burgesses present, and equally so to see the trading interest, and that of the operatives of the wards represented so numerously in the meeting. As for the mechanics and artizans, he looked upon them as consti tuting the wealth of the country, He impressed on them the importance of having representatives in the Council whose interests were identified with that of the burgesses, for he considered self-interest a most safe incentive to action, and, moreover, a laudable one. He illustrated his points by referring to Mr. S. Holme, who had con siderable property in the ward. The resolution was like the foregoing one, carried amidst great applause MATTHEW GREGSON, Esq., came forward, and was received with loud plaudits. He made a very effective speech, bearing upon the peculiar interest of the wards, both of which he said 'he would strive to benefit if he were returned, as they were really identical. He attri buted the desire to remove the timber trade from the south to the mania of 1846, when people fancied our port would shortly be too restricted for the necessities of its commerce, and that the vast forests of America could not furnish timber sufficient for our wants; but everybody had since then passed through a severe ordeal, which had con vinced them they had been too sanguine. He thought when the model came to be exhibited in 1851, the ques tion would be asked, " nave you no river frontage ?" or perhaps it might be supposed that the docks have been contrived to show the ingenuity of the engineer, in order to prove that a vessel could be launched in the space of its own length, and an additional half. SAMUEL HOLME, Esq., next stood up. The movement was the signal for one loud and long-continued burst of applause, rivalling in vehemence the expression of feeling displayed on his entering the room. He expressed to the chairman the pleasure he felt at finding him presiding at a meeting with such an object as the present; it was not until he was assured from Mr. Jones that he proposed to retire, that he brought himself to accept the invitation of the burgesses to represent them in the council. He also had enjoyed the advantage of twelve months retirement from the duties of public life, an advantage which he ap preciated both in its mental and physical effects ; it had afforded him time for study, and to make himself familiar with the various important subjects affecting the interests of the inhabitants of the town. He did not expect for a moment to find that' his opinions were in unison with those of every individual present ; indeed, if the electors sought for this, they could not expect to find a representative clothed in the garb of mortality, because he was convinced no man could go into the Council chamber and take part in the discussion there without differing in some degree from opinions that may be broached. (Hear, hear, hear.) He contended that the Dock Estate ought to be maintained at any cost, and though he was willing to admit that the increas inz trade of the port demanded increased dock accommo dation, he was of opinion that in providing this accom modation the Dock Trustees should be actuated by the dictates of prudence. He alluded to the evidence given in his presence by Mr. Bramley-Moore and Mr. Hartley before the House of Commons some years ago, to the effect that the south end was the place for the timber trade, and though the Harrington Estate was purchased to extend the accommodation there, it had not been used. The trustees had actually projected works at Bootle, as far north as the Rimrnse. The consegnence of this was, that between 2000 and 3000 artizans had loft the town. He Cantended that the corporate estate would beinjured by this proceeding, and to prove it drew a net of the estate from Islington to the docks, and along Park-lane by Sparling-street to the same boundary, touching, as it did, so nearly to the place on which they stood. He objected to the corporation becoming traders, and asserted that by doing so they had become the owners of warehouses which were only realising two and a half per cent., but which in the erection had been paid for from funds raised at five per cent. He showed that the Corporation should have granted leases at seventy-five years, and left the building to private capi talists. The estate by such management had been dete riorated. Formerly they were annually in the receipt of thousands of pounds forthe renewal of leases,:but he could assure them that during the three years he was in the Council not a single application of this kind was made. Without for one moment wishing to make a single remark injurious to the benevolence for which the English people were so well known, he could not help expressing his de termination if he were returned to oppose the surrounding of the docks by an Emigrants' Home. (Hear, hear.) It would be simply a refuge for the destitute. Irish immi grants, under the pretence of being emigrants, would fill it, and the ratepayers would be the sufferer s ; if this were done, the dock trustees must become shopkeepers, and he should expect to see painted up " Thomas Littledale dealer in tea, sugar, &c." (Laughter.) He then went on ro refer to other subjects, and throughout was heartily re ceived. There can be no doubt that both gentlemen will be triumphantly returned. ST. ANNE'S WARD A large number of the liberal burgesses of St. Anne's Ward met last night at the Adelphi Tavern, Christian street. We are happy to announce that the unanimous choice of all sections of burgesses in this ward has fallen upon their present zealous and indefatigable member, Mr. Parker—thus affording ample proof, if any such had been required, that that gentleman does in reality repre sent the wishes, feelings, and interests of " the burgesses of St. Anne's Ward" in the Council. Many of his radical supporters are sanguine that Mr. Parker will be selected to fill one of the expected vacancies in the list of aldermen. The meeting last night was both numerously and respect ably attended. The chair was occupied by Mr. Edward Watts, who, in opening the proceedings, passed a high eulogium upon the character of the retiring member, Mr. Parker, Mr. KiTcnniq proposed the first resolution in a length ened speech, in the course of which he spoke highly of the exertions of Mr. P. in the Finance, Health, Watch, Baths and Washhouses, and the Education Committees ; and asked them to look at what he had done battling upon the side of the ratepayers. (Cheers.) He was of opinion, that no matter what might be their political opinions, they could not get so hardworking nor so good a man to represent them as Mr. Parker. (Loud cheers.) He mated upon them to return Mr. Parker handsomely, una nimously, and heartily, thereby showing that they selected him for his merits in the Council only. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. K. concluded by proposing the following resolution : "That Mr. Parker's long services as one of the representa tives of St. Anne's Ward in the Town Council justly entitle him to the warmest thanks of the bu►gcsses ; and that he be requested to allow himself to be nominated again, on the Ist of next November, and that this Meeting pledges itself to use every exertion to secure his return." This resolution was passed by acclamation, and a com mittee for carrying out the views of the foregoing resolu tion was appointed. A deputation was then formed to wait upon Mr. Parker, and after a few minutes' delay that, gentleman entered the room, and was received with loud applause. The CHAIRMAN said that it was his pleasing duty to intimate to him that so highly were the ratepayers pleased with his past conduct in the Council, that they had come to the unanimous resolution of thanking him for his past conduct, and asking him to represent them in the next Council. (Cheers.) Mr. PARKER rose to address the meeting, and was received with loud applause. He thanked them for the opinion which had been formed of his public conduct in the Council, and hoped that in future he would be found as attentive as before. He could assure theme hat 1 I r . efforts would be directed, not for the burgses o t t t t l o nn t e h ' e s N a ir g a it r a d ti a h l n on o e f , b t u h t e fo .w r t a h t e er wi ct io u le es t t o i w on n . he then expressed himself satisfied that all the doubts (Hear, hear.) Other resolutions of a routine c aracter meeting separated amid warm were then passed and the entertained were more than fully borne out by the facts. acclamations. in H t e s zver an eo d i held last night, u well tried and staunch Ifi ll: Another meeting supporters of Mr. Parker in this w for thepurpose of Clegg's, Pontack Inn, Christian-street, unqualified support to . of tendering their unfailing and Parker, on the occasion of the next municipal election. SE o C f o t r e meeting well attended, and the greatest unanimity The meeting was characterized the whole of the proceedings. zaarr was The chair was occupied by Mr. G. B. BARTON, who, in opening the proceedidgs of the meeting, brought be fore the electors the many excellent qualities possessed by their representative. (Hear, hear.) He descanted upon his sterling worth, and spoke highly of the many efforts be had made on behalf of the sanatory improvement of the town. Mr. Parker, he said, had been one of the greatest advocates for real sterling :economy who had ever sat in Oct. it 01,> tll the Council. (Hear, hear.) The exertionl Parker to ameliorate the condi tion of the ";0, classes, and to forward the inter ests of all ttll he. volent institutions in the tow n were too e 0 0 1 to them all to need comment. (Cheers.) ffe° doubt but that when their wo rth y represents id again returned—as returned he would be, aid unanimously,—they would have no occasion to reco choice. (Loud cheers.) He (the chairman) ene.,.o that the committee had some resolutions to proPor4 he would therefore leave that part of the basines3 hands. f 1 441 Resolutions expressive of confidence in 3.r'p o oril their entire approbation of his past conduct in the,Ltingo and that a deputation wait upon Mr. Parker. in v , l o.o to stand for the ward at the ensuing election, w e ' unanimously, and the meeting separated. nswnii ,taotfehiwnsahftrteecdhaNtoiwthsi factious apoeli nßoasnru. ABERCROMBIE WARD. , _ Aoc , The usual annual meeting of the Conservative .50! tion of this ward was held last evening at the Pht e lot Mount-pleasant, Mr. Ex-Alderman Griffiths in tf cter 0 0 The meeting o w r a o s ino m e os ra t fo r r ep th e e ct e a n h s l u y in a g a v er e i a d r e . d iff: . 6 ) l e o ioo being unanimously elected president, and gr. D ian ott: and Mr. C. J. Smith, vice. presidents, Mr. lk a 0.1 rose to propose a candidate to represent the via_ r u ipl, r ; Town Council. From the very able manner in; b pi! Gardner had performed his duty in the C9une !,, e t he rfeoexcrmpeeeicpterdopaodseisdsetnhtaietntivivro.icße .toeGnaordnineartiboreaPcsojio, for re-election on the Ist November next.... sin aaite offer ‘caa theof at h t r ne e :. r r onir r Gs v i P . ay. e en a aien dG r r rski cry d deoe : The motion was seconded by Mr• C• neat.. " - 1 r. C. and carried with very great acclamation. eethill..! to the ' mistakes made in filling up the old dock sto od . p osite, he s el! w i s h tha_D ' ic il . not__ mrtt c r o r. was brought before the Council in a more systeoh9e hid' End then they could separate the wheat froni the nerd to have been entered into, but h e cv ' ( '' g expensive ni at s sh.i c toei l iceaiwmit:bye whole o,e the ° d er: he„ ° . l bo o se ete n ae i tn a lviti b:n li ie il l h i , stun ago advantageous 0 o referring sto t h e t to town o d a ' u t proceed s co b o ro n u o g it h lo t r before NaiLt t a h l e s m o ad O dr n ess r e es: a ote, • ob a er t before them. He would enter the Council 1 _7. 1 „ 0 1 _ 1 , g ;p u ns wtodhroaetasc,nrhtal loenieemndnr interest tr n ie t n : Hzt o edotunoc expressedc e trr d nhae ept: n t to;rpn!da g I: ifebi: by :1 re ois l s m h a ak e led , and would deliberate conscientigin7his sea"' a so s m a e dv l then referred to tbe ~tviroi he and his colleagues lad given j in the Couj i ,"i i - at sc s ' OC ieti Q ' particular. A" Cio lf. Several new members were added to the rot the and, after thanks had been voted to the v ie d itl ia lci man, be stated th t - • ot e° ts ' if a opposition was n- nen die ward, but if if it s:lould spring p their OPP ° ca rtY find them fully prepared and u nite ab le t° candidate. (Loud cheers.) q sitairfygien,gBo7:ii 004: The business then ended buri,ve s ' cog ' j A very numerous meeting of the the boose/ . Paul's ard was held l n , at f n oin ject joo; Hughes, W Earle-street, for the ight purpose nea te of ° J, condidate for municip a l honours for the ee tiog s Ufa 4 The large room of the house in whic h oss', of t i g ;• kind are usually held, was crowded to eobjeotroet Jones presided, and, after stating th e to P r° jo meeting, called upon Mr. Timothy Jo nes ro f s l first re T T. l a soution. fio e • f o Mr. JONES then proposed vote f „opo ttbi Dr. Games, and pled g ed the meeting 15,1"gr' the next election. This being second ed was carried unanimously ST. PAUL'S WASP m eeti ng ( 0 th° 0 el Dr. GAMES was then introduced t_ tea, , was received with loud applause. He sta ile ° lo his views in reference to local affairs. 405tPer. the Pike, as he had ever been. He " 735 a ,T l ecoe' t be ° ll, the Corporate estate to carry out that ..c; tee or o toe hear.) He was against the Dock Corot:toe ithoo ser A poration interfering with the rights of l' 11 :0,0",,tioo d o whether in markets, or in docks, or i n " ° f eth i He was strongly in favour of the systero,c,' vresent in the Corporation Schools, 306 te the.,Pfrel or economy wilicncouta tena to atm— vo u. p dens of the ratepayers. If returned , be o e) p whole energies to these points. (APP'leel_. o l " few observations from Mr. Williams, th itself to give Dr. Games every su pport; tlti. y °ltr' ft „bt. COMMERCIAL AND MONE-T`l ,10 1'1 ve t „pa— bo o; or littje less or t a i ie Our Share market has been perhaps pe,/ this week than during the week Pre° de 1 101 0. 'f. coa p three days a saccession of sales were a t his ever. tot' who had merely bought for the rise, s_r ,g , W on 5 0 00 1 slight reaction and flatness. The pa r s toll u e t ast r i e nt ing taken place, the market recovered ',,, o f ef day about mid-day, and on the afternoe," wi el of to-day has been good, at advanced Pile:17°000,0o symptoms of another rise. The acceu n „,(l/ 3er n ot,, st s,9; a bull account for Londons, Westerns' "day's a bear account for other stocks. T he nisn Peds' j terS are—Chester £22 shares, 8i d. ; Calell°, o; 1.4 e ao r iver , East Lancashire, 91 4; Old Leeds , 49i ''foitt tro fygei 71 6/3 d. ; London stock, 1154 - 1 ; P i : g on g i p. ; Ditto Fifths, 2,1- p. ; Midland. 4ge0tt,,,i14, 21, 20 18/9 d. ; North British, 7 61 3; gate, z p. ; Old Dovers, 20 SouthilaubSt alt:el3. ESc York and North Midland, 24 1 239. 4z 7 oet 9u ; t eo , rs ,i r eo, , 0 ;, On Corn Exchange we have st,"' t her 1 ' 1 614 ,n quiry for Indian Corn, in which a lur o t t () ",..seg ° „ 9 .s ° business has been transacted on the sPsonle u corroor land, at the full rates of Friday, and lfl sroa ting li g advance has been acquired ; severa l ,' OW l ot, this grain have also been disposed les q fo e; row's market, the trade for other artie oee' l e$ 05. out material change in values. been • 40 c ot s bee n n ot The market for Scotch pig iron 1 1 10 0% 0 4 dull during the week. The nominal q, to 109. tell to 435. for mixed numbers, and ::,31eles recent could be made at 425. 6d. Bars in "1,,„. e l' The Birmingham Gazette, in v n er ot y l r i ino ty , 5 ,0 e e 1 0 0 9, 1 6 ; . w m e e e e k ti a g v s e o p f o t e e d i , r a o s n a t n r t a i d c i e p , a h t e n d s , the fo l 1 ,,t " The transactions of the quarterly 11'€:e..eVilsraltliet;, factory.. At v Walsall and V4rolverbanl'ess or io le O t eo nli o . attendance was good, a minimum of bilse fiery o f ac ot o , bothTh urs a d s a t y o , inß givingi rm o i a n t g o h r a d m er , smaantdtertsh ivr tt.tioei n h e a n e e b b ee etie s , c?, e ;; but existing prices can scarcely be said so me tipir c' e 10 0 4 tained. There are sellers who have for ita i of t e o f th 11 0 0 ing with their own resources or the CaP e a vergoe d ° , 9 o ltl rts" and unfairly making sales far below w in", in e tl e otio hence much dissatisfaction prevailed be 0 0 purchasers on account of the extreme 81 ! 0 ' 4 0 of t l i t o i n s asmtaoteudnttehd in atinstohmeesaimnsetadnecnes to omullsc.e in rerqusiity. disproportion, after allowing for differe M T in h e e rv C a o f r r k om St t e h a e m i ----.""--- „- To-day a The screw steamer Astrooloage , jelr n -I t las' 6, ip e: has arrived here from Smyrnain fiTt ee " ,of Il i e° the first direct importation of Eleme figs' o nntl e ea r 0 _ The election of a representative for t., ~ b 9 5 been 15 ford, in the room of the late Mr. Ba lle 'fr• r 34° by the High Sheriff for Friday n ext ' 1‘ . present the onl candidate. erg At oi l „ O , P i :g el ; tetn,CZ Pri le rP' °l7lsllbilorit ei;,11541-4' Church will be held in London, to cooslora t" which have led to the recent secessions so c 'a ort a ,, Church Union. during the P e i 9 9 `er At the Amphitheatre on Friday, ilia ° t, til e '4' of the Pet of the Petticoats, Mrs. i l l wit.,,, e so j t with a fainting fit, and was unable to. g t o rven t to ' 10 " 0 1" 4 , formance. This was a great disaPP°l" an d th e r wing a beautiful silver watch, ence, but of course was unavoidable. for the w illii did everything ossible to comperontg Airs. Fitt 4 , Mrs. Copeland coming forward to O a " itb!_i part in Giralda. • of tb e 11 11 5 romrattteemr 11 0 , GRATIFYING PRESENT.--The - „epted f ieli , P i dlan Royal Eisteddfod have parishre' of flolY ba wl, "great meeting" of the.Aur tbehge or,. Cowpland, the constable of the , o f epP o . o tee , f' his active and praiseworthy' onducprogr e ss of the I ,l llol'l° of the constabulary, during the connecte for 0( d Mr. Cowpland was, some erne since, ~a rs oc t) 011 (f . Liverpool police, and left it txelv facto ta b to of e has sap_ , ,ci) , present appointment, which b.„ be resente!ighl , as a " rnarit: as s uper' ea u twelve years. The watch Cowpland to-day, at a dinne r a , for w i,: , 11 f° A te' Mayor of Flint will preside,ana li e tl iffi tickets have been purchased. ~ four o , clof r o o i MURDEROUS OuTuAGE.---Aoout 0,,..ete;00g) day morning last, Mr. T. Marston, it' g stairS, Op ot mingham, was awoke by a noise dory . _ swa b() 1 0 ,5 ;00 there, found three men emptying tne, ia Ore n o plate. He attempted to run back t.r e L . biedgfl‘i the scoundrels attacked him with tn.!1..,, 000 falling at their feet, they continued stril.l! go 'cult Holywell, jrP lit° him until a fainting fit deprived him i.nrbits..o,l they, no doubt, thought they had le vi lle_!. n oito .., this was going on, several policemen .‘_e_rrag Vijory, excuse their non-interference by. n''', b by t'itti , thought the disturbance was occasmueo,_„ce v,,a; broil. The robbers were obliged to In 9 . t t r u d i, / booty, as the plate was chiefly deposii• n,O cur ti; chests. Several men have been taken ),,,nb`arscloY yerl NEW LocomoTtvE-ENGINE.—On 1 bfejoe locrnotive-engine, designed and patent% tri p p , • i i MConochie and Claude, of this town , v ts od e / , Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railica)ithit 1 ' ?fl the trial of Messrs. England and c0.',0,,,,,„ct,00,,,, the same line, excited much interest, aa9 % li te 'O,/, ‘ gentlemen who had been invited to thePatt ejerf and give their opinion. The object of r olloei t v e li the engine was to combine lightness, Pol e d ii l ,o l# of speed varying from forty to s e i n xty valves and of fuel, and we believe they have succe3 _ o f e, i l l The engine, which is named the Spitfire, (~nor'',4 of carriages from Waterloo.stati to Soin"0114110: ra il/ ti a a o' ir ) when at its highest velocity, manifestelea cotgry, whatever. The Spitfire is a four -vvb'-:c1,11 S ij e : 1 , i ) fourteen-inch cylinders and twentY-05. To proflr driving-wheels being five feet six inc ite , asn li t tie,. together underneath the boiler, are on t i 7 r po se o s ("g r it i outside the frames, so that for all the P ea sy.. i: if f ment, cleaning, or repairs , they are t e as ~,,,,,„, / similar parts of a fixed engine. On tif t 0 9 i of the engine gave great satisfaction. -arp by Messrs. Forrester, of Vauxhall Foul. Pumps of the engine, which 0 1 4 s il l o f .64 1 Yesterday, at 72, Upper Parliament" stree t, FIE, of a daughter. BUR,TII. , Idr°' LIVERPOOL. 4 TUESDAY, PUBytsß t, PRINTED AND 0 ft4tr,f, EVERY TUESDAY, 5 3, er,4l err ri eli. By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACEE•• - 01 40.40 LEONARD. ADDISON, of 14, Vela At Ns- 4,. ST,Gsogais Casocs 1.; tIS Y/ I ~~R, ".~ ~~