The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-04 00:00:00

We regret to announce that Charles Birch, Esq., one of the magistrates of this county, died at - his residence on Wednesday last. Mr. Birch was much esteemed in his offi cial capacity, as well as in private life ; and his unexpected demise is deeply lamented. CALISTHENICS. —This elegant and necessary accom plishment, with dancing, is taught most excellently by Mr. Harwood. His style is easy and graceful, and those who place themselves under his care cannot fail to become profi cient. DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—Mr. Anderson, the statuist, has very considerately and kindly determined to appropriate two days' receipts of his exhibition of statuary to the use of the weavers of Paisley. It is a most praiseworthy design of this clever man, and we hope Englishmen and Scots will crowd his room throughout the day. The admission is only one penny, but larger sums,will be duly accounted for. We believe many thousands have visited this exhibition during the past week. Monday and Tuesday next are fixed upon. LIVER THEATRE.—We refer to the portion of our paper where we insert the theatrical announcements. It will there be seen that the very civil and polite box bookkeeper of the Liver, Mr. Fogg; takes his benefit this evening. He deserves to have a good house, for he is most assiduous in endeavouring to please the frequenters of this theatre. To ladies he is always especially polite. LECTURES AT 111 E MUSIC HALT our Protestant friends of the lectures on the no g to remind velties of the creed of Pope Pius the FOurth, which commence this even ing. The subscribers to this series of addresses will accom plish a double object—they will not only receive a vast fund of valuable, and in the present day, indispensable' informa tion, but they will also contribute to the relief of the Protes tant Association, which is in immediate want of large pecu niary assistance. We are glad to hear that the third lecture will be delivered by the Rev. J. Lyons, late of All Saints' in this town, and whom we have not heard or seen since his re moval from this field of labour. The lecture this evening will be by the Rev. Thomas Nolan, and the subject we may as well repeat:-" I most steadfastly admit and embrace apostolical and ecclesiastical traditions, and all other ob servances and constitutions of the same church." No doubt, at a time when so much is said on the position which tradition ought to occupy in scriptural teaching, the well known sound judgment of the talented lecturer will induce a more numerous auditory than usual. SPEEDY DETECTION, AND PUNISHMENT OF A THIEF.— At the Police-court, yesterday afternoon, some time after the disposal of the usual felony cases, a good looking, and well dressed youth, named John Lee, was placed at the bar, charged with an attempt to pick a gentleman's pocket. A. gentleman named Whitmore, stated, about ten minutes be fore, while he was passing, at the top of Dale-street. he felt his coat tail lifted, and an attempt made at his pocket, in which he had a pocket-book, and other articles of value. On turning round, he saw the prisoner was the man, and imme diately secured him, and gave him in charge. The prisoner is well known to the police, as one of the light-fingered gentry, who infest this, and other large, and '• productive" towns. He said nothing in his defence, beyond an impudent denial, though the case was clearly proved. Mr. Rushton said, he had before warned him, in what his iniquities would end, and ordered him to gaol for three months. This is the same youth, who was concerned in a robbery a short time ago, at Newcastle, of 19 gold lever watches, and was detained here on that account, but escaped from a link in the chain of evidence being deficient. He is also well-known in Glasgow. FATAAL ACCIDENTS, SUDDEN DEATHS, SUECIDES, &C., IN LIVERPOOL.—The annual increase of cases in which in quests have been held before the coroner of this borough, w•itliin the ten years ending with December last, exhibits a progressive and painful increase in the number of fatalities; . - though, at the same time, it must be admitted that vigilance in the coroner's department. in investigating casualties before overlooked, bat involving circumstances that warranted legal investigation, must have conduced to add to the number. Making, however, every allowance, it would appear that deaths calling - tor inquisition on the part of the coroner have in creased, from various causes, in a ratio exceeding the in crease of our growing population. The total number of cases in 1831 was but 59. In 1833 they exceeded 200. In 1836, they exceeded 300; in 1840, 400; and last year, the cases were no fewer than 420 ! We shall shortly be enabled to submit a few valuable statistics on this subject. In the London Gazette, published on Saturday, appears an order in council, constituting the ports of St. John, in the island of Antigua. and Plymouth, in the island of Mont serrat, free warehousing ports, under an act passed in the third and fourth years of his late majesty, intituled " An act to regulate the trade of the British possessions abroad." KESHEN.—This eminent personage, it is now beyond a doubt, has been doomed to be beheaded. The imperial will has been received. " I order that the already degraded from being a great Minister of State, Keshen, according to the Great Council of the Imperial Kindred, be detained in prison until autumn (9th moon, October 15 to September 12,) when he is to be beheaded according to his sentence. Respect this."—Canton _Register, of October 12. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY—WEEKLY RE TURN OF TRAFFIC.—It is with much pleasure we announce the increasing number of passengers on this line of Railway. Notwithstanding the boisterous state of the weather during the last week the number of passengers were as follows : Passenger traffic from Monday 21st to Saturday 26th Feb., 1142: Number of passengers, 5576 ; receipts, £loool3s. Ild, ; parcels, &c., £33 3s. 2d. ; total, £1032 17s. Id. No goods trains. The success of the first week is a sufficient guaran tee that the public fully appreciate the advantages of this great national work, and during the summer months, what with pleasure trips and regular passengers, we doubt not the number will be doubled. The success of the railway is now without doubt.—Edinburgh Standard. IsLE OF MAN.—From an authentic list recently published itappears, that the number of vessels wrecked on the Isle of Man, between the years. 1822 and 1841, amounts to 119. The number of lives lost is stated to be 62, and the loss of property estimated at £207,902. A meeting was held at Douglas, Isle of Man, on Tuesday week, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of obtaining a float ing breakwater at the entrance of that port. A labouring man, named Archibald Wright, who had occasion to be at the Bonnington Distillery on Wednesday night last. was, it is said, offered and accepted a glass of foreshot, which is the akohol 62 per cent. over proof. But be that as it may, the man, it is said, was subject to fits, and as one of the men belonging to the establishment was leaving the gate for the night, he observed Wright lying apparently asleep, but, upon being lifted, it was discovered that - the vital spark had fled. He has left a widow and four helpless children.—Edinburgh Paper. Cows LAWS.—Mr. Parker, M.P., has given notice of his intention to move, in committee on the corn bill, a clause " enabling any person, on payment of the duty on any quan tity of foreign corn, or on giving bond for the payment of the same, at the rate of duty then ruling, or on giving bond for the payment of such duty at the rate which shall be ruling on the day of clearing out such corn from any foreign port, to enter the aforesaid quantity of corn, or any part thereof, for home consumption, although not actually in bond, pro vided it be imported within a limited number of days from the time of such entry." TRIM ECONOMY.—When chimnies were first introduced in kitchens, with wide arched fire-places, over them was com monly written—" Waste not, want not," which exhorted cooks to care and economy. This motto is placed over the large mantel of the vast kitchen at Raby Castle, the magnifi cent seat of the Duke of Cleveland. The Calcutta papers describe the money•market as re maining in a depressed state, notwithstanding several arrivals of treasure from China, rates of interest and discount in the bazaar remaining the same as before, and public confidence not having recovered from the shock caused by the failure of Messrs. Boyd and Co. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—We understand that the minority of the shareholders intend to present a bill of suspension and interdict to the Court of Session against the resolution of the majority sanctioning the running of a morning and evening train on Sunday. This application will necessarily be founded on some of the old Scotch acts, as to the compulsory observance of the Sabbath-day, and must open a wide field of discussion, as many of the statutory injunctions of that period on this subject have fallen into desuetude. THE CORK ELECTION AND EJECTIONS—The howl of despair has reached from the Mansion-house of •Dublin to the Liberal Club-house of Cork. The petitioners against the return of Messrs. O'Connell and Roach for the Irish York shire are provokingly determined to persevere ; and so well furnished are they with money sod means—so certain is their prospect of success—that if the raciicalCorkagians will not fork out, and throw good money after bad—the two seats will be abandoned ; for one penny of money the sitting members will not expend on the defence of a hope so utterly forlorn. —Dublin Evening Mail. TILE ARMY.—In order to facilitate reliefs, six regiments of infantry are to be augmented to 12 companions of 100 rank and file each. Their establishment is to be as follows, viz. —1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 2 majors, 12 captains, 14 lieutenants, 10 ensigns, 1 paymaster, 1 adjutant, 1 quarter master, 1 surgeon, 2 assistant-surgeons, 1 sergeant-major, 1 paymaster-sergeant, 1 quartermaster-sergeant, 1 armourer sergeant, 1 schoolmaster-sergeant, 1 hospital sergeant, 1 orderly-room clerk, 12 colour-sergeants, 48 sergeants, 60 corporals, 1 drum-major, 2 4 drummers and fifers, and 1,140 . privates.—United Service Gazette. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The weather has been changeable since our last, and not so favourable for out-door labours as the week previous, heavy rains having fallen at different times : still a good deal of work has been accom plished. The sowing of wheat has been actively proceeded with ; and on a considerable breadth of land where the seed could not be got in last autumn, the planting has now been completed under tolerably auspicious circumstances : this, together with ploughing and preparing the soil for spring corn, has given, and will for some time continue to give, busy occupation to the (miner. The reports respecting the appearance of autumn salt wheat still vary greatly : on the whole, they aro rather unfavourable; but we consider it yet too early to venture on an opinion, as a fine spring may do much to remedy the damage complained 0f. , --Mark Lane Express. The fate of our troops at Cabul is now, we fear, almost certainly decided; for unless some special intervention of Providence relieves them from the dilemma in which they are placed, human aid is all unavailing. Accounts have been re ceived from the city to the Bth of December, which represent the state of affairs there to be much worse than they were before ; provisions were becoming scarce, and the enemy more daring every day. They had closely invested the in trenched camp at Seca-Sung, and, it is said, had made over tures of surrender to the Envoy, the conditions of which were, that he should deliver Scliah Soojah over to the Aff ghat's, and leave the country with our troops. God help our poor fellows, for they are indeed in a critical position !—Ben gal Herald, Jan. Bth. EXTENSIVE OMNIBUS ROBBERS.-011 Saturday morn ing, as a gentleman was proceeding from the Bank in one of the Hammersmith omnibuses, he was robbed of a Russian leather pocket-book, containing a Bank of England note for £5OO, No. 93,581 ; a Hank of England note for £2OO, No. 54,837 ; and a Bank of England note for £5O No. 92,575. These robberies , which are a lmost inexplicable, continue to be on the increase, and persons cannot be too cautious Inaw they proceed by such conveyance, as a number of well-dresied thieves. y'clept swell mobmen, constantly pass to and fro in these vehicles for the purpose of plundering the unwary. DECLINE OF SOCIALISM.—qui. of the 85 places where te cialism formerly was progressing, ther e are on l y 39 left'in which its principles are openly taught and ac k now l e d ge d ! In only three out of these thirty-nine branches do their num bers exceed 100; in eight others their numbers are 50, and below 100 ; in thirteen the numbers are 20, and under 50 ' • and in neither of the remaining fifteen bran c h es d oes the number of members reach 20, while it goes down so l ow as three ! It will also be seen, that of the 39 living branches 21 are considerably in arrears with the executive—the amount, in some instances, approaching very nearly to £6O. Poor old Bristol has died in debt to the tulle of 13/ 19s. 2d. ! Its decease was officially announced in the New Moral World o f January 29, 1842. What do our let-them-alone friends say to this, as well as to all the other sterling facts connected with this report ? Finally, the grand sum total of socialist members throughout the kingdom has d w indled down to les s than 2,000 !—And we have it on the authority of Robert Owen himself, " that there is not one menzber, among al the branches of this society, whose experience has been suffici ently expanded to enable him to comprehend the principles of the system in all their extent and bearing, and much less to understand the spirit, mode, and manner, by which they can alone be successfully carried into execution, and wisely applied to practice !" (Robert Owen's Address to his Dis ciples, New Moral World, Jan. 22, 1842.) A pretty set. therefore, of ignoramuses they must be. They are a lot of dull, impenetrable blockheads, and it is Robert Owen says so.—Anti- Socialist Gazette. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS The Town Council held their usual monthly meeting for the despatch of business on Wednesday. The MAYOR pre sided. FINANCE COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Finance Committee were read, comprising a further proposal from the committee of the Botanic Gardens, and the resolution thereon; purchase of H. Jones's land for the improvement of Limekiln-lane ; resolution relative to the landing-stage and vessel at the Seacombe Pier ; and a petition against the Birkenhead Improvement Bill. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said, that before he moved the confirmation of these proceeding, he would take the liberty of calling the attention of the council to several matters which had occupied the attention of the Finance Committee during the last month. It would be a want of ,courtesy in him if, in alluding to the proposals made by the committee of management of the Botanic Gardens, he did not express the regret he felt that the Finance Committee could not recommend the council to accept them. Into the details of of those proposals he should not then enter, but he should reserve to himself the power of answering any question which might be asked in the course of discussion by any member of the council. lie was fully sensible of the importance of the Botanic Gardens, and of the obligations under which the Public lay to those gentlemen who had so long, and under so many difficulties, maintained them ; but at the same time he did not think that this council would be justified in sanction ing so large an outlay of public money as the purchase would involve in continuing to support them. The next subject to which he would call attention was the Seacombe slip ; and the Finance Committee asked the confirmation of the council to empower them to alter it. This subject was referred to the Finance Committee by the council, and it sprung out of the report made by the Irish Mail Packet Committee, which was composed of several gentlemen belonging to the com mittee for managing the affairs of the docks. The object of the committee was to prevent the Irish steam-packets being removed to the Cheshire side of the river ; and though the committee failed in this instance, they did not do so without urging upon the council the necessity of increasing the ac commodation for passengers upon the Liverpool side of the river, feeling that that would be one main step towards in ducing government, at some future period, to bring the Irish mail packets again to this side of the water. The council approved of their recommendation, and it was upon financial considerations that the subject was referred to the committee. The subject, however, involved a great deal of difficulty,—he had almost said of dispute. The Finance Committee con sidered that they ought not to recommend the council to embark in the outlay of money which would be required with out first making some arrangements with the Dock Com mittee to secure to , the public generally the advantages of accommodation which several of the slips in the town afforded, and without coming to some arrangement with them to place the expense on the shoulders of those who ought to bear it. The council had, year after year, spent many thousands on slips, stages, and landing vessels. They had, lie thought, fully fulfilled all the obligations which the legislature imposed on them ; and though the Dock Committee might have done something, lie thought they had fallen short of what the legislature required from them on their part. In 1823. when the Dock Act was passed, the legislature required that the trustees should provide additional piers, jetties, inclined planes, and such, too, as should from time to time be proper and sufficient for the use and accommodation of pas sengers. In the year 1841, when the last dock act was passed, the legislature made it incumbent upon the Dock Committee to provide still further accommodation. This act confirmed the previous act ; and they were to make, from either the new dock or George's Dock, suffi cient accommodation to land passengers at low water. The legislature required this from the Dock Committee as the price of privileges which were conceded to them. For instance, they gave them the power of building walls for their new dock, and it was but right that the public should have the privilege of landing at those walls, at the expense of the dock trustees. When this clause was inserted in the last dock act, the Finance Committee, in a letter which they wrote to Mr. Eyre Evans in London, said they had no wish to throw the whole burden upon the Dock Committee, but that, when the proper period arrived, they would be ready to recommend the council to enter with the Dock Committee into some fair and reasonable arrangement for the accommo dation to the public being continued, as well as with regard to the expense. This was the proposal and the arrangement made in London in 1841. The Finance Committee thought this was the proper time to make the arrangement—when the Irish Mail Packet Committee had reported, and taken a general view of the whole circumstances of the case. They did not wish to throw the whole expense upon the Dock Committee, but they proposed to the latter to enter into the joint expense for the Seacomhe slip, &c. The Dock Com mittee had not acceded to the proposal, although they never had a Finance Committee more disposed to deal liberally with them than the present. The next subject recommended by the committee was a petition against the Birkenhead im provement bill, the object of which was to enable the com missioners of Birkenhead to purchase the Woodside Ferry at the expense of the township ; and to such a bill the com mittee objected on public and private grounds. Mr. Law rence concluded by reading the principal portion of the peti tion at length, and moving the confirmation of the proceed ings. _ _ - - Mr. Councillor HOUGHTON seconded the motion. Mr. PARKER said he had heard with extreme regret the chairman of the Finance Committee state that they could not come to terms with the committee of the Botanic Garden. He hoped the council would be put in possession of the na ture of the second proposal which had been made by the lat ter. It would be a slur on the public spirit of the council if the offer were not accepted, or, at all events, if a committee were not appointed to treat with the gentlemen interested in the Botanic Garden. He moved that a sub-committee be appointed to treat with them, consisting of the chairman of the Finance Committee and two other gentlemen whom he might name. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said that two proposals had been made. The first was that the council should purchase the Botanic Gardens at the price then owing, about £4,000, on condition that they should be maintained as Botanic Gar dens. Of course the stipulation of maintaining them as Bo tanic Gardens implied at once that the public would no longer continue to subscribe to them as they had heretofore. The public bad subscribed about £BOO a-year to them, and this £BOO, added to the interest on £4,000, would occasion an annual expenditure to the council of about £l2OO or £l4OO —an expense which the Finance Committee did not think it right to incur; they therefore declined the proposal. The next proposal was, that the council should pay off the £4,000, upon condition that the moment the public ceased to main tain the gardens as Botanic Gardens, they should revert to the corporation to do with them as they pleased. There was something plausible in this at first, but the Finance Com mittee thought they should never be able to take possession of the gardens for the benefit of the public,—that was to say, that they never should be able to convert them to any other than their present purpose, as they should be called Goths and Vandals if they turned them into streets. Mr. GLADSTONE thought it would be exceedingly desira ble if some arrangement could be made with regard to the Botanic Gardens. If the expense of keeping them up could be materially reduced by disposing of a portion of the con servatories, for they were the cause of the expense, and the remainder kept as pleasure-grounds, it would be most satis factory to the public. Mr. AIKIN was of the same opinion. He thought it would be a disgrace to the council if the gardens were to cease. He wished the subject to be referred back for the reconsideration of the Finance Committee. Mr. BOLTON concurred in the view already arrived at by the Finance Committee. Mr. EVANS maintained that it was absolutely absurd to suppose the council would undertake an annual expense of X 1,200 or £1,300, and that to maintain the Liverpool Botanic Garden, " for all purposes of science," was a perfect farce. There were larger gardens elsewhere in this country, and all over Europe, and it was in those gardens that botanical research would be made and not in the garden at Liverpool. Mr. ROBINSON expressed himself anxious to have the purchase effected. After a few remarks from Mr. TURNER, Mr. BIRKETT, Mr. YATES, and Mr. SANDBACII, it was understood that the question of making the purchase would remain an open one, and that the proceedings of the committee on the sub ject should be confirmed. Mr. SANDS. in reply to what Mr. G. H. Lawrence had stand respecting the Dock Committee, said that the latter body had no wish to shrink from any obligation imposed upon them by act of parliament. They wished to postpone the further consideration of the subject until they had had trial of the working of the Seacombe slip, and, if it worked well, they would be happy to co-operate with the Finance Committee in making another slip for the accommodation of the public. The Dock Committee thought it right, however, to keep matters-separate, and to make their slip either at the new dock or George's Doci, leaving the Finance Committee to make their slip in'the first instance. Mr. EVANS corroborated what had been stated by Mr. Sands, and said it had been urged by members of the Dock Committee that there would be no little danger in getting into joint accounts with the council, the latter being a more powerful body. Mr. AIKIN followed on the same side. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Bolton, Mr. Bir kett, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Sandbach took part. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE replied, after which the proceed ings of the Finance Committee were confirmed. PASSENGERS IN EMIGRANT VESSELS. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said he held a bill in his hand for the regulation of passengers in merchant vessels. It con tained some good clauses, and he was happy to say it was not likely to provoke any opposition. Although it was not ex actly before the council at present, he thought it ought to be referred to the Finance Committee. It required that pas senger Stokers should take out licenses. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he observed that Lord Normanby's bills had been referred to a select committee of the House of Com mons. The TOWN-CLERK said this bill would stand referred to the Finance Committee. The leases were read and confirmed, after some observa tions from Mr. EARLE, in reference to the granting of one for a house in Myrtle-street. IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Improvement Committee were read and confirmed. WATCH COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Watch Committee were next read. It appeared from the annual report that the offences of the constabulary had diminished during the year, and that not a single burglary had been committed in consequence of any neglect on the part of the police. In 1840 two hundred and thirty-three burglaries had been perpetrated within the bo rough, while in 1841 there were only one hundred and eighty three. The conviction of persons apprehended was greater last year than the one preceding. In 1840 they were 41, and in 1841 they were 47 per cent. Drunkenness had increased, and though the brothels had been diminished one-fourth in amount, the number of immoral characters had not been lessened. In 1840 one hundred and twenty-nine fires had taken place, while in 1841 only one hundred and nine had occurred, occasioning a loss of property to the amount of £6,128. THE FIRE POLICE. The following letter was also read in the proceedings : " Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Co., Water-slreet, 7th Feb., 1842. " Sir,—l have pleasure in informing you that the attention of the Directors of" this Company having been called to the efficient services rendered by the foreman, Mr. John Hewitt, and the men acting under him, at the fire in Thomas's ware house, Frederick-street, they expressed their strong sense of the value and importance of that body, and, with a desire to encourage a continuance of the exertions which on that oc casioa was so signally made, they have instructed me to transmit to you the sum of £2O 2s. 6d., which they will be obliged by your distributing as follows " To Mr. John Hewitt, £5 ; 13 firemen, each lOs ; 7 fire men, each 7s. Gd. ; 40 firemen, each 3s. " It is the wish of the Directors to mark their apprecia tion of the energy and success with which the excellent ar rangements of the Fire Police are now carried out, and at the same time specially to acknowledge and reward the efforts and determination of those men who were present on the oc casion in question. " I have the honour to be, sir, with much respect, your very obedient servant, (Signed) " SWINTON BOULT, Secretary. " To James Lawrence, Esq., Chairman of the Watch Committee of the Liverpool Town Council." Mr. PROCTER moved that the proceedings of the Watch Committee be co n fi rme d, w ith t h e exc eption of the publi cans ' clause, on w hi c h the Council had alrea d y d ec id e d ; and that the report of the Watch Committee on the police establish ment and the state of crime in the borough, with the tabular returns, be printed, and that a copy be sent to each member of the council and the magistrates for the borough or county, and that the Mayor be requested to transmit a copy to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Mr. THORNHILL seconded the motion. The proceedings were confirmed, with the exception of the clause respecting the publicans, upon which the council had previously determined. MARKETS COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Markets' Committee, comprising the increase of the salary of the superintendent of St. James's Market, from £l5O to £l7O per annum, the consideration of which had been postponed at the council, on the sth January last, pursuant to the standing orders, were next read. Mr. JOHN SMITH moved their confirmation. Mr. TOULMIN moved, as an amendment, that the salary of Mr. Luya, the superintendent, be continued at its present amount, £l5O. Mr. PARKER seconded the amendment. He said he was prepared to prove that considerable perquisites were attached to the office of superintendent. (Cries of " Name.") He wished those gentlemen who cried " name" would answer him the question, whether the sweepings of the makkets went to the corporate fund ? Mr. HENRY HOLMES said that the sweepings had been a perquisite ever since the establishment of the market. Mr. PARKER said the sweepings of St. John's Market had been to the amount of £3O or £4O per year. Mr. EARLE said the council had just heard a splendid speech on a heap of muck. (Laughter.) They had heard a vast deal of bombastic language on a heap of muck. (Con tinued laughter.) Mr. PARKEa.—If it he a heap of muck, and you get on it, you will be the cock of the midden. (Great laughter.) Mr. EARLE said he was very sorry if he had touched a tender part. Mr. SMITH said no reason had been shown why Mr. Luya's salary should not be advanced. • The council divided, when there appeared— For the motion. •—• Against it Majority The increase of the salary from £l5O to £l7O per annum was accordingly agreed to, and the proceedings were con firmed. The following members voted for the division : For the motion—Messrs. I. Holmes, R. Houghton, Thorn hill, Preston, Sandbach, Edwards, Barton, Blundell, H. Holmes, Mellor, J. Holmes, Bolton, Aikin, Bright, Priestley, Yates, Rigby, J. Smith, G. H. Lawrence, Jordan, Platt, A. Smith, jun., Mather, Holt, Bulley, Freme, Evans, Barclay, Earle. Moon, Houghton, Turner, and the Mayor. Against it—Messrs. Shaw, Shand, Copeland, Toulmin, Robinson, Wood, Birkett, Parker, Molyneux, and Crook. TOWN-HALL ESTABLISHMENT COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Town-hall Establishment Com mittee, comprising the appointments of David Morris, as messenger, vice Robert Hurley, resigned, and of Robert Hurley, as porter, in the vestibule of the Town-hall, the consideration of which stood postponed at the council on the 3th January last, pursuant to the standing orders, were next read and confirmed. EDUCATION COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Education Committee, comprising the appointments of Mr. Robert Stone, as superintendent of the corporation schools, and Mr. James Lees, as second master, were read. Mr. MOLYNEUX, chairman of the committee, moved the confirmation of the proceedings. Mr. EARLE said he was not so squeamish as some others in objecting to the proceedings of committees. He regretted that more of the members of the Education Committee were not in their places, because he wished to make some remarks on their proceedings, in the hope that the council would see the necessity of not confirming a portion of them. The main objection to the schools formerly was, that they had not given a strictly Scriptural education. So far as the Catholics were concerned it might be doubtful whether such an education had been given; but to the Protestant children he maintained that they had given an excellent and deep-rooted Scriptural education. It appeared from the proceedings that the com mittee were determined not to have any more apprentices, and the Town-clerk was of opinion the present apprentices could be transferred to the head masters. The TOWN-CLERK.—I say they are bound to do so by the terms of the indentures. Mr. EARLE was of opinion that, under such circumstances, efficient masters ought to be employed. The committee had clearly told them, however, that the apprentices who did not wish to be transferred, might take their indentures ; and was this justice? The apprentices had been heretofore bound to people who were capable of instructing them in the art of teaching, and if the committee employed incapable persons they could not bind the apprentices over to them. He flat tered himself he should be able to show that the individual now appointed had great need of instruction himself, and that he was not fit for the situation. Then, what was to be done with the Catholic apprentices, who had been bound to people not compelled to oblige them to read the author ised version of the Scriptures? Could the committee bind them to masters or mistresses who would usurp this power? He should be glad to get an answer on this point. He charged the committee with appointing inferior persons to the vacant situations. Thev had appointed Mr. Lees the school master of St. Michael's Church. He supposed the funds there were rather low, for Mr. Lees had brought all his scholars with him en masse to the corporation schools, and St. Michael's was given up. This was what the committee called extend ing education. The most serious charge he had to bring against the committee was the appointment of Mr. Stone. He understood that this individual had passed some of his later years in an attorney's office, and that he had the expe rience of teaching children at Mr. M'Neile's Sunday school. He had formerly been with the Rev. C. W. Richards, who was formerly at Edge-hill, and who took him as a sort of an apprentice. The indentures did not say what he was, but simply that he had conducted himA6lf with propriety. They also spoke of his having learned the higher branches of lite rature at Lichfield. He (Mr. Earle) believed that Lees had been brought up at the Blue Coat Hospital. Mr. Earle went on to say that no fewer than 95 candidates had applied for the situation, and that Lees had been appointed in preference to any of them. He said he had written to nine of them, and procured their testimonials, in order that the council should know what their qualifications were. Mr. Earle here quoted from a memorandum, containing marks opposite the names of the candidates, which was said to be the private memorandum of a member of the Education Committee. He also quoted a letter written by Mr. Stone to the Educa cation Committee, enclosing testimonials from Dr. Tatter shall and the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, and said that it contained ungrammatical expressions. In continuation, he said, he should be glad to know the reason why the Education Com mittee had come to the resolution of excluding the Northern Mechanics' Institution from the corporation schools, and concluded by moving as an amendment, "That Mr. Stone's appointment be not confirmed " Mr Alderman BARCLAY seconded the amendment Mr. PARKER said it would be perfectly impossible for him to follow Mr. Earle through his long and rambling address ; and if Mr. Earle had used language less strong than that which he had, he (Mr. Parker) knowing his character in this respect, should have been n uch disappointed. It should be recollected that Mr. Earle s' ood pledged to the public and to the council, that so long as he uad a seat in that chamber, he would oppose the proceedings of the Education Committee, —no matter what they might be—and every thing they brought forward. He, therefore, was not surprised at the course Mr. Earle had thought proper to take on this occasion, nor at his having, on his own statement of facts drawn the conclusions from them which he had just laid before the council. The Education Committee consisted of fifteen gentlemen ; and no proceeding could be passed but by a majority of those fifteen ; consequently, there must have been a majority of eight to have adopted the recommendation which had been read. (A VOICE—" No, no, five.") Well, suppose it was five, then Mr. Earle stood in the position of putting forward his individual opinion in contradiction to that of the majority of the committee upon a subject which they had most maturely considered. Mr. EARLE.—But there are the testimonials, you know. Mr. PARKER was aware of the testimonials, and of the manner in which Mr. Earle had obtained possession of those private memoranda which he had read. Mr. EAuLE.—Prodigious! Mr. PARKER, in continuation, said that Mr. Earle had a habit of very often finding fault with gentlemen for not having the best way of expressing themselves; but in his opinion the manner in which the good taste of Mr. Earle had led him to express himself on this occasion, clearly showed that at least he was not wanting in " modest as surance." It was no trifling thing for the gentlemen who had been selected for the purpose to carry out the wishes of the council with regard to the education of the poor ; and it was no modest assertion, and no modest act to bring those gentlemen forward before the council with an accusation. Mr. Alderman FREME here made some reference to the Market Committee, which was Lot heard at the reporters' table. Mr. PARKER said he would not be interrupted by Mr. Freme or any one else whitst he was addressing the council. Whenever he addressed the council they might depend he would treat the chair with proper respect, and he should like to see Mr. Freme always doing the same. If Mr. Freme had any remark to make now, he (Mr. Parker) would listen toit. Mr. FREME said all that he wanted to say was this, that Mr. Parker had just now opposed the proceedings of the Market Committee in their proposal to increase Mr. Luya's salary ; and that Mr. Earle had an equal right to oppose the proceedings of the Education Committee. Mr. PARKER, in reply said that he spoke for the chairman of the Market Committee who was against the proposal, and if he had not been in ill health, he would himself have expressed his opinion. But Mr. Earle attacked the Educa tion Committee one time after another without the slightest reason for it. If there were anything bad or wrong in their conduct, let him or any other gentleman move for an enquiry, but it was most unfair for any one to be continually attacking a body of gentlemen in the way Mr. Earle had attacked the Education Committee. He (Mr. Parker) should not go through the qualifications of the candidates, but he would go into the general question. Mr. Parker then contended that the principle of the schools was to give a solid and useful education. and an education based upon sound scriptural principles ; and in conclusion he warmly defended the system pursued in the Blue Coat School. lie should vote for the confirmation of the proceedings. Mr. Buz.= thought it his duty to set himself right before the public, by stating that he had been no party to the pro ceedings of the Education Committee which were just read, and that he had not been present at the time of Mr. Stone's appointment, Mr. EVANS considered that Mr. Earle had established the clearest case of the Committee of Education having preferred the inferior to the superior candidate. Mr. PRIESTLEY said that as he had been passive in the committee upon the subject of Mr. Stone's appointment, he should refrain from voting in the council on the question. Mr. SANDBA cn, as a member of the Education Committee, was quite prepared to take his full share of responsibility, and to justify the recommendations which that committee had made to the council. Perhaps that might sound rather bold in the ears of his friend Mr. Earle. Mr. EARLE.—lndeed it does. Mr. SANDBACH, in continuation, said the Education Com mittee felt conscious they had pursued a proper course, and he thanked Mr. Earle for the pains that gentleman had taken to acquaint himself of their proceedings, and for the labour he had been at in writing to n o f ewer th an n i ne i n di v id uals, besides prying into the private memoranda of one of the com mittee. He thanked him for all this, because the more their conduct was sifted the more would the proceedings of the Education Committee appear right to the council. Mr. Earle had found fault with four points specially, although he concluded his amendment by referring to one only-- Mr. EARLE.—OnIy one at present. _ Mr. SANDBACII could not pretend to follow Mr. Earle in all that he had chosen to say, but he would endeavour to enter a little upon the merits of each of the points that he had raised. The first was, that the apprenticeship system had been discontinued, and Mr. Earle objected to that. Now he (Mr. Sandbach) begged the council to judge the question on its own merits, and not be led away by the impression which seemed to have been raised that the apprenticeship system had been abolished because it had been established by a former committee. It was no such thing. The system had been adopted only as an experiment ; an lie had been told that even the members of the committee who introduced it were not agreed upon it. It was always a question in com mittee whether monitors or apprentices were best, and, there fore, they put both systems in practice. The present com mittee were called upon to decide whether one or two chil dren, who were in the schools upon trial, should be made apprentices or not ; and, therefore, the committee had to decide the question whether the apprenticeship system should be continued or not. They took every pains to inform them selves upon the question ; they consulted those in authority, namely, the masters and mistresses. He did not know what was the opinion of the masters who were leaving on this sub ject—and he did not think their opinion of much importance, because they were leaving—but he could tell the council, that the mistresses were decidedly of opinion that the apprentice ship system was a great evil. He would tell the council why. When the indentures were once signed, the appren tices were subject to no controul ; they went and came just when they pleased; and, in short, there was no power to oblige them to come. Mr. BARCLAY said that was a strange thing. What were the terms of the indentures? (Cries of " Chair.") Mr. SANDRA - CH repeated that it was so. When they were there, the master set theta to instruct a class ; but they could go and come when they pleased. Sometimes they were ill, and made all sorts of excuses ; so that they really were not efficient. Now the view of the education committee was, that the monitorial system had all the advantages of the ap prenticeship system without its disadvantages. It brought up poor boys and girls to be teachers, and to render all the assistance in the schools that apprentices could. The only objection to the monitorial system was this—that as soon as the monitors had made a certain progress in their studies, t hey could obtain a certain salary in other schools, and there fore they were apt to leave. But all who made this objection admitted that if you gave to monitors the same wages that you gave to apprentices, they would not think of leaving. The apprentices had a rate of wages paid to them, varying from three shillings to seven shillings per week, whilst the monitors were paid in quite a different manner : they were paid only 3d. or 4d., or something of that sort, the exact amount he did not know, but, at ail events, every one admitted, that if the monitors were paid the same rate of wages as the apprentices, there would be no danger of their leaving. The Education Committee therefore concluded, that the monitorial system was better than the apprentice ship system, and upon that account, they recommended the council not to continue the apprenticeship system beyond the time which they were obliged to do. With regard to the transfer of the appretices from the old masters to the new ones, that was a matter of course, when the recent changes were made, and the resolution of the committee was, that if the parent of any apprentice objected to the transfer, the committee would be willing to cancel the in dentures ; and this course was meant to meet the point which Mr. Earle complained of, that the committee were going to compel Catholic apprentices to serve Protestant masters. The committee had no wish to do anything of the kind, and therefore, they said to parents, " if you object to this trans fer, we are ready to cancel the indentures." With regard to Mr. Stone, he would say a few words, Mr. Earle had stated, that Mr. Stone was in the school at the time when he be came a candidate. True, he was ; he had been appointed a temporary master; and the council must bear in mind the difficulties of the position in which the Education Committee were placed. They were left with masters who refused to work the schools on the principles which the council had adopted. What were they to do then in such a case? He wished to avoid saying anything that might appear harsh or personal, but be must state that those masters were not likely to conduct the schools satisfactorily to the committee ; and the committee resolved that they would, until they could make their permanent arrangements, obtain the best temporary assistance that they could. They obtained Mr. Stone and Mr. Jones—one for each school— nntil their. Arrangemeata could be made ; but their arrange ments were not yet made—they were only in progress—and it was rather unusual, he thought, to be told that the system which the Education, Committee 'had established, was not successful before it had been tried. He made this explana tion only to account for Mr. Stone being in the school at the time he applied for the situation of superintendent. For that office it was a fact that a vast number of applications had been sent in ; there were not less than ninety-five, which showed that the advertisement had been sufficiently pub lished. He supposed Mr. Earle would admit that ? Mr. EARLE.—Aye. Mr. SANDBACH.—And when all these applications were sent in, a sub-committee was appointed to read them. Mr. EARLE.—And they weeded out all the best. Mr. SA NDBACH : that however was done. The best, pos sibly all those to whom Mr. Earle had referred, were selected to choose from, and finally the committee wrote to a certain number of those whom they thought most likely, in order to see them personally. They did see them, and they ap pointed Mr. Stone unanimously. He (Mr. Sandbach) was not present upon that occasion, but he should have voted for Mr. Stone had he been there, for he thought his testi monials, notwithstanding the slur which Mr. Earle had attempted to throw upon them, strong ones for the purpose the committee wanted. But Mr. Earle, in discussing this matter, had raised a question as to the precise sort of person that the committee wanted. Many of those whose testimo nials Mr. Earle had got were clergymen of the Church of England Mr. EARLS And many not Mr. SANDBACH would like to know whether the corpora tion of Liverpool would like to have seen a clergyman of the Church of England, or a man of very high attainments, in a situation like that the committee had offered? This, therefore, excluded at once a certain number—four or five Mr. EVAN S.—Admitting what you wanted, you could not have done better than have a clergyman of the Church of England. Mr. SANDBACH continued. Mr. Evans, in his address to the council, had intimated that Mr. Stone had been ap pointed because he had a flock of scholars to come with him ; but the fact was he had no scholars, therefore that argument was not in point. lie wished the council to understand that he fully concurred in the appointment of Mr. Stone, and he had every confidence that he would give a fair trial to the system of having one head-master over the whole, which had been adopted in order to obviate some difficulties that there were in the old system. from there being no uniformity. He left to others the duty of justifying that, •and he should pro ceed to the next point upon which Mr. Earle had touched, namely, the appointment of third masters. Mr. Earle had spoken of their handwriting; he would request gentlemen to look at this (producing some specimens.) His own opinion was that it was a great deal better than Mr. Earle himself could write. (Laughter.) Mr. EARLE.—That I know.. Mr. SANDBACH would be quite content if the children in the schools were able to write as well as that. The schools which had been alluded to as being now closed, were schools that had been established at the time a reform corporation altered the system of education. They were opened at the time by private charity, and they had been maintained by private charity for the benefit of the children who had been excluded from the corporation schools ; the necessity for more schools having now ceased, the source from whence they were maintained ceased to flow. Whether the children who had gone to those schools now came to corporation schools or not, he knew not; but he believed that some went to the Church of England schools, and some to the Corpo ration schools. With regard to the fitness of the mas ters, that question must be settled by considetir b ei what kind of education . was to be given , and probably on that subject he should be a t issue with Mr. Earle. lie did not think that the children educated in the corporation schools should be taught the higher branches of classics or mathematics ; a plain education, he thought, was the best. I-l e wished to have produced the rules for the government of the schools under the reformed corporation and to have them read, for some specimens of English in them might perhaps amuse Mr. Earle, as he was somewhat choice on that subject. Among them it would be found that provision was to he made for teaching things which were quite unsuited to the nature of such an institution, such as the higher branches of mathematics, the classics, the de rivation of words, and so on. Now the Education Committee conceived that a man capable of teaching systematically large numbers of scholars, and of giving a plain education, was the man whom they wanted. Then with regard to Mr. Earle's last objection—namely, the exclusion of mechanics from the Northern School, he would ask the Town-clerk to read the resolution which first gave permission for them to occupy that school. The TOWN-CLERK then read the resolution of the council, of the ith August, 1839, upon the memorial of certain me chanics, engineers, and others, for the use of the North School as a Mechanics' Institution, and also the memorial. It appeared that the council gave power to the Education Committee to comply with this memorial upon such condi tions and for such time as might be convenient. Mr. SANDBACH in continuation said, the use of the pre mises had been granted subject to the limitations which the Council had heard read, namely, so long as it was found con venient, and the committee were empowered when it was found inconvenient to put an end to the grant. Now the convenience of it depended very much upon the number of the mechanics, and the time required, also upon another cir cumstance, of which perhaps the Council were not aware. The masters of the north school were masters of the Me chanics' Institution ; but that was no longer the case ; it was a circumstance that could not occur again, because the present committee had taken care to stipulate that for the whole services of the master, considering that it was impos sible for any man to do justice to the school unless he de voted his whole energy to it. The committee had continued that school under great disadvantage, on account of the en gagements of Messrs. Nelson and '['safe, in teaching classes in the evening. And what compelled the decision of the committee was the advertisements and the bills which Mr. Earle had just held up, from which it would be seen that the Mechanics' Institution had quite deviated from the original intention for which theuse of the school was granted to the m . Instead of teaching mechanics and young men science and all kinds of knowledge, the object now was amusement, dances and masquerades. Mr. EARLE.—Dances and masquerades ! Mr. SANDBACIL—If you will read those bills, I think you will find something of that kind. Mr. EARLE.—I do not think I shall find that. Mr. SANDBACH. — At any rate they have deviated from the terms upon what the original grant was made. Mr. EARLE.—That may be. Mr. SANDBACH said it was because the committee consi dered it inconsistent with the character of the corporation schools, and quite unsuitable in itself to permit such pro ceedings, that they had decided it was inexpedient to con tinue the use of the school to the mechanics' institution. Mr. AIKIN warmly defended the objects of the Northern Mechanics' Institution, and said that all the entertainments there were, eminently. calculated to elevate the minds and improve the habits of the poor in that district. Mr. PLATT said that Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Molyneux had taken the pains otlexatnining the testimonials of the 93 candidates,_ arid reducing them to 'eight or ten. From that selection the committee had redueed them to five. Great regard was paid to the Situations which several of the appli cants filled in other places, and the committee wished not to bring them to Liverpool and to elect them to offices where their rempneration would not be equal to what they were re ceiving elsewhere. The fact was they had misunderstood the advertisement in the paper. When it came to the elec tion of the masters, he (Mr. Platt) looked over the testimo nials of the five, and be proposed Mr. Stone, a proposition which was unanimously carried. (Hear, hear.) He had also proposed Mr. Lees, who had very strong testimonials, and who was also elected. He, therefore, took his share of the responsibility so far as it went. He concluded by saying that at the next meeting of the council he would propose that two other schools be founded, one at the north and the other at the south end of the town, where the children of the lower classes would receive a good secular and moral education, but no religious instruction. He thought the Northern Mechanics' Institution ought to have asked per mission before they proceeded to the lengths they had. ( H ear.) Mr. SANDBACH begged to say that he was under a mis take when he said that dances and masquerades were carried on iu the Northern Mechanics Institution. Mr. BIRKETT looked upon this as a question of confidence or no confidence in the committee. The council had re solved, in consequence of the feeling throughout the town on the subject, to alter the system of education, and a commit tee had been empowered to carry their wishes out. Now, that committee ought to have fair play. O ne da y they were attacked because there were no subscribers in the schools, and another day they were attacked because the schools were becoming too full ; so that empty or full they could not hope to please the gentlin on the adverse side. H e wou ld con trast the conduct e present majority in the council when they were a minority, with the conduct of the preeent minority when they were a majority. No man was more opposed to the system of education which then prevailed than he was, but the conservative party contented themselves by protesting against it, without attempting to interrupt the carrying of it out. But what was the conduct of the present minority? Here they were attacking the new system time after time, and indeed not losing the slightest opportunity of doing so, although the result was the same, for the council, as he hoped they would on this occasion, confirmed the pro ceedings. Mr. Evans, in his speech, had expressed an opinion that the constituency should take this matter into their own hands, and make a change on the very next oc casion. He (Mr. Birkett) could only say, for his part, that if there was any one upon the side with whom he generally acted who would shirk this question, or make it a party or political question, he hoped the constituency would turn them out. He had never made it one himself, for it was a question, in his mind, of far greater moment. The Educa tion Committee, he repeated, had not had fair play, but the more they were attacked the more would he extend to them his confidence, and if the rest of the conservative members in. the council would adopt his line of conduct the present system of opposition would speedily cease. He felt con- vinced that the radical party had been encouraged to carry on their systematic attacks by lukewarm friends; but if the conservatives acted as the town at large had expressed, the warfare would be at an end. Mr. BOLTON condemned the appointment of Mr. Stone in strong terms, and urged that the Saturday night amuse ments at the Northern Mechanics' Institution were of a most innocent and instructive character. Mr. TURNER wished to be informed whether any of the candidates had made inquiries as to the nature of the duties, or whether the chairman had taken the trouble to write to those who were of a superior character, and who had mis taken the nature of the situation for which they applied. In most charitable institutions it was always customary to do so. It appeared to him that the superintendent of the schools ought to he a person of abilities superior to the masters. Mr. Stone might be a very good candidate for the situation of one of the masters, but still he !was less eligible for the office of superintendent than others who had applied for it. Mr. YATES and Mr. BRIGHT supported the amendment. Mr. HARBORD said he was one of the Education Commit tee, and willing to take his share of the blame if there was any in this matter. With regard to the conduct of the com mittee relative to the north school they had taken the opi nion of the Town-clerk, whether the school was used by the committee of the Mechanics' Institution for legitimate pur poses. The Town-clerk, after referring to the placards which had been issued, stated that the committee were not justi fied in sanctioning or permitting anything of the sort, and that they were empowered to prevent the use of the school as a Mechanics' Institution, if it interfered with the education to be imparted to children by the servants of the council. Now there could be no doubt that, so long as a Mechanics' Institution was held in the North School, it was a disadvan tage to the children. There was every disposition, as far as the committee could see, in Mr. Nelson to thwart their in tentions ; therefore, in order to prevent coming into contact with him, they deemed it prudent and right to get rid of that establishment. With regard to Mr. Stone, he (Mr. Har bord) could not say that he was present when the appoint ment was made ; but he had since shewn such assiduity, willingness, and zeal, in complying with the requests of the committee, that he trusted his qualifications would give sa tisfaction. Mr. SANDS said, that, though his name was upon the Education Committee, he had not had an opportunity of attending it, having had other public duties to discharge as chairman of the Dock Committee ; but, from the recom mendation he had had of Mr. Stone, he should most likely have voted for him. He would, however, give him a fair trial ; and if he were found not competent to discharge the duties entrusted to him, then let him be removed. Mr. MOLYNEUX then replied, and recapitulated all the circumstances under which the Education Committee had made the recommendation, and defended Mr. Stones' ap pointment, on the ground that, for the purpose the commit tee had in view, he was the most suitable man they could find. The council divided, when there appeared— . Foe the amendment Aagainst it Majority The amendment was consequently lost. The following members voted in the division : For theUamendment—Messrs. Thornhill, Preston, H. Holmes, Mellor, J. Holmes, Bolton, Aikin, Bright, Yates, Jordan, Mather, Holt, Bulley, Freme, Evans, Barclay, Earle, Moon, and Turner. Against it—Messrs. Shaw, Shand, R. Houghton, Sand bath, Copeland, Barton, Blundell, Sands, Touhnin, Cooper, `food, Birkett, Gladstone, Proctor, Rigby, Parker, G. H. Lawrence, Platt, A. Smith, jun., Harboard, Houghton, Nicol, Chilton, Molyneux, Crook, and the Mayor. Mr. EA RLE then moved another amendment, to the effect that the appointment of Mr. Lees be not confirmed, and in support of it, he delivered one of his usual orations. He said it was evident from the speech of Mr. Platt, that that gentleman had been gulled. lie hoped Mr. Platt would in future sleep with his eye open. If lie (Mr. Earle) made use of bombastic language, he hoped it would not be on a heap of manure. He found that Mr. Birkett had been throwing his shield over the Education Committee. Mr. BIRKETT said he had the honour of representing some ward of the town, at all events. He was not, like Mr. Earle, a rejected alderman. Mr. EARLE said that was a very good and clever reply. He then praised Mr. Turner's conduct on this question. Mr. TOULMIN.—Keep to the question. Mr. EARLE.—Who calls " question." It seems as if Mr. Toulmin had been sent in here to cry "question." Mr. TOULMIN.—I hare cried "question" because you were speaking nonsense." (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Mr. EARLE.—Then do you call " sense," Mr. Harbord— ,... Mr. HARBORD.—I rise 'to order. If Mr. Earle chooses to make himself a laughingstock for the members within doors, and for light-minded people out of doors, he has no right to endeavour by every possible means to make others as ridiculous and as ludicrous as himself. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Tomaarx rose to order, and after again the Mayor had interfered, Mr. EARLE concluded by proposing his amendment. . . Mr. AIKIN hoped Mr. Earle would withdraw his amend ment in favour of the following one, which he (Mr. Aikin) begged to move—namely, that the Education Committee were not warranted in depriving the Northern Mechanics' Institution of accommodation, and that that part of their proceedings be not confirmed. Mr. EARLE accordingly withdrew his amendment in favour of the foregoing one. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE confessed that he did not approve of twopenny conceits. Mr. PROCTER asked whether there was any resolution of the council authorising the school to be held as a concert room ? _ . . The TOWN-CLERK replied in the negative. Mr. AIKIN, with a view to bring about unanimity, con sented to withdraw the word " warranted" in his amendment. He therefore worded it as follows :—" That that part of the proceedings of the Education Committee depriving the North ern Mechanics' Institution of the use of the school-room, be not confirmed." Mr. MELLon seconded the amendment. The council then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment l5 Against it 25 Majority —lo The amendment was consequently lost. The following members voted in the division : For the amendment—Messrs. Thornhill, Pre . ston, H. Holmes, Mellor, Bolton, Aikin, Bright, Yates, Jordan, Bulley, Freme, Evans, Barclay, Earle, and Turner. Against it—Messrs. Shaw, Shand, R. Houghton, Sand bach, Copeland, Barton, Blundell, Toulmin, Cooper, Wood, Birkett, Gladstone, Procter, Rigby, Parker, G. H. Lawrence, Platt, A. Smith, jun., Harbord, Houghton, Nicol, Chilton, Molyneux, Crook, and the Mayor. Mr. EVANS then moved the following amendment.—''That the proceedings with respect to the Mechanics' Institution be referred back to the committee, with instructions that they are to take into consideration the propriety of continuing per missio❑ to use the school as heretofore, for the purpose of lectures and instruction only." Mr. H. HOLMES seconded this amendment, and it was unanimously adopted. _ . The council adjourned at five o'clock, to Wednesday neat, for the despatch of the remaining business. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held yesterday. The following members were present. Messrs. Sands, Horsfall, Barclay, Holt, Holmes, Middleton, Smith, Nicol, Mellor, Bold, Moon, Martin, Ripley, Molyneux, Evans, Aikin, Bulley, Shand, and Sandbach. Mr. SANDS, chairman of the committee, presided. . __ ADDITIONAL GRAVING DOCKS. The SECRETARY read the following report from the Sur veyor, on the subject of additional Graving Dock accommo dation : " I beg, in compliance with your instructions of Thursday last, that I should consider, and report to you, what I con sider the most eligible situation for the construction of Graving Dock accommodation upon the Dock estate,' to state to you, that commencing with the south docks, I know of no site whereon a graving dock can, with propriety, be constructed, except upon the space of ground on the north side of Coburg Dock, whereon one might be made, entering either from the Queen's Dock, or in continuation of the present Queen's Graving Docks, or a steam Graving Dock might be placed upon the same land, opening out of the Coburg Dock, which would, in some respects, be exceed ingly convenient. There could, however, be only a sufficient length for one large ship. " The next site is the spare ground on the west side of George's Dock, upon which a graving dock of considerable capacity might be constructed, to be entered from George's Basin. Against this site, however, there may be objections brought, which I think cannot be overcome. " The third and last situation, and which I think the least objectionable, is the ground occupied as slate yards, on the east side of the Prince's Basin. On this site, two graving docks might be constructed, of the same capacity as those north of the Clarence Dock. Two designs, for thus laying out the ground, are herewith produced, the one showing the graving decks opening directly from the Prince's Basin, and laying east and west, the other opening from out of an inter mediate wet basin, connecting both with the Prince's Basin and Prince's Dock. In this the graving docks lay north and youth. This intermediate basin may, at any time, be run dry, and having graving docks laid along three of its sides, would, in a great degree answer the purpose of a third graving dock." Some desultory conversation on subject of this report took place between Messrs. Evans, Mellor, Ripley, Shand, and others, after which, the matter was referred, for a report thereon, to the sub-committee of works. MISCELLANEOUS On the recommendation of the sub-committee for the department of the Marine Surveyor, it was resolved, that 10s. a-week should be allowed for " subsistence money" to the men in the light-ships, whether on shore or otherwise. A model of the new beacon was submitted, and referred to the Sub-committee of Works. A letter from Messrs. Richard Harbord and Co. was read, informing the committee that a claim had been made upon them by Messrs. Bushby, Son, and Foster, on the part of Messrs. Sandbach, Tinre, and Co., for compensation in re spect of certain damage done to 100 hogsheads of sugar which had been lodged in their warehouses, by the tidal waters of the Mersey having burst through the sewers into the ware house. Messrs. Harbord stated that they should hold the Dock Committee liable for the damage on account of the in security of the sewers. Mr. EVANS said this damage was a mere casualty, and the committee were not responsible for it. Mr.' HORSI , ALL suggested that the letter be referred to the solicitor. Mr. EVANS said he never would, for one instant, admit or suppose a liability on the part of the Dock Committee in cases of this sort. Mr. HORSFALL said his own impression was that there was no liability on the part of the committee, but at the same time he thought it would be better to refer the letter to the solicitor. Mr. SANDBACII was about to ask the surveyor some questions as to the state of the sewers at the time, when Mr. ..4.txlN asked the chairman whether it would be judici ous to allow the surveyor to answer ? The CHAIRMAN said he thought not. The letter was then referred to the solicitor. A memorial was read requesting an additional doorway to be made at the east side of the Prince's Dock, opposite Upper Queen-street, which, it was stated, would be a very great convenience. On the motion of Mr. RIPLEY, seconded by Mr. BARCLAY, the prayer of the memorial was granted. CONSERVANCY Mr. HottsrALL said he had observed by the proceedings in the council yesterday, that the council had a bill before parliament for the conservancy of the river. He wished to ask the chairman whether there was any official communi cation on this subject before the committee? The CHAIRMAN said he knew nothing in his official cha racter except that such a bill was before parliament. Mr. HORSFALL said then he should wish to move that this committee respectfully request the council to furnish them with a copy of the bill or the particulars of it. As many gentlemen were new members of the committee, he might as well mention for their information that this was a matter which had been twice before parliament, and that in both cases this committee were r equested to co-op erate w i t h the council in obtaining the bill. They did so, both as to attending in London to promote the bill, and also in the ex pense; and he wished to know whether the council now contemplated that the committee were to have no share in the bill ? If they were be did not think it quite courteous on the part of the council not to inform them of it, because if they were to contribute towards it, in the proportion they did upon former occasions, it was but right they should know something about it. If. upon the other band, the coun cil meant to pay the whole expense, perhaps the committee had not much right to call upon them for information ; but at the same time it would have been only courteous in the Council to have informed the committee why the plan had been changed, and why the committee were no longer to be a party to it. His view with regard to a conservancy bill was somewhat altered from that he formerly held, hav ing witnessed what had taken place upon former occasions when they were opposed by gentlemen from Cheshire and even from Manchester, who insisted upon baying a com mission. Those parties then eve❑ went so far as to say they had a perfect sight to the conservancy, 9.nd that Liverpool was a place for nothing else than their convenience. Other parties had an object contrary to the interests of the Do.ik Estate, and that was to protect the river as far as Warring ton. It was, therefore, of great importance that the com mittee should know who were the conservators of the river. In all cases it had been contemplated that the corporation or the Dock Trust should pay the whole expense; and if the corporation paid the whole expense, of course the inhabitants were deeply interested in the hill. Mr. EVANS 4sked Mr. Horstall v4”.thcr he had ten the bill ? Mr. HonsFALL said he had not, and that be knew nothing of it, except from what bad appeared in the papers yesterday. Mr. EVANS observed that the bill was not a conservancy bill ; it was quite diflerent. Mr. HonsFALL said then he should ask the corporation to be so good as to inform the commi tee what bill it was. In the former attempts, the gentlemen from Cheshire and Man chester insisted upon having powers which it was perfectly unreasonable to concede. But the thing rested here—we were in possession of the money, and they looked to the Dock Estate or the corporation for all the money that had to be laid out. He thought that under the bill of the Town council it was contemplated to spend from £3,000 to £5,000 a-vear. EVANS said there would be no expenditure of the sort. Mr. IIonsFALL said there would be some expense what ever it might be • but if the bill was of a different character to that which he apprehended, he hoped the corporation would inform the committee what it was, that they might see what was going on. Mr. EVANS repeated that the bill was of a different kind to what Mr. Horsfall contemplated, but at the same time there was sufficient justification for his remarks, because the bill did involve expense of which the committee would he called upon to bear their share. It would, however, be an extremely small expense, for it was only the expense charged by the clerk of the peace for the county. Mr. SHAND thought the bill was not called the conser vancy bill. The CHAIRMAN said the title was, "The Mersey Con servancy Bill." Mr. EVANS said the object of the bill was merely to sup press nuisances in the river, and to prescribe the mode of doing so. Mr. HORSFALL expressed his intention of moving that the chairman be requested to desire the town council to furnish the committee with a copy of the bill, and also with such information as the council might think it needful to give to the committee. Mr. AIKIN said that Mr. Horsfall was quite right in con tending that a copy of the bill should be sent to the com mittee in due form ; but when he saw the bill he would say that it deserved any other name better than that of a con servancy bill; for Liverpool, by it, stood in no better a position than any common carrier upon the estuary, yet the bill said that the Corporation of Liverpool should pay the expenses. The CHAIRMAN said he would write to the town-clerk on the subject, and with this assurance the conversation dropped. The committee then separated. CORRESPONDENCE ANTI-CORN-LAW LADIES, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. think it my duty to address, through your co lumns, a caution to the public, with respect to the proceed ings of two females, in the dress of ladies, who, under the pretence of calling upon the female portion of the inhabitants to sign petitions against the corn-laws, have, during the past week, been levying contributions upon the unwary. In se veral places where these impostors have called, small articles have been immediately afterwards missed ; and, in one in stance, a number of silver spoons, which were previously noticed upon the table, disappeared, and have not since been found. The parties are respectable in appearance, and of rather plausible manners. There is no doubt, however, 1 believe, that they have not the slightest pretensions to the character in which they appear, and that they are not in the least connected with the petitions emanating from the Anti- Monopoly Association.—l am, sir, A CONSTANT READER. Upper Parliament-street, Toxteth-park, Ist March, 1842. NORTHERN MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Having heard so much of the Saturday evenings' amusements that have taken place in this institution for some time past, my curiosity led me to take a peep on the evening of Saturday last. Before my arrival I was impressed with the idea that perhaps I might have a description of some nice piece of machinery, or some improvement on engines, or that probably there would be some diversion by experi ments on the laughing gas, or some other chemical experi ment ; but I was sadly disappointed. On my entrance my attention was drawn to the south end of the room, where was erected a stage, on which was placed a piano. In a short time a gentleman made his appearance, and commenced singing, and playing on the piano. After some time had been spent in vocal music, accompanied by the piano and the guitar, an Italian made his a ppearance, assuming the character of a chimney-sweep, per the vid of ventriloquism, which apparently amused the company very much. Part 2, the performance recommenced by singing, &c., accompanied by the guitar and piano, as before, and at intervals the amu sing ventriloquism of the artful Italian, which at once de lighted and amused the female mechanics and children. The whole concluded with " Rule, Britannia!" Mechanics of Liyerpooll are you to be gulled this way ? Is it for this purpose that you erect institutions, and get up buildings? Have theatrical amusements anything to do with mechanical institutions? -No, certainly not. This is a new way of instructing your apprentices in the construction and use of machines and engines. These entertainments, you are well aware, belong to theatres, public-houses, and sing ing-rooms, and not to scientific institutions. Can you con scientiously allow your apprentices to attend such amuse ments as these? This should be a place where your children should receive instructions on mechanism and the sciences. For that purpose, have you handed in your contributions, instructed, that you might have those you se nt amused, and enlightened in the beauty of the sciences. Is it a matter of surprise that they received notice from the council to remove from these premises? For my part I would be far more sur prised if they had not g ot notice. But t has been stated that this performance was only carried on for the amusement of the mechanics of the north end of Liverpool. Now let me say that the majority of the mechanics of the north end are disgusted at such amusements being carried on. These Sa turday nights' amusements are the subject of their conversa tion on the next day ; and not only then, but on the Monday, when they meet together, instead of attending to some sub ject which might have a tendency to improve them in their vocations, their whole time is taken up with imitations of ventriloquism, &c., &c.—Yours, &c., A AIECHANIC. THE YOUNG MEN'S ESTABLISHED CHURCH SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST3NDARD Snt,—l take the liberty of applying to you, as the recog nised organ of the evangelical party in this town, to know what has become of the Liverpool Young Men's Established Church Society. Its last meeting was held at the Amphi theatre. about a year and a half ago ; on which occasion we were addressed by Dr. Byrth, Mr. M`Neile, and several other gentlemen ; our respected representative, Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., being chairman. A resolution was at that time proposed, and carried unanimously, to the effect that for the future the meetings of the association should be half yearly ; and it was stated in the report that arrangements were pending with a view to the continuance, on the part of various evangelical clergy of the town, of a course of lectures, four of which had already been delivered by Mr. Baylee, Dr. Byrth, Dr. Tattershall, and Mr. M`Neile. Now, Mr. Editor, although loth to judge or speak harshly of a society, the obvious tendency of whose principles, if fairly and consistently carried out, is towards good, I feel constrained in the present instance to observe, that it is one thing to applaud resolutions at a public meeting, and another to carry them into practical operation ; and to ask, how it happens that so truly appalling a deadness has recently come over the spirits of our Protestant young men? Is it that, having at length seen the helm of government assigned once more to the guidance of conservative hands, they deem that there is no longer scope for that exertion a necessity for which they all formerly admitted to exist? Or is it that their enthusiasm, fanned into a temporary flame by the powerful influence of platform eloquence and political ex citement, has, in consequence of the very brightness mani fested at its dawn, and unable eventually to support its own intensity, emitted its last flash, and then mournfully expired ? The statement of Holy Writ, as regards " putting one's hand to the plough, and turning back," will most forcibly apply as regards either of the suppositions I have hazarded respect ing the lamentable defection upon which I have now animad verted. These hurried remarks are made more in sorrow than in anger, and with a friendly feeling towards the respectable parties they refer to. Relying, therefore, on your compli ance with my request for their insertion in your next num ber, I would conclude with the expression of a fervent - hope that the prediction of the accomplished Roman satirist may be realised in reference to the subject of this communica tion— " Non, t; i male nunc, et olim Sic erit." I am, sir, your obedient servant, VIGILANS. [The above was in type on Monday, and ought to have ap peared in the STANDARD of Tuesday. We cannot give any satisfactory reply to our correspondent's question.] POPISH BRUTALITY, TO THE EDITORS OF TILE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, GENTLEMEN, — One of the most outrageous, as well as un manly actions, was committed yesterday, the . Ist March, on the person of a poor Irish woman, who, with a child at her breast, was applying for relief to a Roman Catholic priest, not one mile from Key-street. The poor woman is one of ignorance, are many deluded individuals who, through are bound down by the iron fetters of Popery. Not long after she had made her appearance in the yard, Father came up and spoke to her. What passed between the poor woman and his reverence in the commencement of the con versation I was unable to hear ; but in a few seconds the priest burst out in a most violent manner, giving utterance to the most disgusting language ; and, not satisfied with call ing her all the foul names he could devise, he actually had the audacity to follow, and continued kicking her until she had placed her feet outside of the yard door, which leads to a back street. And may I ask if this be a specimen of the charity of the Romish prie s th oo d? an d, if th e y are a ll owe d to tyrannise thus far in Protestant England, what \\ill be come of the poor slaves in Ireland ?—lf the said priest should happen to read this, I am d e t erm i ne d (if h e d oes not ta k e this warning, and act with more charity for the future) to bring stronger accusations than the above against him. I remain A REAL FRIEND TO THE POOR. Oldhall-street, March 2d, 1842. Sir Howard Douglas was one of the honoured guests at the Premier's second parliamentary dinner, on Saturday last. EXAMINATION OF SIIIPMASTERS.—We have elsewhere noticed a bill introduced into parliament, for the purpose of subjecting the masters of vessels and others to the test of an examination, prior to their being placed in posts of such great responsibility. We are informed that Lieut. Tracey, R.N., of this town, is a candidate for the situation of head examiner, and as we feel confident he is well qualified for the duties, we hope his claims will not be lost sight of in making the appointment. He has been mainly instrumental in the establishment of the Mates' Association in this town, which, we believe, has been already very beneficial to that hitherto much neglected class of men. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Eleven o'clock HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAsT NIGHT THE EXCHEQUER-BILL FRAUD. _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose, and, after a 'few introductory observations, said,—An extensive fraud has been committed by means of a forgery of public securi ties to a very considerable amount. That forgery was com mitted by a bleach of confidence on the part of a public offi cer, and by one of those gross violations of duty, which happily are rare in the annals of this country, but which, in proportion as they are rare, create, when they do occur, general sensation and considerable alarm. The mode in which the fraud was committed was simply this :—an indivi dual in the department having had reposed in him the confi dence of his superiors ; having been iu that department for 28 years ; being connected with parties -who had distinguished themselves, both in the civil and military service of the coun try—an individual who had enjoyed the uninterrupted con fidence of a series of auditors and comptrollers in his de partment—who had received the strongest testimonies as to his abilities and honesty from Lord Grenville, Lord Auck land, Sir J. Newport, and until of late of the present Comp troller of the Exchequer, had been guilty of the deplorable crime of violating a most sacred duty, and abusing the powers which he possessed to defraud the public, in whose service he had been so long employed, and to whom he was under the strongest obligation of duty, to serve with honour and good faith. The mode in which he committed the fraud was by possessing himself of papers entrusted to him in his official capacity, and having so pos sessed himself of those papers, by taking them from the office in which he served, in order to forge the name of the noble lord, whose signature Exchequer Bills were by law bound to bear. He then availed himself of these forged bills as nego tiable instruments. But this was an offence which if it had not been committed guardedly and with great precaution would have admitted of easy detection. The course this in dividual pursued, assisted by agents, whose crime, perhaps, did not equal, but certainly approached near to that of the principal in the transaction—the mode in which he conducted the fraud was to give those Exchequer Bills so forged as de posits for loans of money on condition that the very bills so deposited should be returned to him on payment of the mo ney, or on other Exchequer-bills being given in the room of these which had been originally deposited. Thus by con stantly at each successive change of Exchequer-bills forging new bills, with a view to replace those forged bills already outstanding, he contrived effectually to prevent the pre sentation of the forged bills at the Exchequer-office, and to hinder their general circulation among the commercial community of the metropolis. Thus, he committed in the first instance a breach of every honourable obliga tion; and- afterwards, by an artful concealment of the forged instruments issued, he succeeded in escaping the detection to which a different course would have certainly exposed him. On the 20th of October last an in dividual called upon me at my office, and informed me that an offer had been made to him of Exchequer bills in depo sit in return for a loan of money, and told me that the rate of interest offered to him upon the loan bad so far exceeded the market rate of interest, that he suspected the bills had been stolen, or that they were the property of some other person. Upon that information having been communicated to me I felt it was my duty and I lost no time to inquire into the matter. (Hear, hear.) In consequence of the information given to me, as I already stated on the 20th of October, the result was, that, on the 25th of the same month, in consequence of the inquiry which was instituted, the guilty author was taken into custody. (Ministerial cheers.) Five days only had been occupied in bringing to' light a fraud which had been so long perpetrating. (Cheers.) Let it not be supposed that I mention that fact to gain any credit for the government, or for their activity. Far from it. But I do it for this reason :—it is surprising that when so many persons had been engaged in the fraud—amongst the many persons who must have been cognizant of it, there was not one public officer who had given any information whatever on the subject ; and the result of the immediate inquiry instituted was, that this fraud, which was carried on from April, 1836, till October, 1841, had been detected in the short space of time I have already mentioned. (Cheers.) The right lion. gent. then took a glance at the conduct which the government pursued in the matter which is already well known to the public, and continued, I say, Sir, and I say it advisedly, that this offence could not have been committed in the midst of the intelligent community which inhabits the metropolis without the person being in communication of some persons, I will not say who were conscious of the guilty, but I will say who must have had some knowledge of the transaction going on, and whose duty it was to have given information. Why, Sir, we gave the result of the first detection of the offence. No sooner were the pro ceedings taken against the individual Smith, than I re ceived from various quarters details of suspicious circum stances that had occurred. I understood from one gentleman that he had been offered Exchequer Bills for a loan, hut he rejected them, as they were suspicious, and this gentleman gave me to understand that the same parties had a quantity of Exchequer Bills—these individuals devoid of character — that they were all ready for signature. These are circum stances, on the part of the public, which require to be en tered into, that we may properly understand the real nature of the subject. It is, therefore, with this view that I shall call upon parliament to institute a specific inquiry— k loud clieers)—not to be conducted by a committee of this house—(hear, hear)—or by a mere commission appointed by the crown, but, sir, by a commission appointed by par liament to investigate the real nature of these several transactions, to see how business was transacted by these se veral persons, to know whether they were men of such sus picious characters that honest men would hardly be connected with them ; whether the money advanced on the bills received in return an interest beyond-the market rate. (Hear.) These and a variety of other circumstances require to be rigidly and strictly investigated before the house can be cal led on to come to any final decision on the question ; nay, before we can be called on to understand the nature of the case with which we have to deal. _ (Hear, hear.) Sir, _ . an inquiry of this kind requires the highest moral considera tion ; it is essential that the public of the country should know how business is conducted. To the claims for com pensation brought before me, I have, as I conceived it my duty to do, given the most decided refusal. The granting of claims for compensation, in a case of this kind, is to take away from the public the greatest security they have against the repetition of such offences, and is to do all in your power to render such practices of more frequent occurrence. For if I were once to give my opinion that a man tnking these Bills were to be compensated for any loss he might undergo, what could Ido more, to remove all blame from him ? Or what could I do more effectual, to encourage a criminal individual to seduce a public servant—being sure that the termination of the affair must be that he should receive any money that he had expended. I, therefore, sir, have chosen to given the least encouragement to propo sitions of this kind, and I do most decidedly advise the house and parliament to weigh well all the considerations of this case, before they are led away by any statements of party or individual hardship, or individual suffering, before they yield to claims of this nature. The hon. gentleman then argued that there was no distinction as regarded the claim of com pensation between the law as applied to forgery on indivi duals or the public, and briefly alluded to the amendment which an hon. member had given notice of. MURDER FROM POISONING IN NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM, Matter' 2.—A dreadful case of murder has just been inquired into and adjudicated upon by a coro ner's jury in Nottingham. It appears that a coal higgler, named Robinson, living about two miles from Nottingham, was in the constant habit of attending the market, and as constantly was he intoxicated. In his drunken sprees he would visit houses of ill-fame, and on Saturday week he was decoyed into a notorious house in Bellfounders'- yard, while he was drunk. He there produced about twenty-five shillings in money, which the man and his wife who kept the house determined to get, and they there fOre sent the servant girl out for some l au d anum to m i x with his liquor, and send him to sleep. Twopennyworth was administered, bat it did not have the desired effect, and more was fetched and given to him, which completely stupitied him, and he was then robbed by these harpies, and turned into the street, where he lay for some time, till some passers by found him, and laid him in a stable, fr om w he nce on b e ing, removed he died almost immediately. An inquest was held on the body, which was adjeirned three different times, but the final conclusion was a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Benjamin Hurd and his wife, and the servant who fetched the laudanum. The guilty par ties, immediately on hearing of the death of Robinson, packed up their household effects and hastily decamped ; and al though the police have been very vigilant after them, they have not as yet been able to detect them. It is clearly proved by the surgeons that the laudanum had been the cause of death, while a wilful and bad intent was likewise proved against the parties. They cannot long escape justice. GUANO-THE NEW MANURE. GUANO, FROM THE CIIINCHA is from GIPS well known islands in the Pacific Ocean the Peruvians have for centuries past supplied, and do, at the present time, almost entirely supply themselves with this invaluable manure. Some sixty vessels are now constantly employ e d in carrying Guano from thence to the main land, which, by its fertilising qualities, produces the most abundant crops of wheat, maize, and all other vegetable productions, whilst, without it, little or nothing would be obtained from the soil. Guano, from Chinclia, has lately been introduced into this country by Messrs. W. J. Myers and Co., of Liverpool ; and in offering it to the British agriculturist, it is deemed right, in consequence of the introduction of one or two car goes from the coast of Bolivia, to say that they, with Messrs. Alexander Macdonald and Co., St. Mildred's-court, London, and their accredited agents in the country, are the only par ties in England from whom the Guano, from Chincha, can be ir-ocured. On appli ca ti on t o any o f t h em the article' may be had genuine, and warranted the same quality as is used by the Peruvians, who esteem this Guano so highly that with the utmost difficulty was the Government of that country in duced to allow its exportation to Europe, for fear of doing an injury to their own agricultural interest, which could no t be remedied ohou . Al the Gu ano h e a l l exported. Guano has been applied, in this country, with the greatest success to the growth of wheat, barley, hops, turnips, grass lands, potatoes, and indeed every descriptio n o f vegeta b le production, in t h e whole of which the increase of crop was most apparent and highly satisfactory, and it only requires to be known to secure it general use by agriculturists. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—The eleventh half-yearly meeti ng o f t h e shareholders of the Blackwa ll rail' 5 way was held on Monday last. The number of Pass_ e _ i n g t e h r e carried during the last half-year was 1,186,351, '" a rease of money received £22,509 Us. 11d., exhibiting an monthsr of the: about 'lO per cent., whether compared with thereceipts of the previous half-year or the corresponding. the first previous year. A dividend of 10s. per share The voyage of the intermediate India _ s t te o ~.tiez, with its under the new arrangement, from Calcutta pp ars that the time results, is well deserving of notice.. Itappears eMadras, Ceylon, occupied was exactly a month, stopping_ %arnsedre,clared. averaged 190 miles a day. miles, and that the rate of going d av a Aden, and Suez ; that the whole distance is about 4.901) lettersHe delivered in Lomion been n ss of six days. The Her st oi brought )pages on by thetbi this vessel e u s t s e e c l b a it seems was the exact time in 48 days trout Calcutta, which of November mail from Eng landconsumed in the deliveryinstance of the first portion of the. government to Calcutta iu the caused general delivery of course being government express, the it is inferred by those interested and hence 1 e ~ some days later; "comprehensive scheme," iern , when fully ma in it that the oute by way of Bombay. Whether or tured, will beat the tn r be the case, the experi • t • • men is justly a not this may prove ma tter of great interest. N" e i ICAL MAC.—There s not a n y career LIFE OF A - 1 away the powersof life, , wears which so l , h requires a greater activity of mind and is no other which IC) bear the changes body- He bus ... fatigue, irregularity in his meals, and broken rest ; to live i n the midst of miasma and contagion. If in the country, he has to traverse considerable di stances on horseback, ex posed to wind.n d storm, to b rave all dangers, to go to the re lief of suffering humanity. A tearful truth of medical men has been established by the table of mortality r.Casper, pu blished in his British Review. Of 1000 members of the Medical profession, 600 die before their sixty-second year ; whilst of persons leading a quiet life, such as agricult ur ists mortality or theologians, the' is ' - individuals of each of the 1 s 4 . 3 theolo gia ns, 40 agri culturists, 85 clerks, and 82 soldiers will reach their seven tieth year : of 100 professors of the he aline ‘aling art, 24 only will reach that age Ti ' h lth •ti • • )ey are the signposts ot ea , ie. can show the road t old age, but rarely tread it themselves. — Montreal Courier.